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(Pieter-Dirk Uys. Pic by Robert A Hamblin)
He's engaging, dramatic, poignant, bitingly satirical and hysterically funny - performing the most riveting two hours without an interval. But you barely notice the time. Don't miss it! (Review by Caroline Smart)
The winner of a multitude of awards both here and internationally, Pieter-Dirk Uys walks onto the Elizabeth Sneddon stage simply dressed in a black T-shirt, trousers and beanie. The stage is bare except for a barstool but this lack of setting is barely noticeable as he creates wonderful images in his descriptions of people and places.
Born in Cape Town, Uys comes from an exceptionally musical family. His home was a thatched roof house in Pinelands in Cape Town. With a mixture of Afrikaans, German and Jewish ancestry, he has a fabulous library of stories to draw on. His parents – the highly popular (except to the young Pieter-Dirk) Hannes Uys, his mother Helga Bassel - and his sister, Tessa Uys were all accomplished pianists who often played together at orchestral concerts. Tessa is acknowledged as one of South Africa's most distinguished concert pianists and has gone on to make her name internationally. It was a delight to learn of her childhood as well.
The beginning of the show takes us right back to his days as a 14 year-old. We listen to a recording of him singing at the time – a pure clear soprano. He yearned for long pants but it was thought this might cause his voice to break too soon! Memories include ice cream after church and the steam trains passing by. He reminds us with an ironic smile that he now owns his own station, the former Darling railway station which is now Evita se Perron, his cabaret and theatre restaurant.
He talks about his mercurial relationship with his father and handles his death with achingly beautiful emotion as he also does with the suicide of his mother.
A major influence on his life was the family's domestic worker, Sannie, and the production comes full circle from the apartheid days, when the colour of their skin kept them apart, to the time when she really did become one of the family. He remembers her with such fondness, particularly when she and her friend voted for the first time.
Another strong influence, but someone who became a lifelong friend, is film actress Sophia Loren. Their relationship started with her simple reply to a star-struck young boy urging him to be brave. He tells how he searched for her home in Rome by identifying the buildings behind her in a photograph.
Memories pour forth of his early years. He was in the Navy but never set foot on a ship although he highly enjoyed his time stationed on the Bluff! The times he spent at the Space Theatre founded by Yvonne Bryceland and Brian Astbury in Cape Town in 1972 makes for a history book in itself. There is also much hilarity when he talks about how he manipulated the posturing Publications Control Board!
This production doesn't poke fun at today's political climate but the apartheid government and its leaders come in for a real whacking. There is only a very slight mention of Evita Bezuidenhout. The title refers to the days when theatrical censorship abounded but he refused to be silenced and insisted on making a noise! Thank heavens he did!
"Almost Famous" is written on his T-Shirt. "Almost"??? That's a laugh. This is probably one of the most famous people in South Africa – next to Evita Bezuidenhout, of course! He's engaging, dramatic, poignant, bitingly satirical and hysterically funny - performing the most riveting two hours without an interval. But you barely notice the time. The show has played to full houses and sold out seasons since it opened last year in Cape Town – so don't miss it!
The Echo of a Noise runs until August 6 at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre in Durban. Tickets available from Computicket www.computicket.co.za 0861 915 8000 / Shoprite Checkers Money Market Counters.
For block bookings only – of entire performances to groups of 50 people, contact Ailsa Windsor of Going Places: email@example.com or 083 250 2690.– Caroline Smart
For more information visit www.pdu.co.za or follow weekly episodes of Evita's Free Speech on YouTube every Sunday: www.evita.co.za


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Vietnam backs Philippines's multilateral approach to Spratlys row
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mercredi 11 avril 2012, 20:10 - News in english - Lien permanent
MANILA - Vietnam, one of six claimants to the Spratly Islands, has categorically supported Philippines' proposal for a multilateral approach to the territorial problem, by way of resolving it through the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Quoting Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario, presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said Prime Minister Tan Dung made the declaration during last week's 20th ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
During the summit, President Aquino proposed to his fellow heads of state that ASEAN countries, particularly claimants to the potentially oil-rich islands, should settle the issue first among themselves before China can be invited for the discussions.
"When it was the turn of Vietnam to speak, Prime Minister Tan Dung stated that ASEAN should rush the drafting of the elements of the code of conduct after which China can be invited to discuss the COC," Lacierda related.
He said that, "in essence, Vietnam supported the Philippines' position."
"There cannot be a bilateral solution to a multilateral problem," Aquino reiterated to reporters in a sit-down interview at Sofitel Hotel in the Cambodian capital, where he was billeted for his two-day stay for the ASEAN summit.
Other than the Philippines and China, those with claims to the reportedly mineral-rich Spratlys include Malaysia, Vietnam, Brunei and Taiwan.
Beijing prefers a bilateral approach to the problem, but stressed it was open to such a setup. It promised to "abide" by the collective action of the ASEAN with regard to the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties and COC in the South China Sea.
China made the assurance in a joint statement it issued along with the Kingdom of Cambodia during the 20th ASEAN summit, where it also expressed support for the creation of a Zone of Peace, Freedom, Friendship and Cooperation (ZoPFFC).
"China and ASEAN countries shall work hard to serve practical cooperation, maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea, and make it a sea of peace, friendship and cooperation for China and ASEAN countries," the two countries declared.
Likewise, both parties "agreed" that China and ASEAN countries " shall continue to abide by the purpose and spirit of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea."
Beijing and Phnom Penh also vowed to "give full play to all existing mechanisms including the guidelines for the implementation of the DOC, facilitate its full implementation, and ensure the success of the workshop on the 10th anniversary of the signing of the DOC."
Philippine Permanent Representative to the ASEAN Wilfrido Villacorta earlier said ASEAN leaders were very receptive to the Philippines' proposal for a "multilateral" approach in dealing with China on the Spratly issue.
"I can say in general that there was no strong opposition to that, at most they just kept quiet. Remember, you are talking here about 10 member-states with different forms of government," he told reporters in a briefing.
Lacierda downplayed speculations that Beijing might retaliate on other fronts, like the economy, by cutting or reducing trade agreements with Manila.
"We don't believe it will have an effect. This is just a continuation of what the President has always said about the West Philippine Sea. China knows it," he explained further.
Lacierda was with Aquino when he was invited for a state visit in Beijing in August 2011.
Villacorta agreed, saying China will understand. "It's not hostility. China is reasonable also with regard to negotiations procedure. We have this territorial claim, but we are not an unfriendly country," he said.
"If only for the (ASEAN plenary) session, the Philippines scored points. You should be proud as Filipinos," he added.
The Philippines also expressed willingness to host a meeting among the six claimants to the Spratly Islands, including China, to arrive at a peaceful solution to the dispute.
President Aquino stressed this at the Retreat Session of the 20th ASEAN summit in Phnom Penh last week, the Department of Foreign Affairs stated in a statement posted on its website.
By Delon Porcalla - The Philippine Star - April 09, 2012

