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Gowling WLG is home to one of the UK's largest real estate practices with a team of more than 275 commercially-minded, innovative and pragmatic lawyers.
Gowling WLG is home to one of the UK's largest real estate practices with a team of more than 275 commercially-minded, innovative and pragmatic lawyers.
We work alongside many of the sector's most successful companies and have helped to deliver numerous high profile projects, advising throughout their lifecycle.
One of the biggest dedicated commercial development and investment teams in the UK advising many investors and developers, we regularly lead on high value, and strategically important deals and projects. Our extensive experience means clients receive innovative and commercial solutions to often complex specifications quickly and efficiently.
Our comprehensive real estate development service includes site assembly (with or without compulsory purchase) including obtaining vacant possession, managing the planning process to secure the necessary planning permission, structuring and negotiating tax-efficient development and financing arrangements.
With advice on investment and development projects including: joint venture projects, promotion agreements, sale and leaseback transactions, funding's and commercial lettings. Whilst we have a separate dedicated asset management team, certain asset management work will be done within the team.
Client reach – our wide range of clients include investors and developers in real estate, property companies, institutional investors, local authorities, US private equity investors, funds, private banks, pension funds, shopping centre operators, and private clients. We advise on mixed-use schemes, offices, shopping centres, business and retail parks, hotels, industrial estates and logistics parks, and our wider real estate group advises on residential, private rented sector, healthcare, retirement and student accommodation.
Clients of the Birmingham team include: U and I Group Plc, Castlepoint Limited Partnership (operated by Standard Life Investments), a Guernsey based investment fund affiliated to Ahli United Bank (UK) Plc, Genting, New Frontier Properties, various Schroder UK investment funds, Warwickshire County Cricket Club and Birmingham City Council.
By way of example of the team's work, it has recently advised:
- The acquisition of the Houndshill Shopping Centre for New Frontier, and the acquisition of the Red Rose Shopping Centre for Birmingham City Council
- The development of the new Edgbaston Cricket Ground
- Advising Castlepoint on negotiations to rebuild parts of one of the largest shopping parks in the UK, with works to occur on a phased basis whilst keeping the centre open for trade
- Advising a Schroder fund on the acquisition, refinancing and subsequent disposal of a portfolio of bowling alleys and on various offices bought and sold by the fund
- The acquisition, letting and subsequent disposal of Langney Shopping Centre in Eastbourne for a Schroder fund, including advising on plans to extend the centre
- Advising U and I Group Plc (then known as Development Securities Plc) on the joint venture arrangements for the development of a flagship offices scheme in Hammersmith, London and the subsequent letting and forward funding arrangements with Scottish Widows
- Advising U and I Group on the development and forward funding of its offices scheme at 2 Brunel Place Slough, as part of the wider £450m Heart of Slough regeneration project
- Advising Birmingham City Council on the disposal of NEC Limited including the putting in place of new leases of the National Exhibition Centre, the International Convention Centre and the National Indoor Arena
- The acquisition of various single let assets for AUB Commercial Property Income Fund
Main Purpose of the Job
Our business is growing and we are looking for an Associate to join the team to provide support to and work closely with a Partner on commercial property work in relation to retail, offices and mixed use property for institutions, property companies and developers for substantial UK wide property investments and development projects.
This is an opportunity to truly increase the depth and breadth of your experience, and be able to work with high profile and sophisticated clients. The work is challenging, varied and interesting and will provide opportunity to develop and nurture solid client relationships, as well as work closely with others within the team and firm.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
The role will have a broad high value, high profile property development and investors focus across all sectors and will involve:
- Acquisition and disposal of:
- Major redevelopment projects;
- Lettings and Pre-lettings;
- Management of real estate portfolios;
- Associated property deeds and documents (e.g. side letters, conditional and unconditional agreements for sale/lease/surrender, options, deeds of variation, certificates of title etc.);
- Collaborations and joint ventures;
- Funding; including all title investigation, searches, enquiries, drafting, negotiation, research, analysis, liaison with clients agents and third parties, meetings reporting on title, indemnity insurance arrangements, communications, project management, administration and financial aspects, Land Registry or other applications (including SDLT) and post completion formalities as well as understanding and delivering on clients' requirements and expectations (including all reporting requirements);
- Marketing, group practice development and client entertainment/training events and activities;
You should be able to:
- Manage your own caseload to tight deadlines, remain calm under pressure and prioritise your workload effectively;
- Work in a team environment (which may involve working as part of a bigger project team) and support your colleagues;
- Give clear, practical advice with sound commercial judgment and swift accurate implementation of instructions;
- Negotiate effectively and deliver commercial solutions for our clients;
- Carry out title reviews and report on title;
- Communicate appropriately at all levels within the team and the wider business as well as with clients, agents and other parties ;
- Work closely and collaboratively with Gowling WLG team members, clients, and other professionals (e.g. agents, surveyors, consultants, accountants and others);
- Understand property related deeds and documents and preferably have experience of drafting Leases, Transfers and other property related deeds and documents;
- Prepare for and participate in marketing functions as part of added value services to our clients;
- Delegate where appropriate and supervise and mentor more junior fee earner team members
- Prepare for and help deliver presentations (seminars, beauty parades, marketing functions, training sessions) as part of our added value services to our clients and within the team
You should have:
- An effective, engaging and professional communication style with advanced interpersonal skills;
- A proactive approach with the confidence to use your own initiative;
- Effective time management and organisation skills;
- Problem solving and analytical skills;
- Enthusiasm;
- Project management skills (would be beneficial but not essential);
- Strong IT/keyboard skills (familiarity with using client facing portals to record assets acquired would be beneficial)

