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Fractured Palace
Release Date: March 22, 2016
Release Date: September 16, 2014
Twelve authors have joined together to share their Halloween stories with you. From sweet, to sexy, to mysterious, to downright dark and creepy, there's sure to be a Tale for you.
All proceeds from the sale of this anthology will go to Joyful Heart Foundation, to help stop domestic abuse and sexual assault. www.joyfulheartfoundation.org
Enjoy selections from R.J. Loom, Jamie Summer , Franny Marie, Terra Kelly, Jessica Florence, Sam Destiny, Lisa Messier, MA Scott, Dawn Brazil, Shelby Reeves, B.A. Dillon, and Lady J.
They say home is where the heart is.
Ashton Roberts never understood that saying. Heart couldn't be found anywhere in the rundown bungalow she grew up in. It also couldn't be found in the luxury estate she moved into when her mother married her stepfather.
All Ashton wants is to get her degree, meet Mr. Right and find the happy stable life she never had. But when life constantly throws her curve balls, she begins to wonder if it really is just a pipe dream.
Until she runs into her former neighbor, Reed Collins.
As a child, Reed had always been Ashton's silent protector. As an adult, he is everything she has ever dreamed of in a man. If only he didn't keep her at arms length. But as things heat up, guards drop and secrets are revealed which toss Ash back into the turmoil surrounding a tragic event from her youth.
Will Ashton let her past fracture the perfect picture of her future? Or will the meaning of loyalty, family and love be redefined?
The Ilia Stone
Nia Williams could never have imagined the way her ordinary life would be turned upside down after the death of her grandfather. A chance find unwittingly has her discovering the truth of an ancient Greek myth, plunging her into a world where the legends she only read about in her history books become her reality.
Plagued with a strange link to others' past, she follows the path of an ancient artifact around the world and throughout time as it reveals its story to guide her to contain powers once thought lost to the rise of modern religion.
Two men affected by the artifact vie for her allegiance; Gabriel, a man haunted by his own past, and smooth talking Viktor who wants Nia to embrace a life she never imagined.
A love sacrificed… An impossible decision…
As lines blur between right and wrong, how much will Nia be willing to sacrifice?
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Sunday night was a big one for both Trekkies and CBS.
After "Star Trek: Discovery" finally premiered, and its audience didn't disappoint. Some 9.6 million people tuned in, and the numbers are only expected to get bigger. CBS Research predicts that total viewership for the premiere episode will surpass 15 million when data from the first seven days is taken into account.
The numbers are certainly impressive, but it will be interesting to see how the show fares when it is no longer offered on CBS. While the premiere was broadcast on TV, the show is exclusive to the network's subscription streaming service, CBS All Access. To watch future episodes, fans will have to sign up and pay a monthly fee to view them. Some people are extremely disgruntled, so it is unclear how many will put their money where their fandom is.
So far, "Star Trek: Discovery" is off to a good start, with CBS All Access seeing record numbers of members signing up. The show will be available to U.S. subscribers on the streaming platform on Sundays starting at 8:30 p.m. ET.
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Inside Higher Ed editors Scott Jaschik and Doug Lederman discuss the topics from the "Coping with Uncertainty: American Colleges and International Students" booklet. To view a recording of the webinar, click here [1]. To download the slide deck, c [2]lick here [3].
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Time by the seaside is the ultimate way to truly relax and cherish every second of freedom and time with loved ones. Gansbaai hosts some of the most pristine beaches that are perfect for strolls and holiday-making. Take a trip with a loved one or bring the family and relish time on a secluded beach complete with white sandy dunes and crisp blue water.
Gansbaai beaches offer the crux of a good holiday as you and your loved ones can run the length of these untouched beaches until your heart's content. From splashing in the waters to building sand castles or exploring the grand sand dunes these beautiful places are sure to bring a smile to everyone's face. So what better way to enjoy a holiday than stay in a Bed & Breakfast close to the beach? Well the answer is that there isn't much better. The B&Bs are well-kept, incredibly comfortable and as you choose between a more natural experience or a luxury holiday, you are guaranteed to find what you are looking for. The ambience of each B&B also varies; from chic to cosy there is something that will suit your style.
Going to bed with the lullaby of the ocean and waking up to the alluring smell of a prepared breakfast is the type of 'holiday rhythm' you can expect. The scrumptious breakfasts are normally made with local produce so that you can nibble on fresh delicacies whilst sitting on the deck with a fabulous ocean view. During whale season the view comes alive as Southern Right Whales frolic and play an arm's length away. Few places in the world offer such exquisite sites whilst you devour a good meal. The site of mother and calf playing in the water in such close proximity will only tempt a return to this unique part of the South African coastline.
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Gov. Rick Scott may be a zombie. I know. I doubt it too. But this isn't about reality. It's about clinging to a few scraps of information, and building a sinister web of conspiracy that comports to your political worldview.
Gov. Rick Scott may be a zombie. I know. I doubt it too. But this isn�t about reality. It�s about clinging to a few scraps of information, and building a sinister web of conspiracy that comports to your political worldview.
Scott, who is trying to orchestrate a hasty, sloppy purge of Florida�s voting rolls, confided last week he had experienced a voting problem when he went to vote six years ago before he began his political life in the state.
�You can�t vote because you�re dead,� Scott said the poll worker in Naples told him. �You passed away according to our voter rolls.�
Cue the horror-movie soundtrack. Could we have elected a member of the undead to the governor�s mansion?
It�s certainly as plausible as the ridiculous, and ongoing claims on the right that question the legitimacy of Barack Obama�s citizenship.
Monday, a Florida judge had to waste court time to hear a lawsuit that aims to bar Obama�s name from appearing on the state ballot in November by claiming that Obama is not a �natural-born citizen.�
There appears to be no end to the Obama birther nonsense.
So it seems only fair that if the political right continues to indulge the fantasies of its fanatics about Obama, the liberals in Florida should be afforded an equal measure of mouth foam over the election of a potential face-eating governor.
After all, we do seem to be in the middle of a zombie apocalypse in the state.
Show us the death certificate!
It�s certainly mysterious how this once dead-listed Rick Scott has been allowed to come alive on the Florida voting rolls and then, through the virtue of $73 million of his own money, turn his distaste for government into a seat at the very pinnacle of the government he holds in such little regard.
Oh, the horror! We�ve elected somebody who is part Koch-brothers creation, and part-Bat Boy lookalike. A blood-sucker on multiple levels.
