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Youth, strength in depth and a place in the top four sum up Tottenham right now.
The above photo shows Dele Alli celebrating his goal for Tottenham Hotspur against Southampton on Saturday afternoon, when the north London side won 2-0 at St Mary's.
But that's not all it shows. Indeed, it holds virtually all the proof in one photo of why Tottenham currently sit fourth in the Premier League.
Okay, a big reason is a lack of quality from competitors - Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea are nowhere in comparison to where they have been at their best in recent years.
Spurs, though, have certainly done a lot right themselves. And their reward is a place in the top four at this moment in time ahead of United on goal difference. Two things stand out this season that weren't quite at this level before: an emphasis on youth and a newfound squad depth.
Mauricio Pochettino focused on younger players last season, of course, but Alli has added a new dimension this time around. In terms of depth, meanwhile, just look at who Tottenham had on the bench and didn't even need to call upon as they beat Southampton.
There's a long way to go - United and Liverpool could sort themselves out. But it's advantage Pochettino's men right now.
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Bookham Car Parks and Charges
Mole Valley District Council (MVDC) provides around 120 car parking spaces in Bookham.
Short stay car parks are limited to three hours. There is no limit for long stay parking, as long as the correct amount is paid at the time of parking.
Charges at each car park apply from 8am - 6pm, Monday to Saturday. Sundays and Bank Holidays are free.
You can pay for your parking by phone, app or online, using your credit or debit card with RingGo Please note, when using RingGo additional charges may apply.. Coins are still accepted at our payment machines.
You have the option of buying a 30 minute for 50p or a one hour ticket for £1. Please note the minimum stay is 30 minutes. If you want to stay longer, simply pay for what you need in 5p increments.
Car parking tickets purchased in any of the MVDC owned car parks are valid and transferable to all car parks in that town or village. E.g. a valid two hour ticket purchased in Ashtead Peace Memorial, could also be used in Grove Road car park.
Disabled Parking
The Blue Badge scheme is for drivers or passengers with severe mobility problems and allows them to park on-street or in MVDC car parks close to where they need to go free of charge.
A blue badge may be used in a disabled parking bay. More details of where you can park is explained in the GOV.UK Blue Badge rights and responsibilities booklet.
Information on how to apply or renew a Blue Badge can be found on Surrey County Council's website.
Residents who are temporarily disabled, for example awaiting a hip replacement, can apply for a Temporary Disability Permit for a small fee, entitling them to park in MVDC owned car parks free of charge.
Please note, facilities for motorhomes are not provided for in any of MVDC's car parks.
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The LWHRA Spring 2019 Certification Exam preparation class has been successfully completed! The program raised a lot of interest with 25 students attending and completing the course in preparation for the Spring 2019 SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP Exams. Study group participants are still taking exams as the SHRM testing window runs from May through July. All exam results are self-reported, but we know for sure that two students have passed. Congratulations to those students! And we wish success for all other students who are still working to complete their tests.
"There's no way I would have passed the SHRM-CP exam without enrolling in the LWHRA Certification program." – Sal Canino, Attendee LWHRA Spring 2019 Certification Preparation Class
The LWHRA Diversity and Inclusion Committee will be holding a Coffee Chat. Come join us to chat and share ideas on building an inclusive and diverse workspace!
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Recruitment and talent acquisition strategies was the theme of our recent August Chapter meeting. We were lucky to have a knowledgeable presenter, Jenifer Lambert, Chief Revenue Officer at TERRA Staffing Group, who delivered an educational presentation at our meeting. Jenifer has over 25 years' experience in recruiting/staffing under her belt. She fell into recruiting/staffing right out of college and has worked both in consulting roles and directly placing talent with client companies across a broad range of industries.
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SHRM has awarded a 2017-2018 Superior Merit Award designation to the Lake Washington Institute of Technology (LWTech) SHRM student chapter for providing superior growth and development opportunities to its student chapter members. This top award is received by fewer than one-quarter of student chapters per year. This marks the eighth year that LWTech has been recognized as Superior Merit Award or Outstanding Chapter Award winner.
The SHRM student chapter merit award program, which began in 1972, was created to encourage student chapters to require ongoing excellence in the following areas: student chapter requirements, chapter operations, chapter programming and professional development of members, support of the human resource profession, and SHRM engagement.
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Managing a workforce so your business stays competitive in a tough economy is challenging. Years of cost-cutting, program-gutting tactics have left everyone stressed and disengaged. And too often the investments organizations do make go undervalued, underutilized and/or misunderstood. It's safe to say that it's time to reimagine total rewards so that individuals can enhance their total well-being and organizations can achieve their desired results. Join the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the International Society of Certified Employee Benefits Specialists for a webinar on June 5.
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Bonnie - Fashion's New Darling
|'30s style beret with long cardigan suit by Elite.
Actress Faye Dunaway, the gun-toting Bonnie Parker in Bonnie and Clyde, has already done for the beret what Bardot did for the bikini. Now the fashion world's newest Darling is the stunning inspiration for a full-blast return to '30 styles, both here and abroad. Though revivals have cropped up before it took the impact of the film to bring about a new synthesis that (as shown in Gayle Kirkpatrick's outfits $100 and $125) blends the softness and droopy fit of the '30s with the swing and legginess of the '60s.
Left; This polka-dot cocktail dress ($185) is silk georgette (a'30s fabric). It has the characteristic limp flutter of the era, but a contemporary above-the-knee hemline. Dots on stockings match dress. Right; Resort outfit ($115) -as well as the other on this page - is from a '30s-inspired collection designed in Italy by Krizia and imported by Bendel. Period mid-calf length is styled for poolside luncheon.
Left; Stripe knit outfit ($110) combines typical '30s-style cardigan with a V-necked dress. The big-brimmed hat and the crochet edging used on the neckline are also straight out of the period. Right; Simplicity of a Depression era housedress is glorified in mid-calf length dinner dress ($650) of rickrack sequins for drop-dead chic. The little linen collar is in keeping with the tongue-in-cheek poor look.
