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Милутин Видосављевић (Прокупље, 21. фебруара 2001) српски је фудбалер, који тренутно наступа за Раднички из Крагујевца, на позајмици из Чукаричког. Висок је 180 центиметра и наступа на позицији крилног нападача.

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Guthriea capensis är en tvåhjärtbladig växtart som beskrevs av Harry Bolus. Guthriea capensis ingår i släktet Guthriea och familjen Achariaceae. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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You walked into my life. I wished it be love between us.
You were standing closer to me. I sensed what love could be.
You filled my heart with desires. I knew I was being in love with you.
Your hand gripped to hold on me. I accepted being loved by you.
You popped the bubble around me. I realized I was dreaming of love.
You emptied my heart. I hoped I'd love you for that moment.
You again came to protect me. I loved those reasons in your eyes.
You couldn't stop from expressing. I felt bliss in your love.
You pulled harder to embrace me. I had let you re-fill me with love.
Your love was making me mad. I desired to fall in love again over again.
You were holding my hand. I adored how your love taught me to blush.
You meant love to me. I was becoming you, my love.
Your life played a roll over love. I forced my lips to curve into smile.
You told you are breaking us. I didn't ask nor needed any justification.
I said what we did was not just love. You gazed into my eyes once.
You had hidden your tears. I wanted you to know I believed.
You couldn't tell you still loved me. I wanted you to know, I knew that.
You went bringing distance in us. I had to leave with whatever we shared.
You got drenched in rain. I thought of us watching the rain.
You cried apology on sky. I was touched by gust of wind.
You weren't there or near anymore. I knew love was forever, in our heart.
Your love happened for many reasons. I couldn't let it end just for any reason.
You had decided to live without love. I searched you to live our love.
You happen to bump into me."It's just not love" I remembered my words.
Because whatever you and I did, was beyond love!
For you meant love to me. I became you, my love.


A lot of people have become interested in brain supplements as most of them are now realizing the health importance of brain for an individual's long-term health. There are so many things that contribute to the decrease in the health of the brain such as stress, aging, as well as poor nutrition among others.
The use of brain fitness and supplements helps to improve your brain's health and also its ability to perform in alertness, memory, as well as focus. These supplements are also known to help improve a student's test score, and they are also legal.
There are varieties of brain supplements available in the market, and with the help of a little research, you can easily get to know the best in the market. The numerous brands of these supplements that are available also make it easy to fall for one of those produced by companies that are simply out there to make quick bucks, therefore it is of great importance that you are aware of the exact things to take note of in them.
Good brain health is not a magical solution, and there is no quick fix to it. Keeping a good active lifestyle has a significant effect on you mental function, as well as proper nutrition. Most right brain supplements contain some essential vitamins that are necessary for having good brain function, alertness, and memory.
Therefore, brain supplements shouldn't be seen as a replacement for living an active and healthy lifestyle but rather as an addition to it since its use alone cannot guarantee the improvement of memory and focus. Taking part in regular healthy exercise plays a significant proportion in the health of the brain and brain supplements only helps to assist it in a limited way.
• Improve the memory or the parts of the brain that are responsible for ideas, thoughts, etc.
The supplements should contain some ingredients that will help to strengthen / build /repair tissues according to Ray Sahelian, MD. This is needed so as to help improve the physical health of the brain. The brain is made up of proteins. Therefore it should be made up of amino acids that build up to form the protein. The proteins in the brain are put together from what we eat and consume.
Also, the ingredient that elicits the release or production is also required for the supplements. This helps to improve memory. Ingredients that achieve this are quite numerous, and with the support of a bit of research, these parts can be easily obtained.
Lastly, for the supplement to be able to improve focus, concentration, and attention, the elements that give some form of stimulant is required. A lot of ingredients that does this are also quite numerous, but lots of manufacturers only go for the use of caffeine. The reason for its choice is because it is accepted as being safe by a lot of people, and also common enough that a lot of individuals do not experience side effects with it.
Citicoline is one of the best brain boosters that you can get. This particular brain supplement is less known when compared to other natural supplements of the brain. It is a naturally occurring compound that is available in almost every single cell that is found in a person's body.
Citicoline plays a vital role in improving blood flow to the brain, and it also influences the ability of the brain to change throughout one's life.
This particular compound is usually referred to as nutritional "Gold" for the brain. It is a brain supplement that increases the rate of blood flow to the brain just as effective as physical exercise would do. It also provides protection to the brain in some ways.
However, you should not that Cur cumin has some possible side effects when it is used as a supplement. Then can also interact with drugs such as aspirin, diabetes drugs, among others.
This particular compound is a constituent of amino acid which increases both physical and mental health. When this supplement is used correctly, it helps to improve the person's focus, mood, memory, as well as mental clarity. Apart from these, it also reduces the rate at which the brain ages.
Acetyl-l-carnitine is however relatively safe to use. There are only a few side effects recorded to this supplement. But there are some reports that it interferes with the thyroid hormone. Therefore it is best recommended that individuals with a low thyroid should be aware of this.
Just like most other brain supplements, this compound also increases the supply of blood to the brain, which ensures the constant delivery of oxygen, glucose, as well as nutrients to the brain. This supplement also has a way of reducing stresses.
This compound is a form of choline. Choline is one of the essential nutrients that are required for the development of the brain and brain cells and the formation of neurotransmitter. It is well known around the world as a kind of memory supplement.


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People are arguing over the colour of this shoe in bizarre new optical illusion
People are arguing about a bizarre new optical illusion that sees a shoe appear pink and white to some – but grey and green to others.
A photo of the trainer has become the latest illusion to take the Internet by storm – as thousands of users debate its true colour.
It was three years ago that 'The Dress' was the talk of the web, with half of us absolutely convinced that the item was white and gold.
The other half saw it as blue and black (they were right, it turned out).
And now, 'The Shoe' is the new hot topic of debate.
The picture of the lace-up footwear was originally posted on social media last year, but has recently resurfaced and reignited discussion.
Australian radio station 99.3 B-Rock FM shared the image on Facebook last week, writing: ""IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN!!! What do you guys see??
"Most of us see Pink and White but some see Grey and Green…"
One user, Jodii Love, responded: "Grey and green, I literally cannot see pink & white, is there a wrong or right about this picture at all??"
Meanwhile, Janine Louden said: "This is bizarre! Viewed this earlier today & all I could see was pink & white! Now it's grey & green."
And Daylan Clark wrote: "Grey and Mint green for sure….."
Some users questioned whether a filter had been deliberately applied to the photo to make the shoe's real colours appear different.
The snap had previously appeared on Twitter last October, where it was posted alongside another picture of the same trainer.
The two images were shared by user @chalhoubmark, who wrote at the time: "We're not doing this again. The shoe is PINK AND WHITE."
Responding to the post, one user wrote: "First picture is grey and blue and the second one's pink and white jajsjsgkahhs."
But another said: "Looks like the pic with the pink and white shoe has a pink filter on."
So, what colours do you see? Tell us in the comments below…
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I've always loved that quote, but until today, it's never had any relevance to my life. Today, however, my father and I set off on our journey for my late sister, Jane.
It's been an odd day. It started with a bacon sandwich and a kilt. One eaten, the other worn. Followed by an adventure around Duncan of Jordanstone with two journalists and a member of staff in desperate search for a suitable art studio to record an interview. Once found, the STV journalists positioned us and skilfully took us through the interview process. Watching ourselves on the 6 o'clock news was a surreal experience; but we were delighted with the outcome and the resultant increased interest in our website.
