Not exact matches
I was alone in my father's house, watching the Wisconsin winter through the big
picture windows — goldfinches and cardinals at the
bird feeder, flights
of mallards rising and circling and landing on the Menomonee across the road, icicles dripping
from the eaves and then freezing again as the sun went down — but I wasn't seeing a bit
of it.
Picture this, we don't come out
of the gate firing on all cylinders, Wenger speaks
of how there wasn't enough time for the first - teamers to build chemistry, several key players aren't even playing because
of Wenger's utterly ridiculous policy regarding players who played in the Confed Cup or the under21s and the boo -
birds have returned in full flight... if these things were to happen, which is quite possible considering the Groundhog Day mentality
of this club, how long do you think it will take for Wenger to recant his earlier statements regarding Europa... I would suggest that it's these sorts
of comments
from Wenger which are often his undoing... why would any manager worth his weight in salt make such a definitive statement before the season has even started... why would any manager who fashions himself an educated man make such pronouncements before even knowing what his starting 11 will be come Friday, let alone on September 1st... why would any manager who has a tenuous relationship with a great many supporters offer up such a potentially contentious talking point considering how many times his own words have come back to bite him in the ass... I think he does this because he doesn't care what you or I think, in fact he's more than slightly infuriated by the very idea
of having to answer to the likes
of you and me... that might have been acceptable during his formative years in charge, when the fans were rewarded with an scintillating brand
of football and success felt like a forgone conclusion, but this new Wenger led team barely resembles that team
of ore... whereas in times past we relished a few words
from our seemingly cerebral manager, in recent times those words have been replaced by a myriad
of excuses, a plethora
of infuriating stories about who he could have signed but didn't and what can only be construed as outright fabrications... it's kind
of funny that when we want some answers, like during the whole contract debacle
of last season, we can't get an intelligent word out
of him, but when we just what him to show his managerial acumen through his actions, we can't seem to get him to shut - up... I beg you to prove me wrong Arsene
Go apple picking Jump in a pile
of leaves Make some autumn art Collect colourful fall leaves Collect seeds
from plants in the garden Plant bulbs for next spring Make a
bird feeder Make leaf prints Make pumpkin playdough Create an Autumn poem Go looking for spider webs Make a nature table with your Autumn finds Bake an apple pie Carve your own pumpkin Make Autumn sun catchers Go on a bat watch at dusk Make toffee apples Set up a scavenger hunt Collect sycamore seeds Grab an umbrella and go singing in the rain Throw a Halloween party Make an autumn wreath for your door Make a bug hotel Listen to the sound
of leaves crunching under your feet Collect conkers Collect pinecones Collect twigs Make hot chocolate Draw or paint some autumn still life Attend harvest festival Make apple crisps / chips Remember what you're thankful for Take
pictures of all the different colours you can find in a woodland Make leaf rubbings Go stargazing Have an autumn picnic Look for a full moon Go trick or treating Try apple bobbing Make apple sauce Fly a kite Make a windsock Dry orange slices Roast pumpkin seeds Make Halloween biscuits Make a rain catcher Build an indoor fort Collect acorns Donate old woollens and coats to a charity Help clear leaves
from the lawn
From his armchair at home outside Atlanta, de Waal is just as likely to be looking out the picture window («I have a forest full of possums and raccoons and birds and cats and deer») as picking up from the coffee ta
From his armchair at home outside Atlanta, de Waal is just as likely to be looking out the
picture window («I have a forest full
of possums and raccoons and
birds and cats and deer») as picking up
from the coffee ta
from the coffee table:
They trapped
birds from 14 populations
of the European blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla,
pictured), a warbler that spends summer in...
After assessing the
birds» antioxidant levels, amount
of DNA damage, and body condition, the researchers were surprised to find that most
of the
birds, like the hawfinch
pictured above, seemed to benefit
from the chronic exposure to radiation.
For eco-artists such as Rupp, there is a haunting beauty in bringing the past back,
of recreating the dead and gathering them together — in this
picture, a pair
of moas, a great auk, and a dodo,
birds that never would have met while alive — so that those
of us in the world
of the living can learn
from them.
Side Note: I do not own a full - length mirror... and sometimes shoe choices look alright in my mind's eye or in the
bird's eye view I have
of them
from above... but if I see myself in a mirror somewhere else later or in a
picture... I am horrified.
Director Will Gluck, who penned the screenplay along with Rob Lieber, quickly establishes the production's overtly slapstick tone right
from the start, as a quartet
of singing
birds encircling the iconic Columbia
Pictures «Torch Lady» end up as the dazed victims
of a hit - and - run by an out -
of - control Peter Rabbit (Corden).
Picture: Stana Katic - Photographs
from the red carpet at the Los Angeles premiere
of Magnolia
Pictures» «White
Bird In A Blizzard» presented by FIJI Water...
