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Location Guide to the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, New York City, US will provide you with the information on how, and when, to plan your visit and where to position yourself to get the most pleasing photographs of shorebirds visiting this birding hotspot.
This guide is filled with information, photographs and maps, on which exactly trail to choose. How to safely approach birds without stressing/flushing them, what gear/clothing to bring and many other useful tips that will help you to make the most out of your visit to the JBWR.
There is only one photograph of a bird in this guide, the cover photo. The rest is what you are paying for, the useful information.
Be warned. This is not the spot to spend a relaxing day photographing birds. This location requires literarily to get down and dirty. But photographs you will make here, will be one of the best ones you will ever take of the shorebirds. You can take my word for it! My guide, and my Location Updates, will put you in the right time and in the right spot to make your trip worthwhile.
There are many photography workshops being offered at the Jamaica Bay but their cost often starts at $200 per session. Besides the steep price, you have to fit to someone else's schedule. Ever wondered what happens if the weather doesn't cooperate on the day of the workshop? You will be forced to shoot in undesired conditions or you will loose a partial, or even worse, the full payment for that workshop. By purchasing my guide, you will gain enough information to get excellent results on your very first visit. At your own schedule. At the best possible weather. For a fraction of the workshop price. My guide takes into consideration that you are familiar with your gear and that you are capable of setting up your camera for a correct exposure.
Birds that you can expect to photograph at the Jamaica Bay: Semipalmated, Least, Pectoral and Stilt Sandpipers; Short-billed Dowitcher, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs; Piping, Semipalmated and Black-bellied Plovers. Very possible to see as well: Black-Skimmer; Common, Least Terns; Peregrine Falcon, Merlin, American Kestrel, Norther Harrier.
Rare but highly possible to see during the peak of migration: American Avocet, Hudsonian and Marbled Godwits, Wilson's Phalarope.
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Female Red-tailed Hawk feeding its chicks in the nest - Passaic County, New Jersey
Red-tailed Hawk nest - Passaic County, New Jersey
This location offers one of a kind look from above on the nesting birds of prey. View like this are very hard to come by!
Stay assured, your presence will not bother these birds! This nest's unique and distant location from the viewing spot, keeps this family very comfortable with human presence. As you will learn on your first visit there, this park receives a lot of foot traffic and on some occasions, it can be very loud there as well.
In this guide, I will provide you with:
- exact directions on how to get to the spot from where you will be able to observe and photograph this nest
- information on how to get the "most pleasing" photographs of these hawks
- since this nest is active in Spring, I will share with you additional tips on how to make the best out of the annual songbird/warbler migration in this park
- you will get an access to the frequent updates informing you on the current happenings at the nest: when hawks started to nest, chicks hatched, fledged etc. (first year of updates is included for free) helping you to perfectly schedule your visit - Location Updates
You will get all this information without the need of attending an expensive workshop, for a fraction of its price!
To photograph this nest, it is best to bring the longest lens you own. I would suggest on bringing at least a 400mm lens (or equivalent) and teleconverters/extenders.
If you are interested with only accessing the updates page, you can do so by purchasing a season pass to the updates page.
For all buyers of my Wood Duck Location Guide, I'm offering this guide for $24.
All others, $30.
Seasonal pass to the updates page: $10
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Shorebirds include the: avocets, oystercatchers, phalaropes, plovers, sandpipers, stilts, snipes, and turnstones. In general, they have long and thin legs with little to no webbing on their feet. They are usually small bodied with long thin bills. The differences in their bill lengths and shape allow the different shorebird species to forage for food within their habitat either on dry soil, mud, or in shallow water. They can be found in inter-tidal mudflats, estuaries, or salt marshes. Shorebird migration spans a great distance. The migratory paths are influenced by geography, wind, and weather patterns. During the spring, summer and fall migration, shorebirds rest and feed at stopover locations. Shorebirds eat a variety of invertebrate prey such as worms, insect larva, amphipods, copepods, crustaceans, and mollusks. - U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
This is the most up to date guide to photographing nesting shorebirds, like: Black Skimmers, American Oystercatcher, Common Terns, Piping Plover at this famous beach that you will ever find on the internet! I'm providing frequent updates throughout the season and it is completely free. You can find it by following the link to my blog post, here: http://www.greggard.com/blog/2016/7/nickerson-beach-ny-guide
Owls are a group of birds that belong to the order Strigiformes, constituting 200 extant bird of prey species. Most are solitary and nocturnal, with some exceptions (e.g. the Northern Hawk Owl). Owls hunt mostly small mammals, insects, and other birds, although a few species specialize in hunting fish. They are found in all regions of the Earth except Antarctica, most of Greenland and some remote islands. Though owls are typically solitary, the literary collective noun for a group of owls is aparliament. Owls are characterized by their small beaks and wide faces, and are divided into two families: the typical owls, Strigidae; and the barn-owls, Tytonidae.
Owls have large forward-facing eyes and ear-holes; a hawk-like beak; a flat face; and usually a conspicuous circle of feathers, a facial disc, around each eye. The feathers making up this disc can be adjusted in order to sharply focus sounds that come from varying distances onto the owls' asymmetrically placed ear cavities. Most birds of prey sport eyes on the sides of their heads, but the stereoscopic nature of the owl's forward-facing eyes permits the greater sense of depth perception necessary for low-light hunting. Although owls have binocular vision, their large eyes are fixed in their sockets — as are those of other birds - so they must turn their entire head to change views. Owls can rotate their heads and necks as much as 270 degrees in either direction. As owls are farsighted, they are unable to see clearly anything within a few centimeters of their eyes. Caught prey can be felt by owls with the use of filoplumes — like feathers on the beak and feet that act as "feelers". Their far vision, particularly in low light, is exceptionally good.
Most owls are nocturnal, actively hunting their prey only in water and darkness. Several types of owl, however, are crepuscular — active during the twilight hours of dawn and dusk; one example is the Pygmy owl (Glaucidium). A few owls are active during the day also; examples are the Burrowing Owl (Speotyto cunicularia) and the Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus).
The serrations on the leading edge of an owl's flight feathers reduce noise.
Much of the owls' hunting strategy depends on stealth and surprise. Owls have at least two adaptations that aid them in achieving stealth. First, the dull coloration of their' feathers can render them almost invisible under certain conditions. Secondly, serrated edges on the leading edge of owls' remiges muffle an owl's wing beats, allowing an owl's flight to be practically silent. Some fish-eating owls, for which silence has no evolutionary advantage, lack this adaptation.An owl's sharp beak and powerful talons allow it to kill its prey before swallowing it whole (if it is not too big). Scientists studying the diets of owls are helped by their habit of regurgitating the indigestible parts of their prey (such as bones, scales and fur) in the form of pellets. These "owl pellets" are plentiful and easy to interpret, and are often sold by companies to schools for dissection by students as a lesson in biology and ecology. All owls are carnivorous birds of prey and live mainly on a diet of insects and small rodents such as mice, rats and hares. Some owls are also specifically adapted to hunt fish. They are very adept in hunting in their respective environments. Since owls can be found in nearly all parts of the world and across a multitude of ecosystems, their hunting skills and characteristics vary slightly from species to species, though most characteristics are shared among all species.
