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The Federal Reserve may go from moving the goal posts to removing them altogether when it comes to setting interest rate expectations.
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The stars aligned against stocks Wednesday, but the market could snap back as traders count down to the September employment report.
Bank of America said it named Chief Executive Brian Moynihan as chairman of its board, effective immediately.
China's banks this week found themselves turning away would-be depositors as they scrambled to comply with new rules. The Financial Times reports.
SEC's Commissioner Dan Gallagher discusses which stock and bond market regulations needs overhaul.
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Investigations into lending practices and concerns about the exits of investors have some warning that trouble could lie ahead.
U.S. Steel and Century Aluminum hit jackpot in the third quarter, reports USA Today.
October could have a long list of market demons to contend with—from the shift in U.S. monetary policy to geopolitical issues that include Hong Kong.
Economist Nouriel Roubini has revealed the key flashpoints that are keeping him up at night, which he believes could hit "rationally complacent" financial markets.
Global airline stocks closed sharply on Wednesday after the CDC confirmed the first case of Ebola in the country.
Ray Dalio, founder of the world's biggest hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, says the Fed should wait for inflation signs before hiking interest rates.
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How close to Earth does the Moon come?
Rosetta begins new project
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Bad Boy Records' French Montana may be romantically involved with reality television star Khloé Kardashian but that's not stopping him from saluting R&B's sexiest vixen. #wishlist
Montana tagged close pals Wale and Fabolous for their female ode track "R&B B*tches."
French Montana salutes the "R&B Bitches" on his new song featuring Fabolous and Wale. On The Mekanics-produced track, the fellas holler at some of the baddest chicks in the industry including Rihanna, Miley Cyrus, Ashanti, and Kelly Rowland. "I had a dream of fu**ing R&B bitches," raps French, who is working on his sophomore album Mac & Cheese 4. Fab has a thing for pop divas Christina Aguilera and Kelly Clarkson, while Wale's wish list includes Erykah Badu, Tinashe, and Mary J. Blige ("I'm young enough to be your son, but what's that 411?") (Rap-Up)
A few days ago, Montana provided a 12-second snippet of a new Kanye West collaboration.
"Cooking up new Kanye x Montana prod. @foreign_tech #bang #CB," Montana captioned to his video July 9. (French Montana's Instagram)
While the LP is not due until November, Montana recently said he had actively pieced together his long-awaited Mac & Cheese 4 studio release.
"[It will be] Mac & Cheese, and it's like a follow up to all my mixtapes that I had. I got Kanye on the album, I got will.i.am on the album, I've got Durk on the album and Chinx," he revealed. And what's it been like working with Yeezy? "I love it — we've been working on his album and mines so we're just going back and forth." So far, French says that they've banked about five tracks, and it seems like we'll be hearing the first one on his project. (MTV)
Picking up where his previously free download projects left off, Montana said his upcoming release would cater to his fans' high expectations last January.
Montana has recently worked with a range of artists, from Miley Cyrus to will.i.am, and is tapping into his eclectic Rolodex for Mac & Cheese 4, including a track with Macklemore called "Nightmare." But the one person who he really wants is mostly unattainable. "The only person I wish I could work with right now is Max B," Montana says about his beloved, incarcerated mentor. (Rolling Stone)
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Pronunciation: /tamˈbʊrɪtsə /
Definition of tamburitza in English:
A kind of long-necked mandolin played in Croatia and neighbouring countries.
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- The lead instrument, the prima, the smallest of the group of tamburitzas carries the melody.
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In the Name of God Amen. I STEPHEN WELLS of the County of Nash and State of North Carolina being in a low state of health but of sound mind and memory blessed be God, do this the sixth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty make and publish this my last will and testament in form and manner following to wit:
First that my executor herein after named shall pay all my just debts whatsoever and to whomsoever owing out of the monies that may first come into their hands as a part or parcel of my estate.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife MARY WELLS two feather beds, bedsteads and furniture, her choice two black walnut tables and two hundred dollars in money to her and her heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my son BARTLEY WELLS, five dollars current money of said estate to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my son EDMON D. WELLS, one feather bed, bedstead and furniture, one negro boy by the name of DENNIS and one hundred dollars in money to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I lend to my beloved wife MARY WELLS all my land and plantation whereon I now live and the following negroes to wit: OLD JACOB and RODAH his wife, HARTY HARRIETT and her child TOM ABRAM and LITTLE JACOB and their further increase and all the balance of my estate both real and personal of all kind that I have not disposed of in the above items to her during her natural life or widowhood.
Item: At the death of my beloved wife MARY WELLS or end of her widowhood I give and bequeath all my said estate both real and personal that I have lent to her during her natural life or widowhood to my son REDMON D. WELLS to him and his heirs forever.
Lastly, I do hereby constitute and appoint my son REDMON D. WELLS and my friend J.J.T.TAYLOR Executors to this my last will and testament according to the true intent and meaning of the same and every part and clause thereof hereby revoking and declaring utterly void all other wills and testaments by me heretofore made. In witness whereof I the saide STEPHEN WELLS do hereunto set my hand and seal the day and date above written.
Signed, sealed, witnessed and declared in the presents of
Stephen Wells
State of North Caroline, Nash County, court of pleas and quarter sessions
May term 1853
A paper writing purporting to be the last will and testament of STEPHEN WELLS is offered for probate on the testimony of NELSON BONE and WILLIAM A. PRIDGEN two of the subscribing witnesses thereto and is duly proved and ordered to be recoreded and REDMIN D. WELLS one of the executors therein named is duly qualified. J.J.T.TAYLOR the other executor be in open court and ? it is ordered to be recorded.
