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In St. Louis, a 12-year-old girl, Dejamon Baker, was at a Victoria's Secret with her mother, Charlene Bratton, when police arrived with warrants for Bratton's arrest. Baker apparently got physically involved when her mother was tackled to the floor, and she was tased twice. The original reason for the arrest: unpaid parking tickets.
There are many who will immediately pick up on this story for its sensational character, and, as is often the case, no one will really have all the facts. But at first blush, this report is disturbing. On a few levels.
First, the police were tackling an unarmed civilian in a retail store for little more than asking for a reason why she was being arrested.
Second, police tased a twelve-year-old girl… at least twice. Maybe this girl was a genetic anomaly or something, but I hardly think the whole "I-was-in-fear-for-my-life" routine's gonna fly in this situation. Do you even need to know the circumstances? I hardly think any encounter with unarmed assailants can justify this amount of force. But using such force with a 12-year-old girl? What's worse, the police spokesman trying to avoid a public relations crisis said he thought the officer's actions were "justified." Really?
If this were an isolated event, I could chalk it up to nerves or inexperience or just plain stupidity. But it's not. Unfortunately, these kinds of stories are happening every day. But we shouldn't just get angry with the offending police officers (who, incidentally, are giving a bad name to the more cool-headed of their colleagues who are still committed to doing their job in a reasonable fashion). Police officers are allowed to behave this way, even if they choose not to. In fact, in many cases, they are encouraged to act this way. Many of the laws they are required to uphold are ridiculous. Their position is becoming less and less respectable as the laws they are required to enforce become more burdensome. My generation has less respect for police officers than the one before us by far. And the one after us? Well, they don't even respect police enough to keep a safe distance when their mom's getting arrested. Should the police have been arresting a woman for unpaid parking tickets? No. Are they required to by law? Yes. Is it their fault? Not really.
And I'm sure lots of people out there think these police officers and the legislators that give them license to bully the public are "justified." Because a lot of people think we're still living in Mayberry, and they still trust the civil government and its enforcers to do right by us. But this trust is becoming less and less warranted as time goes by. We need to stick up for our rights and the rights of others now. We shouldn't be required to have any but voluntary dealings with police officers unless we have done damage to someone else's life or property. Period. After all, I thought their motto was "Protect and Serve" not "Collect and Unnerve."


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I slipped up and missed the deadline for my end of 2017 super You Tube picks–realizing a bit late, that readers were celebrating the New Year in different time zones. Piano lovers from Japan and Australia had already popped champagne bottles 18 or so hours before those of us partook on the West Coast–And with USA Central, Mountain, Pacific and Eastern Standard times causing out of synch drifts of celebration, my Big Five You Tube List fizzled at 9 p.m. P.S.T, Dec. 31, as the stroke of Midnight Times Square (E.S.T.) ball drop welcomed 2018!
Still, redemption lay in a timeless series launched by the New York Times with long columns of piggy-backed you tube videos, Classical in genre, that were time-monitored for their mind-blowing moments. They fleshed out feats of virtuosity; heaven-on-earth phrase turns; wailing trills and heart-melting cadences. A harpist, Amy Turk, was singled out for her miraculous transcription/performance of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, amassing over 4 million views!
It became my bonus heist pick, falling outside keyboard bounds.
In the Piano Universe
Luis Fernando Perez
The artistry of Luis Fernando Pérez (Spain, b. 1977) topped my list, though choices following, from various years, accorded no preferential order.
Pianist, Perez, was my most treasured "new" You Tube surfing discovery, though he'd been circulating through Europe for years as soloist, chamber music player, and recording artist, earning performance awards along the way. Yet even with prestigious IMG Management, Perez had not reached the pinnacle of "big Name," billboard success, having instead chosen a more true-to-art journey, reflected in his passion for Spanish repertoire that he chose to play in selected concert venues. (Carnegie Hall, or the Walt Disney complex were not along his musical route)
Perez's website had revealed touch-downs at European Festivals interspersed by a foray to Kansas for a Master class and performance. He landed in North Carolina for a recital, though his travels inevitably pointed back to Europe.
In 2014, Perez played in Bilbao, Nantes, Paris, Madrid, Valencia, Zaragoza, San Sebastian, Brussels, Saint Petersburg, Budapest, Warsaw, Tokyo, Lyon, and Toulouse, with no further Internet posted concerts on his site. Judging by a significant escalation in Internet exposure post 2014, his energies seemed redirected to the recording cosmos.
Bryce Morrison, published a 2012 review in Gramaphone that amply described the pianist's abundant gifts.
"RISING TO PRISTINE GLORY: Luis Fernando Pérez is clearly among the most individual and gifted pianists of today's generation.
"And, in his more recent disc of Granados's Goyescas, his playing is audaciously personal and has an improvisatory freedom and coloration very much his own. He achieves a superb senseof contrast, of innocence and experience…"
Perez's interpretation of Spanish music is compelling as "channeled" through his performance of Enrique Granados Valses Poeticos. His radiant singing tone; broad palette of "colors," and poignant creation of emotional intimacy draw the listener into a deep and abiding relationship with the composer.
Seymour Bernstein: A newly discovered awakening to tempo and mood in the Schumann Arabesque
A previous blog gave details and background about Bernstein's epiphanies:
Seymour's performance speaks for itself with its effortless spill of melody bundled in harmonic warmth. There's no tempo impetuosity, or pre-meditated, boundary-determined section transitions. It's all woven together as pure poetry flowing from the heart.
David Fray: A humbling encore follows a concerto performance:
J.S. Allemande from Partita No. 6 in E minor
This is an inspired rendering, well-voiced by Maestro Fray.
Irina Morozova – Bortkiewicz Etude Opus 15, No 9
Heaven on earth playing with impeccable fluidity. No words suffice to describe.
George Li plays Haydn with his emblematic liquidity and singing tone.
The complete Haydn sonata in B minor was the divine opener to Li's October 2017 recital at S.F. Davies Hall.
Finally, Happy You Tube Surfing to All in 2018!

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I have 2 laptops that are infected. the first one is able to get on the internet and even download ativirus software, but once i try to start the software I cannot. i could click all day and there is no action. sometimes the process will run but I cant get the (GUI) to come, is it a system file I am missing? the second one is more unstable, it seems the services have been disabled and when I try to start them I get the message: Error 5: access denied. please help.
It may not be a virus. It may be either spyware/malware or just a simple software config issue.
First see if you can open your AV in safemode. If yes, then go into msconfig and disable everyrthing in the startup tab. Reboot into normal windows and see if any difference. If yes, then may be a software conflict. If there is no difference then D/L Malwarebytes and run in safemode.


