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Anon. The Principles and Practice of Harmonious Colouring, in Oil, Water, and Photographic Colours, especially as Applied to Photographs on Paper, Glass, and Silver-Plate" by an Artist Photographer (Second edition) (London: W. Kent & Co. & James Newman, 1859)
Anon. How to Colour a Photograph; or, Lessons on the Harmony and Contrast of Colours (London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1859) [Reprinted from the Photographic News.]
Stanley B. Burns, Forgotten marriage, the painted tintype & the decorative frame, 1860-1910: a lost chapter in American portraiture (New York: Burns Press, Burns Collection, 1995)
Heinz K. Henisch and Bridget Ann Henisch The Painted Photograph, 1839–1914: Origins, Techniques, Aspirations (Penn State University, 1996)
Frederick Langenheim "22. For an Improvement in Coloring Daguerreotype Plates, by fixing the Colors thereon", American Patents, Journal of the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania, and American Repository, February, 1847, p.105. [Patent was issued in January, 1846].
Frederick Langenheim "23. For an Improvement in Coloring Daguerreotype Plates", American Patents, Journal of the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania, and American Repository, February, 1847, p.105-106. [Patent was issued in January, 1846].
P. Piquepé Practical treatise on enamelling and retouching in photography (London: Piper & Carter, 1876)
Scott Robson "Now hold it" - People and portrait photography, p.48-62 in "Social History and Photography" Proceedings of a symposium held at the Art Gallery Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia (23-23 March 1985), (Art Gallery Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1990)
Alfred H. Wall A Manual of Artistic Colouring, applied to Photographs: A Practical Guide to Artists and Photographers (London: Thomas Piper, Photographic News Office, 1861)
The recipes from the 1830s onwards for the English colourmen Winsor & Newton are available through the RKD (The Netherlands Institute of Art History). The database of page-images of the recipes may prove to be a useful tool but I'm not sure if any photo-historians have studied it yet.

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MANCHESTER - Hours after formally announcing for president, Sen. Rand Paul made his first stop on the campaign trail in an early voting state, mingling with supporters at a well-known pub and restaurant in the Granite State's largest city.
About 90 minutes after the Republican from Kentucky landed in New Hampshire, he headed to Murphy's Tap Room on Elm Street in Manchester, which was hosting one of the dozens of "Stand with Rand Liberty Karaoke" events across the country.
Paul spent about 15-20 minutes at Murphy's, shaking hands and talking photos with about 50 supporters, and signing a large home-made "Stand with Rand" sign. While there was some karaoke singing, the senator did not belt out a tune.
Among those shaking hands with Paul was New Hampshire state Sen. Kevin Avard, who said he's endorsing Paul at a rally Wednesday at the town hall in Milford.
"I think he's not your typical Republican and he's not part of the establishment, Avard told reporters. "The nice thing about Rand is he's talking about civil liberties and talking about reaching out to everybody."
Another state Senator at the Manchester event, Andy Sanborn, who backed Paul's father in 2012, , former Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, said he would be introducing Paul at Wednesday's rally. A senior Paul political aide told NH1 News that some 500 people were expected at the event, the first large rally of Paul's swing through the early voting states in the primary and caucus calendar.
State Rep. Keith Murphy of Bedford, owner of Murphy's Tap room, backed Paul's father in 2012.
Asked about the son, Murphy told NH1 News that "I like what I've heard so far, but I haven't committed to any candidate so far. I supported his father and I support his positions, but it's a little bit early to put your hat into somebody's ring. I'm going to see what else comes down the pike."
"Dr. Paul so far seems to be a very dyed in the wool conservative. And I agree with him on the issues. If that stays consistent, he'll have my support," Murphy added.
Ron Paul brought his family to Murphy's on a regular basis when he was running for president in the 2008 and 2012 cycles, and Rand Paul held an event earlier this year at the adjoining Murphy's diner.
The elder Paul finished a strong second in the 2012 New Hampshire GOP primary, and a strong finish in the first-in-the-nation primary state is considered crucial for the younger Paul's hopes of capturing the 2016 GOP nomination.
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The ruling confirms the NFU’s long-held view that the government has been applying an unlawful policy to the calculation of compensation for farmers affected by bird flu and that the right to compensation for healthy birds affected by AI accrues at the point at which APHA decides that the birds should be culled, and not at the later point of culling.
Due to delays by APHA between condemnation and culling, many healthy birds became affected by avian influenza in the interim period, leading to substantial losses for producers under APHA’s unlawful compensation regime.
NFU Cymru president Aled Jones said: “I’m delighted to hear of this judgment in the High Court, which is a fantastic result for the members who brought the legal challenge, the union and its wider membership.
"The impact of avian influenza on poultry businesses really cannot be overstated; it is a ruthless disease.
"The High Court has made clear that APHA’s policy on compensation is unlawful and we now look to government to rectify the situation and pay farmers the compensation they’re lawfully entitled to."
NFU Cymru Poultry Board chairman Richard Williams said: “This is a landmark legal judgment for poultry farmers and provides much-needed clarity on the avian influenza compensation regime.
"I thank and congratulate everyone involved in fighting this challenge – it is shining example of the power of the NFU supporting its members.
"The most important thing now is that errors made over compensation are swiftly corrected."
NFU Cymru Legal Assistance Scheme (LAS) representative Hedd Pugh added: “This tremendous result is a prime example of the value of the NFU’s LAS and the support and significant financial backing it can provide for members.
“I would like to pay tribute to the dedication and expertise of the NFU’s poultry team and in-house legal department along with the fantastic support provided by NFU Panel Firm, Jacksons Law Firm and legal counsel Malcolm Birdling and Jagoda Klimowicz..”

