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Quint says Indie Game: The Movie is a must watch, whether you're a gamer or just like good documentaries! Sundance 2012!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with the last of my full reviews from my time at Sundance 2012. I have about 5 more titles that I'll hit in a wrap-up piece, but since I have a few things to say about this really fun doc that's pretty much made for the AICN readership this'll be a full review.
Indie Game: The Movie gives us a behind the scenes look the tiny, passionate teams of imaginative programmers and level designers who spend years and thousands of dollars slaving away towards realizing lifelong dreams of sharing their creative vision.
The documentary follows two different game developers building games for the X-Box Live Arcade. One is called Super Meat Boy, the other is called Fez.
Now these aren't the thousands strong teams that bring us games like Call of Duty or Fallout 3, these are young dudes who have a passion for gaming and want to contribute to the artform they love. Both teams consist of 2-3 people doing all the coding, designing, business end stuff, organizing, beta testing and distributing of their work.
It's a fascinating era for gamers. We have these tentpole games that are, frankly, incredible. Bioshock, Modern Warfare, Skyrim, Uncharted, Mass Effect, God of War, Arkham Asylum and City… enormous spectacle and jaw-dropping art direction on display here in these immersive stories. But like the studio system there's a lot of rip-off fluff. That's why I have Gamefly. I tend to buy the games I love, but there's a ton of shit to wade through.
Much like independent film, indie games are smaller in scope, but have the freedom to break out of the traditional tentpole formula and can be crazier, filthier, artier and more inventive in their gameplay.
Now, I don't know a whole lot about the world of indie gaming. The only indie game I've played that was mentioned in the doc was Castle Crashers. I've logged a lot of hours on my X-Box, but I'm by no means a gaming expert, so it was particularly fascinating to watch the behind the scenes of building one of these cool quirky games from the ground up.
The two storylines are radically different, but oddly running on parallel paths. The Super Meat Boy guys (Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes) are the upstarts, bright-eyed young men bound and determined to wow the world with their concept, a game about a square boy without his skin navigating a world filled with spinning saws and salt trying to get to his girlfriend, who happens to be made out of bandages. She was kidnapped by an angry fetus in a jar, by the way. As you do.
The makers of Fez are more the rock stars who made a big splash at a gaming con when they announced the game, about a 2-D character that suddenly realized he lives in a 3-D world thanks to a magic fez hat. They won awards, garnered huge praise from the gaming press and then disappeared. It's been years, a lot of drama has happened, the business has fractured and the lead artist Phil Fish is such a perfectionist he's rebuilt the game from the ground up three times.
Fish is rushing to get his business affairs straight and get Fez ready for PAX (Penny Arcade's Expo, which has turned into Comic-Con for gaming) and The Super Meat Boy guys have an XBLA launch date that they aren't sure they can make. Filmmakers Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky go back and forth between the two storylines as the pressure builds and builds, letting us see the toll that takes on the game developers.
They also give us a brief history of indie gaming, underlining the huge boom thanks to X-Box Live Arcade, tablets and smart phones and introduce us to other players in the indie game business, including Jonathan Blow who made a game called Braid.
While Blow is a fascinating personality, very opinionated to the point of isolating himself from the broader community, and Braid looked incredible I think the one big flaw of the doc is how prevalent he is in the story. He's not involved at all in either Fez or Super Meat Boy and doesn't impact those storylines at all and I think we spend a bit too much time with him that should have been spent with the main focus of the doc.
It'd be like if King of Kong spent 20 minutes on the ref instead of Steve Wiebe and Billy Mitchell. The drama comes from the two parallel stories and once you give some detail to the world of indie gaming it doesn't make any sense to keep focusing on another, smaller character.
The rest of the doc is exemplary, though. You get just enough of the private lives of all these different personalities, you get a great feeling for their passion and the trials of realizing your dream. In a way, this doc could have been about indie filmmakers or rock groups. It's a universal story: young guys working hard to share their artistic vision. Will there be an audience for it? Will anybody care? Will years of work all culminate in a fart sound when they finally get to share their passion? Or will their work lead to a bigger and better life where they can pursue their dreams without fear of making rent every month?
Like real life there's not always a happy turnout and one of the two stories is still left wide open by the end. There are victories, defeats, tears and smiles.
Indie Game: The Movie is a must-see doc for anybody that fancies themselves a gamer or for anyone who gets sucked into a good underdog story.
Look for my wrap-up coming very soon!
-Eric Vespe
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Jan. 29, 2012, 2:45 a.m. CST
Whoah...let's not go too nuts over Braid...
by Grammaton Cleric
...there was definitely some genius design going on, but the mope fest prose between levels was reeked of Big Concept. Loved the game, despised the prose. I'd rather play The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile anyway, so what the fuck do I know.
Jan. 29, 2012, 2:46 a.m. CST
ah, lack of edit, you failed me again.
by Grammaton Cleric
Jan. 29, 2012, 3:08 a.m. CST
Idiot masses?
by Gill Figno
Uh, Braid was critically praised and it sold very well, I don't see how people "don't get it." I'd hardly call the creator of it an artist either, just because a creation is pretentious and humorless doesn't mean it has any meaning to it. It wasn't like it was reviewed and sold like Deadly Premonition or something.
Jan. 29, 2012, 3:53 a.m. CST
by david starling
Very interesting, I must see this film. I did look forward to Fez, but now I've given up all hope of it ever being released, its been that long.
Jan. 29, 2012, 4:04 a.m. CST
Let's not forget some of the Modders out there
by Longtime Lurker
Some modding work essentially results in new and very interesting stuff. I have heard good things about the Oblivion total conversion called Nehrim and I have played a bit of it. True, big mods are often merely a step on the way to completely different games by folks who are hoping to get noticed but there are some gems among the dreck.
Jan. 29, 2012, 5:20 a.m. CST
Creating videogames is not an artform.It is business.You create a product in order to sell it.
by KilliK
Sure it involves some other arts in the creation process (animation,concept design,storytelling,etc) but the creation process itself is not in any way an artform. And this is a fact which is acknowledged by videogame giants like Hideo Kojima.
Jan. 29, 2012, 5:24 a.m. CST
@longtime lurker you are right.Very popular videogames like Counter Strike and DOTA
by KilliK
came out from modifications of classic videogames like Half Life and Warcraft 3.
Jan. 29, 2012, 6:05 a.m. CST
by mynamesdan
that is all.
Jan. 29, 2012, 6:22 a.m. CST
As a game dev
by PlayerHater_of_the_year
I can tell you that it IS a business. Sure there is a creative element to it but most stuff you work on is crap for the mouth breathers . I've done my own indie games and slogged though triple A development cycles but at the end of the day its just a job, its not 'whimsical' or 'romantic' and game studios aren't Wilie Wonka factories. Its 10 hours a day in front of computer screens and your girl friend sending you angry texts about missing dinner. yeah I'm jaded.
