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Here's what others are saying about Lisa:
"Thank goodness for Lisa Richardson as she is not only well versed
in all aspects of specialty tea but is also an accomplished teacher
and tea marketing consultant. Lisa is one of a small group of tea professionals
who have been trained by the Specialty Tea Institute and she is a graduate
the Institute's Level 3 Certification Program. Enjoy the adventure
of discovering specialty teas and if you ever feel the need for a guide
remember Lisa is there to help."
- Joe Simrany,
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I always enjoy working with Lisa - and hearing her vast amount of knowledge. Lisa shares this in such an approachable way that I think customers can learn a great deal from her.
- Marilyn Markel, Manager, A Southern Season Cooking School, Chapel Hill, N.C.
"When we met Lisa at the 2007 World Tea Expo in Atlanta, we were immediately
impressed with her expertise, enthusiasm, and energy, We are very excited
to be partnering with her to publish
this beautiful book, Tea with a Twist, full of fresh, contemporary
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with tea."
- Suzanne Porter, National Gift Sales Manager with
Harvest House Publishers
"I continue to have Lisa on my radio show because she can make the vast subject of tea relatable to any audience: from those who never even thought of tea, to those who are "foodies", to those who are hospitality professionals. She has a sincere interest in helping hospitality establishments to develop tea programs that could potentially increase their bottom line. It is evident of that with her gracious involvement with Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts – Atlanta, doing Master Workshops for our students and instructors on tea."
- Chef Jae Gruber Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts and host of "Great Taste from the Chefs Corner" Radio Program
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You can usually find Award Winning Author and Certified Tea Specialist Lisa Boalt Richardson sipping tea no matter what time of day it is. Her philosophy is "teatime is anytime and all the time". Lisa's friendly approach to writing and teaching others about this ancient beverage is refreshing.
Her anticipated third tea book Modern Tea: A Fresh Look at an Ancient Beverage published by Chronicle Books released in the fall of 2014. Her first book, Tea with a Twist won "Best Tea Book USA 2009" from Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.
Lisa has traveled the globe working with tea masters and researching to learn more about the second most popular beverage in the world. She regularly speaks at conferences and special events focusing on her culinary arts and specialty tea expertise. Some of the venues include: World Tea Expo, Metropolitan Cooking and Entertaining Show, Sundance Resort, and Emory University. She also consults with companies wanting to learn more about specialty tea such as R. C. Bigalow and Lipton.
She has served as an Advisory Board Member for the Specialty Tea Institute under the Education and Certification Committee and been an instructor for STI's certification classes. As the former President of the Southern Association of Tea Businesses,
Lisa arranged for the association to partner with the 2007 World
Tea Expo to increase visibility and exposure. In 2008, she stayed
on the cutting edge of tea by conducting a "Turning Tea Cuisine
into Green" conference for the SATB.
Ms. Richardson has contributed to publications including Cooking with Paula Deen and TeaTime Magazine. Her tea expertise and recipes have been featured in numerous national publications such as Women's Health Magazine, Real Simple Magazine, Diabetes Forecast, Washington Post.com and The New York Times. Lisa has also been interviewed by Foxnews.com, Discovery.com, and NBCnews.com.
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In my journey of learning to live securely in the Father's love the understanding that because of Jesus my Heavenly Father will never be angry and punish me has brought such peace to my heart. When He corrects me it is always with love and compassion because I am His beloved child. I don't really understand why people believe that God is still angry and punishing people for their sins when He made a very clear promise to us all in the book of Isaiah.
In Isaiah 54:8-10 our Heavenly Father says to me and you, 8 "…with everlasting love I will have compassion on you," says the Lord, your Redeemer. 9 "Just as I swore in the time of Noah that I would never again let a flood cover the earth, so now I swear that I will never again be angry and punish you. 10 For the mountains may move and the hills disappear, but even then my faithful love for you will remain. My covenant of blessing will never be broken," says the Lord, who has mercy on you. NLT
In the story of the prodigal son, Jesus gives us a wonderful example of the Father keeping His promise. Here was a son who made bad choices and his life was a mess, but when the son decides to go back to his Father, his Father showers him with love and compassion. What a beautiful picture of our Heavenly Father's unconditional love and compassion toward us when we have done wrong. He removes the shame of our sin by reminding us of who we are. He embraces us and kisses us with His words of love. Who wouldn't want to run to a daddy like that? I know for me this understanding has totally changed my life and my relationship with my Heavenly Father. When I've done wrong, I run to Him because He is my safe refuge. He is waiting to correct my wrong opinion of myself with His love. He pours His love and compassion on me and I find myself completely loved by Him and free from the power of sin in my life. What a wonderful Daddy we all have!
Zephaniah 3:17 say, "The Lord your God is in the midst of you, a Mighty One, a Savior [Who saves]! He will rejoice over you with joy; He will rest [in silent satisfaction] and in His love He will be silent and make no mention [of past sins, or even recall them]; He will exult over you with singing.
We truly can live free in our Heavenly Father's unconditional, unchanging love because His good opinion of us never changes!


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During the Cold War and the years thereafter, many workers for the Atomic Energy Commission, Department of Energy, and various contractors had occupational exposure to radiation or toxic chemicals through uranium mining, ore transport or processing, manufacture of weapons grade nuclear materials, weapon manufacture and testing. Later, as these sites were known to be hazardous, many other workers were exposed in the process of cleaning the sites up.
For those of you not already aware, there is a government program administered through the Department of Labor that provides compensation for those whose potential exposure may have caused, or been a factor in causing, certain types of cancer and other chronic or terminal diseases. The benefit is also available for survivors of workers who may have succumbed to those diseases.
When I was diagnosed with Follicular Lymphoma in 2010, I applied for the benefits but was denied. However, there have been changes in the way the program is administered, in that certain groups of workers who were employed at several DOE facilities during certain time periods, who have certain listed cancers, and who worked at the facility for 250 days or more, are automatically, considered to have contracted their disease as a result of occupational exposure.
I got a phone call from the Department of Labor last month, with the news that my cased had been reopened due to new information about my case and because the facility I worked at was now considered one of those where you automatically qualify for benefits if you meet the listed requirements.
As a result, it looks like I'll be receiving a settlement from the Department of Labor.
For those who qualify, the benefit is fairly substantial: $150,000 cash, tax free. The DOL will also reimburse you for any out-of-pocket medical expenses you paid related to your cancer or treatment, from the time you applied. Finally, the DOL will pick up all future medical expenses related to your cancer - no copay, no deductible.
If you think you might qualify, I highly recommend checking this website: https://www.dol.gov/owcp/energy/


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A year ago The Cleat & Anchor opened at the former Rum Runners restaurant location. It offers a casual atmosphere. "The Cleat" promotes itself as an "American style family friendly restaurant and tavern that fuses casual Cape Cod charm with a little contemporary flare".
The hip industrial décor with painted concrete floors and lots of skylights makes for a fun setting. Seating is a combination of tables on one side of the restaurant with high top tables on the other. Lunch and dinner are also served at the bar. There are over a dozen large screen TV's throughout.
The unique cocktail menu features creative names like The Woodstove Warmer ($11). and Blood Moon ($9). I tried Hook Lime & Sinker ($12) served in a martini glass made with Citadelle Gin, tarragon, cucumber, ginger and lime. A-not-too sweet but refreshing cooler topped with a slice of cucumber. The mixes, syrups and purees are all made in-house in addition to fresh herbs and spices.
For the beer drinkers there is a wide variety of eclectic craft beer featuring over 20 draft lines.
Over cocktails we checked out the menu which isn't large but offers choices that are creative and very affordable.
Offerings include the not-so-chicken wings (mini pork shanks), clam chowder poutine, chicken-fried fish & chips, lobster mac & cheese, pizza, burgers, steak, chicken and fresh local fish.
To start we shared a couple appetizers including the the Not- So-Chicken Wings ($12) The chef uses pork shanks instead of chicken which were steamed to perfection and flash fried. The sauces of choice were: Spicy siracha, Asian black pepper, buffalo spiced, or plain. We chose the siracha which was spicy, not too hot, just full of flavor.
Our other appetizer was the Chilled Veggie Spring Rolls ($8.95) Filled with fresh vegetables and crunchy rice noodles and rolled in rice paper, made in-house, and served with a homemade ponzu/soy dipping sauce. They were tasty but the consistency was a little too dry.
For entrees my husband chose the Veggie Enchilada ($14.95). This healthy and colorful classic Cuban dish featuring a mildly spicy, tomato-based stew was packed with a with a variety of vegetables including grilled corn-on-the-cob, peppers and onions piled on a bed of black rice and topped with fried plantain chips - (GF & VF) Extra add-ons available were Steak ($6), Shrimp ($8), Chicken ($5), Sesame Tuna ($8) or Scallops ($ MKT) He chose the chicken and enjoyed the wonderful combination of flavors.
I ordered the Sesame Seared Tuna ($23.95). The fresh rare tuna was well-crusted with sesame and served over a crisp vegetable medley on a bed of black rice with chopped scallions, sprinkled with almonds and the well-balanced house made ponzu-soy sauce. The ponzu sauce is a citrus-based sauce used in Japanese cuisine as a marinade. Black rice is not common on most menus. We had it in China where it is touted as an extremely healthy food. The tuna was meaty, sushi-red at its center, and perfectly seared.
