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The Best Jazz Pianists of All Time (2020)
by Discover Jazz | Jazz Music, Piano
If you look back through the history of jazz, the piano has been a key instrument in pretty much every style along the way. For this article, we've highlighted 10 of the best jazz pianists of all time, who played their part in moving the tradition forwards.
Of course, there are lots of other musicians who could be here too, but we hope this list will give you a good starting point for (re)discovering some of these legendary jazz piano players of all time.
The piano was crucial in the development of jazz in the early 20th Century, as the influence of Ragtime composers like Scott Joplin was fused with the marching band tradition in the melting pot of New Orleans.
Since then, jazz piano has been central to almost all of the major innovations in the music, from swing to bebop, modal jazz to the European Avant garde. And although this list spans generations and sub-genres, all of these musicians have distinctive improvisational and pianistic voices.
Piano is surely one of the most versatile jazz instruments out there, and the diverse characters on this list have played in settings ranging from solo piano to big band.
Unlike, say, the saxophone or trumpet, it also offers equal opportunity for both linear soloing and chordal accompaniment.
So, in roughly chronological order, here's our list of some of the greatest jazz pianists of all time.
Art Tatum
Art Tatum was blind from infancy and mostly self-taught as a pianist, but he is considered by many to be the ultimate virtuoso in all of jazz.
Possessed of astonishing technique, his playing is characterised by flamboyantly decorated linear improvisation and lightening-pace right hand flights.
He was also a harmonic innovator, taking influence from Romantic classical music, intricately reharmonising jazz standards and ultimately influencing the approaches of bebop musicians like Charlie Parker and Bud Powell.
Tatum would lead a Nat King Cole-style trio with Tiny Grimes on guitar and Slam Stewart on bass in his later career, but his best-known recordings are in the solo stride piano tradition of James P. Johnson and Fats Waller.
Art Tatum was famous for being able to drink large quantities of alcohol whilst performing without it having any adverse affect on the music, but unfortunately it impacted his health and he died in 1956, aged just 47.
Key Art Tatum recording: Piano Starts Here
Most of Tatum's classic work was recorded before the LP era, but this compilation includes classic 1933 solo takes like 'Tea For Two', 'Sophisticated Lady' and the famous 'Tiger Rag', as well as some live tracks from 1949.
Best known as the leader of his long-running Duke Ellington Orchestra, Ellington is the most recorded composer in jazz, with tunes like 'Satin Doll', 'Mood Indigo', 'Don't Get Around Much Anymore' and hundreds of other jazz standards to his name.
However, although he doesn't offer the same kind obvious instrumental pyrotechnics of someone like Art Tatum, he was also a highly important jazz pianist whose percussive, minimal playing influenced Thelonious Monk and others.
In addition to his dozens of famous Orchestra recordings – Ellington at Newport, The Sacred Concerts, The Far East Suite, etc. – he made a number of great small group recordings, highlighting his folkloric yet surprisingly modern-sounding jazz piano style.
Key Duke Ellington album: Money Jungle
Placing Ellington in a trio setting with bassist Charles Mingus and drummer Max Roach, Money Jungle is an intriguing, cross-generational meeting of three gigantic personalities, who were all great bandleaders in their own right.
Ellington was 63 years old, while Mingus was 40 and Roach 38, when this was recorded in 1962. Famously, there was tension between the three players during the recording, and some reviews have claimed that this is audible in the music.
Still, Money Jungle has proved highly influential, and many consider it to contain some of Ellington's most advanced jazz piano playing.
Other brilliant Ellington small group recordings include Piano Reflections, Duke Ellington & John Coltrane and Piano in the Foreground.
Thelonious Monk was instrumental in the birth of bebop, playing in famous jam sessions at Minton's Playhouse with Charlie Christian and Kenny Clarke in the late 1930s, but his sparse, angular playing is very different to the typical bebop piano sound.
With a unique, almost childlike approach, critics and club owners initially dismissed this highly eccentric figure, but he has eventually come to be regarded as a genius who was ahead of his time.
He is the second most recorded composer in jazz, after Duke Ellington, and his angular tunes have inspired generations of musicians and been the subject of dozens of Monk-themed albums.
Key Monk album: Thelonious Alone in San Francisco
Monk's third solo piano album includes originals and standards, and demonstrates that, despite his modernism, his playing was deeply connected to the stride pianists of the 1920s and 1930s.
Powell is the archetypal bebop pianist, and was the first person to apply Charlie Parker's chromaticism-filled improvisational language to the keyboard.
Aged just 10 he was apparently able to imitate stride pianists like Art Tatum and Fats Waller, and Thelonious Monk was an early mentor figure who helped nurture his talent.
In 1945 he was beaten over the head in a racially aggravated assault by a policeman, which contributed towards the psychiatric problems that plagued him for the rest of his life, and the consistency of his later work is patchy in comparison to his mercurial early recordings.
He played on a number of classic sessions with Parker, including the live albums The Quintet: Jazz at Massey Hall and Complete Live at Birdland.
"If I had to choose one single musician for his artistic integrity, for the incomparable originality of his creation and the grandeur of his work, it would be Bud Powell. He was in a class by himself" – Bill Evans
Key Bud Powell album: Jazz Giant
These trio tracks, with Max Roach on drums and either Curly Russell or Ray Brown on bass, include famous solos on the likes of 'Cherokee' and the Powell original 'Celia' – the latter of which we included on our list of essential jazz solos to transcribe.
The Amazing Bud Powell series (especially the first two volumes) is also essential.
Evans took the influence of beboppers like Powell and added the flavour of impressionist classical harmony and a more overtly introspective sensibility.
He played a role in the development of modal jazz, playing on Miles Davis' Kind of Blue, which is considered by many to be the best jazz album of all time.
His group with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian broke new ground in the jazz piano trio lineage: where previous trios had placed the pianist front and centre, here Evans, LaFaro and Motian played together as equals in a highly conversational and interactive fashion.
Other notable Evans recordings include Conversations With Myself, which uses unusual overdubbing techniques, and the duet sessions with singer Tony Bennett, which we highlighted in our round up of the 10 best Bill Evans albums.
Key Bill Evans album: Portrait in Jazz
As a kind of mid-way point between the earlier albums with more straight ahead rhythms sections, and the classic but extremely introspective live sessions from the Village Vanguard, this first trio record with Scott LaFaro & Paul Motian serves as a great introduction to Bill Evans' playing.
Oscar Peterson was a show-stopping virtuoso in the Art Tatum mode, and apparently the Canadian jazz pianist was always both inspired and intimidated by Tatum, although the two later became friends.
Like Tatum, Peterson was influenced by classical music, and particularly the Rachmaninoff piano concertos, but his work is most obviously characterised by a hard-swinging, dense, bluesy sound.
Oscar first led a Nat King Cole-style trio with Herb Ellis on guitar and Ray Brown on bass, but later replaced the guitar with Ed Thigpen on drums.
He made a series of albums where his trio was joined by a guest soloist – Stan Getz, Sonny Stitt, Ben Webster to name just three – and also appeared as a sideman on important albums by jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Carter, Coleman Hawkins and Fred Astaire.
Key Oscar Peterson album: Night Train
Peterson's most famous album, recorded in 1962, features the classic Ray Brown-Ed Thigpen rhythm section. Night Train is highly swinging and accessible, with fairly short track lengths, making it a perfect introduction for newcomers to jazz.
McCoy Tyner is most famous for his role in John Coltrane's great 1960s quartet, with which he recorded classic albums like My Favourite Things and A Love Supreme. But he was a highly experimental jazz pianist and the extent to which Tyner changed the 'language' of jazz piano is perhaps somewhat overlooked:
"No one — not Art Tatum, not Powell, not Monk, not Bill Evans — dropped a bomb on jazz pianists quite like McCoy Tyner. There was pre-McCoy and post-McCoy…" – Ethan Iverson
Tyner's favourites as a teenager in Philadelphia were Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk, but he always strived for an original sound of his own, and his heavy chords stacked in fourths are particularly distinctive.
While many of his peers experimented with electric instruments and fusion during the 1970s and '80s, Tyner remained faithful to the acoustic jazz piano tradition until his death in 2020.
Key McCoy Tyner album: The Real McCoy
Tyner's 1967 Blue Note debut features the pianist accompanied by Joe Henderson, Ron Carter and fellow Coltrane quartet-alumnus Elvin Jones. It includes the intense modal jazz classic 'Passion Dance'.
After beginning his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd in the early 1960s, Hancock released 1962's Takin' Off, which includes his famous hit 'Watermelon Man' and is surely one of the most impressive debuts in jazz history.
He made a whole host of great albums, mostly for Blue Note, during the '60s as both bandleader and sideman, as well as playing piano in Miles Davis' Second Great Quintet.
That band also included Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter and Tony Williams, and took a freewheeling approach to traditional structures and harmony.
Later he embraced fusion, funk and disco, with pioneering electric albums like Headhunters and Thrust. His 2007 album of Joni Mitchell covers (River: The Joni Letters) won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, as his extremely varied career showed no sign of stopping.
Key Herbie Hancock album: Maiden Voyage
Hancock was still just 24 years old when he recorded this 1965 classic.
The programme has a nautical theme and includes tunes like 'Dolphin Dance' and 'Maiden Voyage', which have gone on to become jazz standards.
Alongside Herbie on piano, the superb band features George Coleman on saxophone, Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Ron Carter on bass and Tony Williams on drums – so the rhythm section here is the same as that of the Miles Davis quintet of the era.
Chick Corea began his career in straight-ahead jazz settings in the mid 1960s, accompanying the likes of Sonny Stitt and Blue Mitchell, with whom he recorded the brilliant The Thing To Do.
However, he soon developed as one of the major post-Evans/Tyner voices in jazz, playing in a range of settings, including on Miles Davis' seminal jazz-rock albums In A Silent Way and Bitches Brew, and in Avant garde groups with Anthony Braxton.
He embraced crowd-pleasing jazz fusion with his bands Return To Forever and later the Chick Corea Electrik Band, recording well-known compositions like 'Spain' and 'Armando's Rumba'.
However, he has also made various returns to acoustic jazz, including his Trilogy project with Christian McBride (who we interviewed here) and Brian Blade, as well as making contemporary classical and solo piano recordings.
Key Chick Corea album: Now He Sings, Now He Sobs
Recorded in 1968, this was Corea's second album as a bandleader.
It features Chick in a classic piano trio lineup with Miroslav Vitouš on bass and drummer Roy Haynes, who had previously featured on classic bebop recordings with Bud Powell and Charlie Parker.
It mixes Corea's originals, the Monk tune 'Pannonica', the standard ballad 'My One and Only Love' and passages of free improvisation.
Corea had recorded 'Windows', one of his best known tunes, with Stan Getz the previous year on Sweet Rain.
Keith Jarrett initially attracted attention from the mid-1960s as a young sideman with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Charles Lloyd's quartet and Miles Davis.
During the 1970s he led two contrasting quartets: his 'American Quartet' featured Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian playing over raucous, groovy vamps inspired by Ornette Coleman and various folk traditions.
Meanwhile, his European Quartet, with Jan Garbarek, Palle Danielsson and Jon Christensen, focused on more overtly melodic tunes.
