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In case you don't know, there's a new trend sweeping the booklover community: book subscription boxes. Typically delivered monthly, these subscription boxes usually include a new release and several accessories, snacks and/or clothing items that relate to it. While some are curated by the authors themselves, others, such as OwlCrate aand Litjoy Crate, are curated by booklovers like us! In this post, Teen Board Member Shannon C. tells us more about a one-time box she received from Litjoy Crate. Read on to hear all about the bookish goodies she recieved.
I don't know about you, but I am obsessed with bookish subscription boxes. There are so many to choose from and it seems impossible to limit myself to one bookish subscription box. However, I will always buy one-time special event boxes. It is a great way to get a little taste of the service without fully committing to a subscription.
I recently decided to purchase the Litjoy Magical Edition Crate Year 2. It is a Harry Potter-themed box inspired by Harry's second year at Hogwarts. This box is separate from the subscription, meaning that subscribers do not automatically receive the box and that non-subscribers can purchase the box and will receive just this box. This one-time box costs $75, but it is worth $120 so you definitely get some bang for your buck. It is also important to note that this box does not have a book inside, only bookish items. Okay, enough babbling…let me show you what I found inside this little box of treasures.
The first thing I saw when I opened the box was Dobby's adorable face, much like Harry wakes up to see in HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS. Dobby's adorable face was printed on a product card that showed everything that came in the box and explained how the items related to the book. Each item had a corresponding quote from CHAMBER OF SECRETS and it was definitely super unique and really cute! The artwork on the front of the card was done by Nerdy Post.
The box also contained a cute little cloth Dobby doll made by Sweet Sequels. Of course, Dobby is a huge part of the novel so it is no secret that he belongs in the box. It is adorable and I am really happy to have my own Dobby!
There was also a set of magnetic bookmarks of magical creatures including pixies, mandrakes, Fawkes and Aragog! All of these creatures make an appearance during Harry's second year of Hogwarts. These were made by NerdyGrlDesigns. I love magnetic bookmarks and these are no exception!
I was excited to open up another box inside which contained a sleek black and green mug, inspired by the Slytherin house colors. Lettered in green is "When in doubt, go to the library" which Ron says "that's what Hermione does." This mug is exclusive to the box from LitjoyCrate!
I am a sucker for bookish candles so I was stoked to see one in this box. It is a 2 ounce soy vegan candle scented Sherbet Lemon and made by A Court of Candles. "Sherbet Lemon" is the password the friends used to get past the gargoyle in order to talk to Dumbledore. The candle smells just as it is named, very citrusy and clean.
The box also contained a cute vial of "polyjuice potion" which is actually a green bath fizz made by Literary Apothecary. I am also a sucker for bath products and I cannot wait to pour some of this "potion" into my bath.
Inside of a small paper bag I found a cute cookie wrapped in bubble wrap to prevent breakage. The cookie is actually a Howler cookie made by The Cookie Bank. As you may remember, Ron receives a Howler from his mother in this novel. I cannot wait to see just how delicious this Howler is.
There was actually another bookmark in the box, but this one was a paper bookmark with the quote, "What exactly is the function of a rubber duck?" on one side in beautiful lettering. The other side is a picture of Arthur Weasley staring very excitedly at a rubber duck. This bookmark is hilariously cute and was inspired by a conversation in the book. This bookmark was created by Nerdy Post.
Everyone who ordered this box either got a print of stacked Hogwarts books or a Platform 9 ¾ ticket. Both of these are beautiful items have gold foil and make the perfect prop for Bookstagram photos! I believe that these items were left over from last year's First Year Magical Edition Crate.
As I'm sure all readers will remember, Gilderoy Lockhart was introduced in this novel as the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. He is very famous and arrogant so of course the box contained a signed picture of him (made by Das Stark) and a Gilderoy Lockhart fan letter (made by Bookified)! These items are both very funny and lovely and I am happy to have them.
In CHAMBER OF SECRETS, Harry gets injured playing quidditch and Madam Pomfrey gives him Skele-Gro to fix his arm. So of course, there is a little bottle of Skele-Gro and a cute skull on a little keychain made by Nerdy Nifties.
This next item is very unique and is something I have never seen in a book box before, but it is a Moaning Myrtle Toilet Spray. This is a natural product made with essential oils to make your toilet smell good after you use it. It is very funny and useful too! This was made by Literary Apothecary.
Believe it or not, there was yet another bookmark in this box and it was the most unique one yet! It is a Basilisk fang bookmark on a black ribbon! Harry uses the fang to stab Tom Riddle's Diary in the novel and it is such a cool item. This was made by Litjoy Crate.
And last, but CERTAINLY not least is another item by Sweet Sequels! It is a book sleeve that looks just like Tom Riddle's Diary!!! Book sleeves are huge right now and it is a pouch you put your book in to protect it when on the go. The book sleeve even appears to have a hole in it where it was stabbed with the Basilisk Fang!
Overall, this box was amazing!!! I literally loved every single item in it and it is the most unique book box I have ever gotten! I highly recommend picking it up if you are a Harry Potter fan! Check it out here.


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First Sunday in Pittsboro NC to Include the Pittsboro Roadhouse & General Store
The Pittsboro Roadhouse & General Store announces it will be opening for downtown Pittsboro's First Sundays starting Sunday March 3, 2013 offering a special 6 item Brunch Menu along with its regular lunch menu. It will be open between 10:30 and 3:00.
