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Bend - but don't break - the rules of wearing white
NEW YORK -- White clothing is far more complicated than a simple T-shirt.
White garments have more "rules" attached to them than probably any other category of clothes; some of them can be tossed into the summer wind, but others shouldn't be ignored.
"The rules have less to do with timing and more to do with flattery," says Cindi Leive, editor in chief of Glamour. "The whole Memorial-Day-to-Labor-Day thing is dead. I've worn white in the dead of winter. But there are some smart rules when it comes to flattery."
Leive's top tip: Wear white where you want to show off your shape, not where you want to minimize figure flaws.
"White can be trickier than any other color out there. White calls attention to an area," Leive explains. Her preferred white silhouettes include a sleek pantsuit; a fitted, feminine, button-down shirt; slim-cut jeans or a pencil skirt. She warns that white bottoms with Lycra in the fabric run the risk of looking too much like exercise clothes.
In the July issue of Glamour, an entire "Do's and Don'ts" section is dedicated to white. The No. 1 don't is wearing too-tight white pants.
Also, all whites are not created equal.
White on white (white top, white bottom) works as long as either the whites are the same shade or are different enough to indicate the wearer never intended them to match, Leive advises. White with cream also looks good together, she adds.
Accessories designer Kate Spade prefers either a bright white or an eggshell color but gray- or yellow-tinged whites are turnoffs.
A white background with a colored pattern is easier to pull off, she adds, but nothing gives off that "easy, breezy summer feeling" better than slim white pants, a crisp white shirt and strappy white sandals. In the fall, Spade says she'll be wearing white suede loafers and maybe some white patent leather boots.
"If you're thinking of a white pump, well, that probably says the wrong thing about white shoes," she says. Delicate white sandals or even boots are more stylish choices.
If white shoes still are intimidating, just about any other shoe will do, suggests Rachel DiCarlo, style director for Gap.
"Almost anything goes with white (clothes). A black shoe is bold, metallic is dressy, and a pop of color is fun."
Accessories do become more important if an outfit is all white -- which is like a clean canvas.
When worn with a white tank top and white jeans, a silver chain belt becomes a piece of jewelry, DiCarlo says. Pair it with silver shoes and you've got an evening ensemble.
But that top and bottom have a casual daytime look if they're worn with flat leather flip-flops, a leather belt and a straw handbag, and the same pieces go to work with a tan belt, tan shoes and a brightly colored scarf.
DiCarlo uses white capri pants as a substitute for shorts. They are appropriate for more occasions and settings, she says, and they do provide significantly more coverage while maintaining a summery style.
There are, though, two potential glitches with white.
First off, it gets dirty and when it gets dirty, it shows. Second, there often is a see-through factor.
"You might not want to wear white pants in the rain. Dirt droplets on the back of your pants isn't the most attractive thing," DiCarlo says.
Spade keeps some of her prized white accessories in the closet until special occasions arise. White suede, for example, "is a treat to wear because you have to be super careful with it."
Meanwhile, Leive advises giving white garments a careful test in the dressing room or in front of the mirror so the wearer will know exactly what the rest of the world will see. And, give more thought to undergarments, she says.
When wearing white, choose nude-colored undergarments, says Leive. White will show.
"The dreaded fear is that a white swimsuit will turn see-through when it's wet -- and it might," says Steven Balit, vice president of marketing and communications for Maillot Baltex.
An all-white swimsuit is for a sun goddess, not a swimmer, he says. Instead, consider suits with white trim or a white cover-up, which can be worn with any swimsuit no matter what the color or pattern is.
"White does say purity, class and elegance -- and make sure you have the body to wear it well," says Balit.


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Inspired by my own experience with volunteering, I wanted to share with other persons around the globe some aspects of this unique activity and how it can change someone's lifetime in a meaningful and long-lasting manner. Volunteering is a fun, affordable and sometimes challenging tool to help yourself and others. Every culture, every individual has its/his own way of perceiving and approaching volunteering - this course wants to give you clear information on how this activity can be truly inclusive and open to everybody.
Let's discover volunteering together!
- Teacher: Anca David
When I watch TV, scroll through the Web or listen to the radio, I feel overwhelmed and powerless due to the storm of disastrous news which seems to take my breath away and leave me speechless and often terrified. You may at times have the same feeling, isn't it? A few years ago I decided to resist the storm and to look for effective ways how I can encounter difficult situations and learn to create a positive impact for myself and parts of the society. One key player in creating positive social changes is advocacy!
This online course will give you a brief but insightful and comprehensible understanding of the various forms of advocacy and how you can use them, to change your surrounding to the better. It supports you in understanding the various contexts in which advocacy can create positive change. You will get some knowledge about elements you can use to spice up your advocacy efforts to make them successful and appealing to different target groups. You will experience how a few golden rules may facilitate your advocacy campaign. The course does not intend to make you an expert on advocacy, since only personal experience, self-exploration and failure versus success make you a great advocate. Nevertheless this course intends to be the start for you and gives you some advice and illustrative examples on developing your own advocacy campaign, by helping you in structuring yourself, using social media, writing concise policy papers and presenting your main statements in a catchy and inspiring way.
- Teacher: Jessica Schroeder
In every day activity and every moment of life, there's a new commitment. Just move with me through this topic to discover your self-confidence, self-reliance, self-esteem and self-worthiness. How to empower yourself or others in your community.
The course targets adults (above the age of 18 years) who have not experienced empowerment in their life or communities. There are no prior education or degree requirements. Creative thinking will be highly appreciated.
- Teacher: Samuel Odwar
Have you ever felt like the only person on the planet going through a certain difficulty? Have you ever thought you are the only crazy person trying to change the world? If so, peer support is exactly the right approach for you. This course gives you a background on the concept of peer support and how it can benefit you or your community. You'll learn about types of peer support and effective communication strategies, which will enable you to set up peer support structures for your beneficiaries. But the course also gives you the chance to engage in several forms of online peer support with committed changemakers from all around the world to discuss your challenges and find new inspiration to carry on your work with strength and motivation.
- Teacher: Anja Pfaffenzeller
This e-course give you the unique opportunity to get hands on (extremely practical) tips from Yoshimi Horiuchi, a successful changemaker who secured funding for her social cause and is currently running Always Reading Caravan, a social organization with 8 employees and over a thousand beneficiaries annually in Northern Thailand.
In 5 short videos you will learn all Yoshimi's secrets to effective fundraising including: start-up financing, branding, communication, social impact delivery and sustainability. You will also be able to interact with Yoshimi and other successful changemakers to learn more and share your experiences!
Join the course now if you are initiating a social project (or planning to) in need to raise more funds!
- Teacher: Yoshimi Horiuchi
"Culture is more often a source of conflict than of synergy. Cultural differences are a nuisance at best and often a disaster." G. Hofstede
Intercultural communication is becoming increasingly important due to the rise of globalization and increasingly multicultural work environments. People in different countries learn different social cues and have different styles of communication. The ability to learn how different cultures communicate is an asset in the modern world.
Many modern organizations operate globally, which means that both executives and employees must learn to communicate with partners, colleagues and employees from other cultures. Organizations must also learn how to communicate with partners and volunteers across cultures, as important messages can be lost in translation, causing confusion and even embarrassment.
This course introduces you to the fundamental principles and issues of intercultural communication. It proposes to develop a perception of and appreciation for different cultural perspectives and values. It can be also the beginning of your journey through the cultures. You are welcome to take your friends, employees, volunteers with you.
The course consists of a number of themes available all the time. You are required to go through the material independently, and complete the given tasks.
- Teacher: Katarzyna Błasińska
There are no in-person teachers or facilitators for this course but you can ask questions on course forum. You can take this course either in a team or on your own.
The Course Developing Content for E-learning consists of eight modules which will introduce you to the concepts of how to engage your students in an online learning environment. It will show you different approaches and techniques to create and design innovative and effective content and online courses. This course has been created to reach those who are brand new to creating content for e-learning and thus no prior experience is required.
We will provide a Statement of Accomplishment for individuals who complete at least 7 out of the 9 assignments.
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- Teacher: Tomek Kozakiewicz
This course presents a unique opportunity for youth workers and others to gain greater understanding, practical knowledge and skills, to collaborate and interact with persons with disabilities and marginalized individuals using empathy and expanded awareness of their lives and situation. This course has been developed to address sensitization towards persons with disabilities. There are many individuals with different needs and who face many challenges in society. Our learning activities and materials have been carefully designed to enable participants to have a better understanding about the challenges, situations and lives of persons with disabilities.
Through this course, we will guide you to a most important insight that people with disability are just like anyone else, with weaknesses and limitations, and strengths and attributes, just like you and me. The learning materials and practical activities are also designed as tools assisting the participant to have greater understanding of the inner self.
- Teacher: Tiffany Brar

