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text: Share: Comments Print February 7, 2014 at 9:42 AM Here is Reign FC's 2014 schedule Posted by Joshua Mayers A day after Reign FC announced its move to Seattle's Memorial Stadium, the NWSL has released its 2014 schedule. Here are the Reign's games (* – exhibition): * * * Date Time (PT) Opponent Location Saturday, March 29 2 p.m. at University of Portland* Clive Charles Soccer Complex Thursday, April 3 7 p.m. at University of Washington* Husky Soccer Stadium Saturday, April 5 4 p.m. vs. Seattle Pacific University* Memorial Stadium Sunday, April 13 4 p.m. vs. Boston Breakers Memorial Stadium Wednesday, April 23 7 p.m. vs. Washington Spirit Memorial Stadium Sunday, April 27 4 p.m. vs. Houston Dash Memorial Stadium Wednesday, April 30 4 p.m. at Sky Blue FC Yurcak Field Saturday, May 3 3:30 p.m. at Washington Spirit Maryland SoccerPlex Saturday, May 10 7 p.m. at Portland Thorns FC Jeld-Wen Field Wednesday, May 14 7 p.m. vs. FC Kansas City Memorial Stadium Wednesday, May 21 4 p.m. at FC Kansas City Durwood Stadium Sunday, May 25 4 p.m. vs. Western New York Flash Memorial Stadium Sunday, June 1 3 p.m. at Sky Blue FC Yurcak Field Saturday, June 7 7 p.m. vs. Chicago Red Stars Memorial Stadium Thursday, June 19 4 p.m. at Boston Breakers Harvard Stadium Sunday, June 22 12 p.m. at Western New York Flash Sahlen's Stadium Saturday, June 28 6 p.m. vs. Sky Blue FC Memorial Stadium Wednesday, July 2 4 p.m. at Western New York Flash Sahlen's Stadium Sunday, July 6 4 p.m. vs. Boston Breakers Memorial Stadium Saturday, July 12 5 p.m. at Chicago Red Stars Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex Sunday, July 20 4 p.m. vs. Chicago Red Stars Memorial Stadium Sunday, July 27 4 p.m. vs. Portland Thorns FC Memorial Stadium Wednesday, July 30 6 p.m. at Houston Dash BBVA Compass Stadium Saturday, Aug. 2 4 p.m. at FC Kansas City Durwood Stadium Wednesday, Aug. 6 7 p.m. vs. Houston Dash Memorial Stadium Saturday, Aug. 9 7 p.m. vs. Washington Spirit Memorial Stadium Sunday, Aug. 17 5 p.m. at Portland Thorns FC Jeld-Wen Field * * * Here are some notes from the team and the league: — Reign FC will open the NWSL schedule on a three-game home stand, starting April 13 against the Boston Breakers at Memorial Stadium, a day after the league's first games. — Preseason includes a trip to the University of Portland, where seven Reign players have ties. Details on the home exhibition against Seattle Pacific will be announced at a later date. — Seattle hosts reigning champion Thorns FC just once: Sunday, July 27. The regular-season finale is at Portland on Sunday, Aug. 17. — The full NWSL schedule can be seen here. Broadcast information will be released later. — Each team plays 24 games (12 home, 12 away) over 19 weeks, with an emphasis on playing on weekends and holidays. The regular season concludes Aug. 17, with every team hosting at least one game in August and no team traveling outside of its time zone for the final week. — The top four teams qualify for the playoffs and compete in the semifinals on Aug. 23-24. The final will be played on weekend of Aug. 30-31. Comments | More in Reign FC

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If you learn anything about me when you meet me, it's the following things: I love to make people laugh (which usually involves making myself laugh in some ridiculous way). I'm obsessed with the moon and you'll most likely see me wearing a piece of jewelry showing so. I love red wine and going to wine tastings (and also craft beer tastings). I love to cook and trying anything at least once. Lattes are my weakness - just ask my espresso machine at home. Lastly, I'm very honest, straightforward and philosophical.
I love what I do. It's all I want to do. It's what I'm passionate about and I like to think I'm very good at it. I highly recommend meeting with me before booking me so that we can get to know each other. I've made a lot of friends in my field and I love connecting with people. I'm one hundred percent a people person. If you care to know more and want to talk about my work, feel free to contact me.
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Monday, 27 October 2014
The Gruffalo Childs Trail at Delamere
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Aw bless. I thought that it was bad to have charged you more. You probably mentioned this but where is this? My little cousin is obsessed with the gruffalo. And would love this I bet :)ReplyDeleteReplies
This one is in Delamere Forest, if you click on the link near the top, it takes you to the forestry commission who is running it, there is 15 nationwide :-)Delete
Gorgeous day and pics - except for the food! That sounds a pain. But it does sound like such fun - I'd never heard of it before.ReplyDelete
Looks like they had a great time. Can't wait for Molly to be big enough to enjoy this.ReplyDelete
Apart from the food, sounds like it was a great day out. What lovely photos - your girls look like they are having so much fun. We did the Gruffalo trail in the summer and will have to try and do the Gruffalo's child one at some point too xReplyDelete
yay Gruffalo. We went to see the one at Wyre forest at the weekend.ReplyDelete
love this so much! we did the gruffalo walk at Delamere and plan to head back to do this one tooReplyDelete
- Anonymous28 October 2014 at 19:17
Awww looks like a fun trip! I hope next time they will think of how kids want their food to be served to make their menu more enticing to children. #LetKidsBeKidsReplyDelete
there is a gruffalo's child trail near us and we have been meaning to go on it all summer, I must get round to it, we love leaves and muddy puddles too, the girls would love it this time of year #letkidsbekids (from lovinglifewithlittleones.com)ReplyDelete
Gruffalo trails are loads of fun and it looks like your girls enjoyed making the most of their day. Lovely photos, amazing colours.ReplyDelete
Thanks for linking #LetKidsBeKids
We took our toddler here the other weekend. Great fun. After reading this I'm glad we took a picnic! Must blog about our trip soon.ReplyDelete
It looks like S and J enjoyed their day searching for the gruffalo, it's a shame that you couldn't get the BBQ sausage burger. It's great that they're so willing to get outside and enjoy what nature has to offer like puddle splashing and leaf storms. Thanks for linking up with me on Country Kids.ReplyDelete


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Having friends that make great music is the best part of my life! I would say I have no musical talent and that's why I work at labels, manage bands, put together shows, and have this here blog - but others would disagree. My talent lies in knowing and finding the best of the best in new music - and from time to time I sometimes kill it at karaoke! One of my little angels and a person on my top 10 list of most favorite people in the world, Darren Robinson, has a fun new project called Twin Terrors.
You may know Darren best as guitarist extraordinaire from Phantom Planet - at least that's how I met him so many years ago (10??) when he was a rock star on tour and I was a marketing rep at Sony. Twin Terrors mixes that great Phantom Planet pop feel with indie rock tones and a danceable beat. Most recent single called "Sleepland" features Liz Nistico (of Holychild) on vocals who also took part in writing this little pop gem - I LOVE IT!
