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A portrait of my friend Alain for painting practice. Trying to get more accustomed to some of Kyle T Webster's Photoshop brushes. I'm really loving the dry brush and various ink brushes. I recently downloaded Kyle's watercolour brush set as well, that I'm starting to play around with as well. You can see some of the watercolour used to mask some bits here or add pink to the skin.

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The Future of STEM: Our Young Members
Each year the Academy welcomes hundreds of Young Members (aged 13-18) from around the world via our Global STEM Alliance mentoring and education programs. Our Young Members are an incredibly diverse group of innovators, explorers and problem-solvers, united by a shared curiosity about the universe and a strong commitment to changing the world through STEM.
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Students aged 13-18 who are accepted into the programs below will automatically become Young Members of the New York Academy of Sciences, entitling them to a digital Membership badge, free access to selected Academy content, and a complimentary year of Student/Postdoc Membership when they turn 18. To find out more or apply to one of our STEM Education programs for teens, click on one of the links below…


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Enhancing Student Performance
The school is committed to achieving the best possible standards of attainment and achievement for our learners regardless of background, gender or academic ability.
Pedagogical Principles
The four core principles of the new Donaldson curriculum resonate across the both the school and lessons. We see effective, targeted use of assessment data by teachers in order to plan for quality pupil learning experiences. Formative assessment is prevalent in lessons and across our assessment structures as a whole. A mastery approach in curricula focuses on the delivery of skills in keys stage three ensuring pastoral and performance outcomes in key stage four and five. Teachers are supported in their own professional learning through well planned coordinated career development pathways and through the provision of support that is backed by research. The new professional teaching standards inform, guide and enrich performance management.
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We lead collaborative working within and across the school that has a clear focus on impact for pupil learning. Pupils are encouraged to learn from each other in the classroom through carefully planned collaborative teaching strategies. Cross curricula groups are based on pedagogical principles and encourage a shared understanding of teaching and learning. The use of IRIS is widespread across the school and enables us to create a 'best practice' hub for all areas of school practice – classroom teaching, wider pupil activities, extracurricular activities, staff professional learning. The idea of collaboration is further explored as our staff and learner Digital Leaders play a critical role in the implementation of the Digital Competence Framework.


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"Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'."
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning
What is the most basic human need? Maslow's famous hierarchy of needs has been a popular answer to this question. Beyond the basic physiological requirements of nutrition and sleep, Maslow held that a sense of safety and security is our most basic need. I argue that this is simply not the case; rather, Individuals may flourish in the most dangerous and unforgiving environments; likewise, those in the safest and most secure environments may experience a great deal of despair. If a sense of safety and security is not the most fundamental human need, what is? I believe the answer is the need to be needed.
What is this need to be needed? It is an individual's sense of significance; the feeling that they have a community, group, or individual…
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text: Aviva Romm is a respected doctor and midwife, focusing her practice on women and children's health, rooted in years of experience with birth, pediatrics, and botanical medicine. Her work with the community was recognized and honored by Yale University, where Aviva studied and participated in designing the first integrative medicine curriculum. Her book Naturally Healthy Babies and Children is a source of knowledge, empowerment, and comfort in our lives. Aviva highlights the mind-body connection and emphasizes the importance of balanced nutrition, happiness, security, and love, for our children's well-being. She also includes great and accesible herbal remedies, as well as information on resorting to synthetic medicine when needed. This book sits on my bedside.


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Do Supplements Really Help?
Here is yet another article informing us that taking pills will not solve our problems. Even the highly touted fish oil, the one that to my knowledge no one has ever said anything negative about, appears to be ineffective against preventing heart disease if it is already established, or if you are at really high risk. Here is the money quote, in my opinion:
The results do show that people can't rely on a pill to make up for a bad diet, she said.
"It is sort of like breaking a fish oil capsule over a hot fudge sundae and expecting the effect of the calories and saturated fat to go away," she said.
We've gone through this in the past, with vitamin c and e, where when people eat diets high in these vitamins, they have less disease and greater health, but the same health benefits don't apply to taking those vitamins in pill form. You can't eat a poor diet and expect pills to make up the difference, and as far as we can tell, pills don't have the same effect as the substance does in food.
Having said all this, I do take some supplements. Some I think do help, although it could be the placebo effect. I also eat a very healthy diet. As I've mentioned before, I have a strong genetic predisposition to heart disease, so I am doing an experiment of 1 to see if I can counteract that with diet and exercise. I experiment with supplements on three criteria- Is there any scientific evidence supporting their claims? Is it expensive? Is there any possibility of harm? Most I've dropped, as I see no difference. The joint supplements do seem to help, so those I continue. And yes, I do fish oil, along with my healthy diet, as it does no harm and is inexpensive.


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The 2010 edition of the Federal Reserve's survey of household balance sheets, the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF), will soon be published. NAHB Economics will take a detailed look at the data at that time, but the Fed has given us a glimpse of the headline findings in a new bulletin paper.
The major headline is that median net worth for the typical American family fell nearly 40% from 2007 to 2010.
This finding illustrates two major points about the Great Recession. First, unlike other recessions, the fallout from this cycle took the form of a balance sheet recession, which requires a much longer time period for recovery, as the housing industry knows well. Second, the housing price declines took a major toll on housing net worth, traditionally the most important source of wealth for middle class families.
It is worth noting that the data come from 2010, and as we have been reporting, household balance sheets have in fact recovered a great deal between 2010 and today. We expect household deleveraging to continue into 2013, and as that process comes to its conclusion, unlocked pent-up housing demand will help support the emerging recovery in housing.
Additionally, it is worth noting that the 2010 Fed data indicate that in addition to housing price declines, financial asset price declines hurt household net worth. However, unlike housing, there has been significant, and quick, recoveries for stock prices. For example, since the beginning of 2010, the S&P 500 index is up more than 15%. This is obviously not the case for housing prices, and highlights the importance of housing policy issues during the 2012 presidential election campaign and the years ahead—particularly the importance of avoiding policies that would further weaken house prices.
For the housing community, specific findings of interest from the 2010 SCF, compared to the 2007 edition, include:
- Median family net worth fell from $126,400 to $77,300 (39%)
- In percentage terms, the largest declines in median net worth were for those in the 60th to 80th percent income class (middle class), whose net worth fell 40%
- Classified by age of head of household, those in the 35 to 44 age class experienced the largest declines in net worth (54%), followed by those 45 to 54 (39%), 55 to 64 (32%), and less than 35 (25%)
- The median homeowner's net worth fell from $246,000 to $174,500 (29%), while the median renter's net worth fell from $5,400 to $5,100 (6%)
- Across age groups, the value of primary residences fell the greatest in percentage terms for the youngest homeowners: those 35 and under saw a 23% median decline, followed by 21% for those aged 65 to 74 and 35 to 44


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Song (beautiful) Climbing Mountains, Chasing Dreams by Susan Boyle
Susan's story, amazing, can touch and give anyone (yes anyone) hope and inspiration!
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All of my life I have watched you
Climbing mountains, chasing dreams
All of my life you gave me everything
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Just say you love me as I am, say you want me as I am
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Looking for the best workplaces for women? The website Comparably, which monitors compensation and culture within organizations, asked women to vote for the top companies to work for. One of the organizations that made the list was GoDaddy, a winner of our 2015 Top Companies for Women Technologists program, which recognizes workplaces where women technologists can thrive. GoDaddy also made our 2016 and 2017 Top Companies Change Alliance.