There�s a karmic symmetry to the wacky belief that Scott may be a zombie, considering Scott was elected by so many people who believe that President Obama may be a Kenyan.
You can think of it as Obama birthers vs. Scott deathers.
It didn�t take long after the Scott dead-voter-mixup story to appear for the wheels of conspiracy to start cranking.
�Dead people are illegally running for office and then trying to purge the living from the voter rolls once they take office!� a Politico commenter wrote.
Another commenter said this called for swift and decisive verification.
Collect the DNA sample from Scott and get him checked by �a board-certified thoracic surgeon,� the commenter wrote. �Until then, I think he would allay the concerns of the good people of Florida, and step down. I mean, how would it look, a zombie running the Sunshine State?�
Florida�s election officials �obviously had it right the first time,� another commenter wrote. �Their �correction� was a blatant act of voter fraud that continues to this day.�


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The international standard ISO 14001 and the EU EMAS regulation are tools developed to make more functional and efficient the management of environmental aspects, both, in the private and in the public sector.
The two regulations have a complementary logic, that allows their realisation in consecutive phases.
ISO 14001, focused on the optimisation of the internal and operational aspects of the organisation, as for example, the waste, energy and emission management, is able to guarantee an economic return and an improvement of the environmental performances.
The EMAS regulation represents the opportunity to valorize the results obtained with the application of ISO 14001, through the elaboration of an Environmental Declaration. It is an essential document to communicate the reached objectives to the public and permits the insertion of the organisations in an European register as an official recognition of the adhesion to the sustainability politics of the UE.
Thanks to the wealth of experience developed in different sectors, geographical areas and organisational structures, Aequilibria is able to deliver a complete consultancy service, to propose personalized solutions for the management of operational and organizational aspects and to combine the economic return with the improvement of the environmental performances.
Among personalised solutions, the gap analysis is surely a tool that can effectively identify the shortcomings of the organisation's current EMS, in relation to the requirements of the new UNI EN ISO 14001:2015. The results of this service is the preparation of an EMS adjustment plan, so that the organisation has the possibility to define the interventions required to fully adapt the EMS by assessing in detail the time commitment and resources.


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The following article was prepared by Mike Taylor, C.P.M., for distribution to ISM affiliate newsletters
Go ahead- take a guess:
My guess is that your guess is low. Most people accumulate thousands more data files and email messages than they realize. Particularly in our business of communicating with contractors and various members of our supply chain, people can accumulate hundreds of email messages per day. Even if only a small percentage is kept, over the course of a few years, that can really add up. Example: I took a quick look at files accumulated by just one of our Contract Specialists on just one network drive and found over 13,000 files.
I am asking – because I wonder if you realize that every one of those computer files and email messages, stored in any and all locations, is subject to electronic discovery rules. This would include all copies sent to and stored by other people both within and outside of your company. That is, by order of the court, you could be required to produce electronic records stored in all locations.
Here is how one (very simple) scenario could go:
We also have to ...
Of course in order to adequately defend against this case we also would want to:
O.K., it's a bad scenario and could get a lot worse. The same liability as in the good old days of paper files - but now, with the help of powerful software tools, all files can be searched. Worse, computers and networks have made keeping old files too easy.
Evaluate the cost of reviewing all of those email messages before providing them. It's a lot of expensive lawyer time. The option - just give them everything without review, exposes us to other risks. The files would probably include garbage such as birthday announcements, but worse – the files might include references to topics the opposing counsel forgot to ask about. Lawyers call this review process; Culling, Clustering and de-duplication.
What can we do to mitigate the impact of e-discovery to us and our profession?
More thoughts on records and e-discovery:
What is metadata & Why do I want to know? in this newsletter.
I copied a few interesting excerpt from recent articles below. The articles use quite a few legal buzzwords. I think it is important that we start including these concepts in our discussion about records and electronic files.
Legal technology News web site http://www.law.com/jsp/lawtechnologynews/index.jsp
"information lifecycle governance (ILG)": the end result of ILG is to get rid of useless, non-record data, which has no business value and is no longer needed. The panelists also agreed that legal holds and proper litigation response were within the scope of an ILG project. Documents should relevant to the business should be kept and the other garbage cleaned out - at the very least to lessen the cost and time of a discovery-order search.
The computer chip designer Rambus Inc. has long been haunted by its decision to shred hundreds of boxes of documents not long before it launched a litigation campaign against a big swath of the semiconductor industry. The latest blow came on Friday, when the judge most sympathetic to Rambus over the years ruled that the company willfully destroyed documents in anticipation of litigation and indicated that he would reduce a $397 million judgment that Rambus won against rival SK Hynix Inc. in 2009.
Reversing his own prior findings, U.S. District Judge Ronald Whyte in San Jose ruled that Rambus spoliated documents in bad faith when it hosted companywide "shred days" in 1998, 1999, and 2000. Once a lawsuit is in the works it's too late to clean house.
Rules have been developed that protect litigants from accidentally waiving privilege by inadvertently producing a privileged document as part of a voluminous electronic document production. Federal Rule of Evidence 502, for example, provides that in certain circumstances the inadvertent production of a privileged document does not constitute a waiver of privilege, even with respect to that specific document, and certainly not with respect to a broader subject-matter category. Similar "clawback" rules have been promulgated in the local rules Notably the contrary position is also true. Information you inadvertently provide in the thousands of email messages can often be used against you, even something that might have otherwise been attorney client privileged. At the very least , a shotgun approach to providing email message could lead opposing counsel in new directions.
Understand Predictive Coding Options
By Joshua L. Fuchs and Benjamin J. Wolinsky; Texas Lawyer September 3, 2012
In today's world, document review in any case with moderate-to-large amounts of e-data consumes a substantial portion of the litigation budget. Although the gold standard for such review long has been an exhaustive manual process in which human eyes review every document, increasing amounts of raw data frequently make this strategy a non-option. It's simple math. Imagine that a litigant collects 1 million potentially relevant e-documents — not a large amount by today's standards. The litigation team trains a room full of contract attorneys and gives them chunks of data to review. Assuming the contract attorneys review these documents at the rate of one per minute, even at $50 per hour, the initial review stage alone costs more than $833,000. Under that scenario, the gold standard earns its name, and not in a good way. There is a growing software and legal industry dedicated to finding critical information in huge volumes of electronic files. They can help you or your opponent for a price. This cost, to review potentially irrelevant documents, makes it even more important that non-record documents be cleaned up on a regular basis.
