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foomf and others have asked about what Tllith looks like. Here are my notes, colored purple so you can tell they're not part of the story. –bard
Tllith is a three-headed dragon with six legs.
Hditr helpfully exclaimed, "Furthermore you have shiny scales of a pretty purple, helpfully highlighted in blue here and there. I cannot tell if your scutes are purple or blue; I wish there was a color in-between for me to call them. Your tail is quite long for your size, perhaps three or even four feet. You are quite small: a regular dragon could eat an adult sheep at a single gulp, but you are no bigger than that adult sheep yourself. The pupils of your eyes are triangular. If I count properly, you have six eyes on your left head, one large one on your middle, and seven on your right. Your heads have very large and very flexible ears, such as make little sense on a lizard. Your paws are six-toed, with short claws of some translucent blue substance whose full nature I am unaware of. You have a pair of distinctly clothlike wings, but, of course, one corner of the left one is turning into language. Aside from that you look like a standard enough dragon."
All the heads are on the small side, like cats' heads. The muzzles are, similarly, smallish — Tllith is a predator, but not incredibly well armed.
- Left head: Apparently made of purple ice. Three stubby horns and eight barbels, six eyes. This breathes cold and ice (a yard-long ray), and has a tendency to accumulate a beard and moustache of icicles around the mouth and nostrils, annoying Tllith no end. The horns and barbels can surround the head (and anything else made of or covered with ice that is touching the head) with a cage of lightning, capable of delivering a substantial sting to anything that touches it.
- Middle head: Apparently made of flesh. One big eye, whose most intense gaze increases bacterial activity — its radience can cause wounds to become infected, hasten the leavening of bread, fermentation of wine, and maturation of cheese, and do amazing things involving halitosis and flatulence of living people. The eye has a heavily-scaled, thorn-lashed triple eyelid, and a double wall of fixed horns to protect it. This head breathes fire: a blue-purple gasjet of flame, which can be a few yards long and leaves small but painful burns on unprotected flesh, or sets things on fire, or, if Tllith works at it, can weld metal.
- Right head:Apparently made of swirly iridescent (purple-heavy) anodized metal. Seven eyes. A single sharp twirly unicorn horn eight inches long. The horn is of course magical: Tllith can cure the horn-wounds, by rubbing the side of the horn against them. The right head's breath weapon, such as it is, is a stream or cone of dancing sparkling lights. They are not particularly damaging, but can be distracting or annoying; they are also Tllith's only area attack.
Combat Prowess: Tllith can probably outfight an unequipped human. Tllith is unlikely to kill (both because it is not Tllith's taste, and because Tllith is not that deadly.) An armed and armored warrior would probably win a fight against Tllith. We don't expect many fights in this story though.
Magical Prowess: Tllith (and other dragons of Yirien) has a remarkable number of magical gifts for a person of the Ninety Worlds setting. They're not all that useful in general, but obscure and semi-useful magical power is better than no magical power at all. Tllith's domains, as they show up over the course of the story, will leave Tllith an intriguingly flexible mage. (But Tllith's sigil magic will never be as powerful as the spells of a wizard. Then again, wizards' power is limited to a small area — a world for the weakest, down to an acre or two for the strongest — and Tllith's works throughout the Ninety Worlds.)


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The advent of Digital 3-D has triggered spirited debates in the movie industry. To some advocates, like Jeffrey Katzenberg, the boss of DreamWorks Animation, the new technology will expand the audience and provide an important new economic impetus to the industry. Skeptics feel these projections are over-optimistic and that important obstacles stand in the way.
These negative theories were embraced in a column by Patrick Goldstein that appeared Sept. 16 in the Los Angeles Times. Katzenberg says he asked the Times to publish his reply in full, but that they refused. Because of the importance of this issue, Variety offered to run Katzenberg's response.
Patrick Goldstein accuses me of being a modern-day Professor Harold Hill, as I trumpet the value of bringing 3-D to the multiplexes of the River Cities of the world. Unfortunately, I believe Mr. Goldstein gives me too much credit — I'm afraid I lack Robert Preston's charisma, and I certainly don't have his hair. Nevertheless, I am willing to accept my inner Harold Hill on one condition: that Patrick Goldstein accept his inner Ned Ludd.
For those of you not familiar with Ned, he was the individual after whom the Luddite movement was named in the 19th century. Back then, the Luddites opposed industrialization and the term has come to describe anyone who resists technological change.
