It's not a secret that I have a "thing" for granola bars. Ever since I made my first batch of Super Awesome Granola Bars, I have been hooked! It's the perfect afternoon snack with a cup of tea and is even better when you need to grab something simple for the road.
I prefer my granola bars to be nice and chewy, something that won't fall apart when you bite into it. For this recipe I decreased the amount of sugar by half and it was still plenty sweet enough and still chewy. I also decided to use dark chocolate (and not much of it) because it compliments the sweetness of the honey and molasses. This snack is definitely one that your child won't mind having packed in their lunchbox!
A delicious chewy granola bar, perfect for snacking on morning, noon, or night.
In a large bowl, mix oats, oil, and salt. Empty contents onto 2 foil lined cookie sheets and bake for 20 minutes.
In a small saucepan add sugar, honey, agave nectar, and molasses over medium heat, stirring frequently, until bubbles form. Remove from heat and add vanilla.
Empty the oat mix, the honey mix, and the remaining ingredients (except for the chocolate) into the same large bowl and stir until even coated.
Cook for 15-20 minutes. Allow the granola bars to cool completely before cutting.
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These look soooo incredibly yummy. I read your blog and then sigh that I am not your neighbor. Then I see you riding bikes and tearing up the physical thing and get scared! I think your kids are the luckiest!
They look delicious. I'm a granola bar fan too. We've got allergies and eczema in the family and I'm sure everyone will appreciate this recipe!
Those granola bars look really yummy! I just wish I wasn't allergic to peanuts. I think I got it from my mom because she is allergic, too.
Woow this is something i'm definitely going to make for my family. I was bit curious about 1 tsp salt. But i'm gonna do it anyway. Thanks a lot for sharing.