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TitleHP 7970 mag tape cable
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Dateca. 1984
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The doubled connecters have tape with "NINO M-" printed in marker on it.
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The double connectors are labelled "7970 MAG TAPE 1" and "7970 MAG TAPE 2".


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im so tired..today..after go to hospital with my hubby, and shopping for few hours.
i've bought coco the channel new bodylotions..with great smell and i also bought my lightsource cream moistorizer from esteelauder.
and..without my knowlegde..my hubby bought me beautifull platina diamond ring from tiffany as my valentine gift!!!
That was..suprising me..hahahah.
well…after shopping, we go home and eat dinner at marisol, me..as usually back to my world *cyber world*..qeqeqeqe, and my hubby..he playing the finall fantasy XII game until now..!!..hahaha.
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Winter Whites/
White is a color normally reserved for spring and summer, but recently, I have seen white incorporated into winter outfits. White separates with darker winter ones is a surprising pairing that can spice up your outfit when everyone else is in black and navy. Here are a few ways to pair your white pieces with a winter outfit. Wear white pants! Add a utility jacket and menswear inspired button-down to insure your outfit is not too "summer brunch".
Throw on a white blazer instead of the usual black so you stand out in a sea of dark winter coat wearers.
And my favorite: a white faux fur! Chic AND warm...like a polar bear.
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Dir: Blandine Lenoir | France | 2017 | 89 mins
Aurore is 50 years old, has recently lost her job, separated from her husband and is unexpectedly soon-to-be a Grandmother. When she suddenly encounters an old flame from her youth she decides she is not going to accept being pushed to the sidelines of society. Fighting back, she resolves that this may be the time to start over in life in this heart-warming, life-affirming comedy.
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On the one hand, things like last year's #HagGate situation and the amount of cringe-inducing comments I've received at conventions and signings (Things like "You don't write horror, sweetheart. It's called "paranormal romance"." and "Women can't really be scary, they're too nurturing.") make me feel like a month celebrating some of the truly amazing women in this genre is still very important and very necessary... on the other hand, outside of a few sexist jerks, acceptance of women in the horror genre is almost universal. We're celebrated, lauded for our achievements, and even the most jaded of us can name at least a dozen women authors they've read and enjoyed.
What I think is really valuable about Women in Horror Month is the amount of people who share their favorite female authors (and directors, actresses, and artists, etc) and/or their work in February. I mean, sure, we should ALWAYS crow about the things we love, the books we've enjoyed, the movies we've watched again and again... but let's be honest here: People are far more likely to talk about the things they DON'T like. I, for one, relish the opportunity to discover new authors, film makers, singers, and other talented people, so to have a month where people go out of their way to call out their favorites? Sign me up!
On top of that, it DOES feel nice to be recognized, so opportunities to recognize others (as well as, you know, being recognized) should be cherished and taken advantage of.
In that spirit, I'd like to call attention to one of my favorite, though lesser known, female authors: Ruby Jean (R.J.) Jensen.
I discovered Ruby Jean during the height of my adolescent horror fandom, when I was gobbling up anything with a skeleton, zombie, werewolf, or vampire on the cover. During this period, I ogled the cases on the horror movies at the grocery store, watched Halloween specials all year round, and spent my meager allowance money (when I got it) on books from thrift stores and library book sales. I picked up Home Sweet Home based solely on the awesome skeleton on the cover:
|Who wouldn't buy that?
It was the first thing I read when I got home, and I absolutely loved it, which lead me to some of Ruby Jean's other work, such as The Death Stone (which is my favorite of her books) and Best Friends which is SO FREAKIN' CREEPY!
So, if you're looking for something new (or old...) to read this February, check out some of Ruby Jean Jensen's books. Most of them are available pretty cheap on Amazon or eBay and are WELL worth the investment.


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A collection of head sculptures by Kristiina Haataja.
A brief review on books and magazines, a digest of recent posts,
updates on notes and good reads on the web.
An overview of the month's featured posts, shops, and Editorial Picks.
Current preview of featured items from the
Bookshelf, Lookbook, and the Shop.
Absolutely smitten with the head sculpture of Finnish artist Kristiina Haataja. Each bust is hand made and unique. It's a great artifact to add to any shelf or table top and adds an earthy tone to a clean modern space. This contemporary and cubist style however you display them, each piece gives a different perspective whichever way the light is reflecting on the sculpture. You can purchase her work on her online shop.
Haataja is based in Stockholm and teaches in her workshop. She welcomes commission and collaboration projects.
Cultivated Days is an online journal on Japanese cuisine produced by Prairie Stuart-Wolff. A writer and photographer, Stuart-Wolff was inspired to share her exploits on exotic culinary dishes, and stories that came with its old Japanese traditions.
SB Brands released this intuitive branding for a newly established fashion apparel Savin. The product presentation and photography complements the packaging and identity of the store.
A collection of print magazines good for long travels or Sunday afternoons
CW&T has recently launched an offset poster print of Personal Body Unit Index. This brilliant concept allows you to measure objects and furnitures with your own body when no measuring tools are at hand.
Everlane has introduced their new classic Modern Oxfords. Made from Italian leather with tapered toe and ¾" heels, these smart looking classics dresses up any casual wardrobe.
Parker Fitzgerald's newly published book Overgrowth is a series of flowers and nude portraits collaborated between photographer Parker Fitzgerald and floral designer and stylist Riley Messina.
Designer Erola Boix produced this brochure for private international bank, Andbanc. The striking and playful juxtaposition of the graphs with the images is a clever way to engage the reader to read the infographics.
Huy Bui's Geological Frame, is a series of wood encased in rectangular brass frames, exploring the relationship between nature and design.
Furniture brand Greycork has been rapidly growing, developing good quality and affordable furnishings that are easily assembled. Their furniture fits well in any modern or minimal home with its no fuss assembly.
Martin Auer Magazin is small but beautiful editorial design magazine that displays his traditional handicraft loaves with beautiful photographs of artisanal breads and stories behind the process in baking bread.
New Zealand based studio Sorbet made Adé's minimal and stylish book, stationery and invites complimenting the modern apartment living sentiment of the shop.
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Non-violent but non-compliant!
He is right, we are not compliant with war, with drones, with the occupation of another's country for our corporate gain.
Two white military soldiers, very young, very small, very lost, stand in front of the gate holding automatic rifles, dressed in long sleeved uniforms with pants tucked into tall black boots, and several other weapons attached to their belts.
One young man stays with us as we are moved behind a barrier, across the frontage road to the base, and cut off visually from the rest of our group of protesters.
I ask him many questions that he says he cannot answer. He does answer a few, like he has been in the military for 3 years and he's not from Nevada, he's been to Iraq. He has two little stripes and sweat pours down his face as he shifts his weight from foot to foot.
I wonder outloud if he would be willing to kill us too should his commanding officer order it. He cannot answer but he looks startled.
Another highway patrol officer has landed and this one not at all as nice as the first one. He grabs one of the men, takes him to the side of the barricade, and handcuffs him behind his back.
We protest to no avail. Soon a couple of other officers show up with the paddy wagon. We are all given tickets and then handcuffed.
