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Yay, a new DIY craft project! I was super happy with how this idea came out and hope you love it too!
Materials you'll need:
Air dry clay
A variety of beads including seed beads, and other decorative items to mosaic; you could use buttons, tiles, gemstones... see what your stash holds or your local craft store
Acrylic Paint
Decorative Papers with small designs
Gloss sealer/ medium (only if you're not using Mod Podge)
Tacky Craft Glue; I use a non toxic glue called "super-tac glue". It's similar to PVA but dries a bit faster holding bigger objects like for this tutorial
Embroidery thread in your chosen colors
Mod Podge (Optional)
Other useful items: cutting mat, fine/ embroidery scissors, needle & thread, clay tools, scalpel or similar
Start by cutting out a heart template.
Take some air dry clay and roll out to approx 5mm thickness (3/16") on your cutting mat.
Place your heart template onto the clay and cut around. Smooth edges with a clay tool or your fingers.
Poke a hole for hanging in the top and bottom of the heart shape with a pointy clay tool.
Roll out some more clay to around 4mm (3/16") thickness. Cut out little squares/ rectangles/ triangles/ odd shapes the sizes you would like your tiles. Make around half a dozen for one heart. Make a longer piece 4.5cm x 1.5cm (1 13/16 x 9/16") that you will glue the "love" type image onto. Smooth the edges and make sure they are flat. Leave the heart shape and the tiles for around 24 hours or until dry.
Now create the tiles:
Cut out little pieces of paper slightly larger than the shapes and paste the back with Mod Podge or PVA- type glue. Press onto the shapes firmly and leave for a minute or so. Trim around the edges with some fine scissors. Paint the fronts of your "tiles" with the mod podge or gloss sealer, and paint the edges with coloured acrylic paint. Make the 'love' tile in the same way.
Take some acrylic paints and paint the heart all over, front and back. I used some bright green with touches of yellow and turquoise on this one.
Using glue, add a rim around one side of the heart.
String some beads onto thread and start gluing them down. I chose beads that would fit onto a normal sewing needle. Keep stringing beads and gluing them down until you frame the whole outside of the heart.
Test out the placement of your tiles.
Next, fill the inside of the heart with tacky glue, and place your mosaic pieces onto the glue, leaving gaps between the decorative elements.
Once you have all the larger pieces in place, sprinkle seed beads into all the left over gaps. Careful when you are gluing and placing your pieces not to cover the two holes in the heart. Once the glue has dried sufficiently you can shake off the excess seed beads.
Thread some embroidery thread onto a needle and sew a tassel and some beads onto the bottom of the heart. I looped through the heart a few times as I liked the look of thicker cotton at the bottom.
I hope you enjoyed the tutorial, and please let me know if you try it out, I'd love to see your creation! Jules :)
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I was wondering if such a service was available in India, what would it be like? I'd love for brands like Makari and Fabindia and Khadi to participate in it. Even Clinique, Lancome and Illamasqua that are not easily accessible to us in India ( I don't mean the metros here). But what if the Indian Luxe-box turns out to be full of Lakme, Lotus and Maybelline? Would we like it?
If the luxe-box was all Indian brands Vs a mish mash of the phoren ones, would the ladies be excited with it? Personally, I wouldn't mind either....The idea of a surprise pckage excites me, even if I have to pay a bit. The box costs 12 dollars a month including shipping. Thats approx 550 rupees. I don't think the beauty blogger junta would mind it. Not only does it allow us to test great products, it provides for so much discussion! And for a sample starved country like ours, this could be an instant hit... what do you think? Would you like a luxe box?


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here my sunday-sweet look with the must-have of the season: jeans! i bought this dress a long time ago and havent woren it often, but today it felt perfect, i love the kind it is cutted!
and the combination with pink is for the sweet touch!
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The elementary team has published a report on it's performance in last one year. elementary OS was able to make a lot improvements in past year. elementary's achievements in 2015 includes, new website, new release, redesigned documentation, participation in open source conferences, contribution to other upstream projects ..etc.
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About a two months ago Jason saw this piano bench/side table thing by our dumpster:
He grabbed it because it's the perfect size and height to go right next to our couch, and he set about fixing it up. It was in pretty bad condition.
The top (which lifts up, like a piano bench), was broken off its hinges:
And the whole table was covered in this rough, almost sticky layer of old varnish. In this next picture, Jason's already sanded like a third of the top and you can see the difference:
After sanding the whole thing by hand, he used black wood stain to transform it.
It is so much better now, all nice and smooth and black. It's been right next to our couch ever since he fixed it up, and it's perfect.
Another project that he did was for Ellie. She loves to play with our computers (especially the keyboards), which we like to prevent. We had this old, broken laptop in one of our closets, so we pulled it out for her to play with. It was pretty heavy, though, and she couldn't move it very well. So, Jason took the laptop apart, removed most of its guts, and filled it with cotton. He also removed the old black screen (which was pretty heavy itself), took an old white binder apart, and used the binder cover as the new screen. Since it's white plastic, Ellie will be able to use whiteboard markers on it in the future. Jason also left the clear plastic sheet on the cover, so we can slide pictures in the side. Here it is:
Now it's "Ellie's computer." And she does indeed like to play with it.
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What a 3 months.
I was lucky enough to improve on last years 3rd place with a respectable 2nd this year.
Runner up to Andy (A well deserved winner, as I know how much time he spent painting)
It was a close run thing to the end between myself and Dave D.
My Saracens pipped him to the post though.
Curt has done an amazing job this year with the challenge.
The bonus rounds and the sheer amount of workload for him was jaw dropping.
Massive respect Curt and bloody well done that man.
A big hands together also to all who took part and made this something special.
Here are my Final Entries.
|15mm AWI Limbers and Brigade Command
|1/72 HaT, Saracen Light Infantry Bow 2
|1/72 HaT, Saracen Light Infantry Bow 3
|1/72 Italeri, Saracen Camel Cavalry with Bows
|1/72 Strelets, Saracen Division Commanders
|1/72 HaT, Saracen Ghazi Warband 2
|1/72 Strelets, Mamluk Cavalry with Bows
|1/72 Strelets, Mamluk Cavalry with Spears
|1/72 HaT, Saracen Skirmishers with Javelins
|The Saracen Entry in all it's glory.
|1/72 Strelets, Turk Cavalry with Spears
|28mm WotR, "Where's Pat" Last Stand bonus round entry.
What's next........
A big change for myself is about to happen.
It will mean another lifestyle change as I will be going back to the realms of a self employed Miniature painter and sculpter (hopefully).
The Blog will be having a massive overhaul as things move forward over the next few weeks.


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We see the same opportunity to draw international acclaim to the wine, mead, and cider from the 'Round the Mountain Artisan Trails of Southwest Virginia as The Crooked Road did to our heritage music.
Abingdon, Va. (PRWEB) May 18, 2012
Wine & cheese are so five minutes ago. The Southwest Virginia Wine Festival pairs wine, mead, and cider from the region's artisan trails with music from The Crooked Road: Virginia's Heritage Music Trail. The inaugural event is on tap for Saturday, June 16, from 1 to 5 p.m. at Heartwood: Southwest Virginia's Artisan Gateway. Tickets are $20 per person in advance or $25 per person the day of the event and may be purchased online at http://www.swvawinefestival.com.
"We saw an opportunity to embrace different aspects of our region's emerging creative economy in a meaningful way," said event organizer and Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Foundation executive director, Todd Christensen. "We see the same opportunity to draw international acclaim to the wine, mead, and cider from the 'Round the Mountain Artisan Trails of Southwest Virginia as The Crooked Road did to our heritage music."
The 19-county, four-city region produces an extensive range of award-winning wines, as well as cider and mead, all of which will be poured by participating Artisan Trail members − Abingdon Vineyard and Winery, Blacksnake Meadery, Coltsfoot Winery, Davis Valley Winery, Foggy Ridge Cider, MountainRose Vineyards, Vincent's Vineyard, and West Wind Farm Vineyard and Winery − during the event. Food demonstrations and tastings by local restaurants, 'Round the Mountain artisan demonstrations, and a souvenir wine glass are also included in the ticket price.
Southwest Virginia wines are drawing acclaim from the region's unique attributes, the combination of everything belonging to its specific appellation − soil, weather conditions, grapes, vines, air − even the vintners themselves. Artisanal mead and cider lend depth and interest to the region's offerings.
"The reclaimed mine land has actually worked out better for us than we thought," says winemaker, Suzanne Lawson, who, along with her husband, Ron, and their son, David, converted a reclaimed surface mine into MountainRose Vineyards in Wise County. "That mining has brought up the minerals from deep within, and we think that's one of the reasons our wines are particularly nice," she surmises. "Reclaiming that land − mines to wines − is part of our unique story."
Mountain Park Old Time Band will pair big, bold tunes from The Crooked Road with
red wines possessing the same character, as well as lighter music with the whites. "They come on like a house on fire," says Crooked Road co-founder, Joe Wilson, referring to the traditional, old-time music the group, known for its ability to get people on their feet dancing, plays "with plenty of gusto".
Online ticketing and more information about the June 16 Southwest Virginia Wine Festival, which is sponsored in part by Food City and Jerry Peters Sales, can be found online at http://www.swvawinefestival.com or by calling (276) 492-2400. Heartwood: Southwest Virginia's Artistan Gateway is located at Exit 14 on I-81 in Abingdon, Va.
The Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Foundation is the coordinating body for cultural heritage tourism and economic development efforts fostering Southwest Virginia's creative economy. The Foundation provides vision, guidance, and resources to sustain and grow the economy through preservation, revitalization, and marketing the quality of life, which is authentic, distinctive, and alive in the Southwest Virginia region. More information about Southwest Virginia and The Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Foundation can be found at http://www.myswva.org.


