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A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness.
— Madeleine L'Engle
The more interests I develop and obligations I take on, the harder it becomes to keep up with my ever-growing collection of books and find time to actually read all of those fascinating volumes that turn my head in the bookstore and induce me to plop the cash down on the counter. Unfortunately, when I neglect to maintain a varied reading list, the world becomes a narrower place and a less wonderful one with fewer things to ponder and fewer things that cry out sursum corda.
In no particular order, I've compiled a list of some of the books I've read over the past year, and a summer reading list of literature I'm enjoying right now. Hopefully you'll find something here to send you on a trip to the library or the bookstore – or to your e-reader.
Peace Like A River (Leif Enger) – A – Novel dealing with an exceptional and quirky family plunged into tragedy and bewilderment by an unfortunate incident. "Fair is whatever God wants to do," writes Enger. Peace Like a River shares the experiences of one remarkable man – as seen through the eyes of his children – who seeks to come to grips with that concept. This is one of those books that is pleasant to even think on long after it has been read and returned to the shelf.
Bleak House (Charles Dickens) – A – I've heard this book called Dickens' most mature work. While I haven't read everything written by the man, I have read a great deal, and, thus far, I'd have to concur. Although the title's grim tone suggests a desolate storyline, I found Bleak House to be one of Dickens' cheerier stories. This isn't to say that the tale is not fraught with unpleasantness and even tragedy, but the strong and sweet character of the protagonist puts the grotesque aspects of the narrative into perspective.
Ernie Pyle's War (James Tobin) – A – Wonderful biography of an exceptionally tenacious combat journalist in World War II. The book includes samples of Pyle's most enduring columns covering the war. While the work is biographical, its most enduring integral theme is that of the conflict itself and of the spirit of humanity under the pressure of overwhelming disaster. Pyle himself had a troubled personal life and the cloud of his failed marriage does hang over the book at times.
Eats, Shoots and Leaves (Lynne Truss) – A – Witty, engaging and unforgettable, Truss' delightful book serves as a refresher course for issues of punctuation in writing and a helpful tool for anyone concerned that the digital age is robbing our culture of some of its finer points (no pun intended).
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens) – A – By far my favorite of Dickens' books, Great Expectations has endured because it offers an answer to one of the most important questions that young people ask of the world: when I set about to orchestrate the best future I can manage for myself, what is it to be?
Talk To The Hand (Lynne Truss) – B – I picked this up because I found it on a clearance rack after thoroughly enjoying Eats, Shoots and Leaves. Truss is as witty and entertaining as ever in this little volume deploring our cultural rejection of etiquette, but she fails to end on a conclusive note or to provide any practical steps for action that would make this book more than an intelligent rant.
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) – A – One can imagine Ray Bradbury throwing his hands up and saying hopelessly and little pitifully, "I wasn't trying to predict the future. I was trying to prevent it." This novel is a sinister and poetic warning about may come to pass. Lovers of literature and liberty everywhere will appreciate it.
Modern Fascism (Gene Veith) – A – With his usual brilliance and knack for cultural commentary, Veith examines aspects of the fascist theory that gave rise to Nazism and their alarming prevalence in western culture during the 21st century and throughout the latter half of the 20th century.
Reading Between The Lines (Gene Veith) – A – This is an excellent primer for Christians embarking on the adventure of exploring great literature. Veith illuminates the murky and confusing panorama of Western literary history in a concise and readable style. Chances are you'll come away from this volume freshly inspired to read more and read better books.
The Men Behind Hitler (Bernhard Schrieber)– A – A fascinating and chilling look at the culture of eugenics and racial hygiene that led to the Nuremberg laws and Nazism. This book presents an engaging account of a much-neglected episode in 20th century history. What's more, it's available for free online.
How Green Was My Valley (Richard Llewellyn) – A – Novel starring a Welsh boy growing up amidst hardship in a village caught between the old and the new worlds. Llewellyn's writing soars with poetry and captures the exquisite beauties of a gone-by way of life.
Theodore Roosevelt's Letters To His Children – A – An easy read, and highly recommended. This collection of Roosevelt's letters to his children shows the man's broad and varied fields of interest and how his great appreciation for knowledge and endless pursuit of wisdom caused him to be able to enjoy the world widely.
Amusing Ourselves to Death (Neil Postman) – A – A must-read. Reveals the sinister nature of the visual entertainment culture and the demise of literacy and rational thought as a result of the pervading medium of television and television-based communications. I probably took more away from this book than from any other book I read this year and find myself sharing its concepts in discussion with others on a regular basis.
Economics in One Lesson (Henry Hazlitt) – A – Despite the dry and uninviting title, this is a splendid introduction to classical economics and debunks eloquently and with common sense a slew of Keynesian myths and fallacies, providing the reader with a more realistic picture of the economic scene than would be offered by most economic textbooks. Note that Hazlitt's book is based on Frederic Bastiat's essay, "What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen" and written in the tradition of The Law.
The Chosen (Chaim Potok) – B – Novel exploring Jewish-American culture during World War II, and examining the differences between the Hasidic sect and the Zionist movement. Informative and thought-provoking, but not indispensable. This book shouldn't be attempted by someone who doesn't have a general knowledge of Freud, and an understanding of his worldview, as Freud is a central theme.
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh) – C – My low letter grade for this book does not fail to take into account the sheer poetry and flow which makes it an enjoyable read. There's no doubt that Brideshead is charming and even irresistible at times. Overall, however, I didn't feel like it offered a strong enough point to redeem all of its ugliness. The novel seeks to portray the crumbling of the British landowning aristocracy in the 1920s, and succeeds in making fun of both the older and the younger generations. This "fun," however, is, for the most part, too grim to be laughable. The sexuality and alcoholism become redundant and are not used to a good purpose but drag the book into one long episode of depravity. While last scene of the story involves the protagonist making a right decision, it isn't put into enough context to really be meaningful.
Pigs in Heaven (Barbara Kingsolver) – C – Although there were several objectionable aspects of this novel about an abandoned Cherokee child and her adoptive family, I felt like the most destructive of these was the book's central message: children from non-white cultures usually can't be integrated into American adoptive families in a healthy way and must retain ties with their own people groups. While it's true that cultural sensitivity and awareness is a must for families who want to be involved in international adoption, the notion that an orphaned or socially orphaned child's best option is always that of adoption by his or her own ethnic group is a concept that has crippled international adoptions all over the world and continues to hold many children in conditions of extreme poverty and abuse. This book served in large part to reinforce that notion which I consider to be a very harmful one, and its storyline was mediocre at best.
The Lord of the Flies (William Golding) – A – One of my all-time favorite books, the Lord of the Flies is a masterpiece of fiction, dealing memorably with issues of original sin and the warped condition of humanity. He exempts no one from the tragedy of human fallen-ness, bringing children and adults alike under its yoke. Golding writes with an adroitness and command of language that stuns and his depictions of ugly things are heartbreaking rather than grotesque. Note that the book was not intended as some form of biblical allegory and should not be taken as such. Rather, it reflects certain truths about humankind in a loose but effective way.
Summer Reading List
A Concise History of the 20th Century (Martin Gilbert)
The Road to Serfdom (Friedrich Hayek)
What's Wrong With The World (G.K. Chesterton)
Your God Is Too Safe (Mark Buchanan)
So Brave, So Young, So Handsome (Leif Enger)
The Thirty-Nine Steps (John Buchan)
Flannery O'Connor Stories (with Jonathan Rogers' summer reading club – join us, perhaps?)
What are you planning to read this summer?


