Ramble Jumper 2.0 is worked seamlessly from the top-down. Flat knitting from cast-on to the V-neck center. Then join to work in the round. Yarns: MC: CaMaRose SNEFUUG, Color 7315; 55% Aipaca, 35% Cotton, 10% Extra Fine Merino, 120 yards / 110 meters / 50 grams. 6 ( 6, 6.5, 7 )( 8, 9 ) Skeins. Approx. 660 ( 660, 710, 770 )( 880, 990 ) meters / 720 ( 720, 780, 840 )( 960, 1080 ) yards. CC: CaMaRose SNEFUUG, Color 7313; 55% Aipaca, 35% Cotton, 10% Extra Fine Merino, 120 yards / 110 meters / 50 grams. 2 ( 2, 2, 2.5 )( 2.5, 3 ) Skeins. Approx. 220 ( 220, 220, 270 )( 270, 330 ) meters / 240 ( 240, 240, 300 )( 300, 360 ) yards. (You may need more yardage when extending the length of body or sleeves ) Needles: 5 mm ( US 8 ), 40 ~120 cm circular needle for the body and sleeves . 4.5 mm ( US 7 ), for the ribbing of neckline.
A hideout in a Cornish wilderness. Stay in one of Kudhva’s treetents or cabins, nestled on a stunning property of nature only 10 minutes from coastal views.
Tom Fisher with Aidan Gillian. Sometimes your lucky and sometimes your not! I refer to selecting an ‘unknown’ film to watch, you know the one, sounds good but your not sure. To be honest I’ve been quite lucky with small budget independent movies that have had almost non-existent distribution, generally only shown in independent picture houses or at local film festivals. I can remember shouting the praises for an Irish film directed by Lenny Abrahamson (What Richard Did 2012) called Garage (2007). Set and shot in Southern Ireland, it’s about Josie a lonely good-natured petrol station attendant who has worked at the crumbling garage for 20 years. His hapless searches for intimacy over one-summer sees his little niche threatened and his life changed forever. The Irish comedian, singer and writer Pat Shortt, won a Best Actor Award for his role as Josie. This turned out to be an extraordinary powerful film with a great funny/sad performance from Shortt. Treacle Jr is the cat! Not quite up to the standard of Garage, but well worth seeing all the same is Treacle Jr (2012) directed and written by Jamie Thraves and starring Aidan Gillen (The Dark Knight Rises 2012, Shadow Dancer 2012, Blitz 2011), Tom Fisher and Riann Steele, who like Fisher has mainly appeared on the small screen in various television series. The story involves a middle-aged man, Tom (Fisher), who walks out on his wife and baby boy and a seemingly happy life in Birmingham with no explanation. Throwing away both his credit cards and mobile phone he opts to live rough on the streets of London. Alone in a park at night he is set upon by a gang of violent thugs, in his bid to escape he accidentally runs into a tree and knocks himself out. In A&E Tom meets an extremely happy, fast-talking individual, Aidan (Gillen) the complete opposite of Tom. Too polite, or too weak to ask him to leave him alone Tom tries to get away from him but to no avail, Aidan sticks to him like glue. Tom reluctantly becomes involved in Aidan's life and he quickly realizes that this child like man clearly has his own problems, except Aidan can't see them; his shiny optimism blinds him at every turn, even from his 'girlfriend' the dangerous and volatile Linda (Steele).[1] Riann Steele. Thraves manages to obtain a wonderful judged performance from the very versatile Gillen; a commendable actor who seems happy to jump from big budget blockbuster to independent minimally financed films, he’s totally convincing as the bizarrely accented and deranged Irish man who strikes up an odd couple relationship with the middleclass dropout who appears to be suffering some kind of midlife crisis that’s never really explained. The director remortgaged his own house to make this very likeable slice of social realism producing a movie that pull’s at the heartstrings, but also making you laugh out loud. The very versatile Aidan Gillen. [1] Official Film Web Site.