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We had a fun few days welcoming in our last year in Japan.
Starting with...a New Year's Eve feast with friends! Hot ham and cheese sandwiches, lil smokies, and wonton wrapped fried cheese. Oh, and a few veggies to balance out all the butter and grease :)
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the garage and at about turn number 35 Kris remembered
there is an elevator, so we could have parked at the
bottom and ridden the elevator up.
A view of Verny Park and part of Yokosuka city as well as a couple dry docks
At midnight we rang in the new year with our little family all together and hanging out with our amazing friends. Great way to start the year!
Because I overindulged a bit too much at the Robot Restaurant a few days before, I managed to bring in the new year without a drop of alcohol in my system. So, I was able to wake up bright an early Sunday morning and make my way to the water and watch the very first sunrise of 2017.
My set up...I got a new camera gadget for Christmas so I can attach it to the camera and then control when to shoot a picture from my phone. After I got the camera set up, I could watch the sunrise with my eyes and take pictures by tapping a button without even looking at the camera.
Almost there...
And...there it is! Since the Meiji era (1868-1912) Japanese have believed the first sunrise of the year has special supernatural powers
...maybe THIS will be the year I can leap tall buildings in a single bound...
many crowds gather on mountaintops or beaches to watch the sun make its first appearance for the year and pray for health and family well-being in the new year.
...maybe THIS will be the year I can leap tall buildings in a single bound...
many crowds gather on mountaintops or beaches to watch the sun make its first appearance for the year and pray for health and family well-being in the new year.
The very next day, the five of us piled into the car and made our way to Chiba. It was here that we logged our first hike of the year, first temple visit of the year, and we managed to get a visit with the 7 Lucky Gods squeezed in there, too! I thought I took pictures inside the Kannon, but I can't find them. :( There is a stairwell in the center of the giant statue and with every twenty steps or so there is a niche with one of the seven lucky gods inside. We had a special paper to stamp with the gods' image on the way up.
Two more days down the road, and we were still ringing in a Japanese New Year with an amazing spread of traditional New Year's foods (called o-sechi, I think) with Junko and her family. After filling our bellies with foods that would bring us health, joy, and prosperity.....all eaten with special New Year's chopsticks...we made our way to the beach to fly kites together.
Three boys on the edge of the water...what could go wrong here....oh, that's right...G was soaked from the waist down so we had to get clothes from Kenta in order to be allowed on the train home.
Mackenzie's first pottery collected for the new year :) The kids received New Year's gifts from Junko, as they repeated after her: Akemashite Omedetoo goziamasu (Happy New Year).
So, this year, our last in Japan, we were able to have a very Japanese-y New Year! We checked off many of the customs of this wondrous land in the first few days of the year. From the first sunrise, first hike, first temple visit, 7 lucky gods 'pilgrimage', enjoyed o-sechi foods, but most of all...we spent a lot of time together, with friends and with our little family.


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Welcome to Wormley and Turnford Big Local!
WT Big Local is here to help you organise and run events and activities which will help improve the lives of everyone who lives in the area and create a much greater feeling of community.
We'll do this by giving advice, support and grants to groups and individuals with the ideas and motivation to help build our community with activities such as:
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- youth clubs
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- allotment projects
- activities and facilities for kids and their families
- outings and activities for the elderly and disabled
- encouraging local enterprise
- skills exchange
- use of our wonderful open spaces
All the events will be advertised on this website, so if you're looking for something to do visit the Events page.
WT Big Local is also going to provide an active voice on behalf of the community. We'll be talking to the Council and local organisations to encourage them to provide better access to local facilities. If you have any ideas about what needs to be done, talk to us.
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Community Calendar: April 2017
Every 2nd & 4th Monday of each month – 9:00 am to 11:00 am – NAACP FREE Legal Clinic – 615 North W. Street, Pensacola. Presented by NAACP Pensacola Chapter# 5124, an attorney from Legal Services of North Florida will be on-site to offer free legal advice and counsel in both civil and criminal matters such as Landlord/tenant, IRS disputes, Family Law, Foreclosures, Bankruptcy & Collection Exemptions, Civil Litigations, Title Clearing and more. Contact: Rev. Rodney Jones at (850) 293-2756.
TICKETS ON SALE NOW – "Pink in the City" – AKA's celebrating 5 years – HOT Pink Summer Night Mystique Masquerade – Call 433-3324 or 435-2959. Donation: $40.00 per person with $10.00 of each ticket going to MSABC (Making Strides Against Breast Cancer), Covenant Care for Alzheimer's, NAMI (National Alliance for Mental Illness), and AKA Mentoring Programs for Girls. Please note this event will not occur until September 9th and additional details will follow as the date approaches.
Friday, April 14, 2017 – African Dance & Drum Classes from Atlanta, Georgia are coming to Pensacola for the young and old! Drum classes begin at 1:00 pm taught by Master Drummer, Barago and dance classes will begin at 2:00 pm taught by the renowned Toni Young. Location: East Pensacola Height Community Center, Room 3208. They have over 35 years of experience. Children's classes are $5.00 and adults $10.00 For more information call 404-593-4494.
Saturday, April 16, 2017 – 10:00 am to 5:00 pm – Celebrate Easter Sunday at Five Sister Blues Café – Will serve standard brunch menu with a special menu for Easter. Live jazz performances throughout brunch service. Contact info: (850) 912-4856 or www.fivesistersbluescafe.com – Located at: 421 W Belmont Street, Downtown Pensacola, FL 32501
Tuesday, April 18, 2017 – 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm – African-American Chamber of Commerce is co-sponsoring the "Winning Federal Government Contracts" Workshop. Location: Pensacola City Hall. For more information contact Angelena Wheat at (850) 438-3993 or email her at awheat@gcaacc.
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Vestas has received an order from EDF Energies Nouvelles to supply an 88 MW wind farm in France, with an option for an additional 8 MW.
The order, which includes 24 V90-3.0 MW and eight V80-2.0 MW turbines, is part of a previous framework agreement signed between EDF EN and Vestas. The deal includes an option for an additional two V90-3.0 MW and one V80-2.0 MW turbines. Vestas expects to enter a service agreement at a later date.
"This order further strengthens Vestas' market position in France and reaffirms the competitiveness of our technology and our team,' says Juan Araluce, chief sales officer at Vestas. "Vestas and EDF EN are driven by the same mission – to further develop wind power around the globe and to make it an even more competitive source of energy."