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Interview with fr Timothy Radcliffe op published in the newspaper "Avvenire". This is a summary of the television interview on the TV2000 channel (interview in Italian). Both newspaper and television are owned by the Italian Episcopal Conference. (interview translated by Ruth Anne Henderson)
Conversation between Monica Mondo, Italian journalist, and the former Master of the Order, now consultor of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
Theologian, Dominican, biblical scholar, lecturer at Oxford, consultor of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Father Timothy Radcliffe has the smile of Friar Tuck, Robin Hood's friend, and sadly is not the uncle of Daniel Radcliffe, the actor who plays Harry Potter – although, as he explains, he greatly enjoys the Harry Potter books and films: it would be a neat trick and a good way to attract young people. And since Christianity is spread by contagion, perhaps he could conceal his true identity and say that yes, he is Harry Potter's uncle. (Well, I'd certainly sell a lot more books that way!"
"Believing in a time of uncertainty" is the subtitle of the French edition of your book .
Yes, I think that always in a time of uncertainty you have to have faith because being a Christian, being a believer doesn't mean tat you have all the answers, but that you're always seeking, you're always at the start of your investigation. And in that sense being a Christian means being on an adventure where you always need the help of your friends, of all the people who're with you.
You say that we're living "in the time of fundamentalism, which is a feature of modernity". In what sense? It existed earlier, and indeed the Dominicans were regarded as masters of rigour. "Domini canes", people said.
There's a distinction to be made between rigour and fundamentalism. Fundamentalism means that you can have all the answers in a single language. 19th-century fundamentalism was scientific, they thought that science could give you all the answers. Today what we have is economic fundamentalism and many people think that the market is the solution to every need. And then there's religious fundamentalism. Fundamentalism arises when things are described too simplistically, and I think the way out is always to get to grips with whoever thinks differently, whereas fundamentalists are unable to talk to those who think differently from tem. Rigour is quite different. Rigour means doing all you can to understand the great questions: deep analysis is very different from fundamentalism.
"Loving people", you write, means finding the right combination of offering space and self-giving". You mean too much or too little freedom is harmful?
If you're talking to someone you always have to try to give them space, so that they can show themselves to the other, listen to how they talk, who they really are. Every time you talk to someone you're always surprised, and you have to give them space to surprise you: that's the heart of every good, correct conversation. In any friendship you give the person in front of you the chance to be different from what you thought at first and not to conform to your initial idea of that person.
How can one have hope?
On the basis of my own experience, I think if you want to hope you have to turn to people who seem not to have hope, and together you will learn to hope. Remember, there was a terrible hurricane this September in Houston: I went there to visit all the devastated areas. People told me that at first they were very angry, but what struck me was their courage, and also their joy at being alive. And this helped me to hope too. I'm going to Baghdad to spend some time with brethren and sisters, and I can say that if you want to have hope you really have to go to Baghdad, because you meet people whose life is truly very hard, beyond our imagination. And you see, you come across a hope you didn't think could even exist.
Is there no hope without forgiveness of sins?
The opposite of happiness is not sadness but having a hard heart that no longer feels. When you are in contact with people who suffer it opens your heart, and if your heart is wide open you can be happy again. What's most important if you're to be happy is escaping from your own small worries. When you experience other people's grief, you stop thinking about yourself and start sharing what they are going through, and so you'll have great happiness, you'll have a soul. In the book of Ezekiel it's written: "I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh", so a heart capable of feeling, of having feelings again.
Quoting from your book again: "Hope is not the conviction that something will go right, but the certainty that something makes sense".
When we suffer we sometimes think our lives have no meaning any longer, and we wonder why this suffering, what's the point of it. But that's a waste of time! Our hope is that in the end we'll see that our lives have been a pathway, a journey towards the fullness of love, of understanding. And so we travel in order to try to understand who we are, to see small indications that show us where we're going. We have to be trustful, and when we arrive at the fullness of love and life, despite the trials we've gone through, then we'll discover the meaning of it all. Now we only get a glimpse here and there, which shows us that we are made to love, to love completely. We will reach the fullness of love at the end of our journey and everything we have experienced, everything we've borne, will take on meaning.
You write that "Christianity makes demands that are frankly impossible", that we can't meet alone. So do we need the Church?
We need one another. Because you may be able to love in a way I'm not capable of, and vice versa. Unconditional love is impossible, it's a gift that is given to each of us little by little, in time. The best thing about being human is that we're called always to be something more, more than we can imagine, more than we can think of being. Tomorrow you'll meet your brother, your sister, your son, your daughter, who'll teach you far more and bring you into this fullness of love. I think that every time we love someone with real love, we realise the transcendent mystery of love that goes beyond anything we can imagine being able to receive.
"Modernity accepts faith as long as it stays shut into the private sphere or has a decorative role, without invading the public space". If it's unimportant, then, limited to the sacristy.
And it can't be like that! For instance, I think of Pope Francis, who at the moment is working on immediate human problems, and I think that Catholicism is always attracted by the dramas people are living through, here and now. Having faith doesn't mean living in a small isolated world, staying in a corner, in safety, but coming to grips with reality. And that's what the Pope deos when he goes to visit the most difficult places in the world.
We often think that obedience means abandoning reason and liberty.
I love the origin of the term "obedience", which comes form ob audiens, which means listen intently. For me being obedient towards my brother, as a Dominican, doesn't mean stopping thinking, "I do as other people tell me": no, I listen with my whole intelligence, with all my imagination. So true obedience is based on intelligence.
You stress that "Christianity exalts bodiliness, corporality". We may say it's more materialist than spiritual.
I think the essence of Christianity is that God became one of us, he became a person like us, he became body. And the gift of Christianity is when Jesus says "This is my body, I give it to you" – he doesn't say my mind, my spirit and my soul. We must be happy to be bodily too, and that's the case even when many people hate their bodies, they think they're too thin or too fat or too short or too ugly. At that time we have to recognise that we can live in a body because we are spirit that lives in a body, and we must love this body. The heart of Christianity is the holiness of our bodies.
Prayer, too, for us Europeans, since the Reformation, has become a purely mental act. "Instead, we must pray with physical exuberance".
Most Christians at one time prayed with their bodies, for instance St Dominic, the founder of my Order, had nine ways of praying with the body. Francis of Assisi too said that everything can be expressed with the body, but today we sit alone in our pews, like a bag of potatoes, we're no longer capable of expressing the spontaneity of our faith! To pray well, we have to ask our African brothers and sisters to come and teach us how to pray with the body too.
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In the early 1500's Ponce de Leon started his quest for the Fountain of Youth. This spring was said to have the powers to give eternal youth and heal the sick as well as being surrounded by gold and silver. Ponce began his search for the Fountain of Youth and on his journey discovered Florida naming it Pascua de Florida which means Feast of Flowers. His bold voyages to the East and West of our state opened the doors of imagination for many Spanish explorers. He found and named the island Ana-Maria-Cay in honor of the Virgin Mary and her Mother, Anne.
Although Ana-Maria-Cay appeared on charts and galleons filled with conquistadors that frequently landed on Florida shores however, the wealth they sought eluded them and explorations were discontinued. Ana-Maria-Cay was quiet for hundreds of years.
George Emerson Bean was the first permanent resident on the island and homesteaded what is today the City of Anna Maria. His home was built near the present location of the Rod and Reel Pier. Today you can visit Bean Point and experience beautiful sunsets on this private stretch of beach near the home of Anna Maria Island's first resident. Bean died in 1898 but just after the turn of the century his son, George Wilhelm Bean joined up with a financier named Charles Roser. Together, they formed the Anna Maria Beach Company and started to develop the streets and lay out the town.
Roser is also the inventor of the Fig Newton. In 1898 Kennedy Biscuit joined with other bakeries and formed the National Biscuit Company, now known as Nabisco. The stock purchase created a million-dollar windfall for Roser, who joined his father developing real estate in Florida.
Charles Roser built Anna Maria Island's first church; the Roser Memorial Community Church in 1913. The lighted cross on the steeple of the Roser Memorial Community Church was a beacon for fishermen until electricity was brought to the island in the next few years. Today, the non-denominational church still welcomes all visitors to services each Sunday.
The Anna Maria Beach Company built a 678-foot long pier at the end of Pine Avenue in 1911 allowing visitors to come by ship. Through numerous hurricanes the pier survived and still stands to this day. The stroll to the end of the 710-foot Anna Maria City Pier has made Anna Maria Island a travel destination for nearly 100 years. About the same time, the famous Rod and Reel Pier was constructed. This has been a popular spot to catch up with the locals and catch some award winning fish.
The original Anna Maria ice house built in 1920 at 402 Pine Avenue now serves as the home for the Anna Maria Island Historical Society.
The Anna Maria City Jail was built in 1927. It was really used to detain Islanders who got too rowdy. It was open air and prone to heat and mosquitoes. The Old City Jail is now a popular landmark and a favorite subject for photographers.
The first school on Anna Maria Island was built on Magnolia Avenue in 1930, where the Island Community Center stands today. The Island Players Theater, at the Gulf end of Pine Avenue, was a home in the farming community of Parrish before it was floated down the Manatee River in two sections on barges.
Finally, in 1921 the Original Cortez Bridge was built that connected Anna Maria Island with Cortez. This allowed visitors to commute easily to the Island. It was a rickety wooden bridge linking the island to the mainland enabling Model T Ford's to begin rolling onto the island. It was replaced with a modern concrete structure in the late 1950's. You can still take a walk on the Western end of this historic landmark. About the same time a second bridge on Manatee Avenue was constructed.
At the end of World War II Jack Holmes, a developer with a dream, created a 600-acre community in the center of the island. This was the beginning of the island development and houses and condos sprung up quickly. In the early 1960's Seaside Gardens on 63rd Street took shape under his direction. With the help of his friends the town of Holmes Beach developed into the fastest growing community in Florida, according to an article in the Better Living Magazine in September, 1980. They strived for a home community of modest proportions with affordable prices in a luxurious setting. Dredging and filling in the picturesque canals and bayous took place. Holmes gave people what they wanted. The first structure was completed in 1962. The five unit property was ground level and all under one roof. All units had boat docks along the canal. Each apartment had central heat and air. They sold like hot cakes. Today these units are still featured as Holmes Beach vacation rentals.
In 1948 an airstrip was built in Holmes Beach as a landing strip for small planes. This airstrip, located on the property where the Holmes Beach library now stands was closed in 1973 after an airplane accident.
The City of Holmes Beach was incorporated in 1950. The first mayor, Halsey T. Tichenor, served from March 14, 1950 to March 20, 1951.
The Anna Maria Island Elementary School was built in 1950 on Gulf Drive and replaced in 2005 with a multi-million dollar campus.
In 1921 – 1922 the first bridge was constructed from the Village of Cortez to Bridge Street in Bradenton Beach. In 1926 a bridge to Longboat Key was constructed. During this time, the community was known as Cortez Beach. In the late 1920's the editor of the Bradenton Herald began referring to the community as Bradenton Beach. The name stuck.
In the 1920's the first Bradenton Beach City Hall was constructed and was replaced with the current City Hall in the 1970's.
In 1940 the molasses tanker Regina sunk off the coast of Bradenton Beach in a storm. This has created a natural coral reef which has been a favorite scuba diving site.
This southern most city on Anna Maria Island is a charming mix of quaint shops and eateries. Bradenton Beach features three parks in addition to the County managed parks at Coquina Park, Coquina Bayside and the Leffis Key Nature Walk. These parks are all varied in their amenities and features. Leffis Key features about 1500 lineal feet of boardwalks that meander through mangrove and natural shorelines.
The Coquina Public Beach at the southern most part of the island is a popular destination with beautiful sandy beaches and picnic areas.
The City of Bradenton Beach was incorporated in 1952.
The film "On An Island With You," starring Esther Williams and Peter Lawford, was partially filmed on the island in 1948. Esther Williams bought property, although it is not known if she ever lived on the island. Through the years other movies have been filmed on and around Anna Maria Island. In 1998 Woody Harrelson and Elizabeth Shue came to the island to film "Palmetto". About the same time, Denzel Washington and George Clooney came to the area to film "The Perfect Storm".
Although Anna Maria Island has continued to grow by leaps and bounds over the years since its first settlers, it has maintained its "Old Florida" charm. No fast food restaurants, high rises or chain stores – just laid back and friendly residents to greet you!