Of course, Mr. Goldstein insists he's "always in favor of embracing new technology." But he then goes on to proclaim that the arrival of color film represented "a disaster for quality cinema." Ned would be proud.
Now, Goldstein is condemning 3-D. Of course, he is entitled to his opinions and, to be sure, anytime something transformational comes along, there has always been and should always be a debate about its real value. And Goldstein is right when he says that, as with the transition to color, something may be lost. I just believe that much more will be gained.
My problem isn't so much with Goldstein's opinion as with the basis of his opinion.
To put it mildly, this is not the first time I've been criticized, and I'm always interested in hearing differing perspectives. But, in this case, it is hard to give Goldstein's point of view much credence since he is passing judgment on something he's never even seen.
You see, as the Harold Hill of 3-D, I have been banging the drum about DreamWorks' entry into this medium and have eagerly welcomed everyone and anyone who's interested to come over and check out what we're doing. Curiously, my phone has yet to ring with a call from Patrick Goldstein. He is willing to indict our work (as well as, implicitly, the upcoming 3-D work of such filmmakers as James Cameron, Bob Zemeckis, Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson), but he hasn't bothered to come see it.
Instead, he seems to be basing his views entirely on his odd historical assertion that the arrival of color was "a step backward." Let me make clear that I am also a big fan of the black-and-white classics that Goldstein mentions and could happily expand on his list. But his thesis that color was the enemy of cinema art is patently absurd. From "The Wizard of Oz" to "Pinocchio" to "Singin' in the Rain" to "Rear Window" to "The Searchers" to "Black Orpheus" to "Lawrence of Arabia" to Orson Welles' "The Immortal Ones," the range of brilliant color films is enormous and, let's face it, pretty self-evident.
The transition from black-and-white to color did not occur, as Goldstein implies, because of some studio conspiracy. It happened because, quite simply, human beings see in color. This is pretty basic stuff. I mean, would anyone want to see a stage play in black-and-white? By and large, resistance to color filmmaking wasn't artistic but economic since, for years, the cost of the three-strip Technicolor process was prohibitively high.
Now, digital 3-D has arrived and, I believe, will eventually become the standard because, quite simply, human beings see in 3-D. Again, this is pretty basic stuff. And it's also pretty breathtaking stuff. Unlike Harold Hill's imaginary band, digital 3-D is very real, enriching the filmgoing experience in truly phenomenal ways. It provides filmmakers with an entirely new visual vocabulary and it provides filmgoers the chance to finally cross the threshold of the screen and enter other worlds. This is why many of the industry's greatest directors are currently working on 3-D projects.
Initially, as with color, the economic bar for 3-D is high, so for the foreseeable future many films will continue to be produced in 2-D. But, eventually, I believe that all films will be shot in this remarkable medium.
This is how it is with technology. It moves forward. This is a constant. It is also a constant that there will be those who resist, stubbornly believing old is good and new is bad.
This perverse nostalgia is rather unproductive. Making value judgments about black-and-white vs. color is about as worthwhile an exercise as comparing the Model T to a Prius. They are both outstanding accomplishments.
As we face the future of film, the goal should not be to make derisive comparisons, but to celebrate the ongoing evolution of this art form. The extraordinary thing about movies has always been that the best of them — whether silent, black-and-white, color, 3-D or whatever may be still over the horizon — connect so strongly with so many of us. … Even, were he to return one day, Ned Ludd.


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In some places the queues stretched around the block.
Across the country, nearly everyone fantasized about how they would spend it if they were lucky enough to win the biggest Mega Millions jackpot of all time.
But the truth is: it's just not that easy to spend $656 million.
Many of the things you might spend the money on wouldn't be enjoyable, and might make you less happy than you were before you won.
Once the thrill subsides, the larger realities settle in.
I know that sounds crazy, but it's true.
Using my own tastes and preferences as an example, I'll explain what I mean. I'm comfortably well off, but nowhere near rich enough to "have everything."
The First Stop with My Mega Millions
The moment the check clears, baby, the first purchase is easy. I need a new car soon, and this would be the chance to get a real one.
The new model Bentley Mulsanne will set me back $329,000.
It was described by Top Gear, the British TV show, as "the archetypal Marmite car." For 70% of those who know what Marmite is, the immediate reaction of course is "Yuck!"
