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Written by Stacy Heder
Anyone who has seen a rerun of the late 80's classic Saved By The Bell knows that some media doesn't transfer well decades later. It's hard not to laugh when Kelly Kapowski enters school with hair to the sky or Slater comes along in MC Hammer pants. It's hard for television or movies to get past this decade problem simply because they are visual. Music, however, has at least a chance of being timeless. There are no giant perms or shoulder pads that block your view of the music, and messages in the songs can be timeless. But it's not automatic. Even if I was in complete and utter Springsteen time ignorance, I could tell you that Tunnel of Love was made in the 80's.
From his first album, Springsteen has defied his time period. Nothing on any of his first seven albums would give the theoretically time-ignorant version of myself a clue as to the decade. That powerful E Street Band sound could be from decades past or future. It could be a throwback to the early rock n' roll greats. Or it could be that Bruce Springsteen is, as Jon Landau so famously stated, the future of rock n' roll. "Born in the U.S.A." is the classic rock anthem or the innovative new form of social consciousness. "Incident On 57th Street" is the great old blues story of tragic lovers or a musical masterpiece with elaborate new character development.
So why does Tunnel of Love sound like it's stuck in the 80's? What exactly is the 80's sound? This is a tough question. The "sound" is indescribable but you know it when you hear it. Mostly it's just a computerized beat found all over the 80's from Tears for Fears to Flock of Seagulls to Madonna. There are many elements to it, including that synthesizer, the high tinkling piano, and the same beat in many versions and many songs. There is a slower Rumba-like beat as in Springsteen's "One Step Up." There is the pounding, computerized opening of Tunnel Of Love. This sound is so dated that I can't focus on anything but. When I really listen to the song lyrics I hear the same Springsteen genius and emotion but it is hard for me to not be distracted by this 80's noise going on over the top. He is trying to fit into that world but is a thousand times better on his own terms. The computer is trying to take the place of the E Street Band and, in turn, the dime-a-dozen sound takes the place of unique human power.
There are exceptions on the album, "Ain't Got You" being one of them, but overall this album is an attempt at the 80's pop sound that doesn't work for me. The main issue is the E Street Band being replaced by a synthesizer-based sound. We talked a lot in class about the synthesizer in relation to autotune which is so popular today. I was one of those claiming that it makes the music fake. It was a contested term and many were saying that it's still real music being made by real people. Maybe fake was the wrong term. What I mean to say is that it is dehumanized. The beauty of the E Street Band is the way I can picture each individual person playing their instrument along with Bruce. It's a human, communal experience and makes the music a more human, communal product. The way that auto tune restricts the voice also restricts my favorite element of music, the emotion. Springsteen has emotional, powerful music in all of his albums up until this one. Again, there are exceptions on the album. Songs like "Spare Parts" or "Valentines Day" are still powerful but all together I cannot connect to this one on the same level. At the end of class, Craig told us to keep this one in our iTunes for a future listen when we could perhaps appreciate it more. I am going to take his advice, but I won't be coming back to it for a long time.
Stacy Heder is a freshman at UW-Madison who comes from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is a fan of a "huge variety of music from Bob Dylan to Green Day and MGMT."


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I ran into a protest march of some sort on Ludwigstrasse today. I think the marchers were objecting to having to pay tuition fees at university.
Bavaria is one of a number of German states that introduced tuition fees for higher education a couple of years ago. Students pay a maximum of 500 EUR per semester. This isn't exactly big money - 1000 EUR per year - but having had free education for so long having to pay any amount seems to be unacceptable.
Die Linke, the Pirate Party and the Greens were all present as well as a host of minor groups (or should I say groups I've never heard of - maybe they're big in Germany).
Tuition fees were not the only object of contempt. Some protestors were carrying banners against capitalism, though they were still wearing fashionable brand name clothing and shoes from eminent capitalist businesses like Adidas and Diesel.
Others were objecting to neo-liberalism. Funny. The German left protesting about Angela Merkel's 'neo-liberalism' in Germany are the mirror image of the American right protesting about Barak Obama's 'socialism'.
The students may not change the law, but at least they had a nice day for their protest and they seemed to be enjoying themselves.
17 November 2009
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- Jul said...
I used to teach at a German university, and I loved it when the students went on strike to protest the DM90 fees. I got a day off!
- 18/11/09 10:35 am
- olli said...
And I'm sure you joined them on their protests like a good supportive lecturer should.
- 18/11/09 3:42 pm
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I'm surely loving being able to be out and about in this lightweight outfit at 8:00 am! I know it's not here to stay, but there's such hope in the warmth of the sun.
I still like birds even though they were even overdone 5 years ago and a sketch comedy show has mocked their placement on...everything. Have you guys seen "Portlandia"? It's hilarious and so true.
I also love this white maxi (or midi) skirt. I am so glad longer lengths are back. They're so much more comfortable to wear in the warm weather than minis. I will be frolicking along in long dresses and skirts all summer!
I also also love my new Swedish Hasbeens. I've been wanting a pair for a while and I found a deal on these that I couldn't pass up. My mom and sister convinced me to get them. I don't mean to toot my own horn but I am an expert bargain shopper. :)
Anyway, I I I I..how are you doing?
Skirt: Vintage (will be up in the store next week)
Top: A.P.C.
Trench: c/o Urban 1972
Shoes: Swedish Hasbeens Jodhpur boot
Ring: surprise gift from Romwe
Bag: gift from my mom from Anthro
So, yay, here are our print winners from the Carnival By The Sea Contest! Melanie from Dresses to IL and Jessica from Monster Cakes! Congrats girls! Please email me with your info so I can pass it along to Zara. :)
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10 September 2013
Diana Flowers Reviews When The Heart Heals By Ann Shorey
59 comments:
Thank you for that beautiful review of 'When the Heart Heals', DIANA! And after enjoying Ann's first book of this series so much, I am going to follow your advice and put this on at the top of my reading list as soon as I purchase it! I can't believe I haven't done so already... I can only plead temporary insanity! ;)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, NOELA! Or maybe just temporary "I already have tons of books I need to get read!" LOL Although that probably isn't a "temporary" situation...it isn't with me and hope it never will be! hahaDelete
DIANA you have done it again....made me want ANOTHER book!! lol I am quickly running out of room on my Kindle Fire, but hey it's for a good cause! Who would want to run out of room because of too many songs or pictures or documents?!....Yes! Books are a far better option!! :DReplyDeleteReplies
A girl can't EVER have enough shoes...or books! ;) Thanks, T!Delete
- AnonymousSeptember 10, 2013 at 10:19 AM
would love to win. firstname.lastname@example.com
Hi, ANGELA! Thanks for coming by!!!Delete
I love having good recommendations for books! This one sounds amazing. Thank you!ReplyDelete
HEIDI, you'll enjoy it I'm sure! A wonderful book!!Delete
i would love to win, sounds like a great book. thanks for the chanceReplyDelete
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Dropping your name in the hat, SHIRLEY!Delete
Thank you for the super review, Diana! I look forward to learning who wins the drawing!ReplyDeleteReplies
You're quite welcome, Ann! My pleasure!Delete
Another great review, and another book for the climbing TBR pile. Hey, Teresa (& the rest of you too...) any idea at what point we run out of space on our Kindle apps? I'm nearing 2,000 now, & I kept wondering if I will receive a message saying, "Sorry, you have too many--go read some more of them!" But I keep adding and would love to win this one. ;-)ReplyDelete
LOL, VICKI! It was 2,000 on my regular Kindle, Vicki, but I have no clue as to how many on the Kindle Fire. I believe it's much more, tho.Delete
I don't actually have a Kindle, but a PC app on my computer & an iPad app on my iPad--also wondering if I put books "into the cloud" if they still cout agaist your totals. I guess eventually, I will fid out. LOLDelete
I have no idea, VICKI, but maybe I better quit telling you about freebies! LOL!Delete
I enjoyed Ann Shorey's books. Edge of light was the first one I had read and have followed her work since that time. I look forward to reading many more from this fine author. Please include me in the giveaway opportunity.ReplyDeleteReplies
I enjoyed Edge of Light, too, A J. I have always thought she had some of the prettiest covers, too!Delete
Got your name in the draw!
Diana--I always thought that beautiful covers were nice, but never really thought of them as being an important thig for book sales...until, I saw a book recently with a very boring cover! She comented to "not let the book cover trick you", but I thought--how sad, that she didn't think more about that cover BEFORE it was published!Delete
Vicki, I have read some boring books with beautiful covers, but I won't buy a book with an ugly one. Covers definitely sell books and I, like you, am surprised at some of them!Delete
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They do have beautiful covers! I don't think I have read any of Ann's books. So many books so little time...ReplyDelete
I have about 300 on my Kindle and thought that was bad. I guess I'm nowhere near having to worry about space you Diana!
I actually only have about 110 on my Kindle...but also have lots of paperbacks! VICKI above is the one with 2,000 on her Kindle! Yowzah! I was just telling her the limit that a regular Kindle will hold. LOLDelete
Thank you for your most helpful review.ReplyDelete
You're welcome, MARY! And thank you for coming by OWG!!!Delete
I have read this wonderful book and absolutely loved the characters! Now I need to go back and read the first one. (If I win, that is what I'm picking!) :) Great review! And funny, I was wondering the limit on Kindles, myself. I have no clue how many are on mine, but I need to start reading.ReplyDelete
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That makes two of us, SUSAN! lol I need to read faster!Delete
I enjoyed your review. This would be a new author for me so I would love to win and get a taste of her writing. Thank you. (email@example.com)ReplyDeleteReplies
I hope you get a chance to read one of Ann's great books asap, BEVERLY!Delete
- AnonymousSeptember 10, 2013 at 11:53 PM
Hello my OWG friends. Hoping you are all well. Ann's book sounds so interesting. Don"t remember seeing the first one. I must throw my name in the pot. (Or it hat?) Anyway would love to win. MAXIE mc2622(at)me(dot)comReplies
I have my own little cyberhat here, MAXIE, and I just dropped your name in it. :)Delete
I love the storyline in When the Heart Heals, especially the fact that Rosemary uses herbs to diagnose & treat patients (& her very name is a herb!). I don't have any of Ann's books & would love to read this one.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the opportunity to win one of your books, Ann!
Clever title, I agree, BONNIE! The dear handsome dr. was not crazy about the whole herbal thing! ;)Delete
Bonnie, The marketing department at Revell chose this title. I think it's perfect, too. In addition to the herbal remedies, Rosemary's heart has to heal in many ways, also.Delete
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wow, this looks very interesting.....love exciting books to read! Thanks, RhondaReplyDelete
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RHONDA, what a pleasure to see you! Hoping you'll get a chance to read this one asap!Delete
I've read several of Ann's books and really enjoyed them. This sounds like another good one.ReplyDelete
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Thank you for sharing this beautiful review! I love historical romance and can't wait to read this heartwarming story! Thank you for the opportunity to win!ReplyDelete
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Britney, you are so welcome! I hope you can get a copy in your hands asap! You'll so enjoy it!Delete
Good enough review that just based on it, Ann's book should be a movie. It would be great--Hallmark or otherwise! email@example.com
From your mouth to God's ear, my sweet friend Patti!Delete
PATTI, what a kind compliment. To both Ann and I! I agree this would make a wonderful movie!ReplyDelete
Would really love to win a print copy of the book.ReplyDeleteReplies
BONNIE, I hope you get a copy asap...maybe here! :)Delete
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Thanks, BONNIE!Delete
Good review. Sounds like a great book.ReplyDelete
Thank you, Susan! Good luck in the drawing!!Delete
Only interested in paperback.ReplyDelete
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If you win, SQUIRES, you shall have the desire of your heart! Lol And a lovely paperback it is!Delete
DIANA!!! You have done it again...topple, topple goes my TBR :) I would love to read Ann's books. They sound wonderful! Thanks, sweet friend for the reminder.ReplyDeleteReplies
That sounds like something a book loving turkey would say, "topple, topple..." lol It also sounds like something I would say. :/ You're so welcome!! <3Delete
Diana, I found my way to your blog, as you can see. :) I think I was too tired to think it through earlier. Thanks for the great post.ReplyDeleteReplies
Ann, I'm just so glad you found the post! Hope you got some good rest!Delete
- AnonymousSeptember 13, 2013 at 7:20 PM
Maria Thomas. I'd just love when the heart heals. Civil war historical fiction is very interesting. Add a woman in a male controlled world - that's definitely a great read. email@example.com
Welcome to OWG, Maria! It was definitely a male controlled world back then. It was considered quite scandalous to be a nurse!Delete


