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If you're involved in sales, you've most likely heard the phrase "Sales 2.0" and are aware how related strategies and technologies are changing the ways companies sell their products and find and nurture their prospects.
According to Anneke Seley and Brent Holloway in their new book Sales 2.0: Improve Business Results Using Innovative Sales Practices and Technology, "Sales 2.0 is the use of innovative sales practices focused on creating value for both the buyer and seller, enabled by Web 2.0 and next generation technology. Sales 2.0 practices combine the science of process-driven operations with the art of collaborative relationships, using the most profitable and expedient sales resources required to meet customer's needs."
Seley and Holloway say there seven key factors driving the adoption of these Sales 2.0 practices:
We would add number eight: increased pressure to find revenue in a changing economy. Automated document generation plays a big part in this movement towards Sales 2.0 and fits the model espoused by Seley and Holloway, who go on to say "innovations associated with Sales 2.0 practices fit into four inter-related, interdependent categories: strategy, people, process, and technology."
What is your sales strategy? How does your sales force accomplish their jobs in this new environment? A fundamental shift that document generation makes possible is enabling the field sales person to easily create documents they need to close a sale with little or no help from management or legal. Standard corporate documents are automated so sales people can answer questions in a browser and create compliant documents. Empowering sales people to create their own documents removes the impediments and risks of manual contract creation– cut and paste, approval bottlenecks and a general lack of standards—which can have a major impact on your sales cycle and cost of sales.
People generally migrate to the highest value challenge of their jobs. Very few people enjoy the repetitive, low-value parts of their jobs. By automating the creation of high volume, somewhat negotiable, but mostly predictable agreements, document generation frees knowledge workers to focus on higher value matters.
In this age of increasing risks and regulation, process is not only important but in many cases is mandated and audited. Automating key documents and contracts is a way to ensure that your company is minimizing the risk of using incorrect documents, templates or clauses as well as enforcing the use of required language.
Technologies such as XML, have made it possible to automate even the most complex documents. This along with integration with CRM, ERP and other internal systems has created a whole new world of opportunities for companies to streamline and automate the creation of the sales contracts. It enables management to mine the data in those contracts which can be the crown jewels of a company.
Sales 2.0, states, "In addition to facilitating the approval process, online contracting systems store and manage all of your signed agreements as well as those still in the approval process. Many companies still rely on file cabinets with hundreds or even thousands of folders administered by a team of people who act as unnecessary gatekeepers. Meanwhile, users of online contracting can quickly search for specific contracts. For security and control purposes, rules can be set to limit access by individual users. And, in addition to reducing the length of your sales cycle, online contracting can automate and improve internal processes that require documented approvals."
If your company isn't evaluating how document generation software can empower your sales people, accelerate your sales, reduce your costs, reduce your risks and increase your compliance, you are missing out on a potential game-changing opportunity. Please check out Exari's Sales 2.0 contract automation solution the Exari SalesAcclerator™.
Special thanks to Robin Fray Carey at The Customer Collective for sending us a copy of Sales 2.0.


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"The official stressed that Afghan farmers could replace poppy cultivation with other agricultural products, including sesame and corn, and sell them to Iran," Hadinejad said on Tuesday.
He reiterated that all border areas of Iran-Afghanistan have been blocked to prevent the entry of opium into the country.
Hadinejad's remarks came after the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) announced that Afghanistan's poppy cultivation has risen to its third-highest level in more than 20 years.
The total area of land used for poppy cultivation in Afghanistan had risen by 10 percent to 201,000 hectares (497,000 acres) in 2016, UNODC reported.
Opium poppy cultivation, a favorite activity of the Taliban, used to be limited to certain parts of Afghanistan; however, the surge in militancy and the government's loss of grip on security has allowed it to spread to other parts of the country, particularly the North.

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QuakeCon 2015 kicks off today, celebrating 20 years of PC gaming's biggest annual party. There will be games played, friends made and energy drinks consumed.
But there will also be people doing good. Id Software (the local game development studio responsible for Quake as well as other games like Doom) and Bethesda are making an extra effort this year to give back to the community by hosting several charity organizations at the show.
"Any time you can do some good while you're having fun, it always feels good," Bethesda's VP of Marketing, Pete Hines, told me earlier this week.
This isn't the first time they've had charities involved with QuakeCon. Last year, Bethesda teamed up with the American Red Cross for a blood drive that they tied into the then-upcoming release of The Evil Within. "I've always been a big fan of trying to find clever ways to promote what we're doing but also do some good," Hines said, "and with a survival horror game blood donations seemed like an easy one, and QuakeCon just ended up being a good spot to pull that off."
Apparently it was a success (Hines told me the Red Cross was "really thrilled" with the response), so there will be a blood drive again this year, albeit without the horror game theme.
But QuakeCon is very much an event rooted in Dallas, so Bethesda made sure to get in touch with local charities as well.
"We have a long history in and around the Dallas area," Hines said. "We have folks who have worked many years at Id and were either born in Texas or grew up there, and they certainly expressed a desire to work with charities from their own area as part of this. QuakeCon is a Bethesda thing, but its roots and its origins are obviously entirely due to Id Software, and Id's guys were a big part of inviting a lot of charities from Texas. That's their home."
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Those D-FW charities are DFW Nerd Night and Dallas Pets Alive, the latter of which had a successful outreach at last year's QuakeCon, making great use of the visibility they were given on the show floor. "That's all they need," Hines said. "Just a chance to get in front of people and let folks see what they're doing and all the pets they have available, and give them a chance to donate."
Another charity present at this year's show, Take This, could be as life-changing for the attendees as it is for people not at the event. The non-profit organization is all about educating people about mental health issues, and they'll have one of their signature AFK ("Away From Keyboard") Rooms for anybody who needs to get away from the noise at QuakeCon.
"Crowds, schedules, the immediacy of once-a-year events and other stressors common at conventions and expos can be triggers for many emotional issues, especially anxiety and depression," the Take This website says. "More than a quiet room, the Take This AFK Room is a safe space for people who need it, staffed with volunteers and clinicians who can answer questions and offer support for people who are stressed out. Some visitors simply need a break from the excitement and stimulation of a large event. Others seek conversation about mental health related issues. Still others check in to support us and our mission. We are happy to meet you all."
So if you make your way to QuakeCon this weekend, check out some of the good causes that are there. The convention runs from July 23-26 at the Hilton Anatole, and general admission to the show floor is free.


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Past Projects - Check out this impressive list of community projects that our Core Program has accomplished.
2018 - 2019
St. Joseph's Center
The team worked with St. Joseph's Center to equip both the Multi-Purpose and Therapy Room at the Trinity Child Care Center in Dunmore. This included purchasing equipment that the staff requires to meet children's needs in a nurturing environment that enhances each child's growth and development such as, therapy mats, interactive carpets, sensory tactile sets, booster seats and skill developing games. In addition, they are creating a small, outdoor playground area for the children equipped with slides, climbing walls and sensory toys. Due to circumstances beyond their control, the Center is not yet open, however a ribbon cutting for this team is planned for the Fall.
The Ritz Theater
By transforming the lobby of the Ritz Theater on Wyoming Avenue in downtown Scranton, the class has brought this iconic landmark back to life. With an emphasis on historic significance, the team created a vibrant, living display including archival photos, advertisements, and images pertaining to the theater, as well as genuine artifacts found in the Ritz Theater's collection. They hosted an unveiling of the lobby in early May and rightfully named it the Poli Historic Gallery, in honor of founder Sylvester Poli who founded the iconic performing arts center in 1907.