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Two honey bee (Apis mellifera) workers foraging for nectar on the garden plant Helenium (variety: Sahin's early flowerer), which blooms from late summer to autumn. The photograph was taken in Great Dixter Garden, in East Sussex. In an article in this issue, Mihail Garbuzov and Francis L. W. Ratnieks discuss lists of pollinator-friendly ornamental garden plants, which are often published in hopes of giving the public a way to help bees and other flower-visiting insects. Although such lists can be valuable, the study shows that they also have some shortcomings. For example, they often appear to be based largely on anecdotal data rather than empirical research. Photograph: Francis L. W. Ratnieks.
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Super Mario 3D World coming to Wii U on December 13
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Nintendo Direct has unveiled Super Mario 3D World, featuring four-player co-op and Cat Mario Read more
Batman: Arkham Origins gameplay trailer POWS! E3
by Alice O'Connor, shacknews.com, Jun 11, 2013 6:00AM PDT
You've watched the cinematic trailer and read our preview (I trust you), which means marketing now deems you sufficiently informed to watch actual Batman: Arkham Origins gameplay. Warner Bros dropped the debut trailer during Sony's pre-E3 press conference last night, showing some merry old BIFF!ing and POW!ing as various villains attempt to cash a bounty on the Bat's head. Read more
Just Dance 2014 tracklist is 20% Nicki Minaj so far
by Alice O'Connor, shacknews.com, Jun 10, 2013 5:42PM PDT
Look, I've written for Shacknews for four years so I'm familiar with the demographic. I know that you, dear reader, are probably not hugely excited about Ubisoft annualising the Just Dance series, even if Just Dance 2014's announcement today does confirm another next-gen launch title. But, get this: of the ten songs revealed so far for Just Dance 2014, a whopping 20% are by Nicki Minaj. Oh, now you're interested! Read more
Getting rid of Desmond makes Assassin's Creed 4 the best game for newcomers
by Andrew Yoon, shacknews.com, Jun 10, 2013 4:15PM PDT
Assassin's Creed 3 ended Desmond's story, letting go of narrative baggage that was holding the franchise down. "It was a barrier to entry for people that want to pick it up," Darby McDevitt, lead writer of Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, admitted. Read more
Assassin's Creed 4 won't 'waste any time' with a long intro
by Andrew Yoon, shacknews.com, Jun 10, 2013 4:15PM PDT
"We're not going to waste any time," the lead writer of Assassin's Creed 4 promised. "He's going to be a pirate when you press Start." Read more
Assassin's Creed 4 to launch with free companion app for tablets
by Andrew Yoon, shacknews.com, Jun 10, 2013 4:15PM PDT
Assassin's Creed 4 will launch with a free companion app for tablets, enabling "second screen gameplay" that's so trendy nowadays. Read more
Watch Dogs E3 trailer is jolly nice CGI
by Alice O'Connor, shacknews.com, Jun 10, 2013 6:45AM PDT
No, CGI trailers don't represent gameplay. Yes, they are fluffy marketing to get you unduly excited. But by gum, the cinematic E3 trailer for Ubisoft's open-world cybervigilante 'em up Watch Dogs is awfully pretty, if a bit eerie. We can still enjoy it as an attractive and well-made video for our enjoyment which by pure chance is somehow connected to a video game. Call it tone-setting and world-building, if you must. Read more
EA to support current gen for 'many many years' to come
by Andrew Yoon, shacknews.com, Jun 9, 2013 4:15PM PDT
Sure, the next generation of consoles will enable prettier, shinier games. But what if you don't care for the draconian policies of Xbox One? What if you're perfectly satisfied with the experienced offered by current-gen? Well, EA plans on making sure you're covered. Read more
Skylanders Swap Force coming October 13, PS4 and Xbox One versions confirmed
by Steve Watts, shacknews.com, Jun 7, 2013 3:30PM PDT
Skylanders Swap Force is coming October 13, Activision announced today. Versions will also be released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, though not necessarily on the same date. Read more
DuckTales Remastered trailers detail stages with Launchpad
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Two new trailers for DuckTales Remastered show off the Transylvania and Amazon stages, all narrated by Scrooge's personal pilot Launchpad. Read more
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Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book
Name: Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge (sign-up)
Dates: January - December 2015
# of books: 26
© 2014 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews
Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book
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Today we look at the work of Robert Löbel, Cartoon Brew's Artist of the Day!
When I write historical fiction, I know any success I might have in recreating an era for my readers largely hinges on my getting the details right. I relied heavily on research when writing The Glass Inheritance, my mystery novel involving Depression era glassware, and found it invaluable to visit historically significant sites from the Great Depression and World War II era. I toured a Japanese internment camp in Wyoming, Pearl Harbor, two concentration camps in Germany, and three Holocaust museums, among other sites. Such travel isn't always financially feasible, but I've discovered local sites offer a wealth of information and inspiration also.
Just this summer I toured a Victorian mansion here in the Midwest and was thrilled to see the museum had a bowl of calling cards near the door. Because I had read in Victorian era novels about characters dropping off their calling cards at one another's houses, I recognized what the cards were. The tour guide allowed me to pick the cards up and look through them even though the cards were authentic, not reproductions.
