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I have very mixed feelings towards editing. On the one hand, it's the defining part of the filmmaking process and where the film actually becomes a film. On the other, it's a massive ball-ache where you have to dredge through hours of footage, find ways to mask or fix continuity and sound issues and tread that fine line between systematic and creative approaches. And don't get me started on NLEs and their buggy performance issues.
The strange thing is, my history with editing is pretty much my history with film and video production in general. Although I was innately a storyteller, I don't know if I'd have taken to the craft of the moving image quite so readily were it not for the availability of consumer editing software.
When I started paddling in the pool of filmmaking, the first things I shot were fight scenes. It soon became obvious to me that the camera-sat-unmoving-on-a-table style of cinematography I was using was not only dull visually, but playing out the whole thing from this one angle made it doubly so. I realised I needed to shoot things from different angles and edit them together into a sequence. At this point I knew only what most people know about editing- that it's just about "taking out the bad bits" (a definition so narrow, Victoria Beckham would have trouble walking down it). The only source of information I had on the subject was a copy of Jackie Chan: My Stunts on VHS and the brief sequence where he illustrates, amongst other shooting techniques, how continuity of motion was achieved with editing. This was "cutting on action"- one of the basic principles of continuity editing- and I had learnt it, even if I didn't know the name, from a man who falls off things for a living.
(I couldn't find the exact clip, but you get the idea…)
Since digital camcorders and consumer NLEs were new and I was shooting on Hi-8, my first attempts at editing were done between the camera and a VCR. Anyone old enough to have experimented with this method knows how much of a ball-ache it is to pause the recorder and frantically find the next bit of footage before coordinating the play/record button presses so things actually go to plan. I'm fairly certain that splicing on a moviola would be less stressful. Would I have chosen film as a career based on this experience? Doubtful. While it taught be how to plan a shoot and see something edited in my head before I shot it (both excellent and necessary skills that new filmmakers don't always pick up right away), it was a real pain and just wasn't as immediate a creative process as I'd have liked.
Needless to say, when I got the money together (courtesy of getting fired from my first full-time job and payroll accidentally paying me twice for the last month!) to buy a DV camera, a FireWire card for the PC and some editing software, things became much more malleable.
The first NLE I used was Pinnacle Studio (later called Ulead). It was a fairly simple drag and drop affair with clip boxes rather than a timeline and very limited sound options. But it enabled me to cut clips at a frame by frame level, assemble them into a sequence, add some music and shitty titles and create a digital file of my creation. It also allowed me to add a myriad of crappy transitions, but even then, naive as I was, I knew that starwipes were tools of the devil and stuck to straight cuts or dissolves if I wanted to transition from a scene. It was from using this less-than-impressive software that I learnt about the importance one frame can make to a cut- as Tarantino said in an interview it's like the difference between a sour note and a sweet note in music. I also quickly realised by shooting these fight scenes that there were only certain places I could put the camera so things would edit smoothly. Person A needed to stay on one side of the screen and Person B on the other otherwise no one would know where the hell things were in relation to each other. Yep, the 180 degree rule. Again, from fight scenes. I realised if I wanted to shoot from the other side, I needed to either move the camera during the shot or cut to a direction-neutral shot in order for it to work. I also intuitively discovered cutaways and inserts by shooting these fight scenes, the former for bridging gaps in continuity and the latter for highlighting details. My education in editing had begun.
At this point, I still had no formal training. My interest was martial arts and kung fu movies and while the internet was definitely a thing and we had access to it, I was only interested in the martial arts fights amateur stunt teams were shooting and editing. So even though filmmaking was a topic of discussion on these sites, it was rarely beyond the concept of shooting angles and editing techniques.
Somewhere along the line, I decided that I wanted to study film and video production properly and enrolled in a course at the local college. Immediately, I felt out of my depth. Everyone else had done some kind of course before. They knew the terminology, they knew the process and they knew Final Cut Pro- which was the editing system of choice at Reading College. I struggled to keep up, desperately trying to internalise lecture notes, read up on things I didn't understand and try stuff out with my friends on our next fight scene shoot.
Eventually, after about eight months, I quit.
I got a full time job which I hated. I saved some money. I started to get over my depression. And I got withdrawal symptoms from not doing any filmmaking.
Realising I might have made a mistake in quitting, I bought a new camcorder since the old one had died, my first Apple computer (the hernia-inducing eMac) and a copy of Final Cut Express. I shot a short action film with my friends and realised I had actually learnt things from the course. I had learnt more about shots and composition, about continuity and storytelling and I had learnt a bit about Final Cut Pro. This was the first real project I edited in Final Cut and the process was several magnitudes of difference from Pinnacle Studio. I had a timeline, I had a viewer and a canvas, I had bins and filters and colour correction and audio tools. I could do L and J cuts (again, something I figured out for myself rather than being taught it) and I could do admittedly crude slow motion- I think that might have been the holy grail for me!
But Final Cut was a bit of a beast. Like before, it took ages to capture my footage from tape, but this time I felt compelled to log it as I went, setting in and out points, naming scenes and shots. This was something I hated, but it did mean I was viewing my footage as I went looking for the good take (this was 2003- I only had an 80Gb hard drive and DV took up 1Gb per 13 mins so it paid to be frugal).
Somewhere along the line, editing stopped being fun. It became a slog. That necessary evil that has to be done so you can enjoy the fruits of your labour- like changing the bedclothes before you hump in it.
And I started to hate it. Mostly.
I still enjoyed the magic of making something work and seeing it how the audience would and I still enjoyed editing when I was in the zone at 2am, trying to get the narrative to flow. But like a panda in London Zoo, I was rarely in the mood and frankly, it all looked too much like hard work.
When I re-enrolled at Reading College (now the diet coke university TVU), I found myself to be far more experienced than many of my classmates. This meant that I could help them with the things they found difficult, but it also meant that I had the time to expand and develop what was being taught rather than scrabbling to just keep up. I still hated editing for the most part but I also acknowledged that editing was where the film actually became a film. And I wound up doing a lot of editing myself because I was much more comfortable with Final Cut than some of the others but also because I frequently shot stuff with the edit in mind. And for someone who wasn't me, this was often a problem.
Editors are both craftsmen and creatives. They're like engineers, using a complex series of tools to assemble something else. But they're also like collage or mosaic artists, taking tiny bits and putting them together to make more complicated, much better pieces of art. It's a real straddler of a role and it relies on having a range of raw materials to work with. The problem is, I would frequently save time or energy on set by knowing how I wanted something edited and only shooting the material necessary to make that happen. So when the editor sat down to edit it, he found that the footage could only really be assembled one way, thus robbing him of his creative involvement, or worse still if he couldn't see that end product and only saw insufficient footage to edit it how he wanted. On The Good, The Bad and The Undead, a movie I co-produced, DoP'd and somewhat visually directed, the editor frequently found I hadn't shot the coverage he needed to assemble the scene. I'd shot enough to assemble it my way, as per my storyboards, but I'd left no room for leeway or his creative choices. And I didn't exactly deal with the situation well either. When he pointed out I didn't have enough coverage for the main fight scene in the flick and said it flat-out wouldn't cut together, I took the footage, cut it and mixed it overnight into a pretty good fight scene just to cuntishly prove him wrong. This antagonism was probably one of the reasons why that film took ages to edit but it left me with this feeling that if I was going to shoot things this way, I needed to be the editor. Not for any sense of auteurism, but because I didn't want to annoy and frustrate an editor.
