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Top 4 destinations to learn Spanish
There's only so much you can learn from reading a book, listening to Spanish reggaeton or watching Narcos on Netflix. Although it is a daunting idea at first , if you really want to immerse yourself and be on your way to becoming fluent in Spanish , it's time to take the plunge and go abroad! Spanish is the main language spoken in 21 countries around the world , so you are by no means limited by your choice of destination , which makes choosing from all these countries quite tricky! So this is where we come in to give you a condensed list of what we believe are the top 4 destinations for learning Spanish.
If you want to learn "proper Spanish" as the Spaniards themselves say, then Bilbao is the perfect destination for you to pick up a clear, defined accent. Unlike in the South of Spain, the Bilbaínos like to pronounce everything, so you definitely will not slip into the bad habit of speaking sloppy Spanish. Aside from the spoken Spanish itself, Bilbao is the perfect destination for both city and nature lovers, as you have both landscapes right on your doorstep. Surrounded by luscious green mountains, the city itself is not huge, but definitely has a buzz about it and has plenty to offer in terms of culture, history and social activities . 'Ir de poteo' is a popular evening event for socialising and consists of having a drink outside with friends and bar hopping as the night goes on, so whether it's hiking or 'yendo de poteo,' you'll have a terrific time! Not to mention the famous Guggenheim , the delicious tapas of the region - 'pintxos' - or the beach which is just a quick metro ride away…!
It's hard not to resist choosing Spain's capital to learn Spanish in. Madrid is one of Europe's most beautiful cities and Spain's biggest city, so has no shortage of things to see and visit. Just by taking a stroll around the city, you are sure to stumble across stunning spots such as Retiro Park where you can have a picnic in the summer and enjoy some people watching by the lake. You'll also find an array of cultural activities to do, such as going to the Reina Sofia museum or the famous Prado museum . For this reason, you will never be bored in Madrid, but as the country's capital, don't be surprised to be surrounded by bustling tourists with their selfie sticks. As much as we love Madrid, one downside of it being a tourist hub is the fact that lots of people speak English and you can pretty much get away without having to utter a word of Spanish . So much so that it's safe to say that it requires determination and persistence to speak Spanish in your day-to-day life with some locals, as they are very keen to practise their English with you!
Feeling adventurous? Wonderful! Colombia is sure to meet your needs when looking for an exciting, colourful environment in which you can learn Spanish. Head to the sprawling cities of Bogotá or Medellín and you will be immersed in Latin America's 'clearest' Spanish whilst being able to take advantage of the great transport systems to plan a series of weekend trips to explore the beautiful, varied scenery. Contrary to popular belief that it is best to learn Spanish in Spain , central Colombia is in fact an ideal location to learn Spanish, as the accent is not very strong and people speak relatively slowly - avoid the Caribbean coast as the accent is much harder to understand! With thousands of Spanish enthusiasts heading to Colombia in their quest to become fluent, the country has some really good language schools to choose from and has plenty of opportunities for you to practise your linguistic skills!
On the Catalonian coast, Barcelona is a dream destination for city lovers who also love a spot of sunbathing. Las Ramblas is the most famous and popular street in Barcelona and is enough to keep you occupied for an entire day what with all the restaurants, cafés, florists, fresh street food, human statues, art and architecture to admire! This makes it a fantastic location for enjoying Spanish cuisine (especially fresh seafood) and for keeping yourself busy with things to do, although there is definitely a lot of truth to the 'too touristy' line you may have heard already. Barcelona gets 4th spot for us also due to the fact that 95% of its population understands Catalán, so learning Spanish may not be as easy as in other locations, however 98% of the population does speak Spanish, so by no means let this put you off from going here to learn Spanish!


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"People who step over cliffs are far more likely to crash to the bottom, due to the 'intransigence' of gravity", Liam Fox has claimed. The international trade secretary put the chances of falling from a cliff at "60-40" if you step over the edge, despite previously claiming that doing a deal with the force of gravity would be the "easiest thing in human history".
The prominent Brexiter said he believed the risk of falling off a cliff had increased, pinning the blame on gravity and on the 17th century English mathematician, astronomer, theologian and physicist, Isaac Newton, who insisted that the universal law of gravity couldn't possibly be changed just to suit Dr Fox and his fellow Brexiters.
"I think it's the intransigence of gravity's negotiator, Isaac Newton that's pushing us towards the edge," Fox told the Sunday Times. "We have set out the basis in which a deal can happen but if Newton decides that the theological obsession of an unelected scientific law is to take priority over the wishes of the people of the UK then it's going to lead to a cliff fall, and there is going to be just one outcome."
Fox insisted that Newton had dismissed the UK's proposals for zero, intermittent or partial gravity in the Chequers plan, thrashed out by Theresa May and the cabinet simply because "we have never tried to defy gravity before". Brexit-backing Tory MP John Redwood, drawing on his experience as a Vulcan, added "Getting out of the earth's gravitational field can be quick and easy", and former Brexit Secretary David Davis added: "Be under no doubt: we can do deals with gravity, and we can do them quickly, I think, but then I'm not too bright when it comes to scientific things, or anything else for that matter." Boris Johnson muttered something about Icarus, followed by an uncharacteristic moment of silence, then "well, maybe not in this hot weather".
The government has admitted its proposals are unprecedented, but Fox said Newton's unchanging attitude "makes the chance of falling off a cliff even greater if we step over the edge".
Asked why Fox was still leading the UK towards the cliff edge, knowing that the risk of falling was increasingly high, Fox replied "It's the will of the people – we promised them we would defy gravity so we will, and I want to make it absolutely clear to the British public that the blame for any ensuing catastrophe lies entirely with gravity, Newton, Einstein, God, Brian Cox, Gary Lineker, indeed anyone, anyone but me."

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European Commission: EU Youth Report
The EU Youth Report reveals that generally young people are better educated than their predecessors and less young people drop out of school in the EU. Yet, 8.7 million young people aged 15-29 are unemployed, 13.7 million are not in employment, education or training (NEETs) and close to 27 million are at risk of poverty or exclusion. "NEETs" tend to participate less in social activities, vote less and have less trust in institutions. Young people are active users of Internet and social media. Around half are active members of organisations. One in four has been a volunteer.
Since 2013, the EU and Member States have taken action to support young people, particularly to help them find a job. Yet, the dire situation of young people and the need to counter risks of exclusion, marginalisation or violent radicalisation, calls for giving priority to integration in society, with the ultimate purpose of allowing all young people to become active and engaged members in society. This requires more systematic cooperation across policies and actors under a comprehensive approach that reflects the scale of the challenge ahead. There is a particular need to reinforce links with sports and education in order to increase social inclusion and increase youth competences and employability. It is thereby essential to give young people a strong political voice in the process.
The EU Youth Report consists of:
- A Commission communication (prepared in collaboration with the Council) presenting the main results of the latest 3-year cycle of the EU Youth Strategy, and proposing priorities for the next cycle;
- A staff working document giving an overview of the situation of young people in the EU;
- A staff working document giving a comprehensive summary of actions taken at the national and EU levels to implement the EU Youth Strategy.
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Johnson: Mature Lions set to take next step
IT WAS only a glorified practice game but it provided enough evidence to show the Brisbane Lions will again be a force to be reckoned with in 2020.
Down by 25 points early against a spirited Carlton during their Marsh Community Series clash earlier this month, the Lions were woken from their slumber.
Jolted into action, they produced a 70-point turnaround to win by 55, and in doing so impress Bulldogs great Brad Johnson, who covered the game as an analyst for Fox Footy.
"They were a bit sluggish, a bit out-worked early," the 364-gamer said.
"But the fact they were able to change things in-game showed a real maturity.
"They didn't have to wait until quarter time for (coach) Chris Fagan to address the issues, you could see it happening out on the ground.
"I think that's what will enable them to continue to be a really strong team this year."
The lift came from every area of the ground - Lachie Neale, Dayne Zorko, Hugh McCluggage and Jarrod Berry in the middle, Harris Andrews down back and Charlie Cameron up forward.
The Lions have a large leadership group this season - nine players named in the group - but there's probably plenty more who are unofficial generals.
The club has chosen wisely at the draft and trade tables in recent years - with both talent and character strongly considered and that is being reflected out on the field.
The Lions finished second after the home-and-away rounds last season, jumping 13 spots from 2018.
"It's definitely a strong element of why you allow a certain player to walk through your doors, to be a well-respected and have good character off the field," said Johnson, who led a Bulldogs outfit in the late 2000s full of upstanding citizens like Matthew Boyd, Daniel Cross and Dale Morris.
"The players look happy, they look like they're enjoying their football again. They love walking into the footy club and wanting to get better."
In a reduced 17-round season due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Lions will be aiming to better what was eventually a fifth-place finish after losing both finals, to Collingwood and GWS Giants, at the Gabba.
They won't have retired superstar Luke Hodge - or a home crowd for the foreseeable future - but they should avoid a Melbourne-style drop.
"I love them," Johnson said.
"They are one of my favourite teams to watch.
"Their style of play, the way Fagan has got them playing really suits the group. They attack in the right fashion. They hold their structure to be able to score effectively.
"I think they are a top-four team, no doubt.
"They have got the ability to back up what they produced last year
"I think they will learn a lot from that (finals fadeout) as well and be driven by it."
Brisbane had a dream run with injury in 2019, and had an even better summer. Lions fans should now touch wood.
No player had post-season surgery. Only two players, Marcus Adams and Allen Christenson, later had minor procedures.
The rehabilitation group was almost empty through the pre-season, with no more than three players.
"The competition for spots is huge," Johnson said.
"Watching their reserves team play as well, they have some quality running around.
"The young guys have to play consistently well, otherwise the next young one will be knocking down the door because he wants the chance to be part of what should be a pretty successful year."
The Suns are an hour down the M1, but were poles apart when it came to performance in 2019, finishing with three wins and the wooden spoon.
It's been said before, but there may be light at the end of the tunnel.
They lost their last 18 games last season but won both pre-season games against Geelong and Adelaide.
"They've looked really good," Johnson said.
"We did all the Suns games on Fox last year and (coach) Stewy Dew … the whole club in fact, they opened the doors to us, allowed us in on match day to get a really good insight into the club and what they were trying to achieve.
"It's no surprise to a few of us that they are starting the way that they are.
"It's getting numbers around the ball. (Forward) Alex Sexton said after one of the games 'we just want to be more intense than the opposition for longer'
"That's the mindset."
Touk Miller and David Swallow lead the way but the improvement will come from Darcy MacPherson, Will Brodie and Jack Bowes being more mature.
"Then you've got the top- end talent that has been brought in with (Jeremy) Sharp, (Matt) Rowell and (Noah) Anderson to complement (Jack) Lukosius and (Izak) Rankine from last year," Johnson said.
Four of that five are top- three picks from the 2018 and 2019 national drafts.
"Although they will take another couple of years, what they've shown so far is really impressive," Johnson said.


