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From beyond the grave, a brutally murdered woman watches as her killer's accidental survivor begins to piece together disturbing clues.
McBeth (Precious Thing, 2014) returns with a taut, mesmerizing thriller. Six years ago, Melody Pieterson's nearly dead body was found in the park, clutching a bird on a gold chain, but she retains no memory of the attack. After having served time for attempted murder, David Alden is finally free—free to begin clearing his name. Eve Elliott, a senior producer at the recently canceled investigative news program APPEAL, meets David at a party. Although she's skeptical at first—after all, the evidence in Melody's attack pointed his way—Eve quickly finds herself seeing that evidence through David's eyes. Maybe there wasn't enough time for him to commit the crime. Maybe he wasn't just Melody's next-door-neighbor-with-a-jealous-streak but truly her friend. Maybe someone else had a better motive. Before Eve can help David, she's murdered, and the crime scene looks familiar. Meanwhile, Melody strives to keep the pieces of her life from shattering. She lives on the edge of town with her attentive fiance, Sam, in a light-filled, thoughtfully reconstructed farmhouse that she rarely leaves, vigilantly fabricating the illusion of a normal life. Even her best friend from college, Patrick, hasn't realized the extent of Melody's trauma. News of Eve's murder hits too close to home, however, and Melody can no longer maintain her fragile facade. McBeth ratchets up the tension, notch by exquisite notch, with chapters told from Melody's perspective alternating with chapters narrated by Eve's ghost. Melody must question whether David was truly her attacker, whether those closest to her may have misled the investigation, whether she can trust anyone.
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I promised the border guard in BC that I wasn't coming to Canada to write about the G20 Summit. I still maintain that this was not my plan, but after my weekend in Toronto coincided with the G20 and the chaos that ensued, how can I not write about it? (But I still maintain that I'm not a political writer.)
Things started calmly enough. I said bye to my Ottawa family, and Chele and I left fairly early for the Toronto area. Our first stop was Pickering, east of Toronto, where our friend Sarah played host and tour guide. After dinner, she took us to the waterfront path in Pickering so we could take some scenic photos. And so I could chase some geese on the beach. More on that if I ever upload the videos I've been taking.
On Saturday morning, we said goodbye to Sarah and continued our backtracking route to pick up Jules in London. We were rewarded with brunch at Cora's, my favourite breakfast restaurant in the world. No one does fruit-filled crêpes quite like Cora. London is my least favourite city in Canada, for many reasons, and our bad luck with London continued. We just wanted to add Jules to the rental car at a Hertz location, but all 3 of the London locations were closed—2 for good, and 1 for the day. So after our epic detours, we were finally on our way to Toronto.
Little did we know that Toronto had erupted into a riot that afternoon. By the time we go to Christina's in the city, groups of protestors at the G20 had smashed windows of major businesses downtown and had already had altercations with the police. It's a good thing that I've been to Toronto so many times, because I definitely did not get to see much of the city on this trip! Even if we'd wanted to brave the hammer-wielding protestors, the police had set up traffic blockades downtown and the subway wasn't running south of Bloor.
So instead, Christina, Jules, Chele, and I picked up Jen, and the the five of us had our traditional birthday weekend. This year, it ended up just being a birthday dinner in The Beaches, a waterfront neighbourhood east of downtown, but it was fun for us all to be together for a bit, even though it wasn't much time. We went to The Green Eggplant, and I had a delightful sandwich with chicken, mozzarella, and pesto. Thumbs up for the food, and a cute place, too.
When we flipped on the news back at Christina's, a group of protestors were staging a sit-in on Front Street, one of the major streets downtown that runs parallel to Lake Ontario. They said that they would refuse to move until one of the major G20 leaders came out to talk to them. We really didn't understand that logic. I mean, after you send the city into lockdown, you think someone is going to just wander outside and take your seriously? Sure, okay.
Anyway, we were all just glad to have some good birthday times while successfully avoiding the madness. We did see some smashed windows along the way, but no people with hammers or burning cars. And here's hoping that my next trip to Toronto is on a quieter weekend.


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Back in December of 2012 the first Rap For Life benefit show happened in front of a packed house at Honey and from that point co-creators, Ashley Seeler and Christopher Michael Jensen, knew that they wanted to keep going. "There were a lot of tears shed and heartfelt moments, but then genuine fun and partying, too. All of that to us was really beautiful and I know that is one the greatest memories that Ashley and I both ever experienced." Jensen said.
The fifth installment of Rap For Life is this Saturday at the Amsterdam Bar in St. Paul. This edition's lineup is packed; Menage Quad, Metasota, Illuminous 3, Christopher Michael Jensen, False Teeth, and Softporecorn are all rocking the stage. In addition beat-boxer Bloomer is hosting and there will be live art and spoken word performances.
Rap For Life 5 will benefit at-risk youth through the non-profit organization Kulture Klub Collaborative. "KKC does a lot of great work with youth on the streets to help empower them through art and connect them with the community," Jensen said."We both have seen art have a big impact on those around us and in the local music scene and community and it has been a very healing and therapeutic thing in our lives."
Fifty percent of the shows proceeds will go to KKC. In addition there is a GoFundMe page set up for people that cannot make the show and still want to donate.
Each past show has benefited a different cause. "We helped raise funds for suicide prevention, we tackled chemical dependency awareness next, and then domestic abuse awareness, and then mental health" Jensen said.
The benefiting causes of Rap For Life have been chosen by Seeler and Jensen. "We choose causes based on both those that have personally affected us and those close to us, as well as those we have come to understand greatly affect a larger population." Seeler said.
"Rap For Life was born under the notion of doing something different. We wanted to both enjoy the art that was being made and raise money for different causes. Art and awareness work really well together, both based in passion." Seeler said.
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Marlon Brando on Lee Grant: Seriousness of Purpose
I'm glad that Tennessee admired Lee [Grant]. That speaks well of him. Some of the women he admired leave me cold and make me wonder if his admiration might have been based on something other than the acting. That's okay; we're all guilty of endowing people with greater qualities because of some emotional link. Don't you think? Lee brings none of her emotion to the task. You know what I mean? I mean she's clearly an emotional person, and it is emotion that is warranted and acknowledged and placed securely in the right place, but none of Lee's personal—what was the word Tennessee used? [Inventory.] Right. None of Lee's personal inventory is allowed to interfere with her performance. She is very—Jesus, what am I trying to say? Lee is very appropriate in the placement of what she feels and knows and remembers, and it's all in the execution of a character, not in the execution of a grudge. Barbara [Baxley], as you may have discovered, was a grudge collector, and it affected her life and her health and her work. Lee is very clear. Tennessee got that right. What was that term he used? The one that was used badly against him in college? Yes. Seriousness of purpose. Clarity of intent. Tennessee claimed he did not have either when he was in college. I think Lee always had them. I think that's why Tennessee was drawn to her.