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Posted on 10 Aug 2010
Industry giant Berkshire Hathaway Inc. reported a 40 percent drop in net income compared to the same period a year ago, even though the company posted a major gain in second-quarter operating income.
Operating income climbed 73% to $3.07 billion in the second quarter that was lifted by the acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., which operates one of the largest railway systems in North America.
Acquiring the railroad company in February added $603 million in second quarter net earnings. Tempering gains from that acquisition was $1.41 billion in losses on derivatives.
The company's insurance operations reported a net underwriting gain of $462 million, up sevenfold from a year earlier. Leading that charge was Geico, the company's direct writer of automobile insurance. Geico posted an underwriting gain of $329 million, nearly three times what it had reported for the second quarter in 2009. Premiums earned increased 4.7% in the second quarter to $3.55 billion.
Berkshire Hathaway reported $63 million in 2010 catastrophe losses within the Geico segment, compared with $52 million in the first half of 2009.
General Reinsurance Corp.'s pretax underwriting gain of $222 million in the second quarter reflected a decline of nearly 20% from a year earlier. Gen Re generated $103 million pretax underwriting gain for the first half of the year, which was attributable to the casualty side of operations, according to Berkshire Hathaway's quarterly filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Berkshire Hathaway said Gen Re's property side business produced a "break-even result" in the first half of 2010. It was the result of $238 million in catastrophe losses from the Chile earthquake, and storm or weather-related losses in Europe, Australia and New England.
The company reported that price competition in the property/casualty segment has resulted in declining premium volume.
"Increased price competition and capacity within the industry could lead to a further decline in premium volume in 2010," Berkshire Hathaway stated in the SEC filing.
Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group's earned premiums on catastrophe and individual risks declined 34% over the first half of 2010, compared to a year earlier. The company, which underwrites excess of loss reinsurance and quote-share coverages, registered $133 million in estimated losses during the first half of 2010 resulting from the Chile earthquake in February and April's explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Those losses were partially offset by reductions in estimated prior years' loss reserves.
The company said it has constrained the volume of business it has written in this sector during 2010 because of unfavorable premium rates.
"However, we have the capacity and willingness to write substantially more business when appropriate pricing can be obtained," the company stated.
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August: when the world of words takes vacations. Hereabouts, the university folks take their vacations in July, since classes start again in late August. July is when I was supposed to be interviewing university folks for my alumni magazine article, so there were some problems. But that's all over now. The piece is done, and it's August.
August is when book editors take their vacations. I sent out book proposals for Skills of Peace to three editors in late July. The two I sent by email were answered within hours, pretty unusual, since I'm still getting replies on queries I sent out for another project in March. One of those editors expressed interest. Then she disappeared. August.
Almost everything in prospect has ground to a halt. But I am keeping busy by doing something insane. Please don't call the sanity police when you read this admission. But I am writing a play.
These days it is insane for even known playwrights to spend much of their time writing plays. They can't make a living that way. A more or less successfully produced play in some noticeable venue is really only successful when it leads to offers to write screenplays. That's the income source: screenplays, regardless of whether they are produced or not. As long as they pay you. Most playwrights, as most literary writers, teach for a living. Teaching pays better and certainly more consistently than playwrighting, but then so does creative stacking of shelves at Wal-Mart.
Add that to the fact that I am not a known playwright. That's not my niche, my rep, my handle, my gig, what I'm branded for. (If you figure out what that is, however, please send it to me.) On the other hand, the first writing I did was a play. But most playwrights don't list their third grade productions on their bios. (My big year was actually fourth grade, when I had a rep company---otherwise known as my Cub Scout den---that put on my latest script every month, at the pack meeting.)
I had a few productions in college, too, including one which I discovered (from a student doing an archeological dig into the late 60s) was talked about for some years afterward. Legendary, in fact, for awhile.
The last time I pursued this particular muse was in Pittsburgh about a decade ago. One theatre did a staged reading of a play I'd written some years before, and I was hooked. Ten minute play festivals were suddenly the rage, and two of mine were produced (the second was longer than 10 minutes but not quite the length of a one-act.) A one act won a secondary award in the Pittsburgh Playwrights Festival (and, I happened to overhear, would have won a full production had all the participating theaters seen the script.) But for a number of apparently practical and interpersonal reasons, I pretty much gave it up after that.
I pursued other avenues of writing that were potentially more lucrative, and usually judged marginally sane activities. They turned out to be not terribly lucrative and certainly not consistently so. Given a choice of writing grants for free or a play for no good reason, the latter has definite attractions.
Anyway, it's August. That enters in another way as well. I happened to see a call for plays by a theatre in Michigan---a contest really---with a specific subject in mind, having to do with evolution and ancestral voices. The deadline for full length plays is August 31.
The subject happens to be one that comes up often in research and writing I've been doing for other marginally insane projects. It's something I think about, and something several people I've become particularly interested in thought about. What I hadn't thought about before was putting a particular two of them together. When I had this thought, I had the idea for a play.
The premise of this play is a conversation between H.G. Wells and Carl Jung. Those are two of the three main elements. The third is an American Indian point of view. I've been reading about Jung and Wells separately, but I did note that they had met. There wasn't much obvious information about it, but a fictional meeting between them had great possibilities.
So that's what I'm doing, writing this play. I've got about three weeks to finish it, get it into binders, send it off. This includes a week in which life around here will get chaotic, as we must move everything out of several rooms, move ourselves out of the house for several days, then move everything back. Floors are being finished, with nasty chemicals. Enforced vacation time.
Besides circumstances and fallout from my "creative" moods, I fight off the doubts: about the sanity of attempting this, and the half dozen very good reasons I can give you for why my play doesn't stand a chance in this competition. However, I am currently gripped by the delusion that I'm pretty good at this. It feels good. I seem to know what I'm doing, building a bridge twixt conscious and unconscious. This makes a bit of sense, since I have continued to think about and read about dramatic construction, and in fact constructing drama and narrative is part of everything I write. Even grant proposals. Emotionally it also makes some sense, as in preparing my old magazine article about the O'Neill playwrights (see http://kowincidence.blogspot.com) I realized how rapturous my memories were of that experience.
Because I work alone and am decidedly an introverted type, some people have a hard time thinking of me as being happy in a collaborative framework. It's true that I have found participating in theatre to be emotionally exhausting at times. But it is also as close to an ideal situation as I can imagine. I have a strong streak of wanting to participate, to work with people in a collaborative way, on a project I can care about, that makes use of whatever talents I possess that are more or less central to who I am. I can't imagine another venue where this is possible other than a theatrical one. Even more than being an editor, which was as closest as I've come in my working life.
Anyway, there's no collaboration at this point in the process, at least with people I can see. What keeps me going, besides the writerly motivations of expression and solving the puzzles, is that an awful lot is simply falling into place. I challenged my concept by testing it against reality-could or would Wells and Jung have met where and when I wanted them to? In my play they meet in New Mexico in 1940. Wells was in fact in America at that time. Jung was not. It would have been difficult for him to get out of Switzerland during the war, but not impossible. His last visit to America was 1937. Could he have any reason to be where I wanted him to be, going where I wanted him to go? Yes. I immediately found the perfect reason, both for verisimilitude and in support of concepts in the play.
Tucked in books and magazines here and there, I've found more and more about the actual relationship of Wells and Jung, which was more extensive than is generally known. And as I've written, such information comes to me at the right moment. At times I'm not sure whether I've guessed right and had it confirmed, or I'd come across the information before and forgotten that I had. Sometimes it is a literal coming in. I found out about a book of Jung's interviews and encounters I hadn't known about. I found a copy, cheap, on the Internet, sent for it, and it arrived with astonishing speed, on the very day it proved useful in shaping a scene.
In some ways this play is making use of just about everything I've learned and been involved with and obsessed with on my own since I came to California. So the process of writing it is almost poetic in receiving what I've apparently already learned. As well as hearing the voices of Wells and Jung. (Jung's actual voice is somewhat familiar from docu tapes, but Wells I've heard only in a brief and consciously forgotten newsreel clip). Even the process of creating fictional American Indian characters has been aided by coincidences. It's also the first time I've felt fairly comfortable daring to write such characters. I can hear them.
So this is my August delusion. Though it is warmer than usual hereabouts, and we've had actual thunderstorms (in the past six years, I can remember two before this year. We've had three this past week) I can't blame it on the heat.
It's not the craziest thing I could do. I could join the crowd and run for governor.