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Hi, I was asked to participate in an Paleoecology field trip of PSU students, which involved taking sample cores from the bottom of the Quincy Bog. Here are some photos that catch the action but not the freezing temps. The cores will be taken back to the lab for dating.
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Friday, 2 December 2011
Christmas Button Tin
22 comments:
- Gez said...
Looking great! What a fabulous project. Don't the buttons look great too!
- 2 December 2011 at 13:30
- Healing Woman said...
Oh how sweet and those buttons are fabulous too. Perfect container.
- 2 December 2011 at 14:31
- Deborah said...
There's something about a tin of buttons, isn't there. Whoever gets this is a lucky so and so!
- 2 December 2011 at 16:24
- Jan said...
I agree with Debs... rifling through a tin of buttons gives an enormous amount of satisfaction and contentment! This is really lovely Sherry...xx
- 2 December 2011 at 18:35
- Renee Stien said...
3 of my favorite things - altered altoid tin, christmas and buttons - what more does a person need. this is just wonderful Sherry. happy holidays
- 2 December 2011 at 18:49
- Viv's Visuals said...
FAB - U- LUSS Sherry!xx
- 2 December 2011 at 19:38
- Twinkle Star said...
Fantastic transformation! x
- 2 December 2011 at 20:37
- Meggymay said...
Absolutely fabulous tin, love those buttons as well.
Yvonne x
- 2 December 2011 at 21:54
- Terry said...
What a festive little tin! Just love your alteration and the button collection!
- 2 December 2011 at 23:40
- Cindy Is Crafty said...
How cute, Sherry! I especially love the stripey heart button!
- 3 December 2011 at 01:30
- SusanLotus said...
Lovely tin!
Have a great weekend!
- 3 December 2011 at 07:24
- Netty said...
Beautifully altered tin and loving those great contents. Enjoy the weekend, Annette x
- 3 December 2011 at 15:07
- Lesley said...
Hi Sherry, what a great little altered tin for those gorgeous buttons. You have inspired us to upcycle.
Take good care, Les
- 4 December 2011 at 04:08
- Ira said...
Fab project, love your altered tin and that gorgeous collection of buttons, these are awesome! Hugs, Ira
- 4 December 2011 at 11:08
- Mrs A. said...
He He. I'm the lucky so and so and the tin is every bit as gorgeous in real life and I'm still ogling the buttons. Thanks Sherry you brought a smile to my otherwise dismal week. The good news is that your return tin is painted!!!!!!!The bad news?
Then I went and broke my wrist.!!!!!
Hugs Mrs A.
- 5 December 2011 at 01:31
- Sam said...
A beautiful little altered tin! I love the flowers on it they are so pretty and all those buttons look amazing x
- 5 December 2011 at 07:41
- Gini said...
Blimey that's a lot of buttons you've squeezed into that pretty tin, and such a wonderful variety of buttons too... all beautiful :-)
- 6 December 2011 at 22:01
- Createology said...
Fun and festive.
- 7 December 2011 at 01:14
- Something Special said...
Jusst perfect for all those Christmas buttons. Yep, those tins are wonderful to store buttons! Thanks for sharing
- 8 December 2011 at 00:13
- Cindy said...
I love your altered tin! I've never done one, but I have an empty Altoids tin, so...I've got to try it! Thanks for stopping by and becoming a follower! I hope you'll stop by again soon - I'm having a giveaway!
Hugs, Cindy
- 8 December 2011 at 03:29
- JaN's ArTy JouRneY said...
Wow! Sherry, I do love a button box...and this one is fabulous!!! ....and all those wonderful festive inspired buttons too! Nice work!!
Jan x
- 8 December 2011 at 17:21
- Jackie said...
I love the way you have decorated this tin, it looks fabulous - such great details
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Kinver Brewery are proud to be a regular supplier of beer to The Motor Club Cheltenham, National Winners of the CAMRA Club of the Year 2012.
The Motor Club Cheltenham welcomes CAMRA members and is based in the former Crown Pub, Upper Park Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL52 6SA.
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'Tron' Helmer Joseph Kosinski to Direct 'Twilight Zone' Film (Exclusive)
Joseph Kosinski is about to enter The Twilight Zone. The Tron helmer is in negotiations to direct the big-screen redo of the sci-fi property for Warner Bros.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson Killoran are producing via their Appian Way banner, which is based at Warners.
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A number of writers have taken a crack at the screenplay, including Anthony Peckham (Sherlock Holmes). The project is now being redeveloped for Kosinski. Plot details are being kept under wraps.
Created by Rod Serling, The Twilight Zone began as a TV series that ran for five seasons on CBS from 1959 to 1964. Subsequent TV series were revived in 1985 and 2002. The sci-fi classic, which revolves around paranormal and futuristic storylines, also spawned a 1983 film starring John Lithgow.
Scott Bloom is executive producing the new film version.
Kosinski most recently directed the Tom Cruise starrer Oblivion for Universal. He is attached to helm a Tron sequel at Disney.
Kosinski is repped by Verve, Reset and attorneys Barry Hirsch and David Matlof.
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GrowMax management is continuously evaluating opportunities to invest in projects offering attractive returns, especially when they are potentially complementary to or synergistic with our existing strategy and assets, including in particular the Bayovar concessions.
In addition to the phosphate and brine resource development projects, the following two related projects are worth noting:
Production of New Fertilizer Products for the Regional Market
In studying the local fertilizer market in Peru and the surrounding region, GrowMax management has determined that there is an opportunity to pursue a market for fertilizers.
In early 2016, GrowMax initiated a study for the potential to produce and sell single super phosphate (SSP) in Peru with an objective of providing early cash flow for the Company. The study contemplates that phosphate rock, which is readily available in Peru, will be purchased for the plant. Sulfuric acid, a major input for the production of SSP, is also readily available in Peru. Depending upon the Company's assessment of resources on the Bayovar Property, phosphate rock from the Bayovar Property could be utilized by the plant, should the concessions be developed.
Sodium Chloride (NaCl) Sales
In the process of evaluating the brine/potash mineral resource on its Bayovar Property, GrowMax is considering the potential for the sales of raw or refined common salt (Sodium Chloride, or NaCl) that is produced in significant volumes in the process of recovering any other mineral salts from the brine. Based on initial market assessments, the Company believes there is an opportunity for early sales of NaCl to meet significant local demand at attractive prices.


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From 09.01.2017 to 13.01.2017 State Environmental Inspection of RA Nature Protection Ministry reached a decision on damage caused to nature in the amount of 183,300 AMD. As a result of the investigation of cases in Tavush Territorial Devision, 3 natural entities were fined in the amount of 183,300 AMD for the damage caused to nature with illegal felling of 12 trees.
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Coach Johnson has been involved with the Bulldog boys basketball program since 2013. He served as assistant coach for two seasons before taking over in the 2015-2016 season. Coach Johnson has previous head coaching experience at Bromley East Charter School (Brighton, CO) serving as the middle school boys basketball and head Track and Field coach. Coach Johnson's basketball teams had an above .500 record and went the to playoffs in his third year were they lost in the league championship game, earning league runner-up honors. He coached numerous athletes to top 5 league finishes in Track and Field. Coach Johnson is happily married with four children and two grandchildren.
Education — B.S. Behavior Science, emphasis in Secondary Education
Coaching Motto — Do everything we do with purpose and excellence as to the Lord! Work hard, strive to be the best Christian men we can be, and basketball skills will follow suit!
Favorite Verse — And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world. — 1 John 4:17


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A pioneer and icon of black business in SA
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"I have achieved almost everything I dreamt of, but I told myself that I could only rest after fulfilling my dream of buying Sowetan."
These were the words that stunned Sowetan staff in 1995 when one of South Africa's loved business icons, Nthato Motlana, announced the takeover of the country's biggest daily newspaper.
Yesterday, on World Aids Day, the country started mourning the loss of this giant anti-apartheid activist and one of the great icons of black business.
He died on Sunday night at his Johannesburg home after a long battle with cancer, the Nelson Mandela Foundation said yesterday.
Motlana's passion for business is well documented.
He has a portfolio of ventures ranging from the manufacture of children's clothing to the establishment of Soweto's first black-owned and controlled private clinic and medical aid scheme.
He scowled at the notion that his rise up the corporate ladder was purely a function of "affirmative action" by such white-owned corporations as the Argus group.
Nevertheless, it was the Argus's decision in 1993 to liberate Sowetan from its bundle that finally fulfilled a long-standing business and personal dream for Motlana.
He recalled opening his first grocery shop in Mofolo, Soweto, in 1970.
"I was constantly being arrested by the police for my political work.
"So I opened the shop so that my family would not struggle when I was detained."
In the late 1970s, he led a group of doctors to form the first black-owned chemicals company, Africhem.
Then he became instrumental in the formation of Phaphama Africa, which manufactured uniforms for soldiers and school kids.
He served on the boards of many companies, including Putco, Rand Water Board, Adcock Ingram and Sasol.


