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As I sit here sweltering in the record breaking heat wave, with my Dyson fan cranked up as high as it goes ("you're glad I persuaded you we should buy another one, aren't you?", says my husband, gleefully… I suppose he has to be right sometimes), my thoughts drift back to my fully air-conditioned oasis in the Dorchester Hotel, where we stayed for a lovely weekend in early June.
Because we have been lucky enough to stay in both the Dorchester Hotel and The Savoy Hotel this year, I thought it would be nice to write about our experiences in both, especially if you're maybe deciding between the two. Both are historical landmarks of the city, each representing a slightly different style of opulence and luxury. Both have played host to countless celebrities, film stars, Royals and World leaders over the decades and centuries.
Neither hotel really needs much introduction (or advertising!), but they very much deserve a spot on my blog. If you're looking to step back in time for a while, forget about plastic straws, and experience the ultimate luxurious mini break (or longer!) in London, read on..
The Savoy Hotel, Strand, London
The Savoy Hotel is nestled on the Strand, on the North side of the River Thames, bookended by one of it's famous restaurants, Simpson's in The Strand, and the Savoy Theatre (currently showing Dreamgirls).
As soon as you sweep into the Art Deco style entrance with its famous sign, you already feel that you're entering a bygone era of elegance. The smartly uniformed doorman will deftly extract your belongings from you and guide you into the beautiful foyer, of marbled archways, pale pastel friezes with white figures in relief, and a criminal amount of mahogany..
We (and our two witnesses) arrived after our wedding ceremony at Chelsea Old Town Hall. Despite the fact that I was navigating the exit from the taxi in my wedding dress, still holding onto my bouquet (and my empty Jimmy Choo box), and we had various accoutrements of luggage and coats, they were all placed on a gilded trolley and magically whisked away within seconds.
The Frank Sinatra Suite
When We booked the Savoy, we were allocated a personal "concierge", who I was in touch with prior to our visit, in order to co-ordinate our restaurant bookings, wedding lunch etc. When they realised we were visiting after our wedding, we were kindly upgraded from our original booking, to one of the "Personality Suites". Each reflects the style and personality of its namesake. Though I'm slightly more of a Dean Martin fan, I was nonetheless very excited to arrive at the door of the Frank Sinatra suite!
The door to the Suite, the main living area & view of the dressing area
We are also allocated our personal butler, who was available day and night for anything we may need. I think we were fairly easy residents for him, as we just wanted to relax and have the occasional room service champagne or food. I didn't come up with any ridiculous celebrity-style requests at 3am.. although I'm pretty sure the Savoy staff wouldn't be phased by anything!
They were very apologetic when we couldn't get the DVD player to work, arriving within minutes to help, seemingly upset that this terrible occurrence could have happened on their watch!
If you leave your shoes or dry cleaning outside the door, they will magically arrive back in gift wrapping, looking better than they ever did before.
The room service and food was always incredible, and delivered and laid out just like a 5* restaurant. Everything had to be "just so", and nothing is too much trouble.
All ready for champagne time with our Perle d'Ayala 1998 (a special bottle we brought with us) & Frank Sinatra DVDs in the cosy suite
I think the deluxe suite would have met with Frank's approval! The bed was beyond comfortable, the bathroom a huge expanse of marble, with claw foot bath and separate rain shower.
As well as the excellent room service, there are also fantastic restaurants at the Savoy, including the Savoy Grill, and Kaspar's. We were visiting these long before we ever stayed at the hotel. I'm going to talk about these in a separate post, along with a couple more favourite London restaurants, so watch this space.
Overall, the Savoy comes highly recommended for a decadent stay in London, close to the Theatre district & Covent Garden, as well as many museums and shopping areas. The hotel underwent a £220m refurbishment in 2010, and retains its status as one of the world's most glamorous and iconic hotels.
The Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane
"Welcome to one of the world's most iconic hotels. Welcome to a place that defines its destination. Welcome to care, to refinement, to whatever your heart desires.
Welcome to The Dorchester".
This paragraph on the hotel's website really says it all. With its welcoming yellow striped awnings, overflowing floral balconies, and landscaped driveway with fountains, The Dorchester Hotel sits happily on Park Lane, which as we know from the Monopoly board, is one of the most expensive streets in London!
The younger sibling of The Savoy, the hotel opened in 1931, and since then has hosted many well known names from the world of film, politics and Royalty. It was apparently a home from home for Richard Burton And Elizabeth Taylor in their day. And if its good enough for Liz, then it's definitely worth a visit!
I arrived at the Dorchester in early June to meet my husband, who was already in London. I unfortunately experienced a typically horrendous trip with KLM (not recommended), where they cancelled my flight from Amsterdam, then said it was all fine, then cancelled it at the airport mid check-in, and cheerfully told me I could fly via Paris the next day… I finally arrived around 6 hours later than I should have, after an unexpected visit to Leeds/Bradford airport. My husband had dutifully kept me updated with tales of his expertly-crafted cocktails in The Bar while I waited to board my second plane of the day, surrounded by other disgruntled travellers with tired children..
After a journey like that, there is probably no better place to arrive in the world than the door of the Dorchester Hotel. Again, my bags were magically whisked away and I was led into the relaxed, cool expanse of the gorgeous foyer, all the trials of the day to soon be (almost) forgotten!
The hotel had kindly upgraded our booking to a sumptuous suite (The Deanery), and had laid out welcome champagne, cake, beautiful flowers and all good things.
The flowers were my favourite type, and closely matched the style of my wedding bouquet, which may or may not have been a coincidence, such is the level of detail at the Dorchester! They had even referenced the name of my blog and Instagram account in icing next to a delicious cake (we had devoured most of it before we realised..)
The room was opulent & spacious, with a separate living area and dressing area. The decor and furnishings were a mix of modern and Art Deco, staying faithful to the original age and design of the hotel. A gorgeous mirrored Art Deco style screen door separated the bedroom from the living area, perfectly complementing the warm golden hues of the velvet chairs and cushions.
The decadent marble bathroom, and extremely comfortable bed!
I was feeling a bit unwell during our stay at The Dorchester, but one call to the concierge desk and ibuprofen and throat lozenges were swiftly delivered to the room. Through a mix of champagne and a couple of painkillers, I was able to enjoy our theatre visit to 42nd Street! I highly recommend this show if you're in the mood for an all-out, uplifting dancing and singing extravaganza. Also echoing the same 1930s era as the Dorchester.
After our theatre trip, we ordered a late room service dinner, which was of the expected high standard, albeit with portions bordering on American sized, so we sadly couldn't finish it all!
Post-theatre lounging (with a glass of champers of course), and an Instagram-able room service breakfast!
I love everything about the Dorchester Hotel. I also love London, having lived there for around 10 years, and having two born and raised Londoners for parents. For me it represents a London imagined from the past, when decadence, glamour and beautiful design were the order of the day, and when true customer service still existed. I adore the old world feel of it, and the utter escapism it provides, enveloping you in a welcoming embrace of luxury. You can live like Elizabeth Taylor, if only for a weekend (and possibly without all the divorces).
If I had to choose a favourite out of the two hotels, it would probably be the Dorchester, but it's a close call. Actually I'm not sure; I'll have to re-visit them.
Whichever you choose, you can be sure of a luxurious and relaxing stay in London, which you won't forget in a hurry.
I hope you have enjoyed this post and have been inspired to book that luxury mini break to London you've been meaning to!
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Donald Trump is Tinder for bigots. His campaign and presidency has helped countless bigots hook up with each other, and we will see another example of that this Saturday with anti-Muslim rallies scheduled in nearly 30 locations across America.
These rallies are organized by ACT for America!, an organization founded by Hanah Kahwagi, who goes by the alias of Brigitte Gabriel, and who has preached that practicing Muslims "cannot be a loyal citizen to the United States of America." As Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) spokesperson Heidi Beirich explained, "ACT for America is the nation's largest anti-Muslim hate group."
But ACT is now teaming up with Neo Nazis and white supremacists for these upcoming rallies. For example, Saturday's rally in Arkansas "is being organized by well known Neo-Nazi Billy Roper," Beirich noted. As the SPLC website details, Roper has been working hand in hand with ACT to organize this event, including joining a recent conference call with ACT leaders. Roper, who boasts of being the son and grandson of Klansmen, not only joined the neo-Nazi National Alliance, but also Council of Conservative Citizens which, per the SPLC, "served as Charleston terrorist Dylann Roof's gateway into white nationalism."
And in New York City, the lead speaker at the ACT anti-Muslim rally is Gavin McInnes, a man referred to by some as a hipster white nationalist. In reality he's just as vile as the older generation of bigots. McInnes, a co-founder of VICE who left years ago, has written articles for the white supremacist publication VDARE, where he has denigrated Muslims as well as Asians.
He's also an apologist for white supremacist terrorism. Just a week ago he penned an article titled "The myth of White terrorism" in which he claimed that white supremacist killings are as low as "death from spider bites." McInnes also wrote that only five Americans have been killed in recent years by white terrorists, conveniently leaving out numerous other white supremacist terror attacks, the most notable being Roof's murder of nine African Americans in 2015.
But to say McInnes, an avid Trump supporter, is simply a white supremacist who hates Muslims would be unfair. He's much more despicable than that. McInnes has also blamed women for domestic violence, tweeting: "Every guy I've ever known to be involved in a 'domestic' was the result of some cunt trying to ruin his life."
And he has stoked anti-Semitism with his YouTube video, "10 Things I Hate About Jews," where among other things he slams Jews for not being grateful enough that America defeated the Nazis and claiming that Jews have "a real hatred for white males."
ACT is claiming its anti-Muslim rallies, intentionally scheduled for Ramadan, are actually anti-Sharia rallies. Of course the reality is that sharia law is never coming to the United States. First, there are no American Muslims trying to replace our American system of laws with one based on the Quran. To be clear, as a Muslim myself, I would be the first to be protesting if any Muslim American group was actually calling for Islamic law to be imposed in the United States. Secondly, sharia law could never be imposed in the United States because of the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution as well as the First Amendment.
In reality the only people advocating for laws based on their religious text in the United States are conservative Christians. For example, Mike Huckabee has called to "amend the Constitution so it's in God's standards." Rick Santorum also pushed for Christian sharia law declaring in 2012 while running for President that "our civil laws have to comport with a higher law: God's law." And of course Mike Pence has invoked the Bible as the basis to discriminate against the LGBT community.
I wish we could dismiss ACT as nothing more than hateful bigots on the fringes of society but we would be making a mistake. This hate group has numerous ties to Trump and his administration. ACT founder Gabriel was recently welcomed to the Trump White House with open arms. And Gabriel, who also has tried to convince Jewish and Christian groups not to engage in interfaith work with Muslim Americans, recently bragged that "ACT for America has a direct line to Donald Trump, and has played a fundamental role in shaping his views and suggested policies with respect to radical Islam."
Gabriel is right—ACT and the Trump administration are intertwined. Last year, Trump's CIA Director Mike Pompeo proudly accepted ACT's National Security Eagle Award. Sebastian Gorka, a Trump national security "expert," has spoken before many ACT chapters. Former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn was on ACT's Board of Directors. And Steve Bannon, while editor of Brietbart, provided Gabriel a place to spew anti-Muslim hate for years.
But now ACT is teaming up with not only the Trump administration but with neo-Nazis and white supremacist to demonize Muslims. The silver lining is that many other groups who embrace American values and reject hate are planning counter rallies. As Madihha Ahussain, special counsel for anti-Muslim bigotry at Muslim Advocates explained, "As ACT plans hateful rallies across the country, we have heard from organizations across the country about how they are planning and preparing to stand with their Muslim neighbors and friends."
And on Thursday, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) organized a press conference on the steps of Capitol Hill to denounce Saturday's anti-Muslim hate rallies and Trump's ginning up fear of Muslims and immigrants. Jayapal, along with Reps. John Conyers, Shelia Jackson Lee, Ruben Gallego and others slammed ACT for stoking hate against American Muslims, especially at time when we have seen a spike in anti-Muslim hate crimes. (It was very telling that not one Republican member of Congress participated.)
This is truly a fight for the soul of America. We cannot allow ACT and its allies in hate to go unchallenged. If you believe in an America that's welcoming of diverse faiths and races, then please stand up and speak out. We need your voices to help drown out those spewing hate.
I can assure that if ACT is successful in its goal of marginalizing Muslims, it will next target other minority groups because its coalition of hate will demand it. And by the time they come for your community, there may be "no one left to speak" for you.