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(Placebo - Where is my mind? [Pixies cover])
Or another question that could have been asked: Where is my Internet connection?
At least now it is working. I'm not even excusing my absence this time.
Well, there could be so much to tell. I'm doing the short version now:
I really love my studies, though it seems now like Internet Computing could have been another good choice for me.
And in the lecture hall I already have got a usual place with the best view:
|the subject was History of German Law, since it's optional there are only few there...
The best bands for me were Ektomorf, a Hungarian metal band, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, the bit of As I Lay Dying I saw, Dark Funeral and Amon Amarth. Bolt Thrower had the better sound, but somehow they didn't catch my interest. Well, some pictures I took with my phone before the battery ran too low:
|as I lay dying
|another bad one
|Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, they had an amazing live show
|the most awesome car around
|this one was also at the Reiter. Creepy keyboarder with saw-like decoration :D
Well, and because this blog should stay a fashion blog in the first place...
|the bag is new, I'm so in love with it, I was searching for one in this size for so long!
And now I hope I'm doing more posts... it's unbelievable, just the second week of studying and I already have so much to study. Well, more because of Chinese than anything else... and okay, I'm partying too much. But that's uni housing, there's always something going on.
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This redevelopment of Gehry's own residence in Santa Monica kind of reminds me of The Simpson's episode where Homer becomes an outsider artist through his poorly executed attempts at constructing a BBQ which apparently was the apogee of found art in Springfield town. Marcel Duchamp would no doubt have approved.
I'm kind of surprised he hasn't upgraded to titanium cladding from the drab corrugated iron by now.
On a side note, a car was parked in the garage through not sure if he was home at the time. Either way kind of felt awkward photographing his house.
The redevelopment of the Gehry residence was designed by Frank Gehry and completed in 1978 and further work done in 1991.


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One of Canada's Biggest Bakeries Also Is One of Its Most Efficient
By focusing on both energy use and production facility, Canada Bread built a Hamilton, Ontario, bakery that exceeded expectations.
One of the most notable features of Canada Bread's Trillium Bakery in Hamilton, Ontario, involves something it doesn't have: A boiler.
Constructed in 2010 for $33.8 million and commissioned in 2011, Trillium was designed with LEED certification in mind. Optimization of energy performance was one of the biggest point-getters in the certification process that culminated in LEED Gold in late 2013, and a major piece of the design involved the economizers placed in the exhaust stacks of the seven ovens. The recovered heat is sufficient to meet hot water and steam demand, negating the need for a boiler.
Technology evolves slowly in bakery processing, but the Trillium project incorporated the best technology available at the time it was completed, according to Chris Markwood, vice president-operations and plant manager for the past four years. It was complemented with like-new machinery from an Interstate Bakeries facility that was shuttered as Interstate went through the throes of bankruptcy. Controls were gutted in Hamilton and replaced with state-of-the-art technology, and ease of cleaning and sanitary design guided all equipment purchases.
Occupying a 26-acre site and designed to allow expansion that would add two lines, the 388,000-sq.-ft. bakery was built when Canada Bread Co. Ltd. was a division of Maple Leaf Foods. Corporate leaders were embarking on a major reconstruction and consolidation effort, with Trillium intended to replace three aging bakeries serving the Ontario province. Trillium barely breaks a sweat matching the now-shuttered Toronto plants, producing 55 million loaves a year plus another 26 SKUs at a cost 30 percent lower per unit. Buns, English muffins and other products boost overall production to 113 million units.
Up to 18 shifts a week operate, depending on seasonal demand and other factors. "We're looking very closely at shipping truckloads of product to the Buffalo area" to take advantage of the depressed value of the Canadian dollar, Markwood reports. Staffing tops 400, more than 100 additional positions than originally projected, a reflection of greater than anticipated throughput.
In the wake of a 2008 Listeria outbreak involving luncheon meat that killed 22, food safety became a Maple Leaf obsession. Consequently, sanitary design was a top priority at Trillium. A walk-on ceiling below the roof provides space for utilities, isolating maintenance activity and repair work from the production floor and eliminating horizontal piping in the makeup area. A utility and traffic corridor ringing the production floor helps enhance hygienic operations. Fully enclosed receiving areas for flour, sugar and other bulk ingredients were an upgrade for the Canada Bread network.
Improved process control was the key to lowering unit costs and improving overall quality. Tied to the corporate ERP system, the plant's control system integrates everything from bulk receiving and the automated ingredient system to the packaging rooms. Statistical process control helps detect set-point drift in both machinery performance and quality-assurance outcomes, reducing waste and facilitating corrective actions.
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Green Mixer: April 4 and 16. Send an email to email@example.com for more information. $5 per person.
Sundamizu Bonsai Kai: Saturday, April 13, 10 a.m. to noon. Learn the art and techniques of bonsai. Group meets every second Saturday of the month.
Drum Circles: Saturday, April 13, 7 to 9 p.m. Enjoy the music of local artists and bands under the stars. During intermission, enjoy beverages and toast marshmallows around the campfire. Those with some cookout skills can make s'mores. Fixings provided. In case of inclement weather, the concert is moved indoors. Free with evening admission of $3.
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text: Consumer Sentiment Data Mostly Higher View Of Current Economy Strong Jul 30, 2013 – by Counselor Tweet Reaching its highest level since 2007, the latest Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan (TR/UM) consumer sentiment index climbed to 85.1 in July, surpassing initial projections of 83.9 and suggesting a strong view of the current economy. "This high level of confidence points toward a continued expansion of consumer spending during the year ahead," said survey director Richard Curtin. Americans' increasing propensity to spend is being fueled by income and job growth, data showed. On average, there were an additional 22,000 jobs added per month in the U.S. in the first half of 2013 compared to the last half of 2012. In addition, the survey's current conditions index (which includes a gauge on personal finances) hit a six-year high of 98.6. Consumers seem more likely to make big purchases – like homes or cars – in the short-term due to expectations that interest rates will rise later in the year. In households with at least $75,000 income, more than a quarter cited the advantage of buying homes before prices or interest rates increased in July, up from just 6% during the same month a year ago. The survey found over two-thirds (68%) of consumers expect rates to rise in the next year, as compared to 55% who believed that last month. Contrasting the TR/UM results, data released this morning from the Conference Board showed consumer sentiment decreased slightly in July, falling to a reading of 80.3 from a revised 82.1 in June. Yet, the survey found consumers are confident in the current state of conditions, as the Conference Board's Present Situation Index actually increased to 73.6 in July, from 68.7 last month. It was the Expectations Index – a monitor of long-range sentiment – that slipped to 84.7 from 91.1 in June.


