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Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi | Review
I find myself, once again, at odds with the broader literary community.
It's exhausting, isn't it? You must be saying to yourself: "Why do I even bother to read this book blog, when all the writer ever does is muse about her inability to agree with most readers about whether or not a book is good? (When she even bothers to write at all!) Isn't it obvious that she's just not a very good reader?" And, dear reader of this blog, I wouldn't blame you for a moment if you packed your bags and left these dusty halls forever. Believe me, I'm just as exasperated as you are.
The case of Tomi Adeyemi's Children of Blood and Bone feels a little bit more complicated than most of my recent literary disagreements. To begin with, I did generally enjoy the book! I thought there were a lot of things it did fairly brilliantly, and I enjoyed many aspects of its mythology a great deal. But as I read it, I was repeatedly struck by a rather curious sensation that I was not reading something particularly... original.
If you're rolling your eyes now and declaring me to be an absolute fool, it's okay. I understand. After all, Adeyemi's young adult novel has been touted for its originality in rooting a fantasy story in West African mythology! And I don't deny that for a moment. The ways in which Adeyemi sidestepped the more common (and yes, at this point boring) Western European fantasy tropes was quite refreshing. It speaks to a boldness of storytelling. Yet it wasn't quite enough for me.
One of my favorite book blogs, The Book Smugglers, write in their Goodreads review that Children of Blood and Bone is "a superb, exciting, astonishing mix of Avatar: the Last Airbender and Black Panther". It's the sort of endorsement that should really set my blood pulsing. I have my issues with "Black Panther" as a film overall, but I loved the worldbuilding and the degree to which it played with different mythologies at its root. And I adore the show "Avatar: The Last Airbender" (ATLA).
Perhaps if I had read this review before reading Children of Blood and Bone, it would have more positively shaped my impression. Ultimately, I agree with half of the Book Smugglers' assessment: Children of Blood and Bone most definitely could feel like the lovechild of ATLA and "Black Panther", and it is precisely this that made me rate the novel that much lower.
It occurred relatively early in the book. As the narrative settled down and three POV were introduced, I was struck by several seemingly superficial similarities between Children of Blood and Bone and ATLA. We have a brother and sister from a persecuted class, in which the sister has a previously untouched form of magic and the brother is magic-less. We have a princess with a powerful artifact joining the siblings (quickly becoming a love interest for the brother). And we have her brother, the prince, hell-bent on chasing these three fugitives across a wide swathe of land in order to capture them, though his motivations may actually be more pure than previously believed... or maybe not. Oh, and the trio have to achieve their highly specific goal to restore balance... er, I mean magic... on the date of a celestial eclipse. Which is in less than a month!
With the exception of the princess, does this sound a bit familiar?
Like the Book Smugglers, my first thought was instantly of ATLA. The similarities to the story felt so pronounced that I could quickly guess how the story was panning out. In fact, it even ruined certain plot points for me because I could so easily figure out what they were supposed to be. For an "original" story, Children of Blood and Bone simply felt like a West African inspired version of ATLA, though perhaps a little bit more grown-up. Unfortunately, comparisons to ATLA will rarely end well for the piece of art in question - ATLA is one of the rare shows that works on a stunning range of levels. Few stories have quite reached its caliber, fewer still that attempted to mimic it too strongly.
Children of Blood and Bone does a lot of good things in its pages. Its exploration of racist power structures is obviously important, and there is no doubt that there's a lot to enjoy in the way Adeyemi crafts her world. I was also particularly impressed by her decision to include a meta-question about whether or not magic is inherently good and should be brought back. In the second half of the book, characters are confronted with both the importance and danger of magic. The lingering question remains, with little in the way of an easy answer or neat solution. In fact, the cliffhanger ending almost seems to emphasize the question. And when magic is so clearly linked to ethnicity and cultural expression, doesn't its suppression inherently mean the oppression of those who have it? These are interesting questions that fantasy too rarely explores, particularly when magic is a weak stand-in for real-world prejudices.
In other aspects, unfortunately, Children of Blood and Bone just falls apart. First and foremost, as I already mentioned, the story didn't feel original to me. The overwhelming similarities to ATLA (just swap the roles of a couple characters and you're good!) had me rolling my eyes, rather than delighting in the story as an homage. It's possible that this is simply my own, unfair jaded reading, but I couldn't shake off the feeling the entire time I was reading and I grew tired of constantly comparing certain creative choices with those that so neatly aligned with those from ATLA. It also left me cold whenever the book did diverge, because it felt like too little too late. At the end of the day, it felt too familiar, and not in a way that gave me warm, nostalgic vibes. (Maybe if I had seen ATLA as a child and not as an adult just a few years ago...?)
It's not just that, though. The book also does a fairly bad job as distinguishing the voices of its three POV characters. Our magical Avatar stand-in (or rather, Aang-Katara mix), Zélie, doesn't sound all that different from her fierce enemy-later-love-interest (Zutara wish-fulfillment...?) Inan, nor from his sister Amari. I often forgot whose chapter I was reading until a reference to one of the other characters clarified it for me, and that is not the way POVs should work. The characters had such distinct character traits, yet they ended up feeling so similar on the page.
And there's also the writing.
Or rather. The melodrama of the story.
The way every line of moderate importance gets its own punchy paragraph.
But then these are quickly followed by more punchy paragraphs.
The chapters are short and dominated by writing of this style. Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with punchy chapter-ends as a concept. I actually kind of love them as a way to build drama. I rather write that way myself, with all my sentences that begin with "but"! But... the insistence on having so many dramatic pauses and paragraph breaks left me tired. It felt like I was reading a book that simply hadn't been edited properly. Rather than feeling focused and tight, every chapter felt like it lost some sort of thread as it tried to sound more and more dramatic.
If it sounds as though I'm being unduly harsh on Children of Blood and Bone, I... don't really mean to be. It's not a bad book! But it's also not as great a book as I was hoping. Even setting aside ostensibly personal things like the ATLA comparison (which is clearly very subjective, since different fans had different reactions to the degree of similarities), I was deeply bothered by the way the romances were written. I thought the pacing was rushed (largely due to the compressed time-scale the book had to work with). I struggled with the writing in many parts. But I also liked a lot, which left me feeling almost more disappointed. I was looking forward to this book more than almost any other recent YA, yet even something so universally acclaimed let me down somehow. Children of Blood and Bone may simply emerge as another example of hype not bearing out, but considering the praise, it's hard not to wonder at this point what is wrong with me specifically.
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In Ballarat, in Regional Australia, Nbn and Ericsson (working with Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated and NetComm Wireless) have successfully demonstrated speeds of up to 1 Gigabit on TDD LTE. The demonstration utilized 3 three prototype NetComm Wireless Network Termination Devices Version 3 with the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X16 LTE modem.
The groundbreaking 1.1Gbps downstream and 165Mbps upstream speeds were achieved in the existing nbn fixed wireless network by using carrier aggregation technology on 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz spectrum.
The demonstration with NetComm Wireless and Qualcomm Technologies also delivered speeds of 400Mbps/55Mbps, 250Mbps/50Mbps and 100/40Mbps using a range of carriers in the 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz spectrum bands.
In order to conduct the trial, nbn used a spare operating sector on an established nbn Fixed Wireless tower with additional radio equipment. The nbn Fixed Wireless tower delivered the record speeds to new Wireless Network Termination Devices [WNTDs] that had been installed on the roof of a nearby school.
nbn recently committed to launching a new nbn100 Fixed Wireless product aimed at the regional business segment in 2018, making it one of the few in the world to make such a commitment. The success of the ultra-fast Fixed Wireless demonstration underlines the ability to launch even faster services on the nbn™ Fixed Wireless network.
Bill Morrow, CEO of nbn, says: "Our demonstration of 1Gbps speeds on our Fixed Wireless network once again shows our commitment to delivering a great experience to the 600,000 premises in regional Australia that will be served by the network.
"Our Fixed Wireless network has already been recognized as a world leader and we are determined to maintain that position by making sure regional Australians get access to the same high speed broadband available in our cities.
Gigabit LTE is part of Ericsson's offerings for advanced and agile networks. In this report, Ovum names the nbn fixed wireless network as a world leader.


