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Popular shoe manufacturer Crocs is in the process of transitioning into a lifestyle brand and the company plans to use its retail stores to communicate the changes to consumers. To do so, Crocs secured the services of global architecture firm Callison last year, charging it to come up with a revamped design for its new stores with plans to incorporate some of the new features into its existing locations.
Up until this point, Crocs has been known primarily for its comfortable foam clogs which can be purchased for as little as $20. But it's starting to roll out products that can be used year-round and premium products which sell at a higher price point than its classic offerings, such as winter high boots. Today, the brand already boasts more than 250 merchandise offerings.
"We really wanted to make sure we kept a lot of the attributes of being fun and innovative and to make it easy for the consumer to navigate the store," says Angie Callaway, global retail design director with Crocs. "But we also wanted to do new ways of merchandising so we would be seasonally able to adapt to new products each season."
Crocs executives wanted to remain budget-conscious and maintain the same build-out costs for the newly designed stores as for its existing stores. The solution Callison came up with was to maintain the same store size, which ranges between 3,000 sq. ft. and 5,000 sq. ft., but make the interior design very modular to allow Crocs to display its products in different ways depending on need. For example, most of the time the new stores will present the shoes horizontally to make it easier for customers to view them, according to MJ Munsell, a principal at Callison.
If Crocs needs to make space for a larger merchandise collection, however, the shoes can also be hung vertically.
"We were really careful not to change the model too much, but to elevate it and create a new experience, to attract the old customer and the new customer, who may not be familiar with the traditional Crocs," says Munsell.
Callison also tried to incorporate classic Crocs elements into the design of the stores. Most of the stores' furniture features curved contours to imitate the curve of the clogs. The front door's handle is designed as a large round hinge, similar to the trademark hinges on the shoes. Perforation is another design element that has been transferred from the clogs to the stores.
In November, Crocs opened three of the new prototype stores in the U.S., including locations at Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn., Barton Creek in Austin, Texas and Streets at Southpoint in Durham, N.C. In the year ahead, the company plans to open more than 100 new stores globally, which will be a combination of the new and old formats, according to Callaway.
"We will be slowly transitioning to the new concept after the middle of the year, after we make sure to test it," she notes. "We'll be introducing some visual cues from this concept everywhere."
In the U.S., Crocs will be looking for locations in warmer weather states and resort locations, in addition to stores on high streets in select markets, such as New York City.
"We do extremely well in Florida, so we definitely want to make sure we have great presence [there]; we do very solid business in Texas Panhandle and we want to be in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles," Callaway adds.

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Autumn is officially here and with it come those longer nights, colder days and perfect seasonal ingredients for soups.
This infographic from Gourmandia offers up a quick look at some of the perfect soups to make with Autumn ingredients.
From the classic Italian Minestrone to Tomato and Garlic and Rice and Pea soups. The infographic breaks the soups into categories with ideas for creamy, high protein, earthy and hearty soups.
There's no actual recipes provided for the soups but it does offer up some nice suggestions to get those soup juices flowing for Fall.


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January 21, 2003
2003 Annual Speaker Survey Promoters of the 2003 Distance Learning conference in Wisconsin have distributed this list of topics previous conference speakers expect to set the agenda for this year. Most of the projections are hit and miss. The best of the bunch is probably the set of issues raised by Saul Carliner: catching up during the tech slowdown, the misfiring of enterprise solutions, the emergence of synchronous learning (a mistake, in my opinion, but a wildly popular mistake), less talk about standards, more talk about knowledge management. By Various Authors, University of Wisconsin-Madison, January, 2003 [Refer][Research][Reflect]
ISPs 'Should Pay' for Music Swapping The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is toying with the idea of asking for a tax on internet service providers (ISPs) that allow users to use file trading systems. We will hold ISPs more accountable," said Hillary Rosen, chair and chief executive of the RIAA. No word on how the RIAA intends to distribute royalties to independent producers and writers of all the non-industry content being exchanged using those same systems. By Reuters, ZDNet UK, January 20, 2003 [Refer][Research][Reflect]
HP Says It Now Gets $2 Billion of Sales From Linux Still think there's no money in free software? "Hewlett- Packard, the world's largest personal computer maker, said on Tuesday it had annual sales of $2 billion linked to the Linux open computer-operating system, the fast-growing rival to Microsoft's Windows." By Reuters, San Jose Mercury News, January 21, 2003 [Refer][Research][Reflect]
A Day at the Office in 2013 A cautionary note amid a workplace utopia: "On this day, at 8:30 am, Gregor Samson will receive his first "referral," an auto-generated, monthly employee report from the CSI. The report informs him that in the last 30 days he has spent 6 percent of his time browsing non-authorized Web locations, 23 percent in video conferences, 1.33 percent in the 4th floor lavatory, and 6 percent at the nearby Starbucks coincident with another 8x employee. He is also made aware that he is over budget in his application usage, which is metered by the minute." The minute any employer tries that on me, I'm out of there. I'd rather sell (bad) art on the street. By Dan Farber, ZDNet Tech Update, January 17, 2003 [Refer][Research][Reflect]
Understanding Information Architecture Rusty Foster's article - and the subsequent discussion on the Online News mailing list - got me to thinking. All this discussion makes me wonder why my website looks the same, day after day. Only the content changes. I am wondering how to approach it so that I could have a new look each day, with a consistent style, but something fresh for people to look at and enjoy. Something like this. I am daunted, though, by the mechanics. It takes a long time to come up with a decent design; doing it daily would be a task. It would be nice to have a nice development environment that would create clean, liquid design visually, allowing me to stream my content into assigned areas. I haven't seen any such tool (doesn't mean it doesn't exist). But more, I am wondering about the purpose of such an approach. How would I use the elements of variable web site design? Would it be to create focus and draw attention to more important items, as a traditional newspaper does with its front page layout? Much to think about... By Rusty Foster, Online Journalism Review, January 17, 2003 [Refer][Research][Reflect]
MS Announces Windows Media 9 DRM Tool, Music Alliances The release of Microsoft's Windows Media Data Session for Windows Media 9 hasn't attracted widespread media coverage (to judge from Google News), but it should. The purpose of this software is to allow "media companies to protect content delivered to consumers by putting music on to a copy-controlled CD in multiple layers." In addition to the software, a list of key supporters - including CD manufacturer MPO, Universal Music Group and EMI - suggests that the music industry supports the new format. But will consumers? Windows media 9 is being touted as an alternative to MPEG 4, which means yet another stupid standards war. More to the point, the questions remains whether people are willing to give up control of the content on their own computer. If this initiative is successful, expect it to be emulated for a wide variety of content. But if it fails (or succumbs to a widely distributed hack, as happened to DVD and Adobe copy protection formats), then chalk it up as just another dubious technology. More coverage on BetaNews, News Interactive, CNet and PC Advisor. By John Lettice, The Register, January 20, 2003 [Refer][Research][Reflect]
Fathoming the Future of eLearning Still deeply in denial, executives at Fathom try to analyze the failure of Columbia's online learning division. It was the customer's fault. "The average consumer still doesn't understand what online learning really is," said Kirschner. From this article, it looks like staff at Cornell's e-learning division are in the same mode (and based on this article, I would say that it may be headed to a similar fate). By Chris Mitchell, Cornell Daily Sun, January 20, 2003 [Refer][Research][Reflect]
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It's common knowledge among advertising and marketing communications industries that regardless of what you are designing, a well-chosen image can often grab audiences attention better than carefully crafted text on its own.