Most owls share an innate ability to fly almost silently and also more slowly in comparison to other birds of prey. Most owls live a mainly nocturnal lifestyle and being able to fly without making any noise gives them a strong advantage over their prey that are listening for any sign of noise in the dark night. A silent, slow flight is not as necessary for diurnal and crepuscular owls given that prey can usually see an owl approaching. - Wikipedia
Snowy Owl, Burrowing Owl, Short-eared Owl, Eastern-screech Owl, Great Horned Owl, owlets
A falcon is any species of raptor in the genus Falco. The genus contains 37 species, widely distributed throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, Australasia and North America. Adult falcons have thin tapered wings, which enable them to fly at high speed and to change direction rapidly. Fledgling falcons, in their first year of flying, have longer flight feathers, which makes their configuration more like that of a general-purpose bird such as a broadwing. This makes it easier to fly while learning the exceptional skills required to be effective hunters as adults.Peregrine Falcons have been recorded diving at speeds of 200 miles per hour (320 km/h), making them the fastest-moving creatures on Earth.
Other falcons include the Gyrfalcon, Lanner Falcon, and the Merlin. Some small falcons with long narrow wings are called hobbies, and some which hover while hunting are called kestrels. The falcons are part of the family Falconidae, which also includes the caracaras, Laughing Falcon, forest falcons, and falconets.
The traditional term for a male falcon is tercel (British spelling) or tiercel (American spelling), from Latin tertius = third because of the belief that only one in three eggs hatched a male bird. Some sources give the etymology as deriving from the fact that a male falcon is approximately one third smaller than the female[2][3][4] (Old French tiercelet). A falcon chick, especially one reared for falconry, that is still in its downy stage is known as an eyas (sometimes spelt eyass). The word arose by mistaken division of Old French un niais, from Latin presumed nidiscus ("nestling", from nidus = nest). The technique of hunting with trained captive birds of prey is known as falconry.As is the case with many birds of prey, falcons have exceptional powers of vision; the visual acuity of one species has been measured at 2.6 times that of a normal human. source: Wikipedia


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Must Watch List! Beth Stern Hosts 'Spoiled Rotten Pets' On Nat Geo Wild
The lovely and amazing Beth Stern loves all types of pets, so it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that she is hosting an amazing new show called 'Spoiled Rotten Pets' on Nat Geo WILD. The animal lover shows and spotlights some of the most outrageous examples of pets that are spoiled rotten by their owners! Its a MUST WATCH!
Beth Stern took time and spoke with HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY on her show that premieres Saturday, April 20,at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. It certainly sounds as if she is having a blast, so take a look at what she has to say about her amazing new show!
Most know Beth Stern as a fun loving model and accomplished actress who loves helping out pets as she was quick to tell HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY about her new show saying, "The show is fun, has tons of heart and you'll really enjoy seeing what people do for their pets. This was just a natural fit for me that I loved doing it!"
What you'll be able to see as viewers are pets from dogs, cats, ducks and pigs just to name a few and once the show becomes a monster hit we are bound to see more variation of pets right?
Though the episodes have all been filmed, she mentioned that there is a great chance for more episodes saying, "I would love to continue with the show, there are a lot of other people that have contacted me about how they spoil their pets. I'd be really eager to see what people do."
We definitely have to agree!
Beth Stern's Gives Back!
Beth loves helping out all animals and she is connected to many causes that help animal needs. One foundation that she holds dear to her heart is the North Shore Animal League.
On their website, they state their mission is, "To build our hands-on rescue, rehabilitation and adoption efforts to save the lives of as many companion animals as possible – one at a time – and promote education to increase shelter adoptions, reduce animal cruelty and advance the highest standards in animal welfare."
For more info and to help out yourself, please visit their website at http://www.animalleague.org/about-us/who-we-are/
Take A Peek At The Amazing New Show Below!
Check out the fun you'll have when you watch this fun new show!
Spoiled Rotten Pets on Nat Geo Wild Air Dates
Make sure you catch the show as it debuts on April 20 and continues each week.
The show is set to air on the below dates:
Eps 1 & 2: Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 9:00 and 9:30p.m. ET/PT
Eps 3 & 4: Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 9:00 and 9:30p.m. ET/PT
Eps 5 & 6: Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 9:00 and 9:30p.m. ET/PT
So HollywoodLifers, Do you spoil your own pets? If so, tell us about it! Sound off below!

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I spent the day yesterday moving domesticgothess.com from wordpress.com to self hosted wordpress.org. I say I moved it…but really I spent the day watching over his shoulder as my fiance did it for me and asking stupid questions…It took a while, there were a few confusing moments and the site had a bit of downtime but we (he) got there eventually. I wanted to move to self hosted so I could use plugins and customise the site a little more so I will be having a play around and making a few changes over the coming weeks.
I also finally felt in the mood to do some Christmas baking yesterday, I haven't felt remotely christmassy yet this year and haven't even done any Christmas present shopping – I usually do it all in November. The baking didn't make me feel any more christmassy, but I do love Christmas food and have been thoroughly enjoying the results nonetheless. My absolute favourite Christmas baked goods have got to be Christmas breads (how many times can I cram the word "Christmas" into a sentence…) my favourite being marzipan stollen (for which there will be a recipe next week) closely followed by panettone. I came across the idea of baking mini panettone in food tins last Christmas but didn't get round to making any so thought it was high time I did this year. Panettone is a traditional Italian Christmas bread shaped in a tall cylinder and flavoured with candied peel and orange and lemon zest; but I couldn't resist tweaking the original a little to include dried cranberries and crystallised ginger, two of my favourite Christmas flavours.
Empty 220g size tins are just the right size to make individual panettone in and I've been collecting half-size baked bean tins for a couple of months now for this very purpose. The recipe will make six panettone if you are using these tins or you can use a muffin tray lined with large muffin cases and make about eight. You can make large muffin cases (like the ones pictured) by cutting an approx 17cm square of greaseproof paper and making a pleat in the centre between each of the four corners; you can also buy extra large muffin cases and mini panettone cases.
This recipe is much simpler than a standard bread dough recipe as there is no kneading involved, although it does need three separate rises. You start by mixing the yeast with some of the flour and sugar and some warm water and leaving it until it becomes frothy and has risen a little; then beat all the other ingredients together and mix them into the yeast with the rest of the flour, it will have the consistency of a thick batter. It then needs to rise until it has doubled in size, give it a stir to knock the air out and divide it between the tins, leave to rise again until it has risen to the top of the tins then bake for half an hour. Easy!
The panettone turned out beautifully light, soft and moist with a delicious citrus flavour and a little bit of warmth and spice from the ginger and tang from the cranberries; they are so much nicer than the shop bought versions which tend to be on the dry side. They are not overly sweet so make a delicious breakfast or snack with a cup of coffee and will keep for up to a week in an airtight container; they also look really cute in their tins wrapped with some ribbon and would make a great gift, maybe as part of a hamper of homemade goodies.
