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The Stafford County Sheriff's Office is investigating a frightening home invasion in the county.
Gary Caldwell, a 67-year-old Vietnam veteran, told ABC7 he thought he was going to die when two suspects got into his home and tried to rob him at gun and knifepoint.
Caldwell says the attack happened Tuesday night at his home on High Street, in a neighborhood off busy Garrisonville Road.
"I was sitting on the couch watching TV, and I heard some noises going on," Caldwell said. "Two guys were pushing their way in, and they drug me through the house, into the living room and then held me down."
Caldwell adds the men were dressed in black nearly from head to toe.
"They had masks on," he said. "If they walked up to me today, I wouldn't know who they were."
Caldwell says the men were both white and were skinny. One appeared to have some beard growth on the small part of his face Caldwell could see.
As of Wednesday night, neither suspect had been caught.
"They were completely heartless, and they did not care," said Gary's daughter, Stacy Caldwell.
Stacy says her dad has been through a lot in life, including a recent surgery for cancer of the liver.
He tried to fight back but was unable to stop the attackers or get ahold of their gun. When he tried to call 911, he says the men broke his phone.
The attackers appeared to be familiar with the Caldwell family, mentioning Stacy by name.
"He kept constantly saying, 'Stacy says there's a safe here,'" Gary said. "I said, 'Well, there ain't one.'"
Stacy says she won't rest until the suspects are caught.
Gary believes they were about to slit his throat and kill him because there was no safe he could lead them to, but there was a knock at the door.
He says the knock scared the suspects, and they fled out the back door.
The woman who knocked, who asked ABC7 not to reveal her identity, said she had a nagging feeling all day that she needed to check on Gary, who is a friend.
She says she's glad she listened to her gut. So is Caldwell.
"If it wasn't for her, they would have killed me," he said.
Anyone who has any information that could help catch the suspects is asked to call the Stafford County Sheriff's Office.


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Deep freeze expected to continue to the weekend on East CoastBy CLARKE CANFIELD
The Associated Press | January 23,2013PORTLAND, Maine — A teeth-chattering cold wave with sub-zero temperatures was expected to keep its icy grip on much of the eastern U.S. into the weekend before seasonable temperatures bring relief.
A polar air mass that's been blamed for multiple deaths in the Midwest moved into the Northeast on Wednesday, prompting the National Weather Service to issue wind chill warnings across upstate New York and northern New England.
In northern Maine, the temperature dipped to as low as 36 below zero Wednesday morning. The weather service was calling for a wind chills as low as minus-45.
Keith Pelletier, the owner of Dolly's Restaurant in Frenchville, said his customers were dressed in multiple layers of clothing and were keeping their cars running in the parking lot while eating lunch. It's so cold that even the snowmobilers are staying home, he said.
"You take the wind chill at 39 below and take a snowmobile going 50 mph, and you're about double that," he said. "That's pretty cold."
The Canadian air mass that brought arctic air is being blamed for several deaths across the Midwest. It also forced schools to close, caused delays of commuter trains and subways, and kept plumbers busy with frozen pipes.
In New York City, food vendor Bashir Babury contended with bone-numbing cold when he set up his cart selling coffee, bagels and pastries at 3 a.m. Wednesday. On the coldest of days, he wears layers of clothing and cranks up a small propane heater inside his cart.
"I put on two, three socks, I have good boots and two, three jackets," he said. "A hat, gloves, but when I'm working I can't wear gloves."
In Pottsville, Pa., letter carrier Cheryl Vandermeer was stoic as she walked her route Wednesday with temperatures in the teens and wind chill in the single digits. She was thankful she had a job that kept her moving, even if it was outside.
"I'm not just standing around," she said. "So for me it's cold, but it's not intolerable."
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Equallogic connect to the Dell 5524 switch, with jumbos on.
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I had created another day and night-system now with seasons. It's based on interdpth's RTC and supports R/S/FR/LG/Em in all languages. Unfortunately you must install interdpth's RTC in R/S/Em too to use this DNS-System. But this tool can install it, so you need only a few bytes of free space in your ROM.
... Offsets in 32MB ROMs are supportet and you can decide if you want to write the Offset with the 8, 9 or nothing, 1.
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... I had to split the 5th time period in the script at midnight so I had decided to make 6 time periods.
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Already available on Steam's Early Access, The Golf Club is a procedural gold simulator aimed at capturing the attention and focus of gamers who may have grown tired of EA's Tiger Woods games.
Previously, it was revealed in April that The Golf Club would be coming to home consoles soon. However, no one knew when the game would be coming, and soon in video game development terms could sometimes mean five years.
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Basically, you can play against your friend's ghost on a course, which is similar to playing against someone's replay. Yep, just like Forza Motorsport 5's cloud based Drivatars.
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That 3rd photo is very nice. More than just a BIF, it really sets a mood.
Thanks for the kind comments, I think it was my best photo of the morning & made getting up before dawn & spending a couple of hours at the lake worth while,
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Sir Loungelot ( Season 1)
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Some of the major character changes include:
- Much larger wings for all the dragons
- obviously the new Count Geoffrey
- Flame's Blond hair
- Obviously Flicker's armor color change
- Getting rid of Flicker's flag on the top of his helmet
They use the "Royal Flush" joke for the 3rd time in the series.
The Age or Retention begins the running gag with "Bickies" (biscuts) with Sir Loungealot throughout the second season.
The Age or Retention begins the running gag with Queen Griddle's Fruitcakes that appear constantly throughout the second season.
Marta of The House of Stewart: Hey, er, Fiddles, dump this mess, will you?
Flicker: That's "Flicker", m'lady. (under his breath) And I use that term loosely...
Queen Griddle: Mocked by serfs! I can think of no greater embarassment!
King Allfire: I don't know; There was the time you broke the "Guess your weight" scale at the county fair.
Evil Black Knight: I was told there were four losers for me to train. This the place?
Count Geoffrey: uh...you be the judge.
Evil Knight #3: (skipping rope and singing) How many losers in the room? 1...2...3...4...
Marta of the House of Stewart: (referring to the weapons being juggled by Cinder and Clinker)
Flipper, I thought I told you to get rid of those antiques. Throw them in the dump!
Flicker: But, but, but...Cinder and Clinker are family!
Flicker: That oppressorly dressed fellow is either collecting props for a German art film, or there's trouble brewing at castle Threadbare.
Flicker: Could he sink any lower? Now he's in real estate.
Flicker: Not so fast!
Count Geoffrey: You can't dump boiling oil on us!
