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I've always thought Fargo would make a great Shakesperean play; you could alter the modern elements and still have created a buzz 400 years ago in suburban England. Indeed, the plot is similar to Hamlet's, in that they both have characters we root for who create zany plans than end up spinning wildly out of control into bloodshed. Many people seem to like Fargo for its humorous qualities, its characterization of the Minnesotan culture and Frances McDormand- not me. I love Fargo for its brilliant writing, its tragic musical score, its tragic plot, William H Macy, Harve Presnell and Steve Buscemi, its ignorance of political correctness (how many movies can you remember when the only two minority characters were both revealed to be creeps).I want to draw attention to an overlooked reason why the film works so well - how well the music suits the visuals in this movie. Each murder scene is scored superbly, and other audio clues really add to the effect (for instance, notice how when the police officer asks Carl Showalter "What's this?" in reference to the abductee, a disquieting guitar sound is immediately played that has an instantaneous psychological effect on how you interpret the scene). I have seen this film over, well, an embarrassing number of times and have committed its screenplay, from start to finish, by memory. Fargo is the ultimate Coen Brothers movie, a brilliant tragedy, and restores my faith in Roger Ebert as he places this movie in as his fourth favorite movie of the '90s.
"What'd this guy look like anyway?" "Oh, he was a little guy, kinda funny lookin'." "Uh-huh. In what way?" "Just a general way." In that interplay between a Brainerd, MN., police officer and a witness discussing a criminal investigation, you have one of your principal pieces of dialogue from what is considered by many to be Joel and Ethan Coen's finest film. Of course you can draw comparisons to others they've made, such as Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, even Barton Fink and The Big Lebowski. But Fargo illustrates the Coen Brothers' takes on plot, art and drama more succinctly and emotionally than any of those others. Here you have a set of memorable, if not always likable, characters in a plot that goes from clunky to chaotic in the most unspoiled manner, from Jerry Lundegaard's stilted conversation with Gaear and Carl in a bar in Fargo at the beginning of the movie - the only occasion in which the movie specifically shows you Fargo, N.D. - to Marge Gunderson's confrontation with Gaear and the wood-chipper. Frances McDormand deservedly won an Oscar for playing a well-balanced, intelligent, pregnant police officer placing her own straightforward methodology on to an investigation of bizarre goings-on. And William H. Macy gives a true one-two punch playing a frenetically-charged, fearful and, in the end, inept used car salesman trying in the most remarkable manner to make money. The two best scenes in the movie are the two occasions in which Marge questions Jerry about the Brainerd murders and a car from his lot being involved -- I couldn't imagine an actress doing a better job of seriously but comically exclaiming, "He's fleeing the interview!" Notable among the actors as well are Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare playing Carl and Gaear, the two hit men hired by Jerry to help him con his father-in-law out of money. There's comic brilliance watching Stormare silently grimace at Buscemi's violent but gregarious behavior, and Buscemi shines being able to play the most out-of-control of all the characters in the movie. Kristin Rudrüd also stands out playing Jean Lundegaard, Jerry's haplessly kidnapped wife. If you can appreciate an intelligent look at not-always-so-intelligent life on this planet, you'll enjoy the little more than the hour and a half this movie has to show you.
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Boy, is this a good movie. In its bare bones it is a crime drama but
the Coen brothers constantly undercut the seriousness with a quirky
irony. The acting, the script, and the direction lift the movie light
years above most of the movies of its decade.
The performances, for instance, everyone speaks with what passes for an upper Midwestern accent, a very pronounced accent, let's say. So when characters are doing wicked things on screen, it's rather like watching people dressed in clown suits do nasty things. It's utterly impossible to take it very seriously -- only just seriously enough for us to feel sorry for the victims and to disapprove of the bad guys, but no more than that.
Everyone except the two killers are forced by their culture to speak and act cheerfully. They never swear either. "You're darn tootin'," they say. The casting couldn't be better, with Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, and Bill Macy outstanding.
The script is likewise splendidly done. It's full of scenes that seem peripheral except that they add to our understanding of the characters and often lead to later payoffs. Without taking the space to describe them, I will simply mention the scene in the restaurant between MacDormand and her Japanese friend from high school. Why is it in there at all? (My God, those hotel restaurants are depressingly ugly.) Well -- among other things, such as establishing the kind of milieu these folks consider Ritzy, it tells us quite a bit about how MacDormand handles attempts to violate her inherent good nature. When the Japanese guy tries to sit next to her she tells him firmly that she'd prefer it if he sat across the table so that she can see him more easily. When he breaks down in tears she whispers that it's all okay. She is polite, a little distant without being unfriendly, completely practical, and absolutely iron bound in her values. Nobody is going to take advantage of or discompose this hyper pregnant babe. Further, this scene is a set up for a later one. After MacDormand learns that the Japanese guy has told her a gaggle of lies, she wakes up to the fact that, yes, people can tell untruths -- and she returns to interview Macy a second time.
In another scene, when she's pressing one of the criminals during an interview, he excuses himself for a moment and she spots him taking off in his car. She exclaims, "Oh, for Pete's sake, he's FLEEIN' THE INTERVIEW." It's impossible to improve on a line like that, or on MacDormand's delivery of it.
The third element of the film that makes it superior is the direction. The pauses come at the right times. A woman is sitting on her couch watching a soap opera on TV. Through the glass door of her apartment she sees a man approach. He's wearing a black ski mask and carrying a crowbar. He walks up to her door and shades his eyes while trying to peer inside. Now in an ordinary action movie, by this time the woman would be screeching and speeding down the hallway. Not here. The victim sits there staring at the intruder as he fiddles at the door, half horrified and half curious. "Who is this guy? He's not the meter reader, is he?"
Coen the director has an eye for the suggestive picturesque too. Bill Macy has asked his father-in-law for a large loan for some sure-fire business proposition, but Dad offers him only a finder's fee. We see Macy's deflated face as his disappointment sets in. Cut. Now we're looking at a white screen punctuated by four or five bare trees equidistant from one another, and there is a tiny car in the middle of the whiteness. Then Macy's tiny figure trudges into the bottom of the shot and we realize we're looking at a snow-filled parking lot with only one ordinary-sized car in the center of it.
Wintery weather plays an important part in the movie. People die in it, drive off the road because of it, stand shivering in it. Two freezing people are conversing on the street while one shovels snow. The shoveler stops, gazes up at the sky, and remarks that it "ought to be really cold tomorrow." Cars and ambulances tend to drive in and out of white outs during blizzards and blowing snow. MacDormand is driving her murdering prisoner through a niveous white landscape in which nothing much is visible and she is mildly remonstrating with him, saying something like, "Why did you do it, for a little bit of money? It's a perfect day, and here you are." (A perfect day!)
