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The Yankee Widow by Linda Lael Miller
May 17, 2019 May 16, 2019 Mary Historical Fiction, Linda Lael Miller, Mira, NetGalley
Published: May 7, 2019 – MIRA
Review galley provided by the publisher and NetGalley
Description: Caroline is the young wife of Jacob, who together live on a farm raising their daughter just outside of Gettysburg. When Jacob joins the Northern army, no one anticipates he will not return. Then Caroline gets word that her husband is wounded, and she must find her way alone to Washington City and search among the thousands of casualties to find him.
When Jacob succumbs to his injuries, she brings his body home on the eve of the deadliest battle of the war. With troops and looters roaming the countryside, it is impossible to know who is friend and who is foe. Caroline fights to protect those she holds most dear while remaining compassionate to the neediest around her, including two strangers from opposite sides of the fight. Each is wounded… Each is drawn to her beauty, her kindness. Both offer comfort, but only one secretly captures her heart. Still, she must resist exposing her vulnerability in these uncertain times when so much is at risk.
In The Yankee Widow, gifted storyteller Linda Lael Miller explores the complexities and heartbreak that women experienced as their men took up arms to preserve the nation and defend their way of life. (publisher)
My take: I've always been intrigued by the Civil War. My (3x)great grandfather left his family and farm to fight with the northern army. His portrait hung on the wall in my parents' home. I didn't truly appreciate the extent of his sacrifice until I began to read accounts of the war – told from various perspectives. Linda Lael Miller's novel The Yankee Widow is the story of Caroline, a young widow from outside of Gettysburg, PA. Her husband left his young family and farm to fight in the northern army only to succumb to injuries incurred at Chancellorsville. Caroline is left to carry on which is no small task. The war is brought to her front yard as she is grieving the loss of her husband. She must step outside her grief and help with injured men from both sides of the war. Two such men will become central to her story and could very well decide her future. One thing she is certain of: she will make the decision. Showing a strength of character from the beginning of the novel we see even more growth in Caroline as she becomes aware that there are no easy answers except the decision to treat others with compassion – no matter where they are from. The story is filled with vivid battle descriptions that put me in the middle of those scenes. Heartbreaking, to be sure.
Linda Lael Miller swept me along with her story, turning the pages and wondering how Caroline would prevail. For once I was happy a novel ended with a cliff-hanger – I can't wait to read what happens next. Recommended to fans of the author and historical fiction with a dose of romance.
Spotlight: The Yankee Widow by Linda Lael Miller
May 9, 2019 May 8, 2019 Mary Historical Fiction, Linda Lael Miller, MIRA Books, NetGalley, Spotlight
I've been waiting for this book to publish for a long time. Over the past few years Linda Lael Miller would update, hint about it, etc. on her blog which put it firmly on my wish list. I'll post my review soon. In the meantime, here's what we have to look forward to in THE YANKEE WIDOW.
Published: May 7, 2019 – MIRA Hardcover
A richly layered saga is set against the backdrop of the Civil War
In The Yankee Widow, gifted storyteller Linda Lael Miller explores the complexities and heartbreak that families experienced as men took up arms to preserve the nation and defend their way of life.
Told in a smart, assured and compelling voice, this is the story of Caroline, the young wife and childhood sweetheart of Jacob, who together live on a farm raising their daughter, Rachel, just outside of Gettysburg. When Jacob joins the Northern army to do his duty and help save the Union, no one anticipates he will not return. Caroline gets news that he is wounded and has been taken to Washington, DC, with his regiment, and so she must find her way there and navigate the thousands of other wounded soldiers to find him.
Thus begins this novel that focuses on the strong women and men of both sides and both races who sacrificed so much and loved so well during this critical juncture in American history.
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The daughter of a town marshal, Linda Lael Miller is a #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of more than 100 historical and contemporary novels, most of which reflect her love of the West. Raised in Northport, Washington, Linda pursued her wanderlust, living in London and Arizona and traveling the world before returning to the state of her birth to settle down on a spacious property outside Spokane.
Linda traces the birth of her writing career to the day when a Northport teacher told her that the stories she was writing were good, that she just might have a future in writing. Later, when she decided to write novels, she endured her share of rejection before she sold Fletcher's Woman in 1983 to Pocket Books. Since then, Linda has successfully published historicals, contemporaries, paranormals, mysteries and thrillers before coming home, in a literal sense, and concentrating on novels with a Western flavor. For her devotion to her craft, the Romance Writers of America awarded her their prestigious Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007.
Long a passionate Civil War buff, Linda has studied the era avidly for almost thirty years. She has read literally hundreds of books on the subject, explored numerous battlegrounds and made many visits to her favorite, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where she has witnessed re-enactments of the legendary clash between North and South. Linda explores that turbulent time in The Yankee Widow, a May 7, 2019 MIRA Books hardcover, also available in digital and audiobook formats.
Dedicated to helping others, "The First Lady of the West" personally financed fifteen years of her Linda Lael Miller Scholarships for Women, which she awarded to women 25 years and older who were seeking to improve their lot in life through education. She anticipates that her next charitable endeavors will benefit four-legged critters.
More information about Linda and her novels is available at http://www.lindalaelmiller.com
Forever a Hero by Linda Lael Miller
March 21, 2017 March 20, 2017 Mary Blog Tour, Contemporary Romance, HQN Books, Linda Lael Miller, Little Bird Publicity, NetGalley
Title: Forever a Hero
Series: The Carsons of Mustang Creek #3
Author: Linda Lael Miller
Published: March 2017 – HQN Books
Source: Publisher; NetGalley; Little Bird Publicity
Description: For the youngest Carson brother, finding—and fixing—trouble seems to be all in a day's work.
Mace Carson doesn't consider himself a hero. Back in college, he came upon a woman in trouble and intervened—but he was just one irate Wyoming cowboy with his boots planted firmly on the side of right. Now a successful vintner, Mace is shocked to be reunited with the woman he saved. But it turns out she's in Wyoming on business…a corporate executive representing the company that wants to buy his winery. Only, he's not selling.
Kelly Wright has never forgotten that horrible night ten years ago when Mace came to her rescue, has never forgotten him. The surprising success of a winery in the middle of ranch country has brought her to Mustang Creek, and she's secretly thrilled to discover Mace at the helm. Reluctant to mix business with pleasure, Kelly vows to keep things professional, until her attacker is released from prison and comes for vengeance…against both of them. (publisher)
My take: It was fun to return to Wyoming and to see what was new with the Carson family in Forever a Hero. Linda Lael Miller's stories about three brothers connected to the family ranch had me from the start. And it drew to a fitting close with this book.
It had to be fate ten years ago when Mace Carson rescued Kelly Wright from an attacker on their college campus. But because of circumstances there was no chance to have more of a relationship at that time. He'd be remembered by Kelly as her hero. They both moved on with their lives. One failed marriage and ten years later Kelly is working for a company that wants to buy Mace's wine – all of his wine. He may not want to sell but he'd like to get to know Kelly more and maybe convince her to work for him. All bets are off when the man who attacked her is released from prison. Could he possibly be the person who sent her a menacing text? Once again, Mace is ready to step up and keep her safe.
This book is typical Miller in that the romance is so nice, it's filled with funny people and pets, and the setting is spectacular. Those reasons are why I keep picking up her books and look forward to the next one. Recommended to fans of Linda Lael Miller and contemporary romance.
"First Lady of the West" Linda Lael Miller has written more than 100 contemporary and historical novels. She was awarded the prestigious Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award from the Romance Writers of America in 2007 and the RT Book Reviews Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016.
PRAISE FOR THE CARSONS OF MUSTANG CREEK TRILOGY
"[A] marvelous contemporary Western trilogy launch…fraught with amazing chemistry." — Publishers Weekly Starred Review on Once a Rancher
"Another deftly crafted western romance by a true master of the genre, [Once a Rancher] continues to showcase this author's truly impressive storytelling talents. A riveting read from beginning to end." — Midwest Book Review on Once a Rancher
"Miller's deep knowledge and love of the West shine through in a refreshing, tender romance that sees another Carson brother blissfully bite the dust and seamlessly bring fans up-to-date with characters they've come to love." Library Journal on Always a Cowboy
"Longing has a way of overcoming doubts, and readers will root for this appealing couple. The glimpses of ranch life and the extended Carson family make this a Western to remember." — BookPage on Always a Cowboy
"Miller writes some of the best cowboy books around." — BookTrib on Always a Cowboy
The 24 Days of Christmas by Linda Lael Miller
November 8, 2016 September 30, 2016 Mary Christmas, Linda Lael Miller, Lyrical Shine, NetGalley
Title: The 24 Days of Christmas
Genre: Contemporary Romance; Christmas
Published: November 2016 – Lyrical Shine
Source: Publisher; NetGalley
