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A YA novel told from the perspective of someone with Down's syndrome. A love story inspired by the author's experiences alongside her severely autistic brother.
Shortlisted for Branford Boase Award 2019
A YA novel told from the perspective of someone with Down's syndrome. A love story inspired by the author's experiences alongside her severely autistic brother.
A heart-pounding love story that grips like a riptide, and doesn't let go…Fifteen-year old Sam has moved from the big city to the coast – stuck there with his mum and sister on the edge of nowhere. Then he meets beautiful but damaged surfer-girl Jade.
"I read Kook with my heart in my mouth the whole way…" Emily Drabble, Guardian Children's Books
This Guardian book blogger writes well, and speaks a lot of sense. She should read Fire Colour One by Jenny Valentine to help her fall back in love with YA 🙂
Recently… I have been falling out of love with the literature that has been parading around me. They flaunt their crisp and shiny covers with stunning typography, photography and models, yet to me their insides are far from beautiful. I have my favourite authors and books, but at the same time everything negative about any novel I have recently read has waved a red flag and emitted a spine-chilling peal in my ear.
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All I see is fantasy/dystopian genres attempting to conform to popular film ideals. It almost seems like there is a checklist being passed round: star-crossed lovers and/or a love triangle/love square? Tick. Fight-to-the-death competitions? Tick. The swinging bait of a sequel at the end of a novel because all recent YA films have not been standalone? Tick. I'm obviously not saying everyone does this, but I do feel as if there are certain "ingredients" authors feel they must include if their book is going to be published and become a success.
via Falling out of love with YA | Children's books | The Guardian.
Bloomsbury has announced the worldwide launch of a new clean-teen If Only line of young adult romances. The first two titles, Fool Me Twice by Mandy Hubbard and Wish You Were Italian by Kristin Rae are launching in the US in May and the UK in June 2014.
The If Only novels centre on teens who fall for someone they shouldn't. Each high-concept book will feature the If Only logo and design branding. Some titles will be stand-alone, while others will be the start of a new series within If Only. The novels will each highlight the theme "you want what you can't have."
Ellen Holgate, UK Editorial Director for Children's Fiction said: 'After a glut of new adult fiction, these "clean teen" romances are perfect holiday reading for those looking for a bit of real-life escapism. We are very pleased to have such a talented group of authors writing for this list.'
'With all the dreary, end-of-the-world fiction out there, it's refreshing to offer a series about new love, the tantalizing thrill of should-I-or-shouldn't-I, and the exciting roller coaster ride of real life to our teen readers,' says Cindy Loh, US Publishing Director for Bloomsbury Children's Books. 'It's time to bring back the happy!'
The If Only titles will be supported by a global marketing campaign which will include a tumblr promotion, blog tour, social media outreach and more.
The line will continue with the next book, Not in the Script by Amy Finnegan, in Autumn 2014.
via Book Trade Announcements – Bloomsbury Launches If Only, A New Line Of YA Romances.
This excellent feature article about K. M. Peyton appeared in Guardian Review on Saturday
"Flambards has been my old warhorse, it made me a lot of money because it sold a lot of books. It's funny because I've written better books, but that's the one that keeps on going. Most of my others are out of print now."
So it's an irony that Peyton did not actually intend Flambards to be a children's book, but the first in a series of romantic novels. "The first one was definitely an adult book but it started with the girl at about 13, that was my mistake, and then carried on with her love life later on."
She recalls a tussle with her publisher at the time over how it would be published. She didn't want it to go out under a children's imprint. Her editor offered to give it a more adult cover, but the disguise didn't work. "I got the most vitriolic letters from mothers saying they knew what my work was like, and they were shocked at this book," she says. "It was quite sexy actually."
Nowadays Peyton's stories of adolescent romance would be published as teenage or young adult fiction. As these didn't exist as separate categories in the 1960s, the books were addressed to girls of indeterminate age, their burgeoning sexuality sometimes more or less buried in their passion for horses and at other times exploding out of the stable yard and into romances with a series of dashing young men.
via KM Peyton: 'I got the most vitriolic letters from mothers. They were shocked at Flambards. It was quite sexy' | Books | The Guardian.
As a fifteen year old, Sophie Masson once wrote a short story called 'Les Chouans', which was her first attempt at trying to get to grips with the savagery, fear, courage and mystery of that time of Revolution, and the riven loyalties and terrible choices made by people on both sides of the civil war. Much later, she wrote an article, 'Remembering the Vendée', which has had many readers, but it wasn't until many years later again that she first conceived the project of writing a novel about the tumultuous early years of the Revolution and the wars it unleashed.
Framed by a prologue and epilogue set decades later, the main body of the novel is narrated by a young man facing execution in 1794, who tells his story and that of his friends, all from very different backgrounds. Masson succeeds movingly in giving the reader a feel for the way in which these things were experienced, not as great events, but as part of people's lives, affecting them in myriad ways, both great and small. She evokes a portrait of a whole community, and of a country, caught in the grip of massive change, of rebellion and counter-rebellion and the havoc of war, whose echoes remain in the Vendée and in France to this day.
"Masson writes like a native of the time Black Wings is set; when her characters speak, we hear the authentic voice of the 18th Century. Detailed, erudite and elegant, its characters lovingly drawn, this absorbing and deeply felt novel brings home to us the curse of living through interesting times. It will not let us forgive the French Revolution for The Terror so easily."
Cassandra Golds, author of Clair-de-Lune, The Museum of Mary Child and The Three Loves of Persimmon.
"Masson's tale about the limits of friendship, set against the backdrop of those best and worst of times, captures perfectly the contradictions of revolution – the appeal of the brave new world, the ruthless destruction of old ways, the romance along with the tumult and the terror. Her tale of ordinary folk helplessly caught up in the maelstrom of history, made extraordinary by chance and circumstance, offers a vision of a past that isn't dusty, archaic and over, but vivid, engaging, alive."
Wendy James, author of the award-winning Out of the Silence, The Steele Diaries and The Mistake.
"With skilful attention to detail, author Sophie Masson weaves a compelling tale of a nation caught up in a madness fuelled by a reckless and unrealistic idealism, and the four friends who, wittingly or not, were its victims. Set against this chilling account of the collective madness that led to the murderous rampages and bloodthirsty executions of the French Revolution is the story of Jacques' love for Flora – a love that will test everything he believes and holds dear. A great read for lovers of historical fiction with a dash of romance."
