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Northwest Harmony Chorus is an exceptional women’s a capella group that will make your heart sing and your spirits soar!
Imagine a chorus of talented ladies, brought together by their shared passion for music and the joy of creating harmonies that will leave you spellbound. The Northwest Harmony Chorus is a vibrant tapestry of voices, weaving together to create a symphony of sound that is nothing short of breathtaking.
From soaring high notes to bass notes and everything in between, the Northwest Harmony Chorus will transport you to a world where melodies come alive. Be prepared to be swept away by their captivating performances, as they infuse each song with their unique blend of energy, enthusiasm, and sheer vocal brilliance.
With the Northwest Harmony Chorus, it’s not just about the music—it’s about the experience. Their dynamic stage presence and infectious joy will have you tapping your toes, clapping your hands, and smiling from ear to ear. You’ll find yourself becoming an active participant in their performances, as their warmth and enthusiasm are simply irresistible! Whether they’re performing beloved classics, contemporary hits, or stunning arrangements of your favorite tunes, the Northwest Harmony Chorus always adds their own special touch, making each song truly unforgettable. Their dedication to excellence and their love for what they do shine through in every note they sing.
Northwest Harmony Chorus (NWH) was founded by Kathleen Carroll, Verna Veysey and Phyllis Kelsay and chartered in 1997 with 25 members. We have competed in 23 of the 26 annual Regional Competitions and won 1st place overall Region in 2002 under the direction of Kathy Scheel. We performed on the Sweet Adelines International stage in 2003 in Phoenix, AZ with 25 members. At that time we were the smallest chorus to perform on International stage and we were proud of placing 36th in the World!!! In May 2023 we placed 6th out of 16 competing choruses at our Regional contest. We look forward to improving our sound and performance with coaching over this next year.
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What is Barbershop?
Barbershop music originated in the late 19th century in the United States. It was a style of a cappella singing characterized by four-part harmonies, consisting of tenor, lead, baritone, and bass voices. The name “barbershop” comes from the tradition of men gathering in barbershops and harmonizing together.
In the early 20th century, barbershop music gained popularity and became a distinct genre. It was known for its tight harmonies, close vocal arrangements, and ringing chords. Barbershop quartets and choruses started forming, performing at local events, competitions, and on radio broadcasts.
Sweet Adelines International is a renowned organization that promotes barbershop harmony for women. It was founded in 1945 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, by Edna Mae Anderson. She aimed to provide women with opportunities to sing and enjoy the barbershop style. Sweet Adelines quickly gained traction, and the organization grew as more women embraced the art form.
Over the years, Sweet Adelines International has expanded globally, with thousands of members across different continents. The organization offers education, competitions, performance opportunities, and a supportive community for women interested in barbershop singing.
Today, both barbershop music and Sweet Adelines International thrive, captivating audiences with their enchanting harmonies and vibrant performances. They celebrate the joy of singing and continue to inspire countless individuals to explore the beauty of four-part harmony.


text: On Sunday, November 8th AFH coordinated with National Mill Dog Rescue to save 111 dogs from a Missouri puppy mill. I think they've found temporary foster homes for all the dogs, but they are in dire need of donations. They estimate that each dog will cost on average of $500. Apparently some of the dogs were in some bad shape and they may even need more than that. Please visit the AFH website to donate, foster, or even help find these dogs a forever home they deserve. Also on the website is video from the rescue and news spots as well. Like I said before please pass this on to anyone you know. Obviously to adopt you need to be in the DC area, but I do know that they will go outside of the area for a good home. You don't need to be local to donate money, dog food, beds, etc. Please feel free to leave me a comment if you need more information or you can email me at email@example.com.

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Despite beating Wales in the third and securing the series in Cape Town on Saturday, Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber still believes there are a few things the team need to improve on.
Cape Town — It was mission accomplished for the Springboks, but coach Jacques Nienaber still has a few things he wants his side to improve on.
While it wasn’t perfect, the South Africans put in a much-improved display in the deciding Test of the Series against Wales to win the game 30-14 after leading 17-8 at the break.
After winning the Pretoria Test and coming second in Bloemfontein, the Boks scored three tries to Wales’ one in the third and final outing.
Speaking after the game, Nienaber highlighted what he wants to work on, while adding how superb it was playing in front of a lively crowd.
“I think the atmosphere was awesome, the people of Cape Town came out, like they always do,” Nienaber said.
“I think there is still a lot to build on. I think the set-pieces functioned well. I think we will have to build a lot still in terms of where we are.”
The hosts did well to create opportunities, but there were also a good few chances that they didn’t use.
Speaking after the game, Nienaber said that star wing Cheslin Kolbe, who left the field early in the game, looks likely to have sustained a cheek fracture.
“That was the call when we were on the field. It’s never ideal when you lose one of your backs, especially a quality one like Cheslin.”
He added: “I still think there is a lot for us to work on. We had a lot of opportunities, similar to last week, that we didn’t capitalise on.
“I think we controlled the game well in the second half. It was a final for us, we just had to deliver, not delivering wasn’t an option.”

