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Where are the three colors minimum?
A while ago a gaming friend of mine assembled a 40K Chaos marine army. After priming the models black and hours of basing coating, hi-lighting, washing and blending, the models ended up almost a colour perfect match for plastic grey models still on the sprue. That was my first impression of an attempt a monochrome army.
Since then things have moved on a bit. For my Bolt Action army I wanted to try out something different painting wise. I am pretty sure I could have paint a decent looking ww2 chindit force in full colour but painting outside of the comfort zone seemed to tempting to avoid (Yes, I am the guy who push the mysteries red button just to see what it does*)
There are three main sources for inspiration for the monochrome (also known as grey scale) project. First and most recent is a talk with the guys from MassiveVoodoo. For me, they are one of the most inspirational painting blogs out there at the moment. At Adepticon I was luckily enough to attend one of their painting seminars. Sadist-icily aimed to end at midnight to deprive participations of value able drinking time. None the less their talk of colour theory and zentinel lighting was one of the hi lights (get it) of the event. One of Roman's remarks opening remarks was that painting in just black and white was a lot more difficult than it seemed. After the talk I talked to the guys a bit more about painting in monochrome and I got some good pointers and tips.
The second source of inspiration was Curt over at Analogue Hobbies. I have been keeping an eye on the painting league that is running out of his site. The standard of the entries are awesome. One in particular stood out, I am not sure for how long but for a while Kurt has been building up a fantastic looking WW1 project in grey-scale. His notes on the project and his reference links added more momentum to the project.
The current bolt action force with fifty two personnel, and two mules, the entire force will probably only get about sixty to seventy men
The third source of inspiration, and actually the first time I had seen monochrome done well, was the flames of war 24 hour painting challenge video. Sadly I can not find the link to the video anywhere. The challenge was to paint a FOW army within 24hrs The video interviewed the contenders at various stage of the challenge. The video stood out for two reason. First was the transformation from the eager and keen painters at to the start to irritable and exhausted painters after only 24 hours without sleep. The second was that one of the contenders did an SAS desert raiding force. The force was raiding at night so everything was painted in black and white except where the machine guns fire where everything nearby was illuminated by the machine gun fire. It was an impressive theme, even more so considering the force was to have been assembled and painting within 24 hours.
Random mule picture, because I like the model
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Thank you for your interest in our ECG and Phlebotomy Technician training programs. Clinical laboratories, hospitals, doctor's offices, home health care agencies, extended care facilities and paramedical services all use skilled professionals. A successful completion of ABP's approved programs will allow you to apply for and take a national certification examination. Many employers are now requiring a phlebotomist to be certified for employment. With a certification, you can currently work in any state.
Our classes are taught in January, May and September. Only completed applications received will be called for interviews.
The ECG Technician class is held for 7 days, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM daily. Since this is a focused class, attendance is required each day. If you successfully complete this course, you will receive 4 credit hours from Southwestern Michigan College. The cost of this course is $1000. We pay your tuition to SMC out of what you pay us. The course cost also includes the lab fees, lab supplies and textbook.
The Phlebotomy Technician course is focused, attendance is required each day. The class is held from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM for three consecutive weeks. If you successfully complete the classroom and student laboratory portion of the training, you will then spend 120 hours at a local clinical laboratory gaining the experience and skills necessary. A national certification exam will be offered at the end of this class.
We are pleased to offer college credit through Southwestern Michigan College for this course. You will need to be eligible to be admitted as a student to SMC even though the classes will be taught at our facility in Granger, Indiana. The phlebotomy training course is 9 credits and costs $2,450. This cost includes your tuition, lab fees, lab supplies, liability insurance and textbook.
Please complete the training school application and send to ABP as soon as possible. After your application is received, we will telephone you for your personal interview. A maximum of 6 students are included in each class and they tend to fill fast.
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This page provides you with a variety of information about the challenge that you might find useful.
The Great Himalayan Trek challenge is graded as Challenging. This is the perfect challenge for participants who are of an adventurous spirit and an open mind, and would like to part in a strenuous challenge and are hoping to push themselves out of their comfort zone. You can tell your supporters that during the challenge you will be:
Currency: The currency is the Rupee, abbreviated as Rs, and this is known as a 'closed currency', meaning that it cannot be imported into or exported out of the country. For up to date currency exchange, go to http://www.xe.com.
Credit Cards: A growing number of hotels, restaurants and shops in the major cities are beginning to accept credit cards, the well-known and more accepted ones being American Express, Access/MasterCard, Diners Club and Visas. However, credit cards are not the most convenient form of payment or cash withdrawal.
ATMs: Please note that ATMs are not always available and that when they are they do not always work. It is best to ensure that you have enough cash with you prior to starting the challenge.
How much to bring: You will not need large amounts of money during this challenge, and other than at the start and end of the trip, you will be in the mountains away from any foreign exchanges or banks. You will only need money for tips, additional food & drink, gifts & souvenirs, and for any other additional activities that you may wish to do. On average, we recommend around £200 in cash, plus a credit card for emergencies. Keep in mind that you will not be able to buy Rupees before entering India, and so you are advised to take a sufficient amount of cash that you can change at the airport or in Delhi. The Indian Exchanges generally provide the fastest service.