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Biggest, tallest, oldest, ugliest — here are some of our favourite London hotel facts.
1. London's biggest hotels
The three-star 1,630 bedroom Royal National Hotel in Bloomsbury is the largest hotel in London (and indeed, in the whole of the UK) by number of rooms.
The Hilton London Metropole Hotel in Paddington is the largest four-star hotel in London and the UK. It has 1,058 bedrooms.
London's five-star hotels are quite small by international standards: the largest in London is the Grosvenor House Hotel, which has just 494 rooms.
2. And the smallest?
We've covered this before. We think it might be 40 Winks on Mile End Road.
3. London's tallest hotel
The London Hilton on Park Lane is London's tallest hotel. It's 101 metres (331 ft) tall, has 28 storeys and 453 rooms.
Michelin-starred restaurant Galvin at Windows is on the top floor of the hotel — the views as tasty as the food.
4. London's highest hotel (this is indeed different)
The views at the Park Lane Hilton are beaten by London's highest hotel, the Shangri-La Hotel at The Shard.
The Shangri-La Hotel occupies the 34th to the 52nd floors of Renzo Piano's skyscraper.
5. London's Grade I listed hotels
London has two Grade I listed hotels: the French chateau-modelled, five-star Royal Horseguards Hotel in Whitehall; and the St Pancras Renaissance London. Royal Horseguards Hotel was once home/office for MI6 chief Sir Mansfield Cumming (the inspiration for 'M' from James Bond).
6. London's floating hotel
What do you mean you didn't know there was a hotel floating on the Thames? Sunborn London is a hotel on board a super yacht, with 136 rooms, a restaurant and a bar, and well, rather limited parking options...
7. London's ugliest hotel
Beauty is, of course, in the eye of the beholder. But we think the Guoman Tower Hotel near Tower Bridge is the ugliest hotel in London.
It's twice been voted the second ugliest building in London, in 2005 and 2006. (It was beaten by the Elephant and Castle shopping centre and Colliers Wood tower respectively.)
They couldn't have picked a more prominent location to dump it.
8. The one with the ghosts
Ghost hunters should head to the Langham, London's 'most haunted hotel'.
Believers should look out for a gentleman in Victorian evening wear who haunts room 333 during October; or the ghost of a German prince who jumped out of a window before the first world war; or the spirit of Emperor Napoleon III, who hangs out in the basement.
As recently as 2014, big burly England cricketers — surely not the most superstitious of blokes — were completely spooked by odd goings on at the hotel.
9. And the one with the vampire hunter
The Andaz London Liverpool Street, then called the Great Eastern Hotel, is where vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing stays during his first visit to London in Bram Stoker's Gothic horror story Dracula.
10. London's hotels converted from courthouses
London boasts not one, but two hotels that used to be courthouses — Clink78 and the Courthouse Hotel.
In its days as the Marlborough Street Magistrates Court, there were many (in)famous trials on the site involving figures such as John Lennon, Oscar Wilde, Johnny Rotten, Christine Keeler, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. The five-star Courthouse Hotel has retained some of its original features: The Bar's private booths are actually inside three of the original prison cells. You've not lived until you've had a martini perched on a prisoner's loo seat.
At the Clink78 youth hostel, where punk rockers The Clash once stood trial, guests can stay in former prison cells.
11. Inspirational London hotels
London's hotels have inspired a whole host of literary types.
It's said that Rudyard Kipling wrote his Jungle Book stories at Brown's. And that Agatha Christie was inspired to write At Bertrams Hotel at the same address. (Or maybe it was at Flemings Mayfair?)
Then there's the Langham, where the editor of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine simultaneously commissioned both Arthur Conan Doyle and Oscar Wilde to write stories for the publication. The results were The Sign of Four (published in February 1890) and The Picture of Dorian Gray (published in July of the same year).
12. The one with the hidden temples
The Andaz Liverpool Street has not one, but two masonic temples hidden within its red brick exterior.
There's an Egyptian temple in the basement and a Grecian temple on the first floor. The former has traditional seating around a black-and-white chequered marble floor, said to be worth about £3m.
The latter was fitted out in 1912, and features an organ, beefy doors enhanced by doric and ionic columns, and another black-and-white marble sunken floor, surrounded by masonic insignia and throne-like seating.
13. The one with the classic music video
So, it's not strictly inside a London hotel, but we're claiming it anyway: the video to Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues — the one with the much-copied cue cards and poet Allen Ginsberg hanging out in the background — was filmed in the alleyway behind The Savoy.
Want to go and find the exact spot for yourself? Popspotnyc.com have a detailed article to help with that.
Below is the original Subterranean Homesick Blues video with modern commentary by the director D A Pennebaker and Bob Neuwirth.


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New lawyer and graduate law positions open
New lawyer and graduate law positions openWednesday, 7 March 2018
We invite first and second year lawyers with an interest in social justice to apply for our New Lawyers Program. We also encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander law graduates, who have completed their Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or equivalent and are eligible to enrol in a practical legal training course, to apply for our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Graduate Law Program.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Graduate Law Program
Our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Graduate Law Program was established to improve pathways for aspiring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander law students seeking a career in social justice and human rights.
This program is aimed at law graduates who are yet to complete their Practical Legal Training (PLT) and provides successful candidates with the opportunity to learn on the job while developing their practical legal skills and knowledge.
There are two positions available and to be accepted on the program, applicants must be eligible to commence their PLT as of January 2019.
New Lawyers Program
The New Lawyers Program is offered to first-year post-admission lawyers over two years.
Successful candidates will complete comprehensive induction and training while learning on the job through placements that run for up to four to six months. Throughout the program, candidates will build on their experience and skills in our offices across Victoria.
There are up to 12 positions available, including two positions for applicants who are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.
The program commences Monday 27 August 2018.
Applications for both programs open on Friday 9 March 2018 and close on Sunday 25 March 2018. To apply, visit the Careers page on our website.
More information
For more information on the New Lawyers Program or the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Graduate Law Program contact Emma Norman, Recruitment Coordinator, on firstname.lastname@example.com or call (03) 9269 0193.


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Spirit of Lost Angels, by Liza Perrat (paperback, 378 pages). 4 out of 5 stars. Victoire Charpentier is a poor village girl in 18th century France, struggling to survive with her family in a time when the gap between the haves and the have-nots is wider than ever and the marriage of King Louis XVI to Marie Antoinette fans the flames of a violent revolution. As tragedy strikes her family again and again, Victoire vows to find a way to rise above her impoverished roots and make a new life for herself. Along the way she clings to the angel talisman given to her by her mother, a symbol of hope and protection amidst the chaos of her life.
I love historical fiction, and this book held me tight from the first chapter. We first meet Victoire as a child in her tiny village of Lucie-sur-Vionne, where the rumors of revolution are just beginning to be heard. They mean little to Victoire until she sees her father murdered and her mother executed for witchcraft. Left with only her brother and forced to depend on the charity of the village, Victoire goes to Paris as a maid, determined to make her way up in the world and somehow avenge her family.
Her life in Paris becomes even more tumultuous, however, as her personal troubles and the rising waves of revolution coincide. Spirit of Lost Angels traces Victoire's journey over the years, to Paris and back to Lucie-sur-Vionne and back again, as she fights to maintain her courage and her sanity in the face of hardship and horror.
This is an awesome debut novel, and apparently the first in a series, which makes me super-happy. The book moves at a very quick pace, so you never have a chance to get bored. At the same time, it's very rich in detail. I felt like the time period was very well-researched and all of the characters felt very authentic. Victoire is an excellent heroine, spirited and colorful but not without her share of flaws, which I found really refreshing; I've read way too many books with heroines that are either unbelievably angelic or thoroughly, stupidly unlikeable.
Overall this was a great read and I'm definitely looking forward to more novels from Ms. Perrat! If you love books about France or historical fiction in general, I would recommend checking this out.


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Man charged in fatal hit and run in Baytown
A Baytown man faces criminal charges after police say he fled the scene of a wreck that killed a bicyclist.
Jonathan Brett Leonard, 36, has been charged with failure to stop and render aid after the Saturday incident, according to a charging document from the Harris County District Attorney's Office.
According to investigators, people passing by about 2:37 a.m. found Belinda Khan's body lying in the road next to a bicycle on the 3100 block of Decker Street in Baytown.
Baytown police found a plastic grille belonging to a Chevrolet truck near the scene, the document said. Just northwest of the accident, officers found a truck, registered to Leonard, with a missing grille and damage to the front end, the document states. Officers towed the truck to the police station.
At 11 a.m., Leonard called police to report the truck stolen, claiming to have last seen it at 2:30 a.m. He was brought in for questioning with his wife.
Leonard told police that he, his wife and a friend left a bar between 2-2:30 a.m. and went straight to their apartment and did not leave. His wife told police she remembered leaving the bar about an hour earlier.
Video footage
Officers, however, discovered footage of Leonard buying cigarettes at a convenience store around 2:17 a.m. and exiting the driver's side of the truck. In the video, the plastic grille was still intact. During a second interview with police, Leonard said he forgot about the stop at the convenience store, the document states.
A medical examiner's report showed that Khan died due to several blunt force traumas. The examiner said the bike was likely in motion when struck, the document states.


