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MONDAY VIEW: Credit crisis has brought an end to the old order
By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail
Updated: 16:22 EDT, 26 April 2009
The rehabilitation of the International Monetary Fund has been one of the more remarkable outcomes of the global credit crisis.
Two years ago the Fund was being written off as past its sell-by date.
Who needed an official provider of emergency finance when the world could obtain all the cash it needed directly from global banks without countries having to submit to humiliating conditions?
Return: Only a few years ago the IMF was practically written off
Warnings by the Fund's economists of the dangers of the imbalances between surplus nations like China and deficit countries like the United States were ignored.
So was the chiding about the overvalued housing markets in Britain and the US, the build-up of mysterious derivative products and Britain's need to bring public finances under control.
Fund warnings were regarded as for the little nations, not the mighty denizens of the Group of Seven advanced countries. The financial crisis has changed all that.
The IMF, led by suave French managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has proved better at forecasting the scale of the toxic debt in the system than any other institution.
It was criticised for doom mongering when in the Spring of 2008 it first mentioned the need for $1trillion of writedowns for the banks.
This figure then jumped to $2.8trillion and is now $4trillion as the crisis has spread from the obscure world of the capital markets to the real world of jobs.
It is astonishing to think that while most eyes have been on the collapse of banking systems in advanced countries, the IMF has been rescuing emerging market nations as commercial credit has vanished as quickly as it arrived.
Some $77billion has been dished out to the Baltics, Eastern Europe and Iceland alone. And the applications keep on rolling in.
The overstretch of IMF resources is among the reasons that the political clout of the London G20 summit, which promised $500billion of new resources was critical.
It committed leading economies to beefing up the IMF's funding. Japan led in Washington the way with a $100billion loan and at this weekend's meetings in Washington the EU (including Britain), the United States and China have come rolling in behind.
There is also a general acceptance that 'special drawing rights' - the IMF's own reserve currency - worth $250billion, be created.
This would have been unthinkable just a few short months ago when even the thought of the IMF printing money was verboten.
It has been a case of cometh the hour cometh the institution. Yet despite the hyperactivity, which among other things has seen the creation of a 'flexible credit line' - a new 'no questions asked' overdraft facility for nations - more modernisation is still needed.
Meetings over the last few days have demonstrated the cumbersome state of global architecture.
The unrepresentative G7, consisting of the US, Japan, Germany, France, Italy, Britain and Canada, still acts as if it were the steering committee for the world.
Yet it is the G20, which includes the BRIC countries Brazil, Russia, India and China, which looks more sensible as it includes surplus nations like China and Saudi Arabia.
Yet as an informal group it lacks decision-making powers.
One way of bringing the G20 more under control and providing greater legitimacy might be to roll it into the International Monetary and Finance Committee, the IMF's main policy group, and increase the frequency of ministerial gatherings to close the democratic deficit.
Standing in the way of such reforms are more often than not the second-line European countries who don't want to see their role in the global financial system diminished.
The severity of the credit crunch has provided a once in a generation opportunity to blow away the old order.
Even the mighty US recognises that the IMF is worth the extra $100billion of loans it is piling and worth listening too.
John Maynard Keynes, godfather to the Fund, must be smiling benevolently from on high.
Budget 2009: What it means for you (thisismoney.co.uk) It's all funny money now (thisismoney.co.uk)
Savers cheered as rates are raised (thisismoney.co.uk)


Focused. Set apart. With heart, mind, soul and strength solely on the mission that lies ahead. That is the mark of a soldier, profitable to his army. Such is an army God is raising up in these last days, an exceeding great army.
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Mach, R., J. Weinzettel, and M. Ščasný. 2018. Environmental Impact of Consumption by Czech Households: Hybrid Input–Output Analysis Linked to Household Consumption Data. Ecological Economics 149: 62-73.
Medková, H., D. Vačkář, and J. Weinzettel. 2017. Appropriation of potential net primary production by cropland in terrestrial ecoregions. Journal of Cleaner Production 150: 294-300.
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In East Texas we eat a lot of catfish. Like, a lot a lot of catfish. And growing up, the only other fish I ever ate was in the form of tunafish salad or salmon croquettes.
When we moved to England however, a whole new world of fish opened up to me. And so far, I have not found one that I don't like. So in some respects, Gorton's Crispy Talapia was batting a winner here without doing anything at all.
Now tilapia was a fish I had not really ever had until we moved back Stateside. I had certainly never cooked it before I was sent some from BzzAgent to review, but was eager to give it a try.
Cook fish as directed on box.
Peel potatoes. Halve them then slice into half moons. Coat in olive oil and lay on a baking sheet. Sprinkle salt over the top of potatoes. Put in the oven at the same time as the fish and cook until tender.
While that is cooking, coat the bottom of a skillet with olive oil then throw in the greens, garlic, and preserved lemon. Cook until well wilted. Toss potatoes in with greens.
To serve, place a fillet on top of the salad.
Thank you BzzAgent for the free sample of Gorton's tilapia to review. All opinions and fish-loving ways are my own.


We have 2 original Kashmiri tents. Both are lined with patterned Indian cotton and if desired, can be combined to form one larger structure of 12 x 12m.
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Cohen recalls that in 2014, when the Ukrainian crisis erupted, he warned that the new Cold War might be more dangerous than was its 40-year predecessor for several reasons. The political epicenter of this Cold War was on Russia's borders, first in Ukraine, then in the Baltic region, whereas previously it had been in far-away Berlin. Rules of mutual conduct, which had developed after the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, were now missing. And the virulent demonization of Russian President Vladimir Putin was a toxic element unlike any personal anathematizing of Soviet leaders, certainly after Stalin.
—That Putin intervened in the 2016 American presidential election in ways that helped put President Trump in the White House, and that Trump's "associates," perhaps the president himself, "colluded" with the Kremlin in this "hijacking of American democracy." Cohen points out there is as yet no forensic evidence that the Kremlin stole and disseminated Hillary Clinton's e-mails, no reason to assume that American voters were zombie-like citizens animated by Russian "propaganda," and no grounds to conclude that Trump associates who had business dealings with Russians—as did thousands of Americans—colluded with them in any subversive ways. Nonetheless, this narrative, which declares "Putin's intervention" to have been an "act of war," has generated a McCarthyite warfare atmosphere in Washington that makes any conflict-resolution diplomacy exceedingly difficult, not to mention the US-Russian détente promised by Trump during the presidential campaign.
—Still worse, the narrative of Putin having hijacked the American election is now being extended to upcoming elections in allied European countries, for which there is also no compelling evidence. (German intelligence undertook a special investigation of such allegations in that country and found nothing out of the ordinary.) A long and superficially detailed front-page New York Times story [April 18], for example, claimed that Russia, attempting to repeat its subversive success in the United States, is busy promoting its favored candidate in the French presidential election and undermining her opponents. Only buried at the end of story, however, can readers find a statement by a French specialist that this narrative is based on "wild conjecture." Nonetheless, US media accounts of "Putin's threat to Europe" seem even more alarming than was the Soviet threat during the preceding Cold War.
—But the current political focus is, Cohen points outs, now on Syria. Here we have a double-standard narrative. When Russian and Syrian forces won the battle of Aleppo a few months ago, the US media presented it as "war crimes" against apparently benign "rebels" and as an indiscriminate campaign that "slaughtered" innocent inhabitants of the city, including children. On the other hand, the ongoing US-led military campaign to take the Iraqi city of Mosul is being presented as a war of "liberation" from Islamic "terrorists." In fact, the two acts of brutal urban warfare are similar and the number of civilian casualties in Mosul may soon exceed those in Aleppo, if it has not done so already. Nonetheless, American enemies of détente, abetted by the mainstream media, continue to portray Putin as a "war criminal" and thus as an unworthy diplomatic partner.
—Finally, and most recent, Putin's ally, Syrian President Assad, has been accused of using chemical weapons against his own citizens. In response, on April 6, Trump ordered a missile attack on a Syrian air base, risking war with Russia itself. Here too the mainstream American media has accepted uncritically the White House's purported evidence for this allegation, even praising Trump's reaction. But several independent American investigators have cast serious doubt on the White House report, most forcefully MIT professor Theodore Postol, an eminent and highly qualified expert on such matters. Thus far, the mainstream media has steadfastly ignored the findings by Postol and other skeptics. But if the critics are correct in suggesting that someone other than Assad staged the chemical attack, the question raised by Putin himself becomes ominously relevant: Was this a "provocation" intended to instigate direct military conflict between the United States and Russia? And if so, Putin added, should we expect more such provocations?
As a result, most observers, both in Washington and Moscow, now assume that any prospects of a Trump-Putin détente are dead. Cohen is not so sure, pointing to two pieces of evidence. Despite all the harsh words between the two countries, Trump and Putin have still refrained from personally vilifying the other, which suggests each still sees the other as a potential diplomatic partner. Second, the recent meeting between Putin and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, in Moscow, suggests both sides are still looking ahead and, indeed, that quiet cooperation is under way in regard to Syria.
More fundamental, Cohen concludes, are two questions that Washington must decide, and in ways it has not previously done. The first is which is the No. 1 threat to American and international security today: Russia or international terrorism? Against all evidence, reason, and real American interests, the dominant, bipartisan US Cold War narrative continues to insist it is Russia. Thus, a leading spokesman of this myopic consensus, Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman, recently suggested [April 12] that Trump should abandon the idea of an alliance with Putin in Syria and instead ally the United States with the Islamic State (ISIS). The second fundamental question is directly related. Putin is regularly accused of supporting Assad instead of fighting terrorism in Syria. Putin has long replied: If Assad is removed, as has been US policy, the highly personalized Syrian state will implode, as happened in Iraq and in Libya, and with it the Syrian army. Who then, Putin asks, will provide "boots on the ground" against the Islamic State? No one in Washington has plausibly refuted his logic, which comes down to a choice—at least for now: either it will be Assad in Damascus or it will be the Islamic State. For Russia, this is an existential choice, considering the very considerable threat the Syrian war represents to its national security. And, Cohen adds, not only for Russia.