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CORE Principles
Human Rights
Food, Shelter, Healthcare.
Essential for existence
Learning, Recognition, Identity.
Essential for life.
In a world of increasingly poor outcomes for refugees across the world Centres of Refugee Education are now needed:
- to coordinate refugee learning provision
- to recognise human rights
- to protect and respect identity
As the UNHCR continues to highlight, large numbers of people are on the move across the world fleeing poverty, war, sexual violence and, increasingly, the impact of climate change. Our world is changing and will continue to do so. How will we chose to treat those at the most brutal end of this change?
'Migrants and refugees are not pawns on the chessboard of humanity.'
Pope Francis


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This is a tasty mutton curry which goes well rice or roti. Instead of mutton, you can use chicken also. This dish has a thick gravy with little tangy and spicy flavour. I would suggest you to make the ginger and garlic paste fresh, as it gives the complete flavour to the dish.
Try out and you will definitely like it.
|Tangy Spicy Mutton Curry
1/2 Kg Mutton (cut into small to medium pieces)
1 tsp Red chilli powder
1 tsp Cumin seeds
1 tsp Coriander powder
1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
1/2 tsp Garam masala powder
1/2 tsp Black pepper (whole)
1 inch Cinnamon stick
5 to 6 Cloves
2 Black Cardamom (if you don't have this, you can use green cardamom also)
Salt to taste
1 Onion (medium, sliced)
1 inch Ginger
5 to 6 Garlic
1/2 cup Yogurt
2 Green chilli (chopped)
Coriander leaves
5 to 6 tbsp Oil
3/4 cup Water
- Heat oil in a pressure cooker. Add sliced onion.
- In the mean time, make a paste of ginger and garlic. Keep this aside.
- When the onion turns translucent, add ginger garlic paste. Saute well.
- After sometime, add the mutton. Mix well.
- Now add red chilli powder, salt, coriander powder, cumin seeds, turmeric powder, black pepper, Cinnamon stick, cloves and black cardamom. Mix well.
- Add water and mix well. Cover the lid and cook till the mutton is completely soft and cooked.
- Once cooked, take off the lid and cook again till the oil leaves the masala.
- Now add yogurt and mix well. Let it cook till the oil is seen on top.
- Add garam masala powder, green chilli and coriander leaves.
- Mix well and serve hot with roti, naan or steamed rice.
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|The Kashubian Region
OUR LIBRARY - containing books of poetry, fiction, history, music, and language is a very unusual collection and a cooperative effort to preserve the written inheritance and history of 6000 Kashubian Polish immigrants who settled in Winona in the 1870s.
List of Titles
Polish Sheet Music Collection
Book titles, authors and description (including owner/user/donor)
A list of inventoried books and known publishing dates
Some books came in lovingly. Some came in by being snatched away within minutes of the recycling truck. Soon our collection grew as we added maps, manuscripts, magazines, records and oral histories.
An inventory of our library is in progress. As of November 2016, one-third of our books have been cataloged!


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Of course, when I say "players to watch," I mean "watch" in the figurative sense since Boise State football practice is closed to the public. You'll have to watch for these players in your newspapers and on your blogs, if the Broncos allow that even. They do like their privacy.
1. Blake Renaud - The sophomore linebacker-turned-wrecking-ball was everywhere in spring practice and might be one of the most dynamic defenders the Broncos have. He grabbed something like five INTs, which is an incredible feat for a man of his girth (250 pounds, charitably). Can he beat out Tommy Smith for starting MLB duties?
2. Jay Ajayi - Recovered from last season's ACL tear, Ajayi will finally get his chance to show his stuff this fall as he vies for a spot in the running back rotation with Drew Wright. If he is as good as advertised, Bronco fans will be in for a treat. Do note, though, that advertising was pretty good for the Vanilla Frosty and ... well ...
3. Trevor Harman - Boise State's starting punter and kickoff specialist has a booming leg but has not qualified for the Broncos' worldwide search for a consistent placekicker. Maybe he'll wow coaches enough this fall to get a shot at pulling double duty. Or maybe he'll just have to resort to punting through the uprights to send a passive-aggressive message.
4. Jerrell Gavins - Fresh off of knee surgery (who isn't fresh off knee surgery on this roster?), Gavins will look to pick up where he left off last season as the team's leading interceptor and an All-American candidate. Get ready for practice reports of interceptions and turnovers with the names of the guilty quarterbacks conveniently left out.
5. Jake Broyles - Another formerly injured Bronco, Broyles is expected to start at right guard this year, the same spot he held down before his injury in 2011. He could be pushed by Brenel Myers and Spencer Gerke in camp, which is kind of rude. No pushing!
6. Kirby Moore - It seems like every offseason we plan parties around Moore's breakout season. Well this year, I'm feeling pretty good about it happening. I got a no-refunds bounce house and everything. From the sound of things, Moore is ready to step into the slot receiver role vacated by Tyler Shoemaker and do Tyler Shoemaker things (score touchdowns, get tattoos). Still, Chris Potter - Moore's slot receiver running mate - lurks. He's small, so it's hard not to lurk.
7. Jeremy Ioane - The frontrunner for Cedric Febis's safety spot, Ioane has a big opportunity to make some noise this fall. If he doesn't, the options behind him are guys like Hazen Moss and Eric Agbaroji - guys whose names sound familiar but you're not entirely sure why (you slept on your game program, that's why; osmosis works in strange ways).
Your turn
What players will you be watching this fall? Who should make this list that didn't? Share your thoughts in the comments.


