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Adult Learning Styles: What Do They Mean For Bible Study Leadership?
by Karen Soeken
How do you learn best? By listening to others speak? By reading and writing? Through a hands-on activity? Each of us has a preferred method of learning (notice that it's a preferred method and not the correct method) and that can create a paradox for us as Bible study leaders. You see, the way that is most comfortable and most effective for you as a learner is probably the way that you tend to teach. But not everyone learns that way. When you lead a Bible study, you may need to step outside of your comfort zone and deliberately look for ways to engage and reach those who learn differently than you do.
Think about how Jesus taught. He lectured in the Sermon on the Mount, first using conceptual ideas in the Beatitudes and then following that with some practical application. He told parables or stories that allowed others to find themselves in the story. He asked questions; He answered questions. He took people aside and explained things to them. He used teachable moments and familiar objects. Jesus definitely used a variety of teaching strategies! Not all good teachers use the same strategies and techniques, but good teachers – and Jesus was the perfect teacher – will always find a way to include a variety of teaching strategies.
There are several ways of categorizing learning styles, one of which recognizes four learning styles: Verbal, Auditory, Visual, and Kinesthetic. Let's think briefly about each one.
The verbal learner is one who prefers reading, writing, and speaking. Asking good questions is one way to appeal to these learners. By 'good' I mean questions that are not necessarily yes/no questions or fill-in-the-blank questions. Ask questions that allow the learner to interpret or apply or discuss or share. For example, Jonah's eventual sermon to Nineveh consisted of 5 Hebrew words. If you were asked to give a 5-8 word sermon, what would it be? Discussing a question in a small group can also engage the auditory learner as he listens to the discussion. Another strategy is to review the meaning of words used in the Bible and then look for how those words are used in a passage. There are three terms used to refer to God, for example, and each has a slightly different meaning. The book of Jonah uses all three terms so looking for when a different term is used can say something about the passage.
Another learning style is auditory – learning by hearing or by sound. Having something read aloud is good for this type of learner. Also, auditory learners tend to like to have things repeated so find a way to stress important points in a study in different ways. Another strategy is to have people tell the story or a section of Scripture to a partner in their own words. While this gets at auditory learning, it has another effect in helping people feel comfortable sharing the Bible in their own words. Music is another powerful strategy for some auditory learners – use music to set the mood, sing a song related to the study, ask someone to write a song. For a study of the book of Jonah, I found a Jonah song on the web with a seafarer kind of lilt that I played at the beginning of one class and by the end of the song, most of the class was singing along on the chorus and having a good time.
Clearly the visual learner needs to be able to see something – a map, a picture, a chart, etc. I like to use photos I find on the web, especially when it gives the class an opportunity to point out how the photo is inconsistent with the Bible story itself. Another way to reach the visual learner is to ask the class to close their eyes and picture the story or setting in their minds. Visual learners also tend to like to draw as they are learning so you could ask them to draw something about the lesson. In teaching Jonah, I asked the class to use a Venn diagram (two circles that partially overlap) to describe how the sailors and Jonah differed (the two non-overlapping parts of the circles) and how they were alike (the overlapping part). In another class, I asked the class to work in small groups and design a banner that depicted Jesus as healer.
The last type is the kinesthetic learner or physical learner. These are the ones who learn through experience or by doing things. They tend to learn best by role playing or playing games or touching and feeling objects. In fact, statistics tell us that we learn 15% of what we hear, 35% of what we read, 50% of what we see, and 90% of what we do. You can include objects related to the lesson that allow the students to do something – touch, smell, taste. Be aware, though, that objects lessons can be overused so less is more. You might find that some adults might feel a little silly with object lessons, depending on what you ask them to do or if they are new to the group. So you might want to wait until you sense the group is comfortable before you include an object. If there is a word or symbol that will capture the teaching point, you could have the class make something, even if it's with clay or a pipe cleaner. Another example is if the lesson is about casting stones, like the story of the woman caught in adultery. Ask each person to hold a stone while the story is read.
Remember that not everyone learns the way you do. Follow Jesus' example–take the risk—and use a variety of teaching strategies to reach the greatest number of students so they can apply the text to their lives. God will bless your efforts!
Karen Soeken is a wife, mother of two, and grandmother of 6. She retired in 2008 after a career teaching research and statistics courses at the University of Maryland School of Nursing and is now Professor Emeritus. In her congregation, she teaches adult Bible study classes. Karen is also involved in LWML, having served as District President and Planner at the national level. Currently she serves on the Lutheran Hour Ministries Foundation Board and the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia Board of Directors. In her spare time, Karen enjoys working on her family history.
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My personal likes and observations in combination with my perception of current women trends. It's very important to have neutral pieces, so that women can mix and match and create their own unique looks. I always travel light, so I need garments that I can wear in a variety of different ways. A basic White chiffon blouse can be paired over a skirt but also worn with a dark Gray T-shirt and Black pants for a classic, chic look.
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A new joint venture company could be the catalyst for investment as Gainsborough town centre is rejuvenated, including a 56 bedroom hotel and restaurant.
West Lindsey District Council and Dransfield Properties Ltd will work together on the project, which will include the refurbishing of shop fronts to a high standard as well as upgrading the internal space.
It is expected to see at least four shops refurbished and let in Gainsborough town centre over the next 12-18 months.
Plans have also been submitted by Dransfield Properties Ltd to construct a new 56 bedroom hotel on the site of the former Sun Inn in a bid to bring Travelodge and Ponti Italian Kitchen restaurant into the town and create an open courtyard and outside dining area.
This is the first time the local authority has entered into an agreement.
The agreement will focus on Market Street, Market Place, Church Street and North Street, creating a gateway to the town.
There are also plans to explore options to upgrade the Roseway Car Park and public realm on North Street to ensure the environment around the hotel is benefitting to a tourist facility.
Leader of West Lindsey District Council, Councillor Jeff Summers said: "Dransfield Properties has already invested heavily in Gainsborough with the hugely successful Marshall's Yard and they are now investing further with plans for a hotel chain and restaurant.
"We want to support investors and to do that we need to start to strengthen the appeal of the town ourselves.
"That is why I am delighted that we have agreed to this interesting and innovative approach of creating a joint venture company.
"Together with council and private investment and our combined experience, I believe we can make real visual improvements to the regeneration of Gainsborough."
The council's new economic and commercial director, Eve Fawcett Moralee is leading the way with the plans.
She said: "The council is committed to developing the right partnerships to deliver a future for the town by making it attractive and sustainable for existing businesses and attract new investors.
"Our role in these projects is key but without partnership working we would not be able to achieve this alone.
