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Milonga, "Mil ONG en Acción"
Key Words: Youth, International Exchange, Voluntary Work
Promoter: New Humanity
Project Summary: MilONGa is the acronym for "Mil ONG en Acción" (One thousand of NGOs in Action). This Project actively engages over 18 young people from 1 to 6 months into several actions for the social development of various world peripheries. This initiative is promoted in cooperation with the Focolari Movement and in dialogue with other local hummanitarian organisations. Respect, inclusion and fraternity are the focus values for this project. There are already 12 available destinations (in Latin America and Carribean) and many other destination will be added during the next months.Website of this Project
MILONGA is a popular Latin American dance but it is also a project to get yourself involved, learn and bring your contribution to build fragments of fraternity in the world.
"Milonga" is promoted by Youth for a united world through the international NGO New Humanity. Currently it offers 12 destinations throughout South America (but shortly will be joined destinations in other areas!) where to implement an intercultural volunteer from one to twelve months.How to participate
- See the list of our locations and choose the best matches your expectations.
- Sign up. We will contact you soon to a preliminary interview to evaluate your application and your motivations.
- Participate in a short period of free training that you prepare the trip.
- Start your international volunteer experience with "Milonga"


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They're putting up our name in lights at Hollywood & Vine! Not really, but certainly symbolically. Over the last three years, the Government, Land Use, Environment & Energy Department (GLUEE) at JMBM has represented almost every major developer building projects at or near the four corners of Hollywood & Vine, one of the world's most recognizable addresses. Most recently we were able to assist our client, The Clarett Group, in obtaining Los Angeles City Council approval for its landmark development immediately adjacent to the famed Pantages Theater.
Named for its address on Hollywood Boulevard, BLVD6200 will be an exciting mixed-use development situated on both sides of the avenue just east of the historic Pantages. When completed the $400 million project will encompass 1,000 apartment units as well as retail and dining venues. Although BLVD6200 will incorporate 2,696 parking spaces within its walls, The Clarett Group believes its proximity to a Metro Red Line station will be a major attraction for the many young professionals which it hopes to attract as tenants. Ten percent of the project's units will be allocated to affordable housing. BLVD6200 is the most ambitious, privately financed, large-scale development in Hollywood. The project is being built on property leased for 99 years from the Nederlander Organization, Inc., which owns several venues for live performances, including the Pantages. The theater opened as an Art Deco outpost in Hollywood in 1930. It served as a combined live theater and movie palace and from 1949-59 was the site of the Academy Awards. It received a $10 million restoration in 2000.
Named as one of New York City's top 15 real estate development companies, The Clarett Group is recognized for its high-quality residential and mixed-use developments in metropolitan New York and Washington D.C.
The company expects to break ground on BLVD6200 in early 2008.
GLUEE represented Clarett throughout all of its negotiations with local Hollywood neighborhood interest groups, the Los Angeles City Planning Department, Community Redevelopment Agency and the City Council to obtain the necessary entitlements for this important project which will anchor the eastern edge of Hollywood Boulevard's renaissance.
Other significant Tinsel Town projects in which our group is involved include:
The Broadway Building:
GLUEE represented The Kor Group in negotiating entitlements allowing the conversion of what had been the historic Broadway Department store on the southwest corner of Hollywood and Vine into 96 luxury condominiums. The 10-story building, that had been vacant for years, first opened in 1927. Kor's conversion also incorporated a 1939-era eight-story building next door, to which it added two stories. The Broadway's loft style units range from 900 to 2,000 square feet with finished kitchens and bathrooms. Most of the condominiums have been sold at prices in the $500,000 to $600,000 range
W Hotel:
The Southeast corner of Hollywood & Vine will be the location of the area's first five-star hotel to be built in many generations. Gatehouse Capital Corp. has received approval to construct a 300-room W Hotel along with 150 luxury condominiums on the site. The condos will be serviced by the hotel and its staff. Also to be incorporated into the $500 million project will be a restaurant, spa, fitness facility and roof-top bar. Adding to the excitement of the overall project will be 375 high-end apartments with supportive ground floor retail being built by Legacy Partners. GLUEE first represented the capital partner which provided equity for the W Hotel and condominiums and then represented the developer in negotiating signage rights for the high-profile site.
7060 Hollywood Boulevard:
GLUEE initially represented Alliance Realty which purchased this 13-story office building intending to convert it into a residential and commercial condominium project. We were successful in obtaining Los Angeles city approval for the adaptive reuse of the building, at which time the owners sold the property to The LeFrak Organization, a major New York based real estate development firm founded in 1901. LeFrak has decided to completely retrofit the building maintaining it as an office facility. GLUEE continues to work with the company on obtaining entitlements to expand the project's ground floor and secure signage rights.
Yucca & Argyle:
Our client purchased a Class "C" office building on the northeast corner of Yucca and Argyle streets in Hollywood with the intent to demolish the property and build a contemporary condominium development on the site. The proposed project will be 15 stories including 11 floors containing 87 residential units and four floors of above ground parking. There will also be two levels of underground parking. A fitness center will be incorporated at street level.
Los Angeles' First Condominium Hotel Approved
The GLUEE team was instrumental in gaining Los Angeles City Council approval for The Emhurst, the Southland's first true condominium hotel.
Groundbreaking for the 242-room property located on the corner of 7th Street and Hobart Avenue in Koreatown was held on October 31st. In addition to condominiumizing all of its guest rooms, The Emhurst is designed as a totally self-contained live/work environment. Incorporated within the walls of its two 16 and 21-story towers are retail stores and restaurants, as well as a health club and office facilities. The objective of the Korean American developers is to attract Korean-based companies whose executives travel regularly between Seoul and Los Angeles.
Focusing on Downtown
Ben Reznik and his GLUEE team have been an integral part of a pioneering effort to build rental housing in downtown Los Angeles. For the past eight years, they have worked closely with Geoff Palmer and his firm to build over 3,000 multifamily housing units in the areas immediately adjacent to the Harbor (110) freeway. These apartments are incorporated in the Medici, Visconti and Orsini projects. The first two phases of the Orsini have been completed and GLUEE is in negotiations with the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency for the construction of the third phase of the project.
Palmer has also purchased the site of the now closed Orthopaedic Hospital on South Flower Street, near USC, where he intends to build 1,000 apartment units. GLUEE is currently working on entitlements for this development.
All told, Palmer has plans on the drawing boards for another 1,500 multifamily units in downtown, bringing the total to over 4,500!
GLUEE Covers the Westside
Los Angeles isn't the only city in which we ply our trade. Currently we're actively involved in projects in Beverly Hills, Santa Monica and Westwood.
Beverly Hills:
JMBM continues to provide land use counsel to Candy & Candy, owners and developers of 9900 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. As discussed in detail in our last issue of Development Rights, our firm played a pivotal role in the $500 million acquisition of the high profile site which formerly housed the flagship Robinsons-May department store at the western gateway to Beverly Hills. We are working closely with local Beverly Hills law firms in undertaking EIR work, securing plan amendments and otherwise providing land use and real estate counsel. Subject to the approval of the Beverly Hills City Council, 9900 Wilshire will contain 252 luxurious and environmentally responsible condominium residences contained within two mid-rise buildings and two four-story loft buildings.
Santa Monica:
GLUEE has been retained by the purchaser of the Santa Monica Studios site on the north side of Olympic Boulevard just west of Bundy Drive. The developer has plans to build a mixed-use project incorporating 600 units of workforce housing.