The Pittsboro Roadhouse & General Store, which opened just over six months ago in August 2012, has announced that they will join Pittsboro First Sunday by opening for brunch.A special Brunch Menu including 6 new offerings will be available along with all the meal choices on the regular lunch menu.
The First Sunday in March, March 3, 2013, will be the first Sunday that the Pittsboro Roadhouse will be open. Their hours are 10:30 - 3:00. At present they will only be open Sunday for Pittsboro First Sundays.
"Since we opened, we've been asked about offering Sunday Brunches," said Pittsboro Roadhouse owner, Greg Lewis. "Customers and downtown business owners have encouraged us to open for First Sunday. So we're pleased to be at a point where we can."
Participants in Pittsboro's First Sunday usually include the following downtown Pittsboro merchants:
Beggars & Choosers
Circle City Books & Music
French Connections
New Horizons Trading Co.
Pittsboro Toys
Small B & B Cafe
The City Tap
The Joyful Jewel
Vino Wine Shop
and now, the Pittsboro Roadhouse & General Store
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Pittsboro's First Sunday was started in 2005 by the Pittsboro Merchants Association, which has since been renamed to Pittsboro Business Association. Pittsboro First Sunday closes for several of the winter months every year, and is starting the new 2013 season on Sunday March 3.
The Pittsboro Roadhouse & General Store opened in the space that was known as The General Store Cafe for over a decade, and is located in the same spacious building to the West of Courthouse Circle in downtown Pittsboro, Greg Lewis, the new owner, and his wife Maria Parker Lewis brought a fresh look to the new restaurant, which includes paintings by Siler City based artist Ricky Lindley. The General Store has an eclectic variety of local crafts and coffees, teas, wines, and special cooking oils, salts and sugars.
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Saturday, November 19, 2016
Grant Richter of Wiard Evenfall Mini Modular
via this auction
"Up for sale is a very rare factory-assembled Evenfall Mini Modular semi-modular synthesizer in excellent cosmetic and functional condition. Item will ship with original power supply. It's in great shape and works perfectly. It is one of the biggest sounding monosynths I've heard, vintage or otherwise. It's incredible and sounds somewhere in-between a Roland and vintage oberheim (sem) oscillator sound, with a very raw, drippy filter like an Arp Odyssey.
This is a really great core of a modular system (think Cwejman S1mkII, for example). You have this as the heart of your synth setup, then add more oscillators and filters into it as needed, going external from the Evenfall and then back in. So you could add a row of eurorack above it, have a fully functional patch on the Evenfall, but use a Mutable Instruments Braids for the oscillator or use a AJH Synth Moog filter for the filter instead.
Condition: Excellent. The top right corner has a tiny bend you can see in the photos. Also, that's not my shitty handwriting on the back, but it was kind of the previous owner to expose that information.
The power supply is brand new and works perfectly.
This synth was designed by Grant Richter of Wiard synthesizers and there were roughly 60 sold, 30 in kit form and 30 assembled. The previous owner told me this is a factory-assembled unit.
Grant wrote this on the old Wiard Yahoo list:
"That is a great little instrument.
It was originally slated to be the Wiard Model 3600, but I decided to pass on it because we could not find knobs to fit the little nubby pot shafts. They are just like TR-808 tuning pots. I feared the lack of knobs would limits sales too much.
Electronic Musician magazine gave it and outstanding review, citing it as one of the best engineered and most musician friendly instruments of its type, in spite of the lack of traditional knobs.... The Mini-Modular is an ARP Odyssey in a more compact package with MIDI and extra features. The filter is a state variable instead of a 4 pole. The whole instrument is built out of 1% metal film resistors for stability and low noise. "
Chris MacDonald was the other part of Evenfall, and he had this to say about the production:
"There are only around 60 Mini Modulars in existence, so they are quite rare. Initially they were sold as kits via the synth-DIY mailing list with around 25-30 sold and then I did one production run of around 30. As I recall, the kit serial numbers start with MMK and the assembled models start with MMA. "
And here's an old marketing blurb I found describing it:
"The Evenfall Mini Modular Synthesizer is a rack mountable semi-modular analog synthesizer featuring the warm, organic sound of real analog circuitry and the flexibility of individual control knobs and a patch cord interface.
The Mini Modular also features internally "pre patched" or "normalized" connections among the modules. These connections make the Mini Modular a capable synthesizer even without inserting patch cords. These internal connections can be overridden by inserting 3.5mm patch cables as desired.
The Mini Modular can be patched to make sound by itself or in conjunction with another voltage-controlled synthesizer. It can also be controlled from a MIDI controller via the built-in MIDI to CV interface which provides pitch, velocity, gate, pitch bend, portamento on/off, and modulation output voltages."
3 Channel MIDI/CV Converter (plus Gate and Portamento On/Off, modeled on the Roland TB-303 glide)
2 Saw/Pulse VCOs
Lowpass/Bandpass VCF
2 VCAs
Dual LFOs
Sample and Hold
ADSR and AR Envelope Generators
Noise Source
Lag Processor (Portamento)
Full modular patch points for every function of the synth, compatible with Eurorack and other 1/8" modular systems
Dual Multiple
Active Attenuator
Power supply included"
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Enter DEMÆNETUS and LIBANUS, from the house of the former.