"The joint venture company will enable us to invest in shop units, which will enhance the quality of the streetscape and attract people to let them.
"But we have a whole host of other projects running alongside this as part of our Invest Gainsborough work, which will complement this."
Mark Dransfield, managing director of Dransfield Properties, said: "This is an important part of Gainsborough town centre and working together I'm confident we can deliver an attractive and sustainable development which will create new jobs and attract more companies to invest in the town."


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Responsive iframes are possible! Using the intrinsic ratio technique, transform any fixed or fluid iframe into a responsive one.
# How to make iframes responsive:
- Step 1: Get the iframe embed code and paste into your document
- Step 2: Set the height & width attributes to
100%(optional, can be handled via CSS)
- Step 3: Absolute position the iframe within a container
- Step 4: Add
padding-topto the container
.iframe-container { overflow: hidden; // Calculated from the aspect ration of the content (in case of 16:9 it is 9/16= 0.5625) padding-top: 56.25%; position: relative; } .iframe-container iframe { border: 0; height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; top: 0; width: 100%; }

The example above shows how to embed a responsive YouTube video iframe.
# Responsive iframes — without a hack.
Trying and failing to make and responsive iframes is a wright of passage in the web development world. The problem, iframes set to 100% become fluid, not responsive. The aspect ratio doesn't stay the same since only the width scales.
How to make iframe responsive? is a common question with a simple CSS-only solution, the intrinsic ratio technique (shown above).
# Intrinsic ratios for responsive iframes.
You've spent countless hours designing and building the perfect responsive site. One problem —
iframes. Proportionally resizing (aka. responsive iframes) these pesky little windows to another world can be frustrating. It's easy enough to make an iframe's width span 100% of its container. Rather, making the height resize accordingly can be tricky.
So how do you keep from blowing your top trying to make an iframe responsive?
In "Resize Videos Proportionally", I went over how to use the intrinsic ratio technique to make your embedded videos responsive. We'll use that same method and apply it to make any
iframe, YouTube & Vimeo video or Google Map responsive. Only dependency is you know the aspect ratio (width x height) of the iframe.
# Do not use JavaScript for responsive iframes.
# Responsive iframe solution.
When embedding iframes for content such as videos, most services like YouTube and Vimeo will provide you a snippet of code like the one below:

Notice I removed the
frameborder attribute. If you're using HTML5, that attribute is no longer supported.
First of all, remove the
width and
height attributes. Keeping those attributes forces the content to stay at that size regardless of the screen size. This causes problems in responsive layouts when the screen size is smaller than the width of the iframe. Though we could use CSS to force the size, why have them if their not being used — less code is beautiful code.

Next, let's add a container with a class around the iframe:

Now, we add a little touch of CSS magic to make the iframe responsive. The same way we did in the "Resize Videos Proportionally with Intrinsic Ratios".
.iframe-container { overflow: hidden; padding-top: 56.25%; position: relative; } .iframe-container iframe { border: 0; height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; top: 0; width: 100%; } /* 4x3 Aspect Ratio */ .iframe-container-4x3 { padding-top: 75%; }
IMPORTANT: Don't forget to apply an aspect ratio class to your
iframe. If you don't, it could cause them
iframe to disappear.
That it! Simple, huh? Your iframe should now proportionally resize based on the browser size. Here's a breakdown of how it works:
Some important take-aways when making iframes responsive.
- It's key to specify the containers
positionto be
relative. This allows us to absolute position the
iframewithin it, which is needed to make it responsive.
- The
padding-topvalue is calculated based on the aspect ratio of your content. Instead of adding it to the
intrinsic-containerclass, we added separate classes that can be appended to that element depending on the type of content you're embedding. I prefer doing this so I'm not duplicating the container code for different aspect ratios. To find the aspect ratio of a container, use this formula: height ÷ width = aspect ratio
heightis set to
padding-bottomgives the
iframeit's height.
- Using
overflow: hiddenis important because it ensures if any content does protrude outside of the container, it will be hidden and avoid screwing up the site's layout.
- Like with most
absolutepositioned elements, we need to set the
leftproperties so the
iframeget's put in the right place.
- Finally,
heightare set to
100%so the
iframetakes up 100% of the containers' space.
# Using SASS?
If you're using SASS, use this function to find the ratio or
padding-bottom of the parent container:
/** * Ratios * Returns the ratio for specified dimensions. */ @function ratio($width, $height) { return percentage( $height / $width); }
Taking that one step further, you can create a mixin to generate ratio classes:
@mixin generateRatios($width, $height, $prefix: "ratio-") { $class-name: $prefix + $width + "x" + $height; .#{$class-name} { padding-bottom: ratio($width, $height); } // Output example: .ratio-16x9 {} } @include generateRatios(16,9); // 16x9 @include generateRatios(4,3); // 4x3
We can use this same technique to make other types of embedded content responsive like Google Maps & Calendars. Basically, anything that uses a
iframe using only CSS! If you don't have access to edit the site stylesheets directly, here's a nifty tool that will generate responsive embed codes for you.
# Using a CSS Framework?
A lot of projects now will use some kind of CSS framework like Bootstrap, Foundation or Materialize to help with keep styling uniform throughout the project. Some frameworks already have classes that will do exactly the same as what's above. Check out some of the examples below.
Responsive iframes in Bootstrap
Bootstrap 3.2+, use the predefined class
.embed-responsive and an aspect ratio class modifier like
.embed-responsive-16by9 (more listed below). This aspect ratio modifier will add the padding-top with different percentages depending on the given modifier class, then give your iframe the
.embed-responsive-item class.

Other responsive iframe ratios in Bootstrap:
You can, of course, create your own modifier class:
.embed-responsive-10by3 { padding-top: 30%; }
Responsive iframes in Materialize
If you are using Materialize CSS, then you don't need your own classes either. Just add the
.video-container class to your wrapper:

Responsive iframes in Foundation

Aspect ratio modifier classes are set in your
$responsive-embed-ratios map in your Foundation settings file:
$responsive-embed-ratios: ( default: 16 by 9, vertical: 9 by 16, panorama: 256 by 81, square: 1 by 1, );
# Responsive iframes Using JS
What if you don't know the aspect ratio? Let's say you have content authors creating interactives with each having different dimensions. Without knowing the aspect ratio of the iframe, it's not easy to implement the intrinsic ratio technique.
