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An exclusive Private Master Class in Glamour & Nude Photography
This Master Class covers various styles and ALL aspects of the Glamour- & Nude Photography from basic to advanced lighting, styling, make up and the basics of posing.
Working shoulder to shoulder with our mentors and sparring partners, you will learn the secrets, tips and tricks to create your own glamour & nude portfolio and how to keep it fresh and updated.
The goal is to provide you with a deep knowledge and hidden industry secrets based on your choice of topic(s) on a private basis.
Our Master Classes are modular structured while at the same time being very flexible to adjust to your individual requirements. You will work with several Nude Models in different setups.
Your Motivation
- Glamour and Nude Photography
- Learn and enhance all basics, rules, tips, forms and secrets about Glamour and Nude photography and take this knowledge and practice up to an improved level.
- See deeply behind the scenery of this industry. Get acquainted with people, business, handling of models, production performance etc.
- Get great results and in-depth education while participating a fun but yet very tough course
- Enjoy the privacy during this course
- Work with European models
- Join a friendly, open atmosphere while being mentored and supervised by our instructors
- Build up your portfolio
- and last but not least: RECEIVE GREAT RESULTS!
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Course Topics
- Legal advice – Talking about "18 USC 2257 Concerns for Photographers": This US law imposes some strict obligations that must be followed to avoid fines and penalties, including prison.
- Name and age verification, record keeping and labeling requirements for producers of visual depictions of actual human beings engaged in actual sexually explicit conduct.
- Production Sheets/Contracts: Tools you need for a safe production & filing:
Casting-Sheet / Self Promotion Contract / Adult Model Release / TFP Contracts ("Time for Print")
- Your Camera Equipment: We will go through your equipment selection, advise you on all your camera settings and set your white balance for our studio flash setup. Then we will check your histogram levels to check exposures.
- Model, Hair- & Make-Up Artist, Styling: While the model is having her make-up done, you will learn about the secrets of a photo make-up from our make-up artist. She will give you practical advice, constructive feedback and answer any make-up queries you may have. We will also have a brief talk about glamour styling (wardrobe) and appropriate accessories.
- Staging: Artistic elements of staging including the use of studio space, lighting and props. Start working with your own camera.
- Lighting (Flash, reflectors and available light): In-depth introduction to our studio lighting, how to use the remote control of flash levels, channel selections and how to exercise remote control over fill and key light ratios as well as rim lights, hair lights and the use of flags, modifiers and reflectors.
- Shooting & how to direct professional models: Learn how to analyze the model's strengths and weaknesses and determine how to best accentuate her strengths while minimizing her weaknesses. . How to use inexpensive props to create variety and interest. All aspects of nude and glamour photography are dealt with, including using flash, tungsten and ambient light in a studio environment.
- If time permits, we show you basic hints regarding "How to protect your images by Photoshop" & retouching in Photoshop:
• Basic Skin Retouching with Photoshop CS5/6
• Advanced Skin Retouching with Photoshop CS5/6 (non-destructive softening & whitening the skin)
• Tips for effective watermarking, file sizes and resolutions
- …and so very much more
Course Structure
The Package
- 3 days. 7, resp. 8 hours a day. Course dates upon request.
- From Basic to Pro: One-on-one Glamour & Nude photography tuition
- One-on-one private or semi-private agreement lessons
- Studio in Prague (Czech Republic) & Outdoor Location / abroad lessons near to you are a subject of discussion and welcome to be inquired
- 3 models (1 model per day)
- 1 make-up & hair artist for 2.5 days
- 2 mentors/instructors/supervisors for these 2/3 days
- All styling attributes & accessories for the models
- Self-Promotional Model Releases
- Lunch/snacks/drinks for the whole workshop duration
- Comprehensive handout material of this tuition
- See yourself in action – receive backstage footage content
This master class has flexible dates and can be booked according to your schedule.
The Check
- 3 Days | 1 Participant | Photo Studio | On location | 3 models | on request


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"North" has a moral value, perhaps as "Marianne" means something profound to Parisiens. For a Canadian, especially from Southern Ontario, North is always a time of childhood excitement. We take our vacations in the North. All the youthful excitement of discovery is in the north. It's where you first caught a polliwog. It's where you picked blueberries right off the bush. It's probably where you had your first kiss.
And in Canada, especially de l'Ontario, North means rock, roches, pierre- pine and spruce trees growing straight up out of solid granite.
"Au nord de notre vie", the first movement of "À la poursuite du nord", has been exciting me for thirty or so years now. Part of that is that it was an "alternative" song in its day. It used to come on the radio station CFNY and suddenly we would be listening to a song in French. This is impossible to imagine today. English stations play English songs, et le stations de radio français capter le chants en français. Since we all had taken French in high school, we could follow the song.
So going back to the first movement of "À la poursuite du nord", you have that core central image - "The North of our lives". I have already spoken about what North means to a Canadian. Then we have the "of our lives" part, which is very Québécois. OUR lives. This sense of community is almost oxygen to the Franco-Ontarien. And this is what makes CANO interesting. As a Sudbury-based ensemble, they bridge le deux solitude of English et Français.
Finally, we have the glimmering beauty of Rachel Paiement's vocal. Almost a "pure tone" singer, she carries the first movement like Cleo Lane.
Here are links to ten songs that make me proud to be Canadian. The land is strong.
CANO - Au nord de notre vie
Neil Young - Helpless
Ian Tyson - Four Strong Winds
Gordon Lightfoot - Canadian Railroad Trilogy
Rush - Lakeside Park
Bare Naked Ladies - Lovers in a Dangerous Time
Murray McLauchlan - Down by the Henry Moore
Feist - 1234 (the most perfect pop song since Sir Paul McCartney joined that skiffle band)
Nelly Furtado - Hey, Man! (Anybody else hear Stephen Reich?)
Fraser and Debolt Them Dancehall Girls (more Brecht und Weill than Lightfoot)
Special thanks to guest blogger Richard RJ Guitar LCdr RCN (Ret'd) for his suggestions.

