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Film, comics, fables, the bible: the vast influence of Gustave Doré
Film, comics, fables, the bible: the vast influence of Gustave Doré
Gustave Doré is not a household name in 2014, but his influence is everywhere, in movies, in comics, in fables and in religion.
His work can be seen directly or indirectly in many of today's most popular films, in the pages of almost every newspaper every day, and, most recently, on the chest of the soccer sex god David Beckham. He is widely hailed as the most successful illustrator of all time, and he's responsible for the very way we see many figures in cultural and literary history, from Don Quixote to Puss 'n' Boots.
This sprawling influence is often unnoticed even as it is seen, but it'll be impossible to miss in the exhibition Gustave Doré: Master of Imagination, which opens June 12 at the National Gallery. Until then, here, in six parts, is a capsule look at the man and his enduring influence.
"Gustave Doré is without doubt one of the most prodigious artists of the 19th century," says the website of the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, where Masters of Imagination recently closed. "At barely 15 years of age he began a career as a caricaturist and then professional illustrator – which brought him international fame – before embracing all areas of creativity; drawing, painting, watercolour, engraving and sculpture."
He was rich, and deeply frustrated. His illustrations were a huge success, but his homeland of France dismissed his paintings. In London his paintings and drawings were so popular and influential that "it's nearly impossible today to make a film about London, about Victorian London, without referring to . . . Doré," says Paul Lang, deputy director of the National Gallery.
His illustrations were important. At one point, his illustrations of Ivan the Terrible were so powerful that they were removed from shelves, lest the fledgling friendship between France and Russia be jeopardized.
Doré was egotistical, his detractors said, and moody. He did a drawing of himself committing suicide. He never married, and lived with his mother until he died of a heart attack in 1883, at age 51. He's buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, alongside other great painters — notably Gericault, Delacroix and David.
At 15 Doré got his first job, drawing caricatures for the newspaper Le Journal pour rire. He didn't invent the comic, but he was the first person to draw them in a newspaper, "so the dissemination is much larger than it was before," Lang says.
Doré's comics were a hit, but the success "was quickly dismissed by the artist himself, for he aspired to higher things," writes David Kunzle, professor of art history at the University of California, in the exhibition catalogue.
The comics led to illustration commissions for books by Lord Byron, and Danté's Inferno, and Cervantes' Don Quixote — our popular images of the wandering knight and his sidekick Sancho Panza are based on Doré's interpretations.
Dorés new illustrated English bible "is the one that made him internationally well known," Lang says. It was so successful that it was translated into 22 languages, and brought in many more commissions. "It's also the first time in this way of art that a religious artist is painting not for a church or a cathedral or a cloister, but for a home like yours or mine, a private home," Lang says. Doré never limited himself to literal texts. His painting The Triumph of Christianity over Paganism, for example, from 1868, creates an original scene. It was very popular in London and in the United States. David Beckham has a tattoo on his upper left chest of Doré's engraving The Agony in the Garden.
Doré's images "are still alive today, thanks to movie-making," Lang notes. Director Terry Gilliam (12 Monkeys, Brazil, the Monty Python films) is especially influenced by Doré's defining mix of what's real and what's not — the fiction between the "naturalistic, realistic," and "something chimeric." Alfonso Cuarón cited Doré when producing the Harry Potter film The Prisoner of Azkaban. What attracts film-makers, Lang says, is how Doré in his own works would stage elaborate scenes that — despite Doré's disinterest in modern, emerging technologies — were cinematic.
A particularly gripping homage to Doré comes at the beginning of the second Lord of the Rings film, The Two Towers, when the wizard Gandalf fights the Balrog in an immense cave. "The way people are falling, that is a tribute expressly to Doré," Lang says. "It's always about being between earth and sky, rising movement and falling movement."
Clips of more than 20 films that owe something to Doré will be included throughout the exhibition in Ottawa, and entire films will be screened in the gallery theatre.
Doré's illustrations of beloved fables still dominate today; a new collection, published by Oxford University Press, was released only weeks ago, including The Cricket and the Ant, The Hare and the Tortoise and others. Most enduring, perhaps, is Doré's portrayal of Puss in Boots, who we envision today as the swashbuckling wise cat, as Doré drew him.
"Dore was the first one to take (the fable) seriously, because it's about social structure, about life, how life is completely unpredictable," Lang says. "It's about destiny, and social structure in society."
It's also taken seriously by the Ottawa artist Carol Wainio, who cited Doré's influence when she was celebrated as a 2014 winner of a Governor General's Award for Visual Arts. That exhibition, at the gallery to Aug. 10, includes a spectacular painting by Wainio titled Puss in Boots.
This part is not about Doré's influence, but it's too juicy a story to ignore. He made a bronze clock sculpture called Time Slaying Love. It was commissioned by Julie Justine Pilloy (a.k.a Alice Ozy), an actress "famous courtesan" to Doré and other artists, and to Dore's friend the emperor Napoleon III.
The sculpture shows the winged Time using a spear to kill cherubs, which fall to their deaths by the dozens. Ozy had the sculpture in the entrance of her home in Paris, Lang says. "Everybody who entered her home was aware, if you had a relation with her it was not forever, because time is killing love."
The artist Thomas Couture used Ozy's face as a model in the painting Supper at the Maison d'Or, which can be seen elsewhere National Gallery. This is no coincidence: she was Couture's courtesan too.
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...because I thought I knew what I was doing with this one because I know this method for HST's so I didn't bother to watch the video and simply copied the picture on the instruction sheet.
This meant that I missed the bit telling me to trim each HST square down to 3 1/2 inches and so have ended up with a block much bigger than the 12 1/2 inches it is meant to be.
One day I will follow my own advice and read ALL the instructions first.
Just as well I am not putting this altogether into a quilt eh?
It doesn't really matter for that reason and I do think that with the varying amount of stitching that I plan to do in these blocks, they are all going to come out different sizes anyway.
**This is part of my own personal challenge to create and learn a bit more about traditional quilt blocks while adding my own twist, as described here. I am following the free Block of the Month classes on Craftsy as my guide
...another reason for feeling blue is the lack of light around here making it hard to get decent photos.
Never mind. Only twenty more days to go until the Winter Solstice :D
I am not really feeling blue....just the block.


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Another LPL entry folks - this time some old Rogue trader stuff that I've been meaning to paint up for years.
It certainly was nice to get the old rulebook out to flip through looking for inspiration!
Although I do now have an urge to get some more of the old lead beakies to make up a full squad...
... and one Ambull is never enough!