Greta Gerwig who wrote and directed «Lady
Bird,» which won Best Motion
Picture - Musical or Comedy, noted that «it's been such an incredible year for women in film both as actors and also writers and directors and producers and people who are really coming to the forefront to tell their stories about the world as they know it
from where they are standing, and I think that the response to these projects and the support that these projects have gotten and the way that audiences are going to see them or watching them in their homes, I think all
of this just makes it so much easier for the next crop
of filmmakers who want to tell stories about women.»
The positives: prestige films
from Fox Searchlight's Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri to The Shape
of Water, NEON / 30West's I, Tonya, A24's The Disaster Artist, Lady
Bird and The Florida Project, Sony
Pictures Classics» Call Me By Your Name and others have been performing strongly at the box office.
A24's Lady
Bird, up for five nominations this evening including Best
Picture, is at over $ 48.28 M in its 18th weekend
of release
from a weekend gross
of $ 532K in 710 locations.
The best
picture nominees,
from top left: «The Shape
of Water,» «Dunkirk,» «Lady
Bird.»
The Scalphunters is pitched roughly on the same level as one
of those live - action Disney
pictures from the Sixties and Seventies, like The Cat
from Outer Space or Blackbeard's Ghost — all Technicolor and slapstick and even, I shit you not, tweetie
bird sounds whenever our heroes get conked on the head.
When Truffaut calls The
Birds an «apocalyptic tone poem,» he could easily be talking about this
picture that paints a cold, tiny portrait
of a settlement hewn together
from wet logs and animal comforts wholly inadequate as insulation against the wild.
But with competition
from Oscar perennials, including Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks («The Post»), Frances McDormand («Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri»), Saoirse Ronan («Lady
Bird»), Daniel Day - Lewis («Phantom Thread») and Gary Oldman («Darkest Hour»)-- plus the lack
of persistent buzz enjoyed by last year's diverse nominees including «Lion,» «Fences» and «Hidden Figures» — it's going to be a struggle for most
of these
pictures and performances to simply score a nomination.
Other winners in the film categories were Lady
Bird for Best
Picture (Comedy or Musical); Guillermo del Toro for Best Director for The Shape
of Water; Gary Oldman for Best Actor (Drama) for Darkest Hour; Saoirse Ronan for Best Actress (Comedy or Musical) for Lady
Bird; James Franco for Best Actor (Comedy or Musical) for The Disaster Artist; Allison Janney for Best Supporting Actress for I, Tonya; In the Fade for Best Foreign Feature; Coco for Best Animated Feature; Alexandre Desplat for Best Original Score for The Shape
of Water; and «This Is Me»
from The Greatest Showman for Best Original Song.
In the Best Actress field, Hawkins faces stiff competition
from an acting veteran (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri's Frances McDormand) and an up - and - comer (Lady
Bird's Saoirse Ronan) while Laurie Metcalf, who filled the dynamic role
of Lady
Bird's doting mother, is the sole actress
from a Best
Picture nominee to vie for the Best Supporting Actress award.
What's notable this year and in this fraught climate, he says, is a best -
picture category that looks stacked with films about the female experience,
from The Shape
of Water and Three Billboards to I, Tonya and Lady
Bird.
Fellow Best
Picture winner Lady
Bird from A24
pictures, who took the prize in the Musical or Comedy category, had a modest expansion adding 90 theaters for a total
of 652 locations this weekend.
Paramount
Pictures released this brand new nearly 4 minute clip
from the upcoming film «Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol» aka Mission: Impossible IV
from J.J. Abrams (Super 8, Fringe) by director Brad
Bird (Ratatouille, The Incredibles, 1906) and starring Jeremy Renner (The Avengers, The Hurt Locker, The Assassination
of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford), Tom Cruise (The Hardy Men, Tropic Thunder), Maggie Q (Nikita, Priest, Three Kingdoms: Resurrection
of the Dragon), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Mission: Impossible III), Simon Pegg (The Adventures
of Tintin: The Secret
of the Unicorn, Star Trek), Josh Holloway, Paula Patton (Precious: Based on the Novel «Push» by Sapphire) and Ving Rhames (Death Race 2, Piranha).