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Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Rush ~ Clockwork Angels
Before the year is up I'm hoping to find a way to contact the guys responsible, Neil, Geddy and Alex, to implore them to let me turn the album, which is also a novel, into a graphic novel. No, seriously! When I first got into drawing comics I had big plans to turn the seminal 2112 album into a comic book...didn't happen....and then at art school I started making an animated short of the track Cinderella Man, all hand drawn and coloured, frame by meticulous frame I began crafting the film...then it got lost in the post on the way back from the developers...so that didn't happen ether. Maybe one of you out there knows a guy who knows a gal who knows a guy who knows someone close to the band who could put in a good word for me?! Hey, ya never know!
Anyway, just do yourself a great big favour and get a copy of Clockwork Angels and play it as loud as your speakers and neighbours can handle it! Trust me, I've been doing this since 1977 and know what I'm talking about!!
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- Gary Smith said...
Last album of theirs I bought was Hold Your Fire - as a vinyl LP. But may have to purchase this one, given your effusive praise and the positive reviews elsewhere.
I really hope that you're able to approach/contact the band about making this hope a reality. I'd really like to see this happen!
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Kayleigh Falcus, who also designs and makes jewellery (more on that later), is daintily petite with doll like eyes, killer cheekbones and has a real 'English rose' look about her. I originally knew Kayleigh from Newcastle College where we started our degrees, though it was only more recently I met with her properly for an interview that I actually got to know her a little better. The other model for the shoot, Lauren Marshall, I met only a matter of weeks ago where she modelled at Newcastle Fashion Week. Lauren has a bit of a Liv Tyler look about her, with bold eyebrows, full lips and masses of dark glossy hair. A spring chicken to the modelling scene, she was super excited for her first location shoot.
|Kayleigh (Hair/Makeup by Maxine)
|Lauren (Hair/Makeup by Maxine)
|Photographer/Model Selfie!!
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|Hair/Makeup by Maxine
|Kayleigh Falcus Bracelets
|Behind the scenes with Penny, Kayleigh and Lauren
|Behind the scenes Kayleigh wearing a 'Cupid' collar
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January 3, 2011
new year
Hello my friends!
You may realize I only write here when I feel inspired to do so. Daniel has told me many times I should pursue blogging more seriously, but I tell him, then I'd have to commit. And I'm just not there right now.
But I am here now. I've been missing my little blogspot, but haven't known what to say.
Today I sat down on the couch, having vacuumed the house, mopped the floors, rotated the laundry, planned our dinner menu for the week, and completed the necessary grocery shopping, so I decided to fiddle with my blog. It started with a little tweaking here and there, and suddenly I was ready to write!
While I haven't been blogging, I've been doing things I love to do. I've wandered around my favorite blogs and found new blogs to love. I've been reading and knitting. Praying and meditating. Exercising and cooking. Loving and dreaming. Which leads me to my big, huge, amazing resolution.
Lately I've had a growing desire to figure out just who exactly I am. I don't want to be someone who likes or believes or loves or wants something just because I'm told to, or because someone else does. I want to truly know myself. To have conviction, and a reason for my conviction.
And I want to know why I am the way I am, as much as I can know.
You know, introspection.
But the more I think about it, the more I realize that the more selfish I am, the less I know. The more internally concerned and consumed I become, the less I see.
It's become clear to me that, for me at least, knowing myself involves learning about the world around me. Studying people, places, thoughts, books, truth, beauty. Heady stuff.
Where there is one point of view, there is always another. And while I'm not seeking to believe all points of view, I think it is important to look at things from different angles. To keep an open mind. To be gentle as a dove, but wise as a serpent.
I want to see.
You know, see.
So here I am, 2011, ready to figure a few things out.
This year, I want to...
read the Scriptures more consistently, meditating on the words and passages.
abide with Christ, know his peace.
pray with diligence and honesty
recognize and repent of sin
spend more time out doors
reflect on all that I have, and less on what I want
live in thankfulness
speak kind words
love through service
see need, and do something about it
set to the work of my hands without grumbling or complaining
know my husband better
learn to sew
knit more
smile more
love. more.
and perhaps...write more.
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Here's the current crop of cosmetics I'm loving right now…
Anyone who knows me knows I'm evangelical about sun cream: SPF 50 all day, all year for me. This particular cream has a lovely texture and makes a perfect base for make-up. In winter months I mix it with my moisturiser and layer it on top when the sun is actually shining. Downside: it's heinously expensive but if you snap it up in a gift set like I did, you'll see it's worth the hype.
In general cheaper candles are a false economy: the scents are not as complex and sometimes they don't even give out much fragrance at all. But & Other Stories is one of the few brands I'll cheat on Diptyque with. Their candles are deeply scented with beautiful rich fragrances. This is my absolute favourite winter candle: deep, smoky and a little masculine. Perfect for cosy rainy nights in.
I used to be one of those people who never saw the point of toner and to be honest, I'm still not entirely sure what it does… But this one smells amazing and makes my skin feel fresh but not tight. Plus I can't get enough of these gorgeous Grown Alchemist bottles in my bathroom.
Topshop sheer lips in Red Alert / £8
I love wearing lipstick but I usually end up restricting it to evenings, because if I properly apply it during the day it always ends up transferring onto coffee cups and sandwiches. However, this sheer formula is the perfect daytime compromise: it looks less "done" than a full lip and can be easily reapplied. I can't actually find this online anymore so it may have been limited edition, but hopefully it'll be back in stock soon.
B. Balenciaga eau de parfum / £67 for 50ml
I've been obsessed with this perfume since I bought it. I'm not very good at describing scents but suffice it to say it's a really sophisticated yet unique fragrance and I guarantee you'll love it. Plus: the best bottle design ever.
Oribe gold lust oil / £32
I got this in a Space NK beauty box and I love it: its silky formula is just what my drenched hair needs. I apply it to damp ends before styling and it really softens them. It smells pretty great, too.
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Saturday, March 14, 2009
Screen for Public Library...
Every time I visit my local library, I get a little boost from seeing my screen adjacent to the entryway. Commissioned by Friends of the Library, its purpose is not just to offer a bit of privacy to the children's librarian, but to set a mood of calm and serenity to all those entering.
It's painted on four hollow-core doors which were then hinged together. The reverse side is finished also - with a crackled surface, striping and floral embellishment.
My favorite thing about where it sits, is the real plant to the right which seems to merge right into the painted Magnolia leaves on the far right panel.
I wanted a dreamlike garden setting with bright and yet - soft colors fading off into the distance.
The "Monet" bridge was added at the specific request of one of the librarians, who had always admired the paintings at Giverny.
The Japanese Bridge by Claude Monet
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Here is the pasta recipe - I'm paraphrasing it quite a bit because it is long. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has a bread machine. It is 644 pages of wonderful bread recipes. I don't know if there is a difference between semolina pasta flour and other types of semolina flours - I buy semolina flour in bulk at Whole Foods or Vitamin Cottage in Albuquerque .
For 1 1/2 lb or 2 lb loaf machines
7/8 cup warm water
1. Place all the ingredients in the bread pan according to the order in the manufacturer's instructions. Program for the Dough or Pasta Dough cycle; press Start. Set a kitchen timer for 7 minutes. When the timer rings, check the dough ball that has collected on the blade. It should be firm but not pliable. If it is too dry, add a couple drops of water while the machine is kneading. If it is too moist, sprinkle in some all-purpose flour, a teaspoon at a time. Reset the timer for 3 more minutes. When the timer rings press Stop to cancel the cycle.
2. Remove the dough from the pan. Form into a ball, wrap in plastic wrap, and let rest at room temperature for 30 minutes. (The dough can be refrigerated at this point for up to 3 days, but bring to room temperature before rolling out.) The dough is now ready to roll out and cut as desired.
The recipe goes on for two more pages but here is what I did with it at this point.
Then I took the rolled pasta sheet, added some filling (a scant Tbsp filling per ravioli), folded the sheet and formed ravioli with the red wheeled ravioli cutter that came with my machine. Before cutting it is important to press the dough around the filling to remove air holes as seen below.
The raviolis were put on a floured baking sheet to rest in the refrigerator until time for dinner. Then I boiled them for about 3-4 minutes until tender.
I'm very happy with the tenderness and flavor of the dough recipe. I think my raviolis were still thicker than I liked and there was a too large proportion of pasta to filling. Next time I'll roll the dough out until a 4 in thickness on my machine and I'm going to get some new ravioli stamps and fillers. This recipe made about 22 raviolis.