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This last weekend was pretty darn relaxing.
Both boys were not sick for once, though Buck came down with a fever Sunday night and has been fighting it ever since.
Poor guy can't catch a break!
Bennett really likes to look at pictures from when he was a baby.
He was showing Buckley pictures on Friday and told him "the pages are not for chewing":
Buck mastered getting his puffs from the tray and into his mouth:
Bennett spent a lot of time in the tent that his Papa made him:
Friday night for date night, Chris and I grabbed dinner at Native Foods Cafe and I got to do a little shopping at Anthropologie thanks to some giftcards! I didn't take any pictures but it was a fun night.
Saturday morning my mom came over and spent some time with the boys while Chris and I had a little extension of our date night...
We went to Ristretto and got our coffee in "for here" cups (kind of a big deal).
(That's Ben, he makes my mocha every Saturday morning. He's a good mocha-maker.)
We got to walk around Schoolhouse Electric:
(That never happens with kids in tow)
We took a picture:
(I think it's becoming a tradition to take a picture in this mirror every time we go)
We got breakfast at Bob's Red Mill:
We stopped at the Pendleton Mill End Store to check out the scrap bins. Chris had never been there before so I wanted to show him how awesome it was. If you've never been there (or don't live in Portland) it's part retail store and part fabric store with bolts and bolts of Pendleton wool fabric. The best part (and probably the main reason people trek out to the store) is all of the by-the-pound bins. A truck delivers remnant pieces, selvage and blanket trimmings from the Pendleton mills each week and depending on what they have been making, you can find some pretty awesome stuff digging through those bins.
We ended up scoring a bunch of pretty big charcoal remnants that I'm going to make some pillows with, a huge piece of the coolest Pendleton fabric I've ever seen, and a strip of a sweet pattern that I want to use on a clutch or maybe a pillow.
I'm so excited about our zig zag fabric, mostly because a woman was walking around with it in her hands and set it back down once she decided on something else...Chris saw her set it down and like a hawk was over there and grabbed it before I had even noticed he was gone.
It's the same weight as our Glacier National Park blanket, which we love. Score!
I'm planning to finish the edges to make it look a little more, well, finished.
Our blanket is bigger than a throw and is perfect for getting comfy on the couch with:
I was curious what Pendleton was using this fabric for since it was so different from anything I had ever seen, so I googled it. It looks like it was made for a bedding collection at Room & Board:
Ok back to our weekend...
Saturday night we went over to our friends house for dinner.
Buck and Chris lookin cute:
Sunday morning Chris made breakfast.
Bennett finger painted.
(Thanks for the paints and puzzle Tana!)
And we went to church in the evening.
Overall a pretty good weekend.
Happy Wednesday Friends!


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Playing with Messaging Apps by Gabriel Bergel and Claudio Caracciolo.
April 20, 2017. Learn with our experts Gabriel Bergel and Claudio Caracciolo about bugs in apps as WhatsApp, Telegram and Line, current attack techniques and possible protections, together with a special guest. Make sure you're there, sign up now!
#11Paths Talks: Playing with Messaging Apps
Instant messaging tools have become part of our life. They are fundamental tools for many people around the world for their jobs, their studies, their couple's relationships, their relationships with friends or family, etc. What's interesting about this is that not everyone has the same perception as to the importance of the privacy of their information: while for some it's unimportant, for others it is fundamental. For the latter, the question they always ask themselves is:
Can we trust messaging tools in terms of privacy?
In this webinar, we will review the main instant messaging applications that are in the market from a security point of view, such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Line, Signal, etc. Also, the history of their security flaws, how they have integrated security measures to date and, above all, what is their level of security maturity, showing which attacks are potential nowadays and which ones are not.
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This story isn't worth any attention, not from this world anyway. Perhaps it might matter in mars or Saturn, some planet that treasures in-betweens and mediocre love in which both partners survive, or maybe someday in the future an omniscient would watch them with mouth agape, confused and thrilled by their simplicity.
Her deep-brown empty eyes was constantly overwhelmed by her weightlessness, her insignificance, casting dark shadows in them; she would spend every second of her life grasping at passing fads, clutching every weave, every book or any man that could assure her concrete feet. She was after all just a clueless girl in a significant world with an insignificant story.
His arms bulked and hardened from countless gym sessions, stretching towards some unknown anchor. He had the help of three elder brothers more experienced on life's battlefield, they would teach him to press his feet firmly to the earth. With wild shoulders, toned abs and easy laughter, he came to the world fully equipped. He naturally grew an air of confidence that didn't even require any intelligence.
The story however begins when they first met, on the noisy corridor with old railings. In their memories, the corridor would always carry significance; the murky skies and the crowds' noise would become beautiful harmonic chatter.
Weeks later they would hold hands, never really understanding what love means but attempt to grasp it anyway, like they've done all their lives.


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1 on 1 Hoops
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10'L x 4'W x 7 1/2'H
Power Requirements:
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Test your shooting skills against another player. The electronic scoreboard keeps track of all the baskets you made in a 60 second period. Fun for all ages.
1 on 1 Hoops is an excellent choice for your next party.


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Recognized as a JWI Woman to Watch, Noha Waibsnaider is blazing the way for women in business.
Noha Waibsnaider
Noha Waibsnaider is a leading food entrepreneur and change maker in the healthy, real food movement. After graduating from Columbia Business School, she worked at Unilever and learned about the preservatives, chemicals, and processing that fills most of our foods.
Originally from Israel, Noha grew up on a diet of mostly unprocessed foods and snacking on dried fruit. She realized there was a big gap in the marketplace and an opportunity to create snacks that make people feel good about snacking, with food that tastes great and is naturally nutritious.
In 2005, she launched Peeled Snacks: organic fruit snacks with no added sugar or preservatives. Peeled Snacks has now expanded to veggie snacks with the new Peas Please. With her vision of providing tasty and nourishing snacks everywhere you need a snack, Peeled Snacks are sold in Starbucks, Whole Foods, Hudson News, Target, Giant, Stop & Shop, Wegmans, Sprouts, Amazon, and many other retailers. The company has ranked on the Inc. 5000 List of America's Fastest Growing Companies for the last four years, has been featured in Oprah's O List, and received the Healthy Snack award from Health Magazine and Fitness Magazine.
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I'm delving into the world of the single! I'll buy a 7", 12" or CD single every week and post my findings here. Who knows what musical discoveries will be made?
Another week in my hunt for singles took me to the ever-reliable Missing Records in Glasgow. There was plenty to choose from but nothing that was particularly grabbing me. Until I had flicked through the whole of the "Hard Rock/Metal" section and turned up this one. The Last Note of Freedom by David Coverdale from the Days of Thunder soundtrack.
Cov the Guv is definitely a "HMO Hall of Fame" sort of guy so, although I'm no completist, I was surprised to find that he'd released a solo single that I knew nothing about. My lack of interest in soundtracks and Tom Cruise movies probably didn't help, admittedly. Compared to the previous two purchases this was relatively expensive at a whole £2 but for an unknown track by an A-List Rock Legend that seemed a pretty good price.
A quick Google for info reveals little. I still don't know who plays guitar on it and if I believed Wikipedia I'd think David Coverdale co-wrote it. He didn't; it was written by composer Hans Zimmer and none other than Billy Idol! So if you ever find yourself playing "Six Degrees of Cov the Guv" and Billy Idol's name comes up… you're onto a winner. You can thank me later.
The song is an 80s sounding, montage-friendly ballad. Lots of keyboards and some token heavy guitar in the middle section. Coverdale uses his lower, husky range to great effect and sounds on great form. The quality of his voice brings to mind the album he would record later with Jimmy Page. After the driving middle section, Cov starts doing his Tarzan bit. I've enjoyed this so much it's already been played four times this week. If I'd heard this in 1990 I would have been right into it. It's a welcome addition to my David Coverdale collection.
One note of warning! I listened to this before a game of Badminton with EvaOverload thinking it would give me the necessary Rocky-style motivation for excellence. In an "eat thunder and crap lightning" sort of way. Unfortunately, I listened to it WHILE SHE WAS IN THE ROOM so, in her own words, she "took succour" from it and later handed out a merciless drubbing.
Amount spent on purchases: £2
Amount spent in total so far: £431


