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Milwaukee got its look at the vaunted Oklahoma City Barons in back-to-back Friday and Saturday night action.
The Barons were as good as advertised defeating Milwaukee 2-1 in overtime on Friday and flexing their offensive muscles in Saturday's 5-2 win.
The Admirals seemed to be riding their recent hot streak high in the first game, taking OKC down to the wire. The Admirals scored first when Austin Watson got a nice feed from Gabriel Bourque (great to finally see him back).
But despite putting 43 shots on Yann Danis, the goalie was solid and kept Milwaukee off the board for the rest of the contest.
Danis ended the weekend stopping 77 shots and only allowing three goals.
Former University of Wisconsin talent Justin Schultz was an Admirals killer all weekend. He assisted on both Taylor Fedun's equalizer and Marc Arcobello's game-winner 3:18 into the extra period Friday.
After the Admirals got the early lead again on Saturday when Daniel Bang scored his second of the year, Schultz tied the game later in the first period.
The real stars of Saturday were OKC's more famous NHL talents. Taylor Hall assisted Ryan Nugent-Hopkins' goal with 48 seconds left in the first period to put the Barons up for good.
Hall assisted RNH again on an empty netter with 53 seconds left in the game that put OKC up 5-2.
Things got chippy early in the second game with both teams combining for 60 minutes of penalties in the first period, 20 of those minutes coming from a continued altercation between Milwaukee call-up Charles-Oliver Roussel and Dane Byers.
The Admirals' penalty kill wasn't up to its high standards as two of OKC's three power play opportunities resulted in goals. Milwaukee meanwhile couldn't capitalize on the three man-advantages it received.
Maybe the worst sight of the weekend, however, was Taylor Beck laying motionless on the ice Friday night. Beck, who's been one of the Admiral's top producers, crashed headfirst into the boards in the third period and was carried off in a stretcher. Fortunately he displayed hand motions and was talking to his teammates after the game. It's not known how much time Beck will miss with the injury.
The Admirals will hope to get their offense back on track heading to Rosemont to take on the Wolves. After starting the rivalry off with a 7-4 blowout win at home, part two comes with the Admirals in need of a big rebound.


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Post War World 1945-1973
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A broadly chronological sequence is followed. Within that chronology three main themes are considered: the origins and development of the Cold War, including topics such as the Korean War and the Cuban Missile Crisis; conflict in the Middle East, including the foundation of the state of Israel and the wars of 1956, 1967 and 1973; and the end of European empires overseas, including British departure from India and France's Algerian trauma.
Course aim
To give an understanding of the events that shaped the modern world in the years 1945 to c.1973.
Do I need any particular skills or experience?
- No previous study is necessary, although any knowledge which you have on the broad outlines of twentieth century history will, of course, be useful. The main requirement is to adopt a thoughtful and questioning approach to the issues raised.
By the end of the course I should be able to:
- List and briefly describe the key events of world history in the years 1945- c.1973
- Outline some of the main causes of the Cold War, the Middle East conflict and the withdrawal from empire of European powers
- Evaluate a variety of different kinds of source material
How will I be taught?
- The WEA tutor will use a range of different teaching and learning methods and encourage you and the group to be actively involved in your learning
What kind of feedback can I expect?
- A range of informal activities will be used by the tutor to see what you are learning which may include quizzes, question and answer, small projects and discussion
- You will have opportunities to discuss your progress with your tutor
- You will be encouraged to share your work with the group and discuss your learning
What else do I need to know?
- All learning materials will be provided. Most students find it useful to bring a pen and pad for personal note-taking.
Pre-course work, reading and information sources
- A list of suggested reading will be provided at the commencement of the course.
What can I do next?
- Progress to another WEA course
- Progress to a course with another provider
- Become involved with the WEA in a range of voluntary work and other activities including campaigning as a WEA member
- Become involved as a volunteer for a WEA partner or another organisation
- You could progress to Higher Education courses. Follow link to the PEARL website for information http://pearl.open.ac.uk/
Download full course information sheet
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I wish you all a happy I ❤ Free Software day; thanks for all the hard work for anybody who is contributing to the FLOSS micro-cosmos, making it a better place. Thank you for writing code, doing translations, reporting and fixing bugs and have some helping advise for new users.
In particular I'd like to thank all the people working on tools making my daily communication with people all around the world possible with a grain of privacy to enjoy. Thank you Hiroyuki Yamamoto for your wonderful Sylpheed and Werner Koch for GnuPG.
Thank you Evan Prodromou for good old Laconica getting me hooked on the idea of decentralized social networks in the first place and Mike Macgirvin for Mistpark providing a real federated platform. And thanks to all of your hard work to improve friendica Benow, Fabio, Hauke, Michael, Silke, Thomas and all the other contributors I've missed ;-)
And last but not least, thanks to the Mer project, the sailors of Jolla, the wonderful community around them and the f-droid project, providing alternatives to proprietary apps running on the small computer in my pocket.


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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Old Forgotten Projects
10 comments:
- Marilou Bain said...
Hi Kelly, Beautiful work!
Hugs Marilou
- April 16, 2013 at 10:13 PM
- Sherry "Edie" & Marie Antionette said...
Kelly...LOL...What do husbands know anyway...LOL
The frames and photos are just gorgeous.I love the whole efect.
The colors are beautiful.I love your journal.Its stunning.You are awesome girl.
XXOO Marie Antionette
- April 20, 2013 at 9:20 PM
- Eggs In My Pocket said...
So true! LOL I love vintage photos of babies in their christening gowns! I love what you have made and the colors you chose are so lovely!
- April 22, 2013 at 3:45 PM
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- April 23, 2013 at 6:23 PM
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- April 25, 2013 at 2:44 PM
- The Polka Dot Closet said...
Great project, I am laughing at hubby!
- April 25, 2013 at 11:47 PM
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- April 26, 2013 at 1:23 AM
- Martina2801 said...
Your new works are just great and magical. Great compliment!
Have a nice weekend, dear Kelly!
- April 27, 2013 at 3:31 AM
- Robin said...
What beautiful pieces you have finished! Have a wonderful day.
- April 27, 2013 at 9:58 AM
- JansArtyJunk said...
The colours of your beautiful project are amazing Kelly...Lol at your hubby...they just don't appreciate a sweet vintage photo like us do they :)...I know my husband doesn't understand either!! ;)
- April 28, 2013 at 11:38 AM


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Born and raised in Japan Yume turned her hand to a number of artistic pursuits, including fashion and textiles, before discovering her love of designing jewellery. Yume's pieces combine a worn and torn edginess with a hint of femininity in her line of jewellery. She lovingly creates her simple, delicate and charming style of jewellery using ethical silver sourced within the UK. Her designs are largely inspired by nature; flowers, butterflies and dragonflies. She also creates unique and contemporary designs which are bold and eye catching. She uses techniques such as plannishing (hammered effect), oxydising (blackened) silver and hand gilding 24ct gold leaf onto her silver jewellery to make a unique and individual style. She loves working intuitively helping the material and design converge together in a organic and stylised form.
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How cool is this! Zazzle.com has got to be the funnest website to make products from your own illustrations. It features hundred of items to place images on including t-shirts, skateboards and even shoes! Its really high tech and it allows you to see the product as it would look finished. It does however require the latest flash update to properly function.You can even set up shop and sell products with your images and get a percentage of the sale. I'm slowly getting use to the site but eventually I'll have items available in my Zazzle shop. What do you think? Should I design more products?
I spent the whole day playing and I came up with a few items. A tote to carry all your crafty purchases with my newest pin cushion character. Or a pair of Matryoshka slip-ons for your little girl. Don't forget the two tone coffee mug with cute mushroom cottages. Imagine the possibilities!


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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
If you follow my blog you must be thinking "why doesn't she blog more regularly"? Well, here's why...1. I'm not good at blogging 2. I am good at procrastinating things that I'm not good at and finally 3. I'm super swamped with the business and it's hard to find the time. I'm so happy to report that I'm busy and that should give you assurance that we are a good company to work with. So now I will try to post some good pictures of some fun events we've done recently.
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Winter Solstice – Scottsdale, AZ – December 21, 2017
December 21, 2017 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
30th Anniversary Concert With Will Ackerman, Barbara Higbie, Alex de Grassi and Todd Boston
Windham Hill Records has always been synonymous with the best of today's jazz, new age and pop instrumentals. Celebrate the winter solstice and its warm traditions with a concert of original and traditional acoustic music drawn from the label's multi-platinum-selling Winter Solstice series as well as its many solo releases. Windham Hill founder and Grammy Award-winning guitarist Will Ackerman; singer, fiddler, pianist and songwriter Barbara Higbie; guitarist and composer Alex de Grassi; and composer and guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Todd Boston come together for a joyous, one-of-a-kind holiday experience.