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Looking Back
The Early Years
The Road to
What Price
The Next Generation
and The Land As One
Living with
Our Language, Our Selves
Inuit Art: The New Reality
Hunters and
High Finance
The Subsistence
A Public
The First MLAs
The World
Looks North
What's In A
Map of Nunavut
Curley, the president of Inuit Tapirisat of Canada, immediately
exclaimed that the new territory would naturally be called 'Nunavut.' "
ITC legal advisor Peter Cumming, recalling the moment in
June 1974 when,
on the steps of the Tuktoyaktuk school, the broad goal for Inuit
land claims in the
Arctic narrowed to the creation of a new separate territory called
[The nature of Inuktitut]
[Standardization?] [The survival
of Inuktitut] [Commitment in the home] [Education] [Government] [Language
and culture tomorrow]
s there a Canadian culture? Is
there an Inuit culture? An Inuktitut word for "way of life"
is inuusiq. Based on the word for person, inuk,
it means something like "the way of being a person."
Is there a connection between the language I speak and the person
I am? Let us tell you a story.
Some years ago, Kublu applied for a job with an Inuit organization
in Ottawa, and dashed off the usual résumé. On
checking it over, however, she thought, "But this is an
Inuit organization. If the person who reads this résumé
is a traditional Inuk, what will he think of it, and of me?"
So she translated it into Inuktitut . . . and it sounded arrogant,
boastful, and cold, cold, cold. Then she sat down and wrote a
résumé directly in Inuktitut. It came out fine,
until she translated it into English. The English version was
vague, unfocused, even wimpy!
In fact, studies have suggested that many fluently bilingual
people shift their personalities (or shall we say their cultures?)
as they shift language. So there is a connection.
For an Inuk like Kublu, language and culture are inextricably
entwined in the perception of who she is, to herself and to others.
In the eyes of older people in the community, she is a child
who has tapped into the mysterious powers of the qallunaat (white
people), but who still depends on her elders for so many answers
about daily life in the past.
To her colleagues at the college where Kublu works, she is,
we hope, an equal, with a professional competence extending beyond
her particular role as instructor of interpretation and translation.
To her students, she is a role model, one who has attained a
balance between two worlds. To herself . . . well, she knows
she can never be the kind of Inuk her elders were, but, with
all due respect, she doesn't want to be. And she never could
be a qallunaaq (white person).
The language of Inuit, Inuktitut, has changed in the last
century, but it is still the same. In a good portion of the circumpolar
world, it is alive and well. Kublu can communicate quite successfully
with Greenlanders, for example, and if parachuted into Point
Barrow in northern Alaska, which is much further away, she would
be able to do the same after about a week or so.
The culture of Inuit has changed more than Inuktitut has,
but most of those changes are on the outside. Kublu does not
lead the same life her parents did, but in her approach to life,
her system of values, her appreciation of the world around her,
she is closer to them than to her qallunaat colleagues.
The nature of the
Inuktitut language
In English, and in most other European languages, a sentence
is a string of beads. Each bead is a tiny little word, and the
beads are strung together to make meaning.
I am happy to be here.
Je suis content d'être ici.
Yo estoy contento de estar aquí.
I am happy to be here.
Je suis content d'être ici.
Yo estoy contento de estar aquí.
But in Inuktitut the words are like Lego blocks, intricate
pieces locked together to produce a nugget of meaning.
quviasuktunga tamaaniinnama
(happy + I here + in + be + because I)
quviasuktunga tamaaniinnama
(happy + I here + in + be + because I)
How about this word, produced at random: Pariliarumaniralauqsimanngittunga,
"I never said I wanted to go to Paris."
These words are produced by a grammatical system that is much
more regular than anything in English. Inuit students like studying
grammar. They get pleasure out of seeing the logical flow of
something they always took for granted. The grammar is not only
precise, it is complex.
In Inuktitut, there are several hundred basic verb endings,
as well as variations depending on the sound system. Take, for
example, the verb root malik - "follow."
maliktunga "I follow"
malikkassik "because you two follow"
malikkit "follow them!"
malikkuttikkuk "if we two followed those two"
malingmangaakku "whether I followed her"
maliktunga "I follow"
malikkassik "because you two follow"
malikkit "follow them!"
malikkuttikkuk "if we two followed those two"
malingmangaakku "whether I followed her"
A simpler example of Inuktitut word-building is ui,
a husband. An uiviniq is a former husband. ("Would
he have to be dead to be called a uiviniq?" Mallon once
asked one of his co-teachers. She paused thoughtfully for a moment
and replied, "It would depend on what he had done.")
A uiksaq is a potential husband, a "fiancé."
And, with complete logic, a uiksaviniq is a former potential
husband, or an ex-fiancé. In fact, Inuktitut could be
described as a more precise and analytical instrument for defining
things than English is, for all its literary richness. When Quebec
linguist Louis-Jacques Dorais analysed words for imported items
in Nunavik (arctic Quebec), he found that less than six per cent
of the new words were borrowed from English, whereas 76 per cent
were descriptive expressions (the others were modifications of
traditional words). Furthermore, of the descriptive words, nearly
half described the new item by its function, rather than by its
appearance a pretty sophisticated approach to word definition.
For instance, the Inuktitut word for computer is qarasaujaq
"something that works like a brain" while
qulimiguulik, meaning "that which has something going
through the space above itself," is Inuktitut for helicopter.
Inuktitut has a long, rich history as an oral language, but
its writing systems are fairly new.
Even though there
are some seven or so major dialect groupings of Inuktitut in
Nunavut, Inuit from across their territory understand one another.
In the western Kitikmeot Region, the dialect is known as Inuinnaqtun
and is written in roman orthography, just as it is in Labrador,
the Canadian western Arctic, Alaska, and in Greenland, where
a tradition of literacy based on the roman alphabet goes back
In the rest of Nunavut, however, Inuktitut is written in syllabics,
a phonetic form of writing that was developed by Rev. James Evans
for the Cree, adapted for the Inuit in the latter part of the
1800s by the Anglican missionaries John Horden and E.A. Watkins,
and brought to the Arctic by their colleague, Edmund Peck. A
standardized dual orthography for both roman and syllabics was
established in the late 1970s by the Inuit Cultural Institute.
Time has revealed one or two minor problems with the system,
but on the whole it is accurate, learnable and logical. It has
gained acceptance in the east, but westerners have been much
less receptive, preferring to use an older roman style of spelling.
Standardization of the language, however, is a different matter.
It is much more controversial. People who have pride in their
language feel very strongly about their dialect. (This certainly
comes across in college language courses, where students react
immediately to anything they interpret as an attack on the autonomy
of their own dialect.) Luckily, however, it can be argued that
there is no need to standardize the basic core of the language.
Experience over the last 30 years has shown that sophisticated
Inuit across Nunavut can readily communicate with each other,
either at formal conferences or in informal social situations.
They make automatic minor adaptations to adjust to each other's
patterns. Where standardization is necessary is in the development
of technical terms, and that is usually not such an emotional
Survival is a far more serious issue than standardization.
The survival of
The century that is passing has not been kind to the minority
languages of the world, particularly the aboriginal languages
(and cultures) of North America. A few years ago it was reported
that, given the statistics, one would expect only Cree and Inuktitut
to have a chance of surviving another 100 years in Canada. That
opinion, however, is no grounds for complacency.
31 years
of broadcasting, Iqaluit's Jonah Kelly signed off from CBC North
radio in 1997. Inuktitut language programming has been essential
the survival of the language
Today, very few native children in western Nunavut speak,
or even understand, their native language. And it is the children
who count. Visit a community and listen to the children playing.
It doesn't matter how much Inuktitut is spoken in the store by
adults shopping, or in the kitchens among elders visiting. What
language are the children using? The first sign of decay is when
the children play in English. The second is when the parents
speak in Inuktitut and the children reply in English. The third
is when the language of the home is English, except for the elders
in the corner, a generation cut off from their grandchildren.
Linguists use a term to express the effort to revive a dying
language: "salvage linguistics." The situation along
the central Arctic coast of Nunavut the communities of
Cambridge Bay, Kugluktuk, Umingmaktok and Bathurst Inlet - can
today be realistically described as one of salvage. There is
a race against time, as a small group of Inuit teachers there
work to preserve and transmit their language before it is too
Will they solve the problem? Or to put it more broadly: can
institutions such as government and education save a language
on their own? No.
Commitment in the
The essential element is commitment in the home: commitment
by parents. Institutions can't legislate that. What they can
do is encourage and support it. But the essential element will
come from the people. The essential element will be a pride in
the language, and a determination to use it.
Two factors chip away at the stronghold of a minority language
such as Inuktitut. One is that by the time parents realize its
use is disappearing, it is already too late.
The second factor is the overwhelming power of English, a
power felt today across the world. It's not just that English
is the language of Shakespeare, and Ernest Hemingway, and Margaret
Atwood. It is also the language of Coca-Cola, and the Apollo
program, and Bill Gates, and Michael Jackson, and Disney World.
English is the language of power, and of glitter. Parents use
English to link their children to the source of power.
However, many people believe that Inuktitut will be a source
of strength to Nunavut. So what else can the institutions do
to ensure its survival and growth?
Education comes to mind immediately. Research and development
in Inuktitut curriculum began soon after the birth of the NWT
Department of Education in 1970, and has continued. A training
program for Inuit teachers teaching in Inuktitut was started
in the early 1980s.
But there is still room for improvement. While a fully developed
curriculum for high schools is lacking, even more crucial is
the need to develop skills in second-language instruction, and
to ensure that there is funding for Inuktitut second-language
curriculum and materials. It is not only that the situation in
the central Arctic is critical, and that the handful of dedicated
Inuit teachers there need skilled technical support. Even children
in eastern Nunavut, in communities such as the territory's capital,
Iqaluit, need an Inuktitut second-language emphasis in their
language classes. This is especially true for children in cross-cultural
families. In the vital area of adult education, there is a demand
for classes in first-language literacy training, and in second-language
Inuktitut will be one of Nunavut's three official languages
(English and French are the other two). What's more, Inuktitut
is to be the working language of the government. For those who
believe in the importance of the language, this is a laudable
objective. But there will be obstacles along the way.
In the central Arctic, where many younger Inuit are much more
comfortable working in English, will there be an exception to
the rule of using Inuktitut, or some compromise permitted?
A second complication is that for years to come, certain specialized
positions will need to be filled by skilled southerners until
such skills are acquired by residents of Nunavut. If Inuktitut
is to be the working language, then there must be Inuktitut instruction
for non-Inuit.
This won't be easy. Thirty-odd years of French instruction
in the Canadian federal government have had mixed results at
One possible compromise
is an increased Inuktitut flavor in the workplace, combined with
a well-thought-out language training program. Inuktitut expressions
would increasingly be used in the office. A growing number of
non-Inuit staff would be able to communicate at a very basic
level before having to fall back on English to develop their
ideas, and some would eventually be able to function in the language.
Language and culture tomorrow
So here we stand, on the threshold of the new century, facing
a future that holds promise and challenges. Would we have the
courage to accept the offer of a glimpse of Nunavut in 2099?
Would such a glimpse show us homes where Inuktitut continues
to be spoken, offices where it is in common use, a lively cultural
scene with literature and music expressing our way of life? In
our present situation there is indeed the promise of such a future.
Let us hope and work for the strength and commitment to attain
Alexina Kublu is an Inuk who
teaches interpreters and translators at Nunavut Arctic College
in Iqaluit. Mick Mallon, also from Iqaluit, is a qallunaaq who
teaches Inuktitut as a Second Language.


