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Summary : This far-reaching polar expedition includes visits to three different locations—the sub-Antarctic Falkland Islands and South Georgia are home to a proliferation of unique wildlife and birdlife. There are penguin rookeries with more than 100,000 nesting birds and the beaches are covered in fur seals and elephant seals. Seabirds, including many of the albatross species call these islands home, nesting and raising their young in this wild and remote environment. Both locations feature a fascinating history and stunning scenery. To the south lies Antarctica—the frozen continent and your final destination on this outstanding voyage. Icebergs in all shapes and sizes fill the waters, and yet more unique wildlife can be found living in sizable colonies. The waters are full of life and you will frequently encounter whales including humpback, minke, and Orca. On this voyage, your days will be spent exploring on shore in the company of expert guides—including naturalists, marine biologists, ornithologists, and adventurers as well as your resident photography professional. Cruising in an inflatable Zodiac boat is another memorable activity. For the adventurers, you will be provided with plenty of opportunities to explore on long hikes ashore, or by sea kayak. This enduring itinerary remains one of the most popular voyages operated and appeals to those who 'want to see it all!'
Activities : Birding, Child-Friendly, Culture, Hiking, Kayaking, Photography, Triple/Quad Cabins
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Your epic journey to the Falklands, South Georgia, and Antarctica commences this afternoon in Ushuaia, in southern Argentina. Gather at a central meeting point, transfer to the pier, and embark on your expedition ship. After settling into your cabin and exploring the ship, you will meet your expedition team and fellow passengers. Excitement is in the air as you enjoy a welcome cocktail and dinner and cast off, bound for Antarctica and the adventure of a lifetime!
Sailing northeast towards the Falkland Islands you will be joined by hundreds of seabirds, including the wandering albatross, who you will come to know well on this journey. Giant petrels and smaller Cape petrels are also constant companions. Photographing these magnificent birds from the deck of the ship takes patience and skill. Your photography expert will be on hand to show you the best techniques. Join the ship's captain on the bridge to learn about the operations of a modern research vessel. Throughout the day onboard specialists will educate you with a series of presentations about the environment, wildlife, and history of the Southern Ocean and the locations you hope to visit in the coming days.
Having arrived in the Falkland Islands overnight, the Zodiacs will be launched for your first shore excursion this morning. The plan will be to explore several locations in the West Falkland archipelago. These remote islands are home to a proliferation of seabirds and migratory birds including the stunning black-browed albatross. Your first penguin sightings will be on West Point Island with its bustling rookeries of rockhoppers. On Carcass Island, you will observe nesting magellanic penguins as well as oystercatchers, geese, and the striated caracara—a bird of prey.
The following morning you will arrive in Stanley, the capital of the Falklands. As you wander through the charming streets of brightly painted houses, learn how this quiet harbor was once a major port in the 19th century for tall ships rounding fabled Cape Horn. There are several interesting activities to enjoy today. Stanley has an excellent museum that outlines the historic events that took place during the conflict with Argentina in 1982. Stanley's famed philatelic museum with its impressive collection of historic stamps is another interesting diversion.
Chart a southeasterly course bound for South Georgia. The seabirds once again will join you in the Southern Ocean. The educational presentations continue and are always popular. History is a key theme of this voyage and the epic story of Sir Ernest Shackleton and the HMS Endurance expedition is central to any trip to South Georgia. Perhaps you will pick up some valuable tips from your onboard photographic guide, learning about image composition, the subtle polar light, and all the basics of good camera craft. You will also learn about polar conservation, a theme particularly close to the hearts of your guides and crew.
South Georgia has often been called the 'Serengeti of the Southern Ocean,' and as you approach the deep bays of this rugged, rocky outcrop, you will begin to see why. From a Zodiac, you'll begin your exploration of the island in the vicinity of Elsehul Bay. Large numbers of fur seals and the much larger elephant seal line the dark sand beaches. Living in the tussock grass, king penguins, and their chicks may number up to 100,000 birds in some locations, including Salisbury Plain, St Andrews Bay, and Gold Harbor. The island is also home to large numbers of nesting albatross as they fill the skies above, coming and going from the nest. South Georgia is a thrilling location for history lovers and the rusting relics of the early whaling industry are all around us. Hope to observe several of the old stations at locations including Leith, Husvik, and Stromness. A highlight is a visit to Grytviken—the largest of the whaling stations, situated at the head of Cumberland Bay. It is here you will visit the grave site of Sir Ernest Shackleton. For many, being in the presence of the great explorer will be a highlight of the trip. An excellent museum at Grytviken maintained by the South Georgia Heritage Trust and the restored church built by the original Norwegian whalers provides a fascinating glimpse into the past.
Weather and ice will dictate your crossing of the Scotia Sea from South Georgia to Antarctica, perhaps leading the expedition to the South Orkney Islands or Elephant Island. As with all itinerary planning, your expedition leader and captain will make a decision based on the conditions at the time. The South Orkney Islands represent the peaks of a submarine mountain range called the Scotia Arc, connecting South Georgia to the South Shetland Islands. Often shrouded in fog and surrounded by ice much of the year, a chance to visit these islands doesn't come often. As you edge ever closer to the frozen continent, large icebergs announce your arrival in Antarctic waters. If conditions allow, you will hopefully see the dark cliffs of Elephant Island appear on the horizon. Shackleton and his men were encamped here for many months, having lost HMS Endurance in the thick sea ice, far to the south in the Weddell Sea in 1915. From the tiny beach at Point Wild, Shackleton and five companions set off on a rescue mission to South Georgia aboard the tiny lifeboat James Caird. To this day, the epic ocean crossing is considered one of the greatest in history. If conditions allow, you will attempt a landing at Point Wild on Elephant Island.
Around 60 miles off the coast of the Antarctic mainland you will find the South Shetland Island chain. Possible landing sites could include King George Island, Half Moon Island or Yankee Harbor. Weather conditions permitting, the ship will sail into the flooded volcanic caldera of Deception Island. There are some outstanding hikes at these locations and the old whaling station and aircraft hangar at Deception Island beg for further exploration. After much anticipation, the ship will enter the icy waters of the Antarctic Peninsula in the vicinity of Mikkelson Harbor or Cierva Cove. Snow-covered mountains soar from the dark waters. Along the shoreline in the bays and harbors of the peninsula lives an incredible abundance of wildlife. Large rookeries are home to chinstrap, gentoo, and Adelie penguins. Seals live on the ice floes, including the powerful leopard seal that you will hopefully encounter. Gulls, skuas, and cormorants are also found nesting and feeding at many sites along the Antarctic Peninsula. Explore by Zodiac boat and ashore where a range of exciting activities await. Locations you will hopefully visit include: Wilhelmina Bay, Orne Harbour, Cuverville Island, and the Errera Channel. Join the photographic guide taking pictures of stunning icebergs. Or enjoy a hike to the top of a snowy mountain saddle with one of your adventure guides. If the opportunity presents itself, visit a science base or an old historic hut. Those participating in the sea kayaking program may range up to several miles from the ship for a truly memorable experience.