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Brussels sprouts, broccoli, chinese cabbage, cauliflower, pac choi (bok choy), corn salad (mache), kohlrabi, tatsoi, celery and celeriac make good companions for a raised bed. Was that a mouth full! Now all of the vegetables listed above except for celery and celeriac are part of the cabbage family. There are two main reasons that I typically group the cabbage family in one or two raised beds. 1) They love maturing in cool weather. 2) Many bad bugs love this plant family. By grouping these veggies in a raised bed, it is easier to protect them with a cover or a net barrier. For more information, on the cabbage family click on this link.
Now I am sure you are thinking why on earth would I plant celery and celeriac with the cabbage family. Here is why: 1) Why not? 2) Rumor has it that celery is a good companion for the cabbage family as it is aromatic and deters the bad bugs. I still use the net barrier because the cabbage moths and worms are abundant where I live! 3) While I will have to dig out the celeriac roots which grow under the ground, they typically mature in the Fall with brussels sprouts and celery. These plants mature in around 100 days. Keep in mind that many of the other cabbage family vegetables mature faster.
So it is confession time. . . I updated this post because I previously included sweet potatoes as a potential good companion based on the long maturity date of close to 100 days. Based on my experience, I have removed sweet potatoes from this category. It was difficult to find the sweet potatoes in the raised bed because they spread out underground. Also it was difficult to avoid injuring the roots of the other veggies that were growing nearby when I was harvesting the sweet potatoes. This past year I grew the sweet potatoes in grow bags and had a bumper crop.
Other good companions for the cabbage family, celery and celeriac are fast maturing leafy greens like spinach, mustard, arugula, endive, corn salad and swiss chard. These greens like to be planted in the early spring and mature in 60 days and under. Instead of greens, you can also plant radishes. Since these companions mature quickly, you can have them growing in between the long maturing plants. This helps you get more veggies per square foot!


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A White Water Rafting Trip I Will Never Forget
It was one of the greatest experiences of my life. It was challenging and exciting but the guides (Cash, Corey, Kelly and Joe) kept us safe by giving us proper instruction and reminders and being there if anyone got into trouble. I would recommend this trip to my friends. A trip I will never forget.
James - St Paul, MN
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South Philadelphia – Sunny and Comfortable 4 Bedroom Rowhouse to rent, 1 block from subway.
Cozy, four bedroom house with 2.5 bathrooms available, comfortably fits up to five occupants. Flexible start date, ideally January 1.
One block from Tasker-Morris Station (Broad Street Line)
Blocks from Benna's West Café, Brew/Ultimo, South Philly Taproom, the POPE and East Passyunk shops and bars.
The house is a three-story rowhouse with a large, dry, unfinished basement for storage that has a washer and dryer. There is central A/C and a large back patio and the house is TV/internet ready. All rooms in the house, including the four bedrooms, have windows and receive lots of natural light.
First floor: large kitchen and living room, half bath, patio and basement access
Second floor: three bedrooms and a full bath
Third floor: a very large bedroom with private, full bath (private suite ideal for two ocupants)
We are young professionals who have very much enjoyed living in this home and neighborhood for the past year and a half, though some of us must unfortunately depart. Would all of us be staying in Philly, we'd certainly stay! The landlord has been very attentive.
For pictures: http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/apa/5325978548.html
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T-shirt- Primark
Shors- Primark (I think...)
Sunglasses- Primark
Shoes- Primark
This is very casual outfit when the sun is out, which in UK is happening more and more now. Yayyy! This is just plain burn out tee from Primark, which was only £4! I'm pretty sure it will be one of my summer essentials as you can wear it with anything. My new white shoes are currently my shoe obsession along with my new nike's ( If you follow me on Instagram you would have seen them) Also please excuse my awful fake tan, it's new and am trying to find the best way to apply it!
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Miracle Manicure – 3 weeks on
I'm always pleased when a product does what it promises, I love it when it surpasses my expectations.
Shellac says that their polish wears flawlessly for 14 days and 3 weeks on, it's still looking fabulous and I haven't been careful with them. The only problem is that my nails have grown and the colour is moving up.
So now for the second test, removal. Shellac does sell removal wraps which minimises the contact of acetone with the skin, but at £3 a pack to do all your nails, it does add additional cost to the manicure and they are fiddley to use.
What I would recommend is; buying nail varnish containing acetone (available from boots, superdrug etc.) which you fill a small bowl with. Then put this bowl in a larger bowl of hot water (a bit like a bain-Marie) and pop your nails in and the polish melts off easily.
I'm heading off on holiday in a few weeks and getting a Shellac manicure will be top of my beauty preparation list.
CND's Shellac manicure www.cnd.com cost me £27 from my local salon (House of Beauty Cambridge www.cambridgebeauty.co.uk)
Miracle Manicure
Parisian and NYC ladies are renowned for their groomed finish, this is a look I crave but don't have the time, or the commitment to emulate. Well coiffed hair and perfectly manicured nails are a must for these women, but how can we get this on a tighter budget and time-frame?
Whenever I have a manicure, I have generally smudged my beautiful polished talons before I get home or I've chipped them in the next day or so, so I only tend to bother for a special event.
However, many different nail brands have come up with a hybrid between normal polish and gel nails. These promise to last between 2 and 3 weeks without chipping and are easy to remove.
I've gone for CND's Shellac manicure at my local beautitians. There is a range of 24 shades to choose from, including my fav 'Tropix' a lovely coral, perfect for summer.
The appointment lasted an hour, including shaping my nails and cuticle treatment, but I left with completely dry nails. They do feel a bit 'thicker' than a normal polish, but don't look like fake nails at all.
Removal of the polish can either be done at a salon, or you can buy acetone nail varnish remover from any chemist and soak them off in a few minutes.
If you are going for a manicure, I would definitely recommend Shellac over conventional polishes and it is perfect for holidays, weddings or other special occasions.
CND's Shellac manicure www.cnd.com cost me £27 from my local salon (House of Beauty Cambridge www.cambridgebeauty.co.uk)
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OBJ Importer imports your OBJ file to Autodesk® AutoCAD®. The file format is open and has been adopted by other 3D graphics application vendors.
Scatter selected regularly placed drawing objects by random nudging.
Generates successive polyline approximations of lwpolyline/polyline3d objects to smooth out the original shape but keep the overall polyline trend.
DWG/DXF Compare plugin compares two drawing files and the comparison result is shown in a new Autodesk® AutoCAD® window.
OBJ Importer imports your OBJ file to AutoCAD. The file format is open and has been adopted by other 3D graphics application vendors.
AVCAD is a bundle of plugins for a CAD software to create Audio/Video/Radio/OB Vans/Extra Low Voltage Systems/CCTV/Data Networks schemes.
A seven-parameter similarity transformation calculator in 3D space.
Plugin for calculating total lengths and total areas of polylines
This is a great library of AutoCAD® Clock symbols. There are CAD symbols of clocks including wall clocks, mantel clocks, tavern clocks, floor clocks, and longcase clocks.
A basic recursive random tree generator in 2D and 3D.
Sometimes there can be a reason why you want to change the application title in Autodesk® AutoCAD®. It can be that you need to take nice screenshots for documentation for example.
This app can be used with Autodesk® AutoCAD® to create Spirograph (TM) - like patterns. Turn AutoCAD into an educational toy that will provide hours of fun for the whole family!
You can insert text bubbles to lines, curves, or draw leaders with it, or quickly make a schedule from text bubbles and/or other blocks.
Inserts Text Bubbles at end of lines, arcs, polylines, splines and leaders or at any other location of your choice. Renumber the text bubbles quickly as needed.
Align text or other objects on lines, arcs, polylines, featuring many other "plus" commands.
Interactively positions text characters along lines, polylines, splines, circles, arcs and ellipses.
Catenary is the curve of an idealized free hanging cable supported at its ends. This app provides several commands to draw this U-like shape in Autodesk® AutoCAD® utilizing different input parameters.
Morphs one polyline into another by generating intermediate polylines at arbitrary stages of the process.
Polyhedral Mesh to Solid is for that difficult Mesh, which won't convert to 3D Solids because of self-intersecting faces etc. It also locates the Center of Mass for a single or a group of objects.
CADtoWIN extends the Microsoft SharePoint functionality inside of Autodesk® AutoCAD®.
A professional version of Text Bubble. You can insert text bubbles to lines, curves, or draw leaders with it, or quickly making a schedule from text bubbles and other blocks.


