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I think–this is just a theory–that this guy was rejected from Twilight–and it is hard to get rejected from Twilight–because of inappropriate sparkling. It is sexy if a vampire's hauntingly pale skin sparkles. It is not at all romantic if sparkle oozes from their various mucus membranes. Of course, we don't know where vampire sparkle comes from. Maybe it DOES come from their various mucus membranes, and they have to carefully apply it to themselves through a long and introverted period of self-nuzzling. Which fits most vampire fiction of late.
This is the face of adolescent pain–sometimes it hurts so much, tiny points of light flow from your eyes and nose. You just can't contain it.
Alternate theory: this was a photograph of someone so dreadfully, ponderously, and intentionally angst-ridden that some cosmic force added sparkles just to balance out the universe's chi. It happens from time to time. For every Hamlet there's a Fallstaff. For every Brain, a Pinkie. For every pouting teen, an endless flood of tiny stars. Life is beautiful.
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Sidelines Custom Floral Designs Celebrates 35 Years
Christina McDonough Hunt
It's been 35 years of passion for beautiful flowers, 35 years of meaningful friendships, 35 years of wonderful memories, and 35 years of business for Martin City's very own Sidelines Custom Floral Designs.
So, how do you celebrate 35 years of success?
By, honoring the ones that made you a success, of course! During the month of April, that is exactly what Sidelines is doing.
Sidelines will surprise 35 loyal customers with 35 coral rose flower bombs all month long.
"I think appreciation is key to happiness," said owner Karyn Brooke. "We could throw a big party…but, I own a flower shop and I love what they do for people, so it just makes sense to evoke that emotion 35 times this month!"
The first deliveries were made on April 1st to Stephen Joyce and Indian Hills Country Club.
She chose Joyce and Indian Hills because in 1981, he was the one who inspired her to open her own floral shop. Her partnership in a previous flower shop had just ended. She gave the news to Joyce, general manager at Indian Hills Country Club, who was her client. "Then he said something I never expected," she recalls. "'What are you going to do?' I said, 'I don't know.' He said, 'What do you need?' I said, 'Mr. Joyce, I need 24 hours. May I let you know this time tomorrow?' And three weeks later, on April 1, 1984, Sidelines was created."
With 35 years in the flower business, Brooke credits much of her success to those who have supported her and helped her grow as a person and as a business owner. She is most proud that Indian Hills is still a customer, that she had the honor to work with the late Jeanne and Neal Patterson, and that she's created so many jobs for people.
"Jeanne saw something in me that I didn't see in myself. She challenged me in ways that made me a better person, better friend, and a better employer," said Brooke. "And, I'm especially proud of the people that work for me. They jump in and create magic for our customers! I can say 'yes' to a big project because I know they will bring it and give their all."
And, because of one of those amazing employees, Brooke will celebrate another milestone anniversary this year in May –20 years of marriage.
"We met through my very first employee, Suze Merritt, who still works for me today. Bob balances me and gives me strength. He makes me stop and smell the roses," Brooke said with a smile.
As she looks ahead, Brooke is most looking forward to continuing to grow and evolve as things in the world change, and watching her young designers achieve their personal goals. She is proud to announce that, very soon, Sidelines will have 3 AIFD designers. AIFD is a floral design certification from the American Institute of Floral Designers. Brooke explained that it is rare to have 3 AIFD designers in one shop.
As Sidelines celebrates this 35th anniversary milestone, they will continue to build meaningful relationships and blanket the area with beautiful, one-of-a-kind flowers, one flower bomb at a time.


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I call this game A Vos Risques (French) and A Su Riesgo (Spanish). It's an interactive Powerpoint game with many opportunities for students to practice and review vocabulary in the target language. It is a great way to use the animation options in Powerpoint. I typically divide the class into teams that play together against the other teams.
- –Teams choose a square and say the number. The teacher clicks on the number to reveal a question. The number is hyperlinked to a slide in the presentation.
- –The team answers the question on the slide. A click on that screen reveals the answer for verification.
- –This is where the "RISK" comes into play. If the team is correct, they choose a colored question mark on the slide (I put three options.) that will reveal 1, 2 or 3 points, a Zut (French)/Caramba (Spanish)–lose points, a slide with directions to take a point from another team or to give points to another team. I put a home icon on this screen that is hyperlinked back to the gameboard.
- –The team with the most points once all numbers have been chosen wins the game.
- –The three different point possibilities on each screen allow for this activity to be used multiple times with the same class.
You can create this activity using powerpoint animation and hyperlinking or you can download complete version of this game below:
- Food and Drinks
- Class Objects
- Colors
- Rooms and Furniture
- Fruit and Vegetables
- City Places
- Animals
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en سرمقاله: درگذشت استاد فریدون ملک زاده Obituary: Professor Fereydoun Malekzadeh (1933-2012) Related Fields Related Fields
We were greatly saddened to hear the news of Professor Fereydoun Malekzadeh's death at age of 79 in September 9, 2012. Professor Malekzadeh was a distinguished and highly respected Iranian Microbiologist and a member of the editorial board of the Iranian Biomedical Journal since October 1997. He was born in 1933 in city of Tabriz in Province of Azarbaijan, Iran. After graduated from high school, he moved to Tehran and attended at Tehran University and obtained his BS in Biology in 1956 and subsequently his MSc degree in Mycology in 1959. Professor Malekzadeh received "Fulbright Scholarship" and obtained his Ph.D. degree in Bacteriology in 1961 from Louisiana State University. He returned home and since then taught microbiology in Biology Department of Faculty of Science, in Tehran University and later in Azad University. His contribution to microbiology was immense and he played a major role in establishing the Doctoral degree in the Microbiology Department of Faculty of Science in Tehran University and in Azad University. He was also a key funder of Iranian Society for Biology and a member of "American Society for Microbiology". Dr. Malekzadeh wrote several reference books, such as Introduction to Microbiology, Medical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, etc., and also authored several papers in international peer-reviewed journals. His many academic awards included two best scientific books of the year, Botany and Introduction to Microbiology co-authored with Dr. Moghaddam and Dr. Shahamat, respectively. He also received "UNESCO Science Prize" in 1999, and "International Kharazmi Award" for discovering two new strains of bacteria, "Cellulomonas Persia" and "Cellulomonas iranesis" that have been established in Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology and deposited in ATCC. Dr. Malekzadeh was visiting professor at University of Illinois, State University of Arizona, University of Göttingen, University of Alberta and Institute of Marine Biotechnology in University of Maryland. Dr. Malekzadeh loved to work at the bench and continued to do so long after his official retirement. He was extraordinarily hard-working, and held very high standards not only in his work but also in his personal life. He loved interacting with young people. He also spotted talent, and went to extraordinary lengths to promote young, talented scientists. Professor Malekzadeh was diagnosed with a neurodegenerative disease in 2006, which caused deterioration in his health over a long period of time. He demonstrated great courage, determination and dignity during this very difficult time, seeming more concerned about others than about himself. He showed clearly strength of character during his illness. He is survived by his wife and two daughters, Dr. Shirin and Katayoun Malekzadeh.
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Inspiring recipes for Spanish Cocktails
I love making Spanish cocktails! From classic recipes to random made up inventions, with whatever ingredients I can get my hands on. I named this section of the blog Spanish cocktail recipes, with the idea of showcasing a range of Spanish inspired cocktails. These recipes include twists on classics as well as original cocktail recipes. I've even included my own signature cocktails, by using as many Spanish spirits, drinks and ingredients I can get my hands on! Salud!


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Продолжаем рассказывать о достойных аккаунтах в соцсетях, через которые можно рассматривать целый мир.
Днём тридцатидвухлетний Дэн Клэй из Нью-Йорка работает консультантом по стратегиям и инновациям (то, чем он занимается, сам называет «Miranda-like day job»), но в свободное от работы время превращается в одну из главных поп-культурных героинь рубежа тысячелетий. Свою вторую натуру Дэн называет Кэрри Дрэгшоу.
