Southdowns has been appointed to undertake a noise and vibration monitoring study, in some of the communities around the MOD Pendine and MOD Shoeburyness military test facilities.
QinetiQ, which operates the ranges on behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has, at the request of the MOD, commissioned this independent Study, to determine the possible effects of damaging noise and vibration effects which may result from the test evaluation and training support activities carried out on the Ranges.
The study requires the monitoring or sound pressure, air overpressure and groundborne vibration at multiple locations of interest in the vicinity of the Ranges.
The monitoring equipment used in the study utilises bespoke software which has been specifically developed and trialled to ensure that data is captured in such a way as to allow for a clear identification of causal link, between Range events and off site effects. Following the triggering of an 'on-site' Master system, all off-site monitors are automatically triggered via a GPS link to to capture signals over a pre-trigger period and for the actual event at the 'off-site' locations.
The data is being processed to quantify the correlation between the range firing logs and the measured signals using digital signal processing and statistical analysis techniques.
The noise and vibration monitoring requires continuous monitoring for 6 months at the Pendine Range first, followed by a further 6 months at the Shoeburyness Range.
to develop an understanding of the magnitudes at which such acoustic related effects are likely to cause structural damage to property.
The review considered previous similar studies undertaken in the UK and overseas, as well as relevant British Standards and academic literature, to provide context and technical commentary on the key considerations for the monitoring study.
Site suitability visits were undertaken and a Pilot Study conducted to ensure that project risks were managed effectively prior to the main study deployment.
initial view on whether monitoring system provides robust causal link.
In combination with the site suitability studies, the Pilot study helped to provide a more accurate picture of the key monitoring and data management requirements. The main studies are due to be completed in 2015.


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Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Vignette
March 12, 2021 through October 11, 2022
Chinese blue and white porcelain was among many Asian sources of inspiration for European and American artists and designers in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Today, these precious Asian ceramic pieces are still avidly collected and enjoy a large popular audience.
Selected Portraits from the Morse Collection
March 3, 2020 through October 3, 2021
Portraiture in America in the latter half of the 19th century and early part of the 20th century took on a different purpose. Rather than romantic portrayals of royals and magnates, paintings of people who commissioned portraits showed qualities beyond the physical attributes of their subjects. John Singer Sargent (1856–1925), Charles Hawthorne (1872–1930), and Cecilia Beaux (1855–1942) were portraitists that let the paint express the individual's character and who did not simply reproduce the subject's likeness on canvas. Portraits from the Morse Museum's American painting collection are part of its repository of American art from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Stories from the Archives—Louis Comfort Tiffany and His Studios
October 15, 2019 through February 13, 2021
This exhibition explores the Morse Museum's expansive collection of archival materials from Louis Comfort Tiffany's businesses, project studies, and personal life, bridging the gap between artistic and studio processes and completed works of art. Through sample panels, sketches, and documents in the Museum's collection, the exhibit reveals Tiffany's work in incredible detail.
Charles Hosmer Morse's Study at Osceola Lodge
February 12, 2019 through February 13, 2021
Charles Hosmer Morse (1833–1921), the industrialist and philanthropist for whom the Museum is named, began wintering in Winter Park in the mid-1880s. He purchased Osceola Lodge, built in 1886, in 1904 and transformed the house into a modern residence fitted with the latest and best furnishings in the Arts and Crafts style. This vignette includes some of the objects from the house.
American Arts and Crafts
October 16, 2018 through October 3, 2021
Originating in England, where leading proponents included William Morris (1834–96), the Arts and Crafts movement was a response to the Industrial Revolution. Its adherents set out to reform the look of the everyday visual environment that had become, in their view, corrupted by the ugliness of machine production. Not only did factories produce badly designed goods but in reducing human beings to cogs in wheels, they destroyed dignity of labor. Arts and Crafts artists and designers set out to restore beauty and integrity to domestic products like dishes and flatware, vases and pitchers, chairs and tables as well as interior design and architecture itself. Furthermore, through handicraft, they aimed to revive the pride of the artisan. Works in this gallery, all selected from the Morse collection, illustrate the simple beauty of the objects created by American art potteries, furniture makers, metalworkers, and others who took up the ideals of the Arts and Crafts movement.
Earth into Art—The Flowering of American Art Pottery
In the late nineteenth century, American-made art pottery was internationally recognized for its innovation, quality, and beauty. In this major exhibition, the Museum turns a spotlight on America's art pottery pioneers in Cincinnati, many of whom were women.
The Domes of the Yosemite
February 13, 2018 through July 8, 2018
The largest existing painting by American artist Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902) will be exhibited at the Morse through a special loan of the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum in Vermont. Bierstadt, a German-American artist, was lauded for grandiose landscape paintings, particularly those that captured the newly accessible American West. His work represented the maturation of the great American landscape tradition, and this painting of the Yosemite Valley is considered his crowning achievement. The painting will be installed at the Morse in the winter following conservation in Miami and will be on view through early July. Charles Hosmer Morse, the industrialist and philanthropist for whom the Morse is named, is a native of St. Johnsbury. The Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation made a significant contribution toward the Athenaeum's Domes Project.
Nineteenth-Century American Landscapes
January 16, 2018 through January 27, 2019
Many American painters of the late 19th century withdrew from cities to the pristine beauty of forests, rivers, and rural life. In this exhibition, the Morse presents a selection of landscape paintings from its collection that illustrate the affinity between the ideas of the French Barbizon School (1830–1870) and American painting at the turn of the 20th century. Objects on view will include landscapes by Otto Heinigke (1850–1915), Lockwood de Forest (1850–1932), and George Inness (1825–1894). The show complements the exhibition Towards Impressionism: Landscape Painting from Corot to Monet at the Cornell Fine Arts Museum (January 20–April 8) at Rollins College.
Louis Comfort Tiffany—Impressions on Film, Canvas, and Paper
October 17, 2017 through September 22, 2019
Although best known for his achievements in the decorative arts, particularly glass, Louis Comfort Tiffany was an active painter and photographer throughout his life. This exhibition draws on the Museum's collection of Tiffany's less well known two-dimensional works, examples that are poetic in character—sometimes joyous, sometimes elegiac. Tiffany, who traveled broadly, was unceasingly engaged with his visual environment, recording his impressions with camera, brush, and pen. While Tiffany's famous works in glass dazzle the eye, his paintings and photographs provide an intimate portrait of a man moved by the simple beauty of everyday life—farm scenes, children playing in the surf, and boats on the Hudson River.
Tiffany Studios Designs
Inspired by the aesthetic vision of Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933) and with his careful guidance, talented designers and artisans produced some of the most stunning and innovative decorative objects of his and our own time. Organized from the Morse collection, this exhibition presents some of the designs for the diverse objects—including lamps, windows, vases, and even baptismal fonts—born of this complex and enterprising organization. The show will include objects, sketches, drawings, and photographs that reveal something of the creative process at Tiffany's firm.
Celebrating 75 Years—Pathways of American Art at the Morse Museum
The Morse Museum opened its doors 75 years ago on February 17, 1942, to provide the community with an opportunity to make art a part of their daily lives. The Morse was founded by Jeannette McKean (1909–89), granddaughter of Chicago industrialist and Winter Park philanthropist Charles Hosmer Morse, and led for nearly a half century by Hugh McKean (1908–95), an artist, art professor, and for 18 years president of Rollins College. Our 75th anniversary is an occasion to reaffirm the McKeans' vision for the Museum's role in the community and to celebrate the values that have steered the institution since its inception and which make it a distinctive benefaction.
The Art Machine
October 18, 2016 through January 27, 2019
A look at Hugh F. McKean's pre-digital educational exhibit designed to encourage a long, thoughtful look at Thomas Sully's 1871 canvas, Study of the Queen Victoria.
The Spoon Collectors
February 9, 2016 through September 25, 2016
The Spoon Collectors, a new vignette, will showcase the fascinating assortment of souvenir spoons collected by the Charles Hosmer Morse and Hugh F. McKean families. Drawn from a collection of more than 550 spoons, the selection on view will be organized by subjects—from forts to flowers and saints to skylines— the icons of particular places and events that marked the miles and smiles of a traveler's journey. A booming business for silver makers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, these objects were treasured by the Morses and McKeans for their charm and memories—the same reasons souvenirs have been so collected throughout history.
Focus Exhibition: Tiffany Studios' Daffodil Reading Lamp
October 20, 2015 through December 31, 2017
Louis Comfort Tiffany loved daffodils—a flower that heralds spring and is rich in symbolic meaning. Not only did he cultivate them and plant them prominently at his Long Island country estate, Laurelton Hall, he created his own versions in glass for windows, lamps, and column capitals. From the shape of its base to the decoration of its leaded-glass shade, the Morse Museum's beautiful Daffodil lamp, c. 1899 to 1905, from Tiffany Studios well rewards a careful and thorough examination. Through objects and explanatory wall panels, this exhibition presents an in-depth study of the lamp, from its inspiration and significance to its design and production.