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Nothing like a Geoff post to get people talking eh? Wow. Who knew an opinion could draw out such extreme love (250 shares from the site, I had about a thousand @ mentions on Twitter , plus 785 comments on a Sunday) and extreme angst in 70/30 (70 in favour) proportions. I didn't agree with everything he wrote, but I never do… clearly it struck a chord with plenty though. Surely that's the beauty about football… if you want to read bland… there are 200 other Arsenal blogs out there that do a spectacular job of covering every opinion in crowd pleasing fashion. You won't get that here though… and god bless that fact. Football is about emotion, sometimes it goes to far, but give me a post that sparks something inside over one that leaves me wishing I'd left the computer switched off everyday of the week.
Here's a grand idea. If you don't like it… don't read it. Simple as that.
Anyway. Moving onto my thoughts on the game. I was hugely disappointed is all I can say. Geoff was right… I was too despondent to post. I thrash out my hard earned to watch some effort. I had a feeling we'd be served up something like that and sure enough we were.
That was Arsene Wenger's 900th. That was Pat Rices last home game as number 2. We had European football riding on that. It was the last game of an atrociously average season and the players served that up. Utter garbage for the first 45minutes. I have a pal who works in the game and I was told at the start of the season that the main difference between a club like Arsenal and a club like Norwich is work ethic. We have far more talent, but sometimes that can't match the pure hunger a team like Norwich will show.
Now, our first team 11 have a great work ethic, but as soon as you start creeping down the pecking order, you can find yourself playing games like the one at the weekend. I thought the first half was flat, ill disciplined and clueless. Norwich were first to every ball, they were more tactically aware than us and they did a fantastic job of moving the ball around the pitch. They were the better team.
The second half we came out with a lot more purpose going forward. Gervinho upped his game marginally, but he still looks a million miles away from the £15million player we'd hoped for. He has no bottle in front of goal. If anyone changed up our luck it was Chamakh. I was taking notes on the game. When I was typing 'Chamakh', my iPhone was auto correcting to champagne. I thought that was amusing considering he's generally been White Lightning when it comes to turgid performances. Not at the weekend though. He gave Norwich all sorts of problems. He was knocking balls down, competing in the air in a way Robin couldn't and he was pulling defenders out of position. It was great to watch.
Some people were asking why we didn't elect for a 4-4-2 at home against Norwich? Why don't we change things up when they're going badly far earlier than we do? Wenger hand sitting is so frustrating to watch.
Chamberlain came on as well. He also made a difference. We have to take it on the chin with him though… he's a long way off being where we need him to be. I love his spirit and his strength is impressive… at one point he brushed a lump of a Norwich player aside without any effort at all. He also has a shot on him that he's not afraid to unleash. What I will say is that I stand by my point I made to much criticism at the start of the season. He should not have been out biggest outlay last summer. A centre back or a defensive midfielder who was mature and experienced should have been.
We've conceded 47 goals this season. That is a incredible number. Absolutely awful. I can't beleive that Wenger planned to address the defence last year and we've ended up in a worse position. It's truly abysmal. Now with Chamberlain, I accept you have to snap up talent like that when you spot it. He wasn't a priority though. He should have supplemented older more mature signings, not been our flagship buy. He was another tomorrow signing. United don't make tomorrow signings over players that can impact their current campaign. We do… all the time.
You can have a 4 world class defenders in an average unit that ship 47 goals. Or you can have 4 average players in a world class unit who are as tight as a ducks backside. I'm not sure our back 4 of the good old days on an individual level were absolutely world class. They couldn't all get into the England side way back when… but they were drilled, knew there jobs and gave a crap about clean sheets. Can that be said of Kieran Gibbs? How can a man be caught out of position so many times yet not even sprint back to help out? Is anyone going to pull him to one side and show how he was partly to blame for each goal? I doubt it. He makes the same errors in every game.
That's why I'm more and more convinced this summers biggest signing is the number two. If it's Steve Bould. How much influence is he going to be given. Will he have the fresh ideas and the neck to go in and tell Arsene Wenger what he needs to do with that back 5? I hope so. Bould has it in him to be like Guardiola. He's had the pleasure of Wenger's attacking football at its very peak, but he's also had the repressive defensive strategies of George Graham. If those two ideologies could be blended together, we could have quite the coach on our hands.
This summer needs to be about addressing our tactics, our attitude on the pitch and our glaring squad inadequacies.
A final word for the keeper as well. You simply must do better. He's been an irritant for while in goal. The not diving for shots is starting to grate, but the kicking and the casual nature of distribution really is a longer term worry. He doesn't seem to be improving there. I can't work out whether it's laziness or a lack of competition. Whatever it is, it needs to be addressed this summer. The first goal he let slip in was very weak.
I said straight after the game at the weekend that Spurs were by no means a guarantee for a win against Vila. In my heart of hearts though, I couldn't see how Spurs, off the back of a 4-1 win over Bolton, would fail to turnover a team that are probably the worst in the league over the last 4 months. However, it seemed that my heart was wrong. As poor as Villa were, they took the lead, lost it, but managed to hold on. That puts 3rd place back in our hands as Newcastle were beaten by two against City. How the hell we keep getting away with this is beyond me. We have been though…
That said, I'm not really looking at the season with any view that it's progress now. The only progress we've made is that we've pushed ourselves higher up the table with a far more average squad. The team needs work in the summer. If the last 6 weeks haven't told Wenger all he needs to know about the character of some of his players, well, like Geoff said yesterday, I wouldn't be fussed to see the back of him.
Let's hope Podolski is one of many. Not the one and only.
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Dan Hannan has a problem with the truth. The arch-Brexiter – who is back in the news with his book, What Next: How to get the best from Brexit – keeps getting his facts wrong on his pet topic. Here are nine errors and disingenuous remarks the Tory MEP has made in recent months.
1. Wine tariffs
In October, Hannan disputed a British Retail Consortium claim that Chilean wine would be 14% dearer after Brexit, tweeting that it is currently subject to a 32% tariff which could be scrapped. He subsequently corrected himself, saying the EU tariff applies to all New World wine except Chile's, since that country has a free trade agreement with the EU. This too was inaccurate since New World wine is not subject to a 32% tariff. Both his tweets have since been deleted.
2. Free movement
In February, Hannan claimed that it's "nonsense" to say that "countries that want free access to Europe's market of 500 million have to accept free movement". He is being disingenuous. Every country with full access has signed up to free movement, including members of the European Economic Area (EEA) like Norway.
3. Deeper integration
Hannan wrote in April that Brussels is pursuing fiscal and political union, with pooled decision-making on national budgets for "all 28 states not just those in the euro". In fact, they apply only to the eurozone, and would not have included Britain.
4. Greek bailout
Hannan said in April that the UK was "dragged into the third Greek rescue package". This is disingenuous because, as the Treasury financial secretary told parliament last year, we "successfully secured safeguards…ensuring that non-euro area Member States, including the UK, will carry no liability for assistance to Greece in case of a default".
5. EU army
On the EU army, Hannan asked in April: "what are the odds of Britain being able to resist this process if it votes for continued EU membership on the present terms?". On this issue, the Treaty on European Union notes: "Decisions relating to the common security and defence policy…shall be adopted by the Council acting unanimously". So the odds were excellent, as the British prime minister, who attends the Council, could have vetoed any EU army. If we quit the EU, the odds of being able to resist one, if the other countries want one, would be nil.
6. Shrinking Europe
Hannan declared in April that while the EU remains "convulsed in the euro and Schengen crises", the rest of the world is growing. In fact, according to the IMF, the EU grew 2% last year, and the euro area grew 1.6%. In addition, it predicted that both would grow at around the same pace this year and next.
7. Commonwealth
Hannan tweeted in February that the EU is engaged in trade deals with just two Commonwealth countries – South Africa and Canada. According to EU Law Analysis, in November 2015, 32 of the 50 Commonwealth nations had trade deals in force or agreed with the bloc, while it was negotiating or planning them with 13 more. That leaves just five Commonwealth states without plans for an upcoming deal.
8. £350m a week
In a January Telegraph column, Hannan mentioned "the £350 million that Britain sends to Brussels each week". As InFacts has repeatedly shown, we do not send the EU £350m a week because of the budget rebate that Margaret Thatcher negotiated.
9. Rural England
Hannan's errors don't just concern Brexit. On 12th October, the MEP tweeted: "15 miles up and down over Hampshire's sloping fields, pausing for a pie @vinehannington. God, I love England in May", along with an accompanying photograph. It transpired afterwards that the photograph was actually taken in Wales in 1998 by photographer John Ball. The tweet has since been deleted.
InFacts reached out to Daniel Hannan for comment, but received no response.
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SAN JOSE — PG&E's top boss agrees the utility should be punished for its role in the lethal gas explosion in San Bruno but thinks the $2.25 billion penalty recommended by the staff of the state Public Utilities Commission earlier this month is excessive, he told this newspaper Tuesday in an exclusive interview.
Yet CEO Anthony Earley, who joined PG&E after the blast, said his company is eager to put the San Bruno catastrophe behind it, and indicated the utility is unlikely to launch a lengthy appeal once the PUC rules on the penalty. A ruling is expected before the end of the year.
"The company deserves some sort of a punishment for what was a huge human tragedy," Earley said in his first public comments on the PUC recommendation. But he added: "I just want to get this behind us from a regulatory standpoint. I'm more interested in the future. I don't want to spend a lot of time arguing with the past."
Earley insisted that the proposed $2.25 billion penalty, which includes an unprecedented $300 million fine, would in fact cost the utility about $4 billion because it would prevent the utility from receiving a credit for safety improvements already made to its gas pipeline after the 2010 explosion, which killed eight people, injured 58 and destroyed 38 homes.
While disinclined to challenge the final penalty, Earley said PG&E may do so if the punishment is so onerous that it would seriously damage the utility's standing among shareholders and investors.
"If we get indications from Wall Street that we simply cannot raise capital, we may be forced into an appeal," Earley said. "An appeal would be a last resort. I do not want to go down that path."
Earley also discussed other topics, including hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," the controversial practice of injecting water and chemicals into the ground at high pressure to crack underground rock formations to release oil and gas.
Earley said the spread of fracking has helped keep natural gas prices low, which has benefited PG&E customers. But the oil and gas industry is going to have to accept tougher regulations to win wider public acceptance, he said, including disclosing the chemicals it uses and testing groundwater before and after wells are fracked.
"I think we ought to be totally transparent about it," Earley said. "I think we ought to have stringent drilling regulations so that everybody's comfortable."
PG&E does not engage in fracking, but as California's largest utility, serving 15 million people from Bakersfield to the Oregon border, it is a huge consumer of natural gas, and it is influential in the U.S. energy industry.
The utility's concerns about the proposed penalty for the San Bruno blast drew harsh responses from critics such as state Sen. Jerry Hill, whose legislative district includes San Bruno.
"PG&E will do what serves its interests," Hill said. "What PG&E wants and what is fair are two different things. What I have struggled with in the nearly three years since the explosion is PG&E says they will do one thing, but then they do something else."
Hill complained of "a disconnect between PG&E's legal department and the company's moral compass. They need to bring those two into sync."
Mindy Spatt, a spokeswoman for The Utility Reform Network, a consumer group that often intervenes in utility cases at the PUC, said it is appropriate for punishments to be painful.
"PG&E has the position that they don't want to pay anything that hurts," Spatt said. "But PG&E should be held accountable. And sometimes accountability hurts. It's time for PG&E to put its money where its mouth is."
Since the blast, PG&E has spent or pledged to spend $2.21 billion for upgrades and repairs to its natural gas system. The remedies include high-pressure pipeline tests, installations of automatic valves and other projects.
And the company is preparing to open in San Ramon a gas control complex that will become a state-of-the-art nerve center for its vast natural gas system.
"Whether the total penalty is $2 billion, or $3 billion or $4 billion, it's not going to change the work we are doing," Earley said. "We are going as fast as we can. We are doing as much work as we can."
Contact George Avalos at 408-859-5167 or 408-373-3556. Follow him at Twitter.com/george_avalos.