We had barely enough room for dessert, but some offerings looked interesting enough that we just had to try them. We chose the Red Velvet Cake and the Chocolate Cake (GF) both were ($5.95) Not house made but satisfied our sweet tooth.
Every Thursday is Prime Rib Dinner Night starting at 5pm, ($17.95), King Cut, ($22.95) - It's served medium rare with Au Jus including homemade mashed potatoes and vegetable of the day.
Our server,Beth, was very attentive, fast and friendly.
The Cleat features a patio where guests can enjoy a drink and play corn-hole - or just sit at a table under an umbrella. It's a fun atmosphere that makes it a great place to meet friends for a meal.
A schedule of live bands and entertainment weekly can be found on their website.
The Cleat & Anchor has have proven to be a fine addition to the Cape dining scene with Chef Kyleah Hague at the helm. The Cleat continues to earn rave reviews - and they deserve every one!
If You Go
Cleat & Anchor
243 Lower County Road, Dennis Port
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Dinner: Monday-Thursday 4 pm-1 am, Friday-Sunday Noon-1 am.
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FC: The Life of Perseus | Kinza Abbas
1: The Life of Perseus By Kinza Abbas Illustrated by The Internet
2: Once, in a faraway land called Greece, there lived a king, Acrisius of Argos. The King had a beautiful daughter, Danae, yet he longed for a son. But after Acrisius had learned that he would never have his own son, and that her daughter's only son would kill him, he locked Danae in an underwater cavern made of bronze.
3: Danae was lonely, so Zeus, King of the Gods, visited her. Together, the two had a child, Perseus. When King Acrisius found out about Perseus, he was angry and scared. He put the mother and son into a chest and threw the chest into the sea.
4: A fisherman named Dictys found the chest and broke it open, saving the mother and child. Dictys and his wife were kind and cared for Danae and Perseus as the children that they never had. Danae was happy to let her son be a fisherman, safe from Argos.
5: But a new problem had arisen. Polydectes, Dictys's brother, had fallen in love with Danae and wanted to marry her, but he didn't want Perseus as a son. To get rid of Perseus, Polydectes asked for a wedding gift that he knew no man could give; the head of the Gorgon Medusa, whose look could turn a man to stone.
6: Athena and Hermes, pitying the boy's struggle, both agreed to help him. Athena offered the shield that covered her breast, and Hermes not only gave Perseus a sword that could cut the Gorgon's head off, but also accompanied Perseus on his travels. In this way, Perseus traveled to the land where the Gray Women resided, where he tricked them into telling the two travelers how to get to the Nymphs of the North.
7: The Nymphs of the North, also known as the Hyperboreans, greeted Perseus and Hermes warmly, and offered Perseus the last gifts he needed to fight Medusa; a wallet that would carry anything he put in it, a pair of sandals that would allow him to fly, and a cap that made him invisible. Equipped with these things, Perseus successfully captured the head of Medusa.
8: Medusa's two immortal sisters, outraged by Medusa's death, began to chase Perseus. Perseus was about to outrun them, traveling through Ethiopia to get back home.On his way back, however, Perseus saw a Princess, Andromeda, about to be sacrificed to a sea monster and saved her. The king and queen happily gave Andromeda's hand in marriage to Perseus, and together the two headed back for the island.
9: Alas, when the hero and his wife returned to Perseus's island home, Perseus discovered that Danae and the fisherman (his wife was already dead) were hiding in a temple, fearing the wrath of Polydectes, now that Danae had refused his marriage offer. Seizing his chance, Perseus took the head of Medusa to Polydectes' court and unleashed its wrath on the people inside. All of them were turned to stone.
10: After Dictys was given power of the Island, Perseus, his wife , and his mother went back to Greece, h0ping to find Acrisius and reunite as a family. However, Acrisius was not in Argos anymore, and no one would tell the family where he currently was. On his travels to find his grandfather, Perseus heard about a great athletic event and decided to take place. He swung a discus, hitting an old man in the crowd. The man happened to be Acrisius. The prophecy of Perseus killing his grandfather had come true.
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FC: ITALY | 2010 | Rome Florence Assisi Lucca Pisa Barcelona
1: Here I will document the events and sites seen on our Italy Trip in the spring of 2010. ~~~ Dedicated to our Italian Cultures Class
2: a | The Roman Forum | ROME | The Airport - Where we first tried espresso shots, yuck! | One of the first things we saw, so it was very exciting!
3: Bell Tower, This is where the Mouth of Truth is located - we didn't get to go because the line was too long | Tiber Island, we walked over a bridge with the locks of couples
4: The Fountain of the Four Rivers, Mrs. Forsyth told me how the Romans stole the obelisk from Egypt | Water fountains, we each took a drink to cool off during our long walk
5: The Vatican City, we bought rosaries and got them blessed by the Pope!
6: The Pantheon | Fortuna showed us where to get our first gelato!
7: El Campo de Fiore - where I got the BEST lasagna ever!
8: The Coliseum | We got to walk on the same steps the Gladiators walked up! | It was a little revolting to think of all the animals killed there
9: The Trevi Fountain, one of my favorite places. Although crowded, it was great to throw coins in and wonder when we'd be returning
10: FLORENCE | The Dome was closed.... | The Great Cathedral of Florence | Brunelleschi's Dome was breathtaking!
11: So we climbed up the bell tower! | all those steps were tiring!
12: Brunelleschi's Dome/Cathedral of Florence - We circled for a good half hour looking for the entrance | Bell tower - we stopped on every floor to admire the new view
13: subway | The Baptistery - it looks so much smaller from the top of the Bell Tower! | Two Italian men came up and took this shot of our group too!
14: The view was great! | The streets were filled with paintings and jewelry
15: Ponte Vecchio
16: Plaza outside of Baptistery - the horses looked so cute with bags of hay on their heads! | Pretty artwork in the streets
17: Michelangelo's David, Florence Plaza | Piazza della Signoria | Neptune fountain | Mrs. Rundell gave him a Euro and he started moving!
18: Our view of Florence from the very top of the Bell Tower - simply breathtaking!
19: The Baptistery Doors - They are absolutely gorgeous, but we couldn't get too close with the crowd. | Baptistery Door Kids!
20: There were so many shops in Lucca's main Plaza! | There were statues scattered throughout the small town | Lucca!
21: San Michele Cathedral, Lucca - We walked around searching for food and took lots of pictures!
22: Fountain by San Michele Cathedral - group shot of the girls!
23: San Martino | There was lots of pretty architecture
24: PRETTY SITES | They look like a statue!
25: I remember buying most of my souvenirs in Lucca, and we got the best fruit cups ever - which we couldn't take on the bus!
26: Statues found on the top of San Michele
27: ASSISI | We got to see how hand-crafted pottery is made and then got to shop around for an hour or so!
28: View of Assisi from our lunch buffet - after lunch, we got to pick our fortunes to open later that would answer one of our questions | The streets of Assisi were so quaint and there were tons of little shops
29: Basilica de San Francesco, Assisi - We got to go up into the upper church and then down into the lower one/tomb
30: All of the girls posed in front of a fountain in the plaza of Assisi
31: We roamed the plaza and streets of Assisi, and Kaitlyn bought two little wooden pigs in a toy shop - she really liked them
32: Beautiful View | . | Upper Church
33: Inside a church of Assisi, the colors were so vibrant and unreal
34: Going up - we followed our tour guide into the upper church, where we learned about the painter's symbolism | Statues Outside of the Church
35: Artwork on the ground in Lucca - simply amazing that someone just drew this on the pavement
36: . | Pisa | Inside the Pisa Cathedral - The whole thing seemed illuminated with gold
37: Pictured: The Pisa Cathedral and Leaning Tower
38: Inside the Cathedral | The ceiling was one of the prettiest things I'd ever seen, I couldn't stop looking up | Me and Ali quickly and quietly explored the Cathedral, and admired its many architectural details
39: A woman came up and sang a note, and then it echoed throughout in many different tones | The Pisa Baptistery - The inside has one of the best sound echoes in the world | The dome of the Baptistery was beautiful, and we got to climb to the top and look down.
40: Leaning Tower of Pisa | The typical tourist pose | I thought it was cool you could see the tower in Kaitlyn's sunglasses
41: I took each of their pictures in mid-air with my photography skills
42: Pasta we found in the restaurant store | We got coconuts from a vender on the main street of Pisa!
43: The bus in Pisa could bend in half!
44: On the deck of our boat on the Mediterranean
45: Joe pointing out where we traveled during our overnight trip | BARCELONA
46: La Pedrera We only saw a brief glimpse of these two buildings | Casa Batllo
47: La Sagrada Familia | This temple is not expected to be completed until 2026
48: La Sagrada Familia --> as expected to look like when finished. This model was in the first shop we entered in Spain
49: The Room of 100 Columns, Parque Guell | The ceiling had beautiful mosaic circles that I just had to get a picture with! | There weren't actually 100 columns!
50: on top of | Parque Guell - i will never forget those green birds flying over our heads carrying huge vines | The park was filled with mosaic statues!
