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There is a belief knocking around somewhere in our cultural rhetoric, that "children have favorites," and by the time we're adults we have to have grown out of that silliness and show no ridiculous, unfounded partiality. Bollocks to that. My favorite color is purple, my favorite dinosaur is Euoplocephalus and my favorite butterfly is, without a doubt, the Blue Morpho.
And why? Well the short answer is BECAUSE PHYSICS.
There's a long answer too.
Blue Morpho is a common name that covers a number of butterflies in the Morpho genus. I'm not specific in my favoritism, although I will admit some aesthetic preferences. Morpho are predominately forest dwellers from South America, and are particularly well known for the iridescent colors of their wings. These colors may be for defense against predators (aposematism and Müllerian mimicry) – but as it's a male feature, it's probably for sexual selection, despite the similarity in human perception between the different species. The very best thing about Blue Morphos is – they're not actually pigmented.
You remember how color works from school, right? White light is a mixture lightwaves of varying colors, that can be diffracted out under the right circumstances, such as atmospheric moisture or the use of a prism.
Most blue things look blue because they absorb non-blue light and reflect blue light. (Added complication, because of the way we perceive colors: blue pigments may either reflect blue light or reflect a combination of light colors that our eyes and brain perceive as blue. For my purposes, 'reflect blue' is fine.)
BUT it's not that 'some light is blue' – blue and other colors are how we perceive light of different wave lengths. the longest wavelength visible to human perception is red, the shortest is violet.
So – with most blue things, what is happening is the molecules of the object selectively absorbing appropriate wavelengths of light so only light with a pretty short wavelength is being reflected, and we perceive that as blue.
With me so far?
Why are Morphos different? Because their blue comes not from absorbing non-blue light, but by reflecting the light in multiple directions in such a way that it appears blue. This is called optical interference, and you've seen it on soap bubbles.
A bubble consists of a volume of air enclosed by a thin film of a transparent material – soapy water – outside of which there is air again. There are therefore two surfaces from which light can be reflected – the outer air/water boundary, and the inner water/air boundary. The light that is reflected from the inner surface has to travel further than that reflected in the outer surface, but because the film is so thin, this difference is comparable to the wavelength of visible light (390-700 nm).
Last bit of physics, I promise!
Interference happens when two waves pass through the same point, and either combine to form a larger wave at that point (constructive interference), or cancel each other out (destructive interference.) It helps to think of the 'peaks and troughs' of sine-like wave here:
When white light is reflected off the inside and outside of a soap bubble, some wavelengths (colors) end up 'in phase' – peaks coincide because the thin film is an exact multiple of that wavelength – experience constructive interference, and therefore look brighter, and other wavelengths (colors) end up 'out of phase' – peaks coincide with troughs – experience destructive interference and therefore are blacked out altogether. The result is a rainbow of colors without the bubble actually absorbing any light. (Varying colors come from the curve of the bubble and a non-uniform thickness of the film.)
So: Blue Morphos!
Lepidoptera – butterflies and moths – have wings that are covered in tiny scales. We learn very early on in our careers as tiny naturalists that it hurts a butterfly if you manhandle their wings, because these scales flake off relatively easily, leaving a powder like substance on our fingers. The iridescent quality of Morphos comes, as I said, not from any pigment, but from the microstructure of these scales.
The scale bar on this image is 3μm, = 3000 nm, = 4 times the longest wavelength of visible red light, 7 times the wavelength of blue light.
Morpho scales are not flat surfaces, but are made up of lots of combed barbs on the micrometer scale, creating multiple surfaces from which light is reflected. Because the barbs are about 200nm apart, half the wavelength of blue light, it is blue light that undergoes constructive interference, and the longer wavelengths suffer destructive interference.
Simple, right?
Well, I simplified it. It is of course, like everything in the world ever, much more complicated than that. There's a complex intersection of interference, and diffractive scattering. Some Morphos even have two layers of scales – a colorless layer of 'glass scales' overlaying their blue 'ground scales', which increases the angular range in which the color is visible.
Morpho iridescence is clearly different from that seen in many beetles, and in birds. It appears more limited in color, for example. But spectral analysis suggests that a greater diversity in the ultraviolet range, so butterflies that can see in that spectrum will have an easier time distinguishing species.
But – assuming that irridescent structures are more complex than producing pigment – why go to all the trouble just to look pretty? As far as sexual selection goes, there's no upper limit on the extreme ridiculousness – ask birds. But Morphos have a much higher visibility range than pigmented butterflies – they can be seen from further away. Vukusic et al (1999) suggest that Morphos aren't looking to attract females, so much as communicate to other males to keep rivals away. Like much communication, the longer the effective range, the more likely it is to succeed.
Also? they look really really pretty.
PHYSICS. Making butterflies better since the Eocene!*
*(Probably. I have no idea when Morpho made their first appearance.)
Kinoshita, S., Yoshioka, S., & Kawagoe, K. (2002). Mechanisms of structural colour in the Morpho butterfly: cooperation of regularity and irregularity in an iridescent scale Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 269 (1499), 1417-1421 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2019
Kinoshita, S., Yoshioka, S., Fujii, Y., & Okamoto, N. (2002). Photophysics of Structural Color in the Morpho Butterflies Forma, (17), 103–121
Vukusic, P., Sambles, J., Lawrence, C., & Wootton, R. (1999). Quantified interference and diffraction in single Morpho butterfly scales Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 266 (1427), 1403-1411 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0794


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Hi everyone! Did you all have a good weekend?? The sun's here, hooray!!
I decided to have the day off yesterday as I haven't stopped for the last few weeks! Today I have been sorting out some paperwork and getting ready for a workshop I am holding at the beginning of June.
I've got 3 cards ready to post up but the light is fading so will retake the photos tomorrow and post then as the ones I tried now didn't come out too well!!