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Democrat's New Immigration Strategy …Sort Of
The Democratic Party finally released what appears to be their official strategy/talking points intended to counter the Republican immigration wedge.
Now, I'm not a high paid consultant, or a professional Washington strategist with a long history of losing campaigns, but for the life of me I can't seem to figure out what the Democratic leadership is trying to accomplish with this plan.
Up until now it appeared that the "Republican-lite" strategy developed by Rahm Emanuel and the DLC centrists looked like it would become the party line. But with this new strategy, recently released on the party's website, I frankly haven't a clue what the Dems ultimate plan is.
The strategy in essence revolves around a few key concepts:
- The Republicans are using the immigration issue for political gain
- The Republicans had plenty of time to fix immigration and didn't
- The Republicans have been unable to secure the border
- The Republicans are using fear and bigotry to scapegoat immigrants
- The scapegoating isn't working
Of course there's one glaring omission in this strategy …. there isn't any sort of a alternative plan proposed
Nowhere is there a word about what in fact the Democrats are going to do about immigration. Not even the usual vague call for "comprehensive reform that secures our border while providing a path to citizenship to undocumented immigrants." And you can just forget about specifics.
But what's even more troubling is the tone and tenor of the talking points
Despite having majorities in Congress for twelve years and a President in the White House for the last seven years, Republicans ignored the issues of border security and immigration reform until it became politically convenient. To distract from their failure to address the issues and to distract from their failed economic policies, Republicans turned immigration into a wedge issue for electoral gain that has relied on scapegoating people and dividing Americans.
From border walls that were never funded to trying to criminalize immigrants, their families, and even clergy, the Republican legacy on border security and immigration reform amounts to failure and scapegoating….
• For Years, Administration's Catch and Release Policy Left Gaping Hole In Nation's Security, While Targeting Mexicans.
• Through First Five Years of Bush Administration, Apprehensions of Illegal Immigrants Dropped, Deportable Aliens Declined, and Audits of Employers Dropped.
• DHS Has Wasted Millions On Failed Border Security Programs.
• Bush Administration Underfunded Border Security Called For By 9/11 Act.
• Republican Congress Provided Only Half of Mandated Border Agents, Killed Democratic Attempts to Meet Full Mandate.
• 2001-2005: Republicans Killed 5 Separate Attempts to Increase Border Security Funding By Over $2 Billion.
• 2005: Republicans Voted Against 650 Border Patrol Agents.
• 2003: Republicans Voted Against $750 Million for Border Security.
• But the GOP Didn't Even Fund the Fence, Only Offered "Down Payment" On Fence Construction; Billions More Needed To Build.
What exactly are the Dems trying to say here?
Are they going to build a better wall?
Fund more Border Patrol Agents?
In essence, are they saying they will do the job the Republicans haven't been willing or able to do?
It looks like they're trying to send the message that when it comes to "border security" the Republicans have been as ineffective as they were with Katrina, Iraq, and the economy, and the Dems can do a better job.
And while this strategy might play with some discontented Republicans and swing independents, it raises serious questions about the Dems commitment to meaningful reform that doesn't rely on simplistic solutions like wall building and armed guards every 50ft along the border.
If trying to "out-Republican the Republicans" on border security is the best the leadership can come up with, they need to go back to the drawing board and start reworking this idea. For one thing, the Republicans own the misguided "border security" concept, and those that agree with them will never be convinced that the Dems could ever be as "tough"…or cruel … as say Tom Tancredo or Duncan Hunter are trying to force the Republican Party to be.
So obviously this strategy must be aimed at a broader audience. Those swing voters, independents, and Democrats, who polls show would support legalization of the 12 million unauthorized immigrants, but still want "strong border enforcement"
And here is where this strategy has its greatest flaw.
Instead of using the Republican's inability to "secure the borders" as an opening to introduce the broader, more sweeping changes, that would eventually decrease illegal entry and mass economic migration, they imply that they can simply do the same job … but better.
Instead they should be saying that after all these years the Republicans cannot physically seal the borders, because trying to "physically" seal the borders is not the answer. No wall can be high enough, and no amount of money spent, large enough. There have to be other, more complex, and comprehensive ways of controlling immigration:
- Things like adjusting free trade agreements so they don't foster poverty in sender nations.
- Things like working with foreign governments in sender nations to ensure that they not only respect human rights, but worker rights and economic justice.
- Things like examining and reforming our immigration codes to make them more practical, fair, and reflective of economic realities.
- Things like fixing our immigration bureaucracy so it can efficiently and humanely process the flow of immigrants in a timely and effective manner.
And these are but just a few of the things that should be talked about. There are many, many more.
If, in an ironic twist on Rovian tactics, the goal of the Democrat's attack on the Republican's inability to "secure the border" is to make a weakness out of their presumed strength of being tough on immigration, they need to fill that void with an alternative plan ... And it should be plain and simple to present to the American people:
"You can't build a wall high enough – We've got smarter answers"
Additionally this strategy has one other troubling aspect; the notion that the "Scapegoating is not working"
For one, it's just not accurate.
Anyone who has followed this issue over time knows that during the past two years the polling has been consistently shifting towards the right. And no wonder. Between Republican politicians beating the issue to death for a lack of anything else on the agenda, and the right-wing noise machine hammering away on it, the public increasingly moves further and further from the center. The MSM has only added to this shift by allowing Republicans a pass on important issues of the day, by letting them focus the debate on immigration. The trend is obvious, and unless the Democrats start to effectively counter the immigration wedge, any predictions about it's political power a year from now are speculative at best.
The second, and more troubling, aspect for concern about underestimating the effectiveness of scapegoating immigrants is that it demonstrates a total disconnect with the concerns of the very Latino voters the Democrats are so sure are guaranteed to flock to the party.
In fact, the "scapegoating" page on the website links to an article about the political price the Republicans will pay for demonizing Latino immigrants.
But, at the same time, Democrats are trying to convince voters that just because the polling shows that immigration is currently not a "top tier" issue for the American people, or that the wedge didn't work in the last two election cycles, somehow this demonstrates scapegoating's ineffectiveness.
But this sends a message that runs contrary to Latino's everyday experiences.
Latino voters know all too well the ramifications of current toxic political environment. They are appalled by the constant racial and ethnic attacks that pass for political discourse. Hate crimes against Latinos are at record levels and nearly daily there are stories of raids and roundups of "illegals" portrayed as subhuman criminals. And yes, Latinos see this as a product of a rabidly xenophobic and racist Republican party…. But Democratic downplaying of the impact of scapegoating, simply because it might prove politically ineffective, marginalizes it's true impact.
This, coupled with the implied emphasis on "border enforcement" and lack of a meaningful alternative comprehensive plan in this strategy cannot be viewed as good news for Latino voters.
We can only hope that as we move forward with this election and this issue, the Democrats will gain some further insight, and the courage to start to take a true leadership roll, and not only neutralize this issue politically…but actually come up with some real and meaningful solutions.


