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5.0 out of 5 stars Compelling Introduction to a Fascinating Heroine [SPOILERS]
I've enjoyed Ms. Harris's works for years, well before this series began, and when I ran across it, I was thrilled.
My first reading, however, proved disappointing. I was used to the lighter, humorous tone of the Aurora Teagarden series and was a bit unprepared for the darker Lily Bard.
And then, I loosened up and let myself go with it, and I'm all the better...
Published on March 27 2003 by C. Hodges
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3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Beginning to a Series
The author was recommended by the same friend who got me started on Laurel K. Hamilton, although she was indicating the vampire series, not the Shakespeare one. However, in reading a bio on the author, I discovered she now lives in my hometown, so figured I'd give her Arkansas based series a try first. The heroine, Lily, shows some signs of potential "Kick Arse...
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3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Beginning to a Series,
Essay "essay27" (Arkansas, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Shakespeare's Landlord (Hardcover)
The author was recommended by the same friend who got me started on Laurel K. Hamilton, although she was indicating the vampire series, not the Shakespeare one. However, in reading a bio on the author, I discovered she now lives in my hometown, so figured I'd give her Arkansas based series a try first. The heroine, Lily, shows some signs of potential "Kick Arse Heroine Whom No One Can Defeat" syndrome, which I hope is only my wariness from the hugely disappointing Anita Blake books. However, Lily does frequently fall flat on her face, and perhaps the indications of gathering a harem will be banished in other books. As for the story, it is a nice little murder mystery, if a little too-pat and a bit unsatisfactory on the actual Whodunit. I will try the next to see if she irons out the kinks (one of which is a major geographic goof!).
5.0 out of 5 stars Compelling Introduction to a Fascinating Heroine [SPOILERS],
C. Hodges (Little Rock, AR United States) - See all my reviews
I've enjoyed Ms. Harris's works for years, well before this series began, and when I ran across it, I was thrilled.
My first reading, however, proved disappointing. I was used to the lighter, humorous tone of the Aurora Teagarden series and was a bit unprepared for the darker Lily Bard.
And then, I loosened up and let myself go with it, and I'm all the better for it. I have encountered few characters as well drawn as Lily Bard. She is an incredibly complex character, yet painted so deftly that the reader gets a full sense of her person. While it is much easier to accomplish this feat with the first-person, as is used here, Ms. Harris allows us to learn about Lily primarily through her actions and interactions with others.
The plot itself is not out of the ordinary--someone's dead, Lily is suspected, she must find the real killer before the cops close in on her, but it's the main character that makes this novel stand out. Why, oh why hasn't someone bought the movie rights to this series?!?
5.0 out of 5 stars To See or Not to See...,
Silmarwen (Huntington Beach, CA United States) - See all my reviews
To Lily Bard, the small, sleepy town of Shakespeare, Arkansas is the perfect place to hide her past. After being brutally gang raped years before, Lily has painstakingly rebuilt her life. She is now must stronger physically and is gaining confidence in her martial arts studies. However, she still disguises her looks and maintains a low profile. After all, housecleaners aren't exactly noticed. But all of that changes when she witnesses a murder...
Suddenly she is faced with a difficult choice - to share what she has learned with the police and lose her hard-won anonymity and gain unwanted attention or to pretend that she never saw anything. Then her married karate instructor starts showing a passionate interest in her and her plan of a private, well-ordered life comes unhinged. Meanwhile, the killer of an unlamented landlord is lurking nearby. And while Lily knows the inside dirt on her neighbors' dust, drawers and private lives, she must admit to a secret of her own: that in the shadow of a brutal murder, she is coming alive again...
This is a short, well-written mystery that will hook you on the Shakespeare/Lily Bard series written so ably by Charlaine Harris. Lily is a fascinating character as she is so strong/tough and yet has her softer side and her weaknesses. In short, she is human. The way she solves the murder is quite entertaining as she uses her knowledge of cleaning the various locations in Shakespeare to eliminate suspects as she goes along. I found the book to be quite humorous as Lily has a wry, dry sense of humor that is very appealing. I highly recommend this book to mystery buffs and for those who enjoyed any of Mrs. Harris' other books. It is unfortunate that books 2 & 3 in the series are out of print, but if I was able to hunt them down, you can too - its well worth it!
4.0 out of 5 stars Lily Bard is a character worth knowing.,
By A Customer
I didn't get caught up in this book for the mystery. I cared so little about the mystery that I didn't try to solve it. I was too caught up with the heroine, Lily Bard. I understand how she feels. What I went through was extremely mild compared to the horror that happened to Ms. Bard, though I was so young I didn't have a name for what happened to me. I must compliment Ms. Harris for her portrayal of a former victim (a term I prefer to "survivor" because it contains both the idea that the victimhood is in the past and that the person was wronged, which "survivor" does not -- and I know English too well to be able to convince myself that I would feel "empowered" by calling myself a "survivor", thank you very much). I find Ms. Bard's feelings about her past utterly convincing. I not only have NO problem with the decision she made during her ordeal, I applaud it (and I spit on her family for their reaction)! The only thing I didn't like about this book was the fact that a separated man didn't wait until his divorce was final before having sex with a woman other than his couldn't-be-"ex"-soon-enough wife. I am getting the sequel. (Note to Ms. Harris: These days the term is "safer sex" -- condoms aren't foolproof protection. I am glad that you bother to address the topic, though. Too many writers don't.)
3.0 out of 5 stars Engaging heroine, flawed plot,
By A Customer
Don't get me wrong: I liked Lily Bard. She's strong, private, has secrets, is self-disciplined and self reliant, keeps in good physical shape and can destroy a man with a quick karate chop. Besides, her house is obsessively neat and she brings that same sense of order to the other houses she cleans for people.
And I like Charlaine Harris' view of small town America, with its tawdry secrets and perversions. The town of Shakespeare is populated with people I know, and Lily Bard and I chuckled at how seriously they take themselves and their small passions.
But why would anyone want to kill the landlord? He was no better or worse than any of the rest of them, and his shadowy self is not finely enough drawn in this novel to provoke even the smallest curiousity about why he was mangled and his corpse elaborately hidden in the apartment complex. Lily Bard and the society she lives in are the reason I read the book with interest: the plot is superfluous at best
4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent and quick read,
Amazon Customer "ladyariane" (Bridgeport, CT) - See all my reviews
I think Harris is an excellent writer and I thoroughly enjoyed this book, the second I've read by her. I thought Lily was a very complex, fully developed and three-dimensional character, with whom I felt an immediate empathy. The other characters are as skillfully crafted and the story was both suspenseful and exciting. I read this in one evening, so I would say it's one I couldn't put down. Enjoy!