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First round of local candidate filing opens May 22
The first round of candidate filing for the 2018 election is nearly here, opening up on May 22 for all state and county offices and cities that hold primaries, which will take place Aug. 14. Filing closes June 5.
For the Roseville Review and Bulletin areas, that means affidavits of candidacy will soon be accepted for the Roseville City Council, five Minnesota House seats and a handful of Ramsey County positions.
In Roseville, residents will cast their votes this fall for two city council member seats and for mayor. The filing fee for elected office in Roseville is $5.
Seats in House districts 41A, 41B, 42A, 42B and 66A are up this fall, as are the elected positions of Ramsey County Attorney and Ramsey County Sheriff. The filing fee for the county positions is $50.
District 41A covers the north half of New Brighton, along with Fridley and Spring Lake Park. District 41B covers the southern half of New Brighton, St. Anthony and Columbia Heights.
District 42A covers Arden Hills, Mounds View, much of Shoreview and a small section of Blaine. District 42B covers Little Canada, Gem Lake, Vadnais Heights, and sections of Roseville and Shoreview.
District 66A covers Falcon Heights, Lauderdale, much of Roseville and parts of St. Paul.
For more information about filing go to www.ramseycounty.us/residents/elections-voting and click on the "Candidate Filing" link or call Ramsey County Elections at 651-266-2171.
There are a number of other Roseville Review and Bulletin area city council elections coming up this fall, with candidate filing running July 31 to Aug. 14.
Arden Hills, Lauderdale, Little Canada, Mounds View and Shoreview will all have two council seats and the mayor's seat up for election.
Election Day is Nov. 6.
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Even though you can watch a movie on your TV,laptop or iPad these days, great theaters still make going to the movies worth buying a ticket and sometimes even worth a trip. Reclining stadium seats, historic backstories and snacks
beyond popcorn and Red Vines reel us in to theaters across the country. FunOnTheNet found 10 great places to see a film—the theaters are destination-worthy. Curtains up! Here are our picks for the 10 best movie theaters.
1. United Artists Theatre, Michigan, United States
The United Artists Theatre Building is a high-rise tower in downtown Detroit, Michigan, standing at 150 Bagley Avenue. It was built in 1928 and stands 18 stories tall and was designed by architect C. Howard Crane in the renaissance revival architectural style, made mainly of brick. Until December 29, 1971, it was a first-run movie house and office space, and then after that, the theatre saw sporadic usage until 1973.It was commissioned by United Artists, the film industry powerhouse
founded by silent film legends Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin, and DW Griffith. It changed hands several times after its heydey and by 1989, was no longer showing movies. Instead, the building was home to the University Cathedral, the church headed by colorful televangelist Dr. Gene Scott until his death in 2005. In 2009, the theater was
purchased by the ACE HOTEL theater chain, and the renovations began. Everything was restored to its former glory, including the showstopping dome above the center of the auditorium which was fitted hundreds with LED lights.
2. Austin's Almo Drafthouse, Texas, United States
It shouldn't make sense that a movie theater chain has such street cred, but Alamo Drafthouse does. Think of it as the cool kid brother movie theater. Alamo Drafthouse started out in Austin, Texas, and hosts a whole series of events including Heckle Vision, Quote Alongs and nights where experts rip apart Michael Bay popcorn blockbusters. But what makes the Alamo theaters really cool are its policies: no children under the age of six, no talking, an extremely strict no-cellphone policy (as this curse-laden voicemail left by an unhappy customer demonstrates) and no ads before the movie.This is a movie theater experience as it should be: the movie you pay for, zero annoyances and great food and beers being served to your seat.
3. Raj Mandir Theatre, Jaipur, India
Come here for the ultimate Bollywood experience: the national anthem at the start, a choice of expensive and cheaper seats, the three-hour Hindi flick bisected with an interlude and applaud along with the locals whenever the hero shows up on screen.With its pink Art Deco-inspired exterior made up of waves and asymmetrical shapes, the Raj Mandir is a symbol of Jaipur, a city laid out beautifully from its founding in the 18th century. It opened in 1976, seats around 1,200 and usually fills up. With ticket prices around Rs100 (US$1.90), this won't be your most luxurious movie outing, but it will definitely rank among the most memorable.
4. 4DX, Seoul, South Korea
4DX bills itself as the first 4-D movie theater in the world that screens studio releases, taking 3-D movies to the next level by
introducing movement and scent, as well as wind and water effects. Sitting through amusement park-type effects for such a long time may not be suitable for everyone, and people with heart disease, back pains, pregnant women and children under one meter are discouraged from entering. 4DX aims to "free" the moviegoer by connecting with the characters on screen, placing them into the shoes of the protagonist by feeling what he feels. 4DX theaters are now part of 14 CGV locations all over Korea. Tickets for the 4-D screenings start at ₩14,000 (US$12).
5. Uplink X, Tokyo, Japan
Uplink X calls itself the smallest movie theater in Japan, with 40 seats. It's housed in a multipurpose building managed by Uplink Co. alongside Uplink Factory, a multipurpose theater space and Uplink's café Tabela. Its standout feature is its "social seating" plan - the 10 various types of seats are not screwed into the ground, but can be moved around within the space, making the movie-watching experience more interactive and social.
6. Prasads, Hyderabad, India
You might mistake Prasads as just another entertainment complex in Hyderabad but take a look at its cinema screen; it's the largest IMAX 3-D screen in the world. Measuring 72 x 92 feet, and running since 2003, it receives more than 1,500 calls a day to the telephone booking line.Sydney may have the largest IMAX in the world at 97 x 117 feet, but throw in the 3D technology and you get yourself on this list. The biggest grossing films in IMAX 3-D for Prasads so far have been "Avatar," "The Polar Express" and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1."
7. Cine de Chef, Seoul, South Korea
Korean movie theater company CGV claims another spot on this list with its Cine de Chef theater, which gives a luxury spin to the "dinner and a movie" concept. Many other movie theaters also provide food and beverage options to moviegoers, but Cine de Chef stands out with its upscale French-Italian cuisine, courtesy of a former Park Hyatt chef. After dinner, patrons can relax for the duration of the movie in the Quinette Gallay seats, specially designed for Cine de Chef. The seats are by the same people who make private movie theater seats for United Arab Emirates royalty. This meal and a movie doesn't come cheap, however; prices start at ₩38,000 (US$34) for a lunch and a movie ticket. The dinner prices start at ₩60,000 (US$53).
8. The Castro Theatre, San Francisco, United States
The term "movie palace" was coined to describe the elaborately designed theaters that sprung up in the first half of the 20th century in the United States. Opened in 1922, the Castro Theatre is one of the last vestiges of that bygone era still in operation. Its Mexican cathedral-inspired façade continues to captivate tourists and moviegoers. With the decadence of its lobby and auditorium, and the attention to detail in the wet plaster motifs on either side of the screen, the Castro presents simply what new technologies are attempting to mimic -- the pleasure of the movie-watching experience.
9. ArcLight Cinemas Hollywood, Los Angeles
This Hollywood theater isn't just a place to see stars on screen—you might catch a few sitting next to you in the audience. The theater offers 14 screens with reserved stadium seating (the seats are wider than average), plus the famous Cinerama Dome, which plays movies in the building next door. For snacks, choose from dishes such as gourmet chicken sausage on a baguette and great caramel corn made on site. Don't miss the lobby gift store packed with show biz memorabilia.
10. Electric Cinema, London, UK
The 102-year-old Electric Cinema, located in London's fashionable Notting Hill, was refurbished by the Soho House group into a luxury theater with leather seating, footstools, tables for food and drink and two-seater sofas. It was one of the first
buildings in Britain to be designed specifically for motion picture. By 2001 the combined redevelopment was complete, costing roughly £2 million, funded by local resident and entrepreneur Peter Simon (founder of Monsoon) who owned 191B and bought out European Estates in 2000. Gebler Tooth installed wide leather seats and sofas, a bar in the auditorium and a full size wide screen that mechanically unfurls from inside the listed classical proscenium arch. Cinema, restaurant
and an upstairs private members club Electric House have all enjoyed great success since and the Electric is now one of London's favourite cinemas. But its most unusual feature lies (literally) in its double beds that make up the front row. Couples can get cozy under a cashmere throw and watch a movie, but please, no hanky panky. You'll be in full view of the
rest of the theater patrons. Bed tickets are cheaper at £18 per person compared to £20 per person for regular tickets.


