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Making the case for inefficiency
29th April 2019 Graeme
The first in a special series of posts to by Graeme Reekie to mark the release of 'Making a Lasting DIfference – sustaining nonprofit organisations and their impact'.
Without efficiency, organisations would quickly exhaust all their energy and resources – but too much of it means they don't have the capacity to develop. They cannot innovate, be responsive – or be sustainable.
It's hard to argue against efficiency. Working efficiently makes resources go further, achieving more with less waste. Completing tasks efficiently should create more time to do other things. But when efficiency is driven by unhelpful pressures and mistaken beliefs it has limits which must be understood.
Donors, funders, commissioners and anyone else who gives money to a non-profit organisation will understandably want to know it will make a difference. They will want their monies to be converted as efficiently as possible into end results. The reality is that every business has overheads and, after 10 years of austerity, there is little extra efficiency that can be squeezed from non-profit organisations.
Pressure to reduce costs also arises because organisations have resorted to developing more projects to increase turnover as funders have become less inclined to contribute to core costs and overheads. This has contributed to the reduction in size of the organisational 'centre' over the years. In extreme examples, chief officers' posts are financed through activity-based funding, requiring them to focus their time on delivery not development. Although this can seem necessary or expedient in the short-term, it should be resisted because it reduces sustainability: quality diminishes; staff aren't well supported; external relationships, reputation and influence suffer; and strategy and development are forgotten.
In this context, overheads, management and administration have become dirty words in the non-profit world, like they are an extravagance rather than unavoidable costs of being in business.
There are double standards at play in the market-driven paradigm that perpetuates these pressures.
The first double standard is about what have sometimes been portrayed as high management costs in the voluntary sector. For example, there have been several national scandals about chief officers' salaries in recent years, including some surrounding the non-profit sector. The prevailing argument in commercial firms is that high salaries are necessary to attract and retain qualified talent. In the 'voluntary' sector this doesn't apply, because voluntary should mean amateur and unpaid. It's enough to be well-meaning: why would organisations need qualified and talented leaders? The other double standard, of course, is that non-profit pay scales are generally lower than the sectors of government or media that draw attention to them. This isn't about saying non-profits are more virtuous or valuable than any other organisation. It's saying 21st century non-profit leadership is a highly specialised and demanding occupation. It's not a luxury that can be foregone or an inefficiency that can be done without.
The final double standard is that in the market-based world we live in, it is believed that diversity of supply leads to healthy competition and reduced costs. Until, that is, it comes to non-profits, where diversity of supply somehow does the opposite. If more than one organisation operates in a similar field this amounts not to healthy competition but to duplication and inefficient expense. This arises from the entirely understandable view that funders and commissioners wouldn't want to fund two organisations to do the same thing. It's also understandable that where partnerships can increase efficiency and effectiveness they should of course be pursued.
However, these views are part of the reason why it's important to stress that sustainability is not about money, sustaining organisations, or the status quo. It is about the ability to evolve within complex ecosystems. It is the capacity to make a lasting difference. And organisations cannot evolve, adapt or respond to complex environments if they are so efficient that they have no spare capacity. Systems need spare ('redundant') capacity in order to survive.
For example, in evolutionary biology, the presence of duplicate copies of a gene in an organism means that one copy can adapt and mutate while the duplicate is protected. Although apparently inefficient, this has been an important force in accelerating evolution. Similarly, in the human body, having two eyes and ears means that even if one is injured we can still see and hear. In engineering, redundancy means building things with more capacity and greater tolerance than they actually need. For example, for safety reasons bridges are designed to be able to carry more weight than they will normally need to.
Other examples of redundant capacity that supports sustainability include:
Back-up systems (like spare electricity generators in hospitals; computer back-ups; off-site records archives etc.)
Performance monitoring systems (like quality assurance systems; evaluation processes; staff appraisals etc.)
Spare or 'slack' resources (like farmers' use of fallow fields to ensure healthy crop rotation; organisations having spare floor space to accommodate hot-desks or new recruits etc.).
As a reminder, these are good, effective, desirable inefficient things! If they are cut, organisations may save money in the short-term – but they will be less sustainable in the longer term. They will not have the capacity to make a lasting difference.
Other organisational examples of redundant capacity supporting sustainability include:
In planning, redundant capacity would include not completely filling workplans and calendars at the start of the year, ensuring there is some slack so that interesting opportunities can be pursued as they arise. Organisations may use an idea screening matrix so that staff aren't so busy with 'more of the same' delivery that they miss opportunities to respond to exciting ventures that could take the organisation in new directions. [You can find examples here.]
In human resource terms, redundant capacity would include things like time for staff to take part in meetings, attend training, shadow colleagues, work on developments and have time to think.
In financial terms, it includes budgeting for contingencies. For example, payroll costs might sensibly be estimated at 120% of actual costs to allow for contingencies like maternity cover, recruitment costs, hiring temporary staff to cover vacant posts and so on.
Organisations cannot evolve, adapt or respond to complex environments if they are so efficient that they have no spare capacity.
Redundant capacity is a critical part of sustainability, because it enables organisations to adapt and change.
The Efficiency Paradox: Efficiency preserves resources but can impair development.
Principle: Organisations cannot evolve, adapt or respond without spare capacity.
Practice: Balance strategy and scrutiny. Invest in capacity building.
This is an adapted excerpt from my new book, Making a Lasting Difference. Published by Wren and Greyhound, it is available as a 220 page paperback for £14.99 from Flying Underground and from Amazon, where it is also available for Kindle (£4.99).
(c) Copyright Graeme Reekie 2019
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Das Haus Weberstraße 1 ist ein denkmalgeschütztes Gebäude in der Stadt Quedlinburg in Sachsen-Anhalt.

