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I won $150 in a sales contest, which will be paid out as an Amazon gift card; one Andrew I know bought me coffee; and a different Andrew sent me two bulk loaders, which I actually needed.
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Mini got a beautiful sleigh and a little gift. What might be in there?
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015 the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System, Buffalo Sabres Left Wing Marcus Foligno, Sabretooth and the Library’s owl mascot Reada Book announced plans for the 4th annual Winter Reading Challenge.
Students from Buffalo’s Bennett Park Montessori School attended the event.
Now through March 20,2015 readers of all ages can stay warm and work out their minds by reading age-appropriate books and then logging a short book review on the Library System website (www.BuffaloLib.org). The more books one reads, the greater the odds of winning a prize. There will be one winner randomly selected at each of the 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries in categories for Children/Teens, Classrooms and Adults. One lucky adult will score a Kindle Fire HDX eReader. Additionally, upon online registration, each contestant is eligible to win one of the 37 branch-level prizes including a $25 Amazon gift card.
Wearing his number 82 jersey, Marcus Foligno, now in his fourth season with the Sabres, took a break from his hockey schedule to slide over to the downtown Central Library where he read the classic children’s story Curious George at the Parade to Bennett Park students in the second through fourth grades.
“When I want to discover new and exciting things, I take off the ice skates, grab a book and read away! The more I read, the more I learn about the amazing world around us,” Foligno said.
"Here,
on 20 August 1944,
Partisan detatchment G.Benkovski
won over the guard house
of the munitions stores of
Infanrty Regiment No. 15"
Sorry, the previous flew out of my hands before finishing it.
Meant to include some explanations:
Partisan detatchments, like this one (named after Georgi Benkovski, a famous revolutionary of the late 19th century in Bulgaria's struggle to regain nationality and break away from the Ottoman Empire), were expressions of armed struggle during WW2 of popular resistance against governement alignment to Nazi Germany This movement was in some way, if only by error sometimes, backed by the UK, who supported next door Yugoslav resistance partisans in a country opposing the Nazis, who'd over-run it. One example of such help was the story of British Majour Thompson, who was parachuted in aid to diversionary actions against the Nazis in Yugoslavia. By error, he landed in Bulgaria and joined a local resistance partisan group. Was sadly tracked down by Bulgarian government forces, pursued and killed in battle. He was much admired and respected by anyone he came in contact with and in recognition, a local railway station on the main railway line from Sofia to Varna in the Iskur Gorge was named after him, Major Thompson Railway Station.
Pioneers who put the plaque was a communist led youth organisation, a bit along the lines of ...in US and UK (missing the word), or, as otherts might say - like Hitler Jugend. Anyway, if you'd like a much more accurate reference, contact Dr Annie Kay, who's PHD iwa on Modern Balkan history, majoring on Yugoslavia in WW2.
Thompson, Bulgaria
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A Bulgarian State Railways train at Thompson railway station
Thompson (Bulgarian: Томпсън [ˈtɔmpsən]; also transliterated Tompsan, Tompsun, Tompsǎn or Tompson) is a village in central western Bulgaria, part of Svoge municipality, Sofia Province. As of 2008, it has a population of 838[1] and the mayor is Kiril Tsvetanov. Thompson lies at 42°56′N 23°23′E, 729 metres above mean sea level.
The village lies in the scenic Iskar Gorge of the western Balkan Mountains. It is a railway station on the Bulgarian State Railways' Sofia-Mezdra railway line. It was founded shortly after World War II through the merger of the neighbouring villages of Livage, Lipata, Tsarevi Stragi, Malak Babul, Babul and Zavoya. Thompson was named after the British officer William Frank Thompson (1920–1944), liaison officer between the British Army and the Bulgarian communist partisans during the war, who was captured by the Bulgarian Gendarmerie and executed in the nearby village of Litakovo on 10 June 1944.
The village has two monuments to Major Thompson, one unveiled on 13 May 2007 in front of the mayor's office (see photo) that uses natural light to project Thompson's image over a plaque, and one at the railway station.
References
Иванов, Димитри (2005-11-08). "За Франк и тримата командоси" (in Bulgarian). СЕГА. Archived from the original on 2013-02-02. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
"Майор Томпсън— мост за заздравяване сътрудничеството между община Своге и посолството на Великобритания" (in Bulgarian). Община Своге. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
William Frank Thompson was born on 17th August 1920 in Darjeeling, the son of Edward John Thompson, poet, novelist and Indian historian and Theodosia Jessop, the daughter of Dr William Jessop. His parents met in Palestine, where his father had been posted as a Methodist chaplain during the war, and his mother was working as a nurse in Jerusalem. Edward was working on the completion of “Rabindranath Tagore – His Life and Work” (1921), a survey of the prolific output of this distinguished Indian author, a friend of the couple.