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By Elisa Sparkman, Administrative Assistant, Environmental Assessment Program
About a year ago, I was new to the Department of Ecology and new to state service. I have always been passionate about environmental issues and was thrilled to join an agency with a mission I strongly believe in. As an outdoor enthusiast who was born and raised in Western Washington, I feel a personal connection with our state's natural beauty.
I have no background in environmental science, engineering, or policy — other than college level introduction to environmental studies and my own research out of personal curiosity. I wondered how I would fit into my new state role in providing administrative support to Ecology's Environmental Assessment Program, a program full of scientists and engineers. The past year has been wonderful, full of working with fun, friendly and extremely intelligent people. I continually learn more about environmental issues and gain a better understanding of how government agencies function to support a strong and healthy Washington state.
I have a background in media production, so I got an opportunity to create a short, informational video about Ecology's Manchester Environmental Laboratory.
This is Ecology's full service environmental lab. It's located on the Kitsap Peninsula in the beautiful town of Manchester. The facilities are right on the water, nestled among trees where it is common to spot sea lions, great blue herons, deer, coyotes, bald eagles, and other wildlife. It is such a gorgeous location — the perfect reminder of why the work we do at Ecology is so important.
In my visits to the lab, I was introduced to the staff, hard at work, performing scientific tests in their white lab coats and safety goggles. They greeted me with smiles and told me a little bit about what they were working on. It was really cool to connect certain lab analysis with projects I had worked with back at headquarters. I got a unique opportunity to sit down and interview Stuart Magoon, Ecology's Manchester Lab Director. Stuart told me about how the lab functions and what role the lab plays within the agency. The scientific results yielded at the laboratory are the basis for Ecology decisions about areas of the state which need environmental attention.
I enjoyed learning about the lab and how significant its contributions are to the agency and to the state's future.
Please take a few minutes to watch the video to see for yourself how the Manchester Environmental Lab supports Ecology's mission.


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Target is My Xanax16 Comments posted by Kristi on Sunday, March 11, 2007 at 2:41 PM
We have the late afternoon ritual where I put her in her exersaucer and she works on training me to go fetch the balls she throws all over the living room. Over. And over. And over again.
And we have our soon-to-be-moved-to-the-adult-tub ritual of her bath (previously held in her infant tub, placed in the kitchen sink), where she has recently discovered the joys associated with making her mother appear ready for a wet tshirt contest (and one that no red-blooded male would want to attend, believe me), as she pounds her not-so-tiny-anymore fists into the tub and sends water everywhere.
But my favorite ritual, by far, is our Thursday afternoon trips to Target. Hey, my life is getting smaller by the day, people. Please hold your laughter until you reach the end of the post.
It started about six weeks ago on a Thursday, when I was going ape-shit out-of-my-mind stir-crazy, after not having left the house since the previous Sunday. It was around 3pm. Miss Isabella had taken a short afternoon nap, I had just finished feeding her, and I was staring into the face of four frighteningly long hours until her bedtime. There are just so many games you can play, songs you can sing, and books you can read with a then five-month old. I needed to get out of the house. I needed to see people. The need was primal, I tell you. And so, with no shopping list and absolutely no reason for going there, we headed to Target.
And oh, what sweet retail-therapy-get-me-the-hell-out-of-my-house relief it was. It wasn't that I spent a ton of money. It wasn't that I even particularly like shopping, because I really don't. It was that we were out of the house, in a brightly lit place (which stood in marked contrast to the dismal cold and gray day I had been staring out my house's windows at all day), and there were people there, and many of them looked like the tired, desperate-for-a-change-in-scenery house fraus with babies I was.
So Isabella and I spent about 45 minutes wandering the aisles. I snagged some cute baby shoes for her, some headbands for me (because I'm on the fast track to baldness what with her hair-pulling fetish), some granola bars for the hubs, and the new Norah Jones CD (for both of us).
And then we went home. I was in a better mood. I think even Isabella was in a better mood because for a brief time she had something to look at besides my ugly mug all day long. And the following Thursday we went again. And the one after that. And the one after that.
Just because I know you are literally dying to see what I bought this past Thursday, I'll show you. Because that's the type of person I am. A giver.
My stash included Quaker Granola Bites, Reeses Pieces, for which we've already established my obsession, gum, a new throw rug for the bathroom, a bag and tissue paper for my aunt's birthday present, and these cool little fruit salad/ice cream bowl dishes that resemble ones I bought at IKEA several years ago.
Target bowls on the left, IKEA ones on the right.
Okay, so those new Quaker Granola Bites? Are seriously good. And for the record, yes, I'm fully aware that they're a snack designed for children's lunch boxes, and I'm okay with it.
These two came from the Dollar Bins at the front of the store. Magnetic grocery lists for your fridge! Bunny ear headbands for Easter! Candles in the shape of little chicks! All can be yours for just a single dollar. I snagged animal crackers (anyone know why they're called "crackers" when they are so obviously a cookie?) and a Beatrix Potter bunny pal for the little girl for Easter.
Oh, and I also bought this bowl (not for a dollar) whose purpose I've yet to decide. I just knew I totally needed it when I saw it on the shelf. Who doesn't need a cute yellow bowl?
And finally these. Okay, so I didn't buy these at Target (but I so would have if they carried them!). Baby's first Chuck Taylors!
Oh Target, I think I love you.
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Ah, Target. It's our Sunday ritual...because Sunday is when I do the grocery shopping for the week..and our Target is a SuperTarget, where not only can I grocery shop, but spend a bunch more money on all of the other nifty things there...which today included a food processor, zip loc baggies, and ice cube trays. yes, my friend-- you have inspired me to make her baby food...and I'm getting serious about it now. In fact, I may have to blog about it.
It's so funny how when I read your blog, I find we are doing some of the exact same things! I try to get my baby and myself out of the house every day, or I go stir crazy trying to keep him entertained. (And the bathtime splashing. And hair pulling. Oh, the hair pulling....) I love those little pink shoes and that striped gift bag.
This is very funny, Kristi! And I totally understand your need for a regular outing. There's nothing like a change of scenery when you've been home day after day...
So, when I need to know where to find something at Target, I should just ask you?
And,... you DO realize those adorable sneakers are PINK, right? Too cute.
That's a great idea, having a planned outing each week. It looks like you're not spending outrageously at all, and everything you said (bright lights, being out and about, seeing other people) are all things that really do help a mood. Especially a stir-crazy one!
I cannot believe your girl is already half a year old. Amazing. Those shoes are terrific!
I find that Thursdays tend to be the day when MrMan and I get on each other's nerves. I guess it's just the point in the week when we've finally gotten tired of one another. Today was an exception. Maybe it's that he went to daycare for the past three days. Or maybe it's because we stayed out and about. But I understand the need to go out and shop, mostly for the going out part. Whole Foods usually serves that purpose for me.
L-Yup, retail therapy is totally getting me through the winter here in godforsaken upstate NY. Bring on that "hot summer"!
Michelle-You are so lucky to have a SuperTarget! I am envious, but I fear that if my Target were as Super as yours, I might be there 7 days a week. And yay! I'm so glad you're making Maddy's food. That's awesome, and I hope you post about it on your blog.
Kenju- I'm intrigued. What's the idea (or the link to your old post)?
Sher-Yes, Target stuff rocks. The only line I don't like is their maternity clothes, which surprisingly seemed really cheaply made.
Christine-Thank you. Sweet Chelsea is in a much better place now.
Sunshine-if I filled the bowl with Reeses Pieces, it would stay full for approximately 3 seconds. ;)
Damselfly-Ah, motherhood. It's the great uniter, isn't it? :)
Editorgirl-It seriously is the happiest place on earth for me now, and that makes my life oh so very sad.
Marie-Much as it is with Wegmans, I can tell you where something is in "my" Target, but not necessarily where the same item is located in "your" Target. And yeah, I know. Pink. However, the only other option was black, and of course, being that she's a girl, and girls ONLY wear pink, she really doesn't have anything to go with black sneakers.
Anne-Yes, stir-crazy is putting it mildly. :)
Ramona-Say hi to my sister in Seattle!
Shokufeh-I would love it if we had a Whole Foods here. Love, LOVE that place!
Michelle-Awww...you're too kind, and that was exactly the kind of ego-stroking I needed tonight. :)
Undercover Angel-Yes, it is definitely a cure-all for temporary mommy insanity. And thanks for stopping by my blog.