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Hometown: Long Beach, CA
California: Ontario, Upland, Rancho Cucamonga, South Bay and Long Beach.
Out of State: Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and Wyoming.
Best place to eat in Redlands?
If I am going out with friends, I would have to say "Jerseys Pizza." The smell will bring back memories of your favorite pizza place back home. Plus, the food is amazing! A little Redlands trivia: Jerseys has a pizza called "The Gay 90s," which was adopted from another (no longer open) pizza place in town that Glen and Les Charles, University of Redlands 1965 and 1971, used as their inspiration for their television show Cheers.
Which May Term would you want to participate in?
I took a class at Redlands called "Coaching Team and Individual Sports" that was awesome. If I did May Term now, definitely a travel course. I would like to take University Chaplain John Walsh's class, "Retracing the Path of the Civil Rights Movement." I love U.S. History and taking a class taught by John Walsh in one of his passions would be awesome!
If you could attend the University of Redlands, which major would you choose and why?
I did attend the University of Redlands and graduated with a bachelor's in History in 2004. My advisor was James Sandos, who is an awesome history professor. Two classes I would recommend are his "Vietnam War History" class and Larry Burgess' "Redlands History" class. (If you have room in your schedule, take one of those.) I also played four years of football for Head Coach Mike Maynard.


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I rarely follow up closely with the UMNO general assembly. But this year is slightly different. No, not because of Rafidah Aziz and her AP issue that I'm interested in but rather on the educational issues often debated by UMNO delegates. However, I have nothing to comment about education as I am very satisfy that our PM strongly support meritocracy.
I admire the spirit in UMNO leaders who fight effortlessly for the betterment of their people. While they are chanting Hidup Melayu and Pak Lah addresses his speech, A Giant Step for the Malays, I am asking what can MCA do for the chinese community.
I do not see any convincing action plans by the MCA leaders. I don't even see where is our direction and where the chinese community is 15 years from now. When I read the papers, all I see was their concern in winning election.
Where do the chinese community should go from here? I doubt I can get the answer.


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Romi Haan couldn't get anyone to buy into her invention. But she pushed through failure – and now runs a thriving global business.
Romi Haan knew becoming an entrepreneur was risky. It meant navigating her father's disapproval, abandoning her secure and prestigious career at South Korea's Ministry of Education and accepting the social isolation that went with being a woman in the male-dominated Korean business world. But she never imagined that the challenges would include facing down a man who brought an ax to a meeting.
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text: The 36th edition of the Hamble Winter Series kicked off on September 30 and included the inaugural IRC Spinlock Autumn Championship organized by the Hamble River Sailing Club. Five races were held for all classes competing in the IRC Spinlock Autumn Championship, and for those competing in the Hamble Winter Series, two races were completed on October 1. A wide variety of yachts racing under IRC and in one-designs enjoyed a perfect southerly wind of 15 knots on Saturday with a 16-18 knot southwesterly intensifying condition on Sunday. For the Spinlock IRC Autumn Championship, in IRC 1 Class, Tony Mack's J/111 McFLY is lying in second for the series with a 4-1-3-8-1 for 17 points total. Louise Makin's J/111 JOURNEYMAKER II is currently fifth with a 5-7-6-2 tally for 25 points and Cornel Riklin's J/111 JITTERBUG is sixth with a 2-6-4-6.5 record for 25.5 points. For more Spinlock Hamble Winter Series information, visit http://www.hamblewinterseries.com/.


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Well, peops, I know you know what today is. Birth Day? No. Mirth Day? No! It's Earth Day! Happy Earth Day to you!
Oddly, I know of no specific Earth Day events happening today in Charlottesville. (If I'm missing something, put 'er in the comments!) The Eco-Fair is history. But there's plenty going on this weekend and into next week. Here's what's on the menu.
Saturday, there's a Celebration on the Rockfish, at which all those who bravely journey to Howardsville can join in river and roadside cleanups, check out eco-friendly exhibitors, and nosh some free lunch. BYOC: that's canoe, my friends. It's all in honor of the Virginia Scenic River program and, to my way of thinking, sounds extremely pleasant. Call 263-7015 to register; the party runs 9am-5pm.
Sunday, you have a busy day. At 1pm you're over at Ivy Creek Natural Area for Natural History Day, which likely involves a walk in the woods and is paired with a native plant sale. Tear yourself away from those wild ginger seedlngs and get yourself downtown to The Haven by 6pm: First there's a local food and wine tasting, then there's a screening of the film The Garden (7pm), then there's a discussion with local community garden advocates (8:30pm). No dance party scheduled, but you can start one, I'm sure. Regardless, you'll need tickets.
What's that? All you want to do is take a hike and not talk to anyone? Shenandoah National Park is free this whole week, through Sunday. Go forth and ruminate.
On a related note, Architecture Week begins tomorrow night. Another edition of the fabulous Olio series kicks off the week (7pm at the CCDC) and from there you've got a full schedule of design charettes, film screenings, lectures and site tours. A lot of this is sure to be eco-minded, so put on your green suspenders and come on down.
Me? I'll probably be home, actually, working in the garden and observing the chickens. More on that soon.
If I missed any events, do tell!