4.0 out of 5 stars An interesting start to the series.,
"celes1" (Havre de Grace, Maryland United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Shakespeare's Landlord (Paperback)
Usually the mystery genre isn't really my thing but this book is an exception. The mystery itself wasn't really anything special but the heroine is the most interesting character I've come across in a long time. I can't really say anything more about her without giving too much away. Fans of Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampire series should give this series a try.
4.0 out of 5 stars I like this author a lot...,
"jakimason" (USA) - See all my reviews
I like the works of author Charlaine Harris a lot and this book is no exception. I enjoyed this story. I thought the plot was interesting and intriguing. I liked the characters and the even-flowing dialogue. "Shakespeare's Landlord" is a story that most mystery lovers will appreciate.
3.0 out of 5 stars Good and interesting,
ProudBookWorm "jbt-wny" (Reynoldsburg, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews
I enjoyed this first book in the Lily Bard/Shakespeare series. The mystery is not one with too many twists and turns, but the characters, especially the protagonist, are nice to know. I have read each of the next four books and enjoyed each one a little bit more than the first.
3.0 out of 5 stars Nice Light Read,
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I found this book an easy read & was finished the book in an afternoon.
The characters are interresting and you can actually figure out 'who-done-it'.
It's ideal for a beach read.
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On August 21, the FCC adopted an Order providing an exemption for small cable systems from the onerous digital must carry requirements after the digital transition set for February 17, 2009. This action comes after more than a year-long campaign by the ACA, which included numerous meetings and filings with the FCC and Congress.
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In my markets, small cable operators are paying more than double the amount of money in retransmission consent fees than some of the largest operators for the same signals. Until 2005 this was not an issue, but now the broadcasters are demanding ever exorbitant prices to carry their stations. I've never been forced to raise customer rates because of broadcast carriage fee increases, but now I have a station seeking a 567 percent increase, and I don't see how I can avoid hiking them for my customers, or dropping these stations that differentiate us from our competition, thereby denying us the only slight competitive advantage we have.
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With the upcoming round of retransmission consent negotiations, we know that we'll be forced to pay fees to broadcasters for the first time, and unfortunately our customers will have to foot the bill. As a small cable operator, programming is our already largest expense by far, and we simply cannot absorb any more increases in our carriage fees.
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ResLAN: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- What is ResLAN?
- Can ResLAN be accessed from every University study bedroom?
- Can I use a wireless device in my Residence?
- How fast is a ResLAN connection?
- What will I need to do to connect my computer to ResLAN?
- Can I check my computer to see if will work on ResLAN?
- Will I need to buy a cable?
- My computer is not in English, will it be able to connect?
- How do I check if my computer is free of viruses?
- Can I connect a wired router in my room?
- Can I make a remote connection to a computer on the ResLAN network?
- Can I send print jobs to University networked printers?
- What services can I expect to get?
- Are peer-2-peer applications restricted?
- Will I be able to play online games?
What is ResLAN?
ResLAN stands for Residences' Local Area Network. It provides fast access to the Cardiff University network via both a wired or wireless connection.
By connecting to ResLAN, you are agreeing to comply with the rules as laid down by JANET and the Information Services regulations.
Please also refer to the terms and conditions of use relating to ResLAN.
Can ResLAN be accessed from every University study bedroom?
Every University-owned Residence study bedroom has a Cardiff University network point and wireless access point.
There is no separate charge for a ResLAN connection in Cardiff University Residences as this charge is included within the Residences fee. For occupants residing in Cardiff and Vale University Health Board properties, a payment to Residences finance is required before the ResLAN can be enabled. If you live in Camarthen or Pembroke House please contact Resi-Finance or telephone 029 2087 4662. Please allow 24 hours for your network to be enabled after payment has been received.
Can I use a wireless device in my Residence?
Wireless networking is available in University-owned Residences (except for Student Houses and Flats). Find out more about the wireless network and how to connect.
How fast is a ResLAN connection?
The cabled network points in study bedrooms are 100Mbit/sec Ethernet.
What will I need to do to connect my computer to ResLAN?
You can connect to ResLAN via either a wired or wireless connection. Please visit our Connecting to ResLAN web page for further details.
Will I need to buy a cable?
No, you will not need to buy a cable - it will be in your room when you arrive. Please leave the cable in your room at the end of your stay in a Cardiff University Residence.
Can I check my computer to see if will work on ResLAN?
Yes. You can test your computer using the Campus Manager Online Test. This will test your computer using the same criteria as if you were connecting on campus.
My computer is not in English, will I still be able to connect?
Yes, you will still be able to connect. Cardiff Campus Manager should work with all languages.
How do I check if my computer is free of viruses?
Before your computer will be allowed on to the Cardiff network, it will be scanned for the latest security updates and anti-virus software.
If, at any time, your computer is found to be infected with a virus, it will be your responsibility to take it away and get it cleaned; Information Services staff will not be able to do this for you but The IT Shop offers a quick and reliable (chargeable) service. You will not be able to connect to ResLAN until your computer is virus-free.
If you wish to do this yourself, you should be aware that the best way to clean your system of viruses is to re-install the operating system (first making sure you have backed up any important data/files/movies/music etc). Simply cleaning a virus using an anti-virus program may well result in future problems as you will not know what damage may already have been caused by the virus.
Can I connect a wired router in my room?
The use of equipment that offers an onward connection to other devices, for example, a router, is strictly prohibited.
Can I make a remote connection to a computer on the ResLAN network?
No, connections from external machines are restricted to protect other users on the network.
Can I send print jobs to University networked printers?
The webPrint wireless printing service enables users of the networked chargeable printing service to send print jobs from their laptop or PC to printers in different locations across the University campuses. Please note that this service is not currently available on smartphones or tablets.
What services can I expect to get?
ResLAN provides fast access to the Cardiff University network via a wired or wireless connection.
Connection to the network enables full internet access for academic use. However, in order to ensure the security of the University network, some services and applications may be blocked to protect other users.
Are peer-2-peer applications restricted?
ALL peer-2-peer sites are blocked from the ResLAN network.