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Eric Trump complained on Wednesday that Democrats in Congress did not applaud enough during President Donald Trump's State of the Union address — and he said that Democrats had a duty to clap when Christianity was mentioned because Americans should be "united on God."
During an interview with Fox & Friends on Wednesday, President Trump's son said that he was "focused on the Democrats" while his dad was speaking to the nation.
"And I honestly think they're scared," he opined. "And if I look around [during Tuesday's speech], they don't have the personality to go against him. They were sitting there. They looked, quite frankly, defeated."
"I mean, they didn't stand for anything," the younger Trump continued. "When he said 'In God We Trust' — when my father mentioned 'In God We Trust,' the guiding principle of this country, no one stood."
The hosts of Fox & Friends were ready to support Eric Trump by playing a "montage" of Democrats refusing to stand.
"You know what, I think it's actually very sad," Eric Trump stated. "There are things as Americans we should be united on. And if we can't be united on God, if we can't be united on African-American unemployment being at the lowest it's ever been."
"Honestly, I think they're scared," he concluded. "I really really think they're scared."
"Well, they thought they had the midterms locked up," co-host Brian Kilmeade added.
Watch the video below from Fox News.


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Herb-Crusted Salmon
From Salmon and Latkes
Why This Recipe Works
A dusty, flavorless sprinkling of bread crumbs often serves as the crust of herb-crusted salmon. We layer delicate tarragon under a toasted panko crust to protect the fresh herb flavor that can be driven away while the fish cooks in the oven. Our crust is bound with a couple of tablespoons of beaten egg, ensuring that it stays in place. And a quick brine keeps the salmon fillets moist and ensures that they are perfectly seasoned.
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Our latest road trip took us to Kingston, Ontario.
Once the capital of the Province of Canada....for just a short time . It remains an important military installation.
The old town (downtown ) is just lovely, quaint and great for unique shopping.
Here are things I saw there, on the way there and on my way back.
From the Brockville Goodwill, sad, so sad
From a Kingston DVD club.
I want one (a blowmold just like this...)
This machine really cracked us up.
Who knew the Dan meister wood worker extraordinaire had another job on the side?
In Montreal no less....
Happy lovely mishmash from Gannanoque, Ontario
Nice sunburst!
The funny thing is my mother in law had the exact same clock
over the sink in the summer kitchen attached to her RV!
Whatever happened to it?
I don't know!
I bought a tiny gift for Dan, but it is still a secret!


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Too Faced is offering 20% sitewide (sale items excluded) until 11/14/14 at 11:59 PST. Just use code "TAKE20" at checkout to get the sale price.
The Melted Liquified Long Wear Lipstick is truly an awesome product. They're comfortable to wear but most importantly, they aren't playing around when they say "long wear". This stuff goes and goes, lasting through eating, drinking and nearly anything else you can throw its way. It surprises me every time I wear it when I go to touch up my lipstick and realize it's still looking fabulous. You can check out a review of this product by me in Melted Ruby here.
Some of you may have noticed that their Shadow Insurance Primer is my go-to eyeshadow primer. I use it nearly every single time that I wear eyeshadow and it doesn't disappoint, keeping my shadow vibrant and crease-free throughout the day.
Another really useful product to have around is their Lip Insurance Primer. It gives a nice boost to the application and longevity of your lipsticks. While it won't take a terrible lipstick formula and make it perfect, it definitely makes a noticeable difference and gives your lipstick a little extra boost. You can take a look at a little experiment I did with the primer here.
Last but not least, their La Creme Color Drenched Lipsticks are one of the most comfortable lipsticks I own. They are just SO creamy. They have a gorgeous moist and slightly wet looking finish and feel like heaven on the lips so if you find lipsticks to normally be uncomfortable, this might be a good option for you! The one downfall is that due to being so super creamy and comfortable, they don't have great staying power so plan on reapplying.
What are some of your favorite Too Faced products? I'm always looking for new things to try!


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State Colleges
Butler gets no kicks out of loss in title game
PITTSBURG — Troy Morrell made a decision a month ago, and he stuck with it. And after top-ranked Butler Community College fell to No. 2 Navarro 13-12 in Sunday's Citizens Bank Bowl, he owned it.
The decision to abandon the kicking game was his, and it may have cost the Grizzlies their seventh national football title.
A 28-yard field goal from Juventino Sanchez with 1:11 to play gave Navarro its final margin of victory, and Chazz Edmond-Paris intercepted Butler quarterback Zach Mettenberger on the first play of the Grizzlies' final possession to seal the win.
But it was Morrell's decision to not attempt extra points or field goals — made after kicker Jordan Drake made 1 of 5 extra points and missed a 29-yard field goal in a 31-5 Region VI semifinal win over Coffeyville — that resulted in failed two-point conversion attempts after Butler's touchdowns and a turnover on downs in the second quarter when the Grizzlies had the ball at the Navarro 5-yard line in a scoreless game.
"Before the Region VI championship game against Hutch, we felt like we were better suited to get the ball in Zach's hands, in (tailback) Ben Axon's hands after we scored," Morrell said. "We make half of those and we're fine, but we came up short. We can sit here and point
fingers... but we had our opportunities and we just didn't get it done."
Neither team scored in the first half, but Navarro scored on its first possession of the second half, going 57 yards in just more than two minutes and taking a 7-0 lead on DePauldrick Garrett's two-yard run.
"I think we were all nervous in the first half, which is understandable because it's the national championship game," Navarro quarterback Adrian Nelson said. "We just had to calm down."
Butler (11-1) answered when Mettenberger found Conner Combes for an 11-yard touchdown pass, but he was sacked on the two-point attempt. Sanchez gave Navarro (11-1) the lead back, briefly, with a 26-yard field goal, but Mettenberger and the Grizzlies put together an 11-play, 77-yard drive that chewed up more than five minutes of clock and gave Butler a 12-10 lead on Cody Mills' 1-yard touchdown run.
Again, the two-point attempt fell short, this time on an incomplete pass.
"The woulda, shoulda, coulda is always gonna be there," said Mettenberger, who threw for 166 yards. "Navarro is a very talented team and it's tough to take away from what they accomplished today. We had our chances."
Navarro defensive end Toby Jackson, a 6-foot-5, 250-pounder who was part of Georgia's 2008 signing class with Mettenberger, ended two of the Grizzlies' chances to put the game away late with two huge sacks in the fourth quarter.
Both of Jackson's sacks came on third-and-long for Butler, both came from Mettenberger's front and both left the Butler quarterback laying on the turf for a few moments.
"I just used my speed.... I knew they were both good hits because I couldn't feel anything, couldn't hear the crowd or nothing like that," Jackson said. "I love my teammates, man, I did it all for them."
Jackson's second sack forced Butler to punt from its own 21 and gave Navarro the ball at its own 48 with 6:15 to play. The Bulldogs used up more than five minutes on 11 rushes from Garrett, Nelson and Daniel Palmer to set up Sanchez's game-winning field goal.
"I thought about trying to kick it on third down, but (Sanchez) said he wanted it on the right hash," Navarro coach Nick Bobeck said. "So we got it to the middle at least."
After the interception, Butler's players staggered off the sideline as Navarro took a knee to run out the clock, many with tears streaming down their faces.
"We talked about finishing all year long, from the very first practice on," Butler wide receiver Marcus Kennard said. "But we couldn't finish today. Now they get the ring and we don't."
Notes — Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy and LSU coach Les Miles were in attendance.... A team from the Southwest Junior College Football Conference beat a Jayhawk Conference team in last year's title game at the Citizens Bank Bowl when Blinn beat Fort Scott 31-26.... Garret was named the game's offensive MVP and Jackson was the defensive MVP.
Navarro (11-1) 0 0 10 3 — 13 Butler (11-1) 0 0 12 0 — 12
N—Garrett 2 run (Sanchez kick)
B—Combes 11 pass from Mettenberger (run failed)
N—Sanchez 26 FG
B—Mills 1 run (pass failed)
N—Sanchez 28 FG
Individual Statistics
Rushing — Navarro, Garrett 15-106, Palmer 14-54, Lea 2-8, Green 2-2, Nelson 8-(-3). Butler, Axon 23-59, Sanders 5-30, Mills 3-4, Mettenberger 5-(-30), Team 1-(-3).
Passing—Navarro, Nelson 8-20-107-2. Butler, Mettenberger 17-28-166-1.
Receiving— Navarro, Clark 4-79, Harper 2-27, Croak 1-1, Green 1-0. Butler, Wrenn 3-44, Rosenstengle 3-25, Freeman 3-15, Soft 2-25, Burns 2-18, Kennard 2-17, Combes 1-11, Axon 1-11.