There are seven murders in this movie. Only three take place on screen. The others either take place off screen or else the director has the good sense to cut at the moment the gun fires or the ax blade lands.
"Fargo" is one of perhaps half a dozen movies from the 1990s that I would consider buying on DVD. It's an original and refreshingly adult picture. Don't miss it.
With all the sorry films these days it is good to see a movie as funny, wicked, dramatic, and utterly demented as "Fargo". It's one of those films that you just have to see. William H. Macy gives an Oscar-nominated performance as a car salesman who hires two thugs (one a know-it-all-know-nothing and the other a demented psychopath) to kidnap his wife so that he can keep half the ransom from her well-off father. Needless to say nothing goes right and Brainerd sheriff Frances McDormand (in an Oscar-winning role) comes in to save the day. I won't give anything away because the material is too good to tell those who haven't seen this inventive film. "Fargo" was ranked on the 100 Greatest Films list in 1996 and it was well-deserved. In this age of by-the-numbers film making, this film was a refreshing flashback to the risk-taking style that made the 1970s such a great decade for movies. 5 stars out of 5.
If you haven't seen this movie, do yourself a favour and see it. It is very well put together and the plot is constantly evolving into a deeper shade of creepiness. At times scary (not in the horror movie sense) and quite rich in dark humour, this is one of those movies that gives you a weird felling inside even an hour after its over. The music is quite appropriate and unlike Scarface, is timeless. The camera work is usually quite basic but whoever directed the photography had the enjoyable habit of giving us interestingly artistic segways between scenes. This is the first film so far that I've given a 10 out of 10. I was going to give it a 9, but I couldn't think of a reason to take any points from perfect.
An instant classic. I must admit what attracted me at first was the wood chipper incident I had heard about but by the time the movie gets there, I was in a totally in a different universe. While the movie does not have anything to keep you glued to the screen (a wicked script, lots of action) you can't prevent yourself from wanting to see what happens next. This is due to the wonderfully portrayed characters. Steve Buscemi's performance as Carl Showalter is fabulous. I love when he is confronted by Shep Proudfoot and tells him to "hey man, smoke a f***in peace-pipe", or any of his conversations with Jerry Lundegard are priceless - "I'm not going to debate you Jerry, I'm not going to DEBATE". My recent favorite is when he storms out of the hideout and says "and if you see Shep Proudfoot, tell him I'm gonna nail his f***kin ass". The Jerry Lundegard character is such a beautiful loser, I don't know where to begin. I especially love his reappearing temper tantrums(slamming the phone book in his office, scraping the ice off the windshield, jumping up and down after his father in law leaves the house with the million dollars) and practicing the phone call to his father in law where he tells him his wife has been kidnapped - too funny. Marge Gunderson is the glue that holds it all together with a performance by Frances Mcdormand well deserved of an Oscar. I thought they might have overdid it a tiny bit with the scene with Marge and the two hookers (too many "Ya's" in it) but otherwise a wonderful, refreshing character in the middle of a bunch of losers. Her character is so honest and persistent, it makes me wonder why I cant find a woman like that - and then I realize, I'm watching a movie and a brilliant one at that.
Nobody seems to know that Fargo is first and foremost a beautiful and very simple love story about two ordinary rural small town American people and secondly a superbly acted crime murder mayhem movie, probably the best that has ever been filmed. Every character is genuine, believable, and Home, not Hollywood, spun. The suspense rolls in and out like a San Francisco fog. The side shows that are built in are amazing (sheriff's conversation at a bar with old acquaintance - stamp conversations - breakfast makings). The whole film is an American Shakesphere. I actually know frequent moviegoers who have not seen Fargo (and Sling Blade and Shine). I feel a special sorrow for them. Back to Fargo, every time I watch it I don't want it to ever end. I even sometimes find myself wishfully thinking I could move up there, it's a Lake Wobegone, and then the movie would never end. Fargo is as close to capturing and portraying real life as a director and bunch of actors can get. I wish IMDb had a just one time eleven so I could crown it emperor above all.
With no major stars or well-known names, the actors outshine many more familiar personages. The story is well thought out. The criminals don't try to ingratiate themselves with the audience which adds to its reality. The acting is most convincing and the writing is excellent. Even the cold of a North Dakota winter comes across. Every film course should make use of this movie to demonstrate how to make a very good film without relying on a bottomless budget.
I didn't see this in the theater but saw it the first week it was out
for rental, and have enjoyed it ever since. In fact, I probably enjoy
this more each time I view it. It's a sick movie, though, make no
mistake about that. However, it holds a strange fascination, probably
because of the odd characters.
About the story: first, it is NOT a true story as indicated in the movie. That's a lie. It's a fictional kidnapping-turned into murder story with a few bloody scenes, lots of profanity (most of it by Steve Buscemi) and a comedy. Yup, this is pure "black comedy." It's dark humor mixed in with a parody about the way the Scandanavian people in the upper Midwest supposedly speak.
Both William H. Macy and Frances McDormand have some wonderful facial expressions along with their accents. Those two and Buscemi are the lead characters and all three "are a trip." Macy is hilarious; the best character in here, in my opinion. The more I watch this film, the funnier he gets. It's also the best role, I assume, ever for McDormand who was never a star before - or since - this movie. Her character in here, "Marge Gunderson," elevates this movie from just another modern-day sick crime movie, to an original. It's nice to see a wonderful husband-wife relationship, too, as is shown here with her and husband "Norm" (John Lynch).
You have this clean, old-fashioned lady cop (McDormand), a middle-of-the-road bungling car salesman (Macy) and two extreme low-life killers in "Carl Showalter" (Buscemi) and "Gaear Grimsrud" (Peter Stormare) all combining to make this story a mixture not only of people but genres. Other minor characters are strange, too, led by one of Marge's old high school acquaintances "Mike Yanagita" (Steve Park). Add to that some equally-bizarre music (slow violins) and you have this unusual story that brings out the morbid fascination in us viewers.
So, I guess what I am saying is this movie truly is an original, the best film the Coen Brothers have ever made and maybe the rest roles ever for the three main actors, McDormand, Macy and Buscemi.