Some of the cards clearly came from a printer as is, but others appeared to be homemade or had the owner's name stenciled in after printing. They were all works of art compared with today's business cards.
Holding these cards gave me insight and inspiration I doubt I would have drawn from just reading about them. I may choose to write a story involving calling cards and have more assurance now of getting the details right.
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Karen Foxlee, author of Ophelia and the Marvellous Boy Tell us about your latest creation: "Ophelia and the Marvellous Boy". It's the story of a lonely young girl who finds a three-hundred and three year old boy locked away in a museum room. It's a fast paced adventure story with lots of twists and turns. Where are you from […]Add a Comment
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"The LEGO Movie," directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, picked up the feature film prize at the BAFTA Children's Awards.
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It's easy to presume that your doodles, illustrations, paintings and creative thoughts should make their way straight to paper or canvas although just for a minute why not think outside the box. Break the rules and do something creatively different that sets your doodles apart , not to abandon your sketchbook for to long but challenge yourself to something different. To help get you started heres just a few creative ways you can do that and truly think outside the box to show others just how creative you can be.
Image by artist Jaco Haasbroek you can find out more about their work here.
It isn't even really winter yet and I received my first 2015 seed catalog in the mail. I'm used to getting a flood of seed catalogs around the end of December so this one took me by surprise. I normally would set it aside as the first in a pile not to be looked at until January, but it came from Pinetree Garden Seeds, one of my preferred places to order from. And it looked so colorful and inviting, so fat and full or potential that I decided to just take a little peek.
Half an hour and twenty breathless pages later when I came up for air after falling into raptures over cosmic purple and atomic red carrots, I reluctantly put the catalog aside for fear of an overdose. And I do feel like I have been drugged because it has been a couple of days and I can't stop thinking about those carrots or the catalog. Just one vegetable, I tell myself, what if I only look at all the different kinds of cauliflower and then put the catalog aside, surely I can do that? And next thing I know I am deep into all the varieties of eggplant with only a vague recollection of how I got there.
And then I get an email from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, my other main seed squeeze, telling me their 2015 catalog is now available, click here to request it now. But wait! There is a second catalog they have, The Whole Seed Catalog. This catalog is not free. This catalog is the free catalog on
steroids MiracleGro super compost tea. At 352 pages it is nearly twice as big as the free catalog.
But why should I pay for a catalog? Why indeed. Don't be ridiculous I tell myself, just request the free one. But. But But. Articles about the history of various seeds. Recipes. Growing methods and tips. And more. You know those cartoons where there is a devil on one shoulder and an angel on the other and a fight ensues? Today the devil won and I bought the catalog.
I'm still a little stunned. The devil is grinning from ear-to-ear and the angel is grumbling about how it better be worth it and I'm jittery and wondering how long it will take to get here because the Pinetree Seeds catalog might not last long enough and what will I do if I can't get another fix? Bookman just shakes his head and doesn't want to be bothered with gardening stuff until spring when I tell him, these are peas, plant them there. I don't think he realizes the danger of his hands off approach. This last spring he ended up digging me a small pond. The spring before that it was the herb spiral. It's only the end of November so there is no telling what big garden project I will settle on by next spring.
I think it is going to be a long winter.
All righty, you've noted what others are reading this Christmas. You are possibly getting a little woozy from a department store diet of flashy titles and quick fixes but you still haven't managed to locate that special literary treasure for the younger person or young at heart person in your life. The following list is […]Add a Comment
"Writing is about finding out who you are, what you have to say that is not the same as what everyone else has to say, and how to express it in the strongest possible terms." The Point of Writing by Meg Rosoff at Writer Unboxed.
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The one beauty book every girl and woman must have With over 20 years' experience in the makeup industry, Liz Kelsh has captured the hearts of a long list of celebrities, as well as the fashion elite, charming them with her warmth, wit and impeccable makeup artistry. Now she shares the secrets that have made […]Add a Comment
Those of you who follow my blog will know that this year has been a little patchy for me so I thought a good way of giving myself a kick up my creative backside was by taking part in NaNoWriMo - yes, I really thought that writing 50,000 words in one month would be a good idea... Emma from NaNoEssex asked me to write a post for her blog and I thought it would be nice to share with you. So here we go - this is my NaNo blog, I hope you enjoy it!
Making Peg Dolls & More: Toys that spin, fly and bring sweet dreams is a second book by Margaret Bloom full of ideas about how to make the most delightful peg dolls.
Like many families, now we're in the run up to Christmas, we're spending time getting crafty together, making presents and decorations, and this book has given us hours of delight. Full of ideas about how to customise wooden peg dolls into adorable characters, Bloom also provides lots of tutorials for how to use your peg dolls in innovative ways, such as in mobiles, wands, wall hangings and pincushion embellishments.
Super clear and friendly instructions, made beautiful and even easier to follow by the inclusion of simple but beautiful watercolour illustrations along with many photos of all sorts of children making and playing with peg dolls made sure this book really appealed to my kids as soon as they set eyes on it.
That the instructions are easy to follow and result in items which the kids are really proud of was clearly demonstrated by the way my 9 year old, M, took the book off by herself and created her first ever felt toys:
Although M was totally absorbed by herself in her sewing, as a parent I especially enjoyed Bloom's emphasis in her instructions on how the whole family can take part in making their own peg dolls; she clearly indicates which parts even the youngest children can get involved with, and encourages us grown-ups to be involved, but also to let our kids do their own things with the dolls. This book isn't about parents turning out coffee-table-book-worthy gorgeous ornaments (although we're definitely encouraged to play, sew and create along side the kids); it really is about facilitating children's exploratory play and creativity.
