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Osgary 24, 1013
Jessie had heard the phrase "needle in a haystack" before. But she had never really lived it until now.
She pushed a trailing curl back from her face, frowning over the spellbook. The trouble wasn't that it would have been difficult to kill poor King Vortimer by magic. The trouble was that it would have been easy. There were any number of magical poisons and potions that could create symptoms similar enough to an illness that even Glasonland's best doctors would be fooled. Jessie didn't even know what the symptoms were: the official reports didn't give details, and unofficial ones were mixed and muddled. Some said the poison had worked like bloody flux. Others said it was like cholera. Still more said it was like influenza.
Most said that it didn't matter: poison was poison, and Vortimer had been murdered, and the man who was responsible (Francis of Lothario) needed to be hunted down and killed like the traitor he was. Jessie couldn't help but agree with the latter half of that equation, but she would not accept the former. Because if magic had had something to do with the death of the King of Glasonland …
… That could change everything.
"Jessie," said Penelope from the desk, where she was supposed to be taking notes as Jessie dictated them, which would only work if Jessie opened her mouth every once in a while as she read, "if magic did have a hand in King Vortimer's death … are you sure we want to know?"
Jessie's hand fell back to the book stand. That was the question, wasn't it?
"And are you sure you don't want to sit down?" asked Penelope. "You shouldn't be spending all this time on your feet, you know."
"Morgan says it's better to study magic standing up. It focuses the mind." Of course, that was the stupidest reply Jessie could muster, and she knew it. That was the sort of rule one gave to apprentices, and fully-trained witches and wizards could follow it or not as their personal preference dictated. Besides, Morgan would be the last to impose a blanket rule like that on a pregnant woman.
But Jessie was only four months along, and she was used to reading magical tomes on her feet. Besides, she didn't see how sitting down would help. Though, for that matter, standing up wasn't doing her much good, either. Standing up only kept the mind alert, on guard against the soporific qualities of some of the most referenced magical texts. It didn't help when the brain was moving so fast as to threaten to break free and circle the room a few times to let off excess energy.
Luckily for Jessie, though, Penelope chose not to reply to her patently stupid excuse. She satisfied herself with a look. "That still doesn't answer whether it might be a better idea not to know," she replied instead.
Jessie hesitated, eyes unfocused even though they stared at the text. "But if we don't know," she answered, "we can't prepare — one way or the other. We're … lost. In the dark."
It was another stupid reply, though, and Jessie knew it, and Penelope knew she knew it, and Jessie knew Penelope knew she knew it, and so forth. Because knowledge of this kind would not be able to sit quietly on a shelf. It could not be filed away in the back of the mind, only to be taken out when absolutely needed. There were some forms of knowledge that forced the knower to act. Jessie was very much afraid that this was one of them.
"But … can we even know? Truly know?"
"Lord Lucinius and Sir Septimus were killed with magic. We know that."
"Because you were on the spot," Penelope pointed out. "We'd need a magically-sensitive witness, at the very least, to King Vortimer's poisoning and death to know if magic was involved. If we don't have that — and we probably won't have that — then it's impossible to ever say we know."
Jessie's finger skimmed the edge of the marble book stand. That was the difficulty, wasn't it? They had no witnesses. No reliable reports, even. No evidence, as Will would say. No proof. Just speculation.
"Well … Tommy did ask me to look into it," Jessie answered, her last weak defense. "And you know he's supposed to be here at two."
"He sent that note here yesterday, and you know he and Sir William had planned for him to come over a week ago — before we even knew King Vortimer was dead," Penelope replied. "He'd never expect you to have an answer that quickly."
Maybe he would. Tommy had lots of ideas about magic — she could see that in his eyes whenever Jessie made reports to her father and Tommy sat in — but at the end of the day, he had little idea of how it worked, or how quickly one could piece things together and come up with an answer. Or rather, how slowly. Still, Jessie knew her brother was reasonable (most of the time). If she told him she couldn't possibly come up with an answer on twenty-four hours' notice and paltry information, he would understand.
"Jessie …" Penelope stood up and walked to her. "Is there something else that's bothering you? Truly?"
"A king might have been killed by magic," Jessie replied with a shrug and a faint smile. "I think that's plenty to bother … me."
She could cling to that excuse for a long, long time. As far as Jessie knew, she was the first in the general region of Reme, Glasonland, and even Gaul and Simspain to be both a princess and an openly-practicing witch — certainly the first since the spread of the Wrightian faith. Balancing magical and temporal power was never easy. And the balancing act gave you a unique perspective on both. Keepers of magical power could try to ignore the mundane and claim it couldn't affect them, and mundane powerbrokers could try the same thing in reverse. But if you were in Jessie's position, you couldn't fool yourself that easily.
"That isn't it, though, is it?" pressed Penelope. "You were upset ever since you got the news."
Jessie looked down. Yes. She had been. Thinking of poor Vortimer … Vortimer who had never hurt anybody in his life, certainly not after his injury … Vortimer being bullied by his uncles into saying what they wanted him to say, ruling as he wanted them to rule … Vortimer staring at her the first time they had met, then his gasp: "I remember you!" They had not seen each other in more than twenty years, and Vortimer's mind had not been at all the same since his injury, but he still remembered. And he seemed pleased, like a little boy would be pleased to see a long-lost relative who had once been sweet to him.
Murdering Vortimer was no better than murdering a child. The last time somebody Jessie knew had tried to murder a child, she'd watched the entire legal machinery of Albion rise to life with the express purpose of taking that person down. She had been Jessie's own aunt, and the child a boy Jessie had never seen before the trial — and Jessie was barely even sorry. She felt worse for Garnet, for young Agravaine, for Mordred, for her father than she had ever felt for Morgause.
How was she supposed to feel when somebody she had (probably) never met murdered her own childlike cousin?
She couldn't say as much, though. She heard the church bells chiming two o'clock, thanks to a spell she had devised that would relieve Galahad of having to do it himself. Even though it tended to break down once a week, it still kept far more accurate time than Galahad would have, bless his soul. "We should probably go down. Tommy will be here any minute."
Penelope didn't answer. But she did nod and precede Jessie through the secret door and down the stairs to the main hall. And when they got there, Tommy and Will were already waiting.
"My word, Your Highness!" laughed Penelope. "You're very punctual today!"
"Ah, I am always punctual — except for when I'm not," replied Tommy. "And for heaven's sake, Penelope, you're some kind of a cousin — cousins should be on a first-name basis. Call me Tom." Tommy got up from the couch, strode forward and kissed Penelope's hand. Then he turned to Jessie.
"And how's my newest target of corruption?" he cooed to Jessie's belly.
