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Cast list announced for Seussical
Date Posted: 30/10/12
The cast for the lively and colourful production Seussical has been announced ahead of the show's start date in December.
Set in the weird and wonderful world of Dr Seuss, the show features music from Stephen Flaherty and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, with performances starting on Tuesday, December 4th.
The tour runs until Sunday, January 6th and those who go see the show as part of theatre breaks in London will be able to catch a whole host of theatrical talent on show.
Included in the cast list are the likes of Kirsty Marie Ayers, Jessica Parker, Clark Devlin, Natalie Green, Joe Morrow and Philip Scutt who will join Joe McCourt, Mathew Waters, Amy Punter, Tanya Shields and Jennifer Low for the show, which takes place at the Arts theatre.
With characters such as Horton The Elephant, Jojo and Mayzie La Bird, the show offers real fun for all the family, perfect for the festive period.
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A very good friend of mine from Florida sent me this stamp so of course I had to use it for her birthday card.
As my mojo is definitely on vacation I went with a simple design that hopefully showcases the gorgeous image.
Image: "aw shucks, Lulu" unity stamps
Sentiment: "label maker" MFT stamped in "blu raspberry ink" also MFT
Enamel Dots: eyelet outlet
Paper: "tangerine" MME
Dies: "mini scalloped rectangle stax" MFT
Skin - E000, 00, 11, 95
Hair - N8, 6
Dress - RV14, 13, 11
Hat - BG13, 11, R14, 24, 27
Leggings - R27, BG13

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Illinois' bicentennial beer has a name: 1818 Prairie State Farmhouse Ale.
The beer, made by Hand of Fate brewing in Petersburg, will be available statewide throughout 2018 as part of the Illinois' 200th birthday celebration. The name was announced at a bicentennial kickoff event during the weekend.
Hand of Fate founder and head brewer Mike Allison has described the beer as an "Illinois farmhouse ale" that is made with hops grown at Hallowed Hops Farm in Lewistown, an earthy saison yeast strain from Omega Yeast Labs in Chicago, and grains typically grown in Illinois: corn, wheat, oats and barley.
Hand of Fate was picked among 19 Illinois breweries to make the bicentennial beer after winning a contest at the state fair this past summer.
The beer, an approachable 5.5 percent alcohol, is already on tap at Hand of Fate. It will get a significant push across the state in both cans and on draft during the yearlong lead-up to Illinois' 200th anniversary of statehood Dec. 3, 2018. It will then be discontinued.
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I haven't been writing on here bc my computer died awhile ago! I'm so excited to find the WordPress app!!! This will make posting ten times easier.
Since my last post I have accomplished my first half marathon and already signed up for my second.
I'd like to post my training plan and keep myself accountable this time.
Training started last week and the half is April 13th!!!
This weeks training
Monday- cross train (Jillian ripped video)
Tues- 3 miles
Wed- 2 miles
Thurs- 2 miles
Friday ❤- rest (still wanna walk at least one mile)
Saturday – 5 miles
Sunday- 2 easy miles
I have def come to a stand still with my weight loss. I think it's important to still lose to hopefully make my running journey a lil easier. I struggle with emotional and over eating and am looking for ways to work on these issues! More info to come 🙂


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Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 10:42AM
August 9, 2012 — Before a jam-packed and wily house at Busby's East, a gem-filled and hilarious night celebrating the launch of Simon Rich's new novel took a sharp turn towards the moving, and ended with Sarah Thyre's proxy Isaac outdueling Oriana Small (a.k.a. Ashley Blue, author of Girlvert) in an Olympic-themed Literary Triathlon that won Thyre the LDM LA, Ep. 12 crown.


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A series of Vertical Scrolling Shooter games made by Compile. Most of the Aleste games received North American and/or European release but were renamed to hide the connection.
- Aleste (Sega Master System and MSX2, 1988; titled Power Strike outside Japan)
- Aleste 2 (MSX2, 1989)
- Aleste Gaiden (MSX2, 1989)
- Musha Aleste: Fullmetal Fighter Ellinor (Sega Genesis, 1990; released outside Japan as M.U.S.H.A.: Metallic Uniframe Super Hybrid Armor)
- GG Aleste (Game Gear, 1991)
- Super Aleste (SNES, 1992; released in North America as Space Megaforce)
- Dennin Aleste: Nobunaga and his Ninja Force (Sega CD, 1992; released outside Japan as Robo Aleste)
- Power Strike II (Sega Master System, 1993; released only in Europe and Australia; different game from below)
- GG Aleste II: Lance Bird (Game Gear, 1993; released in Europe as Power Strike II)


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By La PoasaSamoa News Staff
Two TCF escapees are scheduled to appear today at the District Court for their preliminary examination hearing in connection with their escape from jail late December of last year. The inmates, Sione Muliaga and Suisape Tavete, are each facing escape from commitment and property damage in the first degree. They made their initial appearance in District Court on Tuesday.
The charges against the two stem from an incident that allegedly occurred on Dec. 28, 2006. On this day, at about 6:30 a.m., a TCF officer reported seeing a large hole in the wall of one of the cells. The hole was created by the two inmates, the government's case claims. When confronted by police, Muliaga admitted to a police officer that he and Tavete had made the hole in the wall, then left the jail building by that hole, climbed the fence to exit the facility, and then gone to Fagaima.
Muliaga said there, they met Muliaga's father, who drove them around for a while before dropping them off at Lions Park, from where they returned to their assigned cell in reverse order of their path of escape.
Tavete admitted to the TCF warden that he had created the hole in the wall of Cell No. 4 of Bravo Unit. He did not admit leaving the facility, but he was seen outside of the 'hole' by three inmates whose names are being withheld for their protection, the government's case said. According to Warden Moliga, the wall will have to be reconstructed (rebar and concrete) at a cost of more than $1,000.
At today's hearing, the district court judge will determine whether the government has sufficient evidence to bound the charges against the two over to the High Court for trial or other disposition.
Both defendants remain in jail as they are currently serving felony convictions. They are being represented by the Public Defender's Office. Each charge of escape from commitment and property damage in the first degree is punishable by a jail term of up to five years, a fine of $5,000, or both.
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Prison Break
At first I was not excited to be living near the Tafuna Correctional Facility THE territory prison,but after reading this gem in Samoa News, my fears are gone. I swear, you can't make this stuff up.
I am not sure why they would need to make a hole, because most of the time the front gate in unlocked. Click here for more great stories about our local jail.
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Im Sorry to ask, but are you a prisoner? I just want to ask you a few questions about my school work.
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The 'Call the Shots' video series from Ballantine's Golf Club lets golf enthusiasts get the vicarious experience of playing the stately game like a professional. Enlisting the help of six-time Ryder Cup winner Paul McGinley and filmed at two Scottish links courses, the videos allow users to decide on McGinley's strategy for three different holes.
In 'Call the Shots' three videos, McGinley begins at the tee and users control his decision-making process up until the final putt, acting as his virtual caddie. To maximize the variations in the videos' shots, they include a par three, a par four and a par five. Furthermore, depending on a user's choices, one might (force McGinley to) encounter hazards like sand traps, deep rough and water.
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Zvjezdan Ružić in Zagreb's Vip club on the International Jazz Day
Award winning jazz pianist Zvjezdan Ružić will be performing in the Vip club, Zagreb, on April 30th, the International Jazz […]
Porin award for best jazz single
Zvjezdan Ružić won a Porin award for best jazz single "Moreška."
Zvjezdan Ružić, pianist, arranger and composer was born on 21 June 1988 in Rijeka, Croatia. He graduated in jazz piano at the Kärntner Landeskonservatoriumu (Austria) in the class of Prof. Rob Bargad (SAD).
In 2015 Zvjezdan released his debut album "The Knightingale Cabaret" – a project where respected jazz musicians from Croatia and Slovenia were gathered; Lenart Krečič, Vojkan Jocić, Tomaž Gajšt, Luka Veselinović, Adriano Bernobić & Alba Nacinovich.


