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Young woman stabbed to death in random attack at upscale Los Angeles furniture store
Titans rookie linebacker Jonathan Willard rescues woman, three children and a dog from burning car
By Bernie Augustine
Jonathan Willard signs with the Titans as an undrafted free agent after the NFL draft. (Uncredited/ASSOCIATED PRESS)
There's one thing undrafted rookie Jonathan Willard won't have to prove to the Titans at training camp this week — his character.
Willard put himself directly in harm's way on Tuesday, coming to the aid of a complete stranger whose car had caught fire on Interstate 40 between Knoxville and Nashville, Tenn.
Titans rookie Jonathan Willard removes Cheri Hubbard, three children and a dog from this Chevy SUV on Interstate 40 in Tennessee on Tuesday. (Tennessee Highway Patrol)
"I saw this car in front of me, and it had all kinds of black smoke coming out of it," Willard, a former Clemson standout, told TigerNet.com, a Clemson-centric website, Tuesday. "I tried to speed up and get up next to the car to let them know the car was on fire."
Cheri Hubbard's Chevrolet SUV, or what's left of it, catches fire on Interstate 40 in Tennessee. (Tennessee Highway Patrol)
The Tennessee Highway Patrol confirmed Willard's heroic tale, telling the Daily News that the car's driver, 28-year-old Cheri Hubbard, didn't catch her rescuerer's name, let alone know that he was an NFL hopeful.
Titans rookie linebacker Jonathan Willard jumps into action on a Tennesee highway Tuesday, rescuing a woman, three children and a dog from a burning car. (Mark Humphrey/ASSOCIATED PRESS)
The 6-foot-1, 230-pound linebacker was driving from South Carolina to Tennessee for Titans training camp when he saw the smoking Chevrolet SUV on the road late Tuesday afternoon. He told TigerNet.com that he got the driver's attention by honking his horn at her and after she pulled over, he and another good Samaritan got the woman, three kids and a dog out of the car before it became completely engulfed in flames.
Jonathan Willard says the driver of the SUV 'acted like she was in a daze' when he approached the burning car Tuesday in Tennessee. (Tennessee Highway Patrol)
"The driver, she acted like she was in some kind of daze or something. She told me that she didn't stop because she didn't think it was her car that was on fire," Willard told the website.
"I was just glad that we got the kids and all of them out of the car," he said. "I was thinking that I was just doing what everybody else would do, but there were cars just going past us and no one else was stopping, so I don't know if that is what would happen or not."
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"A must see immaculate 4 bed, 2 bath house on 262+/- acres with incredible views of the Eagle Caps, 1+/- mile of Powder River flowing through the property and a 2.5+/- acre pond stocked with bass! A tasteful remodel with high quality features was recently completed. Bordering thousands of acres of BLM in the Lookout Mountain Unit the recreation possibilities never end. 4 bay shop with enclosed workshop, living quarters, and dog kennels."
"Stunning custom brick home on golf course. Many upgrades and highlights throughout. Beautiful gourmet kitchen, separate office plus 3 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms. Outside living space with water feature, brick cart house and access to golf course. Cost to build exceeded $750,000. Great value!"
"Large private ranch with mountain views, pond, year-round creek, and an inviting country home. The partially fenced land features rolling hills, which would be suitable for pasture or dry-land farming. The property also contains two enclosed outbuildings, a woodshed, and a corral which is ideal for horses or livestock. The interior of the home features a wood burning stove, and an updated bathroom with a claw foot tub."
"Beautiful home on 30 acres m/l. Main floor has living room, dining room, kitchen, office, bedroom, bathroom. Upstairs has another family room, bedroom, bathroom. Large family room, work shop room in the basement along with a storage room, laundry room & bathroom. Cadet electric heaters in the kitchen, each bedroom. Electric baseboard heaters in each bathroom. Horse shelter with water and power to it. Unbelievable views galore!"
"Breathtaking custom home that fits a family of all sizes!! The home features interior space with open concept living room/kitchen, separate family room upstairs, 4 bed 2.5 baths. Master Suite has separate sitting room and private deck. Outside features Cedar hand crafted back deck with hot tub, attached garage, custom 3 bay shop that is 42'x42'x15' m/l with bays large enough for a semi-truck!! All this on a private setting on 1+ acre."
"Incredible views of Baker and the Valley from this 3 bedroom 3 bath home with separate guest home, built-in pool, pool house and gazebo,atrium, 2 fireplaces. Each bedroom has own bath! on 1.5 acres near golf course. Tastefully redone while maintaining original integrity. 4200 sq. ft. plus guest home. Truly a special setting and location!"
"Beautiful historic Victorian home, rebuilt to perfection with many updates. Complete rebuild with new electrical, plumbing, etc. Beautiful hardwood floors and woodwork throughout. High quality craftsmanship throughout."
"Very nice updated home on acreage with beautiful mountain views. This home has 4 beds, 2 baths with Corian counter tops, new carpeting throughout, attic insulated to R49, new instant hot water heater, new well pump and pipe. There is an attached 2 car garage, 36'x'48' shop with new concrete floor, fully insulated with 2 new insulated overhead doors, new fencing, pastures reseeded, sprinkler system, chicken coop & fully fenced garden."
"Beautiful custom home on the rim with the most spectacular views of Baker City & surrounding mountains.This spacious home features 4 bdrms,3.5 baths,plus guest qtrs,tile & Hickory floors,stainless steel appliances & granite counter tops.It has a wonderful outside deck for entertaining or just relaxing.Fenced garden area with raised beds.Lots of storage with a triple car garage,RV parking & paved driveway.Located near the golf course."
"Historical beauty near downtown. Beautiful woodwork throughout and so much potential. Over sized lot, patio, garage and potential living quarters above the garage."
"Rare find competitively priced. 568 acres m/l with excellent improvements. Land is pasture/range ground, no water rights. Secluded home site with manufactured home plus 2 other dwelling sites with well and septic. Outbuildings, barn, entertainment area with pool and orchard."
"Do you want a view? A world class mountain view? This is it! One of the Baker Valley's newer custom homes, on acreage, fenced and move in ready! A great design for four season living. Room for the horses! Spend time outdoors in the summer months as well as nestle in to enjoy the snow falling on a winter's day!"
"Beautiful open concept timber framed home located on 6.15 wooded acres within 15 minutes of downtown Baker City. This home features 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, family room with vaulted ceilings, living room which opens onto a spacious deck, detached two car garage with shop space & studio space above. The property boasts a stable & corral with automatic water and is fenced/cross fenced for horses and other animals. A hidden gem & must see!!!"
"Amazing family home located on 5 acres in beautiful Baker Valley. This split-level home boasts 5 bedrooms & 3 baths, along with living & family rooms and plenty of outdoor entertainment space. The property features a detached insulted shop/garage, hay shed, chicken coop & various mature fruit trees located around the manicured, fenced yard. 100ft deep irrigation well with 3hp pump & handlines are included to water the pasture acreage."
"Beautiful 2000 sq ft +/-, 3 bedroom, 2 bath home, situated on 5 acres +/-. The property includes a 24'x24' +/- horse barn and a 24'x24' animal barn +/- and a 24'x32' +/- shop-garage combo with carport wings on both sides. Great flower gardens and room for a vegetable garden. 4 frost free water faucets. Hundreds of miles of snowmobile and ATV trails are just outside the door. Call today to set up a showing."
"Beautiful views & a pond highlight this custom 2 story home. Home features 3 bed/ 2.5 bath with interior updates to paint, floors. Outside has a large wraparound pond with private dock panoramic views of Baker Valley. All this within 5 minutes of the City of Baker."
"Custom Built Home with approximately 4646 sq ft on .89 acres. The property is zoned General Commercial & has beautiful mountain views. It features 4 bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths, an open floor plan, a beautiful kitchen dining area with a separate canning kitchen & a large basement with additional bonus rooms. The property is fenced, has a detached garage/shop and room for RV parking. 5 acres adjoining maybe purchased with home for $440,000."
"This home is a true log home with all the amenities of modern day living. Lovely 2 bedroom 2 bath home, separate office space with a view. 13 acres to enjoy and spread out, includes 16x40 shop, 10x12 garden shed, 8x10 pump house and greenhouse. Shop is insulated, wired and includes work benches. The property is three separate dividable parcels, a portion of old historic Stices Gulch Consolidated Placer Mining Claim. Year round creek."