As you desire your own only son to survive your own existence, prosperous, and living on; so by your lengthened years, and by that wife of yours of whom you stand in awe, do I conjure you, that if this day you have said anything that's false against myself, your wife may then survive your own existence, and that, she living, you, still alive, may come to utter destruction1. DEMAENETUS
By the Gods above2 as to what you seek to know, I see that I must, perforce, speak out, whatever you question me upon, being thus conjured; so determinedly have you accosted me, that I really do not dare otherwise than to disclose everything to you making all these enquiries. Say then at once what it is that you desire so much to know; as I myself shall know, so will I let you know. LIBANUS
Troth now, prithee answer me seriously what I ask you; take care that you tell me no falsehood. DEMAENETUS
Why, then, don't you ask? LIBANUS
Will you, then, be sending me there, where stone grinds stone3? DEMAENETUS
What place is that? Or where in the world is that place? LIBANUS
Where worthless men are weeping, who breakfast upon pearled barley4. DEMAENETUS
What that place is, or where it is, I cannot understand, where worthless men are weeping, who breakfast upon pearled barley. LIBANUS
Why, in the islands of club-land and rattle- chains5, where dead oxen attack living men. DEMAENETUS
I' faith, I now understand, Libanus, what place it is; that perhaps you mean, where the pearled barley is prepared. LIBANUS
O dear: I'm not speaking of that, i' faith, nor do I wish to speak of it. Troth now, prithee, do spit out6 the words that you have spoken. DEMAENETUS
Be it so; you shall be indulged. He coughs and spits. LIBANUS
Come, come--hawk away. DEMAENETUS
What, still more? Spits on. LIBANUS
Troth now; prithee, do go on--still more. DEMAENETUS
What-from the very bottom of my throat? Spits. LIBANUS
Even more still. DEMAENETUS
Why, how long? Spits. LIBANUS
I want you, even to the death---- DEMAENETUS
Take you care of a woful mishap, if you please. LIBANUS
Of your wife, I mean, not of yourself. DEMAENETUS
For that speech, I give you leave to be free from apprehension. LIBANUS
May the Gods grant you whatever you desire. DEMAENETUS
In return, give me your attention. Why should I ask this of you? Or why should I threaten you, because you have not made me acquainted with it? Or why, in fine, should I censure my son as other fathers do? LIBANUS
What new affair is this? Aside. I wonder much what it is, and I'm in dread what the upshot of it may be. DEMAENETUS
In fact, I'm now aware that my son's in love with that Courtesan Philenium, that lives close by. Is not this as I say, Libanus? LIBANUS
You are upon the right track; such is the fact. But a dreadful malady has overtaken him. DEMAENETUS
What is the malady? LIBANUS
Why, that his presents don't equal his promises. DEMAENETUS
Are you, then, one who assists my son in his amours? LIBANUS
I really am, and our Leonida is another. DEMAENETUS
I' faith, you do kindly, and you gain thanks from me. But this wife of mine, Libanus, don't you know what sort of a person she is? LIBANUS
You are the first to experience it, but we give a guess beforehand. DEMAENETUS
I confess that she is troublesome and not to be pleased. LIBANUS
You say that later than I believed you in it. DEMAENETUS
All parents, Libanus, who listen to me, will show indulgence to their children, inasmuch as they will find their sons more kindly disposed and more affectionate; and that do I desire to do myself. I wish to be loved by mine; I wish myself to be like my father, who, for my sake, himself in the disguise of a ship-master, carried off from a procurer a female with whom I was in love; nor was he ashamed, at that time of life, to devise stratagems, and to purchase with good turns me, his son, for himself. These ways of my father have I resolved to imitate. For to-day my son Argyrippus has entreated me to give him a supply of money for his amours; and I very much wish in that to oblige my son. I wish to forward his amours; I wish him to be fond of myself, his father. Although his mother keeps him strictly, and with a tight rein, as fathers have been in the habit of doing, all that I dismiss. Especially as he has deemed me deserving, for him to entrust it to ire, I ought to pay all due regard to his feelings. Inasmuch as he has applied to me, as it is right that a respectful son should do, I wish him to have some money for him to give to his mistress * * * * * LIBANUS
You are desiring that which I find you are do siring to no purpose. Your wife brought her servant Saurea with her on her marriage7, who has more in his control trol than you have. DEMAENETUS
I received money with her, and for the portion I sold my authority. Now I'll compress into a few words what I want of you; my son is now in need of twenty silver minæ: do you manage that it may be forthwith found for him. LIBANUS
From what place in the world? DEMAENETUS
Cheat me of them. LIBANUS
You are talking downright nonsense. You are bidding me take the clothes from off a naked man. I, cheat you?--come now, fly you without wings, please. What, am I to cheat you who have nothing in your power for your own self? Unless you have first cheated your wife out of something. DEMAENETUS
Impose upon or rob myself in any way you can, my wife in any way, my servant Saurea in any way. I promise you that it shall not prove to your detriment, if you effect it to-day. LIBANUS
On the same principle you might bid me to fish in the air, and to hunt with a javelin in the midst of the sea. DEMAENETUS
Take Leonida as your coadjutor8; devise some plan or other, think of some expedient: bring it about that my son this day gets some money to give his mistress. LIBANUS
What say you, Demænetus * * * * * if the foe should intercept me, will you ransom me? DEMAENETUS
I will ransom you. LIBANUS
Then do you attend to something else, whatever you please. DEMAENETUS
I'm off to the Forum, unless you wish for anything. LIBANUS
Be of--why are you not walking9? DEMAENETUS
And do you hear, too----? LIBANUS
Well now. DEMAENETUS
If I want you for anything, where will you be? LIBANUS
Wherever it shall be agreable to my feelings. Really, there's not a person that I shall stand in dread of from this time forward, for fear he might be able to do me an injury, since in your discourse you have disclosed to me all your sentiments. Why, your own self even I don't stand much in awe of, if I carry this out. I'll go where I intended, and there I'll commune upon my plans. DEMAENETUS
Do you hear me? I shall be with Archibulus, the banker. LIBANUS
In the Forum, you mean? DEM. There, if there shall be any occasion for me10. LIBANUS
I'll remember it. (Exit.) DEMAENETUS
to himself Not any servant can there be more artful than this fellow, nor yet more crafty, nor one that it is more difficult for you to be on your guard against. If you want anything well managed, entrust it to this same fellow; he'd rather he should die in wretchedness, than not have that quite completed which he has promised. For I know that this money is as surely forthcoming for my son, as that I look upon this same walking-stick. But why am I delaying to go to the Forum where I had intended ... (Exit.)