Tipping: Tipping is personal and at your sole discretion. You should only tip if you feel that you have received good service. We recommend approx. US$10 per person per challenge-day, and this should be given to the challenge leader at the end of the challenge who will distribute it among the support team, including guides, assistant guides, cooks, and porters.
You must hold a full ten-year passport with at least six months to run from the end of your challenge, and at least one blank page for your visa and entry/exit stamps.
All foreign nationals require a visa to enter India. Please note that British Citizens are now eligible to get an online visa before arrival to India.
Important note: British passport holders of Pakistani origin may have difficulty in obtaining a visa for India. If the visa is granted it will certainly take much longer than for other UK nationals, and there is a chance that you may not receive it in time to depart on your challenge. Unfortunately Charity Challenge's cancellation terms will apply in all circumstances.
It may be necessary to take precautions against malaria in Delhi. This includes wearing long-sleeved shirts, long trousers and socks at dawn and dusk. You should also wear plenty of insect repellent. Please seek advice from your medical practitioner or travel nurse to ascertain what vaccinations you will need.
This challenge is ground-only. You are responsible for booking your own flights to and from Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, India and covering any taxes. The airport code is DEL.
It is a condition of booking that you have a suitable travel insurance policy whilst participating on the challenge. We have a special policy which covers among other things, medical (emergency, evacuation and repatriation) arrangements, cancellation and curtailment of the challenge, and more specifically for the adventurous activities undertaken on this challenge. If you have your own travel insurance policy, you must ensure that it provides at least the same level of cover as our recommended policy, including protecting the charity in the event of your cancellation 56 days or less prior to departure. If you choose not to purchase our recommended policy when you book we will send you a disclaimer which you should complete and return.
For more general travel insurance questions, please refer to our main FAQs page.
Each group is intended to be a minimum of 10 people in order to run and a maximum of approximately 30 people, on account of the wilderness environment in which this challenge takes place and the unique mountain accommodation used during the trek.
Charity Challenge employ a number of first aid qualified challenge leaders, and a tour leader who will speak fluent English. The tour leader will be ultimately responsible for the running of the itinerary and the safety of your group.
March/April – In the Himalayas, the temperatures in the day can vary; minimum is probably around 7c and maximum 28c, with an average of 22c. It is likely to drop below 0c in the evenings, however, so you should come fully prepared for cold nights. You will have campfires and eat inside the dining tent. As a general rule it is t-shirt weather in the day and fleece & jacket weather at night. In Delhi it will be humid and around 28-30c, but remember to bring appropriate attire for visiting religious sites.
The terrain is mountainous throughout, and you will be trekking on mountain paths. Taking on some treks locally will be excellent training for this terrain. Expect cold weather and basic conditions.
Try to keep luggage to an absolute minimum – details of what to pack are provided in your kit list. Your rucksack/holdall (suitcases are not appropriate) must not exceed the maximum weight limit of the airline you are flying with (usually 20kg, however do check this with the airline or contact our flights team if in doubt). Each trekking day, your personal kit will be transported to the next stop by a support vehicle. You will carry a daypack for your daily needs such as sun cream, lunch, water, camera and lightweight waterproofs.
We will do everything to provide adequate safety for the group and security for your possessions. The general rule is that if you don't need it, don't bring it. This includes jewellery, necklaces, rings and even watches.
At Charity Challenge we are committed to sustainable and responsible tourism, and work closely with bodies such as the International Porter Protection Group and Climate Care to ensure that our challenges benefit the local environments and communities in which they take place. We ensure that all rubbish is disposed of responsibly, and following local guidelines on cultural and environmental protection and respect, we aim to limit our impact on the natural environment. In addition to taking these practical steps to ensure that our challenges are sustainable, we also make a contribution each year to a number of local community projects, so as to give something back directly to the communities that we visit. Since 2000 we have donated almost £200,000 to such projects, supporting a range of initiatives, including schooling for children in Africa, shelter for street children in Brazil, and Orang-utan conservation in Indonesia. We recommend that any gifts brought over for children are given to the UK challenge leader and distributed where needed by them and our local Ground Agent. If you wish to do more, you should consider buying drinks, postcards and souvenirs from the local vendors. For many, it is their sole source of income. For more information, please visit our Responsible Tourism pages, where you will be able to view a list of the projects that we currently support.
You will wake early (around sunrise) in time for a light breakfast. Walking days will last 5–8 hours. Trekking on your challenge will take place on mountain paths. Most days will involve around 1-3 steep ascents and descents with time to stop and take it at your own pace. Packed lunch will be provided and usually served around noon. You will arrive at camp before sunset in order to wash before it gets dark. Supper will be prepared and we can relax as the stars come out.
