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INTERVIEW: Ed Harris- A Heavenly Performance Raises "The Third Miracle"
by Mark Rabinowitz
Ed Harris has been nominated for 2 Oscars and 3 Golden Globes (winning one in 1999 for best supporting actor in "The Truman Show"), among many other honors, but what you really notice about him is his consistency. From his first leading role in George A. Romero's "Knightriders," through Peter Weir's "The Truman Show," Harris has made a career of solid, sometimes scene-stealing performances.
And yet, until Sony Pictures Classics' recently released "The Third Miracle," there are no films that one might refer to as "that Ed Harris film." In both smaller films, like Robert Benton's "Places in the Heart," Phil Joanou's "State of Grace" and James Foley's "Glengarry Glen Ross" and larger ones such as "Apollo 13," "The Abyss" and Philip Kaufman's "The Right Stuff," Harris is a steadying presence. The question "Wasn't Ed Harris in that film?" might well be answered with: "Oh, yeah! He was great!"
However, "The Third Miracle," the latest film by director Agnieszka Holland ("Europa, Europa" and "Olivier, Olivier"), Harris is the top-liner in a film rife with fine performances, managing to play a priest that is both pious and sexy at the same time — not an obvious combination. His portrayal of self-doubting, obviously troubled priest Frank Shore firmly places him in the realm of the finest actors of his generation. Harris leads a cast that includes Anne Heche, Charles Haid (Andy Renko of "Hill Street Blues"), Michael Rispoli and the incomparable Armin Mueller-Stahl, all giving excellent performances. indieWIRE's Mark Rabinowitz spoke with Harris at the Toronto International Film Festival where "The Third Miracle" had its world premiere, about working with Holland, the cast, and his directorial debut about legendary painter Jackson Pollack.
indieWIRE: How did you come to the project?
Ed Harris: Agnieszka is a dear friend of mine and we worked together in the mid 80's on a picture called "To Kill a Priest." She was trying to get this other film made and then she sent me this script and said "Ed, there's a chance we can do this if you want to do it," and it all happened very quickly and I read it and found it pretty provoking and interesting and so I said "yeah, let's do it."
iW: Do you connect at all with the subject matter from growing up, or . . .
Harris: Well, I connect as a person whose faith probably needs to be. I connect as a person who believes in god. I didn't grow up as a catholic and I've probably been somewhat lazy in my pursuit of what my beliefs really are, but I thought it was a wonderful opportunity to ask some questions of myself and be present with my thoughts and feelings about god or a power greater than I am and see where it led me.
iW: The romantic in me thought "I wonder if Frank and Roxanne [Heche's character] are going to end up together," but obviously you can't…
Harris: Yeah. Well he could if he wanted to leave the priesthood, I guess.
iW: Well, I mean to be true to the story, it would have felt Hollywood, or . . .
Harris: Yeah, I don't think it would've. . . we considered alternatives to the ending you know and I think we ended up thinking this was the proper one.
iW: Was there ever a thought where the Armin Mueller-Stahl character was going to turn out to be somebody other than who he turned out to be?
Harris: No. That always stayed the same.
iW: There were some pretty interesting casting choices in the film. What was it like working with people like Charles Haid. . . . ?
Harris: That was my wife's idea. We were trying to think of a guy to play this bishop, and Amy [Madigan] said "what about Charlie?" because we knew him, we worked with him on a western we'd done. [Haid directed the pair in the TV movie "Riders of the Purple Sage."] He hadn't acted in a long time, you know, I told Agnieszka about him and she went out and met him. He was directing something and she really liked him and wanted to do it. I thought he did a really good job. I think he was kinda cool, right for that kinda guy, you know? (laughs)
iW: And the other priest. For the life of me, I can't remember his name. The one who wanted to be your Second, but couldn't. . .
Harris: Oh, oh, Michael Rispoli.
iW: Because I saw him in "While you were Sleeping" and "Summer of Sam" and now here he is playing a thoughtful priest.
Harris: Yeah, he's a good actor.
iW: It's kind of an interesting choice.
Harris: Well, Agnieszka is really — she's challenging, she has a wonderful mind. I think she's really good at casting. She has her own thing she's looking for in certain parts, and she tends to find them.
iW: Is she an actor's director?
Harris: I would say, yeah. For me, definitely. We're very close. Very good friends. So she can say anything she wants to me, and I can ask her anything I need to. I feel very comfortable with her, like I'm in good hands and I trust her a lot, so I really like working with her. And I think most actors that I know that have worked with her pretty much fall in love with her because she's really great to work with. She's very open, and yet she also really knows what she wants. So she'll let you try things, but if it's not moving the story in the direction she wants, if it's not true to the character that she feels she wants to develop, she'll let you know.
iW: When working with Agnieszka, I assume you had a fair amount of input into the development of your character. Did you guys work on that a lot before shooting?
Harris: Yeah, I mean it was a pretty quick pre-production. She was up here [Toronto] and they got it all together in a matter of six weeks, or something. It was really quick. I came up during that time; we talked. I met some other actors, auditioned some people. Then I went back home and came back before we started shooting for a week of rehearsal, trying to define scene by scene where we really wanted to go. We spent a lot of time on the script, really penetrating it and knowing what we wanted to achieve.
iW: So you shot it here — did they do any exteriors in Chicago?
Harris: They probably did and then she did the stuff in Slovakia after [the rest of the film] was shot here.
iW: The opening sequence and the rest of the flashback scenes were phenomenal.
Harris: Yeah, she did a wonderful job with that.
iW: Did you get to meet the actress who plays the would-be saint, Barbara Sukowa?
Harris: Yeah, she was around. I got a chance to say hi to her, to meet her. I would have loved to act with her. She's really splendid. It was also nice just to have the tapes of her, to be able to watch her without her having to be self-conscious about it. I thought it was another great choice that Agnieszka made. Here's this woman who doesn't say a damn word in the whole thing, really. But you really feel like there's something going on with this woman.
iW: Was there any thought to having the third miracle occur, or was it always pretty much left. . .
Harris: It was always pretty much set up that way. It's a little confusing to some people if they're trying to count miracles. But, you know, the whole thing with Maria is considered one miracle, I think. Whether it's recovering from lupus or off the deathbed, that's one. The other one is about the bombs flying — you could say that the third miracle is, as far as Frank's concerned, that he's still a priest. That he is a priest, that he's realized that this is what his destiny is and what he wants to do and what he believes in. Or it could be the child, or that anyone has a child, that could be considered a miracle. I think if people are counting miracles, they get the wrong idea of what the film is about, although it is called "The Third Miracle," so . . .
iW: In your career, you've done both large and small films, and you didn't take the "I'll start with small films and move on to bigger ones" track. Do you have a preference?
Harris: It's really in the material and in the people you work with. This is actually the first independent film I've made in a while, and I'm glad I did. I'm working on this other thing that I just got out of the cutting room that I directed. This Jackson Pollock movie, which is another independent film. It's kind of nice to be back in the independent world, to tell you the truth.
iW: Did you shoot the Pollack film in East Hampton? [Where Pollack lived and died.]
Harris: We shot the exteriors in East Hampton at the Pollack House. Allan Harrison who runs the house out there was really helpful.
iW: I did part of my growing up out there, and have visited the Pollack grave.
Harris: Oh did you? It was great shooting out there. We looked in Nova Scotia, we looked around in different places, trying to find something that had that same feeling as that area 50 years ago, and I was concerned because it's so different out there now in terms of all these cedar trees have grown up all over, and the vista is so different from what it was when they [painters Pollack, Willem de Kooning, etc.] were there, because it was really wide open. But, I sacrificed that for the reality of being there.
iW: Was that the first film you directed?
Harris: Yeah. (chuckles). I played Pollack and I directed it. I had my hands full, believe me. But I had been working on it for so long. I just didn't want to hand it over to somebody else. It's not like I want to start a career as a director, I just really didn't want to. I had a particular feeling about it, and I didn't want to hand the vision over.
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The Bruins begin their final week of regular-season action with a potential playoff preview in New York.
