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'My mother-in-law wore my wedding ring before I got it
Wedding rings are among the most sentimental pieces of jewellery out there and for some people, having someone else try on your ring without your permission can feel like a violation.
That's what happened to one woman on Reddit, who claims her mother-in-law picked up her bespoke wedding ring after it was shipped to her house and decided to rip open the packaging and put it on.
She wrote: "I, fortunately, have had few encounters with my mother-in-law due to distance, she is a horrendous woman and treats everyone around her terribly. She doesn't like me much and does not support our relationship from the beginning because she assumed we were having pre-marital sex.
She was furious that someone had worn her ring (stock image) ( Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)
"We were newlywed and in town visiting, we got married with some cheap temporary rings because my husband got me a really beautiful and custom made ring that was my dream and took some time to make.
"I had no idea when it was actually coming in the mail, he wanted to surprise me with it and couldn't wait any longer. So he had it shipped to his parent's house."
The woman explained her husband had sent the jewellery to his parent's house so that he could surprise his wife with the custom ring, but when the other woman – who is actually the man's stepmother – saw the box, she assumed it was for her.
She added: "Well, I received the ring alright. In an opened box, and with my mother-in-law handing it to me instead of my husband.
My husband was furious but stayed quiet. I just wanted to cry. I solemnly received the box and said 'it was okay because I wasn't even expecting the ring and it took me a minute to process what actually happened.
"The box opening was supposed to be the experience as well, it had special and sentimental messages inside about our relationship before it finally unveiled the gorgeous ring.
"Why would she open someone else's mail? Well, she says she saw the box with his name on it and assumed he bought her a gift.
"She was so happy she ripped it open and was so amazed he bought her some fine jewellery and put the ring on, only to disappointingly realise it didn't fit her so it must have been for me … his dreadful wife instead."
The woman can't shake the feeling that her ring is "cursed" now and admitted she feels angry that someone wore her ring before her.
She said: "Her marriage is terrible too – not a loving, respectful or long-lasting one either. I can't help but feel angry anyone but me wore my wedding ring, and she cursed it or something. Silly I know! But that was my introduction to what life with her as a mother-in-law would be like."
The new bride also updated her post to clarify the other woman is her husband's step mum, who has only been married to his dad for a few years.
She wrote: "My husband knows I made this post, and he wanted me to make sure everyone in here knew that it's his stepmother of only a handful of years, not his real mother (who has sadly passed away). He says that's what makes it 10x worse."
And commenters couldn't believe what the woman's mother-in-law had done.
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Robert Dugoni is the critically acclaimed New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and #1 Amazon bestselling author of the Tracy Crosswhite police series set in Seattle, which has sold more than 8 million books worldwide. He is also the author of The Charles Jenkins espionage series, the David Sloane legal thriller series, and several stand-alone novels including The 7th Canon, Damage Control, and the literary novels, The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell - Suspense Magazine's 2018 Book of the Year, for which Dugoni's narration won an AudioFile Earphones Award and the critically acclaimed, The World Played Chess; as well as the nonfiction exposé The Cyanide Canary, a Washington Post Best Book of the Year. Several of his novels have been optioned for movies and television series. Dugoni is the recipient of the Nancy Pearl Award for Fiction and a three-time winner of the Friends of Mystery Spotted Owl Award for best novel set in the Pacific Northwest. He has also been a finalist for many other awards including the International Thriller Award, the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, the Silver Falchion Award for mystery, and the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award. Robert Dugoni's books are sold in more than twenty-five countries and have been translated into more than thirty languages. Visit his website at www.robertdugoni.com, and follow him on twitter @robertdugoni and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/AuthorRobertDugoni
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Charles Jenkins, Book 2
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Another Good Installment To The Series
Bodily Harm
Bodily Harm opens with a big win for Sloane and his new partner, Tom Pendergrass, in a medical malpractice case centered on the death of a child....
Best novel in a great series!
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Yvonne Suhor, actor and teacher, died of pancreatic cancer on September 27th.
Outfest introduces the Anthony Meindl Actors Fellowship. A scholarship program for trans and non-binary actors.
Stop the clocks! Timeless will get a wrap up and close the loops. We can finally save Rufus and figure out what exactly Rittenhouse was doing. That's right, Timeless gets a two part finale.
