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Documentary Debut—The Santa Fe Film Festival will sponsor a special screening of Zana Briski and Ross Kaufman's award-winning documentary Born into Brothels this Thursday, July 22, at 7:30 p.m. The screening will take place at The Screen on the College of Santa Fe campus. Born into Brothels captures the life of an unforgettable group of children. Feisty, resilient and wickedly funny, these kids are the offspring of the prostitutes who occupy Calcutta's red light district. Determined to evade their doomed future, they embark on a transformational journey with New York-based photographer Zana Briski, who teaches them the explore their world through the art of photography. This exuberant, unsentimental film nabbed both the Documentary Award and the Audience Award at this year's Sundance Film Festival, and looks to be a sellout event; so get there early. Tickets are $9 and are available at the door (1600 St. Michael's Drive).
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Outta SITE Cinema—SITE Santa Fe is in the middle of its huge Biennial Celebration. On Monday, July 26, at 6 p.m., the Lensic Performing Arts Center will play host to the Biennial Film Program. Noted filmmakers will be on hand to screen and discuss their work within the context of SITE's fifth biennial. Tickets are $8 ($4 for SITE members) and are available at the Lensic box office (211 West San Francisco St.). For more information, log on to www.sitesantafe.org.
More in New Mexico—Film production continues apace here in New Mexico. Earlier this month, production began in Rio Rancho on the indie drama Dreamland. This low-budget character drama focuses on a group of people living in a run-down trailer park in the American Southwest. Cast members include Agnes Bruckner (Blue Car) and Kelli Garner (Love Liza). The film began production on July 6 and is expected to employ some 45 New Mexicans for about two months.
On the near horizon is Believe in Me, from writer/director Robert Collector (the man behind the campy women-in-prison classic Red Heat and the hilariously inept horror flick Nightflyers). This $7 million film looks at the trials and tribulations of an all-girl basketball team and is based on the inspirational young adult book by Harold Keith. Filming is expected to begin this fall.


