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The 12 Best Wishes To Colour. Being Happy, Making Happy: Colouring Book For Adults: Amazon.es: SanabriaVillamor: Libros en idiomas extranjeros
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The 12 Best Wishes To Colour
This colouring book for adults reveals what are probably The 12 Best Wishes of all times, since they are universal desires, which transcend the temporality of cultures and accompany humanity as a whole…and they have something more to offer:
Represented by more than 24 illustrations in single-sided pages, these 12 best wishes of this colouring book offer us the opportunity to experience their meaning in a personal and intimate way. A meaning we could call magical. Magic is the secret intention of Art, therefore, these 12 magical formulas offer us the possibility of transforming the vision of the author, by moving it away from an avid existence and bringing it closer to a reality full of life and well-being.
These are suitable for all ages, and the adults will be the ones who may benefit most by developing the ability to grasp their ultimate meaning. Each magical illustrated formula leads us to the mystical treasure hidden in the heart of each colourist. And only the most courageous and inquisitive will discover what lies beneath this beautiful experience.
All these desires are presented by drawings and illustrated words which are waiting asleep to be brought to life through colour. Now, you are invited to take your pens and pencils and embellish your surroundings, or someone else’s, as they are also ideal for framing, giving… and certainly surprising!
Thanks to your passion for colouring, these best 12 wishes of this colouring book will not remain hidden any longer. Shall we start?
8.5 x 8.5 Inch (21.5 x 21.5 cm)
More than 24 single sided adult colouring pages
2 pages dedicated to experience your personal wishes
Designed for sharing: colour a wish for a friend or a loved one and share the good vibe and joy of the magic of this new adult coloring book.
All ages: although it is especially designed for adults this colouring boook is suitable for all ages.
Blank spaces: feel free to write, doodle and draw in the blank spaces.
Get stillness, fun, serenity and universal inspiration: the meaning of the wishes will fill your heart and inspire you, as they did with me.
Click on the following link for more information: www.books.sanabriavillamor.com .
Editor: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (15 de enero de 2017)
ISBN-10: 1542732026
ISBN-13: 978-1542732024
4,0 de 5 estrellasTruly beautiful. Full of joy and peace
PorDaisyel 1 de marzo de 2017 - Publicado en Amazon.com
The wishes of this book are very beautiful and full of joy and generosity. I bought it for my mother and she says they are a message of love. The very fact of coloring this book has almost immediate effects: she feels joy and peace but she cannot explain !
I really think it's a different colouring book, so I recommend it if you like to colour, but especially if you really want to please your beloved ones.
To me, the desire I like the most is the composition with the daisies and the one with the birds. (my mother says they are fishes)
All are easy to color no matter if you are adult or a child.
I hope they publish a second part. I will also buy it.

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Inhaling Creativity: November 2009
It’s been a busy time in our household. I am now substitute teaching 3 to 5 days a week until Christmas because of the 3 day a week position and other days that had been booked way ahead that I’d accepted. It is also volleyball season, so our whole family jumped in the van right after school on Friday and drove up to Bathurst , just over 2 hours away, to stay overnight before yesterday’s huge tournament. Erin’s team played an exhausting 13 games in the 9 hours of the tournament (winning 9 and loosing 4) going right down to a 15 point tiebreaker for 3rd place when both teams were literally falling down with exhaustion. Along the way they overcame some real challenges, played some truly beautiful volleyball and gave all the parents a lot to cheer for. I manages to knit scarves without too many changes in tension... though the metal needles got a little slippery when my palms got sweaty! I discovered that creating amid chaos and noise not only helps keep me calm, it gives me something to show for all those hours on the court side.
My mom was at a retreat all day yesterday entitled Making Way for Advent where she got to think, create and celebrate fellowship in far less noise. It was an event that I really wanted to attend, but I’d already missed 2 weekends of tournaments while teaching in Toronto and being at the cross stitch retreat a few weekends ago.
Don’t misunderstand. There is nothing wrong with any parent or person putting themselves first now and then to follow their dreams, conduct business or indulge in something they really need. Being a parent or being in a relationship with a partner (or both) means that you have to find the balance between the needs of self and the needs of the other(s). It means finding ways of being Creative whether you are in chaos or quiet. It means knowing that there can be a certain peace or satisfaction found in almost any moment of our lives if we start looking for them.
Just make your choices and go with them instead of looking over your shoulder or wondering what could have been.
Inhaling Creativity is teaching me to live in each moment more fully.
INHALE: I think that we need both Chaos and Quiet in which to create... just not at the same time. Anyone who has ever spent time at an event where people are being Creative knows that people with energy can get a little noisy. That energy can pump us up and push us on to new heights of inspiration and exhilaration when we understand that almost anything is possible. Quiet moments on the other hand, allow us to get in touch with our inner selves, recharge our batteries, sort through our supplies, organize our thoughts or creating spaces and dreams of next projects or possibilities. Nature reminds us all the time that both stages are part of the circle. As the Fall meanders slowly into Winter here and prepares for a sleep, I know that on the other side of the world, the frenzy of Spring is leading into the warmth of summer.
EXHALE: Many of us prefer one part of this cycle more than the other, even though both are necessary. Maybe I’ve been studying too many plant life cycles for the Biology class I am supervising with the diploid(2N) and haploid (N) stages of things, but it really rings true for me. Divide a page in your book in half and label the two sections QUIET and CHAOS. In each area, write down, doodle, collage or identify the things you like about each stage. What Creative acts do you like to do in chaos with others or what creative things do you like to do that involve chaos? What do you enjoy about having quiet time in which to create? Do some creative things lend themselves to being done in both quiet and chaos? Like discovering that you can actually enjoy using a colour you didn’t think you liked, you may find that there are quiet a few things about being Creative in Chaos or Quiet that you didn’t expect you enjoyed as much as you do!
and started a new scarf of lovely blues and purples for one of the newest members of the team. I came home with a full set of fingernails... but I still need to learn how not to hold my breath for such a long time when the games get tense! I sometimes forget to INHALE...
Last spring, our family got a terrifying call. Our best friends’ barbecue blew up and engulfed their whole house in flames. In one evening, their lives were turned upside down and their cats perished along with most of their personal belongings... but they had their dog and each other.
Tonight, our family took supper over to their new house, rebuilt on the foundations of their old one. They moved in this past weekend and are slowly trying to unpack what was restored, put away what people donated and see what is left to buy. Imagine starting over from scratch for every towel, every sheet... everything!
So we shared a meal in their new house which has echoes of all they loved best about the old one. Everything is new, everything gleams, but what trials and tribulations they had to go through to get them and get to this point.
The house is a wonderful blend of their unique colour sense and love of textures. They spent hours and hours pouring over every detail of their plans, took the time to select what they truly wanted and it showed. From the amazing bar of lights and crystal prisms over the dining room table to the incredible fold out coffee table where we will no doubt spend lots of time gathered to roll 20 sided dice.
I am SO glad to see them back where they belong.
INHALE: Creativity can sometimes be making something beautiful rise out of the ashes of disaster. When life throws its very worst at us, there are still moments when we can celebrate what IS going right or just keep putting one foot in front of the other until we move through the dark times and back out into the light.
EXHALE: Open your book and trace your foot onto the page. I had to put my foot on the diagonal to get it to fit properly and I decided to leave my socks on to just get a basic foot shape. Now, fill the shape of your foot with images, words, doodles, colours, scribbles, collage materials or anything that tempts you but move from DARK in the heel of the foot towards LIGHT in the toes. Our lives are a series of steps from tragedy to triumph, night to day, challenge to victory and darkness into light. Just keep putting one foot in front of the other!
I'm home from a wonderful weekend of fellowship and cross stitch, but I did learn that sometimes, you have to improvise your creativity when you don't have all the pieces you need.