While trekking you will be staying in two-person tents and lodge accommodation. At the beginning and end of the challenge, you will be staying in slightly more comfortable hotel accommodation. If you are travelling with a friend or partner who you wish to share with please let Charity Challenge know in advance.
You will be served a variety of European and Indian food. All meals are healthy, nourishing and plentiful. Homemade cake, cocoa, tea or coffee will be served before bed. Please let Charity Challenge know prior to departure if you have any specific dietary requirements or allergies.
Good quality, durable kit could mean the difference between a fantastic challenge experience and an uncomfortable one. For this challenge, waterproof, well-worn in boots will be indispensable, particularly coupled with some really good quality walking socks. You don't need a clean pair every day, but enough to make sure you have dry socks each morning. The benefits of a comfortable day sack cannot be underestimated, so make sure that you train with this. Other essentials are high quality gore-tex waterproof and windproof jackets and trousers, and technical/wicking t-shirts rather than cotton shirts. Walking poles are also recommended, as a preventative as well as for anyone with any pre-existing leg injuries or niggles. A full kit list for this challenge can be found here. If you are based in the UK, you will have access to kit discounts with our partners at The Outdoor Shop, Outdoorhire and Cotswold Outdoor.
At every campsite, a dug-in toilet will be improvised in a separate tent. This will be located at some distance from the campsite. Please bring anti-bacterial hand gel and spare tissues. During the trekking days, toilet facilities will be limited to the great outdoors!
Apart from in Delhi, the internet and phone reception will be limited throughout the challenge. You will not have WiFi in the basic accommodation during the trekking days, and phone reception on the mountain will be sporadic at best. You should look on this challenge as an opportunity to get away from the stresses of daily life!
Charity Challenge considers the safety of all of its participants and staff to be a top priority, and as such we have set up one of the most advanced and thorough safety management systems in the industry. In a nutshell, Our Challenge Safe brand formalises our ethos when it comes to safety, and brings together the procedures and risk management strategies that we use to audit all aspects of our challenges, from vehicles to accommodation to the activity itself. Your welfare is paramount!
In terms of your Great Himalayan Trek challenge, there are a couple of important points that you should be aware of:
The event is not run as a race and there is always a large discrepancy in people's walking abilities. This is allowed for. There will be a staff member at the back of the group at all times to ensure that you are not left behind and can take things at your own pace. In the event of an emergency on your trek, all guides and leaders are maintaining contact via radio.
Training and fitness are definitely required. Please remember that the temperature and altitudes may be different from your home environment. Anyone who leads a fairly active and moderately healthy lifestyle should be OK as long as they train regularly over a period of at least three months leading up to the expedition. Don't forget that the temperature and the altitudes are different from the UK. While strength is important, endurance training should be your primary focus. Walking up hills and climbing stairs are both ways to condition your lower body. Begin slowly, without the weight of a pack, eventually adding weight as you increase your training pace. Take a long hike (6-8 hours) several times with a weighted pack, up and down hills or on small mountains (weigh your pack with water containers and pour out the water before your descent to minimise knee stress).
We offer superb training weekends across various locations in the UK, from Saturday morning to Sunday afternoon. These training weekends not only help you become physically prepared for the challenge, but our experienced instructors and leaders will talk you through your clothing and equipment, camp craft, health and wellbeing, trekking skills (walking on different terrain/at altitude/at night/using walking poles), teamwork on expedition and many more themes designed to make you get the most out of your challenge. The weekends are great ways for you to get out into the mountains of the UK, while also meeting other Charity Challengers and sharing your experiences. To read more about our training weekends, including dates and prices, check out our dedicated page.
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As a result of the recent Brexit vote many of our clients are checking what the implications are so far as their right to remain in the UK and/or becoming British Citizens is concerned. Whilst it is always difficult to predict the future we set out below the state of the current law and how you may be able to protect yourself in light of the changes looming ahead. We hope this is of assistance and that some of your questions are answered
The decision about when to trigger Article 50 and start the formal process of leaving the EU will be for the new Prime Minister, Mrs Theresa May and Parliament. The UK remains a member of the EU throughout this process, and until Article 50 negotiations have concluded.
When we do leave the EU, it is expected that the legal status of EU nationals living in the UK, and that of UK nationals in EU member states, will be properly protected. This is explained further below although the Prime Minister has stated that this will be part of the negotiation process.
The government has stated that it recognises and values the important contribution made by EU and other non-UK citizens who work, study and live in the UK.
I have lived in the UK for more than 5 years. What does the vote to leave the EU mean for me?
- EU nationals who have lived continuously and lawfully in the UK for at least 5 years automatically have a permanent right to reside. This means that they have a right to live in the UK permanently, in accordance with EU law. There is no requirement to register for documentation to confirm this status.
- EU nationals who have lived continuously and lawfully in the UK for at least 6 years are eligible to apply for British citizenship if they would like to do so. The eligibility requirements can be found here.
What if I have lived in the UK for less than 5 years?