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Q: how to use file_get_content with php include I am having problems with converting html into pdf I am using TCPDF for it, I am trying to get the following. and its not working :(
$html = htmlspecialchars_decode(file_get_contents('main.php'));

$html = htmlspecialchars_decode(file_get_contents('main.php'));

html = file_get_contents('main.php');

my main.php contains the following code.
<?php
include_once 'design/header.php';
include_once 'mainpage.php';
include_once 'design/sidemenu.php';
include_once 'design/footer.php';
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Can someone help me with this ?
Basically I have a table in HTML generated generated using php loop and getting information from the database, users can make chnages to the table values and once finalized they can click submit and it should generate a pdf file.
can someone help me with this ?

A: file_get_contents() loads the file from disk. It won't execute the contained PHP code. It reads out the raw data, and returns that as string.
You will want to use a combination of ob_start(), then include("main.php") and ob_get_contents(). Or file_get_contents or curl on the URL (so you receive the complete page html from the webserver, after PHP executed it).

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About Us » School Profile
Talladega High School is an Alabama public high school that serves grades nine through twelve. The school's enrollment over the past four years has averaged 640 students; however this year's enrollment began with about 570 students. Talladega High School is the only high school associated with the Talladega City Board of Education. While Talladega High School primarily serves students within the city limits of Talladega, some students from within Talladega County are enrolled due to our district open enrollment policy. Our school is located approximately 50 miles east of Birmingham, Alabama in the southeastern area in a city of approximately 16,500 residents.
Over the last four years the school has undergone several changes. In school year 2009-2010, the school moved from a traditional seven period day schedule to a block schedule. The school now offers the ability to earn eight credits per year instead of only seven credits per year under the former traditional scheduling method. During this same time period, the school has implemented an on campus dual credit program that offers students college credit and credit for their junior and senior core classes simultaneously. The dual credit program is implemented through collaboration with Central Alabama Community College and Talladega College. In that same school year, our school also added an honors program and diploma endorsement to boost academic performance. During this current school year 2014-2015, Talladega High School's named a new principal who was an alumnus. However, the assistant Principal was named interim principal for the first couple of months of school. The Career Tech Center, located on the campus of Talladega High School and staffed by teacher units earned through the state foundation program, made some transitions to its program offerings. Due to teacher retirement and student interest, the computer technology and carpentry program were converted to cosmetology, plant systems and agri-construction programs.
Talladega High School serves students from primarily two ethnic backgrounds- African-American and Caucasian. In school year 2011-2012, there were 209 African-American females, 183 African-American males, 1 multi-race female, 118 Caucasian females and 128 Caucasian males. Currently, there are less than ten students that describe themselves using other ethnic groups. The staff at Talladega High School consists of teachers, administrators and staff from primarily two ethnic backgrounds- African-American and Caucasian. Of the 66 staff members at Talladega High School, 25 are African-American and 41 are Caucasian. The racial makeup of the city is approximately 48% African American, 47% Caucasian, 3% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, and 0.2% from other ethnic groups or two or more races.
Talladega High School staff is comprised of 66 staff members. The school employs three school administrators, three guidance counselors, four secretarial staff members, 44 teachers, one librarian, seven instructional aides, one nurse, five child nutrition workers, and four custodians. Twenty of the teachers are dedicated to core subject areas; fourteen are career tech teachers, four are dedicated to physical education and drivers' education, four are resource teachers, one is a foreign language teacher, and one manages the alternative program.

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This method uses H.264 video encoding, and is therefore much lower bandwidth than the above JPEG methods. It also includes audio. The main drawbacks are that it does not have universal support in web browsers (it works best in Safari on either macOS or iOS), and there is an inevitable 10-second latency.
Hi Don, thanks for posting, this looks like a neat solution for using PHP to implement the camera feeds. Hopefully this will be useful for some SecuritySpy users.
Thank you for sharing the scripts – it works flawless.
I'm using method 2, but I was wondering if it's possible to specify output resolution? The live stream if too big for my webpage.
Also I'm a little unsure, if it's safe to put in your username and password in method 2?
Yes in all the methods you are required to put the username/password into the HTML code. However, as mentioned in the article above, you should create a special user account in SecuritySpy for this purpose – an account that only has permission to view live video from the camera and nothing else. This makes it safe to use.
Anybody figure out how to make the stream image smaller so it fits on a page? The live stream is too BIG.
if i put this address in the browser it asks me to login. I have to user and password, but how would I embed this video in a regular website?
Thank you so much! I am having difficulties accessing the cam. If you go to where it is hosted the connection times out. Do you have any idea what this could be or how to fix it?
Hi Mariano, I can't get gallopintocam1.homeip.net:9000 to respond either. A connection timeout indicates that the port forwarding setup is wrong. Please follow our Remote Monitoring setup instructions to make sure this is all configured correctly.
If this is a link to SecuritySpy, then this link will work no matter what the camera make/model is. SecuritySpy provides a unified interface that is the same for every camera – as long as it's working in SecuritySpy then it will work in the same way via SecuritySpy's web interface.
Hello Ben! I dont think it is with Security Spy. Is there a universal way of doing it?
Hi Mariano, there is no universal way of doing it except by using SecuritySpy (or some other NVR software that accepts video feeds from a wide variety of cameras and presents one unified web server to stream video to web clients, like SecuritySpy does). IP cameras vary significantly in their capabilities and methods of accessing video streams. SecuritySpy supports thousands of cameras from over a hundred different manufacturers. The above information on this page is for adding camera views from SecuritySpy to your own web pages, not directly from cameras themselves.
can you help me. i have ip camera. how script input cctv video streaming into my web.
Hello, the above information applies to our Mac software SecuritySpy. Are you using SecuritySpy? If you have a Mac then we suggest that you download and try out SecuritySpy, then you can use the methods detailed above to add the video feed to your own web pages.
<embed id="vlcEmb" type="application/x-google-vlc-plugin" version="VideoLAN.VLCPlugin.2" autoplay="yes" loop="no" width="1100" height="600"
The VLC plugin can also be used to view streams from SecuritySpy, however Chrome no longer supports plugins, and other browsers are also going in the same direction.
I searched and found this was the best result I was looking for. Unfortunately I can't get it to work on Method 2 with Chrome or Android, but Safari and Firefox work great. This is with the latest version of SS4. Perhaps there's an updated method to cover Google browsers now.. Thanks.
how can i record this stream to a file?


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Aurigny Air Services est une compagnie aérienne guernésias fondée en 1968 et est basée à Guernesey. Elle assure des vols réguliers de passagers et de fret entre les Îles Anglo-Normandes, le Royaume-Uni et la France.

Histoire
Aurigny Air Services est basée à l'Aéroport de Guernesey. Elle compte 8 avions (4 ATR, 3 Dornier Do 228, 1 Embraer 195). Elle compte 11 destinations. Son siège social est à Guernesey. Le dirigeant est Derrick Bailey.
En , la compagnie passe commande de 3 ATR72-600, afin de remplacer ses ATR72-500.

Destinations
Les destinations de Aurigny Air Services sont : Aurigny, Bristol, Dinard, East Midlands, Grenoble (saisonnier), Guernesey, Leeds/Bladford, Londres Gatwick, Londres Stansted, Manchester, Norwich (saisonnier) et Southampton.

Flotte
La flotte d'Aurigny Air Services est composée des appareils suivants au mois de :

Notes et références

Compagnie aérienne ayant son siège au Royaume-Uni
Transport à Aurigny
Entreprise fondée en 1968

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Dellavedova has shrugged off 'dirtiest players' tag
MATTHEW Dellavedova has been dubbed the dirtiest player in the NBA, but the Australian-born guard is more worried about shutting down the best shooter on the planet.
The controversial Cleveland guard is preparing to take on reigning MVP Steph Curry in Tuesday's NBA Finals rematch with the Golden State Warriors.
Dellavedova offered a "no comment" when asked about his fellow players and coaches anonymously voting him the NBA's dirtiest player in a Los Angeles Times poll.
Dellavedova has long copped criticism for his aggressive defensive style, recently labelled the Koala cuddle.
But the 25-year-old is more worried about the enormous challenge of guarding the Curry, who is averaging 29.9 points and an incredible 4.8 three-pointers a game this season.
"He (Steph) won the MVP last year and he has improved this year, so it's a tough time trying to guard him," Dellavedova said.
"But it's really a team cover and it takes five guys to guard a guy like that.
"It starts in the preparation and that's watching game tapes and paying attention to what the game plan is.
"Then when you're in the game, just executing it.
"I think the biggest thing with the Warriors is staying alert.
"You can't relax or fall asleep for a second because they'll hurt you if you do.
"Then the other thing is not getting discouraged if they hit a three or make some tough shots, because they are the best in the world at making shots.
"You've just got to continue to work hard and make it as tough as possible."
The Warriors beat Cleveland by six points in their most recent clash on Christmas Day.
"I had a good battle versus them (the Warriors) on Christmas Day that came up short, so hopefully we can get the win," he said.
"But they are having a great season, so it's going to be a good challenge.
"I'll have to be aware and really defend for 48 minutes to get a win against them, because they are so explosive offensively."
On the back of his impressive efforts in last year's NBA Finals, Dellavedova has taken his game to another level this season.
The guard who grew up in country Victoria has worked overtime to improve across every statistical category, including his shooting percentage despite playing more minutes.
It's been a particularly impressive season given he was expected to be a back-up option at guard following Kyrie Irving's comeback from injury and the recruitment of Mo Williams.
"You always want to continue to improve," Dellavedova said.
"Going to the play-offs to finals last year showed me what worked, didn't work and what I needed to improve on coming into this season.
"I've tried to do that in the off-season and also playing with the Boomers in a different role and getting asked to be more aggressive looking to score.
"I think that's also good for my development as well.
"I also think being in the second season with the same playing group, you know where your shots are going to come from.
"You are a bit more used to playing with each other and where each other like the ball."
Dellavedova is blessed to play alongside one of the greatest players in the game's history.
"Probably the biggest thing I've learnt from talking and just watching LeBron is how well he takes care of his body," revealed Dellavedova, whose pre-game ritual includes drinking a coffee to enhance his energy levels.