At 12 noon we congregated outside Duncan of Jordanstone, beside the tree planted in Jane's memory, with friends, family, and work colleagues. A few pictures, a speech, and fond farewells later, we set off to walk the Tay Bridge to Fife.
This evening, as Dad and I got changed out of our kilts and freshened up for, what we believed, were a few neighbours dropping round to wish us well, we were suddenly surprised by the arrival of my girlfriend Julie, best friend, Gary, and close members of family. It was lovely to see everyone and we were touched by their words of support.
Tomorrow, as they say, is a new day. We have a tight schedule to stick to; but, as the quote goes, in the process there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.


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Archambault Performance Pavilion
Artist: David Firman
Program: Collaborations, Commissions
Location: Transcona Centennial Square, Regent Avenue at Bond Street
Medium: Steel, concrete, brick, Lexan photographic panels
David Firman responded to a Call to Artists issued in June 2011 for an artist to work as part of the design team for a performance pavilion that would be a key feature of a new public square in Transcona. As the selected artist, David worked closely with designers, City of Winnipeg staff and the Transcona BIZ to create a conceptual design for a pavilion that would be visually striking as well as functional for a diversity of programming.
Originally established by the Grand Trunk Railway, the train remains an iconic image of Transcona. However, Transcona's one hundred year history is a rich one and its slogan "The Park City" was officially adopted through a Council motion in the 1960s. Celebrating this aspect of the community, David incorporated a series of photographs of plant life and sky taken at the Transcona Community Bioreserve into the pavilion design.
The pavilion and square officially opened to the public in fall 2013.
This project was a collaboration between the Transcona BIZ and the Winnipeg Arts Council.
David Firman is a graduate of the University of Manitoba, Faculty of Architecture, receiving his Bachelor of Environmental Studies in 1974 and Masters of Architecture degree in 1980. He was a registered architect in Manitoba between 1983-2011 and worked with the Historic Resources Branch, Province of Manitoba, 1980-2010, as an architect specializing in heritage building conservation. In September 2010, he retired from the Historic Resources Branch to concentrate full time on his photography and public art projects.
Self-taught in photography since high school, David's major involvement with photography as a fine art commenced in 1980 and has continued without pause since then. In 2010, he created David Firman Photoworks, dedicated to the pursuit of fine art photography and to public art projects that integrate photography and design in the creation of rich urban experiences: http://www.firmangallery.com/


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Posted on January 10, 2020 by morrowcountysentinel
Miracle moving on to Rio Grande
By Rob Hamilton - roberthamilton@aimmediamidwest.com
Northmor athlete Macy Miracle (front row, second from left) signed her letter of intent to play volleyball for the University of Rio Grande. In the front row with her are (l-r) parents Lisa and Todd and sister Hope. In the back row are brother Cade, Northmor volleyball coach Kara Wright and Rio Grande volleyball coach Billina Donaldson.
Northmor's Macy Miracle will continue to play volleyball after graduating from high school this year, as she signed her letter of intent to attend the University of Rio Grande to play that sport.
Miracle noted that a big part of her reasoning in attending the southern Ohio university simply was that it had her preferred major of diagnostic medical sonography, which involves the use of medical ultrasound for medical diagnosis.
"They have my major and not a lot of schools have that," she said. "The campus was very impressive and I fell in love with the team. They made me feel right at home. They're very fun to be part of."
With her preferred major not offered at many schools, Rio Grande was the only one she seriously considered.
"Rio was the only one actually," she said. "I was looking at Shawnee State, but decided I didn't want to major in dental hygiene."
Miracle will go into Rio Grande to play at the setter position.
"I think the tempo will be the biggest thing to get used to," she said about the difference between high school volleyball and the college game. "It's a lot faster of a game."
While she also competes in basketball and track, volleyball has always been Miracle's favorite sport.
"It's always been my number one since I started playing," she said. "I kind of liked it all."
As a result, she's spent a lot of time working on her game, both in and out of the high school season.
"It's kind of all year around," she said. "I'll do a bunch of summer league and then school. Then I'll travel most of the winter and then have a couple months off before summer."
A highlight for Miracle from her high school career came as a junior, when Northmor advanced past districts to regionals for the first time in program history.
"The coolest memory is winning a district championship my junior year," she said. "That's the first time that's been done in school history."
She added that those postseason games had the added benefit of being able to play tough competition and hang with them in matches.
Now, she's hoping to add more good memories during her years in college.
"Getting to meet a bunch of people," she said when asked what she's looking forward to. "And I'm excited to travel to different places."
https://www.morrowcountysentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2020/01/web1_macymiraclesigning.jpgNorthmor athlete Macy Miracle (front row, second from left) signed her letter of intent to play volleyball for the University of Rio Grande. In the front row with her are (l-r) parents Lisa and Todd and sister Hope. In the back row are brother Cade, Northmor volleyball coach Kara Wright and Rio Grande volleyball coach Billina Donaldson. Rob Hamilton | Morrow County Sentinel
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Machine Gun Legs and Aromanticism: an 8th Grade Story
April 27, 2016 Dahlia Adler	1 Comment
So excited to welcome Brooklyn Wallace aka Wes Kennedy to the site today! Her debut novella, To Terminator, With Love, features a fat Asian asexual biromantic male main character and a Black pansexual male love interest, and releases today! In honor of its entrance into the world, I asked the author to write my a post, and voila, she wrote a fabulous one!
Growing up a bisexual aromantic black girl in a Southern Baptist family in a Texas town with a population of less than 1600 wasn't easy. Growing up a bisexual aromantic black girl in a Southern Baptist family in a Texas town with a population of less than 1600 and being the weird kid into trading cards and theatrical Japanese heavy rock was definitely not easy.
Needless to say, my formative years were the stuff PSAs were made of.
Despite my weird interests that were out of place in my little southern hole in the wall, I was pretty okay with my differences. Being black, I had a hefty extended family that lived in town so I was never really alone. I didn't get bullied so much as ignored or asked a ton of probing questions. I made a few white friend ("You don't even sound black!"), and otherwise ate lunch with my cousins and kept to myself. I liked being alone. I still like being alone. Three cheers for dreading human interaction!
The one area I felt weird in was dating. Everyone was doing it, or talking about doing it, or wish they were doing it. When friends would ask I would make up some excuse, or pick a guy at random and just hope they didn't ask me anymore questions. In reality, I had zero interest in dating. The more I thought about that, though, the more it got to me. I mean, what was wrong with me? I was a teenage girl. Teenage girls date. If Moesha taught me nothing else, it was that.
I knew I appreciated the aesthetic of boys (I still have a Orlando-Bloom-as-Legolas poster in my childhood bedroom), and I would admit to absolutely no one that I appreciated the aesthetic of girls, too (there may or may not be a Rose-McGowan-in-Planet-Terror on my childhood bedroom wall, too).
But can you blame me?Dating, though? Even the thought sounded ridiculous.
So what was wrong with me?
What got me through the hectic mess that was my middle and high school years was books. We had a tiny public library in town, and a tinier school library with a dismal young adult sections. I was one of those kids that read levels ahead of myself (which gave my parents false expectations of me that fueled my spiral into a bottomless pit of C+ college despair, but that's a horror story for another time), so I stuck with fantasy and sci-fi for my escapism. The Bartimaeus books, Eragon, and Inkheart were stories I read and re-read. In class, at lunch, and sneakily between the pages of my bible in church. You just couldn't tear me away from lands far, far away.
