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At this year's Sundance Film Festival, I was able to sit down with writer-director Andrea Arnold (Fish Tank, Red Road) for an extended interview about her adaptation of Wuthering Heights that stars James Howson, Kaya Scodelario, Steve Evets, and Nichola Burley. Here's the short synopsis:
"What would you do if you were denied your soulmate? The passionate tale of Heathclith and Cathy, two teenagers whose elemental love for each other creates a storm of vengeance. From Andrea Arnold, comes a new take on the classic, a startling vision of desire and obsession."
Like her previous films, Arnold has added a realistic take to the material, and it was one of my favorite films at Sundance. During the interview, Arnold talked about being at Sundance, how she got involved in the project, her writing process, having the film vary its aesthetic depending on the characters age, what she learned from showing the movie to friends, film vs. digital, what she has coming up, and a lot more. Hit the jump to read or listen to the interview.
As usual, I'm offering two ways to get the interview: you can either click here for the audio, or the full transcript is below. Also, I'm offering the teaser trailer and full synopsis first.
In a remote farmhouse on Yorkshire's nineteenth-century moors, Mr. Earnshaw brings home a wary biracial boy, whom he names Heathcliff. Adopted into the family under Christian values, Heathcliff's new presence is met with mixed feelings. Hindley, Earnshaw's teenaged son, treats him with contempt, while Catherine, Hindley's younger sister, embraces the outsider with curious warmth. An intense relationship begins to form between Heathcliff and Catherine as they play on the moor. Their pleasant days are brought to an abrupt end, however, with Mr. Earnshaw's death. Hindley takes control of the farm and drives Heathcliff away. Edgar, the son of a wealthy neighbouring family, courts Catherine in marriage. Torn between love and reason, Catherine's decision sets the three of them on a tragic course.
Collider: What does being at Sundance mean to you and when did you find out that you were getting in?
Andrea Arnold: This is my fourth time at Sundance. Every time I have been here, I think I have been here for very brief times. So every time it feels like a bit of a whirlwind. The first time I came was…my very first introduction to Sundance was doing the lab, which I did a few years ago now. I am just trying to think of when it was. It would have been 2005 maybe and that was before I had even been to the festival. So that was my first experience. It was doing the writer's lab with my Red Road script. And then I came when my short was showing, which was Wasp, at Sundance. Then I literally came for like one day with Wasp. Then I came with Red Road and it was again one or two days. So it feels really familiar and I feel like I know lots of people, but it is always like a bit of a whirlwind. I can't really describe it any other way.
Have you ever thought about staying here longer to see more movies?
Arnold: I don't know why it is but every single there seems to be a reason why I can't stay longer. I have a deadline for a script. So I just have to get back and work. I was working until late before I came here and I came here yesterday. So I got here last night. It has been 24 hours traveling. Oh, god, it was a long and busy day. I literally only packed the last minute on the night before. So I have almost not landed. But I am very happy to see that it is snowing because that makes it really feel like Sundance.
What is interesting about this particular film is that you premiered at TIFF I believe.
Arnold: No, in Venice.
My bad. But it is interesting though because it is very rare for a film to play multiple festivals in the way that your film is playing. What is like to have a film play so many festivals and was it your plan to do this? It's very rare for Sundance and TIFF to allow…
Arnold: Yeah, they want premieres mostly. But I think you get a very different audience at each of those festivals. So I don't think you get the same…I think doing an American festival is very different from doing the European festivals. Not a lot of people visit all those festivals When I come here I think that lots of people in the audience don't seem to know about the other festivals or that the film has screened there or they don't know too much about what has come before. This almost feels like the first time for them and I think for the audience anyway. I'm sure not for the industry people, but for the audience and the people that I have the Q&As with I get the sense that for them it feels quite fresh.
One hundred percent, but what I am trying to say is that it is very rare for a film to be allowed into all of the festivals.
Arnold: I don't even know about that. Is it?
Arnold: Well, I feel very honored then. [laughs]
How long was this project bubbling up inside you? How long had you known that this was something that you wanted to tackle?
Arnold: It had a sort of strange beginning really because I never ever in a million years thought I would do an adaption. In fact, I was very against them. I have always felt that the form was so different and that a book is such a very different thing to a film, and I have always believed in original screenplays. For the cinema you should be thinking in images and you should be thinking in a different way really to a book. So I never ever imagined that I would do an adaptation. But I got an email out of the blue saying if I would be interested in doing it. It has been a book that I have been really fascinated with and I just made a very instinctive decision to go with it even though it was in lots of ways something that I would not normally do. A lot of people were actually surprised that I did because I was in the middle of writing something else that was an original screenplay and it was my own thing. I was actually in the middle of doing that when I got offered this. I don't know, it was a mad instinctive decision.
Is this something that you have known for a long time? Was this something that you read a long time ago that connected you to another part in your life?
Arnold: Well, when I read this book I was probably in my early 20s or late teens, and that is a very kind of particular time. So I think you're right – it probably was some sort of connection to that part of my life. But also I really have had a lot of nature and that sort of visceral thing in my films and I felt that this was a film in which I could really explore that. I was going to be spending a couple of months on the moors, which is one of the main reasons why I wanted to do it. [laughs] I mean, there were lots of reasons. The thing is that I always think that even though those things seem like simple reasons for doing things actually have a lot of deep meaning in the reasons why you do things. I don't think you can question your instinct; you should always trust it. My instinct has usually been pretty good in the past. I often will make a sort of rash decision like that and leap in without really thinking what the journey might bring.
How are you with your first drafts? Are you the type of person where your eighth draft is your first draft?
Arnold: A little bit.
So you are constantly referring it?
Arnold: Everyone says that my first drafts are very far on, but this was a bit different because when I first came there was already a script. The script wasn't really a script that had my voice in it and I decided to rewrite the script in my own way. But because the team behind it had had it in development for quite a long time they were quite keen to go quite fast. So they wanted me to write it very fast. So I wrote my own draft of this in really a couple of months I think. It may be not even that. I never really did another draft. I did a few tweaks. So the whole thing was a very…for such a complicated book, it was mad really. I wrote a very fast draft, did a few tweaks, and then we filmed it.
Often times you'll have the script and then you get on set and due to whatever myriad of reasons things change such as locations or actors. How much was it between what you originally wrote and what I saw on the screen yesterday?
Arnold: I would say that it is quite close. I think the essence of what I had written…I tried to write something that was very visceral. The first thing I wrote was an outline that had words in it that made me feel each thing and made me feel each scene in a sort of visceral way, and then I sort of turned that into a script. I think the essence of that is in the film. I wouldn't say…it is funny because I think the second bit where they are older I felt very pushed around by the book. It was one of those things where the story becomes so sort of not exactly intricate but it has its own life, and it doesn't really matter what you do it with it. It kind of pushes you back and it definitely has its own life. I definitely felt pushed around by the story in the adult part of it. The first part of it I think is more me where I let myself roam a bit in my mind. I read in the book that they shared a bedroom and I thought, "Wow. That is interesting for two young teens to be sharing a bed in the bedroom. That is a very sensual thing, especially when they have this connection." So I wanted to see them in that room and in the bed, especially with the wind and the rain outside and this kind of bed that she has, which is like a little room in itself. I think in that bit I allowed myself…I was able to put more of myself into it and let my imagination go a little bit. But the second bit where they are adults – I was definitely more of a slave to the book, the story, and what needed to come out.
Watching the film, for me at least as an audience member, the beginning is very you. There is following people from behind and it is very free flowing. The aesthetic feels a little different than when they are older.
Arnold: I completely agree with you. The first part really is more me. The second part, as I said, I just felt more restricted because of the story having to be a certain way. I do wonder if that is little bit partly to do with me rushing the script and not really allowing myself the room to let those things kind of grow and sort of…
Do you think it also has to do with the fact that you're focusing on two young kids and two young teens? If you talk to young teens like that they have a different existence and they see the world differently. Everything is just different. When you are older everything is structured and you understand how life can beat you down. It is sort of that way in the movie.
Arnold: It's true. Also, Cathy's life is more ordered. She can't…they aren't roaming. They don't have that time. I'm sure most of us remember being a kid and you have all of this endless time where two weeks before Christmas feels like ten years. I used to go to bed to try and go to sleep to try and make it go faster. [laughs]
I was commenting to somebody the other day that a year has gone by from Sundance and I feel like I was just here the other day. That is what I am saying with your film. Are you the type to overshoot or are you the type where you are shooting just enough and you know exactly what you want?
Arnold: I've always had this fantasy about allowing…in fact the next film I am going to do I'm going to write a shorter script because I want to allow myself a bit more space. I think sometimes I've often worked so hard on the script and often my shoots tend to be quite short and things…with Wuthering Heights it was so tough. The location was so tough and there were lot of things. Although I think everyone knew it was going to be tough, no one predicted how tough it was going to be. I think we were quite slow and I think there was never…I never seem to get this situation where I think, "Yeah, I have this scene. Now how can we try this? Can we try it this way or that way or what if we did that?" I do that a little bit, but not very much. It's not as much as I would like. So my scripts are always…I always get quite close to my script because I work quite hard on them. But I never want to be sort of so close where I don't allow things to be loose if the possibility arises. But I still feel that I have never given myself enough space. So on my next film I am going to give myself more space by writing a short script. So I'll have the essence of the scene and I'll write it. It'll be kind of points and be all there but within that there will be some room for myself to explore a bit more. It's something that I have always wanted to do but never feel like I end up doing. Every time you get to make a film you get to explore or try something else and I want to keep learning and growing. I want to take risks and try things. So that is my plan for the next one – to write a shorter script.
What is like for you in the editing room? How long did it take to edit the film?
Arnold: I have an editor that I have worked with on three or four films and I trust him a lot, and he is a very good person. Each time we have had worked together we have had a slightly different process. We thought we would try to do this quite quickly. One of the things we like to do is sit and watch all of the rushes together and then I will talk away through the rushes with him. Then I will leave him to do a kind of first cut or first assembly. But we didn't do that on this because we were trying to hurry. I don't know why we felt that. We felt that we were going to try it a different way. I don't know why we got that idea. But that turned out to be a fool's gold or whatever the expression is. It wasn't a good thing to do. That ended up slowing us down I think. We ended up being a little bit less familiar with the material. We'll always go through everything. I don't know how long it was eventually. It was five or six months.
Who is the first person or the first people you show your movies to?
Arnold: When it is actually finished or when it is a rough cut?
When you want some feedback.
Arnold: When we are editing we have these screenings for financiers that sort of have to happen. But in amongst them what I do is I invite my friends, neighbors, and all of my toughest critics. I get them to come along and we get them to give us feedback because it is really good to have…you get so close to it and you do need some objective. Something you think people will fully understand and what you are trying to say but maybe it is not coming across. So it is quite good to have people say, "I don't understand why she gives him that feather at that point." You go, "Oh, I thought that was really clear." It's just that kind of thing. It's not like I am looking for anyone to sort of guide the process really. It is more about seeing what is understood and what is not understood. It is kind of quite practical in a way.
I have heard that before.
Arnold: It's a very good thing to do. Also, you do get a bit wrapped up in it and a bit close to it. So it's good to have some objective and it makes you think differently when you hear this.
Was there one note that you got where you said, "Yeah. That makes a ton of sense." and you actually changed something?
Arnold: In the script we didn't have the flashbacks of his youth. In my first draft I had a scene at the end where she appears as a child in his room at the end and it had a really emotional feeling to me. But then I cut it out because I felt that it wasn't being pure enough and I couldn't have this slightly ghostly image. It wasn't me and it didn't feel quite right, although it had given me a very emotional response. So when we were editing I kind of remembered that and thought there was something about keeping his childhood with him that would be powerful or keeping their childhood with them because I think a lot of it is about childhood and wanting to return to that place. I felt that the childhood was very important. So that is how we got the kind of little moments and feelings of the childhood coming back. So that changed.
Film or digital and why?
Arnold: Film. 35mm. Every time I do a film we always test on a few mediums and have a look at everything, and every time I love film, mostly anyways so far. What is it about film that just has that…it feels like you can step into it. It has a sort of poetry and like you can reach in and put your hand in it. I don't know, but there is just something. I just love it.
A lot of filmmakers are moving on to the ARRIAlexa or the RED Epic. I'm just curious if you might think about that on your next film. Roger Deakins told me that he is using the Arri Alexa now. If Roger Deakins is willing to make the switch that is a huge move on the industry. So I am very curious about what other filmmakers might make that switch.
Arnold: I have the same cinematographer that I have worked with four times now and we are both big film fans. I never dig in my heels about anything because I feel you need to look at the project and see what works for the project. You have to…this film was a very visceral film and I wanted it to feel very visceral and poetic, and film just really worked for that. But the next film is going to be slightly different in that I will need to keep rolling quite a lot and you have to think again about what that might mean. You have to consider quite a lot of things like how much things cost.
You have mentioned a few times "the next film". As a fan of your work, I would definitely like to get a little bit more specific. Does it have a title?
Arnold: No. I would love to give it a title actually because I always feel like it comes to life when you give it a title.
It is also easier to put it in the headline of an article.
Arnold: Yeah, but I don't talk about my films when I am writing it. I am writing it now so I hate talking about it before I have finished writing it because I think I will get off about it a bit and then it starts to become something out there instead of here. I always think that I have to go inwards to write something and not go outwards. So I keep it inwards.
Do you write with an actor in mind or do you just see the character and then the auditioning process sort of brings it out?
Arnold: I never write with an actor in mind – never. I couldn't think in that way I think. I might write with a kind of…in fact I look for images of people that I think fit. But usually they are real people. It is not usually an actor. It is usually a person from real life or images of people from real life. I like to have images of who I think they are going to be. But then, of course, that always changes when you meet people. You always sit there and you go and meet people and you see someone else who is completely different from what you expected but has some sort of essence of the deeper thing that you were looking for.
I've spoken to a lot of directors and they have said that when someone walks into a room and reads for a part they know within three milliseconds if this person is right or wrong for the part. Is this true for you?
Arnold: Yeah. I would say that is quite true. You might see someone that you think might be right but you're not sure and you might try them again. That happens a little bit. But I would say that the trouble is that I am always such a tough task master in looking for the right person that it can go on for a very long time before I see the right person. It is not easy actually because I always have a particular thing and not so many of those people will walk into the room I'm afraid.
I want to do one more follow-up to the writing. Is it modern or is it in the past?
Arnold: Contemporary. It's definitely contemporary. I'm never going back to the past. I never ever thought I would do a period thing. It is like when I am driving – I never like to do those routes that take you backwards and make you go the long way. I always like to do the shortcuts and go forward. It's the same thing.