It didn't work in the earliest days of the movie theater. Specialists within the movie, such because the Lumiere brothers, put in their cameras in a hard and fast position and recorded the occasions of on a regular basis life till the movie was out. To a lesser extent, it depends on the strategy of the current documentary film. , however even documentaries now handle and control emotions by way of professional modifying and superior production. This follow was quickly eradicated and the necessity to act in entrance of the display got here slowly from pioneers reminiscent of Melies, Edward Porter and D.W. Griffith. What is needed is an applicable cinematic expression from the actors, with the paramount importance of Sergei Eisenstein's technical prophecy.
As Griffith and Eisenstein started working in the direction of accelerating the climate and dramatic emphasis, digital camera know-how developed as properly. The digital camera angles started to connect to the actor's face close to the right time, and it turned the duty of the actors to carry the scene with the suitable sense of performance.
Because the movie grows with time, the liberty of interpretation will increase in the curiosity of the actor. Now they will stay in any know-how to get their skin and feelings of nature. This technique of self-analysis and remembering emotional memory can also be a sign of approval by Konstantin Stanislavski.
There are actors who think about this strategy to be scary, where film and personal reality mix and select to react to their own life experiences in a specific state of affairs in Lee Strasberg's trend. As for the present totally different traditions of operators, it's best to say that each one of them have some qualifying qualities in themselves.
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This provides the stage an incredible depth when actors don't work. With out further circumstances, there are 10 nice actual lives right here from gifted performers.
The cinema has all the time tried to describe a traditional outbreak: a dramatic vacation that hasn't so typically appeared in in any other case unententful life. The story of a sudden event can develop a plot of conflict and move in the direction of a ultimate resolution.
This primary deviation from regularity and the onset of battle might be illustrated in two methods: within the type of rigidity or surprise, if somebody Alfred Hitchcock is believed. Not often, these two extreme heads meet together and the Buster scene in "Alien" in its instance.
Scientists and the crew are having fun with the food and discussing relaxed on the Nostromo ship when one of many members, Kane, starts to get around. There's pleasure in motion, because the viewer knows that something dangerous happens due to previous events, however can't predict the trigger.
When the child Xenomorph out of the blue burst out of Kane's chest and flees to an unknown angle from the ship, it's a scene, horror and gore unexpectedly. Grasp manipulator Ridley Scott is aware of the problem of bringing actual horror to the faces of the actors, so he decided not to inform them about technical points. The script reads solely a line that indicates that an alien factor comes up. The forged was a totally ignorant meal event of the following occasions, and the fear captured on their faces is actual.
Actor manipulation in a automotive hand just isn't a uncommon attraction. It has occurred all through the history of the movie, however the distinctive issue is the top outcome and success.
Sheen's alcoholism was totally different from a problematic drug man. as a result of Coppola himself encouraged Sheen to abuse Captain Willard for a real description. It's an extreme example of a way. Sheen was drunk and virtually bare as she grabbed the view of the lodge room. He didn't like what he saw within the mirror and pierced the glass by breaking his hand.
Though the movie tasks weren't at the forefront, "The Blair Witch Project" was a small price range founder of the horror movie. It was a debut movie by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez, who have been on the College of Florida film students at that time. On the time, inspired by the profound affect of paranormal documentary films, they have determined to mix two genres to create something new.
The "The Blair Witch Project" manuscript was as skinny as attainable and contained solely a 35-page define to teach casting. Within the manuscript, he emphasized numerous myths and legends and urged those that have been freely within the woods to hide in the type of hidden messages in movie jars.
The movie's essential characters have been also film students who make a doc concerning the native legend within the jungle, so this deviant strategy was in the description for the filmmakers. As a result of the forged was novice and film methods, their incompetent recording with the provided camcorder revealed the strain and actuality of the state of affairs just as effectively.
Every little thing was a shock to the younger ones, they usually have been meals and sleep to be indignant and dizzy. Filmmakers typically worry them in the midst of the night time out of sight to get them increasingly more.
Once they hunt via the forest to look for something of their misplaced acquaintances and feel the spell of the witch legend, it was an actual response as a result of that they had not been knowledgeable concerning the occasions of the filmmakers beforehand. "The Blair Witch Project" was a sensible, low cost and groundbreaking coaching horror.
If a legend is believed, to testify to Stanley Kubrick's genius, just take a look at the Jack Nicholson knot "The Shining. "Kubrick's diligence and genius is not a new story to contemplate, and the green maze, woven into a knitting author's" Johnny "tie, developed the topic of central confusion and the terrible lure proves the chief's glory.
The digital camera by no means zooms in to Johnny's node to point out it. It is a delicate puzzle that awaits in the extreme background that the viewer will cover it. The brief however effective career of this legendary filmmaker would show the spirit of this maniac intimately, but "The Shining" is an excessive example of his films.
Kubrick was not all the time ready to jeopardize his uncompromising view of the religious breakdown of his lead marks. She was particularly ruthless to Shelley Duvall, Johnny's wife, who slowly loses her stability within the movie. He was tortured and killed by Kubrick throughout the film making course of, as he really broke his story.
It was the acutely aware choice of the filmmaker to separate him and humiliate him in a provocative response. He was even pressured to repeat the 127-fold hysteria that's Guinness's document.
Nicholson broke 60 doors for three days to finally get to the toilet door. Aside from some breaks, the filmmaker pressured Duvall all the time to wait for humiliation in the room, and Duvall's last reaction was very actual.
When the midnight cult film, Alexandro Jodorowski's Acid Western "El Topo" is now immortal, because it is typically mentioned in the wonderful document "Jodorowsky's Dune", which rotates its shabby venture "Dune "a promise and a leap.
The imaginative and prescient of a everlasting movie appears to be exciting; Nevertheless, the filmmaker's comments on the doc are controversial. Once upon a time, in the movie, where the full-scale scene of "El Topon" was spoken, he stated, "And I really … really … I really raped her."
He additionally mentioned that there was a clause in the lady's contract that she did not create a relationship with the director, and that this case was purely for inventive purposes. They have been unknown before capturing, by no means interacting with each other, and he advised the stage to the actor earlier than doing it. In all circumstances, nevertheless, it's a egocentric and cruel act of the a part of Jodorowski and an excessive instance of the actor's exploitation in the palms of the filmmaker as an excuse for true art.


