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Deb CarverOwens
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The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want
~ Psalms 23:1
ARTICLE OF INTEREST Dangerous, Friendless…Homeless By Deb CarverOwens If overpasses could talk, how many stories could they tell? They stretch majestically across the lonely night streets. During the daylight hours they see the hustle and bustle of each day's activities. At night, what do they see? Do they see the little spiders building webs on their bracer sections? Do they happen to notice the field mice scurrying up into the cubby holes where the grass meets the cement? Do they pay attention to the people who congregate under it to live? The structure never sleeps. Little could anyone realize how deep a question to ask? Is there a difference between homeless persons and street persons? Most of the populations of cities do not have time to wonder. They never think about the question because it does not pertain to them. These are details that are unimportant to anyone but those who live in this situation. Is there actually a difference? The answer is yes. In most cities there are different levels of living. The poor struggle through with little money and a lot of hard work. The vehicles are not the newest not are there a lot of choices for residence . Their families get by, but just barely. In the middle class, spouses have jobs, cars, and homes that are more or less of their own choosing. These people live in decent housing and for the most part pay their bills with a little left over for emergencies. Then, there is the upper class of people who can, basically, do what they want. However, most people do not know of the other two levels of society that are very real. The first is the homeless. These are the ones who have lost whatever job they might have had and also their living arrangements. They live in shelters and look daily for some type of employment. When they find it, they strive to better themselves by getting into some type of living quarters that are not very expensive so that they can build and grow to better accommodations and lives. This author knows of a woman who procured employment at a restaurant within walking distance from the shelter on the midnight shift (graveyard shift). She worked for four nights sleeping during the day amid children playing and whatever else was going on in the shelter during that time and went to work each night. On the fifth night, she went to her shift and worked as usual. When she got off her shift that morning, she walked to the shelter and was told that she couldn't sleep that day because she would be off that night. She sat in the park with the valuables that she carried for safekeeping and was so tired that she cried to keep herself awake. Knowing that if she went to sleep, she would lose anything of value on her person, she could not think of anything else to do. Her weariness precluded walking to any of the sights around the area as she would have to carry her parcel with her. Finally, the time came that she was able to go back inside. There were chores to do after dinner and then she went in with the single women who showered last to tepid or cold water to take her turn in the partition less showers with stalls that had no doors. The road to get one's life back is certainly not easy; and it is a sad truth that a lot of families are a paycheck away from such circumstances. The second are the "street" people. They have one goal in their minds. That is to get enough money for their next quart or drug buy. They have no place to go and like it that way. There are no responsibilities except to survive another day and that is all the responsibility they want. Life has either beaten them down so far that they don't even try anymore or they have become lazy and have no more ambition than to sit and drink or do drugs. The most important difference between them is that one group really does wish to pull themselves out of their situation while the other doesn't care about anything but themselves. The street people are not necessarily evil; however, most of them are opportunists. Someone may be sleeping on a park bench - between leaving the shelter in the morning and going back in at night - with his or her backpack next to them. If a street person thinks that the sleeper has any medication or money that they can take, they will use this opportunity to steal it. By the same token, if a street person encounters someone that they think is pretty or appealing in some way even if they know this person and have been friends with them, they might grab that homeless person as the opportunity presents itself. Being drunk or high, they never consider the fear of the other person. In normal circumstances, the person would not think of such a thing, however the opportunity presented itself and it didn't matter whether they were behind a building or on the sidewalk of a busy street. The person being accosted might not get help in extracting themselves from such situations because the working people who are running errands or shopping don't want to get involved. Let me be clear. Most of the time the "street", as a rule, don't go around attacking people as they walk down the sidewalk. Experience has taught that they steal from the homeless who are within their grasp. Given the right situation, however, it is imagined that the "street" will use whatever opportunity is open to them to get the money for their smokes, booze,or drugs. It is also to be noted that the homeless have some kind of morality within them. They are just having extremely hard times. However, anything that the "street" wants to do is not thought of as moral or immoral, it is what they want. Therefore, a person walking down the street in the daylight hours could conceivably see a man or woman taking off parts of their clothing due to the fact that they have soiled themselves. Trust me; it is not for the faint of heart. Is there a difference in the difficulty of survival between homeless men and homeless women? Most definitely there is. Women have a harder time than men usually. The women who find themselves in shelters have opportunities to get jobs for themselves and work their way out of the situation, however they have to be careful when they are out walking on the street. It is easier to fall into "the oldest profession" when there doesn't seem to be any hope, so hope must be kept within them. There are ways to do this. 1. They can make sure that in the course of the day, they never travel alone. Making a friend with other women at the shelter is a help. 2. It is hard for a woman to find a job when she has no address. A lot of employers won't hire anyone from a shelter address that they recognize in the area. The men have "morning call" in which construction companies and such come to the shelter to hire workers for the day. There are women who can handle such a circumstance, but some can't. 3. Inside the shelter, there is a locked closet where the women can keep their clothes and such. If they dress before they leave the shelter in clothes worthy of finding employment, they can put in applications as they walk through stores in the area while waiting to go back in the shelter at night. Is there a correlation between any of these groups? It would seem that the middle three classes have the work and the worry and the hardships. Working, poor, and homeless strive to better their situations and make ends meet. It is interesting to note that the upper class and the "street" have not a lot of these worries. This excludes self-made successes. The upper classes can buy what they want or manipulate it from others while the "street" just take what they think they need from others. Either way the highest and lowest sides of the spectrum are the same in generality's ratio. Isn't that an interesting fact?