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I had tried to use a metalic thread to quilt but the thread kept breaking. I think I have read about a needle for metalic threads, I will have to investigate. I used lots of fancy stitches to quilt although they don't show in my pictures, you know the ones your machine has that you never use. I have done some signature blocks (but not trimmed them yet, I thought I would leave that till last) also from oriental fabrics, but I need to shop for more fabric before I can make anymore blocks.
These blocks are made from the jelly roll we were given for christmas at Rocheberie I need to make two more blocks then think about sashing and borders, another shopping trip needed as I have not got a fabric stach to speak of, I keep using it up.


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Our first time long hours in Kidzania, I have got my passport too! Mommy bought me a necklace pouch to use. I love it as I love blue color and I can keep sake my money and passport inside.
Namely some jobs done by me today and I can't say it all as I love them so much I can't wait to go back again.
- Fireman
- Journalist
- Window Cleaner
- Pilot
- Surgeon
- Paramedic
- Health researcher
- Made chocoloate
Couldn't recall all of it...


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I got five new friends this weekend! They're great, we're all watching tv on the computer right now (although it's difficult to not knock them of the keyboard while typing) Well, let me explain... they're not people-friends, but they're awesome. They're caterpillars! (Okay I get it, you can stop making that face). But uh, here's some sketches and pictures. More to come.
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Recipe: Fast, tasty, easy family pasta
Fast, easy, tasty - what more can you ask for of recipes the whole family will love? Claire and Lucy McDonald have got it sorted
- Heat the oven to 180°C.
- First, roast the tomatoes. Cut them in half, toss them with olive oil and salt and pepper in a bowl, so they are evenly coated, and then spread them out in a lined roasting tin. (We have only just started making the effort to line roasting tins and it does make washing up much easier.)
- Roast them until they are lightly charred and sweet – about 40 minutes.
- Around 10 minutes before you want to
eat, cook the pasta according to the packet instructions. Drain it, reserving a ladleful of cooking water for the sauce. Transfer back to the saucepan and keep warm.
- When the tomatoes are roasted, add them to the pasta with the pine nuts, half the Parmesan and the ladleful of the pasta water.
- Stir until everything is evenly coated, tear the basil and add it to the pan with some salt and pepper. Serve with the remaining Parmesan cheese.
Serves 4
- 500g cherry tomatoes
- Olive oil 400g pasta (penne is nice)
- 50g toasted pine nuts
- 100g grated Parmesan cheese
- Basil leaves
- Salt and pepper
Tip: Roasting the tomatoes gives them a sweet smokiness. The bursts of sweet cherry tomatoes are wonderful, but you could use bigger tomatoes, chopped.
Recipe courtesy of: The Crumbs Family Cookbook
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So, I chose my can my shaking them all and deciding to eat the most interesting sounding can. "G" made a moist squelch-thump, so obviously that was for me! I laid it out on the kitchen counter so I wouldn't forget (like I would, this is so exciting).
I had some time to kill before dinner, so I did what I always do. Incessantly play WoW, do drugs and catch birds in nets. You might think I'm joking, but two of the three I actually did today. Mike probably did something physical and handy like weld old metal into a bench or something.
Eventually, we decided it was time to eat. The night's menu? Chicken topped with spinach souffle and bowtie pasta. And the wetly-smacking tinned delight that awaited us. What's this? Seems to me that someone doesn't think whatever lives in this can is fit for human consumption.
So, time to crack that can and see what treasures await me. What will be inside? I'm half-hoping for a cheeseburger or a log of meat. I don't want chicken! Help me, can, whose top tells me to follow the cooking directions on the missing label! This is what whumped out at me.
Smells spicy, kind of sweet. Moist and heavy. Brown with darker brown inclusions.
Imagine a fig newton. Or like 30 fig newtons wetted down with warm tap water, beaten to a paste, slimed into a can, then steamed in that can. I might also be way off base and this is actually ground up mummies. You know what, G? I don't care if you're ground up mummies, you taste like soggy newton and you're great. You'll be dessert!
Mike went about heating his dinner while I decided I was going to be a little bitch and not eat any chicken, meaning I needed to cut up two slices of American cheese and eat my bowties with that and delicious Ragu.
OMG that dinner was bangin'! I can't wait for my delicious desert! We're fancy around here, so I decided to serve my spicy mummy-loaf warm. Warm from the microwave, that is. Onto a paper plate it went.
I stood with my nose pressed up against the microwave window in anticipation. After what might be considered the most excruciating one minute and fifteen seconds of my life, it was finally done. A cloud of cloying steam issued forth from the mouth of the microwave, and when it cleared it seemed that the loaf had shrunk a bit. Deflated? Gave up? I needed to embarrass it further by dividing it in two. It didn't cut so much as it smashed down to the point where there was no loaf left between the halves. Some pieces did crumble off. I'm not sure how it did that, because it sure as hell isn't dry.
It left quite the greasy stain on that paper plate. The kind where it becomes translucent. Which lead me to decide that a dessert this high-class needs to look the part. Whipped cream and "dandy daisy" sprinkles.
Then immediately:
It's sweet and sticks to your teeth to the point where I'm not swallowing anything, but it doesn't taste bad really. Fig newton, but cake-y and dense...like a fruit cake. I soldiered on, even though by about the third bite I really didn't want any more of it.
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On Wednesday, police stated that a pizza chef that was killed during the attack at a popular café in Dhaka last week was likely working with the assailants.
Last Friday, in one of the most deadly attacks to ever occur in Bangladesh, at least five men stormed the Holey Artisan Bakery. The café is a known hot spot for those traveling from out of the country, including businessmen and diplomats. In total, 20 customers lost their lives. Those who died were of varying nationalities, including Italians, Indians, and Americans.
According to Monirul Islam, the chief of counter-terrorism police, during the 12 hour hostage situation the pizza chef, Saiful Islam Chowkidar, was apparently seen "moving and running" with the five gunmen, but carried no firearms, himself.
According to Reuters, Islam was quoted as saying that,
"At one point they (militants) tried to escape. They came out running and started firing, the chef was with them… He is a suspect member of this group."
However, Chowkidar is not the only employee of the café that is believed to have been working with assailants. Police have stated that two other suspects, a delivery man and one of the kitchen staff, are being treated in hospital.
The attack is the latest in a string of violent attacks to occur in Bangladesh, as al Qaeda and the Islamic State increase their hold on the region. However, the Bangladeshi government maintains that the violence is not the result of an outside group, but, rather, is homegrown.
In an effort to reconcile these competing claims, the police have speculated that the attack was done by Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) — a domestic terrorist group that has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State.


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Sparkler Entertainment ("National Treasure") has acquired feature rights to the "Manchurian Candidate"-style series of political action thriller novels by TV producer Gary Grossman says Variety.
The story follows Defense Intelligence Agency man Scott Roarke who has suspicions about Teddy Lodge, a Democratic congressman who's wife was mistakenly assassinated and capitalised on that to become the U.S. President. The secret lies with the Libyan assassin and the organisation behind him.
The plan is to turn the books, including "Executive Actions," "Executive Treason" and an upcoming third novel, into a potential franchise.