Above; Switching roles, Bonnie becomes Clyde. She wears pin-striped gangster suit from Geoffrey Beene ($495). Clyde, too, is making an impact on the girls; a return of tough tailoring as a change from the bias softness. Faye digs both looks.
Decades away from Bonnie and Clyde, Faye has a current movie-star look in mini-dress by John Moore ($500). Her whipped up curls are a wig arrangement by Kenneth, who often does her hair.
All images scanned by Sweet Jane from LIFE magazine January 12 1968. All photographs by Greene-Eula. Watch the original trailer for Bonnie and Clyde. Read Roger Ebert's 1967 review of the film. View the 2009 BBC Timewatch documentary about The Real Bonnie and Clyde. Discover more about Blanche Barrow. Explore images & artefacts from the Dallas Police Department Historical Records and Case Files on the Clyde Barrow Gang. And finally, Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot - performing Bonnie And Clyde (1968). And finally, The Trail's End, Bonnie Parker's original poetry & inspiration behind the lyrics.


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Local Elections
Ashby fights from underdog spot in Sacramento mayor's race
Editor's note: This is the first of two stories profiling the frontrunners in Sacramento's mayoral election. Up next: former state Senate leader Darrell Steinberg.
Angelique Ashby finds herself in a familiar position in the Sacramento mayor's race. Facing an opponent who is better known and has much more money, she's the clear underdog.
But she's not backing down.
"Some things are worth fighting for, and this is one of them," Ashby said last month, sitting in a midtown coffee shop. "I think Sacramento wants a fighter as its next mayor."
If Ashby were to win in the June primary, it would be a remarkable upset. Her opponent is Darrell Steinberg, a seemingly everywhere politician who has been a fixture on the local political scene for more than 20 years. He has a $2 million war chest – the largest in city history – most of it raised when he was head of the state Senate contemplating a run for statewide office.
Ashby, 41, has pulled off a big upset before. She surprised the local political establishment in 2010, when she emerged from the neighborhood activist ranks in North Natomas to wrest a City Council seat from Ray Tretheway, a three-term incumbent who outspent her 2-to-1. Her election was a jolt to politics as usual in Sacramento, where a seat on the council traditionally had come with rock-solid job security.
Her strategy for another upset is simple: trying to share her story with a voter base outside North Natomas that might not know her very well. She's doing that by holding intimate meetings in voters' homes (she did that twice Saturday) and taking part in a steady stream of candidate forums (she was in one Saturday). She's also canvassing neighborhoods, although her door-to-door effort has appeared to lag behind Steinberg and his enormous army of volunteers.
It's been tough from the moment Steinberg entered the race, days after Ashby announced she would run. A poll conducted by Ashby's campaign last fall showed far more city voters recognized Steinberg's name than hers. Despite that, Ashby secured a list of high-profile endorsements and has raised more than $350,000.
"Given her opponent is a candidate that's well known, has positive ratings and a huge campaign war chest, this has been an uphill battle from the get-go," said political consultant Steve Maviglio, who has advised Ashby in the past but has never directly worked for her. "But she's not the type of person who's going to give up, and Darrell Steinberg isn't the kind of person who will take anything for granted."
This fight, Ashby contends, has been unfair at times.
She has criticized Steinberg's transfer of $1.4 million he raised for a potential lieutenant governor's race into his mayoral campaign, arguing he should have been limited by city election code to using far less. The city attorney disagreed with her interpretation of the code and has allowed the transfer.
Ashby has cast herself as an outsider on the City Council, saying most of her male colleagues endorsed her opponent because of their own long-standing entrenchment in city politics, their friendships with Steinberg and because she is "not one of the guys." Ashby has been the only woman on the City Council since 2014.
At debates and public forums, she says she would be a "Day One mayor" because she is already immersed in city issues, while Steinberg – also a former city councilman – moved on long ago to state government.
"You couldn't be more prepared to be mayor than I am right now," she said. "I have a depth of knowledge in what's happening right now."
She has embraced public safety as one of her main themes, but made a significant misstep early in the campaign when she touted crime reduction figures for her district that turned out to be wildly overstated. The police chief later said his department provided Ashby with faulty numbers and took the blame for the error.
Neighborhood roots
Ashby was born in Ashland, Ore., and moved to Roseville when she was 10. She developed a love for dancing at a young age, so her parents moved the family to Sacramento four years later so Ashby could attend the visual and performing arts program at Sacramento High School. She spent four years focusing on ballet, jazz and tap dancing and graduated from Sacramento High in 1993.
After graduating, Ashby took classes at American River College and taught dance at local studios. But then, at the age of 19, she got pregnant. Her son, Nate, was born in 1995 through an emergency cesarean section. It was a wake-up call.
"I felt like I needed to be a better person for this kid," she said. "I took control of my life."
Nate's father, who was Ashby's high school sweetheart, was not involved in the young boy's upbringing. Ashby said she juggled classes with a string of part-time jobs – she was a saleswoman at Nordstrom and a waitress at an Old Spaghetti Factory in Roseville. In 1996, she enrolled at UC Davis and took a part-time job at Families First, a nonprofit in Davis that provided mental health services and other assistance to foster youths.
Ashby's parents had divorced when she was in high school and the young mother was largely on her own. She bought groceries with food stamps, and she and Nate lived in low-income housing in South Natomas and the Pocket/Greenhaven area.
She graduated from UC Davis in 1999 and enrolled in night classes at McGeorge School of Law. While there, she was introduced to her cousin's roommate from the University of Oregon. And in 2002, she married that man, Zachary Rucker-Christopher, now the assistant nurse manager at Sutter General Hospital. The following year, Ashby graduated with a law degree from McGeorge and the couple moved into a new home in the Creekside neighborhood of North Natomas, where they are raising two more children: Tyus, 11, and Alia, who turns 3 on Monday.
By the time she and her husband had settled on a home to raise their family, her demands were simple: "I just wanted a nice coach light out front," she said. When their young family moved in, they didn't have enough money to groom the backyard, so it remained a small dirt patch for the first several months.