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I did this for the stop motion film, Elf, a while ago. They asked me to design a sequence pan for a little flashback scene of Santa. It was a really great project.
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This is a piece I did for an Adventure Time 20th Anniversary gallery show with Cartoon Network. It's also in a CN book that was passed out through the studio. Oh yeah, I'm leaving Cartoon Network in a few weeks, so I will be a full time freelancer! I can't wait. Now I need an agent and some clients, it's a tough world out there.
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A central goal of the educational outreach program at Foundation Earth is to promote "earth consciousness" in the citizens of all nations. A critical aspect of this work is to instill in the minds of the young an identification with and desire to protect the planet.An effective and achievable tool to accomplish this a major campaign to have a "Pledge of Allegiance to the Earth" be adopted in tens of thousands of elementary schools, and recited daily by many millions of young students at the beginning of each school day. The campaign will initially be focused on the United States but eventually will expand to international outreach.
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Clearly the flow of the earth's great rivers, the migrations of the birds, the winds, rains and weather patterns, flow of tides, the activities of plants and insects do not know or respect our political boundaries between states or nations; nor does the air pollution from our factories, the nuclear fallout from plant accidents, or the impact of Climate Change. Yet our educational systems and our media enforce our more parochial allegiances to state, nation or religious sect and often ignore the larger realities that so profoundly affect us. The prevalent clashes between these narrow allegiances so prevalent around the world in national or religious strife dominate our daily news and concerns and obscure the truly urgent task humanity has before it. That task is to reorient our relationship to the earth, to the natural world, before our current economic and industrial practices render it uninhabitable for future generations of humans and for much of the biotic community with whom we share it.
For generations the inculcation of a national allegiance in the American nation has started with children at the earliest ages beginning each schoolday reciting the Pledge of Allegiance To The Flag. First written by a Baptist Minister Francis Bellamy in 1892, the Pledge was meant to help the growing millions of immigrant children then arriving in the U.S. to identify with their new nation and the principles upon which it was founded. Over the next years the Pledge became popular and was adopted by various state school systems. In 1942 during World War II when the call for national unity was urgent Congress passed legislation making it the nation's official Pledge of Allegiance. In the 1950s the words "under God" were added to emphasize the difference between the U.S. and communist nations during the Cold War.
When Bellamy wrote the Allegiance he stated,
"…if I can instill in the minds of our American youth a love of their country and the principles upon which it is founded I will not have lived in vain."
Numerous social science studies on the impacts of the Pledge on children would no doubt satisfy Bellamy's goals. The Pledge has become what one author has called "a profound political ritual" which creates future political power for the nation by giving each young child a blueprint for what is meaningful for their future lives as American citizens ("One nation with liberty and justice for all'). Further, by daily repetition this ritual inculcates deep personal identification with the "flag of the United States of America." The U.S. flag has therefore become an iconic, emotionally evocative symbol for most American adults and is typically raised both in celebration and as a unifying image when tragedy strikes the nation.
There are currently nearly 100,000 public elementary schools in America and more than 30,000 private schools. The Pledge of Allegiance is still doing its work to promote allegiance to the nation state in most of these schools.
Another pledge of allegiance is beginning to be heard in English and Spanish in public and private schools in the United States:The Pledge of Allegiance to the Earth.
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As part of its educational outreach program Foundation Earth is initiating an unprecedented campaign to encourage the use of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Earth in elementary school classrooms around the nation as well as encouraging our international partners to do so. The preferred version of the Earth Pledge is "I pledge allegiance to the Earth, to its mountains, rivers, soil and sky. One planet, irreplaceable, to be cherished and protected by all." But of course schools can vary the language as long as it remains earth centered.
This Pledge need not supplant the current national Pledge of Allegiance. But just as that Pledge was adopted in urgent times, the Earth Pledge is called on by today's planetary crises in climate, diversity loss, and many other arenas to create a greater identity and purpose for young children in identifying with and protecting the Earth and all its life forms. It will be a daily reminder of the ultimate loyalty of all humans to the irreplaceable source of our lives. As with the original Pledge it will also lay the basis for political power as the children grow up and become involved in the critical political and policy decisions their generation will have to make about protecting the planet. Posters with the Earth Pledge will carry the iconic image of the Earth from space as an image identification symbol for children when they say the Pledge. Of course countless other images of both the animate and inanimate features of the planet can and will be associated with the Pledge. As with Bellamy's original feeling about the national Pledge creating generational loyalty to this nation, through the Earth Pledge those of us who have devoted ourselves to the protection of the planet can see this legacy and purpose carried on through this Pledge to the earth's children for generations to come.
The Earth Pledge Campaign is working closely with a group of teachers and administrators who are eager to support the initiative. At least ten organizers will be brought on to work with these supporters to reach individual private schools, public school districts and teacher's organizations. To aid in this work tens of thousands of Earth Pledge posters will be distributed to educators and activists around the country. Notifications will also be sent to the many millions of members of organizations supporting the Campaign who will be urged to promote the Earth Pledge at their local schools.
The Campaign will also work to create a large presence on social media, including major promotions for the Pledge on every Earth Day starting in 2016. The Earth Pledge website will include an interactive section where classes can post their own recorded version of the Pledge. There will also be a yearly contest for best Earth Pledge song and best poster design. Foundation Earth's current Hollywood office will create public service announcements featuring celebrities reciting the pledge and encouraging schools to participate. This team will also work with children's television programs to feature the Earth Pledge.
When the campaign is fully operational the goal is to have 3,000 schools adopt the Earth Pledge in the first year. As the message spreads the goal will be 5,000 more schools the following year, 10,000 more the next year. It is expected that within 3-5 years a tipping point will be reached where there is mass adoption of the Earth Pledge. The original organizing efforts will focus on private schools with a progressive orientation and public schools on both coasts with subsequent efforts then being used to gain support elsewhere in the country.
Ultimately the Campaign is designed to fulfill Thomas Berry's hope that we can instill in our young people a primary allegiance to the Earth and its diverse life community. When children are raised to love the Earth they will defend it.
In creating the Earth Pledge, Foundation Earth drew inspiration from the profound impact the Pledge Allegiance to the Flag has had on generations of Americans. The national Pledge has been used in schools for over a century and officially since 1940s when Congress approved its use. Seeing the emotion the American Flag evokes at many of our public events from sports to entertainment, it is clear that this Pledge has had a profound impact on how Americans view and value their actual flag not just the country for which it stands. If this Pledge has encouraged many generations of Americans to be more appreciative, protective of and loyal to their flag and country what might it do for future generations feeling for the Earth?
The Earth Pledge concept was also inspired by the life and work of Thomas Berry (1914-2009). Cosmologist, cultural historian, ecological writer and thinker, Thomas Berry was one of towering figures in the environmental movement over the last century. Foundation Earth co-founder Andrew Kimbrell was fortunate to be a student, and long time friend, of Thomas Berry. As any who knew or followed Berry quickly learned he had a passion for children and for bringing Earth Education to them at an early age. He understood it was essential not only for children to appreciate how the Earth functioned and provided for our needs but also that a relationship with the Earth and all its elements was an essential aspect of their psychological, even spiritual, development. He felt this early relationship with the Earth was especially important in an age of what he referred to as "technological entrancement" where the young are often very quickly captured by computer and other technologies which can permanently distant them from the Earth. Berry wrote:
There is a need for awareness that the mountains and rivers and all living things, the sky and its sun and moon and clouds constitute a healing, sustaining sacred presence for humans which they need as much for their psychic integrity as for their physical nourishment.
Berry often wrote of the Earth as "the context" in which children "find their identity" and purpose. He wrote of the challenge in creating in the young a "new sense of reality and value" based in "transcending not only national limitations but even our species isolation." This involved learning that beyond any other loyalty they have "a primary allegiance to the larger life community." The Earth Pledge therefore is dedicated to the memory of Thomas Berry and designed to continue and amplify what he call "The Great Work" of transforming the human presence on the Earth from one of exploitation and destruction to one of protection, appreciation and celebration.
Andrew Kimbrell is an internationally recognized public interest writer, author speaker and a noted environmental attorney. He is a co-founder of Foundation Earth. He is alsothe founder and Executive Director of Center for Food Safety and the Director of the San Francisco based Center for Technology Assessment. Kimbrell also serves as the President of the Board of Humane Farm Animal Care (that administers the Certified Humane label).
Kimbrell's public speaking and writing has covered a wide range of environmental, technology and economic issues. His work is influenced by the work of Thomas Berry, E.F. Schumacher and Theodore Roszak.Read More...
His published works include printed versions of his influential E.F. Schumacher lectures, "Cold Evil: Technology and Modern Ethics" (provide a site here they can read it from) and "Salmon Economics " which currently is the bestselling essay in the Schumacher series. (again provide a site where they can read it.
His books include his international best-selling book "The Human Body Shop: the Engineering and Marketing of Life," the nationally renowned book Fatal Harvest, The Tragedy of Industrial Agriculture, and also Your Right to Know: Genetic Engineering and the Secret Changes in Your Food. Kimbrell's articles and editorials have appeared in The New York Times, Harpers, USA Today, and numerous other print and new media publications such as The Huffington Post.
In addition to his legal degree Kimbrell also has a graduate degree in Psychology and has often written in the field including his book, "The Masculine Mystique." Kimbrell has been a featured speaker at dozens of colleges and universities around the country and other public forums including Google Author Talks, Slow Food Nation, Bioneers and Ecofarm. He is featured in several documentaries including "The Future of Food," and "FRESH."
As an attorney, Kimbrell has for decades won cases defending the environment. He initiated the court challenge that resulted in a U.S. Supreme Court victory forcing, for the first time, EPA regulation of greenhouse gases and their impact on climate change. He also pioneered the legal strategy that led to the Supreme Court ruling that DNA is not patentable due to being a "product of nature." Through his leadership at CFS, Kimbrell has been at the forefront of legal challenges forcing FDA to adopt new food safety regulations and several federal agencies to regulate genetically engineered crops.. His legal work has also helped maintain the integrity of organic standards. He has testified numerous times before the U.S. Congress.
Kimbrell's many accolades include a spot on the Utne Reader list of the world's leading 100 visionaries, and The Guardian recognizing him in 2008 as one of the 50 people "most likely to save the planet."
Besides his public interest work, Kimbrell's passions include his love of piano (stemming from his earlier career as a concert pianist), poetry, baseball, and wilderness fly fishing.
Randy Hayes is Executive Director of Foundation Earth, a new organization fostering the big rethink to help protect the planet's life support systems. This requires rethinking economic models for deep long-term sustainability, earth jurisprudence, eco-technology policy, biospheric literacy, and environmental health. Hayes calls for a "True Cost Economy" that accounts for ecological externalities and honors carrying capacity limits. Hayes, was formerly an award winning filmmaker. He is a veteran of many high-visibility corporate accountability campaigns and has advocated for the rights of Indigenous peoples throughout the world. Hayes founded the Rainforest Action Network and is emeritus on the Board of Directors.
In local government Hayes served for five years as president of the City of San Francisco Commission on the Environment, and for two-and-a-half years as director of sustainability in the office of Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown (now governor).
He is an advocate of general systems theory and deep ecology. As a wilderness lover, Hayes has hiked and camped in the rainforests of the Amazon, Borneo, Central Africa, Southeast Asia and Australia, as well as the High Sierras, and the Canadian Rockies. He is a special advisor to the World Future Council.
Hayes has an undergraduate degree from Bowling Green State University and a Master's degree in Environmental Planning from San Francisco State University. His master's thesis, the award-winning film The Four Corners, won the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award for "Best Student Documentary" in 1983. He contributed to Alternatives to Economic Globalization: A Better World is Possible, published by San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., in 2004. Not satisfied with short-term thinking, his 500-year plan offers a vision of a sustainable society and how to get there. Randy Hayes was honored by his corporate campaign activists peers in 2008 with an Individual Achievement Award, given by the Business Ethics Network. In 2010 he was San Francisco State University's Alumni of the Year and inducted in the Alumni Hall Fame. Additionally, he was one of the original set of inductees in the National Environmental Hall of Fame.
Dr. Brent Blackwelder is an environmental organizer and teacher and is Vice-Chair and Treasurer of Foundation Earth's Board. He teaches part-time at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC. Brent served as president of Friends of the Earth from 1994 until his retirement to president emeritus in 2009. He was the founding chairman of American Rivers in 1973 and worked for 40 years on environmental issues, testifying over 100 times to Congress. In his 40-plus years of environmental advocacy he has been active in campaigns to reform foreign aid, save forests, protect rivers, and advance human rights. He was an architect of significant legislation to protect natural resources and clean up pollution.
Brent is a leader in the effort to save rivers -- he helped expand the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System from eight rivers in 1973 to more than 250 today and helped eliminate more than 200 dams and stream dredging projects, which would have destroyed rivers, wetlands, wildlife and areas of significant scientific value. He founded American Rivers, the Environmental Policy Center and Environmental Policy Institute, and was the chairman of the board of directors of the League of Conservation Voters.
Brent holds a bachelor's degree summa cum laude from Duke University and a master's from Yale University in mathematics and a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Maryland. He currently serves as ex-officio and president emeritus of Friends of the Earth. He was listed by Vanity Fair magazine as one of the 22 Best Stewards of the Planet in 2005. Additional awards include: National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship 1964, Woodrow Wilson Foundation Graduate Fellowship 1964, Outstanding Alumnus Award, College of Arts & Humanities, University of Maryland 2001, Washingtonian Magazine, April 2008, featured as one of 30 environmental leaders in the DC metropolitan area, and Marquis Who's Who in America.