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Today is the first time I've touched a keyboard in six days.
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If your organisation does not already have a web style guide, now
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New Release: Adele – "25"
Last Friday, Adele released her highly anticipated new album, "25". It is, as most of us had hoped (and predicted) an amazing piece of work. Her first single "Hello" dropped a few weeks ago, with an accompanying video, and almost broke the Internet. The physical CD is being sold at rates not seen since the N*SYNC levels of 2000. That was 15 years ago, when people actually bought CDs…and she's still beating those numbers. In short, to say she's breaking records with her new album is, in itself, a broken record.
Now for the most important question, is it any good? Yes, it's phenomenally good. It is a matured version of her last album "21" with the raw sound of the past now replaced with more finely produced tracks. The album is SO good, there is nothing on the market today to compare it to. Adele has now cemented herself as the best active solo artist on the planet.
My only issue on the whole album is with the song "When We Were Young". It's a great song, and my issue is that it had the potential to be Adele's greatest song ever. This song's potential, in my opinion, was on course for a once in a lifetime song…but there is this very awkward section that ends the chorus with "let me photograph you in this light/in case it is the last time/that we might be exactly like we were/before we realized/we were sad of getting old/it made us restless" and I keep thinking, WHY IS THIS HERE??? It's completely out of place, in fact, it doesn't belong. This song is flying so high and then "plop" this forced sounding piece is added to this beautiful song. I've listened to this song over and over and over and I just don't get it, why is this needed. Anyhow, even with this piece, the song is still great, I'm just disappointed because it feels like you are about to hear something out of this world. I'd love to know your opinions on this part and if you think I'm on to something or if I've missed the mark on this one.
Overall, the album is wonderful, 10 out of 10, and the only question is how does it compare to "21". I believe "21" had Adele's best song ever with "Rolling in the Deep", but overall I believe I'd have to give "25" a slight advantage in being the better album. Either way, you should have all of Adele's music and take pleasure in listening to some of the best music ever made.
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I like T-Shirts yes I do, I like T-Shirts how 'bout…really cool ones!?!?
It is no secret that I have a Love/Love relationship with T-Shirts. If I could wear T-Shirts to work every day I would, but I'm limited to "Casual Friday" where they have to be plain and bland, with no designs. Outside of work hours though, you'll find me in T-Shirts with all sorts of designs. I love funny ones with clever slogans or I'm always proud to put my favorite band, movie, etc. on my chest as well. There's also an entire section of shirts reserved for my favorite sports teams, not necessarily the players, but the teams (I'm probably loyal to a fault, but you'll always see me root, root, root for the home team, because truly, if they don't win…it's a shame).
However, my favorite T-Shirts are the ones that come with a design providing a small glimpse inside the personality of who's wearing the shirt: Me!
Recently I came across a T-Shirt display that, for lack of a better term, made me act like a 12-year-old girl at a One Direction/Just Bieber concert double-header. Ok, I didn't quite cry uncontrollably or scream, but you get my point. The first shirt I saw had the word "Drifter" across the front, with a cowboy-riding silhouette like Clint in his old Western movies. I love Westerns, and had never seen the subtle play of the lone-rider image on a T-Shirt before. Subtle, but telling; awesome. There was also a shirt that had the simple slogan "Midnight Rider" and then my favorite of the music inspired shirts, an old Cadillac with the back of the car visible, New Jersey plates, and BORNTORUN on the tag. These are the small glimpses I'm referring to. A fan of old Westerns and classic Rock & Roll, wearing T-Shirts that are as far under the radar as they are over the top. A T-Shirt paradox, or maybe I'm just overthinking it. Either way, nothing is better than a good T-Shirt.
I'll add images to this post for some of the designs I was able to get my hands on. Also, I have some contact information regarding the designer (who happens to be a musician) and the store, Grit and Grace, (Instagram and Facebook) where many of these T-Shirts are located. Let me know what you think in the comments below and also tell me about your favorite T-Shirt hanging in the closet.
Exclusive Interview: YouTube star Relaxing ASMR
I am very excited to present an interview with one of my favorite ASMR content creators, Relaxing ASMR! Recently I wrote a post where I discussed my interests with ASMR and then had the opportunity to interview another talented ASMRtist, Emma WhispersRed ASMR. You can imagine my excitement when I received a reply from Relaxing ASMR who graciously agreed to also do an interview. I stayed consistent with the questions to help maintain the theme of the interviews while also providing the opportunity to see the different thoughts and perspectives of such talented content creators. Below is a transcript of our interview:
Mark: When did you first experience ASMR?
Relaxing ASMR: Hi Mark, thanks for this opportunity to talk about ASMR. Like most people that experience ASMR, my earliest memories of it are from childhood. One of my dad's pastimes during the cold, snowy winters was making his own fishing lures, particularly the type known as jigs. I used to sit on a stool at his workbench and watch as he melted the lead and poured it into the molds. After the jig heads were cast, it was time to paint them, which many times I was allowed to participate in. Once the paint was dry, I would watch as he took colorful, fluffy, feathery materials and tied them to the jig. Sometimes he talked to me gently as he made these lures, and sometimes we both remained as silent as the snow falling outside the window, the only sound being the clinking and clacking of his jig-making tools.
Mark: What made you decide to create a YouTube channel devoted to ASMR?
Relaxing ASMR: Maybe it's because of my childhood jig-tying memories, that I enjoy watching people sitting at a table, doing things that require mental focus, especially drawing and painting. Years ago, I used to watch Bob Ross paint his pictures every week on TV, but thanks to YouTube, I discovered a whole slew of art videos that gave me that same calming, relaxed feeling. Yanghaiying is probably the first video creator that I ever subscribed to on YouTube. At the time, ASMR wasn't a term I was familiar with and I'm not even sure if Yanghaiying realized that many of her painting videos contained elements of this perceptual phenomenon called autonomous sensory meridian response, but what I do know is that thanks to YouTube, I no longer had to stumble upon ASMR inducing situations by chance.
Like many people, I used to listen to ASMR videos at bedtime using my smart phone, but, after my wife presented me with a new iPhone for Christmas 2011, I became amazed with the quality of its camera. So, on the day after Christmas, I created a simple drawing of a truck, and uploaded it to a new YouTube account, and that video is still there to this day. It was fun, so I made another video, then another, and a new hobby was born.
Mark: What is the most common request that you get from viewers?
Relaxing ASMR: That could be a tough question to answer because it seems like my subscribers, which by the way are the best on YouTube, seem to have such varying taste, but if I had to say, I guess it would be requests for more aquarium and baseball card videos.
Mark: Who are some of your favorite ASMRtists? Do you ever have contact with them or any other ASMRtists?
Relaxing ASMR: I liken ASMR channels in much the same way I do music, meaning that I have never been 100% all-in to every song created by any particular artist. Years ago, before the internet and downloadable music, we had to purchase an expensive album or CD just so we could enjoy seven out of fourteen songs. Thankfully, those days are gone and now we can buy our music à la carte. There are many ASMR channels that I frequent just for one out of perhaps a hundred videos, but if I had to name a couple of channels that have the greatest appeal to me, it would be DonnaASMR and ASMRrequest. I find the majority of Donna's and Ally's content to be quite agreeable to my taste. Of course I could name others that I enjoy but the list would double the length of this interview. As for contact with other ASMR content creators, no, not really. Once in a while I may ask a fellow content creator a question about YouTube or a technical question concerning video or audio, but that is about the extent of it.
Mark: Where do you see the world of ASMR going? Where would you like to see it go?
Relaxing ASMR: I can only speculate, but I imagine that ASMR will continue to slowly gain widespread public acknowledgement. Some people will tout ASMR as new and exciting, but just because we now have a fancy name for this age old "feeling", there is no reason to think that ASMR hasn't existed in a portion of the population since the days of cavemen. Thanks to the ASMR community on YouTube though, I imagine that more and more non-ASMR people are discovering through media reports, that there are people in the world, perhaps people even close to them, that experience ASMR; but, awareness is only just that…awareness. My hope is that, such awareness will result in recognition that ASMR videos can and often do offer health benefits, and this might result in ASMR videos being widely prescribed as some sort of holistic therapy. If the holistic angle takes hold and becomes common place, enter the large-scale commercialization of ASMR using over the top hype and mass marketing techniques, and I'm not sure how I'd feel about that aspect of ASMR's newly found mainstream popularity. Can you imagine seeing TV infomercials for ASMR video sets and ASMR audio sets, promising more restful sleep, better moods, less depression, and a greater ability to focus, all for just three easy payments of $19.95? What about "The ASMR Channel" on your cable or satellite service? It's an age-old truth that anything trending will be aggressively marketed. Only time will tell.
Mark: What's the best way for our readers to stay up to date with your work and follow your ASMR activities?
Relaxing ASMR: Mark, folks can check out my YouTube channel, my Facebook page, or my Twitter feed.
I'd like to send a HUGE Thank You to Relaxing ASMR for his time and for such thoughtful answers to my questions. I truly enjoyed reading his perspective on the world of ASMR and learning about his experience in creating such great content. Also, for those of you who haven't visited his channel yet, I highly recommend stopping by; you'll be there, relaxing for a while. Finally, I know that he has been approached by much larger organizations than my blog for thoughts and comments, and the fact that he chose to share them here is an absolute honor!
Hello, my name is Mark…and I like to color.
I have come across a new "hobby" that is as surprising as it is relaxing. I recently went to my nearest Barnes & Noble and was greeted with a display as I walked in for "Adult" coloring books. Seeming to think this was a tad strange, I continued into the bookstore where the second table in the store was covered with adult coloring books. At this point my curiosity was peaked and I started looking through the books. These are not your old superhero coloring books that you used when you were young, these books were filled with elaborate designs. Many of the titles were referencing stress relief for adults. I continued looking at the books on the table and saw colored markers and pencils and realized, "this is no joke, this is a real thing".
I went home and did a little research online and found out that I was late to the party. What I had never heard of was being used as a tool to help out with stress relief, art therapy, etc. I'll admit, I was never the best colorer in school (I blame the crayons), but this new concept sounded appealing. It's no secret that I have anxiety and OCD, both conditions where a nice brain timeout is coveted. I decided it was worth a shot and it gave me an excuse to by Sharpies. I love ultra fine tip Sharpies! I went to Barnes & Noble and bought two different books that had these amazing looking designs and then grabbed me a pack of colored Sharpies. I even spent 98¢ on a simple pencil box.
What happened next was unexpected: I started coloring and I liked it. I truly enjoyed slowing down, picking out a marker, and peacefully shading objects in an elaborate design. Over an hour went by and I completely lost track of time. I can't remember the last time that I sat in one place for more than an hour that didn't involve a laptop or a business meeting.
If you haven't checked out adult coloring or adult doodling, I'd highly suggest it. I can honestly say I would have never thought I'd say those words, but it truly was a stress relieving activity. Also, and this may be the most important part of all, I realized I am SO MUCH BETTER at coloring than when I was 4. Score! Mom will be so proud!


