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The Seventh Dwarf

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It's the eve of Princess Rose's 18th birthday. Everyone in the kingdom has come to Fantabularasa Castle to celebrate including Snow White, the Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella and Red Riding Hood. But just before the stroke of midnight Bobo, the youngest dwarf, accidentally pricks the finger of Princess Rose (a.k.a. Sleeping Beauty) with a cursed needle and sends the kingdom into a century-long slumber!
Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : Shout! Factory, ©2015.
ISBN: 9786316108395
Characteristics: 1 videodisc (87 min.) :,sound, color ;,12 cm.
Alternative Title: 7th dwarf [dvd]

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Native Rights in Canada

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Statistics speak all too eloquently of the plight of Canada's native people: unemployment runs as high as 90 per cent on some reserves; the school completion rate is less than 1/4 the national average; suicide rates are six times the national average. Canada has its own Third World of some 1 million people.

Our Land explains how Canada's aboriginal peoples were brought to this state of deprevation, and what they propose to do about it. Author Donald Purich begins by painting a quick, compelling portrait of the vibrant pre-contact Indian and Inuit cultures. He relates the effects of European colonisation and of "Indian policy" from Confederation on, including the legacy of treaty-making. The heart of the book concerns current native rights issues: land claims, economic development, self-government and constitutional protection. A separate chapter is devoted to the special case of the M#65533;tis.
Publisher: Toronto : Lorimer, 1986.
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Waiting on Wednesday #5

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

WARNING: Would be a spoiler for the first book to read the goodreads summary. Just so you know :)

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I’m pushing aside the memory of my nightmare,
pushing aside thoughts of Alex,
pushing aside thoughts of Hana and my old school,
like Raven taught me to do.
The old life is dead.
But the old Lena is dead too.
I buried her.
I left her beyond a fence,
behind a wall of smoke and flame.

Lauren Oliver delivers an electrifying follow-up to her acclaimed New York Times bestseller, delirium. This riveting, brilliant novel crackles with the fire of fierce defiance, forbidden romance, and the sparks of a revolution about to ignite.

Hardcover, 375 pages
Expected publication: March 6th 2012 by HarperTeen (first published March 1st 2012)
Pre-Order it here.

I am very excited about this book. I loved the first one; Delirium very much :) But it ended so, so bad. And that has made me not able to re-read it again :\ I know a few spoilers about this book that I know I will not like. But I am hoping for it to surprise me :D I will read it, no matter what. <3 I hope. What are you waiting for? :)

  1. I have to read Delirium before this one comes out!!

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  2. I haven't read Delirium yet, but I have heard it's fantastic.

  3. Argh, I still haven't read Delirium. But I think I'll wait to do so until Pandemonium is released, because everyone's mad about that ending! :D Great pick!

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  4. Definitely a must wait! Cover looks different from Delirium tho, 2012 needs to come faster!

    Awesome pick!
    Here's my Waiting on Wednesday post

  5. I can't wait to read Pandemonium! The ending to Delirium was so emotional. Fantastic pick!

  6. This is the fifth time I've seen the cover in less than two hours. I like it! The story sure sounds amazing! Great choice! Thank you for sharing!

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My international celebration giveaway ends in three days! Wanted to remind you all of it, in case any of you missed it :) It is open to everyone who can get books from book depo. There will be two winners. Both winners will get one book of the selected books below. There are six possible entries; but you must be following me via GFC :) Hope you'll all enter! I adore you all. Have gotten so many new followers :)

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Friday, July 20, 2012

Cover Reveal: Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

I know this cover came out a few weeks ago. But I have been on vacation; so haven't gotten to study it until now. And oh my god. I FREAKING LOVE IT! It is stunning. Okay, I do not love it more than Cinder's cover. But it is so close. It is perfect for this series. And ohh. I just need Scarlet. I need it right now. Anyone have an ARC to share? <3 pretty please? :) Anyway. Scarlet is the sequel to Cinder, which I loved so much. Book rec by me here. Scarlet comes out February 5th 2013. I NEED IT NOW, PLEASE! Cannot wait so long. :( Sigh. I just need more Cinder and Kai, please. <3 It sounds epic. Also, adore Marissa. <3
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This book will feature Cinder and Little Red Riding Hood and will take place in France.

Cinder returns in the second thrilling installment of the New York Times-bestselling Lunar Chronicles. She’s trying to break out of prison—even though if she succeeds, she’ll be the Commonwealth’s most wanted fugitive.

Halfway around the world, Scarlet Benoit’s grandmother is missing. It turns out there are many things Scarlet doesn’t know about her grandmother and the grave danger she has lived in her whole life. When Scarlet encounters Wolf, a street fighter who may have information as to her grandmother’s whereabouts, she has no choice but to trust him, though he clearly has a few dark secrets of his own.

As Scarlet and Wolf work to unravel one mystery, they find another when they cross paths with Cinder. Together, they must stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen who will do anything to make Prince Kai her husband, her king, her prisoner.

Also! Marissa shared chapter 1 here. And USA Today shared a bit of chapter 2 here. <3 LOVE IT!

  1. I actually think I prefer this to Cinder's cover! Though to be fair, I never did like Cinder's cover. :P Scarlet looks great! I hope the book is just as good as the cover. :)

  2. Looks like some good books; thanks for sharing :)! I just found your blog and will definitely be following it from now on! I recently added some summer reading books to my new blog if you want to take a look:
    Thanks again!

  3. Love this cover! But I'm not sure how the whole Red Riding Hood meets Cinder will work out.. hopefully it'll be good, but I'm not sure I'll like it D:

  4. I've never read Cinder before (though I've been hearing AMAZING things about it!) but I must admit, the cover for Scarlet is gorgeous, and the bright red very vivid and striking, similar to that of Cinder. Thank you so much for sharing, Carina! Happy reading! <3

  5. I effing LOVE this cover... It's soooo pretty!! I so need it now!

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Saturday, April 20, 2013

In My Mailbox #77

It's just two days until I leave to go get my kitten. I cannot wait to get her :D Will be posting lots of pictures on my Instagram once I've gotten her. <3 I didn't get that much this week. But I'm happy with everything that I did get :D Still waiting for lots, though. Hih. What did you get this week?

Clockwork Princess. This is the missing one. Broken and ruined. Sigh. Last week was the replacement.
Etiquette & Espionage. Bought with Amazon giftcard. <3 It does sound pretty good. Hope I'll like it :)
Eleanor & Park. Not too happy about the ending. Still, I cannot wait to read it :) Sounds adorable.
Taken. Well. I kind of hated this book. But I still had to get a copy of it. Sigh. It is pretty, though.
The Eternity Cure. UK paperbacks. Sigh. Aren't they gorgeous? :) I loved this book very much.
The Last Echo. Paperback edition :D I really need to read all of these four books. Read one and two. <3
Legend. Gorgeous, gorgeous paperback. This book is just amazing, and I love it so much. So good.
Bitterblue. Amazing book. <3 New UK(?) paperback. I kind of love it. It's just such a good book.
Breaking Dawn Hallmark Ornament. <3 Omg. This one is just so gorgeous and perfect. I love it.
The Lord of the Rings. Hih. I had to get this. Cards :D Keychain ring. <3 I love it so much. Sigh.
Ole Henriksen. For my face :) Really expensive.. but I love it so. It's smells really, really good too.
Tangle Teezer. I don't know if this works for my hair, but I just had to give it a try :) So pretty. Hih.

I also got accepted via Edelweiss to read The Bitter Kingdom. <3 I've already read and reviewed it :) It was just so damn perfect. Sigh. Loved it.

In My Mailbox is an weekly meme made by The Story Siren.

  1. OMG that's an amazing haul :D I'm so envious of The Eternity Cure, I've only got an ebook copy

  2. Etiquette & Espionage! Yay! I'm really looking forward to that one. I hope you enjoy it, Carina. I've seen a lot of mix reviews about Taken so I think I'm going to pass on that one. I really want to read Eleanor and Park too but I'm afraid of the ending. Haha! The UK paperback of The Eternity Cure is lovely too. Hope you enjoy all these goodies, Carina! And have fun playing with your new kitten! :D

  3. I loved Taken! Though I know a lot of people didn't :P
    And I loved The Last Echo, too. I can't wait to read Dead Silence :)
    I'm looking forward to Etiquette & Espionage. Great haul, Carina! Hope you enjoy <3

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  4. I enjoyed Taken and can't wait to get to Clockwork Princess. Brandi @ Blkosiner’s Book Blog

  5. Love that paperback version of LEGEND! Such a good book, too. And I'm so jealous of THE BITTER KINGDOM, but I'm glad that you loved it!