She leads with her chin, which I find very endearing. She smiles with her chin: it comes toward you in the smile, reaches out to find you and shower you with mirth or delight or derision. She acknowledges you with her chin. I tried once with Stella to figure out why we do with our bodies what we do, but I don't remember what this means. I think it means that she is constantly moving forward, discovering, plowing through lost time. Watch her when she does this. It's not so much in performance—she has her body in control and in service to the character. Watch her in conversation. It's very endearing. When she won the Oscar, she hit the stage and smiled at the presenter, and there was that lovely chin, that radiant smile, and twenty years melted away. Twenty years for me, that is. That's Lee' personal character, but it's in all of her work as well. There are few actresses I would rather watch think in a part. Tennessee was right that few actresses are brave enough to allow their characters to be wide open, thinking, exposed, but Lee does it beautifully. She listens profoundly.
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The Book of Air Shows
Schiffer Aviation History, 1993 - Air shows - 176 pages
This book is a grand, full-color celebration of the great North American air shows. Philip Handleman's camera captures the great variety of civilian and military aircraft from around the world, as well as the many personalities and participants at Tico, Reno, Sun 'n Fun, Watsonville, Oshkosh, Galesburg, Flint, Geneseo, Chino, Harlingen, Mt. Comfort, Windsor, Ontario, Kalamzoo, Air/Space America, Selfridge, Wurtsmith, and Battle Creek. From the Stearman's, and early bi-and tri- planes, to the WWII era warbirds, up to the present day F-15 and SR-71, any and all aircraft that fly through the modern air shows is presented. A recognized authority on aviation history, pilot Philip Handleman is a film maker, photographer, and president of Handleman Filmworks.
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Sunday, March 11, 2012
Sweet Sunday Snowman
This week's sketch is perfect for just about any image, but I went for Christmas again and created card #12 for Project Christmas 2012. At this rate, I may actually be able to stop making Christmas cards before December!! Wouldn't that be a load off the holiday stress! LOL!!
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I used Pure Innocence Holiday Hugs Snowman from MFT and some new-to-me October Afternoon Holiday Style patterned paper. I find the only thing that keeps me motivated to create Christmas cards all year long is if I have some new goodies to play with. It's a great shopping excuse! LOL!! I used my Mix & Match Banners Die-namics to cut out the Wild Cherry vertical strip and just extended the length.
I stamped the snowman with Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured him with copic marker. The image panel is layered onto Black Licorice card stock, and I also used some Berrylicious card stock for the base layer. I used some sour apple ribbon for the horizontal strip.
On the inside I used the Mini Monarch Border Die-namics to cut out the Wild Cherry strip, which adds a little interest to the bottom of the card, and I stamped a sentiment from the set with black ink.
I hope you'll play along and link your creation on Karen's blog. Now it's time to hop around and see what the rest of the Sweet Sunday Stamper came up with.
Dana White
Jen Tapler
Lynn Put
Sarah-Jane Kalé
Shannon White <---- our superstar guest designer
Vicki Burdick
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12 comments:
- Shannon White said...
Oh this is too CUTE!! 8-) Love your Darling Snowman! So Sweet! Just makes me smile! Love the dp's you paired with him too! So fun and Festive! And good for you getting your Christmas cards done ahead of time! So Smart! 8-) I'm just so thrilled to be joining you all this Challenge! 8-)
- March 11, 2012 at 1:45 AM
- Karen Giron said...
So super cute, Karen! I love the blue, red, and green together and you colored Mr Frosty perfectly! I love his colorful scarf.
- March 11, 2012 at 7:48 AM
- Mrs. GraceWorks said...
This is just precious! It's detailed, but simple at the same time. I love it!
- March 11, 2012 at 8:49 AM
- Lisa H. said...
love this frosty guy! he looks great all decked out in these festive colors.
- March 11, 2012 at 9:02 AM
- Dawn Easton said...
Adorable! LOVE the snowmen that MFT came out with last year!! They were a must have for sure! GREAT colours on this!!
- March 11, 2012 at 9:41 AM
- Leslie said...
Yay, I was hoping you'd make another Christmas card - it keeps ME motivated! Excellent colouring on his hat and scarf especially the bits of white showing on the scarf! Oh and like how you made the banner with that Mix & Match Banner die. Lovely card!
- March 11, 2012 at 9:52 AM
- Lynn Put said...
Super cute Christmas card Karen! Your coloring on this adorable snowman image is fantastic and I really like your papers and embossed banner!
- March 11, 2012 at 9:56 AM
- Vicki B. said...
This is adorable Karen, I so love your coloring on that cute snowman and your stitching is perfect!!!
- March 11, 2012 at 12:04 PM
- Hayley G said...
This is so cute. Just love it - and love what you did with the inside too.
- March 11, 2012 at 4:30 PM
- Dana White said...
Oh I love the bright colour of his scarf!!! Look at you go with the holiday cards!!
- March 11, 2012 at 6:11 PM
- Crafty Cath said...
I'm smitten with snowmen so this card calls to me from the get go. Then your colors WOW me - they're so bright and a little non-traditional. What I love most is your coloring and the white spaces where light is shining! Super.
- March 11, 2012 at 6:37 PM
- Miche said...
This is sooooo cute -fantastic job colouring!!
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A study in this month's issue of the Journal of Family and Economic Issues claims that people who make less than $20,000 per year and receive some kind of government assistance (food stamps, Medicaid, etc.) experience "significantly lower levels of overall marital satisfaction and commitment" than either those who earn similar incomes without assistance or those who have higher incomes (whether or not they receive government help). While the idea that money troubles might influence the happiness of a relationship is pretty uncontroversial, this study—led by David Schramm of the University of Missouri—seems to have been motivated by a belief that being on the dole could make things even worse. The study presents evidence for a correlation between the two factors—marital satisfaction and commitment on the one hand, and receipt of government assistance on the other—but the researchers dutifully note that establishing causation is, at this stage, out of the question. Odd, then, that according to PhysOrg, Schramm already "plans to implement [family] education programs aimed at low-income couples who receive government assistance."
All this "implementation" and "aiming" seems a bit premature for a study that has effectively only suggested that the connection between marriage quality and government assistance might merit further study—unless justifying such programs was the aim to begin with. Not so surprisingly, upon closer inspection, Schramm's study looks like a barely veiled political attack on government assistance.
Even a quick skim of his introductory discussion makes clear that Schramm is working from assumptions that are deeply conservative. The deceptively simple ideological launch pad for his research—that "…a healthy, satisfying marriage provides a context in which adults and children can thrive, but when they deteriorate and/or dissolve, they can have negative social, emotional, and economic consequences for all involved"—takes for granted that a traditional, grossly limited model of family life is some kind of ideal. And for a work of ostensibly objective social science, the paper demonstrates a striking hostility toward divorce, arguing that splits "exact negative economic consequences for taxpayers and the broader society." This may (or may not) be true in terms of dollars and cents, but Schramm jumps from there to strongly implying that preventing divorce is therefore a logical goal. Of course, this ignores all the terribly concrete reasons why a couple might break things off: abuse, growing apart, falling out of love, etc.
Additionally, Schramm seems bothered by the idea that single women on welfare (women who, it stands to reason, feel less financially dependent on men) might not think of marriage as being their utmost goal in life. He concludes, rather anxiously, that "when women who receive welfare assistance do marry, they may not be as satisfied or committed to the future of the relationship." So, better to be totally poor and dependent on a man than somewhat financially secure and unattached?
