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Almacenamiento de Datos en Caché
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El almacenamiento de datos en caché trata del almacenamiento de alguna variable PHP en caché y recuperarla más tarde del
mismo. También es la base de algunas de las características avanzadas de almacenamiento en caché, tales como
[el almacenamiento en caché de consultas a la base de datos](#query-caching) y
[el almacenamiento en caché de contenido](caching-content.md).

El siguiente código muestra el típico patrón de uso para el almacenamiento en caché, donde la variable `$cache` se
refiere al [componente caché](#cache-components):

```php
// probar de recuerar $data del caché
$data = $cache->get($key);

if ($data === false) {

    // $data no ha sido encontrada en caché, calcularla desde cero

    // guardar $data en caché para así recuperarla la próxima vez
    $cache->set($key, $data);
}

// $data está disponible aquí
```

## Componentes de Caché

El almacenamiento de datos en caché depende de los llamados *cache components* (componentes de caché) los cuales
representan diferentes tipos de almacenamiento en caché, como por ejemplo en memoria, en archivos o en base de datos.

Los Componentes de Caché estan normalmente registrados como componentes de la aplicación para que de esta forma puedan
ser configurados y accesibles globalmente. El siguiente código muestra cómo configurar el componente de aplicación
`cache` para usar [memcached](http://memcached.org/) con dos servidores caché:

```php
'components' => [
    'cache' => [
        'class' => 'yii\caching\MemCache',
        'servers' => [
            [
                'host' => 'server1',
                'port' => 11211,
                'weight' => 100,
            ],
            [
                'host' => 'server2',
                'port' => 11211,
                'weight' => 50,
            ],
        ],
    ],
],
```

Puedes acceder al componente de caché usando la expresión  `Yii::$app->cache`.

Debido a que todos los componentes de caché soportan el mismo conjunto de APIs, podrías cambiar el componente de caché
subyacente por otro diferente mediante su reconfiguración en la configuración de la aplicación sin tener que modificar
el código que utiliza el caché. Por ejemplo, podrías modificar la configuración anterior para usar [[yii\caching\ApcCache|APC cache]]:

```php
'components' => [
    'cache' => [
        'class' => 'yii\caching\ApcCache',
    ],
],
```

> Nota: Puedes registrar multiples componentes de aplicación de caché. El componente llamado `cache` es usado por defecto
  por muchas caché-dependiente clases (e.g. [[yii\web\UrlManager]]).

### Almacenamientos de Caché Soportados

Yii proporciona varios componentes de caché que pueden almacenar datos en diferentes medios. A continuación
se muestra un listado con los componentes de caché disponibles:

* [[yii\caching\ApcCache]]: utiliza la extensión de PHP [APC](http://php.net/manual/en/book.apc.php). Esta opción puede
  ser considerada como la más rápida de entre todas las disponibles para una aplicación centralizada. (p. ej. un servidor,
  no dedicado balance de carga, etc).
* [[yii\caching\DbCache]]: utiliza una tabla de base de datos para almacenar los datos. Por defecto, se creará y usará
  como base de datos [SQLite3](http://sqlite.org/) en el directorio runtime. Se puede especificar explicitamente que base
  de datos va a ser utilizada configurando la propiedad `db`.
* [[yii\caching\DummyCache]]: dummy cache (caché tonta) que no almacena en caché nada. El propósito de este componente
  es simplificar el código necesario para chequear la disponibilidad de caché. Por ejemplo, durante el desarrollo o
  si el servidor no tiene soporte de caché actualmente, puede utilizarse este componente de caché. Cuando este disponible
  un soporte en caché, puede cambiarse el componente correspondiente. En ambos casos, puede utilizarse el mismo código
  `Yii::$app->cache->get($key)` para recuperar un dato sin la preocupación de que `Yii::$app->cache` pueda ser `null`.
* [[yii\caching\FileCache]]: utiliza un fichero estándar para almacenar los datos. Esto es adecuado para almacenar
  grandes bloques de datos (como páginas).
* [[yii\caching\MemCache]]: utiliza las extensiones de PHP [memcache](http://php.net/manual/en/book.memcache.php)
  y [memcached](http://php.net/manual/en/book.memcached.php). Esta opción puede ser considerada como la más rápida
  cuando la caché es manejada en una aplicación distribuida (p. ej. con varios servidores, con balance de carga, etc..)
* [[yii\redis\Cache]]: implementa un componente de caché basado en [Redis](http://redis.io/) que almacenan pares
  clave-valor (requiere la versión 2.6.12 de redis).
* [[yii\caching\WinCache]]: utiliza la extensión de PHP [WinCache](http://iis.net/downloads/microsoft/wincache-extension)
  ([ver también](http://php.net/manual/en/book.wincache.php)).
* [[yii\caching\XCache]]: utiliza la extensión de PHP [XCache](http://xcache.lighttpd.net/).
* [[yii\caching\ZendDataCache]]: utiliza
  [Zend Data Cache](http://files.zend.com/help/Zend-Server-6/zend-server.htm#data_cache_component.htm)
  como el medio fundamental de caché.

> Nota: Puedes utililizar diferentes tipos de almacenamiento de caché en la misma aplicación. Una estrategia común es la
  de usar almacenamiento de caché en memoria par almacenar datos que son pequeños pero que son utilizados constantemente
  (por ejemplo, datos estadísticos), y utilizar el almacenamiento de caché en archivos o en base de datos para guardar
  datos que son grandes y utilizados con menor frecuencia (por ejemplo, contenido de página).

## API de Caché

Todos los componentes de almacenamiento de caché provienen de la misma clase "padre" [[yii\caching\Cache]] y por lo tanto
soportan la siguiente API:

* [[yii\caching\Cache::get()|get()]]: recupera un elemento de datos de la memoria caché con una clave especificada.
  Un valor nulo será devuelto si el elemento de datos no ha sido encontrado en la memoria caché o si ha expirado o ha sido
  invalidado.
* [[yii\caching\Cache::set()|set()]]: almacena un elemento de datos identificado por una clave en la memoria caché.
* [[yii\caching\Cache::add()|add()]]: almacena un elemento de datos identificado por una clave en la memoria caché si la
  clave no se encuentra en la memoria caché.
* [[yii\caching\Cache::mget()|mget()]]: recupera varios elementos de datos de la memoria caché con las claves especificadas.
* [[yii\caching\Cache::mset()|mset()]]: almacena múltiples elementos de datos en la memoria caché. Cada elemento se
  identifica por una clave.
* [[yii\caching\Cache::madd()|madd()]]: stores multiple data items in cache. Each item is identified by a key.
  If a key already exists in the cache, the data item will be skipped.
* [[yii\caching\Cache::exists()|exists()]]: devuelve un valor que indica si la clave especificada se encuentra en la
  memoria caché.
* [[yii\caching\Cache::delete()|delete()]]: elimina un elemento de datos identificado por una clave de la caché.
* [[yii\caching\Cache::flush()|flush()]]: elimina todos los elementos de datos de la cache.

Algunos sistemas de almacenamiento de caché, como por ejemplo MemCache, APC, pueden recuperar multiples valores
almacenados en modo de lote (batch), lo que puede reducir considerablemente la sobrecarga que implica la recuperación
de datos almacenados en el caché. Las API [[yii\caching\Cache::mget()|mget()]] y  [[yii\caching\Cache::madd()|madd()]]
se proporcionan para utilizar esta característia. En el caso de que el sistema de memoria caché no lo soportara, ésta
sería simulada.

Puesto que [[yii\caching\Cache]] implementa `ArrayAccess`, un componente de caché puede ser usado como una matriz (array).
El siguiente código muestra unos ejemplos:

```php
$cache['var1'] = $value1;  // equivalente a: $cache->set('var1', $value1);
$value2 = $cache['var2'];  // equivalente a: $value2 = $cache->get('var2');
```

### Claves de Caché

Cada elemento de datos almacenado en caché se identifica por una clave. Cuando se almacena un elemento de datos en la
memoria caché, se debe especificar una clave. Más tarde, cuando se recupera el elemento de datos de la memoria caché,
se debe proporcionar la tecla correspondiente.