"What? I have to get an early start, else Kay will beat me to it entirely. He's already beating you when it comes to corrupting my children. You know that Wart doesn't even look up if you call him Arthur?"
"Can you blame him?" asked Jessie.
"Frankly, yes! Lynn and I thought long and hard before we gave him that name! We certainly never intended for it to result in Galahad crowning King Wart I of Albion!"
Jessie rolled her eyes. "I'm sure you can let him know what his real name is before it comes to that."
"Let's hope. Else Albion will move from being merely unconventional, I fear, to being a complete laughingstock."
"I doubt that," Will replied. "If nothing else, a king who's able to call himself Wart without shame ought to be twice as frightening as a king with a more … conventional name."
Tommy straightened, processing that. "You're right — blast! Kay wins again!" He looked from Jessie to Will and back again. "Well, you two have to promise me one thing — if you're both too much of killjoys to allow me to corrupt your children, we have to join forces once Kay and little Dilys get themselves some bundles of sweet revenge — I mean joy."
"Tommy, dear, you act as if Will and I don't stay up half the night planning strategy every time Kay comes over," Jessie replied, patting his arm.
"Good, at least I've got one ally. Lynn seems determined to leave me high and dry on this." He sighed. "Even casting me — me! — as the villain in her own masque! With Kay as the hero!"
Will snorted — probably because Jessie had strong-armed–that is, gently persuaded him into being said villain's second-in-command, leaving him very little sympathy left over for Tommy.
"Think about it this way," Jessie replied, leading the way to the sofas — her feet were starting to bother her. "If she cast you and her as the hero and heroine, it would look unfair. She went with the next-best option … and still gave you a main role. Which you will do wonderfully in."
"Aye," Tommy replied, throwing himself onto the sofa kitty-corner from Jessie's. Will sat next to Jessie and Penelope next to Tommy. "Up until the part where I have to let that little snot beat me."
"Think –" Penelope started, and stopped, as Tommy's eyes came to rest on her. He motioned for her to continue.
"Think of it as an extension of the masque's theme. True love conquers all."
"How?" asked Tommy.
"Princess Gwendolyn asked you to be the villain. And you agreed, because you love her."
"Thus enabling true love to conquer what's left of my pride. I see!" Jessie had to bite back laughter at that one. Will didn't fare much better, wearing the exceptionally stoic look that told anyone who knew him that he was guffawing inside.
But Tommy didn't leave them too long to their misery. "So — Jess — I don't suppose you could cast one of your anti-eavesdropping spells, and we could get down to business?"
Oh, dear. But Jessie nodded, cast a small bubble of sound protection over their couches, and nodded again to Tom when it was safe to speak.
"What have you found out so far?"
"Tom," Will replied. "She's barely had a day."
Jessie smiled. Will had been up half the night, waiting for Jessie to come to bed. And when she'd come, he'd helped her out of her dress himself and held her in bed for a long, long time, until she could finally stop shivering and get to sleep. She had no idea when Will had slept, or how he looked half so awake today.
"True. But I have faith in my favorite sister." And Tom transferred his gaze back to Jessie.
Jessie rubbed her nose. "It's … well, there's no reason why Vortimer couldn't have been killed by magic …"
"Is that the same as saying it's likely that he was killed by magic?" Tom asked.
"… No," Jessie admitted. "Not in the least."
"So it could have just as easily been mundane," Tommy mused.
Jessie nodded.
Jessie waited — but her brother was not forthcoming with more than that. She cleared her throat. "But all I have to work on are rumors and innuendo, Tommy. There are dozens of mundane poisons that could have caused the symptoms I'm hearing about King Vortimer. And there are dozens of magical poisons, too." Jessie bit her lip. "It–it doesn't help that no two sources agree on just what symptoms he had."
"So … if you had more concrete information, you'd think you'd have a better chance of figuring out what it was?" asked Tommy.
"Tom — why are you even asking that?" replied Will.
"Honestly?" Tommy shrugged. "I'm trying to determine if it's worth it to try to get better information."
Will stared at Tommy with his jaw hanging open. So did Jessie.
Tommy sighed. "Look, mate — Jess — you see this as a crime to be solved. And that's lovely. But I see it as a foreign crisis. And if it's true, what you say — that there are any number of mundane poisons that could have been used — then nobody's going to be playing up the magical angle, if there is one, and nobody's going to be pointing a finger at us."
"Us?" Jessie squealed. "We're the last ones to have tried to hurt poor Vortimer!"
"Maybe, maybe not. However," Tom raised one finger, "we had every reason to want Lord Lucinius and Sir Septimus dead. They were killed by magic. Albion allows witches and wizards in its kingdom. We even sent a witch as a diplomat's wife. Who was on the spot when the brothers Tarquinii were murdered … and fled with her husband about five minutes after the deed was done."
Jessie barely held back a gasp. It was patently absurd, of course, that Albion could have had anything to do with Lord Lucinius and Sir Septimus's deaths. But the way Tommy put that … it all made such sense …
"Except," Will pointed out, "that barring the murderer or murderers, nobody outside of Albion has the least idea that magic was involved."
"And may that happy state of affairs long remain," Tom replied. "However, you understand why one might worry."
"We had no reason to hurt poor Vortimer, though," Jessie murmured. "Lord Lucinius and Sir Septimus … aye. But not Vortimer. We wanted him on the throne, stable, and somebody … somebody who wouldn't run roughshod over Albion to get to Reme behind him."
"Did we?" asked Tommy. "Because you know, now that Vortimer's dead, who's the next heir?"
"Princess Luc–" Jessie started. And stopped.
"Women can't inherit the throne of Glasonland," Will murmured.
"Precisely," Tommy replied.
"But Vortigern's bastards would have a better claim," Will replied.
"Nobody likes them, though. The strongest one of them is now the most hated man in Glasonland, I'll guess. And the rest? The brightest of them are flocking to Constantine of Caernavon's banner — it's the only hope they've got, what with the whole country being turned against them and all. So … it wouldn't be so far-fetched for Dad to be offered the throne, now, would it?" Tommy shrugged.
"Would he take it?" Will asked.
"He wouldn't fight for it."
"That's not what I asked."
"But that's the best answer you'll get — for right now, even if somebody came and offered it, Dad would have to fight through the whole bloody country to actually get it. And he won't do that."
Too much risk, Jessie thought, nodding. Too little reward.
"Do — do you think it would be likely that Dad would be offered it?" she asked.
"Oh, somebody's bound to, sooner or later. Some disaffected noble or some free town that's had it up to here with idiotic nobles. Not that they'll do it in so many words, of course. But …"
"Dad would never take up that offer," Jessie replied. "It's barely even a serious offer."