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Imlach had a plan to deal with the Wings to take advantage of something the Sabres had that they did not, size on defense. Jocelyn Guevremont, Bill Hajt, Jerry Korab and Jim Schoenfeld were all at least 6' 2" and more than 200 pounds were all instructed to hit the Wings hard and as often as possible and outwork the Wings.
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After names arrived by league mandate in 1977-78, the Sabres main logo would be placed on the shoulders the following season when the lace-up collar was replaced by a v-neck style.
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As partners Time & People synchronize steps
through seasons four with four winds breezin' through
in backdrops of e'er-changin' horizons and landscapes.
Time leads, of course, as evidenced by Daylight Saving Time
movin' in, changin' and rearrangin' hours and sky light,
all previously geared to humans' scheduled timepieces.
Confused humans wake up gazin' at an early-brightenin' sky.
Am I late? Am I late? How did I do this? How did I oversleep?
They hurriedly glance at their clocks to clarify the feel of fog.
Chicago's hit resounds, "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?"
Durin' the song, steps shuffle to catch up with Time's new rhythms.
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"Oh, but he's the really tall one with the bushy beard, right?"
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You are Going to Love This Cabbage Salad!
1 cabbage (If you use an entire medium-sized cabbage, you will have enough salad for about 6 servings as a side dish.)
2 - 3 carrots
(We have also used fennel or red daikon)
Lemon Salt
Pepper Olive Oil
Champagne or red wine vinegar
1 clove minced garlic (optional)
2 anchovies, cleaned and diced (preferably packed in salt rather than oil) --optional
1 egg (optional)
Peel off the amount of leaves from the cabbage that you plan to use -- an entire cabbage will be enough for about 6 people. Cut the leaves into thin slices -- about 1/4-inch thick. Put the cabbage in a bowl and sprinkle with a generous amount of salt (the amount can be guided by your preference). Massage the salt into the cabbage. This will soften the cabbage and release some juices so that it will become moist. This step is the key to why this salad is so delicious!
Prepare any other vegetables you plan to add. For example, slice the carrots in half lengthwise, then place face down and cut into 1/2-inch pieces diagonally. Mix the vegetables together.
An easy dressing is olive oil, vinegar, salt, pepper and lemon. You can choose the quantities, depending on your taste and what you have available. A dressing that is really delicious, but a bit more effort is a Caesar salad dressing, in which you whisk together a raw egg, olive oil, the minced garlic, a teaspoon or so of Champagne or red wine vinegar, the lemon and anchovies.


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Could license plates be on their way to cyberspace? With so many online privacy issues occurring today and tensions, running high on the controversial issue, a government and technology industry panel on cyber-security measures is suggesting that moving away from passwords may be the solution to online security issues.
The panel is recommending that the federal government start enforcing "strong authentication" rather than passwords, which are not 100% secure and effective. The panel also strongly recommends thenon-government sector to adopt this approach as well. This approach to online security involves computer users holding a device to gain access to a network computer or online service.
The report prepared by the panel offers helpful guidance for the new Obama administration regarding the future of online privacy and security. In a report prepared by the panel titled "Securing Cyberspace in the 44th Presidency", efforts are made to explain why restricting internet access and other measures to control cyber attacks would be beneficial to protecting government systems and online information. The panel utilized the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington policy group that specializes in analysis of the number of successful government computer systems cyber attacks,to compile the report.
The future of online security will continue to evolve alongside technological advances in security penetration.The report compiled calls for new regulations, laws and advancements in preventing cyber attacks and governing cyberspace. A future of password free security just may be on the horizon. Brought to you by Blue Interactive, your Fort Lauderdale web design and interactive marketing firm.