What is Predictive Coding? Predictive Coding is a court-endorsed process that combines people, technology and workflow to find key documents quickly, irrespective of keyword. Due to its massive accuracy and efficiency gains, Predictive Coding is revolutionizing how Early Case Assessment (ECA), analysis and document review are done. Predictive Coding has three components:
PredictCase experts use Predictive Analytics to find key documents quickly and irrespective of keywords. CodeKeyword-agnostic machine learning finds other relevant documents. Process Proven workflow with integrated sampling delivers results to a statistical certainty. Recommind developed Predictive Coding in partnership with some of the world's leading enterprises and law firms. Recommind customers have been using Predictive Coding for the past 5 years. This is one company who can find that incriminating email in the pile of straw.
What is Technology Assisted Review?
Technology Assisted Review (TAR), also known as Computer Assisted Review, is not Predictive Coding. Technology assisted review includes aspects of the non-linear review process such as culling, clustering and de-duplication, but TAR does not meet the requirements for comprehensive Predictive Coding as outlined above. I love the legal lingo! "de-duplication'.
ABA Journal
Technology-assisted review Still Searching: Computers Change the Role of Lawyers in E-Discovery
TREC Legal Track: The National Institute of Standards and Technology and the U.S. Department of Defense co-sponsor the Text REtrieval Conference (TREC). TREC's website notes it was created to "support research within the information retrieval community by providing the infrastructure necessary for large-scale evaluation of text retrieval methodologies."
White House directive: 8/24/2012 M-12-18
This Directive requires that to the fullest extent possible, agencies eliminate paper and use electronic recordkeeping. It is applicable to all executive agencies and to all records, without regard to security classification or any other restriction.
1.1 By 2019, Federal agencies will manage all permanent electronic records in an electronic format. By December 31,2019, all permanent electronic records in Federal agencies will be managed electronically to the fullest extent possible for eventual transfer and accessioning by NARA in an electronic format. By December 31,2013, each agency will develop and begin to implement plans to achieve this transition. Agencies should also consider the benefits of digitizing permanent records created in hard-copy format or other analog formats (e.g., microfiche, microfilm, analog video, analog audio).
1.2 By 2016, Federal agencies will manage both permanent and temporary email records in an accessible electronic format By December 31 , 2016, Federal agencies must manage all email records in an electronic format. Email records must be retained in an appropriate electronic system that supports records management and litigation requirements (which may include preservation-in place models), including the capability to identify, retrieve, and retain the records for as long as they are needed. Beginning one year after issuance of this Directive, each agency must report annually to OMB and NARA the status of its progress toward this goal.
Article by Rob Hellewell Published: January 11, 2012.http://gov.aol.com/2012/01/11/obama-directive-alters-federal-record-management-and-e-discovery/
Obama Directive Alters Federal Record Management And E-Discovery Landscape
With the stroke of a pen, the Obama administration has ushered the federal government into the Digital Age. On November 28, the President issued a memorandum mandating new rules, procedures, and deadlines for overhauling the government's record management system, kick-starting the federal government's transition to a digitized recordkeeping environment. In what the memorandum describes as "a 21st-century framework for the management of Government records," 480 federal agencies will be required to begin the migration to electronic recordkeeping, creating better management systems for emails, social media, and cloud-based information.
However, as NARA's 2010 Records Management Self-Assessment Report revealed, agencies' records management programs "do not ensure that email records are preserved in a recordkeeping system" and "do not monitor staff compliance with email preservation policies." In fact, many agencies "have policies that instruct employees to print and file email messages." These practices hinder the government's ability to meaningfully store and share information. Perhaps the memo is referring to a recent high-profile False Claims Act case, United States v. Honeywell International, Inc.
In that case, Honeywell has accused the government of destroying countless records due to a failure to issue a legal hold preserving documents relating to the company across 36 agencies. The government eventually had to admit that the litigation hold order for electronic records was ineffective - they government lost.
It's a lot of information and we need to consult with knowledgeable legal counsel before implementing a process. By getting a little more familiar with the terminology and options, we can start asking the right questions. My recommendation - start asking question now.
Hope it helps.!
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April figures out from JLs re KSFIOM
Hi Folks,
I see the main site is showing the data from the JLs for April. also on Bank website when I checked it out a few minutes ago.
Not had time to look at the figures in any detail, but two things spring out from JL's cover note
Now quoting £205m as basis of returns from E&Y re KSFUK - it was £205m then appeared to become £229m based on their 2nd dividend, although our JLs were showing £233.5 in their 11.12.2009 figures - will check out and give my opinion.
The good news is they are saying the 3rd dividend will be at least 10p/£ - I had suggested we could get 9.5p/£ in my table 8. So that is great news for all of us as it would bring returns up to 50p/£ (50%) of what the JLs call 100%. And we can expect this dividend in early July.
I will look at the figures and see what I can deduce and make a further partial update to my new Table 9.
Still need the quarterly fuller update that should be out soon according to the JL I spoke to in March. Still waiting on him contacting me for a chat, which he said he would have with me about 10 days ago. But I'm still hopeful he will get back in touch to answer my many questions on behalf of us all.
Take care,
Gordon 45
11% at least to come next month.
This will take us to 51% .
Things looking a little brighter.
Do we have any comeback at all against the JLs as they seem to be treating depositors with such disdain?
They are supposed to be acting in our best interests but I have found their attitude to be increasingly tiresome.
The COI seem to be impotent insofar as their collective hands are tied with NDA.
Is there anything our legal team can do about the fact that the JLs very seldom seem to voluntarily disclose nformation without it being dragged out of them?
From the figures out today the JLs have noted 15 million in currency fluctuations .
From out point of view this is good as it will go a considerable way towards paying for the costs of Liquidation.
Hi bellyup
Just on to say thanks for your two postings. Unfortunately I am unable to get on to the PWC/E&Y site tonight.
Thanks again,
Gordon 45
Thanks Gordon
Thanks for your hard work in deciphering whats coming out of the JLs
With regards the slowness of the JL reply perhaps it's worth reminding them who's putting bread on their tables.
Regards, TonyC
Gordon and IceCrusher - I just want to thank you. I look forward to your comments and you really do help our family to get a grip on what is happening. Keep up the great work.
Many thanks from all of our family. Jen x
Hi Gordon...Once again thanks for your total dedication to giving us the inputs we all desperately need.....I can't follow in depth but the bottom lines are what matters to me....Also Iceman...you two guys are just so incouraging.....anyway I'm a bit confused and without explaining why......because I will only confuse myself more...can you please tell me ....are we to expect a payout to us of 9.5% in July and a forcast of 5% in December, or do I have that wrong....?? Thanks for your advise and I hope your other troubles are now light.....theres so much pain in this world without the unwanted and uneeded additional pain Kaupthing have loaded onto us.