Felicity Pulman, author of A Ring Through Time.
via Black Wings [ACHUKAbooks] eBook: Sophie Masson: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store.


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TMZ — 16 hours before the Milwaukee Bucks crapped the bed and lost to the last place Lakers — several Bucks players hit an L.A. strip club and partied until 2 AM … and TMZ Sports has the footage. O.J. Mayo, Greg Monroe, Khris Middleton and Miles Plumlee rolled into Ace of Diamonds L.A. on Monday night … and we're told they stayed a little after 2 AM. The Bucks played the woefully bad Lakers on Tuesday night and lost — just days after upsetting the previously undefeated Golden State Warriors — leaving many people scratching their heads. And this is interesting … Monroe was a late scratch for the Lakers game, citing a knee injury he apparently suffered at a practice hours after he left the strip club.
Ahhh, the old strip club schedule loss. A staple of any Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, or Houston team. Opposing team rolls into town, players hit the club the night before a game, and that team then shits the bed the next night as four or five of those players drag around the court trying just trying to make it out alive. Usually it's a team from an opposing conference making their one trip to LA/NY/Hou/Atl for the season. And usually that team is coming off a big win two nights prior, celebrating by throwing stacks of money that could feed a country. Well if the Eastern Conference Milwaukee Bucks, who are only in LA once because they play the Clippers tonight, coming off their huge upset of the then-undefeated Warriors, don't just fit that to a T.
Probably figured they'd be able to roll right through the lowly Lakers. Next thing you know, Greg Monroe is a healthy scratch for "bumping his knee" in warmups, a.k.a. throwing up Henny in the locker room after shoot-around.
and OJ Mayo and Kris Middleton are shooting a combined 9 of 27.
I love the NBA.
P.S. My favorite stat in NBA history is that JR Smith shoots 43% from Monday through Saturday, and just 38% on Sunday afternoon games. Hit the club with Rihanna on Saturday, shoot 2 of 14 on Sunday, get back to normal on Monday, and do it all again next week. He's like every twenty-something who decided to stay at the beach and get drunk on a summer Sunday and now has to snake their way through a hungover Monday at the office without actually doing anything. Except he's playing basketball on national TV.
Never change JR, never change
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The Cascade in Yerevan
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In the center of Yerevan the monument of "Mother of Armenia" rises above the city. The monument of 54 meters, made of copper, is designed to perpetuate the feat of the people of Armenia in the Great Patriotic War. Traditionally, the image of the Motherland is a woman. Strength, power and victory are symbolized by the monument "Mother Armenia".
Temple of Zvartnots
At the beginning of the 20th century, 10 km from Yerevan, a group of researchers discovered the ruins of an ancient temple buried under the roof itself under a layer of earth and sand. Having dug up the structure and reconstructed its original appearance, the scientists came to the conclusion that earlier on the site of the hill there was a religious structure.
Historical Museum of Armenia
The Republic Square in Yerevan is known for the fact that it is surrounded by a lot of attractions and interesting places. Among the most famous and most visited are the National Historical Museum of Armenia.
Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex
Tsitsernakaberd or "the swallow's fortress" is a memorial complex on the hill of the same name in Yerevan, dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide of 1915. The 44-meter-high stele symbolizes the revival of the Armenian people, and 12 plates - 12 provinces that left Turkey. Plates form a cone, in the center of which an eternal flame burns.


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Community dinner helps Albany fire victims
Dinner aids those displaced by devastating November fire on South Pearl Street
Several attendees of a Saturday community dinner suffered devastating loss over the last month after three fires displaced families and damaged businesses.
The Dominican and soul food dinner at Reigning Life Family Church on Rensselaer Street, just a half-mile from the site of the Nov. 9 fire on South Pearl Street, hoped to raise money for those affected.
The South Pearl Street fire displaced eight families, and three days later another fire on Broad Street left two families homeless. Then, on Wednesday, 25 people were displaced by a fire that destroyed three buildings and damaged a fourth on Park Avenue at the edge of Lincoln Park.
The Saturday dinner was organized by A Village Inc., the church and the Alcantara family and friends.
"They're coping," said A Village executive director Willie White. "A lot of them can't go back into their homes."
White said it was too early to estimate the amount of money raised at the event, but he said a few hundred people attended. Meals were prepared by local cooks and cost $10, money that would support the fire victims.
Friday night, A Village member Clara Phillips cooked macaroni and cheese and collard greens with Samuel Fein, the new 6th District representative in the Albany County Legislature, until 1:15 a.m., she said. She returned at 7:30 a.m. Saturday to finish cooking for the event, which began at 11 a.m.
"We always get good support to help people in the community," Phillips said.
Later in the afternoon, those affected by the fires shared stories, sitting in the warm church at rectangular tables and in clusters of congregation seats as they discussed what they lost and what they have done since their lives so deeply changed.
After the fire damaged her former residence, Rosa Alcantara, 29, moved from South Pearl Street to her mother's house around the corner with her son, who is 5.
Over the last month, she's tried to find routine in her life, dropping her son off at school every morning before going to work as a teaching assistant at Watervliet Elementary School.
Her mother cooked some of the Hispanic food, she said, and several co-workers stopped by the event.
"It's fulfilling, knowing the community is willing to help each other out," she said.
Monetary contributions for displaced residents can be made at stjohnscogicalbanyny.com, or by sending a check or money order to St. John's COGIC, Box 5342, Albany, NY, 12205.
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People Make a Difference
When I first started my business, I told no one. I was worried I wouldn't be successful, and felt that not telling anyone would help limit any impending embarrassment over my efforts. Thankfully, I got over myself and realized that nobody was judging me as harshly as I was judging myself... But honestly, what no one tells you about starting a business, is that working from home all day, you become a bit isolated. Having no one to bounce your ideas, concerns and successes off of becomes overwhelming. You might be your own boss, but that doesn't mean you have to carry everything on your own.
I started going to networking events, and approaching people I followed on social media that seemed to have similar business cultures. Over the last few months, I have cultivated a fantastic support system of motivated professionals. Having these people - Some with new businesses like mine, and some with 20+ years of experience - available to me to brainstorm, vent and laugh with has been integral in keeping myself motivated. With their support I gained confidence in pursuing my preferred niche market, re-branded myself to better suit it, and have developed a plan for 2018 that I am irrevocably clear about and confident in.