Flicker: Who said anything about boiling oil? I have the greasiest substance known to dragon kind: Sir Loungealot's hair gel! Have a nice slip home!
Various: That's the biggest Sir-port-a-pot I have ever seen!
Queen Griddle: If anyone's looking for me, I'll be sunning in my new bathing costume.
(Kinghts to the new castle)
Sir Blaze: Eww!
King Allfire: I've never seen anything more ghastly!
Sir Blaze: Ticky tacky, ticky tacky!
Sir Burnevere: Grotesque monstrosity!
Sir Blaze: I say we bag it and burn it with all the other garbage!
(Griddle pushes them out the window think they were talking about her new bathing costume)
Flicker: Call me suspicious, or just call me Flicker, but something's not right here.
Duke Rudolph: I should have known this stuff was dangerous when it wouldn't burn!
Sir Galahot and Sir Hotbreath don't appear in the 2nd season.
Juan Chioran joins the cast as the 2nd performer to play Sir Loungelot. He will play him till the end of this season and the show.
Season 2 Premere!
The giant dragon's foot crashing down to end the episode is a tribute to Terry Jones's old comedy troup, Monty Python.
The scene where Count Geoffrey is prosecuting a surf in the court room spoofs the O.J. Simpson trial with the famous "if the glove does not fit, you must acquit" scene (The surf is even black)
The Evil Black Knight's voice was modled after the famous cowboy voice style of Clint East Wood.
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A couple of weeks ago, my wife and I were channel surfing on a Friday night after getting the kids to bed. It wasn't long before we stumbled onto the 1986 sci-fi thriller Aliens, in which Sigourney Weaver reprises her iconic role as Ripley and battles those nasty, slobbering, big-headed, multiple-jawed xenomorphs.
The movie was almost over, and we watched perhaps the last half an hour or so … on PBS of all places. (As an aside, it's worth pondering what the world's come to when an action movie like Aliens turns up on PBS! This isn't the stuffy, Masterpiece Theater 'n' Nova PBS of my childhood, that's for sure.)
Now, despite the R-rating on this James Cameron-directed actioner, I have to confess I've seen it quite a few times over the years. And (apart from some pretty beastly language at points) I've always thought it was a spine-tinglingly well-constructed horror-and-sci-fi mash-up. The big mother alien, of course, eventually got what was coming to her. And when she did, we went to bed.
Now fast-forward two weeks. After a particularly stressful day, my wife and I crawled into bed for some much-needed sleep. Except that, well, when my lids finally closed, there were aliens waiting for me in the dark of my dreams.
Lots of them. With their big mouths and big heads and acidic blood. Yuck.
All night long, it seemed, I worked through a nightmare with aliens chasing me. I woke up about 4:30 feeling even more tired from running from and gunning down those nasties, Ripley-style, for what seemed like hours.
Just a nightmare, right? Perhaps a hint that I needed to carve out some better stress relief? Maybe go to the gym more often? Yeah, I probably need to do that.
But I also thought it was a powerful reminder of how images can get lodged in our subconscious—even as adults, and even if we've seen them before—and have an influence we wouldn't have expected. I strongly suspect that if I hadn't seen that movie a few weeks before, even if I'd still had a nightmare, it likely would have had different subject matter. (Tornadoes are another stress dream I have from time to time, for instance.) It never occurred to me that watching a nearly three-decade-old sci-fi film might still have the ability to lodge in my brain like that.
As a parent, I'm very cognizant of the power images have to influence the quality of my kids' sleep as well as their thoughts in general. But my unexpected alien nightmare reminded me—in a cold sweat, no less—that images I thought were no big deal might still have more influence that I thought.
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I first did a day-in-the-life post back in February 2014, but obviously things have changed since then!
Here's a current look at what life is like:
5:00AM/5:15AM/5:30AM/5:45AM – Alarm(s) go off
Does anyone else do this? Every night, I set my four alarms. I guess the hope is that one of these days I'll drag myself out of bed and workout (or at least save myself some time to prevent running around like a mad woman). But… it never happens. By 5:45AM, I'm out of bed.
5:45AM-7:45AM – Get ready for the day
I know… two hours is a bit much. I shower, eat breakfast, do my hair and makeup, decide on an outfit and iron if necessary, take Stewie out, get dressed and I'm out the door at 7:45AM.
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7:45AM-8:30AM – Commute
We are living in a temporary apartment, and it's about 30 miles from where I work. Thankfully, my morning drive goes pretty smoothly. I've built in some time for a daily coffee stop since our Keurig is in storage.
8:30AM-12:00PM – Work
I'm still learning the ropes of my new job—I've been there for about a month—but things are going well so far!
12:00PM-12:30PM – Lunch break
I get a half hour for lunch, and I'll either eat at my desk while browsing Facebook/Instagram/etc., or I'll run out and take care of a few quick errands.
12:30PM-5:00PM – Work
My work day ends at 5:00PM. This is the latest I've ever had to stay at work (I could leave at 3:00PM when I was teaching, and 4:30PM at my last job). It's really not a big deal when daylight isn't an issue, but I'm already dreading the cold, dark winter!
Also, when I was teaching, I totally took for granted the ability to leave work at 3:00PM! Now it seems like the whole day would be ahead of me at that time!
5:00PM-6:00PM – Commute
My drive home is a little bit longer and traffic-ridden than my morning commute. Once we live closer to my work, this won't be an issue. In the meantime, I listen to an audiobook on my drive to make it a bit more bearable (I'm currently listening to All Fall Down by Jennifer Weiner).
6:00PM-6:15PM – Walk Stewie
Stewie gets a quick walk after I get home from work. He recently had surgery (in mid-April), so he's slowly (or actually, not-so-slowly if he gets his way) returning to normal activity levels.
6:15PM-7:15PM – Dinner time
Despite working in a small kitchen with limited appliances, I'm still making an effort to cook dinner each night (with one or two evenings of takeout in the mix).
7:15PM-8:15PM – Take care of items on my to-do list
I usually have a list of about 3-6 things I want to get done each night. I'm lucky if I get through two, but at least I'm trying!
8:15PM-10:15/10:30PM – Catch up on TV/relax
I usually end my evenings watching TV. Currently, I'm loving The Bachelorette and Real Housewives of NYC. I usually have a few things waiting for me on my DVR, so if nothing good is on TV, I'll catch up on my recordings.
10:30PM – Get ready for bed
I try to get to bed sometime between 10:00PM and 11:00PM.
And then it's time to get up and start all over again!