EU nationals continue to have a right to reside in the UK in accordance with EU law. EU nationals do not need to register for any documentation in order to enjoy their free movement rights and responsibilities. For those that decide to apply for a registration certificate, there has been no change to government policy or processes. Applications will continue to be processed as usual.
What about Non – EU family members?
- Non-EU family members of EU nationals must continue to apply for a family permit if they wish to enter the UK under EU law, and they do not have a residence card issued by a member state. There has been no change to government policy or processes as yet, and applications will continue to be processed as usual.
- Extended family members of EU nationals must continue to apply for a registration certificate (if they are an EU national) or residence card (if they are a non-EU national) if they wish to reside in the UK. There has been no change to government policy or processes as yet, and applications will continue to be processed as usual
I am Irish – what are the implications for me?
- Irish nationals enjoy separate rights, under various pieces of legislation, which allow Irish nationals residing in the UK to be treated in the same way as British nationals in most circumstances. There is no change to this position.
I am Croatian - what are the implications for me?
- Croatian nationals might continue to need to apply for a registration certificate to be allowed to work in the UK under the transitional arrangements that were put in place when Croatia joined the EU in 2013.
- The type of registration certificate that they might need will depend on whether they need permission to work in the UK, and what they will be doing. There has been no change to government policy or processes as yet, and applications will continue to be processed as usual.
Does the government plan to remove EU nationals from the UK?
- There has been no change as yet to the right of EU nationals to reside in the UK and therefore no change to the circumstances in which someone could be removed from the UK.
- As was the case before the referendum, EU nationals can only be removed from the UK if they are considered to pose a genuine, present and sufficiently serious threat to the public, if they are not lawfully resident or are abusing their free movement rights.
What should I do now to protect myself if there is a change in law?
- You should now collate original evidence of your residence and status in the UK covering the period you have spent here to include but not limited to payslips, P60s, employment contracts, invoices, ledgers, receipts, HMRC correspondence, bank statements, council tax statements, utility bills and evidence of accommodation.
- If you have not been in employment you should obtain clear proof of comprehensive private medical insurance for any periods in the past when you were not employed or self-employed, and for any periods when you stop working in future – for example if you study, take a break between jobs or leave employment to set up a business.
- If you have been made redundant or become involuntarily unemployed you should register as a jobseeker with Jobcentre Plus. If you have been working for at least one year, are made redundant and register as a jobseeker you can maintain your status as a worker and count any such period of unemployment towards acquiring permanent residence. If you do not register as a jobseeker you must have comprehensive private medical insurance in place before the date of termination of your employment.
- Absences from the UK of more than six months in total in any year may prevent you from obtaining permanent residence after completing five years' residence. You may be exempt if you are posted abroad for work for more than six months (but only up to a permitted one-off maximum of 12 months). You will need to obtain confirmation of the reason for the absence from your employer. If you are leaving a job, try to obtain this confirmation before you leave.
- If you have resided in the UK for at least six years in accordance with the EEA Regulations, you can apply for naturalisation as a British citizen provided you have been granted a permanent right of residence in the UK. Please note that some countries do not permit dual citizenship and you should also seek advice on what impact it will have on your tax position.
- Please note that a child born in the UK to a person with a permanent right of residence is a British citizen at birth even if the person does not possess any document confirming they have a permanent right of residence.
Whatever your personal circumstances the above is a guide only and we would always advise you to contact us to obtain definitive advice as you will appreciate that each person's circumstances are unique to them.
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Food, wine, travel, culture, sport, dance and more! Follow our passion as we unravel wonders of the world!
TICK…..the seventh and last new world wonder visited, admired and snapped…. Being a completist, I should be filled with elation and a sense of achievement but the problem is, I'm not.
Yes impressive as it might sound, I can't help but feel my personal achievement feels like a drop in the ocean. The world is small but sometimes I feel there are so many places to see in our brief moment on this earth. So how shall I spend my brief moment?! Before I even arrived at the last world wonder, I constantly found myself wanting to expand the "list" so I had the comfort of something to transition into….but what? Maybe the 911 UNESCO world heritage sites….! With such an expansive list, I would certainly be trying to complete that list until the day I die….is that really worth dying for?< It begs the question as to why I need a list in the first place. Sometimes I struggle with myself to live my life by lists. As I tick places off one by one, it feels like I'm formalising my passion of travelling and inadvertently strangling the romance of just being there and engrossing yourself in that moment.
Travelling should be anything but formulaic; it should be about the moments like riding the back of a pickup under a starry night in the middle of a Arabian desert, holding on tightly to scooter as it a swerves in the back roads somewhere in rural Vietnam or waiting to jump out of a stuttering biplane as it circles above Rio…… but most importantly smiling as you look over to your friend/companion/partner at the situation you got yourselves into! These are my true travel wonders. A moment I strive for every time I mechanically squeeze myself on that packed commuter train at 8:38am.
I want to travel for the sake of travelling not for the sake of my own self imposed bureaucracy… And to that end I will start hoarding these travel wonders in my memory, in my world….That surely is worth dying for.