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You are cheerful, outgoing, and downright bouncy. People find you to be very personable and real.
You are confident in your own skin, and you don't feel like you have to fake anything.
You are very independent and unique. You wouldn't like to look like every other person on the street.
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Hello, friends. I am SO PUMPED for today's post for two reasons: (1) it was super-fun to make it (I say this all the damn time, I know, but I mean it now, truly), (2) I found SO MANY fantastic-sounding books while "researching" for this post, and I cannot wait to share them all with you.
My experience is that debut novels receive considerably less hype than, well... non-debuts, and so I'll try to make it my MISSION in 2018 to share with you as many debuts as possible, either by reading them & writing reviews or just featuring them in posts. Having a successful debut novel can REALLY make or break an author's career, so do try to support those debuts that you are interested in.
In this post, I have nearly 30 titles listed by genre, along with their blurbs and my thoughts on them, and I TRULY HOPE YOU'LL LIKE IT. On a side note - 2018's book cover game is already so strong and (obviously) not even all the covers have been released!? I AM EXCITED.
Two years after rock-song-worthy heartbreak, Virginia Miller is looking forward to a fun, carefree summer. Her friends just landed a spot on a battling bands reality show, and Vee is joining them for her dream internship on tour. Three months with future rockstars seems like an epic summer plan. Until she learns she'll also be sharing the bus with Cam. Her first love, and her first heartbreak. Now Vee has more than just cameras to dodge, and Cam's determination to win her forgiveness is causing TMZ-worthy problems for both of them. With cameras rolling, she'll have to decide if her favorite breakup anthem deserves a new ending. And if she's brave enough to expose her own secrets to keep Cam's under wraps.
Leigh, who is half Asian and half white, travels to Taiwan to meet her maternal grandparents for the first time. There, she is determined to find her mother, the bird. In her search, she winds up chasing after ghosts, uncovering family secrets, and forging a new relationship with her grandparents. And as she grieves, she must try to reconcile the fact that on the same day she kissed her best friend and longtime secret crush, Axel, her mother was taking her own life.
Alternating between real and magic, past and present, friendship and romance, hope and despair, The Astonishing Color of After is a novel about finding oneself through family history, art, grief, and love.
Ben is a musical prodigy from the Upper East Side, a violinist at a top conservatory with obsessive talent and a brilliant future.
When Dom's class is taken to hear a concert at Carnegie Hall, she expects to be bored out of her mind. But then she sees the boy in the front row playing violin like his life depends on it --- and she is transfixed.
Posing as an NYU student, Dom sneaks back to New York City to track down Ben Tristan, a magnetic genius who whisks her into a fantasy world of jazz clubs and opera, infatuation and possibility. Each sees something in the other that promises to complete them.
As Dom's web of lies grows, though, so does Ben's obsessive need to conquer Beethoven's famous Kreutzer Sonata. But Ben's genius, which captivates Dominique, conceals a secret, and the challenges of her life may make it difficult to help him.
Beck hates his life. He hates his violent mother. He hates his home. Most of all, he hates the piano that his mother forces him to play hour after hour, day after day. He will never play as she did before illness ended her career and left her bitter and broken. But Beck is too scared to stand up to his mother, and tell her his true passion, which is composing his own music - because the least suggestion of rebellion on his part ends in violence.
When Beck meets August, a girl full of life, energy and laughter, love begins to awaken within him and he glimpses a way to escape his painful existence. But dare he reach for it?
Sixteen-year-old Zarin Wadia is many things: a bright and vivacious student, an orphan, a risk taker. She's also the kind of girl that parents warn their kids to stay away from: a troublemaker whose many romances are the subject of endless gossip at school. You don't want to get involved with a girl like that, they say. So how is it that eighteen-year-old Porus Dumasia has only ever had eyes for her? And how did Zarin and Porus end up dead in a car together, crashed on the side of a highway in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia? When the religious police arrive on the scene, everything everyone thought they knew about Zarin is questioned. And as her story is pieced together, told through multiple perspectives, it becomes clear that she was far more than just a girl like that.
This beautifully written debut novel from Tanaz Bhathena reveals a rich and wonderful new world to readers. It tackles complicated issues of race, identity, class, and religion, and paints a portrait of teenage ambition, angst, and alienation that feels both inventive and universal.
High school senior Cookie Vonn's post-graduation dreams include getting out of Phoenix, attending Parsons and becoming the next great fashion designer. But in the world of fashion, being fat is a cardinal sin. It doesn't help that she's constantly compared to her supermodel mother—and named after a dessert.
Thanks to her job at a fashion blog, Cookie scores a trip to New York to pitch her portfolio and appeal for a scholarship, but her plans are put on standby when she's declared too fat too fly. Forced to turn to her BFF for cash, Cookie buys a second seat on the plane. She arrives in the city to find that she's been replaced by the boss's daughter, a girl who's everything she's not—ultrathin and superrich. Bowing to society's pressure, she vows to lose weight, get out of the friend zone with her crush, and put her life on track.
Cookie expected sunshine and rainbows, but nothing about her new life is turning out like she planned. When the fashion designer of the moment offers her what she's always wanted—an opportunity to live and study in New York—she finds herself in a world full of people more interested in putting women down than dressing them up. Her designs make waves, but her real dream of creating great clothes for people of all sizes seems to grow more distant by the day.
Will she realize that she's always had the power to make her own dreams come true?
Alice had her whole summer planned. Non-stop all-you-can-eat buffets while marathoning her favorite TV shows (best friends totally included) with the smallest dash of adulting--working at the library to pay her share of the rent. The only thing missing from her perfect plan? Her girlfriend (who ended things when Alice confessed she's asexual). Alice is done with dating--no thank you, do not pass go, stick a fork in her, done.
But then Alice meets Takumi and she can't stop thinking about him or the rom com-grade romance feels she did not ask for (uncertainty, butterflies, and swoons, oh my!).
When her blissful summer takes an unexpected turn, and Takumi becomes her knight with a shiny library employee badge (close enough), Alice has to decide if she's willing to risk their friendship for a love that might not be reciprocated—or understood.
Michael is an atheist. So as he walks through the doors at St. Clare's—a strict Catholic school—sporting a plaid tie, things can't get much worse. His dad has just made the family move again, and Michael needs a friend. When a girl challenges their teacher in class, Michael thinks he might have found one, and a fellow nonbeliever at that. Only this girl, Lucy, is not just Catholic . . . she wants to be a priest.
But Lucy introduces Michael to other St. Clare's outcasts, and he officially joins Heretics Anonymous, where he can be an atheist, Lucy can be an outspoken feminist, Avi can be Jewish and gay, Max can wear whatever he wants, and Eden can practice paganism. After an incident in theology class, Michael encourages the Heretics to go from secret society to rebels intent on exposing the school's hypocrisies. When Michael takes one mission too far—putting the other Heretics at risk—he must decide whether to fight for his own freedom, or rely on faith, whatever that means, in God, his friends, or himself.
Jane tackles her housing problem by signing up for House of Orange, a student-run reality show that is basically Big Brother, but for Elbow River Students. Living away from home, the chance to win a car (used, but whatever), and a campus full of people who don't know what she did in high school… what more could she want? Okay, maybe a family that understands why she'd rather turn to Freud than Jesus to make sense of her life, but she'll settle for fifteen minutes in the proverbial spotlight.
As House of Orange grows from a low-budget web series to a local TV show with fans and shoddy T-shirts, Jane finally has the chance to let her cynical, competitive nature thrive. She'll use her growing fan base, and whatever Intro to Psychology can teach her, to prove to the world—or at least viewers of substandard TV—that she has what it takes to win.
Faced with her brother's betrayal, she must survive the winter in the mountains with the Riki if she wants to make it back to the fjord after the thaw. But when she begins to see herself in the people she's been taught to hate, the world Eelyn once knew begins to crumble. And after the village is raided by a ruthless clan many believe to be a myth, Eelyn is given no choice but to trust Fiske, her brother's friend who has tried more than once to kill her. Together, they must end the blood feud between their clans or watch their people be slaughtered.
A lush, Viking-age inspired fantasy about loyalty, forgiveness, and the definition of family.
Welcome to the cursed town of Sparrow…
Where, two centuries ago, three sisters were sentenced to death for witchery. Stones were tied to their ankles and they were drowned in the deep waters surrounding the town.
Now, for a brief time each summer, the sisters return, stealing the bodies of three weak-hearted girls so that they may seek their revenge, luring boys into the harbor and pulling them under.
Like many locals, seventeen-year-old Penny Talbot has accepted the fate of the town. But this year, on the eve of the sisters' return, a boy named Bo Carter arrives; unaware of the danger he has just stumbled into.
Mistrust and lies spread quickly through the salty, rain-soaked streets. The townspeople turn against one another. Penny and Bo suspect each other of hiding secrets. And death comes swiftly to those who cannot resist the call of the sisters.
But only Penny sees what others cannot. And she will be forced to choose: save Bo, or save herself.
But just after Opal's high school graduation, a supervillain with a jet and unclear motives attacked the downtown home of the Sentinels, and when Opal arrives, she finds a family on the brink of breaking apart. She meets a boy who's been developing secret (and illegal) brain-altering nanites right under the Sentinel's noses, another teenage superhero-hopeful who looks suspiciously like a long-dead supervillain, and the completely un-superpowered daughter of the Sentinels' leader. Can four teens on the fringes of the superhero world handle the corruption, danger, and family secrets they've unearthed?
When they finally returned to London, nothing had changed at all—nothing, except themselves.
Now, Ev spends her days sneaking into the woods outside her boarding school, wishing for the Woodlands. Overcome with longing, she is desperate to return no matter what it takes.
Len, on the other hand, is determined to find a place in this world. She shields herself behind a flawless exterior and countless friends, and moves to America to escape the memory of what was.
But when Ev goes missing, Len must confront the depth of her sister's despair and the painful truths they've been running from. As the weeks unfold, Len wonders if Ev truly did find a way home, or if the weight of their worlds pulled her under.
Forced to travel through Texas as the new Girl in the Box, Emmaline is completely trapped. Breaking the curse seems like her only chance at freedom, but with no curse, there's no charm, either—dooming everyone who calls the Carnival Fantastic home. Including the boy she's afraid she's falling for.
Everything—including his life—could end with just one kiss.
Alice has long steered clear of her grandmother's cultish fans. But now she has no choice but to ally with classmate Ellery Finch, a Hinterland superfan who may have his own reasons for wanting to help her. To retrieve her mother, Alice must venture first to the Hazel Wood, then into the world where her grandmother's tales began―and where she might find out how her own story went so wrong.
But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were targeted and killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without hope.
Now, Zélie has one chance to bring back magic and strike against the monarchy. With the help of a rogue princess, Zélie must outwit and outrun the crown prince, who is hell-bent on eradicating magic for good.
Danger lurks in Orïsha, where snow leoponaires prowl and vengeful spirits wait in the waters. Yet the greatest danger may be Zélie herself as she struggles to control her powers—and her growing feelings for the enemy.
Her mother does that.
Nita just dissects and packages their bodies. But when her mother brings a live one home, Nita decides to follow her conscience and help him escape — and ends up sold on the black market in his place.
DEXTER meets THIS SAVAGE SONG in Rebecca Schaeffer's dark debut, sure to appeal to readers who love morally grey characters, mythical monsters, criminal underworlds, and fast-paced action.
Pitched as a retelling of Alice in Wonderland with the butt-kicking of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, with a black teen heroine at its center, Alice is a warrior who battles Nightmares in the dark and terrifying dream realm known as Wonderland.
When the Kaiser forces her to execute her last hope of rescue, Theo can't keep her feelings and memories pushed down any longer. She vows revenge, throwing herself into a plot to seduce and murder the Kaiser's warrior son with the help of a group of magically gifted and volatile rebels. But Theo doesn't expect to develop feelings for the Prinz. Or for her rebel allies to challenge her friendship with the one person who's been kind to her throughout the last hopeless decade: her heart's sister, Cress.
Cornered into impossible choices and unable to trust even those who are on her side, Theo will have to decide how far she's willing to go to save her people and how much of herself she's willing to sacrifice to become queen.
But the Rochester harbors secrets: Stella is certain someone is trying to kill Hugo, and the more she discovers, the more questions she has about his role in a conspiracy threatening the fleet.
In this extraordinary debut from Lyndsay Ely, the West is once again wild after a Second Civil War fractures the U.S. into a broken, dangerous land. Pity's struggle against the dark and twisted underbelly of a corrupt city will haunt you long after the final bullet is shot.
Sixteen-year-old Avery Kohl pines for the life she had before her mother was taken. She fears the mysterious men in crow masks who locked her mother in the Tombs asylum for being able to see what others couldn't. Avery denies the signs in herself, focusing instead on her shifts at the ironworks factory and keeping her inventor father out of trouble. Other than secondhand tales of adventure from her best friend, Khan, an ex-slave, and caring for her falcon, Seraphine, Avery spends her days struggling to survive.
Like her mother's, Avery's powers refuse to be contained. When she causes a bizarre explosion at the factory, she has no choice but to run from her lies, straight into the darkest corners of the city. Avery must embrace her abilities and learn to wield their power—or join her mother in the cavernous horrors of the Tombs. And the Tombs has secrets of its own: strange experiments are being performed on "patients"…and no one knows why.
The dead girl has left Kay a computer-coded scavenger hunt, which, as it unravels, begins to implicate suspect after suspect, until Kay herself is in the crosshairs of a murder investigation. But if Kay's finally backed into a corner, she'll do what it takes to survive. Because at Bates Academy, the truth is something you make...not something that happened.
Something is wrong with Marianne.
It's not just that her parents have split up, or that life hasn't been the same since she quit dancing. Or even that her mother has checked herself into the hospital.
She's losing time. Doing things she would never do. And objects around her seem to break whenever she comes close.
Something is after her. But a first attempt at an exorcism calls down the full force of the thing's rage. It demands Marianne give back what she stole. And Marianne must uncover the truth that lies beneath it all before the nightmare can take what it think it's owed, leaving Marianne trapped in the darkness of the other side.
by Amelia Brunskill
Or so Jess thought.
After Anna falls to her death while sneaking out her bedroom window, Jess's life begins to unravel. Everyone says it was an accident, but to Jess, that doesn't add up. Where was Anna going? Who was she meeting? And how long had Anna been lying to her?
Jess is compelled to learn everything she can about the sister she thought she knew. At first it's a way to stay busy and find closure . . . but Jess soon discovers that her twin kept a lot of secrets. And as she digs deeper, she learns that the answers she's looking for may be truths that no one wants her to uncover.
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The welfare statist has a simple answer: never. To him, government is never big enough. In my new book, out in October, I explain in detail why this is so; where the welfare statist ideology comes from, what it has already done to our country and what it will do in the future. (Make sure to be the first to read it - pre-order it today!)
Sadly, the welfare statist ideology - egalitarianism - has conquered so much of America already, that its way of thinking runs deep even in supposedly conservative circles. Therefore, it is not surprising, but troubling of course, that even President Trump falls into statist habitual thinking.
On July 6, I noted that Trump has decided to add his own wing to the egalitarian palace we know as the welfare state. His contribution is a paid family leave program that would allow parents to be home with newborn babies, and working men and women to be home sick, on tax-paid leave.
Sadly, the welfare statist ideology - egalitarianism - has conquered so much of America already, that its way of thinking runs deep even in supposedly conservative circles. Therefore, it is not surprising, but troubling of course, that even President Trump falls into statist habitual thinking.
On July 6, I noted that Trump has decided to add his own wing to the egalitarian palace we know as the welfare state. His contribution is a paid family leave program that would allow parents to be home with newborn babies, and working men and women to be home sick, on tax-paid leave.
This program looks innocently small right next to fiscal behemoths like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. However, paid family leave could turn out to become one of the most expensive entitlement programs in our country's history.
Since the program would be added to the roster of programs that are jointly funded by the federal and state governments, I explained in my July 6 article that even in its minor American format (European programs are far more generous - and far more costly) paid family leave would very likely throw a big fiscal wrench right into the Wyoming state budget:
Let us look at some numbers and see how much it might cost us here in Wyoming. Based on existing state-level paid family leave programs, it is reasonable to expect that the average benefit paid out to a parent would run be about $500 per week. The Trump program would mandate six weeks of leave, putting the total cost to Wyoming taxpayers at $3,000 per parent on paid leave, per year. In 2015 there were some 7,700 children born in our state (adoption parents are also eligible, but for simplicity we only focus on newborns for now). Assuming that number is going to be 7,500 in 2018 due to a shrinking population (and birth rates always decline in bad economic times), and assuming that one parent per child born will take paid leave, the total amount that the state would have to pay out would quickly reach $22.5 million per year. In 2016, the unemployment insurance system in Wyoming collected $59.5 million in taxes. The $22.5 million in benefits would constitute a 37.8-percent cost markup. Even if only half of all parents would use it (a modest assumption) the paid-leave program would quickly create a need for higher taxes. If we are not going to see taxes go up, we would have to severely restrict access to the program. To be blunt, in order to make it fit within a reasonable waste-and-fraud band of savings, our state lawmakers would have to put a cap on the paid-leave program at fewer than 2,000 families with newborns. Alternatively, the state would have to cap the benefit to about $130 per week.
Regardless of whether President Trump's proposal becomes law of the land, some states are forging ahead with their own versions. Just last week, Washington became the fifth state in the country to create its own paid-leave program. According to Seattle-based news station KIRO7, this new entitlement
offers eligible workers 12 weeks of either leave beginning in 2020, or 16 weeks for a combination of both. An additional two weeks may be used if there is a serious health condition with a pregnancy. Under the measure … both employers and employees pay into the system, and weekly benefits are calculated based on a percentage of the employee's wages and the state's weekly average wage — which is currently $1,082 — though the weekly amount paid out would be capped at $1,000 a week. Workers who earn less than the state average would get 90 percent of their income.
The state of Washington is actually an interesting case study in the pursuit of an answer to the question "when is government big enough?". It is not only home to this the latest expansion of a fiscally reckless entitlement program, but the city of Seattle is doing its very best to drive productive entrepreneurs and hard-working professionals out of its jurisdiction.
More on Seattle in a moment. First, let us take a closer look at Washington's paid leave program. We need to do this because, before we know it, this egalitarian idea will show up here in Wyoming - either as a Trump invention or courtesy of spending-happy state legislators.
A superficial look at the finances of the Evergreen State's paid-leave program seems to confirm that its proponents are correct. For a tax of only 0.4 percent of your wage, you get access to paid leave for at least 12 weeks, at $703 per week for the average employed person.
Looks like a winning concept, does it not? Well, as with everything that egalitarians invent, this program runs into problems as soon as its wheels hit the road:
A superficial look at the finances of the Evergreen State's paid-leave program seems to confirm that its proponents are correct. For a tax of only 0.4 percent of your wage, you get access to paid leave for at least 12 weeks, at $703 per week for the average employed person.
Looks like a winning concept, does it not? Well, as with everything that egalitarians invent, this program runs into problems as soon as its wheels hit the road:
- On the one hand, the paid-leave program offers benefits for three types of leave – care for a new child, personal sick leave or care for a sick family member – for which every working Washingtonian is eligible;
- On the other hand, every eligible person is also obliged to fund the program through the payroll tax.
If this program had been in place in 2015, with this grossly irresponsible benefit ratio it could easily have run a deficit of $26 billion.
Why is this important to us here in Wyoming? Because the Washington program is a model of what will come our way, once President Trump and Congress agree on a paid-leave system. We will be "offered" another federally sponsored entitlement program, the costs of which - as I explained earlier - are likely going to be way bigger than what any of our elected officials realize.
The more we know about how these programs work, the easier it will be to make a consistent argument to our state legislators (assuming our Congressional delegation is irresponsible enough to vote for it) why they should refuse to accept the program in the first place.
See, states can indeed say no to federally sponsored programs. If they want to.
Alas, let us get back to the paid leave program in Washington, the numbers of which are catastrophic from a budgetary viewpoint. Assuming it had been in place in 2015, here is how it would have played out. That year, all employees in Washington state earned a total of $191.8 billion in wages. A 0.4-percent paid-leave tax on that amount would have raised $767 million in tax revenue. Suppose, now, the parents of all newborns in the state had used what they were entitled to. There were 88,990 babies born in the Evergreen State that year. A total of 12 weeks of leave, per newborn child, at $703 per week, would have added up to $751 million.
With $767 million being two percent bigger than $751 million, it looks like the program is fully funded, right?
Not so fast. The fiscal beauty is only skin deep. So far, the numbers account for parents on leave with newborns, but not the two forms of sick leave that the program also pays people for. If every one of these eligible adults took the maximum sick leave they are entitled to, at the average $703 weekly compensation, then in 2015 the total cost to taxpayers would have run just north of $26.5 billion.
Yes, billion. Since $767 million in tax revenue basically went to paying parents of newborns, who is going to pay for the sick-leave part of the entitlement program?
The counter-point from welfare statists is often that people in general are not on sick leave for 12 weeks per year. That is true, but it is also true that when people get 90 percent of their pay covered by government - as is the case in the Washington paid-leave program - instead of having to be on unpaid leave, their incentives change quite a bit.
Even if the 3.1 million working adults in Washington limited their paid sick leave to only two weeks per year – one sixth of what they are eligible for – the cost would exceed $1 billion per year. This is a billion dollars that the paid-leave program cannot pay for.
As I demonstrated earlier, we can resize this program to Wyoming proportions and see for ourselves how it would impact us. But we also have to keep in mind that once there is a federal paid-leave program in place, the cost over-runs in state programs, as in the example we discussed here, will magnify into the federal budget as well. Trump's paid-leave program will be run and funded jointly between the federal government and the states (that accept the program).
I will soon put up a paper where I give an in-depth analysis of the paid-leave issue. In that paper I demonstrate that the total cost of paid family leave could run as high as $1 trillion per year. That is almost exactly how big Social Security is today.
Think I am crazy? I must be, because nobody else is talking about this, right?
Five years ago, nobody talked about the economic stagnation here in Wyoming. Now Governor Mead is frantically trying to come up with ways to attract new businesses in order to break - yes - the economic stagnation in our state.
A year ago, nobody was talking about growing, multi-year budget deficits. I accurately predicted the state's deficit trajectory, and six months later my numbers were almost humble compared to the panic that came out of the mouths of the governor and the legislative leadership.
Wyoming can refuse to accept new entitlement programs. For the sake of our state, and our country, we must do just that. We have enough fiscal problems to deal with. And, at some point, we have to put a foot down and change the answer to that question: "When is government big enough?"
The proper answer is, of course, not "never", but "a long time ago".