Mini Panettone With Cranberry And Ginger
(Please note: although I have provided a conversion from grams to US cup measurements I cannot guarantee the accuracy as I do not bake using cups, I thoroughly recommend investing in a digital metric scale, it is far more accurate.)
- 50g (1 + 3/4 oz) sultanas
- 50g (1 + 3/4 oz) dried cranberries
- 7g (2 tsp) instant yeast
- 250g (2 cups + 2 tbsp) strong white bread flour
- 75g (1/3 cup + 1 tbsp) caster (superfine) sugar
- 75g (1/3 cup) soft unsalted butter
- 2 eggs plus 2 egg yolks
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- finely grated zest of 1 orange
- finely grated zest of one lemon
- 2 tsp runny honey
- 50g (1 + 3/4 oz) candied mixed peel
- 50g (1 + 3/4 oz) crystallised ginger, finely chopped
- 1/4 tsp salt
- Icing (powdered) sugar for dusting
You will need 6 x 220g (8 oz) size clean, empty food tins (the half-size baked bean tins are perfect)
Put the sultanas and dried cranberries in a small bowl and cover with boiling water, set aside to soak until cold then drain well and pat dry with kitchen paper.
Put the yeast in a large bowl and mix in 115g (1 cup) of the flour, 15g (1 tbsp) of the sugar and 115ml (1/2 cup) lukewarm water to make a smooth batter. Cover with clingfilm and set aside for half an hour or so until foamy.
Beat the butter with the remaining 60g (1/3 cup) of the sugar until smooth and creamy then beat in the eggs and extra yolks, the vanilla, honey, orange and lemon zest, peel, ginger, salt, sultanas and cranberries.
Add to the yeast mixture and beat well to combine then mix in the remaining 135g (1 cup + 2tbsp) flour, it will be more of a batter consistency than a dough.
Cover with clingfilm and leave to rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 hour. (On cold days I heat the oven up to a low temperature then switch it off, open the door for a couple of seconds to allow some of the heat to dissipate, place the bowl of dough inside and close the door).
While the dough is rising, line the tins with greaseproof paper, large muffin cases or mini panettone liners. Stir the risen dough to knock out any air, then divide it between the tins. Loosly cover with clingfilm or a clean plastic bag and leave in a warm place until the dough has risen to the top of the tins, about 1 hour.
Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4. Bake for 30 minutes (or 25 if you are making eight smaller panettone), until risen and golden, you may need to cover the tops with tin foil after about 15 minutes to prevent them from burning. Leave to cool in the tins for 5 minutes then turn out onto a wire rack and leave to cool completely, dust with icing sugar to serve.
(Recipe adapted from Leiths Baking Bible by Susan Spaull and Fiona Burell)
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40 Comments on Mini Panettone With Cranberry And Ginger
I am going to have a go at making these gluten and dairy free! Been meaning to do it for a while…pinning now!!
These look lovely, my hubby would love them 🙂 x #TastyTuesdays
They look amazing – I've never made panettone before, so I am very jealous indeed!
Lucky you to have a fiance who can sort your blog out! How I wish my own boyfriend, who happens to be a computer scientist, would do that for me 😉
Ooh my!! These are PERFECT!! Absolutely delicious and they COULD NOT be cuter than the serving suggestion you have above… WOW.
I love them! …You can invite me over any time!!
How are you not on twitter?? 😉
Well I've scheduled a few tweets straight to your delicious recipe coming over the next few days 😉
Clever girl. Nice touch using the food tins. Mumma xx
So beautiful Hannah! I love repurposing tins…. Well done with the wordpress move – I think I am going to have to pay someone to do it for me. Worrying of losing entire blog! Thanks for linking to #CookBlogShare your recipes are fantastic
I love the look of these. I'm going to have to start collecting little tins now!
Beautiful! Christmas has been sneaking up on me this year too. (Although, I started shopping in November.) Happy FF, and have a wonderful weekend. 🙂
This looks gorgeous!! I love panettone but I've never tried making it myself! I'm pinning this so I can give it a go! I've been eyeing the panettone in the store – but I changed my mind and I'm going to try this instead 🙂
I hope the move to .org happens smoothly! Website's looking great so far! I remember doing that move from blogger and I was unnecessarily stressed out! 🙂 haha!
Decorating my home and putting up the tree always gets me in the mood. Hard to forget when I see decorations everywhere! I love the idea of mini panettone – looks like I will have to start saving my tins for next year. I have only made stollen but we all appreciate these "little breads" you brought to FF #46 🙂
In Russia we make similar bread, which called 'kulich' and we prepare it for Easter. 🙂
Yours look really lovely! 🙂
I love panettone, I used to get them fairly often at an Italian coffee shop near where I worked when I lived in London but sadly don't see them where I am now so often. But maybe I will try making them now I have your recipe!
I've been wanting to make panettone for a while but think it will have to wait until next year now. Which is a shame because yours looks so good, love the idea of baking them in baked bean cans!
I love the idea of making mini panettoni! Having one giant panettone is just so unyielding and cut to slice!
Whoops, I meant 'hard to slice'. What I wrote didn't make any sense, oops!
Being Italian, for me it's not Christmas without panettone! Your idea of making it with cranberries and ginger is very original…. I bet the taste must be great! Thanks for bringing this recipe to FF #46!
I have wanted to make panettone, and look forward to doing so. I love your packaging! Thank you for explaining how you did it. These are going to make a very special gift!
Love panettones and they're so festive too. Yours are stunning! Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays
These looks amazing, Hanna. 🙂
Just amazing and decandent!
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'Free' Party Drinks Cooler
When hosting an outdoor gathering at you home, dig out your wheelbarrow, line it with aluminum foil and then fill with ice and add your bottled drinks, waters, etc. It holds a lot, stays cool for a long time and when the party is over, dump the ice and water into a flower bed. No mess and no money spent for some fancy 'cooler'.
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Mildew Mess
I recently moved in to an apartment where there is a nice shower, but the bottom of the shower curtain was black with some kind of slimy stuff, which was identified as mildew. I didn't know what to do about it, but a friend at work asked me if the curtain was hemmed on the bottom. I said, "Yes, why do you ask?" She said that the hem on the bottom will trap water and that's where the mildew will grow. She said to take a pair of scissors and cut off a couple of inches of the bottom of the shower curtain. The black stuff will be gone and with no place to hide, it wouldn't grow back again!
She was absolutely right. I cut the bottom of the curtain off and have had no mildew since.
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'Instant' Charcoal Grill
(I wouldn't say this is 'instant', but it's pretty close.)
A reader writes: If you are short on grill space and happen to have a kid's metal wagon handy, you can have an extra charcoal grill in just a few minutes.
Line the wagon bed with aluminum foil and then add several inches of sand. Take a rack out of your oven and place it near the wagon bed. Make a nice mound of the charcoal and light it. When the ashes turn grey, spread the charcoal out and then place the oven rack over the bed of the wagon: Instant grill! The edges of the wagon box will hold the rack above the coals and then you can cook the hot dogs or burgers as you choose.