And with the affordability of high-quality stock imagery – you have no excuse not to use these images in your designs. Especially since you don't have to create them yourself.
Here are our tips on what to look for in stock imagery and how to maximise impact.
Let the image(s) tell the story
If you're promoting a person, place or product, then anchor that image prominently in your design. When using people – use his or her face; when using a place – make the place prominent; and if it is a product – show it or show someone using it.
It's quite simple and helps the audience visualise what you are trying to communicate.
If you are without a good product photo, try to utilise stock images instead of paying for a photo shoot. For example, if you're promoting a sports store sale, a photo of either equipment, athletes, sporting field, or all three combined could be effective; a cooking school could have photos of spices, utensils etc.
The stock images above withdraw more emotion from a viewer than any text could, while also providing a setting for the design.
Use striking imagery
The use of unusual, powerful and colourful imagery is encouraged to make the most of the precious few moments you have to grab someone's attention – especially humour (when appropriate).
Grabbing the attention from an audience is critical in encouraging them to take the next step – actually reading your text. In the age of the internet and short attention spans, getting initial attention and having your message read has never been more difficult.
Go big or go home
Imagery captured or cropped in interesting ways, or attractive imagery used at a large size can also have a big impact. For example, if you're promoting a pet store, you might use a big, yet unusual, image of one of the pets you serve.
Add an unusual background
The importance of including a foreground, middle and background in photos is well known to photographers to help establish depth and to lead viewers through the image – this is also relevant in graphic design.
Adding layers to your design, such as adding texture to solid-colour backgrounds via imagery and bars of colour to highlight information, can make your message far more engaging.
Try to use at least three graphical elements in your piece, not counting the text, as shown in these before (left) and after (right) versions of two fictitious ads.
Use conceptual imagery
Stock imagery really shows its worth here, because since most stock images are used in advertising, contributors to stock-image collections have become experts at communicating concepts in clever ways, through the use of tools such as Adobe's Photoshop, to create out-of-the-ordinary and funny images, while staying and relevant.
Stock imagery is great for communicating hard-to-explain concepts, such as cloud computing.
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The Vietnam central coast is growing in stature as one of the hottest tourist spots in Southeast Asia, with a variety of attractions, including golf.
Tour operators are now tapping into this growth with new products and offices. While Vietnam hasn't been historically synonymous with great golf, travelers can fly from Hanoi, HCM city or Singapore, BKK, and Kula Lumpur through Danang's new international airport which has made the region a "must play" golf experience in Asia.
For many travel experts, Danang is more appealing than Bali or Phuket and its beach has been voted one of the world's best by Forbes Magazine. Luxury Travel Ltd. provides privately guided and fully bespoke holidays in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand. The company just opened a new Danang office and launched new golf tour packages, "Central Golf Coast Tour of Vietnam" for travelers seeking challenging links.
"On our new 6 day tour, golf lovers will play a few of Vietnam's world-class golf courses, including Montgomerie Links and Danang Golf Club," said Pham Ha, founder and CEO of Luxury Travel Ltd. "You will stay in the best beach front resorts in Danang or Hoi An. Additional historic cultural experiences will be available at Hue and Hoi An, and the stunning coastline of Vietnam will ensure that visitors will take away a truly memorable experience and a great story of newly-discovered adventures. This tour is also suitable for non-golfers companions."
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Yoghurt & Cumin Roast Butterflied Chicken with a warm roast vegetable salad
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Author Notes: This is my BEST CHICKEN RECIPE because it's tasty and really easy to make. Everyone thinks you have gone to so much more trouble than you have, but it's one of those dishes you can prep, stick in the oven, and then help the kids with homework, or enjoy a glass of wine while it roasts! My favourite chicken on the other hand, is the Roasted Chicken with Bread Salad from Zuni Cafe (and cookbook from same), but it takes forever to cook, and has has so many steps, I don't cook that as often
This is a dish you learn to make from heart, as the ingredients and measurements aren't really all that critical. Just adjust to suit your own taste and make it your own classic
Serves: 4-6 depending on sides
For the Roast Chicken
Organic chicken
cup Greek or natural yoghurt
1 - 2
tablespoons Cumin
tablespoon Lemon juice
tablespoons honey
Freshly cracked pepper and sea salt
- Take the chicken out of the refrigerator and remove the innards from the cavity. Check the funny little heart out! Discard or feed to the dog or cat. Pat dry with paper towels (the chicken not the dog/cat). Set aside and cover. Now wash your hands!
- Adjust the racks in the oven to make sure the baking dishes will fit, preferably around the middle where the temperature is more even. You'll want to put the heavier baking dish underneath a lighter one or baking tray. Allow room for any vegetables on another shelf if roasting at the same time. Preheat the oven to 390 degrees F (200C).
- Mix all the other ingredients for the chicken together in a small bowl or jug.
- Roast the chicken for about an hour. You can use an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh to check temperature. It should be about 165 degrees F (73F). If you don't have a thermometer don't fret. Stick a small sharp knife or a skewer (an equally handy tool for baking and roasting) into the thigh. The juice that runs out will be 'clear' when the chook is cooked. If the juice is still a little bloody, leave to roast a while longer. The crust should golden with bits of dark caramelization from the marinade.
- When done, remove the chicken to a cutting board to rest for about 15 minutes before cutting up however you like.
- Served with a warm, roast vegetable salad and some simply dressed green salad leaves. The vegetables cook in the oven at the same time as the chicken, and the salad takes about 5 minutes to assemble while the chicken is resting (after all the hard work its done!)
Warm Roast Vegetable Salad
Carrots, peeled and cut into wedges
Parsnips, peeled and cut into wedges
Butternut squash or small pumpkin
Spanish or red onions, peeled and quartered
Red pepper (capsicum), seeds and pith removed, cut into about 16 strips, lenghways
Fennel bulbs, trimmed and sliced
knob of garlic, rough skin removed, and cut in half horizontally
Freshly ground pepper
Sea salt
tablespoons EVOO (Extra virgin olive oil)
tablespoon Honey
tablespoon Lemon juice
tablespoons Mayonnaise (optional)
Freshly cracked black pepper and sea salt
cup Fresh chopped herbs: parsley, thyme... whatever you prefer
- Place the prepared vegetables in the baking dish or tray, and drizzle with some olive oil, and season with salt and pepper. toss gently.