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Q: implementing a comparable interface in java I want my class to implement the Comparable interface. Which of the following approaches is correct
Option 1:
public Myclass implements Comparable<MyClass>{

  public int compareTo(MyClass o){
   //impl here
  }

}

Option 2:
public Myclass implements Comparable{

  public int compareTo(Object o){
     //check if o  instance of my class
     //impl here
  }

}

A: Option 1. The answer is in the comments of the second snippet. You would avoid explicit type casting.
Option 1 takes advantage of Java Generics. Here is a link to the tutorial on Generics

A: I'd hesitate to call one "correct" and the other "incorrect," but option 1 seems "better."  Option 1 uses generics, and one of the primary benefits of generics is to avoid doing the awkward instanceof followed by a cast from Option 2.  However, generics were not originally part of Java, so some legacy code still uses the Option 2 approach.

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The program is open to all Hopewell area residents and those having any connection with the city. The purpose is to honor veterans of the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Reserve, National Guard, Coast Guard, Merchant Marine or Women's Air Service Pilots who have served their country in peace or war, at home or abroad.
Q: What is the Hometown Heroes-Veterans Recognition Program?
A: This is a special program which seeks to recognize the contributions made to the United States by U.S. military veterans; and to make area residents aware of their unselfish service to the Nation.
Q: Who is eligible to be recognized with a banner?
Q: Does the veteran have to be or have been a Hopewell resident?
A: No. Anyone with some local affiliation is eligible (examples: a current resident who wishes to honor a family member who is a veteran; or an area employer who wishes to honor an employee who is a veteran; or a person who wishes to honor a friend who is a veteran).
Q: Who may apply to purchase a banner?
A: Anyone who wishes to be a donor.
Q: How do I get a banner?
A: Complete the Banner Application Form which is available on the City of Hopewell website. Follow the application instructions contained on the website.
Q: How much does it cost to purchase a banner?
Q: Can I purchase more than one banner?
Q: How do I pay for the banner?
A: The City prefers that donors pay by cash, check or money order. Credit card payments are accepted, but an additional $3.00 processing fee is charged.
Q: What photograph should I use?
A: Any photo, black and white or color is acceptable, but it is preferred that the veteran be in uniform in the photo. The image must be in digital (electronic file) format so it may be transferred to the banner. The digital image must be in JPEG format and at least have a resolution of 300 dpi.
Q: I only have an old photo of the veteran. Where can I get a digital image made of the photo?
A: Old photos can be copied at many photo shops or drug stores who offer photo services. CVS and Walgreen's in Hopewell, and Staples and Walmart in Colonial Heights offer this copying service.
Q: What form of electronic photo is acceptable when applying for a banner?
1. Digital photos may be submitted electronically (e-mail) to: DevDept@hopewellva.gov.
2. Digital photos may also be submitted using a CD or flash drive. A CD or flash drive may be sent with an application by regular mail or presented in person at the Department of Development Office, Hopewell City Hall, Suite 321, 300 North Main Street, Hopewell, VA 23860.
IMPORTANT! Regardless of how the digital photo is submitted, please make sure the photo includes the veteran's full name, period of service, and the donor's name and contact telephone number; just in case the photo becomes separated from the application.
Q: How do I know that my application has been accepted?
A: Donors will receive a receipt once the application is process. The receipt will be transmitted to the donor the same way the application was received. For example, if the application was sent by mail, the receipt will be return to the donor by mail.
Q: When I purchase a banner, does it belong to me or the City of Hopewell?
A: The banner belongs to the donor. It is on loan to the City for the duration of the program. It will be returned at the donor's request.
Q: What happens if I want to keep the banner?
A: The application form contains a line which asks if the donor wishes the banner to be returned after this year's display. If the box is check, the banner will be retuned at the end of this year's program.
Q: How is the banner ordered?
A: After the City receives an application it is reviewed for completeness and clarity. If the form is complete, the City orders the banner from the banner supplier.
Q: What if the form is not complete or the City has a question?
A: The donor will be contacted and the problem or issue addressed. Once clarified, the banner will be ordered from the banner supplier.
Q: What if the City has a problem with the form and the issue cannot be resolved?
A: In the very rare instance that a problem cannot be addressed or clarified, the banner will not be ordered and the purchase price refunded to the donor.
Q: When will the banners be displayed and for how long?
A: The banners will be displayed from Memorial Day (end of May) through Veterans Day (November 11th).
Q: Where will the banners be displayed?
A: It is planned to display the banners on North Main, Library, East Cawson, East Broadway and Appomattox Streets. Banners will be displayed from the light fixtures lining those streets. As the number of banners increases, other locations will be added.
Q: Is a booklet being prepared or will one become available which provides some background information about the veterans appearing on the banners?
A: The idea is being considered, but such a booklet has not been produced.


Now that the evenings are getting lighter and longer, the Stylist office is feeling less inclined to hunker down in front of the TV with a doorstep-sized slab of lasagne of an evening – or at least, not every evening. Instead, we've been trying our hand at some fresh, spring-like recipes, making plans to grow our own vegetables, and generally embracing a life less sloth-like as the spring sun comes out.
But while we're capable of following a salad recipe from the latest Ottolenghi cookbook, we also know the limits of our culinary skills. And when it comes to the latest healthy food trend coming out of Japan, we're willing to admit defeat. This gastronomic craze is probably purely for Instagram – but that doesn't make it any less inspiring.
Salad cakes are the brainchild of Nagoya-based food stylist and café owner Mitsuki Moriyasu. She tells CNN that she invented what she calls the "Vegedeco Salad" (decorated vegetables) in 2015, as a healthy alternative to traditional cakes.
Moriyasu shares photos of her mind-blowing creations on Instagram, where she describes them as "fun to eat! Fun to look at! A joyful moment!" And quite frankly, they make our homemade Caesar salad with shop-bought croutons look a bit inadequate.
The 'sponge' bases of Moriyasu's cakes are made from a mix of soy powder, eggs and vegetable oil, plus marinated, diced and cooked Japanese vegetables such as daikon.
The rainbow frosting, meanwhile, is actually tofu – coloured with natural vegetable dyes such as red beetroot juice.
"It looks like a normal cake – but it's made only of veggies. You can have it for breakfast, lunch – and it's very suitable for dinner with wine," says Moriyasu.
If you're in the mood for eating healthily but not quite ready for salad cakes just yet, you can find a selection of vibrant, filling vegan batch recipes here.