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By Joyce Thomas | If you remember, in my last blog post about pastors' spouses (female), I shared the number one issue many spouses face while in ministry: that of loneliness in the midst of their congregations. I now want to share how I changed the balance of care for myself that brought me back to wholeness. I followed principles, created strategies, and practiced techniques that were reasonable for self-care.
By Frank A. Thomas | One of the issues that many people are debating is the relevancy of the church in this postmodern world. Relevancy has to do with speaking and acting on the issues and concerns that are most critical to people's lives. I wonder what is more relevant for people's lives than healthcare and, as a result, why the church is basically silent on this critical issue.
By Joyce Thomas | My last blog post gave you a glimpse of the churches I served with my clergy husband, and how I came to my passion for pastor's spouses. I mentioned some of challenges I faced and how I came to understand the importance of taking care of self first. In this blog post I will share the number one issue many clergy spouses face in ministry—loneliness in the midst of their congregations.
By Frank A. Thomas | I write this on the Saturday evening before I will deliver "Leavings, Endings, and Letting Go," my final sermon at the Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church. After tomorrow, for the first time in thirty-one years, I will no longer have a dedicated Sunday morning post to preach as pastor and leader of a congregation.
By Joyce Thomas | I am a retired pastor's wife of 31 years, and I have seen, experienced, and survived the challenges that come in ministry. With my spouse, I have served two congregations, one that was small and grew large and one that was already large and established. One was in the North and the other in the South.


