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Deborah Devonshire interview: Elvis, Hitler and the Mitford sisters
'I still go on writing to Diana in my head because she is the person I had a particular affinity with. We understood what one another thought before we thought it.'
People who have met Deborah Mitford have often remarked on the way she talks. How she says 'lorst' for 'lost' and 'gorne' for 'gone'. Indeed, to read some descriptions you would think she could scarcely utter a vowel without becoming marooned on top of it for several weeks. But what seems more striking is the contrast between the way she speaks and the way she writes. In conversation, she expresses herself with great economy and clarity, albeit punctuated by sudden bursts of flattery – 'You are so right!' 'Absolutely spot-on!' Yet to read the sisters' letters is to be plunged into a torrent of gushing adjectives, underlinings and elaborate nicknames. While Unity may have been the champion gusher here – 'The Führer was heavenly,' she writes at one point – Deborah doesn't lag far behind. In a letter to Diana in prison – along with her husband, Oswald Mosley, Diana was locked up for being a Nazi sympathiser – Deborah wrote, 'I do so long to see your cell.'
The youngest of the Mitford girls, Deborah was brought up at the family home in the Cotswold village of Swinbrook until she was 16. While her sisters couldn't stand the place, Deborah loved it and was devastated when the family moved out. Almost 40 years later, in 1971, Deborah wrote to Nancy, 'It broke my heart. Nothing had ever taken its place and nothing ever will … Worse than anything that has happened since, the loss of three babies, my four greatest friends being killed in the war – nothing has saddened me like the going from Swinbrook.'
'Did I write that?' she says now, her eyes widening in surprise. 'That was going very far. But I think there was a sense that it was the end of childhood for me. An air of harmony prevailed at Swinbrook that didn't prevail afterwards.'
A year later, Jessica Mitford [Decca] – two and a half years older than Deborah – caused a scandal by eloping to Spain with Esmond Romilly. The couple subsequently married, but Romilly was killed in action in 1941. Up to this point, the two youngest Mitfords had been particularly close, but there's a sense that their relationship never fully recovered from the shock and betrayal Deborah felt at the time.
'I think that's true. It nearly did, but not quite. One of the reasons was that Esmond Romilly so hated all of us – and possibly me and Bobo [Unity] above all because we were so close to Decca. I think he saw me as an extra horror. And I really couldn't stand him,' she says with uncharacteristic venom. 'He was one of those people who's electric, of whom I've seen several in my life. But he was electric in a horrible way. Everything seemed so negative. He was dishonest, a liar, all those things … But of course Decca absolutely adored him and it was the great tragedy of her life that he was killed.'
The great irony here, given Deborah's feelings towards Romilly, is that the Daily Express reported that he had run off with her, not Jessica. As a result, the paper had to pay Deborah £1,000 for 'compromising her prospects of marriage'.
'That really was one of the best things that had ever happened to me. Just wonderful: £1,000 was a huge sum of money in those days.'
Did she feel that her marriage prospects had been compromised?
'Oh, I don't think I considered that very much.'
At almost the same time as Jessica eloped with Romilly, Diana Mitford married Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists. They married in Goebbels's living-room with Hitler in attendance – Hitler, with a typically immodest flourish, gave the couple a signed photograph of himself as a wedding present.
Meanwhile Unity had become hopelessly infatuated with Nazism in general and Hitler in particular. While Deborah does not seek to excuse what Unity did, she clearly hopes that publication of the letters might make people see her in a more sympathetic light.
'She had such qualities: she was totally truthful, totally loyal and she could be very funny. Physically, she was beautiful in a funny sort of way. Everything was too big. She had the most enormous navy-blue eyes, an absolutely straight nose and very bad teeth because she had lived on mashed potato for a year and a half when she was a child. But she was just taken over by this fascination for Germany and all that went with it. I think she had this tremendous naivety which turned into ideological commitment.'
On the day war broke out, Unity tried to commit suicide by shooting herself in the head. She survived, but only just. Hitler arranged for her to be taken to a hospital in Switzerland where Deborah and her mother went to collect her.
'It was an absolute nightmare. We caught the train from Calais to Bern. I can remember the shock of seeing her very clearly. She had lain unconscious for weeks and the bullet was still inside her. Her hair was completely matted and she couldn't bear anyone to touch her head. It was as if she had become an enormous child. The journey back was terrible. Every time the train stopped suddenly, she was in agony.'
Severely brain-damaged as a result, Unity needed constant care – she died nine years later, in 1948. 'I don't think there was ever any realistic expectation that she would make a recovery. The bullet had destroyed quite a lot of the brain. Afterwards, she developed these enthusiasms for various religions. Like her old enthusiasm, but not so violent, of course. She was a Christian Scientist, then a Roman Catholic … everything that came along."
Nine months after the outbreak of war, in June 1940, Diana and Oswald Mosley were interned. They would almost certainly have been locked up anyway, but their cause wasn't helped by Nancy Mitford telling an official at the Foreign Office that she thought her sister was 'an extremely dangerous person'. Diana did not discover this until 10 years after Nancy's death.
Does Deborah think that Diana would ever have been able to forgive Nancy if she had known?
She gives a long sigh. 'I wonder … They adored each other underneath, but I just don't know.'
When Diana was in Holloway Prison, Deborah would visit her every few weeks. 'She was allowed visitors for half an hour a fortnight. Most of the time she saw her children, but my mother and I used to go sometimes. I did long to see her cell, but instead we saw her in this filthy, dirty, visitors' room with a wardress always there. Diana absolutely adored one wardress who became a great friend. But the others weren't so easy. I don't know if they picked on her. She was certainly an outstanding figure there, so they might have done.'
With one sister imprisoned for being a Nazi sympathiser and another who was so besotted with Hitler that she shot herself, one might assume that some stigma would have stuck to the Mitford name during the war. Deborah, though, insists that she was never aware of any. 'I mean, I'm sure there must have been, but I certainly never lost any friends as a result. They were just very sad for all the horrible things that had happened.'
'What did you think of Oswald Mosley?'
'Oh, I loved him,' she says without hesitation. 'He was very ready to be amused and to laugh at whatever was going on. And he had these now non-existent, old-fashioned good manners – just like Uncle Harold [Harold Macmillan]. In fact, I remember a dance here at Chatsworth, not so long after the war. Sir Oswald was here and so was Uncle Harold. At the time there were one or two people who were not prepared to meet Sir Oswald. But Uncle Harold, who of course had been an old adversary, took him by the arm and together they walked round the whole house together. I've always thought that was a very nice thing to have done.'