    Hope you enjoy everything, Carina!

  6. So many great things. Lucky you:) Love the Clockwork princess cover:)

  7. I want to read all of these books so badly! Can't wait till I can get my own copies! :)

  8. Carina, I need to see a bookshelf tour soon! please? :D, I loved Eleanor & Park! I need to get my own copy too! Etiquette & Espionage was good, but not awesome.

    hope you enjoy all your books
    - Juhina @ Maji Bookshelf

  9. Wow the UK copies of Eternity Cure are so gorgeous! Etiquette and ESpionage was a fun one! I hope you love it!

  10. Ackk! How did you get Eternity Cure so early? Jealous. Jealous! Lovely haul, Carina. Enjoy everything!

  11. Yay for The Eternity Cure! I really need to buy it too...I loved it so much. Great haul Carina

  12. The eternity cure <3 I NEED IT. And Etiquette & Espionage looks great!

    Happy reading :D

  13. Clockwork Princess. Own it. Haven't read it yet. Amazing haul.

    Jennifer @ Dream Reads

  14. Wow, such great books! I got Eleanor&Park a few weeks ago, but I haven't read it yet. I've heard great things about it, though. You'll have to tell us what you think once you read it!
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GDC 60: Catechesis and Evangelization

Heading into a new chapter, let’s take stock of where we are in the big picture of the General Directory for Catechesis. Part One of the GDC covers numbered sections 34-91. In its first chapter (34-59) we looked at “Revelation and its transmission through evangelization.” Starting today with chapter II (60-76) we will examine the topic of “Catechesis in the process of evangelization.”

The Scriptures that lead off this chapter are illustrative. First the psalmist reminds us that God has done great things for the believers of history. And more, believers of today should be aware of how God has moved with grace in our own lives. Also the great teacher Apollos is lifted up as an example of effective catechesis. Apollos is well-regarded for his fervor and accuracy:

“Things what we have heard and known, that our (ancestors) have told us. We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation, the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders he has wrought” (Ps 78:3-4).
“He (Apollos) had been instructed in the Way of the Lord and being fervent in spirit he spoke and taught accurately in the things concerning Jesus” (Acts 18:25).

60. In this chapter the relationship of catechesis with the other elements of evangelization, of which it is itself an integral part, is demonstrated. Thus, firstly, the relationship of catechesis with the primary proclamation, which is realized in mission, is described. There follows an examination of the close connection between catechesis and the sacraments of Christian initiation. Then is perceived the fundamental role of catechesis in the ordinary life of the Church and its role as continuing teacher in the faith. Special consideration is given to the relationship between catechesis and the teaching of religion in schools, since both activities are profoundly inter-connected, and, together with education in the Christian home, are basic to the formation of children and young people.

Catechesis with the proclamation of the Gospel, especially in Baptism/Confirmation/Eucharist, also with the parish church, the school, and especially the domestic church. That covers a pretty wide range of ministry. Is it all strong in your parish?

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We’ll come to the hern later. It’s the coot I’m concerned with here. Have you ever looked at a coot’s feet? Most of the time, if you notice the coot at all, you just see this little black bird with the round white patch on its forehead nipping about over the water, plunging daintily now and then into the depths to come up some distance away from where it disappeared, and you think something like “neat!” and go on to admire the swans and other more spectacular inhabitants of the pool or lake. You don’t often get the chance of inspecting a coot’s feet. But if you’ve ever seen a coot out of water, you’ll know what I’m talking about.

“Feet” is really quite an inadequate expression for the accoutrements in question. Seals and similar aquatic mammals have flippers, which is nice and onomatopoeic – and there ought to be an equally fitting word to describe the appendages on the ends of a coot’s legs. What ducks and swans and geese use to paddle and waddle about on pales into insignificance besides a coot’s waders.

At first glance, the coot gives the impression of being an inconspicuous nonentity. Then you see its feet. It’s as though a country cousin come to be a wallflower at the society ball suddenly turns out to be a champion break-dancer. Totally incongruous, but wow! That’s the feeling you have when you see a coot’s feet. They just don’t fit in with the overall image. Perhaps that’s why coot tend to keep their feet well hidden under the water most of the time. You don’t see a coot floating along with one paddle raised nonchalantly over his back like the swans do. He’d probably capsize if he tried. Or else the wind would fill the surface area like a sail and blow him across the lake in record time.

It’s not just the enormous size of them, either. The shape and the colour are peculiar too. Coot’s footgear is really quite distinctive. No ducklike webbed feet for this aquatic acrobat. Perhaps that’s all that was left on the shelf when it came to handing out feet?
Sorry, mate, you should have got here earlier. There’s only the rejects from the apprentices’ ‘design-a-foot’ competition left.”
“Oh well, better than nothing, I s’pose. Do I have to do a backward double-flip when I want to get into the water?”

Or maybe they were the booby prize for some primeval water-fowl competition in the early days of evolution. It’s difficult to imagine them evolving naturally on this otherwise inconspicuous little bird.

They look as if the coot had borrowed them from someone else – the dodo perhaps – or like hand-me-downs from a bigger relative who had outgrown them. Or as if his grandmother had knitted them from her own design as a surprise for Christmas, using up all the scraps of left-over wool and deciding to prettify them with a bit of gold bobble-braid. You can almost hear his mother coaxing him into wearing them:
Come on now, put them on. They’re just like new and there’s years of wear in them yet. What do you mean, they’re too big? You can walk in them, can’t you? Just you get down into that stream and try them out!”
And the coot-child grumpily obeying, then whooping for joy once he’s in the water and finds out how fantastically efficient this unsightly equipment can be, and how well he can swim and dive now. But there’s still this lurking awareness that the other birds might gawp and poke fun, so he stays in the water most of the time and always tries to sit down so he can tuck them underneath himself when he’s on land.

Well, I managed to find a photo of a coot sheepishly showing its feet. They look like this.

English: Coot on Frozen Lake - February - Wate...

English: Coot on Frozen Lake – February – Waters’ Edge Park The Eurasian Coot, Fulica atra, also known as Coot, is a member of the rail and crake bird family, the Rallidae. For the Wikipedia entry see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_Coot (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Nursing home administrators plan, organize and oversee the functions of the health care facilities at the place they work. Their main aim is to make sure that the patients receive the high quality treatment they deserve. No matter whether you are a nursing home administrator or a health care professional, working in the field of health care is highly rewarding and challenging. After all, different medical procedures and treatments have both merits and demerits and patients have their own input and circumstances to consider. Hence considering ethics course CEUs can help you out.

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My New Year’s Eve came under attack from strong forces – Internet Experts Who Use Their Powers For Evil, Not Good.

Ambling onto a random web page, I triggered an inglorious invasion from Spyware Protection.
Predictably, I panicked, clicked on everything out-of-place and suspicious looking that I’d never seen before, and yelled for my husband, J.

At which point, something quite unusual happened.

Random moments during travel, family get togethers and shopping where control slips out of his grasp and the world goes off kilter will normally colour his every gesture with Heathcliff-like “vexatious phlegm.” Computer meltdowns are a high-risk rage inducer. But instead, he approached the screen with zen-like, problem-solving interest.

I paced around the room swearing, convinced that – while he was calmly ignoring the frenzied pop-ups every time the mouse so much as blinked, and looked for an answer – reams of child porn were being sent to my boss and my bank account was being emptied.

At intervals, the PC would emit a loud screech – like Lord of the Rings nazguls only more horrible – reinforcing the sense of omniscient forces working for ill ends. The afternoon was spent in a complicated battle, as J tenaciously went in search of others in the fellowship who could help in our quest.

As each remedy was thwarted by the evil Spyware Protectors, another solution was sought, USB sticks and laptops recruited… until the last chance Combofix was installed. Dangerous and full on, it’s a fix only for the very brave and wary, when all else is lost.

So although that wasn’t quite how I’d  imagined spending the afternoon of NYE – and he was working, too, so couldn’t really afford to take time out – I’m so pleased he managed to get one jump ahead of those who were spending so much energy on trying to take our money.

If you get a similar attack, you may find Malwarebytes or Spybot work for you, where they didn’t for us.