How long is your lunch break?
Are you a TV watcher? What are your current favorite shows?


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The information below is based on the Report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council (A/69/926–S/2015/409) issued on 5 June 2015.
In 2014, peace talks between the Government of Colombia and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia — Ejercito del Pueblo (FARC-EP) continued in Havana. The conclusions on the three first items of the agenda, "Rural development", "Political participation" and "Illicit drugs", were shared publicly and discussions began on item five, "Victims". The latter opened up the opportunity to raise specific concerns on child protection, in particular with regard to the recognition of the rights of child victims. At the request of the negotiating parties, the United Nations and the National University of Colombia organized regional and national forums to collect the views of victims and proposals. On those occasions, many national and international actors advocated for child protection concerns to be raised at the negotiating table. In December, the FARC-EP and the Government started talks about de-escalating the conflict, including issues related to child recruitment and a ceasefire. I commend the sustained efforts to put an end to the conflict and encourage all parties to take further concrete steps to protect children and guarantee lasting improvements for children's rights, including under item three, "End of conflict".
Despite the ongoing peace process, hostilities between FARC-EP, the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) and the Colombian Armed Forces continued and intensified in some parts of the country, causing displacement and often putting children at risk of recruitment and sexual violence. As at December 2014, there were some six million persons registered as internally displaced persons, approximately 35 per cent of whom were children. Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities were particularly affected. Violence committed by post-demobilization groups and other local armed groups was an important trigger of displacement, both in urban and rural areas. In addition, about 500,000 persons suffered from severe mobility restrictions to access basic services and assistance, as a result of the sharp increase in attacks against civilian infrastructure committed throughout 2014, mostly by ELN (52 per cent) and FARC-EP (22 per cent).
The United Nations verified 343 cases of recruitment and use of children by armed groups in 22 departments and in Bogotá. The Colombian Family Welfare Institute documented the separation of 277 children, the majority of whom had escaped from armed groups. A total of 198 children had been recruited by FARC-EP, 52 by ELN, and the remaining by post-demobilization groups and other armed groups. In addition, the Ombudsman Office issued at least 36 risk reports on recruitment in 20 departments.
On 12 February 2015, FARC-EP announced that it had raised the recruitment age to 17 years. While I take note of that positive development, I wish to recall that the Convention on the Rights of the Child ratified by Colombia in 1991 stipulates that a child means every human being below the age of 18, and that its Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict, ratified in 2005, prohibits armed groups from recruiting children under the age of 18 and provides that the State party should prevent such recruitment and use.
At least nine children were killed and 60 were maimed, mostly in landmine incidents. Children, predominantly girls, were also victims of sexual violence attributed to armed groups, including post-demobilization groups, and in some cases to members of national armed forces. Furthermore, sexual exploitation and abuse of girls by members of armed groups in mining zones continued. The United Nations received reports of the detention in Bolivar of three persons charged with selling girls for sexual purposes to armed groups and to mine workers.
There were 12 reported cases of schools damaged in crossfire, anti-personnel mines and explosive remnants of war, as well as 11 cases of military use by parties to the conflict. In May, the armed forces found 76 gas cylinders stored by FARC-EP in a school in Cauca, ready to be used in combat, thereby putting school children at risk. In addition, the presence of units of the armed forces near or in front of schools during class hours put school premises and children at risk. Within the reporting period, teachers were also subject to threats by FARC-EP, ELN, Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia/Los Urabeños and Los Rastrojos and three teachers were killed by unidentified armed groups.
Despite its prohibition by the National Child Protection Code (Art. 41, para. 29, of Law 1098 of 2006), the involvement of children in civic-military activities organized by the armed forces continued in several parts of the country. For example, in July, in Cauca, the armed forces carried out a civic -military activity, inviting more than 500 persons; the recreational activity for children was carried out by the armed forces psychological operations team. The Committee on the Rights of the Child has previously shared its concerns with regard to civic -military activities organized by the armed forces inside schools and in the community. In its recent report on prevention of the recruitment of children and adolescents, issued in December 2014, the Ombudsman Office also requested the Ministry of Defence, the armed forces and the police to refrain from carrying out the campaigns with children. I echo those concerns and call upon the armed forces to refrain from involving children in any military activities that may place them at risk of being targeted by armed groups.
Since 1999, at least 5,694 children have been separated from armed groups and benefitted from the Colombian Family Welfare Institute programme. With regard to protection and assistance provided to children separated from armed groups as stipulated in the National Child Protection Code and the Victims Law, all children, as victims, should be accorded equal protection, regardless of the group that recruited or used them. In some cases, however, children who had been separated from armed groups, mostly those associated with post-demobilization groups, were referred to the Office of the Attorney General for prosecution without benefiting from the Institute's programmes for protection and assistance.
Since 1999, there have been 193 convictions for child recruitment, including under the Justice and Peace Law of 2005 and by the Human Rights Unit of the Office of the Attorney General, as well as by regional and local courts. In June, a new bill for the protection of victims of sexual and gender-based violence in conflict was approved. I welcome that major step, which was taken to harmonize the national legislation with international standards.
Parties in Colombia
- Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) (a)
- Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia — Ejército del Pueblo (FARC-EP) (a)
The parties underlined have been in the annexes for at least five years and are therefore considered persistent perpetrators. (a) Parties that recruit and use children.


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Long Way Home for Sollett's "Raising Victor Vargas"
by Eugene Hernandez
Opening today in Manhattan at the Sunshine Theater and on 42nd St. is a true New York indie, "Raising Victor Vargas." Peter Sollett's first feature, an adaptation of his award-winning short, "Five Feet High and Rising," has had a charmed life on the festival circuit since its debut at Cannes nearly a year ago. After the premiere, the film went to Deauville, Toronto, and then Sundance where is was warmly embraced. This week, reviews in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Time Out New York (among other publications) praised the low-budget film as it returned home for the opening night of New Directors/New Films on Wednesday and its theatrical debut today. What a perfect opportunity to take a look back at this terrific film's road to the big screen.
I first met Peter Sollett back when I worked at the AIVF in lower Manhattan. The soft-spoken Sollett would often quietly drop by the office to visit collaborator Eva Vives who also worked at the organization. At the time, the pair were making "Five Feet." They wrote it in 1997, and shot the short during the summer of 1998 with the same core cast that would later appear in the feature film. Vives scoured the Lower East Side to find the lead actors for the film (Sollett made the short by maxing out his credit cards to the tune of $20,000). Victor Rasuk, star of the short and the feature, literally walked in off the street and into an audition, unexpected. Working for director Todd Stephens ("Edge of Seventeen") at the time, Sollett borrowed an unused AVID and moved it into his kitchen so that he and Vives could cut the short.
