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Friday, October 3, 2008
Is Grain Good?
When using film I often throw my hat at
any effort to control grain.
Set out on a sunny day with an ISO 100 film,
the Celtic Sky suddenly darkens and photos are
returned moody and full of grain.
Set up a good shot, full of cloud and drama,
having chosen ISO 400, and the sun blazes through
brightening and causing crazed effects.
Buying a second film camera is one solution?
No wonder people in Northern climes are so moody...
Posted by Tales from the Birch Wood. at 2:26 AM
2 comments:
- DaviMack said...
All I'll shoot is 100 or less, these days, with sometimes 60 slide film, if I can get it. The problem is that I end up needing a tripod, but that's OK - I'll use the digital for things that may or may not come out, and just carry a tripod if I want to shoot film. That way there's no grain issues, and I'm not shooting something spectacular with high-iso film.
- October 3, 2008 at 10:56 AM
- Tales from the Birch Wood. said...
Thank you for sharing this very helpful information.
I have started reading my photo magazines again and there is a lot of theoretical and aesthetic material available on grain.
It reminds me, happily, of the
1960's, a great time for photography.
- October 5, 2008 at 11:58 AM
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The crisis confronting newspapers will be examined by media regulator Ofcom, incoming chairman Colette Bowe assured MPs today.
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Only days away from the Norway Parliamentary Election 2017, things are heating up.
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Dave and I waiting for Calvin at his practice.
See, we were VERY bored.
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The man who is counted among the fieriest revolutionaries of the past century says he is rather 'pedantic and conservative' in his habits: "I like and appreciate discipline and system... I must add that I cannot endure disorder or destruction. I was always an accurate and diligent schoolboy, and I have preserved these two qualities all my life... A well-written book in which one can find new ideas, and a good pen with which to communicate one's own ideas to others, for me have always been and are today the most valuable and intimate products of culture".
Leon Trotsky wrote these lines in 1930 when he was approaching 50 and was living at Constantinople after having been kicked out of the Soviet Union by Stalin. The outside world as well as many of the Russians knew him as one of three who led the Bolshevik Revolution. At the time of Lenin's death in the third week of 1924, he was the commander in chief of the Red army in whose organisation he had played the pivotal role. He was widely expected to succeed Lenin. There are reasons to believe that Lenin himself desired Trotsky to take the reins of the revolutionary government he was leaving behind. Stalin, however, outfoxed him. Eventually he was expelled from the Communist party and made to leave Russian in 1929.
Constantinople turned out to be "one of the unforeseen, though not accidental, stops" in Trotsky's life. It was here that he wrote his memoirs that were published in 1930 under the title My Life. The book under review, Meri Zindagi, is the Urdu translation of Trotsky's autobiography. The translation has been made by Javed Shaheen who is chiefly known as a poet. Of late, he has also started writing fiction. Some of his stories have been published in literary journals and his maiden collection of stories is to hit the bookstands shortly. However Javed Shaheen's interest in translation is not new. Many years ago, he rendered Dale Carnegie's popular books into Urdu. So he can be taken as an old hand at translation. The present translation speaks volumes for his expertise in this field.
Meri Zindagi carries a prolegomenon by Lal Khan, the leftist intellectual I greatly admire. He has advocated Trotsky's position against Stalin. He claim that if we had a Bolshevik party armed with Trotsky's theory of permanent revolution, the fate of our country and the region would have been different.
The basic question that a reader may ask is whether the account of events given by Trotsky is reliable. My humble opinion in this regard is that men who make history are usually not good writers of history. They should not be expected to write 'true' or 'objective' history. They remain chained to their obsessions, dreams and nightmares. They are too involved in the events they write about to observe them clearly. Clarity demands detachment. Hence 'objective' history is written by professors who, away from the theatre of history-making events, write books in their study rooms.
Trotsky's version of the main events of his life is, however, largely dependable. The self-written story of his life brings him out as an unassuming man who is not given to boasting. For instance, and it is very important instance, a between-the-lines reading of his My Life makes it clear beyond doubt that he was only half willing to accept the responsibility of leading the revolutionary forces of Russia.