Jan. 29, 2012, 7:42 a.m. CST
Blow isn't the ref
by kesoze4
He's the current ideal of how it's done right, with him refusing to cave to publishers and producing one of the most artistic and yet popular games of the past few years. He's likely as prevalent as he is because yes, he represents the ideal the other two teams aspire to be.
Jan. 29, 2012, 7:55 a.m. CST
Killik weighing in with the usual skewed inaccurate take on things
by Autodidact
Game creation is definitely an art. Especially indie game creation.
Jan. 29, 2012, 8:20 a.m. CST
Fetus In A Jar???
by S-Mart shopper
Jan. 29, 2012, 8:26 a.m. CST
@autodidact not the right topic to troll me.
by KilliK
not when i have discussed this specific topic countless times before with more intelligent people and not with lowly trolls like yourself. But if you are still interested,i can recommend you a few books and articles about this subject.
Jan. 29, 2012, 8:31 a.m. CST
Killik I'm not trolling you. You're wrong. Games are art. You pretentious twat.
by Autodidact
Sure please send me some articles to back up your retarded fucking opinion that games, the current rock and roll, are not art.
Jan. 29, 2012, 8:34 a.m. CST
Creating movies is not an artform. It's a business. You create a product in order to sell it.
by blackwood
Any criticism about how games, being collaborative, money-driven efforts, are 'just' products can be applied to the majority of films as well. You don't even have to stretch the language -- film gathers just as many 'unrelated' arts together into a sellable form. So maybe the concern shouldn't be about discrediting a medium you don't understand, but perhaps the system that exists across all creative industries where money and vision do not come from the same place.
Jan. 29, 2012, 8:36 a.m. CST
Just because you sold out and work at some soulless development factory
by Autodidact
Doesn't mean games are not art. It means you either suck as an artist or haven't found or more likely lost your passion for the art and now you're just a whore for the business, taking that dick and hating yourself and your chosen art form for it. Take that dick you sellout whore.
Jan. 29, 2012, 8:37 a.m. CST
@autodidact cool story troll
by KilliK
Jan. 29, 2012, 8:47 a.m. CST
=Creating movies is not an artform.=
by KilliK
You didnt write the whole sentence: Creating ENTERTAINMENT movies is not an artform. Unless you believe that your average popcorn,blocbuster Hollywood movie which was made by hired lapdogs in order to satisfy as many moviegoers as possible in order to sell as many tickets as possible is a work of art.
Jan. 29, 2012, 8:49 a.m. CST
False Dichotomy
by Autodidact
Jan. 29, 2012, 8:50 a.m. CST
Killik STFU and go read Entertainment Weekly
by Autodidact
Or maybe PEOPLE or some shit. You dummy.
Jan. 29, 2012, 8:51 a.m. CST
@autodidact good try troll
by KilliK
Jan. 29, 2012, 8:58 a.m. CST
Why not just call it "Manboobs: The Movie"?
by gruntybear
Only drooling, forever virgin, child-man cellar-dwellers play videogames. FACT.
Jan. 29, 2012, 9:09 a.m. CST
That's a strange distinction to grant movies but not games.
by blackwood
Big Game operates exactly the same as Big Movie, and the indie scene is just as authentic, creatively vibrant and author-driven as it is in film. When discrediting games, killik, you treat everything in medium as exactly the same, but like film, that's not the case at all. Yeah, of course -- anything put together by committee to hit a specific demographic is not going to be 'good' art, but that doesn't mean the medium itself is nothing but a delivery system for corporate controlled thrills. It's really short-sighted to think of it that way.
Jan. 29, 2012, 9:26 a.m. CST
by Tank Williams
Seriously dude?
Jan. 29, 2012, 10:04 a.m. CST
Even some of the mass appeal games I can see as art
by Thomas
Bioshock, Mass Effect spring to mind.
Jan. 29, 2012, 10:48 a.m. CST
super meat boy is hard or i suck
by Bouncy X
i remember trying it back when it came out a few years ago and damn. it was cute and addictive and i liked it, but i couldnt even get passed the third level....and this was simply the demo!!!
Jan. 29, 2012, 11:19 a.m. CST
That looks like the most depressing thing since Revolutionary Road.
by MST3KPIMP
Jan. 29, 2012, 11:38 a.m. CST
what is this bloated artsy fartsy bullshit trailer?
by HaterofCrap
pretentious documentaries must die.
Jan. 29, 2012, 12:34 p.m. CST
So when does it hit DVD?
by Mahaloth
Only way most of us will see it.
Jan. 29, 2012, 12:46 p.m. CST
RIP Ian Abercrombie
by mbg98
Jan. 29, 2012, 2:04 p.m. CST
What's up with how long that trailer is?!
by MainMan2001
Damn! It was the entire movie in 3mins. What more can I possible get out of it?!
Jan. 29, 2012, 2:53 p.m. CST
I'm guessing they'll be a rip of this out by June-July-ish at the latest
by Al
Be a nice comedown to check out in between the Summer blockbuster season. And, if it's aboot videogames, it'll be ripped and posted quite quickly. So, huzzah for the internets.
Jan. 29, 2012, 2:55 p.m. CST
Can't stop playing Super Meatboy
by David Cloverfield
Amazong game.
Jan. 29, 2012, 2:56 p.m. CST
Nice work Kilik, way to repeat verbatim someone else's opinions
by GilbertRSmith
As if you've given a half a second of thought to it yourself.
Don't bother arguing with him, he barely understands the words he's typing.
Jan. 29, 2012, 2:59 p.m. CST
"Creating ENTERTAINMENT movies is not an artform." Mind = BLOWN
by GilbertRSmith
Are you 15 years old? Are you going to tell us all how you can sync Dark Side of the Moon up with Wizard of Oz? You gotta love the guy who is screaming the obvious at the top of his longs and acting shocked that none of us are hip to it. Kilik, learn the difference between the revelatory and the mundane.
Jan. 29, 2012, 3 p.m. CST
Anyway I know a couple of the guys who are peripherally in this...
by GilbertRSmith
Personally I don't like to think of games as art, but that's because that kind of thinking gets in the way of making good games. Same with movies. A good director is a storyteller first in my view, not an artist. If you don't respect the craft first and foremost, you don't deserve to be called an artist.
Jan. 29, 2012, 3:06 p.m. CST
OOOO 2-3 people. I built 7 MMOs with 1 person. I'm not impressed.
by Mel
Seriously....2D platformers shouldn't require 3 people.
Jan. 29, 2012, 4:40 p.m. CST
Meat boy is not art
by David Cloverfield
What it is, is fucking awesome. I only have two regular and a buch of Dark World levels left. Its the greatest thing if you need a few minutes to unwind.