The family returned to England the following year, living on Boars Hill, near Oxford. Edward became a lecturer in Bengali at Oxford University, and in 1936 a Fellow of Oriel College.
Frank was first educated at the Dragon School, although from 1929 to 1930 he attended a New York school while his father was working as Professor of Greek and Latin at Vassar College in New York State. He came to Winchester in 1933 and had a most distinguished school career, winning the English Verse and Latin Verse Medals, and the Hawkins English Literature Prize. He also began to learn Russian, an introduction to the study of Slav languages which eventually led him to special service in the war. Whilst at Winchester, Frank Thompson travelled widely in Europe, spending time in France, Holland and Austria.
He left Winchester at the end of Common Time 1938, to spend four months at the British School of Archaeology in Athens, acquiring a good working knowledge of modern Greek. An introduction from Sir Arthur Evans enabled him to dig on Crete with the distinguished archaeologist John Pendlebury (D1918-1923), who died whilst fighting alongside the partisans in Crete in May 1941.
In 1938 Thompson went up to New College, Oxford. Already a committed socialist by the time he left Winchester, the following year he joined the Communist Party.
On 2nd September 1939, the day before war was declared, although under age, he volunteered for the Royal Artillery, and in March 1940 obtained a commission as a Second Lieutenant. After a short period of training he was appointed to the GHQ Liaison Regiment (“Phantom” Regiment) with whom he spent three years, eventually becoming its Second-in-Command.
Thompson left Gourock for Suez on 19th March 1941. Training periods in the Syrian mountains and in the Sinai Desert occupied the summer and autumn of 1941, although in early September he was ill with septicaemia and was hospitalised for two months.
“H” squadron, to whom he was attached, first went into action in November 1941 during Operation Crusader in Libya. By August he had been promoted to Captain and was with his regiment in Syria in 1942 although from August that year they moved back through Palestine and Iraq and into Persia (modern Iran). It appears that Thompson spent much of his time there listening to Soviet radio in an attempt to improve his Russian. He was in hospital again in late October suffering from jaundice.
During all this he was still politically active and published articles in two underground left wing newspapers in Iraq, trying to counter the anti-Soviet propaganda being spread by the Polish forces in the Middle East. In June 1943 ‘H’ Squadron moved back to Alexandria to train for the landings planned for Sicily, spending May and June on amphibious exercises around Suez and Port Said, and sailing for Sicily on 4th July. On July 8th Thompson attended a church service aboard ship: “One of the hymns was “All People that on Earth do Dwell”, with rich Wykehamical memories. I found Winchester a good thing to remember at this time. The teaching we had there gave us next to no idealism, but instead, and equally helpful, a strong intolerance of all folly, especially of folly which involves cruelty. Further, its long history gave us some sense of proportion, reminding one at every turn of one’s own unimportance.For a true Wykehamist it would seem well worth dying so that a few fine old buildings might be saved from war’s havoc and handed on to a generation capable of appreciating them. There’s a lot one can say against the Wykehamical tradition, but one can never say that it squares up with Fascism.”
Landing on 10th July, attached to HQ 151 Brigade, by the afternoon of July 14th they were in Syracuse. As a classicist, Thompson found much to interest him but his unit was withdrawn from Sicily the following day and returned to Alexandria via Malta.
Thompson had recently encountered James Klugmann in Cairo, where the main Special Operations Executive office was located; Klugmann was in charge of the Yugoslav section of MO4, the branch of SOE which supported the liberation movement in the Balkans. Klugmann had been secretary of the Communist Students’ League at Cambridge, and he felt that Thompson would be ideal liaison officer material, given his political beliefs and military experience. Thompson jumped at the chance. His first day with MO4 was Monday September 13th 1943. First he had to prepare for his new role at the Commando Training School in Cairo, undergoing parachute training in Palestine, a prospect that terrified him and gave him many nightmares. He confided in his diary: “The old dreams have come back again. I do between two and three descents a night. Last night [October 25th] I had a touch of fever, which made it worse. The whole night I was caught up in the rigging-lines – a hand there, a foot above my head – struggling and kicking to get free. From time to time I would wake and there would be a moment of sanity……” The following morning “Woken at five [on October 29th]. Rather steep. Spent half an hour struggling with a cup of tea through my mosquito-net. Head very muzzy, slightly aching. No sensation of impending catastrophe… Went to the latrines. All the best people seemed to be there. Then went back and shaved by lamplight. One should never jump from a plane unshaven. I attach great importance to this… Our first jump was to be from a Hudson – a door jump… Our first turn must have come about 0730. We were emplaned and airborne in no time. Crouched up in the front of the plane, I watched four successive pairs jump out before my turn came… I wasn’t as terrified as I’d expected. The cold in my head had the same effect as a drug… I didn’t make a good exit… I didn’t get the thrill from my first jump that I should have done. My cold robbed me of that… I landed up on the back of my left shoulder and bit right into my tongue…”
At first he had hoped to serve in Greece but became disillusioned with British policy towards that country’s anti-communism and he asked to be transferred to the Bulgarian section. Bulgaria had been under Fascist rule since 1923 and was closely allied to Germany, although on the strict understanding it was not at war with the Soviet Union. In 1934 all political parties had been banned, the Communists had already been viciously suppressed. German influence was strong although Bulgaria’s Jewish population was spared the genocide which occurred everywhere else.