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May 17th, 2011
That was my view of the game Monday night, the view from the Citi Field press box. The Mets PR team invited some bloggers out for what are now regular events; this time we took a food tour of Citi Field (I'm still working on that writeup). At some point during the event, we were extended the opportunity to watch the game from the press box, or to sit in the lovely field level seats provided to us by the Mets. Almost everyone jumped at the chance to sit in the press box. I have to admit, walking into the press box was a little intimidating at first.… [more]
May 16th, 2011
Today was a great game, despite the weather, because my lowly blogging self got herself out of her mom's basement and got to sit in the press box. And I had high hopes that this picture was going to be the start of a beautiful blog post: Alas, it was not to be. Late night before an early morning so I'll have to catch you up on the Citi Field Blogger Food Tour soon.… [more]
May 13th, 2011
From yesterday's game, a Twitter collaboration from myself and Read The Apple : … [more]
May 8th, 2011
This is not meant as a continuation of Friday's post, where all I did was put up photos of Jose Reyes and talk about how tired I am of hearing fans of opposing teams coming to Citi Field and pretending they have a shot at getting him. It's like that annoying girl in your Chemistry class who's in love with the football captain and spends all day writing her first name and his last name together all over her notebook. I wouldn't mind if they were doing all of this on their blogs or their local papers, but they're waltzing into our house as though the Mets roster is some kind of smorgasbord available for any and all comers.… [more]
May 6th, 2011
I would like to begin tonight's game post with a public service announcment (WITH GUITAR): Dear Mets Fans: the problem is not that there are too many Giants or Dodgers or whatever fans at Citi Field, the problem is that there are not enough Mets fans. Please show up to games. Tickets are so cheap right now. Even if you just walk up to the box office the day of the game, you can get the second row of 515 for $15 (which is what TBF paid on Wednesday night, yes, the Tim Lincecum start). There are bargains galore. You have to come.… [more]
May 5th, 2011
The highlight of tonight's loss against the Giants was a large group of fans up in Section 516, towards the top of the park. They caught my attention early in the game when they attempted to get a "R!" "A!" call-and-response going at the second out, and more when they brought out a drum and started singing Daniel Murphy's name to the tune of "Seven Nation Army" by the White Stripes: "Dannnnieelll Murrrphyyyy…..Dannnnieelll Murrrphyyyy….." "Is that 'Hava Nagila' they're using for Ike Davis?" TBF said, when #29 came up to bat. It was indeed, a chant for Ike Davis, set to that popular folk tune.… [more]
Apr 28th, 2011
Let me present the latest branded offering from Major League Baseball and Victoria's Secret: There are other offerings, like "Meet Me In The Dugout," "Caught Looking," and "I'm A Great Catch," the latter slogan cleverly and strategically located! Seriously? No, seriously? "mostly i'm mad they make them for teams that don't even use a DH. they should have "the pitcher can kiss for himself" panties." from @cryingbaseball "they had the option to make things that weren't offensive and they didn't take them." from @1863_project "I think the feminist movement just got set back 20 years with that." from @katiestars "Why can't they just do team logos?… [more]
Apr 27th, 2011
THIS IS MY LIFE DURING BASEBALL SEASON. This is such a typical scene I had to capture it for posterity: the iPhone resting on the stage at the Bowery Ballroom last night, between acts, so we can keep track of the game on Gameday. If I don't just set it out like this then TBF bugs me every three seconds or takes out his old fashioned phone (I don't know how old it is but I think it has a rotary dial) and hacks Google text alerts to get an update, which is just pointless and the waste of a text message, so I just keep the fucking thing out until the next act is on, and then I hide it under the stage and sneak looks between songs (if I like or care about the band) and whenever I need to (if I don't).… [more]
Apr 24th, 2011
Mets v Dbacks 4-22-11 It would be easy, for a game that took place on Easter, to make some borderline disrespectful joke about the bats rising from the dead, but I will not do that. If you are reading this, I know you will forgive me for even thinking such a thing; it felt like the greatest luxury in the world to be watching a game at which the Mets had a comfortable lead and to feel as though the lead was such that there was no worry about maintaining it, that maybe Jose and David could have the rest of the game off, that the word that begins with S and ends with P could start to be bandied around.… [more]


text: My husband and I moved from Colorado to Arizona in October of 2007. Semi retired and looking for a new project, we bought the ranch in Skull Valley. Pretty big step cause both of us had lived the majority of our lives in Colorado. For a hobby, my husband remolded and redesigned two other horse properties in Colorado which we sold when he ran out of things to change or fix up. That seems to be the situation here……so I decided I wanted to document and share our lives here before we sold it.


