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Being in the computer field for some years, I've seen many people being afraid to save data on their computers. People are so paranoid, but don't really know what to do unless they're willing to spend a little time to learn about the box with a cup holder built into it (CD ROM tray)=0). Anytime I build a computer or reinstall Windows on someone's computer, I always partition the hard drive into C: and D:. Partitioning is the process in which is installing one hard drive and making your computer see itself as having two hard drives. The C drive is always going to be the Primary Partition and the D and any other drive letter is always going to be a Logical Partition. He
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If you are in the market for a computer, there are a number of factors to consider. Will it be used for your home, your office or perhaps even your home office combo? First off, you will need to set a budget for your new purchase before deciding whether to shop for notebook or desktop computers. Many offices use desktop computers because they are not intended to be moved around a lot. In addition, affordability often plays a large role in someone's decision as to whether to purchase notebook or desktop computers. While you are shopping around, it's important to keep in mind some of the benefits that go along with owning different types of computers. To that end, this article provides five important reasons
A characteristic of many successful businesses (both online and off-line) is that they have a vision for their business. They know what they are working towards, and they are creating a business that will be like their vision of the future. It is always a good idea to stop every so often and reconsider what your vision is for your business. So how do you create a vision for your online business? The first step is to ask yourself what you really want to create with your business. Imagine the ideal business that you want to own. Do not be distracted by what is or is not possible and do not evaluate whether it will work. Just consider the possibilities and how aiming for what
9. You get to play in your pajamas. Unless you're a sexy devil a blue dress, playing in your underwear in Vegas is frowned upon. However, online poker lets you start gambling away with talented opponents looking as poorly or as glamorous as you please. Being comfortable certainly helps you relax and concentrate on the game at hand. 8. You never have to leave the casino. While it is a good idea to get up for eating and sleeping breaks, there is no time obligation on online poker. You can play against real opponents any time, night or day and never have to worry about time running out. You also save money on gas, food and that fancy tuxedo rental. 7. it's your game now.
What we are going to recommend here is a methodology for those who plan to establish their online business with a limited budget. One of the most important factors for being successful in online business, or any business for that matter, is budget control regardless of how big or small your budget is. First we need to define what the meaning of limited budget is. First, you need to believe in your heart that it is impossible to start and run an online business for free. Do not believe anybody who tells you otherwise. The second rule is you need to budget at least $200 for marketing and administrative costs. To give you an idea of what these costs might be here are few examples:
If writing is an art, then, blogging is one way of using words to come up with an art. This is because people who are into blogging are the ones who are artistic in their own terms, carefully choosing words that would best describe their feelings, sentiments, wishes and desires. Basically, blogs were first introduced as weblogs, the word refers to the log that is a web-server's log file. It was created when web logging hit the virtual market. Since its inception in the mid-1990s, web logging gradually saturated the virtual community making the Internet a viable source of greater information. However, with web logging, you still need a web site and domain names, but with blogging, you do not need anything just an account
Using a blog has become one of the most popular methods of promoting an affiliate program today. What is great about a blog is that in many cases you can post it free. Blogs serve a great number of purposes today and promoting your affiliate program is just one of the many uses for a blog. Why should you spend hundreds or thousands of dollars in promotion and advertisement of your affiliate program? All you need is a free blog and some good information to offer your visitors. With these two simple items, you could dramatically increase the amount of traffic you get for your affiliate program. Why all the hype about blogs anyway? What is a blog? Well, if you have not discovered a
If you're considering starting a personal blog using a free blog host, it is a good idea to do a bit of research as to where you will put up your "home". There are plenty of free blog hosts appearing these days because blogging has become incredibly popular! These are the things to consider when looking for a free blog host: TEMPLATES Does the blog host provide a wide range of templates? Is it easy to customise? Is there a guide for users about the templates? It's refreshing to see blogs with a look that matches the blogger's personality. Find a blog host where you can easily personlise the look to make a lasting impression on viewers. EASE OF USE How easy does the blog
How did you sleep last night? I had a great night's sleep, but when I woke up I thought what a powerful effect a great night's sleep has on your metabolism, and I wanted to share with you some ideas about how to get a better night's sleep. Now my idea of a great night's sleep is one in which you sleep soundly and wake fully refreshed and full of energy. During a great night's sleep you rarely, if ever, think about your troubles, your never think about the news, and you usually fall asleep within 10 minutes of your head hitting the pillow (with positive thoughts in your mind). Also, a key factor in determining if you had a great night's sleep is if
The term aerobic means "with oxygen." During an aerobic activity , the cardiovascular system, which includes the heart, lungs and blood vessels, responds to physical activity by increasing the oxygen that is available to the body's working muscles. Aerobic activity involves an exercise routine that uses large muscle groups, is maintained for a long periods and is rhythmic in nature. Regular aerobic activity improves your fitness as your heart becomes stronger and begins to work better. The result is that the heart can pump more blood (thus increasing oxygen delivery to the tissues) with each heartbeat. As your aerobic fitness increases, you can work out longer with greater intensity and recover quicker at the end of the session. Aerobic activity is often coined either High
A Great Idea For a Blogging Web Site is No Longer Enough Because there are so many blogs and web sites about blogs on the internet, it can be tough to distinguish your blogging web site from all of the others. Whether you are starting up a new web site aimed at bloggers or whether you are looking to make your existing blogging site more distinctive, the key to building and maintaining a site that will capture the interest and attention of the blogging community is finding your niche. If you can fill a unique need in a way that no other web site does, you'll be able to build a lasting readership among web surfers. Once you have discovered a niche, you will still
Every day, blogs are created by people of all ages and from all walks of life, but when it comes to blogging, teen writers are truly on the cutting edge of the movement. Because today's teenagers are the first generation of people to have grown up using the internet at every stage of their development, many adolescents have a seemingly innate sense of how to use web technology to express their innermost thoughts and ideas. Older writers often experience a kind of learning curve when they begin to blog, but many young people find that using a word processor and blogging software feels more natural and direct a mode of communication than writing in a diary ever could. One of the reasons why blogs have
In the world of today, business enterprises need to keep pace with their competitors or else lose out. Business messages, notifications, and alerts help your business strategies to get enforced way ahead of time. The business world does need to be reminded of the important events linking various business operations. For example, reminders, notifications, and alerts help organizations to exploit most of the market opportunities. There are occasions when retailers would want to showcase their products as the market becomes competitive enough to keep up with the marketing effort. At such times, a section of companies engage in email marketing. This is shown to be rather effective in the holiday season. REMINDER SERVICES: Many organizations outsource reminder services to expert companies that are specialists in
Adobe Photoshop CS2 promises a lot of image editing power and in the right hands, it can transform any photo into virtually anything you want it to appear. Photoshop CS2 is Adobe's Photoshop v. 9.0, which was released in 2005. CS stands for Creative Suite and CS2 marks the 2nd version since the re-branding of Adobe's products. The software features a more intelligent transform tool, a better replacement tool and multiple layer selection. Some of the best tools in this version were only available as plug-ins in older versions. If you want to learn Photoshop CS2, use the many resources that are available online. You'll find the best CS2 tutorials here, all for free. Here are some sites you can start with: Adobe.com Start with
Taiwan is the base of the computer company called Acer which has been increasingly described as one of the most successful PC companies in the world. They have established dealership in over a hundred countries and have a solid reputation of offering customers reliable and up-to-date technological services at very reasonable prices. Among their products is Acer laptops which are useful for both the home user that has space constraints and the business user who desires mobility. These days, laptops have many features and functions than desktops. There are four main series of laptops and various accessories in the range. Both the Acer TravelMate series and the Acer TravelMate Tabletseries have been designed for professional and business users. The tablet laptop in particular captivates many
The demand for laptop accessories is growing steady. People are constantly looking for new accessories that go with their laptops. Popular laptop accessories are nothing more than some special add-on's or additional gadgets attached to the original setup of your laptop which makes working of your machine more smoother. Especially for the travelers it is a boon as they can stay productive even while on the roads. With the burgeoning demand of laptop accessories coupled with a fray of these available gadgets in the market, you have many options at your disposable. The most common and the top most accessories available for your laptops are: • Bags: The right kind of bag is very essential for your laptop, as it is the outer most protective
Adult clubs cannot be looked down upon; they are very decent clubs offering entertainment. Most of the time, it is men who are out on an evening seeking a good stress buster. Visiting an adult club is a great way to reduce their stress, as they see the most exotic ladies dancing nude on the stage. Most adult clubs will make sure that they have the best dancers. The adult clubs will offer good prices for all guests, and they insist that all of them should be eighteen and above. There is no need to look anywhere else for entertainment. The adult clubs will have all they can to offer. Even the dancers and strippers will have to be eighteen years of age, to entertain
As you may be aware, Microsoft is finally releasing the followup to Windows XP, called Windows Vista, in a few weeks time. As with previous upgrades for Windows, this will create some problems for people who want to upgrade their computers. When a new version of Windows is released, there are usually some bugs and other issues that need to be ironed out. Microsoft has put Vista through extensive testing, but it is hard for them to test it for every possible situation because there are so many different computer setups and configurations. If you're thinking about upgrading your computer to Vista when it's released, here are a few things you need to know. Compatibility One of the biggest issues with new versions of Windows
If you enjoy watching movies or you just appreciate a well-made movie then it is a certainty that you are interested in a facility that allows you to watch your favorite movies anytime you want. Nowadays, this is a very easy thing to do as there are many of sites that offer such services. You can easily watch movies from your own room without having to spend a small fortune on renting the DVD or going to the cinema. This method allows fans to watch movies shortly after their release by downloading them or watching them streaming. Speaking of movies, the fans can enjoy not only movies released in the United States but also from other countries at only a few clicks away. Locating movies
In today's hectic world, learning to meditate can bring a sense of calm and inner satisfaction. The practice of meditation is a gateway into your inner consciousness, resulting in an enhanced awareness of your own existence and your overall relationship to the cosmos. Whether you are looking to answer the age-old question, "Who am I and why am I here?" or simply to implement simple relaxation techniques meditation may just be the answer for you. Although there are hundreds of established techniques how to meditate is really up to the individual. You can pick and choose amongst different schools of thought and find a technique that best suits your personality. However, although meditation has many different cultural contexts, there are certain general facets which transcend