Всё началось так: Дэн нарядился в Кэрри на Хэллоуин, и его образ оценила сама Сара Джессика Паркер, а не так давно его похвалили и в лучшем фан-аккаунте сериала в инстаграме. Кэрри Дрэгшоу вобрала в себя, кажется, главные привычки прототипа: она гуляет по Нью-Йорку в юбке-пачке, курит, задумавшись перед ноутбуком, не стесняется «газетных» платьев и просто много улыбается. Для Дэна это всего лишь хобби, поэтому обновления он выкладывает редко, но метко. Отличный пример того, как важно быть тем, кем хочется.
Yesterday I did a guest post for the brilliant queens of @everyoutfitonsatc and I wanted to post it too because 1) it's my favorite scene in the show 🐎, 2) it's my favorite Carrie caption I've written so far, 3) I made that fu*king bag, and 4) most importantly people have been so nice I wanted to say thank you! You are making this little queen smile huge ❤CD❤ In New York, if you want to know how the other half lives, you head to the Plaza—the hotel where Chanel got tea, Gatsby got mad, Sinatra got applause…and Big got away. As he drove off with his perfectly simple fiancé, I started thinking about My Other Half. What happens to the girls who never find theirs? Was my heart a half-empty hotel, with a "Big Vacancy" sign on the revolving door? I couldn't help but wonder: Did some women need to tone down to settle down? Change their shape to find a match, change their soul to find a mate? Or could it be that life isn't about searching for someone who makes you complete—it's about realizing you already are. And maybe, just maybe, we're born with the love we're meant to find. And if the world says tone it down—turn it up. Because your true other half knows you're already whole. #CarrieDragshaw
It can be hard out there for a single girl, but there are a few words that provide instant comfort: "Vogue September Issue," "2-for-1 Cosmopolitans," "Manolo Blahnik Sample Sale," and "Perfect First Date Follow-Up." PFDFU. It's flirty and funny. Easy, breezy, and cool. He's clearly into it and you're like a pair of purple control top pantyhose: fun and holding it all together. It takes you right back to that perfect first date, when the conversation flowed effortlessly, the spark lit instantly, and the first kiss felt like fate. As you flirt on the phone, you float on a cloud that seems to sparkle from the inside, and for a moment you forget your baggage, you forget your past, you forget how many times you've felt this feeling before but it failed to last...and you smile. I couldn't help but wonder: Maybe love is like a mobile phone. When you have a good connection, you've just got to keep talking and hope for the best. #CarrieDragshaw
After heading West for a week of work, I was home. To quote another blonde wanderer, L.A. is too hot—too sunny, too sandy, too supermodelly. San Francisco is too cold—all tech, no talk. And I don't trust a city where you can't tell the difference between a billionaire, hipster, or homeless person. All hoodie, no Fendi. All flannel, no Chanel. For this Goldilocks, New York is just right. I couldn't help but wonder: If my roots are so far away, why do I blossom in New York? I guess not all flowers grow in the sun. Some need the shade of skyscrapers, the ballet of crowded sidewalks, dollar slices in Dior, bodega cats and Birkin bags, MoMA with Monet, sunsets with Lady Liberty, the pleasure of 5th Avenue and the pain of Penn Station and most of all: the people-watching—because we might not have much nature, but we're overflowing with life. So L.A. can keep its sun and San Francisco can have its screens, because I need magic, and I only bloom in New York. #CarrieDragshaw
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In old westerns, the cowboy always saves the damsel in distress. But what if the cowboy is the reason she's distressed in the first place? Who will save the damsel when her hero is her downfall? As I was face-to-face with yet another failure on the wild frontier of love, I couldn't help but wonder: Maybe this was the story of the damsel who learned to save herself. After all, this is not the Old West—this is New York. And there's plenty of giddy up left in my honky tonk. Maybe some girls aren't meant to ride into the sunset. Maybe they're meant to grab their other damsels and dance under the moonlight. #CarrieDragshaw
In a city as big as New York, we have more than one of everything. Two baseball teams. Two ballet companies. And three newspapers--each with different readers. Journal readers go to conferences, Times readers go to benefits, and Post readers go to bed with you. And they all wanted to go to Augustine. At the corner of "See" and "Be Seen," Augustine was the Manhattan restaurant of the moment, and since Samantha was running PR for their soft opening we had a hard-to-get table for four. And we had something to celebrate: that magical moment in girl friends' lives when you're all single at the same time. But as I made my way to our overdressed and undersexed table, I couldn't help but wonder: were we like that hot reservation that everyone wanted but no one could get? Or were we that old has-been restaurant that everyone forgot? Extra! Extra! Four single women! Were we hot off the presses or yesterday's news? Whatever we were, we'd be it together. #carriedragshaw
They say home is where the heart is. But what if your heart is broken? Maybe home is where you find the people who will put it back together. Because if you live somewhere long enough, every corner is a reminder of a date, a kiss, a heartache. Every sidewalk hides a land mine of What Ifs, Mistakes and Maybes--Memories of giving your heart to men who didn't deserve it and getting love you didn't know what to do with. As I looked up at my apartment, my little rent-controlled tree house in the concrete jungle, I couldn't help but wonder: Maybe mistakes are what make a house a home. Maybe the secret to a happy, perfectly imperfect life is simply this: As you're giving your heart away, don't forget to keep a little for yourself. It's home. And as another lost girl once said, There's no place like it. #CarrieDragshaw #whatoutfitshouldbenext?
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Can you ever really move on from an ex? That night, as I took off my soaking wet $400 shoes, I couldn't stop thinking about the stains and damage of our failed love lives. I wondered, Were ex-boyfriends like the puddles of bad break-ups? Just when you think the storm is over, they splash on your new Manolos? After another messy night with Big, maybe I had to do a better job of keeping myself dry. After all, only children jump in puddles. Adults buy umbrellas. And maybe, just maybe, if you skip around enough puddles, there's a great big rainbow waiting on the other side. #CarrieDragshaw
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You may qualify if you live in a London borough and you:
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Using rst for presentations
September 12, 2010 at 06:03 PM | categories: Programming | View Comments
Presentations are hard
Not even just giving them, but the process of taking an idea and putting it down in a concise and clear manner, that will be simple to show and distribute.
I am not going to make a claim that I am good at giving or writing up presentations, but I do think I have a pretty slick setup going for making them simple to show and distribute with minimal effort.
People may be familiar with it already, but it's a markup language that's well supported in python and used in the Sphinx project. It fits my brain well (in most places) and only requires a text editor.
Since it comes with some tools to take a simple plain text document and transform it into other well known formats (latex, html, and pdf), caused me to use it in a number of projects and for notes without much friction.
How I use reST
I mentioned in a previous post about my setup and how I leverage fabric to build and post my presentations, but I didn't really get too much into the specifics of how the rst document was formatted, and built.
I write a presentation in rst just like I would write any other document in rst. The goal I had was to write once, and have that document change into other formats without an issue. I do leverage a few classes and directives that aren't in the normal rst toolbox, to get my presentations just so. But these aren't out of line, and after a tweak or two in my pipeline don't break the other formats I build to.
S5 is a slide show format based entirely on XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
And rst2s5 takes a reStructuredText document and complies it into the corresponding s5 representation. Giving back a plain html page with some JavaScript magic that is simple to post and host.
No need for server side scripting, or fancy Apache/lighttpd/nginx setups or any need for proxies or their kin. So using s5 alone will give me the goal of simple to show, since I can post a presentation and have accesses to it anywhere there is internet and a browser. I can even keep a copy on a thumb drive in case the internet dies, and browse the slides locally.
reST with s5
To meet the last part of my goal, I have to have a simple distribution medium. For a presentation that is a pdf. It's akin to a paper, even though it is much more broken down and split up into slides. Leveraging the handout class that the s5 and pdf converters from rst know, I am able to have parts of the presentation invisible in slide form, and show up only when the presentation is expanded, or complied into a pdf.