But listen, I'm British, I have the bizarre hidden gene that makes me like Marmite, and that's what Top Gear is saying – even though designed by Germans, it's the sort of car that especially appeals to Brits – very posh, old-fashioned looking interior, lots of leather and walnut, top speed of 185mph, but completely silent and effortless with it.
Brits have a fetish about this: not only do they want to be No. 1, but they want it to appear as though they got there entirely without raising a sweat. Very un-American, I know!
But that's about it for cars.
I don't want any of those million-dollar specialty Bugattis that do 300mph – my reaction speeds aren't quick enough.
Even with a mere Bentley, the nearest dealer is in New Jersey, about 90 miles from here, but I presume that if you pay them enough, they will come and pick the car up when it goes wrong.
I might be tempted by a 1938 Lagonda V12, with cocktail cabinet in the back seat. It's the car that made Hitler furious in 1939 when it set speed records on all the new German autobahns.
It would cost me about $1.5 million if I could find one- but God knows where the nearest place is to get a vintage Lagonda serviced!
Besides, I'll bet it's a bitch to drive – back then, Lagonda owners had a chauffeur.
Not all Its Cracked up To Be
The Lagonda example shows the snag in spending this kind of money – the upkeep costs and hassles can be horrendous.
Take real estate for example.
I might be attracted by a place in New York. Not a penthouse on Fifth Avenue – the real estate taxes are outrageous.
However a brownstone in the East Sixties could be appealing – you can pick one up for $10-15 million and brownstones get a special tax deal from New York City compared to apartments.
Even then though, buying a place in Manhattan would subject me to New York City income tax, which assuming I invested some of the $656 million, would be serious money.
I don't mind spending money, but even with $656 million I don't want to waste it – and paying the nation's highest income taxes to subsidize Mayor Michael Bloomberg's fantasies and the New York City unions counts as wasting it, in my view.
The other big real estate temptation would be a British country house.
Being "non-domiciled" (having been out of Britain now for 17 years) I can avoid paying British income taxes, provided I don't move there permanently, so there isn't a Bloomberg-type tax problem. Of course, British real estate prices are outrageous.
A "Downton Abbey" style house in a good part of the country would cost me $50-70 million. There would be two other problems.
First, except for a VERY few old aristocrats (who would probably snub nouveau-riche, lottery-winning me) owners of houses in that bracket are either Saudi princes or Russian oligarchs. NOT the sort of people I want to spend time with!
And second, labor-saving appliances don't save all the labor, so with a Downton Abbey-style house I need a Downton Abbey-level staff, all of whom would have to be managed. No fun at all — you might as well be middle management in a hotel chain.
Still, a modest country house, in the $10 million bracket in southern England, something built around 1700 but fully modernized, that could be cleaned and managed by ladies from the village, now that would be worth having.
It doesn't spend much of the $656 million, though.
Mega Millions Travel Miles
Then there's travel. As a former merchant banker, I've been most of the places I want to go, except oddly enough India and China.
If I went I wouldn't want to see the modern bits – Shanghai's skyscrapers are just like everybody else's skyscrapers – but I would like to see the leftovers from their civilizations. That would probably cost me about $150,000 each if I took the family and spent, say three weeks, in each country.
As for other places, I loved Egypt, but not in the present mess, thanks. My three favorite cities are Paris, Vienna and Singapore, and I'd certainly like to spend time in each.
Probably the real treat would be to attempt to eat at all the Guide Michelin 3-rosette restaurants in France – that would again cost me in the low six figures for the family as there are 26 of them.
That trip would probably kill me though, so better to do it last!
You see the problem.
As for boats, anyone who has owned a sailboat knows what a hassle they are – so I have to believe a $100 million yacht would be even worse.
I don't like the actual process of travelling either, so my limited number of favorite trips would not make much of a dent in the money – anyway, what would I do with the cats?
In reality, whether I took the money in a lump sum (about $355 million after tax) or in twenty-six annual installments of $19 million or so, I'd invest most of it.
That would make my son a trust fund kid, which might not be good for him.
$50 million? Yes, absolutely, where do I sign?
But $656 million? Maybe not.
Tomorrow, I'll tell you exactly how I would invest the $656 million if they made me accept their giant check.
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An Australian National University study has found that poor water quality in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities is likely behind the high intake of bottled drinks and cordials.