I’d fully intended to give away the Perforated Paper Castle ornament that I taught in Toronto, but the more people asked to see it and exclaimed over it, the more I decided it needed to stay on MY tree. Stitchers will be able to get that pattern after December 1st on PatternsOnline.com , so hang in there! Luckily, Jeannie had brought along some colours of perforated paper for me to play with. Unfortunately, after a full day of teaching, picking up Bethany from volleyball practice, Nick from school and then rushing to get to retreat in bad weather, I forgot the sheets of blank graph paper that I usually bring along with me...
Next year, I will remember to put that on my packing list, slow down and check what I have before I race out the door or end up bringing an entire ream of graph paper along just so I don't have to make grids like this again. At least I know I can make one without a computer!
FIrst, I sketched out the letters for JOY and stitched them in overdyed threads on the white paper. Then, I flipped the paper over, borrowed a pencil from Mom and began to figure out how to create a geometric snowflake shape around the word.
I am not the most math gifted person. There was much erasing and slightly colourful language used when I realized that I couldn't get things to work out PERFECTLY... but I took my own posts about perfection to heart. So what if I had to fudge things a tiny bit near the end... I know where the glitch is, but I'm not going to point it out! Eventually, the snowflake shape was ready for me to cut out. I LOVE perforated paper!!!
When I flipped the design to the right side, I discovered that one section had a bit too much white space for my liking, so I added a holly button from the shop. I also thought it might be nice to add some braid and beads to catch the lights from the tree.
Then I made my own cording for the top then hung it on the tree for the ornament exchange!!
INHALE: If we wait for the perfect moment when we have all our supplies around us and everything is just right, then we will have far less moments in which to be creative. This is what I was trying to find more of during my year long adventure... ways of just jumping into the deep end and mucking about to see what I could come up with. No, I didn't have everything I needed or hoped to have with me, but the Creativity didn't need them. It just needed me to be willing to try and work with what I had on hand. How many missed moments go by because we tell ourselves "Wait, I'm not ready!!" ??
EXHALE: Find another crafter that you trust. Decide to try this challenge together and see what happens. Set a date when the two of you can get together for some uninterrupted creativity time. Mark it on the calendar and then get ready with this homework before hand. Each of you should choose a variety of interesting craft items or items related to the hobby you both enjoy. Limit it to less than 10. Put the items in a bag that you cannot see through. When you get together, exchange bags, settle down and see what each of you can create with these mystery items within an agreed upon time limit. It doesn't have to be perfect or beautiful or even something you keep. You just have to be wiling to try... and laugh... and enjoy each other's company while you see where your Creativity takes you. I can't wait to see what some of you come up with!
I am getting excited! Despite the forecast calling for a bit of snow overnight, I am mostly packed for the cross stitch retreat up at Camp Wildwood this weekend. I can’t wait to sneak off with my Mom for a weekend of roughing it and also getting away from it all.
Don’t worry if you don’t hear from me. My laptop is staying behind but the camera is coming.
You see, for most of my cross stitch designing career, this is the weekend that I get to go away and NOT be a designer. Ok... you can’t really shut that off, but I get to go stitch OTHER people’s designs, hang with stitchers who really know me or just PLAY to invent a one of a kind ornament for the exchange. I can nap if I want to, go for a walk if I want to, journal and sketch or just sit and stitch for ages with some of the nicest people on this planet in a beautiful main lodge while someone else cooks all my meals.
Can you see why I am getting excited?
I’ve packed WAY more projects than I will have time to get to and I always get a bit cold because I pull my mattress down onto the floor. At 6’5” in my bare feet, WAY too much of me hangs over the edge on their bunk beds!
Wheee! 24 hours from now, I will be away from it all for the weekend. I can’t wait!
INHALE: Retreats are great if you can find one to attend. It can be hard to put yourself first and leave other responsibilities behind, but we usually come back from such a retreat feeling SO recharged and reinspired. Don’t be afraid to be a little selfish now and then. If you always put yourself last and do for others, you forget to take care of the person in whose skin you actually live! Love yourself enough to make time for yourself!
EXHALE: Maybe you can’t take part in a retreat, but you can still block time off for yourself. Open a blank page in your book and write down something you’d love to do if you had each of the following time segments available. Now pick ONE of them that you would MOST like to do and schedule it into your calendar sometime in the next 2 weeks. Go ahead... you deserve it!
If I had an extra 30 minutes to myself, I would:
If I had an extra hour to myself, I would:
If I had an extra 3 hours to myself, I would:
If I had an extra morning to myself, I would:
If I had an extra day to myself, I would:
If I had an extra weekend to myself, I would:
Bethany’s fever is gone. Her temperature was normal all day so I made her have a long, steamy bath to help her cough and wash her hair then stripped her bed and washed the sheets along with her jammies. She was finally allowed out of her room and almost couldn’t decide what to do first. I made the choice easy... finish up the school work you missed, then you can play now that you’re feeling better.
I may be Creative... but I am still a MOM!
Tonight, I needed a bit of colouring therapy, but the last time I had my poster out, I found myself bothered by the fact that the set only came with these colours.
So... I went on a hunt and found THESE...
There can’t possibly be anything bad about having 50 colours to choose from instead of just 10, can there? Only that it makes me wonder where to begin!
So I picked out a section of the border that I’d been eyeing for a while and began to colour. I even added some shading detail because flat colour sort of blended together a bit too much.
As that section began to fill in, the colours really started to jump...
and when it was all done, the contrast of the black with the inner colours made it almost SING.
Nope, there’s definitely no such thing as having too many choices!
INHALE: We all have countless choices to make each and ever day. Eat the apple or the cookie, get out of bed or hide, speed up for the yellow light or slow down, take the stairs or the elevator... the possibilities are almost endless. Sometimes, the sheer amount of choice we have can seem overwhelming... until we remember that another name for it is FREEDOM!
EXHALE: If you like to draw, go buy yourself a new pencil, crayon or marker set and revel in the amount of colours to choose from. If you like to cook, go buy a few new spices to play with. If you like to craft, go explore the aisles and sale bins until you find pieces for your next project. If you love music, check out a few new tunes outside your usual genre, but be sure to download them legally. (iTunes Genius feature has let me discover new songs I might otherwise never have heard) Find a way to add even more choices to your chosen path of Creativity. Your day will be richer for it, even if it takes you a bit longer to make up your mind where to begin!
Today, one of the Creative women I admire most took the courageous step of announcing that she was closing down her cross stitch design business. Sometimes you have to end something in order to create something new.
Teresa and I met through cross stitch just over a decade ago, but we quickly formed a friendship that went beyond just working in the same industry. As cross stitch began to falter, she and I began to act as sounding boards for each other and talk about if and how we could take our Creativity in other directions. Four years ago, we went to Dragon*Con in Atlanta to see if we wanted to transition into Fantasy artwork on the con circuit. She also helped paint me green for my She-Hulk adventure as mentioned in yesterday’s post. Last February, we went to the SCBWI conference in New York together to see if children’s book illustration would offer new possibilities. The joy of having her as a friend is that we share some of the same hopes and insecurities, interests and insights as well as quests and questions. While we have very different styles, we both feel called to continue to share our Creativity with the world... we’re just still trying to find the next way to do that! I do know that the past 5 years would have been a lot more scary and stressful without her encouragement, support and sense of humour.
I stayed home today to take care of Bethany who is still running a fe er. I also got up the courage to tackle a demolition of my own. A year ago, I overhauled my Dragon Dreams website to reflect the change my artwork was taking as I honoured the 98 published cross stitch designs that I had created, but also tried to showcase the different directions I was heading in. Then I created a separate website for illustration once I got feedback that Art Directors don’t have time to sift through intensive sites looking for your artwork.
I’ve limped along since then feeling very fragmented and slightly confused at how to make things better. Today, I realized that the only way to rework the site was to start over from the very beginning, look at what works, get rid of what doesn’t and focus on what truly needs to be covered by the website while making it an informative place to visit.
