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Brigham Publishes Journal Article in Macromolecules
Natasha Brigham '17 published an article entitled "Manipulation of Crystallization Sequence in PEO‑b‑PCL Films Using Solvent Interactions" in the journal Macromolecules. The article is based on her research with Associate Professor of Chemistry Ryan Van Horn. Several other Allegheny graduates, Christopher Nardi '15, Allison Carandang '15, and Kristi Allen '16, were co-authors of the paper.


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Some Thoughts and Concerns on the Rich Mullins 20th Anniversary Project
UPDATE: I have begun an podcast about Rich Mullins with Joe Cook of the Ragamuffin Archive. For our first episode we were even able to interview Jimmy Abegg about the Be God's Podcast. You can listen to the episode here or subscribe on itunes Google Play Tunein Radio or Stitcher
It has been an amazing past several years for the legacy of musician, writer, teacher, and walking human enigma Rich Mullins.
Most notably, a group of filmmakers made a movie and documentary (Ragamuffin and A Ragamuffin's Legacy) about his life. If you have followed this blog at all you will know that I have given much attention to those projects. On top of the films, a whole slew of "new" Rich Mullins material and stories have surfaced. You can discover all the material for yourself in these other articles of mine: "Online Rich Mullins Library" and "Caleb Kruse on Meeting Rich". There, you will find out about Elizabeth Snell Lutz's archive of his "old music." You will be introduced to Joe Cook's "Ragamuffin Archive", containing a multitude of interviews, live concerts, and documentaries. And you will uncover Mullins' last concert and the book Caleb Kruse wrote about the time Mullins stayed in his home in the weeks before his death. And hey, if you're feeling courageous you can listen to my podcast interviews with Joe Cook, Mitch McVicker, and Pam Destri, the EMT who was on the scene of his fatal accident. It is all a lot to take in and it is both joyous and sad to immerse oneself in the life and work of Rich Mullins.
These "never before heard" demos are not as un-heard as it is being claimed.
But here is my point: I am going to make a guess and say that all of or nearly all of the 10 "un-heard" Mullins songs to be released on Be God's are available to be streamed right now for free. And thus the Pledgemusic campaign is not being truthful to fans. I am grateful those 10 songs are going to be cleaned up, mastered properly, and released in an official version. But what about the 100+ other songs that Lutz has up on her page?! And there really are that many. What deserves to happen to them? What should be the fate of these priceless archives of Rich Mullins' work?
I have some ideas...
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Three, Nay I Tell You Four Ideas For Mullins' Unreleased Song Archives.
There are several options for how Mullins unreleased music should be released, which I will line out here. But first let me say this, so that you do not think I am a naive idealist:
The Christian music industry has some serious problems. They do not know how to take care of nor preserve the legacy of their veteran and most respected artists. One of the main reasons for this is there is not overwhelming fan support for reissues and remastering of classic albums. In other words, there is not enough market support to justify going through the effort to re-release the great albums of CCM past. People keep buying Queen's music. People eat up re-issues of U2 albums that feature a second disc of extra songs, demo versions, and remixes. Pick any "secular" artist and go through Music Directs vinyl section to see all the glorious re-issues available for purchase. Simply put, there is enough of a market base to justify every re-issue of those albums. But not in the Christian music world. To be sure, there are many dedicated old-school fans (I talk with a lot of them on Facebook all the time!), but apparently not enough of them to warrant say...I don't know...releasing A Liturgy, A Legacy, & A Ragamuffin Band on vinyl, which in the secular world would have been a foregone conclusion.
I have been told numerous times that the market isn't there for these kinds of releases within CCM, but these are exactly the kind of releases I am positing. So be it. I think they're great ideas, better ideas in fact than the 10 songs us fans will be getting when Be God's is released.
But this pessimistic outlook on reissuing CCM albums isn't exactly true. A number of classic bands have attempted and funded similar campaigns for releasing some of their classic works. This would include Daniel Amos, the 77's, and The Prayer Chain. Their campaigns worked because their fanbase is loyal enough that they purchase almost anything their beloved band puts out. My guess and my hope is that Rich Mullins fans are very much of the same caliber.
Here now are my ideas. I start with the simpler and most feasible and work my way on up to the most ambitious.
Idea #1: Rich Mullins Anthology Vol. 1: The Early Years and Rich Mullins Anthology Vol. 2: The Recording Years.
Before I explain this first idea, let me establish something: Rich Mullins is the Bob Dylan of Christian music and he should be treated as such. His work should be chronicled and ordered and archived out of respect for the genius he was and the art he birthed into the world. Bob Dylan gets extensive Bootleg albums released of his "never before heard" material (12 volumes so far) but Rich Mullins gets 13 songs from the 2003 release of Here in America and 10 more songs from Be God's. Based on the amount of material available, this is a gross injustice. I'll explain more about that estimated amount of material in the next two ideas, but first let me explain this first idea.