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Es befindet sich im nördlichen Teil der historischen Quedlinburger Neustadt als Eckhaus an der Einmündung der Weberstraße auf den Steinweg und gehört zum UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe. Im Quedlinburger Denkmalverzeichnis ist es als Wohn- und Geschäftshaus eingetragen. Nördlich grenzt das gleichfalls denkmalgeschützte Haus Weberstraße 2 an.

Architektur und Geschichte
Das dreigeschossige Fachwerkhaus entstand im Jahr 1860. Die Fachwerk präsentiert sich schlicht. Als Verzierung bestehen an den Brüstungen Andreaskreuze. Einige Andreaskreuze nehmen die Höhe eines Stockwerks ein. Markant ist der zur Straßenecke zeigende, sich über das erste und zweite Obergeschoss erstreckende Erker. Das Haus verfügt über einen Kniestock. Im Erdgeschoss erfolgte ein Ladeneinbau. Die Schaufenster sind mit reichem Schnitzwerk aus Flechtband und Rosetten umrahmt.

Literatur
 Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Sachsen-Anhalt (Hrsg.): Denkmalverzeichnis Sachsen-Anhalt. Band 7: Falko Grubitzsch, unter Mitwirkung von Alois Bursy, Mathias Köhler, Winfried Korf, Sabine Oszmer, Peter Seyfried und Mario Titze: Landkreis Quedlinburg. Teilband 1: Stadt Quedlinburg. Fliegenkopf, Halle 1998, ISBN 3-910147-67-4, Seite 272