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When she was nearly 30, Jennifer Jones learned that she had been misdiagnosed with allergies and asthma all her life. According to ABC 6 News, Jennifer discovered after the birth of her son, that she instead had Cystic Fibrosis, a disease that wreaks havoc (primarily) on the lungs.
"Last year in October she went in and it was getting so bad they put her on oxygen full time," said Jennifer's Fiancé, Rob Ronnenberg.
Jennifer was put on a transplant list for new lungs in June, which is when things really got bad. In mid-October Jennifer's lung function was a little over 10%.
But good news was headed their way.
"The nurse comes in the room and says hey you're going to get a phone call and then the phone rang and we're like okay, that's never happened so what's going on? Well, all of a sudden she goes are you for real, are you serious? Is this really happening? And that was it that was the call," Rob said.
Later the same month, she received that lifesaving double lung transplant. This video shows her taking her first unassisted breath with those new lungs. It's tremendously moving, to say the least.
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CBOT corn futures gained 1% last week
Over the period under review (March 30 - April 06), CBOT corn prices gained 0.9%, reports UkrAgroConsult.
The price growth in Chicago was triggered by publication of the USDA WASDE report on quarterly stocks and agricultural crops planted areas in the country. During spring sowing the US corn acreage is likely to decrease by 4.3% compared with 2016 to 89.996 million acres, despite strong demand from world importers.
The reason is its high stocks (as of March 01, 2017 - 8.616 billion bushels, or + 10% year-on-year). This planted area estimate appeared to be below average expectations of market operators - 90.97 million acres.
Check up prices and enjoy free online charts on our website. Daily updated commodity exchange prices (CBOT, ASX, BCE, MATIF, WCE, LIFFE) and cash market quotations for wheat, corn, barley, soybean, sunflower and other agricultural commodities in Ukraine, Black Sea region and world are available in section "Prices and Futures".


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Young Ears
The month of May brings us sunshine, family gatherings and the European Opera Days! This year, opera houses throughout Europe have chosen 'Young Ears' as their main theme.
Where: Théâtre Royal de La Monnaie, Hall & Front of House
When: Saturday may 7th
6:20 PM (Front of House)
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Bedroom furniture is no longer confined to the regular bed, dresser and chest of drawers. There are so many innovative pieces of furniture now available for bedrooms. These include lingerie chests, sofas or chaises, ottomans, jewelry armoires, blanket racks, bed benches, closet organizers, vanity tables, lounges and a whole entourage of other furniture. These new pieces provide persons with ways to better organize their lives while bringing a certain level of sophistication to their bedroom as well as their life. They also provide some necessary functions that sometimes overlap when one piece serves more than one purpose.
Chairs are essential pieces of bedroom furniture. We sit on them when getting ready in the morning and we also use them when reading or even watching TV. Again the size of your bedroom will determine the best chair for you. While smaller rooms will only accommodate basic chairs, larger bedrooms can even be fitted with couches or side chairs or pouffes. Do the most you can to spruce up this piece of bedroom furniture regardless of how basic it is - some upholstering can work in ensuring that your bedrooms theme is uniformly spread.
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Shirley MacLaine seems to have the curmudgeonly older woman role down pat, and appears to have been doing it more or less for a couple of decades now, at least Terms of Endearment, which she did in (looks on IMDb) holy crap, 1983! Nevertheless, it may be the same general role but she has fun with various nuances of it through the years, and The Last Word is another installment into the niche she created for others.
Written by Stuart Ross Fink in his first script, directed by Mark Pellington (Henry Poole is Here), MacLaine plays Harriet, who has been estranged from her husband Edward (Philip Baker Hall, Bad Words) and daughter Elizabeth (Anne Heche, Wild Card) for long periods of time, but she retains a bit of clout as a powerful figure in a marketing company. Open learning that she might not have that much longer on this mortal coil, she employs Anne (Amanda Seyfried, Love the Coopers), a local newspaper writer of obituaries, to write one about her. Anne finds the challenge daunting, but then the eventual relationship which develops between polar opposites finds some life.
There is an intriguing ensemble here, one with potential in its character relationships but for all of its potential, The Last Word does a good deal in sabotaging it with the painfully ordinary. MacLaine's Harriet is set in her cantankerous nature, and Anne is employed to serve as the changing of her ways, as it were. And the film spends enough time doing this that you are numbed by anything else they try to do to make Harriet an empathetic character. Whether its personal or professional, the aspect of Harriet's life serve little in the way of elevating the material. It was nice to see MacLaine and Hall onscreen together albeit briefly but at the end of the scene the story felt like a diminishing of their talents.
To be fair, it's not like MacLaine or Seyfried are good nor bad, it's just that they are kind of onscreen, inhabiting these spaces together for most of the time. MacLaine is wonderful though she's wonderful in most anything she does. Seyfried is fine, despite her character going through some strange personal evolution that feels out of place given the story. But neither make you think about their work in the film after you're done watching it, they're just going through the motions expected of themselves and one another. The introduction of young Brenda (AnnJewel Lee Dixon) is supposed to serve as a nod to the impression of obituaries that Harriet discusses early on, but as the film unfolds makes her appear as less of a comedic or emotional touchstone but more of a shoehorned, unnecessary plot device.