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1 July 2016
Have we really left mid year already? Does this then qualify as year limbo? Happy 1 July bloglets. What a day we have ahead of us to look forward too! I like it when the first falls on a Friday. Can't really put it into words why, but I just like it.
Wishing you a wonderful weekend. Do things that amaze even you and prepare for your amazing future. Even if it's 1 thing. EVERY step counts.
Here are some reads for the weekend;
How yummy does this no cream - ice cream look? must try
Is it too early to start looking forward to FNB Joburg Art Fair?
I love a Dame who gets inked at 81..LIVE!


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Monday, November 13, 2006
International humility...
LA is where it all happens. Every mind in the western world is effected by what goes on here, and you feel like a little bug buzzing around the city waiting to be squashed by a random onlooker.
Last night, while sitting in Starbucks with my friend, sipping our ginger green teas a woman comes up to us. We were both deep in conversation talking shop (Capoeira and training) and we didnt notice her aproaching. She goes: 'Hi guys! Can I ask you some questions?'
We: 'Sure, whats on your mind?' (Puzzled..)
She: 'Are you guys actors?'
We: 'Thats right, we are!' (full of shit and ourselfs)
She: 'I'm a casting director for this new TV show, and I have to ask you first how old are you guys?'
We: '31 and 26'
One day in LA and you get a job offer. And its not for my good looks or acting skills... Just goes to show you: things are happening here if you are in the lookout for such things. 26 years in Israel, and never someone aproached me on the street with such a job offer, one day in LA, though...
(To be fair I have to say, someone aproached me once on the street in Tel Aviv and offered me to buy some fresh avocados..)
Anyways, I wanted to say a couple of words about humility. Humility is an international concept, although I can now clearly see that it is not the same everywhere. The thing is, we judge each other by our own humility standarts, while the other person in front of us works by a completely diffrent set of rules and values. Humility in the US (or at least LA, and YES I'm generalizing) is talking about your self, showing how small you are. The funny thing is: its still talking about yourself... As an Israely, it looks completely fake to me, although, it comes from a very real and sencire place. Israelies look at humility in a diffrent way: just shut up. Dont talk about yourself, although you have a lot to say. The funny thing is: we still think highly of ourselfs, we just dont say it... Brazilian humility is also diffrent: its about posture (round shoulders, making yourself smaller than you realy are, look at Angoleiros), and thinking of yourself in simple terms. Although they are the most macho country in the world, I think their humility is misunderstood by many.
We have a lot to learn from each other. Judging has its drawbacks, but judging is what made me think of all that I'm writing here. Well, enough babble.. I'm off to my morning training.
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i thought your perception of brasilian humility was interesting, especially since brasileiros are the most macho in the world and the brasileiras are the most vain (yes even surpassing the women of the USA).
while you mentioned how they make themselves smaller (ie angoleiros, which seem to be the minorities in the world of capoeira); i immediately thought the opposite... they are trying to make themselves bigger (ie the common contemporary capoeirista). almost every man has brick biceps and tree trunk legs. even in the most tightest, balled up cocarinha (an esquiva they don't even do)the guys would still be taller than me. ok so i'm only about 1.7m tall(on a good day and wearing shoes), but that's still crazy! with the rise and excessive use of Vitamin S in the last 2 decades it seems as if "humility" has become a little lost. i will stop at that point, not wanting to start any drama.
But then again, this might be what you are talking about when you said that they are misunderstood.
hey prof, what was that noise? did you hear that? it sounded like the U.S. was calling you to come over. ok let me stop there too. sorry i couldn't help it, i saw an openning and i had to take it!


