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Sep 19, 2010
plasticine stamp printing
I started off not with plasticine at all, but with a few of the red wax wrappers from babybel cheese. I was wondering if we could use them to make our own stamps with, so I smooshed them onto a lone Jenga block and made some patterns in it.
It worked, but the wax was a bit too hard for the kids to comfortably make the shapes they wanted, so I got out the box of plasticine that we use with goggly eyes to make creatures (remember from this post from April last year?) The kids still played that game inbetween all the stamping fun. Here's the "circle time with a teacher" that my four year old made :) I think the plasticine we used was Rose Art, but it's so old that I'm not entirely sure. That's something else that I love about plasticine - it's virtually indestructable (unlike playdough, which we use for many crafts, but would be awful for this one). This plasticine is at least two years old and still going strong. I have fond memories of our primary school's plastic tray draw full of gnarly lumps of grey playdough that must have been at least as old as the teacher :)
The plasticine was much much easier for the kids to manipulate into the stamps that they wanted. I had a lot of fun with this too! The stamps that you can make in this way have an interesting property to them, in that the more you stamp them, the more the shape changes because the plasticine is so pliable. That might seem like a disadvantage, but it actually gives things a really nice organic flowing and unexpected feel that I quite like. No two impressions from each stamp are exactly the same.
I suppose if you wanted to have a stamp that remained the same for many impressions then you'd just have to stick it in the fridge for a bit to make the playdough harder. I kind of like how temporary these are though and that you have to keep making more from the older ones.
Here are a few examples...
I made the leaves and petals and stamped a sunflower with them, which Carys coloured in. Ffion had a go at making her own sunflower.
Carys asked for me to make her a sun, so I made five stamps, one for the rays (you can see how the shape changes during multiple stampings quite well from the rays of the sun), one for the mouth, one for the eye, one for the nose and one for the eyebrow. Later on she painted it beautifully and it's now up on our wall in the livingroom. I love the texture of how the ink applies to the paper with this!
We also tried rolling out a layer of plasticine onto some scrap wood for the kids to draw into and print from. That worked out really well too. We dabbed the stamp pad all over it and then squished the paper on top.
In the afternoon we stamped the kid's names using impressions from our fridge magnets. We smooshed the magnets front face into the plasticine and pulled them back out again to make the backwards letters that would print the right way around. Then we decorated the edges of each letter stamp.
The cool thing about stamping the letters in negative was that the kids could colour them in with pencils after.
We cut out a lot of our experimental stamps and they made collages and coloured them too.
Once the kids were in bed I had a play around with the plasticine and stamp pad myself and made some postcard note thingies. I'm liking how instant and yet temporary this process is. You can't make more than a couple of cards before you need to fashion a new stamp, so even though you are stamping, each card is unique. I think I might splash out on a couple of different coloured stamp pads now. White would be very cool to stamp on the brown paper! Totally a grown up craft as well as a kid craft!
Whilst writing all this up I thought I'd go have a look on the interwebs to see if anyone else had posted anything about stamp making with plasticine and to my astonishment there was only one thing I could find. A post here on Paper Crafts for Children, showing one stamp used with paint. This technique is so much fun and so flexible and open ended that I figured surely we wouldn't be the first people to wonder about experimenting with it, but there you go, so that's why I decided to put so many images in this post. You should so have a go! Using the stamp pad with the plasticine doesn't ruin the plasticine either in case you were wondering.
We've done a couple of other unusual printing techniques over the years. In case you are interested, here are a couple of links to them.
1. Printing with laser cut felt shapes (last year).
2. Printing with foam shapes on rolling pins (two years ago).
Happy stamping!
98 comments:
- Chantal said...
This is brilliant! I love that you can design as you wish but then also create moulds - like off that pirate coin. My kids are going to love this (maybe as much as me!) Thanks for sharing!!
- September 19, 2010 at 8:34 PM
- Susan said...
Fabulous! That is some serious creative thinking! It looks like such fun too. One question from my non-artistic brain ~ how did you get use one stamp for the sun's eye and have it look proper on the face? The thickness towards the nose is on both sides and looks proper. I can't figure out how to do that with one stamp.
- September 19, 2010 at 8:40 PM
- Lindsey said...
Oooh, good point Susan! I should have said I did one eye and then squidged the one side of the stamp and pinched the other to get the shape right for the other eye. It was easy peasy to do. Same with the eyebrow :)
- September 19, 2010 at 8:56 PM
- Basia - United Teaching said...
My son has just discovered stamping using some foam stamps I bought from a craft shop. He's turning 3 next month and this will be a great activity for him when he's a little older. Saving the idea for the future!
- September 19, 2010 at 8:57 PM
- Mismikado said...
I cannot wait to try this with my art students! Thanks for the idea :) btw here's a little present for you http://mismikadodownthesidewalk.blogspot.com/2010/09/this-is-one-lovely-blog.html
- September 19, 2010 at 9:34 PM
- Maggie Macaulay said...
I love your site! You inspire creative fun. I will put a link to your site in the September 28 issue of Parenting News You Can Use, our free weekly e-zine for parents and teachers. More on Parenting News at www.WholeHeartedParenting.com. I will check back often for more ideas! Thanks again.
- September 19, 2010 at 10:14 PM
- liz said...
I love these! You guys rock. The finished sun painting looks fantastic, too.
I've never used plasticine. Is it about the same consistency as modeling clay? - September 19, 2010 at 11:51 PM
- A Daft Scots Lass said...
This would make wonderful gift wrap.
- September 20, 2010 at 1:03 AM
- Anji* said...
Great ideas! I love the effects you got, must try it, I know my kids would love this too.
- September 20, 2010 at 2:40 AM
- evstasia said...
Hello! I am very glad to find your blog! This is just a godsend for me and many others, and loving parents to their children:)))
You open to children WHOLE WORLD WITHOUT BORDERS! It is so important and valuable! Awesome idea for work with children, great ideas for creative people!
But most of all I admire that courage with which you entrust your children to the house and yard! "Not every parent is capable of for the sake of creativity in such experiments:)))
Anastasiya.Rossiya. - September 20, 2010 at 3:53 AM
- Jenni and Joel said...
These are lovely! My little girl isn't nearly old enough to do art yet, but I really enjoy reading about all the amazing projects you and your girls do, and collecting all these brilliant ideas for later!
- September 20, 2010 at 4:09 AM
- Max California said...
I love it. I'm pretty sure we have plasticine here. could you use clay? like umm what's it called?
Fimo? modelling clay? that's plasticine isn't it?
Also, that first photo, the stamp totally lookes like a vagina :P ((but that's just what I have become since marrying the dirtiest-minded boy in the world)) - September 20, 2010 at 4:36 AM
- RedTedArt said...
Oh my! You are one clever lady! This are simply too awesome for words. I am in awe... and I thought I was crafty! Nothing compared to these.
Love all of it. The stamps, the artwork, everything. Wow.
Red Ted Art
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- Regina @ Chalk In My Pocket said...
This is absolutely fantastic! I love the gorgeous prints you and your girls created. We're having a lazy day over here and I'm going to try my luck re-creating this with some old fun-tak since that's what I've got lying around the house!
- September 20, 2010 at 5:44 AM
- Brimful Curiosities said...
Wow, I've actually never used plasticine before. Your stamp project is awesome. I especially like the alphabet stamps.
- September 20, 2010 at 6:04 AM
- shar said...
Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant!!! Thanks so much for this post. I can't wait to try it out :)
- September 20, 2010 at 6:46 AM
- xo, Joan said...
Wow! Yet another amazing fun craft idea from you...When you say "plasticine" do you mean the kind of clay that is advertised as never drying out or does not need baking? I have used polymer clay to make molds and bake for embellishments to my artwork, and I am anxious to try your technique...but first I must buy some plasticine, and not sure what to look for. I am familiar with RoseArt, and that's usually a cheaper brand, which is good :) Thanks for sharing all your wonderful ideas! When is your book coming out :D
- September 20, 2010 at 7:18 AM
- Charlotte said...
Brilliant and Amazing!
- September 20, 2010 at 7:24 AM
- Maiz said...
You are my hero! This is the BEST idea!!!
- September 20, 2010 at 7:37 AM
Wonderful post - thanks for all the inspiring images! May I ask what you used to clean ink from the stamp as the clay changed from shape to shape? And did you use water-based or permanent ink pads?
Thanks! - September 20, 2010 at 7:39 AM
- Eva said...
wow! love it! I JUST tried out your bath craft foam murals now I can't wait to try this out and I really want to have a go at those bandana skirts :) thanks for all the inspiration!
- September 20, 2010 at 7:45 AM
- susie said...
Lindsey, You have the luckiest little girls in the world! OMG I would love to come join you at your craft table. Everything turned out so beautifully! I love the little faces you made and also the flower... Actualy I loved everything. Do you ever use these on fabric? xx. susie.
- September 20, 2010 at 7:58 AM
- Gail Bartel said...
I have a ton of plasticine in the art room at school just begging to be used for a stamp. Thanks for the insight, I can see many applications in the future!
- September 20, 2010 at 8:28 AM
- Lindsey said...
Hiya peeps!
The "plasticine" I am referring to is the kid's modelling clay that doesn't dry out and that you do not need to bake. I'm sure that Fimo or Sculpy would work for this, but it would be a more expensive way of doing it. The Rose art plasticine we used is this stuff and is nice and affordable... I guess plasticine must be a brand name in the UK or something.
