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Saturday, February 26, 2011
Comic strip layout
I took these photos of my daughter and my dad at a zoo in Florida. Unfortunately, my poor little daughter has not had much luck with zoo animals. Just a few months ago, she had her hair pulled by a monkey. Here, she is getting bit by a bird! It left a small mark but didn't break any skin. Now, she enjoys telling the story and pointing to the spot where the beak pinched her tiny hand.
The mistake we made was telling her that the bird was on her head. As you can see, she pointed upward inquisitively before putting her hand up there.
I wanted to portray this scene as a sequence of events, and I thought showing it comic-strip style would be cute.
The layout was very easy to do. I drew the outlines of the pictures with the mouse to give it a more hand-drawn feel. The bubbles I grabbed from the internet (I hope I'm not violating any copyright for that).
For the title, I copied the format of the Peanuts comic strip. To get the outline of the text, simply right-click on the layer > Alpha to Selection. Then, Edit > Stroke Selection. Make sure the forground color is black and have it draw a straight line.
I threw my signature in there to make it look even more like a cartoon.
I've always thought that a scrapbook layout should tell a story, and this is just one more way that it can be done.
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Monday, February 21, 2011
Digital collages
Here's my first try at making a digital collage by combining photos into one image. It's not technically perfect, but it's a style that I'd like to work on and use in the future.
I took these photos of my daughter on a bright, sunny day last spring. I loved the vibrant color of her pink shirt against the green grass. Since she doesn't pose for pictures (no toddler does), I simply chased her around and snapped as many shots as I could get. I got many of her running away from me, some of her playing with the pebbles, and a few of her staring at the ground.
I've always enjoyed putting several shots of the same scene on a scrapbook page. Photos taken just a few seconds apart can show completely different facial expressions, and it's fun to look at them side-by-side on a page.
With traditional scrapbooking, one must take each print and arrange them on the page. If you're really good, you may be able to crop around the person to make something a little more dynamic.
With the computer, however, you can take collage-making to another level. You can adjust the size and transparency of an image, duplicate an image, flip an image, and use many more simple techniques to make some crazy stuff. In fact, the most time-consuming part of this layout was cropping around each photo.
As with photography, composition is the most important part of making an interesting layout. I used the photo in which she is looking at the camera as the focal point. Following the "rule of thirds," I placed her to the lower left.
To add more visual interest, I threw in a supernova effect on top of the pebble she was holding. This is very easy to do. Go to Filters > Light and Shadow > Supernova. I adjusted the hue to a greenish color to go with the color of the grass.
I decided to lower the opacity of some of the layers to give the layout an ethereal look. Why did I do this? Simply because I currently lack the technical skills to get it to look, well, real. Once I master the skill of blending, I will make layouts that make people think that I have quadruplets.
Combining images like this into a digital collage is one more way to display your photos together. By playing around with the images, you can create some very neat effects.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Making lemonade from lemons
Sometimes, those less-than-perfect shots CAN be perfect for the right layout. A dark shot can create a somber mood, a blurry shot may be good for a background, or a goofy face may go well with humouous journalling.
For anyone who doesn't have kids, let me tell you that two-year-olds don't pose. They don't smile just because you tell them to, either. For this reason, I'm becoming an expert at making due with the shots that I get.
I was trying to get a picture of her to send out for our Christmas cards, which was a very difficult task indeed. The shot was in focus, but she was not looking at the camera, the picture was inproperly framed, and it was underexposed because she ran into a shadow.
Yet I had written a few heartfelt words about her, and wanted a photo to convey the somber mood. This one couldn't have been more perfect. The journalling reads:
I wish
I wish I could prevent you from making the mistakes I've made
I wish love could banish all pain and sorrow from your life
I wish you could stay in you childhood forever
I wish I could shelter you from reality
But I can't
So I will teach you all that I know
I will arm you against the evils of the world
I will tell you that what is popular isn't always what is best
I will show you that no one and no movement has control over you,
So... I will.
Before hitting that "delete" button on your camera, try to think of interesting ways to use those imperfect shots.
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
So here's another advantage of digital scrapbooking: it's easy to go BIG.
When I was using paper and glue, I used only 4x6 pictures. I could have gotten larger prints, but they are much more expensive. Besides, I would have had to plan out all my layouts in advance and wait for the prints to come in. It was much easier to use 4x6 pictures and throw the extras in a regular photo album.
With digital scrapbooking, I can create poster-size prints of my favorite photos. They look great on the wall inside a 12x12 album frame. I like to jazz them up with a title and a few words, too.
I took this photo last winter on the Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys. They experienced an unusual cold spell while we were there (hence the coat). We decided to go for a bike ride on this cloudy day.
The journalling reads: The air is chilly, the sky is ominous, the wind threatens to knock me to the ground. This is... A Beautiful Day.
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Monday, February 14, 2011
Travelling the world
Here's another layout idea for the Book of Me. And by "Me" I mean "oneself" (to get started on a Book of Me, go to my earlier post here). I love to travel, and I decided to do a layout about the places I've been and would like to go.
I decided to make it simple, as it would have been WAY too cluttered if I tried to include pictures from everywhere on the list.