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The Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area's Delta Jewels Oral History Partnership has yielded a series of events promoting oral history education and awareness. These events have commemorated the 2016 National Park Service Centennial, which aims to engage diverse communities and develop lifelong connections with the public, especially youth.
The MDNHA continues its celebration of the NPS Centennial through the Delta Jewels Oral History Partnership. In February, the MDNHA is presenting the following oral history partnership programs in honor of Black History Month:
Wednesday, February 17, hosted by the Diversity Committee at Delta State University
Thursday, February 25, hosted by the Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation in Vicksburg
Friday, February 26, hosted by the Alcorn State University Wesley Foundation to be held in Norman
The Delta Jewels Oral History Partnership was formed in 2015 and features "Delta Jewels: In Search of My Grandmother's Wisdom," a collection of oral histories and photographs of African American church mothers from the Mississippi Delta by Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalism professor Alysia Burton Steele from the University of Mississippi. Since that time, Delta Jewels has been entered into the Library of Congress.
Steele also has been selected to receive the Preserver of Mississippi Culture Award from the Mississippi Humanities Council on Friday, February 12 at the Old Capitol Museum in Jackson. Dr. Rolando Herts, director of the MDNHA and The Delta Center for Culture and Learning, nominated Steele for the award.
"I am so grateful that the Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area, The Delta Center, and the Mississippi Humanities Council see the importance of this work," said Steele. "I partnered with the MDNHA to share oral histories throughout the state. This has helped spread the message that all of our elders – regardless of race, place, or gender – have voices and stories that need to be heard and collected by the next generation. By doing this, we all can be preservers of Mississippi culture."
The partnership has engaged over 500 Delta residents and visitors through community gatherings in Clarksdale, Charleston, Indianola, Yazoo City, Ruleville, and Mound Bayou, as well as Mississippi Valley State University in Itta Bena. Another program was held recently at Jackson State University in collaboration with the Fannie Lou Hamer Institute @ COFO and the Margaret Walker Center.
"We are very pleased that there is ongoing demand for the Delta Jewels oral history programs," said Herts. "Based on the positive feedback that we have received so far, it is clear that these programs have tremendous educational and cultural value that resonate with communities in and outside of the Delta region."
Stacey Massey, Executive Director of the Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation, is excited about hosting a Delta Jewels program in Vicksburg.
"The Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation is thrilled to play host to the Delta Jewels Oral History Partnership," said Massey. "We are honored to provide a space where these oral histories and portraits will be shared with those in the Vicksburg community."
This will be the second time that a Delta Jewels program has been presented at Delta State and the first time at Alcorn State. Alcorn State is the oldest public historically black land-grant institution in the United States and is included on the board of the Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area.
To learn more about hosting a Delta Jewels Oral History Partnership, contact Rolando Herts at firstname.lastname@example.com, or call The Delta Center at 662-846-4311.

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The experienced election watcher in the United States will not be surprised to learn that Newt Gingrich lies. It comes to him like breathing does to most people. But to lie about birds? Unacceptable!
The Newt always lies Corey. No news there. But what about Rick Santorum? He calls global warming a hoax! Imagine that!
© 2013 10,000 Birds. All words, images, and opinions are the property of their respective authors unless stated otherwise.


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cards and fabric and wallpaper, oh my/
new birthday cards, new fabric and the same pattern in wallpaper. Yes I am old school and like to send and receive birthday cards. (I think I got 17 for my recent birthday!) I like any form of real mail where someone actually writes in their own handwriting. Three years ago I made my own cards and had a year's worth printed and have been doing it each year since. I guess am my mother's daughter. She always had boxes of cards. They had a range of holidays, birthday, sympathy, congratulations... I also like having cards in the house especially Sympathy and Birthday. This year I made 2 cards using icons from several of my fonts, most of which came from Birthday Doodles. And they are printed and in my etsy store. I also have used the print in my spoonflower shop and it is available in fabric or wallpaper. If you live in Madison the cards are available at Hatch Art House.


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This is a minimalist reboot of the website for the Thumb Calendar project, launched back in 2007 by Adam Sporka. This is a preview of the 2016 layout, courtesy of Jonathan Richard-Brochu with enhanced visual guides.
Get Your Copy
- 2016 Edition, English, Monday to Sunday
- 2016 Edition, English, Sunday to Saturday
- 2016 Edition, French, Sunday to Saturday
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How It Works
First half of the year is on one side of the card, the rest of the year is on the other. The field of numbers is shared among the six months on each side. The header of each month is appropriately aligned to show the actual days of the week.
- Find the month you want to read.
- Use your thumbs to cover the numbers that are not directly below (above) the month header.
Note the color of the month header. The last day of the month is rendered in the same color.
You are very welcome to download and print as many copies as you wish as long as this is done for your personal purposes. Please contact me if you wish to use the design of the calendar commercially, e.g. to promote your company or institution. A range of licensing packages is available.
A one-year license to issue a branded version of Thumb Calendar has been already granted to the following entities:
- Prague Philharmonic Choir, Czech Republic
- Biocolor Ltd., United Kingdom
- Centro di Radiodiffusione Cristiana, Italy
- Minuteman Press, Port Clinton, OH, USA
- Wellstream International Limited, United Kingdom
- Escuelas Libres, Argentina
Brief History
This effort started as my submission to Eliazar's Infodesign Challenge in 2007 which I happened to win. (Thanks Eliazar!; Unfortunately, his website is no longer accessible.) Since then I received a flattering number of comments, e-mails, and licensing requests from around the world. The calendar appeared on blogs written in many languages, including English, Spanish, and Japanese. I have been issuing somewhat yearly editions since then, except for 2011, 2013, and 2015. This year, Jonathan Richard-Brochu joined me in my effort and stepped in for a late 2015 edition and a regular 2016 edition.
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Saturday, May 31, 2014
June 1
is tomorrow. Our weather is in the mid to high 80's. Scheduled for rain tonight and tomorrow. I got back home on May 20th. It was great to be able to help my daughter out and being with her was wonderful. We made a day trip back to where I live for my great granddaughters 4th birthday. She had invited day care children and a little boy gave her the first flowers of her young life. . It was so sweet. She had a wonderful party and my talented granddaughter (her mom) made a pony cake for her. She loved it. My daughter purchased a ceramic purple pony bank for her. (A couple weeks later her little brother broke it and she said, "Spank his butt mom." Whether he received a spanking or not...we don't know. But she was quick to point out a butt spanking offense when she saw one.) LOL I got out twice for lunch with my gal pal..my daughter went along once. I always enjoy that. My daughter has her next Dr. appointment on the 11th. I pray she has improved a whole lot more. I will get to see her, maybe, and have lunch with her. She does have a brother here that works nights so he is available to visit with her too during the day. She has two dogs that she has to leave at home so I understand she can't be gone too long. She will have puddles to clean up as it is. Here's hoping school is out for everyone and vacation trips will soon be starting. Have a wonderful summer.
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Saint Patrick's Breakfast at the Inn
Saint Patrick's Day is one of the busiest holidays in Deadwood, and this year that seems especially true. Even though today - Thursday - is the official holiday (lá fhéile Pádraig sona dhuit, all you Irish!), Deadwood tends to celebrate on weekends. That means we have lots of opportunities to celebrate with our guests.
Take breakfast. This morning, in honor of the holiday, Laura served up a poblano corned beef hash with green fruit: kiwi, grapes, melon, and green apple. But since we get several days to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day up in Deadwood, our weekend guests will get the chance to sample the menu, too. Sláinte!


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For me, one of the very best things about autumn and winter is tartan. It always looks so festive and cosy. Above are a few tartany things I'm after. All of them are wonderfully casual and perfect for wrapping up warm in this chilly weather. I also thought it'd be fun to include a few pics from previous outfit posts where I'm wearing tartan. All of these were taken in the last year and are things I wear a lot. In fact, I'm currently wearing the red tartan skirt pictured below!
Anyway I'd love to know what you think of my picks and also what you guys are lusting after for autumn and winter?
Happy Friday!