The Sundance premiere of "Five Feet High and Rising" was a success. The film won the short filmmaking award and Sollett was noticed by a number of critics and biz attendees. "In the dramatic narrative field, Peter Sollett's 'Five Feet High and Rising' struck chords because of its tender honesty," wrote indieWIRE's short film reporter Tim LaTorre in his Sundance short film wrap. "The verite visual style and subdued pace complements the performances from the young non-actors, creating an entirely realistic tone."
It was there that Sollett first met an important member of his team, attorney Todd Rubenstein, and it was also there that Sollett and Vives began talking about making a feature film with the same characters and actors. At Clermont-Ferrand, after Sundance, Sollett met Jean Michel Dissard who sold the short in numerous international territories. They made up the $20,000 debt and then some, giving Sollett a bit of "development money" for a feature.
"There's so much energy there that's untapped," Sollett told indieWIRE writer Andrea Meyer in late March 2000 after the short screened at New Directors/New Films. "Eva and I want to make a feature that is an outgrowth of our short film. We want to stick with the same style and develop the story but stick within the community." Selected as one of 25 filmmakers to watch by FILMMAKER Magazine in 2000, Sollett met the mag's editor (and producer) Scott Macaulay who would later produce the feature film with Robin O'Hara.
The short film award at Cannes led him to the festival's prestigious Cinefondation fellowship. Af the residency in late 2000 and early 2001, Sollett worked to imagine all that the story could be, while at the Sundance lab in June of the same year he worked with advisors to focus the script. Financing was secured through Wild Bunch (a part of Studio Canal) -- a rep for the company had seen the short at Clermont-Ferrand and pursued the director. Sollett begged him off until he had a script to show and later made a deal that gave him final cut for the half-million-dollar budgeted movie. While the team had met with the usual New York production companies, none were willing to offer Sollett final cut. The movie was shot by Tim Orr on 16mm film in a production that began in late summer 2001. The film was in production in downtown Manhattan on the morning of 9/11 and production was interrupted with five days to go. The film was then finished in October.
A Cannes premiere was in the cards for the feature, then titled "Long Way Home." Its first screening was actually a small industry showing for a group of about 12 acquisitions execs. Tom Quinn of Samuel Goldwyn and Bob Aaronson of Fireworks immediately fell in love with the movie, and about an hour into the showing they immediately put an offer on the table. A deal was sealed ahead of the movie's magical public premiere. Asked to recall the Cannes debut, Sollett told me that he still remembers the "very big room" and the film's soundtrack playing as he and the cast made their way up the steps. "The first laugh was such a relief," he said in our conversation. The standing ovation that followed the screening led to actors Rasuk and Judy Marte being mobbed by people after the showing.
Later in 2002, the film (then re-titled "Raising Victor Vargas") won an award at Deauville even as it was screening for the first time in North America at the Toronto International Film Festival. I was at dinner with the team when word came from Deauville, it marked another feather in his cap that Sollett seemed to take in typical low-key stride. At Sundance 2003, the film was heralded once again. "Sollett has created a glorious, full-blooded, oft-profane, fully inhabited microcosm of life and love among teenagers on New York's Lower East Side," wrote Ray Pride in his indieWIRE review of the movie. "The 26-year-old Sollett and his collaborators prove themselves to be masterful miniaturists and also that there's no subject larger than the beating of the human heart."
Since Sundance, Sollett told me that he has spent a great deal of time helping to promote the movie. "The approach to marketing this film is not obvious," he explained, "This is not the low-budget film where the Holllywood star decided to make something more edgy, and we market that star."
Reflecting on the long road to this week's opening night slot at New Directors/New Films and today's debut in theaters, he added, "It feels like every day you wake up and your position and your point of view is different from the day before." On Wednesday, he said that he awoke to Elvis Mitchell's rave review in the New York Times. "Amazing," Sollett said simply.
Next up? No word yet from Sollett. "I really want to work..." he told me. Cutting himself off he said, "This is work...this is the work part of the work." Pausing for a moment, he said simply, "I want to make a film."
As for tonight's opening night at the Sunshine, just blocks from where the movie was shot, Sollett said that he had not yet decided what to do with himself. "Anything you do feels pathetic," he chuckled, "It's like having your kid go to the first day at school." Taking a quiet moment to ponder a bit further, he said, "I'll probably just check the projection at the theater and then be overwhelmed and anxious."


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1With a dry cloth clean your shoes that you are going to dye. If you are unsure about what to do practice on some on old shoes first
2Make your dye. Heat about two cups of water until they nearly boil, 120–150 °F (49–66 °C). Drop a pinch of the powdered dye that you want to dye your shoes with and mix.
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Mouli Ganguly, the versatile actress who was last playing Divya Balraj in Resham Dankh has taken a break from acting. But it doesn't mean she has given up acting. In fact the Bengali belle has turned to theatre and is doing a play entitled Kahaani Mein Twist Hai co-starring Kiran Karmarkar.
So why the impromptu switch from television to theatre? Mouli replies, "Well I know this is the first time I am doing a play in my career but it was a good opportunity and something different from the same rigmarole of hindi fiction and as of now I haven't got any good offers in television either so I decided to take up the offer." So is she quitting the small screen for good? "Not at all", says she, "If I get something interesting and different in television, I will definitely take it up. I am just waiting for the right role to come my way."
So what is Kahaani Mein Twist Hai
all about? "It is a comedy play on the relationship
between a husband and wife and their differences shown in a humorous way", says
Speaking about the roles she has played in her career Mouli says, "I really can't make a choice between the roles I play. For me it's all about the acting. But if I do have to make a choice I would prefer playing a modern role as I come from the same background and find it more comfortable. But I don't have a problem playing any other character either."
Getting a taste of both the worlds
how different is theatre from television? "A
major difference exists between the two". Mouli claims, "The
most important
thing in theatre is that there are no re-takes here. Everything has to
be done perfectly the first time itself. And each actor has to have the
presence of mind to realize
when to say his/her lines and has to be audible."
Any other projects in the pipeline? "Yes"
She replies, "I am doing a film "It's A Man's World" with Saurab Sengupta. I am
playing the role of Arunandhati Sarkar who is a strong leader in a man's world", says Mouli as she takes leave.