So for every project I directed after that, I did the editing. Even Persona, where Don Allen the producer really wanted to get someone else in to edit, I insisted because I knew that at the pace we would be moving I was likely to cut corners (and I did) and for an editor, this would be a nightmare. Strangely though, I have grown to like shooting coverage more and more in the last few years- in the main because I don't need to plan as much as I used to and I can pace things better and add to the performances in the edit if I have a reasonable level of coverage. And if a particular shot is definitely what I want to use, I will structure that coverage around it, making it integral to the scene, but giving myself (or another editor) some degree of flexibility.
Now we have a new generation of NLEs. Final Cut Pro X was hated by many professionals on its launch (I have to confess, I didn't like it much either) but over the last year I've grown to like it, even as I find its new ways of doing simple things frustrating and liberating at the same time. One thing I have found though, is that I'm a faster editor with it. I used to be a slow, picky perfectionist with editing, but FCPX is very much a slam-it-together-and-see-what-sticks NLE and I've found this means I put together an assembly quicker and then spend my time tweaking and tidying it rather than plodding through it on Final Cut Classic. L and J cuts are actually easier, stuff doesn't go out of sync as often when I'm in full-on tweak mode and thanks to the codec-agnostic engine and background render, the whole video format thing is something of a non-issue.
Given that the tools are somewhat improved, you might be surprised to learn I still have my love-hate thing with editing. I've mellowed somewhat and I like it a bit more because I'm better at it with the new tools, but it's still Vicks in my Vaseline.
I've always thought that, as a director, when working on a project you end up making your film several times over- each draft of the script, each bit of concept art, the storyboards, the shooting script, your vision of the film in your head, every subsequent edit and revision… each is a new stab at telling the story. And I think a lot of my negativity towards editing is because by the time I'm sitting there with the timeline, the script, the continuity notes, a big bag of crisps and a 2 litre bottle of pepsi max and everything else in front of me (or next to someone else who's going to do much of the donkey-work), I've already made the film several times and really can't be fucked to do it all again.
But then that magic happens. That moment when a scene comes together and feels natural and effortless and… good… and suddenly you forget all the waiting and the procrastinating and the software bugs and the format issues and the swearing and the frustration and realise that you've made a film. And it works. And you keep going because you can't wait to see how this thing unfolds in the next scene.
And by the time you stop because the screen is blurring and your eyes hurt like someone's poured lemon juice in them, it's 4.30 in the morning and you have work at half 8 and you really really should get some sleep…
…I'll just finish this next scene… I'm in the zone…


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Let us rejoice: Programmers have finally discovered a legitimate reason to use wearable technology.
At Netflix's Hack Day last week, one intrepid group of programmers built a system that would link your FitBit (or, presumably, any fitness tracker) to your Netflix account. Why would this be useful? Because, using the tracker's sensors, Netflix can automatically pause whatever you're watching if the FitBit detects you're asleep. (Though, as Seth Stevenson observed in his Slate column on fitness trackers, they are not always reliable at detecting if you're asleep or just resting.) Whenever you wake up and resume your American Horror Story binge, you can choose to start at your last bookmark or your "sleep bookmark."
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Though I wouldn't go so far as to call it the most nightmarish facet of human existence, as PC magazine and Popular Science do, falling asleep while watching Netflix and then trying to find your place in Breaking Bad the next day can be mildly inconvenient. And what is wearable computing for if not to quell the mild inconveniences of the well-to-do?
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Yohai Hakak. Young Men in Israeli Haredi Yeshiva Education: The Scholars Enclave in Unrest. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2012. VIII, 190 S. $133.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-90-04-23469-7.
Reviewed by Motti Inbari (University of North Carolina at Pembroke)
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The Crisis of Yeshiva Education
Yohai Hakak's Young Men in Haredi Yeshiva Education is a fascinating book. It discusses the deep transformations currently taking place in the hub of Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) society--the yeshiva (an educational institution for the religious study of Jewish texts). The ability of Haredi society to reconstruct itself after the Holocaust in the State of Israel was remarkable; however, with its increased size, new challenges developed, most notably the financial crisis that undermined its very existence. Hakak's book draws our attention to another crisis that is taking place in the educational system, a challenge that poses no lesser threat to the Haredi community in Israel. Haredi society is trying to sustain its institutions and lifestyle; however, in reality the yeshiva system is about to explode.
Hakak was a journalist covering Haredi society in the Israeli press. In preparing this new scholarly work, he used his previous connections to perform his research, to gain access to a yeshiva and interview the students. As a university-trained anthropologist, he was able to pass beyond the barrier of written literature and to communicate with his research subjects. This is not an easy job, because when it comes to a small religious enclave like the Haredi neighborhoods of Jerusalem, outsiders are viewed with suspicion.
The first two chapters of the book discuss methodology and offer a literature review. Hakak's discussion of the Haredi struggle between body and soul in the third chapter is very interesting. The Haredi ideal is the devotion of men's lives and bodies to God. Therefore, Haredi men are required to develop an ability to control and discipline the body and its needs. Haredi education devotes a lot of energy to restraining the masculine identity, and to declare that men's greatest powers come from his wisdom obtained by Torah studies. The Torah student needs to perform the work of God for its own sake, and not with the expectation of any mundane prizes. The material world is rejected by most of the rabbis. The soul is superior, it is actually the divine part. The task of man is to help his soul approach God as closely as possible. In order to attain access to the supernatural world, the individual must restrain and control his body.
After reading Hakak's chapter, I was left with a few unanswered questions: As much as the body is portrayed as a source of evil and suffering, Judaism does not support celibacy. How do young adults overcome the discrepancy between the drives of their lustful bodies, and their actual need to use them in order to construct families? Does it transform their attitude toward their bodies? In addition, Hakak's description reminded me of some Hindu concepts. Hinduism also developed a strong disdain for the human body, the carrier of the divine spark. This chapter might have benefited from a cross cultural comparison.