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The rally has legs.
To that end, stocks opened the week at new highs on two events that may signal game changers for the U.S. — and businesses: The news that Joe Biden has secured victory in the presidential election, and, in addition, that Pfizer announced what seems to be encouraging data on a COVID-19 vaccine.
Pre-market trading on the broader S&P 500 futures were up more than 3 percent.
Pfizer announced Monday (Nov. 9) that its clinical trials showed more than 90 percent efficacy in preventing the coronavirus in those who had not previously had the virus, according to reports.
Eying Stimulus On The Hill
On the Hill, as noted by Yahoo Finance, Goldman Sachs chief economist Jan Hatzius wrote that a stimulus plan may be on the horizon — in the range of as much as $1 trillion (though below the $2 trillion to $3 trillion range of recent stimulus negotiations).
Hatzius wrote, "Assuming a Biden White House and Republican-majority Senate, we would expect such a package to include (1) expanded eligibility for and extended duration of unemployment insurance, along with a partial extension of the $600/week payment (we expect this to drop to $400/week); (2) new funding for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to allow for a second round of loans for some businesses, and other business support and tax incentives; (3) aid for state and local governments, much of which could come as additional funding for schools; (4) additional funding for COVID-19 public health efforts, and (5) another round of payments to individuals, though the outlook for these payments is less clear than the other components."
All of this adds up what seems to be a positive runway for stocks, which of course look ahead for the way earnings will trend. And the Biden news, coupled with the hopes that we are much closer to a vaccine deployment than we were even recently, may bode well for earnings.
In broad strokes, here's how it may play out: Stimulus will go at least some ways toward keeping payrolls intact (at least somewhat). As noted in this space last week, jobless claims for the week that ended Oct. 31 stood at 751,000, down 7,000 from the previous week, and the eighth consecutive week that unemployment filings declined since the pandemic began in March. Things are improving, but the recovery is fragile.
Stimulus would give companies some breathing room until the return to normalcy that may be part of a vaccine rollout. As recent PYMNTS studies have noted, consumers want to see a COVID-19 vaccine in place before they get back to normal.
Some 38 percent report the primary thing they'll need to see to get back to normal will be a vaccine's wide availability. That compares with only 6 percent who said that an easing of government restrictions would be their primary cue to resume their old habits — particularly in commerce.
Verticals such as travel could desperately use such a return to normalcy. Thus, shares of American airlines were up by more than 25 percent in pre-market trading, and Delta was up 17 percent.
Looking into the payments realm, the implication is that consumers will continue to spend, yes, but the drags on cross-border spend that had been hallmarks of recent earnings — including Visa and Mastercard — will lift. Shares of Mastercard were up about 9 percent in pre-market trading. Shares of Fiserv were up a bit more than 5.7 percent.
On Monday, at least, optimism reigns.


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Title: The Last Namsara
{Iskari #1}
Author: Kristen Ciccarelli
Publication Date: October 2017
Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy
In the beginning, there was the Namsara: the child of sky and spirit, who carried love and laughter wherever he went. But where there is light, there must be darkness—and so there was also the Iskari. The child of blood and moonlight. The destroyer. The death-bringer.
These are the legends that Asha, daughter of the king of Firgaard, has grown up learning in hushed whispers, drawn to the forbidden figures of the past. But it isn't until she becomes the fiercest, most feared dragon slayer in the land that she takes on the role of the next Iskari—a lonely destiny that leaves her feeling more like a weapon than a girl.
Asha conquers each dragon and brings its head to the king, but no kill can free her from the shackles that await at home: her betrothal to the cruel commandant, a man who holds the truth about her nature in his palm. When she's offered the chance to gain her freedom in exchange for the life of the most powerful dragon in Firgaard, she finds that there may be more truth to the ancient stories than she ever could have expected. With the help of a secret friend—a slave boy from her betrothed's household—Asha must shed the layers of her Iskari bondage and open her heart to love, light, and a truth that has been kept from her.
The Last Namsara was everything I wished it'd be and even more! It exceeded my expectations by far and I couldn't have been more glad for picking it up. I mean seriously, where have you been all my life? Dragons are by far my favorite mythological creatures and if I could've been anything, in this world or another, I'd be a dragon rider. That's right folks!
Moving on to the actual review, let's start by discussing the endless reasons why I loved this book. First of all, the writing was beautiful and I was hooked from the very first chapter. The addition of the stories throughout the novel just made the experience of reading it even more magical and interesting. They added so much more to the story itself and filled the gaps that might've remained empty otherwise. They fit in perfectly with the rest of the plot and I found them extremely interesting to read!
Moving on to the main character, who was such an unlikely hero I couldn't help but connect with her from the very beginning. Asha was so relatable in a way you wouldn't even think of while going into this. She's forced into this life she never consciously chose and her path is mapped out before her, just like that. She doesn't have a say in the matter and she certainly can do nothing to prevent things from taking their designated course. I mean, haven't we all at one point or another, succumbed into this suffocating conformity society kept shoving down our throats, just to shape us into everything that's considered ideal and keep us away from everything that isn't? The answer is yes, of course! That's precisely what happens with Asha and it's been made clear from the very first paragraphs of this book. She has to follow the King's orders out of this supposed sense of duty and in order to right the wrongs of her past. A choice she made when she was just eight years old which wasn't even hers to begin with, is the reason why she becomes this feared monster people look away from in disgust, fear and contempt. Not necessarily in that order. She even learns see herself as this terrifying being who's only capable of destruction, so much do that she doesn't recognise how much some people care for and love her!
She lives in this bubble of self hatred that she doesn't want to part with because it's what she's known her whole life. and because we have a habit of sticking with what's familiar because it's safer than taking risks and saving the world in the process. Which is what she ends up doing, by growing into who she was meant to be from the very beginning and breaking the hold others had on her without her consent. She recognizes both her flaws and flaws, which made her even more likable in my eyes and does everything in her power to change her destiny and take a hold of her own future. She strays from the path others chose for her and risks everything to make life better for those whose pasts were affected by her senseless actions. Even if she'd been aware of it or not! Which is so much more important than doing the right thing from the beginning.
Torwin was the perfect match for Asha and their chemistry was undeniable. Their slow burning romance kept me on edge throughout the book and I immensely appreciated that it didn't overshadow everything else that was simultaneously going on in the story. His wild side perfectly balanced out hers and he was the only person who could ground her when she needed it most. Their back and forth basically gave me life and I felt like Torwin helped Asha develop so much as a character! They found strength in each other and grew so much as the story went on. Torwin saw the best in her and looked past the scars and imperfections that defined her in the eyes of everyone else. Which is an admirable trait that you don't come across very often nowadays. Both in books and real life that is.
Both the main characters, the secondary characters and the villains of this story we're so well crafted and written that, I couldn't help but admire what each and every one of them offered to the plot itself and how it progressed. I was quite impressed with how three dimensional they slowly became and how much I ended up caring for every single one of them. By the time I finished reading the book, I was literally a train wreck of emotions. The cruelty of the King and Jarek really pushed my buttons many times and how they manipulated situations to fit their cunning natures was beyond me. Their cruelty frustrated and angered me with it's intensity but, I wouldn't have had it any other way.
The writing itself was beautiful and managed to transport me effortlessly in the world Kristen Ciccarrely introduced me to from the very first pages of this novel. The vividness of it took my breath away and I was mind blown by all the plot twists and unexpected turns that made up the majority of the novel. It was such a breath of fresh hair and I was at the edge of my seat, holding my breath and desperately waiting for that life changing climax. It was simply perfect.
Going back to what I said about the romance not overshadowing everything else, which occurs note often than not in any Genre you can possibly think of. I couldn't have been more grateful that the author didn't fall into that category and stayed as far away from it as possible. So many things were happening at the same time but, I was not at all overwhelmed by them and their complexity. The author handled the path she chose to follow with this story perfectly and managed to include many things in a book that seemed to be about so little. They made perfect sense and the story became even more suspenseful and engaging because of how well thought out and executed they were.
Every single scene was packed with action and I couldn't get enough of it. I was turning the pages like a madman in order to reach the end and see what would happen but, at the same time, kept wishing that more pages would miraculously appear so that it'd never end. The political intrigue was crafted perfectly and made the story even more interesting than it had initially been. I immensely enjoyed those unexpected twists and turns I've already talked about and you wouldn't believe them, even if I wrote them down for you one by one and in great detail.
Overall, I cannot recommend the Last Namsara enough! It's so much more than just a simple story about a girl who kills dragons to redeem herself and the boy who gets in her way. It's a story about loss, acceptance, sacrifice and loyalty. And it kept amazing me with its beautifully written story line, slow burning and forbidden romance, fascinating and wonderfully written characters, intriguing political aspects that we're so intriguing in their complexity and the power of breaking the chains and taking charge of a destiny that belongs to no one by ourselves!
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So much to talk about. Where do I begin? If you've been to this site at all since yesterday morning and read the comments, you know the folks who preordered my book Beaucoup Arlo & Janis have been notified that the book is available for them to purchase.
If you reserved a copy and did not receive a notification yesterday, don't panic. (You're going to hear that two-word phrase a lot in the coming days.) First, check your spam folders. A not-insignificant number of the emails apparently were tagged as spam. If you still cannot find your message, email me, and I will check the list. If you're on it, no problem. If you are not on it, still no problem. I'll put you on the list, but act now. The preorder thing will go only through the weekend. If you did not preorder, and you know you did not preorder, I ask you to please wait until the book becomes generally available next week. There will be plenty of books then.
There simply is too much to go into here now. I will post again later today about shipping, for example. The good news is, this is an in-house operation: any problems will be dealt with directly and resolved. The bad news is, there will be problems. Things have gone smoothly so far, but remember: don't panic!