After several busy days of exploration along the Antarctic Peninsula, it's time to return to South America. The educational presentations continue and you will enjoy an entertaining and memorable voyage recap by your expedition leader. Join your photography experts in the multimedia room and download and back up your precious images. If weather conditions allow, you will hopefully make a rounding of Cape Horn. This fabled stretch of water is home to legendary tales of exploration and early navigation. It's a fitting place to reflect on a wonderful expedition to some of the most remote corners of the planet. Approaching the entrance to the Beagle Channel in early evening light, enjoy a special dinner attended by the captain of the ship.
In the early morning, arrive into Ushuaia, Argentina. It is time to say farewell to your crew and fellow travelers. You will be transported to your hotel or the airport for your return flight home.
The above itinerary is a guide only, as the exact program depends on weather, ice conditions, and the wildlife you encounter. Flexibility is the key to the success of this expedition. ExpeditionTrips is not responsible for itinerary changes.
Mandatory Insurance:
All guests are required to have comprehensive travel insurance which must cover accidents, injury, illness and death, medical expenses, including any related to pre-existing medical conditions, emergency repatriation (including helicopter) and personal liability. ExpeditionTrips strongly recommends at least $200,000 Emergency Medical/Evacuation coverage for Antarctic trips which includes coverage for cancellation, trip disruption, baggage and personal property. ExpeditionTrips can assist you with this. You must carry proof of insurance with you and produce it if requested by expedition staff. The expedition team reserves the right to cancel or suspend your participation on a trip or in certain activities that comprise part of a trip, at any time, including after the commencement of your tour, with no right of refund, if you are unable to provide proof of insurance when requested. Other conditions may apply based on pre-existing conditions. ExpeditionTrips can assist U.S. residents with travel protection options.
Hiking Excursions:
No pre-booking required. Trekking poles are available onboard for passenger use and instep crampons will be provided if necessary to improve traction on slick surfaces. Sturdy hiking boots and warm hiking socks are needed to join this activity. Hikes will be 2-3 hours in duration and will involve negotiating challenging terrain without the assistance of trails. Antarctica hiking rewards with images of snow, ice, mountains, and glaciers.
An onboard photographer is available to work with you throughout the voyage to help you improve your photography and encourage you to look at scenes or events in a different way in order to capture them digitally. Also available is an onboard multimedia download studio with computers, cables, and hard-drives for back-up storage and for creating DVDs of your images.
Kayaking: pre-booking required
Limited to 30 guests. If you have experience sea kayaking and are interested in this activity during the expedition, you will need to book this option prior to departure from home. You cannot book this activity once onboard. All intending kayakers must complete a questionnaire outlining their prior paddling experience and attend several compulsory onboard meetings prior to the first kayak excursion. Provided equipment includes full Gore-Tex drysuits, kayak specific PFDs, neoprene booties, a waterproof deck bag, pogies, and a single or double kayak. Please contact ExpeditionTrips for details.
No pre-booking required. If conditions are suitable, you may choose to snowshoe on the continent. Snowshoes and trekking poles provided. Traveling by snowshoes offers a new view of Antarctica! Come prepared with warm socks and comfortable clothing. A small knapsack to carry water and an extra layer of clothing is recommended.
Transfer from designated meeting point in Ushuaia to ship on day of embarkation; transfer from ship to downtown hotels or airport on day of disembarkation; shipboard accommodations; experienced expedition leader and professional expedition team of marine biologists, naturalists, historians, and adventure guides; adventure concierge staff; assistance of resident photographer; daily off-ship excursions by Zodiac boat; guided hikes and walks onshore; visits to wildlife colonies, historic sites, places of outstanding natural beauty, and science stations; educational presentations and talks by polar specialists; access to computers in the multimedia lab for image downloads, file back up, and management; emergency-trained physician on every voyage; use of onboard library, Finnish sauna, plunge pool, Jacuzzi, and fitness center; end of voyage video, photos and take-home USB; gear on loan (waterproof/windproof jacket, bib pants, insulated rubber boots, binoculars, and trekking poles); all meals onboard the ship; daily housekeeping; daily afternoon tea; 24-hour tea, coffee, and hot chocolate in the lounge and in all cabins (replenished daily); port fees and permits to access visited areas. Subject to change without notice.
Additional Inclusions for Suites:
Exclusive check-in service on day of embarkation; deluxe welcome package (wine, fruit basket, natural snacks); single brew coffee machine; mini-stereo; private in-room One Ocean Adventure Concierge service; in-room dining menu; early morning in-room café service; evening après dinner drink service; premium in-room mini bar replenished daily (including spirits); complimentary 1-hour massage/spa experience. Inclusions subject to change without notice.
Not Included:
Any international or local airfare unless otherwise specified in the voyage itinerary; visa and passport expenses; pre- or post-cruise hotel accommodations unless otherwise specific in the itinerary (or pre-arranged); pre- or post-cruise transfers unless otherwise specified in the itinerary (or pre-arranged); meals and transfers in arrival/departure cities; massages from registered therapist; personal laundry charges; personal expenses on board such as alcoholic beverages, bar charges, or laundry expenses; telecommunication charges (i.e. email, satellite phone); baggage, cancellation, or medical travel insurance-related expenses (travel insurance is mandatory on all voyages); a voluntary gratuity at the end of the voyage for expedition staff and ship crew. Fuel surcharge may apply.
Photos: © Ira Meyer, © Jeff Topham
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My Falcon project has been standing still for a few days, but my next piece will definitely be pilot who I plan on completing before I take the next step. Lots of stuff to paint and a really cool model. But what I have painted on the other hand is one green bodger. It ended up quite different from PP's own version and it sure looks different to say the least. After looking at the PP pix though I thought that maybe I should change the color of his pants to blue. Also damn I can't paint cool leather at all! Maybe I will be able to do so in the future:)
Here are some very very blurry pics:
On the last image you can see my painting "plate" or whatever it's called. It's a piece of "masonit" (whatever that is in English, masonite or something perhaps?) that is hard and has proven to be quite useful. I use it for a small variety of purposes, the most important one keeping my parents tables safe(r) :) And what you can't see is that I forgot to paint his teeth, I so gotta do that tomorrow! Upon closer RL inspection I also see that I need to touch up a few minor problems. But all in all it looks pretty neat, for being me who painted it, and the pants actually looks OK, so no bluification. This is the first of the bodgers I've painted so now I have my little "bodger prime" to use as a refence. We'll see how that turns out :)
The little bugger is also very unbased. Something I might change in a way I haven't done before. I got really inspired a few weeks ago and decided that I wanted to make the bases look like they were in a warjack factory. Or possibly just have some extra 'jack parts that they had dropped. And I did have some luck as No Quarter #22 features pictures of 'jack factories! One idea I have is to use a glass fuse (5mm x 20mm) and cut a whole in the base so I can get it lower in as I can't cut it easily and I want it to sit at an angle.