The first book I ever fell in love with was Nancy Farmer's Sea of Trolls, the first book in the Sea of Trolls trilogy. I was thirteen and browsing in section when I grabbed it on a whim. I mean, vikings? Norse mythology? I was all in. I read the whole thing in about three days, making myself stop every now and then just to last longer. The story was amazing, and I loved everything it had to give.
What I loved most, though, was what it didn't have: romance. There's no romantic subplot in Sea of Trolls. The protagonist, Jack, meets up with a rude, aspiring berserker named Thorgil, but the two become reluctant friends with no hint of anything more.
I had no idea how much I needed to see that until I picked up that book.
Thorgil had no time for boys. She was a shield maiden with dreams of becoming a powerful berserker and one day going up to Valhalla.
Thorgil doesn't want a boyfriend, I thought to myself during my second reading. She doesn't want a boyfriend, just like me. Thorgil was strong and determined and so, so cool, and she had no interest in boys. How could I be weird for not wanting to have a boyfriend when Thorgil only had eyes for her sword?
What I found in that book was a kickass shield maiden with dubious morality (like I said, my formative years were wild). I found validation in that story. I remember picking up the second book in the trilogy, The Land of the Silver Apples, with a gnawing sense of dread. What if Jack and Thorgil started liking each other in this one? What if I was wrong?
But nope. Thorgil and Jack met elves, battled evil, and rescued Jack's sister all without so much as brushing hands. It had felt like I'd won something, which was a big deal, because roughly 86% of my life is dedicated to losing.
Through the long, long eighteen years in my tiny town I scrounged and found pieces of my identity in books. I expanded into libraries town over, broke my mother's heart when I discovered online shopping, and took advantage of my libraries' interloan program. Later that year I read Freak Show by James St. James—and I still have no idea how that got through to our library, by the way—and found LGBTQIA representation. I found Sharon G. Flake and was confronted with my own internalized anti-blackness. I read books about powerful black girls and bisexual heroines and weirdos who loved themselves for being weirdos. I found me, and wondered how I ever got through not seeing me for so long.
Later, when I found words for the way I felt, I mellowed. Now I write queer romance novels (Aromantic Romance Author has a ring to it, eh?) and do my best to include a variety of identities into my stories. It's an amazing experience to write the stories I needed when I was younger, and stories that I still need now, but not everyone has that chance. So many people are quick to call representation in books and shows pandering, but I call it realism. People are diverse, and stories that reflect our lives should be just as diverse.
Somewhere there's a dorky 8th grader with an unhealthy Rose McGowan obsession wondering if there's something wrong with them. The stories you tell could help them, even if it's just one, feel a lot less alone, and isn't that kind of power amazing?
Brooklyn Wallace (aka Wes Kennedy) is a queer fiction author and starving graduate student from the great state of Texas. She loves libraries, hot wings, Pepsi, Blaxploitation, the Golden Age of Hip-Hop, and kpop. An anxious perpetual sleeper with a penchant for self-deprecating humor, Brooklyn has a soft spot for writing comedies, forbidden love, and nerdy queers.
When not writing, she enjoys touring various anime and sci-fi conventions across Texas, reading and writing fanfiction, yelling about sports, and watching TV shows religiously. Her debut novella, To Terminator, With Love, releases April 27th.
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Around the Blogosqueer: Lauren James of LGBT YA
Welcome to the very first Around the Blogosqueer guest post! In this series, you'll learn a little more about the other sites and features on the internet that are dedicated to LGBTQIAP+ lit via guest posts by the fabulous folk who run them! I'm so excited to have Lauren James here to kick it off and tell us a little more about her review site, LGBT YA!
LGBT YA is a tumblr review blog run by author Lauren James, where she reviews LGBT+ YA titles, with occasional guest posts from authors and bloggers, and reblogs LGBT+ YA related content.
I started the blog when I was writing my own LGBT YA novel, The Last Beginning (out in October!). I was looking for YA books to read which also featured lesbian characters, and I realised there was no resource available with reviews of titles – all I could find was a few defunct blogs and scattered Goodreads lists.
As I'd binge-read about 30 LBGT YA titles, I decided to start my own. I focus mainly on books which aren't Coming Out stories – while Coming Out stories are important, I feel like that's been done very well already. As someone past that point in my life, I want to read about what LGBT characters do after they've come out – because that's the start of your life, not the end.
I also tend to focus more on SFF to Contemporary, and more lesbian/bisexual titles than otherwise, as that's where my personal taste lies. Luckily, guest bloggers fill in the gaps!
I would love to see:
More SFF books with LGBT characters like The Abyss Surrounds Us (*cough* and The Last Beginning *cough*)
More LGBT YA where sexuality isn't the main focus
Books with whole casts of LGBT characters, instead of just the protagonist and the love interest. We tend to flock together!
More explicit LGBT YA sex scenes (I wrote about why that's important here).
I also have an embarrassingly small selection of asexual books reviewed – I would love more of those.
More #ownvoices books – especially trans books by trans writers. I'm really looking forward to reading If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo.
Actually, my wishlist is endless!
Some of my favourite LGBT YA books are:
Everything Leads To You – Nina La Cour
I'll Give You The Sun – Jandy Nelson
The Art Of Being Normal – Lisa Williamson
Grasshopper Jungle – Andrew Smith
A Hero At The End Of The World – Erin Claiborne
Clariel – Garth Nix
Lies We Tell Ourselves – Robin Talley
More can be found in my five star ratings section on the blog.
I'm always looking for guest bloggers – if you're interested, you can email me at ya.lgbt@gmail.com!
Lauren James sold the rights to her first novel The Next Together, a Young Adult science fiction romance, when she was 21. It was published in September by Walker Books in the UK and Australia. Rights have sold in over six territories worldwide, including the USA. It was described by The Bookseller as 'funny, romantic and compulsively readable'. She is an Arts Council grant recipient, and is longlisted for the 2016 Branford Boase Award. She is now 23, and lives in the West Midlands. You can find her on Twitter at @Lauren_E_James or her website http://www.laurenejames.co.uk.
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Fave Five: LGBTQ YAs by Latinx Authors with Latinx MCs
April 19, 2016 Dahlia Adler	Leave a comment
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera (Contemp)
More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera (Light Sci-Fi)
When the Moon was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore (Magical Realism)
Down to the Bone by Mayra Lazara Doyle (Contemp)
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (and presumably its future companion, There Will Be Other Summers) by Benjamin Alire Saenz (Contemp)
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Cover Reveal: Cinnamon and Cigarettes by Samantha Kate!
April 18, 2016 Dahlia Adler	2 Comments
So excited to have our very first cover reveal on LGBTQ Reads! Cinnamon and Cigarettes is Samantha Kate's first novel, and it releases June 1st from Torquere Press. Here's the story:
Sara Clarke, recent college grad, is sweet, demure, and cautious in all things, but especially romance—until she meets Moira Estrada, a bold amateur pilot and patron at the library where Sara works. Their intimacy blooms rapidly as they share everything from a sudden medical emergency to Christmas with the Estrada family. With her dashing new girlfriend by her side, Sara learns to overcome some of her greatest fears, whether they be acknowledging her own bisexuality, flying across the sky in a Cessna, or falling in love for the first time.
But Sara's fear of confrontation is harder to conquer. When asked about her relationship, she finds herself lying to her family, pretending to date a man so she can avoid conflict with her straight-laced and image-conscious parents. But her attempts to please everyone cannot last forever and could result in far worse than her parents' disapproval: she might lose the respect of her new friends at the library, or become estranged from her sister—or, worst of all, Sara might lose the only person she's ever truly loved.
Aaaand here's the lovely cover!