"[Former GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving] made a very dedicated and concerted effort both internally and publicly to dramatically change the GoDaddy culture and specifically move as far away from their sexist past," said Comparably's CEO Jason Nazar. Blake spoke about creating change within GoDaddy during his keynote speech at the 2015 Grace Hopper Celebration, earning him a standing ovation.
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The Grand Falls Minor Hockey Association had its beginning in the Kin-Legion Minor Hockey Committee, which operated minor hockey in Grand Falls under the auspices of the Kinsmen Branch No.12 of the Royal Canadian Legion.
In 1966, it was decided to open the way or the expansion of minor hockey in Grand Falls and interested citizens were invited to participate. At that time there were approximately 200 boys in the organization which was run by about 10 men. At the Annual Meeting on Sept 16, 1966, eight men were present and five of these composed the executive committee.
From that time onward the organization progressed by leaps and bounds as was shown by the increases made in the registration of minor hockey players, the recruitment of personnel, such as coaches and referees, and the over-whelming support from citizens and business firms of Grand Falls......
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The recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES) was awash with WiFi players bustling for attention. Turkish WiFi mesh specialist AirTies boasted new operator trials, Comcast an-nounced the deployment of new WiFi software, Linksys unveiled a tri-band router package, and Chinese manufacturer TP-Link entered the market with a double product launch.
This year will be one of significant growth for carrier-controlled WiFi, as more and more operators begin to adopt the array of systems now available, particularly the various mesh networking technologies that have emerged in the past couple of years; and as consumer awareness is heightened still further by a new generation of retail offerings, such as Google's recently launched WiFi Home Gateway.
Wireless Watch's sister service, Faultline Online Reporter, met with AirTies for a catch-up at CES. It has undergone a transformation over the past year, stopping its retail operations to focus on its operator customer base. AirTies boasts more than 50 active trials, with a mix of operators across Europe and the US, which are testing its powerline-backhauled mesh technology, as the company hopes to bulk up a customer base that most recently added another major name in Frontier Communications.
AirTies said Frontier's legacy gateways were simply too old to support the mesh networking technologies, which is why the US telco bundled it into the Frontier Secure broadband offering, rather than opting for the full mesh capabilities.
Operators such as Frontier are reselling a $144 double mesh system from AirTies which works on multiple layers of WiFi, most suited for better streaming of HD video and gam-ing in a 2,000 square-foot home (1,000 square foot per AP).
Mesh retail offerings such as Google WiFi, on the other hand, are essentially 'me too' products, but Google's system sets a bar for how WiFi will be increasingly controlled by the smartphone – a precedent for the smart home market within the IoT ecosystem.
Comcast made a pledge last week, stating that software allowing both the consumer and help desk to control how WiFi is operating in the home, will roll out to 15m Xfinity users by the end of 2017.
TP-Link unveiled two Deco M5 Routers in Las Vegas, one with Powerline and one with-out. The Deco M5 Router with Powerline uses the home's existing electrical wiring, but the Chinese firm has not revealed which standard this is using – whether it is HomePlug Alliance or its rival HomeGrid Forum (backers of G.hn).
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I was out for an early morning kayak ride. I was passing by one of the neighboring islands when I heard a ruckus in the sky. Two adult terns were flying in low circles, shrieking as they flew. I decided to paddle a little closer to see if I could figure out what all the fuss was about. I knew that not too far from the island was a protected nesting area for terns. Perhaps one was wounded or in distress. As I rounded the bend, sure enough, I spotted a young tern standing on a rock near the island. He was shivering and repeatedly shrieking back at the adult birds circling around him. I couldn't tell if he was injured or not. As I paddled closer, the shrieking of the adult terns only crescendoed. Clearly, this was their young tern and he was in some kind of trouble. At least he seemed to be in a secure place there on the small rock.
I might point out that seeing (and hearing) terns out there on the water, was not the least bit unusual for me. A few summers ago, I had been out on a similar voyage when I first started hearing what sounded like the raucous calls of hundreds of birds. As I paddled toward the sound, I eventually realized it was coming from a channel marker, just north of Ironsides Island. As I got closer, I realized that I was, indeed, hearing the sound of hundreds of birds. When I had almost reached the channel marker, I had apparently crossed some magical tern comfort zone line because suddenly the entire flock flew up off of the channel marker, en masse, and soared right over my head, screeching loudly as they did. I had the sense they were not at all pleased with me, and that I had just given new meaning to "angry birds".
I backed a little ways off and watched as they swirled around in the air for a few moments, but then all quickly settled back on the channel marker. Apparently, those hundreds of terns were calling Channel Marker 180 home. I later learned that several "tern houses", similar to Channel Marker 180 had been built by volunteers for nesting. I guess one good tern (house) deserves another.
I was, of course, curious about who these volunteers were, and why they would spend their time building tern houses on channel markers. I was somewhat surprised to hear that terns are actually on the "threatened" list in New York State. That means terns are considered, "a native species, likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future in New York." I was not at all surprised when I discovered that the whole tern-key operation was another project taken on by Save The River and TILT (the Thousand Islands Land Trust).
Terns are graceful water fowl that are closely related to seagulls. The terns on the channel markers are "common terns" which is the most widespread tern in North America. It is a medium-sized white or light gray tern with a black cap, white under parts, white wings with dark tips, and a long, deeply forked tail. The average common tern is 13-16 inches in length and has a wingspan of about 31 inches. Like many of the other water fowl on the River, terns are aerial fish feeders. They can be seen plunging into water to catch small fish. They make harsh, single-note calls, which sound all the harsher when they are being disturbed by a kayaker in the middle of the main channel.
Terns are migratory birds that winter on the southern Atlantic Coast, to as far south as Ecuador and Brazil, and return to their northern breeding territory from late April to mid-May. These colonies may contain
several hundred to several thousand birds. Though most of the common terns in New York nest on Long Island, some breed on small natural or artificial islands (like channel markers) in the Great Lakes and the River.
But, tern-ing my attention back to the situation at hand, the young tern's temporary reprieve came to an abrupt end when one of the waves from a passing ship washed the little bird off of the rock and sucked him out into the River. I was horrified. I was trying to keep my own boat stable, as the waves passed, but paddled alongside the struggling tern trying to figure out if there was anything I could do to help. At first, I thought maybe I could nudge him gently back toward shore and perhaps help him get back on the rock. I gently reached out the paddle and touched the little bird and to my surprise, instead of moving away from the paddle, he hopped up on it. I lifted it up out of the water and the two of us stared curiously at each other. "Hello!" I said to the tern. He cocked his head and seemed very content there on my paddle. However, this raised a new dilemma.
If you have never tried to navigate a kayak with a soggy tern sitting on the end of your paddle, I have to tell you that it has its own very unique set of challenges. For starters, the waves were washing me toward the island, and there was no way to paddle to avoid a crash landing. And the tern was clearly in no hurry to leave. So, I very carefully lifted the paddle up over the bow of the kayak and tried to see if the tern might be willing to temporarily relocate. To my relief, he hopped off of the paddle and onto the bow just in time for me to be able to pull back from the shore, before the inevitable bump. Once again, the tern and I stared at each other. "Now what, little bird?" I asked. I thought that perhaps I could drop my precious cargo on shore.