The fourth chapter brings us into the main topic of the book--the growing number of dropouts in the Haredi educational system and the various tactics Haredi educators use in order to stop this trend. The heart of the problem lies in the ideal of equality. In the early 1950s, when the Haredi community was small and fragile, the yeshiva was constructed as a place for all children to attend. It was intended to limit student access to all types of secular studies in order to confine their education to Torah studies. The daily schedule in a yeshiva is very intensive and it keeps the students' entire day rigidly structured. Although the yeshiva, as an institution, was intended to develop elite Torah sages, since all the children in the community attend, the result is often mediocrity. The situation where only a few will turn into sages, with all the material benefits that come with it, like a good shiduch (fixed marriage) with a girl from a wealthy family, makes competition inevitable. How do Haredi rabbis protect the students, especially the weaker ones, from harsh competition and eventual dropout? Since the rabbis want to keep every boy in the yeshiva, they have developed all kinds of rhetorical responses, arguing that it is better for all students to stay in the yeshiva, even in poverty and mediocrity, because this is their path to spiritual achievement in this and the next world. The biggest question I had after reading this chapter was, do the graduates of this educational system "buy" the rabbis' rationalizations? How long would they agree to accept a system that offers no hope, without rebelling? Are we about to witness a "Jewish Spring" because of this?
The following chapter discusses Haredi historiography. Writing history was never considered overly important in traditional Jewish literature, until the rise of Enlightenment. Afterwards, historiography became one of the tools in the Haredi struggle against modernity. Until recently, Haredi historians described their rabbis almost as angelic, flawless men, who devoted their lives to the worship of God, without blemish. However, from the 1990s on, a new trend has developed. Some of the rabbis' weaknesses are discussed in the literature, at least if they were the errors of youth, before the rabbi was recognized as a sage by the Haredi community. Hakak argues this shift results from the inability of the marginal groups to continue to believe in the perfection of their rabbis; they developed a sense of skepticism toward Haredi rhetoric. According to Hakak, Haredi historiography is simply a manipulation that keeps students inside their yeshivas. It gives the youth role models with whom to identify. The rabbis were human figures who were not perfect in their adolescence, but grew to become great men, just like the young readers of their biographies
The sixth chapter discusses the cracks in the current Haredi system. Student rebellion is discussed, with many examples. The rebellion against the strict code of dress is manifested through the use of brand-name clothes. While restraint and passivity are considered the ideal of the culture, a new body culture is growing in which martial arts are becoming trendy. Outsiders, like immigrants from America and hozsrim bitshuva (newly observant students), bring new approaches to the body, and participation in sports has penetrated the yeshiva. Young yeshiva students are beginning to understand that the body itself has needs, which are not identical with the spiritual. The yearly vacation period is the time where the students have the ability to celebrate their freedom by using their body for non-Haredi study. Many go on dangerous trips in order to change their atmosphere. In this chapter, Hakak gave us small examples of this rebellion, which threaten to break the structure of the yeshiva system.
The last chapter of his book discusses new discourse among Haredi educators who are more welcoming of doubt, reflections, and psychology. He shows how the new educators promote student expression of their frustrations and challenges. They use psychological tools to advise their students, and they even promote more democratic relationships between parents and children, as well as between teachers and students. However, one should not think that this is an innocent attempt to offer assistance to the young men that are pressured by this highly demanding society; on the contrary, according to Hakak, this is yet another tool used by rabbis to figure out where defection is being considered, and to manipulate students, in order to keep them from dropping out.
Hakak's book is a great scholarly achievement. It outlines the various methods that the Haredi education system uses to keep their society as is, while introducing only minor changes, which are mostly just rhetorical. Will this be enough for those who want to see the community preserve itself? Can the Haredi society maintain itself in the face of the economical and educational crisis in Israel? I wish Hakak could have answered these questions. Still, this book offers readers a chance to observe this community from within. It is a great achievement in the study of religious enclaves.
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Motti Inbari. Review of Hakak, Yohai, Young Men in Israeli Haredi Yeshiva Education: The Scholars Enclave in Unrest.
H-Judaic, H-Net Reviews.
June, 2013.
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As is tradition, I post some of my best shots from each show that I covered this season of fashion week before writing full, in depth posts later. This time, I decided to do one big post with the best images!
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As is tradition, I post some of my best shots from each show that I covered this season of fashion week before writing full, in depth posts later. This time, I decided to do one big post with the best images!
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Years ago, I photographed one of Carolina Herrera's Bridal Fashion Week shows for BRIDES Magazine. And it was one of the most elegant shows I've ever attended. The Spring 2018 show was no different.
Held in the Met Museum (the first time a fashion show has been allowed to take place inside!), the show was gorgeous and magical in a way I haven't experienced since the final show by the late and great Oscar de la Renta.
Backstage, Morgan Taylor Lead Artist Gina Edwards designed the nail art look, which consisted of an elegant "cloud-like white" nail, created using "Heaven Sent" nail lacquer.
Makeup wise, MAC Cosmetics provided the beauty look, which focused on fresh smooth skin, and a kohl-rimmed eye.
Finishing things off, beauty wise, TRESemmé NYFW Stylist Odile Gilbert presented a "sleek is chic" smooth, straight hair look.
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Start by washing hair with TRESemmé Keratin Smooth Shampoo and Conditioner. Generously spray TRESemmé Keratin Smooth Heat Protect Spray to damp hair, and apply TRESemmé TRES Two Extra Hold Mousse to the roots (before blow drying!). Create a clean center part and blow-dry, use a curling iron to soften the ends and create subtle curve. Take the section of hair (before the ear) on each side and secure underneath the remaining hair with an elastic band at the nape of the neck. To finish, secure the look with TRESemmé TRES Two Freeze Hold Hair Spray for a neat and even consistency.
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The collection was just as beautiful and elegant as one would expect from Carolina Herrera. Featuring bold, vibrant colors, embroidered gowns, and flirty tulle accents. I would wear almost every one of the stunning dresses presented.
See the full photo set here.
All Photos and Content ®2017-2018 Rachel Scroggins/The Greyest Ghost.
Libertine's NYFW shows are another reminder that yes, there are still SOME designers left showing in New york who take chances, and have fun with their collections and shows.
Backstage, lead nail artist Heather Reynosa and the CND Design Lab created another standout, funky look that incorporated aspects of the eclectic "punk couture" collection. The nails were truly "wearable art".
Crystals, fringe, skulls, safety pins, bird heads, dollar signs, venus fly traps, vials of "blood", and even miniature "pills" decorated the nails, which had been handcrafted over a 3 month period before the show.
Tousled hair, tucked into model's coats and jackets was compliments of EVO. With Too Cool for School makeup artist Katie Jane Hughes finishing the beauty look with a glittery, smokey eye. Products used included Glam Rock Urban Shadow in #10 Metal Chic.
It's easy to see why the fun, incredibly embellished collection ended up being one of my favorites of the season!
See the full photo set here.
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Jeremy Scott's fashion shows are vibrant, colorful affairs in the sea of NYFW "sameness". Along with the always funky and fun clothing, it's the perfect environment to catch some of the most innovative and creative beauty brands in the business at work.
Backstage, the ever trendsetting CND showcased bright neon nails, with glitter dipped fingertips. Created by CND Creative Ambassador Miss Pop, the look perfectly complimented the intergalactic space odyssey themed collection by Scott.
