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Corporate responsibity for fundamental human rights
- Author(s):
- Cernic, J L
- Year:
- 2010
- Language:
- english
- Size:
- 16x24 cm
- Pages:
- 326
- 9789089520814
- Edition:
- Paperback
- Print/edition:
- First
Over recent decades, globalisation has stirred up a number of positive and negative developments in national and international environments. An important feature of globalisation is the rise of the economic, social, cultural and political power of corporations. While corporate activities may positively contribute to the livelihoods of individuals, communities and societies, a number of allegations have been made that corporations have been involved in systematically violating human rights. In contrast, only a limited of number of claims have been successfully brought against corporations or their directors and employees. As there is an urgent need for practical and victim-oriented solutions in the modern world in the area of human rights and business, this study argues that corporations have normative obligations in relation to fundamental human rights, around which there possibly appears to exist a value consensus across different cultures and societies around the world. However, the cacophony of international documents so far agreed currently regulate the conduct of corporations in international law only indirectly. This study therefore argues that the normative thrust of corporate human rights obligations derives primarily from national legal orders and only secondarily from the international level, whereas both draw their foundations from an international value system. Moreover, corporate human rights obligations may also derive from corporate unilateral commitments. The study argues that corporations should be held accountable for violations of human rights law.The study proposes a normative framework of corporate obligations to respect, protect and fulfil fundamental human rights. It employs a holistic approach to corporate responsibility which identifies a three-fold responsibility for rights violations: corporate, individual and state responsibility. It argues for concurrence between corporate, individual and state responsibility where possible. Such an approach also maintains a victim-oriented perspective. Equally important to identifying corporate obligations is the question of how one can respond to corporate human rights violations. As international mechanisms are often ineffective and sometimes inexistent, the provision of effective remedies for victims of corporate human rights violations, the book argues, rests within national normative frameworks. The investigation of the current frameworks exposes the stark reality of a need for more clarity with respect to the obligations and responsibilities of corporations. The book therefore makes thirteen recommendations on improvements to the normative framework for corporate responsibility for fundamental human rights.
About the author
Jernej Letnar Černič is a Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute. He completed his doctorate in 2009 at the School of Law, University of Aberdeen. Jernej has worked in the European Ombudsman's Office, the Superior Court of the Republic of Slovenia, the Law Institute in Ljubljana, the International Criminal Court and the University of Aberdeen. His research interests are in human rights law, business and human rights, investment law, international criminal law, transitional justice and criminal law. Jernej is a member of the International Human Rights Committee of the International Law Association.


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The Pony Club
The Pony Club has been around for 90 years, and has been the starting point for a large majority of equestrian athletes, medal winners and anyone interested in riding and horse care.
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The Pony Club is open to anyone up to the age of 25 years old. We give instruction in riding and horsemastership, as well as promoting the highest ideals of sportsmanship and citizenship, nurturing a strength of character and self discipline.
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Downtown Mt. Pleasant boasts over 135 businesses that include remarkable specialty shops, art galleries, excellent and eclectic dining establishments, bars and bistros. . .you'll find "big city" amenities with small-town service and charm.
Downtown Mt. Pleasant is centrally located in the city of Mt. Pleasant and is bordered by the picturesque Chippewa River. Two of Mt. Pleasant's most scenic parks, Island Park and Nelson Park, are also located downtown offering a local trail system with a variety of nature trails and cycling paths.
Located just a few blocks north of Central Michigan University's campus and 3 1/2 miles directly west of the Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort, downtown Mt. Pleasant has all you're looking for and more!
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Native American Advocacy Program
We are looking to have a new design developed for the Native American Advocacy Program based out of Winner, SD. The Native American Advocacy Program (NAAP) was established in 1992 with the purpose of advocating for tribal members with significant disabilities on nine reservations in South Dakota. From there, NAAP staff determined that many disabilities could be prevented, with the end result of a prevention program being started.
The current (dated) website is at: http://www.nativeamericanadvocacy.org/.
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I don't know about you, but it seems that every house I've lived in has had wallpaper or wallpaper borders in nearly every room. I suppose in the 60's and 70's that was the thing to do. Don't get me wrong, they look nice and add that little touch to the walls. However, I have had to remove more borders and wallpaper than I care to admit (besides just now).
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"All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them."
I am not sure what events, what discovery, or what longings prompted Galileo to speak these words, but I believe they are wise words for non-believers. I firmly believe that the truth about Jesus, the truth about God, and the truth about being a Christian is meant to be discovered. One may set out on a solo journey to seek the truth about faith or religion, but one doesn't stay solo for long. Soon they are joined by fellow seekers, those who have already discovered the truth, and by God himself (through the Holy Spirit). It is God who reveals himself allowing us to 'discover' Him. Once discovered it is no wonder Galileo said it is easy to understand. Remember the answer to any riddle always seems easy once you hear the solution.
So whether truth is sought in business, politics, or religion the point is to discover it so one can easily understand it!
Owned by Technology… or not?
I have been reading the latest book from Tim Challies titled "The Next Story" and have been selected to participate in the blog tour for his book. Since the announcement of this book and it's topic, I was anxious to receive the book and begin my journey of self-examination. Continue reading
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- A new type of RFP (request for proposal) by Airbag Industries. This is simply fantastic, ever since I saw this last night I've been enamored with this RFP method. I can't wait to rework my in similar fashion.
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- 50 Free Photoshop Pattern Setsby Emma Alvarez. A nice compilation of 50 pattern sets, we can always use more patterns.
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- Google Calendar CalDAV support by Google. When setting up my iCal to be more efficient and to sync with my already existing Google Calendar. This how-to by Google was quite helpful. Get organized, get productive!
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This past Monday was "Blue Monday;" supposedly the third monday of January is the most depressing day of the year. As it happened to coincide with a day off, I didn't feel the full thrust of the cosmic tug toward the dark side. But I swear, there's something to it. Maybe it's Blue Monday a little late, or maybe it's just the oppressive GRAY that we've been experiencing in Louisville, but I'm more than a little out of sorts these days. So what better time than a clearinghouse post of all the good things coming up here in town?
- You know one thing I love about Louisville in January? Consuming Louisville's "One Thing I Love About Louisville" series.
- Speaking of Michelle Jones: Next week Let Them Tweet Cake is taking a field trip to LVL1 to build our own mintiboosts. If you're a nerdy chick, you need to be there. Read this great article about LVL1 in the LEO.
- Got the blues? I do. So it's a good thing Actors Theatre is breaking out Ma Rainey's Black Bottom this week. It runs through February 13.
- Feel like banging your head against a wall? How about a just a little head-banging? I can't believe how excited I am to see Broadway Across America's Rock of Ages next week. It's at the Kentucky Center from January 25-30, and it sounds like it will be good, pure, goofy fun.
- There's another IdeaFestival sponsored adult spelling bee at Zanzabar next week on the 27th.
- According to the folks at the Visitor and Conventions Bureau, we'll be seeing some additions to the Urban Bourbon Trail in the near future.
- Speaking of bourbon: Baxter Station is now open on Mondays and features a special "Bourbon Flights & Bourbon Bites" menu. Door prizes, visits with Master Distillers, and other special events. This looks like it's poised to be a regular Monday night thing for yours truly!
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Nonstick cooking spray, for greasing
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons House Seasoning, recipe follows
Eight 4-ounce boneless, skinless chicken breasts, pounded
1 1/2 cups low-fat buttermilk
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 1/2 teaspoons all purpose flour
1 tablespoon chicken base (mixed with 2 cups warm water)
1 thinly sliced Vidalia onion
1/2 cup whole milk
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 green onions, chopped
House Seasoning
1 cup kosher salt
1/4 cup garlic powder
1/4 cup ground black pepper
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray.
Mix together the flour and 1 teaspoon of the House Seasoning in a small bowl. Sprinkle the chicken with the remaining 1 teaspoon House Seasoning. Pour the buttermilk into a shallow dish. Dredge the chicken in the buttermilk, followed by the flour.
Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a heavy nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add half of the chicken breasts to the hot oil and cook until both sides are browned, about 3 minutes per side, and then transfer to the baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining chicken breasts. Transfer the baking sheet to the oven and bake until the chicken is cooked through, about 10 minutes.
Whisk together the cornstarch and 1/4 cup chicken broth until dissolved. Set aside.
To make the gravy, add the remaining 1 tablespoon oil to the same skillet and heat over medium heat. Add the onions and saute until translucent, about 2 minutes.
Add the remaining chicken broth, scrape the pan drippings with a wooden spoon, raise the heat to medium-high and cook until the mixture begins to bubble, about 2 minutes. Stir in the dissolved cornstarch to incorporate. Bring to a simmer and continue to cook until the mixture thickens, 4 to 5 minutes. Stir in the milk and black pepper and continue cooking over medium-high heat until thickened, 5 minutes longer.
Remove the chicken from the oven and top each piece with 4 teaspoons of the gravy. Sprinkle with the chopped green onions.