"Location and views! Custom home near the golf course with 4 bedrooms and 2 1/2 bathrooms. Nice covered deck with unobstructed mountain views and extra lot in the back. Attached double car garage and fully fenced backyard."
"This beautiful home features 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths 2262 sq ft. m/l, formal living & dining room.New fiber cement board on the exterior of the home, newer floor coverings on the inside. The home is located in a much desired neighborhood, triple car garage,over sized lot that allows plenty of elbow room and space for all your toys. Must see to appreciate all this home has to offer."
"Views all around! This well maintained manufactured home features a spacious, open floor plan with living room & family room, 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Property is adorned with beautiful pine trees, a seasonal creek, a charming old building, and is a quick drive to town. Enjoy views from your front porch AND back deck!"
"Immaculate 3 bedroom 2 1/2 bath home looking for the perfect buyer. This beautiful home has hardwood floors, vaulted ceilings in the living room, tile counter tops, large laundry room, spacious pantry, stainless steel appliances and lots more! The backyard is perfect for entertaining your guests with the outdoor bar area and perfectly groomed landscaped yard. RV parking and hookup next to house. Don't miss this one!"
"The historic James Virtue House; fully restored and updated throughout.This elegant 1882 Victorian has it all!New wiring, new plumbing, new windows & insulation.Features grand staircase,13.5' ceilings,parlor w/pocket doors,and much more.Three floors, 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, with 5 bedrooms or bonus rooms w/ closets on third floor. Fenced double lot with detached newer shop/garage.Ready for your large family or live-work imagination!"


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Carter County Headstart and Kindergarten Registration: Each year around March / April the Carter County School System has their annual registration for headstart and kindergarten. Hundreds of families are served during this time as registration, hearing, eyesight and health consults are performed. This event takes place in the gymnasium, all classrooms and the party room.
Semi-Annual Friends of the Library Sale- The Friends of the Library conduct their semi-annual sale in the spring and again in the fall to raise funds for the Elizabethton / Carter County Public Library by selling their used and donated books. This event draws multitudes of people and raises thousands of dollars for their organization.
Women's Civic Club Second Time Around Sale- This sale takes place late summer/early fall and raises funds for scholarships provided by the Women's Civic Club. This sale features new and gently used clothing, household items, furniture, toys, boutique clothing and more.
GFWC Christmas Craft Show- This event takes place in November each year and is a community favorite. What was once featured at Sycamore Shoals State Park this sale now fills up the entire Recreation Center with hundreds of booths of hand crafted items by local artists.
ESA Soccer Registration- The Elizabethton Soccer Association uses the Recreation Center in July each year for their open registration as they register hundreds of children for their program.


A motorist suspected of taking part in the shooting of nine people in East Flatbush early Sunday morning was nabbed by a phalanx of Port Authority cops who allowed him to drive through the Holland Tunnel so they could "box him in," sources said.
The suspect, identified by sources as Tyrone Browne, was captured shortly before 4 p.m. today, after cops released photos of two men wanted for questioning in connection with the shooting, sources said. He was later arrested and charged with attempted murder, assault, criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment.
The East Flatbush fusillade left nine adults wounded but all are in stable or good condition, authorities said.
A caller told cops that Browne's car – a white Nissan Maxima – was typically driven through the Holland Tunnel each afternoon and the NYPD developed further information through hi-tech "license plate readers" that narrowed down the New Jersey-to-Manhattan trek to a window that occurred between 3 p.m. and 3:15 p.m., sources said.
After learning of the development from the NYPD Warrant Squad, PAPD Lt. Joseph Macaluso and Captain Geraldo Silva, head of the Port Authority Police Department's Emergency Service Squad, hatched a plan to use more than half a dozen PAPD vehicles that would give the wanted man nowhere to run.
"The information we had is that he shot nine people and that he was an imminent risk, so we didn't want to take any chances," said one PAPD source, explaining cops' caution.
Shortly after 3:30 p.m., a bit later than anticipated, Port Authority Police Officer Michael Cerullo spotted Browne driving the wanted Maxima on 12th Street, in Jersey City, not far from the Holland Tunnel entrance, a source explained.
After Officer Cerullo alerted his superiors, police brass made a decision not to stop him in New Jersey, but to instead allow him to drive to Manhattan, so cops could trap him in the tunnel, a source added.
As part of that plan, cops driving more than half a dozen PAPD vehicles began to jockey and maneuver for position to give Browne no avenue to escape, the sources said.
Police Officer Jon Hart, in a PAPD radio patrol vehicle, began driving in front of Browne.
Immediately behind Browne's white Maxima, were two other PAPD vehicles, the first a PAPD ESU truck driven by PAPD Officer Jay Marenberg, accompanied by PAPD Officer Vincent Morrelli.
Behind Marenberg's truck was a second PAPD ESU truck driven by PAPD Officer Frank Pullizzi, accompanied by PAPD Officer Edward Bauer.
And behind the two ESU trucks was ESU Lt. Macaluso, who was trailing in a SUV he was driving, sources explained.
As the unsuspecting Browne drove his Maxima to Manhattan with the tunnel's wall on his right, he was being flanked by a fifth PAPD vehicle – an unmarked PAPD ESU van driven by Lt. Rick Munnley – on his left side.
Other police vehicles were in front of and behind the caravan, to slow down vehicular traffic if necessary and to limit any possible danger to motorists – and when Browne's vehicle reached the Manhattan side of the tunnel, the jig was soon up.
Officer Hart began to slow down before stopping – and cops suddenly approached the Maxima from all directions with their guns drawn, allowing Browne to be taken into custody without incident.
A NYPD spokesman said a man was in custody and being interviewed, but he had not yet been charged in the case.
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said the man who held the party where the shooting occurred has done so for the last three years.
"He advertises widely and charges five dollars to get in," Kelly said.
The man also puts plywood around his home to control the flow of attendees coming in and out of the gathering held on his deck.
Council Member Jumaane Williams, in whose East Flatbush district where the shooting took place, today proposed a new law requiring all New Yorkers hosting parties with more than 40 people to inform their local community boards.


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Monday, January 30th, 2023 Today is a RED Day! *Mr. Larson's BLOCK 1 class will be meeting in the Library! *Quarter 2 Report Cards are being sent home with students toda...
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Friday, January 27th, 2023 Today is a WHITE Day! *Mechanical Advantage Club will NOT meet on Monday, January 30th. *Student Leadership is cancelled for today. *Congra...
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Dear Students, Parents, Families and Staff Nominations are now open for the 2023 County Teachers of the Year and 2024 State Teacher of the Year. We are encouraging the community t...
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Faringdon Dramatic Society
www.faringdondramatic.org.uk
Faringdon Dramatic Society is an amateur theatre group that stages two formal productions and one pantomime each year.
Contact via website
Garsington Players
Garsington
Goring Gap Players
Goring & Streatley
The Goring Gap Players is a local Amateur Dramatic group dedicated to producing theatrical performances of a high standard - and to having fun!
Our shows are intended to entertain the local community by presenting a mixture of well-known popular plays as well as introducing some less familiar works. We perform two major plays a year, one in Autumn and one in Spring, and in addition we put on various other Events. As befits our location in the Goring Gap, we perform our plays both in the Morrell Room Streatley and in the Village Hall Goring.
The group has about 50 members, split about half-and-half between actors and non-actors. We are a friendly group and would be delighted to meet anyone with an interest in any aspect of theatre.
For further information about Goring Gap Players please contact Secretary
goringgapplayers@gmail.com
For tickets or further information about shows please contact Box Office Tel 01491 873530
Email goringgapplayers@gmail.com
Guild of King Alfred Players (The)
HAMS - The Hagbourne Amateurs
www.thehams.co.uk
East Hagbourne
We are the Hagbourne Amateurs. We have high standards, but we're not too intense. It's about the village putting on a show, not at-all-costs elitism. The teamwork is all.
We have been performing since 2010 in East Hagbourne, Oxfordshire, mostly putting on one big annual production in March, with a number of summer reviews as well. WE are VERY welcoming, so why not come and see if we are your cup of tea.
Contact: info@thehams.co.uk or Andy Stocks 01235 815344 via our website or social media
HAODS - Henley-on-Thames Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society
www.haods.org
For the best entertainment in live theatre, together with top quality drama - amdram at its best, Henley Operatic & Dramatic Society has it all. Performing at the Kenton Theatre, Henley-on-Thames, NODA award winning HAODS musicals and plays are renowned for excellence.