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1. One month left to the 4th International Orienteering Trophy Pinares de Soria / 5 Days of Spain, everything is ready to host the event. The magnificent natural environment around Urbión and Cebollera Sierras will receive six competition stages organized by five different clubs: Navaleno-O, CORZO, O-Getafe, Orientabonito and TJALVE. Offering a handful of completely new maps in terrains around 1000 – 1300 meters above the sea level, the program includes two Middle, two Long and two Sprint distances. The 2nd July we'll have the Spanish Mixed Sprint Relay Championships 2016, 2nd-3rd July the Spanish League's seventh stage and 5th-6th July the Spanish League's eighth stage. Mario Vidal Triquell, Rubén Pérez Pérez and Juanma García Crespo sign the maps, while the course setters are Luis Miguel García de Águeda, Per Emion, José Enrique Barcia, Ferrán Santoyo Medina and the very young Eduardo Gil Marcos. Lots of fun in Orienteering dreamland, combined with the hospitality, culture and gastronomic delights of this places and people, are waiting for you. The entries will be received until next Monday, 6th July, at 12 p.m. and you're more than welcome to join the 1300 competitors from 19 countries, entering the races! To know everything about the 4th International Orienteering Trophy Pinares de Soria / 5 Days of Spain, please visit the event's webpage at http://www.5days2016.es/en/.
2. Tove Alexandersson, Sweden and Matthias Kyburz, Switzerland are the clear leaders in this year's World Cup standings after the European Championships' three counting races. Alexandersson got the Long and Middle gold and has 340 points. Nearest challenger to Alexandersson is Judith Wyder, the World Cup winner overall last year, 43 points behind the Swedish, followed by Maja Alm, Denmark, with 225 points. Matthias Kyburz has enjoyed a flying start to this season's races with three wins from the five competitions held so far and 364 points overall. His compatriot Daniel Hubmann, last year's winner overall, has had fluctuating success so far and lies second in the standings, at far 117 points. Next behind him is Gustav Bergman, Sweden, with 233 points. The next World Cup's round will be held in Strömstad, comprising three stages corresponding to the three WOC individual finals. You may consult the full standings at http://ranking.orienteering.org/WorldCup.
3. After a first successful edition in 2015, the Viseu City Race returned last weekend as part of the Portugal City Race for two days of excellent Orienteering in the home of the Lusitanian Viriato. "Knowing Viseu with a map and run or walk with the help of your head" were the proposals of Viseu Orienteering Club – Natura, the event's organizer. After a warm-up on Saturday, at the Fontelo Forest Park, the Viseu City Race stage took place on Sunday, having been entered by two hundred competitors. Winners of the Portugal City Race's first edition, last year, Tiago Gingão Leal and Ana Carolina Delgado, both from GD4C, showe at the highest level, getting comfortable wins. Gingão Leal got a six minutes win on Rafael Miguel (Ori-Estarreja), with Gil Sousa Pinto (OriMarão) being third. In the Women, Carolina Delgado was ahead 8:05 of her team mate Céu Costa and 9:18 on Zélia Viana (.COM). After four stages, the Spanish Maikel Rodrigues (AROMON) and Carolina Delgado are the Portugal City race's leaders. For detailed information, please visit http://www.cityrace.pt/.
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Citroen offers simple and smart motoring experience with the C4 Cactus
By Akram_saheed on
11 Feb 2014
Previewed as the Cactus concept back in September last year, the production-ready Citroen C4 Cactus retains the funky looks, practicality, and the radical but functional, 'Airbump' element. Citroen believes the Citroen C4 Cactus stands out from its rivals in the C segment, and unites good looks with functionality - with unique styling and flush surfaces that are free of harsh edges.
The C4 Cactus boasts a length of 4,160mm, sits 1,730mm wide and stands just 1,480mm tall for improved aerodynamics - with a 2,600mm wheelbase - akin to the C4 hatchback.
Fitted to the sides of the car and the bumpers, the innovative Airbump technology, they are available in four colours and can be matched with the ten body colours and three choices of interior trim for a wide range of personal customisation.
Above all they provide real protection, as the supple Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU) skin comprises air capsules to absorb impacts - and require no specific maintenance, which contributes in reducing the vehicle repair costs. Don't they remind your of Nike Air sneakers from the nineties?
Inside, the linear and tidy cabin provides more space for the driver and passengers cocooned in a friendly, relaxing environment. The rear passenger legroom is similar to the Citroen C4 - but with more compact exterior dimensions. Boot capacity is an adequate 358 litres.
The large panoramic sunroof provides effective shield from UV rays, while excellent light, heat and acoustic protection eliminates the need to fit a sunblind - which shaves 6kg of the vehicle weight.
Cars equipped with the Efficient Tronic Gearbox (ETG) feature a simplified 'Easy Push' system - comprising 'Drive, Neutral and Reverse' selection control on the lower fascia, while steering wheel paddles allow the driver to manually shift gears.
Tipping the scales at just 965kg, Citroen has adopted smaller latest generation engines, which reduce fuel consumption whilst maximising driveability. As a result, the C4 Cactus is available with a petrol version emitting less than 100g/km of CO2 and a diesel version emitting just 82g/km - despite returning 38.7km/L.
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Kosovo | First Female Elected President
- Kosovo Main Page
- Albanians Strive for Independence
- Serb Attack on Civilians Becomes Human Rights Calamity
- Kosovo Gains Independence
- First Female Elected President
- Unrest along the Border of Kosovo and Serbia
First Female Elected President
On April 7, 2011, Atifete Jahjaga, a former deputy director of the Kosovo police, became the first woman president of Kosovo. She received 80 votes, with no votes against her, in the parliament session. The 35-year-old also became the youngest president elected and the first non-partisan candidate. Before Jahjaga's election, the presidency went through a period on instability. Fatmir Sejdiu resigned from the presidency on September 27, 2010, leaving Jakup Krasniqi to serve as active president. On February 22 2011, Behgjet Pacolli was elected president by the parliament, but Pacolli left the position less than six weeks later. Jakup Krasniqi was again acting president until Jahjaga was elected.
Jahjaga will serve for one year. At that time, a constitutional reform will allow for a popular vote for the president in 2012. During her inaugural address, Jahjaga stated that her main goal was to secure Kosovo's membership in the United Nations and the European Union. Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi could prove to be a major hurdle in this goal. In December 2010, a two-year international inquiry by the Council of Europe named Thaçi as the boss of the Drenica group, an organized crime network, which was involved in heroin trade, a black market in human organs, and six secret detention centers in Albania. Kosovo denounced the findings and Thaçi denied the allegations. While the Council of Europe is separate from the European Union, the inquiry's findings could influence Kosovo's standing with the European Union and the United Nations.