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State restores funding for new Concord-Carlisle High School
Funding for the stalled Concord-Carlisle high school building project has been restored, more than six months after the state yanked $28.8 million worth of grant payments over concerns that the project had ballooned over budget and scope.
The original agreement between the district and the Massachusetts School Building Authority granted the district $28,781,100 in state reimbursement; in the letter from the state dated Jan. 10, the grant is reduced to $28,587,347.
"We are thrilled to formally secure this reinstatement," said Concord-Carlisle Superintendent Diana Rigby in a statement about the funding sent out in a newsletter. "I am thankful for all the work to get to this point and I look forward to moving this important project forward so we can deliver a state-of-the-art educational facility for the students and families of Concord and Carlisle."
At the end of June last year, the state halted grant payments to the district, saying that the project had veered off schedule, and that its design was both over scope and budget. Last March, according to school officials, the project was poised to run between $15 million and $17 million over its $75.1 million building construction budget; those costs have since been reigned in.
The project was originally expected to break ground this past fall, but it has been on hold while district officials reworked building design plans. Late last year, Concord-Carlisle Regional High School Building Committee Chair Stan Durlacher told the Globe that the project was still on track to hit its completion date of fall 2015.
In the district's newsletter, officials say that in spite of delays, the project is expected to be completed by December 2015.
The next Building Committee meeting is scheduled for Jan. 30 at 6:00 p.m. in the lower library at the Concord-Carlisle High School.
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Ray Winstone final warrior dwarf cast in SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN
Ray Winstone is in final talks to play a warrior dwarf in Universal's action adventure film Snow White and the Huntsman being directed by Rupert Sanders. Earlier we reported that Ian McShane, Eddie Izzard, Bob Hoskins and Toby Jones had been cast, as well as Eddie Marsan and Steven Graham.
Each of the dwarfs are named after Roman emperors with McShane playing the group's leader, Caesar, Jones as a timid dwarf named Claudius and Izzard playing Tiberius, described as the biggest and burliest of the crew. Hoskins will play Constantine, a blind dwarf, Graham an angry-looking dwarf named Nero. Winstone will play Trajan, the twin brother of Hadrian (Marsan). Kristen Stewart is set to play as Snow White, Charlize Theron will play the evil stepmother, and Chris Hemsworth will take on the role of the burly Eric the Huntsman.
Evan Daugherty wrote the initial script for film and Evan Spiliotopoulos is currently working on a draft as well. The story features an expanded role for the Huntsman, who in the original story lets Snow White go after being ordered to kill her in the woods. In this new version of the story, the Huntsman is haunted by a white wolf that killed his wife, and there's a pervasive sadness about the character that makes the void in his life feel quite real. He'll be chained to Snow White for part of the story as the duo make their escape from a pair of bounty hunters. The Huntsman then serves as a mentor who teaches the teenage Snow White how to fight against her evil step-mother, Ravenna. And just so you know there is a handsome prince involved that will be the love interest.
Snow White and the Huntsman is slated to begin production in August, and Universal will release the film in theaters June 1st 2012.


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Book Review: You Believers
You Believers
by Jane Bradley
Unbridled Books, 2011
416 pages (hardcover)
What, if anything, consoles you in your darkest hour? The human capacity to believe—to ascribe purpose to deity or destiny—in the face of evil and deepest loss is the thread that binds Jane Bradley's debut novel, You Believers.
One young woman believes she can survive anything if she just stays positive.
Another believes a voice from the dead saved her life.
A man believes he is untouchable, a fearless devil with a right and a destiny to control others.
A formerly devout mother shakily returns to Christian faith when her daughter goes missing.
A search and rescue worker who experiences the best and worst of humanity believes in moving forward anyway, one day at a time.
The story begins on a summer day when Katy Connor goes out shopping and never returns. People go missing every day, says the narrator, Shelby Waters:
It happens like that. You think you're going home. And some picture of your face ends up on a grainy black-and-white flyer tacked to a phone pole. Your image fades in sunlight. The thin paper sign of you tatters, fluttering in the breeze. Strangers pass by, study your face for something familiar, think maybe they've seen you somewhere. But they haven't. You are a stranger. You are lost.
Shelby knows. She faced that personal loss years ago and now faces it daily on her clients' behalf. She's the hardscrabble private detective you call "when you've got nothing left but worry and waiting for the phone to ring." When Katy Connor goes missing and the police believe she's run off with a drug-dealer boyfriend, Katy's fiancé Billy and mother Livy turn to Shelby to take up the search.
Despite their shared loss, Billy and Livy cannot grieve and wait together. As the empty weeks stretch on, Livy returns to the Bible verses that used to sustain her, telling herself to focus on the positive, to have faith, to pray harder, convinced God will reward her sacrifices. Billy, meanwhile, drinks himself under the table, lashing out at Livy and his friends for their stiff politeness, their ungrounded positivity, their false assurances.
They were saying something about time. Oh, God, Livy was saying something about in the Lord's own time. She was trying to climb back into her religion, like religion was a tree you could climb into to keep you safe from a flood. Billy couldn't stand any more of anyone's words that kept trying to say everything was going to be all right.
Shelby does what she can to support both of them without taking her eyes off the end game: finding Katy's body. She, too, has her own way of facing the worst. She trusts her gut. She puts one foot in front of the other. She stocks her truck with Valium, blankets, shovels. In one emotional scene, when Livy asks her if she believes in anything, she replies, "I believe in a lot of things."
"Like what?"
"Like the world of the living."
"That's a start," she said. "No afterlife?"
"I believe in the living and the dead."
"Do you believe in spirits? Is that why you do this, to put lost souls to rest?"
"I do what I do to put the living to rest."
So Shelby continues her search, interviewing, visiting Katy's favorite places, following the cadaver dogs through the woods. There's no need for a spoiler alert here. The reader knows from the first page that Katy will not be coming home, yet Bradley maintains a taut suspense and an increasing pace in her slow revelation of details. She also builds strong empathy for her broken characters, including those that have caused so much devastation to others. The diversity and complexities of their responses to loss are the emotional engine driving the story forward.
So whose beliefs are "right"? In the end, Bradley's characters survive not because of the substance of their faith, but simply because of its existence. Livy's prayers do not bring her daughter back. Shelby's relentless search and rescue work doesn't end her own suffering. But each person finds something to commit to, and that commitment gives them a reason to go on surviving.
You Believers is an intensely quiet thriller that dignifies the human spirit even as it reveals the darkest impulses and contradictions of the soul.


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iRobot Releases New Versions Of Its Vacuuming Robot And Gutter Cleaning Robot
After 22 years of existence, iRobot has come a long way and is still releasing new models of its home cleaning robots. The Looj 330 has been completely redesigned to improve your gutter cleaning experience. In the vacuuming robot line, the Roomba 600 series has been updated as well with redesigned brushes and a better air system. Read More
Review: iRobot Looj
Let it be said that I do not like heights. I also do not like cleaning out gutters. Add those two "dislikes" together and you get the iRobot Looj. The Looj, unlike iRobot's Roomba, is slightly less intelligent than a broom on the end of a large stick, but it serves a very important purpose: to reduce the amount of time you spend on a ladder when cleaning gutters. The Looj… Read More