I pulled the bow right up to a branch he could have easily hopped to. But it was clear that the little tern was perfectly content where he was, and had no intention of disembarking. At that point, I had no idea what to do. Perhaps try a more inviting location on the island? I backed away from the island, and I and my little hood ornament proceeded to take a ride along the shoreline. I noticed that he was starting to dry out in the morning sun, and actually looked a little more perky.
Meanwhile, the adult terns were beside themselves, diving down toward my boat as they continued to shriek. The little tern answered back but did not seem overly concerned about his present circumstances. I was starting to wonder how this little adventure was going to end, when suddenly another wave hit the kayak and the little tern was thrown back into the River. The aerial terns shrieked, I shrieked, and the young tern shrieked.
I couldn't think of anything else to do but try to pick him up again with the paddle. I lifted him partially out of the water when, to everyone's delight, he lifted off of the paddle and flew into the sky! He joined the adult terns circling in the sky above me briefly before falling back into the water, but this time he knew what to do. In a few moments, he took off again and the three of them flew off together. My morning adventure had taken a dramatic tern for the best which concluded with a very happy ending.
What a lovely morning, I thought to myself. I had not only helped to save a little tern, but the whole experience also reminded me of one of my very favorite passages of encouragement and hope: "The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth. He never grows weak or weary... He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless. Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion. But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint" (Is. 40:28-31).
There will be tough times each of us will occasionally have to go through, when even our family and friends can't help us. It may feel as though the waves of difficulties might wash us away. Thankfully, if we cry out to him for help, God has promised to carry us safely through the storms, and then enable us to soar once again, maybe even higher than before.
I wonder if the tern will recognize me when I'm out there again and he is soaring overhead. It would be lovely if he ever decided to stop in for a visit. We could go for a little paddle ride together again, just one good tern for another.
In the early 1900s, the common tern was almost wiped out, but thanks to protective legislation in 1918, they made a comeback in the 1920s and 1930s. Today, the common tern is once again considered a threatened species, in New York State, due to a loss of natural habitat and competition for nesting sites with sea gulls, according to the state DEC. Fortunately for the common terns, some private and public conservation organizations and concerned volunteers have started taking action through annual census and construction of tern houses and gull enclosures to protect their nests.
Here at the River, Save The River and TILT have formed a cooperative effort, in conjunction with Dr. Lee Harper, of Riveredge Associates, to monitor Common Tern nesting areas on the River. But beyond mere monitoring, they have taken action to hopefully once again get the Common Tern taken off of the threatened list. Part of their work involves organizing volunteers each year to participate in the annual Common Tern exclusion grid installation.
The Tern Program originated in the late nineties and works to monitor nesting Common Terns annually, to assess the population. Additionally, volunteers participate in habitat restoration initiatives such as grid installation, placing nest boxes and chick shelters on nesting sites and adding gravel to areas, to make suitable and safe nesting habitat for terns. All of these efforts have helped to increase tern populations on the St. Lawrence River.
In 2014, TI Life author, John Peach, wrote about the Common Tern Project and noted that: "In spite of all the challenges thrown up by Mother Nature and population encroachment, the Common Tern is making an amazing comeback in the St Lawrence River region."
In 2015, in a follow-up article he wrote: "These management efforts have been successful. In 2014, the average nesting productivity of tern colonies (downstream of Ogdensburg) was double that recorded in 2013 and approximately equal to the long term average."
You might say that the situation of the Common Tern here at the River has taken a tern for best!
By Patricia Mondore
Patty Mondore and her husband, Bob, are summer residents of the Thousand Islands. Patty is a published author and a singer/song writer. Her most recent books include "River Reflections: A 90-Day Devotional for People Who Love the Water" and its two sequels, "Nature Reflections" and "A Bird Lover's Reflections", and "A Good Paddling". She and Bob co-authored "Singer Castle" and "Singer Castle Revisited" published by Arcadia Publishing, and co-produced "Dark Island's Castle of Mysteries" documentary DVD, in addition to a Thousand Islands music DVD trilogy. Patty is a contributing writer for the "Thousand Islands Sun." Her column, "River-Lations", appears in the Vacationer, throughout the summer months. She is planning on a spring release of a new book, River-Lations Revisited". The Mondores are online at www.gold-mountain.com. (PS: Be sure to also visit Bob Mondore's singercastle.blogspot.com). The Mondores are online at www.gold-mountain.com.
Patty Mondore and her husband, Bob, are summer residents of the Thousand Islands. Patty is a published author and a singer/song writer. Her most recent books include "River Reflections: A 90-Day Devotional for People Who Love the Water" and its two sequels, "Nature Reflections" and "A Bird Lover's Reflections", and "A Good Paddling". She and Bob co-authored "Singer Castle" and "Singer Castle Revisited" published by Arcadia Publishing, and co-produced "Dark Island's Castle of Mysteries" documentary DVD, in addition to a Thousand Islands music DVD trilogy. Patty is a contributing writer for the "Thousand Islands Sun." Her column, "River-Lations", appears in the Vacationer, throughout the summer months. She is planning on a spring release of a new book, River-Lations Revisited". The Mondores are online at www.gold-mountain.com. (PS: Be sure to also visit Bob Mondore's singercastle.blogspot.com). The Mondores are online at www.gold-mountain.com.
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Being an artist doesn't mean you have to be rigid to college textbooks rules. Being creative should never be forced :)
That is the main reason why I am in love with mixed media art. Focusing on bright colors and experimenting with different media allows me to explore creative textures.
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South Park: Stick of Truth – Full Review
Further to my previous post, I have now finished South Park: Stick of Truth. Hence, for your reading pleasure, here is a review. Freshly baked, may contain nuts. I will start off by saying that this game is fantastic, funny, but not without its flaws. I won't dawdle (what a great word) on the points I made before – instead you can read all of the new and exciting opinions that I have concocted whilst playing the 11 hour campaign!
Let us begin with the story. It's pretty much what you would expect from South Park – starts off all innocent, and then becomes something much bigger. The story isn't going to leave you scouring the internet for tinfoil theories, or make you sit back in your chair and respire a "wow", but it's South Park, and you're getting what you've paid for. It will, however, make you squee at the epicness of some scenes, and, importantly, laugh out loud. This is without a doubt one of the funniest games that I have ever played – up there with the likes of Portal, Borderlands or Fallout. The humour is, obviously, somewhat controversial, but what would you expect from a South Park game? One aspect of the story that was lovely to see – without giving away any spoilers – is the fact that throughout the entire game, the children of South Park are just LARPing (look it up), despite the madness that is going on around them. I'm reminded of past South Park episodes such as "Towelie", "Lil' Crime Stoppers" and the more recent "Black Friday Trilogy" – episodes in which something much larger than the children is at stake, but they just continue playing their games, somewhat apathetic to what is going on around them. The main body of the story beautifully incorporates a classic fantasy tale intertwined with the goings on about town: a unique blend of genres that makes Stick of Truth a one of a kind game. The ending, whilst epic in places, did feel a bit rushed at times, with no real reveal as to what actually happens to the game's main antagonists. But overall, if this were an episode of South Park, it would be up there with the greats, and at the end of the day, isn't that all we really want from this game? Well, kind of: "what about gameplay?" I hear you cry from your computing chairs. Well, on to that now!
