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parfumieren · 1 year ago

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Jicky (Guerlain)

Léa de Lonval -- the wise heroine of Colette's 1920 novel Chéri -- had this to say about the primacy of style over propriety: "Naked, if need be… but squalid, never!" Being a celebrated courtesan, Léa knew quite a lot about being naked. And that she wore Guerlain's Jicky is a given-- for Jicky is her beloved Belle Époque in liquid form.

There is plenty that's naked about Jicky, but certainly nothing squalid. It is neither mad, bad, nor dangerous to know, despite the company it has kept. Colette elle-même; Sarah Bernhardt; Anita Ekberg and Brigitte Bardot; not one but two 007's (Sean Connery and Roger Moore). Jane Birkin wore Jicky before switching to L'Air de Rien, which amounts to a step down in the world for Jane. And Jacqueline Kennedy dabbed it behind her lovely ears, which may be construed as a step up for Jicky.

We cannot know if Alice Keppel -- Edward VII's discreet and congenial maîtresse déclarée -- ever tried Jicky. In Diana Souhami's biography Mrs. Keppel and Her Daughter, Sonia Keppel is quoted as saying that her mother exuded 'a certain elusive smell, like fresh green sap, that came from herself'. She did not say (as Virginia Woolf did of Katherine Mansfield) that her mother reeked 'like a civet cat that had taken to street walking'. If she had, Jicky would have undoubtedly been to blame.

Still, Jicky has more in common with Mrs. Keppel than a first glance might tell. Like "La Favorita", it's the perfect mistress, at once frankly suggestive and marvellously well-behaved. Assertive, heady, and rich, its comportment on skin suggests years of tutelage amidst the best society... and nights whiled away between the finest silk sheets. Finally, in its capacity to charm perfume-wearers of all genders, ages, and classes, Jicky employs the same "gift of happiness" attributed to Mrs. Keppel: "She resembled a Christmas tree laden with presents for everyone."

Jicky begins with a thousand acres of Provençal lavender concentrated into one crystalline drop. It stays there for exactly sixty seconds before transforming into the most remarkable olfactory hologram of a lover's body this side of-- well, the bed. Here is the intimate aroma of the one you adore. He or she is the person with whom you share your life, your heart, your secret inner self; you sleep together every night and reach for one another first thing every morning. With them, your secrets are safe as houses-- and before them, to paraphrase Millay, you are at liberty to "spread like a chart your little wicked ways".

The warm, animalic phase of Jicky's development is due largely to the generous amount of civet with which Aimé Guerlain anchored this composition of sparkling citrus, leather, and herbs. The result is a sinuous beast, delicate and decorous, who enters the room on tiny feet, lashing its tail. Close behind it comes its master -- a jovial, barrel-chested shaving-soap accord, rich with birch tar and vanilla -- who promptly pulls up a chair and offers you a piece of his mind. While he dominates the conversation (and a scintillating one it is, too), our civet sits silent and attentive, every so often yawning or giving its glossy fur a nonchalant lick. It never begs for attention, but it also never quits its master's side. Caught in the nexus between filthy and clean, you sense that you're the victim of a formidable tag team-- and you marvel at their effortless powers of persuasion.

Despite its embrace by the so-called "souls" of that age, Jicky did not debut during the fast-and-loose Edwardian era. It is solidly a product of Victoria's reign, a fact which turns the entire concept of Victorian prudery on its ear. The Queen herself, though straitlaced as any monarch must be, is said to have adored perfume-- particularly Houbigant and Creed, from whom she commissioned Royal Scottish Lavender in honor of her beloved Highlands. The only thing separating Royal Scottish Lavender from Jicky is the sensual frisson of civet, a distinction which also sums up the fundamental differences in character and taste between the duty-minded Queen and her sybaritic eldest son. In short: same genes, but considerably more sex.

If, while sporting Jicky, you likewise experience an uptick in "action", do not be surprised. By the same token, do not believe for an instant that by accepting said "action", your standards have been lowered by one jot. Wearing Jicky does not diminish one's dignity; nor does it deny one's essential pleasure-loving nature. It merely clothes the mammal with art.

Whatever else you choose to wear -- or not wear -- is entirely your own business.

Scent Elements: Lemon, mandarin, bergamot, lavender, rosewood, orris, jasmine, patchouli, rose, vetiver, leather, amber, civet, tonka bean, incense, benzoin

#jicky #guerlain #perfume review #parfümieren

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ask-the-attorneys · 3 months ago

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Elizabeth: “basically, the culprit put images into the ad to make the victim feel some type of way, like in this case to make him thirsty, they used images of water to make that work. I think I can safely say that it was either Roger White or Bart Keppel who was behind this Eleanor.”

[Eleanor]

I doubt it was White. A likely suspect, sure, but he seemed too... genuine,I guess. It's hard to explain, but it didn't seem like he was faking anything.

#mod player1 #ace attorney #aa #ace attorney spoilers #ace attorney trilogy #eleanor timm #A tale of two gay Attorneys

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twins2994 · 5 years ago

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Minnesota Twins Clinch Dates

9/15/02- The 2002 Minnesota Twins ran away with the American League Central all season long. They had a favorable lead all year and had a chance to clinch the division on September 15th. Kyle Lohse and Cliff Lee squared off in a good one at Jacobs Field on that Sunday afternoon. A Mathew LeCroy sac fly put the Twins up 1-0 in the sixth. Kyle Lohse tossed six shutout innings and the Twins offense continued to add runs. Denny Hocking drove in a pair with single in the seventh and the Twins added more in the ninth. Tom Prince hit a sac fly and Michael Cuddyer scored on a Jerrod Riggan wild pitch. Eddie Guardado threw a scoreless ninth as the Twins secured at-least a tie for the American League Central crown. Later that day, the Yankees game was called after six innings due to rain. The Yankees beat the White Sox as the Twins celebrated in the clubhouse in Cleveland.