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Today we went to McLaine's new GI doctor. I couldn't stand the old one. I felt like he didn't listen and he was also unreliable. That can be very annoying when you have as many doctor visits as McLaine does. It's very important that our doctors be pretty on schedule and don't cancel us so that we can make our other appointments. So, we only ended up seeing her old GI one time. He was an hour and a half late. For her follow up, they called the day before to see if we'd change our appointment time. We couldn't and the next morning (the day of the appointment) they called and cancelled on us saying the doctor was "ill." So needless to say, I no longer wanted to go to him.
The new GI we went to today was awesome! He was very nice and I didn't feel rushed despite the fact that he had just taken over this practice 2 days ago and had a waiting room full of people! I spoke to him about wanting to try McLaine on Erythromycin. He said that that was exactly what he had wanted to reccommend to me and thought it was a great idea. Erythromycin is an antibiotic that acts as a motility drug. Basically it will help her digestive muscles work more efficiently, thereby helping her reflux and constipation. Hopefully this will work so that McLaine can get more exercise time without throwing up her food! (Right now she has to spend most of her time on an incline or being held so that she keeps her food down! She's also been rejecting her bottle and sometimes even her solid food this week. I'm on the fence on whether it's teething or a reflux flare up. Fingers crossed!
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For example, with a 3 x 3 grid you have 9 choices for the right answer. Each correct answer earns you points. When time expires, you'll automatically jump to the next level, based on your automatic level settings (e.g.,45 seconds, 30 seconds, or 15 seconds).
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Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Sashing Progress
This week I cut some long wide strips of most of the quilt's solid colors and threw them up on the design wall without much thought. Then I started chopping them up adding narrower strips here and there as well as some squares/rectangles.
My main objective is to introduce long horizontal lines to contrast with the short vertical lines of the rows of printed coins without overpowering the printed rows. I'm taking a lesson from Kaja's style of piecing by making small sections without joining them all together at once. For example, the row I chopped up has 7 sections. I'll wait to join them until I have the other rows laid out so that I can tweak placement if I need to. I'm a little uncertain about that area with the pink/salmon strip and curry square. I might lengthen the pink/salmon strip and put the curry square somewhere else (or maybe reverse them), but we'll see how they look after I get a few more rows made. I think the dark brown will play just a small role--a tiny square/rectangle here and there. It is so much darker than the other fabrics that it tends to want to take over when it's cut bigger, but I do like how it keeps my eye moving around.
Meanwhile, I'll keep putting this puzzle together without a guide, or maybe I should say, model. I do have a guide in my general objective. I'm using a ruler and keeping those little inserted strips about the same width, but otherwise my ruler is merely a straight-edge, not a strict measuring tool. It's really quite fun!
I still want to make a few changes to the outer edges of some of the printed rows to balance them out a bit, but I'll wait until I have more of the sashing done before I do that.
I'm linking up with Kaja at Sew Slowly and Ann at Fret Not Yourself. Either link will take you to the party. Go check them out, and see what fun other quilters are having with improv. I'm going to do the same, even though there are two squirrels of the quilty variety jumping up and down in front of me. I doubt I'll resist them for much longer. More on those later...
9 comments:
- Quiltdivajulie said...
Totally understand about those noisy squirrels! I really like what you are doing with the alternate rows for your coins -- keep going!!!
- May 23, 2017 at 8:11 PM
- PaulaB quilts said...
Those long blocks are definitely alternate blocks. What else could they be? You are,smart to hold off on stitching the rows until you are finished or totally satisfied. Great going with a wonderful color palette.
- May 23, 2017 at 10:30 PM
- Linda @ kokaquilts said...
This is lookin gso exciting! I love your overall colour combo and I those tiny 'pops' of dark brown are effective, a nice contrast against the lighter tones.
- May 24, 2017 at 12:31 AM
- Sharon said...
I like what you're doing with your sashing/alternate rows. I agree with your assessment. The pink/curry area needs something more done. I think they shouldn't both be the same size as they are about the same value. And you're right about the brown - little bits of it for an accent are great but I wouldn't do much bigger than that. I don't know why this wouldn't qualify for the two-block challenge! It's really looking good - keep going!
- May 24, 2017 at 2:10 AM
- Kaja said...
Wow, this is looking good! I like the idea of adding these horizontal rows- it's already very effective - and like those little brown squares too. You are right about them moving the eye around. Thanks for linking up with AHIQ; I am finding this a really interesting project to follow.
- May 24, 2017 at 2:43 AM
- Linda said...
I love that you are taking your time and having fun too! So interesting and pretty. :)
- May 24, 2017 at 11:26 AM
- KaHolly said...
Oh, yes! Looking great!
- May 24, 2017 at 6:41 PM
- Monica said...
I really liked this last time you shared it, and it is looking great with those sherbet solids in the sashing. Carry on!
- May 24, 2017 at 11:12 PM
- Ann said...
I love the salmon and curry together but they definitely overpower the rest of the quilt. I'd move the salmon to the right since there's another salmon below it currently. This is a beautiful mix of prints and solids. Most intriguing. And you're making a two-block combination here. Time does slip away; so many more quilts to make. Thanks for linking your thoughtful post with AHIQ. You add so much to the conversation.
- May 25, 2017 at 8:40 AM


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If you missed the first two games of this series, they were absolute nail-biters between the Boston Red Sox and the Baltimore Orioles. The Sox erased a five-run deficit in the first contest to win in extra innings, followed by another win in extras for Boston. With Chris Sale opposing Wade Miley, the final game of this set may not be so close, currently reflected in the money line for the Sox (-187).
In 149 innings pitched, Miley has struggled to a 5.32 ERA and a 12.3% walk-rate, with a 5.01 SIERA telling us he really hasn't been great. Even worse, in 25 starts since May 1st, Miley has recorded a double-digit swinging-strike rate only four times. Not only is he not getting a ton of swings and misses, but righties are also blasting him for a .372 wOBA, a 31.5% hard-hit rate, and 1.54 homers per nine innings pitched.
If there's one dude on the Red Sox that can launch a tater or two, it's Mookie Betts.
Betts has been fantastic this season, and he has enjoyed a lot of success against southpaws, racking up a .370 wOBA, a 34.3% hard-hit rate, and a 38.0% fly-ball rate. He is expensive at $4,500, as we might expect, so we need to search for some value bats in order to fit him in.
Dustin Pedroia ($3,200) makes for a great top-of-the-order option, and has been sensational with the platoon advantage in 2017 -- he's recorded a .397 wOBA, 31.4% hard-hit rate and 32.6% fly-ball rate against them (just make sure he's in the lineup). For a very cheap option, check out Sam Travis ($2,000), as he's socked lefties for a .445 wOBA and 1.031 OPS.
While not a righty, Rafael Devers ($3,300) has enjoyed hitting off lefties in the big leagues, and could give you some contrarian exposure. In 48 plate appearances, he's ripped 'em for a 213 wRC+.
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Sunday, September 5, 2010
Not knowing what to do
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You already know what you want to do and you already have the time for it. I think its just a matter of fear of not knowing what will happen. Which is normal for people like us.ReplyDelete
If you want to run an empire though, you have to get working now. :) And work for yourself.
Thanks man for reminding meReplyDelete
hey, bro. louis! i was browsing through your profile and i found out that you have so many blogs. that sounds crazy to me hehe..anyway, i'm sure there will always be something in store for you. you just really have to open up your mind and heart and yes, conquer those doubts and fear. you can do that. :) you have everything you need around you. trust HIM. :)ReplyDelete
Thanks sis sana nga po... in time all will be well... probably I am just being tested...ReplyDelete
I think if you can find work there then you should. I don't thin going back to the Philippines is a good idea.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the advice Layla. Well Philippine sis my home that is why I still would like to go back there and make a difference...ReplyDelete
Hola Louis, alam mo ganyan din ako madami pang gusto gawin sa buhay pero parang madami hadlang at mga pagsubok. Pero hindi ako nawawalang ng pag-asa iyon ang ginagamit ko para maabot lahat ng pangarap kung anuman ang mangyari mahalaga kinakaya ko at sinubukan. Alam ko hindi ka NIYA pababayaan dahil maganda ang layunin mo. God bless you...=)ReplyDelete
Salamat po Little Mermaid.... in God's time all will fall into its proper places...ReplyDelete


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Charlie Kaufman -- who has written the screenplays for such merrily mind-bending films as "Being John Malkovich," "Adaptation" and "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" -- isn't so much a trickster as a hide-and-seek artist.
His films, however odd their premise may seem at first, are never about getting lost but about being found. They are not mysteries but anti-mysteries. The pleasure they are meant to give is in their explanations. You don't get fleeting clues but fleets of clues. You leave the theater not wondering but knowing. Kaufman's the comic anti-Kafka for a Kafkaesque age.
His wit once more runs rampant in Kaufman's intriguing "Theater of the New Ear," which opened the UCLA Live season Wednesday night at Royce Hall. The show consists of two "original sound plays set to live music by Carter Burwell."
Film stars -- Hope Davis, Peter Dinklage, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan, Meryl Streep, David Thewlis -- seated on stools, casually dressed, read radio playlets from scripts. Marko Costanzo, a foley artist, creates sound effects, which is a show in its own right. Burwell conducts an excellent chamber ensemble, Parabola, on stage as well.