It's not necessarily that The Last Word moved the needle towards good or bad over the course of its story. But given the opportunity to do so, it didn't really do anything. It was more of a forgettable film than a memorable one in either direction. And I'd be willing to hunch it that the actors felt the same way.
Universal's AVC encode that graces The Last Word isn't bad, just nothing to be wowed by. I'd have assumed Pellington shot the film too but that wasn't the case, and the opening sequences of MacLaine is various shots of light, contrast and framing looked nice. Once the film got out and explored places like the radio station or marketing agency where she worked, things get a little shaky imagewise, with whites running a little hot and flesh tones wavering a little bit. Color reproduction is somewhat inconsistent as well. One would hope for more from Universal on this but oh well.
The DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless surround befitting the movie is fine, though it does give a chance to show off some pretty good music over the course of its runtime. Dialogue is well-balanced and consistent through the film, thought doesn't get a lot to do past that to show off any sense of dynamic range. It was decent, nothing world-shattering or anything given the source.
Nothing here, nary a behind the scenes piece, trailer, commentary, etc.
Some road films where one of the protagonists deals with mortality are good and others are less so, but this rut lately of well-established, damned iconic actors tackling these stories in lackluster fashion is becoming a trend. Guys, you can rest on your laurels, it's not a big deal! The disc could use some improvement technically, and the lack of extras only contributes to the production's presumed general malaise. I'd perhaps skip this one even if you were the hardest core fan of anyone who appeared in this.


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European Retail Briefing - July 2012
European Retail Briefing is a monthly briefing providing news and analysis that includes company results, store openings, cross-border moves, M & A activities, executive changes and property developments. Additionally each month, European Retail Briefing focuses on a key issue or specific European retail sector. The month's retail news is then analysed sector by sector, making this an invaluable resource for all with an interest in the European retail industry.
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Table of contents
Analyst Comment
- Developments in European organic and wholefoods retailing
- Carrefour versus Auchan
- Organic supply and demand
- Figure 1: New food product launches featuring an 'organic' claim, 2009/10 – 2011/12
- Organic retailing elsewhere
- Figure 2: Whole Foods Market, Piccadilly Circus (London), May 2012
- What this means
- Developments in European organic and wholefoods retailing
Headlines for the Month
- Grocers
- Clothing retailing
- Multi-Sector Retailing
- Electrical Goods Retailing
- DIY Retailing
- Health & Beauty Retailing
- Grocers
Retail Sales Review
- Key points
- France
- Figure 3: France: Retail sales, 2011-12
- Inflation
- Figure 4: France: Inflation, 2011-12
- Germany
- Figure 5: Germany: Retail Sales trends, 2011-12
- Inflation
- Figure 6: Germany: Inflation, 2011-12
- Italy
- Figure 7: Italy: Retail sales trends, 2011-12
- Inflation
- Figure 8: Italy: Inflation, 2011-12
- Netherlands
- Figure 9: The Netherlands: Retail sales trends, 2011-12
- Inflation
- Figure 10: The Netherlands: Inflation, 2011-12
- Spain
- Figure 11: SPain: Retail sales trends, 2011-12
- Inflation
- Figure 12: Spain: Inflation 2011-12
- Figure 13: UK: Retail sales trends, 2011-12
- Inflation
- Figure 14: UK: Inflation, 2011-12
- Key points
News Analysis
- Grocers
- France: Carrefour's fortunes to be revived in three years
- France: Casino and GroupeGaleries Lafayette look to agree on Monoprix deal
- Greece: Carrefour sells stake in joint venture to Marinopoulos
- Switzerland: Migros' Le Shop in new drive-in launch
- UK: Aldi to improve and extend own-label offering
- UK: Asda
- …opens George pop-up shop
- …opens its first George franchise
- …signs deal to support rapid growth of Asda Direct
- …to launch financial services
- UK: Booker acquires Makro UK
- UK: Iceland
- …reports 18.5% rise in profits
- …to present findings of customer feedback programme
- UK: Morrisons
- …explores opportunities to expand convenience stores
- …to lose group finance director
- UK: Sainsbury's
- …purchases HMV's stake in e-book business
- …reports sales boost
- UK: Spar to be new supplier to People's Supermarket
- UK: Fortnum & Mason hires new retail director
- UK: Tesco
- …and Dobbies submit plans for joint store
- …buys WE7 digital music platform
- …looks for UK commercial director
- …reports decline in sales
- …reshuffles clothing business again
- …to open 24 hours on Sundays during Olympics
- …to use Clubcard data for online strategy
- …works with Facebook on promotion
- UK: Supermarkets to launch mobile police stations