To get that effect I have decided that I need to use some green stuff to make the base slightly higher so it doesn't look so out of place. I have also thought of removing the metal part on one side and simply put some different colored cotton in there to make it kind of smoke/electricity looking. I also have some cog wheels in the pipeline to add to another base. Maybe some wiring on another. I hope to have some cool looking bodgers with a field mechanic that I can field in the future. I do need to take a long *hard* look at those trenchers though, as I'd like to see if I can't make some good use of them! So much painting, so little time :)
Next time I hope to have some Eldar Falcon progress to show, but there should be regular Warmachine updates too, and hopefully I can get some better picture quality even with my un
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Why I do What I do - A Mineral Makeup Maker's Main Mission
Ok, so after some recent back and forth with a blogger, I realized I don't clearly state what it is I do and why I do it.
I make makeup. Yes, that's what I do. Full time.
What is different about mine? Some people don't think of it as a good difference. I don't use many chemical/mineral/organic add ins, fillers, or color boosters. Why not? I have SUPER sensitive eyes, and many of those ingredients make my eyes itchy and irritated. So I don't use them. Everything I make is with a combination of only 7 ingredients. Safe, non-irritating, non-itchy (to me specifically). If it bothers my eyes or my skin, I don't continue making it.
In the micas available for makeup formulators to use in their products (many of which are used as-is by many sellers) can be a lot of these *other* ingredients.
For example- a lovely mica from TKB Trading known as one of the "duochrome" series called Periwinkle Blue, and used as-is as color changing micas by many places and also used as a mica ingredient in many shadows, also contains an ingredient I don't use.
Although a lot of places just say "mica" for this periwinkle blue color, you will note that the item has mica as ONE part of the ingredients, but there are other ingredients in the mica.
Ingredients in Periwinkle Blue mica:
Mica 77019
Titanium Dioxide 77891
Iron Oxide 77491
Ferric Ferrocyanide 77510
I don't use Ferric Ferrocyanide in my makeup. Why? Because it irritates my eyes. And I can get a good blue from ultramarines, which do not irritate my eyes.
But do you think it is ethical and fair for a company to just state "mica" as this ingredient in their shadow? Or should they indeed state the 4 ingredients?? Many companies will NOT disclose the 4 ingredients, will state "mica" as this ingredient, and how would you know the difference?
Now I don't have all of the brightest and most vibrant colors available, the reason being I don't use the micas that contain the following ingredients as part of their makeup:
Ferric Ferrocyanide
Boron Nitride
Carmine (non-vegan made from crushed insects and organic)
Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate
(glycidoxphenol) propane/
bisaminomethylnorbornane copolymer
Boron Glow
Silk Powder(organic)
Rice Powder(organic)
Magnesium Myristate
I'm not saying these ingredients are horrible, or that your eyes will fall out if you use a shadow that contains them, I'm saying that I do not use them because either they irritate my eyes, are non-vegan, or are organic and can break down over time- so the makeup then would have an expiration date (that should be on the pkg if a formulator uses the organics)
If you'll investigate, you'll see many of the available "micas" contain one or more of those ingredients- so you won't see products made with those micas in my line.
You also won't have to worry about eye irritation or itchiness. And you'll know that the ingredients stated are the ONLY ingredients you'll find in my makeup.
So, my mission is simple. Make cosmetics that contain only 7 mineral ingredients, are non-itchy and non-irritating, and full and complete disclosure of ingredients.
And that is what I do!
Posted by Pink Quartz Minerals at 11:12 AM
Labels: chemicals, colored micas, custom mineral makeup, full disclosure of ingredients, handcrafted makeup, ingredients in makeup, mission, organic materials in cosmetics, why make makeup
3 comments:
- Blogger Grrl said...
And I love what you do! Keep it up!
- April 2, 2010 at 1:03 PM
- Carol said...
Good post. I love the powder I bought from you but love to know more and more. I feel so empowered. Giggle. Happy Easter.
- April 3, 2010 at 9:31 AM
- Pink Quartz Minerals said...
Thank you both!
I'm so happy to explain my method(or is it madness??)
- April 4, 2010 at 2:19 AM
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text: Details & Care Instructions H x W x D (cm): 25 x 27 x 11Soft grained leatherMain compartment with a zipThe interior features a zip compartment, five slit compartments and a carabiner hookWith a detachable and adjustable shoulder strap; Length: 118 - 123.5 cm, Width: 4 cmSilver-coloured hardwareLeather shield on the front with an embossed logoThis satchel comes in a subtle trapezium shape, combining feminine elegance with functionality. The inside of this soft leather bag reveals a practical, orderly system consisting of a zip compartment, several slit compartments in a variety of sizes and a round carabiner hook, which you can use to attach your keys or wallet. Carefully positioned seams and understated hardware at the connection points ensure that the bag retains a stable form, even when fully packed. 100% cowhide leather T2.899.94.4149.5838.1 EAN: 4058629087687


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This looks like a 100 year old postcard to me.
I love all the old postcards. A trip to Ebay will get you hooked!
I love antiques. Hunting for antiques in every spare moment is a way of life. I don't even like to shop for anything new. I like to ponder about the secret past of my latest treasure.... where did it spend the last 200 years?
Hello, what a sweet little piece. Tell me more about it, is it porcelain? What does it date to? I like old postcards too and show alot of them in my posts, I hope you'll come and take a look.
Happy Easter,
Hi Gina,
This is a cheap little cast resin piece (new). I couldn't pass it up. Your Easter post was great - love all the painted Victorian eggs! Simone


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Books, songs and bounces for our littlest friends. Babies will be in their caregiver's lap while the grownup actively participates. Birth-18 months with adult.
Related LibGuide: Early Literacy by Steve Walker
- Date:
- Monday, May 13, 2019
- Time:
- 10:30am - 11:00am
- Location:
- Thomas Jefferson Meeting Room 1 , Thomas Jefferson Meeting Room 2
- Campus:
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Part of National Museums Liverpool
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Tinted floor varnish, eggshell and gloss paint on MDF,
183 x 244.5 cm, 2008
Michael Stubbs's paintings use the by-now venerable abstract painting technique of pouring to risk a certain loss of control, and yet by using blown-up stencils to interrupt these random flows with fragments of words, images, or hand-me-down decorative motifs, he constantly keeps a discursive, referential function in play. Or maybe it should be put the other way round: Stubbs's imagery seems constantly on the verge of converging into some form of cultural commentary, but the fundamental abstractness and even irrationality of his overlapping, poured shapes seems calculated to prevent that - to insist on the painting as an agreement to disagree between wayward materials and stubborn intentionality. As Paul Morrison wrote (in 'Contemporary Visual Arts') of an earlier phase of Stubbs's work, "the paintings operate as perceptual palimpsests in which the artist overwrites modernist tropes with playful irreverence."
(Text by Barry Schawbsky)
Michael Stubbs was born in West Sussex in 1961. He studied at Bath Academy of Art 1984-87 and Goldsmiths College London 1988-90 and 1999-2003. His group exhibitions include 'Painting
as a Foreign Language' Centro Britanico Barzsiliero São Paulo 2002, 'New Abstract Painting: Painting Abstract Now' Museum Morsbroich Leverkusen
Germany 2003 and 'Hypersurface Plus' OVADA Oxford 2008. He was a finalist in the 'Celeste Art Prize' The Well Truman Brewery London 2006 and was included in 'John Moores 24' 2006. His eponymous solo exhibitions include those at Marella Contemporary Art Milan 2005,
Hollenbach Gallery Stuttgart 2006 and Baro Cruz Gallery São Paulo Brazil 2007.