Preorder it! Or just add it to your Goodreads TBR here.
Samantha Kate works as a paralibrarian (that's library support staff) for her day job. In her free time, she tries to pursue more creative projects than is humanly possible. Her short story "Bottom of the River" was published in Torquere's Twisted Fables anthology in February 2016. Cinnamon and Cigarettes is her first novel.
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Better Know an Author: Marieke Nijkamp
April 9, 2016 Dahlia Adler	1 Comment
Welcome to Better Know an Author, a feature title I stole from Colbert Report because I miss it so, which will introduce you to a fabulous author of LGBTQIAP+ books every month! To kick it off, I am so delighted to present my beloved critique partner, Marieke Nijkamp, whose debut, This is Where it Ends, is a freaking New York Times bestseller for five weeks running!
How badass is hitting the New York Times bestseller list? Spare no details.
Well you got my super ineloquent texts, so I can hardly pretend I was calm and collected. Truth is, after I got the phone call, I sat on the couch and watched my Twitter explode and my hands were shaking so hard I could barely lift a drink—or respond to the social media outburst. It took me three days just to get caught up on the tweets and the emails. It was, and is, the most surreal and the most wonderful experience and I'm deeply grateful to my publisher and to my fantastic readers for getting the book there. It's extremely badass, and I love that it means the book will reach even more readers.
What music do you write to, if any?
It depends! For TIWIE, I had a fairly specific (and super sad) playlist, with a lot of poppy songs. With my current WIP, my playlist is far more classical and instrumental, with an additional and rather eclectic collection of Dutch songs. I'm not entirely sure how that happened either.
Beyond that, I recently discovered the magic of Noisli. I love writing to the sound of rain and wind and thunder. (I need something vaguely winter-y to get me through these summer months. Ew.)
What's your ideal way to spend fifty-four minutes?
Doing something that involves stories. So writing, ideally, but also reading. Or traveling/adventuring. J
What's a particularly conscious choice you made in your representation in This is Where it Ends?
Gah. There was one very conscious choice I made very, very early on, but sharing it is such a spoiler. That thing that happened. Or didn't happen, depending on your point of view. That was a very conscious choice.
Vague answer is vague.
What's something about one of your leading characters in This is Where it Ends that didn't make it on to the page?
Most everything I wanted to have on the page is there, but because the time frame is so limited, I had to make choices when it came to showing backstory. Which means there were always more scenes I was aware of or that I wanted to explore. One of those things is how and when Autumn fell in love with Sylv. Slower, more gradual, than the other way around. While Sylv fell for Autumn's glow and her passion, Autumn fell for Sylv because Sylv steadies her world and makes her feel safe, when she needs it most. (Even if that terrifies Autumn.)
What's the first queer representation you saw in any medium that really stuck with you, for better or for worse?
Hm, I think the first rep that really stuck with me was seeing Willow and Tara in Buffy. I think it might have been the first time I saw queer characters in any medium, period. And there was so much about it that was incredibly empowering. Badass queer witches? Yes, please. Characters I could identify with? Wow.
Unfortunately it was also my first introduction to Dead Lesbian Syndrome. Or as TV Tropes so classily calls it, Bury Your Gays. I loved the positive aspects of Willow and Tara's relationship, but I didn't realize until much later how pervasive it was to see that "model" relationship come to a bad ending. To see so many queer couples not get their happily ever after (or even a happy for now). It took me a long time to realize queer relationships should not be hidden and deserve a happy ending as much as anyone else.
What's something you've seen in LGBTQIAP+ lit that's really stuck with you, for better or for worse?
The first time I saw queer characters in a story that wasn't just about being queer was such an eye opener to me. I think that was Lynn Flewelling's Nightrunner series (gay thieves for the win) and I loved that eureka moment of "we can have adventures too!"
What are your favorite LGBTQIAP+ reads?
I keep finding more and more favorites! So obviously, Lynn Flewelling's Nightrunner series is still high up there. All of her books, really. I also still love Annie on My Mind for being my first f/f YA. But in terms of recent books, I loved Adam Silvera's More Happy Than Not and when Audrey Coulthurst's Of Fire and Stars comes along, it'll blow you mind. I would recommend Alex Gino's George to everyone and Malinda Lo's Huntress is so gorgeous. Oh, and Robin Talley's As I Descended is going to terrify you. I'm so excited for Fox Benwell's Kaleidoscope Song to hit shelves because it'll tear your heart out beautifully. And of course, I'm happy to declare my love for Otherbound and Under the Lights and Far From You everywhere ❤
What would you still love to see in LGBTQIAP+ lit?
More great ace rep. More characters exploring their gender identity. More queer casts (because we really do flock together). And more intersectionality in terms of race, disability, but also culture and religion. I think we have some fantastic lit out there already, and I'm so excited to see it continue to grow and expand. But there is such a vast spectrum of LGBTQIAP+ experiences, and I'd love to see more, more, more of it.
What advice do you have for teens who come to you for advice on how to come out?
I usually tell them two things. One, be proud of who you are, regardless of what the world tells you. And two, safety first. It's unfortunately still the case for all of us queer folk that being out can be dangerous, whether it's because of family, work, or living in a bigoted environment. So while I understand the need to be out – I wouldn't want anyone to feel like they can't be who they are and I will support anyone who wants to take that leap – it's so, so important to start with people you know you can trust and to consider safety nets, support systems, and your own well-being. Because you matter so much.
What are some of your favorite queer-centric things on the Internet?
TWITTER. Okay, but it actually is at that. I practically grew up on the internet. As a baby queer, I found a lot of information and a good part of my community online, through forums, writing groups, and fanfic. But never before to the extent and scope of (my corner of) the queer community of Twitter. These days, I find myself going more private again too, but knowing it's out there and we're not alone is invaluable.
Macarons or stroopwaffels?
…stroopwafel-flavored macarons.
What's up next for you?
A story with an ace main character. And I'm *so* excited about it.
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Under the Gaydar: Bad Girls Edition
April 8, 2016 Dahlia Adler	3 Comments
"Under the Gaydar" features books you might not realize have queer content but should definitely have on your radar. This edition is all about some great "bad girls" in YA who, in addition to loving lying, petty crime, bullying, and more, also quite love the ladies. (Or at least one lady!)
Winning by Lara Zeises Deloza – Mean Girls meets Election, with multiple POVs, including Sam, best friend to the Regina George-esque lead, who's easily manipulated into helping her BFF get on top… or is she? (my convoluted little review here)
Trust Me, I'm Trouble by Mary Elizabeth Summer – The second in a series about a teen girl con artist sees her going from a male love interest in book 1 to a female love interest in book 2, and it does so with zero sexuality angst while also not ignoring that sexual angst about your first time having feelings for someone of another gender can be a Thing. This series is so voice-y and fabulous and these girls are hands-down one of my favorite YA pairings ever. I ship it so hard, and so will you.
Underneath Everything by Marcy Beller Paul – Uggghhhh homoerotic toxic friendship novels are my crack, and Mattie and Jolene in this one are basically, like, "Match, meet gasoline. I think you guys are gonna hit it off super well." Don't go in thinking this is a Romance – it isn't – but when I say "Homoerotic toxic friendship novel" I mean every single one of those words to the max.
Suicide Notes From Beautiful Girls by Lynn Weingarten – My thoughts on this one are similar to Underneath Everything, but whereas UE is sort of dreamily lyrical and introspective, SNFBG is rife with plot twistiness, and I still think about that ending and wish I were in a book club just so I could discuss it with other people.