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Nearly 37 million people are now living with HIV.
2.6 million are under the age of 15.
In 2014, an estimated 2 million people were newly infected with HIV.
220,000 were under the age of 15.
Every day about 5,600 people contract HIV—more than 230 every hour.
In 2014, 1.2 million people died from AIDS.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, nearly 78 million people have contracted HIV and close to 39 million have died of AIDS-related causes.
As of March 2015, around 15 million people living with HIV (41% of the total) had access to antiretroviral therapy.
The Regional Picture
More than two-thirds (70%) of all people living with HIV, 25.8 million, live in sub-Saharan Africa—including 88% of the world’s HIV-positive children. In 2014, an estimated 1.4 million people in the region became newly infected. An estimated 790,000 adults and children died of AIDS, accounting for 66% of the world’s AIDS deaths in 2014.
Asia and the Pacific
In Asia and the Pacific, nearly 340,000 people became newly infected in 2014, bringing the total number of people living with HIV there to 5 million. AIDS claimed an estimated 240,000 lives in the region in 2014.
Approximately 13,000 people became newly infected in the Caribbean in 2014, bringing the total number of people living with HIV there to 280,000. AIDS claimed an estimated 8,800 lives in 2014.
There were an estimated 87,000 new HIV infections and 41,000 AIDS-related deaths in Latin America in 2014. This region currently has 1.7 million people living with HIV.
North Africa and the Middle East
Approximately 240,000 people are living with HIV in this region and an estimated 22,000 people became newly infected in 2014. An estimated 12,000 adults and children died of AIDS in 2014.
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Some 140,000 people were newly infected with HIV in 2014, bringing the number of people living with HIV to 1.5 million. AIDS claimed 62,000 lives in 2014.
Western and Central Europe and North America
In 2014, there were 85,000 new cases of HIV, bringing the number of people living with HIV in Western and Central Europe and North American to 2.4 million. An estimated 26,000 people in these regions died of AIDS in 2014.
Source: UNAIDS Report: How AIDS changed everything, 2015; UNAIDS 2014 Global Statistics.
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Toney Douglas played college ball in the vaunted ACC and cut his NBA teeth playing home games at Madison Square Garden. And he makes his living on the defensive end of the court. So he knows something about intensity.
His comments about Warriors practices, following Day 3 of training camp on Monday, comes with that context.
“Oh yeah. Every possession,” said Douglas, who signed with the Warriors in July to back-up Stephen Curry. “This is a different level. … We’re so deep. We have like 12 guys who could play. Blue team against white team, and we go at each other We make it fun and we make each other better.”
Coach Mark Jackson said being two deep at every possession, with some capable talent at the end of the bench, has made for some competitive practices. The drop off in talent on the depth chart is minimal enough to force the best players to go hard, yet the gap is wide enough to make the reserves have to step it up to earn minutes.
You better believe Curry has his hands full in practice, either being hounded by the pesky Douglas or trying to get around the long and athletic Kent Bazemore. Veteran center Jermaine O’Neal described going up against starting center Andrew Bogut as “a wrestling match.”
Forward David Lee and Marreese Speights, former Florida Gators, are buddies with a history of going at each other, and Speights has the skills to make Lee look bad if he doesn’t bring it. Klay Thompson and Harrison Barnes are both having to contend with the All-NBA-caliber defense of Andre Iguodala.
And you know whoever second-year work horse Draymond Green gets matched up with is getting the business.
“We were an extremely hard working team in the past, and we’re continuing that,” Jackson said. “The difference right now is probably the battles at every position. … I think that’s what stands out the most. Last year we had young guys facing Bogut or David. … This year, there are big live bodies that are really competing and attacking one another.”
Andrew Bogut has lost about 15 to 18 pounds. Draymond Green shed about 20. David Lee is now looking like he should be standing in front of Abercrombie & Fitch. Jermaine O’Neal is hardly looking like a guy entering his 18th season.
Clearly, the Warriors took advantage of the offseason. The improved conditioning has already impacted training camp. The pace is faster. The energy is high.
“They are in shape,” coach Mark Jackson said, “and now its just a question of developing chemistry and a sense of what we are trying to do on both ends of the court.”
He wants the Warriors to play at an even faster pace now that all are healthy and his big men are conditioned to run. Jackson said he isn’t content with just going small to pick up the pace. But he wants to run even with his big men in the game.
Jackson said since his guys – most of whom have been working out in Oakland since early September – came to camp in shape, he doesn’t have to worry about that. He said there’s no need to go “White Shadow” on them and have them running lines.
Instead, Jackson has already begun diving into the playbook.
By Marcus Thompson II
OAKLAND — It might’ve taken all the defibrillators in the Bay Area to revive the nearly 20,000 fans at Oracle Arena whose hearts stopped Thursday.
Golden State nearly squandered an 18-point lead, and another star-like performance from point guard Stephen Curry — who changed the tide of the game with another big third quarter before his home crowd. But in the end, after a compilation of turnovers, guard Jarrett Jack made a pair of free throws in the final seconds to seal the 92-88 win over the Denver Nuggets, clinching the riveting first-round upset, 4-2.
The sixth-seeded Warriors advance to the second round against the No. 2 San Antonio Spurs. Game 1 is Monday in Texas.
“When we were down in the first half,” coach Mark Jackson said. “I pulled him aside and said, ‘There’s going to be a point in this game where you’re going to take over because you’re the best player on the floor. And what will happen is everybody else will follow you. And sure enough …”
Golden State did exactly what it wanted to do: slow down the NBA’s best transition team. Only problem with that was that put it put Andre Miller in play.
Golden State was on the verge of stealing Game 1, despite a subpar performance from Stephen Curry and an injury to David Lee. But Miller broke their hearts with a driving layup with 1.2 seconds left, handing the Warriors a 97-95 defeat, souring an otherwise gutsy performance.
JARRETT JACK: “We’re not into moral victories. In a simple phrase, we played good enough to lose.”
The Warriors’ defense contained speedy Denver point guard Ty Lawson and silenced forward Andre Iguodala, holding the Nuggets 11 points below their average. But Golden State couldn’t come up with an answer for Miller. He scored 18 of Denver’s 26 fourth-quarter points and finished with a game-high 28, taking advantage of the one-on-one defense he faced.
It was a dramatic end and a riveting start to a series most expect to be highly entertaining. The Warriors, even with the loss, head into Game 2 on Tuesday with plenty reasons to be confident.
“I thought we did some things very well,” coach Mark Jackson said. “What I told my team was that nobody came in here thinking that we were going to sweep the Denver Nuggets. You have tow in four games to advance and you can’t act like it’s over. So take the blow and be ready to make adjustments and respond.”
More on the Game 1 loss …
Game 1 of the Warriors-Nuggets playoff series tips off Saturday afternoon. It figures to be the epitome of Western Conference basketball. Both teams have skill and depth, which will make for an interesting chess match between Denver coach George Karl and Golden State’s Mark Jackson.
Neither team has the A-list star to carry them to the next round. That puts added emphasis on the plethora of interesting match-ups featured in this series. Throw in some injury issues, experience gaps and crazy home courts, and you’ve got the makings of something riveting.
Here’s a look at the key match-ups in the series and who has the advantage.


POLLUTION of Rye Beach is being investigated by the state Environment Protection Authority and Mornington Peninsula Shire’s environmental health team.
The probe was revealed to the council on Monday last week by the shire’s communications manager Todd Trimble during his annual “summer report”.
He said the two bodies were “conducting a risk assessment of Rye Beach to determine possible sources of bacterial contamination detected”.
“As part of the assessment, the environmental health team is assisting Monash University and Melbourne Water in a bacterial water sampling program around the Rye Beach stormwater outfall, including sampling from septic systems and groundwater bores,” Mr Trimble said.
Twenty-four beach water samples and five drain water samples had been taken so far with “further samples to be taken twice weekly until the end of February”.
“Monash University has reported that the results so far indicate Rye Beach is a “hot spot” for bacterial contamination with higher E.coli levels than other Port Phillip beaches.” (E.coli can be an indication of faecal pollution.)
“Further investigations are being undertaken to determine the source of contamination.”
Meanwhile, South East Water’s Peninsula ECO sewerage project is almost halfway through its expected 30-month construction period, installing mains sewage for 16,000 properties between Rye and Portsea that had septic tanks.
The project, one of the largest in Australia, started in late 2013. It is expected to markedly reduce ground water pollution.
Toilets at R J Rowley Reserve in Rye were connected to the system last October, which will no doubt please people who attend the Rye Gift each year and previously had to deal with an unwanted annual “gift” – clogged toilets.


