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Private Tour and Afternoon Tea at The Crooked House Lavenham, UK, courtesy of Alex and Oliver Khalil-Martin.
The Crooked House in Lavenham England is a 600-year-old historic house described as a British icon. The prize includes an exclusive private tour of the home, followed by a private guided tour of Lavenham, Britain's best-preserved medieval village. This full-day experience with conclude with Afternoon Tea at The Crooked House, hosted by The Crooked Men.
2 nights at a charming Irvington, NY AirBnB, courtesy of Joy and Francis Goudie.
Spend 2 nights in a historic 1854 home 45 minutes north of NYC. Nearby attractions include Lyndhurst, Washington Irving’s Sunnyside, Sleepy Hollow, Kykuit, as well as great shopping and dining.
Luxurious Woven Blanket, courtesy of Brora.
Scottish firm Brora, internationally known for its luxurious cashmere textiles and modern crisp designs, celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Their material is ethically sourced from the oldest mills in Scotland and responsibly and locally made in Scotland.
Lunch for 2 with art historian and appraiser Alasdair Nichol, courtesy of Alasdair Nichol.
The very charming Alasdair is the Chairman and DIrector of Fine Art at Freeman's, America's oldest auction house. Born in Edinburgh, Mr. Nichol studied fine art in Aberdeen. Since 1988, he has appeared on the top-rated PBS television show, The Antiques Roashow, helping people to find treasures in their attics. Mr. Nichol will take the winner of this prize for lunch and delight them with animated conversation on all things artistic.
Cookbook by acclaimed Scottish Chef, courtesy of Gary Maclean.
The prize is a copy of his latest US release, "The Scottish Kitchen." Gary Maclean is a Scottish chef and author and is the first National Chef of Scotland.
Signed copy of recent book on Willa Cather by Nicholas Birns,&nb
Renegade
In Judd and Cristabel's book she was a very selfish and cruel bitch. I think nothing justifies her having behaved that way and she ended up on my shit list. #TeamCristabel
I think a person who has suffered something traumatic should be more empathetic.
When she had Judd buy that ring for her and rubbed it in Cristabel's face, she showed her real character.
As always in the author's books our hero has a traumatic past and does not want to fall in love at all. He even was not so ogre with our heroine. I kept expecting some cruelty from him, but nothing happened.
I have noticed in every author's book that the excuse of all heroes to have sex with heroine is due to a long dry spell. That's why they succumb to the charms or lack of them of our heroine.
She supposedly redeemed herself and fell on the graces of the city's residents, but I did not buy it.
Yes, I am a bitch who holds a grudge.
Roland Falk
British test pilot (1915–1985)
"Roly" Falk OBE AFC* | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1915 London, England |
| Died | 23 February 1985, aged 69 Jersey |
| Nationality | British |
| Other names | Roland John Falk |
| Occupation | Test pilot |
| Known for | Avro Vulcan testing |
Wing CommanderRoland "Roly" John FalkOBEAFC* (1915 - 1985) was a British test pilot noted for being at the controls on the maiden flight of the British V bomber, the Avro Vulcan. Falk typically flew dressed in pin stripe suit and tie.
Early life
Falk was born in London in 1915, the second son of Diana Gwendoline Edith Cecil (née Stracey) and Oswald Toynbee Falk, and he was educated at Stowe School and the de Havilland Technical School. After gaining his pilot's licence he flew in both the Abyssinian War and the Spanish Civil War for the press. In 1937 he flew a newspaper service from London to Paris and then joined the Air Registration Board as a test pilot.
Wartime service
Falk had been a member of the Reserve of Air Force Officers since 1935 and at the start of the Second World War in 1939 he joined the Royal Air Force. By 1943 he was chief test pilot at the Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough. At Farnborough he flew and tested captured German aircraft as well as carrying out operational flights with night fighter squadrons. For his service he was awarded the Air Force Cross twice, described as the Air Force Cross and bar.
Delta-wing testing
At the end of the war in 1946 he joined Vickers-Armstrongs as Chief Experimental Test Pilot but was seriously injured in an accident at Wisley airfield while testing new reverse pitch propellers on Vickers Wellington X LN817. Falk recovered and became Chief Test Pilot with A V Roe in 1950. He soon embarked on one of the most important jobs of his career, test flying the Avro 707. The Avro 707 was an experimenta
David Falk
American sports agent (born 1950)
David B. Falk (born 1950) is an American sports agent who primarily works with basketball players in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He began his career representing professional tennis players for Donald Dell's ProServ and is best known for representing sports icon Michael Jordan for the entirety of Jordan's career. Besides Jordan, Falk has represented more than 100 other NBA players, and is generally considered to be the most influential player agent the NBA has seen. During the peak years of Falk's career in the 1990s, he was often considered the second-most powerful person in the NBA behind Commissioner David Stern, and in 2000 he had at least one client on all but two NBA teams. He was listed among the "100 Most Powerful People in Sports" for 12 straight years from 1990 to 2001 by The Sporting News, and was also named one of the Top 50 Marketers in the United States by Advertising Age in 1995.
Falk negotiated the then-highest contracts in NBA history for Patrick Ewing and Danny Ferry. He also negotiated professional sports' first US$100 million contract for Alonzo Mourning as part of an unprecedented free agency period, during which his company, FAME, changed the entire salary structure of the NBA, negotiating more than $400 million in contracts for its free agent clients in a six-day period.
In January 2007, Falk re-launched FAME, and today serves as its founder and CEO. He represented nine players in 2012; in the prime of his sports agent career in the 1990s he represented as many as 40 players at a time.
Personal life
Falk was born to a middle-classJewish family on Long Island, New York, the second of three children.