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Our Generation, Our Choice: Don't be frightened, be inspired
This blog post was written by Vignesh Ramachandran, a student organizer with Divest Middlebury, on why he's joining the Our Generation, Our Choice mobilization.
Society teaches us that the individual is greater than everything. It's why we take selfies and spend hours of our days curating our image on Facebook and Instagram. Society teaches us that if there is a crisis, then we can make individual decisions that fix that crisis. Take climate change as an example: the subsequent individualist argument is that if we each make sustainable decisions, take shorter showers, recycle, compost, then we can solve the climate crisis.
I don't believe that. There is something about humans that gives us the capacity to love. I think empathy is inherent in all human connection. I care about other humans (even if I don't know them) and that's normal. We need to be collectively responsible for our actions.
Right now, communities I care about are in crisis. The drought in California is directly affecting my community at home and hundreds of poor, minority communities in the Central Valley. Low-income homeowners have been rationing water in the cities and suburbs for months, while the wealthy folks in Beverly Hills and Palo Alto wouldn't dare let their lawns or golf course go brown. I care about my family and communities back home in India who have endured centuries of labor and resource extraction without compensation.
And it's not just my communities under attack, it is communities of people of color everywhere. Years of predatory mortgages and a school to prison pipeline sets youth in these communities up to fail. There are communities in Alabama that were legally having their voting rights stolen. Communities of color in the United States are literally set up to fail.
The problem isn't simply climate change. It is the crisis created by an economy that extracts wealth from communities and puts it in the hands of a few, the crisis created by a political system that doesn't represent the interests of the people, the crisis created by a status quo that favors white lives over black lives.
Yikes. That's frightening.
But what inspires me are the youth in these communities in crisis that are taking ACTION: youth in the movement for black lives demanding justice for police brutality and generations of inequality, youth in the climate movement demanding that their colleges stop investing in an extractive economy, youth in the immigrant justice movement demanding that our government stop deporting mothers and fathers, and youth fighting for justice everywhere.
And that's inspiring. We are a generation of dreamers who aren't afraid to think outside the box, even when we are taught not to. Let's resist the status quo that fails us. Let's reinvest in our communities, by building sustainable public infrastructure and renewable jobs. And let's reconstruct a democracy that represents the people.
Join me in Washington D.C. on November 9th to demand action from our leaders to reimagine a just and equitable society. It's time we linked love and revolution, so let's fight for the communities and people we love.
Join Vignesh on November 9. Sign up here.


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Cherokee 'Trail of Tears' Beans
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These were, according to the Guardian:
originally saved from the winter death march of 1838 when 17,000 Cherokees were forced from their lands in Georgia and an estimated 4,000 died.
'The beans were given to the Seed Savers Exchange in 1977 by the late Dr. John Wyche, whose Cherokee ancestors carried this bean over the trail.'
I like the idea of growing unusual things, plants that you don't often see. It just feels good for biodiversity reasons, and also the fact that it feels special, that few people have tried them. We purchased a packet from the Real Seed Catalogue, popped them into pots on our windowsill about a month ago, and they've shot up in the warm weather. Given they're in a good state, we decided to get them out in a large pot, with this wicker frame (I've been searching for hazel poles, but they're impossible to find). So far so good – the leaves look particularly healthy, which is encouraging.
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New technology helping Carbondale Police Department reopen cold cases
The world of police technology has completely changed the way officers and detectives see cold cases. Newer police technology has helped many law enforcement agencies reopen cases that simply could not be solved without the aid of additional tools.
In regards to unsolved murders, victims' families and local law enforcement officers want answers and justice for the crime, and Paul Echols of the Carbondale Police Department in Carbondale, Ill., is looking to use new technology to reopen cases that have gone cold, The Southern Illinoisan reported.
"One of the biggest things that bothers investigators is that the people that committed the murders of Ryan Livingston or Connie Cole-Holmes are that those people are still out there," Echols added about cases in 1981 and 1982 that went unsolved, the source reported. "The police usually have an idea of who is involved and keep their eye on those people, but one of the things people do not realize is you must have probable cause to make an arrest."
Echols explained that many cases have been left untouched for 25 years because cases didn't have enough information or data tracking sources to help officers connect the dots or establish motive or probable cause. Many cases were left unresolved from lack of evidence tying suspects to the crime scene.
"The state's attorney is not going to take a case to court knowing they cannot show proof beyond a reasonable doubt," Echols added, according to The Southern Illinoisan. "There is no reason to take it to a courtroom. It is just not going to happen."
Access to better forensics science
Police departments currently have access to new DNA testing technology that helps officers bring undisputable evidence to cold cases, The Southern Illinoisan reported. New technology is helping law enforcement officials look at the case with an entirely different perspective.
"Now, with the new technology that exists, we can reach back and take a stab to see what evidence is still there," Echols told The Southern Illinoisan.
The Illinois State Police (ISP) has been able to upgrade their forensics department to better test drug chemistry, toxicology, microscopy, forensic DNA, latent prints, firearms, footwear and track lines and other questioned documents, the ISP official site reported.
Police officers need up-to-date access to information on current and old cases. New crime control software is letting officers in their police cruisers access information about suspects from police bulletin boards that used to require a trip back to the station.
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But, the Fish's friend was having a skating party and we can't keep 'em bubble-wrapped forever.
She was doing great. And then it was time to stop. I never thought to teach her how to stop. (Go ahead...nominate me for Worst Mother of the Year Award. My kids will be the first to vote.) She leaned forward onto those little toe-stopper brakes and...
Well...you know the science- an object in motion will stay in motion, blah, blah, blah.
|The Fish and her new waterproof, lime green cast.
That's it. I'm done with this week.
What? The house? You dropped by here to read about the house?
Fine. I'll tell you about the house.
You can still...
Right THROUGH...
Would you look at that?! You can stand in the family room and see right through the walls into the upstairs bedroom. No matter how much progress we've made in 10 months...YES 10...I still say it is not a home until the place has walls.
The insurance check has still not arrived. We still have a few crews working, but until the money arrives we cannot make the big push to finish things up. So, this week the soffits are going up, nail guards are being placed, and a new electrician is adding some final touches. Little bits and pieces but no major work. That is to say...NO WALLS.
It's okay though, because when life hands us lemons...
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P.S. Dear crew, I do not mean in any way to pooh-pooh your efforts. I know you are there sweating the potassium right out of your over-tired bodies in this sweltering hell we call summer so I can have new framework and soffits and windows and such. You are doing a fabulous job. But, you know...I WANT WALLS, PEOPLE. WALLS!


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Ralph Douglas Klatt, 70, of Paducah died on Friday, September 7, 2018 at Baptist Health Paducah.
Mr. Klatt was a retired truck driver from Air Gas, a U.S. Navy Veteran, and of the Catholic Faith.
Surviving is his wife, Carol Klatt of Paducah; one daughter, Mary-Kathleen Brown of Paducah; and one brother, David Klatt.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Ralph Klatt Sr. and Mary Klatt; and one brother.
He will be cremated per his wishes and no services will be held.
Memorial contributions may be made in his honor to Project Hope Humane Society at 1698 W 10th Street Metropolis, IL 62960.
Lindsey Funeral Home of Paducah is in charge of arrangements.


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With over 23 year in business in the Hilton Head area, you know you can count on us for all your carpet and flooring needs. We're authorized sellers for all of our lines and have long-standing relationships in our community. We're reputable, dedicated and reliable.
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Our Genoa is a beautiful design comprising two large bedrooms, 3 optional kitchen designs and a large lounge/living area.
This 67sqm building features a comfortable living space and the fully functional kitchens can be optioned for overhead cupboards, gas cooking
and your choice of splashback colours to completely tailor your granny flat.
The Genoa bathroom has the option for the 1.2m shower enclosure and comes with the laundry trough, vanity and mirror. A separate toilet and vanity are conveniently located nearby.
Download the brochure including additions and upgrades.
- 5.0kW Split System Reverse Cycle Air Conditioner
- 80L Storage Hot Water System
- Underfloor Insulation
- Colorbond® Sheeted Roof with Thermal Air Break
- Vinyl Floor Coverings – Timber Plank
- 1 x 1800mm Sliding Door
- 3 x 1200mm Sliding Windows
- 2 x 500mm Sliding Windows
- 2 x Internal Sliding Doors
- 2 x Internal Hinged Doors
- 10 Double Power Points Throughout
- 1 x Co-axial Point
- 6 x Internal Dome Lights
- 1 x External Bunker Light
- Smoke Alarm
- Plumbing and Electrical Fit-off
- 1.0m Corner Shower with Rail
- Laundry Trough
- 750mm Vanity
- 750mm Mirror
- Towel Rail
- Extractor Fan
Bathroom 2:
- 750mm Vanity
- 750mm Mirror
- Toilet
See other available kitchens for this model here
- Free Standing Electric Stove
- Canopy Rangehood
- Black Laminate Bench Tops
- Gloss White Faces
- 600mm Cabinet
- 450mm Drawers
- 300mm Cabinet
- 600mm Pantry
- 800mm Fridge Recess
Prices are subject to GST. Installation costs are subject to an individual Site Visit.
These prices can vary from $15,000 +gst to $25,000 +gst in
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Here you will find the game guides for soul reaver and
soul reaver 2. You would also have a game codes and gameshark codes.
To help you get through game for the first time or just to play it again.
Look at the series of the other Legacy of Kain games.
The Soul Reaver stroy leading up to Soul Reaver 2.