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As anyone who read my last review knows (if you haven't, here: https://thechosenblogger.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/gone-what-can-i-say/ ), I did not care much for Michael Grant's novel, Gone. But I have to say that the second book, Hunger, is a vast improvement. Hunger picks up a few months after the end of Gone. Food is quickly running out, and people are starving. And what's worse, Caine is being controlled by the Darkness, and he has a plan to feed it and increase its power.
I feel like this book did a few things better than Gone. The first was that the story focused more on the struggles of surviving in the book's post-apocalyptic environment. I felt that Gone focused far too much on the conflict between Sam and Caine, partially because I didn't find Caine very believable as a villain. This book, however, was mainly about Sam struggling to try and get enough food to feed the kids in Perdido Beach, with a subplot about Caine's attempts to shut down the nuclear power plant. Even Caine's plot is truly about the Darkness, not Caine himself, and the climactic battle is against the Darkness. I enjoyed the focus being on survival instead of the conflict with Caine. As I mentioned in my previous review, I love the concept of the series, and I'm glad the author is utilizing the possibilities of the scenario a little more.
Another improvement was the introduction of the Human Crew, a hate group formed against mutants. I like Zil and his friends as villains. Unlike Caine and Drake (who were just a little TOO evil), Zil and the others feel like real people. They're just a bunch of kids trying to act tough and looking for respect. They're bullies who don't quite understand that the consequences of their action are far more severe when there are no adults to step in when things get ugly. I'm interested to see how this plotline plays out.
Thirdly, the characters are very well-developed. When I began to read the climax, I realized exactly how much I cared about Sam, Edilio, Brianna, and the rest.
I was terrified that Brianna would die of radiation poisoning, or that Lana would be kept by the Darkness. I was on the edge of my seat when Edilio, Dekka, and Diana were injured almost to the point of death. And even though I only knew him for a few pages, I ached for Duck's self-sacrifice. The only character I couldn't care less about was Astrid, who attempted to stop Zil from lynching a mutant by making a speech about Christian morality (it doesn't work-shocker), then was captured by Zil because she is completely helpless and can't do anything by herself.
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The female characters were a lot more well-written in this book. Astrid still didn't get much to do aside from get kidnapped and yell about God, but she did take a little more initiative in this book, and I'm sure she'll only get better. Lana was also a bit more proactive, but it didn't end well. However, we are introduced to Dekka, an awesome and powerful black lesbian mutant, Brianna the Breeze, a self-assured mutant girl who thinks of herself as a superhero, and Brittney, a FAYZ soldier so dedicated that she literally refuses to die until her job is finished. They were smart, strong, and proactive in this book, and I think they'll only get better.
That being said, Hunger still has some flaws. Remember before, when I mentioned that the focus of the plot was taken off of Caine, and instead, the main threat was the Darkness? And remember my last review when I talked about how the Darkness was not very scary or interesting to read about? That is still true. It's a little creepy when the Darkness infiltrates Little Pete's dreams, yes, but barely enough to even pique my interest. On top of that, the Darkness has no discernible motivation. For what purpose does the Darkness need the new body it's trying to create? Why is it manipulating the kids of the FAYZ? And of course, when the villain of a story falls flat, the rest of the story tends to fall flat. This wasn't quite the case here, but it came very close, saved only by the strength of the other characters.
I would like to make a quick note about the book's Christo-religious themes. I didn't really mind them at first, being Catholic myself (although seriously, there are no Jewish kids in Perdido Beach? No Hindus? No Muslims? Not even a committed atheist?). However, some of the things these kids say are not exactly realistic. I know from experience that when teenagers under pressure pray, it sounds more like "Ohgodohgodhelpmehelpme" than "St. Michael the Archangel, pray for us. We call upon you for our salvation." And some of the religious speeches made by the characters (Astrid in particular, though Brittney is also guilty of this) are a bit preachy and overdramatic. These incidents are becoming more and more common, and whenever this occurs, it takes me out of the story.
This book improved upon its predecessor from both a feminist standpoint and a story standpoint, but I still don't want to rank it above a Good. Hunger is definitely better than Gone, but it didn't quite reach Very Good level. However, I put it down excited to continue the story, which is much more than I can say for the first book.
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Come party away all your failures and sadness's with The Disappointed, Lionizer, The Caballeros, The Shops, Sail On Sail On, Yaqui Yeti, Sully and Girl York. They will all be disappointing the hell out of you this January at the inaugural Disappointed Fest at Amplifier Bar! A double stage mini fest that will hit you like a long sigh on a scorching Perth day. We'll toast to the end of the world while algorithms make our jobs obsolete and the climate tries to fever cook us out of existence like the bacterial infection that we are. Also, drinking!
Disappointed Fest at Amplifier. Let's ride out this slow apocalypse together at Perth's favourite venue.
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And you know the drill - click on the photos to enlarge them. Duh.
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That's the coolest picture of Jeanne I've ever seen.
That probably goes for me too! Counting the money, looking nonchalant...
muahahaha..Cigarette holders!..do you have one lolita?
Love them! Actually, I do bought one in London! It's a little bit longer than Natalie Wood's, and shaped like a trumpet at the top, with a golden edge. Really stylish! Maybe I should make a classic Hollywood photo shoot of myself with it and upload ;)
yeah..you should mix it in with the smokin'hollywood sirens there..people will say.."well now whos that one?..she looks familiar...??.was she in a Wally Reid..or a Buddy Rogers picture?...
That's more like it! Great pic of Ann Dvorak - and this Harriet Hagman interests me strangely... Race you to find out something more about her!
Haha, great idea! Last time I put up a pic on myself it was quite fun, even though the truth was revealed pretty soon!
