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United Way's challenge: Rebuilding a region's trust
For months, the United Way of Central Carolinas board said Gloria Pace King was worth every penny of her controversial $1.2 million pay package.
Tuesday, 37 of those board members unanimously called on their longtime CEO to resign or be fired.
King's fall was breathtakingly quick, but not clean.
Critical questions remain. How the board handles them will affect 91 nonprofit agencies and the thousands in need that they serve.
Can the board regain enough public trust to rescue its ongoing fundraising campaign?
How will it settle accounts with King, even as it pays her interim replacement $20,000 a month?
And the most fundamental question of all: How did a group that includes some of the region's savviest corporate leaders allow all of this to happen?
At its hastily called Tuesday press conference, the board offered no specific explanation about what had gone wrong and why King has been asked to leave.
"This was not an error made by a single individual at a single point in time, but a collective breakdown at many levels over a period of time," board chairman Graham Denton said.
"We owe the community a sincere apology."
King's attorney, Bill Diehl, listened to Denton's comments from the back of the room. He contends his client is owed an apology and more – at least $1 million remaining on a retirement contract the board agreed to in 2006.
Denton said the board has a legal right to cancel the remaining payments, and will do so.
"She is not happy with this," said Diehl. "She worked there for 14 years and did a great job. Everybody agrees on that … It's hard to figure where (the board) is coming from."
Denton said the board authorized firing King by Sept. 30 if she doesn't resign.
He said the board believes it needs a new CEO to restore public confidence.
Mac Everett, a retired Wachovia Corp. executive, will step in as interim president to lead the organization through its campaign drive.
He declined to discuss the King situation, commenting instead on the difficulty of raising money in a down economy. Last year, the United Way drive raised an unprecedented $43.5 million.
"I'm an optimist," he said, "and what's done is done. We can't change the economy today. We'll have to deal with it and do the best we can."
Everett will be paid $20,000 a month for up to four months. Denton said the board plans to seek private donations to pay him and King. If the money isn't raised, he said, the board will trim expenses in the agency's budget to avoid cutting aid to nonprofits. The dispute with King centers on a decision by the board's executive committee to add $822,000 to her retirement benefits in 2007. That was more than seven times the $108,000 paid the year before. The board has said the increase was to make up for short payments in previous years.
But Denton called the decision a mistake. He said six past and future board presidents studied the issue the past two months. They concluded that, while such retirement plans aren't unusual for top United Way executives, Charlotte residents found it excessive.
An Observer analysis of tax records shows that King's combined salary and benefits are the highest among 31 United Way organizations nationwide. Her salary ranks fourth; her bonus is the biggest among a sampling of 14 agencies of similar or larger size. Even at $108,000, her retirement benefits were the highest found among the 31 groups.
The board will pay the 21/3 years remaining on the three-year employment contract King signed in January. It pays her $290,000 annually, but allows that amount to be cut if she gets another job. Denton said he has talked with business leaders about finding King a new post. If nothing pans out, he added, the board will pay off her contract in full – even if it winds up having to pay a permanent replacement simultaneously.
The United Way will not pay what's left on King's retirement plan: $450,000 to $500,000 a year through 2010. Denton and Russ Sizemore, the board's attorney, said King's retirement contract lets the board cancel benefits if her employment ends.
Diehl disagrees. He said the board approved King's salary and benefits but is backtracking because of negative publicity. He said he's been seeking a solution, but that the board opted instead for what he called "a grandstand play" at the press conference.
"That's not something I can do anything about," he said. "It might be something I can do something about later."
A search committee will be appointed within weeks to find King's replacement, Denton said. He also said prominent Charlotte lawyer Robert Sink will lead a task force charged with finding out what went wrong and how to keep it from happening again.
Denton and others said the board likely will be revamped as a result of the inquiry.
Sink told the Observer he plans to ask seven or more people to join his group within the next 10 days. He expects to present findings to the board and the public by the end of the year.
In a statement Tuesday, United Way of America called the task force's creation "important and necessary."
"United Way of America believes local United Way leaders have a duty of transparency and accountability to their stakeholders: donors, agencies, corporate partners and the United Way system."
Critics say a lack of openness and accountability have worsened the King situation.
Asked whether minutes from board meetings cast light on King's upgraded retirement, Denton said the minutes were unclear. Asked for copies of the minutes, he and Sizemore said such documents are confidential and would be shared with Sink's panel, but not the public.
When reporters asked for copies of the employment and retirement plan contracts, they said those were confidential as well.
Incoming board chair Carlos Evans said he'll push to make both board meetings and the minutes public when his term starts in 2009. The Wachovia executive said the full board never voted on King's pay, only on the agency's multi-million dollar budget.
But, "as board members, we should all take responsibility (for CEO pay)," he said. "I take responsibility for not asking more questions."


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As an indie maker and small start-up, driving sales and finding new ways of keeping up with the momentum is as much of a full time job as designing and making your products. I certainly find that this side of my business takes up ALOT of my time, in some ways, far too much and it is for the most part tiring, frustrating and at times seemingly fruitless. Social Media is both your arch nemesis and best bud, but whether you like it or not, if you want to earn money from your creations and promote your beloved brand (the one you've lovingly nurtured and ripped your heart out to create) without selling the heirlooms and busting the local cashpoint, you have to partake. The bad news – it'll suck a lot of seconds out of your day. The good news: for the most part, it's free, and you can literally see the ROI grow before your very eyes.
I've worked in marketing for the last ten years whilst starting up Peas-in-a-Pod gifts and greetings (since 2012) and continue to combine both alongside motherhood and occasional freelance jobs. Using social media has become a way of life for me, and managing multiple accounts across different platforms has really given me an insight into the do's and don'ts of running your accounts. As part of a Guest Blog Series for Made By Mrs M I'll be sharing my tips and advice on successfully using social media to promote your creative business.
So Social Media. Why, why, why? For us creative business owners you don't really have the choice. Put your personal feelings aside and shake hands because social media has to be your friend if you need to self-promote on a shoestring.
· It's free. As always an important factor when starting your own business. You can quickly set up profiles on any of the big social media platforms without paying any fee. Invest your time not your money, especially at the beginning.
· It builds networks. It takes WoM to another level – as artists and small businesses we rely a lot on networking, and word of mouth to help spread the word about our products, craft and commissions. With a bit of time, knowhow and effort you can quickly establish multiple networks of advocates who will help promote you and your work.
· It complements and enhances your existing marketing activity and enables you to segment and target your audience allowing bespoke and more meaningful engagement. Look at Hootsuite, Sprout Social, Iconosquare as well as Facebook and Twitter's own analytics tools.
· It can be tracked, analysed and monitored – you can use it intelligently and devise cross communication strategies and promotions.
· There's a lot of help, advice and tips out there to help get you started and by seeing what your social media communities and competitors are doing you can quickly learn.
· Everyone is doing it – so you need to be seen. It's good for your business credibility and gives buyers/customers/retailers the inside scoop on what your brand is about. If you think about it, it's kind of like the innards of your sketchbooks – a place to showcase your 'behind the scenes', what makes you tick, your inspiration and work in progress; ultimately it's a place to show the heart of your brand.
If you've been using social media for a while, you'll know how rewarding and addictive it can be, but also how that at times it can be really difficult to keep up the momentum and to create regular inspirational content specific to the particular platforms you are using. It can be tempting to do a 'one size fits all' and cross-post to your facebook, twitter and instagram but I would be cautious of this. You're likely to be followed across all of your platforms by many of your followers and it's therefore good to shake up your content.
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Drizzy welcomed @drose and young PJ Rose onto the stage in NY (via @Drake) VIDEO:
At the buzzer! PJ Dozier catches & shoots in mid-air to lift South Carolina over Monmouth.
@lucyisaabel obvs kept that far too important as a pj top
#Saints CB PJ Williams suffered a concussion yesterday after being kneed in the head, but the belief is he escaped without a spine injury.
@pj_reed_407 False. The emails WikiLeaks has released are pristine. The claim relates to non-emails (PDFs) coming from the Hill/Gawker/SG
"Quiero ver en el Congreso a cada afiliado del PJ actuar en consecuencia con el peronismo que declaman" M. Kirchner
Agent Deryk Gilmore told @JosinaAnderson that PJ Williams is getting "a CT scan right now (at hospital), but he can feel his extremities."
Very scary scene at Giants/saints game. PJ Williams being strapped to a stabilizing board. Players on both teams very distressed
Five-star forward PJ Washington just verbally committed to Kentucky.
Si Kuya PJ, yung mukha niya parang pang artistahin - MayMay #PBBThisIsMeMore Comments with PJ...
.@hcapriles: Maduro persigue a PJ en Margarita para meter miedo
Kentucky now moves to No. 6 in Scout's 2017 recruiting class rankings with commitments from PJ Washington & Nick Richards today.
South Carolina wins on a catch-and-shoot buzzer-beater from PJ Dozier, who shot it without touching the ground:
How many PJ posters are in your collection? #PearlJam
When I don't go to cons.. I revert to a pj wearing introvert who only opens the front door to see if my Amazon packages have arrived.
Dubai. Where victims are jailed. BBC News - British woman 'arrested in Dubai after reporting gang rape' @PJ_Parham
Guanipa denuncia que el gobierno prepara franelas de PJ para crear violencia
here's your morning dosage of weird from your friendly neighbourhood pal, PJ
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Abbreviations or Slang with similar meaning
- JAWNY - Junior Achievement of Western New York
- JAYEP - Junior Achievement Youth Entrepreneurship Program
- JHCD - Junior High Camp Director
- JFLL - Junior First Lego League
- JFLNI - Junior Football League of Northern Illinois
- JANGO - Junior Army-Navy Guild Organization
- JANI - Junior Achievement of Northern Indiana
- JANJ - Junior Achievement of New Jersey
- JHIT - Junior High Invitational Tournament
- JHKCBA - Junior Hong Kong Canada Business Association
- JHMP - Junior Honors Medical Program
- JCEAP - Junior Company Exploration Assistance Program
- JCFAN - Junior Chamber Family AIDS Network
- JCWO - Junior Cadet Watch Officer
- JHSTE - Junior High Test of Economics
- JBMO - Junior Balkan Mathematical Olympiad
- JBMOW - Junior Boatswain's Mate of the Watch
- JCIHK - Junior Chamber International Hong Kong
- JCIKL - Junior Chamber International Malaysia
- JJV - Junior Junior Varsity