1 Come to utter destruction: "Pestem obpetas." Literally, "meet with a plague." This expression held a somewhat similar rank with our uncourteous invitation, "Go to the devil."
2 By the Gods above: "Per Deum Fidium." Literally, "by the God Fidius." This God had a Temple in the Capitol at Rome. He was represented as having Honor on his right hand, and Truth on the left. He is mentioned by Ovid, in the Sixth Book of the Fasti, as having the names also of Sancus and Semo. He was also called Sangus and Sanctus, and is generally supposed to have been the Sabine Hercules. Saint Augustine says that he was a king of the Sabines, whom they had deified.
3 Stone grinds stone: He alludes to the "pistrinum," or hand-mill, where refractory slaves were often sent and set to grind the corn, which was a very laborious employment.
4 Pearled barley: "Polenta." This was barley-meal, dried before the fire, soaked in water for a night, and then baked.
5 Club-land and rattle-chain: "Fustitudinas, ferricrepinas." These are words coined by the author for the occasion. In the next line he alludes to flogging with thongs of hide.
6 Do spit out: The ancients signified extreme disgust by spitting. Libanus is so frightened at the bare "idea" of the "pistrinum," or "mill," that he deems the attempt to mention it as of bad omen, and begs that his master will spit away from him the very notion of it.
7 With her on her marriage: "Dotalem." The husband was master of the other slaves in the household; but the "dotalis" was under the sole control of the mistress. Aulus Gellius, in his Seventeenth Book, calls him "servus recepticius," probably, either because it was his business to receive whatever was due to his mistress, or from his being received into the house in preference to all other slaves.
8 Your coadjutor: "Optio" was originally the name of the lientenant, or adjutant, who was chosen by the centurion in the Roman armies to assist him in the discharge of his duties.
9 Why are you not walking: "Etiamne ambulas." Thornton, quoting from Limiers, says, in reference to this passage, "This is a banter of the slave's, who is rallying his master on the pain he is in, in walking supported by his crutch-stick. There is a distinction made between 'ire,' which, the grammarians tell us, is used to express walking fast, and 'ambulare,' 'to walk slowly,' or 'step by step.'"
10 Any occasion for me: "Si quid opus fuerit." This expression equivalent to ours, "if I am wanted," was made use of by the Romans when they had the intention of engaging in some occupation of importance.
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I've always wanted to visit Florida. It's on my bucket list. It's a thriving state. It's where CSI Miami was filmed. It has the most amazing night clubs you can dance in. Not to mention attracts millions of people each year. But there are some key places I wish to visit, and things you must do while in Florida.
#1. Visit Discovery Cove
First on my list is to visit Discovery Cove. Not only is it educational, but the Sea World theme park is perfect for a family adventure. You can get up close and personal, swim with the dolphins, take in the whale show, discover a huge variety of underwater sea animals and creatures. It's one place I know my kids would absolutely love. Visit Discover Cover online to learn more about it.
#2. Take a Trip to Miami Beach
Considered one of the most beautiful beaches in the world and home to the rich and famous. Miami Beach is located on the south coast of Florida. It's a picture perfect location to relax, play in the golden sands, take a nap in the sun and hang out. When you're hungry the choices are endless with a variety of restaurants and bars you can enjoy. And nightlife is just a hop skip and jump away on Ocean Drive.
#3. Get tickets for the St. Augustine Amphitheater
There's nothing like watching live music and entertainment, especially in an amphitheater. St Augustine Amphitheater is located in downtown St Augustine and it's Florida's premiere venue. Top acts like the Beach Boys perform for crowds up to 4,000 people outdoors. It's a unique experience and one I wouldn't want my kids or myself to miss out on.
#4. Check out the National Naval Aviation Museum
One of the coolest places on earth for a kid to visit. This museum is good for anyone fascinated with planes and very educational but fun, too. Over 4000 artifacts and 150 aircraft's can be seen at the National Naval Aviation Museum. Take a ride in a flight simulator and experience first hand what it's like to fly an aircraft. Spend the day scoping out the attractions and grab a bite in the dining area. Check out their official website to find out everything that's on offer.
#5. Get into Character at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
Both my kids and hubby and I are huge huge Harry Potter Fans. So the last thing to do while in Florida I'd want to see is the Wizarding World of Mr. Potter himself. Spend the day exploring Hogwarts, learn a few spells, stroll through Hogsmede and Diagon Alley. It's incredible and if Harry Potter isn't your thing there is plenty more to see at Universal Orlando Resort. Check out their website for more information.