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I bought your Worn Photo Overlays, but I do not know how to use them….pleeeease can you help me!!
Hi Tracey, just emailed you.
Good morning, Manuela…or perhaps good afternoon, your time.
My name is Connie Jagodzinski. Friends loved the bridal and vintage pictures I created for them and suggested I start my own company. So I did. I named it Scrapbook Whimsy (working on website).
Of course, the elements and kits bought on Scrapbookflair and scrapbookdesigns and scrappity-doo-dah were for personal use. Now I must acquire commercial permission from the wonderful designers.
I love your work for vintage photos and respectfully request permission to use them in creating bridal and scrapbook albums for my clients. It is not a slap-em-in and sell them business. I labor over each photo, crafting the elements to suit each individual and make it unique. Some I truly love and will use again, in all honesty. So I need a commercial license.
You may see some of my work in my home gallery at scrapbookflair.com. I don't remember if I go by Conniejago or Conniejago@aol.com. Either way, you are welcome to check them out. I love EmKa and Flergs and Ztampf! for their clean lines and soft colors. Everytime I look for vintage fixings, your name is on it. So I have a list of 16 kits and masks and overlays I would like to purchase as quickly as possible, but I'm not investing the money if it isn't legal for me to charge my clients.
Please get back to me soon. My fingers are itching to use your beautiful work to delight my friends and clients.
Hi Manu, First I would like to thank you for you alsome work. I love old vintage grung anything. I just purchased the Worn Overlays II, cant wait to work with it. When opening the kit one folder opened fine, but the other one didn't open where I can see what the page looks like without clicking on it so it will open in Windows Photo Viewer. The one folder I can see the page right there in the folder. What do I need to do to make the other folder where I can see the page without going through Windows photo Viewer?
I look forward to your newsletters just to admire all your beautiful work…..
has a soft vintage look I love.
Hello, I just signed up for your newsletter and was hoping to down load one of the free items for newsletter subscribers. I was going to purchase your New Home kit but also wanted the free New Home add-on with the picture frame and window. The link is not working, Can you help with this problem?
Manu, I am so in love with your work! I own almost everything and get so much inspiration from you and your CT girlies. I look forward to the newsletter each week and am awaiting your new collection. Thank you for all that you do…..
Manuela, thank you so much for all the beautiful papers and elements. They are so much fun to work with and produce lovely vintage scrapbook pages – I love working with them.
I am having a problem, I am not receiving your newsletters any more. Would you be able to check into that. Thanks so much.
Hey Reni, thank you very much from your kind words.
I'll try tofind out where the problem with the newsletter delivery is and email you.
Manuela, Thank you for all the hours of creative pleasure your kits have given me. I find myself going to them over and over again, and find they are appropriate for any occasion–from scrapbooking family events to cards to holiday hybrid projects. Keep up the good work, and thank you for sharing your creative genius with us.
I find your kits to be a creative work of love. I found you in a search for kits of Lake cottages, but unfortunately the one that I fell in love with of yours is no longer available, "Summer at the Lake". Would there be any opportunity to purchase this in the future? Our family Lake Cottage is being sold after over 80 years in our family and I would love to use your Summer Lake Bundle in our memory book for my family members. Thank you for your time and your wonderful creative talent.
Debbie, thank you very much for your kind words.
This collection was a request. The family spends in summer a lot of time at the cottage, which is located at a lake in a forest in Canada. Unfortunately she only found kits from the ocean, with seashells. starfishes and so on which isn't of course the same – so I thought why not making a summer kit about a Lake, with conifer trees and so on.
I hope it will help ypu in creating the memory book for your family members.
Have a nice xmas time!
I have tried to download one of your Christmas Freebies from your website without success. I click on the link but I have no idea where it downloads it to. I would like to purchase some of your items but I'm hesitant to do this online. Do you have a toll free number where I can call and pay over the phone?
Hello Cindee, I emailed you, hope I could help you!
Silvia, I visited your blog. Wow it is nice done, I love it and your dogs are soooo very beautiful! I'm very impressed! Great job! Thanks for pointing it out to me 😉 Happy New Year!
Virginia, thanks you so very much for your Christmas Wishes. I hope you spent some lovely and relaxing holidays too. I enjoyed the time with the family being together and relaxed a bit but I'm alos glad that it is now over; all that eating ….
Hello Marlies, thank you sooooo much for your kind words. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas Time and I wish you and your family a very Happy and Healthy New Year!
I can't find where I create my user name & pass work so I can be a member of your site?
Thanx for your help & I love your site. So excited to discover your work. I can't wait to buy some of your kits. The only person so far that makes designs like you do & they are just what I like & need.
Hi Manuela. I am always on the lookout for "filler" flowers or in other words, groups of smaller flowers that will fit in nicely with groups of other flowers. Example – babybreath, tiny wild daisy, buttercups etc. Just putting a wee hint out your direction as you know, your kits are my favs….Keep up the great inspiration in your kits…Love em.
Hey Cherril, thanks so much for your message.
Can't wait for spring when everything starts to grow up.
I am wondering if you can tell me how to use your masks which are very beautiful. I drag them onto my scrapbook page but they still show up as black and the picture will not go into the mask. How can I make this work so my pages will be lovely?
Thank you so much for all the inspiration and for your generous gifts of freebies from your talented contributors.
I am so grateful and love the ideas and use of images.
Thank you for all your beautiful gifts…..I love your work and designs.
silly characters make me so HAPPY.
Hello, and thank you for your beautiful kits and Freebies you offer.I could not get the last quick page from any of the three downloads you offered. The whole page did not show up and there was no buttons to click on. Thank you anyway.
I really love your work and designs. Yesterday I bought the page Kit "Collection Of Moments" and I am wondering if you can tell me where can I find the resources you show in the examples, specifically in the photo which appears " camping hiking, fishing swimming.
Hi Inmaculada, thank you very much for your nice and kind words … I'm really so glad you like my designs.
Sorry for getting back a bit late to youz – was on a short vacation.
The sample page you are talking about was created by Janet (one of my amazing CT girls) and I love her camping, hiking, fishing, swimming page so very much too.
I know she used a tutorial which is offerwed at digitalscrapper.com … but I can't say exactely where you can find it. I'll ask Janet if she has more info about, okay?
Will be back to you with hopefully good news.
I really love your work and designs. I want to know where can I find the resources to make the page you show in "Collection Of Moments " and specifically in the example I sent in this mail to you. I bought the kit but I would like to make a similar page.
I got my newsletter today telling all about your new Catch A Wave creations and immediately went to Scrapbook Graphics and purchased the Bundle. You are a beautiful Designer and I love everything you create. May God in heaven bless you abundantly for all your hard work that you share with all of us digital Scrappers! Thank you!!
Wow … Patricia, thank you so much. I'm so glad you like the Catch Of Wave and I am so thankful for your nice and kind words. These mean a lot to me – really. Thank you!
I would like to know how Tracey made her layout of the thinking of you photo looked torn in the August 9th issue.She did a beautiful job. What kit did she use I would like to make a layout like it.
That torn paper is included in layered PSD format so it easy to customize it.
You can add a photo or any texture or paper or color … whatever you wish and still have the layers (curled edges) intact.
Hi Manu I'm having a hard time getting the photo in the torn paper psd .Can you email me with the instruction on how to do it. Thank you very much I just love this digit-scrap-sprit sight you and your team are great.
Will send you instruction as soon as possible, Nancy!
Unable to leave comments on your latest newsletter page. I am receiving an Oops message instead. I have included the specific page. Love you.
Really Shirley, thank you so much. I didn't know andnever would have known and so much appreciate that you used the contact page instead to notify me.
I hope you are fine and doing okay, Shirley?
I just purchased your kit fight night………it show a spiderweb in the preview…….but I can't find it in the kit………please reply………thanks!
Hi, I just received my newsletter with your beautiful snowfun being shown. I am not sure why, with about the last three postings where your samples are shown, I have been unable to download any of your work. It shows that it is downloading, but the numbers of time for downloads is whacky. It may start out showing one time either in hours or minutes and it just keeps jumping back and forth and goes on forever. I have eventually gone to check to see if it is doing anything where I put all my downloads, and it shows that it is downloading, but I have run across this before on things I downloaded and when I go to open them they are unopenable.
So, I just cancel that download and cancel the download. I did advise you of this on one of the first ones that did that, but to my knowledge I don't think I ever received a reply, but it was the holidays and I know that everything was hectic. I love your work and have in the past, purchased some of your items. I do hope that this can be figured out to see if it is on your end or on mine. I have not had any problems downloading anything else. I really am sorry that I cannot get to your free samples, and I have not gone in to order anything until I can figure out what the problem is. I do hope that it is fixable because your stuff is beautiful.
I'm so sorry for the trouble with the downloads. I'll email you privately with an alternate link to download all that you missed.
I sure have a link for you where you can grab everything you missed.
I'll email the link to you directly.
Hi. I'm not sure what happened but I never got the newsletter on Feb 14th. so I never got the free min kit.
I hope maybe somehow I can still get it?
Just in case it is possible my email has gotten lost with you I have signed up again.
Maybe you didn't have my email in the above comment so here it is.
This really means a lot to me and I'm so happy you like my designs.
I'm really very happy you like my designs.
I subscribe to your newsletters but cannot open your free mini kits at work/ I only have a work email.
I bought the attic memorabilia kit and the free min kit would go nicely with it.
Hi Gail, I'll email you the link!
Oh … wait. I emailed you the link but then, it is your work email, right?
And then you again get it on work and can't open it, right?
How can I send you the link then?
Maybe through a private message in a forum? Scrapbookgraphics?
If so I would need your username there. Mine is Manu.
Hi – I have signed up for you newsletter, but do not seem to be getting them. Was really hoping to be able to download a couple of the freebies and am not able to, please help.
I have purchased a few of your sets and really love your work.
Hi Peggy, I sent you an email.
in gmail it is a bit tricky to find the newsletters since they changed the face of the inboxes. On top you see different tabs and newsletters could be find in the promotions tab. If you click it you should see them in there. Also already sent you a screenshot to show you.
Sometime back (time escapes me), you had an item that was of great interest to me. It must have been some type of template, which I did not know how to use at the time. It was kind of "rolled' at the top and you had place a scenic photo on it that took the form of that background/template. I have looked in your store at digichick and cannot find it. I don't think it is the ripped paper templates. The sides were smudged I believe, but I don't remember the tears at the top. This may have been an item that you stuck in your vault. Could you get back with me? Hopefully you remember the item in question and can help me with this. Thank you so much! By the way, you and your designers do such wonderful work—I love it!!
Hey Manu, I think I found the posting. it was a tutorial that was posted in 2015 on "curled paper". Do you still have the psd version of that ???template??? or whatever the png was.


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Fantastic north view from almost every room in this 5th floor Andora unit, with amazing natural light, in one of Dallas' premier high-rise communities! Many updates: Large open kitchen with stainless steel appliances, refrigerator which remains, and beautiful light wood cabinets with pewter hardware. Spacious master has double sinks, separate jetted tub, separate shower and two closets. Bedroom #2 off the hall has a great closet! Full sized washer and dryer area with extra storage. Amenities include: 24-hour door service, concierge and car valet. Indoor pool with spa and sauna; plus a large workout room! Selling furnished, with exception of dining room furniture.
This listing 5200 Keller Springs Road #537, Dallas, TX 75248 is a residential listing with 2 full baths, 2 bedrooms and approximately 1,685 square feet on a lot of 0 sqft (or 0 acres). 5200 Keller Springs Road #537 was built in 1981. 5200 Keller Springs Road #537 is located in Dallas and in ZIP Code 75248. It has been listed on our site since 2019-02-11 12:18:43.