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Discussion in 'Photography Beginners' Forum' started by stsinner, Mar 30, 2009.
All comments are appreciated-love it, hate it.. Done with Photoshop CS3.
Reminds me of A Scanner Darkly. What plugin is that?
I don't care for it...doesn't even look like a photo anymore, so what's the point.
I like it.
Heavy use of the posterize filter?
I do a lot of stuff like this for contract work (I have a thread around here in the graphic arts gallery I update every once in a while, er, here it is: http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...-gallery/126883-study-way-overprocessing.html ). Obviously it takes it way away from being a photo, but when it's done as well as this one is, it definitely stays in the realm of artwork. Most people so abuse these filters it's crazy.
Something you might try... Do a good process of the original image and put it under the processed one, then adjust the opacity of the cartoon-ish layer to about 90-95%. It gives it this extremely detailed 'real' quality to it that's quite entertaining, but still retains most of the sketch/animated qualities.
It's not a plugin-I just played around with posterize, surface blur, etc.. The first one I tried to do this to was of my daughter, and I just couldn't get it to look the least bit good.. I was happier with this one, as you can at least tell what it is.
Yeah, I guess it's pretty heavily Photoshopped.
Thanks, Josh. I like it, too.
Yeah, it's not all that interesting, but I thought it walked the line between fact and fiction pretty well once I was done.
Thanks for all the comments.
Awesome idea, Rufus.. Thanks for the compliment, and yes, it was the Posterize filter, mostly.
I most recently did that type of processing yesterday. Here's the results of the 'real image faded in below the posterized one:
Pretty nicely done effect. Rufus, also enjoyed your over-processing thread. I do agree that it's not so much a photo anymore, but I still think it's interesting and well done.
Just out of curiosity, have you tried this with other subjects (a portrait, maybe)?
I'd be interested in seeing how it looks. While not a "photograph", I still think it's pretty cool.
Josh, here's one I did of my daughter drinking her sippie cup. As you can see, it's not just a simple Posterize.. A lot of edge work and such. I may make an action if I can get it down to a science. I used pretty much the same steps in this one-posterize, poster edges, adjust hue/saturation, etc., but I don't like a human subject nearly as much as the laptop picture:
And here's an overlay of the 'shopped image with 30% opacity. Not nearly as nice as Rufus'.. Hey Rufus, what blending mode did you use? Used Overlay:
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Jennifer Saunders webchat
Jennifer Saunders popped into Mumsnet Towers on 10 October to tell us about her memoir: Bonkers, My Life in Laughs. Jennifer has been making us laugh since the early 80s; from Comic Strip through to French and Saunders, to the universally acclaimed Ab Fab with plenty of hilarious sketches thrown in (remember Comic Relief's take on Mamma Mia?).
We're delighted that we've been allowed access to some of the fabulous pics from the book which you can check out in our Gallery: The Many Faces of Jennifer Saunders. And if you've ever wondered what Jennifer Saunder's favourite biscuit is, whether she'd rather clean up sick or poo, and whether she prefers Downton Abbey or Breaking Bad, watch the video below for the answers.
Q. DoItTooJulia: How did you realise you were funny?
A. Jennifer Saunders: People laughed, and once that happens you just keep going. The general default mode in my family was laughter.
Q. Carlammc1: Have you every been badly hurt from any of the comedy tripping over things or falls to the ground?
A. Jennifer Saunders: I have bruised various parts of my body and it was in the last few Ab Fabs that I decided it would be funny for Edina to fall over and didn't realise it was a concrete floor. I hurt myself very badly but pretended I was fine because pretending to do that is a sort of badge of honour!
Q. cocoleBOO: Any chance of any more Jam And Jerusalem?
A. Jennifer Saunders: I would love to do more Jam and Jerusalem and so would all the cast. So if there's anyone out there who would like it I'd do it in a second!
Q. BewitchedBotheredandBewildered: I'm not sure I really have a question to ask, but I would love to know how you teased Patsy out of Joanna Lumley.
A. Jennifer Saunders: With a lot of backcombing!
Q. johnworf: What's in the pipeline for you (and Dawn, dare I dream of you together again?)
A. Jennifer Saunders: Dare to dream John and I shall join you in that dream. I'm sure we will work together in the near future.
Q. Theyremybiscuits: Were you the class clown at school?
A. Jennifer Saunders: No. I was quite quiet and spent my time trying to blend in and not be noticed.
Q. Devoncalling123: Now that you and Adrian are grandparents, how do you both find this new role for you?
A. Jennifer Saunders: It's more enjoyable than I ever imagined it could be. We're totally besotted with Freddie and if he's not in the room then we're just looking at photos of him. He's taken over our lives. It's a joy.
Q. ExitPursuedByABear: Are you still riding?
A. Jennifer Saunders: No I'm not still riding and I wish I was and that's one thing I'm definitely going to start again next year!
Q. Madlizzy: How do you feel about Beattie going into the comedy scene? I saw her sketch group last month and thought they were fab.
A. Jennifer Saunders: It makes me very happy and very very proud. I feel a bit too old to give her advice and luckily she's hilarious.
Q. OddSockMonster: Who would you like to play you in a film of your life?
A. Jennifer Saunders: I'd like Cher to play me!
Q. cassieandchloe: I am a writer too, and often aspects of my dreams make it into my stories. Have you ever incorporated any scenes from your actual dreams into your writing? If so, are there any examples you would care to share with us?
A. Jennifer Saunders: All my dreams tend to be panic dreams about not remembering lines or not having done my homework. It would be very dangerous of me to incorporate these thoughts into any writing I do.
Q. PuzzleRocks: What's your favourite car?
A. Jennifer Saunders: I think my favourite car would be a 1950's Bentley Continental! It's got such a glamourous style about it.
Q. Shootingatpigeons: Regarding the suggestion that people might enjoy wearing Cancer like a badge. It is the badge no one wants surely? As others have commented you coped with your Breast cancer your way, I coped with mine a different way, personally I find all the "pink" stuff patronising and frustrating, but don't you think you should respect others for coping with their Cancer in whatever works best for them, not how others think they should cope?
A. Jennifer Saunders: The conversation about people wearing cancer like a badge came out of a part that I write about in the book and was only relevant to the people who criticised me for being positive. It wasn't a generalisation and I completely agree with you. Everyone copes in their own way.
Q. midwifeandmum: How do you keep a straight face when acting out those scenes?
A. Jennifer Saunders: You hope you've done all of the laughing you can do by the time rehearsals end so that you can keep a straight face, but if you look at the outtakes you'll see that we're not always successful.
Q. southeastdweller: The Sunday Times review of your book mentioned you 'having digs at Mumsnet types'. Could you comment on that please?
A. Jennifer Saunders: I don't make digs at Mumsnet types! It's all done in a very light-hearted way and all I'm doing is apologising for moments in my life when I haven't been the perfect mother! If you look in the book, I tell the story of misplacing my baby, having had her in the bed breastfeeding one night, which I know isn't recommended practice. I think Mumsnet is marvellous!
Q. Reenypip: Will you ever go on tour again with dawn French? Or is it definitely over?
A. Jennifer Saunders: No... and yes. I'm not saying we won't do anything live again, but it won't be in a French and Saunders format.
Q. PrivatePeaceful: I would love to see a Girls On Top modern day reunion, what are the chances?
A. Jennifer Saunders: Very slim!
Q. buttermellow: Of all the television shows and films that you've done, which was the most enjoyable to star in?
A. Jennifer Saunders: Well, it's really hard to choose. I couldn't choose between the stuff I've written myself – between French and Saunders and Ab Fab. Stuff I've been in... gosh! I think doing a voice in Shrek was the most enjoyable job I've done, even the singing. I had to sit next to Julie Andrews at the premier in Cannes, and I was very nervous when my singing came on, but afterwards she turned to me and said, "well done, dear."
Q. owlface: Are you still doing ballet? It was really inspiring for me to see your At The Barre documentary.
A. Jennifer Saunders: No I'm not still doing ballet, and I no longer have a barre. But I have to say, I do miss it and I have the utmost respect for dancers. My posture at the moment could do with a bit of barre work.
Q. member: Did you feel your hand was forced into writing your memoir after the release of an unauthorised biography?
A. Jennifer Saunders: No I didn't feel that at all, because the unauthorised biography was surprisingly kind and nice about me, and very useful in the writing of mine with it's facts and chronology!
Q. offtogetmesomebrains: Basically I was wondering if your blank/frightening/aloof expression bothers you or has been a hindrance to you?
A. Jennifer Saunders: No, don't change your expression, it's very useful. Keep them guessing. I don't think it's ever been a hindrance but it was very useful in the double act that I was always seen as the quiet intimidating one and Dawn was seen as the jolly sociable one. She could say things to people like, "Jen's not happy" and get things changed and moved about. I was always held up as a threat.
Q. IshefromGabon: Do you see yourself acting in dramas or films playing straight roles in the future?
A. Jennifer Saunders: I don't mind doing straight stuff as long as it's fairly light-weight. The trouble is I can't take my serious face seriously and even the thought of me being serious makes me laugh. Dawn is much better at acting than me.
Q. surreygirl: Have you ever been asked to do Strictly Come Dancing and if not, would you ever think of doing it if asked one year? Or do you think Edina would ever do a Comic Relief one?
A. Jennifer Saunders: I was asked to do Strictly at the beginning, and if I was ever going to do it I should have done it at the beginning when there wasn't quite the expectation that people could dance at all. I wouldn't do it now because I've looked in the mirror and I know what I would look like dancing. I'm sure most people go on it just to lose weight.
Q. duffy: So, I suppose someone's got to ask so it might as well be me, do you by any chance use a penisbeaker in your house?
A. Jennifer Saunders: I do have a beaker by my bed. I don't call it a beaker - I call it a glass of water and if I ever found my husband putting his penis in it I'd probably divorce him immediately.
Q. alicethecactus: What's the worst, and the best bit of parenthood? Thanks!
A. Jennifer Saunders: Well I have to say I enjoyed my kids at all ages and I still enjoy them now. The best moments are when everyone's round the table having a meal and the girls take it upon themselves to entertain us with impressions and stories and we're all laughing and having fun. It's one of the best feelings. One of the worst things is when your children start treating you like a child.
Q. Halexlo: What was your inspiration for Eddy Monsoon? And the plot in general? Do you know any similar characters in real life?
A. Jennifer Saunders: No, I thank god I don't know any similar characters in real life. I think they'd be a nightmare to know! Eddy was inspired by various people I'd known, one who was in PR, one who had a very straight daughter but who was herself crazy, the rest of it comes from imagination and bits of me. Sometimes Eddy's a great way of getting away with saying things I wouldn't say myself, and in my book I have a few rants and say them as myself and take the flack.
Q. nowit: I have a mini comedian in the making, she is but four but everyone she meets says she should be on the telly. She likes to do voices and has done from a young age - she is very funny and does an excellent Daddy Chubby in a northern accent.
How can I encourage her without turning her into a madam? Confidence is not an issue and I'm all for letting her be a child but her natural charisma is commented on a lot. Any advice?
A. Jennifer Saunders: I think that the way to encourage her is to keep being a good audience, which you obviously are being. Don't try and get her to repeat really funny things too often, let her just enjoy the reaction she's getting and she'll work it out for herself.
Q. Sparklingbrook: How about getting Ade to do Strictly? He would be fab and he would get my vote.
A. Jennifer Saunders: Well... I'll tell him! He's actually quite a good mover Ade.
Q. Angeleno: In the new Bridget Jones book, Bridget wonders if the best way to raise normal, good children is to be as badly behaved as possible as a parent, and references Saffy in Absolutely Fabulous! Would you agree?
A. Jennifer Saunders: No, because Saffy is just as damaged as Edina and Patsy, she just exhibits it in a different way. It's a terrible menage-et-trois of psychological torture!
Q. tripethelightfantastic: How do you feel about your husband winning Masterchef? Are you proud or a tiny bit jealous? Would you ever want to do something like that?
A. Jennifer Saunders: Not jealous at all because I saw how much hard work it was and Ade's very good at putting his mind to something and giving it everything and he's very clever. I think I'd just get very tired and grumpy. However, the upside of Masterchef is we have a marvellously equipped kitchen and lovely food to eat.
Q. laurensween: Did you enjoy the experience of writing your memoir, which I am very excited to read? And would you ever consider becoming an author?
A. Jennifer Saunders: I did enjoy it and I enjoyed it the moment I discovered how to write it in my own voice and stopped trying to pretend to be a writer. I'm not a natural author, and I certainly shan't be trying out novel writing, although of course I'm expecting to win Booker prize and the Nobel prize for my book. And of course the most prestigious, Richard and Judy. I actually think I deserve the prize for best book note... which refers to Dolly Parton's breasts.
Q. motherofmuddles: You are on my 'if you could invite anyone to dinner who would it be?' list! Why is it that there are less female comedians than male - hoping you'll know from your insider vantage point so to speak?
A. Jennifer Saunders: I think stand-up is quite different to what I do and there are definitely in the UK less female stand-ups because it takes quite a lot of competitive energy and I think often women don't want to aggressively compete in the same way. I think the ones that have made are of extraordinary comedy. There are an awful lot of men out there who are basically crap, but they're fuelled by enough testosterone and fake confidence to get away with it.
I think David Sedaris would be a great perfect to have a meal with.
Q. RubyRR: I really enjoy listening to you and Dawn on Radio 2, do you have any more dates lined up? Or could you take over Sunday mornings please?
A. Jennifer Saunders: Yes we're doing more radio at Christmas. Because Dawn lives in Cornwall and I live in London and generally being busy we tend to do it occasionally.
Q. CanCanSal: A hypothetical question - if you didn't have the opportunities that were presented to you at the start of your career, and something like Britain's Got Talent existed, would you have applied to perform for the judges or would you have persisted with another career? If so, what would that other career have been? Also, what is your opinion of such shows?
A. Jennifer Saunders: What a brilliant question! I do believe that people who are talented and are willing to work really hard will make it anyway, and it's the hours that you have to put in that the contestants on the talent shows don't realise. I think if you're serious about a singing career, I don't think that not winning X Factor should mean your life is over and it's the end of opportunity. And also you shouldn't just want to be famous. I have no idea what I would have done if I Britain's Got Talent was around when I was starting out, but I don't think we would have seriously auditioned.
Q. achiltibuie: How do you feel modern TV comedy compares to when you were first starting out?
A. Jennifer Saunders: Well there's a lot more of it for a start. There seems to be 10 times more channels but half the television. The budgets for comedy are tiny now compared to in my day. There was a lot of traditional comedy shows around when we first started out, and it was shows like The Young Ones that cut through all of that, but then of course there had been Monty Python. One of the problems nowadays is that TV isn't always a common experience and therefore audiences are much smaller. I think nowadays there's a lot more younger people on TV.
Q. OmNom: I grew up in the eighties, and you and Dawn French were brilliant role models for young women - funny, clever, confident, attractive but not in a way that defined your public personae.
Would you say you're a feminist? And do you think there was something about the DIY, punk-influenced ethos of the eighties that was particularly liberating for women like you? Or was it the same old seething mass of prejudice underneath a thin veneer of radicalism?
A. Jennifer Saunders: Crikey!! <Reaches for dictionary> growing up in the seventies, I wouldn't have called myself a feminist because we got the tail-end of the women's lib and strident feminists of the day, and I think that put a lot of young girls off. But I think now I definitely would call myself a feminist, and I think feminism is being revived in a very great way, and I would encourage my girls to think of themselves as feminists. The irony is that when we started out our career, Dawn and I were part of a group of men, and I think it would have been a lot harder if we were on our own. Ironically, we were supported by men. I think there's been a huge regression, certainly in the TV world, in how women are allowed to be represented on TV. There is a kind of view that women are allowed to be on if they're somehow linked to, attached to or with a man, and that single strong-minded women aren't really what's called for, which is why female comedians who are a little bit different find it hard. Men are expected to be weird and crazy but if a woman does that she's considered actually mad.
Q. Mimstar: I loved your cameo in Friends, really funny. What current TV Show would you love to appear in?
A. Jennifer Saunders: I'd love to be on The Great British Bake Off. I'd love to be in Girls... I wouldn't even have to be in the show, just hang out. I'd love to be in The Killing –or any Danish drama involving murder. I'd like to be in a murder show. If you're going to be serious you have to be really serious... Like death. I'd like to play a psychopath!
Q. midwifeandmum: How were your birthing experiences?
A. Jennifer Saunders: I had three children and each was different. The first one I prepared for massively - I went to classes, I sat cross-legged with hippies in Hampstead and discussed the eating of the placenta. I prepared my bag with the correct music, candles, clothing changes and massage oils, but when it actually came to it the only thing I used was the lip-salve! She was born in about eight hours straight in hospital using gas and air, that would be my drug of choice.
My second one I had at home and it was a bit longer and a bit more painful. And the third one I started at home, but she refused to come out so I had to go to hospital where I had an epidural and more gas and air! They got longer and longer, the idea of them getting easier is nonsense! The third one I screamed so loud that the other children asked if there was a dragon in the house <does lovely dragon impression>
Q. hairtwiddler: Who do you think are the best up and coming female comedians/writers?
A. Jennifer Saunders: Beattie Edmondson is a brilliant comedian, incredibly funny, a wonderful writer and actress. She works with two others called The Birthday Girls. If they're gigging with you - catch them!
Q. CanCanSal: As you ARE famous, whether or not that was your intention at the beginning, is there anything about being famous that you do/don't enjoy in particular? And, have your opinions of fame changed over the years and as you have got older?
A. Jennifer Saunders: I think that the idea of fame is very different now to what it was when I started out. I think I probably did want to become famous, because I think everyone has a fantasy about being a rockstar or a famous actress or something like that. I didn't go into the job I was doing thinking I was going to be famous, because I didn't know if it would last more than six months. I basically love doing my job and making people laugh, and being famous has its good points <thinks hard... fails>. Disadvantages... the lack of places I can go and just have a good old stare, because it's very disconcerting if they're staring back. I have to go abroad.
Q. BewitchedBotheredandBewildered: Who makes you laugh the most?
A. Jennifer Saunders: Well... My father used to make us laugh a lot, and even though he's no longer with us we still tell his jokes a lot.
Q. Gigglesworth: I heard it's something a lot of celebs do, so I was wondering whether you have ever Googled yourself? Or read comments on YouTube where people have uploaded clips of your shows? If you were to come across negative feedback, how would you take it?
A. Jennifer Saunders: I have Googled myself to see what comes up. Often if you're researching photos, you go back and you find things you weren't expecting. For the book I went back to look at photos of me in the eighties. I try not to Google myself. I don't know - it's quite depressing sometimes. I have looked at clips on Youtube. I started looking at clips of Ab Fab and I found myself missing it terrible, that's the worst thing. I don't read a lot of comments because criticism because you either don't like it or you get cross...
Q. YouTheCat: Out of all the Comic Strip series, which was your favourite?
A. Jennifer Saunders: I think one of my favourites is The Beat Generation because when we made it we didn't know what we were doing but it seemed to be quite weird and enjoyable.
Q. gussiegrips: Dawn French is a knitter, I know that because I have knitting books written by her. Did you two knit together, or was she simply annoying with the constant click-click-click?
A. Jennifer Saunders: She's always annoying, especially when she's click-click-clicking. I can honestly say I have never seen her knit anything. She once had a book called Big Knits in the eighties, and I can assure you she didn't knit any of it. The only clicking in our relationship is of my knees.... Still available on Amazon... Five star reviews!
Q. Icelollycraving: Do you still wear a turban when dodging Dawn at home?
A. Jennifer Saunders: I'm wearing one now. It's a very useful accessory on a bad hair day. I learnt all I know about wearing turbans from Joan Collins.
Q. morethanpotatoprints: What was it like filming Bad News? Can you remember that far back and had you and Dawn worked together much before this?
A. Jennifer Saunders: Dawn and I had been working together for at least two years before Bad News and we all had live work in the comic strip.
Q. Badgerous: Did you ever come up against competitive parenting and how did you deal with it?
A. Jennifer Saunders: You come across it at school gates often and it's generally from people you don't know very well. I try to avoid talking to any other mothers at all costs at all times. The ones that annoyed me the most were the ones who blamed the children, the small toddlers, for the fact that they had been late to school. That sometime, a four-year-old hadn't got himself dressed and to school on time! It's attention-seeking parenting I don't like I think.
Q. Rebecca879294: You have worked with Helena Bonham Carter back in the 'Hospital' episode of Ab Fab. I was wondering, would you like to work with her again in the future?
A. Jennifer Saunders: Yes I would love to! I meet her all the time and beg to be in any of the award-winning stuff she's in... Not the shit though! The award winning stuff.
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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — In honor of "Cow Appreciation Day," Chick-fil-A is offering their customers free entrees, but there's a catch.
In order to be awarded your free meal, you must show up to any participating store, and be wearing "cowlike" attire.
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Himes visits Huntington businesses
Congressman Jim Himes (D-4) visited Huntington Center on Thursday to talk to some of the businesses that are still without power.
The entire area lost power during the storm and about half of the businesses got power back late Wednesday, while the other half was still in the dark.
Himes offered his support to businesses that may need federal assistance in the wake of the storm.
Huntington Paint and Wallpaper was still without power but employees were there working.
"It hurts business horribly," employee Jerry Mariano said of losing power.
Beechwood Market was one business that had power restored Wednesday night.
"Our distributor is in New York City, their computers are down and they have no power," Market Owner Kevin Scanlon said.
Beechwood Market lost power for five days during Irene. This time, they were better prepared. They donated all their perishable items, which were picked up by Shelton firefighters, to be given to Spooner House, to stock local fire stations and the Senior Center, which was used as a temporary shelter.
"It's great it went to good use," he said. "Last year all that stuff went in the dumpster."
Thanks to a generator, the store was able to save its deli meats, so that was still available to customers this week, along with rotisserie chickens and some dairy and produce. They were running deals on Thursday, to attract customers back in.
They lost many customers, due to the extended power outage caused by Irene. It may be Monday before the store's distributor can deliver, allowing the store to re-stock.
Earlier Thursday, Himes was in Bridgeport with Gov. Dannel Malloy and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, visiting with state and local officials to assess the damage in the area.
Thursday morning, elected officials spoke with President Barack Obama on a phone call while they were all inside of Housatonic Community College.
"This declaration will bring much-needed financial assistance to residents who were impacted by Hurricane Sandy," Gov. Dannel Malloy said in a press release. "But it is critical to note that you must register with FEMA to begin the process of accessing possible federal assistance. We will continue to work to get the rest of the counties in the state declared."
FEMA was praised for the response following "Superstorm" Sandy that pounded the east coast. They're taking "a proactive approach to response," Napolitano told members of the press.
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal encouraged residents to go online, or find a place where you can go online to apply for FEMA assistance — disasterassistance.gov.
"The federal government has learned a lot from these disasters," said Blumenthal, adding that he thinks it shows with how it is responding to storm Sandy.
When Hurricane Katrina hit the southeast in 2005, FEMA was looked at as a bad four-letter word, said U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman.
"I want to give a shout-out to you [Secretary Napolitano] and the Department of Homeland Security," Lieberman said. "Today, in Connecticut, FEMA is a four-letter word for help."
Everyone stressed safety first.
"There are still people out there sightseeing," said Himes, and that is putting them and emergency responders at risk. FEMA is setting up locations in the state to help out, but people who cannot get to the Internet may call 800-621-3362, he said. The line is open seven days a week, from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
In the coming days, state officials and FEMA will be conducting damage assessments to determine if additional counties may be eligible for assistance.