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This should stand as the Coen brothers' tour de force, although I found "The Big Lebowski" to be an even more satisfying film. I look at "Fargo", "The Big Lebowski", and "Brother, Where Art Thou?" as being the Coen's three best movies. I hope there is more from them in the future that can rival these three; though recent offerings such as "Intolerable Cruelty" and "The Ladykillers", could be proving their peak creativity is behind them. "Fargo" is beyond a doubt, their masterpiece. IMDb's ratings bear this out - 8.2 for "Fargo", 8.0 for "Lebowski", and 7.8 for "Brother". For sheer entertainment, "Lebowski" or should I call it, "The Dude" wins handsdown, but "Fargo" has all the elements of a true classic. Beyond a doubt, I have never seen such a dramatically-obvious portrayal of good vs. evil, and never, never, have I seen such gut-wrenching violence. Oh, the violence, beautifully believable, in it's grotesque way. This movie is proof that artistic freedom to portray such violence should never be denied. Steve Buscemi's bullet-grazed face becomes almost as painful for the watcher as it is for his character; Steve Buscemi's leg in the wood chipper is as horrific a scene as you are ever going to see. Enough to give Marge Gunderson morning sickness all over again. And the good vs evil thing: so obvious in the contrasts between Marge (the good), Buscemi and Stormare (the evil), and poor Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy) squeamishly caught in a trap in-between. I could only handle the violence because of Marge. She is the rock of normality, who continues trumpeting the virtuous life, when all hell is breaking loose around her. She knows all-to-well that "you know what" happens, but always knows "you know what" can be flushed down the toilet. Frances McDormand, as Marge, deserves every acting award she ever got for this role. Marge, to me, is the most perfect cop I've ever encountered. She is polite, non-judgemental, yet able to ask the tough questions that gets her the information she needs. You can see how thoroughly she sizes up those she interviews: watching every nuance of their body language, and hearing ever inflection of their speech. Now here's a woman who can spot a lie when others can't. Unlike so many cops in movies, she doesn't have to beat information out of someone; she can charm it out of them, all the while appealing to their moral responsibility, no matter how immoral they may be.This is so well-shown in scenes such as talking to the two young hookers in the bar, and putting Jerry on the hotseat in the car dealership interrogations. I elected not to watch some of the scenes on my second viewing. Somewhat oddly, I skipped almost all the scenes involving Jean Lundegaard (the kidnapped one) - I couldn't bear to watch what was happening to this woman, knowing full well her fate. I felt so sorry for her; she was the true victim in this - the most innocent, yet the one who suffered the most. I guess a case could also be made that her son, Scotty, suffered equally, but most of what he went through was not presented on camera. Maybe he would suffer the most, for he had to live afterward. Even Marge would suffer from this catastrophe, but you know her suffering will be tempered by an unwavering belief that good triumphs over evil. As the last scene shows (Marge getting into bed with her husband): despite the horrors that might go on around us, we must seek solace in the everyday beauty of the things that are nearest and dearest to us all. And this message is conveyed to us all by the Coen brothers without any allusions to religion whatsoever. But I'm getting into a personal bias of my own here - if you take solace in religion playing a part in morality, so be it.
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Is the half circle on the outside half of your vision? How long ago was your surgery? How is your vision otherwise? Any floaters?
It is not uncommon. We usually make the incision in the cornea on the outside part of your eye. At first, the incision is rough and jagged and white. Then over time it softens and becomes translucent with the cornea tissue. This may take several weeks to even months, but you will stop seeing it. Not everyone may have this effect.
The other thing is to make sure that there is no bleeding or retinal detachment in the back (but your surgeon would be able to pick that up).
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Golden Gate Casino may have changed names a number of times but it maintains its tradition of inexpenxive shrimp coctails and provides a historic connection at the Freemont Experience with early Las Vegas.
As the oldest operating hotel & casino in Las Vegas, the Golden Gate Casino is one of the most enduring symbols of Las Vegas' history.
What is now the Golden Gate Casino was originally named Hotel Nevada when it opened its doors on January 13, 1906. At the time, room and board was only one dollar, but it has increased significantly since then.
The state of Nevada outlawed gambling in 1909, but Golden Gate continued operating as a hotel. The owners put away their gaming tables and poker chips and added an electric sign to the building by 1909.
In 1931 gambling in Nevada was made legal again and the tables were rolled out of storage. In the same year, Hotel Nevada changed its name to "Sal Sagev" which is simply "Las Vegas" spelled in reverse.
In 1955, Sal Sagev underwent a significant change when ownership was assumed by a team of individuals from the San Francisco Bay area who changed the site's name to Golden Gate Casino. This team of Italian-Americans included Al Durante, Dan Fiorito, Roberto Picardo, Leo Massaro, and Italo Ghelfi, a pioneer in the gaming industry who managed the Golden Gate Casino for almost 40 years.
The new owners spawned a Las Vegas tradition by offering shrimp cocktails at a very low price beginning in 1959. The cost has remained low throughout Golden Gate's lifetime. This may be one reason why their shrimp cocktails have been voted the "Best of Las Vegas" by readers of the Las Vegas Review-Journal for many years. By 1991, the hotel & casino celebrated selling 25 million shrimp cocktails. At the present, about 4,000 pounds of shrimp are served here every week.
Golden Gate Casino expanded in 1964 and attempted to go for a more modern appearance by including a metal screen facade which hid its historic exterior. Craig and Mark, Italo's sons, did away with this facade and reinstated the buildings historical look when they bought Golden Gate from the former partners in 1990.
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ACDA focusing on youth in African History Month activities
The African Cultural & Development Association (ACDA) yesterday launch-ed its African History Month programme to commemorate Black History Month and this year's celebrations will see an emphasis on the involvement of young people.
At the launching at the association's Thomas Lands AKWAABA Centre, ACDA member Aisha Haynes revealed a number of activities scheduled for the rest of the month.
The activities include lectures from local and international speakers and amonth-long exhibition at the headquarters.
The exhibit, titled "The Sankofa Exhibit," centres around the Sankofa bird, which flies forward while looking backward. The exhibit aims to link the past and the present by showcasing life on the plantation, slave rebellions and subsequent emancipation along with the history of Africa, the motherland of the world/cradle of the world.
According to Haynes, invitations have been sent to 13 schools. These schools, she said, are already registered to partake in the lecture series, films broadcasts and tutorials on performing tasks such as head-wrapping.
Though only secondary schools have been registered so far to view the exhibition, primary school students will have the opportunity to partake in the month's activities on February 21, which has been slated as "African Culture Day." This event will see the full participation of the students in exhibitions and cultural presentations.
A youth entrepreneurship conference, aimed at bringing together local youth groups with international organisations, is also on the association's agenda. This conference is slated for February 15 and will feature six international and local institutions.
The "Sankofa Exhibit" is available for viewing for the rest of the month and is opened from Mondays to Fridays between 10 AM and 4 PM and on Saturdays between 10 AM and 2 PM. Admission is free.