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A museum is a place where one should lose one's head. It's an interesting experience walking around by yourself...
Holmesburg Prison is part of the City of Philadelphia Prison System. Built in 1896 and in continuous use until 1995, the facility is located at 8215 Torresdale Ave in the Holmesburg section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the site of a controversial decades-long dermatological, pharmaceutical, and biochemical weapons research projects involving testing on inmates.
The prison is also notable for several major riots in the early 1970s as well as a report released in 1968 of the results of an extensive two-year investigation by the Offices of the Philadelphia Police Commissioner and the District Attorney of Philadelphia documenting hundreds of cases of the rape of inmates.
The 1998 book Acres of Skin: Human Experiments at Holmesburg Prison, by Allen Hornblum, documents clinical non-therapeutic medical experiments on prison inmates at Holmesburg.
In 1787, a group of well-known and powerful Philadelphians convened in the home of Benjamin Franklin. The members of The Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons expressed growing concern with the conditions in American and European prisons. Dr. Benjamin Rush spoke on the Society's goal, to see the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania set the international standard in prison design.
He proposed a radical idea: to build a true penitentiary, a prison designed to create genuine regret and penitence in the criminal's heart. The concept grew from Enlightenment thinking, but no government had successfully carried out such a program.
It took the Society more than thirty years to convince the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to build the kind of prison it suggested: a revolutionary new building on farmland outside Philadelphia.
Eastern State Penitentiary broke sharply with the prisons of its day, abandoning corporal punishment and ill treatment. This massive new structure, opened in 1829, became one of the most expensive American buildings of its day and soon the most famous prison in the world. The Penitentiary would not simply punish, but move the criminal toward spiritual reflection and change. The method was a Quaker-inspired system of isolation from other prisoners, with labor.
The early system was strict. To prevent distraction, knowledge of the building, and even mild interaction with guards, inmates were hooded whenever they were outside their cells. But the proponents of the system believed strongly that the criminals, exposed, in silence, to thoughts of their behavior and the ugliness of their crimes, would become genuinely penitent. Thus the new word, penitentiary.
High on a hill, behind a chain link fence and past the overgrown yard, is the grand Upton – an architectural treasure by one of Baltimore's earliest architects that has witnessed nearly 200 years of change in the Upton neighborhood that shares the building's name. In the 1830s, Baltimore lawyer David Stewart hired architect Robert Carey Long, Jr. – or so we think, no confirmation of Long as the architect has survived – to design his country villa. R. Carey (as he liked to call himself) was one of Baltimore's first professionally trained architects designing the Lloyd Street Synagogue (now part of the Jewish Museum of Maryland), the Patapsco Female Institute in Ellicott City, and the main gate of Green Mount Cemetery among more than 80 buildings across the country. Son of a Baltimore merchant who armed seven schooners and two brigantines as privateers during the Revolutionary War, Stewart became a prominent local lawyer and got involved in politics, serving a brief month as a US Senator in 1849.
The mansion is widely recognized as the last surviving Greek Revival country house in Baltimore. It remains secluded in urban West Baltimore, sitting high above the neighboring buildings and surrounded by brick and stone walls. In the mid-19th century, you would have seen a grand porch with Doric columns and ironwork bearing the Stewart family crest. Inside the building, you could have observed more than a dozen marble and onyx fireplaces, a main entrance hall, a curved oak staircase, and a banquet room that was so large it has since been divided into multiple rooms. David Stewart enjoyed entertaining guests in his mansion and hosted lavish, indulgent parties there so frequently that he developed gout.
After Stewart's death in 1858, the house was purchased by the Dammann family, who owned the house for so many generations that it became known as "the old Dammann mansion." The family left in 1901, and the house found itself empty for the first time, but not the last. The mansion's next owner, musician Robert Young, took a cue from David Stewart and used the spacious and opulent mansion to host "several brilliant social affairs where hundreds of guests moved about in the spacious rooms." Young would be the last owner to use the building as a home, and his time there was short-lived – he found the house too drafty and abandoned after less than 3 years.
The commercial life of the Upton mansion began in 1930 when one of Baltimore's first radio stations, WCAO, moved into the building. Extensive alterations were made to accommodate WCAO – tall twin radio towers were installed at the edge of the property, walls were torn down and rooms partitioned off to create studios and equipment rooms. The next commercial venture in Upton came in 1947, when WCAO sold it to the Baltimore Institute of Musical Arts. Founded by Dr. J. Leslie Jones, the school was originally opened with the intentions of creating a parallel program to that offered at Peabody, a renowned music school not open to African-American students at the time, and at its height in the early 1950s had over 300 students. The school eventually closed in the mid-1950s after desegregation granted black students equal access to public music schools. In 1957, the Baltimore City School System moved in to the building and used it first as the special education "Upton School for Trainable Children No. 303," and then the headquarters for Baltimore City Public School's Home and Hospital Services program. Unfortunately, Upton has sat empty since BCPS left in 2006.
Upton has a rich cultural legacy that extends beyond its use as a social hot spot, a radio station, and a school. In the 1960s, the mansion was chosen as the community namesake during an urban renewal project going on in the neighborhood at the time. As a physical landmark of the neighborhood for more than a century, the Upton mansion's name was intended to serve as "the symbol of a physical and human renewal in West Baltimore." Despite its presence on the National Register of Historic Places and the Baltimore Landmark List, the city-owned building remains empty and unmaintained in west Baltimore. In 2009, Preservation Maryland included it on a list of the state's most endangered historic places, and the building is threatened by vandalism and neglect. Today, the mansion awaits a new owner, someone willing to restore the beautiful building to its historic potential.
Urban Exploring is always an adventure with the Fellowship I have with my friends Ariston and Ray. We never know what we're gonna find or the hijinks we're going to get into.
Our journey to this place began as we entered a long dark corridor. Leading us to winding twists and turns, climbing and descending thru the darkness. On our way we saw the signs of humans who had once thrived here but long since surrendered their grand creations to the past.
Finally we reached our destination, the main hall, where great power once resonated throughout the land. Our confident companion Ariston's famous words are always "We'll never get caught". Today he also uttered "What if we encounter a Balrog?", we laughed...
As we reached the bridge over a vast chasm, there, unbelievably before us appeared a Balrog! Thanks Ariston! And what does Ariston say next... "Fly you fools!" But always prepared as explorers, Ray stepped forward, willing to sacrifice himself for us to get away, and raised forth his Tripod of Light! He screamed "You shall not pass!" as he slammed his tripod two times upon the ground.
In a great ball of light, the Balrog was cast off the bridge and sent down into the shadowy depths. But in horror it grabbed Ray and took him down with him. "NOOOO" we cried! As we pulled ourselves together and wondered what we were going to tell Kit, and WHO was going to tell her... we turned and to our befuddled minds but great comfort, there stood our brother Ray, yet his clothes were now white...
"See, I told you guys we'll never get caught" says Ariston.
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text: Shared working spaces come in all different shapes and sizes. This is a formal space in Gothenburg, Sweden. Carey Curtis July 10, 2018 Co-working spaces are part of the new economy, so town planners better get with the times Courtney Babb, Curtin University; Carey Curtis, Curtin University, and Sam McLeod, Curtin University More people are choosing to work in shared spaces, and there are many benefits of this to the local economy, as well as downsides. Local governments should work with both.


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Industry involvement is essential to the success of the Department of Computer Science's educational and research mission. Strong industrial support ensures that CS' research and educational efforts address the needs and challenges of the industry, while supporting and enhancing our infrastructure, students, curriculum, and research.
The goal of the Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) is to develop the leaders of tomorrow by combining the academic excellence of CS and multi-disciplinary research experiences with real world applications. The IAB builds partnerships between our researchers and companies that have a strategic interest in Computer Science development. These partnerships provide an opportunity for industry to work with CS faculty on joint research and development funded by government and industry. Our goals are to foster broad intellectual interactions with industrial partners and to facilitate the rapid implementation of the Department's technology for the benefit of society. The IAB provides key opportunities for industrial partners to connect with CS researchers through focused workshops, seminars and student recruitment opportunities as well as an Annual Industry Day.
The IAB also provides research direction involving areas of pressing industry need and concern and expedites the placement of our students, research results, and innovations to industry. Efforts are made to keep industry informed of the Department of CS' research activities of interest and to serve as a point of contact for any industrial organization wishing to take advantage of the various services available through the school. In cooperation with the faculty and research staff, CS works to achieve meaningful relations with industry.


