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True to form, Planet Blue's October Lookbook is the epitome of California casual, vintage-inspired. A relaxed reminder of what winter in Los Angeles truly is, the freedom of fashion that exists in a city where the sun always shines. Beautifully styled lace detailing with artfully accessorized complement pieces exude a unique combination of the old and the new - quite appropriate as one year ends and another begins...
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Perth Beach Bar : Coast Port Beach Granted license for Pop Up Bar by the Ocean
Sunday session on the beach, anyone?
For the next few months there's going to be a Perth Beach Bar set up at Coast Port Beach on Sundays.
Expect sun umbrellas, deck chairs, cool cocktails, beats and sexy outfits. The Coast Port Beach made the pop up bar approval announcement on Facebook on October 30.
"JOIN US ON THE SAND, WITH A DRINK IN YOUR HAND 🍹," Coast Port Beach said on its new Perth beach bar.
"For the first time in WA Bar History, we're approved to setup a bar on Port Beach for the next few Sunday Sessions.
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Limited capacity on the beach but Coast will be open as usual for our Sunday Sessions series!"
See you there indeed my friends!
"It's one thing to be able to sit behind glass and watch the waves roll in, but it's another experience altogether being able to wander from your beach towel to a bar on the sand and ask for a beer or wine," Coast owner Ian Hutchinson told 7West Media.
"I think it's going to appeal to all age groups, not just the Sunday session goers."
"It could be a romantic venue for a champagne toast, beers with your mates on the beach at the end of a hot day or an opportunity for families to linger a bit longer and enjoy a drink and a snack."
More Popup Coast Beach Bar Additional reporting, The West Australian
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In 2014, the Caribbean Carnival Caravan was born, after the Founder observed that not enough was being done to promote the rich culture and heritage of the region.
Because the carnival celebrations is just one of the backbones of our Caribbean region, the main purposes of the Caribbean Carnival Caravan is to package, market, facilitate and promote the celebrations unique to each island to foreigners throughout the world.
Founder Joanna Boca – "I love my Trini Carnival and thought nothing could compare to the "Greatest Show on Earth". In 2014, I decided to try the Jamaican Carnival and it was a wonderful experience!!
I saw how the Jamaicans embraced Trinidad and Tobago's Soca music and culture as their own on the streets of Kingston and blended it with their Dancehall music.
Also, many people of other nationalities could be seen flying their flags high as they embraced each other in the merriment of the moment. I was overjoyed that Carnival itself was a source of unity.
And so my dream was brought to life when I founded the Caribbean Carnival Caravan. I am passionate about promoting the Caribbean Carnivals throughout the diaspora and all over the world."


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The Earl of Wentworth has a fiery and unpredictable temper and is about to fight a duel in Hyde Park with a Frenchman who has insulted him, when he is restrained by his friend, Sir Thomas Babbington, and a helpful policeman. At the same time, Temia Brandon is returning home from her finishing school in France and is longing to see her horse, Lightning. emia discovers that her father has been hiding a dark secret for many years and is now being blackmailed by the odious Lord Alphonse, who threatens to reveal the secret and ruin the family's reputation. Lord Alphonse proposes to Temia with her father's approval, so she runs away from her home in Northamptonshire to London. Temia's and the Earl of Wentworth's paths cross, and then Sir Thomas Babbington unexpectedly falls in love with her.
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Made In Italy 2017
Made In Italy 2017
Now in its third year, Made in Italy was launched in 2015 to celebrate the rich, untapped vein of Italian design history.
As makers of fine Italian papers, aligning ourselves with the creative individuals who use our materials and promoting influential graphic design, past and present, is a concept which lies at the heart of this project.
This year the celebration of all things Made in Italy continues with a series of talks taking place in 3 different cities; Glasgow, London & Manchester.
Featuring key figures from the design community across the country, our handpicked panel of guest speakers will discuss an assortment of subjects including Italian art direction, identity, poster design and typography.
Kicking off in Glasgow at The Drygate Brewery, just a beat from the city's historic heart, speakers Bryan Edmondson, Tim Beard and John Walters bring you their Thoughts on Design.


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I am a registered independent voter who has tried to remain informed on the issues before deciding a candidate or legislation makes sense.
I am a registered independent voter who has tried to remain informed on the issues before deciding a candidate or legislation makes sense.
The recently passed partisan health care reform bill makes no sense whatsoever. Please consider the following:
A price tag of $940 billion (that's $940,000,000,000 of our tax money) that will only reduce the projected increase of health care costs by $143 billion, after 10 years. This is only if the assumptions regarding controlling Medicare fraud bear out. Why haven't we controlled these costs before now? Good question. One hundred seventy boards, bureaus and commissions are created by the bill. Rest assured, the government will be telling you how, when, where and how much care you receive. What else can justify that level of oversight and control? Oh, yes. There might be a little opportunity for cronyism and patronage that slips in here as well. The $143 billion in "savings" is accomplished by:
1. $487 billion — Cuts in Medicare payments to health providers. That's right. The same folks you're hearing who won't take on new Medicare patients or fill prescriptions or are leaving the medical profession altogether because the reimbursement rates are already too low.
2. $108 billion — New fees to be levied on insurers, drug makers and medical device companies.
3. $50 billion — Higher Medicare payroll taxes for those families earning more than $250,000 per year.
Additionally, there will be a 40 percent tax on what this legislation deems "high value" insurance plans.
This all adds up to over $645 billion in taxes, fees and cuts. To slow the rise of health care costs by $143 billion? What an investment! This doesn't even get into the costs associated with the many back-room deals that were necessary to secure passage ($800 million alone, to several rural lawmakers, to offset what they claimed were unfairly low reimbursement rates for their hospitals).
No ploy was off the table in the crush for votes. Increased water supplies for California's central valley and increased funding support for NASA appear to be enough to flip two other representatives. Interests on the left reportedly spent millions to pressure representatives to vote the party line.
The Standard-Times' spin (editorial and cartoon titled "Wrong Side of History," March 21 and 22) on the Republican Party's efforts to stop this travesty was to claim that they not only obstructed the health care vote but also the establishment of Medicare, Social Security and civil rights reform. This is revisionist history.
Social Security was overwhelmingly passed into law by both parties in 1935 after only several days of debate, while Medicare was passed into law overwhelmingly with solid bipartisan support, though the Republicans split 50/50. Both programs are now experiencing serious financial challenges.
Does The Standard-Times recall that it was the Democratic Party that supported slavery while the Republicans and Lincoln risked the Union to eliminate it? There is no comparison between the debate over health care and these historical events.
The only bipartisan support for health care went to those who opposed this bill. Forty-nine courageous Democrats joined all Republicans to recommend defeat. It passed by only three votes more than were required.
This is socialized medicine, folks. It was rammed down our throats despite a disapproval rate of over 70 percent. This is not about making common-sense changes to a functioning system. It's about power and control by big labor, the trial lawyers and the socialist/progressive wing of the Democratic Party.
TEA (Taxed Enough Already) party anyone? Let's not forget come November.