Tommy nodded.
Will stroked his chin. "The most serious offer … would likely come from Constantine of Caernavon. He's the man with the biggest army, aye? And he is still with Lord Antonius — isn't he?" Will asked Tommy.
"Last we heard, aye," Tommy agreed. "And there's no love lost between Dad and the Tarquinii brothers — or, well, brother."
"No." Will snorted. "That — that doesn't matter. Lord Antonius …" He stroked his chin again. "He managed Vortimer. He was the weakest, politically, of the brothers. Lord Lucinius managed the country, Sir Septimus the army … they hated the King. Lord Antonius … now that he no longer has a reason to fight for Vortimer, he will fight for whomever is most likely to save his own skin."
Tommy's eyebrows rose, and he nodded, slowly. Then, without warning, he turned to Penelope. "And what do you think, Penelope? Would anybody want our King to come back? Rule Glasonland?"
"I …" Penelope started. She shrugged.
"They all think he's mad? You can say it if that's the case, Penelope. Half the time, Jessie and I aren't sure about our dear Papa."
"That–that is not what I meant," Penelope answered, slowly. "The people … you have to understand, King Uther is like a … like a dream in Glasonland. A very good dream — but it was so long ago, and barely anybody remembers it after King Vortigern. But at the same time … the people didn't much mind King Vortigern. The little people, I mean. He never harassed them overmuch. It was the nobles, mostly, whom he clashed against. And then you add King Arthur …"
Tommy tilted his head to one side, motioning for her to continue.
"He's not even a dream. He's a legend. You don't understand how something like that … can be real. They'd be certain it's all too good to be true."
"And in Glasonland, some of it very well might be," Tommy murmured.
"So …" Penelope shrugged again. "The people might not oppose him. But they wouldn't think of him. And they might not … support him, either. You have to believe in somebody to support them."
Tommy nodded briskly, only once — as if Penelope had merely confirmed something he'd suspected all along. Then he turned to Jessie and Will. "So there you have it. Even if the offer is serious …"
"Dad wouldn't take it," Jessie replied.
"Indeed. Which leaves us the question …" Tommy raised a finger to his lips and tapped it there several times.
"What the bloody hell are we going to do now?"


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Recording Connection grad Fredrick Nsiah
makes his mark on the Afropop Scene!
It hasn't taken Fredrick Nsiah long to start making the most of his training at the Recording Connection. Since enrolling in the program, he has taken his skills as an artist and producer up several notches. After releasing several tracks online, he is now making a name for himself in the Afropop scene under his stage moniker, Exgee, his music video "Ebefawo" having already generated more than 300,000 views! A Ghanian-American, Fredrick explains the backstory behind the song and the title "Ebefawo," which translates "It will attract you" in his native language. "When you go back home in Africa and you dress up nice and everybody sees you—'Damn, you're dressing good,'" he says. "We were walking around on the street, and then there was a girl around the street. She was like, 'Damn, you guys, your dressing has attracted me,' in my language. 'Ebefawo afami.' That means it attracts me. So we all responded at the same time, 'Ebefawo'… 'It will attract you.'" Like many modern-day producers and artists, Fredrick's musical journey figuratively began in his bedroom. "I was recording some stuff at home, doing my thing," he says, "but I wanted to take it to a professional level. So I was online looking for a place to do it, and then I saw Recording Connection." It turned out that one of our most noted mentors lived only 15 minutes away from Fredrick's house—Don Zientara of Inner Ear Studios, widely regarded as a pioneer of the Washington, D.C. punk scene. Fredrick admits he was uncertain at first how someone so associated with punk and rock would be able to speak to his Afrobeat/rap sensibilities, but those concerns soon faded. "Music is not about what you know or what [style] the person does. If you understand music, you can do anything," says Fredrick. "I fell in love as soon as I got there…Don is a very cool person, and a humble person, too…The way he treats you, you feel like it's a blessing to have him." Don's stature as a music industry veteran was reinforced to Fredrick when the Foo Fighters came in to record a video for a song from their recent HBO documentary Sonic Highways. He was doing a song with them, I think 'The Feast and The Famine,'" says Fredrick. "They shot a video and everything right there. It was cool. These guys are like millionaires and I met them, like, 'Wow.' They're all humble, man." Since working with Don, Fredrick is putting his newfound skills to good use in writing and producing his tracks, even creating his own samples from scratch. Currently releasing a song at a time, he's working on creating a mixtape. With Afropop currently gaining steam in Europe (even artists like Drake and Ed Sheeran are releasing tracks in that style across the pond), Fredrick hopes to be a part of making Afropop big in America, as well. Meanwhile, he stays in touch with his mentor, Don, who is always willing to advise him. "Don is very cool," he says. "Any time I need help and I call him, he just says, 'Come in, man, Come in.' Any time I call him. Apart from music, he's a very nice person to talk to." Of course, it's not just his producing and mixing skills that are contributing to Fredrick's current success as an artist. In his own words, "to make it in this business, you have to bring something more to the table." "It's all about commitment," he says simply. "If you want to do it, you got to commit to it." Check out a recent release from Fredrick Nsiah aka Exgee in the Apprentice Media section below!
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We had been through the rocky road of life. Through God's grace, we're still clinging to each other's arms.
Life is not a smooth-sailing journey. It is always full of storms and we keep on encountering these hard-to-go-through roads. We will stumble and fall, and experience pain and wounds. We are tempted to despair, to surrender to our emotions, to pity ourselves, to lose hope, and to call it quits. We sometimes want to find immediate shelter and comfort from wrong people or wrong ideas.
In a marriage, this is the time to hold on to each other even tighter. We promised to be together, come what may. This is the "poorer, sickness, death" part of marriage where our promise to each other will be tested. This is the "come what may". This is the real test of love.
As a Christian, it is helpful to accept that these roads are the ways which we can find God's presence more closer than ever before. If we find solutions on how to navigate through these rocky roads through the Lord first, He is very willing to be our guide, and He never fails to lead us into His rest and to His loving arms.
It was almost seven months ago when I posted this on Facebook. It was the night when God allowed me to realize I'm on the rocky road of my marriage life, and have no idea how to step in. I turned to Him, because I know He's the only One Who can help. I asked for prayers from others, because I believe prayers can do wonders through God's power. And my husband did the same. No other person can really help us when we find ourselves helpless and lost through these dark, narrow, and stony part of our journey.
While we are still hoping against hope for every aspect of our daily life, we are at rest in His promise that even though life brings us to more roads rockier than the one we have passed through, He is always ready to draw us closer unto Him and to lead us safely through. The rocky road is there, is here, for a reason.