51: We stopped at a park so we could overlook the entire city of Barcelona! as well as some pretty fountains
52: It was awesome to be able to see the Sagrada Familia from that far away
53: Flamenco Dancing! It was definitely not what I expected - but it was awesome how fast they could move their feet!
55: Mrs. Forsyth and her "PeePs" - we had such a fantastic time, and this will forever be the best trip of our lives.


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Month of poetry | Rupi Kaur
23 mag 2017
Rupi Kaur Being ruthlessly accurate without sacrificing an innate sweetness. This is the gift of Rupi Kaur's poetry: some sort a fascinating lightning grace. We honor this "tender and powerful" book with the first poem from the second section the loving. Not a feminine poem, not a feminist one: just beautifully universal. Essere spietatamente esatta(…)


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News - Killzone 2
Killzone 2 has long been the center of a lot of attention by hardcore PS3 fans for it's ultra-realistic graphics and deep multi-player gameplay. However, the title's popularity even among the masses is becoming increasingly more obvious. Amazon just announced earlier today that Killzone 2 was the number one most pre-ordered PS3 game and the #2 most pre-ordered video game total. This puts it above other various blockbuster releases due out soon, including Street Fighter IV(PS3/360 - #8), Halo Wars(360 - #7), and even Capcom's highly anticipated Resident Evil 5(PS3/360 - #4).
Killzone 2 is surpassed only by Mario Power Tennis, which is due out for the Wii in March.
Killzone 2 is a first person shooter and sequel to the 2004 title of the same name. Developed by Guerilla Games exclusively for the PS3, Killzone 2 will hit shelves late in February, on the 27th.
Stay tuned for more info on the title as the release draws near.
Source: Amazon.com Discussions


text: Amalgam is a diceless roleplaying system that I and a number of my friends developed over the course of the past… oh jeez… 7 – 8 years? I always tend to put it down and come back to it from time to time. The latest iteration is "Amalgam 8" (see what I did there?) and you can download it here.


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ImpulsePay Launches Age Verification Service for Online SMS Billing
ImpulsePay Launches Age Verification Service for Online SMS Billing
Over eighteen content can now be safely sold online
London, 20th April 2010: ImpulsePay (www.impulsepay.com) today announced the launch of its new age verification service for online content – meaning that content owners can now sell over eighteen content safe in the knowledge that the customer is old enough to purchase it. Using their mobile phone to pay for the content, similar to SMS billing, the purchaser has their age verified by the operator and is blocked from the purchase if they are not old enough.
Using ImpulsePay's service the content owner, be they a blogger, website manager or even product manager, can be sure that any content that is targeted at over eighteens won't be accessed by people too young to view it.
How it works:
– The content owner inserts an ImpulsePay 'Buy Now' button
– After clicking on that the purchaser enters their mobile phone number and is sent a secure PIN by SMS
– The PIN is then entered online and the operator checks the users's handset is registered to an 18+ user
– If the user is not registered as over eighteen then they are sent to a help page
– However, if the user is registered as over eighteen the transaction is completed and the website updates automatically and redirects to the content
This new age verification service will create opportunities for a variety of new online content and services to be provided. ImpulsePay's service will appeal to gaming and other betting sites as, like SMS billing, the service is simple and easy to use and available to anyone with a mobile phone. However, the new age verification service will also allow certain films, games and music content to be safely sold, as well as other, more traditional 18+ content.
Previously credit card payment was the main way that a content owner could ensure proof of age. However, not everyone has a credit card and even for those that do, using their mobile phone to pay for content is seven and half (7.5) times quicker.
Recent research conducted by ImpulsePay calculated the number of keystrokes needed to make an online payment and found that most credit card payments required 120 keystrokes – while ImpulsePay requires only 16.
"This is the next step for us," said Chris Newell, CEO of ImpulsePay. "Our service, which combines the benefits of Payforit and SMS billing, has proven to be really popular with a wide variety of content owners and website users. What we're doing now is opening it up to all content providers. The age-verification service will allow content owners offering certain film or music clips, or games that are 18+ rated, as well as the betting and gaming sites, to accept mobile payments for their content or service."
Newell continued, "The off-line world can easily see if a person is old enough to purchase over-eighteen content. We bring that peace of mind to the online world as well."
ImpulsePay's service is based on Payforit – the payment service supported by all licensed UK mobile operators. Using Payforit, ImpulsePay collects payment directly from the user's mobile phone bill, or available credit if on PAYG, meaning anyone with a mobile phone can now buy content, make a donation or pay for a mobile application on their phone or online.
Just like SMS billing, the Payforit service works on any handset in the UK and across all networks. When accessed on mobile websites, users make a purchase in just one click, with no additional information that needs to be entered. Payforit allows simple hyperlinks to the payments page and once the transaction is complete, it returns the user to the relevant page to receive their content.
One of the advantages of ImpulsePay for content owners is how simple the service is to set up and use. Previously, online payments could only be completed using credit cards, SMS billing or a dedicated service such as PayPal. However, these methods often proved to be complicated to set up and cumbersome for many potential customers.
Another key advantage is that the mobile websites which use Payforit find that the revenue split is similar to the 70:30 model offered by Apple's iPhone App Store, but works on both mobile and standard web sites.
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About ImpulsePay
ImpulsePay (www.impulsepay.com) is an easy to use, mobile small payments service that provides a more efficient way for bloggers, content owners and developers to offer premium or additional content on a paid for basis. It can help to create a regular income for the content owner and enables every reader with a mobile phone to pay for the content.
Previously known as GoPayforit, ImpulsePay is backed by Interlinked, a mobile marketing company with seven years experience in the sector. Working with major international customers and partners, including Hillary Clinton's Presidential campaign, Interlinked has successfully delivered millions of messages for over 50,000 campaigns.
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Hat Trends for Spring-Summer 2011
In the accessory world the mighty hat has always been the must have factor for a lady like look. The spring-summer 2011 comes to flavor the outfits with the cutest possible hats a fashionista would dream of.
Brim hats and all the glam coming with them have caught the eye of the fashion critics on the catwalk. Versatile as fabric, style and colors are concerned, they are certainly a sight to admire.
Dsquared2 and Yohji Mamamoto went for the classic cut of the brim hat with neutral colors and the usual textures. In their visions the brim hat can be worn on top of a messy bun hairstyle perfectly fit for the street walk or a stylish office look.
Mark Jacobs on the other hand created a wider brim hat able to fit a boho chic image of a girl with flowing long hair and dreamy look. Soft fabrics and uneven contours are perfect for the casual look.
Curly, straight, messy or cropped are the hairstyles that would fit the brim hats of this season. Alberta Ferreti went for raw edged look of the brim hats while Moschino chose the boyish note of this accessory.
The stylists advise to match this type of hat with a belt or another accessory and wear it with an evenly colored outfit.
Another option rocking the hair accessory world this season is the turban style hat. Flowing organza, twisted layers of fabric and the most eclectic combination of colors are all part of this stylish look.
John Galliano and Sonia Rykiel went for this dramatic choice of hats. Ropes, knots, veils and intricate combinations of fabric are ready to make a look stand out with glamour.
The daring layered look is the factor able to make an outfit step out of anonymity. Make sure you arm yourself with confidence and pair this type of bold hat with lace and sheer fabric.
If you want to bring down its kitschy note, combine this hat trend with a classic tailored suite and you will be ready to be the talk of a formal gathering.
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Written by Warren Ellison on August 22, 2017
Brett Young has announced that he will be hitting the road this fall for his first-ever headlining tour. The trek has been named the "Caliville Tour," and Young is bringing rising country singer Carly Pearce along for it. The "Caliville Tour" will kick off October 14th in Charlottesville, Virginia. Young will perform in 14 cities across the country on his headlining trek; the whole thing is scheduled to wrap up in Milwaukee in mid-December. Young will be playing material from his recently released self-titled debut album, including his current single, "Like I Loved You." The song follows the Top 5, gold-certified hit "Sleep Without You" and the No. 1, platinum-selling "In Case You Didn't Know." Tickets for the tour will go on sale August 25th. Tour dates include:
|Oct. 14
|Charlottesville, VA
|Jefferson Theater
|Oct. 21
|Kansas City, MO
|Oct. 28
|Sarasota, FL
|White Buffalo Saloon
|Nov. 02
|Charleston, SC
|Music Farm
|Nov. 03
|Baltimore, MD
|Rams Head Live
|Nov. 04
|Charlotte, NC
|Coyote Joe's
|Nov. 11
|Knoxville, TN
|Cotton Eyed Joe's
|Nov. 18
|Louisville, KY
|Mercury Ballroom
|Nov. 29
|Oxford, OH
|Brick Street Bar-Miami U
|Dec. 01
|Detroit, MI
|Majestic Theatre
|Dec. 02
|Madison, WI
|Orpheum Theater
|Dec. 09
|Baton Rouge, LA
|Texas Club
|Dec. 13
|Cincinnati, OH
|Dec. 16
|Milwaukee, WI


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Gordon & Macphail describe this new range as 'testimony to the long and unique relationships built over generations. We have been entrusted with new-make spirit from many of Scotland's distilleries to mature in our casks, our way. Offering interesting and complementary perspectives on already great single malts, this highly sought after collection features the original distillery labels licensed to us, making these whiskies even more distinctive.' This Glentauchers was distilled in 2004 and bottled in 2018.