What If: A Journey Into The Center of Disrupting For Disruption's Sake What if the American people got tired of all the disruptions in Congress and called for psyche evaluations on every one of the Representatives and Senators as pertains to senility with their positions commensurate on a positive outcome of these examinations or they would all be impeached while the people voted in Congress positions that the people elected could actually get along and accomplish something for this country rather than their own egos. Would the Congress delegates that are in office right now be able to tell the American people what they could and could not do? Is that what is going on now as pertains to Congress disrupting every single thing that the President does? Are those who are disrupting everything actually aware that they are doing more harm than good? or don't they care anymore? Have they had their own way for so long that they don't care what we, the people, think? Is there anything we can do about this if it is indeed going on? and what might that something be? What if all of the colleges took attendance of who was participating in protests at their school and if a name was found that was not on the list, the people were shown to the door by policemen? Would all the disrupters that are causing the violence at these rallies be "weeded out"? Would the protestors want to be peaceful as is allowed by the constitution? or would they stick up for the rebel rousers and join in the violence? Once the violence starts, is everyone guilty of such behavior because the supposed peaceful protesters didn't disclaim the violent ones? Are we the people supposed to stand back and let this go on time after time? or is there anything that we can do about that? And if there is what would it be? What if the news media only reported the truth about stories and not someone's political views? Is the news media supposed to report what is actually going on? or what they think is happening? Does opinion matter more than facts in this day and age? Would the views of we the people be different is we only heard the truth and saw integrity in our printed and televized media? Is that what is going on today? or are the news reporters so full of themselves that they don't care how much they are tearing up this country with their unreliable reporting? or is that what is actually going on? What if the courts of this land didn't overstep their bounds to tell the President what he can and can not do? Is that even what is going on? Why is it legal for these people to tell the President "no" when the safety of this country is in his hands? Is our safety in his hands at all? According to some, he has no jurisdiction over anything. Is this truly the way it is? or are people so aggressive and egotistical that they will not pay attention to what is needed in this country? And they will only serve themselves and what their party wants even to the detriment of this country? What if this country found the definition for "treason" again in its language? Are the people who are leaking information to the media traitors for doing it? And are the media members that print or televize this information just as guilty as the ones who released it? Is there a law that says that those who incite riots and cause continual disruptions are guilty of anything? or is it their right to make such happenstances? Where is the line drawn that the perpetrators of these incidents can step over into real trouble? or when is their actions too much for it to be legal? Does anyone have the right to disrupt so much that they block normal people from their daily activities? Or is the right to protest peaceful also mean that they can do as they please to everyone else? What if we the people took a few moments to contemplate these questions? What answers would we find? Would they enlighten us so that we can peacefully and united run our country as the constitution set it up? or will this country be turned into a socialist country that has very little freedom? Will we let go of our goals in life for advancement and stay where we are financially? or will we have our advancements and growth in the capitalist country that has , at least freedom? These are all food for thought, but what are the answers? Does anyone know of any suggestions that will help our situations? Are there any solutions? I pray that there are good and right solutions to all of these subjects.
Some men see things as they are and ask, "why?" I dream things that never were and ask, "why not?"
--- George Bernard Shaw
Scientists on Kanah invent the Energy Extractor. After it destroys their sister planet, Vallour, because the device is too large, they send it as far away from them as possible. The planet that they found to hide the devastating machine is Earth. In 1509 a young woman, Venetta, is taken to Kanah and finds a civilization of people that have been watching Earth for a long time. She also learns the Extractor has been hidden on Earth and is a possible threat to the planet. She is sent back to Earth to warn her people after an uprising by an evil mountain ruler who is set on taking over the kingdom, but is mortally wounded as she leaves. Since she knows that she is dying and can't warn her people, she writes the message on the cave wall. 500 years later, Mallory comes across the strange writing on a wall in a cave. She shows it to Ben, the policeman who helped her when a robbery was committed at her house. They discover that Ben and his father are direct descendents of Venetta's tribe and have a legend that involves her. Mallory and Ben fight to stop the evil mountain ruler who is now king from setting the Extractor in motion and destroying Earth. Will they be able to find someone to help them save this world in time?
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A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.
~ William Shakespeare
Editorial What's the Matter With Us? By Deb CarverOwens Let's write an article about something that was heard on the news today. Why don't we name it, What is the Matter with Us? Should it go something like this? What is the matter with us? Should we let the officials of our country break the law any time they choose. Is there a law that prohibits the upper echelons of law enforcement on Capitol Hill from granting immunity to key witnesses that don't testify in an investigation? Is it legal to destroy their evidence for them? the computers that have possible evidence on them? What evidence do we have that these law enforcement officials do this? The answer is: they said they did. Does that sound like a confession to you or are they so above the law that they are not worried about anyone calling them to account? These are legitimate questions. Should we ask them or just go on with our daily lives like nothing is going on. When we get up in the morning, do we care that something is going on at the Capitol? Do we think about it at all? What will happen if we don't get interested in the way our elected officials govern us? Will the people of this country get up one morning to a government that has turned from freedom into a dictatorship? I don't know the answers to these questions, but what do you think? If you really sit down and think about it, what are the conclusions at which you arrive? Blog me with some of the answers that you come up with. Is it that we are heading for a rude awakening in our very near future or is there a way to circumvent the disastrous results of our current path. What is that path? Some may say that nothing will change while others will be terrified about the changes that they foresee. Which of these are you? what can be done? Maybe there are steps that can be taken to stop a change that we certainly don't want. What are they? Is there such a thing as a peaceful fall into dictatorship? This country stands and has stood for freedom for a long time. Is it at an end? Will it continue? What are the answers to the questions asked in this article. Maybe if we all put our brains together, we could answer them; but we will all have to do it together. I know, here goes that lovey crap. Well, is it time for us to stand together using that lovey crap to save our country or does it need saving? Think about it.
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Some men see things as they are and ask, "why?" I dream things that never were and ask, "why not?"
--- George Bernard Shaw
Experiences in Fishing As seen by Deb CarverOwens INTRODUCTION This small work is a summary of some of my fishing experiences. This book is all in fun, but, if some of the suggestions seem logical to you, please use them. We will be covering subjects from the fundamental baiting process to the sophistication of pulling a hook from various parts of the anatomy. We will also touch on ways to untangle fishing line from rods, reels……and various parts of the anatomy. The chapters that follow will hopefully enlighten and maybe even make you laugh a little. I am no expert, as; I have never been in fishing tournaments or on television. The consultation with a tournament fisherman was most enlightening and I have been fishing quite a few times in my life. Now then, with that out of the way, let's get started with our journey to the lake.
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2nd Chance
I started out many many years ago reading books. It was one of the pleasures of life that encompassed from the Bible to historical romances. My husband had a comic book collection at the time and trying to sell them on the internet was one of the starting ventures. As the years went by, there were times that the idea of writing my own books was very strong, but I had no way of knowing how to start. Then one night as I was sleeping, I had a dream where all these words were poured into my head. When I awakened, the drive to write was much much stronger, so I sat down at the computer. The idea came to me about a planet far out or our solar system that had people much like us. The idea came that, what if someone from that world came to this one to find a part that was hidden on Earth. As I wrote the story became clearer and clearer. That is how the trilogy of Bazor: The Hunt, Guardian of Secrets, and Verria's Gift were conceived. The book (Black Seven)came after that inspired by the Great Lakes. That's all that I will say about that because I don't want to give the story away.