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HAECO Xiamen Technical Training
- Course Category : Aircraft Engineering
Blends the unique strengths of HAECO in Hong Kong/ TAECO in Xiamen, and the advantages of the group resources of aircraft maintenance, landing gear overhaul and engine overhaul companies, TAECO have obtained the EASA Part 147 Approval from Civil Aviation Authority of UK in December 2006.
With a versatile team of nearly 70 full-time instructors, supports and renders training capabilities in a multitude of training courses for aircraft types, basic license, practical skills, aviation English, human factors and other aviation maintenance courses. Utilizing a comprehensive facility of "standard practices" workshop and aircraft components, including Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney engines, B747 landing gears, B747-400 airframe, fuel tank, and B747 simulator, the Center can therefore simulate the real aircraft maintenance environment for optimal training effects.
Aircraft Engineering Course Info
Intake Dates
20 April & 16 August 2018
Courses Offered
EASA Approved Basic Training Programs For Categories B1.1 – Mechanical
EASA Approved Basic Training Programs For Categories B2 – Avionics
Addon Courses
A320 type rating (please contact us for other type ratings)
On job training
Course Duration
Approximately 2 years
Course Fee
USD 29,300 inclusive of USD 2,300 deposit which will be refunded to you after completing the course.
1st installment = USD 16,115 (approximately RM48,000)
2nd installment = USD 8,790 (approximately RM24,000)
3rd installment = USD 4,395 (approximately RM24,000)
18 years or older
SPM or O/A Levels equivalent. Forecast results can be accepted
Valid international passport
Completed TAECO entrance assessment
Accomodation & Meals
TAECO Training Centre can provide fully furnished flats and one apartment can accommodate up to 4 students. Accommodation and meals shall be paid by the students. Accommodation cost per student is approximately RM350.00 per month only.
Visa Application
Will be arranged by IGHE
The HAECO Training Center is opposite the Airport Terminal Building and is within easy access by various bus routes. Airport pick up for students and parents will be arranged.
- HAECO EASA Part-147 2018 Brochure (115 Downloads)
- Application Form 2018 (49 Downloads)
- Course Fee 2018 (99 Downloads)
- Fee Installment Option 2018 (65 Downloads)
- Physical Examination Form (57 Downloads)
- Resume 2018 (51 Downloads)


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Here is Matsudo stories again. Today I want to show you the building of old Harada rice shop . Surrounded by high-rises, it remained by m...
Here is Matsudo stories again.
Today I want to show you the building of old Harada rice shop. Surrounded by high-rises, it remained by miracle in the centre of Matsudo. Inside there is an artist studio, bicycle shop, volunteers and guide centre. These kind of buildings made the atmosphere of shopping street. Your eye pleasingly invites you to stop and watch the details of the facade behind the gates. Architecture sustain the identity of human world, greenery of the garden sustain natural world.
It is not included in a list of heritage of Matsudo city, however, it is actively used by citizens and managed by community design company.
I like this building, it looks fantastic there, among concrete.
今日は『古民家スタジオ 旧・原田米店』紹介したいと思います。
MAD Cityというまちづくり会社を管理されています。多様な市民を余沢します。


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The get-together in the basement of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church of Bethlehem last week was a night of reminiscing for Boy Scout Troop 314 as scouts and scouters celebrated the troop's 66th anniversary.
More than 100 persons gathered to honor alumni of the troop and present special awards to current members.
Among the 17 former associates of the second oldest troop in the city on hand for the festivities was Harrison Michler, who joined the unit, originally known as Troop 14, in 1922, just three years after its founding.


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1. Re: [CS3 JS] Correcting a Character Style AnomalyPeter Kahrel Apr 11, 2008 2:05 AM (in response to (Simon_Fenwick))What you need to do is to blank the fields for point size etc.:
with (app.activeDocument.characterStyles.item ('bibref'))
appliedFont = NothingEnum.nothing;
fontStyle = NothingEnum.nothing;
pointSize = NothingEnum.nothing;
2. Re: [CS3 JS] Correcting a Character Style Anomaly(Simon_Fenwick) Apr 16, 2008 1:34 AM (in response to (Simon_Fenwick))Hi Peter
Thank you very much for your quick response. I tried your script and it did as you intended by clearing the Font, Font Style and Point Size in the character style, but unfortunately it did not correct the problem of the style becoming some default style and size (Times New Roman 10 pt) when placed into ID.
In fact, I had already set up the 'bibref' and 'Hyperlink' character styles with these fields blanked out. Also, I made Adobe aware of this bug when CS2 came out and they warned me that CS3 wouldn't fix the problem; but I didn't realize that CS3 would be worse than CS2 so that using an rtf file wouldn't fix things.
So, I am left with my initial query: is it possible to write a script to search for the character styles in question and apply the font size of the underlying paragraph style?
Thanks a lot for any help you can give.
3. Re: [CS3 JS] Correcting a Character Style AnomalyPeter Kahrel Apr 16, 2008 1:46 AM (in response to (Simon_Fenwick))It could be the case that there is some local formatting. After you use the script, try removing local formatting (Alt/Opt+click on the stylename in the UI). If that works, and if it's possible to remove local formatting, you can script that as well. First let's see if removing local formatting makes a difference.
4. Re: [CS3 JS] Correcting a Character Style Anomaly(Simon_Fenwick) Apr 16, 2008 2:51 AM (in response to (Simon_Fenwick))Hi Peter
No that doesn't work. Because there is no font or font size described in the character style. What does work is to clear the overrides in the underlying paragraph style, but that is not a good solution for me because in some Hyperlinks we might have italic text, which would also be overridden.
Thanks so much for your quick replies by the way. I wasn't expecting that.
5. Re: [CS3 JS] Correcting a Character Style AnomalyPeter Kahrel Apr 16, 2008 9:09 AM (in response to (Simon_Fenwick))Simon,
I can't reproduce this. If you send me one of your troublesome files I'll take a look (click my name in this message to see my email address).