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The Cruising Council is hosting for all cruising members the "Sunday Funday Race " series from May through October.
All are welcome, from beginner to pro-racer. You don't need prior racing experience.
The race course will be from the old fuel docks to a buoy near the bridge and back.
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Boats will be assigned at the pre- race briefing.
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I have longed for the taste of pumpkin pie, but all those recipes, made with the usual suspects like canned pumpkin, condensed milk, etc., never did it for me. This recipe, made from roasted butternut squash, is exactly what I was looking for. Not overly sweet and spiced just right. I did it with a plain (blind baked) pie crust made from flour, butter and a wee bit of salt. My search is over. And I don’t feel the need to try and tinker with it to perfection – which usually leads to disaster. Enjoy.
Brandied “Pumpkin” Pie
1 medium butternut squash (about 2 pounds), peeled, seeded and cut into 2-inch chunks
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1 tablespoon salt
1 cups heavy cream
3/4 cup dark brown sugar
2 tablespoons good brandy, I used Cognac
2 teaspoons fresh grated ginger
1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg*
Pinch ground cloves*
*Be careful with the nutmeg and the cloves. A little goes a long way
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a bowl, toss pumpkin with butter and salt. Arrange on a baking sheet. Roast, turning occasionally, until caramelized and very soft, about 40 minutes. Let cool (this can be done a couple of days ahead).
2. Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees. Purée pumpkin in a food processor, food mill or blender. In a bowl, combine 1 1/2 cup purée with 1 cup cream. (You can save leftover purée for another day. You can freeze it . Combine all the remaining ingredients. Whisk in pumpkin mixture.
3. Bake at 325 for about an hour. The center will still wiggle a little when you jiggle it. jiggle=wiggle=you’re done!

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Reporting from the Central Election Committee during the 2015 elections in Israel, where a higher voting turnout took place ahead of the exit polls, compared to elections in previous years
Hosting journalists Martin Himel and Uri Misgav in studio on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's efforts to keep the status-quo and the ongoing tensions between Israel and Hamas
A debate with i24news correspondents Shai Ben Ari, Ayman Sikseck and Shachar Peled on the last few months which show an increase in violence and racism in the Israeli society
Ultra-orthodox women in Israel, who have in recent years become lawyers, journalists and high-tech managers, are now seeking to be elected to parliament within the orthodox parties. Although major obstacles stand in their way, they believe they'll live to see the day when a Haredi woman will represent the entire Haredi public.
An economic crisis is always fertile ground for social media satire, and the Greek debt forces out closed banks and ATMs but also some pretty good jokes. You can cry or you can laugh - Shachar Peled lays out the options.
A closer look at the role of Israeli web campaigns which are becoming a central part of the political culture in the country
Israeli and Palestinian Women Mark International Women's Day
The Shuafat refugee camp is the only one of its kind within the municipal boundaries of Jerusalem. Cut off from the city by the separation barrier, it's been the source of a number of terror attacks over the last year and a half.
Tens of thousands in East Jerusalem are going dry for over 4 months, as authorities trade blame for the sudden shortage of water. The lack of basic infrastructure has pushed the residents to file a high court petition, as they await in despair for a solution.
Running for re-election to Parliament and advocating for animal rights, Tamar Zandberg from the left wing party Meretz visits the unique liberation ranch, where farm animals are saved from slaughter and abuse


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Oct 11, 2020
By Jeremy Logan
As the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic washes over the country, Canadians from coast to coast are being asked to limit the size of their Thanksgiving gatherings or keep them entirely virtual.
With daily case counts continuing to rise in several provinces, increased restrictions came into effect in some hot spots heading into the long weekend.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has urged people to stick to their immediate households, saying it’s too risky even to expand the celebration to the current indoor gathering limit of 10 people.
The message came as the province imposed harsher restrictions on the hard-hit areas of Toronto, Ottawa and Peel Region.
In Quebec, where nearly every community along the St. Lawrence River is now considered a “red zone”, Health Minister Christian Dube said Thursday that police would be installing checkpoints on the roads leading into some areas of the province.
Even in the so-called “Atlantic bubble,” where case counts have been creeping upwards of late, officials are urging people to limit their gatherings to their immediate circle of 10 people.

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Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale is technically a Christmas special, but other than the box art depicting Ricky Gervais covered in lights with the tagline “Bloody merry,” you’d hardly know it. As with Gervais’ other short-but-sweet British hit, The Office, the Extras Christmas special is an addendum to a series that didn’t necessarily need it. It’s an excuse to hang out with the characters for just a bit longer, and even though the show only ran for two seasons, the characters feel fully realized and richly thought-out, having grown beyond broad sitcom tropes a long time ago. Even the most tenuous celebration of Christmas hits home when we care about who’s doing the celebrating.
How tenuous? Well, this isn’t the kind of Christmas special where Frosty The Snowman or Rudolph shows up. It’s not even an ironic Harold & Kumar thing where a twisted version of Santa makes an appearance. This is simply an extended episode of Extras with a few Christmas decorations hanging in the background. When we last left off after two seasons (six episodes each), Andy Millman had worked his way up from background extra to the star of a successful but catchphrase-happy sitcom called When The Whistle Blows—each episode is like a sketch from a fictional British version of Nickelodeon’s All That—while his friend Maggie Jacobs carries on the extras torch on his show and others. Andy is somewhat of a star, but it’s not as a respected artist, so therefore, he’s miserable. Maggie, meanwhile, is trying to temper her happiness for her friend Andy with the sad realization that her career is going nowhere, and slowly.