That was in 2008 and I have been working on editing, "fleshing it out", and self-publishing for the last eight years. Now they are available to anyone who wants to read them. It seems like it took a long time to get them just right, but I truly wanted the stories to be complete and exciting. They are full length novels that (it is hoped)will show the whole picture of the scenes and commentary.


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Shots fired: Liverpool flop Mario Balotelli responds to Jamie Carragher's recent Twitter criticismPublished September 05, 2016
Mario Balotelli is at it on Twitter again, though this time we can't really blame him.
The controversial Italian has hit the headlines in recent times, more for his off-field antics rather than his on-field performances.
This time, the striker who completed a deadline day move to Ligue 1 side Nice,has criticised former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher, who lambasted the Italian following his departure from Anfield
It's well known that Carragher, was not a fan of Balotelli's attitude during his time on Merseyside, with the former Reds captain, often criticising the striker for his lack of effort and desire.
The former defender turned Sky Sports pundit, was keen to celebrate following the confirmation that Balotelli won't be returning to Anfield, taking to Twitter to post his remarks and thoughts on the Italian's departure from the club.
But in the aftermath of Carragher's comments, Balotelli has himself taken to Twitter to respond to the 38-year-old's comments.
Who do you side with on this one?
Take a look at the social media altercation below.
Balotelli on a free is still paying over the odds by Nice.
Balotelli on a free is still paying over the odds by Nice.— Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) August 31, 2016
Jamie Carragher, bad player, wonderful hater @Carra23 ,who cares. pic.twitter.com/onbY0WUgOc— Mario Balotelli (@FinallyMario) September 3, 2016
I wish him well in getting the Ballon D'Or at Nice. https://t.co/qnlwCDInTi— Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) September 4, 2016


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Imperial Tattoo opened it's doors for business in October 2011 with owner Johan Losand having a vision of a more relaxed and private working environment for both clients and tattooers.
The shop consists of three large working stations with artists Iain Mullen and Gunnar Foley filling the other two seats.
Johan himself have over 17 years of experience in the business with a big connotation towards large large scale Japanese projects.
Iain has tattooed in excess of ten years and mostly works in traditional old school motives.
Gunnar has over ten years of experience and favours black and grey style with his own unique touch to it.
All three artists can also provide various styles of tattooing to suit all tastes. The shop is situated at Birkagatan 14 in Vasastan sharing the lively bustling atmosphere the area carries.
The shop abides by all health regulations and rules, also having a separate area for sterilization with approved and maintained equipment. We work to a high standard in all aspects and maintain this with good team work.
The shop has a very quiet, comfortable atmosphere and we provide a "one on one" service with your chosen artist for booking and consultations. Most of our clients catered for are receieving larger scale works, but we also provide smaller scale tattooing in many different styles. With nearly 40 years oc combined experience in the trade, along with high standards of sterilization in a relaxed comfortable environment, be sure we can cater for all your tattooing needs. Feel welcome to visit the shop and have a look around and speak to any of the artists. You can also drop us a mail if you are interested in booking a time for tattoo or consultation and we will get back to you in due course.
Thank you for visiting our web site and enjoy our portfolios.
Imperial Tattoo opened it's doors for business in October 2011 with owner Johan Losand having a vision of a more relaxed and private working environment for both clients and tattooers.


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President Barack Obama tweeted a cheeky response to actor-director Clint Eastwood, who mocked the president's record in the form of a debate with an empty chair at the Republican National Convention on Thursday night.
"This chair is taken," the president -- or someone in charge of his Twitter account -- tweeted, attaching a picture of himself in a chair. The president's Twitter account, used to press his reelection message, has 19 million followers.


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The Cobble Hill Houses, which LBD is co-sponsoring, consists of two phases that will be assimilated into one another and, ultimately, into the landmarked neighborhood.
The first phase consists of the residential conversion of a 14,000 square foot, early twentieth century beaux-arts building at 110 Amity Street. This portion of the project will rehabilitate and revitalize this beautiful and historic structure, known as the Dudley Memorial Building, into high-end homes with all the luxury amenities of new construction, maintaining the detail, warmth and space of an historic mansion.
The second phase of the project consists of the erection of four elegant single-family townhouses, integrating seamlessly into the landmarked neighborhood. Due to the approvals required for any development in this landmarked neighborhood, this site has required a highly detailed design and development process preserving the classic exteriors of Cobble Hill, whilst incorporating the modern amenities of contemporary living.


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Read Books as Promoted through BannersPosted on: June 17, 2014, by : admin
Banners are mostly preferred by both small and large business men. The glances of the large banners grab attention quickly while passing across them. Visual treat and the aesthetic appeal are the first things that grab attention easily. Large dimension bearing objects make things appear further clear and prominent. People are normally drawn mainly towards the colorful and brighter approach of the banners. They come up with productive results and it helps in the business improvements to great respects. Numerous factors are responsible for customized banners. Banners are meant to be employed for exclusive promotions. But you as a business men may cross check the occasions and events for which the banners are used in frequent manners.
Grand Beginning:
Suppose you are trying to open a brand new business, then to make the store successful, you need extensive and exclusive promotions. Aggressive promotions are required in the markets as the store gets set for the journey in the markets. In this world of immense competition, proper promotions are required to make out a proper position in the markets among the lots.
Bookstore is definitely a good business options. But other than that it has a wider implication as well. In this era of internet, people are less interested for books. Thus promote reading extensively. In the banners also display the types of the books that are present in the collection.
An efficient bookstore owner will try to compile all genres of books together. It must range from the collections of the children books to that of the religious books. It must reflect your versatility. Books of all subjects must be present in the store so that the readers can find all sorts of the books in one place. Decorate your banners in such a style so that it displays all the essential types.
On the eve of Seasonal and Occasional sales:
The sale periods have lots of good offers for the readers.Discounts and other offers attract the people to purchase more books. The usual individual rate of the book may appear a bit expensive compared to the books as available in discount rates. Thus sale in the bookstore increases during the time of the offer. Put the banners in display in as many positions as you want. The frequent distribution of the banners will successfully capture attention from the people. Other than flyer and postcard distribution, banners are also equally important. Flyers are distributed in a very personal manner. You may miss out few people while distributing banners. Frequent and constant advertisements allow promoting the bookstore sin every direction. As more and more people get acquainted with your store, the number of visitors in the store also increases many folds.
