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Lord Brittan, who was recently caught up in a row over allegations that he failed to act on evidence of child abuse by senior figures in Westminster in the 1980s, died at his home in London.
His family statement said: "As a family, we should like to pay tribute to him as a beloved husband to Diana and brother to Samuel, and a supportive and loving stepfather to Katharine and Victoria, and step-grandfather to their children.
"We also salute his extraordinary commitment to British public life as a Member of Parliament, Minister, Cabinet Minister, European Commissioner and Peer - together with a distinguished career in law, and latterly in business.
"Leon passed away last night at his home in London after a long battle with cancer. We shall miss him enormously."
Lord Brittan, 75, served as home secretary from 1983 to 1985 and president of the Board of Trade in 1985/86, before spending a decade in Brussels from 1989 to 1999 one of the UK's European commissioners, and as vice-president of the Commission from 1989 to 1993.
He was MP for Cleveland & Whitby from 1974 to 1983 and for Richmond, Yorkshire, from 1983 to 1988.
His family said there will be a private funeral service for family only, and a memorial service will be announced.
Lord Deben - who served alongside Lord Brittan in Margaret Thatcher's administration as John Gummer - said: "Very sad to see Leon Brittan has died. A good and honourable servant of his country. A decent and lasting friend. He will be sorely missed."


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Does the health of the credit union business model keep you up at night?
I've had many sleepless nights pondering the fate of our fine industry. When you step back and look at the credit union landscape, you see an economic environment where operating expenses are higher than net interest margins, negative earnings are all to frequent, lost income due to regulations, industry consolidation, and the possible removal of our tax-exempt status.
Some proposed solutions to these ills involve access to alternative capital and raising the member business lending limit. I'm not certain these are the best solutions.
|Anne Legg
Fortunately, these thoughts arose while I worked on my MBA thesis. And really, what is a better vehicle to create a new industry business model than a thesis?
Where to start?
Let's start at the beginning, the roots of the credit union industry. We were founded on seven cooperative principles:
Wow! Go back and read those again. They're spectacular!
What other financial industry has roots like that? I dare say… only us.
This begs the questions, what are other cooperatives doing and what can we learn from them?
About 48,000 cooperatives operating in nearly every business sector serve 120 million members—roughly four of 10 Americans. The top three types of U.S. cooperatives ranked by revenue are agriculture ($58 billion), grocery ($26 billion), and finance ($10 billion).
What can we learn?
Let's start with agriculture cooperatives, which are facing similar issues as the credit union industry. This industry created a new model of cooperative called the Wyoming model, which is a clear departure from how agricultural cooperatives have traditionally been defined.
This model—initiated in a statute in Wyoming in 2001—allows non-user ownership and non-user control to generate larger pools of capital. This is particularly interesting as it basically provides for alternative or secondary capital—a solution credit unions are exploring.
However, cooperative grocers took a different position. This industry has grown and declined in waves since the 1950s.
The most recent growth period occurred during the mid-2000s when food cooperatives once again experienced growth-driven, intense consumer interest in alternatives to a market system that didn't always serve their needs. Sound familiar?
Cooperative grocers are successfully connecting the consumer to the producer, and in doing so are creating a better community. This is the seventh cooperative principle: concern for community.
The more outreach the cooperative grocery makes, the better the community becomes. Cooperative groceries have changed the relationship people have with their food when they engaged their members with the food and the food suppliers.
Next: How does this apply to CUs?

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Some forms of depression follow a seasonal pattern, coming and going during certain times of the year. We call this type of depression Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), and in the Northern Hemisphere we generally associate SAD onset with winter. Estimates vary, but wintertime SAD affects roughly 1 in 6 people. There is some indication of a biochemical link to the disorder. By springtime, the symptoms of SAD generally lift as daylight hours increase.
Another variant of seasonal depression is sometimes termed, reverse or summertime SAD. For a small percentage of the population, recurring symptoms of depression are triggered during the spring or summer months.
What Causes Reverse SAD?
Dr. Jordan Gaines Lewis notes that while winter SAD is linked to a lack of sunlight, summer SAD is thought to result from too much sunlight. But this is only one theory. Other suggestions include the fact that extra daylight hours encourage us to stay up later and this may throw off our circadian rhythms.
High temperatures can also disrupt sleep patterns. Some people find increased light and heat levels well into the night both oppressive and agitating. We also can't rule out a genetic component. According to Lewis, more than two-thirds of people with reverse SAD have a relative with a major mood disorder.
Ian Cook is a psychiatrist and professor at UCLA's Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. Cook points out that during longer days, routines may change significantly, which can be stressful. Children have to be kept occupied, or if they're are in college they may return home after months of absence.
Cook also suggests that body image issues can contribute to low moods. As the temperature climbs, the summer clothes go on and social gatherings take place around pools or on the beach. It can result in embarrassment and avoidance of social situations.
For working parents summer also means expense. The financial pressures of kids at home, expectations of a vacation, summer camps and babysitters while you go off to work can all add to stress.
Coping With Reverse SAD
Michael J. Breus, Ph.D suggests trying to keep to normal sleep hours during the lighter nights. This resets our circadian cycle and also helps prevent mood slumps that may result from disrupted sleep. Some approaches include:
- Use heavy curtains to block out the light if necessary.
- If you recognize your symptoms as seasonal then an important way to cope is to plan ahead. How can you take the pressure points off, or at least reduce them? Look around for new options or ways of sharing responsibilities.
- Stay active. Exercise is hugely beneficial for both physical and mental health.
- Get support. Whether it lasts for weeks or months there is no reason for you to shoulder the effects of depression. Talk it over with your doctor and if you are already taking medication for depression consider whether the dose is suitable for the lighter and longer days. Medication is only one option. You may also find that talk-therapy is highly effective.
(1) European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP). "Biochemical cause of seasonal depression (SAD) confirmed by researchers." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 20 October 2014. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141020212412.htm
(2) Lewis, J. G (2015) Reverse Seasonal Affective Disorder: SAD in the Summer.https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/brain-babble/201501/reverse-seasonal-affective-disorder-sad-in-the-summer
(3) Breus, M.J. (2006) _Good Night: The Sleep Doctor's 4-Week Program to Better Sleep and Better Health._Dutton Adult.
See more helpful articles:
Four Key Obstacles to Wellbeing
10 Ways to Cope With Your Depression Partner's Depression
Mild, Moderate or Severe Depression: How to Tell the Difference


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TrailBlaze Creative, (TBC) an independent marketing and communications firm, seeks a talented individual to assist in developing new and unique marketing journeys for our clients.
We are seeking a Contract/Part-time web developer who is able to assist with all aspects of the web development process. We're looking for help delivering the best work to our clients in terms of functionality, security, and design. While this position is not full time at this time, there is the possibility it could become a full-time position in the near future.
We work with a variety of clients on projects ranging from simple websites to complex web applications, with lots of opportunity to provide creative solutions.
Desired Skills
- Provides assistance in the development and maintenance of database and web-based platforms and tool sets and end user support for TrailBlaze staff and clients.
- Creates project specifications for web-based applications.
- Designs, builds and maintains applications software using appropriate programming languages. Applications are mainly web-based.
- Performs routine and specific maintenance and ongoing security of client and TBC web properties, programs and applications as necessary.
- Directs production, installation and turnover of approved code changes for application objects to the production environments.
- Demonstrates a high sense of ownership of user problems.
- Provides TBC staff with technical guidance during all phases of the development process.
- Works with vendors and staff in evaluating and implementing new technologies.