6. Re: [CS3 JS] Correcting a Character Style AnomalyPeter Kahrel Apr 18, 2008 3:42 AM (in response to (Simon_Fenwick))This in the end fixed Simon's problem:
#target indesign;
charstyles = ['bibref', 'Hyperlink'];
app.findGrepPreferences = null;
for (i = 0; i < charstyles.length; i++)
reset_charstyle (charstyles[i]);
function reset_charstyle (cs)
app.findGrepPreferences.appliedCharacterStyle = cs;
var f = app.activeDocument.findGrep();
for (var j = 0; j < f.length; j++)
f[j].pointSize = f[j].appliedParagraphStyle.pointSize
Simon thinks that this problem occurs on PCs but not on Macs.


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Animal Crossing
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MINISTERIAL PAY AND PENSIONFrom ST:
April 5, 2007
Max. pension: $176,500; Service tenure: 18 years
I REFER to the letters, 'Do ministers enjoy big pension after two terms?' (ST, March 31) by Miss Jolene Ong and 'Pay at 2/3 benchmark but remove pension' (ST, April 4) by Mr Chang Wei Meng.
Miss Ong asked if it was true that a minister was entitled to a lifetime pension of two thirds of his last-drawn salary and suggested that if this were so, ministers would be paid a 'handsome $792,000 per annum till the day they die'.
Mr Chang suggested the pension 'would work out to be about $10 million' and felt that the pension scheme 'seems to be an anachronism' when pay is measured against that in the private sector.
The Government has moved away from the pension scheme for the majority of civil servants since 1986. However, the pension scheme has been retained for the Administrative Service and the Intelligence Service where there is a strong reliance on the depth of expertise and length of experience for continuity of national policies.
For the same reason, the pension scheme has been retained for office holders, namely, Speaker, ministers, ministers of state, mayors, parliamentary secretaries and political secretaries, given their role in and impact on national policies, provided they serve long enough to qualify for a pension.
Both writers have grossly exaggerated the amounts. Ministers qualify for a pension if they serve a minimum of eight years, but the amount of pension varies with the length of service.
The maximum pension for a minister drawing a total annual salary of $1.2 million is $176,500 per annum (not $792,000), and to get that maximum pension the minister has to serve for 18 years. Pensions have been frozen since 1994, so that all salary revisions since then (and this one) will have no effect on pensions.
Ong Toon Hui (Ms)
Leadership Development
Public Service Division
Prime Minister's Office


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St. Patrick's Day is just around the corner, so it's time to don some green, lucky vibes, and a smile. You don't always have to wear green for St. Patrick's day, green is so last season. And a little pinch never hurt anyone.
St. Patrick or the Feast of Saint Patrick's day is celebrated on March 17th, the day of St. Patrick's death. It is an observed holiday, was originally a feast day but gradually became a celebration of Irish culture. St. Patrick's day is a national holiday in Northern Ireland, where it is celebrated as a holy feast day, parade, and maybe going to catholic mass.
Dress up the month of March with some four leaf clovers, Celtic knots, and other Irish symbolism for a little extra luck.


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Before you think of a makeover, you must be having dreams and expectations as to how you will look post the makeover. You need to ask the right set of questions to your hair stylist before you even get started off. Getting a bad haircut is irreversible and cuts you short in terms of maintaining a cool image or a persona for yourself.
It takes 6-8 months for your hair to grow back and undo the damage. As always said "Prevention is better than cure". Rather than having a bad haircut or putting up with a style you don't like in the least or doing away with a miserable color on your hair, it is better you pose the right kind of questions to your hair therapist before he places the scissors on your head:
1. What Cut Will Suit Me?
You can just ask the hair stylist as to what kind of hair cut is best suited for your particular hair type. This question forms an important core of your style quotient. The model on the picture might just look fabulous with a particular hair style or rather the style might be the trend setter in the upcoming market. But does the cut or style suit your hair type? You need to know well in advance before you indulge in a haircut. Certain hair styles look their awesome best on certain hair types while the same style might look terrible on others. You and your hair stylist need to strike a subtle balance between the two.
2. How flattering is the hair style to your face cut?
The next question, you probably need to ask your hair stylist is if the particular hair cut suits your facial features or no. Say for example, if your face is too long with the neck bone protruding, a wavy hair style or loose waves may not suit your face type. While plump girls look better in wavy hair styles. For an oval face, a neat bun or a French braid might look at your awesome best.
Before you even head to a nearby salon, you can try out a few hair styles with the help of a curler or diffuser right away at home. You will have a fair idea on what hair style suits your face and what does not. Then you can decide to go in for the real plunge.
3. What Kind of Products Will You Use?
You can ponder over the kind of hair styling products the therapist is going to use on your head. There is nothing wrong in asking him/her on kind of shampoo, conditioner, styling products or nourishing items that are going to be used for your hair. Some of these products may or may not suit your hair type.
4. Do you have prior experience?
If you have special requirements pertaining to your hair type, you need to ask your hair stylist with specific questions. Like, you have thin hair but you want a particular hair style that adds volume and bounce to your hair. You can probe if the hair stylist has a prior experience of working with a similar hair type before. If the hair stylist is pretty new and not sure on what needs to be done to your hair, then she can recommend a more experienced hair stylist to handle your haircut.
5. How long does it take to style?
The hair stylist may take a shorter span of time to have the hair styling done. But it takes you a little longer to get the shape and style desired for. As it takes a longer while for you to get into the groove, you can ask quick fix ideas with the hair stylist as how the typical style can be achieved in less than desired amount of time. May she can suggest you certain kind of combs or bristles with which the magical style can be achieved in minutes.
6. How often do I need to wash my hair?
You can ask your hair stylist as how often you need to wash your hair to help your locks and style remain in place. Few haircuts don't require elaborate maintenance in terms of frequent hair washes or oiling. While few others require deep conditioning. You can get the whole thing clarified.
Also ask if the salon suggests hair styling products to keep the hair style in shape for longer. If there is a hair friendly serum pack in the salon itself, you can get a bottle home for yourself.
7. What kind of hair color suits my hair?
The last question is definitely not the least. In fact this is the most valuable question you need to pose your hair stylist if you are going in for a freaky hair color. You might want a subtle red colored streaks done on the sides of your hair. There is every possibility that your request can be completely misunderstood and the stylist might purple color your hair completely. This happens to quite a number of women and your hair might resemble a crayon colored head. Make sure you don't have a miserable experience in going in for first time hair color.