On the night of 25th January 1944, with a wireless operator and a large supply of weapons, Thompson was parachuted into southern Yugoslavia. From the moment of his arrival, Thompson was aware that the Bulgarian partisans needed all the help they could get and eventually it was decided that he would be in a better position to assist if he worked largely on his own, assisting the partisans wherever his help was most needed. They carried a radio, with which to keep in touch with Cairo, although this eventually broke down and there was no contact with headquarters after 11th May.
By May 1944 the Bulgarian partisans were being continuously attacked by government forces which made their re-supply all but impossible. In mid-May, following a much needed arms drop, a small party of SOE, including Thompson and about 100 poorly trained Bulgarians, calling themselves the Second Sofia Brigade of National Liberation, crossed the border into Bulgaria. They were ill-equipped, unprepared and, as it turned out, could not rely on local support. Thompson’s instructions were to stay with this group though he did so reluctantly. The only map they had was his small scale silk escape map.
At first they met with little opposition, having taken the government forces by surprise. As they drew closer to Sofia they discovered considerable devastation, with villages burnt and the partisan group who they had hoped to join destroyed.
Exhausted, Thompson and his comrades took shelter for the night of 22nd May in woods near the village of Batoulia but locals betrayed them to the authorities and many members of the party were killed in an ambush. Thompson, with Sergeant Kenneth Scott, his radio operator, managed to escape. May 30th found the group hiding in woodland north of a village called Eleshina. That night a small party went into Litakovo to obtain supplies. The following morning, May 31st 1944, the group was surrounded by enemy forces, which attacked in the afternoon. Thompson and Scott tried to hide as the group was over-run, but, together with the few survivors, they were taken prisoner and moved to Eleshina for questioning by the Bulgarian authorities and by the Gestapo.
Thompson tried to claim prisoner-of-war status for himself and Scott. Scott had been shot in the hand and was taken to Sofia for medical treatment,. After being imprisoned by the Nazis in Sofia, he was released soon after the Red Army’s arrival following the Soviet Union’s declaration of war against Bulgaria.
Thompson’s admitted Communist sympathies and his fluent Russian and Bulgarian did not go down well with his interrogators and he refused to co-operate with his captors. His claim to the protection of the King’s uniform was not allowed and he was treated as one of the rebels. As a result he had to undergo a “trial” in the village hall at Litakovo, which gave him the opportunity of speaking out, in his now fluent Bulgarian, against Fascism. The whole trial lasted no more than half an hour.
Condemned to death, Thompson, aged twenty-three, and his companions were executed by firing squad on June 10th 1944. The official Bulgarian port-war report states: “Major Frank Thompson… was executed on about June 10th after a mock trial at Litakovo… He had been in captivity about ten days. With him perished four other officers – one American, a Serb and two Bulgarians – and eight other prisoners. Fifty-seven of Thompson’s companions had already been executed.”
The execution took place on a cliff above Litakovo, the firing squad having been brought in specially from the capital, Sofia. The bodies were quickly buried in an unmarked grave.
The British did not know the details of Thompson’s fate, though his death had been assumed, and he was posted ‘missing, presumed killed’ on September 27th 1944. A notice in The Times read: “Missing in Bulgaria, believed killed after capture, May 31st 1944, Major W.F. (Frank) Thompson RA. Any information gratefully received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Thompson, Bledlow, Bucks.”
On November 12th 1944 over fifty thousand people attended a ceremony on a hill-top overlooking Litakovo. There Thompson and many other partisans were laid to rest in common graves: Thompson lies in the second grave of seven. Exactly a year later, British officers and officials attended a ceremony at the site: “On behalf of the mother of the dead British Major Frank Thompson, Mrs Tollinton laid a wreath on his grave. Wreaths were laid by the Fatherland Front committees of Litakovo, Botevgrad and the neighbouring villages.” A Greek Orthodox priest conducted a ceremony, laying on the graves – in accordance with local custom – flowers, wine and apples.
He is commemorated on the Special Memorial at Sofia War Cemetery.
Sources:
The Diaries of Frank Thompson
The Letters of Frank Thompson
etc.