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THE Oxford and District Sports and Recreation Association for the Disabled (Oxsrad) Centre was opened by Princess Diana in 1989 to give people with disabilities a place they could enjoy sport.
But it was seven years earlier that the group was founded by Julia Porter-Smith and her late husband Alan.
She said the couple found there were no sports facilities specifically for disabled people and they wanted to change that.
But they faced a number of challenges, not least being able to raise the money to build the centre in Court Place Farm, Marsh Lane, Oxford.
It took years of fundraising efforts and a £100,000 loan from Oxford City Council to achieve the amount they needed.
But the importance of the centre is as clear today as it was when it opened 25 years ago.
The Marston centre, which includes a sports hall, specialist gym equipment, sensory room, spa bath and treatment room, celebrated its anniversary at the weekend with an open day to encourage new members to join up.
The centre is available for individuals, clubs or groups to use, placing an emphasis on being able to supply sports and activities to anyone, regardless of their condition or health.
Paul Saxton, who is the centre manager, says a lot has changed in the past 25 years.
He said: "Originally it was a centre just for disabled people, but now we focus more on integrating disabled and able-bodied people: sports for all.
"Back at the beginning volunteers ran the centre with no paid staff – now that's all changed."
- Manager Paul Saxton
Mr Saxton has worked at Oxsrad for six years and admits it hasn't been easy.
He said: "The last few years have been really tumultuous with cuts from the council – we have no money coming in like we used to.
"On top of that, users are having their funds cut too, so now some groups can't afford transport to get here."
In 2010 the centre nearly closed because of an unpaid photocopier bill, when they were ordered by the county courts to pay £48,851.
The charity faced a winding up order, but were saved thanks to donations and months of fundraising from loyal supporters.
Mr Saxton, 47, said: "We stuck it out; we raised a hell of a lot of money and spent it on keeping the centre going."
The centre now makes money by renting its spaces to other groups, as well as membership fees and fundraising efforts.
Mrs Porter-Smith now leads the fundraising committee and said: "We're still fundraising to keep it going. We used to do lots of car boot sales but people aren't as interested in them any more."
Mr Saxton, known universally as Sax, said: "This is a very special place. For some clients, Oxsrad is a part of their lives; if the centre finished it would destroy them."
Despite having a number of regular users, Oxsrad needs more members to use their facilities.
Mr Saxton said: "You get people who just live around the corner who don't know what we do.
"People need to understand that this is a centre for everybody – it's not just for disabled. We have a fantastic gym system for everyone – we are quite diverse."
Despite existing for 25 years and disability awareness improving since the 1980s, some say Oxsrad is still a rare concept.
Mr Saxton said: "We have members who travel 30 or 40 miles. There's just nothing else for them to use where they live."
Paul Tucker, who runs KidActive children's activity sessions at the centre, said: "Once people step in here it is a level platform.
"I have a background in sports and I have never seen a place like this that caters for everyone.
"If the centre was not here we would be homeless."
So what does the future hold for Oxsrad? Mr Saxton didn't want to commit to mapping out the centre's plans for the next 25 years, but said it has big aims for the next five.
He said: "In the next few years we are looking to extend the building – we especially want to get a therapy pool.
"The only other one in Oxfordshire is at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, and that has a waiting list for weeks and is miles away."
After a pause, he added: "Really, we just want to keep doing what we already are doing, but better."
ONE of Oxsrad's regular members is Jane Slade, who is paraplegic after suffering a spinal injury caused by an aortic aneurysm on Christmas Day in 2009.
She is one of the 1,200 people who use Oxsrad's facilities every week, and has been coming to the centre for the past three years.
She said: "I love it for two reasons: the disabled facilities and they are such lovely people down there."
- Jane Slade
The 57-year-old said that it's not just the people that are beneficial; she has been noticing various health benefits.
She said: "Since I've been using the equipment there I've noticed I've been getting a bit stronger in my legs.
"There's a special bike where I don't need my arms to propel myself. I couldn't use it at the beginning, but I have improved.
"It encourages me to do it more and get better – I'd love to get out of my wheelchair and step about. And I like to think that I can."
JULIE Porter-Smith founded Oxsrad with her late husband Alan in 1982, seven years before the centre opened.
She explained: "In 1981 it was International year of Disabled People, and we discovered that there was no sports facilities specifically for disabled people, or even accessible for disabled people, in Oxfordshire.
"So we set up Oxsrad in 1982, but we didn't have anywhere of our own."
The 78-year-old said: "We used other people's venues doing various activities all over the city, but it didn't really work because nowhere had the correct facilities.
"Eventually we just decided to build our own centre."
- Julia Porter-Smith with her late husband's MBE
It took years of fundraising with supporters buying bricks, along with a £100,000 loan from the Oxford City Council, to raise the £275,000 needed to build the centre.
Such a mammoth effort from the charity deserved a royal opening, which was achieved when Diana, the Princess of Wales, opened the centre on February 8, 1989.
Mrs Porter-Smith, who now lives in Bicester, said: "Diana was lovely, she was very friendly and chatted to everybody."
1982: Julia and Alan Porter-Smith set up the group Oxsrad, although there is no building
1984: The group start fundraising for their own facilities
1989: Building work is complete and the centre is opened by Diana, Princess of Wales