This idea is simple: a la The Beatles' Anthology or Dylan's Bootleg series, release a two volume work, divided into his "early years" and his "recording years." I know the "early years" could easily fill up 2 discs. I am not sure about how many extra songs did not make it onto albums from his "recording years", but I do know there are a number of live recordings with interesting versions of his well known songs (again, I will say more on this below). Here is what I do know: producer Reed Arvin has a few Mullins songs that never made it onto the albums. I also know that he has some demos for the albums he produced. For instance, I heard a beautiful version of "Sometimes By Step" with the strings playing by themselves. It was stunningly beautiful. This exists and would be worth it for everyone to hear. I wonder what else Arvin has that would be worth hearing? Mullins also wrote and recorded a few songs with other artists, namely This Train and Mitch McVicker, which I am sure many fans are not aware of or do not own copies of. These would fit well in an anthology series.
These anthologies could contain extensive liner notes. Reed Arvin is already writing an essay or essays for the Be God's project, but in my mind this is an injustice to Elizabeth Snell Lutz. She should write the intros and reflections to all the songs on the "early years" volumes and she should invite others who were part of Mullins' life in that time period to write their own reflections and help her fill in details. What could be more fitting? Then, after Vol. 1 Reed Arvin would certainly be the best candidate to write similar reflections for the "recording years."
So, here's the idea: 2 volumes, possibly 4 discs of material, with extensive liner notes.
Here's what this does, and this is important: it gives Mullins' "un-heard" songs a historical context. My greatest concern about the 10 songs on Be God's (whatever they may be) is they will be handed over to us sans a narrative or placed within history. Think of The Beatles' Anthology volumes. Each song was given a recording date, a description of how the recording was made, and any other relevant or noteworthy historical anecdotes. It was brilliant. I salivate just thinking about it. Having Mullins' "un-heard" songs divided up into 2 volumes will help place us as listeners into the different eras of his life. We will get to place ourselves into his college years and hear what his nascent songwriting was like. Then we will get to place ourselves in the recording industry years when he lived in Nashville, Wichita, and New Mexico/Arizona.
All of this makes sense to me. 10 songs robbed of their context does not make sense though. This is the simplest and least ambitious option. Rich Mullins is our Bob Dylan and we need to treat him as such. (I'll be expecting that Nobel Prize awarded to him some time soon...)
Idea #2: Re-Issue all his studio albums on vinyl, CD, and streaming and embed all "un-heard" songs and material within the re-issues.
This idea works because it starts with what people already know. He released 9 official solo studio albums in his lifetime. These albums could be remastered and repackaged with all the "extras." Here I will list some of these known "extras" or "un-heard" material. Some of it I have listed above, but here I will line it out specifically for all to see. It is potentially, gloriously, marvelous.
1. Elizabeth Snell Lutz's "early music," some 100+ songs from the college and Zion years. There are really that many.
2. In Worship of the Coming King live concert recording, which you can listen to in full here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ioF05HTiVmsNgWQp6hbgw
5. Various live recordings (in both audio and sometimes video) from the 80's on up to his death, including performances with Zion, the Deep Valley Christian Camp recordings from '83 and '84, live from Holland in 1994, and a live acoustic set on Moody Radio's "Open Line" show from 1995. You can find the setlist for the Deep Valley show here: http://www.audiori.net/richmullins/concerts/deepvalley84.html
7. Other unreleased demo recordings of songs available on the Ragamuffin Archive.
8. Songs recorded with or by other artists, including Mitch McVicker, This Train, Third Day, Hokus Pick, Carolyn Arends, Charlotte Madeliene, and Choice Lifestyle, a band he produced and recorded with. On top of this there are also artists who recorded songs he wrote, most famously Amy Grant but also Cynthia Clawson, Pam Mark Hall, and Tony Melendez. Finally, we shouldn't forget about his cover of Keith Green's "You Are The One" from the No Compromise tribute album.
9. Canticle of the Plains, his musical on the like of St. Francis and which features Kevin Max, Michael Tait, and Leigh Nash on vocals, and is now out of print.