I wanted to include a picture of myself in the background, but to make it a little subdued. To do this, I turned the photo to black and white and then lightened it a bit.
To give it the blotchy effect, go to colors > posterize. This reduces the number of colors in the image. Adjust to get the desired effect.
For the map, I took one off the web, erased the ocean part, and used a red paintbrush on the spots I've been.
There are lots of different themes you can do for the Book of Me. Any other ideas?
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Saturday, February 12, 2011
Color splash!
I remember I used to be so impressed when I saw wedding photos with the flowers in color and the rest of the photo in black and white. I think those photographers impress many people with these tricks, as most of them command thousands of dollars for a wedding.
This trick is super easy to do in GIMP. Just select the area you want to remain in color, go to select > invert, then color > hue-saturation, and a move the "saturation" bar down to -100.
I like to use color splash because I think that a simple color scheme is more pleasing than a layout with every color in the rainbow. For this layout, I think the blue and yellow went well together.
The hard part is deciding which photos to use the effect on. I decided to do a color splash on this photo because the yellow of the bubble bottle was so bright and she was looking at it so intently.
For the bubbles, I painted one and duplicated it twice. To paint the bubble, I simply opened a new layer, made a circle selection, filled it with light blue, and added some dodge and burn. I drew a thin white line around it to make it more realistic.
I added a picture of my daughter's face in the reflection for fun. To give the reflection a rounded look, I did a lens distortion on the face.
I adjusted the opacity down to make it transparent, then flattened the bubble and duplicated the layer twice. I then scaled each bubble to give a little depth perspective.
What colors do you think go well together? I'm going to go through my photos and think of different color schemes to use for layouts.
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Labels: bubbles, children, color splash
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Making a newspaper layout
Ever try making a layout that looks like a newspaper? I got the idea when I was playing around with the filters and I found the "newsprint" filter. Go to filters > distort > newsprint.
Ok, so it doesn't look exactly like a newspaper, but getting it perfect would have taken way more time and aggravation than I was willing to spend on this layout.
I set the background layer to a light grey. I added some noise and Gaussian blur to get the desired paper texture. The page curl effect can be found under filter > distorts > pagecurl. The coffee stain (most things in this house get stained from coffee) can be found under filters > decor > coffee stain. Play with different fonts to get the desired look. The text is Times New Roman and I put the caption in italics.
This is a photo I took of my husband and son on the Cliff Walk in Newport. I thought it would be cute to portray it as a "news" report. I'll put it in my bag of tricks and will probably do more of these in the future.
DID YOU KNOW? To draw a straight line, hold the "shift" button down. To draw one that is perfectly horizontal or vertical, hold down the "shift+ctrl" button. I wouldn't have figured out how to draw the lines on this layout without these keyboard shortcuts.
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A book of me
A book of me? That sounds so narcissistic! Yes, it certainly does. However, I'll rationalize it this way: I think EVERYONE should make a book about themselves, and shamelessly plaster their face all over it.
Seriously, though, don't you want your life story to be told? And who knows you better than you do? I do tons of pages about my kids, but I was afraid to do anything about myself because I thought it would come off as self-indulgent. I got over it by making a layout that made me look silly.
I had fun making this layout. There's nothing tricky with this one, so I won't go into the technical details. My point with this post is to say that self-deprecation can improve self-confidence greatly.
I'll give you a sample of some of the journaling: Make time for hobbies, take a walk in the cold weather, never iron casual clothing, don't even try to fold fitted sheets, turn off the TV, use babysitters when they offer, start a snowball fight, write bad poetry... you get the idea.
This layout set the ball rolling and I've created several more layouts featuring yours truly. More to come. Enjoy.
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Textured backgrounds
I've been experimenting with textured backgrounds. There are tons of free textured backgrounds you can download for free on the web, but I like to create my own elements whenever possible. This one is super easy if you have a scanner. Just take a piece of paper, crumple it up, and scan it. Then open your image, and cut and paste into your layout. That's pretty my how to do it.
Once I had it in my layout, I lightened it enough to make the text easy to read. If you're feeling even more creative, play with the layer mode to get different funky effects, like "lighten only" or "darken only."
Creating your own textured backgrounds is just one more way that digital is way better than traditional (in my humble opinion). There are just an infinite number of ways to create backgrounds, without having to shop around in the craft store!
Anyway, the pics in this layout are over 3 years old, taken a few months before we got married. I look goofy in them but I don't care. It made me think of the perfect subtitle: "Even a bad snapshot is beautiful when the faces are happy." Ah, the carefree (i.e. child-free) days!
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Making a pencil rendition of a photo
Here's a sketch of my dad and my son based on a photo I took. Yes, it's a computer redition. But there was alot more work than just hitting a few buttons.
First, let me give credit where credit is due. I followed the instructions of a tutorial I found here.
However, there is one thing I need to emphasize. At the end of following the steps, the picture just looked like blank white. You need to duplicate the layer and set it to "multiply" and duplicate that multiply layer several times before the lines are visible. I believe I duplicated it about five times initially.
The duplication of the layers started to create noise (too many black dots). I flattened the image, took a fuzzy eraser, set the opacity to around 50%, and gently erased between the lines. I also made the black lines clearer by using the pencil tool to redraw the major lines. I flattened it again and made a few more multiply layers to darken the image.