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From the producers who brought you Carol and the studio that brought you Disobedience and the actor who brought you undisputed lesbian coming-of-age story Bend It Like Beckham comes a new film about the French writer/bisexual legend Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. But you can just call her Colette. Everyone else did and so that’s the tile of her movie.
If you know Colette, you’re surely already lined up to buy your tickets to the film. If you don’t know Colette, allow me to introduce you. She is one of the most fascinating queer women to ever have her history recorded — and boi did she ever have it recorded!
Dozens of biographers have compiled tens of thousands of pages about Colette’s life over the last few decades, each of them imprinting on her in some way or another, shaping her words and her actions into the motives that best suited their own personal agendas. In the earliest biographies after her death, Colette was painted as a victim who survived an abusive first husband and paid the price for divorcing him by being driven into stage-acting, poverty, and the arms of women. Biographers in later years, however, have “emphasized the provocative teenager, the resolute bisexual, the consummate artist” and found her to be a “surprisingly subversive modern woman who defied traditional models, was unafraid to reverse sex roles and was blessed with an amazing talent for survival and self-renewal.”
Colette is a compelling historical figure, full of fire and contradictions. Before you go see Keira Knightley portray her, here are eight things you should know about her life.
1. Colette’s first husband gave her a room of her own — and locked her inside it.
Henry Gauthier-Villars, known to everyone as Willy, was Colette’s first husband and he was an absolute con-artist. He posed as a writer, but never wrote anything at all. He hired composers to write his music critic columns and ghost writers to pen all his novels. He got free labor from Colette, and when she started wanting credit for her massively popular Claudine series and also wasn’t writing sequels fast enough, he literally locked her in her room until she produced enough pages to suit him.
2. Colette wrote the original queer YA series.
The Claudine series consists of four novels that begin when Claudine is in her early teens and follow her through her marriage to a man she ends up despising and cheating on with another woman. Claudine is unapologetically bisexual, in fact, and also a fan of wearing men’s clothes. The series was a huge hit with French housewives and French intellectuals, so much so that it spawned branded soaps, school uniforms, perfumes, and even cigars. The whole thing is just layers of queerness. Colette wrote the book posing as a man who was writing a bisexual tomboy who married a very feminine man whom she fell out of love with to pursue a very feminine woman. Many of Colette’s biographers also count Claudine as the first modern YA coming of age story with a female protagonist.
3. Claudine shares themes with Wonder Woman for a reason.
Colette’s mother was a great student of philosopher Charles Fourier and his doctrine of voluptuousness. Fourier, who is often credited with coining the word “feminism,” was a big proponent of gender equality and allowing people to explore their sexuality outside the confines of monogamous heterosexual marriage. He was very much a proponent of queer polyamory. Colette is believed to have used her mother’s journals and teachings as inspiration for her characters and her own personal ethos. Another student of Charles Fourier? Wonder Woman creator William Moulton Marston. You see themes of his teachings playing out vividly in many of Wonder Woman’s Golden Age stories.
In Judith Thurman’s Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette, she says Colette was “a young woman with a weakness for bondage an old woman with a genius for domination.” That’s Wonder Woman’s history in a nutshell, but literally.
4. Proust was Colette’s arch-nemesis.
Despite being a prolific writer who turned out more than 50 novels in her life, Colette was often denied the critical respect she deserved because she wrote about women and also feelings and sex and sexuality and fashion and food and the elusiveness of the concept of home. Oh, and animals. Lots of talking animals. Nearly every biography and even obituary of Colette will mention that she was the best French woman writer of her time; more often than not she is “second only to Proust.” There’s no evidence she had any personal enmity toward Proust, but critics could not help stop comparing them to each other and finding Colette wanting simply by the “feminine” nature of her writing. Rarely, and wonderfully, major publications did single her out as the greatest French writer of her generation. Famously, the New York Times did so in it’s review of her collection of short stories in 1951:
“She is the greatest living French writer of fiction [and] she was while Gide and Proust still lived,” NYT declared. “These two preposterously afflicted self-adoring, frankly career-geniuses certainly got in Colette’s light; they certainly diminished her standing, though not her own kind of genius.”
5. Colette’s chart puts Alice Pieszecki’s to shame.
In addition to writing about bisexual women, Colette lived openly as a bisexual woman and had relationships with many prominent queer ladies. Her two most famous women lovers are probably American playwright and novelist Natalie Clifford Barney, self-proclaimed “queen of the Paris lesbians” and French noblewoman and artist Mathilde “Missy” de Morny (who also happened to be Napoleon’s niece). Missy was famous for her short hair, the fact that she wore full three-piece suits (despite the fact that it was literally illegal for women to do so) and her marriage to openly gay nobleman Jacques Godart. She even crossed paths and lovers with famous English suffragette/original Shane McCutcheon, Radclyffe Hall.
6. Her queer kisses caused literal riots.
When Colette and Missy kissed on stage after performing Rêve d’Égypte at the Moulin Rouge in 1907, the police were called in to control the crowd, which responded to the sapphic smooch with puritanical hysterics. Their riot spilled into the streets and ended with people smashing windows. This followed an incident where Colette was photographed on stage after her breast slipped out of one of her costumes and exposed her nipple. The public was so frenzied about her behavior, she and Missy had to stop living together (though they continued their relationship for several more years).
7. Colette made Audrey Hepburn.
Colette wrote until her dying day. In fact, one of her last works, Gigi, is probably her most famous — at least among Americans. She published it in her 70s and then hand-picked Audrey Hepburn to play the title role in the Broadway show. A role that launched Hepburn’s career, despite the fact that she couldn’t even pitch her voice so the audience could hear her when she first started rehearsing. The show’s producers and directors were worried about Hepburn’s timidity and the way she “garbled” her lines, but she always had Colette in her corner.
8. Colette did not want to be a hero.
Colette was not without her glaring flaws and weaknesses, none of which she shied away from talking and writing about. She seemed to — at the very least — not care for her own daughter, ultimately abandoning her to paid caretakers. She wrote of being a mother, “My strain of virility saved me from the danger which threatens the writer, elevated to a happy and tender parent, of becoming a mediocre author.” She also confessed that a friend had to tear a horse whip out of her hand when she took it up to hit her child with it. It’s no surprise, then, that the most unflattering biography of Colette comes from Michel del Castillo, one of Colette’s daughter’s longtime friends. Colette also published stories and columns in newspapers and magazines that ran anti-Semitic content during the Nazi occupation of France, despite also helping her Jewish friends and being married to a Jewish man.
It’s impossible to try to recount all the ins and outs and ups and downs of Colette’s life in one list. The most recent biographies about her life contain multiple volumes. But these are some things I thought you’d want to know! If you’ve got any Colette anecdotes or facts you want to talk about, share them in the comments. In the meantime, here’s the official trailer for Keira Knightley’s film. You know a review is coming as soon as I get my hands on it.
The whole child abuse deal should definitely be enough to condemn her as a horrible person lol
Thanks for this! I saw the trailer last week and hoped it’d be covered on AS. I’ve read exactly one Colette short story and had NO IDEA.
I don’t know yet, how I’m supposed to be able deal with Keira Knightley in that role.
It‘s probably going to be smelling salts instead of popcorn for me at the movie theater.
You could try the smelling salts ON the popcorn?
Keira Knightley is my root and it’s like the filmmakers saw directly into my little gay brain and decided to give me everything I’ve always wanted *_* the costume design alone might kill me.
I know, right?
The cover image is like the bisexual Hogwarts Professor fanfic I never knew I needed in my life.
9. Colette was a woman of color – and of size, for that matter.
Make of Knightley’s casting what you will.
Wait, was she really a woman of color?
In terms of being a “woman of size,” in her youth and early middle ages she was quite thin and then whatever “average size” means; in her late middle ages and later years she did unapologetically gain weight, for sure, and wrote often about the joys of food and how she preferred her women not too thin!
Colette’s great-grandfather was referred to as a “mulatto”, and her grandfather was described as dark skinned. I haven’t seen anything to indicate whether her or her mother were considered anything other than white.
I read that Colette’s great-great-grandmother was black – she came from Martinique. Thus Sido, Colette’s mother, was one-eighth black. Sido referred to her father by a racist nickname and was upset to have African features. Colette herself kept her hair frizzy and referred to her African ancestry to friends and in her works (La Maison de Claudine for one), but then referred to her Haitian sister-in-law as ‘not like us’ because of her race.Judith Thurman notes that her journalism about Harlem is enthusiastic but full of racial cliches – so is her journalism on Uruguyans and Josephine Baker. Colette was friends with the Haitian (and probably bisexual) poet Ida Faubert and had an affair and long friendship with Josephine Baker – it would be interesting to know if they discussed these issues. So Colette as probably seen as white by those who didn’t known that she had a small amount of African heritage, and her attitude to that heritage is deeply ambiguous.
Here is why I love Colette so much: when I was a child, my mother gave me the Claudine series as a gift. This was 2002 in mostly rural France and I did not know women could want, let alone love, each other. And listen: these books are -as Heather said- essentially a celebration of queer desire. Colette is in love with her teaching assistant, who breaks her heart because she begins a relationship with the school’s main teacher (also a woman, because of course she is). Afterwards, she meets Luce, the TA’s little sister, and together they begin playing a game that strongly reminds me of the last sex survey Autostraddle asked us to fill in. And that, you guys, takes place in the first book out of FOUR.
At the time, Colette’s writing wasn’t enough for me to realize I was a lesbian. Still, I can remember how delighted I felt while reading Claudine, who never once questions why she wants girls. She just does.
I love the Claudines for that reason too! The Pure and the Impure has some good bits on lesbianism, but my favourite is her story/sketch ‘Sleepless Nights’ in the Tendrils of the Vine collection. It’s dedicated to Missy and about their relationship. She wrote 2 other stories for and about Missy (Grey Day and The Last Fire), also in The Tendrils of the Vine. In 1996, the livre de poche edition was censoring Sleepless Nights by changing the grammar to make the narrator’s lover a man- hopefully they’ve don’t still do that!
I just looked her up after reading this article and the wikipedia is terrible. There’s a whole paragraph that I’m just going to quote because it is so infuriating:
“Willy, fourteen years older than his wife and one of the most notorious libertines in Paris, introduced Colette into avant-garde intellectual and artistic circles while engaging in sexual affairs and encouraging her own lesbian alliances. It was he who chose the titillating subject-matter of the Claudine novels, “the secondary myth of Sappho… the girls’ school or convent ruled by a seductive female teacher” (Ladimer, p. 53). Colette later said that she would never have become a writer if it had not been for Willy.”
Then after it talks about her not getting paid for the Claudine novels with no mention of the fact that it was because her husband was stealing from her, just overall no mention of how he just exploited her their entire relationship and the effect that had on her career. It also highlights that her legacy is as an important voice in women’s writing, again separating her from “great” literature, aka written by straight cis het white guys.
I contribute to Wikipedia, and if Heather can give us the sources of where it’s mentioned that Willy got paid for Claudine instead of Colette, I would be really glad to edit the article so I can improve it at least marginally!
it’s on her page in encyclopedia britannica
It is still widely quoted that Willy locked her in her room to make her write, but Judith Thurman discredits this story. She also writes that Willy probably did play a big part in Colette’s becoming a writer, but that Colette’s denial of having wanted to write before is unconvincing. Willy did steal money and credit from her and was certainly abusive.
On Colette being women’s writing and not great literature I would argue that she is both – because of course a woman writing mainly about women can be great literature – though she does also write well about men. She is an important female voice, a pioneering author writing from her own female experience about women desiring other women and younger men, women working and wanting indepedence,aging, the lives of courtesans, abusive relationships, motherhood and love as not the be-all-and-end-all of a woman’s life. Her story collection Bella-Vista has one story about abortion and another about incestuous abuse. She is also one of the masters of French prose style,a great nature writer, and Mauriac thought she should have got his Nobel prize – she was nominated.
I don’t know yet,but as a bisexual, I need more support and love, thsnkd for your post.
*Jenny Owen-Youngs voice* Wowwww. WOW! Wow. Wow.
I am flabbergasted with delight. How did I never know about this person before? I had no idea she existed. Heather, thank you for bringing us all this extremely important information. I am in awe.
Great article! But Thurman, the best biographer, says that Willy did write some music criticism and novels (the latter awful – mainly about older men and teenage girls – his real life crimes) and that he was essentially a pioneer impresario. The fact he had talent at something, does not negate that personally he was horrible. Unfortunately, the locking-up story- which Thurman discredits- takes attention from Willy’s far worse acts that actually happened – he said he’d known Colette since she was ten! He had affairs with Meg Villars – his wife after Colette- and the film star Musidora when they were teenagers (and Colette mentions other affairs with minors). He probably raped Colette before their marriage and gave her venereal disease during it. He stole the Claudines’ credit and money from her, and the resultant money troubles persisted for much of her life. He did help her a lot in becoming a writer , but this is obviously negated by his awful behaviour. When Colette began an affair with Georgie Raoul-Duval, so did he! He then wrote a vicious novel about her (he wanted to call it Sidone or The Perverted Peasant, but it ended up The Imprudences of Peggy). Colette also said he forced her to entertain and have threesomes with his mistresses – although Thurman points out that Colette had affairs with several of his mistresses because she was attracted to them, and also to get back at Willy.