The book includes a list of suppliers of peg dolls, felt and one or two other items that are especially nice to use (such as artificial/millinery flower stamens) and I would heartily encourage you to gift a bundle of supplies, including some watercolours, with this book so that the recipient can dive in straight away. I've personally used Craftshapes for my blank wooden peg dolls in the past and they've always be lovely to deal with.
Here are some of the characters we created:
Whilst painting, sewing, sticking and playing we listened to:
If you want ideas about how to take things a step further with your peg dolls take a look at:
We've thoroughly enjoyed Making Peg Dolls & More: Toys that spin, fly and bring sweet dreams: It is beautiful to look at and filled with enticing projects, which are both achievable and give results to delight in. It is also a book which is very proud to be just a starting point; it's really about giving you ideas which will bloom in you and your kids' imaginations.
What family craft books would you recommend?
Disclosure: I received a free review copy of this book from the publisher.
Kat Zhang with Catherine Scully
Hey guys! I'm here today with the awesome Catherine Scully, who designed the gorgeous map for Claire Legrand's WINTERSPELL. Let's see what she has to say about map-making
Catherine Scully is a writer, illustrator, and graphic designer with her work featured in magazines, anthologies, and in Simon and Schuster's Young Adult book Winterspell by Claire Legrand. Catherine is represented for Young Adult and Middle Grade fiction by Carrie Howland of Donadio and Olson and is currently working on a horror series for Middle Grade.
As the Young Adult Editor for the Horror Writer Association, she runs a blog at yahorror.com called "Scary Out There: What is Horror in Young Adult Fiction?" with multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author Jonathan Maberry, which was featured on CNN.com in an interview with R.L. Stine. She's also a member of the YA Scream Queens, a group of nine women who write horror for kids and teens.
When she's not writing and illustrating, Catherine can usually be found practicing on her drums.
Kat Zhang loves traveling to places both real and fictional–the former allows for better souvenirs, but the latter allows for dragons, so it's a tough pick. Her novel WHAT'S LEFT OF ME is about a girl struggling to survive in an alternate universe where people are born with two souls, and one is doomed to disappear. It is the first book in a trilogy and was published by HarperCollins in September of 2012. Book 2, ONCE WE WERE, released September 2013, and Book 3, ECHOES OF US, came out September 16, 2014. You can learn all about Kat at her site, or listen to her ramblings on twitter.
Last weekend, the Jampires were out in force at Thought Bubble comics festival, to spread Comics Jam over Leeds! Here's team Jampires' David O'Connell, Matt Badham, Molly Bruton and me:
So what distinguishes Comics Jam from, say, raspberry jam?
Badges designed by David O'Connell; Jampires jam by the Butch Institute
A little explanation (as seen in the Thought Bubble anthology):
Our Comics Jam session attracted fellow Jampires like, uh, bees to honey. (These were Phil Welch and Katie White, who stayed with us and blogged all the way through the 24-Hour Comic Marathon at Lakes International Comic Art Festival in Kendal, earlier in the autumn.)
We ran a Comics Jam competition, and here's the winning comic! It's by 13-year-old Jordan Vigay and 10-year-old Jonathan 'Jonny Toons'.
Congrats, guys! Here are Jordan and Jonathan drawing away at our activity area tables, buoyed up by jammie dodgers.
Actually, the competition was a close call. Their original Comics Jam was in black and white:
And was competing hard against this Comics Jam, which really zinged off the page with its colours.
So we struck a deal, that if Jordan and Jonathan promised to colour the comic right after the festival, they'd be the winners. (And they did, using a mix of digital and coloured pencils.) You can find out more about running Comics Jams at home (or in school!) over on the Jampires website.
So let's meet the creators: I filmed Jordan and Jonathan each giving a lesson on how to draw a character from the comics they self-publish. And you can get a glimpse of other kids getting involved with Thought Bubble:
If you're scrolling through this and can't see the video, here's the shot of Jordan and me with the Red Crow comic he publishes. (You can buy the latest issue, No.8, for £1.75 via his website.)
Issue 8 includes a Comics Jam that Jordan and I did at the end of my signing session in Page 45 bookshop's room at the Lakes festival.
Oh, and you may have noticed that Jordan dressed up! He's cosplaying as Captain Spaceington from James Turner's Star Cat (which is hugely funny and I recommend it for kids AND adults). Here's an interview with James on Comics Beat.
James was super-pleased to see his own cosplayer! Right behind him, you can see Liz Payton manning The Phoenix Comic table (a weekly comic which I also highly recommend).
And here's Jonny Toon's table! Not many 10-year-olds are on Twitter, but you can follow this one at @JonnyToons. (He's just tweeted the work-in-progress cover of his Christmas issue.)
I was very impressed with Jonathan's design skills for Crystal Orb...
...and the comics inside are funny and remarkably sophisticated for someone his age! Keep an eye on this guy, I think he may go far. It was great to see him teaming up with Jordan to draw stuff; they're a real power duo.