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Created by Dean Mortlock
Dunster Castle, Minehead
Step back in time to meet the inhabitants of Dunster Castle and discover their stories on this family trail. A trail of Tales takes you from the modern day to the Viking invasion. Follow the trail around the site to solve the questions and learn more about Dunster's gory past.
MINEHEAD – Dunster Castle
February 1-15 / 10am-4pm


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Homeschooling has a special place in my heart and a special place at SoWisdom. I believe that Homeschooling, and all it's derivatives, is changing the landscape of Education as we know it. Once something done in isolation and marginalization, often to avoid diversity and enforce conformity to a particular worldview, Homeschooling is now morphing into networks of families of diverse ethnic, economic and spiritual backgrounds. This new wave of Homeschoolers are craving authentic community connections, relevant rites of passage, glo-cal perspectives, independent, interdependent and interdisciplinary Life experiences, flexibility, more family time, less homework, more play, more curiosity, more creativity, more self expression and self reflection, world travel, Education for Sustainability, social justice and common unity. They want Life and Living at the Center of Learning.
We are in a time when people are waking up to remember that we are the co-creators of our lives, that we determine our destinies and design our dreams. We value obligation less and inspiration more. As more school systems become charter schools, pipelines for prisons and privatized profit driven corporations; as they continue to dismantle teacher's unions, undervalue teachers and teacher's assistants, and, place more emphasis on high stakes standardized testing, data driven teaching and excessive homework, people are turning away from these systems and turning toward creating new pathways for Living and Learning from the Source. Children do not want to sit in rows, behind desks, inside buildings and shuffle between classrooms with hundreds of other students they don't even know. Parents and Educators are getting tired of forcing their children/students into manufactured learning containers that send them through a production line experience and ultimately deprive them of their human nature, creativity and love of learning. Instead people are choosing to trust in the truth that we are all self learning organisms who need love, guidance and room to grow at our own pace.
At SoWisdom we believe in nurturing this Awakening. We foresee that as more families choose Homeschooling as an alternative, not because they want to isolate, but because they want to connect more intentionally and authentically, more naturally and sustainably, they will seek to fill more community spaces. Homeschool Co-ops will become Centers for Living and Learning, Communities intentionally designed around Living and Learning and contributing to the whole. As Montessori envisioned, Education will be "an aid to Life." Eventually, there will be no centralized school systems, as learning will be re-integrated with living in community. As it stands now our societies and socialization systems are designed to make Life subservient to school, work, the will of corporations and paying off debt, rather than to help people remember that Life, the health of the planet, the well being of our relationships- the spirit of Ubuntu, is the reason we are here in the first place.
So Wisdom is bringing Life back to the center of Learning.
At SoWisdom, we believe that the purpose of Life is to Learn and the purpose of Learning is to Live more in alignment with what we know. The process is the purpose, the purpose is the process. We are dedicated to inspiring and empowering the Source within the Source of each child and adult to remember who they are and to live from the Source of what they know. I think of SoWisdom as Fertile Ground for the Next Seven Generations of Life Learners to take root, flourish and grow.
What we offer Homeschool Co-ops, Communities and Families:
Sacred Multi-Purpose Space: A centrally located space to Live, Learn and have fun in. Room to grow and a place to feel at Home!
Curriculum Consultation: Access to a diverse and dynamic growing Collective of Community Artists/Educators to co-create and facilitate unique custom designed learning experiences!
Community Hub: An ideal venue for hosting Home School Meet Ups, Incubators and Conferences.
Educational & Spiritual Enrichment: Access to One of Kind Classes, Workshops & Events that develop sustainable life skills, invite creative and spiritual self discovery and expression, explore culture, and celebrate Life. Access to Open Studio-Sanctuary Time for Teens and Adults.
Life Support Services: Access to Creative Life Coaching for individuals, couples and families seeking more specific personal guidance and support knowing thyself, sustaining the sacred and learning to commune-icate with clarity, integrity and compassion. Access to Celebrant Services to assist you, you & your partner or your family in co-creating relevant rituals and rites of passage to celebrate every significant stage within the Birth-Life-Death-Rebirth Cycle.
Spiritual & Cultural Fellowship: Invitation to join the SoWisdom Community of Wisdom Seekers and Wisdom Keepers committed to weaving wisdom within the fabric of our lives through Artistic Exploration of One's Inner Spiritual Experience, Intuitive Earth Based Spiritual practices and Cultural Exchange.


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The City of Frederick's Department of Economic Development applied for and was awarded $350K in grant funding through the Department of Housing & Community Development's Smart Growth Impact Fund (SGIF) Program to be used for the Downtown Hotel Project. The new SGIF is a funding program to catalyze activities that accelerate economic development, job production and smart growth in existing Maryland communities. The SGIF aims to improve the economic viability of "grey field development", which often faces more barriers than sprawling "green field" development.
Funding from the grant will be used in part for consultative services with Jones Lang LaSalle and to assist with site control and pre-development/entitlement costs for the project.
The Downtown Hotel & Conference Center will be developed by Plamondon Hospitality Partners and located at the intersections of Patrick Street & Carroll Street, site of the old Frederick News-Post building. The project is expected to feature 207 guest rooms, 24,000 SF of meeting/ballroom space, on-site parking, a restaurant and rooftop lounge, among other amenities.
For more information on the project, visit the City's Economic Development website.


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Madness: Reaction as Rice named Ireland's Young Player of the Year
The 20-year-old has swapped allegiances to England's national team.
The decision to name Declan Rice as the Republic of Ireland's Young Player of the Year has been described as "madness" by fans on social media.
The 20-year-old received news of the award on the eve of his maiden England call-up, after swapping allegiances from the nation for whom he represented at both youth and senior levels.
Journalist Neil O-Riordan was on the jury which selected Rice for the young player accolade and defended the decision, but admitted he is "fully aware of how ridiculous it looks now".
"Fully aware of how ridiculous it looks now but we were asked to pick best u25 player in 2018," he tweeted.
"You could not have given it to anyone else on that basis; I wasn't going to change vote because it looks bad."
However fan @Blue_Footy described the situation as "madness", adding: "Why not cancel his name and award it to the next player in second position."
Rice reportedly told Ireland manager Mick McCarthy he wanted to switch to England "to win things".
Pointing this out with regards to the prize, sports writer Mark McCadden added: "If only he knew."
The FAI has confirmed that Rice will not be at the awards ceremony on Sunday.
Instead Press Association Sport understands he will be preparing to link up with his new England team-mates, as he is set to be immediately drafted into the Three Lions set-up by Gareth Southgate.
Irishman Mike Sheridan said of the situation: "It's like we broke up with our girlfriend but refuse to change the profile pic of us."
Richard Chambers commented: "Stop the world. Let me off. It's done."
However, fellow journalist Darren Cleary said Rice "deserves" the accolade.
"To be fair to FAI and SWAI, 2018 was a brutal year for Irish football," he tweeted. "Declan Rice was easily the best young player.
"He deserves the accolade."
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I'm playing music again. A lot.
It all comes down to specificity. B.B. King plays two or three notes and it sounds like Jesus wept. Plenty of musicians play very simple melodies and progressions. It's all about the heart. Think of James Brown. The guy's got nothing to prove, he's just there declaring, "I'm James Brown and James Brown is funky." It's a well known fact that any guitar player who has played for a half a year or so can play most rock and roll. It's just a matter of where is it coming from. Shitty college rock and rollers are generally just talking nonsense with every note. It's the musical equivalent of saying, "oh my, lovely whether we're having here," –and that's why they suck. Elton John never sandbags. He does it right every time he gets on stage. He's never just chattering about how nice the weather is.
Top forty songs suck because they have a discontinuity between the lyrical content and the process involved in the music making. I find a song like Natasha Bedingfield's "Unwritten" inspiring on one level, and insipid on another, and it is because of the lack of heart in the process where the music was made. That song could be almost as good as a Krishna Das chant or Louis Armstrong's "Wonderful World," but it would require that it be made differently. Mick Jaggar is a good example, he's all about being sassy, and it's genuine, apparently flowing through him and there is a lot of openness there. He isn't fronting when he's strutting. At his best he isn't inspiring, but he is powerfully sassy. So when coming from the heart the music has to actually be about what you're about.
Bedingfield would need to have a true warrior's heart to do that song right, and her backing musician's should also. What I notice is that they pulled out all the stops in that song. There's like a forty voice choir in there for fuck's sake. Pulling out all the stops is a nice trick. But it's just a trick. Watch the end scene in Team America:World Police, where the lead puppet (sic) is talking about assholes and pussies and stuff. Synchronized with his oh-so-unmoving speech is some really nice soundtrack. Despite the deliberately inane content, the soundtrack makes the scene 'feel' sweet and moving. The genius here is obviously in the sitire of using soundtracks to cover lousy scripts.
If Bedingfield was singing something that was coming from her heart, whether it's sassy, moving, beautiful, or whatever, the song would be way more powerful.
So now I'm spending my time playing with coming from internal-ness, nothing I can justify or prove. And nothing I need to.
I needed to spend some time developing my intuition. Done and doing.
I also needed to spend time developing my mindfulness. Done and doing.
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Season 3, Episode 11By ABC.com | Jul 25th, 2013
Did you know that when you dry one load of clothes in an average 1600 square foot home, you are pumping-out air that you just paid to heat? What a waste! The Heat Helper is a heat-recycling device that filters warm air from the dryer and puts it back into the home during the winter months. For the past several years they have been selling in Lowe's and Walmart as a special order item and on their online sites. Lyle is seeking $150,000 to buy more inventory and lower his manufacturing cost.
What started out as a class project for these two college students has grown into a $60,000 business in just ten months! Dallas Robinson and Mike Buonomo have invented the only mix-and-match lip balm kissing product – each balm has a complimentary flavor that interacts with your loved one's. These two budding entrepreneurs need the cash and expertise to package and market their lovely new product. But which of the Sharks will they get to test their product?
Young newlyweds Daniel and Stephanie Rensing have a line of innovative, clever kitchen products to make cooking easy. Their most popular product is the "cheat sheet apron," that has conversion tables printed upside down for easy reading. After only two weeks of selling on Etsy, it was featured in Food Network Magazine. Product demand is overwhelming and the Rensing's are looking to see if the Sharks can help take The Smart Baker to the next level. Adding to the stakes is the fact that Stephanie just lost her job as a kindergarden teacher.
Scott Jordan was a successful attorney, but desperately unhappy with his job, so he thought he'd try his hand and creating something to make money. This self proclaimed gadget guy became frustrated with the lack of "gadget-friendly clothing" on the market and refused to carry a "man purse." So he produced and patented a wiring system that allows you to carry all your modern day electronic gadgets in a jacket or vest. Initially investing $60,000, his technology is currently being licensed to clothing companies Ralph Lauren, Northface, Nautica, Calvin Klein, Jansport and Timberland. In 2010 he made $6.1M and is on track to do $10M in 2011. This company is the real deal and could easily turn into a feeding frenzy.


