(Watercolor & ink in a Canson 10" x 7" watercolor sketchbook) My favorite sketch from our trip.
What a beautiful old city! The historic area has hundreds of perfectly maintained homes from the 18th and 19th centuries, each one a unique architectural gem. Ancient live oak trees hung with Spanish moss arc over the long boulevards, forming lush, leafy green tunnels. We enjoyed fantastic low-country cooking, and I think I tasted the pralines at every candy shop in downtown Savannah!
I love to sketch on location, but sometimes it's just not possible, like when we were walking on the beach at Tybee Island. The gale-force winds would have blown my sketchbook right down the beach and into the water if I had had the temerity to attempt a drawing. So I snapped some photos and used them later that day as a reference to paint from, back in the cozy cocoon of our hotel room.
It might benefit from the addition of a few birds in the sky, but I'm in love with the way the wet-in-wet watercolor perfectly portrays the windswept sky I saw that day. I just can't bring myself to touch it now.
Below is another view of the fort. I was attracted to the palm trees, but the sketch itself turned out to be a little boring, so I jazzed up the page with pizza! I was overjoyed to find a restaurant within walking distance of our hotel that served out-of-this-world gluten-free pizza; it definitely deserved commemoration in my travel journal. That's my hubbie, Fred, enjoying his own pie. I certainly wasn't offering to share mine!
We had fantastic meals every day we were in Savannah. The first evening, we enjoyed a huge seafood feast at the Crab Shack on Tybee Island. The next day's lunch was an Irish sampler at an Irish pub on the waterfront. Watching the boat traffic on the river was really fascinating - huge barges, tugboats, and sightseeing riverboats. We even had a front row seat when two Canadian navy ships docked right in front of the restaurant.
Savannah's City Market was just a block from our hotel and we enjoyed wandering along, popping into quaint little shops, and stopping for a cup of steaming hot espresso to warm us up. I sat on a bench under a sprawling live oak tree to draw the sketch below.
I'd love to go back to Savannah when the weather is warm and flowers are blooming. I want to spend hours sitting in a shady square, listening to a splashing fountain, sketching to my heart's content. We only got a taste of this lovely town, and, although I'm not usually drawn to cities, there's a spirit and soul to this place that has me longing to return.


The Daily Stowe Newspaper is in action! We will be reporting on sports, local news, international conflicts, politics and recent debates. Keep your eye out for us!
Discussing the seven-year conflict in Syria, we look at the effects of the neglectful media coverage of the war along with remembering the struggles that its population face as they flee the war torn country.
Southam College are doing many different events to support Global Virtues week this 2018. They want to spread awareness that the world needs to work together as one.
Is International Women's Day over publicised?
How do you feel about International Women's Day?
International Women's Day is a day devoted to empowering women for their efforts to gain equal rights. Also, it celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.
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HS2 is going a create a huge impact on our local area. Passing a few metres away from Southam, residents shall be able to hear and see the train which is planning to run 14 times a day.
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England and Tottenham striker Harry Kane has brought up an injury during a Tottenham game. And is said to be injured for six months so he can lose his hopes of playing in the 2018 Russian world cup in July.
Bilton School will be participating in Global Virtues week this 2018. A number of different activities will be taking place hosted by a variety of our wonderful teachers; we are so privileged to be a part of this spectacular celebration!
The Winter Olympics is a significant international sporting event. It is held once every four years and remains a sports practise on snow and ice.
Early starts cause me to sleep through five of my alarms.
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#iwill is a nationwide campaign which is dedicated to making social action part of the life for many 10 to 20 year-olds. In 2016, Prime Minister Theresa May announced a new £40m #iwill fund. Its aim is to ensure that all young people get the best possible start in life.
On the 14th March 2018, science phenomenon Stephen Hawking passed away and his death touched the hearts of people internationally and of all ages.
Bilton School has a variety of different events taking place this coming year. Within the next few weeks, Bilton school and Southam college have a selection of events that will be happening.
The talks between the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un and the American president, Donald Trump. We talk tactics, developments and weaponry whilst also discussing the tensions of the threat of nuclear warfare.
Our country stands strong in the world today.
But is it crumbling? With the latest fallouts between the US and Russia, will Theresa May be able to remain "strong and stable"?
On the 23rd June 2016, Britain held a revolutionary referendum vote. The question roaming everyone's heads was 'do we have a future in the EU?'. The next day, we all woke up to the news. 52% to leave, 48% to stay. That's it, Brexit had officially begun. As we all know, David Cameron had been our Prime Minister through it all. With the pressures of the leave and his opinions towards the situation, he decided to step down as PM, paving the way for Theresa May. Next year, on the 29th March at 11pm we would have officially left the EU. There will be a two-year transition period until the 31st December 2020, where there will be free movement, but abiding by new laws from Brussels. How will this affect our future relations? They are uncertain due to the secrecy of negotiations.
In 2016, 43% of UK exports went to EU countries. 54% of our imports came from countries within the EU. This has been declining since peak in 2002, and we also had a negative trade balance in 2016 of £157.96billion. Will this negative impact keep on declining? Or will it increase?
Following the Russian nerve agent attack, countries and their leaders have become hostile. Allies have been turned upside down, and what we thought we knew, no more. Trump has publically backed up Theresa May in her decision to expel 23 Russian diplomats. With this new public relationship, will Britain's people turn their backs towards May? In response, only today, the Russian foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, has stated that Russia will expel British diplomat 'soon'. This follows his statement calling Theresa May's allegations towards the scandal 'insane'. As well as this, Lavrov has explained that partly the reason for this action is the UK's approach to problems faced over Brexit.
Trump took it upon himself earlier in his presidency to tweet that Nigel Farage, ex UKIP leader, should be the UK's ambassador for the US and that "he would do a great job!". However, Downing Street stated that "there is no vacancy for this role". Does this trouble the waters? How does this affect the British society's views to the political system we run in the UK?
Britain has always had a history of strength and power due to its overwhelming effect on the Commonwealth and the British Empire. We have the 5th strongest military, no matter if we leave or stay, things will be okay. We as a country can stand "strong and stable".
"Though she be but little, she is fierce" (William Shakespeare).