Jan. 29, 2012, 5 p.m. CST
this movie concept would have been cool when coding for them took extreme genius, think 1985-1990
by awepittance
Jan. 29, 2012, 5:06 p.m. CST
"Are games Art?" Welcome to any gaming message board circa 2010
by Killah_Mate
Seriously guys, we all had this discussion like two years ago. SPOILER: generally agreed upon answer turns out to be 'Who gives a shit?' Like making them Art is gonna make your Aunt less disappointed that you waste time on games - while she devours daytime soaps, but that's socially acceptable so she gets to look down on your Portal 2 that she knows nothing about. BTW, in the article, "...the huge boom thanks to X-Box Live Arcade..." should read "...the huge boom thanks to Steam, iPhone and X-Box Live Arcade..." Really, Microsoft had a good thing going but judging by the new XBox dashboard they don't take their own indie section seriously anymore. Indie on XBox is going the way of the dodo. OTOH, on PC and iPhone indie is going fucking thermonuclear. Fuckers are causing a paradigm shift. Watch that space.
Jan. 29, 2012, 5:37 p.m. CST
i agree games are art, but being 'rock an roll' far fucking from it
by awepittance
videogames for the most part are not subversive in anyway, rock and roll was
Jan. 29, 2012, 5:43 p.m. CST
@awepittance Check out The Binding of Isaac
by Killah_Mate
First thing that came to mind, it's what McMillen, one of the guys in the movie, did after Super Meat Boy. Then come back here and tell me it's not subversive in anyway.
Jan. 29, 2012, 6:23 p.m. CST
Well when I'm sitting around making games, or I see someone vibing on my games
by Autodidact
I feel like I'm rocking out (I am an indie dev).
Jan. 29, 2012, 6:40 p.m. CST
@killah, im not saying there are subversive games, but the entire genre is not subversive sorry
by awepittance
Jan. 29, 2012, 6:42 p.m. CST
@autodidact the word rock and roll evokes a subversive climate against the establishment
by awepittance
videogames are now a very mainstream pillar of the corporate establishment with companies like Sony, Microsoft and apple leading the pack you may feel like you are 'rocking out' when programming i just find the comparison extremely inaccurate
Jan. 29, 2012, 6:53 p.m. CST
Yeah no corporations ever carried rock as a product
by Autodidact
You simpletons are all unable to keep track of two things: 1. This thread is about indie games. The kind made by small teams with a personal vision. AKA art. 2. See above.
Jan. 29, 2012, 6:54 p.m. CST
Games aren't subversive... sure
by Autodidact
Play some DEUS EX HR and tell me games, even AAA ones, cannot be subversive (art).
Jan. 29, 2012, 6:59 p.m. CST
awepittance =the entire genre is not subversive= is a meaningless statement
by Autodidact
What a massive strawman. Nobody said that ALL of games are subversive. Only that they can be, and some are. Just like some rock and roll is subversive, and some is just corporate whores who have sold out making artless product. And some is corporate whores who have made it big but still make great music AKA art (rare, but plenty of examples).
Jan. 29, 2012, 7:34 p.m. CST
For a great indie game, I strongly suggest downloading Limbo on xBox 360
by Wolfman Nards
Not sure if the game or the developer makes an appearance in this movie, but the art direction was very cool.
Jan. 29, 2012, 11:28 p.m. CST
You could do a movie on how this movie was made.
by happybunni
It was funded almost entirely through kickstarter, which is basially a way of people saying "Yeah I'd like to see that. Here's some money for a DVD when it's ready"
Jan. 30, 2012, 2:44 a.m. CST
Games are definitely not a subversive thing by and large
by GilbertRSmith
When they tried to shut comics down in the 50's, comics got shot down. When cops arrested Lenny Bruce, he spent the night in jail. When lawyers try to shut games down in the 21st Century, they get disbarred. There are some clever and subversive games, but by and large they're not going against the grain. They're a billion dollar industry right in the middle of a recession, they don't get pulled from shelves and thrown into bonfires, publishers don't have to defend themselves before committees, and their creators don't risk jail time for putting them out. Video games are awesome, but their cultural status is absolutely not rock and roll.
Jan. 30, 2012, 2:49 a.m. CST
"Some rock and roll" wasn't subversive in the 50's...
by GilbertRSmith
If you were playing music with heavy drums in 1950, you were the enemy of the state, plain and simple. A lot of that crusading was because rock and roll crossed the color barrier and had black and white kids hanging out together. Sorry, I love video games, but they don't compare. Square society in 1950 saw Rock and Roll as going hand in hand with the Civil Rights movement, miscegeny, drugs and everything else that threatened white, conservative values. By very nature of being rock and roll, it was a threat, it suggested a future of mixed race babies. Sorry, but I don't think video games have anything to match that. You can say that there are subversive and non-subversive games, but in its golden age, there WAS no non-subversive rock and roll
Jan. 30, 2012, 6:43 a.m. CST
^ Good argument
by Autodidact
I'll give you the point.. games have never been and will never be as subversive on the whole as rock and roll once was.
Jan. 30, 2012, 6:45 a.m. CST
by Autodidact
I also think that nothing will ever be as subversive as rock and roll once was. In that sense, since video games are about as subversive as it gets right now in mainstream corporate culture, and they're the current newest and biggest global art form, it's accurate to call video games the "current rock and roll."
Jan. 30, 2012, 6:47 a.m. CST
When rock was new parents tried to keep their kids from it
by Autodidact
By the 60s and 70s most parents had given up and come to accept their kids would listen to rock. Sort of like video games now... when I was growing up my mom and dad acted like every minute I spent playing games would rot my brain... these days parents feel fairly neutral/positive about video games (and they buy Rolling Stones T-shirts for their kids).
Jan. 30, 2012, 8:14 a.m. CST
I'm going to make my 14 year old watch it, he wants to "make video games"
by MoneyGrabSequel
he is under the impression he can "point, drag & click" the next Call of Duty in about a week and be set for life ... at the the very least he'll create the next AngryBirds.
Jan. 30, 2012, 9:24 a.m. CST
Look at today's post from ART of the Title (ART) about DEUS EX HR
by Autodidact
Jan. 30, 2012, 12:24 p.m. CST
by ScaryJim
Play Demons/Dark Souls and tell me that it was written with no artistic merit- look at the beauty of 'Shadow of the colossus' and tell me that the designers who created those creatures were less skilled than fucking Banksy. Look at games like 'Where is my heart' and tell me it was a pure business decision to make a game like that. I can get behind games like Call of Duty not having any artistic merit as much as I can get behind Michael Bay films not having any, or the bloody twilight saga but creating a computer chess game is not the same as creating something with a narrative, images that better alot of 'Artists' work and stories that deeply move people. There is merit in all creativity .
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SHFT+ALT+DEL: March 9
Friday, March 9, 2012
The Editors.
Vishan Chakrabarti joins SHoP Architects as a partner, but will remain director of the Columbia Center for Urban Real Estate, a position he's held since 2009.