Tasting Notes
|G&M: Dry meadow grasses mix with beeswax polish aromas. Sweetness evolves with time: white chocolate and vanilla pod mingles with fresh pear and green apple.
|G&M: A tropical fruit celebration: melon, kiwi, ripe nectarine and grapefruit flavours each take a turn in the limelight. Warming pepper develops, opening into a drying cacao powder edge.


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A downloadable game
All the gold in the world.
It's not too much to ask for, is it?
Sure, there might be a few other scoundrels on the high seas with the same goal, but they've never had to deal with the likes of you. You're a crafty one.
Bury your coin to keep it safe while you scout foreign islands and plunder their treasures. Be wise though, all good pirates know the value of a booby trap. Only your cunning and deductive powers can help you safely chart a map to the riches.
Oh, and never forget he who all buccaneers fear most...
The deadly Krakken and its many arms wait to drag you and all that glitters to the depths of the ocean.
How To Play:
- Players begin at one of four home islands
- Each turn players may move their ship 15 paces
- Each turn players may dig 3 holes on islands
- Each turn players may bury 1 bomb on islands
- If a Player digs up a bomb, their gold is scattered on the island
- Bombed players will respawn at their home island
- At the end of each turn, the Krakken will pursue the recent player
- If the Krakken catches a boat, all that player's gold is lost to the world
- Players respawn at their home islands
- Wind powerups in the center of the map will double the base movement
- Additional gold/bombs/wind restores can be found while digging
- The total amount of gold in the world is displayed in the top left
- The first player to hold all the gold in the world wins
Game Controls:
[NOTE: Please Hit F1 When Starting to Make Controls Match Those in the Screenshots. Trust us, it's for your own good!]
- (Arrows) - Move Ship/Pirate
- (Z) - Dig
- (Up + Z ) - Bury Gold
- (Down + Z) - Bury Bomb
- (X) - Post Pirate Sign
- (Up + X) Post Gold Sign
- (Down + X) Post Bomb Sign
- (C + C) - Display Carried Gold [Truth]
- (C + Up) - Display Carried Gold + 1
- (C + Down) - Display Carried Gold -1
Screen Controls:
- F6 - Resize Window
- F5 - Fullscreen Toggle
Additional Controls:
- F1 - Controller/Keyboard/Audio Controls
- F12 - Reset Game
Suggested Soundtrack:
Version Notes:
- 6/15/2015 - Public Play Edition
- Added confirmation requirement before leaving island
- Fixed bug where pickups would not work on the final island square
- Fixed bug where Krakken would get stuck in ports
- Increased overall Krakken movement
|Vagabond Dog
|4-player, competitive, deception, Multiplayer, party, pegjam, Pirates, Pixel Art, vagabond-dog, winnipeg-game-jam
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History of Fedrigoni
The Fedrigoni family has a tradition in the paper world since 1717, when the San Colombano paper mill was set up close to the hermitage of the same name in Vallarsa-Rovereto.
The paper mill was sold in 1814 to the Jacob family following the Napoleonic wars.
Giuseppe Antonio Fedrigoni, after a long period dedicated to commerce in paper, began paper production in 1888 in the Verona Paper mill,that was subsequently expanded by his son, Antonio.
From 1931, Gianfranco Fedrigoni, assisted by brothers Renzo and Arrigo, gave new impulse to the development of the company.
The Varone paper mill was taken over in 1938 and the Verona Mill - completely destroyed during the Second World War - was rebuilt in 1945.
The Adamas Paper Mill was set up in South Africa in 1948 (later sold to Sappi in 1964); the Arco Mill was founded in 1963.
The three mills (Verona, Varone and Arco) were merged in 1979 to form Cartiere Fedrigoni & C. S.p.A. Since then, Group development has continued with special emphasis on the "converting" sector, with the creation of Arconvert in 1989 and the take-over of Manter SA (Manipulados del Ter SA) in 1993, on European distribution through the dedicated companies distribution companies in Germany (1987), Spain (1989), France and Great Britain (1993). As from the 1st January 2000: the Fedrigoni Group was re-organised, with the transfer of production and commercial operations to the new Fedrigoni Cartiere S.p.A. and buildings operations to Acquaviva S.r.l., while Cartiere Fedrigoni & C. S.p.A. itself became the Group Holding Company.
At the end of 2001, the Fedrigoni Group was awarded the tender issued by "Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato" for the acquisition of "Cartiere Miliani e Fabriano" (heirs to the century-old tradition of Italian paper-making) and its subsidiaries (Cartamano S.r.l., Miliani Immobiliare S.r.l. and S.I.C.M.A. S.r.l.).
As from April 2004, thank to an agreement with "Mantegazza Antonio Arti Grafiche Srl" Fedrigoni Group creates Fabriano Securities which will be active in the area of securities systems with the production of a complete range of products technologically advanced such as holograms security-threads, plastic cards, security prints.
Fedrigoni Asia began operations in April 2006 with head offices in Hong Kong. The company will handle sales of Fedrigoni.
History of the Fedrigoni Group
The history of our business dates almost as far back as the history of paper in Europe itself. Over the years, we've consistently been at the forefront of our industry, pioneering the techniques and processes that make paper the beautiful, versatile medium it is. It's a tradition of sustained growth and innovation we're proud to continue to this day. Building on the past. Delivering the future.
1264 - First record of the production of carta bambagina – an early form of cotton-based paper – in Fabriano, according to a document from the Historical Archive of Matelica.
1717 - Giuseppe Fedrigoni founds the San Colombano paper mill at Trambilleno (Rovereto).
1888 - Giuseppe Antonio Fedrigoni sets up the Fedrigoni paper mill in Verona.
1938 - Gianfranco Fedrigoni (Giuseppe's grandson) takes over the Varone paper mill.
1945 - Shortly before the end of World War II the mill at Verona is completely destroyed by air bombing. Family and workers contribute their own money to help with the reconstruction, without waiting for state aid or the Marshall plan.
1963 - A third paper mill in Arco is set up to produce the first punched cards for IBM machines, ushering in the dawn of the computing age.
1977 - The first trial batch of Post-It™ notes is produced by 3M with paper from the Varone Mill.
1987 - The first European distribution companies are opened in Germany and Spain, followed in 1993 by Fedrigoni UK and Fedrigoni France.
1989 - Arconvert is founded to make self-adhesive products.
1993 - The Group takes over ownership of the Spanish adhesive paper firm Manter.
2002 - The Euro is introduced as a single European currency. The Group acquires ownership of the historic paper company Cartiere Miliani Fabriano, which is licensed to produce paper for the Italian Euro notes.
2004 - Fabriano Securities is set up, specializing in security and anti-counterfeiting systems.
2006 - Founding of the Fedrigoni Asia office. The converting plant of Castelraimondo in Fabriano is also set up.
2009 - The group sets up Arconvert Brasil, its first overseas production plant.
Fedrigoni - The Group
From bank notes to books, and from fine art paper to office stationery, paper is part of the fabric of our world. Fedrigoni Group has played a major role in shaping that world for more than 120 years.
Fedrigoni Group manufactures a wide range of fine quality, technically advanced paper and paper-related products and distributes them all over the world. We have five main companies, together representing 2,000 employees and spanning seven countries. Through our network of distribution partners, we deliver to customers in more than 100 countries.
We pride ourselves on our close relationships with our customers, which allow us to provide unique services carefully tailored to their individual requirements. It's this open dialogue with our customers, together with our innovative production and distribution techniques, that has made us a pioneering leader in the markets we serve.
Throughout our history, our business has been characterised by solid, sustainable growth. By painstakingly researching related industries, we've continued to make considered acquisitions that perfectly complement our strategic vision, allowing our business to flourish in existing markets while expanding into new ones.
There are 7 Sub companies:
- Arconvert
- Fedrigoni Cartiere
- Fabriano
- Fabriano Securities
- Fabriano Boutique
- Manter
- Sadipal
Headquarters and plant: Arco (Trento) / Italy
By 1989, the Varone Fedrigoni plant had acquired a wide range of expertise in adhesive paper. We decided to launch a separate company to develop this further, perfecting self-adhesive paper technology and allowing us to enter a growing market in this area. Arconvert was born. Twenty years of growth have seen the Arconvert plant expand to an area which today covers 50,000 square metres. The plant includes four coating lines for producing self-adhesive materials. Thanks to sustained increases in revenue and profits, Arconvert opened its Sao Paulo-based production company Arconvert Brazil Ltda in 2009.
- All-purpose self-adhesive paper and film in reel and sheet form
- Self-adhesive anti-counterfeit security paper
- Casting-release paper for the finishing of genuine and synthetic leather
Fedrigoni Cartiere
Headquarters: Verona/Italy
Plant: Verona/Italy
Plant: Varone (Trento)/Italy
Plant: Arco (Trento)/Italy
Logistics: Buttapietra (Verona)/Italy
Since its foundation in 1888, Fedrigoni has specialised in fine paper for printing, editing, labels, bookbinding, packaging and paper products. While this remains very much at the heart of the business, the company continually creates new paper processes and technologies that satisfy the ever-changing aesthetic and technical demands of the market. Thanks to an advanced logistics system benefiting from 11 warehouse branches in Italy and seven abroad, Fedrigoni builds strong relationships with customers and provides them with highly tailored services, with very fast turnaround times. By collaborating closely with customers, Fedrigoni creates specially customised paper products along with the 2,500 standard items that are always in stock.
