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Moving Forward
So I would say that the most exciting part of the past few weeks is that I GOT A PART-TIME JOB!!! Woooo Hoooo!! I have this lovely friend and her family owns a Christmas Tree Farm here in Little Rock. Well turns out they need some extra help during the holiday season and so, you guessed it, I am part of the extra help! They have recently added a pumpkin patch and some other fun fall activities so it was a perfect opportunity for me. Basically during the week I will be helping give tours of the farm. Kids come for field trips and I get to guide them through all the fun fall activities. Then starting around Thanksgiving, the Christmas tree fun begins! It sounds so simple and fun and that is what I just adore about it. It is a great way for me to get out of the house and move towards re-incorporating "normal" things into my new life.
Alright so that's the job stuff. Now, let's see...Shane and I have had some busy weekends. Last weekend Shane traveled to Alexandria, LA to visit his old high school as well as some of his buddies. It was good for him to get away and remember his old stompin' ground. The weekend before that, I was in Colorado visiting my family. Shane stayed home with Kaitlyn and I was able to have a really nice time away for a few days. It has been good for both of us to have some time to ourselves to do some of the things we have not been able to do over the past few months. In the coming weekends we are looking forward to some family time and perhaps some Halloween activities!!!
Ok, I also wanted to share with you that we have started attending a grief group called Good Mourning. This program is provided through Arkansas Children's Hospital and is primarily for children who have experienced the death of a loved one. So Kaitlyn is going and hanging out with other kids her age and Shane and I meet with other parents/caregivers. For us, this is just another piece of healing. It is an opportunity for our whole family to discuss how Avery's life and death has affected us. I honestly don't really know what to expect from this group, but I am open. Perhaps that is the hardest part of grief...the willingness to accept the unknown. Grief is a mystery. That is really annoying for me but I'm pretty sure there is nothing I can do to change it.
So overall, I feel like we are doing pretty good. Right now, there are more good days than bad. That may change, but for now, I'll take it. So as always, thank you for your continued support. It means so much to me that you continue to care.
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So glad to know you're all moving forward in a positive way. That grief group sounds like a very good thing for Kaitlyn. And for you and Shane as well.ReplyDelete
Happy thoughts,
girl..means so much to have you pop in on my blog, offering your prayers to us. I know our grief unites us, even if just notes to each other here and there..but i found such strength in knowing others read my words, thoughts, prayers, vents, struggles, joys and sorrows. I am thankful for your new job and pray it can renew you daily and remind you of your gifts from God and to others...and i pray for your sense of purpose. That is something i struggled with for a while...my body just had a baby, so my body felt out of wack, knowing i was "supposed" to be taking care of a life. (btw, have you found you stay up later, kind of feeling like there is something you still need to do? i felt that for a while too..and it's crept back up these last few weeks...just wondering.)ReplyDelete
anyhoos...still here with you. I encourage you..keep reaching out. Some people don't reach back..others will reach out further to you so you don't have to reach so far. I'm grateful for those few.
A friend recently said to me "i don't just want to be there FOR you..i want to be there WITH you." means the world that someone isn't afraid of our suffering.
- AnonymousOctober 06, 2009
You sound like you are doing a lot better, if you're a country music listener, my favorite one when I'm in a tough time is "If you're going through hell" by Rodney Atkins, I just blast it and sing all my worries away! God bless!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 06, 2009
I was sure by now,God, that You would have reached downReplyDelete
and wiped our tears away,
stepped in and saved the day.
But once again, I say amen
and it's still raining
as the thunder rolls
I barely hear You whisper through the rain,
"I'm with you"
and as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise
the God who gives and takes away.
And I'll praise you in this storm
and I will lift my hands
for You are who You are
no matter where I am
and every tear I've cried
You hold in your hand
You never left my side
and though my heart is torn
I will praise You in this storm
I remember when I stumbled in the wind
You heard my cry to You
and raised me up again
my strength is almost gone how can I carry on
if I can't find You
and as the thunder rolls
I barely hear You whisper through the rain
"I'm with you"
and as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise
the God who gives and takes away
I lift my eyes onto the hills
where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth
I lift my eyes onto the hills
where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth
- HeidiOctober 06, 2009
I am so glad that you have joined a grief group. I wish that I would have had the opportunity in the beginning. I pray that you will be find peace as you grieve together.ReplyDelete
I am so glad to hear that you are having some better days. I am sure working and attending the grief group will be good for all of you. Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers!!!!ReplyDelete
I love you, friend.ReplyDelete
I'm so glad to read that things seem to be looking up for you guys. I hope things continue to go well. Even if you have a setback, it will get better. That's how the healing process works, I suppose! I think about you a lot, Carissa and hope for you and your family some peace.ReplyDelete
A prayer answered. . .some relief for your family. Hang in there. . .I've heard that those groups are SOOO good for not only the kids, but the parents too.ReplyDelete
Still prayer for you. . .
Friend in Pittsburgh
I often checking in to see how things are w/ you and family. Glad to hear that you're doing better and found a part-time job too. I hope the group therapy will help you, Shane, and Kaitlyn and do hope that you continue to find peace.ReplyDelete
I'm really glad that you are feeling better! I continue to pray that things will continue to get better for you. I think the counseling is a great idea, Good for you!! I hope yall have a wonderful and funfilled halloween with Kaitlyn!!!Love ,The GivensReplyDelete
Just wanted you to know that I still think about you everyday. I really hope that the sunshines really bright on you and your family because you guys are do for some bright bright sunshine! I love you bunches.ReplyDelete
Shawna Meyers
I think of ALL of youtoday I pray for your peace and comfort. I picture Avery playing with Jesus and all the Angels. She is singing, laughing, dancing, and enjoying her beautiful angel wings and halo.ReplyDelete
I will never forget Avery and her fight.
I am thankful that I found your blog.
God Bless all the CDH babies/families.