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Trends in global CO2 emissions: 2016 Report
In 2015, after three years of slow growth, the growth of global CO2 emissions from fossil-fuel use and from steel and cement production was brought to a standstill. One of the main causes was the 2% global decrease in coal burning and cement production - the largest decrease over the past five decades, apart from recessions. The global decrease in CO2 emissions from coal use was offset by increasing emissions from the combustion of natural gas and oil products.
- download the report (PDF, 1 MB)
- to the news item
- download the data
- to the EDGAR website at JRC with time series on 1970–2015 for all countries
- to the interactive
- overview of "Trends in global CO2 emissions" reports
Changes in fossil-fuel mix affecting CO2 emissions
Global primary energy consumption increased by 1.0% in 2015, which was similar to 2014 but well below the 10-year average increase of 1.9%. In 2015, global coal consumption decreased by 1.8%. The largest decreases in coal consumption were seen in the United States and China. Global oil and natural gas consumption increased by 1.9% and 1.7%, respectively. Since coal, compared to natural gas, produces twice as much CO2 per Joule, global CO2 emissions decreased by 0.1% in 2015.
Coal-fired power plants emit one third of fossil-fuel CO2 emissions
Globally, coal combustion accounts for 41% of total CO2 emissions, and coal-fired power plants emit by far the largest share, with some 30% of all fossil-fuel combustion emissions. The Chinese share is 48%, and in India this is 47%, whereas in the United States it is 31% and in the European Union 29%. In 2015, the total amount of fossil-fuel generated electricity decreased by 0.5%, while total global electricity production increased by a modest 0.9%.. This decrease was mainly due to the rapid global expansion of renewable electricity sources.
Structural changes towards less carbon-intensive activities in China
Other main factors in the stalling of global CO2 emissions are the structural changes in the economy and energy mix of China. Coal demand in China has been slowly declining since 2014, by 0.8% in 2014 and 1.5% in 2015. Similarly, Chinese production of fossil-fuel-related electricity decreased by 2.7% in 2015, while hydropower production increased by 5%, other renewable electricity by 21% and nuclear energy by 29%. However, oil and natural gas consumption also increased, by about 5%. As a result, China's CO2 emissions decreased in 2015 by 0.7%, which is the first decrease since 2000 and following three years of 'low' annual CO2 emission growth – of 2%, 4.5% and 2%, respectively.
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The Milwaukee Brewfest will take place on July 31st along the lakefront of Lake Michigan. The park setting offers easy walking distance from the main entertainment district as well as ample parking. We are working on the event with Milwaukee County Parks. While Milwaukee is the home of beer, this is the first large scale brew festival in the city.
The brewfest is targeted to 21 years old and older of course. The target audience will be 24-45 year olds. The event should draw a mix of beer afficinados as well as the casual beer drinkers. At the event, you will have unlimited tasting opportunities, food sampling, food vendors, games, Brewfest Queen contest, musical performances and educational exhibits. We want a fun, lively event with a mix of ages. However, we don't want the event to appear to be a giant "keg party".
The logo will, ideally, recall the various classic beer logo designs...emblems...barley/hops..etc The logo may want to have a unique Milwaukee appeal to it, whether that is referencing the lakefront, city scape, etc.
Many of the logos used by other brewfests have included pint glasses, steins etc. While certainly not opposed to such an incorporation, we'd want to make sure that the design would stand out from what others have done.
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Wassup guys!
It's my very first full review about a micellar water. I did a brief review about the other micellar water from a brand which is not Bioderma (if you are curious you can read HERE), and I didn't really liked it because it gave me some symptoms of irritation. However, Bioderma did an amazing job on proofing that it's more than you can see as #1 micellar water!
Curious to know why? Or maybe you are not that familiar with micellar water? You should really check this one out because this kind of skin care must just what every make up users need. ;)
I feel lucky that I have tried this product, because before I attended Bioderma's launching in all Guardian outlets in Surabaya, 'micellar water' doesn't ring anything in my head. They look like a bottle of water which looks super similar to toner which I always use already. So, why should I bother using this 'booming' product?
Let's refer to a mini paragraph from Huffingtonpost.com, which states: According to board-certified dermatologist Hadley King of Skinney Medspa, micellar water is made up of micelles (tiny balls of cleansing oil molecules) suspended in soft water. "The idea is that micelles are attracted to dirt and oil, so they are able to draw out impurities without drying out the skin," she says. Therefore, micellar water can be used as a facial wash, makeup remover and moisturizer all in one.
So, does 'micellar water' now got your attention? For me when I first knew it, yes! I always have days where I work my heart out/? 'till very late and I am not a night person so I usually go straight to bed first. Mostly, I would overslept myself and found myself awake in the middle of the night, looking at the mirror and knew that I forgot to remove my make up. It is a big NO for our skin! Don't sleep leaving your skin with make up on. It is unhealthy and yes, I got blackheads and whiteheads, rougher and duller skin, and redness if I kept doing it for couple days.
I will let you know some fun facts about this iconic product. Sensibio H2O is:
- the 1st micellar water, developed in 1995 with and for the dermatologists
- A leading product of its category 20 years after its creation (WOW!)
- No. 1 in France Prescription & Sell-Out
- 1 bottle sold every 2 seconds in the world
Now that I used this product, I can feel some improvements to my skin. I'll mention the details below.
Anyway, I love the packaging! This product comes in 3 sizes. 100ml, 250ml and 500ml. Mine is 250ml.
For light make up, you can just cleanse your face with this product. All you need to do is to put some drops of this micellar water on a cotton. For heavier makeup, you need to do several swipes until you know it is cleansed thoroughly. If needed, you can still wash your face afterwards.
- Improve my skin condition
- Does not cause any skin irritation/blackhead/whitehead
- Sleek and transparent packaging, so we know the remaining product
- Cleanses face even waterproof makeups
- Practical because I can leave my face without washing my face (for light make up)
- Doesn't leave my skin dry or oily after cleansing
- Doesn't sting our eyes if any contacts occur
- Hypoallergenic (sensitive skin can use this too)
- Life span after the seal opened is 12 months
- Honestly, me and many other consumers I asked thought that this product is quite pricey but well, I don't really consider this one as a huge contra since this product works so well!
But don't worry! Sociolla is having a great deal for you to grab!
Bioderma promo which is going on:
April 25th - May 31st 2017
- Sensibio H2O 100ml now only IDR 99.000 from IDR 143.000 (for new recruits--who just discovered about Bioderma)
- Bundling Sensibio H2O 250ml get FREE Sensibio H2O 100ml only IDR 231.000 from IDR 374.000 + free pouch (for loyal customers)
Also, don't forget that you can get special discount IDR 50.000 by entering the code SBNLAC49! ;)
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DISCLAIMERps : I will update the review if I feel something different / a change on me because of the product, whether it is positive or negative. So stay tune :D
And also, result in every person may vary because everyone has their own skin types :)
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Dedicated to protecting the environment, enhancing human, animal and plant ecologies, promoting the efficient use of natural resources and increasing African American participation in the environmental movement.
Friday, January 28, 2011
EPA Administrator's Latino Texas EJ Tour
EPA Administrator Jackson and Representatives from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Wrap Up Texas Visit with Focus on Environmental Justice
Two-day visit highlights EPA efforts to protect human health and facilitate clean energy innovation
Today U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and representatives from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus wrapped up a two-day trip to El Paso and San Antonio, Texas. The trip is a part of the administrator's ongoing effort to highlight the benefits of clean energy innovation for all Americans and draw attention to environmental pollution's disproportionate health impacts on poor and minority communities.
Administrator Jackson discussed the agency's work safeguarding Americans from health threats like toxic air and water pollution and observed clean energy innovation in action. The administrator kicked off the trip on Thursday in El Paso, where she was joined by representatives from Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) member U.S. Representative Silvestre Reyes' office. (Congressman Reyes was unable to attend after bad weather in Washington, D.C. grounded his flight)
The administrator started the visit with an on-site briefing on the cleanup of the former ASARCO smelting plant. After that she met with local leaders to talk specifically about water quality and access concerns. The administrator also hosted a forum on environmental justice issues at El Paso Community College on Thursday where she listened to and spoke with citizens about their environmental concerns and addressed the health and economic benefits of clean air and water for communities. Administrator Jackson also visited the El Paso Water Utilities Desalination Plant and Tech H2O Center, which is expanding El Paso's access to clean water and creating jobs in the region. Today, the administrator was joined by CHC chair U.S.
Representative Charles Gonzalez in San Antonio for meetings with local community members, business leaders and students. She and Gonzalez toured St. Philips College, where they got a first-hand look at the college's green jobs training program and sustainable power infrastructure efforts. Later, Administrator Jackson hosted a round table discussion on environmental justice issues with community members. She finished the Texas tour at St. Mary's University where she hosted a student forum and answered questions about winning the future through investment in green job innovation and other major environmental issues.
Over the past several months, Administrator Jackson has visited a number of impacted communities across the country and met with local leaders and community members to discuss EPA's work to address these environmental concerns. More information about EPA's environmental justice efforts. (EPA)
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3-D Street Art for "Chalktoberfest"
In October I traveled to Marietta, Georgia for one of the largest 3-D street art festivals in the country. Amazing chalk artists from around the world were invited to create temporary masterpieces. For this event I partnered with a fellow chalk artist to create a 2-D/ 3-D combo. Naomi Haverland created the 2-D portion while I chalked the 3-D portion.
The 2-D portion of the artwork is based on Leonardo Da Vinci's "Woman with Ermine". The woman's facial expression has been changed to reflect the disgust she is feeling towards the rowdy aliens. I drew the aliens walking on the artwork and spilling beer into the ermine's mouth. I like the playful interaction of the 2-D and 3-D elements in this piece. The aliens also represent my worst fears about what might happen to my artwork when I draw in public. Luckily, nothing like this has ever happened to me!
This was my first time working with another artist during a 3-D street art festival. It is great to have someone to share ideas with and to help keep you motivated. You can see more of Naomi's chalk art here.
One of the best aspects of chalk festivals is meeting and learning from other artists around the world. The organizers of Chalktoberfest do a great job of bringing in the best international chalk artists. It was a great experience to learn about these artists inspirations and techniques.
This was my third year participating in this festival. You can see my artwork from previous years on my 3-D chalk art page.
You can also read about my experience at the Nashville Chalk Art Festival here.
Contact me here to learn about adding 3-D street art to your next event.


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- Forgetting the vultures view
- Sloppy calculation
- Familiar patterns that are not familiar enough
Forgetting the vultures view
The vultures view should be the first line of offence. The fact that I still forget to look where my pieces go is due to a lack of discipline in combination with decades long bad habits.
Sloppy calculation
After the vultures view from your own perspective, the possible lines of attack should be clear. Now the possible defences of your opponent should be considered. There are five possible standard answers:
- Counter attack
- Capture the attacker
- Escape
- Interference
- (pin the attacker)
Capture, escape and interference are so common, yet I often forget to look at it. I put pin the attacker between brackets, since it isn't a very frequent occurring issue. I added it for completeness only.
Familiar patterns that are not familiar enough
There are a whole lot of tactical patterns that are familiar, but not familiar enough that they pop up easy. Take for instance this position. It shows a standard way of fixing a knight fork that doesn't work yet, by coercion of the king into a check. There are quite a few of this standard methods which application needs to become a skill.
I'm going to work on the first two issues first, forgetting the vultures view and sloppy calculation since they form the bulk of my failures. They are the cause that I don't use the full potential of what is already available as skill or knowledge in my system.
|Keeping the overview. As usual, the enemy vulture is out of focus