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For the record, I did make it to the capitol on Saturday for World Wide Knit In Public Day. However, I got there late and things were winding down when I got there.
I did do some work on Kiri. The above picture is where I was when I left. The picture below is what I had when I arrived.
Basically, I frogged to my lifeline, knit two rows and realized there was still a mistake.
I did get to see Lynn in her roped shell. She substituted linen for silk, making it a good pick for summer.
I also had a refreshing snowcone made with margarita mix.
Once I determined I still had a mistake in Kiri, I decided it was time to head to the Gauge for the after party.
At Gauge I got one of the cool new shirts and had some of the matching cupcakes. (Laura is modeling both.)
Lynn helped me with Kiri, where we determined that that mistake occurred somewhere before the lifeline.
Since she has more lace experience than I do, I asked Lynn what she would do (WWLD) and she said she would use more stitch markers.
Considering I didn't have a time machine, we decided it was time to frog. Lynn helped me take another one of those 15 second videos.
In case you can't tell, the yarn breaks at the very beginning of the video. You can't see my face, but it's almost as if you can see the depair in my hands.
I decided Kiri needed to go into time out. That's when I started the Emergency Back Up Scarf.
When I got home, I decided I needed something easy, quick and knit with yummy yarn.
I used my Noro Silk Garden Chunky that I got at Wildfiber and cast on a chunky Noro Striped Scarf.
I haven't given up on Kiri, but I'm giving it some time to sit and think before I take it out of time out.
Monday, June 16, 2008
World Wide Knit In Public Day
Posted by Sally Comes Unraveled at 11:03 PM
Labels: Chunky Striped Scarf, Gauge Knits, kiri, knitting, mistake, WWKIP Day
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Please don't give up on Kiri! You put so much time and effort into planning it. A little rest and you'll be able to tackle it!
Sandra Singh
- June 19, 2008 at 7:37 AM
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Russell McClintock's recent post in the NY Times Opinionator blog (here http://nyti.ms/gtfF4a ) about Senator Stephen Douglas reminded me that Henry Brown Richardson had been a Douglas Democrat before he went to Louisiana. McClintock writes about Douglas's energetic efforts to avoid secession, and within that context, his support for Lincoln:
For both patriotic and political reasons, the Democratic senator had decided that his best course lay in a conspicuous display of public support for the incoming Republican administration — and in making himself a critical player in the last-ditch efforts to avoid civil war.
Douglas's change was jarring for many observers; for years, and especially over the last several months, the belligerent, free-swinging senator had been blunt in asserting that the Republicans, with their irrational, reckless belief in racial equality and their self-righteous, moralistic attacks on Southern society, were no less to blame for the growing sectional crisis than the fire-eating Southern radicals. The previous August, referring to Andrew Jackson's ferocious response to South Carolina's defiance of federal law three decades earlier, Douglas had linked extremists on both sides of the slavery question with disunion when he thundered, "I wish to God we had an Old Hickory now alive, in order that he might hang Northern and Southern traitors on the same gallows."
Yet Douglas was no fire-eater himself: his overriding goal was to save the Union, and to him, the only effective way to do this was through compromise. "I will not meditate war, nor tolerate the idea," he pronounced in a fiery speech in early January 1861, "until every effort at peaceful adjustment shall have been exhausted, and the last ray of hope shall have deserted the patriot's heart." His reasoning captured the fears of millions, North and South: "War is disunion, certain, inevitable, irrevocable disunion. I am for peace to save the Union."
Henry claimed to have little or no interest in politics, but his letters showed consistent sympathy for "The Little Giant" until the final months of 1860. He was probably circumspect about expressing these views in Louisiana, because many in the South considered Douglas to be a traitor. "The Little Giant" had incurred Southern enmity by his consistent support of the principle that local sovereignty must determine whether a territory or a state should be slave or free. Thus, according to his Freeport Doctrine, the Dred Scott decision could not be enforced in a territory opposed to slavery, because its citizens would never permit the exercise of police power necessary to support the peculiar institution. His ultimate act of "treason", however, came in 1858, when he led Congress to refuse admission of Kansas to the Union as a slave state, following a constitutional convention and referendum in that territory, which were tainted by fraud and misrepresentation.
Henry was a solid supporter of States Rights including the right to secede from the Union, but as one would expect from a Douglas Democrat, he doubted at first that secession was a wise policy. As secession fever swept the South, however, Henry, too, was caught up in the same current, and by mid April of 1861 found himself to be a committed citizen soldier of the Confederacy.
Henry was probably an ideal candidate for conversion to the Confederate cause, and the story of this conversion is treated in detail in my forthcoming book.


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The director of new film Open Bethlehem, Leila Sansour, will take part in a question and answer session after the film is screened at Hebden Bridge Picture House tonight, February 12 (7.45pm).
Open Bethlehem follows renowned Palestinian film-maker Leila Sansour's extraordinary ten year journey as she captures Bethlehem as it has never been seen before.
Armed with a camera and a family car that keeps breaking down, she sets out to make an intimate portrait of a historical town in peril.
Drawing from over 700 hours of original footage and some rare archive material, this remarkable film shows the "little town" through the eyes of one of its oldest Christian families.
The 90-minute film will be followed by a Q&A session lasting around 45 minutes with the film's director Leila Sansour, introduced by the Mayor of Hebden Royd, Coun Jonathan Timbers.
Leila Sansour is an acclaimed film maker with an unconventional portfolio.
She is the founder and spokesperson of Open Bethlehem, an organisation that works to bring international commitment to the resolution of the Israeli/Palestinian question using Bethlehem as a gateway into the situation.
She is a well known speaker on issues of the Middle East.
She has written articles and given talks at the British parliament, Amnesty International and many other venues.
Otherwise at the cinema this week Maryl Streep and James Corden star in Into The Woods (7.45pm each day from Friday, except Sunday, when it is screened at 1pm and Monday, 1.30pm, with an additional parent-and-baby screening on Tuesday at 10.30pm and regular screening at 2pm).