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On Saturday, the designers toured the recently completed beautiful renovation of The New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. That same day, Tama Duffy Day, FASID, FIIDA, Principal and National Interior Design Healthcare Practice Leader at Perkins+Will, spoke to the designers about the concept of generative space design. A member of Contract's editorial advisory board, Duffy Day showed how physical and social space can be re-envisioned during the programming process. The program concluded with a presentation by Contract's 2012 Designers of the Year, Michael Murphy and Alan Ricks of MASS Design Group. Murphy and Ricks showed the audience multiple images of the Butaro Hospital in Rwanda that they designed, and explained how their nascent model of designing for health is helping to change the paradigm.
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The Bush Dynasty As Link Between Kennedy Assassination And WatergateJune 20, 2012 at 7:55 am | Posted in History, Political theory | Leave a comment
This article by Russ Baker goes into great detail to show how the Bush family brought Nixon into politics in 1946, and controlled his every advance. But the remaining mystery of Watergate was that there was a mole in Nixon's Whitehouse that had to know exactly where to look through 3700 hours of tapes to find the incriminating evidence.
I don't know precisely who, but we can be sure it was someone under the Bush family control of the CIA. So the Bushes made Watergate public for Nixon failing to give G.W. Bush Sr. the VP position, and because Nixon had secretly backed some Texas Democrats against Bush Republicans.
I can answer one question Russ Baker raises as to the motives of the Bush family supporting Goldwater in 1964 against Rockefeller. (Remember that Bush was more liberal than most Democrats, such that even John Kenneth Galbraith backed Bush instead of Democrat Lloyd Bentsen for Senate in 1970.) Bush backed Goldwater in the 1964 Republican primary as a favor to his Kennedy assassination cohort LBJ. The alternative justification of Bush opposing Rockefeller because of Rockefeller's divorce and remarriage is laughable ignorance of the Bush family using religion only as a politically exploitable tool.
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Junior golf program and end of summer tournament are cornerstones of course
The junior golf program has been a cornerstone of the Sykes/Lady Overland Park Golf Course since the public golf course opened in 1970.
"We wanted this to be the people's golf course," said Sandy Queen, manager of golf course operations. "The juniors were going to be the cornerstone of the growth of the course."
The first Overland Park Junior Open was held in August of 1970. The 43rd tournament, which is called the Everett Vinzant/John Cosnotti Memorial Junior Golf Tournament, will take place Aug. 5-7. Everett Vinzant was the first golf professional at the City of Overland Park public golf course.
The junior golf program at the course has three sessions — spring, summer and fall. There are Par 3 leagues, 9-hole leagues and 18-hole leagues for boys and girls ages 6 to 18. There is also the First Tee of Greater Kansas City program.
"This teaches positive values through the game of golf," Queen said.
The program teaches core values to 6 to 12-year-olds. The Overland Park Junior Golf Program also offers introductory golf lessons.
"We call this Golf 101," Queen said. "It is to introduce children to the game of golf."
Carol Gillard, who is now a volunteer, was the project coordinator for the golf division. She is also an officer in the Kansas City Golf Association.
"Every high school on the Kansas side uses our courses (Sykes/Lady Overland Park Golf Course and St. Andrews Golf Course) for fall and spring golf," she said. "There are girls and boys tournaments held here."
The Everett Vinzant/John Cosnotti Memorial Junior Golf Tournament finishes the summer season.
"This is a unique tournament that brands our course as a junior-friendly public golf course," Queen said. "This is the cornerstone of our program."
The cost is just $30 and is limited to the first 400 entries. It is for boys and girls ages 6-17. There are Par 3, 9-Hole and 18-Hole divisions.
"You will see a wide variety of skill levels here," Gillard said. "It is a great place for high school players to compete. Most of the good high school players in Kansas have come through our program and this tournament."
Queen added, "There is a positive impact on young people's lives through the game of golf. Part of the excitement is kids getting trophies and learning to compete."
Queen said that most of the Par 3 players get a trophy.
"We have second-generation and even third-generation kids playing in this tournament," Gillard said. "This is important for the community. It provides a memory for the rest of their lives and their parents' lives."


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Banana, as they are increasingly victim to some hideous blight, but I can't think about that. I won't think about it. It makes me sad.
Even though I already have two solid banana bread recipes, I'm always looking for new ways to dispose of these banana rejects. I've seen banana bread with crystallized ginger and chocolate on several blogs, so I can't say this is an original idea. It's an original recipe to the extent that I didn't bother consulting any of these recipes before making my own – I just adapted my regular banana bread recipe to make it amenable to these flavor profiles.
So how does it taste? Honestly, it's a bit of an oddity. I used a full half cup of crystallized ginger, and for the husband, that might be a bit much. He's eating it – he doesn't like cereal for breakfast and consumes most of the quick breads that get made in my house – but he doesn't seem enthusiastic about it. He's usually pretty enthusiastic. I don't think he will be upset if I don't make this again.
Or maybe it's just weird and yucky. You be the judge.
Chocolate Chip Banana Bread with Crystallized Ginger
½ stick unsalted butter, room temp or melted
2/3 cup white sugar
2 tablespoons malted milk powder (optional)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
1 6-oz container plain yoghurt (lowfat is fine)
2 cups plus 2 tablespoons white wheat flour (or substitute all-purpose)
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2/3-3/4 cup chocolate chips (about half a 12-oz bag)
½ cup crystallized ginger, diced fine (about ½ cm chunks)
Preheat oven to 350. In medium-large bowl, stir together butter, sugar, malted milk powder, and vanilla. Add eggs and yoghurt.
In smaller bowl, stir or whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add crystallized ginger and stir around to break up clumps. Add chocolate chips.
Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and pour into a greased loaf pan.
Bake for 45-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Makes one loaf.
Printable recipe here.