Peter Schubert becomes a partner at Ennead Architects, where he'll be "enhancing international efforts"; Schubert was most recently at RMJM.
Robert Allen Design appoints Kerry Galloway as their new vice president of contract sales. Galloway was formerly vice president, sales and marketing for Contract Décor International.
In office expansion news, Aedas announces it plans to double the size of its London office (currently 80 staffers) in the next two years to keep pace with work in Russia and North Africa.
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EVENT> Architecture Criticism Today: February 27 in NYC
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
The Editors.
**2/27 Breaking news: The New Yorker's Paul Goldberger will be joining the panel discussion. Critical mass!
Monday, February 27
Architecture Criticism Today
Center for Architecture
536 LaGuardia Place
Who is best served by criticism? Who is the proper audience? Can it simultaneously serve the profession and the wider public, or are they mutually exclusive? How has role of general-interest media critics evolved? As a project comes to life, at what point(s) should critics weigh in?
The first of a four-part series on Architecture and the Media will address some of these questions, when architecture critics discuss the role of criticism in the field of architecture today and how it informs the general public's understanding of design.
AN's executive editor Julie Iovine will moderate a panel discussion among architecture critics at consumer, business and trade publications: Justin Davidson (New York Magazine), Cathleen McGuigan (Architectural Record), and James Russell (Bloomberg), with audience Q&A to follow.
1.5 CEUs; $10 for members and students; $20 non-members. TICKETS
Organized by the Oculus Committee, the AIANY Marketing & PR Committee, and The Architect's Newspaper.
On View> Stanley Tigerman: Ceci n'est pas une rêverie, in Chicago
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
The Editors.
Stanley Tigerman: Ceci n'est pas une rêverie
Madlener House, Graham Foundation
4 West Burton Place
Through May 19
Curated by Yale School of Architecture Professor Emmanuel Petit, Ceci n'est pas une rêverie ("This is not a dream"), is a retrospective that examines the architectural and conceptual work of Stanley Tigerman (top, 1966). Occupying three floors of the Graham Foundation's Madlener House, the exhibition is arranged in relation to nine dominant themes recurring throughout Tigerman's 50 career: Utopia, Allegory, Humor, Death, Division, (Dis)Order, Identity, Yaleiana, and Draft.
A variety of media, including models, photographs, and archival documents, offer a sampling of the architect's output, and the exhibition includes one of Tigerman's best-known pieces, The Titanic, 1978 (above), a collage that explicitly critiques the state of architecture in the late 1970s with S. R. Crown Hall sinking into Lake Michigan.
Pratt Student Awarded Gensler Brinkmann Scholarship
Monday, February 20, 2012
The Editors.
While most design students are starting the scramble for plum summer internships, Tina Uznanski can rest easy, knowing a desk with her name on it will be waiting at Gensler's London office. Uzanski, an interior design student at the Pratt Institute, has received Gensler's annual Brinkmann Scholarship, winning a paid summer internship at the Gensler office of her choice and a cash prize to be put toward her final year of study at Pratt. The award was established in 1999 as a memorial to interior designer and former Gensler partner Donald G. Brinkmann.
Uznanski won the competition with her clever concept for a renovation of her neighborhood library in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, that creates a flexible room through "shifting stacks." images after the jump
On View> Luka Fineisen: Phase Transitions
Monday, February 20, 2012
The Editors.
Luka Fineisen: Phase Transitions
Hosfelt Gallery
531 West 36th St.
Through March 31
"Phase transition" refers to the transformation of a thermodynamic system from one state of matter to another. German artist Luka Fineisen explores these shifts by framing the moment of transformation from one condition to another; she sculpts dynamic systems, the final work of art being the system's realization of potential. In this way, even sculptures that appear static, such as Bubbles (above, 2010), draw attention to the temporality of material—this is not plastic, but a material in search of its form. This will be Fineisen's first solo exhibition in the United States.
On View> Dan Flavin: Drawing
Friday, February 17, 2012
The Editors.
Dan Flavin: Drawing
The Morgan Library & Museum
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February 17 to July 1
The Morgan Library & Museum exhibits for the first time the drawings of Dan Flavin, ranging from early abstract expressionist watercolors to studies for installations to modern and classic works from his personal collection. While he is known for his fluorescent light installations, Flavin was an avid draftsman; he developed compositions, like In Honor of Harold Joachim, above, with ink and colored pencil on graph paper. Striking in their sparseness, his more representational sketches of landscapes, sailboats, and portraits have minimalist and calligraphic qualities that harken to the Japanese drawings in the artist's personal collection. Two of Flavin's major light installations are also installed in the gallery.
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Charles Dickens would have been 200 today. Among the bicentennial celebrations of the noted Victorian writer, the Museum of London has been hosting an elaborate Dickens and London exhibition including a Dickensian street scene designed and built by set designer Simon Costin for its City Gallery. The "fantastical wintry vision of 19th century London" made entirely of cardboard and lit with hundreds of LED lights includes quite an array of Victorian buildings and winding alleyways. According to Costin, "My intention is to create a fantasy vision of London as it would have been glimpsed by Dickens on his nocturnal wanderings through the city. His essays are extremely evocative and I am using the text as my starting point and things will grow and develop from there. He has said that he felt like a child in a dream, 'staring at the marvellousness of everything'. It is that marvellousness that I want to recreate." The window display closes this month, but if you're in London, the MoL's Dickens show keeps going through June. (Via Creative Review.)
But it turns out Dickens had his own eye for design as well. Hilary Macaskill recently wrote in the Guardian that the Victorian author had quite the penchant for interior design. She cites a 6,000 word article (you can become amazingly descriptive when paid by the word) he wrote about wallpaper and other decorations, where he remarks on the design of American wallcoverings from his recent visit in 1842 along with his own designs for wallpaper. Even in his home at 48 Doughty Street, Dickens enjoyed crafting the interior spaces down to the shade of pink trim and a set of decanters he picked up for "slight bargains." Read the entire article here and check out a slideshow of his home here.
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We here at The Architect's Newspaper always appreciate unfettered access when it comes our way, but today we're unwitting holders of the hottest ticket in town. This morning you couldn't get any where near City Hall without a business card that says you work nearby. Turns out we landed front row seats to the ticker tape parade and City Hall ceremony celebrating the NY Giants Superbowl victory. Now, how do we relate this to urban planning and architecture…
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Yoshiko Sato, an architect and educator who was committed to repairing the world through design, died on Sunday in New York City after a battle with cancer. Sato was born in Tokyo to parents who studied engineering and design, which sparked her interest in science and the arts. Following a tour of Europe to study art and design, the Tokyo native settled in New York in the early 1980s and continued her education at Parsons School of Design. Her professors Billie Tsien, Robert MacAnulty, and Laurie Hawkinson quickly recognized her talent and encouraged Sato to move toward architecture. She transferred to the Cooper Union where she continued her studies under John Hejduk, Toshiko Mori, Tod Williams, and Peter Eisenman, graduating in 1989. In 1996, she received a Masters in Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design where she explored architecture and urban design under Raphael Moneo and received honors for her thesis on rebuilding Kobe, Japan after a devastating earthquake in 1995.