Several other military soldiers show up. I begin to read the open letter to them as I try to give them a copy.
The officers then move quickly to place us inside the paddywagon, non-violent but vocal and non-compliant!


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Ben Shillito wrote was a credited writer on both Just for the Record and Dead Cert. In October 2010 he kindly agreed to an e-mail interview about his work on both movies.
What is your background in writing, before your involvement with these two films?
"I've been writing since I was old enough to hold a pen, and until recently almost everything I wrote was deeply odd. Reading back over some primary school compositions, an activity which my mother forces upon me almost every Christmas, I find my early writings near-Lynchian in their determined surrealism. Many of them feature cats in prominent roles, which illuminates a long-held pseudo-phobia of mine.
"By the age of eight I was writing Doctor Who scripts in my school note books (mostly revolving around Sabalom Glitz and carrot juice, but still featuring cats), and by the time I got to university I was earnestly churning out unpublishable novels practically every weekend, filling the halls of residence with the sound of secondhand-typewriter clatter. After graduation, I was set on an academic career (providing I could decide whether to do my PhD on Salman Rushdie or Discworld), but things went wrong when I developed (seemingly from nowhere) a crippling depression and had to be hospitalised, medicated and therapied back into the land of the living.
"Depression dragged on, as depressions are wont to do, until finally, in 2005, I decided that sitting in a shitty bedsit smoking roll-ups and pondering slashing my wrists was unprofitable, and that I should instead recast myself as a British answer to Kevin Smith, and I started reading about screen-writing, and devouring Faber & Faber's screenplays. While my first few efforts shared the earnestness of my written fiction, they were over-wrought and too padded with abject referentialism, deeply in debt (practically in slavery) to Lynch, Kubrick and Jarmusch, among others.
"It was a Sight and Sound article on Rodriguez and Tarantino that straightened me out, and got me thinking about film as an entertainment medium as well as a rarefied art form and message-delivery system. The next piece I wrote was a tight, twisty, 90-page noir thriller called Saltwater, and that script brought me to the attention (via various honourable intermediaries) of Steve Lawson."
Jonathan Sothcott and Steve Lawson?
"Steve was an aspirant when I met him. An actor building a career, using his substantial business background and connections to help finance a high-concept action thriller called The Rapture. Impressed by the script for Saltwater, Steve offered to help me make it and we shot a five-minute promo with Frank Harper and Danny John-Jules, but when The Rapture became a farrago to rival Heaven's Gate (but without the sole redeeming feature of a damn good script, which is what had saved Cimino's flabby opus), Steve and I parted company.
"For the next year I kept plugging away, managing to corral some actors and film students together to shoot a very low-budget quantum-physics essay called Strings, which ultimately suffered from the cutting of corners and didn't come together in the edit. It was while I was in the doldrums of trying to cut Strings that I heard from Steve again - he and producer Jonathan Sothcott had made the wise decision to walk away from The Rapture, and to focus instead on Just for the Record, a script based (in large part, at least) on Jonathan's experiences in the micro-budget film industry, and which seemed to speak to both of them at a point where they were reeling from The Rapture and somewhat embittered towards the business of show.
"The concept of the film, a screwball skewering of the pomp and pretensions of no-budget film-makers, was strong enough to attract some middle-drawer British talent, along with a lot of Steve and Jonathan's industry chums and chums-of-chums. With a start date fixed, and Steve having decided to direct the piece, I was asked to help Steve 'tart up' the script, which I duly did, under Steve's guidance."
"Since the project's original writer, Phil Barron, was still onboard, my involvement with the re-drafting was minimal. Steve and Jonathan would give their ideas, I'd try to map them out, and then everything was sent over to Phil, who did the actual work. Some of the more bizarre elements were reduced or removed (never ask about velcro-baby, that's my motto), but when the script came back it was 170 pages long and full of action set-pieces, including a running gag in which members of Andy Wiseman's documentary crew kept getting killed in front of him. (Along with velcro-baby, we never discuss the aggravated rape of Brad Pitt and Sylvester Stallone which fell about halfway through that draft.)
"It took a few mighty swings with an axe to repurpose that draft for the screen, but it was managed, and when we started shooting I was 'associate producer and script editor', which effectively means 'secretary and punctuation-monkey'. As filming went on, more and more chums-of-chums were getting added to the cast, and I quickly took on the role of cameo-generator and on-set dialogue tweaker. My only substantive contribution to the script before shooting began was the creation and writing of Danny Dyer's character Derek LaFarge, but as time went on I was called upon almost every day to tuck myself away on set and 'write a scene for [insert actor's name] as something like a [insert film-making role] with [insert illness, quirk or toilet problem]'.
"Although ultimately most of this stuff was cut, including a hilarious turn by Danny Midwinter as a faux-Jamaican porn-star and Jamie Foreman as a disco-dancing videographer, I was ultimately granted a writing credit in recognition of the LaFarge character and some dialogue for the likes of Sean Pertwee, Steven Berkoff and Billy Murray, although those characters were already in place in earlier drafts. Two lines remain of which I am proud: the karate sensei's Ro-wen-tah monk speech, and Alice Barry's final line about bottom love. Other than that, meh."
What did you think when you first saw Metrodome's sleeve design for JFTR?
"The JFTR sleeve came to my BlackBerry from Steve, forwarded from an original message from Jonathan. The design was attached as a jpeg, and the subject of the message was simply 'You're not going to believe this'. Suffice it to say, we didn't believe it. My response contained the word 'mendacious' - most other personnel used stronger language. Arguments followed. Many consumers were deceived. Enough said."
The 'story/idea' credits of Dead Cert are totally unclear: what were the respective contributions of Lawson, Sothcott, Garry Charles and Nick Onsloe to the screenplay?
"The unclear credits are due to various contractual issues, and there is one thing in this answer that I have to skirt around for professional reasons. As frankly as I can put it - Garry Charles wrote a (very good) screenplay called Infernal, in which gangsters from the bare-knuckle boxing world go up against suave demon gangsters who own a fucked-up demon nightclub called Infernal, which the human gangsters must infiltrate to save one of their own after a thrown-fight arrangement goes sour. It was pacy, clever, and had some lovely moments, and it was sent to Steve and I at exactly the point we had begun discussing doing a vampire film, possibly with gangsters in it.
"Rather than risk ripping off Garry's work, we elected to option the script and repurpose it, changing the demons to vampires, and re-shaping the story. The characters of Frankham, Livienko et al were my work, and were developed over the course of several story conferences between myself, Steve and Nick Onsloe, an actor who is something of an encyclopaedia of bad '80s action and horror films. Between the three of us, we mapped out the shape of the story, then I went to work populating that framework with characters and scenes, working out the beats and scripting.
"After two quick drafts, we took it to Jonathan Sothcott, who brought his love of Hammer to the table, helping to develop the Livienko character's mythological underpinnings (a strain of Norse mythology from the poetic Edda, sadly lost from the finished film) and to construct a Van Helsing character in the form of Steven Berkoff's character, who was brain-stormed into existence over lunch with Mr Berkoff in a Docklands brasserie."