And of course, if you read the Guardian, Independent, Vogue, almost any newspaper, you'll have seen articles about Zoom Rockman, who's been making comics since he was 8. He's 14 now, and has a lot of issues under his belt. He sources local advertising and has been a real pioneer in kids self-publishing comics. Check out his website and you can follow him on Twitter as @The_ZoomComic
I love the Skanky Pigeon quill pens!
His younger brother, Ace Rockman, also loves to draw and drew up a storm at the activity tables. (Great hat, Ace!)
Here's a video Zoom made about how to make comics when he was much younger and still too shy to talk on camera.
And it was great to see the debut of TEAM KETCHUP with their comics anthology Issue No.1! They found local Yorkshire funding and the kids involved worked shifts at the table, selling their comic and badges and running their doodle area. If you have questions about how they did it, have a chat with coordinators @_Joolze, @Coldjenius and @beth_k_t.
And you can follow Team Ketchup collectively as @theteamketchup! Here's a recent tweet of their doodle wall:
One of the coolest thing about Thought Bubble is seeing parents and kids geeking out together about books, comics and artwork. It's such an awesome way to spend time with your kid and let them see that reading is fun, without turning it into a lesson. This family were a joy to watch, and that little Green Lantern Guardian went straight for the books and got stuck into them. Ha, one of the funny things about Thought Bubble was that my picture books sold much better than my chapter books. Usually it's the other way around at book festivals; people see Oliver and the Seawigs or Cakes in Space and prefer them to the picture books because they have more words and are therefore deemed more like 'proper books'. Whereas I'd see Thought Bubble people leaf through them, realise they didn't have quite as many pictures, and move on to the fully-illustrated picture books, with 'proper illustrations'. This crowd is a visual crowd, and they appreciate reading pictures as much as words. It's a wonderful place to be.
My Jampires co-author David O'Connell and I kept looking over and breaking into broad grins as we saw our teammate Matt Badham working his magic. He's SO GOOD at relating to people, I wish I could work with him full-time. He could talk to anyone, on their own level, and he made a lot of people feel very welcome. It was almost poetic. (And he also sold a heap-load of books. Matt could very easily lead courses for booksellers.)
Here's a look at the two activity tables we had in our area. We had four tables in total: one for display, one for talking with people, book signing, laying out drawing supplies, and two table with chairs around them for families (and anyone who fancied a sit-down) to gather and draw. Some people wanted to keep their drawings, but we hung a lot of them up on the backboards and had a flip-chart ready for people to draw on and other creators to come over and do drawing demonstrations.
Some people did Comics Jams with other people, but a lot of kids were happy just to draw comics on their own. We found they didn't actually want much adult intervention; most of them were familiar with comics and happy to be left alone to get on with making things.
There were LOTS of jammie dodgers. When we ran out, we gave Jordan and Jonathan money to go off to the Tesco and buy us more.
It was fun seeing people of all ages getting stuck in.
Some people were a bit young to draw comics, or just wanted to do something a bit more relaxing, and we had a sheet posted, showing them how to draw a Jampire.
I always love seeing the Jampire variations. (I hope someone someday writes a symphony called The Jampire Variations.)
Flip chart fun times:
(Who can even SPELL 'submarine'?)
Here's Jordan and his mum, running The Phoenix Comic tables for awhile, so Liz could run around and talk to people.
And look at the fabulous volunteers, in their matching Thought Bubble staff t-shirts! They're designed by partners Donya Todd and Jack Teagle. (I sat next to Jack and Donya for a full 24 hours to do our 24-hour comic, and they're both ace.) The lady in the middle was our main contact for the family activity area, Martha Julian, and she really worked with us to make the best possible space for everyone. Thanks so much, Martha and team!
Of all the comics festivals I've been to, Thought Bubble and Lakes have by far been the best organised, and you could really tell, the way everyone talked about them so positively afterward. They made creators feel welcome, and we didn't have to fight like cats to make sure we had all our backboards, and they went out of their way to get stuff for us, to make things work more smoothly. Having a team in matching t-shirts is really helpful, there's always someone in view that you can run over to and get some help. I also did some planning with Lisa Wood (shown here) and Clark Burscough. If you follow @ThoughtBubbleUK, that's Clark manning the Twitter feed.
Huge thanks from Dave and me, and team Jampires!
Another cool thing about Thought Bubble is that kids can meet their favourite creators milling about everywhere! Here's The Phoenix Comic's Matt Baxter at the activity table:
Hey, look, it's my studio mate Gary Northfield! Gary did some awesome drawings and little watercolour paintings at his table. Check out his family-friendly The Terrible Tales of the Teenytinysaurs and Gary's Garden comic books; they're ace. Gary's the guy who originally walked me through how to do workshops and went with me on my first library event.
Check it out, Glasgow-based Adam Murphy and Lisa Murphy, creators of Corpse Talk! Lisa's done colourist work for Adam, Gary and lots of other people, and she's an important part of The Phoenix Comic team. I'd never really talked properly with her and Adam (other than fleeting festival chic-chat) but we had dinner together on our first night and really got to chat, which was one of my highlights of the whole trip.
Here's a look at their latest Phoenix cover. ZING!
And it's Neill Cameron and family! Neill's latest book, How to Make Awesome Comics is something I've been waiting a long time for; something I can recommend to kids who want to know more about making comics but are too young for the Scott McCloud books. Neill packs in loads of inspiring challenges and tips to get kids drawing and writing comics. And he's great at running workshops, too. In fact, Gary, the Murphys and Neill are all good at that, book 'em into your event diary, librarians, festival people, teachers, etc. His wife, Di Cameron, works at The Story Museum in Oxford, so they're a story-packed power team.