Description: A matchbox advent calendar first brought Frank Rayner and Addie Hutton together. But that was years ago. Since then Addie has written herself out of her father's will, gotten herself blacklisted as a reporter, and had her husband leave her for a younger woman. The only good decision she seems to have made is to move back home, even if Frank now owns that home and is renting the apartment over the garage to her. Not that she thinks there's anything there. There's no reason to get wrapped up in the holiday cheer. Because Christmas miracles are for the movies. Real life is about unexpected families—and the magic of true love—and could there be a happy ending after all? (publisher)
My take: This sweet story is a re-release of a novella previously included in No Place Like Home and Jingle All The Way. I hadn't read either anthology so it was new to me.
The 24 days of Christmas was a quick read. It's a second chance story about not giving up on your dreams – even dreams you didn't know you had.
I think a novella is perfect for reading during the busy holiday season when you want to escape for a few minutes and don't want to read anything heavy. I'm a fan of Linda Lael Miller and got exactly what I expected from this story – a nice, romantic holiday tale that was light on drama and just the perfect amount of sweetness.
Always a Cowboy by Linda Lael Miller
September 8, 2016 August 17, 2016 Mary Blog Tour, Contemporary Romance, HQN Books, Linda Lael Miller, Little Bird Publicity, NetGalley
Title: Always a Cowboy
Published: August 2016 – HQN Books
Description: He's the middle of the three Carson brothers and is as stubborn as they come—and he won't thank a beautiful stranger for getting in his way!
Drake Carson is the quintessential cowboy. In charge of the family ranch, he knows the realities of this life, its pleasures and heartbreaks. Lately, managing the wild stallions on his property is wearing him down. When an interfering so-called expert arrives and starts offering her opinion, Drake is wary, but he can't deny the longing—and the challenge—she stirs in him.
Luce Hale is researching how wild horses interact with ranch animals—and with ranchers. The Carson matriarch invites her to stay with the family, which guarantees frequent encounters with Drake, her ruggedly handsome and decidedly unwelcoming son. Luce and Drake are at odds from the very beginning, especially when it comes to the rogue stallion who's stealing the ranch mares. But when Drake believes Luce is in danger, that changes everything—for both of them. (publisher)
My take: Drake Carson is the head of his family's ranch. All his life he's wanted to carry on the tradition of tending the ranch that's been in his family for several generations. He cares about the land and the animals who live there. That includes the cattle and the predators that threaten them.
Luce Hale cares about animals and the environment and plans to write her dissertation about the wild horses that roam the Carson ranch. Drake sees them as a nuisance and threat to his horses and land. She hopes to convince him to find a humane way to deal with the wild horses. Eventually these two find a mutual respect and even more.
The second book in the Carsons of Mustang Creek series was enjoyable and I learned a bit about wild horses – I've heard about them before but didn't know much about them. The novel ends a bit abruptly but I still liked it. The scenes with Drake's brothers and the rest of the family were fun and a bit exciting near the end. If you enjoyed the first book in the series I think you'll love Always a Cowboy.
About the author: The daughter of a town marshal, Linda Lael Miller is the #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of more than 100 historical and contemporary novels, most of which reflect her love of the West. Raised in Northport, Washington, the self-confessed barn goddess pursued her wanderlust, living in London and Arizona and traveling the world before returning to the state of her birth to settle down on a horse property outside Spokane.
Linda traces the beginning of her writing career to the day a Northport teacher told her that the stories she was writing were good, that she just might have a future in writing. Later, when she decided to write novels, she endured her share of rejection before she sold her first title to a publisher in 1983. Linda then successfully published historicals, contemporaries, paranormals, mysteries and thrillers before coming home, in a literal sense, to concentrate on novels with a Western flavor. For her devotion to her craft, the Romance Writers of America awarded her their prestigious Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007. In 2016 Linda will receive a Lifetime Achievement award from RT Book Reviews. Currently the Hallmark Movie Channel is developing a series based on Linda's Big Sky Country novels.
For more information about Linda and her novels, please visit lindalaelmiller.com
Once a Rancher by Linda Lael Miller
March 29, 2016 February 18, 2016 Mary Contemporary Romance, HQN, Linda Lael Miller, Little Bird Publicity, NetGalley, Series
Title: Once a Rancher
Series: The Carsons of Mustang Creek, #1
Published: March 2016 – HQN
Source: Publisher/NetGalley
Synopsis: The Carsons of Mustang Creek: three men who embody the West and define what it means to be a rancher, a cowboy and a hero in this brand-new series from the queen of Western romance.
Slater Carson might be a businessman by trade, but he's a cowboy at heart—and he knows the value of a hard day's work under the hot Wyoming sun. So when he sees troubled teen Ryder heading down a dangerous path, he offers the boy a job on the ranch he shares with his two younger brothers. And since Ryder's temporary guardian is the gorgeous new resort manager, Grace Emery, Slater figures it can't hurt to keep a closer eye on her as well…
Grace Emery doesn't have time for romance. Between settling in to her new job and caring for her ex-husband's rebellious son, her attraction to larger-than-life Slater is a distraction she can't afford. But when the past catches up to her in Mustang Creek, she'll discover just how far Slater will go to protect what matters most—and that love is always worth fighting for. (publisher)
My take: Linda Lael Miller builds on her Bliss County series with her newest book Once a Rancher – book 1 of The Carsons of Mustang Creek series. It was fun to see characters from the four previous books as they made brief appearances. That said, you don't have to have read the previous books to enjoy Once a Rancher.
The new series involves the Carson family of three brothers. This book is about Slater Carson, a documentary film producer and Grace Emery, manager of a high-end hotel and spa in the area.
Slater is between projects and is looking forward to a few days of R&R at the ranch. That plan gets tossed when Grace and her step-son Ryder arrive at his door. Their story takes off from there. It's what you'd expect from LLM and I enjoyed it all. I liked that there was a bit of a mystery to be solved that grew more and more sinister as the book progressed. I loved the setting – both the hotel and the ranch.
Of course, all's well that ends well – and this book did. I look forward to the next book in the trilogy. Recommended to fans of the author and contemporary and western romance.
The daughter of a town marshal, Linda Lael Miller is a #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of more than one hundred historical and contemporary novels, most of which reflect her love of the West. Raised in Northport, Washington, the self-confessed barn goddess now lives in Spokane, Washington. Linda hit a career high in 2011 when all three of her Creed Cowboys books—A Creed in Stone Creek, Creed's Honor and The Creed Legacy—debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list.
Linda has come a long way since leaving Washington to experience the world. "But growing up in that time and place has served me well," she allows. "And I'm happy to be back home." Dedicated to helping others, Linda personally finances her "Linda Lael Miller Scholarships for Women," which she awards to those seeking to improve their lot in life through education.
More information about Linda and her novels is available at http://www.lindalaelmiller.com. She also loves to hear from readers by mail at P.O. Box 19461, Spokane, WA 99219.
Christmas in Mustang Creek by Linda Lael Miller
September 29, 2015 September 8, 2015 Mary Christmas, Contemporary Romance, HQN Books, Linda Lael Miller, Little Bird Publicity, NetGalley, Series
Title: Christmas in Mustang Creek
Series: The Brides of Bliss County #4
Published: September 2015 – HQN Books
Description: Charlotte Morgan grew up in Mustang Creek, Wyoming, and couldn't wait to escape to the big city. But life in New York isn't as fabulous as she'd like to admit—she's lonely, doing a job she doesn't love and dating too many frogs she meets online.
There was one potential prince, though—Jaxon Locke, a veterinarian with definite possibilities—but his move to Idaho to fill in at his dad's vet practice ended things just as they were getting interesting. What Charlotte doesn't know is that he misses her, more than he expected…
Meanwhile, Charlotte's great-aunt Geneva—the woman who raised her—needs to enter an assisted-living facility. So, just before Christmas, Charlotte moves back home. When Jax catches wind of her move back West, he's determined to get to Wyoming and do whatever it takes to win her back.
Christmas in Mustang Creek is a magical time in a magical place, not least because of a mysterious visitor named Mrs. Klozz. She knows that love is the greatest gift of all, and she's ready to help out Santa by giving these two a push in the right direction! (publisher)
My take: The book description above tells you everything you need to know about Christmas in Mustang Creek. With the backdrop of the Wyoming mountains and a quaint town, Linda Lael Miller's setting of her Brides of Bliss County series is gorgeous at the holidays.
It's filled with familiar characters from previous books as well as a few new ones. One or two might even seem to possess magical powers! Or perhaps it's simply the magic of the season. Either way, this is an entertaining book sure to cheer the reader.
Though I'm posting a review before October I have no doubt this will be just the book for fans of the series and Miller to get into the holiday spirit in a few weeks. I would suggest getting it now so you have it on hand when you're ready to read it. Again, recommended to fans of the series, Linda Lael Miller, and contemporary romance. Although it's the fourth book in the series it can easily stand alone.