GNU tools
*mostly for text processing*
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`Morgan Goose http://morgangoose.com`
January 2010
.. class:: handout
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons
Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
To view a copy of this license, visit
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ or send a letter
to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco,
California, 94105, USA.
So the above will show my name on the first slide, but not the license. In the pdf though that will all be on the first page. More tips on the s5 rst meshing can be found on the docutils site's section for slide-shows
Code blocks
Normal reST had code directives that will differentiate the code, and in most instances (Sphinx/Trac) will attempt to highlight the code accordingly. I ran into issues here because rst2pdf and rst2s5 had different ideas on what these should be named and neither really was highlighting the code. After searching a bit I found that pygments, a code highlighter in python, already had some docutils hooks that they mention on their site.
Using that as a stepping stone I added in code, code, and source code, directives to use pygments for the code they contained. In my presentations though I made sure to only use code because this is the directive that rst2pdf is expecting when it goes to format the document.
After that my code goes through the ringer as shown in the post I gave for fabric, in the line executing the rst-directive.py file and passing in the pygments css for the theme that I prefer.
the final rst-directive.py looks like this though:
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
The Pygments reStructuredText directive
This fragment is a Docutils_ 0.5 directive that renders source code
(to HTML only, currently) via Pygments.
To use it, adjust the options below and copy the code into a module
that you import on initialization. The code then automatically
registers a ``sourcecode`` directive that you can use instead of
normal code blocks like this::
.. sourcecode-block:: python
My code goes here.
If you want to have different code styles, e.g. one with line numbers
and one without, add formatters with their names in the VARIANTS dict
below. You can invoke them instead of the DEFAULT one by using a
directive option::
.. sourcecode-block:: python
My code goes here.
Look at the `directive documentation`_ to get all the gory details.
.. _Docutils: http://docutils.sf.net/
.. _directive documentation:
:copyright: Copyright 2006-2009 by the Pygments team, see AUTHORS.
:license: BSD, see LICENSE for details.
# Options
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# Set to True if you want inline CSS styles instead of classes
INLINESTYLES = False
STYLE = "fruity"
from pygments.formatters import HtmlFormatter
# The default formatter
DEFAULT = HtmlFormatter(noclasses=INLINESTYLES, style=STYLE)
# Add name -> formatter pairs for every variant you want to use
'linenos': HtmlFormatter(noclasses=INLINESTYLES, linenos=False),
from docutils import nodes
from docutils.parsers.rst import directives, Directive
from pygments import highlight
from pygments.lexers import get_lexer_by_name, TextLexer
class Pygments(Directive):
""" Source code execution.
required_arguments = 1
optional_arguments = 0
final_argument_whitespace = True
option_spec = dict([(key, directives.flag) for key in VARIANTS])
has_content = True
def run(self):
lexer = get_lexer_by_name(self.arguments[0])
except ValueError:
# no lexer found - use the text one instead of an exception
lexer = TextLexer()
# take an arbitrary option if more than one is given
formatter = self.options and VARIANTS[self.options.keys()[0]] or DEFAULT
print >>open('pygments.css', 'w'), formatter.get_style_defs('.highlight')
parsed = highlight(u'\n'.join(self.content), lexer, formatter)
return [nodes.raw('', parsed, format='html')]
directives.register_directive('sourcecode', Pygments)
directives.register_directive('code', Pygments)
directives.register_directive('code', Pygments)
from docutils.core import publish_cmdline, default_description
description = ('Generates S5 (X)HTML slideshow documents from standalone '
'reStructuredText sources. ' + default_description)
publish_cmdline(writer_name='s5', description=description)
And in combination with my fabric setup I can make new posts, publish to html and pdf, and republish with relative ease:
$ fab new:new_stuff
$ vim new_stuff/new_stuff.rst
$ fab upload:new_stuff
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Our Work in Mali
LWR began working in Mali in 1986 to address drought-related famine, and continues to partner with rural communities to address the root causes of poverty and lay the groundwork for greater food and nutritional security. LWR works to break the vicious cycle of poverty by improving local agricultural production and investing in sustainable land use. In times of emergency, LWR and its partners use cash-for-work approaches in which farmers earn immediate income to feed their families, while at the same time rehabilitating community assets in order to build future resiliency. LWR currently works in the Mopti and Ségou regions of Mali.
Agriculture: Value chains and climate smart agriculture
LWR improves the lives of thousands of rural farm families in Mali by improving their participation in agricultural value chains and strengthening their livelihood base. LWR works with partners to improve smallholder farmer cultivation, processing and marketing capacity in rice, sesame, and fonio value chains. Recognizing women's important role in agricultural production, LWR works to enhance their productive resources and incomes, through training in value-added postharvest handling and marketing. LWR strengthens the capacity of agricultural cooperatives and unions that serve these farmers with training in governance and financial management, facilitating joint negotiation of credit and other services, and strengthening cooperative sales and marketing.
Climate: Building resilience through conservation
In Mali, LWR reduces marginalized rural populations' vulnerability to ongoing environmental degradation and the effects of global climate change through long-term, sustainable development and emergency projects that meet immediate needs while building resilient communities. LWR supports the environmentally sound and economically viable rehabilitation and communityled management of irrigation canals and systems. LWR organizes and trains community members to ensure long-term community management of water resources.
Emergency response: From relief to recovery
LWR's established experience and strong relationship with communities in Mali place it in a privileged position to respond quickly and effectively to emergency situations. LWR collaborates with donors such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to respond to drought and food crisis in Mali with assistance to affected populations through cash-for-work initiatives focused on the rehabilitation of irrigation systems. LWR also works with Malian refugees and IDPs fleeing conflict to rebuild their livelihoods and strengthen their resilience.
Health and livelihoods: innovative Partnerships to fight malaria
In Mali, with generous support from USAID, LWR works with national NGO, private sector and community-based partners to improve rural populations' access to malaria prevention and treatment. Prevention programs help reduce the incidence of malaria through behavior change communication focused on disease recognition, early treatment and the correct and consistent use of insecticide-treated nets. LWR has also piloted community-managed health insurance mechanisms that subsidize members' health care costs and encourage access to timely diagnosis and treatment in community health centers.
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Jürgen Frosch (born May 7, 1976), better known by his stage name Jay Frog, is a German DJ and House musician. He began a solo career after his work with the band Scooter concluded in 2006. Since then he has released several singles on Kontor Records.
Is This Love may refer to any of the following songs:
Electric Arguments is the third album by The Fireman, an experimental music duo consisting of Paul McCartney and producer Youth. The album was first announced 29 September 2008, on Paul McCartney's website, and was released on 24 November 2008 on the duo's website. It is the first Fireman release to be publicly acknowledged by McCartney, and the album cover features the names of both contributors.
Unlike the earlier Fireman albums, Electric Arguments features prominent vocals. Each of the songs was recorded in one day, the album itself being completed in only thirteen days, spread over the course of a year. The album includes the hidden track "Road Trip", at the end of "Don't Stop Running".Remixes of "Lifelong Passion" were made, titled "Sawain Ambient Acapella" and "Sawain Instrumental Dub".Instrumental mixes of "Sun Is Shining" and "Traveling Light" were made, titled "Equinox Instrumental" and "Travelling Light Instrumental", respectively.Instrumental dub mixes were made of "Sing the Changes" and "Don't Stop Running", titled "Morning Mist Instrumental Dub" and "Wickerman Ambient Dub", respectively.
"Is This Love?" is Bonnie Pink's second digital single in 2010. The single was released under the Warner Music Japan label on May 5, 2010.


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LaKeith Stanfield Issa Rae Kelvin Harrison, Jr. Chanté Adams
Rob Morgan Lil Rel Howery Courtney B. Vance
The most unusual technique in this film is that the life of the mother of one of the main protagonists is highlighted in accounting for a love story that transpires years later. It works because the mother's personality and her decisions (advanced for the time) are so fascinating. Christine Eames (Adams) leaves her home (and the man she loves) in New Orleans to pursue her dream of making a name for herself in photography in New York. She leaves without saying goodbye to her love, Isaac (Morgan), assuming that he will be there when she returns.