On a methodological level, Schramm's survey questions are pat and simplistic: "Have you ever considered leaving your spouse?" could be answered in the affirmative by many happy couples. Furthermore, he admits that his research does not account for any number of other traits, such as work-precluding disabilities and drug dependencies, that may be more common among aid recipients and that might impinge upon his population's marital bliss. And yet we're still expected to buy the implied suggestion that taking food stamps away would make things better?
The kicker? Schramm's survey sample is completely unrepresentative. According to the study itself, only 30 percent of the prospective subjects who were called ultimately participated, and those who did were almost entirely white and from Utah. Schramm writes that this "limits the generalizability of the findings."
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Ohukara Wins First International Title in Women's Final
Press Release – New Zealand Badminton Open
Ohukara Wins First International Title in One Sided Women's Final
The Women's Singles final at the SKYCITY NZ Badminton Open was a one sided affair with Nozomi Okuhara (Japan) completely outclassing her countrywoman Kana Ito 21-15, 21-3
Ito never found a rhythm, constantly catching the frame of the racket and looking a little overawed by the occasion, allowing Okuhara an easy march to her first international title.
"I am very happy to win today, I did not think it would be so easy but I am very happy," said Okuhara of a match that lasted just 32 minutes.
"I have been returning from my knee injury so to win so well as I have done today is very good. This is my first title too and that is also very pleasing. I have enjoyed my time here in New Zealand and am honoured to win my first title here in New Zealand."
The first game was relatively even with Ito leading 8-7, but that would be the last lead she would enjoy in the match with Okuhara going on a 9-1 scoring run to take the opening game away from her opponent. The second was simply one-sided as Ohukara went out to a 10-0 lead, almost before the fans had retaken their seats.
Kana Ito was disappointed not to put up a better show, not only for herself but for the fans that came out to watch.
"My goal this week was first to reach the final and I am pleased that I achieved that. However I regret that I did not play my best badminton today, I very much wanted to win, but Nozomi was too good for me today. This is the second time we have played each other in 3 years.
"Finally I would like to thank the fans including the local Auckland people who supported me today."
Barfoot & Thompson finals day continues with the Men's Singles final, the Mixed Doubles final and Men's and Women's Doubles finals at the North Shore Events Centre.
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Women's Singles Final
Nozomi Okuhara (JPN) def Kana Ito (JPN) 21-15, 21-3
umpire: Kalle Saarinen Finland
duration: 32 minutes
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Alex Diniz (Funvic Brasilinvest), a little-known Brazilian, broke away to victory on the first summit finish of the Tour de San Luis on Wednesday, taking stage three and the overall lead heading into Thursday's 19km time trial. Mauro Santombrogio (Vini Fantini) was second, 24 seconds behind.
The number of WorldTour riders able to climb the final ascent, the Mirador del Potrero, within sight of Diniz were few in number, although several noted time trialists are within shouting distance of Diniz with still the race against the clock, and two more mountainous stages yet to come.
Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) was third on the stage to the Mirador del Potrero, while Lotto-Belisol team-mates Bart de Clercq and Jurgen van den Broeck were fourth and sixth, respectively, split in fifth place by Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing).
But it was the biggest names at the Tour de San Luis who were put into pain on the final climb, as Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff), Vincenzo Nibali (Cannondale Pro Cycling), and Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) all lost significant time, with Rodriguez worst off, crossing over seven minutes behind Diniz.
With two sprint stages already in the books in Argentina, the climbers got to play for the first time on stage three. Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), Ben Gastauer (Ag2R-La Mondiale), Leandro Messineo (San Luis Somos Todos), Flavio De Luna (Mexico), Jorge Giacinti (San Luis Somos Todos) and Eloy Teruel (Movistar) formed an early escape and took a maximum lead of seven minutes on the 173km stage.
The biggest climb of the day came halfway through the stage, and it was Giacinti who got over the top of the Alto de Nogolí first, before a long dive back into the valley leading to the Potrero. It was during this 40km stretch that the break eventually lost its steam and was pulled back by a shrunken peloton. With 8km to the top, Diniz attacked from the bottom of the Potrero, and though the teams of van Garderen, Contador, and Nibali worked to keep the Brazilian close, their leaders found the season too new to withstand Diniz – on his second chance in the sport after serving a two-year ban for an EPO positive in 2009.
The Brazilian celebrated his biggest career win, as the rest of the cycling world hears a new name and hopes the rider capitalizes on the victory – and the second chance.
Reactions were largely positive from the WorldTour riders still in with the best chance at dethroning Diniz for the overall victory.
Kwiatkowski (currently 3rd overall): "Everyone from the team helped me from the beginning. After the first climb, it was just Chavanel and [Pieter] Serry in the front, so they cared for me and supported me to the finish of the race. On the last climb I was trying to go with my tempo. 'Chava' was the lead-out for me a little bit with three kilometres to go. I started to ride my own speed and I was able to keep my speed until the finish. I was just trying to do the best I can, you know.
"With this condition right now I am really looking forward to the GC and tomorrow's time trial. It's my strong point, the TT. I will try my best and hope I can take the leader's jersey tomorrow. As for today, I want to say thank you to my team for believing in me, and believing that I can get good results."
van Garderen (currently 6th overall): "My goal was to stay with the leaders, so I can get them tomorrow in the time trial. I tried to attack in the last kilometre, but that failed. Eventually I was just happy that I could stay in the group."
Diego Ulissi (Lampre-Merida; currently 10th overall): "Diniz attacked in the very early meters of the climb and the battle began. The approach to the climb had been very demanding, but I was relying on key support from Filippo Pozzato, Adriano Malori, and Davide Viganò, then I found my rhythm [on the climb] with help from Kristijan Durasek. In the final hundred meters I lost some seconds, but I'm quite satisfied, plus I got some good feedback from my new Merida bike in its first test on a mountain stage."
Tour de San Luis Stage 3 Brief Results:
1, Alex Diniz (Funvic Brasilinvest) in 4:29:36
2, Mauro Santambrogio (Vini Fantini) at 24 secs
3, Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at s.t.
4, Bart De Clercq (Lotto-Belisol) at 25 secs
5, Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing) at s.t.
6, Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto-Belisol) at s.t.
7, Ricardo Diaz (San Luis Somos Todos) at 29 secs
8, Diego Ulissi (Lampre-Merida) at 34 secs
9, Miguel Angel Rubiano (Androni Giocattoli) at s.t.
10, Andre Cardoso (Caja Rural) at s.t.
General Classification after Stage 3:
1, Alex Diniz (Funvic Brasilinvest) in 12:07:48
2, Mauro Santambrogio (Vini Fantini) at 24 secs
3, Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at s.t.
4, Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto-Belisol) at 25 secs
5, Bart De Clercq (Lotto-Belisol) at s.t.
6, Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing) at s.t.
7, Ricardo Diaz (San Luis Somos Todos) at 29 secs
8, Miguel Angel Rubiano (Androni Giocattoli) at 34 secs
9, Andre Cardoso (Caja Rural) at s.t.
10, Diego Ulissi (Lampre-Merida) at s.t.