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After what has been almost a year since the 4 th season ended, NdaniTV's popular romantic comedy series, Skinny Girl in Transit is back for a new season!
The new season features old and new cast members, including Abimbola Craig, Ayoola Ayolola, Ngozi Nwosu, Sharon Ooja, Timini Egbuson, Beverly Naya, Ayo Adesanya, Kenyan actor, Nick Mutuma and a host of others.
Skinny Girl in Transit Season 5 was written by Bunmi Ajakaiye, Temitope Salu and Lani Aisida, and is powered by GTBank.
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Born in Burgundy, and now harvested all around the world, Chardonnay is the base of the most famous wines in Bourgogne: Chablis, Meursault, Montrachet, and Pouilly Fuisse. Furthermore, we find it in Champagne Blanc de Blancs, exclusively made from Chardonnay grapes, and in some Crémants.
It is an extremely versatile grape that adapts to very different climates and therefore produces wines with different shades depending on soil, climate and winemaking techniques. Mineral tones, and toasted hazelnut aromas that we may find in wines from the northern regions of France give way to aromas of citrus, pineapple and exotic fruits in the warmer countries.
Chardonnay is THE cosmopolitan grape variety! From Hardys Chardonnay to Cloudy Bay, come with us on a journey all around the world, to discover the best chardonnay based wines out there!


text: BOULDER, Colo., June 3 -- Picolight Inc., developer of high-speed optoelectronic components and subsystems for the enterprise and optical metro/access networks, announced it has successfully raised $27 million in its latest funding round. St. Paul Venture Capital joined with Bank America Venture Partners, Charles River Ventures and Pequot Capital, who participated in previous rounds, to complete the new funding. Picolight said the new financing will enable it to continue volume manufacturing its three product lines: MAGNUS 850-nanometer parallel optics products, Accelar 850 nm serial optical products and E x t e n s u s 1310 nm.


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BurnettMusic.com – We are pleased to announce that Christopher Burnett has been selected as one of the Kansas Music Educators Association 2018 In-Service Workshop Clinicians. Mr. Burnett's Saturday morning clinic session will present useful information applicable for large ensemble and private teaching contexts. Details follow:
- Clinic Session – Inculcating the Practical Factors of Applied Music Performance
- Clinician – Christopher Burnett (Conn-Selmer Artist/Clinician)
- Date – Saturday, February 24, 2018
- Room – 203 Birch
- Time – 8:00 a.m. to 8:50 a.m.
CREDITS: This program has been made possible through a grant from Conn-Selmer, Inc. The Tune Shop, Inc. is the participating Conn-Selmer dealer.
NOTE: Handout materials PDF will be available at the KMEA ISW website Clinicians page and available to download at the event from BurnettPublishing.com/kmea/
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Simon Starling 27 Homemade Henningsen Lamps — + 1 average lamp
April 2011
Book only edition: 70 copies
All books are signed and numbered by the artist
Book + Lamp edition: 50 copies
The books are all signed and numbered in Roman numerals, accompanied by the Average lamp in aluminum packed in an hexagonal wood crate
Format: 30 x 40 cm - 11.8 x 15.7 in.
32 sheets of tracing paper printed in 4 colors
Hard cover with one color silkscreen
Dimensions of the Average lamp:
47 x 31 cm - 18.5 x 12.2 in.
In 27 Homemade Henningsen Lamps (+ 1 Average Lamp) Simon Starling exposes aesthetics to mathematics in a whimsical project with cast-iron logic. Over the course of several years, Starling produced a number of homemade versions of one of Modernism's most characteristic lamps, Poul Henningsen's PH5. The original lamp consists of a series of overlapping metal shades that produce an elegant yet unmistakably period-looking light fixture. In twenty-seven versions of this design classic, assembled from elements found in junk shops and flea markets, including metal lampshades, and the occasional cooking pot lid or wok, Starling approximated the beauty and balance of the original lamp. As Starling himself has stated: "Each Homemade Henningsen Lamp stands as a kind of retrospective prototype. As a group of related objects they are like a set of recurring 'first thoughts' for a much-celebrated lamp that already exists in mass production. Their construction, in the spirit of any prototype or model, is an attempt to 'think with one's hands'; to learn by doing. The idea of reiterating or re-enacting the design process returns the object to a state of innocence, moving back in time to a moment when the lamp remained a speculative dream – a reverse shift from capital to potential." At the end of the series, Starling decided to produce a lamp which would be the average of all the twenty- seven previous versions by generating a mean size and shape – an attempt to return to the mental image of the PH5 lamp that haunts the 27 improvised originals. He worked with a company of metal spinners in Berlin to produce his industrially made (though still artisanal) lamp. The "average" version was generated by morphing images on computer which unified their often irregular shapes into a single 3D rendering which was then used to produce the wooden formers for spinning the various shades The deluxe version of this publication is accompanied by an Average Lamp both encased within a hexagonal wooden box.


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Reviewing Life Force Body Balance
The Heart of the Life Force Opportunity
Let's review for a moment this product Body Balance because it is a key part of the Life Force opportunity. Life Force Body Balance and their other products like the newest BENew weight loss program are what make this whole opportunity possible.
To get to the heart of the Life Force opportunity, watch this Body Balance video to see one of the many reasons why the Life Force opportunity is so darn great.
What's in Life Force Body Balance?
First of all, Life Force Body Balance is whole food nutrition. Why's that so important? Because a lot of vitamin supplements are synthetics, they're isolates, they're derivatives. They're not whole food. What you're taking in most of those capsules and pills is not food. Read More →


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Does Article Marketing Help?
When it comes to SEO, people and seo companies instantly rush to do article marketing for the website. Article marketing is one of the main element of off page seo and people just go about writing articles and start submitting it blindly. Nobody is really concerned whether they are doing it correct or not?
Actually article Marketing is a way to market your products and services through the user of articles. Articles are a good way to promote your products because you can explain everything about the products in the article. People read your article, people know about all the features […] Read more


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Food Safety Infosheet Highlights:
-Food safety issues cannot escape anyone, not even in the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, California.
-This week an employee for a high profile caterer was diagnosed with Hepatitis A.
-To find out who, as well as which of your favorite celebs might be affected, download this week's special "Hollywood" infosheet.
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Think about it: you'll be able to evaluate sneakers from Zappos, Nordstroms, and Aldo in one cart. The shopping mall as we now realize it, with its atria, flagships and bustling spaces, is the invention" of a socialist, the Viennese emigre Victor Gruen, who noticed his multifunctional malls in suburban America as equivalents to the social condensers" of the Constructivists.
Editing the looking historical past for an account affects the recommendations displays for that account. So it is very important fastidiously observe the client if you want to get the accurate information about the shopping patterns of shoppers and need to make future plans and methods. I bought to excited about shopping in our area near the flip of the nineteenth century. Now referred to as The Shops At Tanforan, the Tanforan Shopping Center (or Tanforan Park Mall) initially opened in 1971, after which was rebuilt and up to date in 2003.
The excitement of discovering out the historical past behind the merchandise the girl onscreen present in a dusty attic after which finding out what its potential worth is (in pounds, in case you wanted the British version) is enjoyable for anybody, not simply vintage junkies.
Two parking garages were built and La Petite Mall (a mall inside a mall) would open -in beforehand current house- in 1974. Service type sights at the unique mall included the Flight Room public auditorium and (ultimately) an outside ice skating rink.
Increasing store size has since created demand for bigger shopping trolleys to deal with elevated sales, and the arrival of self-scanning tools attached to the trolley handle has simplified the checkout process in some locations. Features some household recreation activities, living history and army re-enactments, and the likelihood to see a dolphin or manatee. In addition to being New York City and State's first shopping mall, CROSS COUNTY CENTER was also the primary in Greater New York City to be freeway-friendly. A web site plan dated 10 years after the first, exhibiting the entire changes that had been performed to the shopping hub, now referred to as ROOSEVELT FIELD MALL. UNIVERSITY HILLS CENTER was enclosed in 1975, taking on the official name UNIVERSITY HILLS MALL.


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JA Solar Provides Modules for the Largest Solar Project Ever Built in the Philippines
JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (JA Solar) has completed its 92.5MW shipment of modules in mid-October to be used in the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) power project ever built in the Philippines
Located in Cadiz City of the Negros Occidental province, the facility is designed for a total capacity of 132.5MW, 92.5MW of which will be equipped with JA Solar's JAP6-72 310W modules, including an initial on-site instalment of over 30MW.
The Negros Occidental province is located near the equator and the facility is located approximately three kilometres (km) from the coastline. Strong winds, combined with humid and salty air conditions require superior performance solar modules resistant to potential induced degradation (PID), salt spray corrosion and wind pressure.
Mr Jian Xie, President of JA Solar, commented: "The module shipments for the solar project in Cadiz City mark JA Solar's first entry into the Philippine market, demonstrating our resolution and confidence in building a presence in emerging markets.
"The superior PID-resistance, performance and reliability of JA Solar's modules ensure efficient and reliable power output in the hot and humid conditions of the Philippines."
JA Solar is the first manufacturer worldwide to have started mass production of 100 percent PID-resistant cells.


text: She came over for the first time all summer since she left. She was polite and kind but she is still very immature. My other daughter was very happy to see her. I'm not even sure how to describe how I feel. I was happy to see her but sad and disappointed when she told me about her summer. I kind of wish she didn't. I also know she lied to me. I checked her phone GPS tonight when she wasn't here at the time she said she would be. She told me she was getting ready. I know she was at an ex boyfriends house. I didn't say anything about it because she doesn't know I check her whereabouts. Which leads to another thing. As I wait for my Codependent No More book to arrive, I know I check that GPS too much. I feel like a stalker. Torn because I want to check her whereabouts but am usually disappointed when I know. I tell myself I'm checking for my peace of mind. Another thing that I need to work on for me. I wish I had better words to explain tonight. I am sad because I don't see her path changing anytime soon. ME 42 husband 40 DD1 18 DD2 9 My oldest moved out a week after turning 18. I'm really struggling. Looking for advice.