But though these seasons in our life may be hard to accept, we have to be thankful. Be thankful that God has His eye on us to watch each step that we take. He has His heart on us to forgive every wrong move we make. He has His mind on us, to make His way and His will clearer to us as we go along this difficult journey.
When we hit the rocky road, we would know that it will not be easy, but it will be enlightening. It will be full of pain, but it will also be full of grace. When we hit the rocky road in our marriage, we find holding to each other's hands more helpful than hurtful, because we now realize it is God's will for us to be each other's rock when life trembles. And we have also proven to each other that when the road gets rocky, we have to cling to the Rock!
"The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower."
Psalm 18:2


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Emigrating To Queensland - The Popular Option
Queensland is known to many as the "Sunshine Coast" and for years was the most popular destination for Australians going on their holidays. Today it is open for business all year round with over 230 days of sunshine per year and a rapidly growing economy it can take a great deal of pride in its achievements in the past 10 years.
Their economy is also stretched along the golden coastline and the great barrier reef. Many people who emigrate never quite come to terms with the beauty of the place and all it has to offer.
What is the Queensland Immigration State Nomination?
State Migration Plans were introduced to allow individual states and territories to sponsor General Skilled Migration applicants under a broad range of occupations to fill skills shortages within their local labour markets. The State Migration Plans specify which occupations state and territory governments can nominate applications under and specify the number of visas that will be granted as part of these programs. The various visas available range from family visas, Skilled migrant visas to Investors and retirement visas. Whatever your reason for wanting to emigrate to Queensland there is a visa class available. Unfortunately, many have a limited quota and when places are filled they will stop accepting further migrants until they re-open the specific visa class again.
Emigrating to Queensland Australia
The Queensland Government in partnership with the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP), may nominate successful skilled and business applicants wanting to establish themselves in Queensland. They must be convinced the applicant is going to bring the right qualities they are looking for to provide state sponsorship.
Benefits of Seeking Queensland State Visas
Nomination by the State of Queensland will provide:
- priority processing of your visa with the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP)
- an additional 5 points for a Skilled Nominated (Permanent) visa (subclass 190) towards the DIBP points test
- an additional 10 points for a Skilled Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) towards the DIBP points test
- the same work rights as an Australian citizen. You'll be an independent migrant not tied to a single employer
Queensland offers a high standard of living and good working conditions including:
- safe working conditions
- high minimum wages
- entitlements including public holidays and leave
Interesting facts about Queensland for Immigrants
With an area of 1,727,000 square kilometres, Queensland is the second largest state in Australia. While Western Australia is the largest, Queensland is nearly five times the size of Japan, seven times the size of Great Britain, and two and a half times the size of Texas.
Queensland has five of Australia's eleven World Natural Heritage areas. These include the Scenic Rim National Parks, Fraser Island, Riversleigh Fossil Fields, the Wet Tropics (including Daintree National Park), and one of the Wonders of the World—the Great Barrier Reef.
More than half of Queensland's population lives outside the greater metropolitan area of Brisbane—a large proportion compared with the rest of highly urbanised Australia.
About one-third of Queenslanders are migrants or the children of migrants. Most settlers in Queensland during the 19th century were from Britain and Europe. In recent years there has been an increasing number of new settlers from South-East Asia.
Queensland is home to more than 4 million people.
The average maximum and minimum temperatures for Brisbane are 25.3C and 15.7C. Variations in other centres include Stanthorpe 21.6C and 8.8C; Mount Isa 32.4C and 18.3C; and Cairns 31.8C and 22.7C.
The vast majority of Queensland receives an average of between eight and nine hours of sunshine every day.
The multi-award winning Tjapukai Dance Theatre in Kuranda, North Queensland, featured in the 1997 Guinness Book of Records as the entry for the longest-running show in Australia. The show ran from May 1987 to July 1996, with more than 7000 performances and 1.2 million visitors.
Queensland has more than 1000 species of native vertebrates, many of them unique to the region.
The first Labor government in the world took office in Queensland in 1899.
The international airline Qantas (Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services) was established in Longreach, Queensland, in 1920.
2008 was the 20th anniversary of World Expo 88—a landmark event in the history of Brisbane that launched an exciting period of growth and development.
There are over 200 national parks in Queensland, covering 6.5 million hectares.
Four Queenslanders have been Prime Minister of Australia: Andrew Fisher (three times: 1908–1909, 1910–1913 and 1914–1915); Arthur Fadden (1941); Francis Forde (1945); and Kevin Rudd (2007–2010).
Free education was implemented in Queensland in 1870.
The first Queensland railway opened in July 1865, from Ipswich to Grandchester.
XXXX beer is one of Queensland's well-known products and was established back in 1877.
On 18 May 1907, women voted for the first time in a Queensland state election.
Brisbane-born pioneer aviator Charles Kingsford Smith and his colleagues completed the first air crossing of the Pacific, from San Francisco to Brisbane, in 1928.
Australian poet Banjo Patterson's verse Waltzing Matilda was first sung publicly at the North Gregory Hotel in Winton, Queensland, on 6 April 1895.
Queensland has the only State Parliament in Australia with one House, the Legislative Assembly. The Legislative Council (Upper House) was abolished in 1922.
The Royal Flying Doctor Service started operating on 17 May 1928 when pilot Arthur Affleck flew the first flying doctor, Dr Kenyon St Vincent Welch, on the first official flight from Cloncurry to Julia Creek in response to an emergency call.
The Australian Labor Party was formed in Queensland in 1891 following the bitter defeat of the shearer's strikes of 1890–91.
Business and Skilled Migration Queensland (BSMQ) believes in giving successful skilled migrants the opportunity to join our community and contribute to our growing economy and a great lifestyle. Queensland nominates skilled migrants in occupations that are in demand for both provisional visas and permanent residency, which allows you to live and work in Queensland.
Queensland has one of the fastest immigration processing systems in Australia and fully supports a wide range of visas that are driven at the Queensland state level.
subclass 491 Visas Available
subclass 190 Visas available
More Facts About Queensland You Should Know Before You Emigrate
On June 6, 1859, Queen Victoria signed Letters Patent and granted approval to establish the new colony of Queensland, with a self-governing body with its own Governor, a nominated Legislative Council and an elected Legislative Assembly.
Take a look at the rich history and interesting facts held within the sunshine state's 1,727,000 square kilometres.
- Queensland's optical research scientist Stephen Newman invented the world's first multi-focal contact lens in 1992.
- The University of Queensland demonstrated the world's first supersonic combustion in an atmospheric flight test at Woomera on July 30, 2002. The craft reached speeds of more than Mach 8, or 8 times the speed of sound.