"The differences are many, and significant, but for the most part each revision was at least a partial improvement. Trying to write for a committee of people who all want story credit for their (very different) ideas is not easy, but in the actual writing I was left mostly alone, and then asked to revise elements for the next draft. In the very first draft, Freddy Frankham was a supporting character and Dennis Christian the lead, but the onus of the heroic sacrifice fell too heavily on Frankham, so their roles were inverted.
"The questions of Dennis's death and resurrection were batted back and forth a dozen times, and it was eventually settled on that he was addicted to Bliss, the Romanian party-drug, and that this contributed to his resurrection, partly to set up a plotline for a possible sequel. Sadly, this didn't make the cut, replaced instead with a shot of him being bitten by Dave Legeno's character during the central fight scene.
"A key change was the removal (at the producer's insistence) of any kind of subtext to the film. Originally, the Paradise/Inferno transition was meant to be far more significant, and the characters were to pass through an almost literal purgatory before deciding to act, with their understanding of the situation informed by the context of the Edda poem and of Berkoff's character's experience in the opening scene of the film (as scripted) - a mini-movie set in 1987, in which the hurricane hits Britain with the arrival of Livienko, and the Hiemdahl brotherhood are wiped out simultaneously in a surgically-precise strike by the vampires, with Berkoff's Kenneth Mason the sole survivor.
"This scene survives in several bitty flashbacks in the finished film, but its loss made several key thematic elements indistinct: Mason's relationship to femininity as a source of evil (his own daughter having been the vampire he killed in 1987 informing his relationship to the girls of the strip-club, and Frankham's pregnant wife), his loss of faith (the opening established him as a CofE vicar and academic) and the efficacy of religious symbols in dealing with vampiric evil in a secular world.
"As it stands, there is no reference to Eddie's illness until the middle of the third act, and the mental gymnastics required of the audience to process his earlier behaviour in light of this revelation are simply impossible to parse, especially given the context of this scene. To put it in Chekhovian terms, in the third act Eddie Christian fires a gun which the audience has not been shown in the first act, so the reverberations of the explosion are not felt on any dramatic level.
"The remaining changes, and the ones which I find most disappointing as a writer, were mainly on-the-fly alterations made by actors or creative personnel on set, which I personally feel never contributes anything to the film. In fact, actors' improvisations are almost always detrimental to the overall film, as they can end up critically compromising dramatic or thematic through-lines, or altering the meaning of an entire section of plot."
What do you feel you have learned from your experiences on these two films?
"Looking at my work now, as compared to my work a year or two ago, a lot of what I have learned seems to be quite negative, but I don't personally regard these as negative experiences. My loathing for improvisation was solidified by the problems I saw it cause on Dead Cert, when entire scenes had to be re-thought on the fly because an actor changed something in another scene, but I think what I need to learn from that is not 'restrict the freedom of actors' but 'make the script better'. When an actor has a problem with a line, it's as likely to be because it isn't written into the character properly as it is simply a matter of ego or showing off. Having said that, when an actor as good as Steven Berkoff or Dexter Fletcher comes in and doesn't change so much as a comma, then you know you must have done something right.
"I have learned a lot about character, and the importance of structure, and about the need for every line to be perfect. Outside of the professional lessons, I learned a lot about the British film industry and how things work (or rather, don't), and possibly got an insight into just why the Brit industry is in such a parlous state. But the main thing I have learned, and this is as true in film as it was in my previous, academic, career - Goldwyn was right. Nobody knows anything. But it's still fun."
What projects are you working on now?
"I have recently finished three scripts: a fairytale adventure called Hamelin (co-written with journalist Ben Mortimer), a rollicking '60s-style spy yarn called Sleeper Bid, and a very dark and twisted Poe adaptation called The Red Death. Sleeper Bid was a commission job, and is likely to go into production in the next 18 months, Hamelin is doing the rounds looking for a buyer, and The Red Death is possibly to be my directorial debut, maybe next Autumn or in 2012 (assuming the Mayans weren't right, in which case I'm completely wasting my time)."
Interview originally posted 20th October 2010


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Ink and oil pencil on paper
The cadavers at Drexel had to stay damp, so they were covered in wet cloths and plastic bags when not being studied. We would re-wet them with sponges and cover them back up after drawing.
Ink and oil pencil on paper
The cadavers at Drexel were in various stages of dissection, depending on what the med students were studying or being tested on. Michael Grimaldi would find ones that fit the day's topic and identify what was what and how it functioned.
Ink and wax pencil on paper
In terms of coloration, the cadaver's muscular tissue tended to be pale red/magenta, while fatty tissues were yellow-ish. Some tendons called aponeuroses had an iridescent quality but that's not in this sketch...
Graphite and oil pencil on paper.
I painted this watercolor sketch on the last day of the class at Drexel. By then I had worked up the nerve to paint in the lab, and though I had to be careful doing it I'm glad I did. This shows the coloration of the cadavers pretty well, though it's a bit saturated.
Watercolor and white gouache on paper.
Cadaver feet from Drexel. Little pins like the one here near the pinky toe were used to quiz the med students. Grimaldi did the same thing to us, and while I could identify superficial stuff the deeper anatomy was difficult… Tobias Hall did better, and Anna Wakitsch almost always got it. But not always.
Ink and wax pencil on paper.
We were able to manipulate the cadavers to some extent, propping up limbs and such for study as in this sketch. Also, by pulling the tendons it was possible to identify the action of certain muscles, which was especially useful with all the intricacies of the lower arm and hand anatomy.
Ink and oil pencil on paper.
There are so many tendons in the hand! I think this oil painting I did that term of a cadaver hand gets across the complexity …
Oil on panel.
There were days at Drexel when no med students were around, and we had the lab to ourselves. On those days we'd leave the overhead lights off and just light our subjects with spotlights set up at each station.
Ink, wax pencil and graphite on paper.
A fountain pen sketch from Drexel. The rib cages were cut into sections so that they could be easily removed for examining the internals. The right half of the cadaver, with exposed rib cage and arm, was drawn here.
The med students at Drexel studied the anatomy of the head after it had been separated from the body. It was an intense thing to see but fascinating too, and this non-specific sketch tries to bring across that feeling. We were also able to study the eyes independently.
This is the last of my sketches from Advanced Artistic Anatomy at Drexel University that I'll publish here… Thanks to Michael Grimaldi for teaching an amazing class and to Drs. Bruce Hirsch and Itzhak Fischer, and Theresa Connors of Drexel University College of Medicine for making it possible. Tobias Hall, Anna Wakitsch, Valerie Gilbert and I all found it a valuable experience. And thanks to Shake Shack because that's where we all had burgers after a hard days drawing in the lab.
During my third term at the New York Academy of Art, I had the amazing opportunity to study Advanced Artistic Anatomy with Michael Grimaldi! Three other students and I traveled once a week to Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, and there, after donning lab coats and goggles, we studied cadavers through sketching under Grimaldi's supervision. It was a profound experience.


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Starcana September Tarotscopes are a monthly horoscope twist of tarot and astrology, written for your individual zodiac sun sign. This is based on a mini solar horoscope, with a general tarot interpretation. If you happen to know your natal birth chart (or want one here), you can also enjoy my three card tarot spread to enhance your insight:
- 1) First Card: Use your Ascendant/Rising sign, for what you know.