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One of cinema's most enjoyable and durable genres, the buddy movie has given us some of the most memorable and outrageous characters. Gentry pay tribute to the greatest friendships on the silver screen.
5 Best: Buddy Movies
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With Al Gore breathing down your neck and the hot, sticky public transport receding further from appeal, there's no better way to get around the city than on your bike. It keeps you fit, makes you the envy of all those 'Everybody Hurts' traffic prisoners and it's probably the best form of voyeuristic urban appreciation available. There's a bicycle out there for everyone, even you.
This Week – Gentry Style
This week Gentry recommend Christopher Nolan's ponderous but stylish The Dark Knight, the highly anticipated debut album from The Black Ghosts and the superb exhibition at The Hayward Gallery, 'Psycho Buildings'.
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Music for Summer Days and Nights
It's all about the heat – or at least we hope it will be. But should a summer soundtrack cool the fevered brow during baking hot city commutes; or stir one to love and passion on foreign beaches; or provide a fitting background to a lazy picnic by a babbling brook or al fresco suppers as the day (hopefully) cools?
It is May-June releases that have traditionally provided the pop soundtrack for our summers. One of the first was Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues" in 1958; and ten years later The Lovin' Spoonful's "Summer in the City" perfectly captured Manhattan's scorching summers. This year the talk is that Mariah Carey's "E=MC2″ is going to be the album of summer '08 – but we'll have to wait for next year to see whether we remember this year as Mariah's year. Gentry has plumped for the tried and tested and this eclectic mix of rock, pop, classical, RnB and jazz aims to keep you both cool and hot as the weather dictates.
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Gentry Travel: Perfect Pontremoli
Tuscany still has its secrets and the small hill city of Pontremoli seems to exist only as a whisper. An hours drive from either Parma or La Spezia, Pontremoli (which translates as "Trembling Bridge") is one of the most beautiful outposts of the vast and splendorous Massa-Carrara region.
Five Poing Escape plan: Reduce Your Carbon Footprint in South Tyrol
Gentrystyle always enjoys the New York Magazine's five point escape plan, and having just completed this trip to the Italy, we urge you to take a well earned break…
Where to Stay?
Experience total isolation at Vigilius Mountain Resort (from $412), a carbon-neutral, mountaintop hotel accessible only by cable car. Sustainable-architecture star Matteo Thun designed the 41 minimalist larch-and-slate rooms and eschewed TVs for terraces with panoramic views. Borrow a mountain bike from the lobby and take the nearby trails through the Dolomites.
Thun also created Pergola Residence (from $248), which melds into its surroundings with a heather-covered roof and patios camouflaged by pergola. The twelve rooms each have a state-of-the-art kitchen and are steps from the center of the picture-perfect village of Lagundo. Reconnect with civilization at the full-service Steigenberger (from $205), in the city of Merano. The hotel boasts its own spa, indoor-outdoor pools, whirlpool, sauna, in addition to an underground tunnel to the adjoining Thermal Baths. Book a suite for a balcony view of the surrounding mountains. Continue reading
Gentry Summmer reads
Whether you're spending your holiday on the sandy beaches of Forte dei Marmi, in a summer house in Norway, on a boat along the Dalmatian coast, or just hanging out for a long weekend at the Tresanton…we have choice books for all destinations. Summer reading presents two options – read all those newly released and over-hyped paperbacks from the autumn/winter season before (no!) or pick up and read or re-read the world's great books (yes!). In no particular order, here are 11 favourites that will be making into our travel bag. (Note: The 1960s feature heavily here, as does America, for reasons we can't explain.)
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Paul Scholes is considered to be one of the best passers the English game has ever seen - we all know that. But he's got a rival as to the best passer Ashley Young has ever played with or against in Michael Carrick. Young revealed how he considered Carrick to be in the same bracket as Scholes whilst undertaking an interview with Manchester United's official website. Got an opinion on that? Leave it in the comments box provided below. Elsewhere, transfer rumours went crazy yesterday as it was claimed that Gareth Bale is more open to an Old Trafford move than ever before. We don't want to fuel the fire unnecessarily, but it's said Bale is ready to give up on his La Liga dream after failing to properly integrate. We'll let you make your own minds up about that one.
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Security agencies have been trying to strengthen the impression that the attack on Bhutto's procession was carried out by the tribesmen -- thus deciding that a large army operation is needed in the tribal areas.
Most of the tribesmen are of the opinion that those who have been operating terrorist attacks from the tribal areas are the men of the establishment, so instead of launching operations in the entire region, the government of Pakistan should carry out targetted actions. According to them, the security agencies can easily nab the terrorists as they know where they have staying and how they have been operating. Actually, they have been trained by the same Pakistani forces.
According to a rough estimate, so far thousands of women and children have been killed in the fighting, but the real terrorists have still been walking free. So this time only the terrorists should be targetted. Now the people of tribal areas are ready to provide support to the security forces in their operation. Utmost care should be taken for saving the lives of innocent people. Now the government should fight the war on the basis of now or never.
According to an editorial comment of a newspaper, Al Qaeda has killed 138 innocent people and wounded over 550 in Karachi in a twin suicide-bombing attack aimed at assassinating Ms Benazir Bhutto as she proceeded from the Karachi airport to the mausoleum of the Quaid-e Azam early Friday morning.
The planners of the bombings were sophisticated enough to first spread disinformation through the TV channels and the press that they had made no threats, a stratagem accepted by the media unquestioningly. Although the threats delivered by the Al Qaeda deputy in South Waziristan, Baitullah Mehsud, clearly named suicide bombers, nothing could be done in Karachi to intercept the two attackers as they moved towards Ms Bhutto's reinforced truck, clad in suspiciously inflated-looking jackets.
Disinformation was subconsciously planted a day earlier through a respectable journalist who reported on TV that his inquiries had turned up the following "facts": (1) that no one really knew who exactly had sent the information to the press that Baitullah Mehsud had vowed to "train" dozens of suicide-bombers to kill Ms Bhutto as she arrived in Karachi; (2) that sources close to Baitullah Mehsud had told the journalist that no such threats were made by him; (3) that another person, a JUIF leader from the Tribal Areas, Senator Maulana Saleh Shah, who was supposed to have been instrumental in putting the threats in circulation, also denied that he had done so, pleading "out of context" misconstruction of his earlier statement. Under the circumstances, the following day the print media prominently carried the "news" that Baitullah Mehsud had made no threats on the life of Ms Bhutto.
While the Chief Secretary of Sindh had warned that there were credible intelligence reports that suicide-bombers might attack the rally, the Federal Interior Secretary, Syed Kamal Shah, came on TV to discount the fact that the PPP camp outside the Islamabad courts compound had earlier been targeted by Al Qaeda; he said he was convinced that it was the police that the killers had targeted. This tended to dent the real threat to the PPP leadership from Al Qaeda. On the other hand, statements made by Ms Bhutto counted the attack on the PPP workers outside the Islamabad courts as a clear indication that the terrorists would be targeting her. Matters were muddied further when, after the post-midnight slaughter, a retired general known for his hawkish Islamic-nationalist views stated on TV that the attack could have been ordered by the MQM leader Altaf Hussain "whom the British authorities had warned that if he carried out any attack on her he would be handed over". Since he hates Ms Bhutto, he kept emphasising that Ms Bhutto was doing the bidding of the Americans, while Mr Nawaz Sharif was being kept out of the country.
Indeed, most people deny that there is Al Qaeda in Waziristan and that there are any "foreign" terrorists located there. Religious leaders of the Tribal Areas have come on TV to swear that no "foreigners" were hiding in their region. The opposition politicians have simply used these clerical denials as evidence to counter the government's claim that foreign elements ensconced in Waziristan were carrying out terrorism all over the country. And the opposition has been drawing the conclusion that once Pakistan declares its abandonment of the American "design", all terrorism will quickly disappear. One must also say that some of the PPP leaders in the Senate have been saying the same thing in their anti-American passion. The "denial" in Pakistan is supposedly in the service of "democracy" whose absence is deemed to be the country's "problem number one". Wrong, wrong, wrong.
The truth is that it is not democracy but terrorism and the loss of the internal sovereignty of the state that is problem number one. Democracy can function only after conditions for it have been created, the topmost of which is "law and order" and "writ of the government". Both these conditions have been declining in the country for the past couple of decades only partly because of lack of sufficient democracy and mainly because of rising notions of honour and Islamism, with the result that democracy is now increasingly difficult to realise. Friday's suicide-bombings have made it starkly clear that unless the streets are made safe (democratic) no free and fair elections (democracy) can be held in January 2008. The advocates of the "primacy" of democracy therefore should think again. Unless they get their priorities right they run the risk of becoming subordinated, in the eyes of the people, to those like President Pervez Musharraf and Ms Bhutto, who want to fight terrorism for the sake of Pakistan and not because America also desires it.
Anyone looking at Pakistan from the outside has no doubt about what is happening here. For instance, the Australian Prime Minister did not pause before saying that the bombing yesterday was an Al Qaeda act. The leaders of Germany, some of whose non-Muslim citizens have been taking training for terrorism in Waziristan, have no doubt what the real problem of Pakistan is. Inside Pakistan, the biggest obstacle in the way of democracy is terrorism, and those who don't want to fight it cannot be friends of democracy.
One last matter. The PPP has accused "rogue elements" in the country's intelligence agencies for targeting Ms Bhutto and demanded the sacking of the DG-IB. This is misplaced concreteness. While the presence of "rogue elements" in the institutions of the state cannot be denied, given the past rogue history of these institutions, it is absurd to target the DG-IB. This is almost like targeting General Musharraf himself, given the trust and confidence that General Musharraf reposes in the DG-IB, who also happens to be a personal friend of his. It would have been more appropriate if the finger had pointed squarely at Al Qaeda elements who have publicly sworn to mow down both General Musharraf and Ms Bhutto. The last thing that either General Musharraf or Ms Bhutto should want is to play into the hands of those who want to drive a wedge between them and scuttle the liberal-democratic transition alliance in the making.
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"When It Changed"
by Joanna Russ
"Of all forms of literature, science fiction is the only one that deals primarily and basically with change," Isaac Asimov wrote in his introduction to the anthology of award-winning stories for 1972, Nebula Award Stories Eight. "It is not the function of science fiction to predict the actual future, but rather to resent alternate futures of any degree of probability. . . "
And then, of course, Dr. Asimov, sometimes science fiction does end up predicting the future, as Joanna Russ did in the Nebula Award winning short story that was among those included in in that anthology.
"When It Changed" tells the story of an Earth-colonized planet, Whileaway. Six hundred years earlier, disaster struck Whileaway. First, it lost communication with the home planet. Then a mysterious plague killed all of the men on Whileaway. Instead of succumbing to despair, the planet's survivors, all women, rebuilt their society, including finding new methods of reproduction.
"We had a big initial gene pool," local police chief Janet Evason tells new arrivals to their planet after centuries of isolation, "we had been chosen for extreme intelligence, we had a high technology and a large remaining population. . . "
Her hearers are unimpressed. They are astronauts from Earth, the first men to set foot on Whileaway in generations. And they won't be the last. "Did you know that sexual equality has been reestablished on Earth?" he asks Janet. "I believe in instincts, even in Man, and I can't think that . . .you don't feel somehow what even you must miss. There is only half a species here. Men must come back to Whileaway."
There's no way to hold back this now unwelcome future, Janet knows, no way to protect her wife Katy and their daughters. "I doubt very much that sexual equality has been reestablished on Earth. I do not like to think of myself mocked, of Katy deferred to as if she were weak, of (our) children cheated of their full humanity. . . to the not-very-interesting curiosa of the human race."
What would Janet (or her alter ego Joanna Russ) think of a time where, in some places at least, women are free to marry other women and have children together? Or even of a world where women could take control of a genre once thought of as a male preserve.
"In the America in which she came of age," reads her 2011 obituary in The New York Times, "Ms. Russ was triply disenfranchised: as a woman, a lesbian and an author of genre fiction who earned her living amid the pomp of university English departments."
She was only the second woman to win a Nebula Award for excellence in science fiction short stories, and women would languish in the minority of Nebula Award winners for decades more. Until this year. Right, there was the U.S. Supreme Court case recognizing the right of same sex couples to marry. And, there's the announcement of the 2015 Nebula Awards where "with the exception of the Best Novel award, women swept the slate."
But don't stop being angry yet, Joanna Russ. There's still the controversy of the upcoming Hugo Awards, where a backlash by the Sad/Rabid Puppies, science fiction fandom's equivalent of the tea party, looms against any writing smacking of diversity.Who will win this round? Stay tuned for word August 22 from the 73rd Worldcon in Spokane, Washington.
(Next Friday, Adventure classics continues a July of science fiction adventures with Arthur C. Clarke's Nebula Award-winning "A Meeting with Medusa.")