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Entitled "Down the Rabbit Hole" Episode 407 was beautiful and emotional. We get to see a different side of the coin (thank you for ruining that term Stephen Bonet) and the prices that have been picked up by the other characters in the wake of Claire and Jamie's love story. What I've always loved about Diana Gabaldon's writing is that she takes you on a journey that is entirely impossible to predict. Episode 407 does just that. I enjoyed this view from the "outsiders" perspective. In order for Jamie and Claire to have been together the first and second time around a lot of other people were left hanging.
I loved that the peanut butter and jelly sandwich from book three made it into season four! It's awesome when the writers give us little Easter eggs like that. But what kind of monster cuts a sandwich like that? Am I right?
One outcome of Claire's emotional unavailability is Bree and Frank developed quite a beautiful father daughter relationship. They were best friends and I really enjoyed this ode to what a doting and loving father Frank was to Bree. I love how we got to see what happened after Claire and Frank's fight in season 3. Frank's last words to Bree were, I love you…and Bree said nothing and she continues to live with the pain of that. Ultimately Bree knows that her father would have been proud and supportive of her choice to find Jamie and Claire. That final moment when she looks back to Frank standing on the docks just broke my heart. It was bittersweet to see her let go with that final nod knowing that he raised her well with all the love he had to give.
Roger had a bit of a rough go, right off the bat he learns about the brutality of the 18th century and it is once again confirmed the Stephen Bonet it a certifiable psycho. I was all geared up and ready for Roger too be this sexy 18th century hottie buuuuut instead he looked like Popeye and where's Waldo had a homeless baby….but I'm ok with it I'm sure that realistically speaking Roger used what he had I. The short amount of time he had to get ready.
Lioaghare…I will never be able to spell her name properly for one and for two…she almost convicted us that she's not psychotic. This diversion from the books was due to the fact that they could NOT get the actress that plays Jenny (Laura Donnely) to say yes to coming back to reprise her role. She was doing a play in London and the writers held out until the VERY LAST minute. So in light of that I feel like they did thre very best with what they had to work with. It was very interesting to see Laorghare (see did it again) as the motherly nurturing sort with actual human feelings. I honestly can't ever imagine Jamie with her though. He just seems too big of a presence to be squashed into Laoghaire's (I think I almost got it that time) life.
The time spent at Lallybroch was just too darn short but Steven Cree did an excellent job filling the void left by Jenny's absence. The underwhelming welcome of Briana from the rest of the family was odd but I know the reasoning behind it so I suppose I'll just have to cope with that.
All to say I loved the beautiful ending and the touching send off from Frank to Brianna. Frank may never be Jamie but he did a damn good jobs filling in for him! Now let's soldier on Sassenachs!
What did you guys think of this episode? Loved? Hated? Outraged? Ugly cried? Tell me all your feelings!


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I'm currently sitting in the library procrastinating homework that I should be doing. What's new? Nothing, that's the answer.
But here's the deal. It's productive procrastination. I'm reading some articles about being in your 20's. I feel like I'm in this weird stage of life where I'm not really an adult, but I also am. I'm in college, but I'm living without parental supervision. It feels like this weird in-between. Sure, I have two more years left in the college bubble, but I also have TWO YEARS until I'm a full fledged adult. Weird. It's weird.
So anyway, as I'm procrastinating, I find this article titled "25 Uncomfortable Things You Need To Do If You Don't Want To Regreat Your 20s."
The whole article is a great read, but one of the points really resonated with me. It says "have something to talk about that isn't other people, and your judgements of them." I think everyone, not just people in their 20's can relate to this. So often, as humans, we feel the need to gossip. To talk about people behind their backs, stretch the truth, blur lines, ask questions that don't matter in the grand scheme of things, etc. It's dumb. Gossip is dumb.
I've decided to commit to this; I no longer want to waste my time talking about people. I want to focus on positive energy. To talking about things that matter, things that make me feel smarter and more energized instead of talking about things that waste my time and make me feel heated.
Here's to not regretting my 20's and talking about things that really matter.
Bye bye gossip!
Thanks for reading,


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text: Skaters may know the main Homage Brooklyn on Bergen Street - a real skater owned and operated skate/snowboard shop. But there's another Homage in Gowanus that has an actual indoor skate park inside! Go to Homage Indoor on 615 Degraw Street for hours of skating fun. If you've never skated, no problem - they have lessons for all ages. Skate your way to Gowanus Nite Market this Saturday! And yes, we did call it a party - with awesome bands added to the mix of all GNM has to offer, you're sure to party the night away.


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To say that it's a while since I last updated my blog is a drastic understatement. I last piped up during the gloomy month of November. It's now February. It's still gloomy and it's still raining. But as to the reason for my apparent absence – I could talk of Christmas, of trips to Abu Dhabi, of the pressures of work at the inception of a new term – but all these would pale into insignificance as compared to the main issue at hand, which is far more interesting and far more artistic in nature.
Since resolving, almost exactly one year ago, to leave behind my old, score based, traditional, tonal and essentially Romantic style of composition for a new, fresh sound, realised exclusively using a digital/electronic format, I have found that the compositional process is inordinately slower and more time consuming than ever before. Before, if you had asked me to complete a movement for full orchestra in the space of 4 weeks, I would have met the deadline with relative ease. The tried and tested ways of working would have been immediately employed and put to work.
I think this familiarity with one's own method of working, together with the structure of sonata form, which imposed a kind of helpful discipline upon composers of the Classical period, aided the proliferation of copious works in a short space of time by these composers. The removal of these structures, strictures and "familiar friends" (as an artist friend of mine calls them) leaves the composer somewhat at sea – possibly with only a map and compass instead of radar. There is almost total freedom nowadays – except one now has to chart one's own course!
The other reason for my failure to produce work quickly is explained by the procedures which I now employ in my compositional work. The music is essentially comprised of the layering of sound; the overlapping of chords and sounds which cross-fade in and out of one another, producing new and interesting harmonies as more layers are added. These layers themselves are somewhat complicated and intricate and are comprised of further layers within them. Needless to say, the work is slow and complex.
In the world of art, I liken this process to the painstaking work undertaken at the workshops of Carl Fabergé, where his legendary enamelling work necessitated the layering of several coats of enamel – a delicate and highly skilled process which few other makers mastered. This created the beautiful iridescent effect for which Carl Fabergé's enamelling became famous.
Another example is the so called "colour field paintings" of Mark Rothko in which he used several original techniques which he kept secret even from his own assistants but which UltraViolet analysis now reveals not only the various layers of the paintings but also the techniques and materials used. This is a good example of art which appears simplistic to the untrained eye, yet belies an inner complexity and mastery of process.
Despite the pressures of daily life as well as the time consuming processes involved in my current compositional work, I have now managed to complete another short movement in my series of works inpsired by the Imperial Fabergé eggs – this time dedicated to the Diamond Trellis Egg.
I am currently adding the final touches to this and will let you hear it very soon.
Pictured below: White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose) by Mark Rothko; Green enamel cigarette case by Carl Fabergé