Michael Stubbs website
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On Tour with Prism Book Tours.
(Slippery Rock #1)
Kristina Knight
Kristina Knight
Contemporary RomancePaperback & ebook, 306 pages
Lifestyles of the small-town famous
Forced to leave Nashville after a scandal, Savannah Walters has come home to Slippery Rock, Missouri, with a bruised ego and her singing career in jeopardy. As if that isn't humiliating enough, on her way into town she's rescued by her swoon-worthy childhood crush, Collin Tyler.
His hands are full running the family orchard and dealing with his delinquent teen sister, so Collin doesn't need to get involved with someone as fiery and unpredictable as Savannah. But the intense attraction between them can't be denied. And when disaster strikes, they'll both be surprised by who's still standing when the dust settles.
(from Savannah's POV) I'm not sure when y'all last did something. . .well, bad. The last time I did – last week. And we won't go into the gory details (you'll read all about them in my book, anyway). I'll just say this: scandal isn't all it's cracked up to be. Scandal hurts, not just me, but it could hurt my family. It could even hurt a person I don't like all that much (my former tour-mate, Genevieve). How do I deal? Here are my best tips:
1) Go out of your way to stay out of the spotlight. In my case, I'm going home. Because the last juicy scandal to hit Slippery Rock was when Merle started dating Juanita at the Slippery Slope. Oh, wait a minute, that's still a secret. You didn't hear about Merle and Juanita from me. But the advice is still true: stay away from the spotlight of whatever scandal you've gotten in the middle of.
2) Don't tell anyone. Seriously. Don't confide in your best friend, your boyfriend, or even your agent. Especially, don't tell your parents. Because like I outed Merle and Juanita a second ago, your friends – even the most well-meaning of them – will sooner or later let the cat out of the bag. So don't talk about what happened, just walk away.
3) If all else fails, come clean. Sometimes, despite our best efforts to avoid a situation, it sneaks up on us. When that happens, there's no other choice but to deal with what we've done. And hope that the people we love will come to understand what we did.
About the Author
Once upon a time, Kristina Knight spent her days running from car crash to fire to meetings with local police--no, she wasn't a troublemaker, she was a journalist. Her career took her all over the United States, writing about everything from a serial killer's capture to the National Finals Rodeo. Along the way, she found her very own Knight in Shining Cowboy Boots and an abiding love for romance novels. And just like the characters from her favorite books, she's living her own happily ever after.
Kristina writes sassy contemporary romance novels; her books have appeared on Kindle Best Seller Lists. She loves hearing from readers, so drop her a line!
Other Harlequin Superromance Books by the Author
And coming July 2017, also in the Slippery Rock series...
Tour Schedule
May 13th: Launch
May 14th:
Becky on Books
The Silver Dagger Scriptorium
Falling Leaves
May 15th:
It's All About the Romance
Christian Suspense Author Mary Alford
May 16th:
Brooke Blogs
underneath the covers
Hearts & Scribbles
May 17th:
Author Kimber Li
Nicole's Book Musings
May 18th:
Granny Loves to Read
Deal Sharing Aunt
Thoughts of a Blonde
May 19th: Grand Finale
Tour Giveaway
- 1 winner will receive a Prize Pack with a signed copy of FIRST LOVE AGAIN, swag and other fun items
- Prize pack for US residents only, if international winner is pulled then they will receive a $25 gift card instead
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Matthew Cromwell
Film Reviews
Short Stories
Video Editor
Music Videos
pretty boy
read the screenplay as a pdf
art basel (2013)
photos taken for Musée Magazine, New York.
film festival (2005)
2005. The Bahamas International Film Festival is in it's sophomore attempt, following the success (and disorganization) of it's debut. This year's festival boasted the appearance of Spike Lee nearly five months in advance with the plan to honor him with a Career Achievement Award.
Anthony Mackie (2004)
"In five years I hope I'm blown up,'' Mackie laughs, stirring his drink. "I just want to continue to do diverse and interesting roles. Continue to do one play a year, continue to do three films a year."
Eric Devendorf (2003)
I wrote this article in 2003, when I was 16, working freelance for a now-defunct high school sports website. Before prep sensation Eric Devendorf transferred to Oak Hill from Bay City Central, and before he decided to attend Syracuse University, I talked to him about his game, his life, and his future. Although Devendorf may be best remembered for his off-court antics, he is also highly regarded for his clutch performance against UConn in the 2009 Big East semifinals, which Syracuse won ...
(based on a poem by Langston Hughes)
Locally Known: Mister
Mister doesn't dedicate entire songs to his fascination with drugs or guns or jail time. He isn't weighed down by pounds of gaudy jewelry. He doesn't sport designer sunglasses when he performs. Instead, he's wearing oversized reading glasses and corduroys.
beg borrow steal (2013)
Zozo is the story of a young Lebanese boy who dreams of escaping to Sweden, away from the war torn country he calls home, longing to meet his grandparents across the border. Zozo is a very complex story with many ideas that could branch off into stories themselves.
Keith Beauchamp (2004)
Documentary filmmaker Keith Beauchamp talks about his struggles in finding justice - and himself.
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The VII CONFERENCE ON CHILDHOOD STUDIES:
Childhood in Everyday Life6-8 June 2016 Turku, Finland
The international conference on childhood studies (http://www.childhood2016.fi) is a multidisciplinary forum for research on children and childhood. The event is organized by the Finnish Society for Childhood Studies and the Child and Youth Research Institute CYRI on 6th- 8th June 2016 in the University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Finland.
The theme of the seventh conference is Childhood in Everyday Life. The keynote speakers are: -
- Professor Emeritus Jonathan Bradshaw (University of York, UK) -
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Cetacea - Whales and Dolphins around the Tristan da Cunha Islands
Species of Cetacea around the Tristan da Cunha Islands
|Southern Right Whale
Eubalaena australis
11-18m, 30-60 tonnes, a broad-bodied baleen whale without a dorsal fin, white callosities visible on the head and a short V-shaped blow. Often seen breaching, slapping its tail or 'sails' and can stand on its head with its tail out of the water for several minutes. Seen breaching from the Tristan Settlement.
Protected since 1937, nevertheless the population was severely reduced by illegal hunting by the Russian whaling fleet 1961-2 during the Islanders' sojourn following the 1961 volcanic eruption, and now scarce. Seen during the winter months May-October off Tristan.
Photo from Brad Robson of two
Southern Right Whales off Tristan in September 2011.
|Fin Whale
Balaenoptera physalus
16-26m, 25-35 tonnes, a large slender baleen whale with a long head, pronounced blow-hole ridges and a tall narrow blow. Grey body with white underparts. Slender dorsal fin with a gently-sloping leading edge on far back of body.