There’s a lot more show business drama in The Extra Special Series Finale than there is talk about the true reason for the season. But that’s because the special doesn’t have to have characters drink eggnog while singing “Deck The Halls” to a fake manger set up on the roof as they light their menorahs. There’s no Christmas in the title and very little Christmas in the actual scenes. But there’s plenty of Christmas spirit in The Extra Special Series Finale, specifically the idea that whatever it is you’re looking for can be found in what you already have.
When Andy was an extra, he had the dual dream of being rich while having artistic integrity. Maggie had a similar dream, only she seemed more content to put her dream on hold if it meant a little more time in the trenches with Andy, throwing out “Would you rather” situations for the two of them to laugh about. Now Andy has a modicum of financial success, yet he’s still not happy. His career, which he spent years building, has been reduced to one telling scene near the beginning of the special, where he finally comes face-to-face with the talking doll version of his When The Whistle Blows character.
Yeah, that scene really Christmases it up: There’s a shot of a tree and plenty of banter with the store clerk about how poorly the Ray doll is selling for the holidays. Even the racist Kramer doll is selling more than something that can only repeat, “Are you ’avin’ a laugh?” “Who would have thought people would eventually find that irritating?” the clerk asks, furthering the Extras’ M.O. of jabbing the fickle entertainment world from within.
The subtext to all this, obviously, is that When The Whistle Blows and the character of Ray bring millions of people joy. The dolls might not be selling well, but Andy needs only to sign a few, and they’ll fly off the shelves. Six million viewers tune in to the show each week (or as Andy will tell you, seven million), which is not a tiny amount. And the studio audience is filled with people wearing T-shirts with show quotes on them, some with Ray’s signature catchphrase and some with those of the other characters like, “I don’t get it” or “Velly velly solly.” These fans lose their shit at the arrival of Ray’s sister, played by Andy in drag.
The special morphs Andy Millman into his own Scrooge. Millions of people watch his show, so he cancels it. He takes away something other people love simply for his own narcissistic pursuit of more—in the most general sense. He’s already modestly successful financially, yet he’s always thinking about increasing his finances. Rather than stand by his loyal agent Darren Lamb, played with wonderful naïveté by Stephen Merchant, he goes for the quick fix in the form of hotshot agent Tre Cooper, who could give a shit what Andy is doing as long as it’s something. He has a career that’s the envy of so many struggling actors around him, even his best friend Maggie. He’s so wrapped up in his obsession that he can barely afford a second to appreciate what he has, much less how he got there. When a struggling extra approaches him on the set of When The Whistle Blows asking for help, something Andy had done countless times before—it’s actually the way he got his TV show made in the first place—Andy Scrooges the hell out of the poor guy.
It’s surprising how much of the Christmas special is done in earnest, without concern for laughs, even the ones induced by awkwardness that Gervais mines so well. It’s definitely not a bad thing; the special just feels more artfully constructed toward a narrative arc than the loosey-goosey nature of most Extras episodes—rife with improvisation and casual riffs on self-important movie stars. So much of the show was based on Andy’s struggles, and because he has a few things going for himself now, there’s going to be less of that. Still, he has a lot of insecurities about his success, and when those insecurities manifest themselves, the special feels like it’s having some good ol’ fashioned Extras-style fun.
Before an important interview, Andy recruits Maggie as a pretend personal assistant to make him seem important. He simply wants Maggie to answer the door and at one point during the interview interrupt by saying Ridley Scott is on the phone. But Maggie has this thrust upon her without even a moment’s notice, so she’s not great at it, and the interview quickly turns into an inquisition of Andy’s desperation as he tries to dig himself out. (It doesn’t help that she claims to be a close personal friend of Ridley Scott, and when asking to speak to him on the phone, Andy clumsily says that he hung up.) Another time, to seem like more of a leading man, Andy wears a girdle to an audition overseen by his rival Greg Lindley-Jones, and this happens:
In a typical Christmas tale of redemption, Andy would wander off into the night and witness how his actions have affected other people, eventually realizing the error of his ways. But in this case, Andy has no idea how bad it’s gotten for his friends. Andy runs into Darren on the street outside of the cell-phone store he works at now, and it barely registers that he’s there because he lost his main client. And while Andy’s appearing on Doctor Who and Hotel Babylon, we’re watching Maggie scrub urinals and wash dishes, coming home every night to her dank, tiny apartment. In fact, she’s given up on being an extra altogether. Without her partner in crime, it’s just not as fun. In a heartbreaking scene, Clive Owen demands to either replace Maggie as the extra his character sleeps with, or he should be able to throw mud and shit all over her face in-character; when Maggie objects, she’s very briskly put into her place. She eventually confronts Andy about what a jackass he’s been, and even though seconds earlier, Andy was yelling at Gordon Ramsay, he’s deflated and seems to hear her. Yet when she storms off to her car, Andy lingers at the bar for a second before deciding not to pursue her, instead storming into the Ivy dining room and confronting his agent. He chooses career over friendship when his friend needs him the most. It’s not even the career he wants; it’s one that requires him to sell out.
I often wonder how self-aware celebrities are (and I don’t mean the people who mock themselves on Extras like the brilliant Patrick Stewart in season one). I’d like to think that part of them remains grounded, but it must be difficult, even for the least bizarre ones. They’re suddenly surrounded by people who give every brain cell of focus over to them and talk about them constantly. They’re given opportunities to hobnob with society’s elite; some of those people might even become their friends. There are magazines and news outlets devoted to telling them how much better they are than everyone else. It probably takes just as much effort professionally as it does to try and have some semblance of a normal life, especially because there are systems set up to keep them from doing so. Part of that normalcy has to include working on art you care about—after all, if you’re looking to get into the arts simply to make money, then you’ve probably chosen the profession least likely to pay out. As Andy’s agent says to him, “Do you want to be rich and famous or have artistic integrity?” Andy says both, and his agent tells him that there are very few people in the world who can have it both ways, and that Andy’s not one of those people. There are models for success in place, and if there’s one thing the entertainment industry hates, it’s finding new models for success. The system rewards complacency and repetition.