He has had a long relationship with ECM Records (as we discovered in this article about the legendary label) and, in 1983, producer Manfred Eicher suggested he try a new direction.
Jarrett put together a trio with drummer Jack DeJohnette and bassist Gary Peacock, which focused on standards from the Great American Songbook and bebop repertoire, proving extremely popular and recording prolifically until it disbanded in 2014.
He has also made numerous solo albums and is an acclaimed classical pianist and harpsichordist, having recorded works by Bach, Handel, Mozart, Shostakovich and others.
Key Keith Jarrett album: The Köln Concert
This is a kind of free jazz, in that it is a completely improvised solo piano concert.
But, unlike, say, Ornette Coleman's sometimes-dissonant conception, Jarrett plays over vamps with strong key centres to create a hypnotic, highly consonant sound.
It proved extremely popular, with sales over 3.5 million, making The Köln Concert he best-selling solo album in jazz history, and the all-time best-selling piano album.
We included it in our round up of the 10 most iconic jazz piano solos of all time.
That's all 10!
Hope you managed to listen to some of these great jazz piano players whilst checking out our list, and feel free to add your own suggestions in the comments section.
If you're interested to discover some of the other great musicians we mentioned in this article, you might be interested to head over to our lists of best bebop artists, best cool jazz musicians or best free jazz & Avant Garde albums…
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The label 'Discover Jazz' is attached to articles which have been edited and published by Jazzfuel host Matt Fripp, but have been written in collaboration with various different jazz musicians and industry contributors. When appropriate, these musicians are quoted and name-checked inside the article itself!
Ramo on September 14, 2020 at 9:42 am
Thanks to the album titled as Concert By The Sea from Errol Garner has to be one of best 3 and maybe the best with Art Tatum, Bill Evans and Oscar Peterson. Indeed Chick Corea and Keith Jarret are rock players in heart but can play great jazz thanks to their musical knowledge of classical and contemporary classical music.
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The Complete List of Debbie Macomber Books in Order: Series & Standalones
September 3, 2022 August 29, 2022 by Grace Plant
Debbie Macomber is one of America's best-selling romance writers. Her books have sold over two hundred million copies worldwide and earned her countless accolades, including the Romance Writers of America Lifetime Achievement Award.
If hot and steamy romance and hard-hitting storylines are your things, then Debbie Macomber's books probably aren't for you. But if you love inspiring and uplifting stories of love, family, and friendships, you'll adore this popular author's work.
Debbie Macomber's Books in Order
The Complete List of Debbie Macomber Books in Order: Series And Standalones
The Legendary Lovers Books
The Navy Books
The Wyoming Brides Books
The Manning Sisters Books
Those Manning Men Books
The Orchard Valley Books
The From This Day Forward Books
The Angels Books
The Midnight Sons Books
The Deliverance Company Books
The Mr. And Mrs. Miracle Books
The Heart of Texas Books
The Dakota Books
The Cedar Cove Books
The Blossom Street Books
The Blossom Street Kids Books (With Mary Lou Carney)
Blossom Street Collections
The Rose Harbor Books
The Rose Harbor Short Stories
The New Beginnings Books
Debbie Macomber's Standalone Novels
Debbie Macomber has written numerous heartwarmingly wholesome book series, and she has a huge collection of standalone novels to explore, too.
But with so many titles to choose from, it can be hard to know where to begin. So, in this post, I'll list every book by Debbie Macomber in their respective series and give a brief description of each one.
1 The Legendary Lovers Books Harlequin Amazon
2 The Navy Books January 1, 1988 313 pages
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3 The Wyoming Brides Books March 30, 1990 256 pages Silhouette Bks. Amazon
4 The Manning Sisters Books January 1, 1990 250 pages Silhouette Books
5 Those Manning Men Books May 01, 2015 240 pages Severn House Book Shop
6 The Orchard Valley Books February 28, 2006
192 pages Center Point Books
7 The From This Day Forward Books December 17, 1993 256 pages Harlequin Mills & Boon Ltd Amazon
8 The Angels Books June 28, 2011 432 pages
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9 The Midnight Sons Books September 1, 1995 187 pages Harlequin Amazon
The Deliverance Company Books May 25, 2021 336 pages Avon Amazon
The Legendary Lovers trilogy is a present-day retelling of three classic fairy tales; Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, and Snow White.
Rather than a backdrop of castles and faraway kingdoms, Debbie Macomber takes these beloved tales and spins them into a contemporary world for modern women to enjoy.
The Legendary Lovers Books in Publication Order
Each book tells a new story, so you can read this series in any order you choose.
Cindy and the Prince (1987)
Some Kind of Wonderful (1988)
Almost Paradise (1988)
These novels follow the stories of six U.S. Navy couples as they come up against the challenges that life in the military can bring.
Debbie Macomber began the series back in the late 1980s, but these emotional and inspiring tales are just as relevant today as they were when they were first released.
Each book is a captivating and sometimes dramatic love story that celebrates and salutes the men and women who serve in the Navy and the partners, families, and friends who support them.
The Navy Books in Publication Order
Navy Wife (1988)
Navy Blues (1989)
Navy Brat (1991)
Navy Woman (1991)
Navy Baby (1991)
Navy Husband (2005)
This two-book series set in the Cowboy State follows the stories of two men and the women they love.
In book one, Denim and Diamonds, we meet Letty, who has spent the last several years trying to make it as a famous singer. But now, she's returned to her hometown in Wyoming, where she's thrust back into the arms of her high school sweetheart, Chase.
In book two, Letty's older brother, the ex-rodeo cowboy Lonny is so set in his ways that he's written off love for good. But deep down, there's a spark burning for his sister's best friend, Joy, and it's slowly turning into a roaring flame.
The Wyoming Brides Books in Publication And Reading Order
Each book tells a different story, but the characters' lives are interconnected. So, to get the most out of the series, it's best to read them in the order they were published, listed below.
Denim and Diamonds (1989)
The Wyoming Kid (2006)
In this two-part series, we head to Montana to meet sisters Taylor and Christy Manning.
In book one, The Cowboy's Lady, Taylor packs up her things and leaves her old life in Seattle for the tranquility of small-town Montana, where she meets a handsome rancher named Russ.
Book two, A Sheriff Takes a Wife, stars Taylor's sister Christy, who has arrived in town to help Taylor with her newborn baby. As soon as she arrives, she meets Russ's best friend Cody, the town's impossibly attractive sheriff, and falls head over heels in love. The feeling is mutual, but there's just one problem; Christy is already engaged to another man.
The Manning Sisters Books in Publication And Reading Order
The storylines in these books are interconnected, so to get the most out of the series, it's best to read them in the order they were published, listed below.
The Cowboy's Lady (1990)
The Sheriff Takes a Wife (1990)
As the title suggests, these books follow on from the Manning Sisters series, and this time, the men take a leading role.
The stories follow Taylor and Christy's brothers, Rich, Paul, and Jason Manning. Each brother is on his own personal journey to find love, but there are plenty of hurdles to cross along the way.
Those Manning Men Books in Publication And Reading Order
Marriage of Inconvenience (1992)
Stand-In Wife (1992)
Bride on the Loose (1992)
Same Time, Next Year (1995)
Silver Bells (2009)
This series takes us to the picturesque town of Orchard Valley, Oregon, where sisters Valerie, Stephanie, and Norah Bloomfield call home.
At the start of the series, their father has suffered a heart attack, and when he wakes up from surgery, he has surprising news for his daughters. While under anesthesia, he had a visit from their dead mother, Grace, and she had some surprising news to share. Each of these independent, spirited girls will soon get married to three equally fascinating and eligible men.
The original series was published under the titles listed below. However, in 2017, Debbie Macomber re-released them into a two-book compilation under the names Orchard Valley Grooms and Orchard Valley Brides.
The Orchard Valley Books in Publication Order
Each story is interconnected, so to get the most out of the series, it's best to read these books in the order they were published, listed below.
Valerie (1992)
Stephanie (1992)
Norah (1992)
This series tells the stories of three separate marriages and how they began.
In book one, Russian biochemist Aleksandr Berinksi is looking for a marriage of convenience, as his U.S. visa is about to expire. So, he asks Seattle-based businesswoman, Julia Conrad, to be his wife. And as it turns out, the arrangement is just as convenient for her as it is for him.
Book two tells the story of Chase Goodwin, a man searching for a bride to take home to his native state of Alaska. And when all else fails, he chooses an unusual method to find love; a giant billboard on the side of a Seattle highway.
The final installment of the series explores the lives of a couple with two very different ideas about love. Divorce attorney Nash Davenport has seen too many failed marriages to believe it can ever work out as planned. But wedding planner Savannah Charles believes firmly in the virtues and values of marriage, so much so that when he pops the question, she immediately says yes.
The From This Day Forward Books in Publication Order
Each book tells a new story with a different set of characters, so you can read this series in any order you choose.
Groom Wanted/ First Comes Love (1993)
Bride Wanted/From This Day Forward (1993)
Marriage Wanted (1993)
These heartwarming and hilarious festive tales feature three kind-spirited angels, Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy.
Every Christmas, the angels leave heaven and head for Earth to spread their goodwill and cheer on humankind. But despite their best intentions, they don't always get it right. Sometimes, their heavenly interventions cause a little chaos along the way, but in the end, everyone's always glad they came.
The Angels Books in Publication Order
Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy appear in each of the books below, but the stories aren't interconnected. So, you can read the series in any order you choose.
A Season of Angels (1993)
The Trouble with Angels (1994)
Touched by Angels (1995)
Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy (1999)
Those Christmas Angels (2003)
Where Angels Go (2007)
Angels at the Table (2012)
The Midnight Sons series is set in Hard Luck, a remote town in the far northern reaches of Alaska, fifty miles deep into the Arctic Circle.
The town has a tiny population of just one hundred and fifty residents, and unfortunately for the O'Halloran brothers, the majority of them are men.
And so, the brothers embark on a campaign to bring more women to the town in the hopes of finding love.
The Midnight Sons Books in Publication And Reading Order
Each book tells a new tale, but there's plenty of character crossover, and their stories intertwine. So, it's best to read this series in the publication order listed below.
Brides for Brothers (1995)
The Marriage Risk (1995)
Daddy's Little Helper (1995)
Because of the Baby (1996)
Falling for Him (1996)
Ending in Marriage (1996)
Midnight Sons and Daughters (2010)
In the Deliverance Company series, Debbie Macomber adds a twist of mystery and suspense to her usual romance style and even throws in a few unexpectedly sensual sex scenes, too.
The stories are connected by the men of the Deliverance Company, a secret and elite team of specially trained mercenaries who step in to conduct daring international rescue missions on behalf of the U.S. military.
Nobody knows their names, but these men are considered heroes by those they've saved, and the same can be said for the women in their lives.
The Deliverance Company Books in Publication And Reading Order
Each book tells a new tale, but many of the characters overlap and intertwine throughout the series, so it's best to read these titles in the order they were published, listed below.
Someday Soon (1995)
Sooner or Later (1996)
The Sooner The Better/Moon Over Water (1998)
These heartwarming and uplifting Christmas novels feature Emily Merkle, a.k.a. Mrs. Miracle, a woman with the uncanny ability to perform little miracles in the lives of everyone she meets.