Like thousands of others, her family was drawn to Sacramento's newest neighborhood by the promise of a suburban lifestyle just a few miles from downtown. It seemed every street had a glossy "Coming Soon" sign, promoting new parks, grocery stores and schools. But in those early years, many of the promises were not kept.
Ashby's discontent began with a small issue: She and her neighbors wanted a stop sign at the corner of Ottumwa Drive and East Commerce Way, the main entry point into Creekside. She attended a community fair in a nearby park to ask when she could expect to see the stop sign and returned home later that night as the president of the newly formed neighborhood association.
"There was a lot of need there," she said. "We needed more police, a fire station, parks, streetlights, sidewalks."
When a rash of home invasion and street robberies placed the neighborhood on alert during the summer of 2008, Ashby took charge as the co-founder of the North Natomas Crime and Safety Committee. She had a direct pipeline to the Police Department, accompanying top-ranking officers on patrols of the neighborhood. At community meetings, Ashby emerged as the voice of a neighborhood that felt the city had not followed through on its promise to provide good schools, nice parks and safe streets.
Still, a run for office was not on her mind.
"I had just finished law school and started a business (a consulting firm with her father)," Ashby said. "But the more frustrated I got, the more I thought about it."
Molly Fling, a longtime Natomas activist who now manages a small public safety center Ashby helped launch in the neighborhood, said she remembers watching Ashby confront city officials and developers as residents grew weary of the area's lack of resources. Ashby and others argued that revenue created by development in North Natomas was being used to support services in other parts of the city.
"A lot of us saw her as someone who could go and do things not just for the district, but for the city," Fling said. "She draws people in, she builds relationships."
Another complaint focused on fire safety. North Natomas had some of the longest emergency response times in the city because many homes had been built far from a fire station. Ashby served as a community representative with city officials to develop a financing plan for a new $9.6 million station on El Centro Road.
The City Council voted to spend the money for the new station in 2009. By that time, Ashby was in the early stages of a campaign against Tretheway, who had represented the area since 2001. Despite Tretheway's massive fundraising advantage and longer list of endorsements, Ashby won the race in the June primary.
It was the first time in nearly 20 years an incumbent council member had been unseated.
'Very good council member'
During her first few years in office, Ashby was a popular figure in North Natomas. And as city politics became increasingly competitive, Ashby's position on the council was safe: She was the only council member since 2008 to run unopposed when she won re-election in 2014. Still, she wasn't very well known in other parts of the city.
With a strong connection to Mayor Kevin Johnson and his growing coalition on the City Council, Ashby's profile steadily grew. She was a central figure during the various stages of the Kings arena saga; Sleep Train Arena is in the middle of her district, and North Natomas residents have long been nervous about what will fill its huge footprint. Ashby had been critical of the Sacramento Kings' pace of coming up with a new plan for the Sleep Train site, but has recently said she is confident the new use will fit the community's needs and serve as "an economic driver."
Ashby's colleagues selected her to serve as vice mayor twice and mayor pro tem two other times. She led council meetings during the mayor's frequent absences and was asked to help out with events around the city, reading to schoolchildren at south Sacramento's Phoenix Park and helping to organize a candlelight vigil after a Grant High School football player was shot to death last year.
Ashby also played a central role in lobbying federal officials for money to fund levee improvements in Natomas, work that resulted in last year's lifting of a building moratorium in place in the region since 2008. She served on City Council committees that led to the formation of a police oversight commission and ethics reforms at City Hall. When the city's library system was threatening to close facilities, Ashby led the successful campaign to pass a parcel tax on the June 2014 ballot that has provided millions of dollars for library hours, staffing and technology.
Those accomplishments may not have been as high-profile as leading negotiations to fill a $42 billion state budget deficit or authoring a bill that streamlined California's complicated environmental review of the Golden 1 Center arena – as Steinberg did during his time in the Capitol. But, Ashby argues, her résumé is more valuable for the job she is seeking.
She said the evidence of her knowledge – and her plans for the future – are included in a 66-page report her campaign released last month called One Sacramento. In it, Ashby calls for bringing back police units that do community-based patrols and are not tied to 911 response; increasing funding for traffic control and anti-DUI efforts; expanding the city auditor's office; starting a city office to help small businesses navigate red tape; and launching a homelessness commission of activists, residents and service providers.
Steinberg says Ashby has been "a very good council member" and has joked at debates that he hopes to serve alongside her at City Hall. He points to the support he's received from the majority of the current City Council as an indication of his strength in the race.
"Part of governing and part of leading is being able to put together votes and coalitions, and I'd begin with a head start," he said.
Six of Ashby's colleagues on the City Council endorsed Steinberg, and the other two – Mayor Johnson and Councilman Allen Warren – haven't said publicly whom they're supporting. Ashby said many of her colleagues have held high-profile positions locally for years or have close personal relationships with Steinberg.
But she said the political allegiances to her competitor are the result of something else, too.
"I do sometimes feel like, I'm not a guy, right?" she said. "I don't hang out with them."
"My priorities as a woman and where I am in my life as a mom with kids, just puts me in a different spot than them," she added. "If I have an extra evening, I'd rather be at my kid's Little League game than doing a bike ride or golfing (with one of her male colleagues)."
Councilman Steve Hansen, among those supporting Steinberg, said Ashby's argument that she isn't supported by her colleagues "because she's a woman is preposterous." Hansen, the city's first openly gay council member, said, "We all have to work with each other, and our differences are more about policy than our race or gender or sexual orientation."
"If she truly was the outsider, she wouldn't have the accolades she claims for herself and wouldn't have had the opportunity to serve as a presiding officer of the council," he said. "The quality of Darrell's character, the opportunity to have him as our mayor because of the type of leader he is, and his willingness to bring together disparate kinds of people and not make it about what divides them I think is very attractive to not just council members, but to the public as well."