They face a Rangers team currently eighth in the East, but just two points out of sixth. Boston occupies the third spot in the conference after locking up the Northeast Division crown and will face the sixth-place team in the opening round if they stay in that position. But the Bruins are just four points behind both Washington and Philadelphia, and could move into one of those top two spots with a big final week.
The Bruins will play Monday's game with pretty close to their full playoff roster. Steven Kampfer and Shane Hnidy will sit out on defense. They will likely see some action later this week to stay sharp if needed in the postseason, but aren't likely to get into any playoff games unless there is an injury on defense.
Up front, Shawn Thornton will likely play in the postseason if healthy, but he will remain out for this one. He still has not received medical clearance to play after taking a skate to the forehead last Tuesday. Thornton needed more than 40 stitches to close the cut and the area around his right eye remains swollen.
Bruins coach Claude Julien described Thornton as "doubtful" for Monday's game, telling reporters after the morning skate, "I don't think we're 100 percent comfortable medically" with letting Thornton play yet.
That morning skate was an optional workout. Thornton did skate, joining Hnidy, Kampfer, Michael Ryder and Tuukka Rask. Rask's presence to get some extra work indicates that Tim Thomas will likely get the start in this one.
Henrik Lundqvist will almost assuredly get the start in the net opposite Thomas. Lundqvist has started a career-high 23 straight games, and with the Rangers still battling for their playoff lives he's unlikely to get a night off any time soon. Lundqvist is also 15-5-2 with a 1.43 GAA, .950 save percentage and five shutouts against the Bruins, including a 1-0 victory in Boston on March 26.
The Rangers, who beat Philadelphia 3-2 in a shootout on Sunday, also had just an optional skate on Monday morning. Injured forwards Derek Boogaard (concussion) and Chris Drury (knee) were joined by Michael Sauer, Erik Christensen, Matt Gilroy and backup goalie Chad Johnson.
Gilroy is expected to be the Rangers' scratch on defense for the sixth straight game. Up front, Kris Newbury was recalled from the AHL on Monday. His addition could indicate that a forward is unable to play due to injury, possibly Ruslan Fedotenko, who was banged up on a big hit by Flyers defenseman Brandon Coburn on Sunday.
Projected Bruins lines
Milan Lucic-David Krejci-Nathan Horton
Brad Marchand-Patrice Bergeron-Mark Recchi
Rich Peverley-Chris Kelly-Tyler Seguin
Daniel Paille-Greg Campbell-Michael Ryder
Zdeno Chara-Johnny Boychuk
Tomas Kaberle-Dennis Seidenberg
Andrew Ference-Adam McQuaid
Tim Thomas
Tuukka Rask
Scratches: Shawn Thornton (facial laceration), Steven Kampfer, Shane Hnidy
Projected Rangers lines
Vinny Prospal-Derek Stepan-Marian Gaborik
Brandon Dubinsky-Artem Anisimov-Brandon Prust
Ruslan Fedotenko-Brian Boyle-Ryan Callahan
Sean Avery-Erik Christensen-Wojtek Wolski
Marc Staal-Dan Girardi
Ryan McDonagh-Mike Sauer
Bryan McCabe-Steve Eminger
Henrik Lundqvist
Chad Johnson
Scratches: Kris Newbury, Matt Gilroy Chris Drury (knee), Derek Boogaard (concussion)
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Wednesday, December 10, 2014
SDC176: Week 2, Anything Goes
Today is week 2 of our Anything Goes challenge at Stampotique Designer's Challenge.
This our last challenge of the year and it will run the whole month of December. Our theme is an easy one so show us your best work using Anything Goes.
We will be sharing our artwork weekly throughout the month so make sure to jump over to visit us each week.
For this month only, you will have the opportunity to enter the challenge 5 times (one for each week)- 5 chances to win the random $30 gift certificate for Stampotique stamps.
Hope you will join us-I stuck with my Christmas theme here and kept it simple.
Card details:
Stamps: Brrr...6139 and Merry Everything (Retired) from Stampotique Originals
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Rustic White, Carta Bella Winter Fun
Inks: Archival Ink in Jet Black, Aquapainter and ink pads
Embellishments: Studio Calico pearl
Labels: Carta Bella, Stampotique
7 comments:
- Kay Wallace said...
Simple, maybe, but not without detail and charm! Love that you included Kraft paper in your layering! Sweet image, beautifully given life by your colors! Merry Christmas, Kim!
- December 10, 2014 at 7:21 AM
- Samantha Read said...
Gorgeous Kim :)
- December 10, 2014 at 7:35 AM
- Gerrie Johnnic said...
Sooooo cute! She is lovely.
- December 10, 2014 at 8:19 AM
- massofhair said...
Love your card, it is beautiful :-) xxx
- December 10, 2014 at 9:32 AM
- Claudine Criner said...
I just love that saying "merry everything" what a great time of year! Merry Christmas to you!
- December 10, 2014 at 10:23 AM
- Kaz said...
This is just gorgeous Kim, I love the blue with the kraft xxx
- December 10, 2014 at 1:34 PM
- Corrie Herriman said...
Love your card, Kim. Great sentiment too !
Corrie x
- December 10, 2014 at 3:06 PM
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So the sun's come out! Which is nice. I am actually feeling pretty summery all of a sudden, what with all the seasonal fruit – raspberries, strawberries, peaches – and of course lovely cold ice-cream. In a cone, in a bowl, straight from the tub (I didn't say that)… it's the perfect thing on a hot day, and of course the children love the stuff.
I like making sumptuous sauces to drizzle on top of ice-cream, so when Le Creuset asked me if I'd like to try out their new saucepan range, I jumped at the chance. Regular readers will know I am a huge fan of their cast ironware, but I'd never tried their stainless steel pans before. So I used the Le Creuset 3-ply Stainless Steel Sauce Pan to make two ice-cream toppings, which I hope you will like – Butterscotch and Summer Berry. Mmm.
I have to say, the Le Creuset 3-ply Stainless Steel Sauce Pan is brilliant, and has swiftly become my new favourite saucepan – it's just the right size (not too big, not too small), it conducts heat really well and gives good heat distribution – noticeably better than my standard pans. It's great for making sauces, making porridge, heating soup etc as you can be sure you won't get 'hot spots' where the middle is hotter than the rest. I really love it as it makes cooking hassle-free! (Big tick.) What's more – attention, busy mums and dads – you can pour from it one-handed if needs be, as it has an all-round pouring rim. Useful.
I also tested the little Le Creuset sieve, which is just really cute and perfect for the second recipe, below, and the Le Creuset balloon whisk with its smart red handle.
And now for the delicious and oh-so-easy sauces:
Beautiful Butterscotch Sauce
When I made this, my husband said 'This is completely amazing' – enough said, really. Admittedly, it's not the healthiest of things, but a drizzle here and there is such a treat… This is good with vanilla ice-cream (my fave is Yeo Valley) and if you're organized, with ready weighed-out ingredients, can be made one-handed so you can tend to baby while making a delicious sauce. Oh yes. Just stir and go.
You will need:
25g butter
25g light brown or muscovado sugar
90g golden syrup
1tsp lemon juice
75ml double cream
- Put the butter, sugar and syrup into a smallish pan
- Heat gently, stirring from time to time, until the butter has melted, and keep stirring until it's beautifully mixed together
- Stir in the lemon juice and the cream and heat gently until simmering
- Serve warm over ice-cream, or allow to cool and serve at room temperature.
Summer Berry Sauce
You can use one type or a mixture of berries for this sauce. Raspberries, strawberries, blueberries – anything goes. Three ingredients and you're done. You can also drizzle this sauce on pancakes (crêpes). This sauce smells amazing, and tastes equally delicious – like summer in a bowl.
You will need
250g summer berries
2tsp lemon juice
2-3tbsp icing sugar (or you can use caster if that's all you have)
- Blend the fruit, the lemon juice and the icing sugar in the blender (you may need to add a dash of water to stop it clogging together) until smooth
- Sieve the sauce through a fine mesh sieve to remove the seeds.
- Serve as is, or gently heat in a saucepan.
I hope you enjoy these sauces. Happy cooking, peeps.
You can find the pan here: http://www.lecreuset.co.uk
Disclaimer: I was sent the Le Creuset 3-Ply Stainless Steel Sauce Pan for free to review on the blog. All opinions are my own.