- Brisbane was originally going to be called Edinglassie, after Edinburgh and Glasgow. The Scottish theme survived, however, as Sir Thomas Brisbane was from Ayrshire.
- Lilian Violet Cooper became the first female doctor registered in Queensland. She was described as "a tall, angular, brusque, energetic woman, prone to bad language".
- The dingo fence, which stretches from the Great Australian Bight in South Australia to central Queensland, is the longest fence in the world. It is about twice as long as the Great Wall of China.
- Mystery Crater, 35 unusually shaped mystery craters, were found in a small suburb between Bundaberg and Gin Gin in 1971. Scientists date these Mystery Craters to be about 25 million years old and are made up of sandstone and ochre.
- Queensland is nearly five times the size of Japan, seven times the size of Great Britain and 2.5 times the size of Texas
- Queensland has five of Australia's eleven World Natural Heritage areas; the Scenic Rim National Parks, Fraser Island, Riversleigh Fossil Fields, the Wet Tropics (including Daintree National Park) and the Great Barrier Reef.
- Queensland is the only state to have issued its own banknotes. Australian currency did not exist at the time of Federation, with coinage minted by the British Government and notes issued by individual banks, except in Queensland where Treasury notes were issued into circulation by the State Government.
- Winton is home to some of the world's oldest dinosaur tracks.
- The Biggest sand island in the world is Fraser Island
- Qld Parliament was built without women's toilets. When the first female MP was in Parliament, she had to leave her shoes out the front of the door to let everyone know she was inside.
- Fraser Island is the only place in the world where tall rainforests are found growing in sand dunes at elevations of more than 200 metres.
- More than half of Queensland's population lives outside the greater metropolitan area of Brisbane, a greater proportion than in the rest of Australia.
- About one-third of Queenslanders are migrants or the children of migrants.
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Blood tests like thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and thyroglobulin (Tg) levels to aid in the adjustment of the thyroid hormone replacement dose and to evaluate recurrence.
Imaging studies like whole body scan and neck ultrasound to check for recurrence or spread of thyroid cancer.
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The AFL Players Association has defended a string of rule changes proposed by the game's Competition Committee, declaring "there is enough evidence" to justify the overhaul.
On Thursday, the AFL's Competition Committee unveiled a raft of recommendations for rule changes to begin next season, which have been widely criticised by fans and players alike.
AFLPA General Manager Brett Murphy has told Macquarie Sports Radio the Committee's primary goal is to reduce congestion. It hopes extending the goal-square to 18 metres, combined with mandated starting positions at the centre bounce which would see six players in the forward 50, six in the centre and six in the back 50, will reduce congestion in general play.
"When you look at the evidence, it's hard to see how they're not going to help. But they're certainly not going to hinder," Murphy told Macquarie Sports Radio's Cam Reddin.
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AFL football operations boss Steve Hocking pointed to three VFL trial matches incorporating these rules, where scoring increased by 15 per cent and tackling went down by 14 per cent.
Murphy said other trials have also shown the changes effectively reduce congestion, and there was no need for a season-long trial before implementing the changes at AFL level.
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Unlike with the substitute rule, introduced in 2011 and scrapped in 2015, Murphy is confident the AFL's research is sufficient enough to justify fast-tracking the rules into place for next season.
"That was brought in without trial, without the extensive consultation the AFL has done here. This time around, the AFL has left no stone unturned," he said.
Murphy says he can understand why fans may be "cautious" about the changes, but they must be willing to adapt.
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Other recommendations include changes to the rules governing runners as well as various other tweaks to the interpretation of existing rules.
Murphy rejected the suggestion the 6-6-6 rule could be used as a stepping stone towards greater zoning restrictions down the track.
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THREE huge fireworks were strapped together and launched through the window of a 15-year-old girl's bedroom.
Scrawled on tape binding the industry-grade rockets together were the chilling words: 'Goodnight, God Bless'.
A fire chief who attended the incident on Sunday described the bonfire night attack on the terraced house in Bury New Road, Summit, as 'one of the most sick and depraved acts' he has seen.
Community Fire Safety Officer Andy Graham said it was a miracle that student Rachel Ashton, who was doing coursework in her room, was not killed or seriously injured.
As the rockets smashed through double glazed panes, they set fire to the carpet, Rachel's bed and even her jeans on the floor.
She was dragged to safety from her smoke-filled room by her parents Alison and Mark, who had heard her terrified screams.
Police and fire brigade experts are investigating the attack, which happened at around 10.45pm on Sunday.
The remains of the rockets and other items are undergoing forensic examination.
Mrs Ashton said: "I don't think our house was particularly targeted. I think the rockets were just aimed at our row of houses and ours was the one that was hit.
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Mrs Ashton said: "We were downstairs with our other daughter Louise, who is 17, when we heard Rachel screaming.
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Mrs Ashton added: "These were no ordinary rockets.
"One had a head the size of a large baked bean can and two others had been strapped to it with plastic tape.
"It was just aimed at the houses like a mortar."
Fire officer Mr Graham, who is based at Bury Fire station, which sent a crew to the incident, said: "This was one of the most sick and depraved acts I have seen in all my 20 years in the fire service.
"It was the words 'Goodnight, God Bless' which were particularly chilling.
"It suggests that this was not a stray firework but was deliberately aimed at the houses."


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Marina Mansions started its construction on 2004 and was competed on 2007 (appro. The mansion is a high-rise building and has 30 floors with a total height of 136 meters. From the name itself, the project is residential in nature.
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Do you have an Instant Pot? I have been using ours for the past three months and it has become one of my favorite ways to cook. Right now in my life, I need fast and easy! As a family of seven, we are constantly on the go and the Instant Pot has helped me get dinner on the table even when we don't have a lot of time. Today I am sharing our favorite Pot Roast Recipe in the Instant Pot.
Some of you following along might know that my youngest daughter was just recently diagnosed with Celiac Disease in September. Because of her diagnosis I try to convert as many of our recipes as possible to being gluten free. So with a few changes, this recipe is now also a Gluten Free Pot Roast Recipe. If you are wanting yours to be gluten free you need to make sure you are using a gluten free beef broth and roast and you should be good!
If you would like to get started using an Instant Pot but aren't sure where to begin, be sure to check out this guide I created to help get you started using your Instant Pot by clicking on the link below.