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Chocolate Chip Banana Bread with Crystallized Ginger
Posted by Becky at 3:36 PM
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Another great dessert... like that chocolate banana bundt cake that I make all the time, I love bananas and chocolate!!!ReplyDelete
Mmmm ... bundt cake ... :) That also sounds delicious!ReplyDelete
I confess we've been eating this one for breakfast. ;)
Yum! chocolate banana and ginger. What a great combination. I'll have to try this! I freeze extra bananas and use in bread and also in smoothies. However, I've not seen the bargain bananas in quite a while. :-(ReplyDelete
Why did I have to start my diet this morning? I'm filing this one under "Take to the Neighbors"ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing!
Glad you both seem to be on the "yum" side of the equation! It seemed to grow on the husband. :)ReplyDelete
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Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis can't be happy about being forced to give up the chairman's role. In an article for Directors & Boards in 2006 on governance best practices, here is what he had to say on the separation of the roles:
"The idea that separating the chairman's function from the CEO's might provide stronger oversight is not new. And, in some circumstances, it could be correct. But there is also the risk that companies with an independent chairman can end up with ambiguous leadership, split allegiances on the board and in management, and an incoherent vision for the company's future.
"What is helpful when the chairman and CEO are the same person is to have an independent lead director, who can chair meetings and coordinate other activities of the other nonmanagement directors. This is a model our company adopted [earlier in 2006]. It provides an important communications link between the other independent directors and our shareholders.
"In working with a chairman and CEO, members of any board must be able to do their job, which is to provide guidance and support as long as the CEO has their confidence, and to remove the CEO when he (or she) has lost it. If they can't do that, the company doesn't need a new chairman; it needs new directors."
Well, guess what? The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that BofA is on the hunt for new directors. Oy vey!


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Happy Memorial Day weekend, my loves! We just arrived in San Antonio, Texas from spending the past week in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. It was such a colorful, magical spot that really took my breath away (I'm ready to pack my bags and move there!). Here are a few photos from our trip, along with what I wore. I'll be sharing more snapshots over the next few weeks (as well as photos from our trip to South America — finally!). I hope you enjoy.
The weather was toasty, with abundant sunshine bathing the town in a beautiful amber light.
The people were warm, friendly and celebratory: fire crackers literally go off at all hours of the day and colorful bunting is suspended in many of the plazas. Punch Buggies cruise the streets in every color of the rainbow and beautiful prints and patterns are everywhere you look.
I did my best to dress for the occasion. Breezy dresses and a hat were essential for the hot, dry days and flat sandals were ideal for exploring the cobblestone streets on foot.
I really fell in love with the artsy town of San Miguel de Allende. Have you ever been to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico? Do you have any favorite spots or memories you'd like to share below? Or would you like to go? I'll be sharing my favorite spots soon.
Here is what I wore: DRESS: Isabel Lu c/o Bollare (similar here and here); HAT: Panama hat from a local shop in San Miguel de Allende (similar here and here and here) SANDALS: Dolce Vita (old but similar here); GLASSES: SEE (similar here; not that similar but awesome here); NAILS: Essie Braziliant; LIPS: Nars Wonder
Happy weekend and here's to many colorful adventures this weekend and beyond xx!


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Common Car Repairs You Should Know, No Matter The Make Or Model!
Regardless of the type of car you own or whether or not you're an experienced driver, something can always go wrong. Of course, there are some issues that are limited to one specific model but with time, you're bound to pay for some of the following repairs.
• Brake Work
Most car owners always take their cars to the repair shops because of their brakes. You should expect that your brake pad will wear and tear with time. Of course, the cost of repairing your brake pads isn't costly but the serious the issue, you should expect to cough up more money. For instance, the repair could be for the rotor, drum or disc. However, there is rarely any need to repair the brake line unless they have been cut completely.
• Oil Changes
You should make an oil change after a few thousand miles to keep the car in a good working condition. That way, you can increase the life cycle of the engine. On the other hand, if your service record shows frequent oil changes, you can enjoy a high resale value of your vehicle. If you forget to make a simple oil change, you might end up visiting the repair shop with a more serious problem with the car's engine.
• Coolant System
It's quite often for the car engine to overheat, especially if the car has been running for many miles. Therefore, you need to make sure that the radiator as well as the cooling system is in a good working condition. If it's working, your car might stop dead in the middle of the road with engine trouble. If the radiator is old or not working properly, visit the repair shop early enough to avoid the nightmare.
• Tire Patches
Every car might require a tire patch at one point or the other. Complete replacements of the tires are also quite common. There are numerous reasons why a tire can fail working or start leaking. For instance, there is a chance that the sidewall can split or the tire can go over a sharp object or nail. Of course, with tire patches, the repairs are not costly. However, if you need a complete replacement of your tire, you should expect to pay a little more money.
• Ignition System
Are you trying to turn the key in the ignition but the car will not start? Well, there could be many reasons for that including a dead battery, a faulty ignition or a starter that won't work. If you need to replace the battery, there are various charges for it. However, repairs or replacements for the starter or ignition can be quite costly.
• Electrical System
There are many things that can go wrong with the car's electrical system. For instance, there could be blown fuses and many more issues. If you're not equipped with handling the electrical system of your vehicle, it's prudent to let a professional handle it. Note that, the electrical system is one of the most delicate systems of any vehicle and one wrong move can damage the vehicle altogether.
• Fuel System
Are you always driving your vehicle with less than a quarter tank? Well, you're the reason why your fuel pump is clogged. On the other hand, it's important to replace the fuel filters occasionally since they gather a lot of debris, preventing it from getting to the fuel tank. Of course, for these issues, only a professional repair shop should be equipped to handle it.
In conclusion, although these issues seem pretty damaging to your vehicle, you can always avoid them with regular and preventive maintenance of your vehicle.
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Ashford out to get lucky after Vikings
The owners of Ashford Studios in Co Wicklow are hoping that they "can strike it lucky again" after the conclusion of filming of the 'Vikings' series at the studios.