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3146 Mission Blvd San Diego, CA, United States
In the early 1900's, a wealthy sugar magnate by the name of John D. Spreckels was hard at work driving the development of San Diego. A main focus of his development plan was the up and coming Mission Beach. In 1925, in an effort to stimulate real estate sales and to promote his electric railway, Mr. Spreckels built the Mission Beach Amusement Center, now known as Belmont Park. One of the amusement center's star attraction was to be the Giant Dipper roller coaster. The 2,600 foot long coaster was created by the noted design team of Prior and Church and was built in less than 2 months by local suppliers and a crew of between 100-150 workers. The original cost to build the coaster was $150,000, including the two, 18 passenger trains.
Along with the coaster, The Natatorium, which later became known as The Plunge swimming pool, was constructed as a centerpiece of the park. The 60' by 175' pool was, at the time, the largest salt-water pool in the world holding 400,000 gallons of water. The building encapsulating The Natatorium was styled after the Spanish Renaissance style buildings that were erected in San Diego's Balboa Park between 1915 and 1916.
About a year after the amusement center opened, John D. Spreckels passed away. In turn, his organization granted the entire amusement center to the City of San Diego for the enjoyment of its people. The Mission Beach Amusement Center remained popular through the 30's and 40's and was eventually renamed Belmont Park in 1955.
In 1940, the salt water of The Plunge began to damage its filtration system and fresh water was brought in. The Plunge then became "the largest indoor heated pool in Southern California," at 12,000 square feet.
By the late 60's and 70's, Belmont Park began to fall into disrepair and eventually closed in December 1976. The Giant Dipper, which was privately owned at the time, started to become an eyesore and demand for its demolition arose.
A group of concerned citizens called the "Save the Coaster Committee," had the coaster designated as a National Landmark and asked the ownership to be transferred to them. The committee was given a preservation grant, raised funds locally, and donated their time to work on the coaster. However, they were not able to raise the amount needed to restore the coaster to an operating condition.
Meanwhile, The Plunge was closed along with the rest of the park in April of 1987 due to failed city earthquake and fire requirements. The San Diego City Council allowed new developers to turn the rest of the abandoned park into a commercial shopping center and Belmont Park reopened in 1988 with a new look. Though The Plunge endured many modifications, certain features historic to the pool, such as the steps into the pool and the pedestal, located at the bottom of the steps, were rescued and allowed to stay. The "Orcas off Point Loma" whaling wall, painted by world-renowned environmental marine artist, Wyland, in 1989, is another of these existing features.
Unfortunately, the roller coaster was still not up to operating standards but, in 1989, the developer of the new Belmont Park retail specialty center contacted the Santa Cruz Seaside Company, responsible for the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk amusement center, to see if they might have some interest in restoring and operating the Giant Dipper. The president and executive vice president were interested and traveled to San Diego to meet with the Belmont Park developer. The parcel of land that contained the roller coaster was not part of the developer's project, yet it was situated in the middle of the complex and having the coaster restored and operating would benefit all concerned. After a year of discussions with the City of San Diego and many others, the City approved a long-term lease. A new company, The San Diego Coaster Company, was officially formed to restore and operate the Giant Dipper.
Over $2,000,000 was spent on the restoration of the Giant Dipper and one new train that was built for the ride. The new train had six, four-person cars.
On August 11, 1990 the newly restored, historic roller coaster was reopened to the public. The response by the public was overwhelming. The restored structure, station house, and train were beautiful. Local residents who had ridden the roller coaster years earlier brought their families to see and experience the ride they had ridden when they were growing up. The public response was so strong that the San Diego Coaster Company ordered a second train that was ready by the following spring. Annual ridership on the Giant Dipper in the first year was three times the original projections.
Today, both The Giant Dipper and The Plunge pool remain as not only pieces of history, but are still two of the main attractions to experience at Belmont Park.