Examining the consumption of sugary drinks among infants and toddlers in these communities, lead author, Dr Katie Thurber (Research School of Population Health), quoted in ANU news, pointed to one likely culprit for this behaviour.
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While 50 percent of children, between the ages of zero and three, were found not to have drunk any sugary drinks, largely thanks to factors such as socioeconomic advantage and support from health services, the remaining number were high consumers of cordial (47 percent), soft drink (19 percent) and sweetened tea and coffee (13 percent).
This pattern of consumption was found to be higher in rural and remote communities than those based in urban centres, and points to the great deal of work that needs to be done to ensure that the affected families are given the same opportunities to make healthy choices, which will in turn bolster their oral and general health, as other Australians.
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A few days ago, I Will Teach You to Be Rich posted an article entitled Trent says The Scrooge Strategy is "short-sighted" — I respond with a challenge. The basic point of the post was that an average person is better off spending an hour eliminating their big bills instead of focusing on little frugal tips. For example, a person with $20,000 in credit card debt is better served spending an hour getting their interest rates reduced than they are spending an hour installing a programmable thermostat.
I don't dispute that argument a bit. Instead, my feeling is that a person is in the best shape of all if they take two hours and do both. The programmable thermostat won't be as big of a boon as the interest rate reductions would be, but if you can save $200 over two years from an hour's worth of work, you should definitely do that, too.
It's easy to focus on the five biggest financial drains in your life and take care of them. It's a great way to get started on turning your financial life around. However, if you simply shut off the spigot after dealing with those five things, you're missing out on a ton of things that are quite worthwhile.
I think that this "challenge" actually reveals several interesting things about personal finance.
First, there is a sizable group of people who really are only interested in the "big five" things. The only behavior that they're interested in changing in their lives is the behavior that can result in a large, very tangible, and very straightforward financial benefit. For people in this group, calling the credit card company to get a rate reduction that reduces the monthly payment by $50 is worthwhile, but replacing a light bulb that can save $0.50 a month isn't worthwhile. I think that Ramit is mostly speaking to this group.
There is also a sizable group that are interested in some degree of frugality. These are the people who are on board with the $0.50 a month saved due to a light bulb change, but they start to balk at things like rewashing Ziploc bags. For the most part, this group is governed by some form of "hourly rate" of frugality, whether they quantify it or not. Is this frugal act worth my time over the long haul? That's the key question for this group. I'm in this group, and I think quite a large portion of my audience is as well.
There's also a group of what I would call "frugality extremists." These are the Ziploc bag washers, the people who will gladly invest quite a bit of time to save a dollar or two. I find these people and their ideas interesting, but not necessarily applicable to my life.
I think people tend to go through a few big, general stages during their financial recovery. At first, people try the "big" things. They make a debt repayment plan. They make a budget. They get their interest rates reduced on their credit cards. They eliminate a few monthly bills. They set up some automatic savings and automatic investing plans. And, for some people, that's enough. These steps get their financial lives under some semblance of control, so they stop here, viewing further steps as an unnecessary incursion into their life.
Other people are empowered by reductions in their spending and continue to seek out smaller and smaller solutions. They tend to adopt what are traditionally called frugal tactics into their lives. They re-evaluate all of their spending carefully and start trimming the fat that they discover. They try things like shopping lists and installing new light bulbs and preparing meals at home and even things like making their own laundry detergent.
Eventually, people find a balance between the way they want to live their life and the desire to save more money. For some people, homemade laundry detergent is a step too far; for others, it's a great tactic.
At this point, people tend to start getting into good financial shape. Their net worth goes from negative to positive and they start building up some serious savings. They pay off their house. They start investing.
And eventually, they reach a point where they can make serious life decisions. They can jump to the career of their dreams. They can retire really early.
As you can see, there is no single path that everyone follows to financial success, but there are some milestones that many of us share. The "challenge," in my eyes, is simply figuring out that path for yourself. How far down the frugality path do you want to go? What are your dreams?
That, my friends, is the real challenge.


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The Oxford Dictionaries' recent crowning of "Selfie" as word of the year has thrust the Instagrammatic art form into the spotlight, sparking feverish debates about the limits of online narcissism and millennial shallowness. But the critiques are misplaced; selfies are only the latest trendy medium for a brand of self-absorption that's flourished well past our grandparents' generation. Today, Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig came to the form's defense. "When I'm on Instagram and I see that somebody took a picture of themselves, I'm like, 'Thank you,'" he told Rolling Stone, inviting "everybody" to take selfies at his funeral. "I don't need to see a picture of the sky, the trees, plants. There's only one you."