Vanished by E.E. Cooper – Kalah isn't really a bad girl, per se, but she's gone ahead and fallen for one, who also happens to be one of her best friends…who also happens to be missing. There's a whole web of lies and twists, and all that's cool, but the best part of this book is Kalah herself, how she comes into her own sexuality, and finally seeing some intersectional diversity in "cool girl" YA.
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Fave Five: Winter YA 2016
April 1, 2016 Dahlia Adler	Leave a comment
Fave Five will generally be a little less…well, general, but since this is the first edition of it for the site, I'm gonna use it to quickly catch up on what are in my opinion the most noteworthy LGBTQIAP+ YA titles of the year so far!
Seven Ways We Lie by Riley Redgate (P, Contemp)
The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie (L, Sci-Fi)
This Song is (Not) For You by Laura Nowlin (A, Contemp)
The Great American Whatever by Tim Federle (G, Contemp)
Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin (GF, Contemp)
We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson (G, Spec Fic)
(Yeah, I slipped in a sixth. You gonna fight me? I didn't think so.)
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Triumph Volleyball Academy will finally begin club play
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Participants in the Triumph Volleyball Academy's FCA Sand Volleyball Camp work on their skills. TVA will now sport two boys club volleyball teams with tryouts beginning Aug. 25.
After spending the last seven years building its brand through its sand court programs, Triumph Volleyball Academy will begin boys volleyball club play this year.
"It's been in the works to start a club for a long time, since 2011," TVA founder and director Steve Guglielmana said. "We've had interest in doing club from players, parents and coaches for quite a few years. We've never had enough numbers to sustain it. We could have done it two years ago, but we knew it would have been just for the one year. Nate (Perez) and I wanted to make sure that if we want to do it, we can sustain it. The way God worked and opened the doors, this is time to start it. We have enough players, coaches and parents. We have looked at it from different angles. The doors kept opening and we're going through them, being faithful."
TVA will host open gym from 3-6 p.m. on Aug. 18 in the Madera South East Gym and hold tryouts for its 18-under and 16-under teams Aug. 25 from 3-7 p.m. at Madera South.
Leading the 18-under team is Madera South assistant boys volleyball coach and assistant coach to last year's Fresno City College state championship women's volleyball team, Nate Perez.
"We want to be the anti-club and have different priorities," he said. "We are a faith-centered club. It helps me to have an opportunity to improve myself and grow with the kids, as well. God allows that. You don't have to be perfect. That's the primary difference."
Because Guglielmana and Perez wants to be the 'different club,' the cost for the club league season is $710.
"Our price-point is about half the cost of clubs in the Fresno area," Perez said. "A lot of clubs want to have this premise of being a superclub. They are okay with sucking a region's players out. We are getting the information out to get people to join. We are getting our contact extended with other people promoting us, as well. That's good to see."
"We have two different angles of the Triumph Volleyball Academy," Guglielmana said. "We have kids who want to play on a club travel team and there's cost in that. We set a price point to be very affordable among the other clubs around the valley. We're at $700 for a travel team. We also have an opportunity to be on a practice squad to be a part of the academy, but not have the expense to travel. We're trying to build a volleyball community, starting with the younger kids."
Tournaments begin in September and will last through December.
"The tournaments are on Saturday and Sunday and the practices will be later in the evening so it should be late enough for the kids to do what they need to do," Guglielmana said. "There are clubs out there where their only purpose is volleyball. If we're going to do this, we want to make sure it's low stress and provide a high level of competency for those kids that are interested and want to participate."
Guglielmana hopes to be able to host at tournament at Madera South, but to keep costs down, he plans on doing one-day trips to tournaments.
"We're looking to host a tournament at Madera South," he said ."A majority of the players don't want to travel so we may get one tournament. Hopefully, down the road, we can get neighboring schools to join us. Volleyball is on the verge of exploding."
Triumph Volleyball Academy will, of course, draw in players from Madera, but Perez and Guglielmana has also gotten feelers from Merced, Modesto, Clovis, Visalia and Central Unified.
"We want to get local kids, but our second look would be from Merced and Modesto," Guglielmana said. "We've gotten interest in kids from Clovis, Visalia and Central Unified. Families are seeing us as a different alternative to club."
"Obviously, our price-point is low," Perez said. "We're a good fit for the NYL schools. We're really excited some of the Clovis parents like us because we're low on the political and cost end."
TVA advertises itself as a faith-based club. Guglielmana and Perez are more interested in create better people rather than better volleyball players.
"It's going to be more beneficial to us to build better people and have our kids go out into the communities and transcends more than volleyball," Perez said. "We want to develop high character first. That's going to lend itself to better players on the court, but are good influences in the community as well."
"With the Triumph Volleyball Academy, we have had contact with kids around the valley that have wanted to play," Guglielmana said. "We're at that point with enough growth and in the area for a while to see the interests from the outside to go with this venture. The level of play is pretty high. The coaching staff is very knowledgeable. We have leaders will pour into these kids' lives with God's work and we're happy about it."
"We've been waiting and waiting (to start club volleyball)," Guglielmana said. "We couldn't hold back any more because the dam was ready to break."


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Date: October 14, 2018, 15:30
Ahead of the US Treasury's highly-anticipated report on international currency manipulations, the department's Secretary Mnuchin is proposing important updates to the international monetary system.
Kristian Rouz — US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says his department might seek to update the existing global currency exchange framework in order to prevent FX rate manipulations in international markets. Secretary Mnuchin said such updates could arrive in the form of special provisions to US trade agreements with its major partners.
Talking to reporters during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank meetings in Bali, Indonesia, Secretary Mnuchin said several major economies have been devaluing their currencies over the past few years in order to boost their competitiveness in international trade. Mnuchin said upcoming trade deals with countries such as Japan could include provisions to limit such practices.
"Our objective would be that the currency issues… We'd like to include (those) in future trade agreements. With everybody. I'm not singling out Japan on that," Mnuchin stressed.
Secretary Mnuchin's remarks come after several Trump administration officials criticized Mainland China for its alleged effort to devalue the renminbi — either directly or indirectly.
READ MORE: US Treasury Secretary 'Won't Lose Any Sleep' Over China Selling US Bonds
Some economists have pointed out that Beijing might not seek to devalue its currency as its primary objective. However, the People's Bank of China's (PBOC) policies of loosening bank reserve requirements and pumping cash into the slowing economy are seen as exerting downward pressure on the renminbi.
In April, the Treasury moved to designate any country suspected of engaging in competitive devaluations as 'currency manipulators'. However, the IMF said Mainland China's currency exchange rate does not appear to have been manipulated recently.
"According to our framework, the exchange rate of the renminbi is not out of line. It is broadly in line with the fundamentals," the IMF's Markus Rodlauer said during the meetings in Bali.
For its part, Japan's central bank has also pursued the policies of easy money, zero-to-negative interest rates, and bond purchases for almost a decade — causing a creeping devaluation of the yen, which has also supported Japan's exports.
In this light, Secretary Mnuchin's remarks stirred some anxiety in Japan. The yen's status as one of the world's reserve currencies could be in jeopardy, some investors say, if the looming US-Japan trade deal introduces a peg or a trading range limiting the dollar-yen fluctuations.
"If discussions on this subject become necessary, they will be made by the finance ministers of both countries," Japan's Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said.
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"We haven't had specific conversations on that. We obviously continually have conversations with my counterparts about currency. But that is the model we'd like to incorporate going forward," Secretary Mnuchin said.
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Ethical Sourcing, Sustainability and Fair Trade at Viori
Having a reliable, ethical, and sustainable supply chain is something we care deeply about at Viori. It ensures that our raw materials are of the highest quality, benefit the local community, and don't degrade the environment.