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Once again justice has been served. We all can breathe a little easier, confident that truth, honesty, and the American way will carry the day and bad guys will eventually get their comeuppance. Also: Unicorns are real. Pass it on.
Yesterday, 38 state attorneys general and Google reached an agreement regarding Google's Wi-Fi spying debacle. The search/ad/surveillance giant admitted that its Street View Vans slurped up 600GB of user data from unprotected Wi-Fi networks and agreed to pay a fine of $7 million. That works out to roughly 74 minutes' worth of revenue to the $50 billion company, or about 11 cents per megabyte slurped.
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I understand Google is taking this fine very seriously. As I write this, teams of Google interns are holding a bake sale to pay it.
As corporate malfeasance goes, the Wi-Fi spy case far exceeds Microsoft's $732 million failure to offer a choice of browser with Windows 7 or even Google's $22.5 million browser trick, ignoring the privacy settings of Safari users in order to better serve them ads.
To recap: In April 2010, Google flatly denied scooping up Wi-Fi data from unencrypted networks. About two weeks later, it admitted to slurping data but said it was "a mistake" and that no data that could identify individuals had been captured. A few months after that, Google admitted that entire email messages, passwords, and URLs had been captured and stored. The company said it was purely the act of a rogue engineer acting alone, which no one else knew anything about. Nearly two years later, a heavily redacted FCC report revealed that the so-called rogue engineer deliberately designed the software to scoop up data and told his supervisors about it at least twice, but they did nothing.
Now Google is saying gosh, darn, we're sorry for stealing data from people's Wi-Fi networks while snapping photos of their homes. Please accept these Domino's Pizza coupons and a half-eaten roll of peppermint Lifesavers as a token of our extreme culpability.
The last few times I wrote about this topic it sparked a lively debate over whether capturing radio signals broadcast unwittingly from one's home constitutes a violation of privacy. Shouldn't users know that an unsecured Wi-Fi router will do that?
I hold that it does violate someone's privacy. For one, most people don't understand how Wi-Fi routers work, just like they may not understand how cellphones work. Unlike the early days of computing, a deep understanding of technology is not a prerequisite to taking advantage of the wonders it can bring, nor should it be.


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No cost cap for 2015 - Todt
Jean Todt has revealed the FIA has dropped its plans for a cost cap in 2015 after opposition from F1's leading teams.
The BBC is reporting the six teams in the sport's strategy group have formally rejected the plans, which were agreed earlier this year. Cost-cutting will now be achieved through rule changes, though Todt is disappointed the teams could not reach an agreement with the FIA.
"If the commercial rights holder [Bernie Ecclestone] and six teams are against it, it's mathematics [that it can't be imposed]," Todt said. "In this case, no more cost cap. In a way, I am disappointed because it may be more difficult to achieve the reduction which I feel is needed. But everyone says we are all in favour of reducing the cost, and through sporting regulations."
Red Bull, Ferrari, Mercedes, McLaren, Williams and Lotus all make up the six teams in F1's strategy group, and all get a vote each, while Ecclestone and Todt have six each. The plans centred on a figure of around $200 million (£126 million) as the maximum budget for the season. That would pose a problem for teams such as Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes, who spend more than that amount in a year, while teams such as Marussia and Caterham exist on under a third of that amount.