9/23/03- The 2003 Minnesota Twins started slow in April, but picked things up as the season had went on. The Shannon Stewart trade sparked the whole season. They used a big August to pull ahead in the American League Central. Johan Santana took a step forward as a fantastic starter in the rotation and the rest was history. The Twins faced off with the Indians again in this game. The offense got going in the third as Shannon Stewart and Luis Rivas doubled in runs. Shannon Stewart plated another run with a sac fly and Cristian Guzman drilled a homer off Jake Westbrook. The Twins had a 4-0 lead and Kenny Rogers did the rest. He threw 8 2/3 innings and hit a wall in the ninth. The Indians had a couple guys on base when Josh Bard hit an RBI single to center. Eddie Guardado struck out Greg LaRocca and the Twins had to wait for the Royals and White Sox to lose. The Yankees thumped the Sox 7-0 and the Tigers somehow thumped the Royals 15-6 that night. The wait was worth it as the Twins clinched the Central for the second straight year.

9/20/04- The 2004 Minnesota Twins got off to a great start and didn’t stop the whole season. They rolled for a good portion of the year. A solid second half run put the Twins in good position to win the division. The Twins went to Chicago in mid-September with a chance to clinch on this Monday night. Torii Hunter and Corey Koskie homered off Mark Buehrle in the first inning and the Twins had an early 4-0 lead. Henry Blanco homered off Buehrle in the fourth and the Twins added a run in the fifth. Jose Valentin countered with two-run shot for the Sox in the seventh. Luis Rivas hit a solo homer in the ninth and the Twins added one more on a bases loaded walk. Meanwhile, Carlos Silva threw seven solid innings and Juan Rincon tossed two scoreless innings as the Twins won their third straight American League Central Division Championship.

10/1/06- The 2006 Minnesota Twins had a rough April, but rode Johan Santana, Francisco Liriano, and Brad Radke to a nice season. They won fifteen or more games in each month since April and battled with the Detroit Tigers all year long. The division crown came down to the last game of the season in a fun one at the Metrodome. The White Sox got an early run off Carlos Silva in the first inning. The Twins finally figured out Javier Vazquez in the fourth. Justin Morneau drove in a run with a double and Torii Hunter took Javier Vazquez deep. The Twins had a 3-1 lead and added a run in the fifth. The Twins added one more in the sixth and had a 5-1 advantage. Meanwhile, Carlos Silva threw 5 1/3 innings and the bullpen did the rest. Dennys Reyes got out of the sixth on an Alex Cintron double play ball. Juan Rincon threw a clean seventh, Jesse Crain had a scoreless eighth, and Joe Nathan threw up a zero in the ninth. The Twins won, but needed to wait for the Royals-Tigers game to finish up. The two teams were tied at eight and in the twelfth inning. Kenny Rogers came on in relief for the Tigers and allowed an Esteban German RBI single. He later walked Emil Brown with the bases loaded to put the royals up 10-8. Jimmy Gobble had a scoreless twelfth as Twins fans looked on at the Metrodome. The Twins won the Central Division on one of the most dramatic days in team history.

10/6/09- The 2009 Minnesota Twins season started rough. They were below .500 after May and still trailed the Tigers by 6.5 games on Labor Day. The Twins got hot in September and saw the deficit go down to two games with a huge four-game series in the last week of the season. The two teams split the four games and the Twins swept the Royals on the last weekend of the season. The two teams were tied and a tiebreaker game was needed. One of the best games in Major League history ensued. Magglio Ordonez delivered a run-scoring single in the third. Miguel Cabrera then belted a Scott Baker pitch out to center for a two-run blast. The Tigers had a 3-0 lead and the air in the Metrodome went out. The Twins got a run on a throwing error by Rick Porcello in the bottom of the third. Jason Kubel added a run in the sixth with a solo blast off Rick Porcello. The Twins were within a run and continued to inch closer in the seventh. Orlando Cabrera drilled a Zach Miner offering out to left to put the Twins up 4-3. That was one of the best moments of the season up to that poitn. Magglio Ordonez answered with a solo homer off Matt Guerrier to start the eighth. That tied the game and we headed to extra innings. The Tigers got a run in the tenth on a Brandon Inge double. Fernando Rodney remained in the game after getting out of the ninth. Matt Tolbert delivered a run-scoring single to tie the game. The next batter, Nick Punto then hit a flyball to left field and Alexi Casilla was thrown out at the plate to extend the game. The eleventh innings was fairly clean and we headed into the twelfth. Bobby Keppel got in and out of trouble in the 12th and the Twins had a chance in the bottom of the inning. Carlos Gomez led-off with a single to left. He went to second on a groundball and Delmon Young walked. Alexi Casilla hit a single to right and Carlos Gomez raced around third. Gomez got in ahead of the Magglio Ordonez throw as the Twins took Game 163 in a thriller at the Metrodome.

9/21/10- The 2010 Minnesota Twins had everything. They had a solid lineup, a good rotation, and a great bullpen. They were awesome the whole year and the Jim Thome walk-off homer against the White Sox in August essentially clinched the division. The White Sox stuck around for September though. Scott Baker allowed a first inning run that night on a Travis Hafner double. Jim Thome countered with a solo blast off Roberto Hernandez in the second. The Indians used a Drew Sutton RBI single to put the Tribe up 2-1 in the fifth. The Indians added two more runs on run-scoring singles by Trevor Crowe and Luis Valbuena. Danny Valencia inched the Twins closer with an RBI single of his own in the sixth. The Twins offense finally got to work in the eighth. Jim Thome singled and was pinch-ran for by Trevor Plouffe. Delmon Young doubled home a run and Danny Valencia singled. Jose Morales hit a sac fly to right and the Twins were within a run. Denard Span kept the chain moving with a run-scoring single to left and the game was tied at four. Orlando Hudson put the Twins up with a double to center and the Twins led 5-4. Matt Capps had a scoreless ninth as the Twins clinched a share of the American League Central Division. I remember staying up late watching the White Sox-A’s game that night. The Sox were down 7-2 in the ninth when they got a couple guys on base. Former Twin Craig Breslow helped the team out by retiring the last two batters and the Twins clinched the Central that night.