Currently under construction on what was formerly a parking lot belonging to the Westwood United Methodist Church is a new Belmont Village. The six-story assisted living facility will be the fifth to be built by the Texas-based company in the Los Angeles area and the third to be entitled by JMBM's GLUEE Department. The newest project is situated directly next to the church between Warner and Holmby avenues on Wilshire Boulevard in Westwood. When completed, Belmont Village will contain 118 assisted living units and 54 independent living units with appropriate support facilities for its senior population. The first phase of construction involves the building of a 274-car, 3.5-level subterranean garage to replace the church's previous parking and to accommodate Belmont Village residents, guests and employees.
Benjamin M. Reznik is chairman of the Government, Land Use, Environment & Energy Department at JMBM. Contact him at email@example.com.


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Burning is allowed per the following permit information and Ordinance 34.25, which you must read and agree to abide by the Burning Permit and Ordinance. The permit is valid from the date of application through the end of the current calendar year.
To obtain your permit, you must download, open, and fill out the form and keep it for your records. The Town no longer needs a copy of your form. Click here to download the form and ordinance, Section 34.25.
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*Asphalt*Oily substances*Plastic*RubberMore information on materials, volume and quantities of items to be burned are found in Ordinance 34.25. Burning is allowed from sunup to sundown only. You must be attending the fire with a water source. Fire must comply to Department of Natural Resources burning rules. Wind must be less than 9 miles per hour. Any fire may be ordered to be extinguished by either the Fire Department or the Police Department if it is determined to be a nuisance or not compliant with any of the rules in the ordinance or this permit.


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This unique application super imposes a specific template over a photo of your face to guide your treatment and track your progress.
We have many templates to chose from depending on the particular area of treatment.
Dr. Erhardt, a Board certified licensed Acupuncturist has designed a program that is safe
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The self –administered program consist of stimulating certain pressure point on the face
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Holiday Inn Kyiv
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Welcome to Holiday Inn Kyiv
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Holiday Inn ® Kiev hotel is in the heart of the city's financial district, with a choice of convenient transport connections.
A short stroll from the front door, a handy bus stop and Olimpiiska Metro Station connect to routes across the city. Kiev Zhuliany International Airport (IEV) is only 22 minutes away by car, and you can drive to Boryspil International Airport (KBP) in around half an hour. The hotel´s Gorodetsky Suite meeting room can host up to 60 people. It's a 20-minute drive to the International Exhibition Centre. For down time diversion, the city's main shopping street, Khreschatyk, and the Museum of Western and Oriental Art are close by. In the evening, you can book tickets for opera and ballet at the National Opera of Ukraine, a short taxi ride away.
At this hotel you can enjoy:
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Stylish rooms with city views feature pillow menus and LCD TVs, while suites offer extra space. You can enjoy panoramic city views as you work out in the 11th floor, 24-hour fitness centre, and dine on local and international cuisine in The Towers Restaurant. Kids stay and eat free. In summer, unwind with a chilled glass of wine on the attractive terrace.
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Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Pictured here is Daisy Bates, "the only female organizer who spoke on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial." The commemoration this year has turned a lot of people's attention to the ongoing work for justice, jobs, and freedom. It also rightly reminded the world about the sermonic ending of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech that day, after Mahalia Jackson said, "Tell them about the dream, Martin, tell them about the dream."
He did. And we still listen to that preacher's words. And some of us are paying more attention to the women who've been written out of many accounts of that monumental day.
So if the work for justice is really going to continue, and if preachers and churches are going to be true allies in setting all people free, images and language for God has to continue to expand. So I'm happy to share today another video resource for expanding our understanding and use of biblical images for the divine, "O Spirit of Power." Rev. Jann Aldredge-Clanton wrote the words and in this recording the Pullen Memorial Baptist Church Chancel Choir sings them to the tune composed by Rev. Larry Schultz.
Jann describes the biblical inspiration for this hymn:
This hymn draws from the biblical affirmations that "God is love" (1 John 4:7) and that the "Spirit of power and of love" dwells in all of us (2 Timothy 1:4), casting out all fear. (1 John 4:18) Scripture gives a multiplicity of divine names and images to suggest the all-inclusiveness of this Spirit of love and power. But most worship services use exclusively male language and imagery for Deity. This exclusivity lays the foundation for male domination and female devaluation.
Including biblical female names and images of the Divine affirms the equal value of females and empowers everyone. Scripture often names and images the Spirit as female. The first chapter of Genesis describes the Spirit moving over the face of the waters to give birth to the universe. The Hebrew word translated "Spirit" (Ruach) is feminine. The word translated "moving" (rachaph) is used to compare God to a mother eagle in Deuteronomy 32:11; this is the only other place in Scripture where rachaph is used to describe divine action. Martin Luther describes a female Spirit giving birth to the universe, linking this image to that of Jesus as mother hen (Matthew 23:37).
Here are some lyrics:
O Spirit of Power, who dwells in us all,
inspire us each hour to follow your call.
Awaken our vision to all we can be,
and challenge our labor to set people free.
Though many your names, Love reigns over all;
with you we can claim our life-giving call.
Cast out all our fear so with you we can soar,
creating a world never dreamed of before.
For more inclusive hymns and resources for "changing church," head over to Jann's blog.


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Business trip management is a multi-faceted process that includes a number of important stages. What VIP-Service has to offer you is not only effective management of your employees' business travel but also cost optimization for each stage of this process.
A thought-out policy of employee business trips is among the key principles of effective business travel management of a company. It is an effectively developed policy of business trips that can help optimize the budget of business travel. Average savings may reach 10 to 33% when comparing the period before and after you start using a tool such as a travel policy.
Our experience of using a travel policy suggests that any business trip management policy must cover 6 aspects, including reservation processes, payment and provision of services, the company's reputation matters, risks and care for the environment.
The business trip management policy formed and implemented in the company will result in an optimization of the entire process of their organization.
By selecting one of the service platforms offered by us, you can make noticeable simpler the process of ordering services required for the organization of business travel by sending a request for all services to one manager (the one stop-shop principle), getting a comprehensive consultation and support from a team of managers assigned to your company (a service team), promptly delivering the request for processing to the manager based within your company (an implant office) or our office (an out-plant office) etc.
With our help, you will make sure your travelers get a full range of services starting from identifying the need for travel to the record-keeping of costs with the company's financial functions.
You need not select the most affordable hotels and flights to save on business travel. You can use top-quality services, provide increased security to travelers, and save at the same time if the business travel program is consolidated regionally and globally.
Increasingly more companies have striven recently to standardize their business travel policy, processes and tools and consolidate vendor search. With this goal in mind, companies increasingly opt for cooperation with one business tourism operator.
We will help you optimize the costs of business trips by providing access to corporate rates of airlines and hotels agreed to within tripartite agreements between customers and service providers through our company. This access will offer you special prices for air transport and hotel accommodation available only to your company's employees.
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With our experience and the experience of our foreign partner, we appreciate the scale of potential risks for travelers and expatriates. It is this understanding of risks that helps us implement and subsequently control procedures for travelers, meet legal obligations to our employees, coordinate the effort of several departments (Security, HR, Administrative etc) and, at the same time, meet our obligations within the budget.
Our specialists will help you control the implementation of your business travel program by monitoring performance indicators and the regularly updated administrative monitoring panel.
Importantly, they will help you to accurately evaluate your employees' satisfaction with their experience as this indicator is conducive to consistent improvement of your company's business travel program and better loyalty of employees in terms of following the travel policy.
VIP-Service is a certified partner of «American Express Bank» LLC.
We will be happy to offer you a new tool for payments with our company that you can use not only to control working capital more effectively through a grace period of a loan for up to 58 calendar days but also to maximize cost control for the organization of business trips.
American Express - BTA corporate credit card is a virtual corporate card from American Express held by a company. The BTA card is used for mutual payments with the authorized Agency for the organization of business trips. A combined statement of card account and bill is issued once a month and facilitates centralized record-keeping and payment of all expenses made through the card. A special reporting system offers you electronic files with detailed information about services that have been paid for, automates the processing of bills and the record-keeping of expenses, integrates received data into your company's internal reporting systems for further analysis.