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I realized that I hadn't introduced you all to the new characters that we'll see in Season 6. I gave you a general overview of who'd they be, but I never showed you the faces that we'd come to see and hopefully love. In my defence, there was some doubt that the actors that claimed to be the newbies were legit, but it's all sorted out now.
The reason I'm doing this now, aside from the fact that it's about time, is that a new promo came out today. It wasn't anything too shocking, though there were some new scenes. There was a quick glance at two newbies so I figured I should tell you who they are. So take a look at the promo:
So let's discuss the newbies. There are five.
- Marshall Williams plays Spencer, the gay jock. Marshall is from Canada (*deep voice* represeeeeent!) and has some small TV credits and a large role in a Disney Channel movie. He was also on Canadian Idol twice, but never won. He normally has a full head of blond hair, but for Spencer, it's a buzz cut.
- Billy Lewis Jr plays Mason, male Cheerio and twin of Madison. Billy did some theater (not on Broadway) and has three singles on iTunes, which you can hear here on his website. I'm listening to them now as I write, and they're pretty good. It's like indie pop/rock.
- Laura Dreyfuss plays Madison, a Cheerio and twin sister to Mason. Laura did some small/understudy roles on Broadway in Once and Hair. Broadway means she has a good voice so I can't wait to hear her sing!
- Noah Guthrie plays Roderick, the shy kid with a good voice. The voice thing is true because he, like Billy, has his own music (though he has a lot more) and I'm also listening to that right now, and it's really good. Noah has also toured around and opened for some notable names. His website is here and you can hear his tunes on his YouTube channel.
- Samantha Marie Ware plays Jane, the female who wants to be a Warbler. Like Laura, she has some Broadway credits. She was in Book Of Mormon. I like her hair!
So those are the newbies. Here are two pics of them hanging out on set 🙂
Which new newbie seems to be your fave so far? I know that the newbies aren't loved right away, but I'm always excited for new meat. I mean, look at Kitty: she wasn't loved at all when she first came and now she is! We'll grow to love these people too, hopefully. 😀
That's all for now! Bye, Gleeks!


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…Second Life stopped hating me, so I finally managed to snap some pictures.
I picked up a new dress at JANE. And it was time for crazy deals again, so I got all three colors for the price of one. Perfect if you can't decide what color you want!
*Hair – Magika (sabina.gully)
*Skin – the body co. (thebodyco) *Eyeliner – Miamai(monica.outlander)
*Eyes – Urban Dare (craven.theas)
*Neko ears – OTCR (anisa.naumova)
*Neko tail – How vexing! (sei.minuet)
*Dress – JANE (janie.marlowe) *Shoes – G Field(cerberus.noel)


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We all have that friend: every setback they have, no matter how minuscule, is a big deal in their world. They stretch the truth so much to the point where even they know they sound ridiculous. You feel bad for them because they seem stressed and overwhelmed, even if whatever they are complaining about may be silly in your mind. You want to help make them smile and stop worrying, even for just a few seconds. "Life goes on." "There are much bigger problems in the world." Unfortunately you can't just say these things without getting getting the what-are-you-talking-about glance. So how do you help them?
Over the summer, my mother suggested a book to me by the title The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. Check it out if you haven't already, it's a fantastic read in my opinion. The book isn't for those who are essentially unhappy, but just for those who want to milk all the happiness they can out of their lives.
There is a section in the book that talks about how the author was able to sympathize with her children much more easily from a few simple steps. While helping your 2-year-old child is much different from helping your 20-year-old best friend, there is one strategy that I think can be used effectively. That strategy is simply to show them that you understand the pain they are going through and to let them know that you will always be there for them.
The book suggests to simply repeat whatever the person said in simpler terms as a way of showing that you understand. For example, if your friend just broke up with her boyfriend because he cheated on her with her best friend, then you could say "You feel betrayed by everyone right now." This obviously is an exaggeration, along with the story your friend probably described to you; she hasn't been betrayed by everyone. This helps to show them that you understand their situation though.
After that, think before you say anything else. Actually, sometimes it's best not to say anything at all and to just listen. Silence can be awkward, but also necessary for thoughts to fully develop. If you rush the person you are helping, they could get carried away with the words coming out of their mouth. But some time to think (and let them speak when they are ready!) can make all the difference. Finally, it's important to end the conversation by assuring your friend that they have someone they can rely on at any time of day. Not even using a crutch, but just knowing that you have one in case you need him or her, can be extremely comforting.
Friendship is a beautiful thing, and it can be difficult to take care of sometimes. I hope this post was helpful to those going through a tough time or helping someone else through a tough time. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, don't hesitate to leave them for me below. Everyone have a wonderful Friday!! 🙂


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After working really hard to be on the podium, finaly I can say that I beat Bruno Sroka in Racing and I took the first position in the Race here in Canada.
Also in waves was hard, in the single elimination I lose in the first heat, but in the double elimination I won 10 heats and also the 1º final but in the second final the judges gibe the 1º position to Mitu Monteiro and I finish second.
Thanks all to believe in me.
Abel Lago