To make things easier, you get colored wigs available in the market. You can try your hand by placing the wig across your hair just to see how the looks accentuate your image. And then you can go in for a makeover with regard to a trendy hair color in town.
These questions might look as if you are nagging the hair professional with just too many questions under the sun. But you need to ask the right set of questions at the right time to save your head from a pathetic hair stint or style which ends up you having that sob in your car. To make life easier both for the stylist and for you, make sure you ask the above mentioned questions or even more. But make sure, you pose questions in a subtle way instead of trying to challenge with the hair stylists competency.


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This Monday would have been the 157th birthday of photographer Gertrude Käsebier, the subject of week's photo of the week post.
Käsebier was very influential in the early 20th century, not just for her pictorialist portrait photography, but also for her independence and efforts to promote women in photography.
Clara Sipprell, Gertrude Käsebier, Photographer, platinum print, ca. 1910-1911
Käsebier didn't attend art school until her late 30s, and didn't try photography until her early 40s. A few years later, she was already taking her famous portraits of Native Americans touring with wild west shows through New York and was included in Alfred Stieglitz's photography magazine, Camera Notes. She was one of the first women members of the Linked Ring and a founding member of Stieglitz's Photo-Secession group. The first issue of Stieglitz's influential photography magazine, Camera Work, was dedicated exclusively to Käsebier's work.
For photo of the week, here are a few of Käsebier's photographs from the Carter's copy of the inaugural January 1903 issue of Camera Work.
Gertrude Käsebier, Blessed Art Thou Among Women, photogravure
Gertrude Käsebier, Portrait (Miss N.), photogravure
Gertrude Käsebier, The Red Man, photogravure


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The statewide smoking ban approved by the Indiana Senate Feb. 29 was riddled with exemptions, seeming to prove what many people have already concluded: The majority of our lawmakers aren't concerned with public health; they care far more about the right of business owners to operate without government intrusion.
But, in fact, the bill the Senate approved is the poster child for government meddling.
As lawmakers blithely disregarded the science that says secondhand smoke sickens and kills Hoosiers, they rushed to add exemptions that demonstrated their love of free enterprise. The result is a policy mishmash that removes certain categories of business from the smoking ban while leaving others subject to regulation.
Bars and other establishments that don't allow minors would have had 18 months to abide by the ban in the House version of the bill, but they were granted a total exemption by the Senate.
In much of the state where no ban exists, bar owners must be licking their chops over the prospect of picking up business from customers who now do their smoking in restaurants that would have to abide by the ban.
Restaurant owners, on the other hand, are surely worried about how a law like the one approved by the Senate would affect them. They would be forced to choose between keeping their smoking customers or remaining open to customers of all ages.
It's a conundrum faced by Indianapolis establishments since the city enacted its partial ban in 2006. The city's inability to strengthen its ordinance in recent years continues to put private enterprise in a tough spot.
Lawmakers at both the state and local level are too easily swayed by bar owners who say a smoking ban would kill their business.
Bar and restaurant patrons in all cities larger than Indianapolis and in more than half the states have gotten used to the idea of going outside to light up. And studies of tax revenue generated by bars before and after smoking bans have shown no evidence that smoking bans do permanent harm. In many cases, business rebounds after a short dip and is stronger after a ban is imposed.
The problem arises only when government pits one type of business against the other by adopting broad exemptions. That's why responsible lawmakers, whether motivated by public health, free enterprise or both enact clean bans that require everyone to play by the same set of rules.
Soon, our legislators will begin the process of reconciling the vastly different House and Senate versions of the statewide smoking ban. We'd like to think something akin to the House version, with its limited exemptions, will prevail, protecting the health of Hoosiers and maintaining a level playing field for business. But we fear the misguided attempts of those who say they don't want to interfere with business will leave us with neither.•
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Jennifer Lawrence has laughed off her trip at last night's (February 24) Oscars ceremony.
The Silver Linings Playbook star fell over on her way up the stairs to accept the 'Best Actress' award - prompting Hugh Jackman and Bradley Cooper to rush to her aid.
Speaking backstage after the ceremony, Lawrence quipped that she "absolutely" fell down on purpose.
"What do you mean, 'What happened?'" she continued. "Look at my dress! I tried to walk up stairs in this dress - that's what happened! I think I just stepped on the fabric, and they wax the stairs."
Asked what was going through her mind when she fell, Lawrence joked: "A bad word that I can't say... that starts with 'f'."
Lawrence also made jokes about the "stressful" process of getting ready for the awards, saying: "I felt like Steve Martin in Father of the Bride, watching my house just be torn apart. My whole family was getting ready, my friend stopped by - it was kind of fun, but it was mostly chaotic.
"What was the process? I don't know! I just woke up and tried on the dress, and it fit, thank God. And then I took a shower. I don't know... That's what I did! And then I got my hair and make-up done and then I came to the Oscars! I'm sorry, I did a shot before I came out... sorry!"
Movies: Oscars 2013 - 85th Academy Awards ceremony highlightsLawrence had earlier joked on the red carpet that she was "starving", laughing: "Is there food here?"
Silver Linings Playbook director David O Russell has said that Lawrence will "surprise people" in their future movies together.
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Hard work by Driffield Football League officials has paid off, with another team signing up just days before the start of the season.
Pocklington 4ths will return for the 2016/17 campaign and the fixture list will be amended in the forthcoming days.
They competed in the league for many seasons, and will be back with a mixture of teenagers and more experienced players.
"It looks like we may be on the up again," said league secretary Norman Harris.
The good news from Pocklington could be balanced out by the departure of North Frodingham, who are due to decide this week if they will continue, with a shortage of players affecting their plans to reform.
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Cornellians at play, in winter's snow and ice
Ezra Magazine, January 31, 2014To most Cornellians today, winter in Ithaca means subzero temperatures, bundling up in jackets and scarves, Big Red hockey, and occasional hikes to class through two feet of snow. But for earlier generations, East Hill was home to an alternate array of winter activities and traditions.