Selections from the Harry C. Sigman Gift of European and American Decorative Art
February 10, 2015 through January 24, 2016
The Museum debuts a selection from Harry C. Sigman's 2014 gift of 86 objects to the Morse. The donation includes art glass, pottery, metalwork, and furniture. The finely crafted objects on view can be appreciated both individually and in the context of the Museum's entire collection.
The Bride Elect—Gifts from the 1905 Wedding of Elizabeth Owens Morse
February 10, 2015 through October 1, 2017
In 1905 Elizabeth Owens Morse, the daughter of Charles Hosmer Morse and Martha Owens Morse, married Richard Genius. The Morse presents a representative group of the lovely gifts that survive from the Morse-Genius wedding, including Tiffany art glass, Rookwood pottery, and Gorham silver.
Lullaby and Goodnight—Children's Literature from the Morse Collection
The charming characters and whimsical prose of late 19th-century children's literature found their source in a grander plan to instill beauty from the earliest years. This exhibition focuses on three authors and illustrators noted for their pioneering contributions to children's literature: Kate Greenaway (1846–1901), Mary Dow Brine (1836–1925), and Eulalie Osgood Grover (1873–1958). Their work, in the context of the period, can be seen as part of the Aesthetic movement (1870–90), a crusade that sought to infuse all objects with beauty and, in turn, elevate the quality of life of all who surrounded themselves with it.
Lifelines—Forms and Themes of Art Nouveau
February 12, 2013 through September 25, 2016
In French, Art Nouveau literally means "new art," and at the turn of the 20th century, this new art looked different, felt different, and reflected different values and ideas. Through more than 100 objects from the Museum's collection, this exhibition explores the interrelated elements that define this style so well known for its lively line and organic form. The exhibition—featuring furniture, architectural ornaments, lamps, jewelry, ceramics, and art glass from more than 50 makers, designers, and artists working across nine countries—is organized into groups that illustrate such dominant Art Nouveau themes as nature, female form, and metamorphosis.
Arts and Crafts from the Morse Collection
"Have nothing in your houses which you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful," William Morris declared in 1880. Morris (1834–96) was a leader of the Arts and Crafts movement, which originated in Britain in the late nineteenth century and soon spread to America. This gallery highlights Arts and Crafts objects from the Museum's collection.
Vignette: The Art of Fountain Pens
Developed in the late 19th century and ubiquitous until the 1970s, fountain pens—the kind filled from a bottle of ink—were ingenious and often beautifully designed and handcrafted. This exhibit of about 100 American writing instruments manufactured between 1875 and 1975 shows many of the major technological and design innovations made through the years by such great names of the industry as Parker, L.E. Waterman, Wahl-Eversharp, and W.A. Sheaffer.
Focus Exhibition: Lockwood de Forest's The Wreck
The Wreck, an 1880 oil painting by American artist and decorator Lockwood de Forest (1850–1932), depicts five Bedouins riding their camels across a distant horizon and in the foreground, the skeletal remains of a camel—the wreck of the painting's title. A recent bequest from the estate of de Forest's great-granddaughter, this 36-by-48-inch Orientalist picture is on view for the first time after extensive conservation. Metaphorically, the theme of the work is life and death and the basic struggle of human existence. The exhibition includes other de Forest oil studies from the collection and photo-and-essay panels designed to help the viewer develop a full appreciation of the painting's creation, context, and symbolism.
Vignette: From the Morse Vaults—Recent Acquisitions
October 23, 2012 through January 6, 2013
This informal installation of recent acquisitions shows how the Morse Museum's collection continues to evolve. Highlights include Blue Magnolia and Zephyr Lily pottery from Roseville, a late 19th-century oil painting, a 1908 gold wristwatch from Tiffany & Co., and blown-glass vases from the family of Arthur J. Nash (1849–1934), who Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933) hired to develop his signature glass.
Watercolors of Otto Heinigke—A Glass Artist's Palette
February 14, 2012 through October 20, 2013
Never before exhibited, this selection from the Museum's collection of more than 30 watercolors by Otto Heinigke (1850–1915) includes scenes ranging from Middle-Atlantic farms and forests to ocean and river shorelines. Heinigke was a first-generation American and a principal in the prominent Brooklyn stained-glass firm Heinigke and Bowen.
At Home with Roseville Pottery
Morse Museum vignettes—a tradition established by Museum founder Jeannette Genius McKean—are themed interior scenes developed from objects in the collection. The Morse will display about three dozen new acquisitions of Roseville ceramic objects representing the rich colors and beloved patterns that made the pottery so popular in its era.
The Now and Then Room
August 19, 2010 through October 9, 2011
This vignette, adapted from a 1974 original that Jeannette Genius McKean (1909–89) installed at Opera Gala Guild's Decorator Show House in the historic Grace Phillips Johnson house in College Park.
A Church Record—Photographs from the Tiffany Studios Ecclesiastical Department
July 23, 2010 through January 15, 2012
The Morse Museum has recently completed an extensive multi-year conservation effort to stabilize the prints and glass-plate negatives in our Tiffany Studios Study Photograph Collection and produce exhibit-quality images from them. Among these archival images are a unique series of photographs that document important commissions and product offerings from Tiffany Studios' Ecclesiastical Department.
Paintings By Louis Comfort Tiffany and His Circle
October 20, 2009 through July 4, 2010
Although Louis Comfort Tiffany 's name is most often associated with his work in the medium of glass, he established himself first as a painter and continued to paint throughout his lifetime. Drawing from works in the Morse collection, this new installation provides a view of Tiffany paintings in the context of artists who he believed in some way shared his commitment to beauty. The exhibit includes works by Tiffany alongside those of contemporaries such as Samuel Colman, Elihu Vedder, Charles Hawthorne, and Cecilia Beaux.
The Japan Craze and Western Art 1880–1920
October 20, 2009 through August 8, 2010
This Morse vignette features a number of works by Louis Comfort Tiffany, John La Farge, Rookwood, and others that reflect the transforming influence of Japan on late 19th- and early 20th-century Western art. Morse Museum vignettes—a tradition established by Jeannette Genius McKean, the Museum's founder—are themed interior scenes developed from objects in the collection.
The Virtues of Simplicity—American Arts and Crafts from the Morse Collection
The Museum's exhibition of American Arts and Crafts furnishings and decorative art—which opened February 17, 2009—illustrates the origins of the movement in Great Britain and shows, through a selection of examples from the Morse collection, how the Arts and Crafts movement manifested itself in the United States, especially in the Northeast and Midwest.
Paintings from the Morse Collection
January 24, 2009 through February 23, 2020
This recently updated gallery of primarily American paintings features more than 20 works representing a variety of late 19th-century styles, including portraiture, genre scenes, and landscapes.
Selected Works of Louis Comfort Tiffany from the Morse Collection
November 3, 2008 through September 7, 2014
The first three galleries at the Morse have been installed with more than a hundred objects representing the remarkable diversity of work by Louis Comfort Tiffany. The installation includes 15 leaded-glass windows, as well as more than a hundred examples of Tiffany art glass, metalwork, lamps, and pottery.
A Brilliant Setting—American Cut and Pressed Glass Tableware 1876–1917
The Museum's vignette includes more than five dozen examples of American-made glass tableware from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including hand-cut luxury glass—also known as brilliant-cut glass—and the very popular Three Face pattern glassware produced by George Duncan & Sons of Pittsburgh. In this era, beginning with prizes won at the Centennial Exposition in 1876, American glassware was celebrated for its superiority in craftsmanship and design.
Recent Acquisitions—Studies by Lockwood de Forest
October 14, 2008 through June 7, 2009
The Museum was recently fortunate to acquire a group of 27 oil studies by landscape painter Lockwood de Forest (1850–1932). Dating from 1874 to 1911, these beautiful plein air sketches are being exhibited for the first time in this installation. De Forest was also a partner in Louis Tiffany's early decorating businesses. He organized a woodcarving workshop in India and functioned as an importer of various components particularly important to Tiffany's interiors.
Quest of Beauty—Louis Comfort Tiffany's Life and Art
November 6, 2007 through January 24, 2011
This exhibition examines Tiffany's "quest of beauty" through five phases of his life and a selection of about 100 objects. These include leaded-glass windows and blown-glass vases created by the artist for exhibition, personal objects Tiffany owned, photographs of his long-lost interior designs, as well as various records and awards.