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E-scooter trial period extended in Portsmouth and Southampton
The trial of rental Voi e-scooters in the Solent region, part of the Solent Future Transport Zone (FTZ), has been extended by both Portsmouth and Southampton City Councils until March 2022.
The decision by both councils reflects careful consideration of the impact of the scheme across the region and concludes that rental e-scooters have been used responsibly and safely by the vast majority of riders. The extension of the trials also allows local transport authorities, Solent Transport and the Department for Transport, who are funding the Solent FTZ, additional time to collect valuable data on rental e-scooter use as well as understand the impact of rental e-scooter hire as a public transport option.
Voi operates rental e-scooters in both cities and across the region has recorded almost 450,000 rides, covering over 1.4 million km. Figures provided by Voi suggest that over four in ten riders have switched modes to use rental e-scooters when they would have previously used a car for the same journey within the FTZ, which has helped replace nearly 200,000 unnecessary short car journeys and saved an estimated 120 tonnes of C02 so far over the course of the trial.
Cath Longhurst, Portsmouth, a regular user who replaced her car with a Voi, said:
"During lockdown, I decided to do things differently and sold my car because it was just sitting there. With the introduction of Voi in Portsmouth, I realised that I could replace my car by renting an e-scooter for many short journeys, meaning I can still do all the things I need to do, including regularly commuting back and forth into the city for meetings, running errands, and loads of other things.
"Renting an e-scooter is a great way to get around town as they are safe, green and easy to use. They are a great addition to Portsmouth and I encourage everyone to give Voi a try."
The safety of riders and other road users continues to be a focus for operators and local transport authorities. Voi has conducted nine monthly safety seminars and regular safety events in Portsmouth and Southampton, where they've given away nearly 400 free helmets.
Voi takes anti-social behaviour seriously, placing the priorities of road users and pedestrians at the heart of its efforts to create a sustainable and safe service for everyone. Since the start of the trial, it has worked closely with Southampton and Portsmouth councils, as well as Hampshire police, to deliver a service in which over 99.9% of rides end without incident.
Innovation has been at the core of the micromobility revolution, which involves people opting for smaller vehicles for individual use in the Solent region. During the trials Voi has introduced new features such as the 'End of Ride photo' feature and parking racks to improve parking compliance as well as advancements in on-scooter safety. Riding a Voi has become part of everyday life to travel about town, commute to and from work or run errands.
Cllr Lynne Stagg, Chair of Solent Transport's Joint Committee and Portsmouth City Council Cabinet Member for Traffic and Transport said, "It's reassuring to know that so many people are embracing rental e-scooters as a more sustainable alternative to short car journeys, which can so often be avoided.
"Results from Portsmouth City Council's recent survey have revealed that 56 percent of rental e-scooter rides would otherwise have been by made car or taxi for shorter journeys, which can only lead to cleaner air in the city. Not only that, rental e-scooters are giving people options beyond using a private car, public transport, or walking, with the overwhelming majority of people using them safely and responsibly, so they're a welcome addition to our city.
"The trial extension will give us more time to expand and refine rack locations, giving people better access to shopping and leisure, and bus, train, and ferry links. It will also help us to continue to develop cleaner air and benefit the health of everyone who lives, visits, works, and studies here."
Councillor Jeremy Moulton, Southampton City Council Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Growth, says: "Extending the e-scooter trial will give us a greater understanding of how e-scooters can form part of the transport mix in Southampton as we come away from COVID restrictions. It will give us the opportunity to refine the existing service and ensure safety for all, along with understanding how e-scooter can integrate with other future mobility trials coming to Southampton in the future.
"In Southampton there will then be a formal evaluation in March 2022 to determine whether there is to be any further extension of the scheme beyond that date. The council administration is engaging with all city councillors to seek their views on what measures we would want to see put in place beyond March to ensure the scheme works as well as possible, and once agreed with councillors and with VOI these will measures will be the criteria against which any further extension decision will be judged."
Jack Samler, Voi General Manager for UK and Ireland, said: "We're delighted to continue our successful relationship with Solent Transport, Portsmouth, and Southampton City Councils, and today's announcement is also welcome news for thousands of people who've made this environmentally-friendly mode of transport part of their everyday lives.
"The discussions at COP26 in Glasgow show us why we need to change the way we live, work and travel in order to tackle the climate emergency. More than ever, micromobility is an important part of helping replace urban car journeys, connect with public transport and improve local air quality by reducing C02 emissions.
"We are determined to continue working with our local partners to help transform our urban spaces, encouraging the local community to make safer and sustainable journeys, reducing pollution and congestion, and create better and healthier cities for living."
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Child abuse monster Father Brendan Smyth ruined my life
Irish Voice, Ireland/February 10, 2010
By April Drew
Helen McGonigle, 48, was just six years old when Father Brendan Smyth, a notorious sex offender from Co. Cavan, first abused her.
McGonigle, now a successful attorney in Connecticut, says Smyth destroyed her family. She blames Smyth for the death of her sister and brother and the demise of her beautiful mother.
After years of suppressing the memories of the horrendous abuse, McGonigle is now dealing with her past and hoping other victims will do the same.
McGonigle, whose maternal grandparents were from Co. Kerry, was living with her family in East Greenwich, Rhode Island when her childhood was ripped apart at the seams.
Like any good Catholic family of their time, the church and clergy were to be highly respected. Helen was taught to obey church teachings and respect church leaders . . . including the new parish priest, Smyth.
The McGonigles were members of Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church and she went to school where Smyth worked.
Helen wasn't the only sister to encounter Smyth's evil ways. The Cavan priest also sexually abused her older sister Kathleen.
In the past few years, both Kathleen, 48, and her brother Gerard, 53, died of drug overdoses. McGonigle claims it was the abuse Kathleen suffered at the hands of Smyth that made her dependent on antidepressants.
Gerard, she told the Irish Voice, suffered from depression because he felt guilty he was unable to help his family during these terrible years.
It was finally her sister's tragic death in 2005 that lead McGonigle to face her worst nightmares, nightmares from the past she thought she would never need to resurrect.
"It was because I observed my sister rapidly deteriorating and fearful for her life that I began my investigation into the past about our childhood in Rhode Island," said McGonigle during a lengthy interview with the Irish Voice.
While her sister was ailing, McGonigle's father said accusingly, "It was that priest from Rhode Island that gave your sister alcohol that started her problems."
Not only did this statement shock and frighten McGonigle, it got her thinking back into her past. Was Smyth really responsible for his sister's problems?
"People who do not walk in these shoes cannot comprehend how it (abuse) impacts adults and can be life threatening as in the case of my family," said McGonigle.
Smyth, who died in jail in 1997 from a heart attack at the age of 70, was first introduced to the McGonigles in 1967 by Helen's grandmother, who was residing with the family in Rhode Island and had struck up a friendship with the new parish priest. They shared a common love for the Irish language.
"They were able to converse in Gaelic, something foreign to us in the U.S.," recalls McGonigle.
Smyth was invited into the McGonigle home to give it his blessing. He gifted them with a crucifix from his Norbertine Abbey, Holy Trinity in Co. Cavan.
He was an instant hit with the family. However, it didn't take Smyth long to expose his dark side.
In 1968, McGonigle said Smyth was caught molesting children in her parish and sent to Purdysburn Mental Hospital in Northern Ireland for treatment.
After his time was served in Ireland, Smyth was allowed to return to Rhode Island, said McGonigle.
"It was during that visit in the summer of 1967 that Smyth learned of the bizarre death -- supposedly blood poisoning from stepping on a bobby pin -- of my uncle Gerry Gerard O'Connor in 1947 while he was a seminarian at St. Mary's Baltimore," explains McGonigle. He would later use this to get to Helen.
Exploiting the family's tragedy and witnessing how distressed her grandmother and mother were over the loss of Gerry, Smyth, when reintroduced to McGonigle after he returned from Northern Ireland in her first grade year said, "You can call me Gerry like your uncle and your brother."
This was the start of the abuse, which lasted four years.
McGonigle, now divorced with one child, said from the start Smyth appeared jovial and playful. He told the family to call him Father Gerry. He was everyone's friend.
"He had a clever way of making things better for kids at our very grim school. Some of the older nuns were especially mean and cranky," McGonigle recalled.
"Smyth would breeze into a classroom and come up with ideas like having an ice cream cart at the basketball games and then selling the extra ice creams to us kids during the school day as a special treat."
During the abuse, McGonigle knew nothing but fear. Smyth told her she would "end up like the body in the woods" if she ever told a soul about what he was doing to her.
"I took that as a real death threat and was terrified and confused and very young," she says.
McGonigle also witnessed Smyth molesting her sister. They had a bedroom with a door directly to the outside that he could enter.
Smyth's evil antics didn't stop at the McGonigle sisters either. Their mother also spent time in a mental institution.
According to McGonigle's childhood neighbor who she located after 36 years, in 1968 her mother caught "Smyth sodomizing a little boy behind the stone wall and she shouted, 'What are you doing to that little boy.'
"Smyth charged at her and yelled, 'Get back in the house this is church business,'" McGonigle said.
In 1969 McGonigle's mother was found hysterical on the front lawn of their family home half naked, screaming, "The Pope owes me!" Her brother was called home from school to address the situation (her dad was out of state on business).
"My brother, now deceased, based upon his personal observations and being 15 or 16 believed my mom was raped and it was by Smyth," said McGonigle.
By June 1970 her mother was having a meltdown. She spent one month in June of 1970 at Butler Hospital in Rhode Island.
"Gerry witnessed the deterioration of my mother and that was very difficult for him. So much responsibility was on his shoulders as an early age to protect our family while my dad was traveling," she said.
"Smyth knew when my dad was away because the car was gone from the driveway and my mom did not drive. When this all surfaced for our family in 2005, my brother had a great deal of difficulty coping with it."
Ironically, said McGonigle, her grandmother seemed to have a sense of what went on in the clergy. In letters, McGonigle later discovered, hand written by her grandmother to her Uncle Gerry, she warned him of "those seminarians and priests that will try to get into your bed."
Although she doesn't have any proof, McGonigle said she is "highly suspicious" that it was her grandmother and her mother that reported Smyth as a sexual abuser in 1968.
"This I suspect through circumstances and do not have hard proof," she said.
The abuse stopped when the family moved from Rhode Island in 1973 but the scars were left for life.
McGonigle got on with her life. She put her abuse behind her and did her best to lead a normal life.
It wasn't until her sister's death five years ago that she began to delve into their pasts. She began to question why her sister suffered from depression in the first place.
After a little investigating she too discovered and remembered that Kathleen was a victim of Smyth's lurid acts.
After burying her sister McGonigle took time to deal with her own issues. In November the Irish government's Murphy Report was released, resulting in a press conference in Boston in December.
"At the last moment I decided to blow up my photo from first grade and the one of Smyth from 1994. Both of those photos resonate with people and they wound up on the front page of the Metro section of the Boston Globe," said McGonigle deciding it was time to go public with her story and let other victims know they weren't alone.
"I was inspired by a very kind man name Paul Kellen in the Boston area who with my permission has been carrying my poster around to rallies all over the place. Paul even took my picture to see the Pope during his last visit to New York and Washington, D.C., and Paul is often outside the Holy Cross Cathedral in Boston with my picture."
Not wanting to let Smyth ruin any more of her life, McGonigle reported the sexual abuse inflicted on her to the Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island in 2006. They told her she wasn't the first to report Smyth.
"I was informed that I was the sixth to come forward, yet newspaper accounts that I located indicated there were no problems whatsoever in our parish," she said.
McGonigle attended a meeting where she said the Vicar General, Paul Theroux, of the Providence Diocesan, offered her $25,000 compensation, or she could "privately arbitrate with a cap of $50,000 (meaning there would be no public record and everything would once again be kept secret)."
McGonigle became infuriated with the financial offer.
McGonigle said the diocesan victim outreach coordinator, Michael Hansen, told her to "just send us all your bills."
"I refused their hush money," said McGonigle.
The Diocese of Providence has paid for therapy and medical expenses McGonigle has incurred as a result of the abuse by Smyth.
McGonigle, who still has a case pending against the Diocese of Providence, realizes that it's too late for Smyth to be brought to justice, but she longs for the Catholic Church to recognize the abuse he inflicted on the children of her parish while he served his time there.
"I would like bystanders and victims alike to come forward with information -- not just about Brendan Smyth -- in any case where they suspect child sexual abuse or child abuse is occurring," she said.
"I also would like to see living pedophiles and those who have been complicit in their crimes prosecuted, and that includes clerics. It's mind boggling that just because a pedophile wears a roman collar he escapes criminal prosecution.
"The double standard has to stop and people must report to civil authorities, the police and child protection, not the church. The Catholic Church will only cover it up."
McGonigle encounters clergy abuse even through her work. She is currently litigating a case of sexual abuse in the clergy for a deceased client, allowing her insight into the working of the church.
"I am having a first hand glimpse of the strategies and tactics used by the Catholic Church," said McGonigle.
McGonigle does not attend Mass anymore. "I cannot attend church, and in my situation it would be against doctor's orders. Due to the stress brought about by the sexual abuse inflicted by Father Brendan Smyth, I had a grand mal seizure at age eight at Palm Sunday mass at Our Lady of Mercy," remembers McGonigle.
"Once this all surfaced for me, and I had not had a grand mal seizure since I was eight, after some 39 years, I had another grand mal. The altar, white robes and smell of paraffin from the candles is all too triggering for me. Even the letters on the crucifix over Jesus -- "INRI" to me as a child registered as In Rhode Island -- that is a place of suffering," she said.
McGonigle has her own personal relationship with God.
Smyth was convicted on 91 counts of child molestation - 17 in Northern Ireland and 74 in the summer
McGonigle isn't included in this number. And undoubtedly, there are more just like her.