Beyond the Frontier by E P Thompson
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A Very English Hero: The Making of Frank Thompson Paperback – 1 Aug 2013
Modest, handsome and a fine poet, eccentric Englishman Frank Thompson made an unlikely soldier. Brother of E. P. Thompson and lover of Iris Murdoch, Frank was an intellectual idealist, a rare combination of brilliant mind and enormous heart. Of his wartime experiences, Frank wrote prodigiously. His letters, diaries and poetry still read fresh and intimate today - and it is from these that Peter J. Conradi brings vividly to life a brilliantly attractive and courageous personality. Aged just twenty-three, Frank was captured, tortured and executed in Bulgaria. A soldier of principle and integrity, he fought a poet's war; a very English hero from a very different era.
Damn,I hardly know where to start with this one. When this came out,my first reaction was "another not so great new Peanuts special" like the ones they've put out since around 2000. You know how it is,you're raised on the old school classics,and the newer ones they've put out the past years or so,eh. Still cool to see the old strips put to movable "skits",but still,not the same as the ones we grew up with
Then I read online how it was REALLY well done and totally made in the style of the old specials. I just got through watching it,and I'm telling you,it's seriously like if they found an old lost early 70's Peanuts special. The look & feel is just like the classic ones. They went above and beyond to make this as basically an homage to old school Peanuts. not just in the style,but in all the great references. As Snoopy's scanning the neighborhood looking for Linus and his blanket,there's Freida and her cat Faron. Then the 2 dancing twins from A Charlie Brown Xmas jumping rope. Then Shermy & Patty(not Peppermint) playing in the sandbox
There's a GREAT part where Linus asks Charlie Brown if he has any bad moments in his past that would require a security blanket (or something like that) and it shows in 2 color flashbacks so many great classic 'poor Chuck" moments including the animated version of the very first Peanuts strip ever www.bryanthankins.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/first-pe... but in the 70's style
There was not ONE SINGLE to reference to anything from present day. It was an incredible mix of the classic 70's Peanuts special style & super polished top notch animation. You could tell it was a top drawer newer production but you completely felt the old school vibe 100%. The part that really impressed me is that like all the other specials,it was basically a collection of old strips tied together in an animated special,but nearly every one was ones they haven't used in the other ones. I grew up with peanuts and I know every line that was ever uttered from day one until about the mid 80's,so it was great to get excited over hearing so many classic bits.
And speaking of lines,it's amazing how they found kids that sound almost EXACTLY like the voices from the old specials. Not all were perfect,but that part was just great. I'm telling you,if you are an old school peanuts lover like me,you MUST get this dvd. I am so beyond impressed and filled with joy over this. BRAVO
PS Thanks to eartha for turning me onto this edu.surveygizmo.com/s3/605792/Flickr-and-You-gen83111978 I got a 5 dollar Amazon gift card which is why I even bought this special in the first place. I really had no big intention of buying it,but since it was so cheap after the 5 buck discount,I figured,what the hey
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015 the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System, Buffalo Sabres Left Wing Marcus Foligno, Sabretooth and the Library’s owl mascot Reada Book announced plans for the 4th annual Winter Reading Challenge.
Students from Buffalo’s Bennett Park Montessori School attended the event.
Now through March 20,2015 readers of all ages can stay warm and work out their minds by reading age-appropriate books and then logging a short book review on the Library System website (www.BuffaloLib.org). The more books one reads, the greater the odds of winning a prize. There will be one winner randomly selected at each of the 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries in categories for Children/Teens, Classrooms and Adults. One lucky adult will score a Kindle Fire HDX eReader. Additionally, upon online registration, each contestant is eligible to win one of the 37 branch-level prizes including a $25 Amazon gift card.
Wearing his number 82 jersey, Marcus Foligno, now in his fourth season with the Sabres, took a break from his hockey schedule to slide over to the downtown Central Library where he read the classic children’s story Curious George at the Parade to Bennett Park students in the second through fourth grades.
“When I want to discover new and exciting things, I take off the ice skates, grab a book and read away! The more I read, the more I learn about the amazing world around us,” Foligno said.
If you use BING to search instead of google, they will give you "points".... Save up enough points to get Amazon gift cards....save up enough gft card to get some shoes for free. No bull shit. really.
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Thank you free Amazon Prime trial and Coinstar Amazon gift certificates ^_^ And the local comic shop. I've got a lot of reading to do.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System, Buffalo Sabres Left Wing Marcus Foligno, Sabretooth and the Library’s owl mascot Reada Book announced plans for the 4th annual Winter Reading Challenge.
Students from Buffalo’s Bennett Park Montessori School attended the event.
Now through March 20,2015 readers of all ages can stay warm and work out their minds by reading age-appropriate books and then logging a short book review on the Library System website (www.BuffaloLib.org). The more books one reads, the greater the odds of winning a prize. There will be one winner randomly selected at each of the 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries in categories for Children/Teens, Classrooms and Adults. One lucky adult will score a Kindle Fire HDX eReader. Additionally, upon online registration, each contestant is eligible to win one of the 37 branch-level prizes including a $25 Amazon gift card.
