I have had the start of this series on my pile of books to read for about 3 years. I have just started to read the series and I am already hooked.
This is starting to follow the life and detections of Lindsay Boxer, a police detective based in the US, who together with the help of a journalist,a district attorney, and a coroner they form the “Women’s Murder Club”
With twists and turns Lindsay gets those responsible for the murders of a series of newlywed couples or does she?
BBC News – National census in 2011 could be last of its kind
From the BBC website:
The national census due to take place in 2011 could be the last of its kind.
The BBC understands that the government is examining other ways of measuring population and other statistics than the survey of all homes every 10 years.
In future, data could be gathered from records held by the Post Office, local government and credit checking agencies – thought to be more effective.
The government said it was “examining” whether changes could be made but no decision had been reached.
A census has been carried out every decade since 1801, apart from during World War II.
Next year’s census, sent to every household, will cost an estimated £482m. It asks for detailed information including nationality, religious faith and marital status.
There will be separate censuses across the UK on the same day, 27 March 2011, organised by the Office for National Statistics in England and Wales, the General Register Office for Scotland and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.
‘Accurate data’
Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude believes the process is inefficient and its results quickly become out of date.
He told the Daily Telegraph: “There are, I believe, ways of doing this which will provide better, quicker information, more frequently and cheaper.”
Mr Maude said population counts could be done more often using various databases.
“This would give you more accurate, much more timely data in real time. There is a load of data out there in loads of different places,” he said.
The BBC’s Adam Fleming at Westminster says that, although work on the 2011 census is too far advanced to make major changes, it is hoped savings can still be made.
A Cabinet Office spokesman said: “Work began some time ago to explore alternatives to the conventional census model after 2011, and that work is continuing.
“We are committed to making a success of the 2011 Census, while endeavouring to cut its costs, currently expected to be around £460 million.
“The expenditure already committed to the census means that the scope to make changes is limited.”
Mmm, food for thought. Data becomes out of date…..yes, it does but so does an MOT which are not worth the paper they are written on, but we still have to have them!
This, my first Delinsky book was devoured in three days! For me it was a page turner and thought provoking.
Dana & Hugh who are both white, are looking forward to the birth of their first child. When the baby arrives the complete family are surprised as the baby who is to be called Lizzie is black. This starts a whole host of emotions and questions. The questions are how could this have happened? Had Dana been unfaithful? What was Dana’s background?, as she had never known her father. Hugh struggles to cope between the obvious love for his wife, the questions and his family who would rather believe that Dana was unfaithful than this as a twist of genetics.
Of course, there are the twists and turns to this storyline, some of which are predictable, but nonetheless, this is an enjoyable read.
Cook Haggis and break into bits with a fork.
Not my most favorite of the series, but nonetheless enjoyable.
Benni’s stepson announces that his girlfriend is pregnant and that they plan to marry. The girlfriend is none other than one of his father’s fellow police colleagues…..at the party planned for their engagement one of the future relatives is found shot dead. Benni does resist in getting caught up with this mystery of who did it, but is back in the centre of it all, due to the police officer investigating the case. The new police officer had an appauling amount of people skills and I found him to be very irritating. Due to an impending wedding, Gabe finds that he is spending time with his ex wife, and I found that Benni was very controlled over this and I just wanted her to be more challenging with her hubby! What unfolds is a very sad and tragic story….
Over on the WWII Talk Forum I read details of how to obtain a copy of my Grandfather’s Service Record, so at the end of September I downloaded the form from the MOD website, and completed the details. The record is only released to the Serviceman or woman themselves, or their next of kin. Mum signed the paperwork and I signed the cheque!
On 2nd October I received a letter from the Historical Disclosure Department. To obtain the record was going to take four months – that made than January 2009, not as bad as I thought. I had heard rumours it took nearly 6 months.
So, imagine how surprised I was when Mum phoned to say that the record had arrived on 12th October. I can only guess that this was down to the copies of documents that I included with my application form.
These were:
The latest book in the Elm Creek series is a small one, not just on size but also content, with just 214 pages which also includes the recipe index. The story is essentially focused on two of the Elm Creek Quilters, the new cook Anna and Sylvia sorting through the historic kitchen ready for a refit. What they find along the way sends Sylvia back to her memories some of which are shared within the confines of the book. Each chapter is given to a family feast and then concludes with a series of recipes before moving to the next chapter.
The recipes are a nice touch to the book, and although I enjoyed the book, there were either too many recipes or not enough story, and I found that I was left wanting to know more.
It is that time again, when we plan to make the Christmas Cake & Puddings. Each year Mum asks what size I am planning to make etc. We usually make then together and have a girly chat.
Mum has used the following recipe since the early 1980’s, actually my Grandmother spotted it in a copy of Woman Magazine, and since then we have used this one, albeit, the copy does look in rather a sorry state! The actual date is gleaned from a book review on the reverse of the recipe – 1983!
When I was about 2 or 3 my grandfather gave me a small leather purse, measuring about 1.5″ x 1″. Inside was a small coin, which is square. It’s a little tarnished, but from research I did about 15 years ago, It was given to soldiers in Holland during WWII.
My grandfather died in 1974 and I have treasured this little purse and unusual coin ever since.
A couple of years ago, I had a closer look and noticed that on the back is some writing. At the top left it says Watchmaker. Scrolled across the middle it reads H Venables and at the bottom right it gives the address of Market Street Guildford.
According to the Kelly’s Directory of 1963, H Venables was a jewellers whose premises was at 22, Market Street, now long since gone.
The coin has been difficult to photograph, even with a good camera, it has not been easy to get a close up of it. On one side is 5c with the date of 1939 and on the reverse KONINGRIJK.DER.NEDERLANDEN, which translates to Kingdom of the Nederlands.
I have always wondered just why my Grandfather choose to join the Army. In 1940 my Grandfather was working as a milk labourer at what became Unigate Milk Company in Guildford, while his three brothers worked at Manor Farm, on the land that now houses the University at Guildford. Many a man (and I guess, woman) would have found work at the farm, and taken what could have been described as the easy life, or at least easy in comparison to war.
My Grandfather returned to Guildford after the war, and didn’t discuss his war time efforts, certainly not with me, his only Grand daughter, nor with his wife and grown up child. After his death in the 1970’s, all that was left behind of his war time life was a few photos, a square coin in a small leather purse that I had been given as a very small child, a box housing his four medals and a piece of material, with embroidered detail in the corners.
About ten years ago I arranged for a company to professionally frame the medals and the embroidered cloth. Both now hang proudly on the landing, where I see them everyday and feel, like so many of us, very proud of our ancestors.
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