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One of the most gratifying moments for me is when someone asks me about a particular element I use in a story. I've been asked to explain the time portal idea, and the use of Harrods Egyptian Escalator as some authentic detail when it is, in fact, quite modern.
Beautifully, there is a connection between the Harrods Egyptian Escalator and an ancient Temple of Hathor in Dendera, Egypt, pictured above. The Harrod's ceiling features zodiac figures copied from the Dendera Zodiac, dating to around 50BC – the time of Cleopatra. You see, my story isn't random.
And so the start of the Dendera thread begins over ten years ago, at Harrods. I must have been in the food halls (surprise!) when I decided it was time for some rose wafting, and by that I mean my never-ending obsession with rose perfumes. Suddenly, moving into what I thought would be a cut-through, I stepped inside a cavernous, dark Egyptian splendour-fest. I couldn't help it – I rode to the top and back down again. I still love it. The bonus is that they have a lovely little No visit to Harrods is complete for me without a ride to the top to look at Leo!
The Egyptian Escalator is a zig-zag of moving staircases, dramatic landings that splinter off to a labyrinth of departments, balconies, sculpture and dramatic lighting that lead, eventually, to an even more dramatic ceiling. The top level also features a restaurant, with a small area just under the ceiling. Sitting out on the terrace balcony, just under the magnificent ceiling, feels at once intimate and inspiring… far-away. On Isabella's first visit to London, I took her to Harrods for tea below my sweet inspiration. My guess is that Isabella thought I was outrageous with these random ideas, and when a server at Harrods cafe explained, 'The escalators move at the same speed as the Nile flows,' I nearly cried with joy. YES! The man who designed the entire hall intended the viewer to feel as if they were being transported up the Nile, below the stars, peering up at the sky through a golden frame of palm fronds to Orion's Belt's three stars and zodiac signs against a night blue sky.
It seems fitting that the host of England's first 'moving staircase' back in 1898, should honour such a legacy with what is a very beautiful and moving space. Pardon the pun… but it really is magnificent and not to be missed at Harrods. Designed by William Mitchell, opened in 1998, and listed by English Heritage so that it may never be changed, the escalator experience is best explained by William Mitchell himself, from his own site about the escalators, who says the following about his creation:
"I intended the staircase to be a walk-in-sculpture, the viewer would be transported on the escalator, as if travelling from the Lower Nile to the Upper Nile. On arrival at the top of the escalator – the images above, on the ceiling, are of the night sky, with Zodiacal figures (adapted from the decorations at the Temple of Dendera) and the constellation in Orion, which the Ancient Egyptians used as a template for the overall plan at Giza."
Mitchell continues…
"So the position of the pyramids on earth in Egypt reflects the stars (Orion's belt) in the night sky. These images are framed by a decorative frieze of palm fronds – giving the idea that we are the Ancients gazing through the greenery up at the mysterious 'other world' in the sky above."
And this is where I decided to hide my time portal. The connection to Ancient Egypt was easy – the figures themselves were from the Dendera Zodiac. which I had seen at the Louvre.
Like many important artifacts, the Dendera Zodiac has been 'relocated' and a replica is installed at the original site at Dendera. These sorts of relocations are a source of ongoing controversy, with Egyptian authorities increasingly active in their efforts to repatriate their ancient historical treasures. So I hope this encourages people to learn more about these artifacts. Fun and important! Now, back to the original Dendera Zodiac…
For comparison, here are the original and replica zodiacs:
This round star map demonstrates the exquisite skill the ancient Egyptians had for measuring time and star movements. The cast of characters mapped out around the zodiac is massive, and we used the twelve signs of the Western zodiac to engage the time portal. This personalises our time portal – a slight twist on William Mitchell's original idea. Amazing and magical!
As it so happens, there is a relief of Cleopatra with her son by Caesar, Caesarion, in a divine role, parallel to the facing reliefs of Isis and her divine son, Horus. Ancient Egyptian creation mythology includes a divine conception between Isis and her dead husband, Osiris. Thus, divine origin and lineage are established through mythology and invoked by royal persons in many instances over time to legitimise their power and succession.
Cleopatra was involved in the Dendera work, and the Dendera zodiac is estimated to have been made as early as 50BC. Given that she was active at this temple, taking my story there to meet her made perfect sense. Dendera, on the west bank of the Nile, approximately 60 kilometres north of Luxor, was an ancient capital city and is often associated with the goddess Hathor, and I knew this was the perfect 'landing site' for my Harrods Egyptian Escalator Ceiling Time Portal! Thank you, William Mitchell.
Isabella took photos on our Harrods mission and began sketching during our tea break, and I'm smitten with her artwork, which you can see here with Aquarius as the child's star sign unlocking the time portal:
And here you can see the other side of this time portal in Sagittarius, in 50BC Dendera:
Using this link, between the figures in the Harrods ceiling and Cleopatra, I knew I wanted to play with the Nile theme, work in some King Tut, the Sphinx and the Pyramids. The Nile River cruise was a fun way to do it. Isabella illustrated this night-to-day scene so beautifully, it was difficult to deface it with words. My favourite character, Little Tut, appears for a quick game of Hide-and-Seek, and I introduced yet another historically accurate fact: the obelisk now known as London's Cleopatra's Needle was standing at Heliopolis (a suburb of modern day Cairo) alongside its twin (now in New York City) in 50BC, precisely when the story takes place. Now at the edge of the Thames in London, not quite opposite the London Eye.
Next was to look at a map and get the storyline to Alexandria, and the Nile River, also a key theme of Mitchell's design, provided the perfect route. Flowing north from Dendera, past the Giza Plateau, with the Sphinx and the pyramids gave Isabella the idea to do a night-to-day map view of the Nile River cruise. Beautiful.
Nile River cruise artwork:
"Cleopatra's ships sailed swiftly up the flowing Nile…"
and off to Alexandria, where the child in the book receives a flying carpet from Cleopatra. The flying carpet is an ancient legend based on supposed secret knowledge of using special clay in the rug's dying process to give it anti-magnetic properties, thus enabling it to hover. Here is some fun reading on the history of flying carpets.
"Ben Sherira writes that the great library of Alexandria, founded by Ptolemy I, kept a large stock of flying carpets for its readers. They could borrow these carpets in exchange for their slippers, to glide back and forth, up and down, among the shelves of papyrus manuscripts.
The library was housed in a ziggurat that contained forty thousand scrolls of such antiquity that they had been transcribed by three hundred generations of scribes, many of whom did not understand the dead alphabet that they bore. The ceiling of this building was so high that readers often preferred to read while hovering in the air. The manuscripts were so numerous that it was said that not even a thousand men reading them day and night for fifty years could read them all."
-from The Wizard's Thatch Academy article, The Secret History of Flying Carpets.
In our case, the flying carpet can also allow its rider to time travel!
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The increased functionality on NAB's Business Banking merchant platform, NAB Transact, will enable businesses to take credit card payments without the need for a merchant terminal or additional device.
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Hey friends! I have a fun layout to share with you today for My Scraps & More. I used the Echo Park Creative Agenda to create this page for last week's Mix it Up Monday Challenge over on our forums. The challenge was to use patterned paper as a background, use at least five arrows and create a sideways title.
I found this awesome cut file from The Cut Shoppe. I cut it in white cardstock and then used lots of patterned papers to back each of the open spots. Then I stitched through each row. This is such a fun technique to use for a fun background element. Next, I added layers behind my photo and played around with all of the coordinating embellishments.
Backing die cuts is super easy...plus it gives you the opportunity to get lots of different patterns and colors on your page without it being too busy. I added a little bit of journaling at the bottom.
I cut this cute pie chart out from the cut apart sheet in the collection and used it as a layer. I love that it has a rainbow of colors on it. I also layered a few stickers right onto my photo.
Here's a shot of the big sideways title. I cut "snapshot" in white cardstock on my Cameo and paired it up with the teal stickers on the sticker sheet. I love the tone-on-tone effect of the teal shades. I added a little bit of the coordinating washi tape and a cute camera sticker. I finished it off with lots of yellow stitching.
Do you like using pop dots? I think they add so much to the average embellishment. Not that this is average...I happen to LOVE this rainbow circle! But look at the dimension it gives from being raised up. I think it adds so much to the design!
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2 bodies recovered in Canada mall roof collapse
ELLIOT LAKE, Ontario (AP) -- Officials recovered two bodies after dismantling a piece of a partially collapsed Ontario shopping mall on Wednesday and said they are confident no other victims are inside. The renewed rescue effort came after angry residents shouted down fears that the unstable structure made the work too risky to continue.
Police Staff Insp. Bill Neadles of the Toronto-based Heavy Urban Search and Rescue team said both victims have been removed.
Rescuers had not detected signs of life after detecting breathing inside the rubble early Monday, nearly two days after Saturday's collapse. Authorities called off work Monday afternoon amid fears of another collapse, but dozens of angry residents protested in front of City Hall, saying that abandoning trapped comrades would be unthinkable in the culture of the city, a former mining community.
Work at the Algo Centre Mall in Elliot Lake resumed late Tuesday, with anxious residents camping outside and watching a huge robotic arm strip away the mall's facade.
Mayor Rick Hamilton said that now that the structure has been partially dismantled, rescuers would make certain no one else was trapped inside, though no survivors are expected to be found.
Neadles called it a miracle that only two people died when the roof collapsed onto an area near the food court and directly over a lottery kiosk.
"I had the opportunity to review the security film, and it is a miracle. There were 26 people in the food court," he said. "There were people that had just left the lottery terminal three seconds before. I know it's very unfortunate what's happened, but it's a very big miracle that it wasn't so much more devastating."
A visibly emotional Neadles said his workers received the community's reaction that they halted the search too early very hard. He said they didn't have the authority or equipment to continue and had to wait until Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty authorized an alternative plan.
"It's devastated us," Neadles said. "We'd stay another four or five weeks if we had to."
A crowd of residents at the news conference gave Neadles a standing ovation.
Neadles said he halted work because he had 37 rescuers at risk. He said he couldn't continue despite knowing that there were signs of life in the rubble merely hours before. Rescuers used remote equipment to detect the breathing early Monday and also heard tapping from the location early in the rescue efforts.
"It wasn't something that we wanted to do. It weighs very heavily on me to have to turn around to leave that individual in a position so helpless," Neadles said. "That's a decision I had to make. And I will tell you straight out again I would make it today, tomorrow and next week. I just couldn't put those men in a perilous position."
McGuinty said the province will take time to review how rescuers responded to the collapse.
"I learned as you did that there was some discussion about not moving ahead with the search at one particular time. I reacted as all of you did and all Ontarians did, so I phoned some of the folks in charge and said 'Is there not something we might continue to do?"' McGuinty said. "There was another option and that's what ensued."
McGuinty identified the victims as Lucie Aylwin and Dolores Parizolo. Aylwin's fiancie. Gary Gendron, had said Aylwin worked at the lottery kiosk in the mall.
At least 22 people suffered minor injuries when a portion of the mall roof that serves as a parking area crumbled into an area near the mall's food court. The collapse left behind a gaping hole which was 12 meters (39 feet) by 24 meters (79 feet).
Many residents said the building was much in need of repairs, and officials from the Ontario Ministry of Labour had previously visited the mall because of complaints of water leaks.