Please note that if you do attempt to access a peer-2-peer application your request will be intercepted and you will not be able to connect to it.
This policy is not aimed at restricting legitimate academic investigation, therefore if you believe you have a legitimate academic reason for using a peer-2-peer application from the ResLAN network please contact your course tutor to seek approval who will forward the request on your behalf.
Will I be able to play online games?
Our priority is to offer a secure academic computing environment for all our students. Whilst we recognise that you may want to play online games, we still have to block those ports which pose a security threat and are unable to open any additional ports for game playing.
Working with the Cardiff Gaming Society, some games do now work on the ResLAN network. Please contact the Gaming Society directly with any requests for registering games consoles, or queries about this.
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Wish you had a photographic memory? Until scientists figure out how to surgically implant more grey matter into your skull, carrying a Garmin Oregon 550T in your pocket is the next best thing.
- Carry an extra set of eyes with a built-in 3.2 megapixel camera�every photo is logged with an automatic geotag, so you always know the exact location of each photograph
- Sun-friendly touchscreen navigation on a three inch diagonal screen allows you to quickly and easily negotiate surrounding topography and reconcile digital maps with geographic features.
- Comes preloaded with topographic maps for the continental US and a basemap for the rest of the world�install additional maps with the MicroSD expansion card slot.
- Additional navigational tools include a 3-axis compass as well as a barometric altimeter, which you can also use as a tool to track weather
- 850 MB of built in memory allow you to archive photos, routes and waypoints for future reference
- Take your Geocaching adventures to the next level by downloading GPX files directly to the Oregon 550T�no more paper print outs
- Share your waypoints, routes and Geocache locations wirelessly with other Oregon, Colorado and Dakota� GPS users with the push of one button
- Upload data to your computer and analyze your performance data using Garmin Connect
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Anthony Y
Love this Garmin
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I picked up the Oregon 500 because you can download Topos for free (Google it) but they may not be as accurate. Great GPS for geocaching, which means that this is accurate. I would recommend purchasing the Garmin NiMH batteries as you can go through batteries like nothing. The great thing is that the unit is designed so that you can charge it through a USB when plugged in. Awesome!
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Huge Garmin fan and love this piece to death! Have used it on many hikes and never gone wrong! Me and my hiking partner pair it with a paper map and it always helps out incredibly!!
Di Colby
what is the accuracy of this unit???
what is the accuracy of this unit???
Arthur Debowski
Accuracy/resolution is less than 3 meters.
Shawn Cash
Me and my partner have never found it to be that off at all so I say it holds true to the 3 Meters!
Anthony Y
Its going to be close to 2-3M. I was in the thick bush with overhang (so no clear sky) and we found the geocache within 2 meters.
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The BC's price is strange - Oregon 550T...
The BC's price is strange - Oregon 550T GPS on the Garmin's site runs at $499.99. What is the trick here? Has BC somehow upgraded the device?? Where does the indicated regular price of $599.95 come from?
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Backcountry will generally match the price, and in this case I'm certain they will. Just click the Chat Now (upper right) and tell them about the price discrepancy.
Beautiful, I take it while boating. Gives you time to next waypoint ect. Speed and much more and if you want you can capture a scene and return to it since your picture is positioned.
Thomas Bloess
Awesome piece of equipment
The "T" comes pre-loaded with topo maps so you don't have to go out and buy any. Compact and light weight yet still easy to use and read in most light conditions. Batteries go a bit quicker than I'd like but I have a solar charger for that. Camera isn't the best at only 3.2 mp, but I used to map my hikes with my cell phone and take pics with it too, and the camera on that is only 3.2, so no changes there. The cool thing is it tags the photos with the location and on top of that it is now a multi-use piece of equipment so you don't have to carry a GPS and a camera. Finds satellites fast, comes with a caribiner to easily clip to the back of your pack. Looks to be built tough, but I haven't tested that yet, but looks really stout.


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S.A. history captured in photos
By Steve Bennett : February 14, 2013 : Updated: February 15, 2013 12:31am
Photo By Courtesy Arcadia PublishingIn this image from the 1920s, readers of "Downtown San Antonio" can look over the shoulder of this unknown man at Alamo Plaza.
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"Downtown San Antonio" is a new book of historic photos by local amateur historians Joan Marston Korte and David L. Peche.
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This float representing Mexico was in the Parade of Nations on April 20, 1927.
Photo By Courtesy photoGardens & Villa, a California synth-pop group.
Photo By Courtesy Arcadia PublishingItalian-born Jose Cassiano moved to San Antonio in the 1820s and opened a store. Before the attack on the Alamo, he sent message on Mexican troop movements to Travis.
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A second lieutenant fresh out of West Point, Dwight Eisenhower was stationed in 1915 at Fort Sam Houston, where he met Mamie Dowd and courted her with Mexican dinners on San Antonio's West side and dancing on the roof of the St. Anthony Hotel.
Did you know that in 1912 a group called the Alamo Heroes Monument Association had plans drawn up for a soaring 802-foot monument the size of the Eiffel Tower that would have dwarfed every building around it, including the one it was meant to memorialize? (Funding fell through.) Or that Sunken Garden is sunken because it was once the site of a cement company's quarry? Or that San Pedro Park is second only to Boston Common as the oldest park in the country? Quick, what was the first restaurant on our River Walk? That would be Casa Río, founded in 1946.
These and other tidbits of San Antonio history come visually alive in "Downtown San Antonio" (Arcadia Publishing, $21.99), a slim new volume of historic photographs by San Antonians Joan Marston Korte and David L. Peché.
The authors have a book-signing from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Twig Book Shop at Pearl Brewery.
"The book is a labor of love," Korte said in a recent email. "I am passionate about my city. As I approach the autumn of my life, I wanted to leave something behind that people would enjoy. I wanted to add photos that people might not have seen and information to captions that people might not have ever heard about."
According to Peché, a 1978 Central Catholic High School graduate, many of the images in the book, broken up into eight sections such as "Missions and Churches" and "Buildings and Commerce," have never been published. A favorite photo, taken sometime in the 1920s of a man sitting on the roof of what is now Rivercenter mall overlooking Alamo Plaza, was purchased on eBay for $4.
"It was a glass slide," the native San Antonian said by phone. "It cost $80 to get it cleaned up and transferred. But it's worth it because it's a very intimate image. It's like you are looking over his shoulder. What is he thinking? What does the future hold?"