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Is your child 18-months of age? If so, be sure to support your child's healthy development by booking a well-baby visit with your health care provider.
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit reminds local parents and caregivers about the Enhanced 18-Month Well-Baby Visit that is available to them and their year-and-half old children.
Since 2010, the Ontario government has provided extra funding to allow health care providers to conduct the Enhanced 18-Month Well-Baby Visit. This longer, more in-depth medical appointment is provided to children who turn 18-months old to assess their growth and development. Typically, the well-baby visit will include:
• A checklist that parents complete giving a snapshot of their child's development.
• A discussion about the important 18-month milestones (e.g. speech, eating, sleeping, fine motor skills) for children and how parents can support their child's growth and development.
• The provision of vaccines, which are required for children at 18-months of age.
• An opportunity for parents to ask questions or discuss any concerns they might have about their child's well-being.
• Information about local community supports and programs that parents can access.
• Referrals for additional support for a child if concerns are identified.
"Eighteen months is a key moment in a young child's development, so it is an important time to check in with a medical expert to see that your child is doing well and is on the right track," says Shelley Shaughnessy, a Family Health Nurse with the HKPR District Health Unit. "The sooner that potential delays and problems are identified, the better off it is for a child and the entire family. Early identification of potential problems means that a child can be referred to the right community service or program where he or she can get the necessary care and support."
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It's that time of year again.
While we're busy decking the halls and attending our umpteenth holiday party, it's easy to forget that we should make time to consider what we've learned in 2017—and what we want to focus on learning more about in 2018.
Here are four skills and trends for PR pros to pay attention to in 2018:
1. Visual storytelling
The importance of visuals is only growing in PR.
As attention spans shorten, images, graphics and videos are becoming even more essential for telling stories. With more than 8 billion average daily views and 100 million hours of video watched every day on Facebook, the power of video is undeniable.
Where to go to learn more: Sites like Udemy, Skillshare and the Khan Academy offer online courses. Find a list here.
[RELATED: Join is at Walt Disney World for the Social Media Conference for PR, Marketing and Corporate Communications.]
2. Writing
Have you heard? Relying on earned media alone no longer works.
What can PR pros do to ensure they have a place in the ever-evolving world of marketing?
As branded (or sponsored) content and owned media play a bigger role in a company's marketing strategy, PR practitioners should take stock of their writing skills. While you might believe you have the writing chops needed to excel, the truth is: not everyone does.
Work on honing this skill to create more opportunities for yourself.
Where to go to learn more: One of the best ways to improve your writing skills is to spend more time writing. Don't have as many opportunities to write as you'd like in your day-to-day role? Start a blog. Contribute to other blogs.
If you want to check out a course to improve your writing skills, Udemy offers some. Also, follow writers like Ann Handley, Josh Bernoff or Ann Wylie for examples on how to up your writing game.
3. Measurement
While savvy PR pros understand the importance of measurement, the industry is still struggling to get it right.
First, you must know what the desired outcome is. Then, you can implement metrics from which you can determine the success of our efforts.
Where to go to learn more: There are many tools that can help you measure a PR campaign, such as Google Analytics or Trendkite. To learn more, follow Katie Delahaye Paine (@queenofmetrics) and take advantage of free webinars offered by vendors in the space—or check out Ragan's Measurement for Communicators Conference.
4. Artificial Intelligence
PR veterans knew AI would be big—but the industry is just beginning to understand how big.
"Data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence should makepublic relations easier for most companies, from predicting when customer interest will be highest to identifying potential crises and mitigating them before they explode," says Christopher Penn, vice president of marketing technology at Shift Communications.
Where to go to learn more: Follow Penn (@cspenn) and Shift Communications (@shiftcomm). The Marketing AI Institute published a list of AI courses online here.
And, don't forget that Ragan Communications offers resources to learn more about wide range of PR trends and skills with yearly events and through Ragan Training.
PR pros, what are you looking forward to learning more about in 2018? What skills do you think are essential for the future of PR?
Michelle Garrett is a PR consultant and writer at Garrett Public Relations. Follow her on Twitter @PRisUs or connect with her on LinkedIn.
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text: ALEXANDRIA - The clock is ticking for the century-old Hanson County Courthouse, which is to be demolished within months. The sheriff and clerk of courts have moved out, and remaining county departments are to go to temporary offices this week in Alexandria. Faced with a nearly $300,000 engineering estimate to stabilize the structure, believed to have been built in 1904, county officials decided that the money would be better spent on a new building. The expensive repairs would have gained only five additional years of occupancy, and it made sense to instead tear the courthouse down, said County Commission Chairman Carl Nordwald. ''We hate that we have to do it, but it doesn't seem practical to save it. We also regret that we'll have to spend taxpayer money to build a new facility. Times are tight for all counties and cities,'' Nordwald said. Clerk of Courts Ramona Schroeder said county employees developed a fondness for the old courthouse over the years. ''I don't think there's anybody here that wants to leave it,'' she said. Demolition will be a county do-it-yourself project. Highway Superintendent Clint Degen said a crew will begin tearing down the old building late this year. ''It probably won't be until after November,'' he said. ''It will be a good winter project, but it depends on the winter. We're hoping we'll have an open winter without a lot of snow.'' Workers will also prep the site for a new county building, he said. Initial concerns were raised about the existing building's structural soundness in February when a chunk of plaster fell from the ceiling. Upon closer inspection, other problems were found, and the county hired Clark Engineering Corporation of Sioux Falls to make a structural analysis. Clark gave the commissioners an initial estimate of $280,000 to $285,000 to make repairs. Nordwald said the building is safe and was never condemned, but commissioners knew they were going to have to take some action soon. Paying for a new courthouse is another matter. Nordwald said he and other commissioners are ''looking at our options right now. We're playing with some plans and trying to develop some numbers on what it will actually cost to replace the courthouse. Then we'll be talking with the public more on what we're looking at spending to replace it.'' Nordwald said he would not be surprised if a new courthouse costs $3 million to $4 million. Not all county functions will remain in Alexandria. Hanson County State's Attorney Jim Davies said court proceedings will move to Mitchell. --- Information from: The Daily Republic, http://www.mitchellrepublic.com


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"Arlington has been my dream city. I came here as a new doctor in 1971. At the time, I'd never been here. My partners and I opened up a practice and started seeing patients. Within a few months, we were very busy. This community really embraced me from the beginning. So, Arlington has helped me fulfill my dreams – really, exceed them. My dreams became reality, all right here."
Metroplex: Arlington is a key and equal player in the Dallas/Fort Worth/Arlington metroplex, its evolution and its future.
"Six Flags Over Texas and Hurricane Harbor are a direct reflection of the diversity within the city of Arlington from our employees to our varied entertainment offerings. As an Arlington native, it gives me great pride to know that our parks have played an instrumental part in helping to mold many of our current and future community leaders."
"The community itself has been extremely supportive. You build a business concentrically, meaning you take care of your backyard first. And, my backyard is Arlington. It has been a phenomenal working relationship."


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Okay, I found this book summary somewhere and figured I should do it. My stats are a bit off because I didn't really pay attention to what I was reading until June. I know I read more books than 11 plus the book of Negros. Maybe I got up to 15? I'll keep better track in 2011 because my goal is 24.
What about you? What did you read in 2010?
How many books read in 2010? I'm not sure - I didn't really keep track at the beginning of the year, but 11 since June
Fiction/Non-Fiction ratio? since June almost 50/50 - 6:5
Male/Female authors? since June 4 male, 7 female
Favourite book read? The Book of Negroes - I read it before June, so it's not on here...
Least favourite? Hmmm...I guess the Constant Princess...I lucked out this year and read mostly good books!
Oldest book read? I think it was Mrs. P's Journey...a lot of the books I read were published in the last few years
Newest book read? The Good Daughters
Longest book title? Crazy Aunt Purl's Home Is Where The Wine Is (9 words)
Shortest book title? A bunch with 3 words, but I'm too lazy to count letters...sorry...
How many re-reads? none
Books in translation? three
Most books read by one author this year? three
How many books were borrowed from the library? a bunch
Name a book you've read this year which was recommended by a blogger? Mrs P's Journey