- Place in the oven. Turn after 15 minutes, and cook a further 15 minutes or until just tender. When cooked through and slightly caramalized, remove from oven and cool a little, so you can handle them.
- Just before serving, toss as much dressing as you need, together with the roast vegetables (in the baking dish). Plate or serve in a separate dish with the rest of the herbs scattered on top, some salad greens and the chicken.
- Dressing?Mix all the wet ingredients, salt and pepper and half the herbs together in a small jar, jug or bowl.
- You can also ADD lots of other tasty things to the salad, that you might have on hand. Such as: + Toasted pine nuts + A handful of dried cranberries OR Currants (briefly marinated in the vinegar) + Some cooked lentils, chickpeas, quinoa or cracked wheat (burghul) if you want a larger dish and more protein. + Scattered with crumbled soft goat cheese (chèvre)
- TIP: To make life easier, measure dry ingredients first, then the oil for the marinade. Measure the honey last. The oil coats the measuring spoon so it is not so hard to clean up after the honey and you get it all in the recipe, not on the spoon.
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Somehow I had gotten it into my head that this was a Classic One Of These (the word 'old' in the title? I'm suggestible that way). And when I'm reading Classic Things and a cliche rears his head (Private Cocky Jackass ramps the cocky jackassery following minor victory, is immediately dead because minor victories are always a ruse) I'm all, Oh, that must be before this was the Obvious Thing.
And there are parts that are incredibly cheesey, like when John the protagonist is being split up from his basic training buddies and one of them is all, 'Let's do it, let's be our own little family. Let's look out for each other, no matter where you are' and you could almost slice the foreshadows with a knife. But because it has that old-timey-scifi feel it's like watching a much-beloved movie and being like, Oho, the special effects are terrible, how sweet. But then you remember this was published in 2005, so.
And I'm always very faintly annoyed when the protagonist is the one who Does All The Things Good. Is the only recruit whom Sergeant Ruiz can't find a personal reason to hate. Figures out the secret way to shoot the sturdy baddies so they stay dead. Realizes what those same baddies are up to pages before anyone else. Single-handedly saves both his new girlfriend and the valuable alien technology from imminent destruction.
And all the blurbs keep saying 'fast-paced' which is why you should NEVER TRUST THE BLURBS. Because it's verrry I am falling through the atmosphere in my own personal shield as we begin our Important And Terrifying attack oh wait, you probably want to know how this shield works. Ok so there are these tiny bots… And I know one of the purported strengths of good sci-fi is when the science can be show to work, but now is not the time.
Nor is it the time in the final pages when it's all SENTIMENTAL MOMENT and he gets a post card from his lost lady fair of a farm and a sunrise and SCREEEEEECH 'It could have been a sunset, but that's not the feeling I got.' Dude, we assumed that is not the feeling you got when you called it a sunrise, and there is no need to throw this unnecessary sentence-wrench into the cogs just in case your reader was all But what if it's a sunset? How does he know?
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MUMBAI: What do you think will happen when one of the most glamorous chefs in India decides to share some sinful pleasures with you? It leads to Pure Sin, a show to be anchored by restaurateur, chef, author Shipra Khanna on FOODFOOD, India?s No 1 food lifestyle channel. The channel, with the new show, Pure Sin, moves into the food terrain (Simply desserts) that?s never been explored on television in India. The show launches on FOODFOOD on Friday, April 18, at 7.00 pm.
An economics and psychology graduate, Shipra competed and won MasterChef 2 , India. With her specialty is Global cuisine, Indian and fusion food, she has opened her own restaurant, H.O.T. - House of Taste - in Ahmadabad.
Pure Sin takes you through a tingling journey creating delicious, mouth watering desserts, harnessing the power of your sweet tooth, while drooling through sinful pleasures. Desserts inspire you to throw out all the rules?eat with moderation, save the best for last?and simply give in to sugary bliss, no matter what the time of day!
Although science has established that our love of sweets is rooted in evolution ?dessert is a purely a cultural phenomenon.? However, desserts, as they are commonly known today, became popular through a progression of culinary experimentation and the manufacture of sugar during the middle ages. That?s when people began to enjoy more sweets.
?Desserts are an important part of eating well and eating healthy. They inspire you to throw out all the rules?eat with moderation, save the best for last. My new show takes you through a tingling journey creating delicious, yummy desserts that give in to sugary bliss, no matter what the time of day! Dessert making is truly an adventure in culinary evolution and I am confident our viewers will simply love & enjoy them,? said the beautiful chef Shipra Khanna.
If you're craving for pure culinary pleasure, pure passion, pure indulgence... then it's Pure Sin! Find out everything you need to know about making that winning dessert, by watching this one-of-a-kind, all desserts show.
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Without going too far into all of Google Analytics' capabilities, the following definitions of terms found in its basic metrics dashboard are very useful. They are derived from the presentation Matthew Adams from the U-M LS&A delivered at UM-Flint in March 2013.
- Visit – a user came to your website and consumed content; a session.
- Unique Visitors – the number of unduplicated visitors to your website over the course of a specified time period.
- Pages/Visit – the average number of pages viewed during a visit to your website. Repeated views of a single page are also counted.
- Average Visit Duration – length of time a visitor's browser has your website open.
- Bounce Rate – percentage of sessions on your website with only one page view.
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RAR Password Cracker
RAR Password Cracker is one of the many tools able to crack RAR archive passwords. However, I liked it better than other tools because it's easy to use and has useful features. It supports two operation modes. It uses either brute force to crack your password, or the dictionary method. The program can estimate the time it takes to crack a specific password. This is nice because you can see if cracking that specific password is worth your time.
Cracking a three letter word, composed of numbers and lowercase letters took about half an hour on my computer (Athlon64 3000+ processor) when I used brute force. When you use the dictionary method to crack a password, the duration depends on the size of the dictionary. The dictionary files (word lists) are not included in the installation, but they can be purchased separately using a link on the publisher's website. These files are in fact text files, so you can create your own if you want.
The program displays a current performance rate. I guess this performance rate should be the number of words tried each second. I'm not sure though because I couldn't find what the "p/s" symbol (displayed next to the performance rate) stands for.
Pluses: If you close the application while it's cracking a password you can pick up later where you left off. Resuming is possible because the program saves a project file, which contains information about the progress of the cracking process. I also liked that I could set any project to resume its work automatically upon the next Windows startup.
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Ima foodie. I think food. I love food. I eat too much food...
And really, I've always been a chunky girl, and I'm fine with that. I don't want to be skinny. Really. I would love to lose some weight, but I'm my happiest at 150 lbs. And at 5'-0" that's considered obese. And I'm fine with that, too.