Peché said images came from friends, family members, antiques stores — a variety of sources.
"The photo of JFK at Kelly came from my mom," he said. "A lot of these photos have never or rarely been seen before. I think it's important to put them all together to give back to our city."
Gathering the images and writing the extended captions in "Downtown San Antonio," which is really about the entire city, not just downtown, took "a lot of pounding the pavement," Peché said.
In the book's foreword, Mayor Julián Castro calls the story of San Antonio "a tale of profound history, robust growth, a unique cultural blend and friendly accessibility."
"Downtown San Antonio" is a must for San Antonio history buffs, but even the authors know it's not the complete picture.
"I believe the book is well-balanced, though," Korte said. "I wish we had more room so we could have added the wonderful hospitals and the museums. I guess we will have to get to work on 'Downtown San Antonio II.'"


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The Gronkowski brothers are giving a full effort to have Zubaz take over as the official comfort gear of the NFL. But Rob Gronkowski's teammates have a different idea: onesies pajamas.
Patriots running back Stevan Ridley owns six pairs of California Christiania Republic jumpsuits, which are going for $109 a piece on the brand's official website. But whether you call them pajamas, jumpsuits, or "Teletubbie outfits," like Ridley does, he has the Patriots running back corps wearing them.
"I had to get them into the running backs room and have them try 'em out," Stevan Ridley told CBSSports. "It's just kind of a small joke, put some smiles on the faces in the locker room. It's a team thing,"
Ridley posted a photo Friday morning on his Facebook of the Patriots running back squad — Jeff Demps, Danny Woodhead, Shane Vereen, Brandon Bolden, Ridley and James Develin from left to right — all dressed in the CCR jumpsuits.
Danish entrepreneur Tonny Sorensen launched the CCR brand in 2010. Officially the one-piece jumpsuit is called a one*Z. It got a big boost in pop culture when it was featured in Willow Smith's music video for "Whip My Hair." Rihanna and Katy Perry have also worn the one*Z.
Will Ridley become an official endorser of CCR? Will the jumpsuits catch on in the NFL? Only time will tell. For now, it's a Patriots running back thing. Gronkowski isn't likely to replace his Zubaz any time soon.
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Sneak peek week!
Hi everyone, it's Lisa here! Have you missed me? I've missed all of YOU! I've been busy busy working on the website — click HERE for a video with highlights of what's new. Now I'm back, and I've got a super fun week planed with a SNEAK PEEK from our new Holiday and Clings releases EVERYDAY! WOO HOO!
What are Cling stamps, you ask? They are repositional stamps, made from the same deep-etched rubber that you've come to expect from Hero Arts. See some cling sneak peeks plus tips for using them here in this video:
Now how about ANOTHER sneak? Here's a little snippet to tease you, ha ha! This is one of my favorite new cling stamps:
Be sure to come back tomorrow when we'll reveal the whole of Sneak Peek #1, plus show a snippet of Sneak Peek #2! In the meantime, here's a little closeup to whet your appetite:
Now for the Weekly Challenge! This week's challenge will be to stamp something inspired by any of the sneak peeks. Please include at least one Hero Arts stamp on your project and then upload it to our Flickr Group by 11:59 pm PST on Sunday, August 9. Be sure to tag each challenge submission with the word "sneakyinspiration". Also! Be sure to describe what inspired you in your entry. By entering you could win a shopping spree of your choice of Hero Arts products from the NEW Hero Arts Online Store! (Shipping charges apply.) Winners will also receive a 2009 Hero Arts catalog, sent separately. The prize amounts are as follows:
- NEW! Digital Winner! (create something using a Hero Arts Digital Kit): $50
- Fresh Face Winner (someone who has not yet won a contest): $50
- Scrapbook Page Winner: $50
- 1st Place: $50
- 2nd Place: $25
- 3rd Place: $15
Here's a card that I did to show you what I mean.
This card was inspired by the following elements of Sneak Peek #1:
- Pink, red and green color combination
- Rounded corners
- The lime strip with white text at the bottom
- Gingham ribbon
- Glitter!
- Sneak Peek! Design Block Antique Flower Background (S5264)
- Butterfly Garden
- Clear Design Everyday Sayings
- Diamond Glitter Glue
- White Embossing Powder
- Small Mixed Gemstones
- Lime, Blossom Notecards
- Rose Petals Chalk Queue
- Other: Copic markers in Lipstick Red (R29), Prawn (R24), Tender Pink (RV13), Sugared Almond Pink (RV02), Begonia Pink (RV14), Lemon Yellow (Y13), Yellow Green (YG03), Chamois (E35), ribbon from my stash
Now, how about another card? The cherries in the sneak made me think of another yummy fruit — strawberries!
Other inspiration that I drew from Sneak Peek #1:
- Rounded corners
- Pink, red and green color combination
- Fruit!
- Sneak Peek! Cling Antique Brocade (CG102)
- Clear Design Everyday Sayings
- Design Block Grid
- Pumpkin Patch Chalk Queue
- Memories ArtPrint Brown
- Other: Brown marker (Sakura), white pigment ink (Colorbox), ribbon (American Crafts), Silhouette by QuicKutz (to cut the strawberry), strawberry digital image (QuicKutz, strawberry_0733), Marketing Script font from Font Squirrel
Now, how about one more SNEAK PEEK for today? Pink, red + green are a hot trend for Christmas this year, so I just had to create a card using that combination! Another thing that inspired me from Sneak Peek #1 is the shape of the area to write a message — love that brackety shape!
I love stamping a message on the inside of Hero notecards! They are white inside so the message shows up really well.
- Sneak Peek! Clear Design Lots of Merry (CL355)
- Sneak Peek! Clear Design Let the Angels Sing (CL354) - for the bird
- Design Block Grid
- Other: Copic Markers in Cadmium Red (R27), Sugared Almond Pink (RV02), Begonia Pink (RV14), Lemon Yellow (Y13), Yellow Green (YG03), Lettuce Green (YG09), Chamois (E35), Caribe Cocoa (E25), die cut frame (QuicKutz, Frame_1025 digital download), QuicKutz Silhouette
Like the sneaks you've seen so far? Then we have great news for you! Starting August 17, we are showing off all the Hero Arts new releases here on heroarts.com! You will be able to PRE-ORDER all of our new Holiday designs plus our newest release, Clings, starting on August 17. Our stylish digital catalogs will show off all 110 new designs, in addition to being available to pre-order in the online store. Yeah!
