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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- John Hope Franklin, a revered Duke University historian and scholar of life in the South and the African-American experience in the United States, died Wednesday. He was 94.
Duke spokesman David Jarmul said Franklin died of congestive heart failure at the university's hospital in Durham.
Born and raised in an all-black community in Oklahoma where he was often subjected to humiliating incidents of racism, he was later instrumental in bringing down the legal and historical validations of such a world.
As an author, his book ''From Slavery to Freedom'' was a landmark integration of black history into American history. As a scholar, his research helped Thurgood Marshall win Brown v. Board of Education, the 1954 case that outlawed the doctrine of ''separate but equal'' in the nation's public schools.
''It was evident how much the lawyers appreciated what the historians could offer,'' Franklin later wrote. ''For me, and I suspect the same was true for the others, it was exhilarating.''
Franklin broke numerous color barriers. He was the first black department chair at a predominantly white institution, Brooklyn College; the first black professor to hold an endowed chair at Duke University; and the first black president of the American Historical Association.
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Teaching the Gospel through Radio
Chicago, USA. Every Saturday, Claretian Missionary Fr. Marco Cárdenas, Oscar Mendoza, and Claretian seminarian Eloy Escamilla take to the microphones at La Tremenda, a Spanish-language radio station in Chicago, to share the Gospel message and focus on how the teachings
Claretian Xabier Larrañaga, Presentor at a Congress on Vatican II
Salamanca, Spain. The faculties of Theology from Spain and Portugal have organized in Salamanca an International Congress to commemorate the fifty years since the opening of the Second Vatican Council, "A Sure Compass for the Ecclesial Walk of the Twenty-First
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An image of St. Anthony Mary Claret will be brought to Hayes, London, on Friday, the 6th of July. Obviously it will be leaving Madrid by plane. Some people commnented that traveling by plane was not a Claretian way of traveling. He missioned the
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If you were here for coffee or tea this morning, here is something I'd like to talk about:
How do you keep your joy during Christmas?
If you're a mama, or a friend, or a wife.
Or just a responsible human being who realizes Christmas is not the best time of year to wallow in any sinful and selfish feelings of your own, how do you let your heart be joyful during the holidays?
This year, I can't help but think back to last year - when I was seriously struggling with depression over Christmas. I'm so pleased that my kiddos have fond memories (some of their first!) about last Christmas, but I can honestly say - I remember so little about it.
I know the Lord carried us through some dark days.
This year, we have so many hopeful and exciting things in our lives, and STILL it's such a battle to fight through the "it's-thursday-night-and-i'm-exhausted-and-i-really-need-to-do-laundry" to get into the most spectacular Tree decorating party ever. Amen?
Or is that just me?
And then, you add in the fact that our kids are FOUR, THREE, AND TWO and I have to remember that every memory we make in this seasons is going to involve slight whiffs of poop, a temper tantrum or two, and maybe a few tears.
But they're still really beautiful memories.
And they're still worth making. And He is still worth celebrating.
I've been thinking back on my own childhood memories a lot and thinking about my single mom making Christmas work every year. I'm sure there were financial stresses, loneliness, tiredness, and a million other problems - but I don't remember a single one. I truly, truly, truly loved our Christmases growing up.
Thank you Mama for pushing through.
And then there is the Santa conundrum! Whoa Nellie.
We don't even "do" Santa, and we've always felt really non-dramatic about it. Let the kids watch Santa movies and such, sort of ignoring the whole he-comes-down-the-chimney idea. Explaining that God gives us money and with that money, we sit it fit to buy our kids a few gifts to celebrate Jesus being born.
But at our kids school, they heard about Santa & his goodness, which led to a thirty minute conversation last night in which Elias insisted Santa was more exciting than Jesus.
Which was heart-breaking and understanding all at once.
And it took some grace to just move on and some prayer that He'd believe us one day.
That Jesus is a million cadrillion times better than Santa.
And speaking of Jesus, it's all about Him, right?
I feel like the Lord has given me special instructions this year about the joy thing.
Keep my eyes on Him.
Keep my eyes on Him.
Isaiah 45:22 - Look to me and you will be saved.
Keep my eyes on Him.
But let's talk -
what are you doing to fight for the joy?
What special coffee are you drinking at 4pm to get pumped for a night of advent activities?
Do you find yourselves saying, "Well, does Santa die on the cross for our sins?!" :)
I want to hear your heart, lady.
And you can pray that I'll be keeping my eyes on Him.


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Angela Brown -Born and raised in Little Rock, AR, Angela now calls Central Texas home. She's a lover of Wild Cherry Pepsi and chocolate/chocolate covered delicious-ness. Steampunk, fantasy and paranormal to contemporary – mostly young adult – fill her growing library of books. Mother to a rambunctious darling girl aptly nicknamed Chipmunk, life stays busy. Her favorite quote keeps her moving: "You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing there will be no result." ~ Mahatma Gandhi ~ Website
Jeff Chapman - writes software by day and speculative fiction when he should be sleeping. He drinks a lot of dark hot chocolate to stay awake. His tales range from fantasy to horror and they don't all end badly. He lives with his wife, children, and cats in a house with more books than bookshelf space. Website*
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Julie Flanders - is a writer and a librarian who lives in Cincinnati, Ohio. Julie shares her home with her dog and cat and, when not writing fiction, she loves to write about animals and animal-related issues. Her debut novel, the paranormal suspense thriller Polar Night, is now available from Ink Smith Publishing. Website
Ellie Garratt – A life-long addiction to reading science fiction and horror meant writing was the logical outlet for Ellie Garratt's passions. She is a reader, writer, blogger, Trekkie, and would happily die to be an extra in The Walking Dead. Her short stories have been published in anthologies and online. Passing Time is her first eBook collection and contains nine previously published stories. Her science fiction collection Taking Time will be published July 2013 and not long after she will be launching a nine-part science fiction serial. Website
Gwen Gardner – Running, writing and reading are her favorite things. She's also a dreamer.
Have you ever told yourself that "someday" I'm going to travel or write or whatever it is that you are passionate about but can't do right now for whatever reason? You can go for years and years and keep telling yourself that "someday" you'll do it. Too often "someday" never comes. But Gwen's did. She's a former Administrative Manager and Vice President of a successful swimming pool plastering company – until she woke up one day and realized that he "someday" had arrived. She quit her job, moved to the mountains and began to write. Crazy, she knows. But even crazier? Is when you get to the end of your life and realize that your "someday" is too late. Life is much too short for that! So the adventure has begun. Website
M. Gerrick - (AKA Misha Gericke) has basically created stories since before she could write. Many of those stories grew up with her and can be seen in her current projects. She lives close to Cape Town, with a view over False Bay and Table Mountain. Website
Graeme Ing – Graeme Ing is a writer of fantasy and SF novels, both adult and YA. His first novel, Ocean of Dust is a YA fantasy.
Graeme is currently working on his second book, a horror fantasy hybrid, starring a cocky, sarcastic necromancer in a world of vicious undead and political machinations.
Born in England in 1965, Graeme lives in San Diego, California. His career as a software engineer and development manager spans 25 years, including the development of a dozen computer games for consoles, home computers and online. He is also an avid D&D nerd, armchair mountaineer, astronomer, mapmaker, pilot and general geek. He and his wife, Tamara, share their house with six crazy cats. Website
M. Pax - is author of the sci-fi series, The Backworlds, and the new adult urban fantasy Hetty Locklear series. A Browncoat and SG fan, she's also slightly obsessed with Jane Austen. In the summers she docents as a star guide at Pine Mountain Observatory where the other astronomers now believe she has the most extensive collection of moon photos in existence. No fear, there will be more next summer. She lives in stunning Central Oregon with the Husband Unit and two lovely, spoiled cats. Website
Christine Rains - is a writer, blogger, and geek mom. She has four degrees which help nothing with motherhood, but make her a great Jeopardy player. When she's not writing or reading, she having adventures with her son or watching cheesy movies on Syfy Channel. She's a member of S.C.I.F.I. The 13th Floor series is her first self-published series. She has three novellas and sixteen short stories published. Website
Cherie Reich – A self-proclaimed bookworm, Cherie Reich is a writer, freelance editor, book blogger, and library assistant living in Virginia. Her short stories have appeared in magazines and anthologies. Her e-books include the horror series Nightmare, a short story collection with authors Aubrie Dionne and Lisa Rusczyk titled The Best of Raven and the Writing Desk, the futuristic space fantasy novelette trilogy Gravity, and The Foxwick Chronicles, a series of fantasy stories. She is a member of Valley Writers and the Virginia Writers Club. Website
Catherine Stine - hails from Philly and lives in NYC. She's passionate about writing and reading speculative tales where her imagination has wild reign. Her YA futuristic thriller, Fireseed One that she illustrated won finalist spots in both YA and Sci-Fi in the 2013 USA Book News International Book Awards. It was also granted a 2013 Bronze Wishing Shelf Book Award and a 2013 Indie Reader Approved notable stamp. Ruby's Fire, its companion book launched in 2013. Earlier novels include her YA Refugees and middle grade novel, A Girl's Best Friend. She's also an artist and her first career in NYC was showing her paintings in galleries. She says writing is painting with words. A serious travel buff, she's visited China, India and Russia and more with her husband and two sons. She loves to hear from her readers! Come visit at her website and blog.
T.F. Walsh - emigrated from Romania to Australia at the age of eight and now lives in a regional city south of Sydney with her husband. Growing up hearing dark fairytales, she's always had a passion for reading and writing horror, paranormal romance, urban fantasy, and young adult stories. She balances all the dark with light, fluffy stuff like baking and traveling. She writes young adult and adult paranormal and fantasy fiction. Cloaked in Fur, a paranormal romance and suspense story, is her debut novel. Website