NEPA Youth Shelter
This team transformed a room inside the NEPA Youth Shelter into a creative musical space hence providing teens with a safe place to express themselves and showcase their musical abilities. The room is furnished with state-of-the-art sound recording equipment and software and includes a sound-proof studio recording booth. The room was dedicated on May 23, and the teens are now able to showcase their talent by writing and recording music and spoken-word poetry.
The Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple
This team has transformed the Junior Ballroom, in the lower level of the building, to a functional black box theater. They developed the overall design, marketing strategies, implementation and construction of the space which included installing lights, configuring audio equipment, and hanging curtains. Now complete, the space can be used for productions including summer campers and musical dance productions. Additionally, classes and workshops for all ages in acting, improvisation, musical theater, and dance will be held in the space.
2017 - 2018
Anthracite Heritage Museum
In honor of 250 years of anthracite coal mining in the United States, the Leadership team helped the community to "Rediscover the Anthracite Heritage Museum." This project hads two main goals - to celebrate the museum's unique history and culture and to increase patronship - and consisted of an event and the creation of a recognition/sponsorship sculpture.
Lackawanna Heritage Valley
The group developed a "founder's day" type event celebrating local heritage. This free, family-friendly community event was held at the Olive Street Trailhead along the Downtown Scranton Riverwalk on Saturday, April 28, 2018 and contained various exhibits, activities and performances, like historically relevant song and dance from a local theatre group.
Nay Aug Park, City of Scranton
Located in Nay Aug Park, the Pavilion, formerly known as the Everhart or Marmie Pavilion, was built in 1897. It is among the first buildings erected in the park. Time has taken a toll on this pavilion. The team revitalized and refurbished the pavilion and completed various landscaping tasks.
The Farmhouse Sanctuary
Recently founded in 2016, this farmed animal rescue and rehabilitation sanctuary had Leadership Lackawanna replace a small bridge, enhance their walking trails and create a meditation area on the property.
2016 - 2017
Artists For Art (AFA) Gallery
In collaboration with the gallery's 29th birthday, the class reintroduced AFA to the community through new marketing material and membership information, engaging a whole new audience and celebrating "the visual arts" though an exciting community event.
Friends of the Poor
Participants helped market the Friends of the Poor's new "Need a Ride?" program, which provides free transportation to and from medical appointments to Carbondale residents who can safely ride in a minivan. They also helped create an electronic data gathering system that the Friends of the Poor will be able utilize for the daily administration of the program.
Saint Joseph's Center
Participants marketed the center's First Home Program, which assists mothers from Walsh Manor and the Mother/Infant Program when they move into permanent housing. We created marketing materials, organize and implement a volunteer team campaign and create a social media based inventory/collection system for the First Home Program. The system will now assist in maintaining the program's furniture inventory, requesting members to seek out, transform and store quality home goods for the Program.
2015 - 2016
Children's Advocacy Center
This team installed a healing and transformation garden in the backyard of the Teen Advocacy Center! It incorporates a variety of features, a butterfly garden, a reflection area, a fire pit, hammocks, swings, a sandbox, a picnic area and a brick walkway.
Historical Architectural Review Board (HARB) - City of Scranton
This team created a publicly-accessible online database of Scranton's historic properties. This resource will help HARB preserve the city's rich architectural history. It will also be useful to city officials, local architects, property owners, and anyone with an interest in historic preservation. To download the database, please visit: Scrantonpa.gov.
West Scranton Hyde Park Neighborhood Watch, Inc.
This team developed a Summer Day Camp Model to target the Skateboard Community at Jackson Street Skate Park, Scranton. The group also created and produced marketing materials and a website.
2014 - 2015
Lackawanna Historical Society
The class designed and created an interactive website, which is a companion piece to "You Live Here, You Should Know This!", a Jeopardy-style local history game show annual produced by the Historical Society. The game was unveiled at a Launch Party in April at The Leonard Theater in downtown Scranton.
Neighborworks Northeastern Pennsylvania
Leadership Lackawanna partnered with this organization to plan and execute an expanded version of "Paint the Town", an annual painting and property maintenance event. A free Kick-Off Celebration was held in May at Weston Field in Scranton.
Voluntary Action Center
The class assisted the Center with branding and structuring and then helped them unveil and celebrate their new location with a block-party. The free party was held in May on the 800 block of Jefferson Avenue in Scranton.
2013 - 2014
Dress for Success Lackawanna
This team helped to honor and celebrate the organizations 15 year impact in northeastern Pennsylvania by creating an informational anniversary video that was showcased at a luncheon containing over 500 guests. They also collaborated with local schools to host a poster contest and finally, they established the inaugural Recognize and Refer breakfast to unite all of Dress for Success Lackawanna's partners.
The Griffin Pond Animal Shelter
This Leadership Lackawanna team partnered with the Shelter to market and promote their Pet Foster Program. It was determined the general public wasn't familiar with the need for foster families, so the group focused heavily on awareness and then organized a Family Fun pet day in Clarks Summit on May 25th. Over 800 people attended this event.
Shalom Scranton
Their mission is to build a sustainable community through education and healthy living. Leadership Lackawanna participants united with this organization to market and promote the Greenhouse Project, which is located inside Nay Aug Park in Scranton. In addition to plant and flower sales, and increased marketing efforts, the team organized a Family Fun Block Party for the Greenhouse. Over 500 guests attended this event.
The "Phoebe Snow Diner" Project
Together with the Erie Lackawanna Dining Car Preservation Society the LL team assisted with the ELDCPS's marketing plan and hosted a dining car launch event.
The "Foster Our Future" Project
A collaboration with Friendship House and included the creation of a National Foster Care Awareness Month marketing campaign and a family-fun event, aimed at educating the public about foster care and adoption.
The "A-Raising Race" Project
Raised awareness about the United Neighborhoods Centers of NEPA's programs through a scavenger hunt type race that took place at multiple locations throughout Scranton.
2011 - 2012
The Restore the Slope Project
This project renovated one of the three historic buildings remaining on the Gravity Slope Colliery site in Archbald known as the "Oil House." The project consisted of roof repair, ceiling construction, door and window replacement, brickwork, graffiti removal, painting, stairs, exterior site clean-up and landscaping.
First Friday Scranton- StArt's (Storefront ART)
The goal was to foster the development of downtown Scranton through the promotion of local artists and the inspiration of new business opportunities.
Scranton Civic Ballet Company
The NEPA Kids Fit for Life was a one day carnival event that taught children, ages 8-14, about the fun they can have while being physically active.
Skills in Scranton - Futures Now
This project was a Leadership Lackawanna initiative designed to educate and excite local high school students about Math and Science careers in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The students had the opportunity to watch an interactive Chemistry Show, presented by the Franklin Institute and participate in a career expo.
2010 - 2011
BUY Fresh Buy Local Northeast Region Chapter
Leadership Lackawanna worked with this organization to perform public outreach and education and increase the demand for locally grown food, via a membership drive, chapter event and annual publication. Their event, a wine and cheese event held on April 30th at Maioltesis Winery, raised over $4,000 and had over 200 people in attendance.