When your dinner is over, use a slotted metal spoon to pick the charcoal out of the sand and put it in a bucket of water to eliminate any fire hazard. Clean out the sand in a safe area and soak down with water just in case there are any small embers left. Remove the foil, save it for the next time if you can, and then give the kid back the wagon when it's cooled off!
The rack can be soaked clean in the bathtub or just put it in a plastic garbage bag after it's cooled down. Pour in ½ cup of ammonia, seal the bag and let it set the next day in the hot sun. The ammonia will loosen all the crud and it will rinse right off.
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Vacation Plant Saver
If you plan to be gone for a week on vacation, it's possible to keep your houseplants watered without having someone come in to your home to tend to them. Simply put the pots in the bathtub and then run the water in the stopped up tub about 1/3 of the way up the pots. Close the curtains so the sun is blocked, and then you can be gone for 6 to 7 days without harm to the plants.
–tip submitted by CH, MN
Soda Can/Bottle Waterer
If you have a soda bottle or can with a screw top lid, you have the makings of a nice soaker for the garden.
Use a nail to make 20 – 30 holes around the sides of the bottle or can and then fasten a hose connector with a washer to the bottle. (I think mine used the 1/2" size.) Screw the bottle onto the hose and turn the water on low. It works quite well, and is cheap!
–tip submitted by TW, IA
(I'm going to give this one a try–I would think that a water bottle should work as well. I have the connectors for the garden hoses–I think I will have to adjust the flow of water way down for it to soak. With the water pressure up, I'm thinking it would be like a mini-geyser!)
Small Table Storage
My husband purchased a small folding table (card table) for me to use for doing the monthly bookwork for our business. We live in a very small apartment and storage space is at a premium; there is no extra room to keep anything.
I asked him where he was going to keep the folding table. He showed me his simple solution that even I can handle: He went into the bedroom and moved the dresser out about 4 inches and pushed the folded up table along the wall and moved the dresser back a little. I can't tell the difference in space and the table is 'out of sight, out of mind' until I need it again.
–tip submitted by JT & MS, WY
Razor Blade Safety Hint
I occasionally use single edge razor blades when cleaning an area for painting, such as along the edges of windowpanes and also for scraping paint off of craft items I wish to retouch.
Storing the blades can be a problem since they are very sharp, and one can get cut before they even realize it. I did find that I can take one of those metal or plastic clips that are used in an office to hold papers, and clip the blade into the clip and hang it on the wall. I know where it is and I also know that little fingers cannot get to it and cut themselves.
–tip submitted by PK, MT
New Use For Bobby Pins
We cleaned out my aunt's apartment recently and found several cards of 'bobby pins'. Although I haven't seen them used for years, my mom told me to take them home and use them in place of straight pins when I hem things I make for craft fairs. They work wonderfully for this–and no more poked fingers!
–tip submitted by SU, OR
Inexpensive Herb Dryer
I dry my herbs for teas on a sweater rack. Good air all around.
–tip submitted by HS, SD
(Now that's what you call a dual purpose item!)
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'Bankrupt' Samoa hope for Twickenham upset
The Samoan Rugby Union's recent announcement that it was bankrupt and could not pay the players, has been disputed by World Rugby.
Captain Chris Vui says players do not know what or if they will get paid, but the situation has brought them closer together.
"All we can control is playing rugby," Vui told BBC Radio 5 live.
"And that's what we love to do.
"The off-field stuff hasn't come into our preparations or anything at all, and we just love playing for the jersey at the moment.
"We can't control that stuff, and obviously it is there, but it has made us tighter in a way."
* Meanwhile Samoa coach Fuimaono Titimaea Tafua has made three changes to his starting line-up.
Despite suffering a shock 13-17 loss to Romania in Bucharest last weekend, Tafua has not made wholesale changes and retained most of the matchday squad from that fixture.
In the backline, there is only one change with Alapati Leiua starting at inside centre in place of Rey Lee-Lo, who has been named on the replacements bench.
Amongst the forwards, Thomas Ioane returns to the run-on side to start on the openside flank. He takes over from Jack Lam, who shifts to No.8 where he replaces veteran back row forward Ofisa Treviranus who drops down to the bench.
The final change is in the second row where Josh Tyrell returns to the starting line-up in place of Faatiga Lemalu.
Samoa: 15 Ahsee Tuala, 14 Paul Perez, 13 Kieron Fonotia, 12 Alapati Leiua, 11 David Lemi, 10 Tim Nanai-Williams, 9 Dwayne Polataivao, 8 Jack Lam, 7 Thomas Ioane, 6 Piula Faasalele, 5 Chris Vui (captain), 4 Josh Tyrell, 3 Donald Brighouse, 2 Motu Matu'u, 1 Jordan Lay.
Replacements: 16 Manu Leiataua, 17 James Lay, 18 Hisa Sasagi, 19 Faatiga Lemalu, 20 Ofisa Treviranus, 21 Melani Matavao, 22 Rey Lee-Lo, 23 JJ Taulagi.
Date: Saturday, November 25
Venue: Twickenham, London
Kick-off: 15.00 (15.00 GMT; 03.00, Sunday November 26 Samoan time)
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Nigel Owens (Wales), Craig Evans (Wales)
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As a child I lived with my mother in a village between Hamburg and Kiel in Northern Germany. I think being with nature and often alone had quite an influence on my view of the world.
As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Actually, I don't remember that much of my childhood and I am not sure if I ever really tried to imagine or define myself through a specific job- but I had early artistic tendencies to draw and sketch.
When did you start taking photographs? How was your interest in photography developed?
Oh, there were occasional moments in my youth where I took photographs and enjoyed the idea of photography- but back then, I did not realize the full potential of the medium. I underestimated the freedom of artistic expression, which I found much later in life and started to seriously go into it maybe 3 or 4 years ago.
How often do you shoot?
Totally different all of the time. For my book I tried to shoot as often as I could and work with friends of mine. And it seems to go on this way, next project is a spread for a beautiful Berlin-based Magazine "JPeople."
I am glad when I am busy and can do what I love to do.
Do you make any other kinds of art?
I used to draw for many years and did music too but now into photography with all my heart.
Do you have any work that you have yet to show to anyone because of it's personal value to you? If so, is this something that happens often?
Yes. Not photographic though. And no, doesn't happen too often.
Who are some inspirational figures to you? Your favorite artists or photographers?
Music is very important for my inspiration and my mood. Sometimes movies can be too- I usually love very old ones but recently I highly value Lars von Trier's "Antichrist". As for photographers, there are many that in one way or another, inspire me. The work of Edward Steichen- (especially his nature photography), is one example. More recent;y, I also find Eliot Lee Hazel's work inspirational.
Have you shown your work before? Do you have any upcoming exhibitions?
I have two exhibitions coming up here in Hamburg in October/November. The same exhibition in 2 places (Haus73 & Lokal). These will be my first ones.
What are your most used cameras? and do you have a favorite film that you like to shoot with?
It depends on the mood and desired pictures I want to create. I use an old 60s Polaroid Land Camera with 669 film a lot. Otherwise theres the Zenit and Lomo Lc-A 35mm cameras wich are essential for me.
Tell us a little about your new book: "The Scent of Soil"...