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It was a long road to find success in the world of art. Our society does not support artistic endeavours like it once used to and I learned that the hard way. Though there were many trials and hardships on this journey, I never lost sight of following my dreams of being a writer and filmmaker. I have been blessed in my life and I want to give back to young artists who are willing to undertake such an arduous journey.
Whenever I can, I donate my equipment, time, contacts, and skills to helping young artists cultivate their dreams into reality. As of late, I have been producing low-budget music videos for artists so they can get noticed through social networking sites such as YouTube and MySpace.
From Birch to Yew:
My first two such music video collaborations were with a young man who goes by the name of 'From Birch to Yew'. His folk, soul, and rock sound and very well written lyrics made him the perfect candidate to work with.
You can listen to his tunes on SoundCloud, watch more of his videos on YouTube, or connect with him through his website.
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The Azure Earring by Kitte is a beautiful statement drop earring. Featuring a beaten gold medallion and luxe baroque pearl, this earring falls just above the jawline. Perfect for special occasions, and everyday style. Available in antique gold and silver. Crypt is a collection of elevated statement jewellery inspired by ancient ruins and elaborate artefacts.
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A follow up on yesterdays blog about The Curse of The Arsenal Captain.
For the first time in a very long time, it feels we have a team of leaders. A team of captains. A team that can be relied upon to rise to the occasion.
Since the invincibles were demolished, we have always struggled from a leadership point of view. A team too young, a team too inexperienced, a ship without a captain. And we have suffered from it.
I am sure in 2007/08, we would have won the league had the leadership of the team been better. We were top of the league and flying when Eduardo had his leg broken against Birmingham. Our captain, William Gallas, sat on the floor and sulked. Arsenal won 1 of their next 7 games and finished 3rd.
In 2013/14, we were once again top in February. We had led since the 2nd game of the season. And we fell apart. Finished 4th in a one horse race for the title. A run of 2 wins in 9 games. Once again a lack of leadership on the field. A season saved by an FA Cup win. It should have been a league and cup double.
But looking at the time now, it looks different, it feels different. Arsenal have a spine of leaders.
Petr Cech
The goal keeper position at Arsenal had been a problemsince before Jens Lehmann left. Whilst Petr Cech has had a couple of off games, what is undeniable is the leadership and experience he has bought to the squad. Cech has played nearly 700 domestic games and capped for his country 124 times. Now retired, there was talk of him being next Arsenal captain in the summer. He captained the side against Liverpool, but ultimately the armband went full time to Per Mertesacker. He is a man who has won everything domestically and on a European stage.
Laurent Koscielny
For so long, Laurent Koscielny looked lost without a leader next to him. He would drift positionally and basically struggled. But something seems to happened over this summer. At the Euro's for France he was the senior partner in all the centre back partnerships. He was the leader of the defence. On his return to Arsenal, due to Mertesacker's injury, he found himself as the senior centre back, and how he has grown. At 31, he has now been at Arsenal for 6 seasons. A regular for club and country. It has got to the point where the timid Koscielny should now really be Arsenal captain.
Shkodran Mustafi
Whilst Shkodran Mustafi has not been around the club that long, his leadership was recently praised by Alan Smith; "Those at Arsenal confirm that he is no shrinking violet when it comes to speaking up in the dressing room. A new arrival, maybe, but the 24-year-old is not afraid to say his piece". You see it on the pitch as well. The way he dealt with Diego Costa in the early exchanges against Chelsea set the tone for the rest of the side. Mustafi is a World Cup winner.
Granit Xhaka
Granit Xhaka: a born leader who will finally bring some grit to Arsenal. That is how The Guardian described Granit Xhaka upon his unveiling. Since then, Arsene Wenger has also commented on his leadership qualities. Last season he was made Borussia Mönchengladbach captain. As he grew as leader and talisman, the team grew around him. He is barely 24, but has already been capped 48 times by Switzerland. A future Arsenal captain? Many on this list could be.
Aaron Ramsey
It is over 3 years since I spoke about Aaron Ramsey being next Arsenal captain. Much has changed since then, and he has perhaps fallen down the pecking order a bit. But this is a man who was made the youngest ever Wales captain at the age of 20 years 90 days. He was the key man in Wales' recent Euro's run. He has already been at Arsenal 9 years and is 26 in December. He is one of the senior pros at the club. Someone others will look up to.
Mesut Ozil
Whilst Mesut Ozil has never really been a captain, his leadership comes across in his performances. A truly World Class talent, others look to him to perform. When he plays well, the team plays well. Everything go's through him. German player of the year for 4 of the last 5 seasons , this is a man who is the best German player, in the best German team for 25 years.
Alexis Sanchez
When you see the man at the top of the pitch putting in a shift, closing players down, chasing every ball, it changes the mentality of the rest of the side. They all start doing it. For Chile, Sanchez is a God. He is the main man. And he revels in it. Leading the line, he is their superstar. Their game winner. Whilst Claudio Bravo might be captain, Alexis Sanchez is the leader. When he performs, Chile perform. What he brings to Arsenal is the cherry on the cake. The man at the top of the field, over the hill first, leading his troops. 100 caps for his country, he could become a legend for his club.