Koenig's right. Sure, selfies are narcissistic. But so what? They're plenty more interesting than the billionth sepia-toned sunset, and any self-depiction—online or otherwise—can be harrumphed about in the same crude terms. Millennials, despite their hysterical media depiction, didn't invent narcissism—they've just been given increasingly public channels for it. As Nathan Jurgenson incisively points out in a recent New Inquiry piece, "identity theater is older than Zuckerberg," and the very sort of narcissism that feeds selfies has similarly been thriving well before the Internet.
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When it was issued in 1856, it cost a penny. In 2014, this tiny square of faded red paper known as the one-cent magenta sold at Sotheby's for nearly $US9.5 million, the highest amount ever paid for a postage stamp at auction. Through the stories of the eccentric characters who have bought, owned and sold this stamp, The One-Cent Magenta weaves a fascinating tale of obsession to own a treasure that no one else can have.
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Animated Boehner: 'There's nothing complex about the Keystone Pipeline!'
House Speaker John Boehner became animated Tuesday over the proposed Keystone Pipeline, castigating the Obama administration for not having approved the project yet.
- Budget deficits shrinking but set to grow after 2015
- Senate readies another volley on unemployment aid
- Obama faces Syria standstill
- Fluke files to run in California
- Animated Boehner: 'There's nothing complex about the Keystone Pipeline!'
Bush's approval ratings have hit the lowest levels of his presidency despite a spate of economic data showing robust growth and a sharp increase in job creation, factors that would normally play to an incumbent president's benefit.
The rosy economic news has had to share billing with events half-a-world away in Iraq that are eroding the president's standing less than six months before he faces re-election, even though many voters say the economy is their top concern.
Pulitzer prize-winning cartoonist Matt Davies put it in pictures with Bush sitting in a dark cell of Iraq news as sunlight, representing economic news, streams through a barred window. "This is torture," the despondent Bush thinks.
"It's a little bit like having a toothache," Pew Research Center Director Andrew Kohut said of the public's focus on Iraq. "No matter how well things are going in other realms, you still have that toothache and that's all you think about."
Tensions in the Middle East are hitting home as well, by helping push up gasoline prices to record highs. Retailer Wal-Mart said last week rising energy costs have stripped $7 a week from the pockets of its average customer.
In the economic realm, things are clearly looking up. The U.S. economy has just turned in its strongest four quarters of growth in 20 years and decisive payroll gains have finally laid to rest the recovery's "jobless" label.
Poor marks on handling economy, too
But not only have Bush's overall approval ratings fallen, Americans' rating of his handling the economy is in the dumps. A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll last week found six in 10 Americans say the economy is heading for trouble.
Democratic pollster Peter Hart, who helped conduct the poll, said Americans seemed to be growing more worried about the economy as a whole and less about themselves. "The old 'me' economy is moving to the 'we' economy," he said.
Ruy Teixeira of the Center for American Progress, a liberal policy research group, said Americans by-and-large have yet to feel the rising economic tide, despite the economy's 4.9 percent growth over the past four quarters and the creation of 625,000 jobs in the past two months.
"People don't judge the economy on the basis of monthly releases of government statistics. They judge it based on how they're feeling it on the ground," he said.
Teixeira said Americans remain concerned about pocket-book issues, such as weak wage growth and deteriorating benefits, and said those worries need to ease for the president to get a big electoral boost from the economy.
Bush's Democratic challenger, Sen. John Kerry, has tried his best to capitalize on these issues, part of what his aides call "the middle-class squeeze" — a "squeeze" exacerbated by the recent increase in gasoline prices to record highs.
'They're feeling it at the gas pump'
"People feel that this is all precarious, and they're feeling it at the gas pump," said Curtis Gans, head of the nonpartisan Committee for the Study of the American Electorate.
A Pew poll last week put Bush's approval rating on economic issues at just 38 percent, a level Kohut said spells trouble for the president's re-election hopes.
He said that even if it were to rise, Bush would need "a little less noise out of Iraq" to enjoy the benefit.
Greg Valliere, an analyst at Schwab Soundview Capital Markets, said he sees the economy turning to Bush's benefit.