You can overcome this problem by using JS:
// Find all iframes var $iframes = $( "iframe" ); // Find &#x26; save the aspect ratio for all iframes $iframes.each(function () { $( this ).data( "ratio", this.height / this.width ) // Remove the hardcoded width &#x26; height attributes .removeAttr( "width" ) .removeAttr( "height" ); }); // Resize the iframes when the window is resized $( window ).resize( function () { $iframes.each( function() { // Get the parent container&#x27;s width var width = $( this ).parent().width(); $( this ).width( width ) .height( width * $( this ).data( "ratio" ) ); }); // Resize to fix all iframes on page load. }).resize();
Responsive iframes are awesome.
Say Goodbye to embedded content breaking your layouts with the intrinsic ratio technique. We've walked through how just a little bit of code can easily make your
iframes and other embedded content responsive friendly.
How do you embed third-party content on your responsive website? Do you have a nifty technique or trick to accomplish responsive embedded content? What about your workflow for embedding content like Google Maps, YouTube, etc? I'd love to hear from you. Comment below with your thoughts.
Additional Resources
Check out these other great articles about making embedded content responsive:
- Iframely Protocol for Responsive Embeds by Iframely
- Tutorial: Responsive Embeds by embed.ly
- Making Embedded Content Work In Responsive Design by Rachel McCollin
- Resize Videos Proportionally with Intrinsic Ratios by Ben Marshall
- Responsive Images — 6 Simple Ways by Ben Marshall


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Bring your home out of the mess it's in and learn how to keep it under control."The dirty little secret about most organizing advice is that it's written by organized people," says blogger, speaker, and decluttering expert Dana K. White. "But that's not how my brain works. I'm lost on page three." Dana blogs at A Slob Comes Clean, chronicling her successes and failures with her self-described "deslobification process." In the beginning she used the name "Nony" (short for aNONYmous), because she was sharing her deep, dark, slob secret. Now she has truly come clean—with not only her real name but the strategies she has developed, tested, and proved in her own home. She has learned what it takes to bring a home out of Disaster Status, which habits make the biggest and most lasting impact, and how to keep clutter under control.In How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind, Dana explains that cleaning your house is not a onetime project but a series of ongoing premade decisions. Her reality-based cleaning and organizing techniques debunk the biggest housekeeping fantasies and help readers learn what really works. Chapter titles includeMy First Step: Giving Up on the FantasyThe Worst Thing About the Best WayJust Tell Me What to DoConquering LaundryGet Dinner on the TablePutting an End to the Never-Ending Weekly Cleaning TasksDon't Get OrganizedHow to Declutter Without Making a Bigger MessFighting the Perceived Value BattleBut Will It Last?With a huge helping of empathy and humor, Dana provides a step-by-step process with strategies for getting rid of enormous amounts of stuff in as little time (and with as little emotional drama) as possible.
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|How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind
|Dana K. White
|Nov 8th, 2016
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HP Singapore had unveiled the new TouchSmart 610 all-in-one PC in March, and we at VR-Zone managed to get one in for review. So is this all-in-one PC as good as other full desktop systems? Read on.
The desktop PC has evolved over the years from the rectangular tower to trendy chassis designs, and now we have the all-in-one systems whereby the hardware components are usually incorporated to the back of the display. No more fuss about those medium tower chassis and not to mention, an all-in-one PC helps to save space in your home or office too.
Introduced in 2007 , the HP TouchSmart series comprised of tablet PC laptops and touchscreen all-in-one desktop computers and the TouchSmart 610 is the latest addition to the family and boasts a 23-inch HD wide LCD touchscreen display. Yes, it has a touchscreen that lets you draw and write onwith your finger.
Before we move on, here's a quick look at the HP's specifications:-
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Development of convective clouds generated in the evening, after intense heat in the day, causes rain
CHENNAI: The sun has been playing hide and seek with the clouds for the past few weeks. This month, so far, the city has received 55.8 mm of rainfall, which is more than the average of 43.3 mm in June. The rain brought down the maximum temperature from the average 36 degree Celsius to 34 degree Celsius on many days.
According to S.R. Ramanan, Director of Area Cyclone Warning Centre, Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai has been experiencing unstable weather due to a combination of factors. The development of convective clouds generated in the evening, after intense heat in the day, causes rain, he said. The city has also been experiencing rain due to local thunderstorm activity. This weather is expected to be like this till the end of this month.
However, even a light shower has proved to be enough to result in water stagnation on several roads, including Vepery High Road, Tiruvottiyur High Road, Broadway, Ganesapuram, Valluvarkottam High Road, Sterling Road and in Choolai.
With the black topping on many roads having been removed using cold milling method for relaying, two-wheeler riders say they find it more difficult to negotiate these stretches during rain.
During the monsoon, subways including those in Ganesapuram, Vysarpadi Jeeva, near RBI, Thillai Ganga Nagar and those in T.Nagar get flooded. A flyover proposed at Ganesapuram to tide over the problem is yet to materialise.
L. Sudha, who lives off Bazullah Road in T. Nagar, said "Invariably, there is knee-deep water during the rains and we have always faced the problem of rainwater mixing with sewage."
R. Prasad, a resident of George Town, said sewage mixing with drinking water was a major issue in many parts of north Chennai. "Even during the summer, we have sewage overflowing on the roads and at times reverse flow into buildings. Clogged drains and pumping stations that do not function properly are reasons for this. Repeated complaints have not borne fruit," he said, adding that the situation would be worse during north-east monsoon.
The Chennai Corporation and the Chennai Metrowater are gearing up to meet challenges of inundation, blocked stormwater drains (SWD) and sewer lines and drinking water contamination.
According to senior Corporation officials, of the total 931 km of SWD, 463 km have already been desilted. Tenders have been prepared to desilt and repair 333 km of SWD and canals. Various important links in the network, including at Kellys, a SWD that cuts across Poonamallee High Road near Ripon Building and one on Tiruvottiyur High Road would be desilted. New link drains are being constructed in Nungambakkam, Ganesapuram, T. Nagar and Purasawalkam, the officials said.
The Metrowater has intensified joint patrolling with the Corporation to ensure supply of safe drinking water. It has also doubled the number of water samples collected daily for bacteriological analysis to 120. Apart from this, each day about 400 samples are taken for testing physical parameters, including total dissolved solids and 2,000 samples checked for chlorine levels, said officials.
Sewage pumping stations are also being overhauled to prevent failure of the system during monsoon owing to additional load.
Though mosquitoes are not yet a problem in the city, residents of suburban areas where spraying and fogging are hardly done find it difficult to cope with. "We cannot sleep without mosquito repellents. Whenever there are power cuts or low voltage, mosquitoes seem to come in battalions," said Visalakshi Rajaraman of Poonamallee.