We learn about that couple off and on in flashbacks. But the immediate story is about Michael Block (Stanfield), a reporter for a magazine in New York, The Republic. He is assigned to do a story about Eames, and goes to New Orleans, to interview Isaac, who talks about Christine and shows him some of her photographs. That leads him back to the Queens Museum in New York where Mae Morton (Rae) is the assistant curator.
Much of the rest of the story is about Michael and Mae in a "will they or won't they?" kind of scenario. The fascinating part is how writer/director Stella Meghie weaves the two generational stories together in themes of missed opportunities that seem fated and the suggestion of a larger role that fate plays in humans' lives.
The acting is exemplary for the most part. Issa Rae in particular evokes mystery and beauty seemingly effortlessly. I have always loved LaKeith Stanfield, especially in Sorry to Bother You, but in this role he is not as effective, primarily because of the script, which has made his character less desirable (sort of shifty, unwilling to commit, unable to express emotion). Writer/director Stella Meghie has created lead characters, both of them having a difficult time expressing themselves. The characterizations of Issa's mother and Isaac (played by Chanté Adams and Rob Morgan), as well as step-father Louis Morton (Vance) evoke our interest and make us want to know more about them.
I think the story presented is very romantic but in a muted form. It moves a bit slowly, and is probably not the best choice for a Valentine's date, although it will be opening on Valentine's Day.
A "will they or won't they?" romantic drama that is made more interesting by weaving in the parents' stories.


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February 2014
Gabrielle Tozer is a journalist who has worked for numerous Australian magazines. She recently released her debut young adult novel The Intern and is working on the sequel. She lives in Sydney. (Interview by Swati Sharma)
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1. Tell us about your debut novel The Intern.
The Intern is a young-adult novel that follows the crazy adventures of country girl Josie Browning, a 17-year-old first-year journalism student who is trying to impress her editor during a magazine internship in the big smoke. The stakes get even higher when she realises she's in a competition with two other interns and there is a $5000 cash prize up for grabs (money that her family really, really needs as they're struggling financially). And, just to make things even more interesting, Josie meets James, her cousin's roommate, and Billy, a famous pop star who can't stop shaking things up for her…
2. What inspired the idea?
I've worked in magazines for more than a decade now and had always thought about putting my own fun and awkward spin on the industry. Like Josie (and many other real-life magazine journalists), I had to move away from home to get my first real break so that was a story I really wanted to share, too. The internship challenge, the family dramas, James and Billy were all figments of my rather overactive imagination… they just flowed onto the page one day when I was writing!
3. Are you planner or a pantster?
Bit of both. I start by writing a short summary to get me thinking about the book as a whole and the potential places I could take the story, then I jot down all my ideas, pick a starting place and pants my little heart out. I tell myself it's okay to write first and edit later, which seems to give me the creative freedom to write without too much self-doubt (I am prone to nasty little bouts of perfectionism and over-thinking which can slow down and sabotage a writer!). Every now and then, I'll jot down more ideas for upcoming chapters so I don't veer too far off on a tangent. This process helps me to create so many fresh ideas that I can't access if planning everything from the start. The only downside of pantsing for me is the rewriting on the second and third draft – the structure often needs a fair bit of tightening, but this process works for now!
4. Describe your journey to becoming a published author?
I've dreamed about being an author since I was six, and studied journalism and creative writing at university, so writing a book has always been top of my mind (and top of the to-list, although it took until 2011 until I gave it a proper go). The last eleven years feel like an epic journey between me and my computer. So many deadlines, so many words, so many bylines! To see my first novel in print has been surreal and wonderful – I still can't believe it's happening, but I'm grateful every day that HarperCollins took a chance on me.
5. What's your average writing day is like?
On weekdays, I wake up at 5.30am and write/edit my book until 7.30am, then I drink a green smoothie (milk, baby spinach, frozen banana, LSA, chia seeds, water) and walk to my fulltime job in the city, where I work as a senior editor and copywriter from 9-5.30pm. Once I get home, I try to stay off my computer at night time so I can relax, but I often have to answer emails, write blog posts and do social media. On weekends, I set aside larger chunks of time to write during the day, then keep the nights free to relax with my husband JT, family and friends. Yep, needless to say I'm pretty tired!
6. If not a writer then what would you have chosen as your career?
I think I would have tried my hand at being a psychologist – like a journalist, you need to enjoy listening to people's stories. I'm not sure I would have had the patience, though… Luckily this whole writer biz worked out!
7. What's that one thing which you wished you knew when you were starting out as an author?
How to get the right balance between book-writing, a fulltime job and relationships – it's tough juggling it all, and sadly there's not a secret one-size-fits-all approach. I love writing books though, so am grateful to JT (who is also my amazing 'first reader'), family and friends for being so patient and understanding with all the hours I put into my work. Writing can feel a little lonely at times, so it's essential to have a team of cheerleaders around you.
8. What's next?
The sequel to The Intern is coming out in early 2015, so I am editing the manuscript at the moment. I also have a few other YA ideas rattling around in my head, so once they're a little more formed I will hopefully get started on those… but first, I'm squeezing in a much-needed holiday with JT!
9. Any advice for the aspiring writers?
Just start. Yep, right now. It's impossible to edit a blank page. Oh, and try not to compare yourself with other writers, especially if you're comparing your first draft with someone's final book – it's paralysing and you would be astounded by how many edits they've gone through. Most of all, write what you love and what makes you happy (forget about trends). Happy writing!


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In a day and age where we always complain about reality TV shows and how dumb some of the reality stars are, are we even aware that it is our own faults that these people reach the level of success and fame that we all secretly vie for? By constantly feeding the machine that we know as the media with our acknowledgments — whether it be negative or positive — we are fueling this insipid form of entertainment. With our sense of reality, imagination, and morality melting away, what a perfect time it is for a play to take place in order to take a deeper look into our unwilling obsession with reality TV.
"The Corridor" a Slovenian play translated into English, is being put on by the Wayward Pen foundation in hopes of raising awareness of Slovenian art and culture into America. I had the amazing opportunity to sit down with producer Larissa Drekonja and director Martin Kushner, to discuss the play in depth and to my delight, divulge deeper into the psyche of the human mind.
Scallywag: How did you get involved with the Wayward Pen foundation? And how did you get involved with 'the Box'?
Larissa Drekonja: I created the Wayward Pen foundation with Klemen Novak and Adam K Fujita because we were looking for an organization to help us put an event up — a non-profit one so it would be easier to raise capital. Since it was a Slovenian play, I couldn't get any other organization from Eastern Europe to really cover us, so I looked at organizations just in general and what it takes to set one up, and we decided to fund it and create an organization for artists from Slovenia. We stretched it out to to cover all of Europe, so that the artist who is working with theater or fine arts or music, and is of our caliber, could actually have access and we could provide help for them. Most of the organizations work with either the best ones or there's a lot of bureaucracy with it, and we just decided to do it as artists -just by living it, like "this is what we need, let's do it" because if we're going to wait for bureaucracy to help us we're never going to get it.
Scallywag: Why did you choose this particular play (a Slovenian play, translated into English)? And why did you choose a play that explores these themes of reality vs. false reality in this particular time?
Larissa Drekonja: It's a Slovenian play, it's by Matjae Zupancic, one of our best contemporary writers. He deals mostly with subjects that really relate to any culture, well, not any culture, but in the sense of modern culture like: the western and democratic culture, obviously, because Slovenia went from socialism to democracy. He's kind of a pioneer of a modern and experimental type of theater. That's why we chose his play: it deals with a medium, reality TV, that could relate to the American audience, as well as Slovenian, English, French, or really any part of the world that is exposed to such mediums and are dealing with the same issues.
Scallywag: For those of us who are unfamiliar with the play, can you tell us a little bit about it?