We hear it all the time, but the people you surround yourself with really do impact your opportunities. It can take time to find the right people, and effort to nurture those relationships - But that support and influence will make your life so. Much. Easier.
Take The Right Risks
I am the kind of person who researches and plans for every possible outcome of every situation. While I have been praised for my confidence and charisma, I have also spent most of my life carrying a steady amount of anxiety and great personal expectation just below the surface. This year was a fabulous opportunity to start letting some of that anxiety go, starting with trusting my gut. The amazing thing is, there hasn't been a single decision my gut instinct has been wrong about.
I've learned that my instincts are way better at judging risk than my conscious. Where my conscious needs research to feel confident in something, my instincts can gather an accurate perception within about 60 seconds.
It was terrifying at first, to make decisions based on a "gut feeling," but these were also the only times I didn't second guess myself, or regret my decision later on. Being in the industry I'm in, research is still a valuable part of my process, but gut instinct will definitely be a permanent part of my equations. I've found I also feel way more confident when presenting to people and businesses now, because I'm not constantly re-evaluating everything I say.
Trust yourself: You've learned more from your experiences than you think you have!
Invest in Soft Skills: Employers, Employees, Educators and Mentors
For instance, I know that my two largest contracts so far were not awarded to me solely for the results I had achieved in previous campaigns, but rather on how well I had researched and could defend my ideas, and how I carried myself in front of a room full of people. I earned their investment because they could see I didn't leave a stone unturned or route unchecked, and genuinely committed to their success as being equal to my own. They knew they could rely on me as a partner to do the necessary work, whether that was re-coding a page, creating and targeting content or reminding them of their successes after a rough day in the field.
So many employers and employees complain of a lack of loyalty, but we are taught from a young age that it's what we do on paper that counts the most towards where we're going to end up... We all need to participate in putting value back on natural affinities and traits. Go validate someone today.
Social Media Can Work For Any Business, But Not Any Business Owner
Social media requires commitment. It requires a constant flow of new content and conversation. It requires strategic and confident revision. It requires experimentation. It is a long-term integration in your business plan.
I hear so many internet marketers claim that social media is a no-brainer, that it will work for anybody, that it is your only fail-proof solution to success... But I have to disagree. Ultimately, not everyone wants something intensive and involved. Not everyone has thought about their business goals beyond their next sale. Not everyone enjoys being tied to their brand. Let's be honest, not all of us know what we want to be when we grow up. And for those people, realizing they're venturing out on a long-term path of branding and customer relations can be uncomfortable. Do I think social media presents the most value in terms of customer profiling, accessibility and exposure? Absolutely. But that alone does not make it the right avenue for everybody.
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Scene Between Fitzgibbon And Curran In The Irish Parliament
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Mr. Fitzgibbon (afterwards Lord Clare) rose and said:--The politically
insane gentleman has asserted much, but he only emitted some effusions
of the witticisms of fancy. His declamation, indeed, was better
calculated for the stage of Sadler's Wells than the floor of the House
of Commons. A mountebank, with but one-half of the honorable gentleman's
talent for rant, would undoubtedly make his fortune. However, I am
somewhat surprised he should entertain such a particular asperity
against me, as I never did him a favor. But, perhaps, the honorable
gentleman imagines he may talk himself into consequence; if so, I should
be sorry to obstruct his promotion; he is heartily welcome to attack me.
Of one thing only I will assure him, that I hold him in so small a
degree of estimation, either as a man or as a lawyer, that I shall never
hereafter deign to make him any answer.
Mr. Curran.--The honorable gentleman says I have poured forth some
witticisms of fancy. That is a charge I shall never be able to retort
upon him. He says I am insane. For my part were I the man who, when all
debate had subsided--who, when the bill was given up, had risen to make
an inflammatory speech against my country, I should be obliged to any
friend who would excuse my conduct by attributing it to insanity. Were
I the man who could commit a murder on the reputation of my country, I
should thank the friend who would excuse my conduct by attributing it to
insanity. Were I a man possessed of so much arrogance as to set up my
own little head against the opinions of the nation, I should thank the
friend who would say, 'Heed him not, he is insane!' Nay, if I were such
a man, I would thank the friend who had sent me to Bedlam. If I knew one
man who was 'easily roused and easily appeased,' I would not give his
character as that of the whole nation. The right honorable gentleman
says he never came here with written speeches. I never suspected him of
it, and I believe there is not a gentleman in the house, who, having
heard what has fallen from him, would ever suspect him of writing
speeches. But I will not pursue him further. I will not enter into a
conflict in which victory can gain no honor.
His Defence Of Archibald Hamilton Rowan
Curran's Eloquence
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It's definitely in the middle of absolutely nowhere! I see from the 2005 photos on GE Pro that there's a runway running SE - NE too - marked at the corners with white 'L' shapes. There do appear to be the shapes of the remains of three or so buildings too, just sto the south of the eastern end of the main west-east runway.
As I mentioned before, if it was built by the Ialians, maybe they built it for another reason, perhaps to keep an eye on restless locals? If it was already there and ready, then maybe the R.A.F. though 'why not?'
Maybe a stop-off from/to somewhere else? An emergency landing ground?
There is a file at the National Archives (Air 29/146/8) about Scuiscuiban: https://discovery.nationalarchives.g...ils/r/C7159521
I've ordered a copy - be interesting to see what's in there...


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7 Ways We Saved BIG on Holiday
Yup. These donuts were absolutely delicious...as big as our heads... completely worth every delicious calorie... AND were completely FREE!!! So was the coffee. Add in a rocking chair on a porch on a rainy day in Ohio with her family and you have yourself one VERY happy girl!
Each Tuesday at the farmstand about 10 minutes down the road from my parents' house in Ohio locals enjoy an early morning catch up over free cups of coffee and massive, delicious donuts. I love free donuts almost as much as I love the THRILL I get from saving money; so today I want to share with you other ways I/we saved money while on vacation in Ohio to give you ideas on how to save whether your having a stay-cation, a holiday abroad or something in between.