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The following questions and answers were created from interviews with experts on radiation poisoning, nuclear-reactor design and past nuclear accidents:
Q: What sorts of radioactive materials are we talking about, and how harmful are they?
A: In the current situation, radiation can come from at least four sources: the uranium fuel that is placed inside the fuel rods; the spent uranium rods that are now exposed in Reactor No. 4; the dispersal or venting of gases built up inside the reactors from a chemical reaction that takes place between the rods and their alloy casing if the rods become too hot; and the seawater that is being used to cool the reactors.
Q: What is the potential for release from the spent fuel rods, which are currently uncovered and no longer submerged in water?
A: The spent fuel rods are kept under water to stop them from burning through their casings, which are made of zirconium. In at least one of the spent fuel ponds, the casings have began to burn, exposing the fuel rods and releasing cesium into the air. Since there are no explosions, or ventilation, the cesium will likely form a layer around the area of the pond and contaminate it.
Q: How do they stop that?
A: The only way to stop that process is to resubmerge the fuel rods — this can be done by helicopters or by robotic means. If the cesium buildup continues, workers trying to get close to the reactors will be exposed to lethal doses of radiation.
The water will then have to be mixed with boric acid to stop the burnt uranium from mixing with water and reaching what scientists call "re-criticality." At that point, the fuel rods themselves become a sort of open-air reactor, releasing radiation into the sky.
Q: How much of that has been released, and what are the effects of that?
A: The uranium fuel rods inside each reactor are still expected to be largely intact. If the reactors are cooled down over time, the rods will be disposed of as radioactive waste. The spent rods, which were usually stored in a pool, are radioactive — or hot — and will be leaking radiation until they are fully submerged with cool, distilled water and return to a normal temperature.
At least one of the pools of spent fuel rods is completely dry and out of control.
Trace amounts of cesium-137 and iodine-131 were found in the air around the plant starting Saturday, around 1:30 p.m. local time. The two isotopes are produced when the fuel rods inside the reactors overheat and react with their casings. Both are radioactive and can cause health damage.
Iodine has a half-life, or reduces in mass — and thus, radioactivity — of eight days. Within two months, it leaves no trace behind. It can be countered with doses of potassium-iodide tablets, but only within 24 hours of exposure. It is known to cause thyroid cancer.
Cesium has a longer half-life, of about 300 years. External exposure to large amounts of Cs-137 can cause burns, acute radiation sickness and even death. Exposure to Cs-137 can increase the risk of cancer because of exposure to high-energy gamma radiation. Internal exposure to Cs-137, through ingestion or inhalation, allows the radioactive material to be distributed in the soft tissues, especially muscle tissue, exposing these tissues to the beta particles and gamma radiation, and increasing cancer risk.
Q: How much of this material is out there?
A: So far, very small amounts of cesium and iodine are reported to have been released, mostly in a process when engineers are venting pressurized gases out from near the reactor core to chambers outside it, where leaks and explosions have spread it out.
How much cesium or iodine remains inside the nuclear reactors is the big unknown — the fuel rods have been partially submerged several times, and the temperatures have risen each time. If engineers can get control of the reactors, and finish the cooling process, then this radioactive material should be entombed within the reactor itself.
If the cooling process fails for any reason, and the containment chambers are sufficiently damaged, this material could leak out. This is the worst-case scenario.
Sources: World Nuclear Association, the Science Media Centers of Japan and Australia, the World Health Organization in Geneva, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Environmental Protection Agency