Municipalities, on their part, are trying to take up work to equip localities for the monsoon. According to a senior official of Ambattur Municipality, fogging and spraying of larvicides for mosquito control are being carried out regularly.
"We are also desilting canals to prevent logging. Localities such as Korattur, Padi and Mogappair face water stagnation as they are low-level areas," the official said, adding that the focus would be on prevention of stagnation and conservation of rainwater.
Officials of the Madhavaram Municipality said work on an underground drainage project was on.


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Can the Coen Brothers Write a Steven Spielberg Movie?
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According to The Hollywood Reporter, Joel and Ethan Coen have signed on to write the screenplay for Steven Spielberg's upcoming KGB drama, which is set to star Tom Hanks. The currently untitled film, which is based on a true story, centers on an attorney who became a key figure in the Cold War after negotiating with KGB agents for the return of a spy plane pilot who went down in enemy territory. A first draft of the script, written by Matt Charman, has been making the rounds for some time now, but the presence of Hanks and the Coen Brothers seems to be the push the film will need to enter production sometime soon.
Though having the Coens on board certainly bodes well for the film's production schedule, their presence does complicate things creatively. As a director, Spielberg's films tend to be earnest and straightforward, often with a heavy dose of sentiment involved. The Coens, on the other hand, specialize in irony and cynicism — their writing is practically dripping with it. Both creative forces are obviously talented, and have proven themselves to be adept at handling multiple genres, but there is very little common ground between their filmmaking styles. Can the Coens even make a Spielberg film, and vice versa?
If you were to imagine a spy movie written by the Coen Brothers, it would likely involve a great deal of the dark comedy that has come to characterize their films, whereas Spielberg's would probably be an action film filled with emotional character beats and plenty of swelling music. He works on an epic scale, filled with dramatic and heartwarming moments, which is diametrically opposed to the smaller, outsider-focused films that the Coens tend to make. Spielberg's films have gotten dark in the past, but he's never really attempted to translate that darkness in a comedic way, instead choosing to focus on stories of humanity triumphing over terrible obstacles. In contrast, when the Coens' characters are knocked down, they tend to stay there.
That dark edge is fundamental to all of the Coens' work, which might be what Spielberg has the most difficulty translating, and navigating that difference will be key to creating a coherent film. On their own, the filmmakers' styles are jarringly different, and so either the script or the direction will need to adjust to compensate for that. If Spielberg's direction is too earnest, then much of the Coens' sense of humor will be lost, and the darker aspects of their work will become overwhelming. However, the Coens have been branching out somewhat lately with the scripts they haven't directed — the remake of Gambit is a much broader comedy than any that they've helmed, and the upcoming Angelina Jolie film Unbroken seems as if it will feature some Spielberg-esque sentiment — so they should be able to adapt their writing to the director's more earnest style.
Hanks' presence is also a good sign, as he's worked with both directors multiple times, which should allow him to easily navigate any disparate tones that are present in the film. As an actor, he tends to gravitate to more sentimental films, and his earnestness would be a good balance to keep the film from getting too cynical, while his experience working with the Coens should allow him to add some edge to the film's more heartwarming moments.
Above all else, though, they're all talented filmmakers, which goes a long way towards smoothing over any differences.


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Becky Wiggins's Welsh Lamb shoulder with chimichurri sauce and pickled plums
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Friday 16th September 2016
1 shoulder of Welsh Lamb (around 1.5kg)
2 or 3 cloves of garlic
2 sprigs rosemary
Rapeseed oil
Salt and pepper
100ml water
For the pickled plums:
3-4 ripe plums
3tbsp white wine vinegar
2tbsp honey
1 red chilli, finely sliced or grated
1tsp celery salt
For the mint chimichurri:
2 handfuls fresh parsley
2 handfuls fresh mint
3 cloves garlic, crushed
Pinch salt
Generous grinding fresh pepper
1 red chilli, finely sliced or grated
1 lime, juiced
Rapeseed oil to blend
- Preheat the oven to 160/gas 3.
- Take the lamb out of the fridge an hour or so before cooking to bring it up to room temperature. With a pestle and mortar, bash up the garlic and rosemary with a generous pinch of salt and a good grind of pepper, then add a few glugs of rapeseed oil to make it into a runny paste. Rub this fragrant paste all over the lamb.
- Place the lamb into a roasting tin or casserole and add the water. Cover with foil and place in the oven. Then, just leave the lamb alone for four hours, basting occasionally with the pan juices.
- Meanwhile, make the pickled plums by de-stoning and slicing the plums, then placing in a heatproof jar or bowl. In a small saucepan, heat the white wine vinegar, honey, red chilli (I store mine in the freezer and grate from frozen) and the celery salt. Heat gently until the salt is all dissolved then pour over the sliced plums. Allow to cool, then store in the fridge, remembering to stir occasionally.
- After four hours, remove the lamb, cover and keep somewhere warm to rest while you make the chimichurri.
- Finely chop all the herbs together, crush the garlic and then stir together with the grated chilli, lime juice and enough rapeseed oil to bring it together into a smooth sauce. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- To serve, shred the lamb with a couple of forks, then just pile onto tortillas with fresh green salad. Add the pickled plums and finish with a drizzle of chimichurri sauce.