Alex Danvers won't be the lone lesbian regular on the CW anymore if we get our way. Not only will Batwoman be in the yearly crossover, but they're shooting for a series.
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Q: Can the farmer villager plant crops without composter? Is it possible to trade with the farmer, locking his profession, and then remove the composter? I know it is his profession block, so I was wondering if he could still plant his crops without the composter being there. (I know this is something I could easily test myself, but I currently don't have Minecraft on my computer, and I'm planning some builds in my head)

A: As long as you trade with the farmer at least once, they will remain a farmer even after you remove the composter, and cannot change or lose their profession. Farmers will not need composters to plant crops.

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Waffles in the shape of keyboards, security cameras, and remotes were served at the Las Vegas event.
Logitech didn't have anything new to unveil at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this year, so it decided to offer attendees waffle versions of the products it already sells.
The campaign team began planning for this year's CES in July 2017. The idea of a food truck serving up "LogiTreats" - which was first brought to the table by Praytell - was finalized in October 2017.
"The idea was that, if we could get people to wait in line and grab one of those LogiTreats, it would give us a chance to really have a strong engagement with them and encourage them to share content online," explained Krista Todd, Logitech's VP of global communications.
In late December and early January, Finn Partners pitched #LogiTreats to journalists attending CES and invited them to stop by the truck, which helped drive buzz prior to the event.
Beginning on January 9, the #LogiTreats truck served up free waffles in the shape of Logitech products, such as a keyboard; Logitech Circle 2, which is a security camera; and the Logitech Spotlight remote, which is a presentation device. A coffee station accompanied the truck in an outdoor booth space at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
"We used a user-generated content tool to pull in our content and all content using the hashtag #LogiTreats," said Todd. "We had a big monitor at the truck, where visitors could see all the hashtag content across social channels."
In addition, the brand launched a social contest where people could share #LogiTreats and #CES2018 in posts on Twitter and Instagram for a chance to win free Logitech gear. Fans at home could enter the contest by retweeting branded posts.
"We gave out products for each hour of the four days of the convention," added Todd. "This helped drive people to come back to the booth."
The brand also tapped six local influencers to create content and drive social traffic during the show, including LasVegasFoodie and EatMeLasVegas.
??GIVEAWAY TIME?? @Lasvegasfoodie has partnered with @logitech and @stickyiggys for a giveaway! A ?? Logitech Keys-To-Go Keyboard to celebrate their #Logitreats at #CES2018! Perfect for any social butterfly ?? on the go! Rules???? 1?? Like this photo ♥? 2?? Follow me and follow @logitech (I check!??) 3?? Tag a friend and comment why you need a Keys-To- Go Keyboard 4?? *BONUS* Repost this photo for TWO extra entries (make sure to tag #logitreats and @lasvegasfoodie) ??I'll be checking you followed the rules! ??Giveaway will close Thursday 1/11 •??GOOD LUCK!!!?? • ——————————- ?? If you're not going to the show, you can still participate and win prizes on their Twitter @Logitech !
Within the first day, Logitech had already gained attention as one of the top brands at CES and #LogiTreats was a top hashtag alongside #CES2018. There were around 621,000 tweets including #CES2018 for the show and, of those, #LogiTreats ranked 7th in overall volume and was one of only three mentioned brands.
The campaign generated a social engagement of about 80,000, measured through shares, likes, retweets, and favorites.
Logitech's activation was featured in a BizBash slideshow roundup of 21 must-see highlights from CES 2018.


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Then come the paths into prox, intermed, and distal obliques, in that order.


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A new fabric, developed by a team at the University of Maryland, is the first to automatically warm wearers up or cool them down as needed.
When you're feeling hot and sweaty—when playing sports, say— the fabric lets infrared radiation (heat, to you and me) pass through. But when you're colder and drier, it traps the heat in.
Sounds interesting. This fabric might become a new fad, until 20 years from now when they discover it causes cancer, or something.
I could definitely use this at my day job. My office is always freezing!
How can wearing silk made you a "bad" vegetarian? You don't eat the spiders of caterpillars that produce it, (Eeew! Yuck!) do you?