The Garden Club of Bermuda – Horticulture, floral design and related subjects, and to aid in the conservation of natural resources of the Island.
The Garden Club of Bermuda was started in 1921 to stimulate interest in horticulture, floral design and related subjects, and to aid in the conservation of natural resources of the Island. To this end its members work hard to raise money for horticultural and environmental scholarships, and to support the local environmental community, whilst having fun along the way!
THE GARDEN CLUB OF BERMUDA IS NOW ON INSTAGRAM!
Our annual Spring Hat Show will be held this year at our AGM on May 10th. In addition this year we are holding a HAT WORKSHOP on Wednesday, April 24th at Horticultural Hall at 2:00 pm – Please join us for some fun, and ideas to create your hat for the AGM.
On November 23rd, 2019 The Garden Club of Bermuda will be holding a garden event at Palm Grove in Devonshire. More details will be posted in due course!


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Deadline: Friday, May 2, 2014 – 5 p.m.
In addition to receiving up to $5,000 for tuition, books, fees, and supplies, this prestigious program provides the Fellows with opportunities to share in cultural and educational experiences across the state and meet with successful business and government leaders. The Fellows will also receive support and inspiration from each other to continue pursuing their educational goals and serving their community—priceless!
To be eligible for consideration for a scholarship award, a student must meet the following criteria:
Be enrolled currently at one of Virginia's Community Colleges, on full-time status, with first year completed by the end of spring semester 2014.
Be nominated by a faculty member and endorsed by the president of the college.
Demonstrate a commitment to transfer to a Virginia public college or university.
Have unmet financial need as determined by an application that includes student and family income and student and family contributions to tuition, books, and fees.
Demonstrate evidence of academic excellence, ambition, and personal integrity. Required GPA: 3.5
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A TV host (Tim Brinton) introduces an episode of "The Man and the Place", this week covering Colonel Vernon Wayne-Gilley (Kenneth Keeling), a noted travel writer. The colonel sits stiffly as he's introduced, then keels over, suddenly dead, when asked to nominate a favourite country.
Steed visits the morgue, telling Dr Gilmore (John Horsley) the viewers got good value last night, it's not often someone dies in front of a television camera. "Better value than you think", says the coroner, "he was murdered". "You made my day", say Steed, and the coroner tells him the colonel had enough cyanide in him to kill a horse - "a couple of horses, you can still smell it". Steed is baffled as cyanide acts immediately and yet the colonel had been on camera for quite a while. The coroner shows him something found in the stomach - a gelatine pill capsule which contained a metal spring-loaded watch mechanism, which opened the capsule, packed full of cyanide.
Steed takes the colonel's pill bottle to One Ten (Douglas Muir), showing him that every capsule was doctored - any would have killed him at 8:30 last night at 8:30. One Ten puzzles at the sheer cost of such a murder but Steed counters that it 'wouldn't be much to him', pointing out that One Ten has the suspect's file on his desk already - Mr Teddy Bear - a Resistance assassin who disappeared after the war, emerging later as a hired killer. One Ten says he is supposedly still in the country - unreliable sources claiming he has another job to do before leaving.
Steed asks Cathy to announce she's in the market to have someone killed - Steed! They go to HQ where George (Michael Collins) starts the projector and she's shown slides of her supposed colleagues and memorises her cover story. Steed warns her to tell the truth where sensible, including that she's met him recently, and not to hide a gun in her stocking tops. Cathy wonders if they shouldn't try to grab him immediately and Steed tells her to just do what he tells her.
Back at her flat, Cathy receives a letter and rings an answering service to tell Bridges that she's going to an appointment at Mantel's Holt that evening. Cathy noticing a motorcyclist following her on the way and stops to ask directions from a cafe girl (Sarah Maxwell) and takes the opportunity to immobilise her pursuer's bike when he comes in to get a cup of tea.
She arrives at the house and finds it deserted and dusty; the drawing room is full of dolls and a teddy bear. is The bear orders her to sit down and excuses his sense of humour, she's offered her a cigarette from a case on the desk that opens automatically, and is shown a camera on the wall. Cathy says she has no personal motive for Steed's death but has been negotiating with him over the last few months but, being unable to reach an agreement, they want him eliminated. She asks the fee - £200,000, in diamonds. He asks for a down payment immediately, nominating her pendant. She leaves it on the desk and purloins the cigarette case, and is told she'll see him again in five days for full payment, on proof of completion.