Special Promotions inside the store:
Now always sales and discounts are not required for the promotions of the store. The sales are widely affected by the contents of the store. If your story has the collections of the rare books then the store will become automatically popular among the readers. Those who are very interested about the books, they also have vivid knowledge about the content of the stores. Thus you will be scoring high over the other stores if you have plenty and diversified book collections. Again if you bring in the latest published prints of the books unavailable at other stores, then the store will immediately gain prominence over others. But then you need to highlight these factors so that people are aware about it. Decide the content of the banners in a very intelligent manner.
Again bookstores can be specialized variety also. Your bookstore may be specialized with its collections of the educational books. Then the store may be uploaded with large varieties of story books assembling the regional as well as internationally acclaimed authors. Design glowing banners in contrasting colors that read out the message that a huge sale is in run. Then the banners may include the names of some interesting authors. People may have a wide exposure towards books across the world. Banners will create a mass appeal. The vivacious collection of the store may attract a reader, who in turns will bring in lots of other readers. Thus if you are capable of satisfying a single customer then you may be provided with a lead of many other customers. Banners play a key role inattracting these customers to the doorsteps of the store.
Ongoing Promotions:
Many popular bookstores launch reading events and other similar discussions within the store as they gather up the popular writers of the ages. These events also attract the book lovers to the stores. Again the highlights of the programs are conveyed to the readers through the colorful banners. Thus banners can be effectively used for better promotions.
Parties of Book Launch
Arrange the launching event of the newly appeared books in the markets. People will remember your store in this perspective. Try to coalesce with the popular publishers. Customers along with their acquaintance sin such events. They have a chance to interact with the writer of the authors. Various other celebrities are also present in such events. People in large numbers are attracted towards the venue.
Opportunity of Reading
Many bookstores have readers' corner. People may sit quietly and read through the books. In this way people have chances to get acquainted with new released or various unknown books. If they find the cheap postcard printing interesting while reading, they can immediately make a purchase. In the banners you may include the interiors of the store as it marks the readers' corner separately. Readers will definitely find it extremely interesting.
These banners can be designed other single handedly or with the help provided by the online printers. The printers as available online provide the users with lots of templates, designs and printing formats. You can avail for the readymade options so that much of your essential time is saved. Other than time, money is also saved to great extent. Thus increase the business growth with the help of the bright and colorful banners.


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The team at Attingham Park have been busy condition checking and cleaning the fascinating collection of shells kept in a cupboard in the Boudoir. The work provided a wonderful opportunity to show the collection to visitors as the cupboard door is only opened on rare occasions. The shells are sensitive to high light levels and over time, can fade and become brittle. We periodically clean these objects and we do so using a soft pony hair brush.
It is important to store shells in the right environment as organic acids given off by certain resins, paints, adhesives and types of wood and cardboard can attack calcareous materials like shells. In damp conditions this causes white growths known as Byne's disease, so it is important that humidity levels are monitored in the house.
It is not known for certain who collected the shells but they may be the early nineteenth-century collection of Sophia, wife of the Second Lord Berwick. Many wealthy people of the time had a cabinet of curiosities where they kept shells and semi-precious stones. To view Attingham's shell collection on the National Trust Collections website, please click here.
Often cabinets of curiosities were formed from items collected on the Grand Tour. Although Sophia's husband, Thomas, had been on his Grand Tour to Italy the shells come from further afield.
The collection contains many varieties of shell including cowrie, conch, marlin spike, mitre, helmet, turbo, conus, volute and liguus shells. As well as shells there are some sea urchin shells, seahorses and the egg of an ostrich, which lays the largest eggs of any living bird. The shells originated from places such as the Caribbean and Africa, with many of them coming from the Indo-Pacific. Sailors and naturalists collected shell specimens that would be sold in dealers' shops.
'Conchylomania' started in the seventeenth-century when the Dutch East India Company began bringing back amazing shells from Indonesia. The Dutch shell collector Jan Govertsz van der Aar was particularly celebrated, although the interest in shells soon spread to other countries. Shells and shell motifs were so popular that the mid-eighteenth century Rococo style derives its name from the French for shell. Wentletrap shells from the Philippines were especially prized and sold for vast amounts, equivalent to over £60,000 today!
Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, the Second Duchess of Portland (1715-1785) was an avid shell collector, her collection being the largest of its time. She helped to make shell collecting fashionable for wealthy British women.
Decorating rooms with shells was a popular pastime for ladies of leisure. Many eighteenth-century ladies, like Mary Delaney and Lady Fane, designed shell grottos and made shell art. The cousins of the Attingham Hill family, the Hills of Hawkstone, decorated the walls and ceiling of a chamber in their grotto with shells, pumice and other 'petrifactions from the deep.' Hawkstone Park in North Shropshire is now open to the public. For more information please click here.
Attingham is not alone in having a shell collection. Many National Trust properties have shells in their collection, from the shells arranged to form a basket of flowers bequeathed by Ellen Terry that can be seen in Smallhythe Place, to the decorative pictures made of shells at Greenway, including two beautiful shell pictures from c.1800 bought by Agatha Christie. Arlington Court and Wallington have particularly good shell collections, the one in Arlington Court having boxes of shells arranged decoratively like those at Attingham.
Three images above from National Trust Collections website. Please see links in paragraph above for further details on these objects.
Hawkstone Park Leisure (1993) 'Hawkstone, A Short History and Guide,' Walding Associates
Hays, J. (2009) 'Sea Shells and Sea Shell Collecting' http://factsanddetails.com/world/cat53/sub338/item1265.html#chapter-1
National Trust Collections website
Owsianiecki, C. (2011) 'The art of the seashell,' The Examiner, http://www.examiner.com/article/the-art-of-the-seashell
Sandwith and Stainton (2002) The National Trust Manual of Housekeeping, The National Trust
(2006) The National Trust Manual of Housekeeping, The National Trust


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Eat Well to Excel, the Simcoe Nutrition Program For School-Age Children is grateful for your interest.