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After a new update to the official website for Dungeon Travelers 2-2, we now have plenty of new details on some of the finer features in the game.
All the new information focuses on Sealbooks and the brand new Monster summoning. So starting off we'll cover the basics on Sealbooks.
When you defeat monsters and utilise the ability Libra. you'll be able to seal their spirits away. By bringing these spirits to the Seal Control Room you'll be able to turn these spirits into a more useful Sealbook.
These Sealbooks can then be equipped to provide you with various benefits in battle such as increased HP or an attack power boost.
Every once in a while you may come across a monster known as a Mutant, stronger than other monsters if you can obtain their spirit you'll be able to create a Grand Sealbook.
Grand Sealbooks also have varying benefits but are useful even outside of battle and more importantly are good for Monster Summoning…
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Tuesday, 3 February 2015
Three Seed Coconut Facon Bacon Nibbles
I have been happily making vegan 'facon 'bacon at home for years now and make it almost every month, but I've been wanting to try coconut bacon for a while. I can't remember the first time I had heard about it, but I was constantly reminded of it by Johanna at Green Gourmet Giraffe as she was more proactive in trying new recipes at home, whereas I would just bookmark them and forget them. Well, this recipe has been bookmarked long enough that I actually got motivated to making it this weekend, but having seen Johanna's variation with nuts, I was further inspired and thought I would chuck in some seeds instead that have been in my kitchen cupboards for a year (still in date by the way).
Oh my, they are very moreish. In fact D loves these toasted sweet smoky seedy munchies and has been taking a small container into work filled to the brim. I think he has nearly finished the jar and its not even halfway through the week yet. You know what this means, I will be making them again for sure. I was thinking about making Sweet and Salty Coconut Bacon for my Friday Nights, just a matter of time.
A fellow blogger suggested scattering them over salads as well for crunch, makes sense have you heard of 'bacon flavour bits' which by the way also happens to be vegan. Who'duh funk it.
Three Seed Coconut Bacon Nibbles
100g coconut flakes
50g pumpkin seeds
25g sunflower seeds
25g sesame seeds
2 tablespoons Tamari sauce or soy sauce
2 tablespoon maple syrup
2 teaspoon liquid smoke
1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
Pinch of salt
Preheat oven to gas mark 160oc. In a large bowl stir all the ingredients together until well coated, then tip into a baking tray lined with baking parchment paper.
Bake for about 8 minutes, then remove and give them a good stir , then toast for another 8 minutes or until lightly golden.
Keep an eye on it as it goes from golden to charred very easily.
Remove from the oven, allow to cool and store in an airtight container.
I am sharing this post with Elizabeth's Kitchen Diary for the No Waste Food Challenge as the seeds would have probably gone to the birds (I know how selfish of me to cook them for my belly) and Bookmarked Recipes hosted by Jacqueline at Tinned Tomatoes. As I am thinking out of the box here, I am hoping it will also be accepted by The Tea Time Treats challenge hosted by Lavender & Lovage and The Hedgecombers as the theme is Toasted This recipe is inspired and adapted from Johanna at Green Gourmet Giraffe. Here is the original recipe, but I was inspired further by another recipe to add the seeds see here.
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They sound really good, a bit like munchy seeds which have a Tamari taste. Great on a savoury crumble too.ReplyDelete
They look delicious - glad you both enjoyed them - I love the addition of seeds too - such a great little snack - we are snacking on muesli at the moment which has lots of seeds in it to make sure we use them. Highly recommend you try the facon in chocolate bark for an amazing flavour sensation - though maybe a bit too moreish.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Johanna. I really think D has single handedly polished them off. I will def. be making them again and take on board your choc recommendation, gosh i think he will love them, but i will wait for his verdict when I make them, but once again thank you for inspiring, hope to make the most of my bookmarked recipes this year.Delete
I've never heard of facon bacon before, but the coconut shreds makes it seem very tempting. :9ReplyDelete
I'll be bookmarking this recipe; thank you for sharing!
Nice idea Shaheen and great flavours. Thanks for entering it into Bookmarked Recipes, the roundup is now live.ReplyDelete
I love the sound of this so much! What a fantastic recipe! My apologies to taking SO long to pop around to comment, and thanks for linking up with the #nowastefoodchallengeReplyDelete
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text: GKC Union Head To "California" Brian ManningSunday, September 3, 2017New Music0 Comments GKC Union are a new act residing in the East coast (NYC) but creating music about the West Coast (CA). Their first single ever is entitled "California" and it's a electronic pop ballad that will remind you of summer. Keep GKC Union on your map, and keep an eye out for new music by them in the near future!