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This is a difficult topic. If you want to start an argument among scholars, simply raise questions such as: Who originated the Mesoamerican calendars? And: When did they do it? Each academic will espouse her or his favorite theory of origins; in reality, we don't know for sure.
One fact of which we can be almost certain is that the most important calendars – the 260-day tzolk'in or chol q'ij, the 365-day solar calendar or haab, and the famous Long Count – all took shape in what is now the far south of Mexico, on or near the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. There are three principal candidates for the invention of the calendars.
For many years, the Olmecs (1200-400 BCE) – who sculpted the well-known "colossal heads" – have been called "the mother culture of Mesoamerica." Even this much has become debatable. We call them "the mother culture" because no earlier cultures have been discovered. Almost all the important traits of Mesoamerican civilization have been attributed to the Olmecs, including the ritual ball game, the ceremonial use of jade, the construction of pyramids, and the worship of Feathered Serpent. It is easy to imagine that they created the 260-day tzolk'in or sacred calendar as well – and it is very possible that they did. But we don't know for sure. The earliest inscription which is very clearly a tzolk'in date comes not from the Olmec region but from the Zapotecs of Oaxaca in the 6th century BCE. In the same way, it is quite possible that the Olmecs invented the unique Long Count Calendar, though once again the earliest Long Count date occurs elsewhere.
In recent years, the site of Izapa has gained a great deal of attention. Located in the blazing hot lowlands of Soconusco, on the Pacific side of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Izapa is an early site which has been called "proto-Maya" – which means that we are not sure whether they were Maya or not. The stelae at Izapa contain some of the first images of stories from the Mayan Creation Epic and can easily be recognized as such by any reader of the Popol Vuh (written some 1800 years later). But without texts, we simply don't know if the Izapans spoke Maya.
Early researchers into the Mesoamerican calendars realized that 260 is the number of days between one solar zenith passage and another at 15 degrees north latitude. Did the zenith passage play a role in the origins of the tzolk'in? Some scholars have been skeptical; it was long believed that there was no site – Mayan or otherwise – at that latitude which was early enough and sufficiently sophisticated to have made such astronomical observations. But Izapa is at 15 ° north, and it has now been shown that Izapa is much earlier than we thought. The ruins that are visible on the ground date to about 100 BCE, but aerial x-ray photography has revealed that there is an entire city lying underneath what we can see. Archaeologist Garth Norman sank a trench and examined artifacts from the ancient city, which seems to go back all the way to Olmec times, c. 1000 BCE. Based on additional astronomical evidence, Vincent Malmstrom believes that the tzolk'in began in Izapa in 1358 BCE.
Archaeologist Prudence Rice believes that the tzolk'in is actually much older. Some of the names for the days of the tzolk'in change radically from one culture to another. For example, the day sign which is known as Darkness (Yucatec: Akbal) in the Mayan languages is known as House (Calli) in Nahuatl. But there are other day names – notably those of the animals – which remain constant, even in societies which spoke languages from completely different families. Rice speculates that the tzolk'in may have originated before the separation of the Mesoamerican proto-languages. This separation took place before 2000 BCE during the Archaic Period, when the first village societies developed in Mesoamerica. In support of her theory, Rice draws attention to the village of Paso de la Amada, also in the Soconusco and quite close to Izapa. Archaeologists have noted that Paso de la Amada contains structures which date to c. 1650 BCE and were built to measurement units of 13, 52, and 20. The ball court, one of the earliest known, measures 52 x 13. This implies that not only was the tzolk'in kept by these village farmers, but the 365-day year and the 52-year Calendar Round as well.
Rice draws attention to the fact that all the evidence for calendrical beginnings seems to point strongly to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Izapa and Paso de la Amada lie at one side of the isthmus; the Olmec cities lie at the other. All the animals which appear in the names of the days can be found there. But archaeological knowledge of the Isthmus remains incomplete; very little is preserved in such extreme humidity, and the overwhelming heat makes excavation difficult or occasionally impossible.
In 2010, however, the oldest temple pyramid tomb in Mesoamerica was discovered at Chiapa de Corzo, in the center of the Isthmus. It contained the body of a sacred king, and it dates to 700 BCE, placing it in Olmec times. Clearly, three of the earliest Mesoamerican high cultures – the Olmecs, Izapa, and Chiapa de Corzo – developed on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, which is still known for its surviving matriarchal societies among the indigenous people.
It is interesting to note that the earliest Long Count date – 36 BCE – was also found at Chiapa de Corzo.
The origins of Mesoamerican civilization are still incompletely known. New research, especially on the Isthmus, is likely to change our picture of the beginnings of civilization in the region. All we can say at this point is that no matter how far back we search, the tzolk'in seems to have been there.


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this is the best restaurant in Vail. great cocktails and a decent bar scene food fresh and well prepared
unfortunately, when we dined here, 12/11/17 Vail was dead, no snow, many cancellations
even so restaurant was fairly full
Craig was a excellent server, and the food was fantastic!
It was such a great experience on our honeymoon! The food and atmosphere is perfect for such a great occasion
This is the BEST Place in all of the Vail/ Beaver creek area!!! Great every year when we come for our weekend get away...
My husband and I had a wonderful dinner at Sweet Basil. Our server was exceptional.
Delicious food - great service!
Sweet Basil is right on the pedestrian mall in Vail Village. Lot's of restaurants around, but this is a special one: Waiter was very attentive, explained specials well, chilled our wine! Varied menu, reasonably priced, remember we are in Vail Village. We also visited their sister restaurant, Mountain Standard and it was great, too, overlooking Gore Creek.
One of the best restaurants in Colorado. Exceptional service. Exceptional food. Bar area where you enter is very active and very loud, and the dining area is also very active and always busy. But those are the signs of great establishments. We were there for their 40-year anniversary. East to see why this restaurant has been around for so long.
Made reservations in advance and requested a specific windowside table when I stopped by in person earlier in the day. However, table request was not accommodated. Food was very good and portions were ok but not huge. Reasonable prices for Vail. Excellent tableside service.
A fabulous lunch while visiting Vail. Everthing was excellent. definitely go.
Delicious food, a bit overpriced for the portion size though.
I have been raving about the gnocchi ever since my lunch with a friend earlier this summer, so when I saw that restaurant week was coming up I made sure to make a dinner reservation for my husband and I. I wanted my husband to experience, the "little pillows" (my term for the gnocchi). We started with the gnocchi, so light, hence the pillow reference, in a wonderful tomato sauce. We also ordered the oyster special (a dozen oysters) and were not disappointed (we're from the east coast and it's tough to get good seafood here). My husband ordered the lamb shank in a harissa sauce and it literally fell off the bone. I had the barramundi, which was done perfectly. We had a bottle of cab franc to accompany our meal. While the desserts looked interesting, we decided to pass and leisurely finish our wine. The servers are well trained and work together well to make an enjoyable experience for the diner. We most certainly will return.
My husband and I went to Sweet Basil for our 10th wedding anniversary. To say we were disappointed would be an understatement. Our server was far more concerned with the table of 5 behind us to even introduce himself. The pork tenderloin my husband ordered (which was said to be cooked to medium) was so over done and dry that it took him several minutes to chew one piece. I was hoping for a quiet, intimate restaurant where we could share some conversation and reminisce but it was so loud that we barely spoke to each other. When we did try to talk we had to practically yell just so we could hear ourselves over the noise of the restaurant. We didn't linger for dessert or anything extra, we both just wanted to get out of there to the quiet of the outdoors. It was an epic bummer.
Wow! We did it right with four courses and a nice bottle of Silver Oak. It has been a long time since we we have enjoyed the food at a restaurant as much as this meal. Absolutely every course from the oysters started through the Tomato Tower salad, to the entree and desert were all perfectly prepared and served. Our waitress Amanda made the evening special and was a true professional. Would highly recommend to all.
The meal was cold, the service was just so so, very loud and the food was very mediocre. Been there many times but it's gone down hill. Maybe lunch but never dinner again!
We thoroughly enjoyed our meal and the ambiance of Sweet Basil.
We were seated in the back part of the restaurant with a stream view.
The oysters and Bavette steak were outstanding! Fresh ciabatta bread and the sticky toffee dessert divine.
Autumn menu delighted. Cobb salad was 5 stars with a fall explosion of delish going on perfectly balanced apples against delicious cheddar. The squash and toasted pumpkin seeds added fabulous flavor and texture and THE DRESSING! Spouse ordered the fish tacos...WOW! We will go back during this short visit.
Great food, outstanding service, consistently great place to eat!
Every bite delicious
Creative, delicious plates! A pleasing palette experience!!
One entree was missed and it took 30 minutes to get it served after the other meals.
Excellent food! Great combination of flavors, will come back.
Sweet Basil has been the Vail market must dine restaurant. We have been enjoying exceptional cuisine and service since the late 90's. A superb wine list for perfect pairings is available. After an exquisitely presented dinner make sure room is left for the Sticky Toffee Pudding with a glass of Tawny Port. Pure heaven.
We drive up a couple times a year from Parker and always choose Sweet Basil for lunch. Top notch from start to finish.
Overall it was a disappointing dining experience and not what we expected. The ambiance is modern and it is busy, but the service standards need to be addressed with management.
We had an absolutely delightful evening. Our waiter was FANTASTIC. Super knowledgable and understood that we didn't want to be rushed so he served appropriately. My daughter ordered the salmon and although the flavor was good the inside was still a little cold and raw. We should have sent it back but felt everything else was spot on. My daughter who is pregnant asked that the bar staff make her a nonalcoholic drink and they made her a very tasty and refreshing drink. Thanks for another great evening at Sweet Basil. We will definitely be returning next time we are in Vail.
This is simply the best restaurant in Vail Village. Always innovative and delicious!
They have some new items on the menu for the Fall that were wonderful. We were having a birthday lunch and everyone raved about their choices. The Jasper Hill Cheddar Fondue was amazing. I had the Gnocchi Pomodora as my main dish....Fabulous! They blend favors together so well!
The best meal we've had in ages. Our waiter was excellent in describing the entrees and giving recommendations. The food was creative.
Sweet Basil was the perfect place for a date in Vail. The waiter was great as he explained all the options to us and helped us navigate food and drink options. My spouse has a nut allergy and it was apparent that was clearly communicated by the waiter to other key staff members.
Great dinner as always! Service and Food was excellent
My favorite restaurant in Vail! Amazing food, creative dishes for every taste, great wine selection and impeccable service.
we went to SB twice this summer. I'm in Vail a few times a year, winter and summer and SB is always on the A list. always great.Maybe because it was late in the summer and the town was dead, but it wasn't as good. Maybe the A team was off on vacation but the two times we were there the food wasn't as special. My daughter has a large gathering there and she told me the same thing.
We chose Sweet Basil for my 60th birthday dinner. It was so great, from the grilled octopus appetizer to the shellfish pasta, the best I've ever had. They seated us at a table right by the window. It was great. Thanks to Amanda for taking good care of us.
As always a fantastic dinner, superb service, Never disappoints
Whenever we are in Vail Sweet Basil is a must visit for dinner. The food and wine are great and the staff is friendly and knowledgeable.
Sweet Basils has always been a very popular spot in Vail and I simply don't get it
We returned after many years and now I remember why we stopped coming to the restaurant. It is still too loud when it gets busy. Service is ok but there seems to be a "Sweet Basils" attitude which rests on the days of old while they are celebrating 40 years in Vail Appetizer..Corn Chowder was very good but our main courses were average at best so really not worth the price they charge With so many other options it is baffling that Sweet Basils remains so popular
Great food - the charred octopus was fantastic. Great flavors.
Our reservation wasn't found when we arrived and the gentleman who proceeded to seat us said that it is no big deal, perhaps you booked another Sweet Basil restaurant, blah, blah, blah. I'm not stupid. I know I booked the right restaurant and had a confirmation call from the host just a day before. Not a good way to start the night. Plus I had put notes in the reservation indicating a special occasion and nothing was acknowledged.
Our server was also very rehearsed and never smiled once. It was definitely not a warm & fuzzy experience.
We used to live in Vail and have been to the restaurant several times. We are also both in the industry. This was a very disappointing experience.
If you're a person that enjoys spend a lot of money on terrible food then this is the place for you! Feel free to treat yourself to rude service and cold food!
As always, everything was awesome. Interesting food pairings, delicious wine recommendation. A must every time we are in Vail.