(Source: Fair Trade USA)
The Viori team carefully considers how each ingredient is grown and how each supplier operates.
Our All-Natural Rice Project, which launched in 2021, is just one example of how serious we are about establishing a sustainable supply chain.
Through this partnership with the Red Yao farmers Viori--
Sources the Longsheng rice directly from the Red Yao community (at a premium)
Provides free resources such as workshops and farming mentors and conducts inspections to ensure quality and adherence to natural farming practices.
Contributes to community development projects through investments and donations.
In an ideal world, we would have these same relationships with all of our suppliers: direct and fair trade practices that ensure all stakeholders get their fair share and the environment isn't compromised in the process.
Despite Viori's ingredients being of high quality, containing zero chemicals, and therefore all-natural and completely safe to use, we aren't as close to the farmers of our remaining ingredients as we'd like.
Luckily, there are increasingly more organizations/NGOs that can help companies with such needs.
Fair Trade USA is one of them.
What is fair trade? Where did it come from?
Fair trade is an umbrella term for a global movement that promotes "trade practices in which producers in growing countries achieve sustainable and equitable trade relationships."
Some History
Long before fair trade organizations (such as the fair trade labels you see in the supermarket) came into being, fair trade initiatives were already happening.
It's believed that back in the 19th century, western religious groups who were in contact with under-served communities in developing countries were arguably among the first practitioners of fair trade values. They believed they could best serve these communities by engaging with them in direct trade and providing premium prices.
At the time, such projects were mostly in the form of charity. It wasn't until the mid-20th century that several 'Alternative Trade Organizations (ATOs) formed in Europe based on similar values: providing fair prices and bringing about improved social and environmental standards for producers.
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These products were sold in designated ATO/Fair trade stores. The problem though, was these stores couldn't reach consumers on a large scale as they were too separated from conventional retail shops.
This problem was solved when the Dutch coffee trading company, Max Havelaar, introduced the first fair trade certification/label and started selling these in supermarkets around the country.
For the first time, consumers in retail stores could track how their products were produced and by whom.
Fast forward to today, and you'll find several recognized fair trade organizations such as Fairtrade International, IMO, Make Trade Fair, Eco-Social, and Fair Trade USA.
How is the fair trade industry doing?
Booming! In the last ten years, the global fair trade market is believed to have seen an 8-14% year-on-year increase in sales, with a total sales value of over 10 billion USD. And with companies and consumers demanding more insights into the sustainability of the entire supply chain, this growth is expected to keep on expanding.
Ok, that all sounds great.
Now let's talk about Viori & Fair Trade
In 2021 Viori became officially fair trade certified. At Viori, we have an internal policy: "Any raw material we are ABLE to source Fair Trade, we source Fair Trade."
Currently, 100% of our Cacao butter and 100% of our Shea butter is sourced through the fair trade network. These products are fair trade certified.
How are fair trade cacao butter and Shea butter different?
Fair trade products ensure that producers (farmers) receive a fair price on their products. This is why fair trade ingredients are about 15% more expensive on average than non-fair trade alternatives.
But that's only half of the fair trade model.
In addition to the premium prices Viori pays for its raw materials, we also pay an additional "Fair Trade Service Fee." This service fee is calculated using a fixed percentage of our total fair trade certified sales. And that means the more (fair trade) products we sell, the higher the service fee gets-- and the more under-served communities benefit. With Viori seeing quite some growth this year, we're probably looking at a total service fee of over $60,000 in 2022 alone! Despite this service fee often not being known, it makes Fair Trade USA stand out from many other certification bodies.
Those are some serious numbers..where does this money go?
Fair trade is a transparent organization that posts yearly reports on how these funds are used. In a nutshell, the service fee is invested into two categories:
Community Development Funds
A large share of the $60,000 we will pay this year will end up in the communities we are sourcing from (cocoa butter and shea butter) in the form of social development projects. Very similar to our Beautiful Reason Initiatives, this money is invested in projects that help the community. Typically these projects are related to education, clean water, infrastructure, capacity building, etc.
These include community outreach and networking, setting up Fair trade standards and ensuring they are followed, and management and marketing costs. We are curious to read and excited to share how our cocoa and shea butter suppliers are benefiting from these 'Community Development Funds.' Once we receive fair trade reports, we'll be sure to share these with you right away, so stay tuned!
Why aren't all our ingredients sourced fair trade?
Remember the sourcing policy mentioned before? If we could source all our ingredients Fair Trade, we definitely would! The reality, however, is that some ingredients simply aren't part of the fair trade network. Simply put, we at Viori depend on Fair Trade's own ability to establish connections with local producers and set up the trade practices they stand for.
This doesn't mean companies like Viori are fully at the mercy of organizations like Fair Trade, though. Like Viori, companies can proactively establish connections with local producers and develop relationships using similar values and practices. This obviously takes a lot of time and resources, but it can be highly rewarding.
Another way to be proactive is by helping producers enter the fair trade supply chain themselves. Viori is trying to realize this by helping the farmers of Longsheng become fair trade certified themselves!
What about Viori's non-fair trade ingredients?
As you can read on our ingredient list, we first and foremost only use all-natural ingredients for our products. However, for the ingredients we can't source fair trade, we try to find well-respected alternative certifications like our RSPO certified palm oil, for example.
Additionally, we ask all our suppliers to sign and adhere to a 'supplier code of conduct,' which encompasses fair trade values. Finally, we review and improve on all these processes yearly to ensure we're providing a win-win(-win) situation for our producers, our customers, and the whole Viori team.
(photo: Viori product / raw materials)
We hope this shines some light on Viori's commitment to supporting the fair trade movement.
Are you interested in learning more about Fair Trade or have any questions about Viori's sustainability practices? As always, feel free to reach out to us at sustainability@viori.com!
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Tarrant County College Culinary Arts instructors earned accolades for their creations at the DFW West 2019 Fort Worth Food & Equipment Expo, sponsored by food and beverage distributor Ben E. Keith Company.
Representing TCC were Nathan Price, purchasing manager and instructional assistant for culinary arts; Chef Alison Hodges, instructor of culinary and pastry arts; Chef William Hodges, adjunct pastry instructor; and Chef Katrina Warner, program coordinator and instructor of culinary arts.
Earlier in March, the Carroll ISD Business Professionals of America (BPA) team competed in Dallas at the State Leadership Conference. The team membership is currently 34 students, and 21 of those had advanced to State. Of these 21, only four had competed last year. BPA is a CTSO (Career and Technical Student Organization) for students pursuing careers in business management, office administration, and other career fields.
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All Carroll Robotics team will compete again at Carroll Senior High on Saturday, January 12.
Registration for the fifth annual Small Business Plan Competition closed June 15, and the top 25 applicants have been selected to move on to the next round.
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Pilgrim's Rest
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Pilgrim's Rest was proclaimed a gold field on 22 September 1873 and by the end of that year there were approximately 1 500 diggers working 4000 claims in and around the village. The Gold Commissioner moved his office to the village, which became the social centre of the diggings and a busy community. The village soon had its own trading stores, 18 bars, a post office, bakery, bank, school and church and its very own newspaper, The Gold News, later renamed The Gold Fields Mercury. Later, several companies were formed to mine the gold at the deeper levels. When the Anglo-Boer War started in 1899 and the diggers were forced to leave, the days of the lone prospector effectively ended. After that, most of the mining was done by the Transvaal Gold Mining Company.