I tried to make one of my mom and my daughter, but every attempt created a very unflattering image of my mother. You see, a pencil sketch emphasizes lines, which is not friendly to any age-conscious person over 20. It seriously made my mom look like a wrinkly old woman! I didn't dare try to make one of myself. Lesson learned -- stick to children and people who don't mind the lines on their faces!
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Autumn leaves
I love the autumns here in New England, and I love taking pictures of the leaves in all their splendor. Although yes, I realize that autumn seems like a distant memory as we are buried under all this snow.
For the background, I used a dark-to-light blue gradient to simulate the color of the sky. The photo of the large leaf was taken against the sky, but I cropped around it so I could get a seamless background in a 12x12 format.
For the yellow leaves, I made a photo of a yellow leaf into a GIMP brush. I then created the maximum amount of jitter and adjusted the spacing to make it look random. To get the different orientation of the leaves, I just duplicated the layer twice and rotated 90 and -90 degrees, respectively. I merged the layers together to simplify, and erased the leaves that fell under the text.
For the border, I did a rectangle select close to the edge, went to edit > stroke selection, and selected "paintbrush." I decreased the spacing and jitter to make the leaves clump together a bit more.
The title is "impact condensed" font. I added the image in a new layer, right-clicked on the text layer and selected "alpha to selection," inverted the selection, went back to the image layer and pressed "delete." I created a border of brown and orange to make the text more readable.
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Icy weather!
So, I wanted to do a layout about the crazy amount of ice we've been getting in the RI/ southern Mass area. The icicles on every house got many, many feet long, and our's was no exception. I'm jut glad I didn't have to drive too much in it, but I feel bad for everyone who's evening commute slowed to a crawl.
The photo on the left and right are from our house. In fact, in case you didn't notice, they are mirror images of each other (I know, I'm so tricky.)
For the snow flakes, I used the galaxy brush, set the jitter to maximum, and painted away.
I drew the window using simple lines, threw in a drop shadow, and cropped a picture of the woods in our backyard to go inside it.
For the icicles on the title, I just painted one and duplicated it. I set the opacity down to make it a little more realistic (though, admittedly, they still aren't very realistic.) I made a white outline to make the title stick out a little more.
I simply painted the snowbank in white, blurred it, and adjusted the opacity down a bit.
For the photo of my son and I, I just cropped around us and added a layer mask on the bottom to eliminate the harsh line.
Thanks for viewing and I hope you enjoy.
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The Islamists (political Islam, sharia law advocates) have started trying to connect the shooting to Congresswoman Bachmann and others who question the security clearance procedures at the State Department.
By the 1970s I knew that the only sane thing to do was to put an end to madness. Immediately! Do not wait.
Round up the campus psycho punks and other "revolutionaries" and put them on a campus in the Nevada desert. That would include not just students and hangers-on but also the employees of the universities spouting that revolutionary, social justice, "bring it all down, man" crap.
I quoted Lincoln above (mid 1850s I believe) -- he knew that we could not continue as a "house divided." Let the professionals (military and line-LEO) lead and let's just get it over with.


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Sidney City Manager Ed Sadler gave a presentation at a "State Of Sidney" meeting put on by the Cheyenne County Chamber. Sadler explained that Sidney is going to see a lot of traffic in August for the solar eclipse and the sesquicentennial events.
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Police are appealing for public assistance after a cafe at the Charlton Esplanade in Scarness, near Torquay in south-east Queensland, was held up yesterday.
Police say the man produced a syringe before demanding money.
He escaped with a small amount of cash.
Police say the man was of Aboriginal appearance, about 180 centimetres tall, with a slim build and short black hair.
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Rotoscoping is usually the red headed step child of Compositing. Everyone just wants to avoid it. But this rotoscoping job for John Woo's epic 'Red Cliff 2? was an absolute blast.
The shot I was tasked with was one of the more complicated. It was a scene depicting an epic navel battle in the dead of night…during a storm. Complete with ropes swaying the wind, explosions, and stuntmen falling off of the ships. All with the deadline of a week. A tall order to say the least, but luckily I got to team up with a team of 3 other very talented roto artists, and divided the shot off into sections.
I was in charge initially of the ropes, sails, and masts. But because of the short time-span in which it took me to complete these very detailed pieces to the puzzle, I also took up the task of stunt men, hero ship hull, and bamboo racks.
As I write this, we won't see the final result see until the film debuts in the US towards the end of 2009. But the project was awesome to work on. And I'm very proud of what everyone accomplished.
The best part of working on this project though besides the work itself? It paid for my wife's engagement ring, which we still joke to this day that it's the ring that Woo bought.


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Portrait of a Foodie: My Birthday Week and a Surprise Sister Visit/
This is my weekly 'Portrait of a Foodie', pictures from my food-obsessed life. Last week was my birthday and my sister surprised me by visiting all the way from Portland. Needless to say, we did an insane amount of quality eating. On top of being treated to several birthday meals, I felt it was my duty to show my sis all the tastiest spots in my new neighborhood of Church Hill. I also enlisted my family to help with some serious cookie research (pictured above). Enjoy!