Electric City Trolley Museum Association
The Tracks to Our Past project consisted of renovating "Bay 4" inside the museum which allows for additional room for exhibitions and also provides more event space for the community to utilize. They then held a Speakeasy Soiree party, on March 24, 2011 inside the Bay, which raised additional funds and served as an unveiling. Together, sponsorship and donations for this project totaled $12,000.
Meals on Wheels of NEPA
On April 12, 2011 at the Scranton Cultural Center, this project team held "Hunger for the Arts" an event featuring an array of artistic services or purchase a piece of locally made sculpture, photography, jewelry and more. They raised over $8,000 for Meals on Wheels.
Nancy K. Holmes Public Library - Renovating Our Future
This project consisted of converting an old storage area inside the library into a safe and fun new room for the pre-teen and teenage population to enjoy. The project totaled over $12,000 in sponsorships and donations. A ribbon cutting ceremony to unveil the room was held on April 29, 2011.
2009 - 2010
The Heritage Explorer Bike Tour
Together with the Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority(LHVA), the team organized a day-long, family and friends bicycle tour event on 6/4/10 highlighting the LHVA trail. The event consisted of two parts: an opening reception and the bike tour. The goal of this event was to raise awareness and raise funds for the trail and to provide cycling enthusiasts and families the opportunity to experience the natural beauty, history, and cultural diversity of Lackawanna County and the surrounding communities.
One Stop Donation Drop (OSDD)
This event builds on the concept that if we donate our gently worn clothing, household items and sports equipment to local charitable organizations, who assist the neediest of the needy, then we are keeping these items out of landfills and helping our community organizations at the same time. LL expanded OSDD to a new location, Scranton! This day-long community-focused, multi-tiered donation event benefited several local non-profits including Ronald McDonald House, United Neighborhood Centers, Women's Resource Center, Cinderella's Closet, Voluntary Action Center, Friendship House, Friends of the Poor and Boys and Girls Clubs of NEPA. OSDD is a nationwide event and is coordinated locally by Nancy Sarno.
St. Joseph's Center
Leadership Lackawanna created and implemented a mentoring program at St. Joseph's Center in Scranton to support women and families who move from either the Walsh Manor or Mother/Infant Program into permanent, independent housing. It will also include a new series of educational programs designed to inform and train community mentors. This program will match community mentors with single women and will provide the support, respect, integrity and resources needed to help these women and their children become independent.
A Brush with Kindness
A neighborhood revitalization program under the direction of Habitat for Humanity of Lackawanna County. This program gives low-income homeowners in Lackawanna County an easy and affordable way to improve and revitalize their homes and neighborhoods. The program focuses on exterior home repair services like painting, minor exterior repairs, landscaping, and weatherization. Leadership Lackawanna's launch of "A Brush with Kindness" will help Habitat for Humanity serve the citizens of Northeastern Pennsylvania on a greater level as we work to increase the number of families living in safe and affordable housing.
Abington Area Joint Recreation Board - Walk the Lake
Working to build a pathway around the lake Hillside Park in Clarks Summit, this project provided a handicap-accessible, family-friendly walkway.
2008 - 2009
The Restoration of Hanlon's Grove at Nay Aug Park
The mission of this project was to restore and enhance a blighted section of the park to a point of destination, by reinstating a picnic grove and creating a site that encourages community pride and environmental connectivity.
Boys and Girls Clubs of NEPA
This project involved painting, decorating and reorganizing the existing layout into a more kid friendly and modern computer lounge.
Northeast Regional Cancer Institute's Cancer Survivor Park– The Cancer Survivors Park, at McDade Park in Scranton
This project was created to provide a physical location at which to display the artwork of individuals who participated in the Survivor's Tiles Art Therapy Project. However time, and more specifically northeastern Pennsylvania winters, have taken a toll on the Park. This two phase, multi-step park renovation project included new/enhanced landscape, pathways, benches, pavers, tribute trees and the removal of the tiled spires.
With the assistance of SCOLA Volunteers for Literacy, this project involved creating a year-long, public-awareness campaign. The campaign theme was "Read Better. It's Not Too Late" and had two focuses. The first focus was on lifestyle, the latter economic. The campaign reached across a range of platforms, including television, radio, billboards, promotional flyers/cards, displays, newspapers and the Internet.
2007 - 2008
Leave Your Mark on the Park- Restoration of the Schimelfenig Pavilion at Nay Aug Park
The project included installing landscaping and a brick-paver walkway and patio on both sides of the pavilion.
Project Success: A Conference for Youth
This project was designed to introduce local high school students to avenues that will help them to be successful by exposing them to various speakers, exercises and activities. The Conference gave students an opportunity to shadow a local business professional and learn about a job they have some interest in pursuing following high school.
The Local Flavor of Lackawanna
A wine tasting event to benefit Children's Advocacy Center.
Answering the Call of the Wild
A project assisting the Genesis Wildlife Sanctuary in providing the best life possible to animals. The primary goals of this project include promoting awareness of the mission of the sanctuary, organizing various on-site cleanups and raising money for food and supplies.
2006 - 2007
My Future in the Neighborhood
Career Day in January for seventh-grade students at which they received a career assessment tool created by the team. The team, along with leaders from a variety of organizations, held targeted career information sessions with those students in April.
Gimme Shelter
A project to raise awareness and funds for the Humane Society of Lackawanna County. Put together a book that sold for $10 and held a Pet Walk at Nay Aug Park.
Doors Open Lackawanna
This project offered free admission to various historic sites and businesses, mainly in the downtown area, not generally open to the public. Goal was to let residents know what tourist attractions and treasures are available in the area. Free trolley service was provided to all sites.
2005 - 2006
Helping Kids Rebound
Children's Advocacy Center fundraising/awareness event that paired the Harlem Jokers against area political, media, and business celebrities in a basketball game to benefit the CAC.
Women's Resource Center Awareness Campaign
Work with extended network of staff and volunteers of the WRC to gather information to update their website, promotional items and educational materials.
Betton House
Mentoring our Future was a partnership with the Betton House that required meeting with students twice a month. Each meeting has a different theme with sessions focused on workshops, lectures and activities.
2004 - 2005
Walk / Drive Scranton Project
Phase One of Courthouse Square signage system to assist residents and visitors in locating points of interest, and help in negotiating streets.
A New Leash on Life: Connecting People Through Pets
Event to bring people and pets together for a special day.
Elderly Resource Guide
Create a resource guide to improve the quality of life of our community of elderly by raising awareness of services available to them.