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Last week was a blur. I had dinner with some friends on Tuesday, leaving my wife and kids to fend for themselves. On Wednesday, I had to catch Avatar on IMAX 3D (before it moves to video). Again, the wife and kids were left to scrape the bottom of the barrel. Thursday, my wife had a sewing class after work, leaving us to figure out if we were ever going to be able to sit for dinner last week.
This week is shaping up to be the same. My wife will take her turn to watch Avatar. She'll meet with her girlfriends on another evening. I may have to work late.
This week will also have to be improvised. I offered my wife a boiled dinner for the menu this week, but she declined. So without any ideas, I ended up doing my taxes. So, another week with a blank menu - but my taxes are halfway there now.
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In her latest research, Independent Women: Behind-the-Scenes Representation on Festival Films (2011-2012), Martha Lauzen found that in selected film festivals 39% of documentary directors were women, compared with 28% in her similar survey from 2008-2009. This finding confirmed anecdotal evidence that women direct more documentaries than narratives, where in the same period the percentage of women directors rose from 15% to 18%.
So, does this mean that women directors will now be better represented at documentary awards ceremonies? This week, Cinema Eye Honors announced the finalists for its 2013 awards, which "recognize and honor exemplary craft and innovation in nonfiction film" and its list of nominations doesn't provide a definitive answer to the question.
In the Cinema Eye Honors nominations, women directors are represented in a third of the nominations in three categories. Detropia, a postmodern portrait of a Detroit, directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, is one of six finalists for Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking, along with Only The Young, a story about male teenage friendship co-directed by Elizabeth Mims and Jason Tippet. Both films are also among the six Outstanding Achievement in Direction nominations and Only The Young is nominated for Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film along with Alison Klayman's Ai Weiwei Never Sorry.
In other categories, however, women directors are less well represented. In the 10 nominations for the Audience Choice Award, there isn't a single woman directed film, although there are two that are about women. One is Trash Dance, about choreographer Allison Orr who finds beauty and grace in garbage trucks and the men and women who pick up our trash. The other is Marina Abramovic – The Artist is Present.
In the Non-Fiction Short section, Anna Frances Ewert's Into the Middle of Nowhere, which "celebrates the uniqueness of childhood and the nonexistence of limits to a child's imagination" is the only woman-directed film among five nominations. It's available for streaming (US only).
There are five nominations for the Spotlight Award too, "for those films that haven't yet received the attention they deserve", and a woman co-directed just one – David Redmon and Ashley Sabin's Downeast, about the grim economic realities in Gouldsboro, Pennsylvannia.
The Cinema Eye Honors site provides full details of how nominations are made, including who makes them. Nominations are pegged to multiple screenings at specific prestigious festivals, with some alternatives. The process seems transparent and there are good numbers of women involved in the decision-making. Yet the disappointing numbers led me to a couple of questions:
- Why is there not a better percentage of films directed by women, in every category?
- Why so few films by and about women?
- Are women more likely to get their films funded and into prestigious festivals and be nominated for awards if they co-direct with men?
And why is it, here and elsewhere, that when women and men co-direct the man is almost always listed first? Would it be a better convention to list co-directors alphabetically? If we want more films by and about women, let's get serious about these questions.
Winners will be announced 13 January 2013 at New York City's Museum of the Moving Image.
Marian Evans has just completed the first draft of "Throat of These Hours", her play about two women in a New Zealand radio station and the poet and activist Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980). She'll present a reading of the play at the Muriel Rukeyser Centenary Symposium at Eastern Michigan University in March 2013. Marian has a PhD in Creative Writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters, New Zealand's oldest and most prestigious creative writing programme. She blogs as Wellywood Woman.
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Mondes Persistants has brought back in even more video from the recent Paris Games Day. These three videos give us a look at battlefield scenarios, this one in particular taking place in a snow filled graveyard. You'll see things from not only an Order but Chaos perspective as they battle it out to control a crypt.
You can find all 3 videos over at Mondes Persistants and be sure to stop by our forums where we're discussing it further.