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Revealed: How To Stop Stress In Its Tracks/
Stress is probably the most common health problem in the world. Most people are stressed at some point in their life, with many people dealing with it for years and years. The main issue with stress is that it can lead to all sorts of physical ailments as well.
Bearing that in mind, it's important you do what you can to rid yourself of stress. So, here are a few ways you can stop it in its tracks:
Meditate or Do Yoga
Meditation is a fantastic way to relieve yourself of stress and relax more. There are so many resources out there on sites like http://www.huffingtonpost.com that show all the benefits of meditation. It helps you clear your mind, relax your muscles and just float away from the world for a few minutes. Yoga goes hand in hand with meditation, and can also be used to get rid of your stress. Again, there are places like http://www.yogajournal.com/ that prove yoga helps reduce stress as well as improve other aspects of your health.
Most people that practice yoga will meditate as part of their session. So, you can combine both things into one, and start feeling less stressed. You don't need to do yoga every day, although it will be very beneficial. Normally, you can get away with one or two sessions every week, lasting between half an hour and a full hour. Meditation, on the other hand, can be done every day for as little as ten minutes. Just set the time aside either in the morning or before bed at night, and try to destress.
Take Medication
Stress is a health problem just like any other physical health problem out there. What people, when they have physical problems take medicine to gain relief. If you are a medicine type of guy or gal, you can do this when you're stressed too, you just need to know the right things to take. As seen here http://www.ibsrelief.com/reviews/ many people say that probiotics have helped reduce their stress levels. Probiotics are usually associated with stomach problems, which are also usually associated with stress! Probiotics can help to take care of your stress levels, which also could reduce the chances of stomach problems too. It's important you take medication that doesn't include lots of complex chemicals which lead to many side effects. You want something that's as natural as can be, and non-addictive.
Release Your Emotions
A lot of the time, stress happens when we keep our emotions bottled up. This isn't very good for our health or well-being, you need to let everything out. Find ways you can release your emotions, and you'll instantly feel some stress relief. A good way you can do this is by punching a punchbag, or by listening to music at full volume and screaming out the lyrics to every song. Different people have different methods that work for them. Find out what helps you get this release, and you'll soon wave goodbye to stress.
Relieve yourself of stress, and you will start to see dramatic improvements in your overall health and wellness too.


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Details of the Mau Mau secret society in Kenya were given to the House of Commons yesterday by Mr O. Lyttelton, Colonial Secretary, who said it was proscribed for subversive activities in 1940. It encouraged racial hatred, was violently anti-European, pursued its aims by forced secret oaths on men, women and children, by intimidating witnesses and law-abiding Africans, and resorted to murder and other brutal methods.
The situation, he added, had become progressively worse. "Accordingly reinforcements were brought from other areas, many arrests were made, a curfew was imposed, magistrates were given enhanced powers, and public meetings were banned in most areas. These measures proved insufficient because African witnesses are afraid to come forward and give evidence in face of the brutal methods, and vicious reprisals of Mau Mau against them."
"Africans who refused to take the Mau Mau oath have had ropes tied around their necks and been strung up from rafters until unconscious. Those who have informed the police had later been found murdered. Charges against over a hundred persons for administrating or participating in the administration of the Mau Mau oath had to be withdrawn because witnesses had dis-appeared or had been intimidated into changing their story.
"Up to September 13 there have been 23 murders, including two women and three children, 12 attempted murders, 4 suicides, 24 hut burnings, 12 serious assaults, churches desecrated, and missions attacked.
"I feel sure that the house will wish me to convey their sympathy with all those who have suffered from these savage attacks. Those guilty of such crimes must be accounted enemies of the whole law-abiding community of Kenya, and no less of those African members who so overwhelmingly outnumber the law-breakers. In the action being taken to deal with the situation.
"Of legislation discussed with me, seven ordinances were passed by the Kenya Legislative Council and assented to by Her Majesty's Government on October 8. These ordinances give special protection to witnesses and power to restrict the places of residence of persons associating with unlawful societies, control traffic at night, and increase maximum penalties for certain offences."
Mr T. Reid (Lab. Swindon) asked if the Minister could give the reason for this sudden outbreak of violence, murder, and injury to animals, and what was the final object of the Mau Mau.
Mr Lyttelton said he had some difficulty in giving a considered opinion. "There are a great many causes. One, which may strike the House as curious, is that many of the tribal dances and other means of letting off steam have been suppressed by the missionaries and this has given an impetus to secret societies. Other causes are land famine and social problems." The object of the Mau Mau was to drive the Europeans out of Kenya.


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The 'dialect' and 'writing' group
These nouns refer to ways of writing or saying something. We include here in hardback, in paperback, in softback, and in e-book, which refer to forms of publishing a book.
Likewise, parents may be offended by their child speaking in his local dialect.
He is teaching himself classical Greek so he can read his favourite works in the original.
'Ariadne's Children' was published in paperback in 1995.
Inside was a letter written in pencil on yellowing lined sheets.
Among his earliest literary efforts in prose had been tales of fantasy.
This can be expressed in simple terms as follows.
This use is productive with nouns referring to languages, for example in English.
in block capitals in block letters in bold* in code* in dialect in e-book in hardback in italics* in longhand in manuscript in monosyllables in paperback in pen in pencil in print in prose* in shorthand in softback in translation in upper case* in verse* in words* in writing in ... format /in the format of ... in ... handwriting in ... language in ... letters in ... parlance in ... words in ... terminology in ... terms* in a ... dialect in a ... language* in a ... tongue in the original in the vernacular* in my handwriting
In another comer Bill would be poring over his books, muttering away in Arabic.
The nouns marked with an asterisk (*) also have the pattern into N.
Was that what gave you the idea that these stories could be turned into verse?
Their lyrics cannot be translated into a European language without losing their power and beauty.


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Justin Bergman, senior editor for Budget Travel, answers a question I posed from a previous post: Will the economic downturn and lower gasoline prices mean costs for airfare will tumble?
His answer: Oh yeah.
Fearing a possible sharp decline in commercial traffic in 2009, the airlines are desperate to fill seats on their planes this holiday season, so they are going to be offering rock-bottom prices on flights. Rick Seaney, the chief executive officer of Farecompare.com, has said, in fact, that the sales will be the biggest the airline industry has seen in the past 18 months.
Bergman suggests checking out http://www.farecast.com or http://www.airfarewatch.com for the latest prices, but he also correctly points out how airline Websites have some of the best deals. My fiance and I flew to western Ireland in June 2007, and we found great airfare through U.S. Airways' homepage. By selecting a flight from Baltimore to Philadelphia, then Philadelphia to Shannon in County Cork, we paid only $500. But while that's a cheap price it's not the crazy part. Had we selected to only fly from Philadelphia to Ireland on the very same plane we rode, skipping the Baltimore leg, we would have paid upwards of $900. Made no sense to us, but we weren't going to argue.
So frequently go to airliner homepages when researching airfare. They're often more affordable than what you find at places like Travelocity.


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It's a known fact that Dirty Projectors are sexy as hell. Tender, acoustic psych-rock can also be pretty sexy, depending on your taste in musical hotness. So when this cover of "Swing Lo Magellan" dropped in September, my reaction was something along the lines of "Hot damn, I wanna drape this track in a colorful poncho, lay it down on a cozy bearskin rug, and degrade its sound using ridiculously low-quality recording mechanisms."
The man behind the music is Ruban Nielson, guitarist, songwriter, and frontman of the increasingly popular psychedelic outfit Unknown Mortal Orchestra, which also includes drummer Riley Geare and bassist Jake Portrait. A New Zealand native, Nielson made his debut on the indie music blog circuit in 2010 when he anonymously released the song "Ffunny Ffriends" via Bandcamp. Since revealing their secret identity, UMO have gone on to release two sufficiently fuzzy albums to wide critical acclaim and an expanding fan base.
The aforementioned Dirty Projectors cover will be one of five tracks on Nielson's latest and lowest-fidelity recording yet, an upcoming EP titled Blue Record and available for digital download at the end of this month. Blue Record includes acoustic versions of album cuts "So Good at Being in Trouble," "Swim and Sleep (Like a Shark)," and "Faded in the Morning" off the band's darker and deeper sophomore effort ii.
If you sent me an e-mail asking whether I'd be down to interview Nielson about UMO's current tour, my inner thought process might be something like "Wait, what is this person talking about? Did ze just confuse me with some other Roxie Pell who talks to cool bands all the time?"
But would my actual response be "Um…yes?"
Um, yes.
What followed was a short phone conversation with Nielson, shoddily pieced together here through a painful process of laborious transcription. Apparently, I didn't get the memo that the service in Hi-rise is virtually nonexistent. (Note to self: lo-fi is only an effective recording technique for actual music. Low-fidelity garageband interviews are markedly less fun to listen to.)
UMO will be performing at Brighton Music Hall tonight at 9 if any of y'all feel like shipping up to Boston approximately right now. Rumor has it it's only two hours away from Middletown.
You've been touring for a while now. Tired yet?
Yeah. [Laughs.] Really tired.
Somewhat ironically, you're extending the tour for an album about overextending yourself.
Yeah. Somehow that happened. The album was kind of, like, a way of describing the state of mind of continuing to be nothing.
How has the tour lifestyle been treating you this time around?
A little better. It's a little bit easier. We haven't really toured any less. We've been kind of touring for three years now. We pretty much—well, compared to what the last few years have been—have kind of a year off. We'll tour a little bit but mostly spend time making the next record.
Blue Record is scheduled for release later this month. What made you decide to go acoustic on this EP?
Well, you know, labels will create the Deluxe Edition of an album to kind of reinvigorate the album and try get people to buy more copies. So when that idea came up…I didn't really care about it, so I thought, "Well, maybe if I do kind of a record on its own, maybe that will be interesting." And I thought acoustic would be good because I could re-record some of the songs in a style that I'd already been doing them in. 'Cause I started doing stuff like that, and that was unused. We didn't have any definitive recordings of the acoustic versions. So, I don't know. It seemed like an organic thing to do.
And you recorded the whole thing from your basement?
Do you have any kind of routine or method that dictates your songwriting?
I usually just gather a bunch of ideas on my phone. [Laughs.] I'll combine them later when I get home.
That's very modern. So the songs on Blue Record are all covers or acoustic versions of music you've already written. Would you consider writing new songs in this style?
I have been. I've always worked on acoustic guitar. [Unintelligible]
Can you repeat that? Phone service is not great.
Oh, is my accent weird as well?
No, not at all!
Well, all of the new songs are acoustic right now because I've been writing them on acoustic.
Can you talk a little about the next full-length album you've been working on?
Yeah. I think next year is gonna be mostly taken up by recording that, and I think I'll be collaborating with different people and producers and traveling to a few different countries to do the recording. And then also recording in my basement to keep it kind of…to make sure everything sounds like a UMO record.
Any ideas for a title?
At the moment, it's just iii. [Laughs.] It's the working title, but it might change, I don't know.
Pretty logical though. So I keep hearing all this hubbub about your Twitter. What's the weirdest thing you've ever tweeted?
The weirdest thing I've ever tweeted? I don't know. I think I have like 15,000 tweets or something.
Yeah! Such an achievement, right? I'm just saying that because I tweet so much I can't even remember. I think the tweet I'm most proud of, though, is "I want Drake to destroy his vagina."