See you tomorrow when Sneak Peek #1 will be revealed, plus I'll have MORE sneak peeks to share! Can't wait!
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LAS VEGAS - Defending WAC champion Louisiana Tech has been named the favorite in the 2012 Western Athletic Conference football coaches poll announced today at the league's football preview being held in Las Vegas. Utah State was picked second, while San Jose State finished third.
Louisiana Tech finished last season with an 8-5 record and won the WAC regular season title with a mark of 6-1. The Bulldogs played TCU in last year's San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl, its second bowl game in the last four years.
Utah State was 7-6 last year and finished in a tie for second in the WAC with a 5-2 mark. The Aggies played in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl last season, its first bowl appearance since 1997.
Louisiana Tech received 36 points from the seven WAC coaches. Utah State was in second with 31 points followed by San Jose State with 24. New Mexico State was selected fourth with 22 points, followed by Idaho with 17 points. Newcomers Texas State (10) and UTSA (7) were sixth and seventh, respectively.
The following is the complete 2012 WAC football coaches' poll (coaches were not allowed to vote for their own teams):
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Step 1: The amount of willow used to make the kayak.
Step 2: Some of the willow is twisted into ribs. Some into stringers.
Step 3: You can tie the willow together but it is faster to use wire and a visegrip.
Step 5: Ribs Joined to Stringers
Step 6: Completed frame.
Step 7: A blue tarp, 12' by 9', was used to cover the frame.
Step 8: The boat turned out great! It handles well in the water,
Step 9: Only 22 lbs!!
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012
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Thank you all!! Update KJ is doing a lot better!! And guess what?!?! It's been raining so he hasn't been back to swim class LOL. WOW that's crazy!! I also got on the scale again today and I am down another .6 oz. I'm mad because I was down to 18... Read more
Monday, August 13, 2012
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Hello everyone, Last week was a trip. Well Monday I had a Chiro visit that went good. Then Wed I was able to sign my son up for swimming classes but because they had already started, I needed to bring him that day. So I did. And he did a great j... Read more
Tuesday, August 07, 2012
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Hello my SP family. Sorry I haven't blogged or anything in such awhile but things are good! I haven't lost anymore weight, but I am still doing my weight watchers and working out. I think I have over did it with my extra activity points. I shoul... Read more
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
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I'm late blogging. I was such a pig father's day weekend. I will confess! Saturday morning I did good. I had a smart ones french toast breakfast. Didn't eat lunch because of a lot of running around. Then we took hubby to Perkins for dinner becau... Read more
Friday, June 15, 2012
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I am sooo excited!!! ok, I have 2 pairs of jeans that I brought last year from the thrift store. I was on my weight loss journey and doing pretty good. After about 3 months, my size 18 jeans were really way to big. So I went to the thrift store ... Read more
Thursday, June 14, 2012
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I haven't blogged in awhile. Everything is still going good. I'm down to 195.6 as of Monday. I was able to put my belt in the next hole back! Read more
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012
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I am officially out of the 200's. I now weigh 198!! I am soooo excited! Last year it took me forever just to loose 10 lbs. I think it was because I was very impatient and I wasn't happy with a lot of things.
But I love my new way of eating. I ... Read more
Monday, May 21, 2012
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I am so feeling good!! I am almost out of the 200's!! I can't wait to kiss them goodbye! I have been loving my weight watchers. The first time I was on it I hated it. But now their new plus system is awesome. I like to eat clean at least 80% of ... Read more
Monday, May 14, 2012
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I had an awesome Mother's Day weekend!! I didn't think I would seeing that my mother-in-law is not here with us anymore. I thought it was going to be really hard on my husband and brother-in-law but they held up very well. Hubby did have some qu... Read more
Thursday, May 03, 2012
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I saw this on a team's page! This says it all!!! I LOVE IT!!!... Read more
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
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wow this week went by fast! And it was a great one health and eating wise. I walked everyday except Friday and Sat. Friday my boss got sick so I worked through my lunch to help her. Then Sat my family and I went to a drive and decided to stop at... Read more
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
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Hello, I have been getting such great comments and advice on my blogs! Thank you family!! Your comments are helping me realize that I am on the right track!
It's been ok so far. I was fighting an ear infection this weekend into the week but it... Read more
Monday, April 23, 2012
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Ok today is day 1 of my journey to living a healthy life style. I pray that today is also the last day of me falling off the wagon. Most of us start our healthy eating (diets for some of us...me in the past) when everything is hunky-dory! The sk... Read more
Friday, April 20, 2012
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The last five years have seen a dramatic change in mental health awareness. Paul Farmer explores the best way for boards and chief executives to deal with mental health problems.
Steve Harper advises a trustee who would like some more financial information from the executive before decisions are made.
Edward Finch advises a chair on the legality of 'unrestricting' pots of restricted funds that are 'sitting around doing nothing'.
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Three years after starting a governance restructuring programme, key players at the Education Support Network describe how it was done.
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Fremont Oktoberfest
The Fremont Oktoberfest is a beer-drinking, knowledge-learning, and even family-friendly festival happening in late September. This blog will help the seasoned veterans and the newbies experience the Fremont Oktoberfest to its absolute fullest.
Monthly Archive for August, 2014
Fremont Oktoberfest Fashion Police
Oktoberfest doesn't just suggest dressing up, the occasion calls for it. The more dirndls and lederhosen seen on the streets of Fremont the better. However, its VERY easy to get carried away. No worries… We've channeled our inner Joan Rivers to offer you a few fashion Dos and Donts for Fremont Oktoberfest. DO – Rock […] [Read More]
Why The Number 5 Is Important To Fremont Oktoberfest
Sometimes a number is more than just a number. Ask Seahawks fans about the number 12. Ask Taylor Swift about the number 13. And now this might be reading too far into things, but there is something eerie about Fremont Oktoberfest and the number 5. Everything is sampled in a 5 oz mini-mug Refills on […] [Read More]


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Second sight
This month's Virginia Dare MS 150 bike tour wound through some of Virginia's most scenic and historic countryside: along the banks of the James River, past stately colonial plantations, down to Williamsburg and back to Richmond.
A.C. Roane may not have been able to see it — but he could appreciate it just the same.