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Charles Pierce once again demonstrates the gulf between actual writers and amateurs such as myself:
Through a combination of corporate cowardice and corporate avarice, the long march of the "Liberal Media" hoax has resulted in an independent information economy totally devoted to weaponized bullshit.Preach, brother. I'll be mouthing the words at the back of the choir.
The whole piece is worth a read. It ain't long.


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Aircraft: Cessna 182. Injuries: None. Location: Roundup, Mont. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: The pilot was attempting to land on a dirt road. He overflew the area, noting a group of cows nearby before entering a left-hand pattern.
During the landing flare, the pilot saw a cow approaching from the left. He attempted to swerve to miss the animal but was unsuccessful and hit the cow.
Despite the pilot's attempts to regain control of the aircraft, the airplane continued to the left, landed hard, bounced, and settled back onto the ground, resulting in substantial damage.
The pilot reported no pre-impact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from an obstacle during the landing flare.
NTSB Identification: WPR11CA439
This September 2011 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it isintended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others.


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If you have dry skin, finding the right moisturisers can be quite difficult. You want something for day time that's not too shiny, that you can layer make up over and for night time you want something that will hydrate your skin but not break it out!
A tough ask, some might say! I've got dry skin and even though it's summer it doesn't really change between the seasons so I'm pretty much stuck with it all year round (often it gets WORSE in winter which is exactly what I want..not). The amount of moisturisers you see up there might SEEM like a lot but often layering is the best way to lock moisture into your skin, stopping you looking like a dehydrated orange :').
One thing that it's important not to forget is protecting your skin from UVA/UVB rays (I dunno what the difference is between the two I just know that they are bad) so using a moisturiser with SPF's in will help your skin stay smooth and free from sun damage!
I've heard some skincare-y people saying that the small amount of SPF in moisturisers isn't enough to actually protect your skin from sun damage…but I'm not sure companies could make that claim if they didn't do some good towards the cause *shrugs*.
Here's what I use to keep my face from looking like shrivelly fruit!
The Body Shop Vitamin E Hydrating Face Mist, £9.50 –
If you have dry skin and the myriad of options for skincare are bamboozling you, if something says 'hydrating' you should pick it up because it will be helpful for your skin. I'm on my third bottle of this mist, it's such an easy way of hydrating your skin and adding an extra layer to help your skin stay fresh throughout the working day (depends on how hard you work too, lol). I use this as the first step in my skincare, spritzing it over my face and then I apply the following:
Origins GinZing Eye Cream, £20 –
I've been loving using this Origins cream, it's been a staple in my morning skincare and it's perfect for applying under make up. This is quite a thick formula cream but it smooths into your skin really well – it leaves your under eyes looking glowy but this cream doesn't have any sparkle/glitter pigments in it which is excellent.
I've just started using the Urban Decay Naked Skin concealer at the same point that I've started using this under eye cream, which was a bit silly because I don't know which out of the two has caused my skin to feel SOFT AS A CLOUD BABY'S BUTT. It may be a combination of both, but I've found using this cream and the new concealer this is the best my under eyes have ever looked! As under eyes go, that is…
Clinique Moisture Surge Extended Thirst Relief Gel Cream, £34 –
This cream is a gel based formula so this means it packs alot more moisture into a skincare product that has a non greasy finish. This is why this is so perfect for day time! A pot of this tends to last me around 6 months, which is crazy because it's not actually a big pot of product!
A little goes a long way, so once I've scrunched my eyes up in preparation to spritz the Body Shop Mist over my face I will smooth a small blob of this gel cream over my face as well, taking care to really rub it in and massage my skin at the same time. Doing this will increase the blood flow in your skin and this helps keep your skin healthy and glowy!
Paula's Choice Clear Ultra Light Daily Mattifying Fluid with SPF, £10 –
Paula chooses good, you know. This mattifying fluid is completely new to me, I got it in my June Birchbox and I haven't looked back since. Using this as an extra layer of moisture AND sun protectant has been a really lovely addition to my routine and it's made me feel better about the potential sunlight I might be exposing my face to (it's Britain though so who knows if the Sun actually wants to put his hat on and come out to play). I put a small amount of this on after the Clinique Gel Cream over my forehead, cheeks and nose :).
The Body Shop Drops of Youth Bouncy Sleeping Mask, £24 –
So, this mask is a bit like Marmite – you either love it or it makes you feel weird. This is a putty like texture, the mask is described as 'bouncy' and it literally is. I scoop up a bit of this and rub it between my palms and smooth over my face and neck at nighttime before bed as this is intended to be a cream/mask for adding hydration overnight. If you can get used to the consistency it really does good stuff to your skin. I feel like when I wake up with a labyrinth of pillow creases on my face, I know I've done my bit overnight to help plump them out again by using this!
I hope you've enjoyed reading up on the things I use to combat dry skin 🙂 they work for me, I can only hope they work as well for you!
Thanks for reading 🙂 till next time!


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Evelyn De Morgan
Evelyn De Morgan, (30 August 1855 – 2 May 1919) was an English painter whose works were influenced by the style of the Pre-Raphaelite movement.[1] She was a follower of Pre-Raphaelite painter Edward Burne-Jones.[2] Her paintings exhibit spirituality; use of mythological, biblical, and literary themes; light and darkness as metaphors; life and death; and allegories of war.[3]
Evelyn De Morgan
Evelyn De Morgan
Mary Evelyn Pickering
August 30, 1855
|May 2, 1919 (aged 63)
|Resting place
|Brookwood Cemetery
|Slade School of Art
|Known for
Notable work
|William De Morgan
Early lifeEdit
She was born Mary Evelyn Pickering[1] at 6 Grosvenor Street,[4] to upper middle-class parents Percival Pickering QC, the Recorder of Pontefract, and Anna Maria Wilhelmina Spencer Stanhope, the sister of the artist John Roddam Spencer Stanhope and a descendant of Coke of Norfolk who was an Earl of Leicester.[3]
Evelyn was educated at home and started drawing lessons when she was 15. On the morning of her seventeenth birthday, Evelyn recorded in her diary, "Art is eternal, but life is short…" "I will make up for it now, I have not a moment to lose." She went on to persuade her parents to let her go to art school. At first they discouraged it, but in 1873 she was enrolled at the Slade School of Art. She was granted a scholarship at Slade which entitled her to three years of financial assistance. However, since the scholarship required that she draw nudes using charcoal and she did not care for this technique, she eventually declined it.[2]
She was also a pupil of her uncle John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, who was a great influence on her works. Beginning in 1875, Evelyn often visited him in Florence where he lived. This also enabled her to study the great artists of the Renaissance; she was particularly fond of the works of Botticelli. This influenced her to move away from the classical subjects favored by the Slade school and to make her own style. She first exhibited in 1877 at the Grosvenor Gallery in London and continued to show her paintings thereafter.[2]
Personal lifeEdit
In August 1883, Evelyn met the ceramicist William De Morgan, and on 5 March 1887, they married.[4] They spent their lives together in London.[3] De Morgan, a pacifist, expressed her horror at the First World War and South African War in over fifteen war paintings including The Red Cross[1] and S.O.S.
