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The world series is fantastic. Regardless of the teams involved (as long as its not the Dodgers) I'm always interested, and watch every game.
This year was no exception, and although I pulled for the Devil Rays, I wasn't terribly upset that the Phils pulled it out.
One moment that took me by surprise, was the fact that Taco Bell decided to give all America a free taco if there were a stolen base. Given the fact that the Rays are base-thief extraordinaires, I felt the chances were pretty good that I'd get a taco. I go there once every week or so for lunch, and a free taco just sweetens the deal.
Game 1--Jason Bartlett swipes second base, and free tacos for everyone!!!
And then came the catch.
You couldn't just walk in the next day to get a free taco. They set up specific times and dates when the tacos were given out. They were not opportune times, and I didn't feel like fighting college students and homeless people in a line akin to "black Friday" at Kohls.
I mean---c'mon. Look at the advertisement from Taco Bell. Read the disclaimer at the bottom. How bad did they truly want to give out free tacos anyway?? (you can click picture to enlarge)
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Taco Bell delivers....I think....
The world series is fantastic. Regardless of the teams involved (as long as its not the Dodgers) I'm always interested, and watch every game.
11 comments:
- Prefers Her Fantasy Life said...
You just don't seem like the type to have experience with "black Friday" at Kohl's.
- October 30, 2008 at 11:13 AM
- Allison said...
You had me at Taco. I will read any post about Taco Bell.
I, too, watched the World Series regardless of the teams. Well, that's not entirely honest. Two words: Evan. Longoria.
- October 30, 2008 at 11:33 AM
- Da Old Man said...
Taco Bell has officially replaced White Castle as my unconstipator food of choice. The triple steak burrito is the fastest way to "unclog" known to man.
- October 30, 2008 at 11:45 AM
- boisebyufans said...
A sad fact: My fist time even in a taco bell was four weeks ago. Crazy I know. Now I understand why everyone loves it. Since then I have been back three times and so has my husband. It is a cheap lunch and totally delicious!!! Another sad fact: The first time I tried chili in a can was a week after my honeymoon. My husband thinks I was deprived as a child.
- October 30, 2008 at 1:13 PM
- Allison said...
I went today because it was on my mind. Bad. I can't believe someone has gone their whole life (until 4 weeks ago) without so much as a Taco Supreme (with extra sour cream).
- October 30, 2008 at 3:02 PM
- Me, You, or Ellie said...
Ha! See? That's what happens when loser teams are in charge of hte World Serious.
- October 30, 2008 at 6:42 PM
- Alex L said...
Those terms and conditions seem all right...
- October 30, 2008 at 11:10 PM
- Gary ("Old Dude") said...
you make Taco Bill's sound like fun, but unfortunately I have this phobia about barking Chihuahua's---
Gary (old dude)
- October 31, 2008 at 10:22 AM
- Matt said...
fantasy life--I'm not...but my wife goes every year, and calls me while she's in line. I giggle, and roll back over to bed.
allison--you had me at Eva Longoria...oh wait--that's not what you said. Oh well. The effect is the same.
old man--I went to purchase one of those--and then noticed it was $4.50!!! Are you kidding me?? I can't bring myself to spend that much at taco bell for one item.
boise--I will not even admit knowing you after these facts. Those are 2 of my favorite things in the world. Next you'll be saying that you've never had a Big Mac.
allison--Nachos Supreme--hold the tomatoes.
ellie--C'mon. For fans outside of the Northeast, we'd rather see someone besides NY or the Red Sox every year. It was good to see 2 teams that haven't been there for a while. Now we need the Giants to go on a tear next year.
alex--I'm glad I didn't have to find out.
Gary--you struck me as a dog guy...no??
- October 31, 2008 at 11:55 AM
- Allison said...
Agreed on the nachos supreme. However, I have gone cold turkey on those. Except when I'm drunk and don't care.
- October 31, 2008 at 12:43 PM
- Jude said...
Oh My God I Hope you said Taco Bill and not Taco Bell. I use to love Taco Bell until I worked at a tomato factory and saw the rotten tomatoes they bought for their sauce and I have never eaten another one or anything else since from there since 1998
- October 31, 2008 at 6:57 PM


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Various legendary philosophers and authors, the liked of Abraham Maslow & Tony Robbins, list the feeling and achievement of security as our number one human need – they say it's the one thing that we crave and pursue the most.
In this sense, the typical definition of security is a reliable roof over our heads and enough money and resources to sustain the minimum standard of life that we choose.
Considering the unquestionable importance and number 1 ranking of security in most of our lives, it is quite incredible that so many people do not create circumstances that match this theoretical security ranking.
Literally millions of people around the world choose to be in employment – a situation where theirs (the employees) livelihood is often dependent upon factors that are outside of their influence. If something goes wrong for the employer, the employee is often left unemployed and insecure.
In this modern world, we have all observed what can happen to employees. A change in government, a devaluation in currency, a downturn in the economy, emerging technology that eradicates the need for manual labour – these are all factors and circumstances that see people lose their jobs.
Despite the clear evidence that exists in this sense, many people still choose to play a game of Russian Roulette with their security.
I read a blog recently where someone was trying to articulate this same point as I'm making here. He used the analogy of walking on ice, over a lake. He asked "how thin is your ice?"
It's a good comparison. When we choose employment, we are placing a significant degree of trust in others. The ice may not be as thick and secure as we prefer.
Of course, there are some jobs out there that are very secure and there are some employees who are so talented that they are in great demand and can confidently go from job to job dictating their own pay.
Here in the UK, it's pleasing to see the dramatic growth in self-employment. It's even more pleasing to see that small businesses are often referred to as the cornerstone of the UK economy. In a superb article from The Telegraph, the positive economic impact of self-employed people is laid out. You can read the article here
I know many people reading this blog will relish the thoughts of self-employment but at the same time they will be nervous and even afraid to take the leap and pursue the dream. There is also a lot of fear surrounding what type of business to set up.
I fully understand these feelings. It's exactly how I felt several years ago.
I then discovered a self-employment option through what is best described as a mini franchise – whereby the intelligence, the products, the research and the training is created for you. Some people might refer to it as a 'business in a box'
This 'business in a box' is probably a fair name but it really isn't just a question of buying the box. I really did have to dedicate the time, the discipline and the commitment to the objective.
At first this was something I was easily able to do alongside my banking day job. Eventually the income was so strong that I had the confidence to quit my job and run my own company full time.
I now live a beautiful life working from my house in the country, with many of my once written goals having come to fruition in both a physical and experiential sense. I love my life.
The Direct Selling Industry in the UK provides a wonderful marketplace for people to find an alternative, self-employed career. Almost 500,000 people contribute £2 billion to the UK economy from the industry that I operate within. There is an overwhelming choice of business opportunities with an initial start-up cost of less than £200.
The research provides plenty of social proof and evidence to demonstrate how people can take control of their own career and financial destiny through self-employment.
They can do so without having to risk a fortune in creating new products and best still, they can gently phase into the new career without having to ditch the day job – until their own business has the momentum and the income to support the full transition.
The best part of my experience and journey into self-employment was that I had people to support, guide and coach me through the early days and my initial start-up cost was less than £200. I now offer the same support to new people.
There really is a better option for people that are dissatisfied with their career and who don't feel secure leaving their income in the hands of one single employer.
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The Approach…
Make eating healthy exciting, inspirational, delicious and fun!