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Assistant or Associate Professor of Wildlife Medicine and Production
- Employer
- Texas Tech University
- Location
- Lubbock
- Posted
- Jun 18, 2020
- Faculty Jobs
- Professional Fields, Veterinary Science
- Position Type
- Assistant Professor
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Assistant or Associate Professor of Wildlife Medicine and Production
Veterinary Medicine
Position Description
The Texas Tech University (TTU) School of Veterinary Medicine (the School) is seeking to fill a faculty position to provide clinical expertise toward teaching, research, and service needs of an exciting, innovative, and fully funded new veterinary education program located in Amarillo, TX. The new School will be first veterinary educational program established in Texas in a century. It is specifically focused on the veterinary medical and educational needs of rural and regional communities of Texas, and to provide access to affordable education.
Applications are welcomed beginning June 1, 2020 (see below for instructions on how to apply). Application packages will be reviewed semi-weekly and candidates will be invited for interviews when the review of packages indicates that an adequate pool of candidates have applied.
Major/Essential Functions
Required Qualifications
Terminal degree or advanced training leading to expertise in wildlife medicine with a specific focus on production medicine and management of Texas wildlife populations is required. Expertise may be demonstrated with a PhD in a relevant field of study, a DVM (or equivalent) degree with advanced training and/or related work experience, or board certification (ACZM). Preference is given to those with experience working in rural and regional communities.
Preference will be given to candidates who have a successful track record of teamwork, student supervision, scholarship, and service. The successful candidates must share and foster the School's core values; annual evaluation of faculty includes evaluation of academic performance as well as contribution to fostering the School's core values. Adaptability, persistence, and resilience will be important attributes for success in the evolving dynamics that are characteristic of a developing program.
Texas Tech University is a Hispanic Serving Institution and has a long history of serving first-generation students. A commitment to working with diverse student populations and first-generation students is required.
Preferred Qualifications
To apply, visit workattexastech.com
As an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, Texas Tech University is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse faculty committed to teaching and working in a multicultural environment. We actively encourage applications from all those who can contribute, through their research, teaching, and/or service, to the diversity and excellence of the academic community at Texas Tech University. The university does not discriminate on the basis of an applicant's race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or status as a protected veteran. Texas Tech welcomes consideration of dual career and professional couple accommodations.
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The Epic Biblical Story of 'Samson' Trailer is Here; Opens In Theaters Feb. 16
The new biblical epic "Samson" trailer has been released, which recaps the story of the strong man chosen by God to deliver Israel.
"His strength and impulsive decisions quickly pit him against the Philistine empire and is captured and blinded by his enemies. Nonetheless he presses on and achieves final victory." Watch trailer below.
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Past Events
Human Scale: Time on a Human Scale Public Lecture series - Tales of Space and Time: H.G. Wells and Victorian time travel
Professor Simon James' research interests are largely in the literary culture of the nineteenth- and early twentieth-century periods, especially late Victorian and Edwardian fiction.
He have co-curated the following exhibitions at Palace Green Library: Outrageously Modern!' Avant-garde magazines 1884-1922, Robots! and Books for Boys: Heroism, Adventure & Empire at the Dawn of the First World War.
Unsettled Accounts: Money and Narrative in the Novels of George Gissing was published by Anthem Press in 2003, the centenary year of Gissing's death. He has also published in The Gissing Journal and in four edited collections; he co-edited, with Christine Huguet, George Gissing and the Woman Question: Convention and Dissent (Ashgate, 2013), and, with Pierre Coustillas, George Gissing's Charles Dickens: A Critical Study.
In 2012, OUP published his second monograph Maps of Utopia: H. G. Wells, Modernity and the End of Culture, the first full-length study of H. G. Wells's aesthetics. He has also edited four H. G. Wells novels for Penguin. Until the 2016 issue, he was the editor of The Wellsian, the scholarly journal of the H. G. Wells Society. He has published with Nicholas Saul a collection of essays on literature and Darwin, The Evolution of Literature.
He has also recently completed articles on Victorian best-selling authors Marie Corelli and George du Maurier, and is presently editing Wells's The First Men in the Moon and Evelyn Waugh's Decline and Fall for Oxford University Press. Current research also includes a monograph on the male bond in fin-de-siècle literature, and an interdisciplinary project on time, memory and consciousness in Dickens.
Tales of Space and Time: H.G. Wells and Victorian time travel
No body of writing has ever foreseen the future more perceptively than the work of H. G. Wells, and no writer has ever been in more of a hurry to establish the present in the future.
Now remembered as one of the founders of science fiction, in his lifetime Wells was one of the world's most widely read public intellectuals, and an influential social and political thinker who enthusiastically promoted utopian projects such as world government. Wells's political beliefs in the inevitability of progress, however, were often in tension with his scientific training, in particular with the degenerative possibilities of Darwinian evolution. Wells's first full-length work of fiction The Time Machine sees the Time Traveller journeying to the year 802,701 and witnessing the eventual cultural and evolutionary consequences of the nineteenth century's poor
social organisation; this lecture will consider Wells's relationship to ideals of progress in different versions of The Time Machine and across his fifty-year writing career.
Time on a Human Scale: modernity and the present in Europe, 1870-1930
On what scale do modern humans experience the flow of time? Can the passage of time in modernity be understood with concepts such as progress, revolutionary rupture or acceleration? Or do modern societies and cultures find a more 'human' scale of time – that of the present and near future – more conducive to living together? Many scholars have drawn attention to the phenomenon of 'social acceleration' in modern culture. And the dream of a utopian future has been at the heart of the modern imagination. But as these timeframes of the future have challenged and disturbed European society, it is increasingly important to find a way to understand the idea of the present, the most intimate scale of human existence.
From the later nineteenth century, artists, philosophers, politicians and sociologists tried to put human experience back into the modernist vision of change and progress. Pragmatic social reform, sociology, and the management of day-to-day politics reflected a sense of 'disenchantment' with the time-frames of social upheaval. But this shift to the present, away from the modernist dream, was in turn shaken up by the experience of World War, mass exile and genocide. Ultimately, these violent ruptures showed that Europe must re-calibrate its vision of time, finding a new 'human scale' for social and political change.
With an interdisciplinary workshop on 21st and 22nd September 2016 involving senior and upcoming scholars from around the UK, and a distinguished speaker series commencing 23rd November running through until May 2017 which will bring European scholars to Durham, this project will develop new perspectives on how the modern vision of time was recalibrated. It seeks a new understanding of the 'human scale' of time in philosophy, politics, literature, art and sociology. With the period 1870-1930 as its testing-ground, this interdisciplinary project offers both a new temporal perspective on this critical period in European history, and an opportunity to ask how European society in the early twenty-first century might itself benefit from the recalibration of time 'on a human scale'.
All lectures are open to the public; dates, times, venues and speakers noted in the full calendar of events.
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Several months have passed by in silence on this channel – but it doesn't mean that I have been silent otherwise and, especially, regarding the Kvarnbo Hall 😀 The thing is that I have actually talked a lot, and I mean a lot, as for the past 3 month I have had a serious "tour" in the primary schools of Åland talking about the Iron Age on the islands. The gist of my lecture was "walking through" the Iron Age on the Åland Islands, talking about archaeological interpretations and what are these based on, about how archaeologists work. The lecture was intended for the pupils that already have prehistory on their syllabus, and in these parts of the world, it meant mostly fourth graders (i.e. students are around 10 years old), but on some occasions even the 5th and 6th graders were participating. This was the first time for me officially holding lectures for children and I have to admit that it was actually a lot of fun. I never got tired of holding basically the same lecture over and over again as every lecture turned out to be different from previous ones. Reason for this was probably the fact that children ask a lot of and different kind of questions 🙂 It became obvious for me that their attitude towards lectures is so much different from adults as there is no question that children are afraid of asking. And, you know what, none of these questions was actually irrelevant to the topic in general – well, maybe except the questions about my age, which seemed to turn up several times 😀 All in all, it was a really positive experience for me and what I have heard from teachers afterwards, equally enjoyable for pupils. It made me especially happy to hear about a pupil who otherwise was so uninterested in anything that has with school to do, but was after my lecture afire with enthusiasm declaring that this was the best lecture ever. But at the same time, archaeology is very interesting (….it just makes a really bad main career…. but that is totally another story), and I am now certain that I don't mind having lectures for children even in the future!
In addition to talking about archaeology, I have, of course, also been working with the preparations for the summer's excavations in Kvarnbo, but more about that in my next post 😉