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Different Types of Pain
Pain is never a straight forward description. Individuals will perceive pain differently. There are also different types of pain described, such as a feeling that is dull, sharp, referred, throbbing, stinging, burning, achy, fatigue, numbness, pinching, and ripping. Pain can be acute or chronic. The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage." The overall word pain is something that humans suffer with and seek help, sometimes desperately, to alleviate.
Self Myofascial Release
P-Knotting is a form of Self Myofascial Release that can help to alleviate the symptoms or perception of pain. Deactivating Trigger Points, releasing muscle tension, stimulating blood flow, separating fused tissue, and activating dormant muscle groups are holistic and natural ways to alleviate pain. In acute pain, often times P-Knotting will make the pain totally disappear. In chronic pain, P-Knotting can help to manage the high levels of uncomfortable pain. But, pain is never the problem. Pain tells us there is an Issue with the Tissue, and ignoring it or masking it will only make the cause manifest. We need to look at the source of the pain, and not just the symptomatic area of pain. This is where Posture comes in.


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It All Started with Blizzard
Dota was born from the Aeon of Strife mod in StarCraft: Brood War, a hack created by fans in 1998, quickly becoming very popular to integrate, a few years later, to Warcraft 3. This is how MOBA was born, a new type of game, reinventing the cooperative mode, although limited to four players per team (at the time). Not to mention fights that are sometimes a little too simple, mainly focused on standard attacks.
In the end, Aeon of Strife is a kind of distant cousin of DOTA, since another mod, designed in Warcraft 3, was born in the 2000s: Defence of the Ancients, or Dota. Kyle "Eul" Sommer is the creator of Dota, whose game is very similar to Dota 2, but with fewer features. Five players compete on a three-way map in an attempt to destroy the opposing base: Dota's foundations are laid. The problem is that Eul didn't realize that it was designing a new kind of video game (and one of the most profitable), to the point of abandoning the development of Dota shortly after launching it. He tried to make up a lack of intuition by trying to create a sequel, without success, before ceding his property to Valve Dota 2.
Parallel versions to Dota 2 also include Dota Allstars, designed by Steve "Guinsoo" Feak. The latter, associated with Steve " Pendragon " Mescon, has built most of the hubs of the Dota community. A fact of arms that leads him directly to the gates of Riot Games, where he participates in the development of League Of Legends. After ceding his position to a mysterious developer named IceFrog, who has since become one of Dota's most powerful designers and managers. With the launch of League of Legends and Heroes of Newerth, the MOBA genre quickly became a very lucrative business. And to get the best out of it, Dota's developers realized that it was necessary to stand out while remaining relevant. Both in terms of supply and content, for that matter. That's when Valve arrived.
The First Out of the Ordinary Tournaments
In 2009, Ice Frog announced that it was joining Valve, before officially unveiling Dota 2 in2010. In 2011, a beta version was released online, which was enthusiastically received by the international press.
Public stunned at International 2
The same year, The International 2 took place in Seattle with an outstanding prize pool of $1.6 million. The event – broadcast live worldwide – brings together an even broader base of players, facing a whole new version, featuring a much larger pool of heroes. In just a few years, Dota 2 has grown massively, allowing the game to reach Steam's top sales during 2013. Valve also relied on crowdfunding, which added more than $1 million to the final prize pool. Thus, the TI3 turned out to be an epic tournament for Dota, closed with an epic finale between Natus and Vincere. Since then, Dota 2 has built a solid reputation through its tournaments, pulverizing crowdfunding revenue (more than $20 million raised at TI6) donated entirely to the prize pool.


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Manchester, newsflash in LED Professional Magazine
Jun 1, 2015
On May 6th and 7th, Johnson Controls invited experts to an ideation and roadmapping workshop in Manchester in the framework of the European Community funded project OpenAIS.
During the first day the vision and mission statement was created and future trends and their impacts on the lighting industry and products were discussed, while the second day emphasized ideation and new idea generation for new lighting system architectures. Johnson Controls presented different roadmapping scenarios forecasting society and technology trends up to the year 2040.
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Treaty of Kerden
Treaty of Kerden (Turkish: Kerden Antlaşması, Persian:عهدنامه گردان) was signed between Ottoman Empire and Afsharid Iran on 4 September 1746. It concluded the Ottoman-Persian War of 1743-1746.
During the last years of the Safavid dynasty in Iran, Ottomans were able to annex most of Caucasus and west Iran, due to hereditc strife, civil unrest and total chaos. Meanwhile, Afghans were able to annex a part of Khorasan. The shah had to appoint Nadir, an Iranian Afshar Turkmen[1] warlord, as his commander in chief. Under Nadir's brilliant commandship, Iran was able to regain most of her losses. After the victories, it was an easy matter for Nadir to seize the throne. In 1736, Nadir Shah founded the Afsharid dynasty[2] (to be continued up to 1796.) Nadir Shah was planning to found another great Persian empire, stretching from the Indus to the Bosphorus, like in ancient times. After reconquering former territories of Iran, he further tried to annex the eastern territories of the Ottoman Empire (East Anatolia and Iraq). He also proposed to reconcile the two sects (mazhab) of Islam. (Ottomans were of Sunni faith and most of Iranians were of Shia faith.) He planned to force Ottomans, then the champion of Sunnis, to accept Shia as a fifth legal sect of Islam.[3]
The terms of the treaty
The treaty was signed in Kerden (a location[4] near Qazwin, Iran). The representatives were Hasan Ali Haji (Afsharid side) and Mustafa Nazif (Ottoman side) [5]
- The boundary line between the two countries was the same boundary line drawn roughly a century ago according to the Treaty of Zuhab of 1639. (i.e. which included roughly the demarcation of the modern Turkey-Iran and Iraq-Iran border lines.)
- The Ottomans agreed to legitimise the Afsharid dynasty as the rulers of Iran.[6]
- The Ottomans also agreed to allow the Iranian hajis (pilgrims) to Mecca (then under Ottoman control)
- Exchange of consulates (Turkish: şehbender) were permitted in both countries.
- Both sides agreed to liberate the prisoners of war.
- Iran abandoned to force the Ottomans to declare Shia as the fifth legal sect of Islam
References and notes
- ↑ Encyclopaedia Britannica
- ↑ Afshar is a name of a Turkmen tribe
- ↑ Nicolae Jorga: Geschiste des Osmanichen vol IV, (trans: Nilüfer Epçeli) Yeditepe Yayınları, 2009, ISBN 978-975-6480-19-9, p. 371
- ↑ The military camp of Shah Nadir
- ↑ Prof. Yaşar Yüce-Prof. Ali Sevim: Türkiye tarihi Cilt IV, AKDTYKTTK Yayınları, İstanbul, 1991 p 26
- ↑ During the war Ottomans were backing Safavid prince Safi Mirza as the legal shah of Iran.
- Fisher; et al. (1991). Volume 7 van The Cambridge History of Iran: From Nadir Shah to the Islamic Republic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 309. ISBN 978-0521200950.
Both sides now saw that neither could win a decisive victory, and that continuation of the war would only drain their strength. Nadir Shah hoped to use his victory at Baghavard to secure a favourable settlement, finally abandoning his claims on behalf of the Ja'fari sect, and instead concentrating on the demand that all of Iraq, including Baghdad, Basra and the Shi'i holy places of Najaf and Karbala, be turned over to him along with the Kurdish area of Van. A series of letters and exchanges of ambassadors followed, and eventually an agreement was hammered out on 4 September 1746, by which the Qasr-i-Shirin treaty boundaries were restored without change, with provisions made for the exchange of prisoners, as well as the exchange of ambassadors once every three years. Nadir Shah thereby abandonded all his former demands and the Ottomans accepted peace in accordance with the earlier agreements.