As stated in my "Initial Thoughts" review, the game has you wandering around a sandbox style map, engaging in turn based RPG fights. The map itself is a fair size, with a couple of new areas opening up as you journey through the game (the visit to the kingdom to the north was absolutely brilliant #nospoilers). You often find yourself returning to areas that you have already explored, but with new enemies popping up and new out-of-combat abilities unlocked, there is always that teeny bit more to do. There is the option to fast travel which, when crossing over the entire map, does help – but the map is relitvely easy to traverse on foot, and interesting, so I rarely found myself using it. Still, it's nice to have the option. Thoughtful. The town of South Park also has a lot of explorable buildings too – buildings that contain loot and goodies and hilarious people to listen to and fart on. In fact, your first hour or so of the game will probably consist of going around opening everybody's garages and seeing what you can steal.
Combat is initiated by hitting (or being hit by) an enemy in the over world: unlike classic JRPGs of yore, Stick of Truth features no 'random encounters'. Unfortunately, combat gives very limited XP, but considering I reached the maximum level cap of 15 quite a bit before the game's climax, I can kind of understand why. When engaged in battle, you are taken to the combat screen. As mentioned, the battle system revolves around turn based combat. Generally it will go you, your buddy (more on that in a bit), then enemy A, B, C etc. However if you think that you can just lay back in your chair and apathetically press 'A', boy oh boy are you wrong. Stick of Truth's combat system requires you to be on the ball. When an enemy attacks you, you have the option to execute a perfectly timed block and counter attack. When attacking, you must engage in a quick time event to perform your move correctly. This could be as simple as pressing 'X' at a specific time, to inputting Guitar Hero-style commands. Whilst fun at first, it soon grows quite tedious, as QTEs often do. I got very bored of wiggling the L-stick on my controller…and usually I love wiggling my stick! Throughout the majority of the game, during combat, you have a 'buddy'. Whilst each buddy is unique and offers a different approach to battle, I found myself sticking with the same ones – Butters is good early game, with Kyle and Cartman being your go-tos later on. Kenny is pretty good all around (and revives if he is killed!), whilst Stan and Jimmy are both very average. Your character as two weapons – ranged and melee – which you can customise to inflict elemental damage, syphon life or penetrate armour. He also has at his disposal class specific abilities. These are the only things that really separate one class from another, and whilst I used my thief's backstab ability countless times at the beginning of the game, by the end my melee attack was so OP that I just stuck with that. Your other method of attacking is, surprise surprise, farts. Farts, however, require mana. Mana requires specific items. As a result, I never really felt the need to faff around with this, and didn't utilise my farts to their full potential. Heh. You can also acquire summonable characters. There are four of these, and each one instantly defeats all enemies that you're currently fighting. However they cannot be used against bosses, and can only be used once per in-game day. Whilst funny to see for the first time, their limited use is only really beneficial if you just want to end a battle quickly. 'Normal' enemies are also relatively easy to defeat, and I never really felt threatened enough to use a summon.
Goodness, I have exceeded 1000 words. I should wrap this up.
A final note on collectables and replay value. If you're an achievement hunter, you're going to want to play through this game several times, or at least have multiple save files. Apart from that, there isn't really much reason to replay Stick of Truth, asides from the fact that it's a fun game. Once you complete the main story, which isn't too long, you do enter a free roam of the map…but I'm not too sure how much you would get out of this as there isn't too much additional stuff to do. There are 30 Chinpokomon to collect and 120 Facebook friends to find, but you will probably grab most of these as you play through the story anyway. A note of caution, however – despite the game giving you freedom to continue playing after you finish, there are many areas that become inaccessible, meaning if you missed a piece of loot or a Chinpokomon, you're screwed. This happened to me. 29/30 Chinpokomon, which meant only 119/120 Facebook friends (you get one as a reward). As expected, I am very upset and am seeking counselling, m'kay.
All in all, Stick of Truth is not only a faithful adaptation of a great series, but also wonderfully incorporates key RPG elements, making it a fun, hilarious and thoroughly enjoyable game. The campaign does only last 11 or so hours, so if you can afford to wait to play then I would maybe suggest holding off until it comes down in price. And take your time. There's no point in blitzing through. Whilst no DLC has been formally announced, there is an option for it on the main menu…so fingers crossed that the developers are concocting a new story for us to tackle, and aren't just going to release some shitty alternate costumes…!


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COLUMBIA, South Carolina (CNN) - Here's a quick look at what's making political news in South Carolina this morning:
Former Sen. Fred Thompson campaigns along the coast on Tuesday - the same day he is set to officially receive the endorsement of the National Right to Life Committee. Thompson will first speak at The Citadel in Charleston and then make a campaign stop this afternoon at NASCAR Cafe in Myrtle Beach.
At The Citadel, Thompson will call for expanding the military to one million ground troops, according to the AP.
Sen. John McCain said in Beaufort on Monday that he will lead the country into a new era of optimism ... just like Ronald Reagan did.
Rudy Giuliani's campaign says they'll be just fine without South Carolina.
Mitt Romney's campaign takes issue with that.
And Romney may use Dr. Richard Land's name in campaign speeches, but Land wants people to know he is not endorsing Romney.
Aaron Gould Sheinin looks at John Edwards' chances to win the primary state he won in 2004, and how his South Carolina hopes may rest on another state - Iowa.
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Beauty Tips and Tricks at Home – Doing some makeup, and washing your face is not the only way to keep your face beautiful and dazzling. The makeup is only the outer layer that you need to do that to your face, and to therefore to enhance the facial beauty, you need to do something more, which is the face preservation. The face preservation is one of the beauty tips and tricks at home, something more from the makeup do since they applied the basic need to your face, which is keeping them tight and fresh, and that is much more important rather than only applying makeup.
Easy And Simple Beauty Tips and Tricks at Home
Beauty is the kind of thing that you will get after hard work, pain, even blood. That is why beauty is always correlated with sacrifice and pain since they truly are. The pain here conducts the routine harshly and you can't break even a single routine every day to make your face beautiful and shining. The trick is not an expensive skincare item, but the consistency itself. The expensive skincare item will be proven worthless if you can't manage your beauty and keep your routine every day. Here are some beauty tips and tricks at home to go through if you want to get beauty.
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Wash your face after you go out
Doing some work, or even just strolling in the street will inflict some damage to your skin and so you need to prevent them from happening. The skin is very sensitive and thus you need to protect them from inflicting more damage and breaking your very skin face. And to prevent them is to wash your face with any face soap that you have since any kind of soap will do. The point is to make your face sebum free and oil-free, therefore, you will have a healthier face.
Apply the face mask
The face mask is extremely important for your face since they give you the nutrient that your face needs. the face mask has several varying traits, such as removing the oil, removing the black dots, closing the pores, or restoring vitality and sooth your skin face. There is a lot of face mask that you can have in, and all you need to do is just to pick one.
Apply exfoliation
Exfoliation is the method of opening your face pores and extracting the dirt from your face. This is very beneficial for your face as it will remove any kind of dirt that your face has, and make your face cleaner and soother. The exfoliation can be conducted by exposing your face to the hot vapor such as the water fumes.