Orientalism—An Eye for the Exotic
August 15, 2007 through September 28, 2008
An installation of about two dozen American and European decorative objects, this traditional Morse vignette reflects Western fascination with the art and design of the Orient during the late 19th- and early 20th-centuries.
View of Oyster Bay
May 10, 2007 through March 23, 2008
Louis Comfort Tiffany's masterful leaded-glass landscape window, View of Oyster Bay, which has been on long-term loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art since 1978, has returned home to Winter Park for a limited time while major renovations are underway in the Metropolitan's American Wing.
A Florida Gallery
March 7, 2007 through August 5, 2007
Hugh and Jeannette McKean, both artists themselves, collected a variety of Florida art and objets d'art. This vignette features a fictional gallery installed with a selection of those works, including paintings by Lois Bartlett Tracy, Lucien Harris III, Andre Smith, and the African-American artists now known as "The Highwaymen."
Dickens to Benton—Rare Books and Works on Paper from the Morse Collection
January 30, 2007 through October 14, 2007
This exhibition marks the first major showing of the strong and charming group of books, prints, and drawings collected by Hugh and Jeannette McKean. From an 1844 edition of Charles Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit to a 1941 lithograph by Thomas Hart Benton, the installation features work by some of the finest artists and illustrators of the era.
Louis Comfort Tiffany and Laurelton Hall—An Artist's Country Estate
November 21, 2006 through May 20, 2007
More than 100 Tiffany windows, architectural ornaments and other objects from the Morse Museum's collection of works from Tiffany's Long Island estate are being shown alongside works from both private and public collections. The exhibition is organized by the Metropolitan in collaboration with the Morse.
Tiffany Church Pulpit and Windows
March 7, 2006 through September 11, 2006
A new acquisition, this church pulpit designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany in 1907 for the South Presbyterian Church in Syracuse, New York, is solid oak inlaid with blue, green, and pearl-white glass mosaics. Also on view are two lancet windows from the Tiffany-decorated church.
Windows and Wonders—Tiffany from the Morse Vaults
October 11, 2005 through August 31, 2007
Marking the Museum's tenth anniversary at its Park Avenue location, this exhibition showcases works from the Louis Comfort Tiffany collection that the Museum has rarely if ever exhibited. These include a dozen leaded-glass windows and 85 other varied objects—fancy desk sets, bronzed pottery, art glass, and more.
American Art Pottery
March 18, 2005 through September 16, 2018
From the 1870s to World War I, American designers focused their talents on producing pottery that rivaled any contemporaneous pottery in the world in beauty, quality, and variety.
Domestic Treasures—Tiffany Art Glass for the Public
February 8, 2005 through January 7, 2007
This display of more than 100 examples of vases, tableware, and mosaic tiles from the studios of Louis Comfort Tiffany is the Morse Museum's most comprehensive exhibition ever of its collection of Tiffany art glass.
Carnival Glass from the Morse Collection
October 5, 2004 through March 3, 2006
From 1908 to about 1918, mass-produced, pressed-glass objects with brilliantly colored iridescent surfaces were wildly popular throughout the world. This installation features a selection of more than 35 examples from the primary American manufacturers.
Sculpting Nature—The Favrile Pottery of L.C. Tiffany
February 3, 2004 through January 16, 2005
Marking the 100th anniversary of the introduction of Louis Comfort Tiffany's art pottery, this exhibition illustrates influences and sources of Tiffany's pottery as well as its highly developed sculptural nature. It features 66 examples of Tiffany ceramics, including more than a dozen new acquisitions made with the exhibition in mind.
The Illuminated Vision—Tiffany Lamps and Lighting
Louis Comfort Tiffany's unique vision for lighting secured his broadest popularity a hundred years ago and helps continue his celebrity today. The exhibition showcases more than 40 Tiffany lamps, including leaded, blown, and molded glass types, award-winning designs, and personal creations for his country estate.
Three Women of Taste and Style— Their Hats from the 1870s through the 1940s
This installation showcases 22 hats from the Morse collection that reveal the tastes of three women over the span of some 70 years. The vignette includes bonnets, cloches, and flowery straws bearing labels from Chicago, New York, and Paris-all expressing the best of the milliner's art.
Louis Comfort Tiffany—Turn-of-the-Century Photographer
February 13, 2001 through June 11, 2001
It is a little-known fact that Louis Comfort Tiffany explored the medium of photography both for its practical benefits and its potential as an art form. This exhibition of 27 photographs from our collection, including such varied subjects as landscapes and boats, is the first known exhibition of Tiffany's photographs.
Scenes from America's Past— The Sculpture of John Rogers
In his charming sculptures of daily life, John Rogers (1829–1904) made one of the earliest efforts to fashion a distinct image of Americans. The 31 sculptures on view, draw from literature such as Romeo and Juliet, and experiences such as a young couple's visit to the parson, to show Rogers' broadly popular subject matter.

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The general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has released words and prophecies over the year 2023.
He released these prophecies at the cross over service which took place on the 31st of December 2022 into the 1st of January 2023 at the church' headquarters.
He prophesied over the weather and peace in the land.
" The weather will be more erratic and will now be very nice in some places but we are trusting God it will be nice wherever we are.
"God also says the world this year will be relatively more peaceful."
"The biggest challenge of 2022 will lead to your biggest testimony in 2023.
"In 2023, the Lord will speak peace to some troubled homes.
"In 2023, for quite a few people, there would be restoration of lost glories.
"Many trouble makers will lose the ability to make trouble this year" The man of God spoke.
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Painting fire can seem complicated at first. The way in which fire flickers and moves can make it seem intimidating to the novice artist. However, just like with anything else in art, understanding fire, the way it moves and the various gradations of warm color within it, can make it a lot easier.
Start with simple observation. If you have a fireplace at home, turn it on and observe the various colors within the flames. Observe how the flames flicker and dance around each other. Look at the basic shapes of the flames. Observe them and register them in your minds eye. If a fire place seems too intimidating, simply light a candle and observe the shapes in the candle. Start off by practicing drawing the shapes and observe how the shapes change when a little bit of air causes the flame to move slightly.
One tip for your practice which helps is to photograph a flame against a black background. Use the photo as a reference to practice from. The black background highlights the intensity of the fire and makes it easier to paint. When you start off with a dark background, this adds stark contrast which will ensure that you keep the painting focused on the fire and nothing else.
Common shapes in fire include teardrop shapes and tendrils as well as an elliptical or oval shape for the space that the whole fire takes up. This article will focus on a few tips for painting fire which will get you started in the right direction. After that, the best thing you can do is to practice and practice a lot.
Oil paints or acrylic paint in black, red, yellow and white. If you are a beginner, it may be wise to use acrylic.
A medium sized paint brush.
Whether you are using oils or acrylics, select your color palette first. Select the color you want for the dark back ground. The darker the better. Choose red and yellow for the flames. Mix varying degrees of red and yellow to get different gradations of orange. You should have at your disposal a very light yellow, which increases in intensity, followed by varying degrees of orange and finally red. If you are using acrylics, you must work fast because acrylics tend to dry quickly. With oils, you don't have to worry about this.
Once the background is dry, select a medium sized old paint brush. Use your reference photo's at this point and make a note of the basic shape of the fire. Notice s shapes and how they join together about a third of the way up the fire. Notice how no two flames within the fire are never the same height.
Use a rag to wipe the excess orange paint off your brush and select light yellow from your palette. Trace the shape of the flame within the confines of the orange fire shape you just made. Observe the yellow in your reference photo and notice how the lightest yellow part of the flame is located near the base of the fire. Increase the intensity of the yellow by selecting a deeper yellow from your palette and continue tracing the shape of the yellow part of the flame, within the orange part. All the while paying attention to your reference photo. The colors will naturally blend. This is fine.
Will you try painting fire now?
Do you feel confident in trying to paint fire after reading this article?
Practice painting fire using different reference photos. Once you get comfortable with the very basic technique described here, try shaking things up a little. Try varying degrees of blending to get different effects. Use reference photo's with more detailed backgrounds or more violent fires. Try painting fire from life, maybe a log fire in hour house or a simple candle flame.
Thanks very much! I actually don't use acrylics very much either. Much prefer oils, but I think they work well for beginners who want to get more comfortable with painting.
Interesting. Very detailed account of a simple way to look at painting fire. I like it. I don't use acrylics though but I have in the past. I like the works of Brenda Harris and would someday like to experiment with acrylics while trying some of her techniques. Voted up and useful.


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Hitting the Books Again? Here's How to Financially Prepare for Grad School
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Earning an advanced degree as a working professional can be a challenge—unless you have a good financial plan.
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What Is a Streamline Refinance?