Sato's professional career in New York bridged architecture, art, and design across a broad range of scales. She operated the Morris Sato Studio with her husband and design partner Michael Morris, exploring the ethereal nature of design as represented in the award-winning retrospective exhibit Shiro Kuramata, 1934-1991 and in her installation LightShowers. She won further accolades for her personal and comprehensive exploration in a pair of houses recently completed on Shelter Island.
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How different might it be if we returned to the teachings of the Scriptures, particularly Ephesians 5 and Ephesians 6, which so clearly outline God's purpose and order for family relationships? Wives are to respect their husbands, children are to obey their fathers, and men are to sacrificially love their wives and bring up their children "in the training and admonition of the Lord" (Ephesians 6:4). Somehow we've gotten it all backwards, especially on TV. Women do not respect their husbands, and children certainly don't obey their parents. And no one in the sitcoms brings up their children in the training and admonition of the Lord. For the most part, even in Christian homes, that scriptural training of children is done by the mothers.
As I said, call me old-fashioned, but I miss the days of "Father Knows Best." Even without a Christian father, I was blessed to be loved by a man with high standards and moral values, and for that I will always be grateful. The man I called "Daddy" will always be my first hero, and because he finally returned to "Ye-sus" in the last week of his eighty-eight years on this earth, I know I will see him again one day soon. And oh, how I look forward to it!
God in His infinite wisdom and unconditional love gave me the perfect dad, just the one I needed so I could grow up and become the woman I was meant to be. And for that I thank my heavenly Father, the One who truly does know best.
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I just spoke Johan Hedberg as part of my preparation for the start of free agency on July 1.
The Thrashers goaltender, scheduled to be an unrestricted free agent in two days, categorized the on-going contract negotiations with the team. "I have not been excited about what they have offered. I hope they make another offer before July 1," Hedberg said from Sweden.
Trying to keep you updated.
June 30th, 2010
11:34 am
Thanks Chris how does that relate to Torch.
June 30th, 2010
12:21 pm
I bet the issue with Kubina is term, not so much money. If this is the case, you have to ask yourself what kind of $4M/year defenseman will he be in 4 years? any footspeed? See Mattius Ohlund in Tampa Bay.
June 30th, 2010
12:33 pm
It's noon!
June 30th, 2010
12:44 pm
Congrats on Lee telling time.
June 30th, 2010
12:45 pm
[...] For starters, the Thrashers will be have to come up with an offer that will satisfy Johan Hedberg. Hedberg has already told AJC reporter Chris Vivlamore, "I have not been excited about what they have offered. I hope they m… [...]
June 30th, 2010
1:15 pm
Jeff is probably the least knowledgeable person about hockey on this planet and should not even be allowed on this blog..he is making a fool of himself. Lets go with the facts. Heberg is 37 years old. HE did have 21 wins but that only got him 25th ranked in the league. He did not rank better than 20th in the league in Games Played, Wins, Loses, Overtime Loses, Goals Allowed, Saves, Shots Against, Shut Outs, and Minutes. So how in the world can you say he had a good season if he only ranked in the top 15 of all goalies in Penalty minutes and one good stat Save Percentage (only because he faced 50 shots a game)..Look i give it to Hedberg he is good but he is not great by any means..And what have the thrashers not had in the past seasons in which they have not made the playoffs. They have had the offense ( Kovalchuck, Hossa, Heatly) They have had the defenses ( Colburn, Kubina, Enstrom) but they have lacked a good, solid, CONSISTENT, goaltender every year..So Jeff dont tell me i dont know anything about the position because i have played it before and also i have played hockey for over 10 years..They only thing you play with is yourself..
June 30th, 2010
2:58 pm
It is true that Hedberg has benefited from a better defense than in years past and while the shots on goal are still a little high the quality of those shooting opportunities has to be considered. The fact that the Thrasher had at least one center that plays a little defense is a big part of the equation also. With more players that can press the offense goalies do not have to work as hard and in this case Hedberg came out smelling like a rose. But you must look at his entire body of his work. In nine seasons in the NHL he has had one that he ranked in the top 15 goaltenders in save percentage. It is unlikely that at 37 he has hit his stride and is going to improve. No let him play in Sweden where the frozen little children can watch this "big time NHL goaltender" play out his final years while they eat pickled fish or what ever they do at games. Here Hedberg is not a has-been Hedberg is a neverwas.
June 30th, 2010
3:31 pm
C-Viv, thanks for the article to update things from Rick Dudley's point of view, but I think I'm a bit confused thanks to the typo below. Can you clarify the second sentence? Are you saying we are close to re-signing one or two of the UFA's? Or are we trading someone's rights? Running out of time for such a deal to be made. Thanks for the help!
"It may be the 15-plus goal scorer that general manager Rick Dudley still covets. It will definitely involve in the nine players from last season's team who will become unrestricted free agents."
June 30th, 2010
4:07 pm
"…Then instead of having a fan base that demands more from ownership we get a bunch of whiners and the type team we deserve."
Truer words have never been typed on this blog. I'd like to add (alongside "whiners") the word, "enablers"…or whatever the proper word is for those who continuously make excuses for poor performance.
You get what you pay for–and you get what you deserve. I stopped paying a long, long time ago.
I encourage you too, as well.
June 30th, 2010
4:15 pm
I wonder if Dudley's criterion "may be good but dumb as a sack of hammers" applies to goaltender position as well.
June 30th, 2010
4:41 pm
C'mon Sage (Mini-Wad)….Surely you can tell everyone the TRUTH about why you stopped paying to go to Thrashers games so long ago, can't you?
It's simply because Don Waddell didn't respond to your 3 e-mails you sent him 10 years ago. THAT'S THE ONLY REASON you've refused to attend a Thrashers game in the past 10 years! So if you're going to encourage others to not go to games (which is what you live to do), then at least man up and tell everyone WHY you don't go. "Subsidizing incompetence" is just a mind frig you put on yourself and tell others in an effort to justify your unending anger at Don Waddell for ignoring your dumb e-mails.
If he had responded to your e-mails 10 years ago, you two would probably be BFF now…..And that's the truly frightening thought of the day. Of course, you'd still be Mini-Wad, but just a Waddell Puppet of a different kind……
As for goalie, Duds has a plan if he's letting Moose walk. Wouldn't be surprised if it comes in the form of a trade. If not, the FA market is awash with decent goalies. We'll be fine.
June 30th, 2010
5:07 pm
Jack-Haha. I thought it was July 1st then like five minutes ago I realized it was June 28.