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About the cookbooks
This week I checked out several new cookbooks from the local libraries. I found several I hadn't seen before, including:
Quick-Fix Vegetarian : Healthy Home-Cooked Meals in 30 minutes or Less by Robin Robertson, published in March of this year.
Quick-Fix is a pared-down cookbook, laid out in black and green, and void of photos. The recipes are basics, easy to understand and simple to execute, with basic ingredients and techniques. It's probably just me and my design sensibilities, but I find little inspiration in photo-less pages. Occasionally, a recipe sounds good, meaning slightly quirky ingredients jazzing up a staple, but it's mostly traditional fare. I'd personally rather keep the Moosewood cookbook series on hand if I'm searching for quality vegetarian dishes, though the 30-minute phenomena is popularly on-pointe lately.
Pure Vegetarian : Modern and Stylish Vegetarian Cooking by Paul Gayler, published in October of 2006, stands on the opposite corner in cookery from Quick-Fix. Gayler promises delicious vegetarian food that looks museum-worthy, when he bothers to have it photographed. The design theme seems to be mirrored raw foods, which for some reason need to clasp hands next to a recipe having little to do with them. I'd much rather see a full-color book present its food unashamed, but my view isn't, apparently, mirrored by this author. To create a deeper chasm between reader and chef, Gayler uses hard-to-find ingredients (like "00" flour for his steamed oriental buns recipe) that even we hard-core but untrained home cooks have to research to understand, much less purchase. I personally appreciate when chefs using odd ingredients let you know what to replace it with if unavailable. I guess, I like things slightly more user-friendly. But this book addresses the beauty of vegetarian food, more than its practicality or even its taste. I truly appreciated the coconut-milk polenta (though I am always farkeling with recipes and found the original to be quite dry), because these particular flavors wouldn't have occurred to me. The entire cookbook can be taken as inspiration, rather than at face value. I will, for example, never make the minutely-sliced avocado wraps stuffed with salsa because, for one thing, you need to move quickly and make five of them per person. Totally impractical. But the salsa sounds yummy alone, and could easily be served alongside avocado slices with something more practical, like grill-fired veggie fajitas. I did venture to make his Mini Eggplant Egg Rolls, which are also not miniatures so I'm not sure about the title here. But the recipe turned out a bit bland. I'd recommend the addition of more spice (hot pepper, perhaps?) and definitely extra garlic.
In the end, Quick-Fix is a practical solution if you're a beginning vegetarian starting from scratch. If you have any experience with home cooking at all, it's probably not going to inspire you with its ingredients or meal solutions. That said, I am highly pictorial in my thinking, and any visual input spurs my imagination. So Quick-Fix didn't offer me the potluck of pictures I crave in order to leave me salivating. On the other hand, the food beautifully rendered in Pure Vegetarian wasn't worth the effort to make, being somewhat flavorless if highly creative and often a bit of a stretch. Perhaps I've underestimated the beauty of picture-less books. Hmm. It just seems, in a world where Martha Stewart's monthly glossies can perfect imagery of throw-away recipes, the hardcover cookbook world should step up and invest a little of their creative genius to plating as well. There's nothing like seeing the end product, however it's colored, to make a girl run to the grocery store inspired.
This recipe for coconut-milk polenta, adapted from Pure Vegetarian by Paul Gayler turned out delicious —whether or not you can see that from my leftover Tupperware of it. I was too hungry to take a photo before eating, sorry. Regardless, George loved this recipe too, a sincere feat as he loathes sweet potatoes in every form.
Coconut-Milk Polenta with Sweet Potatoes
1 sweet potato, cut into 1/4" cubes
2-1/2 c. vegetable broth
1 can coconut milk (I used the reduced fat variety)
1 c. polenta (quick-cooking cornmeal)
4 T butter
salt & pepper
In a saucepan, bring 2 cups of broth to a boil and add sweet potatoes. Cook until tender, about 10 min. Puree the broth and potatoes, then return to the pan, and add coconut milk. Bring to a boil and mix in the polenta, stirring vigorously to combine. Continue to cook while reducing heat to medium, about two minutes, stirring constantly. If thick, stir in the last 1/2 cup of broth or a little water, then add the butter, and salt & pepper to taste. Serves four.
For the vegetables, stir-fry a pat of butter with 2 T peanut oil, 2 T minced garlic and 1 T minced ginger. Add sliced shiitake mushrooms, snap peas, broccoli and sliced zucchini until cooked through, then turn off the heat and mix a few tablespoons of sweet chili sauce and a little soy into the veggies.


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This year, Montreal hosted the Mosaïcultures Internationales, a horticultural event extraordinaire. Unlike topiary, which mainly involves pruning, mosaiculture uses a variety of techniques, including painting and sculpture. You might think of the results as stationary Rose Parade floats.
It's too late to see the exhibit in person, but Alexander at My Virtual Garden has given us a virtual tour that you won't want to miss.
Here's a sample.
A 35 foot high Lady with cranes:
|Lady and Cranes/ Chinese Myth
A 20 foot high shepherd:
|The Old Man Who Planted Trees
Horses, Dog and Sheep
And an equally tall Mother Earth:
|Mother Earth
Definitely check out My Virtual Garden for background information, plus lots more pictures.


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3D Game is amazing Game for me , and now you can see there is many game with 3D features and other amazing features and will make you Fun with that feature exactly . When we thinking how can they make that game ?, which engine they use to make that game ? and many questions for that . i will show you a little of amazing list in this world what is the Best Popular recommended 3D game engine to make a Game, Best 5 Recommended 3D Game Engine Tools List . Do you Know Dota 2 , Crisis 2 , Hitman , and other amazing 3D game even never you can see .
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What is 3D game Engine ?A game engine is a software framework designed for the creation and development of video games. Developers use them to create games for consoles, mobile devices and personal computers. The core functionality typically provided by a game engine includes a rendering engine ("renderer") for 2D or 3D graphics, a physics engine or collision detection (and collision response), sound, scripting, animation, artificial intelligence, networking, streaming, memory management, threading, localization support, and a scene graph. The process of game development is often economized, in large part, by reusing/adapting the same game engine to create different games, or to make it easier to "port" games to multiple platforms . -- (Source : Wikipedia )
Source Engine
The successor, Source 2, was officially announced in March 2015. The first game to utilize it was Dota 2, being ported over from the original engine in an update called Dota 2 Reborn, which became complete in September 2015 .
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What game Made from this Software :
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- Plant vs Zombie Garden Warfare
- Need for Speed : Rivals
- Dragon Age : Inquisition
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Unreal Engine
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- XCOM : Enemy Within
- Woolfe: The Red Hood Diaries
- Turok
- Tron : Evolution
- Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark
- Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon
- and Many more
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- Crisis 1
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- Crisis 3
- Evolve
- BattleCry
- Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2
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Unity Pro is available for a fee and Unity Personal has no fee; it is available for any use to individuals or companies with less than US$100,000 of annual gross revenue. On March 3, 2015 with the release of Unity 5.0, Unity Technologies made the complete engine available for free including all features, less source code and premium support. Unity is noted for an ability to target games to multiple platforms.
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- Ori and the Blind Forest
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The naysayers have entered the fray.
They have the noose at hand, first for Roger and now Serena. Off to retirement they should go, to this mob that would be okay. Be careful, the critics may get their way.
Both are past it, they say. So convinced have they become that they risk being entrenched in the blasé, overlooking two fine careers and what are still two outstandingly good players.
Thirty, it is too old to be so bold as to believe that a career in the mould of the physical could continue to take hold.
Thirty... that's right, thirty – the cynics want them out – Roger, Serena, they're so old hat, could it be that a career or two has finally been beckoned by earth's end?
What do you reckon?
Yes, they should go. . . WHAT.
Noooooo . . . it is not true I tell you, NOT true. Didn't you see the American up against Jie Zheng on Saturday? Serena could not have been more magnificent, if not in the mastery of her game, then in the way she fought for all she was worth.
Retirement . . . what repugnance, just the very idea of it.