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Jones, Isaac T.
A Traveler. Isaac Jones was a black cobbler who lived in Jackson City, Arkansas in the years after the Civil War. When he was in his late thirties he realized that he had the power to break free of his body and cross over to other realms. When he returned from these experiences, he started to teach and write about his revelations.
Wealthy landowners got angry when Jones told the local sharecroppers to break the contracts that kept them in a state of economic slavery. In 1884, Jones was accused of touching a white woman who had dropped by his shop to pick up some shoes. He was arrested by the town sheriff and killed that night by a lynch mob who broke down the door of his cell. Jones was defended by the Harlequin Lion of the Temple (a.k.a. Zackary Taylor). The Harlequin was also killed by the mob.
Within two years of his death, followers began to meet and exchange letters that Jones had written to his friends and family members. The Collected Letters of Isaac T. Jones was published in 1896 and the church was formed in Saint Joseph, Missouri in 1905. (See The Divine Church of Isaac T. Jones)


text: Increased: The prize money for the winner of the European Tour's season-ending DP World Tour Championship, to $3 million. It will be the largest winner's check in golf. As part of the move, the European Tour also boosted the payout to the other winners of the final three Rolex Series events: $2 million for the Turkish Airlines Open and $2.5 million for the Nedbank Golf Challenge. However, the total purses for the three events will remain the same: Turkish Airlines Open, $7 million; Nedbank Golf Challenge, $7.5 million; and DP World Tour Championship, $8 million (details). The European Tour has struggled to keep some of its top players from defecting to the PGA Tour, which historically has offered larger purses and more world-ranking points based on the comparative strengths of field.


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CarPlay ist ein vom Computer- und Smartphone-Hersteller Apple entwickeltes System, um verschiedene Funktionen eines iPhones mit der Kommunikationsanlage in Kraftfahrzeugen zu nutzen. Die erste Version von iOS, die CarPlay unterstützt, war iOS 7.1 vom 10. März 2014 ab dem iPhone 5. Google bietet mit Android Auto ein konkurrierendes System für Android-Smartphones.

Anwendung
CarPlay bietet die Möglichkeit, das Smartphone über das Infotainmentsystem des Fahrzeugs zu bedienen, und somit beispielsweise die Navigation, das Senden und Empfangen von Nachrichten und das Abspielen von Musik.

Sämtliche "intelligenten Funktionen", wie beispielsweise die erforderliche (aktualisierbare) Software, sind nicht Teil von CarPlay, sondern bleiben dem Smartphone überlassen. Somit versuchen die Hersteller, die sich ständig erweiternden Möglichkeiten der Smartphones weiterhin kompatibel mit der Elektronik zu halten, welche im Fahrzeug verbaut ist.

CarPlay kann sowohl über die Spracherkennungssoftware Siri als auch über herkömmliche Bedieneinheiten – Berührbildschirm (bei den meisten Herstellern), Knöpfe (bei Mercedes-Benz, BMW und Audi), Radio- und Lenkradtasten – im Fahrzeug gesteuert werden.

Die Verbindung und Datenübertragung zwischen iPhone und dem Infotainmentsystem des Fahrzeugs erfolgt meist per Lightning-Kabel. Apple hat mit iOS 9 die Spezifikation für die kabellose Verbindung (Wireless CarPlay) freigegeben, BMW war zunächst der einzige Fahrzeughersteller, welcher dies einbaute. Infotainmentsysteme von Drittherstellern unterstützen Wireless CarPlay inzwischen ebenfalls.

Aktuelle Entwicklung
Nachdem verschiedene Fahrzeughersteller wie beispielsweise Mercedes-Benz und Volvo CarPlay bereits 2014 als Nachrüstlösung für ältere Fahrzeuge und als bestellbare Zusatzoption in Neufahrzeugen angekündigt hatten, wurde dieser Gedanke verworfen. Stattdessen wurde von Mercedes-Benz angekündigt, seine Konzentration auf die Entwicklung von CarPlay ausschließlich als bestellbare Zusatzkomponente in seinen Neufahrzeugen zu legen. Beim Fahrzeughersteller BMW etwa kostet die optionale Freischaltung von CarPlay "ab Werk" 300 Euro und deckt einen Zeitraum von drei Jahren ab. Danach zahlten Nutzer rund 100 Euro pro Jahr für die Nutzung.

Anfang 2020 hat BMW das Abonnementmodell von CarPlay aufgrund Kundenkritik durch eine einmalige Kaufoption getauscht, diese ist für rund 300 Euro zu erwerben.

Mittlerweile haben fast alle gängigen Automobilhersteller Fahrzeuge mit CarPlay im Angebot.

Pioneer ist der erste Autoradiohersteller, der eine Nachrüstmöglichkeit von CarPlay für bestehende Fahrzeuge anbietet.

Inzwischen gibt es auch Autoradios von Sony (z. B. XAV-AX100 und 200) mit CarPlay-Unterstützung.

Ende Januar 2018 wurde bekannt, dass Apple WhatsApp als ersten Messenger eines Drittherstellers für CarPlay freigeschaltet hat. Ab Version 2.18.20 von WhatsApp können Benutzer über CarPlay nun Textnachrichten diktieren und sich neue Nachrichten von Siri vorlesen lassen. Auf der WWDC 2018 gab Apple während der Präsentation von iOS 12 bekannt, dass mit der neuen Betriebssystemversion die Navigation über Drittanbieter-Apps möglich sein werde. Hierzu zählen u. a. Google Maps und der ebenfalls von Google angebotene Dienst Waze. Bis dahin versuchte Apple die Nutzung von Drittanbieter-Zusatzsoftware über CarPlay weitgehend zu verhindern, auch alternative Navigationssoftware war ausgeschlossen. Neben einigen weiteren Verbesserungen wurden auf der WWDC 2020 vor allem die Unterstützung von Stromtankstellen in die "Karten"-App sowie die Einführung von "Car Key" angekündigt, welches für zahlreiche BMW-Modelle bereits verfügbar ist.

Weblinks
 Apple CarPlay (offizielle Herstellerseite)

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23 October 2018 Venue Bramall Lane Attendance
English Football League - Championship
Wilder looking for positive response
Stoke preview
Chris Wilder insists Stoke City's current league position doesn't reflect the quality and ability they have within their ranks.
But the Blades boss is keen to see his team return to winning ways, following Saturday's disappointing loss at Derby County.
Looking ahead to facing the Potters, Wilder remarked: "When you look at them they've got a team that's just come out of the Premier League and have international players right the way through.
"These things happen, but they have a strong squad and have recruited well in the summer, a new, experienced manager has gone in and he has had success at this level.
"I'm sure Gary (Rowett) will quickly get them going in the right direction."
Wilder added: "It's similar to when we played Birmingham City and everyone said after what a terrible performance and result it was for us.
"Since then Birmingham have won at Leeds and Stoke and these are always tough teams to play against.
"We'll never underestimate anyone is this division and Stoke certainly have the quality and ability to go and win four or five games on the spin, all of a sudden they will be off and running.
"But we're looking to maintain our consistency in performance and I'm sure it'll be a really good game and one we're capable of winning if we are at our best."
Chris Wilder
Blades 1-1 Stoke - report
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United remain unbeaten at Bramall Lane since the opening day of the Sky Bet Championship but were forced to settle for a share of the spoils against Stoke.
Leon Clarke's first of the season looked to have secured all three points, only for Wales international to level for the Potters with two minutes of the 90 remaining.
For the clash against Stoke, boss Wilder made one change, with Clarke replacing Sharp and subsequently taking the captain's armband too.
United were quickly out of the traps and inside 90 seconds, Freeman fired over from O'Connell's left-wing cross. Then Allen and Pieters got into a mess dealing with Freeman's low cross, that presented Fleck with a chance to shoot but his effort was deflected over by Martina.
On 12 minutes, the Blades should have hit the front. Norwood played in Duffy, but from his cutback Stevens fired over from six yards. Clarke then got the better of Williams from Stevens ball forward, but having twisted and turned, his effort was comfortably saved by Butland.
Stoke's first effort on goal came in the 27th minute, but Henderson never looked troubled by Berahino's shot. The visitors then worked a crossing opportunity down the right-flank, one that ended with Afobe heading tamely at Henderson. At the other end, McGoldrick for the better of Pieters, but his header was saved by Butland.
With half-time approaching, it was the Blades who created the best chance of the game, Duffy and Freeman were involved, before O'Connell crossed but Clarke skewered his shot wide from point-blank range. Butland again came to Stoke's rescue to deny McGoldrick, after the striker had fashioned an opening from a cross-field pass.
The Blades were quickly out of traps in the second-half and McGoldrick just couldn't get a clean shot away from a promising position. With the hour mark approaching, Martina crossed to the back post where McLean got a run on Freeman but headed over.
With 20 minutes remaining, United forced themselves into the lead. Martins Indi was booked for a foul on CLARKE and from the resulting free-kick, the striker scored from close-range, after Norwood's shot had smashed into the post. At the other end, Henderson was equally to Ince's left-footed effort after he'd got the better of O'Connell.
With four minutes remaining, United made a double change, with Washington and Stearman replacing McGoldrick and Duffy, but Stoke levelled when play restarted, with ALLEN firing home a free-kick from 25-yards out.
Four minutes added time were signalled, and Coutts was introduced in the first of those replacing Freeman. Fleck had a shot blocked and appeals for a penalty waved away, with Stevens seeing yellow the last action of note.
Blades: Henderson, Stevens, Fleck, O'Connell, Basham, Sharp, Egan, Norwood, McGoldrick (Washington 86), Freeman (Coutts 90), Duffy (Stearman 86).
Unused: Clarke, Johnson, Moore, Cranie.
Stoke: Butland, Pieters (Bojan 81), Allen, Williams, Ince, Afobe, McClean, Martins Indi, Berahino (Crouch 66), Martina (Edwards 81), Woods.
Unused: Adam, Shawcross, Fletcher, Federici.
Blades 1-1 Stoke - extended action
Blades 1-1 Stoke - match action


Red wine from Chile is a relatively new category for us here at Slurp: Although French Red wines are our benchmark (many New World producers still reference French products in describing and ranking their own products) At Slurp we aim to offer a comprehensive selection of reds to accommodate every pallet and every budget and are keen to supply wines from well-established red wine producers from all around the world. The region has a long viticultural history for a New World wine region dating to the 16th century when the Spanish conquistadors brought vines with them as they colonized the region. In the mid-18th century, French wine varietals such as Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot were introduced. In the early 1980s, a renaissance began with the introduction of stainless steel fermentation tanks and the use of oak barrels for aging. Wine exports grew very quickly as quality wine production increased. Chile is now the fifth largest exporter of wines to the United States. The climate has been described as midway between that of California and France. The most common grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Carmenére. We can now proudly offer our customers Chilean wines; including estates in the Colchagua, Curico, Maule and Casablanca valleys. Aided by top winemaker consultant Alfonso Espinoza they are creating some exceptional wines at all levels that cover many tastes and show good purity of fruit to give well defined and enjoyable flavour that have helped Chilean wineries produce more international recognized wine styles.