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Otoplasty is surgery to the external ear designed to improve the shape and position of the ear, as well as aid facial symmetry and harmony.
Dr Scott Turner MBBS(Hon), BSc, MS, FRACS(Plast)
Otoplasty or ear pinning is one of the few cosmetic procedures performed in children, usually around pre-school or six years of age, when the ear cartilage is stable enough to be manipulated. The decision to proceed with any procedure is often difficult, especially when it involves your child. Is the surgery really necessary? For those undergoing otoplasty the effects on self-confidence and psychosocial development should not be understated and the results are often life changing. It can of course also be performed in older children or adults. The good news is the otoplasty procedure has high satisfaction rates with minimal complications. It provide great psychological benefits to anyone who has been teased about the size or shape of their ears, has had a serious ear injury, or simply wants to improve their appearance.
Otoplasty typically serves two functions: setting prominent ears back closer to the head, and reducing the size of large ears. Ear surgery may also be helpful for the following conditions:
• Large or protruding ears (bat ears)
• Lop ear (top of the ear folds downward or inward)
• Cupped ear (a small ear)
• Large, stretched, or torn earlobes
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|General Anaesthesia
|Length of surgery:
|2-3 hours
|Most patients are back to work or school in approximately 7 days when swelling and bruising resolves. We advise our patients to avoid strenuous activity for 1 month, during this time they need to wear a headband.
|Final results are seen within 6 months, and the duration of those results vary from one person to another.
What can a Otoplasty do for me?
Prominent ears or 'bat ears', cause concern for both parents and children and are often the cause of schoolyard bullying. The ears are almost fully grown by age four, but its best to wait until children are around six years of age to perform otoplasty surgery. At this age they are older enough to participate in their recovery after surgery but still young enough to minimise the psychological effects of being teased in school.
Am I suitable?
Children above the age of five years are suitable for surgical correction of this problem and adults at any age can have a correction of their ears performed.
Typical candidates have ears that are too prominent or asymmetrical, and feels self-conscious about their ears and wants to improve their appearance. It is also important that you are in good general health and have realistic expectations about the outcome of the procedure. Discuss your goals of otoplasty with Dr Turner so that you can achieve the results you desire.
Your Otoplasty Consultation
Dr Turner's consultation approach is to be both personal and professional with a high emphasis placed on understanding a patient's hopes and goals for the treatment. After a thorough medical history, Dr Turner will examine you to assess if you are a good surgical candidate.
Dr Turner will perform a thorough examination of the ears, including the skin and underlying cartilage. Routine pre-op photographs are taken during the visit and we always strive to keep the meeting relaxed but fully informative.
In the case of younger children, special attention is paid to not alarming the potential patient while answering all of Mum or Dad's questions or concerns.


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VIDEO: You can find a link to my video on how I made this dish on the bottom of this page.
Beef Marinade:
Mushroom Soy Sauce 2/3 cups
Sesame Oil 1/2 teaspoon
Rice Vinegar 1/2 teaspoon
Salt 1/8 teaspoon
Black Pepper 2 pinches
Coconut Sugar 3 tablespoons
(coconut sugar isn't that sweet so I had to add a lot) (you can also use any sugar or sweetener of your preference)
Other Ingredients:
Mushrooms (any kind you like)
Red Bell Peppers 1 or more (your preference of course you don't have to add any if you don't want to)
Shallots 2-3 (you can also use any onion you like)
Chopped Garlic 4-5 cloves (i love garlic the more for me the yummier)
Lets Get Started:
In a small bowl combine all the seasoning ingredients together and do a taste test. (At this time you can add more sugar or salt you like or more rice vinegar if you like it a little more sour). Marinate the beef with the marinade mixture and put it to the side or in the fridge for later.
While the beef is marinating you can cut and clean the asparagus, mushrooms, red bell peppers, shallots, & chop up the garlic.
Heat oil in pan on medium heat and add beef and asparagus and cook for 5-6 minutes.
Add chopped garlic and shallots and cook for another 5 minutes.
Lastly add mushrooms and bell peppers and cook for another 5 minutes.
*I added the garlic and shallots, and the mushrooms and bell peppers at different times because I don't like them to get too soft. I like them to be cooked and still have a little crunch or texture to them.
I hope you like it. It is very simple and of course you can make it you own by adding any vegetables you like, you can also make this with chicken or pork instead of beef, and even make it all vegetables and mushrooms or add in some tofu.
Here is a video on how I made Beef Stirfry with Asparagus, Bell Peppers & Mushrooms


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I'm doing my first live improvised visual performance with Jeff Younger and some amazing dancers and performers tomorrow night at the Orpheum Annex!
I'll be playing with video from Ukraine, with live animation, and VJ-type live cams. I feel like someone has taken a DJ and said "here's a guitar!" which is pretty fun but also terrifying. Come see me triumph or crash! It will be a great event!
The event is produced by the Railtown Cultural Eclective...
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A generous putting green is located adjacent to the clubhouse, and a full-length driving range is located approximately ¼ mile north of the clubhouse.
The driving range can be accessed directly by parking at Walker Hall on Highland Road then walking approximately 100 yards to the range, or, you can travel by golf cart from the clubhouse to the range via a trail through the woods. This trail is accessed by traveling from the club parking lot down the maintenance road to a point adjacent to the 150-yard marker on the #9 fairway, then turning left.
The driving range is for the use of BHCC members and players. Bags of balls are available for purchase at the Pro Shop desk. The annual fee for anytime use of the driving range is $150. For members, the fee is $50 per person


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CIS Student Success Stories
Meet Amani
CIS Graduate, Independence High School
Amani Wall graduated from Independence High School and the Safe Journey/APP program in June 2010. After graduating from high school, Amani left for North Carolina Central University in Durham to study pharmaceutical science. After her first year of college, Amani was selected for the Science Enrichment Program (SEP) at UNC-Chapel Hill. SEP is an intense 8-week program designed for students interested in health care professions. The application process is highly selective, and out of approximately 600 applicants, Amani was chosen to be one of 50 students accepted into SEP for the summer of 2011.
During her time in SEP, Amani gained new skills through seminars, shadowing professionals, and completing four intensive classes that she will need as she pursues career goals. She also had the opportunity to attend special recruitment fairs and meet deans and board members from various colleges and universities. Amani reports that she thoroughly enjoyed the SEP experience. She also remarked that being a member of the R.I.S.E. Leadership Team in the safe Journey/APP program helped to prepare her for the SEP opportunity!
Safe Journey and the Adolescent Parenting Program (APP) are case management parenting programs for teen mothers and their children ages birth to five. These programs assist participants with completing their high school education, delaying additional pregnancies, assistance with counseling and educational resources and effective parenting skills. Safe Journey is a program of Communities In Schools (CIS) and is funded by Smart Start of Mecklenburg County. Elevation Church is a collaborative partner with the Safe Journey Program.


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I'm the first to admit that life drawing isn't something I'm particularly comfortable with – it's not the nakedness, just the fact that I haven't picked up a pencil since leaving school and was always rubbish at drawing people. I guess I was worried that if I went to a life drawing class someone might see my stick man and snigger!
This month however, it's time to put aside my fears … my great friend Laura has convinced me to kick off my second year of making with life drawing classes. She's wooed me with the fact that the class is located right next door to our favourite restaurant, 40 Maltby Street, so if I'm good we're allowed to go there afterwards.
It turns out I had nothing to worry about …
Xanthe, the lovely lady who runs the class, gave us a warm welcome and offered us a bunch of supplies in case we hadn't bought our own. I was also relieved to find that I wasn't the only beginner, there were all sorts of people here from novices like me right through to the most amazing artists. Having found a good spot to sit in I desperately hoped I wouldn't get a fit of the nervous giggles … so far so good …
The class is untutored and we start with four, five minute poses, then two slightly longer ones followed by a tea break (free biscuits!) and a final 50 minute pose. Despite finding the shorter poses really tricky – and this is where I could probably do with a bit of tuition – I'd forgotten how good it feels to draw. I found myself concentrating so hard that by the end of the class I hadn't thought about anything else for a full two hours. I didn't think I'd find myself saying this, but I really loved the class and I'm definitely inspired to try more to see if I can improve. There won't be any pictures of those stick men 'til I do!
The classes are at Ugly Duck in Bermondsey every Wednesday evening, £8 for 2 hours … bargain! You don't need to book, just rock up and pay on the day.
If you try a life drawing class this month I'd love to know how it went. Share images of your sketching success using the hashtag #MadeWithMolly and tag us @mollyandthewolf.


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text: Documentary: The Many Lives of William Klein (English Subs.) /July 9, 2015 by Alejandro Mallado William Klein has lived many lives. One of the world's most influential photographers, he pioneered the art of street photography and created some of the most iconic fashion images of the 20th century. He also made over twenty films, including the first ever documentary about Muhammad Ali and a brilliant satire of the fashion world, Who Are You Polly Magoo?


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Long ago Erik Swyngedouw was a fellow student of me. Contrary to me, he had a brilliant career as scientist at the University of Manchester. Above that he has many interesting things to say. Yesterday I found this page annex video on a site of the City University of New York. It is an interesting discussion about the new political movements around the world,
Erik Swyngedouw in conversation with Neil Smith from CenterforPlaceCulturePolitics on Vimeo.
The event took place in April 2012, so I was very surprised reading that Neil Smith deceased a bit later.