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Britain could be an Islamic nation in a few generations and the Church of England is facing extinction, a former chaplain to the Queen has said.
Rev Gavin Ashenden, who resigned last month after criticising a Scottish cathedral for hosting a reading of the Quran during a Eucharist service, told Breitbart News's James Delingpole Anglicanism seems too weak to tackle the great challenges it faces.
The former chaplain doubled down on his criticism of the service, saying the teaching of the Quran on Jesus was fundamentally at odds with Christian teaching.
"The Quran is predicated on Jesus either having told lies or his friends having told lies about what he said," he explained, adding that it was especially offensive to have such a reading on the feast of the Epiphany.
"Here you have this wonderful festival celebrating the beauty of the mystery of the Creator of all things sharing our condition, and you give a platform for someone to stand up and say this is bollocks."
He said that many Muslims would be bewildered by the cathedral's decision to host such a reading, as according to Islam once a place is used for Islamic prayer it then becomes permanently Islamic.
Muslims, he added, sense weakness and "when they see Christians behaving weakly, they don't respect us".
He mentioned that at an inter-faith conference in 2003, an imam he describes as an "eminently serious scholar" stood up and said: "The UK is going to be an Islamic republic in the time of my grandchildren, and I don't need to do anything about it, it's just going to happen".
"If you look at your five northern conurbations," the imam added, "already the majority of people under 16 are Muslim." He said that those people would elect Muslim mayors who in turn would feel democratic pressure to introduce Sharia practices.
Rev Ashenden said that afterwards he googled the imam's claims and found that everything he mentioned about demographics was true. "Mix demography and democracy and you're going to have Islamic city states in the UK very quickly," Rev Ashenden added.
In terms of his own church, the Church of England, the former chaplain simply answered "No" when asked if there was any hope for it.
He accused it of trying to "stay chaplain to a secular state that doesn't want it" by undermining its own foundations and compromising its doctrine.
The Anglican Church is also in serious demographic decline, with the average age of clergy rising, while its dioceses are in increasing financial turmoil, he said.
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Paul and Daisy Soros, Hungarian immigrants and American philanthropists, established their fellowship program for New Americans in December 1997 with a charitable trust of fifty million dollars. Their reasons for doing so were several. They wished to "give back" to the country that had afforded them and their children such great opportunities and felt a fellowship program was an appropriate vehicle. They also felt that assisting young New Americans at critical points in their educations was an unmet need. Finally, they wished to call attention of all Americans to the extensive and diverse contributions of New Americans to the quality of life in this country. In 2010, Mr. and Mrs. Soros contributed an additional $25 million to the charitable trust that funds their Fellowships for New Americans. For details, see the Wall Street Journal article at the end of this section.
The program of fellowships they shaped has the following characteristics:
It honors and supports the graduate educations of 30 New Americans – permanent residents or naturalized citizens if born abroad; otherwise children of naturalized citizen parents -- each year.
At the time of their selection, fellows must be college seniors or early in the graduate programs for which they request support.
Each fellow receives tuition and living expenses that can total as much as $90,000 over two academic years.
Fellows can study in any degree-granting program in any field at any university in the United States.
Fellows are selected on the basis of merit – the specific criteria emphasize creativity, originality, initiative and sustained accomplishment -- in annual national competitions. Candidates apply directly. The program does not depend on recommendations from universities or regional screening. Neither financial need nor distributive considerations are taken into account in the selection process.
Each fellows attends two weekend conferences of fellows. The great majority continue to be involved with the program through regional dinners, service in the selection process for later classes, etc.
The snippet above comes from the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship website. We reached out to Jassmin Antolin Payaon, a recipient of the fellowship award from the Philippines, to come to know of her drive, background and the challenges she faced leading up to her involvement with the fellowship.
Jassmin Antolin Poyaoan Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship Award to support work toward a JD
Jassmin comes from a line of resilient women. Her grandmother left school to support her family, raising herself from a domestic worker to a small business owner. Her mother emigrated from the Philippines to become a nurse in California and worked tirelessly to support the family.
When Jassmin was almost twelve, her mother died, and her father could not cope. Jassmin and her sister were sent to the Philippines to live with their grandmother. In the Philippines, Jassmin observed that even the brightest girls were forced by economic necessity to downscale their dreams. Determined not to compromise, she returned to America at age seventeen, taking legal custody of her sister and responsibility for their sick grandmother.
Jassmin attended Chabot College and then the University of California-Berkeley, where she studied sociology. As part of Oxfam's ActionCorps, she lobbied the US government for climate change policy after typhoon Ketsana devastated Manila. At home, Jassmin built capacity for immigrant-owned small businesses and served with JusticeCorps assisting low-income, self-represented litigants.
Jassmin attends the UCLA School of Law, where she is part of the programs in Public Interest Law and Policy and Critical Race Studies. She will use her JD to help underserved communities rise above systemic poverty.
1. Where and what do you see yourself doing in the next 5 years?
I see myself working for a nonprofit law center providing free legal services to individuals, groups and nonprofits to build and grow wealth in low-income communities of color through community-owned enterprises.
2. What has been your greatest struggle/challenge and how did you overcome it?
The greatest challenge in my life is navigating and dealing with the inter-generational trauma in my family. Poverty both in the U.S. and in the Philippines, untimely deaths and addiction have challenged my family's stability. I have faced these challenges by refusing to continue the unhealthy cycles and seeking services and solace from the community to heal. Part of healing is learning and understanding my family's history and taking advantage of the privileges that I have despite any hardship I may face.
3. What has been your greatest motivation throughout your life?
My grandmother, mother and younger sister have been my greatest motivation throughout my life. My grandmother and mother both instilled in me the desire and determination to realize my dreams, as they did not have the opportunity to realize their own. Through their example of selflessness and compassion for others, they have also motivated me to not only dream for myself, but to strive to help others realize their dreams, too. After our mother passed away, I vowed to raise and guide my younger sister, which helped me push through any and all hardships we faced. Today, as a sophomore in college who is dedicated to community organizing and advocacy, my sister now motivates me to be a better advocate myself.
4. Who were your mentors?
My speech and debate coach was the closest thing to a mentor for me because of his constant belief in me even when I didn't believe in myself. When my confidence was low and I wanted to quit, he convinced me to compete at a state competition before I made up my mind. I ended up winning a gold medal at the competition and needless to say, I decided not to quit. This was a turning point in my life because it helped me begin the process of overcoming self-doubt and fear of realizing my potential.
5. How did you hear about the fellowship?
In my first year of law school, there was an information session about the fellowship on campus.
6. What made you decide to apply for the fellowship?
I was too intimidated to apply for the fellowship during my first year of law school, which I think is a common reason why people choose not to apply. However, in my second year of law school, I thought I owed it to myself to at least try. It would've been my last opportunity to apply, so I didn't want to be in a position where I could look back and think, "what if?"
7. What was the biggest challenge when it came to deciding to pursue the field you're in?
My father put a lot of pressure on me to enter the workforce right out of undergrad to support the family. Knowing that my grandmother and mother had to forgo their dreams in order to provide for their parents and siblings, I wanted to honor their legacy by pursuing my dream to become a lawyer no matter what. It's been a challenge to balance my dreams and my family's expectations of me, but remembering the women who came before me helps me manage.
8. As you gained more experience, how did your priorities change in life?
My personal, academic and professional experiences have broadened my understanding of structural inequality and its causes. As a result, I have become even more dedicated to assisting marginalized people and communities of color.
9. What's been your favorite part about your journey in your personal life and in your career?
My favorite part about my journey is the relationships I've made along the way. For me, the most important and lasting aspect of life is the relationships one cultivates and cherishes throughout.
10. Would you recommend the fellowship to anyone else? Why/why not?