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Those who have read Beauty and Sadness will understand why I picked a picture of a Japanese rock garden.
Today, I finished reading Kawabata Yasunari's Beauty and Sadness (美しさと哀しみと) and it was truly a wonderful read. I started reading it a year ago but had stopped halfway, and I recently decided to read it again from the beginning. I realize most readers of Kawabata start with his most famous work Snow Country (雪国), but for some reason I picked up this one instead and it is the only work of Kawabata's that I've read so far. I don't normally do book reviews, but I'd just like to mention that I really enjoyed the atmosphere, the pacing, and the gentle writing style of this novel. It's very suitable for a cold, winter day (I'm certain that it was also a cold, winter day when I decided to buy this book last year). I'm looking forward to reading his other works.
Beauty and Sadness follows the aftermath of a love affair between a young girl, Otoko, and a married man, Oki, in post-war Tokyo. Over twenty years after the affair, Otoko has become a painter in Kyoto and lives there with her young protegee Keiko. Oki makes a visit to Kyoto one day, and the story begins from there as Keiko becomes growingly jealous with the lingering of Otoko's past.
I wanted to mention this book because I felt that it really resonates with my current perception of time, and the concept of holding on to a memory. It portrays the flow of time as slowly and inevitably eroding away our youth, yet without an overwhelmingly heavy sense of melancholy.
Lately, I've been thinking of my mom a lot. I've visited the place where she's laid to rest three times since I came back to Vancouver, and maybe these visits have contributed to my thinking about her. I miss her terribly. So terribly. I heard somewhere that a girl needs her mother increasingly more as she grows up, and perhaps that is the case with how I'm feeling now. There are so many things I'd like to ask and discuss with her, about life, about love, about happiness, about heartbreak, about doubts, about being strong, about everything.
I wish so very much that I had gotten to know her better. I wish I had asked her more about her own past, her personality, her opinions; what it was like for her to grow up and how she had managed to make her way to living the way that she did. I suppose it was harder for my child self to picture her mother as a three, four dimensional existence with depth outside of the figure of a "mother". I remember all the times she asked to sit and talk with me on the bed at night, but of which I had refused. All the years that I was mentally absent in her presence, and the following years in which I was physically absent. I have too many regrets.
So as if to make up for all those opportunities lost, in the often times that I think about her now, I seem to paint my own picture of how my mother was when she was alive. I don't necessarily glorify the dead; unfortunately, my mother and I also had many disagreements back then and I don't omit the faults from my memory. But I try to relive our conversations in my head, and bring to mind memories of the way she did things, or peculiarities, habits, hobbies, expressions. Things that I had never took special notice of, but are somehow unconsciously stored somewhere within my memory today.
But memories are strange things. Maybe they tell about the past just as much as they tell about the person remembering. Yes, my mom was a brilliantly energetic, cheerful, and strong person. Yes, I loved her very much and I still do. But perhaps, somewhere inside me is a desperate hope that somehow, some of the qualities and innocence that I assign to the memory of my mother are reflective in myself and now linger in me as well. That, somehow, the beautiful and tragic heroine who encounters an unfortunate fate completely out of her control is not my mother, but really me. Maybe part of the reason why I find sharing my feelings of losing my mother so difficult, is because I'm also afraid that my bitterness and self-pity will also seep through into my words as I voice them. Maybe why I want to talk to my mother and ask her so much, is because I want someone else to explain myself to me.
This could just be one of my ridiculous conclusions that I've come to from thinking too much. Of course my memories of the times with my mom are factual, and the personality and character that I remember her by are also very real and hopefully not very far at all from the truth. But in the end, memories are not the actual thing, and should not be confused as such. My love for my mom and my memories of her, ultimately, can only amount to but a very small and distorted piece of the weight, depth, and meaning of my mother's existence. The full magnitude of my feelings on this is hard for me to put into words, even in writing.
Thus, I think this passage from Beauty and Sadness appropriately sums it up:
"It was out of longing that Otoko had painted her mother as young and beautiful, but perhaps there was an element of self-love there as well. Their natural resemblance could hardly account for it. Perhaps she was actually portraying herself.
Otoko still loved Oki, her baby, and her mother, but could these loves have gone unchanged from the time when they were a tangible reality to her? Could not something of these very loves have been subtly transformed into self-love? Of course she would not be aware of it. She had been parted from her baby and her mother by death, and from Oki by a final separation, and these three still lived within her.
Yet Otoko alone gave them this life. Her image of Oki flowed along with her through time, and perhaps her memories of their love affair had been dyed by the color of her love for herself, had even been transformed. It had never occurred to her that bygone memories are merely phantoms and apparitions. Perhaps it was to be expected that a woman who had lived alone for two decades without love or marriage should indulge herself in memories of a sad love, and that her indulgence should take on the color of self-love."
It may also be worthwhile to mention that, incidentally, this book was first published in 1964, the year my mother was born.


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My Hero!
If you need a little cheering up, it's hard to top my e-niece, Morgan. Take a couple minutes and watch a couple videos her mom posted from her day. (It takes longer to load 'em than to watch 'em.) You'd think the kid was going in for a birthday party. We should all be so cheerful.


text: Following their success on 2012 single "Latch", Disclosure have linked up again with Sam Smith on new single "Omen". The song has a bouncy UK Garage sound and is very reminiscent of the trio's first collaboration "Latch". "Omen" is released on July 28th and you can pre-order it now on iTunes and Google Play; you can stream it now on Spotify. The song is taken from Disclosure's new album Caracal which will be released on September 25th, you can pre-order it now on iTunes.


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Farm-to-Chinatown-table in San Francisco.
GO HERE: to step into the next era of Chinese cooking in America. Chef-owner Brandon Jew (an alum of Zuni Café and Quince) takes the ethos of NorCal cooking—the highest-quality ingredients, everything made from scratch, reverence of seasonality—and applies it to the Chinese-food canon.
ORDER THE: BBQ pork buns (made with Berkshire organic pork and topped with Jew's riff on Dutch Crunch, San Francisco's beloved white bread), delicate wontons with Monterey squid, Wolfe Ranch quail stuffed with sticky rice and cured-in-house Chinese sausage, large-format Liberty Farm roast duck with peanut-butter hoisin, and all of pastry chef all-star Melissa Chou's desserts (but definitely the black sesame cake and Hong Kong "French Toast" sugar puffs).
BRING YOUR FRIENDS: and go all in on Mister Jiu's banquet-style menu, whereby you can order seven dishes for the table ($69/person) with wine pairings ($45/person).
THE VIBE IS: deceptively modern. The space, in San Francisco's historic Chinatown, feels new thanks to the contemporary art and midcentury-style dining chairs. But for decades, this was the iconic Four Seas restaurant, whose spirit Jew preserved via the original lotus chandeliers. Family-size round tables with built-in lazy Susans are ideal for big groups, while two-tops cater to the date-night crowd.
GETTING IN: Make a reservation a week out to be safe. The bar area is spacious, but we prefer the open, airy main dining room.
Kappo-style Japanese takes Downtown L.A.
A one-of-a-kind tasting menu in wine country
Tartine Manufactory
The megabakery-slash-wine-bar-slash-ice-cream-shop-slash-restaurant