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Seven months after the retirement of Lance Armstrong, two California entrepreneurs are making multimillion-dollar bets on the continued popularity of professional bicycle racing in the United States, seeking to prove that the sport can continue to grow without the presence of the most famous American cyclist ever.
On Feb. 19, the Tour of California, an eight-day, 600-mile race backed by the billionaire financier Philip Anschutz, will roll down the coast from San Francisco to Los Angeles. With the Anschutz Entertainment Group vowing to spend $35 million over the next five years to stage and promote the race, the event has guaranteed the presence of top American and European cyclists, including some of Armstrong's former Discovery Channel teammates.
And this week in New York, Sean Tucker, a marketing consultant from California and a former professional cyclist, introduced the Toyota-United team, a squad picked from many of the best American teams. The new team will focus on domestic races this year and begin racing internationally in 2007.
Together, the two ventures represent a remarkable amount of confidence, if not hubris, in the belief that the legions of spectators drawn to cycling by Armstrong and his seven-year domination of the Tour de France will continue to follow a sport that is difficult to view in person and receives relatively little television coverage.
The California tour is almost certain to gain publicity, however, because of its title sponsor, Amgen, which makes Epogen, the genetically engineered version of EPO, the drug of choice among cycling cheats in recent years. EPO, whose primary use is in cancer patients, boosts the production of red blood cells, which in healthy athletes promotes greater stamina and faster recovery from exercise.Continue reading the main story
Many in the cycling world were surprised last year when Amgen announced its sponsorship.
"What kind of message does this deal send to the sporting community and to the public in general?" asked Frederic Donze, a spokesman for the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Mary Klem, a spokeswoman for Amgen, said the company had a 700-member cycling club and that it had sponsored charity cycling events. She said Amgen did not intend to put the spotlight on ties between cycling and doping, but wanted to "educate people how potentially dangerous and unhealthy it is to use Epogen to gain an advantage in the sport."
Two earlier professional multiday races in the United States, the Coors Classic, in Colorado, and the Tour DuPont, an East Coast race, thrived in the late 1970's and through the 1990's, but each foundered after less than a decade.
Robert V. Colarossi, a managing director of AEG Cycling, the Anschutz subsidiary that has put together the race, said a California tour "has long been the Holy Grail of cycling in the United States."
He said it had long-term potential because California's population gives it a ready audience. The state also has plenty of coastal hills for the mountain stages and willing, medium-size cities for race starts and finishing circuits.
Organizers hope to build on the Tour de Georgia, which last year attracted 700,000 spectators, though many undoubtedly went just to see Armstrong.
Tucker, the Toyota-United owner, is putting more than $1 million into the venture, including money for the start-up of a new company to make the team's bikes and to sell models to recreational cyclists.
He said he intended to follow the model of Nascar, selling team memberships to fans for $25 to $100 apiece.
Frankie Andreu, the co-director for the Toyota-United team and a teammate of Armstrong's in two of his Tour de France victories, said the team hoped Armstrong's legacy would give it a boost.
"We were really kind of waiting for Armstrong to retire so we could get this venture going," he said.Continue reading the main story


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Work has been crazy, so the disclaimer here is that this post is not that good today. Of course, that is making the assumption that the normal posts are any good also! ;)
I don't watch a lot of reality tv. The only one I watch and have ever watched is Dancing with the Stars. I realized on Monday why I don't like to watch these type of shows. They really should be called popularity shows. My husband calls it the "Donny Osmond effect". A few seasons ago, Donnie won the whole contest, not because he was the best dancer but because he had the biggest fan base. It seems to be going this way again this season. On Tuesday night, it came down to the two lowest scoring couples. It came down to Ralph Macchio and Kirstie Alley. I'm not saying that Ralph didn't have his problems but there is no way that Kirstie is a better dancer than him. So Ralph headed home while Kirstie is in the finals. The person with the biggest fan base won out again. It really just blows my mind that a dancing show is really not about dancing but about popularity.
I hear around work that other reality shows are exactly like this. I don't know. So the question is why do we watch them if the winner has nothing to do with talent? What is the message that these shows are sending, popularity trumps talent?
Getting a little deeper, is the publishing world like that? Can popular authors publish "crap" and people buy it just because of "who that author is"? What about a talented author who finds their work so hard to be published? I wonder if it was strictly anonymous, if some of the stuff published out there would even be considered?
Peace out,
Thursday, May 19, 2011
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I've seen some crap be published. I know my editors have no issues telling me if my story sucks. lolReplyDelete
As far as Dancing it pisses me off. Since Donny Osmond I watch, but don't tune in as much. Kirstie does NOT deserve to win.
Sadly, I think it can be exactly like that in the publishing world. If you're extremely popular, you'll get published by pretty much no matter what you write. Do I need to name all the famous actors and actresses out there with books?ReplyDelete
It doesn't seem fair for all us unpopular people. We have to work 150 times harder to get sold.
And you do so write great blogs!!
Yep, I agree with Linda. I've read many poorly written books by famous people or authors and felt that sense of annoyance at the injustice!ReplyDelete
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So, who has graced these beautiful office doors? We have always enjoyed a varied client role, but our best clients have one thing in common: a sense of passion for their own business. In terms of industry areas and size? We have worked with people ranging from freelancers to business owners and employees of mid-sized, fast-growing enterprises . And that's where we're happiest; helping driven people succeed in achieving their goals because we love variety and the chance to demonstrate our flexibility.
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It's all very well having a swanky office in the idyllic north-east of Scotland, but without a talented web designer it would be nothing short of a waste of space. Enter our very own Neil Hedley; passionate about web design.
So, what are Neil's credentials, we hear you cry? Well, for starters, Neil has dedicated his working career to the IT industry; learning, understanding and working first-hand from the basics upwards. Even a part-time position in the fitness industry was done to fund his successful launch into IT self-employment (and obviously helped keep his body and mind fresh for all of those design challenges he enjoys).
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And for dessert, he champions the work of his local community. Have you seen the award-winning Portknockie Website? And the sound editing on the K'nocker podcasts? And you thought it was just coffee we were offering.