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Puglia is dotted with fascinating towns and villages, many of which make good bases for exploring the region, and you'll find some of the area's best hotels in Puglia's towns.
Some travellers prefer coming back to a peaceful, rural spot after a hard day's sightseeing, but there's a distinct advantage to staying in one of the best hotels in Puglia's towns. As well as being in the thick of things, you can stroll to a local bar or restaurant, rather than navigate the remote roads around your masseria, and the region's decent public transport means you may not even need a car.
Puglia is long and relatively narrow, stretching more than 300kilometres from north to south, with highlights include glorious Baroque Lecce (known as the 'Florence of the South'), Martina Franca, Ostuni, Locorotondo, Otranto, Gallipoli, Trani, Polignano a Mare and Galatina. Even if our Guru's don't have a recommendation for one of the best hotels in Puglia's towns in each of these places there's bound to be one not far away.
The Best Hotels in Puglia's Towns
The Best Hotels in Puglia's Towns for Location, Location, Location
The Patria Palace in Lecce is right in the heart of the old town, surrounded by lovely facades outside and lovely frescoes and stucco work inside. Also in lovely Lecce, the Risorgimento Resort is a stylish, five star contemporary hotel with an elegant restaurant, a spa and roof garden.
The Best Hotels in Puglia's Towns for Romance
The La Sommità Relais Culti is a ten room hotel in an ancient white town right on the seafront, with minimalist decor and a lovely restaurant and spa.
The Best Hotels in Puglia's Towns for a Beach Break
The Corte Palmieri iin Gallipoli has 22 stylish and sun-drenched rooms, converted from a fascinating old building with plenty of charm and original features.
The Best Hotels in Puglia's Towns for Great Value
The Palazzo Personè in Lecce, is a great value six room B&B offering modern interiors behind a 16th Century Baroque facade. Or for a great value beach break try the Palazzo de Mori in Otranto, a stylishly Spartan B&B with ten rooms just above the old port and spectacular views.
The Best Hotels in Puglia's Towns for Families
L'Orangerie d'Epoque in Puglia has just three pretty rooms and a gorgeous garden, with two of the rooms having kitchenettes and direct garden access, and the largest suite sleeping four. La Riviera in Gallipoli also has suites sleeping up to four, along with private balconies overlooking the sea and a beautiful collection of art and antiques.
If you haven't found your idea of the best hotels in Puglia's towns on our Guru's list then you could:
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- or contact one of our friendly Gurus for advice.
The Best Hotels in Puglia's Towns
Patria Palace 63 rooms from £89Lecce
Traditional comforts and great hospitality in the heart of town. Behind the lovely Lecce stone facade the bedrooms contain frescoes, stucco work, cherry wood furniture and rich fabrics. A lovely little restaurant, small spa and gorgeous roof top terrace with views of Lecce.City Style - Fantastic service, elegant rooms and historic charm in the heart of LecceSights nearby - Santa Croce BasilicaGreat walks - Sant'Oronzo squareTraditional
Risorgimento Resort 47 rooms from £123Lecce
High-tech luxury and stylish contemporary design in a lovely old building. The five-star hotel combines earthy hues and local materials with sleek modernism. Elegant roof top restaurant serves local dishes, and has great city views. Spa and meeting facilities. City style for the mainstream.City Style - A chic hotel with panoramic rooftop views of Lecce's Baroque historic centre.Great walks - The Botanical Garden on Via Provinciale LecceLocal markets - Visit local craftsmen on Via PalmieriSights nearby - Piazza Sant'OronzoRecommended by - Kiwi Collection
La Sommità Relais Culti 15 rooms from £123Ostuni
Minimalist luxury in an ancient white town. Stunning views from the terraces and a lovely restaurant serving fantastic food with immaculate presentation. Large comfortable beds in airy bedrooms. A small plunge pool perfect for cooling off. A gem of a hotel.Foodies - A fantastic little restaurant with Michelin Starred chef and great wine list.Sights nearby - Nearby towns of Cisternino and Martina FrancaCooking classes - Cookery classes on offer at the hotel.Birdwatching - Torre Guaceto nature reserveRecommended by - Mr & Mrs Smith, I Escape, Tablet
Corte Palmieri 21 rooms from £192Gallipoli, Puglia
Stylish rooms with sun-drenched terraces in a fascinating old building in the seaside town of Gallipoli. Arched passageways and courtyards lead to cool bedrooms with white washed walls, wooden beams and stone floors. Dine on the large roof terrace with stunning sea views. A relaxed beach style.Value chic - Great value hotel with modern, stylish accommodationGreat walks - Many local walking and hiking routesSailing - The hotel has a private yacht.Swimming Pool - Indoor/outdoor
Palazzo Personè 6 rooms from £55Lecce
Located in an old 16th-century Synagogue, this charming B&B has bedrooms with original stone walls, high ceilings and calming natural colours. Palazzo Personè also boasts an extraordinary Baroque facade, cafe and cellar restaurant with wine bar. A great spot for exploring this ancient city.Value chic - Stylish accommodation at an equally attractive priceGreat walks - Via Libertini and Piazza del DuomoSwimming Pool - Pool and wellness lounge.Sights nearby - Amphitheatre Romano
Palazzo de Mori 10 rooms from £70Otranto
An old family home, steeped in history overlooking the charming port. Elegant white interiors with lovely sea views. A pleasant terrace with comfortable seating and shady umbrellas. A romantic little spot to enjoy the beach and close to the sights. A relaxed and calming home.City Style - Quaint, stylish interiors in the heart of townSights nearby - Cathedral of OtrantoRestrictions on children - Children over 12Views - Great views from hotel
L'Orangerie d'Epoque 3 rooms from £79Lecce
Three pretty bedrooms and a gorgeous garden in a family palazzo. Antique furniture, stone fireplaces and period vaulted ceilings - two bedrooms have kitchenettes and access to the garden. Plus there is a larger suite ideal for families. A great value choice.Families - The suite sleeps four plus there are self-catering facilitiesValue chic - Stylish, relaxed accommodation at a great priceLocal markets - Visit charming local craft marketsGreat walks - Guided tours available
La Riviera 6 rooms from £105Gallipoli
Waterfront location and historic setting with good value rates. A great choice for families or groups on a budget. Beautiful townhouse with private balconies overlooking the seafront and small beach. Public spaces are decorated with beautiful murals, painted ceilings, chandeliers and antiques.Local exploring - Enviable central locationFamilies - Some suites sleep 4.Sights nearby - Farmacia Provenzana - A beautiful 18th Century PharmacyGreat walks - Gallipoli Guided Walking Tours