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Quick Take: All kings are Alphas in their own right. But, to be THE king of all Alphas? (or the Alpha of all kings?), that's a whole different story. You've got be the best of the best and with Force Factor Alpha King, you can be. Well, at least that's how it's being marketed. Is it all just hype, though? Let's get to the review and find out.
- A product of Force Factor, Alpha King is being advertised as "a formula you can literally feel working, helping you ascend to the crown of manliness."
- Compared to other Force Factor testosterone boosters, Alpha King is a lot simpler.
- It's non-proprietary and uses only 4 natural ingredients
- AlphaFen® is Force Factor Alpha King's flagship ingredient, with a heavy 400 mg dosage and standardized specifically for anabolic sapogenins
- Factoring in the other ingredients, boosted libido looks to be this product's best asset
- Available to buy online and in retail stores including Amazon and on GNC
Force Factor Alpha King Ingredients
|AlphaFen® Fenugreek Seed Liposomal Extract (std. to sapogenins)
|400 mg
|Tribulus Terrestris (fruit)
|150 mg
|Black Maca Root Extract
|100 mg
|DIM (diindolylmethane)
|100 mg
Quick Review on the Force Factor Alpha King Ingredients
AlphaFen® – Not to be confused with the Alphafen used for treating arthritic pain, Force Factor Alpha King's AlphaFen® is a branded form of Fenugreek that's standardized for *sapogenins. This herb is capable of boosting "free" testosterone by blocking aromatase and 5-alpha-reductase.
Tribulus Terrestris – This herb is historically great for boosting libido. Specifically for men with low T (i.e., men over the age of 30), Tribulus has shown capable of boosting both total and "free" testosterone. However, it's ineffective for young and healthy men.
Black Maca – Maca root can come in many shapes and sizes. According to research, the black variety was found to be best for sperm whereas the red ones were capable of reducing prostate weight. Generally though, Maca isn't an effective testosterone booster.
DIM – This is a phytonutrient found in cruciferous vegetables (e.g., Spinach) that shares a similar molecular structure and metabolic pathway with estrogen. This allows it to disrupt estrogen's pathways and theoretically lower its levels. Research on this is a bit complicated though but at 100 mg, Force Factor Alpha King hits the sweet spot.
Force Factor Alpha King Directions
Each serving of Alpha King consists of just 1 capsule. As instructed by Force Factor, we are simply to take 1 capsule daily with breakfast.
Force Factor Alpha King Review (My Analysis)
Force Factor isn't new to testosterone boosters. In fact, I've already written reviews for Force Factor's Test X180, Test X180 Ignite, and Test X180 Alpha. Compared to these supplements, however, Alpha King is a lot more simple. Particularly, it uses significantly less ingredients and it's also non-proprietary. Personally, I think this direction Force Factor Alpha King is taking is a step towards the better.
Another thing that sets Alpha King apart from its Force Factor peers is its Fenugreek. Where the others use the tried and true Testofen®, Alpha King turns to a different brand in AlphaFen®. In a way, this might be good because it's standardized specifically for sapogenins instead of general saponins. Hypothetically, this might make it a better bodybuilding herb.
The problem with AlphaFen® though is that it doesn't specify to what percentage it's being standardized for. To gauge how potent it can be, this is crucial information. Regardless, Fenugreek is great for male health as it boosts "free" testosterone, muscle strength and growth, as well as libido.
Sadly, apart from Fenugreek, the other ingredients in Force Factor Alpha King aren't as reliable for testosterone. DIM might lower estrogen but its research is still largely conflicting. Tribulus works if you're already low on T but, for young athletes? Nada. Black Maca can also get you better sperm but it's no good for test.
Does it Work?
As far as testosterone boosting goes, Force Factor Alpha King is nowhere near as powerful as the best testosterone supplements in the market. Albeit weak, it still seems capable of boosting "free" testosterone while also lowering estrogen and DHT.
Moreover, the way I see it, Force Factor Alpha King is best used by men who're 30 years old and above because this demographic is where low test and problems with sexual health generally start to kick in. With the ingredients Force Factor Alpha King is using, it can help replenish low testosterone, improve sperm health, and especially bolster declining libido.
The Good
- Non-proprietary – Unlike other Force Factor testosterone products, Alpha King is an open book with its dosages.
- Safe – Aside from maybe smelling like maple syrup (thanks, Fenugreek), the natural ingredients in Force Factor Alpha King aren't likely to get you any risky side effects.
- Feel's good – With amplified sex drive looking like its best benefit, you're likely going to feel a lot more invigorated
- AlphaFen® – Personally, I have more confidence in Testofen® as a testosterone booster but AlphaFen's sapogenins might make it better for building muscle
The Bad
- AlphaFen® – Yup, it's both good and bad. Potentially great for muscles but I would've liked it better had they been more specific with their standards
- Weak T boosts – If you want Prime level testosterone, Force Factor Alpha King might not be your best choice.
- Dirty capsules – There's too much artificial colourings here for my taste
- Expensive – Prices are generally the same regardless if you buy from GNC, Amazon, or the Force Factor website. At $69.99 per bottle, each serving is going to cost you $2.33.
The Bottom Line
For something that's named after top dogs, Force Factor Alpha King is surprisingly a weak testosterone booster. Weak doesn't mean ineffective though. The promised "free" testosterone boosts are their albeit minimal. Also, it looks great for libido and with AlphaFen's sapogenins, the muscle gains can be a reality, too.


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Gautama Buddha by Vishvapani Blomfield
Gautama Buddha: The Life and Teachings of the Awakened One by Vishvapani Blomfield. Quercus 2011. 387 pages.
Having written several lengthy book reviews of late, I'm going to try to keep this one–my second-to-last of the year–relatively brief.
I was looking for an up-to-date, well researched biography of the Buddha, and I sort of found it in this book. I say "sort of" because it wasn't as heavy on the scholarship as I would have liked, though it was enjoyable, generally insightful, and informative.
Blomfield takes his time getting to the Buddha's birth, first drawing a picture for us of the world Gotama grew up in. He describes the political and economic scenes and gives us a sense of the religious ferment of the time. I was disappointed though that while Blomfield adopts the more recent scholarship dating the Buddha to c.484 – 404 BCE, the rational for this new dating is never discussed.
Blomfield mostly adopts a realistic tone in portraying the events of the Buddha's life and upbringing, though inevitably mythical elements intrude. All in all, I think he does a pretty good job at indicating what sort of person the Buddha was–energetic and sincere, inquisitive, skeptical, a brilliant raconteur, adaptable, charismatic, a genius. His treatment of Gotama's search for enlightenment draws on recent scholarship (I recognized Alexander Wynne's contributions) but for me his account of the enlightenment falls flat. I actually got the sense Blomfield doesn't know what he's talking about. I'm not saying he doesn't know his way around the suttas, just that he doesn't really seem to grasp what the Enlightenment actually entailed or meant. (This despite the back flap claiming Blomfield has been practicing and/or teaching meditation for thirty years.)
After Gotama became the Buddha, the sequence of events is difficult to nail down, so Blomfield pauses to discuss the teaching. I thought this the weakest part of the book, for the coverage here is incomplete, and let's face it–I'm very hard to satisfy as regards these matters! Admittedly though, saying something about the Teaching here is unavoidable, and Blomfield takes a decent shot at it despite limited space.
Further chapters take up the formation of the Sangha, how the Buddha interacted with the society around him ("A Holy Man In the World"–an excellent chapter), the Devadatta crisis and then the last years. By the end I realized just how much had either been left out or only skimmed over, and it occurred to me that if anyone is ever going to do a really thorough, scholarly treatment of the Buddha's life it may well run to a thousand pages (not including a hundred pages of notes). Personally, I would like to have seen more discussion of the important disciples, as well as something more about the various rival shramana sects (Ajivakas, Jains, etc) who competed with the Buddha. Blomfield could have said more too about the archaeology of the Buddha's life–e.g., the debate over exactly where Kapilavastu was (generally now thought to be Tilaurakot in Nepal) is a fascinating story in itself. Anything at all to lift this man's life out of the realm of legend and lost kingdoms and to place it on a solid footing, on the earth, connected to real things we can see and touch, would have been appreciated. (And I can always dig talk of relics!)
I have one other specific complaint: the use of Sanskrit terms, place and personal names instead of their Pali equivalents. I really don't understand this practice. The earliest texts, the only ones that can lay any claim to being truly biographical, are all in Pali. It is simply logical to defer to those texts. Using Sanskrit instead bespeaks an ideological prejudice of some sort, I am convinced. Exactly what that prejudice might be, though, probably differs from one writer to the next.
Don't take my complaints here too seriously though. This is a worthy book and ought to prove inspirational to many. While it is not quite the biography I would have liked, I can honestly say that what Blomfield has done here both moved and informed me.
My Amazon rating: 4 stars