HAODS was formed in 1922 and each year usually puts on two musicals and a play at Henley's Kenton Theatre and, every other year at an open-air venue. Our major shows are the musicals, usually one around April and again in November. Productions of plays varies, but we always have an entry into the Kenton Drama Festival.
We are fortunate to own the well-equipped Studio, behind the Kenton, which is where we hold our rehearsals and social events; our extensive wardrobe is also stored there, in a recently built extension. Rehearsals usually take place three nights a week for large productions, which increase to Sunday rehearsals closer to the production date. Readings and our auditions are generally open to all. If you are a non-member and are fortunate enough to be cast in a show, you will be required to join as a performing member.
This is the HAODS dedicated Box Office number (01491)575698
Hanney Drama Group
https://hanneydramagroup.wordpress.com/
Hanney
Our big show is in Jan/Feb each year, usually a Panto or a revue. We're a sociable group! Come join us!
Henley Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society
Henley Players (The)
Holton Players
We've now completed twenty-one years as an active, innovative drama group centred in Holton, just outside Oxford. We generally offer either one or two full-scale productions a year, with smaller events and entertainments in between. Our choice of plays has ranged widely, from Coward and Wilde to Chekhov and Stoppard, and from Ayckbourn to recent hits like Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell and The Thirty-Nine Steps. We also make a point of presenting works of local origin or interest, including those of our resident playwright Kit Arnold, whose Collected Works, published by us, can be obtained from the contact below. Most of our productions are put on in Holton\'s well-equipped Village Hall, and we have our own up-to-date lighting and sound hardware. We welcome anyone interested in supporting us (on stage, backstage or front of house), and would particularly like to hear from younger people who want to gain some varied experience in acting and/or production.
Implexa Dance Company
www.implexadance.com
Oxfordshire and Berkshire
We strive to give others the opportunity to develop their skills within performing arts, specialising in the fusion of Contemporary Dance with other dance and performance styles.
Contact: implexa.dance@gmail.com or via our website or social media
Kennington Amateur Dramatic Society - KADS
https://kenningtonads.co.uk
Kennington Village Centre
In 1979, a small band of enthusiasts met to discuss the possibility of starting a village drama group. They gathered together people with varied talents and the result was a home written pantomime The Beggars of Bagley Wood. This was performed in the old village hall and the then library doubled as a changing room. From that day it continued to flourish and they found themselves producing 2–3 shows each year consisting of pantomimes, plays and various musical performances. In more recent years this has spread to entering the local Drama Festivals, where we have gained many prizes and cups. KADS is also a founder member of the Oxfordshire Drama Network (ODN).
The secret to our success has been enthusiasm and commitment from everyone involved. Over the years we have seen people come and go, many of our younger members have returned, some with their own families and three have become professional actors. Our youth group has increased to the extent that we now have a waiting list.
We are always happy to welcome new members to KADS. If you would like to join or help out in any way, please be sure to visit our website for more information.
Rehearsals every Tuesday night (19:30 - 22:30) in the Kennington Village Centre (opposite the Tandem restaurant).
You must be of Secondary School Age (age 12+) to join.
UNLESS a parent is also a member of the cast.
Contact: via our website or social media
Kingston Bagpuize Drama Group
Kingston Bagpuize
We are always on the lookout for new members whether that be to act, help backstage or help with lighting and sound. You don't need to have any previous experience and you can get involved as much or as little as you like or time allows! We meet every Tuesday in Kingston Bagpuize St John the Baptist Church Hall at 7:30pm.
If you would like to know more please email us or come along to one of our meetings…….we would love to hear from you!
K.T. Productions
Lynden Players
Middleton Cheney Village Hall
box office 01295 712427
info@lynden-players.org
Musicals, Comedies, Panto
Age Range: All
Rehearsals: 19:30 to 22:00 Monday & Wednesday. Additional days if required
Musical Youth Company of Oxford
www.myco.org.uk
Musical Youth Company of Oxfordshire are a local, critically acclaimed youth theatre company putting on semi-professional musicals every year.
Night Train Productions
Whitchurch-on-Thames


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Ever since they were born I've loved them. Probably even before that. What has changed in recent years is how much I admire them. Not only are they wonderful people, but they juggle sports, school and community service. They excel at all of them, even if that effort means they are tired or can't spend time with their friends. Jake just graduated from high school a few weeks ago and will be heading to NYU this fall to not only pursue his college degree, but also play baseball. Go Violets!
Daniella will be a high school junior in the fall. She's been playing Varsity Lacrosse for two years already, is an honor roll student and has completed over 700 community service hours. Yes, you read that correctly. 700! She has helped Icare Icure, Debbie's Dream, Chromes and Colitis, Best Buddies, Ronald McDonald House, Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, Aventura Hospital, while also feeding the homeless. Can you tell how proud I am?
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I have been sitting in front of my computer for days thinking about what I would write about Christmas.
The past three Christmases I have posted how we celebrated this holiday years ago in the forties, fifties, sixties etc.
We did not have money for extravagant gifts, most folks were hard working people with large families.
Christmas was not as commercial as it is now. Very few people worked on Christmas and for those that did have to work there were only skeleton crews on call.
We did not get many or extravagant gifts from our parents. I think what we did get was a sense of family, sharing what little we had with those less fortunate than us, spending time with family, friends and celebrating being together as a unit.
I have watched Christmas turn into a commercial money making holiday. It has turned into the bottom line for the big corporations.
We used to live in the same area as our family members and so were able to gather together. I grew up with many cousins, aunts and uncles not to mention the friends that would stop by to wish us a Merry Christmas. My mother always had food ready for them to enjoy and celebrate the love we had for each other.
Now people have moved away from the neighborhood for some thousands of miles separate us. Most times it is because of better job opportunity, a large home, fancy cars etc. Technology has changed the beauty of what Christmas started out to be for me.
I realize the world is constantly changing. The pace of the world is moving faster and faster. I often wonder what Christmas will be like a hundred years from now. I won't be here to see what happens. I will be history or at least a part of it. I think of it as a big bubble and one day it will burst. Will those people at that time have to start all over from the beginning or will the bubble never burst and holidays will cease to exist. I hope not. In a way I wish I had the capability of seeing what the future will bring, so I could tell the world and prevent any disasters. In the mean time I will continue what ever time I have left in this world holding true to my beliefs and remembering how good it all was.
I wish you all a Merry Christmas or what ever holiday you celebrate at this time of year and hope the same for future generations. I hope I am remembered with love and joy for that is how I honor those that have gone before me and thanked those who made it possible for me and all of us to live in a land where freedom reins.
Have a great Christmas! A wonderful post with beautiful images.
The love for family is written all over this post, even in the white space — ha! Our Christmases as children were sparse, gift-wise. As I recall, one present each from parents and then 1-2 from an aunt and Grandma.
But there was lots of food which equated to love. In fact, one of the problems I'm facing writing memoir is choosing what family holiday get-togethers to include. We were always EATING with family. Ha!
We must be related some where along the gene line. It was the getting together and sharing he food, love and laughter that lasted for hours and hours. It kept us close. I hope the future generations get to share in the same tradition.
The Christmas of the past is full of people and places no longer part of our every day lives, that sure makes them more precious in our hearts. What a wonderful post.
I think your dad must have grown up in the rural communities I have been living in for decades!!!!!! 😉 I've heard that expressed on more than a hundred occasions!
And it was not too dark at all.
What a great tribute to Christmas past. I remember family as well being the biggest part of Christmas. Now it seems to be chaos to get people together.
Technology, miles contribute to the chaos. Hopefully traditions will be deeply enough imbedded in hearts and souls to continue keeping loved ones together. Hope you have a wonderful Christmas and New Year. Thank you for stopping by and commenting.
wow strong words to remember the essence of Christmas. Thank you!
What a beautiful, thought provoking post, Patricia. I agree with your thoughts, as Christmas has become more commercialized, it has lost it's meaning. This is unfortunate for current and future generations if it continues. Many of us were lucky to experience Christmas of "the better days" and we can keep those times in our hearts. Blessings to you and your family.
Beautiful post Patricia. Enjoyed seeing photos of you and your family in joyful togetherness. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
So important. Thank you for this meaningful post. Loved seeing your pictures, too.


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Requiem for the Male Peacock.