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Saturday, October 31, 2009
Police Officer shot
Police Officer shot, very sad... lights all over like a Christmas tree, a very big deal... heard the shots.... sad. Tragic. Two short blocks
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Seattle 10:06 pm~10:17 VERY heavy gun fire near here, three shots, now intersect 29th & Yesler, blocked, tons of police, sherif.........
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Completion 345th Idea
We all roam the earth when the back of our primitive brain wanders and wanders and wanders. It really depends upon the form of life. Birds nest and travel, snakes under rocks or bask in sun, fish swarm the deep seas, goats the mountain promontories. Food, shelter, view, mating, there are many. Food and mating are the two deep urges.
But as humans, when a man or woman finds his or her mate, there is completion. Such a two do not deflect to others, but form a nesting circle, clasping their hands in mutual want, love, care, words, touches, projects, cooperation, reading, sleeping... all the sweet and continuous things. Once we find a job doing work that we can not only do, but nay, well enjoy and can be appreciated for, just as when you arrive to a dwelling felt as home, anchor the few close beloved friends who share with you and whom you share with, discover the craft or passion you can pursue on weekends or after work, once fulfilled, there is a wholeness like no other. All of these are important.
But the main thing is, when you find your mate, it frees a lot of previously unresolved energy. Even if not consciously, humans mate, just as they search for food. When the supply is secure, it allows these others to be more secure. It is grace and beauty. It is the greatest joy on earth
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Forgiveness: 346th Idea
Forgiveness is one of those deep things which may not come naturally to a headstrong young man or woman yet which, adopted as a way of life, can transform the inevitable disappointments and negativity of life. To forgive is to understand.
Forgiveness is often thought of as something done for others. But forgiveness can necessitate forgiving our very own selves--by ourself.
Charity, kindness, and understanding are part and parcel, and intimately woven into forgiveness. On the one hand, self responsAbility requires that we see that we are responsible for everything. Thus no one is ever to blame in many situations. And, with that, on the other hand, there is another component of life and nature 'just happening' and while in most cases with notable exception, we are responsible for our life but NOT to blame. As Buddha said, 'Where there are human beings, there is always blame'.
With such a vast force in human society, forgiveness is necessary, for elsewise all would become tainted or tarnished. Who can you forgive today, and what can you accept?
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Friday, June 12, 2009
Nature: 347th Idea
The fact of nature is the largest factor on planet earth. No matter what networks we build, coolant systems tied into vast arrays of controlled systems, pharmaceutical provisions provided, high frequency waves beaming round and round the plant--still, slow but inexorable entropic grind goes on, and on, and on in unending tundas, vastness of intersteller spaces, and the urge of species to procreate.
Just picture the huddles of penguins in the Artic, standing all winter while they breed their young, or enormous pods of Chordonia swimming in the vast deep oceans, and the dark green of the Amazon. Nature is also the cycle of birth, sickness, old age, and death as the Buddhists are want to say.
As humans we have the failing of sometimes--if only temporarily--thinking that we can conquer infinity or arrange all needs and functions, but we cannot. Nature encases us, and we are small, and fragile, as represented in the image of the blue-green white cloud covered whirl of Gaia, mother earth, seen from outter space.
To live is grace, to have a body is a precious thing, and in our better moments we feel the deepest reverence, live in the moment, and honor the god in all things and persons. God bless thee oh Lord! Ohm Nama Shivaya, blessings to you.
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Monday, May 11, 2009
Markets: 348th Idea
Markets is where most work occurs and where most things are bought and sold. Manufacturers first transport then sell or transport their merchandise, sellers receive goods or structure available services, employers hire workers who perform for customers and communities, buyers seek out, compare, and make purchases, and integrators structure consumer choices in typologies of competitive markets.
Markets involve tension, where there is usually a 'spread' between purchase and sale price. This gap relates to underlying costs such as facilities, transport, labor, utilities, debt, and, where practicable, profit margin.
Pricing gives dynamic pricing information about demand, availability, and competition. The very essence of the word 'market' relates to distribution. As we say, markets are forms of 'complex adaptive systems', and as such can be stable or unstable, large or small, local or global, open or closed, and transparent or opaque.
Lastly, while some markets can be highly efficient, others can be grossly confused and involve great stupidity and loss of vital energy. Markets are a lot like codependency and addiction, and it is really hard to separate markets from either exploitation or flagrant ignorance.
While market employ agents often involving persons, to a large extent, in modern society markets are beyond the pale of any one person and truly rule.
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Sunday, May 10, 2009
Work: 349th Idea
Everyone knows what work is. Yet something so directly experienced cannot always clear. What can be said of work which is not trite or does not repeat well-worn catch phrases, and what is significant that can be distinguished here?
First of all, the essence of work is that for most persons it goes under the rubric of 'necessity'. Work is what we do to earn money or, outside a monetized system, what we do to survive. Even persons who control large amounts of capital must work, in managing paperwork, staying secure, exercising oversight in the never ending need to evaluate asset performance and service providers.