Kulturdenkmal in Quedlinburg
Fachwerkhaus in Quedlinburg
Wohn- und Geschäftshaus in Quedlinburg
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Steinweg (Quedlinburg)
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Do you find that your dog experiences anxiety or fear in social situations like going to the park, walking through crowds, or even visiting your friends' homes? Chances are, your dog suffers with some form of social anxiety. Proper socialisation is essential for all dogs and failure to do so can often result in your fur-friend facing crippling social anxiety, fear and sometimes even aggression.
Usually, social anxiety is common in dogs who have received inadequate socialisation during the critical stages of development. These dogs are typically rescue dogs from puppy mills, stray dogs or dogs rescued from neglected situations. Although, sometimes, dogs facing social anxiety may just have had little to no interaction with other animals or humans during the early stages of their life. When you take this type of animal and put him in a social setting, he may feel trapped and cornered. This often results in one of two things; fear aggression or to withdraw from their surroundings.
The best way to prevent social anxiety within your fur-friends is through socialisation, ideally before 16 weeks of age. There is a window between 8 and 16 weeks where the dog is curious about their environment and open to new experiences. After about 16 weeks, the window closes and the dog begins to fear the unknown. The more people, places, animals and things they are exposed to before 16 weeks, the less unknown there will be. While it is important for a puppy to experience as much as possible it is important to keep them safe and out of harm's way.
If your dog already has social anxiety, there are ways to overcome this and greatly improve their quality of life. You'll need to move slowly to build their confidence and social skills, but you will get there eventually. Begin by letting your dog meet one person at a time. Let your dog initiate contact. Be sure that your dog has a safe retreat they can go to if they feel overwhelmed. Reward them in the calm moments. The higher the anxiety in the dog, the better the treat will have to be. Be sure not to comfort them when they are fearful though, as this can reinforce the fearful behaviour rather than help them overcome it. Through steady exposure, you should notice that your dog is relaxing more, as things become more familiar.
Just remember your dog may never completely learn to love being out in busy areas. However, they can learn to tolerate them if they can associate outings with the "good part" at the end.
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One hundred years after his birth, W. S. Graham's words seem more awake than ever. His subtle exploration of the paradoxes of language, his passionate conviction of the importance of art and the love he expresses for the people and landscapes of his native Clydeside and adopted home of Cornwall attract more readers each year. In startlingly original poems, he celebrates family and friendship and probes the limits of our understanding of the world and our place in it. Graham's New Collected Poems (2004) marked a crucial point in the growth of his reputation, bringing together for the first time all the poems of his seven collections as well as some of the unpublished material that had come to light since his death in 1986. Now, as we honour his centenary, this New Selected Poems presents his best and most characteristic: from his epic seafaring masterpiece 'The Nightfishing' to the quirky metaphysics of 'Implements in their Places', as well as a selection of his early neo-romantic poems, which Graham himself believed were essential to a full understanding of his oeuvre, and some remarkable uncollected work. There is no better way to make the acquaintance of one of the greatest British poets of the twentieth century.
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Wines of the World
Publisher: DK: 2006
Seller ID: 2297732
A fine copy. 2006 Soft Cover. 688 pp. Ecompassing thirty-five major wine-producing regions, this compact, illustrated handbook identifies wines made in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, North and South America, and the Far East and furnishes helpful information on top producers, must-have vintages, grape varieties, wineries, and more. View more info
American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century, Volume 1: Freneau to Whitman (The Library of America)
Publisher: The Library of America: 1993
First edition. Page ridges very faintly foxed. 1993 Hard Cover. xxiii, 1099 pp. In nineteenth-century America, poetry was part of everyday life, as familiar as a hymn, a love song, a patriotic exhortation. The two volumes of The Library of America's American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century reveal the vigor and diversity of a tradition embracing solitary visionaries and congenial storytellers, humorists and dissidents, songwriters and philosophers. These extraordinary anthologies reassess America's poetic legacy with a comprehensive sweep that no previous anthology has attempted. Extending c... View more info
The Saturday Evening Mail, New York, January 23, 1915
Publisher: Mail and Express, Co.: 1915
A very nice copy. 1915 Magazine. 16 pp. Cover art: cossack on guard in a pass of the Caucasus. Black-and-white photographs include: scenes of Italy's earthquake; two great leaders of the German armies; sidelights on the Great War; little Servia's heroic defense; actual scenes in the titanic conflict between Germans and Russians; pajama costume for housework; with the amateur photographers; 1,500 at plaza civic ball aid save-a-home fund; stage stars in new roles. View more info
The Saturday Evening Mail, New York, March 27, 1915
Pages 3-14 loose from binding but included, half-inch tear along top edge of front wrapper, pages 15-16 of People's Popular Monthly, February, 1915 laid in. 16 pp. Cover art: terror of the sea: new U.S. submarine, rising after eighteen hours under water. Black-and-white photographs include: Germans pay honor to Prince Bismarck; Italy and the war of the nations; world's champion gunners on the United States battleship Texas; great exposition of photographic arts and industries; war across Europe as Spring breaks; Springtime in Fifth Avenue; with the amateur photographers; notable persons in off... View more info
The Saturday Evening Mail, New York, June 5, 1915
A very nice copy. 1915 Magazine. 16 pp. Cover art: an ambush, photo by Paul Thompson. Black-and-white photographs include: where the Russians and Teutonic Allies are grappling to the death; king commands Italy's big army; governor's island party for army relief; London riots against Germans and Austrians; great work of autos in the World War; how the German army fights in the siege war across Northern France; Follies of 1915, Ziegfeld variety; with the amateur photographers. View more info
We Speak from the Air: Broadcasts by the R.A.F.
Publisher: His Majesty's Stationery Office: 1942
First edition - a paperback original. Wrapper edges lightly rubbed, smudge on front wrapper, ink stamp on half-title page. 1942 Soft Cover. 72 pp. Men of the R.A.F. describe their own experiences in their own words. These accounts of operations over Germany, France, Holland, Belgium, Britain, Norway, Italy, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Atlantic give us the human stories behind the official communiques, and show us the great range and effectiveness of our Air Power. The narratives are selected from over 280 broadcasts, given anonymously by the R.A.F. and W.A.A.F. during 1941. View more info