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United States v. Benedict, 261 U.S. 294 (1923)
United States v. Benedict
No. 394
Argued January 23, 1923
Decided March 5, 1923
1. In an action to recover money from the United States wherein, upon a suggestion made by the circuit court of appeals to avoid a reversal, the plaintiff assigned part of the recovery to a city which claimed an interest in the premises but insisted that the complaint should have been dismissed, held that the city, by not objecting to the suggestion in the court of appeals and by waiting three months before suing out a writ of error here, must be deemed to have accepted the assignment and consented to the judgment, and that its writ of error must be dismissed. P. 261 U. S. 298.
2. In an action against he United States for a balance due on property taken under the Lever Act, interest is recoverable from the date of the taking. P. 261 U. S. 298. Seaboard Air Line Ry. Co. v. United States, post, 261 U. S. 299.
Writ of error of City of New York to review 280 F. 76 dismissed. As to the United States, judgment affirmed.
Error to a judgment of the circuit court of appeals affirming, with modification, a judgment of the district court for the plaintiff in an action against the United States for a balance due as compensation for property taken under the Lever Act. The City of New York was joined as codefendant to adjudicate its claim of interest in the property.
MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.
Relying upon the Lever Act -- 40 Stat. 276, 279 -- the United States took possession of certain land along new York Bay, April 6, 1918, and, as surviving trustee under the will of Langley, defendant in error, Benedict, instituted this proceeding to recover its value. The tract had been platted into blocks, and trustees holding the title had undertaken to convey to New York City the beds of Sixty-First, Sixty-Second, and Sixty-Third Streets from designated avenues "to New York Bay," as laid down on the commissioners' map. The city was made defendant to the amended complaint because of possible interest arising out of this conveyance. No right of recovery against it was suggested. It answered rather vaguely, but claimed title to
"the lands included within the limits of Sixty-First street, Sixty-Second Street and Sixty-Third Street from the westerly side of First Avenue to the New York Bay,"
and stated that "the
area of said streets is 81,120 square feet." It asked that the complaint be dismissed. Later, it moved, without success, to amend the answer and set up ownership to the beds of Sixty-First, Sixty-Second and Sixty-Third Streets to the pierhead line.
The cause was tried by the court without a jury. The United States stipulated that defendant in error had good title to all the tract, upland and submerged, except such as lay within Sixty-First, Sixty-Second and Sixty-Third Streets to high water mark. Among the findings of fact which the city proposed is this:
"That on April 25, 1899, the said trustees duly executed and delivered to John Whalen, the then corporation counsel of the City of New York, a deed granting and conveying to the City of New York the fee, impressed with a trust for street purposes, of the lands included within the limits of Sixty-First Street, Sixty-Second Street and Sixty-Third Street from the westerly side of First Avenue to the New York Bay."
Judgment went against the United States for a sum equal to two dollars per square foot of the whole area, with interest, less cash originally paid. The trial court held the trustees' deed to the streets invalid, but, if valid, that the recovery nevertheless should be for the same amount as streets were essential to enjoyment of the property. 271 F. 714.
Writs of error from the circuit court of appeals were sued out by both defendants. The city assigned as error, among others, the trial court's refusal to dismiss the complaint. By opinion dated January 18, 1922 -- 280 F. 76 -- the court ruled that the city had good title to the streets, that the judgment of the district court was erroneous and a new trial would be awarded, unless out of the recovery defendant in error should assign to it $162,240 -- two dollars per square foot for the platted streets up to New York Bay, 81,120 square feet, as stated
by the answer. January 28th, the trustees so assigned $162,240, with interest from April 6, 1918, and, on January 31st, the contested judgment was formally affirmed.
In the circuit court of appeals, the city entered no objection to the arrangement suggested by the opinion. Its counsel here claim that
"the judgment should be modified by requiring defendant in error to assign to the City of New York an additional portion of the judgment recovered against the United States, representing the compensation, with interest, awarded for the portions of the streets between the high water line and the pierhead line, to-wit, the sum of $589,731.82."
The situation is a peculiar one. The city asked not for recovery, but to be dismissed. Of its own motion and off the record, the court proposed a method of settlement which the trustee adopted in preference to reversal. These unusual circumstances required the city to act promptly if it did not approve. After nearly three months, it took a writ of error, and now seeks to reverse the judgment because a greater sum was not awarded. We think it may not deny voluntary acceptance of the assignment and full assent to the arrangement which defendant in error carried out with the obvious purpose of ending the controversy between them. It cannot hold what it accepted and demand more. The final judgment must be treated as though entered upon its express consent, and its writ of error is accordingly dismissed.
The United States object to the judgment because interest was allowed from date of the taking. This point has been discussed and determined in Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v. United States, post, 261 U. S. 299, and needs no further elaboration. As to the United States, the judgment below is
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How can we produce the same +- effect in artrage like in this vid ? (if it even is possible!)
the only thing that i have been able to come close is with the oil brush but not the palette knife;(
How can we produce the same +- effect in artrage like in this vid ? (if it even is possible!)
the only thing that i have been able to come close is with the oil brush but not the palette knife;(
Last edited by Rondo; 02-23-2018 at 05:30 AM.
It's not quite possible in one step, but you can get something similar by combining both the flat palette knife and the soft palette knife.
The flat palette knife will flatten and blend quickly, but only scrapes paint, it doesn't push it around smoothly. The soft palette knife will let you blend and smooth the paint afterwards so that it looks wet and thick, but uses more memory so it is best used to tidy up afterwards.
note: Kinda overdid the pressure on the soft palette knife, it's easy to adjust the effects though. Here is a version with 0% smudge and low pressure.
Also you might want to add a little metallic to it to give it a little shine or gloss look to it.
Are you using a stylus?
If yes try this:
Set up a new flat knife,
50% pressure
50% loading
autoclean on
lock rotation on
rotation (your preference)
Lower your Canvas roughness to a low level, say 10% (for now)
Important to set the Stylus Properties for your knife so that under "Pen Pressure" the setting "Pressure" is removed. For added interest in your strokes add setting "Size" there instead.
I suggest you play around with the strokes to get a feel for how to orient and press in order to get the kind of strokes you want. I find these settings (including the low roughness of the canvas) give interesting textures and paint blending effects.
Now after you paint your piece you can do this to increase the paint texture:
Duplicate your layer
On the top layer set "Bump Blend Mode" to "Add"
you can also do this a second time if you wish (for a total of 3 layers, bump blend mode set all adding together)
you will notice there is an odd interaction between the paint and texture of your canvas. I.e. you'll see bumpy texture where it used to be smooth. This is because the paint you laid down originally was thinner and thicker in various places i.e. it filled in the canvas texture on the basis of the original roughness. Now that the paint has been doubled or tripled, these variations no longer match the canvas roughness. To compensate for this you should up your canvas roughness according to how many layers you have. E.g. if you painted using 10% roughness, and you have two layers total then up it to 20%. Or if you painted with 10% roughness, and you ended up with 3 layers total, up the roughness to 30%. This should restore the smooth look to the flat areas of paint.
I have not tried to replicate what is in the video you linked to but I think with enough playing around you should be able to get something similar...
Here is an example of results from the above
Good luck!
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thx folks worth trying.....
Aw heck I thought I'd give it a go. This uses the method of above, with 2 layers. I suspect things would get even better if I cranked down the loading a bit (<50)so during each stroke it varies from laying paint down to scraping a little.
whawthats indeed quiet close !
Nice job DarkOwnt!
This is my version.. which I did just testing some theories.. so it's by no means a finished work. The BG was done on 2 layers.. and the pear was done on 2 different layers.