June 30th, 2010
5:08 pm
29 my bad
June 30th, 2010
5:28 pm
keep sending us back him time. I like your methodology
June 30th, 2010
6:03 pm
Sage, if well all stop paying to go to Thrasher games, then the team will have no choice but to pack up and move to Canada. Is that what you want?
What will you do with all your time without a Thrashers message board to spew your bitter nonsense on? Disney World?
June 30th, 2010
6:18 pm
I wasn't very excited with all the games we had leads in and he let slip away, granted Pavs did the same thing but at least Moose should have the experience to be better at holding leads. Not sure what kind of money he thinks he's worth but we need the talent of a Dan Ellis over Moose right now.
June 30th, 2010
7:20 pm
The Spirit Boy's aint gonna spend no money on hockey. Look what they offered Joe Johnson. Six years at $119 million. Ain't gonna be anything left if he takes it.
June 30th, 2010
7:47 pm
As Kevin Allen just tweeted: Is it just me, or is Hedberg playing with fire by pushing Atlanta for more dollars? Don't see anywhere else where he can compete to be No. 1
I would prefer if we had another goalie….Again, HEDBERG WILL NOT REPEAT THE SEASON HE HAD LAST YEAR!!!
June 30th, 2010
8:08 pm
Alright, Hedberg is a classy guy and has been a real assset to a team that has not made the playoffs. But, he is 37 and has always been classified as a "serviceable NHL back-up". Time to build around someone else.
June 30th, 2010
9:33 pm
Chris is this anything?? …twitter scottywazz My five-star pick– Nabokov to the ATL. YEAAAAAAHH!!!
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June 30th, 2010
10:56 pm
C-Viv, got it! Thanks for clarifying. I'm still holding out some hope for Kubina for continuity's sake in the locker room, but I'm not going to gnash my teeth too badly if he moves on for more money. Just the nature of the business. I just hope we do add a low-cost D-man for additional competition and insurance for Kulda and Valabik. Perhaps a Shaone Morrisonn or Jay McKee if we go real cheap.
July 1st, 2010
12:36 am
Chris Vivlamore, I have loved the pieces on Craig Ramsay that you have done. Thanks. I really think the Thrashers got the right guy.
July 1st, 2010
1:01 am
gcs, that 10:44 am comment had me in stitches. http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-thrashers-blog/2010/06/29/hedberg-not-excited-about-thrashers-offer/comment-page-1/#comment-15153.
Hockey Steve, I've been reading Sage of Bluesland's stuff for a long time, and rightly or wrongly, Sage has stated that his position is not to force the team to relocate, but rather, to force them to make positive changes. You can hash it out with him whether or not you think his ideology is flawed. But, uhh, I doubt it'll change his mind. I've never seen Sage change his tune in six or more years.
Not to take any sides here, but it wasn't just Sage of Bluesland who screamed for changes after the 2007 sweep at the hands of the Rangers. Several of the posters and bloggers you see here, on this very message board, called for the kinds of changes that we are finally now beginning to see, over 3 years ago. No one was talking about relocating the team, other than the Chicken Little, "The sky is falling!" types. The people who realize this team isn't leaving prior to 2019 also saw, even back in 2007, that change was necessary. But none came. Waddell lingered at a time that screamed for a complete overhaul of management/personnel.
I don't know if it's just 'wishful thinking' on my part, (and it probably is,) to think that had a new GM and new Heach Coach and new scouts come to power back in 2007, that we might still have Hossa and Kovalchuk, etc., etc. Really, speaking honestly and from my heart as as I ALWAYS do, I doubt that Hossa and Kovy could have been retained, due to the Spirit still owning the team. That counts, too. Let's say Dudley and Ramsay do a great job. Still with me? But when contracts come due, if the Spirit doesn't pony up, then the players are gone. Now, I hear ya. "Give these players a reason to believe there could be a Silver trophy sitting at Center Ice for them, watch them take a discount." Yeah, that happens in Detroit, and markets like Detroit. Buffalo is a great hockey market that drafts well and develops talent well. I further think Darcy Regier is a decent enough General Manager, but the Sabres' ownership is inept and won't pay to retain players. It is seemingly their view that the constant windfall of the draft can replace the Brieres, Drurys, Campbells, Tallinders, Lydmans, Dumonts, of their roster. Players don't simply ignore that. They see Buffalo, and markets like Buffalo, as a temporary stop on their trip around the NHL, since they cannot get either (1) the pay day or (2) the commitment necessary to win the Cup from ownership.
July 1st, 2010
10:36 am
gcs's commet is ALL TOO TRUE !!!! Sadly . . .
July 1st, 2010
1:55 pm
The Thrashers have always shafted their goalies. I was an original season ticket holder, and after facing 45+ shots per night, the geniouses at the Thrashers tried to hard ball Milan Hnilckca. The same thing happened with our greatest goalie Pasi Nurminin the next year. Until a stake is driven through Don Waddell's heart, this will always be the case.
Waddell Must Die
July 2nd, 2010
9:38 pm
Ken Klibaner, don't hold back. Let it all pour out. I remember Milan Hnlicka. Waddell wound up paying half his $1.5 million salary to watch him play for the L.A. Kings ($750,000). But, in fairness, Hnilicka did not have the stellar year he had back in 2001. Pasi blew out his knee, practicing for the Finnish National team. Had he not done that, Pasi and Kari would have been the 1-2 punch in net for Atlanta, for the 2005-06 season. Instead, it wound up Kari-Dunham-Shields-Berkhoel-Garnett. Bygones.


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I was actually kind of wondering the same thing. How long have these two men stared into the brink of the chaos of the world and acted as advisors? Look at what they have both witnessed and been through, 3 wars, the rise of the Scourge, the invasion of the Burnning Legions, political corruption. Rommath watched his hero betray his own people after promising to save them. Benedictus heard as Bolvar died in the North, and I'm sure he's heard that after dying Bolvar became the new Lich King, leader of the Scourge who destroyed Lordaeron. How hard would it be for the whispers of the night, and in their sleep to tell these men about the chaos of it all? How hard would it be to push men who sat back and advised through all that to make some action toward real change? In the end it all falls to chaos anyway, why prevent the inevitable? Embrace it, and put an end to the cycle of battles and betrayals. Kingdoms rise and fall. Invaders come and go. Heroes live and die. But one thing is constant, chaos will always be there, and so will the world's "true masters."


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Las Cruces, NM — New Mexico State's Patrick Pfister was named Men's Tennis Player of the Week for the week of March 10-16 by the Western Athletic Conference announced Tuesday.
Pfister, a junior from Dresden, Germany, Pfister went 2-1 in singles play and 3-0 in doubles play during the weekend with the Aggies. He won his matches at the No. 5 spot against Sacramento State and Santa Clara in three sets, while losing just his first singles match of the weekend against UC Davis. In doubles play, Pfister and partner Paul Denele won two matches on the weekend at the No. 2 court. The pair defeated their opponents from UC Davis 8-3 and then came back the next day for an 8-4 win over Sacramento State. On the final day of the weekend, Pfister paired with Germain Degardin for an 8-4 win over the duo from Santa Clara.