'Basically my house'
Out in Sacramento's neighborhoods, Ashby's campaign effort appears to trail Steinberg's. His homey-looking lawn signs began appearing around town weeks before the first Ashby signs showed up. Steinberg also has organized more than 50 "meet and greets" at homes around the city.
Still, Ashby said she has been happy with how she's performed at the many mayoral forums and debates; she said there haven't been enough of the events. And she appears at ease when she's interacting with voters one on one.
As she walked last month along an East Sacramento street lined with brick Tudors and sycamore trees, Ashby was able to quickly adapt her message to whoever answered the door. Of the several voters she spoke with, only one said he was definitely voting for Steinberg – and that's because he worked in the Capitol when Steinberg was a lawmaker.
Ashby's first stop was a home where the front yard was filled with balls and bicycles. The playful yelling of two young children and a barking dog echoed from inside. "This is basically my house," she said as she approached the front door.
Almost immediately, it was clear what the home's residents wanted to talk about. Neil Ferrera, a prosecutor in the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office, wanted to know about public safety.
For the next few minutes, Ashby talked about her experience as a neighborhood crime watch leader in North Natomas and the support she has from the city's public safety unions. She said she wants the Police Department to reinvest in community-oriented policing – not reactionary policing – and promoted reading and after-school programs she helped develop in her City Council district.
"You've won me over," Ferrera said, agreeing to place an Ashby campaign sign in his front yard. "Crime issues are what drive my local voting."
A few houses later, Joann Brian answered the door. Ashby opened by mentioning she is "the only woman on the City Council" and she described herself as the underdog "against a machine." The message resonated with Brian.
"It's time for a woman to be in there," Brian said. "We need a change."
Ryan Lillis: 916-321-1085, @Ryan_Lillis
Sacramento mayoral debate
When: Monday, 3 to 4 p.m.
Candidates: Councilwoman Angelique Ashby; Tony Lopez, former boxing champion; Darrell Steinberg, former state Senate leader
Where: University Union Ballroom, Sacramento State, 6000 J St., Sacramento
Other details: The debate will be broadcast live on ABC10 and Capital Public Radio at 3 p.m., and live-streamed on capradio.org and sacbee.com. It will be rebroadcast on Capital Public Radio at 7 p.m. Monday.
Angelique Ashby
Age: 41
Experience: City councilwoman, North Natomas, 2010-present; vice mayor 2012, 2013; mayor pro tem 2014, 2015; former president Creekside Neighborhood Association; co-founder North Natomas Crime and Safety Committee
Education: Law degree, University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, 2003; bachelor's degree, sociology, UC Davis, 1999
Key endorsements: Sacramento Police Officers Association; Sacramento Area Firefighters Local 522; Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce; state Sen. Richard Pan, D-Sacramento; Sacramento Deputy Sheriffs' Association; former Sacramento District Attorney Jan Scully; Assemblyman Jim Cooper, D-Elk Grove.


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Irving's Got Talent (formerly Friday Nite Live) is Irving's premier teen talent show. Held each February at the beautiful Irving Arts Center, 3333 N. MacArthur Blvd., Irving's Got Talent showcases middle and high school students with all types of talent from singing, dancing, rock bands, solo musicians and even magicians!
The 2019 performance of Irving's Got Talent will be held 7 p.m. Friday, March 1.
Come join us for the event and you'll see: Irving's teens have real talent!


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Oprah Winfrey ended her reign as the "Queen of Daytime" one year ago to start her OWN network.
Oprah Winfrey ended her long-running, über-successful daytime talk show exactly one year ago today, ostensibly to devote her efforts to her fledgling eponymous cable network, OWN.
In case you hadn't heard, OWN has gotten mixed reviews, both in terms of content and management, with some saying that Winfrey was wrong — all wrong! — to pull the plug on "Oprah" rather than move it to cable and ensure that millions of people would follow.
We're of the opinion that Winfrey's true fans aren't fickle. In fact, they want the same thing they always have — Oprah! But they're getting less of her now that they don't have "Oprah" to tune into every day.
Obviously, the end of "Oprah" 12 months ago signaled the end of an era. But did it also bring about the downfall of an empire?
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May 25, 2011: Following a two-day, star-studded sendoff at Chicago's United Center, the last episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" attracts 16.4 million viewers — an awesome number at any time of day or night, let alone midafternoon.
June 24, 2011: The world continues to revere Winfrey as she's awarded an honorary doctorate — not her first, of course — at University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
August 2011: Winfrey comes in at No. 14 on Forbes' list of the 100 most powerful women in the world. Better than the Queen of England, but not as good as Lady Gaga.
Aug. 1, 2011: The owner of Own Your Power Communications sued Winfrey and her Harpo Studios over their "Own Your Life" branding to ensure that she would be the only one encouraging folks to own their power.
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Oct. 10, 2011: Winfrey appears on the first episode of "The Rosie Show," Rosie O'Donnell's daily prime-time show that's meant to inject some much-needed vim and vigor in OWN's flagging lineup.
Nov. 13, 2011: The producer and Oscar-nominated star of "The Color Purple" is given an honorary Academy Award — along with James Earl Jones and makeup artist Dick Smith — for her contribution to film at the Governors Awards.
Jan. 1, 2012: "Oprah's Next Chapter," a weekly prime-time interview show (actually featuring Oprah!) premieres and is immediately the network's most successful program. Only Season 25: "Oprah Behind the Scenes," premiered to higher numbers.
Jan. 14, 2012: The scandal-plagued Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in Johannesburg sees its first class graduate.
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Jan. 19: On a trip to India, Winfrey's bodyguards brawl with local reporters while she's visiting the sacred Hindu town of Uttar Pradesh and are briefly detained by police. They're able to leave after issuing an apology to the media.
Jan. 27: There's speculation that Winfrey is the godmother of Beyoncé and Jay-Z's baby daughter, Blue Ivy. Alas, she isn't. Maybe if she had just stuck with daytime...