10. Interviews, interviews, and more interviews—one of the most rewarding parts of the online material are the interviews. There are lots of them and they are illuminating and thought provoking. You can go listen to them right now of course, but I the whole point of this article is to question whether or not they should be released in a more official format. Think of this: every album re-issue could contain an interview, the CD versions would probably need to be shorter, but the downloadable and streamable versions could contain the longform interviews. There really are so many to be listened to and they really are what made Mullins a fascinating and captivating artist. Here is a playlist of them, in case you absolutely want to listen to them now: https: //www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRNKXbnlKN7P3e4kY2isZdGTr2VV_8i6d
Just so I am clear: I am in no way saying everything on this list needs to be included on an "anthology" or a "reissue," but I wanted to list everything out in order to show everyone just exactly what all the options would be. Listing them out like this makes the 10 songs to be included on Be God's sound all the more absurd, and I don't think it is too harsh to say it that way.
I am completely spitballing here, but here is how this could go down. Each album will be reissued in a remastered edition and will contain a second disc or a deluxe edition for downloading. So, for instance:
1.) Rich Mullins, his self-titled first album, could be paired with a number of his "early music" songs, some of the '82/'84 studio demos, and Zion's Behold the Man.
2.) Pictures in the Sky could be paired with more "early music", more '82/'84 studio demos, and a live concert.
3.) Winds of Heaven Stuff of Earth could be much the same as the first two, except that we could include the covers of Michael W. Smith's "Awesome God", and Jars of Clay's "If I Stand." We could also include any extra songs from the recording sessions. The next few albums could follow this pattern, featuring "early music" that finally got recorded on a later album, studio extras, and live recordings.
4.) Moving to later in his career, Brother's Keeper could be paired with a number of earlier demos of songs appearing on the album, along with alternate live versions of the songs. Or it could be paired with Canticle of the Plains. The Jesus Record could be paired with the "early music" that relates to the album, such as "Heaven in His Eyes", along with "Madeline's Song," and the songs he recorded with other artists late in his career.
You get the idea.
Here is what this does: This idea releases all the "extra" or "never before heard" material within a package that is already familiar to people, namely, the studio albums. It also makes sure all of his studio albums get released on vinyl (which is important!). Finally, it ensures other important works, like the Zion album and Canticle get a chance to be heard again.
Idea #3: Release the Anthologies as in idea #1, but then also release all the stand alone works separately
In this idea volumes 1 & 2 of the anthologies are still released, but almost all live recordings are taken out of them. This idea proposes that the Zion album, the Canticle, and a few of the live recordings are all released as separate works. I like this idea as it preserves the integrity of the individual works, but perhaps it does not work as well from a marketing perspective. A lot of people, for instance, will not know what Zion is, and thus not have their interest piqued enough to purchase it.
Or maybe idea #4...?
This idea focuses on the re-release of the studio albums, but then gives people the opportunity to buy some of the special stand alone works.
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Here's Where Things Get Complex...
I of course realize that none of these ideas would be easy to bring to completion. The first layer of complexity, as mentioned above, is whether or not there is enough market support to warrant all the money it will cost to re-mix, re-master, and then physically produce the Rich Mullins "Anthologies" and reissues.
The next layer of complexity though is: Who owns the rights to Mullins' music?
If you go to this website and search "Rich Mullins" it would appear a vast majority of Mullins' songs, especially early in his career, including many that he never officially recorded, are owned by Capitol CMG: http://www.capitolcmgpublishing.com/LicensingPages/SongSearch.aspx
However, it seems that Beth Snell Lutz or the Rich Mullins estate (which would consist of his family) owns the rights to his "early music," as they designate on their pages, labelling the songs as: (c)richmullinsongs
Now, perhaps there is a nuance here that I am not aware of and (c)richmullinsongs
But in all of this hear is what really needs to be said: in an ideal world this should have all been taken care of already. The record labels should have been on top of it and had projects like this in the works for years. Classic "secular" artists live in that ideal world. CCM artists do not. Instead, it takes friends of the artist, as in Mullins' case, working their hearts out on an independent basis to see a project like this through to fruition. It's beautiful that Jimmy Abegg wants to see this happen but it's also an unfortunate situation.
Let me again state that I believe the spirit behind the Be God's project is wonderful, but I also think it's an incredibly wrong move. Too much time has passed for there to merely be another 10 songs and another tribute album released. It is time to give an artist like Mullins the legacy he deserves. I could be wrong, but Be God's feels like a one-off project, instead of the start of re-issuing his studio albums or something like the Rich Mullins Anthologies.
There is a storied tradition within popular music of fans "bootlegging" the unreleased and live songs of their favorite artists. This has happened most famously with with The Beatles' Let It Be sessions, Dylan's and The Band's Basement Tapes, The Beach Boys' Smile, and numerous live recordings of The Grateful Dead, Phish, Pearl Jam and of course many others. Rabid Rich Mullins fans can continue slinking around the internet partaking of all the wonderful songs and concerts and interviews that have been preserved and uploaded, streaming them on Youtube or downloading them from strange websites. We are grateful for Elizabeth Snell Lutz and Joe Cook at the Ragamuffin Archive for all the time they put in insuring that his music and thoughts find a larger audience. And yet there is this conviction that something more should be done. Many of us are mourning the implosion of the CCM industry, if only for the reason that a larger project like Mullins deserves (as well as other artists) has now been made impossible. Be God's is great, but it's not enough. I am hoping the gate holders of Mullins' music and legacy come to the same realization.