Fairly common in the open ocean over 200 miles around Tristan October - December in loose groups of 5-10, then moving to feed off Antarctic pack-ice during the southern summer. No confirmed sightings close to islands.
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Humpback Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
10-18m, 25-35 tonnes, a large baleen whale with tubercles on the head, long flippers, a knobbly leading edge, a hump in front of a small dorsal fin and a ridged tail stock. Blow fairly short and bushy, larger and less V-shaped than that of the similar Right Whale. Body blackish with white flippers and varying white under the flukes.
Occasionally seen in Tristan waters during migration between the breeding season (May-August) in tropical waters to summer feeding grounds off the Antarctic pack-ice.
Photo from Brad Robson showing a female Humpback Whale with calf
See also the story of a Humpback Whale being rescued on the Whale News Page.
|Sperm Whale
Physeter macrocephalus
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8-18m, 15-55 tonnes (males significantly the larger), a square-bodied whale with teeth in the lower jaw slotting into holes in the upper jaw. Dark grey or grey-brown and easily recognised by its rounded dorsal fin, and a row of humps down its tail stock. Short bushy blow, forward and to the left. Thought to be common in Tristan waters but no recent sightings.
|Antarctic Minke Whale
Balaenoptera bonaerensis
|Shepherd's Beaked Whale
Tasmacetus shepherdi
6-7m, 2-3.5 tonnes, poorly recorded world-wide. Most stranded whales on Tristan of this species. Pods of 10-30 beaked whales seen regularly around the islands which may be this species, but identification difficult.
Pointed snout and small, melon-shaped head, body dark grey-brown with paler stripes on flanks. Stranded whales identified by a full set of teeth (34-56) on both jaws and male has larger tooth protruding from tip of lower jaw.
Photo from Katrine Herian of a stranded Shepherd's Beaked Whale on Hottentot Beach in January 2012 - see full story and more pictures on the Whale News Page.
| Pygmy Sperm Whale
Kogia breviceps
|2-4m, up to .5 tonne, the Pygmy Sperm whale has a small robust body and a square head with a single blowhole set slightly left of centre. It has a small under slung jaw, with 9-16 pairs of teeth in the lower jaw, and occasionally 3 pairs of teeth in the upper jaw. Just behind the eye is a false gill, and this feature (which may be an adaptation to help them 'mimic' their main predators, sharks), along with the under slung jaw often causes the pygmy sperm whale to be initially confused for a shark when sighted or stranded. Its dorsal side is grey to blue-grey, which fades to whitish or sometimes pale blue or pinkish on the belly. It has a small circular white patch in front of the eye, whilst the eye itself is circled in black.
Photograph from James Glass of the Pygmy Sperm Whale stranded in Tristan's Calshot Harbour in January 2011 and identified then in Tristan waters for the first time - see also the full story on the Whale News Page.
|Long-finned Pilot Whale
Globicephala melas
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|4-7m, 2-3 tonnes, large black dolphin with a broad dorsal fin. Large pods of 10-100 animals, common in Tristan waters. Have been seen but wrongly identified by inexperienced observers as Killer Whales.
|Orca, Killer Whale
Lagenorhynchus obscurus
5-7m, 2-5 tonnes, males larger. The largest dolphin, striking black and white with a white patch behind its eye. Male has tall triangular dorsal fin, females smaller curved fin. Pods of 2-20 animals but rare transient visitor to Tristan.
Photo from Brad Robson of a Killer Whale near Vancouver in 2006.
Southern Right Whale Dolphin
Lissodelphis peronii
Up to 3 metres and 116 kgs.
Streamlined, slender body and the only Southern Hemisphere dolphin with no dorsal fin, which makes it easy to identify. It has a short, well-defined beak, gently sloping forehead, and small, pointed, falcate flippers. The tailstock is extremely narrow and the small flukes have concave trailing edges. The beak and lower forehead are white, along with the belly and flanks. The back is black from just in front of the blowhole all the way down to the flukes. The dorsal side of the flukes are greyish with a black trailing edge, while the ventral side is white. The flippers are white with a dark trailing edge.
on 29th September 2014 from aboard SA Agulhas II - see Whales News Page for more
|Dusky Dolphin
Lagenorhynchus obscurus
|1.5-2.4m, 150-220 kg, Small compact dolphin with a short, blunt beak. Dark grey back, flanks pale grey, underparts whitish with striking transverse stripes and a tall curved dorsal fin. Large pods of 10-200 animals, often acrobatic and following ships. Resident population of 300+ animals at Gough Island with no available records of sightings around the main Tristan Islands.
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|Short-beaked Common Dolphin
Delphinus delphis
1.6 - 2m, 70-235 kg, Medium sized dolphin, with unusual colouring - dark back white underneath, while on each side is an hourglass pattern coloured light grey, yellow or gold in front and dirty grey in back.
Probably quite common in Tristan waters though most records are from ships a day or so's sailing from Tristan.
Species of Cetacea that may be around the Tristan da Cunha Islands but are not yet recorded
We hope any confirmed sightings will be reported and then details will be moved to the section above.
|Pygmy Right Whale Caperea marginata
Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus
Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis
Dwarf Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Hourglass Dolphin Lagenorhynchus cruciger
The following beaked whales are notoriously difficult to differentiate at sea and often confused:
Southern Bottlenose Whale Hyperodon planifrons
Arnoux's Beaked Whale Berardius arnuxii
Gray's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon grayi
True's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon mirus
Andrew's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon bowdoini
Strap-toothed Beaked Whale Mesoplodon layardii
Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris


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June 09--Eleisha Rowan will start her new job July 1 as a certified mental health counselor with Cornerstone Wellness Center in Clinton. She graduated from Loras College in Dubuque and is a resident of Bellevue. Find out more about her in this week's Meet Your Neighbor.
What made you want to be a mental health counselor?
I was asked that in my interview, too. I enjoy working with people, which sounds very cliche. I like being a part of their journey to become the best version of themselves and to be that guide along the way. I like psychology and I like learning about psychology.
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I like the river. It's kind of cool because I'm also from a river town. I'm still learning Clinton. I like Deanna's Java Station. I went there for the first time today. I'm hoping to connect more with the community like other local agencies. I know Dubuque fairly well so I know the agencies and I know other places that help people. I'm not familiar with that here so I would love to create a network here.
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I am reading the book "Minimalism." It's a podcast too. I'm a big podcast person. I'm also reading "Letters to a Young Therapist."
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Rhubarb and custard is one of those desserts, like butterscotch Angel Delight and Arctic Roll , that if you were brought up in 1970's Britain you will probably remember rather fondly. Although the rhubarb tended to be so sour it made your teeth hurt, the over sweet custard made up for it, well in my mind anyhow. This rhubarb custard cake is a nod to that dessert. It has the same sweet, sour combination and is really rather good.
Yesterday, I was watching Masterchef and one of the contestants was making a set custard and rhubarb dessert and it got me thinking about putting this flavour combination into cake form. I did a bit of a search of the internet and found a number of rhubarb custard cakes from Australian bloggers and magazines. This recipe is adapted from one in Australian women's weekly magazine. I think it looks pretty with the bright pink of the rhubarb next to the yellow sponge and it definitely has the taste combination that I remember from my childhood.