On each set I made the top layer my main color layer.. put in with tube and the "Thick oil" Brush.. and spread with Knife Hard Wet Blender with the pressure at about 25% (Just to get rid of some edges. I then made a bottom layer with the tube tool.. blended with the Hard Knife with 50% pressure and the loading at about 5% with a Dark (almost black) green.
The blend mode was normal on the top layer.. the opacity was about 50-60% and the Bump mode was set to add. Being this was quick.. there are probably TOO many strokes.. but it was a test At least it's something to start with!
There IS another way of course.. you can always add an Impasto (Painting) "texture" layer above everything and set the blend mode to overlay. This would give you the texture but not the "painting"
Nice one BrushcraftOnFire!
Hey Rondo, let us know how your endeavors work out!
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Sekondi, May 30, GNA - More than nine hundred prison inmates in the Western Region have benefited from a three-day health screening exercise embarked upon by the Ministry of Health.
The exercise aimed at providing quality health care for prison inmates across the country followed constant reports of ill-health among prison inmates.
So far, more than 6,000 inmates from Nsawam Medium Security Prisons in the Greater Accra Region, Cape Coast Maximum Security Prisons in the Central Region, Sekondi Central Prisons, Ekuase Prisons and Female Prisons at Sekondi in the Western Region had benefited from the pilot health screening project.
The Administrative Manager of Biomedical Engineering Unit of the Ministry of Health, Mr. Ocran Anyagre, who told the Ghana News Agency in Sekondi on Friday during the health screening exercise for inmates at the Sekondi Central Prisons, said the exercise formed part of government's commitment to meet the constitutional rights of inmates and the citizenry at large, hence the acquisition of the eight mobile clinics by government last year for the operations
He said there are specialized medical personnel that moved with the vans and diagnose inmates on malaria, diabetics, hypertension, physical fitness, ear, nose, throat and eye infections, as well as dental care, and then administer medicine for such ailments.
He said the mobile clinics would also visit ministries, schools, children orphanage homes and deprived communities across the country to offer free medical screening to ensure quality health care.
Mr. Anyagre indicated that after the exercise, the medical team would analyse the data gathered, so as to ascertain prevalent ailments among the inmates, and accordingly give recommendations to the prison authorities on measures to curb such sickness.
He said government would seek for donor support in order to sustain the programme as it is very expensive to run.
Chief Superintendent Joseph Yankey, Second-in-Command of the Sekondi Central Prisons, suggested an establishment of new prison facilities in the region in view of the increase in inmates due to rising crime rate.
In the region, he said, there are 980 inmates comprising 810 in Sekondi Central Prisons, 150 at Ekuase and 20 at the Sekondi Female Prisons, and that 85 percent of the inmates had been screened as at Friday May 30.


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In less than a month, Taylor Swift's Red album is nearing 2.8 million units sold worldwide. After debuting with music's highest first-week album sales in over a decade, the album is in its third straight week in the No. 1 position on Billboard's 200 top albums chart. Red has topped the sales charts in 42 countries, with international sales of more than 920,000 albums. Taylor now holds the worldwide career record sales in excess of 26 million albums and 75 million song downloads.
Dates to see Taylor live on her upcoming Red Tour have been selling out in minutes. Her back-to-back shows at Foxborough, Mass.'s Gillette Stadium in July sold out in just 5 minutes. On Friday, she sold out three additional stadium shows as well as arenas in Los Angeles, Washington DC, Atlanta, Miami, Tampa, Columbus, San Diego and Sacramento.
Taylor's Red Tour now includes 11 stadium shows for a total of 62 shows in 45 cities in 29 states and 3 provinces in 2013. A complete listing of tour dates, including future on sale dates, is available at www.taylorswift.com. Taylor picked up her 11th American Music Award Sunday night, winning Favorite Female Country Artist for the fifth straight year.
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Am I missing something vital here?
I start my final year of a Computer Science degree in October and never have I done any flowcharts. UML use case diagrams, sequence diagrams, package diagrams yes, flowcharts no.
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Ever since I found out I was pregnant and announced it on the blog I have wanted to write posts on how I'm feeling and what I am experiencing through each trimester.
I am now in the beginning of the 2nd trimester which is apparently the trimester that most women love. It's where there are less symptoms and their bumps aren't too big to be a hindrance.
A quick Google and you'll be able to find out why so many women HATE the first trimester. Me included. There are so many blog posts and vlogs about it you've probably heard it all before. The nausea, the exhaustion, the sore boobs/nipples, the headaches, the anxiety, and the constipation all go hand in hand with the first trimester. Instead I want to focus on all the things I loved about the first trimester.
The Scans
As we went through IVF, Mark and I were so lucky to be able to have seen our baby from a tiny speck of an embryo to a wriggling bean at our scans at weeks 6 and 9. Having the scan at 12 weeks and seeing it move around, stretch and suck it's thumb is something that will stay with me always. An amazing and emotional experience.
Throughout the 1st trimester I totally went off all healthy food. Seriously. I couldn't stomach any fruit or vegetables. I lived on beige salty food. Crisps, pizza, pasta, chips, toast. At one point I was averaging a bag of McCoys Salt & Vinegar a day. And I LOVED it. For once in my adult life I didn't feel guilty for ditching the diet. I was just giving the baby what it wanted.
Having 'Our' Secret
We only told a small handful of people about the pregnancy when we got to 7 weeks. It felt so special to have this huge secret that was just for us.
Telling People
As much as we enjoyed having the secret, we both found it so hard to keep it! Our 12 week scan was on a Friday and we told our family and friends that weekend. Both Mark and I absolutely loved telling everyone and witnessing everyone's reactions. I wish I'd filmed them all. Four of my brothers and sisters are abroad at the moment so I FaceTimed them all separately to tell them the news. Their reactions when I told them they are going to be Aunties and Uncles is something that will always make me smile. This baby is going to be the first in our family so it makes it that much more special.
I speak more about my first trimester in my first ever Vlog and have included a few symptoms I experienced too! Take a look.
What did you like about the first trimester?
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Frisco's autumn feast highlights local food
FRISCO – Autumn feasts, an ancient tradition, are meant to celebrate bountiful harvests with family and friends. And the High Country Conservation Center, in keeping with historic ritual, is putting on a harvest dinner Tuesday at Vinny's in Frisco to celebrate the arrival of autumn, local farmers and Mother Earth. There are four seating times for the dinner – 6 p.m., 6:30, 7 and 7:30 – and reservations are required to attend."Harvest festivals and feasts have long histories all over the world and various religions too," said High Country Conservation feast coordinator Jen Santry. "Traditionally, celebrations of the harvest season happened around the fall equinox, so we chose September 22 – this year's fall equinox – for this celebration. I think many of us long for a deeper connection to our food and natural, seasonal cycles."Santry also noted that harvest festivals traditionally brought the whole village or community together to celebrate food production and the land – "In our modern times, we forget how important and often fragile our food systems are," she said. "By acknowledging harvest season and showcasing our home-grown, Colorado foods, I think it helps bring that connection back to us."