Shortly put, it is a combination of my thoughts and subconscious dreams with the already very psychological and also sexual world behind fairy tales. The project taught me a lot about how I work and to keep that raw unfinished variable inside my workflow. Sort of going for the wild and also ugly unpredictable forest instead of a rather boring "castle garden"...
Where is your 'favorite place' to spend time?
I dont think i have one place like that but I love to be in the forest and in nature, I love the scent of soil there...
Is there anywhere you've always wanted to travel?
Still need to go to Scandinavia, but also New Zealand is an old dream.
Where do you see yourself in five years?
Hopefully a happy guy, that's the most important.
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We're on a redemption roll, aren't we?!
I redeemed my fourth Christmas Coupon this evening with a trip to a local family fun park. We organized to go with friends... cause, well... it's just more fun with friends!
The place was busier than I expected but there was plenty of space for our mats on the ground.
We got a bit settled in...
and Sweet N wasted no time breaking into the Doritos we brought.
Can't say I blame her.
The bigger kids ran off to buy tickets to what I call The Big Big Toy Cage.
Cause prettymuch it was a big cage full of big toys.
Look at that face. Just look at it.
This was the most popular big toy. You can't see him, but my boy is climbing up with the best the bigger kids.
See his orange shirt just ahead of red shirt kid?
My theory is that the crowd somehow pushed him up the ramp. He was such a little guy he completely disappeared amongst the rest.
Um, H? Are you okay? Still there?
There he is!
He's thrilled.
Trying to slide...
Better late than never! Ha!
Such fun.
Can you guess who is at the top of the ramp again? Please note the backup being caused by you-know-who...
Down again!
This is how he usually finished the slide.
Or like this.
Or like this. (awkward)
Or this.
Or like this.
Wow, this is really getting comical. He really had a rough time at the bottom, huh?
Last one. Promise.
He never minded all the tumbling, scraping, and rolling though.
Not once.
In fact, I think he loved every second of it.
Back out on the mat he did as any puppy would and ate popcorn out of his hat while his baby sister tried to get a handful too.
Ahem... I see what you're reaching for (again) baby girl. Don't you think you've had enough?
While big brother was off exploring, Sweet N literally spent almost the entire evening crawling around on the mats getting into whatever food she could get her little fingers on. Her mother never tried to stop her. At one point she was shaking a bag of doritos and throwing crumbs all over her head.
Oh well. No harm done.
It kept her occupied. And happy. And cheesy. Very nacho cheesy.
This guy is just so cute. He had a much more healthful approach to eating on the mat. Isn't he the cutest Egyptian/Dutch boy you've ever seen? And if you think he's cute to look at... you should hear him say "uh oh"...
Here's some of our family fun park companions!
These two couldn't get enough of the pigs in blankets that I brought and even had mouthfuls for the picture!
We were so happy to share this evening with them all (and another family that declined photos!... It's okay R, I have my days when I don't want my photo taken either...) :)
But today wasn't one of those days for me. Wow. We look so happy.
I think it's cause we are.
What a great way to spend an evening...


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OTTAWA, Ontario >> Erik Karlsson scored on a bad-angle shot with 4:11 left in the third period, sending the Ottawa Senators to a 2-1 victory over the Rangers in the opener of their second-round playoff series on Thursday night.
The Senators captain beat fellow Swede Henrik Lundqvist from just above the goal line. The shot pinged off Rangers center Derek Stepan before going into the net.
It was Karlsson's first goal and seventh point of the playoffs. The 26-year-old defenseman, who has been playing with a foot injury, also logged more than 28 minutes in the win.
Game 2 is Saturday.
Ryan McDonagh scored for New York, and Lundqvist finished with 41 saves.
Craig Anderson stopped 33 shots and Ryan Dzingel scored for Ottawa, which eliminated Boston in six games in the first round.
The Senators, playing in front of several empty seats, had a chance for a fast start, but went 0 for 3 on the power play during a scoreless first period.
The 35-year-old Lundqvist was terrific, especially early on. He made 21 saves in the first, including a pair of stops on Mark Stone during a flurry around the net on Ottawa's first power play.
Lundqvist had a 1.70 goals-against average and a .947 save percentage in the first round against Montreal.
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Ep 26 – How To Use Bitcoin And Cryptocurrencies On Your Site
Ever heard of Crypto? On this episode of the podcast, I talk about how you can begin to use cryptocurrencies on your website.
Bitcoin was invented about 8 years ago and it is gaining much ground in its use around the world. About 4.8 million Americans use bitcoin. Developers have gone on and created plugins for you to integrate bitcoin on your WordPress website.
So, What Is Bitcoin?
Bitcoin is a type of cryptocurrency and digital payment system that works without a central repository or administrator – meaning no banks. It was invented by an unknown developer using the alias Satoshi Nakamoto and released as open source software in 2009.
The system is peer-to-peer and transactions take place directly between users without any intermediary. For example, when you transfer money digitally to another person, you usually do it via bank transfer. Bitcoin removes the need for a bank.
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- Mining. People compete to "mine" Bitcoins using computers to solve complex math puzzles. This is how Bitcoins are created.
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To Smile
Almost a month ago, Seohyun and Sooyoung attended a basketball game at Anyang Stadium. There, she was with Park Seung Il, a former basketball coach. The match was between Anyang KGC and Wonju Dongbu. Of course, this post is not about that.
This post is about Seohyun's electrifying blue pull-over. It is by the French brand Sandro. Their official website calls it Pull Sourire which roughly translates to pull smile or to smile pull. If you desire to buy this, it is available for 215 Euros here
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This is one of my favorite recipes. I've made it several times since acquiring the recipe from Kevin's mom last summer, and each time I've promised myself I would photograph it and blog about it. And each time…I've stared at it in defeat.
Because in all honesty, it's a difficult dish to capture in a photo.
See? It just looks…meh. But let me describe the flavors for you, so that you can get an idea of why this is so awesomesauce.
You take quite a bit of melted butter, add rosemary, salt, pepper, and garlic, throw in some tabasco, worcester, and lemon juice, toss it all into a baking dish with lemon slices and bake.
What you end up with is the most incredible spicy, buttery, messy dish ever.
You serve it with a giant hunk of bread to soak up the sauce, a bowl for the shrimp tails, and lots of paper towels. Because this isn't a meal to use utensils with. It's a yummy one-dish meal, and I looooooove dunking my bread into the sauce.
This is also one of Kevin's parents' favorite dishes. Apparently, they used to order a pizza for their 4 boys, and then the two of them would share the shrimp in the kitchen while the kids watched tv.
Here's the original recipe, stained with worcester from years of use. I pretty much do everything the same, but I dont even add the margarine, and I only make 1-2 pounds of shrimp. Because A. Shrimp is expensive now. And B. I'm usually only feeding 2 people.
Even these less-than-exciting photos are making me crave it again. I do have another half bag of shrimp in my freezer…


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The Rosebank Field is located 140 km north-west of the Shetland Islands. Siccar Point acquired a 20% non-operated interest in the field from the takeover of OMV (U.K.) in January 2017.