As far as getting the ink off the stamps to reuse went, we used a water based ink pad and the ink just stamped clean off the plasticine with no need to wipe it or wash it or anything. It was surprisingly clean.
Hope you guys do try this and have as much fun as we are having with it :) - September 20, 2010 at 8:44 AM
- mayaluna said...
this is fantastic!! I'm so excited to try this out... would be wonderful with a group.
- September 20, 2010 at 8:46 AM
- natacha said...
Quelle bonne idée... utiliser de la pâte à modeler... je mets cela dans un coin de ma tête!!! MERCI !!!
- September 20, 2010 at 9:51 AM
- Unknown said...
The graphic quality of this project is just stupendous. My brain is whirling... Another amazing post!
- September 20, 2010 at 9:58 AM
Hi Lindsay, Great post, love the pictures and info. Can you say a little bit about the type of ink and ink pad you used please. We did a bit of printing a few weeks ago and used "proper" printers ink and a brayer roller thingy but I guess there might be some more small child friendly options out there. Cheers, Lyndsay in Oban, Scotland.
- September 20, 2010 at 10:49 AM
- Lindsey said...
Hi Lyndsay,
We only had the one stamp pad. It was a black washable ink stamp pad. You can see it in the picture with the fridge magnets at the top of the bit about how we stamped the kid's names. Nuthin' fancy, just a cheap stamp pad from a craft store or office supplies place. - September 20, 2010 at 10:57 AM
Thanks Lindsay, I missed the picture of the ink pad, doh! I did a bit of research though and found a suggestion for making your own ink pads. Get a pot with a lid, cut out a sponge to fit the base, add 3 tbsp kid poster paint and 1 tbsp white kid glue and squish it up. After use, stick the lid on to keep it for later. I am off to the shops to get some plastecine (being in the UK I know what that is :o) and have a go! Cheers, Lyndsay
- September 20, 2010 at 12:06 PM
- Emily@theNest said...
Simply fantastic, I have just subscribed to your blog and am looking forward to going through the archives!! I came over from The Craft Crow. X
- September 20, 2010 at 12:30 PM
- kelly said...
Love the idea - we've only got teeny ink pads though so need to buy one decent one to do this, but we do have scabby plasticine in abundance!
We shall try it out soon. - September 20, 2010 at 12:57 PM
- Nadene said...
Brilliant! Just the right activity for that ugly grey lump of plasticine! I especially LOVE the letters!
- September 20, 2010 at 1:17 PM
- Marisa said...
That sunflower is amazing. You could make and sell a set of cards with that sunflower. Beautiful.
All we have in the house is bakeable Sculpey. I might try it with that anyway, and when I get a stamp I like, bake it. If it works, I'll let you know! - September 20, 2010 at 1:28 PM
- rachelle | tinkerlab said...
Lindsey -- your blog is full of fabulous ideas, and I love this one especially. The letter stamps came out good enough to design your very own font. Thanks for sharing.
- September 20, 2010 at 4:42 PM
- Val said...
What an excellent idea..many thanks for sharing!
- September 20, 2010 at 6:29 PM
- Jackie said...
I love this idea, no boundaries just plenty of imagination. We're going to have to try this one.
- September 20, 2010 at 7:20 PM
- TwigandToadstool said...
oh my goodness!!! how friggin' brilliant are you?!
LOVE your refreshing creativity and great ideas!
xo maureen - September 20, 2010 at 7:46 PM
- katepickle said...
Oh this is SO COOL!!!! so so so SO cool!!!
- September 20, 2010 at 9:43 PM
- Rebecca Newman said...
This is fantastic, we have some plasticine in the cupboard that hasn't seen the light for a few months and my kids will love doing this activity in the school holidays. Brilliant. :-) (I found you through twitter via @katrinagermein)
- September 20, 2010 at 11:24 PM
- Trish @ a dream house for Trish said...
I love this idea, loving your blog! We just used your craft foam bath art idea & the kids loved it. I hope you don't mind but I have included a link to you blog in my latest post!!
Cheers Trishx - September 21, 2010 at 6:10 AM
- Marie {Make and Takes} said...
Beautiful stamps! So fun and easy.
- September 21, 2010 at 9:10 AM
- Erin said...
LOVE THIS!!! This is one of the coolest ideas I have seen in a long time, it is so simple that it is pure genius. I am SO going to do this with my class at school. Thank you!
- September 21, 2010 at 4:48 PM
- The Bailey Family said...
This is just brilliant. I've been scouring the dollar bins in stores looking for cheap rubber stamps and never thought to make them out of modeling clay!! I have an entire bag of it waiting for a project tomorrow (now off to find washable stamp pads...)
Love this site. I made the newspaper swords for my kids yesterday and we spent most of Sunday making the foam bath toys, which they loved. You have such great ideas, and take things to such a phenomenal level. Amazing! - September 21, 2010 at 6:54 PM
- rachelle | tinkerlab said...
Hi again! Still thinking about this idea -- I love it and hope you don't mind that I just posted a link to this off my facebook fan page :) http://www.facebook.com/tinkerlab
- September 21, 2010 at 8:50 PM
- Georgy said...
What a great idea and very effective. My four year old daughter just loves making things, drawing and painting. I am always looking for new ideas so will be following this blog. Thanks G
- September 22, 2010 at 4:12 AM
- Christine @ Origami Mommy said...
I love this! This is great. I wonder if I can get plasticine in Japan. I wonder what it's called. ....
- September 22, 2010 at 1:16 PM
- polwig said...
Such a great idea, and so creative... can't wait to try it
- September 22, 2010 at 4:54 PM
- Teacher Tom said...
Yay for you Lindsey! I have a HUGE box of this stuff that's been around for years, but never had a desire to use it. This is the thing! I wanted to try something new in class and this will be it. Oh yeah!
It sounds like you're kind of nerding out about this the way I did when you introduced me to plastic bag clothing decals when I first started reading here. I just might start nerding out about this one myself! - September 22, 2010 at 7:19 PM
- Angela @ Cottage Magpie said...
These are just beautiful -- I can't wait to try this both on my own and with my son. What fun!
I did have one question -- what kind of paint did you use to paint the pictures afterwards (poster, watercolor, tempura...)?
~Angela :-) - September 23, 2010 at 1:02 AM
- Melony Bradley said...
Super cool idea- you get to be creative making the stamp first and then double the fun stamping with it. LOve, love, love it~
- September 23, 2010 at 7:52 AM
- The Knitty Gritty Homestead said...
You truly are brilliantly creative and resourceful! I'm going to do this with my kindergartens once they know the letters of their names!
- September 23, 2010 at 10:14 AM
- Is@Hz said...
Por favor, mira
y gracias por tus maravillosas ideas. - September 24, 2010 at 11:04 AM
- Elizabeth said...
Oh, how I love your blog! We tried making our own stamps yesterday. Here's what we ended up with: http://sixgoldencoins.blogspot.com/2010/09/homemade-stamps.html
- September 24, 2010 at 1:54 PM
Just fantastic. I can't wait to try this, we will have to get some plasticine though. We have done some stamping but always with the kids drawing and me carving out with the sharp tools. This sounds much more little kids friendly.
- September 24, 2010 at 5:30 PM
- Play for Life said...
Lindsey this is wonderful. We had ideas for making stamps but never thought to include plasticine. We'll try this as soon as kinder resumes in another week. Thanks for the inspiration!
Donna :) :) - September 25, 2010 at 4:37 AM
- rachel said...
I just wanted to tell you how much I love this blog. Your creativity is truly inspiring. I'm definitely going to bookmark this and keep it for when I have kids. I love love love every project every project you've done. Keep it up!!!
- September 25, 2010 at 7:58 AM
- Taylor schapiro said...
Incredible activity with so many off shoots. I will have to try them all. I love your site. Was just introduced to it. I'll be visiting often. Thanks
- September 26, 2010 at 9:34 AM
- Kelly said...
Wow, these are beautiful! What an awesome idea. My daughter loves mixed-media art and I'm sure she would have fun with this.
- September 26, 2010 at 7:11 PM
- Scott said...
Using plasticine as stamps - what a great idea. The result looks fantastic, and I love the way each print is unique as the plasticine's shape changes over time.
- September 29, 2010 at 2:27 AM
- Molly said...
Amazing! I love that the shape changes a little bit with each stamp! I love a little bit of imperfection (can't believe I said that but I've arrived in my 40's only to find out it's inevitable!). I know what we are doing Friday! These are truly beautiful! Thanks! I would never thought to make stamps out of plasticine!
- September 29, 2010 at 4:07 AM
- Molly said...
PS I just checked out your husband's blog! What a WONDERFUL site. What ucky, lucky kids you have to have talented parents like yourself!
- September 29, 2010 at 4:18 AM
- xo, Joan said...
Thank you again for this great idea! After playing around with the plasticine, we used polymer clay and found although it does cost a bit more, it held the stamp impression longer and was neater all 'round; well worth the few extra cents. And, after my granddaughter finished stamping, she made kitty beads out of the same clay she had pressed onto a mold we used as a stamp. We baked them, strung onto elastic cording and voila, another fun project was created!
xo, Grammie Joan - October 1, 2010 at 10:47 AM
- Katherine said...
Those prints are amazing! They remind me of some children's books, like To Be Like The Sun (which is about sunflowers). I think we have a crufty scrap of modeling clay, which I think is your plastacine.