A Simple Guide: How to Use Your Instant Pot
Pot Roast Recipe- Instant Pot
This savory Instant Pot Pot Roast recipe will have the whole family looking forward to dinner. Fast and easy but absolutely rich and flavorful. Gluten Free.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 47 minutes + 12 min. Natural Release
- Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
- Category: Dinner
- 4lb boneless chuck roast
- 1 cup gluten free beef stock
- 2 onions
- 2 carrots peeled, chopped
- 2 celery sticks cut into pieces
- 1 tsp thyme
- 3 bay leaves
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- salt
- pepper
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- Brown the meat in a little oil in the inner pot by turning on the saute function of your Instant Pot. Brown both sides.
- Add the vegetables and garlic, then place the meat on top of the vegetables and season well with salt and pepper. These vegetables cooked with the meat are simply used to enhance the flavor and make a great tasting gravy. They will be removed when you make the gravy.
- Add the thyme and bay leaves.
- Pour in the beef stock.
- Lock the lid, turn the steam release vent to 'sealing' and using the manual setting, adjust it to cook for 47 minutes at High Pressure.
- When the cook time time is up, allow the unit to reduce pressure on its own without opening the steam release vent (Natural Release) for at least 12 minutes.
- After 12 minutes you can carefully and slowly release the rest of the pressure.
- Remove the meat and cover with foil.
- If you want to cook potatoes and carrots to serve with this then remove the meat once it's cooked and cover with foil to keep warm.
- To make the gravy mix the cornstarch, with a little cold water.
- Add half of the starch mixture to the meat juices then turn on the saute function if you need to let it heat up again until it thickens. If you want it thicker simply add more starch mixture.
- Strain out the vegetables and serve over the meat.
Gluten Free.
The roast is so flavorful and the perfect tenderness. I love how the Instant Pot cooks the roast so that it doesn't come out dry. That was sometimes a problem for us before we started cooking our roast in the Instant Pot! Now it comes out perfect everytime!
After you have cooked the roast, you can pull it out and wrap it up in some foil to keep it hot while you quickly whip up some gravy. I love that you can make the gravy right in the same pot. I leave all the veggies I used with cooking the roast right in the pot and the juices and add cornstarch as a thickener. Be sure to use a gluten free corn starch if you are going gluten free. It should take just a couple minutes for your gravy to thicken with the Instant Pot set on the Saute function. Strain the vegetables from the gravy and set the gravy aside.
Wipe out the Instant Pot (no need to clean it) and put it back in the Instant Pot and then follow the directions in the recipe below to learn How to Make Baby Potatoes in the Instant Pot.Print
How to Make Potatoes in the Instant Pot
This savory Gluten Free Instant Pot Pot Roast recipe will have the whole family looking forward to dinner. Fast and easy but absolutely rich and flavorful.
- potatoes
- onions
- baby carrots
- Seasonings of choice
- 2–3 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1 cup chicken broth
- Cut potatoes into good sized chunks if the potatoes are bigger than a baby potato.
- Slice an onion.
- Sprinkle generously with seasonings of your choice. I use Paprika, Garlic Powder, Salt & Pepper.
- Heat oil in Instant Pot on Saute.
- When the display says "Hot" add the potatoes and onions.
- Don't fill pot more than halfway.
- Saute for about 4-5 mins stirring occasionally.
- Remove potatoes & onions from pot.
- Add broth to the pot & deglaze it. (thoroughly scrape food off the bottom)
- Add the potatoes & onions back to the pot;
- Add the carrots & stir it up.
- Cook on Manual/High for 7 minutes and seal the Instant Pot Lid.
- When the 7 minutes is over do a quick release and the potatoes should be done.
The Potatoes and Carrots come out perfect and full of flavor! They make a great addition to your Favorite Pot Roast Recipe!
One thing I noticed is that this recipe always leaves my Instant Pot smelling like Pot Roast…yum! But I don't want the other things I cook in the Instant Pot to always taste like Pot Roast…so when I make this recipe I always rinse out my Instant Pot pan with some vinegar after it is clean to remove any residual smell! It works great!
Go ahead and give this one a try! I think you will enjoy it as much as we do!
I will be sharing more Instant Pot Recipes for you to try (listed below)!
Instant Pot Recipes:
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Join Justin Seeley for an in-depth discussion in this video Setting up your anchor locations, part of Building a Single-Page Website in Muse.
- [Instructor] The last piece of the skeleton,…we'll call it, with our website, is the anchor points.…These are the things that are going to control the menu…at the very top here.…Now, we're going to get to that…at the very end of the course,…because we want to make sure…that the positioning is correct and everything like that.…But I want to show you how to add these things as we go.…So, first of all, it's over here, it's the anchor tool,…and when you click on that, it's just going to give you…a place gun for the anchor points.…So, what I'm going to do here is I'm just going to go down…and I'm going to add an anchor point right about here,…which is just above the speaker section.…
You'll find out why I did that a little bit later.…In this case, I'm going to call it Speakers.…Hit Enter to make sure that that goes over…and let's grab the anchor place gun again.…Unfortunately, you can't load multiple anchors at a time.…Then we'll just click that there…and we'll call this one Sessions.…Again, make sure that you are using lowercase letters here.…
Staff author Justin Seeley explains how to set up your master page, build a custom navigation bar, and define content blocks on the master page. Then he shows how to import your graphics and text (from sources such as CC Libraries and Microsoft Word) and style all of the content. In chapter 4, Justin shows how to add the "infinite scrolling" behavior that is so emblematic of single-page designs.
- Creating your master page elements
- Building a custom navigation bar
- Setting up content blocks
- Adding CC assets and text
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Living in the city could be the perfect fit for you.
City neighborhoods are bustling – not only with new restaurants, clubs and businesses, but with lots of new and renovated housing as well. And it's no wonder why — recent surveys reflect that homeowners want walkable neighborhoods with loads of amenities, which is what many urban areas have to offer. City-living isn't for everyone, but if you're thinking it might be a good fit for you, here are a few reasons why it's a good time to buy in the city:
Walkability: Imagine living just steps away from your favorite restaurant or night-spot. Or perhaps just blocks from the river walks or concert halls and theaters? And you still have places nearby to purchase groceries and visit the dentist or doctor as well. Walkability is becoming a bigger factor for many people looking for housing, and moving to the city can offer that and more.
Housing Options: Historic in-town neighborhoods provide the best models for successful city living. True townhouses, appropriately scaled condos, and of course, single-family detached homes on smaller lots are all options. So if you want NO yard work, you can find a place that'll work. If you want a little place to garden, that's available as well. A room with a view? You bet.
Transportation: City life offers a lot of options to get around. Not only walking, but biking is a popular mode of transportation as well as buses and light rail. It's convenient, accessible and affordable. Commute times and costs can reduced by living and working in the city as well.