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text: NYSE:AVTAvnet Stock Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Avnet Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add $30.05 +0.17 (+0.57 %) (As of 06/5/2020 04:00 PM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range$29.93Now: $30.05▼$31.3150-Day Range$25.40MA: $27.88▼$30.2952-Week Range$17.85Now: $30.05▼$46.41Volume1.34 million shsAverage Volume1.02 million shsMarket Capitalization$2.97 billionP/E RatioN/ADividend Yield2.81%BetaN/A ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsSocial Media Avnet, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, distributes electronic components worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Electronic Components and Premier Farnell. The Electronic Components segment markets and sells semiconductors; electronic components, including interconnect, passive and electromechanical devices; and other integrated components from electronic component manufacturers. This segment also offers customer support services, which facilitate customers to evaluate, design-in, and procure electronic components throughout the lifecycle of their technology products and systems. In addition, it provides integrated solutions, such as technical design, integration, and assembly of embedded products, systems, and solutions primarily for industrial applications, as well as for intelligent embedded and innovative display solutions comprising touch and passive displays. Further, it develops and manufactures standard board and industrial subsystems, and application-specific devices that enable it to produce systems tailored to specific customer requirements. Additionally, this segment offers design chain support that provides engineers with technical design solutions; engineering and technical resources to support product design, bill of materials development, and technical education and training; and supply chain solutions that provide support and logistical services to original equipment manufacturers, electronic manufacturing service providers, and electronic component manufacturers. It serves various markets, including automotive, communications, computer hardware and peripherals, industrial and manufacturing, medical equipment, and defense and aerospace. The Premier Farnell segment distributes electronic components primarily to support design engineers, maintenance and test engineers, makers, and entrepreneurs. Avnet, Inc. was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 3.1 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingAvnet has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.11, and is based on no buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of $35.43, Avnet has a potential upside of 17.9% from its current price of $30.05.Amount of Analyst CoverageAvnet has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock. Previous Next 2.1 Community Rank Outperform VotesAvnet has received 277 "outperform" votes. (Add your "outperform" vote.)Underperform VotesAvnet has received 382 "underperform" votes. (Add your "underperform" vote.)Community SentimentAvnet has received 57.97% "underperform" votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Avnet and other stocks. Vote "Outperform" if you believe AVT will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote "Underperform" if you believe AVT will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 2.5 Dividend Strength Dividend LeadershipAvnet is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 2.81%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.Dividend GrowthAvnet has been increasing its dividend for 6 years. Previous Next 1.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Avnet insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $332,224.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 1.65% of the stock of Avnet is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions96.44% of the stock of Avnet is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company. Previous Next 0.0 Earnings and Valuation Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 3.1Community Rank: 2.1Dividend Strength: 2.5Insider Behavior: 1.0Valuation: 0.0 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™1.73 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NYSE Industry Electronic parts & equipment, not elsewhere classified Sub-IndustryTechnology Distributors SectorComputer and Technology Current SymbolNYSE:AVT Previous Symbol CUSIP05380710 CIK8858 Webwww.avnet.com Phone480-643-2000Debt Debt-to-Equity RatioN/A Current RatioN/A Quick RatioN/APrice-To-Earnings Trailing P/E RatioN/A Forward P/E RatioN/A P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual SalesN/A Price / SalesN/A Cash FlowN/A Price / Cash FlowN/A Book ValueN/A Price / BookN/AProfitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)N/A Net IncomeN/A Net MarginsN/A Return on EquityN/A Return on AssetsN/AMiscellaneous EmployeesN/A Outstanding Shares98,747,000Market Cap$2.97 billion Next Earnings Date8/13/2020 (Estimated) OptionableOptionable AVT Rates by TradingView Receive AVT News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for AVT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Avnet (NYSE:AVT) Frequently Asked Questions How has Avnet's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? Avnet's stock was trading at $28.28 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AVT shares have increased by 6.3% and is now trading at $30.05. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Avnet? 9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Avnet in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Avnet. When is Avnet's next earnings date? Avnet is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 13th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Avnet. How were Avnet's earnings last quarter? Avnet (NYSE:AVT) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, April, 27th. The technology company reported $0.38 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.32 by $0.06. The technology company had revenue of $4.31 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.03 billion. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 8.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.09 EPS. View Avnet's earnings history. How often does Avnet pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Avnet? Avnet declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 22nd. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.21 per share on Wednesday, June 17th. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.80%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, June 2nd. View Avnet's dividend history. How will Avnet's stock buyback program work? Avnet declared that its board has authorized a share repurchase plan on Monday, August 19th 2019, which allows the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 11% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued. What price target have analysts set for AVT? 9 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Avnet's stock. Their forecasts range from $27.00 to $44.00. On average, they anticipate Avnet's stock price to reach $35.43 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Avnet. Has Avnet been receiving favorable news coverage? Media stories about AVT stock have trended somewhat positive on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Avnet earned a news impact score of 1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutAvnet. Who are some of Avnet's key competitors? Some companies that are related to Avnet include Arrow Electronics (ARW), SYNNEX (SNX), Tech Data (TECD), Anixter International (AXE), Insight Enterprises (NSIT), PC Connection (CNXN), ScanSource (SCSC), Agilysys (AGYS) and Richardson Electronics (RELL). View all competitors. What other stocks do shareholders of Avnet own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Avnet investors own include AbbVie (ABBV), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Procter & Gamble (PG), Adobe (ADBE), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Comcast (CMCSA), Intel (INTC), Netflix (NFLX), PepsiCo (PEP) and QUALCOMM (QCOM). Who are Avnet's key executives? Avnet's management team includes the following people: Mr. William Joseph Amelio, CEO, Member of Exec. Board & Director (Age 60)Ms. MaryAnn G. Miller, Sr. VP, Chief HR Officer & Global Marketing & Communications and Member of Exec. Board (Age 61)Mr. Michael J. O'Neill, Sr. VP, Gen. Counsel, Chief Legal Officer & Member of Exec. Board (Age 62)Mr. Peter G. Bartolotta, Sr. VP, Chief Transformation Officer & Member of Exec. Board (Age 58)Mr. Thomas Liguori, CFO & Member of Exec. Board (Age 59) What is Avnet's stock symbol? Avnet trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AVT." Who are Avnet's major shareholders? Avnet's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (11.52%), Pzena Investment Management LLC (9.05%), AQR Capital Management LLC (4.22%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (3.91%), State Street Corp (3.82%) and Lord Abbett & CO. LLC (2.45%). Company insiders that own Avnet stock include James A Lawrence, Kenneth A Jacobson, Maryann G Miller, Philip R Gallagher and William H Schumann. View institutional ownership trends for Avnet. Which institutional investors are selling Avnet stock? AVT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prudential PLC, Polaris Capital Management LLC, Legal & General Group Plc, Mackay Shields LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Two Sigma Investments LP, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, and Wells Fargo & Company MN. Company insiders that have sold Avnet company stock in the last year include James A Lawrence, Maryann G Miller, Philip R Gallagher, and William H Schumann. View insider buying and selling activity for Avnet. Which institutional investors are buying Avnet stock? AVT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Janus Henderson Group PLC, Advisory Research Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, Deutsche Bank AG, Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc., State Street Corp, and KBC Group NV. View insider buying and selling activity for Avnet. How do I buy shares of Avnet? Shares of AVT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab. What is Avnet's stock price today? One share of AVT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $30.05. How big of a company is Avnet? Avnet has a market capitalization of $2.97 billion. What is Avnet's official website? The official website for Avnet is www.avnet.com. How can I contact Avnet? Avnet's mailing address is 2211 SOUTH 47TH STREET, PHOENIX AZ, 85034. The technology company can be reached via phone at 480-643-2000 or via email at [email protected] This page was last updated on 6/7/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff


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You might be working in the ICT department of a company where you are made responsible for the activities of the entire staff or you might be an outside agency providing a firm with the IT solutions. Whatever the nature of your job might be, you have a fair chance of providing the most ideal IT solutions for a company thus, making their work much more manageable and effective. As most companies are still converting into all-time IT based firms the topic of discussion can be taken as very relevant as of today.