- October 5, 2010 at 9:26 AM
- Zaira said...
LOVE this. Awesome idea, wonderful for Christmas gifts!
- October 5, 2010 at 12:01 PM
Oh my gosh, I just discovered your blog and I LOVE it!! You are so amazing!! I was thinking of doing this kind of stamp thing for a craft I want to do at a book signing (my children's book SOUP DAY, was just released), and I have been looking around for vegetable stamps online and having a hard time finding what I have an idea for in my mind. DUH! I can just make them out of Sculpey!!! Brilliant. Thank you SO much for this post. I'm totally inspired by you!!!!
- October 7, 2010 at 12:44 PM
- INVITEDbyRUKxo said...
this is a fabulous idea!! I LOVE IT!! My kids are always getting into my stash of stamps, but this is so much more creative for them (and money saving for me!). Thanks so much for sharing. I adore your blog and envy your endless talent
- October 10, 2010 at 4:29 AM
- Mike Tayse said...
Hey there,
I saw the link on gizmodo, I think. I teach elementary students and do a blog of my students at:
I'm 'gonna try the mask, Thanks!
Mike Tayse - October 10, 2010 at 3:48 PM
- Katherine said...
I'm unclear on your use policy, does it mean that you do not want people using a picture from your blog to link to one of your projects? Or is that generally okay?
- October 11, 2010 at 12:39 PM
- Lindsey said...
Hi Katherine,
I'm generally fine with people using either one or two photos in order to link to a post of ours. I have the notice on the site because far too often people unwittingly post multiple images of mine on their sites with partial or complete reproductions of my posts. Whether they link or not I'm not OK with that. It's a pain to police. Despite the notice I am still having to deal with people who knowingly repost my content, so I often end up contacting hosting companies to request removal of my material from websites that have reposted it without permission. It's the suckiest part of blogging so far. It's a time sink and sometimes makes me think about quitting with the blogging unfortunately. - October 11, 2010 at 1:24 PM
- Fab said...
So stunning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just can't wait to try it!!! super thanks! Your work is so lovely!
- October 15, 2010 at 11:24 AM
- Audrey Brown said...
I'd like to post one of your photos on my blog and then link to this article. It says to email you for permission, but I don't see an email anywhere. :) My blog is www.bornforgeekdom.com and you can email me at firstname.lastname@example.com
Just let me know.
Thanks! - October 20, 2010 at 10:17 AM
- GorgeousKarma said...
This is totally stunning! Thanks a ton for sharing all the pics and ideas. I have to, have to - try these with my 5 year old. :)
- October 22, 2010 at 8:32 AM
- Unknown said...
I'm a teacher from Spain. I love your blog, is fun, is different... wow! it gives me a lot of ideas for work with my kids. Actually I'm working with preschoolers.
I'll tell about your blog to the other teachers of my school, it's wonderfull.
Thanks for your work, and congratulations to your little girls they should be the most creative and happy girls in the world.sorry for my bad english :D - October 23, 2010 at 10:15 AM
- Ting said...
That is fantastic! Can't wait to try it!
- October 23, 2010 at 11:19 AM
These are wonderful.....now I know what I will be doing this afternoon!!!
- October 30, 2010 at 12:14 PM
- melissa said...
thank you so much for this post--such a dreary rainy day: we are off to stamping fun with plastine :o)xxxmelissa
- November 1, 2010 at 1:58 AM
- Veterinaire Agenda - Hiskia said...
what a briljant idea! love it!! hope you don't mind that i wrote about it on my blog & used your pictures. of course with your name & linked to your blog. if you do mind, please let me know, but i hope you'll see it as an compliment :)
- November 2, 2010 at 1:16 PM
- Natalie said...
Oh My goodness, this is the best idea. I also hope you don't mind that I posted it on my blog and put a link to your blog!! I am an art teacher in Texas and tried it with my kids the other day. I LOVE it! Your kids are so lucky to have such a creative parent!!!Check out my blog www.elementaryartfun.blogspot.com
- November 2, 2010 at 3:39 PM
For US-based folks, I found plasticine really affordably ($4 for 24 longish sticks) at Walgreens. You can check your local store for availability at their website.
Walgreens Plasticine
It worked great! My 4 yr old just kept making stamps over and over with some sculpting tools we had! :) - November 3, 2010 at 1:45 PM
- Paula Gertel said...
Beatifull!!!!i´ve tried this with my kids and they loved it!!!!thanks 4 sharing such beautiful things!!!!
- November 3, 2010 at 2:07 PM
- jade said...
what a great idea.... can't wait to try it... so brilliant, i never thought of this. thanks 4 sharing
- November 20, 2010 at 6:10 AM
This is the best craft I have ever seen!! I tried it with the kids today and I find it Waaaaay better than stamps. My young kids always have a problem with stamps because you have to get the pressure right or else it doesn't come out. This has solved that problem, great prints every time. My 1 year old was even copying her sisters and got a few prints - I was amazed. Thank you so much for sharing, you are an inspiration!
Haydee - December 12, 2010 at 10:25 AM
I absolutely love this!
I will try this at home. You just gave me an excuse to buy some plastiline ;) - December 27, 2010 at 2:09 AM
- anabelucraft said...
Is Fantastic!! A idea brilliant!!
Saluts - January 8, 2011 at 3:29 AM
- Veroka said...
Great, great, idea!!!
:) - January 30, 2011 at 9:21 AM
- k-squared said...
I love this, and all of the ideas you put on the blog. I'm so incredibly impressed with the things you come up with (I have to be honest and say it makes me feel a bit inadequate too!!) We'll definitely try this. My boys are a bit craft-reluctant, but printing is something that always goes down well because it's so quick and easy and you get nice results without too much effort.
We also did the transparent paper window which was great and lasted for ages. Then eventually the leaves and petals started to fall off one by one which was kind of nice too. - February 19, 2011 at 12:23 PM
I found non-drying clay (I think it's the same as plasticine) in the US by Crayola. It's simply called Crayola Modeling Clay. I got it from school, so I don't know the price.
I hope this helps someone. It held the images long enough for us. - June 27, 2011 at 4:00 PM
- Kirsty @ Bowerbird Blue said...
total creative awesomeness, love, love love it.
- September 29, 2011 at 10:35 PM
- Work Of Our Hands said...
VERY CLEVER ! What hardness of plastiline ?
- January 24, 2012 at 2:21 PM
- Kelly said...
Fabulous! What amazing artwork.
- March 13, 2012 at 3:53 PM
- Joseph said...
Do you have any idea for making plastic stamps for cards?
Gift Card printing
Scratch Cards
Printed Gift Cards - May 3, 2012 at 3:02 AM
- Rina k6art.com said...
I taught your stamp lesson to the 4th grader and they loved it! Very successful. Thanks for posting all your fabulous photos.
- December 7, 2012 at 12:44 PM
- Rach said...
Fab! I've pinned it.
- January 10, 2013 at 5:18 AM
What sorcery is this!
Really nice! Thanx for sharing - March 4, 2013 at 8:04 PM
- toni said...
This is a great post! Thank you so much for sharing i think its something that all ages would get a lot of fun out of. We always had plasticene as kids and i'm looking forward to getting re-acquainted with it ! The work the children have done is fantastic how lovely to see their absorption in the activity.
- July 14, 2013 at 6:56 AM
- Kate said...
Thanks this is great! I work at a museum with artsy kids and printing was always a tough subject because most printing things are either premade or require sharp tools (like if you are cutting into rubber, linoleum, or potatoes). This project is so open-ended and safe I won't feel like I have to constantly moniter the little ones and I'm sure the big kids will find lots of ways to use the playdough creatively! Thanks!
- August 23, 2013 at 8:54 PM
- Unknown said...
Amazing! Gorgeous cheap printing for my students! We'll follow you!! Thanks so much for sharing!
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'The Collar' by George Herbert I struck the board, and cried 'No more! I will abroad. What, shall I ever sigh and pine? My lines and life are free; free as the road, Loose as the wind, as large as store. Shall I be still in suit? Have I no harvest but a thorn To let me blood, and not restore What I have lost with cordial fruit? Sure there was wine Before my sighs did dry it: there was corn Before my tears did drown it. Is the year only lost to me? Have I no bays to crown it? No flowers, no garlands gay? All blasted? All wasted? Not so, my heart; but there is fruit, And thou hast hands. Recover all thy sigh-blown age On double pleasures; leave thy cold dispute Of what is fit and not; forsake thy cage, Thy rope of sands, Which petty thoughts have made, and made to thee Good cable to enforce and draw, And be thy law While thou didst wink and wouldst not see. Away, take heed: I will abroad. Call in thy death's head there: tie up thy fears. He that forbears To suit and serve his need, Deserves his load.' But as I raved and grew more fierce and wild At every word, Methought I heard one calling, 'Child!' And I replied, 'My Lord!' Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792) was an English portrait painter.
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What's something you wake up really early for...
DEAN REGAS: Get up a little early, just kind of kick back and relax.
CHANG: ...Which always feels like a big event...
REGAS: I feel like it's the day before Christmas or something, yeah, for me. I'm very anxious.
CHANG: ...And that you can watch from all over the world?
REGAS: I've had some pretty exotic ones in places like Hawaii and Greece, and then maybe less exotic ones, like parking lots and malls.