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Hola todos! So I've only got two and a half weeks left. You'd think I'd be pretty antsy to go by now, but I'm actually not yet. I'm going to miss this place and these people.
The temple is open again! We got to go this morning, and as we were walking up to the door, who should we see walking in but President Tyler (his MTC Branch President)! Oh, the fountains of knowledge that were poured out upon us today! That guy blows my mind when he's not in the temple. So he was in the same session with us, taught us some awesome stuff in there and ate breakfast with us and told us more awesome stuff. The only thing keeping that man out of the Quorum of the Twelve is that we need him so badly here.
Also, it was just nice being back in there, remembering what heaven feels like and how badly I want to live there forever (heaven, not the temple). So visit the temple soon if you haven't recently.
Wilmer got baptized last Saturday. We invited Nicolas to his baptism and this was a good move. He feels much better about baptism now and is completely committed to being baptized next Saturday. We've been teaching him the commandments and so far so good. We started teaching the Vasquez family this week, which consists of Gabriela and her twin 17-year-old sons, Mario and Luis. We've taught them twice, and it was kind of weird getting used to teaching more than one person at a time, but our second lesson went really well. We taught them about the restoration, recited the first vision from memory (in Spanish!), and gave them a Book of Mormon. They're a lot of fun to teach.
Some bad news: my camera broke. It was pretty lame. It happened while we were chillin' at the temple on Sunday. I handed it to someone to take a picture of our district and let go before they actually had control of it. The stupid thing is, I was sitting down at the time, so it only fell about 1 1/2 feet down and landed in the grass. So I'll send that home to you today and let you decide what to do about it.
Good news: Elder Rice went to Salt Lake yesterday to the Mexican Consolate to sign his visa! So he'll be leaving on time. Elder Duncan is going today for his. I don't really know how this all works or anything, so I can only keep praying mine and Elder Ringer's will come on time. But to me this seems like a good sign.
Believe it or not, there's not actually air conditioning in the MTC. It has been mucho calor lately, but luckily, we've had a fan in our classroom that we took from a district who just left. Wednesday, some teacher came in and asked if he could borrow it for his classroom, so we let him. But they didn't return it the next day. We were dying, so we decided to take it back. Luckily, the district who stole it from us was dumb enough to plug it into the wall in the hallway and leave it in the door way blowing into their classroom, so Hermano Lee devised a plan to get it back. We were all going to go into their classroom, crown around the front of the fan, and sing "Jesus es mi Luz" (The Lord is My Light), another one of those hymns that is way better in Spanish, while Elder Duncan stole their fan. Yes, we have the best teachers in the MTC. But our plan worked out way better than we ever could have imagined. When we went over there, the other district was singing their opening hymn, so we decided to just steal it during their opening prayer. Before the prayer, one of the members of their district moved the fan completely into the hallway and then shut the door. Way too easy. So we have our fan back.
Speaking of Hermano Lee, we met his fiance this week through the gate around the MTC. She's pretty awesome.
Thank you very much for the bread with the honey butter. Everyone loved it. It got here on Elder Bonner's last day, so that was kind of a fun little goodbye party for hime. Also, thanks for the pictures. Pictures are great, because they remind me that you're actually real people, and that my life before the MTC isn't just some strange dream that didn't actually happen. What a weird life I live...
So you're probably wondering if I've seen Breton and Andrew (close friends from high school who went into the MTC this week). The answer is yes, and no. I saw Breton at dinner on Wednesday and talked to him for a while. He seems like he's doing great, and his companion seems cool too. I haven't seen Andrew yet, but I've been looking. I really hope he's doing ok and that he actually made it here and that I see him soon.
Everything's going well. The Spanish is really coming. I feel like everything's really natural now and I don't have to think quite as hard to say what I want to say. Thanks Granny, Erick and Liz (uncle & aunt), Teresa (aunt), and anyone else who's written me since I got here that I haven't thanked yet. Thanks for your prayers and support--I can really feel them. I couldn't be doing this if this wasn't the true church, but it is. This is the Church of Jesus Christ. He lives, and through him, we can live together forever. Love you all! See you soon!
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Mija's Singing Debut on 'Notice Me'
Next week Mija releases her debut EP How To Measure The Distance Between Lovers. Today we've got the new song 'Notice Me', one where Mija embarks on another musical first; her singing debut. This self-released EP marks a new chapter in Mija's career, one surely as inspiring and irreverent as her journey so far. She's currently on the road for her Never B Alone tour, so check out the dates and listen to 'Notice Me' below and click here to check out 'Bad For U' and watch for the EP February 9th.


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Getting a good picture of a toddler is rock hard! Being Instagram obsessed I'm constantly taking pictures but I have literally hundreds of:
A) blurry pictures of Tom because he decided he had somewhere better to be,
and B) mid tantrum pictures because he decided he had something better to do. I feel like I spend 50% of my life trying and failing to get the perfect photo.
Nothing is more frustrating than thinking of an amazing idea for the perfect image, setting it all up in your head only to find out that its actually physically unachievable because your child has worked out they can walk/crawl/clap/pick their nose. Except maybe seeing the perfect image come to life in front of you totally spontaneously and managing to grab your phone/camera in time to capture it only to look back and realise the lighting is naff, their faces are blurred or there's a massive pile of rubbish in the background.
This photo is a massive example of the above issue. To me this photo represents a triumph over adversity, a victory against all odds! I imagined this photo a bit differently, Thomas was supposed to be awake, sitting or laying within the wreath of flowers smiling, maybe offering me the rose! Thing is, Thomas just wanted to fling the flowers about and shove them in his mouth
My whole idea was a shambles but I realised I just need to improvise! I waited a few hours for Thomas to fall asleep, then very, very carefully (think bomb diffuser carefully) laid him down within the flowers and voila, perfect picture opportunity!
I remember when Tom was a tiny baby; it was so easy to take gorgeous close up photographs of his little smushy face, perfectly in focus, because he hardly moved. Now when I get too close with the camera he's liable to either head-butt or lick it depending on how fuming he is at that moment in time.
When he first learned to weight-bear I could get brilliant outfit showcasing photos of Tom leaning against a wall or chair, and for a while he hadn't worked out how to sit back down so would just stand there providing me with multitude of insta worthy super cute poses. These days I have to take what I can get while he's dashing past with a cheeky grin (or grimace) on his face.
So bearing in mind that each kid is unique and different techniques will be more or less successful on any given day, and basically nothing can be counted on apart from chocolate, I've put together a list of my top tips for getting moderately acceptable photographs of your toddler.
1. Sleep – My Biggest tip is to wait until they're asleep, this is probably the only time your toddler will be still, therefore the best chance you have of a non-blurry photo. Also, if like me you have a hat loather, but you yourself love a cute hat (with ears), this will be the only time a hat will be endured. For this to work you have to be prepared, have your camera and all your props to hand. I spent aged trying to get a picture of him in this cute Christmas hat from Little Squidges without him ripping it off, turned out I just needed to wait until nap time.
2. Food – top tip number 2 is bribery, you can use food, toys or a favourite telly show, whatever floats your little ones boat. Just be aware that this one won't have them tricked for long before we fall into tantrum territory so be prepared to get your photos quick! Whip out a teat size bag of milky bar buttons from behind your back and watch their faces light up! CLICK, CLICK. Then they will dive for the food and you need to pay up.
3. Sit them on something – I can't explain why this one works but it just does, believe me. When I sit tom on his little rocking chair, or a bench, or his toy box, he magically forgets he can move and will sit quite happily, add a little toy (peg dolls are perfect here) and he could sit for a good 5 minutes while I get snapping. Thinking about this, it might just be a Tom thing, so please no lawsuits when your little one tries to get down and face plants the floor.
4. Make a fool of yourself – guaranteed winner, especially with smaller babies. Unless the baby is already in a foul mood, in which case you should probably give up and try again tomorrow. Sing, dance, pull faces and generally embarrass yourself to get them to look at you and laugh. Tom loves when I play peekaboo from behind the camera or when I shout WOOHOO!
5. Get outside – because natural daylight is the best, and even if your kid isn't playing ball a decent background can make a boring picture stunning! Just take a walk to the nearest park or beach and let your little one run wild while you follow with the camera, I guarantee you will get some gorgeous photos.
Now this list isn't exhaustive and I'm sure there's a few more I've overlooked that I have in my bag of tricks, but If any of these work for you or if you have any more top tips for toddler photos drop me a comment and let me know, I'm always looking for new tricks to try. Until next time, may your lighting be mint and your backgrounds uncluttered.


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Circa 1900
Fabulous Art Nouveau French horn brooch, carved into a bouquet of flowers. When I bought the brooch I was told that it was by George Pierre, who designed horn jewellery until 1936, however there is no signature. Never the less it is a beautiful piece with wonderful carving. Measures 8x6cm


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Rossignol Temptation 78 (2013)
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Price: $500.00
Year: 2013
Level: 2
Gender: Female
Waist Width: 78
Tip/Tail/Waist: 122-78-111
Lengths: 142, 150, 158, 166
Rossignol's highly acclaimed Temptation series returns this season with a few cosmetic changes. The Temptation 88 is intended for competent skiers looking for an on-piste-leaning ski or intermediates looking to advance. This ski is built on a solid platform with a wood core, lightweight carbon laminates, and sidewall construction underfoot.


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Corals are source of life, but they are slowly dying. Help restore corals, home of millions marine species and provider of food for the human race.
Spread the word and help raise more funds for this cause!
I grew up on an island and had the opportunity of going snorkeling several times a year. As i grew up, i would notice that corals would get less colourful and there would be less fish living in them. This made me really sad. What really affected me was the documentary 'Chasing Corals', which exposed the situation of corals around the world. I want to help make a change to corals because they are important to me. I was raised close to the ocean and seeing it deteriorate just breaks my heart. Corals are home to many species which I call family, hence 'Ohana'.
Help me save our corals by buying a tshirt. All profits go to a coral restoration foundation.