I will let Arsenal legend Alan Smith's comments summarise the article;
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Tom Harvey was a regular teenager with regular habits and desires- until he was hit on the head with an iPhone. Suddenly when he recovers from surgery he finds himself with extraordinary powers. He has turned into an actualized app.Now he can see and know much more than any human being can.Surprisingly, he now has a level of power which is more than the linear sum of the human brain and an iPhone.When Tom learns that the gang members in the neighborhood have raped his friend and beaten up her brother he gets really angry and with his new powers turns into a vigilante. The rest is usual teenage stuff.However, the gang members and leader are not going to take all this lying down and Tom gets into trouble. When he asks gang leader,Ellman why he does all these bad things he gets a profound answer. "It's all about power.If you've got it you survive.If you haven't you don't." Well, are Tom and his girlfriend Lucy going to survive? The book tells you in a gripping fashion.If there's a young adult on your gift list this would make a great gift.
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Cutting Edge - Essential Facebook Programming: Widgets and Timeline
By Dino Esposito | April 2013
After covering some basic aspects of Facebook programming in previous columns, I'll now discuss tools and techniques to view and retrieve content from a Facebook wall in order to share it through other means and catalog it for something else, such as business intelligence (BI) analysis.
Not all companies have the same level of interest in the world of social communities as does Facebook. One lesson I've learned, however, is that in all companies, periodically an internal department—usually marketing—ends up with a strong interest in getting closer to customers and, maybe more important, in having customers get closer to the company. A Facebook fan page is one of the tools to attract contacts, and the number of Likes and the level of activity on the page can measure the success of the initiative.
Where does programming fit in? To keep a Facebook page alive and kicking and to stimulate user activity that increases the number of "people talking about this," you need to post interesting content—and frequently. Sometimes the company can afford a staff of people just researching and creating content for the Facebook page. Sometimes, instead, good content for the Facebook page comes straight from the regular flow of company business. In this case, it would be a bit problematic for employees doing their regular jobs to reserve extra time to report on a Facebook page what they're doing. Imagine, for example, that news is posted to the Web site. The internal workflow might entail preparing the text, getting it approved, publishing it in the internal system and waiting for the content management system to make it live on the site. If the same news should be published to Facebook, too, most of the time the same person opens the Facebook page as an admin and just posts content manually. It often works this way today, but it's not an approach that scales. This is just where Facebook programming fits in.
Beyond Posting
In recent installments of this column, I addressed the main topic of posting to a Facebook wall and the basics of building a Web site and a desktop application that can interact with the Facebook account of the user (you can see all my columns at bit.ly/hBNZA0). For an enterprise scenario where the target wall is the company's fan page, the approach isn't really different. All that changes is the account that receives posts.
So the first step toward Facebook programming is definitely finding a way to post content to specific walls in an automated way under the control of your software.
Over time, the content shared to the company's fan page, which typically includes marketing communications, becomes a useful resource for the company. It becomes valuable information that the company might want to retrieve and further share or analyze. And this is another great fit for Facebook programming.
The Like Box Widget
A quick and simple way to add some Facebook content to your site is through the Like Box widget. The widget lists recent posts made on a Facebook page as well as an optional list of users who like the page. For Web sites interested in using content published to Facebook, this is the first step to accomplish. It's important to note that the Facebook Like Box social plug-in is only intended to be used with Facebook fan pages and won't work if you connect it to a personal Facebook account.
Also, note that Facebook differentiates between fan pages and profile pages. The bottom line is that fan pages are for businesses, whereas profile pages are for individuals. There are some differences between the two as far as the allowed actions are concerned. First and foremost, a team of people can have admin rights on a fan page. In addition, posts from a fan page can be specifically targeted by language and location so they reach followers (well, fans, actually) who can best receive them. Fan pages support additional features and can be promoted via ads and sponsored articles.
Conversely, profile pages are intended to let owners stay in touch with friends and family. Being a friend becomes a mandatory condition to get updates, even though through the subscription mechanism you can allow non-friends to get your updates as well.
Configuring the Like Box for a Web page couldn't be easier. You can preview the content being displayed and grab related HTML directly from the Facebook developers site. Go to bit.ly/hFvo7y for a live demo. In the end, it's all about arranging a long URL to set on an iframe element. Figure 1 lists the parameters you can use in the URL.
Figure 1 Parameters to Configure the Facebook Like Box
|Indicates the URL of the Facebook fan page to feature in the Like Box.
|Indicates the desired width in pixels for the plug-in. The default width is 300 pixels.
|Indicates the desired height in pixels of the plug-in. The default height is not fixed and depends on whether faces and streams are to be displayed. In general, you should allow 500 pixels for it if you intend to have a stream of news.
|Indicates the color scheme for the plug-in. You have only two options: light or dark.
|Indicates whether the plug-in should display profile photos. The default is true.
|Indicates whether the plug-in should display the latest posts from the page's wall.
|Boolean parameter, hides or displays the default Facebook header at the top of the plug-in.
|Indicates the border color of the plug-in.
|If the page refers to a place, then this parameter indicates whether the stream should contain posts from the place's wall or just check-ins from friends. The default is false.
All you do is arrange a URL and bind it to an iframe, as shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2 Binding a URL to an Iframe
<iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plug-ins/likebox.php
style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:292px; height:590px;"
It goes without saying that you can also embed the Like Box in a desktop application (for example, a Windows Presentation Foundation—or WPF— application) through a WebBrowser control.
As you can see, the plug-in allows for some quick styling that works most of the time. However, if you want to apply your own CSS (to the extent that it's possible and documented) you should embed the Like Box via JavaScript and HTML5. Figure 3 shows the output of a Like Box for a sample site with custom and regular (light) style.
Figure 3 Sample Like Box
The Activity Plug-In
Another quick way to incorporate existing specific Facebook content in Web pages or desktop applications (via Web-browser components) is the Activity plug-in.