Because I'm happy. I am fat and happy. I am not skinny and miserable. I never want to be skinny and miserable. Not to say all skinnies are miserable, not at all. I know plenty are gorgeous girls who are amazing and beautiful and smart and healthy and happy. Some of these girls really have to work at it and some are just born with the metabolism of The Flash.
Now, I on the other hand, was born with a metabolism more like Jabba the Hutt. It doesn't seem to matter what I eat or how active I am, I just seem to settle out and plateau no matter what I do. But I also have to be careful about what I do because of my joints. It never fails that I get into a workout routine that I enjoy, then wind up turning my ankle or messing up my knee and am on the sidelines for weeks, where I inevitable just gain more than what I started with.
So really, it's better for me to just not work out at all, right? HA! Did I just try to justify that? I'm always doing that... The proof is in the pin, too - if you look at my pinboards over at Pinterest, you can see for yourself. Of the bajillion boards I pin to, one is called "Ima Foodie" and one is called "I work ooouuut!" and I think you'll find that there are about a tenth of a percent of the pins on one board over the other. I'll let you figure out which one...
And I do go through this cycle of, "Fuck it, I don't care, I'll just be Paula Deen or Ina Garten and wear big blousy shirts and eat whatever I want." I mean, they're happy right? Their husbands love them. They're successful.
And then I think, "Gotta lose this weight, gotta eat healthy, gotta be Miss Perfect." I mean, I'm capable, I have will power, I can do it!
So I've turned my 20 pounds of "happy weight" from ten years ago, when Eric and I first got together, into 50 pounds of still happy and here I am today. Happy. My husband loves me just the way I am. But I still feel like I can do better.
But I don't want to be a lunatic diet freak or a crazed gym fanatic. I don't expect to lose 50 pounds overnight. Especially when we're talking about babies soon. Setting an unrealistic goal is not what I am about.
What I am about is doing right by my body. Which means cutting back on the crap, loading on the good stuff, and never loosing sight of the fact that we only get one life. And in that life I plan to do my level best, but also know that when I get together with the girls, Ima eat some crap. Some ooey gooey chocolate or caramel covered in sea salt. I just am.
But I do want to keep track of that. I want to have a realistic image of what I put in my body and how I can improve.
Enter the food tracker.
I designed this based on my own needs, but if it works for you, feel free to swipe it for yourself! Just click the image to download the full sheet.
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Weekend Recap!
We spent this last Saturday at the consignment sale with the girls from Scrap Again and had a great time!
Last year we brought a whole car full of schtuff to sell, but this year we managed just a respectable four bins. Even though Mamala brought the equivalent of at least one bin back with her... And I managed to grab some super cute little deals myself - last season's stuff, but it's all the same for me. Good stuff now is good stuff six months for me when you are like me and just buy the everyday basics that last forever.
Love me some gold rimmed brads from Dear Lizzy and the best little bag of cast-off buttons and a little Amy Tan Stamp. Not to mention that cute little piece of flair from Marcy Penner for Studio Calico.
We knew we wouldn't get much time to actually get much work done, so we just brought the basics. These letters are seriously cute all naked straight from the store, but throw a little glitter on them and they are precious.
And we'll be working on the same stuff this coming weekend at Paradise Scrapbook Boutique's National Scrapbook Day Crop in Chico. I was hoping to actually work on catching up on the month of March and April in my Project Life Album, but until I actually splurge on the HP Officejet 100 portable printer that I say hi to every time I go to Staples, I'm afeeered I'll be leaving Project Life at home. Le sigh...
And since we're on topic, I do actually have every intention of continuing. I mean, I've bought enough stuff to supply me for PL for at least a decade... So we'll see how it goes. May 18 is the bridal shower Mamala and I are throwing for Kate and so my eyes are on May 20 when I am back at home and back to a semi-normal schedule until the rehearsal dinner and wedding on June 15. And come June 16 life returns (hopefully) to normal. Not that I haven't enjoyed the crazy amounts of crafting and every single digit scorched by my SOB hot glue gun...
Happy Wednesday!
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Lists are my downfall...
I like lists. Everything about them. Sitting down to make them, adding as much crap to them as possible to see if there is any way in hell I can actually cross off all the line items on them. And ooooooh the feeling of crossing off an item on that list. I add things I've already done to lists just to be able to cross them off. And then looking at that list at the end of the day to see what I've accomplished. Or not accomplished, as is often times the case...
My new favorite list-making tool is the one over at Target.com and holy bejesus is it addicting! I've been making lists of baby stuff that I very clearly need for the fetus that I am not yet even carrying. I mean, right? It's slightly mental, but I prefer to refer to it as just being well prepared. Like really well prepared. For getting some pretty awesome baby swag.
It's become the thing I do when I have a spare few minutes. It used to be Pinterest, but no more. Gasp. I know... But really, retail therapy has always made me feel better and this pretty much does it for me. And saves me massive mulah.
And it doesn't help that it's so easy to accumulate mountains of good stuff... Or that you can make endless kinds of lists. Of course, right now what dominates my hormonal brain is the soon-to-be fetus...
You just search out what you want (or if you're like me, don't really know what you need, just that you're having too much fun clicking) and choose color/size/quantity where applicable and click "add to list."
Then add it to whichever list you want. And then add a wrist brace to a new list because your wrist is screaming at you for all the damned clicking you've been doing and don't forget a pair of glasses because you're eyes are completely strained beyond repair after 18 hours of squinting into the wee hours.
And if you're too embarrassed to make your lists public, you can always keep them private until you're ready to share them. Like me. But then I blog about it, so what the hell...
Now go over to Target.com and register to start making your own lists! You will seriously love it.
And no, they didn't pay me to post this. I am actually this weird.
Happy Thursday, peeps. And happy clicking ;)
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Happy Mamala's Day!
Not really. We've got a few more weeks. Calm down.
I just wanted to share my first blog post that went up today over at The Spotted Canary Blog. It's a project I actually made last year that got a wee bit lost in the shuffle. But that's okay, because I'm pretty sure Mother's Day comes every year. So take a gander and get crafting!
Monday, April 22, 2013
Happy Earth Day!
Get on your Birkenstocks, everyone - it's Earth Day! Um yeah, I live on five acres of Earth. Lots of weeds. Lots of six and eight legged creatures. Don't even get me started on the opossums. YUCK.
So this year I was assigned a project for EK to honor this day. It's posted over here at the Spotted Canary. It's a pretty simple little project, but that's how I'm trying to keep it these days! Birds. Sticks. Paper flowers. Doneski.
Have a great day!
Friday, April 12, 2013
Font Friday!
I'm getting ready to make a trip to Fresno this weekend for some quality time with Mamala and The Sis. We're getting to the tail end of my mom's kitchen remodel and my sis's wedding budget, so we decided to have a yard sale! Out with the old for Mamala and in with a wedding dress for Kate. Wish us luck...