After dusting the fingers with silver glitter, the CND team applied nails painted with 2 alternating shades of CND Shellac. Hot Pop Pink, and a neon orange from the upcoming Spring 2018 collection. The oval shaped nails also alternated both gloss, and matte topcoats. Shellac Matte Top Coat created the matte look.
Frequent Jeremy Scott collaborator and MAC Key Makeup Artist Kabuki created a more subtle look than usual for this season's runway show.
Studio Waterweight Foundation, and Studio Correct and Conceal palette were used to lightly correct and create "newborn baby skin". For the eyes, lashes were curled, and eyebrows were brushed upward. But no mascara was used. A sheer lip color was then applied in matching tones to mimic each model's natural lip shade. To finish the look, crystals were dotted under models' eyes to incorporate the "bling" of the collection.
To complete the behind the scenes looks, Wella Professionals Global Creative Director and ghd Ambassador, Eugene Souleiman created "sassy" party girl hair styles, unique to each model.
Souleimain said: ""I wanted to create something wearable that is unique to each models individual character. In the past we have created strong, conceptual looks that embrace the mood of the clothes and the statement Jeremy is making. This season the statement is, there is no statement. The hair is relaxed and beautiful. I want every girl to look in the mirror and like the way they look, then leave the show wearing the look."
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4. To finish the look spray Wella Professionals EIMI Stay Firm for a strong, controlled finish — VIA WELLA.
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A group looking into ideas and concepts for what Northeast Ohio will look like in 2040 is set to present its survey findings at a public workshop in Willowick.
The initiative, Vibrant NEO 2040, was launched by the Northeast Ohio Sustainable Communities Consortium, which has been compiling research for the past two years to evaluate where the region is now and where it is heading.
At the most recent city council meetings for Willowick and Wickliffe, residents and council members have been invited to participate in a July 31 workshop at Willowick's community center from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.
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Those interested can still respond to the survey, he said. Visit www.vibrantneo.org/imagine. For more information about the research and its sponsors, visit www.vibrantneo.org.
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"What they're trying to do is come up with a master plan for Northeast Ohio," he said. "Many communities have their own master plan. They're looking at the whole northeast quadrant of the state. They're trying to see what Northeast Ohio will look like in 2040."
Counties involved in the Vibrant NEO 2040 include Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit, Trumbull and Wayne.
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Great Welsh Courses; Tenby Golf Club
The Railway, James Braid and Dai Rees
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Tenby is a town with a lot of history, its earliest known settlements from the Celtic Iron Age. As far back as the ninth century Tenby was the subject of one of the earliest surviving Welsh language poems. Edmyg Dinbych (Praise of Tenby), preserved in Llyfr Taliesin (The Book of Taliesin), tells of laughter and mead-drinking in the fortress overlooking the sea.*
Tenby Harbour
Settled by Norse Vikings as a fishing village, Tenby was developed by the Normans from the late 11th century. Its architecture reflects the steady progression of history, with some of the finest buildings remaining intact. St. Mary's, for example, the largest parish church in Wales. It is thought that this has been the site of a church since Norman times and the tower of the current church is over seven hundred years old. The 15th century Tudor Merchant's House on Quay Hill is the oldest furnished building in Tenby and still decorated with authentic Tudor fittings. However, the most striking features of the town are the walls, built following the destruction of the town by Llewelyn ap Gruffudd in 1260, that surround part of the streets and alleyways. The narrow streets in some parts of the town give it an air of cosiness and warmth, at least for a great deal of the year. In the height of summer this protection from invading armies can become quite claustrophobic as the visitors push and jostle their way along the narrow, medieval streets.
Tudor Merchant's House on Quay Hillimage © Robert Edwards
In stark contrast is the golf course, situated close to the town, where the layout of fairway, rough and gorse give it the traditional links feel of being at one with nature. It embodies the word 'links', which literally means the linking of the land with the sea.
The town of Tenby is known in Welsh as Dinbych y Pysgod. This translates as 'little fort of fishes', which would have perfectly summed up the town and the surrounding walls for much of its long history, where fishing has always been a vital part of the town's economy.
The steady pace of the town's history came to an abrupt turn with the arrival of the double-edged sword of the railways. The town was seen as a health resort and William Paxton, politician and merchant banker invested heavily in the town. The Napoleonic wars had prevented affluent Georgians travelling to continental Europe and the area soon became increasingly popular. This trickle of elite tourists in the first half of the 19th century became a flood of popular visitors as the railway arrived at Tenby in 1863.
To accommodate the influx of visitors and their increasing desire for sport and entertainment, the business people of the town created the golf club. The club was also a focal point for local business owners to relax, play and meet. Although the club was officially founded in 1888 there is evidence that even thirteen years earlier the game was played along the coast. In a report in the 'Laws of Markets and Fairs' it is revealed that that court proceedings were delayed as the Mayor of Tenby adjourning a case to play.
Tenby is the oldest golf club in Wales. It was established on September 31st 1888 after a meeting in the Town Hall. At the meeting six local residents decided to officially form a club. The first membership fees were 10/6d per year or 5/- per month (equivalent to £280 / year or £130 / month today).
Tenby Golf Club was the first affiliated club in Wales and a founder member of the Welsh Golfing Union in 1895 with Porthcawl (founded 1892), Swansea Bay (1894), Glamorganshire (1890), Caernarvonshire (1890), Borth – Ynylas (1885), Aberdovey (1892), Rhyl (1890) and Merionethshire.
Tenby Golf Club, with Tenby town in the distance
The golf course is as perfect as you can make a golf course. The gently undulating but rugged land running along the coast is perfect for seaside golf. The rough and gorse have been used to its maximum effect. If you hit a good shot, you'll get a good result. It's a course for thinkers not sloggers. It's not a long course and each hole is different from each other, and different from the previous day. The wind has a huge effect on the course as it should with a links course. The views across Carmarthen Bay and the monastic Caldey Island are spectacular. The course uses the features of the area in a fascinating contest that echoes the original golfing layouts of Scotland. It especially echoes the course at Prestwick, the setting for the first Open Competition. It can be tough, but always fair. Although there are some blind shots they add to the flavour of an 'old-fashioned' course compared to the relative homogeneity of today's courses where WYSIWYG. At Tenby there is still that element of surprise and luck that modern golf architects seem to be determined to take out of the game.
This is no accident. The main designer of the course, and the man responsible for the feel of the course is James Braid. Braid a golf professional and course designer from Fife, Scotland won five Open championships at the turn of the 20thcentury. However, it was as a course designer that he felt his great passion and designed over two hundred golf courses in Britain including Championship courses at Carnoustie, Troon, and Prestwick. He worked on twenty courses in Wales. He was prolific and worked the same way. He kept the greens committee happy by charging a low fee and communicating his ideas quickly and effectively.
James Braid was brought to the club early in its existence. In July 1902 he was paid £6 to inspect the course and suggest improvements. Five years later he returned with suggestions and the course was expanded to eighteen holes. This new course was opened at Easter 1907 and has largely remained the same ever since.