Puedes utilizar una cadena o un valor arbitrario como una clave de caché. Cuando una clave no es una cadena de texto,
ésta será automáticamente serializada en una cadena.

Una estrategia común para definir una clave de caché es incluir en ella todos los factores determinantes en términos de
una matriz. Por ejemplo, [[yii\db\Schema]] utiliza la siguiente clave para almacenar en caché la información del esquema
de una tabla de base de datos:

```php
[
    __CLASS__,              // nombre de la clase del esquema
    $this->db->dsn,         // nombre del origen de datos de la conexión BD
    $this->db->username,    // usuario para la conexión BD
    $name,                  // nombre de la tabla
];
```

Como puedes ver, la clave incluye toda la información necesaria para especificar de una forma exclusiva una tabla de
base de datos.

Cuando el un mismo almacenamiento en caché es utilizado por diferentes aplicaciones, se debería especificar un prefijo
único para las claves de de caché por cada una de las aplicaciones para así evitar conflictos. Esto puede hacerse
mediante la configuración de la propiedad [[yii\caching\Cache::keyPrefix]]. Por ejemplo, en la configuración de la
aplicación podrías escribir el siguiente código:

```php
'components' => [
    'cache' => [
        'class' => 'yii\caching\ApcCache',
        'keyPrefix' => 'myapp',       // un prefixo de clave de caché único
    ],
],
```

Para garantizar la interoperabilidad, deberían utilizarse sólo caracteres alfanuméricos.

### Caducidad de Caché

Un elemento de datos almacenado en la memoria caché permanecerá en ella para siempre, a menos que sea removida de alguna
manera debido a alguna directiva de caché (por ejemplo, el espacio de almacenamiento en caché está lleno y los datos
más antiguos se eliminan). Para cambiar este comportamiento, podrías proporcionar un parámetro de caducidad al llamar
[[yii\caching\Cache::set()|set()]] para guardar el elemento de datos. El parámetro nos indica por cuántos segundos el
elemento se mantendrá válido en memoria caché. Cuando llames [[yii\caching\Cache::get()|get()]] para recuperar el
elemento, si el tiempo de caducidad ha pasado, el método devolverá `false`, indicando que el elemento de datos no ha
sido encontrado en la memoria caché. Por ejemplo,

```php
// guardar los datos en memoria caché al menos 45 segundos
$cache->set($key, $data, 45);

sleep(50);

$data = $cache->get($key);
if ($data === false) {
    // $data ha caducado o no ha sido encontrado en la memoria caché
}
```

### Dependecias de Caché

Además de configurar el tiempo de expiración, los datos almacenados en caché pueden también ser invalidados conforme
a algunos cambios en las dependencias (cache dependencies). Por ejemplo, [[yii\caching\FileDependency]] representa
la dependencia del tiempo de modificación del archivo. Cuando esta dependencia cambia, significa que el archivo
correspondiente ha cambiado. Como resultado, cualquier contenido anticuado que sea encontrado en el caché debería
ser invalidado y la llamada a [[yii\caching\Cache::get()|get()]] debería devolver `null`.

Una dependencia es representada como una instancia de [[yii\caching\Dependency]] o su clase hija. Cuando llamas
[[yii\caching\Cache::set()|set()]] para almacenar un elemento de datos en el caché, puedes pasar el objeto de dependencia
asociado. Por ejemplo,

```php
// Crear una dependencia sobre el tiempo de modificación del archivo example.txt.
$dependency = new \yii\caching\FileDependency(['fileName' => 'example.txt']);

// Los datos expirarán en 30 segundos.
// También podría ser invalidada antes si example.txt es modificado.
$cache->set($key, $data, 30, $dependency);

// El caché chequeará si los datos han expirado.
// También chequeará si la dependencia ha cambiado.
// Devolerá false si se encuentran algunas de esas condiciones.
$data = $cache->get($key);
```

Aquí abajo se muestra un sumario de las dependencias disponibles:

- [[yii\caching\ChainedDependency]]: la dependencia cambia si cualquiera de las dependencias en la cadena cambia.
- [[yii\caching\DbDependency]]: la dependencia cambia si el resultado de la consulta de la sentencia SQL especificada cambia.
- [[yii\caching\ExpressionDependency]]: la dependencia cambia si el resultado de la expresión de PHP especificada cambia.
- [[yii\caching\FileDependency]]:  la dependencia cambia si se modifica la última fecha de modificación del archivo.
- [[yii\caching\TagDependency]]: marca un elemento de datos en caché con un nombre de grupo. Puedes invalidar los elementos de datos almacenados en caché
  con el mismo nombre del grupo a la vez llamando a [[yii\caching\TagDependency::invalidate()]].

## Consultas en Caché

Las consultas en caché es una característica especial de caché construido sobre el almacenamiento de caché de datos. Se
proporciona para almacenar en caché el resultado de consultas a la base de datos.

Las consultas en caché requieren una [[yii\db\Connection|conexión a BD]] y un componente de aplicación
caché válido. El uso básico de las consultas en memoria caché es el siguiente, asumiendo `db` es una instancia [[yii\db\Connection]]:

```php
$duration = 60;     // guardar en caché el resultado de la consulta por 60 segundos.
$dependency = ...;  // dependencia opcional

$db->beginCache($duration, $dependency);

// ...realiza consultas a la BD aquí...

$db->endCache();
```

Como puedes ver, cualquier consulta SQL entre las llamadas `beginCache()` y `endCache()` serán guardadas en la memoria caché.
Si el resultado de la misma consulta se encuentra vigente en la memoria caché, la consulta se omitirá y el resultado
se servirá de la memoria caché en su lugar.

El almacenamiento en caché de consultas se puede usar para [DAO](db-dao.md), así como para [ActiveRecord](db-active-record.md).

> Nota: Algunos DBMS (por ejemplo, [MySQL](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/query-cache.html)) también soporta
  el almacenamiento en caché desde el mismo servidor de la BD. Puedes optar por utilizar cualquiera de los mecanismos
  de memoria caché. El almacenamiento en caché de consultas previamente descrito tiene la ventaja que de que se puede
  especificar dependencias de caché de una forma flexible y son potencialmente mucho más eficientes.

### Configuraciones

Las consultas en caché tienen dos opciones configurables a traves de [[yii\db\Connection]]:

* [[yii\db\Connection::queryCacheDuration|queryCacheDuration]]: esto representa el número de segundos que un resultado
  de la consulta permanecerá válido en la memoria caché. La duración será sobrescrita si se llama a
  [[yii\db\Connection::beginCache()]] con un parámetro explícito de duración.
* [[yii\db\Connection::queryCache|queryCache]]: representa el ID del componente de aplicación de caché.
  Por defecto es `'cache'`. El almacenamiento en caché de consultas se habilita sólo cuando hay un componente de la
  aplicación de caché válido.

### Limitaciones

El almacenamiento en caché de consultas no funciona con los resultados de consulta que contienen controladores de recursos.
Por ejemplo, cuando se utiliza el tipo de columna `BLOB` en algunos DBMS, el resultado de la consulta devolverá un recurso
para manejar los datos de la columna.

Algunos sistemas de almacenamiento caché tienen limitación de tamaño. Por ejemplo, memcache limita el tamaño máximo
de cada entrada a 1MB. Por lo tanto, si el tamaño de un resultado de la consulta excede ese límite, el almacenamiento
en caché fallará.