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Ontario was, once upon a time, an agricultural and manufacturing power house.
Alas, the former pursuit has been smashed by plummeting property values and sonic torture, making thousands of farm homes uninhabitable; the latter endeavour has been demolished by power costs that have risen 108% due to the fantasy of trying to rely on weather as a meaningful power source.
We'll hand over to Parker Gallant for more detail on how Kathleen Wynne and her wind power cult have destroyed a once happy and prosperous Province.
Chiarelli magic: how millions of your dollars are nothing to Wynne government
Wind Concerns Ontario
Parker Gallant
21 April 2016
Energy Minister claims $408 million increase is simply an "aberration"
When asked about the latest increase in electricity prices coming into effect May 1, 2016, Ontario Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli told the Legislature it was an "aberration." He went on to blame Ontario consumers for the price rise because they "used less electricity than expected this past winter".
Decreased electricity demand was also the reason given by the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) in their press release. The OEB said the price of the average bill would increase by "$3.13 per month for households and small businesses". That makes no sense: the OEB's press release of April 2015 made no mention of the fact that more energy was used in the prior winter because it was exceptionally cold — yet the price went up.
Using more or less electricity doesn't affect continually rising electricity prices despite claims made when the local distribution companies (LDC) are spending those hundreds of millions of our ratepayer dollars telling us to "saveONenergy".
Let's look at the electricity line on the "average bill" for the actual cost to Ontario's 4.5 million residential ratepayers.
The message from the OEB was: it will only cost the "average ratepayer" $3.13 more per month and together with the same cost in the October 2015 press release of $4.42 more per month, adds $90.60 annually to the "average bill".
If one applies the $90.60 annual cost to just residential ratepayers, the amount removed from ratepayers pockets is huge. With 4.5 million ratepayers (based on the OEB's Yearbook of Distributors for 2014) it represents $408 million. That's without including the additional costs to tens of thousands of small and medium sized businesses.
If it seems like power bill increases never end in Ontario, let's look back. The all-in average electricity rate as of November 1, 2008 was 6.02 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) so the 4.2 million ratepayers, at that time, consumed 40.3 terawatts (TWh), costing them about $2.4 billion.
Fast forward to November 2015 and the 4.5 million ratepayers were paying an average of 11.6 cents/kWh, and the cost of the 43.2 TWh consumed was $5 billion. The increase in just seven years was 108%. That's well above Ontario's inflation rate.
The rates for every kWh of electricity consumed since 2008 have cost ratepayers $9.5 billion more than if the rates been maintained at 6.02 cents/kWh.
The average annual increase ratepayers have paid for just electricity has been almost $1.4 billion1. and has been caused mainly by the addition of renewable energy, principally in the form of unreliable and intermittent wind and solar requiring back-up support from gas plants.
With the increase effective May 1, 2016 and the prior one of November 1, 2015, the added cost of over $400 million annually to residential ratepayer's bills for the electricity line will be an "aberration" only in the sense that it represents an increase of 8% as opposed to the double digit growth of the previous seven years.
Wind Concerns Ontario
1.Please note the $2 billion cost of smart meters, transmission lines to connect wind and solar to the grid are billed in the "delivery" line.


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More than 180 million people in the world have hepatitis C, compared with the 34 million with HIV/AIDS and the roughly 30,000 who have had Ebola. Yet very little is heard about the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the way of awareness campaigns, research funding or celebrity fundraisers.
One of the global regions highly affected by hepatitis C is West Africa. In developed countries, hepatitis C, a bloodborne disease, is transmitted through intravenous (IV) drug use. "In West Africa, we believe that there are many transmission modes and they are not through IV drug use, but through cultural and every day practices," says Jennifer Layden, MD, PhD, principal investigator on a study recently published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. "In this study, tribal scarring, home birthing and traditional as opposed to hospital based circumcision procedures, were associated with hepatitis C infection in Ghana."
The study was conducted by HepNet, an international multidisciplinary group of physicians and scientists. "The other important finding was that a high percentage of individuals who tested positive for HCV had evidence of active infection," says Layden. "This illustrates the need for treatment."
Discovering the source of the disease and a target population, she says, will aid in the next step of the research: how to protect and prevent the disease in Ghana.
Layden and colleagues from Loyola's Department of Public Health Sciences organized the inaugural HepNet meeting Aug. 12-13, 2013, in Kumasi, Ghana. Loyola University is the lead investigator in the HepNet research, with collaboration from the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Ghana, the Centers for Disease Control and the Johns Hopkins University. This is the first published research study from the HepNet group.
"This is a small study conducted at a blood bank in a teaching hospital in Ghana," says Layden. "We have now expanded studies to test more than 5,000 individuals in Ghana." The goal is to further understand whom is affected by hepatitis C and to identify specific next steps in intervention and prevention.
"Hep C is a chronic disease and leads to chronic liver disease, liver cancer and cirrhosis," says Layden. "Overall, worldwide rates of liver cancer is on the rise, whereas many other cancers are on the decline or steady." Layden says the study offers hope for West Africa.
Similar studies have been conducted in Egypt, a country with high rates of hepatitis C infection.
"Those studies helped to call attention to the widespread infection rate and resulted in getting infected Egyptians affordable medical treatment," says Layden. "We in HepNet hope our studies will do the same in Ghana and other West African countries."
Participating researchers from Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine are: Jennifer Layden; Stephanie Kliethermes; Nallely Mora; Lara Dugas; Amy Luke; David Shoham and Richard S. Cooper.
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Mayor de Blasio credited the NYPD on Thursday with preventing violent protests after the death of Eric Garner — unlike Ferguson, Mo., where riots raged over the death of a young black man by a white officer.
Despite the similarities in the cases of Garner, a black man in Staten Island who was choked to death by a white officer, and Michael Brown, a 18-year-old who was gunned down in a suburb of St. Louis by a white officer, New York did not see any violence.
"I think we have a very different reality here," de Blasio said at the Brooklyn Brownstone School.
"For decades and decades we've had the tradition in this city of respecting and properly managing peaceful protests and the right of people to express themselves."
"And I give the NYPD a lot of credit."
While juggling his relationship with the police community and the African American community in the wake Garner's death, de Blasio seemed to be tipping his hat to the cops.
"I think the NYPD does an extraordinary job of creating a secure environment while also leaving the proper space for people to express themselves and their constitutional rights," he said.
"I can say safely that the way we do things here I think is the right way with a tremendous respect for the democratic process while maintaining security."


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Compost Happens
Hi All-
Short posting today...I wanted to share some FABULOUS info I received at a recent Composting workshop. (Why yes, I do lead a glamorous life! ha ha). This is some of the info provided by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg country govt. They have a wonderful Compost Central where you can get compost & "nuggets" (a type of mulch from shredded trees & such) at a discounted rate if you're a county resident.
There's ALOT of wonderful things going on here since I closed Bante Design LLC...my move to focus my efforts on health & healing design to support those who have health issues and/or want to lead a healthier lifestyle is really striking a nerve. I'm doing a lot of media on this topic & have a couple of amazing opportunities that have been presented to me. Will share details as things unfold.
On a radio show note, here's upcoming interviews w/show date & times:
Kick A** Women Making a Difference is BACK after a hiatus & wait until you hear this year's guests! I want to focus on some more serious topics including human traffic-ing & oppression of women/children around the world.
1/14/13: Daylle Schwartz (due to a broken elevator Daylle wasn't able to call in but I interviewed myself on the topic of self-love & self-care.
2/4/13: DeAnne Wingate
DeAnna On Design:
1/24/13 Downsized Design w/guest Linda Hunt
DeAnna recent media:
Len Saunders Healthy Role Models
MyMove.com: Photo Arranging
Decorate Your Castle, host Linda Hunt:
1/21/13 Healthy Downsizing w/guest DeAnna Radaj
More media appearances coming up in February & I'll post links as soon as I get!
OK...as it's the start of a new year & as the world didn't end last December, here's a fun show I did on DeAnna On Design on using Feng Shui for the Zombie Apocalypse (sarcasm). I also encourage you to start your Vision Board...there's still time! Try & finish before Chinese New Year. Sit down & really think about life areas you want to focus on this year or life areas you'd like improve. As a reminder the 9 Life Areas are: Health, Career/Life Journey, Spirituality/Knowledge, Family, Abundance, Success, Relationships (business, social, love), Creativity/Kids & Helpful People Travel. Here's a show I did on helping set New Year's resolutions to help you get started.
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OK, time to blow up this thread.
I've been wondering, assuming that Trump and Clinton are the nominees, how badly does Donald lose?
Nobody could ever approach Jefferson's winning percentage, but I'm thinking that Hillary could challenge for the #2 slot given all of the gifts that Donald brings. Among female voters, could Donald get 25%? Latino voters?
What do you think?
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Cape Cod Healthcare
New ICU open at Cape Cod Hospital
August 09, 2013
DOTmed: Please outline the scope of this project.
Cape Cod Healthcare is pleased to announce that Cape Cod Hospital this week reopened to patients the newly renovated and expanded Intensive Care Unit. The $4.9 million, year-long construction project added space and better functionality to the unit, and featured patient comfort and privacy, as well as an improved environment for staff. The project added 2,025 square feet to the unit, doubling the original area.
Intensive Care physicians, nurses and staff provided invaluable guidance for the new facility, and had extensive input into the new design. The unit contains the same 11 beds as the original, however each bed is now in its own spacious private room with breakaway doors, lifts, monitoring systems and the latest equipment.
The new unit, which has a soothing seaside décor and color scheme, also now has two nurses' stations, new floors, windows and reception area.
DOTmed: How will this project help the community you serve?
"We completed this renovation to more effectively serve our patients with a modern, state-of-the-art ICU," said Michael Lauf, CCHC President and CEO. "We consider ICU to be vital to the health and well-being of our community, and this new unit will enhance patient access to these critical services and will promote stability of the program for the long-term."