- 2) Second Card: Use your Moon sign, for what challenges you.
- 3) Third Card: Use your Sun sign, for what you are creating.
Happy birthday LIBRA (September 23-October 22) Knight of Pentacles: Making responsible decisions based on learned lessons. Dependability. Scholar. Teacher. Willing to adapt to a situation without losing self. Stable friend helps with direction. Pursue the dream. The right way counts. Honorable decisions. Building character. Loner wolf. Favorable decisions. Morals matter. Extension. Taking control. Learn and growing. Progress. Applying work. Struggle disappears. Meditation. Conscientious. Change with patience and caution. Continuance to study. Good news. Positive shift in finances or education. .
As the Sun moves to enter your sign later this month, you'll be fresh for September's spotlight Libra. Your charm and grace will dazzle others in this warm light, but with Mercury and your ruler Venus moving into Scorpio, you might cringe a bit as inner shadows reveal themselves. What you are most hungry for in love, money, and/or values will begin to intensify as you're faced with limitations from past decisions that you had relied on previously (karmic Saturn). Through the sacrifice of outdated patterns, moving forward will be welcomed as heroic Mars shines in your house of Status, but also as Pluto shifts direction in your house of Emotional Security. Rise above.
SCORPIO (October 23-November 21) The Empress: Blessed. Loved. Protection. A nurturing heart. Someone to watch over. Female connections play a role. Perfect love. Ready to come out of the oven. Coddled in female energy. Fertility. Multiplication. Belly feels good. Girlfriend. Creative force rises. Warm and inviting. Hearts attract, what's in yours? Everything is beautiful. Help arrives. Domestication. Field of dreams. Auntie love. Marriage. Earth bound. Partnership. Flourishing. More love. Female progress. Grandmother. Growth. Mother. Comforted by home and family. Enjoying the fruits of labor. Beauty. All-american goodness. In-bloom. Love thyself. Connect with nature.
If you haven't already done so already Scorpio, you should find yourself already beginning to shed layers in preparation of a brand new life cycle. After months of Pluto retrograde, this powerful planet will station direct, while partnering with explosive Mars energy. Around the September Full Moon, you'll be moved in ways to do what is necessary, to gain back self-control and personal power. With loving Venus and responsible Saturn in Scorpio in your house of Self, inner strength manifests through hard work and dedication. Push it real good.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 21) Four of Wands: Arriving at the right place. Celebration. Good structure. Fruits of labor. The good life. Romance. Rest. Rewards. Loyalty. Home is where the heart is. Success. Defending and protecting. Happy workplace. Good intentions. Harmony. Promotion. A fire still burns. Powerful love. Happy home. Liking who you are becoming. Contained within your own positive world. Passion is contained. Settling an old score. Pride and honor. A wedding. Secluded yet happy. Strong barriers. Display of commitment. New home. Invitation. Walls of love. New resting stop. Good neighbor. Blessings. Great heart. Self-reliance. Trying was worth the extra step.
Your ruler Jupiter continues to flood your house of Transformations with an abundance of fortune Sagittarius. You are still in the process of growing a set of new wings, or in your case, a shiny pair of horse shoes. Inner growth is being created as Mars transits your house of Higher Learning – which causes a change in your vision.. again. As you generously release control of unhealthy attachments with Pluto stationing direct in your house of Possessions and Values, the more profound your walk and your journey will be. Dance it in the streets.
CAPRICORN (December 22-January 19) Knight of Wands Embracing an alternative route. Understanding the journey, rather than the arrival. Change of residence. Challenge accepted. Creation. Fresh beginning. Envisioning the unknown. Action rather than thought. Excitement. A new person arrives. Advancing forward. An ally brings new view. Journey. Friend adventures. Flights. Movement. Relocation. Absence. Adding on to a story. Ready for the hunt. Energy shifts.
You empower your magic from networking and friendships as Mercury and Venus both join Saturn in your house of Hopes and Wishes. If you want it, you can have it all Capricorn… but you'll have to be willing to shift inwardly to order to increase this power as Mars transits your house of Transformations, and Pluto stationing direct. Reflections around the Pisces Full Moon deliver new insights that help you to flush an unbecoming attitude, for something more genuine and loving to your true nature. Move forward.
AQUARIUS (January 20-February 18) Four of Cups: Search for understanding. Turning away from others. Solitude. Overwhelming boredom. Self-searching. Self-study. Unconsciously asking for guidance from a higher source. Nowhere else to go. Therapeutic counsel. Opportunities in the horizon. Center. Nurturing the soul. Dissatisfied with lack of happiness. Questioning our motives. Requiring privacy. Taking it personally. Mending feelings. Given too much away. Feeling it slip from your fingers. Replenishing our own resources. Self-healing. Absorption of self. Introverted. Unavailable. A talk with God. Lost. The lights are on, but no one's home.
There are a few 'a-ha' moments that you'll be privileged to experience this month Aquarius, as Mercury joins Sun in your house of Spirituality and Higher Learnings. As new perspectives in life and direction come into light, the Pisces Full Moon will share new truths that confirm what you've been trying to understand. During this inward journey, relationships begin to shift and could become unstable as Mars sets fire to your house of Relationships. Be aware as to what your actions (or lack of action) is actually creating and expressing to others. In a rebel yell…
PISCES (February 19-March 20) Page of Cups: Flexible emotions. Passion of the heart returns. Serenity received. Calm is offered. Compassionate soul comes along to help. Being able to smile and relax. Forgiveness. Moving past blocks. A friend arrives. Flowing forward again. Loyalty offered. Positive blend. Display of kindness. Reflectiveness. Love. The heart speaks. Generosity. Giving of ourselves. Reaching out. Someone from past returns. Balance for the soul.
You find refuge as you find yourself being trapped in your own thoughts this month Pisces. Mercury and Venus both join Saturn in your house of Higher Learning, which adds interest and intrigue to what you have been learning recently. With Pluto stationing direct in your house of Hopes and Dreams, you'll find that you receive much more, as you learn acceptance and let go. In the same note, you probably won't have much of a choice as inner sensitivities generously increase as Pisces Full Moon joins Chiron and your ruler Neptune – which can disturb your inner serenity. Design new intentions with practical Virgo New Moon. Dream on.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Judgment: Life and actions are up for review. Assessment. Unfair criticism. Healthy critique. Enlightenment. Forgiveness. Rebirth. Dealing with the aftermath. Rising. Promotion. Righting a wrong. Following a calling. A break from the past. Consequences. Learning from mistakes. Get out of jail for free. Reaching your higher self. Clean slate. Reconciliation. Paying your dues. Following the beat of your own drum. Choosing the higher road. Prayers answered. Rising from the dead. Spiritual awakening. Being amongst the living. Someones prayers save you. Purification.