Wearing his number 82 jersey, Marcus Foligno, now in his fourth season with the Sabres, took a break from his hockey schedule to slide over to the downtown Central Library where he read the classic children’s story Curious George at the Parade to Bennett Park students in the second through fourth grades.
“When I want to discover new and exciting things, I take off the ice skates, grab a book and read away! The more I read, the more I learn about the amazing world around us,” Foligno said.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System, Buffalo Sabres Left Wing Marcus Foligno, Sabretooth and the Library’s owl mascot Reada Book announced plans for the 4th annual Winter Reading Challenge.
Students from Buffalo’s Bennett Park Montessori School attended the event.
Now through March 20,2015 readers of all ages can stay warm and work out their minds by reading age-appropriate books and then logging a short book review on the Library System website (www.BuffaloLib.org). The more books one reads, the greater the odds of winning a prize. There will be one winner randomly selected at each of the 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries in categories for Children/Teens, Classrooms and Adults. One lucky adult will score a Kindle Fire HDX eReader. Additionally, upon online registration, each contestant is eligible to win one of the 37 branch-level prizes including a $25 Amazon gift card.
Wearing his number 82 jersey, Marcus Foligno, now in his fourth season with the Sabres, took a break from his hockey schedule to slide over to the downtown Central Library where he read the classic children’s story Curious George at the Parade to Bennett Park students in the second through fourth grades.
“When I want to discover new and exciting things, I take off the ice skates, grab a book and read away! The more I read, the more I learn about the amazing world around us,” Foligno said.
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Oh man over two years finally accumulated enough Amazon gift cards at work to buy an adapter that lets me use my legacy lens on A7II. Looking forwarded to have something other than the standard lens to play around with again . . .
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System, Buffalo Sabres Left Wing Marcus Foligno, Sabretooth and the Library’s owl mascot Reada Book announced plans for the 4th annual Winter Reading Challenge.
Students from Buffalo’s Bennett Park Montessori School attended the event.
Now through March 20,2015 readers of all ages can stay warm and work out their minds by reading age-appropriate books and then logging a short book review on the Library System website (www.BuffaloLib.org). The more books one reads, the greater the odds of winning a prize. There will be one winner randomly selected at each of the 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries in categories for Children/Teens, Classrooms and Adults. One lucky adult will score a Kindle Fire HDX eReader. Additionally, upon online registration, each contestant is eligible to win one of the 37 branch-level prizes including a $25 Amazon gift card.
Wearing his number 82 jersey, Marcus Foligno, now in his fourth season with the Sabres, took a break from his hockey schedule to slide over to the downtown Central Library where he read the classic children’s story Curious George at the Parade to Bennett Park students in the second through fourth grades.
“When I want to discover new and exciting things, I take off the ice skates, grab a book and read away! The more I read, the more I learn about the amazing world around us,” Foligno said.
Deze foto is gemaakt tijden een Werkbezoek van o.a. Minister-president Mark Rutte bij de Dutch Game Garden in Utrecht.
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Deze foto is gemaakt tijden een Werkbezoek van o.a. Minister-president Mark Rutte bij de Dutch Game Garden in Utrecht.
Deze serie foto's is donationware: ze zijn niet gemaakt in opdracht en zijn wél beschikbaar onder een Creative Commons BY licentie.
Maak je gebruik van (één van) deze foto's dan wordt een bijdrage zeer op prijs gesteld.
Dat kan via Paypal naar e-mail adres sebastiaan@ter-burg.nl of Rabobank rekening 360247644. Neem even per e-mail contact op als een factuur gewenst is. Een Amazon Gift Card is ook altijd welkom.
Deze foto is gemaakt tijden een Werkbezoek van o.a. Minister-president Mark Rutte bij de Dutch Game Garden in Utrecht.
Deze serie foto's is donationware: ze zijn niet gemaakt in opdracht en zijn wél beschikbaar onder een Creative Commons BY licentie.
Maak je gebruik van (één van) deze foto's dan wordt een bijdrage zeer op prijs gesteld.
Dat kan via Paypal naar e-mail adres sebastiaan@ter-burg.nl of Rabobank rekening 360247644. Neem even per e-mail contact op als een factuur gewenst is. Een Amazon Gift Card is ook altijd welkom.
My newest Monster High doll, Twyla. I've been sitting on an Amazon gift certificate for a while now and I was able to snag her from a UK seller last week shortly before they doubled the price. It's overcast and I'm out of batteries for my camera atm, but I just had to get a quick photo of her. She's a cutie in person, and I love that her eyes glow-in-the-dark.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System, Buffalo Sabres Left Wing Marcus Foligno, Sabretooth and the Library’s owl mascot Reada Book announced plans for the 4th annual Winter Reading Challenge.
Students from Buffalo’s Bennett Park Montessori School attended the event.