Those are several beauty tips and tricks at home that you can do. You can have several tips for your beautiful face here beauty tips and tricks. I hope those tricks will help!


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In some criminal cases, the police officer may decide that physically arresting you is unnecessary. Instead of putting you through the booking process, the police might simply issue a desk appearance ticket (DAT) to you. Basically, this is a summons that permits you to go home and return on a certain date to see the judge and go through the arraignment process.
Although this may seem like a simple process that you can handle, you may still consider having a Brooklyn desk appearance ticket lawyer present. A lawyer who understands this process and the criminal laws regarding your case will ensure your best interests are met. Going home does not erase the fact that the DAT is still considered an arrest for a crime, even minor ones.
Crimes That May Warrant a DAT
The officer who arrives at the scene of the alleged crime has sole discretion to either physically arrest you or simply issue a DAT. Typically, he or she determines of the crime warrants a full arrest and booking.
If you do not have a criminal history, it is possible that you will not have to go to jail immediately. There are also different crimes, particularly non-felony and no human victim, that are considered for a DAT.
Some of these crimes may include:
• Criminal mischief
• Petit larceny
• Possession of marijuana
• Property damage and vandalism
• Shoplifting
What to Do after Receiving a DAT
Once the arresting police officer has completed a majority of the paperwork that is required for a physical arrest, you will receive the desk appearance ticket. Keep this document because it provides all the details you need to know about the next phase of your criminal case. It lists the date and time you need to appear in court for the arraignment.
The arraignment is not a criminal trial. Rather, it is a hearing where you are informed of the charges brought against you. During this procedure, you enter your plea and request bail. If you hire a DAT lawyer, he or she can make an argument for bail on your behalf.
Your arraignment date cannot be missed. If you do not appear, there will be a bench warrant issued for your immediate arrest.
How to Expect Your Case to Proceed
The only difference between receiving a DAT and being booked is you are allowed to go home instead of remaining in custody while you wait for the date and time of your arraignment. After the arraignment, your criminal case proceeds as normal. Generally, it is handled in Brooklyn's criminal court.
Be prepared to respond during the arraignment. Speaking with a brooklyn criminal defense lawyer before the required date will prepare you. He or she will review the facts in your case and recommend how you should plea. Circumstances surrounding the case that could factor into what happened are equally important.
If you decide to plead guilty, the prosecutor might be willing to offer a lighter sentence in exchange for your admission. In some cases, the prosecutor might change the charges to a lesser offense. This will avoid pursuing the case any further.
However, by pleading guilty, you surrender your right to defend the charges against you in a jury trial. If you decide to plead not guilty, you will have an opportunity to avoid being convicted. Being able to introduce reasonable doubt or successfully proving affirmative defenses may keep you from serving jail time.
Before the arraignment, you and your criminal defense lawyer will go over your options and decide on the most favorable outcome for your case.
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6 Little Known, Yet Useful Gmail Tips
Are you a power Gmail user? If not, these 6 little known, yet useful Gmail tips can get you on the road to being a power Gmail user today!
- Import your contacts from Outlook, Thunderbird or Yahoo! Mail to Gmail. Don't spend your entire weekend trying to copy your contacts over from another program or service! Just export your contacts as a .csv file and upload to Gmail. You can upload up to 3,000 contacts at a time. Here's a detailed how-to on importing contacts using this method.
- Use the vacation responder to automatically send messages to contacts. You do not have to be on vacation in order to use the vacation responder. If I am facing a deadline and too busy to talk, I will set up my vacation responder to let people know that I appreciate their email and I will get back to them within a certain timeframe. This sets the expectation for them that I am not ignoring them and I will get back to them soon. My co-workers, family and friends appreciate it. You could also use the vacation responder to send "update" messages while you are away on vacation – change the message and let people know how much fun you are having!
- Save time when sending messages to groups by creating groups in your contacts list. Stop typing in the first few letters of the name or email address of 20 different people that you send those neat and crazy forwards to every day! Just create a group called "Forwards" and add them to the group. Now, you can just type "Forwards" and Gmail will do the rest. Check out the details for specific instructions on how to create groups within Gmail contacts.
- Mute conversations that are either out of hand or you aren't interested in. My family and friends "group email" each other all day, every day. Sometimes, the topic is nothing I want to talk about or have an interest in, so pressing "m" on my keyboard allows me to mute the conversation. All subsequent emails are automatically archived, and search-able by searching for "is:muted". Filters still apply and you can unmute a conversation if you want to join in later.
- Update your Web Clips to show your favorite RSS feeds and news clips right above your Gmail inbox. Gmail has many options available under the Settings menu, but you can add your own urls, too. The clips are shown randomly, and they are also clickable, so you can visit a blog directly from your email inbox or read up on some interesting news without typing in the URL everytime.
- Create filters with multiple actions, to save time and keep your inbox clear. You have several options available to you, so use them! Coupled with the label system, you can create all types of filters that will make it easier to manage your incoming and existing mail. And you can also modify Gmail filters if you find it necessary.
- Download Gmail Cheat Sheet to learn and master keyboard shortcuts. You might be surprised how much faster you can get while working on Gmail if you use shorcuts. You can download printable one page long Gmail cheat sheet from here. 10 Essential Cheat Sheets To Download Read More .
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New Study Sheds Light on Energy Sector's Responses to Extreme Weather Events
By Anika Terton, Jo-Ellen Parry, Christian Ledwell, March 28, 2016
How was the energy sector in Canada affected by recent extreme weather events? How prepared was the sector to address these impacts?
These questions were the focus of our recent case study examining risks related to extreme climate events faced by the energy sector in the Upper and Lower Souris River Watershed in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
The study looked to gain a better understanding of the energy sector's exposure, sensitivity, and recent responses to extreme weather events, with the goal of informing industry and government efforts to make climate variability part of their current and future risk management strategies.
Oilfield equipment pumping water during the 2011 flood in Weyburn, Saskatchewan. (Photo credit: D. Pattyson)
Past, present and future extreme climate events in the Souris River Watershed
The energy sector has long been an important part of the economy of the Souris River Basin, located at the intersection of southeastern Saskatchewan, southwestern Manitoba, and North Dakota.
Activity in the sector expanded significantly in recent decades when specialized technology made it possible for companies to access oil located in impermeable shale beds (i.e., the Bakken Formation), and high oil prices made this exploration economically viable. However, in this same time period, the basin has also experienced a number of extreme weather events, ranging from droughts to excessive moisture and flood conditions.
Souris River Basin (Source: United States Geological Survey)
Precipitation levels in the region are highly variable on a yearly, seasonal and daily basis. The region experienced multiple extreme drought years in the 1930s, late 1950s, 1960s and 1980s, including an extended dry period between 1988 and 2001. More recently, the region has experienced a wet period marked by the unprecedented spring flood of 2011 that affected large parts of Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and was followed by significant summer flooding in 2014. These types of multi-year events typically have more impacts on a society than single-year events, and thus require different levels and types of adaptation measures be taken in response.
Analysis undertaken as part of the case study suggests that the Souris River Basin's climate will change significantly in the coming decades, which could pose major challenges for the local energy sector. On average it is projected that the region will be warmer for all seasons and that precipitation levels will increase except during the summer—with the greatest increases expected in the spring. In terms of projected extremes, the number of hot days in the summer months (those with temperatures greater than 30°C) will potentially increase by 140 per cent (more than six days) to more than 250 per cent (more than 15 days) compared to past decades. On the precipitation side, the number of 1-, 3- and 7-day precipitation extremes will also increase, likely by as much as 5 to 12 per cent.