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518 Songfest Comes to The Egg on Saturday
By Greg Haymes	 On Feb 26, 2016
(from left) Benjamin John, Alyssa Yeager, Ashley Sofia and Bryan Thomas
518 Songfest takes over The Egg's Swyer Theatre in Albany at 7pm on Saturday (February 27). Priced at $10, tickets are general admission, and the show is a fundraiser for Columbia Arts Team, WEXT-FM and The Egg,
518 Songfest will feature performances by four of the foremost acoustic singer-songwriters in Greater Nippertown – Bryan Thomas, Ashley Sofia, Benjamin John and Rhiannon's Lark (featuring Alyssa Yeager). The evening will also feature appearances by hit songwriter Tim Moore and singer-songwriter-producer Sandy McKnight.
In addition, the evening will feature panel discussions with the songwriters regarding their creative process, motivation and experiences, moderated by WEXT's Andy Gregory and Dave Michaels. And there will also be meet-and-greet sessions pre-concert, during the intermission and following the show, so bring your questions about songwriting and the music business.
ADDITIONAL UPCOMING FESTIVALS FOR 2016:
BRIDGE JAZZ FESTIVAL @ Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy & the Massry Center for the Arts, Albany, February 26 & 27
HIGH MUD COMEDY FESTIVAL @ MASS MoCA, North Adams, March 11 & 12
MOVE MUSIC FESTIVAL @ various locations, Albany, April 22-24
ROCK 'N DERBY FESTIVAL @ Schaghticoke Fairgrounds, Schaghticoke, May 20-22
MOUNTAIN JAM @ Hunter Mountain, Hunter, June 2-5
A TASTE OF COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL @ Hunter Mountain, Hunter, June 10-12
CLEARWATER'S GREAT HUDSON RIVER REVIVAL @ Croton Point Park, Croton-On-Hudson, June 18-19 UPDATE: This festival has been cancelled.
OLD SONGS FESTIVAL @ Altamont Fairgrounds, Altamont, June 24-26
FREIHOFER'S SARATOGA JAZZ FESTIVAL @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, June 25 & 26
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February 2019 - Yonkers Tribune.
YONKERS, NY — February 28, 2019 — The Yonkers Police Department is seeking applicants for the position of School Crossing Guard; current hourly rate is $16. Interested applicants should contact School Crossing Guard Supervisor Stephanie Walden at (914) 377-7394 or direct email to: stephanie.waldie@ypd.yonkersny.bov. Applicants must have access to a vehicle to commute to crossing locations.


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Nikolay Georgiev Tsonev  (; born 9 June 1956) Nikolay Georgiev Tsonev is a military officer in the Bulgarian Armed Forces, entrepreneur, politician, leader of the political party New Alternative (2012-2022) and former Minister of Defence in the period 2008-2009.
In fulfilment of his managerial positions, he is responsible for a number of strategic reforms in the Bulgarian Army, specifically these in the Security sector.

During his tenure as minister, he amended the Defence and Armed Forces Act and provided armed forces personnel with numerous social incentives. Along with this, he undertook financial optimizations that allowed the budget of the Ministry of Defence to reach a size of nearly 2% of Bulgaria's gross domestic product.