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It's amazing how much talent is available here. Your photo is beautiful and the words go straight to the heart.
"fluid grace beneath the surface." I guess we all have some of that.
(Thank you Laura for your kind words on my blog.)
Beautiful :o)ReplyDelete
Beautiful photos and words to go with them!
Have a great day.
Greetings Mette
very beauty ice photographs - the blue is magic!
Regards Senna
Laura, your photos are stunning. You have a great photographic eye for form, shape, and color.
Thanks for visiting my blog and becoming a member. Welcome. Please feel free to visit often and leave all the comments you like. I have recently been trying to capture the feeling and experience of snow and ice.
just the words
a blue water drum
exult a love song for life so vibrant i am transported to healing waters.
i am singing with the clarity of mindful beauty, i am at once sacred ordinary, fire and ice, perfect being.
your grace inspires.
This was a fantastic pictures and words!ReplyDelete
I loved this gorgeous description of this in between winter and spring time.
The idea of the Blue Water Drum is great imagery. Excellent!
Absolutely spectacular photos - and a beautiful verbal accompaniment. Such a gift this Sunday morning. You have the gift of Seeing the "little miracles".ReplyDelete
Beautiful - both your words and images. The blues are so rich and deep. Stunning!ReplyDelete
The first verse stands alone as a great haiku.ReplyDelete
I like the winter/drum imagery very much!ReplyDelete
Wonderful composition, I like these forms in the ice and a delightful poem.ReplyDelete
love the icy cold ocean imagery.
deep dig of life.
Śliczne zdjęcia "niebieskiego" lodu, a szczególnie pierwsze. Pozdrawiam. *** Beautiful pictures of "blue" ice, especially the first. Yours.ReplyDelete
Wow:O) wonderful pictures. If you want you can join my photochallenge on skipperfruasfotoblogg.blogspot.com
The subject is mothersday. Is subject the right word to juse here? Have a great new week:O) And tank you for following me:O)
and you make us hear the music.
Wow! Wonderful photos ~ and excellent haiku!ReplyDelete
lovely pictures and haiku set ~ReplyDelete
What beautiful photography! I love your words too, winter and water/ice are two of my favourite things.ReplyDelete
These photos are breathtaking, Laura and I love your poem. :)ReplyDelete
Absolutely exquisite you've given birth to another beautiful poem :)ReplyDelete
You have caught the beauty of so well.ReplyDelete
the openings are indeed fragile. the blue infused photos are quite striking.ReplyDelete
we are thinking of winter water and ice
grace is what we all need
great haiku
Icy blue beauty Laura!ReplyDelete
the second shot is especially strikingReplyDelete
Beautiful in every way Laura.ReplyDelete
Wonderful deep blue. Great !ReplyDelete
I love how well the photos and words match. You've described freeze and thaw well.ReplyDelete
Love this shade of blue.
Happy 1st Blue Monday, Laura. Be sure to check out my book giveaway.
A very nice blue presentation with great words.ReplyDelete
Beautiful compositions and blue tones.
Warm greetings and best wishes
Beautiful pics!
My Blue Monday.
I try to welcome fluid grace into my life daily. Thanks for the reminder...
A Painted, Shadowy Image
Those are very beautiful pictures of natural ice. Thanks for choosing to follow my blog about float cabin living. If you ever have a question, just leave a comment or send an email through the link in my profile. - MargyReplyDelete
Beautiful images Laura, and such crisp, clear blues!
Thank you so much for sharing with us today at The Creative Exchange.
Have a wonderful evening!
Great macros! I love the blue tint.ReplyDelete
Lovely haiku! I see this all the time throughout the winter as the water freezes and thaws.ReplyDelete
Wonderful blue tones.
Happy MM
Please come and see my BLUE Adventure entry. Happy Valentine's Day!
These is beautiful!
Your heart shaped tree and moon below are beautiful! But I love the tree and your stories about it the best. I hope you stay in remission!!ReplyDelete
so much here to see and think about. thank you for sharing.ReplyDelete
These are truly wonderful. Thank you for sharing.ReplyDelete
Love the first haiku, Laura, whose imagery could easily infer the skin of an almost-gone woman. Nicely done.ReplyDelete
Love the form and texture and beauty. It's a different kind of year for ice as it freezes, melts, and freezes again ~ another example of continual change.
Happy Valentine's Day, Laura ~
What lovely poetry. The blue of the ice is magical.ReplyDelete
So beautiful!ReplyDelete
beautiful blues :-) Visiting late from Blue Monday, hope that you can return the visit too.


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The Congress on Saturday alleged that BJP President Amit Shah did not mention his liabilities in his election affidavit during the Rajya Sabha election in 2017, even though his son Jay Shah's company Kusum Finserve was given loans worth Rs 95 crore by several banks mortgaging Shah's properties.
The party said it will approach the Election Commission (EC) next week to demand action against the BJP President who didn't mention the liabilities in his election affidavit.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said this is second part of the "Shahzada" serial.
"Sometimes back, its first episode was telecast.
Its title was 'Temple Enterprises'.
This company had been running into losses for two years since 2012.
In the third year, it transacted a business of just Rs 50, 000.
But in the fourth year, the business took an astronomical leap from Rs 50, 000 to Rs 81 crore.
"And in the fifth year, Temple Enterprises closed down.
Now Kusum Finserv has emerged on the scene. "
Ramesh said Jay Shah and his wife are the owners of Kusum Finserv.
"This is a strange kind of company.
First, this is not a company.
This is a limited liability partnership.
The total net worth of Kusum Finserv is Rs.
6 crore.
On the basis of this, the company has availed a credit limit of Rs 95 crore from various banks, " said Ramesh.
"A company with a limited liability partnership having a net worth of Rs 6 crore was given a credit limit of Rs 95 crore.
I don't think, there can be any other such example where an entity with Rs 6 crore net worth has been given a credit limit of Rs 95 crore, " he added.
Ramesh further said: "Kusum Finserv availed loan from various banks and while taking these loans mortgaged two plots of land and a commercial building located in Ahmedabad.
The owner of these plots is Amit Shah. "
The leader said son availed a loan of Rs 95 crore from private and cooperative banks on the basis of mortgaging the land which was owned by his father.
"Last year on July 24, at the time of election for Rajya Sabha, Amit Shan while filing an election affidavit mentioned that he has no liability.
"He owns two plots of land against which his son took loans from the banks and Amit Shahji declares that he has no liability.
Why you did not provide this information in the affidavit.
This is because your son has taken from banks on the basis of the title of this land, " Ramesh asked.
He also said: "In May 2017, Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) gave a piece of land worth Rs 6 crore to Kusum Finserv on lease.
On what grounds was the piece of land given, questions are being raised on this.
"Within one month, Kusum Finserv takes a loan of 17 crore from a private bank.
The land was given on lease to Amit Shah's son, not to set up a factory but to use this land to take loans worth 17 crore from a private bank.
How and why this has happened?"
Ramesh asked.
He also said Kusum Finserv has failed to file Annual Report for the year 2016 - 17.
Raising more questions on Jay Shah's company, Ramesh said Kusum Finserv, which has no experience in Energy sector, received a loan of approximately Rs 10. 5 crore from IREDA - - Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd (a government enterprise) - - when Piyush Goyal was the Minister of Power to establish a windmill.
"Kalupur Bank of Gujarat, a commercial cooperative bank, of which one of the shareholders is Gujarat's Deputy Chief Minister Nitinbhai Patel, has given credit worth Rs 25 crore to Kusum Finserv, " he added.
The Congress leader also asked whether the Income Tax Department would ask this question to Amit Shah.
"Why didn't you mention your liabilities in the election affidavit?
No action was taken against him.
No questions were asked, " said Ramesh.
He also asked: "On what grounds IREDA, private banks and co - operative banks continued extending loans to a young person who had no experience?
On what grounds the Gujarat government sanctioned lease of land in Sanand to Jay Amit Shah to make him eligible for getting loan from the banks?"


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Your destination: the Andromeda galaxy.
Your mission: find humanity a new home.
Welcome to Mass Effect: Andromeda. Bring guns.
Talk about a big bang. When word spread that Mass Effect's long-awaited fourth instalment was to be set in a new corner of the universe, within a different stretch of time, light years removed from the scores of characters we've come to know and love, it sounded as though Bioware was boldly going, well, a bit too far. But the more we learn about Mass Effect: Andromeda, the more certain we are it's blasting off in the smartest possible direction. Much like its heroes, the Ryders.


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Know Before You Go
Take exit 5 off I-95 to Route 17 South.
Driving along the highways of the southeast, all the souvenir shops, truck stops, and fireworks stands you see will start to blend together. Outside Hardeeville, South Carolina though, you might do a double take for two life-sized elephants outside Papa Joe's Fireworks.
They are nicknamed Thelma and Louise and they're a well known landmark on US 17. Papa Joe himself purchased the pair in Alabama and had them shipped all the way to South Carolina. The two matching elephants, one pink, the other gray, regularly receive new coats of paint so they can beckon road trippers to Papa Joe's wares.
Take exit 5 off I-95 to Route 17 South.