Let us take this argument to the fold, for there was the youngest of the William's sisters doing battle with a menacing opponent who thought nothing of spending a good couple of hours sending down a barrage of ground strokes laden with the most barren despondency that Serena could imagine.
Who could blame the thirteen time grand slam winner if she had considered quitting.
Staring her in the face was a force of nature red with fury and ferocious in its intent. A formidable foe, out to take the scalp - a scalp that has done the names of Court, Jean King, Navratilova, Evert and Graf proud - of one of Women's Tennis' biggest ever names.
Only a few short weeks ago Williams had lost in the first round of the French Open.
Sure, clay is not her pet surface, but all the same the mental scars had to be there.
Could she do it anymore when there was most certainly a deep reservoir of uncertainty shaking the very roots of her self-belief to its core?
You betcha she could. 9-7 in the third set to the good and a win was there for Serena to saviour.
So please prophets of doom be gone with you. Take your gloom and let us clear the murk away, lavishing the vast rays of the ravishing Wimbledon summer sun upon the career of Serena Williams.
She has so much more to offer, she really does. Past it – yeah right.
There was Serena scrapping it out to the end. There was some good; there was some of the not so good. To be sure it wasn't her best, but she hung in for the long haul like the champion she is.
By all means critique her performance but to write her off – big mistake.
When the important points came, there was Serena at the door, ready, willing, fully loaded and prepared to send a flurry of verbs hurtling down with a velocity that defied.
She aced it alright; she'll be back for she is no hack.
For that matter there is a good few years left in this supposedly run down old dame if she so desires.
Now is the time for the great lady to dedicate herself solely to her Tennis, to remind us all of her greatness. Sharapova, Azarenka, Kvitova, now there is a formidable line-up. Chomping at the bit, they're young and hunger for the glory of Grand Slam titles. Energetic and fit, there is only one way to deal with the parasites of opposition; work harder than them.
For Serena the time has come to rise up once again and put the young sasses in their place - their rightful place, that being behind her staring into an undefeatable wall of despair. Yes, there is some mighty talent amongst them, but then she is the mightiest of them all.
Of all tennis folk, Williams knows how the hard times can fall on the unexpecting.
There she was in early 2011, thought to have recovered from a foot injury the previous July, when complications set in.
A blood clot formed in her leg, she nearly died. Fortunately the time was not nigh for Williams to wave goodbye.
Back to full health, the world is a greater place for her presence. What is more, Williams appears to have mellowed. Her dice with death looks to have shown her the way to a more serene outlook on life.
Her on-court demeanour appears to have quietened for the better. Gone is a lot of the grunting, along with what at times has been a rather demonstrative outlook towards officials. Perhaps turning thirty has ushered in a much welcomed maturity, not a fading of her tennis ability.
And now this champion has a chance to leave a legacy over the next couple of years that will not only have her remembered as one of the greats of the game, but completely change the public's perception of her as a person.
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Best-selling New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Business Week and USA Today author, Bryan Eisenberg, joins a stellar lineup of speakers at this year's Affiliate Management Days San Francisco 2014 (March 19-20, 2014).
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On March 19, the best-selling author of Call to Action and Always Be Testing will be giving his keynote to a packed house. Widely regarded as a pioneer in online marketing, Eisenberg will be bringing his unique experiences to bear on the affiliate industry.
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Seneca Falls, NY - Women's Rights National Historical Park is proud to announce that it served as a polling place in the recent primary election held on Tuesday, April 24, 2012.The Women's Rights NHP Visitor Center, located at 136 Fall Street in Seneca Falls, was utilized as a polling place for the voters in District Two in Seneca Falls.Twenty-five persons voted at the Women's Rights NHP Visitor Center in this election.
"Women's Rights National Historical Park interprets the history of the 1848 First Women's Rights Convention," said Park Superintendent Tammy Duchesne."One of the fundamental rights of citizenship is the right to vote, and this right was stated publicly in the 1848 First Women's Rights Convention.We are proud to open the doors of the Women's Rights NHP Visitor Center to serve as one of the polling places in Seneca Falls. I can think of nothing more appropriate, relevant, or inspiring. "
"Women's Rights National Historical Park is an important venue for people to exercise their right to vote," added Park Ranger John Stoudt."For many years women and African-Americans were denied the right to vote in the United States, and Women's Rights NHP can serve as a place to engage our neighrbors in this rite of citizenship."
The Women's Rights NHP Visitor Center will be open as a polling station for elections on Tuesday, June 26, from 12:00 noon to 9:00 p.m., and Tuesday, November 6, from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
The Visitor Center will offer extended hours to the public during voting days. On election days the hours of operation of the Women's Rights NHP will correspond with the hours that the polls are open.
Voters and the public are invited to view the park's orientation film and view the museum exhibits in the Visitor Center.Admission is free of charge.
For more information, please visit our website at www.nps.gov/wori or call (315) 568-0024.You can also follow the park's social media sites for Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/womensrightsnps) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/WomensRightsNPS) to learn more about our upcoming programs. You can also learn about the park's latest activities by reading its most recent newsletter https://www.nps.gov/wori/parknews/upload/WORI-Newsletter-Vol-1-No-2-Spring-2012.pdf .


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'Real Housewives Of New Jersey' Preview: Kathy Wakile & Teresa Guidice Are Still At War!
Elsewhere, Melissa Gorga puts drama aside after the Punta Cana trip and prepares for her first live show!
Teresa Guidice and her cousin Kathy Wakile got in a huge fight on the Sept. 18 episode of RHONJ — and there's no reconciliation in sight!
"There's a certain point in your life when you have to grow up, and it doesn't seem like that's happening," Kathy tells Melissa.
Upon their return, Melissa has to prepare for one of the most important days of her life — her first live performance!
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JORDAN, Mont. — The last of the fugitive "freemen" gathered in a quiet circle for a final few minutes of prayer and then surrendered two-by-two into the waiting arms of the FBI late Thursday, peacefully ending an 81-day standoff--one of the longest law enforcement sieges in U.S. history.
Sixteen in all, the men and women rode in cars, pickup trucks and a Winnebago motor home to a cattle guard at the entrance to their compound, where a dozen FBI agents waited with two 15-passenger vans backed up to a gate. The freemen stepped out of their vehicles. They hugged each other.
Soundlessly they gathered and prayed. Finally, at 6:45 p.m. local time, with a surveillance plane circling overhead, their leader, Edwin Clark, approached the FBI and shook hands with an agent standing near the cattle guard. The sun broke through dark clouds shrouding the evening sky. Slowly, Clark returned to his people.
Then, two at a time, he led them off the compound and turned them over to the FBI. Each of the freemen clung to his arms as he walked them forward. After surrendering each pair, Clark turned, walked back to his group and then stepped forward with still another pair. There was no scuffling. Not a shot was fired.


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Council's Planning Board decide on Huntsman application at last, but final word with the Planning Inspectorate
The good news for many Cator Estate residents is that Greenwich Council's Planning Board has, finally, heard the Huntsman planning application and its members were united in opposing it. At the meeting on 16th September the Board made clear its opposition to the applicant's controversial proposal to have a single point for vehicular access to the west of the site at the junction of Brooklands Park and Manor Way. As part of the Kidbrooke Vision it was always understood that the main access to the development, on the former Huntsman playing fields, would be from the east side helping to integrate the development with the Kidbrooke regeneration project.
Also, the development is expected to have 131 new dwellings with obvious implications for vehicle movements. Local residents and Councillors were concerned about how the extra traffic likely with the developer's proposal would impact on the narrow roads of the Cator Estate, especially Manor Way and Brooklands Park but also Blackheath Park, the effects on the already busy roads around Blackheath Village and safety at the point where Brooklands Park, Manor Way and a road serving the new housing would meet.
Councillors also agreed with other concerns about the application including the effect on the Conservation Area, the height, scale and massing of some of the proposed buildings and these issues are to be reflected in the Council's opposition.
While the site itself is in Middle Park and Sutcliffe Ward part of the Cator Estate falls into Blackheath Westcombe Ward.