«Admission,» Stephen Trask, composer «Ain't Them Bodies Saints,» Daniel Hart, composer «All Is Lost,» Alex Ebert, composer «Alone Yet Not Alone,» William Ross, composer «The Armstrong Lie,» David Kahne, composer «Arthur Newman,» Nick Urata, composer «At Any Price,» Dickon Hinchliffe, composer «Austenland,» Ilan Eshkeri, composer «Before Midnight,» Graham Reynolds, composer «The Best Man Holiday,» Stanley Clarke, composer «The Book Thief,» John Williams, composer «The Butterfly's Dream,» Rahman Altin, composer «The Call,» John Debney, composer «Captain Phillips,» Henry Jackman, composer «Closed Circuit,» Joby Talbot, composer «The Company You Keep,» Cliff Martinez, composer «The Conjuring,» Joseph Bishara, composer «Copperhead,» Laurent Eyquem, composer «The Counselor,» Daniel Pemberton, composer «The Croods,» Alan Silvestri, composer «Despicable Me 2,» Heitor Pereira, composer «Elysium,» Ryan Amon, composer «Ender's Game,» Steve Jablonsky, composer «Enough Said,» Marcelo Zarvos, composer «Epic,» Danny Elfman, composer «Ernest & Celestine,» Vincent Courtois, composer «Escape
from Planet Earth,» Aaron Zigman, composer «Escape
from Tomorrow,» Abel Korzeniowski, composer «Evil Dead,» Roque Baños, composer «47 Ronin,» Ilan Eshkeri, composer «42,» Mark Isham, composer «Free
Birds,» Dominic Lewis, composer «Free China: The Courage to Believe,» Tony Chen, composer «Fruitvale Station,» Ludwig Goransson, composer «G.I. Joe: Retaliation,» Henry Jackman, composer «Gangster Squad,» Steve Jablonsky, composer «Gravity,» Steven Price, composer «The Great Gatsby,» Craig Armstrong, composer «The Hangover Part III,» Christophe Beck, composer «Hansel & Gretel Witch Hunters,» Atli Örvarsson, composer «Haute Cuisine,» Gabriel Yared, composer «Her,» William Butler and Owen Pallett, composers «The Hobbit: The Desolation
of Smaug,» Howard Shore, composer «Hollywood Seagull,» Evgeny Shchukin, composer «Hours,» Benjamin Wallfisch, composer «How Sweet It Is,» Matt Dahan, composer «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,» James Newton Howard, composer «Identity Thief,» Christopher Lennertz, composer «The Incredible Burt Wonderstone,» Lyle Workman, composer «Insidious: Chapter 2,» Joseph Bishara, composer «Instructions Not Included,» Carlo Siliotto, composer «The Internship,» Christophe Beck, composer «The Invisible Woman,» Ilan Eshkeri, composer «Iron Man 3,» Brian Tyler, composer «Jack the Giant Slayer,» John Ottman, composer «Jobs,» John Debney, composer «Kamasutra 3D,» Sreejith Edavana and Saachin Raj Chelory, composers «Labor Day,» Rolfe Kent, composer «Lee Daniels» The Butler,» Rodrigo Leão, composer «Live at the Foxes Den,» Jack Holmes, composer «Love Is All You Need,» Johan Söderqvist, composer «Mama,» Fernando Velázquez, composer «Man
of Steel,» Hans Zimmer, composer «Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom,» Alex Heffes, composer «The Missing
Picture,» Marc Marder, composer «Monsters University,» Randy Newman, composer «The Mortal Instruments: City
of Bones,» Atli Örvarsson, composer «Mud,» David Wingo, composer «Murph: The Protector,» Chris Irwin and Jeff Widenhofer, composers «Now You See Me,» Brian Tyler, composer «Oblivion,» Anthony Gonzalez and Joseph Trapanese, composers «Oldboy,» Roque Baños, composer «Olympus Has Fallen,» Trevor Morris, composer «Oz The Great and Powerful,» Danny Elfman, composer «Pacific Rim,» Ramin Djawadi, composer «Pain & Gain,» Steve Jablonsky, composer «Percy Jackson: Sea
of Monsters,» Andrew Lockington, composer «Philomena,» Alexandre Desplat, composer «The Place beyond the Pines,» Mike Patton, composer «Planes,» Mark Mancina, composer «Prisoners,» Jóhann Jóhannsson, composer «R.I.P.D.,» Christophe Beck, composer «Reaching for the Moon,» Marcelo Zarvos, composer «Romeo & Juliet,» Abel Korzeniowski, composer «Runner Runner,» Christophe Beck, composer «Rush,» Hans Zimmer, composer «Safe Haven,» Deborah Lurie, composer «Salinger,» Lorne Balfe, composer «Saving Mr. Banks,» Thomas Newman, composer «The Secret Life
of Walter Mitty,» Theodore Shapiro, composer «Short Term 12,» Joel P. West, composer «Side Effects,» Thomas Newman, composer «The Smurfs 2,» Heitor Pereira, composer «The Spectacular Now,» Rob Simonsen, composer «Star Trek Into Darkness,» Michael Giacchino, composer «Stoker,» Clint Mansell, composer «Thor: The Dark World,» Brian Tyler, composer «Tim's Vermeer,» Conrad Pope, composer «Trance,» Rick Smith, composer «Turbo,» Henry Jackman, composer «12 Years a Slave,» Hans Zimmer, composer «2 Guns,» Clinton Shorter, composer «The Ultimate Life,» Mark McKenzie, composer «Unfinished Song,» Laura Rossi, composer «Wadjda,» Max Richter, composer «Walking with Dinosaurs,» Paul Leonard - Morgan, composer «Warm Bodies,» Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders, composers «We Steal Secrets: The Story
of WikiLeaks,» Will Bates, composer «We're the Millers,» Theodore Shapiro and Ludwig Goransson, composers «What Maisie Knew,» Nick Urata, composer «Why We Ride,» Steven Gutheinz, composer «The Wind Rises,» Joe Hisaishi, composer «Winnie Mandela,» Laurent Eyquem, composer «The Wolverine,» Marco Beltrami, composer
The Big Sick, Get Out, The Shape
of Water and Lady
Bird all crossed over
from the individual genre categories to get nominated for Best
Picture.