Yet work also occurs in others ways outside a heavily monetized society. If for example we are building a large database which helps to guide greatest passion, not for remuneration but so that not only we but also our friends and contacts worldwide can benefit from it, this may not be painful or profitable but it is hard work.
Most of what goes for work or is involved in what we call work relates to undergoing effort, in exchanging time and attention in a fixed periods of time, in specific structured environments, usually having to work in cooperation with others in structures of rank and authority, all of this exchanged for money. The great majority of persons in industrialized society then takes that earned money, and spends it, in paying for goods and services provided by others, in an intricate web of earning and consuming.
Work is usually done apart from or outside of nature, and really goes against it. Nature is unrelenting in its force, in opposing man's insignificance, but work performed in a petrochemical society overcomes nature, such compensating for heat and cold, food production, and moving in ways other than with arms and legs. Work typifies modern life, and inexorable economic expansion always creates more work, to the chagrin of all.
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Thursday, April 9, 2009
Decison: 350th Idea
True decisions--in the sense in which it is meant here--are large.
A girl can decide when she is nine to become an Olympic skater, a young man to expatriate himself, or an alcoholic to not drink until they have restored their life to functionality in deeply integrating themselves... or a person can decide to go back to college at night, or a wife upon no longer being able to endure her husband's abuse immediately arranges to leave him for good.
And by decision, a sincere spiritual seeker could decide that they would 'pay any price for awakening, full self realization', only to find that within only twelve swift hours, that their life begins a swift and immediate decline, and is so permicious that for five years ensues a devolution which is unceasing and unrelenting? It is by these big, irrevocable things we mean 'decision'.
If it is not important, it might still be a decision--'I will go to the store to get onions for the fried potatoes'--but does not constitute a REAL decision.
Decisions galvanize the self, and focus laser like effort upon an endeavor, such as a craft, a relationship, or a place. We cannot know when large decisions will occur, but we remember them from the day that they happen, so they alter our life and those around us. We might not remember the exact day, but when they are true decisions they are usually remembered for their poignancy by everyone involved.
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Sunday, March 8, 2009
Aging: 351st Idea
Aging can be a great indignity or be done gracefully and graciously. Nothing so much shows a mans or womans character as how they age.
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Thank you to the Los Altos High School newspaper staff and reporter Zia Rosenzweig for taking the time to write this article on us. We were so flattered that they wanted to take the time to write about our Shop and we also understand that many of the students are excited for us to open. When they sent us a copy of this article, they also sent us a copy of the whole student produced newspaper "The Talon" and I have to say how impressed I was at looking at this newspaper. We appreciate the press and can't wait to see many of the LAHS students at our Shop this summer.
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Douglas Santos is a name linked with Liverpool recently, heard anything?
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22yr old LB. Watched by Barcelona as replacement for Adriano.
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Wembley tomorrow peeps.
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Not sure how anyone disagrees with this? Very funny.
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Can't wait! I know it's not a competitive game but I'm craving the buzz of the crowd.
I can feel a sore throat coming on but it's not going to stop me!
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I'm raring to go. After the BT fiasco and no Anfield tickets I'm pleased to get tickets for our second home (that's right you read it right - that's what we used to call it for those younger fans)
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G1dgo, I think you mean 'Anfield South'?!
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I'll be there wearing my "Zeddicus" replica kit 😎.
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So had a nap. Woke up feeling like crap. big old cramp making my belly hard. Drank some tea, had some tums. tried to eat some cereal. Drank some raspberry leaf tea. The cramp eased. was feeling a bit better then crampy again so had some mint tea. eased off. Had another smaller cramp about 12-15 min later. So called the Dr.'s office and they said it could be Braxton hicks but might just be stomach acid. So I am supposed to keep an eye on it and if it keeps happening through tomorrow then go in.
I am not that worried, I mean, I think its braxton hicks, but I don't think its heading to pre-term labor.
on a side note, I think the blogger spell check is funny for not knowing Braxton.
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Taking it easy tonight just to be safe. I called up to the Theater to see if the other Janitor can take my shift. So I am not going up tonight, just going to relax, take it easy, and believe that its just mild BH.
I wish Rob were here. Even if he couldn't help, he'd be here.
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The Perfect Chicken Curry
Well last night they said, (daughter no.2 & wife no.1) to me that this was the best curry I have ever cooked. It was almost chicken Tikka Massala but not quite, not as sweet, not too hot. Anyway try it for your self. It's very simple. Serve it with basmati rice and naan (that is if you can find some decent shop bought naan).
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3 Chicken Breasts
2 Lime
200ml Live Yoghurt
Salt & Pepper
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2 tbs Vegetable Oil
2 Onions
2 Cloves of Garlic
1 Good lump of freshginger
I Red Chilli or 1 heaped tsp Chilli Powder
1tsp Ground Coriander
1 tsp Cumin Seed
1tbsp Turmeric
2 tbsp Muscovado Sugar
1 tsp Tomato Pureé
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2 Tomatoes
100ml cream or crème fraiche
Dice the chicken breast, place in bowl. Squeeze the lime over the chicken.
Coat with yoghurt, season with salt and pepper and leave covered for at least 30 minutes.