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Fall 2015 Honorary Fellow
Fellows: Victoya Venise
Project: Protect the Art
ABOUT Protect the Art
Protect The Art is a resource and community hub for artists and youth in under resourced areas. Victoya works to provide artists with the tools they need to properly develop their craft, and in return, be community leaders for youth in need. Protect the Art services communities that suffer from gang violence, poverty, failing school systems, and economic and social injustices.
News & Updates
Follow Protect The Art on Facebook or on the website for information about upcoming events.
Live Events and artwork exhibited at Artifacts and After Effects
Workshop Series
In March, Victoya led NEON Queens Youth workshops at a Youth Detention Center with Flex Dance Program and Protect the Art. She also organized a Sip & Paint event at Saint's Cafe, 68 Ave C and 5th Street, with raffle drawings all night and a variety of prizes.
Artist Bio
Victoya Venise is a 25-year old WriteHer, DesignHer, LoveHer, and SupportHer of many organizations and people throughout New York City. She believes that women empower women, so women can empower men and children. She is the founder of SisterCircleBk, a program that empowers youth through Yoga, Meditation, DIY Creations, and empowerment activities. She sits on the board of Columbia University's Social Intervention Group (SIG). Born in Oakland CA, raised in Maywood, IL she is a long way from home. However Brownsville, Brooklyn not only blessed her with a home away from home, but a new family as well. Grateful of everything it has given her she gives back by giving a piece of herself. Through spoken word, workshops, or by simply supporting others, she gives her art.
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I know...yet another pancake recipe. But I ask you, can you really ever have too many awesome pancake recipes? Exactly.
These pancakes are super fluffy pillow pancakes, with zingy orange zest complemented with deliciously dark chocolate. Pssssst...they're also gluten free!
Makes 6 small pancakes
1C gluten free self-raising flour (I use Dove's Farm)
3/4-1C almond milk
1Tbsp ground flax seeds
1Tbsp vanilla sugar
1Tbsp vegetable oil
1 orange - zest & juice
6tsp dark chocolate chips
In a small mixing bowl combine the flour, flax and sugar. Add the wet ingredients and mix until smooth and thick (you should have to spread the batter a little when you spoon it into the pan) Fold in the zest and place a pan over a medium heat.
Spray pan with cooking spray and spoon heaped tablespoons of batter, spreading the batter out a little, into the pan. Sprinkle over 1 teaspoon of chocolate chips per pancake. Fry for around 2 minutes and then flip over and cook for a further minute.
Serve with a squeeze of fresh orange juice and a nice cup of coffee.
Enjoy xo
What's your favorite breakfast food?


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|This picture from October, posted at facebook.com/TimeAtMontecillo, shows re-purposed shipping containers at TI:ME at Montecillo.
The "non-traditional" retail and restaurant center slated for the corner of Mesa Street and Montecillo Drive is one of the latest additions to the Montecillo development in west El Paso. The 12,000 square foot center is incorporating re-conditioned shipping containers in some of the construction. A mass of shipping containers of different colors can be seen just off of Mesa Street.
Facebook Page: facebook.com/TimeAtMontecillo


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Eight Ways the Digital Financial Services Market Will Shift in 2016
Webcast replay
Mar 01, 2016
Eight major digital shifts will rock the financial services industry in 2016 and APIs will be front and center. It's a critical time for financial services enterprises to get insight into what lies ahead, in terms of their customers' expectations and the competition.
Forrester's Peter Wannemacher and Apigee's Brian Pagano discussed:
- how APIs open new business opportunities
- how digital financial services will evolve in 2016
- how digital teams can prepare to meet new challenges


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January 1, 2014 – December 31, 2014
I figured, to start this new year off, why not create a super fun and simple challenge of it. You guys ready???
Challenge Details
How long will the challenge run?
The Challenge will run from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014 :)
Who can participate?
Anyone can participate! As long as you can provide a link to an online shelf or blog page of where you will list the books you have read :)
What are the rules to the challenge?
- Participants must create a shelf or a page to where they can list the books that they have read for the year.
- Book must meet any of the sub- genres of the young adult category, whether it's paranormal, romance, drama, contemporary, horror, etc.
- Must be longer than 100 pages.
- The year of when the book was published does not matter. As long as you have read the book in 2014, it will be accepted.
- TO THOSE WHO HAVE A BLOG, feel free to post up a review of each book that you have read for the challenge and provide a link please?? I would love to read it :)
- All formats are acceptable (paperback, ARC, ebook, etc.)
Why participate?
Because it'll be fuuuuunnnnnn :) It'll help you reach that reading goal you've always wanted to achieve :) Plus, there will be the occasional giveaways accessible only to those who participate and a ginormous giveaway at the end of the year to whoever reads the most (TBA) :)
How to sign up:
It's easy! Just fill out the form before September 15, 2014 :) Feel free to grab the challenge button to easily link back to the challenge homepage for any updates and announcements to the giveaways :)
This reading event is hosted by Books and Iced Coffee. For more information and to sign-up, please see this post.


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FORT MYERS, Fla. — Haystak Digital Marketing, a provider of digital marketing services to the automotive industry, was awarded the Google AdWords Premier SMB Partner Award for highest customer satisfaction for the second consecutive year. The Highest Customer Satisfaction Award was based on feedback of its small business customers across the United States and Canada.
"We are thrilled to be recognized again this year within the Google AdWords Premier SMB Partners for the high level of our customer satisfaction. We're successful when our customers are successful, and we're grateful for the feedback. Everyone at Haystak is committed to our clients, and this award is a great honor," said Duncan Scarry, Haystak Digital Marketing general manager and founder.
The customer satisfaction award capped off another year in which Haystak was recognized by a number of industry leaders, including recognition from the Automotive Website Awards for the "Top Rated Multi-Channel Marketing Platform." In 2013, Haystak also won two Stevie Awards and ranked on the Gulf Coast 500.
"The AdWords Premier SMB Partner Program is a great way for small businesses to connect with companies who can help them make the most of their online advertising," says Jonika Hoomes, head of Google's Americas Automotive and Emerging Business Channel Sales Partnership. "Guided by the expertise of our trusted partners like Haystak Digital Marketing, small- and medium-sized businesses can maximize the value and performance of their campaigns. We congratulate Haystak for earning the Award for highest customer satisfaction."
Visit Haystak Digital Marketing at NADA booth No. 2538 to learn more.