Well, if you're astronomer Dean Regas from the Cincinnati Observatory, it's a total lunar eclipse. And if you look up late into the night tonight in North America and parts of Central and South America, you, too, will be able to share in the spectacle.
CHANG: And if you need a refresher on the celestial mechanics behind the phenomenon, a total lunar eclipse happens when the sun, Earth and moon precisely align, and the Earth's shadow slowly creeps across the lunar surface. With the naked eye, you'll be able to spot that transformation starting in the hours before the sun rises on Tuesday, around 4:09 a.m. Eastern time.
REGAS: And after about an hour, it plunges into darkness, where it turns all eerie shades of orange and red.
NADWORNY: That red color is why the total lunar eclipse is sometimes nicknamed a blood moon. And astronomer Laura Trouille of the Adler Planetarium in Chicago says there's a reason for that red color.
LAURA TROUILLE: It's the same thing that makes our sky blue and our sunsets red. The science behind it is just the Earth's atmosphere is scattering sunlight and scattering away the blue light and letting the red light through to light up the moon.
CHANG: Grab a pair of binoculars if you have them, but Trouille says you can also see the whole show with nothing but the naked eye.
TROUILLE: All you have to do is step outside and look up. And it's such a human thing to want to try to understand and be curious and wonder, how does this universe work? What's our place in it?
CHANG: And you won't want to miss it. The next total lunar eclipse won't be until March 14, 2025.
NADWORNY: So the question now is, are you going to set your alarm, or are you going to stay up all night? Trouille has her answer.
TROUILLE: Oh, you should stay up all night partying and celebrating the sky above.
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This week's EtsyInspired artist is TR Mack Studio. I was really drawn in by the stunning colors and the beautiful tree silhouettes. This is definitely my kind of art. Bold and eye catching. I enjoyed the backgrounds of the dots and mosaics. This shop offers original paintings, different sized prints, mini prints and ACEO prints. With the wide selection, it's perfect for any size home or if you just want to collect some small pieces of art. Believe it or not, the artist is self taught! Check out the TR Mack Studio shop and be EtsyInspired!
This week, things are a little different. Since the artist couldn't afford to do a giveaway at this time, I was just gonna give away something from my stash BUT through some crazy miracle Marti from Pez-A-Doodle emailed me and asked if she could sponsor a challenge. Isn't that AWESOME?
Now, if you haven't been to the Pez-A-Doodle shop, you must run there! They have the CUTEST exclusive stamps that are based on Marti's own little girl. I'm showing you an image of the sweet Pezzy who I am just in love with! Marti also carries whole lines of Studio G stuff, embellishments, mini kits, tools, Tim Holtz stuff, and much much more!
The awesome prize this week is a $20 gift certificate for ANYTHING in the Pez-A-Doodle shop! Ack! I would be like a kid in a candy store! You can also check out the Pez-A-Doodle blog for updates and fun challenges! Not only that, but Marti is giving you ALL a coupon code for 10% off your purchase!! Just use coupon code: etsy10.
This week's card was so hard for me! I've made three different cards and I don't really like any of them. I think it's because I like the shop so much, I haven't been able to make anything that I find suiting. This is Unity's Dream Tree and the sentiment is from Unity's Butterfly Beauty.


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A Perfect Day
Everyone's experience is different, but this is what my routine this summer has been so far: Arrive at about 10 a.m. I'm not really a morning person. I can wake up early, but I won't be productive. That, and I walk to work, so I tend to get in a bit later. Also, it helps that my team doesn't really get in until 10 or 10:30. Eat breakfast.
Get a snack. This usually happens around 3 or 4 pm. Or earlier, if I'm having a particularly slow day. I love to munch when I'm thinking or drink something sweet like ice tea lemonade or flavored water.
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Hoisted from Archives: The Invisible College
Grasping Reality with Both Hands: The Invisible College: J. Bradford DeLong (2006), "The Invisible College," Chronicle of Higher Education Review 52:47 (July 28, 2006):
The Chronicle: 7/28/2006: The Invisible College: Right now I'm looking out my office window, perched above the large, grassy, Frisbee-playing, picnicking, and sunbathing area that stretches through Berkeley's campus. I'm looking straight out at the Golden Gate Bridge. It's a view that I marvel at every day. I wonder why the chancellor hasn't confiscated such offices and rented them out to hedge funds to improve the university's finances.
I walk out my door and look around: at the offices of professors who know more about topics like the history of the international monetary system or the evolution of income distribution than any other human beings alive, and at graduate students hanging out in the lounge. It's a brilliant intellectual community, this little slice of the world that is our visible college. You run into people in the hall and the lounge, and you learn interesting things. Paradise. For an academic, at least.
But I am greedy. I want more. I would like a larger college, an invisible college, of more people to talk to, pointing me to more interesting things. People whose views and opinions I can react to, and who will react to my reasoned and well-thought-out opinions, and to my unreasoned and off-the-cuff ones as well. It would be really nice to have Paul Krugman three doors down, so I could bump into him occasionally and ask, "Hey, Paul, what do you think of .. ." Aggressive younger people interested in public policy and public finance would be excellent. Berkeley is deficient in not having enough right-wingers; a healthy college has a well-diversified intellectual portfolio. The political scientists are too far away to run into by accident — somebody like Dan Drezner would be nice to have around (even if he does get incidence wrong sometimes).
Over the past three years, with the arrival of Web logging, I have been able to add such people to those I bump into — in a virtual sense — every week. My invisible college is paradise squared, for an academic at least.
Plus, Web logging is an excellent procrastination tool. Don't feel like grading? Don't feel like writing that ad hoc committee report or completing the revisions demanded by clueless referee X? Write on your Web log and get the warm glow of having accomplished something.
Plus, every legitimate economist who has worked in government has left swearing to do everything possible to raise the level of debate and to communicate with a mass audience rather than merely an ivory-tower audience. That is true of those on the right as well as the left. Web logging is a promising way to do that.
Plus, there is the hope that someday, somehow, all of this will develop in a way to provide useful tools for teaching or marketing one's books, or something — that Web logging is a lottery ticket to something in the future, unknown but good.
Plus — and this is the biggest plus — it is a play in the intellectual influence game. My blog got about 20,000 page-views a day last month.
The hope of all of us who blog is that we will become smarter, do more useful work, be happier and more productive, and will also impress our deans so they will raise our salaries. The first three hopes are clearly true: Academics who blog think more profound thoughts, have a bigger influence on the world — both the academic and the broader worlds — and are happier for it. Are we more productive in an academic sense? Maybe. We will see when things settle down.
Are our deans impressed? Not so far, but they should be. A lot of a university's long-run success depends on attracting good undergraduates. Undergraduates and their parents are profoundly influenced by the public face of the university. And these days, a thoughtful, intelligent, well-informed Web logger like Juan Cole or Dan Drezner is an important part of a university's public face. Michigan gains in reputation and mindshare from having a Cole on its faculty. Yale loses from not having an equivalent.
A great university has faculty members who do a great many things — teaching undergraduates, teaching graduate students, the many things that are "research," public education, public service, and the turbocharging of the public sphere of information and debate that is a principal reason that governments finance and donors give to universities. Web logs may well be becoming an important part of that last university mission.


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A recent study showed that one in four teenagers have at some point taken part in 'sexting', the sending of explicit photos and texts, and that this practice is often the first step in sexual activity. For young people growing up with the internet and the pervasive presence of social media, it should come as no surprise that their first foray into expressing their sexuality involves the technology that is a central aspect of their lives. Sexting is an inevitable result of teenagers' hormones and a new medium through which to express themselves, not a heinous by-product of social media itself.
While it is true that the internet offers instant and easy access to seemingly endless sites featuring pornography, condemning technology for teenagers' actions assigns blame where none is necessarily deserved. Young people exploring their sexuality is hardly a recent phenomenon. As long as it is consensual, there is nothing wrong with people (generally young adults and teenagers, but not necessarily) using technology to share as much as they wish while still feeling secure.
There are obvious exceptions to this idea of young people sexting in a manner they feel safe and comfortable with. The internet is treacherously permanent, and there is a worry of photos falling into the wrong hands or later being found by potential employers. But if young people are well-educated about internet security, which they should be anyway for a multitude of reasons, this should not be a pressing issue. There is also the understandable worry of vulnerable teenagers sending media they are in actuality unhappy sharing, because of considerable and demanding pressure from their peers. However, this merely comprises one part of broader issues of sexuality that pervade our culture. All too often young girls are sexualised without their consent and there are innumerable issues with the discourse surrounding sex generally. These are problems with society as a whole, not sexting specifically. Demonising social media for supposedly pressuring teenagers to send sexts misses the point entirely, and pointing fingers at technology only serves to ignore the larger and more insidious factors at play.
Young girls in particular are all too often targeted for expressing their sexuality, and the general privacy or even anonymity of texts and messages can allow a freedom that is sadly absent offline. It's possible that the internet can provide a safe space for young people to determine what they are and are not comfortable with, away from the exhausting expectations and scrutiny of their everyday lives. Being a teenager is a time when people are figuring out who they are and the ways in which they communicate with each other. Placing smartphones and laptops in the hands of teenagers and expecting them not to engage in social media is absurd. In an online environment where you can instantly access the inner monologues of almost anyone, it's thoroughly unsurprising that young people are harnessing this active power, and even less so that their hormone-ridden conversations frequently turn towards sex.