Still, he said it may not prove enough to overcome negatives from Iraq, particularly if the June 30 handover of sovereignty to an interim Iraqi government does not go well.
"Iraq is the bigger story. That's the great X factor," Valliere said.
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From Hollywood Life:
Katy Perry apparently had trouble satisfying Russell Brand's wild sexual urges, but John Mayer certainly isn't complaining! Instead, it's Katy's West Hollywood neighbors who are complaining, as the couple like to "have very loud sex, keep very late hours and like to turn up the tunes."
Oh my God—seriously an image I did not need in my head an hour before dinner. John Mayer? Bumping Katy Perry's ugly with his own ugly? And being loud about it? Sheesh. It's like an appetite suppressant and birth control all in one shot.
Also, so I used to have this friend who'd, like, have sex with guys and from the time that the pumping started 'til the time that the pumping stopped, she'd make a noise that … God. I don't even really know what you'd call it. It wasn't exactly a bleating noise, nor was it a wailing noise, it was … oh! It was this!:
Also, if you ask how I know this, it's because my friend liked to have sex in the other room. It wouldn't matter what other room, per se, as long as the room in question was adjacent to a room where people were partying, or studying, or trying to make a really difficult soufflé, because yes, that used to happen, too.
But that's what I would imagine Katy Perry's like in the sack. She's probably all flailing arms and "Eee! Eee! Eee!"


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Wednesday, 20 April 2016
Time: 19.00 – 21.00
Venue: Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit, 71 Avenue de Cortenbergh, 1000 Brussels
About the event:
Hungary is at odds with European democratic values, yet the EU has so far been unable to take action against the Hungarian government. Meanwhile Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán is making life increasingly difficult for civil society and the media while at the same time pocketing Forint by Forint and undermining democracy and the rule of law.
The moment when European Commission President Juncker jokingly greeted Hungary's Prime Minister and EPP colleague Viktor Orbán with the words "Hello, Dictator" embodies precisely this helpless paralysis.
What role can Liberals in Hungary play to break the cycle? How can European partners support Hungarian civil society and reform-oriented politicians?
Join us for a bowl of Goulash as Ulf Schlydt reads from his publication "'Hello Dictator!' Hungary under Viktor Orbán" to discuss the current state of affairs in Hungary with our Hungarian experts.
Håvard Sandvik, European Affairs Manager, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom
Reading by
Ulf Schyldt, Editor, "Hello, Dictator!"
Comments by
Zoltán Kész, Member of the Hungarian Parliament
Réka Csaba, Researcher, Republikon Institute, Hungary
Caroline Haury
Programme Manager
Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom
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Paint night is one of the best ways to unleash your inner Picasso. Painting is a great getaway. With every stroke of the brush across the canvas, you release out nervousness, negativity and anything else that is pulling you down. Art allows you to imbibe positivity into your life.
My motivation for Paint Night
My main motive to conduct Paint night was to build a community around art. With the help of this community, I want people to have a happier perspective towards life and art.
After shala camp, I had many adults come up to me requesting something similar for them. I was confused about whether to organize a boot camp, but then paint night seemed more like it.
Their requests boosted my moral to go forward and spread the love for art among people.
Why only Gold Foil?
Generally, acrylic colors are the easiest to work with during such short timespan. But, that would be something they could learn from anywhere. I wanted to take their skills a notch higher, that's the reason I added gold foil to the picture. This technique was pretty new to them. At first, the ones who were beginners became quite nervous. But I assured them to the fullest, that this wouldn't be a bumpy ride.
About the Event
We posted the event online on Thursday evening, within 24 hours we received an overwhelming response. We had limited seats for ten students, but overnight we received thirty-two signups. Doing an event on such a large scale would not have been possible, as it would have been a time-consuming process. However, we still accommodated twelve people.
The event was carried out in BoardWalk Clubhouse, on 13th April 2019.
Material Used
A good artist is deciphered by how well prepared they are. Before the event began, I was ready to say showtime. My setup was all ready to start.
I bought a 12X16 inch canvas and gold foil from Amazon. Whereas, the brushes and paints were from Walmart. Rest of the matt, paper cups, paint cups, plates, and color plates were from dollar tree.
We are glad about how the session went by. The energy in the room after the session end was something else. We are thrilled how art can spread glee. All we saw was happy faces everywhere. People came up to us they wanted to when the next Paint Night would be.