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Kickers SS17 Footwear Collection
Iconic footwear brand Kickers are heading back to their roots for the new season. Founded in 1970, Kickers are re-envisioning their classic story for the Spring Summer 2017 collection, presenting a remastered view on the brand's roots as the original footwear for denim, and its history in music with a range of styles.
The Kickers SS17 men's collection features contemporary and casual silhouettes, all of which reference the brand's rich heritage, with modern materials and combination uppers providing a fresh look for the season. The collection provides a varied colour palette and details from the brand's DNA, which offers some real understated flair that's synonymous with Kickers.
With the change in season, naturally there's some new additions to the range, but you'll still find all the classic Kickers styles with the iconic bold and chunky look of Kickers – not forgetting the trademark fleurette.
Our favourite in the collection is the Men's Kymbo Lace for £80. The stylish men's Derby shoe comes in either Tan or a Grey suede upper, with a contrast colour sole. Perfect for those days where you need to make it from the office to the pub, this casual shoe is a classic staple everyone needs in their collection.
The Men's Kymbo Mocc for £90 is also back for SS17 in a lighter weight waxed suede upper. Pair up with a casual tee and some slim fit jeans, and this casual Chukka ankle boot is similarly a style you can build your new season wardrobe around.
The whole Kickers SS17 collection is available now over at the Kickers Website.