9/27/17- The 2017 Minnesota Twins had such a weird season. They would win a few games then looked terrible for a couple. The cycle went on for the first four months of the season. Brandon Kintzler and Jaime Garcia were traded as the Twins slid down in the American League Wild-Card standings. The Twins reeled off 20 wins in August and held sole possession of the second Wild-Card spot. The Twins had a chance to clinch the division that night and lost to the Indians. The Indians were shutting out the Twins until a later Jorge Polanco home run pulled them within two runs. Cody Allen got out of the jam and the Twins waited for the Angels-White Sox game to finish. With one out in the tenth, Nicky Delmonnico drilled a Blake Parker pitch out to right for a walk-off solo home run. The Sox helped the Twins clinched the Wild-Card spot that night. I remember waiting to celebrate until that game ended. It was 10:30 or so at night and I watched the Twins celebration in Cleveland.

Overall, this was a fun trip down memory lane for me. I started following baseball in the 2002 season as a kid. The Twins got some help for the Yankees as they clinched that year. That next year, the Twins clinched at the Dome after waiting for the White Sox and Royals to lose. The Twins didn’t have to worry about scoreboard watching in 2004. They beat the White Sox and trashed the US Cellular Field clubhouse. The 2006 clinch was memorable due to the Twins winning and waiting for the Tigers to lose, so they could clinch the division. Game 163 in 2009 was the best baseball game that I have ever seen. That year was so much fun. The Twins needed to wait again in 2010 with a win and a White Sox loss in Oakland. The 2017 year was fun because they needed the Angels to lose after failing to beat the Indians. I’m expecting the Twins to clinch in Detroit this week.

-Chris Kreibich-

#Twins #MnTwins

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miseryblossom · 8 years ago

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tagged by @wholockedhousekeeper thank you :)

Rules: tag nine people you want to get to know better!

Relationship Status: single Favorite Colour(s): pastel pink and lavender Lipstick or Chapstick: I love lipstick, but I need chapstick to survive Last Song I Listened To: Human by Rag'n'Bone Man Last Movie I Watched: Beauty and the Beast (2017) Top 3 Fictional Characters: Sherlock Holmes, Steve Rogers, Wade Wilson Top 3 Ships: Johnlock, McKirk, MonChevy Books I’m Currently Reading: Sapphire Blue by Kerstin Gier and Signature Killers by Robert D. Keppel

I tag: @platokid and @desolationofhotmaximofftwins :)

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the-record-briefs · 6 years ago

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June 19, 2019: In other news

WCC announces spring

2019 Semester President’s and Dean’s Lists

Wilkes Community College recognizes outstanding academic achievement of students through the President’s List and the Dean’s List each fall and spring semester. The students on the spring 2019 semester President’s and Dean’s lists are grouped by home county.

To qualify for the President’s List, full-time students must achieve a 4.0 grade point average, complete 12 or more semester hours of college-level courses (excluding credit by examination) and be awarded all “A’s.”

To qualify for the Dean’s List, full-time students must complete 12 or more semester hours of college-level courses (excluding credit by examination) and have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher, with no grade below a “B.”

Alexander County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

President’s List: Bradley Peyton Anderson, Hiddenite; Tiffany Brooke Austin, Taylorsville;

Benjamin Carroll Bradburn, Hiddenite; Colt Lane Cline, Hiddenite; Casey Elaine Hefner, Taylorsville; Tanya Patricia Link, Taylorsville; Erin Faith Pinnix, Hiddenite; Ethan Ryan Sprinkle, Taylorsville; Savana Nhiawa Vang, Taylorsville.

Dean’s List: Summer Leann Adams, Hiddenite; Lillianna Gabrielle Carrigan, Taylorsville;

Kayla Craig, Taylorsville; Holden Kelley Fox, Taylorsville; Kasey Elizabeth Gwaltney, Taylorsville; Amanda Hallman, Taylorsville; Noah Jacob Hudler, Taylorsville; Archie Neal Johnson, Taylorsville; Alexis Marie Lingle, Taylorsville; Zackary Gordon Pearson, Taylorsville;

Aven Maverick Sheppard, Taylorsville; Madison Victoria Walker, Taylorsville.

Alleghany County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

President’s List: Katelyn Davis, Sparta; Christopher Mark Johnson, Sparta; Sharon Blevins Lyons, Sparta; Joshua Grayson Moxley, Sparta; James Paul Phillips, Sparta; Samantha Roten, Sparta; Dania Brown Ruppard, Glade Valley; Holly Alexis Watkins, Sparta.

Dean’s List: Logan Patrick Billings, Sparta; Aaron Casey Brown, Piney Creek; Ashley Lynn Cornett , Sparta; Ryan Edward Dowell, Piney Creek; Morgan Elizabeth Jasso, Ennice; Keeli Malaya Moxley, Sparta; Jennifer Brooke Tracy, Glade Valley.