Looks like no snow, so the plan is Monarch Turf tomorrow (Monday), Wednesday and Thursday, 6-8:00 pm. See you soon.
If the weather looks like it is changing, check your e mail and the website.
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US Election: No vote for Obama or Romney!
US-American workers and oppressed need a new Workers Party on a revolutionary program
Statement of the Revolutionary Workers Collective, 17.10.2012
1. At the presidential election in USA, none of the candidates stand for the interests of the working class and the oppressed people. While Republican candidate Mitt Romney represents the greediest and reactionary sectors of the ruling class, Obama too is an enemy of the working class. His administration stands for the interests of the big corporations and the military brass. The whole workers and oppressed movement – trade unions, immigrant organizations, black community organizations etc. – must not rally behind the Democratic Party. They should break with them and form a new Workers Party. Such a party of workers and oppressed for the interests of the workers and oppressed should be based on a revolutionary program.
Republican Romney: the personified greedy rich
2. Republican candidate Romney reflects the disdain of the greedy super-rich for the popular masses. At the same time he stands for the typical capitalists' behavior of using off-shore bank accounts and countless tricks to avoid paying taxes. Romney openly expressed this in his remarks on the 47% of the population who are poor and wouldn't vote for him anyway. He stands for open class warfare against the laboring masses. And he stands openly for an intensified US war drive against the oppressed people around the world as his close links with the Zionist war-mongers of the Israeli Netanyahu government underline. He is Bush 2.0. However exactly for these reasons, he gets support only from the most reactionary sectors of the US society.
Democrat Obama: the disguised defender of the corporations and military brass
3. President Obama and his Democratic Party stand for a policy of the ruling class which essentially promotes the same kind of attacks against the working class and the oppressed in the USA and around the world. But in opposite to the Republicans and the Romney campaign, the Democrats and Obama are much more skillful in disguising their anti-working class policy. Obama as the first black president and with his promises of "change" aroused much hope for a fundamental transformation of US policy.
4. The reality however is that Obama is a president in the service of the corporations and the military brass. When the banks and financial institutions needed a bail-out in 2009 – financed by working class and the middle class taxes – he promptly delivered. When the corporations wanted more concessions for oil drilling, Obama agreed to expand the use of particularly environmentally poisonous methods of energy production like shale gas and fracking on national forest lands, offshore and in the Arctic.
5. The real character of Obama's Democratic Party was also once again shown recently in Chicago where Mayor Rahm Emanuel – Obama's former chief of staff – attacked public education and the teachers union. Similarly Tom Barrett, the Democratic mayor of Milwaukee, also attacked public employees' unions. It is also visible in the government's racist policy against migrants. While during the Bush government, in 2001 "only" about 190,000 migrants were deported by the state apparatus, this figure rose to nearly 400,000 a year since Obama took office. And what has the Obama administration done about the 3.6 million foreclosures of homes since August 2007 of which most took place since the president took office?!
6. Obama's change in the US foreign policy – in particular the retreat of the US occupation forces from Iraq and the announced withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan – are not an expression of a peace policy. It is far more a realistic recognition of the weakened status of the US in the global relation of forces between the Great Powers and of the US's defeats in the Middle East. However, the systematic killing programs by drone attacks in Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen as well as the continuation of the barbaric prison in Guantanamo, demonstrate the government's continuing commitment to an aggressive militaristic foreign policy. Likewise Obama's determination to keep the US's hegemonic role in the world was expressed in the administration's decision to position 60% of its navy in the Asian region by 2020.
New Workers Party needed!
7. Various third party and independent presidential candidates like the Green Party's candidate Jill Stein, Rocky Anderson from the newly formed Justice Party or the Roseanne Barr/Cindy Sheehan campaign of the Peace and Freedom Party are no alternative neither. They represent various forms of petty-bourgeois, left-wing populism, which is useless for the US-American working class.
8. While there is no alternative for the working class at the ballot paper, there is a way out: The building a Workers Party which fights for a program of liberation of exploitation and oppression by socialist revolution. Class conscious workers and socialists should argue at workplaces, in the communities, inside the trade unions and the organizations of the migrants, black and other oppressed for the formation of a Workers Party which is completely independent of all sectors of the capitalist class. It should be a party that participates in elections in order to spread socialist ideas, but its main orientation must be the class struggle. It should be a consistent internationalist and anti-imperialist party which oppose all forms of US great power policy. It should be a party which fights for working class revolution in order to build a socialist society without exploitation and oppression.