The Museum Journal, University of Pennsylvania, March 1920, Vol. XI, No. 1 [Volume 11, Number One]
Publisher: The University Museum: 1920
Two one-inch tears along edges of front wrapper. 1920 Soft Cover. 80 pp. The Museum Journal, University of Pennsylvania, March 1920, Vol. XI, No. 1. For art. For science. For civilization. CONTENTS: Foreword; By Louis Shotridge: Ghost of Courageous Adventurer; By H. U. Hall, Fetish Figures of Equatorial Africa; By Stephen B. Luce, Attic Vases from Orvieto; By Stephen B. Luce: Ancient Helmets from Italy; By Wm. C. Farabee, A Newly Acquired Wampum Belt. View more info
And So My Garden Grows (The Mother Goose Library)
No publisher date (circa 1969). No jacket. Board corners lightly rubbed, ink gift note on front flyleaf verso. Unpaginated. From silver bells and cockle shells to roof-top flower pots, every kind of garden grows in these pictures of 19th-Century Italy.--Rear board. Illustrations by Peter Spier. View more info
The Marvelous Record of the 19th Century: Its Noted Men and Great Events
Lacks title/copyright page and first couple pages of table of contents. Circa late 1800s/early 1900s. 665 pp. Green boards. Includes black-and-white plates. CONTENTS: The Threshold of the Century; Napoleon Bonaparte: The Man of Destiny; Europe in the Grasp of the Iron Hand; The Decline and Fall of Napoleon's Empire; Nelson and Wellington, the Champions of England; From the Napoleonic Wars to 1830; Bolivar, the Liberator of Spanish America; Great Britain as a World Empire; The Great Reform Bill and the Corn Laws; Turkey, the Sick Man of Europe; The European Revolution of 1848; Louis Napoleon an... View more info
The Villas of Tuscany [Formerly Titled: Great Houses of Italy]
By: Acton, Harold Mario Mitchell
Publisher: Thames and Hudson: 1985
First thus. 1985 Large Hardcover. 288 pp. An architectural tour of Tuscany, profusely illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs, as well as reproductions of historical illustrations. View more info
The Art of the Pitti Palace, with a Short History of the Building of the Palace, and Its Owners, and an Appreciation of Its Treasures
By: Addison, Julia de Wolf
Publisher: L.C. Page & Company: 1904
Early reprint. Spine toned. 1904 Hard Cover. ix, 389 pp. 8vo. Blue-grey cloth, gilt titles, decoration & rules, gilt top page ridge. A survey of the famous gallery which focuses on the Golden Age of painting in Italy. View more info
A Long Fatal Love Chase
By: Alcott, Louisa May
Publisher: Dell Book: 1997
Spine and front wrapper creased, pages faintly toned. 1997 Mass Market Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. viii, 356 pp. I'd gladly sell my soul to Satan for a year of freedom, cries impetuous Rosamond Vivian to her callous grandfather. Then, one stormy night, a brooding stranger appears in her remote island home, ready to take Rosamond to her word. Spellbound by the mysterious Philip Tempest, Rosamond is seduced with promises of love and freedom, then spirited away on Tempest's sumptuous yacht. But she soon finds herself trapped in a web of intrigue, cruelty, and deceit. ... View more info
The Divine Comedy; The Carlyle-Wicksteed Translation, Complete and Unabridged (Modern Library Editions ML 208)
By: Alighieri, Dante; Grandgent, C.H. (Introduction), Carlyle-Wicksteed (Translators); Wilkins, Ernest H. (Bibliography)
Publisher: The Modern Library: 1950
Edition: Reissue
Includes original jacket, with 393 titles listed on reverse. 1950 Hard Cover. xxi, [1], 625, [1] pp. 8-page terminal publisher ad. 1950 reissue of 1932 Modern Library original, this edition including a new bibliography by Ernest H. Wilkins. Also includes introduction by C.H. Grandgent, and genealogical tables following text. The classic narrative of Dante's journey through the depths of hell, purgatory, and paradise, with Virgil as his guide. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dante Alighieri (May/June c.1265 – September 14, 1321), commonly known as Dante, was an Italian poet of the Middle Ages. He was born ... View more info
Anthony Adverse in Africa (Dell Mapback No. 283)
By: Allen, Hervey
Wrappers starting to delaminate. 1949 Mass Market Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. Young, restless, eager for adventure, Anthony unexpectedly finds himself master of a large plantation and slave establishment in steaming, equatorial Africa, far from the tranquility of his native Livorno, Italy. View more info
Anthony Adverse in Italy (Dell Mapback, 281)
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Front hinge starting. We have more books available by this author!. 288 pp. Author of Bedford Village, The Forest and the Fort, Toward the Morning. The first of three Story Units adapted from the novel Anthony Adverse. View more info
The Crusade of the Children: A Story of the Middle Ages
By: American Sunday-School Union
Publisher: American Sunday-School Union: 1844
First edition. Boards rubbed, pages foxed and toned, page 19's corner missing (does not affect text). 1844 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 101 pp. 12mo bound in sixes. Black leather spine, marbled boards, gilt titles. The Children's Crusade is the name given to a variety of fictional and factual events which happened in 1212 that combine some or all of these elements: visions by a French or German boy; an intention to peacefully convert Muslims in the Holy Land to Christianity; bands of children marching to Italy; and children being sold into slavery. A study publishe... View more info
The Wine Atlas of Italy & Traveller's Guide to the Vineyards
By: Anderson, Burton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster: 1990
First edition. Near fine in very good jacket. 1 inch chip from rear jacket corner. 1990 Large Hardcover. 320 pp. An illustrated guide to Italian wines and vineyards, with detailed information, color photographs, and maps throughout. View more info
Edward Ardizzone: Diary of a War Artist
By: Ardizzone, Edward
Publisher: The Bodley Head: 1974
First edition. Jacket edges very lightly rubbed. 1974 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. viii, 213 pp. Edward Ardizzone's diary begins with the invasion of Sicily in July 1943. It is a very personal and hitherto private daily record, in words and pictures, of the Italian Campaign from Sicily in July 1943 to Ravenna in March 1945, with occasional leaves in Cairo and a brief switch to the Normandy landings in June 1944. Finally the artist went to Germany for the mopping-up operations in April and May of 1945. As a War Artist Edward Ardizzone's job was to paint watercolour ... View more info
Switzerland and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and the Tyrol: Handbook for Travellers
By: Baedeker, K. [Karl]
Publisher: Karl Baedeker: 1891
Marbled page ridges. Front and rear hinges starting, ink name to front endpaper. 1891 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xxviii, 498 pp. With 39 maps, 11 plans, and 21 panoramas. CONTENTS: I. Northern Switzerland; II. Lake of Lucerne and Environs. The St. Gotthard.; III. The Bernese Oberland; IV. Western Switzerland. Lake of Geneva. Lower Valley of the Rhone.; V. Savoy, the Valais, and the adjacent Italian Alps; VI. S.E. Switzerland. The Grisons.; VII. The Italian Lakes; List of Maps; Panoramas and Views; Plans of Towns; Abbreviations. Keywords: BAEDEKER HANDBOOK FOR TRA... View more info