Mission Statement
In consultation and collaboration with community partners, we promote the healthy development of school-age children in Simcoe County. We do so by helping to provide children with nutritious foods in the context of school nutrition programs, by helping to fund such programs, and by encouraging lifelong, healthy eating habits through nutrition-related education in the schools and the community.
How Does Eat Well To Excel Make a Difference in Simcoe County?
Children Fed Each day In Simcoe County
Ibs of Food Donated Every Year
How Much Does it Cost to feed a Child a Nutritious Meal?
The cost of providing a nutritious breakfast to one child, five days a week throughout the school year, is $1.00/day or $184/year. Total cost for 150 children (estimated participation at an inner city school breakfast club) is $27,600.
The cost of a daily snack (fresh fruit, milk, whole wheat crackers) is about $.85/day per child or $15,640/year.
These calculations do not take into account in-kind donations of food and supplies, which reduce the cost considerably.


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Everyone loves photo booths, especially at parties. Now you can leave the party with a 3D printed figurine of yourself or a friend. In the Eye of Gyre exhibition space in Harajuku Omote 3D has installed a 3D photo booth and an accompanying printer. Three dimensional images are captured in the booth and then the figures are 3D printed.
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1628 W 7th Avenue, Vancouver MLS®: R2296087
STUNNING 3 bed + 2 bath + flex CORNER CONCRETE TH at the VIRTU. This immaculate home has front & back windows allowing for plenty of natural sunlight. Amazing outdoor living from the 3 separate outdoor areas incl a gated huge patio leading to a private garden oasis. Spacious rooms throughout w/H/W floors in the living areas. Chefs will love the gourmet kitchen w/SS appliances, granite counters & sizable pantry. Upstairs leads you to 2 good sized bdrms & full bath w/soaker tub. The entire top floor is the mstr bdrm w/a spa-like ensuite & private S facing ROOFTOP TERRACE! Amenities include gym, artist studio/library & lounge. Only steps to shops, restaurants, parks, Granville Isl & the seawall. 2 parking & 1 locker included.
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Monday, June 11, 2007
MTB at Whirinaki
Penny decided it was a time for a bike adventure so we cruised over to Whirinaki, meeting Brent on the way in Murupara. This has to be the remotest specially made mtb track in NZ...and one of the best. It was awesome. Primo singletrack riding in big native forest. We then headed over to Rotorua via the unique Minginui, which needs a few coats of paint and some dog kennels. We stayed with Brent and it was great to catch up with what went down at the Adventure Racing Worlds this year, his team finished 3rd which is awesome. Sunday we went for a kayak from the stream beside Brents place down into Lake Rotorua. Really cool perspective of the old buildings and tourist attractions that line the lakes edge, lots of thermal features, which gave Penny the heebie jeebies a bit in the kayak and masses of birds...really nice After a bit of sifting round town we took off home via the eastern okataina walkway, which is really nice, rolling singletrack through native forest.
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WILD WITH HAPPY - Center Stage Ends the Season with a 'Smiley Face'
Center Stage's 51st season will be remembered for bringing comedy back to North Calvert Street with bells on. Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah and Center Stage know the way to get subscribers to renew. That is, leave them laughing. And that's exactly what they do with WILD WITH HAPPY.
The season started with the musical comedy ANIMAL CRACKERS, then there was the Irish comedy STONES IN HIS POCKETS, and then the uproarious VANYA AND SONIA AND MARSHA AND SPIKE. And now comes WILD WITH HAPPY. I don't ever remember a season infused with so much laughter. Donald O'Connor was famous for his quote, "Make 'em laugh, make 'em laugh, make 'em laugh." Playwright Colman Domingo probably wouldn't mind if that expression was put on his tombstone.
There are two Tony nominated actors involved with WILD WITH HAPPY. First, there is playwright Domingo who was nominated for his role in the Kander & Ebb musical THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS. Also from that show, and also nominated for a Tony is Forrest McClendon who plays the leading role of Gil. The playwright played the role of Gil at New York's Public Theater but now his close friend McClendon has taken over and what a gifted actor he is.
Thanks to Production Dramaturg Catherine Maria Rodriguez work in the program, the title of the play came from the playwright's best friend Anika who took Domingo to Disney World and actually said to him, "Look at these people! Everybody's just wild with happy". His desire is for the audience to leave the play "wild with happy". And the evening I attended, they did!
The play surrounds the character of Gil who has just lost his mother, his relationship has fallen apart, and his acting career has stalled.
Gil is not in a good mood as he visits the funeral home headed by Terry (the terrific James Ijames). Terry explains the alternative caskets for Gil (great set design by Tony Cisek) but Gil has only one thing in mind and that is cremation. When his Aunt Glo (the amazing Stephanie Berry who also plays Gil's mother Adelaide) hears about this, she explodes with consternation. When Aunt Glo (who loves velour sweatsuits) arrives at the home of Adelaide, she wastes no time as she casually tries on the clothes of the deceased she admires and puts them on one at a time, along with Adelaide's jewelry. It is hysterical. Director Jeremy Cohen knows how to milk a scene. He does a masterful job directing his tremendous cast.
Helping Gil with his grief is his love interest Mo (played by the talented Chivas Michael) who is so over the top, well, let's just say he is.
The one act play goes very fast as Gil decides to head to Disney World to spread his mother's ashes with Mo along with him and following close behind down I-95 are the funeral director and Flo. The ending is just pure magical. Walt Disney would have been proud (well, maybe NOT!).
Domingo has a wish for audiences. "I'd like for you to just relax your arms, open up your heart again. That's the power of theater and what we can do. To just lift us, maybe to lift us possibility again, and to hope." If you follow his advice, you'll have a grand time at WILD WITH HAPPY.
Making the evening such a pleasure are the amazing costumes (Alejo Vietti), superb lighting (Robert Wierzel), super Sound and additional music (Robert Kaplowitz), and clever projections by Jeff Sugg.
WILD WITH HAPPY runs until Jund 29. For tickets, call 410-332-0033 or visit www.centerstage.org.
Photo Credit of cast, Director Jeremy B. Cohen, and Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah: Charles Shubow
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by Achara Ashayagachat & Apiradee Treerutkuarkul
Published at Bangkok Post
Some members of the US House of Representatives have demanded the US Trade Representative (USTR) remove Thailand from the Special 310 Priority Watch List (PWL) and respect its right to issue compulsory licences for drugs. Republican representative from California Henry Waxman, in a letter on Wednesday signed by 34 congressional colleagues, told USTR ambassador Susan Schwab to reply by July 9 on their call for her office to reassess the policy.