Beyond the View: Lackawanna County Through the Eyes of our Youth
Give area youth the opportunity to learn more about their local heritage through artwork
2003 - 2004
Family Film Festival at Nay Aug Park, featuring three movies
Promote the Lackawanna River Loop Project by including an insert in The Sunday Times and developing a model of the completed project for display at various businesses in the county
Job Shadowing Program matching high school students with professionals in fields of their interest
2002 - 2003
Leadership Lackawanna Conference 2003
Community Pride Project – Essay contest for fifth-grade students on why they are proud of their community
GVTA Business Plan Competition – Partnered with Great Valley Technology Alliance to offer a business plan competition to college students
2001 - 2002
Aim High Program on career awareness for middle school students presented to guidance counselors/educators
Job Jumpstart search information program for college graduates and dislocated workers
2000 - 2001
Video on the benefits of the area to live/work here
Life Skills Workshop for High School Students
Entrepreneur Fair
Senior Citizens Education Program on "Stay-In-Their-Own-Homes"
1999 - 2000
Signs/Banners Campaign for The Gateway To Scranton
Youth Logo Contest with the Lackawanna County Cultural Diversity Council
Car Seat Promotion and Distribution Program
Green Space Directory
1998 - 1999
Dress For Success Lackawanna
Truancy Programs and Brochure
FIRST Publicity Program and Anniversary Event
Regional Image Campaign with EDCNP
1997 - 1998
The Everhart Museum's Gateway Landscaping Project
Cultural Diversity Seminars
Scranton Tomorrow Web Page
Employment/Economic Development Web Page With Wilkes-Barre Program
1996 - 1997
Scranton Tomorrow Marketing Brochure
Literacy/Educational Skills Enhancement Program/Day Care Directory
Recycling For A Cause (Dialysis Patients' Association)
Mulberry Central Neighborhood Development Corporation Brochure
1995 - 1996
Arbor Day/Environment Project
What's-Special-About-Me Poster Contest
Mulberry Central Neighborhood Development Corporation Publicity/Fund Raising Campaign
Mentoring Program/Education Series
1994 - 1995
Real Life 101: Career Skills Training Program
Project HOPE Mentor Program
Stress Management for Parents Program
Community Pride Essay Contest
Health Promotion Program
1993 - 1994
"For the Youth" - Personal Safety Seminar
Habitat for Humanity Long-Term Fund Raising Strategy
Wildflower Planting Project
"Money Matters" Program
1992 - 1993
"Odyssey of the Mind" Problem: "Butt Out"
Everhart Museum Projects:
- Publicity/Membership Campaign
- Community Board Development
Grade School Wellness Program
Migrant Health Care Program
1991 - 1992
Publicity Campaign for The Scranton Cultural Center's Fund Drive
Leadership Training Module - Teaching Creative Problem Solving Skills
Santa Parade Manual and Coordination
"Home Alone/Latch Key" Brochure
1990 - 1991
Publicity Campaign for The Lackawanna Valley Heritage Park Study
Pediatric Art Project
Lackawanna River Corridor Brochure
Education Brochure and Speakers' Bureau on Math/Science Careers
1989 - 1990
Tutor Program
Youth Leadership Seminar
Reading Program
Community Awareness Conference
Volunteer Board Bank
Recycling Calendar
Youth/Career Counseling Program
1987 - 1988
Leadership Lackawanna Promotion (Color Brochure and Lapel Pin)
Environment Video
Youth Services Speakers' Bureau
Transportation/Social Services Seminar


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An ambitious new arts hub in Eastbourne is celebrating its opening by launching a series of events, kickstarting this month (October).
Based on Seaside Road, Devonshire Collective is a new creative and cultural centre that features studios, workshops, galleries and a café for the benefit of local artists and the public.
It launches this year and, thanks to a £30,000 grant from Arts Council England, has produced a programme of events that will give a taste of the kind of projects the Collective will offer.
There's something to please everybody, with exhibitions, sculpture making, theatre classes, comedy, a rap video workshop with charity AudioActive and even a dance masterclass with the world famous Jasmin Vardimon Company.
The events, starting from October 24, are suited for both professional and amateur artists, with a mix of community, youth and family-oriented workshops available.
The hub's first visual art exhibition, called Collective: Greater Than the Sum of the Parts, runs from December 9 to January 7. It is curated by Judith Alder and will feature her works alongside works from Hermione Allsopp, Rachel Cohen, Susannah Douglas, Axel Hesslenberg, Suzanne O'Haire, Liv Pennington, Charlotte Still, Clare Whistler, Victoria Threlfall and Alexandra Valy.
Meanwhile, family sculpture workshops, called Birds Eye View, will be led by Lucy Dean on October 26 and 27 and Claire Somerville-Perkins will run printmaking workshops, which combine reminiscence and letter press design sessions at the Pie and Mash shop,
And Seila Hay and Claire Shoosmith from Eastbourne Studio Pottery will work with local retailers to create community project, Ceramic Storyboard and Souvenirs.
The events are bursting with local talent, with artist and curator Judith Alder, sculptor Lucy Dean, and – fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe – comedian Jo Neary among those involved.
Devonshire Collective also aims to integrate with the community by working with local businesses and culture, with the Hippodrome Theatre and Leaf Hall as collaborative partners, as well as having links to the Towner Gallery.
Project manager Christine Harmar Brown said, "This is a development and support opportunity for Eastbourne artists.
"It's open to all. If you are interested that's the most important thing.
"You don't need to have any skills, you will be surprised what you will be able to give and get out of it."
She said the Devonshire Collective is all about "social inclusion, talking to people, being involved, expressing yourself, doing something different and sharing something that is not commercial."
She said that though art may not seem like a direct way to help people, it is an important way to bring a community together.
The hub comes as part of the Driving Devonshire Forward initiative, which aims to regenerate the ward through engaging the community and boosting social cohesion.
In addition to Eastbourne Borough Council's commitment to the project, Devonshire Collective has been made possible by securing funding from Devonshire West Big Local and East Sussex County Council.
DC3, the workshop space at 1-5 Seaside, is ready now, while the Cafe and Gallery at DC1 is scheduled to open on November 17, and the studio spaces at DC2 are expected to be ready to view by mid November.
All events, which run up to February next year, are to be booked in advance at www.devonshirecollective.co.uk/events, and for more information visit the Devonshire Collective website or social media pages.


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Researchers have successfully treated patients whose obesity is caused by a genetic defect. Aside from its beneficial effects on the patients, the researchers also provided insights into the fundamental signaling pathways regulating satiety of the new drug.
Source: Switching off insatiable hunger: A new drug to help young patients with genetic obesity — ScienceDaily


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I was looking for something simple as an accompaniment when I baked Blackcurrant Bakewell so I had a go at these Vanilla Sablés from my Great British Bake Off recipe book (page 78).
"Very rich, crisp, sandy-textured biscuits, sablés are the French equivalent of shortbread."
What you'll need:
200g plain flour
Pinch of salt
75g icing sugar
140g unsalted butter, chilled & diced
3 medium free-range egg yolks
3/4 tsp vanilla extract
Beaten egg, to glaze
What you do:
Put the flour, salt and sugar into a bowl and use a food processor to combine.
Now, I don't have a full on proper food processor but I do have a twenty-year-old hand mini blender thing and as my electric whisk died a death on me last week, beggars can't be choosers! With a bit of perseverence it did the trick.
Add the egg yolks and vanilla and mix until it makes a firm ball.
Remove from bowl and make into a disc shape approx 2.5cm thick, wrap in clingfilm and chill for 30 minutes. Heat the oven to 180°c.
Lightly flour your work surface and rolling pin and roll out till approx 4mm, and cut out your dough shapes. Place them on your baking tray slightly apart.
Brush lightly with the beaten egg and prick each round with a fork. Brush again with the egg.
Lightly score the tops in a cross shape with the side of a fork. Bake for approx 11 – 15 minutes until golden brown. Leave to cool to firm up. Enjoy!
In all honesty, I was a bit disappointed with this recipe. It only asked for 3/4 tsp of vanilla, but as I like to taste it I added a little more, but even so, you couldn't taste the vanilla. They were a bit bland. They had a nice shortbread/biscuit texture but no real definable taste.