Jane Sen has designed a unique and very effective style of creative, healthy eating. Using really fresh whole foods she has developed delicious recipes to inspire a passion for life and bring you energy and well being.
Much of the information available on the subject of diet and health can be confusing and sadly, conflicting. Jane's clear and down to earth approach will help to clarify many of the areas that can often obstruct us when we are thinking of making the change towards a healthy, enjoyable style of eating.
Jane has combined her 35 years of experience as a professional chef with up to date research into the power of nutrients to combat illness and maintain good health.
Her priorities in choosing and developing recipes are firstly, that they must taste delicious – "our food should nourish us but not be separate from the absolute joy of living" – and secondly that they are easy to produce in a modern, busy world.
Our food can play a leading role in the prevention, management and recovery from, coronary disease, strokes, high blood pressure, diabetes, asthma, exema, cancer, urinary disorders, nervous complaints and stress, reproductive problems, skin conditions, highrisk weight imbalance and infection.
One in three people in the developed world are predicted to contract cancer. We now know some of the causes of cancer. Genetic dispositions, stress, infection, environmental factors, smoking, obesity, lifestyle and diet being well researched. Often a combination of factors at a stressful period of our lives can be the trigger. Most of these causes are beyond our control – the way we eat can always be in our control.
Everybody has to eat – it�s a wonderful way to change the odds in your favour.


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Title: Dive In
My 6:00 a.m. Freshmen swim class in the depths of a Wisconsin winter taught me two very valuable lessons:
1. Dive in and the frigid water's initial shock is brief.
2. If you wade into cold water the shock is long and torturous.
And so it is for broadcast, online and print journalism's march to streaming video over IP from the field. Those who dive in and embrace new technology will evolve quickly and beat the competition. Those who wait will have a long torturous trek to catch up with their competitors.
Here's how:
News breaks. Station 1 has an IP-based streaming solution, so they dispatch a photographer immediately. There is one point of failure: the photographer. Station 1 is on the scene immediately, broadcasting live, capturing and holding viewers.
News breaks. Station 2 takes extra time to scramble talent, a photographer and a live truck. There are three points of failure: the photographer, the talent and a truck. They inevitable arrive after Station 1 and could potentially be 'roped off' by police tape, outside of the perimeter without a shot.
Why take a chance with breaking news?
Why not dispatch the solo, mobile photographer with an IP-based streaming solution, like Station 1 and send a team, like Station 2, later?
IP-based streaming solutions are not designed to completely replace talent and live trucks completely, but they are nimble enough to beat your competition to the scene and start broadcasting first.
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Labor polling echoes 1974 election
- From: The Sunday Mail (Qld)
- March 18, 2012
WHEN Anna Bligh stormed home in the last week of the 2009 state election campaign, she was regarded as thrashing her opponent, Lawrence Springborg.Then, the final Galaxy Poll before voting day gave Bligh a formidable 50 per cent to 34 per cent lead on who was performing best in that campaign. This indicates the political souffle is not going to rise twice. This is a bad poll for Bligh - whichever way you look at it.
The Labor primary vote is stuck at 30 per cent which is where it has been, within the margin of error, for the past year, while the LNP is within reach of half the vote in its own right.
The worst result for Labor was 1974 when the party finished with only 11 seats - the cricket team, as it was called - after picking up only 36 per cent of the primary vote.
If today's poll played out as a uniform swing, Labor would have another cricket team - 12 MPs, meaning someone could carry the drinks.
The poll points to most Queenslanders having made up their minds about this election long ago and the negative attacks and mudslinging of the past few weeks have done little, if anything, to change minds - although the ground war is having an impact in some seats, such as Ashgrove.
In fact, Labor's negative assault on Newman has backfired on the ALP's best - perhaps only - asset, the Premier.
In just four weeks, Bligh's satisfaction rating has gone from negative 9 (calculated by subtracting the negatives from the positives) to a whopping minus 25.
Newman's dissatisfaction rating has inched higher from 40 to 44 per cent but his positives are moving north, too. It's almost unheard of for an Opposition leader to have a satisfaction rating of 49 per cent at any time, let alone just before polling day, when opinions are polarised.
Newman's positive ratings shine through in the better premier contest in which he carries half the state.
The poll also confirms what most observers thought - the driving force on both sides is a greater dislike of the other side, rather than positive feelings towards whichever party people are voting for.
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Planning The Perfect Family Get Together
As each day passes, it soon becomes a week, then a month, and before you know it, it has been a while since you spent any quality time together with your family. With life getting in the way of the most important things, spending time with your loved ones, it's time to start planning the perfect family get together.
Planning Something Special
When a family reunion is long overdue, a get together is needed, and it's not difficult to plan. As long as you're all in the same place at the same time, that's what counts, but while everyone's together why not make a day of it and enjoy each other's company and create memories that will last a lifetime.
Lots of families decide that the best way to spend quality time together is by packing your bags and setting off on an adventure, either for a weekend away or a short break on a family holiday.
Wherever you decide to go either a luscious weekend spa at a country hotel, a week away breathing in the fresh air of the country climbing hills or a budget holiday to the nearest sun-soaked destination, a breakaway means you can enjoy family time without the drama of home life getting in the way.
Doing Something Different!
If you're planning the perfect family get together and wanting to provide something a little bit different, then a murder mystery party will defiantly be up there for nights to remember. A murder mystery event is a unique opportunity to get the family together for a night of fun and laughter. Step into another world and dress up for your chosen theme, from 1920's gangsters to Broadway or perhaps sit at the table during the mad hatter's tea party. Whatever theme you choose all your loved ones will become part of the game in a role version of whodunit? Let the entertainment come to you or take advantage of different venues and turn your reunion into a weekend of fun. Join in with an event and let actors bring the game to life while the drinks flow and you tuck into a three-course meal, then dance the night away with an after party disco. If the excitement of a fun filled murder mystery weekend sounds too interesting to miss out on but you're unable to make a venue, then don't be disappointed. Murder mystery DIY role play games are available so you can host your very own evening in the comfort of your own home. Dress up and prepare an intimate dinner for your family and loved ones and let the drinks flow. Become part of the script, search for clues and solve the mystery. A Murder Mystery evening provides a fun-filled get together for the whole family, with a difference.
A Meal Out?
A meal out at your favourite restaurant is always a treat so where better for the family to gather for a bit of a catch-up? Think back to past times and chose the restaurant that means the most to your loved ones, there's always one that's loved by all and ticks all the boxes. Perhaps centre the meal on a day trip and visit local attractions or places where special family memories have been made. Retrace your footsteps and remake a day from the past, let memories flood back and reminisce all the good times.
Revisit Old Times
If a day out isn't what you have in mind, then why not take a trip down memory lane? Invite your family around for the perfect get together and spend quality time in each other's company. Prepare a warm, comforting family meal and dig out the old photographs. Laugh and cry and be moved to tears as you share memories and stories. Why not even embark on a journey and create a family tree? Bring your ancestors to life and embrace your family history.
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As a child, Jan Fenwick loved the sunshine and the outdoors. She would roam the woods behind her home in rural Dayton, Ohio, climbing trees and even conversing with imaginary friends.
Nowadays, her favorite pastime still involves a close connection to nature. She enjoys taking children on hikes in the pastures of Stanford or on learning expeditions to the salt marshes. She's done so for nearly 35 years for Environmental Volunteers, a local nonprofit that gives children hands-on environmental education.
"I used to be a teacher, and I love the fact that I continue learning with kids," she said.