Steed and George go over her debriefing, trying to match the voice she heard. Cathy is peeved when Steed complains about her not discovering much. Steed says he has Henry Farrow - the motorcyclist - at his flat. The 'phone rings and the lab confirm there were prints on the case - chimpanzee prints! Steed interrogates Henry (Michael Robbins), mentioning the ignition lead Cathy removed, but lets him go after scaring him by mentioning teddy bears.
"Big Bear I hear you are looking for me. S."
Steed receives an invitation to meet Mr Teddy Bear at Sorenso Imports Ltd. at midnight. He enters cautiously and covers a camera with his hat; when Mr Teddy Bear speaks he removes the death's head mask from the clown figure that appears to be speaking, revealing Henry's body. He searches the body and finds Cathy's pendant, which Mr Teddy Bear describes as worthless - to him at least. Steed pulls the camera's cables out, but Mr Teddy Bear says his "eyes are elsewhere". While Steed searches the room, Mr Teddy Bear tells him he has the distinction to be the first man he's been hired to kill twice - once by Cathy, and then by Henry. "I didn't realise I was so popular", says Steed.
Steed removes his clothes to have forensics check them and One Ten tells him they found a lot of expensive television equipment and little else, despite getting there ten minutes after he called. They've checked his car and found nothing, and George finds nothing in his clothes, but they'll send them to radiography to be sure. Steed is pleased that Mr Teddy Bear is beginning to show himself but One Ten is unimpressed, complaining that Mr Teddy Bear has revealed little but has had a good look at Steed & Cathy. Steed outlines Mr Teddy Bear's 'death by gadgetry' method - if you fail you just try again with little risk. "He's been in the game as long as we have", Steed says and adds that it's a fair fight but One Ten takes him off the case, saying his judgement is impaired; he's ordered home as they've checked his flat for bombs already.
Cathy is having breakfast when a large envelope arrives in the post. The 'phone rings as she opens it, extracting a photograph of the prone form of Steed while Mr Teddy Bear asks for the balance of £198,000 in industrial diamonds. "Not before this evening, and no later than tomorrow night" - he'll send a representative to collect.
Distraught, Cathy rings 'Bridges', but is shocked when Steed stops her from making the call. "Why aren't you dead?" she exclaims. He makes light of the photo and she angrily asks him for the diamonds; he hands her a box, saying "Anything you say, be a good little girl and put it in your safe". He tells her to skip any appointments. She has one that evening with Dr Howell, an Upper Nile expert, but as she knows him well will keep the appointment. Steed visits One Ten who is annoyed with him and orders him to stay out of the way.
Cathy's African tribal heads are examined by Dr Howell (John Ruddock) who excuses himself early, saying he has a plane to catch in the morning, and admits he hasn't been in the country long - "penalty for the job I'm in". He says he has something for her, and hands over an envelope. He admires another head and says, "Oh yes, I believe you have something for me", then looks shocked at the effect the letter has had. He checks the note and seems to think it straightforward - he'd been given the note by Teddy Bruin, one of his regular Bridge partners. Cathy is suspicious, especially as Howell is insistent about the package and says she'll accompany him to the Voyagers' Club to meet Bruin. The 'phone rings and Steed's voice tells her to bring the package to Sorenso Imports - but it's a recording, played by Mr Teddy Bear.
When she arrives, Mr Teddy Bear greets her and asks for the diamonds. He reveals that he knows Cathy & Steed work together. He's curious about the organisation and wonders why she thinks Steed is still alive. She is the closest an opponent had ever got to him, and he's faced for the first time with the need to kill a woman. He asks for her gun and announces he's going to retire, taking the diamonds with him. He says he doesn't want to kill her, and she can travel to the Mediterranean with him, leaving in the Aegean. He proposes she take a strong sleeping pill, so as not to be tempted to try to escape. She cautiously agrees, and he opens the package to verify its contents. When a jack-in-the-box pops out, Steed's voice announces "I am the demon king!" and Cathy grabs the assassin's gun.
Steed says he hadn't expected nerve gas and a blistering agent, and Mr Teddy Bear casually announces the door is locked, the room steel-clad and they're not going anywhere. Steed wants him alive so Cathy orders him to take one of his sleeping pills. He looks scared but takes one. He then immediately suggests they go, and will open the door with her permission. Cathy is cautious but Mr Teddy Bear says even if he disarmed her now he wouldn't be able to go very far, only an animal fights to the death.
He opens the door, Steed & Cathy holding guns on him, and he apologises for having lied to a lady, staggers down the hall and collapses, dead from poison.
Steed drops by Cathy's flat to go over 'his homework' Cathy won't let Freckles sit on her sofa, so Steed reads out the end of the report: "subject committed suicide while in my custody by means of poison". She hands him an envelope she found in Mr Teddy Bear's pocket, addressed to Steed, which contains a strongbox key. "Careful how you open it", she laughs.