Feb. 14: Winfrey apologizes after encouraging people to tune into OWN, especially if they're Nielsen families. You know, to help her ratings! " 'Desperate' not ever a part of my vocab," she tweeted later. "Just making a request, since I can't watch myself. Choice is yours." (Well, if she can't even watch, why should we have to?)
Feb. 29: Winfrey joins Lady Gaga at Harvard University for a discussion in honor of the launch of the pop powerhouse's Born This Way Foundation.
MORE: Jay-Z talks to Oprah about baby Blue Ivy
March 11: She's still got it! Winfrey lands the first interview with Bobbi Kristina Brown following mom Whitney Houston's death.
March 16: OWN pulls the plug on "The Rosie Show" after the ratings skidded into rock-bottom territory. "I wish the show was able to attract more viewers — but it did not," O'Donnell said. "We sort of started off the wrong way. We were kind of trying to do a little bit of what we had done 15 years ago, and you can't do it."
April 2: Winfrey admits to BFF Gayle King on CBS' "Early Show" (you know, so people can see) that running her own network has not been easy. "If I were writing a book about it, I could call the book 101 Mistakes," she says.
May 9: In a reminder of what was, "The Oprah Winfrey Show" scores three Daytime Emmy Awards nominations in technical categories (the host took herself out of the running years ago after consecutive wins). Perhaps as a portent of good things to come, OWN's Super Soul Sunday was nominated for Outstanding Special Class Series.
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May 16: Jennifer Lopez ousts Winfrey as Forbes' most powerful celebrity in the world. What lowly depths does Winfrey plummet to? No. 2. The horror!
So, it's been an up-and-down year for the former queen of daytime, who still would have been at the top if she hadn't deposed herself.
But never count Winfrey out. She's smartly building up her presence on OWN, her involvement still imparts gravitas to any event and it's a presidential-election year — try saying "Oprah's Obama fundraiser" five times fast.
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We started getting calls from people asking what they could do with the parrots they could no longer care for. We told them definitely not to bring the parrots to the cafe. But we needed to help them find new homes for their birds. We started building a network of parrot people willing to foster or adopt parrots. We helped some people find new homes for their parrots. We even fostered a few parrots while we searched for new homes. We became a de facto parrot rescue. It was only a matter of time before we formalized our work and established a 501(c)3 nonprofit charity, Northwest Parrots Fund, registered as a charity with the State of Washington. The rest of the story, as they say, is the rest of the story. Some other time maybe.
Thankfully, Rainbow and Argentino are settled into their new home with a terrific parrot person who already had two Budgie parrots. Rainbow and Argentino are males. The other two Budgies are females. This should get interesting.


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Poker yesterday at HoG, at which I won £3 in a momentus battle of skill and, erm, luck. Highlight was actually seeing what funny colours I could make the other players go. Lowlight was the slightly depressing news about SNFNGS.
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Can Mormons get Divorced?by Bus
Q. Can Mormons get divorced?
The simple answer to the question is yes, but this is no place for a simple answer. Let's expand the question to: "What is the religion's stand on divorce?" The answer in this case is: The church wishes couples would work through their problems and stay married, but accepts the fact that divorce happens.
Marriage is a multi-level arrangement. In our current society it is a symbol of true love, the establishment of a new household, a legal partnership, and an economic contractual relationship. In other cultures a marriage may be the combining of two families households, or the woman may be nominally sold into the keeping of her husband and his family. Due to the uneven or unequal potential in the marriage relationship, religions and social customs have attempted to modify the power of the husband over the wife. For example:
" Under Jewish law a man can divorce a woman for any reason or for no reason. The Talmud specifically states that a man can divorce a woman because she spoiled his dinner or simply because he finds another woman more attractive, the woman's consent to the divorce is not required…This does not mean that Judaism takes divorce lightly. Many aspects of Jewish law discourage divorce… According to the Torah, divorce is accomplished simply by writing a bill of divorce, handing it to the wife, and sending her away. To prevent husbands from divorcing their wives recklessly or without proper consideration, the rabbis created complex rules regarding the process of writing the document, delivery, and acceptance. A competent rabbinical authority should be consulted for any divorce" (Judaism 101: Divorce).
When Jesus was being tempted by the Pharisees (Matthew 19), they asked him if it was lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause. He answered with two important statements; in verse 4 he replies, "Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female." And then in verse 8, "He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so." ["Putting away" was another term for giving the wife a writing of divorcement.]
From his reply one could get the insight that God didn't make one sex to rule over the other, he made them both, male and female and that what Jesus was hinting at was that equal regard should be given to both. From the second comment we can see that the cultural beliefs were pretty deeply embedded among the Jews and they probably weren't ready for the introduction of a doctrine of equality of the sexes.
In our enlightened culture we have legally, at least, attempted to deal with both sexes equally. In the last 100 years laws have changed in most countries to allow marriages to be dissolved, the immediate result is generally a rapid increase in divorce as people free themselves from relationships that were not acceptable to one or both partners. Currently in America 50% of all marriages end in divorce. In a talk by Elder Dallin H. Oaks, he tells of the sorry situation in the Philippines:
"When a marriage is dead and beyond hope of resuscitation, it is needful to have a means to end it. I saw examples of this in the Philippines. Two days after their temple marriage, a husband deserted his young wife and has not been heard from for over 10 years. A married woman fled and obtained a divorce in another country, but her husband, who remained behind, is still married in the eyes of the Philippine law. Since there is no provision for divorce in that country, these innocent victims of desertion have no way to end their married status and go forward with their lives" (Divorce, Dallin H. Oaks)
A cornerstone in Mormon doctrine is the concept of the free agency of the individual. If the church were to make a hard and fast rule or policy condemning divorce then members of the church would be in similar circumstances as people in the Philippines. They wouldn't be able to remain members in good standing while attempting to deal with life's problems that a bad marriage might present. The church has increasingly spoken out on the issue of divorce. Elder Oaks continues:
"I have felt impressed to speak about divorce. This is a sensitive subject because it evokes such strong emotions from persons it has touched in different ways. Some see themselves or their loved ones as the victims of divorce. Others see themselves as its beneficiaries. Some see divorce as evidence of failure. Others consider it an essential escape hatch from marriage. In one way or another, divorce touches most families in the Church. Whatever your perspective, please listen as I try to speak plainly about the effects of divorce on the eternal family relationships we seek under the gospel plan. I speak out of concern, but with hope."