I am in the middle of the destruction and rebuilding process, but I am actually pleased at how well it is turning out. I'll post on my blogs as soon as the new site is uploaded.
INHALE: Sometimes we have to rebuild from the ashes as friends of ours have done with their house, shut down a business to start in a new direction, crumple up a drawing that isn’t working or go back to the beginning and start over. Any Creative person, crafter or artist has experienced this more than once. I’m not sure it ever gets any easier, but I am finally learning to trust that something even better may come from drastic measures.
EXHALE: I tried to explore today's topic in a fun way. Find a few magazines for images or inspirational photos. Instead of trimming them carefully with scissors, rip and tear them out then glue them into your book so that they overlap and create a collage background (you can leave white spaces). Next, write some words over the images or around them that add to your Creative inspiration. If this seems too time-consuming for your hectic day, try a simpler exhale: crumple a plain piece of paper and then smooth it out again then draw or write a message to yourself on the less than perfect paper as a reminder that we often set ridiculous standards for ourselves.
The thing about knowing I am living this journey is that it sustains me even when life gets so chaotic that I cannot post. I meant to post about our Hallowe’en creativity on Friday night or Saturday, but the weekend ended up being far different that we expected when Bethany began to run a high fever on Saturday afternoon along with her cough. We’ve kept her in isolation at home and treated her with medicine to reduce the fever which seems to be working for now as we keep a close eye on her. GIven all the fear about the H1N1 pandemic, we are being cautious and vigilant, hoping that it is some other germ in our house.
Thursday night, Bethany had a Hallowe’en dance at her school. She dressed up as a rock star and spent two hours dancing or talking with her friends. Friday was a fun but tiring day. I was teaching at Harrison Trimble for the 4th day that week and everyone was encouraged to dress in costume. Erin went as a fairy GOTHmother and I dressed up as a zombie, thinning out the make-up I used for She-Hulk and using the same wig, I ripped up one of Nick’s oldest shirts and made a very scary impression on a lot of the high school kids. Imagine coming around a corner in a hurry and running into 6’5” of zombie teacher! For an extrovert who loves playing up on my inches, I was having a blast!
After school, we went to pick up Bethany at her school and watch the last minutes of her volleyball tryouts. She’d had a sock hop in the afternoon and then the tryouts, so she was feeling a bit tired as we headed home to change both girls into their costumes for working up at Magnetic Hill’s fundraiser that evening. Boo at the School meant that the entire gym of Nick’s school had been transformed into a spook walk as a fundraiser for the Grade 8 class trip at the end of the year. There was a bake sale, a BBQ, some other sales and the spook walk. Erin was dressed up as an old fashioned school teacher in pioneer dress teaching a class of zombie children to repeat words like disembowel. Bethany dressed up in her Dorothy costume and played hopscotch in the “graveyard”. Nick was the Frankenstein principal asking people for their hall passes and I helped a witch greet people at the door and break them into groups. For the first 2 hours, everyone was fairly enthusiastic, but in the 3rd hour, it got a little harder to stay “fresh” at their roles. Bethany seemed especially tired, but I chalked it up to her busy day. I drove the girls home as soon as things were over then came back up to help Nick and the parents take everything down in the gym. She seemed fine when she posed for this picture after stealing Dad’s headgear...
By 10:30 the next morning, we were back at the school for a volleyball match between Erin’s 15U team and the 16U team in the Roofers club she belongs to. It was great volleyball and each team won 2 matches, but Bethany seemed really tired and whiny. We got her some soup for lunch and pot stickers at our favourite restaurant Happy Wok and then headed home. She fell asleep for 2 hours and when she woke up, she was flushed and burning up with a fever of almost 102! Needless to say, my thoughts of writing everything up as the blog post went out the window...
The fever comes and goes, so she will be home with me tomorrow. No doubt my creativity will be put towards keeping a sick daughter entertained in her room.
INHALE: In our busy, modern day world, we sometimes feel as if we are expected to keep going no matter what. If we are sick, we take a pill or something. If this flu season is teaching us ANYTHING, it is reminding us of the need to listen to our bodies when they get sick or tired and grant them time to heal, time to get better and time to keep our germs to ourselves.
EXHALE: One of the ways you can enjoy a bit of tasty Creativity even when you aren’t sick is to find a warm drink that you enjoy. There are many wonderful herbal tea blends out there to sample, cider to warm with cranberries and cinnamon or a splash of orange juice. My stepfather, John, has been playing with ways to make his own really chocolaty cocoa drink that has less artificial ingredients than some of the powders out there. Sniff a few herbal tea boxes in the grocery aisles or delight in the artwork and creativity of the many Celestial Seasonings blends. Their box artwork and creative copy are almost as lovely as the teas themselves. Tazo ’s chai flavour has been another favourite of mine for a few years, especially with a splash of skim milk. Miso soup is another wonderful warm drink. Some cultures swear by a crushed garlic clove in hot water to fend of germs and there is always the traditional chicken noodle soup. Whatever you choose as your warm drink, wrap your hands around a great mug and sit quietly for a few minutes to sip some stillness along with your beverage. The world will still be waiting when your mug is done.

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Chatting with Anna Kathryn: May 2009
Many people are closet writers. Some could be published authors—if only. If only I had more time. If only I knew the right people. If only I didn’t have to keep my day job. If only I had no kids underfoot. If only I didn’t have to care for my ill parents. If only…
If you have a dream (it doesn’t have to be writing), write an If Only list. Now look closely at each item on that list. I guarantee that for every item on the list, you can find an example of someone with more If Only’s who succeeded at your dream. Paraplegics have climbed mountains and run marathons. A single mother with twelve children wrote a bestseller. A man who worked two jobs and wrote only during his lunch break completed seven novels. If they did it, so can you.
So what’s really stopping you? Most of the time, it’s not your circumstances, it’s fear. Fear of rejection, fear of success, fear of change, fear of what others might say… Spend some time identifying the fear (or fears) holding you back. Those are your REAL If Only’s. Put them on your list.
You can find ways to reach your dreams. But you have to be willing to face your REAL If Only’s first.
For me, keeping my dreams alive while raising five children and holding down a full and a part time job seemed impossible, but I did what I could. I wrote magazine articles after they were in bed at night. I’ve now had more than 850 magazine and educational articles published. It took me almost twenty years to get my first book published, but I held onto that dream and kept working. On May 22 this year, that work bore fruit. Two books from two different publishers came out on the same day!
Now If Only I could figure out this marketing stuff…
I'm giving away a copy of Summer Lovin' to one commenter on this blog. See the excerpt and blurb below. Check back on Wednesday, June 3 after noon to see who won. If only you all could win...
Laurie J. Edwards is the author of “Summer Storms” in the anthology Summer Lovin’ from The Wild Rose Press and Rihanna (People in the News) from Lucent. She is a regular contributor to educational and business publications and is a freelance editor for both fiction and non-fiction publishers. Find out more about her at http://lje1.wordpress.com/ and http://twrpclimbingrose.blogspot.com/. If you are interested in contacting her for freelancing editing, she can be reached at LaurieJEdwards at gmail dot com.