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Labour candidate for North East Herts Kelley Green on why you should vote for her in the General Election
PUBLISHED: 16:40 19 November 2019 | UPDATED: 15:19 11 December 2019
Kelley Green, the Labour parliamentary candidate for North East Herts, has explained in her own words why you should vote for her in the 2019 General Election.
"I was born here in Hertfordshire in 1970 and grew up locally along with my two brothers. My mother was a local magistrate and my father was a hard-working fruit farmer.
"I live with Jonathan, a dedicated NHS worker at Addenbrooke's Hospital, whose own father was a British Army helicopter pilot.
"I campaigned to remain but because of my strong democratic principles, I have leaned towards supporting the outcome of the referendum ever since. Leaving without a deal would be disastrous.
"I'm pleased Labour wants to hold another referendum within six months of the general election, giving people a better choice between a sensible deal to leave, or remaining. It's essential to protect the NHS, workers' rights and the environment.
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"I have worked hard to become an excellent Labour candidate. The range and depth of my experience would make me the best Member of Parliament for this area.
"Following my university education in Landscape Architecture and Town Planning, I practiced regeneration, bringing green infrastructure and economic development to deprived communities.
"I led a successful programme of racial integration in some of the most notorious BNP heartlands of London. I became active in politics after seeing the needless harm inflicted by austerity and years of good work and social progress being undone.
"I started attending political meetings and was soon elected as a councillor. It's important to speak up on rural issues like farming and the environment and urban issues like town centre vibrancy that affect Letchworth, Royston, Baldock and Buntingford.
"I'm determined to get better quality education, transport, and health services for everyone.
"My plea to you: We live in one of the richest countries in the world. There's no adequate justification for shrinking public services. Starving them of resources is counter-productive because it costs more in the long run.
"Too many people are struggling, even those in employment are finding it difficult and under a Labour government things would be much fairer. People of North East Herts, help me make that happen. Please vote for me. I will work extremely hard for you and speak up for this constituency."
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Temporal Proximities (Abbotsford Convent) [Melbourne]
Ticketing Information
Friday March 1, 2019 - 5:00 PM
Abbotsford Convent Community Room
1 St Heliers St, A
Abbotsford , VIC 3067
Susan Emerson
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About the Show
Join us on opening night (Friday 1 March) for additional celebrations and enjoy Taiwanese street eats from Ghost Kitchen. The Mercator lawn bar will be open each night of the exhibition from 6pm – 10pm. (Interpreter will be there from 5.15 to 6.10pm).
Temporal Proximities features work by contemporary Australian artists that reflect on notions of agency, displacement and time. Highlighting process-based and interdisciplinary practices, the exhibition foregrounds artists working across video, performance, installation, sculpture and photography.
A combination of new, site-specific commissions and existing works have been installed in response to the unique architectural features of the building. Exploring concepts such as transformation, erasure, suspension and drift, the artworks enact spatial and temporal gestures that operate in dialogue with one another – as well as other places and times.
The exhibition unfolds dynamically across three evenings. Durational and intermittent performances are presented in dialogue with sculpture and moving-image installations. A schedule of trigger points, cycles and sequences follow the natural fall of light from 6pm to 9pm. Audiences are invited to enter at any time and explore the exhibition as they please.
Link to event here: https://abbotsfordconvent.com.au/whats-on/events-exhibitions/temporal-proximities-curated-by-kelli-alred


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Are you planning a September wedding? We asked expert wedding florists the Flower Barn to tell us which wedding flowers are ideal for a September wedding, whether it's for your bridal bouquet or for your centrepieces and accessories. They also explain which style of bridal bouquet works best for that flower.
"There is a lot of information out there about the availability of wedding flowers," explains Jenny from the Flower Barn, "But not all of it is accurate. Some flowers, such a peonies, aren't usually available in September for example. It's best to talk to your chosen florist regarding availability to see what they can do for you."
Jenny explained which flowers are readily available in September and what they're useful for – September brides, take note!
The delphinium is popular garden plant belonging to the buttercup family that bears tall spikes of blue or white flowers. It's suitable for bouquets and especially tall ceremony or reception flower arrangements.
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The hydrangea is a shrub or climbing plant with rounded or flattened flowering heads of small florets. It's suitable for showy ceremony or reception designs. They come in a range of colours, but most commonly a mauve or blue tone.
Image credit: Flower Barn
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Ornithogalum Arabicum
A bare stem with white star-shaped flowers at the tip of the stem, the ornithogalum arabicum is also known as the Arabian starflower. It's a strong flower that is best seen when most the heads are fully open. Suitable for everything – bouquets, corsages, buttonholes and centrepieces.
Roses are available in a wide choice of colours in September. Round in shape with pinnate-leaves and lots of beautiful petals, they can be used in a variety of designs. There's something seriously romantic about a rose wedding bouquet and they also look stylish as a boutonniere too.
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A 'fluffy' spire like cluster of small white, pink or reddish flowers which are great for creating texture in bridal bouquets or centrepieces. Astilbe is also known as 'false goat's beard'.
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Craspedia are small yellow balls of tiny flowers, from the daisy family. Perfect for country style or rustic weddings and a little quirky touch for those looking for alternative buttonholes.
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Eryngium are available in blue or green. They have elongated spinulose-margined leaves and flowers in dense bracted heads. It's a wonderful shape that gives great texture to a variety of designs.
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The trachelium is an umbrella or mushroom shaped flower that is perfect for table arrangements that are low on the table. It commonly comes in a vibrant purple shade but is also available in white, blue, or green.
Astrantia is from the parsley family, having pinkish-rose or white coloured flower clusters with purplish bracts. They're brilliant for vintage styling. As they're commonly found in woodlands, they'd be perfect for setting the scene at a woodland wedding venue.
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These are square buds that open into clusters of flowers. They're wonderful for hand-tied, vintage style wedding bouquets.
Skimma are strong clusters of small, white flowers and a red, berrylike fruit, grown as an ornamental plant. They're often fairly short in stem length so suitable for bouquets.
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Antirrhinum, also known as snapdragons, are spikes of brightly coloured two-lobed flowers that gape like a mouth. Great for tall designs, such as an elaborate centrepiece. They come in lots of vibrant shades which is ideal if you want to have a colourful vibe at your reception.
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Limonium is a 'fluffy' type of flower mainly used to fill out bouquets and arrangements and to give texture. Their pretty purple shade and soft texture means this bloom is an ideal choice for rustic weddings.
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Lisianthus are delicate looking but strong bell-shaped flowers that are suitable for numerous designs including buttonholes or corsages. The buds look like they have been gently twisted with gives them an individual look.
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Orchids are great because there are lots of colours and lots of varieties are available. They usually have three petals, with the middle petal enlarged in to a lip. Orchids can be used on their own or with other flowers and are great as an unusual buttonhole. They also look striking on a cake – see these amazing floral wedding cakes for more ideas.
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Dahlia are decorative ball and cactus type blooms, which vary in colour, shape and size. They look wonderful in hand-tied bouquets. Find out more about wedding bouquet types by reading our guide.
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These are large, daisy like flowers with yellow petals surrounding a large brown or yellow disc. A real statement flower. Browse our round up of sunflower wedding bouquets for some stunning inspiration.
Veronica are small, star-shaped flowers are densely packed into approximately 3 inch spikes. They're great to give 'points' and texture in a bouquet or centrepiece.
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Calla Lily
This is a tube like flower, great for modern buttonholes and contemporary arrangements. They can be placed in a fishbowl for too for a striking centrepiece arrangement.
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For even more stunning wedding flower ideas, don't miss our guide to seasonal wedding flowers, which breaks down blooms by season, so if you're marrying in the late summer or early autumn you can find even more ideas and inspiration.