Because the High Country Conservation Center offers food-production classes, its staff said they noticed a strong local interest in food issues – from growing vegetables to canning and preserving to cheese making and home brewing. "With the resurgence of interest in food-production issues, it seemed like a perfect time to highlight 'harvest season' in Summit County and really test if we could produce a gourmet, four-course meal with food produced locally and in season," Santry said.According to High Country Conservation Center director Carly Wier, she and Santry had a goal to collect the celebration's food from within 200 miles of Summit County. They said they found most of the food from farmers who attended the Dillon Farmers Market every Friday this summer. Produce is coming from Grant Farms and CSA in Wellington, and goat cheese is being delivered from Jumpin' Good Goat Dairy in Buena Vista. The grass-fed beef is coming from High Plains Ranch in Jefferson."We chose to work with Vinny's restaurant and chef Vinny Monarca because of his experience in cooking with fresh, seasonal produce and creating healthy dishes," Santry said.Both Wier and Santry additionally said putting a harvest feast menu together was a challenge."We really didn't know the ingredients we'd have until about 10 days before the harvest dinner because what's available from the farm depends on bigger systems of weather and production." They also said they were amazed by the types of food available to them – like heirloom tomatoes to Yukon potatoes, peas, peaches and squash. "A harvest celebration like this is important for Summit County because a lot of people have a misconception that we don't have access to local foods … since we're in such a high mountain environment and that eating locally is nearly impossible," Santry said. "But, as we found out, that notion is really false. We have abundant options, from cattle ranches to orchards to large organic farms within 200 miles of Summit County."All of the food was donated by local farmers and ranchers, and feast proceeds – except drink purchases – will go to the High Country Conservation Center. Farmers will also be at the dinner to talk about food efforts and Community Supported Agriculture (CSAs).For more information about the autumn feast or to reserve a seat, call (970) 668-5703.Caitlin Row can be reached at (970) 668-4633 or at email@example.com.
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Upgrading LAMP stack
This is a pretty general question, so there are number of ways to answer it. The simplest is to guess that you probably got all the elements for your LAMP stack from the same place: your Linux distribution (the "L" part of the stack). This is fine. It's part of the added value of a distro to give you lots of software, all of it tuned and tested to work with the distro you receive. So the simple answer is: upgrade your LAMP stack when you upgrade your operating system.
Other than that, is there some performance objective that is not being met? Would you like a more secure version of Apache, for instance? In that case you might find one for free, or you might want to pay for one, and then substitute it in the stack for the one that came with your distro. You may find that your substitute comes in different flavors to work with different distros.
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Change Management
Continuous improvement is the latest formula with which organizations tend to outdo competition. Improvement can't be possible without changes. But equally important is to manage the change under controlled conditions so as not to hinder productivity, efficiency and morale of the workforce.
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I came across possibly the best analysis I've seen yet of the phenomena that is Occupy Wall Street, from self-confessed Marxist Kenneth Anderson over at the Volokh Conspiracy. Anderson, referencing Christopher Lasch's analysis of the protestors as part of a "New Class" of managerial workers, has this to say about the protestors, what has driven them into the parks, and what their demands probably really are:
The problem the New Class faces at this point is the psychological and social self-perceptions of a status group that is alienated (as we marxists say) from traditional labor by its semi-privileged upbringing — and by the fact that it is actually, two distinct strands, a privileged one and a semi-privileged one. It is, for the moment, insistent not just on white-collar work as its birthright and unable to conceive of much else. It does not celebrate the dignity of labor; it conceived of itself as existing to regulate labor. So it has purified itself to the point that not just any white-collar work will do. It has to be, as Michelle Obama instructed people in what now has to be seen as another era, virtuous non-profit or government work [italics mine – CHF]. Those attitudes are changing, but only slowly; the university pipelines are still full of people who cannot imagine themselves in any other kind of work, unless it means working for Apple or Google.
The New Class has always operated across the lines of public and private, however, the government-university-finance and technology capital sectors. It is not a theory of the government class versus the business class — as 1990s neoconservatives sometimes mistakenly imagined. As Lasch pointed out, it is the class that bridges and moves effortlessly between the two. As a theory of late capitalism (once imported from being an analysis of communist nomenkaltura) it offers itself as a theory of technocratic expertise first – but, if that spectacularly fails as it did in 2008, it falls back on a much more rudimentary claim of monopoly access to the levers of the economy. Which is to say, the right to bridge the private-public line, and rent out its access.
The asset bubble pops, but the upper tier New Class, having insulated itself and, as with subprime, having taken its cut upfront and passed the risk along, is still doing pretty well. It's not populism versus the bankers so much as internecine warfare between two tiers of elites.
I think this is a fascinating analysis, and generally correct. It corresponds with some things that I have seen, embedded deeply in a seminary of a socially, politically and sometimes theologically liberal confession. Because what Anderson is describing is the clerisy, that class of educated professionals who have administered industrial democracy since its invention in the latter half of the 19th century. Economist Deirdre McClosky in her book on bourgeois virtues noted that the clerisy were deeply bourgeois in the values and social expectations but were also those group of bourgeois who were completely alienated from the actual production of wealth. They have no idea where money comes from, how value is added, how wealth is produced. Indeed, the clerisy tend to take the means of production, and the production of wealth, as a given.
The clerisy in the West is both secular and religious. But liberal protestant churches (such as the one I am in) are run by the clerisy, by people who effectively have no real understanding of, or much appreciation for, the creation of wealth. The general view of money and wealth for the liberal protestant seems to be:
- Money is icky and bad …
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With the release of the first two Hiram Grange novellas (the first, Hiram Grange and the Village of the Damned, arrived in India today) I hope that some of you might be familiar with the titular character by now. If you've been reading here, you almost certainly know that he takes centre stage in five linked novellas, and that the last one, Hiram Grange and the Nymphs of Krakow, due in April, is penned by yours truly. My involvement in Hiram's scandalous adventures goes a little deeper than that of author though, and I thought it might be interesting, in the run up to that final book, to give you a peek behind the curtain at how it all happened. Hence this, the first of three or four irregular pieces about the development of Hiram, from my point of view, running up to the publication of Nymphs.
I first became involved with Shroud Publishing when they bought my story 'Secrets (Never Told)' for their Beneath the Surface anthology. On April 8th, 2008, I popped by Shroud's message boards to see if there was any news on of that book, and saw instead a post from Tim Deal, owner and editor at Shroud, titled An Idea. It read:
"I have an idea for a novella series featuring recurring characters–pulpy but intelligent and featuring a base but lovable antihero.
The novellas would be generated by a pool of authors.
PM me if you are interested in learning more.
This is all in the idea stage."
All very mysterious, and I was in two minds about whether to respond. It felt like being picked up in a bar by somebody who looked normal enough on the inside, but had a strange little glint in the eye. Glints like that could indicate upcoming fun of the best kind, or an awkward fumble that could only lead to somebody getting stalked.
My first reaction, intrigue, came about because the idea chimed with a project I'd considered embarking on myself, a series of linked stories following one set of characters, at novella or novelette length (an idea that has not been put aside, and may well be something I follow up in 2010). I'd also recently worked on my Doctor Who story 'Lonely', and had a great deal of fun. The idea of working in another 'shared world' was appealing.
On the other hand, I've been involved in at least three attempts to collaborate in creating shared world projects in the last ten years, in which editors with the best of intentions have gathered authors together for some grand act of collaboration. They all fell apart. Get a bunch of authors committed to one project over a lengthy period of time, and there are certain problems that will almost certainly rear their heads. Authors are solitary animals, unlike actors. I used to be an actor, and they're pack animals by trade necessity. There are certainly struggles within that pack, as the hierarchy establishes in each group, and everybody vies for attention, but it's all underwritten by the knowledge that if people don't pull together to some extent, everybody will come out of things badly.
Authors, on the other hand, are arch, solitary creatures, used to holding their ideas close to their chest, shutting the world away while they get on with their own business. Trying to get authors to commit to something, especially something that might not be their idea in the first place, and then getting them to stay committed for the duration… well, it's like trying to teach synchronised swimming to cats. Curiosity might draw their attention, but holding it under adversity is a gift few editors can master. Some will lose interest, others might find themselves with more immediate deadlines that pull them away, the whole endeavour might just run out of steam before it's ready for the printed page…
The actor in me has taken a long time to die completely, and so I usually say yes to such collaborations before I think it through. The idea of committing to another such project and have it collapse was not appealing. Shroud Publishing, at the time, was also a new press. I liked the editor, and I liked how Beneath the Surface turned out, but the independent press is littered with the corpses of promising start-ups that died within a few books of operation. At that point, there was no way of knowing whether the company would die before anything saw print.