The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World, 2002-2003: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems
By: Baker, A.D.
Publisher: Naval Institute Press: 2002
Spine faded. 2002 Large Hardcover. We have more books available by this author!. xiii, [1], 1129, [9] pp. This popular navy guide is internationally acknowledged as the world's leading one-volume reference to the world's naval and paranaval forces. Comprehensive, authoritative and affordable, it is updated biennially to include accurate and timely data about the composition of the afloat, coastal defense, and aviation arms of more than one hundred eighty countries and territories, including coast guards and other armed maritime government services. Both major fleets like those of the United St... View more info
Dreams, Waking Thoughts and Incidents
By: Beckford, William [Thomas]; Gemmett, Robert J.
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press: 1971
Owner bookplate on front endpaper, jacket lightly rubbed and toned, jacket price clipped. 1971 Hard Cover. 328 pp. 8vo. Edited, with an introduction and notes, by Robert J. Gemmett. A travel memoir by the British writer best known for Vathek, a pseudo-Oriental Gothic novel, but also notable for his extensive collection of art (much of which now resides in museums), and his construction of Fonthill Abbey and Lansdown Tower. Practically a verbatim reprint of the suppressed edition of 1783... [published] in 1834 as the first volume of Italy; with some Sketches of Spain and Portugal. The 1783 edit... View more info
Observations on Italy.
By: Bell, John
Publisher: Wells and Lilly: 1826
First American edition. Rebacked with plain brown cloth, new headband, endpapers, and flyleaves. Boards lightly foxed with minor internal chip to paper on rear board, a few text pages lightly foxed. 1826 Hard Cover. xii, 331 pp. 8vo. A 19th century Italian travelogue [o]n Milan, Florence, Rome and Naples, in 1817-18, by the Scottish anatomist and fellow of the Royal Academy of Surgeons who is considered an innovator in the field of vascular surgery (Pine-Coffin 8178. This work is based on a journey to Italy Bell undertook as an effort to improve his health following a fall from his horse. His ... View more info
Father, Dear Father
By: Bemelmans, Ludwig
Publisher: Viking Press: 1953
Envelope attached to front paste-down endpaper, pages toned. Jacket toned. 1953 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. v, 247 pp. Barbara Bemelmans, the pre-teen daughter of Ludwig Bemelmans, accompanied by her poodle, Little Bit, leads her father on a glorious romp through Europe. Barbara sees everything for the first time through young eyes, so does Little Bit; and so does Ludwig that unsophisticated and merry sophisticate. Starting in New York, their trail leads them joyfully to France, Austria and Italy and ends at Christmas in New York's Bowery where Barbara concludes t... View more info
The Invention of the Renaissance Woman: The Challenge of Female Independence in the Literature and Thought of Italy and England
By: Benson, Pamela Joseph
Publisher: The Pennsylvania State University Press: 1992
Spine faintly toned, minor general wear, ink name on half-title page. 1992 Trade Paperback. x, 325 pp. During the Renaissance the nature of womankind was a major topic of debate. Numerous dialogues, defenses, paradoxes, and tributes devoted to sustaining woman's excellence were published, and in them history was rewritten to include the achievements of womankind. Often these texts demonstrate that women are capable of acting with prudence, temperance, fortitude, and justice, and thus are capable of being independent of male political and moral authority. Pamela Benson argues that the writers u... View more info
The Most Beautiful Country Towns of Tuscany (Most Beautiful Villages Series)
By: Bentley, James; Ramsay, Alex
Publisher: Thames & Hudson: 2001
First edition. Jacket flap price-clipped, jacket flaps very lightly toned. 2001 Large Hardcover. 208 pp. Author of the highly successful 'The Most Beautiful Villages of Tuscany', James Bentley, with photographer Alex Ramsay, has now turned his attention to the equally beautiful towns of Tuscany. Traveling from north to south, as in the Villages volume, we encounter first the towns with substantial Etruscan and Romanesque features, then the walled towns of central Tuscany, followed by the coastal and thermal communities of the south. The country towns described and photographed in this book hav... View more info
Great Railway Stations of Europe
By: Binney, Marcus; Hamm, Manfred; Foehl, Axel
First edition. Top page ridge very faintly foxed. Minor general wear. 1985 Large Hardcover. 144 pp. Includes 107 illustrations, 50 in color. Briefly traces the history of railway stations, shows stations in Britain, Germany, Finland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, and Holland, and describes each terminal's background. View more info
The Boy Scouts in Russia
By: Blaine, Captain John
Publisher: Saalfield Publishing Company: 1916
One inch tear to jacket spine head and to jacket spine base, jacket edges rubbed with a few small chips and small tears. Ink stamp and pencil name on second blank, pages lightly toned. 1916 Hard Cover. 240 pp. Illustrated by E.A. Furman. John Blaine wrote the Boy Scout series in the first part of the 20th century. Books included in the series are The Boy Scouts in Europe, The Boy Scouts in Italy, The Boy Scouts in Turkey, The Boy Scouts in England, The Boy Scouts in Servia, The Boy Scouts in Germany, The Boy Scouts in Russia (1916), The Boy Scouts in France, and The Boy Scouts in the Netherlan... View more info
The Decameron, or Ten Days' Entertainment of [Giovanni] Boccaccio.
By: Boccaccio, Giovanni
Publisher: Calvin Blanchard: 1855
No date, circa 1855. Rear hinge loosening, boards soiled, spine toned with loss of gilt, front free endpaper removed. We have more books available by this author!. 500, [4] pp. Lavender blind-stamped cloth, gilt titles. Illustrated with 18 steel engravings. Boccaccio's 14th century collection of 100 stories, controversial at the time for its inclusion of erotic themes, and important today for the details it provides about life in Italy at the time. View more info
The Decamerone di Messer Giovanni Boccaccio. in Three Volumes. [Decameron]
Publisher: Guglielmo Pickering: 1825
Edges rubbed, spine labels mostly absent, minor splits to spine heads and feet along joints, first gathering of volume 1 (free endpaper, flyleaf, and half-title page) loose but included. An attractive set that could be beautiful with some minor restorations. 1825 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. Complete in three volumes. cxxxv, [1], 228, [2]; [229]-586, [2]; [587]-967, [3] pp. 8vo. Full sheep, morocco spine labels, gilt titles and decorations, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. Italian text. Boccaccio's 14th century collection of 100 stories, controversial at the... View more info
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
By: Boccaccio, Giovanni; Aldington, Richard
Publisher: Garden City Books: 1949
Reissue. Fore-edge and jacket reverse lightly foxed. 1949 Hard Cover. xxviii, 562 pp. Boccaccio's 14th century collection of 100 stories, controversial at the time for its inclusion of erotic themes, and important today for the details it provides about life in Italy at the time. Includes beautiful two-tone illustrations by Rockwell Kent. View more info
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Milijana Nikolic (or Nikolić; ; born 1975) is an operatic mezzo-soprano.