Well, a vegan would say that buying silk adds to the exploitation of animals, akin to wearing leather or eating honey, because silk production requires those poor little silk worms to work all day (and night?) for less than minimum wage.
I'm not that much of a purist.
I'd like my shoes to be lined with this. In winter my feet are always cold and in summer too hot.
Great material for socks too!
Pass, I prefer to use cotton.
I love this: "One thing that might make that more likely: the material can be knitted, dyed, and washed just like any other fabric, which should make it more attractive to the average consumer." My knitting needles are ready!
Now you're talking! And knitting & purling!
Well where was that when I was all menopausal and hot flashy? Honestly, I do wish these scientist types would think of my comfort more often… and sooner.
Me too! A streamlined closet sounds great!


Will there be animals in Al-Jannat?.
1 – Specific animals which it is said will themselves be in Paradise, such as the dog of the people of the Cave and the she-camel of Saalih (peace be upon him). There are no saheeh reports concerning them.
slaughtered for them'…" Narrated by Muslim, 315.
Narrated by al-Bayhaqi, 2/449; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami', 3789.
Raghaam means dust (as translated here). The word has also been narrated as ra'aam, which refers to the mucus that comes from the sheep's nose. What is meant is to wipe the dust from it, or wipe away what comes from its nose, so as to look after it and take care of it. This was the view of al-Manaawi in Fayd al-Qadeer.
(b) It was narrated that Abu Mas'ood al-Ansaari said: A man brought a bridled she-camel and said, "This is for the sake of Allaah." The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "You will have seven hundred she-camels in return on the Day of Resurrection, each of them bridled." Narrated by Muslim, 1892.
Al-Nawawi said: What is meant by makhtoomah (bridled) is that it has a khitaam (bridle) on it, which is like a halter. And it was said that that it may be understood as meaning that he will have the reward of giving seven hundred she-camels, or it may be understood as it appears to be, and that he will have seven hundred she-camels in Paradise, each of them bridled, and he will be able to ride them wherever he wants, for pleasure, as was narrated concerning the horses and camels (nujab) of Paradise. This interpretation is more clear. And Allaah knows best.
Narrated by al-Tabaraani in al-Kabeer, 4/179.
Al-Haythami said: This was narrated by al-Tabaraani. Its isnaad includes Jaabir ibn Nooh who is da'eef (weak). Majma' al-Zawaa'id, 10/413. It was also classed as da'eef by al-Albaani in Da'eef al-Jaami', 1833.
Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 2543. Classd as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Targheeb, 3/522.
A similar report was also narrated by Abu Ayyoob from al-Tirmidhi, 2544; and also classed as saheeh by al-Albaani, 3/423.
And it was narrated in saheeh ahaadeeth that the souls of the martyrs are in the crops of birds in Paradise which fly wherever they want.
It should be noted that the birds, horses and camels in Paradise are not the same as those in this world; they resemble them in name only. What they are really like is known only to Allaah. But we know that they are extremely beautiful, because they are one of the delights that Allaah has prepared for His close friends in Paradise. This was indicated by the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) in the hadeeth quoted above, in which it says that the horses of Paradise are of red rubies, and will fly with their rider wherever he wants.
We ask Allaah to bless us and admit us to Paradise by His mercy, for He is the Most Generous.


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Former Boston College Student Gets Suspended Sentence in Boyfriend's Suicide
A former Boston College student who sent her boyfriend tens of thousands of frenzied text messages, some telling him to "go kill yourself," before he jumped to his death, received a suspended sentence and probation after pleading guilty on Thursday to involuntary manslaughter.
At the hearing in Boston, Judge Robert Ullmann of Suffolk County Superior Court advised the former student, Inyoung You, 23, to live her life in a manner honoring the memory of her boyfriend, Alexander Urtula, The Boston Globe reported.
The judge said he hoped Ms. You's actions would "drive home to teens and young adults on social media that this type of messaging — demeaning someone when they're feeling down, even suggesting suicide, can have devastating consequences."
Ms. You was given a suspended two-and-a-half-year prison sentence and 10 years of probation. The suspended sentence means that she can avoid time behind bars if she upholds the terms of her probation, which include completing 300 hours of community service, continuing mental health treatment and abstaining from profit related to the case, her lawyer said.