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Controllers and first person shooters are so important to one another. I was never the biggest fan of the PlayStation 3 controller for playing my first-person shooters. I did play them quite often, of course, but it never did feel as natural as playing with other controllers. That said, the PlayStation 4 controller was amazing; the buttons are better laid out, and feel more natural for tighter control. I loved my experience with Killzone: Shadow Fall and I think the new controller really had a lot to do with it.
Another example of improvement via controller was Blacklight: Retribution, a game that is incredibly sensitive to the touch. In my session, it got to the point where I wanted to go to the settings and turn down the sensitivity, which wasn't an option. After sticking with it, I was able to settle down and be lighter with my touch, resulting in a better sense of aiming. The DS4 enabled a much lighter touch, so those sensitive shots felt that much better. I am very happy with the spacing between sticks and the sensitivity, as they allow for good first-person shooting gameplay. The shoulder buttons felt just fine as well, as I used all four of them quite often in Resogun.
I hope knowing that I had a great time using the controller in first-person shooters helps to calm any fears about the dramatic change in the shape of the Dualshock. It felt nice in my hands, and it definitely supported and facilitated great gameplay. When we get a chance to sit down and really examine the controller, we'll do our best to provide some more intimate details on how it fares with other games. Stay tuned!


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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing...
- Release Date:
- December 25, 1996
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- Director:
- Kenneth Branagh
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- Brian Blessed, Julie Christie, Judi Dench, Rob Edwards, Timothy Spall, Robin Williams, Jack Lemmon, Gérard Depardieu, Rosemary Harris, Billy Crystal, Rufus Sewell, Kate Winslet, John Mills, Orlando Seale, John Gielgud, Michael Bryant, Jimi Mistry, David Yip, Kenneth Branagh, Reece Dinsdale, Nicholas Farrell, Derek Jacobi, Jeffery Kissoon, Ravil Isyanov, Charlton Heston, Angela Douglas, Ian McElhinney, Richard Attenborough, Riz Abbasi, Richard Briers, Don Warrington, Michael Maloney, Jimmy Yuill, Rowena King, David Blair, Melanie Ramsay, Ray Fearon, Perdita Weeks, Frank Morgan, Peter Bygott, Charles Daish, Ken Dodd, Yvonne Gidden, Sarah Lam, John Spencer-Churchill, Sian Radinger, Melanie Ramsey, Simon Russell Beale, Andrew Schofield, Thomas Szekeres, Ben Thom, Royston Munt, David Blair, Christopher Bowles, Frank Morgan, Anthony Maddalena, Kenneth W Caravan ...
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I'm a big Shakespeare fan, and here are some movie adaptations that I've enjoyed over the years. Please, send me your opinions, I'd love to discuss them with you. I can only post five movies at a time... To be continued...
21 Grams. The movie was released in November, 2003. It premiered here in Estonia last week. LAST WEEK! Five months after it's initial release. And we were lucky to get it *at all*. For example, Lost In Translation was never going to be released in Estonia, until it got Oscar nominations. And I'm not even going to mention stuff that I've only seen thanks to the unlimited possibilities of eMule. Oh yeah, the movie was still fantastic (I had previously seen it through the aforementioned not terribly legal medium). Three of the best perfomances of the year, with Sean Penn bringing a much deeper personality into his character in 21 grams than he did with his character in Mystic River (truth be told, none of the characters in that movie really grabbed me, aside from Tim Robbins', who rightfully earned his oscar. I don't see any reason to nag about the movie's disjointed editing, since it made you think a lot more about the movie, and therefore increased the immersion in the film, and surprisingly also made you care more about the characters, and meaning(s) of the film. And secodnly, it wasn't disjointed at all. After the conclusion of the movie, you could clearly see the logic of the editing, and similarly to Trier's Dogville, the unusual style took only a few minutes to get used to. Oh, and some of the cinematography in the movie was fantastical. And Benincio Del Toro was great also. So, what else have I seen in the meantime.... saw Amadeus again for the upteenth time. I also listened to the commentary by Peter Schaeffer and Milos Forman, who mentioned about the final scenes of the film, something along the lines of "no-one with a right mind would create a scene, in which two composers sit, and one dictates music to the other, in complicated terms, which few of the audience could actually understand". Let it be said for the record, that since I have an interest in classical music, I had no such trouble, but still, that scene, and the overall last 45 minutes (with especially the extended opera scenes, natch) were among the most powerful stuff I've seen in cinemas, ever. That is what makes a great director - take things that no-one with a right mind would take, and make them into something mindblowing. I also saw several interpretations of Shakespeare on film, and one in theater. first, I saw Kurosawa's Ran, on DVD. Made me wish to have a home cinema, but well, the thing is as always in the price. It's a work of art, and a wonderful display of beautiful colors and battle scenes. No more needs to be said. I also saw two versions of Hamlet for the silver screen. The first was the 'modernised' version, which starred Ethan Hawke. Now, I've seen a lot of modernised shakespeare in the past (amongst them a version of "Romeo & Juliet" in which Juliet was a goat, and which was actually quite good), and mostly they come off as parodies of the originals. This version of Hamlet is no exception. The Danish kingdom is replaced with a movie company, the dead king is now a dead executive, and we've got cell phones, skyscrapers and all that stuff placed right at our noses for us to see that 'this is teh 20th century!!!!1111oneoneone'. Yet the text has remained to an extent the same, and doesn't fit at all. Ultimately the film is more about Hamlet In The 20th Century, than it is about Hamlet, and that is why it fails. The second version of Hamlet is the one with Kenneth Branagh, and it is about 180 degrees different from the version with Ethan Hawke. It is played, line by line of Shakespeare's original, and it shows. It's like a lavish theatrical experience, that still manages to appear real, and while it does have it's share of problems (the length issue for example, which may fit a theatre, which has intermissions, but not cinema), is the definitive Hamlet. The comparison of those two renditions shows yet again, that one shouldn't mess with the Master. And finally the stage version of Hamlet, that I saw. It was presented in a black-box type theatre, with the only props being two thrones (for Claudius and Gertrude) and a ledge. The perfomances were superb, and there were several symbolic aspects underscored by the frequent changes in costumes (for example, Gertrude switching her white gloves to black ones, after her conversation with Hamlet, as a symbol, for feeling guilty of his husbands death). One more thing. Hamlet is one of my favorite works of literature ever. Right up there with Hemingway's "Old Man and the Sea" and Lermontov's "The Hero of our Time" and Remarque's "All quiet on the western front". Yet, I have completely no emotions towards the chief character. Hamlet. So there he is. Always hesitating, and finally going through with his revenge, staying true to his noble ideals in a cruel world. But ultimately, a person who manages to stay true to his ideals, isn't half as interesting as one who doesn't. Which, to me at least, makes the king Claudius the tragic (anti)hero of the play. A king, who would otherwise be a superb leader, if it weren't for his crimes. And his praying monologue is one of the best speeches written ever. So, I'll top off this lengthy entry with my all time favorite Hamlet quote: "My words fly up, my thoughts remain below:Words without thoughts never to heaven go."