Relative to artistic pursuits, money was unimportant to the De Morgans; any profits from sales of Evelyn's paintings went toward financing William's pottery business and she actively contributed ideas to his ceramics designs.[1]
Two years after his death in 1917, she died on 2 May 1919 in London and was buried in Brookwood Cemetery, near Woking, Surrey.[3]
In August 1875 De Morgan sold her first work Tobias and the Angel. Her first exhibited painting, St Catherine of Alexandria was shown at the Dudley Gallery in 1876.
In 1877, De Morgan exhibited two works at Dudley Gallery (for sale) and was invited to exhibit at the first Grosvenor Gallery exhibition.[4]
In October 1991, sixteen canvases were destroyed in a fire at Bourlet's warehouse.
- Tobias and the Angel (1875)
- Cadmus and Harmonia (1877)
- Ariadne at Naxos (1877)
- Aurora Triumphans (1877–78[5] or c. 1886[6]), Russell-Cotes Museum, Bournemouth
- Night and Sleep (1878)
- Goddess of Blossoms & Flowers (1880)
- The Grey Sisters (1880–81)
- Phosphorus and Hesperus (1882)
- By the Waters of Babylon (1882–83)
- Sleep and Death, the Children of the Night (1883)
- Salutation or The Visitation (1883),
- Love's Passing (1883–1884)
- Dryad (1884–85)
- Luna (1885)
- The Sea Maidens (1885–86)
- Hope in a Prison of Despair (1887)
- The Soul's Prison House (1888)
- Love, the Misleader (1889), private collection
- Medea (1889), Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead
- Angel of Death (1890), private collection
- The Garden of Opportunity (1892)
- Life and Thought Emerging from the Tomb (1893), Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
- Flora (1894)
- Eos (1895), Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina
- The Undiscovered Country, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina
- Lux in Tenebris (1895)
- Boreas and Oreithyia (1896)
- Earthbound (1897)
- Angel of Death (1897), private collection
- Helen of Troy (1898)
- Cassandra (1898)
- The Valley of Shadows (1899)
- The Storm Spirits (1900)
- The Poor Man who Saved the City (1901)
- The Love Potion (1903)
- The Cadence of Autumn (1905)
- Queen Eleanor & Fair Rosamund (1905)
- Death of a Butterfly (c. 1905–10)
- Demeter Mourning for Persephone (1906)
- Port after Stormy Seas (1905)
- The Hour-Glass (1905)
- The Prisoner (1907)
- Our Lady of Peace (1907)
- The Worship of Mammon (1909)
- Death of the Dragon (1914)
- The Vision (1914), private collection
- The Red Cross (1918)
- The Gilded Cage (1919)
- Deianera (unknown)
- The Kingdom of Heaven Suffereth Violence
Helen of Troy, 1898
Cadmus and Harmonia
Her works are held in Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; National Trust properties Wightwick Manor and Knightshayes Court; Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, National Portrait Gallery; Southwark Art Collection.
- ^ a b c d "Evelyn De Morgan". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/45491. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ a b c Secondo, Joellen. "De Morgan". Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ a b c d Lawton Smith, Elise (2002). Evelyn Pickering De Morgan and the Allegorical Body. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. ISBN 978-0-8386-3883-5.
- ^ a b c Gordon, Catherine (1996). Evelyn de Morgan: Oil Paintings. De Morgan Foundation. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-9528141-0-8.
- ^ "Aurora Triumphans (1877-8) oil painting by Evelyn de Morgan (1855-1919) returns to Bournemouth". Russell-cotes.bournemouth.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 1 November 2010. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
- ^ Lawton Smith, Elise (2002). Evelyn Pickering De Morgan and the Allegorical Body. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-8386-3883-5.
Further readingEdit
- Drawmer, Lois Jane (2001). The impact of science and spiritualism on the works of Evelyn De Morgan 1870-1919 (PhD). Buckinghamshire New University. Archived from the original on 16 June 2016.
- Harris, Lynda (2011) 'Evelyn De Morgan: Symbolist, Feminist and Mystic', published on internet site Talisman Fine Art and Talisman Symbolist Studies, London-Cornwall.
- Marsh, Jan; Nunn, Pamela Gerrish (1989). Women Artists and the Pre-Raphaelite Movement. Virago. ISBN 978-0-86068-065-9.
- Marsh, Jan; Nunn, Pamela Gerrish (1997). Pre-Raphaelite women artists. Manchester City Art Galleries. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-901673-55-8.
External linksEdit
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Evelyn de Morgan.
- Official website
- "Evelyn De Morgan" at The Bridgeman Art Library
- Grave of Evelyn and William De Morgan
- Portraits of (Mary) Evelyn De Morgan (née Pickering) at the National Portrait Gallery, London
- 8 paintings by or after Evelyn De Morgan at the Art UK site
- Endless Digressions on Evelyn De Morgan by Kirsty Walker, Victorian Historian


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First of all, there are translations of Das Kapital. Considering that capitalism is built on relatively old theories you might as well call capitalism obsolete. Freud may have been wrong on some things, but he was a nobody to the U.S until someone recognized his potential as a marketing tool. His psychology is the basis for the, "You MUST buy this!" advertising. And also the, "This'll make you look sexy and trendy!". Considering both techniques are still employed today I'd say they're far from obsolete, I'd even say that Freud in this case was ahead of the curve.I haven't read Das Kapital, and even then I wouldn't be likely to understand much of it, especially as it wasn't written in English in the first place. Also, it would be tantamount to learning about vacuum-tube electronics, which has become mostly obsolete by now. Great minds can come up with right ideas but also with wrong ones. Galileo and Sigmund Freud were wrong on a number of things as well.
As for Galileo, I'm not sure what he has to do with anything. If you're implying that the Earth revolving around the sun is obsolete, then I'm not quite sure what else to say to you.


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Windows Embedded Device Manager 2011, an integrated solution that extends the capabilities of System Center Configuration Manager 2007 to include Windows Embedded Standard and Windows Embedded POSReady-based devices is released today at the Microsoft Management Summit 2011.
WEDM supports the most common devices found in enterprise environments built on the Windows Embedded Standard and Windows Embedded POSReady platforms, including thin clients, point-of-service (POS) devices and digital signage devices. The solution provides IT professionals with increased ease by allowing them to manage enterprise devices in a manner similar to PCs and servers, enhanced insight and control through a single management solution, and greater device integration. Moving forward, Microsoft is exploring the potential to extend support to additional Embedded platforms and device scenarios.
With WEDM you can leverage SCCM to manage your devices. the tool not only enables you to deploy and control your devices on your network but also allows to differentiate specific types of devices from others. Imagine you want to deploy a specific update to kiosks and not to Thin Clients on your network while they're both running Windows Embedded Standard 7, well, you can do this independently as the devices will be seen as what they're: kiosk or thin clients, not as PCs…
Another important feature, the tool is able to handle write filters. Just a quick reminder of what write filters are about. These're a feature specific to WES that allow to protect part or all of a disk partition by creating an overlay in RAM or in another partition that'll abstract the write cycles from the hardware, meaning you can create stateless machines that'll reboot from a know state at each power cycle. This feature is problematic for updates as if they're activated, you cannot apply an update to the OS or apps. Device Manger takes care of deactivating and reactivating the filters securely in order to apply patches to protected machines!