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Home Game Policies & Procedures
Girls, if you play softball, if you have ever played softball, or think you would like to play softball, we need you to play softball here at Omni next school year. Practice begins on Wednesday, August 14th. Please make sure you complete an athletic eligibility package before August 14th.
Baseball tryouts will begin on Wednesday, August 14th. You must have an eligibility package on file prior to the first day of tryouts.
2019-20 Athletic Eligibility Packages are now available in the main office, in student services, and on the Omni website. Anyone who would like to tryout for any of our athletic teams next year must complete an Eligibility Package prior to the first day of tryouts.


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Culinary Pop-Up Store by The Capital Club
First ever Baker & Spice pop-up from 8 March
One taste pop-up store and five days of feasting. For the first time, the Capital Club will be hosting a unique a la carte pop-up. Baker & Spice have created a limited edition seasonal menu that delivers a spin on cooking local and organic homemade food for the soul.
"The à la carte menu encourages Club members and guests to eat what they like: eggs, meat, poultry, fish, salads, desserts, as they like, when they like; breakfast for supper or supper for lunch," says Capital Club General Manager, Emma Cullen.
INFO: From 8th to 12th March, firstname.lastname@example.com, +9714 364 0111, www.capitalclubdubai.com, www.bakerandspiceme.com,


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Pale pink colour with a hint of salmon. Its aromas of flowers and fruit are expressed with purity. Fruity and discreet nose of cherry (macerated cherry) then blood orange and cranberry. Palate: lively attack on cherry (Pinot Noir), then on citrus fruit and then dominated by cranberry, lively and fresh finish.
This dry rosé is made from old Pinot and Trousseau vines with low yields. A pale colour, a rich and generous bouquet, charming and gourmet... You wouldn't think that rosé would come from the Jura. Amazing!
Serve slightly cool but not too cold, between 10° and 14°C. To consume because it will never be as good as this year.
Perfect for summer cuisine! For the aperitif under the sun.... We did it for that and it gives us full satisfaction on that point. Goes well with the singing of cicadas....
Nous connaissons bien les vins du Château d'Arlay. Excellent!


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Use this At A Glance Guide to learn the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure related to making a motion for leave to amend in the United States District Courts. For more detailed information, including local rules, on making a motion for leave to amend in a specific United States District Court, please see the SmartRules United States District Court Motion for Leave to Amend Guide for the court where your action is pending.
A party may amend the party's pleading (i.e., a complaint, counterclaim or crossclaim), once as a matter of course at any time before a responsive pleading is served. FRCP 15(a)(1)(amended 12/01/07).
A pleading to which no responsive pleading is permitted (e.g., an answer) may be amended once as a matter of right within twenty (20) days after the pleading is served. FRCP 15(a)(1)(amended 12/01/07).
At any time during the action, leave of court may be sought to file an amended pleading. FRCP 15(a)(2) and (b)(amended 12/01/07).
The court must set a cut-off date for the amendment of pleadings. FRCP 16(b)(3)(amended 12/01/07).
Motion for Leave to Amend Rules:
To amend a pleading where leave of court is not required, the amended pleading is simply filed with the court and served on all parties. FRCP 5(a) and (d)(amended 12/01/07). Service of process may need to be effected on parties who have not yet appeared.
To seek leave of court to amend a pleading based on stipulation, customarily the party seeking to amend prepares and obtains the signatures of the other parties on a stipulation agreeing to the amendment of the pleading, then prepares and submits an ex parte application to the Court, based on the stipulation, requesting leave to file the amended pleading.
Leave of court may be sought to amend a pleading to conform to proof at trial. FRCP 15(b)(amended 12/01/07).


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I love meatballs. They can be a comfort food all by themselves, especially if they have a good sauce.
I've been in the mood for lots of curry lately, so I thought I'd take a crack at making a curry meatball. They were awesome! Well, I thought so anyway. Mini Chef doesn't care for anything with curry. He doesn't care for anything spicy at all, actually. So I had these little goodies all to myself.
Use lean ground turkey and serve over brown rice with a side of veggies. If you want to cut down on the fat, you can use light coconut milk, but the sauce will be far more watery.
Serve over cauli-rice or eat them by themselves with a side of low carb, low starch veggies.
- Clean Eating Danish Meatballs
- Clean Eating Garlic Parmesan Turkey Meatballs
- Clean Eating Italian Style Meatballs
- 1 (15 ounce) can full-fat coconut milk
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon curry powder
- 1/2 tsp. turmeric
- 2 lb. ground turkey
- 1 large, red onion, chopped
- Salt to taste after cooking
- In a large casserole dish (mine was x ), whisk together the coconut milk, garlic powder, curry powder and turmeric. Set aside while you make the meatballs.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the turkey and onions. Knead well and then form meatballs about the size of golf balls.
- Place the meatballs in the sauce. It's okay if they fit a big snug.
- Bake at 350 F. for about 45 – 55 minutes or until their internal temperature reaches a minimum of 165 F.
- Allow to cool and serve over cauli-rice or brown rice.


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Calling all tiny people and their parents/carers! This group is perfect for little ones under 4 and their families to explore creative play and take part in arts activities. Each session will encourage participants to use their imagination whilst building confidence in a relaxed and friendly setting.
Speak your truth and have your voice heard! #beawart and join in!


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Sleep isn't just a personal issue, it's a business imperative
In 2018, organizations spent $366 billion on employee development. The investment in human capital is warranted, but research suggests that—within this investment—businesses are neglecting the most powerful, no-cost performance enhancer: Sleep.
Sleep is critical to peak performance
In sports, experts suggest that the most consistent peak performers tend to also be those who consistently get enough high-quality sleep. This holds true for the world of work, too. As a recent article from Deloitte so aptly puts it: "You snooze, you win."
Sleep relates to how we behave throughout the day, from what we eat to how well we can focus. Sleep impacts how we process our emotions, and how well we manage stress, which in turn impacts how we treat our colleagues. These fundamental sleep-related shifts in mindset and behaviors influence productivity, overall job performance, and our capacity for effective leadership. At scale, the impact of each employee's sleep quality can critically impact the success of a business.
But most of us aren't getting enough
The National Sleep Foundation recommends 7–9 hours of sleep a night. But 20 percent of Americans sleep less than six hours per night. And 80 percent report struggling with sleep more than once a week, and waking up exhausted.
Sleep deprivation is common amongst modern humans, but it's maladaptive. According to sleep scientist Matthew Walker, author of Why We Sleep, "Human beings are the only species that deliberately deprive themselves of sleep for no apparent gain."
Sacrificing sleep is tempting, but damaging
As a coach, I've heard so many achievement-oriented individuals say, "I could reach my goals if only I didn't need to sleep." The wish is understandable. Sleeping or attempting to sleep fills one-third of our lives.
The temptation to prioritize external tasks over healthy sleep extends to managers and organizations. Long work hours and staying plugged in outside of work is the norm. Nearly 20% of individuals work 12 hour days which makes it harder to fit in a full eight hours of sleep, especially considering that after-hours interaction with technology also disturbs sleep quality.
When working with leaders and individuals, I empathize with how hard it is, individually and organizationally, to truly support a non-negotiable eight hours of sleep. It means going against the grain, and potentially sacrificing the small "p" productivity of a single task or project, for the large "P" productivity of consistent sleep. It means consistently reminding oneself that the active and productive processes of the brain while sleeping are at least on par with the importance of (and arguably more important than) any single task.
But the unavoidable truth is that the need for sleep is undeniable, as vital as food and water, and even small deficits can have a big negative impact.
The well-rested path forward
Many view sleep as a personal issue, which puts the onus purely on the individual to solve any struggles. But in fact, organizations play a tremendous role—for better or worse—in their employees' sleep quality. The good news is there are many great resources filled with actionable advice for individuals, such as this helpful guide from the NY Times. Resources speaking to organizations are more limited.
Help your leaders prioritize the value of sleep with your organization with these six key strategies:
- Play the long game. Encourage direct managers to play the long game by not sacrificing their team's sleep or well-being for the sake of short term, fleeting gains. In ESPN The Magazine, Henry Abbott writes, "Follow any marathon training program and you'll be bombarded with science-based insight about how the most dramatically wrong way to train is to run 26 miles every day. Just working out more is the kind of thinking a middle school gym teacher might rightly offer a couch potato—even the most elite training programs advocate multiple easy days every week." The same insight holds true for work. Constant sprints or marathons are ineffective. Sustainable success comes from strategic prioritization, working smarter not harder, and working with, not against, the science of peak performance.
- Incorporate sleep into L&D. As mentioned before, global Learning & Development (L&D) spend is $366 billion annually. Consider making sleep a topic of focus within your broader L&D investment. Episodic training focusing on knowledge transfer isn't enough to drive behavior change. Instead, approaches must incorporate learning combined with ongoing personalized support. Given sleep can make or break other efforts to grow in other aspects of one's career and life, BetterUp members can now add sessions with sleep specialists to their coaching program at no extra cost (learn more about our Extended Network here). Because sleep quality is influenced by so many factors, such as nutrition and work stress, improving sleep often requires assessing and working with the whole person. Pairing expert sleep consults with ongoing coaching means that members can receive the latest science-backed sleep-specific guidance, in tandem with long-term support from their general coach.
- Invest in sleep-friendly infrastructure. Natural light, the ability to nap at work, exercise, and easy access to nutritious food are all proven to benefit sleep quality. Ben & Jerry's provides nap rooms. Google has "energy pods." While a physical space for sleep is great, it's not a prerequisite for progress. An abundance of natural light, for instance, can come from access to an outdoor space and ensuring the culture supports employees taking workday breaks outside.
- Offer flexible schedules. An 8 a.m. start time works well for the 30% of the population who are true "morning people." But for 30% of the population who are true night owls, and 8 a.m.–5 p.m. schedule may cause chronic exhaustion. One's chronotype is genetic and pre-determined. Flexible schedules that allow employees to influence their own working hours help ensure multiple chronotypes have the opportunity to thrive. Flexibility can extend to telecommuting, offering further autonomy for employees to cut out a long commute, and design their day based on the intersection between company needs and personal needs.
- Measure. Measure organization-wide sleep, and track progress. It's hard to get buy-in for investment when we can't see the extent of the problem. It's hard to sustain efforts towards change, or to know when to pivot on strategy, when we can't see our progress. Collecting data on individual sleep can be as simple as including questions related to employee sleep amount and sleep quality on annual surveys. Or it can, as some companies now do, leverage wearable technology. It probably goes without saying that any approach to collecting personal data should be carried out with ethics and individual privacy top of mind.
- Work gets done AT WORK. It's now common for an employee to be in back-to-back meetings most of the day, only to end the day with additional to-dos on top of the existing work they never had time to complete. Often, this leaves the employee working after hours. All-day meetings, or any other consistent distraction, means no time for focus work, leading to working after hours, and compromising sleep. Work to ensure your organization is a culture in which employees can get the work done within their established working hours. One place to start is to instill "no meeting Fridays," giving employees one reliable day for uninterrupted focus. Another is to encourage employees to create "work blocks" in their calendar, in order to protect the time they know they need for specific tasks.
Whether we like it or not, sleep is an integral part of peak performance. A sleep-deprived workforce harms individuals and undermines organizational success. Solving the common problem of sleep deficits requires a multi-level approach involving organizations, individual leaders, and individual employees. Fortunately, there are simple strategies that can be employed at every level to support healthy sleep, and in turn, enable businesses to sustainably reach their full potential.