Blackheath Westcombe Conservative Councillor Geoff Brighty, who is also a member of the Planning Board, spoke against the application and said after the meeting:
"I am glad that the Board was united in opposing the application and in particular the idea of shifting the main access point to the Cator Estate. Opposition to that was, rightly, very strong and was a common thread through the many objections from residents but, of course, it is a pity that we were put into the position where we were not making the actual decision on it, as should have been the case, just agreeing a submission to the Planning Inspector."
And that is where the news could be less good for residents.
Councillor Brighty was critical of the way in which the applicants were able to appeal to the Planning Inspectorate citing Council delays in dealing with the application. The appeal on non-determination was accepted by the Inspectorate.
He says "As a result we were, essentially, reduced to bit part players. When the Planning Board should having been making the decision we were only able to make a submission, a Statement of Case, to the Inspectorate I am sure residents would have been happier for their local Councillors to have been making the decision and local
democracy has not been well served. Still, we are where we are and I hope the Inspector will agree with residents and the Planning Board that the application is not appropriate."
The Planning Inspectorate will now hold a public inquiry, where it will consider all submissions including that from the Council, which is expected to start in November.


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I remember back when I was studying business at university, I constantly questioned how much of what I was learning was relevant to actually RUNNING a business. After many, many years in the trenches, starting, growing and running a multi-award-winning business, looking back, my answer is … not enough. In fact, apart from the accounting module, and maybe law 101, most of what was taught didn't really translate into running an independent store.
Maybe if I'd worked my way up to CEO of some corporate enterprise, my outlook may be different. But reflecting on what they teach in 'school' and the real-life experience of building a business, here are the 7 fundamentals of retail, that they DON'T teach in school.
1. You will work harder than you ever did in a 9-5 job
Yeah, this one was NEVER mentioned in business school. Presumably because everyone who gets a degree goes on to be an employee in a job.
When you build and grow your own retail business, you have a drive to succeed. So those hours upon hours that you spend to grow your business feel like they're deserved, because in the end, you're the only person you have to share your hard-earned dollars with.
But take it from someone who has spent (way too) many hours, working in their business. You have to put a time on the hours you work, because hey, YOU are the most important asset in your business, and looking after yourself should be just as important (in fact, more important) than any business growth.
2. Marketing your business takes a lot of effort
In a world where the marketing landscape changes on literally a monthly basis, retailers need to be abreast of a lot of marketing advice. But remember, you don't have to be everywhere. The only platforms you need to concentrate on are the ones where your customer is hanging out.
3. You ARE the HR department
This one is never mentioned in the text books, right? When you're a small business retailer, it's up to you to research the legalities of employing staff. Then you'll have to analyse exactly who you need, write the job ad and the position description, advertise, conduct the interviews, choose someone, and tell a bunch of others they didn't get the job.
The high you feel when your business grows to the point of putting on additional staff, is soon brought back to earth when you have to enter "the HR zone".
A word of advice – it's worth it. You can't build your empire with just you (refer back to point 1, about looking after yourself). When you can employ a new person, give yourself a high 5 (better yet, high 5 with your new employee), because THIS is a sign that you are moving into the mindset of a business owner, not just a shopkeeper.
4. Accounting is really the ONE module you need to pass (a 51% pass just isn't going to cut it)
For most retailers, the whole accounting thing is a burden. I'll be honest, it was the first thing I outsourced.
Here's something they don't tell you in biz school. Pretty much every problem in your business will show up in the numbers first.
Yep, true.
If you've got poor sales people – the numbers will show it.
If you've got the wrong inventory – the numbers will show it.
It pains me to say (cos I am NOT a numbers girl), but those accountants really do know just about everything. Or more accurately, they can interpret a random set of digits on a page to tell you where your business is floundering.
If you aren't already in love with the numbers, it's time to get your head out of the sand, take a big deep breath, and plunge in on a monthly basis.
5. Building a business, especially from scratch, is immensely rewarding
From that first ever sale, to record-breaking sales days, YOU get to rejoice. Because all of that work you've put in, is finally being rewarded. Being featured in a magazine, winning an award, or just helping a customer walk out the door happy – THIS is what you live for. It banishes the crappy days, and the irritable customers from your memory and proves to the world, that your business is a success.
It's often said that you learn more in real life than you do from a text book. Either way, learning is growth, and whichever form it takes, it is always going to be an asset to yourself, your business and your future.
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Every day during the late spring, summer and early fall, the City of Winnipeg's insect control branch counts the number of adult female mosquitoes that show up in traps designed to capture nuisance species such as Aedes vexans, which are annoying but do not transmit diseases to human beings.
A different type of trap and trap-count methodology is used to monitor Culex tarsalis, a mosquito species known to transmit diseases such as West Nile virus to people.
A graph is updated daily based on the average citywide trap count information provided by the City of Winnipeg. To find out more detailed information, such as trap counts for specific quadrants or traps, visit the city's trap count site.


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Las Vegas will start to crank back up to normal as many of its most popular shows are ready to return to the stage ... but not all.
The Blue Man Group, Penn & Teller, David Copperfield, Wayne Newton, Eddie Griffin, Piff the Magic Dragon and Chippendales will all return to action Tuesday night after canceling performances Monday in the wake of the massacre.
Celine Dion's show at Caesar's Palace will also go on.
Jennifer Lopez, however, has canceled her next 3 gigs this week at Planet Hollywood, saying she's "heartbroken." Cirque du Soleil's "Michael Jackson One" -- which is at Mandalay Bay -- is also on ice for the time being.


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So this one day I was wading through Tumblr bullshit per usual when I come across this post by some girl trying to explan why she believes its racist to have a preference for light skin.
The post itself was reasonably calm and non-accusatory so I thought I'd add in on the discussion. I try to explain that people can't help what they find attractive (much like a persons sexuality?) and theres nothing wrong with finding light skin attractive.
But of course someone comes out of the woodwork to lecture me as to why prefering light skin is racist and then proceeds to accuse me of being racist.
I'm gonna cut it off here by saying that I dont necessarily have a preference for light skin or find light skin more attractive than dark.
I check this person's blog out and they're quite obviously a K-Pop fan.
So essentially, this girl accuses people of being racist for preferring light skin. Meanwhile she's supporting and promoting an industry that pressures their idols to bleach their skin and plastering pictures of light skinned asian men and women all over her blog. Most would be suprised but this is the hypocrisy of 90% of Tumblr's K-Pop fans and I've run across these gross little children many times before.
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With these 28 jolly chaps 94% (47 figures) of the Italeri AWI infantry box is completed. The remaining three are natives in long coats. I have a complete set of FIW Indians unpainted so they will be joining them on top of the Heap.
What I've said previously about the figures still stands: they're rather ugly and have a bunch of useless poses, but are easy to paint. To further simplify things, I used white on the cuffs and facings, the same color as their legwear.
Actually, even with the Napoleonic diversion, the tricorne part of the infamous Heap is reducing quickly. I'm going to finish the most recently bought Zvezda hussars first, and then the infantry figures from the GNW Russian dragoons set. These figures have small cuffs and turnbacks so they're going to be dismounted Swedish dragoons - there are ways to avoid the complete lack of Swedish infantry on the market. OK, I even considered buying the box that is on ebay for 40 Euros.


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Happy 100th blog post to me! I'm so excited about this little milestone! I never thought when I started this blog that I had much to offer compared to the thousands of other "southern" bloggers out there, but I was having a lot of fun anyway.
And now, 7 months later, you're still coming back, so I want to thank you. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to visit my Blog. I know that many of you have very busy lives, so I will do my best to keep things interesting and entertaining. Thanks again!


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Wellington return to winning ways at last
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Hyundai A-League – Season 12 – 2016/2017 – Round 5
7:35pm, Saturday 8 October, 2016 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington NZ
Wellington Phoenix FC 2 (Roy Krishna 21′, 41′)
Newcastle United Jets FC 0
Wellington Phoenix picked up their first points of the Hyundai A-League season on Guy Fawkes Night at Westpac Stadium, their 2-0 win over Newcastle Jets bringing to an end a horror run of form which had seen them lose their last six home games, and last eight games in total.
The locals were good value for their victory, too, with Guilherme Finkler producing his best performance of the season so far on a night when the vast majority of those in yellow and black produced individual displays of at least six out of ten in standard, if not better.