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TIGARD - Vincent Rodrigues, a Tigard High School senior, has been tabbed as one of 50 semifinalists from around the nation for the Inspireum Soccer Awards.
The Inspireum Soccer Awards honor and celebrate young athletes who embody the values of character, courage, contribution and commitment.
Rodrigues, who played in the midfield for the Tigard High School boys soccer team that reached the second round of the Class 6A state playoffs, grew up with divorced parents and was raised by his single teenaged father.
When he was in third grade, Rodrigues had the reading skill of a kindergartner. However, with hard work and determination, he now has a 3.2 grade-point average at Tigard High School, where he gives his teammates rides to practices and raises money to help them buy cleats.
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Finding Artistic Solutions
by: Karen Frankel
American Artist, February 1996
When Herman Margulies first started to paint with pastels, he found the paper fraught with problems. "I realized that the surface was relatively smooth and required the use of fixatives to hold each layer of pastel firmly in place," he says. "With some paper, applying just a moderate amount of pressure with the pastels fills in the valleys, making it difficult to add subsequent layers to create the multicolor, vibrating effect I strive for." So Margulies solved these problems as he has solved many others in his career by taking things into his own hands: He invented a surface.
His specially coated pastel board took more than ten years to develop. Its emulsion is composed of a mixture of volcanic ash, acrylic pigments, and gesso on top of a fourply, acid-free museum mounting board. To prevent buckling, he dampens the underside of the board with water before spreading the coating. When the top layer is dry, he sands it lightly, "opening" the surface so it can absorb the pastel pigments and increasing its adhesion. This allows Margulies to apply many layers of pastel without using fixatives, which can discolor the pigment and contaminate the studio air.
Once the board is sanded, he then wipes it with a black polyester cloth to smooth the surface even more. "When applied to this surface, my colors will look pure," he says, "and will be embedded firmly. But if I don't like a part of the composition, I just take a sponge and cold water and wipe it off; after it dries, which takes only a few minutes, I can paint over the same spot without any trace of the correction. The largest boards I use are 32" x 40", and those can be cut into smaller sizes when needed."
Margulies's pastel board is only one of his many inventions. As manager of creative development for Sterling Drug in New York City, a major pharmaceuticals manufacturer, Margulies was awarded twenty-two international patents for inventions ranging from a new mousetrap to blister packs and the disposable syringe. When he retired at the age of fifty-five, he began painting and teaching art full-time. "I've changed professions on four occasions," he says, "but art has always been the backbone of my life."
Born in Poland, Margulies used his artistic talents to help him survive the concentration camps of World War 11. He falsified official documents for fellow Jews, worked in Oscar Schindler's enamel factory, and did portraits of Nazi soldiers in the Krakow-Plaszow concentration camp for extra bread or soup. Today, Margulies lives and works in Litchfield County, Connecticut, with its rolling hills, winding back roads, and picturesque New England towns and farms.
His studio has high ceilings, skylights, and a bedroom loft for his students (he runs weeklong workshops for two students at a time). It's a completely professional setup, with framing tables, a projection cubicle, and storage space for paintings and supplies. His Sennelier pastels are kept in individual drawers, each labeled with a number. Bits and pieces of the sticks are in aluminum-foil pans filled with rice that keep the sticks clean. In some of the pans, the rice has acquired a faint coloring of its own-a tinge of blue or an aura of mauve-beige-from the pastel dust.
Before starting a painting, Margulies approaches his frame closet (he orders his frames and mats by the dozens in ten different sizes). "Many times you'll do a painting and it won't fit a frame," he says. "What do you do?" He raises his voice slightly to make the point. "So I decide everything before I begin, including the size of the painting-I make sure it fits one of my frames." With the size determined, he cuts his board and selects mats.|
Margulies uses wooden mats for paintings larger than 24" x 32", although they're expensive. These wooden mats are coated with an enamel finish that can be wiped clean of pastel dust with a wet sponge. But to reduce the cost of framing, he recently developed-in collaboration with a framer-a mat sealed with a low gloss lamination. The laminated surface can be wiped clean like the wood. "When working with this mat, I have a different method," the artist explains. "I actually use two mats, both placed over the painting. The coated top mat has a slightly smaller opening (1/16" smaller) than the acidfree mat I put over the painting first. A gutter is created between the two mats to catch the excess pastel dust."
With this preparation done, Margulies goes to his easel, on which a large piece of homosote, covered with black polyester material, is mounted. He tacks his pastel board to the material (he photographs his work, both in progress and when complete, and the black background makes his slides more professional looking and isn't distracting). The easel sits next to the projection booth, where his students can use two projectors to choose individual slides to work from.
Margulies does a daily demonstration for his students that is both a way of teaching and a performance. He begins by flipping through slides culled from a collection of thousands he has taken himself and chooses a subject; at this session, it's a barn he has painted several times before. "Every painting is an innovation, an invention," he says. "I may use the same barn for five paintings, but I do the work in five different ways-different perspectives, different compositions, and therefore different paintings."
Margulies begins by sketching in broad sections with charcoal. "I don't draw with the charcoal-I put lines down to indicate basic shapes," he explains. "For me, the drawing is spontaneous, an extension of my emotions, and each stroke has to convey this. If there is no emotion, there is no painting."
After the charcoal is down, Margulies begins with the color. Bits and pieces of pastel he on the easel shelf and in the rice pans close at hand. Margulies paces back and forth, his glance going from the slide to the painting. He tells his students to move back from their pictures as often as possible and to look at them in a mirror to check for errors. "You should think before you do anything," he instructs. "Sometimes you do more thinking than other times, and sometimes you follow your instincts."
Rather than blend colors with a stick or a swab, the artist employs many loose, separate, and isolated strokes. He even uses this technique to produce masses. "This may look like a form of blending," he says, "but it's not; these many strokes are my way of giving the painting definition. If you blend the colors with your finger or an implement, it looks as if you wrote something and then erased it. So I leave the strokes alone."
After an hour and an half, Margulies takes a break an intermission of sorts. "When I was visiting Giverny, Monet's gardens in France, I did some painting," he recalls. "It was a sunny day, and because of the sun's glare, I couldn't see the colors clearly. The glare kills them; it flattens them out. Also, the light made the canvas blinding. That's why I've developed a system for painting in a studio." He says he establishes his initial composition while he's taking slides with his camera, but the actual photograph is used merely as a reference.
After lunch, Margulies is ready to continue. He goes back into sections of the panting repeatedly, intensifying the color-warming it in some areas and cooling it in others. When he's finished, he taps the back of the pastel board a few times to remove the excess pastel and shoots several slides of the work for his records.