Pick the right supplier
If you are working in a company, rather unlike a personal matter a professional supplier should always be contacted and always the goods that are bought and the solutions that are looked for should come from a trusted supplier. We suggest that you stick with the known brands such as Apple, HPE partners Hong Kong and or Dell. These companies are considered giants in the IT industry and therefore you can fearlessly recommend them to be used in an organization with amended warranty periods etc.
Think of the resistance
If you are about to do a major change in the system or any other IT related activity in the company where many employees will have to learn the process a new, make sure the transition process is smooth as the HR department would have a hectic time listening to grievances of employees who can't easily adopt to the system/ Sometimes the system may have lesser complications than the previous but the employees needs to show carefully and have to reassured that the best solution would be to adopt to the new system which would be beneficial for them as well as the organization.
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There might be companies which are highly tech savvy and operating in business environments which are highly volatile and changes instantly. If you are working in a field where the advancements of the field happen consecutively to the advancements in technology then you need to ensure that you have the latest technology to stay ahead of the competition. However, if you are operating in a less volatile environment, note that you can take the advancements in a more relaxed manner and adapt to them when it is mostly needed.
There is absolutely no point if the new system or the cloud will cost the organization more than it did previously and doesn't generate the expected results. Therefore you need to ensure that the most feasible solution is taken up by the company so as to avoid any unnecessary cost increases and fewer benefits to the company. Always try to go for all-in-one products and services which can be much lesser on cost and easier to maintain as well. Hyper converged infrastructure used by the HPE is one of the most advanced and the latest cloud based hybrid solutions used by companies as it provides many facilities which otherwise would have to purchased and used separately and therefore the system has become a giant in the market. See this page for further information regarding Hyper converged infrastructure.
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It is an honor to call Sue Crolick a friend. Sue gave up an established career in advertising and design to start Creatives for Causes, a nonprofit charity benefiting at-risk kids. I wrote this article almost fifteen years ago but Sue and her charity—and its cornerstone program, Art Buddies—are still going strong. I spoke to her yesterday just as she was going out the door for the huge Art Buddies celebratory final event of the year.
The following article covers the origins of Sue's charity. As soon as she has a chance to catch her breath, she'll update me on what's new and what's in store for 2010 and beyond!
If not for a paralyzed vocal cord, Sue Crolick might still be an award-winning art director and designer instead of bringing joy to children's lives as founder and president of Creatives for Causes, a nonprofit charity.
Crolick found herself at a crossroads in 1990 when she felt her passion for the advertising business slipping away. "I knew I had to make a living because I was single and had a daughter ready for college," she explains, "but all I knew was what I did not want to do."
Crolick was yearning for a big change. On New Year's Eve day in 1991, she got it. Her doctor found a tumor in her throat and told her she had cancer. The tumor turned out to be benign but, during the surgery, the nerve to one of her vocal cords was accidentally severed. When she awoke, her voice was gone. Perhaps for good.
After five months of feeling scared and depressed, Crolick began to regain her speaking voice, but at a considerable price; her damaged vocal cord had become stuck and was blocking half her airway. Five months later, after getting no satisfaction from numerous Minnesota doctors, Crolick flew to Cleveland to be examined by one of the country's top otolaryngologists, who pinpointed the problem and matter-of-factly told her, "Well, you have a choice. You can either talk well or breathe well."
"My life just seemed like one long nightmare," says Crolick. "After being consumed by my health problems for almost a year, I was really feeling the need to get outside myself and focus my energy on something else. And then I remembered the old adage, 'The best way to forget your own problems is to help somebody who's a lot worse off than you.'"
Inspired, Crolick decided to throw herself into a community outreach project. At the conference of the Minnesota chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), which is held in northern Minnesota every October, she asked for volunteers to help the Aliveness Project, a center for families living with HIV/AIDS.
"Every year on Hannukah and Christmas Eve," she explains, "the Aliveness Project delivers hundreds of grocery boxes filled with food, blankets and toys to families with AIDS and they were looking for people to decorate the boxes. I had helped them out the year before and I figured we could do in one day what it took them a month to do."
To Crolick's delight, nearly seventy-five AIGA members signed up and the event was a huge success. "I loved it!" she says. "I saw the power of giving our gift, the power we creative people have to share our talent with people who really need us. And, of course, I also loved it because it was distracting me from my illness and keeping me from sitting around feeling sorry for myself."
To keep the momentum going, Crolick organized an AIGA outreach committee and put together an event for St. Joseph's Home for Children, a Minneapolis shelter for kids who have been neglected or abused. Each child was paired with an "Art Buddy" for the day who helped them create a vision of their future self by creating a life-size self-portrait.
The success of the St. Joseph's event further buoyed Crolick's spirits, especially when Nordstrom's and then Target hired her to stage "Art Buddy" events in a handful of cities across the country.
"I just loved doing public service work," she says. "Every day when I got up, that was what I wanted to do. I was talking about it in September of 1993 to my sister, who's a corporate lawyer. I was saying how much I loved doing it but, of course, I could never make a living at it. She just looked at me and said, 'Well, of course you can. Just open a nonprofit and get some funding.' I was stunned. I had never considered that possibility."
Crolick boldly decided to risk everything to chase after her dream. After six months of planning, she shut down her one-woman firm in downtown Minneapolis and set up a home office. In order to attract more funding, she jumped through enough legal hoops to set up Creatives for Causes as a 501(c)(3), a nonprofit charity dedicated to sharing the power of creativity with people in need, especially children, by encouraging creative professionals to volunteer their time and talents.
Crolick, who had worked at a number of Twin Cities ad agencies before opening her own business, Sue Crolick Advertising and Design, in 1981, has no regrets about leaving corporate life. "I do miss the people, though," she acknowledges. "I miss having that built-in 'work family' who supports you, jokes with you, asks you how your weekend was."
Unfortunately, adds Crolick, she's also seen that work family become dysfunctional. "What I don't miss," she says, "are the Machiavellian moves and the competition and all the junk that goes with big corporate life. What I traded for not having all those people around to support me is the freedom to create this charity, which I've been able to make happen because no one else is in control of my life."
Her new career may be in response to a higher calling but Crolick admits that she's still taken aback when friends tell her that what she's doing is 'so saintly.' "How could I be a saint?" she laughs. "I was in advertising for thirty years!"