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Mortgage Q&A: "What is a streamline refinance?" While qualifying for a mortgage refinance is generally a lot harder than it has been in the past (now that lenders actually care how your home loan performs), there are less cumbersome options available. In fact, many lenders offer "streamlined" alternatives to existing homeowners to lower costs and [&hellip
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Easy Ways to Increase Your Earning Potential Today
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Are you sick of feeling as though you always have more bills than income? Every month, you work hard to bring home a decent wage to support your family. Yet, somehow, when you need funds, there never seems to be anything available in your bank account. Sometimes, the problem might be that you're struggling to manage your budget. Not knowing how to properly look after your money could mean that you spend too much, too fast. In other circumstances, your issue might be that you're not taking advantage of opportunities to increase your earning potential. If you're already doing everything you can to reduce excess spending and improve your financial habits, but you're still facing money worries, then the following earning boosters could be just what you need. Let's look at some quick and easy ways to turn your life around.
Consider a new job
All jobs have their pros and cons to consider. However, some roles definitely pay more than others. If you feel as though you've already gotten everything you can out of your current position, and there's no room left to grow, a new role might be the best option. If you don't want to switch away from the current company that you're with, you could ask about switching to a different department. If there's nowhere else for you to go in your current business, then it might be a good idea to see what someone can offer you elsewhere. Many people who switch jobs can take advantage of looking to improve earning potential than those that stick with the same role. Remember, if you do decide to switch to somewhere new, take your time to find something that actually appeals to you. Don't just jump at the first offer you get. Play the field first.
Stick with learning about topics that you're genuinely interested in. This will give you an opportunity to get a job in a space that you enjoy.
Improve your reputation
Reputation can make a big difference in your earning potential these days. In a world where we're constantly connected to the internet, your image online might help you to find a new or higher-paying job. For instance, if you're connected to the right people on LinkedIn, then you might speak to someone who can give a good word for you in a higher-paying department in your company. Start by auditing your existing personal brand online. See what people will find if they look for your name. If you have any unprofessional social accounts that are set to public, make them private immediately. Once you're ready to begin building a name for yourself, look for opportunities to network and show off your skills. This could mean that you join some professional groups, comment on forums, or even visit local events from time to time.
Once you're ready to begin building a name for yourself, look for opportunities to network and show off your skills.
Develop your skills
Sometimes, jobs will pay you a higher wage for a reason. A career that requires a specialist skill will often pay more than a basic entry-level job. With that in mind, it might be worth building on the talents that you already have. Think about the kind of things that you enjoy doing. Maybe you could work on something like coding or improving your technical expertise. The best way to boost your chances of getting your new skills recognized is to check out some student loans and head back to school. There are tons of different courses that you can take to add new certifications to your resume. You could also look into building out your knowledge about other topics online, taking free courses in your spare time. Stick with learning about topics that you're genuinely interested in. This will give you an opportunity to get a job in a space that you enjoy.
Ask for a promotion
When's the last time you just asked your boss whether they could pay you more? If you know that you've been delivering excellent work for a good while now, then it might be a good time to ask for a raise. Most business leaders won't want to take the risk of losing an employee that's valuable to the team. Check websites that list job openings and find out if there are any higher-paying companies out there that provide a better wage for the role you do now. This will give you a good starting point when you start asking for a wage. If you're nervous, remember that hiring new team members comes with its own costs. If you're a great employee, your boss would prefer to keep you around most of the time—even if that means paying more.
If you want to be able to pay your bills each month without worrying about your bank account, it's worth keeping your mind open to ideas that could increase earning potential.
Finally, if you've already gone and built some new skills at school, but you haven't found the perfect job to use them in yet, why not try creating your own career with a side hustle? This is basically a job that you can do on the side to add more income to your bank. Many people have discovered that they can put a few extra hours into their work online each day and make a hefty amount of additional income. Thanks to the gig economy, it's easy to find opportunities to make cash with things like graphic design, content writing, website development, and more. Start by making a list of the kind of things you'd be interested in doing. You might even decide to create your own business and sell items online using a dropshipping company. Dropshipping services handle things like manufacturing and shipping products for you, so you just need to build a brand and find customers.
Increase your earning potential
Money might not make you happy, but it's one of the most important things in many of our lives. If you want to be able to pay your bills each month without worrying about your bank account, it's worth keeping your mind open to ideas that could increase earning potential. Whether you're developing new cash opportunities with your current employer or thinking about becoming your own boss with a side hustle, make the conscious effort to invest in yourself this year. The quicker you start working on your new earning opportunities, the more money you'll make for your future.
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How to Handle a Pay Cut: Budgeting in Uncertain Times
Are you stressed by an income reduction? Try these budgeting tips to survive a pay cut and thrive during this challenging time.
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Should I Cash Out My 401k to Pay Off Debt?
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Paying off debt may feel like a never-ending process. With so many potential solutions, you may not know where to start. One of your options may be withdrawing money from your retirement fund. This may make you wonder, "should I…
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What's the Best Type of Mortgage for You?
When you're ready to buy a home, choosing the best lender and type of mortgage can seem daunting because there are many choices. Since no two real estate transactions or home buyers are alike, it's essential to get familiar with different mortgage products and programs.
Let's take a look at the two main types of mortgages and several popular home loan programs. Choosing the right one for your situation is the key to buying a home you can afford.
What is a mortgage?
First, here's a quick mortgage explainer. A mortgage is a loan used to buy real estate, such as a new or existing primary residence or vacation home. It states that your property is collateral for the debt, and if you don't make timely payments, the lender can take back the property to recover their losses.
In general, a mortgage doesn't pay for 100% of a home's purchase price.
In general, a mortgage doesn't pay for 100% of a home's purchase price. You typically must make a down payment, which could range from 3% to 10% or more, depending on the type of loan you qualify for.
For example, if you agree to pay $300,000 for a home and have $15,000 to put down, you need a mortgage for the difference, or $285,000 ($300,000 – $15,000). In addition to a down payment, lenders charge a variety of processing fees that you either pay upfront or roll into your loan, which increases your debt.
At your real estate closing, the lender wires funds to the closing agent or attorney. After you sign a stack of mortgage and closing documents, your down payment and mortgage money go to the seller and various parties, such as a real estate broker, title company, inspector, surveyor, and insurance company. You leave the closing as a proud new homeowner and begin making mortgage payments the next month.
What is a fixed-rate mortgage?
The structure of your loan and payments depends on whether your interest rate is fixed or adjustable. So, understanding how these two main types of mortgage products work is essential.
A fixed-rate mortgage has an interest rate that never changes, no matter what happens in the economy.
A fixed-rate mortgage has an interest rate that never changes, no matter what happens in the economy. The most common fixed-rate mortgage terms are 15- and 30-years. But you can also find 10-, 20-, 40-, and even 50-year fixed-rate mortgages.
Getting a shorter mortgage means you pay it off faster and at a lower interest rate than with a longer-term option. For example, as of December 2020, the going rate for a 15-year fixed mortgage is 2.4%, and a 30-year is 2.8% APR.
The downside is that shorter loans come with higher monthly payments. Many people opt for longer mortgages to pay as little as possible each month and make their home more affordable.
Here are some situations when getting a fixed-rate mortgage makes sense:
You see low or rising interest rates. Locking in a low rate for the life of your mortgage protects you against inflation.
You want financial stability. Having the same mortgage payment for decades allows you to easily budget and avoid financial surprises.
You don't plan to move for a while. Keeping a fixed-rate mortgage over the long term gives you the potential to save the most in interest, especially if interest rates go up.
What is an adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM)?
The second primary type of home loan is an adjustable-rate mortgage or ARM. Your interest rate and monthly payment can go up or down according to predetermined terms based on a financial index, such as the T-bill rate or LIBOR.
Most ARMs are a hybrid of a fixed and adjustable product. They begin with a fixed-rate period and convert to an adjustable rate later on. The first number in the name of an ARM product is how many years are fixed for the introductory rate, and the second number is how often the rate could change after that.
For instance, a 5/1 ARM gives you five years with a fixed rate and then can adjust, or reset, every year starting in the sixth year. A 3/1 ARM has a fixed rate for three years with a potential rate adjustment every year, beginning in the fourth year.
When shopping for an ARM, be sure you understand how often the rate could change and how high your payments could go.
ARMs are typically 30-year products, but they can be shorter. With a 5/6 ARM, you pay the same rate for the first five years. Then the rate could change every six months for the remaining 25 years.
ARMs come with built-in caps for how much the interest rate can climb from one adjustment period to the next and the potential increase over the loan's life. When shopping for an ARM, be sure you understand how often the rate could change and how high your payments could go. In other words, you should be comfortable with the worst-case ARM scenario before getting one.