With all the components readily at hand, framing takes a relatively short time. He cleans the glass and gives the pastel board a final tap to remove any further loose dust. He stamps the back of each painting with the work's title, date, and size plus his biography, then backs it with acid-free foam board cut to the size of the frame. The hooks and hanging wire are attached before the painting is set in the frame to prevent pastel dust from dropping onto the glass, which could happen if the picture were put into the frame first. He then takes out the loose-leaf notebook in which he keeps records of all his work. On each page, there is a space for several slides of a painting, along with its title, the date, and the location where it was painted. The work produced in this demonstration is called Abandoned No. 56.
"Art isn't a mystery," Margulies says. "It's about how you feel, what you're about, and how to express that emotionally." His subjects range from ballet dancers to flowers, seascapes, and a variety of landscapes. Margulies says he has to have an emotional connection with a subject in order to paint it. "I have dozens of paintings of sheep, and the black sheep is me," he says. "I identify with sheep, with cows, and even with barnseverything that comes and goes as we do. We are very seasonal, and my work is about the seasons.
"During the war, I used to hide in barns, and they were instrumental in saving my life," he continues. "Today, you see them decaying, left to the elements. Soon, you'll never know that a barn existed in a specific spot. I hate to see them go. I have many childhood memories of barns, and they're a link to the past. And what do you see now instead?" He holds out his hands. "Banks, shopping malls. In my paintings, I'm recording history so that future generations know their beginnings that the barn was once the cornerstone of American life."
Margulies has sold around two hundred paintings and won more than one hundred fifty awards. "My most expensive painting is $5,000," he says, "and that's as high as I want to go. I want my works to be affordable. When I die, I don't care what they're sold for-my concern is leaving enough of them behind. My legacy is going to be the name I write in the bottom, left-hand corner of each painting to defy the Nazis who wanted to erase it during the Holocaust."
Margulies is an elected member and a Master Pastelist of the Pastel Society of America. He is also an elected member of Knickerbocker Artists, Allied Artists of America, Audubon Artists, The National Arts Club, the Salmagundi Club, and the Hudson Valley Art Association. He is listed in Who's Who in American Art and is represented in Connecticut by the PS Gallery in Litchfield, Clapp and Tuttle in Woodbury, and Isabel Trimper of Art Services International in Westport. His mats and frames are made by Greg Haas of The Frame Cellar Gallery at 1004 Old Bethlehem Pike, Springhouse, PA 19477.


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The issue surrounding college athletes and agents has been at the forefront in Chapel Hill, N.C., as an NCAA probe into the school's football program has dominated local -- and national -- headlines.
The issue was reignited last week after Josh Luchs' tell-all story in Sports Illustrated when he said he paid over 30 college athletes during his time as an NFL agent.
But the relationship between agents and college athletes is not just a problem for college football. Some basketball recruits -- many of whom play on traveling summer teams during high school -- also receive attention from agents or runners. And hoops coaches, especially North Carolina coach Roy Williams, don't like it.
Williams especially doesn't agents. At all.
"I don't like the guys," Williams said, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. "Even the guys that are good, I don't like them. I tell them, I say, 'You're the best in a terrible profession.'"
Williams says he stays extemely attentive to make sure his players are not spending time with the wrong people.
"I want to know who it is hanging around the locker room," Williams said. "We start from the first day talking about it. There's really nothing (agents) can do for you. I've got some (agents) that two or three of my guys have stayed with (over the years) and I say, 'I still don't like you.'"
There's more ... from the Journal:
One of Williams' former players told him that he was thinking of going to law school and becoming an agent.
"I said, 'Go talk to somebody else. I will never speak to you again,'" Williams said. "And I would have. There's no way in Hades that he would have ever had one of my players."
Williams said he also fears the unknown. He said that UNC has approximately 800 athletes. Add two parents per player and that's 2,400 people. Somebody, somewhere, might be tempted when an agent comes calling.
"And there is no way in Hades you can monitor everything they do all the time," Williams said. "The only thing you can do is educate them, plead, or beg, borrow and steal to get them to come around to your line of thinking."
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, meanwhille, thinks that while there are unscrupulous agents everywhere, that group doesn't summarize the profession as a whole.
"I would hope that there's not this wave of crucifying agents because that's not right," Krzyzewski said. "Most of them are great guys and great people."
It's safe to say Williams and Krzyzewski agree to disagree on this issue.
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A Jeremy Scott fashion show is the closest I'll ever get to a rave. I must have taken at least fifty photos of people before the lights went down and the music even came on. There was so much to take in— so much to see, so much to hear. It's a good thing I had my camera with me or there's a chance I would wake up tomorrow thinking it was all a dream.
And I didn't just pull "rave" out of nowhere. According to a few sources, New York Magazine being one of them, Scott's collection was actually rave-inspired. The show opened with a Coca Cola dress that read, "Enjoy God", instead of the predictable, "Coca-Cola". Playing with mass-produced logos and imagery is something we've seen many times over from Scott. On that front, this show also gave us a knit skeleton sweater duo— pink for the ladies, black for the men, just in case the common polyester variation doesn't do it for you on Halloween AND you plan on traveling in pairs. A few looks later was a Slimer from Ghostbusters sweatshirt, I think a Rainbow Bright outfit, and way more ponytails and neon than I have ever seen in one place, before finally finishing the collection with a long, elegant, and shiny…superman dress.
Somewhere between the second "Milk Kills" shirt and the third superhero I was able to take a minute to soak it all in. Kanye West was seated next to Vanessa Hudgens, both looked equally uncomfortable to be seen close to each other. The people behind me were cursing, angry that none of the looks below were things they'd "ever see at a real department store", and just when I thought it couldn't get any weirder, the music switched from remixed jazz/techno to the heavy breathing and moaning sounds of a woman climaxing, reaffirming what I thought the moment I found out I was going to cover a Jeremy Scott show: this is fun.


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Anti-police brutality activists in Las Vegas are facing graffiti and property defacement charges.
An international incident sheds light on the trans-Tasman rivalry with New Zealand and the limits of criminalizing speech.
Sometimes embracing free speech means sharing the subway with an ad that churns your stomach.
Tampa's excessive police presence is having a "chilling effect."
Your lasers, your bike locks, your pieces of wood, and any hopes you had of actually getting near the action.
A new NYPD system allows police to quickly collect data from cameras, crime reports, and 911 calls. What's the impact on our privacy?
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Hi columbine, i have a question…if you go to these events, are there any presents?I mean did you get something as a gift from LV for example..that would be quiet awesome;-)…xoxo
Looks like a really nice outlet and a nice trip! On the last picture, however, Marc looks quite small next to you… would it be too private to ask how tall you are….?