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Oh man, I'm so glad I'm not the only one who used to do that. I tend to mumble to myself a lot too, and I'd always get on myself about it, because I was 'giving the enemy too much information'.
Uh.. Noah's ark. Literal 6 day creation week 6000 years ago. Just loads and loads of things that I never thought critically about- was encouraged to NOT think critically about.
The whole idea of sin and removal of sin. Sin is 'disobedience to god', but yet you can remove it? How do you remove an action from one person and give it to another? Does god alter the past without affecting the present/future to replace the me in history with a clone of Jesus who then commits the act/thought of sin that I did? How does Jesus death absolve the evil of any action--especially if he came back to life later? How does that work when the act of sin requires different genitalia from what Jesus had? I know now that there are no cosmic moral absolutes in the sense of "a law of nature" that goes beyond evolved survival&mating reasoning.
I don't feel embarrassment about my childhood beliefs though. As a kid there were a lot of things that I was told and believed simply because mom/dad/pastor who's-it said it was true, and nothing I knew about said anything else. But there's a big difference in the actual mental mechanic of belief I had then and the way I believe now.
At the ages I remember well enough to comment on roughly age 5-12 "belief" was about getting the right answer in Sabbath school or listening to one adult then parroting back what they said to another adult and feeling good when they praised me for it. Basically everything was by wrote so there wasn't any embarrassing logic or reasoning involved that I personally thought through at all. I don't think that at that age, I understood reasoning or had the capacity to do it rigorously.
There were a lot of steps to the change over to the way I believe now, but one of the biggest happened in sophomore bible class at UCA. There was some kind of assignment or something where we had to explain how salvation worked. Pastor Fred had a lot of discussion in his classes and I remember I gave him a hard time about the whole "saved by grace" thing. He'd say "It's like you're in prison and Jesus opens the prison door. All you have to do is walk out." He explained it like 20 different ways, none of which really explained what had to actually happen to give someone salvation, and the disconnect in figuring out how the belief mapped to reality added a lot of doubt to the god hypothesis.
So basically I'm not sure if I ever really did believe in the same way I believe things now. There were some things like Creation that I believed in somewhat logically and reasonably for a while because my only inputs were false/unscientific data made by creationist "scientists". A summer of reading about evolution when I was 17 cleared that up. I can't think of anything where I felt I really understood in detail how the concept mapped to reality. Which isn't surprising when you know there is no such mapping.
I agree with a lot of the rest of you that pretty much all the beliefs I had feel jarringly obviously ridiculous to me now, and I don't understand how anyone can stick to them if/when they really think about it.
All of the above! That God/Jesus sees every little thing you do and keeps track of it...guardian angels.... demon possession. That plants could have been created and survived before the sun and that stars really aren't billions of years old because God created their light already in transit. That being hit in the head and brain-damaged could - if you were right with Jesus - cause you to hear/see God and become the next True Prophet (Ellen White). That scientific knowledge was somehow evil because it was a product of human minds and not divine inspiration. That Satan had planted the dinosaur fossils to trick humans into believing evolution. That Satan was lurking everywhere. That the blood of innocent baby lambs could really wipe out the sins of people who butchered them and burned their carcasses - at least until Jesus got killed. That the Bible was the holy and infallible Word. All of it.
Actually, down deep I could never really bring myself to believe any of this crap...but I was afraid that I might be wrong, and that if it was true, I was in big trouble!
I can't believe that as a young (at the time) white middle-class Christian American I actually thought I was an oppressed minority. What a preposterous idea. My SDA church and even the Wesleyan churches I later attended told me my very way of life was under attack by the godless majority in America. I actually thought that unbelievers fighting for their right to not have religion forced on them was a violation of my Christian rights.
I studied my way out of Adventism at 16. I studied and observed my way out of religion this year, at 37. I realized that everywhere I looked, whether in the news, pollitics, bookstores or the internet Christianity was the overwhelming force. When I started questioning my beliefs I had to sift through countless Christian pages on the internet just to find a dissenting opinion.
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Tickets will go on sale on August 20 for Brazilian residents. The cheapest tickets will be $15 (£10) for students, over-60s and those on welfare.
The cheapest ticket for overseas fans for the final is $440 dollars (£288) and the most expensive $990 dollars (£650).
For locals, the cheapest non-discounted ticket will be £20 for a group match up to £588 for a category one seat at the final.
That is similar in price to South Africa in 2010, where match tickets ranged from £14 for local residents up to £630.
The announcement comes against a background of violent protests in Brazil against the cost to the public purse of the staging of the tournament.
The threat of more protests has prompted FIFA president Sepp Blatter to say Brazil might have been the wrong choice as hosts of the World Cup.
He said: "If this happens again, we have to question whether we made the wrong decision awarding the hosting rights."
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Today was the last day of our Cities arc! It's hard to believe that we've completed the very first arc of this school. Although it doesn't feel like its come to a close to me and the rest of the staff, the kids were so ready to show off their hard work to their parents tonight. They finished their portfolios with pride this morning and spent the rest of the day prepping the school for the parents' arrival in the afternoon.
We were extremely lucky today to have the help of some volunteers from TechSoup! While their servers were being moved, the TechSoup folk wanted to volunteer their time to nonprofits in the city and we were so glad to have their support as portfolios came together throughout the day.
In the afternoon, Mackenzie led a sushi-making activity so that the kids could get ready for the Exposition parent event.
They made a beautiful sign to welcome visitors to the end of the arc.
Ellen ordered about 300 pictures for the arc wall that one of our incredible parent volunteers Mark put up this past week.
The kids were so excited to help!
Showing off portfolios to parents.
And of course, the tours of Kid City.
Seven weeks of Arc:Cities.
Twenty kids, six (and some) staff members, eleven field trips, eleven guest experts, fourteen days of building, three days of reflecting and presenting great work, seventeen rooms in Kid City.
So much learning, both by the kids and the staff, about cities and being at a school like ours and how an arc actually works outside of drawings and brown paper. We're getting so much stronger and wiser than we were on September 6th, and we'll continue to grow and expand our minds as we figure out the way this place works and learns. All I can say is wow. I'm so excited to see what this school and the people in it can do next.


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With all of this talk of construction over here it's time for a little prettiness. Here's a fabulous tutorial that I recently spotted that I can't wait to try!
How creative! This would be so cute for a shower, wedding announcement or even as the lining in a thank you card (I'm picturing an adorable picture from a kid's party with a little handwritten note from the birthday boy or girl).
Because it's an artistic twist on the usual envelope liner rather than a picture to be displayed on the fridge, you could definitely get away with printing on regular cardstock paper from your home computer. Better yet, try printing a favorite photo over a subtly patterned piece of scrapbooking paper.
Full tutorial over here at Paiges of Style. Love this idea.