Rosebank was discovered in 2004 and has since been appraised with 5 wells. Front end engineering design (FEED) studies commenced in 2012. In 2016 the operator took the opportunity to exploit the sharp downward correction in supply chain costs to revisit the project cost estimates. SPE anticipates Final Investment Decision (FID) in early 2019. The field will be developed as a floating production, storage and offshore loading unit (FPSO).
Rosebank has excellent reservoir quality sands of Tertiary age known as the Colsay Sandstones. The field is a 4-way closure and is situated on the Corona Ridge structural feature. The sands are extensive fluvial/marine deposits which are inter-bedded with lava flows. In some areas of the field additional sand units are present which are not part of the current development plan: these could add substantial volumes to the current base case. The current base case is around 300 million barrels of oil.
Further upside exists in Rosebank both beneath the Colsay reservoirs and as a continuation of the main field structure to the south-west. A discovery, named Lochnagar, which consists of a tilted fault block containing oil bearing Upper Jurassic aged sandstones was made by the deepening of the Rosebank discovery well. This could provide extra production volumes later in Rosebank's field life. The undrilled area to the south-west of Rosebank maps out as a clear 4-way structure and is expected to contain the Colsay reservoir: this is a low risk opportunity that is currently being worked up by the partnership.
The Cambo Field is located 125 km north-west of the Shetland Islands and lies 30 km south-west of Rosebank and 50 km north of Schiehallion. The field was discovered in 2002 and has five wells drilled into the structure. Siccar Point acquired a 100% operated interest in the field from the takeover of OMV (U.K.) in January 2017 and brought Shell UK in as a partner in May 2018.
Cambo is a large basement high with sedimentary sequences draped over the top of the structure. Like Rosebank, it sits on the Corona Ridge structural feature. The main reservoir is the Tertiary Hildasay Sandstone of fluvial/deltaic origin with very good reservoir qualities. The field contains over 600 million barrels of oil in place.
The Cambo area also has material upside potential with areas of undrilled Hildasay reservoir, good potential for Colsay reservoir at the edges of the structure, and a fractured basement prospect underlying the existing discovery.
The development concept will be focussed on a two-phased approach to accelerate early cash flow and enable appraisal of the substantial wider area potential. Phase 1 will target c90mmboe of reserves which will then be expanded by a Phase 2 full-field development when the full area potential is better defined. A final appraisal well will be drilled in 2018 into the main reservoir sequence and an extended well test will be performed to obtain key information for the initial development phase.
The Suilven Field is located 150 km west of the Shetland Islands and lies 20 km north-west of Schiehallion and 30 km south of Cambo. Siccar Point acquired a 75% operated interest in the field from the takeover of OMV (U.K.) in January 2017.
Suilven was discovered in 1996 and appraised 2 years later. The reservoir is the same as the main deep water mass flow reservoir in Schiehallion and contains both oil and gas. The structure is a tilted fault block. Suilven has a recoverable resource of around 30 million barrels oil equivalent.
Development concepts are being assessed: either as a sub-sea tie-back to a future Cambo development or as a sub-sea tie-back to Schiehallion.
The P.1830 Licence is located 140 km north-west of the Shetland Islands. It lies directly in between the Rosebank and Cambo Fields. Siccar Point acquired a 75% operated interest in the licence from the takeover of OMV (U.K.) in January 2017 and subsequently brought Shell UK in as a partner in May 2018.
The geological setting of the P.1830 licence is on the Corona Ridge structural feature. The reservoir targets are the same as in Rosebank and Cambo with the main targets being the Tertiary Colsay sands and the deeper Upper Jurassic sands. The Blackrock prospect is the principal prospect in the licence. Seismic interpretation is ongoing over the entire licence, the results of which will be used in final prospect definition. An exploration well is being planned for 2019 which could add substantial resources to the planned area development.


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Derek Wicks, St Albans, Herts, writes
Last year you published a letter from Richard Pengilley, who was obliged to pay extra for breakdown cover at the Alamo desk in Miami Airport in order to ensure emergency assistance. With your help, it was discovered that Holiday Autos [the broker in the UK that arranged the hire] already gave this cover as part of its rental package.
I took a copy of your "On the Case" response with me in case I had a similar problem with Alamo at Orlando International Airport on a recent visit. As I feared, I did have a similar prolonged and fraught discussion with an Alamo representative.
When I showed him your response to Mr Pengilley's complaint, he dismissed the contents, as did his manager. I was referred to the Holiday Autos booking voucher. Under the section "This rental includes", there is no reference to such cover being provided.
Alamo also checked its own records and confirmed that no breakdown cover was included as part of the booked rental package. Unless I took out the additional breakdown cover on offer, at extra cost to myself, it would be my responsibility to get the car back to Alamo's airport office before any assistance would be provided. I therefore reluctantly purchased the extra cover at a cost of $74.85 (£38).
On my return, Holiday Autos confirmed that it does provide breakdown cover, but due to an error I had not been advised of this. The trouble is I have a Holiday Autos voucher for a holiday to Canada and this doesn't mention breakdown cover either.
Perhaps this a case of "if we don't tell anyone of the cover then we will never have to pay out on a claim". Can you get a definitive answer out of Holiday Autos?
Gill Charlton replies
Holiday Autos confirmed to me, once again, that it does include basic breakdown cover with every car hire. "The breakdown cover is fully inclusive unless the customer is negligent," says a spokesman for Alamo. "This is a service offered by all our suppliers as part of their contract with us. In Mr Wicks's case, Alamo wrongly advised the customer that there was no breakdown assistance." Holiday Autos is refunding the amount you paid for the additional cover.
"In case of a breakdown, customers are provided with an emergency number by the supplier when they pick up their car. The service is free to the customer unless there is negligence on the part of the customer – including keys lost or locked inside the vehicle, changing flat tyres, fuel delivery or jump-starting a dead battery when this is the renter's fault."
Why don't Holiday Autos' vouchers mention the inclusion of breakdown cover? "Until recently, when suppliers started offering breakdown packages with added extras, it was never necessary to mention it on the vouchers or the website," says its spokesman. "However, in light of Mr Wicks's experience, we are now updating both vouchers and website, so our customers know they are protected and this situation does not occur again."
Helen Jones, Haslemere, Surrey, writes
Earlier this year, my husband and I flew from London to Fort Myers in Florida via New York. I purchased the tickets through the online agent Opodo, using Continental Airlines. The routing involved a transfer between JFK and Newark airports, which, we were told, could be done in three hours.
On arrival at JFK, we realised that this transfer time was a joke. It can take at least an hour to clear immigration and collect bags; and check-in for our internal flight to Fort Myers closed 30 minutes before take-off.
We were told to take the airport bus to Manhattan, which leaves every 20 minutes, and then another bus to Newark. We waited 15 minutes for the JFK transfer bus, which then visited eight other terminals before getting stuck in traffic. The driver said that the minimum transfer time between the airports, kerbside to kerbside only, is two and a half hours. We missed our flight and had to fly to Orlando the following day. On the return journey, we took a fast train from Newark to Manhattan's Penn Station, and then jumped into a taxi as the traffic was light. Even so, the transfer took us two hours and 40 minutes and, once again, we were too late to check in for our flight to London. We ended up having to pay for another night in New York, returning to the airport at 5.30am to join the stand-by queue.