Rethymnon is famous for its weaving and stitching; in fact a particular type of stitch is known as "Rethymnian", with the cloth drawn upon before stitching commences. Both Zoniana and Anoghia are famous for their weaving, as is Spili. Anoghia is possibly the most traditional place in Crete to find hand woven materials, made on looms which can be traced back several generations.
It has been said that the Anoghia's special preoccupation with weaving dates back to the second world war when women took up the art due to the deaths of their husbands, murdered by the Nazis. In addition, Anoghia has a small wool factory. Embroidery and lace making is still practiced (to perfection!) in a number of the Amari Valley villages. For basket-weaving, visit Mixorrouma, a short distance outside Spili, where this tradition continues. The Historical and Folk museum of Rethymnon houses a fabulous collection.


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Finding Myself In Britain
Amy Boucher Pye
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Think Michele Guinness meets Bill Bryson. Finding Myself In Britain is a witty, insightful look at faith, identity and the quirks of British life by a stranger-turned-friend.
With a conversational style, this book explores rooting our faith in Christ to weather different seasons in our lives. It helps readers look at Britain and its culture with fresh eyes while finding Jesus in the midst of it.
"You don't have to be an American to enjoy this book. Or British. Or a vicar's wife. You just have to be somebody who has found themselves in an unusual place, felt a bit out of their depth, and wondered where God was in all of that. That's most of us, I think." Bob Hartman.
Amy Boucher Pye is a writer and speaker. She is known to the UK Christian book trade for her column in Christian Marketplace, which she wrote for 6 years, and for the book club in Woman Alive that she has run for 9 years. She has written Bible reading notes for many UK publications, as well as many magazine and newspaper articles. She is an American who has lived in the UK for nearly 20 years after marrying a visiting Englishman-turned-vicar. She speaks at events throughout the UK, is a regular guest on Christian radio and has been commissioned to write for the worldwide best-selling devotional Our Daily Bread.
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Meat-Loving Cheetah or Gentle House Cat?
Dec 17, 2021 / By Chen Ying-Hui ∥ Translated by Sarah-Jayne Carver
One of the most interesting parts of picture books are the clues and messages that arise in the moments when the text and illustrations seem to spar with one another.
Readers are often taken aback by the combination of the cover illustration and the title Cheetah 57 scrawled across the image in large letters. The animal in the image is clearly a cheetah but it's difficult for us to reconcile his chubby body, his innocently wide eyes and his docile stance lounging on a giant piece of meat with our standard image of a cheetah. What exactly does this so-called cheetah look like?
Our preconceived notions often affect our judgement. As expected, Cheetah 57 is swayed by peer pressure to look more like a typical cheetah and he embarks on a sinister plot reminiscent of "Aunt Tiger" (a Taiwanese legend similar to "Little Red Riding Hood" that features a tiger who disguises himself as an aunt in an attempt to eat three children). Illustrator Fu Hsinyi uses a dull green color to show that if Cheetah 57 can't live up to these expectations then this might be "the end" for him and shows the cheetah looking heavy and out of breath. After this, Cheetah 57 starts to exercise and practice howling. For these scenes, Fu has a few small, bright illustrations which show Cheetah 57's determination but in the end he's shown helplessly giving in to the huge black shadow on the wall and choosing to hide. Seeing him crying in the corner, you can't help but feel sad about everything that's happened so far in the book. Surely it can't be so important to look like a cheetah that he'd shed this many tears over it?
He starts to dig a tunnel but is shocked when he ends up out in broad daylight and two children think he's the son of a large Bengal cat. The image is from Cheetah 57's perspective so we see the innocence in the children's eyes as they're filled with surprise. He spends the day living among humans and feels the kind of warmth he has never had the chance to experience before. The little boy tries to drag Cheetah 57 around in an upturned umbrella and his older sister persuades their parents to be thrilled about it all, then they tell stories together, they give Cheetah 57 a bath, and he even eats cat food!
Then the story turns to another challenge: deception. Cheetah 57 senses that his human friends feel like he is family to them and this is something he craves so he pretends to be what he hopes they will like. However, he also worries that one day they will discover that he doesn't just look like a cheetah but actually is one, and then he'll have to deal with the unimaginable consequences. Those deep-rooted fears push against his longing to be looked after by his human friends, so he lives in fear of being exposed. The projected stereotypes and various threats, meaningful or otherwise, gnaw away at his self-confidence and leave him feeling panic-stricken like he's walking a tightrope.
No one could have guessed that being exposed would actually turn out to be a liberating moment for him. The siblings look at their Bengal cat and realize that he's actually Cheetah 57. The incident makes the news and the public feel a lot of love for this cheetah who looks like a big cat, so by the end of the story he has thousands of fans! It turns out that his distinctive "look" means that he can be both: he can eat a lot of meat and be a gentle house cat, it's these differences that make him multifaceted and full of surprises. Even though the children decide that they can't tell their parents, maybe we as readers can try to be the kind of adults where if we found out that our new cat was actually a cheetah we could still appreciate him all the same, then give him a piece of meat. The unique American-style illustrations feature flexible, unrestrained lines that hint at the possibility of freedom for Cheetah 57 and the kind of brilliance that arises when you dismantle limiting framework.
- Tina Kuo: https://booksfromtaiwan.tw/authors_info.php?id=364
- Fu Hsinyi: https://booksfromtaiwan.tw/authors_info.php?id=365
- Cheetah 57: https://booksfromtaiwan.tw/books_info.php?id=379
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An Interview with the Creators of I DON'T WANT TO EAT BROCCOLI
Dec 17, 2021 / By Kang Hsuan, Sui Ri, Hsueh Hui-Yin ∥ Translated by Sarah-Jayne Carver
Publisher: Kang Hsuan
Q: What was the collaboration process like for the author and illustrator? Did the story come first and then an illustrator was asked to draw the images, or did the two of them create the book together?
A: You could actually say that there were three parties involved in the creation of this book. Almost every year, Kang Hsuan puts out a call for picture book submissions and our team votes on the winning story. After I Don't Want to Eat Broccoli won the prize, our editor discussed various modifications to the story with the author before inviting suitable illustrators to draft artwork for the book. An early editorial suggestion was that the illustrator should use photographs of different types of broccoli to create a collage. However, when the illustrator tried to use photographs for the entire book she was filled with a slight sense of horror, so instead she revised the brief and decided to use other materials to create the images. This added a degree of playfulness to the story and the end result was an extraordinary book that encapsulates a very personal illustration style. Our editor helped coordinate the author's and illustrator's ideas right up until the end when the book was finally complete. By tying together the author's story, the illustrator's creativity and the editor's professionalism, the three of them were able to produce a truly wonderful picture book.
Q: Can you share the unusual story of how you chose the cover design?
A: The illustrator designed two covers and our editors found it difficult to choose which one to use, so on a whim we decided to conduct a poll on Kang Hsuan's Facebook page to let readers vote on it. To our surprise, one of the covers won by an overwhelming majority and that is the cover we ended up using.
Author: Sui Ri
Q: Do you like broccoli? Why did you want to create a story about not eating broccoli?
A: I didn't like broccoli until I was an adult. When you consider it on a visual level, broccoli's appearance is quite unusual in the vegetable world. On several occasions when I had no choice but to eat it, I wondered whether it was the heads or the stalks of the broccoli that I disliked so much. I think it's alright to be picky about food to a certain degree, but every now and then I feel it's good to be flexible and give these foods another try. Maybe one day you'll suddenly find it tastes okay.
Q: In the book, the mother gets the child to chop up the broccoli by making it into a game where the child is a barber giving the broccoli a haircut. Where did the inspiration for this come from?
A: It's always easier to do eat food you don't like in small mouthfuls, and making it into a game is a great way to divert a child's attention.
Q: Did you encounter anything interesting during the creative process? Or anything frustrating?
A: The evening I sat down to edit the pages, I ate my favorite pizza and was in a pretty good mood. The illustrations hadn't been done at that point so I imagined what the images would look like and that was the basis for separating the text into pages. It felt relaxing to split it into paragraphs and then have the words leap to the next page. I'm also used to dividing up paragraphs when I write novels and screenplays, but when you're cutting between scenes in picture books there needs to be a concise, nimble rhythm to it. After readers finish the last line of a page, they can flip to the next page and experience a whole new atmosphere. When I'm writing novels and screenplays with big overarching structures, I occasionally find myself wishing that I could turn the page in the same brisk, straightforward way I can with a picture book. Lastly, I also felt extremely grateful when the editor sent me the vivid images that the illustrator had created.
Illustrator: Hsueh Hui-Yin
Q: What were your thoughts on reading the story? Do you worry about picky eaters too?
A: It's a lovely story about parent-child interactions and as I was reading I immediately saw the scenes unfold in my mind. Although I can be picky about food, I still quite like broccoli.
Q: The book presents broccoli in all kinds of different ways, why did you design it like this? And which broccoli is your favorite?
A: There are some spreads in the book where broccoli fills the entire page, so the editor suggested that I use a range of source materials (physical objects, collages, drawings) to portray the broccoli and give it a richer appearance. My favorite is the broccoli where I used bubble wrap to create the pattern of the florets.
- Sui Ri: https://booksfromtaiwan.tw/authors_info.php?id=363