In a world... where a cinematic adaptation of a book is about to be released... where volunteer reviews are about to be irrevocably shadowed by a new blockbuster, Cannonball Read brings you the 2006 novel, World War Z .
You might feel like you've been hearing about this movie for a long time, but Cannonballers have had this book on their radar since the very first Cannonball Read.
Being the son of Mel Brooks (who knew?) , you'd expect to find a lot of humour in this book. Instead, you find almost none. This book manages to be both extremely dark and hopeful at the same time. He manages to hit all of the standard zombie cliches and still keep the entire story completely new.
I guess I missed the author's parentage in all the marketing hubbub.
Brian Prisco (primo Cannonballaera) also reviewed the book during that first Read, writing a somewhat prescient review in 2009 where he said: "I don't know how this will translate as a film, unless they go the supercast route, and just pack it full of neato cameos." Brad Pitt probably qualifies it as a "supercast," but anyone know anything about any "neato cameos"?
As the years went on, they told two Cannonballers, and they told two Cannonballers, and so on, and so on. When Cannonball Read III started up, we had five reviews of this novel posted to the group blog, while Cannonball Read IV had eight reviews. We're halfway through Cannonball Read V, and we already have five reviews posted.
denesteak - "World War Z should be read, not as fiction, but as a parable."
KayKay - "I want to forget ever reading it..."
loulamac - "This book is so brilliant. Read it! This instant! Is that not enough? Do I need to write more?"
BenML - "While I do like good science fiction, I haven't yet been ensnared by the now prolific zombie apocalypse genre. This book, though not a favorite, does make me wonder what I've been missing."
Whether you see the movie or not, like it or hate it, the construct of World War Z will change in your mind once the movie is released. How many of us read the Harry Potter books long before the movies, only to find that years later our mental images of Harry, Ron and Hermione are now supplanted by Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson? So take a moment to read through the linked reviews above, and popcultureboy's take on it below, and experience this zombie apocalypse through the eyes of a Cannonballer.
World War Z is a remarkable achievement. What could have so easily been a shallow shoot 'em up (which is what the upcoming movie seems to have gone for, which may explain the negative buzz) is instead an in-depth look at all the ramifications of its titular War. The unnamed journalist travels across the world, meeting with key players in halting the zombie invasion that nearly wiped out humanity. From those who witnessed Patient Zero, to rebuilding a shattered Earth, the scope of Brooks' vision is quite breathtaking.
I'm probably one of the few people on the planet who hadn't read the book when it was first published back in 2006. I toyed with it, but for some reason never got round to it. Kicking myself for that now. The book is grimly fascinating and breathlessly exciting with it. There were several first person accounts that had my palms sweating. I haven't been this gripped by a book in a long time.
There are some detractors who bemoan the similarity of the voices telling the story. I don't agree. Throughout, I marvelled at the dexterity Brooks was demonstrating and how well he differentiated his characters. There are a lot of them, and all of them have a different story to tell. Not one of them is any less than utterly fascinating. To maintain that level of interest and excitement when you're refracting such a huge narrative through such a large prism is an absolute marvel. Top notch stuff.
This review is part of the volunteer Cannonball Read V. Read all about it, and for more of popcultureboy's reviews, check out his blog popcultureboy's book quest.