Her counterpart is Harry Mills, a guardian angel on an earthly mission to help others find real love and true happiness.
The Mr. And Mrs. Miracle Books in Publication Order
Each book tells a different story, so you can read this series in any order you choose.
Mrs. Miracle (1996)
Call Me Mrs. Miracle (2010)
Mr. Miracle (2014)
A Mrs. Miracle Christmas (2019)
This captivating series is set in the tight-knit ranching community of Promise, nestled deep inside the Texas Hill Country. Here, far away from the hustle and bustle of city life, everyone sticks together. It's the perfect place to raise a family, and crime is pretty much unheard of.
But even in a peaceful and idyllic community like Promise, everyone has a few secrets to share.
The Heart of Texas Books in Publication And Reading Order
Each book tells a new tale, but the characters and their lives intertwine and overlap, so it's best to read the series in the publication order listed below.
Lonesome Cowboy (1998)
Texas Two-Step (1998)
Caroline's Child (1998)
Dr. Texas (1998)
Nell's Cowboy (1998)
Lone Star Baby (1998)
Promise, Texas/The Little Bookshop Of Promises (1999)
Return To Promise (2008)
Deep in the heart of North Dakota lies the small prairie town of Buffalo Valley. Winters are harsh here, and year upon year, the town's population continues to dwindle.
But while most visitors are just passing through, two women from out of town, Lindsey and Maddy, end up staying much longer than they expected.
They can't help but feel at home in Buffalo Valley, and their lives are soon changed forever by the friends, family, and lovers they find in this warm and welcoming community.
The Dakota Books in Publication And Reading Order
Each book tells a new tale, but the characters and their lives are intertwined, so it's best to read the series in the publication order listed below.
Dakota Born (1999)
Dakota Home (2000)
Always Dakota (2000)
Buffalo Valley (2001)
Dakota Farm/The Farmer Takes a Wife (2016)
The Cedar Cove books are arguably Debbie Macomber's most beloved series of all.
Cedar Cove is a quaint little town in Washington State. It may be small, but it has a big heart, and everyone looks out for one another.
But when you live in a tight-knit community like this one, keeping secrets is hard; in fact, most of the time, it's impossible.
Everyone knows everyone else's business, and nobody knows that more than the town's resident family court judge, Olivia Lockhart.
The series has been a hit with readers since the first book, 16 Lighthouse Road, was published in 2001. Since then, it's been transformed into a hit Hallmark TV series, starring Andie MacDowell as Olivia.
The Cedar Cove Books in Publication And Reading Order
While each book focuses on a different set of characters, their lives are connected and intertwined. So, in order to get the most out of the series, be sure to follow the publication order listed below.
16 Lighthouse Road (2001)
204 Rosewood Lane (2002)
311 Pelican Court (2003)
44 Cranberry Point (2004)
50 Harbor Street (2004)
6 Rainier Drive (2006)
74 Seaside Avenue (2007)
8 Sandpiper Way (2007)
92 Pacific Boulevard (2009)
1022 Evergreen Place (2010)
1105 Yakima Street (2011)
1225 Christmas Tree Lane (2011)
In the heart of Seattle's Blossom Street lies a small knitting supplies store with a big heart. A Good Yarn is where customers go to buy their wool, threads, patterns, and needles, but that's not all they find in this quaint little store.
Lydia Hoffman's regular knitting classes attract women from all over town, and together, they form friendships that will last for a lifetime.
The Blossom Street Books in Publication And Reading Order
Each book has a unique plot, but the characters and their lives intertwine throughout the series, so it's best to read these titles in the order they were published, listed below.
The Shop on Blossom Street (2003)
A Good Yarn (2005)
Susannah's Garden/Old Boyfriends (2006)
Back on Blossom Street/Wednesdays at Four (2007)
Twenty Wishes (2008)
Summer on Blossom Street (2009)
Hannah's List (2010)
A Turn in the Road (2011)
Starting Now (2013)
Blossom Street Brides (2014)
Twenty-One Wishes (2020)
Debbie Macomber has teamed up with fellow author Mary Lou Carney to pen two beautifully illustrated children's books inspired by the characters and businesses in the original Blossom Street series.
The Blossom Street Kids Books in Publication Order
These two children's books are connected by Blossom Street, but each one features a completely new story and set of characters. So, they can be read in any order you choose.
The Truly Terribly Horrible Sweater…That Grandma Knit (2000)
The Yippy, Yappy Yorkie in the Green Doggy Sweater (2011)
If you're a knitting fan who loves Debbie Macomber's Blossom Street series, you'll adore these three knit and crochet pattern books.
Made in collaboration with Universal Yarn, each book contains multiple exclusive patterns created by big-name designers. There are projects for the whole family to wear, including sweaters, vests, tote bags, caps, and shawls, each created with Gerbera Solid and Gerbera Print yarns from Debbie's personal collection.
And best of all, all the proceeds from these books go directly to children's charities around the globe.
Blossom Street Collections in Publication Order
The Blossom Street Collections are non-fiction pattern projects, so there's no particular reading order you need to follow. Just grab any copy you can, and get creating!
Blossom Street Collection Book 1 (2010)
Blossom Street Collection, Book 2 (2010)
This endearing series is a spin-off of Debbie Macomber's smash-hit Cedar Cove series.
The books are set in a quaint little guest house, the Inn at Rose Harbour, on the edge of Cedar Cove, Washington State.
The stories center around inn owner Jo Marie Rose and the many guests staying at her inn.
The Rose Harbor Books in Publication And Reading Order
Each story follows a new set of guests at the Rose Harbor Inn, so you can read these books in any order you choose.
The Inn at Rose Harbor (2013)
Rose Harbor in Bloom (2013)
Love Letters (2014)
Falling for Her (2015)
Silver Linings (2015)
Sweet Tomorrows (2016)
Alongside the main book series, Debbie Macomber has also penned two short stories related to Rose Harbor. The first story, When First They Met, follows Jo Marie Rose and her life in Cedar Cove before she opened her beloved inn.
And in Lost and Found in Cedar Cove, Jo Marie sets up her new inn for the spring season, with a little help from her new friends Olivia and Grace.
The Rose Harbor Short Stories in Publication Order
These short stories are independent of one another, but if you'd prefer to read them chronologically, then stick with the publication order listed below.
When First They Met (2012)
Lost and Found in Cedar Cove (2013)
If you're going through a hard time and looking for an uplifting read, then the New Beginnings series is a perfect choice.
Each novel centers around a different woman as she's forced to start over with her life, leaving behind the past and looking forward to the future with hope, no matter how scary it feels.
Packed with strong female characters and challenging issues that affect women everywhere, these stories are a slight departure from Macomber's usual lighthearted reads. Still, they offer the same positive message of hope and inspiration found in all of her work.
The New Beginnings Books in Publication Order
The theme of new beginnings connects each of these books, but the stories are unrelated, so you can read them in any order you choose.
Last One Home (2015)
A Girl's Guide to Moving On (2016)
If Not for You (2017)
Debbie Macomber has penned an incredible number of popular series, but she also has a vast collection of standalone novels to explore, too.
Below, I'll list them all in the order they were published.
Starlight (1983)
That Wintry Feeling (1984)
Heart song (1984)
Undercover Dreamer (1984)
A Girl Like Janet (1984)
Thanksgiving Prayer (1984)
The Gift of Christmas (1984)
Love Thy Neighbor (1985)
Promise Me Forever (1985)
Adam's Image (1985)
Laughter in the Rain (1985)
The Trouble with Caasi (1985)
A Friend or Two (1985)
Christmas Masquerade (1985)
Reflections of Yesterday (1985)
Borrowed Dreams: Alaska (1985)
The Matchmakers (1986)
Shadow Chasing (1986)
Yesterday's Hero (1986)
White Lace and Promises (1986)
Jury of His Peers (1986)
Yesterday Once More (1986)
Friends & Then Some (1986)
Love by Degree (1987)
Sugar and Spice (1987)
No Competition (1987)
All Things Considered (1987)
Love 'N' Marriage (1987)
Husband Required (1987)
Mail-Order Bride (1987)
Any Sunday (1988)
The Playboy and the Widow (1988)
Almost an Angel (1989)
For All My Tomorrows (1989)
Yours And Mine (1989)
The Way To A Man's Heart (1989)
Country Bride (1990)
A Little Bit Country (1990)
Rainy Day Kisses (1990)
Fallen Angel (1990)
The Courtship of Carol Sommars (1990)
Father's Day (1991)
First Comes Marriage (1991)
Here Comes Trouble (1991)
Stolen Kisses (1991)
The Forgetful Bride (1991)
The Man You'll Marry (1992)
My Hero (1992)
The First Man You Meet/The First Man You'll Ever Meet (1992)
Ready for Romance (1993)
Hasty Wedding (1993)
Morning Comes Softly (1993)
Lone Star Lovin' (1993)
Ready for Marriage (1994)
The Bachelor Prince (1994)
Baby Blessed (1994)
One Night (1994)
Wanted: Perfect Partner (1995)
Just Married (1996)
Marrying Kind (1996)
Montana/Montana: No Place Like Home (1997)
Three Brides, No Groom (1997)
This Matter of Marriage (1997)
Can This be Christmas? (1998)
Married in Montana (1998)
This the Season (with Kat Martin) (1999)
Ready for Love (1999)
Promise, Texas (1999)
Thursdays at Eight (2001)
The Christmas Basket (2002)
Between Friends (2002)
The Snow Bride (2003)
Changing Habits (2003)
When Christmas Comes/Trading Christmas (2004)
There's Something About Christmas (2005)
Christmas Letters (2006)
His Winter Bride (2008)
Be My Angel (2009)
The Perfect Christmas (2009)
Christmas in Seattle (2009)
Family Affair (2011)
Happy Mother's Day (2013)
Starry Night (2013)
Summer Wedding Bells (2013)
Dashing Through the Snow (2015)
Twelve Days of Christmas (2016)
Any Dream Will Do (2017)
Merry and Bright (2017)
Cottage by the Sea (2018)
Alaskan Holiday (2018)
Window on the Bay (2019)
Time for Love (2019)
A Walk Along the Beach (2020)
Jingle All the Way (2020)
My Funny Valentine (2021)
Perfect Partners (2021)
Fairytale Forever (2021)
It's Better This Way (2021)
Alongside her vast body of fiction work, Debbie Macomber has published a selection of non-fiction books too. Many of them celebrate her passion for knitting, and since she's also a keen cook, she's written several cookbooks, too.
Several of these titles also reflect on the morals and messages found in her fiction work, such as the importance of friends, family, faith, giving, and love.
Below, I'll list all of Macomber's non-fiction books in the order they were published.
Knit Along with Debbie Macomber: A Good Yarn (2005)
Knit Together (2007)
One Simple Act: Discovering the Power of Generosity (2009)
The Cedar Cove Cookbook (2009)
Knit Along With Debbie Macomber: Hannah's List (2010)
God's Guest List: Welcoming Those Who Influence our Lives (2010)
Knit Along with Debbie Macomber: A Turn in the Road (2011)
Debbie Macomber's Christmas Cookbook (2011)
One Perfect Word (2012)
Patterns of Grace: Devotions from the Heart (2012)
The Best of Knit Along with Debbie Macomber (2012)
Once Upon a Time: Discovering Our Forever After Story (2013)
Debbie Macomber's Table: Sharing the Joy of Cooking with Family and Friends (2018)
Debbie Macomber has countless captivating, heart-warming stories to explore, so to make things easier for her readers, she's compiled many of them into anthologies.
Each one is a selection of her most beloved titles to date, and some also feature exclusive, never-before-published tales you won't find elsewhere else.
Debbie Macomber's Antoholigies in Publication Order
There's no set reading order for Debbie Macomber's anthologies, but I'll list them below in the order they were published.
That Summer Place (1998)
'Tis the Season (1999)
Born in a Small Town (2000)
Holiday Blessings (2000)
Sealed with a Kiss (2002)
More Than Words, Volume 2 (2005)
Hearts Divided (2006)
Almost Home (2009)
Christmas in Cedar Cove (2010)
Stories of the Heart (2012)
Together for Christmas (2014)
Western Hearts (2018)
Snowflakes and Starlight (2022)
Debbie Macomber is one of the most prolific romance authors of our time. She's penned so many heartwarming series and a huge amount of feel-good standalones, too. But with so much to explore, it can be hard to know where to begin.
So, I hope this post has helped you decide where to start your Debie Macomber reading journey. Are you already a fan of this popular author's work? If so, I'd love to hear about your favorite books. Drop me a comment in the box below!
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Jean-Louis Gagnaire (* 29. April 1956 in Saint-Étienne) ist ein französischer Politiker. Er war von 2007 bis 2017 Abgeordneter der Nationalversammlung.