Very Best
Repayments from KSF UK - updated
With best wishes to Gordon 45 who is bearing up under private and personal concerns; your tenacity to pursue the truth sets an example to us all. With many thanks and good luck, Ice.
Here follows my latest interpretation of what is happening to OUR money; where it is and who's doing what with it.
Capital reported in KSF UK: £557.1m
Repo shares: - £154.0m E&Y valued them at £154.0m; JLs at £136.0m, but sold them for only £120.5m
Cash deposits (CDs): -£53.5m Repaid to KSIoM
= £349.6m
ISDA currency deposits: -£2.5m Repaid to KSIoM
Compensate Repo: £185m - £154m = £31.0m E&Y declared shares worth £154m on day of default and is liable to pay compensation on difference, but have paid dividends on a value of only £21.0 (why?)
=£368.1m (adding the £21.0m 'granted' by E&Y)
Unsecured set-off: -£164.30m
Less interbank fees: -£0.63m
=£203.2m Cash on Deposit: returns based on KSF UK dividend payments subject to offset by sub-participations. In practise, PwC & E&Y have agreed to £205.0m 'interim' value.
KSF UK sub participation in KSIoM loans to Private Bank Book provides set-off against KSIoM's claims against KSF UK. E&Y declared in their last report that the sub-participation has increased to £200.0m (due to interest and exchange rate differentials). (We previously used £164.3+0.63 fees)
This would result in £205.0m- (£200m-£164.3+0.63)
= £169.93m (E&Y limiting repo compensation to £21m instead £31m.)
However, it may follow that KSFIoM's loans to KSF UK have also increased in value due to interest payments and exchange rate differentials and the account might be larger – the sums are highly susceptible to exchange movements – especially with the pound 's value so low at present.
The JLs state that the 'agreed' principal claim is £205.0m (which is a contradiction given that the compensation sum is in dispute). However, it appears that the JLs and the administrators of KSF UK have agreed to 'fix' this sum pending resolution of claims. The figure itself comes from the original £185.0m (£184.7m) cash sum held as an unsecured KSF UK deposit, to which has been added £21.0m of the £31.0m claimed in compensation against the repo shares. (£21.0m limit imposed by KSF UK).
According to the JLs latest web report they've now received three dividends from KSF UK totalling £71.75m which represents 35% of £205.0m. The problem is, in their previous report these bright sparks calculated the second dividend from KSF UK based on a capital sum of £229.0m and at the given rate of 10% this indicates a receipt of £22.9m (instead of £20.5m). They over-stated the second dividend payment by £2.4m.
The very first dividend you'll recall was £41.0m so the total sum of their claimed first two dividends would come to £41.0m + £22.9m = £63.9m. However, in their latest report they've realised their mistake and thereby present their case as a total of three dividends representing 35% of £205.0m. You can see that had the JLs reported the amount received from KSF UK back in March they would have been obliged to state a dividend receipt of £7.85m.
(£71.75m-£63.9m) leaving creditors to ask: 'how does 5% of £205.0m make £7.85m?'
1st dividend: 20% of £205.0m = £41.0m
2nd dividend: 10% of £229.0m = £22.9m (Overstated claim by JLs)
3rd dividend: 5% of £205.0m = £10.25m less the overstated claim amount of £2.4m from second dividend
= £7.85m (£7.85m/£205.0m = 3.83%)
The JLs argue that the default value of the collateral shares used in the repo agreement was £136.0m and not the £154.0m declared by E&Y – hardly surprising when the former only managed to get £120.5m for those shares. The JLs claim that the compensation sum is the original repo loan of £185.0m less £137.60m = £47.4m. This would be added to the unsecured cash deposit of £185.0m making £232.4m on which to pay the dividend. But as we see, E&Y are adding only £21.0m and we are therefore receiving smaller dividends on the lesser total of £205.0m
The shares were intended to (more than) cover a loan of £185.0m to KSF UK, but eventually realised only £120.5m – that's a loss to us of £64,500,000 – a huge loss. Then, instead of getting full compensation from the difference in value between realised monies and the original loan, we are getting only what E&Y assert is their valuation - which should at least be £31.0m (£185.0m less £154.0m) but instead they are counting only £21m whilst our (powerless) JLs have argued hopelessly for the past 1.5 years for compensation of £47.4m. Worse still, under the repo agreement, this compensation should be paid in full, but because KSF UK is under administration, E&Y claim that they need pay dividends only on the compensation sum – not the full amount as in any normal secured creditor loan. Even Doherty made mention of this parlous situation in his evidence to the IoM Select Committee, but still we get nowhere with this. (Who is pursuing this angle?)
This fiscal fiasco is costing us tens of millions of pounds and PwC are simply not pulling their weight; they failed to claim a default against KSF UK for the repo share money (and so lost KSFIoM the right to declare the shares' value). E&Y administrators claimed the default against KSIoM instead – so obtaining the right to declare the shares' value and claimed 'high' to reduce their compensation payments. On top of that, they are paying only a dividend of the claim instead of 100% as defined in the repo agreement for a secured creditor.
E&Y administrators are running rings around Spratt and Simpson and all the latter can say is that "…we are still negotiating for a higher claim". One and a half years have passed and they have not achieved agreement yet, so we can imagine that E&Y will hold out for as long as it suits them (until the JLs get tired of asking and the depositors forget). £64.5m has been lost to us and no-one has anything to say about it; the JLS ignore any requests for explanation and will not say why they cannot oblige E&Y to pay the proper dues. What is the point of having a CoI when they are hog-tied to say or do nothing?
To the Ice Man
Hi There Ice,
Thanks for your nice comments, as you know I have had other things to deal with, even more important than our KSFIOM situation, but things are once more on the up.
Your latest scenario is bang on my friend and is worrying as we need to have belief and have confidence in our JLs and it was obvious things were not right when they did not inform us of how much they received in the 3rd dividend from E&Y on behalf of KSFUK. Then when we saw £71.750m in total instead of the net amount for the 3rd dividend you know they have changed the format of reporting once more to hide the true facts.