Best in Show: Kenneth BranaghOne for the future: Kate WinsletStand-out scene: Hamlet and Gertrude post-Polonius stabbingBrainer or no-brainer: BrainerStands up to one viewing or repeated?: RepeatedDVD commentary any good?: n/aTVKenneth Branagh's take on The Bard's Denmart-set tragedy clocks in at just over four hours. The Olivier version was a comparatively brief two and a half - Branagh is clearly signalling that his is the complete and unabridged version. Packed to the rafters with big names Branagh himself takes the title role, while Kate Winslet is a luminous Ophelia. Branagh updates the proceedings to the 19th century and his is a peroxided, lithe, black-clad Lord, less sombre and brooding, more scenery-chewing and flamboyant. Derek Jacobi and Julie Christie are solid as Claudius and Gertrude and the assembled cast is refreshingly eclectic, ranging from Ken Dodd and Jack Lemmon through to Brian Blessed, Robin Williams and Billy Crystal. Much better than the 1990 Mel Gibson version, this was shot mostly at Blenheim Palace and at Shepperton Studios, which housed the largest single set ever built in the UK for the castle of Elsinore. Epic, lavish, and gripping this is sure to satisfy even the most staunch Shakespearean completist.
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So, I just spent two whole days in the 'lord. It wasn't as bad as my previous trips have been. I got to see McPherson, my old debate coach. He was playing with a litt R2D2 toy that responded to voice commands. It was hilarious. Other than that, I didn't see anyone I knew (probably thankfully, too). Stuff I brought back: Mom gave me a few things to bring back with me. I got a lamp, a picture frame, and a dvd player that has never worked on her tv (but none that she has bought have ever worked on that thing so I'm hoping that it will work for me).My brother is trying to be a rockstar. He's growing his hair long and playing the electric guitar. He walks around the house singing ACDC, Guns&Roses, and the likes. Meg let me borrow Hamlet. I'm gonna watch it sometime soon...one of my days off. I'm so bored. I can't wait to be done with school. We have our first softball game this weekend. I can't wait! We're gonna kick some boo-tay. Or not. Either way we'll get WASTED after the game.Damn loud kids.That's all for now.
Spectacular, well performed, but lacking, for some reason, in areas. The whole spot the star thing detracts from the main film (Gielgud in a non speaking role, i mean, come on!), but it is still worth the watch. But Olivier's is better.
brillant, i loved this movie the whole play, 4 hours of glorious Shakespeare
I recently purchased the DVD of this "eternity version" of Hamlet, and I believe it was worth the wait, and worth every penny I paid for it. When I first saw this version a few years back on VHS, I don't think I properly appreciated Branagh's achievement. However, now that I've had the chance to watch it a few times, I am quite simply amazed at the breadth of the director's vision. For the longest time, I thought Zeffirelli's Hamlet, starring Mel Gibson, was as good as film versions of this famous play could be. I just went back to that version yesterday, and honestly, it seemed like a pale shadow of the play, compared to Branagh's version. There is so much great material in the long text of the play that Branagh chose to adapt into his screenplay, that one misses so much in the shortened versions. Branagh's film is not an easy one to watch the first time, clocking in at around 4 hours. But if you can find the time to set aside, the experience is well worth the time invested. Branagh creates a world of intrigue and emotion that is presented in some of the most incredible language ever written. His actors present each word with deep understanding and clarity. There are a few moments when things don't work quite as well, such as the long speech that comes immediately before the intermission, which may have worked better in a less bombastic style. And the cast...where do I begin? Derek Jacobi's Claudius is powerful and nuanced, Kate Winslet's Ophelia is complex and touching, Richard Briers's Polonius is crafty and a bit slimy, and the list of fine performances goes on and on. I'm not wild about Robin Williams's portrayal of Osric, but most of rest of the cast is exceptional. (Even though I'm not a big fan of Charlton Heston, his Player King is right up his alley. A bit overdone, but exactly what the role calls for.)Branagh's Hamlet is truly an amazing piece of cinema, and a great presentation of Shakespeare's masterpiece.
This is the only film of Hamlet that contains the full four hours of William Shakespeare's masterpiece and gives a unique feel to the whole story. Not many directors could pull this off without boring their audience but Kenneth Branagh's skillful use of bravora film style and stunt casting allows people to see the importance of the scenes that are cut out. Examples of this include Gerarde Depardue as Reynaldo who's entire purpose in the film was to simply say "yes my lord" as Polonius asks him to spy on Leartes. Also included is Billy Crystal as the grave digger, Robin Williams as Osric, Jack Lemmon as Marcellous, and Charlton Heston as the actor. Branagh's performance of the Act 4 scene 4 soliloquy is nothing short of cinematic marvel as the camera slowly pulls back as the intensity grows. It is a scene that literally made me want to jump out of my chair and start applauding. Kenneth Branagh is the only film maker that understood the importance of every scene in this film and knew how to convey that importance to the general audience. This is a must see for everyone who enjoy's good story telling, brilliant acting, and incredible direction.
Even with countless versions and having personally witnessed my tenth grade English teacher flog it to death, there is still much to admire in Kenneth Branagh's lavishly produced adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Hamlet." The least of which is the large and talented cast which is a mix between Branagh's regulars(including Derek Jacobi and Brian Blessed) and Hollywood cameos. Of which, Charlton Heston and Billy Crystal especially impress.(Yeah, I'm amazed, too.) Despite rarely leaving the ornate throne room, the movie gets past its theatrical roots by not only focusing on the present, but on the past where Prince Hamlet(Kenneth Branagh) remembers better times, giving emotional potency to the 'Alas, Poor Yorick' speech. And it is not Hamlet's reluctance for revenge that causes the tragedy but a singularly rash act. Regardless, he has no options. Once his father's ghost(Brian Blessed) appears, there can be no other course of action. So, one of the play's themes is the weight that a younger generation bears from its parents. Also, remember that Ophelia(Kate Winslet) is prohibited early on by her father, Polonius(Richard Briers), from seeing Hamlet who she loves. All of which is set in the foreground while Fortinbras(Rufus Sewell) is on the march in the background And to close, I will point out that this is not the first time that Derek Jacobi has played a character named Claudius.