SUMMER LOVIN’ is a collection of love stories by six Climbing Rose authors about life on a ranch, summer jobs, sandcastle competitions, the tragedy of a flood, and falling in love with a rock star. My story in the anthology is "Summer Storms": Sixteen-year-old Paige nearly drowns trying to rescue a Pomeranian trapped in floodwaters that sweep through her town. Chase, the hottie who saves her, wants to help her and her mother, but Paige won’t accept charity. And can she risk him unmasking the family secret she’s kept hidden? EXCERPT (Paige and her mother are trying to escape the flood sweeping through town. Waves have just smashed the branches of an uprooted tree through their window):
Picking her way over the broken glass, Paige lunged for the uprooted tree. Icy water soaked her sneakers and jeans. The suitcase banged against the trunk and almost slid from her grasp. Her fingers raked down the rough bark, tearing her palms. The tree bobbed up and down as water assaulted it. Paige climbed on and wrapped one arm around an upright branch. Staying seated was like riding a bucking bronco. She wedged the suitcase between two branches and then leaned forward to extend a hand to Mama, who was scrambling for balance. As she got Mama situated, another wave rocked the tree. The suitcase slid. Before Paige could grab it, it plunged into the water below. What had they lost? Her mind was a blur. But Mama was safe. That was the important thing. She wrested the other suitcase from Mama’s grip and slid the handle over an upright tree branch. Mama clung to another branch as the tree shuddered. As long as the tree didn’t roll, they could float to safety. She hoped. Wood cracked and splintered. Only a bit more and the branch would break free. Then they’d be at the mercy of the river. A tiny yip caused Paige to turn. A Pomeranian paddled furiously in the sludge between their house and the one next door. Its fur slicked tight to its head, the dog panted as it struggled to keep its head above water. The tree had dammed the floodwaters between the buildings, but once the dog reached the rushing water, it would be doomed. Paige clutched the branch with one hand and leaned back until her muscles screamed in agony. The dog struggled closer, but she couldn’t reach it. She gripped the trunk between her legs and let go of the branch. Still, the gap was too great. Mama screamed, “No, Paige, no!” But Paige ignored her. She inched backward and reached for the dog. With a great rending sound, the branch holding the tree in place tore free of its mooring. And with a sucking sound, the tree shot into the raging current. Posted by
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Australia: Vivid Sydney's crazy big light fest opens with Opera House - LA Times
TRAVEL Travel News & Deals Australia: Vivid Sydney's crazy big light fest opens with Opera House A look at the Opera House and other scenes from Vivid Sydney 2014.
Vivid Sydney 2014 is a music, light and idea festival that takes over the Australian city for two weeks
If only Coachella had an iconic building and amazing 3-D digital light projections for its annual music fest. It might look a bit like Vivid Sydney, the light, music and ideas festival in its sixth year that kicked off Friday in Australia. It began with illuminating the "sails" of the city's beloved Opera House, a mind-blowing color and light show that continues through June 9. It's free to the 800,000 or so people who come to watch. (That's how many attended last year.)
Organizers say this year's light projections tell a story "from the birth of architecture and civilization through to the pinnacle of human and technological achievement." It was created by 59 Productions, the company that worked on the 2012 Olympic Summer Games opening ceremonies in London.On the first night, the city's Harbour Bridge lighted up too -- courtesy of a touch-screen display visitors use to "vote" for the color they want to "paint" it. The festival added another light twist too: ferries and vessels in Darlington Harbour show off their own dancing LED lights, and the city's business center at Martin Place glows with light installations and projections.
The light show is free and will continue from 6 p.m. to midnight daily until June 9.But there's a lot to this festival too. The music side of things opened Friday with the Pixies at the Opera House and continues with Pet Shop Boys, Lauryn Hill, St. Vincent and a slew of other performers each night. (These concerts aren't free.)
Vivid in Sydney, Australia The annual light festival Vivid Sydney sets the city ablaze. The annual light festival Vivid Sydney sets the city ablaze. See more videos And there are TED-type idea sessions where you can think big thoughts with people such as artist Candy Chang and author and marketing director Ryan Holiday too.If you happen to be in Sydney, lucky you. The rest of us will be digital voyeurs at the Vivid Sydney website.
Vivid Sydney 2014 Daniel Boud Sydney, Australia, kicked off its light, music and idea festival Friday in grand style. Vivid Sydney 2014 projects mind-blowing images on the famed Opera House. Sydney, Australia, kicked off its light, music and idea festival Friday in grand style. Vivid Sydney 2014 projects mind-blowing images on the famed Opera House. (Daniel Boud)See more galleries Vivid Sydney 2014 James Morgan / Destination New South Wales The Opera House's "sails" become a canvas of digital images, as photographed from a helicopter at 2,100 feet above the harbor. The Opera House's "sails" become a canvas of digital images, as photographed from a helicopter at 2,100 feet above the harbor. (James Morgan / Destination New South Wales)See more galleries

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Voyages of the Hydrophilic: September 2016
9/30 Jack Daniel's, MIss Mary Bobo's and Moon Pies
John found a friend on the next dock over this morning. Look at the close up he got of this heron.
We rented a car and headed across state lines to Lynchburg, TN. The drive was very scenic at the foothills of Smokey Mountains. There were ranches with cattle and horses and fields of cotton ready to harvest. We arrived in downtown Lynchburg. Like a John Grisham novel, the courthouse is in the center of town. We made our way to the Moon Pie store. They didn't give out free samples but we did buy a box of a dozen. For lunch, we had reservations at Miss Mary Bobo's Boarding House. Miss Mary ran the boarding house in town for many decades. She died at over 100. The Boarding House is owned by the Distillery now. There are two lunch seatings. The boarding rooms have each been set up with a family sized dining room table. Each room has a hostess. She welcomes you all to the table. The food is served family style. The servers are college students who have a scholarship from Jack Daniels. Lunch was ice tea, pork tenderloin, cheese grits, potatoes, fried chicken, coleslaw, fried okra, green beans with bacon, apples with a Jack Daniels sauce, rolls, and custard pie for dessert. It was very good. Our hostess made the whole table feel welcome.
Then we headed over to the Jack Daniel's Distillery for our tour and tasting. The tour was very interesting. On our way into Lynchburg, we saw many huge odd shaped buildings with moats around them. As it turns out, there are so many barrels that these buildings are all filled with barrels aging the whiskey.
The tour took us through Jack Daniel's office. We saw the cave where the water that makes all the whiskey comes from. The surrounding limestone has no iron in it. The water seems to make a big difference in the whiskey.
The whiskey is dripped through charcoal. Jack Daniel's makes its own charcoal. This is where they make the charcoal. The wood to make the charcoal is locally sourced sugar maple. It is stacked specially to allow for the correct temperature to make the charcoal.
The wood for the barrels is locally sourced oak staves. The barrels are made and burnt onsite too. The vats where they make the whiskey are huge but no photos are allowed in that area. John and I did have our picture taken with Jack.
So much is flammable that they have their own fire department. Here is one of the early 1900's vintage fire trucks.
At the end of the tour, we enjoyed the whiskey tasting. It was a flight of 5 whiskeys. We bought a bottle of Gentleman Jack and had it etched to commemorate our trip. On the tour, we also saw some wild turkeys on the grounds. No, they do not make Wild Turkey whiskey there.
Tomorrow, we tour the Marshall Space Flight Center.
9/27 John's birthday and up the Tennessee to Florence, Alabama
Happy Birthday to John. Happy Birthday to John. We celebrated in 3 states. We started our day at Grand Harbor Marina in Counce, TN at the end of the Tombigbee Waterway. We turned back on to the Tennessee River. At that point, Mississippi is on the starboard and Alabama is on port. A little further up the river, Alabama is on both sides.
Finally, the oppressive heat dissipated. It was bright and sunny but only in the low 80's. It was a beautiful day to cruise up the river. The Tennessee is very scenic on all sides. It is a lot like the Cumberland River but much wider.
Florence, Alabama was our stop for the night. What a lovely place this is. It is the birthplace of Helen Keller and W. C. Haney. The Florence Park surrounds the marina. The entrance to the marina is marked on one side by this sculpture that they light at night.
On the other side, flags mark the channel. This heron was standing calmly by the water's edge.
Everyone here is very nice. Dragon boat races are being held this weekend. The dragon boats were being delivered and put in the water.
The next lock which is only a few miles away was talking to a boat and said the Delta Mariner would be locking through. It turns out that the Delta Mariner is a cargo ship that transports Atlas V and Delta rockets for United Launch Alliance from the manufacturer in Decatur, Alabama to either Cape Canaveral in FL or through the Panama Canal to Vandenberg Air Force Base in CA. It can carry up to three 160 foot Delta Common Booster Rockets. Interestingly, it is designed for open seas and the inland rivers. These pictures will give you an idea of how huge this boat is.