The course has had a number of famous supporters; Lloyd George, the only Welsh Prime Minister and keen golfer was a frequent visitor and had a holiday home close to the course.
Dai Rees, the Welsh Ryder Cup captain that took the Ryder Cup from USA in the middle of a period where British golf was dominated by America was also a keen player.
An unusual feature of the course is that each hole is named (see scorecard, right). Dai Rees is commemorated with the par three third. Other holes include; 'Monks Way', 'View O'Caldey', 'Swn Y Môr', 'The Railway' and of course, 'James Braid'.
The American writer and golfer Robert Kroeger toured the links courses of Wales and summed up perfectly many golfers' thoughts on Tenby golf course;
"Tenby was my favourite course in Wales. The blind shots didn't seem overwhelming and the drama of high dunes and deep hollows more than compensated for this lack of visibility. The greens, true, fast, and always undulating, were the best we'd seen in Wales." – Robert Kroeger.
Byron Kallies, September 2016
* Edymig Dinbych begins (following a short appeal to God):
Addfwyn gaer y sydd, ar glawr gweilgiBid lawen ynghalan eirian y riAc amser pan wna mor mawr wrhydri, Ys gnawd gorun Beirdd uch medd lestri.
There is a fine fortress overlooking the oceanMay joy come to its splendid festivalsAnd even at times of a raging turbulent sea,the noise from the Bards and their vessels of mead is louder.
More on Llyfr Taliesin here (xxi Mic Taliesin):www.scribd.com/doc/25348776/BookofTaliesin
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Liverpool ECHO Sports Editor John Thompson has had his say ahead of Raheem Sterling stepping out in front of Liverpool fans at the club's end of season awards tonight.
Fans will attend the awards for the first time and Sterling, along with all the members of the squad, will be present at the ECHO Arena and could face criticism from Liverpool fans angry with the player for asking to leave the club.
John says: "Liverpool fans will be present at the club's annual awards tonight at the ECHO Arena. Liverpool fans are more than disgruntled with Raheem Sterling, they are very angry with the player. He's a young lad who has not been playing very well recently but is effectively, with his agent, trying to hold the club to ransom.
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The video below is from a BBC show called "QI" (for "Quite Interesting") in which Graham Norton decapitates Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe while host Stephen Fry watches. The video is less than two minutes long, but it drags on because Norton mistakenly believes that he's entertaining.
Anyway, I'm sure this is all very real, and not at all a poorly executed magic trick with a fake guillotine. I'm just surprised that we haven't heard about Norton murdering Radcliffe from any major news sources. Seems like front-page stuff to me.
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AMHERST – The Mercantile is not technically in the Carriage Shops but a neighbor, rubbing elbows with the shops that are part of the strip and that are slowly moving out.
Now the store that has been a fixture at this location is moving too – to the space formerly occupied by Food For Thought Books at 108 N. Pleasant St. That store closed earlier this summer after nearly 38 years.
The Mercantile is moving Aug. 25 and Dan Neville couldn't be happier about it. He and his wife Elizabeth Neville own the shop that sells everything from wind chimes and incense to tie-dye and tarot cards, jewelry, Ouija boards and disguises, both here and in Northampton.
They bought it about two and a half years ago from Adrian Wilkins who opened it in 1973 and Neville said there is still stuff upstairs that Wilkins held on to.
The Carriage Shops are likely to be sold to Archipelago Investments and the shops razed for a new mixed-use building of retail and residential. According to a purchase offer from Archipelago to members of the condominium trust, the company is offering $4.6 million for the purchase.
Remaining businesses that lease space are operating month to month waiting for word that the shops have been sold.
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The Mercantile could have remained, but Neville was concerned about customers not being able to wind their way around the construction site to find him in the back.
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In a posting on an internet forum, i had testified that "i had REALized a wonder-filled three day experience as i was "Born Again" of The Holy, Set Apart, SPIRIT that IS Our FATHER(CREATOR) and GOD(SPIRIT)"! (John 3:3,7, I Peter 1:23)
And someone asked, "please tell me what happened".
And someone asked, "please tell me what happened".
And i responded: That which i experienced began in the early afternoon hours on Friday, December 13th 1985.
And the experience could be simply defined as the time when, liken unto The Messiah and His brethren(naturally male or 'fe'male), i began to Truly REALize that "i can do nothing of my own self"! (John 5:19,30, 8:28:29, Luke 12:26) http://asimpleandspirituallife.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-messiah-testified-i-can-do-nothing.html
And until that moment in time when i receive that final breath(Spirit, air), while abiding in this naturally body while yet on earth, hopefully i will continue to REALize evermore how "poor and in need" of Our FATHER and GOD i Truly am; "crying unto HIM day and night"....... (I Corinthians 15:44, Psalms 70:5; 72:13, Luke 18:7)
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Simply, "you that are unable to do the least(for the breath {Spirit, air} which is needful to sustain our natural life needs be received), why do you take thought for the rest"? (Luke 12:26)
A Testimony(yet words seem so lacking) concerning that three day wonder-filled "Born Again" experience follows:
Such began with a visit from two members of a mennonite group whose "bible tracts" i had read. And then i had contacted them requesting more tracts, for it seemed i had finally been led to the biblically sound "church" that i had been "in search of" at that time.
A Testimony(yet words seem so lacking) concerning that three day wonder-filled "Born Again" experience follows:
Such began with a visit from two members of a mennonite group whose "bible tracts" i had read. And then i had contacted them requesting more tracts, for it seemed i had finally been led to the biblically sound "church" that i had been "in search of" at that time.
So a visit was arranged with two of their "members" on that Friday afternoon in December of '85, and i was very much impressed with their modesty, sincerity and their answers to the questions that i had asked.
And the end result of that time together was that i most certainly wanted to visit with them once again at their home base in Louisiana(u.s.a.). Our meeting had taken place in Colorado for at that time they were in Colorado on a mission for their "church".
And it evermore seemed as though this was the "biblically" sound "church" that i had been "in search of".
Yet after the meeting, as i considered all things, all of a sudden a REALization startled me and my joy quickly turned to sorrow as i inwardly questioned, "how can i have my portion in their "church" fellowship while i'm still smoking"?
Such had not been spoken of in our meeting but their "bible" tracts made it quite clear that they frowned upon such, and i did also! Yet i was addicted and could not quit, although i had tried to quit numerous times!
Now, needs be i take you back in time a bit to share another experience linked directly to this one, although the following experience was not manifest to me at the moment in time i just bore witness of.
Back in October of '85 i and another person set out to pray and fast for we both desired to be delivered from smoking.
Back in October of '85 i and another person set out to pray and fast for we both desired to be delivered from smoking.
Now the other person weakened, gave up and ate a meal less than 24 hours after our fast began.
As for me, i lasted a bit longer yet i gave in and smoked a cigarette and my fast ended a short time later.