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Tuesday, 4 October 2011
♡ Cardigan ♡
37 comments:
The cardi is just gorgeous- can't wait to see the cake, what a lovely friend you are!!ReplyDelete
Love that you put that sign on- great idea!!!
Congrats on the christenings!!ReplyDelete
I love, love, love your cardi!! I must try that myself, I have that book (in fact I painted that very same design on a teapot at a ceramics group last week) - how did you transfer the design? Did you use regular embroidery thread?
Look at those icing flowers!! You are so clever (and patient) I can't wait to see the whole thing.
We only live 10 miles from Portsmouth, what a shame you couldn't have popped in for a cuppa, although you'd have had to put up with the mess we were in!!
About the CK tiles, I hadn't thought about them getting ruined with splashing - we get a fair bit of that as our bath is a roll top so in can slosh everywhere. They do have special pressure adhesive that sucks them to the floor (apparently!!) so hopefully they'll be OK!!
S x
Wowzer......lurvvvvvve that cardi! The most I do to bland cardigans is change the buttons or put a bit of lace around the cuffs. Might have to commission you to do a few of mine! Ha ha!ReplyDelete
The peekie of the cake looks awesome too. Blimey, what aren't you fab at?!!!!!!!!! Can we swap for a bit, can I be you please?!!!!!!!!
Oh wow, love the cardi. I admired that page in the CK book and put it in the 'pile of things to try list' that's fillinf up my head..!ReplyDelete
Those flowers look incredible, I can't wait to see what the cake 'really' looks like. :-)
It's the hubby's birthday on saturday and I'm going to Attempt to bake And decorate a cake for him. I baked him a lovely chocolate fudge cake last year but this year I'm going to try and use fondant icing to decorate it with a little person amongst other things. The icings supposed to arrive in the post tomorrow... (I always leave things til the last minute!) Wish me luck! It'll probably all go very wrong indeed...
Ashley xxx
Oh oh oh! How lovely! I have just bought a couple of little cheapy cardigans (I own so few at the moment) and I'm totally doing this. It looks fab. Yes, I agree with SCS, please tell how you got the transfer onto the cardi.ReplyDelete
Having just started embroidery and sewing I am wondering whether to buy a bulk supply of embroidery floss (in all colours) and sewing thread (ditto). Did you buy in bulk or do you just buy colours as and when you need them?
Can't wait to see the cake, you little tease, you.
Clever you, on both counts, but most impressed with the cake. It is something I would love to be good at, but no matter how hard I try, it always looks like a kid did it! Ahh well, its fun and still tastes good despite looking rubbish! Look forward to hearing about the whole shebang soon!ReplyDelete
How clever that cardi look good, I would to be able to do wedding cakes.can't wait to see.ReplyDelete
That embroidery is beautiful. I bought a book once and thought I would love to do it, but I just don't think I have the patience.ReplyDelete
Geez you are one talented woman! Your cardi is gorgeous - I might have to pinch that idea as I have more than my fair share of plain cardis! Can't wait to see the cake - and I loved that you drove like an old codger. I only had to drive Mr 7's cake about 200 metres up the street and I was stressing. Have a fab week hon!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous5 October 2011 at 08:32
WOW! I love the cardi :-) I've been getting out my summer wardrobe and thinking what I could liven up with additives from none other than "Make". Yes, I have that book too. I love it! It was my first real venture into craftiness.ReplyDelete
The flowers on the cake are AMAZING. You are so clever :-)
I hope your week is a little quieter than the past couple.
Sonia xx
Love, love, LOVE! Love the cardi & the magic tricks you have worked on it :) I'm so with you o cake decorating.....I couldn't stand the stress of doing it for payment!! Can't wait to see it.....the sneaky peak looks beautiful :)ReplyDelete
Jo x x
My goodness, aren't you clever! And you must have an incredible amount of patience. I am wondering where you find the time - do you ever sleep?! XxxxxxxReplyDelete
You are one seriously clever gal!!ReplyDelete
LOVE the cardi transformation. Like so many other laydeees, I have a load of these which could do with some prettifying. Funny, because I was watching Gok on Telly last night and he did a fab cardi with a lace Peter pan collar, which looked ace?
That cake looks tantalizing! Good on you for putting a note in your car window- it could be the beginnings of a new craze.
Enjoy the rest of your week.
- Anonymous5 October 2011 at 10:32
LOVE the cardi,hun,what a great idea,How clever of you to make the christening cake too,what a labour of lurve! love the idea of the car window sticker how brilliant,Put your feet up and have a rest this week. I was wondering how the W.I .went?ReplyDelete
take care,love julie.xxxxxx
Wow, you are talented - and brave! I would never have put needle to my cardigan for fear of mangling it completely! But yours turned out beautifully. And I am dying to see that cake. No one would ever ask me to decorate their cakes :) However I'm pretty good with marshmallow frosting and sprinkles!ReplyDelete
xXx Helen
cakes and cardies - doesn't get any better than that! (loving the look of both btw)ReplyDelete
Think I might put a sign on the back of my car 'psychotic mother on board', see if anyone tailgates me!
fee x
Your embroidery just looks beautiful, especially against the blueness of the cardigan. I say jolly up some more if you can face it as I bet it looks wonderful on. I've always fancied doing the same, but never found the time, think I might just have to though.ReplyDelete
Oh my, Cuckoo, that cardi looks wonderful, great job on the embroidery......ReplyDelete
What a difference it makes...........
Love the idea of the sign in the back of your car, I can imagine how stressful the cake decorating was, but I bet the cake was a stunner.
Claire :}
what a great idea!ReplyDelete
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Woooah! This is incredible. I can't believe you called this a short but sweet post, as though the cardigan was just a little something you threw together!! You modest thing, you! It's AWESOME!! I love it!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for linking up to to Modern Country Style's Fall In Love link party.
Your cardigan is so pretty and I LoVe the hydrangea petals...how sweet! Have a great week!ReplyDelete
Visiting you from Modern Country Style's Fall In Love linking party!
Ooooooh i say...i love love love your cardi, you would pay a fortune for that in the shops, fancy giving that a go myself ;o)ReplyDelete
Oh my, the little peek of cake has got me all of a flutter, i thinks its will be a stunner x
what a wonderful friend you are
love jooles x
I'm very impressed with both the cake and the cardi but you must be sick of seeing icing!!ReplyDelete
Wow, your cardi is fab! I SO need to do this!ReplyDelete
Well done on making a wedding cake, that is quite some undertaking!
oh wow i would have had a near nervous breakdown at the responsiblility of the cake decorating job..what a lovely thing to be able to do for your friend though well done!!ReplyDelete
love your cardi its so pretty
The cardi is beautiful! I especially love the bits on the sleeves, what a good idea. I might have to look at that Kidston book.ReplyDelete
Well done on getting the cake done, looking forward to seeing it! I made a fancy cake for a leaving do once and I had to carry it there. I was doing the walking equivalent of your codger driving as I was terrified I would trip over, drop it, and land in it face first! x
PS no wonder you haven't managed seven photos in seven days - you're a busy bee! :D
Cardigan looks amazing! I have the pattern, but unfortunately not the skills! xxReplyDelete
Loving that cardi, Mrs, very gorgeous indeed. In a way I wish you hadn't shown it because now along with all the crocheting projects, the bundle of little patches I bought last week that have been languishing on the dining room table half pinned and half tacked since last Friday and the piles of unfinished painted furniture I have in the garage I now have another thing I want to start doing. I'm not letting myself buy that book till I finish at least one thing. (It won't be the patchwork, I got bored with that after about 7 minutes.)ReplyDelete
Big up to you for the cake, the hydrangeas look lovely, looking forward to seeing the whole thing.
Your cardi is gorgeous - beautiful embroidery and lovely colours. The cake sounds beautifu- incredibly brave to drive all that way with it! Congratuations to you both on your Christening.ReplyDelete
Jo x
Wow your cardigan is fab ;-)) So sweet and such a clever idea. Your great with a needle and thread. And those ice flowers WOW they look gorgeous and so delicate. Look forward to seeing the whole thing next time. Until then take lots of care, dee xxReplyDelete
Hi. I am popping over from Sarahs (Modern Country Style) Happy Fall.ReplyDelete
The cardigan is so lovely.
Oh! That is so pretty! Great job!ReplyDelete
I also love restyling clothes to make them look unique.
via MCS
Hi Cuckoo,ReplyDelete
You turned a simple H&M cardigan into a beautiful cardigan with a vintage feel to it. I LOVE it!!!! It must feel extra special when you wear it :-)
Oh you must have had a busy week. How do you do it with your kids being still so young? You must be supermum!!!
Looking forward to see your cake.
Lieve groet, Madelief x
Love the embroidery - very clever. And I can sympathise on the cake front - I have done a bit of cake decorating in the past and once spent the most agonising 3 1/2 hr journey to the west midlands with a christening cake that had a very fragile iced crib on it - I think I winced over every bump and pothole and got very stressed if we went much over 40 mph!! Looking forward to seeing the cake :-)ReplyDelete
- Anonymous7 October 2011 at 11:02
Hi, just popped over from Modern Country. I love the idea of snazzing up a cardi from H&M. I'm always trying to think of thrifty ways to make clothes go further and look nicer - I shall have to keep that one up my sleeve.ReplyDelete
I've never made (I said made to make you feel good :-) a wedding cake like you, but I had to make pretty cupcakes for a friend's after wedding drinks...they did not turn out as hoped, turns out icing can be too runny!
Well done, and keep that sign in your van - if it works at getting people off your tail and letting your relax on the road - DO IT! haha!
Lizzy x
What a beautiful blog you have - and what a clever, clever lady you are!!! I'm so glad that I've discovered talesfromcuckooland - I'll DEFINATELY be stopping by on a regular basis now!!!
I LOVE your cardie!!! I have that book, and that design is one of my absolute favourites! But it looks sooooo tricky, and I haven't done much embroidery before. How tricky would you say it would be for an almost-beginner? And how did you get the design on to the cardie?
AMAZING cake too, by the way! You must be so patient to make all those teeny-tiny flowers! Your friend must have been so happy with it!!!
See you soon.....
- Anonymous15 October 2011 at 07:14
It's not really fair that you have so much talent!! Send some to me please! ;0)ReplyDelete
I L♡VE your comments. Thank you ever so for taking the time. I do try to get back to everyone but I am rather scatty and I have these 3 big distractions....(and I'm just generally a bit rubbish lately, so please don't feel obliged to leave a note) Sorry about the word verification too, too much spam.


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Cortland Community Library
61 S Somonauk Road
Cortland, IL 60112
Board of Trustees Meeting
July 17, 2013
59 S Somonauk Rd.
Cortland, IL 60112
President Harlan Hawkins called the regular meeting of the Board of Trustees to order at 7:04pm. Shown as present were Harlan Hawkins, Mary Benson, Victoria Haier, Marie Kornischuk and Ryan Hilligoss. Shown absent were John Francisco and Martha Carter. Quorum was present. Also present was Barb Coward, Director.
Mr. Hawkins moved and Ms. Haier seconded a motion to approve the minutes of June 26, 2013. Unanimous voice vote carried the motion.
The expense Report and Treasurer's Report for month ending June 2013 was submitted to the table for review and approval. Mrs. Coward reviewed the documents with the Board and answered questions. Mr. Hilligoss moved and Ms. Haier seconded the motion to accept the expense report and approve the treasurer's report as presented. Voice vote: 5 to 0. Motion carried.
Mrs. Coward discussed the annual report to the Town of Cortland as revised on July 8, 2013. Mr. Hawkins moved to approve the librarian's vote and was passed with a voice vote of 5 to 0. Motion carried.
Librarian Report for the month of June 2013 were submitted to the table and reviewed with the Board. Mr. Hilligoss moved and Mr. Hawkins seconded the motion to accept the report. Unanimous voice vote carried the motion.
Unfinished Business:
Citizens to be Heard: There were no citizens to be heard.
Librarians Working together: Mrs. Coward reported that she attended the exhibit at McCormick Place on Saturday June 29, 2013 as part of the American Library Association Annual Convention. Mrs. Coward discussed one topic which is libraries in Illinois will take part in assisting patrons with Obama care.
Summer Reading Plans/Update: The program continues to be successful.
Per Capita Grant: Mrs. Coward presented a PowerPoint handout, What is Environmental Scanning. This is a required component for the Per capita Grant this year. Board members discussed SWOT analysis.
Strengths: The library is well respected within the community and by other libraries, professional staff and interlibrary loans.
Weaknesses: Library building and lack of funding
Opportunities: Back to Books Program and Lunch and Listen
Threats: Building conditions, unstable economy and low tax base, and personnel and policy guide.
Board members discussed the difference between limitations and weaknesses. A plan is in place to correct the personnel and policy area of weakness.
FY 14 Budget Revisions: Mr. Hawkins moved to approve budget revisions. Unanimous voice vote carried the motion.
Zinio Progress: Mrs. Coward reported that the magazine download project is going along. Patron can go to the link and download specific magazines (subscribed to by the Library). These magazines stay on the patron's device; they are not "on loan".
New Business
Dollar General Grant: Mrs. Coward discussed the use of the grant which is the new display of audio books on top of new shelving. The Lunch and Listen program was very successful.
SummerFest Update: Mrs. Coward passed around a sign-up sheet for volunteer hours for library.
Fundraising Solutions: Board members discussed ideas including the use of programs such as Kickstarter, or the Cortland Library website/Facebook page using PayPal service for donations. Board discussed possibility of having a lockbox at the desk for donations. Ms. Haier discussed asking for donations for specific projects.
Cody's Technical Ideas: Cody will attend the August 2013 Board meeting.
New Shelving & Rearrangement of the Library: Mrs. Coward reported the new shelving had arrived, was assembled and placed. This did cause some rearrangement of the space. They are hoping to not place books on the tops of these shelves so that they may monitor patron locations within the space.
County elected Official's Workshop in August 2013: Mrs. Coward provided information on units of Government annual seminar to be held on August 1, 2013 at the DeKalb Community Building. The seminar is open to any elected official in DeKalb County, Illinois.
Future Board Training's: Board members discussed future possibilities for training, including working with Creston Library and the possibility of understanding the law under which libraries are organized.
Mr. Hawkins moved and Mr. Hilligoss seconded the motion for adjournment. Unanimous voice carried the motion. The meeting adjourned at 8:52 pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Ryan Hilligoss