Diversity: Not just in terms of the people nearby, but businesses, shops and restaurants – local mom and pop shops, great independent restaurants…there is something for everyone living in the city.
Recent surveys suggest that 58% of home buyers prefer neighborhoods with a mix of houses, stores and businesses – all within an easy walk. That's not to say that traditional suburban life is dramatically declining, it's just that the interest in city living is increasing.
Things that might make you think twice:
Children – living in the city isn't always the best for kids – depending on just how urban you want to be. Downtown living offers more working adults as neighbors and fewer families nearby (fewer friends to play with) and schools might not be just around the corner. City neighborhoods outside of downtown, can have more of a family-feel, but have smaller lots for play-sets and much more street traffic to deal with and navigate.
Late Nights – as much as some adults might love what the late-night has to offer in the city, it also has its downside. More car traffic, more foot traffic until the wee hours of the morning, and more noise as well. Just make sure you consider these things before making your big purchase.
In the Twin Cities metro area there are many great city neighborhoods to consider – ranging from downtown living to city living (but with a slightly-suburban feel). One resource to check into on up and coming neighborhoods is in last spring's Minnesota Monthly magazine.
Whether you're a single working adult, newly married, young family or empty nester, there IS a city neighborhood that would make a good fit for you – one that provides everything you need, want and more.
The Minnesota Association of REALTORS® is the largest trade association in the state with more than 17,000 members. MNAR is the voice for real estate in Minnesota.


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I'd like to take a moment here to acknowledge and say thank you to the ladies who promote my blog and giveaways. I am so grateful. I wish I were more diligent to let you know. Just off the top of my head I have to say that Maria at Digi Free tirelessly promotes my freebies and I still get a total thrill every time I see my items listed. Next would come IkeaGoddess, AmyW, Shirley, Valinda, my sister in law Judy and of COURSE KimB who brags me up all the time too - and I just want to make sure that you each know how much I appreciate it. I am sure there are very many more of you out there and its a big reminder to me that my blog is so much more rewarding because of you. I've had so many emails thanking me for some encouragement I may have posted etc, but it goes both ways! I can't tell you how many times a comment or thought or suggestion has lifted up the corners of my mouth, put a glimmer in my day and joy in my heart. Thank you all so much.
If you have promoted me, and I might not be aware of it - why not leave me a comment so I can say thank you, personally?
Another SSR (Simple Summer Recipe)
Bacon and Egg Strata
8 eggs
1/4 cup mayo
6 tbsp water
dash mustard
1/2 lb bacon
2 tomatoes
2 cups fresh herbs
1/2 inch slices of french bread
2 cups feta cheese
This dish is best hot - either right when you make it, or reheated.
You could also assemble this the night before, and put it in the fridge, baking it in the morning.


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In addition to our limited edition Cottonbell, we're also celebrating Valentine's by pairing up with a new friend for a photoshoot! We recently got the chance to play around with a Cheese Grotto, which is an innovative home storage unit for cheese.
The Grotto keeps cheeses at the optimal temperature and humidity to prolong their shelf life, and is perfect for anyone and everyone who loves to always have the highest quality cheese in their fridge. The shelves are removable and can turn into an instant cheese serving board!
The creator, Jessica Sennett, has worked in the cheese world for years, both as a cheesemaker and cheesemonger, so we were also excited to have her taste Cottonbell – and put her expert cheese board skills to work on it!
We thought our Cottonbell looked pretty great in the Grotto! Either would make a great gift for your cheese-loving Valentine!


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Once the revolution began, Egypt's Christians knew precisely what to expect. It isn't that the regime of Husni Mubarak protected them so well from Muslim wrath. On the contrary, it was reluctant to prosecute Muslims who attacked and killed or wounded Christians as well as damaged or destroyed churches. The government often arrested Christians who defended themselves. But at least the regime's power restrained anarchy, caught terrorists, and kept the Islamists at bay. Now all that has changed. Despite the widely publicized statements by Brotherhood ideologue Yusuf al-Qaradawi in favor of Muslim-Christian amity in his big Cairo rally, this has no effect on the ground. In Assiut, a Coptic priest was stabbed 22 times by a man yelling "Allahu Akhbar." Next, the Egyptian army—the guardian of democracy as it is now styled—attacked the St. Bishoy monastery outside of Cairo and the St. Makarios monastery near Alexandria, using tanks and bullets. One monk was wounded and several were beaten.
Why? This is a point of tremendous significance. According to Islamic law, in countries governed by Islam new churches or synagogues cannot be built and existing ones cannot be repaired. The goal, of course, is to foster the decline and extinction of all religions other than Islam. Even in Turkey, the government has frequently tried to enforce this in practice.
During the revolutionary disturbances the monasteries had built walls to protect themselves and Christians who flocked there for refuge. Now the army is tearing down those walls so they will not be available in future to defend Christians.
Of course, the existence of these walls threaten no one. There is no conceivable reason--except for Islamic law--that they not be left in place. Indeed, with all the other problems Egypt has for the army to make this demolition a top priority tells a lot about the nature of the new Egypt.
This is only the beginning. What should be obvious is the following: a democratically elected Egyptian government—even a non-Islamist one--will not protect Christians and arrest, prosecute, and imprison Muslims who attack them. Why? Because it won't be popular with the voters. The government would be branded as anti-Muslim and in the pay of the Pope, the West, and the Zionists. That's how Middle East politics work, as I pointed out with this historical example.
Many of these attacks will be perpetuated by radical Islamist groups whose members have come to consider the Muslim Brotherhood too cautious. This is precisely what happened in the 1990s, when scores of Christians were murdered with virtually no prosecution of those responsible.
And presumably whether or not Egypt becomes a state based on Sharia law--something that could even happen under a non- or even anti-Islamist government--the new regime will enforce restrictive provisions of Islamic law on the large (but probably shrinking through desperate emigration) Christian minority.
Persecution against Christians will grow, whether or not it is reported in the Western media.


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Many first and second-year students are working on their Advocacy briefs which are due soon. If you need help creating a table of authorities consider using one of the following options. Creating a TOA by hand really isn't a skill and can be a huge waste of time.
Lexis Plug-in for Microsoft Office (includes TOA software): http://www.lexisnexis.com/en-us/products/lexis-for-microsoft-office.page
West Cite Advisor (must upload document and then copy-and-paste TOA): http://store.westlaw.com/products/services/cite-advisor/default.aspx


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Moodle MOOT Virtual Conference 2019 (MMVC19)
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MMVC19 took place from August 2-4, 2019. You're invited to watch the recordings and join the discussions below.
Open the Google doc (no sign in reacquired) and click on the titles to access the recordings.