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Justin Dowling made his return to the lineup after two months out with a knee injury. Coach Laxdal called him a "catalyst" for the Stars tonight as he collected two assists, one each on the power play and shorthanded.
"Coming back after two months to contribute and help win a game is huge for my confidence," said Dowling. "It's good to be back in the dressing room with the guys again."
Coach Laxdal expanded, "Justin was outstanding, especially for a player who hasn't played in two months. He was at top speed. He was on it."
Even with the margin, Maxime Lagace was tested in the game, stopping 30 of 32 shots. His best came on the penalty kill in the second as he snagged a shot from Jordan Schroeder at the goal line.
"He's made the big save at the right moment, which is key," said Laxdal. "Max didn't quit."
Iowa opened the scoring with the aforementioned Schroeder collecting his 12th of the year in the first minute of the game. Texas got it back with less than a minute in the period. Off a perfect faceoff win from Justin Dowling, Stephen Johns found twine.
Tyler Graovac added a second tally for Iowa to open the second, a bad angle shot that Lagace clearly wanted back. Ranford added, "He was upset with the second goal, and he just locked it down [from there]."
Following the goal, the Stars offense opened a can. Curtis McKenzie tipped a shot from Brett Ritchie, and Brendan Ranford scored 38 seconds later to make it 3-2. On their heels, the Wild would take their timeout. "It was kind of a sleepy game," noted Laxdal. "Once we got up 3-2, the team settled in."
Texas wasn't done as Matej Stransky streaked down the ice coming off the penalty kill. With Leland Irving playing the pass to Julius Honka all the way, Stransky was able to snipe one high for the 4-2 score.
Late in the period on the PK, Curtis McKenzie caught a pass from Justin Dowling and scrambled up the middle. Checking the time on the Jumbotron as he went, McKenzie scored with just 1.4 seconds left to make it 5-2.
The third period was a sleepy affair with neither team finding the scoresheet. These two teams battle again on Friday.
Tonight's lines:
Injuries, scratches, and notes:
Faksa (call up)
Rallo, Shore, Morin (injury)
Evans, Mangene, Molin (scratch)
Stephen Johns wore the captain's C in Morin's absence.
Tonight's attendance was 4,084.
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Again and again the only candidate that gets it right is Ron Paul
The arrogance and hypocrisy of these neo-cons is both astounding and criminal.
They scoff at the due process of law. They become prosecutor, judge, jury and executioner.
They operate on a double standard. This for me, and that for you. This is one of the most dangerous positions I have ever heard out of a candidate or a president. Obama should be given the same treatment as his victims. Let the punishment fit the crime. This is one very good reason to arm yourself in self defense from the agents of government.
As for me, I am a peaceful man, but will fight to defend my family and my life against this kind of criminal arrogance and lawlessness. The murderer that gets caught red handed on the street gets more consideration and benefit of the law than this, and any president that unlawfully orders the execution on ANY American without due process of law has forfitted his right to protection by the law.
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For the fourth straight year, the Blazers are the top Class 1A girls swimming team in Minnesota. They amassed 261 points in the finals at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center to beat Breck by 50 points.
Hutchinson finished third with 192 points and Hill-Murray was fourth with 141.
"It's been an amazing experience," senior Lorelei Gaertner said. "Since we started winning our meets my freshman year, I've wanted to keep doing this for as long as I've been on this team. To finish off my four years undefeated has been a dream come true."
Gaertner concluded her career with second-place finishes in the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterfly and anchored the championship-winning 200-yard freestyle relay. She'll swim for Xavier next year.
She was far from alone on a deep Blazers team that had 13 swimmers participate in the championship or consolation finals.
Maria Mattaini won the 500-yard freestyle by almost 5 seconds and was part of the second-place 400-yard freestyle relay team; Grace Snyder was third in the 100-yard backstroke and fifth in the 100-yard freestyle; Kali Fischer was sixth in the 200-yard individual medley, eighth in the 100-yard backstroke and part of the second-place 400-yard freestyle relay team; and Ava Hoffman was sixth in the 50-yard freestyle.
Visitation, which beat Breck by 74 points last year, did not have a team in the meet's first event, the 200-yard medley relay, a potential 40-point loss. Qualifying for state with the third-fastest time, the group was disqualified in Thursday's preliminaries.
"We were a little worried because we knew it was going to be a tight meet going in based on seedings, but that was the last bad thing that happened," said coach Nate Linscheid. "We had people who weren't supposed to score that ended up scoring, and even scoring in the top eight. The girls were just so resilient."
With three swimmers in the 200-yard freestyle — Maria Mattaini finished fourth, Sophie Kishish sixth and Sophia Mattaini eighth — the Blazers quickly jumped into third place and took off from there.
"A lot of girls made it into the top eight, and we were all kind of counting up the points in our head, seeing how it would turn out today," Gaertner said. "We thought we had a little bit of a lead, which was good, and then the girls really stepped up."
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It's that time of the month when nothing seems right. It feels like the whole world has turned topsy-turvy and all I can think of is watching Netflix while having hot chocolate 😀
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I've been learning a new technique in my art practice, so my blog has taken a back seat. While encaustic has been around for thousands of years, it is relatively new to me. I have a couple of books on the medium in my library but none of the images inspired me to take it up – until now. After watching a a series of you-tube videos, I decided to give it a go.
Of course this has meant buying a range of new materials and most of them don't come cheap. I'm fortunate that we have a steady supply of wax on hand from our beehives. Not only do we get to enjoy the delicious honey, but Ron cleans the golden wax, then it's mine to play with.
When wax is heated with resin, a sweet, warm aroma fills my studio. I love the way it glides over the surface of my boards and the velvety texture wax acquires once it cools - first opaque, then translucent, adding an air of mystery to collaged text and images. Now that I've grown more comfortable with using a blow torch, I'm relishing the beautiful cells that can be created when the shellac is applied – it's mesmorising and highly addictive.
An artist, whose work I greatly admire, has taught me that much about the joy of creativity. With this in mind, I plan to focus on developing my encaustic skills and incorporating it with other mediums.
Where I live, I'm surrounded by the beauty of nature, but it's the macro images that I want to capture in my work. The patterns in the sandstone terrace, the rust in a garden sculpture and the textures and colours in my garden. There's so much available for inspiration, and I feel the promise of new and exciting things ahead!


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I stared at the small yellow stain on the Q-tip before discarding it. Strange that someone once thought to wrap cotton tightly around a little stick. What did we do before the cotton swab was invented?
If only I had learned how to use Q-tips correctly…
When I was in elementary school, the nurses would line us up for public check-ups. They mostly checked our hair for lice and lectured us on grooming. They beat it into our heads that we had to clean our ears with cotton swabs. They would spend a lot of time showing us how to stick it into our ears–but not too far into our ears. They would pull it in and out a few times and then throw it in the little garbage bin by the chair. I would smile up at them even though I didn't understand what was happening.
Blood stains in my white cotton underwear: I thought I was dying.