- UK: Tesco and Morrisons continue to lose out on market share
- UK: The Co-operative
- …completes roll-out of replenishment system
- …launches tie-up with Amazon lockers
- UK: Whole Foods UK reports increasing losses
- UK: Kiddicare receives new design concept
- Off-licences
- UK: Majestic Wine reports profit and sales boost
- Clothing retailing
- Denmark: BTX Group to sell off young fashion brands
- Europe: Otto to launch Material Girl clothing line in September
- Europe: Uniqlo appoints European CEO
- France: Yves Saint Laurent becomes Saint Laurent Paris
- Greece: H&M identifies growth opportunities in Greece
- Italy: Prada reports strong sales and profits in first quarter
- Russian Federation: Lee Cooper to expand in Russia
- Sweden: H&M
- …reports 12% increase in sales for first six months
- ...to collaborate with Maison Martin Margiela
- UK: Bhs poaches M&S menswear trading director
- UK: Boux Avenue plans overseas expansion
- UK: Cecil Gee to leave the high street
- UK: Coast opens doors on London flagship
- UK: Dalvey looks to expand store portfolio
- UK: Gio Goi closes all high street stores
- UK: H&M launches pop-up sportswear shops
- UK: Inditex buys UK flagship store for Zara
- UK: Issa London to launch e-commerce site
- UK: Jaeger poaches Aurora Fashions former president
- UK: Jigsaw takes over a third of Kew 159's store portfolio
- UK: Kookaï lose sales but reduce losses
- UK: Matalan reports falling EBITDA
- UK: Mulberry
- …expected to report 50% increase in profit
- …reports 54% rise in profits
- UK: New Look
- …extends refinancing
- UK: Quantum Clothing Group acquired by Itochu
- UK: Laura Ashley records 5.4% growth in like-for-likes
- UK: Radley to open first pop-up shop
- UK: Republic to boost footwear offer with dedicated areas
- UK: Superdry to boost e-commerce site and launch mobile app
- UK: Ted Baker reports revenue boost
- UK: The Kooples backs out of UK property deals
- UK: Tom Ford to open first UK standalone store
- UK: Topshop
- …appoints former Burberry vice-president of PR as chief marketing officer
- …to collaborate with JW Anderson
- UK: Weird Fish seeks to boost presence
- Footwear retailing
- UK: Dr Martens
- …hopes for £200 million bidder.
- …may be acquired by Russian billionaire
- UK: Jimmy Choo reports pre-tax profits rise
- UK: Jones Group to expand in Europe
- Department Stores
- Germany: Debenhams launches German website
- UK: Allders fall into administration
- UK: Debenhams
- …reports sales rise as margins are hit
- …to introduce next day delivery in 2013
- …to launch free in-store wifi
- UK: Fenwick's Bond Street store managing director passes away
- UK: Harvey Nichols to expand ecommerce
- UK: John Lewis looks to extend its click-and-collect service by partnering with corner shops
- DIY retailing
- Germany: Hornbach reports weak first quarter
- UK: B&Q launches new services as part of Energy Saving initiative
- UK: Topps Tiles
- …reports like-for-like sales up 2.1%
- …to launch new flagship
- UK: Wickes to invest £10 million in lower prices
- Multi-Sector Retailing
- UK: Home Retail Group post mixed quarterly results
- UK: Next to open second superstore
- Mixed goods
- UK: Marks & Spencer
- …Bostock to leave
- …confirms Bostock's departure and reports sales down in Q1
- UK: Poundland
- …reports record results
- …tests contactless payment
- UK: Wellchester to close down
- Miscellaneous specialists
- UK: Halfords looks to explore fast-delivery options
- UK: Lonely Planet to open first UK store
- UK: Mothercare UK retail head to exit
- UK: Thorntons needs to change strategy, says former chairman
- Electrical Goods Retailing
- Europe: Kesa reports fall in full year revenue
- UK: Dixons reports rising profits and new strategic priorities
- UK: Maplin invests £40m into business
- UK: Phones 4u reports boost in sales, but fall in earnings
- Music and Video Goods Retailing
- UK: Digital video sales overtake Blu-ray
- Carpet retailing
- UK: Carpetright reports fall in profit
- UK: United Carpets commences store closure review
- Furniture retailing
- UK: BrightHouse EBITDA up 12.8%
- UK: DFS reports market share growth but sales fall
- UK: Oka reports rising profits
- Home Shopping
- Netherlands: Bol.com offers retailers chance to sell through its website
- UK: Asos
- …sales up 31% in Q1
- …to lose Superdry clothing brand from site
- UK: Boodles launches new e-commerce site for international distribution
- UK: Celtic Sheepskin to launch international websites
- UK: eBay appoints Sainsbury's digital and cross channel director as vice president
- UK: Findel enjoys increase in pre-tax profit
- UK: IndiaCoco launched as new online kidswear store
- UK: N Brown sees womenswear sales hit by wet weather
- UK: Ocado
- …reports 12% increase in sales
- …to launch category-specific general merchandise sites
- UK: Shop Direct acquires banking boss as new chief executive
- UK: The Hut reports 71% increase in sales
- UK: Zalando hopes for strong growth
- Homewares retailing
- UK: Cath Kidston expands its UK store portfolio