Ashe County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

President’s List: Kaylee Madison Campbell , West Jefferson; Bethany Frances Council, Laurel Springs; Elizabeth Marie Goodman, West Jefferson; Kelsie Ann Goodman ,West Jefferson; Caleb Allen Harless, West Jefferson; Zachary James Holman, Warrensville; Sarah Elizabeth Houck, West Jefferson; Allison Johnson Keppel, Jefferson; Joshua Ryan Knapp, Lansing; Jacob Tyler Milam, Creston; Brandi Parrish, West Jefferson; Alec Chase Roland, West Jefferson; Tonya Sizemore Sheets, West Jefferson; Devin Ray Sullins, Jefferson; Elva Jacqulyn Swibold, West Jefferson; Kellie Jourdan Taylor, Jefferson; Mackenzie Kathleen Watson, Fleetwood.

Dean’s List: Hannah Sue Barker, Glendale Springs; Ethan Lane Cox, West Jefferson; Molly Mae Dawes, Jefferson; Christy Greene Denny, West Jefferson; Arianne Leigh Dillard, West Jefferson; Melissa Brown Edwards, West Jefferson; Hollie Michelle Harris, Jefferson; Wendy Rubi Hernandez, Warrensville; Samantha Paige Johnson, Creston; Jordan Ross Miller, Fleetwood; Amy Sienna Patrick, Creston; Karina Leal Rash, West Jefferson; John Clark Reavis, Fleetwood; Allison Diamond Roten, West Jefferson; Ethan Shrader, West Jefferson; Michelle Slaton, Lansing; Caroline Melina Trent, West Jefferson; Carolina Jennette Weinberger, West Jefferson; Bailey Laurell Witherspoon, Fleetwood; Kaitlyn Woods, Jefferson.

Burke County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

President’s List: Jonathon Charles McManus, Morganton; Justin Ray Williams, Hildebran.

Dean’s List: Justin Lee Spurlin, Rutherford College.

Caldwell County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

President’s List: Janie Nichole Coffey, Lenoir; Alana Grace Hamby, Lenoir.

Dean’s List: William Everett McRary, Lenoir; Dillon Andrew Don Norwood, Lenoir; Elijah Christian Smith, Lenoir; David William White, Lenoir.

Catawba County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

President’s List: Graham Franklin Huffman , Conover; Adreanna White, Catawba.

Dean’s List: Sydney Grace Arnett, Hickory; Karter Michael Peek, Hickory.

Iredell County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

President’s List: James Robert Alkema, Statesville; Nicole Lindsey Beltrami, Stony Point;

William Henry Chapman, Statesville; Robert Curtis Fox, Olin; Kacie Lian Greer, Statesville;

Edward Todd Johnson , Statesville; Timothy Jacob Williams, Statesville.

Dean’s List: Christina Hope Beltrami, Stony Point; Morgan Nicole Blevins, Statesville; Krista Danielle Childress, Statesville; Amy Rena Harmon, Union Grove; Brian Christopher Pekarek, Statesville; Jadyn Leigh Summers, Statesville; David James Williams, Union Grove; Austin Thomas Wooten, Statesville.

New Hanover County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

President’s List: Lillieanne Bailey Eby, Castle Hayne.

Surry County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

President’s List: James Harrison Burcham, State Road; Hannah Faith Gentry, Elkin; Bryson Alexander Davis Key, Ararat; Kourtney Danielle Merkel, State Road.

Dean’s List: Kyla Danyelle Anderson, Elkin; Matthew Paul Giuffre, Ararat; Abriella Michelle Jarvis, Elkin; Emily Hope Jones, State Road; Justin N. Leonard, Pilot Mountain; Anayeli Loa, Elkin; Brandon James McGrady, Elkin; Corbin M. Soots, Mount Airy; Michelle Kathleen Teague, Elkin; Cassidi Rae Wood, Elkin.

Watauga County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

President’s List: Barry Craig Adams, Deep Gap; Hattie Cox, Deep Gap.

Dean’s List: Serlina Morales Francisco, Deep Gap; Carlos Sandoval, Boone.

Wilkes County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

President’s List: Maghan Katrice Adams, Hays; Logan George Anderson, North Wilkesboro;

Scott Bryan Anderson, Wilkesboro; Ashley Lynn Bauguess, Millers Creek; Oliver Dean Bentley, Wilkesboro; Jarrett Reid Blevins, Millers Creek; Kaycee Danielle Brown, Millers Creek; Victoria Lane-Kaye Bullis, Wilkesboro; Dillon John Carlton, North Wilkesboro; Aidan Quinn Cecile, Wilkesboro; Jacob Hunter Chipman, Roaring River; Cassidy Noah Clack, North Wilkesboro; Jodie Lynn Coffey, Ferguson; Ruth Noel Crawford, Purlear; Victoria Beth Dockery, Millers Creek; Katie Gorich Duncan, Wilkesboro; Kristen Emily Farrington, North Wilkesboro;

Brian Keith Foster, Hays; Amanda Lynn Goforth, North Wilkesboro; Gabriel Griffin, Millers Creek; Keith Wayne Haynes, North Wilkesboro; Sara Elizabeth Jarvis, North Wilkesboro; Kacee Leann Johnson, North Wilkesboro; Kayla Leigh Johnson, McGrady; Amanda Lyn Jordan, Wilkesboro; James Allen Kerr, Moravian Falls; James Thomas King, Wilkesboro; Eric Karl Kohlmeier, Wilkesboro; Breanna Nichole Laws, North Wilkesboro; Ilse Limon-Garcia,

Moravian Falls; Eric Kent Lunsford, Boomer; Rebecca Bounds Matherly, Ferguson; Tonya Deneese McNeil, Traphill; Shabrina Denise McPherson, North Wilkesboro; Jessicah Ellen Mesa,