The letter said Thailand's use of compulsory licensing to purchase generic versions of several drugs that were too costly for the government was a legitimate act within the international rights and obligations stated in the agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (Trips), under the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
"It is difficult to interpret the decision [to add Thailand to the PWL in the annual USTR trade report] as anything other than retaliation for Thailand's recent actions," said the letter.
The letter urged the USTR to reassess its policy towards Thailand to reflect the US commitment and respect for the rights of other nations to implement their intellectual property rules in a way that supports public health.
Being put on the PWL has led to the elimination of the duty-free access Thailand currently receives under the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) for gold jewellery and other exports to the US. This will take effect on July 1.
The GSP cut penalises the legitimate exercise of the right to issue compulsory licensing, the congressmen said in the letter.
"We call on you to take steps to remove Thailand from the Special 301 Priority Watch List and abandon any further retaliation for Thailand's public health efforts, and ask you to commit to respecting the rights of WTO members to freely exercise public health flexibilities under the Trips and the Doha Declaration, including compulsory licensing," they added.
The compulsory licences Thailand issued were for non-commercial government use and therefore Thailand was under no obligation to consult with the patent holders, they said.
The licences are for Aids and heart disease medications.
Washington-based Essential Action, a non-governmental organisation, backed the move by the US lawmakers.
The letter by the 35 congressmen reflected growing sentiment in congress that US policy on access to medicines must change, its director, Robert Weissman, said in a statement.
"By using legal methods to authorise price-lowering generic competition on overpriced Aids and heart-disease drugs, Thailand has shown the world what it means to place public health over commercial considerations," he said.
Essential Action agreed with the lawmakers that the USTR had put Thailand on the priority watch list to retaliate for the decision to use compulsory licensing.
"USTR's retaliatory placement of Thailand on the priority watch list was designed to punish the country for prioritising public health over the interests of Big Pharma [large pharmaceutical companies]," he said.
The trade measure was designed to send a message to other developing countries that they will be punished for issuing compulsory licences and utilising the public health flexibilities available in the WTO rules, he said.


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EVENT DATE: Jul 19, 2015
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Kevin embraced life and approached his therapies with an inspirational outlook.
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Updated 2:15 p.m. July 26, about morning walkthroughs not being open to the public.
At least for Dallas Cowboys fans in San Antonio, what better way to celebrate the end of the NFL lockout than by hosting America's Team for two-plus weeks?
According the Express-News' Tom Orsborn, Cowboys training camp begins Thursday and runs through Aug. 10 at the Alamodome. You might start seeing Cowboys buses and trucks as personnel are expected to start arriving today, according to Brad Sham, "Voice of the Dallas Cowboys," as he explained on the Ticket 760's "The Morning Drive" sports talk and entertainment program. Players are expected to arrive Wednesday, and will be staying at the Grand Hyatt, just like last year.
Unlike last year, there will be no concert/pep rally trumpeting camp's opening, which will consist of morning walkthrough (10 a.m.) and afternoon (2:30 p.m.) sessions, although the public will only be able to view the afternoon sessions. Admission is free. Parking $10.
Read Mr. Orsborn's story for more info.
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Liverpool, N.Y. — Empire Sub Shop, a spinoff of the iconic Oswego Sub Shop, is now open in the village of Liverpool. Oswego Sub Shop owner Bill Greene is launching Empire to take the Oswego Sub formula to more markets. The first Empire is at 510 Oswego St., a former Burger King location. Greene's grandfather started Oswego Sub in 1969 and his father later ran it for 35 years. The shop has been a favorite destination for students at the State University of New York Oswego. Al Roker of the Today Show and ESPN's Steve Levy, both alumni of SUNY Oswego, have mentioned the business on the air. Empire has an on-site bakery and features the same selection of salads, wings and more than 65 subs as the Oswego shop. Follow Store Front on Twitter and Facebook and sign up for the weekly Store Front newsletter. Contact Kevin Tampone at email@example.com or (315) 454-2112. Follow him on Twitter @ktampone .
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Original contemporary paintings including landscapes, portraits, and interiors by artist Trent Gudmundsen.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
white christmas
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Wasn't the snow fun!
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My Depression Was the Worst It Has Ever Been During My Pregnancy
What is a time of joy for many women was my darkest hour.
Aside from quality burritos and a handful of friends, the thing I really miss about living in San Francisco is my doctor. Though I've had spotty relationships with gynecologists in the past, Rachel "Herpes Isn't Subtle" Anderson was, and likely shall forever be, a shining example of an ideal medical provider to be poking around my cooch.
I guess it's not really fair to hold all doctors I encounter to such a standard. But even objectively speaking, I'm getting kind of tired of having to be my gynecologist's "cool patient."
A while back, Emily wrote a poignant takedown of the "cool girlfriend" trope, working against the preconception that all women are the kind of laid-back, anything-goes kind of girls whose "chillness" seems to deify them in mainstream media and among dudes. These days, I try not to get in the habit of behaving like things in romantic relationships don't bother me when they really do. I can't say the same, however, for my doctors -- especially gynecologists.
Ever since I moved to Chicago, my uterus has been a bit unpredictable, to say the least. Though I've loved the security my copper IUD has given me, becoming an Old Faithful of endometrium once a month was bad enough when my period only lasted five days. Recently, it's been going on for an average of 10 or 12, making me feel drained, persnickety and a bit like a blood-slug leaving a trail everywhere.
In 2009, my insurance wouldn't cover getting a hormonal IUD, but it does now (blessings, employer). Tempted by the prospect of lighter periods for the next five years, I decided to pop my present lil' dude out a bit early and get the Mirena strapped in there instead.
When I got to the doctor's office the morning of my appointment, things were a bit of a mess. The doctor was running late, the receptionist told me, and the normal nurse for the gynecologist was out, so a sub would be taking her place.
"That's cool," I said. "I'm chill."
The substitute nurse, whom I already vaguely knew from her work with my primary care physician in the same clinic, arrived, gave me a hug and led me to the patient room, where she had me climb on the scale and told me my weight "wasn't bad at all" for my height.
"Um," I said. Honestly, I'd've preferred not to be weighed at all, but I'm still working up the gumption to refuse outright. Still, I failed to see how the numbers on the scale corresponded, at all, with the little piece of plastic about to go inside me. "Cool?"