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text: Michael Crowther is an award-winning composer / multi-instrumentalist specializing in a wide variety of instrumental styles renowned for its dramatic, emotional and cinematic flair. Coming from a musical family, Michael began playing music at the age of four after the untimely death of his father and retreated into a solitary world of musical exploration. With the gift of absolute pitch, Michael became proficient on several different instruments and began composing at an early age. His performing career began at age eleven on the club circuit and he received his first recording contract in his early twenties. Over the years Michael has created an extensive catalog of unique original compositions in a broad array of moods. His music has been used in feature films, television, animated films, commercial advertisements, children's programming, documentaries, video games and various other multimedia productions. Michael's first full-length instrumental album, A MOMENT IN TIME received international recognition and radio air-play with several tracks from the album featured in movies and television. His next release, MUSIC BOX, also features music composed for films as well as a variety of genres including new age, contemporary instrumental, smooth jazz, classical, electronica, acoustic, world, lush orchestral compositions, cinematic soundscapes and gorgeous romantic themes using a combination of acoustic and electronic sounds. Several tracks from the album have reached the Number One position on various music charts in the Jazz and Instrumental categories. Michael's educational backround includes studies at the prestigious Peobody Institute in Baltimore Maryland. Among his many distinguished honors include ASCAP awards as well as an award for, "BEST NEW AGE ARTIST" from the Songwriter's Network. The award was based on a radio survey of over 3 million listeners worldwide! Then in 2019 he received the IMC award for "BEST MALE EASY LISTENING ARTIST". The ceremony was held at the Grammy Museum in LA. Michael feels a close connection to the Earth and has a great passion for hiking and communing with nature. He describes his outdoor experiences as "a means of cleansing the mind for creative and spiritual thought". As an activist he has worked for many years toward promoting the protection and preservation of our wilderness areas and wildlife habitats. Many devoted supporters of Michael's music have described his work as music filled with mystery, emotion and imagery. Aside from his work as a film composer, this unique and dramatic approach carries over into his albums which take the listener on a visual ride through the mind's eye. Michael takes special care in handling every aspect of his productions including doing all of the composing, arranging, engineering and playing all of the instruments himself. His flair for composing and arranging in a wide variety of genres has resulted in client satisfaction, a rapidly growing international audience and a reputation as an artist who can deliver.


This sounds like an entertaining foodie evening. From now until January Wright Brothers are offering oyster shucking classes at their Soho restaurant. Oyster shucking is effectively opening the oyster and preparing it to be eaten. You then get to eat them (yay) with some champagne. It's available for booking for 2 or more people at a time.
"During the oyster-shucking classes, you'll learn how to shuck half-a-dozen of the finest oysters with the help of Wright Brothers' expert team, and pick up all the tricks of the trade needed to do justice to oysters when you serve them at home. Once you've mastered the technique, you'll enjoy the fruits of your labour washed down with a glass of Gaston Chicquet champagne.
The Wright Brothers supply London's leading restaurants with oysters from their Duchy Oyster Farm in Cornwall, as well as serving the finest seafood at their Soho Oyster House and Borough Oyster and Porter House - so what they can't tell you about cultivating, harvesting, serving and eating these delicacies isn't worth knowing."