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U.S. Navy Shoots Down Drone With A Laser [Video]
The US Navy has been working on laser technology for a few years now, and it has paid off. This Video is from last year and shows a drone being shot out of the sky by a laser beam. It seems we are getting closer and closer to Sharks with laser beams attached to their heads!
If this video is a year old I am sure they have the system integrated into a few more ships. The armed forces don't release information like this unless it's old news.
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The Montana Human Rights Network has uncovered another connection between Hope Pregnancy Ministries/Clear Choice Clinic, Michelle Reimer, director of the Hope Pregnancy Ministries, purchased All Families Clinic's former building location and kicked Susan Cahill out ten years ago. Susan Cahill then was forced to find another location for her clinic–only to have her clinic destroyed by vandalism–leaving her again unable to operate.
"We knew that Hope was more politically anti-choice then they let on. Now with the connection of the accused vandal, Zachary Klundt, to Hope and knowing that Hope's director bought the clinic's building out from under Susan, we think there is reason to question if Hope is engaged in a concerted effort to deny women their constitutional rights by making reproductive health care inaccessible in the Flathead Valley," said Rachel Carroll Rivas, Co-Director at MHRN, in a press release.
The Montana Human Rights Network also reported first on the organization's Facebook page about the connections of Zachary Klundt, the man who was arrested today in connection with the break-in and vandalism of a women's clinic in Kalispell, Montana. Nothing was stolen from the clinic, instead, "extensive damage" was found.
Zachary Klundt is the son of a woman named Twyla Klundt, who is on the board of Hope Pregnancy Ministries which is affiliated with a fake women's clinic called Clear Choice–which is a so-called "crisis pregnancy center," MHRN reports.
Skees works for Hope Pregnancy Ministries [screenshot] as the so-called crisis pregnancy center's Resource Director. She is running for legislature in House District 7 in Kalispell against Frank Garner in a GOP primary. Skees is the TEA Partier in that race.
A crisis pregnancy center, in case you aren't familiar with them yet, is basically a fake doctor's office run by an anti-choice organization which poses as a medical clinic to get pregnant women seeking abortions or medical care in the door. Once women are inside, the staffers often then give women a Walmart pregnancy test out of the box and make them watch films with fake claims about the evils of abortion. There are all kinds of horror stories about these places, and there are several in operation in Montana. Some states have passed "truth in advertising" laws the prohibit these places from posing as medical clinics.Anyway, as the Montana Human Rights Network's researchers report, "In 2010 white supremacist April Gaede solicited donations for Hope Pregnancy Ministries."Even if you haven't heard of April Gaede, you've probably heard of her twin daughters, Lamb and Lynx, who used to have a white power musical group called Prussian Blue. The two girls have been referred to as the "Nazi Pop Twins," the Human Rights Network reports. The Southern Poverty Law Center calls Gaede "a neo-Nazi stage mom" and includes a picture with her profile.
Gaede has posted on the white supremacist website Stormfront that she's given to Hope Pregnancy Ministries in the past, and that she believes giving money to that organization is a good way to "help save White babies." I won't link to Stormfront, nor should anyone. As MHRN reports:
Gaede's posting continued by saying she has ―personally met many of these people (Ministries' staff). She told her peers to tell staff members that they were supporters of Stormfront, the white supremacist website where Gaede made her request, when making a donation. She included the mailing address and website address for the Ministries.
Gaede encouraged her fellow white supremacists to send funds, because "our local population is over 95% White so they would be ―pretty much guaranteed to be helping to save White babies."
Recall that Zachary Klundt, the man charged with four felonies in connection with the vandalism of a women's clinic in Kalisepell is the son of a woman named Twyla Klundt, who is on the board of Hope Pregnancy Ministries.
Ronalee Skees is the wife of Derek Skees, the former TEA Party Republican legislator and nullification nutjob from the Flathead who proudly marched in a Memorial day parade wearing the confederate flag and is running this year for the Public Service Commission, which regulates utilities in Montana. Skees was profiled in TIME magazine because he has been trying to make himself into a national figure in the ultra-right wing crowd.
To be sure, this new information about the Hope Pregnancy Ministries ties may or may not inform the investigation and or the case. Only time, good investigative reporting, law enforcement investigations, and the courts will tell.