Gagnaire, der nach dem Tod seines Vaters den Familienbetrieb übernahm, studierte in Lyon am Institut d'études politiques Erziehungswissenschaften und öffentliche Verwaltung. Danach war er von 1988 bis 1990 Student an der ENA. Sein politisches Engagement begann 1982 mit dem Eintritt in die Parti socialiste. 1998 trat er bei den Wahlen zum Generalrat des Départements Loire und dem Regionalrat von Rhône-Alpes an. Ihm gelang der Einzug in beide Parlamente. Bei den Parlamentswahlen 2007 kandidierte er im zweiten Wahlkreis des Départements Loire und wurde im zweiten Wahlgang mit 53,99 Prozent der Stimmen in die Nationalversammlung gewählt.

2012 gelang ihm in der Stichwahl mit 59,93 Prozent die Wiederwahl. 2017 verzichtete Gagnaire auf einen neuerlichen Antritt zur Wahl. Seine Zeit als Abgeordneter endete am 20. Juni 2017.

Einzelnachweise

Mitglied der Nationalversammlung (Frankreich)
Franzose
PS-Mitglied (Frankreich)
Geboren 1956
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In Memory of Helmut Jahn
by Bob Clark | May 10, 2021 | Thoughts | 0 comments
I am so saddened to hear of the passing of my good friend, Helmut Jahn, who passed away in a tragic bicycle accident. He was truly one of the great architects of the world, and also one of my greatest inspirations.
By designing iconic buildings like Terminal 1 at O'Hare International Airport and the James R. Thompson Center, Helmut played an important role in shaping Chicago's architectural landscape, as well as its continued growth and future. Helmut also designed one of my all-time favorite projects, The Joe and Rika Mansueto Library at The University of Chicago. He had a personality as big as the scope of his buildings, and he was definitely a "star-chitect" who brought so much joy and light into the lives of all those who had the pleasure of knowing him.
I'll always remember Helmut as an inspiration, a mentor, and a great neighbor to me in the Jewelers Building, and he touched so many lives with his creative spirit. I offer my deepest condolences to all of his friends and loved ones and hope that honoring his memory will bring some measure of comfort and peace at this difficult time.
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This 2 hour DVD of The Last 24 Seconds is also available.
First Century Press presents Michael Fairchild's published articles and research regarding Jimi's death. These are the reports responsible for triggering the 1993-1994 Scotland Yard investigation into the death of Hendrix.
As depicted in The Last 24 Seconds movie, Michael's research has been ripped off and credited to a collector thief called "Mr. Rob(ber)y".
Doctors and attendants who handled Jimi's body recall him being covered with a large amount of red wine. Yet medical records show his blood alcohol level was 46 mgs when he died, meaning that his system hadn't absorbed a lot of wine: 46 milligrams, when converted to ounces, equals 0.0016 of an ounce - practically nothing. So a lot of wine got into him and then he quickly died before absorbing the alcohol. Heart stops, absorption ceases, and just a small amount of alcohol had time to enter Jimi's blood. So why was a lot of wine spilled all over and around him? He drowned. Was it a forced drowning? Did someone hold him and pour the wine in? Why was his hair, clothes, and bedding covered in so much wine? It's too suspicious.
"Stickells and Barrett took Jimi's stuff, like messages. That was funny, that was so strange.
They only were interested in the messages Jimi had received...I do believe he got poisoned"
Below are excerpts of DEATH OF HENDRIX: The Last 24 Seconds seen through YouTube.com players. The complete film is 2 hours long. The 10 minute YouTube excerpts below comprise 50 minutes of the 2 hour movie. To see the complete 2 hour movie order a copy of the DVD.
2007: My Movie Says "ROADIE Killed Jimi"


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Cerasus or Kerasous () was a town of ancient Pontus, on the Black Sea coast, a little to the west of Trapezus. The Ten Thousand, in their retreat, came to Trapezus, and leaving Trapezus, "they arrive on the third day at Cerasus, an Hellenic city on the sea, a colony of the Sinopeis, in Colchis." The Anonymous geographer of Ravenna places Cerasus 60 stadia east of Coralla, and 90 west of Hieron Oros, and on a river of the same name. The name, and possibly the population, of the town were translated to Pharnacia in the Hellenistic era.

Its site is tentatively located near Gelida Kale in Asiatic Turkey.