UPDATE: In reading through various comments on this article and even getting a few private messages, I have a reflection:
Either my ideas about this project are:
1). the common sense thing to do, the ideas that will benefit the most amount of people.
2). the ramblings of a naive idealist, or
3). a woeful lament of what can never come to be.
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3. Celebrating 20 Years of Rich Mullins'
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5. Movie Review: Ragamuffin: The True Story of Rich Mullins
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UN Watch also called on new members India, Indonesia and the Philippines and Burkina Faso to improve their voting records in the coming months, noting that all four had either abstained or voted against U.N. resolutions relating to rights abuses in Iran, Burma, and North Korea.
'Free' Countries Once Again a Minority on U.N. Human Rights Council
Monday, May 23, 2011
(CNSNews.com) This year's election for the U.N. Human Rights Council has, once again, produced a body that has fewer "free" countries 21 of a total of 47 and has more than one-third of the seats held by members of the Islamic bloc.
Among the 15 countries to win seats on the Geneva-based HRC on Friday was Congo, which joins 11 other countries ranked "not free" by the democracy advocacy group, Freedom House, based on an annual assessment of political freedoms and civil liberties.
Nonetheless, rights advocates did find some cause for cheer: In the only two regional groups to see any contest, Latin America and Eastern Europe, countries ranked "free" by Freedom House defeated candidates scoring a "partly free" grade.
In Latin America, Nicaragua's leftist regime was edged out in a four-way race for three seats, won by Peru, Chile and Costa Rica; the Czech Republic and Romania beat Georgia in a three-way contest for two seats for the Eastern Europe group.
As expected, Kuwait secured the seat that Syria had been in line to win until President Bashar Assad withdrew his bid last week, after initially supportive Arab and Asian states bowed to pressure from Western governments and non-governmental activists. (Even though Syria was not standing, five countries still voted for it on Friday.)
Every May for the past six years the U.N. General Assembly has held an "election" to fill a proportion of seats
on the 47-member HRC, the world body's foremost human rights watchdog.
With the exception of the inaugural vote in 2006, the procedure has been marred by "closed slates," where regional groups endorse the same number of countries as there are seats available, thus precluding any contest.
Despite the requirement that governments take into account candidates' human rights records, the General Assembly voting under secret ballot has ushered onto the council a total of 19 "not free" countries, some more than once.
In most cases, they obtained votes well in excess of the 97 required in the 192-member General Assembly.
The 19, along with the number of votes they scored, are: China (won two elections, with vote counts of 146 and 167), Russia (137, 146), Cuba (135, 163), Saudi Arabia (126, 154), Libya (155), Egypt (168), Pakistan (149, 114), Algeria (168), Tunisia (171), Mauritania (167), Bahrain (172), Qatar (170, 177), Jordan (178), Angola (172, 170), Cameroon (171, 142), Gabon (178), Kyrgyzstan (174), Azerbaijan (103) and newcomer Congo (176).
The presence on the HRC of such countries, and their tendency to vote as a bloc against initiatives promoted by Western and other democracies, has been among the issues raised most frequently by critics, including Republican lawmakers who want the Obama administration to withdraw from the HRC and to "explore credible, alternative forums to advance human rights."
Another target of criticism has been the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), the bloc of mostly Muslim-majority states that has used the HRC to target Israel and to promote its provocative "defamation of religion" campaign.
In 2010, the OIC held a record 18 seats in the council. On Friday that remained unchanged, with three OIC members (Bahrain, Pakistan and Gabon) leaving, and three joining (Kuwait, Indonesia and Benin).
UN Watch, a Geneva-based organization that monitors the HRC, led a campaign both to deny Syria a seat, and to urge governments to vote for candidates with strong rights records. It argued that neither Congo, Nicaragua nor Kuwait deserved seats on the council.
UN Watch Hillel Neuer deplored the election of Congo and Kuwait, while calling the defeat of Nicaragua a significant achievement.
"It's currently one of the most shameless defenders of Libya's Col. Muammar Gaddafi and Syrian President Bashar Assad. So two dictators who are killing their own people today lost a key ally," he said.
"We're also delighted that Syria was pressured into pulling its bid last week."