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50 Eggs Inc.
6 Businesses
Named one of The Coolest Multi-concept Companies in the Land by Restaurant Hospitality Magazine.
50 Eggs, Inc. was founded by John Kunkel and owns and operates some of Miami's most popular restaurants: the James Beard nominated and award winning Yardbird Southern Table & Bar, Swine Southern Table & Bar, and the newly opened Spring Chicken. He is also known for creating and developing the fast casual Mexican chain, Lime Fresh Mexican Grill.
Kunkel, along with his 50 Eggs team, drives a multi-faceted, full-service culinary and hospitality firm focused on developing cutting-edge brands with unparalleled dining experiences.


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Here's what I used to create this Rocking card:
*Cricut Decals (Stick Rocker)
*Cricut American Alphabet (Star)
*"Father and Son Stamps" ( Joy's Life product page )
*Boy Mates Assort. Face stamps (Peachy Keen)
* Paper (DCWV & the Paper Studio)
*White Pen
*Black & Red Markers
Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog.. Oh, don't forget the new"Getting Scrappy Challenge"going on right now!! I would love to see you get scrappy with us :0)


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Araeoscelidia or Araeoscelida is a clade of extinct diapsid reptiles superficially resembling lizards, extending from the Late Carboniferous to the Early Permian. The group contains the genera Araeoscelis, Petrolacosaurus, the possibly aquatic Spinoaequalis, and less well-known genera such as Kadaliosaurus and Zarcasaurus. This clade is considered to be the sister group to all (currently known) later diapsids.
|Life restoration of Petrolacosaurus kansensis
|Scientific classification
Williston, 1913
Araeoscelidians were small animals (less than one meter in length) looking somewhat like lizards, though they are only distantly related to true lizards. They differ from other, earlier sauropsids by their slender limbs, their elongated tail, and of course by the presence of two temporal openings, the feature defining the diapsid condition. In Araeoscelis, only the upper temporal opening remains, thus resulting in a derived euryapsid condition.
Araeoscelidia includes well-known genera such as Araeoscelis (Williston 1910; Vaughn 1955; Reisz, Berman & Scott 1984), Petrolacosaurus (Lane 1945; Peabody 1952; Reisz 1981) and Spinoaequalis (deBraga & Reisz 1995; deBraga & Rieppel 1997), known from virtually complete skeletons. Zarcasaurus (Brinkman, Berman & Ebert 1984), Aphelosaurus (Gervais 1859; Thévenin 1910; Falconnet & Steyer 2007) and Kadaliosaurus (Credner 1889) belong to this clade, but are known only from post-cranial remains and a mandible fragment for Zarcasaurus.
The genus Dictybolos has been included in Araeoscelidia by Olson (1970), but this inclusion has been criticized e.g. by Evans (1988), especially since Olson also included distantly related groups such as protorosaurs and mesosaurs.
New specimens have been discovered in Oklahoma, United States (May & Hall 2002; Swanson & Carlson 2002) but so far lack a scientific description.
Phylogenetic relationships after deBraga & Reisz (1995) and Falconnet & Steyer (2007).
Stratigraphic and geographic distributionEdit
Araeoscelidia are known from the Late Carboniferous in the United States (Petrolacosaurus, Spinoaequalis) to the Early Permian in France (Aphelosaurus), Germany (Kadaliosaurus) and the United States (Dictybolos, Zarcasaurus, Araeoscelis). Apart from araeoscelidans, only one other diapsid is known before the Late Permian: Orovenator from the Early Permian of Oklahoma (Reisz et al. 2011).
Further readingEdit
- Carroll, Robert L. (1988). Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. New York: W.H. Freeman and Co. ISBN 0-7167-1822-7.
- Benton, Michael J. (2000). Vertebrate Paleontology (2nd ed.). Oxford: Blackwell Science. ISBN 0-632-05614-2.
- deBraga, M. & Reisz, R. R. (1995). "A new diapsid reptile from the uppermost Carboniferous (Stephanian) of Kansas". Palaeontology. 38: 199–212.
- deBraga, M. & Rieppel, O. (1997). "Reptile phylogeny and the interrelationships of turtles". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 120 (3): 281–354. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1997.tb01280.x.
- Brinkman, D. B.; Berman, D. S. & Eberth, D. Z. (1984). "A new araeoscelid reptile, Zarcasaurus tandyderus, from the Culter Formation, (Lower Permian) of north-central New Mexico". New Mexico Geology. 6 (2): 34–39.
- Credner, H. (1889). "Die Stegocephalen und Saurier aus dem Rothliegenden des Plauen'schen Grundes bei Dresden. 8 – Kadaliosaurus priscus Cred". Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft. 41: 319–342.
- Evans, S. E. (1988). "The early history and relationships of the Diapsida". In Benton, M. J. (ed.). The phylogeny and classification of the tetrapods. Volume 1: Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds. Systematics Association Special Volume 35 A. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 221–260. ISBN 0-19-857705-2.
- Falconnet, J. & Steyer, J.-S. (2007). "Revision, osteology and locomotion of Aphelosaurus, an enigmatic reptile from the Lower Permian of France". Journal of Morphology (abstract of the 8th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Paris, July 2007): 38.
- Gervais, P. (1859). Zoologie et paléontologie française (2nd ed.). Paris: Bertrand.
- Laurin, M. (1991). "The osteology of a Lower Permian eosuchian from Texas and a review of a diapsid phylogeny". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 101: 59–95.
- May, W. J. & Hall, J. D. (2002). "Geology and vertebrate fauna of a new site in the Wellington Formation (Lower Permian) of Northern Oklahoma". Oklahoma Geology Notes. 62 (2): 63–66.
- Olson, E. C. (1970). "New and little known genera and species of vertebrates from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma". Fieldiana: Geology. 18: 359–434.
- Peabody, F. E. (1952). "Petrolacosaurus kansensis Lane, a Pennsylvanian reptile from Kansas". University of Kansas Paleontological Contribution. 10: 1–41.
- Reisz, R. R. (1981). "A diapsid reptile from the Pennsylvanian of Kansas". Special Publication of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas. 7: 1–74.
- Reisz, R. R.; Berman, D. S. & Scott, D. (1984). "The anatomy and relationships of the Lower Permian reptile Araeoscelis". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 4 (1): 57–67. doi:10.1080/02724634.1984.10011986.
- Swanson, B. A. & Carlson, K. J. (2002). "Walk, Wade, or Swim? Vertebrate Traces on an Early Permian Lakeshore". Palaios. 17 (2): 123–133. doi:10.1669/0883-1351(2002)017<0123:WWOSVT>2.0.CO;2.
- Thévenin, A. (1910). "Les plus anciens quadrupèdes de France". Annales de Paléontologie. 5: 1–65.
- Vaughn, P. P. (1955). "The Permian reptile Araeoscelis restudied". Bulletin of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology. 113: 305–467.


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Journal of the House of Commons: Volume 1, 1547-1629. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1802.
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Sabbati, 11o Februarii
The Litany.
This Morning the Litany was said by the Clerk, kneeling, and answered by the whole House, of their Knees, with divers Prayers.
1. The Bill touching Tanners, Curriers, and Shoemakers, for Tanned Leather. - Mr. Arnold.
The Bill for Selling of Tanned Leather in Markets. - Mr. Arnold.
Queen's Title.
L. 1. The Bill for Recognition of the Queen's Majesty's Title to the Crown. - Mr. Smyth.
1. The Bill touching Liberties of Hexam and Hexamshire.
Bishops Leases.
1. The Bill confirming divers Grants and Leases made by Bishops deprived.
Bills from Lords.
Mr. Solicitor, with Dr. Lewes, brought from the Lords Two Bills ; One for certain Treasons, the other for Explanation of the Statute of Seditious Words and Rumours.
Bills sent to Lords.
The Bills, for Tonage and Poundage, and for Subsidy of the Temporalty, sent to the Lords by Mr. Treasurer, &c.