And as i went outside on a bright sunshiny day and sat on a stair-step there was great sorrow and a hopelessness within my being. It seemed i would never be free from smoking! For i had tried to quit, what seemed to be, hundreds of times.......
Yet then!
Midst my agonizing i heard a Voice that clearly spoke, "You're not going to give it up, I'm going to take it away"!
And immediately i raised up my bowed head and sat straight up as Joy flooded my soul, because in that instant i believed! Yet then i heard another voice, not as strong though, speak words liken unto "you're never going to quit"!
And inwardly i shouted, "No! No! i'm going to be delivered!"
And at that moment in time i QUIT trying to quit smoking, believing that one day i would be delivered! (Luke 12:26, John 5:19,30; 8:28-29)
Yet two months later, and after that visit with the mennonites, that REALization was hidden from me, and so it was i was extremely sorrowful because i was still smoking.
And after it came to mind that the mennonites frowned on smoking, later that afternoon i began to feel physically ill, and as night came the illness had increased! And when i awoke from a fitful nights sleep, the next morning i felt even worse.......
And Saturday throughout the day i became evermore weak and sickly. And finally that evening i remember writing in a diary that my whole body was hurting. "Even my beard"!
And, oh how i was crying to GOD for help! Just like a little child. And smoking wasn't even a remote thought during that time.
Now i REALize that it was by The Grace of Our FATHER and GOD that i made it through that day and the night that followed, and when Sunday morning came i was hurting all the more!
And i was bed ridden, unable to rise up(it was as if i were dead), and it was then i began visually seeing what was liken unto a newsreel playing before my eyes. My sins in years past were being displayed, and as each sin was revealed, i cried "forgive me!" And finally at the end of the "revelations", i somehow managed(By The Grace of GOD) to kind of slide out of my bed of affliction to a kneeling position on the floor. Such was my intent for Thankfulness had now flooded my soul for being forgiven of those sins in the past, and i began to give Praise and Glory unto Our FATHER and GOD, after which i was enabled once again to rise up and walk, although my knees were a bit wobbly.
For i wasn't healed totally in that instant, but slowly my body began to recover and the weakness and sickness subsided evermore during that day, and finally that evening it came to me that i needed to shower. And after the shower as i considered the events of the past two days, i heard a Voice which was liken unto the Voice i had heard on the stair-steps two months before, only it seemed louder!
Yet this time The Word was, "Throw the cigarettes in the garbage"!
And as i took up the cigarette making's(tobacco and papers) and lighter and headed to a garbage can i had a thought, "maybe i should give this cigarette stuff to Joey". And The Voice simply spoke once again, "In the garbage"!
And then another thought came to me as i looked at the lighter in my other hand, "maybe Joey could use this". And once again The Voice spoke, yet a bit more forcefully, "IN THE GARBAGE"!
Now when i finally quit thinking and had thrown all in the garbage?
i had never before had an experience to rival the next six, or so, hours! i don't know the exact amount of time for i did not keep track of time, and it seemed as though the experience was not in "time". But i do know that i saw the time just prior to going to bed and although i am not 100% certain, i believe that time was 2:30 a.m. And i do remember waking up at my usual time(5:30 a.m.) feeling as though i had slept for a week!
Now i can not specifically state what time it was when that final portion of my "Born Again" experience began, yet again six, or so, hours would approximate how long the experience lasted, in time.
For it seemed as if i was in and of The Spirit in The Heavenly Realm, with these hands raised for the whole time! Yes! until approx 2:30 a.m. i could not, not did i desire to do naught but give Praise and Glory unto Our FATHER and GOD!
For six, or so, hours with hands connected to The Heavens above, and with an audible voice, i gave Our FATHER and GOD ALL The GLORY AND PRAISE!
Thank YOU FATHER, Glory to GOD, HalleluYAH!, Thank You! Glory, Glory, Thank YOU! ALL Thanks and Praise Be Unto YOU Father!
A Transformed, Renewed and Thank Filled heart indeed and TRUTH!
And a question i had for quite some time concerning a particular scripture was answered during that time of Praise and Thanksgiving!
(Revelations 4:7-8) "The first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him, and they were full of eyes within. And they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, Holy, Holy, LORD GOD Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come! (Revelations 4:7-8)
Prior to that moment in time i had often questioned, "Why would GOD create such creatures"?
Yet in that moment in time i cried inwardly and vocally;
"Make me like one of those creatures, FATHER"!
"Make me like one of those creatures, FATHER"!
And when i awoke in the morning after that rest-filled 3 hours, or so, of sleep, and for the first time REALized that i didn't have a desire for a cigarette!?!
Well i would not tell another soul of the experience i had received for a few days, because it was even hard for me to believe what had happened at that time!
Well i would not tell another soul of the experience i had received for a few days, because it was even hard for me to believe what had happened at that time!
Yet Thankfully such was the beginning of the REALization that Deliverance IS, and "ALL things are possible" indeed and TRUTH! And i yet REALize deliverance, from desiring "my will, my wants, my way", as i evermore experience being delivered from the "I(ego, id, self, pride)" way that leads an unwary soul along that "broad way to destruction"! (Matthew 7:13)
TRUTH IS! As The Messiah testified, so also His brethren(naturally male or 'fe'male) evermore REALize "i can do nothing of my own self", and so it needs be we evermore seek and desire that which The Messiah sought and desired above all else; (John 5:19,30; 8:28-29; 7:16; 12:49-50; 14:10,23-24; 17:8,14)
"FATHER, not my will, But THY Will Be Done"! (Luke 22:42)http://asimpleandspirituallife.blogspot.com/2015/07/father-not-my-will-but-thy-will-be-done.html
Yes! The Will of Our FATHER and GOD most certainly needs be sought and desired more than this natural, temporal life!
For such IS "The Narrow Way" that IS "The Way, The TRUTH, and The Life"....... (Matthew 7:14, John 14:6)
For such IS "The Narrow Way" that IS "The Way, The TRUTH, and The Life"....... (Matthew 7:14, John 14:6)
And Thankfully TRUTH IS! "Our FATHER", HE knows what IS best for HIS children!
And that deliverance from smoking i experienced was most certainly needful for me, so that i not only would be delivered from bondage, but that i might also experience another "form" of religion's way with the mennonites. And had i not been delivered from the "strong delusion" that is the mennonite way? (II Thessalonians 2:10-13) http://asimpleandspirituallife.blogspot.com/2008/10/pure-and-undefiled-religion.html
Well unquestionably, and once again! "Our FATHER", HE knows what is best for HIS children!
And HE has HIS Way with HIS children, in spite of us.......
And HE has HIS Way with HIS children, in spite of us.......