- Ability to work in close collaboration to explain processes to TBC staff
- Maintains the security of all TBC operations by keeping information confidential.
Specific Knowledge Required
- Hosting and Domain support
- Familiarity with Cloudways and other hosting platforms
- Ability to implement and monitor website security for all client sites.
- Code Repositories
- HTML, CSS, Laravel, and other application languages as needed
- Fluent in Bootstrap
- Plugin Authoring, primarily for use with the DIVI WordPress theme
- API integrations with WordPress for various online services including payment processing, document libraries, and others
- Transactional Email (Mailgun) processes and ensuring online form submissions and alerts are properly delivered and received
- General website functionality and connectivity Issues
- SSH/SFTP access and security when working with outside vendors
- Learning Management System authoring
This position will primarily telecommute, however some in-person meetings may occur south of the City of Pittsburgh. We desire to only, work with a candidate that is able to travel to these meetings in person. It is important that candidates have access to a laptop, as well as internet access, phone access, and basic other computer programs necessary for this position. Since regular meetings with TrailBlaze leadership and clients is also expected, so access to periodic transportation is required.
Please email resume, project samples, a statement of how you meet the needs our description to firstname.lastname@example.com.
TrailBlaze Creative, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.


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Made in the image of God
In Colossians, St Paul speaks about Jesus as "the image of the invisible God" and "the first-born of all creation". It is into this image in which all human beings were made as part of the Creation, according to Genesis 1.
Perhaps we cannot fully understand or grasp this mystery. We have not sufficiently been taught to bow to that image in each other.
We were created very good.
The person we despise most, whom we have made into an enemy, was made in the image of the invisible God, fearfully and wonderfully made. The person we regard as the "other" from whom we so often receive neighbourly love without that person even knowing it, or us acknowledging it, that person is made in the image of God.
For example, other Africans received South Africans into their countries and homes over many years, and yet today some us despise these very people.
What has gone wrong, and how do we return to our creation in the image of God?
In a world where arms-dealers trade in arms with impunity, knowing very well that these arms will be used to destroy this creature made in the image of God, to just say that all people have been created in the image of the invisible God, is a revolutionary act.
To not say it or affirm it, is to become part of an amoral world, where money and revenge and enemy-creation are more important than people.
Many of us have lost this deep sense of humanity and subsequently also of God, who has created us in love and for love.
It is time to return to this and to return to this God. We have made idols out of many things and created gods in our own other-ing and enemy-creating images.
There is no fear in love. Perfect love casts out all fear, and because the other is our enemy, we have come to fear and not to love.
But love changes everything.
To see the divine image of love in each person, is to affirm that we were created for love and not for fear.
May God's Holy Spirit breath on us yet again so that our humanity may once again be renewed, refreshed, revitalised and re-animated.
– Edwin Arrison


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Editorial: Brent Curtice should reveal punishment of upperclassmen
Newspaper representatives:
Renee Campbell
Noelle Leavitt Riley
Amy Fontenot
Sheli Steele
Erin Fenner
Andy Bockelman
Last week, the community learned that five Moffat County High School coaches were asked to resign following an alleged hazing incident that took place at football camp from June 18 to 20 in Evanston, Wyoming.
The coaches were asked to resign after the school district completed its investigation of the coaches and students.
What's still unknown is the disciplinary action the school district will take against the upperclassmen who allegedly hazed freshmen.
It's a question that the Craig Daily Press has been asking Moffat County School District Superintendent Brent Curtice on a daily basis, and the community deserves an answer.
Curtice has said that it's a private matter, and in order to protect students' rights, he cannot reveal such information. We respectfully disagree. We believe that in order for the Craig community to begin to heal, the school district needs to be transparent about the punishment that will be dealt to the upperclassmen who were involved.
Let us be clear, the school district does not have a legal obligation to release this information, but it certainly has a moral obligation. We respect the privacy of the individual students involved, but we don't believe the details about the number of students involved and the punishment they will face compromises their privacy.
On the brink of a new school year, it's important for parents, students and teachers to have a positive feeling about the district before the school year starts. This is especially important considering the district has new leaders including a new superintendent, a new high school principal, a new middle school principal and a new elementary school principal. When that first day of school comes Aug. 25, the community should have faith in its new administrators that they will protect its children.
The recent alleged hazing events have sent rumors flying from every corner of Craig, and it seems that the No. 1 question on everyone's mind is, "What will happen to the aggressors?" The rumors are hurting people and confusing the community.
The school district can best restore the trust and confidence of the community by being open and honest about how it handles bullying.
So we ask you, Mr. Curtice, to please reveal what you have in store for those who allegedly bullied freshmen at the football camp in Wyoming.


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Meatless Monday Recipe: Easy Microwave Apple Crisp
I've never been a gal who has been satisfied with an apple for a snack in the afternoon — my sweet tooth can get the best of me if I'm not careful.
With all of the yummy pumpkin breads, scones, and other goodies EVERYWHERE I turned today, I really needed a little treat with my afternoon tea.
And, I didn't get the Meatless Monday recipe up early today — so it was a perfect day to share this delicious & semi-healthy little treat with you. Ok, maybe healthy is pushing it. But there's an apple in it, ok?!! ?
Today's Meatless Monday Recipe is an Easy Microwave Apple Crisp for One. It was inspired by a similar recipe from Sophie at My Happy Place (thanks, Sophie!)
Prep time: 10 minutes (and I was taking photos while I was prepping, so if you are quick it is probably even less than that).
Microwave time: 1 1/2 minutes
Here's what you need:
1. Peel and thinly slice your apple and place in a bowl.
2. Add 1 tablespoon of the brown sugar, half a tablespoon of your flour, 1/8 teaspoon of your cinnamon, and a dash of nutmeg
3. Coat the sliced apples with the mixture, and pour it all into a microwaveable mug.
4. In the same bowl you had your apples in, mix together the remaining dry ingredients. Add your butter, and with a fork mash the butter into the dry ingredients to it creates a nice crumbly texture.
5. Pour the crumble right on top of your apples in the mug and pop in the microwave for 90 seconds. Enjoy!
Did you know that there are over 1,000 apple varieties to choose from? Check out this article that I wrote for Clean Eating magazine to learn which kind of apples work best in all of your favorite recipes.


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Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar have been a part of my growing up years. My barely educated grand mother and grand aunt with whom I spent many a lazy afternoon were master story tellers. They wove stories around the happenings in Mount Kailash and the divine happy family of Shiva, Parvati and their offsprings making them appear like the uncle and aunty next door. Thanks to these entertaining afternoons, I considered the divine family up in Kailash to be my extended family quietly seeking solace, in conversing with them when things did not go my way. Being in Kolkata, India the belief was further endorsed by the annual autumnal visit of Devi Parvati with her children for five days generating festive fervor in all Bengali households. I loved the smell of new clothes, exotic delicacies and of course being away from my books.
Each time, I expressed a desire to visit Kailash, my grandmother promptly declined saying, no bus or train that she knew of could take me there. Instead, she offered to take me for a dip in the Ganga. Hugh!! As an 8 year old, I had whispered in Parvati's ear just prior to immersion, pleading to give me an invite to visit her in summer in her hilly abode in Kailash next to Manasarovar. Eventually, I outgrew the stories and beliefs but the desire to visit them in Kailash and Manasarovar remained with me.