Larissa Drekonja: This play deals with reality TV, and it sort of exposes the reality of such entertainment. It exposes its vapidity, it exposes what it actuality is. It takes place in something called "the corridor," which is a part of the studio where the participants can go and be themselves. They can escape from microphones and cameras and that's where you can see the reality of how they're really feeling about being part of — I want to call it — the machine. And what it really takes for the producers to call it reality in the end, because it's not REAL. When you go on a TV show to win, a lot of it is put up to be an artificial environment that exposes artificial behavior and that translates into artificial morals — which is what the viewers get.
The plot of the play is seven participants in the corridor of a reality show and their meetings there, which sort of are an indicator of how useless — well it's not useless — just what kind of quality this kind of entertainment it is — which is very poor.
Scallywag: How did you get the funding for the play and acquire the Box as a space to put on the play?
Larissa Drekonja: We launched the Wayward Pen on June 9, 2009 and we had an event at Cibeta restaurant. We had some Slovenian artists give us/donate some paintings that we could show and we also did a few monologues from the play to introduce it. That was our first benefit, in a sense, to support our cause and to show what we're trying to do because I do think the play in particular shows the American audience a type of art that exposes a new wave of thinking; sort of like the young people's, almost like I want to say, rebellion against the boxes that we've been put into. I think that's why people really like the play: it's not just a love story, it deals with a problem that affects young people. I find that older people sort of dismiss it because they don't take it seriously, and they think that young people don't take it seriously too, but I don't think so! I think young people take reality TV very seriously, and I think there's something wrong with that!


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NASA's Mercury-exploring spacecraft MESSENGER has one more job – crash its 1,100lb body into the planet on April 30, ending one of the most successful scientific explorations in the space agency's history.
Messenger is now out of fuel and the Sun's gravity will draw the spacecraft into the planet on April 30, at about 8,750 miles per hour, creating a crater as wide as 52 feet, NASA says. On April 25 MESSENGER was in an orbit with a closest approach of 5.1 miles above the surface of Mercury. With a velocity change of 3.43 miles per hour.
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"Navigating a spacecraft so close to a planet's surface had never been attempted before, but it was a risk worth taking given mission success had already been met, and the novel science observation opportunities available only at such very low altitudes," said Bobby Williams, who leads the KinetX Space Navigation and Flight Dynamics group in a statement.
Launched in 2004, NASA sent its $446 million MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) spacecraft on a rendevous with Mercury where it beamed never-before-available pictures and data on the planet.
The spacecraft discovered a number of important details about the planet. For example, NASA said observations by the MESSENGER spacecraft have provided compelling support for the 20-year old hypothesis that Mercury hosts abundant water ice and other frozen volatile materials like chlorine in its permanently shadowed polar craters.
This week the University of Michigan asked Jim Raines, University of Michigan research scientist and MESSENGER team member, to help quantify the crash and offer up some insight into the mission. He offered the first six fact and we added a few more from NASA.
1. Meteors with the same mass as MESSENGER (513 kg) slam into Mercury about every month or two, and typically with 10 times the speed and 100 times the energy. The planet doesn't have a thick atmosphere that would slow down objects headed for the surface.
2. The crater the craft will leave near Mercury's north pole is predicted to be about 50 feet wide. That's the width of an NBA basketball court.
3. The 1,131-pound spacecraft will hit with the energy of about a ton of TNT, or the force of a car traveling at about 2,000 mph.
4. At almost 9,000 mph, the craft will be traveling three times faster than a speeding bullet and nearly twelve times the speed of sound.
5. On MESSENGER's last orbit, it will pass just 900 to 1,800 feet over the planet's surface. We have buildings that tall on Earth.
6. Nearly 55 percent of MESSENGER's weight at launch was fuel - which is about to run out.
7. Mercury has a diameter of 3,032 miles, about two-fifths of Earth's diameter. Mercury orbits the sun at an average distance of about 36 million miles (58 million kilometers), compared with about 93 million miles for Earth.
8. Because of Mercury's size and proximity to the brightly shining sun, the planet is often hard to see from the Earth without a telescope. At certain times of the year, Mercury can be seen low in the western sky just after sunset. At other times, it can be seen low in the eastern sky just before sunrise.
9. Mercury travels around the Sun in an oval-shaped orbit. The planet is about 28,580,000 miles from the sun at its closest point, and about 43,380,000 miles from the sun at its farthest point. Mercury is about 48,000,000 miles from Earth at its closest approach.
10. Mercury moves around the Sun faster than any other planet. The ancient Romans named it Mercury in honor of the swift messenger of their gods. Mercury travels about 30 miles per second, and goes around the sun once every 88 Earth days. The Earth goes around the sun once every 365 days, or one year.
11. As Mercury moves around the Sun, it rotates on its axis, an imaginary line that runs through its center. The planet rotates once about every 59 Earth days -- a rotation slower than that of any other planet except Venus. As a result of the planet's slow rotation on its axis and rapid movement around the Sun, a day on Mercury -- that is, the interval between one sunrise and the next -- lasts 176 Earth days.
12. MESSENGER is only the second spacecraft sent to Mercury. Mariner 10 flew past it three times in 1974 and 1975 and gathered detailed data on less than half the surface. MESSENGER took advantage of an ingenious trajectory design, lightweight materials, and miniaturization of electronics, all developed in the three decades since Mariner 10 flew past Mercury.
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Bude Cottages
by pilaar39
Bude Cottages
Bude has so much to offer, regardless of whether as a holiday destination or perhaps a spot to make house. You will discover stunning views, sunsets, walks and beaches, and a host of restaurants, bistros, cafes and bars. Everything is within easy reach, and each stroll is a distinct enjoyment, with a new outlook on familiar landmarks at each corner!
About Bude cottages
Bude is a popular, welcoming, seaside resort within the north of Cornwall encompassed by several beautiful seashores, with superb waves for surfers. You will find extraordinary cliffs which offer interesting walks along the 600+ mile Cornwall coastal route and are generally perfect to cycle along. At Summerleaze seaside there's a sea h2o pool and a play region for children, there is also "Life"s a Beach", that is open in the evenings in addition to throughout the day. and a seaside store. At Crooklets beach, there is a cafe, skate park, car parking, and also the Bude Existence Saving Club can also be situated right here. Upton, Widemouth Bay and Black Rock to the south, and Northcott and Sandymouth to the north, are further beaches close to Bude, with over five miles of sandy shores at low tide together. Widemouth may be the local surf nirvana, and appears out towards Lundy Island and 3000 miles of Atlantic Ocean!
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Bude also offers a canal, which runs alongside the river Neet for any stretch. It was built in 1823 and was originally used for carrying sand to Launceston, 20 miles away. These days, the canal reaches inland a few miles, and is used for enjoyment boating, or fishing. The local adventure centre also employ the canal for kayaking. Carrying out a recent regeneration undertaking, the canal offers a delightful walking area, and a bird hide overlooking the marshland reserve is really a short way across the route. The canal wharf has also been redeveloped and now offers a selection of workshop fashion retail outlets, cafes and ice-cream vendors, fishing, open air seating and parking.
There is a splendid club right in the centre of Bude, surrounded by numerous eating places and pubs. There's also a leisure centre which houses a swimming pool and cafe. There's a sports activities centre, with a gymnasium and squash court. Of course, Bude also has a crazy course, tennis courts, crown green bowling and a multitude of other activity bases, including indoor bowling and a children"s activity play centre.