So when Andy says he wants money and fame, his agent sends him to Celebrity Big Brother, a place he initially said he would never go.
The last 15 minutes of the special, give or take, occur in the Big Brother house. Andy watches as these desperate wannabes dance for the camera; one guy dances every second he’s awake, despite crippling back pain. For many of them, this is their last chance for stardom; for Andy, it’s his only chance. And seeing the type of people who surround him now—losers, and he’s one of them—makes him realize just how silly the drive for fame really is. The interesting thing is that the epiphany still comes from within, not from seeing how bad Maggie or Darren has it. It still comes from a selfish place.
But vanity is as good a starting place for change as anything. The floodgates open. Andy apologizes profusely to Maggie, railing against the entertainment industry while he does it. And it turns out, in fact, that he can have it both ways; his integrity-filled words catch the ear of the entire country, so when he exits the house there’s a press conference waiting to begin his career anew.
Andy doesn’t care, though. He leaves the green room before the conference can begin, so he can leave with his good friend Maggie. He’s spent his entire life trying to get the world to appreciate his gift, and he finally realizes that it’ll never happen. No matter how appreciated he might feel, it’ll never be enough. Extras spent its time skewering self-importance, and this message comes from that same place. Andy’s life has meaning because there are good people in it, searching for meaning right alongside him. It’s a very Christmas-y moral, but then again, this is technically a Christmas special—one with plenty of Extras flair.
Tomorrow: The most depressing holiday special ever.


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Thank you for your interest in performing at Wave Hill.
Wave Hill has two concert series per year.
Our indoor concert series is a monthly series that takes place from October‒April in Armor Hall. Performances are acoustic with limited capability for amplification. The capacity for Armor Hall is 175 people.
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Robbie Williams has posted an adorable picture of tiny baby Theodora Rose on his official blog.
The Take That star poses with the new arrival on his chest and captions the snap: "Daddies second nappy change, Teddy's second day on the planet."
The singer and wife Ayda welcomed Teddy into the world on Wednesday and the new dad obviously couldn't wait any longer to show her off to the world.
The doting father has said he is so in love with his newborn that he is more than happy to let her "get away with murder."
After making jokes that he would carry on touring even if his wife gave birth, Robbie's softer side has been revealed in his simple ambitions for his daughter.
The Let Me Entertain You Star said: "All I want her to have is manners - 'Yes, please' and 'Thank you' - and (to be) kind."
If the youngster has those qualities, he added, "she can get away with murder with me".
Robbie was overjoyed by the birth, which he also announced on his blog.
Notifying his fans of the new arrival, the singer said: "Praise be, it's Theodora Rose Williams, affectionately known as Teddy. Baby, mummy and daddy all rockin'... thank you for your best wishes."
This is Robbie and Ayda's first child together. The pair have been married since 2009.

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Fey Marshes - Fantasy Terrain
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1 Fey Marsh Set in 6 Pieces
In 15mm scale, the small pool measures 66x65x14mm / 2.6x2.7x0.5 inchesThe large pool measures 119x119x13.5mm / 4.7x4.7x0.5 inches and the pool with a tree measures 113x103x84mm / 4.5x4.1x3.3 inches
In 20mm scale, the small pool measures 76x76x17mm / 2.9x2.9x0.8 inches The large pool measures 139x139x15mm / 5.5x5.5x0.6 inches and the pool with a tree measures 132x120x98mm / 5.2x4.7x3.9 inches
In 28mm scale, the small pool measures 108x108x24mm / 7.8x7.8x0.87 inches The large pool measures 198x199x22mm / 7.8x7.8x0.9 inchesand the pool with a tree measures 189x172x140mm / 7.4x6.8x5.5 inches
In 32mm scale, the small pool measures 123x123x27mm / 4.8x4.8x1.1 inches The large pool measures 226x227x25mm / 8.9x8.9x0.9 inches and the pool with a tree measures 216x196x160mm / 8.5x7.7x6.3 inches
All items come unpainted in non-toxic gray PLA. Some assembly may be required. We inspect all of our products prior to shipment, but due to the nature of 3d printing, some objects may require some cleanup prior to use. Other print resolutions (print quality) and scale (size) are available as requested. This item is designed by Printable Scenery as a part of their Shadowfey Wilds Kickstarter. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/printablescenery/shadowfey. Tabletop Terrain is a licensed printer of Printable Scenery.

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The oil is a light amber color and is thin enough for you to work all over your body or through your hair easily. I like that it is light weight so even with using it all over my hair and in my scalp when it is dry, it didn’t cause my hair to look or feel weighed down. While it is an oil, it still absorbed quickly into my skin and didn’t leave me feeling greasy or funky. Since this product includes the highest quality of oil production, it is cold pressed and unroasted. It also comes rich in Vitamin # and Omega 6 acids which gives your skin extra nourishment. While it is not a product I can use daily due to my sensitive skin, I did enjoy the benefits of the product and when my Eczema would have a flare up – it helped to keep that area moisturized for proper healing.
Our fast absorbing light weight oil is smooth, and NON greasy compared to other brands.
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USDA and ECOCERT certification means high purity and authentic.
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Manufactured in the Kingdom of Morocco and Packaged in the USA.
UNi Argan Oil comes in a beautiful smooth dark glass bottle with easy access dropper.