One of Nike's newest resurgent trends aims at reviving an early 2000s movement that popularized a running shoe aesthetic. The Swoosh's P-6000 CNPT silhouette is headlining this new wave with three simple color schemes set to release this May, allowing the intriguing shape of the latest model to take center stage. While you have already seen a triple black and a clean white and red iteration, we are now hear to show you a gradient black and white variety that further emphasizes the silhouette's layering. One of the new creation's clear focal points is its embroidered midfoot Swoosh done up in glistening patent leather, while it also calls upon Beaverton mainstays the likes of a Cushlon midsole as well as a familiar waffle pattern on its outsole. With pairs slated to arrive at retailers on May 2nd, enjoy an official look in the meantime and be sure to give us your thoughts in the comments regarding the unique P-6000.
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Archive for Guy Ritchie
The Sunday Intertitle: Our Own Movie Queen
Posted in FILM, literature, MUSIC with tags Baz Luhrmann, Bits of Paradise, F Scott Fitzgerald, George Folsey, Guy Ritchie, Karl Freund, L'Homme du Large, Marcel L'Herbier, The Great Gatsby, The Great Ziegfeld, William Powell, Zelda Fitzgerald on April 14, 2013 by dcairns
Something different this week. The title above has been freely adapted from one in Marcel L'Herbier's L'HOMME DU LARGE (a movie with many gloriously decorated and tinted titles) to accompany a film that never was, nor ever was meant to be.
Bits of Paradise is a collection of posthumously published Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald stories, and the tale Our Own Movie Queen deals with cinema — at the climax, Grace Axelrod, voted "movie queen" by the big store she works in, gets revenge for the way her role in the store's promotional film has been reduced to almost nothing. Re-editing and re-titling the film with the aid of a disgruntled assistant director, she leaves her hated rival, the store-owner's daughter, on the cutting-room floor, except for shots where she's not facing the camera, like the one referred to above. The film's premiere proves an embarrassment to the Blue Ribbon Store but a personal triumph for Miss Axelrod.
The stories in Bits of Paradise are strictly trunk items, but this one has a certain wan charm. I do think the best of the Pat Hobby tales are greatly superior, though, giving a jaundiced view of the studio system from one who was very much part of it.
One aspect of Our Own Movie Queen might give satisfaction to Baz Luhrmann, however. The forthcoming adaptation of THE GREAT GATSBY drew some scorn when it was noted that a neon sign in the movie's CGI New York was advertising something called "The Zeigfeld Follies." Mr Ziegfeld (I before E except after C) would not have appreciated his name being spelled wrong, but Scott and Zelda, or their Penguin editor, make the same blunder. The price of immortality is perpetual distortion, I guess.
Perhaps Luhrmann can take comfort in the fact that at least his spelling mistake, embarrassingly brandished in the movie trailer, doesn't appear in the opening titles. Guy Ritchie still holds the record there.
Much more distorted is the MGM hagiography THE GREAT ZIEGFELD, but it has William Powell, Frank Morgan, Luise Reiner, and all too briefly, Myrna Loy. A three-hour prestige extravaganza (with overture and intermission), it has enough plot to make it through the first ninety minutes, but then Mr Ziegfeld seems to run out of life story, and we get a succession of musical numbers, none of which top the extraordinary biggie in which one or other of the five cameramen (probably either George Folsey or Karl Freund) wind their way up a vast spiral staircase littered with girls. It's quite a show-stopper, and in fact the show should have stopped there, halfway through.
Frock Opera
Posted in FILM with tags Anthony Perkins, Australia, bad films, Baz Luhrmann, Billy Dee Williams, David Watkin, Diana Ross, Guy Ritchie, Jack Cole, Madonna, Mahogany, Swept Away, The Oscar on January 14, 2012 by dcairns
It's a really nice effect (I wonder where they stole it from?) — a dark stage, with figures wearing illuminated stripes, forming antic human hieroglyphs, striking poses — then the lights come up — and the clothes are horrible.*
The next stage beyond the "vanity project" is the "delusional narcissism project" — one thinks, with an inward wince, of Guy Ritchie and Madonna's SWEPT AWAY, the subject of a hilarious Bad Film Night involving Fiona and regular Shadowplayer David Wingrove some time back. I should write about those evenings — in fact, I'm going to.
While Baz Luhrmann's AUSTRALIA was SO egregiously bad it could not actually be endured (a bad movie that intends to be FUN generally isn't, whereas a bad movie that thinks it's deep is likely to be a riot), necessitating the watching of THE MATCH KING to restore mental hygiene and belief in a few of cinema's possibilities, MAHOGANY proved the Perfect Bad Film — maybe even better than THE OSCAR.
WHAT THIS THING IS —
This Thing is Diana Ross and partner/Svengali Berry Gordy's folie a deux Delusional Narcissism Project, following one woman's dream of being a fashion designer and how she eventually found herself as appendage to a male politician. It's empowering! And anyway, the fashion industry is full of untrustworthy homosexuals, as the movie is shocked — SHOCKED! — to uncover.
It's helpful for a truly bad film to have touches of quality, to illuminate its dankest depths more clearly — this one has David Watkin on photography, so it looks handsome. Watkin no doubt came along with regular collaborator Tony Richardson, who departed the film at some point in the process, at which point Berry Gordy suddenly discovered a fabulous talent for cinematic image-making, rather like how Diana Ross had already discovered a fabulous talent for designing clothes that stink.
Other good things — the song, which tormented the airwaves of my childhood for what seemed like several years, but which is actually quite nice — and this musical montage, apparently directed by the great Jack Cole (who did the musical numbers in GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES), is quite something. This would seem to be Cole's last gift to the world. And it features some proper clothes by actual designers (uncredited — but Issey Miyake seems like a possibility).
Diana herself is moderately effective in places, in an untutored kind of way… then she has some bizarre, horrible moments of would-be high drama, as when compelled to pose for snaps by psycho gay boyfriend Anthony Perkins while driving at 90mph along a deserted Italian overpass —
Yes, Perkins. In unwise tight jeans, he plays a former combat photographer who launches Diana upon the unsuspecting fashion world and gives her her trademark name: "What else is dark and shiny?" I'm naive enough to have thought his character's impotence might be some combat-shock residue, but no mere post-traumatic stress could cause any red-blooded male to fail to get it up with Diana in the sack, not in her movie, so a more sinisterly aberrant explanation prevails. It's all horribly homophobic… yet hysterical. If it were at all effective, it might have offended, but we were too busy crying with laughter. One wonders what Richardson and Watkin made of this side of the film, given their own natural proclivities. One could also wonder what Perkins was thinking, but some things are literally imponderable.
The real climax of the film is this fight, which David Wingrove called "the closetiest thing I've ever seen" — peculiar not so much for what it says about Perkins' character, but what it seems to suggest about the all-man Billy Dee Williams…
Crumbs. Mind you, this is followed by Diana stripping at a crowded party and dripping candle wax over herself — very coyly filmed, but still an eye-opener conceptually. Just what was going on in the Ross-Berry relationship? I don't want to wonder about that, but the film seems to require it of me.
*And it's a given that all Hollywood films about fashion will have terrible clothes, even those made in periods when movie clothes were routinely chic and smashing — perhaps, as Hollywood versions of modern art are always faux Dali, and modern music is always faux Gershwin, modern fashions are always unwearable crap. An unwritten rule. So one shouldn't blame Ross for merely following a time-honoured tradition.
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Posted in FILM, literature with tags Bernard Hill, Bronagh Gallagher, Guy Ritchie, Jenny Beavan, Jude Law, Philippe Rousselot, Rachel McAdams, Robert Downey Jnr, Sarah Greenwood, Sherlock Holmes, The Commitments on February 9, 2011 by dcairns
Guy Ritchie's SHERLOCK HOLMES may be one of the few films to contain a spelling mistake in its title shot — not counting deliberate mistakes like BIUTIFUL or PET SEMATARY.
The title manifests itself from a news headline, but we can still read the lettering around it — SHERLOCK HOLMES AIDES POLICE. Maybe Ritchie thinks that an extra E will give things an Olde Worlde quality. He should've called his film SHERLOCKE HOLMESE. Or maybe he was terrified of having the word AIDS anywhere near his title. Can I suggest a few synonyms, such as HELPS or ASSISTS?
I'm stunned to think of how many hands and eyes this sequence must have passed through without, apparently, anybody taking any interest in it. A later newspaper blunder, showing a photo of Holmes on a newspaper in a period when newspapers could not print photos, is piddling compared to this.
The film itself? About what you'd expect from a movie that dumbs down Holmes to make a kick-boxing action hero out of him. Downey, with a rather uneven Noel Coward impersonation, is amusing. Jude Law plays Watson as a cockney. Mark Strong is authoritative as a baddie, Rachel McAdams is, as ever, like a thin translucent film dropping before your eyes and obscuring your view of the production design. She uses her eyes very well, in one shot: so there's hope. Elsewhere, she extends the corners of her mouth as if trying to make them meet at the back of her neck, detaching her cranium. Her character is a sufficiently obscure Holmesian figure to make one suspect that one of the huddle of writers actually read some Doyle, but there's always Wikipedia, so probably not.
The weirdest directorial touch concerns the early fight scenes — Ritchie, always a fan of messing with camera speeds, presents these partly in ultra slo-mo, with a Holmes VO that shows him analysing each punch and assessing the strategic damage it will inflict. Ritchie uses CGI to enhance the impact of each wallop, so we get rippling flesh effects impossible to achieve normally without actually injuring an actor. It's reasonably impressive, and does at least attempt to address the mismatch between Holmes's famed intellectual prowess and his status in this movie as an action hero. But after showing this, Ritchie then proceeds to show the entire fight AGAIN, at normal speed, without the VO. How he could ever have imagined this would be anything other than ludicrously redundant is impossible to conceive.
Bernard Hill turns up as a river rat, and looks like he might be about to say something entertaining, but nobody's thought to write anything.
Me: "It's a long way down from Captain of the Titanic."
Fiona: "Wasn't he in LORD OF THE RINGS too?"
Me: "Yes. As a king. And look at him now."
Also letting herself go is Bronagh Gallagher, dragged up as a gypsy fortune teller with a small moustache. Good to see her. I've liked her ever since THE COMMITMENTS, and always found her oddly attractive, even though her head is the shape of a claw hammer.
Two things I have to say in the name of fairness: the production design (Sarah Greenwood), costumes (Jenny Beavan) and cinematography (Philippe Rousellot) are fabulous, conjuring a detailed, idiosyncratic, dramatic and grungy Victorian London. And Ritchie reportedly won the respect of the whole crew by shepherding the production through while amid a veritable media shitstorm over his divorce from some singer. OK, three things: he shoots action sequences that you can actually follow.
Unfortunately, the climax involves everybody climbing to the top of the Tower Bridge (under construction) for no reason, and concludes by having all the major resolutions occur by coincidence: falling objects defeat bad guys, fortuitous ledges save falling heroines… Might as well just have God swing down on a rope and shove a lightning bolt through the villain. A shame, because star charisma, busy plotting, cool design and frenetic punching might otherwise have seen the movie through, on its own dumbe termes.
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Hello, my name is Jason Buchholz. I'm a pre-seminary student at Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. I found out about the Semester in Scotland program through my friend Rosie. In October, Dr. Watt asked my friend Joseph if he'd like to take part in the program. Later that day, Joseph came back to our room and asked if I would want to go Scotland and take part in the program, too. I immediately said yes because traveling to Europe has always been a dream of mine, and I really liked the classes that are offered through the program. At the time, we both thought it was a crazy idea and neither of us thought we would actually get to come to Scotland. During the next month until November, I had a huge fear of the unknown inside me. Finally after Thanksgiving, we found out that we would definitely be able to come to Scotland. We both got accepted and bought our plane tickets. When we clicked the "complete order" button on Expedia.com, the fear quickly turned to pure joy and excitement. Although I was full of joy and excitement, I had no idea what to expect. Joseph and I wrote out this huge list of things we wanted to do in Scotland and looked at countless pictures of Scotland with hope that when we finally arrived in Scotland on January 15th, the trip would match up to the bucket list and all the countless pictures. Fast forward to January 22nd. Now that I've been here for an entire week, and I've had time to explore a few places while embracing the culture, I can honestly saw that Scotland has blown my expectations away and wiped any fears that I may have had out of my head. Scotland is one of the friendliest places that I've ever visited, and the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Airdrie really focuses on making you feel welcome. Thank you to everyone so far that has welcomed Joseph and I into Scotland.
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Joseph and Jason will be arriving in Scotland, Lord willing, in one week to start Semester in Scotland on the 19th January. They are both students at Geneva College. Here is a little bit about them.
Hi. My name is Jason Buchholz. I'm 21. I'm from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I attend Three Rivers Grace Church which is a Southern Baptist church. I'm in my third year at university, and I'm studying Pre-seminary.
Hi. My name is Joseph Dunlap. I'm from Grampian, Pennsylvania (named after the Grampian Hills), and I attend a Presbyterian Church in America church while at home, though I am, by conviction, Reformed Presbyterian. At school I attend Grace Gibsonia RPC, (Patrick McNeely is the intern there). I am in my second year at university, and I am studying Pre-Seminary.
We were blessed this semester with the opportunity to seek Jesus for hours every day. We prayed, read, served the church, and discussed God's truth in class.
And all the while, a significant concern for our teachers was this: they knew God's truth needed to make its way through our heads and deep into our hearts.
Take, for example, the concept of prayer.
Anyone can parrot back Puritan definitions. It's easy to say "Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God, in the name of Christ, by the help of his Spirit; with confession of our sins, and thankful acknowledgment of his mercies." We can recite good theology and never actually kneel before the throne of grace. The rubber needs to meet the road, Christian!
If we do not love God and people enough to pray both privately and with others – if the truth does not stir our hearts to prayer – then all the teaching and learning and reading in the world will have been a waste of time.
But, praise God, our months in Scotland were not wasted time! Hours of reading, praying, and serving made us more faithful to pray, more passionate to follow Christ. God blessed us through this church!
As far as out-of-class experiences, one that was especially dear to me was the faithfulness I saw lived out in a weekly prayer meeting. Every Saturday night, a small group of saints gathered around a table in the church office. They praised the Lord and thanked Him for his mercies, and came to him with one request: that He would bring friends & family to love and serve the Lord Jesus Christ.
These saints are faithful because THEIR GOD is faithful. He always hears. There are even names from the list of loved ones that have been scratched out, because God has saved sinners from Hell. He has indeed remembered mercy.
And now, my friend, I'll let you in on a secret… This semester studying abroad? I kinda think it's a missions trip. Check it out: We went to a foreign country and were discipled by faithful lovers of God. We spent time with the church's young people during the week, we worshiped with believers from another culture, we pleaded with God to save souls, and we told folks around town about Jesus. Sounds like missions to me.
I pray I can go back to Airdrie, Scotland someday. (Hah! Maybe I'll go on a missions trip?) But whatever God has for us, I know I will see every one of these dear saints again. I mean, just check out the twenty-third psalm!
I will see every one of these saints again because we will dwell in the house of the Lord forever, worshipping that Lamb who was slain before the foundation of the world: Jesus Christ, our Lord, our Prophet, our Priest, our King.