Education
Nikolic was born in Sremska Mitrovica where she began singing in the choir Sirmium Cantorum. She graduated in 2001 from the University of Arts in Belgrade, tutored by Prof. Radmila Smiljanić.

Career
Her stage debut was at the National Theatre in Belgrade as Third Lady in Mozart's The Magic Flute; she then sang Tisbe in Rossini's La Cenerentola. In 2001, Nikolic won a two-year scholarship for the Teatro alla Scala Academy for the Specialisation of Opera Singers which allowed her to complete her studies under Leyla Gencer, Luciana Serra, Giovanna Canetti, Luigi Alva and Teresa Berganza, and further develop her operatic ability under the batons of conductors including Gary Bertini and Riccardo Muti. At the academy, she covered Olga Borodina as Delilah in Saint-Saëns' Samson and Delilah, sang the Third Greek Lady in Gluck's Iphigénie en Aulide under Riccardo Muti at the Teatro degli Arcimboldi, Milan, Emma in Donizetti's Ugo, conte di Parigi, a role she had sung before at the Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo and later sang again at the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania. At La Scala, she sang the principal role of Cuniza in Verdi's Oberto, a production where her later husband Rosario La Spina sang Riccardo; this production then travelled to the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa.

In 2006, Nikolic sang the role of Eboli in Verdi's Don Carlos in Seoul, Korea, and later reprised this role in 2008 for Opera Hong Kong. Other roles include Maddalena in Verdi's Rigoletto, Marchesa di Berkenfeld in Donizetti's La Figlia di Reggimento in 2004 at the Teatro Marrucino, Chieti, which has been released on CD for Naxos Records. In 2006, Nikolic sang La Baronne in Massenet's Chérubin and Fenena in Verdi's Nabucco for the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari, Sardinia.

Her collaboration with Opera Australia began in 2006, singing Ježibaba in Dvořák's Rusalka and continued with performances as the Princess in Puccini's Suor Angelica, Azucena in Verdi's Il trovatore and Venus in Richard Wagner's Tannhäuser. Other roles for Opera Australia were in 2008 Ulrica in Verdi's Un ballo in maschera and Adelaide in Richard Strauss' Arabella. In March 2010, Nikolic created the role of Mrs Dalton in the world premiere of Brett Dean's opera Bliss and she will travel in 2011 with that production to the Edinburgh Festival. Nikolic sang Amneris in Verdi's Aida for Opera Australia in 2009 and in 2010 for Southern Opera, Christchurch, New Zealand, and for Opera Queensland. In July 2010, she sang the title role in Bizet's Carmen at the Savonlinna Opera Festival in Finland. She also sang the title role in Vivaldi's opera Juditha triumphans at the 2010 Sferisterio Opera Festival.

In 2013, she alternated in the title role of Carmen with Rinat Shaham in Opera Australia's "Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour" production. She sang Amneris in Michigan Opera's production of Aida, opposite her husband as Radames.

Nikolic' concert appearances have included a gala at La Scala and Rossini's Petite messe solennelle in Sardinia; she has performed in Mozart's Requiem, Handel's Messiah, and Verdi's Missa da Requiem with The Queensland Orchestra and the latter with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. She also appeared as soloist with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. In September 2008 she sang in Mendelssohn's oratorio Paulus. In May 2010 she gave a recital with her husband, the tenor Rosario La Spina and the pianist Tahu Matheson.

In November 2012 Nikolic and La Spina had a son.

Awards
Nikolic has won awards at international competitions, including the Biserka Cvejić Award as "most outstanding vocalist of the year 1998", the Nikola Cvejic Award as "most promising young singer" in the Petar Konjović International Competition 1998. In 2001 she won first prize in the Ada Sari International Competition in Kraków.

Recordings
2002: Third Greek Lady in Iphigénie en Aulide by Christoph Willibald Gluck
2003: Emma in Ugo, conte di Parigi by Gaetano Donizetti
2006: La Marchesa di Berkenfeld in La figlia del reggimento by Gaetano Donizetti

Notes

References

External links

Profile at Patrick Togher
Profile at Opera Queensland

1975 births
Living people
People from Sremska Mitrovica
Australian people of Serbian descent
Operatic mezzo-sopranos
Serbian mezzo-sopranos
Australian mezzo-sopranos
21st-century Serbian women opera singers


Knitting: it's just a bunch of Vs.
Only 157 knitting days until Christmas, y'all.
A dress with REAL pockets!
I have this set of interchangeable needles — Boye, purchased in ::counts on fingers:: 1983.
I am intrigued by this shawl-ish thing.
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Nabby Wood Richmond (1766-1808), Ancestor No. 39
First things first – "Nabby" is an old-timey nickname for Abigail. This particular Abigail, Nabby Wood, was born in 1766 in Plymouth County, Massachusetts – the town of Middleborough. In 1788 she married Nathaniel Richmond from Taunton in neighboring Bristol County. They had a flock of kids and made their home along the northern reaches of the Connecticut River in the area around Woodstock, Barnard, and Bridgewater in Windsor County, Vermont.
The area was also popular with Connecticut folks. The family that Nabby and Nathaniel's son Allen would marry into came to Vermont from New London County (along with most of their neighbors and relatives, it seems).
Nabby's big story, though, is found in her ancestry. She is truly the 6th Great-Grandmother lode of silver-buckle, clunky-shoe Puritans!
When she was born, the settlement at Plymouth had already been around for 145 years. [Reality check – that's as long ago, to us today, as post-Civil War Reconstruction and the inauguration of President U.S. Grant.] And her people were there from the get-go! Her Mayflower connections on her mother's side are Degory Priest and Edward Doty. On her father's side we find Priscilla Mullins and John Alden. Nabby's grandmother was Hannah Alden Wood – the couple's great-granddaughter.
That last discovery warranted a big WOOHOO! in this house. But following the Wood line back through Hannah and a few Aldens back to Mullins family, it was doubly cool to see the line link back with the Wood family!
Nabby Wood's original ancestral surname was Atwood, and her Atwood emigrant ancestor was John Atwood. By the time Nabby's great-grandfather Abiel Wood came along, the "At" prefix had been dropped.
Priscilla's parents (both Mayflower passengers) were William and Alice Mullins. And Alice was an Atwood – her brother was that very same John Atwood. The families stayed connected throughout that first century, that much I knew. But it's wild to find out they were related back in England, and who knows how much farther back!!
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Humblet turns TEN months old today. But the full blog post will be delayed as we are away till Sunday.
Went to Masak Masak at the National Museum for 2016 Children Season. The games were designed for three year olds and up, so Mya found her own fun playing with giant dice nearly as tall as her.
We attended a dinosaur themed party and Mya wore this! Unfortunately, there are no other photos because she was the only one who showed up in anything vaguely dino-like. The birthday boy himself was wearing an insect onesie.
Her first tooth sprouted! Yay for meat! Nay for the cow. Sorry, I'll try to take a better picture.
We also went to the Singapore Art Museum for the Imaginarium Exhibition. I think Mya really liked this one.
Signing off! I promise the full post when we get back to Singapore!