Today, the entire village, situated in a beautiful wooded valley near the Blyde River, has been proclaimed a national monument. The village stands frozen in time and takes the visitor back to the gold rush era. Many of the original wood and iron buildings have been restored to their former glory and this authenticity, added to by the realistic museum displays and a healthy tourist infrastructure, has made Pilgrim's Rest one of the most popular tourist attractions in Mpumalangs. The fact that the town is close to Graskop and its many natural wonders, also adds to its popularity.
Adventure And Sport
Golf: The TGME Golf Club has a tricky nine-hole golf course.
Hiking trails: The Prospector's Trail Network offers numerous hiking trails of various degrees of difficulty in the vicinity of the village. The moderately difficult, two-day Blackhill trail descends into the Clewer Valley before climbing through the indigenous forest with its scarce fynbos, waterfalls and pools. The three-day Morgenzon Trail, covering over 43 km, is moderately difficult but passes through some spectacular indigenous forests, grasslands, riverine bush and up the original Robbers' Pass and other long forgotten, historical wagon routes. Stops are made at some old diggings and mines and at the village on some of the trails. Other trails to choose from include the Peach Tree Creek, Peach Tree Creek/Blackhill Combo Trails or the five-day Prospectors' Trails.
Horse-riding: Ponieskrantz Stables offer day or overnight horse-riding trails.
Walking trails: The Central Information Office in the village has a map of the village walking trails that allow visitors to explore the town and surroundings at their leisure.
Entertainment And Shopping
Restaurants: One could spend the entire day in this historic town, just browsing through the museums and shops and every so often stopping at a restaurant or coffee shop to rest up and enjoy a different beverage or snack.
Shops: What would a tourist attraction be without the opportunity to buy some permanent reminders of one's visit? The shops in Pilgrim's Rest are mostly in old restored buildings and several sell reproductions of items associated with earlier times, such as telephones, leather shoes, ornaments and much more. Have your photo taken in historical garb or have some biltong! Some shops sell lovely contemporary works of art and crafts. There is also a shop with creative ironworks, a shop that concentrates on glasswork and woven carpets and one that sells semi-precious gemstones.
Historical architecture: The town is a living museum and all the houses and buildings have been renovated in the architectural style of the time. Upon entering the town, the visitor is immediately transported back into the days of the old Transvaal gold rush in the latter half of the nineteenth century. There are more than 73 buildings, home museums, memorials, art and craft shops, coffee shops and restaurants and an information centre.
Alanglade: Visit Alanglade, the stately former residence of the Manager of the Pilgrim's Rest Gold Mine, for a glimpse of the grandeur of yesteryear. The house, just a few kilometres outside the village, is in pristine condition. The house was occupied by a succession of bank managers until 1972, when the mine finally closed down.
Diggings Museum: The museum displays the lifestyle of the first gold diggers and explains the process of gold-panning.
Dredzen Shop and House Museum: The shop keeper and his family used to live at the back of the shop and the rooms and furniture have been kept much as they were. The goods in the shop are no longer for sale, but give us a good idea of what people used in their homes in days gone by. Test your historical knowledge by trying to guess what each item was used for.
Graveyard: Visit the graves of the town's first residents in the cemetery. The most peculiar grave in the cemetery – Robber's Grave – belongs to a nineteenth-century tent robber who was caught in the act and was subsequently shot and buried on the spot. His grave lies at right angles to all the other graves. Only 163 of the 320 graves in the cemetery have headstones.
Joubert's Bridge: At the northern end of the village the five-arch Joubert's Bridge, built in 1896, spans the Blyde River.
Miner's House: An Old miner's house, built in 1913 for a Dr Seycombe, is now a museum depicting the typical home of a miner of the 1910 to 1920 period. Step into the carefully reconstructed rooms and with a little imagination you may get a sense of the people who once occupied these rooms. It looks exactly like a miner's family was still living there.
Post Office: The old Post Office building is still standing and visitors can post letters and postcards from here.
Printing Museum: The Printing Museum pays tribute to the printers of yesteryear. The building used to house the offices of the Pilgrim's Rest and Sabie News, the local newspapers. The museum exhibits the historic front pages of local publications.
Royal Hotel and Leadley's Building: Spend a night at the tastefully restored Royal Hotel in graceful splendour. The interior decorations are nearly all authentic and include many relics from the past. Leadley's Building, built in 1883, which now serves as an annexe to the Royal Hotel, was actually the very first hotel to be built in Pilgrim's Rest.
Town Hall: The Town Hall was once the centre of social life in the town and was much frequented by the ladies of the local Anglican Church who held their church functions here.
Transvaal Gold Mine Explorations: A company called Transvaal Gold Mine Explorations built the Central Reduction Works. Visit the gold mine on the property that is still in operation. The mine tour includes visits to the blacksmith and the carpenter.
Fauna And Flora
Mount Sheba Nature Reserve: The secluded 450-ha privately-owned nature reserve protects one of the few remaining large tracts of indigenous forest in the Mpumalanga Drakensberg area. These forests boast 110 species of trees including fine specimens of real and Outeniqua yellowwood and ironwood trees (some 1 500 years old) as well as Cape chestnut, cabbage and red-pear trees. The reserve also harbours more than 1 000 species of plants, that including more than 60 species of ferns and many types of orchids and moss. Luxury accommodation, good food and a series of forest walks through the beautiful countryside have made this reserve a popular weekend destination.
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26 Fascinating And Fun Facts About The American Gothic Painting
American Gothic is a painting created by Grant Wood. It's currently in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Wood painted American Gothic in 1930, depicting a farmer standing beside a woman who has been interpreted to be either his wife or daughter. Take a look below for 26 more fascinating and fun facts about the American Gothic painting.
1. The figures in American Gothic were modeled after Wood's sister, Nan Wood Graham, and their dentist Dr. Byron McKeeby.
2. The woman in the painting is dressed in a colonial print apron evoking 19th century Americana and the main is holding a pitchfork.
3. It's one of the most popular 20th century American paintings and it has been widely parodied in American popular culture.
4. The painting was displayed at the Musee de l'Orangerie in its first showing outside the United States on October 15, 2016 to January 30, 2017. It was displayed in London at the Royal Academy of Arts from February 25 to June 4, 2017.
5. American Gothic was first submitted to the 1930 annual exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, where it won a bronze medal and $300 prize. The Art Institute of Chicago acquired the painting soon after for its collection.
6. Some time after, a picture of the prize winning painting was shown in the Chicago Evening Post, where it gained mass fame and popularity.
7. Before the painting, Wood was an unknown 39 year old aspiring artist, living in the attic of a funeral home carriage house that he shared with his mother and sister.
8. After the success of American Gothic, he became somewhat of a media scamp. He was known for rewriting the history and meaning of his painting to best suit whatever the current trend or narrative was popular. However, his fans because ravenous, often going to his family home and stalking him.
9. The inspiration for the painting came to Wood when he was visiting Eldon, Iowa. There, he saw a little white cottage with a carpenter Gothic window on the second floor that Wood found pretentious. He sketched the house quickly on an envelope, and later used it as the base for what would become American Gothic.
10. The painting combined Americana with European technique.
11. None of the models for the painting posed together. He painted the house, his sister and his dentist all in separate sessions.
12. People in Iowa weren't happy with the painting. Wood's portrayal wasn't how the locals saw themselves, and they resented being presented that way to the world.
13. The meaning behind the painting has shifted with every passing year.
14. Early on, writers like Gertrude Stein and Christopher Morley thought that American Gothic satirized the provincialism of small town America.
15. During the Great Depression, American Gothic was seen as much needed celebration of the nation's fortitude and spirit.