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Alternative Documentary
Alternative is about the use of alternative fuel in a local economy. We are focusing on Savannah and how they recycle fuel and how it benefits the local economy. This is still a work in progress from September 2012. But here are some of the stills from the edit so far! :)
Director: Imani Lindsey
Editor: Emily Tolan
Camera Op: Tyler Mills, Lauren Hustad, Imani Lindsey, Michael Jenkins
Sound Supervisor/Composer: Allison Reitz
Location Sound/Sound Designer: Tanner Dugan
Motion Graphics: Jade Stickle
3D Animation: David Conklin
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"Listen sister, your Jesus may not be like mine!" These words were fired at me during a church lifegroup session where I innocently (okay maybe not so innocently) asked how one particular woman who was constantly smacking us around with her goodness and holiness reconciled lying to her friends and family for ten years about something fairly important. She said she was positive that Jesus forgave her and understood why she had to keep lying. Umm... I wondered if Jesus was that cool with repetitive sin for selfish reasons? And that's when I got screamed at.
So most of you know, I love me some Jesus... but I don't pretend like I don't have quite the ways to go in my Christian walk. So while I will rep for JC on the regular, I tend not to beat folks upside the head with the Biblical Badgering. We all know some folks who call themselves Christian, stay up in the church house and still act any old kind of way. Check out this BougieTale:
I met Brad through friends. We introduced ourselves through email and then the phone. Our first phone conversation was four and a half hours long. (For the record, that means nothing. Don't fall in love with the first phone call. Some folks, myself included, have mastered the art of giving good phone. Okay, here ends the PSA) It was our third phone conversation when he brought up his deeply conservative religious beliefs and how one of the reasons why a superb catch like him hadn't found a lifemate was because he could not find a women who had her Jesus game tight enough for him.
He followed up that conversation by sending me a twelve page list of bible verses that he wanted me to "take into my spirit." Let me pause right here. Had I sounded so heathen that I needed someone sending me a booklet full of faith? Truth be told, I already knew half of his "cut-n-paste" verses and could have found the others if pressed. Dang! I sent him back a note telling him that I was already in a Bible Study but thanks. He sent back a note saying he wanted me to get to "his level." So at this point, I was starting to get a little irritated.
The following weekend he came up from Houston and we chatted some more over dinner. During the course of the meal, he dropped some other opinions (Michelle Obama wasn't attractive enough for Barack, Black people made too many excuses not to succeed, Condoleezza Rice's resume was not that impressive, Barack's cigarette smoking indicated that he was a deeply flawed human being?) that quite frankly left me stuttering and speechless. As you can imagine, I'm not often stuttering or speechless.
So I did what I usually do when making a decision: Pros vs Cons. He was intelligent, good-looking, we had chemistry but on the downside he was preachy and pompous. I wondered how that would balance out.
He went back to Houston and we kept talking on the phone over the course of the next few weeks. I noticed that he kept bringing up a number of "women friends" he had. Kept casually mentioning them "dropping by." One night after he asked me about my sex life and how I was scratching the itch (O__o), I asked about all the ladies. He said, "Oh, you found my Achilles' heel. I have to have sex often, it's my thing."
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Hold up, Pope Poke-a-lot! All these women he had been mentioning were friends with benefits? And he was benefiting them all?! He admitted that he regularly rotated about 10 women [yes, you read TEN. Five times Two] and hoped I did not have a problem with it because that's what he needed until he got married again. Again? Now what now? And what about all the Jesus? What about your daily walk? He said (no joke exact quote), "It's my one flaw. But Jesus made me, he knows my spirit, he knows my heart. I have prayed for him to take this weakness away but this is my compromise." Uh-huh.
"So you're looking for one woman who can satisfy you (replacing ten women) AND cook, clean, work, stay in shape, dress well, be politically active and get her 24/7 Jesus and charitable works on?"
His response: "Is that a problem?"
I know now that my response should have been what Sister Girl told me: "Your Jesus ain't like mine." Suffice it to say, I shut that down. Not looking back.
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At the beginning of the month a friend of mine has been visiting me. He is not that kind of friend which you hang out in the weekend or that you see every day, but that one you know since you were 3 years old, who you grew up together, and even if nowadays you have really nothing in common you will still be friends until the day of the unluckier one's funeral. You know, that kind of friend.
Well, of course I have been very happy to see him and it has been so beautyful, after four months, to be able to tell a joke instantly without stopping to think "how can I say that word?" or "ok, is this going to work if I translate it?" and loosing that precious, ephemeral moment in which the joke can be told. I know it sounds stupid but it is something you cannot really understand otherwise you have lived by your own for a while in a foreign country.
Then I held in three different places a presentation of my homecountry (well, actually it was 90% focused on my hometown). The audiences and the places were chronologically: the kids at Kaakkuri's IP, the workers in Byström and the collegues at the monthly team-meeting.
I talked, they listened and only the kids dared to ask some things. I just hope I wasn't boring for the adults.
I talked, they listened and only the kids dared to ask some things. I just hope I wasn't boring for the adults.
I have also spent a day in Työ Elämään dressed as a waiter, waiting (that's what I call irony) for youngsters interested about the EVS. Unfortunately the really interested ones were very few, and I had the feeling that all the others (who were still few people) were just waiting for the free coffee they would have earned at the end of the explanation. But I distributed as many flyers as possible and maybe one day in the future they'll find a old crumpled piece of paper in the bottom of a drawer and think: "Well, why not join this wonderful European program and go abroad for a while?". Who knows.
Last but not least, just few days ago I found in Citymarket something I would have never ever expected to find here in Finland: Polenta. Polenta is something really traditional of Northern Italy, especially of Veneto, my homeregion. Here you can read that "The most common dish [in Veneto] is polenta".
I mean...It is so traditional I bet noone of you knew it existed before. Even if it is being sold right here, right now. I guess it's like for you going abroad, let's say in Greece, and find salmiakki being sold at the grocery store: completely unexpected.
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The Tomb Raider series has had a bit of a turbulent past – some high peaks, and very low valleys over its 20+ year history. The original game was a stand out when it was released on the O.G. Playstation system in 1996. Bringing to life a buxom, globe trotting female equivalent of Indiana Jones traversing through fully realized 3d dungeons full of traps, puzzles, lurking beasts, and of course plenty of booty (Another word for treasure, you adolescent rubes.)
In the following years, the series fell into a bit of a lull with mundane repeated yearly releases (*cough* Ubisoft, EA ) crafted to satiate the demand of a public who were ravenous for more adventures starring the impossibly proportioned Ms. Croft. Even though these sequels were not up to the standard of the original, success breeds repetition, especially in the entertainment business. Sales of the series and the popularity of Lara herself, in the mid to late 1990's indicated that a powerful new mainstay franchise had been born – films, action figures, comics and spinoff video games for everyone, and for better or worse 'Tomb Raider' would become a household name.
The films came and went, and a deluge of game releases for a myriad of gaming systems produced sequels of varying quality, quickly over saturating the market. By the early 2000's the public began to lose interest, as the team at Core design were never able to re-capture the magic and innovation of the original game. Sales and mainstream popularity declined until gamers began to associate Lara with other antiquated video game mascots, so desperately trying to rekindle public interest and resurrect their glory days (Bubsy 3-d anyone?). Like so many before her, Lara's time in the spotlight began to fade. It was time to re-think the Tomb Raider franchise, and in 2008 development for an untitled reboot for next generation consoles was underway. Down but not out, the Tomb Raider brand was a sleeping giant, laying dormant and biding its time until it was given the opportunity to 'rise' to prominence once more.
And Rise it did. 2013's reboot; simply titled 'Tomb Raider' was a critical and commercial success, plucking Lara out of the hall of the forgotten and once-loved video game characters, and placing her firmly back in the limelight in front of a new generation of gamers. Crystal Dynamics (who had been developing the series since 2006's "Tomb Raider: Legend") had found the blueprint they were looking for to re-introduce Lara Croft to the next generation of gamers, a game in the style of the popular 'Uncharted' series. Uncharted, developed by Naughty Dog, was famous for its exciting action sequences, jet setting exotic locales and for modernizing much of the original model and theme used for Tomb Raider in the early 90s. The team succeeded; the reboot was unanimously praised for its stunning visuals, intuitive traversal, lavish set pieces, film quality writing, as well as a grittier, more believable narrative. And then there was Lara herself, swapping her 1960's Barbie-esque figure and millionaire-playmate persona for a properly proportioned human females body and the ability to learn, grow and mature as a real character throughout the course events in the game. It was a proven recipe for success executed to a T, and the team remained committed to delivering a strong experience for the sequel, which was announced shortly after the originals release.
That brings us to the main course: how was the follow up? Were they able to continue the character growth we saw taking place in the last game without loading up on melodrama? Did they listen to the fans pleading for more actual tombs to raid and less bullet sponge enemies to soak up digital ammunition? Does Lara still take a gruesome spear through the throat every time she takes a wrong turn?
The answer to all three of those questions is a resounding yes. Now that doesn't mean the game is perfect or that I didn't have issues during my 20 hours with Rise of the Tomb Raider, but overall it is a wonderful follow up to the original, both in spirit and execution. Nathan Drake should be proud.
I don't mean to give the impression that Rise of the Tomb Raider is a second tier Uncharted, quite the opposite in fact. The visuals and sound are outstanding, even with the Xbox one struggling to maintain the 30fps frame rate at 1080p (it dipped below 20fps multiple times during key scenes.) Every game mechanic in ROTTR is improved; Laras pick axe crunches satisfyingly as it digs into the ice that she frequently scales on her journey, erupting clouds of snow and ice particles into the frosty air as she goes. Jumping, swinging and climbing all feel tight, fluid, intuitive and fair, if not exactly original. The newly expanded inventory system makes use of gathering items found in the environment to craft needed tools, weapons and skills. It is reminiscent of the crafting system used in The Last of Us and feels fleshed out in a way that encourages world exploration without making it feel like a chore. Lara is able to create arrows, special ammunition for firearms, bandages and explosives out of items she finds hidden in the environment. Adding an element of time management and strategy, Lara cannot carry infinite ammunition – and as such often has to craft needed ammunition on the go or in the middle a fight. The system the game uses to employ this feels second nature and never interfered with my enjoyment, in fact, I often felt like an action hero ducked down out of enemy sights, fumbling to reload the ammunition I so desperately need. You can also explore areas to find items that mark hidden destinations on your map, upgrade your weapons, learn new languages to reveal secrets as well as retrograding your equipment to reach new areas as the game progresses.
If there's one area of the game to improve upon, it's the combat. Lara starts with a bow and arrow, and over the course of the game finds a pistol, an automatic rifle and, surprise, a shotgun. While the selection of weapons is not terribly original, they all feel suited to different situations and perform well enough. Cover shooting is the name of the game here, and the automatic 'stick to cover' system works, but just barely as it's far too easy to accidentally leave the safety of cover in the middle of a firefight without meaning to. Red Dead this is not. The hand to hand combat, though serviceable, feels loose and janky, and often gives the impression that Lara is aimlessly swinging at random enemies with her pick axe rather than targeting one enemy and focusing on them. Once you master the dodge and dodge kill skills in your ability tree things become a bit more refined, but there are no tutorials or visual prompts to explain how this system works, at least not that I found. I assume Lara uses her pick axe as her main hand to hand combat weapon because the developers felt that having her fist fight a bunch of armed guards may come off as a bit silly, and in theory I agree. But why not start the game off with a cut scene of her training? Or competing in any kind of martial arts tournament? It would serve to push that story forward and give players a sense of power and prowess when engaged in unarmed combat. So then just steal the batman combat and chuck it in there, right?! Ok, so that might be an overly simplistic solution, but you get the drift, it seems like something could be done to improve the fluidity of the hand to hand combat system, and I hope that's a focus for the next title in the series.
The action sequences in general are very chaotic, and during scenes where multiple waves of enemies attack it has a tendency to become a game of "roll away from the enemy until you get to a clearing, then turn, shoot, and resume rolling". This was especially frustrating in some of the closed off areas where there were cliffs and drop offs that could easily be rolled into, sending Lara to an untimely death. Luckily the game saves every time you pick up an item, so very little progress is lost. Overall the combat needs some work, but it's still fun, just not up to the polish of the other areas of the game.
The story is pretty much what you would expect for a big budget movie style title, there is a strong foundation, a couple of memorable characters and one or two prerequisite plot twists. The script does rely heavily upon coincidence and the ability of the player to ignore some inconsistencies, but overall does what it needs to. The voice acting is well delivered and never took me out of the experience, even if some of the dialogue is a bit corny. One interesting way the story progresses is through the various camps that Lara finds in her adventure. At any one of the 30+ camps in the game you can craft large amounts of ammunition quickly, upgrade weapons, items and abilities, as well as fast travel to any other previously discovered camp. What struck a chord with me is that each time you find a new camp and utilize it, Lara sits down and starts to narrate, essentially reflecting on the events that have transpired in the time since her last rest at a camp. Executed flawlessly, this is a strong way to emphasize both the personal growth that Lara is experiencing, as well as the scope of events taking place over the course of the game, without forcing it all down your throat via cut scenes. Other games could learn a lot from this style of supplemental narrative, i found it added a lot of depth to Lara's development and additional motivation to progress through my adventure, without seeming overly contrived.
The things that truly make ROTTR stand out are in the details. Once Lara finds the combat knife (mostly used for stealth kills) she pulls it out automatically when you get within stealth kill range, indicated by the sharp, satisfying sound of a blade slipping free of its sheath. I loved it every single time. Another mechanic that I feel this game executes better than any before it, are the escape sequences wherein the surrounding environment is caving in and crashing down as you frantically attempt to escape your doom. It does tend to feel coincidental that EVERY ancient city Lara steps foot in is one loose stone away from crumbling down around her, but if you don't stop to think about them too hard they make for some incredibly intense sequences that will astound those watching and leave the player in awe, feeling like they just got the fuck out of dodge in the nick of time.
The exploration is my favorite part of the game, and is handled very competently. Similar to the last game, the map is all connected through a series of passages, caves and open areas. The difference in the sequel is that these open areas have been fleshed out and expanded, feeling more like sectioned portions of an open world map one might expect to find in a Farcry title. There are secret caves and passages to find, animals to hunt, hidden items and secondary quests to take, and a total of 9 hidden tombs that each play out as a complex puzzle to solve, with the player receiving a stat-altering artifact at the end of each one. I never personally found these puzzles too challenging, but they are satisfying and rewarding to find and complete. The promise of these hidden ancient areas kept me searching the world throughout my adventure, and will no doubt keep me coming back to find the last 2 I have not uncovered. On the note of re playability, Square Enix clearly spent time polishing this game nicely and although there is no multiplayer mode included, there is a replay mode where extra challenges and items can be added to levels to be uncovered for points, a time trial mode where best times can be improved upon, and a few other small surprises. This game, like most, has a seasons pass available for $39.99 CAD. Personally, I think its a poor value as it includes a few outfits, a survival play mode and one chunk of story DLC – Baba Yaga (John Wick anyone)- the temple of the Witch. That's not a lot of value. Luckily, you can purchase the Baba Yaga and survival gameplay modes separately for $10 each, which is the route I recommend taking.
Overall, this game is suited to those who love the action/adventure genre, and especially to those who were fans of 2013's Tomb Raider or any of the Uncharted games. As coined by Jordan Mowat, this is definitely a "do the thing" game – as the course of action is heavily predetermined, and you as the player must guide Lara through it. If that turns you off then look elsewhere for your thrills, but if your still with me, then this is one adventure you will not want to miss. I spent 20 wonderful hours with Rise of the Tomb Raider, and I expect to spend another 4-5 exploring as of yet uncovered optional tombs and the Baba Yaga DLC. The game is out now for Xbox one, Xbox 360, PC and is coming to PS4 Q4 2016.