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20th and 21st Century literature and theory group
Websitehttp://www.rhul.ac.uk/english/research/20thand21stcenturyliteratureandtheory.aspx
25 Doctoral Thesis
14 Exhibition
12 Digital or Visual Products
5 Artefact
2 Internet publication
2 Composition
1 Literature review
'[A]ll this our funnaminal world': An Object-Orientated Approach to Joycean Animals
O'Donovan, K., 2022, (Unpublished) 342 p.
After Black Pond
Montgomery, W., 2022
Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
Inoculate Me
Montgomery, W. & Watts, C., 2022
Irritation as Practice: prose poem, archive and object in the work of Gertrude Stein, John Latham, Susan Hiller, Lydia Davis, Andrea Fraser, Jimbo Blachly and Lytle Shaw
Sandhu, K., 2022, (Unpublished) 247 p.
Novel RomAntics Literature of Chicago Series Episode 5: The Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon
Cowie, D. & Eaglestone, R., 2 Dec 2022
The Nuclear Family from Wellington to Hiroshima: Eithne Wilkins's 'Oranges and Lemons'
Armstrong, T., Feb 2022, In: Modernist Cultures. 17, 1, p. 127-146 20 p.
Walking in Air
Waeckerlé, E. & Montgomery, W., 1 Sep 2022, In: Performance Research. 26, 7, p. 97-103
Circles of Confluence: Jean Toomer's CANE, 'Modernist' Aesthetics, & Neo-Platonism
Kinsler, J-F., 18 Feb 2021, 536 p.
Mount Purgatory
Roberts, A., 2021, Gollancz. 300 p.
Novel RomAntics Episode #3: The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
Cowie, D. & Roberts, A., 8 Apr 2021
Novel RomAntics Episode #6: The Night Always Comes by Willy Vlautin
Cowie, D. & Eaglestone, R., 12 Aug 2021
Playing Monopoly with William Faulkner
Armstrong, T., 30 Jun 2021, Faulkner and Slavery. Watson, J. (ed.). University Press of Mississippi
Sonic Poetics: Sound, Listening and Polyphony in the Work of M. NourbeSe Philip and Sean Bonney
Pomery, S., 21 Oct 2021, (Unpublished) 344 p.
FINNEGANS WAKE, MUSIC, AND DISABILITY
Morey, J., 2020, (Unpublished) 262 p.
Goat and Adding-Machine Rituals: Cultic Mockery in Modernism
Armstrong, T., 13 Feb 2020, In: Critical Quarterly. 61, 4, p. 8-22 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review
Hardy's Mathematics
Armstrong, T., 28 Mar 2020, In: Victorian Poetry. 57, 4, p. 557-575 19 p.
Leaving it Out: Rhythm and Short Form in the Modernist Poetic Tradition
Montgomery, W., Jan 2020, The Philosophy of Rhythm: Aesthetics, Music, Poetics. Cheyne, P., Hamilton, A. & Paddison, M. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 374-391 17 p.
Magic and Medicine: Man into Woman and Anthropology
Armstrong, T., Feb 2020, Man into Woman: A Comparative Scholarly Edition. Caughie, P. & Meyer, S. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury, p. 245-253 9 p.
Maurice: Beyond Body and Soul
Fordham, F., 26 Mar 2020, Twenty-First-Century Readings of E. M. Forster's 'Maurice'. Sutton, E. & Tsai, T-H. (eds.). Liverpool University Press, Vol. 83. p. 127-153 27 p.
Mine Merian
Olsen, R., Jun 2020, Salon For a Speculative Future. Kivland, S. & Oechsler, M. (eds.). London: Ma Bibliotheque, 2 p.
Pasts and presents in Audio Recordings of the Poetic Avant-garde
: Passés et Présents dans les Enregistrements Sonores de l'Avant-garde Poétique
Montgomery, W., Jan 2020, Archives Sonores de la Poésie. Lang, A., Murat, M. & Pardo, C. (eds.). Dijon: Les Presses du Réel, p. 175-184 9 p.
Short Form American Poetry: The Modernist Tradition
Montgomery, W., Jul 2020, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 240 p.
Start Place in Flux
Olsen, R., May 2020, The Allen Fisher Companion. Hampson, R. (ed.). Bristol: Shearsman, p. 53 - 64 10 p.
The Allen Fisher Companion
Hampson, R., cheek, C., Rowe, W., Joris, P., Olsen, R., Hitchins, S., Montgomery, W., Sheppard, R., Thurston, S., Bush, C., Hazell, C., Mitchell, P., Zamir, S., Mac Cormack, K., Holloway, R. & Welish, M., 1 Mar 2020, Swindon: Shearsman. 301 p.
The Empathetic Imagination and the Dream of Equality: Shakespeare's 'Poetical Justice'
Ryan, K., 26 Nov 2020, The Arden Research Handbook of Shakespeare and Social Justice. Ruiter, D. (ed.). London: Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, p. 235-250 16 p. (Arden Shakespeare Handbooks).
"Something like a liveable space": Poetry, architecture, and the New York School
Losasso, M., 2020, (Unpublished)
Geographies of Transition: David Foster Wallace's Novels
Mcrae Andrew, L., 24 Jun 2019, (Unpublished) 225 p.
Glitch Poetics: Critical Sensory Realism in Contemporary Language Practice
Jones, N., 1 May 2019, 196 p.
H G Wells: A Literary Life
Roberts, A., Dec 2019, 1 ed. London: Palgrave Macmillan. 452 p.
Literature, African (Anglophone): English-language African literature that features gender variance and same-sex sexuality
Mathuray, M., Jan 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Global Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) History..
Literature: why it matters
Eaglestone, R., 2019, Cambridge: Polity Press. 123 p.
Mapping Networks and its Discontents
Fordham, F., 31 Dec 2019, IDEA 2019 conference proceedings . Antakyalioglu, Z. (ed.). p. 2-24 22 p.
Modernity and the Political Fix
Gibson, A., 18 Apr 2019, 1 ed. Bloomsbury Academic. 248 p.
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Olsen, R., 16 Feb 2019, Southampton : John Hansard Gallery.
Resurrecting the Absurd: Contemporary applications of the mechanics of style in Albert Camus's L'étranger
Larocque, S., 2019, (Unpublished)
Sapphires and Lemurs
Olsen, R., Nov 2019
Saying Yes to Death: Mortality in William Faulkner's Fiction
Honeini, A., 2019, (Unpublished) 307 p.
Eaglestone, R., 2019, The Routledge Companion to Twenty-First Century Literarty Fiction . Abingdon: Routledge, p. 311-320 9 p.
The Reception of FInnegans Wake in 1939
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Olsen, R., 24 Sep 2019, 44 p. Cambridge and London : electric crinolines.
Writing Scripto-Visual Costumes and Columns of Air
Olsen, R., 15 Feb 2019, Artistic Research and Literature. Wälchli, T. & Caduff, C. (eds.). Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 63-79 17 p.
"A Transfinite Syntax": Modernism and Mathematics
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Badiou Pro Wagner
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Eaglestone, R., 2018, London: Routledge. 218 p.
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Roberts, A., 2018, London: Victor Gollancz. 260 p.
Cruel Nostalgia and the memory of the Second World War
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Doctrines of Imperfection: The Anglo-American New Criticism
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Video: 15 die when bus plunges off bridge into river after passenger and driver fight
by Holly Hofstead - The Oregon Herald Friday November 2, 2018 7:44 AM
BEIJING -- A fight between a passenger and a bus driver ended tragically when the bus plunged off a bridge in southwestern China Sunday. All 15 people on board were killed.
This eight-second surveillance video shows the bus driver and a passenger arguing and slapping at each other just before the bus suddenly veered across oncoming traffic and off the bridge Sunday morning.
A 48-year-old female passenger on the bus asked the driver to pull over after she missed her stop, but the driver refused. She then walked to the driver's seat and scolded him. The driver turned his head back several times arguing.
The Chongqing police also posted dashcam video from a nearby car showing the bus colliding with an oncoming vehicle before smashing through a guardrail and falling into the Yangtze, a major river in southwestern China. At the last instant, the bus driver apparently attempted to miss the oncoming car and veered sharply to the left, and over the bridge railing.
Rescuers recovered the wreck of the bus Wednesday night. The official Xinhua News Agency said Friday that 13 bodies had been retrieved from the river and two others were still missing but presumed dead. No one is believed to have survived.
The Reuters news agency cites state radio as quoting rescuers saying the bus wound up some 262 feet underwater.
The heated quarrel between the bus driver and the woman passenger was to blame for the tragic crash which killed more than a dozen in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Oct. 28.
Authorities confirmed that at least 13 people have been killed after the bus veered onto the wrong side of the road and collided with an oncoming car before smashing through roadside barriers and flying off a bridge in Chongqing's Wanzhou District last Sunday.
Newly-released footage from the bus' on-board surveillance camera shows how a passenger appeared to lash out at the driver who in turn retaliated, seconds before the bus crashed and plunged into the Yangtze River.
According to police investigations, the 48-year-old female passenger surnamed Liu had missed her stop, and asked the driver to stop on the road. After the driver, surnamed Ran, refused to halt the bus, Liu then became enraged and struck Ran with her cell phone before the driver lost control of the vehicle.
Police believe that both Ran and Liu are responsible for the deadly incident since their physical altercation posed a serious threat to public security, violated China's criminal law, and both are being held accountable for causing the tragedy.
A previous investigation found that 15 people including the driver were on board the bus at the time. A total of 13 bodies were retrieved and identified by Thursday, while two others remain missing. The driver of the car which was hit by the bus was said to have sustained some injuries.
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So, I was tagged for the Liebster Award by the lovely Bibi's Book Blog – and her blog is fantastic so definitely go check it out!
I will honestly read most genres with the exception of romance and really scary horror! I think my favourite genre has to be thriller/crime/suspense. I read loads of these books, more than any other genre and I never tire of them. My favourite crime writer is probably Karin Slaughter who is so good at creating characters that are flawed but still easy to root for and dark, gripping storylines.
2. What's your so far favourite book discovery of 2018?
I think it's probably reading my first Stephen King book, The Outsider. I've always been kind of curious about his books but there are just so many that I was a bit overwhelmed and I'm also a bit too much of a scaredy-cat for proper horror. However, The Outsider read more like a thriller for most of it and I really enjoyed it!
3. What's your drink of choice?
I don't drink alcohol but I do like a mocktail – especially if it involves strawberry! I also drink loads of water and quite a lot of diet coke!
4. What's your favourite TV show?
This changes all the time! I am really loving The Affair at the moment and also The Bold Type on Amazon Prime. I do, of course, also love Friends and can watch it over and over again and still find it hilarious!
5. Which country would you like to visit, if you had to base it on the food they're known for?
I would really like to visit Canada and Iceland but going purely on food – it would probably have to be Italy. I've been to Italy many times before but the food is always amazing and comforting.
6. Do you judge a book by it's cover?
I try hard not to, but if I'm being totally honest then yes, I do often judge a book by it's cover. If a book has a beautiful, bold or shocking cover I am more likely to pick it up and want to read it.
7. What's your favourite time of day?
I think it's probably early evening/dusk. I always find it a really pretty time of day when the sun has almost gone but it's not actually night time yet.
8. How do you decide what blog post to write next?
Well, I mostly write reviews so it kind of depends what i'm reading and how much I have to say about it! I also like to do Top Ten Tuesday every week and if I am tagged in these sort of posts then I always like doing those!
9. If you had one wish, what would it be? You can't wish for more wishes.
It would probably be to keep me and my family happy and healthy for a very long time. I have had to deal with a lot of health problems over the past couple of years and I would love for that to just disappear!
I really like rose gold, blues and pinks! I like most colours though – I'm not hugely picky!
11. What are three things about you that you think people should know?
That I am a terrible liar – I always break out in giggles when I try to lie so I'm a pretty honest person!
I absolutely love my dog – he has brought so much happiness into mine and my whole family's lives.
Reading will always be of vital importance to me – I think very few things have had as huge an impact on me as books have.
So that's it! That was fun – I love answering questions!
What are your hobbies, besides reading?
Which season of the year do you prefer and why?
Name three things that make you happy?
What is your favourite book you've read this year so far?
Where was your best holiday ever?
If you could meet one author – who would it be and why?
Have fun! No pressure if you don't feel like doing the tag!
That was fun. I hope you feel better. Books are a wonderful thing.