Fun and creativity are highlighted with your ruler Mars transiting your house of Self-Expression. The Sun shines brightly in your house of Relationships, and you'll be more aware as to what others are bringing to the table this month Aries. With the Pisces Full Moon, Chiron, and Neptune in your house of Karma, inner reflections share new insights about your own fears, which have enabled self-sabotage, along with recycled obstacles. Use this healthy Virgo New Moon to manifest new intentions that serve yourself and others with rewarding time, energy, and monetary gifts. Cha-cha-cha-changes.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Page of Pentacles: Personal development. Delivery of personal news. Using caution with direction. Moving forward. Journey takes a new turn. Scholar. Learning something new. Propositioned. Gift. Message. Favorable interest. Adapting. Education. Being useful. Ready to continue. Choosey. Extending knowledge and abilities. Understanding the need to grow. Rewards. Dedication. Striving to work hard. Increase. Progress. Mature decisions. Practical. Preparing for the future. An unproductive period is left behind. Thrifty. Patience accepted. Time to make it happen. Persistence. Study. Practice makes perfect.
Life leads you by the nose this month as Mercury and the Sun bring light to your house of Work and Service. Positive information as well as the 'not so positive' will be illuminated for you Taurus. Sensitivities are in high defense with Mars in your house of Emotional Securities, while Pluto stations direct in your house of Higher Learnings. This new awareness aids you and your decisions for better direction in weeks ahead. Supportive Venus also joins tough Saturn in strengthening your house of Relationships and Partnerships. Live and let die.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Queen of Wands: Receiving a new understanding. Genuine gestures offered. Sympathy provided. Taking a sincere interest in another. Warm, inviting friendship. Female energy. Practicality. Loving Kindness. Creativity. A purpose arrives. Intuitive. Friendliness shines. Finding meaning in an experience. The heart speaks. Strong will. Honor. Beating to your own drum.
Inspired interests and spontaneous ideas are thrusted into action as Mars paves new space in your house of Communications and Short Journeys. As loving Venus stands by committed Saturn in your house of Work and Service, self-dedication is your motivator this month. It's business as usual for you Gemini, but the returns are that more greater with fortunate Jupiter expanding your house of Money and Possessions. A Pisces Full Moon energizes your house of Career and Status, which turns a dream into reality, so you may want to finesse those New Moon intentions to pinpoint what you absolutely need. Abracadabra.
CANCER (June 20-July 23) Five of Swords: The truth shall set you free. Survivor. Unfair means. Creativity outwits challenges. No pain, No gain. Winning, but at what cost. Direction is found. Who's cheating who? Degradation. All is a blessing. Interest in selfish gain. You are, who you hang with. Dishonorable decisions. Weakness with temptation challenge your willpower. Trickery. Display of character. Insensitivity. New path is created. Cheating. Test of ethics.
Intense times bridge with deeper meanings for you as Venus partners with Saturn in your house of Creative and Self-Expression. Your house of Relationships and Partnerships is going through a great purge as Pluto stations direct this month. With Neptune in your house of Higher Learning, you're seeing that there's more than what meets the eye with others, but more importantly, with yourself. And just as a door closes, another open as generous Jupiter dares to broaden your house of Identity. If you got the bomb and know it clap your hands.
LEO (July 23-August 22) Justice: Karma. The truth shall make you free. Fairness. Sitting at the hands of fate. Truth creates balance. Getting what is due and deserved. Right versus wrong. Intentions are displayed. Morals. Be yourself. Life changes. Be a good friend. Consequences. Seek helpful guidance. Make it right. Put it in words. Just rewards. Honesty is the best policy. Harmony. Justice is received. All is fair. Equality. Feeling judged. Lessons are learned. Find perspective by getting both sides of the story. Represent good counsel. Think of others, as well as of yourself. Do good.
High energy pushes passionate buttons with Mars igniting your house of Self. You're paving new roads for the person that need to be, while Mercury, and attentive Venus join Saturn in your house of Home and Emotional Securities. As Jupiter encourages self-preservation in your house of Karma, while Pluto stations direct, you may decide to self-destruct, in order to finally tend to your own garden. Through this internal cleansing, you're bound to locate a few missing pieces of your true self – which will prove that you are a brave survivor, and not a victim. Burn baby burn.
VIRGO (August 22-September 23) Three of Wands: Enterprise. Acting on a plan. New direction. Fresh clues. Adventure. Inner calling. Negotiations. Expansion. Foresight. No turning back. Getting assistance. Possible partnership. Practical journey. Successful business adventure. Grasp the future. Spiritual direction. Travel. Going for it. Mapping new location. New hobby. Opportunities arrive. New direction. Foresee potential. Your ship finally comes in. Giving back to the world.
The New Moon falls into your sign this month Virgo, but also into your first house of Identity and First Impressions. The Pisces Full Moon reveals a path that requires self- healing as Chiron and Neptune comfort your house of Relationships. Its an ideal time to sow New Moon seeds of intention, that will manifest real progress for personal and professional growth. In the meantime, fortunate Jupiter continues to pour blessings into your house of Hopes and Wishes, while Mars helps you to battle unnecessary fears in your house of Karma. You are the wind neath your wings.
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IFA Hotels & Resorts opens Fairmont, The Palm in Dubai
International residential and resort developer IFA Hotels & Resorts, co-developer of the acclaimed Zimbali Coastal Resort, has announced the opening of its first hotel in Dubai – Fairmont, The Palm.
The US$330million five-star beachfront hotel is the only operational resort located on the trunk of the Palm Jumeirah, making it one of the island's most accessible destinations.
It also becomes the eighth property in the world to offer a Fairmont Heritage Place private residence club and the second FHP in the IFA HR portfolio.
Talal Jassim Al-Bahar, chairman of IFA Hotels & Resorts South Africa stated: "Following Fairmont Zimbali Lodge and Fairmont Zimbali Resort, this is the third Fairmont property in our portfolio and our first operational hotel in Dubai.
"For our current and future owners in both FHP Zimbali and FHP The Palm, it is especially exciting news that another world-class Fairmont Heritage Place destination is now accessible."
The five-star hotel features 460-metres of beachfront, 381 balconied guestrooms, ten Fairmont Heritage Place, The Palm residences, 3,000 m² of meeting and conference facilities, 1,600m² spa, seven food and beverage outlets and an array of amenities including four swimming pools, a private beach club and Children's Activity Centre.
Werner Burger, chief executive of IFA Hotels & Resorts South Africa said: "Developing luxury mixed-use resorts has established IFA HR as an industry leader.
"Today, our focus is on repositioning and restructuring our business with an emphasis on operations – a sector where we've seen good growth.
"We will also continue to focus on our leisure products, vacation clubs and private residence clubs, which have surpassed our sales expectations in the current market.
"Zimbali, in particular, has performed very well notwithstanding current market conditions."


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This is exciting news: a group of community activists in Vancouver are fighting for the city to pay for bed bug treatment and education, the CBC news reports today.
The article reports that,
Community activists in Vancouver are calling on the city to pay for an expanded bedbug program following an initial effort that targeted two rooming hotels in the Downtown Eastside.
Anne O'Neil and Ann Livingston of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users managed to get $51,000 in government funding last summer to target the bug problem at two hotels.
O'Neil, who supervised the project, said that some of the rooms had been overrun by the insects.