And Thankfully! Since i was "Born Again" of HIS Holy, Set Apart, SPIRIT, i believe HE has prevented me from being bound in the the chains of "strong delusion" that are the traditions, doctrines and theo'ry'logy that ARE religion's way in this day and age! For i have REALized that HIS Faithful children ARE Family, The Family of Our FATHER and GOD, "of WHOM the whole Family in Heaven and ON EARTH is named! (John 3:3,7, I Peter 1:23, Ephesians 3:15)http://asimpleandspirituallife.blogspot.com/2014/07/thankfully-faith-wins-victory-i-john-54.html
"A Household of Faith" indeed and TRUTH....... (Ephesians 2:19, Galatians 6:10)
"A Household of Faith" indeed and TRUTH....... (Ephesians 2:19, Galatians 6:10)
And New Jerusalem which IS above IS Free and IS !NOW! "The Mother" of us all(Spiritually "Born Again" son's{naturally male or 'fe'male} of Our FATHER and GOD)"! (Galatians 4:26)
Thankfully "The Mother" of the "Born Again" brethren(naturally male or 'fe'male) of The Messiah is no longer "mother earth", earthly and of the flesh....... For "NEW Jerusalem" which IS Heavenly IS SPIRIT and of The TRUTH!
So it is the brethren of The Messiah choose to remain but "aliens and pilgrims while on the earth", for soon and very soon we will be taken Home, Home at last! (Hebrews 11:13, I Peter 2:11, Philippians 3:20, John 14:2-3) http://asimpleandspirituallife.blogspot.com/2015/06/are-you-alien-and-pilgrim-while-on-earth.html
So it is the brethren of The Messiah choose to remain but "aliens and pilgrims while on the earth", for soon and very soon we will be taken Home, Home at last! (Hebrews 11:13, I Peter 2:11, Philippians 3:20, John 14:2-3) http://asimpleandspirituallife.blogspot.com/2015/06/are-you-alien-and-pilgrim-while-on-earth.html
And once again, for TRUTH always bears repeating: "Thankfully i REALize evermore, that which The Messiah bore witness of when He testified, "i can do nothing of my own self"! (John 5:19,30; 8:28-29; 7:16; 12:49-50; 14:10,23-24; 17:8,14) http://asimpleandspirituallife.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-messiah-testified-i-can-do-nothing.html
For a "Born Again" child of Our FATHER and GOD evermore REALizes how "poor and in need" of HIM we Truly are, as we evermore receive of The Spirit(breath, air) that genders Life !NOW! and !.......FOREVER.......! (Psalms 70:5; 72:13, Luke 18:7)
And every breath(Spirit, air) received is indicative of The Miracle that IS Life for those souls who have "received a love of The TRUTH so that they might be saved", and then were "Born Again" of The Holy, Set Apart, SPIRIT! (II Thessalonians 2:10-13, John 3:3,7, I Peter 1:23)http://asimpleandspirituallife.blogspot.com/2015/02/a-testimony-of-receiving-love-of-truth.html
And Thankfully Hope IS Alive! For Miracles do happen......
And Thankfully Hope IS Alive! For Miracles do happen......
And simply, "you that are unable to do the least(Breathing as well as breath{Spirit, air} are gifts that needs be received), why do you take thought for the rest"? (Luke 12:26, 18:7)
So it is the "Born Again" "son's(naturally male or 'fe'male) of Our FATHER and GOD" evermore sound and resound a Declaration of Dependence:
FATHER Help!
HE DID! and HE does.......http://asimpleandspirituallife.blogspot.com/2014/09/father-help-and-he-does.html
So Thankfully, "The Peace that surpasses ALL understanding" IS! in spite of the dis-ease(no-peace) that is of this evil world and/or religion's way(except it be The Active Faith as revealed in James 1:27) in this day and age!
(Philippians 4:7, John 14:27; 7:7, I John 2:15-17;5:19, James 1:27; 4:4)
(Philippians 4:7, John 14:27; 7:7, I John 2:15-17;5:19, James 1:27; 4:4)
ALL Thanks and Praise Be Unto Our FATHER(TRUTH, SPIRIT, CREATOR, GOD, LORD, MASTER, LIGHT, LOVE, LIFE,,,, ALL IN ALL that which IS Truly GOOD)! (John 20:17; 14:28, Mark 10:18)
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FTC releases FAQs on Red Flags Rules
The rules, developed in accordance with the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (FACTA), require financial institutions and creditors to develop written programs to identify, detect, and respond to indications of identity theft. The Federal Trade Commission is expected to begin enforcement on Aug. 1.
The FAQ document released Thursday discusses which entities and accounts are subject to the rule, provides tips for compliance and addresses requirements applicable to card issuers.
It also seeks to clear up some of the biggest misconceptions associated with the rules. A major one is that the rules impose hardships on entities that are at a low risk for identity theft, Betsy Broder, assistant director in the Federal Trade Commission's division of privacy and identity protection, told SCMagazineUS.com Friday.
But the regulations were crafted so the burden on the entity is equal to the risk they have, Broder said. Organizations with a low risk of identity theft, such as those who know their customers personally, can implement a streamlined ID theft prevention program. The FTC previously issued a template aimed at helping low-risk entities craft their programs.
"We have heard a lot of questions from low-risk entities, where the burden should be quite minimal," Broder said. "And higher-risk entities, where the risk is more common and their effort should be more substantial, are saying this is a wonderful exercise for them."
In fact, many businesses have been forced to conduct a risk assessment, looking at each element of fraud risk in their business, she said.
"When companies can address fraud risk, they help protect their bottom line," Broder said.
Another common misconception is thinking that being compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act or other regulations that govern data security means being compliant with the rules, Broder said. But the Red Flags Rules don't focus on the protection of data; instead they address the prevention of its misuse.
The new Red Flags Rules FAQ document is the work of six different agencies – the FTC, National Credit Union Administration, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Office of Thrift Supervision.
The FTC previously created a website aimed at helping entities comply with the rules.
Last month, the agency extended the Red Flags Rules compliance deadline for the second time. When the FTC does enforce the rules, it will issue civil penalties on a case-by-case basis, Broder said.
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Ansel Adams: A photograph of Yosemite National Park taken by Ansel Adams fetched $722,000 at New York City auction.
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Ansel Adams's mural-size photograph of Yosemite National Park has sold for more than $722,000 at auction in New York City.
Sotheby's says Monday's sale of the photograph set an auction record for Ansel Adams.
"Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park" had been estimated to sell at a top price of $500,000 before bidding started. The auction house didn't release the name of the buyer.
Other notable sales included photographs by Chuck Close, Andy Warhol and Lucas Samaras.
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Just because I'm best known as a beer writer doesn't mean that's all I have to offer. With my expansive literary pedigree, I'm capable of delivering witty and biting commentary on virtually any fluid. That's why I was the logical understudy to cover Ballast Point's new speakeasy in Scripps Ranch (10051 Old Grove Road) when Cocktail Tales columnist Kelly Davis discovered that the brake lines on her car had somehow all spontaneously severed.