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North Ronaldsay Lighthouse (Orkney Islands)
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North Ronaldsay Lighthouse was built in 1852 just 43 years after the Old Beacon was decommissioned.
The lighthouse lies at the north of the island at Point of Sinsoss and is Britain's tallest land-based lighthouse tower at 43 metres (141 ft). The lighthouse is a brick cylindrical tower that is unpainted with two white stripes.
The lighthouse visitor centre includes a cafe, gift shop, bike hire, lighthouse exhibition, island life exhibition and the wool mill.
- 7 Day Weather Forecast
Our weather forecast for North Ronaldsay in Orkney Islands is split into two widgets. The first shows a timeline containing temperature, wind, sunrise/sunset and chance of rain, whilst the second shows the forecast for the week ahead including severe weather alerts when available.
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text: FRAMWELLGATE SCHOOL DURHAMTEACHER OF COOKING & NUTRITIONMPS/UPS (PART TIME – 0.8 FTE)Required from 1 September 2020We wish to appoint a highly motivated and reflective teacher of cooking and nutrition to bring a high level of subject expertise and help to improve the quality of teaching in this rapidly improving school. A new Headteacher took up post in 2017, and we have assembled an excellent group of senior leaders and teachers who are having a significant impact on the quality of teaching and outcomes. With a new ethos and uniform in place, excellent behaviour and an aspirational culture, we want to achieve more. We received a very positive Ofsted inspection in May 2018, where our leadership & management, 6th form, and students' personal development, behaviour and welfare, were all graded "Good". Our A Level progress figures in 2018 were the best in Durham, and we have made significant improvements to our curriculum and teaching, and to reducing teacher workload.Framwellgate School Durham is a rapidly growing 11-18 non-selective secondary school and Single Academy Trust. The school roll has increased by 25% in two years and by September 2020 we will be oversubscribed with more than 1300 students on roll.The successful candidate will possess subject expertise alongside energy and enthusiasm. They will believe that every young person deserves the very best education. A commitment to raising achievement, and a willingness to learn, train and develop as a teacher are all essential. We can offer you an environment where student behaviour is excellent, prior attainment levels are amongst the highest in the North-East, and our students and staff are a pleasure to work with. With over 20 new teachers, including a number of NQTs appointed over the last two years, we have quickly become a vibrant and exciting school in which to develop your career.If you would like to arrange a visit prior to submitting an application please contact Fiona Thompson, Executive Assistant at firstname.lastname@example.com to make arrangements.Key Dates:Pre-application visit dates: 13th January 2020 (9am-10.30am); 14th January 2020 (9am-10.30am or 4pm-5.30pm*-this last time slot will not allow you to see the students in lessons) The closing date for applications is Friday 17th January 2020 at 9amShortlisting will take place on Friday 17th January 2020 with shortlisted candidates contacted by the end of that dayInterviews are scheduled to take place on Tuesday 4th February 2020Framwellgate School Durham is committed to the safeguarding of children and young people. An enhanced disclosure from the DBS and Section 128 clearance will be required for this post, together with completion of a pre-employment health questionnaire.The Excel Academy Partnershipat Framwellgate School DurhamNewton DriveDurhamDH1 5BQTel: (0191) 3866628Email: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Exactly two months after being let go at Penn State, it appears Ron Vanderlinden has found a new coaching home.
According to CoachingSearch.com, Vanderlinden is set to join Troy Calhoun's coaching staff at Air Force as an assistant. Vanderlinden's official title was not detailed.
Vanderlinden had been an assistant at Penn State since 2001 and, along with defensive line coach Larry Johnson, was one of two holdovers from the Joe Paterno's final Nittany Lions staff. The linebackers coach was let go in early December, while Johnson left last month for the defensive line job at Ohio State.
The reported hiring of Vanderlinden comes a couple of weeks after the Falcons lost defensive coordinator Charlton Warren to Nebraska and defensive assistant Brian Knorr to Indiana. Calhoun announced a few days after losing Warren that inside linebackers coach Steve Russ had been promoted to coordinator. Vanderlinden could take over Russ' former position.