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The exact meaning is a matter of dispute. As written, it seems to mean a tent-woman, or the woman living in a tent. With a mappik in the last consonant it could mean "her tent." The term is used symbolically by Ezekiel to designate Samaria or the kingdom of Israel (Ezekiel 23:4,5,36,44).
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culminating The Kid Brother ( 1927) and Speedy ( 1928), were among the biggest-earning comedies of the 1920s, even outgrossing Chaplin's films.
Harry Langdon's output was smaller and more uneven than the others; but he merits his place in the pantheon of great clowns on the strength of three features, Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, The Strong Man (both 1926), and Long Pants ( 1927) -- the first scripted by Frank Capra, the others directed by him. Langdon's screen character is quiet, cute, and rather weird. His round, white face and podgy figure, his tight-fitting clothes, and his stiff slightly uncontrolled movements give him the look, as James Agee pointed out, of an elderly baby. This childlike, guileless quality gives an eerie edge to his encounters with the grown-up world of sexuality and sin.
In this enchanted age of comedy, the reputation of other comedians has been unjustly eclipsed. Raymond Griffith emulated the sartorial elegance of Max Linder and encountered catastrophes and peril with insouciant ingenuity; his masterpiece Hands Up! ( 1926) cast him as a Civil War spy. Marion Davies's fame as the mistress of William Randolph Hearst has eclipsed her contemporary celebrity as a comedienne of particular charm whose fun was seen at its best in the films in which King Vidor directed her, Show People and The Patsy (both 1928). The Canadian-born entertainer Beatrice Lillie left her mark in a single wonderful silent comedy, Exit Smiling ( 1927). Migrants from Europe, the Italian Monty Banks ( Monte Bianchi) and the English Lupino Lane enjoyed successful if brief starring careers; Banks subsequently turned director. Larry Semon, with his distinctive white mask like a Pierrot lunaire started the 1920s as Hollywood's highest-paid comedian, but his later features met with diminishing success, and hardly bear revival today. W. C. Fields and Will Rogers made sporadic forays into silent films, though their essentially verbal style of comedy was only to come into its own in the era of talking pictures.
The extraordinary flowering of silent film comedy in Hollywood was not to any great extent reflected anywhere else in the world -- perhaps indeed because American comedies enjoyed such huge international distribution and popularity that there was no chance of competing with them. In Britain, Betty Balfour, who made two feature films in her character of Squibs, was the nearest to a star comedienne: attempts to put popular music hall comedians on the screen lacked both skill and success. In Germany the child star of 1909, Curt Bois, grew up to be the bright star of a few comedies, the best of them The Count from Pappenheims. In France René Clair brought the comedy style of the French stage vaudeville to the screen with The Italian Straw Hat (Un chapeau de paille d'Italie, 1927) and Les Deux Timides ( 1928). But screen comedy was distinctly an American art form.
It was to remain so, although the golden age of silence was abruptly extinguished with the coming of sound. The causes were manifold. Some comedians were disoriented by the fact of sound itself ( Raymond Griffith was an extreme case, having a severe throat defect which restricted his power of speech). The new techniques -- the microphones and the cameras enclosed in sound-proof booths -- suddenly restricted the freedom of film-makers. More important the escalating costs and profits of film-making led to much closer production supervision, which generally proved inimical to the independence which had been vital to the working methods of the best comedians. Rare ones, like Chaplin and Lloyd, were able to win themselves freedom of operation for a few more years, but others, including Keaton and Langdon, found themselves employees of huge film factories which had no place or concern for individualists. After 1929 Keaton never directed another film, and Langdon vanished into obscurity. A new art had been born, had flowered, and died in little more than a quarter of a century.
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Lahue, Kalton C. ( 1966), World of Laughter.
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McCaffrey, Donald W. ( 1968), Four Great Comedians.
Montgomery, John ( 1954), Comedy Films: 1894-1954.
Robinson, David ( 1969), The Great Funnies: A History of Film Comedy.
The term 'documentary' did not come into popular use until the late 1920s and 1930s. It was initially applied to various kinds of 'creative' non-fiction screen practice in the post-First World War, classical cinema era. Originating films in the category have typically included Robert Flah erty 's Nanook of the North ( 1922), various Soviet films of the 1920s such as Dziga Vertov's The Man with the Movie Camera (Chelovek s kinoapparatom, 1929), Walter Ruttmann's Berlin: Symphony of a City (Berlin: die Sinfonie der Größstadt, 1927), and John Grierson's Drifters ( 1929). Yet 'documentary' cinema has roots that lie further back in the reworking of a vital and long-established form that had flourished


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Junior Buddy is a Telemedia STAR!
All of us at The Belize Zoo are so happy about the Telemedia 2011 Telephone Directory. The cover is graced by our very own Jaguar Ambassador, Junior Buddy. This eye-catching photo was taken by Telemedia's senior graphic representative, Mr. Stephen Yarwood. So exciting! With appropriate ceremony and applause, the new Telemedia Telephone Directory was officially unveiled at the zoo on Friday, the 1st of April.
Under the watchful eyes of the king vultures, BTL officials unveiled the portrait-sized framed cover. The photo of Junior Buddy immediately brought sounds of complimentary appraisal from all.
As noted by speakers Anjalee Vasquez and Sharon Matola, the 2011 Telephone Directory is not only a "must-have" resource for address and telephone contacts, it also accomplishes something that no other telephone directory in the world can claim. Our telephone directory draws important attention to the greatest wild cat in the Americas, the jaguar.
A concise narrative inside the directory points to the fact that Junior Buddy's wild counterparts are in need of our protection. Also mentioned are the wildlands known as the "Jaguar Corridor." This forest, located to the north and to the south of the zoo, plays a vital role in seeing that our jaguars have a place to roam for many years to come.
Fine entertainment came from the La Democracia pre-school "gibnuts." They gleefully sang the "Junior Buddy Song" and were beaming with joy when BTL folks handed them each a Junior Buddy puzzle, as a memento of the special event.