"Kids are excited and appreciative of the subjects we cover, and it's our hope that through this, they will become stewards."
When Fenwick was growing up, her parents were heavily involved with the community. "My father was a judge, and he was very giving and had all kinds of civic involvements. My mother was a psychologist, and she volunteered all her life," she said. Fenwick would go on to follow her parents' example.
After attending Middlebury College in Vermont, Fenwick continued at Stanford University to get her teaching degree. It was at Stanford that she met her husband, Bob Fenwick, who was a PhD student in electrical engineering.
"It's a funny story -- we met at a potluck at a minister's home who was hosting a 'graduate dinner.' I was attracted to him because he asked some really challenging questions of the speaker," Fenwick said.
She married Bob in 1960 and lived for three years in student housing at Stanford. Shortly thereafter, they bought a house in Palo Alto. She taught fourth and fifth grades for four years before retiring to start a family. She has two sons and a daughter.
Fenwick's first community involvement was with the League of Women Voters. Then in 1976, after her children were in grade school, she began working with Environmental Volunteers. More recently, she has been involved with the Environmental Volunteers management group helping to oversee the renovation of the Eco Center, their new headquarters, the former Sea Scout Building in the Palo Alto Baylands.
"It's a great building to use as a classroom and a learning center for our public programs," she said.
Fenwick is also deeply involved with Foothill College. She's currently a member of the Foothill Commission, which raises funds to benefit student causes and student life. The commission has raised as much as $100,000 for scholarships in the past few years, Fenwick noted.
"This college is important for the Silicon Valley because it offers an inexpensive way to train for a four-year institution," she said.
Fenwick is also a member of the board for the Community School of Music and Arts in Mountain View. The school offers arts education to grades K-6 in Mountain View, East Palo Alto and San Jose schools.
"We provide qualified instructors who visit schools which otherwise wouldn't have had the funds. We bring them the arts," she said.
Fenwick has hosted many events in her Los Altos Hills home of 24 years to fundraise for the school and other organizations, including Planned Parenthood. This year, Fenwick is board president of the Planned Parenthood Advocates in the Mar Monte region.
"Our group's aims are to elect pro-choice legislators and to educate the public of legislators' stance on abortion issues," she said.
"We also do fundraising for those legislators who support us.
"Women should be allowed to do what they choose; how could you legislate a woman's body?"
Fenwick, never one to demur from a challenge, finds it satisfying to be part of the movement striving for female autonomy. Volunteer work is also satisfying because it improves quality of life, including her own, she said.
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Newport News (Independent City), Virginia Genealogy
|Newport News, Virginia
|— Independent City —
- 1 County Information
- 2 Courthouse
- 3 History
- 4 Places/Localities
- 5 Resources
- 6 Websites
- 7 References
County Information
The City of Newport News is located in the Eastern portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia and was named for Christopher Newport, Captain of the Susan Constant, the lead ship of the 3-ship fleet that carried the Jamestown settlers to the New World in 1607[1].
For additional records, see Warwick County.
- Originally a Native American village named Kecoughtan when Sir Thomas Gates took possession of it in 1610.
- Became independent of Warwick County in 1896.
- County seat was at Denbigh until 1810 when it moved to City of Newport News.
Parent County
1896--Newport News was created in 1896 from Warwick County. [2] Warwick was later merged into, and became part of Newport News in 1958.
Record Loss[3]
For suggestions about research in places that suffered historic record losses, see:
- Burned Counties. By Michael John Neill. Online at: Family History Circle.
Populated Places
Annexed: Denbigh (merged 1958). Warwick County (merged 1958)
Communities: Colony Pines . Christopher Shores-Stuart Gardens . Denbigh . East End . Fort Eustis . Glendale . Hildenwood . Hilton Village . Huntington Heights (Overtown). Jefferson Park . Kiln Creek . Lee Hall . Menchville . Morrison (Harpersville) . Newmarket . North End . Oyster Point . Parkview . Port Warwick . Richneck . Riverside . Summerlake . Village Green . Warwick
Neighboring Counties
Isle of Wight County | James City County | Surry County | York County | City of Hampton | City of Portsmouth | City of Suffolk
Court Records
- Dunn, Richard. Warwick County, Virginia: Colonial Court Records in Transcription. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5416 P2d; digital version at Ancestry ($); and World Vital Records ($). [Includes orders 1648-1651, order book 1680, 1689-1690 court book (2), orders 1691, 1697-8, 1701, 1701, 1705, 1705, 1713-1714 and county minutes 1748-1762.]
The Old Dominion Land Company maps are posted courtesy of the Newport News Public Digital Library. The Old Dominion Land Company was the primary designer and developer of the original city of Newport Nes. The organization was chartered in 1880 and remained in business until 1948.
Civil War
Since Newport News was created in 1896 from Warwick County, Civil War records for the men of this area will be found in Warwick County military records.
Civil War Battle
The following Civil War battle was fought in Newport News.
- Daily Press Obituary Index, 1898-1988 - provided by the Newport News Public Library
Family History Centers
- ↑ https://www.nnva.gov/1738/About-Newport-News
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ Lost Records Localities: Counties and Cities with Missing Records, 4, in Library of Virginia (accessed 4 April 2014).
- ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 7 August 2012).


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The University of New South Wales Canberra (UNSW Canberra) awarded an honorary doctorate to the late Major General Michael Clifford AM CSC at this week's degree conferral ceremony.
At an event held on Monday, the University Council noted Major General Clifford's eminent service to the community and resolved to confer the degree of Doctor of the University honoris causa – the university's highest honour – to him.
At the time of his death, Major General Clifford was the senior advisor to the UNSW Canberra Rector Professor Michael Frater.
"He was an energetic advocate, not only for the roles of education and research in Defence, but UNSW Canberra's central role in them," says Professor Frater. "The great growth in UNSW Canberra's Space and Cyber Security activities and national leadership in these areas is due in no small part to his mentoring, leadership and advocacy."
Major General Clifford served more than 30 years in the military and held senior appointments during his career, including Chief of Staff to the Chief of the Defence Force during Australia's operations in East Timor in 1999, the Sydney Olympics in 2000 and Director-General Preparedness and Plans-Army in 2003-2004.
Over his career, the Major General was a key leader in the development of education and training in Defence. His final appointment in Defence was as Head of Information Capability Management within the Chief Information Officer Group, with responsibility for the conduct of both current military operations and preparing for future operations.
On leaving the Army, he moved on to senior leadership roles in the defence industry, with General Dynamics and IBM. He was the foundation chair of the UNSW Canberra Advisory Council, and later moved to the role of senior advisor at UNSW Canberra.
Major General Clifford died on 2 November 2017.


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He is colored with Prisma colored pencils and Stampington & Company had a freebie paper in their magazine designed by Sara Wilkins that I just loved so of course I popped him onto it. The little hearts were freebies in a card magazine but I cannot remember which one and the sentiment was made in Photoshop. He seems to so want his Valentine to accept, doesn't he?
Still loads of time to play with us HERE and give us a like while you are there and stay for all the fun! Rick's amazing images can be found at his stores in Etsy (dark, creep) and Zibbet (cute and those fab glam ladies!) so please take a look and bring some home! Like this little clown, digital images are not for one time use, they can be used for many projects the only limit is your imagination. Rick also has two blogs: Sparkle and Glitter and Airless Chambers where you can find tons of inspiration from the EDT.