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Dessert Recipes
Indulge your sweet tooth with a delicious, dairy free treat! From Chilled Chocolate Soup to No Bake Strawberry Blueberry Cheesecake-like Cake to Creamy Limoncello Popsicles we have a recipe for all your cravings and occasions. Browse dozens of options that your family and friends are sure to love!


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Whether you are looking to plump, lift, brighten or hydrate your skin, these next generation masks are miracles in a bottle!
Christian Dior Hydra Life Glow Better – Fresh Jelly Mask
A three-minute radiance gel-mask for smooth, clear, and glowing skin.
The Glow Better Fresh Jelly Mask melts into the skin for a healthy glow. In three minutes, it offers a dual scrub that is both gentle and powerful: a light peel from citrus fruit extracts and a physical scrub from apricot kernel particles. Its refreshing, citrus-coloured, water-rich gel texture revives the skin on application. Day after day, skin looks naturally revitalised, fresh, and radiant.
Glamglow GravityMud Firming Treatment
This mud-based, peel-off face mask is designed to tighten the appearance of skin. This firming treatment is an innovative face mask that changes colour from white to a brilliant chrome. The mask peels off the skin to visibly tighten and lift for a youthful-looking complexion. The skin's contours are given a defined and radiant look.
Everyone with oily and acne-erupted skin needs a jar. Reduces excessive oil and dries all types of pimples with a non-irritating sulfur and calamine formula. Great for back and chest also. This Colloidal Sulfur based mask dries existing pimples and oil and helps clarify problematic skin. Soothing Calamine makes this mask safe and gentle for most skin types.
Fresh Vitamin Nectar Vibrancy-Boosting Face Mask
An instant glow face mask powered by a concentrated blend of 50 percent crushed citrus fruits that reveals radiant skin in as little as one use. This powerhouse treatment improves the skin's radiance and glow by 31 percent after one use, and by 49 percent after four weeks of use. The revolutionary formula is powered by 50 percent real crushed citrus fruits including oranges, lemons, and clementines, naturally containing AHA fruit acids that work to gently refine and smooth the skin.
This fruit blend comes in the form of a paste, which is made from lemons cultivated in the Mediterranean region—providing double exfoliation by offering a pleasant scrub, while the AHA fruit acid content offers a chemical peeling effect. A proprietary vitamin fruit complex is a potent blend of vitamins, citrus fruit extracts, and minerals that help revitalize dull skin for a vibrant, healthy-looking glow and soft, smooth texture.
CosMedix Pure Enzymes Cranberry Exfoliating Mask
Cosmedix Pure Enzymes Exfoliating Mask is a refreshing yet powerful Cranberry Enzyme and Lactic Acid mask. It exfoliates and softens the skin, and is perfect for sun damaged or hyperpigmented skin; dry, scaly skin; normal to problem skin, and post-peel skin.
Ren Evercalm Ultra Comforting Rescue Mask
This soothing face mask reduces redness, irritation, itchiness, and inflammation. It is a 10-minute rescue mask ideal for skin that is red, blotchy, irritated, sunburned, wind-chapped, dry, stressed, or jet-lagged.
For the first time in cosmetics REN has used an original white mushroom extract to de-stress the skin for a sensation of calm and comfort. Skin feels velvety soft and smooth with even tone and a luminous, healthy complexion. Use anytime your skin is in need of urgent TLC. It's also the perfect makeup starter mask.
Peter Thomas Roth 24K Gold Mask
This anti-ageing treatment helps soften fine lines and wrinkles for a younger, brighter appearance. This luxurious gold mask pampers skin of all types for the lift needed to look extra radiant and refreshed. It re-energises the complexion for a gorgeous and smooth look daily.


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Accommodation Options
Aussie Cabins have accommodation to suit any family. Our self-contained cabins have a double bed, fold out double sofa bed, kitchenette and en-suite bathroom.
Our Facilities
We have an in ground salt water swimming pool, entertainment area which ha timber decking with tables and chairs. Playground for the children and more.
Our venue offers the tranquillity of a rural setting while allowing the function to be conducted in a relaxing and comfortable atmosphere.
Welcome to Aussie Cabins
Aussie Cabins is set in a peaceful area on the edge of town, with a beautiful rural outlook. It is located off the Mitchell Highway but close to Orana Mall and all major tourist attractions in Dubbo.
Sit back after a long day and relax around our complex while you watch beautiful sunrises, sunsets and starry nights.
This is a private, spacious way of accommodating families and is perfect for school and sporting groups. The cabins have timber floors and are western Red Cedar in construction which adds to the ambiance and charm of the overall complex.
Local Attractions
Dubbo is a thriving and dynamic regional City in the heart of New South Wales that offers fantastic weather, well-connected transport, a clean environment, affordable housing, and – most importantly – time.
Known as the 'City of smiles,' Dubbo offers a refreshing blend of urban and rural cultures. With rich cultural heritage, world class attractions and blossoming arts scene, Dubbo provides locals and visitors alike with unique and interesting experiences.
Whether it's time for a fun filled family adventure or your planning that long awaited journey across Australia, Dubbo will provide a range of unique and memorable experiences.