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Welcome to a New Week for the Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge!! This week its Picture Perfect Time and I LOVE this Sweet Apple Pillow!! =) Back To School time is just around the corner so I thought it would be FUN to create some Gift Tags/Bags and a Card with that in mind and I just LOVE the way they turned out!! For my First Tag I thought it would be FUN to use the Paper Smooches Paper Die, Tooth Fairy Dies, Foliage 1 Dies, Reflections Leaves Dies, and the Denim & Daisies Stamp Set!! I wanted to make a FUN Stuffed Apple Clip/Magnet so the Teacher can use it however she wants!! I added it to the Tag Base that I created by Die Cutting the Paper Die from some Cardstock!! I used a Mini Clothes Pin to help attach it to the Gift Bag!! I used some Hand Dyed and Printed 100% Wool Felt that I found at a Fabric Store and then I backed it with some Cotton Batting and I used the Tooth Die as my Guide as I Cut around it with my Pinking Shears to get that Little Border around the Edge!! I wanted to add a Pocket for a Little Tag Note!! So I Die Cut that from some Crate Paper Patterned Paper and then I stitched it to the Felt Die Cut Piece!! Once the Pocket was Stitched on I Stitched around the outside edges of the Apple (Felt Tooth Die Cut) leaving the Top open and then Stuffed it with some Stuffing to make it Plump!! I Stitched up the Top and my Apple was done!! I Free Hand Cut a Stem from some Kraft Cardstock and then used a Couple different Die Sets to Die Cut the Leaves from both Felt and Kraft Cardstock layering them together for more stability!! I added a Vintage Wooden Button and some Burlap Twine and I just LOVE the way I turned out!! For the Back I added a Clip and a Magnet so the Teacher can use it however she want/needs!!??
LOVE the way it turned up!! I added the same Stitching and instead of a Pocket for the front of the Apple I created a Layered 3-D filling for the Apple!! I used the Apple Die from the Fruit People Die Set along with the Little Apple Die from the School Icons Dies Set!! SO FUN!! I made the Whole Apple a Pocket on the Front of the Card Front and then I can add a Gift Card for his Teacher inside!! I used the Paper Die to create the FUN Paper Card Design and I LOVE how it LOOKS!! =) I Stamped the Sentiment from the Smarty Pants Stamp Set in Deep Sea Ink from Lawn Fawn and Embossed it with Clear Embossing Powder!!
Paper Smooches Gift Tags 2 Die Set!! I LOVE this Die!! Then I used the Apple Die from the Fruit People Die Set!! Along with the Leaf and the Stem!! I used some Yellow Burlap Paper from Canvas Corp. and made a FUN 3-D Element by having it come up through the Die Cut opening in the Tag!! I backed it with a Yellow Polka Dot Patterned Paper Scrap and then added a Felt Die Cut Leaf and a Kraft Stem!! I Tied a Bow on and added a Mini Black Button!! The Sentiment is from the Smarty Pants Stamp Set and I Stamped and Embossed it at the Bottom of the Tag!! I added the Ribbon and its ready for a Gift Bag!! =)
Stitched Frames Die Set!! I used some Speckled Red Felt to create the 3-D Apple and then I used the Flag Banner from the Flag Tags Die Set!!
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THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by and I hope you have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!!


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The Best Islands You've Never Heard Of
Just north of the Canadian border, the Gulf Islands are a rich playground of food, art, and the good life.
We all come here by water.
Five thousand years ago, it was Coast Salish peoples. Three hundred years ago, explorers from faraway ports in Spain and England followed. One hundred and fifty years ago, African Americans escaping oppression, gold miners seeking riches, and Hawaiian islanders offering labor arrived. Some stayed, carving out small habitations between the rocky shores and dense stands of red-barked Douglas fir.
And on a glowing afternoon in the 21st century, I come, too.
While our vessels differ, our journeys are the same: navigating sheltered waters to seek ports in inlets, coves, and bays. For those who came before me, that exploration was born of necessity. For me, it is born of delight. Having learned of 14 little islands held tightly between the west coast of British Columbia and the rugged eastern shores of Vancouver Island, I venture into Canada's Gulf Islands to ferry around, literally, in search of riches.
And they provide. In five days of making dotted maritime lines among three islands—Salt Spring, Galiano, and Pender—I discover an English manor that's now a luxury inn, a compound of restored Airstream trailers, and a farmhouse in which a young chef is creating a culinary buzz that has Vancouverites aflutter. I find wines that stand with Washington's best, and organic produce that would send a Californian reeling in jealousy. I find art that a Carmel gallery would die for, kayaking to make coastal Maine blush, and a food truck that may be the best merging of great food and goodwill, ever.
Plus eagles, ospreys, and orcas.
My surprise at these discoveries comes as no surprise to Gulf Islanders. They know they inhabit Canada's sweet little secret, and conduct themselves with a gracious hospitality about it all—particularly on Salt Spring, the archipelago's largest island in both land mass and population (a little more than 10,000), which has oriented itself toward art and tourism alongside its historic legacy of small-scale farming.
The most emblematic example of this is the island's Saturday Market, a harborfront maze of high-end arts and crafts, gorgeous produce, sophisticated foodstuffs, and crinkly-eyed, grayponytailed hippies selling tie-dye like the "60s never passed us by. I wander in a happy, shopaholic daze for hours—eating, buying, and eating some more.
The wonder is relentless. I spend an afternoon kayaking waters with such placid heft it feels like paddling through mercury. Another day I bounce around Salt Spring's narrow, twisting roads with professional guide Jason Griffin, visiting artists, winemakers, and cheesemongers. We take a gentle walk among primeval ferns in a fir-shaded glen and stand together, equally gape-mouthed at the view from Mt. Maxwell Provincial Park, the highest spot on the island. "I come up here every day," Griffin says, "whether I have a tour or not." I can see why. From our clifftop perch, I gaze down the verdant spokes of ridges to violet Burgoyne Bay, and across to the peaks of Vancouver Island catching clouds like a Mississippi fencepost catches breeze-borne tufts of cotton.
How could any of the other islands compare to this, I wonder, grabbing the next ferry off Salt Spring to find out. On Galiano, a slender brushstroke that's practically nestled into the BC mainland, I hit a world-class bookstore and a luxury resort spa with an isolation tub where I bob on highly salted water for 60 transcendent minutes.
I also meet Shelley Okepnak, one of those near-mythic women who seem able to do everything. A career chef, she decided eight years ago to open a little food truck just up the main road from the docks. Now, after a series of creative carpentry projects, Okepnak's Flying Black Dog is an enchanted way station of open-air shelters dotted with community tables. There's even a little woodstove, which glows red and warm on rainy afternoons, that she installed because a gang of older island women mentioned they were getting chilly. We discuss this over a roasted-vegetable burger she's stayed open late to make me because I looked hungry.
I consider homesteading in a shingled shack on Galiano (the island practically whispers this idea right into my ear) and eating every meal with Okepnak, but one more port calls. After a meander among a maze of shorelines, I arrive on Pender Island. A smaller but no less picturesque version of Salt Spring, Pender holds a discovery I can barely believe: Among seven acres of woodland, Vancouverite Curtis Redel has carved out an upscale camp of pristinely renovated Airstream trailers and rustic cabins. I take a late-day dip in my cedar hot tub on the deck of my trailer, and saunter down to the bar, where Redel crafts me a killer cocktail from local spirits, plus small plates of cheeses, produce, and proteins.
The next morning, I awaken to the sun rising over the cobalt-blue Strait of Georgia, with snow-capped Mt. Baker on the horizon. Dear explorers of old, I say to myself, sipping my French-press coffee from an enameled tin cup, buried in the wealth of the Gulf Islands. I have you beat.
Get Here
BC Ferries connects the Gulf Islands to each other and to the mainland; 888-223-3779 or bcferries.com.
Stay Here
Hastings House Country House Hotel on Salt Spring is English-manor perfect, with a beautiful restaurant. Rates start at $214; 800-661-9255 or hastingshouse.com. Galiano Oceanfront Inn and Spa is a short walk from the ferry and utterly tranquil. Rates start at $150; 877-530-3939 or galianoinn.com. WOODS on Pender is an urban camper's dream. Rates start at $70; 800-550-0172 or woodsonpender.com.
Eat Here
Salt Spring's Tree House Café has a "60s vibe and delicious fresh plates; 250-537-5379 or treehousecafe.ca. On Galiano, NOMA-trained chef Jesse McCleery is making culinary waves at pilgrimme, his new farm-to-table restaurant in a beautiful house in the woods; 250-539-5392.


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New Post: 5 minute Freewrite – {H1 – Art FreeWrite}
- Think of a piece of art that you have seen or enjoyed. (Remember when we talked about Banksy, Tim Burton, Aaron Koblin, Andy Warhol, Francis Bacon?) If possible, find the image of a favorite piece of art (or a sample similar, or the name) using google images or other web resources. It could be something you have seen before, something we have talked about in class, or you could google around for a few minutes. Copy and paste the image into your post
- 36 Classic Pieces of Art to Choose From or do your own search. Think outside the box.
- The Post: 5 minute FreeWrite about the piece
- (Describe, anyalze, interpret and judge as desired)
- What do you like about it?
- Why did you choose it?
- What does it mean to you?
- What components do you like, dislike or pay extra attention to?