Just 5,832 fans were present to see the home team make good in-roads down the left early doors, with Costa Barbarouses leading the charge down that flank. It was Roy Krishna who had the first chance, however, only for Nigel Boogaard's timely tackle to thwart the Fijian's progress in the eighth minute.
Six minutes later, Finkler worked a one-two with Krishna, who still got the return pass despite the midfielder being felled from behind. Referee Shaun Evans waved play on, and the striker linked with Michael McGlinchey to set up Barbarouses for a chance which he drove straight at Newcastle goalkeeper Jack Duncan.
After Wayne Brown had fired the visitors' first shot in anger, a twenty-five yarder at Glen Moss, Wellington took a deserved lead in the 21st minute. Finkler and Vince Lia – on his 200th A-League appearance – released Barbarouses down the left.
He drifted inside Nicholas Cowburn before darting between two defenders and unleashing a drive which Duncan could only parry into the stride of Krishna, who gained due reward for following in, to the delight of the local faithful.
When Barbarouses fired his shot, however, Krishna was in an offside position, so the goal shouldn't have stood. To balance out the error, referee Evans ignored clear-cut Wellington penalty claims three minutes later, Krishna having been felled in the area by Johnny Koutroumbis' challenge after a delightful move featuring Louis Fenton, Alex Rodriguez, McGlinchey and Finkler, whose back-heeled pass played Krishna in.
Miffed at having been denied the chance to double their advantage so soon after opening the scoring, Wellington laid siege to Newcastle's goal, with Duncan having to save from Finkler seconds after cutting out a Barbarouses cross intended for the playmaker's head.
Newcastle responded via an Andrew Hoole free-kick, which picked out Koutroumbis ten yards out from goal. While he controlled the ball well, his finish was typical of a defender at such close proximity to goal – wild and wayward, much to the relief of Andrew Durante, who became the first outfielder to play in 250 A-League games in this match.
After Duncan recovered his ground to keep Lia's cheeky and ambitious sixty-yarder in the 32nd minute, a concerted spell of Newcastle pressure featuring Ivan Vujica, Brown and Hoole culminated in the last-mentioned delivering a corner which parted Jason Hoffman's hair as he looked to head home an equaliser in the 39th minute.
Wellington responded by doubling their lead two minutes later. Barbarouses swooped on a stray pass on half-way and set sail downfield, three Newcastle defenders drawn to him like moths to a flame. Barbarouses promptly slipped the ball into the stride of the unmarked figure of Krishna, who slammed home from ten yards high into the net to leave Newcastle with a mountain to climb.
They sought a swift riposte, Vujica's pass presenting Hoffman with the chance to halve the deficit in the shadows of the half-time whistle. But he dragged his shot past the far post, after which Barbarouses was twice denied, firstly by Duncan, then by Boogaard, before Lia unleashed a twenty-five yard grasscutter through a crowded penalty area and narrowly past the far post as the half drew to a close.
Wellington dominated the early stages of the second spell, but it was Newcastle who went closest to altering the scoreboard first. Brown and Hoole worked an opening which resulted in a cross for Hoffman, who was a stride away from connecting with the ball in the 53rd minute.
Back came the home team, Rodriguez and McGlinchey linking with Barbarouses, who cleverly outfoxed the defence before whipping in another cross. Krishna flicked it on, but Finkler was unable to turn the ball home on the far post.
After Duncan had a close shave when dealing with a back-pass with Barbarouses bearing down on him at a great rate of knots, Marco Rossi's timely challenge thwarted Morten Nordstrand at close range in the penalty area as Hoole once more led the charge for the visitors.
Halfway through the second half, Finkler cleverly evaded two opponents on the right before slipping a pass to Lia. He instantly switched play to Newcastle's nemesis, Barbarouses, who raced goalwards before battering a twenty-yarder narrowly past the far post – had he scored, it would have been a goal his performance greatly merited.
Newcastle responded via substitute Andrew Nabbout, who, on receipt of a Nordstrand pass, wriggled through three challenges to the by-line before drilling a shot past Moss, only to find Fenton on hand to avert the danger.
Moss then saved at the feet of the newcomer as he pursued a through ball from Vujica, while eight minutes from time the offside flag denied Nabbout a goal – he brought some much-needed vim and vigour to Newcastle's attack, make no mistake.
In between times, well-performed fullback Jacob Tratt had chanced his arm from twenty-five yards for Wellington before contributing to a fine move deserving of better fate six minutes from time.
Barbarouses, substitute Roly Bonevacia and Krishna combined with Tratt, whose cross for McGlinchey hit the striker's head and ricocheted off Cowburn to Bonevacia. He engineered some space before battering a fierce drive narrowly past Duncan's right-hand post.
Straight away, Newcastle looked to hit back, with Vujica stinging the gloves of Moss from long-range. Before the final whistle, substitute Devante Clut went close for the visitors, after some brilliant work by Barbarouses to beat four players saw him shoot straight at Duncan when a third Wellington goal beckoned.
2-0 was their lot, however, a very welcome win for the Wellingtonians, who are finally off the mark for 2016-17 at the fifth time of asking, at the
expense of a Newcastle side which, in truth, didn't offer a great deal as an attacking force for the second week running.
Match details
Crowd: 5,832
Wellington Phoenix FC: Moss; Tratt, Durante, Rossi, Fenton; Finkler (Bonevacia, 81), Lia, Rodriguez; Barbarouses (Watson, 90), McGlinchey (Rufer, 90), Krishna
Newcastle United Jets FC: Duncan; Cowburn, Boogaard, Koutroumbis, Vujica (Clut, 87); Ugarkovic (Nabbout, 64), Nordstrand, Poljak; Hoffman (Kokko, 68), Hoole (booked, 78), Brown
Points and ratings
Referee: Shaun Evans 6/10
Match 6/10
Pitch 8/10
Player points
3. Barbarouses (WP)
2. Finkler (WP)
1. Rodriguez (WP)


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Although there's not a Pumpkin in sight, and it's over 90 degrees today, I'm firmly focused on Witches, Bats, Ghosts and Goblins. Apparently Halloween is a very big holiday for a lot of folks besides the Dog and me. My Halloween printable downloads are very good sellers, so there must be lots and lots of folks out there who craft and decorate for the Spooky Season.
Here's my very newest set of Halloween amusements - The Witch's Household Labels!
There are 9 different labels, for all the products a Good Witch's home could not be without:
- Bat Stain Remover
- Pointed Hat Straightener
- Cauldron Cleanser
- Beetle Burnishing Paste
- Cobweb Restore
- Clean Sweep Brooms
- Black Cat Conditioner
- Frog and Toad Bait
- Stubborn Spell Scouring Powder
I think this turned out to be such a fun group, and you could make so many creative things with these in addition to labels. Tags, party invitations, note cards, and Halloween Decorations all come to mind. Please check out Digital Antiques on Etsy, or Digital Antiques on Artfire for this and other Spookiness.
No Trick, Just a Treat
I have special little free download for you today. Often when I'm working on a set of images, somewhere in the process I end up with an extra something that really doesn't fit well into the mix. An orphan, so to speak. Today's free download is one of those. After all, you never know when you might need Gargoyle Treats.
Please click HERE to download an excellent quality pdf file of this image. The Dog and I hope you will have great fun with it.


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Liberty Denied in Equatorial Guinea
Liberty Denied in Equatorial GuineaJune 29, 2011
Security forces in Equatorial Guinea detained more than 100 youth during the last week of May. The reasons for the detentions remain unclear.
During the last week of May, security forces in Equatorial Guinea detained more than 100 youth. The reasons for the detentions remain unclear, although government authorities chastised parents for giving their children too much liberty.
The government ended the school year in May this year, one month earlier than normal, apparently as part of its effort to prepare for the 17th African Union Summit, scheduled to begin on June 23 in Malabo. The theme of this year's summit is "Accelerating Youth Empowerment for Sustainable Development".
The most recent detentions fit into a pattern of government harassment of Equatoguinean citizens. On April 25, 2011, two members of the political opposition party Convergencia para la Democracia Social (CPDS) were detained without formal charges by security forces in Bata, Equatorial Guinea. The CPDS asserts that the two men, Juan Manuel Nguema Esono and Vicente Nzé, were detained for their alleged involvement in organizational efforts for a May 1 rally to coincide with International Workers' Day. The two men remained in police custody until their release late on the evening of April 29.