Consider alternatives: Before we even reached Ohio, we saved ourselves around £400 over last summer's airfare by traveling through Reykjavik airport on Icelandair rather than via the usual east coast airports. We always use price comparison websites to find our flights such as Momondo and Skyscanner as well as the Hopper app. Considering alternative routes and departure and arrival airports could save you quite a bit on your next holiday. This can go for locations, dates and accommodation types, too!
Understand what's included in your airline ticket: With airlines cutting costs all the time, make sure to read what is actually included in the price of your ticket. Is a piece of luggage per passenger included? And if so, up to what weight? Are you permitted a carry-on item and a personal item, or just one carry-on item? Is food and beverages included? Food was not included on our Icelandair flights; for the 6-hour flight from Reykjavik to Cleveland, Jeff and I pre-purchased sandwiches online and saved 10%. One drink plus water was included. What we really appreciated, though, was that on each flight the girls received a cold snack or small meal.
Visit the local library: this may seem like an old-fashioned entertainment option, but so what?! The library in my parents' town is wonderful. Not only can you borrow books (obviously), you can borrow magazines - they had my favourites! - toys and DVDs! We likely saved ourselves $10 by not renting or buying DVDs and, gosh, probably $20 (at least!) by borrowing magazines over buying them from the store. The toy library was mainly for babies and toddlers, but what a great service! There were also a few table toys for the girls to play with and colouring sheets; other children were playing games on computers for free. The next chance I get I want to take a closer look at what the libraries here in the UK offer for free as well.
Check Groupon for discounted local activities: Check Groupon for discounts on activities and restaurants in your area... then check for a discount code to use on top of that! My lovely Grandma wanted to take us to a local amusement park. Had we just walked in and paid the advertised price, it would have cost about $70 for the couple of hours we were planning to spend there. However, I insisted I take a quick look on Groupon before we left her house; lo and behold there was an offer for the activities we wanted to do - mini golf and a few rides. I also entered a discount code for an additional 20% off. In the end, by spending a few minutes on Groupon, I saved my Grandma almost 50% of the original cost. Cha-ching! If you have the Groupon app, you can simply present the voucher on your smart phone at the venue when you arrive. Otherwise you can print it out prior to leaving the house.
Voucher Codes: I love voucher codes and they're so easy to find. Numerous times voucher codes came to the rescue while we were on holiday. I got $10 off a $30 online order of my favourite hand soaps from Bath and Body Works and saved 20% off an online order from Kohls when I bought a new swim costume (due to having forgotten to pack mine...oops!). A handful of times we were in the checkout line, I whipped out my phone and Googled a discount for the shop or restaurant we were at. We got a BOGO burger saving $7 and 15% off shoes for Jeff saving us around $18. I'm sure there were other instances I'm not remembering. Before making any purchase online or in a brick and mortar store or restaurant, just put your mobile phone to the test to find a voucher code. Such fun!
Keep your eyes peeled: Look around for brochures at your hotel or rest stop that may include money saving offers or coupons. You never know where you may find a freebie either. My best friend and I went to supper in my parents' town; I was disappointed that I couldn't find a coupon or discount for that restaurant (there was a reason we went there as opposed to another place where we could have used a coupon); when we walked into the restaurant, there was a simple sign that said, "Scan this QR code for a free treat." So I did and it was for a bowl of meatballs! We shared them and they were so good. Food just tastes better when it's free... like those donuts!
"Need or Want?": as always, the best way to save money is not to spend it in the first place, so ask yourself whether what you're about to buy is "a need" or "a want". Of course, I made many exceptions to this rule since we were on holiday and in Ohio, but they were for things that I really will appreciate, like an expensive shirt to wear to work (which my boss has already complimented!), gel pens for the new Living Well Spending Less planner I've bought myself to help me SMASH my goals (I always think SMASH is such a dramatic word) and two Yankee candles for Autumn. See... I do spend money on treats for myself.
Holidays can be very expensive, but by spending a few extra minutes looking for ways to save money and free local activities, you can uphold your money-saving mindset and keep within your budget.
To close this blog post, I want to say a MASSIVE thank you to my family and friends for their generosity during our stay in Ohio. You all mean the world to us.
Being a Steward Over a Saver
Hello Everybody! I posted a picture on Instagram earlier this evening that received the comment, "Aaaaannnnd she's back! Good to see you're still saving money." This is referring to our returning from our holiday in Ohio to visit my family the past three weeks and, jokingly, that I haven't thrown the towel on saving money... at least, that's the way I read it. I know this person personally and am very sure this person meant it in a loving way, so I replied, "Yep, we're back! Always trying to save money... and motivate others to save money along with me."
I continued to clean up the kitchen that I started before feeling the urge to post the photo, then thought, "that's not really what I wanted to say!" So, I corrected myself, "*correction* I desire to be a good steward of "my" money and inspire others to do so too." - This is the main purpose for my blog! To inspire YOU to be a good steward of "your" money by being a mentor, of sorts.
My aim is not necessarily to teach you all I know... because I don't know "all" nor do I necessarily know how to teach, but my desire is to let you know that there is someone else out there who isn't doing what society or the world in "Christianese" is doing; someone else who avoids debt, someone else who is making difficult decisions, someone else who really and truly considers where every penny goes by budgeting and planning, someone else who "lives like no one else, so later I can LIVE AND GIVE like no one else" (quote courtesy of Dave Ramsey). I desire to inspire others. If I don't inspire you, that's alright... no hurt feelings here! I won't be hurt if you don't read my blogs or following Finding the Pennies on Facebook or Instagram. However, I know that I have inspired a few of you out there already and that's fantastic! My hope is to inspire many more readers in the world so we can navigate life together.
The photo of the leftovers we had for supper this evening that I posted to Instagram that prompted this blog post.
Bear with me, I'm working my way backward on my corrected quote above: "I desire to be a good steward of "my" money and inspire others to do so, too." "And"... yep, this one word binds the two desires I have... I desire to be a good steward of "my" money AND I desire to inspire you. I don't want to merely be a good steward of my money, but I want to to also share my thoughts and tips... even if it's a picture of our leftovers from tonight's meal that will be our lunches for tomorrow. If you think, that's weird... I AM weird and am 100% okay with that! I want to share how I take small (and sometimes big) changes in my life - remember the subtitle on the FTP homepage is "Trusting God with the Small Change"... small changes to make small change that ADDS UP to BIG money-saving mindset change".