Neill and Adam had printed up their own Comics Jam for the festival, a humourous horror story called The Curse of Barry Starkey, which you can read about on Neill's website here.
Thought Bubble was so large this year that it filled three separate huge venues, all inside the big square at the Royal Armouries. The Jampires Comics Jamtastic area was in the Royal Armouries Hall, and there was a real effort to make that area the most kid-friendly place, including a special chill-out lounge for people with autism. In the middle of the square, the organisers erected a white marquis called 'The Teepee', a slightly misleading name because it was Enormous. A lot of the celeb signings were happening in there. And across the square was New Dock Hall, which has much higher ceilings, black walls and hosted more of the grown-up comics (although there was still a lot of family-friendly stuff there).
I first made a bee-line for Philippa Rice's table. I love Philippa's comics, and she always makes the most beautiful table displays. When I do talks about getting kids involved in comics festivals, I always show photos of Philippa's tables because I think I would have LOVED to have made dioramas and things like this as a kid. Check it out:
And a closer look. Those are real lights in there! So awesome.
Last year I came to Thought Bubble as a punter and had a great time going to events, browsing comics and talking with people at their tables. I'm quite tempted to do that again, one year at table, one year as punter, on and off. This year I hardly had any time to see anything, but the Jampires team let me off for half an hour to run around and see as much of the festival as I could. (Huge apologies if I didn't manage to say hello to you as I madly dashed about!) This book by Becky Palmer caught my eye, La Soupière Magique (The Magic Tureen?). Becky originally wrote it as The Biggest Helping but she couldn't find an English-language publisher, so she got it published in French instead, by SarBacane. You can see some pages of it here on her blog and it is GORGEOUS. It's quite startling to think that this is her very first comic book. Wow!
Hey look, it's Dan Berry, who ran our 24-Hour Comic Marathon! He makes fab comics and always uses hand gel. If you're not following him on Twitter, get on the case: @thingsbydan. And he also makes wonderful, professional-quality podcasts with my favourite comics creators for his programme Make It Then Tell Everybody. Check it out!
Here's Mhairi Stewart and friend manning the Roller Grrrls table she runs with Gary Erskine. There were table neighbours at the very first comic con I did by myself, and I was very clueless and they made me feel incredibly welcome. I love those guys.
And I'm a big fan of all three people here! That's Moshi Monsters' Nana Li, buying prints from North-Wales-based Jonathan Edwards (aka Jontofski) and Louise Evans (aka Felt Mistress).
Coffee time for Lizz Lunney, Joe Decie and Joe List. ...Oh, look, Decie has posted a Thought Bubble DRINKS TASTE TEST.
On Saturday night, Molly and I trotted along to the British Comic Award ceremony, hosted by a blue-suited Adam Cadwell and David Monteith, where we got to hear Maura McHugh interviewing Hall-of-Fame winner Posy Simmonds. Here's Molly, Posy and Maura with Alison Sampson, who won the New Talent award. Congrats! I was also hugely chuffed that Isabel Greenberg won Best Book for The Encyclopedia of Early Earth. (You can read my fangirl meltdown blog post about it here.) And it was no surprise, Luke Pearson winning the Young People's Comic Award again, this time for Hilda and The Black Hound. The competition was stiff, but Hilda is MEGA.
You can read about the awards over on their website here. (Vern and Lettuce won it back in 2011 and you can read my blog post about that here.) I was a judge last year and it was great to see fellow judge Jamillah Knowles again! She caught me up on some of the comics I was missing out on by being at a table.
Okay, now for a few costumes:
Ha ha, here's when things started to get a little weird:
And finally, a good place to end, Dr Mel Gibson with the elephant in the room:
Oh wait! One more thing... what is this? Ha ha, this is what I look like to the kids I'm working with:
(THANKS, Jordan and Jonathan.)
. . . but it won't be forgotten!
There's so much to savor from The Original Art Exhibition: The Fine Art of Children's Book Illustration, as it winds up its stay in Carlsbad, CA.
To recap, here are more trailers from the participating artists in the Show:
For me, the highlight was being able to hold up the actual book page, and compare it alongside its original. I will share some observations in future posts. Seeing them side-by-side provided meditations on the wide spectrum of art media possible, coupled with the reality of CMYK print — it's all good stuff!


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A week ago, I attended a gripping, if technical for the non-legalese speaking among us, round-up of recent environment-related court decisions and regulatory actions.
The program, presented by the Northwest Environmental Business Council and the Air & Waste Management Association, featured analyses from Perkins Coie LLP's Jeff Hunter, who detailed the courts' activity, and the Port of Portland's David Ashton, who pored over legislative doings from the last year.
I decided to check back with Hunter and Ashton to see if they could flesh out a couple of their points for print. They gamely agreed (Ashton's still working on his, look for an updated version later today).
I asked Hunter about the Summit Petroleum Corp. V. EPA case, about which he said a Sixth Circuit Court ruling "makes it more difficult for EPA to conclude that a network of oil and/or gas operations, or any other industrial constellation of emission sources, can be treated as a single source under the CAA in the absence of physical proximity between the relevant emission units."