Here is a feature on Sue Crolick and Art Buddies by Neal St. Anthony in the May 27, 2009 edition of the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
The Art Buddies project helps bring out the whimsy in kids and adults. The project helps grade school kids understand the connection between doing well in school and in life.
Sue Crolick was one of the first female art directors in the Twin Cities advertising trade four decades ago and was the successful owner of her own firm when I met her 25 years ago.
And she's still on the leading edge.
Crolick checked out of the ad business 15 years ago to take a big pay cut and start an invaluable enterprise that has enriched hundreds of inner-city families and creative professionals — her "Art Buddies" mentoring program. It concluded the school year last week with a joyous, colorful "Kids Rule" parade through the Whittier School and park complex in south Minneapolis.
"The helmet was kind of challenging," said Asad, also known as "King of Robots," a Whittier third-grader who made his own costume with mentor Chris Bonhoff, a photographer. "I read about hats. And Chris taught me how to make stuff. I want to work on this over the summer so I'll be ready for next year."
Once a week, for two to three hours, nearly 40 volunteer professionals and 40 kids from Whittier work together on projects, discuss the importance of school and how it can lead to good things and otherwise create a little magic in one of the more creative mentoring programs you'll see.
"Pink is my favor color," said Aminata, a soft-spoken fourth-grader, known in costume as "Queen of Pink."
Tivoli Madsen, Aminata's mentor and an accessories designer at Target, can't get over these children, most of whom hail from working-poor families and are disproportionately kids of color and immigrants.
"It's amazing how inventive these kids are," Madsen said. "They have no preconceived notions. They try this flower here or this button there. And they get to be who they want to be."
This also ties directly to education, development, self-esteem and a relationship with a caring adult outside the home. The kids write weekly in their Art Buddy journals, share their experience with classmates and, this year, learned about some of the rulers and leaders of the world as part of the multiweek Kids Rule project.
Crolick and Stephanie Vagle, the Art Buddies program manager since 1997 and an educator by profession, have put together a crackerjack program at the intersection of talented professionals and needy kids on a shoestring budget of about $100,000 a year.
"We have a waiting list in the school for this program," said Paulina Jacobsson, a bilingual educator at Whittier and liaison to Art Buddies. "The kids in this program have less absenteeism, some of them do better in school and parents come to see this. It happens every year. This is really a chance for some of them to do something different for themselves."
Crolick, who won a slew of local and national ad industry awards over her career, will never crack the list of high-buck nonprofit executives that adorns our business section every December. But the trim, long-term cancer survivor seems to have more fun and gets younger every year.
Crolick started "Creatives for Causes," the official nonprofit parent of the Art Buddies program, in 1994. She had made some money and won industry acclaim but she wanted more for the soul. During a 1991-to-1994 stint, she was the public service director of the American Institute of Graphic Arts, Minnesota, and founded its events to help people with AIDS and children who were abused or abandoned. Her interest in helping children started in the 1960s, when she volunteered as a Head Start aide and Big Sister. Crolick, also a mother, always found time to mentor a needy girl.
I can't quite explain the magic between Art Buddies and reading and math.
But I know the dad of a boy named Octavius. And his boy has become a pretty good speller and reader. After getting traction through Art Buddies, it seems Octavius had a newfound pride and focus that spilled into his classwork.
For 11 years, Carmichael Lynch has donated a free office, website design and volunteers to Art Buddies, as well as cash. Communication Arts, a trade magazine, is the lead funder.
"We'd be nowhere without the support we receive from ad agencies, production companies, photographers, design firms and individuals in our field," said Crolick, who has graduated about 1,500 Art Buddies.
As usual, Crolick, who still hauls art supplies out of the boiler room before class and puts them away three hours later, leaves herself out of the credits.
"I felt happy, excited and nervous during the parade," said Ana Silva, "Queen of Sweets," who works with Leslie McDougall, a graphic designer and owner of Stir Creative. "My parents said this costume was really creative."
They are right.
"I've enjoyed getting down and dirty and pushing my creativity in a whimsical way," said McDougall. "Ana was led by her dreams. I liked sharing my creativity."
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I Won't Break
(A Broken Love Story #2)
Author: E. Mellyberry
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: February 2, 2016
Genre: New Adult, Romance, Contemporary
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Lea and Andrew's story continues in this sequel to My Lea. From the city of San Francisco, the tale journeys on to the other part of the world: Jakarta, Bali, and Tokyo.
It's been five years since Andrew walked out of his apartment and left Lea in America. Five long years without any single contact.
Andrew is now a twenty-eight-year-old man who just inherited his father's business empire and is about to marry the granddaughter of the wealthiest man in Singapore.
At twenty-four, Lea is in the early process of sorting out her life and career back in her home country.
When Andrew's father passed away, they are reunited again for the first time since America.
Like it or not, they are forced to revisit their past and deal with their unfinished business. For most people, love is the answer to everything. But Lea and Andrew's love is far from ordinary. Theirs is tainted by sin and guilt. And anger. Lots of anger.
What happened five years ago that made Andrew leave?
What happened after Twin Peaks?
What happened to their baby?
Told in both past and present events, I Won't Break tests the limit of love when faced with grief and heartbreak, discovers the true power of forgiveness, and explores the meaning of second chances.
I Won't Break is the sequel to My Lea (A Broken Love Story series)and cannot be read as a standalone.
Due to mature theme and content, this book is not suitable for readers under 18.
"Love was so pale compared to his internal volcano of feelings, but until someone came up with a new word for what this was, he guessed love would just have to do."
Without a doubt, this is one of the best and well-delivered finales in a romantic duology. My tears were proof of that.
I Won't Break is the second and final book of A Broken Love Story series. The story picks up where My Lea left off. Just like the first book, there was a third person POV narration, but this time, it goes back and forth between past and present. I won't be giving anything away by describing the things that happened here since it will be a spoiler, but the storyline and the series of events were so emotional and heart-wrenching. There was enough angst to keep me glued to the pages all night.
Both Lea and Andrew were amazing in this sequel. There was certainly a remarkable character development. For one thing, I noticed that their chemistry was growing stronger scene by scene. I just wished that I could change one scene, though. The part where Andrew flew to Jakarta after that particular event that changed their lives. For me it was a cowardly move, but anyways, I think that scene was the one that brought out the beauty of this finale so I couldn't really complain. 🙂
"You're my monster and I love you."