Watching 'Rebels of Oz', Howard Jacobson's BBC4 profile of four artistic Aussies who made a sizeable contribution to the cultural renaissance of the 60s and 70s, archive film of the late art critic Robert Hughes in velvet jacket, frilly shirt and shoulder-length hair reminded me that the brief revival of the male peacock during this flamboyantly fruitful period was something that spread way beyond the Carnabetian confines of the youthquake that kick-started the revival in the first place. While considerable coverage is afforded all the young dudes whose embrace of self-expression via their wardrobes liberated them from their fathers' season-ticket at Burton's, the impact this sartorial revolution had on previous generations is often overlooked.
Two of the most high-profile representatives of this Third Wave of Dandyism could be located on early 70s British TV screens: Jon Pertwee as Doctor Who and Peter Wyngarde as Jason King. Both men had been around long before it was legitimate to release their inner peacock; when Pertwee became the successor to Patrick Troughton in 1969, he was fifty; when Wyngarde landed the part that made him a household name in ITC's 'Department S' around the same time, he was forty – and this in an era when the teenage mantra was to never trust anyone over thirty. Although Wyngarde's penchant for the occasional rendezvous with lorry drivers was still unknown to the general public when he was cutting a dashing swathe across the schedules, both he and the unswervingly heterosexual Pertwee were bringing a look to the masses that barely a decade before had been the province of a small, secluded and understandably secretive gay clique largely centred around Soho. Quentin Crisp had been parading through London's Naughty Square Mile since the 30s, defiantly advertising his sexuality via his striking appearance and regularly bearing the scars of his encounters with those who didn't share his aesthetic perspective. He was still doing so in his sixties, when Pertwee and Wyngarde were sharing screen-time with mini-skirted dolly-birds and proving a Dandy didn't automatically equate with effeminacy in the brave new world of the Sexual Revolution.
In historical terms, the man had always been the peacock, whereas the woman was as much a visual appendage as she was in every other respect. In the late eighteenth century, however, the female of the species began to seriously compete with her male counterpart for the first time; at the point when the foppish extravagance of the 'Macaroni', with his heavily-powdered countenance, outlandish wigs and gaily-embroidered jackets and breeches, reached a peak of Glam excess that wouldn't be seen again for another two-hundred years, the women adopted his glittering template and gave it a feminine twist, resulting in the debut of the 'Beehive' hairstyle and the deliberately dysfunctional hoop skirt – articles that served no useful purpose other than they looked breathtaking, a legacy that is still with us via that infamous pair of shoes every modern woman owns that were purchased to be looked at rather than worn.
When the original Dandy emerged in the early nineteenth century, he perceived himself as a stripped-down and streamlined counterpoint to the Fop; rivalries between the two were not unlike those between the Mods and the Rockers in the 1960s. At a time when even mainstream male fashion included the 'pigtail' wrapped in ribbons, the Dandy dispensed with the excessive baggage of his predecessor, most notably the powdered peruke that now had uncomfortable connotations with the wig-wearing heads that had a come a cropper during their date with Madame Guillotine. Beau Brummell, unofficial fashion adviser to the Prince Regent, was the undisputed arbiter of this style, and his fastidious attention to a less-cluttered ensemble eventually paved the way for the more recognisable contours of the suit. However, although the Dandy as a 'youth cult' disappeared with the passing of the Regency, its traces lingered in male dress for decades. Prominent Victorians such as Charles Dickens may wear the solemn scowl of the bearded moral crusader in famous photographs, but Dickens was notorious in his youth for his dandified dress sense, particularly his dazzling waistcoats; and even when colours became less vivid and more uniformly 'masculine' in the second half of the nineteenth century, Victorian men – even the Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli – still retained a hint of the Dandy via their luxuriant locks and ambitious whiskers, whereas floppy-haired aesthetes such as Oscar Wilde gave it a fresh new angle. A shaven-head was the mark of a malcontent such as Magwitch from 'Great Expectations'.
The Edwardian era was the last hurrah for the Dandy in the public spotlight until the 1960s; actor Patrick MacNee, who portrayed the stylish secret-agent John Steed in 'The Avengers', has described his own father as an Edwardian Dandy, and one of the less-recognised casualties of the Great War (albeit an admittedly trivial one) was the male peacock. Short back-and-sides was the new military haircut for the army that had jettisoned the traditional scarlet uniform for camouflage khaki, and not getting one's hair cut was almost regarded as unpatriotic. For the following half-century only women had a licence to express their more extrovert natures via what they wore, whereas short hair and sober dress were redefined as a compulsory masculine statement, which explains the initial outrage that greeted the rude arrival of the Rolling Stones in 1964 – not to mention persistent questions surrounding their sexuality from a generation who associated a fondness for sartorial adventure with 'queers'. But when the youth took their visual cues from the likes of Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Dave Davies and Jimi Hendrix, the re-emergence of the Dandy as a viable cultural force had wholly unexpected consequences. Even when the youth discarded their Carnaby Street glad-rags and morphed into the studied scruffiness of the hippy, the Dandy continued to command a high profile as it was assimilated into the wardrobes of those too old to have been part of the Swinging scene.
1970s TV adaptations of classic nineteenth century novels are notable for the fact that few of the male actors in them required wigs or false sideburns, for most already had the hair and whiskers; even the authentic fashions necessary for the part could easily have been items they walked off-set wearing. Outside of drama productions, many television presenters thought nothing of wearing colourful neckerchiefs to discuss serious subjects, underlining how the male peacock had been successfully absorbed into the mainstream again. The Year Zero bombshell of Punk effectively ended this Third Wave of Dandyism, however – a peasant's revolt that tore down the decadent symbols of the old order; and though it occasionally resurfaced in short-lived youth cults and the odd imaginative pop star, the Dandy was dead. Despite horrible media buzzwords such as 'Metrosexual' to define men who actually reject the T-shirt, jeans and trainers slob ensemble, any 21st century boy who cares about his appearance usually dons nothing more flamboyant than a well-tailored suit. And with the preference for blending in with the crowd rather than standing out from it more prevalent than ever in an age of superstitious finger-pointing, the 1970s are mocked as well as reviled because men were given carte-blanche to break free of the fashion straitjacket that continues to render them wary and fearful of competing with their visually emancipated wives and girlfriends. But, of course, this is progress – isn't it?
Alexander Baron
All peacocks are male; the female are call peahens.
No , not progress. The creativie dressing of all people, whatever sex, sexuality or ethnicity is something to behold and rejoice in. The world is grey enough. That's why I don't wear brown, grey, black or drab navy blue. Vibrancy triumphs for me.
Those afraid to stand out from the crowd sartorially are probably also those who would not go against the grain in any question of received opinion. Style, not fashion, is always welcome. Style with substance is even better (and Quentin Crisp exemplified this).
Thanks for a great, unusual piece at the Raccoon Arms, Petunia.
I'm always drawn towards anyone with their own unique, individual style as they tend to be far more interesting people and less likely to fall in with the consensus – more so than ever these days.
I go against the grain of most received opinions and have done for very many years. I don't need any "vibrancy" to do that. All I needed to do was to speak up and not let the shallow ones hold the floor.
I could not care less what "the crowd sartorially" might be wearing and have never ever cared less since I woke up about "fashion" some fifty-odd years ago and realised it was all a great big con.
"Style" is crap. "Style" is false. You don't need "Style", nor "vibrancy", and you most definitely do not need to avoid wearing "brown, grey, black or drab navy blue", to have your very own thought out opinions of life in general, and realise that very silly dilettantes "don't wear brown, grey, black or drab navy blue".
What one wears is something that is important to many people in defining their individual persona, though clearly not you. Each to their own.
Jonathan Mason
Generally adolescents attach a great deal of importance to clothing styles as they want to identify with a particular sub group in their own age range and being a dedicated follower of fashion sends out signals to prospective mates. Remember how everyone wore flared pants that were tight around the thighs and groin around 1970 and the bigger the flare, the bigger the… well you get the idea. Oh flares, where are you now? Where is thy sting?
As one gets older one cares less and less and just wants clothes that are comfortable, fit well, and preferably cheap. These days most of my shirts cost $1 and come from the City Rescue Mission Used Clothing Store. But they are stylish enough. Just the other day someone asked if I was a golfer, in recognition of the City Rescue Mission Golf Tournament shirt I was wearing. Used shoes are hard to find and one has to spend money to get good ones that will last a few years.