Some of you know that I made a font palette for Project Life. Some of you call me a nerd. Some of you are right. But I don't care. I love me some fun fonts and here are a few I found this week that I added to my collection.
Langdon | Kawoszeh | Pompiere | Rochester | Grand Hotel
I hope you love these as much as I do!
Happy downloading, and remember, downloading fornts for over an hour qualifies as both work and research. Just in case someone asks. Cause sometimes they do. Especially when your desktop is entirely filled with zipped file folders...
Sunday, April 7, 2013
My Sunday...
So many things to get done today, and I've made pretty good progress.
Aaaaaand this totally counts as blogging two days in a row.
Just for the record.
Happy Sunday!
Saturday, April 6, 2013
I know what you're going to say. And yes, it's February in April. I am totally aware of how ridiculous this is. But hey, at least it's done. And I kinda like it...
We had a girl's weekend with tons of fun, food, painting, wedding planning, food, and this amazing sea salt dark chocolate from Nugget Market which just happens to be my favorite grocery store EVER. We grated it over these Lesley Stowe Original Crisps - expensive as hell but totally worth it - with brie, red pepper flakes and honey. I know you're saying, "Um, ew," but let me just tell you that the sounds that emitted from my mother's mouth were downright wrong. So wrong I just had to try it myself. And she was right. Nom nom nom.
I managed to get the worst sinus infection ever for an entire week, which left me clinging to the couch for dear life. And I managed to clear out the entire queue on our DVR, which was quite the accomplishment, I gotta say. And I managed to make up some pretty sweet 3x4 cards to cut on the Cameo. The first set went over pretty well, so I figured I'd offer up the rest of them for you. Keep reading - you'll find them at the end.
My favorite part of all is that I can finally say with all confidence that I love my own handwriting. I didn't used to. But now it's just crappy enough to be unique, and I find that I'm not so quick to type my journaling out these days. And as odd as it sounds, finding the perfect pen is the real trick. My fave is the Uniball Vision Elite in .5mm. It's smooth and sort of creamy and never skips. And this friggin' thing lasts forever!
How stinkin' cute is that poonum? He cracks me up every time...
I decided to add some journaling about our crafty weekend but didn't want it to be super obvious. So I cut a piece of vellum to layer over the top, added some Thickers and used my Tiny Attacher to finish the job. So simple but just perfect.
I decided to add in a 5x7 sleeve with the card from Chevy for my new Equinox that we got in October. You know, the one I've washed twice since that awesome day. Yeah, I'm a super responsible adult.
Here's one of the freebie 3x4 cards I'm giving out today. I loooooove text blurbs and this one is exactly what I needed! Hopefully it's what you need, too! Those alphas are from Basic Grey and I think I might need to get about twenty more sheets of them...
Some Martha Stewart Air-Dry Clay roses I made. You just might find them in an upcoming class over at the Spotted Canary. And can I just say, April is a little like Brittny month over there with how many of my projects are up and are going to keep popping up. Very exciting!
Also exciting is how close I am to being finished with my hex quilt. Finally. At long last. The end. Is. Near.
Valentine's Day kinda snuck up on me this year. Eric asked early in the week if we could maybe possibly kinda sorta postpone celebrating until Saturday. He had many reasons. And they were sound. And so I relented. And when Thursday rolled around and in he rolled with a big bouquet of roses and a handmade cardboard three-page ziptie-bound card and all I had was my easy peasy Cameo cut card, I felt a little stupid. Of course he would do that. He's pretty sweet that way.
Cameo, you make life easier. That's all there is to it...
The mini version of my amazing card from the hubbs. Had to include it.
The last page. Love the little Random fact card from the Smash collection. They make the best filler cards. And there you have a rare snapshot of yours truly. With a pretty accurate expression and completely appropriate title. On the right is the little collection of February-ee thingies that I was going to use to make up a layout. But alas, I said no to that idea. I'm so over February. Not only that, but really, everything made it into the other sleeves. I didn't really have anything super important to add. So why make more work for myself, right?
And here's the other freebie for today. This 3x4 Happy Mail card as well as the quote bubble card, are both available in three formats, to fit whatever you might want to do with them. Just click on the links below to download them and get right to work!
And here is the freebie! Click on the image for Studio files. The other formats are listed below. Click on each to automatically download and then get to printing and cutting!
Here's what I've got so far for March. Um yeah. I'm getting to work riiiiiight noooooow. Right after a mow and weedeat five acres. Because I'm sure to be in a super creative frame of mind after that. We'll see...
Have a great weekend!
Monday, February 25, 2013
I suck at blogging...
It's true. I try, but I just suck at it. Even now, I have to be honest. I wrote those first two sentences and got totally distracted by Vanderpump Rules. Don't judge. It's disgustingly addictive... So half an hour later I'm back and while I'd like to show you all the wild and crazy and terribly productive things I've been doing lately, what I've got is just this.
A picture of a potato.
Congratulations, Britt, your life is so boring you took a picture of the baked potato you dropped on the floor tonight. The sad thing? Total strangers commented on it on Instagram. So at least I'm not the only one.
And then right after I dropped that potato I realized that there was no milk for the baked potato soup already cooking on the stove. So what's a girl with no makeup, caterpillars on her forehead, hair in a wet bun, braless, with bleach stains on her most unflattering brown sweatpants and a blog post to write to do but ask her husband to run to the store for her? Right? I mean, the last time I asked him to do that for me was like, Thanksgiving! I NEVER ask him for stuff like that, but don't think he didn't bitch and moan like I was asking him to go have a full body wax. It was that dramatic. Good thing he ate half of a loaf of french bread on the drive back. Lest he starve or something...
In other news, I'm trying to get geared up for my trip to Disney with Mamala this weekend. We've been looking forward to it for a long time, and now that it's here I think I might be chemically unbalanced because I'm not nearly as excited as I should be. I think it just hasn't really clicked that we're taking a little mini vacation all of our own with no dramatic strings attached and that it's just gonna be good times and fatty food. Um yeah, paleo? See ya in a week, boo, cause this chick is having a corn dog from Disney whenever she feels like it. That's right, I said it.
Speaking of Paleo... I refuse to buy a scale because I would just check it every single time I pee or sneeze, hoping the number will magically decrease by 40. BUT I will say that I notice a difference in my pants. Not a huge deal, but good to see a little progress. And that is all I'm gonna say about that.
So happy Monday, peeps. I'll try to suck less at this blogging thing ;)
P.S. I washed my car for the first time EVER today. We bought it in October. And seriously, it was so covered with dirt, it didn't even look dirty from a few feet away. Just looked like a tan car. It's supposed to be white. Sad. And. Pathetic. But now it's sparkly, and smells like lemons inside, so it's all good. Goodbye scrub brush, see you in another four months.
Friday, February 15, 2013
January in Review
That's right! Here it is the middle of February, and I'm just now posting this! So to make up for it, I'm adding some 3x4 cards for you to download. They're at the bottom of the post. Hang in there. This is a long one...