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Steamboat Springs If you have the old marquee for the Chief Plaza Theater in a barn somewhere, Friends of the Chief would like it back.
The nonprofit group closed on its $1.45 million purchase of the historic downtown theater Tuesday morning, and members want to know where the old, lighted marquee that used to grace the building now resides. It's needed. The theater is making a comeback.
At a reception Tuesday afternoon in the lobby of the Chief, Friends of the Chief board President Jim Cook said the plan is to do minor renovations to the theater and have it hosting events by about Thanksgiving.
Cook said the wall between the two larger movie theaters will be torn down and a new stage will be built in what will be the main venue area.
"Now that the ownership exists, we can use the space," Friends of the Chief board member Valerie Stafford said earlier, noting the proceeds from events will go to the larger renovation costs.
In the lobby of the theater Tuesday, plans for a new building were displayed. The current structure would be razed except for the facade, which would be returned to a circa 1940s look, and a single-stage venue would be built in its place, Stafford said. A basement would be added along with a balcony level.
The proposed building would be able to host musical acts, dance, theater and conference events or large dinners, using a floor that would rise from sloped toward to level with the stage, according to the plans.
But the construction phase might be three years out, and in the interim, the group is seeking a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant and plans to continue to raise funds.
Carmike Cinemas left behind the seats, sound systems and screens when it closed the theater in early September. Friend of the Chief hopes to take advantage of the items when the two larger theaters are combined.
Standing in front of the group that gathered Tuesday to celebrate the coup, Cook raised a glass of Champagne and toasted all those who had worked for three years to make the purchase happen.
"There were days that if you asked me the odds, I'd say it would have been the other way. But we have the deed," Cook said.
Friends of the Chief news release
The Friends of the Chief is scheduled to close at 10 a.m. today on the purchase of the historic Chief Theater, 813 Lincoln Ave., in downtown Steamboat Springs. The purchase price was $1.45 million.
"We're absolutely thrilled to have completed the purchase of the Chief Theater," said Friends' president Jim Cook. "It's a significant milestone, one we've been striving to reach for more than two years. But in many ways, it's only the beginning. We have a solid vision for the building, but we will need the community's support to achieve that goal."
The building currently houses two retail businesses, Blossom and Summit Shades. Neither will be asked to move in the short-run, Cook said. Carmike Chief Plaza Four closed its doors in September, when Carmike Cinemas' lease to operate a commercial theater at the location expired.
Friends' envisions restoring the historic building to an earlier architectural style, most likely adopting its 1940s façade, and transforming the theater into a cultural center for the community. Local arts groups that currently struggle for performance space and forums to provide educational resources could utilize the facility. It would also serve as a regional venue that could attract national groups.
Architect Bill Rangitsch of Steamboat Architectural Associates contributed his services to draw preliminary, conceptual plans. They include one main auditorium with 350 seats and an additional 115 seats on the balcony level. The seats and slanted flooring would be removable, allowing 650 people to attend a standing-room-only event.
As envisioned, the building would include two main bars, one on street level and one in the balcony. Additional portable bars could be located throughout the facility, depending on a particular event's needs. A new foundation would be dug under the building, and a green room, rehearsal space and storage areas would be located in the resulting basement.
The estimated cost of the rehabilitation project is $4 million, plus $650,000 in related expenses like legal fees, permits and testing. Financing would come through grants, fund-raising events and donations. Cook estimates work could begin as early as next year, with a completion date in 2015.
Built in 1926, the Chief was originally owned by "Chief" Harry Gordon, a prominent Steamboat resident and member of the Miami Indian tribe. Although locals affectionately called him "The Chief," Harry Gordon was not a tribal leader.
The building has undergone major remodeling at least four times in its 86-year history. Previous owner Michael Barry purchased the building in 1970. During his tenure, the premises were remodeled twice, most recently in the 1980s, when it was reconfigured to its present floor plan. Barry worked with Friends to facilitate the sale, and Friends plans to name the main auditorium within the theater in Barry's honor.
In the near future, the building will undergo modest remodeling so that it can be used to host fundraising events.
Friends of the Chief fact sheet
Friends of the Chief Mission and Vision
Friends of The Chief is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) corporation committed to the rehabilitation and revitalization of the historic Chief Theater in downtown Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
Friends' mission is to develop the historic Chief Theatre as a cultural center that meets the needs of a vibrant and active arts community through state-of-the-art technology, diverse programming and educational opportunities.
Purchase price: $1.45 million
Estimated construction costs: $4 million
Estimated related expenses (consultants, legal, permits, testing, fees): $650,000
First year operating expenses: $250,000
Total Cost: $6,350,000
Conceptual Plan
Main theater: approx. 350 seats
Balcony seating: approx. 115 seats
Standing room (with seats removed in main theater): 650 people
Two bars, one fronting Lincoln Avenue, the other on the balcony-level
Basement-level green room, rehearsal space and storage areas
Preliminary designs drawn by Bill Rangitsch, Steamboat Architectural Associates
Friends Board of Directors
Tracy Barnett, member
James A. Cook, president
Kevin E. Gilman, secretary
Kimberly W. Haggerty, member
Erica Swissler Hewitt, ad hoc
Alice Klauzer, member
Michael Lang, member
Mary McClurg, member
Melanie McDaniel, treasurer
Deborah Olsen, member
Valerie Stafford, member
Chief Theatre History
• Built in 1926, the building has been remodeled four times, reflecting four distinct periods of architecture.
• The Chief was the first theater in Northwest Colorado to show "talkies."
• The bidet in the ladies' room was the first in a public space in Northwest Colorado.
• The building was named for its original owner, "Chief" Harry Gordon, a prominent Steamboat Springs resident and member of the Miami Indian Tribe. Despite his nickname, Gordon was not a tribal leader.
• As originally designed, the building featured an Indian motif.
• Drastically remodeled in the 1980s, the space was divided into a four-plex movie theater with 2 retail spaces.
• The Chief was first placed under contract by the Friends of the Chief Foundation in Fall 2011.
• Previous owner Michael Barry purchased the building in 1970.


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The recipient of a Grammy Nomination, an MTV Video Award, The 2005 Artist for a Better World award, and the 2006 "Spirit of Youth" award, Nadirah Shakoor is best known as the former lead female vocalist of acclaimed hip hop group Arrested Development. In the last 15 years she has become well known and loved as the featured female vocalist of Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band. Nadirah's latest CD "Nod to the Storyteller", is a Tribute to Jimmy Buffett and includes her interpretation of 7 of his songs, 2 Nadirah songs, an Eric Clapton cover and an Art Neville song made popular by Buffett plus songs written by Nashville songwriters hall of famer Mac McAnally. McAnally, who produced the CD is the 2008 recipient of the coveted CMA "Musician of the year" award. Listen to all the songs on "Nod to the Storyteller" at MailboatRecords.com.
Nadirah is a seasoned professional who has performed for thousands at stadiums, and such mega concert events as Lalapalooza, Womad and Woodstock II, not to mention the millions who have experienced one of her sultry, earthy performances on television. In more intimate venues her voice and style have been described as no less than captivating.
A very diverse artist, Nadirah also collaborates with her long time friend, world renowned producer, Osunlade, in the House Music genre. Their songs Tree of Life, Pride, U Touched My Soul and Just a Breath Away are quickly becoming Club classics. Nadirah's band, "Outside Art", is made up of 5 very talented musicians. Outside Art's sound is one reminiscent of Old School Soul flavored by hot dance beats, African rhythms. a little jazz some Trop-Rock and a little Country paying homage to her Texas roots.
Nadirah's new CD "Nod to the Storyteller", released October, 2008 is a tribute to her employer for the last 13 years Jimmy Buffett. You can listen to Nod to the Storyteller in it's entirety at MailboatRecords.com.
A very diverse artist and songwriter Nadirah also collaborates with her long time friend, world-renowned producer, Osunlade, in the World Music genre known as "House". Their songs Tree of Life, Pride, U Touched My Soul, Love Song, and Just A Breath Away were each released as singles on the Yoruba Records label and are quickly becoming dance classics.
As a member of Arrested Development Nadirah is featured on three albums CD 'Zingalamaduni', MTV Unplugged CD /DVD, Woodstock II and Arrested Development's Greatest Hits.
She also sang on at least the last dozen Jimmy Buffett CDs.
Nadirah independently released her first solo CD; "Nadirah Songs" in 1995. It yielded three songs that were placed in films. " Purpose to Be" a collaboration with British writer Adrian Gurvitz, was placed in the film 'At First Sight', starring Val Kilmer. "Break Away" was featured in the Television film "In Dark Places" and her song "Endangered Species" is the soundtrack for the independent short film "Endangered Species".
In 1998 her second CD "Soul Power" was released by Toshiba/EMI Japan, and in 2001 she released another independent CD called "Obsessed With Peace" which is a compilation of songs previously released as singles on the Yoruba Records Label.
Sonny Landreth's 2008 release "From the Reach" features Nadirah as a guest artist, other guests include Eric Clapton, Mark Knofler, and Jimmy Buffett.
Percussionist/songwriter Ralph MacDonald featured Nadirah as guest artist on 3 of his last four CDs.
She is the featured vocalist on Robert Greenidge's "From the Heart CD" as well as the smaller version of the Coral Reefer Band known as Club Trini's last 2 CDs.
Some of Nadirah's other recording credits either as a guest artist or back up vocalist include: Quincy Jones, Madonna, Belinda Carlyle, Phyllis Hyman, Phillip Bailey, Jasmine Guy, Jermaine Jackson, Jodie Watley, Club Trini, Speech, and Siedah Garrett.