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France 1870-1914 book
ByRobert Gildea
eBook Published 15 July 2014
Gildea, R. (1997). France 1870-1914. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315841885
The period 1870 - 1914 in France saw the consolidation of republican government and the recovery of national self-confidence. Though political crises such as the Dreyfus Affair threatened to tear it apart, the Republic established firm parliamentary rule, built up an Empire and an army which was to see it through the Great War. The new edition of this key text - first published as The Third Republic From 1870 to 1914 - offers a clear introduction to the period and incorporates the latest research.
Which Republic?
The Republic of the Notables
The Constitution in Question
A Conservative Republic?
The Dreyfus Affair
The Third Republic Assessed


More than three-fourths of the earth's surface is covered by oceans, deserts and other outlands that are hard to track. Companies have used all types of tools to manage global traffic in these areas, from data towers and drones to balloons and unused TV channels. Today, one company hopes a network of small satellites will take the charge, providing not only worldwide connectivity but also a better, more accurate picture of our ever-changing planet.
FedEx customer Spire, which has offices in the U.S., Scotland and Singapore, makes small satellites that are about the size of a shoebox. These nanosatellites capture data in remote locations like the deep ocean and undeveloped tracts of land without data infrastructure. With information from Spire's network, aviation, maritime and shipping companies can track their crafts and cargo anywhere in the world. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration even awarded its first commercial contract to Spire to submit data to improve weather forecasts.
Spire's satellites, which fly in low earth orbit, cost about $1 million each to make and deploy. This might sound like a lot, but it's a fraction of the billions spent on telecommunications or government satellites. Spire satellites can also be updated with software, making them easier to upgrade and maintain than bulky, old-fashioned models.
While Spire has been a leader in satellite data services, companies like OneWeb and O3b are entering the marketplace, too. We soon may find a new connected firmament the next time we turn our eyes skyward.