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The first My Idea for Russia contest was held in Spring 2011 by Open University Skolkovo and Singularity University. The winners were:
These students spent 10 weeks at Singularity University (Silicon Valley, California, U.S.) from June 18 – August 27, 2011, studying and working on joint projects in the company of 80 other young people from 35 different countries.
By the end of the program, two international projects had been developed:
Anna Trunina and Sergei Musienko.
PrimerLife - is an Internet resource related to personalized medicine, based on genetic data, which uses social networking sites and integrated artificial intelligence technology.
The project was awarded resident status at the Skolkovo Foundation in January, 2012.
Olga Avryasova.
PlayEnergy is a multi-player gaming platform that enables users to reduce electrical power consumption simply by playing. Researchers have shown that the average person spends 24 to 50 hours playing virtual games, and that only 5% of families think about energy efficiency in their homes. Survey results indicate that people will conserve energy if they know that it will save them money, or help society and the world in general. People are not sufficiently informed about energy conservation, or they are not convinced of its benefits.
This application will enable users to conserve energy by simply playing.
This project is undergoing preliminary evaluation for resident status at the Skolkovo Foundation.


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Welcome to Holiday Inn and Suites Hermosillo Aeropuerto. Totally smoke free
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minutes away from the International Airport Ignacio Pesqueira. The hotel is
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The hotel has 119 rooms including 20 Jr suites. Every standard room includes 42 inch TV, free high-speed Internet, working desk, iron and ironing board and also a hairdryer to make your experience relaxing and comfortable.
We also have a business center, laundry services, fitness center and pool, free local calls, free airport transportation, Room Service available all day, three flexible meeting rooms available to accommodate up to 350 guests. Taste our delicious food in The Olivo Restaurant. We serve hot buffet breakfast which is available every day. Enjoy our world famous Hermosillo hospitality as a guest of the Holiday Inn and Suites Hermosillo Aeropuerto.


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I recently did something that I decided would be best if I didn't share it with my husband. While I do tell him just about everything, there are a few secrets I think a woman should keep from her man. I mean, does he really need to know everything? Check out the list and decide for yourself.
1. Your waxing, plucking and shaving routine.
If you have ever seen the look on his face when he caught you doing this (especially your upper lip), you know why made the list.
2. You putting on your shapewear.
Does he really need to see what acrobatics you have to perform to stuff yourself into your shapewear?
3. That you have scratched, dinged, or dented his car.
With all the time he spends washing and waxing his ride, the last thing he needs to know is that you are responsible for the three-inch scratch on the passenger side. (Ok, I think I said too much…)
4. Your girlfriend's business.
Whether she had a one-night stand with her co-worker or has been catfished by a Nigerian, as tempting as it might be to share, anything she tells should stay between you and her.
5. How many men you have slept with.
Your probably going to lie anyway.
6. How much money you have in your individual bank account.
Momma used to say always keep a lil something on the side…just in case.
7. You on the toilet.
To me, this is oversharing! I don't care how close you are, some things should just be done privately.
8. How much money you spent on your last shopping trip.
Or better yet, pull out one of your reusable bags, pop the tags and tell him you got it all from a trendy thrift shop.
9. If any of his friends hit on you.
Nothing good can come of this. If it was only once, try to handle it yourself. If it continues, then you may need to share it with your man. Just make sure you don't do it in front of the friend or it might end up looking like an episode of Cheaters.
Got any others to add to the list? Leave your comments below.
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If you're anything like me, you probably have a not-so-small heap of unfinished terrain projects laying about your workspace. Last month I decided to incorporate building and painting terrain into my normal painting routine (when I have a routine) so the heap will, in theory, reduce over time. So, since I just finished up Imperial […]
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Saima Khan
- 5th March 1967
- Multan
- Female
- Pakistani
Saima Khan
- Profession: Actress
- Zodiac: Taurus
- Marital Status: Married
- Husband Name: Syed Noor
- Height: 5 feet 6 inches
- Weight: 62 kg
- Body Type: Average
- Eye color: Black
- Hair color: Black
- Qualification: Not Known
- Film Debut: Griban (1987)
- Religion: Islam
- Hometown: Multan
- Father Name: Not Known
- Mother Name: Not Known
- Siblings: Unknown
- Saima Khan Age: 52 Year old as in 2019
Saima Khan or Saima Noor is Pakistani film and TV actress. She is very famous and well known actress in Pakistan. On this page we will provide you all detail about Saima Khan such as her height, age, weight, date of birth, boyfriend/Husband, Son/Daughter name, father, mother, brother and sister name, net worth, education, wedding date pics, likes, dislikes, Favorite things, family, wiki, Body Measurement, Body type, dramas list, Latest photo shoots, Phone Number, Email id, Home address, affairs, scandal, awards, hometown, star sign, body facts, Religion and much more. She was born on 5th March 1967 in Multan. After completion of her studies she started her career with acting in 1980s. According to her "It is her dream from childhood to became a good actress" and now she proves her self that she is good actress. She is acting from her childhood she acted in too many plays in college and school life. Saima Noor is Punjabi film actress. she worked too many Punjabi films and all of them loved by her fans. According to her fans "A Punjabi film is incomplete without Saima Khan". In July 2005 she got married with a film director Sayed Noor. Actually Saima Noor got fame after Syed Noor film Choorian with Moammar Rana in 1998. Film was super hit movie till now and most grossing movie in Pakistan film industry.
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Pink Flowers Mitten Clips
All prices in Canadian dollars.
One pair of mitten clips made with pink 5/8″ grosgrain ribbon with flowers.
Features include:
-Certified lead-free clips with extra-strong grip
-High quality, heat-sealed ribbon in a variety of styles
-Small plastic insert in each clip to protect clothing
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League campaigners were out in force in Northern Ireland today to highlight tomorrow's reinstatement of the temporary protection order for the Irish Hare.
Pictured outside Queens University, Belfast, is the League's Northern Ireland Campaigner. Mary Friel, with the six foot hare.
Please visit the Northern Ireland pages of our website to find out why we want the Irish Hare to have permanent protection status, and email the NI Environment Minister, Edwin Poots MLA.
And if you're interested in our work in Northern Ireland, you might want to consider joining our support groups at Queens University Belfast, and in the northern town of Coleraine. Email Mary Friel for further information.


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With the U.S. Congress set to take up climate change legislation next week, Obama Administration officials today joined with leading climate scientists to emphasize that global warming is real, it's going to get worse, and that action is needed sooner rather than later.
The occasion was the release of a report from the U.S. Global Change Research Program titled Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States. But the report goes beyond the usual litany of current and future U.S. impacts to argue that limiting the emission of greenhouse gases now would avoid a lot of damage down the road.
Administration officials only amplified that message. "Climate change is a reality," the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy Director John Holdren told an audience assembled next door to the White House. "It's not just a problem for the future; we're beginning to see the impacts in our daily lives. Decisions now will determine whether we get big changes or small ones. It's not too late to act; if we take immediate action, we can avoid the most severe impacts … [We can] now move ahead smartly after many years of dithering and delay."
The report spelled out what those impacts might be for the United States. The Southwest will suffer greater water supply problems than other regions. Warming could drive the maple syrup industry out of the Northeast and into Canada. Warming freshwater in the Northwest will eliminate cold-water fish in many streams and rivers. Sea levels could rise more than a meter by the end of the century, flooding large parts of Florida.
The scientific authors also spoke of the urgency that the report's findings should inspire. "The observed climate changes we report are not opinions, they are facts," said report co-chair Jerry M. Melillo, director of the Ecosystems Center at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. "How severe these impacts will be is largely in our hands. We can act now to avoid the worst impacts."
Asked whether the climate bill before the House of Representatives was the right response to these looming impacts, Melillo replied that "I'm not a Waxman-Markey expert. But the idea that it's trying to move action forward is a good thing."


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I don't want to insult a dead man's work.
But I have never cared for Leonard Cohen, strictly the singer and performer (no personal beefs here). Along with Tom Waits and, to a lesser extent, Bob Dylan, I store L.C. in the "Momentous Artists I Just Can't Get Into (Despite a Solid Try)" Vault.