The thing that gave me immense joy was confessions. Some of the folks confessed their nervousness about being a beginner and hesitant towards this art form. My technique helped them overcome their fear and create something worthy of being in their display. I try my level best to teach things with utmost simplicity, and when it works there is no one happier than me.
Obstacles along the way
The session was scheduled to begin at 6:15 pm and end at 7:45 pm. But some people couldn't make it on time, so we had a delayed start at 6:40 pm. Maybe it was the weekend that's what caused the delay.
That day the sunset was scheduled for 8 pm. I didn't expect the session would get this delayed. After 8 pm we had to use external lighting which was yellowish. Yellow light doesn't let you see the exact color. There is no match for daylight, but in its absence, we prefer using white light.
Quick fix
We managed to adjust the spotlight to get the desired lighting.
The second most challenging part was deciding the artform. My first choice was abstract. Abstract paintings are the most free form of expression. An abstract allows you to make something random out of colors. It gives you the freedom to express your emotions.
But, it is something the majority of us can do. I wanted to add something that requires skill and expertise. That's where I ended up with Gold Foil.
My Learnings
Always expect the unexpected. I've learnt how to cope with pressure and delays better. In the end, it's about what you have achieved and what you have learned. And all that ends well is well.


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WOLVES picked up their first point in the Barclaycard Premiership but Teddy Sheringham missed a golden chance to send Portsmouth back to the top at Molineux today.
The former England striker prodded a 72nd-minute chance straight at the legs of Paul Butler from point-blank range with Wolves keeper Michael Oakes beaten.
However, Wolves deserved to end their run of three defeats after a dour struggle which proved too much for Pompey boss Harry Redknapp.
Redknapp was sent to the stands by referee Andy D'Urso shortly after the hour for complaining about a challenge which left his striker Yakubu Ayegbini on the deck.
Redknapp will also have been aggrieved about the five Pompey bookings dished out by D'Urso in a tough but never malicious clash of these top-flight new boys.
Henri Camara had posed the Manchester United defence problems on Wednesday night and took just a minute of his home debut to run rings around Dejan Stefanovic in the Pompey defence.
But for all his good work Camara once again failed to find the killer touch which would have sent his side into the two-week Premiership break in even better spirits.
Pompey looked more threatening going forward and showed commitment, but on the evidence of this display it is to the bottom of the table and not the top they will be looking come the New Year.
Sheringham missed his first chance in the 10th minute when he hit a low right-footed shot inches wide of Michael Oakes's left-hand post.
Sheringham also got in the way of Nigel Quashie's effort in the 17th minute and Patrik Berger headed an Ayegbini cross weakly wide with Boris Zivkovic waiting behind him to surely score just before half time.
For Wolves there were chances for Camara, Nathan Blake and Paul Ince, but no one could break the deadlock in the first half.
D'Urso's whistle came to dominate an increasingly scrappy second half and the list of Pompey names in his notebook proved too much for Redknapp, who was sent to the stands after the fourth official had alerted D'Urso.


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Video trailer
Nani (Voice)
Additional Voices (voice)
Lilo Pelekai (voice)
Elena (voice)
David Kawena (voice)
Pleakley (voice)
Dr. Jumba Jookiba (voice)
Stitch (voice)
Kumu (voice)
Additional Voices (voice)
Now, we find the rowdy extraterrestrial getting used to life with his new ohana. However, a malfunction in the ultimate creation of Dr. Jumba soon emerges, which reinstates his destructive programming and threatens to both ruin his friendship with Lilo and to short him out for good!
Original titleLilo & Stitch 2: Stitch has a Glitch
IMDb Rating6.3 8,995 votes
TMDb Rating6.5 votes


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1 Blessed feasts of blessed martyrs,
Holy women, holy men,
With our love and admiration,
Greet we your return again.
Worthy deeds are theirs, and wonders,
Worthy of the name they bore;
We, with joyful praise and singing,
Honor them for evermore.
2 Faith prevailing, hope unfailing,
Loving Christ with single heart,
Thus they, glorious and victorious
Bravely bore the martyr's part
By contempt of every anguish,
By unyielding battle done;
Victors at the last, they triumph
With the host of angels one.
3 Therefore, all that reign in glory,
Strong and sure with Christ on high,
Join to ours your supplication
When before him we draw nigh,
Praying that, this life completed,
All its fleeting moments past,
By his grace we may be worthy
Of eternal bliss at last.