- Marked paper
- Parchment and transparent paper
- Ecological and recycled paper
- High-density paper
- Cast-coated high-gloss paper
- Pearlescent paper
- Embossed paper
- Laid and watermarked paper
- Paper for digital toner, laser and inkjet printers
- Wood-free offset paper in white and ivory
- Machine-coated glossy paper
- Pulp-coloured paper
Sales Offices: Fabriano (Ancona)/Italy
Converting: Castelraimondo (Macerata)/Italy, Rocchetta (Macerata)/Italy
Very few companies can claim a longer or more distinguished heritage than Fabriano. Dating back to 1264, the Fabriano mill's fine arts papers were used and highly praised by Michelangelo. Fabrianese paper masters pioneered many of the processes now common in paper manufacture today, including the watermark and the technique of surface sheet gluing using gelatine. In 2002, Fabriano became part of the Fedrigoni Group, which backed it with significant new investments. The company is committed to renewable energy and makes extensive use of self-generated hydroelectric power. The production yield from the six continuous machines, one of which is dedicated entirely to producing bank notes and security papers, makes the company unique in the European paper industry and one of the leading players in its field worldwide.
- Office paper
- Security paper
- Bank notes
- Fine arts and scholastic design
- Editorial and graphic use
- Handmade paper
Fabriano Securities
Headquartes and Plant: Ospiate di Bollate, Milan/Italy
Fabriano Securities has more than 80 years' experience creating special security features for paper as part of the security printing company Mantegazza Antonio Arti Grafiche. The company's corporate branch in this sector was acquired by the Fedrigoni Group in 2004. Using specially developed technology, Fabriano Securities produces and prints anti-counterfeit features such as security threads, holograms and stripes (used in particularly in bank notes, including the Euro). All of the company's products conform to the strict standards of the European Central Bank (ECB).
- Lithographic security printing
- Applied security systems
Fabriano Boutique
Headquarters: Rome/Italy
Flagship stores: Florence, Milan, Rome/Italy, Münich/Germany
Since 2000, Fabriano also means design: useful and fascinating items in paper, for enjoyable visual and tactile luxury every day. Everything is designed in-house and manufactured in Italy by the best craftsmen using premium quality materials. Everything focusing around paper is designed and distributed to inspire designers and creatives world-wide. The products are on sale also through the bookshops of leading museums all over the world. Clients of specially designed solutions include important Italian and international institutions.
- Luxury paper products
- Merchandising solutions for museums and exhibitions
Manipulados del Ter S.a.
Headquarter & Plants: Sant Gregori (Girona)/Spain
Founded in 1944, the Spanish company Manter produces self-adhesive paper and materials. We acquired the company in 1993 to take advantage of opportunities in a growing market and to create new outlets for special paper use. Today, advanced technological capacity and specialist knowledge have helped make Manter a global leader, particularly in the production of labels for the wine industry. Situated on an area of around 40,000 square metres, Manter's new headquarters and plant were established in 2007.
- Self-adhesive paper and film in reel and sheet format for graphic and wine industry use
Headquartes and plant: Celrà (Girona)/Spain
A division of Manter, Sadipal handles the production and distribution of 25 lines of technical paper and stationery products for creativity, hobbies, school and free time. The company has a 3,500 square metre plant and a strong presence on the Spanish and international markets.
- Paper products for school use
- Paper products for personal use
Environmental Issues
Fedrigoni never flags in the attention it pays to sustainability and respect for the environment: that attention starts with its raw materials, which it sources exclusively from suppliers who practice responsible environmental policies, and its production facilities, whose energy comes from cogeneration plants, and continues right through to the finished product and distribution.
The Group has dedicated many years to expanding its range of papers bearing FSC® Chain of Custody certification. By 2010, the company had achieved a percentage of no less than 85%.
The FSC (Forest Stewardship Council®) is an international non-governmental organisation, founded by a group of environmental associations, indigenous communities and forest owners, with the common aim of improving forestry management by practising environmentally compatible and socially and economically sustainable policies. Established in partnership with Greenpeace, WWF and Friends of the Earth, its principles lead to product certification. To obtain process certification, a producer must guarantee the Chain of Custody (or chain of traceability), which means always being able to identify the forest from which the wood used originally came, at every stage in its use, especially in the many phases that lead to the creation of the finished product destined for the end user.
But even that is not enough: ever concerned to demonstrate its complete commitment to safeguarding the environment, the company already achieved recognition of compliance with the FSC® Controlled Wood principles for the remaining 15%.
What this means is a guarantee that even those products that do not bear the FSC®-CoC use no cellulose made with wood deriving from illegal logging, from forestry areas where the civil or traditional rights of the local populations are trampled on or from any forests whose high values of conservation are threatened by forestry management activities. All and any producers who process wood from areas that have been converted from forests into plantations with an annual type of yield or planted with genetically modified trees are strictly excluded from the company's list of suppliers: this policy, which the company has been pursuing for years, guarantees a very low environmental impact throughout the product's life cycle: from the quality of the air and water, the protection of the soil and the reduction of waste to energy saving, natural resource management, the protection of the ozone layer, environmental safety, biodiversity and sustainable forestry. FSC® is an international organization and has both an international www.fsc.org and a UK website www.fsc-uk.org Fedrigoni now offers over 100 products which are FSC® certified, the attached document will help you to identify which logo to use for each material. All the ecological certifications held by Fedrigoni papers demonstrate the Group's attention to the environment and to the safety of both the product and the related production process, which takes the form of:
- acquiring fibrous raw materials from suppliers who practice sustainable forestry management, verified by their holding independent forestry certification and obtained from processes conducted without the use of any chlorine, in particular from cellulose classified as ECF;
- wherever the product's quality specifications allow, using cellulose fibers of non-forestry origin that come from annual plants, such as cotton, hemp, kenaf, bamboo and linen, or from secondary pre-consumer and post-consumer fibers ;
- working in pH neutral environments, i.e. acid free conditions, which also comply with the requisites of the Long Life Standard ISO 9706;
- favouring the increasing use of mineral fillers and biodegradable additives with a natural origin;
- reducing, if not eliminating, the use of raw materials whose production generates significant environmental impacts;
- favouring in-house energy generating, both from hydro-electric sources and obtained from fuels and systems with a low environmental impact (co-generation with natural gas)
- Complying with legislation governing the use of colorants, the elimination of hazardous substances and the presence of heavy metals (lead, cadmium, mercury etc.);
- Using subsidiary and process chemical substances and preparations that comply with the prescriptions introduced by R.E.A.C.H.Regulation.
Fedrigoni's policy of working consciously to save and filter water in the course of highly specialised production processes demonstrates the company's firm commitment to practising an environmentally sustainable strategy that focuses on reducing water consumption, favouring recirculation within the process, optimising its papermaking processes and doing away with all possible sources of wastage. At the same time as total production increased by 48% in the period from 2002 to 2008, a complex agenda put into practice at several levels reduced fresh water consumption by 39% and the production of residual sludge from water filtering (COD) by 57%.
By introducing energy co-generation plants, Fedrigoni has achieved a significant reduction in its atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions, which puts it perfectly in line with the requirements of the Kyoto Protocol. Fedrigoni already started a combined and simultaneous process of generating electricity and thermal energy in-house as early as 1997, using nothing but methane as fuel and recuperating the heat generated as a by-product of electricity to produce steam and use it in other phases of the production process. In that same period from 2002 to 2008, while total production increased by 48%, energy consumption was cut by 32%, steam by 39% and CO2 by 48%.


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In the previous post on stack corruptions, we have discussed the case where the stack becomes corrupted but still contains a chain of EBP references which allows for manual reconstruction. (For background reading, see this article on EBP stack reconstruction and calling convention nightmares on x86.)
Below is a call stack from an application crash dump. The reported crash was an access violation inside a module called "HelperLibrary" for which we don't have symbols or source code. The call stack doesn't look promising:
0:000> kv
ChildEBP RetAddr Args to Child
WARNING: Stack unwind information not available. Following frames may be wrong.
0028fcec 74ba339a 7efde000 0028fd38 77479ed2
0028fcf8 77479ed2 7efde000 776a5346 00000000
kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0xe (FPO: [1,0,0])
0028fd38 77479ea5 011212b2 7efde000 00000000
ntdll!__RtlUserThreadStart+0x70 (FPO: [SEH])
0028fd50 00000000 011212b2 7efde000 00000000
ntdll!_RtlUserThreadStart+0x1b (FPO: [2,2,0])
There are no real frames here other than HelperLibrary+0x1014, but we're pretty sure that there should be other code on the stack, such as the application's main function 🙂
To reconstruct something from this stack, you need to understand who called HelperLibrary+0x1014, even though you don't have accurate symbols. Usually, it would be a matter of traversing EBP references, but if it were that easy, the debugger would already have done it!
OK, so what happened to EBP?