Ok, let's back up again on that comment: "I desire to be a good steward of "my" money and inspire others to do so, too." - "'My' money." My money is not really my money at all. It's God's money.
Psalm 24:1
Of David. A psalm.
1 The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it.
We often think it's "my" money because I've earned it. I've worked hard for it. I've deserve it. Me... me... me... Well, not according to Scripture. EVERYTHING on the earth belongs to the Lord. You may be wondering, "if EVERYTHING belongs to the Lord, then why do I even have money?!" You have money because the Lord has blessed you with it; he has given it to you.
James 1:17
17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
EVERY good and perfect gift has been given to you. It isn't your doing. It isn't in your might. It wasn't due to your efforts...*gulp*... With that in mind... let's quickly take another step backwards and look at "to be a good steward". Since money doesn't belong to me, but rather it has been given to me, I truly desire to take the best care of that money, or to be a good steward. "But Lauren... when I think of the word 'steward' I think of someone managing a house or taking care of a group of people." Yep, it's exactly that... taking good care. A steward does, to their best knowledge, what they feel is best for that thing they are taking care of. "Stewardship" is taking dedicated care of something.
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines "stewardship" as: the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one's care. That something is money, in this case, and the understood "has been" before "entrusted" points to God's entrusting of money to us. We have the responsibility to carefully manage HIS money. I consider myself to be more than a "saver". While I do enjoy saving money, both in terms of not spending too much and also saving money for the future, I honestly want to care for money that God has given our family to the best of my ability. I do this by making smart decisions before I spend, we plan and stick to a budget, we live pretty frugally and make the most of what we have and not wasting what I do have (an area I want to learn more about), we don't take on debt and pay back any debt that we may owe (like our mortgage) as quickly as possible, we invest and save for the future and we tithe and give to others. I believe this is what is meant by being a good steward of money, though stewardship can also relate to time, talents, family and other possessions.
How am I desiring to inspire you? By writing posts about lessons learned, by explaining the thoughts I have or "rules" I live by, by posting what may seem like completely silly or insignificant posts about leftovers or the like. I may save money and thoroughly enjoy doing so... but more important to me is that I am a good steward of the blessings God has entrusted to me... for His glory.
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The cynicism in her eyes hurt him, and the fact that she had absolutely no faith him deepened that hurt.
"Do go on with your story then." He said, and since it was obvious she was going to speak leisurely, he decided to sit and chose the armchair opposite her.
"Thank you. And like I said I will begin with you hiring men to kill Craig because he threatened to tell me that you had arranged for me to be robbed and raped." She was looking at him directly as she spoke and her expression was wryly amused. "He was supposed to be your friend with whom you regularly played a game of switching your girlfriends and then tossing them out of your lives when you are done. But he met me and had the unfortunate desire to want to ruin your little game, so you had to teach him a lesson. First, by having me raped and then by killing him."
Sunny took a minute before he asked her. "Are you done or taking a break?"
"One thing I'm done with is being your wife, Sunny."
The retort shocked him. "That is a hurtful thing to say, Onyi."
"What is hurtful is what you did to me. My God! How can you continue to pretend about all this?" Anger flashed into her eyes. "You wanted me raped, Sunny."
"But you weren't raped, were you?" He quietly asked. "You were not robbed and no one raped you."
"No one did because a good Samaritan came along in time to stop those two men. He fought them off and saved me."
"And who was your good Samaritan?"
"I don't know who he was. Once he came on the scene and started fighting off the men, I fled. I had to run." She pushed to her feet. Her eyes were blazing, but behind the fire of fury, there was also pain. "I was too scared; terrified. Something had warned me inside not to follow that footpath that evening, but I was in a hurry to get home. Then halfway down, these two men strolled out from the uncompleted building and one of them grabbed me, clasped his hand over my mouth before I could scream."
As she spoke, Sunny saw again the scene and wished, as he'd done that evening, that he hadn't needed to scare her in that way.
"I struggled as best as I could. But there was two of them, men who were bigger than I was and… and I was scared to death." Tears shone in her eyes, but didn't fall. "I kept praying frantically in my heart and I think it was answer to that prayer that the other man appeared. He ran forward, shoved aside the one pushing me to the ground and snatched my handbag back from the other one. He… he saved me. He saved me from your cruel and malicious plan."
"I saved you from the plans I had to make to save you from Craig."
"What?" Her stare was momentarily stupefied before she gave her head a shake. "What is this nonsense you're saying, that you're the man… the good Samaritan who saved me? But… how? And I didn't see you. It wasn't you."
"It was me, Onyi. You didn't look, did you? You ran and never saw the one who saved you."
"Yes, I did, but…" She stopped, stared at him. Confusion and shock battled in her eyes. "It was you? You arranged for them to rob and rape me, and you came to save me? What kind of sick game is that? What were you playing at?"
"I was trying to stop Craig."
"Stop him from what?"
"From having you robbed."
"What! What is this? Are you mad?" The way she looked at him said that she thought he was mad. "You just confessed that it was you who sent those men and now, you're saying that you did so because Craig was planning to do the same? Is that what you're saying, that Craig wanted two men to rob and rape his girlfriend?"
"I doubt rape was part of the plan, but yes, he wanted to rob you and was going to hire people to do so. He told me his plan and I knew I had to stop him."
She stared at him. Then she swept around to look at Rowland. The latter's expression was one of complete distrust, which didn't surprise Sunny since he was Craig's cousin.
"You're lying." Onyi was looking at him again and her eyes were defiant. "You're a liar, Sunny. You've been lying to me from the beginning. Thirteen months, Sunny, you've been lying to me. Everything you told me is a lie and even this is a lie. You wrote a note to Craig telling him you've made the arrangements. Do you forget I just told you that's how Rowland came to know the truth about you? He found your note, Sunny. He found it and confronted Craig. And he told him the truth."
"Craig has never told a truth in his life, not where women were concerned." Tired of sitting, he stood up and to avoid touching her, pushed his hands into his pockets. "He came to me two days before the pretended attempt to rob and rape you…"
"You say it's pretended. And you also say that you are not sure if rape was part of Craig's plan, why then was the men you sent trying to rape me?"