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Jazz singer Jane Monheit Announced as Star of Casa Romantica's Ella Fitzgerald-themed Fundraiser
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Jazz singer Jane Monheit announced as star of Casa Romantica's Ella Fitzgerald- themed fundraiser in March 2019 Casa Classic: An Evening with Jane Monheit Friday, March 22, 2018 @ 6PM | Dinner, show and live auction | Tickets $175-250; on sale now
San Clemente, CA – Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, a nonprofit southern California cultural center, is pleased to announce that the headliner of its annual spring benefit dinner is Jane Monheit, a Billboard chart-topping vocalist whose study of the Ella Fitzgerald songbook is unparalleled in contemporary music. The cabaret-style evening features a live performance of Ella Fitzgerald songs by Monheit along with a three-course catered dinner, fine wine and cocktails, and a live auction. An Evening with Jane Monheit is part of the Casa Classic series, which is underwritten by Fluidmaster.
"As a mission-focused event, there is no better way to thank donors for supporting the arts in Orange County than by experiencing Jane Monheit's astonishingly beautiful and sophisticated tribute to Ella Fitzgerald," says Casa Romantica Executive Director Berenika D. Palys. "It will be a dazzling fundraiser."
The intimate fundraiser is limited to 100 guests. Last year's fundraiser completely sold out nearly two months in advance, and the event has sold out every year for the past five consecutive years since its inception. Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens has a goal of raising over $15,000 at this preeminent event from ticket and auction sales. VIP guests will mingle with the artist at a champagne reception prior to the performance, and the live auction – which elicits participation from nearly every patron – will include prizes such as a complimentary weekend rental of a luxury car and a Caribbean cruise. The three-course meal will be catered by Iva Lee's, and will feature its most savory Southern dishes.
Jane Monheit biography
Blessed with "a voice of phenomenal beauty" (New York Times), Jane Monheit is establishing herself as one of today's best jazz vocalists. The singer and songwriter was born in Long Island, NY in a musical family and practiced music and theater as a youth. She studied voice at the Manhattan School of Music and received the William H. Borden award for outstanding accomplishment in jazz. Monheit placed in the 1998 Thelonius Monk Institute's vocal competition, and released her debut album, Never Never Land, soon after. The album was voted Best Recording Debut by the Jazz Journalists Assopciation and stayed on the Billboard jazz chart for a year. Her sophomore album debuted at #1 on the Billboard jazz chart.
With her new album, The Songbook Sessions: Ella Fitzgerald, Monheit pays joyous tribute to Fitzgerald while sharing a definitive portrait of herself. Her upward swoop is pure Ella, but this album is a classic example of a singer leading her influences rather than being led by them.
Casa Classic series
Casa Romantica's Casa Classic performance series features the work of internationally-recognized artists. Recent artists have included Garrick Olsson, an award- winning classical pianist, Ann Hampton Callaway, a multi-platinum-selling singer, singer Ivan Rutherford, who stared as Jean Valjean in Broadway's Les Miserables over 2,300 times, and Tony DeSare, Downbeat magazine's "Rising Star Male Vocalist" who wowed patrons in 2017 with a Frank Sinatra tribute. Casa Classic has notably also featured the renowned Christ Church Cathedral Choir from Oxford, England. The Casa Classic series is generously underwritten by Fluidmaster.
Casa Classic: An Evening with Jane Monheit is Friday, March 22, 2019 from 6:00 PM until 9:00 PM at Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens. General admission is $175 and includes valet parking, a three-course dinner, and fine wine. VIP admission is $250 and includes an exclusive Meet-the-Artist champagne reception. A live auction will follow Monheit's performance.
About Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens
Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens maintains a robust series of year-round programs in arts, music, history, horticulture, and literature for all ages. Under the leadership of Executive Director Berenika D. Palys, Casa Romantica has commissioned several critically-acclaimed works, including Casa Coastal: The Art of Baja California (2018; visual art), Casa Theater: A Midsummer Night's Dream (2018; theater), Casa Kinetic: Celebrating Tap Dance Legends (2018; dance), Casa Coastal: Rebecca Louise Law (2017; visual art), Casa Kinetic: Contemporary Dance Collective (2017; contemporary dance), The Beauty of the Butterfly (2017; visual art), Casa Kinetic: Carrie Lee Riggins (2016; contemporary dance), Casa Drama: Slings & Arrows (2015; theater), and Open Casa: The Photographs of Douglas Kirkland (2015; visual art). The 2018-19 Casa Captivating season includes more music, visual and performing arts commissions, and an enhanced wellness program.
"Casa Romantica strives to be the epicenter for innovative artistic experiences in our southern California community," says Casa Romantica Executive Director Berenika D. Palys.
Casa Romantica also hosts a variety of free arts education programs for children year-round. The institution's annual Casa Romantica Music Festival and Academy has received critical praise for its comprehensive two-week music studies program in cello, piano, viola, and violin. Casa Romantica also offers a Summer Dance Workshop, a Spring Break Arts Week, various art, literature, and horticulture events to grades K-12, and welcomes over 2,000 children from the Capistrano Unified School District each year for STEAM-based field trips that examine the history of San Clemente and the coastal environment.
Mission Statement: Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization and is the historic home of the founder of the City of San Clemente. Casa Romantica provides programs for all ages in arts, music, history, and horticulture and is a premier Southern California cultural center.
Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens is located at 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente, CA 92672. Hours: Tuesday—Thursday 11 am—4 pm; Friday—Sunday 10am—2pm; closed Mondays and holidays. General admission is $5; Casa Members and children under age 13 visit for FREE. For more information, call (949) 498-2139 or visit CasaRomantica.org
Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente, CA 92672 | Tel 949.498.2139 | Fax 949.498.2192 | www.casaromantica.org
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Fort Lauderdale, FL, September 04, 2018 --(PR.com)-- Mobility City has announced franchise opportunities for its business model to expand across America. With the help, support and guidance from Chris Conner, its president, and Franchise Marketing Systems Mobility City was able to build a comprehensive and solid franchise business model. "Franchise Marketing Systems provided us the tools for operations, training and on-going support. They also helped us in marketing, financing and a successful rollout," says Diane Baratta of Mobility City.
Mobility City offers mobile repair and cleaning service for mobility items including wheelchairs, mobility scooters, power chairs, lift-out chairs, rolling walkers and hospital beds is headquartered in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Mobility City, which has been a family business since its inception, is looking for partners from all over the country.
The CEO, Diane, says the company was birthed out of need. "My late husband was dependent on his mobility scooter and lift out chair during the last years of his life. One afternoon when we were living in South Florida he was coming home from the dialysis center when his mobility scooter broke down about a mile from our home in the middle of a rainstorm. It took me days to find someone to come to my home and fix it, that was unacceptable." They started the company after this incidence to ensure that veterans, seniors, injured and the disabled had options and remained mobile with services at your home.
New franchisees will get the full support of management in setting up and replicating the original business model. They will be trained by a team that has over 30 years in the industry to develop a sound business model using state-of-the-art technology systems and they will also get a deeper understanding of the health industry to see how it relates to good working and clean mobility products.
Mobility City also does repairs to ensure users are always mobile. For this, the company has been nicknamed the "AAA of Wheelchair repairs." The company cleans wheelchairs professionally to make them comfortable for users who spend on average 18 hours a day in them.
The investment, including franchise fee, ranges from $89,450 to $169,450.00, with a package that includes focused training at the head office and the site as well as ongoing support. The organization is encouraging veterans to apply for the opportunity by giving them heavy discounts.
The mobility business is a multi-million-dollar industry that generated $6.8 billion in sales of wheelchairs, scooters, and other mobility items alone. There are over 3.6 million wheelchair users who need repair and cleaning services.
"There are millions of wheelchairs to be repaired and cleaned, we are working with hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, airports, stadiums and big box retailers," says Diane.
Franchisees will learn repairs of all mobility products, "steam cleaning" that is a specialty of the franchisor, as well as gain access to suppliers of premier mobility products. Protected territories are well marked to ensure that each franchisee is serving an area with enough clients without unnecessary competition.