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"A Woman's Life" — a more literal translation of the French title would just be "A Life" — is the new film by Stéphane Brizé. Based on a novel by Guy de Maupassant, it traces the fluctuating fortunes of Jeanne Le Perthuis des Vauds (Judith Chemla), an aristocratic landowner in 19th-century France, through marriage and motherhood.
In some ways, the movie is a striking departure from Mr. Brizé's previous feature, "The Measure of a Man," which starred Vincent Lindon as a displaced worker buffeted by the disruptions of 21st-century capitalism. But in spite of their obvious differences of gender, class and period, the two protagonists share a common plight, and Mr. Brizé's interest in them is rigorously consistent. He is concerned, above all, with individual dignity, and the forces that conspire to undermine it.
In Jeanne's case, those forces are, in a word, men. Not all men: Her father is a kind patriarch, and the early part of "A Woman's Life" unfolds in a pastoral paradise of parental affection and abundant leisure. Surrounded by sunlight, flowers and gentle breezes, Jeanne dwells in a vision of happiness. The arrival of a handsome suitor (Swann Arlaud) followed by a healthy baby seems to promise a deeper bliss, but things don't quite work out that way.
It would be wrong to say too much about the heartbreak that Jeanne endures, though none of it is altogether surprising. Straying husbands and feckless sons are hardly uncommon in literature or in life, but such knowledge would hardly be much consolation for any specific wife or mother. And the power of Mr. Brizé's film — and of Ms. Chemla's quietly volcanic performance — lies partly in the way ordinary disasters erupt in Jeanne's life, at once challenging her passivity and emphasizing her helplessness.
The pathos and wonder of "A Woman's Life" comes from its recognition that Jeanne is at once a captive of cruel circumstances and a willful, intelligent human being. Her kinship with other 19th-century fictional heroines — Emma Bovary, Jane Eyre, Anna Karenina — is evident. She suffers, but she also reads, thinks and desires, and strives to find a zone of freedom within boundaries dictated by fate and society.
There are a few dramatic incidents, including outbreaks of emotional and physical violence, but the real action in the film is interior, and Mr. Brizé's greatest skill is his ability to imply the deep and complicated emotions beneath the placid, decorous surface of Jeanne. "A Woman's Life," like "The Measure of a Man," moves calmly and deliberately, but it never feels slow. Instead, its images and scenes are suffused by an intensity that seems almost to be a quality of the light and air as they play across Ms. Chemla's watchful, sometimes inscrutable features.
One name for that elusive quality might be empathy, but it might be something even simpler. The attention that this film gives to its main character — and requires of its viewer — seems perfectly proportionate. A life is a small thing, and only one thing. But it's also everything.


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Posted on February 25 2017
Blush - Part one of Summer Lookbook
Our first lookbook for 2017, in collaboration with Brisbane based fashion blogger Imogen Millard - the stylish young talent, beauty and brains behind Fashion & Lifestyle blog FAUX SILK.
We're so excited to collab with this babe! She's got a true sense of style, a unique chic with a touch of femininity. She portrays her vision perfectly through her immaculate instagram profile and incredibly stunning visuals on her blog! Be sure to check her out at FAUX SILK and get up to date with fashion, beauty lifestyle trends!
For this part of the lookbook, Imogen wears our Blush Candy Dress, featuring a stunning ruffled sleeve with off shoulder style sleeves and a overlapping asymmetrical hem. This dress is the perfect date night dress, a little romantic and is on point. This dress is available in store at out pop up shop in Macarthur Central Shopping Centre in the city, or available online through here.
Hope you enjoyed part one of our Summer lookbook, part two & three will be released shortly!
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|Andres, A.S., Walther, E.F., Türkmen, M., He, C., Chirnside, A.E.M., Ritter, W.F.
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|HM8 Geohydrology of the Middletown-Odessa Area, Delaware
|Woodruff, K.D.
|RI46 Shallow Subsurface Temperatures at Selected Locations in Delaware
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Halkidiki invites you to do the things you deserve most; sit back and relax, enjoy and indulge. Welcome to the paradise that is Halkidiki. It will amaze with its exotic views, invigorate your body in its clear blue waters, pamper all your senses in its hospitable hotels and, if you so wish, uplift your spirit with its religious heritage. A wondrous mixA place where the lush green of the land spills into the...read more
A stroll through the garden of paradise is no longer impossible. Along the seashore under the sun, the indented coastline spreads out for many kilometres alongside the blue waters of the sea, into a secret garden of pleasing scents and lush vegetation. An artist would strive to find suitable colours to capture on canvas the countless shades of nature, the magnificent depths of the sea along sandy or rocky beaches...read more
An intoxicating combination of blue and green Shaped like Poseidon's trident and sticking out into the Aegean Sea, Halkidiki is a treat for visitors. Lush green forests that reach right down to the beach; golden sunlight reflected in the turquoise waters; a traditional style with a rich gastronomic and cultural heritage. Endless coves, unique architectural sites, perfectly preserved Christian monument and a host of unexplored treasures all add their own rich...read more


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...and I don't care. We totally skipped autumn here. We went from blazing hot summer directly into winter, or maybe I should say cold, gloomy weather. The first snow/freezing rain event happened yesterday on November 14. Way too early! The ground is covered this morning, and the road in front of the house looks slick--and it is a curvy, hilly road.
...as if you're life depended on it.
I wish that I didn't have an interest in politics. I wish that I didn't wake up in the middle of a somewhat restless sleep and think about the way the world is turning. But I do. I care about what is happening here and there...those people "the caravan" will be at our border at Thanksgiving. Greeting them with armed forces isn't very welcoming, is it? If we were in a terrifying situation and needed to leave, wouldn't it be nice to think that we have a safe place to go? Put it in perspective...if you were a battered woman and you needed to get out of that situation (maybe along with your child(ren)), wouldn't you want a safe space? Thank goodness we at least recognize that problem here in Evansville. We don't need to be caretakers for the world, but we do need to show compassion, and not vitriol. Vote tomorrow...because your life does depend on it.
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My house is even mentioned here. Scroll down or hit "control-f" to find 920 Spain.
Time to go outside and get some sunshine!
Time to go outside and get some sunshine!
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3. postmodernism: A rejection of the sovereign autonomous individual with an emphasis upon anarchic collective, anonymous experience. Collage, diversity, the mystically unrepresentable, Dionysian passion are the foci of attention. Most importantly we see the dissolution of distinctions, the merging of subject and object, self and other. This is a sarcastic playful parody of western modernity and the "John Wayne" individual and a radical, anarchist rejection of all attempts to define, reify or re-present the human subject.