As I got familiar with history and politics, I realised that Manasarovar was in Tibet and was not easily accessible given strained diplomatic relations. I would yearn for a few days each time I saw an advertisement from the India Government seeking applications from pilgrims interested to pay a visit to Kailash and Manasarovar. A few years ago, I discovered an easier route through Kathmandu in Nepal. A flurry of mails and calls later, my date with the mystic mountain Kailash and dream lake Manasarovar were fixed. I carefully chose a full moon night to spend on the banks of the lake to try my luck at witnessing divine beings taking a customary dip as I had come to know from people who visited.
Traveling to Manasarovar:
I travelled through Kathmandu, crossing over to Tibet through the Friendship bridge that connects Nepal and Tibet. It is the only time I had to adjust my watch by 2 hours after walking a few metres. For the next 5 days, I travelled in a four wheeler land cruiser with 3 other co-pilgrims across the dusty table top mountainous regions of Tibet, stopping over at Nyalam, Saga, Paryang to adjust to hilly climes and refuel ourselves. The weather would change in a jiffy from the hot sun to cold chill to sandstorms but the wild, untouched beauty of nature was a treat for the eyes. The faces of the rough cheeked, Tibetan children peering through the window and smiling in gratitude for the occasional pack of juice or a small piece of chocolate is etched in my memory. The ever smiling and obliging sherpas who accompanied us, dished out tasty soups, porridges, noodles and lip smacking dal rice through the journey. I swallowed every morsel in gratitude, it was a luxury in extreme circumstances.
I was enjoying the journey, listening to the foot tapping Tibetan tunes and waiting in anticipation for my date. I don't recall being as anxious for my first romantic date. On the 5th day, the driver informed us that we would approach one end of Manasarovar by late afternoon. When I sighted the lake from a distance, it appeared to be just another lake but when we approached closer, I was overwhelmed.
Holy Dip in Manasarovar:
We were standing at a height of 4600 metres in front the divine lake measuring 495 square kilometers. The sheer size and magnanimity of it, encircled by the divine mountains was overpowering. I was at the southern bank, near Trugo monastery, where the water is relatively clear. I swiftly removed my shoes and went into the ice cold water, stepping over slippery stones of all shapes and sizes. With tears of joy flowing through my eyes, braving the numb feeling in my legs from the chill water, I bent over to splash my face. The 8 year old me, surfaced from somewhere, urging me to take the customary dip. Within moments, I stripped myself of the layers of woolens and jumped back in, plunging to take a dip, not once but 7 times.
I balanced myself on the pebbles and looked towards the divine Kailash and prayed in gratitude. I am not sure whether my accumulated sins over the many births got washed away but I was definitely bathed in undescribable waves of warm pure energy. Groups of white swans flew over as harbingers of divine blessings. The tinkling bells hanging around the neck of the mountain sheep swayed in delight as they filed past the lake and the prayer bells in the monastery seemed to ring spontaneously. Ah!! this is the moment, I have always imagined. Who says Dreams are not fulfilled ? Here I was, taking a dip in dream lake Manasarovar !! Dream on, some where someday it will be definitely fulfilled. I filled in bottles of Manasarovar water, for my friends and family back home and specially for my grandmother.
Walking along Manasarovar
Later that evening, I tried to venture out to the banks along with other co-pilgrims but was deterred by the barking dogs and the fiercefully chilly wind. Anyway, I was fortunate to get a glimpse of the moon high up in the sky, reflecting on Manas, creating a divine silver pool. Next morning, tents were set up on the banks of the lake doubling up as bathing tents. The sherpas, carried the holy water in buckets and heated it for pilgrims who could not venture into the lake for a dip. I strolled along the banks of the lake, stopping by to observe and participate with the groups performing havan (hindu fire ritual) and chanting. I could feel my eyes well up, overwhelmed by the divinity around, and my inner voice assured me that I would come back again !!


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If Benítez exits quickly, accepting Juventus's generous offer, he goes with some dignity. If he stays, the inevitable long goodbye becomes indescribably messy, distressing for all concerned and demeaning to a club of Liverpool's great history. This is not a warning for Benítez, this is a fact.
He's lucky. The Kop's refusal to call for his head, in the wake of a disastrous season and four trophy-less years, speaks handsomely of their substance and loyalty. At any other major club, probably barring Arsenal, restless natives would have been chanting for the manager's removal.
Benítez now meets Liverpool's new chairman, Martin Broughton, to discuss transfer budgets but why should the board trust him with the club's cash? His track record is too inconsistent. They give him money for a table and he comes back with a lampshade. He's got a centre-back at left-back and a holding midfielder at right-back. Liverpool's squad is an exercise in mismanagement.
Over the past six years, Benítez has been provided with £230,476,000, not forgetting a rich bequest in Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher, yet his bench against Atletico Madrid last Thursday read: Diego Cavalieri, Sotirios Kyrgiakos, David Ngog, Philipp Degen, Nabil El Zhar, Daniel Ayala and Daniel Pacheco. Their entries in football's Who's Who do not run to many lines. Combined.
How embarrassing. This is Liverpool, five-times winners of the European Cup and joint record-holders of 18 League championships, the club of Shankly and Paisley, Toshack and Keegan, Dalglish and Souness, Fowler and Owen, yet with largely a bunch of unknowns on the bench. How the mighty are falling.
Benítez's cheerleaders claim his achievements at Anfield are actually remarkable given the board has restricted his budget over the past two seasons. They point to injuries and mention the more alluring wages on offer elsewhere.
Good try. Roy Hodgson prospers at Fulham on a fraction of Benítez's resources and none of the annoying scheming. Arsène Wenger spends far less than Benítez and has a far better eye for young talent.
Any inspection of Benítez's £230 million outlay must highlight successes such as Pepe Reina, Javier Mascherano and Fernando Torres. Not all were guaranteed to do well yet they have grown under Benítez. Even with Lucas, Kyrgiakos, Ryan Babel and Emiliano Insua on the books, Liverpool's squad are valued at around £250 million.
Yet Liverpool's board could legitimately ask Benítez his views on Hodgson's team-building skills and just who is that leading Fulham out in the Europa League final in Hamburg next week?
Why it's Danny Murphy, just the type of strong character and intelligent midfielder Liverpool crave, a popular player shown the door by Benítez in the first of his summer clear-outs/trolley dashes. Murphy or Lucas? Discuss. But not for long.
All managers sell players they shouldn't but Benítez has dropped some real clangers. How Liverpool could do with a committed left-back like Stephen Warnock, whose heart was almost broken when let go by Benítez.
Warnock, now knocking on England's door, could have spared Liverpool those awkward moments when Andrea Dossena or Insua was at left-back. Dear old Dossena. Recruited for £7 million in July 2008, he endured a hapless stay, being humiliated by Leeds United's Robert Snodgrass among others, and was offloaded for £4.3 million to Napoli 18 months later.
Dossena's fellow recruits in the class of 2008 were Cavalieri, Ngog, Robbie Keane and Albert Riera at a cost of £39 million and none proved worth it.
Quantity as much as quality has been Benítez's hallmark in the transfer market.
He has brought in 77 players, a tally that prompted Ian St John to remark wryly over the weekend that "maybe Rafa's setting up his own league''.
Whatever happened to Benítez's likely lads such as Miki Roque, Krisztian Nemeth, Astrit Ajdarevic, Antonio Barragan, Besian Idriza, Mikel San Jose Dominguez and Antonio Nunez?
The haemorrhaging of money on fees, let alone wages, is a concern. Jermaine Pennant arrived for £6.7 million and went on a free. Fernando Morientes cost £6.3 million and exited for £3 million.
