Новости за 07.01.2017

Excess! Woo hoo, what a topic. This could be an opportunity for your Saturday Blogger to throw caution to the wind and go completely (metaphorically) overboard, diving right into the shaming pool to stir up a few murky secrets and send revelatory shockwaves rippling towards the blogshore. Could be fun.

But no, it's an opportunity I'll have to pass on, because being diplomatic and discreet is second nature to me - and I don't want to get sued. (The bastards know who they are though - and... Читать дальше...

After spending the christmas break in France, we came back in the UK, enjoying the bank holiday weekend - restful times... 
I was sorting out some old photographs archives and came up on some images taken in the southwest of France, some years ago : As we were having a walk, passing by a farm, we spotted a majestic rooster protecting half a dozen of very shy hens... The brief was not impressed with us, sure of his strengths - maybe a bit presumptuous and arrogant? - watching us passing by, convinced... Читать дальше...

Jesse Dylan James (born June 4, 1994) is an American football tight end for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Penn State, and was drafted by the Steelers in the fifth round of the 2015 NFL Draft.

Early years

James attended South Allegheny Middle/Senior High School in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Where he was a two-time Second-team All-State selection. He was named First-team All-Century Conference as ...

TheMaker75: When the NPA was operating in Luzon and the major islands of the Visayas they actually had some power. Being relegated to Mindanao shows how far they have fallen.

Nice little comment here on an old post, Primitive People Have Primitive Languages and Other Nonsense? 

The Woman In Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
Published by Harvill Secker
Hardback
Published 30 June 2016
352 pages
Library book

Poor Management of Livestock Grazing

Wild Horses on a Former Great Basin Shrubland Destroyed by Livestock Grazing, Invasive Plants, and Fire.

Good Me, Bad Me by Ali Land
Published by Michael Joseph
Ebook
Expected publication 12 January 2017
400 pages
NetGalley

Batgirl #7 Preview (DC)

Here’s a 6 page preview of Batgirl #7, “Son of Penguin” – Part One, by writer Hope Larson and artist Christian Wildgoose, on sale January 25th, 2017 from DC Comics.

BATGIRL #7

Writer: Hope Larson
Artist: Christian Wildgoose
Cover: Christian Wildgoose
Variant cover: Francis Manapul

“Son of Penguin” part one!

Babs is back in Burnside! But everything’s…different—friends, school, even Burnside itself. Batgirl ...

The following review appeared in School Library Journal, December 2016

PreS-Gr 2– Through the excellent use of colorful up-close photos, Arnold captures the excitement of hatching chicks in a real kindergarten class. She documents the 21-day journey from incubation to birth, and growth to maturity; the science behind the process; and the delight and wonder of Mrs. Best’s diverse group of students. The classroom in which the project occurs will likely be familiar to many ...

Jake: ‘zzzz…zzzzz….’

Monsieur Salut writes: To no great surprise Pete Sixsmith preferred Shildon vs Atherton Collieries in the FA Vase. He kept in touch via Barnes and Benno, describing a drab game short on quality and ending goalless before all of 17.632 souls (but my emergency seven-worder appears for now). With a replay almost the last thing Sunderland wanted, and young Joel Asoro on the bench, David Moyes had sent on John ...

NICK FURY Goes Solo For New Series This April!

Here’s your first look at Nick Fury #1, an all-new solo series by writer James Robinson and artist ACO, launching in April 2017 from Marvel Comics.

Press Release

The world is a more dangerous place than ever. It needs dangerous men to keep it safe. That’s where he comes in. When you need a lone agent to infiltrate, capture, uncover or destroy ...

The above photo is of one of my son's toys, named "Mister Seahorse" mid-maintenance.  It's a blue battery powered seahorse that, when pressed, glows and plays various lullabies.  He's had it for some years, but still enjoys having it in his bed when he gets off to sleep.

The trouble with having a battery powered song-singing toy is that about three times a year the battery levels drop to a low enough level that the song becomes slow, out of tune, and basically gives ...

Follow Roddy on Twitter...he shares his favorite books.

Roddy Woomble's "Every Line of a Long Moment" is a track I hear on a loop in my head from time to time. For no reason at all, I'll just wake up singing the lyric, "...I look out across the wall...across the wall and into the Atlantic...". It's a song that came out in 2006. For young readers, I know that seems like the dark ages. But good music isn't limited to the past year or so. Roderick "Roddy" Woomble is ...

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Valentine's Day is only a ...

Through the month of January, I will be looking back on 2016, I will be looking at a range of subjects where I will be picking my best or worst in separate posts.

DC Editor Adam writes…

Panquitch, Utah and a wonderful mixture of old and new small town americana. It was a great experience to eat at the Cowboy’s Smoke House.