There was this particular scene with Andrew's dad that also touched me and broke my heart. That conversation was a game-changer and I think it was one of the huge reasons why Andrew became man enough to face his monsters. E. Mellyberry, therefore, is a talented storyteller. She has a way with words that could provide her readers a good emotional experience. She can make you cry in one scene and make you swoon in the next. I believe she deserves much more recognition. As a whole, I Won't Break was a poignant and heartwarming sequel. It gave a kind of conclusion that I won't soon forget.
"Because when you finally find the one against all odds, you give him your best and let the magic of the world carry the rest."
(A copy of this book was provided by the author E. Mellyberry in exchange for an honest review.)
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Painted and drawn nearly a hundred times, as much in oil as in watercolor, more than a simple subject, the Sainte-Victoire mountain has become a full character in the work of Paul Cézanne.
If we are talking of a purely geological point of view, the Sainte-Victoire mountain is an atypical limestone massif which dominates the Provencal plateau, from the foot of Aix-en-Provence to the border of Haut-Var. Culminating at 1011 meters above sea level, the mountain timidly appears in the universe of literature and painting only as of the eighteenth century. Few authors and artists have dared to look into it. Jean-Pierre Papon in 1780, Walter Scott in 1824, and even Stendhal in 1837 evoked it with their pen. "This Mount of Victory which ascends to heaven like an altar" wrote the poet Joachim Gasquet in 1897 in Narcissus, a philosophical and poetic novel.
Far from being an isolated place, on the contrary, Aix-en-Provence is a place of passage and vacation for many artists. They are dozens, not least of them, like Victor Hugo or Prosper Mérimée, to have paid tribute to the streets and the colorful atmosphere of the city with a thousand fountains. They scrutinized each door medallion, caressed the caryatids, the glance prisoner of this city-museum. In the name of this unparalleled interest in a millennial city famous for what it had been, none of them looked up, none of them looked far enough. Yet it was there. At each street corner, it is visible, accompanying the walker through the city. The Sainte-Victoire mountain has always looked at the surrounding Aix countryside, and no one will be able to ignore it for a long time, since a certain Paul Cézanne came into the world one day in January 1839.
Louis-Auguste Cézanne, his father, a banker, destined him for a career in law. He would only have a few moments to juggle laws, decrees and legal elements. Paul Cézanne quickly turned to the world of art. A native of Aix-en-Provence and having grown up between the cobblestones of the Cours Mirabeau and the Collège Bourbon, he and Louis Marguery, Jean-Baptiste Baille and Emile Zola formed the group of "Inseparables". In 1861, the artist began his very first Parisian stay, which proved fruitful on the emotional-artistic level since he became friends with Camille Pissarro and Armand Guillaumin, but he failed the entrance contest of the Fine Arts School. As a premise of what will wait for Cézanne throughout his Parisian career: with the exception of one, all his works will be refused at the Salon and the artistic microcosm of the capital will always look from a distance and with curiosity to this "hermit of Provence".
His first years of artistic training are flourishing for Paul Cézanne on the relational level, since his path crosses the one of great figures of the Art of his century like Alfred Sisley, Claude Monet, Frédéric Bazille, Auguste Renoir, Edouard Manet... he sharpens his eye and his appetite for Art in the corridors of the Louvre. With an uncertain and awkward line, which became his unusual touch, Paul Cézanne tried without being entirely convinced in Romanticism, in the still lifes and then in the modernism of Impressionism. It was not until the late 1870s that the artist finally managed to find and truly endorse his own artistic style. To the Impressionist painters whom he avoided at the beginning of his young career, he borrows a focus on vision, but disengages himself from this movement by refusing to limit himself to paint the impression of a landscape. He seeks the durable, the solid, the palpable, the concrete. His colors become deep, his shapes are executed without any real separation, the touches of colors are slightly affixed, but yet his pieces of art reveal a feeling of great coherence, a clear overall vision. A technique and a pictorial style that will culminate in his representations become world famous of the Sainte-Victoire mountain.
Rooted in his Provencal land, it was to her that he always returned, and as soon as possible, because, as he wrote from Talloires on 23 July 1896 to his friend Solari, the sculptor: "The lake is very well with large hills all around... (...) it's not worth our country, when you're born there, it's fucked up, nothing is better." Aix-en-Provence, the city-museum, the county city, does not interest him. It is towards nature that he escaped, as during his college years when with his inseparables, when time was not measured, they ventured into the foothills of Sainte-Victoire. "For a long time I have remained without power, without knowing how to paint the Sainte-Victoire," he wrote, "because I imagined the concave shadow, like others who do not look, while, look, it is convex , it flees from its center, instead of being compressed, it evaporates, becomes fluid, and participates in the air's breathing." He places it first in the background of his pictures, behind chestnut trees, bathers, as if it intimidated him. Then he comes closer, tames it and ends up placing it in the center of his canvases. Thanks to it, his way of painting evolves, the forms are simplified, what he once designed with precision is suggested by his brush. Fascinated by this demanding muse, he solves one by one the contradictions inherent in his desire to objectively represent the reality of nature while remaining faithful to fluctuating sensations. The face to face between Sainte-Victoire and his palette is transformed into a sublime epic. To capture its constantly changing light, its infinite palette of colors ranging from ocher to sky blue, he depicted him on 87 paintings, 44 oils and 43 watercolors.
Continuously walking on its paths, from Venturiers to the Prieuré, as thousands of experienced hikers and simple enthusiastic who are breathless on its slopes still do today, Paul Cézanne wrote: "There, I am good, I am good, I see clearly, there is air." He revolutionized painting and prefigured abstract art. On October 15, 1906, he was surprised by a violent storm while he was painting. Continuing his work in the rain, he made a syncope and died of pneumonia, eight days later at age 67, at the foot of his adored mountain. An end as he had imagined, since he wanted to die while painting. Two interrelated fates that have mutually enriched each other in this confrontation. It has become what he has entrusted to her. A place for the eternal, Cézanne and Sainte-Victoire united.
Dominique Gaultier and the colors of the South
2008, Dominique Gaultier settles in the South of France. Love at first sight for the region and the landscapes of Cézanne and Van Gogh. The color becomes the master word of her work and Provence her main source of inspiration. Dominique works oil painting with a knife. She finds in this technique the long-sought spontaneity. The work of matter allows her to express her perception of the colors and lights of the South.
She spends a lot of time outdoors, where she absorbs forms, colors and lights. Back in her studio, she retranscribes her impressions with a gesture as sharp as intuitive. Dominique realizes different works that go from the stylized landscape to the complete abstraction. She goes from the imagination of the forms to the purified landscapes of a Provence with intense colors and resplendent of luminosity. Freed from the superfluous and the rigor of figuration, Dominique finds her artistic achievement in a joyful and serene painting.


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