If you go for Combofix, be very cautious because it could affect bits of your PC that you don’t want affecting.
Thanks to Bleeping Computer and the other net geniuses out there who work to make the world a better place.

I’m off to give J a back rub and a extra large slice of Christmas cake…

Happy New Year!

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The End.

The end of the school year is upon us, Angelina’s last day is June 19.  This is not only the end to a horrendous school year, but also her last days as an elementary student.  When she started fifth grade we expected her to be attending elementary for fifth and sixth, but apparently the school district decided that all of next year’s sixth grade students would now be attending middle school, or transferred to some of the K-8 schools in the area.  I have mixed feelings about this, first because I thought I had another year of my child still being a child, and something about her graduating to middle school a year earlier than expected makes me feel apprehensive about the years to come.  I know that it shouldn’t, since regardless of what school she goes to, she is already sprouting like a little flower and no longer resembles the little girl she was a year ago.

I haven’t quite decided if it was the start of her metamorphosis that triggered the start of her life with diabetes, of if perhaps it was the insulin that she was lacking before diagnosis, that she now gets externally, that kept her from sprouting sooner.  I doubt I’ll ever really know, and regardless it’s irrelevant because it won’t change the fact that it’s happening.  It doesn’t stop me from wondering though.

I digress.  The point of all this is not that I now am living with a ‘tween, but the fact that I am apprehensive about what next school year will bring.  We’ve had some less than stellar experiences with her school this past year, partly due to her diabetes, and partly due to her behavioral issues, which are often exacerbated by her diabetes.  Anyone who’s ever seen their normally sweet tempered child have a total emotional meltdown with a high or low blood sugar know what I’m talking about…  but with Angelina, those behaviors are a dime a dozen when her blood sugar is NORMAL, they are exponentially worse when blood sugar levels are not where they should be.  I’ve explained this a million times, but the teacher asked the school nurse who said “No, that’s not blood sugar related.” and now Angelina gets punished for  behaviors she hasn’t learned to identify as high or low blood sugar, and no one seems to understand that treating the blood sugar issue will help treat the behavioral issue.

So here’s where my fear comes in…  I don’t know what to expect of middle school.  I know earlier this year when I asked for more independence for Angelina in the form of testing and treating in the classroom I was told “We usually don’t do that at the elementary level.  Maybe next year when she’s in middle school.”  or “She hasn’t shown that she’s responsible to check herself unsupervised and her teacher isn’t trained.” (An aside here… I offered SEVERAL times to give her teacher even just BASIC training and she refused saying “It’s fine, she can go to the office when she needs to.”  Nevermind that when Angelina requests to go to the office and it’s not a “scheduled” time her teacher tells her no or to wait until it’s more convenient for the class.  Hello!?!?  Basic diabetes training would tell you that DIABETES DOES NOT WAIT UNTIL IT’S CONVENIENT.  If she says she needs to go to the nurse, she needs to go to the effing nurse!)  I’m worried about teachers next year who will only have her part of the day and probably not communicating about what’s going on with her… and her being her getting upset and again being seen as a behavioral problem student.  I want her to be more independent, I want her to be able to text/call ME for advice and to relay what is going on during the day, but her current school said she’s not allowed to do that.  Will middle school be different? Or will they see a cell phone as a cell phone and again screw things up because they can’t separate Angelina from her diabetes from her ADHD/ODD and resultant behavioral issues?

I’m hoping that new school=clean slate, but at the same time that means that all the staff, teachers, administrators are new to her and don’t know how she works.  I wanted to home school her next year, but that has been put on hold.  And, if I’m being honest, I don’t really want to home school her, I just don’t want her to be in regular school anymore.  I don’t have the patience and the tenacity to be home with her 24/7, let alone spending several hours of each of those days trying to “do school”.  I have this illusion that we could make it work, but I think it may be just that- an illusion.  So, instead I am stuck in a less than favorable position of watching someone else be frustrated and impatient with her, potentially putting her in danger because they don’t understand her medical conditions, doing emotional harm to her because they don’t understand that she’s not a “bad kid” she just has “problem behaviors”.

She’s such a beautiful person and I don’t know what the right answer is to get her to adulthood and for her to be educated without losing the good person that she really is.  I feel like public school is crushing both of our souls.  I feel like her staying home with me wouldn’t necessarily be a better option.

All of this pondering on screen is a poor attempt to review her 504 plan and ready any changes that I think she will need for next year.  And it crushes me to know that the school will likely agree to the accommodations, and it scares me that we will have a repeat of this year, where everything is agreed to, but the teacher(s) don’t seem to read or follow it without many reminders… often that come AFTER some vital accommodation was previously not followed.  I feel like throwing in the towel. but in this fight, I am her voice.  I am her advocate.  I am the one who knows her and her needs more than anyone else, and I am the one who has to make sure those needs are being met.

I am a d-mom, hear me roar!

3 thoughts on “The End.

  1. My boy is headed to middle school too. I know how you feel! I was just telling my friend yesterday that his behavior is horrid sometimes and that it’s hard to distinguish between being 11, being a boy, and having diabetes.

  2. I am a person with diabetes not raising one so I acknowledge that I am totally viewing it from the outside but…

    If she has a 504 plan and the school AGREES (and signs) to the accommodations, they HAVE TO follow them. I don’t care what the teacher(s) think. The ADA has legal reps that help in situations like this. They have found that nothing changes a school’s behavior quicker than even the THREAT of a lawsuit.

    I HATE it when I hear about schools acting like that!!

    • Oh absolutely. It’s been an ongoing process this past year. The problem is that most of the people involved have done a great job. I just don’t think the teacher actually read the plan. And she was never at any of the meetings. It’s been ongoing back and forth with this. I did contact the Ada but then the endo volunteered to come to a meeting and that seemed to really bring things together on the medical side of things… But not so much in the classroom. At this point we are down to the last two weeks at that school, ever, and we will be in to the next school adventure. If things are problematic at the new school next year I have my jumping off point and the email address and phone number of a nice gentleman from the Ada legal advocacy dept.

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Cheryl Bolen is a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of Regency-set historical romances published by Harlequin Historical and Zebra Historical. Her first book, A Duke Deceived, won her the title of Notable New Author and was a runner up for the Holt Medallion for Best First Book. Her One Golden Ring won the Holt Medallion for Best Historical. Her books have been finalists for many writing awards, including the Daphne du Maurier, have been Barnes & Noble bestsellers, and have been translated into French, Portugese, Swedish, Norwegian, Italian, Polish, and Japanese.

Admitting to a fascination over dead Englishwomen, she is a regular contributor to the Regency Plume,The Regency Reader and the Quizzing Glass. Many of her interesting articles on Regency England can be found at her website, http://www.CherylBolen.com.

She holds an English/journalism degree from the University of Texas and an MS from the University of Houston. Before her first book was published in 1998, she enjoyed careers as a newspaper reporter/editor and as a public school English teacher.

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Princess Tee – Cinderella

Princess Tee – Cinderella

Dreams Do Come True

The Cinderella t-shirt was personalized for a very special Birthday girl whom likes the color pink and Disney Princesses.

To make this t-shirt I used the Happily Ever After Graphics Set and the Once Upon a Time Graphics Set from Lettering Delight. To compile the image I used the Silhouette Studio Designer Software, printed it on t-shirt transfer material and cut with the Silhouette Cameo Electronic cutter.

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Lettering Delight – Happily Ever After Graphics Set
Lettering Delight – Once Upon a Time Graphics Set

Year of the Dragon – T-shirt

Year of the Dragon custom order t-shirt.

I used black transfer vinyl and cut it out with my new Cameo Silhouette Electronic Cutter. The lettering on the t-shirt included “Year of the Dragon” and the child’s name under the black prominent dragon./p>

Order your custom t-shirt today!

Personalized Baby Onsies

I must say I completely enjoy my new Silhouette Cameo Electronic Cutter. I practically use it daily for all my crafting and/or the kids homework needs. Recently, I decided to venture into personalized tee shirts and onesies.

The first set of personalized onesies were a cute set for the preschool teacher.

An apple for the teacher with the teacher’s name and a cute little teddy bear in a pink flowered dress.

The second onesie order had a theme for the parents. For the mom inspired onesie, “Mommy’s little monkey” with a cute girlish monkey swinging from a vine. Also, the child’s name placed towards the bottom of the graphic close to the leg of the monkey. Dad’s onesie, “Daddy’s little drummer” in a pink font and the child’s name is on the bass drum under the pink star. For this set, I decided to make the box and packaged it witty red, pink and white grass (can’t think of the correct term for it).