New accounts show that the filming of the hit TV show helped Ashford Studios increase its profits last year by 32pc to €2.1m. The company recorded profits of €2.1m last year after enjoying profits of €1.59m in 2016.
In 2017, the cash pile at Ashford Studios increased from €2.37m to €4.65m.
The 'wrap party' for Season Six of 'Vikings' took place a fortnight ago. "All good things come to an end," a spokesman said.
All of the facilities of the studios have been used for the series since 2012.
"We got very lucky with 'Vikings," he said. "It has been such a success. It has been a great experience. I can't think of a negative. Everything clicked."
The spokesman said that the studio is in discussions to secure fresh work for Ashford Studios "and we are hoping that we can strike lucky again – we are expecting good news".
The studios were the equivalent of a 'one-bedroomed hotel' while 'Vikings' was filming as they didn't have additional capacity to cater for another production. He said: "We were not unhappy with that. Not at all, but our planned Phase Two expansion will give us critical mass."
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The movie "Bad Parents" opens in Montclair tonight. New Jersey filmmaker Caytha Jentis created the movie and New Jersey native Janeane Garofalo stars in the film that focuses on parents who go to great lengths to ensure their children's success on the soccer field. Garofalo told NJ Today Managing Editor Mike Schneider that she believes parental pressures have mounted since she was a child and "Bad Parents" will resonate with audiences everywhere, not just in the Garden State.
"It's a story about … the anxiety of parenting and how it can be taken too far like with sports programs and getting kids involved in certain things," Garofalo said.
She said for some parents, if their kids aren't accepted it can reflect on them or make them relive anxieties of the past. While Garofalo doesn't have children, she said many of her friends and family members do.
Garofalo also said times have changed and now parents feel pressure to fill their children's free hours with extracurricular activities. She also says parents can't have it all.
"Something has to suffer. And unfortunately it usually still falls on the woman's shoulders even if they have a full-time job to be the primary caretaker and steward of the children and their time. Not in all cases, but still I think the woman gets judged more harshly about her skills as a parent than the fathers," Garofalo said. "And judges herself more harshly. I think there is a lot more anxiety around parenting these days than maybe there might have been before but maybe just because I'm more cognizant of it now."
Garofalo, who was a strong supporter of President Barack Obama four years ago, said she is anxious about what she calls "voter suppression" that Republicans have been trying to implement with identification laws to secure a win. But she said she is pleased that courts have at least delayed enforcement of the stricter rules.
"That makes me nervous because elections can be tampered with. It happens all the time," Garofalo said. "A lot of people for some reason don't like to acknowledge that in this country. So I get worried about stuff like that."
While Garofalo supported Obama in 2008, she said she has been somewhat disappointed with his presidency so far. "I've not been happy with all the capitulation to the right wing agenda. Obama has tried to be very conciliatory much to the detriment of the country," she said. "That has disappointed me a great deal."
She hopes a second term will change things, but pointed out that while Republicans control Congress, that will be difficult. She said some Republicans have stated publicly that they will do whatever they can to ensure Obama gets nothing done.
"I hope in his second term that he would … have much more the courage of his convictions and be less willing to take bad advice from his advisors and keep giving away in these bargains with the Republicans. That is problematic to me," Garofalo said. "And also he kept so many of the Bush policies going and I wasn't thrilled with all the Wall Street stuff."


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Weapon-concealing garments for the fashion-conscious gun owner are having a "moment," according to the New York Times, which reports an uptick in apparel companies catering to people with permits to carry concealed weapons. Among their growing ranks is Woolrich, whose new "Concealed Carry" collection offers cotton-twill khakis and basket-weave button-downs with hidden welt pockets, false buttons, and stretchable waistbands for securing handguns, knives, or ammo. One jacket even features a channel through the back for storing plastic handcuffs.Sorry, there are no polls available at the moment.
The rise in "covert fashion" didn't just appear out of left field. The number of concealed-weapon permits rose from five million in 2008 to seven million just last year because of changes to state laws, notes the Gray Lady. After intense lobbying from gun-rights advocates, 37 states now have "shall issue" statues that require the provision of concealed-carry permits if an applicant has no previous criminal history. Several states allow concealed weapons without any kind of permit. In contrast, only eight states were bound by such statutes in 1984, while 15 didn't allow handgun-carrying at all.
The number of concealed-weapon permits rose from five million in 2008 to seven million last year.
The number of concealed-weapon permits rose from five million in 2008 to seven million last year.
The newspaper spoke to Shawn Thompson, a 35-year-old auto-dealer and gun enthusiast who calls the new threads a "step up" from military and hunting garb. "Most of the clothes I used in the past to hide my sidearm looked pretty sloppy and had my girlfriend complaining about my looks," he said. "I'm not James Bond or nothing, but these look pretty nice."
Other businesses honing in on people like Thompson include 5.11 Tactical, which is launching a water-resistant vest with a pistol-stowing "hand-warmer" pocket, and Under Armour, which will be adding a jacket and a plaid shirt with Velcro flaps for easy access and moisture-wicking fabrics to prevent guns from rusting.
But although gun owners say they want "maximum uncertainty" on the part of any would-be assailant, weapons experts have found inconclusive evidence that such tactics actually reduce crime. Not that it's stopping businesses like Woolrich from cashing in on the zeitgeist, however. Allen Forkner, a spokesman for the company, explained it thus: "When someone walks down the street in a button-down and khakis, the bad guy gets a glimmer of fear, wondering: are they packing or not?"
If current projections offer any indication, then odds are that yes, yes they are.
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Reports have emerged stating WWE Hall of Famer Jerry Lawler was involved in a head-on collision on Saturday.
Wrestling News has reported: "Lawler was involved in a head-on collision on Saturday night. (The) news broke when wrestler Jamie Dundee wrote on Facebook that Lawler's son Brian Christopher contacted him with the news."