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You want to make changes. You want to release yourself and access the potential you know you keep buried deep inside. You are fearful. Ask yourself, what would it feel like to become the person you know that you really are?
Addiction is highly prevalent in Ireland. Although we may blame our government, our families, our peers, society in general or our cultural inheritance, addiction is a deeply person centred issue which is complex and multi-layered. It is only when we are willing to take responsibility for ourselves and our actions, can we begin to look at the reasons behind our substance or alcohol misuse or the addictive behaviours in which we engage in.
Common attitudes may often indicate a widespread shared denial when it comes to addiction. Apart from the illegality, is there really a difference in somebody who is addicted to un-prescribed drugs as opposed to somebody who is addicted to alcohol? What about people who are described as functioning alcoholics? It's ok to smoke cannabis, right? It's harmless to watch sexual pornography, yeah? Is over-eating an addiction?
Whatever the substance or behaviour, there is a human being behind it, with perfectly good reasons for their addiction. Addiction is simply a person's way of coping.
Although some changes can be almost immediate, recovery from addiction is a life-long learning process. For many, a growing insight is achieved and they reconnect to both themselves and others in ways which they never thought possible. However, slips and relapse may be part of the journey, along with realising and identifying substitution behaviours and coming to terms with feelings and emotions which may have led to the addiction in the first place.
With over twelve years of experience in the field of addiction and recovery, I can support you at whatever stage you are at with kindness, compassion and a highly effective professional approach.


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- 3 tablespoons canola or vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts or thighs, chopped into bite-size pieces
- Salt and black pepper
- 1 red bell pepper, chopped into 1/2 inch dice
- 1 onion, chopped into 1/2 inch dice
- 2 to 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped or grated
- 1 1-inch piece ginger, peeled and grated or finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon hot sauce
- 2 tablespoons tamari
- 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
- 1/4 cup orange marmalade
- 1/2 cup chicken stock
- 1/2 cup regular or honey-roasted cashews
- 4 scallions, thinly sliced on a bias
Place a large skillet over high heat with 2 turns of the pan of oil, about 2 tablespoons. Season the chicken with salt and pepper. When the pan is very hot, add in the meat and stir-fry until golden brown, about 4-5 minutes. Remove the meat from the pan and reserve on a plate.
Add another tablespoon of oil, then add the bell pepper, onion, garlic and ginger to the skillet and stir-fry until tender-crisp, 3 minutes. In a small bowl, stir together the hot sauce, tamari, Hoisin sauce, orange marmalade and stock.
Return the chicken to the skillet and pour the sauce into pan. Add the cashews to the skillet, toss to coat and continue cooking until the sauce thickens up, about 1 minute more.
Serve the stir-fry over brown rice, garnish with scallions.


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Service for Homeless Students
A homeless student is one who lacks a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence. This includes students who are staying in transitional or emergency shelters, campgrounds, motels, sharing housing with other families due to a loss of housing or an inability to afford housing, awaiting foster care, abandoned in a hospital, staying in a substandard housing or living in places not ordinarily used for sleeping and students who have run away or have been thrown out of their homes. A homeless student may stay in the same school all year, if feasible, even if he/she moves, or may enroll in the school serving his/her temporary address.
Homeless students are automatically ineligible to participate in the school meals program, instructional services through Title I, and other district services intended to support academic success such as tutoring and transportation to the school if it is the best interest of the student. Please contact the school principal, school counselor, or Homeless Coordinator at the Richmond R-XVI School District Central Office (816) 776-6912 for further information.
Program Goals
Identify and meet the needs of students in homeless situations to maximize their success in school and minimize the disruption of their education.
Provide support and resources, including transportation, to maintain consistency and continuity in the educational process for students in homeless circumstances.
Provide full access to educational programs and opportunities for homeless students that that housed students receive.
Engage parents and other adult caretakers in the support of the educational success of students in homeless situations.
Coordinate services and supports for homeless students with community agencies.
Program Services
Program Services and Supports are available to students and their families to ensure that every child achieves to his or her potential.
Immediate enrollment in school and removal of barriers to enrollment and participation - for example: obtaining replacement birth certificates and immunization records.
Transportation to and from school, including extra-curricular activities when feasible.
School supplies, backpacks, school clothes and other daily living and enrichment items.
Funds to replace library and textbooks lost due to homelessness and to purchase books for homeless students to own.
Activity and field trip fees
Tutoring to help students catch up and stay current in their studies.
Who can we help?
Children and Youth in temporary housing situations may be eligible for services and have certain legal rights if they are:
living with a friend, relative or someone else because they lost their home or cannot afford a home, or are runaways **
staying in a motel or hotel **
living in an emergency or transitional shelter or a domestic violence shelter
staying in substandard housing **
living in a car, park, public place, abandoned building or bus / train station
awaiting foster care placement
living in a campground or an inadequate trailer home
abandoned in a hospital
living in a runaway or homeless youth shelter
** NOTE: Consideration of each individual case, along with the parmanency of the situation may be needed to determine if students in these circumstances are actually homeless.