Steven Kim, Ms. You's lawyer, said the defendant gave up a pending appeal and accepted "her involuntary role in the tragic death" of Mr. Urtula.
In 2019, Mr. Urtula, then a 22-year-old student at Boston College, jumped off the Renaissance parking garage in Roxbury to his death, about an hour before he would have graduated.
During the couple's 18-month relationship, Ms. You "engaged in deeply disturbing and at times relentless verbally, physically and psychologically abusive behavior toward Mr. Urtula," the Suffolk County district attorney, Rachael Rollins, said in a statement on Thursday. The abuse increased in frequency and severity in the days leading up to his death, she added.
In their final text messages, Ms. You excoriated Mr. Urtula for turning off his location on his phone, which she habitually tracked, before apologizing and urging him to stop his suicide attempt.
The plea deal was made after consulting Mr. Urtula's family, Ms. Rollins said, adding that "they believe this is something Alexander would have wanted."
In a statement read in court, The Globe reported, Mr. Urtula's family said: "We bear no feelings of anger or reprisal. We believe that time will take us through in the moments we mourn and celebrate his life."
Mr. Kim said that the deal "marks the end to a two-year living hell that has upended Ms. You's life" and that his client hopes all parties "can move on from this tragedy and have the potential for a peaceful and bright future."
Ms. You's immediate goals are to finish her studies and to find a job, he said, noting that she withdrew from Boston College and had been living in a "self-imposed home detention" since the case began two years ago.
Ms. You's case echoes that of Michelle Carter, who in 2017 was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Massachusetts after urging her boyfriend, Conrad Roy III, to take his own life in 2014. Ms. Carter served 15 months of a two-and-a-half-year sentence and is now on probation.
A bill defining coerced suicide as a crime punishable by up to five years in jail, titled Conrad's Law after Mr. Roy, has stalled since it was introduced in the Massachusetts State Legislature more than two years ago.
If you are having thoughts of suicide, in the United States call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255 (TALK) or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources. Go here for resources outside the United States.
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2020 International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
The Auschwitz Institute recognizes May 29 as the annual International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. The commemorative date was established through A/RES/57/129, which was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2003 to honor the individuals who have served as United Nations Peacekeepers since operations began in 1948. Thus far, over one million Peacekeepers have carried out their duties under the UN banner, with over 3,900 peacekeepers losing their lives in the line of duty since 1948, including more than one hundred in the last year.
In his message for the 2020 International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, United Nations Secretary General António Guterres said:
Today we honor more than one million men and women who have served as United Nations peacekeepers and the more than 3,900 who have lost their lives in the line of duty. We also express our gratitude to the 95,000 civilian, police and military personnel currently deployed around the world. They are facing one of the greatest challenges ever: delivering on their peace and security mandates while helping countries to address the COVID-19 pandemic.
The theme of the 2020 observance of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers is "Women in Peacekeeping: A Key to Peace". This theme was chosen in part to mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. Women in peacekeeping roles "…improve overall peacekeeping performance, have greater access to communities, help in promoting human rights and the protection of civilians, and encourage women to become a meaningful part of peace and political processes."
As of December 2019, only 6% of all uniformed military police, justice, and corrections personnel in field missions are women. However, the UN has set a target of having 15% women serving in its military contingents (20% for police) by 2028. For more information, please see this Unformed Women in Peace Operations infographic. Additional UN statistics on gender in peacekeeping operations can be found here.
On this International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, the Auschwitz Institute honors and recognizes the work of United Nations Peacekeepers, especially women, who do vital work in preventing mass atrocities around the world. AIPG pays tribute to the thousands of service members who have given their lives for the protection of vulnerable populations experiencing conflict. The Auschwitz Institute celebrates the invaluable role that UN Peacekeepers play by facilitating peaceful transitions of power, assisting in demilitarization, and protecting processes for dialogue and reconciliation, human rights, and the rule of law, which all contribute to the prevention of future violence.
Additionally, this year on May 29, AIPG joins with the Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations to hold a virtual high-level discussion entitled "Making the Moral Case for Peacekeeping." The discussion will feature Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations, Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason, and AIPG's Director of Academic Programs, Dr. James Waller. In this online dialogue, participants will examine the moral case for peacekeeping and reflect on the broader themes impacting it today. This will include consideration of how peacekeeping has learned from past failures to fully embrace its responsibility to protect civilians as well as how the current COVID-19 pandemic underscores the importance of collective responsibility.