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|The glorious outside.
|On no...
|Another view of the inside.
|Oh my...
|Inside the Oak Street Café.
|Are we...going the right way?
|That is a tiny water fountain! Thanks to my friend Sam for taking the photo.
|There's a bus terminal here? Oh yeah...
|The maintenance facility.
It's worth noting that the GATRA maintenance facility and yard is located here as well. This is where they keep all of their full-sized buses (I believe), as well as many of their Dial-a-Ride buses. The Operations Office is actually open to the public - people can go in there to buy passes. It seems pretty antiquated, but...yeah, it's really antiquated. I'm surprised electronic fare machines aren't better-utilized by GATRA.
|A trio of buses at the terminal.
GATRA Station: Bloom Bus Terminal
Ridership: This is a hub that serves GATRA's busiest route, as well as a number of other good-ridership ones, so it attracts a decent amount of people. Commuters to Boston also use this terminal, as this is a stop for Bloom coach buses into the city (hence the terminal's name). It seems like most people wait in the outdoor area, since the terminal itself was mostly empty aside from the café.
Pros: The outdoor area is...functional. Okay, that's it for pros.
Cons: Well, it would be a bit of a waste to basically just go over everything I said in the review, wouldn't it? Let's make this quick: BASICALLY EVERYTHING. There is so much wrong with the Bloom Terminal, from its emptiness to its atmosphere to its WEIRD TINY WATER FOUNTAIN. Ugh!
Nearby and Noteworthy: Downtown Taunton is a bit of a walk from here, but it can certainly be done. If you'd rather not go on foot, you can take the GATRA 7, 8, or 9 to get there.
Final Verdict: 2/10
Well, isn't it obvious? This is one of the rantiest (and also most fun) reviews I've ever written, and it's easy to see why...this place is just awful! I think I documented all of its faults pretty well in the body of this post, so I won't repeat myself again, But yeah...not a nice place. At all.
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Miracle is the charming, emotionally driven new young adult novel by Phillipa Vincent-Connolly that explores the difficulties of being perceived as different, and the value of beauty within.
Orianna Stewart is a bright and ambitious sixth form student at Wimborne Upper School, working hard with hopes of going on to study fashion and art at university. While school is tough and meeting the demands of competitive entry grades can be gruelling, academic pressure is the least of her worries. Orianna has cerebral palsy, which makes life as a teenager that much more difficult, especially when she is constantly judged by her outward appearance. But then one day she meets a gorgeous boy called Ashley; he's adorable, handsome, and she believes, way out of her league. But just as things are looking up, events take a turn for the worst, and Orianna finds herself wishing for a miracle to save her…
Looking around me for a moment, I felt a twinge of hope that I would bump into a cute, intelligent guy in the non-fiction section, just like movie characters did. Hopelessly romantic, I knew that such a scenario would never include the likes of me. Outside, the pavement was packed with people; mothers pulling their screaming kids along, grumpy husbands who wanted to go home and watch the football, and young women giggling and chattering as they struggled to carry their many purchases. The media told us daily that we were in a recession; there was a "credit crunch". Watching all this retail therapy made me seriously question that. I was in a quiet haven, glued to my seat, thumbing through my potential purchase, when I happened to look up and spot an incredible-looking guy, who had just entered the store. He also was looking through the books on art and design. The thing about him that I just couldn't ignore were his amazing blue eyes; they reminded me of miniature swimming pools. He didn't notice me, but then I was unnoticeable…I was sitting down. Thank God I was, I thought. At least he couldn't judge me; I looked like any "normal" person perusing a book.


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Welcome back to the AP Collection! For those of you who are new here, this project is pretty simple. I want to talk to as many people in the world as possible - collecting interviews with anyone who wants to talk. The goal is to gain and share the perspective of others in order to learn more about ourselves and better understand what makes us, us.
Now that you're all caught up!
Luke emailed me out of the blue after hearing Ian Riggin's interview. He studies in the same program as Ian at Chatham University in Pittsburgh and, as you will soon find out, is crazy talented and definitely has a very bright future ahead of him.
In this interview, Luke and I get to know one another and find that we both have a fondness for Poland, discussing the tragedies of the two World Wars, and our families. While talking to him my mind was completely overloaded with different thoughts, ideas, and new questions that I couldn't even keep track so I sound pretty slow during this discussion.
Regardless of that issue, our conversation went well over two hours and I in fact had to trim this interview. Don't get all pissy and purist on me! Besides, I like the idea that one day there will be a post linking you to all the 'deleted scenes' from past conversations...
Dearest loyal listener, you might also notice that I've been experimenting with breaks in the recording and placing a small interlude noise thing-thang in the mix to try and transition between breaks. It's all a part of the learning process and will definitely get better with time.
(This interview was updated with a new intro on March 31st, 2013)