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Here enters my latest packet. I am determined to get organized this summer so I know exactly what I have and where it is. I am switching schools next year, same grade, but moving across town. I am very excited for this move, but now it gives me a reason to organize, organize, organize.
I created this packet specifically to make a class set, laminate, and file away for any given day. They come in 8 different colors in chevron, stripes, and stars.
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Been A Long Time Comin'
It seems like ages since I last updated....maybe because it has been. Sorry about that, but it has been a busy, hectic, and unhealthy few weeks.
After Anna Kate had been directly exposed to the piggy flu for three days last week, she started throwing up Saturday night. I won't get into all the icky details or tell you about how we had to leave the stadium and hitch a ride with a perfect stranger, although a very nice perfect stranger, to get back to our RV before Mt. Anna Kate erupted....but suffice it to say she was one sick little girl. Poor baby threw up for 13 straight hours :c( It turned out to be a stomach flu (she did have a fever) and not swine, thank goodness! Then of course it made it's round through the house. O.M.G. I don't remember when I've been so sick. It was TERRIBLE! It has taken us a full seven days to feel completely human again, although I still can't drink anything other than Powerade.
So here we are, seven days later, trying it all over again. However, I chose to stay here in the RV with Anna Kate while Jeff and our friends went to the game. It's a good thing we did too - the game ended up being delayed for an hour due to severe weather. While I feel bad for 86,000 of my best friends who are braving the storm for our Tigers, I sure am glad to be sitting in my pj's on the sofa ;c) And guess what? No one has puked!!!!!
This was last week right after she got sick :c(
This week:
Jeff 'supervising' the canopy construction
Some of our crazy AU buds!
Trying on her 'nacho' (poncho) for size
"Whadya think?"


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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (April 28, 2014) — West Michigan welcomed a traveling exhibit called "The Eyes of Freedom" on Apr. 27, and it features life-sized paintings of the men of Lima Company 325, a group of reservists from Columbus, Ohio who served in the Iraq War.
Michigan Cremation and Funeral Care, on Linden Avenue, is hosting the exhibit, and Robert Christiansen of the organization said that he invited the memorial to Grand Rapids as a tribute to all veterans, especially those who served in the early wars.
Lima Company 325 was one of the hardest hit units in Operation Iraqi Freedom; they lost 23 marines in 2005. A local artist painted the pieces as a way to help the families of the fallen heal.
Opening ceremonies take place on Apr. 28 at 11 a.m. at Michigan Cremation and Funeral Care, and the memorial is open until Apr. 30.


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This is it, then.
Breaking News!!
Here's the story of Kris and Merry
who were bringing up some very lovely mods
all of them had colorful names, like their mothers.
the youngest ones in Green.
Here's the story of a girl named G
Who was busy with some mods of her own.
They were staff living all together
yet they were all alone
Till the one day when the women met this lady.
And they knew that it was much more than a hunch,
That this group must somehow form a family,
That's the way we all became the RPA bunch.
The RPA bunch, the RPA bunch.
That's the way we became the RPA bunch.
by Kris and Karma
It's RPA's 9th Birthday!! And the staff have come up with some awesome ways to celebrate - check out our birthday Advertisement and Banner contests now!!!
Notch your arrows and draw your swords, people! Preparations for the 2016 Annual Rumble on RPA are well underway, and it's shaping up to be an earth-shattering event! To celebrate, the Tribune will be featuring some of the most epic battles of years past later in the issue, so stay tuned!
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From The RPA Annual Rumble 2015; Gold Match.
by The Doctor and Mystress of Onions
A dimming land of shattered civilization, fragile and brittle at a glance, greeted the Fallen's sunken eyes upon his reappearance. Ghosts of calamity lapped upon his cheeks, phantom winds of a metropolis now lost. The loneliness of such a landscape was haunting in visual and aural presentation, seizing sympathy by its heartstrings and wrenching with great might. Romanticism, however, sprouted from every crack and crevice in the Fallen's perspective, for it was a rare and indescribable sight to watch the rotting corpse of a broken society. This was his legacy; every foe he destroyed, every nemesis he conquered, obelisks of grand achievement met with an ultimate fate of evanescence by the implacable zephyr of time itself. The silent solitude of such a disclosure, polluted only by the ambient breezes from beyond, was both diluting and harrowing.
But I'm not alone here, am I?
Another female stood before him on the opposite side of the fractured street, not divergent in appearance from his previous opponent. However, while cursed with a similar deathly skin tone and pitch, navy-like locks, her eyes glimmered with a curious lavender tinge that sparkled with duplicitous life yet betrayed little enthusiasm. Her perfection paralleled the Fallen's own, her rounded cheeks expressing ardent femininity compared to his own angular jawline. Below her paradoxical gaze lay statuesque lips, flawlessly rotund and exquisitely crimson.
Just like his mother's.
His newfound memories tore jagged scars into the flesh of his mind, but he had little time to contemplate them beyond a glance. Beings of omnipotent proportion sprung from the ground and descended from the sky above, spouting bemusing diction that the Fallen gathered and digested to the best of his ability. So these were his gods, his masters in this incomprehensible tournament, and they demanded his entertainment once more. These were the beings of his innermost hatred, manifestations of his patience waned and starved by nonsensical folly. Every one of them stood before him in his new arena, together in his radical presence. Before the sun fell, he would bathe in their collective bloodshed.
But...that's it.
A chortle crept from the Fallen's figure as the angel Kris demanded conflict, a quiet snigger that quickly ascended to greater size. It grew out of his control, perverting into a maniacal cackle as he doubled over with arms clasped across his abdomen. "In...ingenious!" The laughter continued as he threw his face skyward, wild eyes gazing upon the amber clouds above. "Absolutely magnificent! What a beautiful, twisted plot! How could I possibly have ignored such an obvious solution?!"
The towering man's roars of laughter settled to amused chuckles as he walked calmly towards the tokens of appeasement that clattered to the ground, his gnarled hand massaging his side through the black fabric of his coat. "This...this is all for me. You tested my patience with trial after trial, pulling away my prey moments before I pounced upon them. You whetted my curiosity by stealing my memories, but they were nothing but diversions to make me continue your game." He leaned over the small ovular spaceship and plucked it from the earth, raising it to eye level. "You made me keep playing as my desire to kill you grew beastly and near untamable. That is why I was punished for my assault upon you in the previous engagement: it simply wasn't the right time."
As he dusted off the figurine, the Fallen walked towards the so-called "Baron of Blood," locking his gaze upon him. Without a doubt, this was the man who Sabriel had coaxed him into attacking, the god that had the authority to remove his indomitable powers. "This is a trial, an examination as to whether I truly deserve the kingdom which I so righteously overthrew. And in trying my claim, you want me to derive the highest form of absolute pleasure when I hurl your corpses upon the ground." His empty hand caressed his face as he approached the deity, the toy swaying by his side. "For I understand through these memories, I was driven by progress, yet never by indulgence. What sort of philistine ruler has the audacity to refuse the hedonism that his subjects so happily devour?"
In tandem with his steps, the Enchanter prodded with the depths of his being, reaching for the pulsing signature of the pale lady. His mental presence caressed her power, yearning to reach out and seize it instantaneously. However, even he had his limits, for acquiring one of her coveted abilities demanded equal time and forbearance. As his steps echoed without disturbance between structures long abandoned, his mind reconstructed her supernatural ability within his entity, well on his way to confiscating that which was not his own. Whether she detected his duplication or not wouldn't matter when he was finished with her.
The Fallen halted before the Baron and his hand fell to his side, a calmer demeanor assumed across his face. "Therefore, I shall kill this final sacrifice you have presented me with in a manner fitting for your entertainment, and I shall sip from the cup of self-gratification in the name of what belongs to me." He raised the synthetic model and extended it to the Baron, his grey eyes shining with passion and excitement. "Then, when I finish with her, I shall slaughter you all until said cup runneth over."
Emonalach, the Fallen reborn, split his lips in serene rapture. "And I, a mortal, fragile being, shall rule an infinite empire in your names, my most loyal of subjects."
These battles she had been forced to fight, every one of them had been leading to this moment. This crucial moment where it would all end and she would be able to continue her quest for revenge. As the ground tremored with the rising gods, the natural rage that accompanied her existence sprang up as Vee realized that these people were the ones who tormented her. They were the ones who threw her in an arena and left her to die unless she could prove her worth.
And what for? It was for a game. Everything she had done was for their precious game!
Well then. It's time to play it once more, isn't it? Show them what you're capable of.
Ah yes. Her true power had awakened. The rushing power left behind in her world had unveiled itself, and she would finally be able to prove that she wasn't someone to be messed with. She had her instinct. She had her abilities. And now, she had a worthy opponent standing before her.
Indeed, as Vee faced this final foe, she could sense something in him that had been absent in those she had defeated previously. He was strong, intelligent, and dark. He carried the air of someone who had fought hard during his life, much like herself. Much like him. Oh, how the mere thought of him sent her spiraling. He was just like him. Confident. Sinister. Threatening. He was just like the one she spent her every waking moment hunting. And she hated it. A snarl snuck across her face as she recognized the semblance.
Give them what they want.
Should she oblige? Should she give them the show they desired?
The answer was yes. She would give them exactly what they wanted, and after she finished her hunt for he who wrong her, she would be back for them. She would be back to destroy these gods, no matter how much time it took or how many tries it required. She would be the last one standing in the end. There was not a doubt in her mind.
As Vee watched the dark male's movements as he presented one of the four objects to the one god she recognized, a plan was formulating inside her mind. He was given the gift of time according to this god, but she was nearly certain it was temporary. It was a bet she would have to take.
Let's start.
Each side had their pieces. Every move they would make would be like a chess board piece aimed strategically to force their opponent into submission. It was time for their macabre dance to begin.
Just as the god finished speaking of his gift, Vee leaped. She took flight, using the air around her to her advantage. She flew higher and higher, observing everything in sight; she would need it later.
The ruins of the city groaned beneath her as a light breeze sung past them, threatening their collapse. Vee took note of the various cracks and holes, noting certain aspects of each of the nearest buildings before she turned to look back down.
"I'll be waiting," she shouted down before vanishing through a broken window. Instantly, her eyes began to adjust to the dim lighting, and she took her place, back against the wall and awaited her opponent's arrival. In the meantime, she bit her thumb, allowing her blood to begin dripping into a pool in her hand.
Each had moved their first pawn. What piece would be used next?