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I am a Christian. Depending what you mean, you could call me Evangelical, Reformed, Conservative… I've been called other names too.
I am married, with two daughters, and I live in Cape Town, South Africa.
I completed my Bachelor of Theology in 2005 at George Whitefield College near Cape Town. For three years thereafter, I worked full-time with students as a campus pastor of sorts, at student-y.org.
I have since been invited to join my alma mater on a scholarship to do postgraduate study and some lecturing (mostly in NT Greek and Old Testament subjects). You can read more about the college at www.gwc.ac.za.
I hope one day to publish something that people will read. Right now I've got a PhD in biblical studies to do.
I am ignorant about too much, but I still like to engage in some armchair commentary in the realm of politics and philosophy.
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Rethink the ban
To City Council: The Colorado Springs smoking ban in the city parks and open space is a poor piece of local legislation and fails miserably to stand by fact alone to any of its three selling points.
The city maintains the ban is necessary and will be effective on three points: It will help to protect citizens' health and safety; it will prevent fires in open spaces; and it will reduce litter.
First, I'm not sure anyone in the nation would argue that smoking and secondhand smoke indoors is detrimental to anyone's health. Before we pass a ban like this, however, let's verify that our citizens' health will improve as a result.
The city referenced a comparison of nearly 500 other municipalities across the U.S. as examples of smoking bans making people healthier. How was that conclusion made? Who knows? The fact is that Colorado Springs was just named the second-healthiest city in the nation, without a widespread encroachment on individual rights.
I'm also curious as to where the city is getting the idea that banning all smoking in the parks and open space will reduce fires and litter. Every summer, various municipalities around the area issue temporary fire and smoking bans. Why can't we stop there? It seems to be working.
It would also be pertinent to discover if a permanent public-space smoking ban in other communities has resulted in a decrease in fires. When asked, the department openly admitted it has no examples of smoking causing fires in our local open spaces in the last 10 years.
With the lack of fact and concrete evidence that a permanent smoking ban in the parks and open space would actually be beneficial, I'm left wondering if this isn't just another authoritative foray by City Hall against personal rights.
— David Kelly, director, Liberty First
Dan Lewis, business owner and Parks Department volunteer
Back to the core
It's very disturbing to watch our democracy crumbling under the weight of an ideological minority that seems not to care about middle-class or poor Americans. Radicals in Congress are playing politics with our economy, gleefully shutting down services for those most in need, simply to keep millions from receiving health care.
Military veterans in my family will be hurt badly. Our heroes who have lost limbs have lost their benefits with this shutdown. Yet Congress, which has passed no bills and has not done its job, continues to receive healthy paychecks and paid benefits.
The Pentagon will continue receiving billions in massive and unchecked spending, while teachers and responders lose their jobs. We need to end extreme obstructionism so that we can get back to our core values and pass a budget that takes care of our infrastructure, our children and our veterans.
— Sharlene White
Oceanside, Calif.
Party slugfest
Contrary to popular belief, the real war in American politics at the moment is not between President Obama and the Republican Party (even though that one is vicious enough). It's the ruinous internecine battle between the tea party and the Republican Party.
Of course Obama is inextricably involved, but he knows that old, venerable rule of politics: "When your enemies are fighting amongst themselves, don't butt in."
Some critics call the Affordable Care Act a "train wreck." The real train wreck at the moment, is the Republican Party.
— Larimore Nicholl
Colorado Springs
Legal bribery
Got a kick out of James Hesser's letter to the editor in the Sept. 11 issue ("Doug's Dilemma"), with its "analysis" of the decision process of today's elected officials. Unfortunately, since the Supreme Court decision of Citizens United vs FEC in January 2010, it is too close to the truth to contain any humor.
With the legalization of bribery of government officials, elected and administrative, that resulted from that decision, that is the thought process. The United States of America overnight, literally, was changed from a democracy to an oligarchy of moneyed interests, corporate and private.
Witness the referendum last November in which a majority of Colorado voters voted — 3 to 1 — to create a resolution to overturn that decision, and a state Legislature that has done nothing to honor that "democratic" vote. And a resolution to overturn that has been circulated though the U.S. Congress that some 25 senators, including Michael Bennet, and many more representatives have endorsed but that Mark Udall and Doug Lamborn have refused to endorse. I wonder why?
— John Hobson
Colorado Springs
Our private deeds
You are either part of the problem, or part of the solution.
We complain about fracking, but set our thermostats at 72-plus degrees in the winter. Our concern about unfriendly oil-producing countries worries us, but we drive SUVs 25 or more miles to and from work.
Unemployment is high and our tax base is low as we shop online for goods that are made and sold by companies based out of state. We all want a diverse economic base, but shop at big-box national or international chains while going through the self-checkout lane. We scream about big heartless bankers creating the last recession, but kept an account and have a loan we're paying on there.
We decry what our politicians do, but we are single-issue voters and don't go to town hall meetings.
Private actions can have public consequences. Our behavior and buying habits control our local, state, national and international economy.
Please continue to do what you do, and how you do it. I won't have to greet you in the parking lot across town while you unload a shopping cart into your Hummer full of imported goods shipped from halfway around the globe made by underpaid, overworked people at a factory that pollutes the earth in unsafe working conditions.
— Steven Seidner
He's outta here
My goodness, it didn't take former Sen. John Morse long to flee the district that he never really represented and head up to Denver, the home in his heart ("Morse moves to Denver," Noted, Oct. 2). No more pretending that he actually spent any time living in the Satellite Hotel, no more having to put up with the hated provincials out in the sticks.
Of course, you couldn't just slink out with at least the pretense of humility and class, you had to take a cheap shot at the man who voters chose to replace you with on your way out.
Thanks for continuing to show everyone why getting rid of you was a good move, Johnnie!
— Richard Shirley
Colorado Springs
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To voters of Fountain: Ballots have been mailed, and you have to decide whether to keep the smart meters you already have or ban their use and pay to have them replaced. I am asking you all to allow smart meters to stay.
Here's why:
1. Privacy. If the old analog meters are installed, city employees will come on your property once a month to take a meter reading. If you have a fence, you will have to leave a gate unlocked so employees can get at your meter. Do you want strangers coming onto your property at random times?
2. Safety. In the event of a fire or other disaster, smart meters give the utility department the ability to remotely shut off the electricity to individual houses, blocks of houses or even whole communities immediately. This will reduce the chance of further damage and allow our first responders to get onto the scene in a safe and timely manner.
3. Reliability. Colorado Springs has had smart meters since 2008. They were used to shut off power to the homes in the Waldo Canyon Fire area before fire fighters moved in. Are you hearing our neighbors to the north complaining about outages or other problems with smart meters?
4. Cost. It will cost $5.43 million to replace current smart meters already installed, and it's been estimated that this would raise the average electric bill at least 7 percent a month. In addition, the city will have to pay to hire meter readers to come around to your residence to read your meter. That money is going to have to come from somewhere, and that somewhere is you.
I join the City Council of Fountain in recommending you vote no on Initiative 2D.
— Gordon Rick
In "Pluses and minuses" (News, Oct. 9), we incorrectly reported that Mayor Steve Bach's proposed 2014 city budget contains no provision related to the "City for Champions" application for Regional Tourism Act funds. The mayor actually proposes spending $200,000 from the lodgers and automobile rental tax to fund "City for Champions communication." We regret the error.