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Cute packaging for make up is a complete must for me so when I saw the promotional images for this collection from Etude House I knew I wanted to purchase at least a few things.
I purchased this set of make up because I wanted both the eyeshadow and the highlighter - the lip tint wasn't something I was super interested it however I did like the colour. The model looks really pretty wearing the set.
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Wonder Fun Park Colour Eyes in Parade at Midnight
I typically don't go for these colours as well so I'm excited to have something new. Even though this collection came out for Spring I think that these will look really nice going into Autumn / Winter in Australia.
I think this would be a great pallet to travel with because it has a good mix of wearable everyday neutrals and glitters and darker colours for night (or whenever you fancy, really.)
These were nice to swatch and some of the darker colours were quite hard to remove even with make up remover.
Wonder Fun Park Dear Darling Soda Tint in RD301 Crispy Apple Soda
I do like a good red tint and I tend to favor the more glossy, juicy fruit kinds of red. Looking at this one I'm glad it was included cause it looks really nice however I don't think I would have purchased it on my own if it wasn't in the set.
Wonder Fun Park Candy Highlighter
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I've used this a few times now and sometimes I like it and sometimes I don't and I'm not sure what I do when I like it lol. I guess there's a nack to using it and I haven't been able to figure it out yet.
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Wonder Fun Park Color Eyes #01 - Going around the Ferris Wheel
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Some of these colours were a little bit chalky (looking at that pretty lavender - how dare you!) however they look quite nice swatched on my arm and the dark browns on the end have some serious staying power! (They were really hard to wash off even with cleansing oils) I think with primer the pastels will actually be quite nice on the eyes.
Wonder Fun Park Dear Darling Soda Tint in BL601 Exciting Milky Soda
This colour was way too unique to not purchase XD. I really like the look of this colour both in the tube and on the models lips. Also... I think it would be so fun to pull this out and see how they react to it.
Wonder Fun Park Hair Perfume Mist
I'm always a big fan of hair mists because I hate when my hair catches all the bad odors outside so I find wearing a hair mist really prevents that. Plus they make your hair smell so nice - and is there anything better than sweet smelling hair?
Wonder Fun Park Candy Highlighter Brush
I couldn't resist this pastel highlighter brush. I've had the same brushes for a while now and while some still look great some are getting a little old so I think I can replace my old highlighter brush with this one.
Wonder Fun Park Candy Cheek Brush
I really didn't need this I just couldn't resist the pastel hairs. The brush feels really soft and the handles aren't too heavy either which is nice. I prefer my brushes to be light because I find that the most comfortable to use.
Big Cover Top Concealer
I'm slowly using up my surprise concealer by Etude House and I will need a new one sooner rather than later so I thought I would try this out and see if I like it. I think I got the lightest colourin this because I like to use this for under the eyes.
Big Cover Concealer Kit
Same as the above, I've been using the older design of this pallet and I've really been liking it so I wanted to get the newer version as well. The older surprise concealer kit only has two colours so I'm not sure about what the darker colour is for? Is it just for mixing together to get the right colour? I'll have a little play with it anyways.
Lip & Eye Remover
I ran out of this and I need this to remove eye make up lol. This removes my eye make without too much effort and doesn't disagree with my skin so I decided to just stick with this product.
That was all I got from this haul. I really need to try and hold back more when it comes to Etude House Limited stuff lol. I buy way too much. (But the packaging) Hopefully this post was enjoyable :D
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The President's Standing Committee on Service, informally known as the "Service Board," is responsible for collecting and coordinating information on community service and making recommendations to the President's Senior Cabinet regarding off-campus community service initiatives. The Board consists of representatives from Athletics, Alumni Relations, Campus Ministry, Career Services, College Relations and Planning, the Dean of Undergraduate and Graduate Studies office, the Feinstein Institute for Public Service, Office of Residence Life, the School of Professional Studies, SAIL (Student Activities, Involvement and Leadership), and Student Congress.
The Service Board coordinates the gathering of information on student and faculty involvement in service. During the 2015-2016 academic year, Providence College students volunteered nearly 34,000 hours at more than 100 community agencies, schools, and other non-profit organizations.
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LocationLaughlin, NV
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Laughlin, NV 89029
New 2017 Holiday Rambler Vesta 30D
You will love traveling in this Holiday Rambler Vesta class C gas coach with the whole gang. This unit features dual slides for added interior space, a set of bunks for the kids to enjoy, and plenty of seating and added sleeping space for a few added guests to tag along!
Step inside model 30D just forward of mid-coach and notice a slide out straight ahead along the road side. This slide features a three burner range with overhead microwave oven, and a 66" jack-knife sofa with two sets of seatbelts. Your back seat travelers will be safe here and you can easily cook up nice meals and snacks while you are on the road. The refrigerator is to the left of the entry door, and there is a double sink along the interior wall making cleaning up a breeze. A storage pantry is also available for all of your canned and dry goods, plus more.
Up front above the cab area you have a 40" LED TV on a swing arm for multiple display angles. The cabover bunk is 42" x 80" and perfect for the kids or an overnight guest.
The dinette along the curb side just behind the front passenger seat offers a space for dining and playing games, plus it can also double as sleeping space at night with a 42" x 70" area. This also features two more sets of seatbelts so all rear travelers can easily buckle up!
In the rear of the unit you will find a complete bathroom along the road side that features a tub/shower, toilet, and vanity with sink, plus overhead storage. Opposite the bathroom a slide out begins with a set of bunks for the kids. Continuing within the curb side slide find some storage space with a dresser and wardrobe, plus a 32" LED TV. Opposite enjoy sleeping on the queen size bed that features nightstands and a bit of overhead storage too. A sliding door can easily separate the bedroom area from the rest of the coach, plus so much more!
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" We are able to provide you with a modern and safely managed fleet. "
Owing to their design, our vessels are able to carry heavy oversized cargo, refrigerated containers and cars with the possibility to load and unload using the vessel's own lifting equipment. Our business model is primarily based on the transportation of oil products within the framework of a long-term contract via the inner waterways of Russia, and projected activity on the reverse load/voyage with bulk dry cargo, containers, trailers and equipment. In 2015, the company ordered the construction of oil tankers of the RST-27 type with a number of Russian shipyards. Also BF Tanker Ltd. is intensively involved in the chartering of Russian-flag oil tankers to transport oil products via the inner waterways of the Russian Federation.
We are keen to have business relationships with container lines, forwarders, auto dealers, logistic and dry bulk cargo operators. At the moment we are completing the logistics network required to deliver containers, tank-containers and cars via the inner waterways from the Baltic sea ports to Moscow, Yaroslavl and other logistic centers within Russia.
Balt-Flot Tanker is a member of The Russian Chamber of Shipping (Union), that represents Russian shipping companies, classification societies, scientific and design organizations, as well as educational institutions in the shipping sector.
The Union's main sphere of activity is to lobby for favourable conditions on behalf of the Russian shipping business while adhering to the strict compliance with the all rules and regulations related to the safety requirements of navigation and shipping.
See the full list of our cargo vessels on the page "FLEET".
We are open for your enquiries
" We stick to Industry standards, as we definitely know Industry risks. "
" BF Tanker " (The company), including its fleet and crews, fully complies with all rules and regulations, codes, guidelines and standards including but not limited to Rules of carriage cargoes by inner waterways, Merchant Marine Code of Russian Federation (RF), special requirements of RF authorities, port administrations, Class Society, International Maritime Conventions, Vetting departments of Major Oil Companies and follow.
recommendations of OCIMF, IMO and other internationally recognized maritime institutes. For the purpose of establishing business relations with The Company a counter party should be compliant with all local and international standards, including licenses if applicable, in respect of safety and lawfulness of its service and/or trade.
All vessels of The Company are insured with first class insurance companies (P&I Clubs) either Russian and or International.
" BF Tanker " Ltd is engaged in oil transportation on inland waterways and marine areas. The Company understands and acknowledges the importance of safety and environmental protection through The Company's policy of safe shipping operations.
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The ceremony of launching a chemical carrier of Project RST27M for the company "BF Tanker" will take place at the Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard on 22 February 2018. Read more
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text: I joined ANA immediately upon graduating because I am interested in the political aspects of my profession; I wanted to belong to a professional association with political clout. But ANA has also provided me with a comprehensive way to stay informed about my profession. They have kept me abreast of developing issues, connected me with great care resources, and been instrumental in improving safety in my area of practice (geriatric nursing). ANA has provided me with ways to participate in causing change.


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Peace all,
I don't usually do this.. but I felt I had to point this out. Firstly I do not know if this is the correct place to report errors, but I will do it here anyway.. hopefully someone will notice and deal with it accordingly.
Anyway I was casually browsing some scripts on the site and an innocent looking link embedded in a example leads to well.... see for yourself lol
The page in question is:
within the menu there is the link leading to:
looks harmless enough.. but you should take a look and do as you see fit.
I don't mean to be a bother.. I have nothing against it myself, this just seems like a family oriented site.


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Working with a master document in Microsoft Word® to create a table of contents and index
Generation of both the table of contents and the index is a final editing task that should be carried out once all the chapters have been finalized and corrected. These tasks can be performed in one step within a master document. A master document contains links to a set of related subdocuments, i.e. the individual chapters of the NF, and allows the creation of the table of contents, index, cross-references, and headers and footers for all of the subdocuments. Box 6.2 outlines the important steps in the creation of a master document from the individual files using Microsoft Word®.
The person creating the master document should also check the instruction given in Word® Help for that particular version, as slight differences exist between different versions.
Working with a master document and subdocuments can be cumbersome and other solutions may work just as well.
• A final document may be created as a single document, in which the final page numbers, the table of contents and the index can be generated.
• If the document is too large to work with as a single document, it is possible to follow the example of the School of Pharmacy at the Medical University of Southern Africa (MEDUNSA). When creating a Formulary for primary health care based on the WMF they retained separate sections in different documents and indexed them separately. The partial indexes were pasted into a new ("text only") document, combined and sorted alphabetically.
Box. 6.2. How to create a master document using Microsoft Word®
Step 1
Finalize all individual chapters, appendices etc. Make sure that the files have no header, footer or page numbers and that all main headings and subheadings have been created consistently using matching styles. Files should have the same page setup information, i.e. the margins, page size and layout of information should be the same.
Step 2
Make sure that you copy all the finalized chapters together into one directory.
Step 3
Open a new document and insert several blank paragraphs by pressing the enter key and position the cursor on the middle line.
Step 4
Switch to Outline View and on the Outline View toolbar find the Insert Subdocument button and insert all chapters in the correct order, one after the other, and save the file once all chapters have been inserted.
Step 5
Switch back to Normal view. Now your master document works as one large file. You can insert page numbers for the whole document file, headers and footers for the whole file and/or within individual sections by turning on or off the Same as Previous toggle switch in the View Header and Footer toolbar.
Step 6
Use Print Preview for checking layout.
Trouble shooting
If the master document is not working well, rather than trying to sort out errors, discard it and create a new master document.