Throughout her life – but especially when she was young – Deborah passed herself off as being less intelligent than her sisters. Not that everyone was convinced; Diana believed that while most people pretend to have read books that they haven't, Deborah pretended not to have read books that she had.
This diffidence – and her lack of interest in politics – marked her out as a natural peace-keeper in the family. By the mid-1940s, there was plenty of peace-keeping to be done. Her parents had separated, partly as a result of the strain of looking after Unity, while Jessica and Diana were estranged, owing to political differences – Jessica became a member of the American Communist Party in 1944.
'It wasn't a role I particularly sought. But I have always hated rows, and there were heaps of them. I used to try to stop them. Very priggish of me, I suppose.'
Why priggish? 'Well,' she says wafting a hand. 'Just trying to stop things from happening.'
As for Nancy, the oldest Mitford sister, her personal fortunes ran in a diametrically opposite direction to her professional ones. A successful novelist and historian, she fell hopelessly in love with a very ugly yet unstintingly unfaithful Frenchman called Gaston Palewski. 'He was a complete wastrel, really. Very charming, but you'd rather die than say you found him prepossessing.'
Deborah herself was luckier in love. In 1941 she had married Andrew Cavendish – he became the Duke of Devonshire when his father died in 1950. Marriage also brought her very close to the Kennedy family. 'I knew Jack as a teenager because his parents lived round the corner when his father was the ambassador in London. He was a sort of dancing partner of mine. Then Andrew's brother married his sister, Kick [Kathleen]. And then Jack suddenly became President. He was the only politician I have ever known, and I've known quite a lot, who could laugh at himself. And he did – loudly. That was so attractive.'
She attended Kennedy's inauguration in 1961, then saw a good deal of him a few months later when an exhibition of drawings from Chatsworth was put on in Washington. 'He came to the opening of the exhibition. Everyone was amazed, especially me. Apart from anything else, it was right in the middle of the Cuban missile crisis. Besides,' she adds drily, 'museums weren't exactly Jack's line. I don't think he'd ever set foot in the place before.'
When Andrew's father died, he and Deborah inherited Chatsworth, with its 175 rooms, 21 kitchens and 17 staircases. Together, they did the house up and transformed it into a hugely successful business – it took them 24 years just to clear the death duties incurred by the estate.
Eighteen months ago, after Andrew's death, she moved out so that their son, Peregrine, could take over the house. How did she feel leaving Chatsworth? 'Odd. That's really the best word to describe it. But it was high time for a change there, and for me. I'd been there for almost 50 years and I was getting jolly old. Fortunately, I had this lovely house to move into, and I can say quite honestly that I adore it here.'
'You are the last Mitford sister.'
'Is that a very lonely feeling?'
'Well, when Diana died it was. Awful … and as I say, I still mentally write letters to her. But you know life goes on. I'm so lucky with my children and grandchildren – I've got 15 great-grandchildren – so there's plenty on, if you know what I mean.'
In the Dowager Duchess's downstairs lavatory there is a large poster of Elvis Presley gazing down from the shiny silver-papered wall. There are other bits of Elvis memorabilia dotted round the house, too – photographs, a roll of cloth with his image printed on it. Deborah may not have discovered Elvis until she was in her sixties, but once smitten there was no holding her back – another symptom, perhaps, of the Mitford sisters' tendency towards hero-worship.
'I turned on the telly one day and there was a programme about him. Suddenly, I saw genius – simple as that. I've been to Graceland twice, you know. Wonderful place; I can't recommend it highly enough.'
If she could choose to have tea with either Elvis or Hitler, which would it be? She looks at me in astonishment. 'Elvis, of course. What an extraordinary question.'
It's time for her to go back to her house and be photographed. But rain has started lashing down outside, so hard that it's pock-marking the lawn. I suggest we stay where we are until the rain has eased off. Deborah is having none of it. 'Why don't we run?' she suggests. And run she does, bounding across the wet grass in great scissoring strides.
'The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters', ed Charlotte Mosley (Fourth Estate), is available for £23 plus £1.25 p&p from Telegraph Books (0870 428 4115; www.books.telegraph.co.uk)
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How much debt must I owe? There is no minimum or maximum level of debt.
What type of debt? Use this option for non-priority debts only, after you have dealt with priority debts.
How long will it last? There is no time limit. You may be paying for many years.
Normally, you work out your offers of payment based on a pro-rata distribution of your available income, after you have worked out what you have to pay on any priority debts and your essential household outgoings. This means that all your creditors are offered a fair share of what you can afford to pay. You also need to ask that any interest and charges are frozen.
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You may need to offer no payments if you have no available income. This is called a 'moratorium'. You may prefer to make token offers of payment of £1 each month to each creditor. Creditors are only likely to accept this for a short time.
How much debt must I owe? No minimum or maximum level of debt. You will need to be able to pay at least £5 each month to each debt.
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How long will it last? There is no time limit, but they usually last five years.
An individual voluntary arrangement (IVA) is an alternative to bankruptcy. It is a formal arrangement to pay an agreed amount off your debts over a shorter period, such as five years, or through raising a lump sum. The rest of the balance you owe on those debts which are included in the IVA is written off.
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You can apply for your own bankruptcy or a creditor can make you bankrupt. Your financial affairs will be dealt with by the official receiver.
Valuable assets are usually sold to raise money to pay your creditors.
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If your application is successful, most types of debt will be written off after 12 months. A DRO could be a good option if you rent your home, have few assets and little spare income.
How much debt must I owe? £5,000 or below.
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You must have a county court or high court judgment. Your debts must be no more than £5,000. You must have at least two debts.
An application is made to your local County Court on a form N92.
An administration order (AO) is a county court order which allows you to make a single payment every month to the court. The court divides this between your creditors on a pro-rata basis.
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What type of debt? Any debts that your lender allows you to include.
How long will it last? It will last the length of time it takes you to repay the loan.
Apply to a lender for a loan to clear debts. These are often advertised as 'consolidation loans'. The lender may want to secure the new loan on your house if you own property.
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What type of debt? Use this option for non-priority debts usually.
How long will it last? A short time, unless payment is in instalments.
If you have a lump sum available that will pay off part of your debts, you can ask your creditors to accept a part payment and write the rest off.
You may get creditors to agree to you making monthly payments for a set period and then writing the rest off.
What type of debt? You would usually use this option for non-priority debts.
How long will it last? Debts would be cleared at the time that they are written off.
It may be possible to ask your creditors to write off the debts if you have no available income to make any payments and have no savings or assets.