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By Corinne Weaver | June 17, 2019 12:14 PM EDT
Facebook is making a desperate attempt to push a Pollyanna philosophy on its users. This might backfire.
In a June 14 blog post, Facebook announced an update to its policy. "We're always working to ensure that people's time on Facebook is well spent," said the parenting police known as the Facebook Product Managers. The blog explained how Facebook "ranked public comments" and how it would continue to make its public comments more relevant for users.
TechRadar reported that "Facebook is taking more steps to try and limit negative comments and abuse on its platform." The outlet said Facebook was hoping for more "meaningful conversations."
The blog post stated, "We want people to see safe and authentic comments." But to Facebook, what does the word safe mean? In the past, Facebook has censored videos of World War II veterans as "graphic." The social media website has also covered up an innocuous image of Santa Claus kneeling in front of the Infant Jesus, with a warning label for "graphic violence."
If a comment violates the "Community Standards," Facebook said it would "remove it." However, the Community Standards are vague and condemn general concepts. "Integrity signals" are also involved. If the owner of a page or group interacts with a comment, it will be ranked higher than other comments. This is under the assumption that the owner of a page will be able to determine "authentic" users as opposed to "inauthentic" users.
Since Facebook has recently announced that it will put more emphasis on groups, group conversations, and user interaction on the platform (while the News Feed won't be as involved.)
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{
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}