Whilst making this cake I was quietly humming away to myself but it wasn't until I sat down to write this up that it dawned on me what I had been humming. If you grew up in 1970's Britain you will remember the Roobarb & Custard cartoon and I reckon that a lot of you will remember the theme tune quite well too 😀 . If you don't remember, here is a reminder
I hope that you try this recipe and that you enjoy it as much as i did!


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New Vehicles Inbound
Welcome back to another update from the Forgotten Hope Mod team! I'm happy to announce that after a slight break we're going to be doing weekly news update in anticipation of the release of the next patch for Forgotten Hope. This patch will be fixing many of the bugs we've found in the previous release. However that's not everything, we're also going to be including new content, including 1 or 2 new maps, and several new vehicles and hand weaopns, plus a number of remodelled and retextured equipment! Every patch is another step forward in the quality level of this mod.
First up I'd like to present the redone Crusader Mk I British tank, modelling done by Omni and skinning by Aaron Ash. This tank is yet another of our early tanks that has been completely redone to match the high quality of the rest of our models and skins!
Our second model being presented today is the North American A-36A Apache, which was the first incarnation of the "Mustang". This dive bomber served in the skys over the African front and the Italian front, although it was later replaced by the P-51 mustang and the p 47 thunderbolt as they were better suited to the role. There were about 500 of these aircraft made by 1943.
Also if you hadn't noticed yet, we've begun updating the map section of the mod's webpage, this is still a work in progress, but i'm hoping to have it all completed by the next update to the news page. So head on over to our maps section and check it out, all of our current custom maps are in there.
That's all for today's news update folks, but stop on back next weekend for another update from the Forgotten Hope team! And a small reminder, there are less than 30 days left until all sumissions for our custom fan map pack are due in, so get cranking on those maps and send them our way!


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This past year, the political press in the U.S. has faced relentless assault from President Trump. Media organisations are accused of bias and for circulating fake news. At the same time, Facebook, Twitter and other digital media have disrupted mainstream media, offering users a continuous stream of news curated by proprietary algorithms. While these developments have undermined the credibility of traditional media, persistent scandals in the White House have provided the U.S. press with an opportunity to demonstrate that Journalism Matters. Professor Lars Willnat examines the current state of the media in the U.S. and abroad, and delve into issues of political polarisation and populism.
Lars Willnat is the John Ben Snow Research Professor, an endowed chair, in the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. He was previously the director of the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Kentucky, and earlier taught at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, the George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He also served as a Fulbright Distinguished Lecturer in Malaysia and South Korea and currently holds a 1000-Talent Chair Professorship at Tianjin Normal University in China. His teaching and research interests include journalism studies, media effects on political attitudes and behaviors, cross-national and comparative survey research, and international communication. He is author of more than 50 journal articles and book chapters and coeditor of five books: The American Journalist in the Digital Age (2017), Social Media, Culture and Politics (2014), The Global Journalist in the 21st Century (2012), Empirical Political Analysis: Research Methods in Political Science (2010), and Political Communication in Asia (2009).
16 March 2018
NUS Central Library
CLB-04-04, Theatrette 1
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Lux Top & Denim
May 11, 2015
Lilly Pulitzer Lux Crop Top (almost sold out & similar) // Kate Spade Broomestreet Denim // Nordstrom Pineapple iPhone 6 Plus Case // Lilly Pulitzer "Karen" Wedges // Pearl Headband // Pearl Cluster Bracelet (similar) // NARS Lip Color "Roman Holiday"
This little "Lux" top from Lilly is the cutest! I styled it here with the matching skirt a few weeks ago. I also love it paired with denim or printed pants. This exact top is almost sold out, but there are lots like it out there! (love this one)
Also, I may have found my favorite iPhone 6 Plus case ever. How fun is this clear case with gold foil pineapples?!?!
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Verizon Wireless 4G LTE On Track To Cover More Than 400 Markets By End Of 2012
BASKING RIDGE, NJ — Verizon Wireless, owner of the nation's largest 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, today announced that, starting July 19, its 4G LTE network will be available in 33 new markets and expanded in 32 other markets, and that the company is on track to meet its goal of covering more than 400 U.S. markets by the end of 2012.
"Our rollout of Verizon Wireless 4G LTE in the United States is on track and we are confident we will meet our target of providing 4G LTE to our customers in more than 400 markets by the end of the year," said Nicola Palmer, chief technical officer of Verizon Wireless. "With more markets than all other U.S. wireless providers combined, our customers are the first to learn of the great advantages of the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network for streaming video, downloading files, uploading pictures and so much more, at consistently reliable fast data speeds."
New and Expanded Markets
The new market launches will bring the total number of markets covered by Verizon Wireless to 337. The 33 new markets are El Dorado/Magnolia and Russellville, Ark.; New London County, Conn.; Fort Pierce and Melbourne/Titusville, Fla.; Columbus and Rome, Ga.; Burley, Idaho; Mattoon, Ill.; Anderson and Muncie, Ind.; Manhattan/Junction City and McPherson, Kan.; Lafayette/New Iberia, La.; St. Joseph, Mo.; Bozeman/Livingston, Kalispell and Missoula, Mont.; Goldsboro/Kinston, Roanoke Rapids and Rocky Mount/Wilson, N.C.; Zanesville, Ohio; Meadville and Punxsutawney/DuBois/Clearfield, Pa.; Orangeburg, S.C.; Sherman/Denison, Texas; Cedar City and Logan, Utah; Rutland/Bennington, Vt.; Lynchburg and Winchester, Va.; Bellingham, Wash.; and Beckley, W.Va.
The company will also expand its 4G LTE network in 32 markets: Mobile, Ala.; Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco, Calif.; Washington, D.C.; Fort Lauderdale, Miami and Sarasota/Bradenton, Fla.; Hilo, Honolulu and Kahului/Wailuku/Maui County, Hawaii; Blackfoot/Idaho Falls/Rexburg, Idaho; Peoria, Ill.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Wichita, Kan.; Baton Rouge, La.; Baltimore, Md.; Kansas City and Springfield, Mo.; Akron, Cleveland, Columbus and Toledo, Ohio; Allentown/Bethlehem, Harrisburg and Scranton/Wilkes Barre, Pa.; Columbia and Greenville/Spartanburg, S.C.; Provo/Orem and Salt Lake City/Ogden, Utah; Fredericksburg, Va.; and Seattle, Wash.
4G LTE Devices, Plans and Speed
Verizon Wireless gives its customers the largest selection of 4G LTE devices offered by any wireless provider. Devices range from tablets and mobile hotspots to the latest smartphones and more, including the Samsung Galaxy S® III and the DROID INCREDIBLE 4G LTE by HTC. Details on available devices can be found at www.verizonwireless.com/4GLTE and information on plans and pricing is available at www.verizonwireless.com/plans.