On this site, where horror is one of our favorite genre's of film to watch the news hit us pretty hard. Having had the pleasure of meeting some of the player's in George Romero's best-known films, it is hard to believe the man that created the zombie genre that is ever so popular now is gone.
Not everyone gets to meet their icons, but Simon Pegg did and in his blog, he reminds folks that with Romero's passing let us not forget that he is the true king of the zombie genre.
If you haven't had the chance, you should go see what Pegg wrote on his blog here. He gives a brief history on where the idea of zombies come from and how Romero took it and used it to create his "Living Dead" series. Most people remember Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, and Day of the Dead as his "Dead trilogy" but there was much more after that he wrote and directed. Not all made it to a theatrical release but his stories always seemed to be a part of one story, of the same outbreak, but with different groups of people at different times.
Rest in peace, Mr. Romero.
Thanks for giving us some great stories.


Fresh from maintaining his record of clinching pole at every Formula One race this season, Lewis Hamilton warned of the challenge posed by Ferrari to Mercedes at the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Hamilton snatched pole at the very end of Saturday's qualifying session, usurping Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel to take his place at the front of the grid for Sunday's race.
The defending champion already holds a 13-point lead over Vettel in the standings and seems ideally placed to widen that gap, although the Briton is not resting on his laurels.
"I feel great. I feel very happy," Hamilton said. "Obviously coming in to the weekend that was the target to master the track and get the car into an area that I'm happy with.
"I'm really grateful to have this beast underneath me to attack these corners.
"They [Ferrari] are very quick this weekend. They're going to be very hard to beat this weekend hopefully our positioning helps. I think we're in a good position. Looking forward to the fight."
Vettel said: "First of all I am very happy with second place. It was a tough session and I didn't find the rhythm I had in practice at the beginning but felt more comfortable near the end. Hopefully we will have good race."
Hamilton's team-mate Nico Rosberg qualified third and the German conceded afterwards that his tactical approach let him down.
"Strategy wise I got it wrong," he said. "I was thinking too much about the race and I underestimated Sebastian's speed.
"I took it easy in Q2 to save the race tyres, so I lacked the rhythm for Q3. That's where I went wrong. Being third is not ideal."


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Gustav Niebuhr, Contributor
Author, 'Beyond Tolerance: Searching for Interfaith Understanding in America'
Obama's 'Gettysburg Moment': For Us, the Living
01/13/2011 11:11 am ET Updated May 25, 2011
America's Founders, with their bedrock commitment to religious liberty, never considered creating the job of National Bishop. Instead, they gave us the presidency, an office that occasionally demands its occupant exercise a clear, theological function -- to comfort console a people who have always believed themselves to be uniquely "under God." The task is to draw meaning from random tragedy -- and to declare a renewal of national purpose.
It's a bar far higher for a president to clear than merely delivering an annual budget or State of the Union address. Thing is, in that people are likely to remember it if it's done well, even to consider it a defining moment in a particular president's tenure. Call it "the Gettysburg Moment" -- a reference to Lincoln's Address, not the battle; that speech set the gold standard for all such public reflections to come.
Ronald Reagan faced such a moment the day Space Shuttle Challenger exploded after take-off; for Bill Clinton, it came in the bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building. George W. Bush found himself squarely confronting it in the aftermath of 9/11. Obama's moment came Wednesday night, in Tucson, four days and a short drive from the shopping center where a Glock-wielding terrorist unloaded a clip of bullets into a small crowd of citizens gathered to greet their local Congresswoman, Gabrielle Giffords.
Notice how Obama, standing at the podium in the University of Arizona arena, named and described the six people who died that Saturday morning? He took each one individually, sharing their biographies. And what then did he say they were doing, along with the congresswoman and her staff, when the attack came? "They were fulfilling a central tenet of the democracy envisioned by our founders -- representatives of the people answering questions to their constituents, so as to carry their concerns back to the nation's capital."
In Obama's telling, these men and women fully reflected the spirit (if not the circumstances) of Lincoln's "honored dead," the men who "gave the last full measure of devotion" to the cause of representative democracy and political freedom.