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Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Designer Papers....
not normally something I buy but like most crafters I do have some bits and bobs in my stash, what I do have lots of is digital download papers etc do these count... I'm sure they must do (hope so anyway) after all they are from designers....?!
For the challenge from LIM http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/week-146-theme.html
a CAS card using a some designer paper/s......I found some colourful turquoise and raspberry which I had downloaded ages ago from PP..The background is also a PP paper and I decided it fit nicely with my idea of a pen.... writing happy birthday....so after a bit of cutting and pasting I managed to come up with what I thought was quite a reasonable...well recognisable anyway, pen shape, added a few black lines and some computer generated words and a black inky squiggle and hey presto hope you like the effect. Sorry the image looks a little dark
PS: If anyone can help me I'd be grateful to know (I got a Samsung Galaxy Tab3 for my birthday) how do I upload photos to the blog from it ......I AM STRUGGLING...but I bet there's a simple answer somewhere...HELP!
Sunday, 6 October 2013
White on White Christmas.....
This is the new challenge at...Less is More ....and as I chose today (a beautiful sunny and warm day how wonderful for October) to make a start on my Christmas Cards how appropriate as I love Creamy White shades, hope you like what I came up with..
Sentiments Pink Petticoat, and I decided to add a tiny bit of silver in the form of a ribbon and edged this with some flock in white to give a snowy effect an added elements to each sentiment...simple but hopefully effective. I did make another card too with a little feather and some buttons etc and using one of my favourite sentiments
A (side on, sorry!) view of the snow ...I blame the new phone...can't seem to download so resorted to emailing photos to myself grrrr fiddly!
Monday, 2 September 2013
A little Bird told me there's a challenge
... at LiM with a fabulous prize and the remit is to 'use a RUBBER STAMP In addition if you could use watercolours that would be wonderful!'
...........Fitting in nicely with a simple birthday card I want to make this week for my Daughter's Mother in Law...and I had decided to use my new stamp for the first time, a little bird composed of newsprint, the idea of using watercolours appealed as it gave me a chance to think of a way to pretty the little bird up so I ended up with a simple but more colourful card than black and white newsprint would initially suggest.
The sentiment I computer generated, added a stamp of the bird, I then coloured in a small piece of card with a few strokes of watercolour paint, dried it then overstamped the bird again and cut the simple shape out (without legs...layering it over the legs of the one on the card, simple...not too sure about the pearls, sequin button etc but I know she will like them, so here it is......
And a little close up of the watercoloured bird stamp...isn't he lovely!
...........Fitting in nicely with a simple birthday card I want to make this week for my Daughter's Mother in Law...and I had decided to use my new stamp for the first time, a little bird composed of newsprint, the idea of using watercolours appealed as it gave me a chance to think of a way to pretty the little bird up so I ended up with a simple but more colourful card than black and white newsprint would initially suggest.
The sentiment I computer generated, added a stamp of the bird, I then coloured in a small piece of card with a few strokes of watercolour paint, dried it then overstamped the bird again and cut the simple shape out (without legs...layering it over the legs of the one on the card, simple...not too sure about the pearls, sequin button etc but I know she will like them, so here it is......
And a little close up of the watercoloured bird stamp...isn't he lovely!
Sunday, 25 August 2013
A little book from the heart.....
A peek at a little book I made instead of a card for my Grandaughter Fay's 9th birthday in September, I love making these little books, I put in a few pockets made from envelopes and filled with tags and ribbons and left some blank spaces for her to fill in about her day and maybe a photo or two......as they live abroad, just here for the summer hols I had to make this around some quiet times when they were out and mummy has taken it back in her case to give to Fay on her birthday....I thought the paper (sorry I can't remember it's name!) was so apt as life is so good with our grandchildren around....
A snippet of the inside
And this is the back....What a joy to make, especially as it's for a very special little girl, who says things like.............
"Grandma, what can we do for this caterpillar, I don't think he's very well as he hasn't moved off a leaf for ages"........and "don't move Grandma I've just put my pet slug down by your foot" yeuch!.........
Soooo as a final touch I bought a large paper butterfly that you wind up by twisting an elastic band and laying flat between two pages so that when she opens those pages the butterfly should fly out to lots of squeels and excitement (I hope!) and oh boy are we going to miss their singing and those squeels and shouts of laughter that only Three little girls can make!!
I hope you enjoy my little book/card
Thursday, 15 August 2013
Linen and Lace....
Taking inspiration from this lovely weather and the garden I tried to capture a summer lacey effect with some tiny tiny stamps I haven't really used much and they tie in nicely with LiM challenge for this week of one layer and numbers. The numbers are computer generated.
This is my Son and Daughter in Law's Card and I have bought them something linen and needless to say something in lace for my daughter and son in law!!
I have been very busy this summer, hence no blogging and have made so much jam, chutney etc it's coming out of our ears....haha, will have to pass some on to friends and family when I get round to it and put some lovely new recipes on the blog too. I have also had a wedding commission to do so am busy with that...exciting! Hope you like
Monday, 24 June 2013
Happy Birthdays....
LIM challenge here before I pop it into the post....not to Jen as hopefully she will see it on the blog, but I think maybe to my Friend Ruth who is 60 in a few days and is currently travelling too (I managed to grab a few days recently and met up with her in France where we had a fab time exploring Nimes, Avignon, Beaucaire, Pont du Gard etc etc ) so maybe I will add a tiny tag to the map with 60 on it...or maybe not I'll see.....ooorr maybe I'll try and find another map... of France.........
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
What with one thing another it's been a while, but, I have managed a card for this weeks LiM challenge. I have tried to keep it simple and used a SU stamp and some hexagons which I cut out and blocked onto the design using the overstamping technique. I raised the stamped hexagons a little for more effect...see the close up below. I also decided to go for a chocolate coloured effect with no colouring in to keep it simple as it is quite a busy stamp and I think the dog roses look effective enough ....I have just returned from a few days in France and have some lovely photos to share later on as they would make lovely design ideas...French blue windows peeping through Arches and beautiful wrought iron and flowers and ruins.....not to mention the cheese, wine and pattiseries Heehee....
Tuesday, 4 June 2013
Rhubarb and Damson Gin Sorbet
Some pink and pretty early Rhubarb and what to do with it.......mmhm BBQ this evening so what nicer for the grown ups than a Sorbet made from Damson Gin (the last of 2012's batch!), a little additional Bombay Sapphire, a squeeze of fresh lime to taste and all stirred into cooled rhubarb which was stewed with sugar for about 10 minutes and whizzed in the blender...Place in container in freezer and wait patiently for about 4hrs...
The most delicious Sorbet you can imagine....BBQ or Dinner PartyHeaven!
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Oh Dear.....
LiM challenge) Here it is adapted from the PP Frillie Millie Digi which I cut and pasted enlarged and shrunk and flipped etc etc all those wonderful things you can do with a computer, I also decided to go they with a black / neutral theme except for a bit of bright pink on one little poodles top know, the background is also from Pink Petticoat but I printed them in grey scale to go with my theme. Here is the result hope you like it..........mmm think I may neeed to shop for some more animal stamps... As I am sitting here in my kitchen the sun has peeped through and the flowers that are blooming in the garden are looking gorgeous...fingers crossed for a lovely bank holiday for everyone.
Sunday, 12 May 2013
Pretty Giveaways and and Pretty Jam Jars
Twine and Flowers Give away, what more could a crafty girl (or boy!) want pop over to see what's on offer at The Ribbon Girl blog. Interesting....need to have a think about these, they would make some beautiful cards and I have a couple of notebooks for the grandchildren that need fronts...mmmm!
Busy day today filling our hanging baskets, will take a picture once we get a bit of sunshine to make them bloom.....
Some Early Rhubarb sent me dashing off to the kitchen and this is just some of what I came up with...Rhubarb and Ginger Jam, Rhubarb and Strawberry Jam and Rhubarb Apple and Cranberry Chutney...all tied up with some pretty papers labels and cords.
Busy day today filling our hanging baskets, will take a picture once we get a bit of sunshine to make them bloom.....
Some Early Rhubarb sent me dashing off to the kitchen and this is just some of what I came up with...Rhubarb and Ginger Jam, Rhubarb and Strawberry Jam and Rhubarb Apple and Cranberry Chutney...all tied up with some pretty papers labels and cords.
Thursday, 9 May 2013
Hollyhocks and butterflies
I decided this morning to try something new after a busy week and play with my purchase of a few months ago in Dubai of all places (where I've found a couple of craft shops at last!)....a Donna Downey Mask called Hollyhocks.
Well where does the time go....
I've spent most of this morning 'playing' with the mask using different colouring techniques never having used one before I don't think this will be my last mask and I decided I liked the end result of this one enough to enter it in for this weeks challenge at LiM which is a Colour Challenge - choose TWO opposite colours from the Colour Wheel
I added a tiny bright orange butterfly (highlighted in glossy accents) to my deep blue hollyhocks which I trimmed to size....my final picture not the mask I hasten to add .......and backed onto card which I printed from the Colour Collection in Boutique Blue by PP. The verse is one of a series I love and use over and over again they are also from PP 'Simple Sentiments'.
Monday, 29 April 2013
Mr Moustache
It's been a while....and I thought I would ease myself back into things using a little inspiration from LiM...week 117 sketch challenge..so here goes....
I have used my new purchase from Pink Petticoat to make a plain and simple get well card for my 14yr old niece who is recovering amazingly quickly and so well after a major 10hr spinal op for scoliosis (in her words not mine....Yay.. no longer a wonky donkey!) she has even grown overnight by 4"!!! I'll be off to visit her with this card later this afternoon.
...I digress....anyway, she loves moustaches...in the form of necklaces, tops, skirts etc....hence 'the moustache' get well card in a warm daffodil yellow to bring a bit of sunshine with a hint of black to make it 'pop' a little. I cut 3 circles in black, plain daffodil, daffodil moustache and layered them with just a hint of each colour showing to make it a little more interesting. The insert also has a strip of Mr moustache in black running down one side. Laughing makes you better - computer generated and printed on daffodil Mr Moustache, as was the smile which is a PP image. I cut the V in the banner with a corner of a square punch...easier than scissors and finished with a sparkly.
Sunday, 3 February 2013
Made with love...
and lots of birthday wishes for our Daughter in Law Sarah....Using stampin'up stamp and Kraft and Kreme colour scheme this fits in nicely I think with this weeks challenge at LiM which I will enter this card into. The beautiful heart embelishment, ribbon and felt are from my gorgeous Ribbon Girl stash. Hope Sarah likes it.
Talking of coffee and cream...In cooking mode today before making a little gift of some thank you and general cards from my gorgeous PP digi's which I have collected over the years.. Perhaps they'll be my next post!
Cooking...Lamb on a bed of butterbean stew and Swedish Bullar Buns, they took a while to make but so delicious and freezable, not difficult but a process that can't be hurried..and so worth it especially when warm straight out of the oven with a cup of coffee mmmhmm!!.
Had to laugh when my daughter sent me a What's App (so brilliant and easy to use especially if like me you have family overseas) to say my 8yr old gradaughter came 3rd in a 3K run (WELL DONE Fay!!) but mummy came last...well she did have to chivvy up the stragglers...or so she says, but she did admit to being lapped when she started out, hey ho at least she ran......
Friday, 1 February 2013
Dreamy White....
LIM sketch week - It's simple and uncomlicated all they ask is that the card stays in the orientation shown ie that the band remains in the horizontal plane, in the lower part of the card and that it takes up no more than 1/3rd of the height of the cardbase. Just a quickie post as the roofer has arrived to sort our leak.....!
Monday, 28 January 2013
All Owled out...
I've been Owling...not the crouching planking type!.....But Birthday owling for my Grandaughter's 6th Birthday and the results were just what she ordered...One Owl Birthday Card with an owl story inside, owl covers for the party bags and owl bunting made from card, also some fabric bunting in her favoutite colours and this cake,...unfortunately, I've had a blip with my camera (this photo was on my phone) so will try to get more pics later in the week... The cake had a chocolate and oreo filling and the top was made from icing (wings embossed with one of my craft folders!) and the eyes from icing and Oreo biscuits worked well! Deliciousness personified, Enjoy
Wednesday, 2 January 2013
Happy New Year to one and all and Christmas......
Better late than never, I didn't know I could be so busy in retirement!! Anyway just thought I would start off the New Year with a little post about my Christmas cards...which I made mostly back in October...I probably make a lot of work for myself BUT it is enjoyable crafty work in that I usually make ALL my Christmas cards and lots of different cards rather than one style, hoho I love it..here are just a couple of samples made with my gorgeous Christmas Candle stamp from LoTV which everyone has commented on, don't you just love her and so many ways to dress her - I have used glamour dust and a minimum of colour to reflect my beautiful background papers courtesy of PP (my set were purchased a long time ago and used again and again! I Love them hope you do too..
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In conjunction with their 50th Anniversary celebration, Mary Kay has organised the One Woman Can beauty contest which had started since 8th March. This time
one FIVE winners will get to go on a Fun and Fabulous trip to the fashion capital of Hong Kong and be trained by Asia's Top Model plus the opportunity to be the next Mary Kay Cover Girl in ASIA!!!
Here's how you can enter the contest:
1. Find a beauty consultant
Click on this link HERE to find a beauty consultant near you if you don't have one already.
2. Share your photos and tell your story
Remember to take a "before" and "after" photo and upload it to Mary Kay's site. Don't forget to tell your story on your exciting journey ^o^
3. Tell your friends and family and get Voted!!!
The more votes you get the closer you are to winning this awesome opportunity.
The contest is ending in a few days time ie 10th May 2013. If you are very serious about being the next Mary Kay's cover girl in Asia then you had better call your beauty consultant for an appointment right NOW.
Check out more about the contest or products @ Mary Kay's
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dash lights will not work.I have replaced dimmer switch.
Dash lights in my 1995 Nissan XE pickup will not come on.I have replaced the dimmer switch with a tested used one.Still will not come on.
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I'd take a look at the system ground...the 1/0 battery lug as it attaches to the frame...wirebrush it until 300 cold cranking amps can get thru without welding itself too much (and this connection DOES weld itself with the amperage) and will create a comprimized connection....all we can do is wirebrush off the "burnt" stuff stopping a SOLID connection to ground from happening...be sure to wirebrush it clean that way the Starter motor with it's Giant requirements and the ignition and ECU with it's tiny requirements can both enjoy a connection that does not vary in voltage and available amperage.....bust out the wirebrush and wrench and clean it up there at that bolted connection to the 1/0 battery cable...also the one that goes to the block (mounted near the alternator)~
The dashboard/chassis just ain't gettin' it...you aim to correct the situation~
Check all fuses and relays very carefully . Incomplete circuits have been known to bleed back thru other circuits
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Despite the greater acceptance these days of indie publishing, there's still a stigma against those who make the decision to self-publish. From my own experiences, criticism of self-publishing comes not from the readers – most of those I've encountered have been effusive in their support and admiration – but other writers. Author and coach Corrina […]Continue reading
If I'd known how much work was involved in publishing and marketing my own book, I might have thought twice about it… But only for a couple of minutes. Seriously though, it's a full-time job and my head is spinning from all the research I've done, blogs and how-to manuals I've read, and advice […]Continue reading
Short is good. Short black (as in coffee), short speeches, making short work of shortbread, short cuts, shorthand, making the shortlist, and so on. The list is far from short. And in the final stages of the marathon of novel writing I'm seriously considering trying my hand at short fiction. Not short stories, although I've […]Continue reading