I must remember to start taking pictures of my craft. Lately I am so excited to get the items to the customer, I completely forget to take the picture.


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The Fighting Bradfords: a belated homage

The Gala’s first theatre commission in years, The Fighting Bradfords, might not be the most memorable World War One play, but it portrays a faithful story of four forgotten brothers.

What a year it’s been for the Gala Theatre. Ever since the acrimonious departure of artistic director Simon Stallworthy, the Gala Theatre’s status has been relegated to a second division receiving venue, with very little actual theatre being programmed. I got wind of things changing around 12 months ago with the appointment of a new programming director and a renewed interest from the County Council. Things started bearing fruit earlier this year with a lot of high-profile companies coming to the theatre – there had been the odd high-profile company before, but three companies in one season (Northern Stage, Original Theatre Company and John Godber company) was new. Then came Next Up …, the inaugural scratch night, which was successful enough to become a regular thrice-yearly fixture.

Now comes The Fighting Bradfords, the Gala’s first commission. Well, sort of. Officially, this is a Durham County Council commission for a play to be performed at the Gala. The Gala is owned by the council, and theatre management is so tightly integrated into the council structures, there’s no clear line for what cultural activities in Durham County do and don’t count as the Gala’s own. In this case, the commission (along with No Turning Back over the summer) was part of a wider series of events over the county called Durham Remembers, marking the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, and the commission requested by the council was the story of four sons of the respected Bradford family. All enthusiastically signed up to fight, all were decorated for bravery – and all but one gave their lives. Continue reading

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Where are those grey remembered hills?

Northern Stage’s decision to stage Blue Remembered Hills on an empty monochrome stage is risky to says the least – but it comes off better than you might think.

Probably the most surprising thing about Blue Remembered Hills (apart from writing a play where adults play children and getting away with it – but then, this is Dennis Potter who loves to mess with your head so it’s not that big a surprise) is that this play made it to the stage at all. It was written and produced as a television play, and Potter never adapted it for the stage. On top of all this, 72 minutes is all very well for a TV programme, but it’s deadly for commercial theatre takings. And yet Blue Remembered Hills took a life of its own as a stage play and 34 years after the original screening, Northern Stage was all too eager to take this on.

The most notable feature of the play is, of course, a cast of seven seven-year-olds being played entirely by adults. This is not simply a practicality to circumvent the problems of having young children performing live on stage, but a deliberate decision on Potter’s part; because even in the screenplay – where  it wouldn’t have been too hard to have cast children – the cast is adults. There were a number of reasons, but the big one was the bring home to fact that even in young children, the pecking order, vanity and power-struggles aren’t that different to those of adults – if anything, they are even more vicious.

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Sunny San Diego

If you’ve followed this blog over the past year, you know I’m nothing but adaptive–and here is yet another adaptation to the world of Cass. In six months, I will pack up my Jeep and drive across the country to end up in sunny San Diego. Do I currently have a job out there waiting? Nope. Do I know where I am going to live? I know the general area. Do I know if I’ll have enough money to make the move? LOL. Do I know people out there? A few.

Here’s what I do know: I know that I’m going to finish my masters at San Diego State University. I know that I can find jobs (yes, plural) pretty easily. I know you meet new people every day. And I know life’s biggest rewards come from doing things that scare the shit out of you.

I am fully aware that I’m bat shit crazy….but life isn’t meant to be lived in one place, or in my case, on one coast.

AND….I am also going to be transitioning this blog away from binge eating recovery and into a lifestyle blog. I will still include fitness and health because they are a part of my life, but here you will also find fashion, travel, photography, and more! I would love some feedback on this. What would you like to see in 2018?

Journey To 27687 Steps

SUPER excited to share my journey to my very first half-marathon or 13.1 mile race. While I have always been a runner–and by that I mean incorporated it into my fitness plan–I usually don’t log more than 6-7 miles.  I will be sharing some of my weekly training plans, as well as some diet snapshots and anything else you guys want to know!

This week I am running a total of 5 times. That leaves two days for recovery, which is extremely important to any training. Continuous physical stress causes “micro-damage to the body’s tissues,” which can be problematic without adequate rest. I also suffer from Iliotibial Band Syndrome (ITBS) so I HAVE to take these breaks and weight train instead (more on that later). Additionally, research shows that recovery actually increases performance, prevents mental and physical burnout and allows you to train consistently.

Here is a snapshot of this weeks training plan:

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The varying training times are not for any specific reason. That’s just when my schedule allows me to run. However, I do generally find that I perform better in the morning on an empty stomach–everyone is different. Post-run I am refueling with 35-40 g carbohydrate and 12-15 g protein to “repair, restore and replete” (roughly 200-250 calories).

Wish me luck!!!!!!

Riding Out The Waves

Just recently I came to understand that in the past I never fully recovered because I never actually faced the anxieties I was escaping from with food. My reason for binging is not the same as anyone else’s and it’s important for my fellow bingers to understand this.  Some binge as revenge, some for biological reasons (more common with starvation), some for control, some to escape….the list goes on. My biggest challenge is learning how to ride out moments where I may feel unsafe, uncomfortable and unhappy–and it’s a f**king challenge. Last week I went 6 days without binging and let me tell you, I felt like an absolute boss. This week I was less successful.

A couple of sessions ago, my therapist explained that we can never stay in any one state for a prolonged period of time–be it hungry, angry, scared, anxious, etc. These waves of emotions eventually do pass and so we wondered why I subconsciously concluded the only way I could escape them was through food? It seems so irrational and yet, in those moments I don’t feel that I truly possess any control over my thoughts or actions. My approach for the next few weeks is timing how long I can sit with these feelings before I succumb to binging. Maybe it’s 20 minutes or 5 hours. Maybe I still binge or maybe I don’t at all. I don’t know. What I do know is that the only chance we ever have at success is simply to try.

So that brings me to the idea of the wave. I’m not a surfer. I’ve never even been on a board or that deep in the ocean for that matter (unless I was in a boat). BUT, I’ve watched enough movies to know that at the end of every wave is sunlight and if you ask a surfer, euphoria.

“Weight Talk”

I wanted to start this week by having the weight talk. It’s very common to believe that you need to reach a certain weight to be “healthy” or attractive. However, healthy looks different on everyone.

As a perfectionist, we live by things that are black and white: a grade on a paper, a trophy, a ranking at work; and a number on a scale. Those concrete objects that we let define us. I personally struggle with goals that don’t have clear success objectives. I want to know how my success is determined and what accomplishment looks like.

In therapy, I’m working on adjusting my perfectionist expectations. It terms of weight….I’ll know I’ve reached the “best” one when I’m no longer binging and focused on my life, rather than my body.

This week I challenge you to cut back on how often you weigh yourself and instead focus on how you feel. What does it look like to feel good? Write that shit down. Take note of it. Re-cultivate that environment and repeat. This is a journey to freedom and it’s uncomfortable at first. But that’s okay.

Telling Dieting to go F*** Itself

I’ve been “dieting” for as long as I can remember. Not in a chasing the latest “fad diet” way, but restricting and labeling foods. I crave control, which is ironic because binging is the most out of control experience. It’s the only time I don’t have complete control over my body and mind. Over the past year, I’ve gone months without binging. I’ve also spent weeks binging. Never fully recovered….but distracting myself enough to appear so–carefully placing band-aids if you will. My recent job triggers this cycle weekly. It’s a constant roller coaster of emotions and I’m left laying flat on my face feeling hopeless and defeated once again. Fortunately I never stay down for long so here I am, back in therapy and back sharing my journey to freedom with you.

This morning I was listening to a podcast about Intuitive Eating that inspired 3 days of telling dieting to go fuck itself (Intuitive Eating Principle #1). If you’re a chronic dieter, this might sound absolutely horrifying. Personally, I’ve reached a point where I’m willing to try just about anything. And I was curious. What would happen if I just ate what I wanted? And what does that even look like? I reasoned that anyone could do something for a day. And on day two, you only have one more day to go. Surely, I was strong enough to do this.

On Saturday morning, I will share the entire experience. By Sunday, I hope to be onto Principle #2: Honor Your Hunger.