In sharp contrast to Lincoln, Obama spoke at length. But then no president has dared address tragedy so briefly; none has ever done so with the eloquence Lincoln did at Gettybsurg. And none, in my uncontroversial opinion, can ever aspire to Lincoln's greatness as a leader, speaker or human being. Nor can anyone hope to re-capture the majesty of the Gettysburg Address, which stands at the apex of the American canon of political speeches, a position shared with Lincoln's Second Inaugural. (To be blunt, then, don't get me wrong: neither I nor anyone I know confuses Obama with Lincoln. Each president is unique, as are the special demands with which each must deal.)
But the form Lincoln set at Gettysburg can be followed. Consider Obama's plea, as he moved toward his speech's conclusion, that we as a nation must "look forward," rather than back, and that we Americans live our lives in a way "that would make them [those killed] proud."
He circled back to that theme and personalized it even more a few paragraphs later. Speaking of the youngest person murdered that Saturday -- the nine-year-old Christina Green, recently elected to her elementary school student council, on her way to visit her congresswoman -- Obama lifted her memory up as the model of hopeful citizenship. "I want to live up to her expectations. I want our democracy to be as good as Christina imagined it. I want America to be as good as she imagined it. All of us -- we should do everything we can to make sure this country lives up to our children's expectations."
The words spoken in 2011 follow the form laid down in 1863: out of tragedy, we seek meaning and national renewal.
Two-thirds of the way through his Address, Lincoln spoke the phrase at its heart, " ... it is for us, the living ... " With that, he stepped beyond his necessary memorial of the fallen soldiers into the prescriptive realm of civic duty that he said was demanded of the vast community of survivors, all Americans, coast to coast. "[F]rom these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause ... that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom ... "
Notice that Obama himself paraphrased the ever-enduring final phrase Lincoln used in his Address -- the one that has defined the American democratic ideal ever since. It came immediately after he described what Giffords and her constituents were doing on Saturday morning: "Gabby called it 'Congress on Your Corner' -- just an updated version of government of and by and for the people."
To many Americans, those words -- the of, by and for the people -- have sacred familiarity of Scripture. Indeed, they can fairly be described as such -- as verses from the national scripture -- words that enshrine ideals we firmly believe set us apart and give our nation meaning and purpose.
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Cool on the Coast: From scary to cerebral, October offers variety of events
Layla Marino
It may be unseasonably warm in San Diego County, but fall is still the coolest on the coast. The North Coast has fall fun and Halloween haunts for both adults and family in October, plus the usual stellar lineup of art, music, theatre and lectures, ready to kick off the holiday season in cool coastal style.
Venue Spotlight: Carlsbad Public Library
Many people in other areas may not see a public library as a hot venue, but North Coasters know that the Carlsbad Public Library has a weekly film series plus some of the most interesting lectures, art exhibits and fun for the kids. With a huge lineup of events in October, North County coastal residents may not be able to keep this Carlsbad secret much longer. Here are a few highlights. The full schedule can be found at www.carlsbadca.gov/services/depts/library/events/default.asp.
Weekly Film Series, Dove Library Auditorium — Last Three Wednesdays of each month — The Dove Library at Carlsbad Public Library chooses a theme each month and invites the public to screen movie classics on its giant screen. These are free events and often accompanied by a discussion afterward. Fun for the whole family. Check out this month's theme, science fiction.
Oct. 21: "Tomorrowland"
Oct. 28: "Ex Machina"
Good Life Lecture Series: A new weekly feature Tuesdays at Dove Library — This new lecture series brings in experts for lectures and roundtable discussions about some of life's biggest and most interesting questions. With two weeks left in October's series, make sure you don't miss them.
Oct. 20: Senior Care with Fritzi Gros-Dallion, founder of Household Guardians
Oct. 27: Decoding the Messages of Your Dreams with Patricia Ariadne, Ph.D., MFT.
General events — The Carlsbad Public Library has many highlight events each month, and October is no exception. Below is just a sampling of the fun and interesting events and exhibitions this month.
Weekdays 9 a.m.-4 p.m.: Amos Robinson: Bringing Metal to Life. Located in the Carlsbad Sculpture Garden
Oct. 20: Focus on Ancestry Card Genealogy. Located in the Adult Computer Lab.