She smiled at me, told me to take off my pants, and left me in the office to send gyno-selfie Snapchats to all my friends.
Half an hour later, the doctor finally showed up, looking frantic. "Sorry," she said. "You've gotten one of these before, right? And I told you last time about the irregular bleeding that can happen?"
"Um, I don't think so?" I said. "Maybe?"
"No, I definitely did," she snapped. "I wouldn't have let you go otherwise."
Then why did you ask? I thought, then shrugged. "OK!"
I was starting to feel uneasy, mostly because Dr. S. seemed genuinely annoyed with the thought of getting elbow-deep up in me. This only got worse once I stuck my feet up in the stirrups. I usually love asking questions about what's going on with my cervix and how exactly procedures like this work, but Dr. S. kept acting shocked and a little offended by my inquiries. I get that I'm kind of narcissistic -- including the parts of me not visible to the casual observer -- but c'mon, shouldn't I have the right to know my vagina forecast for the coming week?
Making things even more uncomfortable, the nurse hadn't grabbed the proper tools and kept having to leave the exam room.
"Stop closing your knees," Dr. S. hissed.
"Sorry," I said. "But should I be facing the door?" Every time the nurse opened it, anybody walking by was gonna get a nice, spread-open view of Chez Katesnatch. "I mean, I don't care," I said. "I'm cool. But. Someone else might."
"Oh," Dr. S. said, turning to face the door. "Well, it's early. No one's going to walk by. But you're right, we should fix that."
"I mean, whatever," I said.
"Sorry she keeps going in and out," she continued. "I'm prepared, but these guys aren't."
"Well," I said. It didn't seem super-appropriate for someone to be trash-talking her coworkers to a patient when said coworkers were going to aid in inserting a tool into me that carried risks of perforating my uterus. "Uh, it's fine."
The weirdness just kept going, possibly exacerbated by my panicky determination to show Dr. S. that I wasn't like all those other patients. I was a cool patient, an IUD veteran, and she didn't need to worry about me one bit. I even whistled Chelsea Dagger as they slid my IUD home, partially to distract myself but also to demonstrate just how Extremely Chill I felt about the whole thing.
The nurse, inspired, took the opportunity to exclaim every five minutes how fascinating the process was. "This is so interesting, Dr. S.," she cooed. "It's so cool to see things from this perspective!" I mean, I get it -- reproductive science is rad and my bathing-suit bits are a wonder to behold -- but again: potential uterine perforation, plastic inside of me, pain.
And the pain had arrived. The actual insertion wasn't bad, but as soon as I got my pants back on, I started to feel awful, gut-wrenching cramps. My body had woken up, taken exception to its new accessory, and wanted it out. Now. This hadn't happened with either of my last IUDs, so I gritted my teeth, trying to ride it out.
"I'll be back in 10 minutes," Dr. S. said. "Feeling OK?"
"Just a little, uh, crampy," I said, sweating.
She smiled knowingly. "I'll see you in a minute."
I waited, waited, waited some more. Finally I got up and stumbled to the bathroom, hoping that peeing would make things better. (It didn't.) On my way back, I saw Dr. S. in a different room with another patient.
"Should I--?" I said. All I could think about was getting to the Walgreens across the street and downing a handful of Midol.
"She should be in a few minutes to get your consent form signed," she said. "You and I are done until next time."
"Oh," I said, going back to the exam room and putting my head between my knees.
Finally, finally, an unfamiliar face poked in. "Katherine?" she said. I nodded; close enough. "We have your consent forms for the IUD." They swam in front of my eyes, and I signed them without reading them too closely.
I'd also proposed earlier that I should get an STD test, so I shuffled along behind the new technician to the phlebotomy room. As she tied a rubber strap around my arm, she studied my face. "Are you OK?" she said. "You look a little green."
"Fine," I said, high-pitched.
"Do you want some ibuprofen?" she said.
"Oh, god, yes, please," I said, making grabby hands. She shook out two into my palm. I dry-swallowed them, not caring that they were (apparently) 800 milligrams each. The cramping had worsened, and I didn't even feel her slide a needle into my arm to take my blood.
By the time I left, all I could think about was getting home to my electric blanket. Every time I stopped at a streetlight, I had to put my hands on my knees; when a random dude cat-called me for doing so, I snarled "NOT NOW" at him, baring my teeth like a hurt animal. I thought about puking, but I didn't want to lose my precious ibuprofen.
Two more blocks, I kept thinking. One more block. Home free. I staggered up the stairs, curled into my blanket, and passed out for an hour.
If you can't tell, I wasn't particularly happy with my experience with Dr. S. and company. But to be fair to her and the rest of the clinic staff, it wasn't as if I voiced any of my concerns aloud. Looking back on it now, I can see all the places I should have spoken up about how uncomfortable I was. Why didn't I insist on getting a play-by-play of what Dr. S. was doing? Why didn't I refuse to be weighed, or to take my pants off until all the tools were in the room with us? Why did I maintain, to the point of literal agony, that I wasn't in pain and didn't need help?
Part of it was definitely the kind of intimidation a lot of people (especially women) feel around authority figures; cowed by the thought of being mocked for making a mistake, we stay silent, even when it costs us our dignity or well-being.
But that's not the whole story for me. Ever since I first read about pap smears in Seventeen, way before I even knew what a pap smear was, going to the gynecologist has constantly been framed as a scary endeavor to be dreaded rather than a pretty routine medical procedure. As a consequence, I've found myself attempting to prove, both to my doctors and to myself, that I'm not scared of anything they'll throw at me or my twat. Somewhere along the line, I conflated being "strong and sexually independent" with "having a uterus of steel." I'm not like all those other patients, intimidated by the thought of a stranger opening their vajay with duck-lips, I'm clearly trying to demonstrate. I'm a Cool Patient.
Which, of course, is BS. I mean, in general, I'm not scared of the gynecologist. But sexual autonomy and physical discomfort are clearly not mutually exclusive. I can order STD tests and take control of my clit-health and still demand a closed exam room door. And to set myself up as in competition with the other patients -- none of whose medical, physical or sexual histories I know -- is just buying into the idea that women have to tear each other down to be successful at anything, whether or not their crotches are involved.
These days, I would proverbially punch a prospective date in the teeth if they told me I "wasn't like other girls." I just have to remember that extends to the rest of my life, too.