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BMW's new M4 Convertible is a sensational high-performance machine that promises to impress. Its elegant folding roof is one of the many luxury details, which add up to a hugely rewarding time at the wheel or in the passenger seat.
One look into the premium interior leaves you in no doubt as to the car's potential. The iconic 'M' badge adorns the three-spoke multifunction steering wheel, scuff plates, gear lever, and instrument panel, and further striking design cues include carbon fibre inlays plus contrast-coloured stitching. The Merino-leather M seats have been redeveloped for even greater levels of comfort and support, and they now grip more assuredly as you sweep through bends. These seats form part of an ergonomic environment that better connects you with the car, and its controls are easy to access so you experience little distraction. There's plenty to help you stay connected, with standard features including the iDrive Touch Controller, 8.8-inch display and BMW Professional sat nav.
Based on the non-M 4 Series, the convertible retains a sophisticated shape with added sports highlights. The kidney shaped front grille remains at the front above gaping air intakes to cool the hard-working engine, and defining features include the quad exhaust set-up, branded side air intakes and painted brake callipers. This athletic visual can be moulded to your tastes with a choice of stylish alloy wheel designs and a vast paint palette. It's one other way BMW accentuates the exclusivity of its range.
One major talking point is the M4 Convertible's TwinPower Turbo six-cylinder petrol engine, a magnificent 3.0-litre unit that powers the car confidently forward. It produces 425bhp to reach 60mph from standing in around 4.3 seconds, and peaks at a top speed of 156mph. With an Active M Differential on-board, the convertible boasts optimised traction for superb handling on all surfaces. It connects with Dynamic Stability Control (DSC), which was developed for motorsport but ensures an unmatched experience on the road.
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A new interactive archaeology attraction has been built in ROMA, the ancient Roman estate in Second Life. Called "ROMA Archaeology" it is housed in the ROMA Transtiberim sim.
Ten stations are arranged around a large open trench. By visiting each of the stations, an avatar can participate in activities that will explain the basics of archaeological theory and method. There are also several free prizes to be won along the way.
All visitors arrive at a landing point that explains this is a "reconstruction of an archaeological site. Visit each station in order to find out what archaeologists do and why they do it."
Monday, April 21, 2008
Station 1
The first stop is the transit (dumpy) machine at the edge of the open trench. When an avatar hops on it, the avatar's camera is relocated so the stadia rod on the other side of the trench is visible. The transit machine then whispers to the avatar:
It then waits for the avatar to say the correct number of centimeters. When they do, it congratulates them:
It then gives the avatar a special GPS Device Gadget and directs them to climb down into the trench to the next station.
ROMA Transit Machine: Look at the black and white measuring staff at the other side of the trench. If each bar on the staff measures 20 centimeters, how many centimeters is it from the top of the staff down to the top of the pebbly layer (where the red arrow is)? Say the number only in open chat.
It then waits for the avatar to say the correct number of centimeters. When they do, it congratulates them:
ROMA Transit Machine: Correct! The top of the pebbly layer is 140 centimeters from the top of the staff. With this machine, the archaeologist can record where each layer exists in space.
It then gives the avatar a special GPS Device Gadget and directs them to climb down into the trench to the next station.
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Station 2
Down in the trench is a collection of tools and three orange balls. Touching the tools will give the avatar their own copy to use (trowel, shovel, and pick).
Hopping on one of the orange balls with the correct tool equipped will begin a specific animation and sound. The longer the avatar trowels, shovels, and picks, the more chance they have to uncover an artifact:
Hopping on one of the orange balls with the correct tool equipped will begin a specific animation and sound. The longer the avatar trowels, shovels, and picks, the more chance they have to uncover an artifact:
Torin found some very tiny shards of a glass vessel.All items can be taken away by the avatar.
Torin found some tiny bits of pottery.
Torin wonders if that is gold glistening in the corner of the spoil.
Torin has found a tiny statuette!
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Station 3
The law of stratigraphy is explored in Station 3. Each layer in the side of the trench is numbered. The avatar is asked to find the deposit that reflects the fill of a pit that was dug.
Layer 3: Correct! Notice how the pit was dug into deposit 2, filled with soil deposit 3, and then covered over with deposit 4.
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Station 4
Relative Dating is explained by Station 4 with a short activity. The avatar is asked to touch the pot that is probably the oldest given its relative position within the stratigraphy.
Pot in Layer 1: Correct! This is probably the oldest pot since it is in the oldest layer, however archaeologists have also developed datable chronologies for many ceramic forms. This allows them to relatively date pots based on shape and fabric as well.
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Stations 5 and 6
Station 5 continues a discussion of dating with explaining how Carbon 14 is used for absolute dating. A cut log tells the avatar about Dendrochronology.
Preserved Log: If archaeologists are lucky enough to find preserved wood, they may be able to count and measure tree rings. Since rings are made each year by the original tree, and environmental factors determine the thickness and shape of the rings, scientists can compare the preserved wood with known samples from the region. This can give the archaeologists an exact (i.e. 'absolute') calendar date for when the wood was harvested, and possibly a date for the archaeological layer it came from.Station 6 is dedicated to recording. A standing camera allows the avatar to take a picture of the section, which they then receive in their inventory.
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Station 7
Touching the upright shaker screen makes it move back and forth. The pile of soil in it slowly disappears as grains fall out of the bottom of the screen.
Sometimes when touched, the sifter will tell the avatar that nothing was found:
Sometimes when touched, the sifter will tell the avatar that nothing was found:
Nothing in that bucket but some non-descript bits of ceramic.But there is also the chance to find some objects in the buckets of soil. When that happens, dirt is said to get all over the avatar:
That was a full bucket but it didn't have anything in it.
Aha! A whole pot and some nice pieces of iron! But you rest the pot on your lap and get dirt all over your jeans.If the avatar sticks at it long enough, they will have a full new outfit of excavation clothes (pants, shirt, shoes, and hands).
That bucket had a lot of artifacts in it! But you got more dirt on your shirt than in the Sifter!
You found a good deal of artifacts, but now you have dirty hands!
Whoops! You drop half of the bucket on your feet and get dirt all over your shoes!
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Station 8
Station 8 is a finds tray located near the upright shaker screen. It holds a collection of artifacts that when touched will whisper what information archaeologists can glean from them. For example:
Chunk of Painted Plaster: I was probably knocked off a wall when it was re-plastered and re-painted, and wound up in the trash. Sometimes my decor can suggest when I was made.
Broken Pottery: Archaeologists can use me to date layers, and also possibly tell what I held in antiquity.
Roman Coin: Archaeologists love me as I can be dated very precisely. However, I usually don't come out of the ground this clean. Usually the soil corrodes me, and I have to be cleaned.
Unfired Clay: I may indicate that there was a kiln for making pottery located nearby.
Fragment of a Stone Sculpture: Even though I am fragmentary, archaeologists may be able to recognize what I looked like from other copies they may have seen before. I was actually a little statue of a Household God, which can also tell the archaeologists about ancient religion.
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Stations 9 and 10
Station 9 is dedicated to Ecofacts. It is a reconstruction of a closed-system archaeological flotation tank. Touching it causes red arrows to appear and whisper the way the system works:
First, water is forced into the tank, agitating the water.Station 10 is a brief exploration of archaeological ethics, highlighting the difference between archaeology and treasure hunting, the question of ownership, and timely publishing of data. Touching the sign gives the avatar a special 'Spirit of Archaeology' statuette.
Second, the moving water forces the heavy soil to sink and the light ecofacts to float. The archaeologist uses hands to skim the ecofacts down a chute.
Third, a screen catches ecofacts as they come down the chute, with the excess water collected in a tub.
Fourth, a pump recycles the water back into the tank, closing the system.
Finally, the archaeologist can sort through the ecofacts and get information about ancient diet, environment, and other issues.
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ROMA Archaeology
The attraction was designed and built by a professional archaeologist. It is hoped that it can be used by educators and other professionals to illustrate the basics of archaeology.
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Crocodile Dundee II (1988)
4 mistakes
Directed by: John Cornell
Starring: Ernie Dingo, John Meillon, Linda Kozlowski, Paul Hogan
Revealing mistake: Near the end, Dundee captures Rico (the bad guy) and changes clothes with him. Dundee is at least 6 inches taller than Rico, yet the traded clothes fit both men perfectly.
Continuity mistake: When the first two baddies are captured they are tied up back to back in the cave. Next time they are seen, they are side by side.
Continuity mistake: In the cave, Sue tells Mick that the rifle has no more ammo, but when she goes to help Mick, she shoots the bad guy with the very same rifle.
Continuity mistake: Near the end of the film Mick Dundee changes clothes with a Columbian drug dealer to lure his accomplice out. The film then shows his old friend taking aim at what he believes is the Columbian, he aims his rifle as you see Mick and the Columbian walking right to left. Mick's friend shoots, hitting his target on the left side. When you next see Mick a few seconds later his right arm is wounded.Dave Fletcher
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Sand pipers and friend, a photo by alumroot on Flickr.
If you are not interested in birds before you go to Costa Rica, you will be by the time you return. It is not just the flashy macaws and toucans, it is the small, less conspicuous ones. They are so abundant and still amazing to watch.