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Damian Marley, was born on July 21, 1978 in Kingston, Jamaica, and is the youngest male child of reggae legend Bob Marley, and the only child born to Marley and Cindy Breakspeare, the Miss World 1976. Damian's
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The Xbox One is a fine machine, but it's nothing compared to what it was supposed to be. Reluctant backtrack after reluctant backtrack has left us a box that does a shadow of what it might have done. And with a new Kinect-free Xbox One bundle, Microsoft is fully burying those dreams and all but spitting on the grave.
This day has been coming ever since Kinect
kinection connection ceased to be mandatory. A Kinect-free bundle that can do direct battle with the £350 PS4 has been in the cards from the get-go. The question was how soon, whether Microsoft could hold course long enough to make make the Kinect really matter before changing its tune. The answer seems to be "soon" and "nope" respectively.
No, this isn't actually a decision to abandon Kinect. Not on its face, anyway. We had the chance to talk to Phil Spencer, the head of Microsoft's Xbox division, who framed the new bundle as a much more practical, consumer-friendly decision. "It's about giving consumers choice at retail" he told me "and not a long-term change in direction." The Kinect lives on! Microsoft's plans for continuing and more advanced camera and voice integration for the Xbox One aren't changing!
BUT. But but but! They will. Oh they will. "The choice that gamers make going forward will change the future" Spencer told me, and it's not hard to see what that choice is going to be: The cheaper one. The one without the extra dohickey that could be great and cool but isn't yet and now probably never will be. And rightly so; A Kinect is not worth £100 (we're guessing that's what it will be priced at when a stand-alone is available this Autumn).
That's the problem with the Kinect—with the Xbox One on the whole; it's not fully formed. The launch Xbox One had its fair share of jank, but the glimmers of awesomeness that got through were revelatory, and the Kinect is/was a cornerstone of the Star-Trek-computer future the Xbox could have made real. It's really impressive hardware that hadn't been put to use right just yet.
If Microsoft had managed to wait until the Kinect was fully-baked, or at least £100-baked before pulling it out of the box, maybe there would be hope. That they couldn't—or wouldn't—given that £350 PS4s are flying off shelves makes it understandable if still a bummer. As it stands, opting for the Kinect is basically just giving Microsoft money in hopes they won't throw it away. That's not something any customer should be asked to do. Sure, you'll be able to buy a stand-alone Kinect later if you really want one, but by then it'll already be too late.
By offering gamers an option right now, before the Kinect is ready to walk briskly much less run, Microsoft is setting it up for a faceplant, and at the same time grooming the excuse that Well, it's just not what the gamers wanted. And no, of course it's not. Because it never got the chance to be.