"They were not trying to rape you, Onyi…"
"He was pushing me to the ground! One of the men kept pushing me downwards."
"He was pushing you around to make it all look real, Onyi. Do you think if two men actually wanted to rape you, they wouldn't have thrown you swiftly to the ground?"
"The good Samaritan came in time before they could succeed."
"I was that good Samaritan and everything happened according to how I instructed that it should. They were there only to create a scene that would be believable when you told it to Craig." He fixed his eyes on hers and refused to blink them. "I needed him to be convinced that you were going to be robbed but someone unfortunately came upon the scene."
"And why, tell me, why would Craig want to rob me? What did he want from me?"
"What was the valuable thing you had in your handbag that evening, Onyi?"
"Nothing of value was inside my…" She started to say and then stopped and frowned. "You mean the three hundred and fifty thousand naira I had to collect cash from a customer?"
"That three hundred and fifty thousand naira was only the motivation Craig needed to arrange for a robbery."
"How dare you say that?" Rowland said, joining the argument for the first time. "How dare you insinuate that Craig was a common thief? He was a solid business man and was doing well too."
"Craig was always something of a crook. He may have straightened some of his ways, but not everything he did was honest and legal. And if you are honest and know your cousin well, you will admit this." Sunny said to the other man. "He made some deals that backfired and lost a great deal of money. As a matter of fact, he was next to broke and was desperate for money. I'd promised to help him with half a million, but he wanted more. Then Onyi told him about the cash she was collecting that day and that gave him the idea to rob her of it."
"Nonsense! Craig would never do something like that." Rowland shot back. "If he had, he would have told me."
"Would he really? Will Craig own to anything dubious?" Sunny asked and when Rowland's confidence seemed to falter, he turned his gaze on Onyi. "You didn't know him as well as you thought you did, Onyi. As a matter of fact, you didn't know him at all. He wanted that money and he told me he was going to get it. It wasn't the first time he was cheating someone out of their money, but it was the first time he was going to actually rob. Still, first time or not, I knew he was serious and knew I had to do something to protect you."
"Why would Craig tell you something like that knowing you could betray him?"
Sunny spared Rowland a glance. "He told me because I'd never before betrayed him. I knew what he did. Frankly, I'd before done some shady deals myself, but I pulled away from all that and started the printing press and then the hotel."
Again, he focussed on Onyi. "After he told me what he was going to do, I quickly made my own arrangements and then convinced him that it was best I handle it to remove all suspicion from him. He agreed to my plan and whatever took place that evening happened."
"But… but why didn't he come back for the money when he didn't get it?"
"How could he when you paid the money into your company's account the very next morning?" Sunny countered her question.
She didn't respond, only stood there and stared at him. He could see she was thinking. Considering all that she was hearing, possibly reevaluating her beliefs and deciding what was true or not.
"The men he said you hired to kill him, what about them?" She finally asked.
"There was no men, Onyi. I have never tried to kill anyone, and certainly not Craig. He made up that story to undo me, I'm sure."
"Why would be want to undo you now?"
"Frankly, I don't know. But my best guess would be because I'm with you. I married you and that must put his nose out of joint."
"Any man would be put out if his friend dates and marries his girlfriend." Rowland said.
"I didn't date and marry Craig's girlfriend. I dated and married the woman Craig chose to give up for four hundred thousand naira."
Sunny looked at Onyi and loosely shrugged. "He lost three hundred and fifty thousand naira because I failed to get it for him and since I wanted him to leave you alone, I offered him four hundred k."
"You're saying… that Craig took four hundred thousand naira from you so he can leave me?"
"Yes, he did."
"You say that, but how do we know that's the truth?" Rowland said and with a derisive snort.
"You know your cousin, Rowland. Face him with all that I've said and watch him squirm. Craig was, possibly still is, a crook, a liar and a disgusting coward." Sunny looked only at Onyi as he talked. "When I told him that if he didn't take what I was willing to offer, I was going to tell Onyi everything, he grabbed the money and ran. He was in Lagos two days later and before the end of the next week, he was in South Africa. And what explanations did he give to you for his sudden departure? None. He left you, Onyi, and without a single word."
There was a long moment of silence and then Onyi dropped down on her chair.
"So, it's been Craig lying to me all along?" She murmured.
The expression of bewildering realisation and hurt on her face made Sunny's heart ache with regret. He had never wanted her to know any of this.
After the move of the blog's domain name, I got carried away with the Easter celebrations and couldn't make time for last week's episode. Here it is now, and I hope you enjoy.


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Steps to Reproduce:
1. Grab any SRPM for which we ship a ppc64 package (eg: zlib)
2. run rpmbuild --target ppc64 -bb zlib.spec
Actual results:
rpmbuild creates a .ppc64.rpm containing 32-bit libraries in /usr/lib64
Expected results:
If it builds a ppc64 package the package should contain 64-bit objects
Additional info:
'CC="gcc -m64" rpmbuild --target ppc64 -bb zlib.spec' seems to work.
Edit /etc/rpm/platform, substitute s/ppc/ppc64/, as
work around.
NEEDINFO until feature is prioritized, as rpmbuild has
never promised the ability for multi-arch builds by
(original, but now creaky) design.
That doesn't do it for me. My /etc/rpm/platform already had something
like ppc64pseries-redhat-linux in it, so rpm more or less knew it was
a 64-bit platform. The problem is that even
/usr/lib/rpm/ppc64-redhat-linux/macros doesn't include -m64 in
optflags, which AFAICT is absolutely needed to get 64-bit binaries on
ppc64 RHEL.
Adding it fixes most packages, but not all. Certainly in some of those
cases it's because the package blindly does things like 'gcc -shared ...'
THe first sentence of the last paragraph from Comment 2 should read:
"Adding -m64 to optflags fixes most packages, but not all"
Do you have the redhat-rpm-config package installed?
Yes, I reinstalled the box when I started on this issue and made sure
to include all the architecture compatibility comps. At some point I
got curious and verified the install included redhat-rpm-config-8.0.28-2.
Using "setarch" might also help to get the right target setup?
This is still not working right -- and it means that RHEL and Fedora aren't
We should at least put -m64 into ppc64 optflags, I think -- {how,} does this
work for i386 vs. x86_64?