Tomorrow, we head up river with 2 locks and about 60 miles to Joe Wheeler State Park.
Lat 34 degrees 47.17 North
Long 87 degrees 40.42 West
We left Clifton Harbor headed for Grand Harbor in Counce, TN. We are heading upstream on the Tennessee River which is mostly in a south or east direction. The fog on the water signaled another hot day coming. It turned out to be 94 degrees.
There is a lot to see on the river. Both of these pictures are good examples of the geology of the river. John spotted the wildlife first today. The first thing he saw was these cattle coming into the river. Then we passed and saw the entire herd.
John watched this eagle soaring and then he landed near us on the shore. This is where you take out a map. We followed the Tennessee to the Pickwick Lock and Dam. We had to wait about 1 1/2 hours to lock through while they locked through some tows. On the other side of the lock and dam, the dam creates Pickwick Lake out of the Tennessee. It is wide and people were taking advantage of the hot fall weather with sailing, jet skiing, riding on pontoon boats, fishing, etc. A few miles upstream, you can be on the Tennessee River and see Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi all at the same time. The Tombigbee Waterway is to the right. We took that right to stay at the Grand Harbor Marina in Counce, TN. It is a grand place and we felt very welcome here the minute we docked. We will be here for 3 nights. They gave us the courtesy car to go to church tonight and we went to dinner afterward. The stars filled the clear night sky. Tomorrow, we will take the car to the Shiloh Battlefield. Monday it should cool off finally. On Tuesday, we will head back on the Tennessee River toward Chattanooga. Most of the way to Chattanooga. TN we will be in Alabama. Grand Harbor Marina
Lat 34 degrees 59.47 North
Long 88 degrees 12.95 West


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Also covered Vikings, Packers, Seahawks0 SharesEmailPrintCommentThe San Diego Chargers just put out a release saying that oft-injured linebacker Shawne Merriman was put on the injured reserve and he will be released when he is healthy.The release said Merriman, 26, was put on the IR with a calf injury and a minor-injury designation (less than six-week injury), meaning he must be released when he regains his health. Should he clear waivers at that point, the Chargers could try to bring him back, but that may be unlikely. There had been talk that the team was tiring of Merriman’s unreliable health.Merriman re-injured his calf against Oakland. He was limited in the first five weeks of the season. Merriman missed all but one game in 2008 because of a major knee injury that hampered him last season. Merriman had a league-leading 39.5 sacks in his first three NFL seasons. He has had four sacks since.The Chargers have been ravaged by injuries at linebacker this season. Merriman is the fourth linebacker to be put on the IR. Antwan Applewhite will start while 2009 first-round pick Larry English heals from a broken foot. He will likely be out for, at least, two more weeks.I will come back with more thoughts on Merriman’s situation later.

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Tags: cockatiels, dumbass, gimme money, pay for my vet
Need some help; I have a cocktail that needs to go to the vet, to get some broken feathers plucked.
We live in a low-income building and cannot afford to take him to the vet, I have a quote for 150.00 to get it done in a vet now..
Is there anyone who can pay this for us?
We can go to the vet of your choice if need be, but need it done soon.
So u know his name is Franky
he is the white,grey and yellow on the left
Please help us out, you can call me at 303-[redacted] and ask or saul
Hey, did you know that when other people irresponsibly keep pets who they can’t afford to provide humane care for, it’s an emergency for you? That is, if you’re a bird lover. If you don’t want to pay for Saul’s bird’s vet bills, you must just not be a bird lover. In fact, you probably hate birds and wish they’d all die sad, painful deaths of unplucked feathers while their poor, starving owner looks at you with mournful eyes as his children moan for just one more piece of bread, papa. Yes you, bird hater, you’re so cruel, aren’t you?
Don’t even think about suggesting that Saul ask for recommendations for a vet who might take payments. That’s not how a bird lover should talk. Nor should you suggest that Saul take out a loan or, hell, canvass his neighborhood offering to perform 10 odd jobs at $15 each. That’s just insanity. He shouldn’t have to be inconvenienced to free his pet from a painful health problem.
I’ve got an idea: How about someone helps poor Saul by offering Franky a good home in a household where his vet care will be paid for by his owner? Oh, and while you’re at it, perhaps you can relieve Saul of the several other birds he seems to have somehow mysteriously acquired, probably through no fault of his own, I bet they just flew through the window of his “low income building” and demanded expensive food and vet care.
An offer you can refuse.
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Tags: african grey parrot, gimme freebies, lousy home, parrot
I am looking for an African Grey Parrot, if anyone want to re-home his parrot I am willing to take it for $150-$200 with or without cage. I already have some birds in my house; so please contact me at 720-[redacted] if you are willing to re-home your parrot.
Abdullah Arab What a generous, gracious man. He’s willing to take your African Grey Parrot off your hands for 10% of what it costs to purchase one from a decent breeder. And he already has some birds in his house (what, did they just fly in and start nesting?) so you’re assured that not only will you be permitted to sell your bird (with or without cage!) cheaply to this man, you can also be certain that it won’t get his exclusive attention, nor will it be important enough for him to refer to it by name or species. It’ll be another “bird” that’s “in his house.” There’s a way to offer your home to a bird in need. There’s also an appropriate way to convey that you’re looking to provide a good home, not pay breeder prices for a parrot. However, if you’re requesting the opportunity to provide a home to a very expensive exotic bird whose annual checkups and bloodwork will cost more than you’re willing to pay for the bird, you might consider offering something, anything that indicates you’re actually a decent owner, not a reseller. Say, the names and species of the birds you already own. The name of your vet. A little information about what you feed your birds and how much attention they get.
Oh, who am I kidding? This isn’t just a poorly written ad, this is either a reseller or someone who sees parrots with the intelligence of human toddlers as a convenient, exotic accessory that would go nicely with their sofa and impress the neighbors.
Winner and Still Champion of the Craigslist Misspelling Derby…
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Tags: cockatiel, spelling errors
There’s not much to do in North Dakota, besides make up new ways to spell “Cockatiel” wrong. That and amass a huge herd of various noisy birds, presumably either in hopes of making money breeding them or in order to annoy your neighbors into moving away.

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E Toru Nga Reo: An Additional Language Programme in a Kura Kaupapa Maori. A presentation of a Masters thesis. ...
E TORU NGĀ REO:AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMME IN A KURA KAUPAPA MĀORI NZALT INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL CONFERENCE 2012 William Flavell BTchg, BA, PGDip(Ed), MEd(hons) Massey University 2.
Whakapapa Ko Ngā Puhi, Ko Ngāti Maniapoto ngā iwi. Ko Ngā uri o Pohe, Ko Ngāti Pare ngā hapū. Ko Manaia, Ko Rangitoto ngā maunga. Ko Whangārei Terenga Paraoa, Ko Waipā ngā awa. Ko Pohe, Ko Rereahu ngā rangatira. Ko Wiremu Flavell toku ingoa. 3.
Overview Introduction Literature Review Methodology Results Discussion Recommendations Conclusion Acknowledgements 4.
Education goals for Māori IntroductionBold Vision for Māori 5.
Te Marautanga o Aotearoa “Through our understanding of whanaungatanga, acquisition of languages entitles us to explore our own whakapapa, matauranga, whānau and individual identity while engaging in the rituals, histories, customs and cultural knowledge of others” (Ministry of Education, 2007). 6.
Kura Kaupapa Maori Education Ruatoki bilingual school. Hoani Waititi Marae. Revitalisation of Maori language. Kōhanga Reo Kura Kaupapa Maori Te Aho Matua – Maori values philosophy 7.