Before becoming a Minister of Defence, Nikolay Tsonev worked as a manager of several companies engaged in the field of light industry.
From 1999 to 2000, he headed the Supply Management Directorate at the Ministry of Defence. In 2001, he became a ministerial adviser to the Minister of Defence Nikolay Svinarov, and in 2002 he headed the Executive Agency "Social Activities at the Ministry of Defence".

Biography
Nikolay Tsonev was born on June 9, 1956 in the town of Pernik. He graduated from "Georgi Dimitrov" National Military Artillery School, majoring in Anti-Aircraft Artillery and since 1978 he has been an officer in the Bulgarian Armed Forces. In the years from 1986 through 1989, he studied at The Vasilevsky Military Academy in Kyiv. In 1992, he left the army.

In the following years, Tsonev participated in the management of several companies. In 1996, he graduated with an accounting degree at the University of National and World Economy. In 2005, he graduated Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", where he majored in Philosophy. In 2006, he defended his doctorate thesis in Marketing. Since 2002, he has been a lecturer at UNWE (University of National and World Economy). Since 2015, Nikolay Tsonev has been an associate professor of Economics and Management, and since 2019 he has been elected as Head of the "Economics of Tourism" department at UNWE.

From 1999 to 2000, he headed the Supply Management Directorate at the Ministry of Defence. In 2001, he became a ministerial adviser to the Minister of Defence Nikolay Svinarov, and in 2002 he headed the Executive Agency "Social Activities at the Ministry of Defence". On April 24, 2008, he was appointed Minister of Defence in the government of Sergey Stanishev and remained on this position until the change of the cabinet on July 27, 2009.

On June 24, 2012, at the founding meeting of the political party "Nova Alternativa" he was elected chairman of the party. The party has a centrist orientation and professes patriotic-liberal ideas.

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(Bloomberg) — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. is considering options for its shipbuilding business to reduce costs as persistently weak demand for vessels prompts companies in the industry to take measures to reorganize their operations and form partnerships.
Mitsubishi Heavy builds liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas, bulk and container ships, as well as car carriers and tankers. It hasn't reported a revenue breakdown for the vessel business since the year ended March 2013, when shipbuilding and ocean development accounted for 8 percent of revenue, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
The company, which also builds aircraft and power-plant equipment, booked combined losses of 237.5 billion yen ($2.3 billion) in its cruise-ship construction business alone in the last three fiscal years ended March 31, according to figures from Mitsubishi Heavy.
In July, Mitsubishi Heavy cut its net income forecast for the year ending March 31 to 100 billion yen, from an earlier prediction of 130 billion yen. Sales will probably rise to 4.3 trillion yen, less than the 4.4 trillion yen estimated earlier, it said at the time.


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The London Investment Meeting was co-hosted by Huobi Pro, the world-leading cryptocurrency financial services group, and ICORating, the leading rating agency for the crypto market in order to meet in person with their current and potential partners and to discuss trends in the secondary crypto market. Around 30 European funds and other players of the market gathered together in the European financial center.
A one-day event co-hosted by the market leaders: Crypto exсhange Huobi Pro and the leading rating agency ICORating.
The guests are selected and invited by the organizers directly and its number is limited to 50 people.
More than 60% of the audience will be represented by crypto funds and private investors.
"Introduction to Huobi Pro and Huobi Group"
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Huobi Group, established in 2013, is the leading global Blockchain asset financial services provider. At the end of 2017, the cumulative trading volume of Huobi Group amounted to US$850 billion.
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Stories Before 1850. 0085: Anon., Bysh's Edition of the History of the Children in the Wood
Title: Bysh's Edition of the History of the Children in the Wood, Embellished with Eight Coloured Engravings. To which is added, The History of Joseph, and the Noble Basket Maker. Also, the Generous Blacksmith
Date: No date but c.1829
1st Edition:
Publisher: J. Bysh, 8, Cloth Fair, West Smithfield
Pages: 1 vol., 36pp.
Size: 14 x 8 cm
Illustrations: Engraved and coloured frontispiece and one other page
Images of all pages of this book
Introductory essay
The Children in the Wood, sometimes known by the alternative title of The Babes in the Wood, had been in print in England since the sixteenth century. From then, all the way through to the nineteenth century, it appeared in chapbooks and broadsides, in prose and in verse, and, from the early 1800s, as a pantomime for the stage. The Hockliffe Collection has several renderings of the story. These range from a version in Benjamin Tabart's collection of Popular Tales (0043: begins p.25), which did so much to rehabilitate this kind of traditional story for polite society, to one of Randolph Caldecott's celebrated Picture Books from 1879 (0740), which provided lavish, colourful illustrations to accompany an eighteenth-century verse text. For its part, Bysh's edition of Children in the Wood contains two versions of the tale, one in prose and one in verse. Since together these filled less than half of the book's 36 pages, several other unrelated stories were included. The 'History of Joseph', the 'Noble Basket Maker', 'The Basket Maker' (c.f. 0121) and 'The Generous Blacksmith' are moral fables with no particular link to the rather a-moral title-story.
The Hockliffe Collection also possesses two chapbook sequels to the original story published by J. G. Rusher of Banbury (0083 and 0084). The traditional version of the tale ends with the discovery of the corpses of the two luckless children, although their bodies have been miraculously preserved, thanks to a friendly robin which had covered them with leaves. The narrative had started with the death of the children's parents. They had then been placed in the care of their uncle. Determined to inherit the fortune due to them, he had ordered his nephew and niece to be taken to the forest and killed. Two ruffians had been hired for the job, and even though one had refused to murder the children, and had killed his more barbarous accomplice, the children had been left in the forest to die pathetically in one another's arms. This tale was no more bloody than Blue Beard or Jack the Giant-Killer, say, but objections were raised to children reading such a melancholy, not to say brutal, tale. In her campaign against fairy tales, for instance, this was useful ammunition for Sarah Trimmer. A sequel provided a useful means of appending a happy ending while leaving intact an established, popular tale. Just as today, sequels also provided a good chance of profit for the publishers, being one more title to sell, but also capitalising on already known characters and situations. In Rusher's sequel the children in the wood do not die, but are taken in by a hermit-like farmer who had retired to the deepest recesses of the forest when his own children were abducted by Scottish raiders. When a hunt passes by, the children he has taken in recognise their father as one of the huntsmen, for his death had been mistakenly reported. Not only can this family live happily ever after, but the hermit-farmer, upon revisiting his old home, finds that his children have also returned.
This edition of The History of the Children in the Wood was published by J. Bysh of 8 Cloth Fair, West Smithfield, London. A publisher named John Bysh - or perhaps two separate men sharing the same name - was operating in London in the 1820s and then again in the early 1860s (although the Smithfield address does not appear as frequently as addresses in Paternoster Row for the earlier period, nor Albany Road for the later. See Brown 1982: p.31). This edition of The History of the Children in the Wood seems more likely to date from c.1829 than c.1860, although the book itself offers little substantiating evidence (the titles listed in the book-list on the back cover are too generic to be dated themselves). A comparison with the Hockliffe Collection's copy of The Voyages and Adventures of La Perouse (0253), published in 1829 with a very similar imprint, suggests a similar date for Children in the Wood. Also, a very similar book, Bysh's Edition of Tom Thumb, apparently in the same series, is bound together with the British Library's copy of Children in the Wood. It also bears the imprint 'For J. Bysh, 8, Cloth Fair, West Smithfield' but also records its printer as 'T. Richardson, 98, High Holborn'. According to Todd 1972, Thomas Richardson was printing at this address from 1821-30.
The book-list which ends Children of the Wood contains an impressive list of fairy tales and chapbook tales. These are advertsied alongside such diverse titles as Newbery's Goody Two-Shoes and Ann Taylor's famous poem My Mother (which first appeared in 1804 in Original Poems for Infant Minds), as well as several of Bysh's pedagogical primers. The popular tales had only two decades previously been thought unfit for well-bred children. That they should appear in such eclectic but approved company on Bysh's list demonstrates how respectable they had come since Benjamin Tabart and John Harris first began to market them as a legitimate and reputable form of children's book in the first years of the century (see essay accompanying 0043).
Brown, Philip A. H., London Publishers and Printers, c.1800-1870, London: British Library, 1982
Todd, William B., A Directory of Printers and others in Allied Trades, London and vicinity, 1800-1840, London: Historical Society printing, 1972