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JISC/HEA Planning and Implementing Innovative Practice with Mobile and Wireless Technologies Workshop - 21st March 2007, University of Leicester
A workshop organised by the JISC and HEA to explore the practicalities of implementing mobile and wireless technologies in an institution. Participants explore technical, pedagogical and organisational change issues around implementation. In this folder you will find the resources used by the University of Leicester practitioners for thier contribution to the workshop, based on their work on podcasts within the HEA-funded IMPALA project.
- IMPALA Session Plan
- Activities for the one hour contribution ...
- A framework for developing your podcasts
- A useful guide to help you think about different approaches to developing podcasts ...
- IMPALA podcast models
- IMPALA partners are experimenting with a range of pedagogical models to address specific challenges in teaching and learning. You'll find some examples here...
- Introduction to IMPALA and the session (presentation)
- Podcast choice framework (presentation)
- Podcasting and reflection - Tracy Simmons (presentation)
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Here's an inarguable truth: There is no more useful, easier to live with vehicle than a minivan. Try as you might to deny it, but the God's honest truth is, no vehicle can do as much—and do it as well—as the unfairly castigated minivan, and all you haters know it even while turning your noses and settling for less-capable SUVs and crossovers.
Okay, so maybe your minivan can't traverse the Rubicon Trail as convincingly as, say, a Wrangler, or lap the Nordschleife as briskly as a Porsche, but then good luck toting seven people and all their gear in a quiet, sedate, comfortable cabin for more than 500 miles on a tank while still getting over 30 mpg and keeping everyone individually entertained.
We are unabashed in our affection for the minivan, and to that end intentionally sought out the best the segment offers to spend a blissful six months not having to worry about approach angles or lap times. Throw in a healthy dose of electrification, and there isn't much about our long-term 2018 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid we don't love.
Even the experience behind the wheel leaves little to complain about. Again, while there is no mistaking our Pacifica hybrid for a zippy little roadster, that boot of electrical push off the line adds an element of unexpected spirit to the ride. And its stiff chassis does a commendable job of nearly eliminating any body twists and bends, impressive given the Pacifica's expansive dimensions.
All Pacificas start life with the corporate 3.6-liter V6 engine, but for Hybrid models, the engine runs in Atkinson-cycle mode, which swaps a slightly lower net horsepower, at 260 hp vs. the non-hybrid's 287, for more efficiency. The engine then pairs with an electrically variable transmission that features a pair of electric motors, both of which are capable of driving the vehicle's wheels, and it's all backed up with a maintenance-free 16-kWh lithium-ion battery.
Where a standard, gasoline-only Pacifica starts out at just over $28,000, opting for the plug-in hybrid pushes that base price up to $41,390 (including destination) partly because the hybrid is only available in Touring Plus or higher trim. Climbing a couple more rungs to the top-o'-the-line Limited trim places the starting line for our long-term Pacifica at $46,390. Admittedly, that's a lot of dough for a family hauler, but for some perspective, consider the most recent Wrangler we tested crested $50,000. A federal tax credit of $7,500 certainly helps to take some of the sting out of the sticker, too.
The Pacifica Hybrid Limited comes with a host of standard equipment, including all the goodies worthy of a top-line vehicle, like Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, active noise control, three-zone climate control, heated and cooled front seats, a heated steering wheel and easy-entry sliding second-row and cargo doors. Standard safety gear includes eight airbags, blind-spot and rear cross-path monitoring, remote start and rear park assist. We threw another $995 at the Monroney to upgrade with the Advanced SafetyTec options package, which added a whole passel of extra safety equipment, including a 360-degree camera, a self-park function, adaptive cruise control and lane-departure warning. Further, that same money got us the Uconnect Theater with Wireless Streaming package, which threw in a pair of seatback video screens, dual HDMI ports, a Blu-ray player, extra USP ports and auxiliary power outlets and wireless headsets.
Another $395 gave us body-color mirrors and door handles and larger 18-inch wheels, as well as a bunch of special black trim bits, bundled in the Hybrid Special Appearance package. Another $1,395 put a tri-pane panorama sunroof overhead, bringing the final tally to $49,375.
Far and away the most efficient minivan available on the market, the EPA estimates annual fuel costs to run about $900. That's less than half what it costs for a conventional Pacifica. And depending on your driving habits, it could cost even less.
The first 32 miles on a full charge don't require a drop of fuel, the minivan zipping along on battery power alone. For us, that means we will rarely need to visit the gas pump during daily use, what with most of the staff living well within that distance from the office and the generous availability of a Level 2 charging station in the office parking garage. For trips further afield, the Pacifica hybrid will still return 32 mpg combined with the engine running.
The only major downside to the hybrid model is the absence of tow capability. Where the standard gas model offers up to 3,600 pounds of capacity, Chrysler doesn't recommend towing anything with the hybrid.
All practicality and efficiency issues aside, the Pacifica is darned good looking, and boasts a build-quality level inside that surpasses all other Chrysler vehicles we've ever driven, ever. It's a handsome, comfortable vehicle that magically transforms the task of daily errand running from chore to joy. We are anticipating a satisfying next six months.
Vehicle Model Information
ON SALE: Now
POWERTRAIN: 3.6-liter Atkinson Cycle V6, continously variable transmission, FWD, electric motors
OUTPUT: 260-hp (total system output)
CURB WEIGHT: 4,987 lbs
FUEL ECONOMY: 32 mpg combined, 84 mpge
PROS: A far better driver than previous models
CONS: Loss of towing capability, stow and go seating


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It is Christmas Day in the workhouse,And the cold, bare walls are brightWith garlands of green and holly,And the place is a pleasant sight;For with clean-washed hands and faces,In a long and hungry lineThe paupers sit at the table,For this is the hour they dine.And the guardians and their ladies,Although the wind is east,Have come in their furs and wrappers,To watch their charges feast;To smile and be condescending,Put pudding on pauper plates.To be hosts at the workhouse banquetThey've paid for — with the rates.Oh, the paupers are meek and lowlyWith their "Thank'ee kindly, mum's!'"So long as they fill their stomachs,What matter it whence it comes!But one of the old men mutters,And pushes his plate aside:"Great God!" he cries, "but it chokes me!For this is the day she died!"
The guardians gazed in horror,The master's face went white;"Did a pauper refuse the pudding?""Could their ears believe aright?"Then the ladies clutched their husbands,Thinking the man would die,Struck by a bolt, or something,By the outraged One on high.But the pauper sat for a moment,Then rose 'mid silence grim,For the others had ceased to chatterAnd trembled in every limb.He looked at the guardians' ladies,Then, eyeing their lords, he said,"I eat not the food of villainsWhose hands are foul and red:"Whose victims cry for vengeanceFrom their dark, unhallowed graves.""He's drunk!" said the workhouse master,"Or else he's mad and raves.""Not drunk or mad," cried the pauper,"But only a haunted beast,Who, torn by the hounds and mangled,Declines the vulture's feast."I care not a curse for the guardians,And I won't be dragged away;Just let me have the fit out,It's only on Christmas DayThat the black past comes to goad me,And prey on my burning brain;I'll tell you the rest in a whisper —I swear I won't shout again."Keep your hands off me, curse you!Hear me right out to the end.You come here to see how paupersThe season of Christmas spend;.You come here to watch us feeding,As they watched the captured beast.Here's why a penniless pauperSpits on your paltry feast."Do you think I will take your bounty,And let you smile and thinkYou're doing a noble actionWith the parish's meat and drink?Where is my wife, you traitors —The poor old wife you slew?Yes, by the God above me,My Nance was killed by you!'Last winter my wife lay dying,Starved in a filthy den;I had never been to the parish —I came to the parish then.I swallowed my pride in coming,For ere the ruin came,I held up my head as a trader,And I bore a spotless name."I came to the parish, cravingBread for a starving wife,Bread for the woman who'd loved meThrough fifty years of life;And what do you think they told me,Mocking my awful grief,That 'the House' was open to us,But they wouldn't give 'out relief'."I slunk to the filthy alley —'Twas a cold, raw Christmas Eve —And the bakers' shops were open,Tempting a man to thieve;But I clenched my fists together,Holding my head awry,So I came to her empty-handedAnd mournfully told her why."Then I told her the house was open;She had heard of the ways of that,For her bloodless cheeks went crimson,And up in her rags she sat,Crying, 'Bide the Christmas here, John,We've never had one apart;I think I can bear the hunger —The other would break my heart.'"All through that eve I watched her,Holding her hand in mine,Praying the Lord and weeping,Till my lips were salt as brine;I asked her once if she hungered,And as she answered 'No' ,T'he moon shone in at the window,Set in a wreath of snow."Then the room was bathed in glory,And I saw in my darling's eyesThe faraway look of wonderThat comes when the spirit flies;And her lips were parched and parted,And her reason came and went.For she raved of our home in Devon,Where our happiest years were spent."And the accents, long forgotten,Came back to the tongue once more.For she talked like the country lassieI woo'd by the Devon shore;Then she rose to her feet and trembled,And fell on the rags and moaned,And, 'Give me a crust — I'm famished —For the love of God!' she groaned."I rushed from the room like a madmanAnd flew to the workhouse gate,Crying, 'Food for a dying woman!'And the answer came, 'Too late.'They drove me away with curses;Then I fought with a dog in the streetAnd tore from the mongrel's clutchesA crust he was trying to eat."Back through the filthy byways!Back through the trampled slush!Up to the crazy garret,Wrapped in an awful hush;My heart sank down at the threshold,And I paused with a sudden thrill.For there, in the silv'ry moonlight,My Nance lay, cold and still."Up to the blackened ceiling,The sunken eyes were cast —I knew on those lips, all bloodless,My name had been the last;She called for her absent husband —O God! had I but known! —Had called in vain, and, in anguish,Had died in that den — alone."Yes, there, in a land of plenty,Lay a loving woman dead,Cruelly starved and murderedFor a loaf of the parish bread;At yonder gate, last Christmas,I craved for a human life,You, who would feed us paupers,What of my murdered wife!"'There, get ye gone to your dinners,Don't mind me in the least,Think of the happy paupersEating your Christmas feast;And when you recount their blessingsIn your smug parochial way,Say what you did for me, too,Only last Christmas Day."
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Merry Christmas, Anna!
This poem is such a stark reminder that only a few short generations ago these heartwrenching scenes were commonplace. It also puts into contrast our opulence…and still we grouse!
On the subject of older Christmas tales, just a few days ago I discovered a couple of anthologies for the Kindle where predominantly works from the 19th and early 20th century are put together. I just finished "The Christmas Angel" by Abbie Farwell Brown (pub. 1910). It is a sweet Christmas tale where the protagonist experiences a true conversion and generosity of heart. … This is where ebooks really shine! Not only have the famous classics become wonderfully accessible, but we get to re-discover those little known gems we never heard of and never had a hope of finding outside an antiques bookstore. It is as if we are finally given the key to a treasure box that was always hiding in plain sight.