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Next James Bond flick SPECTRE Trailer
The next James Bond movie is called SPECTRE and the first trailer of the upcoming action film has been released on Youtube. In this movie, James Bond- played by Daniel Craig drives the latest Aston Martin DB10 concept which is currently in its testing phase.
Like every other Bond movie, SPECTRE also features a lot of exotic cars, crashes and explosions. Another car that features in the film is the Dartz Prombron. There's a lot in this film to look forward to. Can't wait.
Meanwhile, Aston Martin is busy making final adjustments to the systems on the upcoming DB10 model. The new Aston Martin is also expected to use a Mercedes-AMG derived twin-turbo V8, although the V12 will still be the favorite.
SPECTRE Trailer featuring James Bond:
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Slaughter to try again on antibiotics limits
Matthew Daneman
@mdaneman
U.S. Rep. Louise Slaughter will try, try again with her efforts to restrict the widespread regular feeding of antibiotics to farm livestock.
The Fairport Democrat said Thursday she will reintroduce her Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act bill next week in the 114th session of Congress. It would be identical to the bill she introduced in the 113th session. She has introduced or co-sponsored similar such bills in 1999, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2009, and 2011.
Slaughter, who studied microbiology and public health in college, has pushed the regulation as an attempt to slow the rise of antibiotic-resistant "superbug" bacteria. In a statement Thursday, Slaughter called such antibiotic resistance "the most pressing public health crisis of our time."
"We are allowing the greatest medical advancement of the 20th century to be frittered away, in part because it's cheaper for factory farms to feed these critical drugs to animals rather than clean up the deplorable conditions on the farm," she said. "The Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Congress have all failed to enact meaningful changes to the status quo, endangering countless Americans."
While her legislation was unsuccessful in the past, the timing might be different this time around. Fast-food goliath McDonald's last week said that within two years all the chicken it buys would come from farms that raised the birds without using certain medically important antibiotics. And in the U.S. Senate, California Democrat Dianne Feinstein and Maine Republican Susan Collins have reintroduced the Prevention of Antibiotic Resistance Act to try to cut the overuse of antibiotics.
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Martin H. Kaser, 84, of Randolph, passed away following a short illness, on Saturday, January 12, 2019, at St. Clare's Hospital, Dover.
He was born in NYC and has been a resident of Randolph since 1970. Martin served in the US Army. He worked as a Mechanical Engineer for AT&T, Kearny where he retired in 1994.
Martin was a member of the AT&T Pioneers NJ Chapter 139. He was also an avid Jets fan and season ticket holder since 1963.
He is survived by Clara his wife of 56 years; two children Lisa Kaser of Mine Hill and Martin W and his wife Desiree of Whippany; two granddaughters Samantha and Madelyn; brother William and his wife Linda of FL. He is predeceased by his son Eric Carl Kaser.
Visitation Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 4:00-8:00PM at Tuttle Funeral Home, 272 State Route 10 West, Randolph (www.tuttlefh.com). Funeral Service Thursday, January 17, 2019, 10:00AM also at the funeral home. Interment to follow at Locust Hill Cemetery, Dover.
In lieu of flower, donations may be made in his memory to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.


Set in the same mysterious house presided over by young Joe (in Joe's Palace), Capturing Mary is a dark exploration of its heyday, when society's most influential figures met to be entertained by Elliot Graham's father. When Mary (Maggie Smith) returns to the house where as a successful, ambitious young woman she attended the glittering parties, she gradually reveals to Joe the chilling tale of a lie destroyed by the sinister attentions and lingering influence of the charming Greville White. In a compulsive and terrifying story of lost youth and class-ruled Britain of an earlier generation, Capturing Mary is a moving dramatisation of the power of the past to hold in thrall and damage the promise of a young life.
Maggie Smith gives an extraordinary performance as Mary and was nominated for an Emmy as Best Actress, Ruth Wilson is a revelation as Mary's younger self, David Walliams is deeply disturbing in one of his first serious roles as the sinister Greville and Danny Lee Wynter is extremely touching as Joe. The film also features Gemma Arterton in her first ever role as Greville's equally sinister girlfriend.
Adrian Johnson's exceptionally beautiful score won him a BAFTA.


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We love seeing your rattan furniture in it's new home, so if any of our customers have images, please send them to us. They help us to really show off the quality of our rattan furniture!
Here are some images from Sheila from Essex who recently purchased one of our Premier Corner Group Rattan Sofa sets for the roof terrace of her waterside lodge near Maldon.
As you can see, this is a truly luxurious set, with heavier rattan and VIP piping on the cushions. Sheila chose the Brown Premier set, to match in with an existing rattan patio set that she already had.
She sent us measurements for the roof terrace and we chose a set that we thought would be a great fit, and the pictures show it was!


The following procedure installs Windows TIFF IFilter, but it does not enable the Indexing Service. For instructions about how to enable the Indexing Service on Windows Server 2008 R2, see How to install and configure the Indexing Service on a Windows Server 2008-based computer (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=149916) on the Microsoft Web site.
Click Start, click All Programs, click Administrative Tools, and then click Server Manager.
In the console tree of Server Manager, click Features, and then in Feature Summary, click Add Features.
Click Features, and then click Add Features.
Select the Windows TIFF IFilter check box, and then click Next.