How the Energy Sector Can Adapt
Historic weather and climate events can be motivators of change in industries, as they expose companies to potential risks to the workforce, potential public health and safety concerns, and lost revenue. Our interviews with energy sector professionals for the case study revealed that the main source of concern for the sector focused on ensuring access to operation sites, preventing environmental risks, and supplying power to consumers after the power has been generated (for example, via transmissions lines).
Energy sector companies appear to have weathered recent extreme climate events by applying a number of strategies and adjusting policies to build their adaptive capacity. The sector undertakes activities relevant to climate change adaptation, including asset management, internal risk assessment, updating health and safety plans and policies, and infrastructure upgrades. Additionally, industry representatives identified gaps in information and resources they would find valuable and useful for informing their internal decision-making processes. For instance, governments could support the energy sector's adaptation efforts by ensuring practitioners have access to quality climate data, such as the floodplain maps they need to inform their planning processes.
The study further showed that rural municipalities have been hardest hit during recent extreme climate events, particularly the floods of 2011 and 2014 when roads and bridges were damaged and closed, and culverts were washed out. In 2011, local states of emergency were declared in 70 Manitoba communities; 7,100 Manitobans were displaced and had to be provided with temporary housing. In southern Saskatchewan, flash flooding was experienced in Estevan, and more than 4,000 people along the Souris River were forced from their homes due to flooding. It became clear that rural municipalities within the Souris River Basin require additional resources, tools and information to build their capabilities to respond to and prepare for extreme weather events and climate change.
Importantly, oil and gas sector operations depend in part on community infrastructure—including electricity, water, transportation, and communication systems—to ensure their continued operations. The potential consequences of more frequent and severe extreme weather events due to climate change will exacerbate the already challenging job of sustaining communities in a tight fiscal environment. Responding to this risk will require greater cooperation with other jurisdictions, notably the provincial and federal governments. There is a need for improved climate projections and greater access to land use planning information for decision making and to allow for better adaptation planning in the face of the changing risks associated with extreme weather events.
The final report, "Risks to the Energy Sector Related to Extreme Climate Events" was published in March 2016. Funding was provided by Natural Resources Canada as part of their "Enhancing Competitiveness in a Changing Climate" program. In-kind funding was provided by the Saskatchewan Research Council, Environmental Systems Assessment Canada Ltd, SaskPower, the Governments of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, the International Institute for Sustainable Development and other project partners.


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Archpastoral Message of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah
November 2009
"For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them" (Ephesians 2:10).
Dearly Beloved in the Lord,
As I conclude my first year of service as Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, I have come to know and appreciate the sincere dedication that I have witnessed in our clergy and faithful throughout North America.
Ministry initiatives are an important part of the work of the Church at-large. An essential factor in carrying out these initiatives is the support of the Fellowship of Orthodox Stewards (FOS). For almost three decades the FOS has existed for the sole purpose of helping the Church minister to our youth, to young adults and college students, to our missionaries, to church school teachers and students, to pastors and lay leaders.
Over the past few years, this work has been limited due to severe funding restrictions. Nevertheless, the dedicated clergy and laity involved in these ministries, especially the chairs of our ministry departments, have continued to work diligently, motivated by their love for Christ and His Church. We now find our Church at the beginning of a new chapter in its history. We emerge from our past struggles with a greater sense of purpose and a deeper desire to define our vision and follow our mission. It is now time once again to turn in earnest to the key work of the Church, the work that was commanded by our Lord Jesus Christ Himself.
I invite you to join me as a supporter of the Fellowship of Orthodox Stewards so that our Church's ministry efforts can continue and flourish. With your gift, you will be a coworker with our Lord Jesus Christ as you support our Church's missionaries, church planters, youth workers, educators and humanitarian aid workers.
Your donations are restricted funds used exclusively to support the work of OCA ministries. Perhaps you would consider making the suggested $100.00 annual commitment to the FOS. However, we are grateful for whatever gift you can give.
I thank you, in advance, for your generous support of FOS. During the Holy Season of Preparation for our Lord's Nativity, may a prayerful spirit of joy, thanksgiving and selfless love fill your hearts.
Sincerely yours in Jesus Christ our Lord,
Archbishop of Washington
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Do you want to know more about the decorative arts at Hill-Stead?
Hill-Stead's Decorative Arts Study Group is a members-based group that was formed to focus on the museum's many extraordinary examples of what are often called the "minor arts" – furniture, textiles, ivory, metalwork and the host of other items that today might fall under the description "interior decoration." The Decorative Arts Study Group brings noted speakers to the museum for a focused look at Hill-Stead's decorative arts treasures.
- Curious about the beautiful frames around the Monets?
- Interested in the museum's clocks?
- Do you want to know more about the celadon porcelain in the dining room?
- The list goes on, and the programs do, too!
View a list of upcoming Decorative Arts Study Group Events>
Scholars and experts, we welcome inquiries about presentations related to our collections. For more information, please contact Melanie Bourbeau, email@example.com.
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We are currently not adding new members. The DASG will be discontinued in 2020. Please stay tuned for details on a revamped program.
Past Decorative Arts Study Group Programs
All About Silver
In 2017, the Decorative Arts Study Group (DASG) presented Exotic Brews and Splendid Silver, a lecture by Jennifer Pittman from Rago Arts & Auction Center. Ms. Pitman traced the history of silver tea and coffee wares from their introduction through the 20th century and highlighted the works of the most preeminent English and American silversmiths. She also introduced an understanding of silver hallmarks. Ms. Pitman, a 20-year auction professional and previous Head of Christie's Silver Department, conducted on-site appraisals for those in attendance.
An Evening at The O'Rourkery with Rabbit Goody
Textile historian Rabbit Goody of Thistle Hill Weavers joined the DASG at Theodate Pope Riddle's first home in Farmington, which she called The O'Rourkery. After a tour of the home, Ms. Goody shared a program about Colonial and Colonial Revival fabrics
Life and Entertaining in Theodate's World, April 29, 2016
Theodate Pope Riddle mastered the art of spectacular entertaining for her many illustrious guests at Hill-Stead. Kevin McNamara of KPM, Arts & Antiques, gave a taste of this era in the museum's dining room.
The Art and Science of Painted Wood-Grain Finishes, October 20, 2015
An illustrated talk by Connecticut Artisan Tim Eaton, followed by a hands-on demonstration of various techniques, and an up-close look at the wood-grain painting Hill-Stead's period rooms.
A lecture by Lee Glazer, Associate Curator at the Smithsonian's Freer Gallery.
A joint program with Wadsworth Atheneum's Decorative Arts Council.


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On Tuesday, we introduced you to Dani's latest romantic suspense release, Shattered, from Bethany House. Today we learn more about Dani the author.
1) Have you always wanted to be an author? If not, what made you decide to write, and how long have you been at it?
I have always loved daydreaming and making up stories. I dabbled with creative writing growing up, but set it aside. It wasn't until after the birth of my youngest daughter and a bout with a serious illness that I really felt God stirring me to start writing again.