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Last Friday as I was reading Josh's review of Rock Steady Row that was shown at the Chattanooga Film Festival (chattfilmfest.org, 5-8 April, Tennessee, USA) and before that at the Slamdance Film Festival (Grand Jury Prize, slamdance.com, 19-25 January, Utah, USA), it hit me that the same movie was about to open Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival (2018.hoff.ee, 27-29 April, Estonia) here in Estonia. From America arrived the film director Trevor Stevens and the leading actor Heston Horwin to present Rock Steady Row at the international premiere in Europe. Both are young and unknown to the larger public, so another reason to talk about them here 🙂
Josh from https://clydeumney.wordpress.com saw Rock Steady Row at the Chattanooga Film Festival. The Chattanooga town with an American Indian sounding name is located in the state of Tennessee, USA, not far from Atlanta, Georgia (I googled to be sure :). Please read Josh's review to know more about the movie. It seems to be quite a film regardless the low budget.
Thank you for sharing your review, Josh! 🙂
For the past several years, I've gone down to the Chattanooga Film Festival – it's one of my favorite weekends for film every single year. (You can see my previous year write-ups since moving to this blog here.) A festival that's in love with genre films, trash cinema, and embraces the weird and wild, CFF's philosophy is that every film is worth watching in some way, and it's an idea I can always get behind. This year, I managed to get back down there for all four days, which means there's a lot to talk about. Let's kick it off with the first day, which featured an entertaining low-budget effort and then hit me with the low point of the festival, if not my moviegoing year.
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LOW&HIGH programme has come to the end. Many thanks to all involved in the micro-residencies, theatre projects, workshops and talks. It have been great three months in Folkestone. We wouldn't make it without your contribution and support! Special thanks to TRANSPORT (Emma Cameron and Douglas Rintoul), The Folkestone Triennial, Duncan Brannan (KKC), Diane Dever (Folkestone Fringe), Matt Rowe (B&B Project Space) and Amanda Oates … Continue reading
Development / Destruction was the culminating LOW&HIGH event. It investigated ideas of reconstruction in an attempt to see materials and objects in a new light and to redefine the relationship between form and function. Through this event we wanted to sum up the discussion on visions of regeneration, art and public spaces, infrastructure, interdisciplinary artists practise and local community. … Continue reading
Showing and Sharing. Discussing the current ways of communicating through art . With: Marialaura Ghidini (or-bits.com), Matt Rowe (B&B Project Space, Folkestone and Folkestone Triennial Education and Outreach Projects) and Tai Shani (The Horse Hospital, London) The last event from the series of LOW&HIGH's The Visitors talks looked at the accessibility of art as well … Continue reading
The project title was originally conceived in terms of thinking about the experience of approaching or departing from the coast and the conception of this edge as a barrier, border or frontier. Our initial identification of Lorry Drivers and Fishermen, as groups who experienced opposing approaches to the edge, turned to an interest in people … Continue reading
During the culminating event of the MICRO-RESIDENCY 6, TRANSIT\ION presented their 'Arrival, Departure, Return' work in progress compromising of the audio recordings of the interviews with local residents, tourists and lorry drivers and a video footage of Folkestone surroudings depicted as edge, terminus and frontier. Gillian White presented the latest version of her 'Folkestone Regenerated Monopoly Board'. The artist's version … Continue reading
Tonight's presentation about TRANSIT\ION's work looked back at their projects developed in India in 2009 and 2010. It also gave us some clues on their new, Folkestone project that will be revealed to everyone at LOW&HIGH on Saturday. TRANSIT\ION's piece 'Premise' will be on view at LOW&HIGH space till Saturday.
Monica Mukerjee (Young Professionals in Human Rights) and Douglas Rintoul (Transport) in conversation on human rights issues, activism and arts. Many thanks to both our speakers and to everybody who came to the event and participated in the discussion. This event looked at the role of the arts and importance of the artist's voice in … Continue reading
Structure and Site Search, the first of the series of three talks incorporated intoThe Visitors scheme, took place on Saturday, 16th July 2011. Our guests were: Louise Ashcroft and Helene Kazan (16 Spaces, London), Julia Crabtree and William Evans (James Taylor Gallery, London), Pierre D'alancaisez (Waterside Contemporary, London) and Toby Huddlestone (Crate, Margate). The discussion revolved … Continue reading
The event directed by Justyna Scheuring took place parallely at LOW&HIGH and B&B Project Space in Tontine Street. As Team Player, a game designed for 25 people unfolded at L&H, it was video transmitted to the B&B space where the guests at Surprise Party could follow on the screen above the buffet table events taking place at unknown yet location and … Continue reading
Transport's director Douglas Rintoul and actor Jamie Bradley are finishing the second week of rehearsals of 'Elegy' today. On Thursday evening they run second from the series of four free acting workshops. Thank you to all who came! Douglas and Jamie will be back at LOW&HIGH space to continue rehearsing from 18th July. Next workshop will take place on 14th … Continue reading