Decided to add a layout for the month. Will probably try to do this every month. Used the scraps from the rest of the month. LOVE THAT. Also, I used the sequins and thread that came in that little Ziploc baggie of thread and buttons that come with knit tops. Cuz you know if I lose a sequin on my top, I am never going to take the time to sit and fix it.
InstaJanuary. Although, I printed "Insta" in the wrong pink. Waaaaay too light. Then a little blurb about each photo in the left margin.
This month, all in all, has been a great. I worked a little more than usual with the rent-a-kidlets which meant more fun, more mommy training, and more mulah. Kate had to go into the hospital again, got bad news, and now is at home with Thomas feeling pretty good, all things considering, and has resumed the wedding planning. Mom has been yo-yoing from Fresno to Antioch for a couple months and has a big ol kitchen remodel going on at home that is nothing but chaos. Eric has been working on everyone's race car but his own, and while he adamantly claims that welding in gymnasticee poses while spewing a litany of four-letter words inside said racecar is not his hobby, I think he's smoking something... I have the all-important job of pressing the pedal on the Tig welder when he can't reach it. And can I say, there is nothing quite so boring. But it's nice to help.
Tried to stick to the color palette that I made up - yes, I'm a nerd - and I am loving it so far! I decided to stick to just a few basic colors, then I can add as I go. Kraft, white, grey and pink are the most basic. Then I can add in yellow and teal as secondary colors to tie in all the different patterned papers I have set aside for my album. Sounds complicated, actually very easy. It basically just helps me keep a cohesive look throughout the album. Otherwise I will end up with color vomit. It's happened. It wasn't pretty.
Love using my Silhouette Cameo for this, too! Making 3x4 cards has become a little bit of an obsession for me, I must admit.
LOVE the 3x4 monthly printables from Finding Nana, which you can get HERE. And I'm trying to keep things simple - not too much 3-D-ness, ya know? But, I can't resist a good wood veneer. Crate Paper - YUMMMM.
Decided to add in this Design J pocket to the album to make a Studio layout.
Sticking with one style of Thickers per layout. Still figuring out what I like...
So I decided to add a little sleeve dedicated to the studio. Just a few of my favorite pics of the layout right now.
This month started an all new project and a scrap room purge. I constantly purge the room, so not anything big and exciting there. The goal is to get all the little stashes out of the other bedroom closets, so that everything crafty is limited to just the studio. When we moved into this house I picked the smallest room to be my studio, and knew I would have to do a lot of purging to make everything fit. And not just be crammed in - actually fit in an efficient and good-looking way. Because when this room gets all wonky I tend to just ignore it until I can't take it anymore and do a massive purge.
The right side ended up looking a little blah, but oh well. I'm liking designing so much in photoshop, but I need to add a little more dimension. Next month, right? That's what I like so much about this - if this month didn't turn out quite like I wanted, I can try again on the next spread because the premise is still the same.
Epoxy Dots from My Mind's Eye and Wood Veneers from Studio Calico. I have a small problem with these...
I wanted to include the recipe for the cookies I used, so I printed the photo on mylar and tiny attached them to the front of the card. Then you can see it behind through the photo, or take it out to look at it.
So now that you have stuck with me, here are the freebie 3x4 Card Cut Files!
***And for those of you who are not using Silhouette Studio Designer Software, these are available as SVG and DXF as well as PNG to print. The links for each are under the images below. Hope that helps! And thanks Rachel, for the heads up!***
Potty Mouth SVG
Potty Mouth DXF
Potty Mouth PNG
Valentine's Day SVG
Valentine's Day DXF
Valentine's Day PNG
And here is a little sneak of what I've got cooking for February's spreads...
Thanks for sticking in there with me today! Can I just say, this was supposed to take like, an hour to write, and four hours later I'm just now finishing up?! Our internet is ridic...
Have a great weekend and be sure to tag me when you use your cut files - I'd love to see what you do with them!
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
I am loving this InstaSeries! I mean, I'm using a lot of the same images for my Project Life Spread, but it's nice to see them all together as one big broad overview of the month. Speaking of which, my big plan for the evening is printing and laying out the last of my January photos. It's really all I can manage at this point. I am majorly couching it this week, at least as much as I can stand it. I hate sitting still. I can barely watch TV without my quilt to work on, Facebook, Instagram, or a game on my phone, or sudoku or knitting or anything to keep my hands busy. So I'm rreeeeaaaally looking forward to some clear sinuses/ears/lungs so I can actually DO something around here.
Hope you're all having a great Wednesday!
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
I'm siiiiiiick
I have been meaning to write a post to end all posts. One huge, long crazy post about all things January. Project Life, InstaJanuary, Etsy shop items, going Paleo, and some random projects around the house. But life just keeps getting in the way. I was supposed to get all of these things accounted for - including finishing up the last few bits of my January Project Life spreads - this weekend at our little girly crafty weekend at my house. BUT I lost my mojo and then got really sick with a massive sinus infection that literally felt like my head would burst. Lovely image, I know.
So yeah, I'm alive today and feeling slightly better. Luckily I was able to take off of work today and Thursday was already axed, and since I only work Tuesdays and Thursdays, that means I have the whole week off. Which also means I have no excuse to get all this done. Unless of course my head explodes.
So hang in there - I have lots of good stuff coming up, including maybe a little giveaway...
Happy Tuesday!
So yeah, I'm alive today and feeling slightly better. Luckily I was able to take off of work today and Thursday was already axed, and since I only work Tuesdays and Thursdays, that means I have the whole week off. Which also means I have no excuse to get all this done. Unless of course my head explodes.
So hang in there - I have lots of good stuff coming up, including maybe a little giveaway...
Happy Tuesday!
Monday, January 28, 2013
The Spotted Canary
Here are some of my Spotted Canary projects that found their way into this new card class that was just released. The class is technique heavy, step by step video instructions, and FREE, so head on over and get registered!
I have to say, designing this card class was probably one of the most fun groups of projects I've done for EK Success so far. The class was based on using some kind of glitter/bling on each project, showing different ways of integrating into each project. I love each of them for different reasons, even the floral one at the bottom. It's not at all my aesthetic, but it gave me an opportunity to play with a new technique and stretch my imagination. There are six cards in the class, and these are the five I contributed. LOVE how the butterfly hand-cut card came out the best!
Happy Monday!
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Queensland's coast is a significant natural resource and provides valuable ecosystem services that support the state's economic and social development. However, the high demand for use of coastal land by the community can result in coastal environments becoming degraded or used for purposes contrary to the objectives of the Coastal Protection and Management Act 1995 (Coastal Act).