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Mat Fraser And Brooke Wells Make Surprise Visit To a CrossFit Gym In Texas
Fraser and Wells visited CrossFit Jääkarhu in Austin, Texas.
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Last updated on May 8th, 2019
How would you feel if Matt Fraser, the three-time Fittest Man on Earth, popped into your local CrossFit gym for a quick hello and workout?
Besides some initial nerves that he may leave you in the dust, you're looking at one of the top CrossFit athletes in the world taking the time to drop by your gym. The surprise didn't even stop there.
Fraser was joined by Brook Wells, a four-time CrossFit Games athlete, to make the unexpected visit. The two top CrossFit athletes visited CrossFit Jääkarhu in Austin, Texas and the trip was put together by Cellucor.
When Fraser and Wells showed up to CrossFit Jääkarhu, neither quite knew what to expect. Fraser started off the video saying this is the first time that he will actually be able to interact with fans because during competitions he rarely has any time to do much else besides compete.
"My normal interaction with the fans is just at competitions so you know it's very limited because I'm trying to focus on competing," Fraser said at :29 in the video. "But this will be cool to actually spend time with them instead of the other task at hand."
Fraser and Wells shook a lot of hands, gave coaching tips, and made the local member's day.
"Out walks Brooke Wells and it's pretty much the best day of my life," a woman at the gym said. You can see her completely star struck at 1:22 in the video.
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Upon the conclusion of the 2019 CrossFit Open, Fraser was crowned National Champion for the United States and Wells made the CrossFit Open Top 20 Women's list.
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Posted on Wednesday, August 21st, 2019 by Ethan Anderton
Even though The Walt Disney Company seems to be mostly disappointed with the movies they picked up for release this year from 20th Century Fox, there's one that seems like it might really have the goods: the mysterious sci-fi drama Ad Astra.
Directed by James Gray (We Own the Night, The Immigrant), Ad Astra follows astronaut Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) who is sent on a mission to find his missing father (Tommy Lee Jones). Up until now we didn't know why it was necessary to track down a man who is believed to be lost somewhere in the outer solar system, but a new IMAX Ad Astra trailer lays out the plot a little more clearly, and it also shows off some stunning visuals that make it mandatory to see this on the biggest screen possible.
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Ad Astra arrives in theaters this fall on September 20, 2019.
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Elizabeth S. Maas
October 14, 1926 - November 18, 2018 (Age 92)
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Elizabeth S. Maas, 92, of Watertown, passed away on Sunday, November 18, 2018 at Marquardt Health Center.
A funeral service will be held on Friday, November 23, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Lebanon with Rev. Douglas Bergelin officiating. Family and friends may gather at the church from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service. Burial will take place at the parish cemetery. Memorials, if desired, may be directed to family. Hafemeister Funeral Home and Cremation Service of Watertown is serving the family. Online condolences may be made at www.hafemeisterfh.com.
Elizabeth Susanna Uecker was born on October 14, 1926 to August and Hatte (nee Pieper) Uecker in Hustisford. She was baptized on October 31, 1926, and was confirmed on June 18, 1939 at Bethany Church in Hustisford. On September 1, 1945, Elizabeth married Gilbert Maas at St. John's Lutheran Church in Juneau. Elizabeth will be remembered as a loving wife and mother. She enjoyed traveling, gardening, and canning produce from her garden.
She is survived by her children, Larry Maas, Ronald Maas (special friend Kathy); grandchildren, Jami (Clancy) Zabel, Troy Maas; great-grandchildren, David Maas, Troy Allen Maas Jr., Clancy Zabel III, Hailey Zabel; step-granddaughter, Diane (Justin) Hamilton; step-great-granddaughter, Janelle Hamilton; other relatives and friends. She was the last member of her immediate family.
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Het wapen van Polderdistrict Rijn en IJssel werd op 1 december 1971 per Koninklijk Besluit aan het Polderdistrict Rijn en IJssel toegekend. Het wapen bleef in gebruik tot 1997, dat jaar ging het Polderdistrict Rijn en IJssel op in het waterschap Rijn en IJssel. Doordat dit waterschap geen wapen voert is het wapen van Rijn en IJssel niet langer in gebruik.

Blazoenering
De blazoenering van het wapen luidde als volgt:

Het schild bestaat uit acht gegolfde kepers (chevrons) afwisselend zilver en blauw van kleur. In het midden van het wapen is een hartschild geplaatst, dit is rood van kleur met daarop een zilveren, aan weerszijden gekanteelde dwarsbalk. Het hartschild heeft een gouden schildzoom. Het wapen zelf is gekroond met een gravenkroon.

Symboliek
De acht gegolfde kepers staan symbool voor de dijkdoorbraken, en de daarop volgende overstromingen, die in het gebied plaats hebben gevonden. Het hartschild is afgeleid van het wapen van de familie Van Hugenpoth. Een voormalige dijkgraaf behoorde tot deze familie: Godefridus Franciscus baron van Hugenpoth. Als dijkgraaf heeft hij ervoor gezorgd dat dijken versterkt werden, daarnaast heeft hij ook andere beveiligingen gerealiseerd. De gouden rand om het hartschild symboliseert de hoge kosten die met de beveiligingen en dijkversterkingen gepaard gingen.