Our geography teacher–a dirty hippy, I guess some people would call him: long hair, long beard, a little B.O.–was very impassioned about going against those nurses' lessons. He would tell us weekly how bad it was to put anything into our ears. We would be pushing the wax into the ear, he would explain, and new wax would just build up faster! Ears were self-cleaning, why didn't people understand that! Instead, he would council, we should use tissue on our pinky fingers! Pinky fingers were not small enough to go inside where damage could be done! They were just the right size to clean the outside of your ear! So, he would say, you should clean it with your pinky and a tissue! He would demonstrate each week by rolling the tissue around his pinky and rubbing his finger in exaggerated circles in his ear–which seemed absurd, of course. The students laughed at him, but he fascinated me. He hinted at a way out. There was a place in the world where nurses were not to be obeyed without thought, where, maybe, it seemed to me, I might be intelligible.
Our geography teacher never taught us to read a map.
One day, I got home from school. My mother had just returned from the hospital. I had no idea why. My parents did not believe in sharing any information with their children. A nurse came to our house, went to her room at the end of the long hall and closed the door. I tiptoed down the hall and opened the door just a crack. The nurse was holding a huge Q-tip in her hand and talking to my mother. She took the Q-tip and sunk it down into my mother's belly button. I felt it in my own stomach and almost vomited. Then the nurse started to lift the Q-tip in and out of her belly button and I could see the red blood stains on it. I ran to my room at the other end of the hall.
I wasn't sure which was more horrifying: that she might be dying, or that she might be alien.
A few years later, my cousin was teaching my friend and me how to apply make-up. My friend slipped as she applied her lipstick and said, "I fucked it up." My young cousin became exasperated and said, "What do you think Q-tips were made for?!" What, I thought, were Q-tips made for? We laughed at our inexperience, and at the thought that Q-tips were made for lipstick smudges, and that my cousin didn't understand what we were laughing at.
She had just lost her father.
My first boyfriend taught me how to take care of my body. One day, we had spent the day sanding and painting our new apartment. Our noses were full of plaster and dust and dirt. We bathed, but it didn't help it at all. When I stepped out of the tub, he turned me to face him and handed me a Q-tip. He held one up and said, "This is how you do it. You stick it in and then turn it in circles as you move it, so it can gather all the dust. See?" He took his out and it was full of plaster and dirt. Then he turned his face up to show me his clean nostril next to his dirty nostril. I tried it, but I didn't do it right. "No," he said. He took the Q-tip and stuck it in my nose and turned it as he moved it around and then pulled it out to show how well a job it had done. I was very impressed with his smarts and his abilities and his know-how.
I was never able to master his circular method.
My next boyfriend had a morning routine: shower, clean his ears, shave, brush and floss his teeth, and put on his rings. One morning he told me angrily that I used too much toothpaste. He used only a sliver. I didn't need any more than a sliver, he said. I was just wasting it! And I should floss! He tried to show me his flossing method, also using only the minimal amount of string–but I couldn't manage it. Then he got angry that I used two Q-tips to clean my ears. "You only need one," he said. He proceeded to show me how it was done with only one side of the Q-tip for each ear. Efficient.
Like sex, with him.
He dumped me, and I craved circular motion after so much hostile efficiency. I spiraled into an unhealthy hedonistic dynamic with someone new. We went from city to city, hotel to hotel, room to room. One day, exhausted, I sat in the hotel bathroom so I could have a minute to myself. I looked at the counter and saw a neat little bag with four Q-tips in it. I picked it up and there was a satisfying crinkling sound. I opened it up and cleaned my ears with two of them. I looked down at the remaining two. I wasn't sure what to do with them. It seemed silly to throw out two perfectly good Q-tips, so I repeated the procedure again. I was happy to repeat the pleasurable ritual even though it wasn't necessary. When I had the last swab in my ear, he walked into the bathroom and asked me to give him one. "It's the last one," I said. He grabbed my hand and looked at the used ones and said in an irritated tone, "You used all four?!" It seemed like a stupid question given the circumstances, but I answered in the affirmative nonetheless. He shook his head in disbelief and huffed as he left the bathroom. I sat there for as long as I could in the silence.
Normal people, it seems, have strong feelings and occasional outbursts about Q-tips.
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History: "The St Cuthbert Gospel", also known as the Stonyhurst Gospel, or the St Cuthbert Gospel of St John, is an early 8th-century pocket gospel book, written in Latin. Its finely decorated leather binding is the earliest known Western bookbinding to survive, and both the 94 vellum folios, and the binding, are in outstanding condition for a book of this age. With a page size of only 138 by 92 millimetres (5.4 in × 3.6 in) the St Cuthbert Gospel is one of the smallest surviving Anglo-Saxon manuscripts. The essentially un-decorated text is the Gospel of John in Latin, written in a script that has been regarded as a model of elegant simplicity.
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Velo-City final standings
The dust has settled and it's time to put propers out for all of our racers and the other fine folks who put this together. In the words of our Race Director/Bus Driver, Ben: "It's pretty great getting to hold a legitimate track event with a bunch of my friends on my hometown velodrome."
Messenger class: 1 Nico 2 Phil "Butters" Brewer 3 Brian "Aloha" "Track Stand" 4 Christina "Teeners" Peck 5 Mikey Urbanis 6 Casey Comiskey 7 Tie: Dylan Gimple and Nick Puczasasuszaurus
Citizen Class: 1 Alexander Urbanski 2 Tie: Anderew Yeoman and Ted Burger 4 Avi Neurohr 5 Jake Blaze 6 Brandon - Pegasus 7 Tie: Sage and Ben VC 9 Mike ? 10 Josh Shough
EDIT: In our haste to post official results, we forgot to mention one racer who just wasn't content to hang with the pack. Miss Nikki Munvez went on a flyer in the points race to roll the dice a few laps ahead of the crowd, and for that, she took home the Spirit award.
We tried to score points as deep as possible to get everyone recognized in the standings, but there were a bunch of others who just came out to have a good time. Word to our announcers, Andrew Nordyke and Mike Morell. Nordyke actually means 'born to work the bullhorn' in Norwegian, and Dr. Morell made the long train/bike trip from Chicago, only to announce a few events and head back south for more pressing matters. In no particular order, we'd like to thank Aaron at 611 cycles for the bars, Duane at Chester Cycles for the paint, Squid at Cyclehawk, Velocity and Yojimbo's for prizes, and Continental for entry schwag.
For a full rundown, check out Sage's photos, Time Out Chicago's gallery, Julio's video, and Simon has promised a forthcoming writeup. As a recovering roadie, Avi couldn't stop himself from writing up the non-messenger events in excruciating detail, and maybe we'll get a rundown on the messenger side from Nico one of these days. Spoiler: Nico and Phil were running pretty tight overall for tickets to Guatemala going into the final scoring event, the points race. Going 1-2 in the first two sprints, it was turning into a showdown until Phil touched wheels with Teeners and went down. Quote of the day: "I thought crashing on a velodrome would really hurt, but that wasn't so bad."