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Сью́зан «Сью́зи» Фи́ггис (; 1948, Кения) — британский кастинг-директор.

Биография
Сьюзан Фиггис родилась в 1948 году в Кении. Позже Сьюзи переехала в Лондон, Великобритания, какое-то время жила в Байрон-Бэе, Новый Южный Уэльс. Её двоюродный брат-одногодка, Майк Фиггис, режиссёр и композитор.

Она выбрала на роли многих знаменитостей в фильмы «Гарри Поттер и философский камень», «Чарли и шоколадная фабрика», сериалы серию фильмов «Пираты Карибского моря», «Алиса в стране чудес», «Полные монти», «Сонная лощина» и «Ганди». Она работала с Ричардом Аттенборо и Тимом Бёртоном.

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This site won't tell you everything you need to know about keeping aquatic turtles. Turtles are very complex animals, and learning to care for them can take a lifetime. Instead, this site provides the most important information that someone new to the turtle hobby needs to know, as well as links to sites where you can find more advanced information.
There are a lot of turtle sites on the Internet, so why do we need another one?
Well, many of the turtle information sites on the Web were written for young children, using baby talk and cartoon pictures, and don't contain very much useful information about keeping turtles. Other sites were written for people who were already turtle experts and wanted to discuss advanced topics of turtle care, but the information can be confusing for beginners.
That my visitors are new to the turtle hobby. They either are planning to get their first turtle or just got one, and they need basic information quickly.
That they want to learn good turtle husbandry (which means raising and caring for animals, in this case, turtles).
That they will be raising their turtle indoors, in an aquarium tank or aquatic turtle habitat. Many people raise turtles in outdoor ponds, but I think using a tank is easier for beginners.
The turtles who originally appeared on this site's video feed were purchased especially for this site in February of 2004 when they were hatchlings. ("Hatchlings" are what "baby turtles" are called.) Those turtles have grown up and are adults now. They outgrew the tank that I use for the video feed and stopped getting along, so they were moved to separate, bigger habitats.
The turtle in the video feed now hatched in December of 2015. It is a Southern Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta dorsalis). There used to be another turtle in the tank, but they started fighting and one had to be moved to another habitat.
Southern Painted Turtles are hardy and relatively easy to care for.
They have very pleasant, funny personalities and quickly learn to recognize their keepers and other family members.
They're very animated (that is, they move around a lot). They're hyper and they love to swim and explore, so they're very interesting to watch.
Southern Painted Turtles are among the smallest aquatic turtles, so they don't need quite so big a habitat when they grow up. Male (boy) Southern Painted Turtles grow to about five inches (about 13 centimeters), and females (girls) can grow to about seven inches (about 18 centimeters). That makes them the smallest of the painted turtles, and one of the smallest of the aquatic turtles in North America.
Southern Painted Turtles are very pretty. They're called "painted turtles" because of their coloration, which looks like someone painted them with an artist's brush.
I hope you enjoy this site and learn from it. Turtles are beautiful, fascinating creatures, and keeping turtles is a wonderful hobby that can provide a lifetime of enjoyment and education.