0:000> r ebp
0:000> ln ebp
0:000> u ebp
0034fbfc 08fc or ah,bh
0034fbfe 3400 xor al,0
0034fc00 9a33ba7400e0fd call FDE0:0074BA33
0034fc07 7e48 jle 0034fc51
0034fc09 fc cld
0034fc0a 3400 xor al,0
0034fc0c d29e477700e0 rcr byte ptr [
0034fc12 fd std
In case you haven't noticed, this isn't actual code—it's a bunch of data which is interpreted as instructions. It is entirely possible that EBP has been corrupted to point to a totally unrelated location, but there is also another possibility: that the current code is using FPO.
What's FPO? FPO (Frame Pointer Omission) is an optimization technique whereas the compiler uses the EBP register as a scratch value for storing miscellaneous data, like any other general-purposes register. How are local variables and function parameters handled? Directly through ESP.
In other words, when using FPO (which you can enable with the /Oy compilation switch), the compiler is free to refrain from creating a "real" stack frame, with the previous EBP value. There is no linked list of stack frames starting at the current EBP value. The debugger isn't capable of doing anything without FPO information, which is present in the symbol files, which we don't have.
This leaves us with disassembling HelperLibrary+0x1014 and try to figure out manually where it returns. Let's take a look at the vicinity of HelperLibrary+0x1014 (the offending instruction in bold):
0:000> u HelperLibrary+0x1014-0x14 L8
66951000 56 push esi
66951001 ff157c209566 call dword ptr [6695207c]
66951007 50 push eax
66951008 c60061 mov byte ptr [eax],61h
6695100b ff1578209566 call dword ptr [66952078]
66951011 83c408 add esp,8
66951014 c60661 mov byte ptr [esi],61h
66951017 c3 ret
This looks, indeed, like a frame with FPO – there is no EBP to be seen. However, the subsequent ret instruction is going somewhere – so we can look at ESP and find the return address there:
0:000> dps esp L1
0034fb9c 66951040 HelperLibrary+0x1040
OK, so what's at HelperLibrary+0x1040?
0:000> u HelperLibrary+0x1040-0x20 LC
66951020 56 push esi
66951021 8bf0 mov esi,eax
66951023 56 push esi
66951024 ff157c209566 call dword ptr [6695207c]
6695102a 50 push eax
6695102b c60061 mov byte ptr [eax],61h
6695102e ff1578209566 call dword ptr [66952078]
66951034 03742410 add esi,dword ptr [esp+10h]
66951038 83c408 add esp,8
6695103b e8c0ffffff call HelperLibrary+0x1000
66951040 5e pop esi
66951041 c3 ret
Interesting. This frame doesn't use EBP either, so we can expect the return value to be at ESP+4 (because of the pop instruction immediately prior to returning). But how do we figure out the value of ESP when in this function? Well, suppose that the previous function returns. It has removed four bytes (the return address) from the stack. The next value of ESP, then, is ESP+4, and we need to add another four bytes to account for the "pop esi" instruction.
0:000> dps esp+8 L1
0034fba4 6695106b HelperLibrary!ImportantFunction+0x1b
All right! We are making some real progress—we have a really small offset, and even though there are no symbols, ImportantFunction is probably an exported function, so we have its location in the DLL:
0:000> u HelperLibrary!ImportantFunction LD
66951050 8b442404 mov eax,dword ptr [esp+4]
66951054 85c0 test eax,eax
66951056 7501 jne HelperLibrary!ImportantFunction+0x9
66951058 c3 ret
66951059 837c240c00 cmp dword ptr [esp+0Ch],0
6695105e 7e0e jle HelperLibrary!ImportantFunction+0x1e
66951060 8b4c2408 mov ecx,dword ptr [esp+8]
66951064 49 dec ecx
66951065 51 push ecx
66951066 e8b5ffffff call HelperLibrary+0x1020
6695106b 83c404 add esp,4
6695106e b801000000 mov eax,1
66951073 c3 ret
This is another function with no trace of EBP use in it. Note that it has parameters, and it accesses these parameters using direct offsets from ESP—which is a tell-tale sign of FPO. Where does this function return to? Well, after the previous function returns, ESP is already at ESP+0xC from its current value. ImportantFunction adds another four bytes, and then returns—so we need to look at ESP+0x10:
0:000> dps esp+0x10 L1
0034fbac 00ed100f MainApp!wmain+0xf
Yes! We're out of the DLL, and back to symbol-land! The reconstructed stack, therefore, looks like this:
None of this was provided by the debugger. For reference, here is the same call stack with symbols (which contain FPO information)—we were right on the money!
0:000> kv
ChildEBP RetAddr Args to Child
003dfee4 668e1040 00000001 668e106b 0000000f
HelperLibrary!AnotherHelperFunction+0x14 (FPO: [0,0,0])
003dfeec 668e106b 0000000f 010c100f 010c20f4
HelperLibrary!HelperFunction+0x20 (FPO: [1,0,4])
003dfef4 010c100f 010c20f4 00000010 00000001
HelperLibrary!ImportantFunction+0x1b (FPO: [3,0,0])
003dff04 010c1191 00000001 00771b78 00771c10
MainApp!wmain+0xf (FPO: [2,0,0])
003dff48 74ba339a 7efde000 003dff94 77479ed2
MainApp!__tmainCRTStartup+0x122 (FPO: [Non-Fpo])
003dff54 77479ed2 7efde000 777db3e9 00000000
kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0xe (FPO: [1,0,0])
003dff94 77479ea5 010c12b2 7efde000 00000000
ntdll!__RtlUserThreadStart+0x70 (FPO: [SEH])
003dffac 00000000 010c12b2 7efde000 00000000
ntdll!_RtlUserThreadStart+0x1b (FPO: [2,2,0])


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Amman to Petra Distance,
1- Option A , The Main Desert HighWay , from A to B. nothing on the road.
245 KM , and takes in the car two and a half hours.
note : that the main highway when the post is written in 2016 is not in a very good shape and many parts needs fixing.
2- Option 2
Amman to Petra Distance Via Kings Highway .
This is a great Way to Enjoy Jordan landscape and historical cities on the way.
it is longer than the desert higway and you can stop to visit Karak caslte or Shobak castle .
Most travelers take around 1 and a half hour inside Karak castle and 45 minutes in Shobak castel , with a 10 minutes short stops on Wadi El Hasa and Wadi El Mujib stops,
Average time spent is 7 Hours , and Amman to Petra distance in kilometers is 300 Kilometers.
Amman to Petra Distance,
3- Option C , Dead Sea and Up to Tafila and then to Petra.
275 KM , and takes in the car three and a half hours, without stops.
This road is in a very good shape and you can stop on the Dead Sea Beaches on the way , if you like driving near the sea this road is for you , the sea on the right and the mountains on the left.
You can visit Lot's cave on the way and stop to see the salt crystals and lot's wife .
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In 1929 archeologists began draining Lake Nemi in search of the mysterious ships that have been glimpsed beneath its waters since the reign of Claudius. What they awakened had been drowned for two thousand years. For a very good reason.
Veteran aviator Lewis Segura has been drifting since the Great War ended, fetched up at last at the small company run by fellow veterans and pilots Alma Gilchrist and Mitchell Sorley, assisted by their old friend Dr. Jerry Ballard, an archeologist who lost his career when he lost part of his leg. It's a living, and if it's not quite what any of them had dreamed of, it's better than much that they've already survived. But Lewis has always dreamed true, and what he sees in his dreams will take them on a dangerous chase from Hollywood to New York to an airship over the Atlantic, and finally to the Groves of Diana Herself….
The world is full of lost treasures. Some of them are better off not found.
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- Placid
- 18-05-15
Glad that I read this book
What did you like most about Lost Things?
The way the story line developed.
What did you like best about this story?
The personal interaction of the characters
What does John Lee bring to the story that you wouldn't experience if you had only read the book?
Different voices to characters
If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Not sure
Any additional comments?
This book was provided free of charge in exchange for a review.
The book started out as a typical WWI aviator who never got over the shock of war. But it seems that the story line develops in pieces with the discovery that the flyer has prophetic dreams that tend to come true. It then builds as it is revealed that there is a secret organization of people with various abilities that feel they should save the world.
This book built up the story line very well and by the end of the book you were not sure the good guys were going to win or not. But it did a fantastic job of knitting all the parts together and was very enjoyable. Enough so that I am actually thinking about the next two books in the series.
John Lee isn't the most dynamic narrator; but did a very good job on the various people's voices.
- elly gausden
- London, United Kingdom
- 06-12-16
Neither one thing nor the other kind of book
I searched for Steampunk on Audible and this came up in the list. It isn't Steampunk at all, and I have no idea why it was in the list, but it does have magic in it. A liitle. All the main characters can do magic, and the whole story is about magic, it really isn't all that magical. It's a bit like a long winded chase with vaguely magic interludes. Think of a fairly dull version of North by North West, with no characters you like all that much.
The narrator isn't bad but I kept losing track and found my attention wandering. No idea if that was him or the book not holding my attention.
The point of view shifts all the time, and in the reading that feels really confusing at times, maybe it's clearer in the text.
0 of 1 people found this review helpful
- Sires
- 28-01-13
1929 Set Historical Fantasy with Good Narrator
I've read Melissa Scott's science fiction since she hit the bookstores in the 80's. She managed complex and satisfying world building combined with characters that were both alien and easy to relate to. Jo Graham is not an author that I have encountered before but now I intend to check out her backlist.