In many of his later books, including the three-volume tome -- The History of the Russian Revolution, Revolution Betrayed and Stalin: An Appraisal of the Man and His Influence -- he has painted Stalin as a Machiavellian tyrant who had turned against him with all his might. His autobiography, however, tells us a different story. According to his own account, he had left Moscow for a far-flung Sukhum when Lenin was lying on death bed. He did not care to keep himself in the capital city at that crucial time. On getting the news of Lenin's death on his way to Sukhum, he did not rush to Moscow but preferred to continue his journey to that God-forsaken small town where he was to spend many "long days lying on the balcony facing the see." So plain common sense can make us understand that he himself provided Stalin with the opportunity to outstrip him.
Anyway, the book is not all about Trotsky's fall. He has given a very interesting narrative of all the mentionable events unfolding in his very adventurous life. Even a thumbnail sketch of his activities does not fail to convince us that he lived an unusual life.
Born to a Ukrainian Jewish family in 1879, Trotsky was educated at the scientific school of Odessa. Before the completion of education, he got himself involved in trade union activities. He was arrested and later exiled to Siberia. However he escaped from there and somehow managed to reach London at the age of 23. It was in London that he came across Lenin and their life-long association began. Later he went to many European cities and tried to organise communist parties and groups there. During the next ten or twelve years he was imprisoned many a time and expelled from many countries. No European country was willing to welcome him during the first world war. So he went to the United States in 1917 and made many efforts to convince American leaders and public to keep their nation away from the war. He returned to Russia the same year.
Trotsky was driven out of Russia in 1925. He finally found refuge in Mexico in 1937 where he was welcomed by the leftist president General Cardenas. He was assassinated there in 1940 by one Jacques Mornard who was reported to be a Spanish communist.
My Life tells the story of this wonderfully unusual life. Read it now in Urdu, if you have not already read it.
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Cover of the Ratification of the Convention, blended with the first page of the lease in English outlining the agreement of extension of territory under lease for 99 years, with the page setting out the alteration of tariffs from the Treaty of Nanking. (Treaty of Nanking 1898 and Convention of Peking 1898)
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The 2017 Disability Rights Day (DRD) was held on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge and attended by over 400 LaCAN members from around the state. Members joined together to visit with legislators and participate in a rally on the Capitol steps to raise awareness of the importance of funding supports and services people with developmental disabilities need to live in their own homes and be productive members of their communities.
Disability Rights Day is supported through the collaborative efforts of the DD Council, LaCAN, and Families Helping Families.
Reprinted from the Louisiana Developmental Disability Council website www.laddc.org.
Disability Rights Day – April 5, 2016
Hundreds of LaCAN members from every region of the state gathered at the Capitol on Tuesday, April 5th to participate in the Council's annual Disability Rights Day. Members formed small teams to visit with their regional legislators sharing this year's message, "We're not an OPTION. We're a PRIORITY," along with fact sheets detailing the importance and necessity of funding for various supports and services that people with disabilities need to live in their own homes and be fully participating members of their communities. Many of these services are in jeopardy of cuts and/or elimination in the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) due to the budget shortfall.
At noon members converged on the Capitol steps for a rally program which was highlighted by the first-ever appearance of a Louisiana Governor. Governor John Bel Edwards spoke to the crowd, committing to work to protect disability services, and encouraging advocates to continue their work in sharing their stories and educating him and members of the legislature.
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I better sign off now and actually spend some time with my family haha!!
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Stores benefited as shoppers purchased dresses, shorts and t-shirts as the weather improved from March. The April gains may help retailers post positive first-quarter profit reports later this month. Increases in gasoline prices, which rose 12 percent in April, could limit spending in May and June. Retailers that cater to teens benefited from later spring breaks, which generate demand for clothing.
Dresses and shorts were the must-have clothing items for spring and thus AnnTaylor(NYSE:ANN) and Bebe Stores Inc. (NASDAQ:BEBE) may benefit from dress sales, and Aeropostale (NYSE:ARO) may gain from sales of shorts. An improving job market may also be lifting spending as employers are adding jobs while the unemployment rate held at 4.7 percent. That is the good news and the bad news is that as the year goes on look for more gloom from analysts about gas prices and X-Mas.