Velodrome d’Hiver. The Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup was a Nazi decreed raid and mass arrest in Paris by the French police on the 16th and 17th July 1942, this act was one of several aimed at reducing the Jewish population in German occupied France during World War 2. According to police records 13152 victims were arrested and most held at an indoor cycle track known as the Velodrome d’Hiver, which was in close proximity to the Eiffel Tower. From there they were shipped by railway to Auschwitz. This horrifying and to a large extent forgotten piece of European history form’s the background of Gilles Piquet-Brenner film Sarah’s Key 2011. Adapted from Tatiana de Rosnay best selling novel, it narrates the story of 10-year-old Sarah Starzynski and her family, who were part of the 1942 roundup and how Sarah secretly hides her younger brother in a cupboard in their flat fully expecting to return within a short time to release him. This part of the story is juxtaposed with the present day and how a journalist, who is assigned the task of telling the story of the Jewish deportations from Paris, investigates Sarah’s story and gets more and more emotionally involved when she realises her husbands family hides a secret. This is a fascinating complex story, very well told with each time period nicely dovetailing. It grips and moves you at the same time and the superb cast adds emotional weight. The ever-dependable Kristin Scott Thomas plays the investigative journalist Julia Jarmond with the young Melusine Mayance playing the 10-year-old Sarah. Some 53 years after the raid the then French President Jacques Chirac apologized for the complicity of the French police and civil servants in the deportations.
After the Guardian article about lost rights of way, readers got in touch in their droves regarding routes they have been trying to rescue
Irregular verbs list. Most common English irregular verbs for the past simple tense and past participle, examples, definition, uses
The Beatles went to India in February 1968. Here are some rare pictures of them there (with original captions), taken from Disc & Music Echo of April 6th and April 13th 1968. I'm not sure if they've been reprinted since, but I've certainly never seen them elsewhere. No photographer is credited, incidentally. I know that gluttony is a deadly sin, but it's frustrating to think that there must have been many more taken at the same time... Not exactly a scene from a cowboys and Indians film, but this shock picture WAS taken in India! Beatle Paul took part in a Hindu colour-throwing festival called Holi. He smeared his face - and some of the other guests' faces - with coloured powder. It makes the most shocking Beatle picture ever. It happened in Rishikesh a short time ago... George, Paul & Donovan help Shah Jahan, son of Indian magician Gogia Pasha, as he completely stops his assistant's pulse. The picture was taken at the Maharishi's meditation centre. Disc's exclusive picture shows Pattie with a birthday cake given to her by the Maharishi. The Beatle, in flowing white robes, and his wife have matching garlands of flowers round their necks. Exclusive Disc colour picture from India of the Beatles and friends at the Maharishi's meditation centre in Rishikesh. From left: George, Paul, Shah Jahan (who entertains the star guests), Donovan, Pattie Harrison, John and flautist friend Paul Horn. Paul, who has never gone into the sitar-playing field with quite as much energy as George, took time to brush up with a few professional lessons during his Indian trip. Paul is seen here with a look that can only be described as avid concentration giving a private recital to girlfriend Jane Asher.
Following auditions at Mossy Bottom Farm, Shawn (voiced by Mr Tumble himself Justin Fletcher), The Farmer and Bitzer his dog have all got parts in the new feature length film Shawn the Sheep Movie (2015) with extras being cast from other members of Shawn’s flock which includes regulars like Timmy and his mum, The Twins, Shirley, Nuts and Hazel. New members of the cast include Slip the orphan pooch and the villain of the piece, animal warden Trumper. This latest stop-motion animated comedy from Aardman is based on the original TV series which I’m sure you will all be familiar with via the box set you’ve got stashed away under the pretext that its for your grandchildren, yeah that’ll be right! The Beatles never looked as good as this? "Special discount for sheep" This latest story involves Shaun, Bitzer and the flock going into the big city to rescue The Farmer who after an accident ends up in hospital with amnesia. But he soon wonders off and because of his sheep shearing skills ends up as a celebrity hairdresser. In the meantime Shaun and Blitzer end up in Animal Control after being captured by Trumper. Will they manage to escape, will they cure The Farmer of his new sense of importance, and will they all return safely to Mossy Bottom farm? The villian!.... ....can't catch me? What can you say about a movie that appeals to all age groups and children as well, a movie that puts entertainment at the top of its ‘to-do’ list. A movie that puts laughter fair and square back into comedy, in fact if there was an Academy Award for making people laugh then this is the film that would win it. A nice publiity shot for the film. The 'rap' party.