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Front Porch Gallery is a non-profit, community resource dedicated to creating vibrant, vital communities through art.
The gallery collaborates with individual artists and innovative organizations to produce unique exhibits, themed shows,
juried exhibits and professional invitationals that celebrate the full range of artistic expression at every level of experience. We are funded and supported by visionary grants from California Lutheran Homes and Community Services, FACT Foundation, Pacific Homes Foundation, Sunny View Foundation and Front Porch.
Featured Artists
Watercolor by Sonni Cooper
Digital Painting by Howard Ganz
Watercolor by Lola Juris


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A Mecca for surfers worldwide - Raglan with its three separate point breaks at Indicators, Manu and Whale Bays regularly produce world-class waves when conditions are right.
For the more sedate surfer, Raglan also boasts some great beach breaks too. Only 7km from your Raglan accommodation at Raglan Holiday Park is Manu Bay - a popular surf spot that hosts many national and international surf events each year. And at Manu Bay you can pretty much grab your board out of your car and leap off the rocks right into the action.
Indicators, Manu and Whale Bay are all accessed by foot so be prepared for a 600m walk to Manu over the rocky shoreline. Boy is it worth it though!
For a safe surfing beach for learners, Ngarunui Beach is the best place to begin. No matter what your surfing level, there is a beach for you here in the world of Raglan surfing.
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On Saturday, May 20, Hanataka promotions presented the WBO World Junior Flyweight title from the Takeda Teva Ocean Arena in Nagoya, Japan.
In the evening's main event, WBO world junior flyweight champion Kosei Tanaka defended his title for the first time against WBO Latino light flyweight titleholder Angel Acosta. The two-division champion Tanaka, 21, had eight victories and five knockouts in his eight career bouts. The 26-year-old Cuban, Acosta, had finished all 16 of his opponents in his undefeated career.
The event aired live at 3 a.m. ET on Combat Press via Fite TV.
Noche De Campeones Fight CardKosei Tanaka def. Angel Tito Acosta by unanimous decision (113-110, 117-110, 116-111) – for WBO world -junior flyweight title


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Kato extruder beads
I just realised that although there is a fair amount of talk on flickr and in the comments about these brown Kato Extruder beads I haven't actually posted a picture of them here. I know you have seen the necklace which uses a disc pendant and some smaller beads using this technique but here are the beads I made first. I am writing the tutorial as we speak! It'll be here soon.


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Who are you and what's your blog called?
I am Mark Emsley and the blog is called ireallylovemusic. All lower case, all one word. Thank you.
Where are you based?
The English Outback, aka the Cotswolds.
Describe your blog in a sentence.
I really love music, consequently, I like to tell people about music that I really love.
How long has your blog been going?
The original lo-fi modem-friendly HTML text-only website went live in July 2000; the current minimal design blog-based site, August 2004.
What music do you write about?
As the name of the site implies, any music that I love basically. This, on the whole, involves machine-based musics with random detours into 60s soul, jazz, 70s reggae, 80s alt-pop, 90s IDM. One day I'll be ranting about the brilliance of Foetus, the next, it could be a long forgotten On-U Sound remix, with irregular dips into much maligned genres such as trip-hop. In other words: no grand plan, just the daily quest for a music-based high.
Why should people visit your blog?
The text-only aspect means the site is good for your mobile gadgets, and doesn't swallow your monthly bandwidth allowance. Most posts are under 200 words making the site a quick'n'easy lucky dip for your daily RSS feed soak-up. Some days you may get a pointer to something new and interesting, some days it may be a reminder of something you'd rather forget.
What's your top song right now?
I would love to be able to point you to a Soundcloud stream of the Amorphous Androgynous remake of the DJ Food album track The Illectrik Hoax: an epic flute-loaded 17-minute psychedelic masterpiece, and by far the best thing I've heard this year so far, but it's a Record Store Day limited vinyl release so you'll just have to wait. However, trust me, you need to track it down.
So, as an alternative solution, here's, Wires and Sparks, the debut UK release from Polish popstar, and ex-Flykkiller vamp, Pati Yang, with a Depeche Mode v Hurts widescreen electro pop vibe that's hitting the spot at the moment
What's your favourite music blog aside from your own?
All bias aside: The Quietus. The sheer range of genres they cover appeals to my need to stretch my own well-defined boundaries from time to time, not to mention the fact that the sites editors, John and Luke, owe me a few pints.


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Where do you go, without pure love? I know you seek a road of doves, to gather with other clansmen too, is bringing us closer to the truth. And now it's time for us to lean on old ways, that we seem to glean/gleam (left overs/shiny but old and obsolete). But I know, it's the road to God, the supreme logic of falling clouds (river of tears and water blessings). And we should feel love towards every drop, a rainbow, tears of love we lost, but inside, we did cross a path. Did we lean on love at last? I bring my heart to prayer each day, to help you seek a better way. And my soul does lean, on where you fly, because it's important to all your alibis. Don't rely on your dreams to bring you home (the light of earth, the red road), instead be grateful on the phone, when you (offer) prayer to One God, the place, where all our hearts start (the darkness of heaven, the blue road), then we are relatives, sharing seeking hearts that unite instead of sin. I want you to know, I love your sacred rainbow. Come share with me all you know, and I will share with you (bow down to the sacred view, offer prayers and blessings to the wind, allows one to share their heart with others).
(drum ends) White Buffalo Calf Woman your Twin Deer Mother Sings and Holiness David Running Eagle Shooting Star your Father Red Hand Drums. Sacred Song Blessing from the heart of Tonkan Han (resident of the Taos Pueblo Community of the Blue Lake People). Shares his heart with the world and teaches us the sacred bow to each other, to recognize relatives from heaven. Associated post http://peacefulwisdomprayerflight.blogspot.com/2011/01/peaceful-wisdom-prayer-flight-visiting.html
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Mid Century Modern Exterior Doors – If you're looking to modify your homes decor to that of a Mid-Century modern style, there are some design secrets you must know ahead of finding began. Initial off I suggest, in the event you haven't already, set aside some time for researching this unique design. Get a really feel for the architecture of that era, the interior design principles, plus the general mindset and motivations behind the design. Familiarize your self with every aspect of the movement. Study photos and floor-plans and get a properly versed understanding, and really feel, of the general appear that defines the style and period.
Together with your selection of furniture, stick to simple styles, colours and textures. Mix clean simple lines of vintage or retro furniture with hardwood floors and patterned area rugs. As outlined by your budget you are able to acquire vintage or reproduction furniture in keeping using the style of the era: plastics, stainless steel, sleek woods and glass. Make use of the placement of your furniture to create intimate seating arrangements. This post related best mid century modern furniture, mid century modern room divider, mid century modern record player.
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Fujian Cuisine originates from the southeastern province of Fujian on the Pacific. The history of the cuisine dates back 5,000 years. Great seafood soups and the precise use of scintillating, but not tongue numbing, spices are the highlights.
There are three regional styles: Fuzhou style that is light fare compared with other styles and is often sweet and sour to the taste; western Fujian style that features a slightly spicy flavoring from mustard and pepper; and southern Fujian style that usually tastes spicy and sweet.
Their cuisine is known for the use of exotic delicacies from the mountains and sea as the main ingredients, an emphasis on soup eating, precisely applying various kinds of seasonings, and an emphasis on artistically cutting and decorating food.
Fujian's abundant natural resources mean that their cuisine is rich in quality nutritious ingredients. They'll use somewhat exotic ingredients such as wild foods, wild herbs, varieties of mushrooms, bamboo, and many kinds of seafoods. So it is nutritious, and it is good for dieters since it isn't high calorie.
A wide variety of seafoods are used to make Fujian dishes. Unlike most Western seafood restaurants where the main dishes include a few varieties of fish and oysters, the people of Fujian eat all these and things from the sea most people have never seen. There are various kinds of mussels including big ones, sea cucumbers, sea worms, kinds of snails and slugs, and varieties of sea vegetables that you can explore.
Spices used: The Fujianese are distinguished for applying a wide variety of herbs and seasonings to flavor the food. They apply them to make the food taste good and make it aromatic. They also want to make it different and interesting, something new. When applied artistically, the various colors and herbs can also make a beautiful presentation.
Their chefs have developed numerous ways to cook food perhaps reflecting the history of the province. The region was a haven for refugees from the large Western Xia Empire and the Tang Empire. They brought with them their cooking styles. The position on the coast meant they had contact with Japanese and people from Southeast Asia too.
They use numerous methods to cook: pan-frying, deep-frying, boiling, baking, stewing, mixing, sautéing with wine, stewing in gravy, grilling, cooking with red rice wine, simmering, stir-frying, smoking, braising and salting.
Red rice wine: Their most peculiar method of cooking is cooking with red rice wine. This includes stir-frying with red rice wine, baking with red rice wine, quick-frying with red rice wine and deep-frying with red rice wine. The "drunken" (cooked in wine) dishes that are prevalent in Fujian Province are famous throughout China.
Soup making: The people of Fujian love soup more than most of the rest of the Chinese. A common saying about their food is "不汤不行" (bù tāng bù xíng). It literally means: "No soup is not OK." Or, a meal without soup isn't a good meal. Soup will often mean the main beverage or only beverage at a meal.
Daily staples: The area is in the subtropical rice growing area of China, so white rice is the main staple cereal. They also eat red yeast rice that is a type of rice that is coated with a red mold. This mold is slightly sweet, and it is thought of as having medicinal effects.
Xiamen is the biggest city in Fujian, and it is on the coast. There are good seafood restaurants and is also the best place for authentic sweet and sour dishes. Recommendations:
The restaurant is known for the wide variety of seafood.
The prices are affordable, and the restaurant is popular. The food is delicious, and there is a variety of seafood. Selections include: Sleeve-fish cooked with soy sauce (酱油水鱿鱼), solen (竹蛭), clam (花蛤), sea cucumber (海瓜子), steamed crab (清蒸蟹), fried rice-flour noodles (炒米粉), shrimps (沙虾) and steamed sleeve-fish (清蒸鱿鱼).
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|Steamed Chicken in Red Fermented Rice
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|Sliced Chicken in Red Fermented Rice
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|Buddha Jumping Wall (Sea Food and Poultry Casserole)
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|Steamed Strengthening Fish
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|Tai Chi Prawns
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|Hot and Sour Squid
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|Sweet and Sour Litchis
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Days after the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested Member of Parliament for Mzimba Hora Constituency Christopher Mzomera Ngwira over abuse of funds, People's Party (PP) founder Joyce Banda has sued the lawmaker.
Late last year, the opposition People's Party gave a seven day ultimatum to its former Northern Region provincial chair Mzomera Ngwira to return a vehicle and other property belonging to the party.
According to PP, Ngwira who was fired from the PP in 2016 is keeping a KIA registration number ZA 1457 which is owned by Banda.
Ngwira however trashed the claims by PP saying the only car which he possess was given to him as a gift by PP founder Banda.
After failing to recover the vehicle from Ngwira, Banda has decided to take him to court.
In a case filed at Mzuzu High Court on January 10, Banda through her lawyer says she did not cease to be the owner of the vehicle.
The former president says she gave Ngwira the vehicle to ease his mobility problems when carrying out PP duties but now that he is a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) member he is using the vehicle against her wishes.
Banda through her legal practitioner Jivason and company, has asked the court to order Ngwira to return the vehicle.
Banda also wants Ngwira to pay damages for conversion of the vehicle and loss of use.
The outspoken Mzimba Hora legislator was expelled from PP for suggesting that Khumbo Kachali who was the vice president during the era of Banda should take over the leadership of the PP during the time of Banda's absence.