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Gardens By The Bay Blue Beauties
Gardens By The Bay Blue Beauties.
In the year that Gardens by the Bay celebrates its 5th anniversary, a special colour in the Plant Kingdom takes centrestage in Flower Dome. Blue may seem ubiquitous in everyday life, but true spectrum blue is one of the most uncommon colours in plants. In the "Blue Beauties" floral display, the special quality of blue blooms is celebrated as the flower field is awash in the splendour of this well-loved shade. Flowers cherished for their vivid blue hues like agapanthus, hydrangeas and delphiniums flourish in a French-inspired garden. Set amidst a landscape dotted with a wall trellis, topiaries, a fountain and gazebo, these blue blooms will be complemented by the purple and pink tones of gladiolus, lupins and foxgloves. These displays remain till Friday, 30 June 2017. Credit: Gardens By the Bay.
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Trails and Glens Biking Adventures
We had the pleasure of presenting our first ever Trails and Glens Biking week to a few guests in August. This cruise offers a variety of moderate biking options. Each day our experienced guide will show you the best of the trails and rides around and beyond the Great Glen. We look for a mixture of trail, forest track, towpath and scenic road that we don't have time to offer on our Bike the Great Glen cruise.
Read the first part of Pete's account of our great new biking week here


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Down Is Up will discuss music that might fall slightly under the radar of our usual coverage-- demos and self-releases as well as output from small and otherwise overlooked labels and communities. The title is a nod to Pitchfork editor Brandon Stosuy's downtown literature anthology Up Is Up But So Is Down.
01 All Dogs tape - I first heard Columbus trio All Dogs' saccharine pop-punk at Brooklyn art space Silent Barn, where they played the 10-year-anniversary show for Salinas Records-- a label from Detroit that's been behind records from P.S. Eliot, Swearin', and kindred spirits. The band is fronted by Maryn Jones, who is also a folk singer, with bassist Amanda Bartley and drummer Jesse Withers, who also plays in the melodic punk band Delay. Their entire debut tape (a split with another Ohio band, Slouch) has been soundtracking my September (cue "Love Song") and makes me curious about music in Columbus. Along with the tape, they've got a new 7" coming out on Salinas, a track from which is here (there is also a picture of an adorable puppy on the cover, naturally). Check out a full live set from January:
Music critic and former Pitchfork columnist Nitsuh Abebe noticed the similarities between bands like All Dogs and "the 7-inch shelf at a mid-90s college radio station," inspiring him to put together this worthwhile playlist of bands you'll probably like if you like All Dogs.
02 Copenhagen's Hand of Dust - In the best sense, the Copenhagen punk/noise scene can be hard to keep track of, with new bands popping up all the time, many with overlapping members and releases out in very limited quantities that are impossible to find. One of the more promising new bands to pass my radar as of late has been Hand of Dust-- a name that might allude to the line from "The Waste Land" ("I will show you fear in a handful of dust") but is more likely a nod to a track by British deathrock vets Rudimentary Peni. Either way, it doesn't seem like much of a stretch to consider Rudimentary Peni a forebearer to the entire gothic, noise-ridden sense of experimentation that's come to characterize the current CPN rock underground. This recent Hand of Dust live clip might also recall New York neo-folk-inspired act Cult of Youth, which makes sense as that band's leader Sean Ragon is soon releasing a Hand of Dust EP on his label Blind Prophet. The title track, "Without grace or glory", is available to check out, too.
03 Generator shows in Tampa, Fla. - I know the experimental music scene in Tampa is real, but sometimes it can be hard to picture what it's actually like, due in no small part to the fact that I have never been to Florida. (Am I alone?) A new short documentary produced by Far Off Sounds has helped to shed some light on the Tampa scene's anarchic spirit, exploring "The Rogue Generator Shows of Tampa". Gigs powered by electric generators are not uncommon in underground music-- you may have attended one of the fabled bridge shows that occur on Austin, Tx.'s Lamar Street Footbridge most years in March-- as they allow for lawless shows in unexpected locations, with music you might not find inside a traditional club.
"Tampa style is, you play wherever you're not supposed to play," says Rat Bastard, a noise artist from Miami who has been playing since the early 80s, naming streets, parking lots, and malls as common makeshift venues. Here, we find brash performances that involve the demolition of glass and a shopping cart; shows at absurdly early hours, and ones performed in rollerskates. We also discover a common Tampa scene activity-- dodging the cops-- and see quick performances by members of experimental pop band Merchandise, who have no doubt flown Tampa's freak flag most visibly as of late, if not ever. Todd Lynne, an organizer of these shows, described their purpose well: "The whole world is your stage, you can go anywhere you want," he said. "Someone can tell you to stop and you just go somewhere else. You are in total control of where you're going to play."


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What's the best way to maintain your lawn?
Keeping a lawn lush and green requires consistent mowing, weeding, watering, fertilizing and more. If your lawn is particularly large, it may make sense to hire a full-service lawn care provider. Whether you take a DIY approach or bring in the experts, maintaining your lawn requires a range of tasks.
Plan to mow the lawn often, allowing it stay longer than may seem convenient — longer grass is healthier grass. The general rule is to cut off no more than a third of the grass blade. This helps prevent damage to the lawn as well as keeping weeds from taking root. It's also important to remove any weeds, then prevent new ones from growing. In spring, consider spraying a pre-emergent herbicide on your lawn to prevent crabgrass and other types of weeds from sprouting from seed. During other seasons, broadleaf weeds like dandelions can be pulled by hand or sprayed with weed killers. The best time to water your lawn is early in the morning, allowing the sun to help dry the grass. Make sure to thoroughly soak the lawn so that the water penetrates several inches into the ground.
Lawn care also requires feeding; look for a mixture of fast- and slow-release fertilizers that include nitrogen. Some lawns also benefit from aeration, which creates small holes to let air, water and nutrients penetrate the grass roots. Although most homeowners can manage these tasks on their own, a full-service lawn care company can handle them on a regular schedule, taking the guesswork out of maintaining a beautiful lawn.
How do you look after your lawn?
Having a beautiful lawn doesn't just happen by magic. A multi-pronged approach to lawn care will result in a healthy lawn that will have your neighbors green with envy. The national average price for multi-service lawn care ranges from $40 to $50. Whether you tackle the project yourself or hire a lawn care professional, looking after your lawn requires consistent work. A baseline of lawn care is keeping your grass mowed and your irrigation system working properly. Fertilizing plants and grasses, as well as trimming and pruning foliage, may promote the health of your plants and lawn. Many lawn care pros offer different packages with varying monthly fees depending on your lawn size and the services you desire. Here are a few examples of average lawn care prices:
- 1,000- to 2,500-square-foot lawn: $60-$90 per month
- 5,000-square-foot lawn or larger: $110-$150 per month.
- Includes lawn maintenance, cleanups and irrigation repairs. The company trims shrubs, pulls weeds, blows out yard waste, fertilizes and does minor irrigation repairs.
- Up to 8,000-square-foot property: $30 per week/$120 per month.
- 8,001- to 15,000-square-foot property: $35 per week/$140 per month.
- 15,001- to 20,000-square-foot property: $40 per week/$160 per month.
- Includes mowing all turf grass areas; trimming grass away from fences, structures, trees, and lawn edges; and clearing or blowing all grass trimmings from driveways, sidewalks, curbs, etc.
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Jonathan D. Schertzer, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences
The inability to respond to insulin is the major cause of type 2 diabetes. This insulin resistance precedes overt diabetes thereby providing therapeutic window to prevent the disease. Obesity is the main cause of insulin resistance and inflammation has emerged as a key link between obesity and insulin resistance. How does obesity cause inflammation and how does inflammation cause insulin resistance leading to diabetes? My laboratory is interested in understanding these problems inImmunoMetabolism and how dietary and bacterial factors connect immunology and metabolism.
My laboratory uses physiology in genetic mouse models coupled with cell biology and biochemistry to understand the inflammatory basis of metabolic disease. Using our ImmunoMetabolism expertise, we collaborate with immunologists, microbiologists and gastroenterologists in order to understand how the food we eat and the bacteria that colonize us can cause (or prevent) metabolic diseases. This work is particularly interested in how the bacterial cell wall component, peptidoglycan, and dietary factors such as saturated fat propagate inflammation and alter metabolism via nucleotide oligomerization domain (Nod) proteins. This research has important implications for understanding the inflammatory underpinnings of obesity and diabetes, and is complimentary to ongoing collaborative research on energy sensors and fat/glucose metabolism during obesity.
My laboratory is also very interested in the role of inflammation in muscle diseases (i.e. myopathies). This builds on a long standing interest in basic science and therapeutics targeted to muscle using both endocrine and gene therapy approaches. Given that statin drugs are the first line treatment for obesity/diabetes related cardiovascular disease, we are particularly interested in immunity and statin-induced myopathy. Working with the world-renowned neuromuscular clinic at McMaster University, we bridge basic aspects of muscle biology and clinical treatment of myopathies such as muscular dystrophy, cancer cachexia, sarcopenia (aging) and inflammatory myopthies.
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- Gehrig SM, et al. HSP72 preserves muscle function and slows progression of severe muscular dystrophy. Nature, 484: 394-398, 2012
- Hawley SA, et al. The ancient drug salicylate directly activates AMP-activated protein kinase. Science, Apr 19, 2012
- Galic S, et al. Hematopoietic AMPKβ1 reduces murine adipose tissue macrophage inflammation and hepatic insulin resistance in obesity. J Clin Invest, 121: 4903-4915, 2011
- O 'Neill HM, et al. AMPKβ1β2 muscle null mice reveal an essential role for AMPK in maintaining mitochondrial content and glucose uptake during exercise. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 108: 16092-7, 2011
- Schertzer JD and Klip A. Give a NOD to Insulin Resistance. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 301: E585-6, 2011
- Schertzer JD, et al. NOD1 activators link innate immunity to insulin resistance. Diabetes 60: 2206-15, 2011
- Tamrakar AK, et al. NOD2 activation induces muscle cell-autonomous innate immune responses and insulin resistance. Endocrinology 151: 5624-5637, 2010
- Schertzer JD, et al. A transgenic mouse model to study GLUT4myc regulation in skeletal muscle. Endocrinology 150:1935-40, 2009
- Schertzer JD, et al. Modulation of IGF-I and IGFBP interactions enhances skeletal muscle regeneration and ameliorates the dystrophic pathology in mdx mice. Am J Pathol 171: 1180-8, 2007
- Schertzer JD and Lynch GS. Comparative evaluation of IGF-I gene transfer and IGF-I protein administration for enhancing skeletal muscle regeneration after injury. Gene Ther 13: 1657-64, 2006
- Schertzer JD, et al. Optimizing plasmid-based gene transfer for investigating skeletal muscle structure and function. Mol Ther 13: 795-803, 2006