Keane hardly had time to unpack his bags after his £19 million signing before being shipped out for £16 million, lacking suitability to the manager's new 4-2-3-1 system. Benítez has been given enough money. He's just not given his buying enough thought. Time to go. If anyone can fix Benítez up with flights to Turin it's Broughton.


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fun, but this one still remains my favorite video of meat choppin'...
A Lovecraft Cinematic Universe?
3 hours ago
this area of the forest, becoming progressively
wilder and crazier and more dangerous.
lets see you do that with a dagger or staff,
so much for the argument/ fantasy that
all weapons should do the same damage
That was fucking rad when he hit that pig in the face with the sword! Now I know what happens to an orc!
Who wears a tie when hacking up a pig head with a two handed sword?
That said, I think I need a 2H sword in my zombie apocalypse arsenal.
We got a lot of power demonstrations, but I'd have liked to have seen more speed and control demonstrations. There were a few, but I'd have liked more to sell me on the great sword :)
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It is widely recognized that corruption, or the act of using public power for private ends, is a major destructive force for humans and human societies. Research has shown that corruption is one of the most detrimental factors currently afflicting the economies of developing countries. It further undercuts various dimensions of human well-being such as health, access to clean water, and education, and it negatively affects subjective dimensions of life such as self-reported well-being and happiness.
It was against the backdrop of corruption as a major destructive force that researchers at the World Bank in the late 1990s started to explore new directions in research such as the relevance of the gender perspective. In their groundbreaking study, "Are Women Really the Fairer Sex? Corruption and Women in Government," Dollar and colleagues demonstrated that higher rates of female participation in government are associated with lower national levels of corruption. They measured corruption using data from the International Country Risk Guide, and they included a broad range of variables in their analysis to control for various underlying institutional characteristics that could be responsible for a spurious correlation. In a follow-up study, Swamy, in 2001, presented a more comprehensive empirical analysis, but most importantly, also a more elaborated theoretical framework. Swamy and colleagues suggested that women may follow laws to a greater extent than men because they feel protected by them. Further, girls may be brought up to have higher levels of self-control than boys, which may prevent them from engaging in criminal acts. For women in power, the most important argument for why an increased number in government would affect corruption was that women might lower corruption levels not only by being less involved in corrupt behavior themselves but also by initiating policies to fight corruption or to recruit staff who are less corrupt.
The initial studies spurred a heated debate on the direction of causality—what effects what—and after more than a decade of research on gender and corruption, it is clear that the link between the two factors is complex: For example, the relationship between levels of women in government and levels of corruption appears in democracies but not in authoritarian states. Moreover, the expected pattern that a high share of women is related to low levels of corruption appears in analysis focusing on the proportion of women in elected assemblies, such as national parliaments, but not in analysis focusing on the proportion of women in the bureaucracy—that is in positions related to the implementation of policies. There is also considerable subnational variation both in levels of corruption and in the share of women in elected assemblies. Studies elaborating on the gender perspective also show the need for reconsidering the definitions of corruption; women are particularly vulnerable in transactions including sexual "services."
Keywords: corruption, quality of government, gender, institutions, mediating factors
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JOHNSBURG The Johnsburg cross-country team has come off the starting line with a bang. The team now consists of 13 active runners. On Tuesday, Sept. 25 the team traveled to Argyle for a dual meet; a race against two other schools scored as separate contests. The boys varsity team competed short-handed, but posted a strong showing. The boys filled the top three spots in the race against Hartford and Argyle. Steve Veldman won the race with a time of 19:46. Tyler Morse cruised in at 21:14 (2nd place) with A.J. Heid covering the 5K course in 21:22 for the third place spot.
The girls varsity team was led by Addie Bruce (4th place). Addie covered the course in 24:40. Junior Jesse Cross ran a 25:05 for fifth place followed by Morgan Wilson in 8th place at 26:17. Shelby Powell (32:25) and Cali Powell (33:07) rounded out the girls team completing their first cross-country race in 16th and 17th place respectively. The girls' team will continue to be competitive in the Adirondack League throughout this season.
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A couple of years ago, when I was in the middle of a very hard parenting season and feeling totally inadequate, a friend said to me, "You would never let any of your friends talk about themselves like this. Treat yourself the way you treat us."
She was right. I'd never let my friends believe they were failing as a mom because of botched family nights or forgotten appointments. I remind them of all things they do well. And I'd probably tell them that some days good enough is really enough.
If I was having that sort of conversation with a friend, I'm pretty sure I'd share one of my favorite passages from 2 Corinthians 11:
But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my own weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Paul could have been describing what it is to parent a teenager: weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. Yes, all in one hour. But that list does not include the word I most often ascribe to myself as a mom: failure.
Because in spite of all the difficult moments and exhausting days and tear-filled exchanges, God doesn't see me as a failure. He just sees this child He loves. And you know what? He sees the same thing when He looks at you.
God offers us grace. In fact, He says our weaknesses are where His power is made perfect.
Think about that for a minute. The God of all creation says, "My power is made perfect in weakness." When I lean into those words I find freedom. I don't have to be the perfect mom. He isn't asking me to be the perfect mom. He, even better than me, knows I can't possibly. Instead of demanding more from me, He offers me this incredible exchange: I give Him all my weaknesses and I receive His power.
Wherever you are, whatever challenges you're facing {parenting or otherwise}, these are His gentle words over you. And they are good and kind and full of love.
"My grace is sufficient for you."
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On-the-move recording: Some cheap/ugly alternatives?
Over at CDM, Peter has a
good post
about how it's a shame the new iPod still won't record properly, and the various alternatives - most notably the
Gemini iKey
and the
M-Audio Microtrack
. He got me thinking about all those other non-Apple MP3 players. Don't some of them have recorders built in?
piece from CNet reviews 5 flash/HD players with line-in, from $139-$299. I haven't used any of them, so I can't vouch for quality. They all record from 1/8th inch jack to MP3, so you'll need converters or
external boxes
to use a proper microphone.
is a long review from a guy using an old iRiver iHP-120 (they now go for about £150), which has digital in+out, and can record uncompressed wav files (limited to max 795mb, for some reason). The desperately ugly $215 Nomad Jukebox 3 could do the same (possibly without the limit), and is
reviewed here
. Anyone using any of these?
Posted by Tom Whitwell.
I use the iRiver H340, which is an update to the IHP-120. It records well enough for voice or bootlegged shows.
The cool things about it are:
-can record from and power 'plug-in power' microphones such as the sony MD microphones
-Encodes directly to 44kHz/320kbps mp3 (not exactly 'hi-fi', but...)
-onboard mic isn't half bad
The biggest drawbacks are the following:
-no digi ins/outs
-32kHz A/D converter, so your recordings have no high end above 16kHz (what's the point of the 44kHz mp3 again??)
-no .wav recording
-no meters or in-recording level adjustment
but, if bootlegging or recording podcasts is your game, it certainly does the trick well...
posted by
: 11:29 pm
I have the iriver h140 ( bigger disk ) I find it pretty fiddley to record even though your supposed to just be able to press record and it records it doesnt always respond very well, maybee i have fat fingers.
it also comes with really strange features , you can change the speed of playback and there is also a repeat button were you can select a small segment of a track to loop
the irivers arnt ugly they are just manly!
posted by
: 11:44 pm
Bizarre, I just posted something elsewhere about the Jukebox 3 a few mins before reading this.