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The Copenhagen agreement may be the first to recognize the gender dimensions of climate change, saving the lives of millions of women and children and taking a major step toward addressing the human impacts of climate change.
"The women of the world are demanding a paradigm shift that ensures their participation and leadership on decisions that affect their very survival and that of their families and communities," said Lorena Aguilar, Senior Gender Advisor for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), on the occasion of the UNFCCC negotiations currently taking place in Barcelona, Spain, ahead of the Copenhagen session this December.
Experts from the Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA) prove technical assistance and training to government delegates on the gender aspects of the Bali Action Plan since its adoption in 2007. As a result, the current negotiation texts contain the first ever language on gender equality and women. The Barcelona session is critical for retaining key references to gender issues.
The climate change convention is the only major environmental agreement from the 1992 Rio Earth Summit that does not address gender inequality. Winnie Byanyima, Director of the Gender Team at United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), noted, "If we do not address the importance of gender in the climate change debate, we will be responsible for the death and impoverishment of millions of people—many who already suffer extreme poverty, hardship and indignation."
Cate Owren of Women's Environment & Development Organization (WEDO) and the GGCA Advocacy Team added, "This is an historic time for gender and climate change. We're very inspired and positive that something will emerge from Copenhagen, and that it will be gender-sensitive."
The GGCA will celebrate this milestone agreement and launch new initiatives at the Copenhagen session by bringing high profile women leaders to speak at a side event and commissioning two major performing arts events.
About GGCA
The GGCA is a joint initiative of 13 UN agencies and 25 civil society organizations working to ensure that climate change initiatives and decision-making at all levels are responsive to both women and men.
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Just in the nick of time... I have completed my skill stretching goals for February and I am ready to share the results!
My first test was to spin this lovely tourmaline merino/silk/bamboo blend from SweetGeorgia.
First, I spun a teeny little worsted sample so I could compare my results. Then I spun the rest of the bump from the fold (yes, I spin in my pyjamas).
The Results:
On the left is the worsted sample. On the right is the 'from the fold' sample. Interestingly enough, after washing and drying, the worsted sample is pumper and softer...? I think I just simply might spin thinner than I think when I am drafting from the fold. Also, the yarn feels a little bit more 'scruffy', but that makes sense considering the fibres are more bent and twisted than my worsted version.
In conclusion: next time, I don't think I would bother spinning this fibre from the fold, unless I wish to control the colour differently. I like the look of the worsted yarn, and it was easier to both spin and prepare.
If you would like to see more information on the finished skein, check out its Ravelry page in my stash.
Next up - the blue multicoloured mystery!
UPDATE - actually, not so much of a mystery anymore! My friend Anita has told me she has the same fibre in her stash, and it is Northern Lights!
I did two samples of this skein as well - one small skein of worsted, and one larger skein of 'from the fold'. I purposely wanted to see the difference in colour that results from using these two drafting methods.
Here is a photo of one of the worsted-spun singles - you can see the long colour repeats I was able to achieve by simply spinning this roving as presented:
Then I spun my remaining fibre over the fold. You can see how short the colour repeats became. The resulting single looks almost marled; the colours are much more blended together!
Once plied, the resulting yarns don't look TOO different... but I am sure once I get to swatch them up, I will see much bigger and longer colour repeats in my worsted yarn than from my 'from the fold' yarn.
On the right is my worsted sample. On the left is my 'from the fold' sample. Again, the 'from the fold' yarn is thinner and courser. But the colours in that sample are much more broken-up and dappled. I believe when I swatch these yarns I will discover that sample has more of a 'tweed' look to it.
If you would like to see more information on the finished skeins, check out the link to its Ravelry page in my stash.
Finally, I tried to spin a batt from the fold. I also decided to leave this yarn as a single, just to test out my "mad single-makin' skillz".
I unrolled the batt, pulled out staple length chunks, and folded them over my finger before I spun them.
The Results:
If you would like to see more information on the finished skein, check out the link to its Ravelry page in my stash.
So what do I have next in store for my spinning wheel?! Come back next month to find out! ;)


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Scrapbook Supply Savvy: Torn Edges with Decorative-Edge Scissors
Add fashionable torn-edge flair to your scrapbook pages using decorative-edge scissors. Here's how it's done:
Here's the finished technique on a layout:
Li'l Painter by April Massad. Supplies: Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper; Patterned paper: BasicGrey; Decorative scissors: The Paper Studio; Stickers: American Crafts and BasicGrey; Brads: Making Memories; Ribbon: Berwick Offray; Chipboard: Technique Tuesday; Ink: Ranger Industries; Font: CK Painterly; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L and The Paper Studio.
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Iraq-eteering: North and Hannity distorted Kerry's stance on Iraq resolution
On the September 16 edition of FOX News Channel's Hannity & Colmes, co-host Sean Hannity and guest Oliver North, also a FOX News Channel host, distorted Senator John Kerry's position on the resolution that authorized the use of force in Iraq. North denied that Kerry stated, prior to his vote in favor of the resolution, that he would "speak out" if specific conditions were not met by President George W. Bush. Hannity falsely claimed Kerry now says he would vote against the resolution that authorized the use of force.
From the September 16 edition of Hannity & Colmes on the FOX News Channel:
CO-HOST ALAN COLMES: He [Kerry] was against going to war at the time Bush went to war. He's guilty of believing the president and trusting him. And he made a speech when he said on the Senate floor that he was voting under certain specific conditions to give the president the authority to make that decision. And if those conditions were not met, he'd be the first to speak out. That's exactly what happened.
NORTH: That's not exactly what happened. He didn't jump up and say, "Oh, no, this would be the wrong thing to do" after voting to give him the authority. That's a bogus comment. That is as phony, Alan, as [CBS anchor and managing editor] Dan Rather's documents.
COLMES: I can produce what Kerry said and show it to you. That's exactly what happened, Ollie.
Contrary to North's assertion, the following is exactly what Kerry said on the floor of the U.S. Senate on October 9, 2002:
KERRY: In giving the President [George W. Bush] this authority, I expect him to fulfill the commitments he has made to the American people in recent days -- to work with the United Nations Security Council to adopt a new resolution setting out tough and immediate inspection requirements, and to act with our allies at our side if we have to disarm Saddam Hussein by force. If he fails to do so, I will be among the first to speak out.
Then, Hannity agreed with Republican National Committee communications director Jim Dyke in falsely claiming that, on September 15, Kerry said, "knowing what he knows today, he would vote against the resolution" :
DYKE: Senator Kerry said a month ago that, knowing what he knows today, he would have voted for the resolution. Yesterday morning, he said knowing what he knows today, he would vote against the resolution.
HANNITY: It's amazing. It's amazing.
COLMES: He didn't say that. He said voting for the resolution ...
HANNITY: Yes, he did.
COLMES: ... but wouldn't have been for the war the way the president executed the war.
HANNITY: That's not what he said.
COLMES: He was very clear about that.
HANNITY: No, he wasn't.
COLMES: You don't want to acknowledge it. You are misrepresenting his position.
Dyke and Hannity were apparently referring to a September 15 interview with Kerry on MSNBC's Imus in the Morning. But Kerry made it clear in that appearance that he would still authorize the use of force knowing what he now knows, because the threat of force was necessary to get the weapons inspectors into Iraq:
KERRY: The only way to get the inspectors in was to be tough, to have the threat of force and the authority to use force. I was prepared to use the force if he didn't do what he needed to do. But I warned the president, as did many people, take the time to build up the international coalition, don't rush to war, because the most difficult part is not winning the military part of the war; it's winning the peace. The president ignored that. And what he basically did was cut off the inspection process and rush to war. Now, I believe that Saddam Hussein was sufficiently duplicitous and, you know, couldn't obviously -- you don't trust him, so you needed that threat to be able to make certain you had the inspectors and were going through a process to hold him accountable. But we could have held him accountable. We had two-thirds of that country in a no-fly zone on day one. And the fact is that what the president wanted to do was just get in there and go do it. And he did it in such a rushed way that he ignored what the consequences would be.