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Tony Blair today launched an international search for thirty outstanding young people to serve as inter-religious ambassadors for the Millennium Development Goals. In Spring 2009 these young activists aged 18 - 25 will be selected to be the first Faiths Act Fellows.
The Faiths Act Fellowship brings together thirty young leaders drawn from the different faiths from the US, UK and Canada to embark on a 10 month journey of interfaith service.
Tony Blair said: "As changemakers for current and future generations, young people have the opportunity to establish a new vision of inter-religious interaction that places protecting the welfare of the world's poorest at its centre."


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Birmingham TechMixer 3.0 has been scheduled for Tuesday, May 1st from 5:30 PM to 8PM. It will be held again at the McWane Science Center in downtown.
In case you aren't familiar with what TechMixer is all about, it is essentially a large networking event for the technology professionals in the greater Birmingham area. There is usually a strong representation of the local area user groups as well. It is a great way to meet other professionals in the area. And, you might just find a user group that caters to one of your specific interests. As an added bonus, there is an abundant supply of great finger foods as well as a cash bar. You can get all of this for the reasonable price of absolutely free! There is no fee to attend the event.
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Welcome to our home, el Cortijo del Rector, in the hills of Andalusia in southern Spain, where I live with my wife Val and our dogs Biggles, the Aspull Terrier, and Bella the Brat.
This website and the associated Facebook page were begun seven years ago at the prompting of a publisher who insisted that merely writing books and articles wasn't enough, and the aspiring author needed to get out into the marketplace and clamour for attention. Please feel free to find it either an eclectic mix, reflecting a wide range of scholarly interests, or the magpie gleanings of an untidy mind. Click on a heading in the sidebar to the left of this page to browse a particular item. I welcome your comments and queries via the 'Contact' button.
My visible life began in 1946 about nine months after my father was demobbed from the Royal Corps of Signals and, what with one thing and another, it still goes on to the present day. A former cathedral soloist, I like olives, wine, boats, books and beer and dislike flamenco, potatoes and unfermented fruit. I own a cannon that goes Bang! and a Canon that goes Click! and allows me to record something of the beauty of this delightful country.
For the first thirty-eight years after leaving Lancaster University in 1967 I was a teacher, first of all in my native Lancashire and later as a Headmaster on four continents.
Twelve years ago I gave all that up to concentrate on some of the things I'd always meant to do but never had time for. One of the results is A Wigan Childhood (Palatine Books 2010) which I describe as a sort of cross between Cider With Rosie and Who Do You Think You Are? No Baboons in India was published by Amazon in 2013 and In and Around Wigan Through Time, based on 90 old and 90 new photos of the borough and its environs was released by Amberley in February 2014. October 2016, sees the publication by JMD Media Ltd of Six Steps from Wigan Pier (And a Bag of Uncle Joe's Mint Balls).
Shortly after our marriage, when we were still living in a rented flat in a Victorian former nunnery, I took Val to see a remote country cottage in the Lune Valley. It was falling down and had no mains water or electricity. When she had recovered from the shock we 'compromised' on a perfectly convenient new detached house with views of Morecambe Bay and the Lakeland hills. It was another eleven years before I managed to persuade her that I'd found our ideal house in the Cambridgeshire fens.
It was called Rector's Cottage and it was wonderfully in-convenient, with low oak beams, an inglenook, a secret passage, a staircase as steep as a cliff, a resident ecclesiastical ghost but nowhere the ghost of a right angle. When we asked our surveyor how old he thought it was he said 'Most of what you can see dates from about 1500. What you can't see is a lot older than that. Did you know you'd got a tunnel in your cellar? It runs under the road to the cellar of the Manor House. The Manor House? It used to be owned by the man who shot William Rufus.'
There is an old cliché about things happening in threes: A new job, a 'new' house...When we had long given up hope of ever becoming parents our first son, Richard was born.
January 16th 1980
A pale brass sun
Slides down a tinplate sky
The level light
Elongates Cambridge fields
Water glitters in the ruts
Like steel
Iron trees stand stark
The hedge is a black mesh
A brown hare darts across
My homeward road
Village lights glow gold
The silent house
Smells of the years and of wood smoke
You are two hours old
My son
In December 2001 while we were on holiday from our jobs in Malaysia we bought a small finca in the north of Málaga Province in southern Spain. The 80 olive and almond trees were wildly overgrown and the rambling old stone house sadly neglected. Half the roof consisted of rusting corrugated iron, the wiring was by Heath-Robinson's Spanish cousin and both the internal and external rendering falling away in chunks.
Eighteen years on, three poky rooms have become one pleasant living area heated by a wood-burning stove. An archway to the extended kitchen opens onto a sunny terrace with a view down the valley through the olive groves to the distant blue mountains of the Torcal de Antequera.
In memory of our son Richard's first home, Rector's Cottage in Cambridgeshire, we have named it el Cortijo del Rector, the Headmaster's Farm. As TS Eliot put it: 'In my end is my beginning'.
The stone walls are almost three feet thick, the ceilings low and supported by heavy un-squared beams of olive and poplar, the windows small to keep out the bitter winter cold and the blinding sun of the Andalusian summer. After twenty years of travelling on four continents it is a place to come home to.
Thirty-odd years of school bells were more than enough for us and here at Cortijo del Rector life is ruled more by the calendar than by the clock. Depending on how late I've rolled into it I roll out of bed at some time between five and six o'clock in the morning and, as the coffee perks, proof-read yesterday's effort before starting to draft today's thousand or more words. The dogs studiously ignore me until they announce at precisely six o'clock that it's time for breakfast, followed by a stroll through the olive groves to chase hares and chat with José and María further up the valley. If my five o'clock start sounds spartan to you, let me add that the traditional two hour post-lunch siesta is an honoured custom at el Cortijo del Rector.
A fen tiger like his brother, Will was born in Lincolnshire and now lives in Holland with Mariska and their daughter Jaya.
The game is afoot. And for Biggles every foot is a game.
Twilight at el Cortijo del Rector