Now through March 20,2015 readers of all ages can stay warm and work out their minds by reading age-appropriate books and then logging a short book review on the Library System website (www.BuffaloLib.org). The more books one reads, the greater the odds of winning a prize. There will be one winner randomly selected at each of the 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries in categories for Children/Teens, Classrooms and Adults. One lucky adult will score a Kindle Fire HDX eReader. Additionally, upon online registration, each contestant is eligible to win one of the 37 branch-level prizes including a $25 Amazon gift card.
Wearing his number 82 jersey, Marcus Foligno, now in his fourth season with the Sabres, took a break from his hockey schedule to slide over to the downtown Central Library where he read the classic children’s story Curious George at the Parade to Bennett Park students in the second through fourth grades.
“When I want to discover new and exciting things, I take off the ice skates, grab a book and read away! The more I read, the more I learn about the amazing world around us,” Foligno said.
We started our Christmas shopping! We had a bunch of Amazon gift certificates from trading in our change at a coinstar machine, so we used them for Christmas gifts. It was really fun. And how nice that we didn't even have to leave the house! We got Ben a basketball net; I hope he'll like playing with it! I'm so excited! I can't reveal any more shopping details here, though, just in case people are looking :)
A nice Firestar costume. Yes, the eyes do tend to attract your attention, don't they?
There should be a prize for Least Comfortable Costume. You get points for wearing hard contacts, thick fur or sweaty latex...or both at the same time. You'll also get points for stiletto heels, for choosing a character who's required to wear fifty pounds of equipment distributed everywhere in addition to a forty-pound backpack, etc...
Of course, we'd have to make this an unnanounced, discreet contest. The winner finds out about the contest only when a $500 Amazon gift card arrives in his or her Inbox. The goal would be to reward people who thought "Wow, this costume, as I've conceived it, will guarantee me six hours of hurt. But damn, I can't get this 'Statue Of Liberty Made Out Of Real Copper on top of an authentic granite base' costume idea out of my head..."
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System, Buffalo Sabres Left Wing Marcus Foligno, Sabretooth and the Library’s owl mascot Reada Book announced plans for the 4th annual Winter Reading Challenge.
Students from Buffalo’s Bennett Park Montessori School attended the event.
Now through March 20,2015 readers of all ages can stay warm and work out their minds by reading age-appropriate books and then logging a short book review on the Library System website (www.BuffaloLib.org). The more books one reads, the greater the odds of winning a prize. There will be one winner randomly selected at each of the 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries in categories for Children/Teens, Classrooms and Adults. One lucky adult will score a Kindle Fire HDX eReader. Additionally, upon online registration, each contestant is eligible to win one of the 37 branch-level prizes including a $25 Amazon gift card.
Wearing his number 82 jersey, Marcus Foligno, now in his fourth season with the Sabres, took a break from his hockey schedule to slide over to the downtown Central Library where he read the classic children’s story Curious George at the Parade to Bennett Park students in the second through fourth grades.
“When I want to discover new and exciting things, I take off the ice skates, grab a book and read away! The more I read, the more I learn about the amazing world around us,” Foligno said.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System, Buffalo Sabres Left Wing Marcus Foligno, Sabretooth and the Library’s owl mascot Reada Book announced plans for the 4th annual Winter Reading Challenge.
Students from Buffalo’s Bennett Park Montessori School attended the event.
Now through March 20,2015 readers of all ages can stay warm and work out their minds by reading age-appropriate books and then logging a short book review on the Library System website (www.BuffaloLib.org). The more books one reads, the greater the odds of winning a prize. There will be one winner randomly selected at each of the 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries in categories for Children/Teens, Classrooms and Adults. One lucky adult will score a Kindle Fire HDX eReader. Additionally, upon online registration, each contestant is eligible to win one of the 37 branch-level prizes including a $25 Amazon gift card.
Wearing his number 82 jersey, Marcus Foligno, now in his fourth season with the Sabres, took a break from his hockey schedule to slide over to the downtown Central Library where he read the classic children’s story Curious George at the Parade to Bennett Park students in the second through fourth grades.
“When I want to discover new and exciting things, I take off the ice skates, grab a book and read away! The more I read, the more I learn about the amazing world around us,” Foligno said.
Yasmina Clairvoya, Bratzillaz Wave 2 Basic Doll. I was attracted to those pants, and then when I got the doll, her hair is so soft and she is so cute. I ended up spending the last of my amazon gift card on her signature release as well as Jade J'Adore. 😊
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System, Buffalo Sabres Left Wing Marcus Foligno, Sabretooth and the Library’s owl mascot Reada Book announced plans for the 4th annual Winter Reading Challenge.
Students from Buffalo’s Bennett Park Montessori School attended the event.
Now through March 20,2015 readers of all ages can stay warm and work out their minds by reading age-appropriate books and then logging a short book review on the Library System website (www.BuffaloLib.org). The more books one reads, the greater the odds of winning a prize. There will be one winner randomly selected at each of the 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries in categories for Children/Teens, Classrooms and Adults. One lucky adult will score a Kindle Fire HDX eReader. Additionally, upon online registration, each contestant is eligible to win one of the 37 branch-level prizes including a $25 Amazon gift card.