In general, the introductory interest rate for a 30-year ARM is lower than a 30-year fixed mortgage. But that hasn't been the case recently because rates are at historic lows. The idea is that rates are so low they likely have nowhere to go but up, making an ARM less attractive.
I mentioned that the going rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage is 2.8%. Compare that to a 30-year 5/6 ARM, which is also 2.8% APR. When ARM rates are the same or higher than fixed rates, they don't give borrowers any upsides for taking a risk that their payment could increase.
ARM lenders aren't making them attractive because they know once your introductory rate ends, you could refinance to a lower-rate fixed mortgage and they'd lose your business after just a few years. They could end up losing money if you haven't paid enough in fees and interest to offset their cost of issuing the loan.
Unless you believe that rates can drop further (or until ARM rates are low enough to offer borrowers significant savings), they aren't a wise choice in the near term.
So, unless you believe that rates can drop further or until ARM rates are low enough to offer borrowers significant savings, they aren't a wise choice in the near term. However, always discuss your mortgage options with potential lenders, so you evaluate them in light of current economic conditions.
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5 types of home loan programs
Now that you understand the fundamental differences between fixed- and adjustable-rate mortgages, here are five loan programs you may qualify for.
1. Conventional loans
Conventional loans are the most common type of mortgage. They're also known as a "conforming loan" when they conform to standards set by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. These federally-backed companies buy and guarantee mortgages issued through lenders in the secondary mortgage market. Lenders sell mortgages to Fannie and Freddie so they can continuously supply new borrowers with mortgage funds.
Conventional loans are popular because most lenders—including mortgage companies, banks, and credit unions—offer them. Borrowers can pay as little as 3% down; however, paying 20% eliminates the requirement to pay an additional monthly private mortgage insurance (PMI) premium.
2. FHA loans
FHA or Federal Housing Administration loans come with lenient underwriting standards, making homeownership a reality for more Americans. Borrowers need a 3.5% down payment and can have lower credit scores and income than with a conventional loan.
3. VA loans
VA or Veterans Administration loans give those with eligible military service a zero-down loan with no monthly private mortgage insurance required.
4. USDA loans
The USDA or U.S. Department of Agriculture gives loans to buyers who plan to live in rural and suburban areas. Borrowers who meet certain income limits can get zero-down payments and low-rate mortgage insurance premiums.
5. Jumbo loans
Jumbo loans are higher mortgage amounts than what's allowed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, so they're also known as non-conforming loans. In general, they exceed approximately $500,000 in most areas.
Always compare multiple loan products and get quotes from several lenders before committing to your next home loan.
This isn't a complete list of all the loan programs you may qualify for, so be sure to ask potential lenders for recommendations. Remember that just because you're eligible for a program, such as a VA loan, that doesn't necessarily mean it's the best option. Always compare multiple loan products and get quotes from several lenders before committing to your next home loan.
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Mint Money Audit: Making the Most of a Side Hustle
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This week's Mint audit introduces us to Selena, 48, a mom of two living in San Antonio, Texas. She is a community college director and her husband, 51, is a full-time graphic designer who also manages a booming side hustle…
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What You Need to Know About Budgeting for Maternity Leave
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Follow these four steps to financially prepare for your maternity leave.
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Top 10 Psychological Horror Games
October is in full swing, and as all fans of horror know perfectly well, there' no better month to indulge in some scary stuff. One option to do that is by playing horror video games.
There's one subgenre that has been particularly exposed these past few years – psychological horror. Games that focus on diving deep into the player's psyche and play on their darkest fears are pretty popular these days. Hence, in this text, we will take a look at the top ten best psychological horror games, both classic and the ones released quite recently.
Fran Bow 2015-08-27 Killmonday Games AB 15% Read more
Outlast 2013-09-04 Red Barrels 80% Read more
Outlast 2 2017-04-25 Red Barrels 92% Read more
Alice Madness Returns 2011-06-14 Spicy Horse Games Read more
Alice Vr 2016-10-27 Carbon Studio 72% Read more
Layers Of Fear 2016-02-15 Bloober Team SA 92% Read more
Layers Of Fear 2 2019-05-28 Bloober Team SA 51% Read more
Phasmophobia 2020-09-18 Read more
Blair Witch 2019-08-30 Bloober Team SA 83% Read more
Blair Witch Deluxe Edition 2019-08-30 Bloober Team SA Read more
Silent Hill Homecoming 2009-03-02 Double Helix Games 80% Read more
Soma 2015-09-21 Frictional Games 82% Read more
Fear 2005-10-17 Monolith Productions, Inc. 90% Read more
Fear 3 2011-06-23 Day 1 Studios 89% Read more
Fear Collection 2009-02-12 Monolith 35% Read more
Amnesia The Dark Descent 2010-09-08 Frictional Games 86% Read more
Amnesia Rebirth 2020-10-20 Frictional Games 85% Read more
Amnesia Collection 2010-09-08 Frictional Games 90% Read more
Fran Bow
Developer: Killmonday Games AB
There's no way to experience the horror than through the eyes of a child. When we were younger, every shadow moving on the wall, every dark corner, every weird sound spelled something foreboding, some terrifying monster coming to get us.
Now the player can experience similar emotions with Fran. This 10-year-old girl witnessed the murder of her parents, and the subsequent trauma has landed her in an asylum. Separated from her only friend – a black cat named Mr. Midnight – Fran is fed drugs that alter her perception, turning the already terrifying situation into the stuff of literal nightmares. Determined to reunite with Mr. Midnight and return home, Fran escapes into the world of her drug-addled hallucinations.
Fran Bow is an adventure game, offering the player a gameplay experience typical to the genre. Throughout the game, the player will have to explore the gruesome environment, marked with blood and decay and inhabited by shadowy creatures. The player's job is to lead Fran through this macabre world, collecting items necessary to solve puzzles and interacting with NPCs. That is not all, though. At specific points, the player will have to play through challenging minigames or control Mr. Midnight. All this makes for an unforgettable journey through a traumatized child's psyche that will keep you awake long after you've completed it.
Developer: Red Barrels
Outlast represents the horror game genre that, from the start, puts the player in a losing position. The protagonist of the game, Miles Upshur, is a journalist investigating an abandoned asylum in Colorado.
Soon he finds out that it was a scene of a massacre by an entity known as the Walrider. Trapped within the maze of decaying corridors and pursued by the asylum's deranged inmates, Miles must rely on his evasive skills to survive the night and find out the secrets behind the Walrider's rampage.
In Outlast, the player's objective is to survive. The game doesn't feature any combat mechanics. Instead, it forces the player to avoid any conflict by hiding or running away from the aggressors. Such a solution isn't by any means new, but among the horror titles that rely on scaring the player with jumpscares, having no way of defending yourself from the pursuing madman is a mechanic that does stand out. If you feel up to the task of exploring Mount Massive Asylum and facing its darkest secrets, then go ahead. But make sure to bring some clean underwear.
American McGee's Alice
Developer: Spicy Horse Games
We all know the sorry of Alice's Adventure in Wonderland. It might not be the scariest read, but it does contain some moments that one might consider spooky. However, compared to American McGee's interpretation of Alice's tale, Lewis Carroll's novel really feels like a children's story.
In American McGee's Alice, the protagonist is a survivor of a house fire that had killed her parents. As a result of the traumatic experience, Alice was left in a state of catatonia, during which she mentally travels to Wonderland to confront the Queen of Hearts. The land Alice had so often seen in her dreams has fallen into disarray, and she is the only one who can save it.
American McGee's Alice pulls no punches about freaking the player out. The design of Wonderland, which one might recognize as a colorful, albeit a bit cooky location, is nothing short of terrifying, representing Alice's broken mind. The game mechanics involve exploring the world and interacting with its inhabitants (including the White Rabbit, Mad Hatter, and the Twiddles), as well as fighting various enemies sent by the Queen of Hearts. To do that, Alice uses her trusted Vorpal Blade – in this version represented as a butcher's knife. If that doesn't give you a complete picture of the utter horror you'll experience while playing the game, then take a look at the screenshot above – this is what awaits you in the twisted version of Wonderland conjured by American McGee.
Developer: Bloober Team SA
In Bloober Team's excellent psychological horror game, the player takes the role of an artist who begins work on his opus magnum. Searching for inspiration, the painter explores his studio, uncovering a dark web of secrets that lead him to this place. As the artist adds more layers of paint to his work, the world around him begins to deteriorate, causing him to slowly fall into madness.
Layers of Fear shows how frightening a game can be with little to no effort. All it takes is the right atmosphere and setting. The glum painting studio that the artist explores to uncover bits and pieces of his past is riddled with dark corners and objects that cast ominous shadows on the dirty walls. The player has to search for visual clues to solve puzzles and progress the game's story. The title is riddled with jump scares, which, combined with the game's eerie atmosphere, make for an unforgettably scary experience.