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Family pictures were delayed a week due to a last minute trip to San Francisco Jared had to take. With 2 14-month-olds and 2 6-year-olds, we realized it would take a miracle to get everyone looking at the camera and smiling at the same time.
It turned out that we got a couple decent pictures of the entire family. Kate West, our photographer, has some great landscape on and around her property.
Getting good pictures of kids individually and in small groups was lots easier! Jacob was especially smiley, wanting to show off his Jack 'o Lantern smile.
Kate and Liam's pictures were much less posed. Since they've been able to walk, that's really all they want to do, so to get a good picture of them, we need to just follow around and guide them into a good spot!
Kate loves her 'pretty-pretty-pretty" (a.k.a. her necklace), so we figured she should wear it for the family pictures. She has lots of cute expressions...
and defiant ones too!
We got some cute sibling pictures, too. We took lots of other combinations, but it seemed that adding an extra child into the picture made it 50 times more difficult to get a good picture!
There were a few pumpkins that the babies found and carried around the yard. This is where Kate learned to say "mah-kee" (pumpkin).
At the end, we realized we hadn't taken any pictures of us together. We love this picture! Not seen in the picture are the two crying babies trying desperately for attention, grabbing at our knees!


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Today I had a plan.
Plans are important. I guess they are useless, however.
I got to my coffee shop with a plan in mind.
All the things I wanted to do were good things.
A young man I do not know came over, held out his hand, and said, "i need to talk to you." He talked for 45 minutes, we prayed and he walked away.
Immediately a second young man walked up, put out his hand and said, "My life stinks. Can you help me?" We talked for a half hour. He cried, we prayed, he left.
An older gentleman, also unknown to me, came over and said, '"May I have a turn?" He talked an hour. We prayed. He left.
Three hours, three unknown persons, three prayers. I have yet to do the first thing I intended to do but I got to talk to three men about Jesus.
Luke 9:38 tells us to pray to the Lord of the Harvest that laborers be raised up to the Harvest. Someone, somewhere is praying that prayer. this is why I am getting the opportunity to visit with men i do not know about the God I do know.


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[Hong Kong] For most people, seaweed is synonymous with Japanese cuisine, where it's used dried – pressed into sheets to make various types of sushi, and fresh, in salads and pickles. The Japanese are probably the most creative in the ways they incorporate the "vegetables of the sea" into their food, but they're not the only ones to use it. Korean and Chinese chefs have used it for thousands of years, and it is also a feature of some European cuisines – and its use is growing.
At Sushi Dokoro Ikkei, a small fine-dining Japanese restaurant in Tsim Sha Tsui, chef owner Kazuki Hirae explains that seaweed, and especially kelp, the largest form of seaweed, is a hidden ingredient in Japanese cuisine.
"Many cooked Japanese dishes use dashi, a broth, and every chef's dashi is different depending on the different kinds of kombu [kelp] they use, where they get it, and how it was dried," says Hirare, through his wife Akie, who helped translate.
Sheets of dried kelp are placed in boiling water with finely shaved katsuo (dried and fermented skipjack tuna) then strained. The resulting light, clear broth is used as a base for miso soup, chawanmushi and other cooked dishes.
"Housewives can buy premade dashi in supermarkets, while chefs prepare dashi every morning and it's used a lot in ramen shops and restaurants. It is used to season pork and fish," Hirae says.
Before refrigerators, raw fish was wrapped in kelp to cure it and give it a longer shelf life. These days, good-quality sushi restaurants continue this tradition of wrapping the raw fish in kelp for a day or two, giving the fish a deeper flavour. "When you eat it, you have a different taste that's more like the sea," Hirae explains.
The chef uses nori for maki (rice and seafood rolls), tororo kombu, a finely shredded seaweed for garnishing slices of fresh fish, and sprinkles of kombu to season thinly sliced squid.
Other cuisines use seaweed, although it's not as prevalent as in Japanese food. Chef Bjoern Alexander of Twenty-Six by Liberty in Central says algae was traditionally used to season Spanish dishes.
"When I worked in Spain about 15 years ago, they would steep seaweed in a pot of simmering water and then put a Dover sole in there and cook it for about 10 minutes. They didn't need to use any salt and the end result was this umami flavour that was wow," he recalls.
The German chef says he follows a similar practice of using the natural saltiness of the seaweed to bring out the flavour of ingredients. "When I came to Hong Kong five years ago, we used all kinds of salt. When you bite on rock salt, it's extremely salty. But with seaweed, it has this umami flavour. It's better than salt – it's not too strong and it's natural."
Alexander shows a green seaweed called wakame from Japan, dulse from Korea, intriguing small tender green stems called sticky fingers that he enjoys nibbling on, and BlinQ Blossomsfrom South Africa, which are in season for only two months.
Because these kinds of seaweed are unlike anything most diners have seen before, Alexander is careful to present them with ingredients his customers are familiar with in order to make the dish more palatable.
In one of his dishes he complements a freshly shucked oyster with a crunchy floral seaweed, another is a poached egg with corn purée and uni garnished with sticky fingers.
"I think seaweed could be a trend. It could be moving more to [other] Asian [cuisines such as] Thai and Indonesian. I may have more seaweed on each of my menus. It's quite special and people like it," he says.
At Amber at the Landmark Mandarin Oriental, culinary director Richard Ekkebus recalls that as a child growing up in Holland, he picked salicornia, small tender stems that grow in salt marshes. "We would get what was about HK$100 a pound for them, but twice as much if we picked off the tips, the more tender part. That's how I made my pocket money."
These days, the Michelin two-star restaurant serves salicornia with lamb because the animals graze on these salty stems in Holland. "We would call the lamb 'pre-salted' because the saltiness is already in the meat," Ekkebus explains, adding that it's a complementary ingredient, much like duck served with corn, or rabbit with carrots.
He uses a variety of seaweed sourced primarily from Japan for freshness and to produce less of a carbon footprint.
"We've been using seaweed since I came to Hong Kong more than 10 years ago. We make dashi by grilling the fish bones on the wood fire then adding kelp to make fish stock. We were the first [in the city] to do seaweed crackers, which we serve with sea urchin."
The restaurant also chargrills Miyazaki wagyu strip loin and finishes it with seaweed and duck foie gras served in a radish and seaweed broth, and with risotto with a spoonful of fresh nori to replace parmesan cheese.
Ekkebus says he first cooked with seaweed when he worked with Pierre Gagnaire more than 25 years ago. "We would make seaweed bread with dried seaweed dulse and wakame. And we used to make these breads that were served with certain seafood dishes. He was the first person that I know of who was using seaweed in Western cuisine."
Ekkebus says in the past few years, there has been a greater variety of seaweed available. "Now, because of the popularity of seaweed, there is the movement of 'seaweed farmers' much more than ever before. You get more snacks that are seaweed driven, and for snacks to be tasty you need to add MSG. But with seaweed, it has a natural MSG – umami is MSG. My kids have been eating seaweed since they were puppies," he says with a laugh.
As he travels often to Japan, Ekkebus is finding out about even more types of seaweed and how they are used, and this inspires him to create new ways of integrating them into his menus.
Ekkebus points out that seaweed is a sustainable food that is rich in minerals and healthy to eat. "It's not something unique to Japan. There are places like Wales where they have laver bread that has a mix of seaweed in it, and which they eat for breakfast. It is used in other dishes, too. We are not ready to eat insects, but we need to look for other sources of food, and the sea has a lot of it."
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"I love the ritual," growled Robert S. Bennett, the influential Washington lawyer as he sucked on a lozenge. He eyed the clutch of photographers swarming around Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, the clicking of shutters rising up like a storm of insects in the committee room.
Recently hired to represent Alan D. Schwartz, the chief executive of Bear Stearns, he marched about the hearing room, grasping hands with senators, slapping the backs of staff members.
Mr. Bennett worked the room as Senate hearings over the role of the government in Bear Stearns's collapse got under way on Thursday.
His presence was a symbol of Wall Street's changing fortunes. In contrast, Mr. Schwartz sat quietly, stealing glances at his BlackBerry. A true Wall Street insider, unaccustomed to the ways of Washington, he showed no fondness for the media scrum and the gaze of the senators who sat before him.
Wall Street power brokers and their Washington counterparts are hardly strangers. But during the boom, financial chief executives, and especially the top brass at Bear Stearns, reveled at the distance they kept from the regulatory strictures of Washington. Now, after Bear Stearns's demise and the surprising decision by the Federal Reserve to financially back JPMorgan Chase's purchase of the troubled investment bank, influence has become Washington's, not Wall Street's, to wield.
"How do we guard against a future Bear Stearns," asked Senator Charles E. Schumer. "Was someone asleep at the switch? It is a long road until our system of regulation catches up with our financial system."
When it comes to plying the corridor of money, legislation and power that links Wall Street to Washington, few senators are as adept as Senator Christopher J. Dodd, Democrat of Connecticut, and Mr. Schumer, Democrat of New York.
So it was appropriate that the two senators, who are among the top members of Congress receiving donations from Wall Street, were at the forefront of Thursday's hearing, posing questions to panelists that included Mr. Bernanke, Timothy F. Geithner, the president of the Federal Reserve, Christopher Cox, the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Robert K. Steel, the Treasury under secretary for domestic finance.
While Mr. Schumer has raised more money from Wall Street, Mr. Dodd has deeper ties to Bear Stearns. Since 1989, Mr. Dodd has received $350,000 in contributions from Bear Stearns, one of the highest of his total donors, and putting him among the top Congressional recipients of political contributions from the firm.
During his brief run for the presidency, his most prominent supporter on Wall Street was Warren Spector, a former co-president at Bear Stearns.
And in 2001, he wrote a letter to President Clinton in support of a pardon for Edward Downe Jr., a former Bear Stearns director who pleaded guilty in 1994 to insider trading.
So it should not have been a surprise that Mr. Dodd addressed what has become a source of speculation on the part of the once-brash Bear Stearns executives still furious at the loss of their fortunes. Did Henry M. Paulson Jr., the Treasury secretary, mandate a rock-bottom price for Bear?
"What did you know and when did you know it," Mr. Dodd asked, his voice loud as he pressed Mr. Bernanke, Mr. Steel and Mr. Geithner for an answer.
Mr. Steel and Mr. Geithner were artful and vague in their responses, but Mr. Steel did concede that "a lower price was appropriate" given the deployment of federal funds.
"I happen to believe that this was the right decision," Mr. Dodd said, addressing the government's role. "The alternative could have been devastating. But were there alternatives?"
He asked, for example, whether an earlier opening of the discount window would have given Bear the funds it needed to survive, a claim that has been made constantly by angry Bear executives over the last few weeks.
Mr. Geithner was blunt in his response.
"I would not have been comfortable lending to Bear at that time," he said. "We only lend to sound institutions. Lending freely to Bear would not have been a prudent act."
For Mr. Schwartz, who had come to Washington on Wednesday for briefings with Mr. Bennett, the hearings could not have pleasant.
Asked how things were going, his response was brief. "They are going," he said, his voice strained.
He was direct in laying the blame for Bear's collapse on rumors and investors selling Bear's stock short. "The rumors and speculation became a self-fulfilling prophecy," he said.
Mr. Schwartz's comments were tinged with a regret that Bear did not survive. He mentioned, for the first time, that over the weekend when the deal was negotiated, Bear had a preliminary commitment from an equity investor for a higher price. But given the time constraints there was no time to strike a deal. So Bear turned to JPMorgan, which held all the cards. "We had no leverage over price," Mr. Schwartz said.
Mr. Dodd was sympathetic and expressed his concern for Bear Stearns employees who had seen their savings disappear. He mentioned that he and Mr. Schwartz had spoken before the crisis about the possibility of opening the discount window to investment banks and how that might have saved the firm.
Contradicting comments made by Mr. Geithner, Mr. Schwartz said that the firm would have survived if it, along with other banks, could have had access to the Federal Reserve's discount window. "It is my strong belief that if the window had been open to all banks we would not be in the situation we are in now," he said.
Mr. Dodd then addressed the stark increase in trading volume in the days before the deal.
"It looked like it was more than fear," Mr. Schwartz said. "It looked like people wanted to induce a panic. There are laws against manipulating the market."
Earlier, Mr. Dodd had harsh words for Mr. Cox and the S.E.C. on that subject. "This must have triggered bells and whistles," he said. "Was there a reaction?"
Mr. Cox, who has been criticized by various senators, had a muted response and told the committee to expect enforcement action soon.
In the end, Mr. Schwartz kept his emotions in check and accepted broad responsibility. "The buck stops here," he said. "And we and our shareholders paid the price."