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Search Education Northwest
What does Education Northwest do? Our newly refreshed website makes it easier to find out.
Education Northwest's work in equity, English learner instruction, postsecondary and career readiness, and school improvement were highlighted at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), April 16–20 in Chicago.
A series published by Education Northwest that distills and shares research and experience from the field. From Training Space to Any Place: Expanding Approaches to E-Learning Vol. 4, Issue 2 By Benjamin Carmel and Nancy Henry Addressing the Challenges of Building and Maintaining Effective Research
Alaska has low rates of high school graduation compared to the national average, and schools are often hard-pressed to support students at risk of dropping out or who have dropped out, especially in remote areas. For those students who do make it to college, upwards of 50 percent enrolling in the


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Differences in Windows Authentication Between Windows Operating Systems
Updated: April 11, 2013
Applies To: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista
This reference topic describes the significant differences in the Windows authentication architecture and processes.
The following sections list the significant differences in Windows Authentication for each of the Windows versions and points to the relevant documentation. The Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP operating systems are used as baselines. For more information, see Windows Server 2003 Authentication Architecture in this collection.
Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 authentication architecture
For a summary of authentication architecture and processes for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7, see Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 Authentication Architecture.
Changes from previous version
TLS has been improved to support hash negotiation, certificate hash or signature control, and Suite B−compliant cipher suites.
Changes in Credential Management
Credential management in Windows 7 has changed to give more responsibility to the end user and to allow the operating system to store and present credentials. Users can compose a list of credential associations that allow a single logon experience to access a variety of systems, programs, or other legitimate resources.
Changes in Kerberos Authentication
Both Data Encryption Standard (DES) cipher suites (DES-CBC-MD5 and DES-CBC-CRC) are disabled by default in Windows 7. The following cipher suites are enabled by default in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2:
The Net Logon service maintains trust relationships and connections (called secure channel) between client computers and domain controllers in domains or between domain controllers in trusted domains. It is implemented as a Security Support Provider (SSP) and, prior to Windows 7, used MD5 and RC4 as cryptography algorithms for remote procedure calls and MD5 and DES for the client.
Windows 7 adds the capability of using AES128 and SHA256 to the Net Logon client and to the Net Logon SSP.
Changes in NTLM Authentication
In Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7, NTLM-based minimum session security policy is set to require a minimum of 128-bit encryption for both client computers and servers for new installations of Windows. This requires that all network devices and operating systems using NTLM support 128-bit encryption. Existing session security will be retained when upgrading Windows from an earlier Windows version.
Introducing the Restriction of NTLM Authentication
New Group Policy settings in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7permit the auditing and restriction of NTLM protocol usage on clients, servers, and domain controllers. These policies can be configured on computers running Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7, which can affect NTLM usage on computers running earlier versions of Windows.
Introducing Extensions to the Negotiate Authentication Package
NegoExts (NegoExts.dll) is an authentication package that negotiates the use of Security Support Providers (SSPs) for applications and scenarios implemented by Microsoft and other software companies. This extension to the Negotiate package permits the following scenarios:
Rich client availability within a federated system.
Rich client support for Microsoft Office Live.
Hosted Microsoft Exchange Server and Outlook.
Rich client availability between client computers and servers.
Introducing Online Identity Integration
In Windows 7, users in a small network, such as a home network, can elect to share data, such as media files, between selected computers on a per-user basis. This feature complements the Homegroup feature in Windows 7 by using online IDs to identify individuals within the home networks. Users must explicitly link their Windows user account to an online ID to allow this authentication. The inclusion of the Public Key Cryptography Based User-to-User (PKU2U) protocol in Windows permits the authentication to occur by using certificates.
Public Key Cryptography Based User-to-User (PKU2U) Security Support Provider (SSP) enables peer-to-peer authentication, particularly through the Windows 7 media and file sharing feature called Homegroup, which permits sharing between computers that are not members of a domain.
Introducing the Windows Biometric Service
In Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7, administrators and users use fingerprint biometric devices to log on to computers, grant elevation privileges through User Account Control (UAC), and perform basic management of the fingerprint devices. Administrators can manage fingerprint biometric devices in Group Policy settings by enabling, limiting, or blocking their use.
Modern authentication protection
Extended Protection for Authentication enhances the protection and handling of credentials when authenticating network connections by using Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA). Extended Protection is included by default in the is included in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 but still available for legacy systems. For information about how to update legacy systems, see Extended Protection for Authentication.
Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista authentication architecture
For a summary of authentication architecture and processes for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista, see Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista Authentication Architecture.
Changes from previous version
Backup and Restore of Stored User Names and Passwords
Windows Vista includes a Backup and Restore Wizard that allows users to back up user names and passwords that they have requested Windows to remember for them. This new functionality allows users to restore the user names and passwords on any computer running Windows Vista. Restoring a backup file on a different computer allows users to effectively roam or move their saved user names and passwords.
Credential Security Service Provider and SSO for Terminal Services Logon
Credential Security Service Provider (CredSSP) enables applications to delegate user credentials from the client computer (by using the client-side security service provider) to the target server (through the server-side security service provider) based on client policies. CredSSP policies are configured through Group Policy, and delegation of credentials is turned off by default.
TLS/SSL Cryptographic Enhancements
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) has become a standard for National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). To ease the process of bulk encryption, cipher suites that support AES have been added.
Advanced Encryption Standard: The improvement enables the use of AES 128 and AES 256 encryption with the Kerberos authentication protocol. In Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista, the base Kerberos protocol supports AES for encryption of ticket-granting tickets (TGTs), service tickets, and session keys. In addition, Generic Security Service (GSS) messages (which conduct client/server communications) support AES.
Smart Card Authentication Changes
To better support smart card deployments, the range of allowable certificates has been increased.
This security policy setting enables users to determine whether their accounts were used (or were attempted to be used) without their knowledge.
Extended Protection for Authentication
Extended Protection for Authentication enhances the protection and handling of credentials when authenticating network connections by using Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA).


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Season 2 Episode 11: Ralph Carr
Ralph Carr
In today's episode, Jeff explores the life and career of Ralph Carr - Colorado's 29th Governor. He stood up for the rights of Japanese-Americans at the height of World War II and paid a political price. Listen in to find out more about this Denver Peacemaker.
Check out Adam Schrager's book, The Principled Politician: Ralph Carr and the Fight Against Japanese Internment, which was the source material for a lot of this episode.


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A witness post is an auxiliary marker such as a plastic or metal post that has been driven into the ground near the station in order to make it easier to find. A "Carsonite" witness post is a plastic post made by one well-known manufacturer. Sometimes a witness post will bear a small sign indicating that a survey marker is nearby.
Some datasheets include the distance and azimuth from the station to the witness post and some do not.


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Fluid and Electrolyte Replacement for Colds and Flu
Shortly after Vitalyte was developed, a runner told me about his whole family being down with the flu a few weeks before. He was so sick he didn't feel like eating or drinking anything, even if he could keep it down. But, he knew that it was up to him to do something so he could look after the rest of the family. He remembered that Vitalyte hadn't upset his usually sensitive stomach in a marathon and tried some of it (this was the original, almost tasteless, formulation). It went down easily, seemed to settle his stomach, and stayed down. A few more glasses and, within a half-hour, he was up taking care of the rest of the family. With liberal administrations of Vitalyte, they were up and about faster than any of the other people he knew who had the flu at that time.
One of the earliest symptoms of a respiratory virus infection is aching muscles and dry or "gritty" eyes, you feel as if you haven't had enough sleep. As the virus invades the cells, fluids migrate into the intercellular medium from the cells and from circulation a "whole-body inflammation", and the cells of the body are effectively dehydrated. Fever also contributes to dehydration, as does vomiting or diarrhea you can see why the doctor says "Drink plenty of fluids".
The malaise of an illness is basically a dehydration symptom and rehydration can dramatically remedy this. The problem lies in being able to get the fluids into the system; when you are nauseous, usually nothing tastes good enough to drink even if it will stay down and, when you have diarrhea, everything just goes right through the system. As the water is lost, it carries with it electrolytes from your body, depleting you even further if they aren't replaced. Often physicians must prescribe electrolyte supplements or even intravenous fluids with electrolytes, especially for small children and babies, when they have been severely dehydrated from colds or flu.
You can see how Vitalyte can help someone coming down with, or in the throes of, these illnesses. It is designed to be innocuous in the stomach, buffered to feel like nothing is there, has a light flavor that doesn't offend the palate when nothing tastes good, and goes into the system quickly with the electrolytes so vital to the body's well-being. As experienced by thousands of "test subjects", nothing else is so effective in helping you prevent, survive and recover from colds, flu and many other respiratory and gastrointestinal ailments.
Like thousands of others who have discovered how effective it is, whenever I feel the symptoms of a cold or the flu coming on... dry, gritty and puffy eyes and aching muscles for no other reason or even more advanced stages like congestion, stuffy nose, headache and cough, I start a regimen of Vitalyte, perhaps backed by analgesics like ibuprofen (Advil™),aspirin or acetaminophen (Tylenol) and Vitamin C, and am feeling better in a short time and "all well" much sooner!