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Wow, I was captivated by this post from the first word, and seriously loving every minute of it, and then bam! At the end I'm given credit for helping? No way am I that wise, Karen, but I do appreciate the shout out! I, of course, love Lisa, and now I love her even more, and I love you for taking her lesson and expounding on it so it can get through my thick skull. I am going to write down that bolded sentence to remind myself of that, particularly going into a Mother's day weekend, where different personalities get together, and my perception can get, let's just say muddled.
Thanks for this wisdom just when I needed it!


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Prior to residency, I had the opportunity to get involved with research through directed studies project and work. It was definitely a very different, but great experience to work on and help lead a research project from beginning to end. Mark was a fantastic project investigator, guiding me through this process yet also providing me with the independence to make this project my own. Additionally, for me, the project was helping to answer a very meaningful clinical question. I am sure that in my practice, I will frequently encounter questions that could be answered with a DUE study, and am glad that my experiences will help me conduct clinical research to answer future questions of my own! 🙂
Some things that I have learned from working on this project are:
- Have a clear idea of my clinical question and objectives – and when deciding on what data I should be collecting, consider how I will also be (1) using (e.g. stats, descriptive analysis?), (2) interpreting and (3) presenting the data to answer my clinical question and meet my objectives.
- It wasn't until mid way through my data collection that I started putting dates to all my data collection sheet…Initially, I had saved all my changes on one file…but as I made changes to my data sheet and my analysis, it was challenging to keep track of my progress and figure out where I had left off. Despite having multiple versions of my data collection in the end, it was much easier, at least for me, to refer back and understand my data when writing my manuscript.
- When presenting my research, figure out the main points I want my audience to take away and ensure that the data I present helps highlight these points. Also consider what data would be the most meaningful and interesting to pharmacists currently in practice.


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AA Agnostica Features LifeRing
In LifeRing, we believe individuals can and must learn to stop ingesting addictive substances before worrying what to call themselves or wrestling with their religious or spiritual beliefs. In LifeRing we are united by the practice of a behavior — abstinence. That we lived long enough to begin the recovery journey at all should probably be accorded more awe and respect than is our societal norm.
The website, at http://aaagnostica.org/ is from We Agnostics, a group of atheists and agnostics within AA.
At the same site, a recent article from the New York Times is featured, and it's worth a read as well. The article examines the place of non-religious people in AA:
This meeting, as the parting phrase suggests [the article talks of a meeting ending with the phrase "Live and let live" rather than the Lord's Prayer], is one of a growing number within A.A. that appeal to nonreligious people in recovery, who might variously describe themselves as agnostics, atheists, humanists or freethinkers. While such groups were rare even a decade ago, now they number about 150 nationally. A first-ever convention will be held in November in Santa Monica, Calif.
See Mahala's piece Here, and the New York Times piece, "Alcoholics Anonymous, Without the Religion" Here.
LifeRing, of course, is not anti-religion, it is simply non-religious, seeing addiction as a physical and psychological condition, not a spriitual one.
Be sure to look at the Comments under the LifeRing piece — they demonstrate a positive attitude towards LifeRing, at least in some of the comments, that we often don't see in AA.
— Craig Whalley