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The Noir File: 'Mask of Dimitrios' is an underseen '40s gem
By Mark Harrington and Mr E Man
The Noir File is FNB's guide to classic film noir, neo-noir and pre-noir from the schedule of Turner Classic Movies (TCM), which broadcasts them uncut and uninterrupted. The times are Eastern Standard and (Pacific Standard).
"The Mask of Dimitrios" (1944, Jean Negulesco). Tuesday, June 4, 1:15 a.m. (11:15 p.m.)
Tracking down an elusive international criminal named Dimitrios Makropoulos (Zachary Scott) becomes the obsession of a Dutch writer named Cornelius Weyden – a prime Peter Lorre role and the mild-mannered hero of the neglected but first-rate "The Mask of Dimitrios."
Weyden learns of Dimitrios and his sordid career when a corpse is washed up near Istanbul and a talkative Turkish police colonel (Kurt Katch) tells colorful stories of the great swindler's crimes. The inquisitive little scribe thinks he can use this material for a book.
When Weyden meets one of Dimitrios' victims in the (ample) flesh – the genial Mr. Peters, played by Lorre's usual partner-in-crime Sydney Greenstreet – the two join forces to try to unearth the villain's trail through war-threatened Europe.
They piece together Dimitrios' dark history as they cross paths with his other partners and/or victims, including blonde intriguer Faye Emerson, Victor Francen, Steven Geray, Eduardo Ciannelli and the irrepressible Florence Bates. As Lorre and Greenstreet close in on their prey, dark questions loom. Is Dimitrios really still alive? And who are his next victims?
If you've never seen "Dimitrios" (from the novel known as "A Coffin for Dimitrios" in the U.S.), you're in for a surprise and a treat. Faithfully adapted from master spy novelist Eric Ambler's classic thriller by pulp fictionist/screenwriter Frank Gruber, shot in high noir style by cinematographer Arthur Edeson ("The Maltese Falcon," "Casablanca") and artfully directed by Romanian émigré and Warner Brothers' "melodrama king" Jean Negulesco (in what is probably his best film), "Dimitrios" is an underseen gem of '40s noir. It's what used to be called a corker.
(Another Ambler adaptation with Lorre and Greenstreet, "Background to Danger," immediately follows "The Mask of Dimitrios." See below.)
Sunday, June 2
12:30 p.m. (9:30 a.m.): "The Public Enemy" (1931, William Wellman). With James Cagney, Jean Harlow and Mae Clarke. Reviewed on FNB, Aug. 10, 2012
2 p.m.. (11 a.m.): "The Harder They Fall" (1956, Mark Robson). With Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger and Jan Sterling. Reviewed on FNB, Feb. 20, 2013.
2 a.m. (11 p.m.): "Le Combat dans l'Ile" (1962, Alain Cavalier). On the run after a botched assassination attempt on a labor union leader, Clement (Jean-Louis Trintignant) – the scion of a wealthy French family and a secret right-wing terrorist – becomes part of an intense romantic triangle. He and his glamorous German wife (Romy Schneider) hide out with his pacifist friend (Henri Serre, of "Jules and Jim.")
An offbeat film noir with an unusually intelligent and deep script (co-written by Cavalier and Jean-Paul Rappeneau), shot in a chastely beautiful black and white style that recalls the muted colors Cavalier employed later on his multi-prize-winning 1986 religious picture, "Therese." (In French, with subtitles.)
Tuesday, June 4
2:15 a.m. (11:15 a.m.): "The Mask of Dimitrios" See PICK OF THE WEEK above.
4 a.m. (1 a.m.): "Background to Danger" (1943, Raoul Walsh). With George Raft, Brenda Marshall, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre. Reviewed on FNB January 9, 2013.


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Countess Lilian Marie The Whitelegged came back again, this time in different clothes. Since I had bought this dress during winter (on a second hand market), I knew what plans I will have for her. The hat, which I bought a bit later just made my plans more realistic. This was the birth of my plan for this photoshoot of countess coming back to her ruined manor. This dress isn't of course any straight connection to the beggining of last century, however when I wear it with the hat I fell so Victorian. You can see this dress also here. Untill spring evening are cold, it's one of my favourite piece of clothes:D
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More trouble in Iraq
Following the bombing in the Shiite slum of Sadr City, a lot of bad things have happened.
Al-Sadr loyalists took over a TV station. A crowd stoned the Prime Minister's convoy. A US military base caught fire thanks to mortars. The US figures the Iraqi insurgency can fund itself. And the UN reveals that Israel set mines in Lebanon during the last conflict, on top of the maybe one million cluster bombs. And on an unrelated note, the theft of polonium 210 and other weapons grade radioactive material is not encouraging.
Jordanian King Abdullah has made the observation that the region faces the prospect of three very destabalizing civil wars. This is, i think, a rational analysis deserving of some very immediate attention since all three situations are actually pretty close to the brink. This is of course in addition to the very strong possibility of Turkish intervention in Iraq's Kurdish north, (which could inspire Iranian entry or the entry of several neighboring countries).
On the positive side: The Israeli/Palestinian truce is mostly holding for now, and Israeli PM Olmert has said he's willing to do prisoner exchange and come to a comprehensive peace. I believe he is sincere on the first point, but I'm not sure about the second. Also, the upcoming report by the Iraq Study Group is likely to suggest that the US talk to Syria and Iran about how to stabalize the situation, but I'm not convinced either of them can really do much. I believe TIME is right to suggest Iraq is spinning out of anybody's control, even militia leaders'.


