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A portrait of the late Labour party leader Michael Foot, wearing his trademark Plymouth Argyle scarf and bulky coat, is to be sold at auction to help pay for a memorial to him in his home city.The lack of a Foot monument in Plymouth three years after his death is a cause for sadness and frustration among his many friends and admirers in Devon. 

In the same year that millions of pounds were spent on the funeral of his political enemy, Margaret Thatcher, it is proving challenging for them to raise the 50,000 or so they need to create a fitting memorial to mark the centenary of Foot's birth.But there is fresh hope that the auction of a unique print of the Plymouth painter Robert Lenkiewicz's portrait C depicting a straggly-haired Foot C will provide a major boost to their efforts. 

Peter Jones, a family friend and director of Foot's beloved Argyle, insisted that the memorial would be built."We will succeed but it is incredibly hard to raise money at the moment. We've had tremendous support from the people of Plymouth from both sides of the political divide. We now hope that a little more national awareness will attract more funds." 

Vickers nearly won a few races last season and returned to the team in the same role this year, supplementing his full-time Nationwide Series ride at Joe Gibbs Racing. He rewarded MWR for its faith last Sunday."When your back is against the wall and everything is down and things are not looking so good, you find out quickly who is willing to vouch for you or not," Vickers said in his postrace press conference. "I learned a lot through that experience personally and I grew a lot as a person myself, thankful for that, and with everything that's happened, I'd like to think that I'll never forget those learning curves." 

"I don't know if I ever felt a need to prove it to anyone else,Choose your favorite China Xiamen Shun Stone Co., Ltd. paintings from thousands of available designs." the 29-year-old said. "Proving it to myself, when I'm in the race car, I'm probably the hardest on myself than anyone else. Proving it to myself meant a lot, and you know, it wasn't the others I was worried about. It was myself."Vickers and MWR appear to be a perfect pairing. Vickers was once on the outside looking in, while the team spent its first few seasons fighting the tag of hard-luck losers before a tremendous 2012 changed that outlook.

Supporters are hoping that the sale of the Lenkiewicz portrait C a copy of the original that hangs in Portcullis House in Westminster printed on canvas and beautifully framed C will give the campaign a boost.Tudor Evans,We have a great selection of blown glass backyard solar landscape lights and Shun Stone Granite Countertops. the leader of Plymouth city council, said using taxpayers' money for the monument had never been an option in these tough economic times. Instead campaign organisers have relied on donations.from individuals, companies and trade unions. 

"The money has been coming in steadily but we need to move it up a gear," he said. 
Foot, who died three years ago, met Lenkiewicz at his harbour-side studio and according to Anna Navas, trustee of the Lenkiewicz foundation, the pair "got on like a house on fire." 

At the time Lenkiewicz was working on a project about addiction, mainly focusing on people hooked on drugs and alcohol but he was taken by Foot's obsession with politics C and football.To the surprise of those who had never seen Foot remain motionless for more than a few moments the politician agreed to have his portrait painted. 

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Under most conditions, she can apply decoupage over an existing floor, eliminating the need for time-consuming, costly and dirty removal of old surfaces. "It solves a lot of problems people have," she says.Trained as a paper artist, Raymer can create painted paper floors that look practically indistinguishable from marble, tile, wood, granite or just about anything else. 

Raymer created the method in 1990 when she opened an art import store in Texas. She needed a cheap and easy way to spruce up the floor, and figured shed give decoupage a try to see if it would hold up until her business got going. The results were better than she imagined. Brush it out. End of discussion," Raymer says. All of the products are very flexible, she says. People can even start and stop the project according to their timeline. 

Raymer says the supply list is simple and affordable, though she prefers a specific type of kraft paper that she also sells through her website. She buys the paper, which is certified sustainable, direct from the mill. Other types of paper and recycled papers are possible, but she says they carry a risk of falling apart during the decoupage process. 

Raymer charges about $5 to $8 per square foot for floors and $15 to $18 a foot for countertops. She has a 200-square-foot minimum but is open to exceptions. "If it's an interesting project, I might do it."For do-it-yourselfers, the typical cost is $1 to $1.50 per square foot, including supplies, instructional videos and special paper, a substantial savings from most flooring options. 

"When you realize the possibilities of paper you can have photos, phrases, you can rip it, square it it's endless," Raymer says. "I know eventually people are going to come up with things I haven't even thought of yet."

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