UNi Argan Oil are manufactured and bottled throughout the year to ensure freshness and quality. Manufactured date is printed on every bottle with a shelf-life of 36 months.
Overall for the price I think this product is great. You get a good amount of product at a reasonable cost and the product works. I love that this is certified organic and it is easy to use.
I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

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Read the comic here.
Yes, another WoZ quote. I'll be done with that little kick tomorrow.
I also wanted to add that drawing the "whisper bubbles" in today's strip was a total pain. Photoshop doesn't have an easy way to add a dotted-line border to things. On the other hand, there are some great quick-n-easy tutorials out there on the net for the workaround. (Basically you have to create a custom brush to do the dirty work.)


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LOST writer Damon Lindelof has revealed the original plans to end the show after just three years.
Throughout its six-year run the show had many ups and downs and twists and turns, which culminated with a divisive ending.
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However, the show’s creator Damon, 47, spilled the beans and admitted that while the show’s creative team wanted the show to run for three years, the executives at the broadcaster ABC wanted more episodes.
He said: “I’m not trying to be diplomatic, I’m trying to give you the most accurate answer the way that I remember it, which is the conversations about wanting the show to end began as early as the pilot.
“One of the notes that we were getting back from ABC was ‘When are you gonna resolve these mysteries? And once you resolve these mysteries, why will people keep watching the show?’ And Level One of that was, ‘Well we’re gonna be introducing new mysteries as we go.
He added: “So hopefully for every one that we answer, we’ve set up a new compelling mystery. If we get that balance right, they’re not gonna stack up.’ I think that we can both agree that we did not get that balance right.”
The screenwriter also recalled the issues writers encountered when trying to prolong the show.
He continued: “There were all of these compelling mysteries and so we were saying, ‘We wanna have this stuff answered by the end of Season 1, this stuff answered by the end of Season 2, and then the show basically ends after about three years.’
“That was the initial pitch, and they were not even hearing it. They looked at particularly me — Carlton came on about midway through Season 1 and he joined the chorus of me — but they were just like, ‘Do you understand how hard it is to make a show that people want to watch?
“And people like the show? So why would we end it? You don’t end shows that people are watching.’”
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Before ABC eventually agreeing to end the show after 6 seasons in 2010, World Z writer Damon revealed they wanted the show stretch out to 10 seasons.
Lindelof explained: “They were like, ‘We have agreed to let you end the show.’… I just said to [ABC President] Steve McPherson, ‘Thank you. This is what’s best for the show,’ and he said, ‘We were thinking 10 seasons.’
“Mind you, we’re halfway through Season 3, so first off how do you even think we’re gonna get to 10?
“That’s really the same as saying we’re not gonna let you end the show, because how many drama series even get to 10 seasons?”


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In order to analyse the role of women in agriculture and provide solutions on how women in agriculture can get their due share and be recognised, FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) has collated and released a report on Women Participation in Indian Agriculture in a webinar in New Delhi recently.
Policy recommendations by FLO
- Creating a proper database of women in the agriculture sector
- Improving female landholding patterns
- Putting an end to forcible land relinquishment (Haq-Daan) by women improving the land leasing framework
- Women only benefits
- Enabling “scientific & climate resilient” smart women farmers
- Support the formation of female farmer producer organisations (FPOs)
- Implementation of SHG (self-help-group) model on national level
Speaking on the release of the report, Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare encouraged the FLO members to develop a channel to connect women, farmers, directly to the households. “We are willing to extend our support to the Chambers wherever required,” The minister said. Citing the success story of Amul, he added that women can create so many more such stories in agriculture and allied sectors, beekeeping is one such sector which has enormous potential.
“The government is already giving special subsidies to women farmers and looks forward to supporting any viable project for the economic empowerment of women in agriculture. We are open for a 100 percent FPO (farmer producer organisations) for women and for them there’s a Rs 100 crore IT rebate which makes it very lucrative for the food processing sector to get involved as well,” he added.
“As the President of FLO and also as an individual, I am hugely passionate towards attaining economic empowerment and this has to begin with women in agriculture given the statistics that over 75 percent economically active women in India are associated with the agriculture sector. I began my term by launching the Agriculture Initiative nationally and have done my best to work towards facilitating the growth of women in agriculture. Now, with in-depth research, state wise analysis was created and in this report, we have come up with reasons as to what stops the growth of women in the field of agriculture and recommended solutions for the same,” said Harjinder Kaur Talwar, President FLO.
Women are of vital importance to rural economy and the agriculture sector. They are important for ensuring food security and preserving the local agro-biodiversity. While the men mostly venture out of the villages in search of livelihood, the women are relegated into working in the fields from dawn to dusk, in addition to her traditional role of caregiver in the family. In spite of their vital contribution to the economy, these women are mostly invisible and unheard.
With this, FLO, led by Talwar, initiated the focus on this important sector of Indian economy and this report is an attempt to bring out a set of analysis and recommendations on women participation in Indian agriculture, with the objective of bringing women in this sector to the forefront.


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Autism rates continue to rise, according to a new government survey, but the skyrocketing figures don’t necessarily mean the disorder is increasing.
According to the latest estimate, released on Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1 in 88 children in the U.S. has an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) — a nearly 25% increase from 2006, when the rate was 1 in 110, and a stunning 78% increase since 2000–02, when the CDC first began tracking the disorder and estimated the rate at 1 in 150 children.
Much of the surge, experts acknowledge, may be due to better diagnosis, wider awareness and broader definitions of autism. Autism used to be diagnosed only in children with severe language and social problems and repetitive behaviors, but several years ago, researchers expanded the criteria for diagnosis to also include autism spectrum disorders — a wider range of developmental conditions associated with autism. These conditions include Asperger’s syndrome, which describes children who are high functioning but exhibit milder symptoms of social impairment or learning problems, and pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS), a diagnosis that is easier to get.