Roane's view of the surroundings on his two-day charity ride was limited primarily to the blurry shapes and swatches of color that indicated the location of his cycling friends — a group known as the "Chain Gang" — on the road ahead of him.
For almost three decades, beginning shortly after Roane's graduation from Virginia Tech, the hereditary disease retinitis pigmentosa (RP) has been stealing his sight. Today he is 50 and long ago quit driving a car. He views the world through a tunnel of fog that will only shrink as the disease progresses.
As if RP wasn't enough to cope with, Roane also suffered a stroke in 1997 — at the age of 43.
"It was just a fluke thing," he says. "Other than the RP, I was always healthy as a horse. I had low blood pressure, and no clue anything was wrong."
The day of the stroke, Roane was upstairs in his bedroom preparing to take his daughter to a piano lesson, when the room started spinning violently. He was able to call to his daughter for help, and at the hospital learned that he had an extreme narrowing of the arteries at the back of his head.
Fortunately, the stoke damage was in a relatively unimportant, "forgiving" part of the brain that controls equilibrium, and within a year he had fully recovered. But the experience left its mark.
"I've always felt that life was really fragile," says Roane, "but when this happened it really drove it home.
"It was like someone flipped a switch and the whole world turned upside down."
So what, you might ask, is Roane doing on a two-day bike ride — and raising money for multiple sclerosis?
On the one-year anniversary of his stroke, Roane says, he felt the need to celebrate his recovery and challenge himself at the same time. He signed up for the Virginia Dare MS bike ride without knowing a single other participant or knowing anyone with MS (his sister-in-law has since been diagnosed). He simply enjoyed riding bikes, and had never gone a long distance.
"I wanted to do something to signify I was totally back," he said.
The 'chain gang' is born
Although he had trained and felt physically fit, Roane began that first tour in 1998 with no small amount of trepidation.
"It's a big group doing the ride, but it gets spread out over 75 miles [a day's leg]," he observes. Roane has particular difficulty seeing his way on back roads with no center lines or side lines, and in transitions from sunlight to shadow. "I was afraid I would miss one of the [marker] arrows," he chuckles, "and ride off into the sunset!"
Coming out of the first rest stop, however, he heard the familiar voice of neighbor Gordon Fox.
"Riding with anyone?" asked Fox, who was accompanied by a friend – and with that was born the "Chain Gang."
For seven years now, Roane has ridden with the group through everything from torrential downpours to terrific heat – not to mention an obstacle course of hazards from potholes and dogs to gravel, glass and railroad tracks. All such obstacles are relayed to him verbally, and he usually manages to average about 17 mph over the two-day ride.
The camaraderie of riding with a group, Roane observes, is wonderful; but equally important is the feeling of accomplishment the ride gives him.
"With what I have, you need to step and out and stretch yourself a bit," he says. "I've found that when you challenge yourself to do things, it gives you confidence. If you don't stretch yourself, your world starts to get smaller and smaller."
Although Roane gave up working in the insurance business years ago, he continues to thrive in his role of stay-home dad to daughters Natalie, a new J.R.Tucker H.S. grad, and Anne Carey, a rising freshman at Deep Run H.S.
He goes snow skiing and water skiing and ran the Ukrop's 10K with his daughter in March. In the familiar environment of his Wellesley home, he gardens and often does the cooking for the girls (who particularly favor his spaghetti) and his wife Brenda.
He can be so proficient at these tasks, in fact, that a newcomer to the scene would never guess he has limited sight. But in unfamiliar surroundings his limitations become "painfully obvious," says Roane — who adds that anyone who stumbles or says "excuse me" to inanimate objects as often as he does can't help but develop the ability to laugh at himself.
'A screeching halt'
His only bike-riding mishap had nothing to do with his lack of vision, either. In that race, two blocks from the finish line, Roane's bike shoes got hung up in the pedals and he broke his wrist in the resulting fall.
Another freak "off-bike" accident on the way to a tour left riders unscathed, but cost Roane and his group their cycles. As the carload of bikers approached Fredericksburg on I-95, the straps of the bike rack gave way and the entire contents crashed to the pavement in a tangle.
"We brought I-95 to a screeching halt," laughs Roane. "Those bikes looked like pretzels!" Although it ruined the ride for that weekend, he says with a shrug, the insurance paid for a new bike that he loves: a titanium model weighing a mere 17 pounds.
With a disease as progressive as his, Roane cherishes each year that he can continue to ride in the Virginia Dare, and holds out hope that researchers will find a way to arrest RP.
He never hesitates to participate in studies of the disease, such as the program that required him to make multiple trips to Johns Hopkins University in Maryland. Who knows? Given the right breakthrough, he might someday be able to enjoy the sight he misses most – his daughters' faces as they grow up.
Meanwhile, Roane and the "Chain Gang" raise hefty amounts of cash for multiple sclerosis research – though he insists his former employer and perennial sponsor, Northwestern Mutual (John Van Der Hyde Agency), deserves much of the credit for the $400 in pledges he collected this year.
Obviously, it would take a lot more than near-blindness to make Roane miss a Virginia Dare ride. "I have so many wonderful friends," he exclaims, as he savors his memories of the latest tour. "People are always willing to help. And what a wonderful job the MS Society does — the ride is so well-organized.
"Besides," he laughs, "They treat us like celebrities!"
For information on the Va. Dare tour, or donating to the MS Society, visit http://www.nationalmssociety.org/var/home
10th annual Filipino Festival coming in August
The 10th Annual Filipino Festival will be held Aug. 7-8 at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 8200 Woodman Rd., beginning with opening ceremonies at 5 p.m. Friday and continuing with live entertainment, food and exhibits until 10 p.m. On Saturday the festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. with a full schedule of performances featuring traditional Filipino dance, music and song.
Filipino cuisine, including BBQ, pansit, lumpia, adobo, halo-halo, lechon, empanada and leche flan, will be available for purchase. The festival will also feature a children's area, church tours, exhibits, and health screenings. > Read more.
CMoR reopens at new Short Pump site
The Children's Museum of Richmond last week opened its new Short Pump location at Short Pump Town Center, to the delight of children who attended a sneak preview of the location July 10. The new facility, located under the forthcoming LL Bean store (formerly the food court) is 8,500 square feet in size – much larger than CMoR's former Short Pump location at West Broad Village, which opened in 2010. The new space includes The CarMax Foundation Service Station, the Silver Diner, a grocery store, a performance stage and an art studio, as well as a giant Light Bright Wall. > Read more.