Does this, I asked, simply mean that by not being able to treat the emissions as a single source, EPA must judge emissions differently? If so, what does that mean? Hunter responded:
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New interface delivers touch screen functionality in table-top form to accommodate nightstand and desktop control applications
MIAMI, FLORIDA – January 9, 2008- Niles Audio, The First Name in Custom Installation®, today announced that the company's designer-inspired CONTACT-TT table-top system control keypad with color touch screen is now shipping to dealers nationwide. The CONTACT-TT, specifically designed to complement Niles' revolutionary IntelliControl® ICS whole house distributed audio/video system, offers consumers a table-top control option with color touch screen functionality. It features a built-in integrated display on a high-resolution 3.5" color touch screen with LED backlighting and delivers all the necessary metadata to scan, select and play program material from a variety of menu-based digital audio sources like iPod®, Sirius® and XM® satellite radio and HD Radio®. IntelliControl ICS users will see everything they need to operate their system intuitively – as if they were standing in front of an equipment rack or holding an iPod in their hand. The CONTACT-TT is an elegant user interface that is ideal for placement on nightstands in bedrooms or on desktops in home offices to provide complete whole house audio/video system operation.
"Shortly after introduction, Niles dealers asked for a desk caddy to enable our CONTACT touch screen to be used on desks and nightstands," said Frank Sterns, president of Niles. "The CONTACT-TT integrates the functionality of our wall mount touch screen keypad and provides Niles customers with complete system control in a contemporary table-top design package," Sterns added.
With an easy-to-see color touch screen, seven backlit hard keys, a 'party mode' function that turns on any zone in the house and a built-in infrared sensor, the CONTACT-TT enables Niles dealers to provide their clients with complete control of their IntelliControl ICS system and all connected audio/video sources. Its designer appearance encourages seamless integration with virtually any interior design scheme while providing "One-Touch-To-Music™" functionality. The CONTACT-TT is now available and shipping to Niles dealers nationwide.
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• Niles' CONTACT-TT, an elegant table-top system control keypad designed for the revolutionary IntelliControl ICS whole house distributed audio/video system, is now shipping to dealers nationwide
• The CONTACT-TT has an MSRP of $899.95
• The CONTACT-TT features a built-in integrated display on a high-resolution 3.5" color touch screen with LED backlighting and delivers all the necessary metadata to scan, select and play program material from a variety of menu-based digital audio sources
• The CONTACT-TT is an elegant user interface that is ideal for placement on nightstands in bedrooms or on desktops in home offices
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- Publisher: GamersGate
- Release Date: Nov 6, 2007
- Summary: (Currently available in the UK/EU only) Championship Manager2008 offers a streamlined and constant gameplay experience to the player, free of unnecessary delays. Furthermore following on from its debut appearance in Championship Manager 2007, ProZone is back as a fully integrated Post Match Analysis tool which isolates the key factors that decided the result of your game and provides you with the knowledge to act on the match incidents and strengthen your team for the next fixture. Club, Player, Staff and Competition data updated to the end of the August transfer window. Increase of more than 25% of players and staff in the database. 27 playable nations now including the Australian league. Battle it out with other user managers on one PC. ProZone Analyst Feedback. Achieve managerial glory using ProZone, football's favourite analysis tool. Use ProZone Analyst for in-depth analytical feedback on how players and the team performed during a match. Play any match event within ProZone instantly. There's no hiding place for players. Stop, rewind, fast forward and pause; stats you control. Player Tendencies: 32 tendencies that modify how an individual player performs during a match. Ability to mould players in training to learn new tendencies. [Eidos Interactive]… Expand
- Developer: Beautiful Game Studios
- Genre(s): Soccer
- Cheats: On GameFAQs
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Score distribution:
Positive: 2 out of 9
Mixed: 6 out of 9
Negative: 1 out of 9
Convincing, well presented and has a new swagger about it. Impressive. [Christmas 2007, p.68]
Whilst the problems mean that the developers might not have quite managed to build a wonderwall, this is definitely a game you shouldn't let slide away.
Too fiddly for a casual player and not rigorous enough for those used to Football Manager's depth. [Christmas 2007, p.86]
Since BGS took over the Champ Man series they have improved their game from a sure-fire relegation favourite, to a middle of the table side which is knocking on the door of European football. If these improvements continue, next year's game will be sure to bring home some silverware.
If however, you're after a management game that's highly accessible, requires only a modicum of tactical tinkering, allows you to buy the players that you really want and enables you to enjoy instant success and thrilling match highlights, then you should certainly consider opting for CM2008.
Eidos and Beautiful Game Studios are getting there. It's a slow process yes, but they are getting closer. If they can concentrate on more of the basic stuff, team talks and being more interactive with players, rather than on the fancy stuff such as the 3D matches, then next years match could be a close one.
The only relation to what Championship Manager used to be and what it is now is the name. All the talent left with Sports Interactive.
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Positive: 1 out of 2
Mixed: 1 out of 2
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LeeVaughnM.Nov 12, 2007This game although a little harder to beat teams that 2007, it has come a long way and I am grateful for that!!! The training still confuses me but I think I am getting the hang of it.… Collapse
DaveyH.Dec 20, 2007No-where near the standards that Football Manager has set, so i was bitterly disappointed. Although looks good, it is abit confusing at first look, but when you grasp this concept, you feel that theres just something that is missing that is what makes a good football management game.… Expand


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It has taken a couple decades, but UK foster care reform has finally followed the U.S. in deciding that it is much more important for a child to grow up in a permanent, transracial family than it is for that child to languish in foster care while waiting for a racial match that may never come.