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After last week's dry conditions, most areas of Europe have received fresh snow in the past few days as temperatures have dropped. There have been no huge snowfalls but many areas have had 5-20cm, halting the thaw and putting a little powder back on the pistes. In North America, where there was heavy snowfall last week, there's been less new snow in the last few days, but most have had some fresh cover with a few reporting big accumulations of up to 60cm in the last seven days. Elsewhere there's been new snow in Scotland after a cold, still but largely snowless month.
See our 'where is the snow' pictures: Recent snowfall Gallery
After a 10-day dry and rather warm period, colder, snowier weather has returned to the French Alps and we've had increasing snowfall since the weekend adding a powdery covering to the hard-packed pistes. Flaine, which already had one of the deepest bases in the country, reported the biggest accumulation of 25cm, more than half of that in the 24 hours to Monday, but La Plagne, Les Arcs, Chamonix and Avoriaz have all reported 10-20cm of new snow in the past 48 hours. Other French resorts reporting larger snowfalls in the past week include La Grave (30cm), La Rosiere (20cm) and, in the Southern French Alps, 15cm for Serre Chevalier. Typical snow bases are still good across France – usually a metre on lower slopes and 2m on upper slopes.
Temperatures in Austria are dropping down again. The last week was quite mild with only a few centimetres of new snow, but that began to change at the weekend. On Sunday, Kaprun-Kitzsteinhorn reported 20cm of snow and Dachstein Glacier, Kitzbuhel, Molltal Glacier and Nassfeld Hermagor each had 10cm. Snow depths are still very good: Molltal Glacier (360cm), Pitztal Glacier (248cm), Solden (244cm), Zillertal (240cm), Lech Zuers (225cm) and St Anton (220cm).
The snow has returned to Italy, not in vast volumes as yet but freshening up the slopes. The biggest accumulation was reported in the Alps with 20cm at Sauze d'Oulx, half of that last weekend. Other resorts in the region typically reported 5-10cm of new snow including Courmayeur with 10cm. In the Dolomites it was Arabba again that claimed the biggest snowfall at 15cm, much of that at the weekend and it now has one of the deepest bases in Italy at 220cm. However Passo Tonale still has the deepest snow base in the country at 3.5m, it reported another 12cm of snow this week, one of the biggest accumulations in the country.
In Switzerland the most fresh snow in the past week was reported at Champoussin in the Portes du Soleil with 30cm over the past week and 25cm of that yesterday (Tues, 13th) alone. Yesterday, we also saw 20cm fresh snow at neighbouring Morgins. Gstaad and Les Crosets following 10-15cm of snowfall at the weekend. Most Swiss ski resorts have a maximum snow base between 150cm to 220cm, however Engelberg has more than double that and the deepest base in the Alps still at 480cm. The next deepest are Gstaad (460cm); Andermatt (380cm), Loetschental (308cm), Laax (280cm), Saas Fee (257cm) and Verbier (240cm).
A second week with little new snow in the French or Spanish Pyrenees, but Andorran ski areas in the centre have reported some of the biggest falls in Europe this week with 40cm of fresh snow in Pas de la Casa, Grandvalira and healthy falls at the country's other areas too. Baqueira Beret on the Spanish side only reported 2cm of fresh snow but has extended its season to 5th May due to all the snow already lying (still 410cm deep on upper slopes) and Cauterets on the French side says it has the deepest snow in the world still at 5.9m.
Eastern Europe
There's not been much fresh snow in Eastern Europe, with few ski areas in the region reporting any fresh snow since February, however base depths are generally good so this is not a great problem for on-piste skiers. Bansko still has Bulgaria's deepest base at 210cm but the country's other ski areas aren't far behind. Kranjska Gora in Slovenia and Poiana Brasov in Romania both have 80cm base depths.
There's been little new snow reported in Scandinavia over the past seven days, however conditions on the piste remain good throughout the region. Up in Lapland bases are typically 80-120cm and it remains a similar picture in Norway with Geilo, for example, on 90cm and nearby Hemsedal 120cm, the exception remaining Voss with 180cm. The snow (although light) is back in Are, Sweden, however, which got 4cm on Monday and has a 122cm base.
After almost a month of low temperatures, top-to-bottom snow cover and blue skies, fresh snow has been falling to freshen up the pistes in Scotland, with ski centres in the eastern Highlands – Cairngorm, Glenshee and The Lecht particularly blessed. It's not all been great news as the access road to The Lecht was closed on Monday morning due to snow and the gondola to Nevis Range was closed due to strong winds at the weekend, but all in all, things are good.
Canada topped the world snowfall tables last week with Whistler receiving nearly a metre of new snow in seven days. The rate of snowfall has slowed, but there's still been some good accumulations with Revelstoke reporting another 12cm on Monday and Fernie adding 15cm during the week and maintaining its claim to the country's deepest snow base (for a major resort) with 262cm. Banff, Lake Louise, and Kimberley also all reported 10-15cm of fresh snow, but there's been little or no new snow in eastern Canada, although bases of 100-150cm remain perfectly adequate for piste skiing.
Not quite as snowy in the US this past week as the preceding one but still some good accumulations, most notably in California where Heavenly added 40cm at the weekend; in Wyoming where Jackson Hole has had another 45cm; and in Colorado where Breckenridge got another 15cm of snow. Snow depths remain at their best the further west you go with the two major resorts boasting more than 4m base depths: Mammoth in California (490cm) and Alyeska in Alaska (445cm). Little or no new snow has been reported on the East Coast in the past week with just a few centimetres more at Mount Snow and Sunday River. Bases are in the 100-150cm bracket at ski areas in New England.
The week ahead
Conditions look to be remaining unsettled on both sides of the Atlantic for the coming week. More new snowfalls are expected across the Alps over the next few days, but the sun will be back in Austria in time for the weekend. In Switzerland more new snow is expected for Thursday and Friday and ski conditions are very good on the slopes.
See our 'where is the snow' pictures: Recent snowfall Gallery
Our next "Where is the snow in Europe and North America?" snow report will be published Wednesday, March. 20, 2013.