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Populated places in ancient Pontus
Former populated places in Turkey
History of Trabzon Province


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In Case You Missed It: L.A.'s Downtown Football Follies
Take a step back and look at the debate around a proposed downtown football stadium in Los Angeles. What can be found are issues that transcend a topic as peripheral as whether or not a government should pay or subsidize a sports complex; it can serve as an allegory of people's opinions on local government in general.
How does the public view of government? Simply, in the case of Los Angeles, and the opinion of the Los Angeles Times opinion writer, they see it as weak. The cut throat negotiators have moved on from the city, leaving it in a weaker position to handle business matters. While Mayor Villaraigosa may be a skilled labor negotiator, business prowess in the city is weaker than it was two decades ago.
What are government spending priorities? Some would say that spending money on a new stadium at this time would not be prudent. And they could be right. However, the stadium costs to the city are not immediate or significant. The issue here is delivery of information and facts. The city's investment in the stadium is forfeiting future taxes. In other words, instead of funding the stadium now, they are simply opting not to receive money that they wouldn't exist if the stadium were not built at all. But failing to successfully deliver that point leaves the city defending itself against these claims.
People's trust in governments large and small have been shaken by a bad economy and pervasively high unemployment, scandals and special interests. Answering the question of whether or not to build a new stadium is answering the challenges of the public, its trust, and its money.
From the Los Angeles Times Opinion:
In the debate over whether to build a downtown football stadium, there's a gnawing, vague and understandable public apprehension that the city may be getting snookered. It's not an entirely formed idea – those who advance it cite a variety of qualms, many at odds with one another. But in the deliberations of the City Council, in public meetings and especially in private conversations, there's a drumbeat of dread.
When The Times' editorial board endorsed most aspects of the stadium proposal eight days ago, the reaction of some readers reflected that unease. A few cheered the idea, but others complained that it was a giveaway to billionaires (Phil Anschutz is the Denver magnate behind AEG), or that the city was in no position to be subsidizing a big project, or that the developer was ducking environmental review.
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Superb quality villa set in a quiet countryside just 5 minutes drive from Lagos, Meia Praia beach, Palmares Golf, and offering fantastic country views.
Built to the highest standard, this villa exudes substance and quality.
The villa has an impressive construction area and offers a total of 5 bedrooms and 6 bathrooms plus a gymnasium, BBQ and storage areas.
Ground floor accommodation includes an entrance hall, a guest washroom,a very bright lounge/ dining area, kitchen with service island, 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms (including a fantastic master bedroom with dressing area and en suite bathroom). The kitchen & living area lead to a generous size patio with magnificent mountain views over the pool and garden, ideal for al fresco dining and relaxing.
Downstairs are further 2 bedrooms and 2 en suite bathrooms, a separate kitchen/dining area leading out to the pool terrace, gymnasium and a storage room. There is a further 5th room that can be used as an office, play room or a library.
The villa is set on a generous size plot and offers beautiful manicured gardens with automatic irrigation, an orchard, a carport and a driveway with parking for several cars.
Further features include air conditioning, quality double glazing, electric shutters, electric gate and solar panels for hot water.
The property is fantastic for entertaining, hosting guests and has superb letting potential.


What if the earth were square?
* What if the earth stopped spinning?
* What if we could see sounds?
* What if the moon fell down?
* What if aliens landed and only wanted to talk to dogs?
Bizarre brainteasers and ingenious inquiries set the stage for a fantastic foray into the wacky world of real science. The intriguing topics range from plants and animals to light and sound, from the wind and the weather to the planets and the stars. Captivating cartoons and quick, fun-filled experiments will stretch your mind and your imagination.


Foggy Bottom Association President Marina Streznewski said the community wanted to do something to help people living on the streets after record low temperatures in the District.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2018 at 8:25 p.m.
The Student Association and Foggy Bottom Association will hold a winter clothing drive next month at a local homelessness organization.
The two organizations plan to put donation boxes in areas across the neighborhood between Feb. 5 and Feb. 14 to collect winter coats, men's jeans, gloves, hats and socks. Community and student leaders said the clothing drive – inspired by record low temperatures in the District earlier this winter – will help people stay warm when they can't provide the means themselves.
The clothing will be given to people at Miriam's Kitchen, a homeless advocacy organization based on Virginia Avenue near campus.
FBA President Marina Streznewski said the community wanted to do something to help people living on the streets, especially after the city experienced a prolonged, severe cold snap in late December and early January.
The FBA plans to promote the clothing drive using social media, posters and the group's website. She added that the group doesn't have a limit on how much they want to collect as long as there is a need for it.
Streznewski said churches like St. Paul's Episcopal will also be holding collections at weekly masses. The FBA plans to reach out to Western Presbyterian and St. Stephen Marty churches to gauge their interest. She said she hopes the clothing drive will be a cooperative venture between members of the FBA, the SA and the faith community.
Students have sought a greater involvement with the homeless population in the community this year. Students protested the removal of a homeless encampment on E Street in November.
Theo Leavell, the SA's vice president of community affairs, said donations will be accepted across the community with collection boxes placed in central locations around campus like the basement of District House.
"The drive will provide an opportunity for GW students to support our community in a very tangible and practical way," he said in an email.
He said students will assist in both the collection, sorting and delivery of these items and that the drive provides students with an opportunity to serve the community beyond campus.
Scott Schenkelberg, the CEO of Miriam's Kitchen – a community center that offers meals and services to people experiencing homelessness – said the homeless are vulnerable and in need of warm clothes like winter coats, men's jeans, gloves, hats and socks.
"If they don't have immediate intervention and ultimately housing, they're likely to have premature death and die out on the streets," he said.
Women's clothing and formal attire like suits and ties are not requested for the drive because 90 percent of the people Miriam's Kitchen serves are men, Schenkelberg said.
Schenkelberg said he hopes the clothing drive will not only benefit the individuals receiving much needed winter clothing, but will also help the Foggy Bottom community to care for and empathize with their "guests" in the homeless community.
Any leftover or unusable donations from the drive will be sent to Goodwill or the Salvation Army, Schenkelberg said.
After the story was published, Theo Leavell told The Hatchet that organizers of the clothing drive no longer plan to use the tagline "Love Thy Neighbor," as was initially reported. The post has been updated to reflect the change.


wide boards out of it on account of the dry rot which affects it and makes pockets in it. Sugar Pine knots have a black ring around them; Yellow Pine knots haven't. White Fir a tough wood but rots in a year when next to soil. Mountain Mahogany is a hard wood and takes a fine polish but it doesn't grow large enough. Live Oak is a tough wood. It costs a lot to mill big trees. They split badly when they fall. It is expensive preparing a bed for them to fall on, costing as high as _250.
The brake sticks of the brakemen on the logging train are made from Quercus chrysolepis wood here. One man calls it Spanish Oak and another Live Oak.
No. 2776. Salix scouleriana Barr. Trees 15 ft. h. [feet high] in Grant Park, near Millwood, along stream in forest of big-tree, yellow pine, etc.
No. 2777. Abies concolor Lindl. & Gord. White Fir. With preced. Hopping says White Fir leaves have a twist at base and Red Fir not.
No. 2778. Arctostaphylos patula Greene. Bushes 4 or 5 ft. high and 6 or 8 ft. broad. With preced.
No. 2779. Silene. Flowers pink-red. Chaparral. Millwood.
No. 2780. Pedicularis semibarbata Gray. Millwood.


The U.S. Antarctic Program brings people of all faiths and religious backgrounds together to support science at the bottom of the world. Situated at the end of town, McMurdo Station's small, blue and white Chapel of the Snows stands out against the comparatively drab shipping container-like structures surrounding it.
Secretary of State John Kerry visited McMurdo Station on November 11, 2016, becoming the first Secretary of state to travel to Antarctica, and the most senior U.S. government official to do so. The purpose of the trip was for Kerry to meet with polar researchers studying a wide range of topics supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), many of which related to the global implications of climate change.
During the months-long, dark and frigid winter at the South Pole, members of the station's winter crew spend their free time in lots of ways. Some read books, others watch movies or work on art projects. Still others build igloos.
Brisk winds blew through a bundled-up crowd, as they collectively bobbed their heads and swayed along to live music. The musicians played below large blue cutout letters that spelled out "ICESTOCK," McMurdo Station's annual New Year's celebration and the world's southernmost outdoor music festival.
It was no ordinary heavy equipment safety lecture. On a windy Sunday afternoon, a crowd of McMurdo residents gathered at the at the cargo storage area above town to watch McMurdo Station's first annual "Safety Rodeo." Two teams from Fleet Ops competed against each other, driving IT-28 Caterpillar loaders through an obstacle course while a crowd sitting in the grandstands cheered them on.
On any given day, residents around McMurdo Station might be found doing the cobra pose, sun salutation or downward dog. These are all poses used in yoga, which has become one of the station's most popular after-hours recreational activities.
In a show of gastronomic diplomacy, McMurdo Station and New Zealand's Scott Base swapped chefs for a few afternoons in December, giving the cooks a chance to pick up new tricks and station residents a taste of each other's culinary culture.
For one afternoon in December, McMurdo's dining hall was transformed into a small bazaar of handmade wares. At the annual December Craft Fair, station residents gathered to display and swap the arts and crafts projects they've been working on during their off-hours.
Residents of McMurdo Station and New Zealand's Scott Base joined together on Veterans Day to honor the service of their nations' men and women in uniform. Through speeches, prayers and a ceremonial flag raising, service members and station leaders from both countries recognized the bravery of those in the armed forces.
Spending a winter in Antarctica is just as challenging as it sounds. For the 45 people who remain at the South Pole Station through the cold and dark months this year, winter is a unique experience shared by a rare few. This year's crew by the numbers.
On April 25, New Zealand's Scott Base crew invited McMurdo Station residents to make the two-kilometer trip over the hill and join them in celebrating ANZAC Day, a holiday honoring the fallen soldiers from the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps in World War I and subsequent conflicts.
A scavenger bird of the Antarctic, skua is also the adopted name for the collection of miscellaneous items that USAP participants leave behind for use by current and future residents. The collection of available skua is never greater than at the beginning of the winter.
The National Science Foundation's 2016 budget request to Congress calls for $7.7 billion, which represents a 5.2 percent increase over last year. The FY16 budget includes a request for $449.51 million for the Division of Polar Programs.
On a cold, windy Sunday on Ross Island, most residents of McMurdo Station were enjoying the shelter of a warm building and hot food. Not everyone was there. A few braved headwinds and crosswinds, uneven snow, blinding sun reflecting off ice, and capricious weather to run the 20th annual McMurdo Marathon.
There have been few pauses between a string of relentless storms in October that brought strong winds and snow to the Ross Island region since the first planes of summer arrived. The bad weather may have a relationship with the phenomenon known as the El Nino and Southern Oscillation.