As I have said before Icecrusher is far better than me on the whole repo share situation and is totally correct in what he says. I have done work on the April data and conversed with Icecrusher but could not finalise my thoughts and joint questions due to my own family situation - now resolved thankfully. So will now finish off my thoughts on the April figures. Could not help Ice when asked, for reason stated above, but he did not need me anyway, once again his finger is on the pulse, and so correct.
Although I have not been on the DAG as I would have wished recently, I have still been collating my 4 lists of questions that I have sent our JLs since early March through to May. This combined list is 90% done now and will be sent to-morrow to the JLs. I had hoped to speak with one of them by now, but by the time he came back to me it was impossible for me to chat on the day given. I did inform him why and he understood immediately. I now hope to speak with him in the coming week and I will inform you all of all questions that I try to put forward and his replies if any.
Once I chat with him, I will take the April figures - that are the best this year so far and update my Table8 (now draft Table 9). I will also update the info for the 3rd dividend ex E&Y and put in the 4th dividend at 5p/£ due from them in late July. I will also put in a 5th dividend from E&Y for Dec, as I think they will have the cash to pay a 5th dividend of 5p/£ at that time. And base these dividends on the £205m. I will also update my draft Table No.9 to allow for 65% return from E&Y and the number of dividends that means. I have taken all dividends expected from E&Y at 5p/£ from their number 3 onwards and this seems pretty near what we are getting at this point.
We just need to see the returns on our own loan book increasing like those received back in April throughout 2010, both for those loans due back in 2010 and hopefully more returns received early from 2011-2016 and that is thanks to the hard work by the JLs and their team..
Apologies for the delay in getting my figures out to all of you, but they will be out soon, along with Table No. 9 once we get the fuller update. The good thing is by early July 50% of our cash back (albeit based on the 100% as seen by the JLS and IOM government). But a lot better than Zero.
Again to all,
take care,
Gordon 45
Thank you both
Thank you both, Gordon and Ice, for all your hard work to get to the bottom of what is going on and for disentangling it all for us and providing such clear explanations. (Sorry to hear Gordon that you have had other difficulties, on top of everything else. I hope whatever the problems were, they become a thing of the past very quickly). Best Wishes to both of you.
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Hey, The bank is currently holding around GBP120million. It's got a deal rate (=interest rate I presume?), on average, of 0.3% (some banks are at 0.2%). I'm no expert, but those rates are pish poor. Can anyone explain this?
@JS on interest rates
The world is generally in recession, so governments and/or Central banks lower interest rates, in this case to practically zero. Unemploymet, bankrupcies etc are still very high and the worlds economy, although recovering in some cases, is still in a parlous state. So the reason that interest rates are low is that they need to encourage people to increase the money supply i.e. spend. So they make it cheap to borrow money and make it not worth your while saving it. Hence very low interest rates.
When you spend you create demand, demand creates a task, many tasks create a job and the merry go round starts to work again. In other words if you have money you buy two loaves of bread and increase the bakers business and create a job. It's basic Keynesian demand economics and it's why interest rates are considered (arguably) the way to control the money supply and inflation, and why by spending huge sums of government money on "projects" you slowly reflate an economy, you create jobs in a recession. So by increasing the money supply it creates work, demand. To increase that flow of money interest rates are lowered, and on this occassion it has been internationally co-ordinated (well sort of!).
Hope that is as clear as mud!!!!!
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I saw this too they are so low for such vast sums of money.
I can only imagine that they are safe !
From these figures it looks like the interest wont even cover the JL 's charges which will be no doubt astronomical.
Can anyone explain the extent of KSFIOM's exposure to KSFUK
First of all thanks a lot for all your hard work Gordon in reporting on the figures. I remember in the early days that a figure of about 557k was thought to be deposited with KSFUK. Based on Gordon's latest comments a 205k final return on 557k would only represent 37% recovery. However I believe that the final return expected from KSFUK is a lot more than 37% therefore the 557k figure must have been misquoted.
Can anyone therefore explain in relatively simple terms the actual amount that KSFIOM had deposited with KSFUK back in October 2008.
Hi hopeful, not that simple,
Hi hopeful, not that simple, but here's the process:
SIMPLE SUMS HARD QUESTIONS (Previous assessment based on earlier JL numbers)
How an alleged £557M 'frozen' in KSF UK ended up with a UK first distribution of £41M
1.)Total monies invested in UK: £557.1m
2.)Less 'secured' collateral shares: £154.0m (post UK E&Y – 1st bought for £185m)
3.)Less secured Certificates of Deposit: £53.5m (incl. interest, all recovered)
Sub-total: £349.6m
4.)Less set-off (UK lent to IoM loan book): £164.3m
5.)Less Inter-company fees: £0.63m
Leaves unsecured interbank deposits of:£184.7m (originally £175m)
'Readjusted' PwC collateral share value £136.0m (from Report to Creditors)
Total of secured & unsecured assets £320.7m (£184.7m + £136m)
UK payment for share loss (disputed) £21.0m (but £185m - £154 = £31m!!!!!!)
UK principal capital (184.7 + 21.0) ~ £205.0m
At 20% first dividend payment = £41.0m (£21m 'secured' reduced by 20% !!)
How the JLs got from £557m to £572.1m in their report of 11/12/09
1.Repurchase sum of the Repo Shares £185.0m
2.Quoted value of shares by E&Y £154.0m (previous JL report)
3.Difference = compensation sum £31.0m (PwC made this £21m??)
4.Add compensation to the £557.1 £588.1m
5.Add the ISDA currency deposits £2.5m (not previously accounted)
6.Total £590.6m
7.Subtract the undervaluation of CDs -£18.5m (PwC used £35m vice £53.5m)
8.Revised total £572.1m (Fits their report, but wrong because the value of the CDs is incorrect!)
9.The correct total should be: £590.6m
Less the correct value of CDs £53.5m (with interest)
£ 537.1m
Less set-off & fees £165.6m (Note increased fees of £1.3m) £371.5m
From £371.5m subtract the quoted value (E&Y) of the collateral shares (£154m) – but note in
their report, our JLs deducted their chosen value of the shares (£138m) thus making the capital sum held by KSF UK = £233.5m; regrettably, this is not the sum on which KSF UK have paid dividends to date (it has only been £205.0m)
Subtracting the E&Y quoted share value of £154.0m and the value of currency deposits of £2.5m
leaves £215.0m
Less Compensation of £31.0m @ 100% = £184.0m
Unsecured deposits of £184.0m @ (say) 65% = £120.0m
plus compensation @ 100% = £31.0m
or, plus £31.0m @ (say) 65% = £20.0m (if E&Y won't pay i.a.w repo agreement)
FINAL KSF UK RETURN = £151.0m (or £140.0m)
Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Limited (in Administration)
Administrators' Progress Report to creditors for the six month period from 8 October 2009 to 7 April 2010
27 April 2010
Private Banking
Sub participations – KSFIoM [was] 167m [now] 200m
Currently comprising in 26% of the total Private Banking loan book, KSF has sub-participated in loans advanced by KSFIoM. These sub-participations are 'silent' in that KSFIoM is the lender of record. KSF has not advanced any further funds in respect of sub-participated positions, but the balance outstanding has increased by c.£33m due to interest accruals and foreign exchange fluctuations. The sub-participations will represent a claim for KSF against KSFIOM which will be subject to mandatory set-off against the claim submitted in the administration by KSFIOM.