In an interview with the Spanish news agency EFE, the Equatoguinean Presidential Adviser in Charge of Missions, Miguel Oyono Ndong Mifumu, neither confirmed nor denied the arrests of the two men. He suggested that the members of CPDS were "not concerned about the arrest itself or their friends, but rather, with launching grievances against the government."
These arrests occurred just one month after the government rejected applications submitted by opposition political parties to hold a public demonstration to advocate for democratic reforms and improved social conditions. The government mobilized security forces in multiple cities, raising concerns that it was using a show of force to thwart would-be-protestors.
The crackdown on public demonstrations stands in contrast to recent public statements by the country's president Teodoro Obiang, who became the chair of the African Union in January. In a speech to Parliament on March 17, Mr. Obiang stressed the need to "eliminate the lapses that currently violate the rights and freedoms of individuals, groups, and organs and institutions of our society." As chair of the African Union, Mr. Obiang has urged Africa to assume a leading role in "the promotion of democracy" across the continent.
The constitution of Equatorial Guinea explicitly guarantees the freedoms of expression, association, and assembly, as does the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, which Equatorial Guinea ratified in 1986.
In late June, Reporters Without Borders was informed by an Equatoguinean government official that "it would not be welcome in Malabo." The organization was denied a visa to conduct a fact-finding mission, despite the government's frequent appeals to its critics to visit the country so that they can "compare, personally, the reality of our actual living experiences and their deteriorated cliché of defamation, prejudice, slander, and misinformation."
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My name is hans heijt. I work for the Dutch press Agency (ANP). I work on an article about Equatorial Guinea.
Can you give me answers please on the following questions please?
Kind regards hans heijt
1. Do you know already mores about the arrested youths in may. Are they alreaydy free?
2. Why were they arrested?
3. What wants the presidents in the long run try to achieve with this arrests.
4. Do you thinmk there is a possibility for a popular uprising in the country?
5. What should the international community do to make the country pay respect human rights ?
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xoEl - The PC version of the indie puzzle video game
Help us to create the PC version of our xoEl -currently on Steam Greenlight- with HQ graphics, more power-ups, multiplayer and more.
xoEl - The PC version of the indie puzzle video game
Help us to create the PC version of our xoEl -currently on Steam Greenlight- with HQ graphics, more power-ups, multiplayer and more.
Help us to create the PC version of xoEl
The evil empire xoEl is spreading across the galaxy oppressing planets and capturing species to convert them into cubes. Their dark forces have just invaded Planet 8411 and taken all the members of a race called Yabbies as prisoners and locked them up. However, a very special Yabbie is able to roll his cube in order to escape from the platform that conform the modules of the prison.
xoEl is an indie puzzle video game with a really simple gameplay: just roll the box and step into special cells to change the colour of the sides so you can clear the platforms by getting through the exit holes.
xoEl is already on mobile markets for IOS and Android devices for free, with the option of an Ad-free version for €2.99. Now you can check it out by yourself the progress of the project.
Our game is already on the Steam Greenlight platform looking for the awareness of the gamer community.
Also, you can check the game by yourself! The project is in an advanced stage of development, already present on mobile markets. For PC/Windows, there's a demo beta version available for downloading on itch.io and IndieDB with 4 levels free to play.
Making a really good PC game is not as simple as making the same for mobiles. With this campaign in Kickstarter, we're looking for you for a crucial push to go desktop market... with a new set of features that we can feel really proud of.
The PC version, of course, will include improved features in the art section...
* HQ graphics for textures and backgrounds.
* HQ music and sound FXs.
but also it will deliver new items that will improve the game experience!
A variety of items to use in game to boost your abilities like sliding, jumping, immunity, teletransportation and ghost mode. You will adquire these power-ups by earning coins (the better you play the more you'll have) or purchasing them in the in-app store.
A great add-on to our game! We want you to provide you the same tool we've used to design xoEl level. Make your content and share them with the community around the world! Your uploaded level will show a "Kickstarter" distinctive. This feature will be available only to backers as an early access feature.
As a backer, your name will be shown in the leader boards screen with a special badge (SILVER OR GOLD).
Our backers will have in exclusive a customised welcome screen and splash screen with a "Kickstarter edition" design.
You have the opportunity to put your name to one of our levels to become one of immortal heros in xoEl.
The game is going to be available on Steam and direct download, designed to be enjoyed in a PC with Windows, Mac or Linux OS.
If xoEl have a wonderful welcome and it's overfunded, we could easily go for these cool extra features:
Multiplayer mode: Imagine a Challenge Mode where to play online against other players.
That'd be awesome, wouldn't be?
Virtual Reality version: In Greyman Studios we have experience doing VR games. We've even done some alpha tests with xoEl and it's REALLY IMPRESSIVE, we have to say. If our project is liked and enough funded we could think about a VR version for xoEl.
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In the case that xoEl didn't get the approval on Steam Greenlight, the game will be distributed to our backers with a DRM free direct link download.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
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With the harvest bounty in, the crunch of leaves under my feet
and a hot drink on a chilly Autumn evening,
I pause to thank my Creator King Jesus for the beauty of the earth.
He truly crowns the year with His goodness!
Big thank you to Cassia and Cherish for all the sponging,
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Political parties registration will ensure greater transparency
Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday said the registration of political parties will ensure greater transparency and accountability, and is transformational for the country's democracy.
Speaking at the official launch of political parties' registration at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, Holness said this is a milestone achievement in the history of Jamaica.
"Today's launch is another manifestation of the Government's focus on institutional reform, in order to ensure our political and economic environment is conducive to productivity, transparency and growth," he said.
The Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) began registering political parties on January 2, in keeping with the Political Parties Registration Regulations, 2017.
The regulations, which fall under the Representation of the People Act, provide a framework for the registration and deregistration of political parties, the monitoring of their finances, and also facilitates a system whereby an accurate and up-to-date record can be kept on each political party.
Holness said the legislation formalises political parties, which are now required to provide details of their operations, "thereby lifting the veil, because there is a sense that political parties are unregulated private fraternities".
He noted that the registration of political parties represents a "major shift" in how these institutions have been viewed in the history of Jamaica, and stressed that political parties must now lead from the front and set their houses in order. "We must ensure that the mask of anonymity is removed," he added.
"With the requirement of registration of political parties, we have now ensured that there is a legislative underpinning that ensures objectivity and adherence to set standards and procedures without regard to who is in power," the prime minister said.
He argued that Jamaica continues to be on the frontier of strengthening its political processes, noting that these recent regulations "again place us as leader in political institutional reform in the Caribbean".
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I love nature - love, love, love it. But. I don't seem to be cut out for it. It usually triggers violent sneezing fits or the onset of hives. And then there are the bugs. They love me. They ignore the rest and flock to me. That is, unless my kids are around too. They seem to have the same tasty blood, so they luckily inherited my appeal to the bloodsuckers.
My husband and I like to take the kids for long car rides. We usually park somewhere with a nice view and eat our lunch in the car. This means that the car enjoys more than its fair share of spills and crumbs. It can get pretty disgusting. Fortunately, my husband is a car nut and is manic about maintaining our vehicles.
Recently, while we were parked along Marcos Highway, somewhere between Cogeo and Paenaan (I don't know what that spot is called, but people often stop there to take in the very green vista of the valley below and the mountains across), I suddenly felt a bite or a sting, first on my neck, and then another a bit later on the cheek. We had the windows down so we could enjoy the nice, cool breeze. I didn't see a mosquito, not even a fly. Basically, some noseeum got me. Funnily enough, there was actually a Midge in the car; she's just the human, visible kind. ;D
The good thing about those bites though is that they didn't bother me for long and they didn't leave any lasting welts. They were red while I could feel them, but the color and bump subsided when they stopped being uncomfortable.
After lunch, we took a turn and went up Sumulong Highway. We checked out some properties for sale in a couple of subdivisions up there. We spotted lots of pretty birds, black-naped orioles and many I can't recognize yet.