- Hsueh Hui-Yin: https://booksfromtaiwan.tw/authors_info.php?id=330
- I Don't Want to Eat Broccoli: https://booksfromtaiwan.tw/books_info.php?id=378
Notes from a Fishing Village Residency
Dec 17, 2021 / By HOM ∥ Translated by Sarah-Jayne Carver
Before I had the chance to visit the Zhengbin Fishing Harbor, I was quite unfamiliar with Keelung and like most people I just held the preconceived notion that it was an "overcast, rainy mountain town". When I came here in mid-May, I left Keelung Station and saw several black kites circling overhead in the gloomy gray sky which matched the image of the place in my mind. The misty, overcast sky continued for about a week and then the weather gradually turned, becoming more summery as the sky over the harbor steadily turned to blue. The veil of my initial impression of Keelung lifted and the harbor's beautiful scenery appeared before me.
During the month I lived in the village, I often walked to the harbor. It was a small, secluded space where fishermen gathered. I quietly looked out at the dark green sea and followed the path beside the harbor before coming to the colorful buildings now known as the "Rainbow Houses". I frowned, I didn't really like bright colors. Later when I searched online, I found some old photos of the harbor and saw that the Rainbow Houses had previously been a row of buildings that alternated between white and light blue in a way that was simple but elegant. As well as feeling it was a shame, I began to use my own perception of beauty to size up these heavily-painted buildings. Pretty much every day, there were tourists who came to the Rainbow Houses specifically to take photos and you could even see newlyweds doing wedding photoshoots. Clearly the Rainbow Houses were a powerful form of publicity and had already become important to the local area.
As I passed the Rainbow Houses every day, I looked at them from the same angle as all the tourists taking photos. The colors reflected on the water and the light of the sky varied at different times of the day, together they magically transformed the surface of the water and every day I took lots of photos of the harbor. The sky, whether it was blue, violet, pink, or gray, embellished the colors of the Rainbow Houses and made them feel even more fleeting and ever-changing. I don't know when it started but my gaze gradually became drawn to them.
After carefully thinking it through, I realized it didn't have anything to do with the colors of the houses but rather that the history and geography of Zhengbin Fishing Harbor were what gave the place its charming retro appearance and made the scenery what it is today.
This residency has given me the chance to get to know more places in Taiwan. Thank you very much to the team at Zhengbin Art for inviting me to the residency, it gave me plenty of time to discover so much of the fascinating scenery that Zhengbin Fishing Harbor has to offer.
- HOM: https://booksfromtaiwan.tw/authors_info.php?id=151
- Watching the Sea: https://booksfromtaiwan.tw/books_info.php?id=377
As Deep as the Ocean
Dec 17, 2021 / By Sung Pei ∥ Translated by Sarah-Jayne Carver
A vast expanse of blue-green water unfurls in front of you as if lit from behind, enveloping you in a fantasy-like atmosphere where fish large and small swim beside you and come up close to meet you.…
The pictures in A Place Like the Sea evoked memories of the dazzling and unforgettable experience I had the first time I entered an aquarium. The pictures don't just portray the underwater world separated by a curtain of glass, but also the penguin exhibit and the theater where the dolphins perform. These small human-made oceans are teaming with marine life, some of the species were moved here while others were raised within its walls, all to be exhibited before our very eyes.
Lin Po-Ting uses a drawing technique that makes his illustrations feel reminiscent of printmaking, he draws silhouette-like figures whose black outlines contrast with the dappled light of the brightly colored seawater, creating a unique atmosphere in the space. The book is filled with illustrated double-page spreads which feel like movie screens, they have an immediate emotional impact and go far beyond what the text describes. There are very few words in the book and they are only used to state the boy's inner thoughts. When the boy walks into the huge aquarium with his parents, we see his initial amazement and curiosity turn to fear and then panic as he gets separated from his family, then the nervousness and anticipation that set in when he's on his own. These various emotions form the content of the text.
The first-person narrative mostly conveys they boy's subjective experience, while the illustrations usually take an omniscient perspective to objectively depict the environment around him. Sometimes the words and illustrations are not completely consistent, and at times even go so far as to contradict one another, which lets the reader discover another layer of hidden meanings in these small gaps and contradictions. There are also places where there aren't any contradictions but the text and illustrations create a play on words, where the text is describing the boy's subjective experience but at the same time is also conveying the thoughts of other characters in the pictures.
A Place Like the Sea uses these puns between the text and illustrations to cleverly tie the characters and setting to the marine life as the young boy's inner thoughts and feelings can become those of the aquatic creatures themselves. By expressing their situation from the boy's perspective, the book prompts readers to think about it from the creatures' point of view and raises the question: Do aquariums force marine animals to leave their homes forever?
Moreover, comparing the front and back endpapers raises an additional question: If we take the sea creatures who have lived in captivity and return them to their natural habitats, will they even still be able to live in an ocean which has been so heavily polluted by humans? What a profound question for the author to hide in amongst the book's beautiful illustrations and missing-child plot!
- Lin Po-Ting: https://booksfromtaiwan.tw/authors_info.php?id=256
- A Place Like the Sea: https://booksfromtaiwan.tw/books_info.php?id=376
Exploring the Depths of Taiwan's Forests
Dec 17, 2021 / By Sarah-Jayne Carver
Every single one of us has our own set of skills, no matter how big or small we might be.
Award-winning author-illustrator Chang Che-ming's picture book series The Three Little Moles uses exquisite hand-painted watercolors to bring the magic of Taiwan's forests to life and tell the story of two young moles as they discover the world with the help of their knowledgeable grandfather.
The first book in the series, A Special Gift, sees the three protagonists set out from their cosy home in a tunnel beneath a tree stump and encounter a mother duck whose baby is stuck in a deep, well-like hole. The three moles use their digging skills to make a tunnel and rescue the duckling. The mother duck is thrilled and later returns the favor by rescuing the moles from a huge fish while they're crossing a river on a raft.
The second two books, Let's Roast Sweet Potatoes and Adventure in the Forest, build on the themes of the first story but can be read as standalone books as well. The three moles use their digging skills to unearth some delicious sweet potatoes only to find that as they pull the roots from below, a family of chipmunks is pulling the potatoes up from above! The moles use a kiln to roast the sweet potatoes and the chipmunks declare that the potatoes are absolutely delicious, so the moles offer to teach the chipmunks how to roast them. Adventure in the Forest sees the three moles go out in the fog and stumble across two baby birds and an egg. An owl swoops overhead preying on the moles and baby birds, so the moles quickly dig a hole for them all to hide in. The egg hatches while they're in the hole and then the birds' parents arrive, a pair of beautiful Mikado pheasants (the unofficial national bird of Taiwan).
All three books have the same fundamental themes of self-affirmation, learning from ones' elders and the importance of sharing. The moles expressive faces and gestures create a focal point against the beautifully rendered forest landscapes in the background. Most of the illustrations are sweeping double-page spreads that capture the scale of the forest and the tininess of the protagonists, although occasionally the pages are divided into smaller scenes which work especially well when the moles are hiding underground with the baby birds while the owl flies overhead. Chang's delicate use of watercolors and fine brush strokes gives the illustrations a timelessness which still feels fresh and original. Captivatingly depicting Taiwan's local culture and customs is a priority for Chang, as seen in his previous works Food Market and Night Market, and it's a joy to see him apply a new blend of scale and attention to detail in his portrayal of Taiwan's flora and fauna in The Three Little Moles.
Set against the backdrop of Taiwan's deep mountain forests, The Three Little Moles is a series about universal values that already feels like a classic.
- Chang Che-ming: https://booksfromtaiwan.tw/authors_info.php?id=362
- The Three Little Moles Series: https://booksfromtaiwan.tw/books_info.php?id=375
The Inspiration Behind SOMBRITA
Dec 17, 2021 / By Lee Jo-Shin ∥ Translated by Sarah-Jayne Carver
Where did the inspiration for the story come from? Is it based on personal experience?
The initial inspiration for Sombrita came from a true story about a friend's child. One summer, they accidentally ended up raising a stag beetle and, as a friend of the father, I was there to see the child confront the reality of death for the first time. The child's calm and collected response made it feel like they had their own way of dealing with it even though they'd never had this experience before.
After we talked it over, I felt that the whole thing had been an interesting experience in itself and I found the delicate emotions at play deeply moving. Some scenes appeared in my mind and I hoped that I could develop them into a picture book. To create the story for Sombrita, I linked the incident with some of my own childhood memories of our family home in the mountains where my brother and I would play games together on the steep terraced fields.
Why did you choose to make the protagonist a stag beetle rather than a cat or a dog, or maybe another animal that humans encounter more often in the modern world?
I envisioned the scenes from the book taking place in the mountains and forests, but most pets today are kept at home which is far from the natural world of plants and external environments that I wanted to portray in the story. I hoped it would feel like leaving the city behind. Thus, I didn't give much consideration to replacing the stag beetle with another animal. Part of me also hoped that I could encourage children to understand and care about animals other than cats and dogs. However, once the book was published I got some feedback from readers who said that the book reminded them of their own relationships with their dogs or other pets and it made me really happy to hear them share these feelings.
What is the significance of the "dad" character in the story?