Beautiful Spring Lake. Crystal clear water, excellent bass and laketrout fishing. Fantastic sheltered, beach front property. 330′ of frontage for superb privacy. Shallow sand cove safe for all ages. Spring Lake is 2/3 Crown land for that 'Algonquin Park' type of feeling. 9900
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text: Waller Park Place will be an urban oasis destination at the cross trails of Waller Creek and Lady Bird Lake. With easy freeway access and a signature location next to the Austin Convention Center, residents, visitors, workers, walkers, and joggers will enjoy cafés, coffee shops, markets, dining terraces, lounges, restaurants, bars, and entertainment in the shaded environment of the reinvented Waller Creek corridor. The combination of uses, connection with the natural creek corridor, native materials, and pedestrian amenities will create a unique, yet authentic and laid back Austin experience.The design approach to the site is driven by the historic and physical influence by which Waller Creek has sculpted the site over time. The creek banks are envisioned to be stabilized by native bedrock to create the project foundation and celebrate the organic and fluid shaping of its edges. This sculptural landscape approach combined with sweeping pathways and trails will create a series of interconnected transitions, terraces, and pedestrian experiences shaped by the hydrology and current of Waller Creek.The lower terraces are formed by large, rustic stone blocks similar to those found throughout the creek corridor. These walls provide spatial definition and an opportunity to provide seating, planting pockets, and special features such as the proposed weeping wall visible from trails, the convention center, and Cesar Chavez Street. The weeping wall will celebrate the value of groundwater and provide auditory art while within the creek canyon.The creek bottom trail will weave from bank to bank and provide users with water access and barrier-free access north and south. Braided paths in the spirit of creek hydrology will seamlessly connect the creek bottom trail to terrace level dining patios and ultimately to core development entry plazas and street level gateways to adjacent districts and amenities. These mid- and upper-level terraces are formed by storefronts and refined stone walls building from the rustic stone foundation of the creekside banks. These terraces provide a complimentary yet diverse menu of public and private user experiences, solar exposure, and off-site views of the creek corridor north and south, as well as Lady Bird Lake.Waller Center Cove will be a signature feature of the project and a photo opportunity for all to discover. Positioned within the structure of the creek corridor where a natural eddy might form, the Cove water course emanates from headwaters at the base of the residential tower, flows quietly by the auto court, hotel restaurant terrace and residential tower lobby and lounge before plunging more than thirty vertical feet to the creek cove below. A series of falls and crossings will provide visitors with a dramatic visual and sensory experience.Pedestrian and vehicular access to the project from adjacent streets and neighborhoods will flow seamlessly through three building towers just as the creek below will braid naturally creating islands, eddies and channels. Streetscape design along Cesar Chavez and Red River Streets will comply with Austin Great Streets Program and create a unified street presence forth project.


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By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com Publisher Just in case you've been hidden in a cave this afternoon, let me catch you up on what we have learned regarding the Iowa State men's basketball program.
Craig Brackins is going to sign an agent. Marquis Gilstrap has no more eligibility. Justin Hamilton and Dominique Buckley have both decided to transfer away from Iowa State.
Everything was confirmed earlier today in a statement issued by Iowa State's athletic department.
View the statement by CLICKING HERE.
Here's my quick take before the Iowa State women tip against Oklahoma State in the Big 12 Tournament.
Let's all be honest for a second. Nobody really ever believed that Brackins or Gilstrap would be back next year. This has been the case for months. The Buckley rumors were deafening. That was also expected. Come on. It's a 4-12 team and Buckley didn't get to play much. These type of things happen all of the time.
It is the Justin Hamilton news that hurts.
"Justin met with our staff and expressed a desire to play basketball at a school closer to home," Iowa State head coach Greg McDermott said in a release.
Here is why this one should sting a little bit more for Iowa State fans. When Hamilton showed up in Ames, he was a total project. After a lot of hard work and some solid big man coaching, he's turned into a very serviceable Big 12 center. In my opinion, he was Iowa State's most improved player this year without a doubt.
Remember that Hamilton didn't even start playing competitive basketball until he was a sophomore in high school. The project talk is now a thing of the past. Hamilton is a very legit division one basketball player. And he's leaving Iowa State. That's the same Cyclone program that built him up to the player that he is today.
Am I blaming Hamilton for making this choice? Heck no. I have no idea what is going on in his personal life. If he wants to be closer to home, who am I or anybody else to judge him for that?
But in the end, this one should really, really sting the Cyclone Nation.
What now? This makes the current recruitment of SE Iowa Community College big man John Wilkins that much more important. Wilkins could be an automatic starter next season if he commits to Iowa State. Who else will play in the post? Jordan Railey, a 2010 commit out of Oregon is a post, but from what I hear, he's far from being Big 12 ready. Jamie Vanderbeken will be back but he's not going to be doing any of the dirty work. LaRon Dendy is going to have to play some center.
Iowa State could afford to lose a Dominique Buckley.
The Hamilton news is extremely damaging for this program.
I'm sure that Iowa State will hit the JUCO road searching for some sort of replacement…but how many Big 12 post players are actually out there right now? Not many.
What are your thoughts?
CLICK HERE to join the conversation on Iowa State's largest and most popular message board.


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The people of Italy love celebrating festivals especially the New Year celebrations, fondly remembered as Il Capodanno. The New Year's Eve in Italy is one of the vividly and popularly celebrated celebrations here.
Plan your holiday and get your tickets as well as tourist visa to Italy in advance as there is a major rush during the New Year's season in many parts of Italy. We have listed some of the highlights which will help you plan your holiday in Italy and be a part of the vivacious New Year celebration in Italy.
New Year's Eve Celebration Ideals in Italy:
1.La Festa di San Silvestro
This is celebrated on December 31st each year. Families and friends get together and enjoy a huge delicious feast. The dinner mainly consists of traditional Italian dishes such as zampone, stuffed pig's trotter or Cotechino, which is a spiced up sausage preparation. Pork and Lentils symbolize good fortune, richness, and money in the coming year.
2.Fireworks and Dancing
There is a grand fireworks display at midnight of New Year's Eve in almost every part of Italy. Many fireworks are hosted in a central square, with several private parties also joining with sparklers and firecrackers in the recent past. Naples is one of the popular towns where you can experience the best fireworks displays in Italy.
Dancing comes naturally to Italians and fireworks are often coupled with local music and dance in major cities in Italy such as Rome, Bologna, Palermo, Milan, and Naples. There are several live rock bands who perform on New Year's Eve with some of the events even broadcasted on television.
3.Other Traditions on New Year's Eve
Locals are often found entertaining themselves with a game called "Tombola". Delicious dishes such as spumante or prosecco is served with sparkling Italian wine in all public and private parties and the fun goes on till wee hours in the morning. An old tradition of throwing out old things out of the window is still followed in many parts of Italy. People also wear red innerwear which is also considered a sign of good luck in the coming year.
Places in Italy to check out this New Year's Eve
The celebrations in Rome is centered in Piazza Del Popolo. This is home to classical and rock music coupled with dance and fireworks till wee hours of the New Year. Early morning there are acrobats and performers who entertain children across all age groups with their magical performances. The Colosseum on Via Dei Fori Imperiali is another place to check out in Rome. Popular international and local bands feature as a part of the New Year extravaganza. Spectacular fireworks display in front of the Quirinale marks the beginning of the New Year. You can also indulge in an elegant evening dinner at the beautiful Casina Valaier in the park which gives you panoramic views of the city of Rome. Apart from this, there are symphony or opera shows in several theaters with some nightclubs in the city featuring special events.
2.Naples and Capri
You will not find a better fireworks display on New Year's Eve in Italy better than the one in Naples. Outdoor musical events in Piazza Del Plebiscito in the city center features the best of classical, rock, and traditional music as a countdown till the New Year.
An old tradition called Lo Sciuscio is practiced mostly existent in the outskirts of the city of Naples. Here a group of amateur musicians play music going from house to house singing and dancing on New Year's Eve in return of small gifts of money or sweets, which is considered as a sign of good luck.
Local folkloric bands perform in the Piazzetta and Piazza Diaz on the island of Capri near Naples on New Year's Eve.
Being one of the most romantic cities in Italy, the restaurants in Venice hosts grand feasts coupled with fine wine is served until midnight on New Year's Eve. Only early birds can make a reservation and enjoy an elegant evening in the finest Italian restaurants. Make sure your pockets are loaded as the restaurants charge a huge premium.