Greater awareness of autism by parents, doctors and school administrators, along with a growing push to help all affected children learn and socialize, may also be fueling the uptick. “Doctors have gotten better at diagnosing the condition, and communities have gotten better at providing services for those affected by autism,” Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the CDC, told reporters in a conference call. “At this point, I think it’s a possibility that the increase in identification of autism is entirely the result of better detection. We don’t know whether or not that is the case, but it is a possibility.”
Mark Roithmayr, president of Autism Speaks, an autism research and advocacy group, concedes that such factors may figure into the swelling of cases but argues that they likely account for only about half the increase. “Only part of the increase can be explained by better and broader diagnoses,” he said on the same call. “There is a great unknown. Something is going on here, and we don’t know.”
The latest CDC numbers come from the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, a comprehensive program covering 14 states, in which trained reviewers examine medical and school records of 8-year-olds for descriptions or diagnoses of autism or ASDs.
One thing a more refined definition could do is help parents recognize signs of autism earlier and doctors diagnose the disorder sooner. Increasingly, research shows that children benefit from intervention — whether that includes medication, behavioral therapy or additional help in school — sooner. “What we do know for certain is that autism is common, and children with autism need to be effectively served,” said Frieden. “We need to increase the number of kids detected, the number of kids detected early and the number of kids enrolled in services early.”
Parents should be talking to their pediatricians if they have concerns about their baby’s behavior or missed developmental milestones, such as if they fail to start talking or making eye contact with others at the typical age. Experts urge parents and doctors to identify children with autism as early as 18 months, so they can benefit most from behavioral treatments. In the current CDC study, most children weren’t diagnosed until age 4, which was six months earlier than the previous survey in 2006 but still too late to make significant changes to a child’s brain development. “It’s important that parents who have any concerns bring them up,” said Hyman. “Any concern has to be taken seriously. Don’t defer.”

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After coming up short by being named an Olympic alternate, a rower takes a coaching job at her old high school and mentors two girls. With Sarah Megan Thomas, James Van Der Beek and Glenn Morshower. Written by Thomas. Directed by Ben Hickernell.
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Interview with The Namibian, the largest daily newspaper in Namibia.
„We are convinced that the key to real development is founders and entrepreneurs who create decently paid jobs and expand value chains. The most effective form of development aid is therefore to pave the way for them.“
Daniel, please tell us a little bit about yourself first
I am an economist, business journalist and publicist. I am driven by the question of how we can establish the standards of the social market economy in areas where they have played a subordinate role so far – for example, in the digital economy, but also in developing countries and especially in Africa.
How did you and Mr Schoeller come up with the idea of writing “Africa First”?
Martin Schoeller is one of the best-known German family entrepreneurs. Since working in Brazil in the early eighties, he has been concerned with the causes of poverty in the southern hemisphere. Over the years, his conviction has matured that the traditional development aid approach is misguided. Then, four years ago, he sought a sparring partner to discuss and write down a new concept of development cooperation. The result was „Africa First! Roadmap for a joint future“, published one and a half year ago.
What are the key messages lined out in the book?
We are convinced that the key to real development is founders and entrepreneurs who create decently paid jobs and expand value chains. The most effective form of development aid is therefore to pave the way for them. A central lever for this is the expansion of infrastructure. And we Europeans can make an important contribution to the financing, because private capital is available here in abundance. The Africa First concept envisages mobilising parts of this capital for infrastructure in Africa – among other things through state guarantees.
Have you, since often speaking publicly about the book, felt that there is a shift in the mindset of Europeans is taking place?
Yes. In Europe, many are realising that we can only solve the major challenges together with Africa, the continent of the future – be it the global energy transition, the refugee crisis or the systemic competition with China and Russia. More and more Europeans are therefore convinced that we must cooperate more closely with Africa and that a sustainable development push is also in our very own interest. One expression of this realisation is the Global Gateway, an EU initiative for infrastructure financing that has considerable parallels to the Africa First concept.
What, in your opinion, should African countries, such as Namibia do or not do to be seen as a partner at eye level?
In my view, it is particularly important that governments continue to fight corruption resolutely, push ahead with infrastructure projects and establish standards in the sense of a social market economy. In addition, it would certainly help to commit to the model of liberal democracy and to resist advances from China and Russia. For then it would be clear that there is serious interest in cooperation with the EU – and that support would benefit broad sections of the population and not just elites. I am convinced that in the long run, the EU is a far more attractive partner than the digital dictatorship of China – because of its single market, but also because of its values.
Der Spiegel, one of Germany’s biggest and most important magazines, has recently called out that the time of globalization is over. Do you agree with this thesis and what does it mean for Africa?
Globalisation is not over, but it has entered a new phase. After the Corona crisis and the Russian attack on Ukraine the priority is no longer to exploit cost advantages and maximise trade volumes. Instead, companies are trying to stabilise supply chains and reduce dependencies. This makes neighbouring Africa more attractive from a European perspective. Moreover, policymakers increasingly see trade as a vehicle to establish social, human rights and environmental standards beyond the EU single market. This is a great opportunity for some countries in Africa because they are striving for similar goals and offer attractive conditions for investments in renewable energies.
Your book has resulted in the creation of a network carrying the same name. What are you trying to achieve and what concrete projects are you carrying out?
With the Africa First Network, we want to turn ideas into action. In concrete terms, this means that we support founders and entrepreneurs in Africa who create jobs and expand value chains. To do this, we bring them together with long-term investors from Europe who are not only seeking financial returns, but also a social and ecological impact. We are convinced that such partnerships offer great opportunities for both sides.