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This course has well-developed design curriculum that is a feature of art university. It also has an educational program that provides a required technological knowledge. Students have hands-on experience of architecture and interior space design through the practical work. On graduating, they are qualified for taking the official examination for Grade 1st and 2nd Registered Architect. Students improve their design ability through their works exhibitions both on and off campus. It surely becomes their advantage in their future career.
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|First year level is designed to learn fundamentals of design fields widely. Students learn how to operate 2D-CAD and acquire the skill of space expression such as architectural drafting, perspective drawing and model making. They also improve the space acknowledgement ability and challenge the design of small-scale facilities.
|Students acquire designing and planning skills for wooden architecture. They design a wooden house and draw the perspective using 3D-CAD. They also challenge designing a museum and chairs place in there . Chairs are produced in full scale and exhibited.
|Students challenge more professional and large scale design for urban and regional planning such as commercial and educational facilities. They also learn about building rquipment and structural dynamics for the actual practice.
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Saturday, March 6, 2010
By FRANCIS DASS
Directed by Chris Columbus (also director of Home Alone, Mrs Doubtfire, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Chamber of Secrets)
Starring Logan Lerman, Brando T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Jake Abel, Sean Bean, Pierce Brosnan, Steve Coogan, Rosario Dawson, Melina Kanakaredes, Catherine Keener, Kevin McKidd, Joe Pantoliano, Uma Thurman, Julian Richings
This lightweight teeny-bopperish film is suitably, well, lightweight. The first of a few films to come our way under the Percy Jackson and The Olympians tag, this one sees magic, mayhem and modernity all sitting pretty next to one another.
The Greek gods are seen presiding over humanity and, sometimes, coupling with humans and creating demigods in the process (yup, like in the good old mythical days!), and on the other you have the humans living oblivious to the existence of these supernatural entities and their powerful offsprings amongst them.
Like all films targeted at teens today, the film is spot on in the crucial looks department -- both that of its cast as well as the realistic rendition of special effects.
Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman) is the son of Poseidon and his best friend Grover (Brandon T. Jackson) is actually a myhthical beast assigned to guard him.
When Zeus' (Sean Bean) thunder is stolen -- ok, ok, it will sound a lot better (and not make Zeus seem like a petty loser) if we say that Zeus' favourite mother-of-all-lightning-bolt is stolen, the Greecian chief god confronts Poseidon (Kevin McKidd) and accuses his son Percy of having stolen the bolt of lightning. Harsh words are exchanged and deadlines delivered for the return of this weapon of destruction.
This forces Percy's teacher Mr Brunner (Pierce Brosnan), mother Sally Jackson (Catherine Keener) and Grover to rush him over to a special school for demi-gods so that the young lad would be safe and prove his innocence.
At this school for demigods, he befriends the attractive Annabeth (Alexandra Daddario), who is the daughter of Athena (Melina Kanakaredes) and Luke (Jake Abel).
Hades (the funny Steve Coogan) also wants the lightning bolt so that he can dethrone Zeus and take over. This results in Hades capturing Sally and taking her to the underworld.
As Percy springs into action to save his mother and prove his innocence. a whole lot of magical creatures are unleashed. If you like your sword and sandal movies with heaps of magic and cute young actors and actresses in the lead, then this is the perfect movie for you.
In this film, the adults gamely play second fiddle to the cast of young ones. It's obvious everyone working on this film is seriously hoping the Percy Jackson films will be a gigantic franchise!
Also on the plus side, it is hilarious to see the ultra flirty Persephone (Rosario Dawson) who is Hades' companion and the super-campy Medusa (Uma Thurman) hamming it up on the big screen.
This harmless movie, where everything ends happily-ever-after, is a nice antidote to a stressful day at school or work!
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Friday, March 5, 2010
Movie reviews
By FRANCIS DASS
Directed by Sheng Ding
Starring Jackie Chan, Wang Lee Hom, Steven Yoo Seung-jun, Lin Peng
As far as I can see, Little Big Soldier is a movie that marks a dramatic shift in Hong Kong filmmaking. Having watched quite a number of Hong Kong flicks, this is probably the first time that the former British colony has produced a legitimate buddy-movie, and set in a period piece too!
The film, like all Chinese films do, glorifies ancient Chinese history and transports the audience to a period when a battle is waged by the Qin and Liang factions centuries ago.
Jackie Chan plays a lowly soldier from the Liang side and in the opposite camp there is Wang Lee Hom who is the general from the Qin faction. The movie begins with the duo being the only two survivors of a bloody battle where everyone on both sides are practically mutually massacred. Jackie's character survives by feigning death with a trick arrow while Lee Hom's General barely survives, being badly wounded in battle. As Jackie's character (he is nameless in the film and is not interested in war) takes the general hostage for the purpose of collecting a reward and owning his own plot of farm land, an-initially-antagonistic-and-then-respectful friendship develops between the two. In the process, the General is treated with Jackie's secret family potion to speed up his healing.
The director Sheng Ding has done a remarkable job of sustaining the audience's interest in the unlikely friendship that develops between these two protagonists. To have only two actors carry the bulk of the movie is quite a feat indeed. Sheng Ding displays a firm grasp of the techniques and art of filmmaking which indicates that future projects from this director are worth looking out for.
As the buddy-film brews at the centre, on the side is the traitorous Prince Wen (Steven Yoo) who is pursuing the General in the hopes of silencing him -- as Wen had a hand in betraying his own soldiers, resulting in the bloodbath that we see at the start of the movie, The Prince had hoped that the General would have died in battle. The General, aware that only a betrayal could have caused him to lose the battle, is determined to get revenge.
There is also a horde of barbarians who cross paths with the film's two central character as well as Prince Wen and his men. Such instances provide some worthwhile action sequences in the film.
Oh, there is the gratuitous addition of the ornamental actress Lin Peng who serves no purpose at all.
If anything, the film is watchable for the novelty of seeing pretty boy Wang Lee Hom actually delivering a very decent performance throughout. However, Chan disappoints as he is obsessed with playing the doofus with acrobatic skills. Someone should tell him that many people find this very tiresome. Worse crime of all, the script is written to glorify Chan's character and makes him a martyr of sorts at the film's end, referencing Ridley Scott's Gladiator. For film aficionados, the ending makes a film that is initially somewhat watchable a bit of a letdown and lose its artistic integrity.
Directed by Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes
Starring Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, Jennifer Beals, Evan Jones, Joe Pingue, Frances de la Tour, Michael Gambon, Tom Waits, Chris Browning
If there is one man in Hollywood who takes his craft very, very seriously, then that man is surely Denzel Washington. He does not fail to deliver in this latest outing of his.
It bears saying that this mystery-thriller-drama-action-&-sci-fi mashup is brilliantly directed, acted and scripted.
Eli (Denzel Washington) is a man walking his own chosen path in a post-apocalyptic world. But unlike the other survivors who have no purpose in their lives, Eli is a man on a mission. He is carrying a book and feels compelled to take it to an unnamed destination on the west of the United States.
Along the way, this lone man is under threat from all sorts of post-Holocaust thieves and hooligans.
(The look of Mel Gibson's Mad Max films is present, although the look and colour of The Book of Eli is all its own.)
Eli, when faced with danger, is quite deft indeed with a knife and guns. The violence brought on by such face-offs is staggering -- probably a first for Washington -- but there's nothing gratuitous about it. In a brutal dog-eat-dog and mouse-eat-cat (seriously!) post-holocaust world, the shocking violence is necessary for self-preservation.
Unfortunately for Eli, there is Carnegie (Gary Oldman), a man determined to rebuild his broken-down town. He uses his thugs to rule a nondescript godless town where he aspires for respect, which he hopes will be brought on by scriptural words.
In an encounter, when Eli single-handedly wipes out Carnegie's minions, the latter's interest in Eli is piqued. Carnegie tells Eli that he could do with a man like Eli in his team.
The book that Eli is carrying -- as you would have guessed by now -- is supposedly the last known copy of the Bible. Once Carnegie finds out of Eli's prized possession, he is hell-bent on wresting it from the hands of the lone man.
Carnegie believes that in a ruthless and crude world, the elegant wording of the Bible would win people over to his post-apocalyptic religious institution and help him reconstruct civilisation. But don't think for a moment that Carnegie is saintly or noble in any way. He feels the Bible is an excellent tool to control the stupid masses. In this, the script takes a delightful, if veiled, dig at the mafia-like construct of organised religions throughout human civilisation, i.e. serving the purpose of the delusional and self-righteous few who want to exert control over the masses.
As Eli makes his getaway, he gets an unlikely travel companion in the form of Solara (Mila Kunis), who is impressed by this mysterious man, and decides to follow him.
Mila Kunis, she of That 70s Show fame, has here blossomed into an impressive big screen actress indeed. Perhaps it is her own talent -- or maybe it is the opportunity to bounce off her performance against an excellent actor like Denzel Washington OR even thanks to the masterful direction of the Hughes brothers -- whichever one or a combination of all three factors as the reality might be, Kunis comes across as a formidable presence in this film.
As Eli and Solara make their getaway from Carnegie and his "leftover" henchmen (whoever is left from the earlier massacre) they encounter some very interesting characters, the most outstanding being the strange couple Martha (Frances de la Tour) and her devoted husband George (Michael Gambon). It is amazing how in such a serious movie, the couple bring out the laughs so effortlessly. There's also the "Engineer" (Tom Waits) who is wickedly-blackly funny in his dealings with Eli.
That's the thing about this movie -- the casting is truly inspired and almost every single performer on screen delivers an ace of a performance, no matter how small their part. The good script makes this serious movie enjoyable and something worth talking about after a viewing.
What is clever and completely unanticipated about The Book of Eli is the stunning twist at the end. You have to see it to believe it. What was driving Eli indeed!?
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Labels: Denzel Washington, Jackie Chan, Little Big Soldier, Mila Kunis, Sheng Ding, Steven Yoo, The Book Eli, The Hughes Brothers, Wang Lee Hom
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Review by FRANCIS DASS
Review by FRANCIS DASS
Directed by Garry Marshall
Starring Jessica Alba, Kathy Bates, Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper, Eric Dane, Patrick Dempsey, Hector Elizondo, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Topher Grace, Anne Hathaway, Carter Jenkins, Ashton Kutcher, Queen Latifah, Taylor Lautner, George Lopez, Shirley MacLaine, Emma Roberts, Julia Roberts, Bryce Robinson, Taylor Swift, Matthew Walker, Larry Miller, Joe Mantegna, Garry Marshall
It'd be no surprise if, the first time you see this disposable romance and the sheer number of stars who continuously keep creeping out of the woodwork, you end up wondering if the film had a gazillion dollars for its budgets.
As the film's title indicates, the movie is centred on Valentine's Day. It starts with various couples preluding and then celebrating Feb 14th, driven by their own visions of love.
The unrealistic Reed Bennett (Ashton Kutcher) wakes up and proposes to Morley Clarkson (Jessica Alba). She, who has seen an awful marriage at work -- her own parents' -- is wisely not as keen on the idea as he is.
Reed, is oblivious to her true feelings and goes through the day fantasising about a happily married life with Morley. (Yes, there will be those of us who retch at the idea of Punk'd's Kutcher being given so much screen time but take consolation in the fact that although Demi Moore's cub is a lousy actor -- mercifully! -- the other stars are infinitely more watchable and make the lightweight film enjoyable.)