UN Watch also called on new members India, Indonesia and the Philippines and Burkina Faso to improve their voting records in the coming months, noting that all four had either abstained or voted against U.N. resolutions relating to rights abuses in Iran, Burma, and North Korea.
The HRC for the next year comprises:
"Free" countries (21):
Austria, Benin, Belgium, Botswana, Chile, Costa Rica, Czech, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Mauritius, Mexico, Norway, Peru, Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, United States and Uruguay.
"Not free" (12):
Angola, Cameroon, China, Congo, Cuba, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Libya (currently suspended), Mauritania, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia.
"Partly free" (14):
Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Ecuador, Guatemala, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Moldova, Nigeria, Philippines, Senegal, Uganda, Thailand.
The OIC members are: Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Djibouti, Indonesia, Jordan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal and Uganda.


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Gladys Matilda Pyle Banks, 94, Nevada, died Thursday, March 10, 2005, at Moore-Few Care Center, Nevada, following a lengthy illness. She was born Feb. 28, 1911, in Walker, to Thomas Francis Pyle and Hattie Mable Dixon Pyle. She married Clifford Banks and he preceded her in death in July 1976.
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Cosmos is a fun game to play when you're stuck waiting for something. All you need is at least one other person, but it's much more fun in groups. This can also be used in a prank, or simply to confuse people.
Method 1 of 2:
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1Ask another person to choose a number. This can be a friend, part of a group, or a person you're trying to confuse. You can ask them for a number between one and ten to start, or, if you're playing with more than one other person, allow them to choose any number.
2Count the number of letters in the number that they have chosen. Tell them that that number is cosmos. For example, they might choose six. Since the word "six" has three letters in it, three is cosmos. Tell them, "Six is three and three is cosmos."
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For diamonds with a colour grade of H or I, yellow and rose gold work to mask the slight tint that is sometimes present in lower colour grade diamonds, ensuring they remain looking bright and white in appearance.
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What if I were to tell you that what your nonprofit does — doesn't matter.
Now, give me a second to clarify: the point here is that "what" is the wrong place to put your focus when it comes to fundraising writing. Potential donors and supporters aren't really interested in information about your programs or what you hope to do — they need information about the, "Why."
It's really important to uncover the people behind what your organization does (Especially when creating content for a crowdfunding campaign): the social impact, the emotional hook, the people who remind you every day why your organization does what it does.
Your nonprofit organization can create this human connectivity by fusing story-telling into your crowdfunding campaign strategy. Here are a few things to consider as you prepare your writing strategy for a crowdfunding campaign.
How will your organization create its content?
Quality content is an essential piece of any successful crowdfunding campaign. This means if you're putting any effort at all into this type of fundraising campaign, is vital that your organization find the write person to create this content — whether it be a professional writer, an active supporter or volunteer with strong writing experience.
How do you know if someone inside your organization is fit to do the job? You need to be confident that a volunteers' work is going to be effective for your campaign, so start by considering two factors:
- Does the person actually enjoy writing? If not, writing all the content for this campaign will become a chore. And, there's a lot of writing to be done — the last thing you want to do is slow down the momentum of your campaign because creating great stories seemed like too much work.
- Does the person have strong interviewing skills? While you can prepare a standard list of questions to use in interviews about the "why" of your organization, when it comes time to actually do the interview your writer better be able to think on his or her feet and get the real, emotional conversations started.
What are the essential "ingredients" to a successfully written crowdfunding pitch?
While there isn't a black and white answer for the set number of paragraphs your writing needs, which paragraph should talk about what, and so forth — there are some general guidelines to follow as to the flow of your story-focused campaign pitch.
- Start with an emotional hook. Bring your readers to tears, or evoke belly laughs so vigorous they bounce off their chairs and climb back up looking for more. The point is, you want potential donors reading your campaign to be interested from the start — and that starts with an emotionally captivating human story.
- Give brief details about how your organization helps. Make the transition natural by explaining, in generic terms, how your nonprofit helped the person in the emotional hook.
- Explain that the problem still exists. Just because your organization helped the person in the first example, doesn't mean your work is done. Use statistics that showcase how many more people are still in need, or other data or information that truly showcases the societal need for your nonprofit.
- Call to action/the ask. Tell people what you need them to do, and be specific.
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A couple of months ago, on my post about some Stamped Embellishments, I promised that I'd do a review of the Avery Elle Pigment Ink Pads (I was just waiting to get hold of the 'Cherry' colour which I really wanted). So here we are!
I decided late last year that I prefer Pigment Ink to Dye Ink pads. For a good comparison video of Pigment vs Dye Inks check out Jennifer McGuire's video HERE. Basically as I understand it, dye ink sinks into the paper to dye it, and dries really fast, but pigment ink has pigments that sit on top of the paper and dries more slowly.