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A BANNED motorist fell foul of the law after he took over the wheel from a drunk driver.
James Drummond was arrested and charged with driving while disqualified for a third time.
Livingston Sheriff Court was told that although his driving ban had ended, he had not applied for a new licence and was still disqualified.
Drummond, 28, of Polbeth, West Lothian, yesterday pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified and without insurance.
Iain Smith, defending, said: "There was a drunk person driving and he made them pull over and continued with the journey."
Sentence was deferred for background reports.


text: The Dos and Don'ts article is a good one...sadly, the people who need to read it most won't. Last week a guy walked up to me without even making eye contact and held out his hand in the "shall we dance" manner...but I'd never met him, so it was kind of weird. I did dance with him and chatted a little between songs so now it's fine, but it was strange the first time he ever asked me! Another does not pick up on the fact that I'm not making eye contact and refusing to turn away from conversations for him and will break in to invite me. sigh.


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[[caption-width-right:337:Unfortunately, this is one conflict that isn't gonna be solved with diplomacy.]]
A 2008 Thai film about an autistic girl who goes after her ailing mother's debtors to pay for her chemotherapy.
A Thai woman falls in love with a Japanese gangster, but they part ways after her employers disapprove... with violence. A few months after the split, she gives birth to Zen, a girl with autism. Said autism allows Zen to master martial arts moves by watching them. She also enjoys chocolate, [[TrivialTitle thus the title.]]
When Zen's in her teenage years, her mother gets cancer and needs money for treatment. Zen's friend (and occasional caretaker) Moom finds a black book listing everyone who owed her mother money from her days as an enforcer. They head out to reclaim it... with violence.
Unfortunately, those people are with the same criminals that split up Zen's parents, and they're still hungry for revenge...
(For the 2000 film about a chocolaterie in a French village, see ''Film/{{Chocolat}}''.)
!!This movie provides examples of:
* ActionGirl: Zen. Zin was a DarkActionGirl in the backstory, or possibly a DragonLady.
* AgonyOfTheFeet: During Zin's acrimonious departure at the start of the film, her boss shoots his own big toe off to show Zin just what she's done to him. [[spoiler:He later cuts one of Zin's toes off when he finds out she's still contacting her yakuza boyfriend.]]
* AmbiguousDisorder: Zen's disorder is never named, but it's pretty clearly a form of autism. Thomas's disorder looks like full body Tourette's, but that doesn't explain all his symptoms.
* AntiHero: Zen and Moom have a good cause... but they're basically collecting money owed to the mob for their own personal use.
* BadassFamily: Dad's a (very good) gangster. Mom... had moves before the cancer. Their kid is unstoppable.
* BigDamnHeroes: A few examples. The most hilarious (and overt) being Moom saving the day by... scaring away the flies using an electric flyswatter, thus allowing Zen to mop the floor with the people she's extorting money from.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Zen's mother is killed by the BigBad. However, by this point, Zen has defeated everyone who stood against them... so her father doesn't have to leave again, and she is reunited with him.]]
* TheBladeAlwaysLandsPointyEndIn: Played straight many times in the butcher shop fight, but notably subverted at one point. Zen deflects a thrown knife at a mook who was already victim to this trope. You see his face and reaction when he's hit... then the camera pans downward and it turns out it merely slapped him with the side of the blade.
** Earlier in the same fight, the blade ''didn't'' land pointy end in on a chain link barricade, but did when it [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks bounced off and hit the mook who threw it...]]
* ChekhovsGun: "Flies!"
* CombatParkour: Zen, a small Thai autistic girl whose DisabilitySuperpower is to absorb martial arts from movies and TV shows. The entire movie is her beating up hundreds of people larger than her with Muay Thai. The actress supposedly spent 2 years learning enough Muay Thai to make it look realistic. The film handled her smaller size well - she uses it to her advantage by taking the fight into narrow spaces where her opponents have trouble moving. She and her opponents also employ Combat Parkour in places when evading kicks and bouncing around the scenes.
* ConfusionFu: Zen's most dangerous enemy is Thomas, a boy with Tourette's. Not only he is skilled, his tics make it almost impossible for her to read his moves.
* ConservationOfNinjutsu: Zen goes through {{mooks}} like it's nothing, but has some difficulty with Thomas.
* CursedWithAwesome: Autism, as well as Tourette's apparently.
* CuteBruiser: Zen of course.
* DanceBattler: Not easy to call "dance" to Thomas's spastic fighting style, but he actually fights with an adapted form of UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}}.
* DisabilitySuperpower: Zen is autistic... which gives her almost superhuman senses. Same for Thomas, who has some sort of Tourette which makes him physically unpredictable.
* DisneyAcidSequence: The film features an [[DreamBallet animated dream sequence]] which moves Zen to act.
* DoubleKnockout: Zen and Thomas feature one at the final moments of the fight when they both try and land a ''martelo do chao'' at once.
* TheDragon: Thomas.
* EvilCounterpart: Thomas counts as one to Zen.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: Zen uses them frequently.
* HilariousOuttakes: A weird breed, as they're actually footage of on-set injuries.
* IKnowMortalKombat: Zen primarily learns martial arts watching Creator/BruceLee and Creator/TonyJaa movies. Apparently including training videos, like in the clip that shows her absorbing every movement. Additionally there is a muay thai class training near her house that she seems to audit without their knowledge.
* ImportantHaircut: Zen cuts off her beautiful long hair after she finds out her mother is going bald from chemotherapy. [[spoiler:She had pulled off her mother's wig and, in a series of flashbacks to times she'd played with her mother's hair, thought she'd torn off her mom's real hair. She was apparently acting out because of the trauma.]]
* InformedAbility: Thomas is credited as the "Epileptic Boxer", which is quite misguided considering he is neither a boxer nor exactly epileptic.
* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: The reason Zen's parents aren't together. If they so much as communicate in a letter, it angers the BigBad.
* KickTheDog: Number Eight [[spoiler:on Zen, ''in her face'', as she tries to revive her mortally-wounded mother.]]
* KungFuProofMook: A literal example in Thomas, who proves to be a match for Zen. Even after she finds the way to land some hard strikes on her twisty antagonist, he manages to pull a draw and takes her out of action (although, to be fair, she was already worn due to an earlier fight against bunch of mooks).
* LittleMissBadass / BadassAdorable
* LoanShark: Zen and Moom, are, effectively, acting as enforcers for the mob's loans and keeping the money.
* MalignedMixedMarriage: Less because it's a marriage between a Japanese man and a Thai woman, more because it's between a yakuza and a Thai Enforcer.
* MartialArtsMovie: Duh.
* MixedAncestry: See above.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Zen and Moom collecting debts is essentially stealing from the mob, which puts them back on Number Eight's radar.
* NonActionGuy: Moom qualifies, while he occasionally contributes in fight scenes, for the most part he simply keeps out of Zen's way.
* NonIndicativeTitle: Zen does enjoy chocolate, and it shows up in several scenes, however it's never a plot point and a very random choice for a title.
* OneWordTitle: It's named ''Chocolate'' because the main character likes the stuff.
* PacManFever: Zen's playing a [=PS2=] with a Super Famicom controller at one point.
* PowerCopying: Zen shows it (with a lot of effort, due to her opponent's body language being difficult to read) during her battle against Thomas. She soon adopts some capoeira approach to match his style and manages to finish him with a ''mariposa'' kick while dodging a sweep.
* QuirkyMinibossSquad: The Thai mob seems to employ a QMS of transvestites.
* RealityEnsues: Played straight, then subverted. Mooks swarm into the room with katanas drawn, and it looks like it's going to be an epic sword fight between them and Zen's father, until [[spoiler:[[CombatPragmatist he pulls a gun and empties into their ranks]].]] For the subversion, he grabs a blade of his own and fights the rest traditionally.
* RealityIsUnrealistic: Zen's WaifFu moves look like they shouldn't pack that much weight... until you see the HilariousOuttakes and you see that when her blows hit the stuntmen, they do some serious damage.
* SweetTooth: Zen, it's why the movie is named what it's named.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Zen loves chocolate. At one point the gangsters [[{{Squick}} use it against her]].
* TrivialTitle: The movie is about an autistic girl beating people up to pay for her mother's chemotherapy. She also happens to like chocolate, though that doesn't affect the plot in the slightest aside from drama.
* WaifFu: Done well for the most part. Zen has to build up momentum be able to knock back her opponents more than a few inches. See RealityIsUnrealistic.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Moom in the very final scene, especially since he was [[spoiler:pretty badly wounded]]. Also, Thomas's fate is unrevealed.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Zen ''hates'' flies.
* {{Yakuza}}: Zen's dad Masashi.