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Whole Foods (WFMI) reported 2nd quarter 2006 EPS of $0.36 above the consensus $0.35. The earnings upside stems from pre-opening expense shifting combined with greater than anticipated interest income. Direct store contribution declined 10 bps comprising 40 bps of gross margin erosion and 30 bps of unanticipated but impressive direct store expense leverage.
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Becoming a successful bettor requires not only a deep understanding of odd but, it is also necessary to understand how the market works and especially how the bookmakers operate.
Bookmakers are in the business of setting odds and determining prices which are offered for certain betting events.
When viewing odds in betting exchanges such as Bwin, William Hill ot Pinnacle you should understand that it is neither the exchange platform or the traders using them who set the odds.
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Why Is IT So?
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Bookmakers have been around for thousands of years in one form or another. Their main goal is of course to make a profit. They price their odds to ensure that sufficient action iss taking place on both sides of a bet.
If a bookmaker's betting odds are not aligned to public opinion then a disproportionately large amount of money will be placed on only one side of a bet. This would be a gamble for the bookmaker. However, bookmakers are not in the business of speculating on an outcome.
The role of bookmakers is, strictly speaking, rather the function of an intermediary, similar to a stockbroker. They take money from various people on various outcomes and after the game is finished they pay out the winners.
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The bookmakers' priority is balancing their books
The closer to the kick-off of a game, the more 'fluid' the odds become, as salient information such as team news becomes public knowledge, and this then has a knock-on effect with bettors' opinions being confirmed or changed on the outcome of the match in question. Thus, the odds tend to change more as the start of the match gets nearer and nearer and more money changes hands. Always remember that bookmakers set odds based on a mixture of statistical probabilities and public opinion. Bookmakers do not speculate, their priority is balancing books.
In an ideal world, bookmakers would like to see the same amount of money on both sides of a bet outcome. However, utopia is virtually unknown in the world of bookmaking and firms are rarely able to equalise their level of risk on both sides. Therefore, you will often see a bookmaker adjusting his odds for an event over time. This fluidity aims to achieve an acceptable money line on both sides of the bet outcome.
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Answered By: Fairfax Library Cataloging Services Last Updated: May 09, 2017 Views: 103
You will have great luck in finding young adult fiction by historical period if you use NoveList, an electronic resource offered by FCPL. You can access the NoveList database through the catalog from the NoveList bibliographic record that has a link to http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/dbsRemote/title/ or from the Library website by following the ReadersLink, then Find Your Next Book, and then selecting NoveList. Once in NoveList, you can specify age group, fiction, type of fiction and, finally, historical period.
If you prefer to consult a print source, America as story : historical fiction for middle and secondary schools by Rosemary K. Coffey, a 1997 title, is available at eight of our branches in the reference collection.
Too, don't hesitate to inquire of the information services staff when visiting your branch.
I trust this reply addresses your question.
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- Another resource is the Historical Novels website at http://www.historicalnovels.info/ .
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Join us for a new kind of dining experience called "Food for Thought," where guests are treated to fine wine and cuisine paired with scintillating presentations about the Classics and how they enrich modern lives.
Classic Events
These events feature excellent food accompanied by in-depth talks with top authors, scholars and insiders providing nourishment for your body and mind. Join other interested guests for dining and discourse on topics in language, literature, history, music, art and fashion. Participants are encouraged to engage in a lively exchange of ideas about the speaker's topic. Each event takes place at a distinguished restaurant or comfortable home in New York City in an intimate atmosphere with sophisticated cuisine and spectacular wines.
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Controversial Leaders of Antiquity
In this first of a four-talk series: Caesar, Cicero, Antony and Augustus, Controversial Leaders of Antiquity, Daniel Paul presented a talk on Julius Caesar, highlighted with relevant clips from Game of Thrones. A lively discussion followed with a fun and informative look at governance, military campaigns and the general popularity of rulers of powerful entities.
Was Alexander the Great Really Great?
Daniel Paul enthralled the crowd with his favorite topic: does Alexander the Great deserve to be viewed as great or not. The presentation, based on Daniel's very popular series of talks on Alexander delivered annually at the National Classical Summer School, was spiced with relevant clips from Star Wars, and prompted a lively interchange. This was a fun and informative look at Alexander's military campaigns and how he ruled his vast empire.