Everybody knows about the benefits of experiencing scary stuff in a group of friends. That is why the next title on our list, Phasmophobia, si the first game to feature a multiplayer mode. Phasmophobia draws inspiration from various popular horror tropes, including found footage and ghost hunter videos.
The players must work together while exploring haunted sites and gathering evidence of ghostly presence. Their task won't be easy as ghosts don't take kindly to strangers invading their personal space.
While still in the Early Access development stage, Phasmophobia has already made ripples in the gaming community. Thanks to its multiplayer character, it's an excellent party game to play online. The players divide each other into the exploration team and one person who stays in the van monitoring their status and providing assistance on the radio. With nine types of paranormal beings to investigate and several kinds of locations to explore – including suburban houses, farms, and school buildings – Phasmohpobia guarantees hours of spooky fun, perfect for a Halloween virtual get-together.
An unquestionable king of the found-footage horror genre, Blair Witch Project has quickly become a cult classic among the fans of movies based around urban legends. The film's success led to the creation of an entire franchise around it, including a series of video games. The Blair Witch Trilogy was released over two months between October and November of 2000 and greatly added to the legend of the Blair Witch.
Despite being based on an at-the-time popular franchise, the games weren't met with a positive reception. The critics praised the story and the atmosphere of these games but panned the trilogy of its short length, wonky controls, and weird camera angles that hindered the gameplay. The trilogy now exists on the periphery of the mass consciousness, together with the movie series that spawned it. We, however, recommend that you try it out, if only to see for yourself how the legend of the Blair Witch franchise was built.
Developer: Team Silent
The Silent Hill series is one of the classic examples of the survival horror genre, which includes elements of psycho horror. The series developed by Konami takes players to the titular town, existing on the edge between two dimensions.
As the fog descends on the town, the hellish landscape and its monstrous inhabitants reveal themselves to the unfortunates who happen to wander there for whatever reason. The series has gained critical acclaim, and its installments are quite often placed among the best horror genre titles in history.
One of them is the fourth game in the series, Silent Hill 4: The Room. It follows the protagonist, Henry Townshend, who tries to leave his possessed apartment. However, each opening that appears in the walls of his place leads to a new nightmare. Unlike the previous games in the series, The Room focuses mainly on combat, offering the player a choice of melee weapons to use against various opponents. Fans of the complex puzzles the series is known for might balk at this change of gameplay style, but Silent Hill 4: The Room remains a decent horror game that will put the player's brain through a terrifying grinder.
Developer: Frictional Games
Another game that leaves the player powerless against the terrors that await them, forcing them to run for their life quite frequently. Soma takes place in an underwater research facility, where a rogue AI had turned human survivors of an ELE into biomechanical mutants. The player must explore the facilities stations and piece together clues to further the plot of the game.
As with the previously-described Outlast, Soma is a survival horror game that emphasizes the player's complete unpreparedness against the monstrosities that will chase them around the flooded station. The only way to avoid getting captured and killed is to run and hide. However, the "Safe Mode" added to the game by the developers lessens the threat by making monster encounters non-lethal. That doesn't change the fact that running into one of them while looking for clues to solve in-game puzzles will test the strength of the player's sphincter.
Developer: Monolith Productions, Inc.
F.E.A.R. is a unique game on our list – a full-blown first-person shooter heavily based on psychological horror themes. The game takes place in the headquarters of Armacham Corporation, where a group of supersoldiers called Replica led by Paxton Fettel, a man with paranormal abilities, has taken over the building.
The F.E.A.R. squad – a fictional first-response special force team – is sent in to investigate, but quickly falls victim to the overwhelming Replica forces, leaving only the Point Man, a rookie team member, to carry on the mission to eliminate Fettel. Throughout the game, a presence known as Alma, manifesting itself as a little girl, appears before the player, bending the reality around her.
F.E.A.R. draws inspiration from the Japanese horror genre, especially the movies such as The Ring. The main spooky factor comes from the jumpscares caused by Fettel and Alma's sudden apparitions, and also the atmosphere of constant danger and the reality slowly unraveling around the player. The gameplay mechanics are a standard FPS fare, amplified by a time manipulation power that allows Point Man to slow down time for an easier kill. Despite being a far cry from the previous games on our list, F.E.A.R. is worth checking out for all the fans of horror games.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Amnesia: The Dark Descent takes place in the 19th century in Castle Brennenburg. The protagonist of the game, Daniel, weakens to find himself imprisoned in the building with a note saying that he must descend to the lowest dungeon of the castle to kill Alexander, its master. Thus begins Daniel's journey towards the lowest circle of Hell, during which he will encounter dark monsters and a mysterious dark entity possessing the castle.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent play similarly to Outlast and Soma – the player explores the castle's halls, finding items and solving puzzles. At the same time, he has to avoid being seen and captured by monsters roaming the corridors. The game implements a mechanics called "fear of darkness," by which Daniel's sanity will deteriorate the longer he remains in the dark. The consequences of low sanity vary from visual hallucinations to an increased chance of attracting monsters and even death. The task of keeping the protagonist more or less psychologically sane in order to survive adds another layer of spookiness to the game.
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Bestiary, by Juan José Arreola
Juan José Arreola is one of the greatest Latin-American writers of the XX Century, one of the first to dare to abandon realism. This is how Professor George D Schade introduces Juan José Arreola and Bestiary, his "Book of Fabled Beasts": Arreola jabs at complacency and ruthlessly exposes pompous and hypocritical attitudes. He takes a depressing view of most human relationships, and in a large number of his stories and satires he chips away at love and its illusions… Whatever the subject of his satire, Arreola most often achieves his effects by a deliberate jumbling of phantasy and reality, a mingling of the logical and the absurd, a blend of imaginative frivolity and Orwellian grimness. (…) One of the most ingratiating and delightful parts of Arreola's collected works is his "Bestiary," consisting of twenty-six brief sketches. Here Arreola harkens back to that form which was so fashionable in medieval times with moralists and allegorizers, where certain virtues or characteristics were popularly attributed to certain beasts, real or imaginary. All of Arreola's beasts are real, their humanlike foibles and defects uncomfortably real too. Though Arreola's general outlook and some of the details in his bestiary will probably horrify the overly sentimental, still there are lyrical and poetic touches to offset to some degree the refined savagery of his satire.
Radiant Whispers · A book of fabled creatures
Credits: Translation: George D Schade for the University of Texas Press
Music: "Sihouette of Time's Idea" and "Roar of the Wild", by Mid-Air Machine, from their album So We Telepathy: freemusicarchive.org "Tu Enamorado"por José Alfredo Jiménez, arr. José Luis Espinosa V.


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Eleanor Audley (November 19, 1905 – November 25, 1991) was an American actress who was a familiar radio and animation voice, in addition to her TV and film roles. For many, she provided Disney animated features with their most outstanding and memorable villainess voices.
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3 Television
Beginning as a radio actress, she worked extensively in the 1940s and 1950s in Hollywood on such shows as Escape, Suspense and the radio versions of My Favorite Husband (as mother-in-law Mrs. Cooper) and Father Knows Best (as one of the Anderson family's neighbors). In 1953, she played the stepmother in a re-imagining of the Cinderella story for The Six Shooter starring James Stewart.
In the animated film industry she was best known for giving her distinctive, powerful voice to the evil stepmother Lady Tremaine in the Disney animated film Cinderella and the wicked fairy Maleficent in Disney's Sleeping Beauty. For both films, animator Marc Davis created the characters' facial features to resemble Audley. Eleanor Audley initially turned down the choice role of Maleficent because she was battling tuberculosis.
She also provided the voice of Madame Leota in the Haunted Mansion attractions in Disneyland and Walt Disney World, speaking the memorable lines, "Rap on a table. It's time to respond. Send us a message from somewhere beyond!"
Her many film-TV roles made her a very recognizable character actress. Beginning in the mid-1950s, she appeared constantly in TV episodes, including I Love Lucy, Perry Mason, and The Dick Van Dyke Show. She was a series regular as Oliver Douglas's mother Eunice in the Green Acres, telecast on CBS for six years (1965–71). She played the role of Millicent Schuyler-Potts, the Headmistress of the Potts School, that Jethro Bodine attended in The Beverly Hillbillies. Many of these roles cast Audley as an affluent aristocrat.
Audley died of respiratory failure on November 25, 1991. She is interred at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery.
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NAME Audley, Eleanor
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City, New York, USA
DATE OF DEATH November 25, 1991
PLACE OF DEATH North Hollywood, California, USA
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With Brexit postponed to April 12th, an announcement has been made by the European Parliament that after UK leaves the EU, UK citizens will be permitted to travel to other EU countries for short trips, without a visa –provided the UK grants such traveling rights to the Europeans.