Place pan on a medium heat, chop onions medium coarse, add to pan. Make sure the onions do not colour, Chop the remainder of the ingredients in section 2 and add to pan together with the spices & tomato pureé. Cook gently for at least 10 minutes.
Add the chicken & yoghurt mixture to pan and cook for 15 minutes or until chicken is tender & cooked through. Whilst the chicken is cooking, chop the tomatoes coarsely and add to pan for the last five minutes of cooking.
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Vancouver-based tea company, FullyLoadedTea, proudly announces the company's recent launch of their innovative whole fruit, exotic berry, and vegetable blends – the first of its kind in North America to incorporate actual berries harvested from around the globe, unveiling eight bold flavours cited as the newest trend in the tea world.
"FullyLoadedTea fills the vacancy in the premium tea market," says Katya Popoff, co-founder and co-president of FullyLoadedTea. "We take exotic berries full of vitamins and antioxidants, blend them with whole leaf teas, package them in award-winning designs to create truly innovative, exceptional tea blends that appeal to young urban professionals with a yearning for small luxuries."
Prior to the company's official North American rollout in March 2007, Siberian-born sisters and founders of FullyLoadedTea, Katya Popoff and Olga Lenova, tapped Vancouver design firm Subplot Design Inc. to create a complete brand identity and packaging system. Since then, FullyLoadedTea's distinctive packaging design has won numerous awards, recognizing the brand as a bold, opinionated, full-flavoured, big attitude line.
The passionate, young entrepreneurs develop fresh, exciting and modern tea blends that are as delicious as they are healthy - and with names like Tomato Rebel Black Tea and Bulletproof Currant Fruit Tea, the drinking experience promises to be as memorable as the names in which they were christened.
"Our goal is to drive innovation in the tea industry, creating breakthrough blends that reflect our distinctive company brand," explains Popoff.
Having recently been selected as the only Canadian company to join the 2007 Emmy Awards "Main Event Red Carpet Lounge" gifting suite this past September, FullyLoadedTea is quickly making its mark in Canada and the US.
The Canadian company's specialty teas are currently available at select retailers in North America, including Nesters Markets, BC; Meinhardt Fine Foods, BC; Waves Coffee, BC; Chamberlin's Market, Florida; AKiN's Natural Foods in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Nebraska; and Harvest Moon Food Store in Virginia and New Hampshire, among others, as well as for purchase online at www.fullyloadedtea.com.
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A truly modern drink company, FullyLoadedTea takes exotic berries full of vitamins and antioxidants and blends them with premium whole leaf green, black, and white teas to create eight delicious and energizing gourmet concoctions. Siberian natives and tea lovers, sisters Katya Popoff and Olga Lenova, founded the young, modern tea company. Found in a number of fine food stores and gourmet tea and coffee shops across North America, every FullyLoadedTea brew is also available for purchase online at www.fullyloadedtea.com.
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Popular group TVXQ place third in highest earning Japanese artistes in album sales in 2009.
According to Oricon's '2009 Oricon Yearly Ranking' that was released on the 18th that accumulates all singles, albums and DVDs, TVXQ placed third after Arashi and EXILE. 4th and 5th place went to B'z and the Beatles respectively.
Arashi, who placed first, earned a total of 14.6 billion Yen in single, album and DVD sales, and EXILE and TVXQ earned 12.93 billion Yen and 6.89 billion Yen (around 90.3 billion Won or $76 million) respectively.
Oricon introduced TVXQ as "The group that made the biggest leap in 2009 and is continually growing at the fastest rate," and said, "They were perfectly balanced in all areas and this was the year fans passionately supported them."


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Libbey Cut Glass Pitcher & Tumbler Set: "Brilliant/New Brilliant"
Brilliant cut glass pitcher with 4 tumblers in the "Brilliant/New Brilliant" pattern by Libbey. Circa 1905-1920, this set is shown in several catalog pages with the names used interchangeably. Even though the tumblers have a slight variation in the pattern from the pitcher, they are shown as a set in the 1905 catalog reprint. Pitcher measures 8.5"h; tumblers 3.75"h. Circle mark on each piece as shown. Pitcher weighs in at over 5 lbs. by itself! No major chips or cracks, only minor fleabites to the lower edges of the tumblers (not upper rims) and the sawtooth edging of the pitcher (too small to photograph well). Sold as a set of 5 pieces; sold as is. Please email any questions. Please see our other listing for a single tumbler in the same pattern. Inglenook Antiques...Established 1989.


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Nutrition and Omega-3 Fatty Acid
Which of the followig group of people needs a positive protein balance? * A 24 year old woman that is pregnant
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Jeff is not an active individual and weighs 176 pounds. His RDA for protein would be * 64
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The buildup of excess fluid in extracellular spaces is
* Edema
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Proteins can be broken down to supply energy for the body. How may kcal per gram? * 4 kcal
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The R group on some amino acids have a branched chain - Which one of the following is not a branched-chain amino acid? * Peptide
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What is the protein requirements for a 154 pound male?