At the turn of the century Britain was the foremost world power and the British Empire stretched over two thirds of the globe. Despite the extent of its power its most troublesome colony had always been one of its closest to it - Ireland. For seven hundred years Britain's rule over Ireland had been resisted by attempts at rebellion and revolution, all of which ended in failure. Then in 1916 a rebellion began to be followed by a guerrilla war that would change the nature of that rule forever. The mastermind behind the war was Michael Collins - Irish patriot and revolutionary. Michael Collins. Written and directed by Neil Jordan Michael Collins (1996) sets out to define the period including its triumphs, the terror and tragedies. Michael Collins was the man behind Irish Independence; the man that it was said invented modern urban guerrilla warfare and fought a campaign to force the British Government to negotiate a peace treaty, bringing the powerful British Empire to its knees and round a negotiating table, which in turn led to the foundation of the Irish Free State. Aftermath of the Easter Rising. The film starts in 1916 with the Easter Rising, Collins was just 26 years old at the time and it was his first appearance in a national event, when 1000 volunteers in an armed insurrection occupied the Post Office and many other key buildings in the centre of Dublin as a protest against the British Government rule in Ireland and force it to establish an independent Irish Republic. The Rising, organised by the Irish Republican Brotherhood, began on Easter Monday 24th April 1916 and lasted for six days. Included in the action were members of the Irish Volunteers, Irish Citizens Army and Cumann na mBan a woman's paramilitary organisation. Although the general public of both Ireland and England did not support the uprising that all changed when the leaders were executed by a British firing squad. Amongst these was James Connolly the Scottish born Irish Republican and socialist who when he was executed only had a day or two to live having to be carried into the prison courtyard and sat on a chair unable to stand. A section of the Irish Republican Army. It was this action by the British government that drove Collins to take up what we now know as urban guerrilla warfare, which had the aim of avoiding massive destruction, military and civilian losses. Instead he directed a guerrilla war against the British with sudden deadly attacks on legitimate targets coupled with a quick withdrawal, minimising looses and maximising effectiveness.[1] The Black and Tans. Film director Neil Jordan, who also wrote the films script, spent ten years planning to make a film about Collins and although it does include many historical inaccuracies it present’s an engaging study of the period and the hard and bloody fight Southern Ireland had to gain its independence. Jordan was quoted as saying the he would never make a more important film. The Irish Civil War. Beautifully filmed by Britain’s best-known cameraman Chris Menges, it stars a first rate cast headed up by Liam Neeson as Collins, Alan Rickman as the powerful Irish political figure Eamon de Valera, Aidan Quinn as Harry Boland Collins right hand man for much of the initial struggle, with Collins and Boland’s love interest Kitty Kiernan played by the American actress Julia Roberts. Also playing their part in this exciting historical reconstruction are Ian Hart, Brendon Gleeson, Charles Dance and an early appearance from Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Michael Collins funeral. [1] See also one most influential political films of all time The Battle of Algiers (1966). Gillo Pontecorvo film vividly recreates a key year in the Algerian struggle for independence from the occupying French in the 1950’s. A film that has a lot of relevance today.