After the unveiling, Mr. Stephen and BTL official Mr Mariano, enjoyed an "up close and personal" meet and greet with Jaguar Ambassador Junior Buddy. Junior Buddy must have sensed the importance of his happy visitors. He enthusiastically kissed them both! Each official from BTL then went to meet Problem Jaguar Rehab graduate, "FieldMaster," who gave each a big jaguar "high five". The Belize Zoo is very honoured by Belize Telemedia's choosing Junior Buddy as their 2011 telephone Director cover. Good For Belize, and very good for jaguars, too!


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written by Patty Sherry, founder of Share Your Love Story. Have you ever found yourself in one of those pivotal moments where you question where you are, where you've been, and where you want to go? Ever shouted out loud, "What is the meaning of life?" How about just finding yourself once again in that … Continue reading
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There have been many times, especially when I was in the middle of something that I didn't want, that I believed life wouldn't change. Logically I knew it eventually would change, but emotionally I certainly felt much different. "When will it get better?" I can remember times that I have felt sad or angry over … Continue reading
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Yep! We're packing up and heading out! To where?
I spent months searching for homes along the coast, concentrating on areas with warmer climates, better lifestyles and a less expensive cost of living. I haven't done so much research since college! I checked out homes, areas, crime rates, schools, activities, climates, expenses, taxes, town ordinances - everything you can imagine and probably some you'd never think of! Needless to say, I was very thorough. Hopefully, I made the right decision with North Myrtle Beach, SC! I believe that I did. All the while, I asked Dad to guide me to assist me in doing what I promised him I would do. I know he's been with me during these first stages of this journey.
The home had to meet certain criteria. It had to live the way we live - having 3 generations in one house has its challenges - and it had to be close to the beach! I made contact with a wonderful agent and, with a list of potential properties in hand, Jim and I headed down to South Carolina in hopes of finding the beach home we'd been dreaming of - and we did! It was really odd, like fate intervened or something. Of the 10 or so homes we planned to look at, two went under contract before we got there, two went into bank ownership, two decided not to do any more showings and took the homes off the market, one that seemed great was awful, one had no gutters or downspouts and in the biggest rain storm in 1,000 years, the yard and garage were flooding! We couldn't even get to the front door because the water was about a foot deep! It was as if all of the other homes were moving out of the way to draw our attention towards the one we chose! Over two days, in the pouring rain, we looked at houses and before heading out to see more, made our decision. I was thrilled that Jim was in love with my favorite home as much as I was! We made an offer, it was accepted and we were on our way! It did my heart good to see Jim so excited and happy!
|Here she is! SEA-renity Bungalow!
That seems like such a long time ago, but the months have passed quickly. Now we are in the throws of packing and getting ready to leave. We closed Friday - yay! and will be headed south next Saturday - only a week away! I can't believe it! We will finally be living our dream and sharing that experience with my daughter and our dear grand children. They have no idea that the beach is only 5 minutes from our new home! They're going to freak out! We plan on spending part of Christmas at the beach, building a sandman instead of a snowman and doing some other fun activities. I'm not showing much of the house here, as the only pictures I have are of the seller's furniture and decor. I'll be chronicling this new adventure as things progress, so stay tuned! There's a lot of exciting news to share!
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Working on more fabric designs
Two more sketches ready to become fabric!
Did I tell you I got a banjolele in November? I managed to play some Christmas carols and I am busy practicing chords every day!
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
My fabric arrived
I received a gift card from
for Christmas. I have been so excited to make my own fabric. I used some pages from my sketchbook for the designs. It arrived today!
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I am trying to get more sketchbooks made for a possible Indianapolis craft fair and my
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I already have three canvases in the works with the idea of turning them into fabric.
A new addiction? Uh Oh!
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Saturday, January 19, 2013
Day 7: Raw Food ( Pulling out all the stops today!)
It's the last day of my RAW FOOD Adventure!!
I'm not sure what is more amazing- that I only ate 100% raw food for a week- or that I did a daily blog post!
I had a lot of recipes to prepare today. I watched the sun rise, then started mashing some bananas for my breakfast bars.
Sliced up zucchini, leeks, and parsley to get this salad marinating.
Made a new friend while I was at it.
( Had "Castaway" moment and realized I really need a job!)
I wanted to try a soup all week. Finally did this carrot and avocado soup with a pine nut creme.
And, I got to dig in to the cheesecake I made last night. I found this recipe on
. It was easy to make and tastes wonderful! I substituted the dates with figs because that's what I had available... It worked perfect.
Doesn't this look beautiful! Really fun to photograph too. ( You should see the picture of it on
- she did two layers- you can see why I wanted to try this one!)
It has been a fun challenge this week. I learned a ton of new recipes.
I am hosting the art journaling meetup group here in a couple weeks. I think I may just have to serve some raw desserts and salads.
Thanks for all the great comments and following along this week.
Now, back to the art.
...and stir fry.
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Friday, January 18, 2013
Day 6: Raw Food ( Leftovers)
I have a fridge full of salads and things I have made all week. I decided to eat those and spend my time in the craft room room instead of the kitchen!
I gathered my beet- dyed paper I had made a couple days ago and cut, folded, and tore to do some little envelopes with messages.
I also have some mini 2 inch x 2 inch canvases I am making into tiny books, or just a fun way to send a quick letter to friends.
Cut paper to fit, folded it accordion style, and glued it into the opening. It tucks in to mail and friends can pull out their message, note, doodles, or whatever I put in there.
Sorry, no food pics today, but tomorrow I think I should go out with a bang! Dare I try "cheesecake"?
Thanks everyone for all your comments. I'm so glad you are having fun reading about this challenge. It's been great fun....and healthy!
Good thing ART is healthy too! xo
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Thursday, January 17, 2013
Day 5: Raw Food (Meanwhile, my husband roasted a whole chicken)
Eating in the raw continues.
A fruit smoothie this morning. The oats I made the other day for brunch. Healthy snacks of celery with tahini and golden raisins. Fresh fruit.
( and, yes, I resisted the chicken.)
Pomegranate- always worth the work.
Tonight, I did a salad from the book. Peas, corn, pine nuts, pomegranate, and carrots, with a parsley dressing. The dressing is wonderful.
I realized today that right after my week of raw food challenge is over, Indianapolis' "
Devour Downtown
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Day 4: Raw Food ( Beets: Also a great art supply)
Time to play with the food before preparing it!