* 70 kilograms
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As the body uses glucose to supply energy for the brain, red blood cells, and nervous cell tissues. At rest what percentage of glucose does it take for the body to function? * 19 %
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With excess protein intake amino acids are
converted to fat as a last resort
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Compared to the other macronutrients, proteins provide a feeling of_________? * satiety after each meal
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As an acute illness occurs and the desire for one to eat is lost causing an inadequate calorie intak, this could lead to__________________. Which is the best answer according to the book? * negative protein balance
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An essential amino acid
* Cannot be synthesized in the body in sufficient quantity to meet body needs 12 )
A saturated fatty acid contains
* No Double Bonds
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Proteins that bind to foreign proteins in the body are
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Glucose also is known as
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One would be likely to see positive protein balance in all of the following conditions except * Starvation
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Maggie has anorexia nervosa and regularly starves herself. She is likely to be in a state of * Negative protein balance
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The process that plants use to make glucose from carbon dioxide and water in the presence of the sun & heat and light is called
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GA Quiz Based On National Awards
1. which movie won best feature film honour, also scored the best special effects award for CGI-laden screenplay?
2. Harinder Singh Sikka's production "Nanak Shah Fakir", based on the life and teachings of the first Sikh guru, Guru Nanak Dev, won the which award?
3. Who won Best singer for her song Moh Moh Ke Dhage, Dum Laga Ke Haisha?
4. Last year's much appreciated "Masaan" had to contend itself with just a Best Debut director award for?
5. Which movie won the Best Hindi Film at the 63rd National Film Awards?
6. Tanvi Azmi the best supporting actress honour for which movie?
7. Which movie won the best Assamese film award?
8. 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' got the National Award for Best Popular Film,who is the director of 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan'?
9. Remo D'Souza won Best Choreographer for his song Deewani Mastani from which movie?
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Failure is always a possibility in life. Most people fail at something, be it an exam or a job interview, a work task, or a relationship.
Yes failure happens, so live with it and learn from it. It's how you deal with failure that matters. So how exactly do you do that? Here are five top tips.
1. Remember you are not alone
You aren't the first person to make a mistake or fail. Most successful people have failed in their lives but they've shown resilience. Some of the world's greatest innovators, geniuses and athletes have experienced failure. The Apprentice boss, Lord Alan Sugar, failed his 11-plus and became a multi-millionaire businessman. Author JK Rowling has written about how she bounced back from failure and now has an estimated fortune of £570 million.
Neeta Patel runs New Entrepreneurs Foundation, which develops young business talent. "It's important to talk to young entrepreneurs about how to cope with failure," says Neeta. "It's especially hard if you are the sort of bright, sparky person who did well at school, went to university and got a degree. It's not until your early 20s and in business that you really experience failure of any sort, and it can be hard."
2. Take time out
If just thinking about your failure makes you want to hide from the world just do it. Take some time to wallow in your disappointment, use a punch bag to release your pent-up feelings, cry fat tears into your pillow. If it's a relationship break-up, spend hours mooning over photos of the pair of you together.
"When we encounter setbacks, our body often goes into the stress state. Therefore when stressed, people are less likely to think clearly and come to good decisions," says Neil Shah, director of The Stress Management Society. "Take some time to relax before continuing and this will allow you to see the setback in a more positive light and learn from it."
It may help to talk over what happened to a non-judgemental friend, colleague or even counsellor. The act of discussing what happened may give you a better sense of perspective and it may make you realise what went wrong and how you could have done things differently.
The time you take out shouldn't be open-ended, give yourself an hour, a day, a week depending on the event. Stop and move on.
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Don't let a failure define you. Just because you failed doesn't mean you are a failure. Remember each failure makes you stronger, bigger and better. Draw a line in the sand and get on with life. Acceptance was found to be one of the best ways of dealing with small failures in a University of Kent study. The research, published in the journal Anxiety, Stress & Coping, had 149 people keep daily dairies in which they wrote their day's most irritating failure and how they dealt with it. Accepting their mistake left people most satisfied at the end of the day. In contrast, people felt worse at the end of the day if they'd used the coping techniques of self-blame, denial and venting.
"Humans are not perfect creatures," says Neil who's the author of The 10- Step Stress Solution. "We all make mistakes and the first and most important step is acceptance. Realistically, failure and setback are part of life and rather than letting it get you down, use it as an opportunity for personal growth and development."


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Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi returned to Delhi on Thursday night.
Sonia Gandhi had travelled to the United States of America for a health check up while the Amethi MP travelled to the country to be with her mother and accompany her while returning.
The Congress president went abroad on March 8.
Sonia Gandhi took ill in August last year during a road show in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh and has remained out of public gaze ever since.
Usually, it is either Rahul Gandhi or daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra who accompany their mother for her treatment abroad but due to the assembly elections this year, the Congress president had to travel alone to the United States.
A week back, after attending the swearing in ceremony of Captain Amarinder Singh as Punjab Chief Minister, Rahul Gandhi left India to accompany his ailing mother who was undergoing treatment while Priyanka Gandhi Vadra stayed in India.
Rahul's trip abroad came amid calls within the party for "structural change" after the Congress's disastrous showing in the crucial election in Uttar Pradesh, where the party won just seven seats.