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The second video piece that you notice is called 'Helen Keller (and the great purging bonfire of books and unpublished manuscripts illuminating the dark)'. this video piece however was something that i felt i needed to sit down and watch from start to finish. I'm not sure how interested i was in the actual footage and imagery of the film, and how much was the conventions of TV - my routine of 'theres something that looks like a film and has a definite narrative on a screen, sit down and watch it'. most of the imagery was recycled and as a result there were times when i felt like i was watching an old film on TV, a film that id walked in on half way through, something i knew i wouldn't really understand but id give a good half to two thirds of my attention to, im not sure how sucessful a video peice my reactions made it, i didnt really sit down and take the message in - if there was a definate message to be take in! but it definately suceeded in getting me to sit down and watch.
still from the peice 'Helen Keller (and the great purging bonfire of books and unpublished manuscripts illuminating the dark)'
The video piece that i enjoyed the most was a piece called 'Duett', 2010. it was something that i didn't initially notice because the sound was coming through head phones and it was on a TV screen instead of projected like the previous two, the TV screen was on its side, something that caught my attention purely because it wasn't as you'd expect TVs to be, the piece didn't provide me with any proper narrative or information like the other two, and as a result i felt as though i was allowed to take from it what i wanted, there wasn't enough structure or narrative, it was vague enough that i could just enjoy it for what i got from it without the impression that there was a definite message i should be understanding. It was made up of the images of Margaret Thatcher and Donald Rumsfeld discussing the sinking of an Argentine ship and the known and unknowns of the Afghanistan war (information which i have just got off the Internet). but at the time, all i had was assumptions, i knew who Margaret Thatcher was, and i could guess the other speaker was an American politician from possibly the 70's or 80's. i was aware of the political references and could guess certain elements of the facts, but at the same time was lulled into a state where i could have listened to the audio all day, even though it was pretty much on a loop and the same words and noises were repeated it had a really curios quality; i was completely content with listening and watching the visuals of the piece. i was aware of the people and connotations involved but didn't feel forced to understand, i felt as though i was allowed to take from it what i wanted and enjoy the piece just for what i got from it.


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Author Interview - Jessie Clever/
Long before I fell in love with the paranormal, I was a huge fan of regency romances. It so happens that Julia Quinn and Suzanne Enoch are still two of my favorite authors. There's just something swoon-worthy about a dashing Earl, a scowling Duke, and the ladies who bring them to their knees.
As such, I'm delighted to welcome Jessie Clever to my humble abode. She's here to chat about A Countess Most Daring, which was released just last month. Book Three in her Spy Series, it matches Katharine Cavanaugh, the Countess of Stirling, with American mercenary Mathew Thatcher. I can't wait to find out more!
1. Let's start with the basics. How would you define a regency romance to someone who hasn't read one before? Who would you consider to be an iconic author in the genre?
What I love about Regency romance is that the definition continues to change. The Regency era in England occured between 1811 and 1820, and Regency romances usually include the trials and tribulations of titled gentlemen and ladies in the strictures of society. But what I love about Regencies is that as a writer, I'm giving this incredibly structured time period where I am challenged to defy that order. Julia Quinn is a great example of an iconic author in this genre, but as I mentioned before, the definition of this genre is always changing, and I hope my work in the Spy Series will continue to be a part of that change.
2. Change is definitely a good thing. Okay, next question. The British War Office plays a significant role in your entire Spy Series. What types of secrets were they uncovering back in the day? How would their methods compare to the modern day CIA or NSA?
Funny thing about the British War Office, spies in the Regency period didn't actually report to the War Office. (Spies actually reported to the Home Office, but that just does not sound as cool!) Regency romances started the tradition of having spies report to the War Office, so the tradition stuck, and there's no turning back! Spies played a different role during this time period than modern day spies in that they were more influencers rather than information gatherers. William J. Oliver is a good example of this. He was in debtors prison untilt the Home Office recruited him to put pressure on the Luddites, aan artisan movement that developed in the Industrial Revolution. And this was domestic unrest, so it would be like the NSA sending in someone to stop people who rally against GMOs in food in the US. Spies in the Regency period would need to do this without smartphones, the internet, or drones!
3. Judging from the white-gloved hand and high neckline, I would guess there are lots of constraints and expectations associated to being a Countess. Could you tell us a bit more about them?
In A Countess Most Daring, the heroine's title of Countess is actually a cover given to her by the British War Office., and even more, her cover is that she is a widowed countess. So being titled and widowed, she actually gets a lot of freedom that she otherwise wouldn't have. A title comes with a lot of expectations that one behave and act in a certain way, but a title also gives one access to situations that otherwise would be out of one's reach. In Kate's circumstances, the title works to her advantage.
4. How intriguing. I love spy stories. Okay, this might seem shallow, but the first thing about your cover that caught my eye is the array of very nice abs. Can you tell us how Mathew Thatcher got to be so … for lack of a better word, "cut"?
Matthew Thatcher is a farm boy by heritage. He earned those muscles through hard labor!
5. I must now resist the urge to swoon. One last question before I let you go—as a newbie author, I love to hear how everyone else got into the business. When did you decide to be an author? What was your path to publication?
I decided to be a writer when my dad told me I couldn't be Indiana Jones. If I couldn't live the adventure, I was going to write it. I started writing for publication my freshman year of college, and after getting several promising responses from editors, I decided to publish my first work myself. I love the control that self-publishing offers and the close connection with my readers. I wouldn't have it any other way!
Since Jessie has a new release to promote, I'll allow her to run off. For more information about the book and author, continue to scroll down. As always, comments are very much appreciated.
A Countess Most Daring
In Book Two of the Spy Series, For Love of the Earl, two agents for the War Office in search of Alec and Sarah's kidnappers boarded a ship for unknown destinations. In Book Three, we find out what happened to them.
Katharine Cavanaugh, the Countess of Stirling, has always lived according to the expectations of her heritage. American mercenary Matthew Thatcher has spent his life running away from every expectation he has for himself. But when their latest mission from the British War Office goes wrong, trapping them behind enemy lines, they must decide if they dare to realize the greatest expectation of all: the expectation of love.
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About Jessie Clever
In the second grade, Jessie began a story about a duck and a lost ring. Two harrowing pages of wide ruled notebook paper later, the ring was found. And Jessie has been writing ever since.
Earning her degree in English with a Creative Writing Honors at the University at Albany, Jessie completed her first novella, Shake Down Your Ashes, a historical fictive memoir. She then went on to experiment in journalism, copy writing and public relations communications. Focusing her writing on fiction, Jessie now spends her time between children's literature and women's fiction.
Jessie makes her home in the great state of New Hampshire where she lives with her husband and a very opinionated Basset Hound.


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Adua and Her Friends
Reviewed by Aaron Cutler
Produced by Moris Ergas for Zebra Film; directed by Antonio Pietrangeli; written by Pietrangeli, Ruggero Maccari, Tullio Pinelli, and Ettore Scola; cinematography by Armando Nannuzzi; edited by Eraldo da Roma; art direction by Luigi Scaccianoce; costumes by Danilo Donati; music by Piero Piccioni; starring Simone Signoret, Sandra Milo, Emmanuelle Riva, Gina Rovere, Marcello Mastroianni, and Claudio Gora. Blu-ray, B&W, 129 min., Italian dialogue with optional English subtitles, 1960. A RaroVideo release, distributed by Kino Lorber.
Antonio Pietrangeli's greatness today goes largely unheralded. The Italian filmmaker—who died in a car crash in 1968 after directing eleven features and two shorts—specialized in sensitive group studies, with tender attention paid to each of a unit's wounded members. His films show attention-starved people measuring how best to behave themselves in public settings and are filled with shots highlighting pensive faces among a sea of bodies in movement. Pietrangeli's champions sometimes call him a feminist filmmaker, both for the strength of his female protagonists and for the warmth of the actresses playing them. He focused at least as much on class, however, as on gender. His films explore the ways in which, by codifying and stratifying people, class divisions also isolate them.