I got out various kinds of paper I have- some watercolor, some handmade (not by me). I used the ends of the beets to pretty much stamp on the paper, used the edge of the beet to make little marks, and the "tail" of the beet to pretty much draw like a crayon. Here's the paper now...
I may use it to make some envelopes for mail art. So, some of you may see this in your mailbox. I apologize in advance if it stains your hands or other mail!
After playing around, I made a medley of purple. Grated and sliced beets marinated three ways and a little radicchio for some variation.
Dessert was awesome tonight!
These are from
Raw Food Kitchen
too. I really like Dunja Gulin's book. These may have been one of the things that made me buy it!
They are called "apricot cheesecake cupcakes". Like everything raw I have made, they are nothing like cheesecake or cupcakes, but they are DELICIOUS!
The flavor reminds me of some Christmas cookie doughs.
The book says to use a cupcake tin and line the bottom with cling wrap, but I used our ravioli maker instead. It has the perfect shape and size for these, and the cups are shallow so it was easy to pop them right off.
I even got out the cake decorating stuff and piped on the "cheesecake"! I don't think I've used those in five years. See, there is a reason I keep all this stuff!
I did eat some other stuff today, but not really photo worthy! And I never think pictures of kale smoothies look very appetizing...better just to drink it and get on with the day!
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Day 3: Raw Food ( Temptation knocks at my door...literally)
No, really, it did!
It was the Schwan's ice cream truck (sure,they sell food too, but we all know them for their treats)! I resisted...but I did get their catalog for when they're back in two weeks. I'll be ready for fudge ripple and that grasshopper pie. Despite the ice cream craving, I really am enjoying this Raw challenge.
I'm not sure if it's the raw food, or just the fun of this project, but I am full of energy today! I've been up since 5am and haven't stopped getting things done- some "need to" and some "want to"s.
I started out my day with a bowl of oats in almond milk with grated apple, dried cranberries, and a dash of nutmeg. It was delicious....and much healthier than my skipping of breakfast all together. ( Normally, I am asleep during those hours)
Next, I put the oven on low and made some kale chips for snacking. These are great! I'm sure I'll make these again after my raw adventure, but with the oven turned up higher for faster cooking. At only 110 degrees it took about 2 hours to get them crispy. Well worth the wait though.
Dinner was a simple salad with red onions and mushrooms marinated in tamari soy sauce, red wine vinegar, and sesame oil.
For dessert I tried a berry "ice cream" from the book. I tried half of it just refrigerated and the other half frozen---both were good. Served it with kiwis and bananas. The recipe has it served over bananas with a chocolate sauce, but I didn't buy any raw cocoa for the challenge, so went without this time.
I am curious to see how only eating raw this week will effect me and my body, if at all. A week isn't very long, I know. So, is today's great mood and energy from my diet or just a random good day?
Either way, it's all good.
Wishing you all wonderful days!!
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Monday, January 14, 2013
Day 2: Raw Food ( Let's soak some stuff)
It's only Day 2 of my Raw food challenge, and I must admit, I was tempted to give it up by breakfast ( I love my bagels!). But, I didn't. Instead, after another kale and orange smoothie, I got to work on a dinner and dessert.
I swear I could have made an entire Thanksgiving dinner in the time these two things took! I wish I was joking! Raw food has a lot of "soaking" in the instructions! Soak almonds. Soak quinoa (that has actually been soaking since yesterday!). Soak celery and leeks. I had a million bowls lying around half the day, just soaking. In between soaking, I was chopping and blending, warming up my coconut oil, cutting up the mango, marinating mushrooms, measuring out ingredients, and trying to keep up with all the dishes I seemed to produce.
After much preparation, I have made a "stuffing" to plop into veggies. And, I even got to warm it up in the oven for a little bit.
And here is the mango and mixed berry "parfait" w/ "Chantilly creme" ( a delicious blend of almonds, almond milk, and a bit of agave). It didn't hold up like in the book's picture, but it was really good. I'll try it again.
In between all the chopping and blending I did find time to do a spread in my art journal.
Tomorrow? I may have to do something besides a smoothie for breakfast!
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Sunday, January 13, 2013
Day 1: raw Food (Okay, Let's not even pretend this is pizza)
I have decided to do a Raw foods challenge!
I've been talking about it for a long time, but never took the plunge. Today, after a trip to the grocery store, I am ready to --- uh, NOT cook.
I grabbed my new book,
Raw Food Kitchen
by Dunja Gulin, and gathered up my produce and grains. I decided to ease into it with a kale an orange smoothie. I do love smoothies.
Then I moved on to what the book called "pizza". I wouldn't call it that, but it turned out good. The crust is a mix of oats, ground sunflowers, and flaxseed. The toppings are marinated mushrooms, tomatoes, and something not even close to cheese---it's cashews, lemon juice, and chopped onions ground in the food processor. Here it is!
My goal is to do all raw foods for at least a week, then I may add in some other things. It really is just for fun so I'm not too worried about it. Last summer a friend and I did a challenge where everything we ate had to be from the farmer's market. I liked how it made me find new recipes and get more creative and healthy. I am going to have to get pretty creative with the raw foods. I'll keep you posted on how it's going!
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
I like Messy
I made myself a sketchbook cover for my Moleskine. Time to try some stuff.
Drops of Daler Rowney acrylic artists ink onto denim.
Stitch all around it.
Sew on a messy loop with some scraps. Perfect for my pen.
View of the back. I like how it creeped along the side.
Some day I will run out of this fabric I dyed in a class years ago- until then, it's my fabric to do test runs with.
Insert sketchbook. Ready to travel.
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Saturday, January 5, 2013
I'll never be a redhead...
Believe me--- I really have tried to dye it three times. It ends up as an icky, rust orange color.
For now, I put these in my all inclusive fabric journal. We'll see if I make enough to give them their own home.
Also, I have to thank Jill from Recycled Daze----I love when a blogger is having the same problem as me and posts about it--- I was about to freak out on the uploading pictures! Google Chrome worked for me too, Jill!
A belated Happy New Year!
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