With the passing of Assembly Bill 933, California distillers are now allowed to serve tastes of their wares. That legislative hurdle, while just an extension of the same courtesy extended to beer, realizes a dream more than seven years in the making for Ballast Point. Craft spirits can now be explored with (nearly) the same accessibility as their brews, giving them a new foothold in San Diego and us a new way to get a smidge drunker. Win-win.
It should be mentioned that brewing skills don't immediately translate into distilling prowess. While the magic of fermentation is common to both, the techniques and ingredients available to distilled spirits is comparatively limiting. That said, Ballast Point co-founder Yuseff Cherney is able to put his stamp on distilled spirits in part by leveraging his brewing past. For example, his recipe for Devil's Share bourbon whiskey not only uses the same house yeast as many of Ballast Point's beers; it also favors barley in a large percentage of the mash (where corn would typically reside) to elicit different flavors.
"We're not confined by tradition. We're stepping out and doing different stuff that the big guys haven't or don't want to," he shares.
Referring to the spirits tasting room as a "speakeasy" isn't entirely a gimmick. While Ballast Point was able to situate it in its existing Old Grove Road facility, it was legally required to sequester it from the beer-tasting area (likely in an effort to keep tensions from flaring up between rival gangs of drink snobs). However, the demand to keep them distinct really only heightens the allure, making the snug, apothecary-style room feel worlds apart from the casual revelry of beer enjoyment just around the corner. The jars and beakers lining the walls remind you that this is no soda shop; it's home to potent concoctions that demand your full attention.
Visits to the speakeasy are coordinated as public tours every couple of hours at a cost of $10. That fee includes a walk-through of the distilling facilities and six quarter-ounce samples of various spirits. You can drink less if you so choose, but the law mandates you will not have more. The sampling menu is fixed but will vary throughout the year to highlight different products from the continually growing stable of award-winning spirits.
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During June, I attended some jazz concerts and one of the venues had a poppy display on the front steps.
|Poppies welcome visitors to the Elder Conservatorium.
|A closer view of the leaflet
which includes a program of events
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"In Flanders Fields".
You can follow the 'Poppy Trail' from 2 June to 30 August 2016. The trail is an event comprising a series of exhibitions, lectures, film screenings and concerts to commemorate the contributions of Australian, Belgian, French and allied forces in World War 1.
More background information and a program of events can be found in the links below or in the leaflets which are attached to the poppies along the trail.
Elder Conservatorium, The University of Adelaide, South Australia: https://music.adelaide.edu.au/
"Flanders Fields Poppy Trail"
Website (Wordpress): https://flandersfieldspoppytrail.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/flandersfieldspoppytrail/
A series of cultural events and exhibitions to commemorate Australians, French and Belgian allies during Worl War 1.
"Flanders Fields Poppy Trail", Government of South Australia, 15 April 2016: http://anzaccentenary.sa.gov.au/2016/04/on-flanders-fields-poppy-trail-project/
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As the Rio Olympics approached this summer, I started getting a ton of PR emails pitching ways to incorporate beauty products into Olympics-themed stories. Gold, silver, and bronze eyeshadows! Red, white, and blue nail polishes! Brazilian butt lift surgery! (Not kidding.)
But as much as Olympic athletes get endorsements deals, I heard about only one athlete-linked beauty product: a Formula X nail color collection with Sanya Richards-Ross, the most decorated track-and-field athlete ever (though not the track-and-field athlete most closely associated with amazing manicures — that was the iconic Flo Jo).
By the way, don't get your hopes up about getting your hands on the colors — they sold out faster than Sanya can run 400 meters.
Serena Williams has been linked to OPI in the past, but I'm having a really hard time thinking of other athletes who've gotten beauty and self-care deals. There are plenty of fashion, sneaker, watch and cereal endorsements out there for Olympians, but even though it seems totally obvious to me that athletes would be perfect spokespeople for beauty products, it's a rarity.
Hear me out! Aly Raisman, gymnast and queen of the top knot, would be a perfect match for a brand like Goody or Scünci. Swimmer Missy Franklin? A clear choice for Ultra Swim Chlorine Removal Shampoo. And good ol' Ryan Lochte just revealed a new look that's begging for a Manic Panic Creamtone Perfect Pastel deal.
Listen, I'm just looking out for these folks. Most athletic careers don't pay well — especially when you're a woman — so brand endorsements are a big deal (no pun intended). And who better to be the faces of beauty brands than some of the most hardworking bodies on the planet?
Anyway, that's what's on my mind this weekend. How about you guys?


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I'm also on a drive to sort, tidy and clear out, so this recipe seemed like a natural choice. I've made rocky road before, but this month was all about using up some of the things floating around in my 'cupboard' (as I don't have a kitchen in the renovation house, I don't actually have any cupboards, so everything lives in a bookcase, but let's not get too technical!)
This included: toffee popcorn from movie night a couple of days before (now tasting a little soft), marshmallows and some digestive biscuits which weren't as crunchy as they once had been. The beauty of rocky road is that when you bung all of this together with lots of other calorific stuff, the result is amazing and you can't taste any slight softness etc, making it the ideal way to use these things up without them going to waste.
100g chocolate (milk or dark) to drizzle over the top
200g biscuits
100g butter
Store cupboard lurkers- toffee popcorn, marshmallows etc
1. Put the biscuits in a bag, seal and then bash into crumbs using a rolling pin
2. Melt the butter in a saucepan over low heat and stir in the biscuits. Add the raisins, marshmallows etc and stir until thoroughly mixed
3. Pour into a tin lined with grease proof paper and press down with a potato masher
4. Leave in the fridge for an hour or so and then remove. Melt the chocolate over a simmering pan and pour over the base, return to the fridge to set for a further hour


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The perfect way to start keeping marine reef tanks, this Dennerle Nano Marinus Cube Complete Plus Aquarium makes for a stunning mini-reef in your home. A Complete kit, it has everything you need to get started.
The Dennerle Nano Marinus Cube Complete Plus Aquarium brings the magic of the reef aquarium into your home and includes all of the essential equipment you need to keep a healthy reef aquarium. This 30 litre aquarium measures 30cm in length and is perfectly sized to fit in your home or office.
The Dennerle Nano Marinus Cube Complete Plus Aquarium includes a 24 Watt, 10,000 Kelvin light with a blue actinic light to best display the corals and their environment.
The unique BioCirculator 4in1 is a skimmer, that works with water changes to remove waste materials from your tank. It is an ideal filtration sytem for a reef aquarium and as it's energy efficient and low maintenance you save money and time.
Sand and underlay are also included to provide the best basis for new corals and marine life. Pollutant free, it helps promote a natural pH balnce to create a natural habitat. Sea Salt and treatments are included too, so that you set up your tank to the best possible standard. It can take a while until the tank is ready for some delicate marine creatures and corals, but it's worth the wait for a beautiful reef seascape.
The Nano Cube range cater for the shrimp keeper who wants a fish tank with style. The seamless front corners allow for panoramic views and the open top creates a modern finish.