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October 02, 2014 13:36 ET | Source: GAWMiners
BLOOMFIELD, Conn., Oct. 2, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via PRWEB – Bitcoin miners were excited to find a sudden surge in profitability after a major announcement by leading cryptocurrency hardware provider, GAWMiners. The announcement detailed the company's plans to offer a free path to upgrade its legacy customers to the company's revolutionary new bitcoin product, Hashlet Prime.
Hashlet Prime stands as the company's latest flagship product, leading its Hashlet family of bitcoin miners which took the cryptocurrency industry by storm earlier this summer generating over $12M in sales within weeks of release. Boasting features such as zero pool fees, upgradeability, access to the most profitable pool in the world, and the ability to mine multiple algorithms, Hashlet Prime is widely considered the most powerful bitcoin mining product in the world.
While Hashlet was in development, undergoing months of R&D, hundreds of GAWMiners' customers purchased millions of dollars worth of its previous flagship product, The Vaultbreaker which broke records this June when it launched. Since then, Hashlet Prime was announced while Vaultbreaker orders were still being fulfilled, CEO Josh Garza announced that the company would honor all requests to upgrade Vaultbreaker customers to the latest Hashlet Primes, which command over 5x the price pound-for-pound. Instead of having to pay thousands for an upgrade, Vaultbreaker customers were given the choice to do so for free.
via Savvy Bitcoin Users Earn Over $8M in 3-Months with Major 536% ROI Upgrade.


text: The Terminator TV show, the Sarah Connor Chronicles, has already added Shirley Manson and Busy Phillips to its cast, but perhaps the coolest bit of casting is yet to come. Stephanie Jacobsen, who played the druggie officer Kendra Shaw in the Battlestar Galactica TV movie "Razor," is coming to Sarah Connor as another resistance fighter from the future. And it sounds as though she and Derek Reese (Brian Austin Green) are going to be, ummm... comparing battle tactics together. A lot. [EW]


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by Mike Roew via laist.com
When the Metro's new Crenshaw/LAX line opens in summer 2020, riders will travel through a 1.3-mile-long art project celebrating Los Angeles' African-American achievement.
"Destination Crenshaw" is set to break ground in early 2019, and will flank the route along Crenshaw Boulevard. Renderings were released earlier this month.
"The hope," Councilman Marqueece Harris-Dawson said, "is that [people] understand that L.A., among other things, is quintessentially a black city. In the same way that it's a Latino city, in the same way it's a Jewish city, in the same way that it's a Japanese city. The stories of black people in this town are central to what this town is, and what it continues to develop into."
Harris-Dawson called Destination Crenshaw an "open-air museum" that is set to feature monuments, art, park space, and other cultural experiences celebrating black Los Angeles. It'll be one of the first stops for people taking the Metro from LAX, with clear views of the surrounding art.
The inspiration for the project was the Crenshaw Wall, Harris-Dawson said. That's the massive graffiti project that already stands in Crenshaw, which Harris-Dawson wants to see restored and enhanced.
"But also many of our artists that are in this community have art that you have to travel outside South L.A. to see," Harris-Dawson said. "We wanted to create a space for them to show their work in their own neighborhoods."
An open call went out for artists earlier this year, but another is planned for 2019.
The space will have more than 125 spots for art, according to Harris-Dawson, including 3D art, street art, fine art, and more. The art will tell stories curated by the project's historian.
Even the parks will be part of telling the story.
"There may be a [play structure] there that may spell out the words, 'say it loud,'" Harris-Dawson said. "So that's a way in which, as a park, it is a functional tool, but it tells a story about political protest, and community confrontation, and African-American music in a direct way."
Harris-Dawson hopes Destination Crenshaw will help bring back creative businesses and boost the local economy. "African-American culture is consumed by the world, in every corner of the world, but African-American neighborhoods have not necessarily been able to take advantage of that," Harris-Dawson said.
"Whether it's streetware and street fashion that is largely generated by young people in the Crenshaw neighborhood — they make a sneaker popular, and then you have to go to Melrose to get the sneaker. And the same is true for all forms of art," he said.
Destination Crenshaw is set to open in spring 2020. They also have a public kickoff event planned for Feb. 8, 2019, where they hope to reveal a couple of the key artists contributing to the project, according to Harris-Dawson.
Here's a promotional video from earlier this year:


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- Type Villa
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- Province Madrid
- Country Spain
- Status For Sale
- Reference ID 361874
- Price € €575,000
- Bedrooms 5
- Bathrooms 4
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- Swimming Pool Yes
- Built Area M2 336
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Villa of 336 m2 built surface distributed in two floors, attic and a basement with garage in La Berzosa residential area.~The plot has 1.626 sq m and includes a very well maintained garden with automatic irrigation and drip.~The main porch that gives access to the house is made of wood and stone.~The ground floor is a large open space with cream marble floor distributed in various rooms. In one of them, we find an impressive iron fireplace framed by fifteenth-century wooden gargoyles. The dining area communicates with a back porch overlooking the mountain. The independent kitchen is white and with plenty of natural light; The toilet has two cupboards.~~The first floor is paved in high quality parquet flooring. The master bedroom has a dressing area and a bathroom. The other two bedrooms are double and spacious with large fitted wardrobes and share the second bathroom on this floor. In the hall, we find of modern style wooden staircase that takes us to an attic set up as a bedroom and study zone with great shelves and storage areas.~~In the basement we access a garage for 2 cars and storage room, natural stone bathroom and a single bedroom.~~On the plot there is enough space to build a swimming pool. However, La Berzosa Sports Club is a 5-minute walk away, with two swimming pools, tennis and paddle courts and a social club. The price of the house includes a package of shares that give right to be a member of the club. Http://www.clublaberzosa.es~~Double glazed windows, heating by propane gas or city gas, with no air conditioning.~8 minutes from the direct intercity bus stop to Moncloa.~There is an alarm and 24 hour surveillance in the residential area.~
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pptPlex – free software for teachers in February
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Some Free February Appy-ness with a new piece of free software for teachers from Microsoft every day in February. Many of these items are unknown heroes, but they all share two things in common: 1) They are useful for teachers or students and 2) they are free.
pptPlex is an Office Labs experiment that uses Plex technology to give you the power to zoom in and out of slide sections and move directly between slides that are not sequential in your presentation. It's good for teaching, as it allows you to move around your prepared presentation without having to go from slide 1 to slide 2 to slide 3 etc. So you can arrange your content into sections, and move between sections.
The other thing that is important is that you can share your PowerPoint with people that aren't using pptPlex – and they just see a normal PowerPoint presentation. This means it's ideal for teachers who want to share it with students, but allow themselves more flexibility in classroom presentation. It's ideal where your lesson doesn't fit a straight sequential flow, as it's a very different way to present/teach.
Although Microsoft aren't actively developing or supporting it any further, based on popular demand we're keeping the download available for anyone who might have missed it. pptPlex is a research prototype developed as an exploration of an alternative method of presenting Microsoft Office PowerPoint slides. This plug-in allows you to arrange slides on a canvas then zoom between the slides during the presentation. You can move around the canvas and show groups of slides, individual slides, or even zoom in to show a particular section of a slide. You can use pptPlex can help you organize and present information in a non-linear fashion.
Personally, I've found that although it is tricky to understand the concept to start with (because we've been conditioned to the idea that presentations start with slide 1 and finish at the end), it can be incredibly rewarding to use, especially if you tend to tell stories rather than deliver slides, and also if you have highly graphical content.
Where can I find out how to use it?
There's an excellent video on YouTube from Alessio Bernardelli, who teaches in Cwmbran in South Wales, (see below) that shows you how to use it, from start to finish, in 4 minutes:
Alessio has also written a blog post describing how he uses it in history teaching, on the Teachers blog.
There are plenty of other demonstration/tutorial videos for pptPlex on YouTube – one of my favourites is this one, which shows you that you can embed live documents – Word, PDF and Excel spreadsheets – into your presentation.
Where do I get pptPlex from?
You can download the free pptPlex add-in from the Microsoft official Downloads website. It works with PowerPoint 2010 and 2007.
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Industry experts agree that now is the right time for a change – away from static structures towards a dynamic provision of applications.
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I feel like a wounded animal. I feel like I am slowly bleeding out.
I remember being pregnant and dairy products with dates stamped on it past my due date.. how thrilling that was. Today I pulled out strong cheese for the kids and it was stamped with a date past the one year anniversary of her death. .
Today seeing that sent a chill right through me. In a few months I will be done with all the firsts without her.. and just onto the rest of time.. Holiday after holiday.. one less.. Day after day being incomplete. I wonder if one day I will get used to it? Adjust to this new life of mine..
without her.
Because right now its a lot like a phantom limb. Like I go to stand on the life I was had only to fall down since its no longer there. I still call the other kids by her name and automatically include a living her in my day.. Like that phantom itch I have read about.. that you can almost feel the missing limb. ..I can and do for moments simply forget she is gone.
Then it hits so much harder.
The kids played dress up today. I couldn't help but be happy that Charlotte wanted the dresses more than the batman costume.. I watched her and mourned for the girl I will never know. The Charlotte with 2 big brothers and a big sister. I imagined how we would pick Jennifer up from school with Charlotte in a princess costume because she would want one to elicit the big smiles from her big sister. How Jennifer would have ran over to her and showed her off to her friends. . Then I forced myself to stop.. because even though she was really here at one time. She isn't anymore.. those un-memories are simply fantasies.
I day dream about day to day things.. about folding laundry for 4 kids instead of just 3.. the little moments and memories we have lost. The things I complained about.. I miss so terribly.
It rained just a little today. The kids had a great time running on the grass together.. Even got in a lick fight.. don't ask me.. They thought it was hilarious and who am I to judge! I took lots of pictures… watched them through the lens of my camera because it somehow protected me.. Able to zoom in on them one by one.. allowing me to forget about the one that should be there.
The girl that loved jumping in puddles.
Our MNO event was great. I feel like I should be riding that high.. But Im not. I want to curl up.. To shut down. I want to cry all day..
well no
What I really want is to be planning her birthday with her here.. not trying to figure out where to go and what to do. I am calling places trying to scramble to get a place to take the kids for the days leading up to her birthday. I am choking on the words telling strangers what I am looking for and why. Seeing if they have any condos for rent.
I guess I should explain. . I know money was donated to our family to help us find a way to save her.. it didn't .. we couldn't. So we used it to start Unravel and now we are using some to try to save us. I thought I knew how hard rebuilding us would be.. I had no idea. No clue how broken our hearts could be but still keep beating.
So that generously donated money is now helping save us..
thank you
I wish there was no need. I wish I was bitching about how expensive kids parties are nowadays.. I wish for anything but this.. anything but one of my babies being gone.
But thats just another one of my fantasies.. Instead I will look through my pictures – Already thinking about the ones of her in the rain and puddles.. how will I choose? – I will go through them all and cry and long for those memories to engulf me tonight..
Give me enough to limp through another day..
without you.
..until there is a cure..


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From Abigail Amelia Adams Smith to Abigail Smith Adams, 21 August 1801
New-York, Aug. 21, 1801
My dear Mamma:
Our city has sustained a very great loss in the death of Dr. Bailey. As health officer, he was obliged to reside upon Staten Island, to which the sick from the vessels that came in were carried, and the hospitals have been crowded all summer with the Irish emigrants; he has taken the fever from them, and was only ill four or five days. He has not left his equal as a physician most certainly in the city of New-York. All those whom he attended as a physician, will sincerely mourn his fate.
Our State Government is acting a second part to the Jeffersonian administration. The council of appointment have determined that no person shall be appointed to, or retain an office, whose political sentiments are not of their own side of the question, and are turning out rapidly. [. . .] and his party are sunk into the insignificance they merit. I confess it would have mortified me more, to have seen them triumphant, than even the present state of affairs. [. . .] And [. . .] may keep up an intercourse, and may perhaps form a coalition against the next election.
For my part, I think those persons much the happiest who take no part in public life, and are not dependant upon the favour of any of them; for I believe their duplicity is equal to any of their other amiable qualities. The uncertain honours are a miserable compensation for the sacrifice of time and talents, which if properly applied, would render the individual happily independent.
Present my duty to my father. I am rejoiced to hear he enjoys his health.
I am affectionately, / Your daughter,
A. Smith
Printed Source--Journal and correspondence of Miss Adams. Edited by Caroline A. S. De Windt (New York, 1841-1842)..