I just tried on rawhide
cat /etc/rpm/platform
rpm -E '%optflags'
rpm -ivh /mnt/redhat/rawhide-ppc/SRPMS/bc-1.06-19.2.1.src.rpm
rpmbuild --target ppc64 bc.spec
cd ../BUILD/bc-1.06/bc
bc: ELF 64-bit MSB executable, cisco 7500, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux
2.6.9, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.9, not stripped
I tried on rawhide
[root@dhcp78-22 SPECS]# cat /etc/issue
Fedora Core release 4.92 (Pre-FC5)
Kernel \r on an \m
[root@dhcp78-22 SPECS]#
[root@dhcp78-22 SPECS]# rpmbuild -bb --target ppc64 ./bc.spec
[root@dhcp78-22 SPECS]# file ../BUILD/bc-1.06/bc/bc
../BUILD/bc-1.06/bc/bc: ELF 64-bit MSB executable, cisco 7500, version 1 (SYSV),
for GNU/Linux 2.6.9, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.9,
not stripped
[root@dhcp78-22 SPECS]#
Also, tried with --target ppc to build 32bit binaries...
[root@dhcp78-22 SPECS]# rpmbuild -bb --target ppc ./tar.spec
[root@dhcp78-22 SPECS]# file ../BUILD/tar-1.15.1/src/tar
../BUILD/tar-1.15.1/src/tar: ELF 32-bit MSB executable, PowerPC or cisco 4500,
version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.6.9, dynamically linked (uses shared libs),
for GNU/Linux 2.6.9, not stripped
[root@dhcp78-22 SPECS]#
OK %_libdir is still busted CFLAGS are correct.
This problem is likely fixed (by setting arch from --tqarget) in rpm-4.4.7-0.15
This bug is filed against RHEL 3, which is in maintenance phase.
During the maintenance phase, only security errata and select mission
critical bug fixes will be released for enterprise products. Since
this bug does not meet that criteria, it is now being closed.
For more information of the RHEL errata support policy, please visit:
If you feel this bug is indeed mission critical, please contact your
support representative. You may be asked to provide detailed
information on how this bug is affecting you.


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Smaller quotations are the best possible ways to mirror our emotions in a very precise manner and hence, Happy Fathers Day in Heaven Quotes are known to reflect our emotions in quite an effective manner for our beloved fathers. Father's day is all about enjoying and celebrating the love, the affection and the bond that we share with our fathers and is all about making him feel special. We can thank our fathers by gifting them lovely images that can be related easily with this very occasion and the bond is also portrayed; hence, Happy Fathers Day in Heaven Images are so special ; which can convey our messages in a beautiful way.
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Throwback Thursday is a meme hosted by Renee at It's Book Talk where we post older reviews or reviews of backlisted books. I first posted this review back in October 2016. Since that time the book has had a new and effective cover.
• Publication date: 13 Jun 2013
• Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
The evocative diaries of a young nurse stationed in northern France during the First World War, published for the first time. A rare insight into the great war for fans of CALL THE MIDWIFE.
In April 1915, Dorothea Crewdson, a newly trained Red Cross nurse, and her best friend Christie, received instructions to leave for Le Tréport in northern France. Filled with excitement at the prospect of her first paid job, Dorothea began writing a diary. 'Who knows how long we shall really be out here? Seems a good chance from all reports of the campaigns being ended before winter but all is uncertain.'
Dorothea would go on to witness and record some of the worst tragedy of the First World War at first hand, though somehow always maintaining her optimism, curiosity and high spirits throughout. The pages of her diaries sparkle with warmth and humour as she describes the day-to-day realities and frustrations of nursing near the frontline of the battlefields, or the pleasure of a beautiful sunset, or a trip 'joy-riding' in the French countryside on one of her precious days off. One day she might be gossiping about her fellow nurses, or confessing to writing her diary while on shift on the ward, or illustrating the scene of the tents collapsing around them on a windy night in one of her vivid sketches. In another entry she describes picking shells out of the beds on the ward after a terrifying air raid (winning a medal for her bravery in the process).
Nearly a hundred years on, what shines out above all from the pages of these extraordinarily evocative diaries is a courageous, spirited, compassionate young woman, whose story is made all the more poignant by her tragically premature death at the end of the war just before she was due to return home.
My Thoughts & Review
Very few diaries or accounts of nursing in the First World War have survived, and if they did, many were unpublished, or retained by family members. No doubt there are a fair few lurking in various archives.
Thanks to the nephew of Dorothea Crewdson, Richard Crewdson, who discovered and edited his aunt's diaries, we now have the pleasure of reading them.
There is much that can be learned from reading this diary. Written by a young nurse, who started the diary as a newly trained Red Cross VAD in 1915; the diary chronicles her time during the subsequent years of the First World War, both at work and off duty. Written in an energetic, spirited and interesting way by someone who obviously had a good sense of humour. The diary also includes Dorothea's own drawings.
Sadly Dorothea died in March 1919 after contracting peritonitis, just before she was due to return home to England, which makes the diary an even more poignant read, knowing that as a reader you are in fact reading about the last events of a young girl's life. A valuable contribution to the social history of those times and a book that should be on the school curriculum.
About The Author
Dorothea Crewdson was born in Bristol in July 1886 and brought up in Nottingham. In 1911 she enrolled in the British Red Cross as a VAD nurse and passed her exams the following year. In May 1915 she received instructions to be stationed in Le Tréport in northern France. She spent the rest of the war nursing at the frontline in various field hospitals and was awarded the military medal for her bravery. She died in March 1919 after contracting peritonitis, just before she was due to return home to England. Her diaries are edited by her nephew, Richard Crewdson.


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Summarising some of the work that The Tweed Foundation has undertaken during the month…….
Management Plan: Netting & tagging at Paxton House Fishery (R Campbell, K Galt); Catch record analysis (R Campbell); Updates for Tweed Fisheries Management Plan (R Campbell); Ettrick Fish Counter planning (J Hunt); Electro-fishing monitoring programme (J Hunt, K Galt & R Brydon – summer assistant) and administration (J Hunt) – all quantitative electro-fishing sites revisited to assess this year's fry results against the poor results of 2016- see HERE; Trout burn obstacles easement planning (K Galt); Invertebrate sampling with Stirling University (K Galt). Discussions with GWCT re predation (J Hunt).