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The project examines the African-Israeli relations and responds to the neo-colonialism trend it expands over the "Black continent," by establishing a railway infrastructure designed to leverage relations in a bi-directional and egalitarian manner.
With the end of WWII and the dissolution of colonial rule, there was a transitional period during which the State of Israel and the African countries gained independence. This historical narrative created a common ideological denominator, based on democracy, socialism, labor, and the spirit of nationalism.
In the following years, the African countries have undergone many upheavals that clouded on the amicable relations, which were replaced with suspicion and hostility. The crisis reached its peak with the Six-Day War, after which the African countries saw Israel as part of the "occupying countries". The 1990s marked the renewal of diplomatic ties between Israel and African countries. Since then, the Israeli presence in Africa has been characterized by elements of crony-capitalism as part of the Neo-colonialist trend, and raised controversy over the extent of its interference in the continent.
With this history in mind, the project proposes a railway line stretching from Israel into the heart of Africa, based on the River Nile. The lack of roads and railways in Africa is considered its worst affliction, which hampers many of the aid missions and leaving many areas isolated. The establishment of the railway will use as a platform for transparent and free trade, accessible to a broad segment of the population, and a lever for development and entrepreneurship in the individual and collective hierarchy. The added value lies in the train's ability of break the continent into fragments, bolster local values, and incorporate Israel as a link within this dynamic fabric.
The stations planning is based on a generic structure integrated in a specific territory from which the local values are derived, considering local needs, cultural traditions, construction methods, and materials.
The project presents feasibility for two stations: one in Juba, the capital of South-Sudan, and the other in Beer-Sheba, Israel. The comparative model highlights the tectonic similarities alongside the local values and the specific character of each place, and present a neutral observation about the reciprocal relations that are taking place around the train movement.
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2014 Commonwealth Games: Kiplimo Wins Bronze
(left to right) Australia's Michael Shelley, Kenya's Erick Ndiema, Kenya's John Ekiru Kelai lead the pack in the Commonwealth Games men's marathon in Glasgow on July 27, 2014 (AFP Photo/Andrej Isakovic)
Ugandan Athlete Abraham Kiplimo made sure the country bagged her first medal at the on-going 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland on Sunday.
The 25-year old came third in the men's marathon in a time of 2:12:23 behind through Australia's Micheal Shelley who won the race with time 2:11:15 and Kenya's Stephen Chemlany.
Kiplimo said he was very happy to win the first medal for his country at the Games. Another Ugandan Solomon Mungo Mutai finished fourth, while Phillip Kiplimo came eighth.
The race was won by Australian Michael Shelley who produced a stunning final 8km to trump the favoured east African field and claim gold.
Shelley, who finished 16th in the London Olympics, clocked a personal best of 2hr 11min 15sec on the largely flat course around the streets of Glasgow, to better his silver-medal showing in Delhi four years ago.
On Friday night Uganda's boxer Mike Sekabembe also moved closer to a medal bracket after victory over Bermuda's Emmanuel Anderson last night in a super heavy weight (+91kg) contest.
The tough contest saw the two boxers exchange punches, but Sekabembe managed to convince the judges who declared him winner 2-1 on points. He will now need to win the next bout to be assured of a medal.
After the Sekabembe fight, security staff was called in after a fight broke out between a defeated Sierra Leone boxer and his coach in their dressing room.
Mohamed Sillah from Dierra Leaone was stopped in the second round of his welterweight (69kg) bout with Australia's Daniel Lewis. A difference of opinion afterwards led to a punch-up between Sillah and the coach, and security escorted the fighter off the premises.
A security official admitted there had been an altercation and that the boxer was led away to take him back to his accommodation.
Uganda's Paul Mutambuze also made history in Table tennis when he was part of the team to beat Zambia 3-0 in a clasiification match. Mutambuze, aged 50 years is Uganda's oldest athlete ever to compete in a World event. He paired with Kevin Evans Mafabi to beat Noal Kasanda and David Ng'anda 3-0, while Gilton Chelibe also humbled Friday Nga'ndu 3-0 in the men's singles. Simasiku Kalalukwa played his heart out but lost to Mafabi 3-2 in the second men's singles game.
In squash, Uganda's top seed who lost out in the second round of the main draw made sure he won a game in the plate event before falling out in the last 16. He beat Mark Tekwesbury from Gibraltar 11-2, 11-5, 11-3 before falling to Kenya's Bains Hartaj 5-11, 4-11, 11-9, 12-10, 7-11. Ian Rukunya Kajubu lost to Bermuda's Robert Maycock 11-2, 11-5, 11-5.
The badminton team were unlucky to miss out qualiying for the quarter finals of the team events when they lost 3-2 to Ghana. The team led by Holland based professional Edwin Ekiring had battled back to draw 2-2, but the women's pair of Margeret Nankabirwa and Daisy Nakalyango lost 15-21, 21-17, 26-24 to the pair of Evelyn Botwe and Stella Amasah. Team Uganda had beaten Kenya 3-2 and lost to India 5-0.
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Ooh I do like the look of both of those trainers! I watch a lot of Northern Hemisphere youtubers who keep uploading lookbooks or hauls with Autumn and Winter clothing and its making me want to buy things even though they're so out of season! What are your fave places for inspiration for current season dressing?
I know! That happens to me every single year. Hmm I feel like I watch/read things mostly from Northern Hemisphere people, especially fashion..
So many lovely picks - I love the embroidered flats!


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Gwin Adam Pierce, Jr.
Gwin Adam Pierce, Jr. of Spartanburg, SC, died on January 7 after a long battle with cancer. He was the son of the late Gwin Adam Pierce, Sr. and the late Mary Lou Lawson Pierce, and he is survived by his wife, Foy Free Pierce, his two sons, Derrick and Darryl Pierce, his daughter-in-law, Susan Pierce, his granddaughters, Scotland Starr (David), MK Pierce, Emily Pierce, and Lillian Pierce, his two siblings, Brenda Jacobs (Jim) and Mickey Pierce (Nancy), and a large extended family (and circle of friends) that he loved dearly.
After attending Spartanburg High School and Wofford College (Pi Kappa Alpha), Gwin owned a very successful Insurance agency for over 25 years. However, following God's calling, he and his wife bought and operated Children Under Construction, a private Christian preschool located in downtown Greenville, SC where they ministered to families for another almost 25 years.
Along with his business successes, Gwin was civically minded and served in leadership with organizations such as The Spartanburg Downtown Sertoma Club where he occupied many offices including Club President. He was also a beloved Sunday School teacher, church board member, and friend to those in need. Despite his many accolades in life, Gwin would have considered being "Papa" to his four granddaughters his highest achievement, and he leaves behind a legacy of faith, love, and generosity that has shaped us all.
Services have been postponed to a date to be determined due to the surge in COVID-19 cases. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Adventure Life Church; 1700 8th Street SW; Altoona, IA 50009
Published in Spartanburg Herald-Journal


In my last post I gave a little hint of what was to come in the two subsequent posts, so here, without further ado, is (the first half of) what was shared in the 2015 International Soap Swap.
Six out of the twelve participants are based in Europe, and they are the ones I'm showcasing in this post. We had one soapmaker from Ireland, one from Austria, one from Germany and three (including myself) from the UK.
I didn't think I was making a conscious decision when I picked up one of Celine's first, but I've been a fan of hers for a long time – more or less since I first started to make soap – so perhaps subconsciously I was draw to them.
You can buy Celine's via her website or checkout her FB page If you enjoy watching soapmaking videos (and there are an awful lot of us that do :-)) then you should definitely check out Celine's Youtube channel.
Vinvela really is an absolute master of swirls, and creates beautiful, fine patterns that I can only dream of. This bar is scented with a blend of amber and lemon which give a deep and complex fragrance which is also refreshing and bright. It's SO lovely.
She also creates her own packaging – how cute is this? The soap nestles perfectly within the box, and the box is surrounded by the colourful outer band which details the fragrance, ingredients etc.
The third soap I received from my European colleagues was 'Bite Me' from Wendy of Heavenly Bubbles in the UK.
I just love this packaging. There's often a compromise between protecting the soap while ensuring that the design can be seen and the fragrance experienced, but Wendy appears to have achieved the perfect balance here.
Bite Me is part of the Heavenly Bubbles luxury silk collection, and the fragrance is delicious. It's described as citrus, berries and cherries on a vanilla base and to me it's a sophisticated, grown up twist on cherryade. Finding a true red colour for soap is a bit of a holy grail for soapmakers, but Wendy has cracked it in this bar. Topped with a fine sprinkling of glitter and a perfect little cherry on each bar, it's clear that a lot of thought has gone into the design of Bite Me. I love it!
It's just perfect, even down to that postage stamp on there!
I LOVE the creativity that's gone into the design. Unless you've ever tried to create a landscape soap you probably don't know how difficult it is to do, and how much skill is involved it getting it just right like this. The fragrance, a fresh green scent called Earl Grey & Cucumber, is the perfect complement to the design.
Just look at those amazing colours and swirls! This bar was made with some really interesting ingredients including Babassu, Argan and Cottonseed oils which I've not used in soapmaking. There were also one ingredient of which I've never even HEARD before – Konjak flour. Turns out it's a starchy flour popular in Asia. I can't wait to try this bar out for myself!
The three other bars which Zacil sent me are pictured below, named, from left to right, Midori cocktail, a fruity melony fragrance (with a dinky little soap fruit on top), Juicy Hearts (the colours are amazing) and Century, which has white wine listed as an additive.
Thanks for reading. I'll be back to share the north American participants soon!
This Summer I was lucky enough to host an international soap swap between myself and eleven amazingly talented soaping friends from Europe, America & Canada. There was only rule: Each participant was to send me eleven full sized bar of their soap by 31st July, together with their postal address for the return package.
Once I had received all eleven packages (and boy was that like Christmas!!) I created twelve piles of soap – one for each participant including myself – consisting of one soap from each package (omitting each participants OWN soap of course) and one of mine. I then boxed up all the piles of soapy goodness and sent them back out to their rightful owners.
Given all the things that could have gone wrong, it all went remarkably smoothly. We had a bit of a delay as one box was a few weeks late arriving (despite being posted in PLENTY of time by the participant – it took almost 8 weeks to get from North America to the UK!) but the return packages all (bar one) arrived at their various destinations in good time, and even the last one arrived within 10 days.
The only down side really was the postage costs. The parcels weighed approximately 1.7kg each, so international postage both ways was never going to be cheap. Once I'd packaged up the individual boxes I weighed them at home, and used the Royal Mail website to try to ascertain what the cost was going to be to send out each parcel. Each participant then paid me via Paypal what I had estimated the cost to be. As it turned out, each and every parcel turned out to be marginally cheaper to post than the website quoted, but it was a simple task to refund each participant the difference.
And now to the fun bit. There were 6 participants from Europe (including myself) and 6 from the USA and Canada. Rather than have one crazy long post, I'm going to post a few pictures here of MY Christmas in July – when the soapy packages arrived. In Post 2 I'll share my European haul in much more detail, and in Post 3 I'll do the same with the loveliness from our friends over the pond.
If you are remotely a fan of handmade soap, or even just like surprises, you'll have some idea of the excitement I felt each time the postman handed me one of these parcels. Do bear in mind these are just teasers for the main events coming in the next two posts!