The NM State men's tennis team returns home after a five-match road trip to face I-25 rival New Mexico on Saturday, March 22, at the NM State Tennis Center. The match is the first for the Aggies at home in almost a month, is scheduled for a 1 p.m. (MDT) start.
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Do not worry about tomorrow! This is not a suggestion, but a command. I divided time into days and nights, so that you would have manageable portions of life to handle. My grace is sufficient for you, but its sufficiency is for only one day at a time. When you worry about the future, you heap day upon day of troubles onto your flimsy frame. You stagger under this heavy load, which I never intended you to carry.
Throw off this oppressive burden with one quick thrust of trust. Anxious thoughts meander about and criss cross your brain, but trusting Me brings you directly to My Presence. As you thus affirm your faith, shackles of worry fall off instantly. Enjoy My Presence continually by trusting in Me at all times.
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CARRIE UNDERWOOD looked absolutely stunning in a purple sequined gown at the 2012 AMAs on Sunday.
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|Decay of a narrow and high spin $^{24}$Mg + $^{24}$Mg resonance
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|The ^{24}Mg + ^{24}Mg reaction has been studied at the Legnaro Tandem at a CM bombarding energy of 45.7 MeV where a narrow and high spin resonance has been reported previously. The decay of the resonance into the inelastic and fusion–evaporation channels has been investigated. The ON and OFF resonance decay yields have been measured using, for the inelastic channels, the fragment spectrometer PRISMA and the γ array CLARA, and, for the fusion–evaporation channels, the Si array EUCLIDES and the γ array GASP. Strong resonant effects have been observed in the inelastic channels involving the 2_1^+ and 4_1^+ states of the ^{24}Mg ground state band. Weaker effects are also seen in certain fusion–evaporation channels. The properties of the studied resonance are in agreement with molecular model predictions. It is also proposed that the narrow and high spin ^{24}Mg + ^{24}Mg resonance corresponds to the formation of a fast rotating and highly prolate deformed ^{48}Cr after a Jacobi shape transition and just before fission.
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I'm a 24 yr old model and I have been in the field since I was 19. I would always take advantage of any possibly opportunity to expand my modeling portfolio. The problem is, there are not many modeling opportunities in my area. I live in a small town in Colorado and there are not many open gigs at the moment. Due to the lack of opportunities, I decided to look online.
I found Bubblegum casting while looking at reviews for model casting agents. This has one of the best reviews out of all of the agencies out there. Many of the reviews about other agencies often talk about terrible experiences and issues with the individuals that were photographing them. I was naturally worried but after speaking with someone at BubbleGum, I was assured that everything would be ok so I proceeded to pay them a visit.
After speaking to a photographer, it was time to go in and pay Bubblegumcasting a visit. Upon my arrival, I was greeted by the same person that I spoke with and he was very nice and told me about the photography process. Everything was very straight forward and I didn't feel the least bit uncomfortable at all.
After my pictures were done, we talked for a bit about my photography goals and discussed options with other photo opportunities. His clients loved my pictures and I had the chance to take more for other photo ops. I never in my life had such an experience with a company that I just barely met. Most agents in my area never deliver like this,
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I was on a shoot on Friday & the make up artist, Lyz Marsden painted Chanel's (ltd edition & sadly sold out in 2007) Holographic nail varnish on the model's talons - which gave them a vibrant metallic sheen that I was mesmerised by.
After a bit of research I have found Nails Inc. do a holographic top coat, so you can paint it over your favourite colour to give a gorgeous galactic effect.
Or if you really want to, hit up eBay and pay a ridiculously high price for the real deal.
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Get your chops round these Business lip products:
Chanel Rouge Allure Collection - simply the most beautiful collection of colours, textures and luxurious packaging to cater for each and every one of the female species.
YSL lip gloss - the hottest lip product I've come across in ages. A shiny but not sticky gloss, which stains the lips, so even if the gloss budges (which it doesn't), the colour stays all day. Like I said, The Business.
Dior Addict Lipstick - my favourite for adding a lick of colour to an outfit. Very wearable. A handbag staple.
Mac Lipstick - 7 different finishes from Amplified to Frost in a myriad of colours to suit the bold and the not so brave.
I should add that the Chanel Rouge Allure Extrait de Gloss and their Levres Scintillantes pack a glossy punch too (used in the photo above). Check out the rest of my Chanel Beauty story in the Autumn / Kiss & Tell issue of SLEEK magazine.
Do. Not. Rush. It.
You'll only regret it in the morning.
I was lucky enough to have been taught by the experts at St Tropez before I did the above tan for Stylist magazine's swimwear story.
The rules are simple;
1. Take a shower and exfoliate your whole body, taking care to give your knees, feet and ankles a good going over.
2. Moisturise dry areas - feet, ankles, knees and the inner side of your arms (you never tan as much there and it makes it look more authentic).
3. Use a decent brand. I highly recommend St Tropez and XenTan products. They're reliable and both have a great lasting colour, if applied carefully.
4. Use a mit. It will make the job so much easier, as they'll be no brown hands and it makes blending a doddle.
5. Start from the bottom up, above the ankle (we'll come back to the feet last).
Put one pump of product onto the mit and squeeze your hand together inside to spread the cream or foam around. You can always come back for more, but it's easier to work with less to start with.
Do the bottom half of one leg first, followed by the other side. Then tackle the thighs, one at a time, taking care to blend the colour gently over the knees. Then do your stomach, lower back and chest. If you're flexible, do your own upper back, or use a back applicator, or better still, get someone else to do it.
Next up is your arms and neck, leaving your face, hands and feet.
I use whatever is left on the MIT for wiping over the top of the feet, blend a bit of product up the neck and then remove the MIT for the final stages. Mix a bit of your face cream with a small amount of product and apply to the face, making sure not to miss out your top lip. Wash your hands now.
Lastly, the hands. Worth doing last thing at night I always think. Get all the washing up and teeth brushing done, then moisturizer the hands and put a pea sized amount of product on the top of one hand. Rub the tops of the hands together, spreading the fingers and working a little bit of tan into the gaps between.
You should wake with a body that looks like it's been away for a good few days.
Feel free to double coat, but let the layers dry in between.
Once you've done it a few times, this should all take about 10 minutes max.
Ever tried fitting all of your favourite beauty products into a small sandwich bag? Welcome to the world of air travel.
I keep a little box of product samples at home, so I know I can have some of them with me on the plane, and when I land, just in case my luggage goes awol. Taking sample sachets also means I've got room to take other bigger, travel specific products onboard.
Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream: It's a classic. And there's a reason why it's so popular. It has so many uses; lip balm, cuticle cream, hand and foot balm, added moisturiser for around the eye during flight or for an overnight treat, and a great rescue balm for sunburn too.
I tend to pat a little dab around my eye area on take off, to avoid that tight feeling when you land. It also comes in smaller travel sizes, so makes it perfect for your handbag.
Facial Spray: Dr Hauschka Facial Spray is my current favourite. This is one product that it's definitely worth decanting into a little bottle for taking onboard. It helps keep your skin hydrated and refreshes you after sleeping, and/or on arrival. Avene's Thermal Water Spray is great too and comes in a travel size.
Lavender Essential Oil: a natural antiseptic, and one of the most relaxing essential oil's. Can be used to treat spots and cold sores too. Dab it on pulse points once on the plane for a restful sleep. And directly on the tingle at the first signs of a coldsore or spot.
Facial Moisturiser: Chanel Le Lift is my current favourite. Rich, nourishing and as smooth as silk.
Shu Uemura Cleansing Oil: great for removing all traces of make up, and protecting the skin's natural barrier.
Dermalogica Multivitamin Power Firm: a handy little silver tube of super silky goodness. Light, yet rich and great for both eye and lip areas.
That's your lot really as far as space goes. I also usually pack a bronzing powder too, just in case I wake up/arrive looking exhausted.
Bon voyage!


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Everything was perfect up until the day Megan had to go back to school. They didn't know what to do, for the past three weeks they hadn't spent one day apart, it was hard enough saying goodbye each night, even though they knew they would see each other the next day, but to say goodbye for the next 8 weeks was going to be toucher.
"Just think about it this way, absence makes the heart grow fonder." said Megan with eyes welling up.
"But 8 weeks is a little over the top!"
"How about I asked Dad if I could come home in a couple of weeks?"
"Ok that sounds better than 8 weeks."
"Well I guess this is goodbye then."
With that Megan hope on the bus, but before she got to the second step, she felt a pull on her arm. When she turned around, Mikey planted a huge kiss on her lips. As the bus turned away Mikey couldn't help but feel a sudden rush of loneliness take over his body, and for some reason Megan couldn't stop the tears from running down her face, she wasn't crying but just had continuous tears, it was weird. Anyway, four weeks had past and nothing had been organised for her coming home, so she thought she would surprise him and come home anyway.
The bus trip was long, but Megan entertained herself by listening to her music and thinking about seeing Mikey. When she finally got home she said hello to her family and kissed the picture of her late father sitting on the lounge room, then didn't waste any time driving over to Mikey's house, her mum driving of course, she didn't get her licence for another six months. When she got there his Mum said he was at the movies with some friends, but if she ran she wouldn't miss it, because he had only just left.
Megan was yelling at her mum to go faster, and Megan was soaking because for the first time in a long time it was actually rain. As the car speeded up to the front of the crossing theatre, Megan jumped out mid movement, it was still raining and she could feel it running down her face smudging the eye liner she had rushly applied before she left, As she threw open the door she felt a cool breeze against her wet body and she got a chill down her spine.
When she turned the corner she could believe what she was seeing, Mikey was lining up with Cassie, his ex-girlfriend. As Megan stood there, speechless, she watch Mikey lean in and kiss her, and then she watched him put his arm around her and lift her up, as he had done to her many times in the holidays. She felt this really sick feeling in her stomach that was working its way up her throat. Just as she went to turn away, she heard his voice.


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The Pacific Division leading San Jose Sharks are coming into Raleigh fresh off their worst loss of the season Thursday night to Pittsburgh. The Carolina Hurricanes came back to Raleigh fresh off an impressive win over Nashville. Both teams have played 6 games in the last ten days. Both teams hoped for a fast start to the game. San Jose to put the memory of last night behind them, Carolina to build on the momentum of their new found offense. San Jose got their wish and jumped all over Carolina with two goals in the first period. Tommy Wingels got the games first goal on a redirection of a Jason Demers shot from the left wing circle. Marc-Edouard Vlassic slipped one in behind Cam Ward on a pass from Joe Thornton, his 27th assist of the year.
Jay Harrison kept the Hurricanes alive in the second when he rifled a shot through traffic and past Alex Stalock. Harrison was also involved in the game tying goal early in the third period when Riley Nash cleaned up his rebound. Two minutes later the Hurricanes grabbed their first lead of the game when Jordan Staal made his presence felt after Stalock was unable to cover a shot by Nathan Gerbe. San Jose was not done. Justin Braun zipped a puck past Cam Ward glove side from the blue line and the game was again tied, now at three.
Instead of slowing down and playing for overtime, Carolina kept the pressure on. Andrej Sekera slid across the ice, found an opening and his wrist shot was redirected by Elias Lindholm for the eventual game winner. The first of Lindholm's young career. Eric Staal added an empty netter with 30 seconds left to halt the Sharks attempt to tie it up with Stalock on the bench.
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1. Vice President Joe Biden and more than 20 members of the U.S. House and Senate participate in Selma's Bridge Crossing Jubilee. The annual event Sunday commemorates the beating of voting rights marchers on "Bloody Sunday" in 1965.
2. Former presidential nominee Mitt Romney sat down with FOX News for his first interview since the election. He says on election night, he knew in his heart he was going to win the presidency until he saw Florida.
3. The Space Dragon docked on the International Space Station. The spacecraft from Space X was carrying around 1,500 pounds of supplies for the ISS.
4. Victoryland has won its bid for an expanded liquor license. Meanwhile, the ABC board says it could not conclude that the casino's machines are illegal.
5. A Florida home is being demolished after it was partially swallowed by a giant sinkhole. The search was called off for the owner of the home who was pulled into the earth.
6. A young couple killed on the way to the hospital after the mother to be started feeling under the weather. Amazingly, the baby survived the crash.
7. Elizabeth Colbert Busch, the sister of Stephen Colbert, is running for South Carolina's first congressional district house seat. Her brother is campaigning for her.
8. A 28-year-old woman is trying to make history looking to become the first woman to participate at the NFL combine. She wants to be a kicker.
9. Hundreds of Wisconsinite were freezin' for reason. The polar bear plunge benefited the Special Olympics.
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|Assembly Required: Yes
|Product Warranty: 2 Years
|Product Type: Dining table; Bistro table
|Frame Material Details: Solid teak wood
|Table Shape: Round
|Style: Contemporary
|Finish: Unfinished
|Frame Material: Wood
|Top Material: Wood
|Woven: Yes
|Folding: Yes
|Umbrella Hole: No
|Lazy Susan Included: No
|Cooler Insert Included: No
|Seating Capacity: 2
|Commercial Use: Yes
|Eco-Friendly: Yes
|Country of Manufacture: Indonesia
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The hit comedy is on FOX18, five nights a week! Join Alan, Jake and Berta as they suffer Charlie Harper's carousing, womanizing, and all-around bad-boy behavior.
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