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IF there was any doubt that the fresh and local food frenzy that gripped Connecticut during the last few summer growing seasons has now moved into Thanksgiving, just ask Julia Cronin, whose Cedar Meadow Farm in Ledyard raises turkeys.
"I started selling turkeys in November of last year, and I was sold out by April," Ms. Cronin said. "It is absolutely mind-boggling."
Connecticut consumer demand for local Thanksgiving foods — from turkeys to potatoes to pies — is causing farmers' markets and farms to offer more of everything late in the season. It's also causing turkey farmers to again confront a situation they have wrestled with for decades that continues to keep fresh turkey production low despite increasing demand: the lack of any poultry slaughterhouses in the state.
"I could do double what I do now," said Ms. Cronin, who raises 50 turkeys. "But I couldn't process them at all. It's just too much."
Ms. Cronin and nearly all of the dozen or so turkey farmers in the state — most of whom are quite small — generally slaughter their own turkeys in a process that is not subject to inspection by any external state or federal agency. Under complex federal Department of Agriculture regulations, the birds can be slaughtered in limited quantities and sold only at the farm.Continue reading the main story
As a result, farmers raise only what they can handle, to avoid the expense of taking birds out of state for slaughter. Locavores can be left scrambling to find a turkey raised nearby, or driving clear across the state. "We've been selling out for as long as I've been alive, and I'm third generation," said Bill Gozzi of Gozzi Turkey Farms in Guilford, who raises 15,000 turkeys, about one-third in-state. The rest are raised in Iowa according to his specifications, though buyers will not know which they are getting.
"If I made a big deal of it everyone would say they want the one in your backyard," Mr. Gozzi said.
At Footsteps Farm in Stonington, Craig Floyd is taking this year off from raising turkeys while he builds bigger facilities to handle about 300 birds. "The demand for our turkeys is so great we sell out a year in advance," he said.
Even with no product he described this year as "nuts, between the phone and the Internet."
Customer demand for turkeys all but forced Ox Hollow Farm in Roxbury, known for its meat, to get into the turkey business last year.
"People would ask us all the time why don't you have turkeys," said Tammie Maynard, who doubled production to 70 this year. "Last year a lot of people were complaining they couldn't get them."
At Ekonk Hill Turkey Farm in Sterling, which now raises about 2,000 turkeys, Rick Hermonot, the owner, said that as of early November orders were up 60 percent over last year. Three years ago Mr. Hermonot took local Thanksgiving food a step further, turning his own family's tradition of having an entirely homegrown holiday dinner into a concept for a farm store. Ekonk is now a one-stop shop for Thanksgiving, with local breads, cheeses, meats, cider, honey, fall fruits and vegetables, homemade ice cream, pies and more.
Variations on Ekonk Hill's theme can be found around the state, though no other farm market supplies its own turkeys.
At Freund's Farm Market in East Canaan, all the baked goods are made from scratch. Prepared side dishes are available, along with pickles, relishes and other canned foods from the farm's produce, and the market sells the farm's eggs, fresh fall produce, and chestnuts from their own trees.
At Holbrook Farm in Bethel, the turkeys and pies are fresh, though not local, and John Holbrook grows an enormous array of produce specifically for fall, including two rows of brussels sprouts. "I figured: 'Oh, man, I'm going to be eating brussels sprouts. They'll be coming out my nose,' " he said.
But Mr. Holbrook was wrong.
"They're gone," he said. "There are no more for Thanksgiving. I'm out."
He also stocks olive oil from Waterbury and local honeys and syrup.
"We have seen the customer base double, triple, quadruple," he said. "I've got a limited supply and an unlimited demand. We can't meet the demand — no way."
Perhaps the clearest indicator that the market for fresh and local Thanksgiving food is growing is that more farmers' markets than ever are staying open specifically to grab Thanksgiving business.
"I have people calling me — 'Don't forget the corn relish; don't forget the pickled beets,' " said Judy Waldeyer, owner of the Herb Basket in Stratford and market master of the Greenwich farmers' market. She also makes cranberry sauce, pumpkin butter and applesauce.
In past years, only one of New Haven's four markets has stayed open until Thanksgiving. This year, three will be open — packed with the makings of an entire Thanksgiving dinner: turkeys that people have ordered, pies, bread, fresh fruits and vegetables, canned items like chutneys and relishes, eggs, meat, cheese, milk and even fresh oysters for those inclined toward oyster stuffing.
"It makes sense," said Jennifer McTiernan, executive director of CitySeed, which runs the New Haven markets. "If there's any holiday that sort of captures the spirit of the farmers' market or spirit of the local food movement, it's Thanksgiving."
At a recent Saturday market in New Haven, Becky Friedkin, 50, of Hamden, had just ordered her first local turkey from Stone Gardens Farm in Shelton. She'll pick it up the day before Thanksgiving at New Haven's downtown farmers' market. "I'll buy whatever I can local," she said of her Thanksgiving plans. "It's important for biodiversity, for supporting local farms, for the quality, because our industrial agriculture system is a disaster."
Laura Berry, 50, of New Haven, said she could pretty much buy her whole dinner at the market. "You just sort of feel like you know where it's coming from, and you get to know the people," she said. "It takes a little more time, but it's also a little more fun."
The Whole Meal
EKONK HILL TURKEY FARM 227 Ekonk Hill Road, Sterling, (860) 564-0248; ekonkhillturkeyfarm.com. Turkeys are raised on site; fall produce grown on site. Other Connecticut products include baked goods, milk, cheese, cider, canned items and meats.
Most Connecticut producers are sold out or close to it for this Thanksgiving, but it may be worth calling anyway — there are often no-shows, and in many cases it's not too early to book a bird for next year. Connecticut turkeys this year cost from $2.19 a pound to $7.50 a pound (for certified organic heritage breeds).
ABBOTT SPRING FARM 293 Brayman Hollow Road, Pomfret Center, (860) 974-2484.
CEDAR MEADOW FARM 12 Erin's Way, Ledyard, (860) 608-7442; cedarmeadowfarm.net .
GOLDEN ACRES FARM 231 Leadmine Brook Road, Harwinton, (860) 485-9155; email@example.com.
GOZZI TURKEY FARMS 2443 Route 1, Guilford, (203) 453-2771.
KANDEW ACRES FARMS 65 Eastwood Road, Roxbury, (860) 355-3664; kandewacres.com.
NORTHFORDY FARM 53 Lanes Pond Road, Northford, (203) 494-8408.
OLD MAIDS FARM 1099 Tryon Street, South Glastonbury, (860) 633-6601; email@example.com.
OX HOLLOW FARM Roxbury, (860) 354-3315; www.oxhollowfarm.com.
RED FENCE FARM 2 Daboll Road, Groton, (860) 446-8929; email@example.com.
RED AND WHITE ORCHARD 335 Lebanon Road (Route 87), Franklin, (860) 642-6791.
STONE GARDENS 83 Sawmill City Road, Shelton, (203) 929-2003; stonegardensfarm.com. WOODBRIDGE FARM 30 Woodbridge Road, Salem, (860) 889-5797; www.woodbridgefarmonline.com.
WYCHWOOD TURKEY FARM 709 North Stonington Road, Stonington, (860) 536-9632; firstname.lastname@example.com
Farmers' Markets
COVENTRY Coventry High School, Route 31, Nov. 23 only, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; coventryfarmersmarket.com.
DARIEN 150 Ledge Road, Wednesdays, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; darienfarmersmarket.net.
FAIRFIELD Fairfield Theater Company, 70 Sanford Street, Saturdays starting Nov. 22, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; westportfarmersmarket.com.
GREENWICH Horseneck Lane and Arch Street, Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
LITCHFIELD Litchfield Hills Farm-Fresh Market, Community Center, 421 Bantam Road, Litchfield (late fall and winter), Saturdays, twice monthly, including Nov. 22, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; litchfieldhillsfood.org.
NEW CANAAN Maple Street and South Avenue, Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; newcanaanfarmersmarket.net.
NEW HAVEN Worcester Square, Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Edgewood Park, Sundays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; City Hall, Wednesdays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; cityseed.org.
STONINGTON Community Center, 28 Cutler Street, Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.(late fall and winter).
WEST HARTFORD LaSalle and Araphahoe Roads, Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; special market Nov. 26, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Farm Markets
BELLTOWN ORCHARDS 483 Matson Hill Road, South Glastonbury, (860) 633-2789; email@example.com. Their own fruit and pies. Local vegetables from a neighboring farm.
FREUND'S FARM MARKET 324 Norfolk Road (Route 44), East Canaan, (860) 824-0650; freundsfarmmarket.com. Everything but the turkey (though they'll cook yours for you). Produce raised there or at nearby farms; eggs; baked goods and prepared dishes made on site. They even grow their own chestnuts.
HOLBROOK FARM 45 Turkey Plain Road (Route 53), Bethel, (203) 792-0561; holbrookfarm.net. Their own eggs and fall vegetables, and some from nearby farms, as well as other local products; turkeys from Quattro's in New York.
LYMAN ORCHARDS Routes 147 and 157, Middlefield, (860) 349-1793; lymanorchards.com. Their own apples, fresh or in pies, and other baked items and house-made side dishes. Other local products and produce available.
PLASKO'S FARM 670 Daniels Farm Road, Trumbull, (203) 268-2716; www.plaskosfarm.com. Their own fruit and pies. other baked goods, and their own fall vegetables, including sweet potatoes.
SILVERMAN'S FARM 451 Sport Hill Road (Route 59), Easton, (203) 261-3306; silvermansfarm.com. Their own fruit and pies.
TULMEADOW FARM 255 Farms Village Road (Route 309), West Simsbury, (860) 658-1430; firstname.lastname@example.com Their own ice cream and milk products, along with local produce and other items. Fresh turkeys from Miller Foods in Avon, contract-raised in Pennsylvania.
URBAN OAKS 225 Oak Street, New Britain, (860) 223-6200; blog.urbanoaks.org. Produce from the farm, vegetables from local farms and local baked goods. Special market the day before Thanksgiving.Continue reading the main story