North Wilkesboro; Lisa Gail Mikeal, Wilkesboro; Zachary Nolan Miller, North Wilkesboro; Ashley Lynn Minton, Millers Creek; Jacob Benjamin Muller, Moravian Falls; Marchella Campbell Nance, Ronda; Sierra Nicole Nance, Wilkesboro; Nhung Thi Nguyen, North Wilkesboro; Sapphire Renee Nichols, North Wilkesboro; Samantha Amber Nickelson, Wilkesboro; Staley Elizabeth Parks, Wilkesboro; Haley Perez, Wilkesboro; Roger

Dale Queen, Millers Creek; Jason Orion Redding, Roaring River; Paiton Elise Roberts, North Wilkesboro; Brittany Eller Rutherford, North Wilkesboro; Janine Diane Severt, Wilkesboro;

Cassie Marie Shepard, North Wilkesboro; Amy L. Talley, North Wilkesboro; Trenton Grant Teague, North Wilkesboro; Jared Allan Vice, North Wilkesboro; Trendon Seth Wagoner, North Wilkesboro; Rachel Elizabeth Watkins, North Wilkesboro; Ashley Christine Watson, Ferguson;

Logan Avery Whisnant, Wilkesboro; Lexey Makayla Williams, Moravian Falls; Catherine Christine Yates, North Wilkesboro; Christopher Richard Zeidner, Wilkesboro.

Dean’s List: Brittany Nicole Anderson, North Wilkesboro; Karson Shae Anderson, Moravian Falls; Olivia Faith Anderson, Moravian Falls; Ryan Richardson Barrett, Wilkesboro; Megan Billings, Ferguson; Samuel Richard Blevins, North Wilkesboro; Charles Bryson Bowers, Millers Creek; Jesse Brown, Millers Creek; Dennis Wayne Buchler, North Wilkesboro; Caleb Allen Byrd, North Wilkesboro; Candace Leigh Call, North Wilkesboro; Kacie L. Cardwell, Millers Creek; Melissa Grace Cleary, North Wilkesboro; Tonya Golden Combs, Purlear; Devin Owen Courtner, North Wilkesboro; Brookelen Mercedes Cox, North Wilkesboro; Alexandria Taylor Cress, Wilkesboro; Breanna Lynn Dancy, North Wilkesboro; Hope Colette Davis, Wilkesboro;

Christopher Volant Dodd, North Wilkesboro; Gralan Brock Durham, Roaring River; Cole Grayson Elledge, North Wilkesboro; Lauren Alise Eller, North Wilkesboro; Nicole E. Eller, Wilkesboro; Hannah Dawn Ellis, Millers Creek; Charles Alexander Erhardt, North Wilkesboro; Lauren Renee Gaines, Wilkesboro; Raegan Leann Gragg, Millers Creek; Lola Mae Griffith, Ferguson; Mason Andrew Hartley, Wilkesboro; Tambrey C. Hauser, Wilkesboro; Aaron Matthew Haymore, North Wilkesboro; Andrew Dylan Holder-Walker, North Wilkesboro; Dustin Dean Holliman, Ferguson; Jonah Mark Horton, Wilkesboro; Madison Faith Huffman, Millers Creek; Madison Grace Jarvis, Purlear; Olivia Rebecca Jarvis, North Wilkesboro; Winston Blake Johnson, North Wilkesboro; Courtney Paige Key, Millers Creek; Noah Lee Krause, Wilkesboro; Thomas Jeffrey Lambert, North Wilkesboro; Tifanie Nicole Lamm, Roaring River; Sara Mari Lopez, Thurmond; David Trent Love, North Wilkesboro; Taylor Nicole Lowe, Moravian Falls; Jonathan Lugo-Parra, North Wilkesboro; Cynthia Esmeralda Maciel, North Wilkesboro; Devany Nataly Maldonado Garcia, Millers Creek; Keelee Jade McGlamery, Hays; Katheryn Nicole McGuire, North Wilkesboro; Ahlivia Shauntrisha McMillan, North Wilkesboro; Jason Allen McQuinn, Wilkesboro; Tanner Ian Medley, North Wilkesboro; Luis Carlos Mora, North Wilkesboro; Ashley Nichole Mullis, Roaring River; Bo Kimbol Mullis, Roaring River; Macy Taya Murphy, Moravian Falls; Emaleth Violet Myers, Boomer; Christopher Stephen Nardini, North Wilkesboro; Autumn Faith Nichols, North Wilkesboro; Matthew John Nielsen, North Wilkesboro; Alex Joe Parker, Wilkesboro; Timothy Ryan Pettyjohn, Ronda; Billy Jack Plowman, Millers Creek; Rosalee Joy Reavis, North Wilkesboro; Madison Elizabeth Faye Reeves, Millers Creek; Madeline Reese Roberts, North Wilkesboro ; Jacob Darren Roe, Wilkesboro; Rebekka Jonel Rollison, Moravian Falls; Neil Jacob Rotsheck, Millers Creek; Sara Stephanie Shinaman, Moravian Falls; Adam Paul Shoemaker, North Wilkesboro; Destiny Storm Smith, North Wilkesboro; Anna Maria Sotelo, Wilkesboro; Antonio Torres-De la Paz, Wilkesboro; Joshua Townsend, Ferguson; Karen Trinidad-Meza, North Wilkesboro; Mary Jane Boiser Vawter, McGrady; Emilee Michelle Waddell, Roaring River; Ronnie Easton Wagoner,

Roaring River; Caroline Elizabeth Walker, Moravian Falls; Jordan Mitchell Walker, North Wilkesboro; Harrison Wall, Wilkesboro; Travis Remington Wall, Wilkesboro; Kimberly Dawn

Watson Staley, Millers Creek; Samantha Jo Welborn, Ronda; Nicholas Ryan Whitley, Hays; Elizabeth Pearl Williams, Wilkesboro; Jacob Lee Wood, North Wilkesboro; Matthew Allen Woodie, Wilkesboro; Dustin Dean Holliman, Ferguson.