The report also said: "Dundee then posted an update stating that Lawler is fine but his girlfriend Lauryn has a banged up knee and a swollen face."
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Lawler later tweeted out photos of the incident, showing how much damage was done to his car in the incident and also saying that he was incredibly lucky and that his girlfriend spent four hours in the emergency room last night.
This is good to hear as many people were concerned about the welfare of Lawler and his girlfriend.
Looking at the state of their car, they were incredibly lucky to come out relatively unscathed in this incident.
Lawler is no stranger to random incidents and health problems, as the majority of WWE fans will remember that the announcer suffered a heart attack live on Raw a couple of years ago. It's good to hear he has managed to march on once again.


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Sorry guys, I've had a lot on my mind. This has been kind of a rough month to be a member of my family. My Grandaddy has been in the hospital once after a fall. My Mamaw has been in the hospital twice with lower back problems. Most recently my Dad has been in the hospital with some severe gastrointestinal issues.
I'm glad to say that at the moment, my Dad is at home recovering from his procedures, my Mamaw had lower back surgery and already feels loads better, and even though the situation with my Grandaddy is a day to day fluctuation, for the past few days he's been pretty good.
A number of my other friends and family have also been having some personal issues that they're trying to work through. It's been a struggle to stretch myself so thin. My friends and family need me though…they need me to be strong when they're not, they need me be resourceful when theirs are limited, and they need me to be vocal when they've lost the words to speak. I'm not without my limits though. Fortunately for me, I haven't yet found that line where my limits break. It's gonna be bad when I do though, because I think once it happens, it won't be in any kind of graceful manner.
It's been a long time since I've been a selfish type of person, but it would be nice to turn my mind off for a while and take a break.
I've never been able to do that though…turn my mind off. My Mom told me once that there is a constant level of noise in my life. I don't know if I could have ever put it better myself. I always have noise. There's always music, TV, a movie…I leave the TV on when I go to bed to keep my mind occupied, I've even got a movie on in the background right now, while I'm writing this. I don't know how to quiet down my life, and I don't just mean physical noise. It took me an hour to figure out what to go do for lunch today, because I kept getting distracted, and my racing…occupied with other things.
I've been trying my hand at meditation over the past several months, with mixed results. I'm told it's good problem solving, resolution, focus, and getting closer to God…among other things. One of the most important things in the art of meditation is being able to clear one's mind. Actively trying to tell your mind to shut the hell up is no easy task. I've thought about certain drugs and booze to try and shut my mind down…but I don't want to hazy, or numb…I just want to know what it feels like to truly experience that sense of calm.
I'm getting better at it, but this month…it's been impossible to shut out everything, especially with being needed so much.
Please though, don't think that because I'm saying this, that I don't want to be there for y'all. I'd much rather be out there helping everyone out, than trying to only serve myself. Just needed to vent a little today. It's easy to overheat on days like today.
I'm not done yet, and I'm proud that I don't know my limits yet. That's just that much farther that I can push myself. My friends and family know that I'll always be there to help, and that I'm still well in my ability to do so.
Keep your heads up, your minds sharp, and your hearts open.
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A couple of weeks ago Steve and I visited Leesburg, Fl and I found a gorgeous shop, Victoria's Antique Warehouse. Victoria regularly travels to France, Belgium and throughout the US to discover new treasures for her amazing shop. There is also a warehouse in back full of wonderful furniture and architectural pieces sourced from Europe. Love this gorgeous bed! […Read More]
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Hi everyone. Do you remember this frame I showed you recently? I added two intaglios to the frame. I am still making reproduction intaglios from antique molds and selling them on Ebay and Etsy. Last week while out antiquing I found three authentic 19th century intaglios. They are in fabulous condition and you can still see some of the […Read More]
Antique Doll
Thank you to everyone that visited or linked to this weeks Open House party. The party is still going on and there is time to join in. While out antiquing yesterday I found this rather cute creepy antique doll. Even though I have been an antique dealer for many years, I have never owned nor sold […Read More]
Antiques, Beach and Birthday
Hi Everyone! I wanted to share two of my absolute favorite antique malls. Smith's Antiques and Antiques On Holiday are both located in Destin, Fl. Every time we head to the beach house these two shops are on my "must go" list. When we lived full time in the area I had booths in both […Read More]
Ta-Da…French Vanity Is Finished
If you have been following along then you read about our four hour trip to buy this vanity. I have finally finished painting it to match the other bedroom furniture. Remember what it looked like last week? Her finish was a little beat up but the cane was in excellent condition. So here she is […Read More]
Killer Stuff
Killer Stuff And Tons Of Money Seeking History and Hidden Gems in Flea-Market America Recently I was asked by TLC Books Tours to participate in a virtual tour and review the book Killer Stuff and Tons Of Money. Growing up in the antique business, and being a dealer myself, this book was right up my […Read More]
Antiquing Finds
Hello friends! Don't forget to enter my giveaway for two Shabby Chic books. The giveaway runs through 2/17 so there is still time to enter here. I recently posted about our antiquing/shopping trip to Lucketts, Chartreuse and the antique shops located in downtown Frederick, Md. I love the Paris pillow I purchased at Chartreuse. Today I […Read More]
French Bottle Drying Rack
Thank you so much for all the sweet comments you left when I told you I wasn't feeling well. I think I am on the mend now. Today is the first day I have felt well enough to take pictures and post about another of my Christmas gifts. I have been in love with the French zinc […Read More]


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Andhra Pradesh's new capital city Amaravati might take the shape of a glorified film set and live up to its sobriquet 'Bhramaravati' (an illusionary or mythical city) as Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is now enlisting the services of yet another movie director to help design Amaravati.
The Chief Minister has already chosen to go with foreign architects to design the core of Amaravati. But now besides 'Bahubali' helmer S S Rajamouli, another filmmaker Jagarlamudi Krish and art director Anand Sai will also be asked to chip in with his concept for the city.