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Buttons can wear out over time or stop working completely. This guide will show how to remove the button panel on top of the device.
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Wedge the spudger between the top and front panel on the right side of the device.
Push down on the spudger, lifting the front panel away from the top panel until it pops out of the right side.
Repeat for the left side of the device.
Turn the device around.
Wedge the spudger into the larger part of the gap under the back of the device.
Turn the device around.
Pull the button panel forward with one hand and push the screen assembly into the device with the other to disconnect the button panel.
Awesome Guide! Came apart easily and quickly. Thx so much for your support with this. This definitely makes me want to learn more from your DiY fix it site. Harley18
To reattach the button panel, place the panel in it's proper location. Press down and secure into place.
To reattach the button panel, place the panel in it's proper location. Press down and secure into place.
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Reason to get this button panel out was to remove rubber membrane and circuit board to clean dirty contacts. First clean contacts with soapy water , dry and clean with q-tip soaked in isopropyl alcohol. Dry carefully with paper towel and very lightly brush contacts of both with 1000 grit wet-dry sandpaper. This fixes buttons that don't work.
How do I get the button panel apart? It's closed using melted rivets!
I have never dismantled my personal wave radio but after looking at your pics @turnkit I would suggest the following:
Using a razor saw cut the melted portions of the "rivets" off. I recommend wearing gloves while doing that. I suffered many cuts from those nasty things in my youth working with plastic models! Another perhaps easier option is to grind off the melted portions with a dremel or other rotary tool with a small sanding drum or other suitable tool bit. You should be able to reattach with a dab of epoxy over the tops of these when you are finished servicing the innards of the button panel. Ours still works perfectly after nearly 25 years, we rarely use the alarm or even the radio anymore as we are retired. It is a fine clock radio and has always maintained settings and time through all those years of flakey rural electric service outtages.
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I found my On/Off button very dirty. Unfortunately I cracked the panel trying to remove it from the white plastic. I'd add that it looks to me that you would have to grind or cut the 14 white tabs off to successfully separate the panel. Would have been a good last illustration to point those out
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Boston Celtics' Jeff Green, center, takes a shot as Minnesota Timberwolves' Ronny Turiaf, left, and Dante Cunningham defend during the first quarter of an NBA preseason basketball game in Montreal, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2013.
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WALTHAM – Outsiders have always demanded more out of Jeff Green, and recently the Boston Celtics small forward has made a habit of doing so himself.
"I'm aiming to average 30 points, seven (rebounds) and five (assists). No, realistically probably 20 points and up," he said, fingering a goal significantly higher than his career high of 16.5 points per game. "Each year I have (goals), but this year it's more of a focus for me to get those stats. The last couple years, it's been, 'Alright, I want this.' Then it just goes with the flow of the season, and then I just try to figure out what I can get. But this year it's a goal that I have in mind."
Before anybody tries to lambast Green for a me-first attitude, understand he also said he looks to the Boston Red Sox for inspiration, pointing to the way the baseball team has exceeded expectations. He badly wants the Celtics to round into a surprising success story. Plus, his individual goals should mesh with his team's. Teammates are trying to pull more aggression out of Green. One of those teammates, Jared Sullinger, playfully chided the small forward Tuesday about not shooting enough. Green said Rajon Rondo also encourages him to take more of the scoring burden; and given all the talent lost from last year's team, the Celtics would benefit significantly if Green can consistently provide 20-plus points per night.
He showed the potential to score that much late last season, leading the Celtics in the postseason at 20.3 points per game. But I can't stop the feeling that Green is putting too much pressure on himself. He called himself the go-to guy all offseason, saying the target would be on his back, putting the expectations at an extremely high level. He stacked so much responsibility on his own shoulders, then followed it with an uneven training camp and preseason. Head coach Brad Stevens offered some criticism during training camp – a contrast to the shiny reviews he offered regarding just about everybody else – and Green averaged just 10.0 points, 2.1 rebounds and 2.0 assists on 32.5 percent shooting over the preseason.
Obviously, preseason statistics aren't a perfect predictor for future success. But other troubling signs popped up, too. At one point Green suggested the sets were difficult to learn at three positions; Stevens said he would try simplifying things by limiting the amount of spots the 27-year old would play. Long a non-factor on the glass – his contract includes a rebounding clause as incentive – Green was startlingly incompetent in that area throughout the preseason.
It's entirely possible the small forward just needed time to adjust to a new system and will be fine once the regular season arrives. As Stevens noted Tuesday, Green's best preseason games came in the past couple of weeks. He improved with more repetitions in the coach's system and one of his biggest issues – missing shots – seems likely to disappear with a larger sample size. Although the efficiency levels Green reached over the second half of last season could be tough to replicate without Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett, his percentages from the floor shouldn't remain nearly as low as they were in the preseason. If I had to pick the Celtics likely leading scorer, I would still choose him.
Even if he still sounds like he's finding his way in Stevens' system.
"It's a learning experience, first and foremost," said Green. "I've never been in this position where I have to take X amount of shots, where I have to focus on scoring. All my career it's been being a defensive player, just running the floor. I've always had three or four things where I had to focus on the most. Now it's scoring, trying to get teammates involved, playing 'D.' It's numerous things that I have to think about -- playing multiple positions, guarding multiple positions. There's a lot going on upstairs but it will be fine."
"I've been, for so many years, the type of player to take the shot if it's open. I know my shots, you know?" he said. "Now I don't have that one shot. Now it's any shot. So I just have to be aware of that and just try to I guess focus on taking whatever I can."
Added Stevens, ""He has to make adjustments. To his credit we're asking him to do a lot, we're asking him to know a lot. … That's certainly a challenge. That's a hard thing to do as you're learning a new system, and being around a new team and a new group of guys. I think he's done a pretty good job of that as of late. I think his best basketball's been in the last two weeks."
Even if Green were fully comfortable in the new Celtics ways, applying so much self-induced pressure sounds like an imperfect plan of attack – especially for someone who tends to elicit overzealous fan reactions in both directions anyway. Every time Green struggles, the masses wonder why he wasn't aggressive enough. Every time he explodes, like he did for 43 points against Miami in one game last season, the masses wonder whether he could become an All-Star, or chastise him for not producing so much on a nightly basis. His size and natural athleticism suggest he could become a superstar; his incomplete skill set (for example: he doesn't have much of a left hand) and production suggest he's right around average, with some obvious strengths (efficient scoring, fast-break attacking) and weaknesses (rebounding and to an extent team defense, though he has improved significantly in the latter area). It might not be wise to further polarize fans by boosting the expectations any more.
Yet while explaining his quest to find the proper level of aggression, Green called himself "a great player." He has said he believes opponents will game-plan to stop him. He wants to be the star, he wants to score 20-plus points, he wants to take an individual leap, and he wants to do all that while helping the Celtics win more games than expected.
Obviously, setting high standards can help lead to better performance, and 20 points per game is a possibility. He averaged that many in the playoffs, after all. I just wonder if maybe it's best to stop with all the talk. Green faces enough pressure from unrealistic expectations without having to increase them by himself.
"I have to take on the challenge of being that guy," he said. "Of course I'll have my ups and downs, but I'll have more ups than downs, I can guarantee you that. It's going to be a challenge, but that's why you have teammates, that's why you have a great coach that's behind you."
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"The Urban Insurrection Against Batista: The Life and Times of Jose Antonio Echeverria" at Florida International University was held on August 27, 2014 at 7:30PM in Graham Center 150 on the South Campus located on Southwest Eighth Street. Present among the scholars and academics was Lucy Echeverría, the sister of Jose Antonio Echeverria.
It was a symposium commemorating José Antonio Echeverría's life and role in 1950s Cuba in the struggle against Fulgencio Batista. Lucy Echeverría on her brother's leadership at the University of Havana: "My brother held the presidency of the Federation of University Students (FEU) four times elected by overwhelmingly majorities. There the troubles began with Castro. As he never became president, he always kept that inside." Also of interest for scholars was how the Echeverria family rejected the Castro regime's totalitarian turn to dictatorship and how they ended up in exile by 1961.
According to Lucy, objects found in the Birthplace Museum of José Antonio Echeverría in Cárdenas do not belong to her brother and in a televised tribute done in Cuba, the supposed parents of the martyred leaders were presented, while the real ones were already exiled in the United States.
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Wednesday, 26 June 2013
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See Audra McDonald, Dan Stevens Make 'A Quiet Place,' 'Taxi Driver' Musicals
Broadway stars Audra McDonald and Dan Stevens acted out scenes from three 'Inappropriate Musicals' with James Corden on The Late Late Show on Monday.
"Many of Broadway's biggest hit musicals have been based on movies," Corden explained. "Frozen, Mean Girls and, of course, The Lion King to name but a few. But there are so many more great movie possibilities."
The first in a trio of screen-to-stage adaptations, Stevens reenacted Taxi Driver's famous "You talking to me?" scene while talking into a mirror whose reflection was Corden. "You talkin' to me," Corden sang. "I'm talking to you!" Stevens sings. The pair then burst into a joyous song and dance number.
For their stage interpretation of The Shape of Water, McDonald fed an egg to Corden, who donned a fish-creature-styled suit while in a bathtub. The duo sang a ballad about falling in love, but it may not have the happiest ending for one of them. "When a fish loves a woman, he becomes a man," sang Corden. McDonald then sang back to him, "When a woman loves a fish, she fries him in a pan."
A Quiet Place was the final movie to get the "Inappropriate Musicals" treatment. "Shh, it's a quiet place, it's a really quiet place," Mcdonald and Stevens sang to a rambunctious Corden. "Don't make a sound." However, Corden was ready to burst into a solo singing and dance number, despite the threat of monsters who "will eat your face."
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At a glance
Career levelwith Experience
Key Account Manager Automotive (m/f/d)
TDK-Micronas develops and produces trend-setting IC and sensor system solutions for automotive and industrial electronics.
We at TDK-Micronas meet the global challenges and pursue demanding objectives, particularly in environmental issues. Our claim is to create outstanding products from innovative ideas, a wealth of knowledge and cutting-edge technology. One of our customers' central strategic elements is the efficiency of sensors and of application-specific microcontrollers. Today our products make vehicles more fuel efficient, cut emissions, reduce material usage in industrial applications and let mechanical switches become obsolete. TDK-Micronas develops key technologies for the future and ensures in this way the market success of the end product.
We are a globally operating manufacturer of semiconductors with the communication structure of a medium-sized business, equipped with the financial resources necessary for our line of business. With us you will get the freedom of design and development which you need to implement our common vision and strategies. Short decision-making channels coupled with an open information culture give us the drive and dynamism of an attractive employer. On the exciting way from the original concept to the finished product, we are currently assisted by 1000 people working in development, research and production.
We invite you to join us with your experience, your self-confidence and your individual abilities and skills. Be part of the community – be a member of the TDK-Micronas Family.
We are looking for an experienced Key account manager Automotive at our location in Freiburg or home office based (w/location in Germany).
Your assignment:
- Responsibility for developing and executing strategies to maximize TDK's Magnetic Sensors Business Group (MSBG) sales and profit at a major Automotive Accounts in Automotive Field (worldwide responsibility at those accounts).
- Identify new customer projects, propose technical solutions utilizing MSBG products and services, manage negotiations towards WIN/WIN outcomes, and maintain support throughout the product development cycle.
- Develop appropriate product proposals and co-ordinate an optimum support. This involves close cooperation and communication with TDK's sales and field application engineering teams as well as intensive communication with the responsible TDK business lines.
- Monitor project execution with key milestones with the customer during all phases of the development.
- Understand the customer's business strategy, opportunities and issues, short term and long term.
- Understand formal & informal hierarchy, decision makers, collecting insights at customer.
- Establish and develop strategic relationship within the account at all management levels.
- Create demand forecasts and align with supply chain and customer service to ensure a reliable order fulfillment.
Your Profile:
- Degree in electrical engineering or similar.
- Experience about Electronic / Semiconductor products and their usage in the automotive application fields or proven track record of success in a similarly challenging business environment is required.
- A minimum of 5 to 10 years' experience in Marketing or Sales.
- Market knowledge in the area of Electrification/Autonomous driving would be an advantage.
- Customer and business focus. Flexibility, motivation, and networking ability are requested for this position at all management levels.
- Ability to explain complex technical contents in a convincing fashion appropriate to the level of the business partner.
- Analytical skills to extract key customer requirements and to identify appropriate solutions.
- A high degree of flexibility, motivation, customer focus and business orientation.
- Very strong interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills in both German and English.
- Willing to travel (mainly Germany, but also WW).
- Team player in a global and multi-cultural environment.