Most fortunate for us, there is also Jason (Topher Grace) and Liz (Anne Hathaway). Grace, from the That 70s Show fame has grown to be a very lean and muscled man and his on-screen likeability is remarkable. Yes, this young man has leading man potential written all over him. Hathaway, of course is the most talented actress of her generation and is practically a screen magnet. Everything she does and says on the silver screen is riveting. She is the Julia Roberts of her generation.
But talent alone is nothing if one has no one of equal or some measure to spar with. So, the best thing director Garry Marshall has done is pair Hathaway with Grace. Their onscreen chemistry is heartwarming, cute and endearing.
Also on the high end of the Hollywood performance scale, there are two solid actors Susan (Kathy Bates), a television producer, and her journalist Kelvin Moore (Jamie Foxx). Bates' Susan gets Kelvin to do a coverage of Valentine's Day, veering him off his true calling as a sports journalist.
In case you wondered if the film is a showcase of love amongst random couples, note that there is a six-degrees-of-separation thread at work and the characters are all linked in one way or another -- as friends, colleagues, lovers and/or florists etc.
The kinds of love projected in this film is not that varied from the many forms of love that we have come to see on the silverscreen. So, not to flog this love horse any further, the other characters in the film are: the delectable Kara Monahan (Jessica Biel) who is a public relations practitioner; Sean Jackson (Eric Dane) whom Kara represents; the delightful Paula Thomas (Queen Latifah) who is part of Sean's talent management package; the dashing Holden (Bradley Cooper) who befriends Captain Kate Hazeltine (Julia Roberts) while on a flight; the philandering Dr Harrison Copeland (Patrick Dempsey) who is having an affair with the all-jaw-and-funny-enunciation Julia Fitzpatrick (Jennifer Garner); and Edgar (Hector Elizondo) who is married to the flamboyant and diva-esque Estelle (Shirley MacLaine) who once had an affair with Edgar's business partner.
Oh, and there are also Willy (Taylor Lautner) and Felicia (Taylore Swift) who play a young, dizzy and silly couple in high school. Swift is a ditsy delight and showcases her talent for comedy rather well.
As you can imagine, Garry Marshall who is now 76 years old knows that love is overrated and comes in all colours and flavours. Although he does the right thing with the Hollywood studio that funded his film (i.e. there are plenty of happy endings all around!), audiences also get to see that loving someone is all about accepting one's partner's weaknesses and foibles. The point that Valentine's Day valiantly makes is that it is the ups an downs of life that make a relationship so much fun and being with a partner is better than being alone in life!
And it must be said that although Julia Roberts has a small role, and Marshall has captured some really, really unflattering angles of this actress' feature in this film, she has a magical way of working her lines and and it is astonishing to see the raw power of her talent when she is emoting even the slightest of feelings.
The script, although can be saccharine at times, is also funny often times. Valentine's Days is a harmless and worthwhile distraction if you are up to it. The funny references to other movies also work towards making this film enjoyable.
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Thursday, February 4, 2010
According to boxofficemojo.com, Avatar's current takings at the box office stands thus:
Worldwide box office gross (including the US): US$2,077,338,293
US domestic box office gross: US$603,789,348
Yes, James Cameron's Avatar has passed the US$2 billion mark worldwide and also the US$600 million mark, making it the biggest movie ever released. And the amount it has raked in keeps rising as the movie is still on wide release all around the world.
And as for the oft-said inflation adjusted grosses that pits older movies against Avatar as the top dog -- does anyone actually care?
Going GAGA on youtube...
And on another note, Lady Gaga is the Queen of Pop on youtube.com. Her latest music video, for Bad Romance, has had a staggering 104 million views! And it is still climbing!
In case you wondered, Taylor Swift's You Belong With Me only managed 19 million views and Beyonce's Single Ladies managed 12.5 million views only.
Gaga has indeed become quite a phenomenon in the pop world.
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
To ride on Avatar's meaningful line, "I see you", I am sure audiences around the world have already read news that Avatar has surpassed Titanic as the biggest grossing film at the box office (and still counting -- as Avatar is still showing to strong audience support around the world).
Both Avatar and Titanic are directed and written by James Cameron, making the movies basically cinematic brothers.
Here're additional news about the movies -- albeit brief, but useful. We'd like to think that the informative and fun nature of this blog is what sets this website apart from others!
Titanic was released on Dec 18 1997 in Malaysia. Its US release date was Dec 14.
The film collected its US$1.843 billion record-breaking cash stockpile over 41 weeks, reportedly having played in cinemas globally from Dec 1997 till September 1998.
Titanic's running time is 194 minutes and is rated PG-13 in the US.
Its take at the US box office alone was US$600 million.
Avatar opened in Malaysia on Dec 17 2010. Its US release date was Dec 16.
At the moment, Avatar has taken in US$1.88 billion worldwide. Of this amount, the movie has raked in US$558.2 million in the US alone. As the film is still running strong in cinemas worldwide, it will in all probability break through Titanic's US$600 million mark very soon. AND it looks poised to be the first movie to cross the US$2 billion barrier at the global box office.
Avatar's runtime is 162 minutes and it too carries the American PG-13 rating.
(NB: Basic information and figures were obtained from www.imdb.com.)
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Labels: Avatar, global box office, James Cameron, Titanic, www.imdb.com
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Gaga-fying the world -- one raised eyebrow at a time
By FRANCIS DASS
Just how hot is Lady Gaga? Her Bad Romance music video on youtube.com has garnered more than 92 MILLION views -- AND STILL COUNTING!
Imagine if you would, Donatella Versace having a love-child with a man who is the result of splicing together filmmakers David Lynch and Tim Burton, then you would most definitely get the very real and fashionably out-of-this-world Lady Gaga.
Coming like an intermittent downpour on the pop music scene in the beginning with Just Dance, she managed to make an impact on listeners young and old early last year. The song was lightweight synth-pop reminiscent of disco pop tunes of the 80s and 90s. In terms of looks, the video was cheap and cheerful. Was she yet-another-Britney-clone type of artiste, many wondered.
The lyrics of Just Dance was suitably silly, talking about not knowing which club Gaga was in, lost phones and the song also mentions her having had a bit too much to drink, amongst an assortment of the singer's other seemingly harmless and ditzy observations/experiences. The song was completely unserious.
Interestingly, the first ones who were humming the song and miming the words in Kuala Lumpur were teenagers. Not ordinary teenagers, but terribly hip ones. They took to Gaga's dance song like duck to water.
As Just Dance went into heavy rotation on the video music channels, it became an almost overnight hit with pop music fans everyhwere.
Then, as the pop pundits sat back and wondered what this strange woman will deliver next, out came Poker Face.
On Poker Face Gaga sang like some kind of a stern instruction-voiceover to a Dummies Guide to Singing audio book! Her voice delightfully matched the formulaic pop-beat of the song.
Like the earlier video, Poker Face's music video was nothing much to scream about. Just Dance had Akon and pop lightweight Colby O'Donis gracing it. Poker Face was all Gaga and cohorts. Her unique style was expertly harnessed: the wigs, the weird costumes and metal plates stuck on the face (these would become her trademarks in subsequent music videos) were plain for all to see.
From these videos It was obvious that, like a typical New Yorker that she was, Gaga held an amoral view of the human body (nudity) and of relationships.
However, what WAS worth screaming about was her appearance in the Adam Lambert season of American Idol last year. Her stunning live performance of Poker Face on the show had global music fans scrambling to find out more about her. She was superbly theatrical and mesmerising during that Idol performance. The intermittent rain that was Gaga had changed to a full-blown Category 4 hurricane.
It was as if Gaga had pushed aside the imaginary bouncers guarding the global music stage and scampered single-mindedly towards the limelight at the centre with the hit song Poker Face. The song is not revolutionary -- it sounds like a standard-issue synth-pop concoction. It's just that the timing and delivery were pitch perfect.
With lines like, "Russian roulette is not the same without a gun" and "And baby when it's love if it's not rough it isn't fun..." -- listeners were hooked to this naughty young lady.
As a result, those who knew of her music loved Poker Face even more and those who didn't, clamoured for news of Gaga: just who was this Gaga?
Gaga is New York-born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, the daughter of an Italian-American multimillionaire Internet entrepreneur. She was born on March 28, 1986. In case you wondered, both her parents are extremely proud of their daughter.
Her New York origins largely explains her rather avant garde and over-the top sensibilities. The bisexual Gaga's I-don't-give-a-damn-what-people-are-gonna-say outlook on life has lent her mystique -- that which took silverscreen stars years to attain, she has gained almost overnight, within a span of a year!
Her pop-star name, as everyone knows by now, is a reference to Queen's hit song, Radio Gaga. Apparently one of the many songs she wrote reminded someone of the great Queen's song and they referenced her as Gaga and she took to it.
Her stars started shining brighter with the next hit song Paparazzi. It was a love song and an ode to fame at the same time.
The video was visually stunning and was simultaneously Lynchian and Burtonesque in the way it told the Gaga story of being wronged by a man, then how her deep love brought her back to form -- and the adoration of the masses!
You see, in Gaga's universe, grave bodily injuries and a wheelchair are not enough to stop a natural-born showgirl like Gaga. For her, with the help of her trusty dancers, THE SHOW MUST GO ON! Burlesque and the grotesque are happily married in Paparazzi. The video was a beautifully conceptualised and artistically realised.
In the Paparazzi music video, audiences had a hilarious glimpse of how Gaga liked her men: dead!
In real life, Gaga, you see, suffered from a really bad break up with an ex called Luke. So, if you listen to any Gaga song that deals with relationship, trust Luke to figure somewhere in there.
Late last year, though, Gaga became a full-fledged Category 5 hurricane in the pop realm with the song Bad Romance.
The thumping Bad Romance is an anthemic dance floor scorcher that is stunningly epic. The music video can only be described as being simultaneously theatrical and visceral! Bad Romance is ten times better and even more over-the-top than the celebrated Paparazzi. It's like James Cameron Avatar to his Titanic, if you like.
Just last week, Rick Dees announced that Gaga's Bad Romance has topped his popular Top 40 radio show.
Thanks to her uncompromising style, Gaga has now become extremely hot property in the music industry, topping charts all over the world. She has also started collaborating with big names, like the sizzling hot Beyonce.
After reading all this, if you are still asking, "Just how hot is Gaga, exactly?", the answer to that is that her video for Bad Romance alone on www.youtube.com has had 92, 483, 282 views. That's more than 92 MILLION views folks! And still rising. It's a staggering number by any measure.
(Gaga's Just Dance has garnered almost 95 million views on youtube.)
All we can say is Go Go Gaga, as her spectacular career unfolds right before our very eyes!
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Labels: Adam Lambert, American Idol, Bad Romance, Just Dance, Lady Gaga, Paparazzi
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Old Country Glamour
Carolina Santos Read
Hi there!
Notice my spelling of "glamour" the traditional English way? Pun intended. On a recent trip to see the old country mansions in Newport, Rhode Island we decided to photograph at my favorite: Rosecliff. This home was built in the 1920s when society's most wealthy all spent their summers in their summer "cottages" in Newport, entertaining society's most prominent figures. The New England mansions were also the perfect setting to photograph a summer staple look: old English glamor, or a classic elegant aesthetic.
In my rendition of this I could have gone in many directions (all looks I love) such as a tweed for fall, or a madras, seersucker, and many other traditional looks. However given that Newport has a nautical beachy history, I went with nautical chic!
Stripes are big this season, and what's more classic than white and navy with pops of yellow? I styled a fun Anthropologie peplum nautical striped top with an oldie but goodie yellow silk BCBG skirt, and also oldie but goodie JCrew wedge espadrille sandals. A couple of these pieces may be older, but you can find replicas in so many places, as these are statement wardrobe pieces that don't go out of style! Finally I topped off the look with one of my favorite Chanel pink quilted purses, another iconic bag for an iconic summer look.
I hope everyone is enjoying their summer!