Unapologetically Me

Most of the time, things that are worth doing are either massively inconvenient, exhausting or terrifying. For this reason, most people live a mundane life with lots of day dreams. Personally, I chase that pit my stomach. I chase chaos. And I chase evolution. I constantly feel the need to grow myself. I’ll never live the same year twice, but that’s just me. It took me a long long time to understand this about myself. Growing up, I did everything “right” so that I could ended up with a degree that would be the gateway to “a better life.”

Now I understand that there is no formula to obtaining “a better life.” Even when you do everything right, life bitch slaps you in the face. You have to recoil, regain your grounding and move forward. Again and again and again. I wish I could say that I’d be happy if I was handed this so called “better life”–the post-grad 9 to 5 job, a steady boyfriend who would be proposing in a year (HA), an apartment in my favorite city, no college debt and friends who I met for happy hour every Friday. The truth is, I wouldn’t be happy with that life. Not now anyways. I’m easily bored. I can barely find a guy who is even worth a second date. I had a desk job and looking back now, was quite possibly the gateway between occasional drinking binges (WHO doesn’t do this in their 20s?) and a full on binging disorder. How can I know my favorite city at 25?

The riskier the opportunity, the more appealing it is to me–and this next one, is absolutely horrifying. It guarantees failure, but also tremendous growth and self-flourishing. I can’t imagine a week without binging until I picture myself in this next chapter and then I can’t even imagine binging period. A image so profound to my illness that my therapist would have a field day with me. Single minded to the point of recklessness. That’s me. But tell me, who doesn’t want a chance to reinvent themselves and the world around them? Actually…a lot of people.

Millennials Are LAZY AF

I read an article today by a fellow writer and Millennial, Ryan O’Connell that concluded with, “the thing I love most about my generation—and something that rarely gets recognized—is that we’re fucking hustlers. We make it work. We get that money. We’re innovative and resourceful.” FINALLY someone is giving credit where credit is due.  He went on, “the odds may be stacked against us and yet we still find a way to triumph. I’m really getting tired of the coverage of Millennials being so one-sided. Everyone harps on how terrible and screwed up we are without recognizing all of the people who get shit on day in and day out at their so-called dream job and still power through. Bitch please.”

For the other half of the Millennials who aren’t handed keys to a BMW, a 100K starting salary and an apartment on 2nd ave–those of us who aren’t handed a fucking thing–being 20-something is nothing short of an off-kilter balancing act. We try to maintain our social life, meeting in coffee shops and spilling beers over happy hour. We slave at an underpaid job with the promise of moving up “eventually.” We go to graduate school and take out more loans because our first degree isn’t enough. Nothing is anymore. We get a second job so we can afford a 2 by 4 apartment (if we’re lucky) and more importantly, prevent going bankrupt. And when a better opportunity presents itself, we take it and are criticized for being confused or indecisive.

The reality is we do whatever we have to. We sleep less and work more. We sacrifice friendships and relationships to pursue a career that we aren’t even sure we want anymore. We pick up and change the job and life we just become accustomed to because opportunity awaits and we can’t afford to pass it up. We do all this because we have to. We’re resilient if nothing else. So to my fellow Millennials, who are underappreciated, underpaid and overworked, keep slaying. Our 30’s have to be better right?


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October 31, 2012

last minute halloween treats

Halloween  stuffed Pepper "Jack o lantern" style

Pumpkin Pie Martini

Edible eyeballs

Boo-tiful buffet

cut a little pumpkin & fill with dip or hummus.

Candy Corn Macarons

Pumpkin Cheese Ball

Frankenstein fingers:Dip the pretzel rods in white chocolate dyed green and add a sliced almond fingernail. Use a toothpick to add the knuckles.

Just add candy corn to your favorite Rice Krispies Treat Recipe.

Owl bags filled with Rollos.

Jello instant vanilla pudding - tinted green with Oreo crumble

Spooky flavored popcorn

Ghostly buddies ~ Nutter Butter cookies dipped in white chocolate. Just add eyes

Ghoul's Punch ~  Boring party drinks become spooky with the addition of dry ice. Place dry ice in a tall, heavy metal cup and set it inside a punch bowl. (Be sure the cup extends above the rim of the bowl.) Pour cold cider into the punch bowl and watch the fog drift from it. Place a tray beneath the bowl to catch any drips.

Creepy Halloween Food

Herbed (moldy) cheese

Candy Apple Martini,Pina Ghoulada ,Screwed-Up Shooter, Black Widow Martini recipes

Spiced Butternut Squash-and-Pear Soup Shooters

Pumpkin Pie Roasted Almonds

Caramel pears

Evil Eyeballs  "You looking at me?"

Easy Halloween Cake

BOO Halloween Milk Shooters
Just milk in a glass, dressed up with a drip of chocolate and some sprinkles.

Freeze some plastic spiders in your ice cubes.
They will be ready to frighten any thirsty guest!

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pumpkin fun

A variety of posh and creepy pumpkins
is all you need to get that Halloween vibe going!

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March 16, 2013

it's your lucky day!

A few little green goodies for St. Patrick’s Day!

Shamrock Chips

Use a shamrock-shaped cookie cutter to cut out
spinach flavored tortillas into this shape.
 After you cut out several,
cook them in oil and salt lightly.

Key Lime Cheesecake Bars

Key Lime Swirl Cheesecake Bars
Recipe by Sprinkle Bakes

2 cups graham crackers
8 tbsp (1 US stick) unsalted butter, melted
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line a 10×10
pan with parchment that overhangs the edges. Mix the butter and graham crackers together and press into the bottom of the pan evenly. Bake crust for 5 minutes and allow to completely cool.
2 bricks (8 oz. each) cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs plus one large egg white
2 tbsp all purpose flour
1/2 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup prepared lime curd, divided (recipe
Liquid green food coloring
Liquid yellow food coloring

Tint the 3/4 cup of lime curd with the liquid food coloring until lime-rind green.  You will use a few drops of both green and yellow food coloring.  Set lime curd aside.

Beat cream cheese and sugar in a large bowl with mixer on medium high speed until smooth.  Beat in eggs on low speed, 1 at a time.  Beat in sour cream and vanilla, then flour just until blended.  Remove 1 cup of batter and reserve.  Pour the rest of the batter over the crust.

Mix 1/2 cup of tinted lime curd with the 1 cup of reserved batter.  Place spoonfuls or dollops of this mixture in no particular fashion on top of the plain cheesecake batter.  Dollop the remaining 1/4 cup of lime curd  across the previous mixture.  Use skewer to swirl the mixtures together to create a marbleized effect.

Bake for 35 minutes at 325 degrees F.  Let cool completely in pan then refrigerate.  Lift cheesecake out of the pan with parchment overhang.  Cut into bars before serving.

Lime Curd
8 tbsp  (1 US. stick) unsalted butter,
softened at room temperature
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
2 large egg yolks
1/3 cup plus 4 tbsp. fresh lime juice

Beat butter and sugar in a large bowl using an
electric mixer. Slowly add the eggs and yolks one at a time, mixing well after each addition.  Pour in lime juice and mix again.  Expect the mixture to look curdled, this is normal.

Cook the mixture over medium heat in a
medium sized saucepan until it looks smooth (no longer curdled.) Increase the heat slightly and cook, whisking constantly, until the mixture thickens. Clip a thermometer to the side of the pan and cook until the mixture reaches 170 degrees.

Remove the curd from the heat. Transfer the curd to a bowl and press plastic wrap on the surface of the lime curd to keep a skin from forming.  Chill the curd in the refrigerator. The curd will thicken further as it cools. Covered tightly, it will keep in the refrigerator for a week and in the freezer for 2 months.

Shamrock Smoothie

Shamrock Smoothie

A healthy, all-real-food version of the Shamrock Shake.
by Gina of Running to the Kitchen blog

¼ cups Water
¼ cups Honey
½ teaspoons Vanilla Extract, Divided
15  Mint Leaves, Divided
1 cup Plain Greek Yogurt
½ cups Coconut Milk
Large Handful Of Ice
¼ cups Baby Spinach, For Color (optional)

In a small saucepan over medium heat combine water, honey, 1/4 teaspoon vanilla and 4-5 mint leaves. Bring to a boil, stirring until honey dissolves and let simmer for 3-5 minutes.
Remove from heat, set aside.

In a blender, combine the remaining ingredients. Add mint syrup once cooled. Puree in blender until smooth. Garnish with mint leaves and cacao nibs if desired.

Note: If you want it more of a “shake” consistency, once blended freeze for 30-45 minutes before enjoying.

Cute Split Peas and Candle Centerpiece

Easy to make Green Paper Chains are so festive!