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In my study of history, I've noticed that artistic movements tend to pop up in pairs, with each one corresponding to (more often than not, anyway) either the upper class or the lower class (in this case, lower class is a very inclusive term–middle class counts, and intellectuals especially count). Even today, we have perceptions of high class and low class art: opera and ballet versus graffiti and hip-hop. I aim to understand and be able to articulate what exactly causes people to form these opinions of art (especially considering that low-class art has a tendency to evolve and be accepted as high-class over time), but for now, I'd like to focus on a very specific facet of it: the circus.
In general, I think people perceive the circus as low art. It has a reputation for being cheap, accessible to the masses, and reliant on eliciting shock and awe as opposed to contemplation (or whatever it is high art intends to evoke–any thoughts on that front?). It utilizes physical humor and bawdiness rather than wit and wordplay. Though it uses many elements of dance and theatre, it's usually not considered a cerebral experience.
I've been to three different circuses in my life, and they've all had completely different vibes and intentions. They've had one thing in common that I remember, which (I think) is the main characteristic that sets circuses apart from the "pure" forms of the arts they draw from: self-awareness. At the circus, performers interact with the audience in such a way that makes it abundantly clear that they are performing for the audience's enjoyment. Performers often speak directly to the audience, utilize carefully placed pauses during their acts to ensure full recognition of the feat they've just accomplished, and make a lot of significant eye contact.
I find it amazing that the extent to which circus performers acknowledge this relationship with the audience–and perhaps even more so the way they approach it–can completely alter the tone of the performance. Obviously, material things like the quality of sets, costumes, and props make a difference. but I'm betting if you watched Cirque du Soleil and Circus Oz perform one after another, in nondescript clothing on a nondescript stage, you'd still feel the difference. So what does it mean that even within a generally low art genre, there is a whole spectrum of classiness?
I've got a feeling that this connects to the constant development of art in the public's eye. There is always a distinction between the judgements youth make and the judgements made by the generations before them, with the youth generally being more receptive to progress (and thus art that may be considered avant-garde or vulgar by older members of a population). So there is forward motion in what can be considered artistic, and the shock value of art is highest at its creation. Thus, I think that the longer a genre of art has been around, the more easily it can be integrated into high culture (but, of course, the lower versions of it still survive). New art seems to start out as a shared peer experience–self-deprecating, accessible, perhaps used to bring together members of a community–and gradually attain the ability to take itself more seriously. This ability is a double-edged sword: it takes something like the incidental circus (which comes to the audience and isn't staggeringly expensive to attend) and gives it the power to permeate the minds of high class viewers, thereby increasing its accessibility in that sense. However, this upward slope often continues to the point where the original participants and audience members can no longer afford to access it (this definitely applies to Cirque du Soleil, and Circus Oz as well–which is ironic considering that Circus Oz presents itself as very working class and plays up the audience-performer connection).
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Aw my super chums Jen and Fran are having a baby - due tomorrow! I popped round to their new house for some bump shots before Matilda arrives -- interrupting them both from decorating and renovation jobs in true Jen and Fran style.
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I was teaching an SAT prep class on Saturday, February 11 when I checked my Twitter feed and read that Whitney Houston had passed away. I let out a gasp and my entire class, which consists mainly of Asian-American teenagers, asked me what was wrong in unison. When I told them the news they asked "who is that?" What!? My heart, already broken, broke a little more. I started to try to answer that question but didn't know where to begin. Who was Whitney Houston to me? What made her worth gasping over? I told them, loosely, what I will share here.
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The National Anthem. When Barack Obama was elected I told myself that his victory was the first time I had deep feelings about being an American. It turns out that this is completely false. When Whitney Houston sang the "Star Spangled Banner" for 1991's Superbowl, her rendition stirred my pride in our country and still gives me chills. At the time I was a just a kid but knew that the United States had just entered a war in the Persian Gulf, which was and still remains a scary thought. Whitney took up our country's collective anxiety and delivered a rendition of our national anthem that seemed to fix everything for a few minutes. Her version became so popular that it played on the radio all the time (has that happened since? The national anthem on the radio?) and raised $500,000 for The Red Cross.
Whitney Kept it Real. Whitney Houston was often flippant in interviews, she loved talking about the great sex she had with Bobby with a silly grin, and she was quick to turn defensive when questioned about her drug problem, lesbian rumors, or financial difficulties. Between the 2002 "crack is whack" Diane Sawyer interview and the train wreck that was her 2003 phone interview with Wendy Williams, Whitney was so easy to make fun of, and actually provided some of the best celebrity parody fodder of her time. But it's also easy to forget that she also shared her struggle with addiction during a 2009 interview with Oprah and how difficult it was to have endured a miscarriage with Barbara Walters in 1993. Who knows whether these brash public showings were the result of a tortured life or if they were just part of her way? Maybe she kept it a little too real, but she lived life under a microscope as best she could; at her core, Whitney was just a girl from New Jersey blessed with a unique talent that didn't keep her from being a little bit unapologetically hood about things.


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This is a very good hotel in an excellent location. It is suitable for all types of clients that are looking for a place to relax. (0708GAB)
The hotel is located in Arraial d'Ajuda just a few steps away from the beach.
It is a complex style beach resort.
The lobby is large in size and incorporates a large seating area.
Reach us, we're available 24/7.