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I am 23 and have had type 1 for 15 years now with really good control, for the most part. I am on scholarship for soccer for a local university and have been in training for about two months now. I have been struggling with low sugars, 12 to 24 hours later, after the exercise. I don't understand why. Shouldn't I have lows sooner, like within one to two hours of the exercise? I have been as low as 25 mg/dl [1.4 mmol/L]. I had to be hospitalized twice for this in the last three months. They just said that my Lantus was staying on board longer than it was supposed to. What can I do to fix this problem or to at least stop it from happening as much?
My current regimen is five shots a day, 16 units of Lantus in the morning and 16 at night, plus Humalog at meals with one unit for every 13 grams of carbohydrates. My correction factor is BG - 100/30. I have training for two hours every day after classes and then I run two miles in the morning along with sit-ups and push-ups.
You need to have less long-acting Lantus on board. You need to check with your physician as to how to do that. When you exercise, there is a benefit of requiring less insulin for up to 24 hours later. Since your Lantus is the long-acting insulin, that is the insulin that is being overdosed. Although people tend to have lows within one or two hours after intense exercise, it can occur more distant from the exercise (including lows over the night). That is because the exercise tends to up-regulate the transporters that move glucose into the cells and decrease your requirements for insulin.
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Following questions have been asked in GATE CS exam.
1. Consider the following three C functions :
[PI] int * g (void) { int x = 10; return (&x); } [P2] int * g (void) { int * px; *px = 10; return px; } [P3] int *g (void) { int *px; px = (int *) malloc (sizeof(int)); *px = 10; return px; }
Which of the above three functions are likely to cause problems with pointers? (GATE 2001)
(a) Only P3
(b) Only P1 and P3
(c) Only P1 and P2
(d) P1, P2 and P3
Answer: (c)
Eplaination: In P1, pointer variable x is a local variable to g(), and g() returns pointer to this variable. x may vanish after g() has returned as x exists on stack. So, &x may become invalid.
In P2, pointer variable px is being assigned a value without allocating memory to it.
P3 works perfectly fine. Memory is allocated to pointer variable px using malloc(). So, px exists on heap, it's existence will remain in memory even after return of g() as it is on heap.
2. The value of j at the end of the execution of the following C program. (GATE CS 2000)
int incr (int i) { static int count = 0; count = count + i; return (count); } main () { int i,j; for (i = 0; i <=4; i++) j = incr(i); }
(a) 10
(b) 4
(c) 6
(d) 7
Answer (a)
Eplaination: count is static variable in incr(). Statement static int count = 0 will assign count to 0 only in first call. Other calls to this function will take the old values of count.
Count will become 0 after the call incr(0)
Count will become 1 after the call incr(1)
Count will become 3 after the call incr(2)
Count will become 6 after the call incr(3)
Count will become 10 after the call incr(4)
3. Consider the following C declaration
struct { short s [5] union { float y; long z; }u; } t;
Assume that objects of the type short, float and long occupy 2 bytes, 4 bytes and 8 bytes, respectively. The memory requirement for variable t, ignoring alignment
considerations, is (GATE CS 2000)
(a) 22 bytes
(b) 14 bytes
(c) 18 bytes
(d) 10 bytes
Answer: (c)
Explanation: Short array s[5] will take 10 bytes as size of short is 2 bytes. Since u is a union, memory allocated to u will be max of float y(4 bytes) and long z(8 bytes). So, total size will be 18 bytes (10 + 8).
4. The number of tokens in the following C statement.
printf("i = %d, &i = %x", i, &i);
is (GATE 2000)
(a) 3
(b) 26
(c) 10
(d) 21
Answer (c)
Explanation:In a C source program, the basic element recognized by the compiler is the "token." A token is source-program text that the compiler does not break down into component elements.
There are 6 types of C tokens : identifiers, keywords, constants, operators, string literals and other separators. There are total 10 tokens in the above printf statement.
5. The following C declarations
struct node { int i; float j; }; struct node *s[10] ;
define s to be (GATE CS 2000)
(a) An array, each element of which is a pointer to a structure of type node
(b) A structure of 2 fields, each field being a pointer to an array of 10 elements
(c) A structure of 3 fields: an integer, a float, and an array of 10 elements
(d) An array, each element of which is a structure of type node.
Answer: (a)
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In the summer of 1987, Lotus Symphony was the category killer in the integrated spreadsheet market. It was also my first introduction to the animals called spreadsheets and financial models. While other 16 year olds were doing things that 16 year olds are supposed to do in the summer, yours truly was digging through Symphony […]
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After Labor Day, the ebTDesign Press published MAKERSPACE DEVELOPMENT: Surviving the Next Wave. This short guide is marketed with the caption that America doesn't need another Silicon Valley. Most Americans believe that too much money has been invested in cloud-based services and not enough in makerspace development. Now, they must consider the furor over security concerns that American online icons are dealing with in Europe.
On the other hand, Americans should also consider the impact that economic deflation is having on the mood of those living in the EU. People have a habit of masking their real concerns and lashing out over wholly unrelated issues. Deflationary trends started in Spain earlier this year and now the Italians are starting to feel the sting. You can think of deflation as the value of goods going down while the debt on those goods stay the same.
For makerspace developers, the issue is the fact that Silicon Valley has pretty much missed the current wave of 3D Printer innovation. Most of the current generation of 3D printer innovation is led by companies from the European Union. There are plenty of consumer based 3D printers looking for funding on Kickstarter. However, the industry leaders in metal and multi-material 3D printers are all from the EU.
Unfortunately, there is nothing that Americans can do to get back into the game when it comes to this generation. Makerspace Developers are just going to have to buy 3D printers from other countries and vow to compete better for leadership in the next generation of machines. There is no time to cry over spilt milk so to speak. The next wave of business challenges will not wait. The twenty-first century will simply continue on without us.
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Half Of A Yellow Sun is a brave book; brave because of its heartfelt, honest writing; brave because it highlights truthfully the colossal loss of everyday life during war; brave because it is clear in the political points it wants to make.
The novel written by Chimamanda Adichie is a story of three individuals-Ugwu, Olanna and Richard- caught in the three year Biafran war in the 1960s. But you may ask what is new
about novels written about war-there are gazillion of them out there and this is just one needle in a large haystack? True though that is, Adichie's novel is not the average run of the mill book about the war because what stands out in the story is her heartbreaking, close portrayal of the all the main characters so that you are immersed in their lives and war's turmoil as they are thrown into it and face it everyday. She gives a remarkable, intimate portrait of them and of other marginal characters too who provide multiple viewpoints of the ravages and the sufferings of war. And that's the power of this story-to make the reader feel the suffering, sense the shattering of relationships and the immense tests they go through. And isn't that in a more broader perspective-the power of literature? To proffer a humane perspective to any crisis, to portray the human element of it and not just as a drab and dry report. In a way it is similar to what Manto did for the Partition of India-his stories depicted its horrifying consequences on the individuals and did not treat them as merely a statistic. To read my review on Manto's stories, click here. Every individual has a story to tell and Adichie's novel shines through with the ordinariness of her characters and how they deal with that falling apart during the Biafran war. She doesn't make the story into a sob story to garner attention but emphasises on the everyday emotions and how they go on despite the crisis raging on.
Ugwu is a poor village boy who is brought by his aunt to Nsukka to work as a houseboy in her master, Odenigbo's house. Olanna, a smart intelligent woman, has had a life of privilege in Lagos but still sets to live with her lover, Odenigbo who is a professor in Nsukka University. Richard is the Englishman staying in Nigeria and slowly as he gets caught up in his love for Kainene and the war, he drifts apart from the stereotypical, white colonial view of Nigeria and comes to love the country. Their lives intersect as tensions simmers between the Hausa and Igbo tribes. The story is very well structured with each chapter focusing on one of the three character's point of views. Each chapter plunges us thoroughly into their lives as we are allowed to take a peak into their thoughts and apprehensions and feelings. Adichie doesn't use the omnipresent narrator and leaves a lot for the reader to interpret. We therefore see a bunch of characters with all their imperfections and doubts and emotions as most human beings actually are. We see them as introspecting themselves; searching for who they are; negotiating their selves, their identity, their relationships to other people and the world and the war. The story is also open ended with a hopeful ending but that which is tainted by heartache and hurt along with a tragedy and loss that comes in the wake of any war.
Half Of A Yellow Sun has an interesting feature-Adichie has incorporated snippets of book written by one of the characters and the revelation of who that character actually is makes quite a strong and brave point as to who should actually be writings stories about Africa and that brings into consideration the whole idea of a white, colonial, racist appropriation of history. In writing Half Of A Yellow Sun Adichie takes a bold step of depicting the Biafran war through the eyes of the people actually being affected by it. In using the feature of a book within a book she subtly makes a scathing comment on the Western idea of war, of Africa and its people and how they created and used the tensions among the tribes for their own vested interest.
Need I say more?
Well, we all just had another Mother's Day go by yesterday. Hope you all pampered and showed how much you love your mothers yesterday and continue to do so throughout because just one day isn't really enough to show your gratitude and affection, is it?
There are countless books, plays, poems and stories on mothers-whether they celebrate them or stereotype them or show their complexity of roles, relations and personality. Many of these works were highlighted in yesterday's newspapers and magazines.
Another marvellous work of literature produced by one of the most celebrated German playwright of the 20th century that takes a hard and critical look at the role of a mother amidst a crushing war is 'Mother Courage and Her Children' by Bertolt Brecht. Written in 1939, Brecht superbly hits out at the capitalism of war through the lens of the titular character-Anna Fierling who is more popularly known as Mother Courage.
The plot is simple and straightforward. 'Mother Courage and Her Children' is set in the 17th century while the grim Thirty Years War rages on. It is divided into 12 scenes which corresponds to the span of 12 years across which the play is spread. Mother Courage makes a living in the war through her trusty wagon and the food, drink and war equipment she sells to the officers and soldiers. She has three children- Eilif, Swiss Cheese and Kattrin who is dumb. Mother Courage works very hard at making a living so that her children and she can survive during the war. She is shrewd and business minded. The play opens in Dalarna where a sergeant and a recruiting officer converse ironically about the necessity of war and about recruiting soldiers. Just then, Mother Courage happens to pass with her children and her wagon. The sergeant wants Eilif to join the war and he is quite willing to do so but Mother Courage objects saying he is not made for war. Nonetheless, the sergeant too is shrewd enough to involve her in a bargain for a belt while the officer whisks Eilif away and entices him to join the war. Similarly her Swiss Cheese also becomes part of the war and Kattrin suffers a fate much worse.Then the play wounds through the other places like Poland, Bavaria, Italy, Moravia etc. that Courage goes with her wagon and her children selling her goods and making more business transactions. In the course, she meets a Chaplain, a cook and a prostitute-Yvette who become part of the entourage and aid her while also living with her.
Throughout the play, Brecht has shown the war's brutalities and Mother Courage's struggle to survive and protect her children from the war through her wagon. She is courageous in as much that she struggles and strives hard in the face of the most bitter adversities and yet she fails to notice that it is the war that feeds her and sustains her. He creates a crucial paradox in her character and Franz Mennemeier has aptly called her 'merchant mother.' implying that while she has her motherly instincts, they are inseparable from her business instincts. Brecht shows the futility of war through the futility of Mother Courage's actions and struggles. He plays on the idea that had then gradually emerged that war is a business, something initiated by the big, fat capitalists for their own vested interests. He was a life long socialist and his abhorrence for all thing capitalist comes through in the play as he projects how small people like the characters of the play get caught up by the conflicts of the big people and the former lose a lot while it is only the latter who gain and profit. He attacked the Nazi regime through this particular play.
Brecht had developed his own non-Aristotelian form of drama called epic theatre which uses a plethora of techniques, most predominant being the 'estrangement' or alienation' technique. The other one is the use of songs which were always used by Brecht to comment upon the situation in the scene. 'Mother Courage and Her Children' adheres to the tenants of epic theatre by and large. It is peppered with songs and alienates the audience particularly by making them compare the 17th century war with the 20th century Nazi regime. The play is also episodic-each scene exists for itself. It also does not have clearly good or bad characters as Brecht rejected the Aristotelian idea of a 'hero'.
Thus, 'Mother Courage and Her Children' provides the reader thoughtful insights with the aid of epic theatre's tenants. It makes the audience think critically and apply the situation of Mother Courage to their own bleak and oppressive reality. Even today, the 21st century readers can think about the way in which wars are fought and who it is that really starts them? Is there really an enemy or war is just another business? There maybe no Hitler today but the play is very relevant to the politics of war raging in the world today. This universality of the theme of Brecht's play is what can appeal to the modern audience and if on reading the play, s/he is aroused to change her/his situation, then Brecht would be really happy in his grave now because that is what he believed that plays show do-make the audience active participate and change their world for the better.
Written in 1949, Orwell's last book, '1984' is a well known classic, featuring prominently in most, usually all 100-books-to read-lists. The novel is unquestionably Orwell's masterpiece. A definite must read because of the brilliant ideas presented in the novel along with the lucid narrative and uncomplicated writing and plot.
'1984' is set in well the year 1984 in London where the state brutally controls everything-from your relationships,language, thoughts and memories-literally everything! This bleak aspect is immediately impressed upon the reader when the novel's protagonist, Winston Smith is introduced. The government is the ubiquitous Party along with the founder, Big Brother, whose omnipresence is one of the tools with the Party to control the people through fear. Winston is a sort of a quiet rebel against the Party. He knows that the Party is controlling them and falsifying history yet he doesn't know how to rise up against this subtle oppression and constant surveillance. His first step in a small rebellion is writing a diary, his second step is falling in love with a Party member, Julia-something which isn't allowed. His last step of rebellion is meeting up with another Party member, O'Brien, who Winston thinks about rebelling too. What perhaps the readers think might actually become a one man showdown with the Party doesn't come to pass as the Party with all its might suppresses Smith into complete submission and acceptance of its ideology.
A prominent dystopian novel, '1984' will shock us even today because those ideas of control and tweaking public opinion are relevant today too and are quite applicable in all forms of government till today. The ideas are unnerving and one shifts uneasily in one's seat while reading the novel, but this does not take away from the fact that the ideology Orwell puts forward is bloody brilliant! Orwell was perhaps inspired by the totalitarian regimes of the 1940s', the Stalin regime later on and even the British Labour Party's policies during WWII. However, reading this novel as only an allegory of the Stalinist brutality or an anti-communist tirade or future-predicting sci-fi novel is a grave mistake. The reader must acknowledge that the ideas manifested are quite universal and relevant and that Orwell did not intend to solely malign Communism or predict the future but to provide its readers a sort of a warning about the direction the world societies were heading towards and therefore why it what important to not let such blatant control of humanity ever take place.Its so easy to say that ok, 'Animal Farm' was an allegory for the Russian Revolution, so '1984' is for Stalin but that is hardly the main purpose of the novel.
This marvellous novel of ideas is not a conventional one with a traditional plot, climax and perfect ending in place. It is a speculative novel wherein Orwell envisages the world of 1984 rather pessimistically, using his imagination to invent new technologies and languages. The whole novel more or less focuses on presenting an ideology and thus many dialogues are simply a way to exchange ideas of some ideology. This makes for a fascinating read and one just cannot resist when it comes to comparing Orwell's fictional future with the real world as so many ideas are very much applicable even today.
No wonder this book figures in those silly 100-books-to-read lists!
Getting stranded on an island and surviving there until rescue from the civilized world is a theme commonly used in both literature(Robinson Crusoe,Swiss Family Robinson,Coral Island etc.) and cinema(Cast Away).Most often these are meant to be adventurous novels/films. However, one gripping novel that explored this theme veers away from this norm and manifests a completely new idea. It depicts a bleak picture of humanity.
And this path breaking novel, often considered a classic, was published in 1954 written by William Golding who titled it, 'The Lord of the Flies.'
The plot focuses on a bunch of boys ,who seem to have survived a plane crash, are stranded on an island with no grown ups around. None of the boys are older than 13 and they quickly figure out that they are on their own and there aren't any elders around. So it is they who have to take care of themselves. Among the many boys, Ralph, who possesses a distinct leadership quality and a conch shell he found on the island, is voted as the boys' leader. He successfully is able to take this mini election away from Jack, another older boy who is the leader of a choir group and is vying for the post of chief. Piggy, a fat, sluggish boy gradually becomes Ralph's side kick cum assistant and later on, Ralph's only true,rational support. These three along with another one named Simon explore the island and realise it is not inhabited. Ralph sincerely hopes for rescue for which he orders all boys to light a fire up on the mountain. While Jack is mostly motivated to hunt and provide everyone with pig meat. Gradually, Jack begins resenting Ralph's powerful status and his obsession with the fire and rescue. Jack forms his own tribe who only hunt and enjoy and forget all about being rescued. Savages are what Jack's party turn into and Ralph becomes very much alone in his quest for rescue with little support from Piggy who constantly keeps reminding him of the need to be rational and civilized. So what began as a peaceful, fun loving society among these innocent boys gets degenerated into savagery and violence. Will they ever be rescued? Read on to find out all about it.
'Lord of the Flies' is an allegorical novel that has numerous quite obvious symbols. Golding does not present the readers with an adventurous tale of survival and rescue. Instead what he does is to show the many pitfalls of humans and how power corrupts. The novel shows the depraved, devious ways the human mind can function in. Golding examines human nature and the inherent evil that lies within everyone. 'The Lord of the Flies' shattered the myth that children are innocent, that they are incapable of doing anything evil. In the book, we see numerous instances when these mere schoolboys are turned into violent monsters who will do anything for power, who love to control each other, love to inflict pain etc. We can also see these boys as symbols for the warring countries. Certain subtle hints in the novel do suggest that a war is happening in the civilized world. Perhaps then, 'Lord of the Flies' is a biting commentary on the WWII and how nations ripped each other apart senselessly. Another view could be the book's intention to make the reader realise of the evil present within each one of us.
There are a multitude of ways of reading this wonderful,thought provoking as well as questioning novel.
Providing a glimpse into human's defects and the society's, 'Lord of the Flies' is highly recommended for readers of all ages. And those looking for just pleasure reading will be stupefied by the profound message that the novel puts across with its storyline.
'The Glass Palace' written by Amitav Ghosh is a massive account of the lives of several unique, interesting people over the span of a century from about the late 1800s' to the 1990s'.
The book's size maybe daunting for many novella addicted readers but it is surely worth perusing. The book's size should not be a deterrent for reading it because believe me it is one heck of an interesting read!
The story starts with an Indian, Rajkumar, who works in a food shop in Burma and parallel to this story runs the story of the King and Queen-Thebaw and Supalayat- of Burma and the latter's maids, specifically Dolly. Rajkumar later on goes into the timber business along with Saya John, a close friend of sorts. Rajkumar tracks down Dolly, who had gone to British India with the exiled royal family of Burma. Rajkumar predictably finds her and they predictably get married. The story then superbly weaves itself around their lives as well as their children and other significant people of their lives like Uma Dey, who Dolly had met during her stay in India, Saya John's son, Matthew; Uma's sister's kids-Arjun and Manju and Bela and many more myriad characters. Ghosh closely follows each person's story but at no point does it get drab or boring. Ghosh takes us into the hearts and souls of each character, giving us intricate details of several emotions, several nuances and much more. The novel also deftly manifests how world events or incidents beyond one's control affect individuals in a way that they can't even imagine.
Ghosh uses simple short sentences and keeps it brief yet conveys the intensity of the situation or the emotions quite marvelously. However at times he tends to run away with unnecessary descriptions that veers off from the actual story.
The best part of the book is that it is soaking, literally dripping with history/past. It brings alive an era gone by, how lives were interconnected even then, how even then the world was globalized! It is extraordinary to see the Burmese and Indian interrelations that operated at that time and how porous those borders were until the British took over.
'The Glass Palace' is a multicultural and family saga that stands out because of its beautiful depiction of human lives-their vulnerability, invulnerability, their courage, their emotions, their thoughts, their culture-with so much depth and sensitivity that is hardly seen in many books today. It draws the reader into the story, makes them feel like they are part of that era, that family, that life and culture.
'Such A Long Journey', the debut novel of Rohinton Mistry was in the news due to it being banned by the esteemed vice chancellor of Mumbai University. Leaving aside all the political crap raked up by the Shiv Sena, the book is an exceptional work of literature and no one should be denied the right to read such a fantastic book.
'Such A Long Journey' in general is a story of a Parsi man, Gustad Noble, livng in the then Bombay in a Parsi Khodadad Building. It is set during 1971 when East Pakistan was at war with West Pakistan and millions of refugees poured into India, particularly Bengal, due to unspeakable crimes committed on them by brute forces of West Pakistan.
Gustad is a bank clerk whose eldest son, Sohrab, gets into IIT but wants to continue his BA much to the dismay of Gustad, his other son, Darius is a sort of a body builder while his daughter, Roshan, falls ill constantly with bouts of fever and diarrhea. Gustad had known better times, more prosperous times. If his family troubles weren't enough, his old friend Jimmy Bilimoria sends a letter asking him to help out in a preposterous, somewhat heroic, somewhat illegal manner.
In between all these happenings of Gustad's life, Mistry exposes the reader to an assorted motley of characters whose lives are entwined with Gustad's. For eg, his homely , superstitious wife-Dilnavaz,the fumbling, handicapped-Tehmul, the bipolar Ghulam Mohammad, the philosophical pavement artist, his college friend-Malcolm etc. The best thing about Mistry's novel is the apart from the realistic and episodic descriptions of the main character's lives, he also imbues even the most trivial and seemingly unimportant character with stark and singular qualities that immediately make them memorable. He is skilled in the way of characterization.
Mistry provides the reader with a glimpse of the way of life at that time, gives fleeting images and vast descriptions of certain peculiar aspects of Bombay like the House Of Cages, Mount Mary Church and most importantly, a middle class Parsi way of life in Bombay.
'Such A Long Journey' has no clear cut divisions, like many other novels, of prologue, climax, epilogue or conclusion. The story goes on with a smooth flow, carrying the reader through Gustad's and others' lives. There is no obvious climax, no resolute conclusion. In fact, the end of the book suffuses one with a sweet lingering feeling of nostalgic happiness and sadness. There are no shades of excitement in the book except for parts when Gustad is engaged in helping out Jimmy. There are flecks of suspense in those parts. Other then that, 'Such A Long Journey' has no proper plot, no climax, no thrills and frills. This is not a disadvantage but for those who prefer the above aspects may find the book largely monotonous. 'Such A Long Journey' depicts Gustad's life. It portrays it realistically and it is as if the reader is being taken through his life. And in real life, there are hardly any clear distinctions of plot and climax and such stuff. Thus the story tries to mimic this aspect and Mistry has thus created a unique novel.
The rest can easily pick up the book, sit cozily on an armchair, cuddle up and let Mistry draw you into the ups and downs, highs and lows of Gustad's life. Let yourself journey through 'Noble' Bombay.
'The Kite Runner' by Khaled Hosseini is his first novel and it is simply extraordinary. It is rare to read a story about Afghanistan and even rarer for the that story to not be about war in Afghanistan. It is infact a story on deep friendship and love. 'The Kite Runner' is a marvellous, honest story. It is a must read.
The two main protagonists- Amir and Hassan- are playful, fun loving kids living in the 1970s' in Afghanistan. Amir is the son of a rich man while Hassan is the son of Amir's servant, Ali. Despite that, Amir and Hassan are like brothers. They play together and frolic together and fly kites together . Hassan is an excellent kite runner and in the days when kite flying was a legal past time, it was a great talent to have. Amir, unlike his father, is not brave while Hassan can easily fend off bullies and other rascals bravely. Once in 1975, a shattering event occurs during the kite fighting tournament that alters both their lives. In 1981, Amir and his father move to America to flee from the violence in Afghanistan. Amir's life is pretty secure then and he tries to forget that 1 event but it haunts him and it eventually makes Amir go back to Afghanistan to undo the wrong he had done back in 1975.
'The Kite Runner' rendered me speechless. It is one of the best stories that I have read. It is immensely moving, emotional and heartbreaking. The splendid and beautiful description of prewar Afghanistan makes me realise how much the country has lost because of power, war and unending politics.
P.S. Do not watch the film, 'Kite Runner' because it has none of the nuances and emotions in the book the touch the reader's heart. It is quite a horrendous film. The book is thousand times better!
It is difficult to describe in words what I exactly felt and thought about 'A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS' by Khaled Hosseini because it was so unique and personal. I will still attempt to write a review on the book. Hopefully it will be useful.
It is one of those rare gem of a book that elicits a thousand emotions-from deep despair to breathtaking bliss to anguish and anger to innocent happiness. This book is simply-and there is no other word for it-REAL.It is not based on a true story but the incidents could and have happened to millions of people in Afghanistan. I really loved this book simply because it is deeply moving and touching and in a sense it is not just a book but a reality-a harsh one- that Afghans faced and continue to face after the Russian invasion in 1979.
The story is about two girls-Mariam and Laila and how their lives intertwined as a result of circumstances. Mariam is a bastard. Her father, Jalil Khan, is a rich businessman in Herat(Mariam's birthplace) who got his housekeeper(Mariam's mom, Nana) pregnant. Mariam is conveniently married off in Kabul to a tyrant, Rasheed, at a tender age of fifteen. Laila, by a brutal turn of circumstances, ends up in Rasheed's house. Initially hostility reigns between Mariam and Laila but gradually, they become close and a marvelous friendship amidst utter breakdown and destruction develops. The end of the story is hopeful, a poignant display of love and survival.
One of the misunderstandings about the books is that it is entirely set during the Taliban's rule. However, in fact, only a part of the book is set during that time period. The story spans from 1960s' to the early 200s'. The story, thus provides a brief history lesson of Afghanistan.
For me, 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' was absolutely flawless. The narrative was beautiful. It essentially deals with the brutality that women face in Afghanistan due to harsh patriarchy. These themes can be relevant among indian readers as even in India, women are still suppressed and denied freedom(although perhaps not at such an extreme level as in Afghanistan).
For many people, 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' was depressing because of the sad events. It was painful, yes, and it did leave me shocked at some passages but I did not find it depressing. To only read happy books with cliched and predictable endings is stupid for me because then you are not being aware of the problems around the world. I agree that is is highly emotional, very sad but then it is reality. Countless women have faced and still face such horrors and discrimination in their lives. I was crying throughout the book and I do not think there is anyone who wouldn't be moved by this singular story.
It is definitely a must read and if you can't even read it, just think about those for whom it was not just a book they could ignore but life that they faced every single day.