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Friday, June 26, 2009
The Mysterious Disappearance of Agatha Christie
Her husband, Colonel Archie Christie told reporters that she was suffering from a nervous breakdown, but suspicion was immediately raised that perhaps the Colonel had done away with his wife, like one of the plots in his wife's mystery novels. For eleven days the nation was riveted as the newspapers speculated about what had happened to the author of The Mystery of Roger Ackroyd. When she was discovered at a spa in Harrogate; she claimed to been suffering from temporary amnesia. What led Agatha Christie to leave her home that cold December night? Was it a publicity stunt? Revenge against her husband? A simple misunderstanding? Even today, her biographers differ on what exactly happened during those two weeks in December 1926.
Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller (1890-1976) was born in the Victorian resort of Torquay in Devon. Her father Frederick Miller was an American from New York, although he had gone to school in Switzerland. Blessed with an independent income, he lived the life of a Victorian gentleman of leisure. Like Winston Churchill, Agatha was very proud of being half-American. She even insisted on visiting her relatives' graves in Greenwood cemetery in Brooklyn on a trip to New York, even though she had never known them. The youngest of three children Agatha was raised almost as an only child. Unlike them, she had no formal education, she was taught at home by her mother and father. When she was eleven, her father did suddenly from a heart-attack leaving the family in straightened circumstances. Instead of selling the family home, her mother let servants go, and when money became tight, rented out the house while they moved to France for a year.
At the end of 1912, she met Archie Christie at a party. He was tall, lean and intense. He immediately demanded that Agatha dance as many dances as possible with him, crossing out names on her dance card and filling his in. A whirlwind courtship followed. Archie somehow found out where she lived and showed up unannounced one day. Within days, he had asked her to marry him. Soon they were engaged, but they didn't marry until Christmas Eve 1914. Her mother Clara was suspicious of Archie. He was too good-looking, and he only had eighty pounds a year. In the army, he had trained to be a pilot, transferring to the Royal Flying Corps. Her main concern however was that Archie and Agatha were too different. While Archie was intense, Agatha was child-like and full of the zest for life. There was also the fact that Agatha was already engaged to someone else, another soldier named Reggie Lucy, although the engagement was not formal. The young couple broke up, made up, and broke up again until their sudden wedding on December 24, 1914.
During the war, Agatha worked as a nurse and then as a pharmacist where she learned all about the poisons that she would use so effectively in her mysteries. She also started her first detective novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles which she finished in 1916. However, like her short stories, the novel was rejected by several publishers. While other marriages floundered after the war was over, the Christies seemed solid. In 1919, Agatha became pregnant with their daughter Rosalind. Archie was happy that the baby was a girl, because he feared a son would be a rival for Agatha's affections. Encouraged to submit her book to one last publisher, The Mysterious Affair at Styles was finally accepted for publication by Bodley Head in a five book deal. Agatha Christie was now a published author.
Over the next few years, Agatha published several more novels, introducing Miss Marple, and Tuppence and Tommy, and short stories, each more successful than the last. The Christies bought a house in London, and then eventually moved to a house in the suburbs. Archie left the army and went to work in the city. Everything in Agatha's life seemed to be going perfectly. But in 1926 everything changed. It should have been the greatest year of Agatha's life, the book that put her on the map as an author; The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was published. However, 1926 was also the year that her mother Clara died. Ignoring her mother's advice to never leave Archie alone for long, Agatha went down to Torquay to go through her mother's things, while Archie stayed in London.
Just before they were to leave for a holiday in Italy, Archie told Agatha stunning news. He had fallen in love with a woman of their acquaintance, Nancy Neele, and wanted a divorce. Agatha pleaded with Archie to give their marriage another chance, and he reluctantly agreed, but it was clear that his heart was not in it. After twelve years of marriage, the differences between their two natures had torn them apart instead of closer together. While Agatha was social, emotional, imaginative, with a zest for life and travel, Archie was taciturn, rational, and circumspect. He hated illness or any extreme emotions. Agatha had also let herself go in the looks department, she had gained a great deal of weight, and looked older than her age. Nancy Neele, on the other hand, was young and beautiful.
On that fateful day in December, Archie had told Agatha that he was going to spend the weekend with some friends, The James, and would not be coming home. Agatha realized that the other woman, Nancy Neele, was going to also be spending the weekend. It was then that Agatha put the plan in motion that would cause such a scandal. At 9:45 that Friday night, she told her secretary that she was going out, got into the car and drove to Newland Downs where she left the car. From there, she walked back into town and caught the train to London. In London, she went shopping for a winter coat and posted a letter to Archie's brother Campbell, telling him that she was going to a spa in Yorkshire. Having set up the clues for Archie, she took a train to Harrogate and checked into the Hydro spa under the name of Theresa Neele. It was there that she planned to wait for Archie to come and find her the way that he had done fourteen years ago when they had first met.
But Archie didn't come and meanwhile the police were looking for her, suspecting foul play. Everyday, Agatha waited at the spa in Harrogate, reading the newspapers, seeing what was being said about her. The press stories initially had been small, but as her disappearance went on, and the police were convinced that it was foul play, the stories became bigger. Even though Archie's brother Campbell finally told the police that Agatha had said that she was at a spa in Yorkshire, his story wasn't believed. He had unfortunately burned the letter that Agatha had sent him although he kept the envelope. Deputy Chief Constable Kenward who was in charge of her case didn't believe his story. Even the newspapers didn't believe it, although no one thought that perhaps Agatha was traveling under an alias. Reporters discovered that Archie had spent the weekend in the country with friends and in the company of a mysterious woman. They didn't out and out name Nancy Neele but the speculation was enough for her family to be alarmed.
At any time, she could have ended the suspense but she didn't. Instead she placed an advertisement in the London Times saying that Mrs. Theresa Neele was interested in getting in touch with her relatives and they could find her at the Hydro in Harrogate. It wasn't until several of the patrons noticed the resemblance between the guest named Mrs. Neele and the pictures of Agatha in the paper that the suspense was ended. Archie arrived at the Hydro in Harrogate and issued a statement that Agatha was suffering from amnesia. Agatha was immediately whisked away from the Hydro to her sister's house which was protected by a large iron fence to keep reporters out.
When the press got wind of the fact that Mrs. Agatha Christie was not dead in a ditch but had been enjoying herself for eleven days at spa in Yorkshire, they were livid. If anyone remembers the outcry after the Runaway Bride in Georgia was found, can imagine what it must have been like in England at the time. The press was immediately suspicious of the Christie's story that Agatha had amnesia, whether temporary or otherwise. Not even several statements from doctors who apparently examined Agatha swayed the press and the public. The papers were out for blood, insisting that huge amounts of public funds had been wasted on a fruitless search for an author who wasn't even missing. Even when the police issued a statement that the search had only cost less than a hundred pounds, didn't change public opinion. Agatha, for her part, couldn't understand why people were so angry. She hadn't asked the police to look for her, in fact she had made it perfectly clear in her letter to her brother-in-law exactly where she was going.
So what really happened? Was it an elaborate publicity stunt to increase sales of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd? A revenge plot to embarrass her husband? Or was it less obvious, that Agatha had simply had an emotional breakdown, and tried a last desperate attempt to save her marriage that backfired? I'm inclined to agree with the latter theory. Christie seems to have been in a fugue state while she was in Harrogate, one part of her mind was aware of what was going on in the newspapers, but another part of her clearly thought she was Mrs. Neele. No one who was thinking rationally could have come up with such a scheme. If Agatha had been plotting one of her novels, she wouldn't have left so many holes in the plan.