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On Friday, the No. 15 Knights will have the same team but a different ranking.
After winning the American Athletic Conference Championships with a walk-off home run, the Knights earned a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tallahassee Regional.
"This is it. This is actually happening. It's everything that you've fought for, everything that they've played so hard for in a very long season," head coach Renee Luers-Gillispie said. "We talk all the time about [how] this is where we want to be."
The Knights are no strangers to changes in ranking or scenery in their run this season. They have compiled a 48-7 overall record and are 19-3 on the road.
"It's been a grind, for sure, a lot of hard work and dedication, everybody coming in extra. It's been a great team effort and we're looking for some more wins," junior Samantha McCloskey said. "There's no words to put into how meaningful this is."
After receiving a first-round bye in the AAC Championships, the Knights topped USF 3-1 as junior Jessica Ujvari drove in two runs with the bases loaded in the top of the seventh inning.
In the championship matchup, the Knights received a walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh from McCloskey to overcome Tulsa 1-0.
The team is not fazed by the narrow margin of victory in the two conference matchups and know they have to rely on the same type of game they have played all season.
"[We have to stay] focused on one pitch at a time and one game at a time, not looking too far ahead and enjoying every minute of it," junior Shelby Turnier said. "This was our first goal of the season: to play well the entire season. But to come out with regular season and the tournament [is awesome]."
UCF will face the No. 3 seeded University of South Carolina (37-20) at 4:30 p.m. in the regional opener. The two teams met on Feb. 11, which was UCF's fifth game of the season, and the Knights won 4-1.
No. 1 seed Florida State will face No. 4 seed Dartmouth at 7 p.m. Friday with the winners of each matchup squaring off at noon on Saturday.
The self-proclaimed "Shake and Bake" pitching duo of Turnier and senior Mackenzie Audas have combined for a league-leading 0.86 ERA — the University of Michigan is second with a 1.48 ERA. They have also combined for 505 strikeouts in 366 innings pitched.
Turnier is leading the Division I rankings with a 0.75 ERA and has held her opponents to a .141 batting average. Audas is right behind her teammate as she sits in third overall with a 0.95 ERA and a .140 opposing batting average.
"Our pitchers [are] doing phenomenal … They've just [got] to keep doing work, and I know they will," junior Jessica Ujvari said. "[Our mindset is] take it game-by-game and focus on our one goal, and I think it's going to work out."
The NCAA Tournament consists of 64 teams in 16 Regionals. The winner of each Regional will move on to face the winner of a selected Regional before advancing to the NCAA Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from May 28-June 3.
The winner of the Tallahassee Regional will play the winner of the Knoxville Regional.
Jarrod Heil is the Sports Editor for the Central Florida Future. Follow him on Twitter at @JHeil11 or email him at JarrodHCentralFloridaFuture.com.


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Raelene's 60th Birthday
We had great pleasure creating floral arrangements and styling of the candy buffet for Raelene's birthday. Raelene works at the Jewellery store for more than 10 years. Therefore, we choose the jewellery theme for her birthday celebration. It was a surprise party, planned for her by her partner and children.


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So after that roll I had from Cipriani I decided to make brioche rolls.
They look nothing like the one from Cipriani.
They have way more butter in them too.
I sent my bf with some to bring his parents and had the rest with jam or with soup later in the week.
Posting this made me realize I never took a picture of the awesome chicken noodle soup with coconut and ginger I made either. Damn.


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Dear Wise One,
One of my biggest fears about the internet is how open it is. As a writer and blogger I open myself up to the internet, and mostly I have no idea who is reading any of it. Is there someone out there obsessively following my Twitter feed? Do my ex-boyfriends stalk my Facebook page? I put a lot of myself into my blog, but I don't necessarily want my 'real life' friends reading all of that.
There are photos of my children that I share – because I love them and of course I think that they are cute, but what if someone else is looking at them in a different, more sinister way? What if when they are older they are less than happy that I shared their potty training experiences with the world? What if their pictures are being stolen, used by someone else, for something that I don't know about? I have done what I can to protect against that, but I can't really be sure can I?
Blogging has brought me many great things, online friends, new experiences and fun times for my family, but what happens if one day, I decide enough is enough but I cannot delete it all? What if this mark I have made on the internet is permanent and indestructible. If my children ask me to take it all down one day will I be able to do that?
Now I have put myself out here publicly, will I ever have any privacy again?
"This post is my entry into the Check and Secure challenge. For more advice on family safety online, see Mums on Security."


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1. Boston Celtics: They were special last season because none of the big three (Kevin Garnett-Paul Pierce-Ray Allen) had a me-first attitude. Retain that approach, and no one in the league can touch them. Plus, Rajon Rondo was quite a find.
2. Cleveland Cavaliers: What's a luxury tax? The owner will spend whatever it takes to convince LeBron James his best chance of winning long-term is staying with the team that drafted him.
3. Orlando Magic: Athletic shooting guard Mickael Pietrus was a great little addition to a team with the league's best true center in Dwight Howard. Now, can they afford to retain Hedo Turkoglu?
4. Philadelphia 76ers: Signing Elton Brand makes this the best two-year makeover in the league. They have dependable scoring (Brand and Andre Iguodala), a shot-blocker (Sam Dalembert) and a point guard (Andre Miller). That's a sound roster.
5. Detroit Pistons: Joe Dumars promised big changes after last season, but nothing really happened. This team is getting old, but it's better off reshaping the roster when Rasheed Wallace's contract expires after this season.
6. Toronto Raptors: Trading for Jermaine O'Neal is an interesting gamble. There's a lot of mileage on that body, but he should open up the floor some for Chris Bosh. You have to love the Raptors' depth.
7. Atlanta Hawks: Maurice Evans and Flip Murray fill some of the void left by Josh Childress' departure. But Marvin Williams slows a team that has to run to be at its best.
8. Milwaukee Bucks: Acquiring Richard Jefferson from the Nets gives the Bucks a leader-finisher. This team had some nice parts, starting with Andrew Bogut, but it often looked young and disorganized.
9. Washington Wizards: Injuries to Gilbert Arenas and Brendan Haywood mean Antawn Jamison is going to have to carry them the first two months to stay in playoff contention. This could be an expensive mess of a season.
10. Chicago Bulls: So how will Ben Gordon react to impending free-agency? Will he be a team player or just run up statistics? Derrick Rose will play, rather than be slowly worked into the mix, and Luol Deng is a deep roster's best player.
11. Charlotte Bobcats: Larry Brown will make a difference, but he's a coach, not a sorcerer. This team needs more defenders and fewer players living off their jump shots.
12. Miami Heat: The Heat is lucky to have moved Shaquille O'Neal and the $40million that was left on his contract. Dwyane Wade and rookie Michael Beasley are a nice duo around which to rebuild.
13. Indiana Pacers: In a Portland Jail-Blazers kind of way (think back a few years), the Pacers managed to poison a market where they were beloved. Dumping a few guys who didn't know how to behave is the first step to stitching themselves back into the community.
14. New Jersey Nets: You know that term "holding action?" The Nets are willing to bet that hoarding a whole lot of cap room for down the road equals signing a superstar. Historically, that plan failed for the Orlando Magic and Chicago Bulls. Will it succeed for a team just across the river from Gotham?
15. New York Knicks: Bad as these guys are, hiring Donnie Walsh gets them back on track. They'll get worse to get better, and then they might steal LeBron James once he's a free agent.


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We've been working hard at the studio. So hard that we haven't taken the time to update the blog for a few months. How did that happen? If you want to see what we've been up to, check out our Instagram feed for some behind the scenes images of recent work and explorations.
Earlier this month was my Mom's birthday (not coincidentally on Best Friends Day) and I was lucky to have dinner with my parents and my brothers and their families. I don't take that for granted. If you know my Mom, you know that she's hard to buy for and she even announced, "Please come to dinner but no gifts". I had to defy her orders because I had seen the Spoonflower blog post on making tea towels from family recipes. I've spoken before about my maternal grandmother's apple pies. She was an extraordinary baker, but also a very accomplished cook. I am still (covered in flour) trying to perfect her buttermilk biscuits and can't do it nearly as well as she did. I used my grandmother's best and most favorite recipes for my Mom's tea towels. It was a pleasure to make them for my Mom and she loved getting them.
What I didn't expect was my sister-in-law asking about the wrapping paper with which I wrapped the tea towels. I always use my own gift wrap now, unless it's a kids gift (getting to that...). She took one look at it and said "That's not on your web site. If it was I would buy it in a minute." That's one of those moments that lit a fire. Just a few days later I read a blog post done by art licensing consultant Maria Brophy. You can read the full post here. The gist of it is that you have to make it clear that you are selling your work and make it available for people to buy. All of this led me to make a commitment to expand our online shop and make our products and work available to everyone. I'm committing to July 25th as the absolute latest. That's a month from today. Hold me to it!