Kate is crotch-blogging: @katchatters.


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A sombre milestone was recorded last week in the Afghanistan war: the 3000th Coalition death. He was a 26-year-old American sailor, assigned to the US Naval Forces in Bahrain in support of the war.
The death barely registered in Australia, but then here - as in other Coalition nations - the focus is on the scramble for the exit from Afghanistan. France is just the latest nation to announce an earlier-than-planned withdrawal (the end of this year).
Politicians and the public are resolute. They want the bloody and costly post-September 11 wars to be gone, erased, left behind - and for these civilians they pretty soon will be. For the veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, of course, this isn't possible, and they will forever live with the physical and mental legacies of their military service.
And so as the conflicts which dominated our national discourses for the past decade come to a close, there is a troubling disconnect between those who fought in these wars and those who ordered, supported, benefited from or just stood by as they were waged in their names.
Some population numbers illustrate how wide the gap is between the military and civilian populations.
In the US, for instance, 0.5 per cent of the American population served in the US armed forces over the past decade, according to the Pew Research Centre. In Australia the Australian Defence Force says 9800 personnel served in Iraq, and 17,600 in Afghanistan - meaning just 0.1 per cent of the total population has fought in the two wars.
The gap portrayed in the figures is backed up by attitudinal research: Pew also found 84 per cent of America's post-September 11 veterans say the public does not understand the problems faced by those in the military or their families, and the public agrees, though by a smaller majority of 71 per cent.
While the numbers of veterans we are talking about here might be relatively small compared with their wider populations, the burden they will carry as a result of their service on the front line is immense. Ironically, this is a direct result of the fact that more military personnel are surviving their wounds in our modern wars than ever before.
This fact was brought home very plainly with some further, rather shocking, statistics on Monday, when the US commemorated its annual Memorial Day holiday. First, more than 500,000 American armed forces members have come home from Iraq and Afghanistan with disabling injuries (whether physical or psychological). Second, 45 per cent of post-September 11 veterans are now seeking compensation for service-related injuries - compared with 21 per cent of veterans after the 1991 Gulf War.
(In Australia, the ADF says 223 personnel have been wounded in action in Afghanistan.)
This disparity and disconnect between civilians and veterans in terms of their ability to put the post-September 11 wars behind them suggests that before we close the book on the past decade's conflicts, we should all pause and reflect on what that period taught us.
Was it worth the human toll for the US? Was it worth it for us?
The images are confronting. Bodies are truncated; bandaged men are missing limbs, their faces and bodies burned and scarred.
These questions sprang to mind this week when I came across the Joe Bonham Project - an incredibly affecting artistic collaboration founded in the US by Michael Fay, a former Marine Corp combat artist who did two tours of Iraq and two of Afghanistan while in uniform.
The project goes a significant way towards bridging that gap between civilians and the military, by documenting through art in a very tangible and moving way the physical and mental impact the two wars have had on serving personnel.
The project, which is touring America now, has involved a group of artists with different connections to the wars (some have had serving family members, others previously deployed as official military artists) spending time with willing wounded veterans in hospitals and rehabilitation facilities, talking with them, observing them, and drawing them.
The project is named after the central character in the disturbing 1938 anti-war novel by Dalton Trumbo, Johnny Got His Gun, about a World War I soldier who wakes up in a hospital bed and slowly realises he has lost his limbs and face, but not his mind, and is trapped in his body.
The images are confronting. Bodies are truncated; bandaged men are missing limbs, their faces and bodies burned and scarred. Some are hooked up to tubes and colostomy bags. They speak volumes about events most of us are only too willing to move on from now, and about those who can't.
Fay likes to think of the artists as witnesses, or ''listeners in the woods''. ''We are the ones out there who are going to listen and say 'yes, the goddam tree did make a sound'.''
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Create A Family Christmas Heirloom
Decorate For the Holidays
with Santa Paintings!
'Waiting for Christmas Eve' is a downloadable Painting Pattern
(Also known as an E-pattern)
Are you looking for Christmas painting ideas? This old fashioned Father Christmas, or Santa as he is known in North America will get you in the holiday spirit. This Santa painting pattern or e-packet includes 26 pages of detailed step by step instructions which are extensive and include over 20 images and step photographs.
This Holiday design is also a study in painting hair and fur and includes other special effects. The composition is painted using a wet in wet blending technique and features many special effects such as:
This painting pattern comes with step by step painting instructions and detailed photographs explaining each step of the painting's progression. Observe the examples featured in this description. Artist Neadeen Masters leaves nothing out, which helps you with the success of this painting.
|Learn the importance of creating fur direction and how to move the eye through this painting technique. While the subject seems simple, the painting lesson packs a punch when it comes to learning the different techniques to paint this one of a kind heirloom Santa Clause.
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Surface size: Artist's stretched canvas - 14 x 18
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Raw Sienna
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I just love this Santa and I wasn't sure that I could do it but the pattern is so detailed that I just have to try. Looking forward to learning a lot of new technics. I just need to get painting!! Thanks Neadeen for all your beautiful work.
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Today started off too wet for garage saleing. That was good as we had planned to take a carload of unwanted electronics to be recycled. Here in the city of Madison, WI we have to pay a $10 fee to get rid old CPU's, monitors, laptops, or televisions. Today Dane County sponsored a free drop off day. The following two photos show what we took to be recycled. If you carefully count everything you can see we saved $100.
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Actress Valerie Bertinelli is preparing to share her favorite recipes with fans in her own cookbook.
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It was a gut feeling that something terrible was going to happen that made George and Franciene Gross follow the car that sped by them and began swerving back and forth across the southbound lanes of Federal Highway.
The Deerfield Beach couple followed the car from Boca Raton to Lighthouse Point about 1 a.m. Sunday, skipping the turnoff to their home and looking all the while for a police officer they could alert.
``Either somebody was very sick or very drunk in that car,`` Gross said. ``We made the decision to keep the car in our sights and passed on by our street. I was trying to spot a police officer.
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The fabrics shown here are from the Wiener Werkstätten. Over 18,000 fabrics were designed by 90 different artists of the Wiener Werkstätten in the years from 1913 to 1932. The designs above are from some of the most prominent textile designers, Camille Birke, Franz von Zülow, Josef Hoffmann (who alone created 6,204 designs!) and Carl Otto Czeschka.
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