You need to convince the creditors that your circumstances are unlikely to improve in the future.
Your circumstances may need to be exceptional; for example, you have a severe illness.
You need to convince your creditors that it is not worthwhile trying to collect the debt.
We have a sample letter that you can use to ask your creditors to write off your debts. If they do not agree at first, we have a further sample letter that you can use to ask them to reconsider their decision.
How much debt must I owe? There is no minimum or maximum level of debt. However, it's more likely to be a suitable option if you have debts that you can't afford to clear through your existing regular income.
What type of debt? You can use this option to clear any type of debt.
How long will it last? There is no time limit. Different equity release schemes can give you money in different ways and at different times. For example, some may give you a cash lump sum. Others may give you regular payments over time.
You consider all options to deal with debts and raise funds. You identify that you would like to release money from your property to help clear debt.
You get independent financial advice and independent legal advice to help you understand the advantages and disadvantages of equity release.
There are two main types of scheme available.
Think very carefully about whether you use your pension fund to pay off your debts or not. Making a hasty decision could mean that you lose a lot money because of the tax or benefit rules. Taking money from your pension pot now will reduce your income later in retirement and might reduce the amount of benefits, tax credits or financial support from your local council in the future.
What type of debt? Any kind of debt
How long will it last? This depends on how much money you take from your pension fund and how often you take it.
The rules governing defined contribution pensions, sometimes called 'pension funds' or 'pension pots', have changed. If you are 55 or over, you now have access to your pension fund. This affects many personal and workplace pensions, but not defined benefit pensions such as final salary schemes. If you are considering moving money from a final salary scheme pension or a defined benefit pension, get specialist pension advice from an independent financial adviser first.
If you have a defined contribution pension, you might be able to use some of your pension fund to deal with your debts. You can choose to take up to 25% as a single, tax-free, lump sum.
You can do this in five different ways:
You can also decide to leave your pension fund untouched. Creditors should not pressurise you to use your pension to pay off debts. Contact The Pensions Advisory Service on 0800 011 3797 for free, impartial information and guidance about your pension choices.
You may be able to get a Pension Advice Allowance of up to £500 from your pension fund to help pay for financial advice about your pension options. You will need to write to your pension provider to make the request. Not all pension providers will offer this. The allowance is paid directly to a regulated financial adviser. It is not given to you. You can get an allowance up to three times, but not more than once in any tax year.
How much debt must I owe? There is no minimum or maximum level of debt. It's more likely to be a suitable option if you have debts that you can't afford to clear through your regular income.
How long will it last? There is no time limit. It may take you longer to sell some assets than others. It depends on the asset and the method you use to sell it.
You consider all available options and decide that you want to sell an asset to help clear your debt. Contact us for advice before making this decision.
You choose which assets you want to sell and how you want to do this. You explore all the costs involved in the method of sale you choose.
There are many ways of selling assets yourself, such as online auctions and advertising in local newspapers. There are also legally binding ways of using assets to pay debts, such as entering into an individual voluntary arrangement.
You consider how you want to use the money you raise. If you cannot pay all your debts off, you could consider making smaller offers to settle each debt and ask the creditors to write off any remaining amounts. It is important to take into account how you can treat creditors fairly. This is because if you consider some other options to deal with your debt in the future, how you have previously treated creditors can be taken into account when deciding whether further restrictions should be applied to you.
What type of debt? It depends on the charity, but usually priority debts.
How long will it last? Debts would be reduced or cleared by the payment.
Apply for financial help from a suitable charity on the Turn2us website www.turn2us.org.uk.
Get information about trust funds you can apply to for financial help by going to the Auriga Services website www.aurigaservices.co.uk. Click on the link Download booklet Help with Water and Energy at the top of the page.


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Variety Club the Big Winner at Miss Wigan
At the Final of Miss Wigan at the DW Stadium on Monday 10th May, the Variety Club North West were the big winners of the day.
All Finalists were tasked to raise money for the Variety Club North West who help disadvantaged and disabled children in the area.
The 18 girls managed to raise a colossal £4,500 between them doing a variety of fundraising events and activities.
The Miss Charity Wigan Award was presented to Chantelle Wilson (pictured with Mr England Andreas Kattou) who raised over £1,800.


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The Jung Society of Utah is a nonprofit organization that started providing lectures, workshop and education on Jung and depth psychological perspectives to the local community in 2009. Since then it has flourished and attracts between 175 and 300 people per event.
There is a deep sense of community amongst the creative, soulful and reflective participants. Please join us, and share in a sense of Eros for learning and connecting with fellow locals. The group explores a wide variety of topics that explore how to live and experience a meaningful and fulfilling life.
The Jung Society of Utah is a non profit organization that started in 2009 with providing lectures and workshop and education on Jung and depth psychological perspectives to the local community. Since then it has flourished and attracts between 175 and 300 people per event.
There is a deep sense of community by the local creative, soulful and reflective participants. A sense of Eros for learning, and connecting in a deep meaningful way with fellow locals. The group explores a wide variety of topics that touch on topics on how to live a meaningful and experience a fulfilling life.
I find myself about 50 yards high above the lake of Zurich. I am looking at Carl Jung's residential home. His house has a large yard that goes over into the lake. Then I see Carl Jung working on a concrete platform behind his house. This square concrete platform is in the water and touches the wooden dock and his yard, it is probably about 15 by 15 yard. This concrete platform is not there in daytime reality. Jung is rearranging some wooden beams in the middle and at the borders of the platform. It is as if the platform is additional space for his yard to sit on. After he has been doing that, Jung sits in a chair on this platform. Then it is as if I am watching a movie in which the movie comes to a standstill, and when it has become to a standstill, the image becomes black and white. The next moment the platform is gone, and a male voice tells behind me tells me to draw the platform, identical to what it was. I think I can't draw, but then start and I am surprised about the straight line I put and feel more confident about it.
I took this dream as a suggestion to create and build a platform for Jung, Jungian psychology. Where people can come together, and mingle and meet and enjoy lectures in the spirit of Jung. Yet, I think just as Jung was ongoingly learning from different cultures, developments in science, I think we should do the same, and provide also the great new insights of current times.
Carl Jung is widely recognized as one of the greatest thinkers of the last century and is one the founding fathers of psychoanalyses and western dream work. His psychology emphasizes the value of one's creative forces and one's development toward wholeness.
Jung's contributions include: A theory of the structure and dynamics of the psyche, personal unconscious and collective unconscious; Dream work; A theory of personality types (introvert/extrovert); The process of psychological development or "individuation," which has terms that have become part of our language as complexes and archetypes.