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Firefighters have downgraded the threat posed by a large bushfire on Queensland's Stradbroke Island but are warning residents to remain vigilant.
The Queensland Fire and Rescue Service's incident controller says the blaze on the island's north is "pretty much" under control.
"It's burning within containment lines. We are just patrolling and monitoring at the moment, and reinforcing some containment lines with backburning," Rob Boniwell told AAP late on Tuesday.
Showers during the day slowed the progress of the fire, which has been burning since Sunday.
On Tuesday evening it was being held about two kilometres from the town of Amity Point.
Crews were working to stop its movement south towards Beehive Rd, but properties were no longer under threat, Mr Boniwell said.
On Tuesday morning Amity Point residents were told to prepare to relocate as the fire bore down on the small fishing and holiday town.
The warning was cancelled by mid-afternoon as firefighters gained the upper hand.
Mr Boniwell urged residents to tune in to radio and social media to track the fire's progress.
Crews will remain on the scene overnight backburning to reinforce containment lines.
On Sunday the bushfire destroyed four caravans, a large shed, a demountable house and cars when it tore through the Myora area.


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Or perhaps I will contend with your argument if you can state your grounds on what fan fiction is EXACTLY?
That's just what I thought about too. We may not be meaning the same thing when we talk about fan fiction. I don't mind using somebody else's created worlds, but using the same characters? No. That's just not right unless you are simply having fun in RPGs. Although, come to think of it, I wouldn't like it if somebody for instance used Middle-earth in their published novel/story and they weren't JRR Tolkien.
When I think of fan fiction, it is the type of thing I/we used to write in our teens, imagining ourselves in adventures of whatever kind with characters or celebrities we fancied at the time. And I knkow of adults who still do that.


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Large Works
Artworks on this page are all larger then 20" x 16". Paintings created on both stretched canvas and wood panels.
Mary Johnston Art
Contemporary Landscape Art, Abstract Art, Artworks Created in Oils.
Mary Johnston is an abstract & contemporary landscape artist specializing in original works created in oils. Works are very colorful yet peaceful and serene. Created on both wood panels and hand-stretched canvas. Custom commission works can be created to fit a clients needs. Some reproductions are available through the artist. Others are available through StudioEL.com.
www.maryjohnstonart.com, www.maryjohnstonstudio.com, www.maryjohnstonpaintings.com
Studio location: 27 East Main Street, #300, Carmel, IN 46032 317-730-7221
By appointment only. However, the studio is open for the Second Saturday Gallery Walk in the Carmel Arts & Design District. Hours are 5-9 p.m. Even if I am at a show there will always be someone in the studio to greet visitors. Please look at the 'Events' section of this website for upcoming shows. Events are updated throughout the year.


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New Year's Eve Events in Tahoe
If you don't have plans to ring in the new year, then check out what's happening around Lake Tahoe for the holiday!
• Après Ski New Year's Eve at Alpine Meadows: Kick off the NYE celebrations with festive cocktails and live music at Alpine Bar, 2-5PM.
• Toast at High Camp/Celebration at Olympic House: Your choice of family-friendly East Coast midnight toast or 21 yr.+ party!
• Northstar Resort Fire & Ice Celebration: Live music, ice skating, s'mores by the fire and fireworks show at 9PM.
• New Year's Eve Dinner & Grand Celebration at Resort at Squaw Creek: Whoop it up with music, dancing, a magician, dinner and dessert. Sparkling cider & champagne toast with balloon drop at 9PM and again at 12AM.
• Tahoe Donner Torchlight Parade: A Tahoe tradition you don't want to miss! Light up the slopes with other skiers in this festive parade; DJ and snacks avaialble in the bar area.
• New Year's Eve in Manzanita: Feel like a traditional sit-down celebration? Indulge in four-course prix fixe tasting menu with bubbly, music, dancing and party favors. Call for reservation & pricing.
What's your favorite way to ring in the New Year? Do you normally make a New Year's resolution?