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Aguero, making his first appearance for La Albiceleste since June 2016, tucked home debutant Cristian Pavon's cross at the second time of asking to earn his side a 1-0 victory at the Luzhniki Stadium.
Messi is now in Russian Federation with Argentina ahead of tomorrow's friendly as they build towards the World Cup.
Lionel Messi is a big doubt to be named in the squad to face Nigeria, but Man City star Sergio Aguero, PSG duo Angel Di María and Giovani Lo Celso, and Juventus ace Paulo Dybala are all available for selection.
Driussi has represented Argentina at U17 and U20 level, scoring a total of eight goals in 23 appearances, but is yet to join Messi in the full worldwide squad.
Akinfeev produced an impressive one-handed stop to keep Aguero's low effort from 20 yards out of the bottom-right corner midway through the half.
Bale suffers new injury during rehab process
The new injury will increase speculation that he could be sold by Real Madrid , who could use his fee to reinvest in new recruits. Real Madrid attacking midfielder, Isco sympathises with Gareth Bale , after his recent injury setback.
Towns to recognize Veterans Day
A war that had required the greatest mobilization of soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen in the Nation's history . In addition, local businesses may be offering Veterans Day specials to veterans and active military members.
AT&T may have to sell CNN to merge with Time Warner
There are many fine reasons for the Department of Justice to act against the impending $85 billion merger of AT&T and Time Warner. AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said in a statement, "I have never offered to sell CNN and have no intention of doing so".
Three minutes later, Aguero forced Akinfeev into a diving save to deny his attempt from just outside the box.
After the interval Argentina continued to dominate possession and kept Russia's defence under constant pressure but failed to find the net before the 86th minute.
Diego Perotti made his first Argentina appearance in over six years and Cristian Pavon was handed a first cap as Sampaoli sought a victor.
The 30-year-old also defended Gonzalo Higuain, who is failing to perform in important tournaments including the 2014 World Cup final.
Nicki Minaj's brother is now a convicted rapist
According to New York Daily News , Jelani Maraj was convicted of repeatedly raping the 11-year-old girl in their Long Island home. The prosecutor told the jurors it will be up to them to determine whether the testimony of the two children was credible.
Space Station Getting Delivery From Wallops Island
Officially Cygnus OA-8 (enhanced version) with 3.7 t of payload will be launched tomorrow from same pad at 12:14 UTC. In a later tweet , it was confirmed that the spacecraft remains "healthy" and is all set to launch.
Various outfits hold protest to seek ban on "Padmavati"
Kataria is learn to have discussed the possibility of a law and order situation if the movie was released in the state. Earlier in January, Bhansali was attacked and the film's set was vandalised while it was being shot in Rajasthan.
Moreno: Relationship with Klopp odd
Alberto Moreno has spoken of his "strange relationship" with Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp , which has improved this season. I went to talk to him five or six times and the message was the same, but nothing changed.
CFB Playoff Hopes Wither Away for Washington, Pac-12
Browning last week tied the school for career TD passes with 75 and led Washington to the College Football Playoff a year ago . Costello makes his third start of the season and looks to bounce back from a rough day against Washington State.


Currently our network uses all static routes and we've gotten so big the overhead has become a real pain. We've decided to implement a dynamic routing protocol. First question: Can EIGRP exchange routes across a firewall? We have a firewall sitting between our LAN and our WAN. We want to be able to make a route change on the LAN core and have it propogate across the fw to the WAN Core.
Other Question: I know you can re-distribute EIGRP routes onto BGP, but can you go the other way? Like if we receive a BGP route from one of our connections, will it re-distribute those routes back to EIGRP?
Thanks in advance!
Q1 Answer: All Routing Protocols can work through the Firewall, provided the conditions are met, and the condtions would be:
1. Firewall allows the respective Protocols/Ports or IP Numbers through it.
2. (Less preferred) Firewall itself participates in the Routing.
Q2 Answer: Sure on Cisco, the Redistribution can always work in any ways, however one should be extra cautious whenever you redistribut to any protocol.
If its just a summarized route there is nothing to worry, otherwise it can create a havoc in the network.
If you give us more specific details about the situation, we would love to answer in the details.
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The reason I ask about #1 is I thought for two routers to exchange routing information that had to be directly connected (or at least be on the same subnet). But, if the LAN core is connected to Eth0 of the fw and the WAN is on eth1, will it still work?
Yes, It will still work. As Suggested by Wilson you have to allow respective Protocols/Ports or IP Numbers through it. I remember I had set up a Lab where EIGRP was allowed to run across a FWSM in cat6500 chassis.
Depending on how you plan to proceed, The firewall may only participate in routing if you use a standards based routing protocol.
(See the Pix config guide)
Consider using network statements instead of redistribution into BGP. Its a bit safer.
I would use network statements internally, but our WAN core receives routes via BGP from a handful of customers. I'd need to redistribute those routes back internal to EIGRP and vice versa :).
Are you an ISP? Are you getting the full BGP routes? It is never suggested to redistribute BGP full routes into an IGP as it can bring down the whole IGP network into a halt.If you have a router which has a low CPU and memory running this will die on you.
Here is a sample config to run BGP across a firewall:
We are not an ISP. We have a leased line to our sister company. They advertise their routes via BGP into one of our WAN routers. We want to use EIGRP between all of our WAN routers as well as our LAN Core. There is a fw between the WAN and LAN. We then want to re-advertise those EIGRP routes via BGP out the WAN router that has the P2P connection to our sister company as well as their BGP routes re-advertised via EIGRP back into our WAN. Am I confusing anyone yet? :)
If we pretend that you didn't have your firewall in the network it is pretty straight forward to pass the networks between BGP and EIGRP.
If all your BGP routes are EBGP and you are only doing this redistribution from bgp to eigrp and eigrp to bgp in one router per location you should be able to just configure redistribtion in both protocols and it will work.
If you have IBGP routes you will have to use a bgp option to redistribute internal but you can get routing loops doing this. You also have to worry about routing loops if you have multiple routers at each location doing this.
Now your bigger problem is the firewall.
Unless your firewall is acting as a bridge you will not be able to pass EIGRP though the firewall. Your only option is to run GRE tunnels from your outside route to your inside router and pass all your traffic and EIGRP through the tunnel. Your firewall rules will have to be changed to look inside the tunnels.
With some fancy configuration you could run BGP through the firewall and just use static routes in the firewall.
Depending on who makes your firewall many support OSPF and BGP but I don't think there are any that can do EIGRP.
We won't be running BGP internally. BGP is only on 1 router (the going with the P2P connection to our sister company). Therefore BGP is not what needs to go across the fw. I need EIGRP between the LAN Core router and the WAN core router. BGP is between one WAN router at our physical location and our sister company.
That is what I suspected. Your only option is to put a tunnel between the lan core and the wan core if you want to run EIGRP between these routers. You can then just do the your redistributions on the WAN router that is running both BGP and EIGRP.
Tunnels can cause you all kinds of issues with MTU, router load and firewall configuration so you have to be careful when you first set this up.
Are you saying that EIGRP cannot be run across the firewall only because of the 'different mismatching subnets' or is there any other reason like TTL value too ?
EIGRP does not use TCP it uses multicast/unicast to talk to its neighbors. The only way I've seen anyone run this though a firewall was when the firewall was running layer 2. BGP is one of the few protocols that does not require its neighbor to be on the same layer 2 broadcast domain.