- UK: Dunelm reports like-for-like sales rise
- UK: Clas Ohlson opens UK transactional website
- Health and Beauty retailing
- Austria: Schlecker to be axed in Austria after German demise
- Germany: Ihr Platz and Schlecker XL acquisition unsuccessful
- Germany: Rossmann drugstore reports 12.8% increase in sales
- UK: Boots
- …and Walgreens global strategic partnership
- …to return to UK stock market
- UK: Chanel to open pop-up fragrance and beauty store
- UK: Holland & Barrett reports rising profit as Julian Graves goes under
- UK: Savers looks to be back in black after turnaround
- Sports and Leisure Goods Retailing
- UK: JD Sports expects Black losses to total £10 million for 2012
- UK: JJB Sports
- …sales fall as Euro 2012 fails to increase spending
- …signs exclusive deal with Tekkers
- UK: Pentland Group boosted by international sales
- Toys and Games Retailing
- UK: Disney Store reports further losses
- UK: Ludendo close to snapping up Hamleys
- Garden Centres
- UK: The Garden Centre Group to develop more concessions
- Books and Stationery
- UK: Clinton Cards
- …to be revamped
- …to lose 122 stores
- UK: WHSmith reports decline in sales
- Economy
- UK: BRC: June retail sales boosted by Jubilee
- UK: Co-op economy outperforms UK's for fourth consecutive year
- UK: Consumer confidence flat in June despite Jubilee expectations
- UK: Government fuel duty freeze "helpful" for retailers
- UK: Olympics to boost economy by £5.33bn
- UK: ONS: Retail sales values and volumes increase in May
- UK: Rate of inflation fell in May
- UK: Shop price inflation falls to lowest rate in over two years
- UK: Three quarters of retailers begin summer Sale
- UK: Welsh Retail Consortium launched
- Grocers
Retailing in the Asia-Pacific Region: India
- Key facts
- The Indian retail scene
- World's largest democracy
- Economic reform
- Census 2011
- Regional limitations
- Economy beginning to slow
- Half-hearted liberalisation
- Organising retail
- India in figures
- Population
- Figure 15: India: Population, by gender, 2011
- Figure 16: India: Estimated population, 2006-11
- Figure 17: India: Population projections, by age group, 2006, 2011 and 2016
- Figure 18: India: Projected population, by region, 2008-10; and provisional census population, by region, 2011
- Economy
- Figure 19: India: Gross domestic product, 2004/05-2010/11
- Figure 20: India: Consumer price index, 2007-11
- Figure 21: India: Consumer expenditure, 2000/01-2010/11
- Figure 22: India: Consumer expenditure, by category (inc sales tax), 2006/07-2009/10
- The Indian retail sector
- Figure 23: India: Estimated retail sales, 2007-11
- Figure 24: India: Leading identified retailers, 2010/11-2011/12


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Bulls try to make it two wins in a row vs. Magic
(Sports Network) – The Chicago Bulls opened the 2006-07 season on a fine
note and will shoot for another win this evening when they visit the Orlando
Magic at TD Waterhouse Centre.
In Chicago's season opener last night in Miami, Kirk Hinrich celebrated his
new contract extension by scoring 26 points and Chris Duhon added 20 in a
108-66 rout at American Airlines Arena.
The Bulls spoiled Miami's special night as the Heat players received their
rings from last season's championship run. New Bulls center Ben Wallace had
five points, 11 rebounds and one block, while Luol Deng netted 12 points to
help spoil the South Beach celebration.
Bulls swingman Tyrus Thomas broke his nose during a collision in the second
half and will return to Chicago to get a mask specially made for him on
Meanwhile, the Orlando Magic try to open their season just like Chicago did
when they kick off the 2006-07 campaign tonight.
Orlando missed the playoffs last season but will return a young and healthy
bunch this year in power forward Dwight Howard and guards Jameer Nelson and
J.J. Redick. Center Darko Milicic and forward Grant Hill will round out the
possible starting five for the Magic.
Howard led the Magic in scoring (15.8 ppg) and rebounding (12.5 rpg) and shot
an impressive 53.1 percent from the floor last season. Howard, who was the
first overall pick in the 2004 NBA Draft, has become the cornerstone of this
Nelson had a solid 2005-06 campaign, averaging 14.6 points and a team-best 4.9
assists. Milicic was acquired in a trade from the Pistons during last season
and averaged 7.6 points and 4.1 boards in 30 games.
Magic head coach Brian Hill enters his second season with the team after
recording a 36-46 record last year. Hill guided the team to 16 wins in its
last 22 games of the 05-06 season and battled to the end for the eighth and
final playoff spot in the East.
Hill served as head coach of the Magic from 1993-97 and is the most successful
coach in franchise history. Orlando didn't do much in the offseason to improve
the already-talented squad and signed guard Keith Bogans to add depth on the
The Magic have dropped six of seven and nine of the last 11 meetings with
Chicago. They have also lost five straight at home in the series.