Coastal environments constantly adapt to change from dynamic natural processes, such as tides, waves, floods, storms and cyclones, and changes in sea level. Climate change impacts, such as increasing sea levels, increasing intensity of storms and cyclones, and changed rainfall patterns will make Queensland's low-lying coastal areas vulnerable to coastal hazards. Degraded environments can accelerate this rate of change and increase instability in coastal environments.
In response to these issues, coastal development generally requires assessment under the Planning Act 2016 (Planning Act) to ensure it is managed to protect and conserve environmental, social and economic coastal resources and enhance the resilience of coastal communities to coastal hazards. For more information about this, refer to coastal development.
Other activities that are not defined as development under the Planning Act are considered under the Coastal Management Plan.


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Vehicle registration, Voter registration, Dog licensing, Driver's license, Trash pickup, Utility services, Student registration.
History of Windham New Hampshire
Recreation Department, Griffin Skate Park FAQ, Application
Athletic programs, Field and playground facilities, Water and lake activities, Annual events, Recreational programs.
Windham NH town hall document map
Nonprofit organizations in Windham New Hampshire
Turn on North Lowell Rd at junction with Rt111 (across Fire House on Fellows Rd).
Town Hall is in the center on the aerial photo below, next to the WCTV / Windham Museum building with stone front. The Building and Planning departments are located in adjacent old fire house opposite to the Presbyterian Church on Church road. Enter circular driveway to parking lot here.
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Town Hall, 3 North Lowell Road
Phone: (603) 434-5075 Fax: (603) 425-6582
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Weekend baking: delicious, no knead rye bread rolls
One of my biggest commitments for 2018 is to eat healthily: to nourish my body and fill it full of good stuff. But let's be sensible: we're never going to eat healthily 100% of the time. I think I'm aiming for around 80%, with a bit of cake and the odd glass of wine thrown in as a treat (note to self: that's a treat, not every day – catch up on my Drinkaware month here). Diets are one of my biggest bugbears. I don't want to count calories, or cut out carbs. I like carbs. Carbs give us energy and are a great source of fibre*, but we need to choose the right carbs for our body, not depressing, flabby white bread, mass produced, sugary biscuits, or – sadly – doughnuts (mmmm, doughnuts). One of the greatest things I feel I do for our family is take the time to bake really delicious, home made bread. Rye is less refined and much more nutritious than some other grains but I'm not really a huge fan of 100% rye, so I mix it roughly half and half with normal white bread flour. These easy, no knead rye bread rolls are so easy to make and this dough will probably make 10-12, depending on how big you make them.


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Unlike ASUS ZENBOOK UX21E-ESL4 that boasts 11.6 inch display, the U500VZ ultrabook comes with a 15.6 inch Full High Definition touch screen IPS display and integrated with a NVIDIA GeForce GT650M with 2GB GDDR5 video memory. It's offer 300nits brightness with 16:9 viewing angle and support a native resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, so you can play and enjoy 1080p video content on this machine without need to connect into HDTV.
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This year marks the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare - the UK's greatest playwright, dramatist and poet.
2016 will see major world celebrations of Shakespeare's life and works. Like his legacy, celebrations will reach far beyond the theatre in order to reflect the extraordinary scope of his works. His plays and poetry continue to be adapted, interpreted and translated in new ways, continuing to remain relevant to contemporary audiences - especially in film.
Shakespeare on Film will see Chapter and Pontio show some of the Bard's greatest works on the big screen.
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{Patriotic DIY} 4th of July County Fair Games
Since we already covered lots of 4th of July party food & drinks… let's talk activities! These 4th of July County Fair Games are from our "All-American County Fair" 4th of July Party for Hebrew National.
Inspired by the classic fair games, we crafted a homemade Ring Toss, Balloon Darts and Gunny Sack Race… and even made some "semi-diy" Award Ribbons using store-bought ribbons & party circles! All of the printables you see are available for free download right HERE!
(And to see the rest of the party printables in action go here.) Scroll down to have some fun!!
– Gunny Sack Race: Decorate pillow cases and line the yard with ribbon + printable start and finish signs attached to mini cones.
– Ring Toss: Add pattern paper + party circles to old fashioned soda bottles. Place in wooden crate + set out rings.
– Balloon Darts: Cover a foam board with red and white stripe fabric. Blow up and pin blue balloons. Cover plastic darts with glitter ribbon and place in a red sand filled display jar.
– Cover a foam board with red and white stripe fabric. Add white frame.
– Use a glue dot to attach a party circle to the front of an award ribbon.
– to display on board, unpin ribbons and gently push into board.
– Sponsored by: Hebrew National
– Party Design, Printables, Photography & Styling: Hostess with the Mostess
– Award Ribbons: Party City
– Wooden Crates: Michaels
– Vintage Soda Bottles: Costco
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Emera Inc. of Halifax has selected longtime company executive Nancy Tower as the new president and CEO of its subsidiary, Tampa Electric.
The appointment is effective Nov. 30, the day current CEO Gordon Gillette officially retires after more than 36 years with Tampa Electric, described as one of Florida's largest investor-owned electric utilities.
Emera indicated in a news release that during her 20 years with them, Tower has held a variety of senior corporate and operational roles, most recently aschief corporate development officer.
According to the Nova Scotia energy conglomerate, Tower was instrumental in helping Emera complete the acquisition of TECO Energy, which was parent to three core businesses: Tampa Electric with more than 725,000 customers in West-Central Florida; Peoples Gas System, Florida's largest natural gas distributor with 365,000 customers; and, New Mexico Gas Co., a natural gas distributor and the largest utility in New Mexico, which serves more than 515,000 customers.


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In winter's crystal
And give to what gets
You in the end,
For the sake of a love
That just devours,
And smiles and takes,
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Run free
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Straight to what's
Still and will not bend,
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Consume and fake,
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1. There's a picture fair and bright,
Hanging still on memory's wall:
There I see my father take the Book divine;
Dear home faces gathered round,
As the shadows softly fall,
And a light from out the pages seems to shine.
Dear old Book, precious Book,
On thy pages soiled and worn I love to look!
O thou balm for hearts that ache,
For my sainted mother's sake,
Thou art dearer day by day, thou blessèd Book!
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And I see my mother's face;
In her hand the Bible, worn and stained with tears;
But the light is shining still,
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There is comfort for earth's griefs and doubts and fears. [Refrain]
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When I felt my mother's hand,
With its tender touch of love upon my head,
While the old, old, story sweet,
Which a child can understand,
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In the darkness when death's angel spreads his wing,
Let me turn to mother's Book,
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text: StarMedia, L'Oreal team for Web site for Latina women Published on March 09, 2000. StarMedia Network (www.starmedia.com), an Internet media company for Spanish- and Portugese-speaking audiences, teamed with L'Oreal Group to launch Cadamujer.com, a site for Latina women worldwide. The site launches today in Mexico at (www.cadamujer.com.mx) and will roll-out starting in Argentina and Brazil in the coming months. Cadamujer.com will include information, community services and e-commerce opportunities for Latina women. Local editorial staffs will develop and update content. Users will have direct access to local sites of L'Oreal Group brands, including L'Oreal Paris, Lancome, Maybelline and Biotherm. StarMedia and L'Oreal will promote the service through online and offline marketing efforts; details were undisclosed.Copyright March 2000, Crain Communications Inc. Most Popular In this article: News


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A Farce With Force
The Triumph of Love, a midsummer romantic cross-dressing romp; Angelina Jolie sleepwalks through Life or Something Like It; The Salton Sea is drug-noir hooey.