With the possibility of no-deal Brexit, the EU parliament has supported a draft law that excludes UK travelers from requiring a visa for short trips to European countries in order to wade off travel chaos. The law is expected to take its course after Brexit so that at the time, UK nationals will be able to stay in the EU for up to 90 days in any 180 days period. Apart from having the right to work in the EU, the visit will only apply for tourism, business or family/relative visit.
However, the European Parliament has agreed that if visa requirements are introduced by the United Kingdom for nationals of even one European Union country for either business or tourism visits, visa requirements will be reintroduced for UK nationals to all European Union countries.
This visa waiver applies to all EU countries excluding Ireland who already has a visa-free travel agreement with the United Kingdom as well as the Schengen countries of Iceland, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
In the case of Brexit occurring on April 12th without a deal, there will be an adoption and publication of the draft agreement in an official European Union journal.
However, UK nationals should also be in the know that across the border travelling rules for pets may go through some changes after Brexit.


Delta has a new idea to get you to your destination faster –– carrying your carry-ons for you.
Customers who have many bags are currently being selected, and, if they consent, their bags are loaded directly above their seats before they board the plane.
NBC reports the program, called "Early Valet," will be tested in several airports until the end of August-- and it has a good chance of reducing delays.
CBS cites a Northern Illinois University study that found eliminating the practice of passengers loading their own carry-ons cuts the average boarding time down by roughly 12 minutes.
"Every time a plane is sitting on the ground, that's $30 a minute. One out of four flights now is taking a 15-minute delay, times the number of flights per day –– ka-ching ka-ching," CBS' travel editor said.
Delta's website boasts more than 5,400 flights a day, so that means the airline stands to save over $600,000 daily by eliminating those delays. That's over $220 million annually.
There could be some issues with changing the system, though. Some, like AirlineReporter's David Parker Brown, told NBC he wonders if it'll confuse those who don't travel often and make a complex system even more complex.
Even if the new loading process saves time, there are plenty of other causes for flight delays. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, circumstances out of the airline's control count for almost as many delay minutes as circumstances within.
Still, even in terms of customer service alone, Delta's preloading idea could give it an edge over competitors. J.D. Power ranked the airline second in terms of customer satisfaction this year, with Alaska Airlines in the lead.
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This discussion revolved around the year long blended delivery midwifery practice skills paper (yr 1). This involves students meeting Jade once a week for a four hour teaching/debriefing sessions, moodle guided learning resources and clinical placements. For a detailed report outlining the five dimensions of flexibility please read my summary below I confess I find it hard to write the detail given concisely as a blog should be! I am still waiting for my second colleague to get back to me for her tips.
I had not thought to be so flexible with the venue choice for learning and how this affected the team building of the group. Do I have to use the booked classroom maybe we could sit out on the lawn for a while? Jade reminds be to be constantly seeking feedback and tailoring the session accordingly. Jade has infrastructure supporting her session. I need to negotiate Internet access at the hospital rooms that we book for our sessions in Wellington. Jade's planning with her group gets good buy in to her sessions.
Time-Students can now pick the timing and format of their practice skills assessment i.e. iPad film clip or in front of lecturer as scheduled appointment. This is based on students saying when they feel ready and using the format they feel comfortable with to demonstrate competence. Previously this was role played with women at a given date during an intensive. Students get to use a wiki for rostering their clinical shifts (200hrs) which helps keep flexibility around family life and study commitments.
Delivery and Logistics-Modules are opened via a set schedule on moodle across the year (this is to help students work to a reasonable pace) and are archived for reference the following year. Elluminate/Adobe tutorials are recorded for those students missing or needing to refer to the content again. Students need a computer with certain applications preferably broadband and a headset. Students need a car to attend clinical requirements and to travel to intensive (unless pooling). Students need good planning as being on call to follow pregnant women means that schedules and deadlines for assignments can be disrupted if not engaging with requirements mindful of this uncertainty.
Entry requirements-This is an academic degree paper and students must meet NCEA level 3 in certain subjects and have a first aid qualification and health screening clearance. Confidentially is required regarding clinical aspects and a clear police record other than minor driving offences.
Jade has a schedule of skills she needs to teach each week but negotiates the timing of this with her group. Often students want to get heavy academic things completed while fresh and debrief later in the session. Topics are often student led and can lead into other courses such as bio-science in order to facilitate integration. Students often negotiate the importance of a tangent and will sometimes opt to defer a designated topic to a less heavily scheduled session or to reduce its content that day (with more self directed learning) in preference. Jade often stops a session for feedback asking "are we on the right path, are everyone OK?" The weekly group decides based on the upcoming content where they want the session to be held. It is a popular preference to host each other at their own homes rather than the booked classroom. Jade feels they are developing a stronger sense of community through this student led innovation. Some students bring their babies and there is general support for need of comfort i.e. one students sits on the floor and another often stands due to back pain. Jade engages with her students a lot on a one to one basis via email, moodle discussion forum and on her cell phone which is free for students via the 0800 system.
Jade has a structured student who she emails the agenda of or her session to in advance. As the groups is small once a student attended via skype when geography was a challenge and at another session minutes were taken for a student that could not attend who wanted to know about the content.
Students can negotiate assignments be submitted in Te Reo.
Jade often uses her note book with students showing them material on moodle and the Internet that may help them to integrate the broader curriculum e.g. APA guides, EDC, Library, course outlines, year overview and exam and assessment schedules. These discussions often prompt students to share and help each other with their study skills in a blended curriculum. Jade has lots of negotiated support from UCOL in Palmerston North and students use their library and computers. OP distance services and CAPPEX are also resources that Jade is mindful of utilising. Jade has equipment for skills in storage and needs to ensure this is available for sessions mindful of the competing demands of other satellites for some of the more expensive equipment.
Fifi lots of really interesting information here in this example. Jade has negotiated some truly student-centred approaches. I think it is great that they meet at each others' places - how cool is that. I remember years ago attending zoology Masters seminars in different students flats - one was brewing beer so throughout the session wonderful fumes of hops kept floating past - no tasting though.
It sounds like Jade is very open to providing a rich learning environment for her students. Do you see any challenges for her in using such a flexible approach?
Hi Bronwyn, Yes I do wonder if students would feel some pressure to host a session and be embarassed about their capacity to do same and how that can be managed sensitively. It seems like a really good way to create a sense of community in the group though and keep things fresh so to speak. Jade has been much more creative with her flexibliity as an SPF than I have been in this regard and it has got me thinking.
Hi Fifi. I have really enjoyed reading about the range of flexibility Jade has manged to incorporate into her teaching and feel it helps me to stretch my ways of thinking. Might make more use of the horse paddock next door and not feel I am bending the rules about having to teach in the classroom as much! I do think it is an interesting discussion about the learning space and taking it out of the classroom. I would really like to see that happen a lot more for our Bachelor students as I think a lot of indirect learning experiences could come from being in an environment that provides learning without being teacher led e.g. where students actually end up working such as the community and the DHBs. I am fortunate that I have two placements I supervise students in and one of them I visit the students on site. I try to make the most of connecting with the student(getting to know a bit about the person!) and linking the learning to the placement expereinces as much as possible. I need to think about how I can continue to expand on that linking!!!


Well Clint and I had a small weekend in Sydney at the end of may.
Had a lovely time, stayed close to the harbour....did lots of walking -reminded us of all our overseas travels ... So nice.
The trip made me really miss travelling and I really hope we can start planning another holiday soon!
Some pictures taken with hipstamatic on my iPhone.
Was great to catch up with Rob and Jess while we were there too, we went out for dinner to the Lowenbrau pub which is a German pub Beer that Clint loved when we visited Germany. We also had a meal at their house on the Sunday... I'm sure we will catch up with them again soon.
We went to the aquarium on the Monday - this place was amazing . I have better pics but they're on my other camera.


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Canada Joins Global LGBTI Rights Initiative
Michael K. Lavers May 24, 2018
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau raises the rainbow flag over the Canadian Parliament on June 1, 2016. Canada is the latest country to join the Global Equality Fund, a U.S. public-private partnership that promotes LGBTI rights abroad. (Photo courtesy of Pam Lambo/Canadian Embassy in the U.S.)
Canada is the latest country to join a U.S. initiative that seeks to promote LGBTI rights around the world.The State Department and the Canadian government in a May 17 press release that announced Canada joined the Global Equality Fund said both countries "recognize that protecting and respecting human rights is the responsibility of all governments, and that the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons are not different or separate from the human rights of anyone else." The press release also notes Canada's contribution to the fund will specifically provide "emergency assistance to LGBTI persons under threat of violence."