Clothing has got much cheaper. When I worked in Bermuda around 1980 I had to wear short sleeved white shirts for work and on trips to the US or England they would typically cost $20 in the US or £20 in England. Today, 35 years later I can get the same thing for less than half that price. I paid £60 for a pair of running shoes in 1982. I would get the same thing for less than half now. Back in the early seventies a pair of Wrangler jeans cost around a week's wages. Now they would cost an hour's wages or two hours or three hours for the lower paid.
Of course any choice we have is somewhat limited to the types of fabric and colours and styles of clothing that manufacturers are currently producing at the price point we wish to pay, and when you come down to it a shirt is a shirt is a shirt, regardless of the manufacturer's brand.
As a purchaser of child's clothing I notice that prices are frequently boosted by adding images of popular media or movie characters to the clothing. It is better to avoid such.
I will not pay for a shirt bearing the name of a product or company or sports team. If they want me to promote their business, they need to pay me, or at least give me the garment for free.
I did not say one was a pre-requisite for the other, merely that my experience has shown me they often manifest together in the same person.
If you wish to be of dour appearance and disappear into the background noise of bland conformity that is entirely your choice. It is, however, somewhat silly to call me a "dilettante" purely because I don't and displays a rigidity and narrowness of mind.
I was particularly fascinated to notice in this 1901 footage that the working-class women are effectively wearing the Hijab.
http://player.bfi.org.uk/player/watch-textile-workers-leaving-a-factory-c-1901-150668397/Z0a2k1ZTolK7W9SpC-x5urL2nP3b15UY
The modern BFI caption is equally fascinating as it tries to explain this away by saying it's a cold day and the women are wearing "shawls" to keep warm. This is plainly cobblers. It's noticeable that the female children have no suggestion of wearing anything to keep warm especially. One or two of the younger-looking mature women seems to have rejected the Hijab in favour of a boater-style hat.
Spot the Dandy if you can….
Fascinating film. What's especially striking about how the women are dressed is the fact they can only be pinpointed to a specific moment in time due to them being captured on celluloid; otherwise, they could have stepped out of any century from the middle-ages onwards.
Actually the women do not have their faces covered and all the people in the picture have their heads covered, men, women, and children. (I can only see the still picture as it will not run in the USA.). Women still cover their heads for all kinds of reasons, for example to keep hair clean in a dirty environment, to protect it from the rain, for religious reasons in church, at Ascot races to compete with other women, for riding horses or bicycles, for Olympic opening ceremonies, to keep the sun off their heads in hot climates, for swimming, and with hair nets to keep their hair styled the way they want it, for hygiene when working in restaurants and cafeterias or in operating theatres, to designate rank in the police and military, for protection on building sites, and so on.
Even today many ordinary British women such as the Queen are rarely seen outside without some kind of hat.
Hijab not Burkha
http://www.skepticmoney.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/male-hijab.jpg
Similar one on youtube from BFI Jonathan – just for you..
http://youtu.be/qrjxo8JowQ4
Lisboeta
Fascinating. A few of the women actually draw their shawl across their face as they pass the camera. And, in the background, one be-shawled woman turns her back and lingers there, obviously not wishing to be photographed as she leaves. In contrast, there's a smart young lass in a boater and cape who deliberately hangs around long enough to be sure that she's on film. Modern youth! What is the world coming to?
The middle-eastern derived form of "modesty" is actually pretty common in Christendom. Most obviously, nuns wear a hijab, but whenever the Faith took on a severe form, you start seeing variations on it-
http://www.scrollpublishing.com/store/ModestDress.html
Covering hair is pretty basic to it, since attractive hair is an important sexual attractant in humans, and hairstyles are additionally a way of showing off, so even when the hair isn't covered, it tends to be plastered down in unattractive, severe styles. Same for men; it's worth noting that as historically men were forced into the drab butler uniform of the "suit" (dark colour, no decoration, everyone the same) they still clung on to exuberant hairstyles and whiskers until they were eventually deprecated as well.
Don't worry guys, you can still choose what tie to wear!
If you look at the other street scenes of the period the women mostly have their head covered, but so do most of the men. I suspect that poorer women going to work in a dirty factory probably didn't want to wear their, for them, expensive hats. The other scenes of the time showing working women at social events or the seaside have them mainly dressed up in hats rather than shawls.
I also think it might have been drizzling with rain. There are certainly puddles in the street but given the age of the film, the degraded youtube quality and the fact that the scene is not back lit (which would show up rain better) we just can't see falling rain.
Yes indeed, I remember my father used to read the lesson in church wearing a light gray suit, shocking pink shirt, canary yellow tie, and sky blue waistcoat. I remember my mother–an agnostic–commenting that he looked like a peacock. The flower power era was pretty tasteless, but it was as kind of counterpoint to the greyness of post-war austerity and Marks and Spencer white shirts and y-front underpants. While my father was wearing this stuff, I was still occasionally wearing his demob suit, which I found rather stylish.
It's interesting that someone such as Bowie, who had been an exemplary peacock in the early 70s, had himself turned to the 'demob suit look' by the middle of the decade, particularly in his performance of 'Golden Years' on 'Soul Train'.
InLikeFlint
An interesting article, though I am not sure that dandyism is dead – I suspect it is merely resting. Fashion (for want of a better word) has always been about change, and England has always been a leader in this respect. Whilst it is true to say that today's youth has a regrettable sense of conformity with regard to clothing, it was ever thus – the dandy was always the outsider, and revelled in his/her status.
This magazine at least attempts to be different:
http://thechapmagazine.co.uk/
It's been going for a good few years now, and whilst not exactly dandyism personified, does at least give sartorial tips on how to avoid looking dull…
As for the sainted Bowie, he may well have been besuited in 1975, but has continued to change his image regularly over the years, generally setting trends rather than following them…
Excellent name by the way Petunia, or is that Cyril?
Haha! You know your obscure cultural trivia! Cyril's lips are sealed.
In the 80's I used to cadge my uncle's demob suits, fantastic, I also used to highly prize the occasional Gieves and Hawkes suit that I came across.
In the late 70s and early 80's I spent a lot of time at Alfred Kemp in Camden Town, an enormous shop devoted to second hand suits – you could pick up some splendid bargains there…
Ed P
Hair (the original 60s stage event) had a song about the male of the species being the flamboyant one.
And 100 years ago, young children of both sexes were clad in dresses, with pink for a boy and blue for a girl!
Plus ca change…
Yes, there was a ceremony called 'breeching' that all little boys went through when they acquired their first pair of pants – having worn dresses up to the age of roundabout five.
I bumped into the breeching phenomenon a little while ago and I find it absolutely fascinating. It's quite apparent that the boys weren't simply being dressed in a practical unisex garment; they were quite clearly and deliberately being dressed as girls. One can only speculate why, but speculating on, it seems to feed into a persistent Western idea that children basically have a female status until they acquire manhood. If you define feminity as "that class of humans which are protected" and masculinity as "that class of humans who are protectors", it makes some sense. Once the boy was breeched, he was at an age at which he started learning his masculine role as a protector of females. Until then, he was an honorary girl.
I'm not certain at what point this practice ended. I have photos of my grandfather as a toddler in the 1920s and he appears to be wearing a dress.
In the more general sense, childrens' clothing seems to have been basically bloody awful until as recently as the 1980s. My sister and I have often had jokey discussions about this. Ghastly little dresses for girls, horrid shorts for boys. Why exactly adults felt the need to always be able to see a child's legs at whim remains a mystery.
But anyway yes, honorary femininity for young children seems to have persisted until surprisingly recently.
I imagine short trousers used less material and cost less to make, especially in the days of tailored clothing. These days the difference is probably significant, though funnily enough I wear shorts pretty much all the time except for the workplace or going out in the evening. On the other hand, I can hardly remember when I last wore a tie. Actually it was a wedding.
In the 1970s it was common for boys mainly to wear shorts until about 11.
I always wondered if it was partly to do with the number of trouser knees we would have worn through or torn – clothes being comparatively much more expensive in those days.
There is also a practical aspect – it makes dealing with a childs sanitary needs much easier, and it is also simpler to make new clothes to deal with their growth. New hose and doublets etc every 6 months would be a pain in the neck and rather expensive.
Certainly in Tudor England it was done around age 6 or 7.
A lot of style is just a form of disguise. If you see youth wearing outrageous pink hair and rings through their noses and tatoos on their face, you will probably not notice that they are not very attractive individuals in terms of conventional good looks, physique, etc. because you are too busy noticing their bizarre presentation–unless you are medically trained, in which case you see right through the facade.