The state government conducted an international competition seeking designs for the capital in 2015 and picked Japan's Maki and Associates' "models" in March last.
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Subsequently, Maki was dumped and last month Foster and Partners of Britain was appointed as Master Architect. Top Indian architect Hafiz Contractor is partnering with Foster in designing two "iconic structures" — the High Court and the Legislature Complex — apart from the master plan for the 900-acre core capital area.
In the meantime, the Chief Minister seemed to have been fascinated by the sets of film 'Bahubali' and himself spoke to director Rajamouli to help design Amaravati. While the AP Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) accordingly approached Rajamouli, the Chief Minister has now directed it to consult Krish and Sai for necessary "inputs".
Sai worked as an art director for many popular Telugu films like Indra, Badrinath, Yamadonga and is now serving the Telangana government on its ambitious Yadadri temple town project. Krish, who made many popular films in Telugu, has just released a "historical" movie on Satavahana ruler Goutami Putra Satakarni. The movie stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Chandrababu's brother-in-law and TDP MLA, and the Chief Minister watched the film on January 12.
Ostensibly impressed by the grandeur of the film that supposedly depicts the history of Amaravati, the CM has asked the CRDA to contact Krish and Sai.
"The CM has asked us to contact Krish, so we will take inputs and suggestions from him and also Sai," Municipal Administration Minister P Narayana said.
"These people (Rajamouli and Krish) already studied a lot of history (for their films). So the CM wanted us to contact them and take inputs. He also wanted us to identify if there is someone else with knowledge of history," Narayana said.
Meanwhile, Foster and Partners — who already held one round of talks with the Bahubali director on the design aspects — is expected to submit a "rough draft" design of Amaravati to the CRDA on January 25. Foster is charging Rs 67 crore for the design work.
To its credit, London-based Foster has designed iconic structures like the 50 UN Plaza, Singapore Supreme Court, Imperial War Museum (UK), Century Tower (Japan), the Ireo City (Gurugram), Cyber Port (China), Bloomberg headquarters (UK), The Index (UAE), International Airport (Kuwait), to name a few.


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Enjoy this first SNEAK PEAK of the latest installment in the Naughty North Pole, A GIFT FOR SANTA. Nick Klaus aka THE Santa Claus, has just agreed to go have a beer and "catch up" with long time friend Jack Frost. Watch the sexual tension blaze....
"So is it true?" Jack asked quietly from the corner of that intoxicatingly sexy mouth.
"About your elves?"
"What about them?"
He nudged me with his elbow. "That their cum tastes like candy?"
I almost spit out my beer. Choking back the mouthful, I said, "Um, I wouldn't know firsthand, but yes, I believe they do."
He gaped. "How is that possible?"
"It's all the candy they eat," I explained. "Sugar seems to alter their chemistry."
Sniggering, Jack shook his head. "No, not that. How is it possible you don't know firsthand?"
I frowned. "They work for me. I can't take advantage of them."
"You leave the Pole like three times a year. So you mean to tell me that's the only time you get laid?"
I glared at him, not liking the direction of this conversation. "How do you know how often I leave the Pole?"
His hand waved about in dismissal. "That's irrelevant. You're avoiding the question. When was your last time?"
"That was certainly not the question."
He shrugged, draining his beer so effortlessly my thoughts went to indecent places about how open his throat might be. Dammit, how did he always manage to push my thoughts to a sexual place?
Signaling the barkeep for another round, he said, "It might not have been, but you knew that's what I was after."
I said nothing as a third drink was placed before me. Part of me wanted to call Jack a nosey asshole, toss down a twenty, and hightail it out of there. If I recalled, our last encounter had ended in exactly that manner and I believe the word I called him had been "fuck-stain." Not one of my better moments. But that was the way it went with us. The sexual electricity would spark until Jack made a wise-ass comment, then I got pissed and left.
Knowing how things usually ended, why had I come again?
Oh yeah. Because Jack Frost made me crazy stupid every time I got around him.
"I was just curious," Jack said, his voice void of humor or condensation.
It should have annoyed me, but I was the fool who opened up this particular door. Never before had I shared anything so personal, nor had he. We flirted, made innuendo and went our separate ways. Rather than walk off in a huff per my usual, I sighed and downed the rest of my second beer before picking up the third. "It's been a while. Can we just leave it at that?"
Of course, he couldn't.
"How long's a while?"
I studied him, the sharp, angular features, the blue streak he'd had in his hair long before weird hair color had become trendy. Everyone knew Jack had a list of lovers in his little black book as long as the Naughty and Nice List. I had not been with anyone for a very long time. Nothing killed the mood the way hearing a running commentary of thoughts during sex did. Most days I preferred knowing what others wanted and expected of me, yet during intimacy it ruined the element of discovery and the new found joy of learning your lover.
However, with Jack Frost—as well as with other supernatural beings powerful enough to block my abilities—I heard nothing. Unlike the white noise of human or elf thoughts I'd learned to tune out long ago, only silence met me when I was with him. Probably what made him so damn intriguing. Or maybe it was his mouth, that wide, succulent feature made my insides do the rumba. I'd always imagined sex with Jack—and oh yeah, I had imagined—would be exactly what it should be. Exciting and new.
Looking away from his knowing stare, I feigned interest in my mug, unsure if I wanted to share with Jack Frost when my last time had been. The man had been a broken veteran whose lover had died in the trenches of Europe. I'd felt his grief, his wanting, in palpable waves. Ordinarily, giving an adult human their Christmas wish went beyond my abilities, but in that moment I had what the man needed. One last hurrah before he went straight, literally. I'd made love to him all night, holding him while he cried, telling him he was perfect just the way he had been born and one day he would know true love again. Over the years I had checked in on him and his wife, brought their children the best toys, but I could always hear his lonely desperation. I was delighted to discover him one Christmas divorced and living with his partner. I liked to think maybe I'd helped him heal and accept that his lover during the war had not been a phase but real and genuine, something to be celebrated, not hidden.