Many other leaders have spoken on the subject, for further material please go to LDS.org and search under "divorce". A general attitude of the church leaders is that two rational people should be able to work through problems if they pray for guidance, are humble, and are willing to work hard to preserve their marriage. As Elder Oaks says, "A good marriage does not require a perfect man or a perfect woman. It only requires a man and a woman committed to strive together toward perfection." However it is not advocated that a person should stay in a marriage that is abusive or dangerous. Since the church has emphasized family so much in the last half century there is a feeling that divorced people are somehow failures and don't fit the mold. In the past decade there has been a greater effort toward greater inclusion and acceptance of people who are divorced.
Temple marriage adds yet another level in the complex relationship of a marriage. It secures for the married partners certain blessings and expectations, including the promise that the marriage will last beyond the grave. Marital fidelity is stressed and expected. Sadly, some of these marriages end up in divorce as well. Individuals that have gotten a civil divorce can also apply for a temple cancelation of their marriage. For anyone in that situation your local bishop can provide you with more information. For those not in that situation, don't worry about it, just live up to the covenants made, whether civil or religious. Give 100% to improving the marriage, treat your partner with respect and love, and you will grow as an individual as well as a couple in the greatest adventure you'll ever embark on.
13 Responses to "Can Mormons get Divorced?"
It seems that your post has negated the direct words of the Saviour as found in Matthew 19. While you give the beginning of His words in your post above you neglect to give the second part of His statement. The only permissible reason for divorce in His eyes is found in Matthew 19:9. He did not condition His statement or allow for fluffy reasons like we do today. Divorced relationships ARE failed relationships. No ifs, ands, or buts.
19:3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
19:4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
19:5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
19:6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
19:7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
19:8 He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
19:9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
19:10 ¶ His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
19:11 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.
I am not advocating anything. I am merely stating that we (both as Church members and as a Christian society) have totally twisted the very direct and explicit statement of the Saviour to match our need to cover up our selfishness in marital relationships.
Your question about abused wives is a question for the Saviour, not for me. He was very specific in the Celestial standard. I do not know if He would allow for other exceptions. He did not mention them when He gave the standard. I can't presume to know how He would rule in a particular case.
I do think that we underestimate the horrific damage that has been inflicted upon our society by allowing divorces so easily. Especially on the children of broken homes. If government is going to define marriage then it should recognize its ultimate author and authority. If the government is not going to recognize its ultimate authority, then it should get out of the business of regulating marriages.
Just my thoughts.
Good points. I will recognize them as such. But then why did we just spend millions of dollars as Latter-day Saints in trying to impose a Celestial law upon the citizens of California? We declared that marriage is only for a man and a woman in order to raise children. Any thing less than that was deemed unacceptable for our society and unfair to children. That was a Celestial position (and we were very vocal in presenting it as such). However, it denies the opportunity for consideration of circumstances beyond heterosexual orientation. Are we not therefore imposing a Celestial standard on terrestrial and telestial people?
I don't see that your argument would allow for consistency across all our positions.
I know I could get castigated for this opinion but when the Church attempts to help people live the commandments it could be seen as an act of compassion for them.
Perhaps the Mormons don't want California dealt with like the Lord dealt with Sodom in the Old Testament?
I think Shawn is right. The easiness of divorce has caused a lot of people to treat marriage lightly. Marriage has always been a contract, both in the government (because it was a fundamental part of society) and with God. And as with all contracts, there were very few and very specific circumstances that allowed you to break the contract without severe consequences, (both from the government and from God). I think we've lost a lot of that mentality, and the phrase "irreconcilable differences" has become a get-out-of-jail free card: a way for us, like Shawn said, to match our need to cover up our selfishness in marital relationships. We need to be careful as church members to stick with the reasons for divorce that the Lord has provided, and not let the general standards of everyone else creep in.
On the question of whether there exist other valid reasons besides adultery, I definitely agree with Elder Oaks that things like abuse and abandonment are well within the Lord's acceptable reasons. I ask myself: if He were here, would he seriously say "stay in your abusive or abandoned relationships?" I have a hard time believing he would, especially since His prophets have explicitly preached the contrary.
I come from a "broken home" myself, and I know a good number of Mormons who do also. From what I've seen, I think that the church does an exceptionally good job at judging acceptable circumstances for church divorce. But perhaps that's just because the prophets and apostles are the ones who have to make the judgment call every time.
Well, I am definitely not the best critical thinker. But, Bus, I think you wrote your article very well. It just helped me step back and see the bigger picture of marriage. And it just encouraged me to be a little better. Sometimes that's all I need.
Diana – I must disagree with you, if you agree with me then you are a great critical thinker.
On another level, the Sunday School lesson today was about the establishment of the church as an official body. There were gathered together in that small home 50 baptised members, 6 of which signed the papers required by the State of New York to form a church. The thought I had was that there is a difference between the church and the gospel and we shouldn't confuse the two. The church is an instrument the Lord uses to propogate his gospel message. It is a handy instrument both for the Lord and for the members. When Christ was teaching he apparently made some evangelists and some teachers, etc., but we don't read about a formal church established during his three years of active preaching. It seems a bit more organized when Paul is sending off epistles to the various churches and when they are referenced in Revelations.
When the church was re-estabished on the earth in these days it was after such ordinances as baptism and sacrament were already being practiced. Today the church is a mega corporation that has to deal with a lot of chruch property, temples, and farms. As well as controlling the preaching of 50,000 young missionaries, run a world-class humanitarian project, and keep religion professors at three different universities from straying too far from the doctrine of the gospel. And it has to do all this while staying "established" in about 100 different countries. Sometimes it has to play by the rules of the existing culture but it never has to compromise the basic teachings of the gospel.