Yadkin County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

President’s List: Amanda D. Ford, Hamptonville; Austin Martin Gentle, Hamptonville; Shannon Jeanne Holden, Yadkinville; Jessica Lauren Rakes , Hamptonville ; Jeremy Ronald Salmons, Yadkinville.

Dean’s List: Brittany Melton Allred, Yadkinville; Kendra Nicole Davis, Jonesville; Victoria Marie Johnson , Boonville; Ryan Parks, Yadkinville.

Carroll County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

Dean’s List: Gabrielle Rose Ziems, Galax, Virginia.

Wilkes Community College, a member of the North Carolina Community College System, is a public, two-year, open-door institution serving the people of Wilkes, Ashe and Alleghany counties and beyond. Established in 1965, WCC continues to build on a strong history of meeting the educational needs and cultural interests of our students, community and workforce. WCC prepares learners for success in a dynamic world.

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foresthillsirisgardens-blog · 7 years ago

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Resources and Iris Links

Commercial Directory Listing The links below are external links to private business concerns and a listing here does not imply any endorsement or responsibility by the AIS. Note that this listing includes only those commercial concerns that conform to criteria as a current AIS Bulletin advertiser/supporter.

Aitken's Salmon Creek Garden commercial garden located in Vancouver, Washington, specializes in award winning irises and exotic orchids.(AIS Bulletin: Oct 2012)

Bay View Gardens of Joseph J. Ghio the newest and finest in Tall Bearded and Pacifica irises. Send $3 to 1201 Bay St. Santa Cruz, CA 95060 for a catalog listing. (AIS Bulletin Summer 2017)

Bluebird Haven Iris Garden commercial garden in Somerset, California offering over 3500 varieties of bearded iris, specializing in historics, color photos (AIS Bulletin: Oct 2012)

Blue J Iris Jedlicka family iris gardens in Alliance, Nebraska, growing 4,000 hardy varieties, historics through newer irises. (AIS Bulletin: Oct 2012)

Bois d'Arc Gardens Specializing in Louisiana Irises. Thousands in bloom old and new.(AIS Bulletin Summer 2017

Burseen Iris The latest Tall Bearded Iris Creations from Tom Burseen. 1513 Ernie Lane, Grand Prairie, TX 75052-1106(AIS Bulletin Summer 2017)

C and T Iris Patch Tall Bearded and Rebloomers with 3200 varieties at reasonable prices in Eaton Colorado.(AIS Bulletin Summer 2017)

C. Iris On Pond Irises from Carol and Ken Coleman in Boise, Idaho.(AIS Bulletin Summer 2017)

Chapman Iris hybridizer and commercial garden located in Ontario, Canada. Ships worldwide via Canada Post and USPS (AIS Bulletin: Oct 2012)

Clark Gardens a north Texas garden growing Irises. (AIS Bulletin Summer 2017)

Comanche Acres Iris Gardens a commercial garden located in Gower, Missouri. (AIS Bulletin: Oct 2012)

Damon Gardens selling bearded iris rhizomes from Wisconsin by mail order (AIS Bulletin: Jan 2014)

Diversity Acres sustainably grown modern and historic cultivars.(AIS Bulletin: Summer 2017)

Draycott Gardens located in Maryland, Carol Warner, beardless irises and introducing pseudatas for Hiroshi Shimizu from Japan.(AIS Bulletin: Oct 2012)

Ensata Gardens a leading specialist supplier of Japanese irises located in Michigan (AIS Bulletin: Oct 2012)

Horton Iris Garden Tall Bearded, Rebloomers, Historic, Newer irises, medians, space age. 1300 varieties.(AIS Bulletin Summer 2017

Iris 4 U growing and hybridizing Tall Bearded Irises for beauty, performance, and your pleasure. (AIS Bulletin Summer 2017)

Iris City Gardens Siberian, Louisiana and other beardless species, located near Nashville, Tennessee. Greg and Macey McCullough. (AIS Bulletin: Oct 2012)

Joni's Dance in the Wind Iris Garden newer TB irises, collector Hostas, Daylilies. 810 S 14th Street, Tekamah, NE 68061 or (402)374-2621(AIS Bulletin Summer 2017)

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How do you rescue a seaside town? – BBC News

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Having been a model of gentility, Folkestone went into a slump. But its efforts to combat its problems and rebuild might be a model for others, writes Hannah Sander.

The seaside town of Folkestone was once the height of fashion.

International superstars Agatha Christie and Yehudi Menuhin were regular visitors. King Edward VII spent so much of his time in the Kent town that locals took to peering in the windows of the Grand Hotel, in order to spot him having illicit tea with his Folkestone mistress Alice Keppel (the great-grandmother of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall).

Today, a strip of grand mansions along Folkestone’s seafront is boarded up. Stretches of sunny beach have become an overnight stop for parked lorries. A closed nightclub completes the scene.

Welcome to the British seaside. All along the coast, seaside towns are in trouble. In the south, authorities battle against the spread of London drug gangs, the tensions fuelled by a European migrant crisis, and a seaside school system which Sir Michael Wilshaw, the head of Ofsted, has warned is failing children.

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Image caption Folkestone’s funicular railway in its Victorian prime

And yet only a few minutes’ walk along Folkestone beach, pop-up restaurants offer grilled sea bass, oysters and champagne to the tourists. In the past decade the town’s new art scene has attracted an affluent following.

Similar transformations are occurring in Margate and Weston-Super-Mare. So are fading seaside towns becoming trendy again?

The British seaside has not recovered from the collapse of the maritime and tourism industries. Populations in coastal towns tend to be older and less ethnically diverse. Coastal towns have higher rates of unemployment and more long-term health problems.