Though societal pressures in regards to sex are very much existent, this is just one medium which used safely, consensually, and with knowledge of the risks involved with putting any information online, is just another outlet for teenagers to figure out what they are comfortable with sexually- which was always going to happen, with or without the internet.


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It's renowned for being the 'most romantic day of the year'.
And many of us use it as an opportunity to show affection for our loved ones with cards, flowers or chocolates.
But why exactly do we celebrate Valentine's Day and why does it fall on February 14?
Well we've trawled through the history books to find out the real reasons so you don't have to – and the background casts a very different light on the holiday.
How did Valentine's Day begin?
Valentine's Day is an old tradition thought to have originated from a Roman Festival known as Lupercalia, according to History.com.
It was held on February 15 as a fertility festival dedicated to Faunus, the Roman god of agriculture.
During the celebrations boys would draw names of girls from a box and the pair would be partners during the festival.
These matches often led to marriage.
The festival survived the initial rise of Christianity but was outlawed at the end of the 5th century when Pope Gelasius declared February 14 St Valentine's Day.
Chaucer may have actually made it all up
haucer, as in The Canterbury Tales writer, may have actually been behind Valentine's Day. The medieval English poet took quite a few liberties with history.
He'd drop his poetic characters into real-life historical events leaving readers wondering if that's what really happened.
There is no actual record of Valentine's Day before Chaucer's poem in 1375.
It's in Parliament of Foules that he links the tradition of courtly love to the St Valentine's feast day – the tradition didn't exist until after his poem.
The poem refers to February 14 as the day of birds coming together to find a mate. "For this was sent on Seynt Valentyne's day / Whan every foul cometh ther to choose his mate," he wrote and maybe invented Valentine's Day as we now know it.
Who was St. Valentine?
The St Valentine that inspired the holiday may have been more than one man.
The saint officially recognized by the Roman Catholic Church was a real person who died around AD 270.
An account from 1400s describes Valentine as a priest who was beheaded by Emperor Claudius II for helping Christian couples wed.
The emperor had banned marriage as he thought single men made better soldiers.
Valentine felt this was unfair so he celebrated marriages in secret.
When the emperor found out he was thrown in jail and sentenced to death.
He may also have been Bishop of Terni, also martyred by Claudius II on the outskirts of Rome.
There are similarities between the priest's and bishop's stories, which leads people to believe they are the same man.
There's so much confusion around St Valentine that the Church stopped veneration of him in 1969 – though he is still listed as an official saint.
"Valentinus" is from the Latin word for worthy, strong or powerful, and was a popular name between the second and eighth centuries AD meaning there are several martyrs with the same name.
There are actually a dozen Valentines listed and there's even a Pope Valentine.
The actual day we celebrate is known as St Valentine of Rome to set him apart.
What does he really have to do with love?
Valentine did help marry couples in secret, which is arguably very romantic.
He is the patron saint of beekeepers and epilepsy among other things…Like the plague, fainting and travelling.
That doesn't stop people calling on his help for those romantically involved. He's now also patron of engaged couples and happy marriages.
Why is his skull kept in Rome?
Yes, that's right. St Valentine's skull is housed and adorned in flowers in Rome. It's actually on display in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin.
It was found when people were excavating a catacomb near Rome in the early 1800s. The skeletal remains and other relics now associated with St Valentine were dug up. It's the norm for these to be split and distributed to reliquaries – places that keep relics – around the world. If you wanted to see other parts of the saint, he's on display in the Czech Republic, Ireland, Scotland, England and France.
Why do we give Valentine's cards?
Another idea is that when he was sent to prison, he sent a letter to a young girl he had fallen in love with and signed it "From your Valentine".
Why is always celebrated on February 14?
Some believe that Valentine's Day's is celebrated mid-February to mark the anniversary of St Valentine's death.
It's thought to have happened in the middle of the month around 270 AD.
Others maintain that the Christian church decided to place St Valentine's feast day at this time of the year in an effort to 'Christianise' the pagan festival of Lupercalia.
Why are roses associated with Valentine's Day?
Roses have been the symbol of love since the early 1700s when Charles II of Sweden brought the Persian poetical art known as the "language of flowers" to Europe.
Throughout the 18th century, ladies loved their floral dictionaries, which listed the symbolic meanings of different flowers, according to YourTango.com.
The red rose was believed to be the flower favored by Venus, the Roman Goddess of Love, and has therefore come to represent that.
Why cupid?
Cupid is the god of desire, erotic love, affection and attraction. He is the son of Venus, goddess of love, and war god Mars. Cupid in Latin is 'amor', which means love.
When did Valentine's Day become commercial?
It wasn't until the 18th century that Valentine's Day took off in England. Lovers began to send trinkets, cards and flowers to their loved ones.
A huge amount of printed cards would get sold, then in 1913 Hallmark Cards in Kansas City began mass producing specific Valentine's Day cards.
Now about a billion cards are sold every year and it's the second biggest card sending time of the whole year.
Why do we sign cards anonymously?
Apart from the embarrassment, there was an actual tradition started by the Victorians.
They thought it was bad luck to sign the cards with their actual names.
It was also the Victorians that sent roses as they were Venus' favourite flower.
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The following is an excerpt from The MacArthur New Testament Commentary on Jude 3.
Jude initially made every effort to write regarding the common salvation he shared with his readers. Effort (spoude) connotes hastening or speed, and could mean Jude hurried in vain to write, or that he tried hard but could not complete what he originally planned to say. Whatever the case, the presence of false teaching restrained him, impressing him with the urgent need to call the church to battle. His initial notion was to speak positively of the shared blessings of salvation. But that very salvation was under assault by apostates, hence his change of subjects.
Like Paul, who wrote to the Corinthians, "For necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel" (1 Cor. 9:16, nkjv), Jude felt the necessity—a heavy burden or mandate—to write. Agcho, the root of the noun rendered necessity, means literally "compress." Jude recognized that he was a watchman for the truth (cf. Ezek. 3:16–21) who could not simply watch in silence as his readers slipped into error. His fervent passion for sound doctrine, especially regarding the gospel, made even the thought of false teaching a heavy burden on his heart (cf. 2 Cor. 11:28). And he and his readers would not be able to share a common salvation if they lost the gospel.
Jude also had a deep love for his readers—meaning that he was dedicated to their spiritual well-being. Accordingly his tone conveyed a genuine care similar to that of Paul, who wrote to the Ephesian elders: "Therefore be on the alert, remembering that night and day for a period of three years I did not cease to admonish each one with tears" (Acts 20:31; cf. Col. 1:29).
Jude could not resist appealing (parakaleo, "exhorting, encouraging") to his readers that they contend earnestly for the faith. The powerful expression contend earnestly translates a present infinitive (epagonizomai) and stresses the need to defend the truth continually and vigorously (cf. 1 Tim. 1:18; 6:12; 2 Tim. 4:7). It is a compound verb from which the English agonize is transliterated. From Jude's day until now, true believers have always had to battle for the purity of the salvation gospel.
In referring to the faith, Jude is not speaking of a nebulous body of religious doctrines. Rather, the faith constitutes the Christian faith, the faith of the gospel, God's objective truth (i.e., everything pertaining to our common salvation). It is what Luke wrote about in Acts 2:42, noting that the early believers "were continually devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching" (cf. 1 Cor. 15:1–4; 2 Thess. 3:6). Paul admonished Timothy to protect that faith: "Retain the standard of sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. Guard, through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, the treasure which has been entrusted to you" (2 Tim. 1:13–14; cf. 1 Tim. 6:19–20).


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Remarks by Secretary of State Colin Powell and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice to the Press Pool
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Q: Did you get a sense that the two leaders trusted each other to carry out these objectives that they announced?
SECRETARY POWELL: My sense is that a degree of trust was created today, and they both left here understanding that what they both have to do is perform. Only results will build on the initial level of trust that was recreated over the last two days, and both sides left here knowing action is required, results are required. And if they are both are able to deliver, then I really think we have -- we are moving forward, we have a way to move forward. And both sides will be anxious to move forward.
DR. RICE: There was also quite a bit of interchange between members of the two delegations, and I think that was a good thing, as well.
SECRETARY POWELL: While we were outside -- while they were outside on the lawn, inside there were a lot of conversations going on. I sat with the Minister of Defense and with Minister Dahlan -- and Condi did, as well. Condi was with him for about 10 or 15 minutes, and then I sat with him for another half hour, talking about security, let's move forward. So I think that was very important, too.
Q: Where do we go from here?
SECRETARY POWELL: Well, first and foremost, we're going to get our team in to provide a mechanism so they can talk to each other directly and have someone in the room who can sort of make calls and monitor progress and help them connect back to us and to other members of the international community to get them the resources they need.
But it's beyond just security and intelligence exchange and monitoring. There's going to be an economic component to the team that's coming in, because we've got to look just beyond security to the economic needs of the Palestinian people and the Israel people. So get the team in place.
And, frankly, we have asked both sides to start doing things right away. And Prime Minister Sharon said he would start doing things. The outposts, we expect some of them to be dismantled in the very, very near future. And he'll be taking other steps. They said they would be taking more of the steps of the kind that Prime Minister Sharon presented to me a couple of weeks ago. And Minister Dahlan knows that we are expecting him to take some steps right away -- not months from now, right away.
Q: Does the removal of the outposts go far enough, initially?