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|7. Black booties, pink tights, last ray of sunshine
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As proud diehard Americana/alternative-country music lovers, my friends and I anxiously awaited the arrival of the much-anticipated film Crazy Heart. After all, every social subgroup seemed to eventually get their token movies; skaters, break-dancers, cheerleaders, cab drivers, line-order cooks, vampires, bowlers, etc. It appeared that fans of down and out Nashville-renegade singer/songwriters had finally earned their first meaningful representation on the big screens of our little central-Pennsylvania town since Robert Duvalls memorable turn in 1983s Tender Mercies. Unfortunately, the films impending debut seemed to perpetually evade our immediate area. After several months of disappointment and desperation, four of us logged onto Fandango, secured tickets to the nearest screening location, and drove twenty miles east to a Regal Cinema nestled in a fittingly seedy-looking section of a neighboring town. We arrived several minutes late, rushed to the entrance gate, and muttered to ourselves that we would not likely secure decent seats. After fighting our way through an exiting horde of 3-D Avatar viewers, we located the correct theater and speed-walked up the carpeted ramp as the familiar sound of previews filled our excited ears. The lights had already dimmed, so locating adjacent seats would probably be out of the question. Then something almost
"crazy" transpired. We realized that we were THE ONLY FOUR PERSONS IN THE ENTIRE THEATER. After uttering several surprised gasps and appropriate observational comments, like "holy shit," we sank back into the cushions of the choicest seats, propped our feet up on the row of chairs directly in front of us, and proceeded to watch the best damn film wed seen in as long as we could remember.
Boasting a cast of Hollywood A-list actors like Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colin Farrell, and (fittingly) Robert Duvall, the Fox Searchlight motion picture Crazy Heart has, thus far, garnered high praise from critics and "art-house" audiences alike, and has collected several major awards to date, including Golden Globes for Best Actor (Jeff Bridges) and Best Song (Ryan Binghams "The Weary Kind"), as well as a Screen Actors Guild award for Best Actor (Jeff Bridges). Oscar buzz even has both Bridges and Bingham potentially collecting much-coveted statuettes. Crazy Heart heralds the directorial debut of actor-turned-director/screenwriter Scott Cooper. Initially, Cooper wanted to document the life of legendary country music artist Merle Haggard, but was inspired to develop a film adaptation of Thomas Cobbs obscure 1989 novel, Crazy Heart, when the rights to a Haggard biopic could not be obtained. While Cobb modeled his main character, Bad Blake, after legendary Texas Swing musician Hank Thompson, Cooper re-imagined the novels protagonist as a composite of Texan "outlaw" country stars like Waylon Jennings, Townes Van Zandt, Kris Kristofferson and Billy Joe Shaver. Cooper describes his version of Bad Blake as a kind of "fifth Highwayman," referring to eighties-era country super-group, The Highwaymen, composed of Jennings, Kristofferson, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash. Coopers stunning visual landscape evokes the glamour-less life and times of Blake while presenting the perfect palette for Jeff Bridges memorable portrayal of a man at rock bottom. However, the real "heart" of Crazy Heart lies in the original music created for the film and the vintage music compiled for the films soundtrack by musical director T-Bone Burnette, along with the recently deceased Stephen Bruton, his longtime musical collaborator to whom the film is dedicated, and musical contributor Ryan Bingham, a relative newcomer to the alternative country.
T-Bone Burnette, most famous for his work on previous music-centric films like Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? and Walk the Line, is also a respected songwriter and musical producer who has released critically-acclaimed solo recordings and worked with artists as diverse as Elvis Costello, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. For the Crazy Heart project, Burnette and his cohorts painstakingly fashioned a fictional musical timeline for Coopers Bad Blake and created a backlog of original catchy concert staples like "Fallin & Flyin" and "I Dont Know" for Blake to perform for nostalgic audiences. Ryan Bingham contributed the haunting "The Weary Kind," which became the films definitive musical centerpiece. Throughout the proceedings, Jeff Bridges plays guitar with Waylon Jennings swagger and sings with Kris Kristofferson grit in his gullet. T-Bone rounds out the films original material with a collection of relevant supporting tracks that features such distinctions as the Delmore Brothers, with their pre-WWII high harmonies, and the unmistakable lilting vocals of Kitty Wells. Key tracks by more contemporary artists like Ryan Bingham and Lucinda Williams fit comfortably amidst classics and lost jems from the Louvin Brothers, Waylon Jennings, George Jones, Buck Owens, Lightnin Hopkins, and Townes Van Zandt.
I wont give away the ending of the film or talk at any length about such abstract and subjective constructs as redemption, but suffice to say, if you love the diverse sounds of Americana music and respect abject realism in film-making, you may consider Crazy Heart the breakout movie of 2010.
Editor's note: On March 7, 2010, Jeff Bridges did win the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of Bad Blake. Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnette also won the Oscar for Best Original Song Written for a Film (Bingham's "The Weary Kind").


text: Arrgh! I am soooo pee'd off right now! I know I've been saying for days that I'll start a thread with all my new purchases from my holiday but now you'll see why I've been far too busy to do it yet. I should first of all point out that I live in England so the chances of most of you using these cleaners is almost zero but frankly, you should all be careful & I'm mad & want to have a rant about this. ok, so in preperation for our holiday, I dropped my husbands YSL shirt inot a good dry cleaners near me. they gave me my ticket, no probs, I told them I needed it for the monday, as we flew on the tuesday, no problems there. So, I called in on hte Monday & collected it, drove straight home & started to finish the last of the packing. My husband took the shirt out of the packing & immediately shouted all sorts of expletives that I'm far to polite to repeat here . Looking at the shirt it was clear that it was ruined. They had clearly not dry cleaned it, but just shoved it in a hot wash & then ironed it!! the sheen had gone & worst of all, they had scalded the damn thing when they ironed it! it as all shiney & scuffed at the cuffs & collar, honest to god he had worn it just once before & now it looked ten years old. It was a mess & of course, hes freaking out cos he planned on taking it to NY with us & had packed his wardrobe accordingly, so then had to re-organise & pack it all (as he only has one chocolate brown shirt, this one.) The shirt was a mess & completely unwearable. We hopped straight in the car & back to the cleaners. politely but firmly, we showde them what the problem was & the woman totally agreed with us abotu the damage, but they all insisted that they had washed it in a machine 9not dry cleaned) as teh label didn't give any instructions about dry cleaning?? errr hello??? Is it just me or did I drop my shirt into a DRY CLEANERS??? & I did actually say as I handed it over, 'I'd like this to be dry cleaned please' Anyway, after a lot of to & fro-ing, they said they would send the shirt to their head office & they would analyse it & see if it was their or the manufacturers fault (oh yeah, cos YSL himself! stood with a friggin scalding iron held onto the collar til it was singed!). ok so not the end of the world but we clearly & politely, if firmly told them we expected a replacement or a refund or we would instruct our lawyer to start procedings as they had broken the contract (which was to have it dry cleaned, not washed.). So we left on holiday & had a fabulous time. when we got back, we hadn't heard anything from them so earlier this week, my husband called them & asked what was going on, they said it wasn't their fault, they had only followed instructions but as a gesture of good will, they had got a replacement shirt. Great! ok,! so I called in on Wednesday to collect the shirt, I was in a bit of a rush so I didn't give it a good look,just checked that it was an YSL brown shirt & brand new (it was still in a packed & was fine) then dashed home. At home I got the shirt out to show my husband & noticed a few things about it, mainly that it was FAKE!!!!!! Yup! they'd clearly gone on ebay or to some crappy market & bought a FAKE YSL shirt & tried to pass it off to us! Now, I don't know if they are just cretins & genuinely thought it was real, or if they are just trying to pull a fast one (which definitely makes them cretins). Yesterday I took the shirt back & with one of my husbands other YSL (REAL!!!) shirts & showed them the difference, they claimed ignorance & then actually insinuated that my shirt was fake!!! . After all that I was more than a little bit annoyed so I slammed the shirt on the counter & told them my lawyer would be in contact later that day. after some more hassle & phone calls they have finally given us a refund of the shirt & the cleaning cost. So it all turned out 'ok' in the end, in as much as we got a refund but seriously? WTF???? who would try & replace a real shirt with a fake one?? thats some customer service huh??? ok, rant over. As you can tell, it really annoyed me (you can probably see the steam coming from my ears) . We are off to Florida on Sunday for a week & I promise, when I get back fro mthere, I'll show off all my NY & Boston purchases plus hopefully my Florida ones