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Thanks Ice
I'm not a banker so I will not pretend to fully understand these complicated figures that you have kindly put together.
If I can ignore the detail for a minute it seems to me that KSFIOM's actual cash exposure to KSFUK is considerably less than the original 557k. I suspose therefore this is one of the reasons why the final recovery estimates from KSFIOM have increased from those estimates that were suggested at the start of this mess.
As you say its certainly not a simple situation. Thanks again and I hope you are keeping well.
Can anyone tell me when it may be likely that us guys that were paid under DCS group WHO still have funds owing might get anymore back please!
Thank You
It depends on how much your deposit was. The DCS receive the dividends from the Liquidation on your behalf and retain them until they have recovered the £50k paid out to you in compensation. Once that is recovered, further dividends are passed to you as and when received from the JLs.
Since the present cumulative dividend is 40p in the £, depositors with over £125k should already have received additional funds in this way (since the £50k compensation represents less than 40% of their deposit). The next dividend (to be paid in early July) is expected to be at least 10p in the £, bringing the total recovery to date to at least 50%. Depositors with between £100k (or maybe less if the dividend is higher) and £125k should begin to receive funds from the Liquidation at this point.
Hope that helps.
@ anrigaut
Many thanks for clarification, and all your continued efforts.
Thanks also to Gordon 45 and Ice.... great work, beyond most of us!


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As we all know, oh so well as they have been quite the trend for the last couple of years, overalls can be very hard to pull of in an adult manner. Even more so when they are the short version of the half bib, half bottom wardrobe conundrum we, for some reason, call fashionable. Don't get me wrong, I love them! In every shape and size, as shown here, here, and here. BUT, you definitely have to be careful about what you style around these guys. I decided to pull mine into adulthood through a couple of more "grown-up" pieces, aka with killer shoes and a clutch. I also thought showing a little skin up top with a crop top underneath them would help my case. This kind of outfit is perfect for a date on summer nights or for lunch on the weekends. Comfortable, chic, and undeniably cute, but not TOO cute.
I also have some pant overalls that I haven't worn for quite a while that I need to pull out and make grow up as well. I'll keep you posted, I'm sure. For more ways to force your "shortalls" into adulthood, check out Shortalls All Grown Up.
Top: Zara // Overall Shorts: G-Star // Bag: Vere Verto Mox // Shoes: Valas Los Angeles Estelle
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Josh Elman, who is now a partner at venture capital firm Greylock Partners, worked at Twitter between October 2009 and July 2011. In that time, he led the company to 100 million monthly active users (MAU). Twitter now has 317 million MAUs.
But the company has struggled to grow its user base substantially. In the third quarter ended September 30, MAUs were up 3 percent year-on-year after several quarters of no growth.
Elman said one of the problems is the fact that Twitter can't get people to understand how to use its platform.
"So many people have tried Twitter and can't make it useful for them, it's very hard to get going, it's very obtuse to find the right accounts…I think Twitter has a lot of work to do to kind of make it so that people who want to learn to use Twitter can really go through the steps to get a really exciting Twitter experience," Elman told CNBC in an interview on Monday at the Web Summit technology conference in Lisbon.
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The Memorial Day Edition of the Carnival of Homeschooling is Up
Tot Time–A Motley Crew of Activities
Dora has been cutting her bottom two-year molars. This has meant that she hasn't been sleeping well or feeling herself, so her behavior has been just a tad bit off all week. Several nights, I found myself trying to entertain her at midnight, because she couldn't sleep. As such, it seemed like we explored a much wider variety of activities than usual.
Outside Activities – Last week, I did not blog a weekly wrap-up, because we had spent much of the week at Great Wolf, which is a hotel with an indoor water slide park. Dora was a bit nervous to play in the water at first, but once she warmed up to it, we had to bribe her to get her to leave. She also finished up her Kindermusik class, which she has absolutely loved. So, I signed her up for another mini-session, as well as some summer symphony playdates. Finally, she also started a gym class. I was a bit hesitant about the class at first, for a variety of reasons, but Dora really enjoyed it and has spent much of the week practicing various skills that she learned in the class.
Gross Motor – Dora started riding her bike on her own! She is using training wheels. I had hoped to use a walking/balance bike instead, but she wasn't having anything to do with that.
Fine Motor – I bought Dora two pairs of scissors. They had just been sitting on my desk, unopened for a while, when Dora decided this week that she wanted to use them. She was able to cut paper on her own with both pairs! She was so excited! She has been wanting to use scissors for some time now. She was so happy to use them, she was cutting up any paper that she could get her hands on. So I set up a basket with some heavy duty scrapbooking paper, which I cut into smaller pieces. The papers I chose were very stiff, so she was able to manipulate them much more easily than everyday craft and printing papers. In addition, I chose papers that had some texture to them, thinking that the extra texture would give her more sensory information to help her coordinate the whole process of holding the paper and the scissors at right angles to each other, while also manipulating the scissor.
The first pair of scissors is called My First Scissors and is from by Faber-Castell. It does not have any holes to put fingers in, so requires less coordination. At the same time, hand strength and coordination are still being built. The only negative about the scissors is that they are a bit harder to control for fine cutting (I tried both pairs). The second pair, Maped Koopy Spring Scissors, has holes for the fingers, like traditional scissors, but has a spring which causes the scissors to open as soon as pressure is released. This is what Dora was really having trouble with before. These scissors require more coordination and sometimes Dora would start using them like they are a pair of the My First Scissors (not putting her fingers in the holes).