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Dominic Streatfeild
London Guardian
January 7, 2011
Haki Mohammed and his brothers were shovelling manure on their farm in Yusifiyah in the spring of 2003 when the soldier arrived. Dishevelled and distressed, the man had run a great distance. "Please," he entreated, "are you true Arabs?"
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The Iraqis, raised in a culture of obligatory hospitality towards needy strangers, immediately understood the subtext. The man needed help. Even had he not been a soldier (Haki thought he recognised the uniform of a Special Republican Guard), they were honour-bound to offer assistance. "Of course," Haki assured the man. "What is it you need?"
The soldier held out his AK-47. "Take it." He indicated the webbing around his waist, stuffed full of charged magazines. "Take them all. I don't want them. But I need a dishdasha or a robe. Anything that isn't a uniform." Then the soldier started to undress.
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The Mohammeds were indeed good Arabs. They fetched a dishdasha and the man slipped it on. Then, without warning, he flung the ammunition and the rifle down and ran off into the desert. Bemused, the Yusifiyans examined his belongings. He wasn't a Republican Guard at all. His uniform, bereft of rank badges, was that of a rarer outfit: Manzaumat al-Amin, the Iraqi military's security and protection agency.
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At Gaetano's in Denver, romanticizing the mob while serving the marinara
Italian-Americans have long had a beef with Hollywood's seeming obsession with the Mafia, from Oscar-winning epics such as "The Godfather" to dese-and-dose stereotyping of low-level thugs. (Need a heavy? Find a guy with a heavy Brooklyn accent and have him threaten the hero with a pair of cement overshoes. Presto. Cut and print.)
It's a legitimate complaint, despite the equally legitimate fact that it's a universal truth that we tend to find villains more fascinating than the good guys. Why else did Milton make Satan, the angel cast out of heaven, the central figure of "Paradise Lost"?
Still, the fact that some Italian-American restaurants use Mob lore as a drawing card is off-putting. You don't find Chinese restaurants putting up photos of Tong members or Mexican restaurants putting up pictures of drug-cartel honchos, even if a few bad apples in those cultures do engage in organized crime.
In Wednesday's dining review of Gaetano's restaurant, I take the place to task for making light of the place's notorious history. Gaetano's, which opened in 1947, was once owned by the Smaldone family, some of whom were loansharks, extortionists and, sometimes, much worse.
The restaurant at 3760 Tejon St. is now owned by the Breckenridge and Wynkoop restaurant group. It's gorgeous after a recent refurbishing, but the wink-wink approach to its decades-old past is a bit jarring. (See vintage and new photos here.)
The window facing West 38th Avenue is adorned with a huge poster bearing three stylized figures. The one on the left has one hand in a pocket, the one on the right carries a martini. Fine and dandy. So why does the one in the middle sport a chef's apron and a large butcher knife with a blood-red tip?
That same logo is on the menus, which bear this message: "For nearly four decades, the most infamous mobsters in Denver history, Eugene (Checkers), Clyde (Flip Flop and Clarence (Chauncey) Smaldone, made the Highlands their home. Following in the pre-prohibition bootlegging shadow of their parents, they were equal parts neighborhood saints and big city sinners. Welcome to the epicenter of illegal gambling, loan sharks and the dark and sexy side of our fair city."
Sorry. Busting someone's kneecaps with a baseball bat might be dark, but sexy it's not.
It's one thing to acknowledge history, quite another to celebrate thugs. Crimes have a human cost, both to individuals and the community at large. This flirts with turning a dining room with a venerable history into a theme restaurant. Why not put Mickey Mouse in a pin-striped suit and white tie and make Goofy his brass-knuckled enforcer?
Back in September 2011, I reviewed Nonna's Italian Restaurant & Wine Bar, a nice little family-run place at 6603 Leetsdale.
While I liked the food, I took them to task for naming menu dishes after mobsters, such as a "Sam Giancana's Madd Pasta," named after the late Chicago mob boss notorious for his fiery temper. (For the record, Giancana was shot dead in the kitchen of his home while cooking a late-night dish of sausage and peppers.) The pasta section of the menu was named after Lucky Luciano, the soup sequence after Carlo Gambino, and so on.
Here's what I wrote:
"It's one thing to adorn your menu with refrences to characters from 'The Godfather,' such as Don Corleone and Luca Brasi, though the image of the latter being garroted might not be what you need when eating calamari with capers or the grilled shrimp with remoulade ($10.95 per, silken cord not included).
But why invoke contemporary real-life mobsters such as John Gotti and Paul Castellano? The last image we had of Big Paul was him sprawled beside his limo outside Manhattan's Sparks Steak House, a bullet in his head – courtesy of Gotti's breakaway crew – and his pants legs hiked to reveal sheer silk socks."
I have no idea whether there was a cause-and-effect relationship, but when I returned to the restaurant a few months ago, all those mob references had been removed from the menu – dispatched to sleep with the fishes.
And you know something? The linguini with clam sauce tasted as delightful as ever.