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Tom Hardy esta dando los "rounds" de publicidad para su próximo estreno en febrero, This Means War. Durante una de estas entrevistas se le pregunto sobre su papel de Bane en la proxima pelicula de Batman, The Dark Knight Rises.
The UKPA managed to get a few words in with Hardy about taking on the iconic comic book villain, Bane.
"I didn't get into a dark place at all," he said of balancing Bane with his own personality. "A lot of dark characters are easy to have distance from, it's something I feel comfortable with, I suppose."
Less comfortable for the actor, however, is the mask that Bane wears throughout the film.
"Bane's mask is tight, actually," Hardy admits. "I got used to it, but you get used to anything really, in time."
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TORONTO, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index slid to its lowest level in more than a week on Tuesday as a pullback in commodity prices shook the resource-heavy index while shares of Scotiabank added pressure after it missed profit forecasts.
The S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE unofficially ended down 124.91 points, or 1.09 percent, at 11,364.72. (Reporting by Frank Pingue; editing by Peter Galloway)


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When my brother died, he did so with only one regret. I know this, because he told me. "I only regret one thing," he said. "I'm so sorry I introduced you to Xanadu. That one was all my fault, and you should probably just blame me for it, from now on."
Now, let's make one thing perfectly clear: my brother was laboring under a misapprehension. He clearly believed that my love of Xanadu was in some way a painful thing for me, perhaps in much the same way as coming to grips with his own homosexuality was for him. It represented a point of shame, a thing which was best dealt with by trapping it in a closet, lest the horrible secret be learned. But, by the time he died, I was as comfortable with my admiration for what was one of the splashiest flops of the early eighties as he was with his attraction for other men. It was a thing I had grown to own, despite the sidelong glances I would occasionally have to suffer once people learned the truth.
Granted, it wasn't always so. There was a time when I tried desperately to convince people that Xanadu was, in some way, actually a good movie. The effort was, as anyone could presume, completely in vain: Xanadu was not a good movie, and it remains something of a clunker to this day. Yet, I have loved it since I first found it, not so much for what it was, but for what it represented to me the first time I saw it.
By the time I was born, cinemas had already begun to develop into multiplexes, although nowhere near as multi- as they currently are. In my hometown, theaters maxed out at six different screens, and this is what I was used to when it came to going to the movies. Except, we didn't go to see Xanadu at any of the usual spots. Instead, we went to see it in an old theater which had been built in a very different era, the kind of place that could only be described as a Movie Palace. Realistically, the building must have been starting to unravel at the seams, but I couldn't see any of that. Instead, I was dazzled by gilded statues lining the entryway and lobby, with frescoes and flocked wallpaper, a curved staircase with a polished balustrade, employees in uniforms, brass everywhere – and above it all, a chandelier suspended in a painted dome surrounded by swirling plaster ornaments. This was a building like none other I had ever seen, clearly an important place, where important things happened. I wasn't about to see a movie like I might see at any other, normal theater I had ever attended. This was a special theater, for special movies.
And that, honestly, was all it took. At that age, I couldn't really separate the grandeur of the building from the activities that went on within. My entire world had been conveniently divided into special and mundane. Church was a special building, where I should always be on my best behavior and pay very close attention. School was a mundane building, where, for some odd reason, the same rules applied. My friend's houses were normal places, where I could run and screech. My grandmother's house, however, was special and filled with very old things I could look at, but never touch.
I could say that it was simply my misfortune to have seen Xanadu in such an impressive venue, but, really, that simple accident changed my life. For better or worse, it was impressed on me that day that movies could be more than simply an afternoon in a dark room with popcorn. Movies could be special, heaped with pomp and circumstance. Movies could be important. Movies could be art.
And, frankly, there are far worse movies to have at the center of such a lesson. At its heart, Xanadu is a tribute to an earlier time, and a love song for a kind of movie that had long since gone out of fashion. Okay, fine: even as a tribute, it managed to miss the mark. Nevertheless, something started for me, that day: a lifelong love of the cinema and the artistic expressions shown there. Xanadu was a kind of crossroad, which put me on a completely different path.
And everyone who loves film has that movie. So, mine is Xanadu. My favorite professor in film school had a particular affinity for the Hammer horror movies he grew up with, but that didn't mean we ever had The Satanic Rites of Dracula on our syllabus. That was simply his unique introduction to a special world which featured Christopher Lee at his hammiest, but could also include the likes of Fellini's Satyricon, Renoir's Rules of the Game, or Welles's Citizen Kane, as well.
Though my brother might have regretted it, I never did. I wouldn't have given up that day for the world. In fact, I couldn't have given it up and remained the same person. And if I continue to relish the movie and all of the memories surrounding it, that is nothing to be ashamed of, and certainly nothing requiring an apology. When my brother told me of his regret, I just laughed and shook my head, and it gave us another opportunity to remember just how much we had impacted each other's lives, a reminder of how strong our love had always been. That was something special, and, well, so was Xanadu. How could I not be grateful for that?
Besides, he could have waited until November and taken me to see The Apple, instead. That would have been a move I probably couldn't explain away, even for the sake of filial harmony.


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Great idea: This person is teaching English conversation in Brazil, and he has set up this blog (Natively Speaking Comic Strips) to clarify idiomatic expressions that appear in comic strips. He says: "Every day you will be able to learn a phrasal verb and an idiomatic expression in context through a comic strip on my blog... and if you have a Facebook account you will be able to write a practice sentence in a post on my wall... and then I will correct it in a comment to you."
He also has a facebook fan page for the blog.


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As planned few days ago, Jepp, Bakry and I went to Pulau Bai and Pulau Berhala. Fished from 7.30am to 3.30pm. The weather and current were good in the morning. We've caught a lot of golden and silver crocker, ikan jarang gigi, mata kucing, coral fish and also grouper.
Bakry with a table-sized grouper.
Myself with ikan jarang gigi.
Jepp's and Bakry's catch.