Richard Prothero, from the Office for National Statistics, has analysed 274 seaside destinations around England and Wales. “Not every coastal town is struggling,” he explains. “Some are doing very well and remain popular.” Nevertheless, his study revealed high levels of deprivation in many seaside resorts.

In Folkestone, ONS statistics reveal that education is a particular concern. “The biggest impact on school performance is parental engagement,” says Dr Tanya Ovenden-Hope, visiting fellow at the University of Plymouth. She has been monitoring six struggling academies around England.

“In coastal areas we are finding that parents have perhaps received poor education themselves, or education that didn’t lead to a good job. So school is not a priority for them. That makes it much harder to engage the children.”

Folkestone

Population: 46,698 (2011 census)

UK constituency: Folkestone and Hythe; MP – Damian Collins (Conservative)

Twinned with Boulogne-sur-Mer and Etaples-sur-Mer in France, and Middelburg in the Netherlands

Ovenden-Hope herself went to school in Folkestone. She worries about the impact of the town’s two grammar schools.

On the pavement of Folkestone’s shopping district, three local schoolgirls wave colourful signs. They have just completed a sponsored silence, and are now handing out free hot meals to Folkestone’s homeless population. “Schools in Folkestone have got a lot better,” says sixth-former Shrishma Adhikari. “But there seem to be a lot more homeless people now.” All three pupils believe unemployment is a growing problem.

In reality, coastal schools have the opposite problem – too many jobs, not enough staff. “Recruitment is a key issue,” Ovenden-Hope explains. “If you are a newly qualified teacher in your 20s, would you want to go to a very remote coastal school that will present you with huge challenges but with a limited social life? Equally, if you are a middle-aged teacher and a job comes up in a coastal school, you might discover there is no employment in the area for your spouse.”

The three pupils volunteering in Folkestone’s streets agree that the town can feel far-flung, despite High-Speed 1 trains racing through the fields. “We don’t really go to London,” Shrishma shrugs. “It’s too far away.”

Stuart Hooper, the director of intelligence for Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, fears that London is actually far too near.

“It is a new phenomenon – the County Lines,” he explains. “Kent and Essex have very good transport to London and so the London drug gangs have the opportunity to widen their market.”

Folkestone and Dover are among the southern towns being targeted by up to 180 drug gangs. Criminals in the capital, realising that the Metropolitan Police recognise their faces, have begun to recruit young people as drug mules travelling out to the countryside.

“We need to acknowledge that there are vulnerable young people being exploited,” Hooper explains. His team is working with the Met, as well as local addiction services, to monitor violence.

And yet coastal crime is not a new phenomenon. “Gangs and turf wars have been around since at least the 1960s with the mods and rockers, and going back before then,” Hooper says. In the 1930s, crime beside the sea was so prevalent that Graham Greene based his novel Brighton Rock (1938) on gang wars. Meanwhile the queen of crime, Agatha Christie, took a suite at Folkestone’s Grand Hotel to pen her thriller Murder on the Orient Express (1934), and returned to Folkestone regularly.

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Image caption Folkestone’s Grand Hotel, where Agatha Christie wrote Murder On The Orient Express

Another type of violence can already be found in the seaside streets. In August, Kent Police was forced to intervene in a clash between the English Defence League and local protest group Folkestone United. The scenes could have taken place a century ago, when an influx of Belgian World War One refugees and British empire soldiers turned Folkestone into one of the most diverse cities in the world. Then as now, a wave of anti-immigration rhetoric followed.

The surge in support for UKIP has been driven by seaside towns such as Grimsby in Lincolnshire and Clacton in Essex. As the starting point for the channel tunnel, Folkestone has been central to the debate around immigration. In 2013 UKIP Leader Nigel Farage declared that he might stand as an MP in Folkestone (he later switched to the seaside region of Thanet).

“The Channel Tunnel drew everything away from here, from town, but it is coming back,” explains the waiter in Googies Art Cafe, a trendy burger and craft beer joint in Folkestone’s art district. “Folkestone has completely changed. For one thing, it has become a lot more multicultural. It used to be white, white, white. Eventually the town will be as trendy as Brighton.”

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Image caption Folkestone’s Creative Quarter

Trendiness, it seems, can transform troubled seaside towns into European hotspots. Richard Prothero points to the colossal variation between different seaside towns, sometimes near to each other. Whereas the statistics show Blackpool to be highly deprived, neighbouring Lytham St Annes is thriving. The Lancashire town has a renowned links golf course to draw in tourists.

Elsewhere, Salcombe in Devon has performed better than other seaside towns nearby. The upmarket clothes brand Jack Wills was founded in Salcombe, helping the town earn its nickname of Chelsea-on-Sea.

In Sussex, Hove has borrowed the street cred of neighbouring Brighton, welcoming sister campuses for the university. Thousands of visitors are filling the hotels and restaurants of Bournemouth, this season promoted to the Premier League for the first time.

Margate has capitalised on its connection to Tracey Emin, with the Turner Contemporary art gallery and an installation from artist Grayson Perry. In Weston-Super-Mare, tourism experts expect Banksy’s Dismaland to add 7m to the local economy.

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Image caption Folkestone’s own Banksy mural, entitled “Art Buff”

Folkestone has benefitted from some good fortune. The flotation of local business Saga – an insurance and travel company aimed at the over 50s – prompted owner Roger De Haan to pour huge sums of money into regeneration. The result was the Creative Foundation.

“In 2002, the area around the seafront was the most run-down part of town,” says Alastair Upton, chief executive of the Creative Foundation. “Roger De Haan bought buildings in the whole area and restored them. Many of the buildings had taken a battering from the environment. The river runs below us and basements still flood periodically. But 90 of these buildings are now available for artistic activity.”

The Creative Foundation has launched a triennial art show, a new music and performance venue, a book fair, a public art collection featuring works by Tracey Emin, Mark Wallinger and Richard Wentworth, and has created 300 jobs. More importantly, it has given the town a reputation as an arts hub.