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The Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Henrico Police are both presenting community events tomorrow, Aug. 1. The Feria Community Resource Fair at Richmond International Raceway brings together community service providers, embassies/consulates from Latin American countries, government agencies, nonprofit organizations and corporations that impact the Latino community. The Division of Police's Community Day will feature demonstrations and displays from police, fire, animal protection and sheriff's office, as well as family activities, food, entertainment and more. Other events this weekend include wine, chess and theatre! For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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As if the whole Jayna-waking-up-at-4:30 thing wasn't enough of a wonderful way to start the day, the view shown above was what greeted my sleep-deprived ass this morning.
Yes, the raccoons decided to take a fresh run at my trash barrels last night, and because the fuckstick garbage collectors have destroyed both of the trash-barrel lids to the extent that they no longer latch in place atop the barrels, even my Magical Bungy Cord trick wasn't enough to keep the little bastard(s) out.
That one up in the top left corner was what spewed forth the majority of the mess … most of which lay atop Zan's scooter and helmet, which were left outside in the rain overnight.
From the moment I spotted this disgusting, rain-soaked mess until the moment I finally finished scooping all the wet, nasty refuse back into the compromised barrel, I believe approximately 3.5% of the words that came out of my mouth could have safely been aired on network television.


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The wrong Zionist response to refugees
July 12, 2007 | 8:00 pmIt's hard to escape the impression that the Olmert government is being humane to the refugees from Sudan's Darfur region for appearance's sake only. I say this because the government is being amazingly cruel to the refugees from southern Sudan, who are far more numerous than the...
Israeli Electoral Reform Dream: What a Headache
April 5, 2007 | 8:00 pmWhen I left Los Angeles for Israel many years ago, two of the 15 members on the L.A. City Council, who are elected by voters in their geographical district, were widely rumored to be corrupt and a third councilman didn't even bother to hide it. Yet these three guys kept getting...
Attention Israelis: Please stop kvetching
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Excerpt from Israeli TV show "Ktzarim": some troubled people meet for group therapy.
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::::::::::::::::::::: Security in Israel now is about as good as it gets. Suicide bombings have become a rarity; just the threat...
Bibi Netanyahu ranks high ... as racist demagogue
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The big con about Iran
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Direct Hezbollah rocket hit leaves Israeli/Arab 'peace school' in pieces
September 21, 2006 | 8:00 pmThe one school in Acre that took a direct hit from a rocket during the war happens to be the only school in the city that serves both Jewish and Arab pupils -- the el-Mahaba ("love" in Arabic) kindergarten for mentally and emotionally handicapped kids.
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March 30, 2006 | 7:00 pm
Although it's easy to write off the ideological integrity of a party whose leaders include both Shimon Peres and Tsachi Hanegbi -- along with about everyone in between -- Kadima happens to be the real thing.
That conclusion was firmly ratified this week by voters in Israeli, who...
Israel Tames but Doesn't Halt Torture
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Olmert's Conversion From Pol to Leader
January 19, 2006 | 7:00 pm
As far as personality goes, Ehud Olmert is not my kind of guy. He comes off like he thinks he's God's gift to humanity, riffraff that we are.
I remember several years ago when as mayor of Jerusalem, he came to view the damage to a local Conservative synagogue that had been...
A Solution to Israel's Demographic Peril
July 21, 2005 | 8:00 pm
When Israeli Arabs protest that talk of the "demographic threat" is racist, can Israeli Jews blame them? If non-Jewish professors and politicians anywhere on earth spoke of a Jewish demographic threat to their countries, what would Jews call it? What, for that matter, would decent...
Hope for At-Risk Youth at Yemin Orde
June 2, 2005 | 8:00 pm
Jewish Split Marks Armenian Genocide
April 21, 2005 | 8:00 pm
Unilateral Withdrawal
February 17, 2005 | 7:00 pm
International Left Rooting for Barghouti
December 30, 2004 | 7:00 pm
Progressives of the world, including those in Israel, have a thing about Marwan Barghouti and with good reason: He's so cool. He's the coolest
Palestinian since Yasser Arafat first turned up in a keffiyeh and Ray Bans.
Journalist Patrick Bishop put it just right recently in...
Rocket Threat Casts Shadow on Kibbutz
October 14, 2004 | 8:00 pm
Kibbutz Nir'am, which is slightly closer to the Gaza Strip than Sderot, seemed dead that morning. The air was hot, harsh and still. Hardly anybody was outdoors.
Ofer Lieberman, whose office and van are plastered with stickers for Guinness, the beer he soaks up at the kibbutz's Green...
Tricked Into
September 16, 2004 | 8:00 pm
Like everyone else, I used to divide the prostitutes smuggled into Israel from the former Soviet republics into two categories -- the good ones who were tricked into it, and the bad ones who knew what they were getting into.
I think differently now. After meeting one of the "bad"...
Israeli Tourists 'Ugly' No More
June 17, 2004 | 8:00 pm
Leafing through travel books on Turkey at Tel Aviv's L'Metayel (For the Traveler), veteran sojourner Ronen Lazar suggests how to curb the phenomenon of the "ugly Israeli" -- the obnoxious Israeli tourist.
"There should be a law forbidding Israelis from going overseas for at least...
Barbaric Acts Kill Palestinian Sympathy
May 27, 2004 | 8:00 pm
I know there are many Palestinians out there who are sickened and ashamed by what happened in Gaza to the remains of the six dead Israeli soldiers.
I don't hold them responsible; I don't associate them with those acts just because they are Palestinians or Arabs, not in any way.
Showdown Nears in Settlements Battle
January 8, 2004 | 7:00 pm
It would be hard to exaggerate how fateful, how historic is the drama about to begin at the settlement outposts. Here's where things stand:
Within a few months, we will pretty well know if Israel's 36-year occupation of the West Bank and Gaza will be on its way out or here to stay....
Geneva Pact Generates Ray of Optimism
December 11, 2003 | 7:00 pm
Some thoughts, optimistic ones, on the effects already felt from the Geneva agreement:
1) The view from the Israeli street is that the agreement is another trick, another Palestinian trick to fool Israel into believing that they really want peace, and then, when our guard is down,...
Palestinians Face Hamas Dilemma
June 19, 2003 | 8:00 pm
The three young Fatah guerrillas in the West Bank city of Tulkarm, wearing masks and holding AK-47s, had just received advance payment to start a second career -- as Palestinian policemen fighting terror, according to an Arab journalist present. They were paid by aides of Mohammed...