Just the other day I noticed a middle-aged woman in the bank line in front of me wearing a long black shirt with the tail outside her trousers, covering her rearguard. As this was a little odd, I looked closer and realized that she was trying to disguise the fact that she had a rather large booty. So the disguise that was intended to be a distraction had the opposite effect to the desired one. That is often the case. People who are good looking and in good physical shape tend to look good in anything they wear. Most people strive for this look, but it is hard to pull off if you are in fact misshapen.
The irony today is that one-time totems of genuine visual outrageousness, such as piercings, coloured hair or multiple tattoos, are now only worn by those I'd call 'Alternative Conservatives', that is those who imagine they're being radical in the way they look, yet whose look is catered for by an entire branch of the fashion industry rather than being a DIY product of the wearer's imagination.
I've always found piercings (including ears) to be some degree of revolting (that's a bit too strong a word but my mental thesaurus has broken down). I can't fathom why anyone has them, or why they would be considered attractive.
On the other hand, I rather like "tramp stamp" type tattoos.
I went to the Chap Olympiad the other week in Bedford Square Gardens, wearing a tweed suit and a trilby. The effect of people heading off the event was to have people stop driving to look at us, while people with multiple facial tattoos and multi-coloured hair didn't get a look in. Your comments about 'Alternative Conservatives' are absolutely spot on.
Misshapen is a funny word, as it contains other words (and one could add another 'p'); but it rather implies there is an acceptable shape from which the subject differs.
There was one other dandy that I can remember from that time, Adam Adamant played by Gerald Harper – a Victorian gentleman who had been frozen in time (literally) and then thawed out into the swinging sixties…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OajrehEA7M
Yes, I once bought a VHS tape of that with a couple of episodes on. Shame it wasn't made in colour.
The entire series has been available on DVD for a couple of years, it is a glorious reminder of shaky sets and a London that doesn't exist anymore… http://www.amazon.co.uk/Adam-Adamant-Lives-Complete-Collection/dp/B0006GVKB6
Adam was supposed to be a revived Victorian though, so I'm not sure where the "Dandy" comes in. He dressed a bit like Dracula.
He dressed like a gent – the whole premise of 'Adam Adamant' was as a somewhat feeble riposte from the BBC to ITVs 'The Avengers'. The acting and writing were all good enough, but the tiny budget and lack of support from the BBC hierarchy eventually did for it – a shame.
"A shaven-head was the mark of a malcontent such as Magwitch from 'Great Expectations'."
A lot of British men seem to look the same now. Bald, no facial hair, pudgy/overweight and leisure wear. (Hey, it rhymes!)
There's apparently a DVD for this:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22advanced+style%22
Dioclese
I enjoyed your piece as it brought back a lot of memories. Strangely, I was more into the Mods and Rockers thing and never really got into flower power but now I find my self drawn to the music of the times.
Jason King. Yeah, that was quite good. Must take a look for it on pirate bay…
As you probably know Petunia, Peter Wyngarde only sported the trademark Jason King look in Department S because at the start of filming he was still appearing in a period play in the West End as a Russian Count.
The original conception for King was as a rather tweedy Oxbridge Don and the first choice for the role was Kenneth More.
"But when the youth took their visual cues from the likes of Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Dave Davies and Jimi Hendrix, the re-emergence of the Dandy as a viable cultural force had wholly unexpected consequences. "
Adam Ant??
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/06/08/article-1191713-054500A5000005DC-224_233x544.jpg
Furor Teutonicus
XX The Year Zero bombshell of Punk effectively ended this Third Wave of Dandyism, XX
I would tend to take it back from that, and quote a line or two from Saxon;
"Where were you in 79 when the dam began to burst?
Where you wearing denem, wearing leather, did you run down to the front.
Did you queue for your tickets through the ice and snow?
Denim, and leather, put them all together, it was YOU that set the spirit free!"
Bikers!
LONG before punks!
The hair metal era was pretty dandified.
Aye, but they were/are puffters. I am talking about the "Biker revolution" at the mid to end of the 70s and into the early 80s.
THEN came "Glam metal" FFS!!!
Who are you defining as glam metal? Kiss? Weren't they pre- Saxon? I would have thought you were Deep Purple or Black Sabbath oriented. Not picking a fight – just interested. I was more into weird punk than anything else ( Wire, Virgin Prunes, Suicide etc).
Aye, Purple, Sabbath, Maiden. But Also other stuff, from Italian Opera, to middle ages (Corvus Corax, Richie Blackmoor, Subway to Sally, etc), Nina Simone, even…. (HOROR!!!) some of Doris Days stuff is listenable to.
Saxon were going for a long time (In fact they are STILL going!) Kiss, I am sure, came later. As you say, they were "glam rockers." But the whole "Glam rock" thing, where once good bikers turned up in metalic red jeans and leopard skin jackets, started much later than, say Kiss' "Double Platinum" album, which was around 79/80.
The first punks we saw in town were in the early to mid 80s.
Scott Green
Kiss formed in '73, just a little bit before Saxon, who didn't form up 'til '76..
But the first album I recall was, as I say above, "Double Platinum." I am not sure when they actualy "reached" the U.K.
I deffinately knew of Saxon before Kiss. And the "Glam metal" pufters were deffinately after both.
Glam Metal? Did I miss Chrome Rock?……..
"Kiss on the duke box and half a pint of your best Brasso, please, madam!"
Gotta say, never saw Kiss play over here, did see Saxon play, quite a lot, and Motorhead, Ozzy, Maiden, Metallica…still go nowadays, and take my son ('bout time he paid for his own tickets!)
I disagree with the historical statements; whilst the woman, as the lesser being, would have often had second call on resources for clothing etc, there are many examples of peacock like clothing for women. See for instance the Tudor court, especially under Elizabeth 1. The farthingale, a hooped skirt worn under the dresses to give them the sort of shape that is surely required for that peacock effect, came into use in the 16th century. I recommend a search online and examination of some of the many paintings which have survived from the period.
Indeed. Historically, both men and women of the elite dressed extravagantly. One interesting example was ridiculously long skirts which were almost impossible to walk in, which basically showed you were a high born woman who had learned to do so. A commoner would just "walk up the skirt" and fall over.
Obviously, one has to generalise to a degree in this kind of article and limitations of space make cutting corners unavoidable. Yes, there was certainly plenty of feminine extravagance in the Tudor court, and queen regnants were naturally promoted as exotic and glamorous figures as part of the whole royal PR machine; but male sovereigns were more commonplace and therefore men had a higher profile as style-setters. From the Restoration onwards, the male undoubtedly had the visual edge, whilst women looked fairly drab by comparison, which is there in all the paintings of the time; it's also worth remembering that cosmetics for women were frowned upon during this period. Men became more foppish as the 18th century wore on, eventually reaching a peak of sartorial flamboyance by the end of the century that in turn inspired women to embrace makeup and clothes in a way they have continued to do so ever since.
EyesWideShut
Oh, Petunia! I'm no spring chicken, but I suspect most posters on here are of that charmed generation just about 10-20 years older than me who got to experience a cultural moment which I witnessed as a small child – believing in my innocence that it was normal and that I would soon be able to stake my own little claims on it.
Well, didn't I get a gunk (as we say in Ireland). BTW, I wrote a well-received play about Charles Dickens for his bicentenary, and believe yu me, I explored his dandyism. He never shrugged it off, event to the end.
I will leave you with the words of Baudelaire, the great philosopher of dandyism:
"Fastidious, unbelievables, beaux, lions or dandies: whichever label these men claim for themselves, one and all stem from the same origin, all share the same characteristic of opposition and revolt; all are representatives of what is best in human pride, of that need, which is too rare in the modern generation, to combat and destroy triviality".
I know exactly what you mean in your opening comment. All my earliest memories are from the early 70s, so my first impression of the male of the species was that he was a rather dandified character. Perhaps that's why I think men should still shove their inner peacock into the open air if they so wish and bear the slings and arrows of the 'Real Men' with heads held high. I own a cane, by the way!
And I jolly well hope you lean on your chin on it, in a pensive mood, swing it casually from side to side when bored with present company, flick it casually to underline a point in conversation, and put it to its proper use either for business or pleasure
I was born in 1966, so much of my outlook is based 0n the expectation from growing up in the 70s that society would continue on a liberal path, and my growing dismay as it did a sharp reversion back into puritanism. Which influences much of what I write here and elsewhere.