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Iceberg Interactive announced and Teotl Studios announced that a playable demo for their first-person action puzzle title, The Ball, is currently available for gamers to experience. The game is currently available for purchase from a number of digital distributors, including Steam, Gamers Gate and Impulse. Nevertheless, the publishers thought they could reach a few extra gamers with a free demo of The Ball, which has been receiving some fair critical praise.
As stated in the press release…
The demo allows gamers to play through some of the levels from Teotl Studios' first-person action adventure puzzler, as well as play one of the Survival mode maps.The majority of the game is composed of violent puzzles, dangerous scenarios involving mummies and other mythical creatures, as well as boss fights against larger-than-life creatures. It reminds me of a more original version of Legendary: The Box.
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Editorial Cartooned
"Playboy Magazine?!" she asked over the Australia-Canada landline.
"Yes mother, I have my picture in Australian Playboy!"
Then I paused for a while, deliberately, and tried to listen to her gasp or imagined her face in shock. Holy Hef, I was laughing hard but later she understood it was only a job. (Playboy page below with my picture; did you expect me nude? LOL)
Yes, people do buy "sleazy" magazines for their articles (yeah right;-) and/or the lack of it:-)
But then editors of hot-blooded male's photo-literature sometimes have to limbo under the thin line that separates nude photography and smut. We used to have Australian Playboy and Australian Penthouse magazines freely available in newsagents. In Queensland, young men often suffered from liturarius interuptus as newsagents glued together pages containing photographic models who displayed their keratin-rich zones.
My first editorial commission from art director of Australian Playboy was an article much critical of Libya's Muhamar Kaddafi. (above image). The man however seemed to have mended his ways and doesn't worry Bush anymore. I'm not particularly proud of this work but it was funny to me at the time;-)
I also did regular illustration work for Australian Penthouse. Phil Tripp, author and BMG music pioneer became a friend and owned the original illustration for Penthouse Magazine (Above image I did 1992 which in 2004 was used as cover art for a book, image below)
Although I was gainfully employed by newspapers I did freelance magazine work after the passing away of my wife Virginia. This was the time I worked my backside off to lift my head above an emotional quicksand and sustain normal living and focus on a motherless 4-year old.
What's it like to see your editorial cartoons in the morning papers the next day? I've been often asked. Well in the beginning when I was doing comic strip cartoons for the Philippine Bulletin Today I almost bought all the copies;-) Now how do I reminisce that wonderful feeling? My chest was a silverback's, thumping and heaving with victorious satisfaction. But alpha male adrenaline display was only a brief high; soon I realized entailing responsibility. Now it is to our readers after gaining editor's trust tho' latter will be forever breathing down my neck.
Today we have modern laser and offset printers. From 1440 it was the legacy of Johanne Gutenberg that ruled the budding Fleet Street and Madison Avenue. From early movable types, the printing press evolved further with constant tweaking. Letterpresses were unwieldy androids that stamped lead letters on virgin newsprint. The printer's ink smelt good; the hot, steamy lead didn't. Sweaty men with ink-stained faces carried on their work like quiet friars carving each letter stamp out of wood.. They tediously aligned letters and plates in wooden frames. Sticky black ink on printed dry runs clung to my shoes. It's 1965 for heaven's sake; no such thing as desktop publishing!
I got used to seeing my work proudly in print since high school days when I was school artist for Araullo High School's The Wall/Ang Moog (mid 60's). After that I was artist of our college paper Ang Malaya of Philippine College of Commerce where I tried to finish BSC-Advertising. How I enjoyed doing storyboards for commercials. It was like creating comics, a popular folk literature; same as manga for the Japanese which is read faster than their bullet trains.
I was mesmerised by wit and talent of Filipino editorial cartoonists I met in Manila as I nervously joined their ranks . They built my confidence and I owe these selfless artists a lot. Neal Cruz and Ben Rodriguez were then my gentlemen editors. They were of two competing national newspapers. Neal is currently senior columnist for The Inquirer.
Most of my idols (am lucky to have known them also as friends) are gone and probably sketching St. Peter up there. There was Edgar Soller whose cartoons were syndicated worldwide and regularly published in The Los Angeles Times and California Examiner to name a few.
Who can forget Larry Alcala who inspired generations of cartoonists? There was Boy Togonon Daily Express cartoonist and who also kept "hot" the Samahang Kartunista ng Pilipinas (am proud being part of setting it up in 1978) .There was painter friend Hugo Yonzon Jr (father of namesake the third, aka Boboy, also a buddy (currently SKP president) and of course the sharpest satirist of 'em all..bossing Nonoy Marcelo, described as a pillar in illustrative journalism.
I miss 'em guys sorely. Still with us today and getting headaches drawing the political landscape in a visual nutshell are Benjo Laygo who is also member of Banggaan Art Group; there's witty Dengcoy Miel who is editorial cartoonist for Singapore's The Strait Times. And who hasn't heard of Corky Trinidad? He's editorial cartoonist of Honolulu Star-Bulletin and the first Asian (if not Filipino) editorial cartoonist to be syndicated in the United States.
According to Dengcoy, the more prominent pinoy cartoonists now in the Philippines are Pol Medina (Pugad Baboy comic strip, Inquirer) and Lyndon Gregorio (Beerkada comic strip sa PhilStar). In the field of editorial cartooning, top guys are Rene Aranda (Philstar), Gilbert Daroy(Inquirer) and Manny Francisco (Manila Times). Go for it guys, good luck!
Why do newspapers have editorial cartoons? Well, I guess to break the monotony of looking at boring text; or maybe it's a newspaper tradition thing; notice that newspaper banners have old English fonts. Why? Well they denote "old". Old has wisdom, thus credibility. It's very important for newspapers to be trusted by its readers.
Editorial cartoon is vastly different from comic strip which has a series of frames (tho' the artist still has a rare option to subdivide his space). One has to create a visual statement within a single frame. Some are often political. Others just a funny or serious expose or a tongue-in-cheek lampoon verging to libelous.
Remember those opera masks carved in marble in heritage theatres? Tragic and funny, that's what editorial cartoons should be, some believe. Some old school styles are confronting, not affronting; some cartoonists play it safe or don't want to rock the boat too much.
I had a funny experience while filling in as editorial cartoonist for The Philippine Daily/Evening Express. Publisher and chief editor "Cholo" Rodriguez summoned editor Neal Cruz to his room. It was about an editorial cartoon which I did that showed then First Lady Imelda Marcos leading the hand of a young Vietnamese refugee; (this was around '78 and there was a stranded boat full of Vietnamese refugees in Philippine waters and poor, wretched souls wanted to integrate in Manila's slums. However some members of the public didn't find the idea romantic. It was the Iron Butterfly's opportunity to seek limelight again. So she did let them in. Good on her compassionate heart;-) She then was topic of my visual editorial the next day. And the day after, a workmate approached me, his face sullen and I thought he wanted to borrow some money for an exciting date. He gently opened his mouth:
"Hey Edd, Mrs. Marcos rang up Cholo, annoyed because she didn't like the editorial cartoon!"
"You kidding me? Why? I thought I did her a decent cartoon!"
"Not that.. she just did not want to be caricatured. "
There was this bitter, metallic taste in my mouth, like sucking on a rusty paperclip. I was silent but my brain panicked in protest. "Damn, how could I boil myself dead like a frog? We're still under Martial Law (exactly 35 years ago today)". I remember saying to myself "I can't take this s--- anymore!"
Australia was most welcoming. Cosmopolitan Sydney captured my senses. Democracy at work! Unions are bosses! Newspapers impressed me. Decent newsprint and modern layout. I eagerly opened tabloids, munched news and comics and never left a white square blank in quick crosswords. Oh wow, look at all these cool editorial cartoons by Sydney artists. It was the 80's! I joined the newspaper artists club and made friends. I mean dinky di mates who taught me the larrikin way to work without compromising fun;-) There was Paul Zanetti of The Daily Telegraph, Darren Pracy of The Sun, John Shakespeare, the late Bill Mitchell (above photo in white jacket, next to me) of the Australian known for his Bustards of the Bush editorial cartoons, Bill Leak of Sydney Morning Herald (who later joined The Australian), there was that cheeky Larry Pickering (who did nude drawings of Australian politicians with focus on their genitalia), there was Ron Tandberg who did small one-column square cartoons--all funny and witty; also Bruce Petty who did Paul Klee-like doodly drawings but were sharp, spiky and dangerous like a roll of barbed-wire in a cage.. and my favourite John Spooner who I revere. The man is a watercolourist!