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Pirates of the Caribbean 5: Dead Men Tell No Tales is one of the most anticipated films of the summer. The release date is May 26 and while new cast members will be introduced, some familiar faces will return, such as Orlando Bloom as Will Turner, Kevin McNally as Joshamee Gibbs, Geoffrey Rush as Captain Hector Barbossa and Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swann.
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While there were rumors that Keira Knightley's Elizabeth Swann will return. The actress was not featured in any of the main trailers for Pirates of the Caribbean 5. However, an international trailer in Japan caught wind when Knightley was featured in the short trailer, which you can watch below.
Rumors about Keira Knightley's return ranges from a post-production cameo to her secretly filming multiple scenes. Knightley last appeared in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and previously stated that she will not be returning for future movies in the franchise.
Brenton Thwaites will play new cast member Henry Turner, who is Elizabeth Swann's child. Henry wants to reconnect with his father, who is cursed as the Captain of the Flying Dutchman in At World's End. Keira Knightley could potentially have a significant role in Pirates of the Caribbean 5 or her character may set up the sixth installment for a cameo scene.
Kaya Scodelario's character Carina Smyth is an astronomer, who will assist Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow in finding the Trident of Poseidon, which will help him battle Javier Bardem's Armando Salazar. Smyth will also play Henry Turner's love interest in Pirates of the Caribbean 5.
Early reviews for the fifth installment of the popular series have been positive. Orlando Bloom, who is returning in the upcoming movie, went on The Graham Norton Show to tease the future of the franchise, according to Digital Spy.
"We'll see [about the future]. There is room for more," Orlando teased.
The actor also spoke about his son's excitement seeing him in the movie.
"My 6-year-old is desperate to see me in it," Orlando said on the show on Friday. "I'm not in it much but I don't care that I just bookend it."
In an interview with SFX Magazine, co-director of Pirates of the Caribbean 5 Joachim Ronning tells fans that they should expect a different Jack Sparrow, according to Flickering Myth.
"He's lost his luck. And luck was a big part of his lifestyle. He's lost his way. He's lost his horizon. He's not on the ocean anymore when we find him. He's a land pirate and he's miserable. He's alone. He's not Captain Jack anymore, he's just Jack."
The official synopsis for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is as follows.
"Captain Jack Sparrow is pursued by an old rival, Capitán Salazar, who along with his crew of ghost pirates has escaped from the Devil's Triangle, and is determined to kill every pirate at sea. Jack seeks the Trident of Poseidon, a powerful artifact that grants its possessor total control over the seas, in order to defeat Salazar."
Pirates of the Caribbean will likely continue the franchise with a new set of stars introduced in the upcoming film. However, a sixth film has not officially been greenlit as the commercial success of the fifth movie will be taking into consideration.
Pirates of the Caribbean 5 is expected to be a blockbuster and do over $100 million on Memorial Day weekend. The movie is about a month away and Johnny Depp makes his big return as the iconic character he helped create.
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Big little lies / Liane Moriarty.
By: Moriarty, Liane [author.].Material type: BookPublisher: New York, New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2014Description: 460 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780399167065; 0399167064.Subject(s): Murder -- Fiction | Schools -- Fiction | Families -- Fiction | Divorce -- FictionGenre/Form: Psychological fiction. | Detective and mystery fiction.DDC classification: MOR Summary: Follows three mothers, each at a crossroads, and their potential involvement in a riot at a school trivia night that leaves one parent dead in what appears to be a tragic accident, but which evidence shows might have been premeditated.
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Check out the #1 New York Times bestseller Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty, called a surefire hit" by Entertainment Weekly .
Sometimes it's the little lies that turn out to be the most lethal. . . .
A murder . . . a tragic accident . . . or just parents behaving badly?
What's indisputable is that someone is dead. But who did what?
Big Little Lies follows three women, each at a crossroads: Madeline is a force to be reckoned with. She's funny and biting, passionate, she remembers everything and forgives no one. Her ex-husband and his yogi new wife have moved into her beloved beachside community, and their daughter is in the same kindergarten class as Madeline's youngest ( how is this possible?). And to top it all off, Madeline's teenage daughter seems to be choosing Madeline's ex-husband over her. (How. Is. This. Possible?).
Celeste is the kind of beautiful woman who makes the world stop and stare. While she may seem a bit flustered at times, who wouldn't be, with those rambunctious twin boys? Now that the boys are starting school, Celeste and her husband look set to become the king and queen of the school parent body. But royalty often comes at a price, and Celeste is grappling with how much more she is willing to pay. New to town, single mom Jane is so young that another mother mistakes her for the nanny. Jane is sad beyond her years and harbors secret doubts about her son. But why? While Madeline and Celeste soon take Jane under their wing, none of them realizes how the arrival of Jane and her inscrutable little boy will affect them all.
Big Little Lies is a brilliant take on ex-husbands and second wives, mothers and daughters, schoolyard scandal, and the dangerous little lies we tell ourselves just to survive.
Also published as Little lies.
Follows three mothers, each at a crossroads, and their potential involvement in a riot at a school trivia night that leaves one parent dead in what appears to be a tragic accident, but which evidence shows might have been premeditated.


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Word on the street is that there are new antlers showing up from breeding!
I'm here to give some tips regarding how you might be able to get these antlers to show up on your own fawns…
1.) The mom and dad you pair together both require Antelope antlers.
2.) There should be at least SOME type of antlers on the PARENTS of the mom AND dad as well!
3.) The mom and dad cannot be starters, they need to be a few generations away from starters!
4.) At LEAST have antlers and ears OR antlers and tails on the mom/dad you pair together!
…and that's about all i can tell you for now, there are other things that can help increase your odds (cough ether cough) but other than that you're on your own! Good luck folks.
Also, Daemon is actively working on making sure The Fawns have continuous content from here on out. Spread the word that this breedable is getting back on track! Keep your eyes on our news page to see when more sightings pop up…
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