I started slowly. I spent a lot of time simply reading novels, seeing how they worked, and analyzing why I fell in love with certain characters and not others. I attended writing conferences, joined a writer's group and devoted regular time to writing. I was also blessed with an amazing mentor who really shepherded me in the craft and writing life. I wrote for close to seven years from the very initial thought of 'I think I'll try and write a novel' to receiving my first contract.
2) Have you ever had a funny experience connected with being an author? For instance, has someone ever overheard you discussing the merits of one murder weapon over another or caught you shooting at a can of gasoline to see if you could make it explode?
Absolutely. I was flying back from an ACFW conference with a fellow romantic suspense writer and friend. We were brainstorming about the best way to keep someone captive in your home without your neighbors becoming suspicious. We carried on for well over an hour before we noticed people were staring at us, and then it hit. We laughed and tried to assure everyone it was okay—we were writers brainstorming stories. They smiled, but I don't think they all bought it. I think several were expecting to see us on the news.
That's funny! I wish I could have have been there to see their reactions!
3) What do you love about being a writer, and what do you like the least?
I love so many aspects of being a writer—developing characters, creating story worlds, brainstorming with my editors, seeing the stories turn into books on the shelves, and most especially, connecting with readers. What I like least are deadlines, but it's good I have them or I'd tinker forever.
4) Are you a plotter, a pantser, or a combination?
I always say I'm a panster, but I'm starting to believe I'm a combination. I have a general premise in mind, an idea of where I want the story to end, and who my main characters are before I sit down, but I don't fill out an outline or scene-by-scene cards. I don't fill out character sketches or interviews. I just let the ideas rumble around in my head a bit, do some research, let the story percolate and then sit down and start writing.
I work the same way.
5) What do your kids think about your being a writer?
I think they really enjoy that I write, but at the same time, it's got to be a little strange being a romantic suspense author's kid. My oldest is an adult and my "baby" is only months away from becoming an adult so the following won't sound quite as horrific, hopefully J It's not unusual for a topic of conversation around our house to be about the best way to dispose of a body, or how decomposed a body would be after a certain amount of time. My girls also help with proofreading, brainstorming, and everything in between. I'm very blessed!
6) Do you like to listen to music when you write?
I would love to listen to music while I write, but I find it too distracting. I end up typing the lyrics.
I'm exactly the same way. Whether or not it has lyrics, I listen to music too actively for it to stay in the background. I also like what you said in your Tuesday post -- I had no idea you'd be talking about music earlier when I asked this question -- but it definitely sets the mood and evokes emotion.
7) Writing is a sedentary occupation. What do you do for exercise?
My favorite form of exercise is hiking, but any type of walk outdoors is great. We have an elliptical and stationary bike for rainy and especially cold days.
8) Do you have any pets? Do you own them, or they you?
We have a Black Labrador who thinks he's a lap dog, a miniature dachshund who thinks she's a lion and a goldfish named Freddie. Our Lab, Jack, definitely owns me. He's the sweetest thing ever.
Thank you, Dani, for visiting us on The Borrowed Book!
Readers, make sure to stop by tomorrow and participate in our drawing. One lucky person will win a copy of Dani's new release, Shattered.


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I finally got a chance to see Laika's latest stop motion masterpiece "ParaNorman" yesterday, in 3D, and I have to say I was not disappointed! I do have one observation though...did I just watch a stop motion Silent Hill?! We've got the cursed, overly religious towns folk...the burned alive, innocent child who goes all "Grudge" in the afterlife...the white screens...the burn-aways (in place of the rotting landscape as the sirens sound)...the similarities are glaring! Of course, Laika have cut back on their pissed off specter's bloody vengeance, as this needs to be at least a little safe for the kiddies, even though that is not the main concern of the film makers. Never the less, you won't find any razor wire sodomy in ParaNorman, but the 3D stop motion is unmatched! So...you know...it's a trade off.
Huckleberry Toys have released a series of static figures for ParaNorman with characters including Norman brushing his teeth, Norman fleeing the rising zombie terrors, Neil with his hockey mask, Alvin (pictured but not in the photoshoot as he was unavailable at the time), Zombie Judge Hopkins, Zombie John Henry, Zombie Thaddeus Glover & Zombie Amelia Wilcott. Each character comes on a little base with the zombies on their grave sites! We've also included the San Diego Comic-Con glow in the dark exclusives alongside their standard counterparts for comparison. The lot are available NOW and ParaNorman is creeping up theaters today, so grab all your friends and see the movie, then go buy some toys!!!
CLICK HERE to check out the rest of the ParaNorman photo set!
Monday, August 27, 2012
A Brief (very brief) History of ParaNorman Figures
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be a slave to (something)
be a slave to (something)
To be unduly influenced by or care too much about something; to spend too much or time or energy on something. Jeremy is a total slave to fashion. He can't leave the house without making sure every part of his outfit matches perfectly. I wish Sarah would relax a bit more over the weekend. She's a total slave to her job.
See also: slave
*slave to something
Fig. someone who is under the control of something; someone whose time or attention is controlled or "owned by" by something. (Fig. on being a slave to a person. *Typically: be ~; become ~.) Mary is a slave to her job. Bill is a slave to his drug addiction.
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Did you know hemp fibres make an incredible clothing material? Super durable, absorbent, and softening with wear, hemp clothing has many benefits and has been utilised as a material for thousands of years. We caught up with Sofia Tomkins, the founder of the eco-conscious clothing label, 'Lilla by Fia'. Sofia creates beautiful pieces using a blend of organic cotton and hemp which she then colours using natural dyes.
Read below:
What inspired you to start Lilla by Fia?
I visited a small village in Thailand named Pai where I learnt to dye with rocks and other various foliage. I was fascinated with the process and wanted to learn more.
I had already dabbled and experimented with natural dyes previously but I didn't really know what I was doing. The trip made me realise I wanted to create my own label focusing on ethical and conscious fashion. I then began experimenting with all sorts of dyes from coffee, tea, turmeric and rock just to name a few and that's when I fell in love with avocado seeds.
What made you decide to use Hemp as a primary material in your clothing?
As you know, hemp is the most sustainable fibre. The fibre is durable, absorbent and softens with wear. The fibre requires little water, limited pesticide and herbicides, and grows at a fast rate. Organic cotton is woven with hemp for a more comfortable and gentle feel. I wanted to create a label that gives back to Mother Nature.
How do you find working with hemp as a clothing material?
Hemp is a wonderful fibre to work with. The fibre is not only great to sew but it takes on the colour really well. The avocado seeds produce a soft dusty pink whereas the lentil dye is a soft plum shade. Both are similar in colour but have slight variations.
What are the advantages of using natural dyes and do you have any favourite natural products you use to produce the dyes?
This season for Autumn/Winter 2018 I am dying with lentils. Lentils produce a soft plum shade when used as a natural dye. I have used avocado seeds in previous collections as well. Both lentils and avocado seeds are a by-product which creates zero waste in the dye process. The benefits of natural dyeing is it won't harm the earth and is gentle on your skin. Most conventional dyes have harsh chemicals which run off into waterways contaminating drinking water and oceans. I dye the garments in batches on a small scale and use the dye bath once I have used the colour to water the garden.
"As you know, hemp is the most sustainable fibre. The fibre is durable, absorbent and softens with wear. The fibre requires little water, limited pesticide and herbicides, and grows at a fast rate."