This plug-in aggregates stories resulting from the interaction that users have with your site through Facebook. Notice that the target here isn't a Facebook page but rather an external site. Example actions that generate such feeds are liking content on the site, watching videos, commenting and sharing content from the site. The plug-in is also able to detect whether the current user of the site that contains the Activity plug-in is logged in to Facebook or not. If so, the displayed feed is restricted to friends of the user. Otherwise, the plug-in shows recommendations from across the site, while giving the user the option to log in to Facebook and receive more-targeted feedback. Here's the markup you need (note that the Activity plug-in can only be consumed through HTML5 markup):
<div class="fb-activity"
You must incorporate the JavaScript SDK in the page in order for this markup to produce what's in Figure 4.
Figure 4 The Activity Plug-in in Action
Accessing the Timeline
In past columns, I used the Facebook C# SDK to post to the wall both plain text and attachments. Once the post is made, friends and fans can interact with it by liking it, sharing it and commenting on it. Let's see what it takes to read the timeline of a given user.
Facebook assigns a unique and fairly long ID to any account, whether profile or fan page. Users, however, don't use this ID to identify pages. So the first thing to do in order to read a timeline is match the public name of the page (or user) to the underlying Facebook ID. As a mere exercise, you can type the following into the address bar of any browser: https://graph.facebook.com/your-page-name.
The placeholder "your-page-name" is just the name of the account as you would type it to reach the page. Getting the ID of the account for which you intend to read the timeline is only the first step. You also need to be authenticated to access the feed. The bottom line is that any operation that goes directly against the underlying Facebook Graph API requires OAuth authentication. This means that the same preliminary steps discussed in past columns must also be done here:
- Create a Facebook app to deal with the Facebook back end.
- Have the user authorize the Facebook app to operate on behalf of the account. This step delivers an access token that binds together (for a limited time) the user and Facebook app.
- Use the access token as the key to operate against the Graph API from within the host application (for example, an ASP.NET MVC application).
Once acquired, the access token can be saved to a cookie and used for every further operation until it expires. Here's the required code to get the raw feed from the Facebook server:
var name = "name-of-the-user";
// For example, joedummy
var client =
new FacebookClient(access_token);
dynamic user = client.Get(name);
dynamic feed =
client.Get(name + "/feed");
The first call to the Facebook client doesn't strictly require the access token, as it's expected to return only public information about the user. The user variable exposes properties such as first_name, last_name, id and location. Depending on your intentions, you might not need to place this call. The second call to the Facebook client is what really does the trick. It takes a string that denotes the path to the user's feed. You build the path concatenating the account's name with the /feed string. In return, you get a dynamic C# object built out of an underlying JSON stream. Figure 5 shows the structure of the JSON stream as captured by Fiddler.
Figure 5 The JSON Structure of a Timeline Item in Facebook
It shows that the selected post got two types of actions—it has been liked and commented upon. It also currently counts 14 likes. More details about people who commented on it or liked it are available as you expand nodes. Finally, you find the content of the post. At the JSON level, the content of the post is the message field.
It's important to note that not all posts have the same structure; this is the reason why the Facebook C# SDK doesn't use plain, statically defined classes as data transfer objects (DTOs). A common snag is that the post lacks a message, link and picture, but includes a story field. This is the case, for example, when the admin adds a collection of photos.
The Facebook C# SDK just hands you a dynamic C# object. Parsing that into more defined data types—or deciding that the object is good as is to trickle down to the view—is your call. Figure 6 shows some code that attempts to parse the dynamic object into a classic C# class.
Figure 6 Parsing a Dynamic Object into a Classic C# Class
public class FacebookPost
public String PostId { get; set; }
public String Author { get; set; }
public String Picture { get; set; }
public String Link { get; set; }
public String Published { get; set; }
public String ContentHtml { get; set; }
private delegate String ExtractDelegate();
public static IList<FacebookPost> Import(dynamic data)
var posts = new List<FacebookPost>();
foreach (var item in data)
var tempItem = item;
var fb = new FacebookPost
PostId = Extract(() => tempItem["id"]),
Published = Extract(() => tempItem["created_time"]),
Picture = Extract(() => tempItem["picture"]),
Link = Extract(() => tempItem["link"]),
Author = Extract(() => tempItem["from"]["name"])
fb.ContentHtml = Extract(() => tempItem["message"]);
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(fb.ContentHtml))
return posts;
private static String Extract(ExtractDelegate func)
try {
return func();
} catch {
return null;
The most annoying part of this code is finding an effective way to check whether a given property is defined on the dynamic object you parse. Quite a few stackoverflow.com users agree on the approach shown in Figure 6, based on a delegate.
Dealing with social networks opens up a whole new world of possibilities, which become opportunities for developers to think of and realize new creative applications. As a .NET developer, you should be a friend of the Facebook C# SDK.
Dino Esposito is the author of "Architecting Mobile Solutions for the Enterprise" (Microsoft Press, 2012) and "Programming ASP.NET MVC 3" (Microsoft Press, 2011), and coauthor of "Microsoft .NET: Architecting Applications for the Enterprise" (Microsoft Press, 2008). Based in Italy, Esposito is a frequent speaker at industry events worldwide. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/despos.
Thanks to the following technical expert for reviewing this article: Scott Densmore (Microsoft)
Scott Densmore is a a senior development lead at Microsoft working on features in Visual Studio. He has worked on agile development teams for the last 10 years at large corporate environments and small startups. His primary interests are cloud computing, mobile device computing and social computing. You can find him on Twitter at @scottdensmore.