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Martha S. Jones is the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor at the University of Michigan on the faculties in Afroamerican and African studies, history, and law. She is also a co-director of the university’s Program in Race, Law, and History. Author of the forthcoming Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America and a co-editor of Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women (University of North Carolina Press, 2015), she is at work on a new book entitled “Riding the Atlantic World Circuit: Slavery and Law after the Haitian Revolution.” She is also an OAH Distinguished Lecturer.
The Cherokee Rose, the debut novel by historian Tiya Miles, caught me in the middle of a longstanding argument. I had pre-ordered the book from its publisher John F. Blair, and so it arrived unexpectedly, as if unsummoned. It was March, a busy moment in the term. Still, I stole time that Saturday, reading it nearly cover-to-cover in one sitting. I left the last chapter until the next day, just to savor the experience. Miles is my colleague at the University of Michigan, and that hints at why I’d let my email pile up just to read a work of fiction. Generally, I’m the sort that lets a stack of books accumulate for later summer reading. But there was more. As I said, I was trying to settle an argument and thought The Cherokee Rose might help.
Many of us know Miles for her award-winning works of history: Ties That Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family (University of California Press, 2006), The House on Diamond Hill: A Cherokee Plantation Story (University of North Carolina Press, 2012), and Tales from the Haunted South: Dark Tourism and Memories of Slavery from the Civil War Era (also coming from UNC Press this fall). Miles’ insight into the intimate dynamics of slavery at the crossroads of Native American and African American experience has won her professional accolades and an eager readership. In this sense, while The Cherokee Rose is fiction, it is no sharp departure. Miles builds upon what she had already taught us, including her exploration of Georgia’s Chief Vann House, to provide a new vantage point from which to explain the past.
The Cherokee Rose tells two stories. The first is about our own time, seen through a fascinating if improbable trio of women—a Cherokee-Creek researcher, an African American debutante, and a mixed-race journalist. Each is drawn to the site of a nineteenth-century Cherokee plantation, remembered by the name of its owner, Chief James Hold. Miles follows each woman as she leaves her home and much that is familiar, drawn to Georgia and the promise of the former Indian mission school site. Each has her own expectations about what might be found there, based on the beliefs about family and community that undergird each’s identity. Once allied through a shared interest in the site’s history, these women are tested. We follow them as they encounter an unsettling host of characters, from locals who also revere the Hold plantation as a historical site to real estate speculators who see in its acreage an opportunity for profit. How will three women, with their romanticized views of the place, save it from erasure? To answer this, Miles tells a second story, this one about the lives of Indians, African Americans, and white missionaries who confronted one another in the same place two centuries earlier. Saving the site from destruction requires confronting the violence that has always been there. The modern-day women discover a diary, penned by a missionary to the Cherokees who chronicled the trials to which enslaved women were subjected on the Hold plantation. Through it, they and we learn how violence, particularly sexual violence, defined the places where Indians, African Americans, and whites lived, worked, and died. What they discover about the past arms Miles’ intrepid women with the insight and shared purpose they need to preserve the site. When the past becomes knowable and known in The Cherokee Rose, it makes possible a new future.
Today, the debate about when to distinguish history from fiction isn’t especially novel. Still, over the last decade historians of slavery have returned to this question with a twist: the biographical turn. Earlier questions that had been addressed through social and cultural historical methods are now being explored through biographies and family histories of slavery. Miles pioneered this approach in her first book, Ties That Bind. There, she experienced how fragmentary archives leave us grasping to interpret silence. We lament the elusive subjectivity or interiority of enslaved people themselves. The puzzle that The Cherokee Rose helps us think through is the one that arises when we try to write through that silence. Should we proceed by way of context, generalizations, analogy, careful speculation, or even the imaginative evidence that is fiction? From her earliest work, Miles has suggested how she finds fiction to be a source for explaining slavery’s past. In Ties That Bind, for example, her reliance upon Toni Morrison’s Beloved grew out of that novel’s “intuitive sense and articulation of the power of the unspoken.” In the face of silence, fiction might become a source that permits the historian to give voice and even to speak.
For a long time I disagreed with Miles on this last point. I have resisted filling in the blanks of my own history of an enslaved family, refugees from the Haitian Revolution making their way in several North American port cities. I’m exploring how enslaved people navigated different legal regimes and how they articulated their claims to freedom. I have been able to follow this group through five generations, from the 1780s to the 1880s, but the records are in shards: baptisms, deaths, sales, mortgages, freedom paper, travel permits, court filings, the census. I have not one bit of narrative evidence, except that which comes from the slave holders (and even that is slim.). Still, when I assemble these fragments, I see common threads emerge. I see choices that were made and paths not taken. I see signs of what constituted what we would term “family.” For me, the silences are artifacts that demand explanation rather than filling in. Voids in the historical record, and there are so many, need to be left undisturbed. The historian’s charge, as I see it, is to explain the lives of slaves through their very distance from the archive. This approach makes the instances in which enslaved people broke the silence all the more meaningful.
I presented these ideas as an argument of sorts during a spring 2012 William and Mary Quarterly—Early Modern Studies Institute Workshop on “Early American Biography” led by Annette Gordon-Reed, whose book The Hemingses of Monticello is a model for how to navigate these questions. I arrived there armed with an essay about the Haitian refugees that was bare bones, stripped of phrases such as “perhaps,” “it may have been,” or “it seems likely that.” I aimed to persuade the group how this approach, through its very starkness, had the power to convey the experience of enslavement for men and women who rarely commanded the power of pen, paper, or the archive. Some colleagues at the workshop urged me to carefully embellish, imagine, and otherwise push toward boundaries just this side of historical fiction, saying that my subject warranted ambitious analysis and a good story, even if the documentary record was limited. We concluded that, as Gordon-Reed later put it, when writing biography there is no way to avoid a measured degree of speculation, even when that might otherwise compromise a historian’s authoritative voice.