Hello, all. I've been extra super busy with my LEAD ROLE in my school's production of Dracula (I played Dr. Seward to much accolades from people who had no option but to compliment me). It was a really great experience and I grew as an actor and person greatly. Now we do Cats. Fun...I haven't had too much time to watch movies on my free time. Between school and Dracula, the films I've watched have been in classes (and they have been much better on average than they usually are). Here is the round-up:Citizen Kane (1941)Class: American FilmMy Score: 10/10I know that I previously gave this a 0/10 when I was in (I believe) 7th grade. But no 7th grader should be expected to understand or like this movie. I've become much more mature since then and absolutely loved this movie. I didn't find it boring and I thought that Orson Welles' performance was just spell-binding in the same way that Day-Lewis' performance in There Will Be Blood was. This is a work of pure genius and it has earned its spot on the top of lists.Funny story: The movie fades to black and I hear from my classmates: "That movie sucked!" "Worst movie ever!" "That was so boring!" "Why would anyone like that?" I laughed - they are seventh graders.The Maltese Falcon (1941)Class: American FilmMy Score: 8/10It's good, yeah, but there wasn't anything terribly, out-of-this-world fantastic about it. It set a standard for mystery/detective films after that and it deserves mass respect. Humphrey Bogart is a BAMF and the characters are interesting, but it didn't strike me as a brilliant film.The Thin Red Line (1998)Class: Responding to ViolenceMy Score: 8.5/10What a potential work of art this was. Malick just had too much on his hands. But for philosophical weight, artistic passion, and brilliant cinematography, The Thin Red Line is certainly a great work. It feels very disjointed and extremely truncated, but that's because it basically is. I feel bad for the editor. How do you cut a 5 hour movie down? Malick is a great director, he just tried to do too much. The moments are moving, though. Those moments he captures are spot on.Hamlet (1996)Class: AP Literature and CompositionMy Score: 9/10We didn't watch all four hours, we probably only watched three, but I got a good idea of what the film was like and was happy to see a positive reaction from my fellow classmates. I love Shakespeare - the language is just beautiful - and Branaugh just gets it. It's great to see him take on as monolithic a work as Hamlet and be successful. We just finished King Lear and I thought it was easily Shakespeare's best work, but this adaptation of Hamlet is just great. Worth your four hours.Chinatown (1974)Class: American FilmMy Score: 9/10I thought this to be just excellent, particularly the ending and Faye Dunaway's performance. Her character arc is fascinating and she is just fascinating. Jack Nicholson also does a good job as the somewhat stereotypical/somewhat not detective. Follows alot of the anachronisms of The Maltese Falcon but the ending is just powerful in its message and bleakness and profundity.Well, there ya have it. Senior year, baby. Watchin' movies.
When a movie makes Shakespeare interesting, you know it has to be good.
The best Hamlet I have ever seen.I am not one who likes Shakespeare, at all but with Kenneth Branagh (my favorite actor)and great acting, I enjoyed the movie. This is a movie I will never tire of.
I've never enjoyed the notion of "messing" with Shakespeare. His works represent the highest literary quality known to man. Clearly, Kenneth Branagh seems to understand the importance of not only capturing the essence of Shakespeare's literature, but also inspiring his audience through mesmerizing cinematic visuals and exemplary acting. Praise for a film truly epic in scope, and equally devoted to the original text.
While I can understand Kenneth Branagh's desire to conserve the full text of Shakespeare's work, four hours would be extraordinarily long for a staged production, let alone a film. Few modern audiences will find this the least bit accessible. Only those willing to set aside an entire afternoon to watch Branagh consistently and severely overact the title role will be able to appreciate his loyalty to the source material.


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Sushant Singh Rajput, one of the main leads in forthcoming movie "Kai Po Che", ushered in his 27th birthday with a surprise party thrown by his girlfriend, television actress Ankita Lokhande at a suburban restaurant here. The couple is likely to tie the knot this year.
Sushant turned 27 Monday.
"Actually, Sushant had no plans for a party. Nor did he have an inkling of Ankita's surprise party. Since he had to shoot for Maneesh Sharma's film on his birthday, Sushant wanted to spend a quiet evening at home with his girlfriend and a bottle of champagne," said the couple's close friend.
However, as they say, 'Man proposes, Woman disposes'. So, Sushant found himself surrounded by all of his and Ankita's friends from the movie and television industry for his birthday.
"This is a very special year for Sushant. He makes his movie debut this year. And Ankita wanted it to be a very special birthday," said the friend.
This year, Sushant and Ankita who are among the most devoted couples in the entertainment industry, plan to make their relationship legal.
"Sushant feels Ankita is as good as his wedded wife anyway. But they come from conservative families. For the sake of their families, Sushant and Anikta intend to go through a wedding ceremony this year," said the friend.
The two met on the sets of popular TV show "Pavitra Rishta". While Ankita is still associated with the show, Sushant moved on to fulfil big screen dreams.
"Kai Po Che!" is his debut film, an adaptation of Chetan Bhagat's bestseller "The 3 Mistakes of My Life". It has been directed by "Rock On!!" fame Abhishek Kapoor and also stars Amit Sadh and Raj Kumar Yadav.
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That's very difficult to answer without seeing the house. As one poster said, the prep is the most important part. On newer homes that don't have a lot of peeling paint, the prep can be very minimal even as low as a couple or a few hundred dollars for the prep labor.
On a 100 year old home with 12 coats of peeling paint on it, then the prep costs can be very high and can easily exceed 50% of the job's labor cost.
A 2100 sq ft two story home could easily cost $1000 just for the labor to prep for the paint job. That number could climb too. Throw in lots of caullking or window glazing, and you could be talking a couple or a few hundred dollars more for labor.
Painting that home with one coat of paint and a different color on the trim could run roughly $1000 or more just for labor. Add a second coat and that could cost close to another $1000 for labor.
For paint, you may need 20 gallons of paint. You can pay from $30-$70 for a gallon of good quality exterior paint. The manufacturer of the paint should be specified in any painting contract. Otherwise, the contractor could bid at a Sherwin-Williams $60 per gallon paint and then paint the house with $35 Valspar and pocket the difference. $25 dollars per gallon times 20 gallons? That's a pretty penny too.