Devices Manager also allows for scenarios where enterprises can work closer to the OEMs regarding devices management.
To learn more about the product, visit this page.


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Theodore Schroeder, who worked with early Pinterest investor Brian Cohen on a previous project, has sued Cohen and Pinterest for passing ideas he brought to that project to Pinterest's co-founders, who used them to develop the successful social network.
Schroeder, a lawyer who lives in Ocean City, New Jersey, claims he created the idea of a "board" as a platform for sharing content while working on a website called RendezVoo with Cohen and others in 2007 and 2008, and that Cohen handed the idea to the founders of Pinterest in 2009 along with some angel funding.
"Cohen worked with Plaintiff and Plaintiffs two colleagues to further develop Plaintiffs ideas. Cohen caused the project to deadlock so he could steal the core ideas for himself and freeze out the
Plaintiff from reaping any benefits," the lawsuit alleges.
Schroeder learned in March 2012 that Cohen claims to be Pinterest's "first investor," prompting the suit.
RendezVoo was a "a Web site where people meet to share opinions, views, items and tastes on a variety of subjects" that garnered about 5,000 users. Schroeder did the technical work to create "Boards" for posting content and so-called "infinite scrolling" on RendezVoo.
"These two key concepts, in addition to the ideas underpinning [RendezVoo] itself, found their way to Pinterest," the suit alleges. "Pinterest was nearly exactly what Plaintiff conceived as [RendezVoo] Version 2."
"The lawsuit against Pinterest is baseless and we will fight it aggressively," Pinterest spokeswoman Annie Ta said.
The complaint was filed on December 27 in federal district court in Manhattan and became public on December 28.
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You've heard it from your financial advisor in the past, and since that time you have elected to steer clear of that same conversation. After all, by the numbers he or she is correct, but it still doesn't help you sleep better at night. Paying down debt early is often a battle of the mind. Read the full article on Investopdeia.com!
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The 5 Most Popular Funeral Service Articles of 2017
Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard once wrote, "Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forwards." That's a poetic way of saying that we can learn from the past, especially as the world continues to rapidly change. OGR's weekly e-newsletter, Independent Insider, reported on events, issues, and trends of interest to funeral professionals. Here are the five most popular articles of 2017. Read the rest of this entry »
2016 Trends that Shaped Funeral Service–Part II
Last week we began a review of 10 developments in funeral service that caught the attention of national–and sometimes–international media. Coverage focused on changing trends, occasionally on what went wrong, and often what were the most outrageous ideas. Here are another five topics that demonstrate what is catching the attention of media outlets and their readers. Read the rest of this entry »
2016 Trends that Shaped Funeral Service–Part I
In many people's minds, 2016 will be remembered as the year celebrities dropped like flies. According to Legacy.com, the number of celebrity deaths was comparable to previous years, but three factors made it appear that celebrities were dying in droves: 1) a higher-than-average number of those who died were either A-list or legendary stars; 2) many musicians died who had extremely loyal fan bases; and 3) the average age of celebrities who died this year was about 10 years younger than usual.
Aside from celebrity deaths, growing pains continued to reach every aspect of funeral service. During the last 12 months we saw some outrageous trends, some of which have already used up their 15 minutes of fame. Other news stories highlighted shifts in public preferences that merit our continued attention, even if these changes seem undignified to some traditionalists.
Part I of this blog will examine five topics which drew national, and sometimes international, attention to funeral service in ways that are relevant to serving families in the near future. Next week, Part II will examine five more topics. Read the rest of this entry »
Advice for Funeral Directors Working with Donor Families
Jeni Stepien's father was murdered ten years ago, but his heart lives on in the body of donor recipient Arthur Thomas. When Ms. Stepien got engaged in October, 2015, she struggled with deciding who would walk her down the aisle. The thought that a piece of her father could be present during her wedding ceremony led her to ask Arthur if he'd be willing to escort her. Mr. Thomas agreed, and after he walked her down the aisle on Friday, Jeni shared "My dad is here with us, and this man is here because of us."
Such a beautiful story has us wondering what role the funeral director played in the Stepien and Thomas story. How can funeral service professionals serve families like the Stepiens? Funeral directors are well-positioned to provide donor families with the support and information they need and make a powerful impact in each family's life, but is there anything they can do specifically? Read the rest of this entry »
How to Write Better Obituaries
This article originally appeared in the March issue of Mortuary Management. Writer Kim Stacey will be hosting OGR's June 16 webinar and takes the time to share how to write a better obituary.
Late last year Jessica A. Smith of the Order of the Golden Rule (OGR) asked me to be a course leader for a 2016 OGR-sponsored webinar about writing obituaries. The webinar, titled "How to Write an Obituary Worth Reading," is slated for mid-June, and "will look at the factors which make a good obituary" as well as "provide a forum where funeral professionals can share their obituary-writing experiences and learn from one another."
The topic was prompted, in part, by the recent rise of the "viral" obituary, where the story (or the personal agenda of the writer) resonates so deeply with readers that the obituary is shared — using popular social platforms such as Facebook and Twitter — by millions of Internet users.
You know the ones I'm talking about. Think back to 2013 when the obituary of Marianne Theresa Johnson-Reddick was published. This scathing "tribute," written by her surviving adult children, included sentences like these: "Everyone she met, adult or child, was tortured by her cruelty and exposure to violence, criminal activity, vulgarity, and hatred of the gentle or kind human spirit," and "We celebrate her passing from this earth and hope she lives in the after-life reliving each gesture of violence, cruelty and shame that she delivered on her children." It also featured a call for "a national movement and dedicated war against child abuse in the United States of America." This lurid story, combined with the expression of vengeful desire and the direct "call-to-action," made this obituary an overnight global sensation. Read the rest of this entry »
8 Easy Ways Your Funeral Home Can Adapt to Change
It's not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.
–W. Edward Deming
Funeral directors often tell me they don't need to change because their customers don't want change. The same people used to tell me their cremation rate would top out at 10 percent, their average sale would never decline and their profit margin would always remain positive. I have no doubt that everyone has a pocket of families who never want funeral service to evolve. It's the other 90 percent we have to Read the rest of this entry »


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Tourism Attraction: River Region
Location: Montgomery, Alabama
Photos: click any photo to enlarge
Blind Fate is a suspense novel that dares the reader to experience a world without sight through the unique "perspective" of Melody Harper, a blind violinist who finds herself in a very dangerous situation. The novel is also groundbreaking for being the first interactive tourism novel on Kindle, meaning it includes a guide with links inside the book that allow readers to browse the related tourism websites of the real places in the story.
Blind Fate was recently featured in USA Today for its innovation in tourism technology. Read the USA Today story by clicking here.
Blind Fate was recently featured in USA Today for its innovation in tourism technology. Read the USA Today story by clicking here.
The settings of Blind Fate include some of the finest attractions in the River Region of Montgomery, Alabama, including the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts (both pictured below), Jasmine Hill Gardens and Outdoor Museum in Wetumpka, the Legends golf course in Prattville, and the riverfront entertainment district in downtown Montgomery, to name a few. However, the story begins at an isolated cabin on the shores of nearby Lake Jordan . . .