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Episode 77: Virtualisation in a Nutshell Part II
Monday, June 7, 2010 at 1:18AM
We plod on with our chat on virtualisation ,this time we look into application virtualisation and how it solves many deployment and packaging issues, then presentation virtualisation, which is terminal services to most of use, oh I mean Remote Desktop Services. Then onto server virtualisation, machines virtualisation including Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. Finally we look at how virtualisation has transformed the server rooms of some organisations.


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Rohrer Studios
Creating spaces for the people who live and work in them
Rohrer Studio is an award winning architecture and interior design firm led by principals Dianne Rohrer and Jim Suttner. We specialize in creating environments that embrace each client's unique identity while incorporating the project's surrounding context and community. Working on a broad range of project and budget types - large and small, public and private, local and international – we keep our constant focus on thoughtful, quality solutions that translate each project's mission into a special sense of place.


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I'm really pleased with my result and I would like to thank you for all the help and support you've given me. It was a really good experience and I now know a lot more about astronomy.
Stuart H (Aberdeenshire) A* grade
Thank you so much for all the help you gave me over the past year and for doing the online course...
We just wanted to say thanks too, sorry we missed you at the coursework day. You really inspired Joel. He is now hoping to do Astronomy at University, so we are keeping all the notes!!
Joel T (Nottingham) B grade + comments from Julia & Peter T, Joel's mum & dad
Just got an email from the school - managed an A pass. Happy with that and thanks for all your help - enjoyed the course and I'm sure it will stand me in good stead!
Ian G (Morpeth) A grade
I got a good solid A, which is what I was hoping for so very happy. Thanks for all your help and support - I found the course materials really good and it was very interesting. It was also great to meet you in Edinburgh.
John H (Edinburgh) A grade
I thought that the exam was really tough so I'm really chuffed to have done so well. Thanks for what was a really enjoyable experience, it's nice to have a reason to look forward to winter evenings now so I can get the telescope out again :-)
Scott L (Mid Calder) A grade
Thanks for all your help. It was an interesting course to follow. You might want to perhaps consider turning you digital material into a proper published book at some point, since most of the current printed publications are not that good!
Bob A (West Bridgford) A* grade
Just to let you know our daughter Charlotte got her results this morning and got an A. We are very pleased of course and look forward to using Starlearner again in the future with our two younger sons who also love astronomy.
Charlotte H (Uxbridge) A grade
Many thanks to Liz and yourself for the help and encouragement you gave, I really was not sure I wanted to carry on with the course after my problems last year. As a result of the course, I have been asked to teach my daughters cub group for their astronomy badge, so hopefully I may be able to inspire some of them.
Steve C (Braintree) A grade
Thank you so much for your excellent course, it was wonderful to have an opportunity to have an extra qualification in something I really enjoyed studying.
Laura D (Alton) A grade
Thank you for all your generous help and support. He most certainly couldn't have got there without you!
Rupert A's mum (Cambridgeshire) A grade
Matt and I picked up our results today. We are both really pleased. Many thanks to both of you for helping us through the course and for all the work you have put in to putting it together. It has been really enjoyable and worthwhile.
Paul and Matt B (Harpenden) A* and A grades (Father and son team)
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Celebrity Stylist, Jen Atkin has her hands in everyone's hair in Hollywood working with leading ladies and men including George Clooney, Penelope Cruz, Emma Stone, Sofia Vergara, Jessica Alba and Nicole Richie to name a few. Atkin dishes about working with Sofia Vergara for the Met Gala and her number one tip for strong, beautiful hair, which is why she's now the spokesperson for Clear Scalp & Hair Beauty Therapy.
What do you like better, working with the women or the men?
The one thing I've noticed is all of my clients, regardless of who they are, want to feel confident and beautiful. I feel really lucky being able to do what I do and collaborate with them, try different looks, and recommend the right products, to help bring out their own style.
Do you like that being a stylist has given you the opportunity to work with both women and men?
Whether a man or a woman, my clients get all of my attention. It's a lot of fun working with both men and women. The whole process of getting to know people, listening to them, and finding a mutual vision for what they want their hair style to be is always exciting and rewarding.
Who have you worked with lately and what did you do?
I had the opportunity of working with Sofia Vergara for the 2012 MET Ball. She is a great client and friend of mine, so we always have a fun time working together. I thought she looked stunning in her Marchesa dress.
What's the number one request you receive from your female clients? How do you achieve it?
Women want to look and feel confident, and hair is a big part of that. Whatever look they're going for, my clients all want strong, beautiful hair. And to get them there, I tell my clients start at the source: the roots. I love the Clear Scalp & Hair Beauty Therapy line of shampoos and conditioners because it gently cleanses & nourishes the scalp and hair, creating the right foundation for strong, beautiful hair. This makes styling a lot easier!


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Cedar is all about music. He gets a wee bit sad (or mad) if melodies are not surrounding him. We've noticed he mostly digs old songs...anywhere from the 1920's to the 1960's. He also loves New Age Zen Groove. Although, I think when Boho Boy plays the guitar for him, his daddy trumps all else. ; )
Last night, Cedar and I snuggled up and listened to Devi Prayer while zoning out on the iTunes visualizer on my laptop. The one where what looks like planets, stars and streams of light dance to the beat of whatever song is playing against a black background. Since the visualizer reminds me of space, I talked to Cedar about the planets and stars in our solar system and how we are discovering that we are not the only Universe out there. He listened and watched all wide eyed and full of curiosity.
I asked him, "If you could name a planet, what would you name it?" He just smiled at me of course but I know someday he'll decide to whisper it in my ear.
Then I thought it would be a cool question to ask all of you. So...if you could name a planet, what would you name it?


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Now in it's 10th year, Plein Air Festival is the largest and most prestigious juried plein air painting competition in the United States. Plein air painters produce art from life (as opposed to in the studio). Artists from all over the United States and beyond apply to this competition.
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