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The beta-2-microglobulin level is lower than 3.5 mg/L, and the albumin level is normal.
Stage II
The beta-2-microglobulin level is lower than 3.5 mg/L, and the albumin level is below normal; or the beta-2-microglobulin level is between 3.5 mg/L and 5.4 mg/L.
Stage III
The beta-2-microglobulin is 5.5 mg/L or higher.
(Source:National Cancer Institute)
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If you want some more great strawberry recipes and ideas head over to our Strawberry Sunday post and our Strawberry Days post. I love strawberries for their taste, look and their smell. And I just love this recipe Chocolate mousse with strawberries. In fact strawberries have a number of health benefits, according the to the website the World's healthest foods strawberries are even have anti cancer benefits.
Growing strawberries
Strawberries are very easy to grow in your garden at home and its a great thing to do with the kids.
Strawberries will grow in most parts of New Zealand. Personally I find it hard growing strawberries because there are too many little fingers helping me in my horticultural activities. Strawberries are plucked before they are ripe or gobbled before I get a chance to harvest them.
Ideally however growing strawberries should be easy. They should be grown in raised beds with something soft between them and the earth they grown in. Once successfully growing, strawberry plants can produce fruit for several years, however, the fruit quality can decline after the first year. For some of our previous thoughts on strawberry growing, see Strawberry Sunday.
Just remember to cover them with a mesh cloth to stop birds taking the ripe strawberries. I often find that our home grown strawberries are so much sweeter than the bought ones. Even if your strawberries are not very sweet you can always dribble some honey over them or even sprinkle some icing sugar.
Munch mum of three small strawberry picking boys
- 90g dark chocolate (preferably 60-70% cocoa solids)
- 120ml water
- 7g gelatine
- 90g frozen raspberries
- 750g fresh strawberries
- Melt chocolate
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- Dissolve gelatine in water
- Mix melted chocolate with water and gelatine thoroughly
- Defrost raspberries and puree until smooth
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- Put mixture into a large metal or glass bowl
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- Whisk the chocolate mixture over the ice until it thickens and resembles lightly whipped cream
- Pour into a smaller container and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving
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Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan gave this direction while reviewing LPG availability and coverage in the state yesterday. He also reviewed the status of LPG infrastructure in Odisha.
The marketing companies (OMCs) have provided about 7.5 lakh new LPG connections in the state in the current financial year.
Pradhan directed officials to set up two new bottling plants in western part of Odisha to meet LPG requirement of consumers.
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On the highway this morning was a very large, very long transport truck. On the rear panel, in a font large enough I could read it from 15 cars back, was this: DO NOT PUSH
I should have a sign like that following me around like a cartoon thought bubble.
In the parking lot, I watched the maneuverings of a woman parking her SUV. She was reversing into her chosen space, carefully inching backwards, correcting left and right until she had her vehicle tucked in just so. The funny thing is, it was a drive-through parking spot.
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A credit score can be key to unlocking many firsts — an apartment, a car loan, or a mortgage. But when you're starting out, getting a score is maddeningly elusive. Many lenders are reluctant to extend credit unless you already have experience with credit.
Credit bureau Experian wants to ease that Catch-22 for credit novices with a free product called Experian Boost. Boost lets consumers opt to include their cell phone and utility payments into the calculation of their credit score using data from Experian.
The idea is to help thin-file customers — those who have less experience with credit — by incorporating signs of responsible financial behavior that traditionally aren't seen by credit reporting bureaus. Boost also may help people who are rebuilding their credit after financial setbacks. Experian estimates the product could affect up to 100 million consumers' scores.
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Experian is testing another product in conjunction with FICO, also aimed at helping thin-file consumers. The UltraFICO score, which will launch as a pilot in 2019, also requires access to your bank account data to gauge financial behavior. Instead of utility payments, the score factors in how much you have in savings and whether you incur overdrafts in your checking account.
Right now, both Boost and UltraFICO influence only your Experian credit report and scores built using that data. You can do other things to strengthen your credit, and the effect of these steps can extend to all three credit bureaus:
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- Apply for a secured credit card. This starter card is backed by a deposit that also serves as your credit limit. It's best to put a small, recurring charge on it and set up autopay. The small charge means you're not using too much of your credit line, which can hurt your score. The automatic payment guards against a late or forgotten payment, which also can damage your score.
- Use a credit-builder loan. Credit unions typically offer this type of loan, which builds your credit and savings at the same time. It requires a monthly payment that's held in a separate savings account until you pay off the loan.
- Use a rent-reporting service. Some companies offer to have your rent payments reported to the credit bureaus, allowing you to build your credit file.
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Mike Posner is pop-rap. Not my usual bag I guess, but I have to admit to quite liking the guy's début album entitled: "31 Minutes to Takeoff". It only came out a few months ago
Here're the usual links to check him out:
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I like his lyrics — "pre-Madonna" — and "come on over and we can have deja-vu (ooh ooh ooh)" or "Trying to look bored in them Diors".
He says what we're all thinking, and that's a gift! It is actually refreshing to hear good pop again — a quality lyric, good production, and fine musicality.


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MONTREAL, May 10, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - Media representatives are cordially invited to come and meet Isabelle Tremblay, the only woman driver registered in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, as she prepares to leave for Mosport International Raceway (Ontario) where her racing season will start on May 20th.
During this press gathering, Isabelle will share her plans and ambitions for the 2012 season.
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