Get ready for 3D version of DMC zone
Imagine Rochester's Destination Medical Center as a giant capable of picking up entire city blocks.
Soon that won't be hard to visualize, thanks to the efforts of the University of Minnesota's Metropolitan Design Center.
Mapping out Rochester's future will be a hands-on experience once a new block-by-block, 3D-printed model of the DMC development district is completed and put on display downtown.
The DMC Economic Development Agency commissioned the U of M's Metropolitan Design team to create a large 3D map of the DMC district that also doubles as a conference table. The 8-foot by 4-foot table will have a glass top that will open and allow people to touch and move the pieces of the map.
The model is designed to address one of the speed bumps DMC advocates have faced since the beginning. One of the major issues with trying to explain the $6.5 billion initiative and related developments is the difficulty of picturing exactly where the new plans fit into the existing landscape.
"A lot people have trouble reading a 2D plan. This (model) will provide an ongoing opportunity to show development and offer community engagement. It's made so people can touch it," said Tom Fisher, the director of U of M's Metropolitan Design Center.
Fisher is also a member of the DMC EDA Board, though he recused himself from the vote on commissioning his department to make the model table. The DMC EDA budgeted $20,000 for the project, which Fisher said should come in under budget.
The DMC map top and the 3D printed plastic city blocks are done. The final steps of building the table frame and assembling the pieces are underway. The hope is to have the finished product in Rochester later this month.
While the design center works on a wide variety of prototype projects for U of M researchers and students, the ivory-colored DMC model broke new ground for them.
"This may be the largest 3D printing project that we've done," said Fisher.
Made from the same plastic used to make Lego building pieces, the model feels like a play set.
Art Research Studio Technician Patrick McKennan described the complexity of crafting such a detailed and large piece. He had to wait until the university's winter break to be able to use all four of the studio's 3D printers to avoid jockeying with students for time.
"We had all four printers running almost 24 hours a day for almost two weeks," he said of printing the miniature Rochester cityscape. "It took almost $10,000 of plastic to print it all."
The little buildings don't show architectural features, though each is in the correct spot and is the right height for the scale. The tallest building in Rochester — the 29-floor Broadway Plaza — stands just under 3.5 inches in the model, and the 21-floor Gonda Building is about 2.5 inches tall.
McKennan used mapping software to identify the footprint of each building within the DMC district that is larger than 100-square-feet. Then the center acquired the Light Detection and Ranging or LIDAR laser-mapped images for the City of Rochester.
The university melded the street data and the LIDAR images to place each building in the right spot and make it the appropriate height.
To keep the model from becoming too unwieldy, the city's topography is represented as flat -- which isn't so unrealistic. Streets, the Zumbro River and ponds are shown, though trees were left out to keep the map easier to use.
A large sheet of plywood had the shape of each block routed out, so the mini-versions of the city blocks fit in like puzzle pieces. As development re-casts the city in the coming years, each block can be updated, re-printed and replaced within the model.
"This will be an ongoing planning tool. It will displayed in the DMC EDA office (in downtown), where it can be seen through a window from the street," said Fisher.


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Germany's new government was finalised yesterday, with the Social Democrats and Greens signing a coalition deal under which they will increase government borrowing, threatening the stability pact which underpins the euro.
Under the coalition agreement between Chancellor Gerhard Schröder's Social Democrats and the Greens, Germany will borrow an extra 6.3 billion euros (£3.9 billion) over three years in an attempt to boost growth.
Its existing budget deficit is already on the edge of the growth and stability pact's three per cent limit, and the European Commission has told Germany that it is in danger of receiving a 'blue letter' - formal notification that it must get its finances in order.
Germany is the biggest economy in the euro zone and if it were to breach the single currency's fundamental rules the basis of the euro would have to be called into question.
The government plan was heavily criticised by business leaders and opposition parties. In addition to the borrowing, they said, planned increases in national insurance rates would increase employment costs. They also criticised other tax rises.
Wolfgang Franz, head of the Centre for European Economic Research said: "It will cost us jobs in a situation where unemployment is already high. "It will not make Germany more attractive, above all for foreign investors".

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When I was told I’d get to attend a media briefing with Jeremy Gaffney, I ran to my closet and busted out my old “STFU University” shirt! Good old South Tenkarrdum Foundry University! For those who don’t know (or have forgotten), Gaffney was a founder of Turbine and worked on both Asheron’s Call and Asheron’s Call 2, my first two MMOs. Oh, and there’s that WildStar game he was talking about. That sounds pretty cool too.
Sadly, about a week before E3, I was told that Carbine wouldn’t be making any big announcement at the con. This would be a catch-up conference, and from what I saw, it was mainly aimed at Korean gamers who might not already be familar in the game. I love E3 because of its international setting, and truthfully, even from “old” news you can usually find some new information if you’re careful… or a selfish reporter can snag the question-asking mic two times in one briefing. Don’t worry; the second time was in a big batch of “raise your hand if you have a question” end-of-the-Q&A type deals. I’m not that selfish.
As I noted, this was a catch-up conference. Carbine showed a trailer that was released way back in March, except now with Korean subtitles. The combat was a high-level dev Spellslinger with awesome effects, but again, we’ve seen this class and its spells before. The questions from several of the media audience members of about 60 or 70 of us were the type that you’d probably groan about (“What is ‘Wild” about the game and how does it make you a ‘Star’?”). Because of the need for translations, the pace was slow, and the Korean execs with Gaffney kept moving him around for photo opportunities, including right in front of the gameplay screen. Again, it’s an international audience, so it was fun to see and hear some of the differences in expectations.
For example, Gaffney noted that Carbine chose the game’s current look in homage of Pixar and that high-performing Western games like World of Warcraft and Team Fortress 2 use similar styles. One press rep asked via the translator, “We don’t know Pixar in China or Korea. Will the art be localized?” (Short answer: Yes, a little). Gaffney noted that there’s no way Carbine can make everyone happy and that some things just don’t translate well. For example, when testing the appearance of the Granok for various markets, westerners gave high approval of the art, while Koreans placed it very low because they felt the hulking race looked too much like a bad guy.
For the most part, the presentation was what we’ve seen before: lots of developer-controlled gameplay (usually on a super character that won’t die and can literally fly). Lots of mobs paid dearly to entertain us, and a vendor was quickly erected to show us that there’s more than just killing in the game (though most of it was limited to that and flying around). The Korean press members were furiously typing, so I think they enjoyed it in their own way, but the rest of us seemed more familiar with the game and just wanted the Q&A.
While most of what was said was stuff we’d heard before, Gaffney did say something interesting that was somewhat subsumed under all the PAX news by all but the hardest-core fans: Players can gain experience points from their house decorations. Now, for brevity’s sake, this couldn’t be shown, and he didn’t go into detail, but I did ask for an explanation. As some of you know, you go to your house in order to gain rest experience. However, certain house decorations, such as if you have a garden or mine, can give you experience daily. This does make me worry a little bit about ArcheAge’s men who stare at goats situation sneaking into WS, but I’m sure Gaffney already has his eye on it. Having the option there is pretty cool.
The idea of the paths allowing you to play the game as you like came up, and after my experience yesterday with the Explorer, I decided to ask about this as my final question: With three of the four paths seeming to be non-combat oriented, can people level up without fighting? Now, yes, paths have separate levels from your general character level. However, Gaffney said that each zone has about 25%-33% of the content. It’s not a lot, but it’s not supposed to be able to be the only way to play. This is primarily a combat-based game, which isn’t too surprising, and Gaffney mentioned that while it may be possible to level up without combat, it’s not supposed to be optimal. Also, I apparently have great (or terrible, depending on your view) luck, since Explorers shouldn’t often be finding path kill quests.
Carbine’s also looking at possibly adding some mobile options to the game, options that either help you play the game or simply add to the WS IP. The servers currently handle about 3.5k-7k players, but what the studio wants is for players to essentially feel as if they’re living in small towns and know their communities. Future expansions may take place on the planets or moons around Nexus. The business model reveal is supposedly coming in a few months. And as we knew, there will be an open beta for before release.
One thing that stood out to me from Gaffney was his comment that while Carbine felt the game was fun when the team played it internally, it was more fun when the players joined in. This is related to one of my biggest issues with the current way the news has been revealed: only via the devs. We’ve seen Settlers in videos, but only when devs control it. Wouldn’t it be far more impressive to actually show something players are doing? When we’re flying around Nexus and showing off our crew housing, it’s fine to hear about people being able to make mazes, but wouldn’t it be better to show us one that a player actually made?
ArcheAge has done that since closed beta, and it generated a good amount of hype. I know WS doesn’t need as much hype to begin with, but the reason some of us are skeptical is because, well, we’ve been promised a lot before. I’ve seen devs literally create mountains on live beta servers, which was cool, but it wasn’t ever really utilized inside the launch game. The game had promised a lot in dev-led previews, but if and when that reached the players, they felt cheated that it wasn’t quite like what they’d seen. When we see developers instantly build a town and then find that we, for example, actually need to farm stone for a month in order to build a single tavern, it obviously has a negative impact on people, especially when those players haven’t experienced that before.
One final note about the interview, one for which I’m issuing a spoiler warning for lore people just in case: Something bad happened to the Eldan. They didn’t just disappear, and the thing that got them is coming for the players.