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Traditional publishers might suggest a second edition if the first one sells well or if the content changes regularly. Indie authors can decide for themselves when the time is right to do a second, third, or fourth edition of their books.
I recently published a second edition of my book Subscription Marketing. Just over two years had passed since the first publication, but the Subscription Economy moves quickly. Stuff that seemed fresh in 2015 now looked stale. And my opinions have become stronger as I've spoken with people after the first edition.


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How an academic economist discovered a useful theory via trading in markets
John Geanakoplos, an economics professor at Yale and has Greece origins. His grandfather migrated to US from Greece in search of a better life.
He explains in this speech how he became an economist and discovered the leverage cycle via trading in financial markets. In this theory he showed the importance of collateral in finance and how it amplifies the financial cycle both ways. In good times less collateral is required amplifying the boom and in bad times more collateral is demanded amplifying the bust.
Why he became an economist is interesting:
Together with his brother, my grandfather built the first Greek church in Minneapolis and was the first president of the Greek community of Minneapolis and for many years the treasurer of the church. Though he had gotten quite wealthy, he told his sons that they should look for a purer calling than business. One son became a high school history teacher in Minneapolis, another son (my godfather) became a professor of chemical engineering, and my father became a professor of Byzantine history.
My sister and I wanted to be even purer than our parents. She studied music at Julliard and philosophy at Yale and became a concert pianist, playing all over the world, including twice here in Athens many years ago. I studied pure mathematics at Yale and then got a masters in mathematics at Harvard. But along the way to my math degrees I also took courses from extraordinary teachers in economics, like James Tobin and Herbert Scarf at Yale, and then Kenneth Arrow at Harvard. I realized that mathematics played an essential and beautiful role in economics, but that economics also touched on so many other things, like political philosophy and even business, that despite my grandfather, I was also interested in. So I decided to get my PhD in economics, under Kenneth Arrow.
Purer calling? But if it leads to PhD under Arrow it was worth it..
Ok, now to how he discovered about his leverage cycle idea. He took a sabbatical in 1989 to work in Wall Street. The mortgage market was starting to boom then:
The mortgage market was a multi-trillion dollar a year operation and I realized, while I was there at Kidder Peabody, that this whole operation behind the scenes was invisible to everybody and was worth writing about. It was bringing great welfare gain to the country and nobody quite knew about it. So for me, it crystalized what the essence of finance is. The essence of finance is creating promises backed by collateral. The houses back the homeowner mortgage promises, the mortgages back the pools, the pools back the tranches. And the investors who buy the tranches are also borrowing money, using the tranches as collateral. Collateral is a very important to running a financial system. Yet collateral had never been mentioned in a single one of the many economics courses I took at Yale or at Harvard.
So I published my first paper on collateral equilibrium in 1997. And one of the questions I asked and answered was, how does supply and demand determine not only what interest rate people generally have to pay on loans, but also how much collateral they generally have to put up? That was a question that nobody seemed to have asked before. Even today you won' find it in any textbook. It was a question that I could have asked out of pure logic, and the answer I gave was purely mathematical. Yet I never would have thought of the question if I had not worked in the business world of Kidder Peabody.
As financial markets were under stress during LTCM bust and then dot com crisis, he built his leverage cycle theory:
I decided that two such catastrophes could not be an accident. I decided to write about the crashes that could be caused by leverage and securitization, that is about what could go wrong. I developed a theory I called the leverage cycle. During periods of calm lenders ask for less and less collateral and leverage rises. Most importantly, because leverage raises asset prices rise. Hedge funds and other investors do well. Production increases. But when there is scary bad news that frightens lenders, they raise collateral requirements much more than interest rates. Because of the bad news, and because of the deleveraging, and because the optimists were leveraged so much before, asset prices not only fall, they crash.
Leveraged buyers go out of business. And with low asset prices, production grinds to a halt. Those who survive the crash do amazingly well when the cycle begins again and leverage and prices rise. The episodes of 1994 and 1998 were both leverage cycle crashes, the first in the government bond market and the second in the mortgage market (and actually more dramatically in emerging markets). The crash stages in both passed over in just a few months. But what if the next one was bigger and longer?
Well as we know, teh 2007 recession made John really popular. Now we see this idea of collateral and Repo markets much better than we did earlier.
He says unless debt is forgiven Greece and US unlikely to recover:
The situation is of course reminiscent of what has happened to Greece and other sovereign borrowers. Lenders should never have lent so much money. Now that the situation has become bad, the borrowers cannot possibly pay it all back. Of course the borrowers must be forced to put their houses in order, and to pay as much as they reasonably can. But to ask the impossible will work against even the lenders. Eventually part of the Greek debt will have to be forgiven.
If Greece makes the needed reforms, mostly by collecting taxes from the rich who evade them, and reforming the business sector, and if the Eurozone is rational, part of the debt will be forgiven. Greece will get a fresh start. And in this global economy there will be no reason for you to abandon a country you love to find opportunity elsewhere as my grandparents had to.
Well, usually we find fin econs applying their ideas/theories in markets. Here is someone who discovers a new theory while working in Wall Street…
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Dear Mostlyeconomics,
Interesting Post, NRO's David Hogberg expounds thusly:
Too many intellectuals believe they have a duty to make decisions for the rest of us.
In his 1988 book Intellectuals: From Marx and Tolstoy to Sartre and Chomsky, Paul Johnson wrote that one of the lessons of the 20th century was "beware intellectuals. Not merely should they be kept well away from the levers of power, they should also be objects of suspicion when they seek to offer collective advice."
[In] Intellectuals and Society, [Thomas] Sowell has made good on a 20-year-old promise [that followed publication of Johnson's book] to write about intellectuals.
Sowell approaches his subject as an economist, analyzing the incentives and constraints intellectuals face. Sowell defines intellectuals as an occupation, as people whose "work begins and ends with ideas." This includes academics, especially those in the humanities and social sciences, policy wonks, and, to a certain extent, journalists. This distinguishes them from occupations in which the work begins with ideas and ends with the application of ideas. Physicians or engineers usually start with ideas about how to approach their work, but eventually they have to put them into practice by treating patients or constructing bridges.
As a result, intellectuals are free from one of the most rigorous constraints facing other occupations: external standards. An engineer will ultimately be judged on whether the structures he designs hold up, a businessman on whether he makes money, and so on. By contrast, the ultimate test of an intellectual's ideas is whether other intellectuals "find those ideas interesting, original, persuasive, elegant, or ingenious. There is no external test." If the intellectuals are like-minded, as they often are, then the validity of an idea depends on what those intellectuals already believe. This means that an intellectual's ideas are tested only by internal criteria and "become sealed off from feedback from the external world of reality."
Members of other professions can achieve fame and fortune by finding ways to meet the demand for their end products. But for intellectuals to prosper they must create demand for their ideas by stepping outside their areas of expertise to offer "solutions" to "social problems" or "by raising alarms over some dire dangers which they claim to have discovered."
Sowell chronicles the disasters that occur when intellectuals succeed in getting politicians, judges, and other policymakers to impose their vision on society. In the section on crime, Sowell examines what happened to the U.S. when intellectuals imposed on the criminal-justice system their vision of crime as being as much the fault of society as of the individual. In the 1960s, the Warren Court made it more difficult to convict and imprison criminals with decisions such as Miranda and Mapp. Other judges and policymakers followed with an effort to alleviate the so-called "root causes" of crime, such as poverty and discrimination. Rehabilitation was emphasized over prolonged imprisonment. The result was a reversal of a decades-long improvement in the crime rate.
Intellectuals take their beliefs as axiomatic truths rather than hypotheses to be tested. In the current health-care debate it is axiomatic among many intellectuals that a public plan will improve the health-insurance market. As one liberal blogger put it, "If the public plan works, then private insurance will work better as well. In this telling, the simple existence of the public plan forces a more honest insurance market." But treating that claim as a hypothesis shows that the evidence points in the opposite direction. Medicare, the "public plan" for seniors, drove private insurance for the elderly out of the market.
It "was part of a long-standing assumption among many intellectuals . . . that it is the role of third parties to bring meaning into the lives of the masses." Many people were shocked when in early 2008 Michelle Obama proclaimed, "Barack Obama will require you to work. He is going to demand that you shed your cynicism. . . . That you push yourselves to be better. And that you engage. Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed." Sowell probably just shook his head in knowing disgust.
The intellectuals of today are continuing a long tradition going back at least to Rousseau, who dismissed the masses as "a stupid, pusillanimous invalid." He was succeeded by John Stuart Mill, who said that intellectuals are "the best and wisest" and "those who have been in advance of society in thought and feeling." If Mill were not long dead, it would be easy to conclude that he ghost-wrote George Clooney's Academy Awards acceptance speech for Syriana.
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It's just after midnight and I find myself unable to sleep. All the faces of the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting haunt my thoughts and bring light to every dark corner in my mind this hour. So much life stolen. So much life wasted. So many lights dimmed only to become a flicker in my mind… When it's already too late. Maybe these are just random thoughts and a suppressed guilt for not really being active in the LGBT community as I once was. Is living enough? Living by example of what my gay harmony in the United States of America is? I'm not positive, but I'm not positive about most things when a tragedy of this magnitude strikes. What's one to think? What else is there to feel besides an extremely heavy sadness? How do we come back from this? These are just my raw and unfiltered thoughts and feelings. The faces of the victims are faces that I will remember. At least for a long, solemn while.
I wrote the reaction above using an app called Flowstate. Flowstate allows you to write for five, fifteen, or thirty minutes. In the case of this midnight reaction, I selected five minutes as my first Flowstate piece of writing. What makes this app so special? Well, if you stop typing for more than five seconds? Everything you've typed so far will disappear. No editing or saving until you've continuously typed for the selected amount of time. This forces the user to really dig deep and come across as honest and authentic as possible. I plan on using this app to stop over-editing and to write more on this topic.
Thank you so much for the kind words. I will continue to live by example and do my best to prep the gentleman coming up under our generation.


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AP, which stands for Advanced Placement, are higher-level classes that are similar to college courses. Depending on the AP course, students can earn college credit prior to graduation by earning a high grade on the AP exam taken at the end of the second semester.
The first six weeks of school, from Aug. 17th to Sep. 24th, students are offered the option to drop AP classes if they no longer want to take them. The classes are designed to be at a college level pace, which tends to be daunting to many teenagers.
Several juniors, seniors, and quite a few sophomores and freshmen take AP courses at Aliso Niguel.There are currently 20 AP classes offered at ANHS, putting ANHS in the the top 25% of California schools in AP subjects offered.
With very few AP classes offered Freshman year, very bold freshmen take AP Biology, taught by Mrs. Bhaskar. "Only two freshmen take the course this school year" explains Avery Hwang (11), "it has not been too difficult so far. Mrs. Bhaskar is a great teacher and makes sure we can all understand the material".
Sophomores have the option of taking AP Chemistry and/or AP European History. Like AP biology, AP chemistry is offered to juniors and seniors as well. AP Chemistry is taught by Mrs. Roche. AP European History is offered to sophomores only and is taught by Mr. Bornfeld and Dr. Diego.
A large portion of junior and senior students join AP classes as well, whether it's just one or quite a few.
Lauren Cinemac (11) explains "I am taking AP American History, AP Environmental Science and AP Lang. I spend around 4-5 hours a day, 16-25 hours a week I'd say on homework". Since AP classes are set at a college level, they are known for involving strenuous, stimulus, and rhetorical thinking concepts.
Evan Kramer (11) says "I'm taking AP physics and AP American History". He goes further on to explain "I enjoy both because I have Mrs. Reilly and Mr. Mosier who are both great and keep the classes interesting".
It is quite common to see seniors also partake in AP classes to earn college credits before graduation.
Mario Mojica (12) says "Junior year I took AP Spanish 4 and this year I took AP Spanish 5". Mario explains "They are a lot but it's more interactive than regular level. I chose to take the classes to get my Seal of Biliteracy". Students can get their Seal of Biliteracy after passing four years of language as well as an English test.
Sofia Ramirez (12) exclaims "I'm taking AP Spanish 5 and AP Psychology. I want to learn more about Spanish literature because my family is from Spain. I'm taking AP Psych because I want to go into psychology in college and be a psychologist". Similarly to Ramirez, students tend to take AP classes that are interesting to them or will aid them for future college degrees.
Taking AP classes opens up opportunities in the future for students. They require hard work, responsibility and a strong mentality, but it all pays off when it's time to apply for college, and especially when students can enter college with college credit from AP exams already under their belt.
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With dazzling effects and wondrous new characters, J.K. Rowling's world of witchcraft and wizardry is back with a 1920s steampunk feel.
It doesn't take long to rediscover that Harry Potter feeling. The opening titles, in fact. From the moment that iconic font type materialises out of the darkness and James Newton-Howard's magical score tickles your ears, the world of wizards and witchcraft rushes right back up and bundles you up like an embrace from a long-lost friend.
Just like the seven preceding films, Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them is based on a book, only - this one's a textbook - a book within a book, so to speak, for 'Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them' is the title of the text studied by the students of Hogwarts. And that, right there, is at once the genius and courage of J.K. Rowling; instead of merely rolling out 'the next Harry Potter', she's taken a minor minor tidbit from one of her novels and built an entirely new world around it, complete with all new characters and creatures. Beyond the opportunities (and challenges) that provides, it also makes for an excellent entry point into the franchise for anyone who felt they came to the last one too late to get involved. It's a fresh start, to put it simply, for magicians and muggles alike.
Or a 'non-maj' (non magic), rather, if you're in 1920s America, which is when and where this story is set. British Magician and 'beast conservationist' Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) has arrived in New York City bearing a tardis-like briefcase whose size belies its remarkable internal capacity. Magic in America is far more heavily regulated, however, and the unlawful importation of wild beasts is a serious offence (just ask Johnny Depp), meaning Scamander is promptly picked up by Porpetina Goldstein (Katherine Waterston) of the Magical Law Enforcement branch within MACUSA (the Magical Congress of the United States of America). A mix-up of identical briefcases with a delightful wannabe pastry chef (Dan Fogler) allows several of Scamander's magical beasts to escape, and much of the film's story revolves around the duo's attempts to covertly recapture them. Danger lurks nearby, however, with Salem supporters calling for another witch hunt, and a mysterious invisible force wreaking havoc in the streets of Manhattan.
Rowling has never been one to shy away from darker subjects or contemporary issues, and Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them is no exception. Marriage equality, prejudice, the death penalty and animal cruelty all garner attention in this film, as do a series of legitimately unnerving murders that may prove a little too trying for younger audiences. There's a lot of world building to be done, understandably, and while it's mostly handled with a deft touch, the film occasionally lags during Scamander's calamitous beast wrangling sequences. On the performance front, Redmayne is positively delightful in the lead, bringing his shy and awkward 'magician-next-door' demeanour to the character with full force. Waterston, Fogler and Farrell all do a terrific job in support, as does Samantha Morton as a terrifying orphanage matron cum witch hunter.
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them marks the accomplished and welcomed beginning of what promises to be a beguiling new franchise from Rowling. It lacks some of the richness and detail of her Hogwarts universe, but that's only natural for an original screenplay not founded in a pre-existing novel. Doubtless the beloved author already has an intricate path mapped out for her new characters, and we await them with marked anticipation.