I ummed. I aaahed. Obviously, I eventually sent Tim a tentative message, expressing sort-of-interest depending on what he had in mind.
Others did the same. Jake Burrows. Scott Christian Carr. Rob Davies. Kevin Lucia.
Then, Tim told us what he was planning, and we found out whether we were going to sink, or (synchronised) swim.
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Christmas light blogging
For our first Christmas in the house, we put up lights. We haven't graduated to a tree yet, but this is a big start for us. Who knew that we could be so domestic?
I've never had a tree, and I don't plan to start. I used to have a leopard statue (kinda like this) named Gompers (yes, actually after the labor leader) that I would put some tinsel on and hang an ornament off his ear, and then we'd put our presents under that. Gompers died in a tragic moving accident when furniture in the moving truck shifted and crushed him into tiny bits.
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Just after his Carnegie Hall swansong and before his imminent departure for retirement in France, beloved violinist and humanitarian Rene Allard is brutally murdered with a mysterious weapon. His young African American rival, crossover artist BTower, is spotted at the scene of the crime hovering over the contorted body of Allard with blood on his hands. In short order the aloof and arrogant BTower is convicted and sentenced to death, in part the result of the testimony of blind and curmudgeonly violin pedagogue Daniel Jacobus, like millions of others, an ardent admirer of Allard. Justice has been done...or has it? Jacobus is dragged back into the case kicking and screaming, and reluctantly follows a trail of broken violins and broken lives as it leads inexorably to the truth, and to his own mortal peril.
(2010) The murder of a violinist and a premature accusation bring Daniel Jacobus out of retirement and into the sleuthing business.
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He was ranked among the most bankable stars by Forbes, he was recognized by public and appreciated by critics in the look of awards, such as British Academy one and Emmy Awards.
The career was going up rapidly since the time he was firstly seen on the screen with a film "Mystic Pizza" in 1988. Nowadays, his list of well-known movies includes "Interstellar", "The Martian", "Ocean's" sequel and other well-worth seeing roles.
Besides, Matt was also adored by camera, so far he takes part frequently in the variety of photo shoots for world-known magazines and press. So, here we shall start.
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1.September 2004 – the cover photo was published in "Arena". The general look was all about the black suit accompanied by the striped shirt. He was extremely young, but what remained constant is his eyes to be very expressive.
2.October 2005 – the first page of Premiere, France was featured by Matt wearing the black coat and the snow-white shirt – that is what attracts the weak part of population much: men wearing the shirts.
3.December 2009 – Empire, United Kingdom magazine appeared with the main photo of Matt Damon, who had the black T-shirt put on, which was supposed to reveal the muscles.
4.February 2012 – Vanity Fair was starred with Matt, George Clooney and Daniel Craig on the cover page. The street look, which included the jeans and a stylish coat, featured him well.
That's what was going to make the vogue to be a bit different, because till that point fans thought the suit to be his best friend for any occasion.
5.February 2014 – again he, Clooney and Bill Murray, John Goodman; but this time they were wearing the military uniform. Place it occurred is "Cinemania". If you missed him in that dress, here is a photo for you.
7.August 2015 – Cinema Magazine Cover, Germany the photo was made to promote the film "The Martian", which was released that exact year. It can offer just a face in that special suit.
8.August 2016 – GQ magazine, US made a publication of Matt wearing the silver trendy suit, in which the black tie featured the black shoes. That looked intelligent, elegant and attractive!
9.August 2016 – Esquire, UK another press group released the papers with Matt on the first page. It was the "Esquire" published in summer – the period of sea beaches and ocean dives.
The look was about the jeans combined with T-shirt to prove the good shape and sport to play a significant role in his life.
10.August 2016 – Open magazine, Mexico. The eyes were a bit wild, what made the picture more natural.
11.September 2016 – his latest publication, which happened with GQ Germany release.
To conclude, Matt Damon is celebrating Birthday on the eights day of October, and the biggest present we can give to him is the recognition and support we are able to show with the films to be watched. As also all the fans stay eager to get updated information about new upcoming projects.


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So it's Valentine's Day and somehow the present I planned isn't all wrapped and ready to go.
Yes, sadly, I'm referring to the novella about Brendan and Tracy, 'Maybe Never'. I am, as I type this, on a plane headed to someplace in the Southeastern part of the United States, cramped beyond belief and wishing I'd chosen to fly business-class. And yet, I'm thinking about this book, and the characters in it, and about why they mean so much to me, and maybe to you as well. And because of that, I can't rush this one to completion and have to let it play itself out. That 'playing out' should be done with soon, and the release date is Friday, February 22nd.
In the meantime, if you have a notion, tell a friend about 'Unsuitable Men' and let them know that tomorrow only, it will be free on Amazon.
Happy Valentine's Day!


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Kalamkariis an exquisite ancient craft of painted and printed fabrics. It derives it's name from Kalam meaning Pen, and Kari meaning work, literally Pen-work. It is a hand painting as well as block printing with vegetable dyes. InAndhraPradesh, both the Masulipatnam and Srikalahasti village are recognised as major centers for Kalamkari painting. Masulipatnam located on the south – east coast of India, 200 miles east of Hyderabad, and Srikalahasti 80 miles north of Chennai near Tirupati are the leaders in producing Kalamkari paintings. Kalamkari as practised in Masulipatnam is different from the Kalamkari practised in Srikalahasti.
Masulipatnam style of painting
Masulipatnam designs are Iranian in character with intricate and delicate forms. The old traditional block prints were largely used with Persian motifs like trees, creepers, flowers and leaf designs. Later came the Dutch influence when there was an increase in demand from Europe. This style of Kalamkari was mainly doneon bed covers, curtains and also garments, as it was a popular demand from the west. In the nineteenth century block prints reached its peak and even today it's largely produced for Indians and foreigners.
Srikalahasti style of painting
Coming to Srikalahasti, temples were a major inspiration. The art flourished under the patronage of the temples with their demands for scrolls and wall hangings with story figurative and narratives components. It richly displayed episodes from the Puranas, Mahabharata, Ramayana, and other Mythological stories for their themes painted in the panels with a script runningalong the border. The subjects chosen to paint were restricted to Godssuch as Krishna, Brahma, Ganesha, Durga, Kiratavinyaar juna, Lakshmi, Rama, Shiva and Parvathi.
It is believed that the earliest fragments of painted fabrics were found during the Indus valley civilisation and in ancient Greece before the time of Christ. The archaeological evidences tell us that the hand painting on resists – dyed cloth was discovered in the eighth century. The popularity of this art was found in the old writings of the French traveler, Francois Bernies. Other evidence like the illustration of the Hamzanamesh done at the time of Akbar, also talk about profuse use of painted fabricsproduced in the Golconda region.
The Moghuls patronised this craft in the Coromandel and Golconda provinces. Thus the name Kalamkari comes from the Urdu word Qualam meaning Pen. Muslim influence and therefore trade links were traced between Safavid Persia and Qutbshi Golconda around the sixteenth century. In the early seventeenth century, the Golconda cotton paintings as they were known, came from Chennai Golconda, and Masulipatnam became a well-known center. As Golconda was under Muslimrule, the artistic designs produced in Masulipatnam catered to Persian taste. As Srikalahasti was under Hindu rulers, it flourished directly under the patronage of temples, and exclusively drew figures and narrated mythological stories. At the end of 1565, there was a great European demand, and new exotic Eastern motifs were created by both the Masulipatnam and Srikalahasti Schools. British East India Company and French East India Company asked for their choice of designs, and it is interesting to note that even a Chinese–looking Kalamkari was ordered by the French! Then a new type of Kalamkari named Karrupur emerged in Thanjavur and was patronized by the Maratharulers. It was delicately painted on the golden brocaded cloth. These clothes were made into sarees and dhotis and were worn by Chatrapathi Shivaji and by the royalfamilies in the early nineteenth century. Srikalahasti styleof figurative painting became important centre only in the nineteenth century. This specialisation with panels or individual episodes was taken from epics and continues in Srikalahasti even today.