Hear, hear.
Not sure about all this dandy stuff. Seems to be a minority persuit for metropolitan wannabees. Clothing should be a) comfortable and b) appropriate to circumstances.
Went to a funeral a couple of weeks ago. Just before departure time the phone rang; the son ofthe bereaved family with the message, "No black – come as you are. Dad was always very informal." So the posh shirt I'd just spent 15 minutes ironing went back in the wardrobe, along with the cufflinks. On with a smart casual shirt, light coloured trousers and hastily polished brown shoes.
At the ceremony, it quickly became clear that the message had only reached about half the mourners. The other half were in regulation dark suits and black ties. So half of us sat through the service feeling uncomfortably underdressed, and the other half sat through it feeling uncomfortably overdressed.
Sometimes, the seemingly stultifying dress code can be a very useful way of removing such feelings of discomfort – provided they are observed lightly, and not regarded as an absolute requirement.
As for 'peacock feathers', they are for show-offs (usually insecure) or showmen. They are not for real men. Real men (and especially gentlemen) prefer comfortable, appropriate, understated classical elegance, except when in the workshop, when overalls will do.
Sorry, my reply to you is below. I may be a real, if somewhat flamboyant, real man, but smartphones still defeat me… Always every time….
Real men?
Your definition is a bit narrow, but I'm sure it suits/fits you fine.
As a real man, I want something else.
Lol, I'll take my chance with unreal men
Haven't we figured out by now the whole thing is "unreal" – just whatever the group consensus is at the time?
"Real/Unreal"? "Today,children, we will be going through ….. (dah-dah!) the Round Window!"
Kind of my point, but thank you for the response.
Flaxen Saxon
Being a man of a certain age I wear what I like. Generally I eschew clothing all together and emerge resplendant with just a blue ribbon tastefully tied on to the end of my 'todger.' I like to think that it accentuates the gentle folds of my elaphantitis bestrewn scrotum.
100 years ago you'd have used a pink ribbon, as blue was considered a girly colour.
Indeed, as Earnshaw's Infant Department (the classic trade publication) put it in 1918:
"The generally accepted rule is pink for the boys, and blue for the girls. The reason is that pink, being a more decided and stronger color, is more suitable for the boy, while blue, which is more delicate and dainty, is prettier for the girl".
Same old crap, just different colours
Jim Bates
I can't believe that I got to the end of the comments with seeing a single mentioned of Teddy Boys.
The hours spent getting just the right 'drape' jacket – red for preference – with black velvet collars and cuffs.
14″ drainpipe trousers – you had to unscrew your feet to get 'em on and off, fluorescent lime green socks and thick crepe-soled 'brothel creepers' to slink around in.
On my first trip out in my splendour, a middle-aged lady on the bus moved to a seat well away from me, muttering to herself.
As today's yoof might say, "result!"
Ah happy days.
… and I'm only 49 (in hexadecimal).
Hands up – a shameful omission. Again, limitations of space etc. But the overall point of the article was intended to show how the dandyism of Carnaby St spead to generations beyond the young 'uns and temporarily shook-up notions of masculinity through dress; admittedly, the point may have got lost along the way.
It could be that each generations idea of what "dandy" is could have changed.
We thought we looked just "fine and dandy," evn if a bike leather is more practical than a frilly shirt.
Henry the Horse
Paul Smith, one of Britian's most famous designers. does a fair line in peacockery although admitted he is not quite High Street.


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FMU professors open local craft brewery
Photo by: Austin Kemmerlin
Three nights a week, Seminar Brewing offers sampling in their tasting room.
Rachel Droze, Staff Writer
The first commercial craft brewery in Florence, South Carolina is officially open for business.
Located beside Redbone Alley on West Palmetto Street, Seminar Brewing is owned and operated by two professors at Francis Marion University (FMU), Dr. Bryan Fisher and Travis Knowles, along with their business partners John Mattheis and Dave Peters.
The brewery produces between six and eight different varieties of beer at any given time. Their primary purpose is to sell their product by the keg to bars and restaurants in the Florence and Columbia areas.
"We just signed a contract with an additional distributor so we can distribute our beers in Columbia," Fisher said. "They just picked up beer, so it's being distributed in various places now."
By state law, breweries cannot sell their products directly to their buyers. A distributor is needed to transport and sell the kegs for the brewers.
In addition to selling their products by the keg, three night each week Seminar Brewing opens their tasting room for the community to sample the beers they have in stock, as well as batches of beer that are made only for the tasting room.
"We can sell samples in the tasting room and we also sell growlers, which are standard size half-gallon glass jugs," Knowles said. "But [growlers] have to be sealed on the premises and taken home for consumption."
Both the city of Florence and the county support Seminar Brewing. The city and county assisted the brewery in getting the licenses and permits required to open the business.
"The city and the county were aware of . . . craft beer as an exploding segment of the market," Knowles said. "Cities have had breweries be an important part in revitalizing their downtown areas and [the city and county] wanted that to be a part of Florence."
There is a growing interest in the brewing of craft beers and the quality of locally brewed products. The citizens of Florence have reacted positively to the introduction of these locally produced beers with the opening of Seminar Brewing.
For more information on Seminar Brewing's beers, find them on Facebook, visit http://seminarbrewingflorence.weebly.com or call (843)665-9200.


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ANDREW PODGER.- Grattan Ducks its own Push for a Sensible Discussion of Private Health Insurance.
In their first 'Saving Private Insurance' report in August, Stephen Duckett and Kristina Nemet from the Grattan Institute presented a most helpful framework for assessing the future role of private health insurance in Australia in the context of our universal public insurance scheme, Medicare.
The central argument was that the case for subsidising PHI rests entirely upon its role vis-à-vis that of Medicare:
If PHI complements Medicare, by allowing members access to non-Medicare services, earlier access, the doctor of choice or better amenity, there is no case for taxpayer subsidy;
If, however, PHI substitutes for part or all of Medicare by funding services otherwise paid for by Medicare, then a subsidy is justified to the extent of the substitution involved.
In a commentary in the Canberra Times, I welcomed the report and looked forward to Grattan providing further useful advice as it explored the issues and options consistent with this core point. I was hoping that Duckett, as perhaps our most knowledgeable health economist, would help to guide us out of the mess PHI policy has become (he and Nemet more kindly called it 'a muddled system').
Sadly, in their second 'Saving Private Insurance' report released in December , Duckett and Nemet do not tease out the policy options that would flow from their first report's conclusion. Instead, they focus on the problems caused by the 'community rating' of PHI (the regulations that try to equalise premiums despite the variations in risk according to age etc.). Those problems are real, but sustainable solutions surely must also address the central question of the relationship between PHI and Medicare. The reform proposals in the second report do not do so.
The report's analysis of the community rating problems also glosses over some of the history, and understates other problems such as the increase in large and unexpected out-of-pocket expenses.
Community rating was the driver of the downward spiral of PHI coverage in the 1990s: the excessive premiums for young people given their low risks led to fewer taking out PHI, causing the premiums to increase, in turn reducing the attractiveness of PHI even further for young people. The Howard Government measures to increase subsidies so as to reduce net premiums failed to halt the spiral – coverage fell to 30%. Following a Productivity Commission inquiry, in 2000 the Government introduced Life Time Cover (LTC), a major variation to the way community rating was regulated. I was closely involved in its design. Like many others, Grattan describes LTC as imposing penalties on those who delay PHI membership (and on those who drop out and later return): in fact it does no such thing. It sets premiums on commencement of membership according to the person's age, with increases of 2% a year after age 30 and up to age 65. Very broadly, this reflects the profile of increasing health care cost risks with age up to age 65 (actual risk profiles are far more complex, varying with gender as well as age, for example). LTC allows people to avoid these increases if they continue their membership, providing a carrot for young people to take up membership and for all those already insured to retain their membership.
This softening of the impact of community rating, allowing a degree of recognition of risks according to age, was extraordinarily successful – much more than we in the Department expected, increasing PHI coverage to over 45%. The increase in membership amongst young people, and the reduction in cross-subsidies, also helped to stabilise premiums. But significant cross subsidies remained, particularly from the failure to allow premiums to vary with age beyond 65 despite health care costs accelerating from age 70. Moreover, the problem was exacerbated when the Howard Government increased the PHI rebate for older Australians, so that their net premiums were actually below those of younger people despite the much higher risks.