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Case Facts:
The accused was a single father, his daughter aged 9 stayed with him each alternate weekend. During these visits she would spend time with the neighbour's children, girls aged 7 and 5. One particular afternoon the accused's daughter and the neighbouring children organised a sleepover at the accused's house. During the course of the night the girls ate pizza, played games and eventually went to sleep. The next day the children went back home. At the time of arriving home it was alleged that the 7 year old complained that she had been touched inappropriately by the accused. This was initially disclosed to the mother who called her partner and told him what had happened. At the time the partner was at work – he claimed to have left work in a hurry to attend on the complainant. Notwithstanding the serious complaint made by the 7 year old, the complainant and her sister in the company of the parents attended a birthday party. Upon returning home that afternoon, the accused was outside his house with his daughter playing soccer in the front yard. There was a confrontation between the parents of the complainant and the accused at which time the allegation was put to him.
Following this confrontation the complainant was taken to the police station by her parents. At the same time the accused voluntarily attended the police station to tell police about the allegation. The police refused to discuss the matter in any detail with the accused and he was sent away.
An interview was conducted with the complainant and the Joint Investigation Response Team child protection case worker (JIRT case worker). During that interview the disclosure of the indecent assault was not made. The complainant said she was 'too shy' to talk about what had happened. A subsequent interview took place with the complainant three days later. During that interview the complainant disclosed that at some point during the evening she shared the bed of the accused with him and that he 'touched her rude part'.
The complainant's younger sister was interviewed as was the accused daughter. All three children gave similar accounts of what they did that evening in relation to leisure activities and dinner. What they all could not agree on was the chronology of the events of the evening and most importantly the sleeping arrangements.
The accused was arrested and charged with Aggravated indecent assault – victim under authority [section 61M(2) Crimes Act – which carries 10 years imprisonment].
He participated in an Electronic Record of Interview with police (ERISP). During the interview he categorically denied having touched the complainant inappropriately and denied having ever shared a bed with her. DNA samples had been taken from the underwear worn by the complainant and tested to see if there was a match to the accused. There was no DNA match.
The Local Court Hearing:
The hearing was conducted over two days in the Local Court. The Magistrate heard evidence from the officer in charge, the complainant, her sister, her mother, her step father and the accused's daughter. All the witnesses, bar the accused's daughter were cross examined.
In this case the complainant was cross examined extensively for several hours. She was an impressive young girl who remained unshaken about her complaint. However she was questioned about the details of the evening in question and ultimately accepted that certain things she told the case worker in her interviews and confirmed in her evidence in chief before the Magistrate were simply not true.
One major inconsistency in the prosecution case became apparent when the complainant gave evidence under cross examination. She was asked to tell the court where she was when she told her mother about the alleged assault. The complainant was adamant that she was standing in the back yard with her mother near the washing line, she was questioned at length about the detail a location of this conversation. The mother on the other hand maintained that the she was inside the lounge room seated on the lounge when she first heard of the allegation, she too was cross examined at length about details of that conversation.
At the conclusion of the prosecution case an application was made on behalf of the defendant for the charge to be dismissed without the need for the magistrate to hear any further evidence. The Magistrate accepted that there were significant internal inconsistencies in the prosecution case which supported the argument that the prosecution had not proved the case beyond reasonable doubt. The charge was dismissed.
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1. What you'll need to start
Learning how to make homemade soap bars for beginners is impossible without the first step – getting the required ingredients and tools. The ingredients needed for soap production largely depend on the type of the soap you want to produce – laundry bar soap ingredients will be from regular soap.
Here are the most common types of soap you can make:
- Beauty soap
- Toilet soap
- Laundry soap
- Medicated soap
- Herbal soap
- Hand washing soap
- Plate washing soap
- Car washing soap
In this guide we will focus on laundry soap, and here are the laundry bar soap ingredients you'll need:
- Palm kernel oil – 8kg
- Caustic soda – 6kg
- Soda ash – 800g
- Silicate – 200g
- Sodium sulphate – 150g
- Kaolin – 125g
- Water
- Perfume
- Colourant
Additionally, for this bar soap recipe you will need the following equipment and tools:
- Mixer
- Heater
- Fermenting tanks (or plastic containers with covers)
- Hydrometer
- Rhod
- Moulds
- Cutting machine
- Stamping machine
- Packaging
2. How to make laundry bar soap for business
Now that you know which bar soap making ingredients you will need to make your first batch of laundry soap, let's find out how to produce bar soap for sale.
- Take 4L of water, caustic soda, and kaolin, and pour them into one of the fermenting tanks. Stir well using a rod, cover the tank and leave for 48 hours.
- Take another fermenting tank and fill it with 2.5L of water, soda ash, and sodium sulphate. Stir well with a rod and leave the covered tank for 24 hours.
- Once the fermentation process is complete in both tanks, heat up the palm kernel oil until it melts and add the colourant. Remove the oil from the heat and allow to cool down.
- Pour the melted oil into the mixing tank, add the caustic soda solution, and mix well to combine the ingredients.
- Next add the soda ash solution and stir well again. Add the silicate and give the mixture another long stir.
- Finally, add the perfume and stir the soap mixture well. Pour the mixture into the moulds and leave for 2-3 hours to solidify.
- Before the soap is completely solid, cut it into equal-sized bars. Stamp each bar. Once the soap is ready, package it. Your soap is ready to be sold!
3. Bar soap business in Nigeria
If you're wondering not only how to make bar soap at home in Nigeria, but how to make your business work, first you'll need a starting capital.Of course, the cost of launching a soap making business depends on scale of your enterprise.
A small-scale business of laundry soap production can be started for just ₦50,000, as long as you source the ingredients locally, pay a local freelancer to design your packaging and logo, and mainly sell your product over the internet – for example, on Jiji, where thousands of entrepreneurs have already gotten their successful start.
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TogetherLA.net is introducing, "TLA Stories of the Week," a conversation about the articles most recently published as shared by its editor via video, including on Facebook LIVE (see below) and IGTV.
The TLA website is well into its second year of publication and aims to continue the conversation that began at the TogetherLA Conference in 2015. TogetherLA is a movement of pastors, church leaders and people of faith who love LA. Those who intimately know our city know the depth of this dynamic city, its challenges, as well as its possibilities. They know that Los Angeles is a gateway to a kaleidoscopic world of cultures — cultures full of promise.
TLA wants to share what God is already doing to transform people and communities in LA. We believe that a behind-the-scenes force focused on following God's work could further catalyze the impact of ministry workers and church leaders all over the city.
Below is a replay of our first Facebook LIVE of TLA Stories of the Week with host Alex Murashko. If you'd like to subscribe to our newsletter, find the SUBSCRIBE button on the right-hand side of our homepage.
Sharing How a Life Sentence Became a Man's Saving Grace
I don't think my heart ever became evil until I engaged in more evil. If I continued the way I was, it would've been near impossible to get back to being a loving, caring, decent human being again. — Jojo Godinez
Together LA had the opportunity to interview Amanda Warner, who is the co-author of Reformed: How a Life Sentence Became My Saving Grace, which tells the story of Jojo Godinez through his eyes. The book released this week and a book release celebration is scheduled for Saturday (6/30).
Stadia: Every Child To Experience Love of Jesus Through a Local Church
Stadia, a national church planting organization that places children as a priority, is working on its tenth collaborative church plant in the Los Angeles area, said executive Nathan Hawkins.
California Can't Force Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers to Promote Abortion
Pro-life pregnancy centers offering women alternatives to abortion won a major free speech victory on Tuesday, Christianity Today reported. The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to block a California law requiring pregnancy centers post referrals to state-funded abortion providers and birth control resources, forcing them to promote services that violate their beliefs.
WORLD IMPACT: A Tapestry of Cultures
In an attempt to promote racial harmony and unity my brother Kyle and I got this crazy idea to merge our churches. You see, I come from a Baptist faith tradition and Kyle is ordained in the Christian Reformed Church. There are a lot of differences between the two faith traditions, but to succeed we were willing to work through them together. Not to mention his church was predominately White and mine a Black church.
'Dangerous Good' Challenges Men to Aggressively Live Out Their Faith
Kenny Luck throws down the gauntlet to a generation of men who have become comfortable with a culturally safe Christian faith in his new book, Dangerous Good: The Coming Revolution of Men Who Care (July 3, 2018, NavPress, $15.99, ISBN 978-1-63146-890-2).
"Too often men suffer from a malaise that leads them to settle for mediocrity, play it safe and blend into our broken culture," Luck, founder of Every Man Ministries, said. "But deep inside every man is the impulse to confront the evil around him, to embrace the 'dangerous good' that comes with being a committed follower of Christ. I want this book to awaken the sleeping giant within the community of men that will be an aggressive force for good."
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RPX Agent
RPX Agent is one of a cooperative arrangement between RPX Group and the partner as the only one of RPX representative in certain city. The cooperation allows appointed partners to sell domestic and international door to door express service, pick-up and deliver customer's packages. The appointed partners will also enjoy the benefit of being associated with RPX Group through the display of the logo at their own the location of operational office.
- Submit application letter to RPX Head Office-Marketing Dept., Pondok Pinang, Jakarta.
- Having legal entity which is Persekutuan Komanditer (CV) or Perseroan Terbatas (PT).
- Submit photocopy of the Company's Establishment Act (Akte Pendirian Perusahaan) legalized by the Ministry of Justice, along with the alteration (if any); the Company's Business Permit (SIUP); the Statement of the Company's Tax Register Number (NPWP) and the Agent's Sponsorship valid Identity Card.
- Submit photocopy of Company's Financial Report legalized by the Public Accountant/Financial Auditor or the Company's Bank Statement at least for 3 (three) months ago or the Letter of Company's Tax.
- Submit photo and map of the agent's office location.
- Pay a guarantee money (deposit) amounted of IDR. 10,000,000 (ten million rupiahs).
- Pay marketing fee amounted of IDR. 40,000,000 (forty million rupiahs).
- Submit a letter stating that the Company is not under any joint venture with any other party having similiar business with RPX.
- Agreed with the terms & conditions for the RPX agency by signing agreement as the start of this agency cooperation is valid for 1 (one) year period.
- Responsible to install RPX signage and pay advertisement tax to it's local authority.
- Own representative office location with minimum building space 5 x 5 m2, located on main road and parking space available.
- Agent must provide minimum 4 (four) personnels who are responsible as Operation Supervisor, Sales, Courier and Front Liner/Customer Service. Preferably have experience in courier service business.
- Agent must provide standard of office facilities consist of counter desk, guest desk and chair, operational vehicles (van and motorcycle), phone and facsimile, air conditioner (AC) in the counter room, personal computer with internet access, measurement tape and weight scale with the capacity of scaling minimum 30 (thirty) kilograms in order to support operational activities.
- Agent's personnels must have a training certificate issued by RPX Training Department, proving that she/he has passed RPX Agent training. Education background minimum Diploma 3 (D-3).
- Must have ability to do pick up and delivery for RPX Customers
- Able to sell domestic and international door to door express service.
- Able to achieve company's sales target.
- Able to pick-up packages at customer's site (if requested).
- Able to deliver packages to consignee immediately.
- Able to ship packages to nearest RPX station by air/land/sea transportation and responsible for transportation cost.
- Able to make daily report of outbound and inbound packages status.
- Able to provide personnels who has good performance and quality to support operational activities.
- Able to keep RPX brand image by control service standardization that given to RPX customers.
- Not allowed using RPX brand for interest out of above agreement.
- Able to renovate office condition regarding to agency requirements stated by RPX (if necessary).
- Always ask permission to RPX Head Office-Marketing Dept., Pondok Pinang, Jakarta first, every time the partner would like to hold activities using RPX brand (advertisement, promotion, event, press release, etc).
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- Tuesday
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- Wednesday
- 9am - 5:10pm
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- Friday
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- Saturday
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Welcome to Ella Baché Ellenbrook. Our Salon boasts a modern state of the art concept. We offer all of our male and female clients a haven to escape, be stress free and have total relaxation and pampering. You can unwind in one of our ultra modern rooms with soft music, candle light and burning oils with our qualified therapists. Our salon consists of five treatment rooms, a tanning room, shower and nail area. We offer an extensive range of treatments for the face and body which will have you floating out of our salon.


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Soteriology – what is it?
Soteriology, simply put, is the study of the doctrine of salvation. Soteri means preserver or savior and ology describes the study of something or someone. In this case, we are studying the doctrine of salvation, and listing a few related questions.
What are some of the questions soteriology addresses?
- Once someone is saved are they always saved? Yes.
- Is baptism required for salvation? What is baptismal regeneration? Yes – by the Holy Spirit. If one has accepted Jesus Christ into their heart and dies without the opportunity to be submerged by water, their soul is still heaven-bound (Luke 23:40-43). Baptismal regeneration is the belief that one MUST be submerged with water in order to be obtain salvation.
- What is repentance and is it necessary for salvation? Repentance is a change of mind about a situation; it is necessary for salvation.
- Is one sin worse than another? This is a twofold question. If one has sinned, he is not any greater or any lesser than another sinner. However, each sin will be judged accordingly. God is a good judge and would not punish a liar the same as He would a serial killer.
- Do conjoined twins have two souls? Yes – one apiece.
- What is salvation? Salvation is an act of saving someone or something from harm or damage.
- How were people saved before the coming of Jesus? They weren't. Old Testament saints waited in a place called Sheol until Jesus came to fulfill His purpose on earth.
- How is a person saved or "born again a second time"? Jesus describes this process is John 3. In order to be born again, one must receive the Holy Spirit and then they are "rebirthed" as a "spiritual" being. If they refuse, they are still of the flesh.
- What about those who have never heard the Gospel – are they going to Hell? God judges the heart while man judges the outer appearance. So while an individual may not have read a bible or recited the sinner's prayer, they may be able to enter Heaven's gates nonetheless.
- How do man's free will and God's sovereignty work together in salvation? Men are free to decide their own choices but God determines the consequences.
- Do all religions offer salvation? No – just Christianity.
Soteriology describes redemption (compensation), justification (impartiality), sanctification (set apart), propitiation (favor), and substitution atonement (reparation). All of these things work together to create the wonderful plan that God created in order to maintain a relationship with His creation despite their flaws and sinful nature. Salvation is not man drawing towards God, rather God drawing towards man (John 6:44).
Why did God go through the trouble of creating and carrying out the plan of salvation in order that His enemies to live forever?
God's Words for You puts it this way as they read from the book of Ephesians:
The initiating cause of our salvation is the will and purpose of God (Eph 1:5, 9, 11)
The motivating cause of our salvation is the love of God (1:4)
The necessitating cause of our salvation is our spiritual deadness and sin (2:1-5)
The enabling/facilitating cause of our salvation is the grace of God (1:6-8; 2:5-9)
The meritorious cause of our salvation is the blood of Christ (1:7)
The legal cause of our salvation is the imputed righteousness (1:4)
The effective cause of our salvation is the power of God (1:18-23)
The subjective cause of our salvation is hearing and understanding the message of Christ (1:9, 13)
The instrumental cause of our salvation is faith (1:1, 13; 2:8)
The locational cause of our salvation is union/identification with Jesus Christ (1:3, 4, 7, 11; 2:5-6)
The recitative cause of our salvation is the praise and glory of God (1:6, 12, 14; 2:10)