SECRETARY POWELL: It's a start. I mean, we've got to get started. I think it is a good start. It will show to the Palestinian people and to the world that Israel is prepared to do things that they were not prepared to do before this meeting occurred.
DR. RICE: And the Prime Minister also made important statements about territorial contiguity of the Palestinian state and so forth, in a kind of forward-leaning way.
Q: What did he mean by that? And is his notion of territorial contiguity the same as the Palestinians? Does it include bridges and tunnels, or does it include a solid chunk of land with no pocket?
DR. RICE: A lot of these are issues for negotiation. But the important thing is to commit to the principle that Israel understands that its action should not pre-judge any questions that are there for the negotiation. But we have hard negotiations ahead, obviously.
SECRETARY POWELL: A contiguous state has to be a state that both sides accept and that is viable. It can have an economy, people can move back and forth freely. And both people feel they have achieved their objective. They have a state that they can call their own, living in peace with another state.
But what it's going to look like remains to be seen. But I think we have a pretty good understanding and they, ultimately, will make the decision.
Q: How quickly will the implementation group start? How quickly will John Wolf get here?
SECRETARY POWELL: John will be here -- I'll have to get home and tell him to pack his bag. He's been preparing for the last two weeks. He's known about this for two weeks. So John is preparing himself, a team is being organized. We've got two very competent envoys here now in Ambassador Kurtzer, and the acting Consul General, General Jeff Feltman. Jeff will be playing an active role with John, because permanent Consul General is on the way out. So we're going to have a strong team here and we'll be on the ground and operating in the very near future. I don't want to tell you tomorrow or next week, but certainly very soon.
Q: -- of Prime Minister Abbas' statements about security? Did he go farther than they had in the past in promising an end to terrorism?
SECRETARY POWELL: I think he has. I have never heard coming out of previous leaders of the Palestinian people and Authority that kind of unequivocal statement about ending terror, not because the Americans want us to or the Israelis want it, because we need it. The Palestinian people need it. And he said it in Arabic and he said it repeatedly. He's been saying it for the last several days and I think it was an important and powerful demonstration of his intent.
Q: Can he do it? Can he pull it off?
SECRETARY POWELL: Well, he is committed to it. The Palestinian people and the Palestinian legislature put him in this position to do so, and he has got the people who can do it in Minister Dahlan. And the international community and now the President of the United States said we're going to help him. And Prime Minister Sharon says, I'm here to help you too, let's get going.
DR. RICE: And the Arabs yesterday committed to helping, too, and that's very important.
Q: Could you tell us a little bit more about the atmospherics, the mood between Sharon and Abbas in the room?
SECRETARY POWELL: I think it was good. It was a formal setting with ministers at the table and then behind. And they both laid out their positions rather briefly. The President led the discussion.
But I think the atmospherics, once we got rid of all of the ministers and went outside, the atmospherics as you could see from whatever was on the screen, was very, very good. They got down to talking as three men committed to peace, committed to trying to find a solution. The situation we are in now is unsustainable for any of the parties.
Q: Do the prime ministers trust each other? Do you believe the prime ministers trust each other?
SECRETARY POWELL: You know, I think a degree of trust was built up over the last couple of days. Real trust is going to come from performance and you'll have to ask them. But I think they both left here believing that we have gotten off to a good start in this new process, and they're looking forward to working with each other, and that's a tremendous achievement of these couple of days.
DR. RICE: They spent 40 minutes together, outside alone.
Q: Thank you.
DR. RICE: Thank you very much.
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Brooklyn, New York, United States, 12th Feb 2024 – Sweet Robo introduces innovative, automated vending machines that redefine the way users experience treats. The company specializes in crafting machines that deliver flawless on-demand snacks with a simple push of a button. Sweet Robo's automated machines transform the routine process of dispensing crowd-pleasing sweets into a captivating experience.
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Risk Disclosure
The official language of the Сompany is English. For a more complete description of the Company's activity, please visit the English version of the site. information translated into languages other than English is for information purposes only and has no legal force, the Company is not responsible for the accuracy of the information provided in other languages.
Risks disclosure for operations with foreign currency and derivatives
This short warning, being an addition to the General Business Terms, is not intended to mention all risks and other important aspects of operations with foreign currency and derivatives. Considering the risks, you should not settle transactions of the aforementioned products if you are not aware of the nature of the contracts you enter into, the legal aspects of such relations within the context of such contracts, or the degree of your exposure to risk. Operations with foreign currency and derivatives are connected with a high level of risk, therefore it is not suitable for many people. You have to thoroughly evaluate to what extent such operations are suitable for you, taking into consideration your experience, aims, financial resources and other important factors.
1. Operations with foreign currency and derivatives
1.1 Leveraged trading means that potential profits are magnified; it also means that losses are magnified. The lower the margin requirement, the higher the risk of potential losses if the market moves against you. Sometimes the margins required can be as little as 0.5%. Be aware that when trading using margin, your losses can exceed your initial payment and it is possible to lose much more money than you initially invested. The amount of the initial margin may seem small in comparison with the value of the foreign currency contracts or derivatives, since the "leverage" or "gearing" effect is used therein, in the course of trade. Relatively inconsiderable market movements will have proportionally increasing impact on the amounts deposited, or intended to be deposited by you. This circumstance may work either for you, or against you. When supporting your position, you may incur losses to the extent of the initial margin, and any additional sums of money deposited in the Company. If the market started moving in the opposite direction of your position, and/or the amount of the required margin increased, then the Company may require you to urgently deposit additional sums of money to support the position. Failure to meet the requirement to deposit additional sums of money may result in the closing of your position/s by the Company, and you will bear the responsibility for any losses or lack of funds connected therewith.
1.2 Orders and Strategies reducing the risk
Placement of certain orders (for example, "stop-loss" orders, if this is allowed by local legislation, or "stop-limit" orders), which restrict the maximum amount of losses, may turn out to be inefficient if the market situation makes execution of such orders impossible (for example, upon illiquidity of the market). Any strategies using combinations of positions, for example, "spread" and "straddle" may not be less risky than those connected with common "long" and "short" positions.
2. Additional risks specific to transactions with foreign currency and derivatives
2.1 Conditions for entering into contracts
You need to obtain from your broker detailed information about the conditions for entering into contracts, and any obligations connected therewith (for example, about the circumstances, wherein you may accrue the obligation to carry out or accept delivery of any asset within the framework of a futures contract, or, in the case of an option, information about the expiration dates and the time limitations for executing options). Under some circumstances, a stock exchange or clearinghouse may change the requirements of unsettled contracts (including the strike price), to reflect changes in the market of the respective asset.
2.2 Suspension or restriction of trade. Price correlation
Certain market situations (for example, liquidity) and/or the operating rules of some markets (for example, suspension of trade with respect to contracts or months of contracts, due to an excess in the limits of price changes) may increase the risk of losses incurred, since executing transactions or squaring/netting positions becomes difficult or impossible. Losses could increase, if you sell options. A well-grounded interconnection does not always exist between prices of the asset and the derivative asset. The absence of a benchmark price for an asset may make a "fair value" estimation difficult.
2.3 Deposited funds and property
You should familiarize yourself with protective instruments, within the limits of the Security deposited by you in the form of cash or any other assets, when executing an operation either inside the country or abroad, especially if insolvency or bankruptcy of a dealing firm could be an issue. The extent to which you can return your cash or other assets is regulated by the legislation and local country standards wherein the Counterparty carries out its activities.
2.4 Commission fees and other charges
Prior to participating in any trades you should get clear details on all commission fees, remunerations and other charges that will need to be paid by you. These expenses will affect your net financial result (profit or loss).
2.5 Transactions in the other jurisdictions
Execution of transactions on markets in any other jurisdictions, including markets formally connected with your internal market may result in additional risks for you. Regulation of the aforementioned markets may differ from yours in degree of investor protection (including a lower degree of protection). Your local regulatory authority is unable to ensure compulsory compliance to the rules determined by regulatory authorities or markets in other jurisdictions in which you execute transactions.
2.6 Currency risks
Profits and losses of transactions with contracts re-denominated in a foreign currency that differs from the currency of your account are affected by exchange rate fluctuations when converted from the contract currency to the account currency.
2.7 Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk affects your ability to trade. It is the risk that your financial contract or asset cannot be traded at the time you want to trade (to prevent a loss, or to make a profit). In addition, the margin you need to maintain as a deposit with the contract provider is recalculated daily in accordance with changes in the value of the underlying assets of the contract you hold. If this recalculation (revaluation) produces a reduction in value compared with the valuation on the previous day, you will be required to pay cash to the financial contract provider immediately in order to restore the margin position and to cover the loss. If you cannot make the payment, then the financial contract provider may close your position whether or not you agree with this action. You will have to meet the loss, even if the price of the underlying asset subsequently recovers. There are financial contract providers that liquidate all your contract positions if you do not have the required margin, even if one of those positions is showing a profit for you at that stage. To keep your position open, you may have to agree to allow the financial contract provider to take additional payments (usually from your credit card), at their discretion, when required to meet relevant margin calls. In a fast moving, volatile market you can easily run up a large credit card bill in this way.
2.8 "Stop loss" limits
To limit losses many financial contract providers offer you the opportunity to choose 'stop loss' limits. This automatically closes your position when it reaches a price limit of your choice. There are some circumstances in which a 'stop loss' limit is ineffective for example, where there are rapid price movements, or market closure. Stop loss limits cannot always protect you from losses.