"Through the Global Equality Fund, like-minded governments, foundations and corporations provide support to civil society organizations working to promote the inclusion of and respect for all persons, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or sex characteristics," it reads.
The fund — which is a public-private partnership — have given tens of millions of dollars to LGBTI advocacy groups since its 2011 launch.
Argentina, Australia, Chile, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Uruguay are the other countries that contribute to the fund. The Arcus Foundation, the Human Rights Campaign and the Royal Bank of Canada are among the non-governmental organizations and foundations that are among the other contributors.
The announcement that Canada has joined the fund coincided with the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia that commemorates the World Health Organization's decision to declassify homosexuality as a mental disorder. The U.S. continues to promote LGBTI rights abroad, even though the Trump administration's record on these issues domestically and its overall foreign policy has come under intense criticism.
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The timeline below offers a brief summary of some of the major events in the Old Republic era.
Note: Dates here used are BTC and ATC, which are Before and After the Treaty of Coruscant as the date epoch. The BBY (Before Battle of Yavin) values are also included here for convenience.
28 BTC (3681 BBY) – The Sith Empire returns from deep space and declares war on the Galactic Republic. They begin blocking trade routes and successfully retake Korriban, the Pureblood homeworld. Rattatak is also discovered.
15 BTC (3668 BTC) – The Dread Masters are captured.
8 BTC (3661 BBY) – The Hydian Way is blockaded, remaining in place for a full year.
0 ATC (3653 BBY) – The Sacking of Coruscant. A treaty is signed marking the end of the Great Galactic War.
2 ATC (3651 BBY) – Tython is rediscoved by the Jedi.
11 ATC (3642 BBY) – The cold war ends, with various conflicts and proxy battles sparking the Second Galactic War.
12 ATC (3641 BBY) – The Empire discovers the Republic prison planet, Belsavis. The Sith Emperor's body is killed, leading Darth Malgus to form a splinter faction of the Empire. This faction and Malgus are killed on Ilum by a joint Republic and Empire effort.
13 ATC (3640 BBY) – Makeb is hit by violent cataclysms due to Imperial mining operations, while the Republic secures a treaty with the Hutt Cartel and evacuates the population. The planet is destroyed.
13 ATC (3640 BBY) – The Dread Masters raid Gree space, before their forces are pushed back by a Republic-Empire alliance.
14 ATC (3639 BBY) – The Dread Masters make their final stand on Oricon but are defeated by a Republic-Empire alliance. Meanwhile CZ-198 is assaulted by both Republic and Empire forces to confiscate assets.
15 ATC (3638 BBY) – Tython and Korriban are both raided by the Empire and Republic respectively, leaving both bases of operations razed. A genetics laboratory on Manaan was attacked by a strike team, revealing a Revanite conspiracy.
16 ATC (3637 BBY) – The Republic and Empire continue their temporary alliance to stop the Revanite crisis on Yavin 4, revealing to both sides that the Sith Emperor is still alive. The spirit of Revan is put to rest and the Order of Revan brought to disarray. Meanwhile, the Emperor consumes all life on Ziost, leaving the planet devoid of the Force while his spirit fled to the far regions of the galaxy.
Note: Spoilers for Knights of the Fallen Empire and Knights of the Eternal Throne follow.
16 ATC (3637 BBY) – Continuing their temporary truce to search for the Emperor deep in space, the Eternal Empire of Zakuul lays waste to the search party. The Emperor, now known as Zakuul's leader Valkorion, is supposedly killed. Zakuul then proceeds to dominate the known galaxy with ease, through the power of the Eternal Fleet.
17 ATC (3636 BBY) Both the Republic and the Empire sign treaties with Zakuul and their new emperor Arcann, ending the Second Galactic War (although some smaller conflicts between the Republic and the Empire continue). Star Fortresses are placed above key planets as a deterrent.
21 ATC (3632 BBY) – The Odessen Alliance is formed to take down Zakuul. During that same time, the Crescent Coalition has also amassed a moderately sized power base, aimed at disrupting and destroying the Eternal Empire's operations on many homeworlds such as Alderaan, Nar Shaddaa and Quesh.
22 ATC (3631 BBY) – Fall of the Coalition, leaving the remaining members scattered across the galaxy, with their main bases the Crescent Enclave and flagship the Celestial destroyed. A few months later, the survivors found Aurora Core and are given full operation autonomy by Republic Special Forces and sets up their new command post on Coruscant.
This is the current timeline in game.


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Students should be able to name Mohammed as the founder of Islam.
Students should be able to name "Allah" as the god of Islam.
Students should know that the book of Islam is called the "Koran".
Students should know that followers of Mohammed are called Moslems (or Muslims).
Tell the story of Mohammed – have pictures of deserts and camels to show:
In the world of the Arabs in northern Africa, a world of camels and deserts, there arose a new teacher. His name was Mohammed. Mohammed was born in the city of Mecca about 600 years after the time of Jesus. He was just a poor camel driver, a servant of a wealthy Arabian lady. The lady fell in love with the servant and they were married. And for many years, the camel driver and his wife lived a quiet life in the town of Mecca. Then, when he was forty years old, Mohammed thought that an angel told him that he should write a new book of teachings about a god he called Allah. He called his book the Koran. Mohammed did not believe that Jesus was the Son of God or that Jesus rose from the dead. In fact, Mohammed believed that he himself was greater and wiser than Jesus! His wife believed Mohammed and became his first follower.
At first, the Arabic people laughed at Mohammed and plotted to get rid of Mohammed. But, Mohammed heard of the plot to kill him, and ran away with his wife and friends. He fled to the town of Medina. For awhile Mohammed taught his new ideas in the city of Medina. He called his new religion Islam and his followers were called Moslems. But soon, Mohammed was not happy to have only the followers who liked his new teachings. He told all of his followers that they would go right to heaven if they were killed following him in battle. They began to force people in Arabia and in other lands to become Moslems or die. Soon, Mohammed and his followers conquered all of Arabia. Mohammed died, but his followers continued to fight wars to conquer lands for their new ideas. They traveled to Persia, to all of northern Africa, to Spain and to France, conquering the Christian lands, until they were stopped in France by the great warrior, Charles the Hammer, at the Battle of Tours. They even conquered Jerusalem and the Holy Land where Jesus had taught and lived! Soon they were at the doorstep of Constantinople, the capital of the great Christian Byzantine Empire built by the Emperor Constantine 400 years before.
For many years the Arabic followers of Mohammed tried to conquer Constantinople. Battle after battle was fought. The people of Constantinople poured boiling oil on the attacking Moslems. Finally, Emperor Leo III defeated the Moslems in 717 AD and made them flee behind the mountains. They did not attack Constantinople again for hundreds of years. Christians were safe to worship the Lord in the lands of the Byzantine Empire again.
True/False Questions:
Mohammed lived in Arabia. Mohammed lived in Rome.
Mohammed's new god was called Allah. Mohammed's new god was called Pharaoh.
Mohammed's followers are called Moslems. Mohammed's followers are called camels.
Mohammed's holy book is called the Mohammed's holy book is called Harry
Koran. Potter.
Who were the Arabs? Remind the students of the story of Abraham, and his sons Ishmael and Isaac. Look at the pictures in their picture Bibles and retell the story. The Arabs were the great-great-great-great…grandchildren of Ishmael, who fled with his mother Hagar into the desert. The children of Isaac became what people? (the Jews or Hebrews) Look at pictures of Arabic life – of camels, tents, deserts.
Make a camel: Cut two bumps from an egg carton. Poke six holes for legs, head, and tail. Use pipe cleaners for legs and head/tail combination. Paint whole animal brown if desired.
Close with prayer: Lord, help me not to be led away from You by false teachers with new ideas.
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Shopkeepers across the Bowery tracked its progress: 42 stories, 43, and finally 44. Pedestrians on Canal Street craned their necks up to take in the expanse of brick that stretched across the slow curve of its facade.
Late at night, red light splashes onto the sidewalk from a flashy neon cross affixed incongruously to the simple but elegant Gothic Revival façade of a red brick building on 11th Street between avenues A and B. "Jesus Saves," it blares. Inside is the bustle of the Father's Heart Ministries, where the work of the church's succession of occupants over the past century and a half contradicts what that crass latter-day choice of illumination might otherwise portend.
The Ladies Who Lunched (and Noshed) at 156 Second Ave.
She shot him in the chin. Sigmund Bohn was on the third floor of Café Boulevard when Mary Olah materialized in front of him and pulled the trigger. It was December 20, 1904.
As construction around Astor Place continues to make things noisy and horrible around Cooper Square — for real though, navigating those sidewalks is beginning to feel a little bit like a game of minefield — there's a little pocket of weird opening up this Sunday that hints toward a strange future for the area.