I used to have one a few years ago, before upgrading to a Zen Xtra. The recording on the JB3 was excellent, straight to WAV or to MP3 in great quality. The problems: fairly crap menu system; (relatively) small capacity (20gig unless you want to take it apart and install a new drive); and it's a monster, heavy and about the size of a CD walkman.
posted by
: 12:10 am
44khz is the standard because the human ear can sense sounds up to around 20khz, and higher freq harmonics are especially important to quick transients (like percussion, etc.)
you may not be able to hear a fundamental tone that high, but the sensation is present somehow
posted by
Awakened Yeti
: 12:53 am
yeah, i know full well about the nyquist theorem and all that good stuff. i was more poking fun of iriver's half-assing in including a 32kHz A/D converter... Thanks for the clarification, though!
posted by
: 1:00 am
don't start talking about nyquist theorem...
posted by
Tom Whitwell
: 1:04 am
I've been getting decent results using an iRiver iFP790 to record live sets and jam sessions out of the studio.
I convert the 320kbps stereo .REC files to WAV and "enhance" them using plug-ins.
I've also used in the built-in mic to do mono field recordings, and gotten fairly clean results since there is no whirring drive inside the unit, you can get surprisingly clean results. I wouldn't use it as my main field recorder, but it comes in handy during those moments when you don't have a recording rig and microphone and the person sitting behind you on the plane is snoring like chewbacca.
Best $80.00 I ever spent on recording gear.
posted by
: 1:29 am
I use a first-generation nomad which I got for something like 30$ on ebay.. I use it to make 44khz wavs... s'okay, i guess. not super portable because batteries wouldn't last long, but I need a plug for the mic pre anyway.
posted by
: 1:33 am
I use an Archos Gmini 220 for recording live shows. Works well and has a level meter. Records in wav and mp3. The only thing I dislike about it is the note taking microphone is a little obvious, so bouncers tend to spot it easy. The funny thing is I don't use that microphone at all and instead use the line in connected to a pair of headphone disguised mics.
posted by
: 2:04 am
The Nomad Jukebox 3 is the *ONLY* consumer-grade device with a bit-perfect digital input. Other recorders like the iRiver, Neuros, etc. are well known to drop bits and introduce digital artifacts.
The standard field taper setup is to run mics/pres into an outboard a/d (such as the Grace Design Lunatech or Sonosax SX-M2) into the JB3 optical in. It also has the benefit of being cheap on Ebay, plentiful space (c'mon, 20 gigs too little? Try wokring with a 4GB CompactFlash recorder!), and long battery life (22 hours.)
More info at the Tapers' Section:
The MicroTracker just started shipping *TODAY*, and the specs look good but the quality of its pre's and a/d converter remains untested. And of course it records to flash/microdrives, so there's the issue of "tape flips" all over again...
posted by
: 2:10 am
i've got the creative microzen. it's got a builtin mic and it's not all that great, it can't take high or low amplitudes very well but i mainly use it for recording short musical ideas and college lectures and for that it works perfectly. it records for some ridiculous amount if you have space open on your player...somewhere like 20 hours or something unnecessary. but i'd recomend it over the ipod mini. roughly the same size, a gig more, and comes with some add-ons free
posted by
: 2:12 am
I've got an iRiver H120. Works great for me. Once you get the hang of it, it really isn't too difficult to work with. There have been lots of reports about it skipping during recording. I've been lucky so far (had it for a little over a year), but something to consider before buying. Strangely, iRiver seems to have abandoned recording to .wav with newer models. I guess that might be taken as some sort of admission that they just didn't get it right the first time.
There's also a firmware hack out there, I found it crap as it doesn't seem to support the display on the remote, but the devout swear by the thing.
posted by
: 2:51 am
I have the Nomad and it does a very credible job of recording WAV files via it's line input. But even though it has a large hard drive it has limited RAM so it records up to it's RAM capacity and dumps that file to the drive while it continues to record. You'll have to stitch those files back together using a WAV editing program, but it works if you don't mind the trouble.
posted by
: 3:32 am
I have the original Creative Nomad Jukebox and I have used it several times for recording at home. I've owned half a dozen mp3 players, some recorders. This thing is a workhorse. It's the most reliable player I've ever used.
posted by
: 4:17 am
The Archos Gmini 400/402 is a 20gig mp3 player thats maybe $30 more than a 20gig iPod. It can record to uncompressed WAV using a line input or built in mic (very low key mic. just 3 small holes). It also has a nice color screen which can play downloaded/ripped videos. It looks a lot like a silver Nokia N-Gage, so its not likely a bouncer will take it from you at a show. As a DJ i use the line input to record sets & mixes all the time and the quality is excelent.
posted by
Adam B.
: 8:50 am
When iRiver iHP-120 came out I was very interested in it for field recording use. So I bought it soon.
I must admit that its hardware is outstanding if compared to the others. Digital optical IN-OUT + analog IN-OUT + usb2 in-out + uncompressed recording 16 bit/44.1 KHz + standard filesystem + no need to use specific apps to access its disk. Audio quality is very good too.
The problem is that its fimware (which is upgradable)is poorly designed and, for recording, it lacks the basic functionalities needed (rec leve; metering, on-the-fly gain adjust). In addition there is this incredible bug that make the recorder skip periodically about 30/50 digital samples during recording. This results in clicks and glitches when the skip occurs. They are unnoticeable or not depending on what you are recording of course. The bad thing is that iRiver support is quite deaf. The good thing is that there is an open source project (from Rockbox guys) aimed at providing a completely different firmware which will solve all the annoying bugs and design flaws. Such firmware is almost complete (it is a porting of a general open source fimware framework designed initially for another player which I don't remember) and people working on it seems to be very smart and skilled. So maybe in few months the IHP120 will be a good little recorder for semi-pro (!?) usage.
---dino/A M P |ang
posted by
: 9:19 am
I carry an
Olympus WS-200S stereo voice recorder
with me everywhere; it's about the size of two fingers. It records to WMA format, then slides apart to become a USB flash drive so you can copy the files to a computer.
It's not really designed for music recording (though it works as a WMA
), but because it's small enough to have with me always, I've captured some cool sound effects. Also, unlike hard-drive recorders, it's ready to go less than two seconds after you flip on the power.
I reviewed the slightly larger and more "featurous" Olympus DS-2 for
O'Reilly Digital Audio
(audio samples on second page).
posted by
David Battino
: 9:49 am
My band's been using the iRIvier H340 with some crappy little mic to record our demos with. They're pretty decent, though there's no metering, thus rendering the whole thing a bit random.
posted by
: 11:57 am
I've got an iRiver 320. It works ok with a small sony electret stereo mic I use. I does have metering (you need to learn to use the crapy interface to find it - but it's there..
all in all it's Ok, decent quality for demos - as said above, no recording directly to wavs, so that kinda sucks.
posted by
: 2:46 pm
Another happy Nomad JB3 owner here, although I sprung for the 40GB version way back when. It's been a workehorse and makes excellent recordings. Sure, it's a little bulky, but two years ago when I bought the thing there was nothing else in the market that matched it. It's only been very recently that a couple of devices have emerged that I would consider worthy replacements.
posted by
Michael Erwin
: 7:23 pm
An Archos av320 is pretty versatile on the recording side of things (though I'm not sure what your definition of cheap is) - S/PDIF input, records as wav or mp3 (up to 320kbps). External mic/line input if you don't want to carry your digital preamp (can I run my mbox off of battery power or will it complain if there's no real usb host attached?) though if you're not using the digital in you may as well go with a smaller product (gmini400 records 44k wav from analog). No plugin power for the mic input though.
posted by
: 4:32 am
I just visited the Archos website. It's good to see they make no mention of the piece of garbage my brother used. It was an old hard drive mp3 player and recorder. There was so much self-noise on the recordings I couldn't believe they had released it! We tried with both the internal mic and an external one, and we were picking up the sounds of the hard drive. What a shame!
posted by
: 5:02 pm
Has anyone any experience with the
The Nettles
posted by
: 11:13 pm
After some research this week I bought the Archos Gmini 402 for recording purposes. Stunning quality. Check out Soundprofessionals.com for their pro preamp/mic/box kit for this player. Sold with or without the player.(https://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/item/SP-GIGATRACKER)
They also explained to me why they've picked Archos:
"It's really the only harddisc recorder available right now with line input, recording level meters, adjustable levels, and wav recording."