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Hello, everyone! Hope you're all having a great summer! I've been pretty busy, what with me taking a summer trimester to catch up on some classes. But I'm doing well, vectorizing like crazy and animating(or at least attempting to animate. I kind of suck at it, honestly). Since I've discovered a few tricks using Illustrator, I've decided to start vectorizing my chibis. Here's my first sample so far:
I hope you all will allow me to do some art for you(25k is all I ask for a chibi) and if not, that's all right. Just spread the word. ^ ^ So, may you all keep having a great summer, wther you're studying, working or not. Sayonara!


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Thai officials declare state of emergency as violence escalates
Wed., Jan. 22, 2014
Thai officials proclaimed a state of emergency Tuesday to contain increasingly violent anti-government protesters trying to oust Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and derail an election she has called.
The 60-day emergency state gives the government sweeping powers to impose curfews, ban public gatherings, censor news media and arrest people without charges or warrants, news agencies reported in Bangkok, the capital.
Yingluck's embattled government needs the emergency measure "to take care of the situation," said Deputy Prime Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul, the Bangkok Post reported.
Labor Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung, who will be in charge of implementing the emergency regimen, said the government had been forced to take on the special powers because the demonstrations that have entered their third month have become violent in recent days, with bomb blasts at gatherings injuring dozens and causing at least one death.
Demonstrators with the anti-government People's Democratic Reform Committee and Yingluck's Pheu Thai Party have accused each other of staging the detonations to cast the opposition as the threat to democracy.
"We need (the state of emergency) because the protesters have closed government buildings, banks and escalated the situation, which has caused injuries and deaths," Chalerm told a news conference in Bangkok.
Yingluck told reporters in the capital that police would deal with protesters "in line with international standards" and that she had instructed authorities to be "patient" with the opposition actions.
Issara Somchai, one of the leaders of the anti-government movement, said protests would continue in spite of the declared emergency measures.
The demonstrators took to the streets in November after the government attempted to push an amnesty bill through parliament that would have cleared the way for Yingluck's brother and former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, to return from his self-imposed exile and resume his political career.
Though the bill failed, the protesters have pressed on with their campaign to force Yingluck to resign and allow an appointed caretaker government to enact reforms before new elections are held.
Yingluck, who is accused by her opponents of being her deposed brother's proxy, has called a Feb. 2 vote that is sure to give her populist allies a new term in power. Although the opposition has strong support in Bangkok and its more affluent surroundings, Yingluck's government has counted on backing from the poorer rural areas where state-funded rice subsidies have guaranteed better incomes for farmers.
That support from the countryside may be imperiled, however, as the protracted crisis in the capital has taken its toll on the functioning of government and industry, delaying the agricultural subsidies to some rice producers for the last few months. Some farmers have threatened to join the protest movement unless they are paid their overdue rice subsidies, Reuters news agency reported.
Toyota Motor Corp., one of Thailand's biggest foreign investors, also has said it might rethink a planned $600 million investment or reduce production at existing facilities if labor and transport disruptions continue, Reuters said.
Demonstrators have blocked government workers from entering their offices and played havoc with traffic as they wage their "Shutdown Bangkok" operation, which began Jan. 13.
Meanwhile, a human rights group's annual report on the state of civil liberties around the world criticized the Thai leadership for making a bad situation worse.
"By pushing for a blanket amnesty for serious abusers on all sides, the government has not promoted reconciliation, but instead intensified Thailand's political divide," Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2014 released Tuesday.


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Kauai Mayor Bernard P. Carvalho, Jr. signed the budget on Friday.
"The collaboration between administration and council during the budget process this year was unprecedented," said Kauai Mayor Bernard P. Carvalho, Jr. "We've been in discussions since last fall, and that made a huge difference during the six weeks of intense budget discussions that began in late March and resulted in a prudent and responsible budget for next year."
"We're pleased to participate in the signing. It's a true testament to the effort put forth by the administration and the council, and it emphasizes the collaboration that we committed to this budget session," said Kauai Council Chair Jay Furfaro.
The operating budget of $159 million represents a reduction of roughly 3.5 percent from the current fiscal year. The capital improvements (CIP) budget of $49.9 million represents a 22 percent reduction from the current year.


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by: Bryon Dorr
The Gems & Brews Tour was a 2-week (2/11-25/2013) ski pilgrimage devoted to sampling some of the best small mountain resorts, fine craft beers, spirits and food across Colorado. Over those 2-weeks I visited 5 Colorado Gem mountain resorts, 13 breweries, 3 distilleries, 1 hot spring, 5 bars, 4 hotels, spent 3 nights with friends, Sportsmobile camped 4 nights, went cat skiing and had my first proper snowmobile adventure. A very packed schedule full of awesome! The tour was a collaboration between CO Ski Country USA and Exploring Elements. The idea is to give you a small taste of what you can expect when you explore these spectacular Colorado locations. Don't overlook the Gems!
MOUNTAIN: 680 acres of skiable terrain with 1,600' of vertical (9,200'-10'800) consisting of 20% Green/50% Blue/30% Black trails getting 300" of annual snowfall accessed by 12 lifts (2 fixed quads, 2 fixed triple, 4 fixed doubles, 4 surface) with the longest run being 3 miles long.
Adult Full Day Regular Season Lift Ticket: $79
Eldora has long been known as the locals resort for the Boulder and Greater Denver area. The key is that you don't have to battle the I-70 traffic to get to this hidden gem located just 21 miles from Boulder and 47 from Denver. Because of this, Eldora is also a great place for the metro area business traveler to sneak in some turns, without having to waste time in traffic or worry about missing their flight home. Started over 50 yrs ago, in 1962, the mountain offers great scenery, quality snow and a friendly local vibe. Since Eldora offers some of the best snow making in the state, with 100% groomed trail coverage, you can expect great early season snow and for the resort to open almost every year the Friday before Thanksgiving.
Eldora is also known for its great kids and women's programs as well as catering to big groups. The resort even features a separate group rental area that makes the tour bus group outing that much easier and more enjoyable. The local colleges are also welcomed with things like the crazy good value $199 full price college season pass! With group facilities and lots of local colleges Eldora hosts LOTS of ski races and race training programs. You will notice that there are many fast confident riders at Eldora.
What I truly noticed at Eldora are all the little touches that the resort has to make the user experience exceptional. Things like reading glasses for the liability waivers, and a full compost and recycling program. They offer super high quality basic rental ski gear with the ability to upgrade to even nicer equipment. The resort is an official Burton Learn To Ride Center, so you know your going to be getting quality snowboard rentals and instruction as well. You will appreciate the wide food selection that includes many locally sourced ingredients. If you crave that après ski on hill brew the Corona Bowl Bar offers a wide selection of local brews in a great old school ski bar atmosphere.
I really enjoyed the Indian Peaks Lodge at the summit that offered up spectacular views of the surrounding peaks, including Challenge Mountain. I found that the grooming was exceptional at Eldora, making those fast wide-open groomer runs so much fun. In the end, experienced riders will want to explore the Corona Bowl area with its steep moguls and secret wooded pow stashes. My favorite run on the mountain was probably Brian's Glades, as I found it to be some of the most enjoyable, well spaced, coniferous tree skiing I've ever done.
If you're into Nordic skiing or want to try it for the first time, the Eldora Nordic Center is the place to be. The center offers full lessons, clinics, rentals and is the most visited in CO with about 30,000 annual visitors. With 40 km of beautiful scenic mountain trails you will keep coming back for more. The Nordic Center is also reasonably priced with $239 Adult Annual Passes, $24 Nordic or $16 Snowshoe Day passes or FREE entrance with an Eldora Lift Pass/Season Pass.
Avery Brewing
Avery Brewing in Boulder offers a broad range of super high quality brews and a full bar menu at their Tap Room. They are known for their IPA, a hophead favorite, and also do quite well with their Out of Bounds Stout, a beer from their original lineup. They also offer super unique, tasty and limited batch creations in their Tap Room like the Chocolate Mint Stout, which is so good! Be sure to check out their barrel-aged beers as well, as they have one of the biggest barrel aging programs in the state. This year the brewery is celebrating its 20th anniversary and working on some massive expansion plans. Avery currently puts out about 40,000 barrels a year and truly invests in its beer by utilizing a super high tech lab as well as the latest brewing methods and tools. Not surprisingly the brewery was started by a climber and you'll be sure to run into many outdoor sports enthusiasts at the Tap Room. The one thing you'll notice in this brewery is that everyone is smiling. It must be the beer!
Boulder Beer Company
The Pub is Boulder Beer's taproom and a great hangout with quality food at reasonable prices. I recommend the beer battered fish and chips. The brewery is the oldest microbrewery in CO, starting in 1979, and produces a lot of beer, about 30,000 barrels a year. The easy drinking Planet Porter is a top seller and from the original offerings at the brewery. Boulder Beer is known for is their Hazed & Infused, an unfiltered dry-hopped amber ale. I fully recommend the A Honey of a Saison, as it is strong in flavor and alcohol, at 11.5%! Be sure to check out Boulder Beer for their Happy Hour (3-7) for $3.25 pints of their tasty brews.
UpSlope Brewing Company
UpSlope in Boulder, wasted no time establishing itself as a great place for the outdoor lifestyle crowd to congregate, as it was only opened in 2008. The taproom and brewery is located in North Boulder, but a new MUCH larger taproom and brewery is opening very soon in East Boulder. Bestowing Boulder with TWO great locations to imbibe in their tasty brews. The brewery currently puts out about 5,600 barrels a year and has its own canning operation, which is the only way to get UpSlope at home, unless you buy by the keg. The brewery is known for its UpSlope IPA, and names all its beers simply by their style. What you'll notice at UpSlope is the amazing hospitality that comes from the love of brewing and all the passionate people that love their work.
Hot Tip: For all you international travelers out there, be sure to check out Eagle Brewing in Ushuaia, Argentina, the world's southern most brewery, as it was started by one of UpSlope's partners, Dany.
Wild Mountain Smokehouse & Brewery
This pint-sized brewery and smoke house located in the closest mountain town to Eldora, Nederland, offers some unique quality beers and amazing BBQ. I highly recommend you try the Dubbel, for its quality and easy to drink style, and the Piggys Pride Barley Wine, with its butterscotch start and complex sweet flavors. This place is great for the whole family and has really good pricing for the high quality eats and brews offered. The BBQ menu is large and the meats are mouth wateringly good. Be sure to finish off your meal with the "Worlds Smallest Dessert," a small brownie and scoop of ice cream for only $1.50!!!
A HUGE thanks goes out to Colorado Ski Country USA (http://www.coloradoski.com/) for putting this tour together and supporting these awesome Gem resorts. Thanks also to the quality staff at Eldora Mountain Resort for sharing their incredible resort and local hospitality. Of course the Gems & Brews tour wouldn't have been the same without the amazing local Colorado beers, spirits and food to enjoy and refuel with after a long day on the mountain. Colorado is full of fascinating people, places and businesses. Get out there and explore them!