Jung transformed psychotherapy from a practice concerned with treatment of the sick into a means for higher development of the personality. That means the illness often has a purpose, so depression is often no longer just a disorder or a sickness, but there is a purpose and meaning to it.
Jung provides a perspective and method for personal development. It will help you connect with the inner guiding center. This center somehow already knows who you are and what you need to become and will help you achieve that. A connection with your center will result in better relationships with others, your partner, peers, colleagues, and yourself. It will help you develop your specific destiny, which is tremendously satisfying.


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In about two weeks Qt World Summit 2018 in Boston will open the doors and I just published the first release of the Conference App to the App Stores. You can download the Conference App from Google Play Store: or Apple App Store: The source code can be found at GitHub.The Conference App is built […]Read More
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Welcome to Part 3 of my Blog series about Sharing Files to and from mobile Qt Apps. Part 1 was about sharing Files or Content from your Qt App with native Android or iOS Apps, Part 2 explained HowTo share Files with your Qt App from other native Android Apps – this part now does […]Read More
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Note that throughout this blog post, the term "Apple Platforms" will be used to refer to all four Apple operating systems (macOS, iOS, tvOS, and watchOS) as a whole. I thought it would be a good time to share some of the highlights of what's new in Qt on Apple Platforms with the recent release of Qt 5.8. […]Read More
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There are many of you who have expressed disappointment with our decision to discontinue the Indie Mobile commercial license subscription product – we are disappointed with this decision as well. Our disappointment comes from the fact that we expected and believed from previous feedback that there in fact would be potential for this kind of […]Read More
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I want to shed some light on and explain the benefits of our recently announced Indie Mobile to make it easier for you to make the right license choice. For certain types of use cases, Indie Mobile provides many advantages in licensing compared to the open-source Community edition of Qt. Indie Mobile, similarly to the […]Read More
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Qt has supported static builds for a long time, but iOS made this way of shipping Qt more widespread. To make the discussion about static linking more practical, we will not discuss things abstractly, but we will look at how to compile the Weather Info example application from the Qt Positioning module statically for iOS, and address […]Read More
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Minstrel's Gallery, Study & Staircase
The Minstrel Gallery overlooks the Great Hall and gives you a wonderful view of the large window which is such a feature of the Hall.
The window probably dates from mid 17th century and still contains the original glass which was hand made and has scratched signatures. The colour is due to varying mineral content of raw materials, e.g. yellow and green indicate arsenic content. A large window was an indication of wealth.
The small study, sited off the Gallery, is probably where John Batt contemplated the estates accounts and family affairs. The 1611 inventory of Robert Batt of Oakwell Hall shows him to have over 60 books at a time when books were very expensive and few people could read.
Peeping down the Grand Staircase (sadly no longer in use) gives you a sense of the opulence of life here at Oakwell in its heyday.


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Are you one of the many people wondering why Telstra (or another telephone line provider) has claimed that your phone line is installed on your premises, yet you plug in a phone and there isn't any dial tone?
The fact is that they are only responsible for the line being delivered to the first socket (common in most residential addresses), or otherwise to the MDF (Main Distribution Frame – common in commercial addresses).
It is very common that even though a line has been terminated at the NTP (Network Termination Point) there is still no available dial tone. Beyond this point, you will need to get a private licensed technician to complete the necessary cabling structure for your telephone or phone system to connect.
This is not something that the networks tell you until it happens, so it is best to have a technician available to assist in the completion of the line connection. In most circumstances, you will already have some form of cabling infrastructure in the building. If that is the case, it will spare the cost of running additional cables and will just be a matter of "jumpering" your new line to its desired location.
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Green Home construction accounted for $36 Billion in 2013 according to a recent market research by McGraw-Hill Construction . The report shows that green home construction is expected to more than double to $83 – $105 Billion in 2016.
Connecticut Builders and Contractors should affiliate themselves with trained Realtor in the field of energy efficiency and sustainable practices to help sell their Green Homes in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
DMK Real Estate & Property Management has over 25 years' experience in residential construction and is a National Association Realtor GREEN designee specializing in selling green homes and a sustainable lifestyle.


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I did a watermarble...OMG! Alex from Nail-Artisan sent me the full Rainbow Flowers Bath Collection by Moo Moo Signatures to review and I needed to watermarble with them to see how well they work. These stunning polishes are made by a lovely lady called Mei Mei and they are pastel neons. Don't you just love the little cow logo?! I'll keep the rest of this post short and sweet as I recorded a how to video on this mani, which I will link at the end.
These polishes are great to watermarle with! I am yet to swatch them all but I will be doing a full review. This beautiful blue is Forget-me-not.
I am loving Akito Blush!
When I have done watermarbles in the past they have worked but nowhere near as well as this! I am super impressed with these polishes. I think this pattern is seen as a flower or petal pattern.
The other polish in this mani is Bells of Ireland. The Rainbow Flowers Bath Collection is made up of 7 polishes but I just used 4 in this mani.
Please view the video below as it shows it detail how I created this watermarble and a few tips!
These polishes are gorgeous and are great to marble with! Nail-Artisan is the official UK stockist for Moo Moo Signatures. You can pick up the full collection for £55.00 which is a great deal or you can buy them separately for £8.50 per bottle.
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You are currently tagged to the following Core Research Areas:
- CRA1: Device-to-System Security and Trust
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- CRA3: Counterfeit Detection and Prevention and Supply Chain Management
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- CRA5: Device-to-System Quality
- CRA6: Standards
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- Design Security Rule Check: A Comprehensive Framework for Evaluating Security of Integrated Circuits (1 year), Lead: Prof. Mark Tehranipoor
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- Advanced ID Tags for Authentication of Integrated Circuits and Systems Using 3D Quantum Imaging Concepts (2 years), Lead Prof. Bahram Javidi
- Engineered Nano-Signature (ENS): A Novel Authentication Technology (2 years), Lead: Prof. Mehdi Anwar
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text: Hey guys, I've tried searching the forums in addition to online and I can't seem to find a solution to this problem. Despite turning my volume on full and having "play key sounds as I type" within the settings - general menu my touch cover no longer makes the popping sound indicating whenever I type each letter. However, my touch cover still functions normally and when I use the onscreen keyboard the typing indication sound works. I'd appreciate it if anyone knows a solution to this or has also experienced this issue.


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Aquatic athletes competing in the forthcoming Rio Olympics have been advised to keep their mouths shut while competing because they will "literally be swimming in human crap" and could pick up heavy duty illnesses from the contaminated water.