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A mysterious ring holds the key to the greatest treasure of antiquity.
For fifteen-year-old Minerva Brown, it's another miserable, sweltering summer in Rome, the eternal city, a place that in her mind is only eternally boring. Abandoned for a week while her archeologist parents excavate in the Italian countryside, she discovers a peculiar signet ring forgotten among her parents' artifact crates. When shadowy figures ransack the apartment in search of the ring, she must unravel a maze of baffling clues in a race through Rome to discover an ancient horde of treasure, all before it falls into sinister hands.
A parallel story set two thousand years before follows Gaius Pomponius Strabo, a Roman teen who inherits the signet ring from his dying grandfather during the cataclysmic eruption of Vesuvius. Rescued by a barbarian captain, Gaius becomes an unwitting ally in a journey across the Mediterranean in search of the Isle of Blood, the mythical home of the lost treasure of Pompey the Great. In his adventures to the far reaches of the Roman Empire, Gaius unravels the mysteries of the signet ring and finds himself face-to-face with a family secret hidden for generations, one that could shake the foundations of the empire.
Nicholas Copernicus Dent is having a rotten week. In a cookie-cutter town where nothing out of the ordinary happens, he's struggled his entire life to fit in. It's not easy with a quirky, biologist mom who looks like she's peered in a few too many microscopes. Add to that an obnoxious, brainiac sister whose idea of fun is camping out at the town library. Oh, and he's the only kid in class with a dead father. The last thing Nick wants is for people to think he's a freak. Too bad he's the weirdest kid on the planet.
He's about to find out his body is full of billions of microscopic nanomachines, put there when he was born by his long-dead scientist father. Problem is, without the machines, Nick dies. Now, he must deal with foes desperate to seize his machines and use them in diabolical ways. With the help of newfound friends, Nick battles lethal robots, fends off an evil scientist who wants to turn him into a human lab rat, and searches for a mysterious device that is the key to his very survival – all before being exposed as the freakiest kid in town.
Nicholas Dent and the Mysterious Machines is the first book in a series about a boy who wants more than anything to be normal, but in the end, realizes that being special isn't so bad after all.