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PG Tips No. 34:
Obvious Impostures
At the 9th Annual Open Illustration Forum at University College Falmouth this March, organised by Steve Braund and chaired by me, on the theme of Metamorphosis: Interpretation and Adaptation in Illustration, acclaimed Lewis Carroll illustrator John Vernon Lord commented, "While every writer uses the same language of words, every artist uses their own self-invented language." This is especially true when graphic novelists bring their idiosyncratic vision and personal perspective to adapt existing texts into comics. In the process there may be losses but also gains. Some great works of literature have been abridged too far, infamously those condensed into sixty-four pages at most in the much-reprinted American comic book series Classics Illustrated, which began in 1947. Once derided as Classics Desecrated, many of those primers and their modern successors should be viewed as works in their own right which also deserve credit for instilling in some readers the curiosity and courage to explore the unillustrated original. More recent attempts in graphic novels to retain every last word, for example when adapting Shakespeare's plays, have resulted in some unwieldy, Zeppelin-scale speech balloons imbalancing the pictures. The Bard was not writing for this medium, of course. His unedited plays could still work in comics, if only enough illustrations and pages could be alotted to express them fully.
Luckily, the British adaptor I.N.J. Culbard has been granted 128 pages in which to tell H.P. Lovecraft's 1936 tale At The Mountains of Madness. While undertaking to delineate Lovecraft's lavishly described yet indescribable horrors, Culbard may have empathised with the narrator, Professor William Dyer, who reports on his Antarctic expedition and laments that his "...ink drawings…will be jeered at as obvious impostures." It takes nerve to pollard Lovecraft's verbiage to fit inside caption boxes. Culbard keeps bursts of Lovecraft's voice almost word for word, but mostly uses the heady prose and proliferating adjectives as inspiration for his image-making, to show rather than tell. Using a bold brush line, he stylises faces, mixing Dan Dare chins and Tintin dots-for-eyes, propelling the growing tension across each dynamically composed spread, with images bleeding off the edges of the page. Novels can hide their shocks within rows of typeset words, but graphic novels surprise most effectively by the reveal of a fresh page. So, for example, instead of being immersed in Professor Dyer's lengthy biological analysis of the first otherworldly fossil discovered by his team, the readers turns the page and happens upon this disturbing monstrosity all at once; it fills their field of vision and with the same frightful suddenness the scientists themselves experienced. While sacrificing much of Lovecraft's elaborate flashbacks, Culbard distils from it dialogue and action, which give events a greater unnarrated immediacy. We are there. From the start we 'hear' the haunting sound of 'Tekeli-eli' which Lovecraft only reveals near the end. Images cleverly give us extra elements: a nod to the atomic bomb, undreamt of at the time of writing; and a glimpse of Danforth's "final horror" reflected in his goggles as gigantic tentacles writhe around the devastated ancient cityscape. It's entirely appropriate that the massive murals the explorers discover there - "Vivid. Skilfully intricate. And yet utterly alien" - are drawn by Culbard to resemble page after page of comics.
A present-day horror that many would prefer to ignore lies at the heart of The Rime of the Modern Mariner: the man-made North Pacific Gyre of plastic pollutants which is decimating birds and sealife. Its spiral form, a symbol in the lexicon of comics to represent dizziness, becomes a motif for the whirling winds and waves and our sailor storyteller's disorientating travails. Although Coleridge in his day was unwilling for his ballad-form verse to be illustrated, adaptations soon followed from Gustave Doré in 1876 to Hunt Emerson in 1989. Nick Hayes, however, boldly updates Coleridge's vision by crafting fresh, affecting verse for his "bearded park bench loon" who pours out his warning of ecological disaster to a callous businessman. Hayes' stanzas are printed in rough-hewn capitals of uneven size, only occasionally in speech balloons, swimming smoothly among the images. Most words are neatly justified to fit the width of panel or page, so that the emphasis suggested by certain larger words seems mainly spatial rather than meaningful.
Hayes' artwork comes in black and tones of blue, restricted further to only one of these colours for impact or for most of Part Seven's account of the mariner's recovery and reconnection to nature, when his toes sprout roots and his fingers leaves. Many of Hayes' long-nosed male characters look similar, but he makes up for some lack of variety and subtlety in his facial types and expressions by his general graphic inventiveness. He shows the damaged sea and sky awash with chemical formulae or imports the detailed textures of whalebone scrimshaw, making use of Christian and mythological iconography, including Gaia and Thor, and Oceanic native art. He often matches his drawings to his verbal flair, for example by portraying "a medusa's head of nylon knots / a clotted ragged knot / acrylic foam and polymers / that still refuse to rot",' or "the heart of a two inch salp beating like a bell". Even the albatross turns out to have died from "a fine nylon gauze tangled in its chest". The Rime of the Modern Mariner achieves a powerful cumulative effect, and the Mariner's environmental message will surely influence many readers to never casually discard another plastic carrier or water bottle again.
Challenges of adaptation are openly addressed by American comics creator Jon Macy in his introduction to Teleny and Camille, his reinterpretation of the anonymous homoerotic novel Teleny, or The Reverse of the Medal, published in 1893 and attributed to Oscar Wilde and his circle. Macy draws himself at work on the project, realising that "only adding pictures to the [complete] text would not do it justice", but anxious about having to "trim the Victorian gingerbread", and imagining himself "facing a tribunal for all my Wildean crimes." Macy would not be found guilty, as he has made this book his own by focusing on its love story between two men, put in context in a prologue narrated by the London bookseller Charles Hirsch. Macy goes on to accompany the already highly charged texts with an imagery of brooding eroticism and, as required, uninhibited pornography, in some passages stripping everything down to purely visual terms. His inky linework stays sensuous and sensitive to the turbulent emotions and settings of his two idealised lovers, shifting between streamlined simplicity and more ornate flourishes from Expressionism to Art Nouveau. Although Macy stays true to the original novel's tragic conclusion, he finds it unsatisfactory that every "story of gay love has to end with one or both dying." So he adds his own epilogue, imagining a happy ending in which the couple are rescued and relocated to Paris and eventually Algiers. Teleny itself was originally the result of several collaborating imaginations, so it seems fitting that, in a very different climate more than a century later, Macy joins them as this book's latest contributor.
In 2007, the Israeli poet Galit Seliktar entrusted her short semi-autobiographical story The Substitute Lifeguard to her younger brother Gilad Seliktar to transform into a comic for the literary magazine Masmerim. Something sparked between them and the siblings went on to produce two more comics based on Galit's first-person accounts of events that took place between the mid 1970s and late 1980s. These are now compiled into Farm 54. In a postscript, Gilad discusses his decisions in translating into comics his sister's "extremely poetic" writings, which are often "saturated with elaborate descriptions" and "more explicit". Their bond of trust allowed the artist to come up with his own bold solutions, preferring to "lower the volume" on parts of Galit's stories which he found "too loud". He replaces her deliberately abrupt opening sentence in the tale Spanish Perfume - "In the morning Mom ran over our German Shepherd" - with five pages of subtle, wordless sequences of the dog's death. Elsewhere, he tones down a pivotal scene in Houses, in which a weeping Palestinian boy is begging a female Israeli soldier to give his pet rabbit back to him, by showing across two pages the woman cradling the animal to her breast and face while the boy looks on, the only dialogue her whispered "Beautiful". The pages are divided into a three panels, wide like a cinema screen but borderless as if about to dissolve, the restrained blacks contrasted by the bleached creaminess of the paper and accents in a dusky pink. A deep moral disquiet haunts these tales, not least in Houses, Galit's "most autobiographical" story, which records her remote yet complicit involvement while on compulsory army service in a night-time exercise to demolish Palestinian houses. Whether in the modest handwritten words or the tenderly observant pictures, what is never lost in this remarkable debut triloy is the poet's exquisite poise and telling understatement.
The speeches and autobiographical notes of one of India's foremost revolutionaries, Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar (1891-1956), provide Srividya Natarajan and S. Anand with the springboards for an unusual graphic biography, Bhimayana: Experiences of Untouchability. One sixth of the world's population lives in India, and one sixth of those are classified as Dalits or "untouchables". The caste system continues to deny most of India's 170 million dalits the dignities of life; in 2008 a crime was committed against a dalit every 18 minutes.
Dr. Ambedkar is remembered mainly for drafting India's national constitution in 1947, but his significance, as an untouchable who rose to prominence and as a lifelong activist against discrimination, has been largely neglected. Ambedkar's historical experiences of prejudice, from the age of ten in school, are framed here by a passionate present-day debate at a bus stop between a young man, who believes "Caste isn't real any longer. It's a non-issue", and a woman who brings to his attention recent harrowing outrages reported in the media. There follow four "Books", three based on Ambedkar's reminiscences about injustices concerning basic rights to Water, Shelter and Travel, the fourth explaining how Durgabai Vyam and Subhash Vyam, the husband-and-wife artist team, adapted their tribal aesthetics into comics. Pardhan Ghond art does not represent, it signifies, so here a train becomes a snake, a fortress a lion, happiness a peacock. Refusing to "force our characters into boxes - it stifles them", the Vyams make their panels sinuous, organic, outlined by dignas, decorative borders normally applied to buildings with colored earth. Their intense patterning, their faces mainly in profile with large single eyes, and their balloons - bird-like for gentleness, with a scorpion's sting for venomous dialogue or the mind's eye for thought - show how traditional artists can reinvent and re-invigorate the medium. Ambedkar's plea for justice can be heard again through this beautiful, compelling documentary.Posted: May 22, 2011
A version of this Article ran in The Times Literary Supplement, May 20th 2011