Anyway, when I saw this book listed on Audible I seized on it at once, and I am very happy I did.
Not science fiction but historical fantasy, the background of the story is the final year of the 20's. The adventure starts with an archaeological dig in Italy. The archaeological dig is real enough, as are the ships built by Caligula and then sunk in the lake after his assassination. Add to this the release of an ancient malignant being with the attempt to recover the ships and there is the satisfying bones of a good story there.
Alma, Jerry, and Mitchell are all members of a Hermetic Lodge. Jerry and Mitchell are combat veterans of the Great War. Alma was an ambulance driver and the widow of their friend and Magister, Gil, who died of the effects of mustard gas after the war. Each of them have lost something. Early in the book they are joined by Lewis Segura, another veteran pilot who becomes Alma's lover and employee as they struggle to come to terms with their losses and rebuild their lives, mundate and magical.
This story feels true to the time. The details about flying and the attempt to commercialize add to the story. A good part of the US is covered from Colorado to Hollywood to Chicago with period detail highlighting, but not overwhelming the plot and characters.
John Lee, the narrator does a great job. His general narration accent is American with a 1920's feel to it but he voices the characters with their various backgrounds well. Even when reading ritual magic he does not go overboard.
There's another book in this series on the way: Steel Blues. I'm looking forward to the Audible version.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
- mike
- 17-01-13
Okay but a bit flat
I was thrilled to see a new Melissa Scott book out and ordered it immediately. I had a hard time getting through the story. The premise is good: a lodge of magicians in 1929 needs to stop an evil spirit. Historical detail seems okay and the story takes includes a lot of stuff about the old airplanes, which I have an interest in. The plot follows a decent arc to a tense confrontation and has enough action throughout the story to keep things moving.
My problem is with the characters. There are four protagonists. The point of view switches between them, but there's little to differentiate the voices, let alone the characters. It's as if we have one person broken into separate pieces and whomever is convenient comes to the front. That makes the story flat.
The narration is adequate, but to carry the book it needed to differentiate the characters more. That wasn't there. The narrator doesn't do accents well and there is no different pacing for the different voices. Also, he would at times get into repetitive lilts when the sentences were of equal lengths. I blame this more on the writing than the narrator. Still, it was at times an intrusion into the story.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
- Jan
- 07-03-16
Aviation, archaeology, and more
Join pilots Lewis, Alma, and Mitchell, and their archaeologist friend Jerry, on an extraordinary journey halfway across the globe to enter into a world of demons, a secret society, magicians, and archaeology. I believe that the factual bases were exquisitely researched and fed to the reader as a leisurely 11 course meal. The characters are real to their time, yet the reader can easily relate to their actions as well as their personal struggles.
Well written, irregularly paced, engaging. A very enjoyable read.
John Lee is an excellent storyteller.
"I was provided this audiobook at no charge by the author, publisher and/or narrator in exchange for an unbiased review via AudiobookBlast"
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
- David
- 22-01-13
Wonderfully wrought historical fantasy
What made the experience of listening to Lost Things the most enjoyable?
I love the storytelling quality of John Lee's narration. He has the perfect tone to carry a story forward and draw me in.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Louis, because of all the challenges he faced, and the way he stepped up and overcame adversity.
Which scene was your favorite?
I love the big chase / fight on the airship. It's well written, and brings that very unique setting to brilliant life.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Just enjoyed it thoroughly and looking forward to the next adventure for this crew.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
- Deedra
- 01-09-15
Lost Things
Any additional comments?
I kept zoning out with this book and having to back it up.It just seemed to drone on about mundane things when there was evil to vanquish,Etruscan to figure out,etc.I liked the narrator,John Lee,but he was not right for this book.Set in the 1920's,mostly,we come in when Jerry is asked to translate an ancient text that was found in a temple after the draining and archeological dig at Lake Nemi.There is a curse and a demon who inhabits people then jumps to someone else.Alma,Mitch,Jerry and Lewis live together,work together flying air ships and planes,and are members of an ancient hermitage that handles things like this."I was provided this audiobook at no charge by the author, publisher and/or narrator in exchange for an unbiased review via AudiobookBlast or MalarHouse dot com"
- Amiesbookreviews
- 12-07-15
An interesting and unique alternate history tale
Author: Melissa Scott & Jo Graham
Type of Book: Audiobook - Unabridged
Narrator: John Lee
Length: 11 hours, 12 minutes
Genre: Historical Fantasy Fiction
Release Date: January 8, 2013
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐
* I received a free copy of this audiobook through Audiobook Blast in exchange for an honest review.*
This story was not what I expected. It was actually better than I expected.
This audiobook is set in the year 1929. The war is over and many men who have returned to America are finding themselves at loose ends.
In the war Lewis Segura was an exceptional pilot. Despite his stellar reputation he had a hard time finding a job after the war.
Eventually he finds a home (in both work life and real life) with Alma Gilchrist who owns a small airline company.
Alma's husband had died after returning from the war from the effects of mustard gas, leaving Alma as the owner of their airline.
Meanwhile, in Italy, an archaeological dig is taking place at Lake Nemi.
They have discovered two ships beneath the lake's waters that date back to the time of Caligula's reign.
But the archaeologists do not just discover hidden artifacts. Something else was hidden with those ships; something evil, and now it has been unleashed.
What Lewis, Alma and two friends could possibly have to do with ancient Roman artifacts you will have to listen to this audiobook to find out.
This audiobook is over eleven hours long, but the story is filled with twists and turns that will keep the listener interested the entire time.
The narration is excellent. There are quite a few phrases in other languages that could easily have been tongue twisters, but John Lee voices them with ease. Also, he has the perfect voice for this alternate-history type of story. For some reason that I cannot explain, his voice lends the storyline credibility. I rate the narration as 5 out of 5 stars.
I enjoyed this audiobook and would not hesitate to recommend it to both "real" and alternate history lovers.
Overall I rate this audiobook as 4 out of 5 stars.⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Darren
- 24-06-15
Steampunk thriller mixed with the dawn of aviation
What did you like best about Lost Things? What did you like least?
As a reader with an interest in the early years of avation, especially the WWI period it was great to hear the descriptions on how the early craft handled and flew. The author seemed very well researched in this area. I didn't like how slow the story unfolded overall but that is a small complaint to be honest.
Would you recommend Lost Things to your friends? Why or why not?
I would recommend it to fans of fantasy / military. It was an interesting steampunk take on things. Very believable characters mixed with a very well written fantast setting. If you are a fan of fantasy this is definitely a book to read.
Which scene was your favorite?
I liked the whole atmosphere around the magic lodge. Very subtlety written with a vibe of danger.
Do you think Lost Things needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
Yes it definitely needs it, or should I say merits it, because it was a little slow but seemed to be laying the foundations to further story telling in the series.
Any additional comments?
This was a promising book, the idea was good and the series could be good overall, but I think the book needed a little more substance and a little less binal discussions amongst the characters.
This audiobook was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review.
- A. Sines
- 13-06-15
unique idea blend
Any additional comments?
(I received a free audible copy in exchange for an honest review.)
Reading the blurb for this, I thought it would have more archeology in it. Listening to the first few chapters, I really had no idea where this was going. It starts in a little airfield, run by a widow and her dead husband's friend. Seriously, what did that setting have to do with an archeological dig site?
The more I listened, the more Lost Things felt like a cross between secret societies deeply intertwined with the supernatural and Indiana Jones. It has detailed descriptions of the art of flying in the early twentieth century, which was very interesting.
Once out of the airfield and traveling to find ancient tablets, you get a deeper sense of what interpersonal relationships were like back then. You never fall into the trap of relating the characters and their actions with today's standards.
The paranormal aspect is so subtle as to fall a layer behind the setting and culture of the time. Characterization and the characters' actions rises to prominence.
John Lee does a very consistent and smooth job of narration. I'm not sure if it was the writing or the narration, but on occasion, the scene changes occurred to quickly and it took me a few sentences to catch up.
Overall, a pretty decent listen.
- EasyReader
- 26-05-15
Great story despite lackluster performance
What made the experience of listening to Lost Things the most enjoyable?
The story. Hands down the story carried this all the way through despite the narrators monotone voice and lack of any real emotion.
What did you like best about this story?
The backdrop of the title. Taking the historical aspect of the 20's and the creation of a fantastical world to build around it.
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of John Lee?
Not sure, but someone with a little more excitement in the voice would have been nice. I had a very hard time keeping my ears on book. Absolutely nothing about his performance drew me in.
Any additional comments?
This is a book in which the story itself carried it. There was nothing that was added by the narrator, and nothing that really drew me in. That can be good or bad I guess, but for me, when I hear an audiobook, I want emotion, I want something more than just the written word being read to me. It doesn't have to be fancy, just at least act like you care what's going on in the story. I will absolutely check out the other books, just in print format.
*received in exchange for an honest review
- McFitz
- 15-06-14
I was one of those lost...
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
I didn't enjoy the story enough to recommend it.
What could Melissa Scott and Jo Graham have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
They did a fine job given the material they had to work with. Ms. Scott's voice was somewhat subdued, which made the tale even less interesting.
Which character – as performed by John Lee – was your favorite?