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CROSS STITCH STYLECreating an embroidered look in Photoshop
Paul came up with a basic set of instructions that would answer the question succinctly, but as he and I started to play around with the files (having fun experimenting), we realized that there are several ways to use this basic, yet effective solution. In this article I'll cover Paul's steps to creating a cross stitch appearance using Photoshop. You could probably use a similar method to create an animated piece in After Effects, but we'll save that for another day...
Before I get into the steps - a little more about Paul : For those of you with kids, you'll probably recognize the name "Paul O. Zelinsky" from the illustrated covers of books like "Awful Ogre's Awful Day", "The Wheels on the Bus", or you may have even read "Ralph S. Mouse" when you were a kid yourself!
Lately, we've been talking about "The Shivers in the Fridge" and the animations "Pickles" and "Applesauce!" which you can find by clicking on the image below:
Okay - on to the tutorial - - There are two major steps that you need to go through in order to achieve this look, making the pattern, then applying it. The first you may already know how to complete, but I'll go through the process anyway.
Download this image of a cross stitch. It's huge, sure. But if you're like Paul, you need some serious resolution. For us broadcast people, it's maybe a little too big, but you can always resize it to a smaller image before you define the pattern, or use one of the pattern tools to resize it.
1. With the cross stitch file open, choose: Edit -> Define Pattern from the Edit pulldown menu.
2. Name your new pattern.
2. Name your new pattern.
That's it!
Now you can use this pattern through several different tools in Photoshop. If you're not familiar with patterns, you might want to take some time to experiment with the different ways you can apply these.
A. Edit -> Fill -> Pattern
B. Bucket Tool (Option fill with pattern)
C. Pattern Layer (modify size, later rasterize)
B. Bucket Tool (Option fill with pattern)
C. Pattern Layer (modify size, later rasterize)
Instead of applying the filter to the original layer, first duplicate the original artwork, then apply the filter to the new copy.
From the Filter pulldown menu, choose PIXELATE -> Mosaic. What works for this image, may not work for all images, but we'll choose a mosaic value of 27 (because the stitch is 100px square, we can match the mosaic with a 27% tile later).
At this point, you can use one of the "Pattern Fill" options. I'm using the Pattern Adjustment Layer (found at the bottom of the Layers Palette). The nice thing about this option is that you can modify the size and position of the pattern after you've applied it.
1. Choose Adjustment Layer / Pattern
2. Select your new custom pattern and change the size to 27% (click OK).
3. If you decide you need to edit the pattern a little more, double click the layer until its correct.
2. Select your new custom pattern and change the size to 27% (click OK).
3. If you decide you need to edit the pattern a little more, double click the layer until its correct.
Change the OPACITY of the pattern layer to 50% so you can see how it looks over the layer below it. Make sure to change it back to 100% when you're done editing its size and/or position.
Change the transfter mode (blending mode) to OVERLAY to produce a different contrast result with this layer.
When it's the right shape, rasterize the layer by ctrl-clicking on the layer (right-click), then selecting "rasterize layer".
You'll want to make the areas between the stitches a neutral color. You can achieve this a number of ways. An easy way is to use the pattern fill's transparency with a color fill layer.
1. In the layers palette, cmd-click (ctrl-click) the layer's icon to load the selection.
2. At the bottom of the layers palette, create a WHITE or GRAY color layer.
Photoshop will automatically use the selection as a layer mask.
3. Invert the layer mask by selecting the color fill layer mask, then press cmd-I (ctrl-I).
2. At the bottom of the layers palette, create a WHITE or GRAY color layer.
Photoshop will automatically use the selection as a layer mask.
3. Invert the layer mask by selecting the color fill layer mask, then press cmd-I (ctrl-I).
All the gaps should be filled with white. If you want to change this gap color, simply double click on the fill color icon on the color fill layer.
Season to taste:
There are plenty of layer effects and transfer (blending) modes that you can use to enhance the look of your cross-stitch image, you may want to experiment with a few to see which one(s) work best for you. You may want to duplicate the pixelated and set it to MULTIPLY to enhance some of the color or contrast.
You can use different blur techniques to give the embroidery thread a softer look, or even dial back the opacity of the pixelated layer to reveal some of the original image.
Photoshop is part of the Creative Suite: Be Creative and come up with your own recipe. We'd love to see it.
You can see more of Paul's work in the upcoming sequel to Awful Ogre's Awful Day: "Awful Ogre Running Wild", a book of poetry by Children's Poet Laureate Jack Prelutsky. The new book is expected to be published by Greenwillow Books, a division of HarperCollins, in 2008.
Paul is also part of the Artist to Artist book project in which 23 well-known children's book illustrators talk about their art, addressed to a child audience. Each artist's section includes a self-portrait made for the book. Paul Zelinsky painted himself in Renaissance costume; this detail is the mirror hanging on the back wall of the room. You'll have to look in the book to see the scene from the front, and different stages in its creation.
The book will benefit the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts. All of the included artists have exhibited there. It is a wonderful place to visit!
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Ko Maruyama is an instructor at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California and co-host of the Motion Graphics Los Angeles group. Paul O. Zelinsky grew up in Wilmette, Illinois, the son of a mathematics professor and a medical illustrator. He drew compulsively from an early age, but did not know until college that this would be his career. As a Sophomore in Yale College he enrolled in a course on the history and practice of the picture book, co-taught by an English professor and Maurice Sendak. This experience inspired Paul to point himself in the direction of chidren's books. His first book appeared in 1978, since which time he has become recognized as one of the most inventive and critically successful artists in the field. He now lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and their two daughters. Among many other awards and prizes, he received the 1998 Caldecott Medal for his illustrated retelling of Rapunzel, as well as Caldecott Honors for three of his books: Hansel and Gretel (1985), Rumpelstiltskin (1987), and Swamp Angel (1995).
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The value of property is ever increasing, and you can capitalized on this to make a good profit out of old properties. With the property market going up most people prefer to live in apartments rather than houses that can be too expensive to maintain. Old houses have all the necessities a small office would need, and they can be given a new life and resold to companies as office space for a much higher price. If you have the time and the money to invest in a project of this nature you stand to earn a good profit from it as well. If the idea intrigues you, here are a few points to get you thinking about whether it's a venture you would like to take on.
Seeing the potential of the old property
The first step is that you must be able to see the potential of the old property that you are about to buy. Before you buy the property make sure to walk around and begin accumulating ideas about how you are going to improve that space and how you can increase its value. You can also refer to architectural magazines for ideas and inspiration. To avoid having to incur any unexpected expenses in the latter stages of the project, make sure to have the property checked for structural damage, plumbing, electric wiring etc. If it seems like some repairs will have to be made, consider whether you can budget it in and how much it would affect your profit margin.
Giving it a new life
A large part of giving the property a new life is to make sure that you have a good commercial interior designer in Singapore who can remodel the space in a way that it can be put to use again.
You can ask the designer to come up with a plan for the new commercial interior design. Work on it with them till you find a right layout that fits the budget. It's important to keep the costs as low as possible since you want to make a profit out of reselling the property.
Telling a story
These old houses have a lot of history in them. Therefore when you are putting it back on the market, make use of this history to make the spaces seem more unique and special. Some of these houses may have been designed by well known architects. Even when you are refurbishing the houses make sure to try and save as much of its original elements such as doors, windows and moldings.