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WASHINGTON — Exercise your hips to help achy knees? If you've got knee arthritis, your whole leg starts subtly shifting out of alignment as you favor the sore spot.
WASHINGTON — Exercise your hips to help achy knees? If you've got knee arthritis, your whole leg starts subtly shifting out of alignment as you favor the sore spot.
Now scientists are testing ways to strengthen the entire leg so it stays straighter, in hopes of slowing the knee's deterioration.
"People with knee arthritis have kind of a bow-legged appearance," notes Laura Thorp of Rush University Medical Center.
An assistant anatomy professor, Thorp thinks that misalignment is a big key to the painful condition. She's not alone. Specialists now agree the more out of alignment a leg is, the faster arthritis in the knee worsens.
"You start with a little pain, then everything north and south of it has to compensate," explains Dr. John J. Callaghan of the University of Iowa, a knee and hip specialist with the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. "It's not enough to concentrate on the knee."
The question is what to do about it. At issue is how your knee handles its load. Being even a little bow-legged puts extra pressure on the knee, especially the inner side. It has to carry a higher-than-normal load each time your foot strikes the ground.
Weight adds to the knee's load, too. Being 15 pounds or more overweight is a key risk factor for developing knee arthritis. So is having had a knee injury earlier in life, and the one unavoidable risk factor — getting older.
About 27 million Americans have osteoarthritis, the wear-and-tear that breaks down the cartilage that cushions joints, causing pain and stiffness as the ends of bones rub on each other. Hundreds of thousands eventually turn to knee replacement for relief.
Even when researchers account for weight, Thorp says a misaligned leg compounds the extra load.
Exercise has long been prescribed for knee arthritis, mostly exercises that strengthen the hamstring and quadriceps — muscles that support the knee. Stronger muscles do in fact alleviate some knee pain, but they don't slow the inevitable worsening of arthritis. An Australian study last year showed quad strengthening had no effect on knee load. Interestingly, people with more misaligned legs also got less pain benefit from those exercises.
Rush's Thorp is trying a different, top-down approach — exercising not muscles that support the knee but those that support the hip.
Knee arthritis sufferers tend to have weak muscles on the outside of the hip, muscles that are key for gait, she found. Every time you take a step, the hip muscle on the standing side has to keep your pelvis level. If it's weak, it changes your pelvis alignment in a way that magnifies the already misaligned leg and adds even more twisting pressure to the knee.
The exercises themselves are similar to what patients are prescribed after a hip replacement. In a handful of knee patients who underwent a month of physical therapy to learn those exercises, Thorp measured a drop in knee load. Now she's enrolling 30 people with mild to moderate arthritis in a more formal study. They get not only the physical therapy, but are told to do the exercises at home six days a week for a second month, too.
If the exercises do reduce knee load, it would take far larger — and years longer — studies to see if that in turn slowed the arthritis, Thorp and Callaghan caution.
Thorp's is among a handful of studies getting under way to look at hip exercises. Swedish researchers saw some drops in knee pressure when people who did exercises affecting both the knee and hip climbed stairs.
Other doctors are focusing on the south end, the foot and ankle. Repositioning the leg's alignment with custom-measured shoe inserts, called orthotics, sometimes helps.
The challenge: Finding people who agree to stick with exercise. People with painful joints tend to become sedentary if they weren't already.


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A Great Maple Pecan shortbread cookie
Maple Pecan shortbread is a festive autumn cookie, especially when i use a maple leaf cookie cutter. They always sold well throughout October and November and created lots of yums and smiles. For this test i selected two gluten-free recipes. For the third recipe, I adapted my favorite gluten version.
My ever faithful tasters have scored the three GF recipes and shared their highest scores for recipes #2 and #3. I reviewed the ingredients and the proportions of the winners and then rearranged them into a new GF Maple Pecan shortbread cookie.
This new cookie has some of the delicate qualities of #2 and some of the caramel accent of #3.
I would use the new recipe for any kitchen-to-table affairs such as family dinners or entertaining friends. For postal travel i would use recipe #3. Enjoy!


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Darkening outlook for UK housing
The outlook for the UK housing market has darkened again. The usually optimistic bunch of property market watchers polled by Reuters, who have tended to predict ever-rising property prices no matter what the season or financial climate, now say the market will move sideways for the next two years.
They say that in the next few months, the small double-dip in prices that has begun will continue. Modest gains predicted less than three months ago for this year and next essentially have been wiped away.
No one should be surprised by this. It smacks of an awakening to reality more than a slight change to a few variables in the statistical model. What's perhaps most striking about these new poll results is that economists think houses are even more overvalued now than they were in July even after a few straight months of falls.
The poll found the proportion of property market watchers who expect a double-dip in prices has swung to a three-quarters majority from about one in four minority in July. As polls go, that is a big shift in sentiment in a very short period of time. The consensus points to a 5 percent fall from here on top of the 1.4 percent fall over the last two months, but the forecast range goes as far down as 22.5 percent from here.
That tallies with anecdotal evidence. A friend who is heavily invested in London property says he's having trouble selling and says a 15-20 percent fall in the market is likely.
Transaction volumes in Britain's property market have slowed to a trickle, mortgage approvals are low, and banks are now asking for huge deposits and making rigorous income and credit checks before lending huge sums of money.
Rents are rising again after years of stagnation because people either can't afford to buy or are scared to buy ahead of another potential fall in prices.
For years the argument from economists in Reuters housing market polls always went that Britain is a small island with huge mobs of people fighting over a limited supply of properties and that therefore house prices could only go one way — up. Look at the labour market, they said, it's so strong, and so long as people are employed, house prices wouldn't fall.
But after the Great Recession, which took base interest rates to record lows, leaving no downside at least from policy rates, and with more than half a million public sector jobs set to go as Britain's Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition comes down hard with government department cutbacks, the employment outlook isn't so solid anymore.
Neither is the outlook for housing.
We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/