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Antibiotics and birth control don't go well together if you are using oral contraceptives. Certain antibiotics reduce the efficiency of the hormonal pills, and increase the chance of you getting pregnant. The usage instructions of the pill you're using should contain information on the drugs it interacts with, which diminish its efficiency. Moreover, when the doctor prescribes any drug treatment, no matter the health problem, you need to inform him/her that you're using oral contraceptives.
In order to prevent an unwanted pregnancy, while taking antibiotics and pregnancy control pills in parallel, you should use a supplementary contraceptive method: condoms, diaphragms or spermicides represent common alternatives. You should ask the doctor on how long you'll need to double the birth control method. Sometimes you may have to use an extra method up to a week after the discontinuation of the antibiotic, so as to make sure that the protection offered by the hormonal pill is at the optimal level.
Don't treat things lightly when it comes to antibiotics and birth control. Here is a list of the drugs known to interfere with the efficiency of oral contraceptives. However, this list is not by far exhaustive.
-amoxicilin, ampicillin, rifampin;
-tetracycline, sulfamethoxazole, trimethoprim etc.
These drugs tend to act differently in combination with birth control. Sometimes, they interfere with the hormonal differences that prevent pregnancy from occurring. The estrogen levels are usually the most affected under such circumstances. Antibiotics increase the enzyme secretion at the level of the liver, and these enzymes attack the estrogen, lowering its level in the body system.
By following the correct procedures, antibiotics and birth control can be safely combined without any inconvenience. Talk to the doctor to identify the best ways to maintain the efficiency of birth control while taking antibiotics. Do not stop using the hormonal pill abruptly because that could have very serious negative effects on the body. In case the spouse is taking antibiotics, his treatment poses no risk for the efficiency of the birth control.
The entire subject of antibiotics and pregnancy control has fired a huge debate. There is much confusion about how to combine the two treatments, however, the woman should not over-analyze the situation and find problems where there are none. Body awareness allows you to determine whether something goes wrong inside, then, you can signal it to the doctor.
Otherwise you have to just make sure to use an extra barrier during intercourse. Nothing more!