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The Raiders unveiled their 2013 schedule Thursday, with three of their most attractive games on the road.
They visit the Indianapolis Colts and Andrew Luck on Sept. 8 to start the season, go to Denver for their only Monday night game on Sept. 23, and journey to Dallas for a Thanksgiving Day game on Nov. 24.
The Raiders get a bye Oct. 20 after six games, then return with back-to-back home games against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Oct. 27 and the Philadelphia Eagles on Nov. 3.
Oakland's schedule gets much tougher after the Eagles leave town, with four road games in a five-week span including the Turkey Day visit to the Cowboys. The Raiders' only home game in that stretch is a Nov. 24 meeting with the Tennessee Titans.
The Raiders' first regular-season home game is Sept. 15, when the Jacksonville Jaguars visit the Coliseum for the second straight season.
Raiders fans get a look at Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III on Sept. 29 and Peyton Manning on Dec. 29 in the regular-season finale.
Here is the 49ers' regular-season schedule


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How to Use the Images Drawing 2
Drawing 2
New York, 1873.
The house where Roosevelt became our 26th President, known today as Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site, was constructed in 1839 as part of a United States Army Barracks at the northern boundary of Buffalo. Strained relations between the United States and Great Britain during this period and political unrest in Canada during the Upper Canada Rebellion caused alarmed citizens to petition the government to build a military post in Buffalo. The commanding officer and post surgeon occupied the house, which was described as "a substantial building, with a portico and large columns."¹ When the Army abandoned the barracks in the 1840s, the house passed into private ownership. In 1884, Buffalo lawyer Ansley Wilcox and his family took up residence there. By that time Delaware Avenue had become the most fashionable street in the city. Elegant mansions lined both sides of the avenue while stately elm trees formed a canopy over it.
Questions for Drawing 1
1. Why did Buffalo citizens want to have a military post in the area?
2. What happened to the house after the Army left the area?
3. Based on the short quote above, try to locate the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site on the left side of Delaware Avenue. What features may have made this a popular area for wealthy families to live?
4. What evidence can you find in the drawing of Buffalo's growth as an industrial city?
* The drawing on this screen has a resolution of 72 dots per inch (dpi), and therefore will print poorly. You can obtain a larger version of Drawing 1, but be aware that the file will take as much as 32 seconds to load with a 28.8K modem.