Literature – We finally finished up our farm theme. We read several good books about farms and farm animals, but the two that stood out this week were:
Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox – this book reminds me a lot of a Dr. Seuss book. You have a "near sheep", "far sheep", "brave sheep", "scared sheep", and so on. It teaches about opposites, descriptive words, and rhyming. It doesn't, however, actually teach anything about sheep. Dora absolutely loved this book and likes to pretend that she is reading it as she has basically memorized the whole thing.
Giggle, Giggle, Quack by Doreen Cronin – we read this whole series, but this book was Dora's favorite. In addition, last week at Great Wolf they read this story at story time, which excited Dora so much! The whole series is just really, really silly. The books are about a farmer who has some problems with his animals not knowing their proper places. In this particular book, Farmer Brown goes on vacation and leaves his brother, Bob, in charge. He warns Bob about Duck, but Duck still manages to have the last laugh.
Games – Dora also decided to start really playing UNO MOO with me. Up until this last week, she just liked to carry the farm around and play with the pieces. All of a sudden this week, she wanted to play the game, including actually taking turns and using a bit of strategy. I modified the rules some, we did not use the skunks as they are intended to be used, instead we just treated them as another animal. She still could only handle taking turns for a short amount of time, but it was really rewarding to see her so happy when she won for the first time. Equally rewarding was seeing her reaction when I won, she smiled just as much as when she won, clapped, gave me a high five, and said, "Good job Momma, you did it!"
Apps – Finally, she enjoyed this Old MacDonald app from Duck Duck Moose. Not only is each page interactive, but you can change the music to be vocal, various instruments, no sound, or record your own. I had all of our family record one chorus of Old MacDonald. Dora really loved being able to listen to her loved ones singing when they weren't around. She especially liked to listen to her daddy who got very silly with his singing. This app also has some fun and unusual things on the farm, such as frogs and construction vehicles.
Science – Our ladybugs finally completed their lifecycle and we were able to release them. Honestly, this activity was pretty big bust, since Dora was afraid of them (that is Gohan's hand, not hers). They essentially became extra creatures for me to feed, water, and care for. Unfortunately, two of the ladybugs never emerged from their pupa stages (kind of like cocoons).
In the Kitchen – For some reason, we did a lot of baking this week. Dora helped me to make this coffee cake, which I really liked because it combines cinnamon with a subtle chocolate flavor. We also made lemon fool, which is essentially lemon curd mixed in with whipped cream and served with waffle cookies. I think lemon fool makes for an awesome summer dessert. It is also fairly easy to make, but looks pretty impressive.
And, if you are not sick of hearing about apps, we found this wonderful baking game app, called Cookie Doodle from Shoe the Goose. Kids can make cookies with the app. The ingredients are very realistic and the child "adds" the ingredients by tilting, pinching, or shaking the phone. Then the child "rolls" the dough, "cuts" the cookie with cookie cutters or a knife, and "bakes" the cookie. The cookies can be decorated the cookie with frosting, sprinkles, candy, and/or writing. Then the child can "eat" the cookie, which is Dora's favorite part. We have wondered if the recipes are real or not and plan to try one to find out.
So that is a rough summary of our week. How about you? What have you been doing with your child?
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Homeschool Village Garden Challenge #3 Link Up
Sigh! The weather here continues to be dreary and cool. Our seeds were barely sprouting and I finally just couldn't handle looking at a depressingly plain and gray rock wall. So I broke down and bought several azalea and wisteria plants to liven things up. I can't tell you how much happier it makes me feel to look out my window and see the azaleas blooming. They are still starter plants, so haven't filled out or anything, but the color is so nice right now. I'm not sure if the wisteria will actually take to climbing a rock wall, but thought I'd give it a shot. I love the fragrance of wisteria. I spent quite a bit of time debating between the scents of wisteria, jasmine, and honeysuckle. In the end, I settled on the plant that I thought would look best with the azaleas. In the fall, I'm also going to plant some bulbs, so hopefully next spring, we'll have a riot of color and fragrance in our backyard.
Our front yard is nicely mulched, weeded, and pruned, but our flowering plants have been a bit pitiful this year. Thank you La Nina!
Free Online Resources for Teaching Anatomy
Here are some more science links, this time about anatomy. Did I miss any good sites that you know of?
All Kids Network: Kids Body Worksheets
Anatomy Arcade – games, interactives, and videos
Anatomy and Physiology Interactive Flashcards – use to review what you've learned
Crickweb – Body parts labeling activity (under Key Stage 1) and label skeletons (under Key Stage 2)
Exploratorium – Cow's Eye Dissection
Glasgow Science Center – look under forensics and life/health – "Games, experiments, worksheets, posters, activities, teaching resources and more!"
Inner Body – "Each topic has animations, 100's of anatomy graphics, and thousands of descriptive links. Study the anatomy of the human body online using anatomy charts, models and diagrams. It's fun, interactive and an ideal reference site for students or those who just want to know more about the medical descriptions and anatomical terms used by doctors and nurses"
Kids Learning Games: Body Parts Games
Otter's Homeschool Science Curriculum: Human Body (Little Otter's, Elementary, and High School)
Neuroscience for Kids – click "Explore" to learn about neuroscience and "Experiment" to access games, coloring pages, lessons plans, etc.
Science NetLinks – Providing a wealth of resources for K-12 science educators, Science NetLinks is your guide to meaningful standards-based Internet experiences for students.
Softschools: Human Body – label online diagrams, worksheets, quizzes, etc.
Sparklebox: Ourselves/All About Me printables – playdough mats, posters, sorting pictures, word cards, templates, etc.
Super Teacher Worksheets: Human Body
Teacher's Domain – free membership required – "Teachers' Domain is a free digital media service for educational use from public broadcasting and its partners. You'll find thousands of media resources, support materials, and tools for classroom lessons, individualized learning programs, and teacher professional learning communities."
The Yuckiest Site on the Internet – From Discovery Kids, lots of gross stuff about the human body – burps, farts, earwax, sweat, and more!
Videos From How Stuff Works – videos from Discovery Channel, the Science Channel, and more
You Tube Videos:
Labels: Science
Posted by Maureen Sklaroff
Posted by Maureen Sklaroff
Carnival of Homeschool: The Flag Edition is Up!
NASA is Accepting Applications for the 2011-12 Inspire Program
NASA will be accepting applications for students in 9th-12th grade (for the 2011-12 school year) for their INSPIRE online learning program. INSPIRE stands for Interdisciplinary National Science Project Incorporating Research and Education Experience. Here is a blurb from their site:
The Interdisciplinary National Science Project Incorporating Research and Education Experience, or INSPIRE, is a multitier year-round program designed for students in ninth to 12th grade who are interested in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and careers.