Are there any downsides to using organic materials and dyes in your process?
Natural dyeing is a slow process and requires constant attention. I soak the lentils and heat the dye bath until it reaches boiling point. I then let the dye bath cool and submerge the garments which are soaked overnight and hung on the line to dry. The entire process takes 3 – 4 days that's just dyeing alone. This doesn't include cutting, sewing and finishing each garment. The entire process is long, the natural dye will never produce the same colour so every batch is unique. That's why we love it.
Lilla by Fia currently only produces clothes for women, do you plan on producing clothing for men at any stage?
I'm focusing on women's clothing at the moment but I have made a unisex t-shirt in the past. I would like to make menswear but it's just finding the time.
What does 2018 have in store for Lilla by Fia?
I want to focus on stocking Lilla garments in stores across Australia. That's the plan for now but who knows what the future may hold. Most of all I want to keep doing what I love.
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On Wednesday, Former House Speaker and presidential candidate Newt Gingrich blistered Republican consultant Karl Rove, saying Rove's new super PAC that was created to wage war against conservatives and Tea Party candidates in GOP primaries should be "repugnant" to every conservative and Republican.
Gingrich, in his weekly newsletter, writes of Rove, "no one person is smart enough nor do they have the moral right to buy nominations across the country" and that a "bunch of billionaires financing a boss to pick candidates in 50 states" is "the opposite of the Republican tradition of freedom and grassroots small town conservatism."
"That is the system of Tammany Hall and the Chicago machine," Gingrich writes.
Gingrich points out that, while Rove likes to point to Christine O'Donnell's 2010 loss in the Delaware Senate race as a reason for creating his super PAC, Rove-backed candidates in 2012 lost "winnable senate races in Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Florida."
"So in seven of the nine losing races, the Rove model has no candidate-based explanation for failure," Gingrich writes. "Handing millions to Washington based consultants to destroy the candidates they dislike and nominate the candidates they do like is an invitation to cronyism, favoritism and corruption."
Gingrich writes that it is "appalling how little some Republican consultants have learned from the 2012 defeat" and "even more disturbing how arrogant their plans for the future are."
He calls the system in which "smart" consultants design "strategy, spend the money and do the thinking" while the candidate raises money to pay the consultants a "terrible" way of doing things.
"Republicans need to drop the consultant-centric model and go back to a system in which candidates have to think and consultants are advisers and implementers but understand that the elected official is the one who has to represent the voters and make the key decisions," Gingrich writes.
He lambasts Stuart Stevens, the chief strategist of Mitt Romney's failed presidential campaign, for claiming the Republicans did not have a "140 character problem" in reference to social media and technology and downplaying how significantly Romney's poor campaign lost the "Latino-Asian" vote.
Gingrich writes that people should read Craig Shirley's histories of the 1976 and 1980 campaigns to discover a candidate — Reagan — who had core beliefs, knew why he was running, and knew what he wanted to accomplish.
The former House Speaker notes Shirley told him: "Commercial radio was a new technology in the early 1930′s and Reagan adapted to it. Talking movies were a new technology in the late 30′s and Reagan adapted to it. Network television was a new technology in the early 1950′s and Reagan adapted to it. If Reagan were alive today, he'd be tweeting."
Yet, when former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin pioneered the use of Twitter and Facebook after the 2008 election by using the emerging technologies to go over the heads of the mainstream media to get her message out to the public, the Republican establishment — and the mainstream media — ridiculed her instead of seeing her as a pioneer. Gingrich himself was also an early user of Twitter, embracing the new media platform. The Republican consulting class mocked Gingrich and Palin for "tweeting" or "twittering" then, and that failure of imagination partly explained why Republicans lagged far behind Democrats in technology during the 2012 cycle. Gingrich said Republicans were a "midlevel college football team" while the Democrats were an NFL team playing in the Super Bowl during the 2012 elections.
Gingrich writes that the battle between the establishment Republican consultants like Rove and Stevens and the grassroots, tech and culture-savvy conservatives representing the "21st" century model may be the most important battle within the GOP since Ronald Reagan and Jack Kemp challenged the establishment Rockefeller "pale pastel" wing of the party in the 1970s.


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One thing that really catches my eye about the Congressional interrogation of Hilliary Clinton is that apparently the Benghazi consulate asked for greater security no less than 600 times, but she claimed that the matter never reached her desk.
Now, of course, it's likely that when the Russians and Chinese release Hilliary's emails to the world, we're going to find that she indeed did hear about the matter, but let's take her at her word and assume this is in fact true. The State Department got no less than 600 requests, and not one of them got elevated beyond the people who were denying them. Never did the requester decide to go above the heads of the security professionals.
This indicates a huge issue in the State Department--people appear to be very able to keep unpolitic realities at bay there for huge amounts of time. To draw a picture, when I had colleagues at a former employer with a plan that would gut reliability testing, I did eventually bring people in at the VP level regarding the matter--and the offenders quickly left the company. If indeed this does not happen at the State Department, there is a reason--most likely that if you go above peoples' heads, retribution will be swift, severe, and even career-ending.
It's a bummer that we don't have independent auditors who could take a serious look at the culture there to see what's really going on. It would appear that there is some evidence that our government has a culture that could get a lot more than just four Americans killed, to put it mildly.
Monday, October 26, 2015
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Saturday: Sell me something!
Saturday started out with the dog getting me up at 4am. Apparently he had already gotten Michael up at 2am and Michael couldn't find his way back to the bedroom. i found him in the guest room. So Solo was up again at 6am but this time just to snuggle. And then was up at 7am. I did the litterbox and some other household stuff and then headed out the door.
I reversed my route today to even out the camber on my ankles. Which meant a big downhill on the way out to mile 2, and then that HORRIFIC HEADWIND down the canal to mile 4. By the time I turned off the canal for mile 4 uphill, the uphill felt easier than the wind. And mile 5 was rolling hills and back into the neighborhood.
Run: 6 miles / 1:10:50
Pile On The Miles for this week: 22
The rest of Saturday was spent picking up our Bountiful Basket (pears, apples, banana's, a pineapple, potatoes, lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, and some sort of melon) and then we looked at a house for sale that has caught my attention.
After that, it was time for a Pampered Chef party. I went in like most do, saying I don't really need anything. But walked out having ordered a small baker with lid and a micro-pot for the microwave.
Food Saturday:
Banana, Soup and Pringles, Protein Bar, Peach, Carrots, Pork Chop with carrots and broccoli, scone, tea.
Sunday brings SLOTH and Ironman Arizona!!!
Posted on November 18, 2012, in Food/Restaurants, Running, Shopping and tagged Childfree, Food, Pampered Chef, Running, Shopping. Bookmark the permalink. 3 Comments.
Hi there. I like the premise of your blog! I agree that a lot of people think its ok to start questioning your choice on kids – it would be funny if it wasn't so annoying! I have to go through some of the same and expect it to just keep getting worse! Anyway, good to know there are blogs willing to talk about this openly. 🙂
Loved your post this morning and was thinking of it as I pushed myself out the door for my own 6 mile run this morning. I really didn't want to go for a run but knew it needed to be done to prepare for my Gobble Jog 10k on Thanksgiving. It is amazing how good you feel when you're done! Thanks for providing some motivation by example!