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P-Spot the difference: latest Anal Fantasy Elite addition now available at Scala
Posted: September 12, 2018
Pipedream's Inflatable P-Spot Massager from the Anal Fantasy Elite collection is now available at Scala. The product is said to be perfect for those who want to take their prostate play to the next level. The hands-free wearable design is made from Elite Silicone and gives users the option to set the size of the inflatable plug to their own preference: they can further customise the experience with the multi-speed remote control.
Pipedream says of its new release: "The plug easily inflates to create a stimulating full feeling and deep anal pleasure whether worn solo or during sex play. The cleverly curved prostate massager conforms to your body's contours to hit just the right spot every time."
For more information visit www.scala-nl.com


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If you think you're hot now that Florida's typical summer temperatures are here, imagine wearing a fur coat all day long.
If you think you're hot now that Florida's typical summer temperatures are here, imagine wearing a fur coat all day long.
That's what most dogs deal with when summertime rolls around. You can choose to keep your dog indoors when temperatures are at their highest. But a dog's got to do what a dog's got to do — and that means he'll have to go outdoors sometime.
From the not-for-profit trade group American Pet Products Association's 2013-14 National Pet Owners Survey, here are some products to help your pet stay cool this summer.
Give Fido constant access to fresh water with the WaterDog system by Contech Enterprises. Attach it to any outdoor faucet and the WaterDog uses sonar technology to sense dogs' approach, automatically dispensing a stream of fresh drinking water. WaterDog turns off on its own when pets leave. ($82.99, www.contech-inc.com)
Let dogs relax and cool down with the Cool Bed III by K&H Manufacturing. Add the recommended amount of water, adjust support with the easy air valve and let the Cool Core technology do the rest. ($64.99-$124.99, www.khmfg.com/dogproducts)
The Outdoor Dog Chaise Lounger by RefinedKind Pet Products is a dog bed that's perfect for any deck or poolside patio. This dog bed and shade is made of waterproof plastic rattan material and includes a 3-inch-thick outdoor cushion. ($224.99, www.therefinedcanine.com)
Stewart Pro-Treat Healthy Licks combine whole fruits and vegetables in an anti-oxidant-rich frozen treat available in four varieties like Vanilla Yogurt and Frozen Fruit Cup. Each cup comes individually packaged with a resealable lid for freshness. (stewartpet.com/our-products/treats/healthy-licks-frozen-treats)
The Swamp Cooler cooling vest by Ruffwear keeps pets cool with evaporative cooling. Soak the vest in cold water, wring it out and fasten around your dog. The wet vest exchanges the dog's heat with the coolness of the stored water to keep them comfortable and ready to run that extra mile. ($54.95, www.ruffwear.com)


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Gone are the times of bulky, awkward looking wallet cases with cards and cash stashed inside. This is the time to go minimal, sleek and have slim profile. Distilunion Walley wallet case is smartly designed to look stylishly slim-much to the envy of your iPhone 6!
Distilunion Wally Wallet Case for iPhone 6
The Pull-Tab
You can keep up to four cards and some folded dollar bills inside the case. The Wally case features pull-tab that easily lets you get the cards out of the pocket with utmost easy. Simply pull the ribbon and the cards will come out!
At first glance, you may say that cards will slip out of the compartment. But, it's not true. They remain safely undercover until you pull the tab.
Added Protection
The hardshell comfortably snaps-on for added protection of your device. The genuine leather and soft-touch polycarbonate endow it both strength and style. Unlike any other wallet case, it is not bulky and lets iPhone shine through even when it is on.
Also Read: Best iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Wallet Cases
Sleek profile
Apple has introduced Apple pay in order to make paying more efficient than ever without having to carry cards all the time. As a result, iPhone 6/6 Plus users will no longer need to buy a bulky wallet case. This is where an intelligently made case like Wally can be very handy; and more significantly in the sync of the latest demand of times.
Highly Efficient
The Wally is highly efficient in letting you have an easy access to all the ports and buttons of your phone without any hassle at all. It fits pretty firmly. Far beyond the conservative features of traditional wallet cases, it stands on its own with aplomb.
Odds are that you may not like the price that seems a little high at $49.99. However, when you weigh all the features of the case, you will feel it is worth. Suffice to say, the Wally is more elegant than any other cases around!
Price: $49.99
Click here to buy Wally wallet case.
Distilunion Wally Stick-On for iPhone 6
Wally Stick-On from Distilunion is both fashionably and conveniently cool. This little beautiful-looking card case is the perfect solution, if you are done with the heavy wallet cases. No longer wish to carry your phone in big bag, the Wally will sort you out with much ease.
Easy Stick-On
The Wally Stick-On has a leather pocket on the back to allow you to keep up to four cards. Just peel the rubber, stick it on the back of your iPhone and it is fashionably done! It remains firmly stuck with your phone with the help of adhesive.
The 3M alternadhesive lets the Wally easily clings on your phone and most cases.
Doesn't Leave Residue After Detachment
The best thing about Walley is that it doesn't leave any residue behind when you detach it. Unlike most of the cases with adhesive, it doesn't leave any impact on the phone. So, you don't need to keep it stuck with your phone all the time.
Depending on the need, you can carry it with your phone. And when there is no need to carry cards, you can put it aside and free your iPhone from any extra bulk.
However, there is one con with it. If you plan to re-apply and remove the case quite frequently, you will require Recharge Pack.
The pull-tab
Your contents remain hid inside the pocket of Wally. You don't have to face difficulty in getting the cards or dollar bills out of the leather pocket. Just pull the ribbon and all the contents come out! Quite simple, isn't it?
Another thing you would like about it is that the cards don't come out of the pocket. Nonetheless, you have to ensure you don't stash too many cards inside the case. Else, the leather pocket will have a bulge appearance.
High Quality Leather
Made with a single piece of genuine leather, it is very soft. Though it is not a case, it has its own use that makes it a great utility.
Wally is priced at $39.99. While the price may seem to be a bit high for a little card case, it stands out purely based on the features and quality it brings with it. As you know that every good thing in the world comes with high price, it is just the same with it.
The Wally-Stick On is the proficient answer, if you have made up your mind to say good-bye to conservative wallet cases.
Price: $39.99
Click here to buy Wally Stick-On.


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Service learning is an educational experience based on a collaborative partnership between Black Mountain Academy and the community. Learning through service has proven to enable students to apply academic knowledge and critical thinking skills to meet genuine community needs. Through reflection and assessment, students gain a deeper understanding of course content and the importance of civic engagement. Staff will co-create projects that our students are passionate about. Add: Service work also prepares students for internships and jobs by developing the skills of work stamina, attention to detail, completion and cleanup, planning and preparation, and persistence.
Some examples of service learning sites accessible to Black Mountain Academy students include:
- Humane animal shelters
- Local food banks
- Community gardening programs
- Local soup kitchens and homeless shelters
- Programs to redistribute fresh produce
- Local athletic events
- Parks and Recreation
- Assisted Living Communities
- Community Centers
- Affordable housing programs
- Local farmers markets
- River and roadway cleaning projects
- Local charitable organizations