Opodo does not take any responsibility for publishing this three-hour transfer time, saying it just went with Continental Airlines' timings. Both Opodo and Continental suggested that we claim for the extra expenses through our holiday insurance. Our insurer, General & Medical, generously refunded £450.
My reason for writing is to tell other hapless travellers to beware of published connecting times between these two New York airports.
Gill Charlton replies
Continental told Mrs Jones that the airline itself does not set minimum connecting times. These are decided by the Port Authority of New York, which gives three hours as the minimum connecting time between the airports. However, the airline says it will investigate the matter following your experience.
Usually when airlines talk about minimum connecting times, they mean the length of time between the first aircraft landing and the connecting aircraft taking off.
I think the confusion lies in the fact that the Port Authority of NY & NJ appears to use a kerbside-to-kerbside timing, which does not take into account immigration clearance, baggage retrieval and check-in. Including these variables, the transfer time is more like five hours.
The authority's website, www.panynj.gov, says that the best way to transfer between the airports is to take the Long Island Rail Road into Penn Station, and transfer to a New Jersey train for Newark airport.
Robert Jones, Guildford, Surrey, writes
We have annual travel insurance with the Post Office, and are trekking in Bhutan later this year up to a height of 4,800 metres. Most standard policies do not seem to cover trips at this altitude, although this is not usually made clear. Can you advise us of policies that do, or whether there is a way in which our standard cover with the Post Office can be extended for this two-week trip? It does not involve ropes or mountaineering, just stout walking boots.
Gill Charlton replies
Most travel insurance policies at the cheaper end of the market only cover trekking to an altitude of 2,500 metres, so the Post Office, which covers trekking up to 4,500 metres, is more generous in this respect. The fact that the itinerary for your trek states that the maximum altitude will be 4,800 metres gives an insurer the opportunity to invalidate any medical claim. It can argue that a later medical emergency at a lower altitude could have been caused by your previous time at the higher altitude.
There is no way to extend hazardous sports cover under the Post Office's policy, but you could take out single-trip cover for two weeks with Direct Travel Insurance (01903 812345, www.direct-travel.co.uk) or Marks & Spencer (0800 068 3918,
www.marksandspencer.com) Both cover trekking at any altitude, as long as it isn't considered mountaineering – ie using climbing equipment.


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I attended yet another wedding & this is what I wore. It seems like everyone has been getting married lately. I would have loved for this dress to be a tad longer, but my legs are soooooo long they make the dress appear shorter. Oh well, you win some & you lose some! LOL!
I found this dress on the clearance rack at Penneys for like $12. It is so pretty. I love the color. It feels like a blank slate. I can pretty much wear any colored (or printed) shoe with it.
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I attended yet another wedding & this is what I wore. It seems like everyone has been getting married lately. I would have loved for this dress to be a tad longer, but my legs are soooooo long they make the dress appear shorter. Oh well, you win some & you lose some! LOL!
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EllieJun 03 at 2:08 pm
This dress is fantastic. The shoes look awesome with it! Perfect for a wedding!
Have a great day!
sacramentoJun 03 at 3:00 pm
The dress is fabulous and you have the right legs to pull it off beautifully.I love the colour contrast of your nail polis and clutch.
Dominique W.Jun 03 at 3:19 pm
OMG! So chic!!! Love it!
agnesJun 03 at 3:26 pm
la couleur pink te vas vraiment très bien, et j'adore tes chaussures, très jolie tenue
IkyJun 03 at 4:49 pm
Love it!! Dress looks great
Baby Budget BlogJun 03 at 5:23 pm
Loving the orange nail polish and the pink and purple!
LVJun 03 at 7:11 pm
Beautiful Dress! Love the green purse against the pink and the nail color is the perfect cherry on top!
MaureenJun 03 at 7:56 pm
Beautiful dress prissy, you look great.
SunnyJun 03 at 8:19 pm
You look fabulous!
gen321Jun 03 at 8:27 pm
I love it! You look great! I also love to hear about people getting cute, stylish stuff, at great prices. $12 was a steal, for a really cute dress.
Ife'Jun 03 at 9:55 pm
Oooh Prissy! I love everything! My wedding marathon is begins next month. My sister-in-law, brother-in-law, and cousin-in-law are all getting married within 3 months. Sheesh!
Anyway, I LOVE THE NAIL COLOR!!! CUTE! I think I want it. Do you do your own nails?
ToriaJun 04 at 1:08 am
Really cute dress!
FROM THE "REZ" TO THE "CITY"Jun 04 at 2:58 am
That dress is the bomb!! $12!! Girl shut yo mouth! lol I love how you kept it simple with very little accessories! You always look fantastic Prissy…really! Happy anniversary!! Kiah
Skinny Hipster...Jun 04 at 5:15 am
Nice color combo!!
http://glamormission.blogspot.comJun 04 at 2:15 pm
Love the combination of pink and purple, great look. Happy anniversary too.
MIMA DEVILLEJun 04 at 4:32 pm
pretty in pink! :]
xo Mima
Michelle and LindsayJun 04 at 5:21 pm
Love the dress. Have you checked out items in the store? Cute stuff at an affordable price
I Goodie 2 ShoesJun 05 at 1:57 am
It looks good! I love that dress.
JCP has some Fantabulous Finds!
I'll that the clutch……
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Cupcakes and CosmopolitansJun 05 at 7:22 pm
Awe happy anniversary!
Great deal on the dress, such a pretty color. & I seriously want all of your clutches. Um, can I have them?
xo $ARMIN
Inez of Style Chic....360Jun 06 at 12:46 am
Happy Anniversary! :)))
You look fabulous as always. Can't wait to see what you wore for your anniversary I know you were hot!
JuanetteJun 06 at 1:08 pm
Prissy! You look fab and I'm alive, lol! I've been tired from my two jobs but now that school is out, I'll be down to one. Thanks for checking on me and Happy Anniversary!
SingJun 06 at 3:49 pm
Pretty dress and all the colors, love it! Way to stand out I'm sure.
Happy Anniversary.
SiSi SparklesJun 06 at 5:56 pm
omg cute outfit! $12?? what a steal!! I can never find anything to fit me there:/
YES YOU, CLICK HERE :)Jun 06 at 6:19 pm
The dress suits you, its so pretty 🙂
High Heels & Good Meals!Jun 06 at 6:25 pm
You look flyy as always! That pink is really pretty on you!
SheilaJun 07 at 1:54 pm
baby gal u rocked that all l can say..u just rocked in that dress
Hand~Pck'd by NikonaJun 08 at 4:52 pm
This color looks great on you! so vibrant, luv the clutch 😀
TyshaJamesJun 08 at 6:14 pm
simplicity at its best! not too overdone but yet so chic! i love your polish once again! loving the entire look! what a FAB dress!xoxo TY
M & EmJun 09 at 12:09 am
Happy anniversary! You look great! That dress is too cute. And I love all the colors! You even color-blocked with your nails. Very cool. 🙂
KerissaJun 09 at 4:25 am
Too short O.o Are you kidding us? The soft pink is perfect for a wedding and the design is great with the deep purple heels. You did well as always. Can I see your accessory collection?
fashiondujourdailyJun 09 at 7:28 pm
I love the pink and the purple and the belt. It's all just perfect. And NO it's not too short on you!