In 1994, the United States enacted the Multiethnic Placement Act, which prohibits agencies from refusing or delaying foster or adoptive placements because of a child's or foster/adoptive parent's race, color, or national origin.
The United Kingdom's Children and Families Act 2014 removes the duty placed on social workers to match the ethnicity of a child with their adoptive parents. It also strengthens the concept of "concurrent planning," another important child welfare concept developed by the U.S., which allows a foster child to be placed in a prospective adoptive family's home before the parental rights have been terminated.
The economic benefits of adoption in the UK are reported in research which used a cost calculator for children's services developed by Loughborough University. Research suggests it costs a local authority £25,782 to have a child adopted, compared to up to £400,000 for each child remaining in long-term care.


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August 20, 2012
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PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota Beer Festival
August 20, 2012
Beer fans find Sarasota Beer Festival good to the last drop Hundreds of lager-lovers and stout supporters flocked to Robarts Arena Saturday, August 18, for the third annual Sarasota Beer Festival. Guests whet their palates with samplings of more than 100 beers and local foods, and Soul Purpose provided live music.
Commission reviews strong city mayor proposal today
August 20, 2012
Commissioners are set to review two purchase proposals for a strip of land on the corner of Frutiville and Beneva roads.
Investigation into crash that kills woman lingers
August 20, 2012
A woman who worked at the Longboat Key Quik-N-EZ Mart, 4030 Gulf of Mexico Drive, died last week from injuries sustained Aug. 7.
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Sarasota has voted and the results are in. Graphics specialist Nicole Thompson puts the numbers into context with a conclusory report.
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Members of the Tiger Bay Club met for their regular meeting Thursday, August 16, to hear from Sarasota County Administrator Randall Reid and moderator Dan Bailey. Reid gave an update about his position as county administrator and spoke about procurement issues and ethics.
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Governor Rick Scott is visiting Sarasota this evening for a pie and punch meet-and-greet at the South Sarasota County Republican Party Headquarters.
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The European Union has approved a deal to dramatically reduce the number of single-use plastic bags given out in retail stores.
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I think that with a lot of the older Compur shutters, whatever the format (later MF ones may be different) generally it is best practice, and more gentle on the mechanism to set the shutter speed first then cock the shutter, as different springs/gears engage at different speeds.
It is best to set first, then charge, but from what I've seen taking a bunch of Compurs apart, the fastest speed appears to be the only one that engages a separate spring (you can often feel resistance as the cam engages when you turn to the fastest speed). Based on my understanding of the shutter, changing between standard speeds (anything from 1/25 to 1/250) with the shutter charged shouldn't place undue stress on a properly-functioning mechanism. Of course if you've got an Old Standard like mine, advancing the film and charging the shutter are two separate actions, so it's a bit of a non-issue for me.


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Jake Owen
Jake Owen might never have had a career in music if not for a wakeboarding accident. Prior to that he had intended to pursue a career as a pro golfer, but after reconstructive surgery left him unable to play competitively, he learned to play guitar and began gigging in his native Florida. He moved to Nashville and signed to RCA in 2005, and released his debut album, 'Startin' With Me' later that year. His debut single, 'Yee Haw,' reached No. 16, but his second single, 'Startin' With Me,' was his real breakthrough, hitting No. 6. The title song of his third album, 'Barefoot Blue Jean Night,' gave him his first No. 1, followed by three more No. 1 hits with 'Alone With You,' 'The One That Got Away' and 'Anywhere With You.' 2013′s 'Days of Gold' kept his momentum going, scoring another No. 1 with 'Beachin'.' The album's third single, 'What We Ain't Got,' was a turn in a more serious direction for the singer-songwriter.
Jake Owen Raises More Than $200,000 for Charity at Final Days of Gold Tour Date
Jake Owen recently wrapped up his Days of Gold Tour, and the singer-songwriter used the sold-out final stop to raise big money for some causes close to his heart.
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Kenny Chesney's tour in support of his latest album just got even hotter. Jake Owen, Chase Rice and Cole Swindell have been announced for selects dates of the Big Revival Tour.
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Dalian, compared to ancient capital cities such as Beijing, Xian, Nanjing or Luoyang, is a young city with only a 100-year history.
Taking a taxi in Dalian can be a difficult task for us expats and it can be difficult to navigate, especially with the language barrier.
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Henry IV Part 2
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The king hath call'd his parliament, my lord.
I will lay odds that, ere this year expire,
We bear our civil swords and native fire
As far as France: (5.5.2)
Henry IV Part 2 ends with a hint that, in the play's sequel, England will be at war. This turns out to be an accurate prediction. In Henry V, Hal decides to invade France and reclaim some territories that his family has always believed belonged to them.


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Umm.. no I do not meant the country... but the race it self... I don't think there will be any "pure" races in the future.. even the our own Malay race is not really pure... o.O Only the kings are still pure...but most of them are mixed with the common people..The only country that doesn't do this is the U.S. here people say I am African American, Native American, Irish, Italian, Mexican, etc. so as long as there are separate countries then we will still have separate races.
Good things can happen if races die out... religion dying wont bring any good much.. lol.. more bad stuff will come instead... ^^Anyway, If all that race and relegion thing could desapear nothing would be the same in that case I rather die!
Racism will be gone forever... and im a racist myself..