In the beginning of twentieth century there was less demand for exporting Kalamkari painting and thereby it lost its creative value. The Kalamkari artists suffered, and most of them turned to different professions. Today as we entered into the new millennium, there is a flourishing demand on Kalamkari painting and this dying craft is saved. These Kalamkari paintings are always done for wall hangings, but today it is also painted on sarees, dhotis, dupatas, cushion covers, lampshades, tablecovers, bedspreads, napkins, etc.
The Kalamkari art of painting undergoes a laborious, slow process of resist – dyeing and hand printing. Many stages have to be undergone before the final results are achieved. Unlike other styles of painting, Kalamkari painting demands a lot of treatment before and after the painting is completed on the cotton fabric. Depending on the treatment of cloth, or quality of the mordant, the colours change accordingly. Every step from soaking of cloth, to sketching the outlines to washing and drying the cloth, is done carefully and correctly.
The entire worlds over people are turning away from dangerous chemical dyes. The harmless, naturally dyed fabrics are used for Kalamkari painting. The artists believe in using natural dyes, extracting from bark, flower and root. One would be stunned to know that the colour red is obtained by using the Indian madder root, yellow from the pomegranate seed or even mango bark, and colour black from myrobalam fruit. No chemical dyes are used is producing Kalamkari colours.
The process used for both schools of Kalamkari painting is more or less the same. The only major difference is that Srikalahasti paintings, depend entirely on the brush – like pen where as the Masulipatnam style uses block-printing procedures. The process done in Srikalahasti is more tedious. The cloth is treated and washed twice, and two or three times alum is painted.
- Cloth is first whitened by immersing it in a solution of goat or cow dung and letting it dry in the sun for a few days.
- Cloth is then treated in Myrobalan solution. Ripe fruits are used in Masulipatnam, rawonesin Srikalahasti. Milk is then added to the solution to prevent the colour spreading in the next step.
- The iron acetate solution is filled in, either for solid spaces or as outlines, with a brush – pen in Srikalahasti, and wooden blocks in Masulipatnam.
- All the areas meant to be red are painted or printed over with the alum solution as a mordant. Mordant is a substance that fixes the natural dye on the material.
- After applying alum, the cloth is kept for at least 24 hours. Thentheexcess mordantisremoved by washing the cloth under flowing water.
- The dyeing is done for the red colour by boiling with the red colouring materials.
- All the portions which are not to be blue are covered with wax.
- The waxed cloth is immersed in indigo solution. In Srikalahasti the blue is painted with the kalam. Then the wax is removed by boiling the cloth in water.
- The yellow is painted on to produce yellow and green.
- The cloth is finally washed again and dried before final colours emerge.


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I recently answered a question at Yahoo about eating while you are living in a hotel. As my family starts packing out (today!), the subject of food is at the front of my mind. We are anticipating at least 30 days in a hotel and it overwhelms me. We've already eaten too much junk and we haven't even left our house yet.
I'm going to post my answer, but I would love you hear what you've learned. I am always learning new tips from reader and I really appreciate the knowledge that y'all share.
Here was what I wrote:
"This is going to test your patience and your creativity, but you can do it. I would definitely look in to buying a small electric cooler (the kind that can plug into the car or the wall outlet) or a mini-fridge - it will pay for itself quickly. You would probably need the hotel's permission for a mini-fridge, but not for the cooler. You might also ask the hotel if you could use a toaster oven or a microwave. Most will say no but you don't know until you ask. Or maybe one of those little devices that heats up a cup of coffee - surely it could do soup, too. Do you have transportation to grocery shop? For at least a few days, it can be your big outing: what to buy, how creative can your kids be, and then get them something that you wouldn't usually allow as a treat.
There are a remarkable number of things you can make using hot water from the coffee maker: oatmeal, grits, ramen noodles, easy mac. Lots of raw fruits and vegetables (just give in and buy the already prepared veggie trays.) My kids will eat the fresh chicken nuggets (Purdue is the brand here) cold. Bagged salads with the already prepared chicken. You'll have to give in to buying ready-made things but you can do it.
Lastly, you might want to consider changing hotels to something with a fridge and microwave, and/or breakfast included. Included breakfast would be well worth a few extra dollars in the room rate, plus it would keep you sane and full.
Good luck to you! You can do it."
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A gold cauldron is a cauldron made from gold, a precious, soft metal. Many of these can be found around the Hogwarts Castle. A simple Knockback Jinx can knock them over.[1] Alastor Moody owned one.
On his first visit to Diagon Alley, Harry Potter wanted to purchase a gold cauldron, but Rubeus Hagrid disallowed it, since his supply list specified pewter.
Fine Enchanting Cauldrons sold Gold Cauldrons (Standard Size 1 and 5).[2]
A gold cauldron is the grand prize of the Wizarding Schools Potions Championship.
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- In the LEGO Harry Potter video games, Polyjuice Potion can only be brewed in a gold cauldron.
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Coffee or tea? My answer to this question used to coffee. I used to hate tea with passion because I didn't like the taste. Thanks to the milk tea craze, I can say that I now love tea! I am actually trying to stop myself from drinking too much. I can't say that I am a tea afficionado yet...but it's a step, right?
I still drink hot coffee because I kind of need it to properly function in the morning. If I were to choose between frappuccino and milk tea - I would pick milk tea any day! I assume it has less calories and it's definitely more delicious.
There are many pearl milk tea or bubble tea shops in the Philippines. I bet you can name at least 3 popular shops easily. But have you ever heard of Dakasi? Dakasi is a fairly new business here in the Philippines. It is a milk tea shop from Tawain. They have been selling milk teas since 1990 and now they have hundred of shops all over Asia.
I was so excited when Metrodeal offered Dakasi vouchers. I haven't tried Dakasi so I was really curious! Thanks to Metrodeal for always looking for good deals for us.
Anyway, I bought 3 vouchers - 2 for Dakasi Festival Mall and 1 for Dakasi located in Ermita. So far, I have tried Oreo Milk Tea and Okinawa Milk Tea. I added pearls and pudding too.
Both yummy!
Aside from these, they also have smoothies, yogurt drinks, and yakult. There are so many options that you won't ever get bored. I haven't tried Dakasi yet, try it now!
Thanks again Metrodeal for such a great deal.
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Published at Wednesday, May 01st, 2019 - 08:59:52 AM. Worksheet. By Suzette Couturier.
These are NOT good reasons to use a steady diet of worksheets: "My kids love worksheets." Actually, I loved worksheets as a kid. My daughter loves them too. But we shouldn't give our kids something just because they like it. My kids would love to watch TV all day and eat candy for dinner, too. We might also do well to determine why they like worksheets. Is it because they are easy? Because it means they don't have to think as hard? Because worksheets let them be passive learners?. I'm just preparing my students for the next grade – because that teacher uses a ton of worksheets and workbooks. Believe me, this was a real concern of mine as a classroom teacher. How would my students be ready for the stacks of workbooks in the next grade if we didn't do some in my room? Then I read somewhere — "It's not your job to prepare your students for bad teaching." That was a great comfort!.