The Corner ShopJun 11 at 5:08 am
Really beautiful dress!


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LONDON (Reuters) - British artist Graham Ovenden was given a 12-month suspended jail sentence on Tuesday after being found guilty of a string of sex offences against child models.
The 70-year-old, whose major works feature young girls, was convicted in April of six charges of indecency with a child and one of indecent assault. The offences involved three girls and took place between 1975 and 1985.
A spokeswoman for Plymouth Crown Court in southwest England said Ovenden received a 12-month jail sentence, suspended for two years, and was put on the child sex offenders' register for five years.
The court was told his portraiture formed part of a ruse for abusing girls by making them dress up in Victorian clothing before removing it and committing indecent acts, according to the Press Association news agency.
Judge Graham Cottle told the court that there was no doubt of Ovenden's sexual interest in children at that time, but in sentencing the artist he took into account references and letters written by his supporters.
Ovenden, whose work has been widely shown globally for more than 40 years, denied all the charges and refused to apologise to his victims outside the court, telling the BBC that he planned to appeal against a "mindless witch hunt".
Throughout his trial Ovenden had claimed his images of naked girls were celebrations of the innocence of children.
Following the conviction in April, Britain's Tate gallery removed more than 30 prints by Ovenden from its online collection, including images of naked and semi-nude young girls.
The artist's images of children have triggered several legal actions over the years but his work was highly regarded in the art world and displayed in galleries including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
In 2009 he was charged with 16 counts of creating "indecent" photographs of children and two counts of possessing 121 "indecent" photographs, but the case was eventually thrown out.
On that occasion Ovenden pleaded not guilty to child porn offences but did not deny making the images, which he said were to be used for an art work.
(Reporting by Belinda Goldsmith; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)


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Festival du Roman Féminin - Paris 21 & 22 Avril 2016
Here are some pix from this event. I spent a great time there... Meet some authors, readers, editors, bloggers. And I came back home with a lot of goodies and books. OMG I was so happy! Here is THe pix of my price (Yep I won a whole box of goodies, signs MP, t shirt, signed cards by some authors I love so much! ) Honestly I didn't know the authors at this event, I bought my ticket to meet Kylie Scott, she was supposed to come but she cancelled, but I decided to go even if she wasn't there, I had my ticket... [Lire la suite]
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Christina Lauren & Emma Chase - Signing in Paris (BHV 4.20.15)
Last week I had the chance to meet Christina Lauren and Emma Chase in Paris. These are three very talented and really adorable authors. I had a wonderful time :))Here are some photos of the event Christina Lauren -> Beautiful Bastard serie or Wild Season serie Emma Chase -> Tangled serie or The Legal Briefs serie


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Citi Open benefits underserved youth in D.C.
By now most of us have heard of the Citi Open...it's a chance for local residents to get a glimpse of some of the top tennis players from around the world. But have you heard about Washington Tennis and Education Foundation, the non-profit owner and beneficiary of the Citi Open Tennis Tournament?
For more than 60 years, the WTEF has made a difference in the lives of underserved youth in the Washington D.C. area by using tennis as an entry point to share life lessons and set young people on the path towards reaching their full potential.
Today I had the privilege of talking with Tamika Mitchell, a former student and now instructor for the program.
However, it is not only about the tennis...that is just the starting point. WTEF President Eleni Rossides explains how the education aspect of the program has an even greater impact for the kids who participate.
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Press Notes
SOUL BOY is set in Kibera, one of the largest slums in the African continent, in the middle of Nairobi, Kenya. Kibera is a chaotic slum-city built out of temporary housing and is infamous for its high level of squalor. Children have to grow up quickly here as
they learn to fend for themselves. Suspicion and fear still lingers as the Luo and Kikuyu communities recover from the 2007/2008 post election violence which saw neighbour turn on neighbour. Despite all of this the cohesion and the dignity of the people who live
here is remarkable.Alongside the day to day tension, the social environment is dominated by a universal solidarity and common desire to maintain a working community.
In September 2008 Marie Steinmann and Tom Tykwer teamed up with Ginger and Guy Wilson (from the Nairobi based production company Ginger Ink) to set up a project which would build on the work of their One Fine Day association and the British NGO partnership Anno's Africa – both of which have specialised in developing creative opportunities for those working in developing countries.
Operating within the framework of a manageable budget, the project was intended to develop a film workshop in Nairobi. Led by Tom Tykwer, a small team of professional filmmakers would create a feature film in Kibera by working together with a much larger crew of young local apprentices. The first goal was to integrate Nairobi's residents, especially the slum inhabitants, those who were curious and wanted to learn the practical skills offeature film making, so that they could learn technical skills which would create job prospects and leave inspiration in the communities.
The project quickly developed its own dynamic energy. The Kenyan author Billy Kahora outlined the idea for a film, which translated the secrets and myths of this multilayered social microcosm into a modern, inspiring fairytale-like story: SOUL BOY. The young Ghanaian-Kenyan filmmaker Hawa Essuman (born in 1980) took over the directing reigns. SOUL BOY is her film debut, having worked successfully in local theatre. In the meantime she is developing her second feature film, which is set on the coast of Kenya. Following an intensive period of research in Kibera the screenplay took approximately six weeks to complete. Casting the film was spread out across the whole city: with the support of Anno's Africa, the production searched for their young lead actors in Kibera's slums, schools and alleyways. One week of pre-production was all that remained to prepare for the 13-day shoot. SOUL BOY was finally shot between 17 November and 1 December 2008.


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Incubus' Brandon Boyd is Back with New Music and Art
The multifaceted artist's fresh new pop sound on Sons of the Sea and third book So the Echo
From the LifeMInute team
Incubus frontman Brandon Boyd is back with a new book and music project. The rocker turned Renaissance man chatted about his most recent musical collaboration and his collection of artwork in his third publication at its signing in New York City.
With all Boyd's recent artistic endeavors it's no surprise that he admits to being "a little busy lately."
On his plate a new music collaboration, Sons of the Sea and a third book, So the Echo.
The new book, "Is a compilation of the past four or five years of drawings, sketches, paintings, watercolor and ink, photography, some poetry and some sort of observational writings from traveling." said Boyd
He admits that for the third time around he gave his paper works a "little bit more of a flow."
"The first two [books] are fun and I think they are cool but they are more scatterbrained. This one has a table of contents," says the artist.
As for his music project Sons of the Sea he says it "definitely has more of a pop bent."
"It has a little bit more of an accessible thing than perhaps some of the Incubus stuff," says Boyd, "I'm hoping it's distinct enough that it will one day perhaps have its own identity…. I am in the process right now of inviting people to try and see it as something that's sort of separate."
Check out more on the music, the book and Boyd at http://brandonboyd.me/