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The Site
Disproportionate to its size, this little Andean country slightly smaller than Nevada offers to the visitors an astonishing natural and socio-cultural diversity. From Galapagos Islands to the semi-tropical Pacific coast; from the rugged Andean highlands and the snow-covered volcanoes to the tropical Amazonian jungle lowlands, Ecuador hosts a whole spectrum of peoples and lanscapes, cultures and traditions.
At the same time, priviledge observatory of some of the most deeply-rooted social and economic contradictions in Latin America, experiencing Ecuador in all its diversity is experiencing life to its fullest.
Located in the Andes mountains at 2800m over sea level and surrounded by majestic volcanoes, Quito is an exciting city of nearly 2,000,000 inhabitants with numerous historical and cultural resources. The presence of one of the most important and better-preserved colonial old towns in Latin America, named by UNESCO cultural heritage site, together with modern social and government institutions makes Quito a unique synthesis of the Hispanic traditions and modern developments in the continent.
A vibrant and beautiful city, full of contrasts, Quito is an ideal place to study the Spanish language and to discover a rich and different world.
San Francisco University of Quito (USFQ), a private non-profit university comminted to excelence in research, education, and social development, ranks among the most prestigious higher education institutions of Ecuador/LA.
Located in the valley of Tumbaco, just outside Quito, and easily accesible by numerous bus lines that connect the campus and downtown Quito, USQ provides a perfect enviromment for academic activies / classes / study as well as a full range of facilities and amenities: sport areas and gym, computer labs, library, bookstore, self-service, restorant, cafeteria, etc. USQ's two biological and educational centers, Tiputini, at the heart of the Ecuadorian Amazon jungle, and GAIAS (the Galapagos Academic Institute for the Arts and Sciences), provide an exceptional opportunity to learn while experiencing two of the most unique ecosistems of the world.


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Preparing for special children
Last spring, when the COVID-19 regulations sent students home from school, many school districts were unprepared to provide vital therapy services to their most vulnerable population: special education students.
But the Reno County Education Cooperative and several other cooperatives in Kansas were able to transfer their therapy sessions to the student's home, often with a minimal hiccup.
Many special education students need access to speech and occupational therapies. Finding these therapists in rural communities is often difficult. Several companies have started offering these services online.
Last fall, Reno County Education Cooperative hired both on-site and virtual therapists. Flint Hills, High Plains, South Central and Tri-County cooperatives have either a year ago contracted with online companies for therapy or are about to this fall.
Filling a void
Last fall, RCEC contracted with eLuma out of Utah. This online company supplies speech, occupational and mental health therapists to students in 35 states.
"Getting speech services online was an extreme benefit to us," said Lena Kisner, executive director of special education at RCEC. "Having them on staff during COVID made us a lot calmer."
Kisner made a decision before COVID-19 hit to diversify the organization's therapy model with both on-site therapists and virtual therapists. This decision enabled the co-op to continue delivering therapy to students after school went remote this spring.
Why online
A decade ago, eLuma realized there was a need for online therapists. Although the company was busy since its startup in 2011, during the spring of 2020, the phone rings more often.
"We have seen a high uptick in inquiries," said Jeremy Glaucer, CEO of eLuma. "We're growing very rapidly in Kansas."
This online technology is ensuring that special education students in Reno County and elsewhere do not lose vital time when schools shut down or when therapists are difficult to come by.
"There's a lot of complexities to serving students with special needs," Glaucer said. "Our data shows that online therapy can be just as effective as on-site therapy."
Not quite the same as in-person
But, online therapy is not for every student. Glaucer admits that there are some students who work better with in-person services, saying a small selection of students need a one-on-one, face-to-face session.
South Central Kansas Special Education Cooperative, which serves Anthony, Attica, Kingman, Medicine Lodge and Pratt, tried a different online service last spring. They also had their therapists work with students via the internet.
"We found it worked better than they (his therapists) thought," said Bob Diepenbrock, director of South Central Co-op. "The younger the student they dealt with and the more difficult the student they dealt with made it more difficult."
For all ages and abilities, whether it is a school employee or a parent, a person will have to help the student during an online session and be available in case any issues arise.
This fall, Diepenbrock will work with occupational therapists from eLuma. Although he does not envision the service helping all the students, Diepenbrock thinks more students will benefit from them as both his therapists and the online therapists will not waste travel time when they could be helping students.
Starting this fall
The High Plains Educational Cooperative had not experienced online therapy before. This district, which includes Holcomb, Lakin, Moscow, Scott City, Sublette and Ulysses, will start offering online occupational therapy this fall.
"There's a shortage of onsite occupational therapists to provide services," said Marcy Fierstein, director for the High Plains Educational Cooperative. "We've looked at different organizations."
For many school districts, several years ago, offering therapy online had not been a thought. But because Reno County offered these services before COVID-19 hit, once mandatory school shutdowns occurred, RCEC found their students and their therapists more informed to handle new circumstances.


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Love, Light & Healing with Jane Del Piero
Aired Wednesday, 16 March 2016, 12:00 PM ET
Are we all sparks of God? How can we change our subconscious programming and remove negative emotions, feelings and thoughts using meditation and divine energy? Jane Del Piero believes that "You are the entire creator of your reality, not just part of it but every part of it. You create it with your thoughts, feelings and beliefs". When we understand this we can learn to tap into our healing potential. Join us for an expansive conversation on healing using prayer, thought and the creative source with Jane Del Piero.
About the Guest Jane Del Piero
Jane Del Piero is a Medicine Woman, Modern Day Shaman, Dream Accelerator, Healer, Acupuncturist, Nutritionist, Sound healer, Ascension facilitator and Transformational Guide. She is a sparkling, vibrant, radiant woman who has worked internationally for over 15 years enhancing and supporting the healing of the body. Jane helps individuals step into their power and truth by relinquishing their self doubts, limiting beliefs and fears, releasing old patterns and behaviors that no longer serve them. Jane's intention is to guide and support individuals who have chosen to be present and do the work that is necessary to tap into their amazing health, vitality and power, personally, professionally, and spiritually.