Obelisk shaped 12 inch Square Tapers are classic beauties. Burning slowly and bright, the square tapers are the absolute best candles to burn as they form tiny turrets giving a sand castle effect.
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Q: SQLCLR: allegedly missing dependent assembly that is actually installed though I created a WCF procedure that employs a company internal web service that comes with a whole bunch of assemblies to be deployed. That worked fine on my local 2008 R2 32-bit so far.
When trying to deploy the involved assemblies on a SQL Server 2008 (not R2) 64-bit like this:
ALTER DATABASE sqlclr SET TRUSTWORTHY ON

CREATE ASSEMBLY [Common.LargeSetPersistence]
FROM G:\CRTS\DataService\DataService.QueryBrowser\Common.LargeSetPersistence.dll'
WITH PERMISSION_SET = UNSAFE;

This works so far, but the next attempt:
CREATE ASSEMBLY [DataService.Client.WCF]
FROM 'G:\CRTS\CRP\DS_to_DB\DataService.Client.WCF.dll'
WITH PERMISSION_SET = UNSAFE

results in the following error:
Msg 10300, Level 16, State 2, Line 1
Assembly 'DataService.Client.Core' references assembly 'common.largesetpersistence,
version=0.0.0.0, culture=neutral, publickeytoken=null.', which is not present in the
current database. SQL Server attempted to locate and automatically load the referenced
assembly from the same location where referring assembly came from, but that operation
has failed (reason: version, culture or public key mismatch). Please load the referenced
assembly into the current database and retry your request.

The required assembly has just been successfully installed though?! Also the version=0.0.0.0 seems a little bit odd to me.
All the assemblies have been built with Any CPU flag, so it should not be a 32/64-bit issue.
Any help is appreciated.

A: Just a tip to get you started: make a new from scratch DLL with 'hello world' level simplicity. Install that and double check that your SSMS is running on the actual machine where the DLL is.  If you use "G:", SSMS will assume it is on the machine that SSMS is running on.
Good luck.  Also double check your perms.

A: I  would check if the Profile that SQL Server is running under (usually 'Network Service') has proper permissions to that folder? It's easy to forget that the query you are running is not necessarily being run under your personal credentials.