After I started creating picture books, I often heard people mention that most of the adult characters in children's books were mothers, and a lot of fathers really felt that disparity when they were reading books aloud to their children. I didn't have a set stance on it when I was writing the story and I believed that whether the parent was a mother or a father wouldn't have an effect on the development of the plot. Given the vast number of picture books in the world, I thought perhaps it would be good to give fathers a chance to see themselves in a picture book as they read it aloud.
Which is your favorite illustration in the book?
Personally, I really like the page where the young protagonist is surrounded by various plants, insects and butterflies. It was a deep memory from childhood when I was very young and instantly felt the atmospheric rhythm of nature, the tranquillity felt wonderous to me as a child from the city and I tried to capture this feeling in the illustration.
When I was playing tag in the mountain field terraces that had been left to lie fallow, I noticed all sorts of creatures and sometimes I came across tadpoles or strange insects in the small pools of water. I remember one time just as I was about to jump over a ridge between the fields, I discovered a fat green caterpillar happily munching away on some leaves about ten centimetres in front of me. I had no choice but to hold onto that fear and it was only after I leapt steadily over the ridge that the feeling started to ferment within me.
- Lee Jo-Shin: https://booksfromtaiwan.tw/authors_info.php?id=361
- Sombrita: https://booksfromtaiwan.tw/books_info.php?id=374
Finding Friendship in Dance
Dec 17, 2021 / By Chang Ting-Yu ∥ Translated by Sarah-Jayne Carver
I came up with the story for Fred and Ginger during graduate school when I met my roommate from South America. She was from a country whose cultural background was completely different from Taiwan's: Colombia. Her love of dance and her uninhibited personality were a huge culture shock for me at the time. We clearly had different ways of life and personal preferences, but we also had a lot of incidents involving cultural differences while we shared a room together but of course a certain amount of disagreement is inevitable. Colombia is the birthplace of salsa and my roommate had always loved dancing since she was small, she introduced me to so many Latin dances and it was a totally new life experience for someone like me who had no background in dance. This was why I chose to use dance as a subject to bring out the friendship between the two characters.
The story was initially conceived in English, so when I was naming the characters I researched famous dancers from history and came across two celebrities who had been renowned dance partners during the 1930s and 40s: Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. By chance, the English word for an orange cat is "ginger", so I decided there and then to call the two characters "Fred" and "Ginger". However, the hardest part was choosing a title for the book, it was a huge challenge for me as a someone who is not a native English speaker. I considered so many dance-related titles but none of them were quite right, until I gave a talk at the end of term and mentioned the concept behind naming "Fred" and "Ginger". Various teachers and classmates who had grown up in the West immediately picked up on the names and the dance connection, then they went on to suggest that there couldn't be a more fitting title for the book than Fred and Ginger. I decided on that for the title, and when it came to translating it into Chinese I made the names more local and decided that instead of directly translating the English names, I would use the homophones "fu" (meaning "luck") for Fred and "jin" (meaning "gold") for Ginger.
Also, the dance studio that appears in the story is called "Dansa" which combines the English word "dance" with "casa", the Spanish word for home. The general idea is: as long as you like to dance, this is your home!
Lastly, what I really want to say is that in a lot of cases the end result isn't the most important thing. What matters most is how we feel during the process and I hope that during these difficult times we can all cherish one another because there's really nothing more important than each other's company.
- Chang Ting-Yu: https://booksfromtaiwan.tw/authors_info.php?id=360
- Fred and Ginger: https://booksfromtaiwan.tw/books_info.php?id=373
When Life and Art Intertwine
Dec 17, 2021 / By Chang Shu-Chiung ∥ Translated by Sarah-Jayne Carver
It is clear from Liu Ching-Yen's previous works that he has a specific fondness for character-driven narratives, which he says derives from his background in journalism. Interviewing people and finding out their stories was a daily exercise for Liu as a reporter and he developed a particular passion for human-interest stories.
A Boy as the Black Swan
Liu based the story of I Am the Black Swan on three people he had encountered. The first was a teenaged boy he met in church who was dancing one of the lead roles in his high school's production of Swan Lake. Next was a young girl who Liu met while hosting his children's TV show My Reading Bakery. She studied ballet and her passion for dance was immediately evident in every moment of her life. Lastly, during his university days Liu had interviewed the famous Taiwanese dancer and choreographer Lin Hwai-min, as well as Lin's roommate at the time who'd said: "If you see someone leaping instead of walking down the street, that's Lin Hwai-min."
Thus, Liu tied the figure of Lin Hwai-min together with the story of the boy who danced the Black Swan and the little girl who loved to dance so much she skipped across the street, to create a narrative about gender roles, pursuing your dreams and how art merges with life.
Connecting with the Stirring Topic of Gender
When she first read I Am the Black Swan, illustrator Chang Pei-Yu said she was immediately drawn to the part on gender roles. She remembered her own childhood experience of being forced to use a pink schoolbag even though she really liked the color blue. Later, when she studied early German literature at university, she realized that the field was solely occupied by male writers. In I Am the Black Swan, she was particularly interested in Amin's character and was extremely curious about how gender roles would be handled in a children's book.
Naturally Curly Hair and a Red Dance Costume
When Chang contemplated how to lay the groundwork for Amin as a character, she kept debating whether to emphasize his artistic nature and make him stand out from the crowd, or to depict him as an ordinary child. She also felt that Amin's slight rebelliousness and stubborn perseverance were typical childhood traits. In the end, she decided to do a combination of the two: she gave Amin naturally conspicuous curly hair but a very simple dance costume to show the side of him that is just an ordinary child.
However, when it came to the color of his clothes, Chang decided to use bright red to represent Amin's inner-life and to show his strength. This red appears constantly throughout the illustrations and is crucial to the book. Finally, Chang decided to use a combination of colored pencils and collage which she hoped would convey the effortless feeling of agility that comes with dancing.
Chang and Liu's Key Hopes for the Reader
Chang says she hopes readers will enjoy the simple pleasure of the illustrations and that children will get a sense of the more relaxed, happy side of art. She hopes that the dynamic artwork will let children experience the movement and rhythm of dance and gain a sense of its beauty.
Liu hopes that children can understand: "No matter what your parents demand that you learn, the most important thing is that you know whether or not you like it, because you are going to need passion if you want to master it. You can do anything you want regardless of gender, but you must embrace it and pursue it with a burning passion."
- Liu Ching-Yen: https://booksfromtaiwan.tw/authors_info.php?id=30
- Chang Pei-Yu: https://booksfromtaiwan.tw/authors_info.php?id=359
- I Am the Black Swan: https://booksfromtaiwan.tw/books_info.php?id=372
The Birth of A MILLION KISSES
Dec 17, 2021 / By Chen Shu-Ting & Deer Jan ∥ Translated by Sarah-Jayne Carver
Love from Parents (Author)
From the day after my son was born, I discovered one key thing: The happy days we have now will always fly by but it's such a busy time that we don't get to feel much of it, until one day we look back and discover that there is no way for us to do it all again.
I have watched my child grow taller each day as his body gradually lost its roundness. He is less dependent on me today than he was yesterday, and tomorrow he will be even less dependent still. Where I once enjoyed the sweetness of taking care of him as a newborn baby, in the last few years I have started to worry that I am always one day closer to the time he will eventually let go of my hand.
The most common mood I've felt since becoming a mother is a mixture of irritability and guilt. I feel tired of doting on my son and I wish he would give me a bit more time to myself, but sometimes I'm elated by how much he clings to me. Now and then, he'll sense my impatience and conflicting feelings. He will try and please me by asking whether he's been well-behaved and I will repeatedly reassure him that I love him so much, regardless of whether he's been good or not. No matter how many times I say it he never seems to be completely convinced, just as I secretly doubt whether I am the center of his world in the same way I was during those pre-school days. In the end it doesn't really matter, we still love each other very much.
This is how A Million Kisses came into being. When my son was born, he was so soft with that sweet newborn baby smell and I couldn't bear to leave him even for a minute. Every time I picked him up I would kiss him. In the years that followed, I would just hold him close and kiss him when he threw afternoon tantrums or couldn't sleep late at night, when he fell down or was angry at something. Even now, he's in primary school and I still often hold my arms out wide for a hug and give him a kiss.
I hope I hold fast to the beautiful memories I have of this time. Every morning, when I see him come out of his bedroom bleary-eyed and just waking up, I immediately get ready to give him a hug and a kiss. I know that an entire day spent together is about to begin and that we'll never have these days again.
A Happy Time for You and Me (Illustrator)
When illustrating this story, I struggled with the ending for a long time.
When exactly is the one millionth kiss?
Is it when your child gets married? Or when they have children of their own?
Or is it when they leave and say goodbye?
I believe that you should always treat "right now" as the final moment to love with all your strength.
Not a single moment should be missed!
This is my interpretation of A Million Kisses.
Thank you for this story that reminded me how I grew up surrounded by love.
And I hope that this book will make readers feel a little bit of that same warmth.
- Chen Shu-Ting: https://booksfromtaiwan.tw/authors_info.php?id=357
- Deer Jan: https://booksfromtaiwan.tw/authors_info.php?id=358
- A Million Kisses: https://booksfromtaiwan.tw/books_info.php?id=371
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