Oct. 24: "I Got a Name" book signing with Ingrid Croce. Located in the Dove Library's Schulman Auditorium.
Oct. 26: Pumpkin Carving for Kids. Located in Growland Meeting Room, Dove Library.
Oct. 29: Halloween Paws to Read. Located in Dove Library.
The Belly Up in Solana Beach
October sees The Belly Up Tavern cranking out more great concerts. With favorite regulars and lots and lots of rock, The Belly Up shows no signs of slowing down after 25 years of being one of SoCal's best rock venues. The full calendar is here: bellyup.com/calendar#2015-10.
Oct. 22: The Sword — Another heavy rock band, Austin's The Sword have an impeccable guitar style and fun, mythology-inspired vocals. If you didn't get a ticket to Eagles of Death Metal, which is sold out, The Sword are just as fun and rock just as hard.
Oct. 23: Z-Trip — Dubbed "One of the best live DJs ever" by Rolling Stone, Z-Trip has been producing and performing hip hop mashups for more than 20 years. A Belly Up favorite, Z-Trip is a must-see if you're a fan of hip hop.
Oct. 24: Dead Man's Party — Another Belly Up staple, this Oingo Boingo cover band celebrates the musical catalog of Danny Elfman and his legendary band from the 1980s. This is one of the best parties in San Diego, and it's a Halloween Dead Man's Party.
Oct. 30: Petty vs. CCR with the Pettybreakers and Creedence Relived — Two more of San Diego's favorite cover bands will bring the works of Creedence Clearwater Revival and Tom Petty to life in a classic rock battle royale. Close out the month with these two great tributes.
Great fall entertainment
Theatre, nature and art are just as great as ever on the North Coast, and with the added bonus of the Halloween holiday, there's plenty to do in this region all month. Here's the latest and greatest.
Wednesday-Sunday all month: "Chapatti" at North Coast Repertory Theatre — Written by Christian O'Reilly, "Chapatti" is a surprising play about two animal lovers in the September of their years finding love and a new lease on life in each other. Runs through Nov. 15.
Oct. 20: Camarada Presents "Viva Vivaldi" at The Oceanside Museum of Art — Antonio Vivaldi is one of the most celebrated baroque-era composers in the world. Considered ahead of his time, Vivaldi was one of the fathers of classical music. As Vivaldi is known for his concertos inspired by the seasons, the Camarada Chamber Music group has put together a compilation of autumn-inspired pieces from the great master. This promises to be a wonderful evening of culture in a beautiful setting.
Oct. 22: Climate Change and the Rising Oceans — Dan Cayan from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography will give the facts about climate change and its effect on the oceans. This informative lecture is free and part of a series offered at the Encinitas Library by the North County Climate Change Alliance.
Oct. 25: Dia de los Muertos, Mission San Luis Rey in Oceanside — This fun annual festival has become a San Diego tradition. Featuring music, dancing, rides, traditional altars and a car show in which many of the altars will be housed, this is a great event for anyone who loves Latin American culture and tradition in the fall season.
Oct. 23-25: Harvest Festival at Del Mar Fairgrounds — This grand holiday tradition kicks off fall with one of the biggest arts and crafts fair in the county. For information and tickets, go to www.harvestfestival.com.
Oct. 26-30: Fall Animal Camp at Rancho Coastal Humane Society — A great weeklong after-school program for kids, the Rancho Coastal Humane Society teaches children how to love, respect and care for animals and pets. This fun camp uses lots of activities, crafts and prizes so kids can love, learn and be safe around their furry friends.
Oct. 31: The Blast Halloween Bash, Club M at the Grand Del Mar — This free and super-classy party at the Grand Del Mar will be full of great costumes, spooky treats and lots of tricks. Check out Club M for your adult Halloween fun.
October's heating up on the North Coast, and it's not just the weather. Enjoy the rest of the month with your world class views, music, theater and fall fun. Whether the holiday season stays warm or gets chilly, residents here always know how to stay cool on the coast.
Columnist Layla Marino is a San Diego music and arts writer. Visit dropweirdsci.blogspot.com. Follow her on Twitter at twitter.com/dropweirdsci. Send questions and comments to [email protected].
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