If you want to go one better than Sony MD and consumer mics, check it out.
Or if you have $2000 to burn, consider the new Sony PCM-D1. (https://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/item/SONY-PCM-D1)
or at £10 000 how about this beautiful portable beast:(http://musicthing.blogspot.com/2004/10/i-dont-care-what-it-does-i-want-it.html)
posted by
: 3:55 am
I own an original Creative Nomad (6GB) and a Nomad 3 (40GB). I laugh at all the ipod hype, since even my original 6GB unit has been recording 44.1kHz Stereo WAV's for something like 5 years. Both do an excellent job as samplers. Hooked up to a small mixer, they have been used as part of a portable studio for recording other bands in a pinch, as well as my own concerts.
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Provide you with an estimate of our fees and disbursements in respect of your sale.
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Prepare, check or approve your sale agreement.
Attend to a title search to ensure title can be transferred free of any encumbrances.
Obtain any discharges of mortgage or other charges registered on your title.
Liaise with the purchaser's solicitors to finalise settlement arrangements.
Attend to settlement on the settlement date including repaying any mortgages or charges required to be repaid.
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Attend on settlement and arrange to uplift the keys to the property.
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Land Information New Zealand requires electronic registering of transfers and mortgages.You will need to provide a current photo identification (eg. passport, drivers licence) and we will need to keep a photocopy. You will need to sign an Authority and Instruction Form (we will prepare this for you) to authorise us to transact the dealing electronically in the Landonline Workspace.
In respect of your sale and/or purchase we will keep you regularly informed about the services we are performing on your behalf.
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The property is held in distinct shares by the owners and does not automatically pass onto the other owner in the event of death of one of the owners of the property. Rather, ownership can only be passed on by a direction in the will of the deceased person and not by the survivorship of the other owner of the property. Where a tenancy in common is used a property sharing agreement may need to be put in place.
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You can arrange you own finance for the purchase of your new house or, alternatively, we can assist you in obtaining finance from the appropriate lending institutions.
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Our team of experts can provide an immediate independent and totally professional legal service to help you complete any property transaction quickly and efficiently. Our fees are competitive. Our resources are immense. We can also assist with mortgage finance, updating your will, arranging enduring powers of attorney, arranging insurance, the formation of a trust and a range of other associated services.
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Happy past Christmas and happy future new year! Here are some movies to get you through the silly season.
The new movie from
Pixar Disney (NOT from the Pixar subsidiary), Frozen follows fearless optimist Anna as she teams up with Kristoff in order to find her sister, Elsa. Elsa's icy powers have trapped the kingdom in eternal winter, and Anna must stop it. Along the way she encounters Everest-like conditions and a comical snowman named Olaf.
The Book Thief
Based on the fantastic book of the same name, The Book Thief follows young Liesl. Told through the eyes of Death, Liesl's story takes place in wartorn Germany. Liesl is constantly trying to satiate her hunger for books and more books, while keeping safe those that she loves.
Well I hope that Christmas was very good to all of you this year!! I had an awesome day with my family, and got some really nice presents. A couple of fashion highlights are a Hello Kitty necklace identical to this one (if I wasn't quite so slack I would've photographed the real thing for you – I'm sorry, but I was too busy indulging in Christmas choccies!) I am super stoked because, even though I'm waaaaay too old for it, I love Hello Kitty. Funnily enough, my four year old niece also got some Hello Kitty goodies for Christmas and was equally excited… Hmm!! I also got some very pretty new swimwear, which is similar to this. So pretty!! However, this is the view out our office window as I write this post:
Blaaaah!! Hopefully me and my hot new swimwear can enjoy some warmer, sunnier weather soon. And you, too!! Catch you in 2014!
I've read a few awesome books this year, but these are my favourites. Surprise, surprise: two of them are graphic novels.
Lies, knives and girls in red dresses , by Ron Koertge.
Reimagings of Fairytales are a dime a dozen these days, but this collection of poetry is one of the few that retains the bite of the originals. What happens to the Ugly stepsisters after Cinderella's happy ending? What does the orge-queen have to say for herself? This is not a collection for those who like their fairy stories light and fluffy. The last poem, told from the perspective of the wolves who prowl through the stories eating the unwary and terrifying humans, really captures what this book is all about. "This is our forest. Perfect before you came.Perfect again when all your kind is dead."
Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Liuetenant , by Tony Cliff
Selim, the titular Turkish Liuetenant, would like a quiet life, enjoying tea (he's a true connoisseur) and getting on with his job in the Janissary Corps. Unfortunately, his meek and bookish demeanour seem to be working against him, and his superiors find his loquaciousness annoying. Luckily – or unluckily- his slow paced world is interupted by the appearence of Delilah Dirk, an adventurer of no mean skill and reputation. Due to a seires of misunderstandings, Selim gets entangled in Delilah's latest endevour: stealing back treasure from an evil pirate warlord. This is the sort of graphic novel I really love: a glorious, silly romp through a unique setting with gorgeous art and interesting characters. It plays pretty fast and loose with the historical setting – I doubt that there were female Indiana Jones types stampeding across Istanbul in 1807 – but it's an amazing adventure story.
Templar, by Jordan Mechner ; illustrated by LeUyen Pham & Alex Puvilland
Templar comes highly recommended by David Benioff and D.B Weiss, creators of the TV show Game of Thrones. I was a little sceptical about it at first: there are plenty of rather fanciful stories about the Knights Templar, the heroes of this book. However, this book is light on the conspiracy theories, but not a dry out and out reconstruction of historical events.What I really loved about the characters in this book was that they were, for their time, pretty normal people. There's an epidemic of "Chosen One" in YA fiction at the moment, so this is a refreshing change.
Mortal Fire, Elizabeth Knox
"Sixteen-year-old Canny Mochrie's vacation takes a turn when she stumbles upon a mysterious and enchanting valley, occupied almost entirely by children who can perform a special type of magic that tells things how to be stronger and better than they already are. As Canny studies the magic more carefully, she realizes that she not only understands it–she can perform the magic, too, so well that it feels like it has always been a part of her. With the help of an alluring seventeen-year-old boy who is held hostage by a spell that is now more powerful than the people who first placed it, Canny figures out the secrets of this valley and of her own past." (goodreads.com)
This is another highly original fantasy story featuring a strong and unique female hero, from New Zealander Elizabeth Knox.
I also really liked:
Dark Triumph, Robin LaFevers
Rose Under Fire, Elizabeth Wein
The Dream Thieves, Maggie Stiefvater
Picture Me Gone, Meg Rosoff
Curse Workers trilogy, Holly Black
Cassel Sharpe's family are curse workers, who can use magic to change others, manipulate memories and feelings just by touch. Cassel, on the other hand, doesn't appear to have the gift. Or does he? A supernatural series set in a mob/magic world of gangsters and con artists.