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A reputed top enforcer for Mexico's Sinaloa cartel has been extradited to face drug trafficking charges in San Diego, six months after his capture in Amsterdam.
Jose Arechiga Gamboa, who goes by the nickname "El Chino Antrax," is expected to appear in San Diego federal court Friday afternoon, according to the court docket.
Arechiga was indicted by a federal grand jury on Dec. 20 with conspiracy to import methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana. A warrant was issued for his arrest, and he was nabbed in the Netherlands 10 days later as he got off a KLM airlines flight from Mexico City. He had taken the flight under a fake name, federal authorities said at the time.
Little else has been released about the charges he is facing in San Diego. A protective order is in place for evidence relating to the case, court records show.
Arechiga is believed to be one of the leaders of a cell of contract killers who call themselves "The Anthrax," after the deadly disease. They work for Sinaloa's leaders, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada and Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.
Guzman, who was arrested in February, faces charges in both Mexico and the United States, including in San Diego.
Zambada's son, Serafin Zambada, is also facing similar drug charges in San Diego. He has been jailed here since his arrest in November.
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No law is broken in Georgia when an 18-year-old high school senior has consensual sex with a girl one year younger than him.
That same senior, however, could face five to 20 years in prison if police find naked pictures of the same girl on his phone.
It's an odd aspect of Georgia's law and a likely circumstance of state legislators not comparing sentencing levels when passing the bill, according to Stacey Jackson, a Columbus defense attorney.
"It's just one of those controlling-type statutes that we have," Jackson said.
Fields Chapman, one of three former Calhoun High School students accused in connection with an after-prom party sexual assault, finds himself in a similar situation.
Chapman, along with Damon Avery Johnson and Andrew Haynes, is accused of the aggravated sexual battery and sexual battery of an 18-year-old woman at a May 11 after-prom party. Chapman and Haynes also face sodomy charges.
Defense attorneys for two of the teens dismiss the accusations, claiming the sexual activity was "consensual."
Additionally, Chapman faces 28 counts of sexual exploitation of children. His indictment states he had 28 pictures and videos of a different girl who's younger than 18 on his cell phone.
You can go to prison for having pictures of someone who is 17, but if you have consensual sex with them, it's okay, Jackson said. There have been no allegations made that Chapman had sex with the female he had pictures of.
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Jesse Vaughn, Johnson's defense attorney, called the 28 exploitation charges against Chapman the prosecutor's attempt to "load the wagon."
"The name of the charge itself brings up emotions and feelings," said Vaughn, of Calhoun. "It sounds horrific."
B. Alison Sosebee, district attorney of the Appalachian Judicial Circuit, couldn't be reached for comment.
Vaughn said Chapman has no control over what images someone sends him. Additionally, the girl, now 18 herself, sent the pictures to Chapman when both of them were underage, he added.
Prosecutors could charge the female with the exploitation charges because of how the law is phrased. She's not supposed to possess the photos either. However, that's an option rarely taken, said Columbus defense attorney Michael Garner.
"Everyone who participates in a crime is a conspirator," Garner said. "But they don't do anything about it."
Jackson, a former prosecutor, said he'd examine the circumstances before deciding if he'd press exploitation charges. He'd first speak with the person in the girl's position and discover if she willingly took and sent the photos and if she wants someone prosecuted.
"If she looks like a willing participant, it seems like it's overkill to me," Jackson said.
According to Chapman's indictment, the girl appears in pictures partially exposed in front of a mirror. In some cases her pubic area is exposed and her shirt pulled up to show her breasts. In other photos her unclothed buttocks are exposed.
Chapman had deleted the photos at some point, but they remained on a part of his phone, Vaughn said.
"To me, that's a pretty tenuous charge," he added. "He can't control what somebody sends to him."
Jackson said someone who keeps such photos potentially subjects him or herself to violating the law.
George Weaver, Chapman's attorney, couldn't be reached for comment.
Cell phone search
Vaughn, hired about two weeks after the May 11 party, figured the U.S. Supreme Court would rule police need a search warrant to examine the cell phone of someone who's been arrested. He was right.
When authorities asked for Johnson's phone, Vaughn told them to get a warrant. They did, and Johnson handed over his phone. He got it back the next day.
Haynes handed over his phone without a warrant, said Steve Williams, his attorney. Williams said he and his client didn't care if law enforcement examined the phone.
Johnson and Haynes face no sexual exploitation charges.
"It's not just a phone anymore," Vaughn said. "It's a briefcase. It's a filing cabinet. People's lives are on these phones now."
Garner said police must get consent from someone if they want to search a phone without a warrant. He compared it to an officer smelling marijuana from outside a home and asking permission to enter.
If he gets that permission, he can enter without a warrant and make an arrest if he finds the drug. If he steps inside without consent and finds marijuana, the arrest can't happen, Garner said.
An officer finding potential evidence on a phone without a warrant or consent would lead Garner to file a motion to suppress. Jackson said he'd do the same.
A motion to suppress, if successful, would keep that evidence from a jury.
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision will apply to any case in the judicial pipeline when it was handed down last month.
"That case will definitely come into play here," Garner said.


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[Federal Register: April 1, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 62)]
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Mine Safety and Health Administration
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Verification of Underground Coal Mine Operators' Dust Control
Plans and Compliance Sampling for Respirable Dust
AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Proposed rule; corrections.
SUMMARY: This document corrects errors that appeared in MSHA's preamble
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marvin W. Nichols, Jr., Director,
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St. Charles Parish is the site of one of the most spectacular races in the world. The whistle will blow at 8:30 a. m. Saturday on the 13th annual United Way of St. Charles bridge run which many runners look forward to each year.
It is the largest race across the Mississippi River in the nation. The 5K race will span the Hale Boggs Bridge and bring a picturesque view of the river and surroundings to some 1,500 competitors trying to win a race.
This has been one of the most popular events on the calendar in St. Charles during the years. Those who love to run have an opportunity here to enjoy the spectacular scenery while trying to win a medallion.
The bridge run travels a height greater than that of the pyramids of Egypt and the Statue of Liberty. At the top, one can get a view of the greatest river in the world as it bisects our nation.
The festival that follows at the West Bank Bridge Park will give runners and others the opportunity to review their performances and comment on the vistas while they refresh with food and music.
It is one of the events that makes St. Charles such a unique parish in which to live. From our wonderful wetlands to our rolling river, it is truly a water wonderland.