The measures taken by the Rudd/Gillard Governments did not help either. The means-testing of the PHI rebate was a pure sleight of hand, because simultaneously the Medicare levy surcharge was increased with the result that the reward (subsidy) for PHI increased – the value of the levy surcharge exemption for those on higher incomes increased by more than the value of the PHI rebate they lost – and the new reward was more crude and opaque than the PHI rebate. (It was also a disguised tax increase for everyone on high incomes – the uninsured paid a higher levy, the insured lost their PHI rebate.) The increased subsidy via the levy surcharge exemption has meant that, for an increasing number of people, taking up PHI membership is more a means of limiting tax, and the funds do not need to pay as much attention to the value of the cover they are offering. And this attraction for PHI membership is likely to be greatest amongst older people on high incomes.
It was probably inevitable that the cross subsidies from young to old that still exist under LTC would eventually lead to a renewed vicious cycle of increasing premiums and reducing membership amongst the young, particularly given policy changes since LTC's introduction in 2000.
As the Grattan report shows, the broader ageing of the Australian population has been adding to those pressures. Those broader demographic trends, however, are affecting Medicare as much as PHI, as are other health cost drivers such as new technology. The report (Figure 1.1) contrasts PHI increases with wage increases since 2011, but does not show how Medicare's effective 'premiums' have increased over the same period: they have increased much faster than wages too, though not quite as fast as PHI premiums. It would be helpful if APRA or AIHW, as well as Grattan, regularly reported both the growth in Medicare 'premiums' and the growth in PHI premiums: that might allow the public to put in better perspective increases in PHI premiums.
Crude measures to contain PHI premium increases have other unintended impacts, as the Grattan report mentions but might have highlighted more. In particular, after some success with some PHI reforms other than LTC in the early 2000s, particularly while Dr Wooldridge was the Minister, the incidence of large and unexpected out-of-pocket costs have increased, and more people are choosing products with exclusions and high excesses. The measures orchestrated by Wooldridge included 'aggregate billing', to halt the practice of each clinician and the hospital separately issuing bills to patients for the one episode of care, and 'no co-payment or known co-payment', requiring that patients receive advice of any out-of-pocket expense before agreeing to any procedure. These reforms do not seem to have been sustained, and the value of PHI even for those with 'gold' cover has declined. New action is needed to press funds to contain out-of-pocket expenses, including via agreements with doctors and hospitals, supported by the AMA and medical colleges.
Grattan's recommendations focus on the re-emerging problems associated with community rating. Broadly, they involve:
Removing cross-subsidies from those under 55 to those over 55;
Limiting the increase in premiums for those over 55 by increasing the PHI rebate for them;
Offsetting the reductions in premiums for those under 55 by removing their eligibility for the PHI rebate;
Removing community rating entirely for those under 55, allowing funds to set premiums according to the risks involved (including risks associated with age and gender);
Retaining full community rating amongst those over 55.
LTC would phase out, as would the Medicare levy surcharge and the associated exemption arrangements. Grattan suggests that its package would be broadly budgetary neutral.
Some of these suggestions are attractive, but they almost totally ignore the central issue raised in the first report. In particular, the new report fails to explain:
The justification for (even higher) government assistance for those over 55; and
The basis for its view that no government assistance should be provided to those under 55.
The report includes some discussion of whether PHI currently takes any pressure off Medicare but draws no firm conclusion. That is not surprising, as the extent of any offset almost certainly varies widely both with the PHI product and with the behaviour of PHI members. It is hard to believe, however, that there is no offset at all from young members' PHI and a very large offset from older members' PHI.
Returning to the core point in the first report, there are two coherent long-term directions for PHI policy that are fully consistent with the principles of Medicare:
The direction advocated over many years by Menadue and McAuley based on PHI complementing Medicare, so that no government assistance is required, nor is any community rating needed, with those who value what PHI offers (in addition to Medicare) paying the premium that matches the risks they want covered; or
The direction I have generally favoured (strongly recommended by Dick Scotton and also suggested by the Health and Hospitals Commission via its 'Medicare Select' option), where PHI substitutes for Medicare, taking responsibility for some or all the risks now covered by Medicare and receiving in exchange assistance equal to the Medicare 'premiums' involved. If that assistance were in the form of each insured person's risk-rated premium under Medicare, once again no community rating of PHI would be required.
While Duckett has previously indicated a preference for moving in the first direction, leaving PHI to play a more residual role as it does in the UK, this Grattan report seems to accept that neither major political party is willing to go that way. In which case Grattan should be exploring options that would move in the second direction.
The first step should be to clarify the risks PHI covers that substitute those Medicare covers, and to make management of these the condition for government assistance. The best way to do this in my view is to require PHI funds to meet their members' public hospital costs as well their private hospital costs, removing the current blurring and cost-shifting between PHI and Medicare (sometime later consideration could be given to allowing PHI to manage Medicare's out-of-hospital services as well). The PHI rebate and the Medicare levy surcharge exemption could then be replaced by transparent subsidies linked to the hospital costs Medicare covers for similar people. To the extent those subsidies can be in the form of individual risk-rated premiums, current community rating arrangements could be withdrawn.
This step would have other major advantages:
Removing the uniquely Australian question in emergency rooms, 'do you want to go public or go private?' which privately insured people can rarely answer with confidence. Instead, the entitlement would be made clear in the PHI product the person had selected;
As a result, removing the (distorting) incentives for funds to encourage members to go public, for public hospitals to encourage people to go private, and for members to buy junk PHI products;
Making more even the playing field amongst public and private hospitals whether treating insured or uninsured patients.
I appreciate such a step involves many challenges, including the need to adjust funding between the Commonwealth and the States (because the State public hospitals would gain additional revenue from insured patients and the Commonwealth would have increased costs via the risk-rated premiums paid to the funds). So more work needs to be done to tease it out, and some experimentation might be useful.
But one can see some similarities to the Grattan prescription, notwithstanding my concern that the authors are ducking their own questions: government assistance would be much higher for older PHI members than younger ones; the crude Medicare levy surcharge exemption arrangement would disappear; and cross-subsidies within PHI could be removed.
Andrew Podger was Secretary of the Australian Department of Health and Aged Care from 1996 to 2002. He is now Honorary Professor of Public Policy at ANU.
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1 Response to ANDREW PODGER.- Grattan Ducks its own Push for a Sensible Discussion of Private Health Insurance.
Charles Lowe says:
A couple of questions.
1. Why hasn't Professor Podger mentioned "Who Benefits?" through PHS? Let's try greedy and unaccountable medical specialists just for starters.
2. Why hasn't the Professor even mentioned (far less considered or even argued for) the elimination of PHS and the consequent expansion of a publicly accountable Medicare? (Or does he surreptitiously agree with me that those younger people who cost-ineffectively (i. e. foolishly) buy PHS need to be taxed at a higher rate than otherwise (via their PHS premiums)?


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Border Cats Get Thumped in First Game of Second Half
Published On: July 5th, 2018
The Border Cats got off to a rough start to begin the second half of the 2018 Northwoods League season by losing to the Eau Claire Express 13-6. The game was very exciting in the first four innings when there were four lead changes and plenty of runs scored. The Border Cats got on the board first thanks to a two-run home run from Shane Connahan (1). However, the Express bounced right back in the bottom half of the inning by scoring four runs off of the Cats starting pitcher Joey Cardamon (2-2). In the next inning, the Border Cats reclaimed the lead thanks to RBI's from Brady Gulakowski and Gunner Hellstrom. The Cats once again could not hold the one-run lead and allowed another Express run to score and tie the ballgame. From that point on the Express took over and never allowed the Cats to get back into the ballgame. They would score eight unanswered runs and take a commanding 13-5 lead.
Joey Cardamon who has been so great for the Cats all season long was unfortunately charged with nine earned runs in just 3.1 innings pitched. He started the ballgame with a 1.94 ERA and a 2-1 record. After the game, his record stands at 2-2 and his ERA has jumped to 4.03. Offensively, all but one Border Cat registered a hit. Cam Pearcey and Billy Cook both had a couple hits. Brandon Bossard made his first plate appearance as a Border Cat and went 1-3 with a walk and a stolen base.
The game was delayed an hour and a half due to rain in the area but everything was cleaned up in time for the ballgame and all the fourth of July festivities. The Border Cats will play a rematch tomorrow against the same Express. First pitch is scheduled for 7:35 ET. You can follow all the action from Eau Claire through our Twitter page tbbordercats.