That was the long answer to your question. The short answer is $2000 to $4000 and up, depending upon the amount of prep, the number of coats, the amount of trim, and the paint used.


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Raw Food Nutrition HandbookMonday, August 17th, 2015
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Raw Food AND Organic…Friday, February 27th, 2015
99% of apple samples, 98% of peaches, and 97% of nectarines tested positive for at least one pesticide residue.
The average potato had more pesticides by weight than any other produce.
A single grape sample and a sweet bell pepper sample contained 15 pesticides.
Single samples of cherry tomatoes, nectarines, peaches, imported snap peas and strawberries showed 13 different pesticides apiece.
Lots of leafy greens also contain many pesticides
Avocados have the least amount of pesticides
Dirty Dozen Produce Foods for 2015
These are the "Dirty Dozen" (although this year EWG lists 15) foods the Environmental Working Group lists as having the most pesticides. If you're trying to stay away from pesticides, buy these organic if you can:
1. Apples
2. Celery
3. Cherry Tomatoes
4. Cucumbers
5. Grapes
6. Nectarines
7. Peaches
8. Potatoes
9. Snap Peas
10. Spinach
11. Strawberries
12. Sweet Bell Peppers
13. Hot Peppers
14. Collard Greens
15. Kale
Clean 15 Produce Foods for 2015
These are the foods with the least amount of pesticides, according to the Environmental Working Group. If you don't have the budget for organic, you're usually safer to buy these foods:
1. Avocados
2. Asparagus
3. Mangoes
4. Onions
5. Cabbage
6. Papayas
7. Cantaloupe
8. Pineapples
9. Cauliflower
10. Sweet Corn
11. Eggplant
12. Sweet Peas (Frozen)
13. Grapefruit
14. Sweet Potatoes
15. Kiwi
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I am sitting at my computer dreaming about Urban Remedies Raw Creme Carmel…If you have never hear of this company or had their products, you have to check them out! The Brownie was also mind blowing as was all of their desserts but I'm also so impressed with their juices!
I never order juice from anywhere thinking that making my own at home is always going to taste better. I've had juice from some of the new companies out there and they are ok…good in a pinch. But, these were so amazing! So full of flavor and I felt like they were energetically alive still! I had three different kinds and also an Almond Milk. This was better than what I make. They also have Juice Cleanse kits.
They also have some wellness kits that would make great holiday presents. Check them out at UrbanRemedy.com!
raw food/ Picked Green Tomatoes!Wednesday, August 6th, 2014
Leah (my amazing chef from Grezzo when I had my raw food restaurants) came over tonight and picked a bunch of green heirloom tomatoes from my garden and pickled them. Look at these colors!!!!
She added a bunch of spices, fennel, coriander, cinnamon stix, garlic…added apple cider vinager… Can't wait till they marinate!
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I just tried this new coconut opener from Coco-Jack! For those of you who shy away from opening coconuts for fear of slicing your hand off or if you just have a hard time knowing how to cut into them while saving the coconut milk from splashing all over your kitchen counters, you'll want to check this handy little tool out!
What I really love is the perfect round hole it leaves in the top of the coconut so that you can easily scrape the meat out and you can also close them up if your not going to be using the whole coconut right away. Love the scoop for the meet also!
Ive tried a lot of coconut knives and other gadgets over the years that promised to make opening my Thai baby coconuts a breeze but they never delivered and I have always gone back to my kitchen knives and hatchets. Ive ruined a lot of knives and my hatchet is pretty intimidating for the faint of heart. It can also make a mess.
Love this! The mat and the bag are pretty cool also… you can buy just the Coco-Jack and a mallet or bundles.
Let me know how you like it if you get one!
There web site is Coco-Jack.com
Truly All Natural Vegan Raw Face Cream!Saturday, July 19th, 2014
This is skin food at its best!
Click HERE to order or just got to the store page.
It has taken a few years to perfect this recipe but it is finally time to let the secret out that many of my private clients and students have known for a while now. I have been selling this cream at my raw food trainings, to friends and family and its now available to all of you!
This deeply nourishing skin cream is made from truly natural ingredients. It is perfect for a daily moisturizing cream (I use it every morning before putting on makeup and at night after washing my face before going to bed) and has also been used for problem and troubled skin.
Each ingredient used has been selected according to its healing properties. I have listed them below with a short description of each. This cream is made in small batches, by hand, at low temperatures so as not to destroy the healing properties of each ingredient.
This cream will last for months if you use it sparingly. A little goes a very long way. You will notice the difference in your skin within days. Use this cream for 30 days and your skin will be transformed!
Here are some testimonials:
"LOVE LOVE LOVE this cream. I feel like I have new skin! Love the texture and feel of this cream. It's done wonders for my complexion. Thanks!"
Kerri M.
"Alissa, I bought the abundance cream from you at your certification training last year. I need more, PLEASE! When will you be making another batch of this? I began using it as just a face cream and fell in love with it. I then I decided to try it on my psoriasis. I could not believe how much this helped! I have used everything in the last 15 years to help with the psoriasis and this cream worked better than anything I've ever tried. I wanted to ask you when you would have more and if I could buy this in a bigger quantity?"
Much Love,
Susan P.
"Hi Alissa, Its Donna from the last training class. I bought one of your creams in class and wish I bought a few more. This is the best face cream. I've been using it for a couple of months now and my skin feels so smooth and soft and hydrated. Please let me know when I can order more once its up on your site for sale.
Thanks for this amazing cream!"
Donna B.
September Raw Food TrainingMonday, June 23rd, 2014
The september class is filling quickly! Please make sure you call the office to reserve your space.
Here is a video of Leah from the April training. Don't miss this 4 day life-changer!
Call the office now to sign up for the September class at 978-985-7217 and visit rawteacher.com for more information.
Tune in to talk to me on The Raw Truth Radio Show March 26th!Wednesday, March 26th, 2014
Tune in to the The RAW Truth with Chef Sharynne Frazer at 11 am EST Thursday March 26th. I'll be on the show (probably about 11:20 EST). Its live and you can call in and talk to me, ask questions, etc… http://www.voiceamerica.com/show/2320/the-raw-truth
Wednesday, February 5th, 2014
My friends at TastyMakes.com are giving you an exclusive 20% off discount on all of their tasty raw snacks this weekend only!
So act fast, because this coupon expires Monday 2/10/2014 and I'm telling you, their granola is the best I've ever had. I'm seriously addicted and I'm sure you'll feel the same. Just enter EATRAW at checkout.