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22nd annual Santa Claus Pub Crawl for Charity
The 22nd annual Santa Claus Pub Crawl for Charity starts in some venues around lunchtime on Saturday with others kicking in late afternoon.
There will be 19 venues all up for the 2015 event and an estimated 10,000 people taking part.
"This is going to be the biggest year yet," event founder Neil Webster said.
"Last year we raised over $100,000 for charity!"
The SCPC is listed by Ninemsn as one of the "Top Ten Pub Crawls in the World" and Channel 10 is sending a team from Studio 10 to cover the event itself on the night.
"Infrastructure changes for this year have seen the inclusion of 8 dedicated shuttle buses (from 4pm-3am), Northern & Southern route 'Summer Safety Buses' (11pm-4am) and greater traffic management procedures around the event," Mr Webster said.
The Santa Claus Pub Crawl raises funds for the Salvos First Floor program through donations and merchandise sales.
It originally started with Mr Webster getting together a small group of friends to raise some Christmas spirit and have fun.
It has since become recognised as the longest continually run Santa Pub Crawl in the world .
"Over $103,000 was raised in 2014," Mr Webster said.
But another thing he is proud of is that in two decades the event has never had any major trouble.
That is important to Mr Webster who never wants to see any alcohol related violence or anti-social behaviour associated with the Santa Claus Pub Crawl.
In fact it is his motivation for originally staging the whole event.
"Back on Xmas Eve, 1997; I was attacked by 5 guys leaving a pub in Hurstville," he said.
"They proceeded to beat the crap out of me - my jaw broken in two places, three cracked ribs, and a concussion - just because I wasn't going the same way down the street as them. I spent weeks in hospital and lost 13kg drinking through a straw for the next three months. Since that day I've vowed to not only bring some Christmas spirit back, but to also help change people's attitudes towards socialising with alcohol at pubs – especially at Christmas time. The enjoyment, fun, laughter and friendships that everyone builds on the SCPC are a testament to the fact that you can go out and not be a DICK! Plus we make a lot of kids lives better with the donations we raise."
Founder: Santa Claus Pub Crawl founder Neil Webster is passionate about promoting responsible drinking. In early 2015 he spoke about it publicly for the first time when he met Thomas Kelly Foundation's founders Kathryn Kelly and Ralph Kelly at a TAFE Illawarra event management student run corporate golf day at Shell Cove where. He was the emcee and spoke of his own experience. Picture by Greg Ellis.
Mr Webster said with anti-social behaviour and alcohol related incidents, being such a negative part of nightlife everywhere these days, it was important to note that Santa Claus Pub Crawl for Charity is helping to change the culture of drinking and bring back some Christmas spirit at the same time.
"In its 20 year history, there have been no major incidents related to the event," he said.
Mr Webster spoke publicly about his own experience while being the emcee for a TAFE Illawarra student run golf day at Shell Cove in early 2015. He was inspired to reveal all from having the opportunity to meet Thomas Kelly Foundation founders Kathryn Kelly and Ralph Kelly. See the full story here.
By Greg Ellis
Illawarra Mercury, 12th December 2015


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One Small Step (dba, Clothes Cabin) was formed in 2001 by a small circle of friends to provide socks to agencies that served the poor. More than 160,000 pairs of socks and large quantities of clothing were distributed over eight years. In 2008, after the clothing bank in Chandler closed, the women of One Small Step located space to operate a small emergency clothing bank for Chandler residents. Within eight months, the volume of clients required a move into commercial space. Forced to find means of paying the rent and utilities, One Small Step took steps to stabilize the organization by incorporating, securing tax credit status for qualifying charitable organizations, getting 501(c)(3) recognition from IRS, developing a donor base, and partnering with other local service agencies.
From the beginning, One Small Step's mission was to provide clothing relief to those who could not afford to buy the clothes they needed. The organization holds extremely high standards of quality for the clothing and the facility from which it operates, demonstrating respect for the clients. The number of clients increased steadily, forcing another move into larger facilities in 2010.
One Small Step's primary focus is Clothes Cabin, where clothing and shoes are distributed three days a week to low- and no-income individuals and families. Sheets, blankets, and towels are provided when the supply allows. Later in 2010, the 'Back to Work' program was started to provide steel-toed work boots to men and women who needed them to get or to keep a job.
In the spring of 2011, Clothes Cabin began offering its homeless clients free laundry service to improve their health, standards of hygiene, and self-esteem, and to reduce the waste of clothing that must eventually be thrown away because of filth.
In 2014, storage lockers and mail box slots were made available to the homeless clients. These services (clothing, linens, work boots, homeless laundry, storage lockers and mailboxes) are all provided free of charge and are not offered by any other local agency.
In 2017, nearly 2,000 local families or 6,295 unique individuals were assisted with over 75,000 articles of clothing. Since clients can visit up to four times a year our total persons served in 2017 was 12,292!
One Small Step also partners with a number of agencies serving the poor and in 2017, those agencies received more than 40,000 articles that were surplus or "seconds" donations. Women's and children's clothing typically goes to Mexico or, in an effort to distribute our surplus more locally, Apache Junction or Phoenix. "Seconds" men's clothing is distributed to the homeless through other local agencies. Nothing of any value is discarded.
All the operations of Clothes Cabin and Friends Boutique are accomplished by approximately 70 regular volunteers, who give about 900 hours a month to the organization. The staff of One Small Step consists of the Executive Director, and an Operations Assistant. The largest expense is the necessary cost of the program delivery site. Rent, utilities, insurance, and supplies account for more than half the expenses of the program.
The largest source of funding for Clothes Cabin and its services is from individuals like you.
One Small Step is a Qualifying Charitable Organization for purposes of the Arizona Tax Credit and benefits greatly from cash donations of $800 or less as a result of the tax credit. (See Donate for more information.) Foundations, corporations, churches, and community organizations provide the next largest segment of revenue; however, sales of donated (non-clothing) items through Friends Resale Boutique have provided the organization with an increasing amount of earned revenue.
One Small Step has a Governing Board of five members, two of which have been with the organization from its inception. An Advisory Board of 8 to 12 members advises the Governing Board at quarterly meetings. Its members represent stakeholders from large corporations, small business, banking, law, community service organizations, marketing, city government, and the volunteers.


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When it comes to relieving stress, more giggles and guffaws are just what the doctor ordered. Here's why. By Mayo Clinic Staff
Whether you're guiltily guffawing at an episode of "South Park" or quietly giggling at the latest New Yorker cartoon, laughing does you good. Laughter is a great form of stress relief, and that's no joke.
Read More: http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/in-depth/stress-relief/art-20044456/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=housecall