Wearing his number 82 jersey, Marcus Foligno, now in his fourth season with the Sabres, took a break from his hockey schedule to slide over to the downtown Central Library where he read the classic children’s story Curious George at the Parade to Bennett Park students in the second through fourth grades.
“When I want to discover new and exciting things, I take off the ice skates, grab a book and read away! The more I read, the more I learn about the amazing world around us,” Foligno said.
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Deze foto is gemaakt tijden een Werkbezoek van o.a. Minister-president Mark Rutte bij de Dutch Game Garden in Utrecht.
Deze serie foto's is donationware: ze zijn niet gemaakt in opdracht en zijn wél beschikbaar onder een Creative Commons BY licentie.
Maak je gebruik van (één van) deze foto's dan wordt een bijdrage zeer op prijs gesteld.
Dat kan via Paypal naar e-mail adres sebastiaan@ter-burg.nl of Rabobank rekening 360247644. Neem even per e-mail contact op als een factuur gewenst is. Een Amazon Gift Card is ook altijd welkom.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System, Buffalo Sabres Left Wing Marcus Foligno, Sabretooth and the Library’s owl mascot Reada Book announced plans for the 4th annual Winter Reading Challenge.
Students from Buffalo’s Bennett Park Montessori School attended the event.
Now through March 20,2015 readers of all ages can stay warm and work out their minds by reading age-appropriate books and then logging a short book review on the Library System website (www.BuffaloLib.org). The more books one reads, the greater the odds of winning a prize. There will be one winner randomly selected at each of the 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries in categories for Children/Teens, Classrooms and Adults. One lucky adult will score a Kindle Fire HDX eReader. Additionally, upon online registration, each contestant is eligible to win one of the 37 branch-level prizes including a $25 Amazon gift card.
Wearing his number 82 jersey, Marcus Foligno, now in his fourth season with the Sabres, took a break from his hockey schedule to slide over to the downtown Central Library where he read the classic children’s story Curious George at the Parade to Bennett Park students in the second through fourth grades.
“When I want to discover new and exciting things, I take off the ice skates, grab a book and read away! The more I read, the more I learn about the amazing world around us,” Foligno said.
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015 the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System, Buffalo Sabres Left Wing Marcus Foligno, Sabretooth and the Library’s owl mascot Reada Book announced plans for the 4th annual Winter Reading Challenge.
Students from Buffalo’s Bennett Park Montessori School attended the event.
Now through March 20,2015 readers of all ages can stay warm and work out their minds by reading age-appropriate books and then logging a short book review on the Library System website (www.BuffaloLib.org). The more books one reads, the greater the odds of winning a prize. There will be one winner randomly selected at each of the 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries in categories for Children/Teens, Classrooms and Adults. One lucky adult will score a Kindle Fire HDX eReader. Additionally, upon online registration, each contestant is eligible to win one of the 37 branch-level prizes including a $25 Amazon gift card.
Wearing his number 82 jersey, Marcus Foligno, now in his fourth season with the Sabres, took a break from his hockey schedule to slide over to the downtown Central Library where he read the classic children’s story Curious George at the Parade to Bennett Park students in the second through fourth grades.
“When I want to discover new and exciting things, I take off the ice skates, grab a book and read away! The more I read, the more I learn about the amazing world around us,” Foligno said.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System, Buffalo Sabres Left Wing Marcus Foligno, Sabretooth and the Library’s owl mascot Reada Book announced plans for the 4th annual Winter Reading Challenge.
Students from Buffalo’s Bennett Park Montessori School attended the event.
Now through March 20,2015 readers of all ages can stay warm and work out their minds by reading age-appropriate books and then logging a short book review on the Library System website (www.BuffaloLib.org). The more books one reads, the greater the odds of winning a prize. There will be one winner randomly selected at each of the 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries in categories for Children/Teens, Classrooms and Adults. One lucky adult will score a Kindle Fire HDX eReader. Additionally, upon online registration, each contestant is eligible to win one of the 37 branch-level prizes including a $25 Amazon gift card.
Wearing his number 82 jersey, Marcus Foligno, now in his fourth season with the Sabres, took a break from his hockey schedule to slide over to the downtown Central Library where he read the classic children’s story Curious George at the Parade to Bennett Park students in the second through fourth grades.
“When I want to discover new and exciting things, I take off the ice skates, grab a book and read away! The more I read, the more I learn about the amazing world around us,” Foligno said.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System, Buffalo Sabres Left Wing Marcus Foligno, Sabretooth and the Library’s owl mascot Reada Book announced plans for the 4th annual Winter Reading Challenge.
Students from Buffalo’s Bennett Park Montessori School attended the event.