Any chance that Agatha had of repairing her marriage to Archie ended once the press and the police got involved. The embarrassment and humiliation of being considered a suspect was too much for Archie. The Christies were divorced, and Archie married Nancy Neele. They had a son named Archie and lived happily until Christie's death in 1962. Agatha Christie too remarried to an archeologist named Max Mallowan, who was fifteen years younger than her. They were married until Christie's death in 1976. She disliked discussing what happened to her that December of 1926.
In 1979, a film called Agatha, starring Vanessa Redgrave as Agatha Christie, and Timothy Dalton as Archie, dealing with Christie's disappearance was released. Rosalind Christie filed an injunction to try and have the film stopped, claiming emotional distress, but the motion was denied. The film, written by Kathleen Tynan based on her book, suggested that Agatha secretly planned a dark revenge against Archie Christie that could only be averted by Wally Stanton (played by Dustin Hoffman and a completely fictional character), an ambitious American journalist who falls in love with her. The film is only available on VHS.
In 2004, Agatha Christie Her Life in Pictures was shown on the BBC, another retelling of the story of how she managed to disappear for 11 days following her husband's request for a divorce in 1926. Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley of the Harry Potter films), Olivia Williams (Rushmore, The Sixth Sense) and Anna Massey (Possession) portray the famed British author at three different stages of her prolific career. This movie is available on Netflix.
In 1996, a book by Jared Cade was published called Agatha Christie and the Eleven Missing Days. It was based on a version of events told to the author by the daughter of one of Agatha's friends. The daughter, Judith, stated that Agatha had been out for revenge against Archie because of the affair. However, the daughter was only 10 at the time of Agatha's disppearance, so the story is all hearsay. Rosalind Christie Hicks vehemently denied this version of events.
Sources include:
Agatha Christie, An English Mystery: Laura Thompson, Headline Review, 2007
11 comments:
- Marg said...
I had heard of this during a biography show or something. Can't remember now. It does seem like a very strange incident!
- June 26, 2009 at 7:59 PM
- Kerrie said...
You might like to submit this to the Agatha Christie Blog Carnival. See http://acrccarnival.blogspot.com/ for details
- June 27, 2009 at 3:27 AM
- Pam Walter said...
She has always been one of my favorite mystery writers but I didn't know much about her personal life. Am sorry to read that it was tainted by so much sadness. www.satisfiedsole.com
- June 27, 2009 at 9:32 AM
- Elizabeth Kerri Mahon said...
Thanks Kerrie. I will do that. I agree Pam, her early life was had some sadness, but she and her first husband were just not really suited to each other. I think if her marriage had broken up before her mother died, she would have had her mother to lean on.
- June 27, 2009 at 10:32 AM
- dave hambidge said...
For the non-american reader of this as ever excellent blog, you might like to jump to;
to find out more on the 2005 runaway bride of Duluth Georgia. I vaguely recall the tale from then, but little made it into the Brit press.
What a gal, eh?
- June 28, 2009 at 8:10 AM
- Aileen said...
There was an episode of the new series of Doctor Who called the Wasp and the Unicorn that dealt with that lost weekend.
- June 29, 2009 at 1:02 AM
- Elizabeth Kerri Mahon said...
Hi Aileen. I saw that episode. It was quite interesting and the actress who played Agatha did look a lot like her at that stage of her life.
- June 29, 2009 at 11:23 AM
- Leanna Renee Hieber said...
OMG I can't wait to get to that Dr. Who episode!!
Wow. How did I somehow miss this great story of old?
- July 1, 2009 at 10:36 PM
- deryik said...
there's something interesting about Agatha. While writing "murder on orient express", she stays in a hotel in istanbul, which is still very popular for that (pera palas is the name: http://www.perapalas.com/).
for those 11 days, another story is that she was in pera palas, in room 411. She was a regular customer, maybe it was made up just for marketing purposes but it's a good place to hide..
what i read several times is this story:
years after the disapperance, Warner Bros wanted to produce a movie about famous writer and they wanted to learn what happened in these 11 days. They hired a psychic, Tamara Rand. She said that the mystery was hidden in that room. In 1979, during a renovation, a worker found a key hid under the doorstep. Warner Bros offered a huge amount of money for the key but the owner of the hotel kept it for himself. So, the mystery is still unsolved. It is believed that it is all written in Christie's hidden diaries. They are still lost.
i believe, a hotel in istanbul is a great place to leave all your secrets behind and go back home.
- July 22, 2009 at 1:32 PM
- September 26, 2009 at 6:29 PM
- christoph krautgartner said...
Why does there exist no photo of Nancy Neele - the second wife of archibald Christie?
- March 1, 2013 at 3:43 AM


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Like many celebrities these days, Sven Goran Eriksson has come to be known by his first name alone. Eriksson has one other thing in common with many others at the bottom end of that particular part of the food chain, as well – he has become rather better known in recent times for proclivities that have little to do with his day job than for for what he is actually paid to do. The news this evening of his sacking from the managerial position at Leicester City, however, remains a surprise. Leicester's form has been patchy so far this season and a lot of money has been put into building a side that is capable of getting promoted into the Premier League. At the time of writing, however, his team sits in a comfortable position in the middle of the Championship and is just five points behind second-placed Middlesbrough.
Eriksson was appointed into this position in October of 2010. Leicester had endured a short stay in League One during the 2008/09 season before returning as the champions of that division, and the following season managed a place in the play-offs in the Championship. The departure of manager Nigel Pearson during the summer of 2010 saw Paulo Sousa take over in the manager's seat, but he lasted just three months in the job before getting sacked at the start of October last year, with Leicester at the bottom of the Premier League. Eriksson lifted the team to tenth place in the table by the end of the season, but results this season have again been patchy, although the statistics for this season so far can be read in two different ways – on the one hand, Eriksson only won five of this thirteen matches in charge this season but, on the other, he only lost four.
The question that many Leicester supporters will be asking themselves this season is what they should be making of comments from the BBC's Pat Murphy this season, that "They [the owners of the club] feel he lacks practical experience at this level, despite his eminence at international level." If this was a serious concern for the club, then why was he allowed to start this season in charge at The King Power Stadium? Any new manager coming into the club now is going to be broadly stuck with the squad that Sven built until the January transfer window and, whereas an incoming new manager might have had the opportunity to stamp his authority upon it before a ball could be kicked at the start of the season, he will now have to do this with just a couple of matches to spare, and quite possibly with a caretaker having tinkered with it in the meantime.
It is likely that the money given to Eriksson to spend on players will turn out to be a significant part of the reason for his dismissal, and the more money is spent on players at a club, the higher expectations rise. The Championship, however, has become an enormously difficult division to predict at any time. This season's pre-season favourites have failed to fully stamp their authority on the division, and the table is currently led by Southampton, newly-promoted from League One at the end of last season, and Middlesbrough, who have had a couple of torpid seasons since their relegation from the Premier League and who weren't widely anticipated to challenge at the very top of the table this season.
It has been reported that £20m has been put into the team at Leicester, but with a number of competitive clubs and a forty-six match season which allows room for both mistakes and for those that have stumbled to make up ground, it seems difficult to argue that this decision, with all the upheaval that it may bring to the club, may prove to be a premature one. The new manager will have an unenviable task in getting his team winning matches straight away, presumably aware that mid-table will not be satisfactory for the owners of the club. Without a period of stability, Leicester will more likely than not end up a club in a perpetual state of transition, always waiting for that new manager that will change everything. It's not a tactic that has often been successful elsewhere.