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Model of Mark Wallinger's towering public sculpture The White Horse, proposed for Ebbsfleet, England. Anthony Reynolds Gallery in London is selling the model in an edition of 30 to help fund the faltering project.
COURTESY ANTHONY REYNOLDS GALLERY, LONDON/ANTHONYREYNOLDS.COM
Sitting in his London studio among remnants of past projects—— angling globes, a plinth, a crib——British artist Mark Wallinger chuckles ruefully when he says, "There's a glorious history of unbuilt things, isn't there?" The topic arises because his most grandiose project to date, a commission to erect a 170-foot-high white horse sculpture in Kent County, southeastern England, is on hold as efforts to raise the £12 million cost flag.
"It was 'hooray,' and then the credit crunch happened," Wallinger says. Asked if he's optimistic about whether The White Horse will reach the finishing post, he hesitates: "I'm a half-full, half-empty glass——it varies. I would hope it would, but I'm prepared for disappointment."
Although he's an accomplished painter, Wallinger prefers to work in mediums that invite viewer interaction, and his sometimes-outlandish art reflects political, religious, and historical preoccupations, often playing on double meanings. For Sleeper (2004), he spent ten nights in a bear suit prowling around Berlin's Neue Nationalgalerie, and in 2007 he won the Turner Prize for State Britain, a re-creation of an antiwar campaigner's 141-foot-long protest camp outside London's Houses of Parliament.
However, cost and practicality have thwarted Wallinger before. A new monograph, written by Martin Herbert and published by Thames & Hudson, lists 15 unrealized projects, including a colossal and lurid balloon of a human heart that was to hover over the Kent town of Folkestone to commemorate the 17th-century physician William Harvey, a life-size biblical ark to perch atop a mountain in northern Britain, and a proposal to the Aspen Art Museum to scatter 822,000 coins (worth $15,000) into Colorado's Roaring Fork River, in reference to Aspen's wealth and mining history. "I wanted to see at what point people would get their feet wet," he says of the latter concept.
Wallinger particularly regrets the rejection of his proposal for ten giant white spheres to map the gateways to London's 2012 Olympics but says The White Horse "will probably top the list" of disappointments if it gets shelved. Making outdoor works in Britain is notoriously challenging. "I think it's so compromised, doing public sculpture. It's all that health and safety and not offending anybody," notes fellow Turner Prize winner Grayson Perry. "It's a nightmare to make it."
Horse was the favorite of five short-listed designs in the 2007 competition for a monumental artwork in Ebbsfleet, Kent. Aside from symbolizing Britain's long tradition of horse racing and fox hunting, equine images are etched in the public imagination, from centuries-old hillside chalk carvings of horse figures to George Stubbs's paintings of noble mares and stallions.
Wallinger, a former racing aficionado who once bought a racehorse and called it A Real Work of Art, has produced an edition of 30 models of the white thoroughbred to raise money to "reenergize" the project. Ben Ruse, a director of the project, won't reveal how much has been raised so far, but despite the economic climate he estimates that construction should begin by mid-2013. "Horse is a high-profile, worthwhile, worthy project," says Ruse. "There's nothing to say it can't gallop forward confidently."	——Elizabeth Fullerton
Aspen Art Museum
Ben Ruse
Sleeper 2004
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1. In some languages, there are consonants which are produced by curling the tongue up and tapping the palate with it.
2. Although I drank wine for years, I never really developed a palate for it, so that I would not be able to tell the difference between, say, a twenty-year-old expensive French wine and one bottled two weeks ago by a winery in Pimpri.


Auramex Resource Corp., (the "Company") announces a non-brokered private placement of up to 5,000,000 units at $0.08. Each unit will comprise one common share and one share purchase warrant. Each underlying warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one additional common share of the Company for a period of two years, at a price of $0.10 per share.
The funds are to be used for exploration and working capital.
The placement is subject to TSX Ventures Exchange Approval.


Valletta had to work hard in order to earn a hard fought 1-0 win over St Andrews.
Valletta created the first chance on goal after six minutes. Santiago Malano delivered the ball towards Mario Fontanella and the latter saw his diagonal shot going marginally wide.
St Andrews hit back on the 10th minute. Kevaun Atkinson went forward and fired a shot that failed to hit the target.
Danilo Doncic's side lost a good opportunity on the 21st minute. Kyrian Nwoko was played through by Mario Fontanella, but the Maltese forward finished wide from close range.
On the 38th minute, Atkinson sent a shot that forced a good save from Henry Bonello.
Valletta scored the winning goal on the 75th minute. Enmy Manuel Pena Beltre received the ball from Saleh before firing a shot that gave Matthew Calleja Cremona no chance.


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A.S. Carr papers
Creator: Carr, A.S., (Arthur Sprunt), 1868-1943.
Title: A.S. Carr papers
Extent: 0.5 cubic feet (1 oversize box)
Arthur Sprunt Carr (1868-1943) was born in Duplin County, North Carolina. He became familiar with the turpentine industry and moved to Georgia in 1889 at the age of 21 to work in the turpentine business in Statesboro, Bulloch County, with his brothers H.C. and J.A. Carr. After eight years, he started a business with J.A. Carr under the name of Carr Brothers. Their first operations were in southwest Mississippi. In 1903, Carr Brothers moved their headquarters to Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The marketed their own products through their own marketing company, the Mississippi Naval Stores Company. Carr Brothers dissolved in 1918.
A.S. Carr moved to Bainbridge, Georgia, in 1916 and went into the naval stores business on his own. The A.S. Carr Company operated turpentine stills in Georgia and Florida. IN 1918, Carr also went into the lumber business. He was the builder of the first steam operated gum naval stores distillery in the South, according to the Savannah Weekly Naval Stores Review. Carr erected this still in Savannah in 1925, when he moved his business and himself there. He was among the first in the naval stores business to establish a central distilling plant. In 1932, he organized the Independent Naval Stores Company of Savannah. He ran this business until his death in September of 1943 at the age of 75.
In 1924, Carr was appointed to the American Naval Stores Commission to France and Spain. He was a member of the Southern Forestry Congress and a charter member of the Turpentine and Rosin Exchange. He was interested in forest conservation and reforestation work.
This collection consists of a scrapbook of clippings from the Savannah Weekly Naval Stores Review and Journal of Trade and the Naval Stores Review. It covers the 1920s through 1943. Also included in the collection are Carr's passport from his 1924 trip to Europe with the American Naval Stores Commission, a diary from the trip, a souvenir book of pictures of naval store operations in France, and photographs, depicting naval store activities in Georgia Florida, and Mississippi in the 1920s and 1920s, as well as pictures of A.S. Carr and employees of the A.S. Carr Company.
A.S. Carr Company (Ga.)
Carr, A.S., (Arthur Sprunt), 1868-1943.
Independent Naval Stores Company (Savannah, Ga.)
Naval stores--Georgia--Savannah.
Passports.
Scrapbooks.
[item identification], A.S. Carr papers, MS 1584, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. McCaskill, 1976.
1 1 A.S. Carr's 1924 trip to Europe
2 A.S. Carr and the A.S. Carr Company
Naval stores activities
1 3 1901-1920s
4 1934, 1942, undated