Bus, when you said 'Perhaps the Mormons don't want California dealt with like the Lord dealt with Sodom in the Old Testament?', are you saying that God would choose to destroy the entirety of California just because Proposition 8 was passed? I do not agree with that.
You are probably right Aaron, I doubt if God would utilize the geo/political boundaries to determine who is punished. It would be nice to think that only the sinners get their just rewards, but I'm reminded of the story of Abraham arguing with the Lord who is about to destroy a city.
But I'm getting off topic, I was originally just puzzling over why the church would stick its neck out on such a volital issue that would end up only bringing public condemnation on them?
do mormons think that african american people are even?


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Webinar: Integration Challenges and Opportunities in the Economic Development and Refugee Resettlement Arenas, Online, 12 March 2015 [info]
CFP: Rethinking Integration: New Perspectives on Adaptation and Settlement in an Era of Superdiversity, Birmingham, UK,2 July 2015 [info]
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Immigration: Replace the Migration Security Complex with an 'Integration Industry' (The Conversation, Jan. 2015) [text]
Migration and Integration: A Local and Experiential Perspective, IRiS Working Paper, no. 7 (University of Birmingham, 2015) [text]
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UNHCR's Refugee Integration Capacity and Evaluation (RICE) Project:
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Facilitators and Barriers: Refugee Integration in Austria (UNHCR, Oct. 2013) [text]
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A New Beginning: Refugee Integration in Europe (UNHCR, Sept. 2013) [text]
A New Beginning: Refugee Integration in Sweden - It's about Time! (UNHCR, Sept. 2013) [text]
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Refugee Integration and the Use of Indicators: Evidence from Central Europe (UNHCR, Dec. 2013) [text]
Refugee Integration Evaluation Tool: Helping Governments Measure Impact of Integration Policies (UNHCR, 2012?) [text]
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Towards a New Beginning: Refugee Integration in France (UNHCR, Sept. 2013) [text]
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Towards a New Beginning: Refugee Integration in Ireland (UNHCR, May 2014) [text]
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Arbeitsmarktintegration: Die Sicht der Flüchtlinge und vorläufig Aufgenommenen in der Schweiz (UNHCR, Dec. 2014) [text]
Integration of Refugees in Lithuania: Participation and Empowerment - Understanding Integration in Lithuania through an Age, Gender and Diversity Based Participatory Approach (UNHCR, Sept. 2014) [text]
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Nitkellmu? Perspectives on Refugee Integration in Malta (UNHCR, Dec. 2013) [text]
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Societies and territories of our times, dominated by global dynamics, must also provide development and growth which mimic or are parallel the global developments and growth. This is usually achieved through local governments – municipalities, parishes etc which are public institutions essential for the realization of Local Democracy and the provision of community services. Local government are usually important tools of development in specific regions because they know in depth the ambitions and concerns of local communities.
Local authorities have at present very different assignments, particularly in the fields of rural and urban infrastructure, transport and communications, education, heritage and culture, health, social, housing, environment and sanitation, promoting development, land territory and urban planning and community protection.
This website previously to Direcção-Geral das Autarquias Locais (read as Directorate General of Local Authorities (DGAL)). This body was a central service of the State, part of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers responsible for the design, implementation and coordination of measures to support the Local Government and technical and financial cooperation between the central administration and the Municipal Administration.
The tasks assigned to the DGAL were generally pursued since 1974 by the following institutions: Directorate General of Local Government; Directorate-General for Regional and Local Action; Directorate-General for Regional Action; Directorate General of Local Administration.
I've decided to bring this website back to life and will be discussing various ways through which local governments can help to improve the welfare of the local citizens. There are some posts that I've already published and they can be accessed by clicking through various topics below.
Importance of Good Health in Community Development
Good health is a major factor which determines the productivity of each person in the society. Health has a very big significant in terms of economic development and prosperity of any nation. It is therefore paramount for all the concerned institutions in any society to strive and provide affordable medical services to the community as well ensure that people live in a safe environment. Of course many governments in the world have been striving to achieve this and other strategies which promote good health. Still there is a lot to be done in almost every part of the world.
Regardless of what measures may be put by governments or local authorities or municipalities to promote good health, there are some factors which yield to ill health which maybe out of control of the concerned institutions; such are health conditions which are brought about by our lifestyle habits (commonly known as lifestyle diseases such as diabetes) or those conditions which are genetically inherited.
The latter cause is one which traumatized me for long and almost claimed my life. I thank God that I survived it. It was back in 2009 when I started feeling pain on the nipple on my right breast. I never took it seriously and I presumed that the pain would go away soon. It wasn't that I was ignorant, but the pain started about 3 months after my husband and I had moved to the rural area to settle in our farm. We had both retired and there was no need to continue staying in the city whereas we had planned to invest heavily in the produce of healthy Mediterranean foods.
Provision of Better health Facilities in the Rural
The pain didn't subside as I had earlier thought, but it wasn't much painful. After about 5 weeks, the nipple started producing some white discharge. This made me become more concerned about the situation. Also it was at that point when I recalled that I had lost my older sister 3 years ago to breast cancer, while my mum also died from the same condition. However, I ruled out the possibility of the disease, since I had gone for a mammogram a month or so prior to our moving into the rural area.
I still went to the community health center for diagnosis. The health center wasn't much equipped since it was located in the rural, and they didn't have most of the modern facilities. Actually, they had many limited facilities. However, I health specialist whom I met there was very hospitable and upon observation, she seemed alarmed. She requested for my medical history and those of my family.
Even though I had the recent mammogram, she still expressed fear that further test needs to be carried so as to ascertain the cause of the breast discharge. She also indicated that there were changes on the breast skin, which although weren't clearly noticeable, could be signaling an underlying condition.
She advised me that it wasn't necessary to undergo another mammogram because it could still have the same results as the previous one, but I needed more advanced methods of breast screening. She felt that I had a dense breast tissue, and a mammogram could fail to detect any cases of breast cancer. She wrote her report and referred me to another public hospital in the nearby town. Luckily, she already had contact of the radiologist who she was referring me to.