"In some of the rooms we were seeing them crawling around on the walls, on curtains, and so it was a really heavy infestation here, they were dropping from the ceiling. It was quite horrible."
The rooms were treated twice and beds and wooden furniture were replaced.
The city commissioned a report that said more than 1/2 of the rooms were bed bug free 2 months later. (You can download a PDF of the comprehensive report by clicking here.) The city calls that a "success." (As much as I think they should have done more than two treatments, I have to admit that considering statistics from the University of Massachusets say most infestations require 3 or more treatments, they did not do too badly. Nevertheless, unless the rooms that were cleared of bed bugs are all in the same building, the bed bugs are likely to spread throughout each 1/2-treated building once more.)
But, thankfully, these activists are aiming higher:
"You really need to create a system whereby you can knock on the door, get a room prepped, get the spray guys in and come back in 10 days and do it again," said Livingston.
"And then, the real project is to not have people pulling bedbug-infested garbage out of the alley into another place. This creates constant reinfection. So that's why it needs to be a neighbourhood campaign."
Livingstone said bedbugs are a growing problem everywhere in Vancouver, and trying to get rid of them in the city's poorest neighbourhood is money well spent.
This reinfestation pattern–caused when people don't know not to bring things in off the street–is happening everywhere. Parakeets has told us it happened in her building. How can people live in a building that's being treated for bed bugs and not know that dumpster diving is a bad idea?!?
I hope Livingston and O'Neill are able to expand their program. And I hope community service agencies elsewhere will also help. There's a real problem of people not being able to get rid of bed bugs because they have trouble paying for treatment. Some folks simply need assistance with physically preparing for treatment.
In Boston, the Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation (ABCDC) was able to help coordinate the placing of bed bug warning stickers on discarded furniture on the busiest moving day of the year in Boston (Sept. 1, 2004). This is described in a previous post. The ABCDC also–via government and corporate funding– arranged grants to pay for treatment costs for those for whom the costs are prohibitive.
Much more needs to be done, in every city where bed bugs are spreading. We need to help everyone get rid of bed bugs, as soon as possible. And we need to educate everyone about bed bugs, the signs, how they're transmitted, etc. I think governments should be funding the eradication of what is a low-scale natural disaster (and one which disproportionately affects the poor, though it can be a hardship to those in higher economic brackets as well).
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Senior AAP Haryana leader Naveen Jaihind will be the party's chief ministerial candidate in the next year state assembly elections.
Senior AAP Haryana leader Naveen Jaihind will be the party's chief ministerial candidate in the next year state assembly elections.
The announcement was made by AAP's Haryana media in-charge Sudhir Yadav at a press conference in Gurgaon today.
Jaihind, who is AAP's Haryana unit president, is an able leader and is well educated. "He is our (the party's) face", he said.
The Haryana Assembly elections are due in October 2019.
"In Naveen ji, we have more than a capable candidate, he is a youth, well educated. He has been into student politics for more than 10 years," he said when asked about who would be the chief ministerial candidate.
Jaihind is one of the founder members of AAP and is considered close to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
With AAP keen to contest the Haryana polls next year, the party's national convener, Kejriwal, had held a roadshow in several parts of the state nearly three months back.
Kejriwal, who was accompanied by Jaihind during his roadshow, had also held a rally at Hisar, where he had attacked the BJP-led Centre and the Haryana government over a number of issues.
The AAP national convener, who hails from the state, had invoked his Haryana roots and asked the people to strengthen his party.
"We will create a new Haryana. If you want peace, security, schools, hospitals, roads, then vote for the AAP," Kejriwal had said.
After tasting defeat at the hustings in the previous Lok Sabha polls from Haryana, the AAP had not contested the October 2014 assembly elections in the state.
In the Hisar rally, Kejriwal had announced that his party would contest the forthcoming Haryana polls.
Meanwhile, Yadav hit out at the Manohar Lal Khattar-led BJP government of making false promises to the people of Gurgaon.
"Gurgaon, which has world-class potential and generates revenues in hundreds of crores, continues to struggle for the want of basic infrastructure needs.
Even Metro rail connectivity has failed to reach interior areas of Gurgaon, Yadav said.
"Our basic agenda is to put the Delhi model of governance and its successes in the field of education, health and low power tariff (in the state)," Yadav said.
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The precision machine vise is the most popular workholding device found in metalworking. Vises are versatile and economical. In part because vises have been around for such a long time, many may think they are a mature product with much of their development potential already accomplished.
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Fast action vises are another recent innovation to help shops achieve a key productivity goal—better throughput. Most vises are actuated when an operator torques a screw that is attached to a movable jaw. As the screw is turned, it presses the workpiece blank against a stationary jaw. On multiple setups, where more than one vise is used, cranking five, six or eight vises can take some time. And with the operator manning the crank, there can be a problem of consistent torque being applied. Unless the operator uses a torque wrench, over torque or under torque can affect machining consistency from workpiece blank to blank.
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The basic design of the Plumb vise uses a master jaw that is bolted directly to the center T-slot of a vertical machining center. Stationary jaws mount on the front and back to this master rail. The stationary jaws are made in one piece for better repeatability. Like the master rail they attach to, these jaws extend in the X-axis direction the full length of the multi-station vise.
Two hardened steel rods pass through the stationary and master jaws covering the machining center worktable in the Y-axis direction. The movable jaws attach on either end of the rods and are able to move freely on the rods. Once the movable jaws are in place, keepers are secured to the back end of the rod, and the actuation mechanism goes on the front end of the rod. At this point the vise is ready for a workpiece blank.
The relative positions of the movable jaws, end keepers and actuation mechanism are fully adjustable. When the workpiece blank is in place, these components clamp to the bar and the vise is ready to go. A simple adjustment of the components on the rod allows quick accommodation of different size workpiece blanks.
Vises are the workhorses of workholding. With innovations like the Plumb multi-flex CNC, the ubiquitous vise will continue to evolve as a useful tool for metalworking shops.
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From the BBC. Scientists have developed the first global model that analyses the routes taken by marine invasive species. The researchers examined the movements of cargo ships around the world to identify the hot spots where these aquatic aliens might thrive. The research is published in the Journal Ecology Letters.
Marine species are taken in with ballast water on freighters and wreak havoc in new locations, driving natives to extinction.
There has been a well-documented boom in global shipping over the past 20 years and this has led to growing numbers of species moving via ballast tanks, or by clinging to hulls.
Some ports such as San Francisco and Chesapeake Bay have reported several exotic new species arriving every year. Economic estimates indicate that marine invaders can have huge impacts that last for decades.
Now, scientists from the UK and Germany have developed a model that might help curb these unwanted visitors. They obtained detailed logs from nearly three million voyages that took place in 2007 and 2008. The model combines information such as shipping routes, ship sizes, temperatures and biogeography to come up with local forecasts of invasion probabilities.


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BATTLING Wrexham aim to rediscover their fighting spirit at Port Vale tonight - but manager Denis Smith refuses to press the panic button.
The Red Dragons are still two points adrift of Second Division safety after their survival push hit the buffers with a 1-0 defeat by Chesterfield on Saturday.