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Will 2014 be about the future or the past?
How did the Northern Ireland Assembly mark the beginning of 2014? Sitting for the first time for this year on 13th January, the Assembly gave over practically all of the sitting day to arguing over the Haass talks.
This is precisely why Northern Ireland could not afford the Executive parties to fail to reach a deal in the closing days of 2013. That failure now makes it very likely that this year politics in Northern Ireland will be stuck on the debates over flags, parades and the past rather than moving on to a focus on delivering economic renewal.
Of course, it is still possible for the Executive parties to change this. If, as the UUP's Mike Nesbitt has said, the Haass document was 80-90% agreed, surely one more short, sharp push will do it. Although, this does raise the question of exactly how the UUP moved from its leader saying Haass was 80-90% agreed to his party Executive simply rejecting the document. Since when does 80-90% equal 0%?
Leaving aside the strange approach to mathematics adopted by the UUP, it is over to the Executive parties for that short, sharp push. From a NI21 perspective, three actions are urgently required. Firstly, the Executive should act on the 80-90% agreement in Haass. Bring forward legislation immediately to implement it. Secondly, the silly point-scoring between the Executive parties has to stop immediately. Northern Ireland needs the Executive parties to sit down now to hammer out the remaining 10-20% issues in Haass over which there is disagreement. Thirdly, the Executive should publicly commit to bringing agreement on the remaining issues to the Assembly by the end of March.
Why the end of March? This is European election year. Once election campaigning gets seriously underway, the partisan pressures on parties lessen the chance of reasonable compromise and a deal. We also need a deal in place before the usual tensions rear their head as summer approaches. Perhaps even more importantly, if we really want to see Northern Ireland move forward, can we really afford another year given over to the old tribal politics?
This is a year when the beginnings of economic recovery will hopefully take root in the UK. We in Northern Ireland need to be fully focussed on addressing this, rather than being stuck in the politics of the 1970s. It's also a year when, with the European elections, the UK's membership of the EU - vital to our economic opportunities - will be a subject of much debate. A Northern Ireland oriented towards future opportunities and growth needs to be fully involved in this debate.
Future or past? This is what hangs on the willingness of the Executive parties to successfully - and quickly - conclude the Haass process. The alternative is a Northern Ireland held back and stunted by continued tribal politics.
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Action from the August 22, 2013, CONCACAF Champions League game between Sporting Miguelito and Alajuelense (white) at the Estadio Rommel Fernandez in Panama City, Panama. (Photo: Micaela Alvarado)
PANAMA CITY, Panama - Sporting San Miguelito got a goal from John Pretelt in the first half and held on to defeat Alajuelense 1-0 in a CONCACAF Champions League (CCL) game on Thursday at the Estadio Rommel Fernandez.
Goalkeeper Alex Rodriguez was outstanding in the Group 4 encounter for the host, which registered its first-ever CCL win in only its second game in the competition.
After dropping a 1-0 decision at home to Club America (1-0-0, 3 points) on August 7, Sporting (1-0-1, 3 pts.) kept its hopes of advancing to the quarterfinals alive, while the Costa Rican side lost for the first time in four tournament openers.
Sporting had the game's first two chances. In the sixth minute, Manuel Bonilla fired a free kick straight at Alajuelense goalkeeper Patrick Pemberton. Five minutes later, an open Alcibiades Rojas bounced a header wide left.
After Alajuelense's Jerry Palacios failed to tally on two half chances, San Miguelito broke the deadlock seven minutes before the interval. Rojas fed a through ball to Prerfelt on the right side of the box. The 23-year-old midfielder beat two defenders and shot inside the far post for a 38th minute lead.
The visitors embarked on a second-half offensive that saw the ball remain in Sporting's end for a great majority of the final 45 minutes.
Camilo Aguirre curled a 30-yard free kick around the defensive wall right to Rodriguez in the 50th minute.
Eight minutes later, another Aguirre effort from distance forced Rodriguez to produce a two-handed save.
Palacios had yet another chance in the 70th minute off a corner kick, but mistimed his kick from six yards.
Ariel Rodriguez fired a shot from distance in the 77th minute that Rodriguez managed to slap out of harm's way. On the ensuing corner kick, Palacios found himself with the ball only yards away from the net only to see his attempt blocked.
Alajuelense will look to bounce back when it entertains Club America August 29 in the group's next game.
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Honda announced that it is voluntarily recalling more than 886,000 Honda Odyssey minivans because of a potential problem with deterioration of the fuel pump cover, which could cause a fuel leak.
No incidents or injuries have been reported at this time.
According to this article, "Odysseys from 2005 through 2010 model years are involved. The recalled minivans were made between June 23, 2004, and September 4, 2010."
Here are Apple Valley Honda, we want everyone to know that we are here to make sure you and your family are as safe as possible in your Honda Odyssey. "If you have questions, please feel free to Honda or us," said Tod McLaughlin, general manager at Apple Valley Honda in Wenatchee. "All owners will be getting written notice and, of course, all repairs will be made by Honda dealerships, including Apple Valley Honda, free of charge to Odyssey owners."
If you have questions or concerns about your Honda Odyssey, please do not hesitate to contact us.