Swimming and sailing in toxic filth is a far cry from the Olympic ideal but according to health experts, the raw sewage, household debris, and even the occasional bloated corpse which can be found infecting the waters of Rio's Guanabara Bay and Copacabana Beach, will all combine to create a potentially deadly brew for the hearty Olympic athletes who are chasing greatness and aiming for glory at the 2016 Summer Games.
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that marathon swimmers, sailors, and windsurfers who will be participating in events held at Guanabara Bay, where a bloated corpse was found floating recently, should take extra care because the polluted water is apparently a lot more contaminated than previously thought.
Ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the Brazilian government promised to eradicate over 80 percent of the pollution and waste from the bay. They have now admitted their clean-up goals won't be met in time for the Games, and competitors will just have to do their best among the flotsam, jetsam, and pure unadulterated filth.
In an age when desperate whales choking on plastic bags are approaching random deep sea fisherman for help, the state of the world's oceans has never been more dire.
A recent report by the Inquisitr claims our world is drowning in plastic, and our oceans are toxic.
Charles J. Moore, a U.S. merchant marine captain and founder of the Algalita Marine Research Institute in Long Beach, California, said he's utterly shocked at the huge increase in plastic litter found floating on the ocean's surface in the past five years.
"Plastic is choking our future in ways that most of us are barely aware."
In just three days, Captain Moore and his team estimated that the urban hubs of Southern California were responsible for polluting the sea with 2.3 billion pieces of plastic.
Garbage patches of floating plastic comprised of everything from shampoo bottles and toothbrushes to cigarette lighters and tires lie accusing and apathetic in the remote Pacific.
Passing seabirds often mistake these brightly colored objects for squid or fish. Weighed down with plastic fragments, the birds then return to their nests and unwittingly feed the plastic to their young.
Their stomachs are bursting with the toxic material, and they are unable to ingest any real food.
Skeletal remains of dead chicks lie scattered on remote islands, and where their stomachs should be lies nothing but a tangled mass of plastic. The extent of the plastic pollution cannot be over-estimated.
Science writer Gaia Vince has estimated that every square kilometer of the world's oceans now contains an average of 18,500 pieces of plastic, and that's before you add all the other putrid filth and raw sewage into the equation that awaits Olympic hopefuls at Rio.
Rio's Copacabana Beach at the mouth of Guanabara Bay, which will host many swimming events, is thought to be a particularly polluted place, and the bay is actually more contaminated than environmentalists and scientists previously thought.
One Brazilian doctor named Daniel Becker has refused to pull any punches and warned Olympic marathon swimmers to take a deep breath because they will "literally be swimming in human crap."
"Foreign athletes will literally be swimming in human crap, and they risk getting sick from all those microorganisms."
Dutch sailing team member Afrodite took a pragmatic approach to the grim warnings and said, "We just have to keep our mouths closed when the water sprays up."
The coach of the Spanish woman's sailing team, Nigel Cochrane, said he was very concerned about warnings of "super bacteria" in the waters of Rio, and he has called the state of affairs "disgusting."
Australian gold medalist sailors Mat Belcher and Will Ryan have had plenty of experience of Guanabara Bay, and none of it's been too pleasant.
"There's all sorts of rubbish – dead animals, furniture, plastic bags, a lot of coke cans. It's not ideal."
Come on in! The water is lovely. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)
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Saturday, September 18, 2010
Burdastyle: October 2010
The October issue is the very awaited Karl Lagerfeld issue. Indeed, Mister Lagerfeld designed two pieces: a jacket and a skirt. I love the skirt! but I do not see any way to make it fit for me. It will be too short, and I feel like lengthening it will kill what makes it nice. Oh well... The jacket is very interesting! It looks like it would be so fun to construct. But once again, I am not sure that it is upgradable...
There are also some features: "In the nature", "Aviator", "Evergreen", "From another planet", "Children", and "Plus size". As usual, there is one feature that I really do not like: "From another planet".
I was really disappointed by the Plus size feature. It had basic shapeless tees, weird leather pants, collar-less coats, an elastic-waisted skirt, and a shapeless kimono tee. However, I really like the skirt part of this dress (see below). It is another smart way to make a pencil skirt and still hide unflattering bits with the piece that hangs in the front. I would totally try it as a skirt, with a built in belt.
The "Aviator" feature is very nice. It shows great coats and classic shapes. It is so Amelia Earhart! I really like the pants. They are nice and wide at the bottom. I also enjoyed this coat/cardigan. I would completely try it in a heavy knit.
The first feature printed in this mag is "in the nature". It has cute comfy country pieces. I really like this skirt. It looks so comfy, and still nice to wear. It seems like you can pair it to so many tops! I would construct the waist differently. I would do tiny pleats and a built in belt, with an elastic back. I has in-seam pockets too! It would look great in a more flowy fabric.
I must admit that my favorite feature is the one called "EVERGREEN". I love every single piece of it! They are cute and colorful! Everyone is going to love THE dress! It has a wonderful skirt (side pleats, cute fitted top, nice cleavage, cap sleeves). The also have an underskirt pattern for it in the magazine. It looks very upgradable! And it definitively will be upgraded *winky winky*. Next is a cute simple skirt. I have been in such a skirt mood lately, it must be because I realized that I have very few of them. I love the pleats! And last but not least, a bow shirt! It is simple, and easy to personalize. You can use a quirky fabric for it!
Did any of you purchased this issue?
Do you plan on getting it?
What is your favorite piece?
What do you think about Karl Lagerfeld?
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- AnonymousSeptember 18, 2010 at 1:02 AM
Oh you are so right! Those Evergreen pieces are gorgeous. But Burda takes forever to show up in the shops here - in fact the issue on the magazine stands right now is the June one!ReplyDelete
~ Alana
Nice! I really am liking your blog, it's a lot of fun! I love to see what's available in these magazines, even though I've never purchased one- it's way too much of a hassle to source one a back issue I know is good, and I don't want to subscribe...ReplyDelete
But I'm totally into both of those Lagerfeld pieces, and that cardigan looks like it could be downright snuggly! Great report - maybe I'll put more of an effort into getting this issue!
I love the green skirt and bow top! I will be getting October's issue as soon as it is out here. Have a great weekend!ReplyDelete
- Susie.17September 18, 2010 at 10:52 PM
I so wish I could find Burda magazines over here. I never can though :( Maybe I should look harder or ask for a subscription for Christmas.ReplyDelete
Do you get the paper patterns included? Even if they are ones printed over each other where we copy them I don't mind, but printing and sticking I get fed up of!