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Kendra Wilkinson and Hank Baskett celebrated adorable baby Hank's first Easter the way most traditional families do; with a fun-filled trip to the Playboy mansion. Apparently Hugh Hefner throws quite the Easter shindig, with plenty of blondes, boobs and baby goats for everyone!
Kendra shared all the details of the magical day on her official web site.
For hank's first easter we celebrated by going to the playboy mansion!! Hef hosted a huge family day and everyone brought their kids…it was like a zoo, LITERALLY!!!!!! Hank was too young for the easter egg hunt but he was sooooo excited to pet the animals in the petting zoo (i think i was just as excited as he was, i even got to hold a baby goat for a few minutes lolol). Hef was so happy we came, it was really sweet. After that we spent a little time at the park and then came home and opened easter baskets. I helped the lil guy write out a card for his daddy :)
There's no doubt that years down the line Hank IV will be bragging to his football buddies that he used to spend holidays with Hugh Hefner and his 87 girlfriends at the mansion.


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Today, a Nintendo of France representative let slip that the upcoming Super Smash Bros on Wii U will help showcase the company's NFC plans at E3. Namely, the game will apparantly interact with collectible figurines, much in the manner of Skylanders or Disney Infinity. While we don't know this is 100% true, it's undeniably plausible. What way Nintendo wouldn't want to make new streams of revenue, right?
More importantly, despite the Nintendo rep's comments, we don't know just how the game would possibly use NFC figures. Below are some hypothetical guesses for what we might see at E3, and ultimately on retail shelves this holiday season.
NFC Figures will store your custom save data: From Nintendo's recent investors' presentation, we know that their NFC figures are planned to store some form of save data that works with multiple games. In the context of Smash Bros, you can guess how an NFC figure would come into play. The upcoming game has been announced to allow custom move sets for your unique profile. An NFC figure of Mario or Pikachu would be an endearing physical way to store and transport your profile. Perhaps taking it to your friend's Wii U console, yes?
Assist Trophies sold as physical DLC: The Assist Trophies of Smash Bros are sprung forth from glass containers. Besides the new Smash Bros' new collection of Assist Trophies, imagine if extra Assists with extraordinary powers were released as physical DLC? You could buy not only figures of already-existing Assists like Ashley and Midna, but surprise additional characters as well. That would open the door to more characters than already announced, including third party characters (hint hint).
New characters sold as NFC figure unlocks: The Smash Bros character roster has been growing slowly since it's E3 reveal last year. The most distressing thing about the reveals is when characters people want to see aren't seen in the game yet. I refer you to the case of missing Jigglypuff, who has been in every Smash Bros to date. The concept of NFC figures to unlock fighters in the game would be a clever money trick, opening the door to more fighters than you can stick a shake at. And what if, like Infinity, the figures unlocked new stages as well? That'd be even better.
NFC figures are the link between the 3DS and Wii U games: We've known since E3 2011 that the Wii U and 3DS versions of the next Smash will link up in some way. But we still have no concrete idea how they plan to connect, as countless Game Boy Advance and GameCube games did back in the day (cross-system multiplayer has already been ruled out). Nintendo's recent investors meeting did offer a penny for our thoughts, however. In addition to Wii U, the 3DS is supposed to work with the same Nintendo Figuring Platform as Wii U, via an infrared adapter. What if the NFC figures are the key link between the two versions? It's a long shot, but imagine exchanging character data back-and-forth between games via the NFC figures. Who needs a simple wireless link via an in-game menu, amirite? It"d be a novel way to bring the 3DS and Wii U games together, for sure.
However NFC is used in Smash Bros, the concept of physical figures would add unique value to the long-running series. Collectors will get access to cool figurines, and other players will have a newly formed connection to their Smash experience. Of course, these supposed figures will have to be not only of high quality, but need to be fairly priced as well, to avoid the outward appearance of tricking consumers (hello, Soul Calibur Lost Swords). Will Nintendo copy Skylanders and Disney Infinity, or will their NFC toys do something completely unique? Hard to say, so we have to wait until E3 to find out.
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For a second year, NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate is seeking proposals for suborbital technology payloads and spacecraft capability enhancements that could help revolutionize future space missions.
Selected technologies will travel to the edge of space and back on U.S. commercial suborbital vehicles and platforms, providing opportunities for testing before they are sent to work in the unforgiving environment of space.
The Game Changing Opportunities in Technology Development research announcement seeks proposals for technology payloads, vehicle enhancements, onboard facilities and small spacecraft propulsion technologies that will help the agency advance technology development in the areas of exploration, space operations and other innovative technology areas relevant to NASA's missions.
NASA's Flight Opportunities Program is sponsoring the solicitation and expects proposals from entrepreneurs, scientists, technologists, instrument builders, research managers, and vehicle builders and operators. This year, NASA has included a topic on small spacecraft propulsion technologies from the agency's Small Spacecraft Technology Program.
"Investing in transformative technology development is critical to enable NASA's future missions and benefits the greater American aerospace community," said James Reuther, deputy associate administrator for programs in NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate.
"NASA Space Tech's Game Changing Development and Flight Opportunities Programs are working with our partners from America's emerging suborbital flight community to foster frequent and predictable commercial access to near-space while allowing for cutting-edge technology development."
Following development, selected payloads will be made available to NASA's Flight Opportunities Program for pairing with appropriate commercial suborbital reusable launch service provider flights. In the case of small spacecraft propulsion technologies, there may be the potential for a direct orbital flight opportunity.
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In May 2012 the Ministry of Health received notice that the overseas manufacturer of the raw material for the Digoxin drug has discontinued the manufacture of the raw material that the Teva company uses in its manufacture. This medication is important in treating cardiac illnesses, and it is important to monitor its medical activity.
The Ministry of Health has begun preparations for immediate evaluation of the alternatives to this medication.
After Teva notified the Ministry of Health of the discontinuation of the manufacture of its medication, the Ministry prepared itself, along with the HMOs and the cardiologists and clinical pharmacologists to replace Teva's Digoxin with another Digoxin.
The various options were evaluated and the decision moving forward was to perform a quick search for a medical alternative in one of the advanced manufacturing countries, which are standards-compliant in terms of product quality, production and quality control.
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The new Digoxin will initially be administered in three medical centers while remaining under close supervision, as per the requirements of the Medical Administration. A month later, patients at the HMOs will also begin to receive the drug.