Literature Review Bilingual Education. Multilingual Education. Intercultural Education. South America setting  Ecuador Case Study Additional language research in New Zealand. 8.
South America Case StudyPast incidents of Elite Bilingual conflicts bilingualism and Spanish/Kichwa between Minoritised schools peoples bilingualism International Multilingual language education in curriculum Quito, Ecuador planning 9.
Research Questions How has an additional language programme been developed and incorporated in a Kura Kaupapa Māori? What are the attitudes of the community of the Kura Kaupapa Māori towards the teaching and learning of an additional international language programme? What are the perceived benefits of learning an additional international language? What relationship exists between additional international language and Kaupapa Māori? 10.
Methodology TinoCase Study Rangatiratanga Taonga Tuku Iho Approach Ethical issues Kia piki ake i ngāProcess of finding Ako Māori raruraru o te kāinga participants Semi-structured interviews Whānau Kaupapa Kaupapa Māori principles Whakawhanaungatang a 11.
Methodology – IBRLA MODEL Initiation Accountability Benefits Legitimation Representation 12.
Setting Kura Kaupapa Māori Years 1 – 13 Decile 4 197 Students 18 teachers (general and specialist staff) 13.
The development of a Spanish language programme Initiated by the curiosity of a parent. Discussed at whānau hui. Developed by the School Principal. Sought funding from various trusts. Teachers sent to intensive Spanish language course. Metalinguistic skills. 14.
The current Spanish language programme in the school Compulsory subject Junior school – two classes per week From year 4 – three classes per week From year 9 – four classes per week (immersion) Four Spanish language teachers/assistants Year 10 Mathematics class in Spanish 15.
International School Excursion Integral feature of the Spanish language programme. Senior school 3 month exchange A week preparation in America Billeted with local families Intensive Spanish language course in Oaxaca $8000 needed per student to attend. 16.
Spanish language resourcing Principal has translated language textbooks. Interface between te reo Māori and Spanish. NCEA Specifications. Opportunities for technological based learning. 17.
Spanish language programme leadership ‘You need a passionate captain to drive it because such a programme would be difficult to implement in a KKM because there is nothing else really to model it from’ Leadership has been well-received by students, teachers and the community 18.
AttitudesTeachers• “There are two languages of this land, and it will be exceptional that they leave with a further language”• “A progressive step forward which encourages students to think outside of the square”.Parents• “Since the arrival of Pākehā to this country, New Zealand has had a monolinguistic view of the world.• “Our world is so global these days, having another language is adding another feather to your bow”Students• “Learning Spanish has given me the opportunity to go to Chile, it‟s another language for me to learn and grow from”• “Once you learn Spanish, it‟s easier of being in a full-immersion” 19.
Perceived BenefitsTeachers• Opportunities in tourism, trade and business opportunities.• “Help challenge the assumptions that they have about themselves”• “Children who are bilingual should be open to a third and a fourth language”.Parents• “Learning an additional language will allow the student to see further than just New Zealand”.• “Learning Spanish helps build confidence, creates a more global person…and that Spanish is a widely spoken and practical language”.Students• Learning Spanish helped develop a better world view.• “It helped with learning other subjects like History so it helps broaden your view” 20.
Relationship between additional international language learning and Kaupapa Maori Cultural Linguistic• Hakari (feast) • Pronunciation is similar• Similar cultural traits to Maori. (loving and caring people).• Colonisation experiences.• El dia de muerto („celebration of the dead‟) 21.
Discussion Themes Whānau Positive LeadershipInvolvement Attitudes Native language Resources Globalisation teachers International school excursions 22.
Discussion 1Whānau Involvement• “Develop effective strategic plans, schools need to consult with their communities. Schools that involve parents and students in developing their strategic plan benefit from a sense of shared ownership and a community- wide commitment to language learning” (Ministry of Education, 2002).Leadership• Principals were able to recognise new opportunities that inspire, encourage and motivate others with a future vision for their school (Valentine & Prater, 2011).• “Providing a model, identifying a vision and fostering group goals” (Valentine & Prater, 2011).Native Language Teachers• Native language teachers able to obtain better communication outcomes for students and that students preferred native language teachers in the higher grades (Madrid & Perez-Canado, 2004).• English language skills not overly important for immersion atmosphere. 23.
Discussion 2International Excursions• “More confident in their language skills and motivated to deepen their knowledge of other languages and cultures through language study and travel abroad” (Ingram, 2005).• “Many educators share the view that language competence and cultural understanding are acquired most effectively while living in the target language country”. (Badstubner & Ecke, 2009)Resources• In order for successful language learning to occur, students need access to a range of appropriate language resources.Positive Attitudes• Negative attitudes reduced the motivation of language learners, while positive attitudes increased the enthusiasm of language learning (Merisuo- Storm, 2008).• There is a relationship between positive attitudes towards learning and achievement (Sevim & Seda, 2006). 24.
Recommendations A strongly supportive community needed to implement an additional international language programme. Planning of a comprehensive language curriculum. International excursions – valuable but expensive. Staffing and quality of teachers. Acquire quality teaching resources. Students must start learning from Year One. 25.
Conclusion 1 A Kura Kaupapa Māori that taught a successful language programme was approached. The Principal, five teachers, five students and three parents were approached. The attitudes of the participants were overwhelmingly positive Participants identified many benefits. Success of programme can be understood in terms of various factors 26.
Conclusion 2 Whānau support, leadership, quality teachers, international excursions and positive attitudes. More importantly adheres to the six principles of Kaupapa Maori. Spanish is not a threat to the Māori language. 27.
He taonga nga reo katoa•ぼくのしょうらいのゆめはニュージーランドでさいしょのマオリ人のしゅしょうになることです。•ニュージーランドのわかい人達のもはんになりたいし、たばこをすったり、おさけを飲むことは体にわるいことを教えたいと思います。•お金持ちになって、母に海のそばのマンションを買ってあげたいです。今のところ、ゴールはマオリ語と日本語がぺらぺらになって、ワイカト大学をそつぎょうすることです 28.
Acknowledgements University of Waikato Dr. Nicola Daly Haupai Puke Participants of the research Hillcrest High School Whangārei Boys’ High Friends/Whānau Recommended
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Kew Bridge – Another Kind Of Mind
A strange coincidence and a small mystery…
On September 2, 2010 September 3, 2010 By CBIn Britain, History, Photographs and Photography1 Comment
I recently visited the beautiful gardens at Hidcote Manor in Gloucestershire, and there, to my surprise, I found a strange and unexpected little connection to my local area of west London…
Hidcote is a now a National Trust property, and its famous gardens are probably some of the most unusual and inspiring green spaces in the entire country. Created by the Anglophile American Lawrence Johnston in the early decades of the 20th century, the gardens are designed in the Arts and Crafts style and take the form of interlocking outdoor ‘rooms’, planted with a pleasing combination of the familiar and the exotic.
These magical gardens surround a beautiful 17th century manor house, built from that distinctively mellow golden honey-coloured Cotswold stone which glows gently in the late summer sunshine. Add to that views over the spectacular Vale of Evesham, and you get one of the loveliest places I think I have ever visited.
And I’m not alone in that opinion. The writer and gardener Vita Sackville-West, who went on to create her own famous gardens at Sissinghurst in Kent, was quite clearly blown away by her visit to Hidcote:
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Keese’s – Mediterranean Grill – Simply Delicious | Oh for Forks Sake...!
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Keese’s – Mediterranean Grill – Simply Delicious
Posted on April 10, 2012 by ohforforksake
I’d heard the sip sip (thats Bahamian for ‘gossip’ for those not in the know) on Keese’s for a while now. The wraps, pitas and fried chicken are supposed to be dynamite. So it was high time I investigated and I am pleased to say I was not disappointed. Keese’s American-Mediterranean Grill has been around since 1953. It is located in a tiny little space on A1A just south of Commercial Blvd., in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. The kitchen and service area takes up about half of the space. There are about 6 tables to eat at inside or just outside the open doors. Since it is located two blocks from the beach, its the ideal spot to grab a snack after a long day of doing nothing but swimming and sunning. There are a few parking spots out front in case you want to pick up or pop in for a meal.