void DialogAssoc::setup_group_box_data()
{
    QGroupBox *box = new QGroupBox("Data", this);
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    QLabel *covarl = new QLabel("Covariate data:", box);
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    QLabel *outl = new QLabel("Output file prefix:", box);
    out_ = new QLineEdit(box);
    out_->setPlaceholderText("required");
    out_->setText("assoc.out." + current_datetime_string());
    grid->addWidget(outl, 3, 0);
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{
    QGroupBox *box = new QGroupBox("Option", this);
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    mtc_->addItems(QStringList() << "None" << "BON" << "FDR");
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    form->addRow("", nogxe_);
}

void DialogAssoc::setup_button_box()
{
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    QDialogButtonBox *btn = new QDialogButtonBox(this);
    btn->setOrientation(Qt::Horizontal);
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    layout()->addWidget(btn);

    QPushButton *btn_reset = btn->button(QDialogButtonBox::Reset);

    connect(btn, SIGNAL(accepted()), this, SLOT(accept()));
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}

void DialogAssoc::get_vcf()
{
    QString filename = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this, QString(), par->file_dialog_directory);
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void DialogAssoc::restore_defaults()
{
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    covar_->clear();
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    preselect_->setText("0.05");
    rsq_->setText("0.95");
    mtc_->setCurrentIndex(0);
    thread_->setValue(0);
    nogxe_->setChecked(false);
}