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Here are the Avery Elle Ink Pad colours I bought – from top to bottom, left to right, they are: Fog, Cherry, Sapphire, Lemon Grass, Fizz, Aquamarine, Kraft, and Conch Shell:
I chose these colours to fit in with some American Crafts Pigment Ink Pads that I already own (Grapefruit, Leaf, Mustard, and Wave), plus my favourite black ink to stamp with (VersaMagic Midnight Black Chalk Ink):
Here's the Avery Elle Ink Pad Colours all stamped with a solid kite image:
And a close up of the Sapphire one to show the coverage:
One thing to note with Pigment Inks is because they take longer to dry you need to be really careful not to smudge them! Below shows how I rubbed my finger across a kite stamped with the Fog ink – this was 15 minutes after I stamped it and the colour still smudged a little:
Here are the colours again, this time stamped with a sentiment that has thin lines:
They came out really clearly!
I thought I'd try the inks out on a few different surfaces too. I started with a selection of white / light papers, stamping the Fog ink with a triangle stamp. The 'Cheap White Cardstock (Matte)' is what all the samples above are stamped on too:
And then I tried it out on a few other more unusual surfaces – cork, linen, grey chipboard, a feather, a wood veneer shape, and a kraft chipboard shape, this time using the Cherry Ink Pad and a chevron stamp:
I am loving the feather!
I also made a quick card, overlapping stamped images to check whether the inks would blend / smudge where they were layered up:
They didn't smudge or bleed into each other at all, so that was awesome! I did wait for 30 seconds or so before layering one stamped image on top of another, but that was it. It was a quick way to make a nice colourful card!
One last thing to point out is that you might not always get a good stamped image, but this is often because of the quality of the stamp rather than the ink. On the card above you can see that the flowers and the sentiment are not quite as crisp as my other images – these stamps feel more bouncy or wobbly when I'm stamping them, which I guess is down to the manufacturing process. I still like to use them, but I am aware my images might not be so perfect with them.
I really like the Avery Elle Pigment Ink Pads, and I want more colours now – especially Sugar Plum as that looks like a nice deep purple.
What do you think? Do you have a favourite brand or type of ink pad to stamp with? If you have any questions let me know!
I'll see you again soon,
Jennifer x


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Collaborating widely, our Cardiff-based team ensures that excellent scientific outputs contribute to the needs of local and central government in Wales, non-govermental organisations, academia and informs the wider community.
Ongoing geological survey in North Wales aims to provide new data on superficial and bedrock geology in the region and deliver a platform for investigating impacts and processes of environmental change as well as ancient geological processes.
The Digital Integrated Stratigraphy Project (DISP) is a web-based, open access, digital resource for stratigraphy. The project aims to eliminate stratigraphic ambiguity associated with sample position within a stratigraphic section.
Projects include the South Wales RIGS Audit which will identify the best geodiversity sites in the region. We are also working with Fforest Fawr Geopark and Epynt Ranges on projects that raise public awareness of our geological heritage.
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Encouraging an interest in earth science amongst schools and the general public. Activities include rocks and fossils workshops for primary schools, and also information and resources for secondary through to university level and local interest groups.
A project jointly funded by the Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund for Wales to identify and present spatially the significant mineral resource occurrences across Wales. Knowledge about mineral resources is essential for making effective and sustainable planning decisions and will enable better quality engagement, consultation and debate.
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Remote sensing technology (InSAR) has been used to monitor ground movements (motions) across the South Wales Coalfield. This project provided new information on the long-term effects of coal mining activity, such as uplift, subsidence and landslides, and will support decision making for land use planning and infrastructure asset management in Wales.
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Paul McCartney, Metallica and Florence + The Machine will headline US festival Lollapalooza, it has been confirmed.
Other acts confirmed for the three day music festival, which takes place from July 31 – August 2 at Grant Park in Chicago, include Tame Impala, Alt-J, Sam Smith, The Weeknd, Tyler, The Creator, A$AP Rocky, Death From Above 1979, Hot Chip, TV On The Radio, Alabama Shakes, The War On Drugs, Gary Clark Jr, FKA Twigs, Father John Misty, The Tallest Man on Earth and Flying Lotus.
Three-day passes for Lollapalooza are already sold out. One-day passes went on sale today (March 25) from the festival's website.
It was at last year's festival that Dev Hynes claimed he was assaulted by Lollapalooza security staff.
Hynes was performing under his Blood Orange guise at the festival in Grant Park, Chicago, where he claims both he and Samantha Urbani, his bandmate and girlfriend, were assaulted.