My book on Haitian refugees will, I think, remain devoted to the problem of the archive. We will learn some about how enslaved people left their mark there, how they forged a relationship to pen and paper. Because the capacity to produce words on paper is essential, especially when it comes to the law, I intend to resist the urge to fill in very much. But when I picked up The Cherokee Rose I found myself still looking for another answer to the questions we chewed on at the WMQ-EMSI workshop. Miles’ turn to fiction suggests that, in the face of silence, a historian might draw upon the speculative imagination of fiction. She has confronted the limits of what historical writing might accomplish and has shifted genres to fill in the blanks of the past. In fact, her portrayal of twenty-first-century characters reminds us that we write for a variety of audiences who come to history needing to understand the past and who have only modest regard for the limits of evidence. Miles’ rendering of the layered interiority of nineteenth-century figures reads so true that we believe her historian’s imagination and her capacity for informed speculation can produce insight and the sort of truths that advance our understanding of the past. Might The Cherokee Rose be evidence itself? Has Miles created an artifact upon which we might draw to know rather than simply imagine slavery? As with any good debate, only time will tell.

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Mother’s Day and International Women’s Day event Diary Notice: CARE International’s ‘Walk In Her Shoes’ on Sunday 6 March 2016 Led by Annie Lennox, Bianca Jagger, Helen Pankhurst and a celebrity line-up in
Dr Helen Pankhurst, great-granddaughter of suffragette Emmeline, Annie Lennox and Bianca Jagger will lead a mass walk through London on Sunday 6 March, ahead of International Women’s Day. They will be joined by crowds of supporters as they walk in solidarity with women and girls worldwide who endure inequality and injustice. The annual event will launch CARE International’s nationwide campaign, Walk In Her Shoes.
Supporters are invited to spend an unforgettable Mother’s Day walking alongside a star line-up of outspoken feminists, including celebrities such as ‘Suffragette’ actress Romola Garai, director Sarah Gavron, comedian Bridget Christie and activists from around the world – many of whom will be bringing their mums and children. They will be joined by London’s very own 21st century ‘Olympic Suffragettes’, who will walk in traditional Edwardian costume to highlight the fact that the Suffragettes’ goal of equal rights remains unrealised.
Crowds will rally at 10am at The Scoop by City Hall and the walk will take a scenic riverside route along the Thames.
Helen Pankhurst said: “Join us in this annual walk ahead of International Women’s Day, to walk in solidarity with women and girls around the world who are all too often denied the rights to live, learn, earn and thrive. Walk In Her Shoessymbolises the gruelling treks millions of women and girls make daily to collect water, at the expense of their education. When a girl’s childhood is taken away, her future goes with it.
“And this year, of course, we’ll also be thinking about the many refugees who have trekked hundreds of miles to find safety, many of them mothers, forced to carry their children from one danger zone to the next. I’ll be walking with my daughter – we can’t think of a better way to mark Mother’s Day.”
Annie Lennox, who will join the walk on the day, added: “In 2016 there are 757 million adults who cannot read or write a sentence – 2 out of 3 of these are women. Globally the leading cause of death of women of reproductive age is HIV/AIDS. Women around the world aged 15-44 are more at risk from rape and domestic violence than from cancer, car accidents, war and malaria.
“Whether the issues are education, health care or security – disempowered women and girls around the world face unimaginable challenges. There is still so much more to be done in terms of creating transformative change towards a fairer and more equitable world. That is why I’m joining the Walk In Her shoes, in solidarity with women and girls worldwide who bear the brunt of the burden of poverty.”
The Mother’s Day walk in London is the start of a nationwide Walk In Her Shoes campaign, which encourages people here in the UK to raise money for CARE by walking 10,000 steps a day for one week in March. The charity’s work includes providing clean water sources in poor communities, allowing girls and women more time to go to school or work instead of walking miles each day to collect water.
Attendees to the London event will be invited to reflect on the obstacles that keep women and girls from fulfilling their potential, but also celebrate the fantastic resilience of women both here and around the world who continue to break down barriers to equality and to defy expectations.
The lively programme on the day will include female drummers and spoken word artists and entertainers, making this a family-friendly occasion for all.
To join Helen, Annie and Bianca on March 6 or take part in the Walk In Her Shoes campaign, visit www.walkinhershoes.org.uk/IWD
Notes to Editors
Available images: Celebrities on CARE’s 2015 Walk In Her Shoes walk last year; women walking with water in Africa; CARE’s Walk In Her Shoes logo.
For information, images or to arrange an interview with Helen and/or Laura Pankhurst contact: Jo Broughton, at firstname.lastname@example.org or 020 7091 6014.
About CARE International
CARE fights poverty and injustice in 75 developing countries around the world to help the world’s poorest people find routes out of poverty. CARE also delivers emergency aid to survivors of war and natural disasters, and helps people rebuild their lives in the aftermath.
CARE and women
CARE tackles the underlying causes of poverty so that people can become self-sufficient. Recognising that women and girls suffer disproportionately from poverty, CARE places special emphasis on working with women to create permanent social change. Women are at the heart of CARE’s community-based efforts to improve basic education, increase access to quality healthcare and expand economic opportunity for all.
President and Chief Executive, Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation (BJHRF)
Council of Europe Goodwill Ambassador
IUCN Bonn Challenge Ambassador
Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation
Member of the Executive Director’s Leadership Council of Amnesty International USA