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Jester & Judge Columbia Belle

Review of Jester & Judge’s Columbia Belle, a peach & mint infused cider from Stevenson Washington.  I’ve also had their American Apple and Sharp Cherry varieties.

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Cider:  American Apple
Cidery:  Jester & Judge
Cidery Location:  Stevenson WA
ABV:  5.4%
How Supplied:  four pack of 12oz bottles and 22oz bottles
Style:  American craft cider made from dessert apples, infused with peach & mint

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Availability:  likely only WA & OR

Cider Description:  We wanted to bring a soft southern hospitality to Pacific Northwest fruit.  Columbia Belle is a refined peach and mint infused cider, soft, luscious and fruit forward.  Equally at home, at the beach or at the bistro.  100% natural, 100% Pacific Northwest and chock full of good manners.

Cidery Description:  We’ll bring the Jester and you be the Judge.  At Jester & Judge we believe that balance is important in life and in cider.  It’s the foundation of our seriously whimsical attitude.  Serious about the quality of the ciders we make.  No concentrates, sorbates, artificial flavorings, colorings, or other shortcuts.  Whimsical because we have fun making the best ciders we can featuring local ingredients from the Pacific Northwest, which sometimes means snubbing our nose a little at traditional cider.

Price:  ~$2.50 for a single bottle (runs $8-9 for a four pack)
Where Bought:  Total Wine
Where Drank:  home
How Found:  Browsing, although I had heard about this variety online

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First Impression:  The first half of the bottle poured a hazy orange-pink straw yellow (pictured above).  The second half of the bottle had a crazy amount of sediment and poured a murky brown hue.  Very low carbonation.  Smells like peach, citrus, tropical fruit, mint, and a hint of apple.

Tasting Notes:  Semi-dry.  The flavor starts with a refreshing & fruity peach with hints of citrus, followed up by a cooling mint finish (the mint was less pronounced when there was more sediment).  Low tartness and acidity.  No sourness, bitterness, funk, or tannins.  Medium bodied.  Moderate length finish.  Moderate apple influence.  High sessionability.

My Opinion:  I liked this better than their American Apple and Sharp Cherry (it was more flavorful), but overall the flavor combination with the mint wasn’t really to my liking (plus generally I don’t go for fruity ciders).

Most Similar to:  I’ve had a few peach ciders, such as from Blue Mountain, Finnriver, and Black Fin.  I’ve also had a few herb-infused ciders, such as Finnriver’s Lavender Black Currant, Honey Meadow, Cranberry Rosehip, & Solstice Saffron, One Tree Lemon Basil, and J.K.’s Scrumpy Farmhouse Summer.  I’ve even had Woodchuck’s Mint cider.  However, I haven’t seen this combination before.

Closing Notes:   Columbia Belle was very refreshing and would be nice on a summer afternoon.

Have you tried Jester & Judge Columbia Belle?  What did you think?

3 thoughts on “Jester & Judge Columbia Belle

  1. I thought it was quite nice. While it’s a far cry from “traditional” English cider, it’s a nice easy-to-drink option.

    Also, I really like the tagline #YouBeTheJudge. It’s a nice change from everyone telling me what I should like.

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Thank you Blackheart!

Blackheart made a welcome return to Cilcain Village Hall on Saturday 7th September 2013, the third port of call on their biggest UK tour to date.

To a packed Hall they played previously performed songs as well as previewing some numbers from their forthcoming CD, ‘Songs from a Satellite’.  Very early on in the set was the catchy and bittersweet “Wednesday Afternoon” (which I still can’t stop singing!), followed by other beautifully observed and crafted songs, which in turn had you either jigging for joy or weeping into your wine!

Their music features keyboards and acoustic guitars and Chrissy’s gorgeous vocals, at times upbeat and energetic, at others world-weary and fragile, whilst Richard’s lovely, warm and assured vocal tones underpin and bind everything together to great effect; their voices really are a wonderful blend.

Richard also coaxed some truly evocative sounds from his guitar with the use of a violin bow, occasionally grungy and gritty, yet in the next move making it sound almost like a double bass, mellow and measured.  The mesmeric ‘song without words’, “Hey Pluto,” even intriguingly featured an empty plastic drinking bottle, used to great effect – sounds weird, but it worked!  Check it out on the new CD, released 28th October;   “The Sky and I” will be the first single release.

During the set, Chrissy and Richard went on to play the haunting “Endymion”, a song based on a story from Greek mythology, revealing that they were inspired to write this after their previous gig in Cilcain, in October of last year.  It was written in the Village Hall at the ungodly hour of 5.00 am, a time when most of us would struggle to produce anything more creative than a cup of tea!

Blackheart finished their set with an encore, performing the heart lifting and joyous “Everything You Are”, which will be the second single from ‘Songs from a Satellite’.  This is an unforgettable tune, which sees Richard delivering a deep, gutsy and hypnotic sound using the now familiar and well-used, tattered bow – fantastic!

So thank you for dropping by again, Blackheart, we look forward to welcoming you back soon, and we wish you the very best of luck with the rest of your tour!

PS Blackheart asked me to thank you all for coming along to see them and said that they really enjoyed themselves, too!

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Yuddham sharanam Review

The latest outing of Naga chaitanya’s Yuddham sharanam, opened in theatres world wide today. A debutant director Krishna marimuthu, directed this film . Lavanya Tripati played the female lead. This film marks the 10th production for Vaarahi creations.

Yuddham sharanam is the tale of a happy go lucky guy, Arjun played by Naga Chaitanya, who leads a happy life with his parents (Rao Ramesh and Revathi), sisters and girlfriend ( Lavanya Tripathi). As things are going well, a trajedy abruptly makes his life worse. In the meantime, A cut-throat criminal Naik (Srikanth), do nefarious activities in the city for his own gains. How the gangster activities effected Arjun? What is the trajedy that hits him? How Arjun would cope with the baddie? are the highlights of the film.

Krishna marimuthu weilded megaphone for the first time for David Nathan written action thriller story. Although it’s his first film, some key scenes are very well executed like an established director, especially the first half which have heart warming bond among family members. Popular writer Abburi Ravi and David Nathan tried to keep the audience intriguing with their non linear screenplay but failed to do it throughout the film. There are few impressive dialogues and go well with the audiences. The story is quite hackneyed. Pelli Choopulu music director Vivek Sagar composed the music for this thriller too. All the songs are mediocre but the back ground score in key scenes is amazing. The best thing about this film, is cinematographer, Nikith bommireddy’s work. His sense of lighting, the way he shot the scenes according to narration, is just brillaint. I felt, 140 minutes length is quite long for this film, should have been trimmed a few minutes.

After a notable hit with Ra randoi veduka choodham, Naga Chaitanya has done this film, His characterisation is somewhat similar to Gautam menon’s Saahasam Swasaga Saagipo but the stages are different. Since the young actor played similar role in SSS, You would have a deja vu. Andhala Rakshasi,  Lavanya Tripati has got a meaty role. She did it well. Rao Ramesh and Revathi lived in their characters. It’s been a long time to watch actor Srikanth in a negative role. His intensity in eyes is palpable. This is one of the good performances in his career but dialogues written for him are not upto the mark. Murali sharma and other cast members have done their job very well.

Over-all, Yuddham sharanam has a cliched revenge story blended with intriguing screenplay. It may even perplex some audiences. Heart warming bond among family members in the first half. Antagonist enthralled the viewers in the latter half with his mind game. you could once watch this action thriller to beguile your time.

Fidaa Review

After a commercial misfire with Mister, Mega prince Varun tej has teamed up with a famous director, Sekhar kammula for Fidaa. It is the tale of two love birds, who have parallely live in two different worlds. The guy name is Varun, who is a medico in US. The girl, Bhanumanthi is from a small town, Bhansuwada, India. Varun lives with his elder and little brother. One day he advised his brother to get married.

While searching for a girl, they stumble upon a village belle on a matrimonial site and decided to meet the girl. After landing in India, Varun elder brother liked the girl but wants to take the opinion of varun. Here, our protagonist finds his soul mate, who is the younger sister of bride. Bhanumanthi has her own qualms about the bridegroom. Initially, they teases each other.  Atlast, realise their feelings for each other but never express.

In the mean time, Varun’s cousin meddle in between them. Bhanumanthi misunderstand Varun’s character in an incident. She abruptly start to avoid Varun. After wedding rituals, Varun and his family go to US. He has no clue what happened with Bhanumanthi. He proposed her on WhatsApp. What happened next is the rest of the story.