Now through March 20,2015 readers of all ages can stay warm and work out their minds by reading age-appropriate books and then logging a short book review on the Library System website (www.BuffaloLib.org). The more books one reads, the greater the odds of winning a prize. There will be one winner randomly selected at each of the 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries in categories for Children/Teens, Classrooms and Adults. One lucky adult will score a Kindle Fire HDX eReader. Additionally, upon online registration, each contestant is eligible to win one of the 37 branch-level prizes including a $25 Amazon gift card.
Wearing his number 82 jersey, Marcus Foligno, now in his fourth season with the Sabres, took a break from his hockey schedule to slide over to the downtown Central Library where he read the classic children’s story Curious George at the Parade to Bennett Park students in the second through fourth grades.
“When I want to discover new and exciting things, I take off the ice skates, grab a book and read away! The more I read, the more I learn about the amazing world around us,” Foligno said.
Deze foto is gemaakt tijden een Werkbezoek van o.a. Minister-president Mark Rutte bij de Dutch Game Garden in Utrecht.
Deze serie foto's is donationware: ze zijn niet gemaakt in opdracht en zijn wél beschikbaar onder een Creative Commons BY licentie.
Maak je gebruik van (één van) deze foto's dan wordt een bijdrage zeer op prijs gesteld.
Dat kan via Paypal naar e-mail adres sebastiaan@ter-burg.nl of Rabobank rekening 360247644. Neem even per e-mail contact op als een factuur gewenst is. Een Amazon Gift Card is ook altijd welkom.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System, Buffalo Sabres Left Wing Marcus Foligno, Sabretooth and the Library’s owl mascot Reada Book announced plans for the 4th annual Winter Reading Challenge.
Students from Buffalo’s Bennett Park Montessori School attended the event.
Now through March 20,2015 readers of all ages can stay warm and work out their minds by reading age-appropriate books and then logging a short book review on the Library System website (www.BuffaloLib.org). The more books one reads, the greater the odds of winning a prize. There will be one winner randomly selected at each of the 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries in categories for Children/Teens, Classrooms and Adults. One lucky adult will score a Kindle Fire HDX eReader. Additionally, upon online registration, each contestant is eligible to win one of the 37 branch-level prizes including a $25 Amazon gift card.
Wearing his number 82 jersey, Marcus Foligno, now in his fourth season with the Sabres, took a break from his hockey schedule to slide over to the downtown Central Library where he read the classic children’s story Curious George at the Parade to Bennett Park students in the second through fourth grades.
“When I want to discover new and exciting things, I take off the ice skates, grab a book and read away! The more I read, the more I learn about the amazing world around us,” Foligno said.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System, Buffalo Sabres Left Wing Marcus Foligno, Sabretooth and the Library’s owl mascot Reada Book announced plans for the 4th annual Winter Reading Challenge.
Students from Buffalo’s Bennett Park Montessori School attended the event.
Now through March 20,2015 readers of all ages can stay warm and work out their minds by reading age-appropriate books and then logging a short book review on the Library System website (www.BuffaloLib.org). The more books one reads, the greater the odds of winning a prize. There will be one winner randomly selected at each of the 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries in categories for Children/Teens, Classrooms and Adults. One lucky adult will score a Kindle Fire HDX eReader. Additionally, upon online registration, each contestant is eligible to win one of the 37 branch-level prizes including a $25 Amazon gift card.
Wearing his number 82 jersey, Marcus Foligno, now in his fourth season with the Sabres, took a break from his hockey schedule to slide over to the downtown Central Library where he read the classic children’s story Curious George at the Parade to Bennett Park students in the second through fourth grades.
“When I want to discover new and exciting things, I take off the ice skates, grab a book and read away! The more I read, the more I learn about the amazing world around us,” Foligno said.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System, Buffalo Sabres Left Wing Marcus Foligno, Sabretooth and the Library’s owl mascot Reada Book announced plans for the 4th annual Winter Reading Challenge.
Students from Buffalo’s Bennett Park Montessori School attended the event.
Now through March 20,2015 readers of all ages can stay warm and work out their minds by reading age-appropriate books and then logging a short book review on the Library System website (www.BuffaloLib.org). The more books one reads, the greater the odds of winning a prize. There will be one winner randomly selected at each of the 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries in categories for Children/Teens, Classrooms and Adults. One lucky adult will score a Kindle Fire HDX eReader. Additionally, upon online registration, each contestant is eligible to win one of the 37 branch-level prizes including a $25 Amazon gift card.
Wearing his number 82 jersey, Marcus Foligno, now in his fourth season with the Sabres, took a break from his hockey schedule to slide over to the downtown Central Library where he read the classic children’s story Curious George at the Parade to Bennett Park students in the second through fourth grades.
“When I want to discover new and exciting things, I take off the ice skates, grab a book and read away! The more I read, the more I learn about the amazing world around us,” Foligno said.