It's frustrating not to be able to identify the birds. I plan to remedy that and be more knowledgeable about birding. I've been saying that for the past twenty years, but it's not that hopeless. I got a little better. After two decades.
It's frustrating not to be able to identify the birds. I plan to remedy that and be more knowledgeable about birding. I've been saying that for the past twenty years, but it's not that hopeless. I got a little better. After two decades.
My husband also went a little crazy with all the dill out there. I don't know why he loves the plant so much. It's not like he uses dill a lot. I'll have to ask him because it's obviously a real mystery. I may never rest until I get answers.
It was a good excursion. I've found that I'm willing to suffer through bites, hives, and sneezing fits to get my kids to see nature. The rewards are definitely worth the discomfort.


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Exclusive O.M.G. … It"s J.T.T. in L.A. … AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
14 years after "Home Improvement" went off the air, our sources spotted the elusive Jonathan Taylor Thomas at the Arclight movie theater in Hollywood … as dreamboaty as ever.
Despite being mesmerized by his sparkling blue eyes … we managed to compose ourselves for just enough time to fire off some questions about the "Lion King." Ugh, we"re soooo stupid.
Of course, the hunky 31-year-old … who once graced every single teen magazine from "Tiger Beat" to "16" to "J-14" to "Bop" … answered our dumb questions and even cracked that adorbs smile.
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Transform an Image into a Pencil Drawn Sketch
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GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It is often used as a free software replacement for Adobe Photoshop, the most widely used bitmap editor in the printing and graphics industries; however, it is not designed to be a Photoshop clone.If you would like to download Gimp, go to gimp.org
1.You need to select an image which is bright in color. Regardless of any image you want to select.Just make sure that if the image is not bright.. increase the brightness and contrast a bit. Now lets begin.I use stock images on Stockvault.net. They have a great selection of images that are free and have good resolution.
2.The first thing you will have to do is change the image mode to grayscale.Go to Image>Mode>Grayscale. Read more of this post


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This year, I wanted to...create a memento for our 100th anniversary celebration. The vinyl stickers were a perfect solution...I explained my idea to Signazon and they made it happen in a matter of days. –Velma Brooks-Benson, Special Events Manager, GSGLA
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 11, 2012
As the Girl Scouts organization celebrates the 100th anniversary of its foundation in 1912, Girl Scouts Greater Los Angeles is preparing for the 2012 Annual Meeting & Volunteer Recognition (AMVR) Ceremony. The meeting will take place on Saturday, April 14th, 2012 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. Event supporters include Columbia Memorial Space Center, Pasadena Federal Credit Union and custom signs company Signazon.com.
Girl Scouts Greater Los Angeles was organized in December 2008 as the result of a merger of six Los Angeles-area Girl Scout councils. With over 23,000 volunteers serving more than 40,000 Girl Scouts in Los Angeles and the surrounding area, GSGLA is the largest girl-serving nonprofit agency in Los Angeles as of 2009. The council is currently in the middle of "50 in 5," a 5-year campaign launched in 2010 to grow membership to 50,000 girls.
The Annual Meeting & Volunteer Recognition Ceremony is an event in which members of GSGLA can convene to cast votes for the future of the organization and also recognize the dedicated service of volunteers. The AMVR agenda includes a message from the Board of Directors, a State of the Council report, Board member elections and recognition, and finally, volunteer recognition. Over 100 Girl Scout troop leaders, Service Unit team members and volunteers will be acknowledged for their tenure and dedicated service. To recognize these special members and add elegance to the event, Velma Brooks-Benson, Special Events Manager for GSGLA, contacted Dallas, TX-based e-commerce sign company Signazon.com. Brooks-Benson wanted to create a unique table centerpiece to be distributed to those recognized at the AMVR Ceremony. Her idea was to print die-cut decals displaying the Girl Scouts' 100th anniversary logo and place them on clear glass vases filled with flowers.
To offer its assistance, Signazon.com enrolled GSGLA in its Nonprofit Program, which seeks to build partnerships between the online sign company and qualifying nonprofit organizations. Since GSGLA has a frequent need for signage and prefers to establish long-term relationships with its vendors, Signazon.com's Nonprofit Program was the perfect solution. Regarding the vinyl decals for the 2012 AMVR Ceremony, Brooks-Benson had this to say, "This year, I wanted to do something a little different with the centerpieces and create a memento for our 100th anniversary celebration. The vinyl stickers were a perfect solution and replaced our idea of engraving each vase. I explained my idea to Signazon and they made it happen in a matter of days."
"We understand that non-profit organizations are often working with limited financial means, and we value those with such a storied history like the Girl Scouts," says Rick D., CEO of Signazon.com, "Our goal with the Signazon.com Nonprofit Program is to assist these groups with immediate needs but also build an ongoing business relationship."
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Seems like all I've been doing is mini quilts lately.....
Anyway, I waited to share this finish in the hopes I would have fabulous gifts and prizes to tell you about. Alas, I do not, but I still love this little quilt.
Some background first: One of our local museums: The Racine Art Museum has been holding an annual Peep art contest for 8 years now. Last year they started included quilt blocks (I had no idea), but this year I heard about it and decided to participate.
Museum's Peeps Exhibit. (my name's even listed as an artist!)
Lighthouse Quilters Guild. (You could even like it, if you wanted to...)
Friday, April 7, 2017
Kaleidescopeep: A Mini Quilt Challenge
Posted by Rachel
2 comments:
- Needled Mom said...
Those are all so clever. That was a lot of work on those EPP peeps!
- April 7, 2017 at 7:39 PM
- Danette Stankovich said...
This is just a fantastic use of Peeps! Awesome!
- April 12, 2017 at 11:58 AM
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WASHINGTON — Visitors to the National Mall for the Independence Day celebration can sign up for event information and emergency notifications from the National Park Service.
The U.S. Park Police department says it will be using the Nixle Community Information Service to deliver public safety information online, email and through cellphones.
The public can subscribe to receive alerts, advisories and event information for the District of Columbia July 4th celebration by texting "July4DC" to 888777. For email notifications, the public can subscribe for the service at http://www.nixle.com and by searching for the U.S. Park Police.
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Last week we interviewed most of the applicants for our department's PhD studentships that are due to start in September. (I was on the interview panel; note that I am PhD admissions tutor.) Subsequently I have sent out some informal offers by email. We had two kinds of studentship on offer: doctoral training account (DTA) studentships (given out by the research councils and only available to Uk students) and department funded ones (available to EU students).
The DTA studentships were allocated very late this year, at the end of April, which is the fault of the research councils, which are clearly out of touch with the process. They don't seem to appreciate that a highly-qualified, well-organised student will want to have a place stitched up round about Jan/Feb. Add to that the constraint to UK students, and you begin to see why it was more fun to fill the department-funded places. The late allocation of the DTA quota is the second-most annoying thing that has happened to me this year; the most annoying thing is conveniently co-located in my previous post to this blog.
Having said which, I concede that we should probably try to raise our game vis-a-vis the process of advertising to prospective students.
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A History of Indian Policy.
Tyler, S. Lyman
The study brings together in one work a brief history of American Indian policy in the United States for the use of students, teachers, government employees, and the general reader. More detail has been supplied for the period since 1930 to enable the reader to see the processes involved in the adoption, administration, and eventual changes in Indian policy. The center of attention has been the development and changes of policy. Historical information concerning the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and general history has been supplied only as necessary to understand the policy changes. The 10 chapters cover: the nature of Indian policy; the Indian and the European; treaties and Indian trade; tribal removal and concentration westward; reservations for Indian tribes; allotments to individual Indians; tribal reorganization; Indian relocation and tribal termination; Indian policy and American life in the 1960's; self determination through Indian leadership, 1968 to 1972; and Indian policy goals for the early 1970's. The bibliography includes general reference works, unpublished materials, government documents, BIA publications, books, newspapers, and periodical literature. The appendix gives dates significant in the development of Indian policy and administrators of U.S. Federal Indian policy from 1789 to the present. (KM)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, American History, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Attitude Change, Change Agents, Cultural Background, Development, Federal Programs, Individual Power, Life Style, Policy Formation, Political Influences, Resources, Treaties, Tribes
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