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Meanwhile, "real" threats to safety in Phuket remain rampant and unchecked. Officials are not taking notice or action, as highlighted by yet another bus of Chinese tourists crashing on Patong Hill on that same Friday (Aug 12), followed by yet another needless head-on collision between two private cars near Phuket Airport the next day (Aug 13).
Despite the obvious causes, most crashes are usually blamed on the weather, if not brake failure. The logical solution, then, should be to reduce faulty vehicles and bad drivers on the roads.
Yet, Phuket officials enthusiastically backed the recent procurement of 300 new tour buses from China, so as to meet the growing demand for Chinese group tour transport.
Judging from our comments section, it's clear that most readers don't share the enthusiasm of Phuket Governor Chamroen Tipayapongtada who, fully suited and smiling for the cameras, presided over a lavish celebration on July 23.
Imagine the positive reception the governor would have received had it instead been announced that new buses were procured for the purpose of setting up a direly-needed public transport network for the benefit of all Phuket residents and tourists.
It will certainly be years before the proposed light rail system is up and running, that is if it even gets approval after exhausting the millions allocated to studies on top of studies. In the meantime, people will have to continue to find their own means of getting around. Lacking any safe, affordable alternatives, many commuters will continue to end up in hospital, or worse.
If brand-new buses are good enough to enable hordes of prudent and frugal Chinese group-tourists to get around Phuket – at a high expense to local infrastructure and environment – then surely the governor should push for a similar deal that takes into account the rest of Phuket.
Affordable, dependable and standardised public transport would invariably reduce road casualty rates, likewise.
Wishful thinking, we know, but just for the record, Mr Governor, most of Phuket is not celebrating.


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Avantasia The Mystery of Time - Earbook, ltd & signed
not availabe!
These are rare originals from back in the day, offered due to an inventory-clearance of the personal band archive. Most are strictly limited and are only available in small quantities as they have never been reprinted. Some of the limited editions contain certificates with the respective numbers from back then. Only while supplies last!
2CD Earbook Edition - strictly limitied & out of print, hand signed!
Disc 1 track listing
1. Spectres
2. The Watchmaker's Dream
3. Black Orchid
4. Where Clock Hands Freeze
5. Sleepwalking
6. Savior In The Clockwork
7. Invoke The Machine
8. What's Left Of Me
9. Dweller In A Dream
10. The Great Mystery
bonus tracks
11. The Cross And You
12. Death Is Just A Feeling
Disc 2 track listing
1. Spectres (instrumental)
2. The Watchmaker's Dream (instrumental)
3. Black Orchid (instrumental)
4. Where Clock Hands Freeze (instrumental)
5. Sleepwalking (instrumental)
6. Savior In The Clockwork (instrumental)
7. Invoke The Machine (instrumental)
8. What's Left Of Me (instrumental)
9. Dweller In A Dream (instrumental)
10. The Great Mystery (instrumental)


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19 March 2013
Sania Mirza will be releasing the first look of Random Thoughts banner's maiden venture DK Bose. She will do this event in Miami, USA. This film is directed by debutant AN Bose and produced jointly by Anand Ranga (Oye director) and Seshu Reddy (producer of Itlu Sravani Subramanyam). Sundeep Kishan plays the role of a hatke cop in DK Bose film. Nisha Agarwal plays female lead. Achu (Nenu Meeku Telusa? Fame) composes music.


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But the most important thing that I got from it is the confidence and motivation to do things. Recently I've been unmotivated to do most things. I've also not had any type of support or mentorship from any source. Thank you, YLC team for your help in a time where I've hit this sort of rut in my life. For that I'm ever grateful.
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- Started out at Hacker vs. Disasters, but I bailed on the first speaker and instead went to the talk by Joe Grand on hacking parking meters. It just further reinforced my belief that society functions because there are not many talented bad guys. Or I should say, the effort to hack these systems outweighs the cost of using them legitimately. Still the ability to frame other people is scary. Also, you can buy ANYTHING on E-Bay.
- Then went back to Hacker vs. Disasters to see Renderman talk. Didn't learn much but had a great time. Favorite quote: "Most people will be absolutly useless in a disaster. Actually that's not true. They are mostly made of meat..."
- Of course I went to the Mythbusters talk. I was blown away by how good a speaker Adam Savage was, along with the great topic "Failure". Like everything else in his life, Adam's failures truely were epic, and I think they need to show a copy of that speach to every kid in Intermediate/High School. It's an important lesson that failure is normal, and you can bounce back from it.
- PLA Information Warefare Development Timeline. Quick disclaimer, I've worked with the person who gave this talk, (and I found it hillarious that he originally used his name but later decided to use his handle instead). The talk itself was jam packed with information, though I had a hard time being engaged by most of it. Quite honestly I'm not shocked that another country would A) Develop military plans to fight the US. and B) Develop information warfare capabilties. It would almost be the height of irresponsability if they didn't. This first half of the talk dealt with the rise of China's IW program, (along with the development of certain kinetic military capabilities). I really would have liked to stay around for the second half, but I needed to see the next talk since it corrolates with some of my research.
- Sniff Keystokes With Lasers/Voltmeters: I am in awe of these guys presenting ability. They could talk about the weather and I'd show up. Just check out this video they created to demonstrate one possible use of their research. From a practical standpoint, the ability to read PS/2 keyboards via signal leakage into the ground wire was really scary. It was something that I hadn't even considered before, (and honestly would have gone "That's impossible", if someone would have suggested it). I wouldn't be surprised if the laser exploit gets deployed at next year's Defcon CTF.
- I am Walking Through a City Made of Glass: This talk once again focused on the Chinese hacking scene, but was slightly more useful to me since it covered the non-state affiliated Chinese hacker groups. It was refreshing to finally hear someone say that in addition to the attacks coming from home-grown Chinese hacking groups, other countries/groups are buying Chinese botnets/proxies to launch their attacks from.
And that was it for Saturday, (I spent the rest of the day wanding the CTF room, Vendor booths, etc).
I was freaking out about my talk, so I wasn't the best audience member. That being said, here is what I went to
- Down the Rabbit Hole: This talk, (or at least the same title), has been given before at several other conferences, but I've always managed to miss it. It was fairly good, though as I said before I had a hard time concentrating.
- Hack the Textbook: I feel sorry for the presenters since it's hard to make a website that rates and corrects computer books sound interesting. That being said, this project has the potential to help the secuirty industy more than any of the other talks given this weekend. We need to teach people how to write secure code, and if it takes off, this project has a good chance of helping people do that.
- Unmasking You: This was a solid talk, and some of the user fingerprinting was really nasty. I don't know how much these attacks are going to show up in the wild though.
- Search and Seizure Explained: A solid talk going over the different search and seizure laws. I hope I will never need to know the legal requirements that need to be met before a body cavity search can be performed on me when I'm crossing the border. Of course, that's one of those pieces of information where you REALLY need to know it if the situation arises.
And that was it for me. The rest of the time I spent in the CTF room and the speaker ready room. As for my talk? I don't remember most of it, though I think it went well. My demo didn't crash which was the big thing ;) I had a real good group of people show up for Q/A afterwards, and I apologize since I was still hyped up on adrenaline from the talk. That's why I have to practice my talk a million times before I give it, but once I get off script, (aka Q/A), pretty much all everyone got was a direct stream of consciousness feed from me laced with a healty dose of profanity.
That was it for Vegas. I had a drink with some of the people, hopped on a cab with one of the Shmoo guys before the closing ceremonies were finished, and then spent the next two weeks googling my name trying to figure out what people thought of the talk ;)
I hope to see everyone at Defcon 18!