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When I received the notification from Erika Szymanski's (also of Palate Press) blog Wine-o-Scope that a new post was up entitled "Quantifying terroir with chemistry: still searching for the Holy Grail", I knew immediately that I'd find myself responding. The destiny became reality when I saw the article she was citing – the most recent release from the laboratory where I had started my internship just days before.
In the final phase of my Master Vintage program, I am currently doing a 6-month internship in the laboratory of Régis Gougeon, at the Institut Universitaire de la Vigne et du Vin, (Institut Jules Guyot) of the University of Burgundy. His current PhD student, Chloé Roullier-Gall, has taken me under her wing, and is the first author on the concerned paper discussed on Wine-o-Scope. Thus I had no choice but to seize the opportunity to respond.
The paper, published in Food Chemistry, presents findings using an ultra-high resolution method of mass spectrometry, known as Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry (FTICR-MS), which is capable of determining the exact masses, and thus the exact chemical formulas, of thousands of compounds in a sample. Gougeon and his collaborator, Phillippe Schmitt-Kopplin of Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen in Germany, use this methodology to look at the metabolomic profiles of grape, must and wine samples, effectively 'fingerprinting' them to look for particularities of individual or groups of samples. In the present paper, the team looks at a series over 3 vintages of grapes, musts, and wines from four different vineyards, two in the Côte de Nuits region and two in the Côte de Beaune region of Burgundy.
View from Château Vougeot in the Côte de Nuits
In the grapes, musts and just-fermented wines, no major differences were seen based on the vineyard locations. Each of the three vintages gives a distinct profile in the freshly-made wine, but wines from the Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune region cannot be distinguished based on statistical analysis of their FTICR-MS profiles.
However, the team re-analyzed the wines in 2013, thus when the 2007s had been in bottle for 5 years, the 2008s for 4, and the 2009s for 3, and this is where the story gets interesting. In her post, Szymanski wonders whether this follow-up analysis was out of desperation or always part of the plan, but frankly, it doesn't matter. In science, it is certainly true that many experimental decisions are made 'out of desperation', and honestly I don't know the motivation in this case, but what is key is that they did the analysis, as this is where the most interesting result of the study was revealed.
Unlike in the wines analyzed immediately post-fermentation, the bottle aged wines do appear different based on the vineyard zone (the vintage effect remains important, as well). Thus there is an evolution that occurs in bottle, that actually takes us back to a point where we can see differences based on the origins of the grapes – how do we explain that?! In the article, Roullier-Gall et al. propose that the terroir "impacts the initial chemical complexity of a wine, but time – i.e. bottle ageing – might be required to fully reveal it through the in-bottle diagenesis of complex chemical signatures." In other words, the terroir imprints its characteristics on the wine, but these signature elements are not revealed until the wine has aged in the bottle. Could this correspond with some of the language that we employ to talk about bottle aging? That wines need time to "open up," "assimilate," "integrate," "mature" ? Maybe there is a deeper truth to these statements than we know – something that goes beyond tannin softening and integration. Maybe there are certain elements of a wines terroir 'trademark' that are only revealed after a bit of time in bottle.
Szymanski isn't happy with this conclusion, as she says they haven't gone this far in the study, that they have simply shown that "different wines are different." This is true, in effect, but dismissing it as such overlooks the real importance of the study, which is exactly this : some kind of change is occurring in the bottle that allows us to characterize wine metabolomic fingerprints differently than immediately after fermentation. Key changes are thus occurring to the chemical makeup during bottle aging, and we thus need to be keenly aware of this fact when choosing at which moment to analyze a wine, as this choice of time point may have an enormous impact on the results obtained. And from a more romantic standpoint, yes, perhaps there are important changes occurring during bottle aging that reveal a wine's identity. But here Szymanski is right to be hesitant – it is a key finding of this study that opens up new questions to be explored, but for the moment, these questions remain wide open (but likely tied to the 95% of compounds found that are as-yet unidentifiable).
Saint Aubin, in the Côte de Beaune, during the Saint Vincent Festival 2014
In defending her statement that this paper's sole valid conclusion is that "different wines are different," Szymanski characterizes the researchers' definition of terroir as broad. They define it as the "vine-soil-climate-human ecosystem", which I find to be an accurate summary of the most widely-accepted definitions of terroir, such as that of the OIV (Resolution OIV/VITI 333/2010) which states :
Vitivinicultural "terroir" is a concept which refers to an area in which collective knowledge of the interactions between the identifiable physical and biological environment and applied vitivinicultural practices develops, providing distinctive characteristics for the products originating from this area. "Terroir" includes specific soil, topography, climate, landscape characteristics and biodiversity features.
For me, then, the authors' definition of terroir is correct and incorporates all of the key elements, not broadening it by any sense. In any case, even if they are only saying that different wines are different, that is not a conclusion to be dismissed. It is, in fact, precisely the point that is interesting about this paper, which is that said differences only seem to appear after a certain time in bottle.
The criticism of merely two time points not being enough is a valid one, but this is only one article, and this work will surely be followed up, by this group or another, with a longer-term study that attempts to verify and further characterize these changes over time. The present experiment is a proof-of-principle, successfully showing that this methodology can be applied to show differences from wines from different places, and further experimentation will need to be done to understand these differences, including additional sampling points, and certainly increasing the sample size as well.
Yes it is true that the vintage effect remained more prominent than the effect of vineyard location, but this does not, as Szymanski suggests, nullify the methods ability to distinguish terroir. The vintage effect is stronger, yes, but the profiles of the wines can also be statistically grouped, within these vintage years, by location. This is not surprising, as year-to-year climactic variation can be much more significant than the variation that occurs between vineyards located only a few kilometers apart (the entire zone of Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits spans a length of around 60 km), though this is complicated by the fact that terroir includes not only climate, but also geographical, pedological, and vitivinicultural factors.
In sum, the paper presents some interesting findings, not on the existence of measurable terroir effects so much as a methodology that allows us to elucidate distinguishing characteristics of wines only after a certain amount of time spent aging in bottle. With further research this may eventually be traced to terroir fingerprints that are only revealed over time, but for now this remains an interesting theory, one to be questioned, debated, and explored, as Szymanski has already begun to do.
Personal note to Erika Szymanski : I must say that despite a bit of healthy debate here, I adore the concept of your work and of your PhD. You hit precisely upon the theme that launched me into the world of wine with my Watson Fellowship – that it is an extraordinary context in which to understand relationships between scientific disciplines, between scientific research and those who put it into practice, and between empirical research and artistic expression. Wine is a fascinating subject matter precisely because the boundaries between all of these are constantly being pushed, prodded, dissolved, and redefined in ways that we don't always see in other fields. I'd love to read your thesis once its finished, and if ever you run across material that is particularly interesting in this regard, I'd be thrilled if you'd pass it along, either directly or via your blog!


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- The Burger King is a human in the Generation One continuity family.
Little is known of the Burger King, even the nation he rules over is a mystery. However, his ruthless business acumen has built him a corporate empire with a presence in virtually every nation on Earth. The Burger King can appear at any time or place promoting his self-titled restaurant chain, and he may be a workaholic.
Since the 1980s, a treaty has existed between the Burger King and the US Army and Air Force Exchange Service that resulted in Burger King restaurants in every major Army and Air Force installation, including Sector 7 headquarters. The Burger King is a staunch ally of the United States government, and a participant in the Hungry Dragon 2 disinformation campaign to cover up the Transformers' presence on Earth.
Despite being an ally for the government, his restaurant can transform into the Decepticon logo.
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The Burger King restaurant chain is co-branding with the 2007 Transformers film to create:
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The Transformers six pack was a Burger King meal, made for the Revenge of the fallen movie. As the name says, there are six burgers in one package.
The commercial for the meal was about two guys. One of them saw there was taken a bite out of one of his burgers. The other guy says that it was not him, but the washing machine, whose door transformed into a gaint claw. The last part of the commercial shows Devastator, creating a vortex, but then with washing machine sounds.
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just fucking draw. don't compare yourself to other people, don't stop because you drew a lot last tuesday and you haven't visibly improved. it takes time, effort, and a lot of perseverance. besides, no matter how "bad" you think you are, there's still gonna be someone who thinks the stuff you produce is the best goddamn thing they've ever seen in their entire life. the artist you were five years ago would have their mind fucking blown by the artist you are today. so just draw a fuckton, because every new thing you draw is one drawing better than you were before.
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BrainStorm STEM Education Launches Python Temple Online Coding Course
Code your way through the Python Temple to unlock the secrets of programming and find fortune and glory
Dec 12, 2016, 05:30 ET
IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- BrainStorm STEM Education, a tech-based academy for children in Irvine, is making programming available to all via their newly launched online course. Combining a Minecraft Adventure game with educational programming lessons, students take on the role of a codeologist and must use Python code to help solve the challenges faced by our hero. With over 100 million registered users, Minecraft is one of the most widely played games of this generation, making it the perfect platform to engage the coders of the future.
Students will use Minecraft along with coding software to make their way through an awe-inspiring adventure map. Each challenge will teach your student a new program, introducing essential concepts like sequential programming, variables and conditional statements. The result is an engaging coding adventure that truly gamifies learning.
"Our goal with Python Temple was to create a course where coding became an integral part of the gameplay experience," says Darren Jones, CEO of BrainStorm. "The result is the most captivating and educational coding experience possible."
Designed with the newcomer in mind, Python reads like Kindergarten math and is easy on the layman's eye. Python requires less code to complete basic tasks, being up to 5 times shorter than Java and up to 10 times shorter than C++. After downloading and installing the program, students are able to embark on an epic adventure where coding is the key to survival. The necessary code for each challenge is thoughtfully presented in each online video ensuring that students are able to work at their own pace and learn the tools needed for every step of their journey.
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There are certainly benefits to hiring a seasoned professional for a position with significant responsibility. However, a stringent focus on level of experience has hindered clinical research organizations in recent years. The focus on experience has led hiring organizations to turn away capable individuals, particularly for the role of clinical research associate (CRA).
Source: Forte Research Systems Blog


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