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text: Unable to push through Congress limits on CO2 emissions, President Obama has used executive orders and the EPA to impose limits by fiat. Unfortunately, those actions will raise manufacturing costs; China has no such limits, and all this encourages business to outsource in China -- again fewer jobs for the middle class and aspiring middle class. Free-trade agreements that permit trading partners to undervalue their currencies, subsidize exports and artificially underprice their products on U.S. store shelves; health care mandates that raise the price of insuring employees instead of controlling costs; unnecessarily cumbersome regulations to run factories; mindless limits on developing U.S. oil reserves; and exporting abundant natural gas to countries that shut out U.S. products with high tariffs. All of this encourages outsourcing, not just in manufacturing, but for many supporting services, too -- yet again, fewer jobs for middle class Americans. Performance not polemics is the problem. His progressive agenda has accomplished 2.1% growth and an anemic job market since the economic recovery began. In comparable circumstances, Ronald Reagan engineered 5% growth and many more middle class jobs by rejecting the failed policies of the left and betting on American's competitive instincts. Democrats are asking too much of President Obama to explain how his agenda helps the middle class. There's no there, there. Follow @pmorici1 This article is commentary by an independent contributor, separate from TheStreet's regular news coverage.


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In this 99 degree heat, it really is a challenge to dress stylishly without boiling yourself— sweat marks are always a huge concern! On days like today where you wish you could lie by the pool for hours and tan but are forced to hike across campus to your math lecture, simplicity is key. This Fashionista uses this knowledge to her advantage, and concentrates on her accessories. This is something that makes my life writing the ACCESSORIES REPORT a ton easier!
To begin, this Fashionista's glasses frame her face perfectly. Chunky rimmed glasses used to be a big no-no back when I was in middle school, but now the so-called 'nerd' glasses give people a strong and beautiful profile. You can even buy imitation glasses that are for the sole purpose of being a fashion statement rather than aiding vision. This Fashionista pulls off Ray-Ban glasses like a pro, and you can buy them in all different colors as well if you're feeling extra sassy and are bored of black.
Backtracking on my initial reason for spotting this Fashionista, I was drawn to her because of how simplistic her outfit was. Her black canvas and leather backpack made me envious, and I love how the materials mix together so well! Furthermore, the gold zipper accents on the bag are echoed in her sandals, and I really like how her sandals have an almost mechanical look to them due to the metal spring-styled gold straps.
I think it is the details that really matter in an outfit, and that separate the truly fashionable dressers from the rest. This Fashionista keeps her color scheme to a minimum, with the deep brown of the sandals being repeated in her beaded bracelet, and her backpack and glasses picking up the monochromatic tendencies of her patterned shorts. There you have it Fashionistas/os, the best way to beat the heat but still be the most stylish on campus: accessorize!
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Temperature Corporation manufactures industrial chillers and complete chilling systems including water and air cooled chillers. We are proud of our 30 years experience supplying chilling systems and industrial chillers to a wide variety of industrial processes and production machinery applications, ranging from self-contained portable units through to completely installed "turn-key systems". Click here for the chillers we have in stock for immediate delivery.
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In the latest ATP Ranking List as of Monday, June 10, Novak is holding the top spot (32nd week in a row).
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Al-Bank Al-Saudi Al-Fransi deploys enterprise backup strategy
Al-Bank Al-Saudi Al-Fransi (BSF) has created a storage infrastructure including a centralized backup system for both its head office and disaster recovery center, stated a press release.
The bank's new storage area network (SAN), implemented by STME and powered by VERITAS software and StorageTek automated tape libraries, enables BSF to consolidate the backup management of business-critical information on more than 50 of its servers, leading to increased performance and enhanced system reliability.
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Hello natural mamas and mamas to be. I'm a first timer, and I'm wondering what books you all recommend. I have a midwife and plan on birthing in a birth center, if possible.
I've been told to stay away from What to Expect When You Are Expecting because it can be anxiety provoking, but I don't know what is good.
I'm looking for something practical, informative, gentle, and positive.
Thanks in advance!
Dreamer, writer, wife, and mom to little guy & my spirit babe .
Do you mean books about pregnancy or about labor and delivery?
Here are a few that I loved the first time I was pg:
Spiritual Midwifery by Ina May Gaskin
Birthing From Within
The Natural Pregnancy Book: Herbs, Nutrition, and Other Holistic Choices by Aviva Jill Romm M.D. and Ina May Gaski
And this was the best BFing book I read!
Breastfeeding Made Simple: Seven Natural Laws for Nursing Mothers by Nancy Mohrbacher and Kathleen Kendall-tackett
Me= crunchy mama to one rambunctious toddler, born on October 1, 2009. And one sweet little baby born January 19, 2012.
Think I'm going to check out that breastfeeding book. I really had a rough time BFing last time and I really want to go longer than 7 months before drying up. Thanks!
Wife to Phil, Mom to Saoirse (3/09), and Niamh (1/12) .
Along with Ina May's books (which are an amazing read), I loved Penny Simkin's The Birth Partner. It's targeted more at, you guessed it, birth partners, but it has a lot of concrete info on coping techniques and stuff that I found really helpful for myself.
Mother of two great little guys, G (9/28/09) and W (1/20/12)
Thanks for the tips, all!
kismetbaby, I'm interested in both, but right now I'm more focused on pregnancy.
Dreamer, writer, wife, and mom to little guy & my spirit babe .
My fave birth book of all time (and I've read a lot of them!) is Gentle Birth Choices by Barbara Harper.
Anna (29) & DH (30) 6.2006 :: 2.2008 :: 1.2012 I'm a proud mama!
Immaculate Deception by Suzanne Arms. Its a classic. :) And whats the one by Fredrick Leboyer......Gentle birthing and prep for it.....its a beautiful read....
I don't think there are enough books geared towards pregnancy, lots of great birth books but not enough of the other kind.
I agree about anything by Ina May Gaskin, Michel Odent and Penny Simkin.
Mama to AJS - 22, CRS -17 and forever in my heart GHAB 8/5/11/(18 weeks)
I love Well Adjusted Babies by Dr. Jennifer Barham Floreani. It's packed full of information from conception to early childhood. Nutritional recommendations, birth plans, ultrasound information, vaccines etc. I read it twice before we were even expecting!
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Francis Carver: 24 MEGAPIXELS jam-packed onto an APS-C sized sensor????
Thanks, Nikon, but no thanks, dudes. Here is yet another camera that nobody had asked for and frankly, probably nobody really needs. Let alone John Q Consumer.
And that color scheme on the body -- pretty garish and almost painful for the eye, frankly.
I agree about the comments concerning the camera color; however, it also opens up the opportunity to take more pictures without people being suspicious. Observers would clearly consider one who takes pictures with such a camera as only an amateur photographer. With that being said, you may not be stopped at taking creative photos, just another P&S tourist taking snapshots.
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