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Additionally, customers can take advantage of recently introduced HomeFusion™ Broadband, a solution that leverages the power and speed of the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network to deliver high-speed, in-home Internet access for residential broadband, particularly in areas where Internet options are limited or are not currently available.
In real-world, fully loaded network environments, 4G LTE users should experience average data rates of 5 to 12 megabits per second (Mbps) on the downlink and 2 to 5 Mbps on the uplink. When customers travel outside of 4G LTE coverage areas, devices automatically connect to Verizon Wireless' 3G network, where available, enabling customers to stay connected from coast to coast.
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About Verizon WirelessVerizon Wireless operates the nation's largest 4G LTE network and largest, most reliable 3G network. The company serves 93.0 million retail customers, including 88.0 million retail postpaid customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 80,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) and Vodafone (LSE, NASDAQ: VOD). For more information, visit www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.


text: With the iPod's white earbuds being as much a fashion accessory as the iPod itself—with people even buying them to wear with other players—earbuds must now look good in addition to sounding good. These V-MODA Vibes? Well, they're not only pleasing to the eyes and ears, they feel like butter in the ear canal. Butter made of soft, molded silicon.


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Adeptus Phase 1 Desk Study Reports are carried out by experts, ensuring their suitability for submission in support of planning applications, the discharge of planning conditions, conveyancing and environmental due diligence. They provide concise but comprehensive assessment of the potential for a particular site to pose environmental risks, or be deemed contaminated land.
The priority at Phase 1 is to optimise future efforts and rule out unnecessary works, so the report will often indicate that no further investigation is required. Where further site investigation is suggested, the Phase 1 Environmental Report provides valuable baseline information to ensure cost effective Phase 2 Site Investigation. This enables sampling to be carried out as efficiently as possible, and avoids laboratory analysis for contaminants that are unlikely to have been brought onto the site given its previous use.
What is a Phase 1 Desk Study?
Our Phase One Desk Study involves the collation of specific information required to provide an 1 environmental site assessment and establish whether the land is likely to pose a significant risk to human health or the wider environment. This information is interpreted by our specialist contaminated land consultant and forms the basis of the preliminary conceptual site model.
The conceptual site model is central to the phase 1 desk study report and describes all potentially significant pollutant linkages thought to be present at the site using the source, pathway, receptor concept. Qualitative risk assessment is then undertaken to determine the level or absence of risk is in relation to such pollutant linkages.
Although Defra's Model Procedures for the Management of Land Contamination describe a site walkover, this is not mandatory as often assumed, and so not always required. However, a number of local authorities require a site walkover/visual inspection with any phase one land contamination report. A site walkover results in a small additional cost to the client, but the visual land contamination survey can prove extremely valuable in terms of the information gained. Our constants will always establish whether a reconnaissance visit is required and provide you with a fixed phase 1 environmental report cost before commencement.
Phase 1 Desk Study Report – what's included?
Adeptus' Phase 1 Environmental Reports include the following as standard:
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- Expert judgement on the significance of potential pollutant linkages identified
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Dear Editor,
It appears that your correspondent P. Farrington in Tuesdays Letters page has fallen foul of the first rule of Common Sense and Decency that is, do not believe a word that is published in the Daily Mail. This is, after all, a newspaper with its loving arms around one Adolf Hitler, that claims that all large families on benefits may be spearheaded by a maniacal serial killer, and that while Pringles and oral sex cause cancer, tofu and ketchup can cure it. It is this same publication that, in a mere eight lines last week, managed to get my name wrong, invent a quote from me, invent a quote from a detractor for what can only be imagined as ?balance?, and cast aspersions on my ability as a parent based on my, er, tattoos. I had just finished signing off the solicitors letters to that odious hate-mongering rag, sat down with a cup of tea and my local paper, to find the baseless and defamatory accusations repeated verbatim on the very pages that I write for as a columnist. My, my.
To answer Mr Farrington?s questions in turn, as the only person who reasonably can:
1. ?How can blogger call herself Dr?? I am a twice-published author with a best selling book. I am a campaigner for Oxfam and the Trussell Trust and have raised over £50,000 for Street Child United, the Trussell Trust, the YMCA, Stonewall, The Food Chain and Oxfam through various fundraisers, mostly involving me starving myself for a week for charity, sleeping on a cardboard box on the floor of a car park, or catering large and complex events free of charge. I am an ambassador for Oxfam and a patron of The Food Chain. I am a mother. I am a journalist. I am a campaigner, forcing a debate on food banks in the House of Commons by getting 140,000 signatures on a petition in a matter of days, and travelling to Tanzania to interview female farmers in the rice fields of Morogoro. I have attended the G8 summit, spoken at Conservative Party conference, and Labour, and the Greens, and the Peoples Assembly. I have been on BBC Question Time. I have cooked dinner for Claudia Roden, Mary Portas, Clare Balding, Sue Perkins and dessert for Bill Nighy (but not all at once). I do write a blog, yes, but it is a fraction of what I do.
2. ?I am very surprised that the Echo wrote nothing about blogger Jack Monroe?? I am unsurprised that the Echo did not see fit to write a news story about another newspaper?s Diary section that was mostly false and defamatory about one of their own columnists. I am however astonished that they published a prominent letter bemoaning their lack of news story about another newspapers Diary section that repeated the false and defamatory allegations.
3. ?that Mellisa, which is her real name?? Firstly, the name I was assigned at birth was ?Melissa?, with one L and a double-S; goodness, if you?re going to try to pull my ?old name? out of a bag you could at least pull the right one. This is something I occasionally have to address when people, usually men with a grudge (#NOTALLMEN) try to undermine my ?authenticity? by claiming that my name is somehow false. I will explain very clearly. When I was born my parents gave me a name that was very definitely feminine and I never felt particularly comfortable with. I adopted male nicknames for myself throughout my childhood. When I left the Fire Service I was struggling with the realisation that I may be transgender and realised that this was my opportunity to adopt a new better-fitting name without the hassle of having to impose it upon my colleagues. I had been considering doing this for several years by this point. And so I changed it by deed poll, legally, and proceeded to change my bank details and passport accordingly. I cut my hair short. I bind my 36DD breasts to make my chest flat. I wear clothes from the menswear departments, but they aren?t ?mens clothes?, they?re ?my clothes?. My real and legal name is Jack, and has been for many years. Calling someone by their former name, especially a person who identifies as genderqueer, genderfluid or transgender, is known as ?deadnaming? and is not only highly insulting but is an attempt to dimish them. It is simply saying ?you cannot be who you are, you must be the person I insist you should be.? I refuse to accept such crass and offensive belittling from an imperfect stranger. It is CAITLYN Jenner. CHELSEA Manning. JACK Monroe. Get it? I am currently taking legal action against the Daily Mail for printing that my ?real? name is not Jack. It certainly is. I have the passport to prove it, and gently suggest that the Echo, nor any of its correspondents, repeat this claim.