I do love the evergreen skirt and top. Ooooh just imagine with tights, boots and a warm coat and scarf in the autumn :)
Sometimes I forget that Burdastyle is more of a European magazine...ReplyDelete
@ Susie.17: Yes, I get the paper patterns included, printed over each other. Sometimes, I like it better than printing too. My favourite is the Vogue patterns: printed and clear!
- AnonymousNovember 11, 2010 at 8:27 AM
I bought this issue last week and have already bought material to make the lovely evergreen dress for X-mas. A red taffeta with black velvet paterns. I will turn the short-sleeve into a long-sleeve.ReplyDelete
I do also prefer the Vogue patterns, because they have the seems cut on. Ah well. The Burda pattern will just be a bit more work.


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The Dark Side of Highly Sensitive People
by Sally Mynewskin*
I work with a lot with Highly Sensitive People in my private psychotherapy practice. I have two very different perspectives on them.
(When I am finished with this article I expect to get a lot of unhappy, critical responses.Years ago I would not have written this article. I didn't want to take the crap I expect to get. Yes, a part of me is an HSP. But because of my evolution, I have toughened my hide and am jumping into the pit and bracing for blowback).
What You See and What You Get
Perspective 1: Indeed HSP folks are creative, artistic, friendly, misunderstood and under-appreciated. Their inward reflections and thoughtfulness adds a lot to the understanding of human dynamics. And the world would be emotionally and intellectually poorer if they didn't exist. So a tip of the hat to the contributions they make to marriage, family and society.
But there's a definite dark side to an HSP.
Perspective 2: Their hypersensitivity makes HSPs really difficult to live with. They are rarely direct with their wants and needs. They pout when don't get what they want. They hate conflict and disagreement, so they don't speak up or negotiate effectively. They give lip service to change as long as "We can be nice to each other."
They hope their minds get read so they don't have to assert themselves to get what they want. They are often passive aggressive.
They feel abused when raised voices happen during normal marital disagreements.
I Don't Want to Hear It
When they show up in couple's therapy and I give them feedback or insights into their own contribution to their marital mess (believe me, there is never an innocent participant in marital distress), they get testy, defensive and howl that I am picking on them.
If I soften my feedback so they can handle it, they miss the point and merrily believe they are innocent and the partner is the real culprit for the mess the marriage is in. I have to edit what I say to walk the thin line between insight and confrontation, while offering tools and teaching communication skills.
And they don't really believe they need or want to be taught better communication and negotiation skills – which means being more assertive – which may lead to tension and disagreement. For HSPs such change is to be avoided like a pit of rattlesnakes.
So, to recap. HSPs are misunderstood (which is what most of humanity thinks as well) and under-appreciated (also, which most of humanity believes), and they do make insightful, creative contributions to the world in many, many fields.
But they can be a pain in the ass to live with.
We Need to See Someone
What happens if one HSP marries another HSP? I can only speak for those that show up in my practice. They enter therapy with one of two major complaints:
Their kids are in trouble or underachieving.
They describe their marriage as stable but boring. There is no passion. They want more passion in their marriage but do not want to do anything that may arouse a strong emotion in their partner. Trying to get them to create some energy in their relationship so it has more life is like trying to start a fire underwater.
HSPs see the irony. There is little passion without strong self-definition. But they do not want to tolerate the tension for the sake of a more alive marriage.
That's all for now.
Comments are welcome. But please be gentle.
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The following is a copy of our 2005 Church Christmas Letter:
The Christmas season is upon us. A season in which there is much thought and concern put into the concept of gifts. Many children (and not a few adults) focus upon and delight in the anticipation of what gifts they may get during this season. Many adults run around from store to store consumed with getting the "right" gifts for all of those on their lists.
Too often in the hustle and bustle of what is going on at this season, we forget the most important gift of all - Jesus Christ. The Bible tells us in John 3:16 that "God so loved the world that He gaveHis only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." The Bible relates to us the wonderful truth that Jesus Christ came to save us from our sin and that he lived a perfect, sinless life and died a cruel death on the cross of Calvary to be our Substitute and our Savior.
This is an exciting time at Messiah Baptist Fellowship. It is exciting to see new families coming out to church. It is also exciting because of the Lord's answer to prayer regarding a building. As of December 9, we have entered into an agreement to buy a new building. We are thankful to God for this answer to prayer and are looking forward to moving into the new building after the beginning of the year.
This is also a time of opportunities. It is a time for us to use the opportunities of this season to share with others the true meaning of Christmas. It is a time for us to use the opportunities of this season to gather together and worship "the new born King."
Whether you are a regular attender or whether you have not been out for awhile, we also have some specific opportunities and events at Messiah that we would like to encourage you to attend during this season.
Christmas Caroling and Fellowship. We will be going Christmas Caroling starting at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 17. We will meet at the club house of the Greens at Schumaker Pond - just off Beaglin Park Drive on College Lane. If you can't make the caroling, but would like to still come to the Fellowship, you can meet at the clubhouse at around 5:30 p.m. Call if you need directions.
Special Christmas Morning Service. We will be having our Christmas morning service at 10:45 a.m. and are looking forward to a blessed time as we enjoy a children's program and celebrate with a special Christmas Candlelight Communion as part of our service.
Special Building Fund Offering. On January 8, we will be having a special offering to help pay for the new building. Please prayerfully consider what you could give on that date. Also, if you would like to give toward the building before the end of the year (for tax purposes, etc.), you can mark it "Building Fund" and we will count it as part of the Special Offering.
May God give you a Blessed Christmas in which the Gift of Christ remains foremost in your mind.
In Christ,
Pastor Frank Sansone
This was originally posted on my Pastoral Blog - The Pastor's Pen.
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The Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM), the UK's professional body for musicians, was set up in 1882 to promote the art of music and support professional musicians. Now, over 130 years later, the ISM supports a 8,000-strong membership of teachers, performers, composers, music administrators, music technology professionals and portfolio musicians and a corporate membership spanning music organisations, professional membership bodies, music exam boards, music retailers and manufacturers, music hubs and services, universities, schools and UK conservatoires. We support our members through a range of tailored services including specialist in house legal advice, business support, guidance, research and professional development expertise, all while holding fast to our founding principles.
The ISM protects and supports its members by providing them with expert legal advice and representation, comprehensive insurance, specialist services and award-winning professional development and networking events including seminars and conferences which members can attend at a discounted rate. Members also have access to hundreds of advice pages, template contracts and free downloads of our Make Music Work series of advice packs. Members are also able to promote their work by including listings in the ISM Music Directory, the UK's only online directory of professional musicians with proven credentials, and the ISM Handbook.