In a series of tweets, Hynes said he was thrown to the ground by three security guards following Blood Orange's mid-afternoon set at Chicago's Grant Park, after Urbani was "grabbed". Lollapalooza responded with an official statement.
Lollapalooza will take place in Europe for the first time this this year at Tempelhof Airport, Berlin between September 12-13. It is being organised in conjunction with Festival Republic, the team behind the Reading and Leeds Festivals.
The Libertines, Sam Smith, Bastille, Franz Ferdinand and Chvrches have been announced as part of the line-up.


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What direct marketing does best is create the "one-on-one" connection that so many businesses strive to generate. By creating an intimate, individualized approach to each customer you improve the chances that your business or product will get the attention it deserves. But how do you go about converting a customer once you send out a brochure, letter or catalogue about your business? Through CRM solutions you can increase the chances that a potential customer or existing customer will take you seriously and not send your direct marketing advertisement straight to the trash can.
In direct marketing customer data and lists are scrutinized and used to choose the best methods of connecting with customers and generating sales leads. By building a profile of a customer businesses don't waste money with ineffective contact. For example, an online web store dedicated to health and beauty products for women of color, compiles and stores data on its core customer base. It recognizes that women of primarily African and Latin descent are its primary purchases so online advertising in targeted Spanish ads and ads featuring women of color are more likely to get a response from their base.
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Business to consumer and business-to-business companies can benefit from using CRM to streamline and organize information related to their direct marketing campaigns. Learn to implement software programs that allow a business to recognize its core base of customers, finding out how these customers respond to direct advertising and what sources of advertising are more likely to get a response can save a business time and energy to convert new leads and get new customers to become loyal and to keep spending.
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BLAIR COUNTY, Pa. — Emergency officials are on the scene of a deadly shooting in Frankstown Township, in Blair County.
Right now, sources tell KDKA-TV that four people are dead, and three Pennsylvania State Troopers were also hurt, but are expected to be okay.
Sources say at least part of the shooting took place at the Juniata Valley Gospel Church.
Troopers responded to a 9-1-1 shots fired call about 9 a.m. Additional 9-1-1 calls reported an armed man shooting at additional locations.
According to sources, two troopers were fired at by the driver of a pickup truck on Juniata Valley Road and a third officer was injured in a head-on crash with the pickup.
Sources say the suspect was Jeffrey Lee Michael of Hollidaysburg, Pa.
Michael exited the truck and immediately shot at troopers. Troopers returned fire, killing Michael.
One trooper was hit by two bullets, one in the chest area, which hit his body armor. A second bullet hit the trooper in the wrist. A second trooper was injured from shattered glass, and shrapnel to the face from the gunfire. A third trooper was injured in the motor vehicle crash.


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Nominations are on for Kola Best of both worlds, do you know anyone in the African or Caribbean Community making positive impact in Michigan? it is time to nominate them for honor. Nomination ends on September 30, 2017, don't miss this golden opportunity.
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Edmund Rice Education Australia
Edmund Rice Education Australia was established in October 2007. It is the governing body of the schools previously administered by the Christian Brothers. It is the outcome of one of two project groups, the National Planning Committee for Schools Governance (schools) and Shaping our Future Committee Oceania (Brothers' communities).
As a result of the work of these two groups, the Christian Brothers decided to amalgamate separate Christian Brothers provinces in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea to form one Oceania Province for the Brothers focused on the social justice mission of the Christian Brothers.
Separately, Edmund Rice Education Australia was established with the intention of independently governing the implementation of the educational mission of the Christian Brothers in Catholic Education while empowering lay people to become increasingly involved in the leadership of the future educational work of the Brothers.
The opportunity for Edmund Rice Education Australia is to reinforce the distinctive values of Edmund Rice Education in Catholic Education through a national and unified network of schools and educational entities throughout Australia. All schools and educational entities in the Edmund Rice tradition across Australia are unified by a Charter which comprises touchstones giving ideals authentically linked with the Charism of Blessed Edmund Rice and which underpin the ministry in the schools and educational endeavors in Church mission. The touchstones of the Charter are: Inclusive Community, Liberating Education, Justice and Solidarity and Gospel Spirituality.
Edmund Rice Education Australia operates from a national office in Richmond, Victoria, together with regional support offices in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia and Queensland.
The Identity of a Catholic school in the Edmund Rice tradition lies in its being an instrument of the Church's mission and motivated by its evangelisation role. While all Catholic schools work for the mission of the Church, the charism of Blessed Edmund Rice is the prism through which Christian Brothers' schools look at the world in discerning the needs in light of the Gospel. They do this within the local church a nd with the experience, joy and hope of a living tradition. Such is their mission as they strive to be part of the Kingdom's mission through school ministry as Church mission Foundations 2005.