4: ?I find it alarming that she can even give herself that title.? I didn?t. The University of Essex did. I subsequently changed the first two letters of my user name on a social media website, with their blessing and in accordance with their policy. I do not refer to myself as ?Doctor? in any formal setting, but if I wanted to, it would be ?Dr Jack Monroe (Hon)?. Regardless as to your feelings around honorary degrees and title use thereafter, those who take Twitter so very seriously should probably go for a walk or join a book club or take up meditation. There is a whole world out there not limited to the inane 140 character ramblings of the mostly-media-circle. Go on. Read. Fuck. Bake. Log off. Wind down.
5: ??just a good self publicist?? See point 1.
6: ??with not much business acumen behind her?? At this point I Googled to see if Farrington had ever had a bestselling book. Oh. Please tell me more about my failed business acumen, with my recipe development for high street food chains, my work with Universities, my part in the School Food Plan, the Peoples Supermarket meetings, my patron status of charities, my books, my frequent political commentary in newspapers and on television, my speaking engagements to corporate companies to try to improve their understanding of social needs and poverty and LGBT rights in the workplace, my work with food banks and at political conferences, the 80 hour weeks, meaning that I type this letter to you at 02:39 in the morning because I fly to the US tomorrow for new and exciting work. Please tell me more about my failures. I am always willing to learn.
7: ??and a failed relationship which has resulted in a child in tow?? If you consider an eight year friendship followed by five years of solid co-parenting and a very happy, safe, secure, intelligent child to be a failure simply because Mummy and Daddy don?t have matching wedding bands, then I am genuinely saddened by your narrow viewpoint. Families come in all shapes and sizes, from divorcees to widows to lesbians to shared custody arrangements to single parents to remarriages to adoption and fostering. To quote the actress Sophie Ward in last week?s Telegraph: ?Bringing up children is mostly common sense. They need love and security and encouragement and boundaries, none of which is gender-specific.?
8: ?If she considers she is a good cook?? My friends and family clear their plates. I don?t have an opinion on my cooking other than that I enjoy it and so do several million other people. And my guinea pig loves it, because he gets the roots and shoots.
9: ??she should?earn more honest money that way.? To be clear, lobbing ?Dr? onto the front of my Twitter handle (see point 4) is neither ?dishonest? nor a money spinner. Of the work I have done in the last six weeks since receiving my honorary degree, none of it has been related to my title. None. To suggest that I earn my income as a fraud is a serious allegation and one that I am minded to challenge the Echo on, or any other newspaper, if they ever publish such baseless insinuations again.
I hope this clarifies the matter and draws a line beneath it. I shall keep this letter as a handy resource for anyone else who wishes to repeat the Daily Mail?s claims. Repetition of slander is still slander. Publication of that repetition is as serious as the initial offence. I hope I make myself absolutely clear.
I shall be carefully considering whether I still want the Echo to publish my column, which I give them for free every week and have done for three years, as it seems my name is good enough to sell their newspapers but somehow simultaneously worth undermining for a little consternation and controversy. I respectfully request that you do not publish any more excerpts from my blog ? except this one ? while I make a decision either way, and am deeply saddened by such gross disloyalty from the newspaper that took me in as an untrained junior journalist when I needed a job, cut my teeth and let me fly when the Guardian came knocking. The newspaper that frequently refers to me as ?Our Jack? in its headlines. I thought we were family, and not of the distant-cousins-bitching-on-Reddit variety (I see you). It would have just taken a phone call, you guys, a quick clarification. My phone number and email address haven?t changed since I sat at my desk off Alexandra Street. I?m friends with most of you on Facebook. It could have been so easy.
Yours with a heavy heart and wondering where all the good people go,
Jack Monroe. ADDRESS WITHHELD. <<<for obvious reasons, I hope.
Jack Monroe || Twitter: @DrJackMonroe || http://www.agirlcalledjack.com


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Ban Ki-moon a pushover on first day of job
January 3, 2007
New UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, began his new tenure cautiously on Tuesday. When asked for comment, the Secretary General did not criticize Iraq's death by hanging of Saddam Hussein.
"The issue of capital punishment is for each and every member state to decide," said Ban, inviting speculation on the UN's position on the death penalty.
It is widely known that the oraganization officially opposes the death penalty. Ban's new spokesperson, Michele Montas, was quick to label Ban's comments as his "own nuance" on the issue and not a change of policy at the UN.
In his remarks on Hussein, the Secretary General stated that the former Iraqi president was responsible for "heinous crimes and unspeakable atrocities against Iraqi people."
Interestingly enough, Ban did not say anything about Hussein not being tried for all of his crimes and that his second trial had not been completed. After all, Hussein's death sentence was for relatively small incidents — considering his track record — in the city of Dujail. Those incidents, of course, were not minor, but one would expect a verdict on his use of chemical weapons and his comportment during the Iran-Iraq war. Yet Hussein was sentenced in a limited (Dujail only) and flawed trial, which has been criticized by Human Rights Watch and by a UN group.
As far as the UN position on the capital punishment is concerned, the policy is clear: no matter the degree of the crime, the organization does not support the death penalty. Ban's comments made it seem like the death penalty was the just thing to do. In effect, Ban's logic almost removes the UN policy, because the Secretary General simply refuses to voice it.
Is this the direction of the so-called "new UN"? While the organization has been criticized in the past (and has often faced scrutiny from the US), this does not mean that Ban must be a pushover. One of the strengths of having the UN as an International Organization, is the alternative voice it provides to the realpolitik rationale that often guides state decisions.
The UN's policy is idealistic — Ban's South Korea and Bush's US will not change their laws on capital punishment because of the UN — but this does not mean that Ban must ignore it. As an ambassador of the UN, he must represent the policies of the organization. If he wants to change them, he should be transparent about them.
Instead, Ban simply left it to Michele Montas to spin his flop by calling it his "own nuance." What is that supposed to mean anyway?
January 7, 2006. UPDATE 1: Ban Ki-moon's comments this weekend differed from earlier in the week. The UN Secretary General has asked that Iraq postpone the execution of two Saddam Hussein aides, indicating that he is more in line with official UN policy.
"Time and patience" for North Korea talks
December 27, 2006
It was reported yesterday that the US had offered to remove North Korea from its list of states sponsoring terrorism, if the DPRK agreed to dismantle its nuclear program. With the talks failing to lead to any result, it's clear that North Korea declined. The regime is not interested in soft power assets, but wants concrete ones like its financial operations resumed. This is why the regime insisted on the removal of financial sanctions.
Secretary General of the UN designate Ban Ki-moon commented the six-party talks of last week by saying that "the issue requires time and patience." The South Korean politician vowed to work on resolving the crisis once he starts his new job in the UN.
Ban Ki-moon has a good point: the issue is more complicated than a week of talks can resume. After all, North Korea has won a big battle by testing its nuclear weapon. The US, on the other hand, has found an effective tool in financial sanctions. Ironically, it is because of these sanctions that the DPRK had no other avenue than to test its weapon; with the test, the talks have resumed with the US and other states willing to be in dialogue with North Korea.
Finding a way to reconciliate the two positions will be difficult, considering that both the US and North Korea have certain strategic advantages in the negotiations. It will probably be up to one of the other states in the talks to take the first big step in the negotiations by offering a significant incentive, something North Korea and the US are not prepared to do.