Melody Harper inwardly sighed in relief when she felt Roger's patrol car slide to a halt over the familiar sound of her gravel driveway. He had been quiet during most of the drive, and she could sense his frustration as he got out and shut the door a little louder than usual. Melody knew his moods intimately through their years of friendship, even though she had never seen Roger's face. She listened to his thumping steps as he made his way angrily around the car and pulled her door open.
The fragrant smell of blooming gardenias greeted her back home as she stepped out and lightly grasped the back of Roger's arm. His brooding silence barely distracted her from the wonderful sensation of being home after a long week away in Montgomery. He led her forward until the rough gravel underneath her feet gave way to smooth, wooden planks. Melody stopped and raised her hand to touch his warm face.
"Don't worry, Roger," she said. "I'll be fine."
Although Melody could hear the genuine concern in his voice, a hot rush of anger raced through her body and into her voice.
"Damn it, Melody, this is different, and you know it. This is not the time to be making an issue out of your independence. We can get this guy in a couple of days. It's not like I'm asking you to change your life forever. This guy is a murderer, and he's on the loose in this area. If you will just stay over at your parents for a week or so."
"No, Roger," she interrupted. "I've already had this conversation with my parents, and I'm not about to continue it with you. Thank you for the ride, but you need to leave now."
"At least let me check the house first," he pleaded.
"Fine," she said, grabbing the rail and marching up to the door. She fished out her keys and unlocked the deadbolt. She crossed her arms defiantly as he entered.
But beneath her defiance, she felt twinges of guilt over insisting on coming back home. Was she really being inconsiderate or was she protecting her hard-won independence? Where should she draw the line?
She grasped the railing again and made her way to the back deck of the house. A light breeze brushed against her as she rounded the corner. The gentle sound of waves lapping against the rocky shoreline of Lake Jordan eased her fretful thoughts. The scent of the lake reminded her of how relaxing it was to be back at her own place, where no one could nag her. The familiar chirps of the birds and the distant whine of speedboats assured her that soon no one would be around to feel overly responsible for her.
Melody recalled how difficult it was to convince her parents to let her move out from their house. And indeed, she had never been so scared in her life as when she moved here all alone. But then the feeling of independence had slowly built up until she had never felt better in her life. Melody couldn't fathom ever moving back in with someone after experiencing the freedom of living on her own.
And that was probably why she could never marry Roger. He would never be able to let go of that need to protect her, even when she didn't need him to. Being a sheriff's deputy only made Roger's sense of responsibility worse, especially in a situation like this.
"Melody?" he called out in a concerned tone.
"I'm back here, Roger," she said.
She listened to his anxious footsteps as he stepped outside on the deck.
"The house is clear," he said. "You should probably go in now."
"Do you have any food in here?"
"Yes, Tony stocked up yesterday for me, and he's been feeding my cat."
"Good. You'll call me if you hear anything suspicious?"
"Of course," she said. "And I'll deadbolt the door, and I won't even open it for strangers," she teased.
"I'm serious."
"I know," she sighed. "I'll be careful, Roger."
"Well, then I guess I'll be going."
"Thank you, Roger," she said, touching his face again. "I know that you mean well."
"I'll be here if you need me," he said, touching his hand to hers.
"I know," she said. "Bye, Roger."
"Bye," he said, still sounding worried.
Melody listened in relief as his footsteps moved away. She waved when she heard his engine start, and then she walked inside.
A soft, furry body began rubbing itself against her legs as soon as she shut the door.
"Romeo!" she cooed, replying to his lonesome meows. She bent down and cradled him up in her arms. His loud purrs sent warm waves through her skin, and she nuzzled her cheek against the top of his head. "I've missed you so much!"
Melody set him down and fished through her bag for a treat. He gobbled it up quickly, lapping his sandy, wet tongue across her palm. She stroked him again and then went over to her stereo. She didn't even bother to trace the Braille labels on her disks because she knew exactly where her favorite was. The stereo hummed to life as she turned on the power and slipped in the disk. In a few moments, the harmonious sounds of Bach filled the air.
|Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
Melody went to the bathroom and sat down on the ledge. She turned on the faucet and waited for the stream of water to run hot. Then she poured in her favorite blend of lavender bath salts before stripping off her clothes in anticipation. As she stepped in, the warm waves of water soothed her skin and relaxed her muscles. The fragrance melted away the frustrations that had been weighing her down.
After finishing in the bath, Melody toweled off her body and walked back into the kitchen to make some cappuccino. Damn, she forgot to lock the door, she realized. Melody stepped over to the door and reached for the deadbolt handle. She twisted it only to find that it was already locked. Melody frowned in confusion. She didn't remember locking the door.
A frightening thought burst through her mind: What if I'm not alone?
---Excerpted From BLIND FATE, Copyright ©2002 by Patrick Brian Miller. All Rights Reserved.
To read the rest of this chapter right now, visit the Amazon Kindle page for Blind Fate here:
Book Review From Olivia Wright
Columnist for Wright Reviews in the Red Bay News
What do you have when there is dancing in a tower, chases among temple ruins and a symphony under the stars? Perhaps an impromptu response would be, a European adventure. Nothing could be further from the truth as Patrick Miller's novel Blind Fate finds genesis in of all places, Montgomery, Alabama. Mystery, political intrigue, and yes, love, spring forth among some of the state's most beautiful cultural landmarks.
Former lobbyist Alex Dawson, convicted of slaying the next would-be governor Michael Fenimore, has escaped from prison. As residents of Montgomery panic and law enforcement tightens their net, 25 year-old Melody Harper, blind musician and violin instructor, steps into a trap of her own. Hiding in her home is the assailant whom the police are trying to snare. Fiercely independent, Melody finds herself in a situation worse than her hovering parents and friends could ever have cautioned her about.
Pleading his innocence, Alex eventually convinces his hostage to help him take back his life by helping him find the person or persons responsible for the crime. As Melody finds herself falling for her captor, and he his victim, all her sensibilities come into question. What if Alex isn't as innocent as he claims? Are her parents warranted in treating her like a helpless child? As Melody sorts though a myriad of self doubt and misgivings about the integrity of the man she has quickly grown to love, a tangled web of destruction threatens to destroy the faith they have in each other. At stake too is the fate that awaits them both, made salient and more enervating to Melody when her sixth sense receives warning by Huntingdon College's legendary specters.
|Rosa Parks Museum
These were cast from leaders in the Civil Rights Movement.
Photo by: Peggy Collins, Alabama Department of Tourism
Follow Alex and Melody from the lushness of The Alabama Shakespeare Festival, sixth largest in the world, to the honor bestowed the Olympians at Jasmine Hill Gardens, Alabama's "Little Corner of Greece", as this hapless couple seek much needed answers. Is it possible, here among the ruins of Hera, to find the truth they so desperately need? Take a leap of faith, blind if you will, by reading this intriguing and fast paced novel from the South's brightest new voice. After all, who doesn't dream of dancing under the stars, particularly those falling on Alabama, and coming face to face with heroes?