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This simple hotel is located in Waldorf Area. A total of 91 guests rooms are available for guests' convenience at HolidayInn Express Waldorf.
Make yourself at home in one of the 91 guestrooms featuring refrigerators and LCD televisions. Cable programming and MP3 docking stations are provided for your entertainment, while complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected. Private bathrooms with bathtubs or showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include laptop-compatible safes and desks, as well as phones with free local calls.
A complimentary buffet breakfast is served on weekdays from 6:30 AM to 9:30 AM and on weekends from 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM.
Distances are displayed to the nearest 0.1 mile and kilometer.
St. Charles Towne Center - 1.4 km / 0.9 mi
White Plains Golf Course - 6.6 km / 4.1 mi
Regency Furniture Stadium - 8.3 km / 5.1 mi
Dr. Samuel A. Mudd House Museum - 9.6 km / 6 mi
College of Southern Maryland - 11.1 km / 6.9 mi
Piscataway Park - 16.6 km / 10.3 mi
Thomas Stone National Historic Site - 18.5 km / 11.5 mi
Port Tobacco Courthouse - 20.1 km / 12.5 mi
Fort Washington Marina - 22.2 km / 13.8 mi
Fort Washington Park - 22.4 km / 13.9 mi
Harmony Hall - 22.5 km / 14 mi
Chapel Point State Park - 22.9 km / 14.2 mi
Saint Ignatius Church - 23.9 km / 14.9 mi
Fort Foote Park - 27.5 km / 17.1 mi
The nearest airports are:
Washington, DC (DCA-Ronald Reagan Washington National) - 54.7 km / 34 mi
College Park, MD (CGS) - 55.5 km / 34.5 mi
The preferred airport for Holiday Inn Express Waldorf is Washington, DC (DCA-Ronald Reagan Washington National).
Taxes, resort fees and deposits may apply and are payable locally.

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2009 - 2014
- Site area 2.9
This development, on part of The Friends’ School site in Saffron Walden, is for 76 new homes ranging from one-bedroom flats to five-bedroom detached houses. It includes 25% affordable housing and 18 flats and small houses specifically designed for the over-55 market.
The school selected Hill Residential and PTE through a competitive process in 2008 to deliver a viable residential development to fund a new junior school and improvements to the existing main school building. The scheme responds sensitively to its mature landscaped context, within a Conservation Area and adjacent to a listed water tower. It creates a series of character areas which reflect the pattern and character of the neighbouring townscape and also maintains and enhances the intrinsic qualities of the site.
The heart of the scheme is a retained avenue of mature lime trees, The Avenue. The homes here are arranged around courtyards behind a new garden wall, or are set back beyond grassed and planted verges. The new landscaping includes relocated native hedgerows, planted fruit trees from existing rootstock on the site, and retention of most of the mature trees.
The development won a RIBA National Award in 2016. On presenting the award the judges commented: ‘The Avenue represents the best of new housing developments: a committed client, a skilled architect, and a site with a fabulous mature landscape. The lack of a pattern book of designs meant the architect was able to develop its own kit of parts, without reducing individuality or variety across the scheme. The palette of materials is traditional but the detailing is modern and crisp. The housing off the main avenue forms a series of courtyards that strike a clever mix of coherence and community for the owners. This is a great lesson in defensible space without the requirement for any signage – simple and successful urban design in action.’
The national winners will now go on to be considered for the Stirling Prize – the biggest prize in UK architecture. A shortlist will be announced later in the summer and the winner is set to be revealed in October.
- RIBA National Award 2016
- RIBA Regional Award 2016
- Building Award 2015
- Civic Trust Award 2015
- Housing Design Award 2015
- RICS London and South East Award 2015
- Brick Award 2015
- Sunday Times British Homes Award 2014
- Housebuilder Award 2014
- What House? Award 2014
- What House? Award 2014
- Placemaking Award 2014
- Housing Design Project Award 2011


Mat-Su Borough helps with Settlers Bay Flooding
Mat-Su—Residents in Settlers Bay subdivision are seeing some relief from flooding groundwater today. On Wednesday, seven workers of the Borough Public Works Department thawed through 15 inches of ice along the road and located the elusive end of a privately owned yard drain pipe. Up gushed a 5 to 6-inch geyser of water. The moving water is believed to be what has been flooding yards and icing up driveways and the road.
Patty Sullivan, Public Affairs Director


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Fairest Vol 5: The Clamour for Glamour by Mark Buckingham and Bill Willingham
Art: Russ Braun, Meghan Hetrick, and Andrew Pepoy
Ugh. These book continue to be utter rubbish. If it wasn’t almost over, I’d have canceled it a while ago. The Fairest title was supposed to be about the women in the Fables verse, but instead, once again, this supports and shows off a male character Reynard. Because dudes >>>>>> women.
The story of Reynard and Meghan gets creepy fast. First, there’s a need to set up her relatives from Reynard’s point-of-view as rednecks who use her to cook and clean for them. Something like a modern day Cinderella. Of course, they turn out not be such bad guys, which feels like a force “wait, you thought they were rednecks? Psych! They kind of are, but rednecks aren’t really the bigots you thought they were. Surprise, we’re right about our worldviews, not you!”
On top of this, there’s the entire creepy pregnancy. Continue reading “Fairest Vol 5: The Clamour for Glamour Graphic Novel Review”
Fairest: Of Men and Mice Vol 4 by Marc Andreyko
Art: Shawn McManus
This book kind of passed the Fairest test, which is the requirement that the tales be about women. Cinderella and Snow White were at the heart of the tale, though Marcel, Ramayan, Crispin, and three blind mice, along with Fairy Godmother and Leigh factor largely into the story. This book also hinges a bit on the other Fables tales, particularly the one where they discover that Fairy Godmother has gone bad/has alzheimer’s and the last Fables trade where one of the young girls discovers a bunch of evil rats.
I’d also be remiss if I didn’t mention how excited I got that Cinderella was going to India, and there wasn’t any culture appropriation and we even had Indian Fables, including the fabulous Ramayan, join in. However, there was a cover where Cinderella was portrayed as a Hindu goddess with multiple arms and holding her shoes. Fail.
There was, however, a big win for diversity. Continue reading “Fairest: Of Men and Mice Vol 4 Graphic Novel Review”
Fairest Vol 3: The Return of the Maharaja by Sean E. Williams
Art: Stephen Sadowski, Phil Jimenez, Andrew Pepoy, Dan Green, Russ Braun, Meghan Hetrick, Christian Alamy, and Jose Marzan
Ugh. Okay, here’s the premise of the Fairest books: they are supposed to be stories about the various princesses in the greater Fables universe. Here’s been the problem: with the exception of the second volume, they have all actually been stories about the men in the lives of the princesses. And this volume was worst offender.
The princess in this story is Nalayani, who is not yet a princess. She’s a fable living in the Homelands in the India-region of it. Nalayani is the protectorate of her village after all the able-bodied men have gone on to fight against the Emperor and they don’t come back. When she hears there’s a new Maharaja in the area, she goes to seek his help in protection from the Dhole, wolf-like creatures, that have been killing and burning her village.
Nalayani is a great character. She loves her people, and she’s clearly the leader. The story about her travels and her friendship with the jackal Tabaqui was touching. Continue reading “Fairest Vol 3: The Return of the Maharaja Graphic Novel Review”
Fairest: In All the Land by Bill Willingham
Art: Chrissie Zullo, Karl Kerschl, Renae de Liz, Fiona Meng, Mark Buckingham, Phil Noto, Meghan Hetrick, Russ Braun, Tony Akins, Gene Ha, Tula Lotay, Marley Zarcone, Ming Doyle, Chris Sprouse, Nimit Malavia, Dean Ormston, Kurt Huggins, Adam Hughes, Al Davison, Shawn McManus, Inaki Miranda, and Kevin Maguire
This was perhaps one of the best Fables stories that I’ve read in a long time. It wasn’t interrupted by one of Willingham’s favorite characters that didn’t make sense. Cinderella had the whole narrative from beginning to end, and while she certainly had the help of others, she was the one who figured out the mystery and came up with a solution to the problem.
As much as I was excited to see that many of my favorite artists were working on this book, having the tale jump from artist to artist was a bit distracting. I really loved de Liz’s Cinderella and Hetrick’s Snow White. I was also surprised just how much I enjoyed Doyle’s art, which particularly worked with the ’60s flashback to Briar Rose’s all-girl band.
All that said, I did have a hard time getting into this book. Continue reading “Fairest: In All the Land Graphic Novel Review”
Fairest (Vol 2): The Hidden Kingdom by Lauren Beukes and Bill Willingham
Art: Inaki Miranda and Barry Kitson
So I actually enjoyed the book more than the three stars. I thought Miranda’s art was beautiful and served great for both the futile Japan world and modern day Tokyo. He drew a large variety of characters and body types. Never once did I pause and shake my head. (This is kind of rare for me, and how I wish it was the other way around.) I enjoyed Beukes’ writing of Rapunzel. I was thrilled to have a woman writing Fables and the women characters. Especially considering Fairest Vol 1 turned into a kind of love triangle and then evil PMS story. (Oddly enough, I’d been wanting to read a book by Beukes and had her Zoo City on my wish list.) I liked how flawed, vulnerable, but also determined Rapunzel is. Also really excited for Tomoko and Rapunzel’s relationship because I don’t think we’ve had any gay Fables before, which is CRAZYPANTS.
(SEE WHAT I DO? I TYPE IN ALL CAPS SOMETIMES!)
Okay, but why the three stars? Why again must these books have so much promise and so much joy to only be ripped away? Continue reading “Fairest (Vol 2): The Hidden Kingdom Graphic Novel Review”
Fairest Vol 1: Wide Awake by Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges
Art: Phil Jimenez, Andy Lanning, Steve Sadowski, Mark Farmer, Andrew Pepoy, and Shawn McManus
I was super excited for Fairest. I’d really hoped for some great stories focused on the women of Fables, telling who they are and giving them great agency. However, I found myself somewhat disappointed by this book. Lots of mixed feelings here. As much as I’m happy to have Briar Rose and the Snow Queen back in circulation, it could’ve been better.
My biggest gripe with Briar Rose and the Snow Queen’s literal revival was that they told it through the eyes of Ali Baba. A man became the center of the first volume of Fairest. And to make it worst, the main conflict between the two women becomes Ali Baba’s love. Or at least some competition around it.
Jonah Panghammer wasn’t quite as amusing as Willingham thought he was, despite the funny Firefly moment. Though it was a nice irony for Ali. And for what readers were probably expecting by Jonah’s addition to the tales. Continue reading “Fairest Vol 1: Wide Awake Graphic Novel Review”