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The Surrey-made "Fire Hall 1271" structure at Bright Nights in Stanley Park. (Photo: twitter.com/DjJillyWonka)
'80s Surrey roots for Stanley Park's 'Bright Nights' event, site of one whimsical fire hall
The 'twinkling winter escape' runs until Jan. 2
Tom Zillich
A Surrey cul-de-sac is the starting point for the story of Stanley Park's popular Bright Nights attraction.
In the mid-1980s, Bob Wingfield and Marg Barrett began attracting people to their Newton-area home with a giant "Winter Wonderland" display of Christmas lights, just east of the old Surrey Public Market site, near 64th Avenue and King George Boulevard. Local firefighters eventually helped put up the display, and donations were collected for the burn unit at Vancouver General Hospital.
In 1997 all the lights were brought to Stanley Park for use in a new Bright Nights event, which opened for the 2021 season on Nov. 25.
Surrey fire captain Marc Fournier has volunteered his time to build, take down and help run Bright Nights over the past 33 years.
"I ran it there in Surrey for about seven years, as volunteer firefighters in the late 1980s," Fournier recalled. "Bob and Marg approached us in 1987 – that was the first year when firefighters started helping them. We used to use the market lot for parking, and carved a trail through the woods there, to their cul-de-sac. It got really big at their house, just too big."
Both Wingfield and Barrett died in recent years, Fournier reported.
"Marg's daughter hadn't seen Bright Nights yet, so the year before last we were able to get her and her daughter, Marg's granddaughter, to the event for the first time," he added. "The granddaughter was very excited, and she's a young adult now. She got to see it just before COVID."
Bright Nights in Stanley Park shifted to a virtual tour last year, due to pandemic restrictions.
This year, the train-themed "twinkling winter escape" runs until Jan. 2, with the help of firefighters from across the Lower Mainland.
"It's great to get people in there again to see it all this year," said Fournier, who lives in North Delta and works at Surrey's Hall 1, at 88 Avenue and 132 Street.
The forest-area display features a cartoonish "Fire Hall 1271," built by Surrey firefighters five years ago.
The whimsical structure is an eye-grabber.
"We get some good reaction to it, for sure, especially that first year when it was brand new to everyone," Fournier commented. "We're quite pleased with how it turned out."
The firefighters involved "are all fairly handy people," Fournier reported, "but honestly, none of us had done anything crooked like that," he added with a laugh. "Building stuff straight is a little easier, right. Doing this was a bit more challenging. Through trial and error, we built it, and wanted to put it together without any screws, so it's all done with bed brackets, and you only need a flathead screwdriver for those."
The idea is, it will last longer.
"We assemble it every year, and we bring it back to Surrey every year to make sure it stays in good shape – it takes two pickups and two trailers," Fournier added. "We're getting good at it, and can put it up in about three hours now."
The structure's fire truck took longer to build than the fire hall, he recalled.
"We have one fellow here who is very gifted, Rick Olsen. He built the fire truck that's in the South Surrey library, a fire-truck bookshelf he built. He's also the brains behind that."
Other builders include Vic Fisher and Dan Amos, and Ryan Smith did all the decal work. Cloverdale Paint supplies the paint, and Surrey Fire Fighters Local 1271 paid for all building supplies. "The work involved about eight people to build the whole thing, with the help of some others, with sanding and all that," Founier noted.
Tickets for Bright Nights in Stanley Park are available for purchase online, on the websites vancouver.ca and ticketleader.ca, or call 604-257-8531.
The Burn Fund's Bright Nights 50/50 also returns with a potential jackpot of $1 million. The raffle was created last year and reached a jackpot of $525,660. Tickets for the Bright Nights 50/50 went on sale Nov. 18, with all proceeds supporting Burn Fund programs.
Fournier has volunteered as a counsellor at Burn Fund camps over the past 12 years.
"Now I go and do counselling after burn camp, for adults, once all the kids go home," he explained. "You know what, if you talk to anybody who's gone to burn camp, it's a very life-changing experience for kids and adults who go. It's a big extended family, with the kids and firefighters from around the province. You see these kids grow up and become nurses, all kinds of things, so it's cool that way, too, to watch them progress in life."
Established in 1978 by the BC Professional Fire Fighters' Association, the Burn Fund is supported by more than 4,000 professional firefighters from 53 communities in B.C. and the Yukon.
Bright Nights in Stanley Park, the Burn Fund's largest annual fundraising event, is a partnership between the Vancouver Park Board and the Burn Fund.
tom.zillich@surreynowleader.com
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On Tuesday, April 9th, 2019, at noon, community members and local agencies gathered at Worthington Park to recognize child victims and all victims of crime, as part of National Crime Victims' Rights Week and Child Abuse Prevention Month, with speakers and a pinwheel placement ceremony.
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