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Welcome to Brantford Bands. Music courses through us like radiation through an old T.V set, pulsating with liquid fire that screams !!LOUDER!! Keep us bookmarked (CTRL+D) for all your local musical needs. We'll also be covering many of the bands and gear that effect our lives, that take us by the bawls and keep us riveted to the scene. Blues, Rock, Pop, Metal, and other other forms of Local Music will be showcased here for your enjoyment.
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Mark Selby is an English snooker player famously nicknamed as Jester from Leicester. He is also famous for winning each of the sport's Triple Crown events. He has been ranked as one of the best snooker players in the world by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Associations.
What Is Mark Selby's Net Worth?
Mark Selby has the net worth of $3 Million. His profitable snooker career rewards him hundred thousand dollars annually. He generated £510,909 during the 2015/16 season. He profited more than £330,000 winning the World Snooker Championship Final in 2016. He amassed £225,000 defending his China Open title in 2018 triumphing against Barry Hawkins.
He had his breakthrough at the young age of 18 at the 2002 China Open. He reached the semis of the competition. He won his first Masters Championship in 2008. He captured the 2012 UK Championship in York by beating Shaun Murphy. He sealed a sixth career title at the 2015 China Open.
Mark Selby faced a dilemma between his career and his personal life in 2011. He was participating in the World Championship 2011 and his wedding day was coming near. He anticipated that the wedding would be immensely memorable if he were to win the championship. His fiancee, Vikki Layton, on the other hand, agreed to postpone planning for the wedding so that he could participate in the championship. Unfortunately, he could only manage to progress up to the second round.
Emerging out from the loss at the championship, he won the treasured trophy of his life - he and his fiancee Vikki got married in their memorable wedding ceremony on 24th May 2011.
When he won the Betfred World Championship in 2016, he dedicated it to him. His triumph had been tainted with sadness due to the death of his father-in-law, Terry Layton.
Mark had a hard upbringing being abandoned by his mother, Shirley, at the delicate age of eight. His father, David, raised the children all by himself until Mark turned 16.
At age 16, Mark witnessed his dad tragically passing away from cancer. He lived in a council house after the death of his father. Despite losing his father at a young age, he found another father figure in his father-in-law when he married Vikki in 2011. He was saddened when his father-in-law passed away at 64 in 2016.
His daughter, Sofia Maria, who was born on 11th November 2014, has been the emotional support pillar for the famous player. Her innocence encourages him to do better in his career.
When he won the China Open in Beijing in early 2018, she showed her confidence in him - the first thing she did when he arrived was ask for the trophy. Mark understood at that moment that losing meant taking chances at breaking his daughter's heart. Her daughter encouraged and added more pressure for him to win.
It's the story of Mark aspiring to be as good of father figure like the two important men in his life: his father and father-in-law.
Mark Selby was born on 19th June 1983. He was a high school dropout. He is 1.83 meters tall.


Sharul Channa is a pioneer in Singapore's entertainment circuit, becoming the first-ever female stand-up comic in the city state.
She has hosted comedy festivals in Singapore and Australia and, most notably, was the first Singaporean comedian to be selected for The Melbourne International Comedy Festival and tour Western Australia and Asian roadshows in 2017.
Sharul is a trained actor from Lasalle College of the Arts and has been seen in productions like Rafta Rafta, We are Like This Only (HuM Theatre), Rub My Antenna (Complete Communicators) and Kumar's Living Together among many others.
Her husband Rishi Budhrani is also a famous comedian and they are a well-known celeb comedy couple. The duo teamed up for The Rishi & Sharul Show in 2015 after working together in many plays and other performances over the years. The only married stand-up comedy couple in Singapore has been making waves on the circuit for years.
Both of them are set to direct plays for the upcoming Dastak 2017 Theatre Festival, with Rishi's production featured here. Sharul will be helming Kerejwa, written by Indian comedian and screenwriter Varun Grover, described as 'a comedy about the world coming to an end but all the protagonist Pintu can think of is his favourite sweet gulab jamun'. Connected to India put Sharul on the spot over her directorial venture.
Connected to India (CtoI): Have you been writing and directing Hindi plays for other festivals and/or your own productions? How do you manage or balance a successful stand-up career and theatre both? Which role do you enjoy more – stand-up comedy or writing?
Sharul Channa: This is the second time I am directing a Hindi play. I have been a stand-up comedian/comedy writer for the past six years, but my training was in Theatre from Lasalle College of the Arts. I am trained in acting for theatre in which there was a module in directing as well. I have always been interested in direction so when the festival director of Dastak Hindi Theatre festival, Shalaka Ranadive, asked me to direct last year, I was thrilled! This is my second year directing for the festival and I am very excited to be directing a Varun Grover script. He is an award-winning lyricist/writer/stand-up comedian from India and also happens to be a friend so when I requested a script and he agreed, I was exhilarated. I just love the arts, so I am just discovering what else in it I can do. I am currently involved with stand-up but theatre will always be my first love. To be honest, I am still learning how to direct and I hope I can do justice this year.
CtoI: Singapore's arts and culture scene seems to have heated up a lot in the last few years, there are too many shows for NRIs to choose; in this context do you think a Hindi theatre festival is too bold a step?
Sharul Channa: I don't think so at all. There has been a substantial Hindi-speaking audience in Singapore before there was an influx of NRIs in the country. Among many other schools, we have a Hindi society of Singapore that teaches Hindi and it is a recognised second-language in Singapore now. There is enough entertainment to go around for NRIS and the Hindi-speaking citizens of Singapore.
The beautiful thing about Dastak is that we have locals and NRIs coming together to put up plays and fulfilling their passion of wanting to experience acting. Most of the actors in Dastak have a full-time job. It is a great step in the right direction. Every show has its audience and everyone needs to experience the magic of theatre at least once in their lives and Dastak is all about that. The English theatre scene in Singapore is pretty established and there is a huge gap with Hindi Theatre, which Dastak is trying to fill now. We have enough talents to put this together and I am sure we will find enough interested audiences to watch these new budding talents perform. If you don't start, you will never know. So here we are!
CtoI: Dastak seems to be the Twitter of theatre; communicating/telling a story in 10 minutes. How challenging is it?
Sharul Channa: Normally, a full-fledged script will be for an hour and 15 minutes or longer and there is a character journey for each actor but here they have to complete that journey in 10 minutes. This can be either very easy or very difficult. Having said that, this is when the director has to closely work with the actors to make sense of that journey and help these artistes understand that this is an actor's medium and the harder they work off-stage, the more seamless their performances will be on-stage.
CtoI: What is going to be your next project?
Sharul Channa: I am performing my own hour-long stand-up show 'Sharul Weds Sharul' for Singapore's Kalaa Utsavam festival happening in Esplanade on November 18.
CtoI: How do you accurately portray the modern world on the stage?
Sharul Channa: The beauty of theatre is that there is nothing accurate about it. There is no right or wrong. We are not worried about accuracy. You just take back your own interpretation.
CtoI: What makes Kerejwa unique?
Sharul Channa: It is about our own deepest desires. So, what is your kerejwa?