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Care home in Blackburn addresses 'shortcomings'
A SMALL care home in Blackburn said it has addressed ‘shortcomings’ highlighted by inspectors.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said Higher Ravenswing Home for the Elderly, in Revidge Road, was failing to meet two key standards.
Concerns were raised that some medicines were ‘not stored safely’, as they were kept in a fridge which was also used to store food, and was accessible to everyone in the home.
The report added: “We found that in two cases there were discrepancies between the amount of medication held for the person and the administration record.”
Inspectors also highlighted care plans, as one resident’s file did not contain a plan.
However, the 14-bed home received positive comments, with the inspectors noting: “All the people we spoke with were happy with the care at Higher Ravenswing.”
Owner George Daniels said: “These shortcomings were addressed immediately, and the home works closely with CQC to ensure the highest standards are continually met.”
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The Roads Policing Conference 2017 took place on Thursday 26 and Friday 27 January at Hinckley Island Hotel, Leicestershire.
Hosted by the Police Federation of England and Wales and National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), and sponsored by MIB, the 11th annual conference was an opportunity for those who work in the roads policing arena to highlight challenges, successes and best industry practice.
This year's theme was 'Enforcement: the key to success'.
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Roads Policing Conference Agenda 2017
News from the 2017 conference:
All headlights on enforcement at Roads Policing Conference
"Fewer roads police, but more work than ever"
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Op Dragoon wins Outstanding Contribution to Roads Policing Award
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Outstanding Contribution to Roads Policing Award winners - Operation Dragoon
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Hi Hi Y’all ~
So, my Dungeon and Dragon’s Campaign has had its session canceled a few times in a row now. Nothing serious or detrimental. However, in its place this week one of our members has us playing Dreams Askew. Wow, I was not prepared for such an idea. Might as well give it a go.
I have no idea who I’ll be or how it will go, but I’ll let you know next week how it went.

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newswoRThy ] floRenCe knoll: Defining MoDeRn We weren’t making history, we were making design.” — Florence Knoll A retrospective of Florence Knoll ’s work— a driving force behind Knoll—wa s recently exhibited in the BAC’s McCormick galler y and begs to differ from the designer’s claim. Originally exhibited at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the e x hibit presented ten pieces of f urn- iture designed by Florence Knoll. As an architect, interior space planner, and furniture designer, Florenc e Knoll ha s had a profound influence on post w ar design. Her reductive aesthetic, w hich incorpo- rates light, open spaces furnished w ith elegant woven fabrics, furniture grouped for informal c onversation, and brightly colored wall panels, clearly resonates in the c ompany’s spirit today. Florenc e attended Kingswood School at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, where she studied under Eliel Saarinen. She gradu ated in 1934 and then briefly worked with leaders of the B auhau s movement, including Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer. During World War I, American design studio work was infused with the German concept of stylistic unity; a unity that was a by-product of art and technics. Defining Modern opened last sea son at universities that specialize in architecture and interior design, giving students an opportunity to learn about Knoll ’s rich histor y. The BAC exhibition w as accompa- nied by a presentation by Benjamin Pardo Senior V.P. of Design, K noll, Inc., and was attended by practitio- ners and students. Pardo discussed Florenc e’s pioneering contributions to the development of American c orporate design. Having the exhibition for view within an educational institution spoke directly to the intertwining of ideas between both schools of thought—Cranbrook and Bauhaus. The context of Defining Modern reemphasized the influenc e of design education on Florenc e’s succe ss. “By bringing this exhibition to the BAC, we’re putting Knoll right back where it all started,” said Dave Harrison, Head of the School of Interior Design. In 1938, German-born Hans G. Knoll founded his furniture company in New York. In 1943, Florenc e convinced Hans she c ou ld help bring in business to his company even in America’s wartime economy by expanding into interior design by working with architects. With her architec- tural background and design flair, she succeeded. They married in 1946, she became a full business partner, and together they founded Knoll Associates. “There are these two people with different cultural backgrounds and a common love for clean, simple design that expressed itself through lines and materiality,” reflected Harrison. “Lines and materials were it and we had never seen anything like it before. “And it was more than a marriage bet ween two people. It was a marriage of contacts.” Florence’s legacy is one of a coming together of intellects driven by a love of design; a dramatic, influential fusion of American and German cultural and artistic values that transformed design during a war-torn era, and continues to awe and inspire in the 21st century. Florence Knoll: Defining Modern wa s produced in partnership with Knoll and Office Resourc es. Knoll is rec ognized internation- a l ly for creating workplace furnishings that inspire, evolve and endure. Commitment to innova- tion and modern design has yielded a comprehensi ve portfolio of offic e s ystems, seating, files and storage, tables and desk s, wood ca segood s, textiles and accessories. Office Resources is the largest distributor of Knoll office furniture in New England, headquartered in Boston with showrooms and sales offic es in Hartford, CT, Worce ster, MA and Manchester, NH. The mission at Office Resourc es is to provide the be st possible ser vice to execute projects succ essfully and on budget and to work with the needs of individual companies to a ssemble a custom designed project team. florence knoll: Defining Modern Schools of thought brought Knoll to life in the mid-t wentieth centur y. Decades later, an exhibition at the BAC brings its legacy back to its roots. “ PRaCTiCe 28


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I had this Lizzy Kate piece done and finally framed it for Marissa. She is in her new apartment and this would be a little reminder of how special she is to me. (I already made this for Kristen and Colleen but hadn't done one for Marissa.) Now I can add this to the box with the rest of her birthday surprises.
I decided that cross stitching is a lot like working a jig saw puzzle. The picture comes into focus piece by piece just as you work stitch by stitch. This is the week's progress on my eagle. I love seeing the eagle take shape the more I work on it.