This theme is detailed movingly in Pietrangeli's star-studded fifth feature, Adua and Her Friends (1960), the recipient of a new Region 1 Blu-ray release from RaroVideo. The film shows a group of four prostitutes, led by Simone Signoret's titular matriarch, banding together to run a countryside restaurant called Adua's following the close of their Roman brothel. It is Pietrangeli's first film to be released on Blu-ray in North America and his only film currently available on Region 1 home-video format other than fellow RaroVideo release The Visitor (1963).
The black-and-white film's hard, clear HD transfer has been made from a restored 35mm print. It comes accompanied by supplements that give helpful context both for the film and for Pietrangeli's oeuvre. They include several short informative booklet texts (albeit imperfectly translated from Italian), a fluid eight-minute video introduction by Italian film critic Maurizio Porro, and Pietrangeli's contribution to the omnibus feature Amori di mezzo secolo (1953, aka Mid-Century Loves), a comic short film called Girandola 1910 in which a love triangle's collapse is shown with screwball precision. In it, a doctor prescribes a cure for "exhaustion" (read heartache) that makes both him and his patients sick.
The short (despite a suboptimal transfer here) usefully showcases the delicate tonal balance achieved in Pietrangeli's career-long tragicomic style of storytelling. As the critic Dave Kehr perceptively suggested in his 2011 New York Times review of RaroVideo's prior DVD release of Adua and Her Friends, Pietrangeli's art functioned best when perched between two well-known modes of Italian filmmaking, both of which consistently dealt with working-class life. Prior to establishing himself as a full-time director, he helped write the screenplays for key neorealist dramas including Ossessione (1943) and Journey to Italy (1954). His own directorial efforts often drew on a recognizably Italian neorealist sense of compassionate outrage over troubles that impoverished people endured while also dipping into the burgeoning film genre known as commedia all'italiana, in which success is often viewed as perseverance past failure. Pietrangeli's genre-bridging films stingingly analyzed contemporary Italy's social conditions by showing the hypocrisy inherent in the country's lawmaking and its citizens who suffered as a result.
Adua and Her Friends opens with its four main characters wandering their brothel's halls during its last night and sardonically yet sadly recalling previous customers. At one point, Adua pauses in front of a mirror, as though considering her age. The film was made shortly after the 1958 passing of Italy's Merlin Law, aimed towards limiting the spread of prostitution. The law (a version of which is still in place) forbade pimping and the operation of brothels while allowing women to autonomously sell their bodies on streets and inside their homes. In doing so, it offered a hollow version of freedom, one that ostensibly liberated prostitutes by turning them from full-time business employees into permanent freelancers.
The solidarity forged by Adua's four women—both emotional and economic, with 500,000 lire invested in the trattoria by each of them—represents a blow against such disempowerment. It comes, though, with the risk of continued servitude. To their surprise, the women's application for a permit is rejected because of their backgrounds, requiring them to find a front that will obtain one on their behalf. The prosperous doctor and former brothel visitor Ercoli (played by Claudio Gora) volunteers his services while making demands. For the first two months of business, he tells them, they will run a strictly food-and-drinks establishment; afterwards, they are to continue serving meals on the building's ground level while welcoming men upstairs, and share the profits with him through a rent of one million lire a month.
The quartet busily sets about learning to cook, with predictable and enjoyable mishaps. (Plates of spaghetti tragically fail to reach customers; an old man, upon learning that the kitchen's store lacks both mozzarella and salad, settles upon eating his steak with an apple.) Its members must additionally fend off the lecherous former brothel clients who come to visit for meals with their wives and children in tow and cover for one another, both downstairs and upstairs, whenever a personal conflict arises.
Lolita (frequent Pietrangeli collaborator Sandra Milo), the most voluptuous of the entrepreneurs, professes loyalty to the group and particularly to Adua while offering more free meals to male visitors than the women might be able to afford. The rounder, shyer Milly (Gina Rovere, fresh from Mario Monicelli's commedia all'italiana success Big Deal on Madonna Street) cooks liver frittatas for gentle, well-dressed Stefano (Gianrico Tedeschi) and fears what will happen to their mutual affection if he learns her history. Mentally fragile Marilina (Emmanuelle Riva, one year removed from Hiroshima, mon amour) dreads recalling her past so much that she brings her young son from his foster home to live with her in the restaurant, with the hope that he will calm her mind enough to help her face the present and future.
The film gives each of its lead actresses revealing close-ups, often in unusual fashion. Though Pietrangeli's films sometimes use the kinds of cut-ins typical for registering characters' thoughts and reactions, the filmmaker also often achieves full looks at his leads' faces by directing them to walk towards and away from the camera within wider shots, as though they were playing emotional hide-and-seek. This choice yields particular pathos in the case of Signoret, a beautifully guarded, then nearly forty-year-old actress who starred in Adua and Her Friends soon after winning an Oscar for her role as a doomed woman having an adulterous affair with a ruthless young businessman in the British social drama Room at the Top (1959).
Adua faces her own drama beyond the restaurant in encounters with the used car salesman Piero (a flamboyant Marcello Mastroianni in the same year as La Dolce Vita), an impish two-timer who nonetheless inspires her to let down her guard and give herself freely to his attentions. Throughout the film, Signoret suggests Adua's motives for doing so with hooded eyes, a small, thin smile, and occasional understated shrugs. One powerful potential reason is summed up in a simple moment: An aging streetwalker passes Adua one night while she stands outside Piero's apartment, and she tells herself firmly, "I won't be like that."
In Pietrangeli's films, the most reliable support networks that people have often lie within themselves. The main characters of his overt comedies (three of which starred the wondrously doe-eyed Alberto Sordi) feed themselves through dreaming. In his darker dramas (such as 1965's outstanding I Knew Her Well), even measures as stark as suicide register as proof of strength of character, particularly when the surrounding world seems to offer no better choice.
Adua and Her Friends, a mixture, shows its central women leaning upon each other for help before eventually splitting apart. As the author Bruno Di Marino notes in an essay accompanying the new RaroVideo release, nearly every adult male in the film proves to be unreliable for them. (The lone exception is an asexual neighboring monk who periodically checks on the womens' souls and occasionally helps out in the kitchen.) The heroines' greatest pleasures do not come from romantic relationships, but rather from the contentment of doing their work well under stable conditions, and always with the choice to refuse it.
This is perhaps why Adua ultimately opts to defy Ercoli, who comes to collect more money than they have. She loudly exposes him in front of her dining patrons as a pimp, after which he calls the police, who keep the peace by arresting the women while leaving him free. The four eventually fight back by returning to the building after they are released and laughing as they joyously break nearly everything in it. "One evening we had eighty people eating," Adua comments ruefully at the end of a night full of broken chairs and china. "It was hard work, but it was very satisfying."
Adua and Her Friends thus follows a trajectory—from the closing of one business to the shuttering of another. This repetition is stressed through difference, with the group's last night in the restaurant abruptly followed by a final scene of Adua appearing unlike she has before—alone at night on a rain-soaked street back in Rome. While younger women around her procure male clients, she insists in a fractured voice that she won't end up like them. She has been left to fend for herself as the law would have it, and her friends are suddenly nowhere in sight.
Aaron Cutler keeps a film criticism website, The Moviegoer.
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Copyright © 2015 by Cineaste Magazine
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