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Nanoarchitectures for Air Purification
Illnesses caused by air pollution are the third-leading cause of death in developing nations, and over 5 million people worldwide die every year from air pollution exposure. Catalytic converters, the most widely used air purification devices, convert the toxic gases and pollutants produced by fuel combustion into benign chemicals before the exhaust is released into...
DNA Nanostructures for Drug Delivery
Researchers at the Wyss Institute have developed two methods for building arbitrarily shaped nanostructures using DNA, with a focus on translating the technology towards nanofabrication and drug delivery applications. One proprietary nanofabrication technique, called "DNA-brick self-assembly," uses short, synthetic strands of DNA that work like interlocking Lego® bricks. It capitalizes on the ability to program...
NanoRx: Mechanically-Activated Drug Targeting
The Wyss team has developed a novel drug targeting nanotechnology that is activated locally by mechanical forces, either endogenous high shear stresses in blood created by vascular occlusion or mechanical energy applied locally using low-energy ultrasound radiation. Today, vascular blockage is the leading cause of death and disability in United States and Europe. Current therapies...
Inexpensive Super-Resolution Microscopy
Wyss Institute scientists have developed a highly versatile and inexpensive microscopic imaging platform designed to visualize objects with molecular-scale resolution and unprecedented complexity. The DNA-powered imaging technology can reveal the inner workings of cells at the single molecule level, using conventional microscopes found in most laboratories. Key to the Wyss Institute's DNA-driven imaging super resolution...
Paper-Based Diagnostics
With the imminent threat of new pandemics and frequent disease outbreaks exemplified by the recent Ebola and Zika epidemics, there is a growing need for low-cost, easily deployable and simple-to-use diagnostic tools. The Wyss Institute has developed paper-based synthetic gene networks as a next generation diagnostic technology for use in global healthcare crises and patient...
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Video/AnimationCatalytic Nanoarchitectures for Clean AirThe Wyss Institute is developing a new type of coating for catalytic converters that, inspired by the nanoscale structure of a butterfly's wing, can dramatically reduce the cost and improve the performance of air purification technologies, making them more accessible to all. Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University
Exchange-PAINT: Neurons Up Close and PersonalDNA Exchange Imaging of fixed mouse hippocampal neurons stained sequentially with antibodies recognizing neuronal markers Synapsin I, vGAT, MAP2, pNFH, α-tubulin, acetyl-tubulin, GFAP and nuclear marker DAPI. Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University
Video/AnimationWhat Is BIOMOD?BIOMOD is a biomolecular design competition for students created by the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University. Each year BIOMOD holds a Jamboree, an annual conference at which all BIOMOD teams convene to present their work from the summer. This year's Jamboree will take place in Genentech Hall at UCSF in San Francisco,...
Video/AnimationFouling Marine FoulingMarine fouling occurs when organisms attach themselves to underwater objects like boats, rope, pipes and building structures. Mussels are one of the biggest culprits. Once attached, they are difficult to remove, leading to operational downtime, increased energy use and damage. Paints and coatings are currently used to prevent marine fouling, but are frequently toxin-based and not...
Audio/PodcastWilliam Shih: Lego-Style Construction of Future Therapeutics From DNAListen to Wyss Core Faculty member William Shih's lecture on how custom molecular shapes can be designed using DNA building blocks and how these minuscule devices could have a profound impact on fields ranging from molecular biophysics to therapeutics to nano-optics for decades to come. Shih's lecture is part of the ArtScience lecture series at...
Audio/PodcastDisruptive: Molecular RoboticsHow can DNA be programmed to build novel structures, devices, and robots? We have taken our understanding of DNA to another level, beginning to take advantage of some of DNA's properties that have served nature so well, but in ways nature itself may have never pursued. Humans can now use DNA as a medium for...


text: Scott and Victoria's Country Barn Wedding was a blast too shoot. Not only did the whole day go amazing smooth, but the bed and breakfast as well as the Country Barn event venue in Lancaster, PA was a blast to shoot! The barn was extremely rustic and was decorated perfectly. The venue, decor, and the couple looked like it was all a package deal straight from a bridal magazine. Between the lanterns, pumpkins, and rustic table set ups, combined they set the mood perfectly for a great night! Check it out!


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Absinthe Eyes & Other Lies by G. R. Bretz
Publisher: Noble Romance Publishing L.L.C.
Genre: Paranormal
Length: Short Story (96 pgs)
Other: M/F
Rating: 4.5 cherries
Reviewed by Ambrosia
When a legend lingers for centuries there's usually a bit of truth to it. For two hundred years people have whispered about the green fairy that lives in bottles of absinthe. Drink up. If you're lucky you may see her. If you're very lucky you may catch her. No one should ever be that lucky. Ask David, Vincent and Richard; three men with a few things in common. They have found inspiration. They have met the Muse. They have taken Dahlia to their hearts and to their beds. It cost them their sanity and their lives. If Stephen isn't very careful he's going to be number four.
The spiraling journeys of three men into madness who become lost in the bottoms of bottles of a drink called Absinthe become entwined in the legends of the Green Fairy in this anthology. G. R. Bretz captures the descent into insanity as artists, whether by pen or paint brush swallow up their muse until the end, each with their own story.
Vincent: Mad from the start, he finds his muse in a bar and accepts her promise to help him find fame in his artistic gift. Brutal and selfish, he takes what he wants and offers little in return until finally he loses more than he'd ever thought possible. She only asks one thing of him, offering him everything, especially her body. Taking even more than she gives, he eventually finds the Green Fairy in a haze of yellow and doesn't live to regret betraying her. Lost in the yellow haze of Absinthe, he finds no peace in life. Too late, he offers her a gift to bring her back only to fail.
Richard: Failing her, himself, and his gift, Richard disappears off the face of the earth one day, leaving many questions behind. Though his girlfriend is suspect, none can prove her responsible of killing him. Leaving behind his art, he lives in her memory each day.
David: At thirteen, he meets the Green Fairy for the first time and spends many years dreaming of her. As an adult he finds her once again at the memorial service of her ex-lover and becomes enmeshed in her arms and heart. Knowing he too could lose his life, he walks down the path anyway, facing his fate head on.
Dahlia is a woman of great beauty who has known pain, love, joy, and loss. She has lifted men up to greatness and taken them to their knees.
G. R. Bretz captures the imagination as well as winds magical words of poetic motion into a story filled with messages of alcoholism and madness to come from abuse as artists seek renown. From deep, dark depression to ultimate sexual release, he takes the reader on a journey they'll never forget, not even in the bottom of a bottle.
This story was well written and tells the true tale of the cost of drink. I give it 4.5 Cherries.


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NBA Trash Talk: NBA PLAYOFF
Hi, all.
And then there were four. After weeks of blood, sweat and cheerleaders,
we're left with the elite quartet that survived the first two rounds of the NBA
postseason, earning the opportunity to play for one of the most coveted prizes
in all of sport, the Larry O'Brien trophy. The seasons of four coaches,
forty-eight players, hundreds of team staff and millions of fans worldwide can
be destroyed by a dropped pass, foul or missed free throw. At this time of year,
a single steal, block or assist can put rings on fingers and players in the
history books. If this all sounds a little epic, it's because it is.
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Communication of Scientific Research
Summer school of Communication of Scientific Research
University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic, 7-10 June 2016
The first Summer School in Communication of Scientific Research (CSR) in the Czech Republic
CSR: Communication of Scientific Research is different from the general communication of science, which implies the explanation of scientific matters to people who have not a scientific background (public and not specialized media).
"CSR" is a discipline dedicated to the professionals of science, people who do know the matter, as they study, do research and work in this context. It does not depend on the disciplines, as it is not based on the contents of science, but on the tools used to communicate.
"CSR" courses aim to start to fill a gap: a need for a more formal education on communication among young scientists.
Target: PhD students, post-doctoral fellows of different countries and disciplines (natural, social and human sciences)
Number of participants: maximum 20
Structure of the course: an intensive course of 4 days, with 6 hours per day, of theoretical and practical lessons dedicated to written and oral communication of scientific research
Language: English
E-mail: email@example.com
You can enjoy the city of Pilsen – The European Capital of Culture 2015


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Please note: No drugs are kept on the premises
South Hornchurch Health Centre Opening Hours
Monday to Fridays 10:00-14:00 and 15:00-19:00
Saturday and Sundays 10:00-14:00
The South Hornchurch Health Centre is closed on public holidays.
Telephone: 01708 576000
If we are closed and you need medical advice, you have the following options:
• Visit the Harold Wood GP Walk-in Centre.
• Call 111 or visit nhs.uk website


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Bloat-X is an innovative blend of herbs, advanced digestive enzymes and probiotics for ideal water and fluid balance, along with healthy digestion.
At birth humans are estimated to be 90 per cent water. This decreases with age to about 70 per cent then goes down to 50% per cent in old age. There is no doubt that water is essential to human health; it helps regulate temperature with perspiration, it moistens our eyes and humidifies the air we breathe, it is necessary for our cells to absorb nutrients and get rid of waste materials, it helps our digestion and excretion processes and is important to blood flow. Generally speaking water is good for you.
Bloating, however, may be an indication that the normal process of water in, water out may be impaired temporarily, although not always. There are many causes for bloating, some involving unnecessary water retention, but many also involving food intolerance (lactose, beans) that can cause gas in the digestive tract or food allergies due to a lack of enzymes or beneficial bacteria. Other symptoms of bloating may be caused by menstrual cycle discomfort, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and even intestinal parasites. Bloating results in a puffy appearance, a feeling of discomfort and lack of energy resulting in sluggishness. Bloating may be a passing situation due to poor eating habits or menstruation, but it may be a reason to consult your health practitioner, particularly if it is long lasting as it may hide a more serious condition.
Fight back with a proprietary blend of soothing, restorative and cleansing herbs, plus an advanced and balanced blend of digestive enzymes that will help break down carbohydrates, proteins, fibres and lactose. Plus a two strain probiotic blend of beneficial bacterias that help provide nutritive support for a healthy digestive tract.
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