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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African police investigating the rape and murder of two toddlers whose bodies were found in a public toilet arrested a fifth man on Friday, described by local media as the prime suspect in a crime that has shocked the nation.
The mutilated bodies of the girls aged two and three were found in the north Johannesburg township of Diepsloot on Tuesday, three days after they were reported missing.
Four other suspects are already in custody and will appear in court in Pretoria on Friday.
The arrest of the fifth suspect in another Johannesburg township came after police issued an identikit and offered a 100,000 rand ($10,200) reward. He is likely to be appear in court next week.
"He was arrested in Alexandra in the early hours of this morning. He is part of the group suspected of the killings," police spokesman Lungelo Dlamini said.
The killings have shocked South Africa, a nation plagued by some of the world's highest rates of violent and sexual crime. Residents of Diepsloot went on the rampage after the bodies were discovered, demanding better policing.
($1 = 9.8204 South African rand)
(Reporting by Helen Nyambura-Mwaura; Editing by Ed Cropley)


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Well hello there! I feel like I have done this a lot in this space. Life hasn't been terribly exciting lately and I have neglected this little blog. I am starting new projects and exploring avenues both figuratively and literally. What have I been up to while I've been gone? Well, let me tell you!
I got some new ink! I am terribly pleased with this piece since it is my first friendship tattoo, but also an extremely geeky tattoo for me. My dear friend Sonya and I decided to get anchors on our right feet for her graduation. The anchor is representative of anchoring ourselves to each other, to Seattle, and each unique design echoes our heritage. Mine is strongly inspired by the British Navy, particularly of the Napoleonic Era. After the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 commemorative sherry bottles were issued with an anchor stamped on the wax seal. This anchor is mainly based off of that one, with extra details to make it look more like an engraving.
My days have been full of this amazing view out my kitchen window. Sun pours in during the morning and with the warm weather lately the blinds have been down and drawn. I am so thankful for all of the greenery around this place. It keeps me stupid happy.
There was a Wedding! My Uncle married his sweetheart, Mary and we couldn't be happier for both of them. I have never seen my Uncle so happy and at peace than he has been with this wonderful woman.
I have been sewing! This dress was in the WIP graveyard until I pulled it out, shook it off and tried it on. Since then it has been in steady sundress rotation in my closet. Can't beat the strawberry print!
Finally for this post, I have dyed my hair again. Wasn't expecting such a DARK auburn- such is the mistake of picking up Burgundy Black rather than Dark Mahogany- but I am enjoying it! I have always wanted to try black hair, and since I think a true black would have washed me out in a sickly way, this is a blackberry/red based black that works well with my skin tone.
I have other personal sewing projects in the works, as well as a full report of a fun girl's weekend away with my mom on Vashon Island.


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Cats and shedding
Cats tend to shed naturally and though it is normal for cats to shed, excessive shedding should be a cause for concern. Shedding relies on many factors, for instance the environment of the cat and whether it spends more time outdoors or indoors. While outdoor cats shed more in the spring months, indoor cats shed all through the year.
Shedding is done by cats to remove the dead hair. This dead hair triggers skin irritation and it should be removed. The dead hair keeps falling even if you do not remove it yourself.This is a big problem for indoor cat owners.
There may be a serious problem as the underlying cause for the shedding which needs to be treated by your vet immediately.
Cat hair loss may be due to the diet of the cat. A diet that lacks in the essential nutrients will reflect in the skin and hair too.
Stressed cats tend to shed more. Stress may be brought on by illness, changes in the environment of the cat, loss or even jealousy. These cats are very irritable and eat less food.
Allergies can also produce excessive cat shedding. Allergies of many types including inhalant allergy, allergy to the sun, certain types of food, medicines like penicillin and sulfonamide and even insect bites or parasites can also cause the cat to shed excessively.
Certain diseases too cause excessive shedding. Hyperthyroidism in cats can also trigger the shedding. This is a condition where there is malfunction of the thyroid gland.
Another disease where this shedding occurs is the feline Cushing syndrome. This is characterized by the presence of acne, seborrhea, excessive thirst and frequent urination in addition to the excessive shedding.
Presence of granulomas can also lead to excessive shedding. You need to find out whether the granuloma is a benign or a malignant one and for this you have to do a biopsy. Granulomas are nodules formed as a result of infection.
Sometimes, the shedding may be due to pregnancy and lactation when a lot of hormonal changes are occurring. Once the lactating duration is over, the shedding will return to its normal amount.
Infections caused by bacteria, fungi and yeast also cause excessive hair loss in cats.
Alopecia is another condition where you can find frequent episodes of cat hair shedding. There is no skin irritation or itching but bald patches appear on the cat.
Cats that are under chemotherapy may also experience excessive hair loss. This condition will resolve once the chemotherapy is over.
Treatment for cat hair loss depends on the cause. Antibiotics can be given for infection, allergy can be treated with antihistamines and a change in diet also helps. You have to brush the cat's hair at least 2-3 times a week. This will remove all the dead hairs and the grooming will take care of the dirt or feces sticking to the fur of the cat. Once the fur is kept clean the shedding will reduce gradually.
Here is the link to the article: http://cattime.com/cats-and-shedding.html
Thank you so much to everyone for your generous gifts from our Amazon wish list!!
Amazon often does not put packing slips in the boxes and they never give us your contact info so we are not able to personally contact you to thank you. Please know that we deeply appreciate your kindness and are very grateful to you for your support!
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Here is an auction vintage tree ornaments. She is donating 25% of the auction with the cats!! Here is the link:http://www.ebay.com/itm/OLD-VINTAGE-MINIATURE-SHINY-BRITE-ORNAMENTS-CHRISTMAS-FEATHER-TREE-12-/251752177505?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0
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We are now taking orders for the Calendars!!!!
We are now taking orders for calendars and will try to ship them in December. We will try to get them to you by Christmas if your in the US if your international we hope you will get it by then (if not we are sorry), Please order by December 19th 2014. They make great Christmas gifts and what a great way to start the new year with one!
Don't forget we have our annual Christmas tree decorating fundraiser! It makes a great gift for someone who has everything! Here is the link: http://blindcatrescue.com
Do you walk or run? The Droid app is finally ready. If you pick Blind Cat Rescue as your charity, every time you walk/run they will donate to the cats!
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On a new post about the Gran Turismo 5 Prologue mixtape, a commenter was wondering whether or not he should get the game depending on how long Gran Turismo 5 will take to come out. Chris Hinojosa-Miranda of SCEA responded.
"You could borrow it from someone, but that's like licking the bowl after someone's finished the ice cream…There you have it, we still got a year, so all you out there still undecided, you might as well pick up Prologue to tide you over.
Also, to further clarify, GT5 is still about a year away. You should just decide now to buy it, enjoy it, go online and race against anyone and everyone, rank number one worldwide, get the girl (or guy) and become the most popular kid in town. The end."
[PS.Blog Comment #4] [Thanks Justin!]


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Do bad girls really have more fun? Surveys say no. The women who are most likely to enjoy sex are married and religious. In other words, they're Good Girls! But good girls know that making sex great isn't about acting trashy. It's about recognizing what God really designed sex for, and then learning how to reap all these benefits and joyfully enjoy your husband.
Frank and contemporary, The Good Girls' Guide to Great Sex will give the newly engaged and new brides---and some veteran wives---a Christian place to turn to answer their most intimate, and embarrassing, questions. In a conversational style, with lots of humorous anecdotes, the book will explain that sex isn't just physical; it's also an emotional and spiritual experience. And we'll learn why commitment in a Christian marriage is the perfect recipe for a sex life which is out of this world!
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10 comedians for just $20 - the Classic pick of New Pro's to watch out for
NZ's home of live comedy continues to set the pace during Mocktober , celebrating 20 years on Queen St, with the annual Labour Weekend showcase of new pro's who have joined The Classic in 2017.
The line-up includes Ruby Esther, the winner of 2017 Raw Comedy Quest in May, who will be joined by other finalists, Finn Nicolas, Keegan Govind, Uther Dean, Roland Mirabueno and Ray Shipley from Christchurch. They will be joined by Donna Brookbanks, Chester Jerrat and Harley Ofoia who have all made an impression this year.
As an added twist the Labour Weekend New Pro's Showcase will be hosted by comedy duo, The Fan Brigade , their first time MCing a big weekend show at The Classic.
Mocktober wraps up the 20th year celebrations at The Classic and will feature performances from local legends, rising stars and the promising new faces. Throughout the month the comedians and staff will be raising funds for the Revivify Fund that will be used to refurbish a number of areas of the club during 2018.
MUST HAVE TICKETS NOW? - purchase on Eventfinda for instant confirmation.
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For all shows we recommend arriving 15mins before the show starts.
Latecomers are not guaranteed seats together
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Anyone looking under 25 will be asked for ID in the form of : NZ Driver's License, Passport or HNZ 18+ Card.
Late shows have an age restriction of at least 18 years old due to the mature content.
Entry will not be granted to unaccompanied minors, those without ID or intoxicated persons.
7:20 p.m. at The Classic
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LYN!!! these are SO great.
Nice! Was this for Anna practicing her boy grooming makeup skills? I have a sneaking suspicion. :) Either way the photos look great. How the HECK did you pull off the one with natural light on one side and that golden goodness on the other?!?!
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