She has a young daughter.
She has a hat (an antique child's top hat from France, to be exact).
She wrote a ridiculously adorable book called Baby Penguins Everywhere (Philomel Books/Penguin Young Readers, 2012), inspired by said daughter and hat.
In it, a lone penguin finds a hat adrift among the ice floes. Out of it pops a baby penguin… and, in sequence, "another and another and another" until "there were baby penguins everywhere."
"I didn't really know this story was about my becoming a mom until after it was done," Melissa explained at an author event at Books of Wonder in New York (at which she shared the topper that inspired this book). And to your child it won't be. To your child, it will be a whimsical charmer about a great big fun-loving family.
...before jumping back into the game.
Or games, as we see in this month's playful, parent-pride follow-up: Baby Penguins Love Their Mama! (Philomel Books/Penguin Young Readers, 2014). Together, the books make a perfect Valentines Day gift for your little hatlings.
Follow up by drawing your very own penguin colony, and your mama star will rise. Here's Melissa Guion, on how.


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The Lost Words for Somerset - Four Thoughts
When I was about 7 or 8, there were days when I loved nothing more than exploring in the woods with my dad... especially in the Autumn when we'd collect huge shiny conkers and copper-coloured leaves, spotting bunnies bouncing around in the fruit-filled hedgerows as we strolled home. The smell of the change of seasons used to fill the air with the sweet promise of a huge hot chocolate once we got there! :)
Conkers... the treasure from every outdoor Autumn adventure growing up, right?
Other times, I'd run a little bit wild with my mates, getting muddy, spotting birds as they flew over the tree tops and we'd shout out their names, to see who could get them right the quickest! I think those days exploring outside and collecting nature's treasures with my dad, sewed the seeds for my love of the outdoors now I'm... err well, let's just say a bit older ;), so when we heard about the book 'The Lost Words' and book reviewer John Fish's mission to get a copy of it into every primary school in Somerset, we wanted to discover more - and thought you would too!
So, here are John's Four Thoughts... about this beautiful book, his campaign in Somerset and about why some words should never, ever be forgotten.
Once upon a time, words began to vanish from the language of children - a magical book sought to change all that
1. Can you tell us a bit about The Lost Words campaign and how it got started?
The Lost Words campaign started after the release of The Lost Words book by award winning writer Robert Macfarlane and acclaimed artist Jackie Morris, in October 2017. The Oxford Dictionary for Children had removed around 50 words relating to nature, such as Kingfisher, Conker, Heron, Otter, Acorn and Bluebell, to name just a few. Robert and Jackie came together to create a book of incredible 'Spell-Poems' and beautiful watercolours inspired by these words, to stand against them being forgotten and to encourage children to explore the outdoors and their natural surroundings.
Don't you forget about me - The kingfisher in The Lost Words
A few months later in Scotland, a school bus driver and travel consultant, Jane Beaton, was so moved by the book that she spearheaded a fundraising campaign that has now raised over £25,000 - to make sure every school in Scotland receives a copy of The Lost Words. The idea soon spread across the country, as more and more people read the book and started their own local and county campaigns. Currently there are about 16 fundraising campaigns, all with the sole aim of making sure their local schools get a copy of The Lost Words. It's now a movement to bring these words to everyone's attention, because if we're not careful they could be lost in children's vocabulary forever.
As a book reviewer, I get to review many books and I've been supporting The Wainwright Prize over the last few years. This year, The Lost Words was shortlisted for the prize. I met both Robert and Jackie and spoke of my hope of bringing The Lost Words to every Somerset Primary School. They've both been incredible with their support of this project that launched in August.
Blue flowers at the blue hour
2. Why do you feel it's so important for the book to be in Somerset's Primary Schools and for future generations to keep hold of these words?
We're so blessed in the county of Somerset, with such wonderful natural habitats from the coastline to the Quantocks, Brendon Hills to the Somerset Levels and the rich wildlife that makes these special places their home. With so much green belt land now being built on though, this sadly puts the wildlife under enormous pressure.
Children are the future custodians of these areas of incredible beauty, but how can they be if we're losing words that connect children to nature? It's a worrying concept. Words, books and nature are so important to children - and have a huge imapct on their health and wellbeing. To think that we've lost 50 words already from the dictionary... who's to say that in the years ahead, 50 won't become 80, or more? This needs to not only be stopped, but also reversed... and that's definitely where The Lost Words comes in. The campaign is about rallying around this magical book, to bring the words back to the classroom and beyond.
Dazzle me, little sun-of-the-grass!
3. How can people get involved in The Lost Words campaign…and do you have any favourite words of your own?
I've set up a fundraising campaign with the aim of raising £2,500, to make sure every Primary School in Somerset would receive a copy of The Lost Words - if we hit that target. The hope is though, that the more money we raise, the more books I can buy and send to other schools, learning centres and children's hospitals. Fundraising runs until the 10th of October and people can make donations by visiting my Crowdfunding page at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/the-lost-words-for-somerset-primary-schools Every donation, no matter how large or small, is a huge help and the publisher, Penguin/Random House, has been incredibly generous by offering the book at more than a 50% discount for our fundraising efforts.
As far as my own favourite words go, I'd have to say all of them! We simply cannot afford to lose any words that are connected to nature.
The otter... a sheer breath-taker!
4. Tell us a secret about The Lost Words that no-one else knows!
A few exciting projects connected to The Lost Words are coming in 2019. There's an exciting eight-piece band called 'The Lost Words - Spell Songs' that will be touring parts of the UK, with specially written songs connected to the book. An album will be released in the Summer. At this very moment, there's also an audio version of The Lost Words being recorded by some well-known celebrities. It will be available to download on 18th October, with the CD version out in January 2019.
Well, we absolutely love this book and are full of admiration for John and his mission. We've made our own donation to the cause and if you'd like to help make sure these words aren't forgotten in Somerset, please do visit John's crowdfunding link. Together we can raise the final amount needed (around £150).
We'd also say, pick up a copy of the book. It's a gorgeous read for grown-ups and children at heart, too! :)
A big Somerset cool kid who loves it! ;)
All watercolour images in this blog are from the book The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris. You can follow John Fish on Twitter and Instagram and check out our Twitter for updates on his progress too.
John with Claire Carter, chatting about The Lost Words on BBC Somerset. Next stop needs to be Frome FM! ;)
Petal and Flower love the book too! "I hope dog never becomes a lost word", says Petal
#thelostwords #thelostwordsforsomerset #books #somersetcool #somersetblog
Finding The Lost Words - join the discovery at Taunton's Youth,Culture & Arts Festival
The Somerset coolathon – 24 hours on the radio for very cool causes
Wonderful World Book Day