A few months ago, a good friend, who had been using our Wonderful World program, asked me if I could work on a program for her to teach her child about letters, numbers, shapes, and colors. She wanted to see if I could do it with the same integrated approach I brought to my first Orange Level program and make it accessible for her child, who is neuro-diverse.
My very first thought was to wonder what that would even look like. How would I build that? But it didn't take long for a vision to start to formulate.
I realized that, as an OT, I would want to teach letters in a logical way. In a way that related to their shape, not necessarily alphabetical order or sound. We would start with writing just in capital letters. Because the physical strokes to make capital letters are simple and easy for kids to learn to form first.
We would need to make it multi-sensory and teach kids how to write differently than other programs I had used. I knew from years of teaching handwriting to many children that I had to come up with a way that would work for both typical and non-typical kids.
I knew I also wanted to tie in some phonics lessons and teach the letter sounds as we went.
Every lesson needed to have hands-on activities, be interactive, and be, once again, centered around a great picture book. Because books bring meaning to so much of the education I want to share with children.
And I had to do one more thing. I had to find a way to cut the program down to be shorter than 26 weeks. I had tried to use those "Letter of the Week" type programs with my own kids and I hated them. They always started out great. But by halfway through the alphabet, I was ready to throw in the towel.
Then an idea becomes reality!
So I created a program that is only 16 weeks long! Several weeks teach two letters that are similar in shape or sound. This lets kids move through the alphabet more quickly. You always have the option to slow down, of course. But this way, you don't have to wonder about how to speed up. The new Fundamentals and Foundations program can be completed in a single semester, leaving you time in your school year to work on the next level of skills your child is ready for.
This program is written with all the care of an occupational therapist and a mom of neuro-diverse kids. It has flexibility and encouragement to help your child gain the skills they need, at the start of their academic career. And in keeping with the spirit of our color-coded level system, it is adaptable to a wide range of ages and developmental abilities just like our other Level: Orange program, Wonderful World.
We are still working on the finishing touches at this point. Creating the worksheets and formatting the main body of the program into an easy-to-use curriculum for you and your child. I'm really excited about this one. I know I say that about every program, but it's true. I think Fundamentals and Foundations is shaping up to be a great program that can be used by a wide range of children to learn to form letters properly, learn phonics, numbers, and so much more.
If you are curious about this new program, please make sure to follow us on Instagram and Facebook as well as sign up for our mailing list. We'll be sharing info about the development and give you a sneak peek at the program over the several weeks as we finish production. And of course, once it's ready, we will let everyone know.
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'UK DENIES IT'S "THRILLED" BY US WITHDRAWAL FROM SYRIA'
Minister has 'no idea' why Trump made bizarre statement
By Richard Hall, Middle East Correspondent
Independent – 9 October 2019
The British Government said it would oppose any Turkish incursion into Syria and rejected a claim by Donald Trump that the UK was "thrilled" with his decision to green light the offensive.
"We have been consistently clear with Turkey that unilateral military action must be avoided as it would destabilise the region and threaten efforts to secure the lasting defeat of Daesh [Isis],"
Foreign Office minister Andrew Murrison told Parliament.
Mr Trump made a shock announcement on Sunday night to withdraw troops from the Turkey-Syria border, and said the US would not stand in the way of a Turkish offensive against Kurdish fighters in the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The move was criticised as a betrayal of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, which has been the West's main ally in the fight against Isis.
"A lot of people have their opinion. I could name many who are extremely thrilled that we're coming home,"
Mr Trump said at the White House yesterday.
"The UK is very thrilled at this decision. As you know, they have soldiers over there also. And others. But many people agree with it very strongly. I understand both sides of it very well."
Speaking in the Commons, Tory MP Julian Lewis said:
"Saying 'Oh well, it's only a withdrawal of 50 people' is like saying it's only the withdrawal of HMS Endurance before the invasion of the Falkland Islands."
He added:
"If the green light is given to Turkey, under its Islamist regime, to attack our allies, it will be an act of treachery and betrayal not dissimilar to what happened in 1944 when Stalin basically gave the green light to Hitler to crush the Warsaw uprising."
Mr Murrison replied:
"We would oppose any incursion by our good friend and NATO ally Turkey into Syria."
He added that he had "no idea" where Mr Trump's suggestion that the UK agreed with his decision came from, adding that it was not the view expressed in a conversation between UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and his US counterpart Mike Pompeo.
The decision to permit Turkey to roll into northern Syria and effectively abandon the SDF, which Ankara considers a terrorist group because of their links to a banned Kurdish separatist organisation inside Turkey, was widely criticised by Democrats and Republicans. It was also condemned in the region by those who feared it could trigger more bloodshed.
Labour MP Kevin Brennan said Mr Trump's plans for US troops to step aside are a "moral betrayal" and a "strategic error", with MPs hearing it could set back the fight against Isis. Tory former leader Iain Duncan Smith said:
"Can we make it very clear publicly, not just to the Americans, that we disapprove of this, but more importantly to the Turks that, if they do carry out their threat, that we will consider this to be an aggressive act against ourselves as much as we would against the Kurds?"
'TRUMP PLAN "WILL STAB UK's KURDISH ALLIES IN THE BACK" '
By Dominic Yeatman
Metro – 9 October 2019
The UK would share the blame for
'the US President's decision to stab our Kurdish allies in the back',
MPs have been told, amid fears that Turkey will move its forces into northern Syria. Politicians from all sides criticised Donald Trump's withdrawal of US troops and his decision not to stand in the way of a Turkish offensive against Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
Former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith said we should make it clear that, if the Turks attack the Kurds,
'we will consider this to be an aggressive act against ourselves as much as we would against the Kurds'.
Tory MP Julian Lewis said allowing Turkey to attack would be like
'in 1944 when Stalin basically gave the green light to Hitler to crush the Warsaw uprising'.
Labour former minister Kevin Brennan said we could become complicit in
'the decision to stab our Kurdish allies in the back'.
MPs' uproar followed Mr Trump's claim at a White House briefing that the UK was 'thrilled' by his plans.
The President, due to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan next month, created further confusion yesterday by defending Ankara as a trading partner but adding
'in no way have we abandoned the Kurds, who are special people and wonderful fighters'.
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You are at your desk and a colleague comes over and says, "We are collecting €20 each for Joanne's new baby." You are sitting there thinking, I have met Joanne only twice. I don't know the girl and, even if I did, I can't afford it. I have already turned down my daughter's request for a similar amount to buy a top she wanted. So what is our typical response? "Oh, that's great. Here you are. Hope mother and baby are doing well." Inside you are boiling, but slightly relieved that you have not been judged as a meanie. But the overriding emotion is that you want to scream.
Does this sound familiar? Or what about when you are at the supermarket checkout and there are charity bag packers hovering at the end of the checkout? The last time you let them pack your groceries they broke two eggs and squashed your bread. So what do you do this time? Typically, we thank them, let them ruin our tomatoes, and then give them €2.
Or the person beside you at Mass has been sneezing and snuffling through the entire service. It comes to offering the sign of peace and they thrust their hand in your direction. You had a virus for 10 weeks last winter and want to avoid that plague this year. What do we typically do? Smile, shake hands, say "Peace be with you" and hope the virus doesn't spread. Will we ever learn?
The ability to say no is a fundamental skill we must all learn. What most people need to understand is that saying yes when we would prefer to say no increases our stress.
Judge our own behaviours, thoughts or emotions, and not worry what others think.
Offer no reasons, justifications or explanations for our actions.
Judge whether we are responsible to provide solutions to others' problems.
Make mistakes and be responsible for them.
Be independent of the goodwill of others before deciding what we want to do.
Some of us may be uncomfortable with these assertive rights, but we should all try to get used to them in order to avoid doing something we would prefer not do.
Clarify your priorities. Remember, you are not obliged to be the solution to others' problems.
Practise different ways of saying no. "Sorry, I'm not in a position to help at this time." "I would love to go, but I have a prior appointment." "I can't mind your (cat, dog, child) because I am allergic to them." "I don't carry cash." "Someone else got in ahead of you" or just plain old "No".
Recognise that there are many more worthy causes in the world than you are going to be able to contribute to. Decide what causes are closest to your heart and stick to them.
Remember that yes can mean stress. Raised blood pressure, loss of family time, fatigue and decreased performance in areas that matter are the result of saying yes when you really want to say no. Don't forget that.
Debunk the idea that the world will cave in if you do not agree to a request. Too many of us are too willing to take on the Mother Teresa or Florence Nightingale mantle. None of us is indispensable and we must remind ourselves that the world will still turn if we say no.
Remember Kiss: keep it short and simple. You do not owe anyone a long-winded explanation in the event that you refuse a request.
So there we are. Go forth with a newfound confidence to say no, despite our cultural disposition to please others.