And also (some older goodies):
Free as a Bird, Gina McMurchy-Barber
Jolt, Bernard Beckett
Mockingbird, Katherine Erskine
It's that time of year! That joyous, joyous time of year! You know, when advent calendar chocolates get devoured on day one, when Christmas carols quickly become annoying, when the list of presents to buy gets distressingly long… Secretly though, like all the Christmas movies that start appearing on tv, you love it all. Not quite in the spirit yet? Never fear! Here are some Christmas themed materials to help you get there:
The Classics (most of which have handily been made into movies)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Dr. Seuss
This is a Christmas favourite about the biggest, baddest, grumpiest villain with a heart two sizes too small. For 53 years, the Grinch has lived in a cave on the side of a mountain, looming above the Whos in Whoville. The noisy holiday preparations and infernal singing of the happy little citizens below annoy him to no end. The Grinch decides this frivolous merriment must stop. His "wonderful, awful" idea is to don a Santa outfit, strap heavy antlers on his poor, quivering dog Max, construct a makeshift sleigh, head down to Whoville, and strip the chafingly cheerful Whos of their Yuletide glee once and for all.
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
You've heard of the ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Come right? Well now you need to read the quintessential classic from which they came. It was published in 1843 and has entranced millions of readers since because it touches upon the emotions, the senses, the human condition, and encapsulates it all in the life and death struggle we all go through…plus, who doesn't love a good ghost story and a happy ending? Then there's this film adaption. And this one. And this one. And this one. And my absolute favourite: The Muppets Christmas Carol.
The Gift of the Magi, O. Henry
One dollar and eight-seven cents is all the money Della has in the world to buy her beloved husband a Christmas present. She has nothing to sell except her only treasure – her long, beautiful brown hair. Set in New York at the turn of the twentieth century, this classic piece of American literature tells the story of a young couple and the sacrifices each must make to buy the other a gift. Beautiful, delicate watercolors by award-winning illustrator Lisbeth Zwerger add new poignancy and charm to this simple tale about the rewards of unselfish love.
Little Women, Louise Alcott
Why a Christmas book you ask? Well the opening line is: ""Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents, grumbled Jo, lying on the rug." And so we are introduced to the March family; Meg (at sixteen the oldest, who longs for a rich life full of beautiful things), Jo (the willful, headstrong tomboy with aspirations to be a writer), Beth (gentle and kind, the 'pet of the family'), Amy (the youngest, artistic, beautiful and spoiled) and Marmee, there busy but sympathetic mother. The book brings to life a universal struggle for girls and women to be themselves while at the same time following the conventions and expectations placed on them by wider society. Like all Victorian children's books, Little Women is infused with a heavy dose of morality (and religious undertone) but at its heart it is the story of a family who love each other deeply and who support each other through all that life throws at them. It's a wonderful book and Jo has been a wonderful role model for many a young woman.
The Movies
Miracle on 34th Street, directed by George Seaton
Like all great Christmas classics, this tale is one of holiday spirit with a dark undertone thrown in (it's why they're all so wonderful). The holiday swing is in full swing when a cultured gentleman with twinkling eyes, an ample belly and a snowy bear (sound familiar) is hired as Macy's department store Santa. He claims his name is Kris Kringle and soon fills everyone with Christmas spirit… except for his boss, Doris Walker, who's raising her daughter to not believe in Santa. But when Kringle is declared insane and put on trial, everyone's faith is put to the test as young and old alike face the age-old question: Do you believe in Santa Claus?
The Nightmare Before Christmas, directed by Henry Selick
What happens when holiday celebrations collide? Find out in this incredible stop motion animated film where Halloween Town is a dream world filled with citizens such as deformed monsters, ghosts, ghouls, goblins, vampires, werewolves and witches. Jack Skellington (The Pumpkin King) leads them in organizing the annual Halloween holiday, but he has grown tired of the same routine year after year. Wandering dejectedly in the forest outside the cemetery, he accidentally opens a portal to "Christmas Town", whose residents are charged with organizing the annual Christmas holiday, under the guidance of Santa Claus. Impressed by the feeling and style of Christmas, Jack announces that they will take over Christmas.
It's A Wonderful Life, directed by Frank Capra
George Bailey, a man who has given up his dreams in order to help others and whose imminent suicide on Christmas Eve (that dark undertone once again) brings about the intervention of his guardian angel, Clarence Odbody. Clarence shows George all the lives he has touched and how different life in his community of Bedford Falls would be had he never been born. Despite initially performing poorly at the box office due to high production costs and stiff competition at the time of its release, it is considered one of the most critically acclaimed films ever made. It was nominated for five Oscars and has been recognized by the American Film Institute as one of the 100 best American films ever made.
The Polar Express, directed by Robert Zemeckis
As well as being based on a gorgeous book, this is a 2004 motion capture computer-animated fantasy film that featured human characters animated using live action performance capture technique, with the exception of the waiters who dispense hot chocolate on the train, because their feats were impossible for live actors to achieve. It was one of the first to do so and according to the 2006 Guinness World Book of Records is the first all-digital capture film. As the story starts off, a young boy, who used to adore Christmas, hears a train whistle roar. To his astonishment, he finds the train is waiting for him. He sees a conductor who then proceeds to look up at his window. He runs downstairs and goes outside. The conductor explains the train is called the Polar Express, and is journeying to the North Pole. The boy then boards the train, which is filled with chocolate and candy, as well as many other children in their pajamas. It's a truly lovely story with a very famous and very moving last line.
Love Actually, directed by Richard Curtis
We adore this film because it is everything an ensemble cast film should be. It's funny, wry, poignant and heartwarming. The film opens with one of the loveliest messages, like, ever:
The film then follows ten different storylines about varying stages of love. It's pretty cute and fills you with warm fuzzies.
The Music
Silver & Gold: Songs for Christmas, Sufjan Stevens
If you're looking for a marathon of Christmas music, then this is the album for you. The 59 tracks stretch across nearly three hours, so it's not for the faint hearted. For more than one reason. The album isn't all happiness and joy. About a third of the tracks are Sufjan originals, and the music ranges from reverent, to intergalactic, to angelic, to positively looney. Which really, when you think about it, is what Christmas is all about.
A Christmas Together, John Denver and the Muppets
This is the Christmas album of my childhood. Without fail, (and to my parents despair) when I was asked to choose the music it was always, always this album. Why? Because it's the Muppets and Christmas Carols, two of my favourite things. Miss Piggy always made me giggle and the whole album is the perfect combination of silly and moving. John Denver singing 'The Peace Carol' will break your heart a lil bit. Sadly, nay, tragically, the library doesn't have this album. BUT! Never fear, it's all on YouTube 🙂
Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album Volume 2
Amongst all of Glee's music albums, it's really no surprise that there are Christmas ones. Three in fact, and a fourth coming this year. The second one (in my humble opinion) is the best one because it accompanies that wonderfully over the top season 3 themed episode: 'Extraordinary Merry Christmas.' Although that said, Kurt and Blaine's 'Baby, It's Cold Outside' from the first Christmas album is also lovely.
The Others
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares, Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
Lily has left a red notebook full of challenges on a favorite bookstore shelf, waiting for just the right guy to come along and accept its dares. But is Dash that right guy? Or are Dash and Lily only destined to trade dares, dreams, and desires in the notebook they pass back and forth at locations across New York? Could their in-person selves possibly connect as well as their notebook versions? Or will they be a comic mismatch of disastrous proportions?
