I feel so honored to have received another blog award. One Lovely Blog awarded from Melissa at Mel Dreams Often. Thank you so much, Melissa!
I'm a terrible photographer, which makes it difficult to run a successful blog.
We have three dogs, two Shih Tzus and a Shih Tzu mix. The mix is a new puppy we recently adopted.
I'm fascinated with Regency England. I read as much as I can about the time period.
I love true crime stories, whether to read about them or watch them on the screen. Kind of gory I know, but I love 'em.
I have always loved painting, crafting, crocheting, embroidering, etc. My obsession began from the time I was old enough to hold a crayon.
Thank you so much for the award, Sandy! You are super sweet. :) Autumn is my favorite season, too!
Thanks Sandy so much!! I too will do a post on this and link back. You are precious.
Sandy is my blog on the award, giving it to 5 more and linking back to you.
Can't comment in Google identity today for some reason.
Hey Sandy, I have a Friday blog hop going and I'd like to feature you. Would that be ok? You wouldn't have to do anything. I would pull some of my favorite project photos from your blog and write a little about you. Let me know.
Hi Sandy, I'm not sure if you got my other message about featuring you this week, during my blog hop. I am going to go ahead and post it. If you want me to remove it, just tell me. I hope that is ok. I really enjoy your blog, and wanted to share it with my followers. Have a good day!
LOVE your blog, It has EVERYTHING and it's darling!
I found you from the Fancy Friday Blog Hop!
I love learning more about bloggers. I'm not the best photographer, either. So, I snap a TON of photos to get a few gems to post on my blog.
I'm a new follower from the Fancy Follower hop at Mel Dreams Often.
I'm coming over from Mel Dreams Often. I'm your newest follower and can't wait to check out the rest of your blog!
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Meeting Point: Kasara Railway Station at 09:15 AM.
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World War II Memorial in Boston
Many people may not know that Boston has a rather large memorial for Bostonians that fought and died in World War II. The memorial is located in the Fenway area and called the George Robert White Veterans Memorial Park.
Did you Know: Massachusetts has 8 Memorials/Monuments to those that died in World War II and 20 Memorials/Monuments for those that died in World War I. (Source: MassVacations.com)
The Boston memorial is a large eclipse formed by granite structures, and include a winged figure in the center. Around the monument are seats which can accommodate an audience size of 500 people.
Thirteen Things interesting things I learned about the World War II Memorial
Dedicated on October 30, 1949 (1,520 days after the official end of World War II)
The memorial was Sculptor by John Francis Paramino and Tito Cascieri was the primary Architect
The memorial was funded by a grant from the George Robert White Fund. (George Robert White was Boston's primary philanthropists.)
In the center of the memorial is a "Winged Victory" statue that is 12-feet high. The statue was done by T.F. McGann & Sons Co. FDY of Somerville, Mass. You can see the artist inscription/signature on the bottom left of the statue.
Behind the "Winged Victory" statue is a granite diamond-shape shaft of 22-feet and contain 48 stars. (Hawaii and Alaska didn't become a state yet)
The names of 3,000 war dead are mounted in bronze behind the diamond-shape shaft.
In The Memorial is named for U.S. Sergeant Charles A. MacGillivary - He was honored with a bronze plaque on the lectern which was added during a special dedication ceremony.
Sergeant Charles Andrew MacGillivary was the only Medal of Honor, the only World War II vet from Boston to return alive with one. He died in 2000.
The Korea and Vietnam Memorials were added in 1989 which were paid from a grant from the George Robert White Fund ($650,000)
Above the names of the those that died it reads, "In memory of the men and women of Boston who lost their lives in World War II"
Around the lectern stage is the phrase, "1949 From the Income of the George Robert White Fund"
James W Sugden and Stanton H. Kelly are the only names added to the memorial since it was created in 1949.
In 1946, James Michael Curley suggest that planting 2,400 trees in the Fenway would be a good tribute to the fallen. He suggested a shrine in the middle for religious services.
U.S. Sergeant Charles A. MacGillivary
Apparently there is a slight misprint on the bronze plaque on the lectern. I notice that U.S. Sergeant Charles A. MacGillivary is misspelled.
Check out the difference between his gravestone and the plaque on the memorial:
What do you think? Is MacGillivary spelled correctly?
Finding the World War II Memorial
To find George Robert White Veterans Memorial Park, you can enter the Back Bay Fens from the south at the intersection of the Fenway and Forsyth Way just east of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Cross over the Agassiz Bridge and bear right when the path forks. A path leads to it on the right. (You'll see the memorial when you cross Fenway Parkway.)
Filed under the "Boston" and "A-Z Challenge" categories.
Quaker Lane
Quaker Lane is one of the few streets in Boston that is U-shape. For a 100 years, it was center of the Quaker Cemetary
Eight Things I learned About Quaker Lane
Quaker Lane is called it because at one time it was the location of the Quaker Meeting House and Cemetery in downtown Boston.