The Talking Dead: A Sunday Salon with Ann Patty
Among new and old friends of all ages, guests engaged in a scintillating discussion with Ann Patty about her recent book, Living with a Dead Language. Ann is a celebrated memoirist and editor of books ranging from Flowers in the Attic to Life of Pi. She shared her inspiring account of how she found renewed purpose later in life by learning something new and exceptionally challenging. While she specifically addressed her exploration of the richness and relevance of the Latin language and literature, she also engaged listeners in a more general discussion about language, learning and life.
Ann'a book has received great acclaim. See the rave reviews from the New Yorker, the New York Public Library blog and a particularly relevant article from the Washington Post entitiled "Finding Meaning Late in Life Without Eat, Pray, Love", among others, on her website: http://www.annpatty.com/author/
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Odyssey Folk Opera
Joe Goodkin's performed his Odyssey, a 30 minute original musical composition for solo acoustic guitar and voice.
Drawing on his years of writing and recording original rock music and his Bachelor's Degree in Classics/Ancient Greek from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Joe's performance represented in a contemporary musical mode both the abridged plot and the performance circumstances of Homer's original oral composition of The Odyssey.
Part lecture, part musical performance, and part interactive discussion, the centerpiece of Joe's program was a 30 minute continuous performance of 24 original songs with lyrics inspired by Odysseus' famous exploits.
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Mystery of a Modern Classicist
In the cozy surroundings of a gracious Brooklyn brownstone, Meg Shore, writer and translator of texts on Italian art and culture, introduced the Elena Ferrante Neapolitan Quartet from a cultural perspective, exposing what is lost in translation. Dr. Monica Alvarez followed with a discussion of female friendships, analyzing the relationship between Ferrante's two female protaganists from early childhood through mature adulthood. Diners engaged in a lively exchange of ideas inspired by our speakers, touching on the classical references throughout Ferrante's work. Fine southern Italian cuisine was served by Chef Emanuel Concas of Mercato Trattoria (www.mercatonyc.com), paired with wine from the region.
Rome Through the Ages Night
Over a spectacular four-course meal, guests were guided through the history of Roman dining, from the banquets of ancient Roman emperors to the birth of modern Roman cuisine. Scholarly morsels and salacious tales about the dining habits of emperors and popes were presented by Rebekah Junkermeier, who earned her B.A. at Dartmouth and her M.A. in Early Christian History at Harvard. Chef Sam Alberts, formerly of Antica Pesa, Eataly and Pierluigi, prepared fine cuisine and wine pairings. Following their presentations, Rebekah and Sam guided diners in a lively exchange of ideas about their topic, once again bringing to light how the Classics intertwine with today's everyday life.
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There is something super magical about the state fair, and not just any state fair but the Minnesota State Fair! Or, the Great Minnesota Get Together, as we like to call it :)
This is what happens when a couple photographer friends go to the fair together, it turns into a mini couples photo session :) It's not often I blog photos with me actually in front of the camera, so here you go! Me and my boyfriend TJ, along with my friends Rachael and Lars, and Mel and Spencer.
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Stains on clothing are a bugger for most of us, and when there are kids involved, there are always stains!
Here's some information on how to remove even the toughest stains!
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- Treat immediately if circumstances allow.
- Whenever possible, use natural products (such as white vinegar).
- Always try the simplest method first.
- Always experiment beforehand on an unimportant piece of material.
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1. Lipstick
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2. Mascara
Wet the area then either rub some Sunlight or Sard soap onto the stain to remove as much of it as you can, then wash as normal. If the stain is still present after the wash, try rubbing some dish washing detergent or shampoo into the stain then pop it back in the wash.
3. Nail Polish
If you have spilt nail polish on an expensive piece of clothing or very dark colours, take it straight to your local dry cleaner! Nail polish is notoriously hard to remove. First of all, try and scrape away as much as you can with your fingernail. The best way is to use an acetate=based nail polish remover, and gently dab with a cotton bud from the outside of the nail polish in trying not to soak the fabric (or the colour will be removed too!).
Hairspray is also effective if you don't have nail polish remover on hand!
4. Chocolate
A little yolk of raw egg will remove chocolate stains from most materials. Rub it gently on the stain with a clean piece of linen, and afterwards, wash as normal.