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2009-10: Brendan Woods played in 34 games for the USHL Chicago Steel; missing the first half of the season with a broken femur he suffered in the Fall Classic. He scored 6 goals with 3 assists and was minus-8 with 32 penalty minutes. Chicago finished fifth in the East Conference and missed the USHL playoffs. Woods committed to playing college hockey at Wisconsin in 2011-12.
2010-11: Woods was obtained by Muskegon in a summer trade and skated in 57 games for the Lumberjacks in his second USHL season. He scored 14 goals with 12 assists and was minus-10 with 86 penalty minutes. Muskegon advanced to the second round of the playoffs after finishing fifth in the Eastern Conference. In six playoff games Woods scored 1 goal with 1 assist and was minus-1 with 14 penalty minutes. He was ranked 147th amongst North American skaters in Central Scouting's final rankings prior to the 2011 NHL Draft but was not selected in his second year of eligibility.
2011-12: Woods skated in 34 games as a freshman at Wisconsin on a Badgers team that finished an uncharacteristic tenth in the WCHA. He scored 5 goals with 5 assists and was minus-3. Woods led the Badgers in penalty minutes (67). Not listed among the 210 North American skaters in Central Scouting's final rankings, he was taken by Carolina in the fifth round (129th overall) of the 2012 NHL Draft.
2012-13: Woods made his pro hockey debut with Carolina's AHL affiliate in Charlotte following his sophomore season at the University of Wisconsin and signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Hurricanes in April 2013. Woods had no points with 2 penalty minute in two games with the Checkers. In 41 games for the Badgers he scored 5 goals with 7 assists and was plus-7 with 47 penalty minutes. Wisconsin finished tied for fourth in the WCHA in the regular season but earned an NCAA Tournament berth after winning the WCHA playoff championship. The Badgers lost to Massachusetts-Lowell in the Northeast Regional semifinals.
2013-14: Woods skated in 42 games for Carolina AHL affiliate Charlotte in his first pro season; appearing in just four games in January and then suffering a season-ending lower body injury in February. He scored 5 goals with 3 assists and was minus-7 with 40 penalty minutes. The Checkers missed the playoffs; finishing fourth in the West Division.
2014-15: Woods made his NHL debut with Carolina in a game against New Jersey on December 23rd, skating in two games with the Hurricanes before being returned to AHL affiliate Charlotte. He was -1 with no points nor penalty minutes, averaging six minutes of ice time in his brief NHL stint. Woods was the fourth-leading scorer for the AHL's Checkers and was third on the team with 101 penalty minutes. He scored 13 goals with 17 assists and was -10 in 68 regular season games. Charlotte missed the AHL playoffs, finishing fourth in the West Division.
Talent Analysis
Woods has good size and can play both ends of the ice as well as multiple positions. Willing to use that size and strength to punish opposition players on the forecheck, his offensive game has been limited at the pro level. He is effective in the less glamorous aspects of the game such as playing defense or winning face-offs.
Woods is competing for a lower line spot with Carolina in his third training camp with the Hurricanes. The edition of Kris Versteeg in a recent trade adds to the depth in the Carolina forward group and Woods may start the 2015-16 season with AHL affiliate Charlotte. He displayed both supplementary scoring and toughness for the Checkers in his second pro season and his versatility makes him a valuable call-up candidate and eventually a sound two-way lower line player.
Breakthrough campaigns propel Carolina Hurricanes prospects up the top 20
by Cory Lavalette
Photo: Jaccob Slavin has established himself as an important piece of Carolina's future during his rookie season. (Courtesy of Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire)
2011 Calder Trophy winner Jeff Skinner may be the most accomplished rookie in Carolina Hurricanes history, the progress made by several prospects this year—including some at the NHL level—makes this current crop of prospects intriguing and promising. Read more»
Carolina Hurricanes AHL squad makes due without expected contributors
Photo: Tyler Ganly has split the season between the AHL and the ECHL–with success in both. (Courtesy of Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire)
Head coach Mark Morris' first year with the Carolina Hurricanes AHL affiliate likely doesn't look as he expected when he took the job last July. When the season opened, the Checkers had defenseman Brett Pesce and Jaccob Slavin—both first-year pros, but highly regarded prospects—penciled into the blueline, with the possibility that 2015 fifth overall pick Noah Hanifin could need some seasoning in Charlotte. Read more»
Hurricanes Quickly Rebuild Prospect Pipeline With Picks
Photo: Noah Hanifin made Hockey East's All-Rookie Team and Second All-Star Team after scoring 23 points during his freshman—and likely only—NCAA season. (Courtesy of Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire)
It wasn't long ago that the Carolina Hurricanes prospect pool looked ankle deep. Straight-to-the-NHL first rounders and struggles developing middle and late-round draft picks kept the Hurricanes at the bottom of the NHL standings. Read more»
Carolina Hurricanes short on prospects after large graduating class
Photo: Haydn Fleury has 17 points in 47 games this season. (Courtesy of Marissa Baecker/Getty Images)
The Carolina Hurricanes prospects list might look thin, but given the young talent already in the NHL it is easy to understand why. Five players drafted by the team since 2010 are already full-time Hurricanes or on the cusp of making the leap. That includes ahead-of the-curve Victor Rask, who climbs a few spots into the top three but will also soon graduate as a prospect. Read more»
Carolina Hurricanes giving long look to younger players
Photo: Center Victor Rask has looked strong in his rookie season with the Carolina Hurricanes. Rask is a former second round pick from the 2011 NHL Draft. (courtesy of Greg Thompson/Icon Sportswire)
The return of Jordan Staal—and his new job centering brother Eric—has the Carolina Hurricanes off to a strong start in 2015. Unfortunately, the 2014 part of their schedule was not so kind. Despite a 6-2-1 record in January's first nine games, the Hurricanes still reside near the bottom of the NHL standings, 20 points out of a playoff spot that has long been too far in the distance.
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Silent Lucidity is a deaf, white boxer who came to us with her puppies. It is speculated that her mate was a Great Dane/Lab mix, as the puppies grew to be very large, had webbed feet, and some were brindle. Lucidity and her puppies were on death row, since she was deaf and the shelter didn't want to deal with her or her hearing puppies.
Lucidity was emaciated from not getting enough food to support nursing puppies, and even suffered some hair loss from the lack of nutrition. After physically nursing her back to health, we started teaching her American Sign Language commands, which she picked up quickly. She can come, sit, stay, lay down, walk, and many other things any other normal dog can do. You can even tell her she is a "good girl" and she understands.
Long after all her puppies were adopted, someone finally saw Lucidity's personality and fell in love with her. She is now living in her forever home.