The ISM has always been a wholly independent, not-for-profit organisation, which allows us to lobby Government as a united voice for music and the creative sector. We act on the information gathered from our members at grass-roots level and from the wider music, arts and education sectors by developing ground-breaking and robust campaigns.
The ISM is a professional body and therefore musicians applying for full membership (excludes friend membership, student membership and corporate membership) are required to provide proof that they are working at a professional level. In order to ascertain this, there are four routes into membership.
- Qualification – providing details of a degree-level (NQF level 6 or above) qualification in music that they have passed. The applicant is required to provide the ISM with the name of their course, date of graduation and the name of the institution they studied at
- References – providing contact details of two referees who can verify that the applicant is working at a professional level in music. One of these referees must be an ISM member
- Fast-track – providing contact details of an employer or representing body included in the ISM's fast-track scheme who can verify that the applicant is working at a professional level in music.
- Membership Officer approval – if you have been working for more than two years within the music sector you can apply by speaking to our Membership Officer who will assess your eligibility.
The age-range of our membership starts at 18, and that's the only limitation. We have members that joined the membership decades ago.
Visit https://www.ism.org/ to find out more


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Are you new in town and looking for a rental? Oklahoma apartments are your best bet. They have the best and sought after apartments in town. They are facing high demand because of the low population, excellent schools, shopping malls and restaurants. You will be free of the hassle of the city.
No matter what you are looking for in an apartment, you are guaranteed to find a good apartment. In most of the apartments if not all you will get a secure parking space, wireless internet connection, electricity water and gas. When looking to find a rental apartment it is best that you engage the services of a real estate agent, an apartment locator or visit the many online websites. This will save time and the stress of searching for an apartment single handedly.
Considerations when looking rental apartments.
- Distance from other amenities you use. Ensure that the apartment is located within easy reach of your work place, shopping mall, schools and hospitals. You do not want to reside in a place where you have to drive a long distance to work or shopping.
- Ensure that you neighborhood is easily accessible by most if not all modes of transport. You never know when your car will breakdown and be forced to use public transport.
- Go through the lease agreement and ensure that you are getting the best offer. Compare the package against what you are looking for and what other landlords have offered.
- Find out from the agent the tenancy policy. If you have pets you need to know if they are allowed in the complex.
When choosing an apartment chooses the one that you can afford to avoid having issues with the landlord. Some people go to live in houses that their salaries can't support, they make their life difficult. It is one of the key factors to look at selecting apartment; one should avoid being over tasked for renting a particular apartment. It is very important to make sure the rent is paid on time it make the landlord and they should have a good relationship. He should choose apartments that have enough space for his family and himself, it is always good to live in a spacious place.
Getting an apartment near the city is very important, there are many advantages associated with this kind of life. One will access to most of the basic things that he needs when he live in a city, some of these services aren't found any other place. There other services like banking, shopping, reaction facilities, schools and other services. Near the city, on gets the best schools available that also has a great transport system for its entire student. One also gets the best medication in the country, there many god hospitals that are near the city. One should look thoroughly and go for an apartment of wish; there is 1 bedroom to 5 bed room apartments available for you.


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There are umpteen ways to encourage tidiness around the house...
You can buy a robot vacuum cleaner, cough passive aggressively every time a friend leaves a sweet wrapper lying around, or - failing that - fix a lethal sidearm onto your robot vacuum.
But in the interests of not murdering house guests we'd like to point you very much away from the latter option and firmly into the direction of New York designer Louise-Anne van't Riet.
Her latest design piece is the Infinitum table, ostensibly paying homage to the décor of the Death Star with a near limitless glass LED-strewn façade, but really helping to deter domestic litterbugs in a future living room near you.
When an object is placed on the glass, the table lights up to illuminate whatever's on top. This, the designer hopes, will remind people to take whatever belongings they have with them when they leave, because it's either that or you waste a heck of a lot of energy.
The science behind the boundless drop? One-way plexiglass reflects LED light to create that eerie sense of depth, the colour of these LEDS changed by users via an outside panel.
Granted, it would have been great to see an electric shock component added to thwart any who dare put their feet on the table, but we suppose it's a start.


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PTCO Contact Information
PTCO contact information: firstname.lastname@example.com
Facebook Page: Smoky Hill High School PTCO
Website: www.shhsptco.org
We are looking to fill the following positions. Email us @ email@example.com if you are interested.
RESTAURANT NIGHTOur October restaurant night will be a food truck fundraiser on Thursday, Oct. 23rd, from 4:30-7:30 p.m. in the bus lanes - in conjunction with Parent/Teacher conferences. Meal tickets can be purchased in advance for $10 and at the event for $12. The cafeteria will be open for seating. The Student Government will be selling drinks for an additional cost. Go to our website www.shhsptco.org to purchase tickets and for more details. Tickets will also be available for purchase at schoolSpirit Wear
Spirit wear - Order forms are available to download on our website. Turn in the order form and payment at the Main Office.
Fundraising Opportunities
The following 3 fundraisers are available throughout the school year:
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Living with Color- High Point Market
Hello from High Point-
There was so much to see in High Point Furniture Market and our trip, as always, was fantastic. We discovered new manufacturers, saw old friends and had a ton of fun inspite of the awful weather. And we found a new favorite place to eat lunch!
Yes, this is a fuchsia and orange room, but isn't it fantastic? This room was Instagrammed by every designer I know. Standing in this space made me feel so HAPPY. And, really, isn't that how we want to feel when we walk into our home? What makes this space work is the ivory sofa and carpet and nice doses of white in the accessories- mirror, lamps, pillows and vase. It's also grounded by dark walnut wood (hard to see- note the legs) and black iron on the wall. There was a tremendous amount of pink throughout market, both a sophisticated and joyful color.
One of my favorite fabrics is velvet. I love to use it in clients' homes because it is both plush and durable and so very cosy. Mixing up textures is key to getting a room right. This screen has lovely color and scale, while the velvet sofa adds depth and texture.
By comparison, having one color in a room bores our brain. When nothing unusual, interesting, or exciting stops our eye, we kind of move right past without really noticing. Think about adding color to liven your home…
xoxo Theresa
Theresa Seabaugh Interior Design | Brooklyn, NY


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Friday morning was sort of like disaster control for Dan. We both were able to sleep in a little but once he woke up he set to work on cleaning up from party central. I cleaned up a bit around our room but it was nothing compared to the task he had at hand. After the party you could hardly see the floors because of how much debris was everywhere. From what I gathered he had to mop multiple times in order to make it back to the original flooring. I guess that's the price you pay when you throw epic parties in a township.