The celebrity manager, meanwhile, will be unconcerned by such matters. Eriksson has become a curiously contradictory character in recent times, perhaps more interested by the lure of money than anything else, yet often retaining something approaching an innocence about his demeanour. The rumour mill has already started linking him with the managerial position at Blackburn Rovers (even though Steve Kean remains obstinately still in his position, in spite of protests against his continuing tenure at Ewood Park), and Eriksson's departure from Leicester may give him pause for thought this evening. Meanwhile, Leicester may now go for someone with "practical experience at this level" – a list of usual suspects with which we are all familiar.
Perhaps Eriksson's appointment into the job at Leicester City is little more than a sign of the times – a big name parachuted into a job for which he was perhaps not ideally suited with the demands of instant success weighing heavily on his shoulders. Few clubs ever seem to be content with a mid-table position these days and, in spite of the fact that only two clubs can get automatically promoted into the Premier League at the end of this season, the impatience of the Leicester board suggests that they demand an unquestionable level of success that the very make up of the Championship seems unlikely to be able to deliver. In thirteenth place in a tight division, it is impossible to say with any certainty how Leicester City's season will pan out. We can say with a degree of certainty, however, that whoever it is that replaces Sven Goran Eriksson will have a race against the clock in order to bring success to the King Power Stadium.
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linuxmint by mintman
I've been using EnergyXT2 in Linux/Wine for a while now…mostly in UbuntuStudio.
Lately I've gotten into LinuxMint.
Naturally I had to have a skin that matched Mint's classic look.
Anyways…a bit derivative…apologies to the creator of Logical_254
Not sure what the policies are on that
But I liked the skin so much I wanted to share…
Considering the popularity of LinuxMint…someone might have a use for it.
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I am a terrible procrastinator.
I always I have been. I'm not sure why. I suffer from a terrible discordance between the person I'd like to be, and the person I am. In my mind, I am a true renaissance man. Artist, writer, pundit and politician. Thinker, doer, adventurer. Equally at home publishing his own fine collection of short stories or painting pretty little still-lifes for the whole world to enjoy. In reality, I fight a never ending battle against my own laziness. I have some achievements under my belt, a few things I've done I'm pretty happy with and a few ongoing projects that I really think could become something. The problem is I'm just not one of those people who finds it hard to do nothing. Some people get itchy at the idea of doing nothing, the get bored and irritable, they need to work at all times. I wish I was one of those people. I have to rely on other tactics. (Mostly guilt.) I've said it before, there are lots of things I enjoy, lots of things I quite like to do. I love the feeling of having created, of being proud of something and being able to put it out there. There are some things I love the process of. I can become totally absorbed in art. Drawing and painting would be enormous time drains, if only they paid the rent.
But getting started? Getting up in the morning with a to-do list and happily working through it until the sun sets. Working without pining for a time when I can put it all away and vegetate in front of Netflix while my waistband steadily expands. Well. I'm not that person. And I've fought against it. As a child, society helped. Go to school, do your homework, don't be late. I was kicked and shoved begrudgingly into something the resembled an organised life, but the older one gets. The longer we are left to our own devices, the less we can count on society to mould our lives into shape. When the plaster is removed, some of us turn out to be exquisitely sculpted clay, but I ended up as something squidgier. I've been trying to mould myself ever since.
The first failure was in trying to fix everything at once. I would have phases of firing on all cylinders all at once. For a while, the shape would stick. I would work hard, without stopping, on everything I wanted to achieve all at once, and tidy the house at the end of the day too. The results were predictable. My life would stop and start, I'd oscillate between moments of giddy, productive joy and utter, depressing mediocrity.
Things changed when I went into writing. At first I tried to do it all at once, I was going to write the greatest novel ever written, and I was going to do it in three months, self publish it and live off the fat cheques that followed. It didn't work out like that. I got half way through the first draft, burned out and never returned to it. My next attempt wasn't much better. Eventually I realised I just didn't have the stamina to write what I wanted to write. I was like a Sunday jogger trying to run a marathon. I switched it up, I decided to go into training. I set myself a very modest goal of writing 500 words a day. The 500 words became 1000, then 2000 and eventually 3000. (Oh how I miss those days.) It changed the way I wrote, and it changed the way I saw my own progress. For once, I'd stuck with something and I actually felt like I was growing. It affected me in other ways too, just getting up in the morning and writing first thing put a different spin on my whole day. Of course, I still kicked and screamed my way through everything else I had to do, but I had one solid goal under my belt already that day. It was a step forward. Progress, if nothing else.
Since then, when taking to something new, I've always tried to break it down into little daily goals. Little habits to build. I find it much easier to approach everything I have to do if I take it one tiny decision at a time, and at the end of the day, I can look back and see what those decisions added up to. If I let it expand, if I try too hard to worry about the big picture, I get overwhelmed. I shut down. The lazy gland kicks in and I want to hide from my to-do list. Over time, however, if I keep working at these little decisions, they become habit. The brain heads to them without thinking, until you can almost work on autopilot. After a little while, I found I was one of those people who couldn't go too long without writing before they started to get itchy feet.
I'm still a terrible procrastinator. I have to resist the tendency to slack off every day. I've had to learn that what I want, and what I think I want, aren't always the same thing. I want to draw comics and read great books, I want to tell stories and make art and connect with people through these things. But most of the time, I think I want to crash in bed and watch TV. I know I don't really want to do it, because if I give in to that temptation I end up hating myself for it. I don't feel happy again until I can work closer to that goal. I've been in a slump with writing for a few months now, I haven't written as much as I should. I've started lots of other projects, but they're all easier, more comfortable. I've let the challenging things slip while I worry about leaving my job, and where to go moving forward. It has been a while since I worked on my little habits, but I know where I need to go from here.
A little writing every day, a little blogging every day, a little around the house, and the rest will take care of itself.


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Bored of the same old VR shooter games being bandied around? Looking for something a bit different? If you are then Blasters of the universe by The Secret Location should be on your hit list.
With futuristic graphics and quirky and original game play this is certainly one of the most unique virtual reality games we've come across in quite some time. So what's it all about we hear you ask? Well the goal really is to try and beat you previous score by taking down as many enemies as possible before you get taken out yourself!
Customised weapons
Blah blah we've heard all this before – yeah well Blasters of the Universe is certainly one of the first games to enable you to build and create your own weapons … and the weaponry customisation is legendary. The amount of combinations you can choose from certainly increases the lifespan of Blaster of the universe. In this 80s looking retro shooter its not one way traffic. You have to constantly dodge, weave and duck from the enemies projectiles. Thankfully there is a shield but you still need to keep nubile enough to outmanoeuvre their bullets.
Overall the graphics are fun and frantic and reminiscent of the old Tron style films with bright blue neon everywhere. The soundtrack is thumping and works perfect with the game play. It might be a bit tough but at least it will keep you challenged.
If you have an HTC VIVE you can get early access to Blasters of the Universe from STEAM
Minimum system requirements: OS: Windows 7 SP1, Processor: Intel i5-4590, Memory: 8 GB RAM, Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 970


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Thursday, May 16, 2013
Just sayin'...
25 comments:
- Debby@Just Breathe said...
Thank you....
- May 16, 2013 at 9:50 AM
- Mama Zen said...