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My father used to say it's the small things that count. And when i was young I never really understood that. I wanted a big life, with big happenings and I wanted them soon.
I dreamed of going to New York, and becoming a movie star. But very soon in my career I realized that auditioning for Latina Gang Members and Chubby Brides was not exactly what I wanted to do. The world of auditioning and being told to loose weight, to be less weird, to change my last name, and to lighten my hair convinced me that this wasn't the world for me. I wasn't interested in those stories that were stereotypical in nature, so i started crafting my own stories which has since become the basis for all of my work.
And now when i look back to those days, it was truly the small things that kept me going. It was a letter from a friend. It was buying a treat for myself. It was my daily call from my dad.
My father died 3 years ago, and the thing i miss most is his voice. He would call a few times a day to check the weather, to see how I was, to check in on his grandson Max, and although at the time, I didn't think much of it, now I realize that it was the calls that kept me centered. Those calls let me know that someone in the world was looking out for me, that someone cared.
I miss those calls. I miss those small acts of love. Even though i don't talk to him anymore, i have a massive collection of memories him and his voice.
In my daily interactions with my son, i try to create small rituals that will stay with him. Because, after all, it's the small things that count.
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I have just started Andrea Scher's Brave Blogging e-Course. It's been a long time since I have posted with any sort of regularity so i decided that I need some help with blogging. Our first prompt is 25 Random Things About Me! Enjoy!
1. 25 is my favourite number. It's the day of my birthday. February 25, It's my mom's birthday, May 25, and it's my wedding anniversary, June 25 as well. It has also been in my last 4 phone numbers.
2. I have a strange desire to make any grouping of numbers into 25. It makes no sense but i love to do this, and it gives me some deep seated joy. I just typed out an example, but it made no sense whatsoever, so you will simply need to believe me.
3. For much of my life, I have had crazy hair colours. Currently it's blue and purple, but for many years it was red. Next week, it's becoming teal.
4. I have 3 animals. Two cats and a dog. I will only ever have black cats as they are often the first cats to be euthanized in a shelter.
5. I met Gene Wilder once in a bookstore and we had the loveliest conversation. He was sad and beautiful all at the same time.
6. When i was a kid I have 1079 photos of Michael Jackson collaged onto my wall. I saw him in the Jackson's Victory Tour when i was about 12 years old. I was really angry at my mother when she made me wear a snowsuit because it was an outdoor concert in October and it was very cold. Jackson also died on June 25, which I will never forget.
7. About 12 years ago, I decided that after a whole life of being a performer that I would become a visual artist. I had no experience, and had no clue. But for 2 years, I sat in my studio and created mixed media works until they began to look like something. Since then I have spent the past 10 years spending my time both creating and selling my art work, and performing storytelling based one woman shows.
8. For the past 25 years I have worked in bookstores. I love books and read a LOT.
9. I started collecting books about creativity about 23 years ago. I had been downtown Toronto to go to a job interview at a bookstore and stopped by The World's Biggest Bookstore (which sadly closed last year) and saw this book called Inspiration Sandwich by someone named SARK. I read it in a park that afternoon and decided that my life would be all about creativity.
10. I can put my fist in my mouth. I don't do it often, but yes, i can.
11. For a while i was a dancer who performed with all of those who had been my teachers and mentors. I never took a dance class.
12. When i get an good idea, no, a great idea, i can't help but try to make it real.
13. Immediately after my son was born via C section the power in the delivery room went out. Due to a handful of circumstances I was pretty doped up and clearly thought that it was the end of the world. So I decided that was the best time for me to start singing the song I had wrote for him. Loudly. While sobbing. The power was restored about 30 seconds after it went out. It felt like a life time.
14. I have dated 9 redheads and my 2 best friends growing up were redheads.
15. When i met my husband, I wrote in my diary that i thought that I would marry him. 2 years and 5 days afterwards, I did.
16. I often feel like a fraud. Like, daily.
17. I ended up on a stage with Bobby McFerrin singing a duet with him in front of 10,000 people 10 days before my wedding. It was amazing.
18. I used to teach creativity, storytelling and collage at a spa called Rio Caliente in Mexico. I am so sad that it has closed because it was truly a special healing place for me and others.
19. As I am writing this, a 8 month old kitten named Chimmy lied on top of the keyboard and urged to stop typing and pet him. I took a few minutes to humour him as he is VERY cute.
20. I don't like being told what to do. Which is why I never went to university. I sometimes wish I had.
21. I LOVE books. I have books in every room in my house. I own approximately 10,000 titles and had downsized when i moved to Hamilton 4 years ago.
22. I don't know how to swim.
23. I believe that grief should be talked about. I have had my share of sadness and just wrote about it in Grief Landscapes that is a project by the great Mindy Stricke. Check it out here.
24. My dad died 3 years after 10 years of living with multiple myeloma. My dad was one of the kindest guys ever, and i am often so sad that he isn't around to see my son grow up. I think my dad looked a lot like the Dalai Lama, and I am currently writing a show about him called, My Father, the Dalai Lama.
25. My grandfather was very dear to me. I met him when he moved her from Spain when he was 80 and when I was 15 and he lived to be 98. I miss him a lot.
As an artist and a mother I have always found it necessary to find moments of quiet and contemplation during my busy days. In my past I tried traditional meditation again and again, and somehow it just never stuck. Sitting still in a quiet room just didn't work for me. I mean, it worked, it did calm my mind, and it chilled but I so looked for something different.
Many years ago, I found the magical art of beading. I was inspired by the work of Eleanor Wiley, a woman with an amazing story who created large beaded pieces and traveled the world talking about how it save her life. When i met her, I became enamoured by these small pieces that I started creating. Throughout the years, I realize that these beads that I have created were in fact my meditation. A marriage of stillness and creativity that calmed my mind, and let me breathe deeply.
I am interested in sharing these pieces, which i call VIDA Beads, to others. VIDA Beads are contemporary meditation pieces that offer a tactile experience to remind us of what is important in the world. I create the pieces from beads that i have gathered from around the world. I will be offering to sell these pieces on Etsy at reasonable prices.
To me beading is a joy. An honour. A meditation that i hope to share with others.


Vita Kin – Vita Kin looks to traditional folk designs to produce covetable pieces such as this white Chestnut Blossoms linen dress. It's intricately embroidered with red, black and gold thread to a geometric pattern and features balloon sleeves, while the neck fastens with braided and tasselled ties. Uphold the charming bohemian appeal with a basket bag when on vacation.


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