It’s been a long time since Sekhar kammula made a film. This time he has come up with a fresh love story which has too many emotions and subtle messages to the society. His screen writing grabbed the eye balls of  audiences. The way he infuse telangana accent in his characters is flawless. Jeevan babu scored background music and Shakti kathik composed tunes elevated the film to next level. Vijay Prakash’s camera work is brilliant. perhaps, Producer  Dil Raju is on film making marathon. This one might be a fourth film for producer this year. Production values are too good.Editor should have been chopped off a few in pre climax.

Varun Tej has choosen a good script and he  justified it with his acting prowess. The actor is in progress to continue the legacy of his family name. Unlike regular telugu film, Fidaa has too much importance for actress, Premam girl, Sai Pallavi nailed it with her talent. She won the hearts of audiences. Harshavardhan Rane played a cameo and did it well. The other cast members have done their jobs very well.

This film brings relief to the duo, Varun and sekhar kammula. Fidaaa feel good entertainer. I recommend you must watch this film.

Reviewed by Shrinu Nakka.

Ninnu Kori Review

Ninnu Kori is the latest outing of natural star Nani, who is on consecutive seven hits at telugu cinema box office. This romantic comedy is penned by a popular writer Kona Venkat who also co-produced the film along with famous producer DVV Danayya. Adi pinnisetty played a vital role in the film and Nani’s Gentleman actress Nivetha Thomas played the female lead.

Like all great romantic comedy films, This one also has novelistic narration. It is the tale of a PhD student, Uma Maheshwar played by Nani, who falls in love with a dance aspiring girl, Pallavi (Nivetha Thomas). The boy eke out his education at university hostel with scholarship and no big income. The girl’s father owns a super market and a practical man too.

Uma maheshwar Rao has managed to become a tenant of Pallavi’s house during his campus holidays.All went well with the love birds until Pallavi’s father decided to perform her marriage with a well settled man. In the meantime, Pallavi try to persuade uma for elopement but the boy decline it owing to her father idealogy. Uma promises pallavi that he will seek her father’s consent for marriage after being settled.

Uma goes to new delhi to complete his PhD inspite of spat between lovers. In no time, Pallavi’s marriage is fixed with an NRI, Arun (Adi Pinnisetty). As Pallavi calls uma to inform about her marriage he is about to have a better career and the girl does not divulge. Atlast, Pallavi get married to Arun. you should watch what happened next on the big screen.

Directed by a debut director, Shiva Nirvana has a good creativity. The way he extracted the performances from his actors, is absolutely good. Screen writer kona Venkat narration is the soul of the film, It has the blend of balanced emotions too. Cinematographer, Karthik Ghattameni shot beautiful visuals which are more elevated by soothful music composed by Gopi sunder. Editing is too good.

Nani has been scaling the new heights with the consecutive hits. He hits the Bulls eye with his natural performance. Nivetha Thomas is the new find of telugu cinema. She is just impeccably portrayed all emotions. Adi pinnisetty played the vital role and did a great job. Murali sharma, Prudhvi and other cast members have supported well.

Love is just part of time. There are more things in life. Let’s celebrate with each memory is the theme of the movie.  You can happily watch this film with your loved ones on this weekend.

Cheliya Movie Review

After a hiatus of two years, Veteran director,Maniratnam is back to box office with another romantic entertainer, Cheliya. Popular producer, Dil Raju who aquired the rights of director’s previous film, Ok Bangaram, even produced this film in Telugu. This film also marks the  actor karthi’s first collaboration with the director. Aditi Rao Huawei played the female lead. Mozhart of madras, Ar Rahman composed the music.

The film sets in the time of Kargil war 1999. An air force  officer, Varun (Karthi) AKA VC, captured by pakistan army in an attack. Then, Varun narrates his love story to the viewers. One day he meet with an accident. A doctor, Leela ( Aditi Rao) rescued him. Eventually, Both Air officer and doctor falls for each other.Varun wants to introduce Leela to his parents on his brother wedding.The family feud leads to their break up. On the other hand, Varun makes prison break while memorizing his love story. Now the air officer wants to apologise his girlfriend. What happened next is the rest of the story.

As the film is progressing on the screen, there is one question on my mind.How is it possible for this veteran film maker to make this kind of contemporary love stories.The story written by director is a wafer thin but the execution is outstanding. The way Maniratnam manipulated his characters is a treat to watch. Another best thing about this romantic entertainer is DOP. S Ravi varman shot picturesque frames are treat to eyes. Rahman composed songs and Background music is soothful. Editor Sreekar Prasad should have been chopped off few frames in the second half. Production values by madras talkies are good.

For the first time, Karthi worked with Mani Ratnam. He nailed the role of shortair force officer.His chemistry with the female lead, Aditi Rao hyadri is superb. RJ Balaji tickled the funny bone intermittently. Rest of the cast have done their parts well.

The first half has engaging love story when it comes to the latter is all about the spat between love birds and struggle of reconciliation. This romantic entertainer screen writing might be a tedious to some section of audiences. All over, Mani Ratnam fans would treat this romantic entertainer as another feather in his cap.

Reviewed by Shrinu Nakka.

Katamarayudu Movie review.

One of the most awaited films of this year, Katamarayudu opened in theatres across all over  the world today.After a commercial misfire with Sardaar Gabbar singh, Pawan kalyan has teamed up with Gopala Gopala director Kishore pardasani AKA Dolly.Sardaar Gabbar singh producer sharath marrar shelled out his money on this commercial potboiler too. Shruthi hassan  played the female lead. This film is touted as Tamil super hit film, Ajith starrer Veeram remake. Akula shiva made some changes in the story for telugu audiences.

Katamarayudu is the story  of a powerful man in a village, Thaalapaka, Rayalaseema. Whatever he say it is like a decree to the people of that region. He lives with his four brothers played by Ajay, Krishna chaitanya, Kamaraju and Shiva balaji. They are his strength and weakness. Linga (Ali) is personal legal adviser and friend to Katamarayudu. One day a business (Pradeep singh rawat) approached rayudu for his support in an illegal business but rayudu declines it in his style. Meanwhile, Owing to things happened in his child hood, He turns out misogynist.

In the meantime, His brother falls in love with sweethearts, They don’t have courage to tell their love matter to their elder brother. Rayudu comes across a classical dancer, Avanthi (Shruthi hassan), Who is a peace lover. Rayudu brothers tried to set up the damsel with their brother and they succeed. Rayudu falls in  love with avantika so does the dancer. Avantika wants to introduce rayudu to her father who is pacifist in her village.In the meantime, A gang attacks rayudu infront of avanthi. What happened next is rest of the story.

It is like a deja vu feel to the telugu cinephiles as they watch katamarayudu on the big screen, The story is quite banal and screenplay  is cliched. Dolly exploited the stardom of the protagonist in introduction and key scenes very well but he failed to show the antagonist in the same manner. Prasad murrella shot frames are extremely good. Music  composed by Anup rubens is not up to the standards of pawan kalyan film.  Gautham raju should have scissored a few scenes in the second half.   Production values are good.

It is a one man show through out the film, Pawan kalyan screen presence is one of the positive points to this film. His mannerism  in folk song and chemistry with the female lead is a treat to watch. Shruthi hassan has got a meaty role, She did her part well.  Antagonist Tarun arrora is shown in a poor light. Rao Ramesh, Pradeep singh rawat did not do much in the film.  Versatile actor Nassar made his mark in a pivotal role.

On the whole, Katamarayudu is a treat to pawan kalyan fans who have been waiting to see their idol on the big screen. First half has a great entertainment but it doesn’t last in the latter half. However, You can watch this film for heartful laughs.

Reviewed by Shrinu Nakka.

Ghazi Movie Review

It’s been a great year for telugu film industry, Most of the films are fared well at the box office. The new outing of Rana Daggubati is a bilingual film (Hindi and Telugu) opened in theaters across the world. Ghazi is all about the under water war between india and pakistan  in 1971. Kay Kay Menon played an important role in the film along with Atul Kulkarni and Tapsee Pannu. New director Sankalp reddy directed this rare genre film in telugu cinema. This is also the first under water war film in indian cinema too.