Excellent advice!
- May 16, 2013 at 10:15 AM
- Linda @ A La Carte said...
Tiger patted my tummy last time I was with him and asked if I had a baby in there (he was recently around a pregnant lady) and I said no, Grandma is just fluffy! I won't cannonball for sure!
- May 16, 2013 at 11:21 AM
- Janie Junebug said...
You're very wise.
- May 16, 2013 at 2:07 PM
- JDaniel4's Mom said...
I will learn from your experience.
- May 16, 2013 at 2:36 PM
- Theresa said...
Thank you for your leadership:) HUGS!
- May 16, 2013 at 2:52 PM
- Granny-Guru said...
Oh, there you go. Now, you've got me wondering if I really could still cannonball, and I rarely did it even when I was young!
- May 16, 2013 at 3:59 PM
- Ms. A said...
No worries here, I won't even put on a swimsuit, much less actually get IN the pool.
- May 16, 2013 at 4:20 PM
- Annesphamily said...
You are setting a great example for all of us Ms. Jenny! Thank you!
- May 16, 2013 at 4:59 PM
- Pondside said...
I can't promise anything. I have two grandsons and they cannot be shocked or grossed out by anything - even Nana doing a cannon ball. I should, however, ask if there was any physical injury involved in the cannonball - just in case I feel called to do one.
- May 16, 2013 at 5:26 PM
- Stef said...
You=fun grandma!!
- May 16, 2013 at 8:45 PM
- Naperville Now said...
I am sure you were spectacular.
- May 16, 2013 at 8:45 PM
- Country Wings in Phoenix said...
Good Morning Jenny Sweetie...
What a precious share this morning. You have me laughing and laughing. Just last year DH did a cannonball for the grands, we lost quite a bit of water from the pool, we won't try that one again. He also felt the pain for a week. LOL.... Luckily we don't have a slide.
I have missed blogging and have found my mojo to write again. I love reading your shares sweetie.
Have a glorious weekend. Many hugs and much love, Sherry
- May 17, 2013 at 6:35 AM
Thanks for the advice. Thank goodness we don't have a pool at this house. I would hate to embarrass myself or my family. Heh,heh.
- May 17, 2013 at 7:19 AM
- ImagiMeri said...
Silly girl, at our age we can also get hurt easily! Hey, here's a joke....why does the crease in our rear go up and down instead of side to side???? So when we go down slides we don't make a noise like (blowing through lips while flicking index finger up and down over lips)......mwhahaaaaa Ha!
Love ya'
- May 17, 2013 at 8:54 AM
- Ames said...
Ha Ha! Did you come up with your top missing? :D~Ames
- May 17, 2013 at 10:23 AM
- Splendid Little Stars said...
useful information.
- May 17, 2013 at 10:34 AM
- Sue (Someones Mom) said...
I'll skip the cannonball...but, I'm not giving up the slide, ever.
- May 17, 2013 at 11:20 AM
- Rita said...
LOL! You give good advice, woman! :)
- May 17, 2013 at 6:10 PM
- Dazee Dreamer said...
phew, you just saved me from a total day of embarrassment. You rock.
- May 18, 2013 at 7:50 AM
- Pat Tillett said...
Great advice! I seem to remember looking good in swim trunks. It could have just been a dream though...
- May 18, 2013 at 10:00 AM
- The Quintessential Magpie said...
No kidding! I can't even fathom it. You are a far braver soul than I!
- May 18, 2013 at 11:55 AM
- Busy Bee Suz said...
LOL....the slide sounds fun, but I'll skip cannon balls!!!
What? No pictoral evidence for us??
- May 19, 2013 at 12:15 PM
- Sue said...
What a picture you've painted for me...
- May 20, 2013 at 3:54 PM
- Aunt LoLo said...
I love coming by to see what you are up to...and thanks for the advice!! hahaha
- May 26, 2013 at 12:58 PM


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Yorkshire-born album designer Russell Mills has an exhibition of his work opening in Halifax this weekend. Duncan Seaman reports.
With a CV that includes commissions for some of music's most cerebral practitioners, including Brian Eno, David Sylvian and Michael Nyman, Russell Mills is one of Britain's foremost and distinctive album packaging designers.
Opening this weekend a new exhibition at The Artworks gallery in Halifax showcases 30 works that the Yorkshire-born artist produced for the album Hesitation Marks by the American electro-rock group Nine Inch Nails. It's called Cargo in the Blood.
"I'd been asked to consider having an exhibition there a while back and this commission came up soon afterwards," says the 62-year-old who is originally from Ripon.
"We did plan the exhibition a bit earlier but then had to postpone it a little bit because the work for the Nine Inch Nails project took solidly about four months of five-day working.
"And even though they originally just wanted a few images for covers I got so immersed in it I ended up doing 30 pieces. They decided they liked them so much they thought they'd release at least four of them on different album covers and different versions."
The inspiration behind this psychologically charged collection of paintings and collages – that juxtapose traditional art materials with chemicals and organic matter such as earth, blood, teeth and crushed glass – was "quite complicated", Mills says.
"Prior to getting this commission I'd kind of come to a point where I was just questioning everything I was doing to such a point where I'd reached a paralysis on analysis, if you like. I was just thinking so much about what I was trying to do and what I had done and where I wanted to go that I'd kind of stopped."
This coincided with some difficult domestic problems including dealing with his wife's alcoholism, a divorce and the death of his father.
"It kind of floored me in all sorts of ways," he says.
"The commission came about and it suddenly unlocked everything because in talking to Trent Reznor about the main period I'd worked with him before, which was the album Downward Spiral in 1994 when he was in a bad state – he was into drugs and alcohol – so this album, from conversations with him, was kind of about trying to deal with that anger, confusion, depression, all that sort of thing, so there was common ground.
"I was given licence to really explore all these ideas and feelings that I'd had in a very confused way for several years. It really was cathartic, I really just let rip with this work, that's why I produced so much."
The rest of the exhibition, called Now Then, features works that are "complementary to a lot of themes or preoccupations that central to this work for Nine Inch Nails."
Mills says he usually has good relations with the musicians who commission his work. "Generally they come to me because they trust me and they respect what I do and and they want me to do what I want to do they don't really get involved too much, which is good.
"Sometimes they're a bit more hands on and that has to be negotiated. Sometimes when they're like that it's finer because they're on a similar mental level or you share the same interests or directions, so that's easy, and sometimes people don't want to get involved at all, they're quite happy to let you get on with that."


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In my debut class, Digitally Colour Your Lettering: From Brush to Screen, I will guide you through the steps from creating your brush lettering, all the way through to exporting your file and the different ways you can use your digital lettering.
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Genome-wide association study using extreme truncate selection identifies novel genes affecting bone mineral density and fracture risk
Osteoporotic fracture is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Low bone mineral density (BMD) is a major predisposing factor to fracture and is known to be highly heritable. Site-, gender-, and age-specific genetic effects on BMD are thought to be significant, but have largely not been considered in the design of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of BMD to date. We report here a GWAS using a novel study design focusing on women of a specific age (postmenopausal women, age 55-85 years), with either extreme high or low hip BMD (age- and gender-adjusted BMD z-scores of +1.5 to +4.0, n = 1055, or -4.0 to -1.5, n = 900), with replication in cohorts of women drawn from the general population (n = 20,898). The study replicates 21 of 26 known BMD-associated genes. Additionally, we report suggestive association of a further six new genetic associations in or around the genes CLCN7, GALNT3, IBSP, LTBP3, RSPO3, and SOX4, with replication in two independent datasets. A novel mouse model with a loss-of-function mutation in GALNT3 is also reported, which has high bone mass, supporting the involvement of this gene in BMD determination. In addition to identifying further genes associated with BMD, this study confirms the efficiency of extreme-truncate selection designs for quantitative trait association studies.