The Girls Trip star accepted her best - supporting - actress prize
from the New York Film Critics Circle around the halfway point
of the N.Y.F.C.C. gala, after a tribute
from Sony
Pictures Classics co-president Michael Barker to the recently deceased Lincoln Plaza Cinemas owner Dan Talbot, and before Jane Pauley handed the best -
picture prize to Greta Gerwig for Lady
Bird.
Author Jane Yolen and illustrator David Small have teamed up for the first time to create Elsie's
Bird, a captivating new
picture book that recalls the wonder
of Little House on the Prairie and Sarah, Plain and Tall.Elsie is a city girl who relishes the sounds
of Boston Harbor,
from the calls
of the fish merchants to her friends» jump - rope rhymes.
Over at Kirkus today, I talk to Coretta Scott King Award - winning illustrator Michele Wood, quoted and
pictured here, about Like a
Bird: The Art
of the American Slave Song, released this month
from Millbrook / Lerner.
Over 200 Testimonials &
Pictures of satisfied customers explaining how they prevented their cat
from catching
birds with the CatBib.
From whale sharks, to sea lions to Pacific
bird colonies, the coastline
of the Sea
of Cortez is home to
picture perfect coves, rugged rock landscapes and endless activities in between.
The
pictures range
from simple lines, to complex shapes resembling a number
of animals, such as monkeys, fish, lizards, spiders, and
birds.
From the solitary
birds of prey such as the Brahminy kite,
pictured at top and bottom, to the flocks
of migrating terns gathered on the beach to feed and rest before moving on.
Others
of note include the aesthetically dynamic and conceptually dense Bobby Jesus» Alma Mater b / w Reading the Book
of David and / or Paying Attention is Free by Frances Stark combining a hip - hop soundtrack with transcribed conversations and take home flyers; Taryn Simon's
Birds of the West Indies features the cars, weapons and women
of the James Bond franchise
pictured as they are now, meaning that while the objects appear as they did in the films, the women bear the effects
of age (some are well into their 60s and 70s), which effectively distances them
from the roles they had played by reinforcing the reality and humanity that separates them
from the objects amongst them.
Pictured above: Paula McCartney,
from left: American Goldfinches, Barn Swallows, Aqua Tanager, Tropic Warblers, all
from the
Bird Watching series, 2004 — 2008, courtesy
of the artist.
In addition to small, deft, loosely painted
pictures of birds on tree branches and wires and a landscape with Goldilocks and the Three Bears in the distance, Mr. Dawson's ninth New York solo features three big paintings made with a generous, brushy touch on toothy canvas and depicting scenes
from the story
of Jonah and the Whale....
The group show features the abstracted
bird shapes
of Boleta (
pictured above right), Fefe (who creates «typographical monsters»
from letters cut out
of street posters,
pictured here), Highraff's mix
of illustration, comics and organic forms, Kboco who paints totemic aboriginal forms, Onesto (
pictured above left), Speto, Titi Freak, and Zezão who paints in sewers as well as on the streets.
Much like a higher - resolution digital camera transforms a blur into a flock
of birds, higher resolution in a computer model often helps to capture details
of the physics involved which may be crucial to the broad
picture,» says co-author Daniel Martin
from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).
With the gruesome
pictures of oil - covered
birds and soiled shorelines now rolling in, and the narrative
of the spill split between BP's continued inability to get a handle on the flow
from the source and the federal government's
In the new paper, researchers
from UCLA and partner organizations used genetics to produce a clearer
picture of where the
birds spend their summers and winters, their migration routes, and the threats they face.
This aspect is really where the big
picture functionality comes
from — it allows general counsel to get a
birds eye view
of work allocation, costs and a direct insight into how their department is running.