Nowadays I do editorial cartoons opposite editorial page. Recent ones I've scattered thru out this blog entry. (I also have fun doing weekend sports illustrations for the Herald).
I admire editorial cartoonist guys around the world who have to come up with ideas everyday. The journalist's cliche, "you're only as good as the last article you've written" also holds true for political cartoonists aka illustrative journalist aka visual satirist or a newspaper "clown". Once style and humour are accepted by readers, the artist had already created rapport with them that could last for a long time.
It's no easy task though-- to think outside of the box and visually express it all inside a little box? Insane!;-)
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Monday, September 29, 2008
Thanks to All
I especially wanted to thank everyone that left comments on my give-a-way... I only wish I had enough time to make all of you a doll and send it to you but we know that isn't possible but I do wish that thought for you... I feel so happy and blessed everyday to hear from new and old friends made in the blogging world... It is truly amazing that you can connect so easily and met wonderful and talented people from all different walks of life... I have a friend coming for a visit tomorrow so may not have alot of computer time as I like to make the house extra inviting when I know someone special is coming.... Thanks ever so much once again....
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Sunday, September 28, 2008
Winners of the give-a-way
Tom was so willing to help with the drawing for the give-a-way... He churned those name really good and the following are the winners...
First Place... Rowann Antiques In OLd Town
Second Place... BaBa's Blog
Third Place... A Bit Of Country Cupcakes
Would you please contact me through email and leave your full name and complete address for mailing.....
My email..... firstname.lastname@example.com
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Saturday, September 27, 2008
The Old Red Barn
I took my trip down the road to The OLD RED BARN this morning and have a couple pictures to share with you... The lovely shop offers a complete line of handcrafted country furniture,florals and unique gifts and objects to decorate your home. I will also be offering my paper doll ornaments in this shop as of tomorrow. The unique shop is located at the corner of Jewell rd. and Domersville rd. in Defiance, Ohio The furniture may be a married drawer of a antique with another piece... Most all items have been married together with another piece of furniture in some manner... I call the newtiques..... The hours they are open are weekends... Saturday 10-4 and Sundays 1-5 If you are in the area on a weekend I know you would enjoy the visit....
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Friday, September 26, 2008
Sweet Little Image
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I just placed the cutest paper doll ornament on ebay and during the time I was listing it my girlfriend of many years called from Toledo,Ohio and ask if she could come for a visit and spend the day with me.... We are going to share some much needed time together and I am very anxious to do this.....
It is a special event to be able to share time with a friend. We all should chriah that time... You can't ever have those moments back again and I think as you age you begin to realize that with alot more meaning....... Those moments become your memories.
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Give-a-way Reminder
Just a little days reminder that the give-a-way for the paper dolls I am hosting will be ending this Sunday eve. If you are interested in entering please leave a comment before that time period... You will have to scroll down several post to find the post to enter for the dolls.... Thanks and good luck......
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Don't Ya Love These Little Carved Pumpkins
Don't ya just love the carved pumkons that are available for us to use from year to year .... I have had this small little pumpkin for about 4 seasons now... I like to set in in my kitchen window above the sink so I can view it's little message to me as I work my way through the day. Again today it is just a picture perfect day and I am really sitting and enjoying it just a touch too much. Tom was going to play golf this morning with his son Todd and then home from Indy.... I want to straighten the house up and need to think of what I am going to place in the oven for a evening meal... I did travel outside this morning to sweep off the porch and 2 decks in the back area and it was just lovely... In the background I can hear some farm machinery started to harvest... Occasional leaves were dropping as I swept from the season being about 4 weeks early due to our lack of rain this summer...`Gee I need to go view that pumpkin again and make myself very thankful I have a home to clean and a lovely kitchen to prepare food in and "get her done"...... Best wishes for a wonderful fall day.......
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A Touch of French
I just had a package arrive this morning from a ebay auction I had won quite awhile ago. I plan on using allot of old print and images for my Christmas decoration... I found these on ebay and they did say they had been used but I see no sign of that what so ever... They are as fresh and lovely as new... I was thrilled to find them... I have seen the french writing fabric for several years now and always was attracted to it but when I did find some in a fabric store found it to be quite expensive. I got all these items and didn't have to sew.... Sew Simple. The fringe on the pillows also worked as I accent with allot of antique and vintage objects that are black.... I just throw everything I love all together and it seems to work for me... For a perfectionist this would not be ideal I am sure.... I do not fit in that category but I am a detail person.... I look for all the little bit of extra in case you haven't figured that out already on my postings on my blog... Just wanted to share....
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Monday, September 22, 2008
Dolls on Ebay
I just placed more LADIES OF THE PAST Paper Doll Ornaments on my ebay auctions and thought I would share just a couple I am offering with my blogger friends. I do sell under the name of... SWEET OLD VINTAGE... same as my blogger name.... PS. I had mentioned I would share some pictures with you of The Little Red Barn yesterday but little did I know when I arrived there they were not open due to showing there wares at a special event they had entered... but hold that thought .... it will be as soon as I can connect with them which should be this next weekend.....
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Hosting a give-a-way
Edie Marie is hosting a lovely give-a-way. Please stop by her lovely blog and leave a comment to get entered. Her blog is on my favorite places to visit at the bottom of this page...
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Sunday, September 21, 2008
Decorated First Christmas Tree
Just a lovely day today....Picture perfect and I just decorated my first Christmas tree of the season... Well it was only a two footer and I am going to tuck it in the car along with a hat box filled with my paper doll ornaments and take them down to the shop down the road ... The Little Red Barn for them to view.... This small tree is nice for picture taking for some ornaments I place on ebay also..... I pretty much have paper dolls starting to lerk everywhere and all of a sudden little pieces of flying plumes are starting to show... It's great exercise trying to catch those little guys as they are in flight...... Tom is in Indianapolis for a few days visiting his son, Todd and his wife Jen and 3 grandchildren... Megan..Treg..and Garett.... Golfing in on the boys agenda but I found it a good time to make a mess everywhere and work on my dolls. Yesterday I was producing but it was fun as I had the plasma in the rec room on .. watching Ohio State football game and then the Ryder Cup... which was really quite exciting... I got a glimpse of my all time favorite athlete Michael Jordon there as a cheerleader for the Americans so that made it more fun... I have been a Michael Fan for many years... Yes this afternoon as soon as I return from the barn I will watch the singles match of the Ryders Cup..... I am going to take my camera and if it is ok I will take some pictures of the furniture and goodies they offer at the Little Red Barn.... To be continued.....
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Friday, September 19, 2008