Let it Snow : three holiday romances, John Green, Maureen Johnson, Lauren Myracle
For all your Northern Hemisphere Christmas stereotypes! Sparkling white snowdrifts, beautiful presents wrapped in ribbons, and multicolored lights glittering in the night through the falling snow. A Christmas Eve snowstorm transforms one small town into a romantic haven, the kind you see only in movies. Well, kinda. After all, a cold and wet hike from a stranded train through the middle of nowhere would not normally end with a delicious kiss from a charming stranger. And no one would think that a trip to the Waffle House through four feet of snow would lead to love with an old friend. Or that the way back to true love begins with a painfully early morning shift at Starbucks.
The Tricksters, Margaret Mahy
You know how much we love this right? We've mentioned it before as I'm sure you know due to your weekly devouring of our recommendations. The Tricksters is about the classic Kiwi family Christmas at the beach. Harry (real name, Ariadne) Hamilton is seventeen years old and caught between her two older, more exciting (she feels) siblings and two much younger ones. Feeling alone in a large family she spends her time writing. This Christmas however, the family is joined by three fascinating but rather sinister brothers and Harry finds her stories and reality blurring together in an alarmingly complex way.
We hope that helps you get into the Chrismukkah spirit 🙂 Points to anyone who convinces their parents to give them eight days of presents followed by one day of many presents! Have a wonderful holiday everyone!
Trashy comic fun!
Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Ghost Prison, W. Haden Blackman
I personally love movie characters being loyally and accurately transferred from the big screen to comic books (often) and evil Sith lord Darth and an innocent, everyman lieutenant slug it out with whole battalions and win. You're never really sure if Darth will destroy his young companion (like he does everyone else) and that tension lies at the heart of many scenes. We wonder what remains of Anarkin, but mostly, we enjoy one lusty, enormously destructive battle scene after another!
Demon Knights 2: The Avalon Trap, Paul Cornell
Reinventing old, neglected super characters seemed to be one of the major drives of DC's new 52 series, but whilst The Blue Beetle, Captain Atom and Firestorm have long since been cancelled The Demon Knights, still runs (thankfully) and continues to impress. Mystical groupies include the rhyming demon Etrigan, Lucifer and Madame Xanadu and this unstable mix of good, basically evil and good or evil (depending on which side of the moral bed they got out of on) characters makes for an unpredictable, surprising comic, drawn awfully and horribly well by Diogenes Neves.
FF volume 1: Fantastic Faux, Matt Fraction
Fun parody and reimagining of the Fantastic Four story with Ms Thing, Ant Man and Valentine's Day! For those who like kooky, often ridiculous meta-fiction.
Rose Under Fire, Elizabeth Wein
"When young American pilot Rose Justice is captured by Nazis and sent to Ravensbrück, the notorious women's concentration camp, she finds hope in the impossible through the loyalty, bravery, and friendship of her fellow prisoners." (catalogue description)
This is the companion novel to Code Name Verity.
Also intriguing:
Dangerous Girls, Abigail Haas
I am back!!!!
Yes, Le Chic Librarian has returned. From a year of complete fashion fabulousness and oh my goodness, the things that happened while I was away – Kim K became the world's most glamorous mother, J-Law had a haircut, the 1990s and grunge made their fashion comeback, an awesome Glassons flagship launched on Lambton Quay, Marc Jacobs left Louis Vuitton, Alexa Chung turned THIRTY (!) and continued to look awesome.
Meanwhile, I was travelling the globe searching for inspiration, following fashion weeks, stalking street style.
Or, perhaps not…..
Stay Where You Are And Then Leave, John Boyne
"The day the First World War broke out, Alfie Summerfield's father promised he wouldn't go away to fight – but he broke that promise the following day. Four years later, Alfie doesn't know where his father might be, other than that he's away on a special, secret mission. Then, while shining shoes at King's Cross Station, Alfie unexpectedly sees his father's name – on a sheaf of papers belonging to a military doctor. Bewildered and confused, Alfie realises his father is in a hospital close by – a hospital treating soldiers with an unusual condition. Alfie is determined to rescue his father from this strange, unnerving place…" (catalogue description)
"John Boyne (best-selling author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas) shows huge skill at showing us how Alfie thinks and feels," says Julie. If you loved TBITSP then make sure you read this!


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Scions were launched nationwide in 2004. This urban-smart line of cars was
created by Toyota and, as hoped, has caught the eye of the younger
generation of U.S. drivers. The Scion aesthetic reflects a big city
lifestyle that wants to stay on the move. Current models include the
hatchback xD, the sports coupe tC, the midsize xB, the speedy FR-S, and the
iQ, an urban four-seater.
5 remarakable things about Scion
recognized for their engineering efforts to balance small with safe. Front
passengers have knee airbags as well as mounted side and front airbags. A
rear curtain airbag protects the backseat.
This allows purchasers to trust the ad price and avoid the hassle of
haggling. All models offer power locks and power windows. Most models also
offer a 40/60 split back seat that permits reclining or sliding for extra
space. Scion offers a choice of manual or automatic transmission in most
Distribution combined with anti-lock brakes balance pressure. Moreover,
Brake Assist detects the need for greater brake force
when braking alone isn't enough
Most popular models
The Scion xD hatchback is a favorite for its five-person seating in a
vehicle that can maintain 27 mpg in the city and 33 mpg on the highway.
The Scion tC is a two-door sports coupe that comes equipped with a
panoramic moonroof and seating for five. The xB offers more room for five
and additional space for gear in a streamlined package.
The two-door iQ has a uniquely small build that still manages to seat four.
The FR-S is the sexy, speedy sports car of the bunch. With 200 horsepower
and dual valve variable timing, it offers either a standard six-speed
manual or an enhanced automatic. The six-speed automatic has paddle
shifters and dynamic rev management,
Scion models offer entertainment technologies that are generally associated
with higher end vehicles. These include such must-haves as steering wheel
audio controls, Bluetooth connectivity, HD radio and USB ports. Several
offer Pioneer audio systems.
As the Scion brand faces the future, it is well-positioned to provide
vehicles to Americans who want to overcome high gas prices as well as deal
with the busy pace and lack of space in cities nationwide.


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Vegan Graphic Print Purse
Hetty and Sam
Vegan brand Hetty & Sam make beautiful accessories with unique artist-designed prints. This spacious purse, with artwork by Mareike Böhmer, has twelve card compartments, a central zip coin pocket, two note compartments and zip closure.
The cool geometric print and spacious size... perfect for all those receipts and coffee-shop cards. We love that Hetty & Sam really champion artists too.
Main Materials: 'Silk grain' PU vegan leather.
10cm x 20cm
UK shipping £4.50, free on orders over £75. Please contact us for international shipping information.


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The Ocean Master MAX classic umbrella offers expansive shade, profound strength, and reinforced shade skins all while maintaining its traditional yet minimalistic design. Classic European tailoring paired with the innovative "V-MAX"™ Strut Design makes the Ocean Master MAX Classic umbrella perfect for luxurious beachfront properties.
This commercial grade beach umbrella can be manufactured up to 17 feet wide (5.2 meters), giving your property distinctive shade and style. Customize everything from vents, panels, lifting systems, fabric, and finishes to match your brand and desired design.
TUUCI's patented hub system features stainless steel, resin and anodized aluminum components that are modular, corrosion proof and self-lubricating. This strength and technology guarantee your umbrellas will last among the harshest elements and conditions.
Ocean Master MAX ribs feature resin connectors that are self-lubricating and corrosion proof. This guarantees years of flexible and durable performance.
The finest marine-grade materials, master craftsmanship, attention to detail, and timeless functionality define TUUCI's umbrellas and shade products. Our products help transform properties into works of art.
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