Ghazi Opens with the voice over of Mega star Chiranjeevi narrating about the wars between India and Pakistan. In karachi, Pakistan Navy officials hatch a plan to destroy the India’s most disastrous weapon INS Vikrant. On an alert from Indian intelligence, The Navy officials deploy Captain Ran vijay singh (Kay kay menon) and Lieutenant commander, Arjun (Rana Dabbgubati) to keep an eye on pakistan nefarious activites under water and at the same time, command them to not to attack before opponent does.  They named the mission as sea sighting.

Ran Vijay singh is a very intelligent officer but he also turns hot headed  when oppponent rattles his cage. With his stubborn behaviour he was earlier suspended for two years. Meanwhile, Arjun is a disciplined officer, who oblige every rule. With the submarine, They search for opponent whereabouts under water but couldn’t able to find no clue. In the mean time, They comes across pakistan submarine called Ghazi. What happened next is the rest of the story.

Someone need a lot of courage to make this kind of film for his debut. Sankalp reddy  hits the bull eye with his debut project. He splendidly bring out the proper emotions from his characters. Most of the citizens are not aware of this battle but The writers Gunnam Gangaraju and Niranjan reddy made a brilliant effort to promulgate the unknown history to the audiences. Gunnam written dialogues especially the patriotic dialogues in the second half are too good. The best part of the film is its visuals, Madhie  who worked earlier for Srimanthudu, Jil and other films, did a fabulous job. Visuals are nothing short of a hollywood film. Musician K has composed background score gives  goosebumps to the viewers. Production values by PVP are too good.

While working with Baahubali 2 team, Rana Daggubati has done this film too, The young hulk did a fabulous job in emotional scenes. Kay Kay Menon played  an important role and stolen the hearts of viewers with impeccable acting skills. Atul Kulkarni also played a pivotal role. Tapsee did a cameo appearance. The other cast members have done their part  very well.

In the first half, Director takes time to introduce his characters and set the stage but the second half has too much intensity moments, Dialogues, firing, national anthems and outstanding performance of the protagonist. The whole cast and crew made an incredible effort and it palatable with the output. I would go with four out of five stars for this first under water war film in indian cinema.

Reviewed by Shrinu Nakka.

Singam 3 Movie Review

After a much delay in release, The third installment from singham franchise is opened in theatres today. Suriya , Anushka and Shruthi Hassan played the lead roles. Hari directed all the films. New man in the team, Harris Jairaj composed the music. The prequels had fared well.Lets see how this third part will do at the box office.

The singham kicks off with a clamour of karnataka legislativies for the solution of crimes in the state. The home minister suggested the CM to take help of neighboring state police officer, Narsimham (Suriya). In last two installments, The angry young cop solves the criminal cases in his state but this time, He posted to Karnataka as CBI agent to solve the murder case of a former commissioner who was assigned to unravel the mysteries behind crimes in the state.

               In no time, He ascertain that MSN Reddy (Saxena) is a powerful man in the area, who is also henchman of central minister (Suman). Inorder to find out the murderer of commissioner, Narsimham initially act as favouring MSN Reddy.Meanwhile, In the progress of  investigation, Suriya comes to know that Reddy is manipulated someone from Australia. Who is that man? What is the mystery behind killing a commissioner? And How the protagonist solves this case are main parts of the story.

This time, Hari has done commendable Job in script work. From the opening title till the penultimate frame, The narrative is too detailed and the effort is palatable.Like other two previous installments, Even this one has too many high octane action sequences that keep audiences on action mode. Cameraman Priyan’s work is good. Harris Jairaj composed music is not up to the mark of singham franchise.The length is too long, could have scissored a few scenes. Production values are good.

It’s a cake walk role for Suriya as he has already portrayed the same role in previous installments too.Anushka Shetty associated with the franchise from first part, she has a minimal role. New lady in the franchise, Shruti Hassan also has a small role. Female leads have nothing much to do. Anoop Thakur did a fabulous job as the antagonist.Soori comic timing is okay. Suman, Sharath Kumar, Radhika Sarath Kumar, Jay Prakash and Saxena have done their roles well.

Singham 3 would definitely embrace by the action movie lovers. Even after much delay in release, This third part also lived up to the franchise name. I will go with the three stars out of five to this latest commercial potboiler.

Reviewed by Shrinu Nakka.


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Mariah Carey to Tour With Lionel Richie in 2017!

Mariah Carey just “can’t slow down!” Mariah announced this morning that she’s hooking up with Lionel Richie to tour North America in 2017. Presale tickets are on sale now for 35 shows extending from Baltimore to Florida. The show dubbed … Continue reading

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Nicole Richie is Priceless ~~

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Class Action Defense Cases–Miedema v. Maytag: Defense Bears Burden Under Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) To Establish Subject Matter Jurisdiction

CAFA (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) Requires Defendant Prove Subject Matter Jurisdiction Supporting Removal Eleventh Circuit Holds

Removal under CAFA (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) continues to raise basic questions. On June 5, 2006, the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit addressed several of these questions in Miedema v. Maytag Corporation, ___ F.3d ___, 2006 WL 1519630 (11th Cir. 2006). The main issue presented was whether CAFA shifted the burden of proof to the plaintiff to establish that remand was proper. Before addressing that question, however, the Circuit Court joined the growing list of sister circuits to hold that 28 U.S.C. § 1453(c)(1) requires that appellate review be sought not more than 7 days after the district court order granting or denying remand, despite the statutory language of “not less than 7 days,” Slip Opn., at 5-7 (italics added, citations omitted). In the Court’s words,

to read it literally would produce an absurd result: there would be a front-end waiting period (an application filed 6 days after entry of a remand order would be premature), but there would be no back-end limit (an application filed 600 days after entry of a remand order would not be untimely).

Slip Opn., at 6-7. The Court also reaffirmed that CAFA requires that the appeal be resolved within 60 days of the granting of an application to appeal, rather than 60 days from the filing of the petition for review. Id., at 7-8.

Turning to the merits, Miedema joined the Seventh and Ninth Circuits in holding that a class action defendant bears the burden of proving removal jurisdiction: CAFA did not shift that burden to class action plaintiffs. Slip Opn., at 8-14. Miedema held that “the district court did not err by placing the burden of establishing subject matter jurisdiction on Maytag, or by invoking the rule that doubts are to be resolved in favor of remand.” Id., at 14. The Court then analyzed the evidence Maytag provided to the district court and concluded that it was insufficient to establish removal jurisdiction. Class defendants will find the Court’s analysis instructive, and it will assist class defendants in establishing subject matter jurisdiction in any federal court. For this reason, the opinion is well worth reading.

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Arbitration Class Action Defense Case-DiFiore v. American Airlines: Federal Court Rejects Defense Effort To Compel Arbitration With Class Action Plaintiffs Based On Agreement With Co-Defendant

Defense Attempt to Compel Arbitration of Class Action Claims Based on Arbitration Clause in Employment Agreement Between Plaintiffs and Co-Defendant Warranted Only “Passing Attention” and was Rejected by Massachusetts Federal Court

Skycaps filed a class action lawsuit against American Airlines and against their direct employer, G2 Secure Staff, LLC, which employs skycaps for airlines, alleging that American Airlines violated the Massachusetts Tips Law by imposing a $2 per bag service charge for passenger luggage checked at curbside. DiFiore v. American Airlines, Inc., 483 F.Supp.2d 121, 123 (D. Mass. 2007). Defense attorneys for American Airlines moved to dismiss the class action complaint on the grounds that the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 preempted the class action claims, and G2 moved to dismiss the class action on the grounds that the skycaps were required to arbitrate their claims against G2 pursuant to the terms of their employment agreement with G2. Id., at 123-24. Plaintiffs stipulated to arbitrate their claims against G2; and American argued that “at least some of the skycaps must arbitrate their claims” against American as well as G2, id., at 127. The district court denied American’s motion to dismiss, and rejected also defense arguments in favor of arbitration.

We do not here address the federal court’s discussion of the Airline Deregulation Act, or its conclusion that the class action claims were not expressly or implied preempted by the Act. See DiFiore, at 124-27. We discuss DiFiore only because of the increasing attention given to arbitration clauses in the context of class action litigation. As noted above, American sought to “piggyback” on the arbitration agreement contained in plaintiff’s employment contracts with G2. Id., at 127. The district court’s response was terse and to the point: “This Court need not give more than passing attention to this argument. The arbitration agreement, by its own terms, is limited in scope to claims arising between G2 and G2 employees…. For this reason alone, this Court rejects American’s effort to compel arbitration.” Id.

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