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At an elementary school in Atlanta, fire crews found dangerous levels of carbon monoxide thought to have originated from the school's boiler. NBC's Gabe Gutierrez reports.
Updated at 10:17 p.m. ET: Forty-three students and six staffers at an Atlanta elementary school were rushed to the hospital early Monday after exposure to carbon monoxide fumes, fire officials told NBC News.
The students and staffers from Finch Elementary in southwest Atlanta exhibited mild and moderate symptoms related to carbon monoxide poisoning. Four more adults arrived at Grady Hospital by school bus, hospital spokeswoman Denise Simpson said.
The school was evacuated as a precaution, NBC affiliate WXIA reported.
The incident was first reported at about 8:35 a.m. ET, according to WXIA. No one was found unconscious at the scene, but the carbon monoxide reading was 1,700 parts per million, which an Atlanta Fire Rescue Department official said was high.
"Once we got inside, we started finding carbon monoxide readings way, way higher than we've ever experienced before, especially around the heating units and hallways, and the entire building turned out to be saturated," Atlanta fire Battalion Chief Todd Edwards told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Edwards also told the Journal-Constitution the school apparently doesn't have carbon monoxide detectors. However, state law does not require schools to have CO detectors, a spokesman for Georgia's Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner told the newspaper.
Carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless gas that can cause sudden illness and death, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The most common symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning are headache, dizziness, weakness, nausea, vomiting, chest pain and confusion.
Erik S. Lesser / EPA
Students are evacuated from Finch Elementary School by members of the Atlanta Fire Department in Atlanta, Dec. 3, 2012. Almost 50 people were reportedly taken to the hospital for treatment following a carbon monoxide leak.
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I made this right before my son got the flu and we left for Disney. This bread was fabulous; whole grain and easy. I used the flour combination I love, teff, sweet sorghum, and brown rice. Also, I forgot to put xanthan gum in this recipe, and it really didn't need it, so add some if you wish, but the bread stayed moist and together without it. I was thinking of giving the second loaf away to a friend, but my family demolished one loaf in less than 10 minutes. We had the next loaf for breakfast the next day. I served it with honey butter, yum.
I have made it again (I swear my husband let some bananas go brown on purpose!!), and cut some of the sugar out. Try it as written first; then cut out sugar to your taste. My children are used to not having much sugar, so they can tolerate a decent cut. When I make it, I use 3/4 cup sugar.
Banana Bread
4 bananas
5 Tablespoons butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1/2 container sour cream (8 ounces)
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup brown rice flour
3/4 cup sweet sorghum flour
1/2 cup teff flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg (optional)
1 cup walnuts/ chocolate chips (optional)
Preheat oven 325 degrees. Combine dry ingredients. In separate container mix wet (including sour cream). Pour wet ingredients into dry and mix until just combined, fold in nuts or chocolate chips if using. Divide into two 8.5 X 4.5 loaf pan. Bake 1 hour, or until knife inserted into center comes out clean. Cool and cut, if you can wait. (we didn't!!) Makes 2 loaves.
Friday, March 21, 2008
Banana Bread ~ Gluten Free & Whole Grain
at 11:15 AM I kicked back & slacked Mrs. G.F.
Labels: bread, breakfast, children pleaser, sweet breads (muffins), tried and true
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Tried it this morning & my son who'll be 5 on Tuesday & gluten-free since 16 months old loves it! Cut the white sugar back to 1 cup. Didn't have any teff flour so I used the GF flour mix I had on hand.
One question, is the brown sugar supposed to be brown rice flour?
- March 22, 2008 at 10:11 AM
- Slacker Mom (aka Mrs. GF) said...
Anon ~
Thank you!! That was a typo, I guess I shouldn't try typing a recipe with my children running around!
I fixed it now, and thanks again for letting me know. :) I am so glad it worked for you.
Have a great day!!
- March 22, 2008 at 10:24 AM
- Beth said...
This looks great! I have yet to try teff flour but am looking forward to it.
- March 24, 2008 at 11:56 PM
- Carrie said...
Banana bread must be on the brain! I've got two banana bread recipes i'll be posting soon too!! This looks delicious! I'm amazed that it worked so well for you without the xanthan gum! Makes me want to try it that way! I really don't like using so much of that stuff!
- March 25, 2008 at 8:31 AM
- CeliacChick said...
Where do you buy your sorghum? I've always bought mine online. I was disappointed not to find it at my Whole Foods last week. *sigh*
- March 25, 2008 at 4:24 PM
- Slacker Mom (aka Mrs. GF) said...
Beth ~ I love teff flour. It is a nutritional powerhouse, and I think it has a silky texture. Let me know how you like it.
Carrie ~ Let me know when you put it up, and I will link it here too. Banana bread is such a comfort food. :) I will be excited to see your recipes. :)
CeliacChick ~ I get mine at my local health food store. I wonder if your Whole Foods would order some for you. I have asked and I didn't have to buy in bulk. :)
- March 26, 2008 at 2:44 PM
I just read your bacon entry. Ha ha! I've been waiting my whole life for bacon to fall into the "health food" category! I think the moment has arrived!
- March 26, 2008 at 9:08 PM
- Slacker Mom (aka Mrs. GF) said...
Kaysdays ~ You made me chuckle this morning! Thanks for the comment, and the smile.
Bacon = YUM!
- March 27, 2008 at 9:34 AM
- Natalie said...
SM- Thanks for the mention! Your pictures are always beautiful. I love the snow in the background. Your bread sounds wonderful!
- March 27, 2008 at 10:37 PM
- Karina said...
Hola SM! Your banana bread sounds too yummy. Wish I could still handle sour cream. And eggs. And hey- thanks for the shout-out! You're very sweet. xoxo
- March 29, 2008 at 5:24 PM
What size container of sour cream? They come in different sizes and the wrong size could mess it up big time!
- March 31, 2008 at 2:54 PM
- Slacker Mom (aka Mrs. GF) said...
Anon ~ You are very right!! 8 oz.
Half of an 16 oz container. :)
So sorry..thanks for correction.
Have a great day!!
Mrs. G. F.
- April 1, 2008 at 12:35 PM
- Slacker Mom (aka Mrs. GF) said...
Karina ~ Always think of you!! I should add that it is egg free and dairy free as well... I will fix that as well..
:) xoxo
Slacker Mom
- April 1, 2008 at 12:38 PM
i love to shop at www.wholeandnatural.com. they have all kinds of healthy and natural kosher food and snacks. the stuff is fresh and low prices.
seeya, debby
btw i used a coupon bldc08 try it
also try using agave syrup instead of sugar its awsome
- April 2, 2008 at 11:42 PM
- Shauna said...
Yum!! You should submit this recipe to the Moist Banana Bread Contest:
Winner gets a $50 gift card to Sur La Table!!
- June 7, 2008 at 8:04 AM
Looking forward to trying this recipe. Do you have any suggestions for Teff flour - don't believe we can get it in Australia?
- August 10, 2008 at 7:59 AM
Hey, I made this today w/some changes -- subbed pecan meal for some of the flour (only had brown rice flour, used the 3/4 cup sugar as mentioned, and used 1 cup of the solid part of coconut milk as a substitute for the sour cream. It was yummy!! Even my dh, who eats gluten, really liked it! Thanks!!
- January 3, 2009 at 10:40 PM
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- March 8, 2009 at 9:52 AM
- Dazy said...
I'm trying this today. I think I'll try to shoot it, but I don't think it will be as pretty as your picture!
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Like a Gallic version of Jennifer Lawrence, tripping up a flight of stairs but laughing it off in style, the 67th Festival de Cannes has made a fine recovery following from the opening-night pratfall taken by the Grace Kelly biopic "Grace of Monaco."
That film screened out of competition, like many Cannes openers past. But with the arrival Wednesday and Thursday of the first two competition titles in the main slate, the festival's on track. Just like the 70-and-sunny weather. (Last year it rained.) Not that journalists attending Cannes get outside much. As longtime Los Angeles Times film writer Charles Champlin once put it, "Our set never suns." But it's nice to know it's there.
The sun and its mysterious, ever-changing qualities of light play a significant thematic role in Mike Leigh's "Mr. Turner," an impeccable portrait of 19th century painter J.M.W. Turner. The assurance and rightness of its very first shot bode well for the 21/2 hours to follow. It is 1826, somewhere in Holland. We're in the countryside, with a windmill in the distance behind two women, passers-by, walking toward the camera. They move on, and then Leigh and cinematographer Dick Pope (shooting digitally, and beautifully) spy an incongruous figure in the distance, with a sketch pad, capturing something we're not specifically shown. Timothy Spall plays Turner, and this Leigh regular has never had a better role.
Spall had a supporting part in "Topsy-Turvy," Leigh's inspired period picture about how Gilbert and Sullivan wrote "The Mikado." Many of that film's strengths can be found in "Mr. Turner," which shows how a director invested equally in character and design can bring a piece of the past to vibrant and detailed life.
Turner's complex domestic life provides the focus of "Mr. Turner," though we see various sides of the man who once lashed himself to a ship's mast so he could acquire a new perspective on a storm at sea. (Oddly this is one of the few missteps in Leigh's film; something's missing in its depiction, however fleeting, of this event.) The relationships in the film are full; the scenes between Turner and his beloved and loving father, played by Paul Jesson, carry an unexpected warmth, given the guttural grunts and dodgy scowls by which we first come to know Spall's Turner. At one point in the film he sings a song of lost love by Henry Purcell, and the voice he gives it, wonderfully, suggests a Victorian version of Tom Waits.
Lee's celebrated improvisation-based working methods pay off in "Mr. Turner" with a costume drama of unusual, lived-in texture. The acting's superb throughout, with crucial contributions coming from Dorothy Atkinson (as the housemaid who's also Turner's sometime, much-neglected lover) and by Marion Bailey as the twice-widowed landlady who takes a flat in Chelsea with the iconoclastic Turner. Few depictions of a critic have been as wittily withering as Joshua McGuire's characterization of John Ruskin here.
Not everything works; the rhythm and direction of the final half-hour seem a bit stiff, at least on a first viewing. But a first look also suggests this is one of Leigh's strongest achievements. It's pure speculation at this early stage, but expect an award or two for "Mr. Turner" when the festival concludes next Saturday.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 206 diseños de 44 diseñadores freelance.
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Welfare groups say the wait for a three-bedroom home in Darwin is more than five years, and slightly less in Alice Springs.
Mr Chandler says any sell-off will not reduce the amount of public housing stock that is available.
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Opposition spokesman Gerry McCarthy has warned against selling off public housing.
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