Edmund Rice
Born in Callan, Ireland, in 1762, Edmund came to the bustling city port of Waterford as a young man. He was talented and energetic and soon became very wealthy. Married to Mary Elliot, in 1789 he experienced her tragic death soon after she gave birth to their daughter Mary.
Deeply saddened by this loss, Edmund entered a time of mourning. As his daughter continued to open the depths of his love, his relationship with God deepened. In his own brokenness, he was moved with compassion to recognise the brokenness of those around him. He entered more deeply into their struggle and found in the story of Jesus the call to liberation that is at the heart of what Jesus preached and in which his church is engaged.
The Ireland of Edmund's day was an unjust place where many lived in poverty and social structures deeply oppressed the majority of the population.I n 1802 he set up a free school for boys living in poverty. His aim was to promote an education that recognised the dignity of each individual and thus he sought to liberate them from their ignorance of God and of their Catholic faith, while at the same time empowering them with an education which would enable them to rise from the demeaning poverty and sense of hopelessness in which they were trapped. Thus Edmund sought to liberate individuals and indeed to free his society from oppression.
The Charter for Edmund Rice Schools
In 2004, the Province Leaders of the Christian Brothers in Australia proclaimed a Charter for Catholic Schools in the Edmund Rice Tradition, a document that aimed to capture the character and culture of their schools. Challenging the schools, their leaders, staff, students and families to be faithful to this character, the Charter was seen as a living document which was to evolve through review and reflection as the demands of our changing times are read and interpreted in the light of the unchanging Gospel.
On August 22nd of 2011, following several years of reflection and wide consultation, Br Philip Pinto, Congregational Leader of the Christian Brothers officially launched a revised Charter. This revised Charter now uses four touchstones to describe the culture and ethos of an Edmund Rice school.
The Brothers chose to use the term Touchstone as they believe that this describes the fundamental or quintessential features of their schools. In earlier times a Touchstone was used to judge the purity of precious metals. A streak left on the Touchstone was compared with a streak made by the pure metal. Through this process authenticity was verified.
The four touchstones that have been identified as being an essential part of all Edmund Rice Schools and hence Trinity College are:
Liberating Education
As a school in the Edmund Rice tradition we will aim to open hearts and minds, through quality teaching and learning experiences, so that through critical reflection and engagement each person is hope-filled and encouraged to build a better world for all.
Gospel Spirituality
Our College will invite all people into the story of Jesus Christ and strive to make his message of compassion, justice and peace a living reality within our community.
Inclusive Community
Our community aims to be accepting and welcoming, fostering right relationships and committed to the common good.
Justice and Solidarity
We are committed to justice and peace for all, grounded in a spirituality of action and reflection that calls us to stand in solidarity with those who are marginalised and the Earth itself.
We are committed to justice and peace for all, grounded in a spirituality of action and reflection that calls us to stand in solidarity with those who are marginalised and the Earth itself.
Our College is committed to justice and peace for all, grounded in a spirituality of action and reflection that calls us to stand in solidarity with those who are marginalised and with our planet.
When Edmund Rice Education Australia was being planned as a future governance body for schools owned and governed by the Christian Brothers, it was clear that structures had to be in place to protect the particular character and culture of the schools. Initiatives to meet this need included the development of the Charter for Catholic Schools in the Edmund Rice Tradition, the planning of Formation programs, the establishment of the School Renewal Process and, within the organisational structure of EREA, the establishment of the Identity Directorate.
In articulating identity, EREA calls upon the message of the Gospel, the charism of Edmund Rice, the mission of Catholic Education, the story of the Christian Brothers and the lived reality of schools which have shared a long and proud Christian Brothers heritage.
All schools and educational entities in the Edmund Rice tradition across Australia are bound by a Charter which comprises touchstones giving ideals authentically linked with the charism of Blessed Edmund Rice and which underpin the ministry in our schools and educational endeavours.
These touchstones will help us set our direction and define our goals as, following Blessed Edmund's example, we continue to reflect and to seek to make the Gospel a living reality in our communities. Living these touchstones gives Edmund Rice Education Australia a special position in educating for liberation and possibility. Each school and educational entity within Edmund Rice Education Australia is called to be authentic to The Charter.
…the Charter aims to inspire school communities to foster energetically the vision of a charismatic leader, Blessed Edmund Rice, in the Spirit of Christ and the educational mission of the Catholic Church.
The formulation of the revised Charter was the result of consultation and collaboration by Edmund Rice Education Australia with the schools and educational entities throughout Australia.
As a living document, the Charter will continue to evolve through review and reflection as the demands of our changing times are read and interpreted in the light of the unchanging Gospel.