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Get more out of life
Consistency is the key to many accomplishments in life: whether it's in sport, business, or in your personal life. But sometimes life sends us for a ride, and we get knocked off balance.
Read one of the many articles Coach Brodie has written for the very popular Motivational Blog EverydayPowerBlog.com, where he is a regular contributor. Or, read one of the many articles Coach Brodie has contributed to magazines, news outlets, and company websites from around the world! From the US and Canada, to the Middle East and Asia!
Articles written and contributed to by Coach Brodie
6 Spring-Inspired Ways to Break Out of a Workout Rut
Spring brings rebirth — the smell of flowers blooming and freshly cut grass on your jogs, a reemergence of outdoor workouts after winter hibernation and a general feeling of new beginnings. Piggyback on these springtime effects and use this hopeful, transformational season as an opportunity for a workout refresh.
Alive Magazine
Why We Need to Stop Resolving to Lose Weight
… and other secrets to better fitness
Struggling to get to the gym? The problem may be that your reason for going is, well, basic. We've got to dump traditional goals like losing weight. They're too ordinary to inspire us.
"Stop seeing fitness goals as just items to check off," says Menachem Brodie, a certified strength and conditioning coach who has trained gold-medal athletes. "When our goals are something we care about, the path unfolds before us. Motivation to push through will be there!"
How to get motivated for a workout when you just want to chill
Between the post-holiday slump and plunging temperatures outside, snuggling under a blanket with a cup of tea might sound better than working out. But there are plenty of interesting ways to vary your routines so the cool temps don't dampen your commitment to fitness. Here are eight strategies to try when the couch is calling your name:
Everyday Power Blog
What Exactly Is a Healthy Lifestyle?
What exactly is a healthy lifestyle? So many people are talking about it nowadays – from your family doctor, to health magazines, and business gurus. But what REALLY is a healthy lifestyle?
Over the course of my 15+ years in the health and wellness industry (including many years as a coach, fitness technology consultant, strength coach, and EMT), I've seen a lot of different lifestyles: many of which are unhealthy.
You'd be surprised as to who was living healthy way of life – and it's not what you think! Here are the top five considerations one must make in order to live a truly healthy lifestyle.
Alive magazine
Expert Advice to help you nail your new year fitness goals
As featured in Alive magazine, January 2017
Whether you're a casual weekend warrior or an avid exercise enthusiast, these unique fitness tips from our top experts will forever change how you see your time in the gym.
Toss out those typical New Year's exercise resolutions. Forget old, tired workout clichés. As we flip the pages of the calendar, our panel of influential fitness professionals explains why we should also flip the script on our exercise routines to make this our strongest, healthiest year ever.
Everyday Power Blog
Why Your Success Is Determined By Helping Others Solve a Problem
While there are many different ways that one can work towards becoming successful, ONE theme will remain true throughout nearly every single avenue one chooses, and that is:
Your success is determined by how many people you are able to help solve a problem, or helping others to improve the level/quality of something in their life.
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2 critical keys for success
As an Expert coach, I'm constantly asked: What do professional athletes do different? How did they get to the next level?
While these seem like easy questions, the answers are actually complex. Every athlete is incredibly unique, complex and has their own strengths & weaknesses. In addition, they have their own challenges- personal, professional, and athletic, which they need to overcome, and learn from.
Everyday Power Blog
10 Things To Accomplish By Spending 2 Hours a Day for 2 Years
We all have goals we want to accomplish in life. Things we GENUINELY want to do, but get put off for later, until they never happen.
I'm not talking about bathing, feeding yourself, or sleeping – but rather, about feeding your mind and your soul.
These things tend to get lost nowadays. We, as a society, are so focused on making money and 'having' things instead of increasing our knowledge, skills, and abilities we can use to help others and the world.
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4 ways to spring back into fitness
As winter's grasp is slowly starting to loosen and spring is anxiously waiting patiently in the wings, many of us here in the states north of the Mason-Dixon line are getting ready to rip our bikes off the trainers, and head outside for longer and more intense rides and runs. However, before we jet out the door like a rabbit out of its cage into the wilderness, there are a few considerations we must take to allow us to spring into fitness, and not fall flat come June and July.
Everyday Power
Why We Do Not Need To Be Happy All The Time
If we aren't careful, we can chase after it, day in and day out, as if it is some end point.
It's NOT.
Happiness is not some THING to achieve. Nor is it some magical destination.
Happiness is a part of our journey in life. It is a state of mind, a state of being that one must seek to attain, maintain, and accomplish. Yoga masters have spent lifetimes seeking it. Buddhists spend hundreds of hours trying to attain it. Addicts and drug users seek short-term artificial bursts of it (which ultimately destroys the pure, true form or happiness).
So, we should be happy all the time, right?
Focus- Motivational Video
NO matter what your goal is – to get out of debt, to win a championship, to get a new job – you must have the FOCUS to put in the work and be committed to becoming who you need to be, in order to attain that which you seek.
You're not trying to live a fake life, a life just for show, with no real content to it. You're out there, FOCUSED, putting in the time, learning the tough lessons, working the long hours, getting up, and marking each day off the calendar with a red marker, because you KNOW where you're going.
"That's perfect!"
"Keep doing it until it's perfect!"
"Perfect practice makes perfect!"
The expectations today are that we go until we get it perfect. Not right, but PERFECT.
Humans are many things, but perfect is NOT one of them.
Overtraining- a deeper look into what it is and how it affects you
While I initially wrote the following to help a journalist out with a story they were working on, I realized a few days after the story was posted, that this more detailed information on overtraining is far too valuable to not be released for athletes to see and understand for themselves.
I hope you find this article helpful for yourself, and for those you train with. Please share this article with those whom are starting the sport, are looking to learn more about their body, or who may be on the path to overtraining.
How To run in the Dog Days of Summer
The dog days of summer can be quite a love-hate relationship for runners. Some relish the opportunity to run in a cool forest on a humid day and feel their body cut through the soup-like humidity as they coast along. Meanwhile, others cringe at the thought of heavy sweating, and training on hot pavement, as they push towards their weekly mileage goals. No matter which side of the coin you're on, dehydration and heat related illnesses are two things that MUST be taken into serious consideration as you continue to run in the heat. Here is how to run during the dog days of summer.


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S1 E11 Delayed in Honolulu
The Park family are in the airport on their way home from Hawaii when their flight is delayed for several hours. Ken has an interaction with Dr. Oz that goes awry. Meanwhile, Allison gets overly involved in Molly's love life and Dave finds himself in a high-stakes card game with some college students. Back at Welltopia, it's "Black Monday," the clinic's busiest day of the year, and in Ken's absence, Julie is the doctor in charge.


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Happy Valentines! Sweetheart Annie & Heartseeker Varus now available in Store!
Spread the love on bot lane this year with Sweetheart Annie and Heartseeker Varus:
Health pots are red
Frostfangs are blue
Heartseeker Varus wears diapers
And Tibbers burns for you!
We're spreading the love this Valentine's Day with a collection of romantic content.
- Sweetheart Annie -Â 750 RP
- Heartseeker Varus -Â 1350 RPÂ (on sale for 975 RP until Feb. 16th, 23:59 PST)
- Sweetheart Icon -Â 250 RP
- Heartseeker Ward –Â 640 RP
Also, since roses and chocolate can get expensive, we've got a couple of heart-throbbing bundles.
Sweetheart Set – 1733 RP
(2351 RP if you need the champs) through February 16 then 2108 RP (2726 RP if champs needed) through February 23).
- Sweetheart Annie
- Heartseeker Varus
- Sweetheart Icon
- Heartseeker Ward
Yesteryear Bundle – 1468 RP
(2323 RP if you need the champs) through February 23.
- Heartseeker Ashe
- Heartseeker Vayne
- Bouquet Ward
You can find complete previews of the two skins below:
For his recall, Heartseeker Varus flies in the air and fires an arrow with the strength of half a Teemo.
Basic Attack
Living Vengeance [ Passive ]
Piercing Arrow [ Q ]
Blighted Quiver [ W ]
Hail of Arrows [ E ]
Chain of Corruption [ R ]
If you have any questions, feel free to ask me at @NoL_Chefo or e-mail me at [email protected]


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Latest Trends in Packaging Design
Great roundup about the latest trends in packaging design spotted on The Dieline.
1. Freehand Fonts This trend characterizes itself for its handwritten and carefully "untidy" fonts, which address to the consumer in a friendly and authentic tone.
2. Hipsterism Hipster design brings elements from the past and merges them with contemporary language to achieve complicity with the consumer.
3. Resignifying The Product This trend sets an integration between product and graphic elements in order to seek a playful approach to the product. As a result, the product gains significance to strengthen its values, inviting the consumer to a different experience. Reality and fiction combine themselves resulting in a magical graphic solution. (My personal favourite!)


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In its 8th year, Tyrannosaurus is the longest running comedy show in Astoria and not for nothing!
Producers Patrick Hastie and Sam Evans bring you some of the best national and local comedians on the scene today and there is never any cover!
Our show is sponsored by S.K.I. Beer Distributors and their endless array of specialty beer and giveaways - This week enjoy the show with a Founders All Day IPA