The following I went to the hospital for further analysis as advised .here, I underwent a breast ultrasound. The reports of the finding were very alarming. The report indicated that I had Stage III Invasive Breast Cancer. This meant that the cancer had spread much which was not a good sign.
Giving Back to the Community
After the diagnosis, I sought professional advice and for the months which later followed, were the worst in my life. I decided to undergo a Breast Conserving Surgery, which was later accompanied by a series of chemotherapy and radiation therapy all which lasted for about one and half years.
This was the most traumatizing moments. The combination of the drugs and the radiations made me to almost go nuts. To make matters worse, the community health center in the rural wasn't equipped and thus I had to travel to the city whenever time for my appointments came. I lost a lot of weight and I had to rely on special dieting. I thought that I was going to die.
During that time, I joined an online cancer community, who I always shared my ordeal with and they usually encouraged me. After I was announced cancer free, I didn't know how to thank them. The best thing about them is that when I told them that I would help in raising funds to equip the local community center with better facilities for cancer screening and treatment, they were so enthusiastic in helping me raise the funds as well as create awareness of the disease.


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Clearwater Lake
We spent the weekend avoiding the rain and sleeping outside at Clearwater Lake, located on the south end of the Ocala National Forest. With no cell phone service, it was great to just put the phone away for the weekend.
Go outside, play some Kan Jam, walk around a lake, and hang out with your buds. It's cathartic.
This is the same campground we stayed at back in 2011.
Mike Ortiz


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One of the simplest and most delicious pasta dishes you will ever make. Creamy and guilt free.
Also, gains baby, gains.
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
- 1.5 tbs olive oil
- 1 small onion, diced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 lb pork sausage
- 3 cups low sodium chicken broth
- 2 cups low fat milk
- 1 (12 oz.) container pico de gallo (or salsa)
- 12 oz. pasta of choice (rotini here)
- 3 handfuls spinach
- 1 cup shredded gruyere cheese
- 1/2 cup grated Pecorino Romano cheese
Remove casings from sausage by slicing them lengthwise.
In a large pot, heat the oil on medium high. Add the onion and saute until translucent – 3 minutes. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant – 30 seconds. Next, add the sausage and with a wooden spoon, break up the meat until no longer pink – 5 minutes. Add the broth, milk, pico de gallo, pasta and season with salt to taste. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to a simmer. Cook for 15 minutes or until pasta is al dente. Add the spinach and toss to just wilt. Shut off the heat and mix in the cheeses. Serve.
Yields 4-6 servings.
Base recipe from hostthetoast.com – with many alters by moi.
…delicious happens


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Rocky Bay, Waiheke
Image: Matti Vuorre | Creative Commons
Located in the Auckland region
On the southeast side of Waiheke Island lies Te Matuku Marine Reserve, which contains the largest area of intertidal mudflats in the inner Hauraki Gulf.
Te Matuku Bay Scenic Reserve protects the coastal fringe of part of the bay, including taraire/tawa forest with pohutukawa and kauri. Fortunately Waiheke Island is free of possums - a pest animal which threatens native forest.
Waiheke is a large island in the Hauraki Gulf between the Auckland mainland and the Coromandel Peninsula.
A number of commercial ferry operators run both car and passenger ferry services to Waiheke Island.
Find authorised transport operators to this island.
A regular bus service, taxi and car rentals are available on the island.
Hauraki Gulf Maritime Park bylaws apply. Do not light fires, or remove/disturb plants and artefacts. No bicycles or pets. Take your rubbish with you – there are no rubbish bins.
Some activities require a permit, such as weddings and events.
Rules and regulations:
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Principal Lecturer in Law, Bristol UWE, UK
Evadne Grant is Principal Lecturer and Director of Postgraduate Programmes in the Department of Law at the University of the West of England. She teaches courses in International Human Rights Law and Public Law. She has a particular interest in human dignity and she has published on human dignity, equality and social and economic rights.


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Books and Bookstores as Movie Stars
Woody Allen stars as the owner of a failing bookstore who becomes a pimp in order to make a living. "Fading Giglio" is an upcoming film, written & directed by John Turturro. Given the current state of the economy, Amazon and the Nook Niche, there may be more truth than poetry to this film, ( said to be released here in late 2013 or 2014).
I am a fan of most movies with book store scenes (over, say, scenes in auto repair shops or cupcake bakeries). That is because, for me, books are It.
Over the years, books and bookstores have played both starring and supporting roles in many movies. Here's my short list, in chrony order:
- The Big Sleep (1946)
-Funny Face (1957)
-Manhattan (1979)
-When Harry Met Sally (1989)
-You've Got Mail (1998)
-NottingHill (1999)
Those are the movies I actually saw, but there are other notables, featuring book stores, I have yet to see (including Hugo, 2011). Plus, there are TV shows featuring books and book stores (too numerous to list here, but the recent one that come to mind is Sundance Channel's Rectify).
As a book collector/purveyor, I love all bookstores, especially those on the brink of extinction. I am always rushing around, attempting to support these stores, buying, tweeting, word-of-mouthing, dragging relatives and friends in by their shirt collars. I even supported endangered book stores that weren't Independents (like the late Borders). Before Borders closed in Carlsbad, I bought boat-loads of books there and even a wooden bookcase that had once been screwed to the wall.
But, as the saying goes, any publicity (or movie role, for that matter) is good publicity, so maybe Woody's turn in the Turturro movie will showcase the plight of struggling book stores - Independents and (gulp) even their big brother, Barnes & Noble. You know, we just need to get out there and shop (before they drop).
*special thanks to BookRiot.com


text: Just found this on my computer from back in college. It's part of a series of Photoshopped images of myself I did for a self-portrait brief. I still really like this one (because I look a bit like Mr Bean) but my overall project stank and I got quite a bad mark. It gave me a bit of practice for the Fergi series though.