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Essential Drawing Skills Workshop
Cost: £30 (£5 deposit)
This Workshop is for those wishing to improve and develop their drawing skills, to sketch with increased confidence, brush up on your perspective skills, proportion, line, tone and develop shading techniques.
To assist you, to develop an individual and expressive approach to drawing and sketch more accurately from observation.
Suitable for Beginners and Improvers.
Contact Yvette to book your space by email: email@example.com Via my website: Art with Yvette
or Phone: 07886 343621
Starts 2nd May 2017
9.30am – 12.30pm
Tutor: Yvette Wiltshire
If you have ever fancied trying watercolours, then this workshop is a must for you.
It will provide the complete beginner with the essential skills to begin their exciting watercolour journey. Learn the tools of the trade, colour mixing and plenty of painting techniques to get you started.
Go home with a 'finished painting' feeling inspired to carry on.


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Gimenez Joyeros was born in 1965 into a family deeply rooted in the jewellery.
The business passed to the hands of the fourth family generation in 1989, coinciding with its 100th anniversary, and it's when Gimenez opened its store in calle Colón 35, in the most exclusive high street of Valencia.
It is always a pleasure after a fine day wandering about the historical city centre of Valencia or spending a great day by the beach, to visit our shop where you can enjoy an exquisite attention with a distinguished local and international clientele in search of products, made by the most prestigious watch and jewel makers.
We are proud of offering our clients both, product and client service, from the most exclusive brands such as Patek Philippe, which are distributors from more than 70 years.
We are also Rolex distributors and we can offer you from sports watches to the finest elegance of the new Cellini collection.
Franck Muller is another one of the best brand we have on display. They have created a special edition watch for the America's Cup sailing event that took place in the city in 2007 and 2010.
The shop is plenty of another excellent brands such as Hublot, the great swiss watch maker, Tag Heuer, Cuervo and Sobrinos, Baume et Mercier and all the Montblanc collection.
Moreover, in jewellery we offer the finest diamonds in all sizes and shapes added to International brands such as Damiani ,Carrera y Carrera, fope and Zoccai from Italy, the exclusivity in Valencia of the Brazilian brand Brumani and also the wonderful Damaso Martinez designs.
Our most important mission is to offer our friends and clients the latest innovations from International fairs and the finest high jewellery pieces.
Gimenez Joyeros are known for its friendly and professional staff and the shop has become an indispensable reference in the city.
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Modern Eco farmhouse Ballymote Co Sligo Ireland
300yr old eco farmhouse with modern architectural extension
Ballymote house is situated just outside the village of Ballymote, sitting in the heart of County Sligo, was a tired a dilapidated farm house crying out for someone to pay it attention.
Our clients, Katie and Shane realised the potential of Ballymote house and site contained to transform it into a spacious, modern house for their young family, while retaining the charm and character of the old farm house.
Working with the existing structure and extending sympathetically to the rear, the brief was to form a spacious open plan living space with a relationship to the beautiful surrounding landscape.
The extension sits behind the old building so that when approaching from the road only the existing renovated house can be seen. The extension suddenly appears as a surprise as you round the building to enter what is now the main entrance.
Light and airy are the two words that describe the new main entrance which links the old to new. A two storey void containing the new staircase with access upstairs to 4 new bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and master suite.The light belies the thermal efficiency and technology within the project.Triple glazed windows, geothermal heat pump, rainwater harvesting and heat recovery ventilation system are some of the elements which provide the comfortable environment within which the family can go about their daily life.
The use of render and timber windows, coupled with traditional slate allows the extension to exist harmoniously with the existing house and form another chapter in the history of this family.