Going Through Hell For The Dead
August 29, 2002 | 8:00 pm
Natan Koenig was blotting up blood from the floor of the cafeteria named for Frank Sinatra at Jerusalem's Hebrew University. Koenig worked for two hours on that 95-degree afternoon on July 31, arriving soon after a Hamas-made bomb exploded under a table, killing nine people,...
The Irrelevance of Arab Hatred
August 22, 2002 | 8:00 pm
A Confident Failure
August 15, 2002 | 8:00 pm
Talk about cognitive dissonance. The mood in Israel may never have been so hopeless, the indices of quality of life may never have pointed so sharply downward, and yet the calmest, most content person in the country appears to be Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Politically, at least,...
Tilting Away From Israel
March 21, 2002 | 7:00 pm
Cycle of Bloodshed
March 7, 2002 | 7:00 pm
In or Out?
February 14, 2002 | 7:00 pm
"We have no intention of reconquering the Palestinian areas," Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer told a news conference this week, repeating a common refrain of the Sharon government. Then he added a new twist, saying that Israel would not reoccupy Palestinian cities, villages and...
Refuseniks in the Ranks
February 7, 2002 | 7:00 pm
Israel's Emigration Problem
January 31, 2002 | 7:00 pm
More than any other Israeli politician, Yossi Beilin has a knack for saying things that many other people are thinking but will not say, and he has just done it again.
This time the subject is emigration from Israel, which, he told Yediot Aharonot newspaper, is the inevitable result...
Israel's Mayors Threatened Daily
January 24, 2002 | 7:00 pm
Economic Emergency
November 22, 2001 | 7:00 pm
Enemy or Friend?
November 15, 2001 | 7:00 pm
Closed for the Duration
November 1, 2001 | 7:00 pm
Whenever there's a wave of terror in Israel, the nation's hotels come up against a wave of cancellations, and the country's entire tourist industry -- from five-star hotels to souvenir hawkers -- goes into a slump. But in a few months the terror and fear subside, and the tourists...
A Siberian-Jewish Tragedy
October 11, 2001 | 8:00 pm
The crash of the Air Siberia jet over the Black Sea last week was an Israeli tragedy, but more specifically and acutely, it was a tragedy for Siberian Jewry. Fifty of the 76 people killed were Siberian Jewish immigrants to Israel, mainly from the metropolis of Novosibirsk.
"I would...
Muslims Against Jihad
September 27, 2001 | 8:00 pm
Lessons from Israel's War on Terror
September 20, 2001 | 8:00 pm
When President Bush talks of fighting a war against terror until victory, of stamping out terror, it's probably worth looking at Israel's decades-long attempt at doing the same. The results obviously do not add up to victory. Over the last year Islamic fundamentalist suicide bombers...
Israelis Identify With U.S.
September 13, 2001 | 8:00 pm
The contrast between the Palestinian and Israeli reaction couldn't have been more stark -- while crowds of Palestinians were celebrating in the streets of East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza, Israel was observing an official national day of mourning, with flags flying at...
Now It's Jewish Terrorists
July 26, 2001 | 8:00 pm
Caught Red-Handed
June 28, 2001 | 8:00 pm
Arabs Against Arafat
June 21, 2001 | 8:00 pm
"I look at my little boy, and I ask myself, 'What did he do to me that he should deserve this punishment?' I tell you, if I could leave here tomorrow for America, I would."
We'll call the speaker Mahmoud.
He is a taxi driver who lives in an Arab neighborhood of Jerusalem. He is a...
Israel's Wagner Taboo
May 17, 2001 | 8:00 pm
Ideology seems to have won out over culture in Israel: The taboo on playing the music of pre-Nazi German composer Richard Wagner in concert has been upheld.
After strenuous protests by Holocaust survivor groups, backed by virtually the entire Israeli political spectrum, the decision...
An Intifada Casualty Named Atarot
March 22, 2001 | 7:00 pm
The Home Front
March 8, 2001 | 7:00 pm
A Rabbi's Fatwa
March 23, 2000 | 7:00 pmAfter Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, ruler of the Shas (Sephardi ultra-Orthodox) party, caused an uproar this week by pronouncing a kind of Jewish fatwa on liberal Education Minister Yossi Sarid, one of Yosef's minions tried to jump into the fray.
Shlomo Benizri, Israel's minister of health,...
But Can Barak Convince the Israelis?
December 16, 1999 | 7:00 pmAt first blush it seemed like a done deal. If Syria and Israel were returning to the negotiating table, and President Bill Clinton was leading them, then it was surely just a matter of time until the two sides reached agreement and declared peace. American, Syrian and Israeli...
Rich Israeli, Poor Israeli
December 16, 1999 | 7:00 pmFor all the recent hubbub over the worsening lot of Israel's poor, and the growing criticism of Prime Minister Ehud Barak's born-again Reaganite economic policies, it should be understood that in many key misery indices, Israel isn't doing too badly.
Compared to the world's other 25...
Poverty and Unemployment Plague Israel
December 2, 1999 | 7:00 pmThe peace process isn't the news in Israel anymore; it's poverty, unemployment and hunger. The domestic agenda, the one that Prime Minister Ehud Barak focused his election campaign on, has jumped up and bitten him.
Recent polls show that Israelis, by a margin of over 2-1, think Barak...
The Power of Advertising
October 7, 1999 | 8:00 pmAbout 1,000 people crammed into Jerusalem's Kol Haneshama Reform synagogue for Yom Kippur services, while another 500 or so listened in the courtyard outside.
"My own father couldn't get in," said Rabbi David Ariel-Joel, assistant director of Israel's Reform movement. "Neither could...
Three Books That Shook the New York Times
September 9, 1999 | 8:00 pmThe New York Times dubbed it "a quiet revolution in the teaching of Israeli history." That front-page Times article, headlined "In Israel, New Grade School Texts for History Replace Myths With Facts," and published Aug. 14, has kicked up a lot of dust among right-wing commentators....
Barak's Hard Road to Peace
July 15, 1999 | 8:00 pm
Now that Yasser Arafat has called Ehud Barak his "friend and partner," and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has pronounced himself pleased and encouraged with the new Israeli prime minister, and President Clinton is just waiting to welcome him to Washington, the old euphoria seems to...