But Smith refuses to label tonight's trip to Vale Park as a `must-win' game, insisting there are enough matches left for Wrexham to avoid the drop.
And he believes The Racecourse outfit side can steer clear of the relegation zone by picking up on a run of form which saw them suffer only one defeat in seven games before Saturday.
"There's no point us committing suicide because we've been beaten 1-0 by Chesterfield," said Smith.
"We've got to carry on the good run we had before Saturday and concentrate on picking enough points by April 20.
"And if we continue playing as well as we have done recently I believe we should be OK."
Only nine games remain for Wrexham to pull themselves out of the mire, but Smith rejects the notion that nothing less than three points will do against Vale.
He insisted, "It isn't a must-win occasion. I want to win the next nine games, I always want to win every match. I know it's not helpful for the media, but there's no point pigeonholing games as do-or-die situations.
"People said that on paper we should've beaten Chesterfield. But why? You've got to look at them and give them credit.
"They're not a small club - they get bigger gates than us - and they came to defend and caught us with a goal on the break.
"It was illogical to assume Chester-field was a certain home win, but you have to accept that when you're on a good run there's more expectation on you."
Vale have won seven of their last nine games, manager Brian Horton winning February's manager of the month award before slipping up with a 3-0 drubbing at Swindon on Saturday.
Said Smith, "They've gone from being relegation candidates, to promotion contenders to a mid-table side - the proverbial roller-coaster of a season.
"Brian has done well since he succeeded John Rudge as Vale manager.
"He'll be aiming to get things back on track against us and we've got to be equal to that."
David Walsh will replace Marius Rovde in the Wrexham goal after the Norwegian picked up a hamstring injury on Saturday.
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B.C.'s newest member of the Senate has been accused by the Conservatives of being an "apologist" for Beijing's "unacceptable" behaviour in asserting territorial claims in the South China Sea.
Trudeau's B.C. Senate appointee a Beijing apologist, MP charges
OTTAWA — B.C.'s newest member of the Senate has been accused by the Conservatives of being an "apologist" for Beijing's "unacceptable" behaviour in asserting territorial claims in the South China Sea.
The Tories were responding to the maiden speech Friday by Yuen Pau Woo, the former head of the Vancouver-based Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, who was appointed to the Senate last month by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Woo argued against a Senate motion that was critical of China's "escalating and hostile behaviour" in constructing artificial islands and military airfields on outcroppings in order to assert its claimed sovereignty over resource-rich and strategically-vital areas.
Woo called the motion's wording "strident," and suggested that Trudeau's representative in the Senate, Peter Harder, was only supporting it for political reasons.
Woo didn't defend China's territorial claims, which were shot down in July in a unanimous ruling by an international tribunal in The Hague that Beijing refuses to respect.
Instead, Woo argued against the wisdom of wagging a judgmental finger at China. He said the provocative motion could worsen a tense situation involving what some analysts believe is one of the most dangerous geopolitical disputes in the world.
"A dogmatic and trenchant insistence on international law could … be the very precipitant of conflict," Woo cautioned fellow senators.
That was too much for the federal Conservatives, who have for most of the week had been blasting Trudeau for getting too close to China's Communist regime.
"Canadians should be rightfully concerned that Justin Trudeau has appointed an apologist for the Chinese dictatorship in the Senate," said Tory MP Peter Kent in a statement that accused China of engaging in "unacceptable" behaviour in the region.
"Woo … used his very first speech in the Senate to deliver a message not on behalf of Canadians, but on behalf of Beijing.
"It seems every week we hear new evidence of the cosy relationship the Liberal government has with the Chinese Communist dictatorship. Now Liberals are using the Senate as a platform to undermine our allies and the foundation of international law."
Woo, who was sworn in on Tuesday, said it would have been a "betrayal of my summons" given that he was named by Trudeau because "I am alleged to have some knowledge about international affairs and in particular about contemporary Asia and the Canada-Asia relationship."
He also pointed to the election of new Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, and his immediate move to seek a rapprochement with China on this and other issues.
That in turn has already resulted in reports that Filipino fishermen are being allowed access to the waters around the disputed Scarborough Shoal, he noted.
"If this is true, it would suggest that the Chinese are acquiescing to this central finding of the court, even as Beijing continues to vigorously denounce the decision itself," said Woo.
He also noted that Duterte this week proclaimed a marine sanctuary in a lagoon within the shoal, and since China hasn't challenged that decision this "amounts to a tacit acknowledgment" of the Filipino territorial claim.
For the Senate to come out with a motion that criticizes China, at a time when there are indications of a thaw in the area, would "pour fuel on the flames," he said, and be perceived as "gratuitous" in the region.
This could do "great harm" to Canada's interest by making Canada's bid under both the Liberals and Conservatives to join regional groups like the East Asia Forum, where Canada could try to contribute to stability in the region, more difficult.
Woo suggested that the Trudeau government is, through Harder, endorsing the motion for purely political reasons.
"I cannot speak for the government, but I can surmise that it has to do with the short-term political cost of opposing the motion," he told fellow senators.
"Insofar as a vote against the motion boils down to being soft on China and against peace and security in the South China Sea, it is a political loser — big time."
In an email to Postmedia, Woo rejected the Tory notion that he's doing Trudeau's bidding, since his position on the motion was contrary to Harder's and therefore the governments.
China's claim to the South China Sea overlaps the exclusive economic zones of Vietnam, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, also a key ocean trade route that $5 trillion in trade traverses annually — including a large portion of Canada-Asia trade.
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Stage of shallowness appears to be implicated, not only in how we behave in our relationships, but in addition in our selection of companions. By comparing participants' attachment style dimensions, Collins and Read (1990) found that people tend to be in relationships with partners who share similar emotions about intimacy and dependability on others.
Curiously, within the examine by Murray et al. (1998) it was additionally discovered that low shallowness members devalued their companions and doubted their partners' affections after an experimental manipulation supposed boost to self-esteem. Individuals with low self-esteem assume that their companions see them in the same negative gentle as they see themselves. I implement the undertaking beneath the supervision of Dr. Eddy Jonas, the coordinator of ladies's well being.
The authors recommended that this phenomenon is perhaps as a result of when low self-esteem contributors received positive feedback (high scores on a questionnaire mentioned to measure how considerately they behaved in direction of their companions) they activated ideas of conditionality. Thus, properly-which means attempts to assuage insecurities in low shallowness companions by pointing to their virtues might as a substitute exacerbate the insecurities.
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Now in its sixth season in Savannah, the VOICE Festival is happy to announce the launch of Savannah Opera! This new branch of the Festival will continue the work of staging high quality productions in the Hostess City, presenting its own themed season during the Festival time. This year's season includes four operas ranging from classics to contemporary comedies: La Traviata, Hansel and Gretel, The Telephone and Speed Dating Tonight!
Ticket buyers now have the option to become subscribers of the Savannah Opera season, choosing from the various performances of each opera, and opting for premium or general seating. The Savannah Opera Subscription saves patrons an average of 15% per performance and allows them to experience the art form of opera throughout the Festival.
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