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Ballast Point Big Eye IPA Clone HomeBrew Recipe
Posted September 18, 2013 by Crafted Pours
All Grain IPA HomeBrew Recipe
Profile: HomeBrew recipe for an IPA, similar to Ballast Point Big Eye. Flavors of citrus and dank earthy hops, balanced by light caramel malt sweetness. Dry finish with moderately high hop bitterness.
13.5 lbs Pale 2-row Malt
12 oz. Crystal 40
8 oz. CaraPils
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1/2 oz. Columbus 15%a, 30 minutes
1 oz. Centennial 10%a, 20 minutes
1/2 oz. Columbus 15%a, at flameout
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Sparge at 170 degrees.
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It was not long ago that Birmingham's Swim Deep were playing small capacity venues and bars.
However, it has soon become obvious that their songs are to be enjoyed by a much larger audience and so it proves, as the band plays to eager punters inside Sheffield's prestigious The Leadmill.
As they take to the stage, after a brilliant and entertaining support set from The Magic Gang, the screams of adoration from the front rows are piercingly loud,
The atmospheric introduction to Namaste, from the new album, is met with cheers, swaying bodies and soon leads into old favourite Fransisco.
Their feel-good anthems, taken from the debut album Where The Heaven Are We, are warmly received, along with songs from their most recent release, Mothers.
The Brummie boys crash into songs such as Honey and King City, while a refreshing mix of new songs such as Fueiho Boogie and One Great Song And I Could Change The World fit in seamlessly as the
crowd sing them back word-perfectly.
A short encore and the band make their way back on stage to close the set with She Changes The Weather and, finally, To My Brother, which sees both the band and crowd thrash out for one last time as lead singer, Austin Williams launches himself into the crowd repeatedly, sending the rowdy crowd home happy.
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REVIEW: Sheffield gig shows band are Blossoming
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Phase One development envisages a 10 year mine life
at an annual average production rate of 1.2 million carats
After-tax Net Present Value of C$ 471 million, Internal Rate of Return of 29.8%
and a capital payback period of two years
Conference call and webcast on Tuesday, July 12, 2016
at 8:00AM Pacific Time
Vancouver, Canada - Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. (TSX:PGD) ("Peregrine" or "the Company") is very pleased to announce the positive findings of an independent Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) for the Chidliak Phase One Diamond Development ("CP1D") of the CH-6 and CH-7 kimberlite pipes on the Company's 100%-owned, Chidliak Diamond Project on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. The PEA highlights that the CP1D represents a robust, high margin, ten-year, open-pit mining project with very attractive economics. Peregrine owns 100% of the 564,396 hectare Chidliak Project, where 74 kimberlites have been discovered to date, with eight currently being identified as potentially economic. The Company also owns all of the diamond marketing and sales rights and there are no non-government royalties or other encumbrances on diamond production.
The CP1D envisages an open-pit diamond mine with a mining life of approximately ten years, producing initially from an open pit at the CH-6 kimberlite pipe with production from an open pit at the CH-7 kimberlite pipe to follow. The PEA utilizes the Chidliak resource estimate prepared by Mineral Services Canada Inc. with an effective date of June 3, 2016, that includes the 11.39 million carat Inferred Resource to a depth of 260 metres at CH-6 that was announced in an April 7, 2016 news release, plus the maiden 4.23 million carat Inferred Resource at CH-7 to a depth of 240 metres that was announced in a May 5, 2016 news release. The resources at both CH-6 and CH-7 remain open at depth and represent significant expansion opportunities which have not been included in the current economic study.
The PEA was prepared by JDS Energy & Mining Inc. ("JDS"), independent consulting engineers based in Vancouver, Canada. The JDS team has a long history of northern Canadian and diamond project experience, including the current construction of the Gahcho Kué diamond mine, in the Northwest Territories, Canada.
Highlights of the 2016 Chidliak Phase One Diamond Development PEA base case are:
The Chidliak 2016 PEA is preliminary in nature and includes Inferred Mineral resources that are considered too speculative geologically to have the economic considerations applied to them that would enable them to be categorized as Mineral Reserves. There is no certainty that the PEA will be realized.
Eric Friedland, Peregrine's founder and Executive Chairman, commented: "We are very pleased with the results of this Preliminary Economic Assessment, which clearly establishes Chidliak as one of the premier undeveloped diamond resources, located in one of the world's safest, and most supportive jurisdictions for responsible mining development. With the support of all our stakeholders, including our shareholders, employees, local entrepreneurs, Nunavummiut, and the Nunavut and Federal governments, we are looking forward to advancing this outstanding diamond project to the


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Oxford Textbook of Medicine
May 2010; p ublished online May 2010 .
Book. Subjects: Clinical Medicine; Medical Statistics and Methodology; Immunology; Medical Oncology; Medical Microbiology and Virology; Infectious Diseases; Genito-urinary Medicine; Medical Toxicology; Occupational Medicine; Emergency Medicine; Obstetrics; Gastroenterology; Cardiovascular Medicine; Nuclear Medicine; Respiratory Medicine and Pulmonology; Rheumatology; Pain Medicine; Nephrology; Haematology; Dermatology; Neurology; Ophthalmology; Psychiatry; Addiction Medicine; Forensic Medicine; Sports and Exercise Medicine; Geriatric Medicine; Palliative Medicine. 6,016 pages.
The Oxford Textbook of Medicine is the foremost international textbook of medicine. Unrivalled in its coverage of the scientific aspects and clinical practice of internal medicine and its...
Oxford Textbook of Zoonoses
P ublished online July 2011 .
Book. Subjects: Public Health and Epidemiology; Infectious Diseases; Epidemiology; History of Medicine; Medical Toxicology; Medical Statistics and Methodology; Pharmacology. 904 pages.
The Oxford Textbook of Zoonoses comprehensively provides a systematic, cross disciplinary approach to the science and control of all zoonoses - diseases naturally transmissible between...


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No more of Mansfield Town's senior players will now be heading out on loan.
Manager Steve Evans said last week that he had offered three fringe players the chance to go out and play more football than they may get under his current pecking order at the club.
Young midfielder Jack Thomas took the opportunity to link back up with former boss Paul Cox as National League Barrow for the rest of the campaign.
But Evans said today the other two had elected to stay and fight for a shirt.
"The players came back in and said if I see a way that they could fight and get in the team they wanted to stay," he said.
"Both of them said that to me individually, not jointly. And of course I can see a way as I don't pick a team further ahead than the next game.
"I am not going to think of my team for Accrington before we've dealt with Hartlepool. It's unprofessional.
"I pick a team based on performances and what I see in training. I don't let my eyes tell me lies."
He added: "I never pick it on favouritism. If there was a criticism when I walked in it was perhaps that some players were playing that didn't deserve to be getting the shirt.
"I am not going to get involved in that debate as everyone sees football in different ways.
"But no one in this stadium will want to beat Hartlepool more than me. Therefore I know when it comes to picking the team, to picking the bench, to making the substitutions, you have a real responsibility to get that right for yourself, the players and the fans."
Evans said chairman John Radford was happy with the outcome of the players' decisions too.
"I had a good meeting with the chairman, as I always do," he said.
"I had an option of giving the opportunity to one or two lads to move out but the chairman is quite keen to see everyone around which is quite unusual.
"We have to take some credit as a management team and we have balanced the numbers out and the finance, so it's almost level, and we've sold a player during that period. So we've done the business side well for the chairman."


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PREWITT, N.M. (AP) — The Latest on the fatal shooting of a Navajo Nation police officer in New Mexico (all times local):
8:45 a.m.
Officials say the fatal shooting of a Navajo Nation police officer occurred in a rural area of northwestern New Mexico.
The FBI said Officer Houston James Largo was shot and critically wounded Sunday morning while responding to a domestic violence call and died later in the day and that a suspect is in custody.
The suspect's identity and circumstances of the shooting and the arrest haven't been released.
Lt. James Maiorano of the McKinley County Sheriff's Office told the Albuquerque Journal (https://goo.gl/aLmYRH ) preliminary reports are that Largo was shot when he came into contact with two people in a vehicle after being sent to a rural address.
Jared Touchin of the Navajo Nation Council speaker's office told The Associated Press the shooting occurred in the area of Lake Casamero. He described it as a small community on the Navajo reservation.
An FBI spokesman did not immediately respond to a telephone message left Monday seeking more details about the officer's death.


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I have always hated my orange oak banister but I haven't had the money nor the time to replace it. I had heard and seen projects done with gel stain but this was my banister! It wasn't like a table that I could disregard putting in my house. This made me incredibly NERVOUS!!!!! So I mulled it over did some research and finally I took the plunge, and I LOVE IT!! It's probably one of my favorite projects I've done. It just made my entire entry way POP! I have received so many compliments so now I must share this project with you all.
1 roll of painters tape,
1 qt of water base Polycrylic water base,clear gloss
1 qt gel stain ( I picked rustic mahogany, you have a choice on colors)
1 black sponge
I just happened to pick mini wax for both quarts and I was able to find it at Lowes
1. I started this project on a Sat morning approx 9 am. The first thing I did was clean, my banister it was pretty grimy with all the hands that go sliding down it on a daily basis. I obviously need to clean more because it was gross! So make sure you get a nice clean fresh start.
2. Oh now the fun part! TAPING!!! Well someone has to do it. Now everyone's banister is different and you are going to have to decide on what you actually want to stain. I chose to replace the oak color completely and keep the white. I did not remove the spindles mainly because I have a history of taking something apart and then I don't know how to put it back together . I chose to tap off each one.. So my ear buds went in and I went to work!
3. Now it's time to paint!!! So I stirred my stain and used a foam brush. I was completely surprised that the paint was thick and gooey. I almost thought something was wrong with my stain, but this is what it's suppose to look like. When you apply it seems thick and you have to work with getting everything all covered. Now it says 8-10 hrs to dry and when you go to apply, warning it is still kinda sticky. It just seems like it NEVER completely dries. At this point I started to get worried… But have no fear!!
4. Now time to apply the Polycrylic water base coat. So for me the stain still had this stickiness to it the next day. I went ahead and applied the Polycrylic. The amazing thing about this stuff is there is no oder, and it dries very quickly! I applied 2 coats. The stickness went right away giving it this nice smooth, shiny finish. It was dry in about 1-2 hours, but I gave it over night before I let the kids do any sliding off of it.
5. Now comes the tedious part. The white paint on my stair case needed to be brighten up in a serious way. I re taped with painters tape so I would not get any white paint on my newly finished banister. I then painted with a small brush and then I used even a smaller painters brush to get around the spindles and small corners. I d applied 2 coats of semi gloss indoor white paint that I already had in my garage from another project. I let this dry 2-3 hrs and applied a second coat. I was finished about 8 pm on Sunday.. I let it dry overnight for safe measures.