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Halloohoo zusammen,
man merkt eindeutig, dass Herrchen Urlaub hat, denn an der Kompjuter-Tatzatur ist Platz für einen Teddy, der mal wieder eine Geschichte schreibseln kann. Aber zu allererst einmal Euch allen
Natürlich habe ich auch Weihnachten gefeiert. Und genau davon will ich Euch erzählen. Ich hatte vor ein paar Tagen Besuch vom Christkind. Getroffen habe ich es zwar nicht, aber es hat mir was dagelassen.
Begonnen hat es damit, dass ich plötzlich nicht mehr ins Wohnzimmer durfte, angeblich, weil da gerade das Christkind am werkeln wäre. Nur meine Zweibeiner sind ab und zu rein und raus gehuscht, aber ich musste auf der Treppe sitzen und mir mit einem Weihnachtsmann die Zeit vertreiben, der jedes Mal, wenn man ihm die Hand drückt, "Dschingl Bells Rock" röhrt.
Im Wohnzimmer hat es die ganze Zeit geraschelt und gequietscht und gerumpelt, so dass es mir irgendwann zu bunt geworden ist, mir von dem Weihnachtsmann die Teddyohren volldröhnen zu lassen. Ich habe mir ein kleines Kistchen geschnappt und an die Türe geschoben, bin drauf geklettert und habe versucht, durch ein Loch in der Türe zu spitzeln. Aber dahinter hat alles nur geglitzert, so dass ich gar nix erkennen konnte.
Ich wollte gerade wieder von meinem Kistchen herunterklettern, als auf einmal, wie von Geisterhand bewegt, die Türe aufgegangen ist. Aus dem Wohnzimmer habe ich "Ihr Teddybärlein kommet, oh kommet doch all…" gehört und vor mir stand ein riesiger glitzernder, bunter Christbaum, an dem viele rote Kugeln, Plüschsterne, Plüschäpfel und Plüschteddys hingen. Und unter dem Baum…
… lagen jede Menge bunte Päckchen und an dreien war ein Zettelchen auf dem stand "für Spiky". Da lag ein großes, rotes Paket, eine kleine, weiße Rolle und eine rieeeesige Tüte – und alles für mich. Ich habe mich gefreut wie ein… wie ein… wie ein kleiner Teddybär!
Das hier war die weiße Rolle, die habe ich als allererstes ausgepackt, weil ich mir gedacht habe, dass ich mich von klein zu groß vorarbeite. Zuerst wollte ich das Bändchen aufzuppeln, aber mit meinen Tatzen bin ich da nicht so recht reingekommen.
Aufreißen war da die einfachere und erfolgreichere Lösung. Ritschratsch und offen war das Päckchen und ich konnte mit der Tatze hineinfahren. Das war weich und kuscherlich, also fast so wie ich. Ich habe dann mal dran gezogen und genauer hingeguckt…
… was da aus dem Päckchen kam. Rot, grün, weiß – irgendwoher kannte ich das doch. Das war doch nicht etwa, am Ende vielleicht wirklich, nein, kann nicht sein, ich glaube es nicht – ein FCA-SCHAL! Juhuuuu! Augschburg, Augschburg!
Ich habe den Schal gleich angezogen und mich dem nächsten Päckchen gewidmet. Dieses Mal habe ich mich gar nicht mehr mit dem Bändchen aufgehalten sondern bin gleich mit der Ritschratsch-Technik vorgegangen. Unter dem roten Papier kamen ein paar Bretter zum Vorschein. Was kann das nur sein, eine Schatzkiste?
Ich habe weiter am Papier gerupft, aber es kamen nur noch mehr Bretter heraus. Und ich hatte immer noch keine Idee, was das sein konnte. Was also blieb mir anderes übrig als das ganze Papier aufzureißen?
Es war ganz schön anstrengend, aber als ich fertig war, das stand da vor mir ein nigelnagelneuer Schlitten. So richtig aus Holz und mit Schnur zum ziehen und Sitz zum Draufsitzen und Kufen zum Rutschen. Ein Schlitten in meiner Größe, ein absolut bäriges Geschenk hat sich das Christkind da ausgedacht.
Da muss ich doch gleich einmal probesitzen. Sehr bequem, muss ich sagen, wirklich sehr bequem. Und das Allerbeste daran, ich kann auf dem Schlitten noch Mitfahrer mitnehmen. Also zu dritt sollte das auf jeden Fall gehen, denke ich. Wer will mitfahren?
Ich bin dann mal weg, schauen, ob draußen Schnee liegt. "Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Schlittenfahrt im Schnee…"
Bis bald
Euer Spiky
Jingle Bears, Jingle Bears, Jingle all the way…
Oh, ahem, hi there, I didn't realise you were there. I am right in the middle of my prebearations for my bis christmas gingerbread bearkery. I've put all the ingredients on the table an I've put my apron on so I am ready to start.
First of all I have to weigh out the flour. This pack seems to be heavier than I am myself. Hey-ho and into the bowl. Too bad I can't read the display and pour the flour. Hopefully my Dad lets me know when to stop.
Yuck, this is really the worst part of the job. I have to cut candied lemon and orange peel into tiny little dices. So lucky this peel isn't stickyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, arghl. Does anybod know how to free teddy fur from candied lemon peel?
OoooK, we need a big bowl for the dough. Let's see if this one is big enough. "Helllooooo Echooooo???" "Heeeeeeellllo Spikyyyyyyy!" Oh, wow , I guess this bowl is definitely big enough!
Right – butter, flour, grated nuts, sugar, eggs and the sticky peel thingy get mixed together. Oh my God is this machine hard to keep in my paws. I wonder who's kneading who? me the dough or vice versa? But there is one important ingredient missing, I think,…..
… oh yes, hihihi, honey! Wait – first the quality check! A very thorough quality check, very very thorough! Just to make sure, you know…! Ooops, Daaad, do we have another glas of honey?
Dad put a lump of dough on the table for me to roll into a thin layer. To and for, up and town there and bayk again till the dough was really thin and my arms were really thin – just like the arms of Arnold Schwarzeneckbear. Look at me, I am Conan, the Bearbearian!
That is the biggest fun part of the gingerbread baking action. Taking the cookie cutter and cutting the pieces from the dough. Then I put them carefully onto the baking tray – can you already see what the gingerbread will look like?
Aaaaah. Time to relax. Watching gingerbread getting brown and getting a bit of warmth for the own teddy tummy is just wonderful. Oh, they look like they're done now.
Finiiiished. All gingerbread baked, iced, painted or sprinkled and I got so many of them that I can give them away. Well, I will give some of the away for sure. And one packet of gingerbread cookies is reserved for one lucky winner – all you have to do is comment on this article and I will draw a lucky winner from all the comments
I wish you all a beary merry Christmas with lots and lots of presents, good food and loads of hugs – after all it's called a "feast of love" over here. I will hug my humans, too – well, if the give me nice presents *gg*
Have a good time and Merry christmas to you all
Yours Spiky
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Hello my friends,
I am so sorry to disappoint you but there won't be any "London" today. There's no way I can ignore the fact that Sunday night is the night of bearloween. Well, a bear's got to do what a bear's got to do – and that I did. May I introduce myself to you? My name is Doctor Frankenbear – and there's a difficult obearation waiting for me and my orange patient. We'll have an open-pumpkin surgery today – no kidding!
It all started in the supermarket when we walked past this big basket full of pumpkins. And if you watched the picture closely you will know WHY I couldn't leave the shop without one of these big orange veggie balls.
Where is the anas..anis…anesth… oh God , the narcosis-man! I hope the pumpkin doesn't wake up too early. Ok, I start cutting now, Miss Nurse. Aaaaattention, I'll open the pumpkincap now!
Swabs and scissors, please – what about the vital signs? Ok, we'll focus on the problem's core – the pumkinseed. One, two, three, fo…. so many… Out, everything out that doesn't pay rent.
If you have a open-pumpkin-surgery going on you definitely don't need a fitness studio. It took almost 15 minutes for me to hollow the pumpkin with my little spoon and by the end of it I was sweating.
Voila, finished. Did you know that such a pumpkin is quite some kind of airhead, to be honest. Doctor Frankenbear made a good job of this obearation. We better face the face now.
Ahem, where is my assistent? Hello Doctor Dad could you please draw the outline of the eyes, the nose and the mouth onto the pumpkin? I'l be in the obearating room, sharpening my knives.
Ouch, that went in through the eye. three cuts on the right, three cuts on the left and suddenly the pumpkin looked at me with his own eyes. Obviously Doctor Frankenbear is an fantastic ophthalmologist, an even better otolaryngologist and, of course, dentist all at the same person.
Done, finished, obearation over and out. The patient is smiling. Well, there's a bit more to be desired as far as the teeth are concerned, but I couldn't save more than the three of them. Still there are some smaller limitations to my medical art.
Ok, let's put the cap back on Mr pumpkin-bearloween – it looks at the moment, as if he's almost fully recovered. And Doctor Frankenbear has one more reason to be proud. He's a beary good doctor.
Work finished, now it's time to take a deep breath of fresh air. Doctor and patient are having a good time out on the patio. But I think Mr. Pumpkin-Bearloween isn't perfectly healthy yet. He might have a temperature – his cheeks are so hot.
Ohhh, look there are some more teddybears coming along for the bearloween party. There's a vambear and an frankenteddy and the third one seems to be strangely related to my patient. Ok, all I have to do now i change into my party dress…
…Boooooooooooooooooh!!!! *hihihi*
SPIKY wishes you all a beary spooky HAPPY BAERLOWEEN !!!
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Hi there,
a few days ago my Dad asked me a very strange qestion. He wanted to know if I would like to have a "Panini Album". I didn't have a clue what he meant so to be on the safe side I said "yes" – at least he wanted to give me a present even if I didn't know what it was.
"Panini", I learned in Italy, are little bread rolls and an album is a special book for collecting things like stamps or coins. But who on earth would collect bread rolls in a book? Humans are sooo weird!
Just an hour later Daddy came home with a paper bag and he emptied the contents on the stool. Well, I am definitely not curious, but I had to look what he had put there.
On the stool there was a big colourful magazine and loads of thin, little paper packets and on the magazine it said something about "South Africa" and "FIFA World Cup". Ok, I think I know where South Africa is, and because that little man on the cover was kicking a football I assumed the whole thing had something to do with the world cup.
There was the same little image in all of the little paper packets. The same image that was printed on the front cover of the magazine so I wondered if these two belonged together somehow. But what?
I opened the magazine and looked what it was about. Strangely enough there wasn't hardly any text in there just many many white frames with different numbers and names written in them. Over each double page it said a country's name, for example South Africa – there it was again – or Italy, France, even Germany was there.
I didn't really get it. What should I do with a magazine that showed several hundred white frames?
Maybe the solution to this riddle was in the little paper packets. I took one of them and tore it open. I found pictures of men wearing coloured shirts and on the back of the pictures I could read numbers.
And then I had an idea. On one of the packets I could read the word "Panini". So that was the "Panini-Album" Dad had been goin on about and the men on the pictures where football players in the world cup. I started tearing up all the other packets…
… and in the end I was sitting there in the middle of loads of colourful pictures. White shirts, and red ones and orange ones and blue ones… Some stickers showed a crest with a silvery sparkle. Very nice!
Carefully I pulled the sticker from the Paper with my paws and even more carefully I sticked the pictures inti the little frames – whis isn't as easy as it sounds, I can tell you. Especially not if you have to stick lots and lots of pictures in the album.