2.9 Execution risk
Execution risk is associated with the fact that trades may not take place immediately. For example, there might be a time lag between the moment you place your order and the moment it is executed. In this period, the market might have moved against you. That is, your order is not executed at the price you expected. Some contract providers allow you to trade even when the market is closed. Be aware that the prices for these trades can differ widely from the closing price of the underlying asset. In many cases, the spread can be wider than it is when the market is open.
2.10 Counterparty risk
Counterparty risk is the risk that the provider issuing the CFD (i.e. your counterparty) defaults and is unable to meet its financial obligations. If your funds are not properly segregated from the CFD provider's funds, and the CFD provider faces financial difficulties, then there is a risk that you may not receive back any monies due to you.
2.11 Trading systems
The majority of usual "voice" and electronic trading systems use computer devices for routing orders, balancing operations, registering and clearing transactions. As with other electronic devices and systems, these are subject to temporary failure and faulty operation. Your chances for reimbursement of certain losses may depend on the limits of liability determined by the supplier of the trading systems, markets, clearinghouses and/or dealing firms. Such limits may vary; it is necessary for you to get detailed information from your broker on this matter.
2.12 Electronic trading
Trading executed using any Electronic Communications Networks may differ not only from trading on any usual "open-outcry" market, but also from trading where other electronic trading systems are used as well. If you execute any transactions on an Electronic Communications Network, you bear the risks specific to such system, including the risk of a failure in the operation of the hardware or software. System failure may result in the following: Your order may not be carried out in accordance with instructions; an order may not be executed at all; it may be impossible to continually receive information on your positions, or to meet margin requirements.
2.13 Over-the-counter operations
In a number of jurisdictions, firms are allowed to carry out over-the-counter operations. Your broker may act as the counterparty for such operations. The special feature of such operations lies in the complexity or impossibility of closing positions, estimating values, or determining the fair price or exposure to risk. For the aforementioned reasons, these operations may be connected with increased risks. The regulation governing over-the-counter operations may be less strict or provide a particular regulatory mode. You will need to become familiar with the rules and risks connected therewith, prior to executing such operations.


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Salt is an essential nutrient that our bodies require for transporting nutrients into and out of our cells, regulating blood pressure, exchanging ions, and much more. However, not all salts are equal. Table salt, which has been stripped of all its minerals except sodium and chloride, for instance, will not have the same positive biological impact upon our bodies as pure, unrefined salt that boasts a robust mineral profile.
One of the most nutritious and "complete" salts we can purchase today is Himalayan salt, a salt that has been formed over millions of years in the Himalayas and which contains so many macrominerals and trace minerals that it is actually pink in color. In this article, you'll learn more about the health benefits of Himalayan salt and how it can help transform even the blandest of meals into a powerhouse of nutrition.
List of Health Benefits
Rich in minerals – Himalayan salt's biggest draw, of course, is its dense concentration of minerals. According to a spectral analysis provided by The Meadow, Himalayan salt contains 84 minerals, electrolytes, and elements – a staggering number considering that only 118 elements are known to science. For this reason, adding more Himalayan salt to your diet can help rectify virtually any mineral deficiency you might have. Significantly, Himalayan salt contains iodine, magnesium, zinc, iron, and calcium – the five minerals in which the United States population are most deficient. Widespread iodine deficiencies (largely blamed on ongoing soil erosion) is an especially serious issue, since iodine plays an essential role in the functioning of the metabolism-controlling thyroid gland. If you add more Himalayan salt to your food, however, you won't need to worry about an iodine deficiency ever again.
Sodium content – Unsurprisingly, one of the minerals in which Himalayan salt is richest is sodium. Though sodium suffers from a bad reputation due to its connection with processed foods, real, unprocessed sodium is needed by our bodies. It helps regulate blood volume and thus blood pressure, but also helps control muscle contractions, heart functions, and nerve transmissions. The RDI of sodium is between 1,500-2,300 milligrams for men and women between the ages of 9-50; one teaspoon of Himalayan salt contains approximately 400 milligrams of it.
Detoxification – Though it is traditionally eaten with food, Himalayan salt's impressive mineral profile also lends it well to external detoxification. For example, you can't find a better salt than Himalayan salt in which to bathe; its minerals and negative ions easily penetrate the skin, producing a cleansing and detoxifying effect that can leave your skin and mind feeling rejuvenated and invigorated for hours thereafter. Likewise, Himalayan salt has a positive effect on our air. It's not a coincidence that virtually all reputable salt lamps are made using Himalayan salt rather than table salt; its negative ions bind themselves to positive ions in the air, neutralizing it and ridding it of pollutants.
Purchasing Himalayan Salt
Himalayan salt can be purchased in health food stores or online, and is usually sold as fine or coarse grains. Fine-grained Himalayan salt is recommend, since the small, unobtrusive crystals are far easier to incorporate into most meals. When purchasing your salt, remember to check that it is pink in color; this indicates that the salt is dense in minerals.


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Even Joe Paterno Must Be Accountable
The chimes of Old Main, the clock tower that looms over the campus of Pennsylvania State University, sound different these days: vacant, distant, ominous, as they?ve never been in my previous semesters. They?re no longer a quintessential collegiate timekeeper sheltered in a limestone tower. Now they?re a grave reminder of dark secrets that may have been uttered by men in the administrative offices below.
The final football weekend of my undergraduate career wasn?t supposed to be like this: Candlelight vigils held under a full moon, bomb threat advisories issued on a Saturday morning and moments of silence in a stadium of more than 100,000 people (dressed in blue, the color of child abuse awareness and, coincidentally, of the school).
It all went awry when the university was rocked by allegations that former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky sexually abused at least eight boys over the past decade. And worse still, top university officials allegedly knew and failed to call the authorities. Suddenly my own devotion to the university and what it stands for was in conflict with this deep moral failing. The details of the grand jury report indicting Sandusky, along with athletic director Tim Curley and Gary Schultz, senior vice president of finance and business, for perjury, are more frightening than anyone could have imagined.
But it was 84-year-old Joe Paterno, the winningest coach in Division I college football history, who would ultimately cause the nation to look upon Happy Valley in dismay and question the integrity of institutions of higher education. While he apparently satisfied his legal responsibility by reporting the alleged sexual abuse to his higher-up, he failed to perform the moral duty of calling police once he was informed of an incident.
During a late-night press conference, the board of trustees announced that Penn State President Graham Spanier, who is Jewish, was fired along with Paterno.
Then the riots began.
Students poured out of their downtown apartments to wreak havoc in the name of JoePa, the golden calf of the religion that is Penn State football. A van was flipped; rocks were thrown; arrests were made.
Paterno and his family have done much for this institution. They contributed more than $4 million to fund university scholarships and to support the library and spiritual center. He is not just a coach; he?s an educator and is credited with helping Penn State become a top research university. His Brooklyn accent and Italian ancestry make him all the more likable.
I also felt the attraction. Being one of thousands of students at Beaver Stadium is exhilarating and terrifying all at once. There is a comfort that comes with chanting time-honored fight songs in unison and swaying when the marching band plays the alma mater. It?s always us against this team or that team, us against the world. Students here feel powerful and indomitable.
But occasionally I?ll look to my right or left and be alarmed by the sea of faces cheering and dancing around me unabashedly, uncritically.
We have been groomed to be this way since the first day of freshman year. It?s one of the reasons that the school boasts the largest dues-paying alumni association in the world. It?s all for one, one for all, and keeping that mantra intact was part of what led to the administration?s failings.
Avodah zarah, or idolatry, is a dangerous thing. In the wake of the press conference announcement of Paterno?s firing, some fans chose to rake his leaves and to shower him and his family with gifts of flowers and balloons. Shouts of ?We love you, Joe? could be heard each time the door of his modest home was opened. Suddenly the Sandusky case became about Paterno and his tarnished legacy instead of the children who may have suffered at the hand of a pedophile.
Paterno needed to go in order for the university to affirm that authority figures are not immune from accountability for their actions, or in this case, their inactions. And though it hurts ? as sudden change after 46 years of stability surely does ? it?s the only way for the Penn State community to begin to heal.
There has been talk of dismantling the bronze statue of Paterno that sits outside the football stadium walls, and of erasing his likeness from community murals and renaming buildings. Penn Staters aren?t sure if it?s still okay to drink coffee out of a ?We love our Joe? mug or to wear a ?Joe Knows Football? T-shirt. The Big Ten athletic conference has already removed his name from the championship trophy.
It would be impossible, unthinkable, to try to erase him from the hearts and memories of the community. Instead, the name Paterno should serve as a catalyst for change. It will be a reminder that the safety and welfare of human beings, particularly children, will always reign supreme over the power of men, the public image of a school, or the outcome of a football game.
Laurie Stern, a former Forward intern, is a senior at Penn State and an investigative reporter on the school?s paper.
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text: Hainan (English name: Hai Nan). Capital: Haikou, referred to as: Joan. Hainan Province on April 13 -1988, the Seventh National People's Congress adopted the first meeting of "the decision on the establishment of Hainan Province" and "On the Establishment of the Hainan Special Economic Zone of the resolution "; April 26, 1988, the CPC Hainan Province Committee of Hainan Provincial People's Government formally. Since then, Hainan became a province of the youngest and largest special economic zone, Hainan's development has entered a new historical period. South China Sea on Hainan Island is a bright pearl, is second only to the country's second largest island of Taiwan. Hainan is the smallest land area of China, the largest province of the marine area.