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Though Rebecca DeMornay's place in pop culture history was assured by two extreme roles - the glacially gorgeous prostitute in "Risky Business" (1983) and a devious psychopath in "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" (1992) - the California native took great pains to prove that her talents laid beyond roles that were based solely around her icy blonde beauty. Over the course of her 20-plus-year career, DeMornay proved that she could handle characters of all stripes, from the scheming Lady De Winter in "The Three Musketeers" (1993), to terrorized Wendy Torrance in the TV remake of "The Shining" (1997) to the insecure mother of a trouble skateboarding champ in "Lords of Dogtown" (2005). Along the way, the enterprising actress also dabbled in producing and directing to keep herself in the game and improve upon her own projects throughout the years.Born Rebecca Pearch in Santa Rosa, CA on Aug. 29, 1959 - though other sources cite 1961 or 1962 as her year of birth - DeMornay's birth father was George Walter Pearch, better known among late-night television fans as the absurd, ultra-conservative talk show host, Wally George. Her parents divorced when DeMornay was two; she adopted her stepfather Richard...
Though Rebecca DeMornay's place in pop culture history was assured by two extreme roles - the glacially gorgeous prostitute in "Risky Business" (1983) and a devious psychopath in "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" (1992) - the California native took great pains to prove that her talents laid beyond roles that were based solely around her icy blonde beauty. Over the course of her 20-plus-year career, DeMornay proved that she could handle characters of all stripes, from the scheming Lady De Winter in "The Three Musketeers" (1993), to terrorized Wendy Torrance in the TV remake of "The Shining" (1997) to the insecure mother of a trouble skateboarding champ in "Lords of Dogtown" (2005). Along the way, the enterprising actress also dabbled in producing and directing to keep herself in the game and improve upon her own projects throughout the years.
Born Rebecca Pearch in Santa Rosa, CA on Aug. 29, 1959 - though other sources cite 1961 or 1962 as her year of birth - DeMornay's birth father was George Walter Pearch, better known among late-night television fans as the absurd, ultra-conservative talk show host, Wally George. Her parents divorced when DeMornay was two; she adopted her stepfather Richard DeMornay's surname shortly thereafter. DeMornay and her father, Wally George, had a lengthy and tempestuous relationship, with the two estranged for some 15 years prior to his death in 2003. Richard DeMornay died when she was five, leaving her mother to relocate her daughter and stepson to Europe, where they traveled extensively. DeMornay graduated with high honors from an exclusive private school in Germany, and apparently dabbled in songwriting while still a teenager - there were unconfirmed reports that she penned a song for a Hong Kong exploitation film titled "Goodbye Bruce Lee" (1975).
DeMornay returned to the United States in 1980 and studied acting at the prestigious Lee Strasberg Institute. She relocated to California to work as an apprentice at Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope Studios and made her onscreen debut in a bit part in Coppola's big-budget "One from the Heart" (1982). Shortly thereafter, she rose to fame as Lana, the business-minded call girl who captures Tom Cruise's affections in "Risky Business" (1983). The film was a substantial hit and her subway seduction of Cruise helped make DeMornay a crush object for countless male moviegoers. The two actors carried on their relationship off-screen for the next two years, even sharing a home during this period.
The much discussed Cruise relationship would not be her last through the years. DeMornay's personal life often earned her as much press as her movies. In addition to the toothy future megastar, she was also linked to the acclaimed songwriter Leonard Cohen for many years, serving as co-producer and arranger on his critically lauded album, "The Future" (1992). She also raised eyebrows by dating her "Never Talk to Strangers" co-star Harry Dean Stanton, who exceeded her age by several decades. DeMornay was also married for a year to writer and director Bruce Wagner before marrying sportscaster Patrick O'Neil - the son of actor Ryan O'Neil - with whom she would have two daughters.
In a move that would foreshadow many of DeMornay's career choices in later years, she followed this star-making role with a smaller one in the devastating independent drama "Testament" (1983) - co-starring with a then-unknown Kevin Costner as a young couple caught in the aftermath of a nuclear missile attack. DeMornay then returned to Hollywood movies with "The Slugger's Wife" (1985), a comedy that, despite a script by Neil Simon and direction by Hal Ashby, was met with universal disdain by critics and audiences alike. DeMornay, who also sang several tunes in the picture, was singled out by many critics as one of the film's weakest elements.
But that same year, she proved many naysayers wrong with a gritty and unglamorous performance in Andrei Konchalovsky's relentless thriller, "Runaway Train." As a female railway worker forced to contend with hardboiled criminals, Jon Voight and Eric Roberts, DeMornay more than held her own against the esteemed actors and earned back much of the respect and praise she garnered from "Risky Business." She won further kudos with her next film, Peter Masterson's adaptation of Horton Foote's play "The Trip to Bountiful," in which she shared screen time with Oscar winner Geraldine Page. DeMornay also performed a song on the well-received soundtrack.
From 1986 until 1991, DeMornay concentrated on smaller projects - independent films, TV-movies and low budget efforts - as well as an appearance in the music video for Jefferson Starship's ghastly ballad "Sara" - that kept her employed and in the public eye, but did not necessarily elevate her star status. She also made her stage debut in a production of the comedy "Born Yesterday" at the Pasadena Playhouse in Los Angeles, and later took on a dramatic role in "Marat/Sade" at the Williamstown Festival. Choices like these helped to cement the idea of DeMornay as an actress more concerned with the quality of her work than the profile of her projects.
Following a small but showy role as Kurt Russell's wife in Ron Howard's fireman drama "Backdraft" (1991), DeMornay wowed audiences in Curtis Hanson's psycho-thriller "The Hand that Rocks the Cradle" (1992). DeMornay brought sexual heat - and serious chills - to her role as a vengeful woman who infiltrates a young couple's life as their nanny and proceeds to destroy it from within. Though overwrought and needlessly violent, the film was a huge hit, and served as an excellent reminder of DeMornay's onscreen talents.
DeMornay mined the sultry, femme fatale archetype in several subsequent projects, including a noisy, teen-oriented version of "The Three Musketeers" (1993) with Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, and Oliver Platt; as well as Sidney Lumet's "Guilty as Sin" (1993); and the ridiculous "Never Talk to Strangers" (1995). But she also began to make inroads to working behind the scenes - serving as executive producer on "Stranger," as well as the bizarre "The Winner" (1996), a Las Vegas gambling drama which she wrestled away from offbeat maverick director Alex Cox in post-production (he removed his name from the project prior to its limited release); and "Wicked Ways" (1999), an erotic thriller with Michael Rooker. DeMornay also made her directorial debut in 1994 with an episode of the revived "Outer Limits" series (Showtime, 1995-2002).
TV proved a better showcase for DeMornay's acting skills in the late 1990s and into the early 2000s. She was the most appealing part of an ill-advised miniseries remake of "The Shining" (1997), for which she played the role popularized by Shelly Duvall in the Stanley Kubrick film version. She also impressed as a grieving mother in "Night Ride Home" (1999) for CBS, and gave "ER" (NBC, 1990-) fans a reminder of her potent sexuality as a 30-something woman who becomes Noah Wyle's lover and patient in a string of 1999 episodes. These projects, along with "Range of Motion" (2000), about a wife who struggles to believe that her husband will recover from a coma, and "A Girl Thing" (2001) - as one of three sisters coping with their mother's illness - helped solidify her reputation as a serious and capable actress with a wide range. A curious side note: during this period, African-American actress Sonya Eddy played two different characters on a pair of episodes of "Seinfeld" (NBC, 1989-1998) - both of whom were named Rebecca DeMornay. Perhaps she had a fan on the writing staff?
The sultry actress returned to the big screen in 2003-04 in two very different projects - "Identity" (2003) was a clever thriller about a group of strangers (including DeMornay's pampered actress) who are stranded at a remote hotel with a killer, while "Raise Your Voice" (2004) - a vehicle for teen star Hillary Duff - allowed DeMornay to play one of the first in a long string of hip older women roles she would enjoy throughout the 2000s. She also ventured back to television for the final four episodes of "The Practice" (ABC, 1997-2004) as the lawyer representing James Spader in his wrongful termination lawsuit against the show's central legal firm. Some gossip during this period suggested that DeMornay would join Spader in his spin-off series, "Boston Legal" (ABC, 2004- ), but this did not pan out; instead, DeMornay landed a plum role in Catherine Hardwicke's underrated teen drama "Lords of Dogtown" (2005), playing the mother of troubled skateboarding hero Jay Adams (Emile Hirsch). She also found time to squeeze in a brief appearance in 2005's biggest hit comedy, "Wedding Crashers" (2005).
In 2007, DeMornay was top-billed alongside Bruce Greenwood in "John from Cincinnati" (HBO, 2007), an offbeat drama from producer David Milch about a mysterious stranger who infiltrates a dysfunctional family of surfing legends in Los Angeles. The show, which made its debut after the final episode of "The Sopranos" (HBO, 1999-2007), did not share its former lead-in show's critical acclaim, but DeMornay's Cissy Yost was one of her best turns - cool, sexy, and barely holding it together as one of the sole voices of reason in a war of wills between her husband (Greenwood) and drug addicted son (Brian Van Holt).
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"Every single choice [of roles] I made on my own. I stand by it. There were some choices, in retrospect, that were probably bad, but I know that the alternative would have been not to work in that time period. Every step I made, I made myself." --Rebecca DeMornay quoted in MOVIELINE, October 1995.
DeMornay has reportedly written a script tentatively titled "Lilith", in which she hopes to co-star with her off-screen significant other Patrick O'Neal (aka Young Patrick O'Neal)
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The Unforgotten Coat
by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Published by Candlewick Press, 2011
112 pages
Ages 9-12
Chingis and his younger brother, Nergui, stand out for many reasons in the school they attend in a small town near Liverpool. They have come to England from Mongolia, and they both wear big furry coats, even in warm weather. Chingis insists that Nergui be in his class, although hes too young. Everything about them seems mysterious and fascinating, especially to Julie OConnor, the classmate whom Chingis has hand-picked to serve as their Good Guide. Julie takes her duties seriously by introducing them to football rules and other important things they need to know in order to survive in England. She also studies up on Mongolia, to better understand where they came from, and eagerly listens to Chingiss stories about his photographs: Polaroids hes brought of his homeland. These photographs are an integral part of Frank Cottrell Boyces brilliant short novel told from Julies perspective, and the truth about them is only one of several stunning revelations in a story that balances humor and depth. When Chingis reveals that Nergui is being pursued by a demon who wants to make him vanish, Julie gets involved in helping to protect him. And when the true identity of the demon is revealed, it cements the impact this brief acquaintance has on Julies life as she begins to understand her own world through their eyes. In an authors note, Boyce tells about the real-life Mongolian immigrant who inspired this story after he saw the amazing impact her presence had on other students in her class. © Cooperative Children's Book Center


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