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The cost of insecurity: From flare-up to control of a major Ebola virus disease hotspot during the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2019
Eurosurveillance has published a rapid communication: The cost of insecurity: from flare-up to control of a major Ebola virus disease hotspot during the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2019. The abstract:
The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is facing unprecedented levels of insecurity and violence. We evaluate the likely impact in terms of added transmissibility and cases of major security incidents in the Butembo coordination hub. We also show that despite this additional burden, an adapted response strategy involving enlarged ring vaccination around clusters of cases and enhanced community engagement managed to bring this main hotspot under control.
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DR Congo: Red Cross volunteers attacked during Ebola burial
Via ReliefWeb, a report from the IFRC: DR Congo: Red Cross volunteers attacked during Ebola burial.
Goma/Nairobi/Geneva, 15 January 2020 – Two volunteers from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) Red Cross were seriously injured following an attack during a safe and dignified burial of a suspected Ebola case near Mambasa, in eastern DR Congo on Monday, 13 January. The volunteers are now in hospital, receiving medical care and psychosocial support.
DR Congo Red Cross teams have faced incidents of violence and aggression from communities resisting safe and dignified burial protocols since the start of the Ebola outbreak in North Kivu and Ituri. In this most recent attack, the family had consented to the burial but rumours and panic quickly spread among the community resulting in a violent assault against the Red Cross team.
Grégoire Mateso Mbuta, President of the DR Congo Red Cross Society said:
"This incident is a stark reminder of the serious risks our volunteers face when they carry out the dangerous task of safe and dignified burials. While we deplore any violence towards our volunteers or staff, we understand first hand, the fear and frustration that communities harbour and shall continue to render the needed services to the affected populations."
The current Ebola outbreak, which began on 1 August 2018, is unfolding in an area affected by a two decades-long conflict that has claimed countless lives and raised fear and hostility towards responders.
Building community trust and acceptance has been at the core of the Red Cross' Ebola response operations. This investment has paid off. Since the beginning of the outbreak nearly 20,000 successful safe and dignified burials have been conducted with a consistently high success rate.
Red Cross volunteers continue to work within affected communities, listening to concerns and gathering feedback that is then analysed and used to provide improved support to people in need. As a result, community resistance for safe and dignified burials has drastically declined over the course of the operation.
Nicole Fassina, Ebola Operations Manager for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said:
"While we experienced an overall improvement in community's acceptance of burials, this attack underscores why we cannot become complacent. The Red Cross will continue to engage and involve communities in the Ebola response if we want to bring this outbreak to end."
January 15, 2020 at 07:53 AM in Ebola, Health communication, NGOs, Occupational health & safety, Violence | Permalink | Comments (0)
CMRE has published Situation épidémiologique du 13 Janvier 2020. Excerpt from the Google translation:
EVOLUTION OF THE EPIDEMIC IN THE PROVINCES OF NORTH KIVU AND ITURI ON JANUARY 12, 2020
• Since the start of the epidemic, the cumulative number of cases is 3,398, of which 3,280 are confirmed and 118 probable. In total, there were 2,235 deaths (2,117 confirmed and 118 probable) and 1,123 were recovered;
• 410 suspected cases under investigation;
• 3 new confirmed cases in North Kivu at Mabalako;
• No new deaths among the confirmed cases, of which: o No community death was recorded;
o No death among the confirmed cases;
• 1 healed person leaving the CTE in North Kivu in Butembo;
• No health worker is among the new confirmed cases. The cumulative number of confirmed / probable cases among health workers is 164 (approximately 5% of all confirmed / probable cases), including 41 deaths.
The data presented in this table are likely to change later, after in-depth investigations and after redistribution of cases and deaths in their respective health zones.
Ebola response teams attacked by the community in the Bandibwame health area
• Teams of the response to the #Ebola virus disease were attacked this Monday, January 13, 2020 in the Bandibwame health area in Lolwa in the province of Ituri by the community;
• The incident left 4 people injured, 2 of whom were brought back to Lolwa General Hospital and 2 to Mambasa. Among the victims, there is an APS and a response agent committed to dignified and secure burial;
• In addition, there is community reluctance in the health areas of Biakato Mines and Lwemba in Mandima in Ituri, as well as in those of Aloya, Bingo and Mangina in Mabalako in the province of North Kivu;
• This reluctance leads to a low participation of people in vaccination. Nevertheless, 6 vaccination teams committed to the Aloya and Bingo health areas in North Kivu were able to vaccinate 82 people around the confirmed cases from December 26, 2019 to January 6, 2020 in these two health areas.
• 5,684 people were vaccinated, until January 10, 2020, with the 2nd vaccine Ad26.ZEBOV / MVA-BN-Filo (Johnson & Johnson) in the two health areas from Karisimbi to Goma;
• Since the start of vaccination on August 8, 2018 with the rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine 265,309 people have been vaccinated;
• Approved on October 22, 2019 by the Ethics Committee of the School of Public Health at the University of Kinshasa and on October 23, 2019 by the National Ethics Committee, the second vaccine, called Ad26.ZEBOV / MVA-BN -Filo, is produced by the firm Janssen Pharmaceuticals for the company Johnson & Johnson;
• This new vaccine complements the first, rVSV-ZEBOV, a vaccine used until then (since August 08, 2018) in this epidemic manufactured by the pharmaceutical group Merck, after approval by the Ethics Committee on May 20, 2018. was recently pre-qualified for certification.
ENTRY POINT SURVEILLANCE
• Since the start of the epidemic, the total number of travelers checked (temperature taken) at health checkpoints is 138,206,316 ;
• To date, a total of 109 entry points (PoE) and health control points (PoC) have been established in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri in order to protect the country's major cities and avoid the spread of the epidemic in neighboring countries.
January 14, 2020 at 07:21 AM in Case finding, Contact tracing, Ebola, Health screening, Occupational health & safety, Politics and health, Response, Surveillance, Vaccination, Vaccines, Violence | Permalink | Comments (0)
DRC Ebola: CMRE update, January 4
CMRE has published Situation épidémiologique du 04 Janvier 2020. Click to enlarge the table below to see how many health zones have gone weeks and months without a case. The DRC is agonizingly close to shutting down this outbreak altogether, but the violence keeps pushing the response back and condemning more to illness and death. Excerpt from the Google translation:
• Since the start of the epidemic, the cumulative number of cases is 3,386, of which 3,268 are confirmed and 118 probable. In total, there were 2,233 deaths (2,115 confirmed and 118 probable) and 1,114 people healed;
• 1 new confirmed case in North Kivu at Butembo;
• 1 new death from confirmed cases, of which:
o No community death was recorded;
o 1 death from confirmed cases in North Kivu in Katwa;
• No healed person has left the CTE;
The General Coordinator of the response to the Ebola virus disease epidemic intervenes at the 28th ethics day in Kinshasa
• The general coordinator of the response to the Ebola virus disease epidemic, Prof. Steve Ahuka Mundeke, intervened this Saturday, January 04, 2020 at the twenty-eighth ethics day of Kinshasa organized by the urban council of the Order of physicians (CUOM) under the theme "Medical ethics and ethics, the foundation of practice the art of healing" in the Agora Amphitheater of the Bel Campus University in Kinshasa;
• For Prof. Ahuka, there is a link between managing the epidemic and ethics in medical practice. The Ebola crisis, he said, concerns all health personnel, particularly doctors, recalling that doctors must intervene in this crisis while respecting the ethics as intended by this day;
• "There are many aspects of deontology and ethics in medical practice and in the management of Ebola. Lack of hospital hygiene is one of the major factors in the spread of the disease. To this is added the lack of prevention and control of infection in Congolese hospitals. This is an important element of which doctors must be aware, "said the general coordinator of the response during the 28th ethics day in Kinshasa;
• The intervention of the general coordinator of the response to the Ebola virus disease epidemic at these meetings focused on the communication on the current situation of the Ebola virus disease epidemic;
• This day ended with the presentation of a diploma of merit to a few doctors and pharmacists for their distinction and commitment to their profession. The diploma of Professor Jean-Jacques Muyembe Ntamfum was symbolically awarded to Prof. Ahuka.
• 4,551 people were vaccinated, until December 2, 2020, with the 2nd vaccine Ad26.ZEBOV / MVA-BN-Filo (Johnson & Johnson) in the two health areas from Karisimbi to Goma;
• Since the start of vaccination on August 8, 2018 with the rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine, 261,027 people have been vaccinated; • Approved on October 22, 2019 by the Ethics Committee of the School of Public Health at the University of Kinshasa and on October 23, 2019 by the National Ethics Committee, the second vaccine, called Ad26.ZEBOV / MVA-BN -Filo, is produced by Janssen Pharmaceuticals for Johnson & Johnson;
• Since the start of the epidemic, the cumulative number of travelers checked (temperature taken) at health checkpoints is 134.802.696 ;
January 04, 2020 at 04:47 PM in Case finding, Contact tracing, Ebola, Social disruption, Surveillance, Vaccination, Vaccines, Violence | Permalink | Comments (0)
EVOLUTION OF THE EPIDEMIC IN THE PROVINCES OF NORTH KIVU AND ITURI ON 02 JANUARY 2020
• 3 new confirmed cases in North Kivu Butembo;
• No new deaths from confirmed cases, including:
o No community deaths have been recorded;
o No death among the confirmed cases; • No healed person has left the CTE;
Awareness around community watch in Mukulya in North Kivu
• The Beni Sub-coordination, through its communication commission in collaboration with the commune of Bungulu organized in Mukulya in the South-West of Beni in the province of North Kivu a mass sensitization on community watch and on the rise of alerts, as part of the new campaign called "2020, new year without Ebola";
• To this end, the assistant bourgmestre of the Bungulu commune, Mali Wa Singenda Hamza, congratulated the population in his jurisdiction for his behavior towards teams responding to the EVD and encouraged them to protect health structures;
• He also explained the risk facing the Mukulya health area, close to the Kalunguta health zone, where Ebola positive cases have been reported in recent days;
• At the end of this awareness raising, the population of Mukulya undertook to reinforce vigilance strategies around visitors and community engagement in the fight against Ebola;
• In addition, at Biakato Mines in Ituri, an awareness day was organized on interpersonal communication on vaccination and on the dignified and secure burial protocol (EDS);
• The fire of screening devices at the Biakato Mines Control Point was also reported on the night of January 2 to 3, 2020 by individuals not otherwise identified.
• 4,551 people were vaccinated with the 2nd Ad26.ZEBOV / MVA-BN-Filo vaccine (Johnson & Johnson) in the two health areas from Karisimbi to Goma;
• Since the start of vaccination on August 8, 2018 with the rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine, 260,747 people have been vaccinated;
January 04, 2020 at 06:53 AM in Case finding, Ebola, Health communication, Health screening, Response, Surveillance, Travel & health, Vaccination, Vaccines, Violence | Permalink | Comments (0)
Climate change, crime and political chaos: A deadly mix in Honduras dengue epidemic
Via The New York Times: Climate Change, Crime and Political Chaos: A Deadly Mix in Honduras Dengue Epidemic. Excerpt:
CHOLOMA, Honduras — More than 400 people died this year as one of the worst dengue epidemics on record swept through Central America — a type of outbreak that some scientists and public health officials are warning is likely to become more frequent and more widespread because of climate change.
But while climate change is threatening to increase the spread of dengue worldwide by expanding the range of the mosquitoes that carry the virus, the disease has already found an especially fertile breeding ground in Honduras, for reasons that go beyond the environment.
In Honduras, which accounted for more than 40 percent of the dengue deaths in Central America this year, according to the Pan American Health Organization, the effects of climate change have been compounded by government dysfunction, political tumult and public apathy.
Dengue has hit the country hard. This year, it had more than 107,000 cases of the viral disease — more than 13 times the number recorded last year — and at least 175 deaths. In 2018, only three people in Honduras died from the disease, according to the Pan American Health Organization.
Honduras's notorious criminality has worsened matters, too, as public health teams, already stretched thin by budget cuts and a lack of trained personnel, have been blocked by gangs from entering some of the most severely afflicted neighborhoods to educate residents and fumigate against mosquito infestations.
Dengue is transmitted to humans by a type of mosquito called Aedes, which thrives in urban areas of the world's tropical and subtropical regions. Tens of millions of cases occur each year in more than 100 countries, and symptoms may include fever, internal bleeding and shock. Inadequately treated, the illness can quickly kill.
In Honduras, health officials trace the start of the current epidemic to the fall of 2018. The number of incidents then rose sharply during the first half of 2019, hitting a peak this summer before falling off as the year ended. A nationwide health emergency declared in July by the administration of President Juan Orlando Hernández remains in effect.
The outbreak struck during a time of political turbulence in Honduras, with violent street protests against Mr. Hernández and calls for his ouster. Some of the protests have been driven by fears the government planned to privatize the health and education sectors.
The nation also suffers from high murder rates and widespread poverty, which have combined to drive tens of thousands of Hondurans in recent years to emigrate, with many trying to make it to the United States.
The dengue outbreak has met little resistance from a public health system gutted by budget cuts and pervasive corruption, analysts and officials said.
"It's a collapsed system, an inefficient system," said Ismael Zepeda, an economist with Fosdeh, a research group in Tegucigalpa, the capital.
December 29, 2019 at 04:11 PM in Climate and health, Dengue, Healthcare systems, Mosquito-borne diseases, Politics and health, Poverty and health, Public health, Response, Social disruption, Violence | Permalink | Comments (0)
From seniors' care to opioids, eight critical public health issues for 2020
The Tyee has published my article From Seniors' Care to Opioids, Eight Critical Public Health Issues for 2020. Excerpt:
Canada has plenty of domestic public health problems, and an infectious disease outbreak anywhere in the world is just one airline passenger away from Toronto or Vancouver.
As the year winds down, here are eight incredibly pressing public health problems — and some solutions — we're likely to deal with in 2020.
The slow end of the Ebola outbreak. Time and again, extremist political violence and distrust of the Kinshasa government in the northeast Democratic Republic of Congo have halted the response to the Ebola crisis that has killed more than 2,200 people. We now have two effective Ebola vaccines, but getting them to people at risk will be a problem well into the new year.
The outbreak won't be considered over until 42 days have passed since the last confirmed case. Given the violence, we won't likely experience those 42 days for months.
Continued spread of measles. The World Health Organization estimates that 144,000 people died of measles in 2018. It's killed more people in the DR Congo than Ebola. Encouragingly, Samoa recently shut down the country for two days to vaccinate 90 per cent of the population — and hit that target.
Social media attacks on measles vaccine have helped keep immunization rates low in countries that should know better, like the U.S. and Canada. We should learn from the Samoans.
Opioids and their collateral damage. It's been over three years since Dr. Perry Kendall declared a public health emergency in B.C. over opioid overdoses and deaths. Deaths are trending down, but overdoses seem to have stabilized at an intolerable 22,000 a year.
It's intolerable partly because survivors of multiple overdoses may end up with lifelong brain damage, and partly because first responders — fire and rescue and paramedics — must deal with the stress and mental health problems caused by saving the same people again and again. In 2020, we may start thinking about why people get on opioids in the first place.
December 26, 2019 at 07:47 AM in Air pollution, Dementia, Ebola, Measles, Mental health, Occupational health & safety, Pharmaceuticals, Politics and health, Preparedness, Public health, Typhoid, Vaccination, Vaccines, Violence, Women's health | Permalink | Comments (0)
DRC Ebola: CMRE update, December 25
CMRE has published Situation épidémiologique du 25 décembre 2019. Excerpt from the Google translation:
EVOLUTION OF THE EPIDEMIC IN THE PROVINCES OF NORTH AND SOUTH KIVU AND ITURI AT 24 DECEMBER 2019
Since the start of the epidemic, the cumulative number of cases has been 3,366, of which 3,248 confirmed and 118 probable. In total, there were 2,227 deaths (2,109 confirmed and 118 probable) and 1,098 people recovered.
• 3 new confirmed cases in North Kivu, including 2 in Kalunguta and 1 in Mabalako;
• Kalunguta re-notified confirmed cases after 63 days of silence;
• No new deaths among the confirmed cases, including:
o No community death among the confirmed cases;
Interception of two high-risk contacts at the Maboya checkpoint
• Two high-risk contacts were intercepted at the Maboya checkpoint;
• These are two men aged 47 and 14, from Cantine / Aloya bound for Butembo. They are the biker's contacts, confirmed case of December 16, 2019 in Aloya. The two subjects were sent to the Ebola Treatment Center (ETC) in Butembo;
• In addition, at the Foner checkpoint in Mambasa in Ituri, there was theft of response materials during the night of December 23 to 24, 2019;
• It is a hand washing device, including a tank with a capacity of 2000 liters carried by individuals not otherwise identified;
• Assaults on two service providers at the Goma Public Port control point were also reported by the agents of the security firm GSA, because they demanded that they strictly observe the hygiene measures laid down at a control point.
Kalunguta Health Zone Reports Two Ebola Cases After 63 Days of Silence
• The first case concerns a 7-year-old girl, alive, vaccinated in 2018 and not listed as a contact;
• The beginning of the signs dates back to December 18, 2019 with the date of the exposure period from December 01 to 14, 2019 by fever, anorexia, physical asthenia, chills, abdominal pain and vomiting;
• From December 18 to 24, this child was hospitalized at the Kasinga / Mbunduku health post. Her evolution was marked by the occurrence of gingivorrhagia and melaena on December 23, 2019;
• This patient was transferred on 24 December by mototaxi to the Avo health post in the Kanyihunga health area. she was accompanied by her father and aunt. The alert was launched by the active research team and the child was transferred by ambulance to the Ebola Treatment Center in Butembo after validation as a suspect case. It was confirmed the same day;
• The second confirmed case is a 5 year old girl, alive, unvaccinated and not listed as a contact. She is the sister of the first case;
• The signs started on December 18, 2019 with the exposure period from December 01 to 14 as fever, anorexia and vomiting;
• On December 19, 2019, this child was kept at home and without treatment. She was hospitalized and looked after by her mother at the Mbukudu dispensary from December 20 to 24 to be transferred on December 24 to the Avo health post in the Kanyihunga health area following the worsening of the signs and the occurrence of diarrhea, arthralgia and melaena. She was accompanied by her father and aunt on mototaxi;
• She was transferred, after validation as a suspect case, by ambulance to the CTE of Butembo at the same time as her sister (the 7-year-old girl). She was confirmed Ebola the same day;
• Investigations around these two cases are continuing to establish their source of contamination. A total of 15 contacts have already been pre-listed around these cases.
• 2,938 people were vaccinated, until December 20, 2019, with the 2nd vaccine Ad26.ZEBOV / MVA-BN-Filo (Johnson & Johnson) in the two health areas from Karisimbi to Goma;
• Since the start of the epidemic, the total number of travelers checked (temperature taken) at health checkpoints has been 131,235,428 ;
December 25, 2019 at 03:18 PM in Case finding, Children's health, Contact tracing, Health screening, Response, Travel & health, Vaccination, Vaccines, Violence | Permalink | Comments (0)
Ebola in Beni: The response committee calls for increased security for its agents
Via Radio Okapi: Ebola in Beni: the response committee calls for increased security for its agents. The Google translation:
The support committee for the response to the Ebola virus disease on Tuesday (December 24th) called in Beni to reinforce security for the agents and structures for the treatment of this disease. This committee says it deplores the threats and several attacks against health structures recorded recently in the territory of Beni (North Kivu) and Mambasa (Ituri).
The president of the support committee for the response against Ebola, Me Omar Kavota, made this proposal to the FARDC General Staff:
"We are currently advocating at the military level for a specialized unit to secure the response teams. We would like that, compared to the operational sector which is in Beni, as it is subdivided in axes according to certain commands, we would like that they are affected by the General Staff of the FARDC, a commander who will be able to manage units responsible for securing response teams."
The structure believes that efforts must be made so that the care agents and structures are protected and secure in order to definitively overcome this disease.
"Alongside the ADF, we must realize that the other most formidable enemy is the Ebola virus epidemic. And as long as the medical professionals, as long as the medical structures are the object of attacks on behalf of the armed groups without there being specialized units at the level of the police force, at the level of the army to reassure these health professionals, we can tell ourselves that we still have a way to fight this epidemic," continued Omar Kavota.
December 25, 2019 at 08:12 AM in Ebola, Health security, Occupational health & safety, Politics and health, Response, Violence | Permalink | Comments (0)
Samoa measles: 23 new cases in December 24, 1 new death, 95% vaccination rate
A Christmas Eve tweet from the Government of Samoa:
December 24, 2019 at 07:38 PM in Case finding, Child mortality, Children's health, Measles, Surveillance, Violence | Permalink | Comments (0)