16. Wood gave a statement for the meaning behind the painting as well. He said, "there is satire in it, but only as there is satire in any realistic statement. These are types of people I have known all my life. I tried to characterize them truthfully – to make them more like themselves than they were in actual life."
17. Wood's signature is very well hidden in the painting. To find it, you have to look in the bottom right corner of the farmer's overalls and you'll see his name painted along with the canvas medium and the year in a pale blue color.
18. American Gothic, among other paintings at the time, fueled the rise of Regionalism. Regionalism was an American realist modern art movement that shunned urbanism in favor of the glories found in rural settings.
19. The house portrayed in American Goth is now a tourist attraction. It was built in 1881 by Catherine and Charles Dibble and it was passed through owners for more than a century. It was donated by Carl Smith to the State Historical Society of Iowa in 1991.
20. The house is currently a museum celebrating Wood and the painting that made him and the house famous.
21. While Wood found the windows of the house pretentious, they were hinged so the family could easily move large furniture in and out.
22. Over the years, every single element in the painting has been mined for meaning. For example, some observers have suggested that the man pictured is not a farmer but a preacher using the pitchfork as a prop to rail against the devil and his dangers.
23. The Depression era understanding of the painting as a depiction of an authentically American scene prompted the first well known parody, a 1942 photo by Gordon Parks of cleaning woman Ella Watson, show in Washington, D.C.
24. American Gothic has been lampooned in Broadway shows such as The Music Man, movies such as The Rocky Horror Picture Show, television shows such as Green Acres and The Dick Van Dyke Show.
25. The number 3 makes a couple of appearances in the painting. For example, the farmer's pitchfork has 3 prongs, and the 3 lines also show up on the farmer's overalls, his face and the window of the farmhouse.
26. At one point, Wood defending himself from angry Iowans by saying that he liked hard working Americans and that's why he did the painting.
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Celebrating 210 years at Midlands-based Eggleston Steel
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This year Derby-based and family ran Steel Stockholders and Processor manufacturer, Eggleston Steel is celebrating their 210th anniversary, having first been established back in 1809.
To celebrate this landmark birthday, we sat down with the two generations currently running the business including Father Richard Hewitt, who became the Managing Director in 1999, and now his two children, Jacob Hewitt, who joined in 2014 within the profile department, and Rebecca, who joined in 2017 as an HR advisor, to take a look back at the history of this family ran business.
Over the course of the 210 years, the company, which started in a small building located in London Road, has kept founding success, resulting in an upgrade of premises 5 times. So, how does a company that started its delivery by horse and cart, move to operate a fleet of five, 26-Tonne bespoke lorries?
A look back at over two centuries of business…
Originally established as an Ironmongers named Joseph E. Hunt, the Eggleston family acquired the business in the late 1800s. Fast-forward to 1950, and the then owner, Walter Eggleston passed-away, leaving the business to Joseph Eggleston Burrows. 27 years later, in 1977 after the passing of Joseph, his nephew-in-law Anthony Hewitt took over as both Chairman and Managing Director.
22-years later, at the end of the last century, in 1999, Eggleston Steel saw the appointment of Anthony's son, Richard Hewitt as the Managing Director, whilst Anthony retained the role of chairman.
Then 3-years into Richard's management of the business, in 2003, and the company saw a massive expansion program. Firstly, moving into its current premises of Centurion Way in Derby, and seeing a 180% increase in staff levels from 20 to 56.
However, when the 2009 global recession hit, despite many businesses having to retract their portfolios, Eggleston Steel managed to protect the jobs of its employee's thanks to, in the previous year, 2008, expanding their services to now also include plate and profiling services which took the form of high-definition plasma cutter.
With the company seeing continued success in the profile department, the company then grew again in 2011 by acquiring the companies first laser machine, which brought a cutting capacity of up to 4 meters by 2 matters at a thickness of 25 mm in mild steel.
Back in the present year of 2019, and as the company celebrates 210 years in business, Eggleston Steel continues to invest in more hardware having purchased a Fibre laser, a 220-Tonne 4-Metre press brake, with a 6mm think capacity guillotine.
And although the nation is in the middle of Brexit negotiations, and investment in the industry seems uncertain, Eggleston Steel decided that the best supplier for the machinery that they purchased was fellow Made in the Midlands member, LVD Group.
Looking towards the future…
Despite 210 years in business, and countless investments it's not always been plain sailing for the Hewitt family. The family has known 3 recessions throughout their history, two in the 1980s and the most recent being the 2008 Global Financial Crisis.
But beyond the global economy, the family also spoke about a skill shortage, and how finding skilled employees has proven to be a difficult issue. With unemployment being at historically low levels, which even Eggleston Steel says is great, it does have the knock-on effect that there are not as many skilled workers looking for new roles that fit into the profile of Eggleston Steel.
But apart from looking at the future, we asked Richard Hewitt how his vision has changed since he took over from his father in 1999. He said:
"When I took over the company was solely a steel stockholder offering a sawn & guillotine service. We are now predominantly a processing centre offering a one-stop-shop for standard sections to intricately cut profile shapes. We have changed to meet customer demand and expectations. When my father, Anthony Hewitt, was Managing Director we stocked 400 tonnes, we now stock 1500 tonnes."
But in the day-and-age of globalisation and foreign investment, what does it mean for a company to remain within a family for multiple generations?
We are a family...
I asked the family, what does it mean to have the company remain within the family? The grandfather Anthony Hewitt expressed his delight at seeing his family continue to follow the family business, saying:
"I am delighted that my Grandchildren, Rebecca and Jacob have recently started working in the Family Business which means the company may have a Fifth Generation in the future."
His son, Richard Hewitt much like his father, spoke of his pride at seeing his children get involved in the company. He said:
"When my dad passed on the role of Managing Director I can remember feeling the pressure of continuing the company's success whilst other companies within our industry and customer base were closing down due to commercial pressures.
As a small family-owned business we have always had to find ways to add value to our products & services. Moving forward I hope to pass on my role to Rebecca & Jacob to take us past 250 years of trading. Between them, they are the company's future."
Now with both of Richard's children invested in the business, what do they think about the future? His daughter, Becky Hewitt, said that while she never intended to join the family business, she has since gained a sense of pride from being able to continue the family legacy, saying:
"It was never part of my plan to join the family business but I have been here for 2 years and I enjoy it. We are a close family unit and because of this, we work well together.
There is a pride of being able to continue the legacy of a 210-year-old family-owned business and I am looking forward to pushing the business on in a new technological age with industry 4.0 and seeing the success this will bring."
Meanwhile, his son, Jacob Hewitt said:
"One of my life aspirations was to work for the family business and continue as the fifth generation to work for the company. I joined the business 5 years ago and have come to see my colleagues as extended family members."
To finish our conversation with Eggleston, I asked the family what they think the biggest challenges will be in the coming decades, and in response, they raise two concerns: Remaining competitive and addressing the skills shortage.
"The two biggest challenges we're going to face is remaining competitive within the industry and ensuring we provide a reliable and efficient service.
Likewise, as mentioned earlier, the skills shortage in STEM subjects. With an ageing workforce and lack of school leavers following in their parent's footsteps and entering into a construction, engineering or fabrication vocations."
Eggleston Steel stocks, processes and supplies a wide range of both mild steels, and non-ferrous metals. Their main customer base is within a 50-Mile radius of their Derby office, and if you're in the fabrication, engineering, construction or DIY sectors, and you need their help, you can contact them via their Made in the Midlands Microsite or email, [email protected] or call 01332 341536
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