Beth Gibbs manages the Lilford Gallery Folkestone, which opened over the summer, and is found on a winding cobbled street newly crowded with art shops and cafes. Until recently the street had been dilapidated. “We are based in Canterbury,” Gibbs explains, “and were looking to expand when I heard about the Old High Street. There is a buzz about this area in the art world.”

Image caption The Old High Street, Folkestone

“Our main market is people coming down from London,” Gibbs says, “and a growing number coming over from France. Without the Old High Street, Folkestone would be just a bog-standard English seaside town.”

The impact of an arts revival is hard to assess.

In the 12 years since the regeneration began there has been very little research linking the town’s economic state or the number of tourists with the new arts scene. The town’s economic health has mirrored the country at large. Vast sums have been spent on the regeneration and yet the ONS still rates Folkestone as “deprived”. But Upton insists that Folkestone’s new arts scene has had a broader impact than that.

“You would be measuring the wrong thing if you measured visitor numbers. Success is a funny thing. There are some measurables – how does the town feel? What are the employment possibilities like? Are jobs secure and well paid?

“But there are also questions of the identity of a town. I think we have done a huge amount on this – changing the way people perceive Folkestone. There is a growing sense of self-confidence and pride for the town.”

At Googies, the staff has noticed the impact of Folkestone’s new reputation. “We are part of the Folkestone creative scene too – we all promote each other. In the past 10 years Folkestone has completely changed. People will soon start to realise that. We have sun, sand and sea. We have a better life.”

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How do you rescue a seaside town? – BBC News

Image copyright ALAMY

Having been a model of gentility, Folkestone went into a slump. But its efforts to combat its problems and rebuild might be a model for others, writes Hannah Sander.

The seaside town of Folkestone was once the height of fashion.

Today, a strip of grand mansions along Folkestone’s seafront is boarded up. Stretches of sunny beach have become an overnight stop for parked lorries. A closed nightclub completes the scene.

Image copyright ALAMY

Image caption Folkestone’s funicular railway in its Victorian prime

Similar transformations are occurring in Margate and Weston-Super-Mare. So are fading seaside towns becoming trendy again?

Folkestone

Population: 46,698 (2011 census)

UK constituency: Folkestone and Hythe; MP – Damian Collins (Conservative)

Twinned with Boulogne-sur-Mer and Etaples-sur-Mer in France, and Middelburg in the Netherlands

Ovenden-Hope herself went to school in Folkestone. She worries about the impact of the town’s two grammar schools.

Stuart Hooper, the director of intelligence for Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, fears that London is actually far too near.

“It is a new phenomenon – the County Lines,” he explains. “Kent and Essex have very good transport to London and so the London drug gangs have the opportunity to widen their market.”

“We need to acknowledge that there are vulnerable young people being exploited,” Hooper explains. His team is working with the Met, as well as local addiction services, to monitor violence.

Image copyright ALAMY

Image caption Folkestone’s Grand Hotel, where Agatha Christie wrote Murder On The Orient Express

Image copyright ALAMY

Image caption Folkestone’s Creative Quarter

Elsewhere, Salcombe in Devon has performed better than other seaside towns nearby. The upmarket clothes brand Jack Wills was founded in Salcombe, helping the town earn its nickname of Chelsea-on-Sea.

Image copyright PA

Image caption Folkestone’s own Banksy mural, entitled “Art Buff”

Image caption The Old High Street, Folkestone

The impact of an arts revival is hard to assess.

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How do you rescue a seaside town? – BBC News

Image copyright ALAMY

Having been a model of gentility, Folkestone went into a slump. But its efforts to combat its problems and rebuild might be a model for others, writes Hannah Sander.

The seaside town of Folkestone was once the height of fashion.

Today, a strip of grand mansions along Folkestone’s seafront is boarded up. Stretches of sunny beach have become an overnight stop for parked lorries. A closed nightclub completes the scene.

Image copyright ALAMY

Image caption Folkestone’s funicular railway in its Victorian prime

Similar transformations are occurring in Margate and Weston-Super-Mare. So are fading seaside towns becoming trendy again?

Folkestone

Population: 46,698 (2011 census)

UK constituency: Folkestone and Hythe; MP – Damian Collins (Conservative)

Twinned with Boulogne-sur-Mer and Etaples-sur-Mer in France, and Middelburg in the Netherlands

Ovenden-Hope herself went to school in Folkestone. She worries about the impact of the town’s two grammar schools.

Stuart Hooper, the director of intelligence for Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, fears that London is actually far too near.

“It is a new phenomenon – the County Lines,” he explains. “Kent and Essex have very good transport to London and so the London drug gangs have the opportunity to widen their market.”

“We need to acknowledge that there are vulnerable young people being exploited,” Hooper explains. His team is working with the Met, as well as local addiction services, to monitor violence.

Image copyright ALAMY

Image caption Folkestone’s Grand Hotel, where Agatha Christie wrote Murder On The Orient Express

Image copyright ALAMY

Image caption Folkestone’s Creative Quarter

Elsewhere, Salcombe in Devon has performed better than other seaside towns nearby. The upmarket clothes brand Jack Wills was founded in Salcombe, helping the town earn its nickname of Chelsea-on-Sea.

Image copyright PA

Image caption Folkestone’s own Banksy mural, entitled “Art Buff”

Image caption The Old High Street, Folkestone

The impact of an arts revival is hard to assess.

Image copyright iStock

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Keppel: “anyway, if it were up to me, I’d go with Roger or Tracy as the murderer behind this……….or maybe even Tonya.”

[Duke]

...Any reason why those three? Do they have a good motive for killing that guy?

(..Three different possibilities? Seriously?)

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