I almost don't mention it at school. I don't want a repeat of the piss-taking I got for liking Wings. 'Did you see that John Curry on the telly yesterday – winning the gold?' I ask eventually.
We're not there half an hour before Sandra's off up the back seats snogging some boy with dirty finger nails. I glare at any other lads who look like they might approach and Pat and I have a right laugh trying to stay upright, clinging on to each other for support.
I'm soon tons better than Pat. I love it. I don't even mind the cramp in my toes or the manky café that smells of stale fat. And I manage to get round the rink on my own, even get to the centre where all the posers are hanging out doing spins and jumps. I don't abandon Pat at the barrier for long though. I take her hand and guide her round the rink, will her to enjoy it as much as me.
Sandra decides to go to some nightclub the next week, but Pat and I don't miss her at the rink. I have more fun than I ever would at any disco. As usual, there are boys eyeing us up, but Pat doesn't bother with them and keeps ogling some older guy with David Essex hair.
I feel like I've been slapped. I get why they want to go, of course I do. I can picture them next week dressed up in their black stilettoes and the slinky dresses they bought from Miss Selfridge, dancing, scanning the room for boys, plotting who they'll get off with for the slow dance in the dark. I envy them the dark. But I'd rather be at the ice rink, gliding along to a soppy song, having the chance to hold another girl's hand.
I couldn't do that at a nightclub.
Loved it, Diane - and it brought back a lot of ice rink memories as well.
A very clever story. Lots of memories evoked. A lovely story.


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Each and everything gets a change in due course of time. In earlier days, companies used to depend on print media for advertising. Later came various mediums including SMS marketing, and now the trend which can be seen on online media is video marketing. Videos can improve the success of a business to a great level. The corporate businesses can easily make corporate videos and witness boost in the proceedings of the business.
There are plenty of ways to make use of video marketing technique for the business. Some companies create business cards through video format and share with clients and customers. While there are other companies that make videos on how they work and share their background with customers. One can even make creative videos on various aspects of the business and make it viral on social media.
Making and sharing videos do not costs high, and at the same time it is the smartest method to reach wide number of audiences. Video marketing has turned out to be the quickest mode of marketers these days. Let us checkout 6 ways to boost the business using corporate videos as mentioned below.
Having a simple video of your company's products of services right on the official website can be a creative approach to explain your customers about what your company does. You can even make appealing videos of why customers should use your products or customers, what benefits they can gain from your company, and such. Only when the customers understand, they can come towards you.
It is the technological world now, and taking classes every time a new employee joins your company can be time consuming and is an outdated method. Instead, you can make videos of training your employees as per your company standards and share them with all of them. Whenever you have to explain anything new to the employees, just create a video and share among your employees. It is a new approach which doesn't take much time of yours and your employees.
Usually, customers write and share their experiences through testimonials on the web page of the company. You can request your clients/customers to speak about their experience and shoot it to share on your website. It is a better experience of watching and listening than reading the testimonials. However, it is important to make short videos, as long videos can bore your new customers.
Whenever the company is going to launch a new product or service in the market, they can create an innovative video presentation explaining in briefly the advantages of the product/service. The corporate videos need to be made in a formal way so that when a customer watches it, he/she will get compelled to purchase it.
In order to engage more audiences, you can make videos where customers explain their bond with the company and how they feel associated. Adding a touch of emotion, fun element and feel will definitely win the heart of people and they shall join you sooner or later.
No matter what the new update is, you need to make a video and share it so that the online users are kept engaged. For instance, you can come up with offers and deals regularly or share a new scheme with the audiences.
So, these were just six ways mentioned to you about using corporate videos, you can do many more with the new marketing strategy.


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Việt Nam to play friendly match against Syria in May
Warming up: Việt Nam will play a friendly match against Syria on May 23. Photo petrotimes.vn
HANOI - Việt Nam's national men's football team will have a friendly match with Syria on May 31 at Mỹ Đình Stadium in Hà Nội, the Việt Nam Football Federation announced.
The match will be a warm-up for the two teams in preparation of upcoming tournaments.
Việt Nam will take part in the AFF Suzuki Cup 2016 from November 19 to December 17 in Myanmar and the Philippines.
Syria will compete in the last qualifying round of World Cup 2018 later this year. – VNS
friendly match with Syria
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The Garden Farms Foundation is the nonprofit arm of Garden Farms, an organization that builds gardens at residential and commercial lots and then sends farmers to teach people how to grow food in their own space.
The Garden Farms Foundation serves 48 active school garden programs in the area, Portillo said. Many of the students from those schools were at the event. The foundation teamed with the library to present the three-hour market, which featured seven schools, about 50 students and more than 125 pounds of fresh produce, Portillo said.
Payton Gallow, a fourth-grader at McCaw STEAM Academy, said school gardens teach students healthy eating habits early on.
Payton and Camila Godinez, also a fourth-grader at McCaw, won the Cabbage Cup, which followed a cabbage-weighing contest.
"This helps us learn to care for nature and how to plant vegetables and any plants we want," Camila said.
Portillo said she hopes to have more off-campus markets.
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We Finally Have A Cast For The 'Charmed' Reboot
Will you be watching the reboot?
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Kate Streit · March 8, 2018
Photo Courtesy: The CW
"Charmed" is one of the many 1990s TV shows getting a reboot and the casting of its lead roles has finally been announced. The new series will follow three sisters who live in a college town and realize that they are witches in the wake of the tragic death of their mother.
The eldest sister, Macy, will be played by Madeleine Mantock, a British actress. Mantock has starred in the AMC series "Into the Badlands" and the 2014 film "Edge of Tomorrow" with Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt.
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Sister Mel will be played by Melonie Diaz, who you may recognize from the movie "Fruitvale Station" and TV shows like "Nip/Tuck," "Elementary," "Rizzoli and Isles," "Girls" and "Person of Interest."
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Sarah Jeffrey, who starred in the Disney Channel's "Descendants: Wicked World" and the cop drama "Shades of Blue," will play the trio's youngest sister, Madison.
In addition to the three leads, Rupert Evans ("The Man in the High Castle," "American Pastoral") will play a professor with a strange fascination with the sisters, while Ser'Darius Blain ("Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle") will play Galvin, Macy's aspiring filmmaker boyfriend.
It was previously reported that the reboot would take place in 1976, according to the Hollywood Reporter. But after some rewrites, now the plot is expected to take place in the present day, Variety reported.
Adding to the drama, the show's original stars have previously expressed disapproval about a reboot without their names attached. In 2017, Alyssa Milano, who played Phoebe Halliwell in the original series, told the Daily Beast:
"I'll tell you everything I know: the last few years, CBS Studios — not the network, the studio — has been trying to reboot 'Charmed' without any of the old cast members. They just want to use the franchise. Because we have the best fans ever, they were up in arms over this and said you can't do 'Charmed' without the original cast members. I think CBS Studios understands the importance of getting it right, so they came up with the idea last year that they were going to do a prequel to our story but the script didn't come in the way they wanted, and so it went back into redevelopment."
Milano had also said that she and the other original cast members — Rose McGowan, Holly Marie Combs, and Shannen Doherty — were all "open" to participating in a reboot.
Now that the "Charmed" reboot is going full steam ahead with a brand-new cast, it will be interesting to see how the original stars, as well as fans, react.
What do you think? Will you watch the "Charmed' reboot?
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