Alumni participate in a chapter Big Event.
Nathan Lavinka believes in the boundless nature of the Hokie Spirit.
On April 6, Virginia Tech students will put those ideals on display during the annual student-run community service project, the Big Event. While students work to complete almost 1,200 service projects throughout the New River Valley, 40 different alumni chapters will be simultaneously doing the same in their own communities across the country.
The alumni involvement has grown the Big Event across the country, from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. But the expansion isn't all that shocking to Lavinka, who spearheaded the first chapter to get involved in 2012.
Alumni participate in the Big Event.
As a student, Lavinka was co-director of the Big Event in 2011. Following his graduation later that year, he moved to Charlotte and was quick to pitch the idea to fellow members of the Charlotte chapter, many of whom graduated prior to the Big Event starting in 2002.
"Fortunately, they were 1,000 percent behind it," said Lavinka, who has been an Alumni Association board member since 2014.
The Charleston chapter has taken part in the Big Event for the past five years, with projects ranging from food and supply drives for a local homeless shelter to cleaning adopted highways.
"We were honored to be awarded the best Adopt-A-Highway in South Carolina a couple years ago," said Tiffany Ritchie '10, chapter president.
She said the chapter's Big Event has become one of the favorite activities among both alums and community members, which she credits to the contagious Hokie spirit.
Further south, the Central Florida chapter has also been involved with the Big Event during the past five years. Their most recent project is a clean-up on Coco Beach.
"It's all part of being a Hokie," said P.J. Pietrandrea '97, Central Florida chapter president.
He said the annual event has become a major draw for Hokies across their territory, which ranges from Dayton Beach to Lakeland, and has helped raise Virginia Tech's profile in the region.
Lavinka said that alumni chapters joining the Big Event puts the university motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), on full display.
"It definitely solidifies the connection between alumni and present day Virginia Tech," Lavinka said.


Another nine nations and five organisations have signed up for Expo 2015, announced Commissioner Giuseppe Sala, opening the third International Participants Meeting (IPM) this week.
Newcomers Benin, Colombia, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Lithuania, Mexico, San Marino, Uruguay and Vietnam, as well as Save the Children, WWF, Lions, Fairtrade and Inter Press Service will also soon be joined by the United Kingdom, PM David Cameron announced on Friday.
The third IPM was also the scene for the launch of the "WE – Women for Expo" project by Italy foreign minister Emma Bonino and deputy foreign minister Marta Dassù. The main objective is to create a network of women around the world linked by the subject of nutrition.
Another initiative announced by commissioner Sala is the cooperation with Genoa's prestigious Salone Nautico boat show. The plan is for joint promotion of the two events, and a scheme to offer tourist packages for Genoa and Milan is being planned.
Tickets for Expo 2015 will be on sale at €39 from as early as 1 April next year, fully a year before the show opens. Out of the target sales of 24 million, the plan is to sell as many as four or five million in advance bookings. According to estimates by Milan Chamber of Commerce, Expo should give a ten per cent boost to tourist earnings, and create over 80,000 jobs.


Fewer than half the UK's biggest employers have succeeded in narrowing their gender pay gap, analysis by the BBC has found. Across 45% of firms the discrepancy in pay increased in favour of men, while at a further 7% there was no change.
Overall, 78% of companies had a pay gap in favour of men, 14% favoured women and the rest reported no difference. Firms had until midnight to file pay comparison data – by which time 10,428 had done so – or face legal action.


Hendrik Hertzberg's post last week about his fascination with Stanley Kubrick's 1964 satire "Dr. Strangelove" reminds me that there's a primal element to moviegoing that often transcends artistic merit: Sidney Lumet's "Fail-Safe," released later in 1964 than "Strangelove" (due to Kubrick's legal maneuvers to get his film out first), is no satire, but a grimly practical depiction, from the inside-government perspective, of an accidental nuclear strike against the Soviet Union. It's the more conventional movie; but, unlike "Dr. Strangelove," I find it too painful to watch again.


It's nearly that time of the week where I bring you four hours of great music, conversation and interaction live on The Mosen Explosion on Mushroom Fm.
The highlight of the show will be the Bonnie Bulletin, where Bonnie will be doing the big reveal, introducing us to her new Seeing Eye dog. Until then, my lips are sealed. WOOF!
If you've ever worked a guide dog, do you have special memories of your first meeting?
Some guide dog names are extremely…interesting to say the least, and it makes you wonder where the names have come from. If you've ever been given a guide dog with an unusual name, share your story on this week's show.
I've done over 24 hours of flying in one week, but I'm back at Mosen Towers with a few fun travel stories to share.
And it's Roberta Flack's birthday, so she's our featured artist this week. Now just how old Roberta is seems to be a matter of debate. I have two sources saying she was born in 1939, which makes it the big 80, and two saying she was born in 1937. Maybe we should give her a call and ask? Anyone got the number? The tension is, like, totally killing me softly!
We'll look at this day in history and have plenty of room for your requests and comments.
It all begins on Sunday at 2 PM Eastern, 11 Pacific, 7 PM UK. That's Monday at 8 AM in New Zealand.
Ask your smart speaker to play Mushroom FM on TuneIn, find us in all the good radio apps, or check us out on the web at http://MushroomFm.com.


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EKEDC can't seem to catch a break. Fresh off our recent expose on the DisCo from both the industry and consumer standpoint, the DisCo is once again embroiled in another customer related issue.
Residents of Ijegun-Imore community in Satellite Town, Lagos State on Monday protested four months of power outage in the area by Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKDC). Hundreds of placard-carrying protesters from David West New Site Estate blocked their major road, preventing motorists from passing through the area. Osuchukwu Sam-Bell, Chairman, Landlords/Residents Association, said the community had been in darkness since August due to a transformer fault.
"Artisans are out of business, people selling frozen foods have closed their shops, it is no longer business as usual in the community again. "Our children are suffering, you see them with heat rashes and even our wives cannot preserve foods inside refrigerators any longer. "We can't sleep in our houses comfortably with the noise of generating sets and harsh weather. It is unfortunate that we are going through this while our neighbouring communities are enjoying uninterrupted power supply, this is injustice,'' he said.
EKEDC has responded via it's spokesperson, Mr Ademola Adegoke, who said the company had replaced the transformer servicing the community twice but packed up on both occasions.
"The only way to save the transformer from breakdown is to rotate power supply but the community will not allow our men to do this as our men were always harassed and chased out each time they went there for load shedding,'' he said. "We pleaded that we should be given some time so we can include the cost of installation in our budget but the community is insisting on the immediate installation of the transformer.
Adegoke said that EKDC was prioritising their matter and assured that electricity would be restored in the area before the Christmas holidays.
Last year we had various communities under the franchise areas of IBEDC and BEDC come out complaining of lengthy power outages. We never thought we'd experience something similar in Lagos. At least, in this case, EKEDC seems to be on top of the situation.