To obtain a burning permit you must go to the Fire Prevention Office at Fire Hall 1, 8767 132 Street. Note that some fees may apply to the issuance of a burning permit.
As outlined in Surrey's Fire Prevention Bylaw No. 10771 there is no open burning permitted in the City of Surrey. This means backyard fires, fire pits, chimneas, and any other type of outdoor burning other than propane or natural gas fire pits are not allowed.
Briquette barbecues are not permitted in City Parks.
There is no burning of any solid fuels at any time unless the fire is compliant with the Fire Prevention Bylaw.
Cooking fires, campfires, and the burning of garbage are all prohibited in the City of Surrey.
Chimneas or any other consumer product that is built for the burning of wood is not permitted.
Natural gas, propane or charcoal briquettes are permitted as long as they are being used in ULC/CSA-approved devices for that particular product.
Burning for the continuation of agricultural purposes is allowed by permit only. The permit holder is responsible to ensure the Metro Vancouver Air Quality Index is checked to confirm burning is allowed each day.
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Burning Permits may be suspended and/or revoked if the permit holder is found to be in violation of the conditions of the permit or conditions set out under Surrey bylaw 10771.
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Surrey staff monitor BC's Wildfire Service Fire Danger Rating on a daily basis during our hot and dry summers to determine the day's fire danger rating in Surrey. The City updates roadside signs, digital billboards, social media and the City's webpage accordingly throughout the fire season to advise residents and visitors of the current local fire danger rating.
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Learn Civics with Photo Tours of the 50 States!
ESL Lifeskills
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Powerpoint Lessons
State Photo Tours
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Sacramento Photo Tour and Lesson
Sacramento is the capital of California. It is located in the northern part of the state near the Sacramento and American Rivers. More than 467,000 people in the city. When gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill in 1848, gold miners would often travel to Sacramento to buy food and supplies. Soon Sacramento became a busy and important town. It was declared the capital of California in 1854. This photo tour of includes basic facts about the history and geography of California's capital. (3 pages)
Sacramento Road Sign
Sacramento is the capital of California.
It is located in the northern part of the state, near the Sacramento and American Rivers.
More than 467,000 people live in Sacramento.
Sacramento Capitol Building
The California legislature meets in the capitol building.
The California capitol building was built from 1860-1874.
The current Governor of California is Jerry Brown.
California Lessons and Activities
Lesson 1 Quiz 1
California Crossword Answers
California PowerPoint
Los Angeles PowerPoint
Yosemite Park PowerPoint
Redwood State and National Parks PowerPoint
San Diego Video (music)
San Francisco Video (music)
Orange County Video (music)
Death Valley Video (music)
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Q: NHibernate simple one-to-many mapping using NHibernate.Mapping.Attributes Can anyone provide me with a web-link which describes attribute-based simple one-to-many mapping very clearly?
For example (A company can have only one country of origin. But there are many Companies in a Country):
class Company
{
}

class Country
{
    IList<Company> Items;
}

A: For your example class, and using a bag for an unordered collection:
using Map = NHibernate.Mapping.Attributes;

[Map.Class( 0, Table = "country", NameType=typeof(Country) )]
public class Country
{
    [Map.Id( 1, Name = "Id" )]
    [Map.Generator( 2, Class = "identity" )]
    public virtual int Id { get; set; }
    [Map.Property]
    public virtual string Name { get; set; }
    [Map.Bag( 0, Table = "country_company" )]
    [Map.Key( 1, Column = "countryid" )]
    [Map.OneToMany( 2, ClassType = typeof( Company ) )]
    public virtual IList<Company> Items { get; set; }
}

[Map.Class( 0, Table = "country_company", NameType = typeof( Company ) )]
public class Company
{
    [Map.Id( 1, Name = "Id" )]
    [Map.Generator( 2, Class = "identity" )]
    public virtual Guid Id { get; set; }
    [Map.Property]
    public virtual string Name { get; set; }
}

produces the following hbm.xml:
<hibernate-mapping xmlns="urn:nhibernate-mapping-2.2">
    <class name="nh.Country, nh" table="country">
        <id name="Id">
            <generator class="identity" />
        </id>
        <property name="Name" />
        <bag name="Items" table="country_company">
            <key column="countryid" />
            <one-to-many class="nh.Company, nh" />
        </bag>
    </class>
    <class name="nh.Company, nh" table="country_company">
        <id name="Id">
            <generator class="identity" />
        </id>
        <property name="Name" />
    </class>
</hibernate-mapping>

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Nikita Prabhakar Nakal from Mumbai, a University of Central Oklahoma student was killed in a car attack on October 24th. Two memorial services have been planned for Nikita, who was killed when a driver plowed through a Homecoming parade in Stillwater, Oklahoma, killing four people and injuring dozens of others, many of whom remain in critical condition.
Nikita Prabhakar Nakal had arrived at UCO – in Edmund, Oklahoma – just three months before the horrific incident. The 23-year-old woman was a resident of Mumbai. The tragedy occurred as 25-year-old Adacia Chambers drove her Hyundai sedan into the annual "Sea of Orange" Homecoming parade at Oklahoma State University. The parade – known as 'America's Greatest Homecoming Celebration' – features floats and marching bands, and annually draws about 80,000 spectators. Nakal was attending the parade with friends from UCO.
Chambers crashed into a police motorcycle before plowing through the crowd on Main Street. Six people remain in critical condition, while 30 others were treated and released. Witnesses at the scene described "bodies flying everywhere" as Chambers continued along her horrific quest. She is being held in custody on four counts of second-degree murder; results of a blood draw – to determine the presence of alcohol or drugs – had not been released at press time Oct. 27.
UCO Professor Donna Carlon told local media that Nakal held a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Mumbai University and was intending to pursue a career as a financial analyst in India after obtaining her MBA. UCO had planned two memorial services for Nakal. The first, planned for the evening of Oct. 27, was a candlelight memorial at Broncho Lake, near the center of the university's campus. Nakal's friends were expected to speak at the service.
The second memorial will be held on Oct. 30 as part of "Desi Night," a previously planned UCO Indian Student Association event designed for attendees to experience the culture of India. The evening will include remarks from friends of Nakal, university officials, representatives from the UCO International Student Council, Indian Student Association and MBA program, and the opportunity to sign a condolence card for Nakal's family. A celebration of Indian culture will follow and is set to include traditional cuisine, dancing and music.
UCO president Don Betz said in a statement: "Our students come to Central with their unique goals, hopes and dreams, and Nikita was undoubtedly no different. While we mourn the potential unrealized, let us also honor her life by pulling closer and appreciating the strength of our Broncho family." The Broncho is UCO's mascot.
Payne County, Oklahoma District Attorney Laura Austin Thomas said Oct. 26 that Chambers would be charged with a minimum of four counts of second-degree murder for the deaths of Nakal; OSU Professors Marvin and Bonnie Stone, both 65; and Nash Lucas, 2. "The state believes the acts alleged demonstrate a depraved mind and an indifference to human life," stated Thomas in a press release announcing the charges against Chambers.
"The evidence indicates Chambers consciously drove through a red light, around a police barricade, over a police motorcycle and further into a large crowd of highly visible, innocent people enjoying a Homecoming Day parade. This was an intentional act, not an accident," stated Thomas, adding that additional charges against Thomas are being considered.
Each charge of second degree murder carries a minimum sentence of 10 years to life in prison. Chambers could be charged with first-degree murder if there is sufficient evidence to prove that her actions were pre-meditated, according to the district attorney's office.
In response to questions from local media, Stillwater Police Captain Kyle Gibbs said Chambers had not taken a Breathalyzer test at the scene of the crime, but a blood draw was administered as she was taken into custody. Gibbs said the Police Department is investigating statements that indicate Chambers was fired from her job shortly before the incident, because she had shown up to work drunk. Gibbs said the department is also investigating whether Chambers has a history of mental illness.