"Well?" Jack prompted after my continued silence.
"1945. V-E Day, when Nazi Germany surrendered."
Beer spewed from his lips. "What? You've gotta be kidding me!"
I frowned at his shock, more out of annoyance with my stupidity for telling Jack something so personal. Now he would think I was a loser or a fool—neither opinion I wanted the winter sprite to have.
The Jackson Five's version of Santa Claus is Coming to Town came across the radio and beside me Jack sniggered into his beer. "Apparently Santa Claus hasn't been coming at all, in town or otherwise."
The night I spent with my sad veteran held a special place in my heart, and I didn't appreciate Jack cheapening it with his laughter. "You can be a real prick, Jack."
"Okay, not cool. I take it back." He held up his hands in a truce.
I bristled with annoyance when I saw him still trying to suppress his amusement. "Asshole."
Jack gave me a helpless gesture. "Come on, Nicky, you gotta admit that was funny."
I forced down any humor wanting to surface. "No, it wasn't."
"Matter of opinion." After a sip of beer, he set the mug down and regarded me for a moment. "Now, don't get mad at me for asking, but why so long?"
I sure as hell couldn't tell Jack the real reason behind my dry spell was more than just distracting thoughts being played out by my lovers like instruction manuals. He might figure out my sex drive wasn't dead at all, rather it had been put on hold, secretly waiting for someone to rev it up—namely him.
Gods, I really was nuttier than fruitcake.
"Look," I began. "Running the North Pole is a lot of work. I have to keep things moving, monitor everyone and everything. Do you know how time-sensitive all of this is?"
"If time is an issue, why take away precious moments to come here with me?"
Was he being rhetorical or did he really want an answer? It didn't matter. I'd dallied long enough. At least this little encounter had not ended with an argument. The only bitter sting of this meeting: the lonely one inside me.
I pushed my stool from the bar. "I should never have come. I need…."
A gentle touch on my arm stopped my retreat. "I know what you need, Nick."
His intoxicating tone went straight to my cock.
"I have work to do," I argued.
"You always give everyone what they want. Don't you think it's time Santa got a gift for Christmas?"
Crossing my arms, I frowned. He never called me Santa except to be derogatory, and I sort of hated it when he did. With Jack I enjoyed being just plain Nick.
With a sly look, he tossed a twenty on the bar. "If you stopped running away from me, Nicky, you might get lucky."
I bristled. "I don't run away. I might leave, but only because I get sick of that mouth of yours."
Jack licked his lips, and damn if I could stop myself from staring at the way his tongue slid over those enticing pieces of flesh. I swallowed hard and all bravado and irritation fled in the face of such temptation.
"You haven't seen enough of my mouth to really be sick of it."
My eyes widened and the thud-thud of my heart in my chest seemed impossibly loud. The air in the bar felt hot and suffocating all of a sudden. I fought the urge to tug on my turtleneck and release some heat.
|The Naughty North Pole Book One
A breathy chuckle escaped me. "What are you, eight years old?"
Smirking, Jack slid off his stool. "I have a room across the way at the Holiday Inn. Care to finally make good on all this back and forth, or do you just wanna take care of your North Pole yourself?"
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A large number of our users has been requesting support for Chinese language and manga. In this update, not only we added localization for Chinese (Simplified), we also added over 9,000 titles from 99mh.com - one of the largest sites for Chinese-translated manga & manhua (comics originated in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan).
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"Too often the patriotic values of pride and strength triumph over the spiritual values of humility, gentleness, and sacrificial love."
"We in the church are schizophrenic: we want to be good Christians, but deep down we trust that only the power of the state and its militaries and markets can really make a difference in the world."
"Rather than placing our hope in a transitional church that embodies God's kingdom, we assume America is God's hope for the world, even when it doesn't look like Christ."
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The modern English word green comes from the Middle English and Anglo-Saxon word grene, from the same Germanic root as the words "grass" and "grow". It is the color of growing grass and leaves and as a result is the color most associated with springtime, growth and nature.
In surveys made in Europe and the United States, green is the color most commonly associated with nature, youth, spring, hope and in China its associations are very positive.
After this little intellectual and cultural break here our true aim: choose the perfect prom dress!
Few days ago I told you about the clssical black dress but naturally not every girl would look "classic", so I'll suggest some nice colours you could wear.
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In its establishment survey, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) headline number this morning is a decline of 539,000 in non-farm payroll employment in April. While that number is less than expectations, the level of employment was effectively 66,000 lower, i.e., down 605,000. This is because of revisions in the employment declines for March and February.
The March employment decline was revised to 699,000 from 663,000 previously estimated by the BLS. And, the payroll employment decline was worsened in February as well, now at 681,000, rather than the 651,000 previously estimated.
The unemployment rate jumped from 8.5% in March to 8.9% in April in the release from the BLS today. Since December 2007, the starting point for the current recession, the most severe since the Depression, job losses total 5.7 million.
The level of private-sector employment fell by 611,000 workers in April. In its household survey, the incidence of unemployment rose 563,000 to 13.72 million. On a year-over-year (YoY) basis, the number of people unemployed has escalated by 6.0 million, and the unemployment rate has risen by 3.9 percentage points.
Counted among those unemployed, persons who completed temporary jobs and other job losses grew by 571,000 to 8.8 million. This group has more than doubled in the past 12 months.
Particularly troubling, the long-term unemployed (those out of work for 27 weeks or more) rose by 498,000 in April, reaching 3.7 million. This category has surged by 2.4 million since the recession began, i.e., in December 2007, this category was 1.3 million. So the long-term unemployed as a group has almost tripled since the recession started.
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