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On Friday I was at the Company Gardens to watch my favourite South African Band, Black Ties perform for the Cape Town Festival. They were the last act of the day and definitely did not disappoint. I believe that Music in SA has taken on a whole new level. The Black Ties features Lloyd Jansen, Chad Saaiman & Keeno Lee.
Yes, I was the groupie in the front row, screaming and singing along to every song they performed. Also not to forget their band players on the instruments was off the chain. That is what makes them such a well balanced group of talented performers.
This is SA talent at its best.
So obviously after the performance by Black Ties I roamed the Company gardens, it is such a beautiful relaxing setting.
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New York Times bestselling author Edwin Black will conclude his three-week, coast-to-coast lecture series commemorating the Balfour Declaration 100 Years Later and its unique place in the history of Israel and international law during a panel discussion at the American Zionist Movement annual conference in Washington D.C. The three-day AZM conference features dozens of prominent speakers, November 15-17, 2018 at the Liaison Hotel, with some events at the Israeli Embassy, and the Congressional Visitors Center.
Black's panel will feature an in-depth look at the Balfour Declaration text and its impact. Other panelists in Black's session include Col. Richard Kemp, Baroness Ruth Deech of the House of Lords, and author Mitchell Bard. The session is moderated by Elana Heideman.
see the Edwin Black event flyer
The Balfour Declaration, issued November 2, 1917, has ignited continuous controversy since its release. Although just a brief and non-binding 67-word letter, issued by British Foreign Minister Arthur James Balfour to Lord Rothschild, its far-reaching implications set in motion the indispensable international policy pivot that led to the creation of the State of Israel. Its revolutionary text mandating democracy was replicated in the San Remo Agreement, the Mandate for Palestine, and other international instruments. Its essence was preserved in the UN Charter. Yet, Balfour Declaration remains one of the most misunderstood, misportrayed, and misquoted diplomatic documents since the dawn of the twentieth century.
"I have only 7 minutes at this panel to do what I have done in 90 minutes for most audiences, said Black, adding, "but I can pack enough revelation into those 7 minutes to revamp the conference's understanding of the powerful Declaration and its distinguished place in world history."
Lord Balfour
Black's Balfour 100 Tour has spanned a collection of venues from the U.S. House of Representatives, to high schools, synagogues and college campuses. A listing is shown below.
see the city series flyer
see the venue series flyer
- Oct 19, Long Island, Rambam • Oct 20, Midtown Manhattan
- Oct 23, U.S. House of Representatives
- Oct 27, Miami Riviera Parliament
- Oct 30, Miami Hebrew Academy
- Oct 31, Boca Raton, Donna Klein Academy
- Nov 1, Boca Raton Central Chabad
- Nov 3, Naples, Ave Maria School of Law
- Nov 5, San Jose Temple Emanu-EL • Nov 5, Stanford University Chabad
- Nov 7, Sonoma State University
- Nov 9, Potomac Congregation B'nai Tzedek
- Nov 16, Washington DC American Zionist Movement Annual.
Edwin Black is the author of IBM and the Holocaust, soon to be a major motion picture, as well as The Farhud, Nazi Nexus, and British Petroleum and The Redline Agreement. He has been researching and writing about Israel's history for almost a half century. For his human rights work, Black has won the International Human Rights Award, Justice for All Award, Moral Courage Award, Drum Major for Justice Award, the Moral Compass Award from the Holocaust Museum of SouthWest Florida, as well as a special commendation from the Michigan State Legislature.
For information about the AZM conference dubbed In the Spirit of Balfour, see AZM.org


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Well, we all stayed in a really old villa in the middle of no where! It was located in a very private area where there were two empty bungalows on both sides of ours & we were surrounded by jungle. It got kinda eerie at night because the whole place was dark except our villa & if we were to scream or bark for help, I don't think anybody can hear us. And if we were to run away, we better find the right way out. BOL! Anyway, enough of scary stories, let's get on with the peektures!
Mmm, do I smell cat?
Meanwhile, the kids were having fun sniffing everywhere.
Megan looking real serious...
Wait a minute, are we forgetting somedoggy? It's the River!
Oooo, what's that in the distance?
Ahhh, getting closer...
Almost there!
The BEACH!!!!
The pupplet's 1st time on the beach! They were very excited!
Ofcourse we adults jumped in 1st...
The pupplets stayed on retractable leashes. They still had the freedom to run around & go in the sea.
River & Megan did not hesitate to go in the water! Just look at Megan go! Both of them swam very well & they enjoyed it a lot. Lara on the other hand, was terrified of it. Surprise surprise! So my hoomies had to force her inside to get her to swim. She was over panicking that she was making some grunting noises & paddling so hard with her two front legs!
Oh, you see that little dot in the sea where I circled? Yeah, that's the fat Chloe trying to grab a coconut that was floating there. The coconut was too big for her mouth & each time she tried to grab it, it floated further & further away. After 10 minutes of attemtping to grab it, she gave up & came back to shore.
River loved to attack the waves!
We all really had a blast!
Here the pups were all clean & fluffy. Their din dins were getting prepaired so they hung around in the kitchen. All of them sitting on command.
River mastered the Hi5 trick. He's very good at it.
Here we are in the car the next afternoon, heading back home. Faith was in the other car with the men hoomies.
Good-bye PD!
We sure had a sooper dooper time. We will come back someday!


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The Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges (VFIC) has awarded two Virginia Wesleyan students with a Summer Undergraduate Science Research Fellowship grant. Junior chemistry major Alison Washington was awarded $2,500 to support her project "Kinetics of Release of Dyes and Pigments in Thermally Cured Poly(allylamine)/Poly(acrylic acid hydrochloride) Thin Films." Under the supervision of Associate Professor of Chemistry Dr. Kevin Kittredge, Washington will prepare films and study the rates of release of a drug mimic, methylene blue, at physiological temperatures. She and Kittredge plan to present the work next spring at the Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (SERMACS). Senior biology major Andrea Slurff received $2,000 to support her research "Diversity of Ascoglossa (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia: Ascoglossa) from the Florida Keys," focusing on the biology, ecology, and biogeography of opisthobranch mollusks (sea slugs). Under the guidance of Batten Associate Professor of Biology Dr. Deirdre Gonsalves-Jackson, Slurff will spend 10 days at the Keys Marine Lab in Long Key, Florida collecting specimens, identifying species and documenting their developmental patterns. She will also be dissecting and preparing specimens for observation using VWC's scanning electron microscope. Slurff plans to present her results at the April 2014 Association of Southeastern Biologists (ASB) meeting in Spartanburg, South Carolina, as well as at the Virginia Academy of Sciences (VAS) meeting at James Madison University next spring. These grants were awarded in conjunction with Virginia Wesleyan's Undergraduate Research Program, which supports student research in all disciplines, including funding for research presentations at regional, national, and international conferences. The program also sponsors an annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in April that showcases VWC students' research. For more information, contact Director of Undergraduate Research Sara Sewell at email@example.com.