There is certainly no doubt in my mind that the German born director Michael Haneke is a master filmmaker. His name on the credits is reason enough to see a film and his latest movie Amour (2012) is a superb example of this mans sophisticated, challenging dramas. The cool precise direction manifests itself in the precise detail, the unhurried camera work that’s never afraid to linger and his use of long static takes to emphasize a point or an important moment. Using little or no incidental music his work always gives us an in depth study of human quality with all it’s weaknesses and strengths, in films like Funny Games (1997) where two young men enter uninvited the holiday home of a young family with the sole intent of murdering them, a film which skilfully evokes a very violent undertone without showing the act, The Piano Teacher (2001) about a female pianists masochistic obsession with her student, The Time of the Wolf (2003) a post-apocalyptic drama, in Cache (2005) we find a liberal intellectual haunted by fears of the exposure of a shameful childhood and The White Ribbon (2009) darkly depicts society and family in a German village just prior the second world war. Jean-Louis Trintignant Amour is about compassion and the love between two people, not young love but a love that has grown from initial teenage lust through the birth of your children to a mutual loving respect in your later years. Our two leads, 82 years old Jean-Louis Trintignant and the beautiful 85-year-old Emmanuelle Riva, play George and Anne Laurent an elderly Parisian couple who live alone in a spacious flat in an upmarket apartment block. We first encounter the couple at a piano recital by one of Anne’s ex-students. Its obvious from the start that this couple are very much in love and don’t have a lot of time for other people even their grown up daughter Eve, played by Haneke regular Isabelle Huppert, appears an intruder in their lives. One morning Anne has a funny turn and on investigation it turns out to be a blocked carotid artery. The operation goes wrong and she is left partially paralysed making George promise never to allow her to go into hospital or residential care. Although not in particularly good health himself George is tasked with the care of his wife without normal palliative support. The film is based on an identical situation that happened to Haneke's 90-year-old Aunt and the issue that interested him the most was: "How to manage the suffering of someone you love?" Emmanuelle Riva. In this disturbing and moving depiction of Anne’s mental and physical deterioration Haneke never shy’s away from the living horrors of old age, immobility, dementia, and incontinence and done in his normal no nonsense manner with no recourse to sentimentality. This writer and director has been quoted as saying that his films are easier to make than to watch which certainly is a truism, my wife, who accompanied me to the screening, had been at her mothers bedside when she passed away four days prior to seeing this movie, found it extremely difficult to stay the course. Will we all get to a stage in life were being capable of wiping your love ones arse rather than bringing them a bunch of flowers, proves more than love, more a life long devotion. Haneke regular Isabelle Huppert. My friend and film club colleague described the film as a harrowing watch but went on to say that he thought the film ‘a well crafted piece of work which emphasises just how unnecessary musical soundtracks and sharp editing really are. I felt it was really clever to show her playing the piano when the sound was actually coming from the cd player, as this prepared the audience to accept her leading him out of the flat at the end. Without the first bit the end-piece would not have worked, and the 'effect' was only used the two times. The pacing of the scenes was mesmerising’[1]. Michael Haneke receiving the Palme d'Or. Not only did Haneke’s film win the Palme d’Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival but has surprisingly been nominated in the Best Film category, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Director at this years Academy Awards, and less surprisingly as Best Foreign Film. Perhaps Hollywood’s Academy voters want us to see there’s more to them than a civil war period piece or the rehash of a famous stage musical? [1] Alec Barclay e-mail dated 17th January 2013
Out top 5 favourite walks in the Peak District, Derbyshire. Stunning views, peaceful walks through pretty villages, great country pubs, stately homes and much more.
Going to "little Paris"? Here's the skinny.
I'm late! It's 11:30 AM, and I just got home. My dd (dear daughter) and the 3-year-old left at 2 AM to head to the Little Rock airport. They are now in DC, visiting their father/grandfather. So, while dd's hubby dropped her off in the middle of the night, I stayed over in their house,