Ooops, something went wrong with this one? Why did this stupid man do a headstand when he was being photographed. Now I have to turn around the album everytime I want to look at his picture. Stupid!
My Dad used to have such an album when he was a young bear, pardon, boy – and now I've got one, too. My Now Dad brings me the little sticker packets from time to time. And he explained to me that I can swap duplicates with other collectors.
So if you are collecting these stickers, too, and if you want to swap stickers with me just send me an email. You can find a regularyl updated list of my doubles and needed stickersright here under this text. I am looking forward to your emails (and comments )
my swap stickers:
31, 52, 56, 59, 62, 62, 63, 73, 146, 151, 163, 211, 221, 226, 247, 274, 313, 363, 375, (382), 413, 418, 434, 494, 498, 525, 525, 541, 544, 563, 577, 597, 619, 637
still missing:
00, (1), (2), (3), (4), (6), 8, 10, (15), 17, (18), 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 32, 36, 38, (39), 40, 41, (44), (46), 48, 51, 53, 54, 58, 60, 64, (65), 67, 69, 70, 71, (72), 74, 77, 82, 86, 90, (91), (95), (96), 97, 99, (100), 101, 102, (103), 105, 106, 107, (110), (112), 114, 115, (117), 120, 122, (123), 126, 127, (131), (132), 136, 138, 147, 149, (150), 152, (156), 157, (159), 161, (162), 165, 166, 170, 171, 172, 178, 179, 180, 182, 183, 187, 188, 190, 193, 194, 196, 201, 202, 205, 206, (207), 208, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 222, 223, 225, (227), 228, (232), 235, 236, 238, (239), 240, 242, 243, 244, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 258, 261, 262, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 270, 271, 272, 273, (278), 279, 282, 283, 286, 287, 288, 289, 292, (294), 296, 297, 299, 301, 306, (308), 309, 311, 312, 314, 316, 317, 322, 324, 326, 328, 329, 332, 333, 337, 338, 340, 341, 342, 345, 346, 349, 350, 352, 353, 354, 355, 361, 362, 364, 366, 373, 374, 376, 377, 378, (380), 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 398, 399, (400), 403, 404, 406, (407), 408, 409, 411, 412, 415, 417, 421, 423, 424, 425, (428), 429, 430, 432, 433, 435, 436, 437, 440, 441, 442, 443, 445, 450, 453, 454, 458, 460, 465, 467, 469, 470, 474, 477, 478, 479, 480, 485, 490, 491, 493, 495, 499, 502, 504, 506, 508, 509, 511, 512, 513, (516), 517, 519, (521), 522, 524, 526, 528, 529, 531, 536, 537, (543), 547, 458, 549, 550, 551, 554, 555, 556, 558, 559, 561, 562, 567, 569, 570, 573, (574), 575, (583), 585, (587), 588, 589, 591, 598, 601, 602, 603, 604, 606, 609, 611, 614, 615, 616, 620, 621, 623, 624, 625, 627, 628, 630, 631, 636
( ) = swap arranged
Hi all,
you won't believe what happened today. A few days ago I posted the "Straw-Beary girl wanted" article for my buddy Jack who is feeling lonely.
This morning the door bell rang, Dad answered and came back with a small parcel. "Jack, I think this parcel is for you", he said. Jack jumped up, dashed across the room and when I had found the camera, Jack had already torn open the parcel.
Ich glaube Jack hatte schon ein Gefühl in seinen roten Härchen, was in dem Päckchen sein würde. Und Herrchen hatte wohl am Absender erkannt, dass er endlich Erfolg beim Gewinnspiel gehabt hatte. Als er den Deckel der Schachtel aufgerissen hatte und ein roter Kopf mit Schleifchen im Haar aufgetaucht ist, hat er ganz große Augen bekommen und gar nix mehr sagen können.
I only heard to cheering cries and suddenly there were two strawbears falling into their arms. I beleive it wasn't only Jack who was very happy. The bear girl was completely swept off her feet by this young attractive strawbear Jack – I guess that's what they call "love on bearst sight".
After the first joy of meeting Jack introduced his new beary girl friend to us. "Shuelie de Fras" is the name of the young lady but her name is spelled differently like Julie de Fraise. I guess that's aFrench name but I haven't had the chance to ask her yet.
Later the two of them went to sit on Nigels lap where they went on whispering and giggling. It was such a beary nice picture they made…… sooo sweet.
Okay, I just wanted to let you know the news. Jack and Shuelie, ahem Julie, are happy. Thanks for keeping your paws crossed.
Best regards
Yours Spiky
Ooohhhh, unbelievable these humans!
I am so angry – I still cannot believ what happened to me recently. I was sitting on the sofa watching television with Mum when she suddenly turns round looks at me and says "Spiky you are a little mudlark! You'll have to have a bath!"
There it was the evil word! BATH! I said to her "I am clean and NO mudlark" but Mum would not accept that and hapred on about a tiny little spot in my fur and the, suddenly she said: "Oh, let's do that straight away!" and before I could flee from the room she had picked me up and carried me down the stairs.
I was fighting like mad but as a little bear there is no chance against human hands. When she tried to put me in the washing machine I tried spreading myself in the door crying "I don't want to go in there!" – Just guess if it helped me in the end.
"Clack" the door closed and all I culd do was look out of the big window. Phhh, who said something about panoramic views? And then the water came splashing in and the big metal drum started moving. To and fro and to and fro till I completely lost the balance and fell in the water.
Luckily the washing torture didn't last longer than 30 minutes, but then I was so dizzy in my teddy head. I felt like a wet sack when I pulled myself out of the washing machine.
My Mum wrapped me into a cuddly soft towel and put me on a small table so I could recover from that horrble experience. Why are humans first mean and then nice to us teddy bears. They could be nice from the beginning without the mean bit in the middle. Humans!
When I had fully recovered I was allowed to go into our garden and lie down in the sun. That was really awesome. But to be honest…. If lying in the sun means having a bath every day before I rather stay in the shade.
At least my Mum said in the end tha I was no longer grey (I've never been grey!!!) but bright white. And she said I was sweet with fabric softener. For my part I'll avoid the basement and the washing machine for a looong time.
Best regards
Yours Spiky
Heyho Spiky readers,
I have new very beary story for you all – well, not really beary rather bulli, in fact, hihi. A few days ago my Dad came home and had a very unexpected surprise for me. A small parcel had arrived, well, what humans tend to call a "small" parcel.
Parcels are made for unwrapping and that's what I started doing. A short glance at the stamp and I knew the parcel had been posted in Graz in Austria. Sounded sheepish to my ears ….
The worst thing about unwrapping such parcels is the sticky tape. When you have at last ripped off all the sticky tape you end up having stick paws – as if you've been eating honey. Ok now, let's see…
Didn't I say the parcel was huge? "Helloooo Echooooo" "Hellooooo Spiiiiikyyyyyy"… Ooops. Just kidding. I climbed into the parcel till I hit something soft inside.
That moment the parcel began to shake and I just grabbed the soft something the same second the whole parcel toppled over. I tumbled out of the parcel, a piece of a plastic bag in my paws.
k, that was a good start. With all my strength I dragged the foil and slowly, very slowly something appeared – something red with white stripes. Very strange, that looked a bit like a car's bum.
That really was a car. An old Volkswagen van. My Dad told my that these Volkswagen vans were called "Bulli" as a nickname by everybody. Bulli and Spiky – sounds like a great team provided I get Bulli out of the foil.
In the end I really managed to pull off the foil. And then there stood Bulli – I thought a different name wouldn't make any sense – beaming at me with his bright headlight eyes. Friednship at first glance it was. I squeezed his tires with my paws and bid him welcome.
In return for the warm welcome Bulli gave me a letter from Manu, Wolfi and Schmusibu saying that it was my Dad who had ordered the Bulli from them – just for me! Thanks Dad! – and that I should take good care of Bulli and they sent greetings from Paulinchen… *sigh*
"Come on, get on my back" Bulli said to me and so I jumped on his soft back. A very comfortable back I have to admit. And then we had our first ride round the house to show Bulli his new home.
*wrrrrrooommmm* Here comes Bulli-Spiky… hihihi. That really was a subear present, Dad. Ok, bye now, we'll go chugging round the living room. *wrrrooooooommmm"
See you soon
Yours Spiky
> > > Sorry, I'll translate this adventure asap! Promise! < < <
Hello friends,
hihihi, I really like the heading I made up for this new adventure. I'll tell you all in a second what it's all about, it's a funny story.
It all started with Daddy coming home from shopping and dropping a big roll of something on the living room floor. The roll war small enough for a teddy bear to sit on but, I guessed, that wasn't the reason for Daddy to put it there. The problem was I couldn't ask him because he had already gone again.
I were not who I am if I hadn't started my own little investigation. With my little beary paws I tried to rip of the foil from the roll but that wasn't that easy. The foil was extremely rigid.
It took a lot of effort to peel the foil of completely on one side. In the end I was almost able to crawl in there. From that moment all went much easier and then I managed to fully tear it off in the end.
When I was finished with ripping the foil off I tried to catch my breath – that foil thing ad been so exhausting. I used the chance to inspect the roll closely. Was there a street? What do you need a street for on a carpet?
There was only one way to find out what the roll was all about. Yeah, I rolled it across the floor. I dropped on my knees and unrolled the carpety thing. And while I did so more roads and houses appeared on the carpet. I hadn't got a clue, why humans needed roads on a carpet.
In the end there lay a small town in front of me with roads, car parks, houses, a station and a factory, police station and a hospital. There even was a petrol station, very strange!!!
Suddenly the door opened and Daddy came in carrying a red tin in his hand. Whe he saw my clueless me sitting there he smiled put the tin in front of me and said "Have fun" – and he was gone again. And I sat there scratching my head.
There it was – another riddle to solve. Humans are so strange, aren't they? With a lot of shaking I managed to open the tin in the end and then I understood. That was a playing carpet for all the children who come visiting with their parents. So Moritz and Leo and Tim and all the others can play with the tiny toy cars – that was what I found in the red tin.
Playing with toy cars is boring if you are alone thats why I called in my reinforcements *gg*. "Miiiiiiiky, Jaaaaaack", I called for my teddy friends. "Play time, where are you?" "Coming…" two voices replied from the staircase.
Now I just had to chose my favourite car before the rest of the gang arrived. Hmm, do I take the Lambearghini or one of the two Bearcedes. What a difficult decision…
Then at last Miky and Jack came in. They were really really amazed but that didn't take very long. Just a few seconds later the two of them were sitting next to me, chose a car and then we went "wrooooom, bobobob, eeeoooeeeooo, rrroooaaar, honk honk….."
I don't know how long we played that evening. The only thing I can remember is that we woke up on the playing carpet the next morning. That was really fun, I guess Daddy has to put up the carpet again soon. *gg* If you like you can come and see me to play with the toy cars.
See you soon
Yours Spiky
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