St. Mark's Square marks the New Year celebrations with loud music, grand fireworks, bellini brindisi – which is a toast, and huge group kisses at midnight in Piazza Ferretto in Mestre. There are also several live concerts which are coupled with welcome drinks, dinner, and midnight toast.
Many people also prefer to take a chill dip in the cold waters of Venice's Lido Beach. A perfect way to get rid of your hangover.
New Year's Eve is celebrated in traditional style with the Fiera del Bue Grasso. An ox is decorated from top to bottom with ribbons and flowers. People light their candles and the church bells are rung and fireworks set off in the sky. At the end of the function, a special lottery is held with the winner gets to keep the ox. This procession ends before midnight in Piazza San Petronio. There are live music performances and street markets in Piazza Maggiore.
Extravagant meals and Italian delicacies are served in many restaurants in Florence. Early reservation is the key as the rush intensifies as New Year draws to a close. Catching the best seat gives you a wonderful display of the grand fireworks set off on one of the Arno bridges. There are public concerts held in Piazza Della Repubblica and Piazza Della Signoria. Tenax which is one of the most popular clubs in Florence holds a surprise New Y ear's Eve party for its guests.
Situated on the Adriatic coast, this is one of the popular nightlife spots in Italy and probably one of the best places to celebrate New Year's Eve. Apart from the happening socialite parties in several nightclubs and bars, there is a grand festival in Piazzale Fellini which starts at 9pm on New Year's Eve. Side by side, there is musical concerts, dancing, entertainment and grand fireworks display which is going to make your New Year truly spectacular.
Where to stay in Italy
Arranging an accommodation in one of the popular Italy can sometimes be heavy on your pocket. There are several pocket-friendly & stylish hotels in Italy which provide cheap sleep and best for tourists and guests who are just looking for an overnight accommodation. There is a host of youth hostels and campgrounds which are ideal for budget travels. If you are looking for better options, then you can also opt for B&B options, rifugi – mountain huts, agriturismi – farm stays. Options are endless which will more than ever capture your imagination. It all depends on the budget you have allocated for your accommodation.


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In honor of the first anniversary of the 2008 Republican Convention, we've profiled Levi Johnston.
He was just an unknown Alaska teen before he was hustled into the spotlight at the convention, courtesy of his role as the father of Sarah Palin's unborn grandchild.
Most sources list his birthday as simply 1990. But we located his exact birth date — 3 May 1990 — in Alaska state court records. The state has an admirably thorough online database of its court cases.
Turns out Johnson is on the Alaska court dockets in four separate records. A quick review of the misdemeanors:
The case: 3PA-07-08238MO
The charge: "Attempt To Snag Or Fail To Release Snagged Fish – Freshwater."
The result: Case closed on 26 July 2007 after Levi made a "No Contest Plea by Mail or at Counter."
The case: 3PA-07-08239MO
The charge: "Sport Fishing – general seasons, bag, possession, and size limits."
The result: Same as the case above, no doubt from the same incident. Closed on 26 July 2007 after Levi made a "No Contest Plea by Mail or at Counter."
The case: 3PA-07-05350MO
The charge: "Speeding (20+ mph over)." This was in Houston, Alaska, about 10 miles west of Wasilla.
The result: Guilty. ("Defendant failed to appear" at the non-jury trial on 12 September 2007.)
The case: 3PA-09-03857MO
The charge: "Proof Of Insurance To Be Carried And Exhibited On Demand."
The result: "Dismissed — Correctable offense" on 21 April 2009.
In that last case, correctable offense means that "the citation can be dismissed if proof of its correction is provided to a police officer (for equipment violation in non-commercial vehicles); or if the fine is paid through mail, in court, or online (for failure to produce driver license)."
So that's two fishing and two driving. The kid's still got a ways to go if he wants to make it to the Senate.
We're glad to have the birth date settled, in any case.


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this will be a good game
thx much, i'm working hard for release a good work.
whts the main objective of this game
atm,i have to decide to implement or not the multiplayer,if yes this game will be a mmo,with more or less the features of a mmo,but in a different gamestyle.
Basically this game is based of doing level stages for kill the boss,and gain money and exp for buy weapons and skills,and powerups,there are no Armor for this game,but a transformation System skill,more or less like in Rakion.
EDIT: what you use to colour your models?
i use photoshop,sometimes gimp too
cool, thx. Keep up the good work!
we are waiting for your return to sr ;)
i'm sry, SR is dead.
SR isn't Dead.
oky,btw i don't work anymore with the SR team.
SR isn't dead. And I was afraid of this answer from you but I can't do anything. Good luck further, I will follow your work. And thank you for what you did till now at SR!
thx much konohuro,i hope you like my new project too.
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Friday, June 27, 2014
Update on all the "excitement"
In addition to working 10-hour days and then spending the long weekends with the kids, this long weekend, I'm dealing with an issue that cropped up this past Monday...
It's official.... the motherboard gave up the ghost.
My laptop is now residing with my favorite computer doctor along with the new laptop, awaiting for the data to be transferred from one to the other. *sigh*
In the meantime, the tiny house book has arrived and I've been studying it!
I can't copy the paper-piecing templates 'cause my laptop has kicked the bucket and I'm not sure I can use the copier/printer without it being attached to the laptop. I may try in a bit tho...
And... the big news here is that I have only ONE more work day (Monday) to go before I'm off work the month of July! *doing a happy dance*
Sunday, June 15, 2014
On the Trail of Tiny Houses
I was studying the tiny houses quilt, trying to figure out how the size of the blocks and how exactly they were made.... and so small too!
I did a little online sleuthing and found that "Brenda (Canada)" made this quilt, using the book: Down in the Valley: Paper-Pieced Houses and Buildings by Myra Harder and Cori Lee Derksen (link).
The houses and trees are sooooo tiny but they are paper-pieced! So... looks like I will be practicing my paper-piecing while working on this project. I have ordered a copy of this book to help... methinks I'll need all the help I can get on this one!
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Tiny Houses
Ever since blogging buddy Roos started her little houses project (link), I was intrigued. Roos does almost all her sewing by hand and also the quilting as well.... she's amazing!
The house blocks are tiny.... here's a block with a spool of thread for size...
You can even order a stamp to print the pieces on the fabrics (link) to save time messing with templates and doing some persnickety cutting.
Then I found this tiny house quilt on Pinterest! Love all the wonky houses.... and wouldn't this be a great way to use up all those small scraps of fabric that I can't bear to throw away? I even like those little blocks with trees. I think this would be a long-term project... maybe have a basket of scraps and just sit down when I have a few minutes and make a little house block...
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Another Quilty Project
When I started quilting, I wanted to made a quilt for each grandchild. Then a niece graduated from college and I made a quilt for her.... and if I make a quilt for one, then every niece and nephew needs to have an auntie-made quilt, yes? This morphed into making a quilt for everyone in the family, including in-laws. Well, I'm down to one nephew without a quilt so... I need another large throw-size quilt for Drew.
I needed something manly and decided on a single Irish chain with the Moda Bella Solid "Paper Bag" as the background fabric.
This jelly roll comes with two blues, two greens, two reds, and a brown, as well as a black and two cream/beige strips.
I probably won't use the black or beige/gold strips but we'll see....
Monday, June 9, 2014
A Second Quilty Project
Once Thanksgiving is over, I will need a holiday table runner for the table and, again, browsing Pinterest, I've found a few options.
If the fabrics I have in mind for the stretched log cabin runner won't work, I may go with this style.
I also like this runner and it would definitely work with fabrics from stash! Decisions, decisions, decisions...
I think this place mat would make a great table runner and I've already done the math to lengthen it to table runner-size. I don't think I'd do the appliques... just let the design and fabrics speak for themselves. Plus, I'll have Christmas decorations on the runner as well.
If the fabrics I have in mind for the stretched log cabin runner won't work, I may go with this style.
I also like this runner and it would definitely work with fabrics from stash! Decisions, decisions, decisions...