I didn't like any of them, actually.
Did Lost Things inspire you to do anything?
Yes, find another book.


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One of the great moments at any Hyllningsfest comes on a Friday evening, in the sanctuary of Bethany Lutheran Church.
Leah Ann Anderson, confident and erect, is in front of the Smoky Valley Men's Choir, then turns to face them – and lifts a hand. An audience of several hundred falls quiet, as though they have been switched off, the expectant stillness of people who know they are about to be thrilled.
With the first chord, there is no doubt. The Choir has nailed it.
These three and a half dozen men, under Anderson's direction and with accompanist Brenda Finch, perform with astonishing clarity, range and commanding resonance. The Choir is as close to exquisite as any group of its kind.
Hyllningsfest, a massive two-day biennial community celebration of Swedish heritage, begins Friday, October 13 and among the first events, the Men's Choir performance – at 6 p.m., Bethany Church – is one of the most anticipated, for it is now embedded among the long traditions of the festival. This will be the 20th anniversary for the Choir, and its 11th festival performance.
The group's remarkable sound does not come without work. Rehearsals are for two hours in the Church fellowship hall each Tuesday evening up to the concert – eight rehearsals this year, 16 intense hours even for these musicians who know what they're doing. At the first rehearsal, August 22, Anderson surveyed many familiar faces and tossed them a question:
"How many of you are 'charter members' – have been here from the beginning?"
A smattering of hands went up. Most of the others were hardly rookies.
"It's a good balance of guys with a larger percentage of 'retired,' or close to it, and a nice sprinkling of younger singers,"
Anderson said.
And then, this: "I never see them all at once," she said.
"We'll have eight rehearsals, and I never see all of them, together, until the actual performance. Some come to rehearsal this time, and have a conflict and miss one, but they'll be back, and so forth. It used to scare me to death.
"But they are devoted, most are experienced and with beautiful voices, and I came to realize that they will make it work because they love what they're doing."
The men have other lives, other routines. This year their eclectic mix includes physicians, several bankers, many farmers, a few business managers, merchants, teachers, laborers, and at least one in the insurance business, among others, and the range in age spans at least three generations. They love to sing, and they know that Anderson can get them to sing beautifully.
She is an experienced teacher and musician, beginning as a student and choir director years ago in St. Louis, and having taught vocal music at Smoky Valley High School for 14 years; she "retired" in 2010, and has been teaching vocal music at Bethany College since 2011.
"The group has so much talent," Anderson said of the Men's Choir, "and they're such good musicians, and the good ones are pulled along by the ones who can really sing."
She is thoughtful, appreciative, praising their generations: "Darrel Holmquist, such a beautiful tenor, his son Tom, and his son, Ryan, and this says something: men seem to retain their voice much better into their years, and it's a beautiful thing. Stanley Anderson was another lovely tenor. During performances he and Darrel would stand in the front line on the floor level near the piano so they could lean on it when they needed to."
The Choir was the idea of Carroll Lindgren, who wanted to form a community men's choir as part of the Hyllningsfest program in 1997, and asked Anderson to direct the group; it has become a vivid paragon of Hyllningsfest itself, inspired by or descended from the generations drawn to this country and to the land, the settlers who made their homes here, pioneers who came here to live in dugouts and huts with only their spare clothes, their faith, their hymnals, and an abiding love of music. They could sing.
Anderson tells of the strength and energy in the group, its music: "Ewald Lofdahl was a lovely man, a beautiful baritone, and for years he was at nearly every rehearsal. One year (2009) his son, David, died in September (age 56) and it was terrible, with Ewald so stricken. We were going into final rehearsals, and so soon after his loss we assumed Ewald would be absent – and down the stairs he came.
"We hugged, and I expressed our sorrow and sympathy, and surprise that he had returned so soon. Ewald looked at me and said, 'Where else would I be?'"
Anderson said the Choir's program this year will again be an assortment – "the familiar, some not-so familiar, some secular, some religious, some fun, and something to tickle the soul.
"'The Battle of Jericho'," she said, is a difficult arrangement by Moses Hogan, known for taking familiar spirituals and doing "something interesting and challenging.
"And the men will hate this, just hate it," Anderson said. "And it will end up being their favorite song."
And there is a quirky version of "Fever," arranged by Håkan Sund and edited by Mike Wallen. "The interpretation from Sund's Swedish took me hours," Anderson said, "and Mike has been a genius with putting it together."
And familiar favorites – "Tryggare kan ingen vara," the Swedish children's hymn, of course – will be offered.
One other: "Tonera," an old Swedish song, so difficult to translate that the original has been lost over the years, but to Anderson it doesn't matter. "It's about the tone, the music, and how meaningful and soothing it is. The melody is exquisite."


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I'm just going to cut through the crap right now. This is not about crafts. It's not about getting fancy with a sharp pair of scissors and making festive decorations for any celebration.
If you don't want to read it, stop now. I know how I am. It's going to get graphic.
I'm hip to what's up, you know? I'm aware that we aren't all the same, that people love who they love.
I'm not ever going to come between that.
Look at me. I'm with a woman 13 years older than me, and I'm happy.
Different strokes, my friends.
Some people (gay and straight alike) like doing butt stuff. Some people like to get down with people watching.
The list goes on, but I'll spare you the horrors of the Internet.
And some women like other women, and they really like bumping uglies with these other women.
Call it what you want. Tribbing. Bumping Doughnuts. Bearded Clam Jousting.
All of these are just other names for the act known as "scissoring."
Now, I'm not a woman (clearly). I know some women who are lesbian or bi, and the only one that I've had the balls to ask about it in-depth HAS NOT ever scissored anyone. She actually doesn't understand the appeal of the whole thing.
I think I have figured it out.
The act of making love is more of an instinctual act than people like to admit. Frankly, we were made to have sex.
And, in the absence of a penis, I assume that the humping, grinding motion must still continue. Enter: scissoring.
The women position themselves so that their vulvas are touching, and they rub them together until they feel like stopping. The awkward positioning of the legs makes it looks like two sets of scissors, hence the name.
While even my bisexual friend whom I assume wishes to rename nameless can't understand the function, I believe I can.
One woman takes place of the man (minus the penis). The friction and rubbing of both parties' "lady junks" together should bring one or more parties to climax. At least, I would assume.
Again, I don't have a vagina of my own, but it goes without saying that I have at least a baseline understanding and moderate amount of experience with them. I mean, as long as you are rubbing one the right way, it'll do at least a small amount of good.
So… why not rub them both together and kill two birds with the proverbial stone?
I mean, you'll catch the clitoris on all the good stuff, and most women don't climax from penetration alone. It'll be just like rubbing around with a finger, a dildo, a penis, what have you.
It's just… another vagina. It's still sex.
And frankly, I'll always understand the appeal of sex.
This is not included in the 500 word limit.
Thanks to Jimmy Halpenny for the challenge.
I attempted to be a bit more tasteful with the sex in this one than I have before. Of course, I was trying to prove a point in this, not shock.
I had to pull out my brain and shove it right into a vagina, the very place it belongs.
Truly ghjr.


text: New Delhi: Soldiers sitting in their bunkers in snow-clad Siachen will get to feel sea waves, chirping of birds and winds passing through forests, as part of a DRDO project to break the monotonous environment and sense of isolation faced by them in the world's highest battlefield. As part of its efforts to provide troops with "enriched environment" at isolated locations, DRDO has started working on 'Project Dhruv' to develop new bunkers to tackle various forms of psychological issues and depression among them. "Project Dhruv is aimed at environment enrichment within the shelter. This is one of the components for removing his stress in such isolated and forward areas," DRDO Chief Controller, Life Sciences W Selvamurthy told PTI here. Such measures will help jawans cope with the stress induced by their monotonous surroundings and help in creating a lively atmosphere within the bunkers, he said. The study will be completed in one year and will provide concrete results to move forward, Selvamurthy added. DRDO has taken a slew of measures to tackle depression among soldiers, which in recent past had led to various incidents of suicides and fratricides in the armed forces. DRDO to develop new bunkers to tackle psychological issues faced by soldiers- Delhi- IBNLive


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Thursday, January 3, 2019
Photos: Our 2018 Christmas Tree
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I love the fun colorful tree, and Daisy did a fantastic job with it! Hugs...ROReplyDelete
She did a wonderful job. It's beautiful.ReplyDelete
Daisy did a great job -- I like that big shiny star on top.ReplyDelete
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very pretty!ReplyDelete
Daisy did a wonderful job. The tree looks beautiful.ReplyDelete
How lovely and meaningful. Good job, Daisy.ReplyDelete
At my age, did not bother to put one up. We would have been in the same boat then. It seems Daisy has the right attitude about a lot of things. Wish you both a very good and healthy New Year.ReplyDelete
Daisy did a great job!!ReplyDelete
The tree looks lovely and Daisy did an excellent job of it..ReplyDelete
My husband won't decorate the tree, nor does he want one but I do :) so I do it.
I think Daisy did a great job, the tree looks lovely.ReplyDelete
All the best Jan
She did a nice job.ReplyDelete
Very fitting that the tree would be decorated with bears. Super cute!ReplyDelete
Daisy enjoyed trimming the tree, I can see. It's gorgeous and fun.ReplyDelete