Clare Peploe's adaptation of Marivaux's 1732 comedy The Triumph of Love (Paramount Classics) juggles the language of theater and cinema more buoyantly than anything since Ingmar Bergman's The Magic Flute (1975). The play itself isn't the thing, but it will do: A midsummer romantic cross-dressing romp, its satiric target is fear of feeling, its aim the conciliation of reason and emotion, its most obvious antecedent As You Like It. It begins as an orphaned princess (Mira Sorvino) spies Agis (Jay Rodan), the son of the king her father usurped—the rightful heir to the throne and a world-class hunk to boot. Watching him emerge from a lake in his Adonis-like splendor, she longs for a marriage that would restore the natural order. But to win his affections she must disguise herself, to conceal not only her identity (the youth has been raised to despise her) but her gender. For Agis has been confined to the estate of a rationalist philosopher called Hermocrates (Ben Kingsley) and is beyond the reach of hated females—the notable exception being Hermocrates' spinsterish sister Leontine (Fiona Shaw), who has no feminine wiles to speak of. In the course of the play (which is brief, the so-called classical unities in force), the princess will delay her eviction by furiously wooing Hermocrates as a woman and Leontine as a man—until such time as she can befriend Agis (as a man) and convince him (as a woman) of the depth and the rightness of her love.
Peploe, who is married to Bernardo Bertolucci (she wrote Besieged,1998, and directed a first-rate giddy romantic comedy called High Season, 1987), reportedly saw the play on stage and was inspired to bring it to the screen. In the finished film her love of cinema fairly dances with her love of theater—especially summertime, al fresco theater, with audiences watching in manicured parks or on the grounds of large estates. Employing a hand-held, 16 mm camera, she finds the perfect perspective for every scene: Now she pulls back and the actors play it big so you can feel their relish for showy theatrical artifice; now she comes in close and cuts and cuts again, the jump-cuts creating a nervous intimacy possible only in movies. It shouldn't work—what's the French New Wave doing in the commedia dell'arte?—but she always cuts at the right instant so that the emotions become more concentrated. Mozart is in the air (and on the soundtrack), and there is something in Peploe's camerawork that suggests both the composer's exquisite formality and his lightning waggishness; meanwhile, the real-time excitement of the theater goes hand-in-glove with the happy thought that one can savor these performances again and again.
Who would have thought that Mira Sorvino could look like a classically trained actress? She's blithely stylized, with a delicious, skippy pertness, and when she strikes a classical suitor's pose, those legs go on forever. All pretty teeth and doe eyes, she gets in close, too close, to Fiona Shaw, whose breathless skittishness is suddenly in sync with Peploe's jump-cuts. We are suddenly in farce heaven, made more enchanted by Peploe's absurdist punch line: Rushing flushed from the young "man's" presence, Leontine comes face to face with a modern-dress audience watching expectantly. It makes no sense on any level—hers or ours—and it is utterly, sublimely funny: the universe's ultimate revenge.
Shaw and Kingsley understand the secret of the greatest commedia stooge acting: Play your scenes as if they're high tragedy, so that every situation has more weight than it can bear, so that laughter is the audience's only release. To watch the stoic Kingsley struggle with the sudden onrush of romantic longing—he blinks, mortified, frozen in indecision, his bald head erect, his physiognomy like a Roman general's appended with a pair of clown ears—is to feel the sibling closeness of farce and tragedy. The Triumph of Love sets you nearer than theater permits—and further back than most movies dare. A magic vantage.
Angelina Jolie has made a lot of wiggy comments to the press; and while it's unseemly to speculate on her sanity, it's fair, I think, to suggest that much of her appeal comes from that hint of mad-animal chaos lurking not too far under the surface. Her Gia, in the movie of that name, was barely contained by clothing, her Lisa in Girl, Interrupted (1999) one of the movies' most magnetic sexy beasts. Even her regal tomb-raider Lara Croft carried a suggestion of something filthy and subversive. I can't imagine what attracted her to the protagonist of Life or Something Like It (20th Century Fox), Lanie Kerrigan—a brittle, steely platinum blonde who dreams of marrying a rich jock and being the hostess of a network morning talk show, and who is described as laboring, every moment of her life, to project "the right image." The Loni Anderson look doesn't suit her features (this is the first time she has been less than gorgeous on screen), and her eyes are glazed, as if she's trying to dampen her brilliance.
The movie's dumb but on some level irresistible hook is that her character learns, from a mad "prophet" named Jack (Tony Shalhoub), that she's going to die in a week, and since every one of his other predictions come true (so much so that it's a wonder the government doesn't swoop down and dissect his brain), Lanie begins to rethink the foundations of her life. She eats junk food, shows up drunk for work, tries to rekindle her relationships with her father and her icy sister, and inches closer to the laid-back cameraman (Edward Byrnes) who represents all that's incorruptible. Life or Something Like It has some good, tart romantic banter that lifts it above the Lifetime class, but key confrontations are poorly directed, and the conception is finally just too fraudulent to endure. As in last year's Sweet November, the explicit message—abandon the fast-track treadmill for the looseness and spontaneity of real life—is relentlessly undermined by the machine-tooled Hollywood narrative, the cinematic equivalent of the schlocky morning show we're taught is so unworthy of Lanie's aspirations. This mad prophet says it will die in a week.
Set in the world of methamphetamine addicts, The Salton Sea (Warner Bros.) is drug noir. The syntax is by turns brusque and slurry, with hardboiled nihilist narration by the seemingly doomed protagonist (Val Kilmer), a "tweaker" who rats out his dealers to a couple of thuggish narcs and pines for the days when he blew a soulful trumpet on a beach next to a beautiful woman. Drug noir can be exciting—even a dud like Blow took storytelling chances—but about midway through the movie (directed by D.J. Caruso from a script by Tony Gayton) you start to sense it's going in a different and more ho-hum direction than, say, Requiem for a Dream. More should not be revealed: Let's just say that in spite of its malignant sun-scorched palette, absurdist visions, and narrative loop the loops, the picture looks in hindsight like the same old vigilante crap. The good news is that Kilmer, a smart, nervy actor who looked to be down for the count—the victim, some have suggested, of his own untenable temperament—is in there working hard and giving a real performance. He doesn't make the movie worth seeing, but he makes me hope to see him again.