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Advantages of Using the Internet to File Your Tax Returns
While it is hard to undertake the process of filing tax returns, it is a requirement that you do it. Accounting offers their services to many business that need an expert’s input. Furthermore, attempting to undertake the taxation returns on your own is even more challenging if you have many jobs within the financial year. Thus, the most effective method of filing your taxes is through the Internet. Therefore, if you have taken a mortgage or have children, ensure that you file your taxes online.
Moreover, it is clear that online taxation returns have increasingly become more prevalent globally. Further, they have been proven to be the best way to get a return finished and refund processed. Real taxation agents provide online inexpensive taxation assistance using virtual systems that act on behalf of the agent in assisting you to complete and fill your forms. These systems are connected to a real tax expert and all the taxation returns that you file are examined by an expert before they are transferred to a taxation department. Moreover, in case you request for a refund, then you will probably get it in duration of two weeks when you use the online method. On the contrary, in case you use the old fashioned way of filing returns then you will receive results at later date and the process will be slower.
Online taxation returns are more inexpensive than any other kind of filing return method. Moreover, you will be able to communicate faster with the taxation agents since the Internet is well developed. Similarly, there are other types of application that you can use to communicate with the taxation agents in case you have any issue that needs to be addressed.
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Magic Circus Editions’ Pop-Up Lighting Collection Is Full of Playful Magic
Magic Circus Éditions, a brand established in 2015 by Marie-Lise Féry, has become known for lighting that plays with light and proportion. Fitting, since its designs are inspired by cabarets and the circus. By rethinking, reimagining and redesigning everyday objects, Féry tells stories via airy, playful and magical details. The pieces are captivating and handmade by talented European artisans using unique manufacturing processes and bespoke finishes. Magic Circus Éditions’ most recent work – the Pop-Up Collection – merges 70s retro aesthetics with contemporary design for imaginative, fun and playful results. Each piece of lighting is oversized, yet with a weightless quality that adds to its charm. The combination of traditional know-how and her imaginative take on historical, everyday objects lends an unexpected and charming quality to her creations.
To learn more about the Magic Circus Éditions Pop-Up Collection, visit magic-circus.fr.


HTC founder Charlie Lee said Sunday that HTC's new blockchain-compatible smartphones will support Litecoin.
Electrum - Lightweight Bitcoin client.
Electrum LTC Wallet is a desktop-based cryptocurrencies wallet that supports Litecoin. Here are some aspects of wallets: Like its predecessor, Electrum- Bitcoin Wallet, open source wallets can be found on GitHub, where anyone can view or upgrade codes.
The main reason for the Trezor vulnerability is that it does not have built-in multi-signature functionality, so its multi-signature implementation is to support Electrum extensions. This leads to an attack on Electrum, and Trezor is affected.
Electron Cash is only a version of Electrum, so if you're used to Electrum, you won't have any problems.
Dash releases Dash Electrum 126.96.36.199 version
May 9 (Xinhua) -- The Litecoin Foundation is moving from multi-signature Electrum-LTC wallets to BitGo's multi-signature wallets in an effort to streamline the fund's money management, officials said.
To simplify the foundation's money management, the Litecoin Foundation is moving from multi-signature Electrum-LTC wallets to BitGo's multi-signature wallets, according to official Twitter.
will electrum support litecoin
When an Electrum wallet queries a third-party Electrum server, the server can link two transactions together and know which address is a zero address.
In this demo, Electrum developer Chris Belcher shows how to set up and use an Electrum personal server.
Electrum also integrates Lightning with hardware support. Because hardware wallets store bitcoins offline within the reach of hackers, they are considered one of the best ways to protect them.
Synchronize electrum updates that support PSBT and speed up Mnemonic decoding.
One of the oldest Bitcoin wallets, Electrum, will support the Bitcoin Lightning Network.
Part of the funding for the joint plan will be used to support the development of Litecoin. Li Qiwei, the founder of Litecoin, also recently made a voluntary contribution of 1% to support the foundation's work.
Charlie Lee: There are a few Bitcoin developers doing a project called Smart Cryptography, and there may be a demo this month. Hopefully this year it can be added to Litecoin, so that Litecoin can be a little bit more smart contract developers. And Rootstock (RSK) will support Litecoin, and they're doing it, deploying smart contracts on Bitcoin and Litecoin, smart Bitcoin and smart Litecoin, so there will be some better smart contracts soon.
Blockchain.info, Electrum Wallet.
Bitcoin Wallet Electrum has released a beta version of 4.0, adding several updates that support lightning networks, 000, and more.
Find Electrum Litecoin customers in the following channels.
Electrum, one of the oldest Bitcoin wallets on the market since 2011, will soon support the Lightning Network (LN). The company said LN features would be part of an upcoming major upgrade.
Litecoin founder Charlie Lee said Sunday that HTC's new blockchain-compatible smartphone will support Litecoin.


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Our Birthday Bunnies encapsulate the joy and tenderness of your baby’s arrival. Soft and huggable, they’re a perfect first stuffy for your child, and they’re made extra special embroidered with your baby’s name and birthdate.
We designed our birthday bunnies to be a keepsake, but it’s in the walls of your home and in your baby’s tiny hands that they become truly meaningful.
Each bunny comes with a mini birthday card with a sweet greeting for your child from their birthday bunny.
Bunny pictured with embroidery and card is the 8" blue bunny.

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Raza received two bullets in the 2009 attacks but is all geared up as international cricket makes a return to Pakistan. Lahore, PAKISTAN - Umpire... ...http://www.msn.com/en-in/sports/cricket/home-soil-beckons-for-pakistani-umpire-who-was-shot/ar-BBk4eXY?srcref=rss
Scotland Pace bowler Iain Wardlaw has announced his retirement from international cricket with immediate effect. Wardlaw, 29, hails from Dewsbury,... ...http://www.thesportscampus.com/2015051842760/one-day-internationals/iain-wardlaw-calls-time-on-scotland-career
New Delhi There has never been or never will be a right time in the foreseeable future for India and Pakistan to play cricket bilaterally. It has... ...http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a551985.html
Fresh from witnessing Pakistan's 328-run Test victory over Bangladesh in Dhaka, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan made a... ...http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/7gszsojrVox3gdP0jj7ftO/I-have-been-assured-that-the-IndiaPak-series-in-December-is.html
KOCHI: An exhibition cricket match will be played at Alliance Rugby Stadium in London on Saturday between Celebrity Cricket Club (C3) of Kerala and... ...http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/Celebrity-Cricket-Club-to-Play-against-UK-Blasters-Today/2015/05/09/article2804531.ece
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The Italian Dolce Far Niente
It becomes a telling measure of a person’s state of mind – a self-constructed environment where the individual is literally in a world of their own, and one that they have made. Modern interiors show that a person’s immediate surroundings don’t necessarily constitute a secluded refuge where the individual, far from the public gaze, can be alone and has no need to enact any particular role. The interior is still a stage that reveals how people make a place theirs.
Henri Matisse – a passionate interest in the interior, usually animated by female figures reading, dreaming, or sitting as models in a studio that has been assimilated into the artist’s home.

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This cast EFI intake elbow allows the use of GM LS throttle bodies on any intake manifold w/ the 4150 mounting flange. Slotted mounting holes & dual throttle cable mounting bracket bosses allow the elbow & throttle body to be mounted forward, sideways, or rearward. Features (4) vacuum ports, MAP sensor port, machined / port matched to 4150 gasket, and 100° throttle body angle for extra hood clearance. Includes MAP sensor port cover, gaskets & hardware.
EFI Throttle Body Intake ElbowPart #: 300-240
- Length: 12"
- Width: 9.5"
- Height: 7.5"
- Emissions Code: 3
- Prop 65: No
- Fits GM LS Throttle Bodies
- 105mm Throttle Body Opening - 100° Mounting Angle
- Fits Intakes w/ 4150 Flange
- Slotted Mounting Holes Allow Forward, Sideways or Rearward Throttle Body Mounting
- LS3 Style MAP Sensor Mounting
- (4) Vacuum Ports – (1) Each 1/4” NPT & 3/8” NPT & (2) 1/8” NPT w/ Indirect Baffled Signal
- (2) Throttle Linkage Mounting Bosses
- Sand Cast w/ Satin Finish
- Overall Height 5.12”


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