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Secretary General marks 69th anniversary of NATO, thanks Canada for its contributions
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg marked the 69th anniversary of NATO's founding with an official visit to Ottawa on Wednesday (4 April 2018). Speaking alongside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Mr. Stoltenberg called the Alliance "a guarantor of peace, providing security and preventing conflict." He welcomed Canada's role as a founding member of NATO, and that Canada continues to make essential contributions to the transatlantic bond and to international security.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau
The Secretary General thanked Canada for leading NATO's multinational battlegroup in Latvia. He further thanked Canada for providing air and maritime capabilities to the Alliance; for supporting partners including Ukraine, Afghanistan and Iraq; and for working to keep gender issues high on NATO's agenda. Mr. Stoltenberg also welcomed the Canadian government's increased defence spending, and its commitment to make further increases.
Earlier in the day, Mr. Stoltenberg participated in a Town Hall event at the University of Ottawa, where he delivered remarks and engaged with students. He also met with parliamentarians and civil society representatives at an event hosted by the NATO Association of Canada and the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, marking the 69th anniversary of the Alliance.
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Surprise! Another Half-Truthful Health Claim
Many thanks to Small Bites' Twitter follower @koshtoo, who shared this photograph with me, as she believed I "would find interesting." I certainly did!
In case you are unable to see the photograph, it shows a box of Uncle Ben's Original converted white rice. The lower right-hand corner of the box features a "Supports a Healthy Heart" statement and logo.
Underneath the logo, we see:
Enriched with Vitamins and Minerals
Naturally Fat-Free
Oh, dear.
Sure. A refined grain like white rice does not add a single gram of fat to our diets, but that does not make it heart-healthy.
In fact, refined, fiberless carbohydrates like white rice raise triglyceride levels.
High triglycerides — they are a type of fat in the blood, in case you weren't sure — are a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. NOT heart-healthy!
Vitamin and mineral enrichment, meanwhile, is kind of a nutritional red flag. After all, enrichment means that most of the nutrients originally found in that food were added back in after the food underwent significant processing.
Brown rice has those exact same nutrients. Since brown rice is not processed to the same degree as white rice, they all stay in their place, without the need to enrich.
What upsets me most about this health claim is that it reinforces the myth that "low fat = heart healthy."
Remember: some of the best foods we can eat for heart-health — such as salmon, sardines, avocados, nuts, and seeds — are rich in healthy fats.


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In the middle of February we did a trip to Bulgaria, which is not really known for freeriding... because it is so far away. This time I came to the area for a Red Bull Freeride contest. I have made many friends here and they are always bringing me to the sweetest spots, with the best snow. Basically there are three big mountain chains, so you can choose out of, let's say - six very sick places. One of the best things about riding here is loneliness. In most places here except ski resorts, you won't meet anybody for the whole day. It is also perfect for riding snowmobiles, you just drop of the machine and can go wherever you want to. All of the spots are in National Parks, which is something unimaginable in nature parks all over the west Europe. If's somebody meeting you, he's happy to see some foreign and wondering what a machine do you have.
For this time we visited Seven Rilskis Lakes in the Rila Mountains. A Cabin cat is bringing you to the big hut- one of the biggest buildings I ever seen in the middle of nowhere, we were watching the Couloirs out of the windows, choosing lines and when the weather is sunny in the morning you are the first one, who is skiing. A single old short lift, long enough to bring you from the lake, where you mostly finish up your run, up to the mountain. So on a good powder day you are getting like twenty lines for about five euros a day. If you start hiking, in one hour you are able to get some serious long runs. One of the most entertaining things on the whole trip was definitely putting a speed rail up to a windlip so drop of the rail was like eight meters drop...
Wild nature, Rakyia and friendly people, that's Bulgaria.
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The AT2020 is an inexpensive electret condenser microphone that provides remarkable performance for its price. Reviewers praise the mic's smooth, flat frequency response and clear, detailed sound.
Despite its side-address design, the mic does not have a large-diaphragm capsule. Rather, the capsule measures just 16mm in diameter, and is an electret ("fixed-charge back plate, permanently polarized condenser").
The mic's self-noise is somewhat high at 20dBA. With its moderate sensitivity (14.1 mV/Pa), this mic is likely better suited to loud sources than to distant miking or quiet acoustic instruments.
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The AT2035 retains the same tonal characteristics [as the AT2020] while improving on its technical performance, by offering a flatter low-end response and significantly lower noise.
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The AT2020 is bundled with a second small-diaphragm mic, the AT2021, in the AT2041SP "Studio Pack." The AT2041SP bundle includes two stand mounts, two storage pouches, and a copy of SONAR LE recording software.
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[In] some ways it is more honest than some of its competitors in that its sound is obvious and apparent right out of the box, instead of having aspects of its response masked by electronic tuning which sometimes means that shortcomings are hidden until it's too late…
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Well, for this trip, I have not planned, nor am I prepared. I guess it's time to fly out on a wing and a prayer, but I'm all out of prayers.
I've prepped the bike with minimal preparation. Besides the hard cases, crash bars, etc, the only real additions I have put on the bike is the GPS, a Stebel air horn and some stickers. Damn flag stickers on the back don't want to stick to anything. Serves me right for buying it at the dollar store.
I've been dragging my feet getting ready for this. I think some of it may be due to the fact that I really don't want to leave Ottawa and my comfort zone. Some of it may be due to wanting to stay here with friends and family, and enjoy what time I have with them. What I do know is that I am not afraid of the unknown.
More bike porn:
Almost ready to hit the road. Bald tires, old oil and dirty. Just the way I like it.
I'm not too fond of the tank bag I put on the bike. seems the straps are too short or something. I'll ride with it like this for a bit, and maybe change it around while on the road.
This is what people will see when following me.
I am looking forward to meet people along the way, so if you're reading this and you wouldn't mind me popping in for a beer or coffee, send me an email or something and let me know. It's not the scenery that make a trip like this worthwhile, but the different people and situations along the way.
I almost had a panic attack last night trying to find all my tools that I will be bringing, knowing I'm missing some tools, and not knowing what I have to bring. Then I thought... who cares? This is an adventure bike. I'm out here to have an adventure. What better way to thrust yourself into adventure?
One definition of adventure is: "An adventure is an activity that is perceived to involve risk, danger or exciting experiences."
By not bringing all the gear, I introduce a slight risk. By being undecided on where exactly I will be in the next 6 week, I usher in excitement. Danger is ever present when riding alone... across country... on a bike.
I've thought out all the possible scenarios in my head, from bad to worse. From a broken bike, to death... I've thought it mostly through.
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Abstract: Drawing on a revised version ofHofstede's theory ofindustrialization and cultural change contained in his explanation of individualism and collectivism, the paper proposes that countries which are in the earlier stages of industrialization have a common culture that governs organizational behaviours. In-group/out-group particularist values that have been handed over from preindustrial society tend to overlay and replace impersonal and universalistic bureaucracies and market exchange typical ofindustrial society. The paper shows how these values shape the culture of organizations in Latin America, Africa and Germany around 1850. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9105
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