The centerpiece of INSPIRE is the Online Learning Community, or OLC. The OLC provides a place for INSPIRE students to interact with their peers, NASA experts and education specialists. Through grade-level-appropriate educational activities, chats and discussion boards, students and their families are exposed to the many careers and opportunities NASA has to offer. In addition, the OLC provides the parents/guardians of participating students with resources designed to help them champion their child's education and career goals.
The deadline to apply is June 30th, 2011.
Labels: Astronomy, Online Learning, Science
Posted by Maureen Sklaroff
Posted by Maureen Sklaroff
2011 Summer Reading Programs for Kids
Update – Be sure to read my updated list of summer reading challenges.
It's that time again! Summer time is a wonderful time for some lazy day reading. Another incentive for summer reading are summer reading programs, which reward kids for reading. We always enjoy our library's summer reading program, but several companies also offer rewards programs.
- Barnes and Noble Summer Reading: Imagination's Destination – this program is for kids in Grades 1-6, and runs May 24 – September 6, 2011. Kids earn a free book after reading eight books
- Bookworm Wednesdays – Every Wednesday at 10:00 am beginning July 6th for six weeks. Bookworm Wednesdays entitles kids to free admission to a select children's film when they present a book report at a participating Showcase Cinemas, Multiplex Cinemas or Cinema de Lux box office. Accompanying parents or guardians and children under six receive free admission and do not need to submit a book report.
- Borders "Double Dog Dare" – this program is for kids under 12, who can earn a free book after reading ten books The program runs May 4 – August 26, 2011.
- Chuck E. Cheese Reading Rewards Calendar – Agree on a reading goal with your child. Fill in the reading chart every day that your child meets that goal, and after two weeks, he can turn it into Chuck E. Cheese for 10 free tokens (with pizza purchase). They also have other calendars to work on other goals.
- Half-Price Books "Feed Your Brain" – Kids 14 and under, who read a total of 600 minutes during the summer, can earn a $5 Back-to-School Bucks reward. Runs from June 1 to July 31, 2011.
- H-E-Buddy Reading Club – Kids read ten books, submit the form before October 1st, 2011, and receive a prize in the mail
- Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge – kids aged 15 and under must log on to www.scholastic.com/summer between June 6, 2011, 12:01 a.m. EST and June 25, 2011, 11:59 p.m. EST, log their reading minutes, and fill out the sweepstakes form. Grand prize is 6 books.
- TD Bank Summer Reading – this program is for kids aged 18 or younger and runs May 4 – September 30, 2011. Kids, who read ten books, get $10 deposited into a new or existing Young Saver Account.
Labels: Phonics and Reading, Summer, This and That
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Scientific American: At-Home Activities for May
From their site:
For the month of May 2011, Scientific American will feature one science- related activity each weekday, which parents and their six- to 12-year-olds can do together. We consulted with members of the National Science Teachers Association so that the activities would echo themes taught in early grades. Parents will also find additional background to help them explain the concepts. But the overarching goal was simple: each activity had to be easy and fun, done with household ingredients and completed in less than an hour.
Labels: Science
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Wrapping Up Our Week–Testing Time
In my life this week… Next week is testing week at the ALE that Gohan attends. Due to his learning disabilities, I have always opted out of annual assessments for him. I feel that he can handle it this year, so he will be taking his first standardized test next week. Interestingly, it will be administered on the computer. So this week he did the trial test. The math portion included questions about pi! He's only in 6th grade, so that seems a bit advanced. He does happen to know what pi is, but it hasn't been taught in any of his math curriculum yet. Hopefully, the test won't overwhelm him. I try to stay extremely low key about testing, so that my kids don't develop test phobia (this was hard with Tertia when she was younger as she tested very poorly).
In our homeschool this week… We started working on the next science unit I have put together. It's a unit about weather. I'll post it once I put some finishing touches on it.
Places we're going and people we're seeing… We didn't get out much as Dora had a cold. Gohan will be having a friend sleep over this weekend though.
My favorite thing this week was… Getting to hang out at home. We don't spend many days at home all day, so it was kind of nice to be able to have a more leisurely pace. Dora was sick, but not so sick that she was miserable.
What's working/not working for us… Grammar is not working for us. Actually, it's not so much that it isn't working, but that I just haven't been fitting it in. It seems like the least important subject right now, so when time is crunched, I just skip it. Still, I feel guilty about it.
Homeschool questions/thoughts I have… I've been reflecting a lot on homeschool approaches. In my heart, I'm a "follow a set curriculum or approach" sort of person, but no one curriculum or approach seems to work for any of my kids. As such, I always seem to be using a bit of this and a bit of that, which leaves me feeling very mish-mashed. Though, I suppose there are some advantages to it and I guess it is own homeschool approach – eclectic. I'm particularly contemplating this with Dora. I had been pursuing Montessori methods with her, but am feeling less and less comfortable with Montessori. I guess I just wish there was some educational philosophy that I felt I could follow for even 75% of our curriculum. Sometimes I wonder if I just like to change things up too much, if I shouldn't stick things out more. What about you? Do you tend to find that your curriculum choices work for a long period of time or do you end up frequently switching things up?
A photo, video, link, or quote to share… Gohan's Van Gogh Unit from our Meet the Master's curriculum. As you can see, his work on the final project wasn't as good as his earlier work on the practice sheets. I think block scheduling does not work for him with art, as he gets too tired of drawing so much at once.
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With the recent expansion and renovation of The Oaks mall, I was secretly pining for a new H&M store, as there seems to be space for one. For now though, I'll quietly browse Love Culture's racks of boho tunics, stretchy sublimation tees, flirty dresses, heavily distressed denim, and knit bandage dresses that so closely resemble what Bebe was selling two seasons ago. (For once, I actually felt too old for most of the offerings.) I would've left the store empty-handed, save for one piece that caught my eye - a black Mexican-inspired peasant dress. It may have been the only cotton dress in a store bursting with synthetic apparel, and its colorful embroidery appealed to my casual summer-y sensibility. Its breezy silhouette begged to be reigned in with a belt and worn over leggings.
Wearing: knit beret, handbag, and striped belt - Target, dress - Love Culture ($27), leggings - Zara, woven wedges - Charlotte Russe
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The length of the necklaces vary between 40-45 cm, which can be shortened or extended to the desired size. They are all handmade pieces, made of japanese or/and czech seed beads, bugle beads, pearls or glass beads.
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