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October 15, 2015 08:14 ET
MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - Oct. 15, 2015) - WSP Global Inc. (TSX:WSP) ("WSP" or the "Corporation") is pleased to announce that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of MMM Group Limited ("MMM"), through a plan of arrangement. MMM, which has approximately 2,000 employees, is one of the largest privately-owned engineering consulting companies in Canada.
The purchase price of approximately $425 million was paid primarily in cash and by the issuance of WSP shares to MMM employees for an aggregate amount of $22,133,211 at a price of $42.25 per share. It was financed through a combination of:
All customary closing conditions, including court, shareholder and applicable regulatory approvals, were met.
"I am delighted about this acquisition and that our two firms are joining forces," said David Ackert, President and Chief Executive Officer of WSP in Canada. "The coming together of these two like-minded firms will enable us to pursue our growth strategy and strengthen our foundation across Canada by increasing our ability to deliver superior value to our clients, shareholders and employees."
"We are pleased that our shareholders have expressed overwhelming support for this acquisition. On behalf of MMM's Board and management, I would like to thank them for their invaluable support throughout this process," said Hugo Blasutta, Chief Executive Officer of MMM. "As we join WSP, a firm with similar values to MMM and a complementary business model, we will have an opportunity to continue our journey of growth. We also look forward to providing additional value for our employees and clients through our enhanced expertise and expanded network".
Founded in 1957, MMM is a multidisciplinary consulting firm creating vibrant and healthy communities through innovative planning, engineering, geomatics, and project management services. With more than 2,000 employees in 18 offices across seven provinces, MMM utilizes strong client relationships and deep industry knowledge to deliver cutting-edge, personalized, and practical solutions that help its clients seize opportunities, understand and address challenges, identify and manage risks, and navigate relevant regulatory systems.
WSP, through its acquisition of Parsons Brinckerhoff, is one of the world's leading professional services firms in its industry, working with governments, businesses, architects and planners and providing integrated solutions across many disciplines. The firm provides services to transform the built environment and restore the natural environment, and its expertise ranges from environmental remediation to urban planning, from engineering iconic buildings to designing sustainable transport networks, and from developing the energy sources of the future to enabling new ways of extracting essential resources. It has approximately 34,000 employees, including engineers, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors and environmental specialists, as well as other design, program and construction management professionals, based in approximately 500 offices, across 40 countries, on 5 continents. www.wspgroup.com
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Certain information regarding WSP contained herein may constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may include estimates, plans, expectations, opinions, forecasts, projections, guidance or other statements that are not statements of fact. Although WSP believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. These statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties and may be based on assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements. WSP's forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. The complete version of the cautionary note regarding forward-looking statements as well as a description of the relevant assumptions and risk factors likely to affect WSP's actual or projected results are included in the Management Discussion and Analysis for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2014, which are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date hereof and WSP does not assume any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise unless expressly required by applicable securities laws.
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"Behold this Heart, which has loved men so much..."
-Jesus, in an apparition to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (1675)
I've thought about Jesus' Heart quite a bit over the past year and a half, but I never really looked at it - thus the name of this post.
I finally did while praying the Rosary (the Sorrowful mysteries) on the way to work. I saw It in my mind's eye as a real human heart, bearing the wounds of the Passion: the bleeding gouge from the spear, the crown of thorns encircling and digging into it, and the Cross "planted" in its center. But I knew that this heart continued to beat, and was on Fire, with Divine Love.
This heart beats - like yours, like mine. Suffering is not the last word - "Love" is. Suffering just brings It into stark relief.


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Hello it is James from the Visual Impairment Team in Devon.
In this video I take you through step by step how to change the background colour, font and font size settings in Open Office Writer.
The video includes a full set of subtitles but if you prefer to read from a transcript, find it below.
Start of Video Transcript
Hello and welcome to this video tutorial.
In this tutorial I'm going to show you how to do something in OpenOffice writer which is the free equivalent to Microsoft Word.
and what I want to show you is how to change the default colour of the background of a document and also the default font and font size.