Click "Save" and when the box pops up, select the same folder you saved it in before. It will say another document has the same name and ask if you want to save it still. Click yes. You are officially done! I hope this tutorial was helpful to you – whether you want to make worksheets for you classroom or TpT. Again, if you have any more questions or want another tutorial, just let me know! If you do decide to start selling your work on TeachersPayTeachers and you found this tutorial helpful, please consider signing up through my referral link (this provides me with a small commission, but does not take any sales money from you).
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World News
Austere brand of Islam on rise in Europe, stirring concerns
PARIS (AP) — Its imams preach austere piety, its tenets demand strict separation of sexes — and some of its most radical adherents are heeding the call of jihad. Salafism, an Islamic movement based on a literal reading of the Quran, is on the rise in France, Germany and Britain, security officials say, with Salafis sharply increasing their influence in mosques and on the streets.The trend worries European authorities, who see Salafism as one of the inspirational forces for young Europeans heading to Syria or Iraq to do battle for the Islamic State group. Experts, however, point out that the vast majority of Salafis are peace-loving.
In Germany, there are currently about 7,000 Salafis in the country — nearly double the 3,800 estimated four years ago, the Interior Ministry said last month. About 100 French mosques are now controlled by Salafis, a small number compared to the more than 2,000 Muslim houses of worship, but more than double the number four years ago, a senior security official told The Associated Press. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to discuss the matter publicly. France does not do head-counts by religious practices or origins. Read the rest of this entry »
Spreading Tentacles: The Islamic State in Bangladesh
Growing evidence suggests that the influence of the Islamic State organization has reached the South Asian, Muslim-majority country of Bangladesh. The country has long been home to small, but significant, numbers of radicals from both local militant groups, such as the Jama'at ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), the country's most significant local jihadist group, and those linked to transnational jihadist formations, such as al-Qaeda. However, the Islamic State's self-proclaimed caliphate and the promise of it's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, to return to all Muslims their "dignity, might, rights and leadership" seem to have infused a renewed Islamist fervor within a section of Bangladeshi youths and among existing radical elements. [1]
Arrests Expose Militant Links
One of the clearest indications of this development came in late September 2014 when the government's arrest of a British citizen of Bangladeshi origin, Samiun Rahman (a.k.a. Ibn Hamdan), who lived in the capital Dhaka's Kamalapur area, unearthed an apparent Islamic State recruitment drive in the country (Daily Star [Dhaka], September 30, 2014). Read the rest of this entry »
Morocco Bans Publications Reprinting French Cartoons
rabat – Morocco banned the distribution of foreign newspapers that have reprinted Charlie Hebdo's cartoons of the Prophet Mohamed.
Mustapha El Khalfi, Minister of Communications and Spokesperson of the Government said on Saturday that the government had rejected to offer distribution licenses to some foreign newspapers and magazines that had reprinted the offending cartoons, previously printed by the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Read the rest of this entry »
Murder in Paris, revolution in Egypt
January 09, 2015, 10:00 am By Herbert London, contributor
The blood on the streets of Paris caused by Islamist gunmen is shocking and disturbing, but not surprising. Jihadists engaged in several prior attempts to shut down the Paris office of Charlie Hebdo, a newspaper that lampoons Islam, among others. In fact, Charlie Hebdo was an equal opportunity satirist.
Most significant is the fact that this murderous act is consistent with Islamic law and the tenets of sharia, notwithstanding public commentary that denies this reality. What Charlie Hebdo printed, which led to the bloodshed, is the savage truth.
Curiously, the week before this incident, the president of Egypt, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, speaking before Al-Azhar University officials on the occasion of the prophet Mohammed's upcoming birthday, offered a renewed vision of Islam, one that he insisted is necessary for Islam to coexist with the West and different traditions. In a sense, his words take on a certain poignancy because of the violence perpetrated against the Paris paper. Read the rest of this entry »
Tackling Nuclear Terrorism In South Asia
By Feroz Hassan Khan and Emily Burke for National Defense University Press
This article was originally published in Vol. 5, No. 1 (2014) of PRISM, a journal published by the Center for Complex Operations (CCO) at the National Defense University (NDU).
Since India and Pakistan conducted their nuclear tests in 1998, every danger associated with nuclear weapons – proliferation, instability, and terrorism – has been linked to the region. And despite nuclear deterrence and the modernization of nuclear forces, South Asia is a far cry from achieving stability. Indeed, the security situation in South Asia has deteriorated and violent extremism has surged to unprecedentedly high levels. In the past decades, both states have operationalized their nuclear deterrent forces, increased production of fissile material and nuclear delivery means, and developed plans to field a nuclear capable triad. Concurrently, both countries are expanding civilian nuclear facilities in their quests for a cleaner source of energy to combat current and future energy shortages. As tensions and violence in the region have increased, both states blame the other's policy choices for the scourge of terrorism that has seized the region. New leadership in India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan however, creates an opening to tackle the immediate scourge of violent extremist organizations and unresolved historic conflicts. Ironically the traditional stabilizing force in the region – the United States – is drawing down in Afghanistan and shifting its focus to the Asia-Pacific region and to Russia where new tensions have erupted. Within this security context, India and Pakistan will be left on their own to devise mechanisms to mitigate and eliminate the regional risk of terrorism. Read the rest of this entry »
Mercyhurst University's Tom Ridge School Hosts Fourth Global Intelligence Forum
ERIE, Pa., Dec. 16, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — From public health challenges like Ebola to the effect of climate change on food safety in the coming decades, international experts in public health, higher education, business and traditional intelligence will gather in Dungarvan, Ireland, for the fourth biennial Global Intelligence Forum — The Dungarvan Conference July 12-15, 2015.
Sponsored by the Tom Ridge School of Intelligence Studies and Information Science at Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pennsylvania, the conference comes on the heels of highly successful summits that welcomed prominent intelligence leaders like Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, the first U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security; former CIA Director Michael V. Hayden; former FBI Director Louis J. Freeh; and Europol Director Rob Wainwright.
Panelists for this year's expanded forum — "Intelligence-Informed Decision-Making to Build a More Secure Future" — will address how leaders can effectively establish intelligence practices to enhance decision-making as they address pressing global concerns.
Keynote speakers include one of the world's leading experts on cybersecurity, Howard Schmidt, who served as cyber advisor to Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush. He also held positions as vice president and chief information security officer for eBay Inc., and operated as chief security officer for Microsoft Corp. Currently, he is a partner with Tom Ridge in Ridge-Schmidt Cyber, an executive services firm that helps leaders in business and government navigate the increasing demands of cybersecurity. Read the rest of this entry »


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Cardi - Primark
Tights - M&S
Boots - ASOS
Bag - Cath Kidston
Proof we are psychic twins - I am also sitting surrounded by junk as I have decided to clear out my entire room (the wardrobe and two drawers BROKE recently because I have so many crappy clothes in them, silly girl). So, let's give eachother motivation and have a race or something (you win, already). ;)
You are looking mighty fine oh fine, as per usual.
Glad to see you wearing the Cath Kidston bag! It brings back wonderful memories. <3
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Glorious mixture of florals :)
Good luck with the rest of the tidying!
Your pictures are always so beautiful, especially the post a couple down to do with French films that I now must buy!
I can't believe Primark has such beautiful dresses in at the moment, i'm deseperate for that one you're wearing a polka dot one but I'm so broke I'm going to have to only take one!
I love how you can wear a lot of florals and totally pull it off, I look so awful when I try!
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That is such a pretty outfit! Your hair is a lovely colour here too!
Adorable! You seem to always wear perfect floral dresses - I can never find that when shopping in Primark! I really like your boots too.
And I can completely relate to your comments about running out of energy half way through clearing out my wardrobe. It happens to me far too often! Or sometimes, I put the clothes in bags for the charity shop, but then the bag ends up sitting on my bedroom floor for months...
I always do this, end up losing all my motivation half way through! :s
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