Maximus Snached My name
Layla at http://theletteredcottage.blogspot.com dropped me a comment this morning and told me to stop over and view her video announcing her give-a-way winner... I stopped by and had a pleasant surprise.... I have always thought it was gracious to accept without the jumping...yelling..screaming..hands over the face style of winning for all whom may be disappointed they weren't as fortunate... I have to admit to all my blogging friends I couldn't help but chuckle out loud at Layla as she was trying to get Maximus to draw the winning name.. It took allot of coaxing... It had already started out to be a beautiful morning... the sun was up.. a coolness...dew on the yard and flowers all glistening in the sun... Then a puppy draws your name.... just puts a extra big smile on your face.... THANKS SO MUCH..... I am truly ..OVER THE MOON....
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Thursday, September 18, 2008
Old Pattern Tissue Flowers
A couple months ago I had viewed on another blog { of whom I can't place now } a picture of a bunch of flea market pictures of a bunch of different booths... In one of these pictures I noticed a large white pitcher full of flowers that had been made of pattern tissue.... It struck me as I remember making Flowers with Kleenex when I was a child... This kinda struck my fancy... I went down in the recreation room this morning and played around with some pattern tissue I bought this week at the store I mentioned in my earlier post would be going out of business.... I made some larger one's and 3 I used very old black buttons and a couple I placed a vintage brooch in the center ... I had allot of fun creating these.. It was child's play again.. How wonderful it is when you are retired and can have time to play.... I placed these in a pitcher and have them in my living room. The coloring is great with my fall make over....
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One of the stores I frequent in Defiance the owners are going to be retiring and going out of business... I found 5 patterns there and am showing you two of them... I thought these patterns of corsets would work in a display for Christmas with the corset Christmas ornaments I have been working on. Maybe the tree coming from a old piece of luggage or small trunk with the patterns and other under garments trinkling out of it... The patterns were from 1985 repo but the graphics are net... I have a couple more I may decide to place on my ebay auctions.
PS. If you haven't entered my give-a-way yet and are interested in doing so please scroll down a couple posts and leave a comment.....
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Collections and Oddities
When you shop at flea markets and antique shops you are on your own, without help that comes with mass produced items... There are no illustrations on the packages to help you in displaying them.. and where to put them... When at a flea market your own taste in what you love is your guide. To me this is the love of it all. you are going to have something you love that is special in your own home. This is when you need to let your imagination take you out of the box... allowing yourself to be open to different possibilities.... You may possibility find a loved object that maybe damaged and not able to perform it's original use... a crack or a lost or damaged lid.... Think of a different way this item could be displayed..... This is when you need to define your taste and develop your eye for unusual finds... I often love the challenge of what I can take the object I love one step further and make it different from what you would fine in another home.. I have posted I love old purses in earlier post... I am always changing them in different areas and using them in different vignettes... I have several just hanging ... some that have more timeworn on them I usually shy away from stuffing with different objects... The vintage ones have more stability to them I can cram them full of other flea market or antique finds... The vintage ivory one featured I just placed a bunch of loved objects in this morning and it hangs in my dining area... This one has a old photo of a handsome man...a lovely perfume bottle... a silver compact... old pearls and hat pins .... { I did stuff the bottom with tissue paper to help hold the items up for display... Other wise the weight of the objects falls toward the bottom....} Have a old purse??? Go have some fun today and fill it with some unique goodies you have laying around the house... Some vintage purses have the shape that you can set them upright and display out of the top.... This is a project that less is not more....
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Saturday, September 13, 2008
The Perfect Blend
I traveled a short way down the road to a Fall Open House at a shop I enjoy going to... I found this little sign and thought it was perfect with all my blogger friends coming to visit and signing up for my give-a-way.... Please make sure you get yourself entered... Have a cup of coffee and enjoy your week. ps. I have had a few ask about purchasing some of my dolls. If you would like to contact me through email I can tell you what eras are available and talk further... email address is.... email@example.com
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Friday, September 12, 2008
Hosting a GIVE-A-WAY
Last year I created and sold hundreds of paper doll ornaments on ebay and will be listing them starting now through the holiday season again this year... I thought it would be fun to share a little give-a-way with my blogging friends to kick this season off... I am offering in the 3rd place the 4 paper dolls pictured... In 2nd place the 6 paper dolls pictured and in first place the 12 Ladies in Hats with feathers and hat pins.....
Please leave a comment and I will enter you and IF YOU PLACE A POST ON YOUR BLOG ABOUT THE GIVE-A-WAY I WILL ENTER YOUR NAME TWICE...The dolls winning names will be drawn Sunday September 28,2008 in the evening about 8:00 ... This will give you time and post if you would like entered twice.... Thanks and good luck.....
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Monday, September 8, 2008
Oh my gosh.... the pinecones
Tom is closing the pool for the winter today...SIGH.... I went out and burned some papers and looked up at our pine trees out by the pool and it is just beautifully LOADED hundreds of sappy pinecones... All these lovely cones will come down in a couple weeks....HUMMMM ... more clean up but I aways save a big beautiful bowl of them for the holidays...... This tree is just georgous with the bright sun hitting it and the brown cones...... Just wanted to share...
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Saturday, September 6, 2008
My Passion for Fall
Our fall season has arrived here in Ohio... Our area is still struggling due to the extreme lack of rain.... Everything has began to take on it's fall look a month early..... I am still finding little stored fall items to add to changing over to fall... I just found the bittersweet garland I added to the top of my suitcases.... Autumn can be delicious... The wonderful colors.... the scents and the lucious foods..... I love baked apples ozzing with brown sugar and cinnamon and melting marshmellows.... YYUUMMMM...... Tonight I am having acorn squash baked in the oven with brown sugar and butter baked in the center for about 2 1/2 hours.... Completed with baked pork chops and scalloped potatoes .... Tom is in a golf city tournament today and tomorrow so I will just place all the food in the oven and bake slowly...I love when the fall harvest can be found along the road side when you travel....Fall does take many different forms... We must remember to take time and gaze and enjoy the season and add them to our book of beautiful memories......
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Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Inspirations Of Gatherings
Gatherings of Inspiration on boards is also a great way to keep them handy and have some vintage art..... The first picture frame that is ever changing with snippets and little findings for further projects.... The collar I had on this board is now featured on my cardboard dress form of a earlier post.... I love the use of vintage women's buckles... I have shown three other pictures that are in my wonderful book " VINTAGE TREASURES " If you ever get a chance to pick up this book ....I think you will love it... I have use it for inspiration for many projects around my home and have plans on a few more I would like to do for Christmas....Vintage is defined as " of high quality, especially from the past" So many of us are showing a appreciation of objects of the past.... Once we see how vintage can be put to use...in a total different way.... it become an addiction....A mementos board or frame would be great to enjoy in a work room also....A search of vintage treasures can be personal taste......Beautiful buttons, buckles, and jewelry, and pretty fragments of ribbons, laces, and fabric, take inspiration from little treasures of the past.....With these we can create exquisite decorations, gifts, and keepsakes.....
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