The menu is large. Like really big. You’re going to have a tough time narrowing down your choice just accept that. At a Mediterranean grill you’ll feel obliged to try something well, Mediterranean – a falafel perhaps, or a kebab, or better yet one of their several varieties of shawarma. Shawarma is an arabic form of meat preparation. You’ve seen it in restaurants before – meat such as lamb, chicken, beef or some combination of them is slowly roasted on a vertical spit and carved off typically into a pita or as part of a platter.
On this particular visit, Keese’s had chicken shawarma available and we opted on Keese’s Special Shawarma – at the friendly owner’s suggestion. Shaved pieces of chicken shawarma were sliced and rolled into a flat bread along with pickles and garlic sauce, once wraped, the pita was placed between a hot press. The wrap was served with lettuce and tomatoes and 3 sauces – hummus, babaganoush and tzatziki (yogurt cucumber sauce). The combination of the fresh chicken and pickles was refreshingly simple and delicious. I’m not a huge fan of pickles in general but the pickles made this chicken wrap the unique wrap that it was. A spoonful of each sauce was sufficient for dipping the wrap and crispy fries into and you wont need to ask for more.
Wanting to try something different, we also ordered the Kufta kebab – a char grilled patty of ground lamb and beef minced with minced onion and parsley as well as a touch of cinnamon (which the owner was surprised we identified for some reason). The kebab was served in a pita with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, pickles and tzatziki. While I found the kebab to be really tasty, I found the cinnamon to be a tad too present and the kebab in general a bit heavy for a warm day at the beach. Maybe I would have enjoyed it more had I had it for dinner with a glass of red wine. Yes, I think that would have worked better.
Regardless of my lack of enthusiasm over the Kufta kebab, this is definitely not a reason to stay away from Keese’s. As I watched the gorgeous plates of salads and wraps produced by the kitchen picked up by other customers, it became clear that Keese’s has been around since 1953 for good reason – it produces quality food. Actually, what it is best known for is its southern fried chicken. The owner said it is their best selling dish on a menu that’s pages long. The original owners (from 1953) developed the recipe and had it on their menu for years. Later on it was taken off the menu by subsequent owners. When the current owners purchased it in 2003, the original owners stopped by and gave them the chicken receipe and ta da – the chicken was back. I watched the owner and her cook fry and unload a serving of their famous fried chicken. It looks perfectly fried and crispy. Two young men came in and asked for a few pieces – first time customers like moi – and as the two lads tucked into their meal, they barely spoke a word to each other. I heard a lot of mmmm’ing and grunting but no words. A quiet meal is a sign of a good meal – unless you’re with a mute.
Finally, saving the best for last, I would be doing you a disservice if I did not tell you about the house made lemonade the owner encouraged us to have for an extra $1.50 with our meal. The lemonade was equally tart and sweet, and fluffy and frothy (how’s that for some adjectives). But best of all, it was chock full of finely diced fresh mint that elevated this drink to my favorite ever! (Well not ever, but this week for sure.) I swear I tasted basil in there but the owner denied it. I’ve not had anything like it before and honestly its reason enough to go back to Keese’s. I would purchase a gallon of this every day if she let me… come to think of it, I may have to arrange this on my next visit. You should negotiate this deal for yourself as well….
3 out of 5 forks. (5 out of 5 for the lemonade alone though)
Keese’s, 4350 N. Ocean Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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ohforforksake | April 11, 2012 at 3:18 am
Mmmmmm…..refreshing GREEN LEMONADE!!! ….I’m dying to try the fried chicken next!
Donna Meyers | April 12, 2012 at 8:02 pm
I’ve been there and the food was fabulous. Thanks for writing this. It’s so nice to have a place to go to get opinions on good food in South Florida.
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Omega Channel: FACTSHEET 5 - Zine Week Part 1
I discovered Factsheet 5 magazine in the early 1990s, and it was my first real exposure to zine culture. This was before mainstream acceptance of the internet, so finding a review of Geek Maggot Bingo or a retrospective of monster films starring masked Mexican wrestler El Santo was next to impossible. Zines, however, were (and still are) small personal publications that often covered highly eclectic subject matter and gave voice to any film geek with a little ambition and access to a photocopier. Factsheet 5's task was to review and catalog as many zines as possible, and to tell readers where they could find those zines.
Eventually I contacted Seth Friedman at Factsheet 5 and asked if I could review film-related zines for him. The magazine had a section specifically devoted to B movies, and I felt it calling to me. "Hell, yeah," he said. Soon I was receiving stacks of zines large enough to clog a suburban sewer. Some of the items sent for review like Psychotronic Video straddled the line between prozine and fanzine, while others like the fabulous euro-horror book Immoral Tales were clearly professional publications.
I loved them all, but my favorites were the small xeroxed zines filled with equal parts passion and bad grammar. There were a nearly infinite number of formats, and no two ever looked alike. Computers were still far from being as common as they are today, so many zines cultivated a punk-esque look, consisting of typewritten text literally pasted into layouts. In many ways the zines I was reviewing then were the predecessors of blogs, consisting of self-published material geared toward extremely tight niche markets. So in the spirit of that blog to zine kinship, here are some of my favorite zines from my time writing for Factsheet 5 from the early nineties until 1997 or so.
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Emerging Markets-Selloff on Georgia conflict, Argentina fears - Reuters
August 8, 2008 / 9:01 PM / 11 years ago
NEW YORK, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Fighting between Russia and Georgia involving a breakaway republic and plunging confidence in Argentina’s future ability to fund its financial obligations cast a pall over emerging market assets on Friday.
Stocks in the sector fell to fresh one-year lows, largely on the back of sinking Russian equities which bore the brunt of investor unease about clashing Russian and Georgian forces.
Morgan Stanley Capital International’s emerging markets stock index .MSCIEF fell 1.82 percent to 989.81, its lowest since August 2007.
An overnight assault by Georgian troops and artillery into separatist South Ossetia sparked more fighting, with Moscow sending in troops in response to retake the region which it has supported against the pro-Western government in Tbilisi.
Russia's benchmark RTS stock index fell 6.5 percent on Friday .IRTS, nearing a 14-month low set on Wednesday, while the rouble fell versus a basket of currencies split 0.55 for dollars and 0.45 for euros.
External factors such as a surging U.S. dollar contributed to weakness in most emerging market currencies.
For Georgia’s 2013 Eurobond, sold in April, the military conflict caused a 5-point drop in price to bid 90.50, yielding 10.095 percent, according to Reuters data XS0357503043=R.
“People are getting concerned the strong-arm tactics used in Russia historically may be coming back. They have tons of money from eight years of high oil prices to replenish their army. ... It could remain a source of risk aversion for emerging markets overall,” said Paul Biszko, senior emerging markets analyst at RBC Capital Markets in Toronto.
Both Standard & Poor’s and Fitch Ratings cut their credit ratings by one notch on Georgia, citing the conflict and the potential to limit foreign investment which plays a crucial role in funding development in the former Soviet republic.
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ARGENTINE SELL-OFF
At the same time investors piled into financial insurance to protect their investments in Argentine debt on rising concerns that its window for financing future spending needs is deteriorating with falling commodity prices.
Moody’s Investors Service told Reuters late on Thursday it was going to review the credit rating outlook for Argentina in coming weeks given concerns over the funding issue as well as a tense political environment after a bitter fight over a now-defeated agriculture tax plan.
“Moody’s said they may downgrade the outlook and I think that triggered new fears among investors,” said Biszko.
A widely held belief that Argentina is underreporting inflation and relying too heavily on the goodwill of Venezuela to buy its debt has caused a flare-up in risk aversion despite the nation’s sizable foreign currency reserves of $48 billion.