Consultancy: Monitoring for wind farm assessments (J Hunt, R Brydon); Work on Scales library contract for the SFCC (R Campbell).
Education: Electro-fishing display for Selkirk children's community group; Knowledge exchange with manager from Finsbury Estate, SA (J Hunt, K Galt).
Meetings & Training: College Valley management meeting (R Campbell); Tweed Trout & Grayling Initiative group meeting (K Galt). Electro-fishing team leader refresher course (K Galt).
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MTNtown Magazine Sponsors Jan. Event!/in News, Uncategorized /by Erin
The Festival wishes to thank MTNtown Magazine for the support for the 4th annual Telluride Fire Festival!
You can pick up the latest copy of the informative magazine at Clark's Market, Natural Grocer's or City Market.
Fire Ball art installation creation: see the build in progress/in Uncategorized /by Diana Ries
This is time-lapse of the Fire Ball art installation sculpture to be burned at the Telluride Fire Festival Fire Ball event on the ski area at the top of chair 7. Saturday, January 16. This sculpture was created by Niel Ringstad with Chris Myers and a group of amazing volunteers in one day.
Video by Brandon Segelke
Breaking News Update: Fire Ball Fundraiser/in News, Uncategorized /by Diana Ries
The Festival culminates in this spectacular fundraising Fire Ball and Barn Burning: a unique setting atop the gondola at Station St Sophia in the 30-foot high vaulted ceilinged venue. This location is ideal for both in-town and Mountain Village guests. This fete, where audience will become artist, offers a truly unique experience, combining exhibition with performance, and commemorating all forms of artistry.
The fabulous LoveTribe along with DJ Phoenix, The Strangefellow, will provide high energy music to dance by. Theatrical performers Stacy Everson, Kim Bucki and Bryan Pope with mesmerize all. Attendees will choose between intimate lounge areas, dance spaces, have unlimited beverages, and appetizers.


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Ever since I started venturing into the outdoors more than two decades ago, Columbia Sportswear has been a reliable companion. It's a trusted brand among mountaineers. Personally if I can grab a few apparels from them, I would. It's not cheap but you get what you pay for. Quality and technology that can last for years. I remember having my first Columbia convertible pants and it lasted for at least five years. Definitely "Tested Tough". Columbia Sportswear have been producing and innovating products long before. And to mark their 80th Anniversary, they have relaunched a flagship store in the Philippines that continues to inspire people to go outdoors.Continue reading
Karada: Finding Body Balance in Japanese Body Therapy
I heard my spine crack as the weight of my therapist pressed against my cross-armed body. Then this quick pop when my neck was snapped. It might sound alarming, but this is actually a normal part of Karada Japanese Body Therapy. I've been long curious on how different their treatment is from the usual massage and stretches I regularly get. I figured it was time to finally try one of their signature treatments at their Robinsons Galleria branch. It was timely as I got a good Karada voucher deal for a 60-minute AP Balance and Body Treatment Combination on Deal Grocer. Karada is originally priced at P 1,795 but at Deal Grocer, you can get it for only P 1,430!
DJI Mavic 2 PRO and Zoom Launched in the Philippines
I've been flying a drone for almost a year now. And as a photographer, I'm just astounded by the possibilities of different perspectives these devices offer. DJI has opened up a whole world of photography and videography to consumer levels allowing content creators to expand their vision. I may only be using the DJI Spark at the moment but I am excited with the new technologies DJI incorporates in their new models. Here comes the new Mavic 2 Pro and Mavic 2 Zoom. Bringing back the ultra portability and quality of the first Mavic Pro and packing in new features for varied segments of the market. Let's take a look.
Backjoy SitSmart Posture CORE: Designed for the Asians
The way we sit is a much overlooked aspect of our posture. We sit for hours in the office, in transit or even as sedentary as watching tv or a movie. Improper sitting is one of the root cause of many ailments, from back pains that could escalate to more serious conditions. The people from Backjoy carefully designed a sitting device that can optimize our sitting postures. The new SitSmart Posture CORE follows their immensely popular SitSmart Posture that has helped people rediscover their posture. And this new reiteration is geared toward the Asian market.
Salomon X-Trail Run Pilipinas 2018: Go Beyond Boundaries
Trail runners rejoice as the most attended trail running event in the Philippines returns this 2018 for the 7th season. The Salomon X-Trail Run Pilipinas 2018 promises to be bigger, better and more challenging to inspire runners to go beyond their boundaries. Set to happen on July 22, 2018 at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Salomon X-Trail Run hopes to surpass last year's turn out of 1,200 participants to up to 1,500 this year.
Phoenix 2018 Calendar Festival Images
It's almost half of the year but just have to update my portfolio on this site. Had been fortunate to have a bunch of my festival images on this year's Phoenix 2018 Calendar. Wasn't able to get a copy though so will have to make do with these PDF files. Featured images on the calendar are El Nido's Barotuan festival held every January, Palo-palo festival in Batanes held every August, Agal-agal festival in Tawi-tawi every September, Higantes festival of Angono celebrated every November and the Giant Festival of Pampanga lights up every December. Check out the images below.


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Chinese up-and-comer Xiaomi introduced an impressive new budget smartphone today. The Redmi Pro boasts dual cameras, a brushed-aluminum body, and a 5.5" OLED display for RMB 1499 (or $225) and up.
The Redmi Pro comes in three basic configurations. The most expensive Pro, at RMB 1999 (or about $300) is powered by a Mediatek Helio X25 SoC comprising two Cortex-A72 cores and eight Cortex-A53s in a big.LITTLE arrangement. According to Mediatek, the big cores in this arrangement runs at up to 2.5GHz, while four of the A53s run at 2GHz and the remaining four run at 1.55GHz. Graphics power comes courtesy of an ARM Mali-T880 GPU. The SoC is backed with 4GB of RAM, and the device has 128GB of onboard storage.
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Xiaomi curiously doesn't list the resolution of the Redmi Pro's display in its press materials, but Engadget confirms it's a 1920×1080 unit. The Pro is powered by a 4,050mAh battery, and it has a front fingerprint sensor for easy unlocking. Charging and connectivity are both handled by a USB Type-C port. The Redmi Pro will doubtless be available in China soon, but we wouldn't expect this phone to come to the USA.