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STR: US hotel results for week ending 27 February
The U.S. hotel industry reported mostly positive results in the three key performance metrics during the week of 21-27 February 2016, according to data from STR.
In year-over-year comparisons, the industry's occupancy was nearly flat (-0.2% to 64.2%). Average daily rate for the week was up 3.3% to US$119.50, and revenue per available room increased 3.1% to US$76.76.
Among the Top 25 Markets, Los Angeles/Long Beach, California, posted the only double-digit rise in ADR (+15.7% to US$175.97) as well as the largest increase in RevPAR (+18.7% to US$146.47). Occupancy in the market grew 2.5% to 83.2%.
Three additional markets saw RevPAR increase by double figures: Anaheim/Santa Ana, California (+15.1% to US$112.00); Norfolk/Virginia Beach, Virginia (+11.9% to US$36.80); and Detroit, Michigan (+10.3% to US$61.63).
Norfolk/Virginia Beach (+6.7% to 48.7%) and Anaheim/Santa Ana (+6.6% to 78.9%) experienced the largest increases in occupancy.
Miami/Hialeah, Florida, reported the largest declines in each of the three key performance metrics. Occupancy in the market fell 7.8% to 83.7%; ADR was down 4.0% to US$242.58; and RevPAR dropped 11.5% to US$203.13.
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Ulster Bank League Results Service: Send UBL to 51444. To unsubscribe send the word STOP to 0876445950. Search #UBL on Twitter for club updates.
This season sees the introduction of the #UBLTry of the Month award with a prize of 250 euro for each monthly winner and entry into the Try of the Year award.
Blackrock College (9th) v Queen's University (6th), Stradbrook
Blackrock completed a season's double over Corinthians last Saturday, giving themselves a much-needed lift with the spectre of relegation still hanging over them. Fighting back from 17-3 down, converted tries from Andrew Ellison and captain Peter McCague earned them a gutsy three-point success.
Gary Fenn's inclusion at blindside flanker is 'Rock's only change for the visit of Queen's, with McCague reverting to number 8. The students have fallen down the pecking order after losing their last five matches, and lie only seven points ahead of Blackrock in ninth position.
Impressive 49-14 winners over the Dubliners in early November, Queen's could be without both Jonny Lees and Mark Keane who are carrying knocks. If Lees is unable to feature, Dave Whitten is likely to move to the openside berth with Ali Burke slotting into the second row alongside Marc Campbell.
Cashel (5th) v Corinthians (8th), Spafield
Cashel will not want a repeat of November's 19-8 defeat to Corinthians as they have been motoring along nicely since then, picking up points in every game and scoring wins over the three teams directly above them in the table - Nenagh Ormond, City of Armagh and, most recently, Highfield.
Carving out a 10-0 victory last week in tough conditions, Denis Leamy's men did all their scoring in the second half as Darragh Lyons kicked a penalty and converted James Kendrick's all-important try from a maul. They must back up that performance with another home triumph.
Corinthians' losing bonus point at Blackrock keeps them out of the bottom two, but it should have been so much more as they led 17-6 at half-time before turning into a strong breeze. They have not won away from home since the second round in Greystones - could today be the day?
Neil Faloon's 66th-minute converted try was the difference between City of Armagh and Queen's last week, with the 10-3 result keeping the Ulster Senior Cup champions in the top four. They have strong-running winger Andrew Willis back in the mix after his recovery from injury.
They face Belfast opposition again this afternoon in the form of table toppers Malone who were 28-26 winners when they hosted Willie Faloon's charges back in November. Armagh gained revenge two weeks later at the semi-final stage of the Ulster Senior Cup, prevailing 26-19 at home.
The Cregagh Red Sox racked up a half-century of league points last time out by edging out Greystones 14-12, a result which moved them six clear at the summit. Two tremendous touchline conversions from Mark O'Connor and Rory Campbell proved vital as they extended their winning streak to five matches.
Galwegians (10th) v Greystones (7th), Crowley Park
Galwegians' struggles to build any momentum were not helped by a waterlogged pitch in Glenina last Saturday, which forced their game against Nenagh Ormond to be postponed. It has been refixed for next Friday night, setting up a huge week for the division's bottom side.
It really is make-or-break time for the westerners who trail second-from-bottom Blackrock by eight points. They have been starved of wins since last September, although their losing bonus point away to today's visitors, Greystones, in round 6 does offer encouragement.
Nonetheless, 'Stones' ability to mix it with leaders Malone last week - scoring first half tries through David Baker and Barry Fitzpatrick - suggests they are operating at a higher level now. They have won three of their last four games, but cannot afford to rest on their laurels as they are currently only two points clear of relegation trouble.
Highfield (2nd) v Nenagh Ormond (3rd), Woodleigh Park
Nenagh Ormond's title and promotion prospects will be a lot clearer by this time next week. They visit two teams at opposite ends of the table over the next six days, determined to stretch their current winning run to six matches.
Today's trip to second-placed Highfield is their toughest assignment for some time, and it is a revenge mission after the Corkmen triumped 37-22 at New Ormond Park in November. Highfield made Nenagh pay for two yellow cards that day as Michael Dillane, James Daly, Paddy Ryan (2) and Lorcan Kavanagh all crossed for tries.
Rain showers are expected this afternoon in Cork, so this may turn into a low-scoring and defence-dominated contest. Highfield had just that against Cashel last Saturday, going down 10-0 at Spafield so it will be interesting to see what lessons Tim Ryan's men learned from that frustrating one-try defeat.


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Institute of Banking Personnel Selection IBPS Released 16721 Posts Vacancy For CWE PO/MT IV 2015
Institute of Banking Personnel Selection IBPS Released 16721 Posts Vacancy For CWE PO/MT IV 2015—Hello friends recently Institute of Banking Personnel Selection IBPS gave their notification that how many posts will be vacant for 2015-16 session in banking Sector.
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NOTICE BY Institute of Banking Personnel Selection IBPS
Institute of Banking Personnel Selection IBPS Released 16721 Posts Vacancy For CWE PO/MT IV 2015
Provisional allotment under CWE PO/MT-IV has been done based on the category-wise vacancies for 2015-16 for PO/MT cadre as furnished by the Participating Organisations (details vide Annexure A) subject to availability. Candidates can view their result status after interview on IBPS website www.ibps.in by entering their Registration Number or Roll Number and Password.
IBPS CWE PO/MT IV 2015 Please note:
1. No change in the data already registered by the candidate in the online application form is possible.
2. The said provisional allotment has been done based on merit-cum-preference keeping in view the spirit of various guidelines issued by Govt. of India/Others from time to time, administrative exigency etc.
3. A candidate belonging to reserved category, selected on the basis of norms as applicable to General Category, has been treated at par with a General category candidate for drawing up the merit list. Such a candidate has not been adjusted against a reserved post. However his/her allotment to an Organisation has been done by treating him/her as if he/she is a reserved category candidate.
4. In the event of two or more candidates having obtained the same score, merit order is decided as per date of birth (the candidate senior in age is placed before the candidate junior in age), as per the prevailing practice.
5. The provisional allotment is subject to the candidate fulfilling the criteria for Participating Organisations and identity verification to the satisfaction of the allotted organisation. This does not constitute an offer of employment. In case it is detected at any stage of the recruitment process that, the candidate does not satisfy the eligibility criteria his/her candidature/ chance in the process shall stand forfeited.
6. Offer of appointment including terms and conditions, formalities for verification, joining etc. will be issued from the allotted Participating Organisation in due course. Decision of Participating organisations shall be final and binding.
7. The recruitment process/ appointment is solely the purview of the Participating Organisations and shall be final and binding. IBPS has no role in this connection.
8. If the candidate does not avail the offer/ appointment from the allotted Participating Organisation his/her candidature/ chance in the process shall stand forfeited.
9. A list of candidates (in Roll Number order) provisionally allotted on the basis of marks in descending order will be displayed on our website on or before 01.05.2015. However this does not guarantee offer of employment. Decision of Participating organisations shall be final.
10. A reserve list to the extent of approximately 10 percent of the vacancies under each category has been kept, subject to the availability of candidates, as per advertisement dated 16.07.2014. This does not guarantee allotment to/recruitment by the Participating Organisation(s). In the event of Participating Organisations providing vacancies during
April 2015-March 2016, provisional allotment will be carried out for the candidates in the reserve list. However if no vacancy is furnished by the Participating Organisations owing to exigencies or otherwise during the validity period the candidates under the reserve list will not be considered for allotment. The reserve list will expire automatically on 31.03.2016 without any notice.
11. Candidates who are not provisionally allotted or not in the reserve list will not be considered for any further process under CWE PO/MT-IV 2015 for vacancies of 2015-16.
12. The category wise maximum and minimum scores (combined scores in CWE and Interview out of 100) for the provisional allotment and reserve list is indicated in Annexure B.
13. The decision of IBPS in allotment of Organisations is final and binding upon the selected candidates. However IBPS reserves the right to cancel, reallot Organisation-wise allocation depending upon exigencies or otherwise.
14. No correspondence will be entertained from the candidate about allotment status and/ process.
01.04.2015 Director, IBPS
Annexure A
(Annexure to the Notification dated 01.04.2015)


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Waiting for chickens!!
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Coop, Coop-da-Doop
Because we took the plunge and decided to get two chickens, we needed some place to put them. I saw a picture in a magazine of a tiny little coop for chickens to go in at night. It was short, sat on your porch and was made to be portable. I wanted something small because I planned on these chickens being in the yard, mostly. Then I started worrying about how long these chickens would last! I mean, coyotes, hawks, dogs, etc. etc.. So, I started considering chicken tractors. I dismissed that pretty quickly because it seemed like a lot more work than cared to devote. Eventually we opted for a bigger, less portable version of the porch friendly one. We spent all day and almost all night working on it. After a few unplanned trips to ACE and one complete tear down we finished it!!
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