My plan for the day was to host a sports afternoon with as many kids as I could gather. The only problem was that not many kids were over when I wanted them to be. I was expecting at least 10 kids to come down to the fields with us, pick up a few kids along the way, and meet maybe another 10 kids down by the park. I still had a handful of Five Ultimate jerseys to give away and I was hoping to suit everyone up. When 3:30 rolled around only about 4 kids were at our place. Maybe they all had candy hangovers from the night before? It was such a nice afternoon out that we decided to head down to the fields anyway. Even with just the 4 kids, Hanneke, Mieke, Dan, and I, I figured we could come up with something fun to do.
Along the way we passed different groups of kids but none that came along with us to the fields, and when we arrived at the fields they were basically empty. I thought Songo's BMX riders would be available to join but they weren't even riding today. I didn't want to give up though so we continued down to the fields and began passing around the ball we brought.
In the distance, on another field, we saw a group of younger kids playing soccer. I asked Mawande and Apihwe to run over and ask if they'd like to join. In the mean time I asked Wande to run over to a different group of kids and see if they'd like to join us. Slowly but surely kids started showing up, and when they saw that kids were getting the chance to wear awesome 5 Ultimate jerseys they came running!
When we finally had enough people for a real game we split the teams up with Hanneke captaining one team and Mieke captaining the other. We really had no idea of knowing who had the better team because we only knew a small fraction of the players. There were well over 30 kids on the field when the games began and only about 4 of them had walked over with us.
Things got off to a quick start with Hanneke's team taking an early lead. The score might have been 4-0 when I decided to join Mieke's team and lend a hand… or foot. Even with my help the other team continued to score and it wasn't until I finally offered a decent pass to Mawande that our team scored! The score was like 5-1 at this point but we had our first goal. I think in any sport the first goal is always the hardest and we used our momentum to score another couple fast points. All these kids, ages 5-14, were better than me at soccer, but I was still faster!
We continued playing for the next hour or so and the score was eventually 8-8. When we saw kids struggling to run the full length of the field and realized we ought to head back for dinner it seemed like the perfect quitting time. What began as a small group and turned it into a very large competitive soccer match. Sports day was an awesome success and the kids were all thrilled to sport their new jerseys! Thanks so much to Five Ultimate and my team mates from Shippensburg University for the donated jerseys! You pretty much are these kids' heroes, and there is no doubt that they'll have these jerseys for years to come! Most of these kids could use a few years before the jerseys finally fit them anyways!
One of the reasons we had to be back at a certain time for dinner was because Hanneke, Mieke, and I were going to a performance at Amazink and needed to eat beforehand. Amazink is a restaurant in Kayamandi that offers outsiders a chance to experience a cultural performance while eating a delicious dinner. The best part about this performance was that Lelethu was one of the star performers! Lelethu is my host sister who lives with us at Mama Zulus. We all know she has a stunning voice from hearing her sing throughout our mornings and afternoons but this would be the first time seeing her on stage.
Just after dinner the three of us dressed up and headed over to Amazink. The reason we ate first was because we were unsure if our tickets had food included and we didn't want to risk not eating anything all evening. Since this was the first and probably only time I'd be getting dressed up in Kayamandi I was sure to take a few pictures with Mama Zulu, and the kids that were over. When we arrived at Amazink we were greeted by a welcoming performance just outside the doors with Lelethu leading the way. She looked so great we all had to get pictures with her before going inside.
None of us really knew what to expect upon entering the place but we were all anxious and excited to find out. We first were guided to our table that was specially reserved for us. Our seats were great! Right by one of the stages and right in the middle! After ordering a bottle of wine and playing some cards the show finally began.
To put it simply, the show was incredible. Honestly one of the greatest performances I have ever seen! For nearly 2 hours we were blown away by solos, dances, costume changes, and more! Every one of the performers had a unique style and an amazing voice. I was so proud to know Lelethu and see her lead many of the songs. From start to finish I was completely engaged in everything they were doing. We went outside for a couple songs where I found out that Lelethu could play the djembe drum, and was totally amazed to see her lead the entire group in complicated step dance. Okay, so my knowledge of dance styles isn't the best but I know great dancing when I see it and these guys were phenomenal. Some of the performers have traveled the world with their skills but continue to find themselves back in Kayamandi.
Throughout the entire performance I kept thinking to myself how great it would be to have brought some of our kids to the show. It's a bit expensive and I don't have time to do it before I head back home but I was thinking it might make for an awesome Christmas present for the kids if I supply Mieke and Hanneke with a means of taking a small group to the show. I just know they'd love it as much as I did and would probably be singing and dancing along with them.
As the show went on more and more of the audience began to get involved and before things were finished we were all out of our chairs singing and dancing. Immediately after the performance we all demanded an encore and were lucky enough to be entertained for at least a few more minutes. No one wanted the show to be over, but all good things must come to an end.
I'm so glad how things worked out on Friday, and I'm not sure I'll ever see a performance like the one I saw at Amazink. Lelethu, never stop being so awesome!


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Press and Promotions, Stages and Cages
With the launch of my new show "Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll" (shameless plug: Thursdays at 10pm on FX), my schedule this summer has been, as the kids call it, "off the chain." We finished the 10-episode season just before the holidays last December 2014, and have spent most of the year in a holding pattern waiting for its premiere, which was July 16th, 2015. It's been a little maddening not being able to work on acting projects as much as I would like, but it gave me time to focus on my animal work – until it was time to shift into my Hollywood work again, and gear up for press and promotions, which started at the beginning of the summer.
Once the network got the machine rolling, it became a whirlwind. I've been to Austin, Nashville, Bonnaroo, San Antonio, San Diego Comic Con, New York – twice, and did tons of stuff in Los Angeles as well as through technology. All within three months. Every second of it has been awesome. Exhausting, but awesome. It's definitely what every actor dreams of, and to have my dream come true is something else.
The part I like best (besides having a car take me everywhere, and a hair/make-up stylist team) is the fact I get to talk about animals everywhere I go. I was wondering what the press would do about my activism, and turns out – they not only embraced it, they pursued it. I can't remember one interview where it didn't come up as a question. And that is what every activist dreams of (other than to have their issue abolished) – to have their cause in the spotlight.
Below is a growing list of some of my press highlights during this whole crazy time. Some are videos and some are articles, but they all share my love of my art and my passion. Thank you for joining me along the way. I appreciate your support, because if you're supporting me – you're supporting animals.