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People in the UK trust Equities First Holdings to fulfill a financial role. Their business team has attained a good reputation for delivering on certain promises. That will give borrowers a renewed outlook on the funds that they secure. Equities First Holdings is a popular entity in its own right too. That has given them the clout to achieve more than many borrowers would have expected. Their business was founded in 2002 and has expanded since then too.
Borrowers can expect certain services when they work with Equities First Holdings. Their team understands the needs of modern borrowers out on the market. They want to compete when it comes to a great selection waiting for people. That could connect borrowers with the financial capital that they need. Lenders develop a reputation and use it to great effect over time. Equities First Holdings will keep people well connected when it is possible.


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- Sleeps 10
- One treble room (with one kingsize and a single bed), one superking and three twin bedrooms
- Dogs allowed
- Washing machine and drier
- Water access
- Water views
The house is friendly, comfortable, and well heated. It is loved for its space, position and views, as a retreat and for informal entertaining and gatherings.
The interior layout of Lorelei is around a central hall on the first and ground floor. The main entrance from the drive is over granite paving stones through a high oak door into the hall with views through double doors on to the slate floored loggia and the river and tree covered hills beyond. Off to the left is a circular timber stair to the gallery, which can be an extension of the entertaining and sitting area, and has views over the trees to the mouth of the Helford River and the sea beyond. The stairway to the ground floor leads to a similar large hall, with a door leading to the terrace.
Lorelei has five large bedrooms and one bedroom has a single bed four poster. There are three bathrooms one of which is en suite with shower room, one has an old fashioned renovated bath and one is a double communal wet room. The large sitting room has fine proportions and a ceiling some 3.5 metres high over an oak planked floor, and forms part of the open plan kitchen. Three windows look west up the estuary, with not a house in sight, other windows look south across the estuary to Frenchman's Creek and north across the drive to the fields beyond. The living space is open plan. Most of the windows are large double opening, French style, fitted with coloured blinds. To the left of the front door, there's also a combined utility room, cloakroom and W.C. Downstairs there is a washing machine and drier.
The whole ground floor, including the large hall has terracotta tiles throughout, with scatter rugs. The first floor is principally oak planked save for the master bedroom which is carpeted. The utility and master bathroom have cork tiles. Internal balcony or loggia is slate floored. Much of the furniture reflects the idiosyncrasies of the owners but is essentially that of a family house, and is comfortable with varied sofas, chairs and tables. The kitchen is practical and has basic equipment including induction cooker, fridges and dishwasher. There is a freezer in the utility room. There is a Bose MP3 docking station and 32″ flat screen satellite television with Blu-ray/DVD. WiFi. Oil fired heating system. Drinking water is from a private and regularly tested borehole.
Doors to the garden on both principal and ground floor which latter gives to grassed terrace with stone steps leading away from it. Bring boots for country and beach walking. Wood for open fire is included in rent. A maximum of 2 dogs are allowed.
The garden, of about half an acre, runs down to the edge of the river, where there are steps to the beach. Please note, however, that any boats at or tied to the house are not for use by visitors. Boats can be rented very easily. This is not suitable for children under 4 years unless they are supervised at all times. There are lawns on all sides of the house, with camellias, a palm or two, other shrubs and large Cupressus Macrocarpa trees along the drive to the north. It is attractive to wildlife, including rabbits, and care should be taken when using the garden. Beyond the garden, lies agricultural land on three sides.
Sometime in the eighteenth century, an oysterman's cottage was built on the upper reaches of the river and then in 1832, Jonathan Mayne built a small sea wall and granite ramp, inscribed with his name and the date. Then, in the 1930's, Lorelei was built fifty yards above the beach, and has since been completely redesigned and rebuilt.
Surrounding Area
Lorelei looks over the Helford River – a romantic estuary, with thick dark scrub oak trees running right down to the water. Save for the hamlets of Durgan, Helford and Helford passage, houses are few and far between, more often inland up the side creeks than in the estuary itself.
The house is well situated to visit the attractions of Cornwall, and make use of the sailing, golf and other sports facilities of the area. It is also close to many of' the famous gardens of Cornwall and a good base from which to visit them. The Lizard is right on the doorstep, as are the towns of Helston and Falmouth. Truro is some fourteen miles away. The north coast is some thirty minutes drive. The local village is Constantine where the village shop has an astonishing array of whisky. But there are also lovely lanes to explore, the coastal path and many other local walks, there are beaches, and small creeks and hamlets such as that at nearby Port Navas.
The house is quite large and in an exceptional position, opposite Frenchman's Creek, facing south across the river with barely a house in sight, and with views both up and down river.
The house is up a private drive, some mile and a quarter long, and passing a farm. All but the last poor section of road is tarmaced and this last section is not suitable for low slung cars. In the spring when birds are nesting the wild flowers and grasses in the hedges to the sides can impinge on this last section of track. Much of the drive in is on a ridge beside a creek and with stunning views of the estuary and the surrounding countryside.
Private drive area and turning circle .
Whilst there isn't a mooring at Lorelei, if you are wanting to hire or bring a boat it is possible to arrange temporary mooring at Lorelei through Sailaway at St. Anthony They will organise a temporary mooring and sort out all necessary paperwork for you in time for your arrival.


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PERU — The next gathering of the Women Inspired Network (WIN) will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 24, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Peru.
During the gathering, executive leaders from three local social service agencies will present their proposals for an $8,700 grant being offered by the members of WIN. Voting by WIN members will take place Oct. 1-13 and grant checks will be awarded in November at the first annual WIN Celebration of Giving.
Presenters on Sept. 24, include:
Tracy Beattie, president/CEO of Starved Rock Regional Center, regarding additional resources for the Autism Resource Center.
Executive director Susan Bursztynsky of ADV/SAS, who is also proposing an agency geographic expansion to better serve area residents. ADV/SAS has also requested $2750 for a Recognize, Respond, Refer Awareness Campaign to raise awareness and prevention of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Michael Zernek, executive director of Freedom House, will explain a proposal requesting $8,500 for expansion of the Youth Empowerment Program, which helps pre-teen boys and girls, aged 9-12, improve self-esteem, maintain a positive body image, deal with peer pressure and prevent bullying.
All women are invited to attend WIN gatherings. The Sept. 24 meeting is a salad and dessert potluck and a fee of $2 will be charged for all attendees. RSVP is requested. To learn more, visit WIN on Facebook or on the Starved Rock Country Community Foundation website at www.srccf.org, or call the SRCCF at 815-252-2906.


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This awesome new platform to connect readers with their favorite authors just launched! Super excited about it, too. https://bookandmainbites.com/story/5734 Facebook is not my favorite place to stay connected with authors I love. Mostly because my newsfeed gets so clogged with other stuff. Which is totally fine! But now that Book+Main Bites has launched, it's an Read More
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Ioana Maria Uricaru
Ioana Uricaru was born and raised in Romania, where she studied Biology before turning to filmmaking and film studies. She holds an MFA in Film and Television Production and a Ph.D. in Critical Studies, both from USC's School of Cinematic Arts. Her research interests include film theory, cinema theory and practice and global media industrial practices, and her dissertation focuses on discourse and embodied emotional experience in cinema from the perspective of the neuroscience of emotion. She has published scholarly essays in Film Quarterly, The Velvet Light Trap and several anthologies in the US and abroad. Ioana is also an award-winning filmmaker whose films have screened in the official selections of the Cannes, Sundance and AFI film festivals and at the American Cinematheque. She is the recipient of the Sundance Sloan Commissioning grant, held the Cannes Film Festival Cinefondation Residency in Paris and was a jury member at the Cairo Film Festival in 2009.


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