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Case Reports in Pediatrics
Volume 2012, Article ID 934634, 4 pages
Case Report
Symptomatic Early Congenital Syphilis: A Common but Forgotten Disease
Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, Hyderabad 500003, India
Received 20 July 2012; Accepted 19 September 2012
Academic Editors: A. Binder, S. Brogly, I. J. Griffin, A. W. Kamps, W. B. Moskowitz, S. Stabouli, and D. I. Zafeiriou
Copyright © 2012 Machiraju Vasudeva Murali et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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- South East Asia and World Health Organisation, Regional Strategy for the Elimination of Congenital Syphilis, WHO, New Delhi, India, 2009.
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Setyawati, Gita and Alam, Meredian (2010) MODAL SOSIAL DAN PEMILIHAN PERSALINAN MENGGUNAKAN DUKUN: TANTANGAN DALAM STRATEGI KESEHATAN MASYARAKAT. In: Seminar Nasional Mewujudkan Kemandirian Kesehatan Masyarakat Berbasis Preventif dan Promotif, 13-03-2010, Semarang.
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Background. Maternal mortality rate in Indonesia is still considered high. One of its causes is having childbirth with the help of non-medical workers. Researchers have reported that in some places the use of traditional birth attendant still remains the first choice. However very little is known about the background shaping this preference. Objective. This research investigated the relation between social capital and the use of traditional birth attendant in Indonesia. Method. This research used a cross sectional data of Indonesia Family Life Survey 2007. Social capital was measured by social cohesion and community trust. Logistic regression was used to analyze statistical association between the indicators of social capital and the use of traditional birth attendant. The influence of socio-economic measured by household income and demography factors measured by age and education was also analysed. Result. The existence of social capital was significantly associated with the use of traditional birth attendant in both of rural and urban area. For demography factors, low education level had the strongest association with the use of traditional birth attendant. Conclusion. Factors of having childbirth in traditional birth attendant are complex. Not only economical approach, understanding of social context should be considered as an endevour of reducing maternal mortality rate.
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Artist Bio:
Valerie has a BSc. in Biology from the University of Victoria, and a Jewellery Arts Diploma from George Brown College. She works out of her studio in Fonthill, Ontario creating new designs and directions for her jewellery lines, work for exhibitions, and custom pieces. Presently, Valerie is working on satisfying the seemingly competing muses of her love of nature and color versus her love of mid-Century modern design aesthetic.
Her work has been in exhibitions across Canada, published in Lark Books "Showcase 500 beaded jewellery", "Showcase 500 art necklaces", and is on public display as part of the permanent Niagara Culture Capital of Canada collection.
About Valerie:
Valerie Brown hand-crafts unique jewellery in a variety of media including sterling silver, enamel, pearls, beads and gemstones. Much of Valerie's work is one of a kind, although she has a couple of series in sterling or enamel.
Valerie's work has a colour element as she is an adept user of colour.
Wonder where the name 'Firepan' came from?
Well, Firepan is the registered name of her horse. He is a 28 year old, Thoroughbred gelding, whose barn name is Smedley. He was rescued from the race track, and now lives in retirement with his friend, Finn.


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On Thursday, May 25th, The University of North Carolina is holding the 2nd annual Competency Based Education CBE Summit in Chapel Hill, NC. We are so honored to be apart of the special day, jam-packed with thought leaders and early adopters of CBE across the country. Well known Dr. Michelle Weise, Executive Director, Sandbox Collaborative, from Southern New Hampshire University, and Charla Long, J.D., Executive Director, of the Competency-Based Education Network (C-BEN) will be the key note speakers.
Dr. Mac Adkins, one of our own, will also be presenting at 3:00 pm. Don't miss his session on CBE student readiness. If there is one thing we've learned over the past decade of working with student readiness, it is that there are misconceptions about what it takes to go through a non-traditional program. Not only does that include elearning, but really any type of self-regulated learning environment.
The Summit is designed for anyone and everyone looking into CBE, those who have established programs, or those who have just started to get into the space. The topics for the 16 concurrent sessions include faculty development, crediting military experience, enrollment motivators, building CBE programs, and how CBE relates to talent acquisition. Presented by over 50 educators, the UNC CBE Summit 2017, is sure to be a worthwhile event. It is open to anyone and there is still time to REGISTER. #CBE2017Share This:


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Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Okay, day-by-day
So far so good today. I need to get moving, but I made some much better choices so far for food.
Breakfast was only coffee because I thought I was going to a "power lunch" with a couple ladies to discuss job prospects, but that got cancelled. So instead I just fixed a Costco (don't know the brand) salmon patty (TOTAL yum) with lemon juice and capers, a spinach salad with pine nuts and dried cranberries, a little bit of corn (kernels), and a fat-free blueberry yogurt.
Feeling not as stressed today. I believe it was all the pep-talks, prayers, and good wishes from my groupies. THANKS, GROUPIES!!
It's so funny that we can give THE best advice to others, but when we find ourselves in a hole, we can't listen to our own selves, but instead need to hear it from others. Hey, whatever works, eh?
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Outcry Over Firing Goes Global/
By Danny Schrafel
Weeks after the supervisor of an after-school program in East Northport who claims she was fired over her handling of a school lockdown drill, the story of Northport's GiGi Kearns has gone around the world.
Kearns, a former NYPD youth officer who worked for SCOPE for 15 years, said she was fired after a parent complained about how she explained aspects of the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting during a lockdown drill at Dickinson Avenue Elementary School.
Since then, the story has gone global, and web outlets including Wonkette, Salon and The Huffington Post have picked up the story.
In an interview Tuesday, Kearns said she's incredibly touched by the outpouring of support since her firing. Kearns said those supporters include families in Connecticut who had students in Sandy Hook Elementary School the day of the shooting.
"It literally gives me goose bumps, the amount of support and love," she said.
East Northport's Aya Blaney, whose eight-year-old son was in the classroom May 22, launched a petition calling for Stearns' reinstatement. As of Tuesday evening, the petition had over 1,400 signatures.
"It's very poorly mismanaged and unfair," Blaney said of Kearns' firing. "We're all very upset."
Kearns said a meeting with SCOPE executive director George Duffy III broke no new ground. She said he told her that he would further investigate the incident; she said she hasn't heard back since then.
SCOPE has said little about Kearns' firing since the story broke at the end of May.
"We are aware of and appreciate the concerns brought to our attention by several parents," Duffy III said in a statement. "However, as this is a matter of personnel, we are legally prohibited from discussing the details associated with this decision. All decisions are made in the best interest of the children attending our programs."
Deirdre Gilligan, a spokesperson for SCOPE, said Tuesday that no update was available.
Kearns, a former NYPD youth officer on the force for eight years, said that the incident began when she was directed to conduct a lock-down drill on May 22, for which Kearns said she was given no formal guidelines.
The lockdown drill is a new requirement of agencies licensed by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services to hold a stay-in-place lockdown drill.
During the drill, which involved 31 students, Kearns said six boys were misbehaving.
"The kids had never done it before, so they were giggling because it's kind of weird," she said.
According to Kearns, another student shouted for the boys to cut it out, and said the drill was happening because of Sandy Hook. After the drill was over, Kearns said she took the six boys aside to talk about their behavior. That was when one of the boys asked, "What's Sandy Hook?" Kearns said she offered an explanation suitable for her young pupils.
"This was me talking about safety, and Sandy Hook kind of came into it," she said.
One of the students asked to see a picture of the gunman, Adam Lanza, which she downloaded. She also showed the students a picture of the evacuation of the elementary school.
None of the images were graphic, she said, but a decision to show SWAT teams responding to the school was an effort to highlight the helpers who responded to the tragedy.
"The whole idea was to show them – "we're going to protect you," she said. "Then, we went into what I would do to protect them."
After the discussion, she informed each of the boys' parents of what had happened. None had an issue with her explanation, except for one parent, according to Kearns.
On May 26, Kearns was told to report to SCOPE's main office, where she was informed of the complaint and put on leave until May 29. On that day, she was fired.
Kearns argues the investigation was not sufficiently thorough, and Blanley said that SCOPE acted rashly and has kept parents in the dark since then.
"Everything just happened so quickly," she said.
Now, with 15 years at SCOPE apparently behind her, Kearns is working on picking up the pieces. She hopes to find another job in which she can help kids.
She has no regrets about her actions, and said she'd do it all over again exactly the same way.
"I might have walked away from this with no job, but I walked away from this with a heart full of love," she said.


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Weekly Gaming: Leaving Lyndow (PC)
Hey all! So this week I'm linking back to a review I published a few weeks ago over at VGchartz.com. Leaving Lyndow is a fantastic little game that made me want to spend more time in the world, it's a shame that it doesn't last that long. Hey ho, Eastshade (the full game) will be