On Friday Argentina confirmed the recent sale of a $1.46 billion 2015 U.S. dollar-denominated bond, but was vague on the exact terms, unnerving investors.
“The perception that Argentina was willing to validate a yield of over 15.5 percent, as was the case at the time of the announcement, made some observers very uncomfortable,” Lehman Brothers analyst Guillermo Mondino wrote in a research note.
The expectation is that Venezuela will then sell a large portion of the bonds in the secondary market at a time when liquidity is low and risk aversion is high. This is likely to drive prices lower for Argentina’s outstanding debt issues.
Argentina’s five-year credit default swaps, which protect investors against such things as defaults or credit restructurings surged higher on Friday.
The cost to insure $10 million worth of Argentine debt rose by 69 basis points, to roughly 885 basis points, according to the latest CDS prices from data provider Markit. That means investors are spending $885,000 annually over five years to insure their bonds, a rise of $69,000 in the last 24 hours.
Argentina’s portion of the benchmark JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Plus (EMBI+) 11EMJ.JPMEMBIPLUS, a key gauge of investor risk aversion, weakened significantly.
Yield spreads widened by 43 basis points to 727 basis points over benchmark U.S. Treasuries while total returns fell 4.86 percent.
Overall, the EMBI+ widened by 5 basis points to 295 over U.S. Treasuries.
Argentina’s benchmark Discount bond due in 2033 ARGGLB33=RR fell 2.062 points in price to bid 68.188.
The Boden 15 fell 3.75 points in price to bid 57.75, yielding 18.562 percent ARARGE03F144=R. Argentine-issued Boden paper was given to people who had frozen deposits in Argentine banks after the 2002 debt default. (Editing by James Dalgleish)

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Wholesome, Steel-Cut Goodness: Brad Wears a Scarf
Posted by brady at 2/07/2014 04:59:00 AM
Fred Hinsley February 7, 2014 at 8:04 AM
Hey Brad - I have a question for you. I have read that you are a chain smoker. I can only assume it is because as the old-timers knew, smoking at the base of a climb opens the lungs for the hard effort ahead. Well my question is: is there any particular brand you'd recommend for the best lung opening experience? Also, what does that (open the lungs) even mean? Thanks Brad.
brady February 7, 2014 at 12:10 PM
Brad's outside smoking a menthol right now.
I've got this one, Fred. I believe Brad became a chain smoker not to "open his lungs", whatever that means, but because Tyler Durden would think he was tough.
Anyway Fred, you should wear a scarf not because it's cool to do so but because it will make your winter cycling more enjoyable. Plus, it doesn't damage your lungs.
Fred Hinsley February 11, 2014 at 6:23 AM


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The Konformist Blog: Jedi tossed out of supermarket for wearing hood
http://www.dangerousminds.net/index.php/site/comments/jedi_tossed_out_of_supermarket_for_wearing_hood/
Bless his pointed little head, Daniel Jones, aka Master Morda Hehol, creator of the International Church of Jediism (UK Church of the Jedi, who claim 500,000 members worldwide) along with his brother Barney Jones, aka Master Jonba Hehol, claims he was treated with prejudice and ridiculed over his religion by staff at a Tesco super-market in Bangor, North Wales.
His religion. The Church of Jediism, requires adherents to the faith to cover their heads with their hoods—or hoodies—in public places. Master Morda Hehol was removed from the store by security for his refusal to compromise his Jedi beliefs:
I told them it was a requirement of my religion but they just sniggered and ordered me to leave. I walked past a Muslim lady in a veil. Surely the same rules should apply to everyone. It was discrimination. I was really upset. Nobody should be treated like that. I’ll advise worshipers to boycott Tesco if it happens again. They will feel the Force.
A Tesco spokeswoman replied:
Jedi are very welcome to shop in our stores although we would ask them to remove their hoods. Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda and Luke Skywalker all went hoodless without going to the Dark Side. If Jedi walk around our stores with their hoods on, they’ll miss lots of special offers.
Thanks Steve Mills!
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Do U Revit?: AU - Day 4
AU - Day 4
Today was a special day for me and marked the first time I was a main presenter in a session. The class was at 10 am, so by 9:15am I was at the lounge waiting for Steve. He anxiously called me around 8:45am when he didn't see me around! I prepared a lot for this class and Steven really helped shake off the early jitters and kept me on track really well, driving the PC and switching between Revit examples and the Powerpoint Presentation. The class size was 200 and in quite a compact room. So far from the feedback that people left, it seems to have been well received and I appreciate all your kind comments and support! You have been a great audience too and made my first experience very enjoyable. Thanks to all of you too for introducing yourself.
We went to enjoy a good lunch at a Wolfgang Puck restaurant in the piazza once again and chatted over the good old days of pre-Autodesk Revit, how it all started and how difficult Steve's job is to manage the Revit content across all platforms. Soon after lunch we attended Paul Aubin's mega-class on detailing in Revit. Then my stomach sank to my feet when Steve pointed out that we would be presenting there tomorrow morning! There are 423 signed up right now. Obviously the last day I won't bank on all of them being there ;) I'll make sure to snap a picture tomorrow.
Afterwards I went to a CAD Manager's round table Unplugged session that was organized by Joseph Wurcher. It was great to see Autodesk trying hard to figure out ways through this discussion to give CAD Managers a platform to connect, communicate and share experiences. I'm not sure we reached a clear goal as to how Autodesk can help, but the theme was clear: there's need for more networking outside of our everyday competitive environments to help implement technology and lead & empower people. Autodesk needs to also step up to the plate and help drill straight down to answers, especially when professionals of certain caliber are the ones asking the questions. They need to cut to the chase quickly, avoiding the usual "is the power turned on" kind of questions. Overall I wasn't sure I would fit in this session since my role isn't really "CAD Manager", a title which I despise. I would rather change it to something else that puts emphasis on how we help people use technology effectively, but I have not been able to sum it up yet.
Then I was off again to the mega-space (Palazzo E, F & G) where members of the Revit team gave a great interactive presentation about the process of Revit development. It is remarkably similar to how we program and design buildings. There is a very rigorous process of collecting data through various sources such as surveying users, wishlists, usability sessions, direct observation of users at work, etc. All this is then analyzed and condensed into a set of useable formats utilizing whatever medium that works. It could be as simple as colored cards. Priorities are set, functionality is outlined and visual mockups are created. It is quite similar to story-boarding for movie making. Then each part is turned over to coders to implement it and things are adjusted so a reasonable scope can be defined for a year's worth of development, keeping an eye and resources focused towards the future and long-term plans, and some resources applied to bug-fixes, etc. Then software is Alpha and Beta tested before finally being released, with hopefully little need for more fixes, although we all know that's difficult to achieve. Data and feedback from attendees was actually collected and great points were raised, such as why certain tools are turned off in Revit Architecture and turned on only in Revit Structure. In a future post, I plan on elaborating on this subject that I feel strongly about and I'm sure lots of you out there agree that it's a ridiculous marketing ploy.
Finally I went to the closing party, with great entertainment by Don McMillan. He is awesome and my jaws still hurt from all the laughter. If you're easily offended, this might not be for you! I wish I could get more of this kind of comedy. There were also two sessions of the Design Slam, where designers and power users produced their creations in 20 minutes while they worked to loud music at a very fast pace. They used a variety of Autodesk software tools such as Alias Studio and Maya. Amid great food, drink, gymnastics and other "weird" entertainment, AU celebrations came to an end with the announcement that AU2009 will be held at Mandalay Bay. And since I forgot my camera and don't feel like downloading bad pictures from my phone, I'll close here with no imagery for the day!
Author: Dave Baldacchino at 1:22 AM
Dave, great class this morning. One of my top 3 classes. Thanks. I worked on the door lite on the plane. I got it to work!
great class on fuzzy math. finally an application for all those equations I learned in high school
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