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Instruments is the recordings of a series of spontaneous compositions.
End of year show for ICCE students 2009-2010
Print design for Muybridge in Translation booklet for Kingston Museum and University's Muybridge in Kingston exhibtion.
Installation piece: this second version was a more complete incarnation of my intention: as it displayed each 'Intrument' on a stoll as if part of an orchestra.
myGalaxies is the exploration of networked culture, the attachment and emotion towards a system, information visualisation, and the inherent networks available to us in our environments.
It contained a single projection displaying 9 faces talking, seemingly, muted. The only sound coming from this strangely disembodied heads were that of their pauses, mmm's, ahh's.
Foundry was a commission for MAP arts in Leeds, presented on the Light Night arts event, Leeds.
Video installation with chair, light, plant, coat hanger and single pair of headphones.
This installation was part of Nous Vous's Sunday Club art and graphics event's at Opposite Cafe Leeds.
Art Installation at Opposite Cafe 2007.


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I have something of a perfectionistic streak. You wouldn't know it by the way I dress or by the way my office looks sometimes. I'm not OCD, but there is something in me that appreciates aesthetics, beauty, and excellence. And I demand something of myself to perform a task well, to craft something to the point of pride. I'm no Steve Jobs, but I certainly don't come from the school of "if something is worth doing, it's worth doing badly". And I know – some good thing is better than no good thing. I get it. But that doesn't sit well with me.
But in short, if I'm going to consider myself in the work of reconciliation, I have to (in the words of my loving yet straightforward wife) "get over myself."
Here's the thing, I work at a small church that shares the building with a Latino Pentecostal congregation. But my Spanish is awful, so I shy away from having direct conversations. I like to meet when there are translators and people who can "listen" and "speak" for me. Well guess what, over the last year, the needle on the "trust meter" has barely moved, and so in my broken, childish, amnesia-from-high-school-Spanish-classes-level I struggled through a conversation and got to the word, "together" — "juntos" yesterday with my Honduran pastor hermano. And let me just say, that phone call broke something between us. And I hated the process of sounding like an idiot. I hated that I couldn't even communicate my gratitude for him or the possibility of "juntos". I don't like not being able to do something well. But there is not enough time in the world for reconciliation to get it right the first time.
In my mind, I paint beautiful works of reconciliation, but I don't want to cast an errant stroke and so I wait; or I practice in other areas, but not in the thing that God has put before me because I want it to be aesthetically pleasing. My first mistake and the one lesson that I've learned in the last week, is that we paint "juntos" and that there is no act of reconciliation too small. If we cannot even do the small things – how on earth can we do the big things?


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Your kids will love these mini burger sliders, whether as pambaon or an afternoon snack!
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Creamy and crunchy coleslaw made with Eden Mayo add delicious texture and flavor to these sliders!
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On the train back
The model consists of twelve bags of [parts each corresponding to s section in the build manual. Incidentally the build manual is superb giving a background of the real Saturn V and how this particular kit came into being.
I decided to take photographs of the knolled parts for each bag and the end result with some extra images thrown in at certain key stages (pun intended!).
The contents of the box laid out
I started by Knolling each bag and then building that bag.
Here are some pictures of the knolled bags
And some pictures of the work in progress
Stage 1 complete
Stage 2 complete
Stages 1 and 2 side by side
Stages 1 and 2 stacked
Stages 1, 2 and 3 with the command and service modules and the escape tower
The completed build
The CM and LEM
And pride of place by the fire in the lounge
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What would you do if you opened a door in your home and saw the end of a shot gun?
For one Midlands man, protecting his family was all that mattered.
"I figure that's what any husband or father would do," David Platts said.
Platts says he discovered a man crouched in his laundry room, pointing a shotgun directly at him early Saturday morning.
WTLX reports that he says he doesn't remember anything that went through his head before he lunged at the intruder…except for one thing.
"The only thing I do remember was that I knew if he got past me, he was going to go after my wife and my daughter."
Within seconds, Platts says he was able to pry the shotgun from the intruder's hands.
"I called for my wife and she took the shotgun out of my hand," he said.
Their daughter, 17 years old, was the one who called police while wife Carrie Platts held the shotgun at the intruder. They say he broke in through their doggy door.
"When David had him on the floor he just kept staring at my daughter. and now when she closes her eyes at night that's all she sees," Carrie said. "We're all having trouble sleeping. we're having trouble just being here because you're been invaded. your home's been invaded. your privacy's been taken away."
Unknown to the Platts family at the time, arrest warrants say the intruder Jahmand Mcneill, along with two accomplices, broke into a home down the street, locked a couple in their shower, and threatened to kill their three children.
And even though Platts' quick thinking landed the three suspects in jail, he doesn't consider himself a hero.
"I see where people are calling me a hero. to me, I'm not a hero. I did what a father and husband is supposed to do."
He says that title belongs to someone else.
"It felt like an eternity but it wasn't more than three minutes to five before the first law enforcement officer arrived," he said. "So you know, my hats off to them. those guys are the heroes."
Now the Platts family says they are just eager to heal.
"It's going to take time. If you get to where you don't feel like you can be safe in your own home, where can you go to be safe?"
The three suspects are being held without bond.
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Have I told you all lately how much I love being part of the French Cupboard....oh well, in case you haven't figured it out "I REALLY LOVE BEING PART OF THE FRENCH CUPBOARD CREW!"
I've got to say Polly and Steve work so hard to constantly bring their members awesome opportunities and marketing ideas! They must just stay up all night and think of things to help promote all of us, I don't know how they do it.....I think I can hear their wheels churning all the way over her in NJ.
For example just this weekend I got the honor of being featured on the journal.....thanks Polly and Steve!
PS Don't forget the Alice Party this Saturday at the French Cupboard...time to show off our muchness!
....and now for something different
Not too long ago I got a wonderful etsy convo. from a wonderful gal named Robin....she actually asked me for an interview .....yes, little ole' me from Gypsy Fish....well, it came out today...she's a contributer to an to an awesome site aptly named My Vintage Addiction. Her site has it all...vintage living, vintage wardrobe, vintage pictures...everything VINTAGE, VINTAGE, VINTAGE! I want to give a big hug and a thank you to Robin....you've got to check out this website!
Here's Robins bio.....Robin Eastwood: Columnist
I'm a treasure hunter and vintage fanatic. I find charm in things that are tattered, worn, and faded. Visit The Fancy Lamb on Etsy to drool over some of my latest finds, and follow me on Twitter to hear about my latest thrifting adventures.
Thanks so much Robin!
Don't forget to check out the Barn Market for more highlights of our first monthly market!
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New! 4th edition of the standard work on Irish genealogy! Tracing Your Irish Ancestors
The best book ever written on Irish genealogy, this new edition of Tracing Your Irish Ancestors retains the familiar structure of previous editions but is now more useful than ever. Combining the key features of a textbook and a reference book, it describes the various steps in the research process while at the same time providing an indispensable body of source materials for immediate use.
The biggest change from previous editions is in its approach to the Internet. Online research is now an essential part of any Irish family history project, so the 4th edition serves as a directory to online records, discussing their uses and outlining research strategies. The sheer scale of the data available online makes a guide such as this all the more essential, and in the hands of a master it is indispensable.
Along with its step-by-step instructions in the location and use of traditional genealogical records, its discussion of civil records of birth, marriage, and death, as well as land records and wills, and its list of Roman Catholic parish records and source lists—all expanded, updated, and indexed--it is easily the most useful book in Irish genealogy.
"The most comprehensive and authoritative book on Irish genealogy available."—Heritage Quest
"Highly recommended for anyone doing Irish research."—Federation of Genealogical Societies Forum
"It is one of the most up-to-date and thorough source books for serious researchers of Irish family history."—American Reference Books Annual
The author of many books and articles on Irish genealogy, John Grenham was the first Genealogist-in-Residence at the Dublin City Library and Archive. He is a Fellow of both The Irish Genealogical Research Society and The Genealogical Society of Ireland. Since 2009 he has written the "Irish Roots" column for The Irish Times.
4th ed., 350 pp., illustrated, indexed, paperback. 2012. ISBN 978-0-8063-1897-4. $37.95


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