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Shy as a mouse, especially on Valentine's Day? This adorable design is perfect for you! Featuring two sweet mice, hearts, swirls, and flowers galore, this design is sure to make her swoon.
The center label is just the place for His&Her names.
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Working with a desktop computer for prolonged periods of time can be harmful to your hands and wrists. Offer your hardworking hands some luscious support with our keyboard wrist rest! Customize a wrist rest for you, or as a gift for the avid typist in your life!
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We in Hilderinc Football Club see Ourselves
As an all inclusive football team which embraces people of all races, language, religion and gender with the love of the Beautiful Game as our main motivation.
a team which strives to be competitive and successful but an exemplary
outfit in the local amateur football scene, holding fast to the value of
sportsmanship befitting our motto:
"The Way of the Blacks - Passion, Determination, Chivalry & the Love for the Beautiful Game."
Mikael "Mika" Michalowski
26 Nov 2022, Saturday
Last Game : Hilderinc FC 1 : Hibernians Ath. 6
League Form : LLLLL
Last Game : Hilderinc Twā 0 : Gaelic Rebels 5
League Form : LLLL


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Happy Fourth Day of Christmas!
I'm sticking with Christmas themed poetry as we are officially in the Twelve Days of Christmas.
Christmas Song
Above the wearey waiting world.
Asleep in chill despair,
There breaks a sound of joyous bells
Upon the frosted air.
And o'er the humblest rooftree, lo,
A star is dancing on the snow.
What makes the yellow star to dance
Upon the brink of night?
What makes the breaking dawn to glow
So magically bright, –
And all the earth to be renewed
With infinite beatitude?
The singing bells, the throbbing star,
The sunbeams on the snow,
And the awakening heart that leaps
New ecstasy to know, –
They all are dancing in the morn
Because a little child is born.
Bliss Carman.
Lady Book Dragon.


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i/o Data Centers announced the launch of i/o On-Demand, a service that provides access to a virtual enterprise-grade IT environment, reports Data Center Knowledge. i/o On-Demand is an extension of an in-house program that saw the provider host virtualized customer apps and storage on enterprise-grade hardware owned by i/o Data Centers.
Jason Ferrara, director of marketing for i/o Data Centers said:
For our colo customers, we are seeing a trend where they take a cabinet/cage/suite and then use the On-Demand service to virtualize their storage or processing for certain applications. As our customers have become more comfortable with placing their mission critical applications and /systems in our care, they have also started to become more comfortable with virtualizing some applications and capacity. On-Demand allows them to do that.
More than 30 customers are currently making use of the new i/o On-Demand service from i/o Data Centers, which operates in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Ariz.


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Tea Corner- Mektep Sokak
This is a typical tea corner in Sishane Lighting District. this one also next to the Halic University. It is serve tea-coffe to the shops, workshops around it and the street and the university students. It has a very small corner for sitting, there is a small-temporary tea service area in front of the shop. they serve the tea with a traditional metal tray.
For the tea corner, there are some design possibilities. One option can be a temporary or small desk/table for the front of the tea corner. The other option can be tea-coffee tray which is very important tool for the tea men to make serve for their streets. The other option can be a small sitting corner for the inside of the tea corner.
Click the link below to see the place on map:


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HOWARD COUNTY, Texas (Nexstar)- The Texas Department of Public Safety has released the names of those killed in a Friday afternoon bus crash in Howard County.
The driver of the Ford F-350 has been identified as Nathan Paul Haile, 59, of Midland. The driver of the bus has been identified as Marc Elbert Boswell, 69, of Andrews; and a bus passenger killed in the crash has been identified as Darin Kimbrough Johns, 53, also of Andrews. Johns was the Andrews High School band director.
25 Andrews High students were also taken to the hospital for injuries sustained in the crash. Two of those students were taken to University Medical Center in Lubbock with serious injuries. 11 students were taken to Scenic Mountain Medical Center in Big Spring.
12 other students on the bus were uninjured.
According to DPS, Haile was driving the wrong way on Interstate 20 when he hit an Andrews ISD bus head on. DPS says it does not know why the driver was on the wrong side of the road. Three Andrews ISD traveling in the eastbound lanes of I-20 buses were involved in the accident. The trailing bus in the caravan received only minor damage in the crash.


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Images from Tumblr.
Last week was quite something, saw two movies, watched an entire television season, sprained my ankle and finished two books. I like the addition of the sprained ankle to my health history, because I'm not much of a sporty person so I've never had any proper physical injuries. Now I can say I have a sprained ankle for the first time in my life, sadly it was not a sex injury, like someone suggested (you know who you are!). Plus, it turns out, sprained ankles are not fun! They hurt like hell, I almost blacked out from pain, and it's impossible to walk – just what I needed to spice up my life!
After my emergency room visitation my own doctor wanted to run some tests and it turns out my calcium levels are still quite low. So I got another week of sick leave and I must say, it's pretty well timed, since I fell down some stairs and sprained my ankle on Thursday. Yes, that's me, clumsy as fuck! So I spent the entire Friday in bed, which gave me a good chance to finish two books. As of this moment, the ankle is still swollen but I can put some weight on it without it hurting too much. BUT I still have a limp. Wonderful. Anyway, I'm expecting it to be swollen and sore for quite some time, so who knows when I'll be walking normally again.
Other than that, I've now spent a lot of time watching things and writing things, and planning things and just getting a system going instead of this chaos that seems to be my blog/life. You wouldn't think there's chaos but there is, which is why I organised the shit out of it for the next month. That's right, I literally planned a whole month worth of posts and plan to do this for September as well – how responsible of me! Most of those posts for August are pretty much written as well, so I've been especially productive.
Last week I saw two movies I was excited to see, Dunkirk and The Beguiled. And I have a lot of feelings for both. For instance, I first I thought I liked Dunkirk but as I started writing the review, I slowly realised its full potential. That movie has so much depth to it, beyond what you see on screen, and it has a very strong message as well. The more I think about it, and the more I listen to its soundtrack, the more I fall in love with it. So I'm not actually a little confused what my final verdict should be.
The Beguiled was my second Sofia Coppola movie I remember watching from start to finish! I literally can't recall any of her other movies that well, and I never finished Somewhere. The Beguiled had similar problems to it that I have with her directing style but at least there was Colin Farrell to ogle at. Man, that man is just so yummy, and what did Sofia do? Didn't even allow us some butt shots or anything. Such a waste!
Oh and I also watched Deepwater Horizon because Dylan O'Brien is in it, and I used to adore the shit out of him in case anyone has forgotten. But turns out, since he has his new movie coming out soon, I'm still a bit of a fangirl when it comes to him, so I watched pretty much the only movie of his I haven't seen yet. (I'm probably never going to watch High Road). It was devastating to see those events unfold and to think 12 hours of additional work would have kept that disaster from happening.
There is a movie I'm super excited about but I'll do a separate post on it in August. I'm telling you, I have it all planned now, so you'll be seeing out of date reviews and discussions from me all the time now! Not the case entirely though, but I'm out of date anyway so I should just own up to it!
I could also talk about many of the trailers that were realeased during Comic Con BUT I have a separate post coming up this week that highlights those I watched. Plus, I want to discuss a few of them in length, so I figured a longer post will be more effective. So stay tuned, it will go up tomorrow, and it's freakishly long, so I'm sorry in advance!
I feel like I'm a broken record when it comes to 13 Reasons Why but here I go again, I have not yet seen it, but I will! Last week I just got distracted by Fargo, and now I've seen its first season and I loved it! It was amazing! Already watching the second season and man, Patrick Wilson is amazing (or maybe I'm just easily amazed)! I really like him, I thought I hadn't seen him a lot but I actually have! I think The Conjuring was the first time I really noticed him and put my eye on him but before that he has had supportive roles in so many movies I've seen. Anyway, I'm glad I started watching Fargo, should have done it sooner but it's fun to binge watch shows!
Speaking off binge watching, I haven't really been watching a lot of stuff that is going on now. Masterchef Australia finished today, so that's that. Was very disappointed how it all turned out and to be honest, this season didn't have a stand out for me at all. Everyone seemed equally dull to be honest. Nashville has also been on my radar but I'm quite frankly over it now since there's a lot of problems with the show since its move to a different station. Summer used to have so many teen oriented shows for me and now there seems to be lack of those too! Any recommendations? I really want something light and breeze to contradict Fargo.
That reminds be, I hate that IMDb has lost the feature where you can click on movies or shows that are similar to the one you're currently looking at. It was so helpful to just see what you might have missed or not heard of. Now you go on IMDb and there's nowhere to click really, no possibilities to discover new things. That feature was like one of my favourite things there and now, I feel like I'm missing out.
Like I mentioned before, I finished two books last week and actually started a third one as well. The first I read was Nobody Is Ever Missing, which was about a woman who had depression and decided to leave her husband and go to New Zealand. It was okay, didn't love it and was actually a bit annoyed by it, though the topic of the book is really sensitive and especially heartbreaking considering the news of Chester Bennington's death. Not going to lie, I was pretty shook up about it since I just recently went down memory lane and listened endlessly to Linkin Park one evening. So I needed a mental pick me up and decided to read The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue which I ended up loving!
Music vise I have been a bit out of the loop but, like I said, I listened to Linkin Park one evening and this cover of Adele's Rolling in the Deep will now forever remain my favourite cover ever. There are so many other songs I could highlight but for some reason, that one, crushes me. I also listened to Dunkirk's soundtrack while I was typing this, which brought up another set of sad emotions, so I'm going to end this post with less sad things – links to amazing bloggers!
Two Dollar Cinema hated Despicable Me 3
Oh So Geeky shares her love for Colossal
Lana Morgan shares her thoughts on To the Bone
Dan the Man talks Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
My Filmviews reviews Dunkirk
Often Off Topic shares 3 mini reviews: Okja, Gifted and Atonement
Cinematic Corner does these RF thingies, and they are awesome0