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Planning Quilty Projects
Now that the school year stress is behind me, the creative part of the ole brain is starting to percolate again thankfully. For a while there, I thought it had died or something...
I'm actually in the process of planning projects for the coming year since I'll have time this summer to not only get some sewing done but to track down fabrics for said projects.
Having a nice table runner for the dining room table encourages me to keep it cleared so one project is to make a fall table runner.
Pinterest, that complete time suck, has provided a number of ideas that I'm considering.
And I don't want to find a pattern, free or otherwise because....
I'm crazy and like doing all the math!
Saturday, June 7, 2014
A Deep Sigh of Relief
Students were released mid-day yesterday to enjoy their summer vacation and a lot of the pressure / stress went along with them. Not so much that the students themselves cause the pressure / stress but there are fewer deadlines and other constraints. I can relax a bit.
I know I've mentioned what a difficult school year it has been for me work-wise... there wasn't much, if any, creative energy left to think about quilting. To give you some idea of the unusual year it has been for me, I wanted to share the following graph showing the number of cases handled by each psychologist over the past year.
A "busy year" would 80 cases with an "average" year being 50-70 cases. Yup, that big tall blue column is me... if anyone would like further explanations of this graph, I will happy to respond via email.
Another measure of "busy-ness" is the number of banker's boxes one fills up over the course of the school year with an "average year" filling one box to 1.25-1.5 boxes. Here are the boxes I filled...
There were a lot of times this year where I honestly didn't think I was going to make it. And yes, I have mentioned the uneven distribution of schools & work loads to my supervisors.
While we're in "work mode".... I thought maybe some of you would like to see my office at one of my schools.... see where I spent three days of the week. To the right of the door as you enter is the "testing table. Behind that is the ESL teacher's desk and some of her stuff. The two file boxes are mine... I was getting ready to take them out to the car. The "window" looks out into the 7th grade hallway... that's right... no natural light.
Just to the left is the following.... the desk is mine along with the dark file cabinet. I have tried to bring some color into the vanilla-bland office and it does help.... at least for me.
The other file cabinets are storage for other stuff, like inactive files, ESL files, etc.
My granddaughters provided some office decor... you can figure out which two...
Yes! The phone is in an obviously inconvenient location... but look at that super long extension cord. Of course, the desk is too small for the phone to sit on.
In addition to sleeping in this morning and meeting a friend for lunch, I've been planning my "summer sewing projects" list... more on that tomorrow.
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Pillow Cover #2: Another Finish
Are you proud of me... finishing two projects? Well, I'm pretty pleased to have both pillow covers completed!
I love the colors for this one... so cool and refreshing.
I did the back the same way as I did the first pillow cover.
Now, I just need to get them down to my son and DIL!
Monday, June 2, 2014
Pillow Cover #1: A Finish
Thanks to the end-of-the-year testing, there's not been much sewing going on after work. I don't want to get into my thoughts/feelings about end-of-grade testing... so I'll let it go at that and turn to a much more cheerful subject... a finish!
The Barrister Block pillow cover is complete and stuffed. It was hard getting the pillow form pushed into the corners but it will get better with use.
The edges are finished with regular old binding, just like a quilt. This way all the raw edges are covered so it can be washed at need.
I lined the back of the pillow cover to give it some body/strength... (three grandsons will be living with this pillow) ...as well as cover the raw edges around the zipper opening. Now, I just need to finish the other pillow cover.
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Journalist Pamela Druckerman's new book Bringing Up Bébé, which generally praises French child-rearing techniques, is causing quite a stir. Druckerman, who lives in Paris, writes that French children sleep through the night at three months, eat well-rounded meals at regular hours (no snacking) and are generally much better behaved than their American counterparts. And French moms apparently have a much easier, calmer sense of authority and aren't as harried as American moms.
Druckerman, who used to write for The Wall Street Journal, has provided yet another tome in the growing library of "foreign-moms-are-better" literature. How can we forget Yale Law School professor Amy Chua's Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, which extolled the virtues of her Chinese mom tough-love philosophy? All of this seemed to be designed to make American parents feel downright pitiful.
While Americans debate the value of discipline and self-control -- clearly throwbacks to the Puritan philosophy -- the French prefer to talk about "education" of children, which is more in line with their Enlightenment principles. One of the keys to childhood education is learning to delay gratification, which is accomplished not by harsh measures, but by the firm, calm exercise of authority. French children are not permitted to interrupt adults in the middle of a conversation, and are not allowed to eat except at prescribed mealtimes. And French parents are shocked that American children can go to the refrigerator any time they please for a snack.
Although childrearing approaches can be endlessly debated -- and seem to be in constant flux not only from culture to culture, but also from generation to generation -- the impact of childrearing on society is clearly enormous. Starting in the 1950's with Dr. Benjamin Spock's parenting books and later in the 1960's and '70's with the generation of baby boomers coming of age amidst rapid social change, Americans became increasingly permissive -- and at the same time overly attentive -- to their children.
There has been much handwringing over helicopter parenting, hyper-parenting and all the rest. Whether it is the result of our overindulgent parenting styles, or our conflicts about discipline and boundaries, it is absolutely clear that American society has lost much of its traditional sense of self-control. We see it in everything from the mountainous level of personal and national debt to the high rates of divorce and addiction, and from the excesses of the media to our rancorous political partisanship.
In my recent book, Idonomics: How the Pleasure Principle is Destroying the American Dream, I cite the landmark study by Walter Mischel, an Austrian-born research psychologist who conducted an interesting experiment at Stanford University involving four year-olds and marshmallows. He offered the children a tempting choice -- they could have one marshmallow right away, or if they waited a few minutes, they could have two marshmallows. Videos of the kids struggling with deferred gratification show their anxiety as they cover their eyes and fidget anxiously, trying to avoid eating the delicious treat that is right in front of them. Most of the kids couldn't hold out more than three minutes before eating the marshmallow. About thirty percent, however, were able to delay gratification for about fifteen minutes.
Mischel's experiments, along with his follow-up of his subjects over the next thirty years, spawned a whole range of studies into the mechanics and sources of delayed gratification. Mischel's findings that the thirty percent of children who were able to resist temptation had higher academic achievement and better personal relationships later in life also generated great controversy. This in turn led to studies into the psychological, neurological, genetic and cultural sources of delayed gratification. Theories sprung up in the fields of social psychology, medicine, political science, economics and even philosophy about the reasons why people might delay immediate gratification.
In purely Freudian terms, these children were struggling to control their "id" - which Freud suggested was the center of unconscious impulses. By extension, "idonomics" is the unleashing of the collective id on all of our social institutions -- from politics and economics, to religion and family life. My book Idonomics explains, for example, how this operates in the worlds of business and the American consumer. With easy credit, looser regulations and lots of tempting offers, one might sympathize with the young couple who take advantage of the no-money-down, zero-income offers to buy a house or a car. Or why a homeowner might jump at the chance to refinance her home with a cash-out deal to upgrade her kitchen.
While it's easy to ignore the consequences of a million individual economic decisions, they can add up to one great big systemic risk, as we discovered during the 2008 financial meltdown that precipitated the Great Recession. While the average person may be only taking a small risk, the big players are often taking gigantic risks. Idonomics is when people simply abandon common sense in pursuit of the pleasure principle, and we all end up suffering as a result. Whether it's politicians grasping for short-term fixes while ignoring long-term problems, media companies sacrificing truth for ratings, or even religions offering wealth, health and happiness through prayer, our reckless pursuit of the pleasure principle has brought us to this mess.
The answer may not be to embrace French or Chinese parenting techniques, but as a society we need to examine our helter skelter approach to the American dream. By sacrificing long-term happiness for short-term pleasure, we have cheated ourselves and our children, and have endangered their legacy. The key to achieving and sustaining the American dream is not so simple as greater discipline, or Puritanical self-control, but rather in recognizing the difference between instant gratification and genuine fulfillment.


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