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When Are Antibiotics Recommended for a Tooth Infection?
If you have a tooth infection, seeing a dentist as soon as possible is important to prevent any sort of infection from spreading. Your dentist will likely prescribe an antibiotic to help kill the bacteria causing your tooth infection. The good news is that if the infection is caught early enough it can be treated.
Read on to learn more about when you should use antibiotics to treat tooth infections.
What is a tooth infection?
A tooth infection is an infection at the root of the tooth between the jaw and gum line. The swelling can be extremely painful and often unbearable, especially if the infection affects the pulp which forms part of the tooth and has important nerves, blood vessels, and connective tissue. If the infection gets worse, it can spread into your brain causing much more damage.
What are some of the symptoms of an infected tooth?
- Gnawing or throbbing toothache
- Pain when eating
- Tooth sensitivity to hot or cold
- Sensitivity to pressure
- Bitter taste in the mouth
- Bad breath
- Swollen neck glands
- Swelling in the gums
- Swelling in the jaw
- Fever
What are some recommended antibiotics for a tooth infection?
The type of antibiotic you'll need depends on the type of bacteria causing the infection. Different classes of antibiotics have different ways of attacking bacteria. Your dentist will want to choose an antibiotic that can effectively eliminate your infection. Antibiotics such as penicillin and amoxicillin are most commonly used to help treat tooth infections. If you're allergic to penicillin (which some people are) be sure to tell your dentist. Erythromycin is an alternative to penicillin and can be prescribed in its place. Information about dosage and how to take the medication will be given to you by your local pharmacist; however you'll typically need to take antibiotics for about a week.
What are some natural remedies for a tooth infection?
If you have an allergic reaction to penicillin or are looking for holistic ways to treat infections – here's a list that may be beneficial. Just to be clear, these natural remedies may deter the infection from spreading, but you should always consult your dentist right away just to be safe.
Some natural remedies include:
- Salt water rinse: rinsing your mouth with salt water promotes wound healing, healthy gums and is an affordable alternative to seeing the dentist
- Baking soda: great for removing excess plaque, it also has antibacterial properties
- Oregano, clove and/or thyme oil: known to be antibacterial and anti-oxidizing, these oils all contain anti-inflammatory properties to help relieve pain
- Cold compress packs: reduce swelling and numbs the pain
- Garlic: rubbing a clove of garlic on the infected area will reduce the pain and kill bacteria
If you're having symptoms of a tooth infection, such as persistent throbbing pain, swelling and sensitivity to temperature or pressure, see a doctor or dentist as soon as possible. If your dentist prescribes antibiotics, follow the instructions carefully and finish the prescription. Even if the infection seems mild, it can quickly become serious without proper treatment.


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The Mercedes S Class has long been known as the ultimate long body luxury sedan from Europe. The Mercedes exuberates a feel of sophistication and has long been known as one of the safest vehicles, being the first production vehicle to offer ABS and Airbags.
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...one of the most highly
regarded and expertly designed C++ library projects in the
— Herb Sutter and Andrei
Alexandrescu, C++
Coding Standards
Getting started with Boost.MPI requires a working MPI implementation, a recent version of Boost, and some configuration information.
To get started with Boost.MPI, you will first need a working MPI implementation. There are many conforming MPI implementations available. Boost.MPI should work with any of the implementations, although it has only been tested extensively with:
You can test your implementation using the following simple program, which passes a message from one processor to another. Each processor prints a message to standard output.
#include <mpi.h> #include <iostream> int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { MPI_Init(&argc, &argv); int rank; MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &rank); if (rank == 0) { int value = 17; int result = MPI_Send(&value, 1, MPI_INT, 1, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD); if (result == MPI_SUCCESS) std::cout << "Rank 0 OK!" << std::endl; } else if (rank == 1) { int value; int result = MPI_Recv(&value, 1, MPI_INT, 0, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD, MPI_STATUS_IGNORE); if (result == MPI_SUCCESS && value == 17) std::cout << "Rank 1 OK!" << std::endl; } MPI_Finalize(); return 0; }
You should compile and run this program on two processors. To do this, consult
the documentation for your MPI implementation. With LAM/MPI,
for instance, you compile with the mpiCC
or mpic++
compiler, boot the LAM/MPI daemon, and run your program via mpirun
. For instance, if your program is
called mpi-test.cpp
use the following commands:
mpiCC -o mpi-test mpi-test.cpp lamboot mpirun -np 2 ./mpi-test lamhalt
When you run this program, you will see both Rank
and Rank
printed to the screen. However, they may
be printed in any order and may even overlap each other. The following output
is perfectly legitimate for this MPI program:
Rank Rank 1 OK! 0 OK!
If your output looks something like the above, your MPI implementation appears to be working with a C++ compiler and we're ready to move on.
Boost.MPI uses version 2 of the Boost.Build
system for configuring and building the library binary. You will need a very
new version of Boost.Jam
(3.1.12 or later). If you already have Boost.Jam, run bjam
to determine what version you are using.
Information about building Boost.Jam is available
here. However, most users need only run build.sh
the tools/build/jam_src
subdirectory of Boost. Then, copy
the resulting bjam
some place convenient.
For many users using LAM/MPI,
MPICH, or OpenMPI, configuration is almost automatic.
If you don't already have a file user-config.jam
your home directory, copy tools/build/v2/user-config.jam
For many users, MPI support can be enabled simply by adding the following
line to your user-config.jam file, which is used to configure Boost.Build
version 2.
using mpi ;
This should auto-detect MPI settings based on the MPI wrapper compiler in
your path, e.g., mpic++
If the wrapper compiler is not in your path, see below.
To actually build the MPI library, go into the top-level Boost directory and execute the command:
bjam --with-mpi
If your MPI wrapper compiler has a different name from the default, you can pass the name of the wrapper compiler as the first argument to the mpi module:
using mpi : /opt/mpich2-1.0.4/bin/mpiCC ;
If your MPI implementation does not have a wrapper compiler, or the MPI auto-detection
code does not work with your MPI's wrapper compiler, you can pass MPI-related
options explicitly via the second parameter to the mpi
using mpi : : <find-shared-library>lammpio <find-shared-library>lammpi++ <find-shared-library>mpi <find-shared-library>lam <find-shared-library>dl ;
To see the results of MPI auto-detection, pass --debug-configuration
on the bjam command line.
The (optional) fourth argument configures Boost.MPI for running regression tests. These parameters specify the executable used to launch jobs (default: "mpirun") followed by any necessary arguments to this to run tests and tell the program to expect the number of processors to follow (default: "-np"). With the default parameters, for instance, the test harness will execute, e.g.,
mpirun -np 4 all_gather_test
Installation of Boost.MPI can be performed in the build step by specifying
on the command line
and (optionally) providing an installation location, e.g.,
bjam --with-mpi install
This command will install libraries into a default system location. To change
the path where libraries will be installed, add the option --prefix=PATH
To build applications based on Boost.MPI, compile and link them as you normally
would for MPI programs, but remember to link against the boost_mpi
and boost_serialization
mpic++ -I/path/to/boost/mpi my_application.cpp -Llibdir \ -lboost_mpi-gcc-mt-1_35 -lboost_serialization-gcc-d-1_35.a
If you plan to use the Python bindings for
Boost.MPI in conjunction with the C++ Boost.MPI, you will also need to link
against the boost_mpi_python library, e.g., by adding -lboost_mpi_python-gcc-mt-1_35
to your link command. This step will only be necessary if you intend to register C++ types or use the skeleton/content
mechanism from within Python.
If you would like to verify that Boost.MPI is working properly with your
compiler, platform, and MPI implementation, a self-contained test suite is
available. To use this test suite, you will need to first configure Boost.Build
for your MPI environment and then run bjam
in libs/mpi/test
(possibly with some extra options). For LAM/MPI,
you will need to run lamboot
before running bjam
. For
MPICH, you may
need to create a machine file and pass -sMPIRUN_FLAGS="-machinefile <filename>"
Boost.Jam; see the section on configuration
for more information. If testing succeeds, bjam
will exit without errors.


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Two downloadable Watchmen games confirmed
Movie video game tie-ins aren't news, but what Warner Bros. is trying to go with them is. Warner has announced that they will be experimenting with downloadable tie-in games for Watchmen and two are already in the works!
The first will be around the release of the movie (i.e. March 2009), while the second will arrive shortly after the DVD release. What's more, if these two games end up successful, Warner will go ahead with further episodes.
Seeing the sorry fate of movie-based video games was probably what spurred Warner into action. The downloadable format means that the game will be shorter and more appealing to the fans. According to Warner, this model will end up better at pleasing fans and critics, which is definitely going to be a tough task.
Interestingly, the source article at Variety also says that if the series ends up successfull, there might even be future pics tie-ins with the games. We're not sure if a downloadable series can get that successful, so we're just gonna go with a "Yeah, right" for now.
Right now we know that the first game will be released for the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3. It will be developed by Danish developer Deadline Games. I checked out their Wikipedia entry and I don't see any titles ringing any bells. The game will feature Rorshach and Nite Owl battling crime.
This would mean that the game is something of a prequel to Watchmen, where a close friendship between Rorshach and Nite Owl as crimefighting buddies is hinted at. Would be great to see this in the form of a video game, but again, we're totally not sure if this is gonna work.