Olivia Wright King
Hearts of Dixie Book Club
Note: Blind Fate is an exclusive Kindle edition that allows readers to visit the tourism sites that inspired the settings through web links embedded directly into the novel. This feature makes the Kindle uniquely suited for tourism fiction. If you don't have a Kindle, you can download Kindle for PC in minutes for free to your computer (or to devices like the iPad, iPhone, or smart phones) and then have access to the massive Kindle library. Every Kindle book allows potential readers to preview a portion of the novel before purchasing. The Kindle for PC program sizes to fit your computer screen and offers one-click page turning rather than scrolling.
|A tourism link from inside Blind Fate to
one of the settings in the novel, the
F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum,
as shown in the Kindle Fire edition.
The Kindle uses cutting-edge technology that allows readers to download up to 3,500 books into a lightweight, user-friendly device—all without ever plugging into a computer. Books are downloaded within sixty seconds and have great features like automatic last-page finder and large print options with the click of a button. Try Kindle for PC and check out the extended sample of Blind Fate; you will be amazed at how easy the reading experience is. The Kindle makes a great traveling companion, especially for the modern literary tourist.
Tourism Guide
There are far too many places to visit in the Montgomery area to fit into a single weekend. However, the following is a list of websites where readers can learn more about the tourism attractions in the novel. I highly recommend a visit to the Montgomery area, as it offers such a variety of tourism. Browse through this list to find what suits your interests most and feel free to return to this guide after reading the novel. Most of these links are available in the novel as well, but some extra ones are available in this feature. Note: these tourism attractions are not sponsors of the novel; they are simply fun places that I think readers might enjoy visiting. For an overview of all the SELTI features across the South, please join the SELTI Facebook page and share with your friends: http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=289783765813
Jasmine Hill Gardens and Outdoor Museum
Alabama Shakespeare Festival
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
Montgomery Symphony Orchestra
Rosa Parks Museum
Rosa Parks Museum
Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail: The Legends
Renaissance Montgomery Hotel and Spa at the Convention Center
Huntingdon College
F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum
The Shoppes at East Chase/Bone Fish Grille
Alabama State Capitol (includes virtual tour)
Alabama Tourism Department


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Some of my other interests include reading good novels. I love to read both classic and modern literature including authors such as Charlotte Bronte, Anne Rice, and Isaac Asimov. I loved Jane Eyre by Bronte. I also loved Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles and the Foundation series by Asimov. I also love to read and collect poetry especially poems written by Emily Dickinson. Please visit my 'Literature' page to learn more about some great authors and poets.
Some of my other interests involve a rather extensive use of email
and the internet. A couple of years ago, I stumbled across newsgroups. While learning how to use newsgroups for information, I was also fortunate enough to find a group which is definitely the friendliest group of people on the internet ...alt.good.morning (AGM). Since then I have met many terrific friends through this group and I've even been fortunate enough to meet with many of these people in person. The most recent of these irl(in real life) meetings that I attended was UKAGM96 which was, of course, in the United Kingdom. :) Around 70 people attended this week long party. Several countries were represented and tons of fun was had by all.
Hmmm...what else should you know????
That's all I can think of right now. If you have some urgent question that you feel I absolutely must answer, just drop me a note.
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A 3-year-old child is brought to your clinic with a fever and stiff neck. You are quite certain the child has meningitis. When you discuss the need for a spinal tap and antibiotic treatment, the parents refuse permission, saying, "We'd prefer to take him home and have our minister pray over him."
Can the parents refuse treatment in this case? How should you handle this?


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This is a print ad for Camel No. 9 cigarettes.
Doesn't this look like a perfume ad? Even the boxes look like they contain beauty products rather than cigarettes.
It also has the same graphic feel as many of the book covers aimed at teenage girls and if you walk through the "girls toys" aisle at your local toy store you'll find a large number of dolls and other toys in boxes that look a lot like this ad. That's a scary thought. Those packages and book covers are aiming for girls too young to legally smoke and if they are successfully appealing to those markets, why wouldn't this ad do the same?
Camel clearly intends the ad to be seen primarily by women. Even the warning included in the ad is one specifically aimed at women, as opposed to the more general warnings usually found on ads for tobacco products.
I have a hard time believing that this ad isn't specifically targeting a market that it shouldn't be because of how very similar it is to the marketing of products to young girls. It's ads like these that make me skeptical about the tobacco industry's claims that they don't market to underage customers today. This sure looks like it's marketing to underage customers!


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Affiliate/Tracking System
We have a basic but useful affiliate plan at no additional cost to you
How it works
You pass the affiliate the same URL as you use now for people to purchase your program but with the variable a=fred12 added to the command line or PUT statement (where fred12 is the affiliate's name or code that you have invented). Note the URL must be one of those going to the shopping cart via https://www.swreg.org/cgi-bin/s.cgi?
You determine what the value of the variable is so you might have a cgi program on your own website creating a database of affiliate names and addresses and issuing the URLs with personalised "a=" variables according to some rule of your own.
A typical URL might be - replace 'usd' with 'gbp' or 'euro' as appropiate in all these links:
The first time someone creates an order using the URL with such a variable we automatically create the affiliate account (Or, you may create it ahead of time).
If you want to allow the affiliate to have direct access to reporting, you must set a password for their account first.
Creating a password
- Login to your account
- Go to "Affiliate Management"
- Select the "Affiliate ID" in the list
- Click "Set Password"
- Enter a password and click "Save"
His login is the same you have entered as a= and his password is set to the value you set above. He can change his password any time after loggin in to his reporting area.
Affiliate login link
Your existing tab delimited report will show any sales broken down by affiliate so you will be able to analyse the sale in a spreadsheet or database manager.
Resetting Passwords
The affiliate can reset his own password by clicking on "Change Password" link in his reporting area. Or, you can reset it for him through "Affiliate Management" in your vendor area.
We can pay your affiliates
Please log in to your SWREG control panel and select "Pay Third Parties". You can pay other people by ACH, BACS, local cheque in over 30 currencies, wire transfer in any currency, another SWREG account or Paypal. This can be done by manual entry or using a batch file.
Payments must be set up by Monday night for payment requests each Tuesday or they get added to the following week's batch.
You will need to change your account to "Manual Payments" to avoid all your money being sent to you before you can pay other people.
Recurring or Subscription Orders
Affiliates may selectively be paid for recurring or subscription orders. To select this option, login to the SWREG control panel and select "Configuration." In the "Setting" area, "Affiliate Tracking," make your selection accordingly.
Affiliate ManagementWe recently made changes to provide more control over affiliate's access to reporting and improve securing your data.
Definitions of columns in the list:
- Affiliate ID - Your identifier for the affiliate passed in the "a" parameter, and the "username" for the Affiliate to access reporting.
- Status
- Disabled - Commerce will no longer accept new orders and it will prevent the Affiliate from login into reporting.
- Enabled - Commerce will accept new orders and the Affiliate can login into reporting if a password is set.
- Has Password - Indicates if the affiliate has a password set. If value is "No," the affiliate will not be able to login.
- Last Login - Provides date when affiliate last logged into reporting area.
- Created - The date which the affiliate was created in SWREG.