Now by describing it as default what I mean is that is the document and the settings that will open up every time you run office so they are like the normal settings.
and so this is how we change them. first of all let's open OpenOffice so to speak and we are going to go here and click on text document.
and we are going to go to the tools menu at the top.
if at any time you are a bit lost with what I am describing then just follow the mouse Cursor and do the same thing. in tools we're going to go down to options.
ok right so the first thing to do Is to go to the top of your options, click on openoffice.org and then I want you to go to appearance.
click on appearance and you get this screen opening up and this is the one we want document background and we are going to change it here and for the purposes of this tutorial we're going to change it to yellow which there we go change it to yellow there, labelled as yellow one and then press OK and it has changed it perfect.
now the next thing to do is to change the font and the font size.
and here you're going to come down here at the bottom of your page and go to openoffice.org writer.
double click on it and then go to basic fonts and double click on that ok.
we want this top one here and we are going to change this. we are going to change this to Arial black and Change the size of it to 24.
now what you don't want to do is to click on the default button because then it will take it back to the default settings that it wants to change it back to. so don't click on the default button and just click on the ok button.
and then you can see here we go there's our settings.
just to check that they have been made the default settings what we going to do is close open office and then reload it.
and if we changed it correctly we will have a yellow background Arial black font size 24.
and there we go we have changed successfully, yellow background and if we look up here it describes it as Arial black font size 24.
OK thank you for watching.
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The first half has Eric Tsang and his friend chasing women in typical HK juvenile manner - though the bit with Eric pretending to be a robot was pretty good. It turns out that the friend has ESP powers and can enter into someone's dreams. Eric becomes a witness to a murder of a cop - the friend enters his dreams to see who the killer is. Chow Yun Fat shows up late in the movie to investigate the murder and Anita Mui has a very memorable gut wrenching cameo. Both are in roles that are unexpected. Though I rate it a 6 - its really 4 for the first half and an 8 for the second.
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For Lennox's Barbie birthday party, I made my first attempt to make a burlap banner! Now that it is done, looking back on it – I think I would have done a few things different but overall I'm very happy with how it turned out and received many compliments on it! I do love how it turned out, and I plan on letting Lennox hang it with all her Barbie stuff in the playroom!
Since I had success making it, and as a "newbie", I wanted to share with you what I did, so that you could try to make one as well!
How to Make a Burlap Banner
What you will need:
- Burlap (I bought 1 yard at the craft store – $3.99/yard)
- Scissors
- Construction Paper
- Hot Glue Gun
- String/Ribbon
- Paint
- The first step is to create a template for your triangles, squares, circles (whatever shape you will be using), with the construction paper. Once you have cut out a shape that you are happy with, use that over and over as your template!
- Take that template and trace it onto the burlap. I used a sharpie, and it worked just fine. I just cut slightly inside the line so that the marker would not show up.
- After cutting out all of your pieces (I suggest cutting one or two extra, just for back up!), you are ready to decorate them. For this Barbie banner, I found a font online (on Pinterest) that I liked and put one letter, per page, in word and printed it out. This way I could get the letters the way I like them, without having to do it free hand.
- Once I had all my letters (B-A-R-B-I-E) printed out, I placed the burlap triangle on top of the paper and traced the letter. Since the burlap is somewhat sheer, this is pretty easy to do! You could print out shapes as well, which is how I made the Barbie & heart shapes.
- After all the letters were traced, one by one I painted over the lines and filled it all in. You could do this with marker, acrylic paint, glue, mod podge, etc.
- I added glitter to this Barbie banner, so while the paint was still wet – I sprinkled the glitter all over it, tapping off the excess and let dry.
- Once all your pieces are dry, it's time to attach it to some ribbon or string. All you need to do for this is hot glue it onto the ribbon/string where you want it. I put it so that the edges just touched each other – but you could spread them out if you want more space or if you will be hanging it straight across something.
- That's about it! Once you have attached them all and it is dry – you are ready to hang the banner up. If you want to embellish the banner anymore you could add jewels, bows, etc.
A few tips:
Since doing this, i would rethink a few steps. I saw at the craft store that they sold pre-cut triangles of burlap – and they didn't cost much more. I think this would just make it a little easier and the pieces may fray less. I would also consider covering the whole triangle in mod podge before decorating, as this should keep it a little more stiff and durable over time.