The Quakers built a meeting house on Quaker Lane in 1708. The Church was severely damaged by the Great Boston fire in 1760. (The Great Boston fire of 1760 destroyed 349 building in downtown Boston)
The Quaker rebuilt the Meeting House and continued to worship there until 1808 when membership had declined and they decided to sell the property.
In 1826, the remaining members thought it was best to move the Quaker cemetery to Lynn where the Quaker society was thriving.
109 bodies were moved to Lynn. Two bodies, who were sisters, were kept in Boston and reburied at the cemetery at King Chapel. (Mr. Joseph Hussey)
It wasn't until the 1930s that it became Quaker Lane - it has always been known as Congress Square. Paul Townsend put in a request to rename Congress Square to Quaker Lane. It officially became Quaker Lane on February 19, 1930.
Today Quaker Lane is closed due to construction. For many years it was an ugly service ally behind many historic buildings in the area. The new owners of the building are working to clean up Quaker Lane and make it an inviting venue with restaurants and festive lighting. The street will be closed to vehicle traffic.
Boston Landmarks Commission is currently consider it as a designation as a City landmark.
Locating Quaker Lane
Quaker Lane is located just a few steps from the Old State House.
Map of the Area around Quaker Lane.
King Chapel Memorial
Next to the King Chapel is the King Chapel graveyard where some of Boston's most famous are buried.
Between King's Chapel and the graveyard is a special monument that many tourists may not notice - The Chevalier De Saint Sauveur monument.
This is a special monument in honor of Chevalier St. Sauveur, a French officer that was killed in Boston during a riot during the early days of the American Revolution.
Some of the Things I learned about the Chevalier De Saint Sauveur Monument
After a treaty of alliance was signed between France and the United States on February 6, 1778, France sent a fleet of twelve ships and 5 frigates under the command of Count d'Estaing to aid the Americans in their fight against the British.
Chaevalier De Saint was a lieutenant on the boat named "Tonnant." His brother-in-law was Count de Breugnon one of Count d'Estaing "Chefs d'escadre." Chevalier was the first chamberlain of Count d'Artois, the brother of Louis XVI.
The fleet arrived in various cities, including New York and Philadelphia. On the way to Rhode Island, several vessels were damaged in a huge storm. They went to Boston to get the boats fixed.
On September 9, 1778, there was an attack by rioters at the fleet bakery, which was near the boats, Chevalier De Saint Sauveur was wounded by a blow to the eye in the face while trying to maintain order.
He died a week later on September 15. The next day, the Massachusetts Bay general council voted to put a memorial - They feared that the French would send back all their troops home because they were not welcome.
The French government refused any formal burial and accepted the offer to build a monument. They accepted that the death was not a threat to the remaining troops there.
D'Estaing drafted the inscription for the monument -- dated September 28th in the log book of the "Languedoc" -- and caused copies of it to be distributed in the fleet that every one of the words to be put on the monument.
He was buried in the basement of Kings Chapel in a private ceremony attended by his fellow officers.
Col. Thomas Dawes, a cousin of William Dawes, was in charge with the duty of erecting a monument.
The monument was completely forgotten until a researcher in 1912 discovered the Massachusetts Bay offer in a journal.
A monument was finally approved in June 1, 1916 for $1,000 monument in Chevalier De Saint Sauveur at the Kings Chapel.
The Text on the monument was written by Charles Henri Hector d'Estaing, French General, and Admiral. The next on the memorial is the same text the was written on September 28, 1778, by D'Estaing. (The top part was translated into English so the locals can read it.
Mr. A. W. Longfellow was the Memorial architect and was inspired other monuments that were popular when Chevalier De Saint Sauveur was alive.
The monument is made of concrete granite, fourteen feet high, and was made by Emerson & Norris of Boston
There are four cannon balls and green slates on all sides, only 2 sides have text. (Originally there was to be a full transcript of D'Estaing inscription, but that didn't happen.)
The monument is placed directly above where Chevalier De Saint Sauveur is buried in the basement of the King Chapel Church.
Memorial Text Translation
This officer, aide-major of the French squadron and Lieutenant [on the Tonnant] after having Had the happiness of risking his life for the service of United States, fulfilled its duty when it was the Victim of a tumult caused by malicious people: Death [15 September 1778] with the same attachment For America, the bonds of duty and inclination who are attaching his compatriots to the city of Boston in Have been more tight. May be so fruitless For all efforts what would dare to try to separate Frances and America. This is the prayer that will In the centuries to come to Almighty God, all French and all Americans who will cast their eyes on The mausoleum of a kidnapped young man has friends who do not Can console themselves for having lost. What about Like funerary flowers spread over his tomb.
This inscription has been prepared by the COUNT OF E STAING The admiral commander of the first French squadron Envoy speaks Roy from France to the United States of America
Celebration Toast of Friendship
A few days after the burial the men in command of the new country invited the men of the French Fleet to a celebration of friendship at Faneuil Hall. On September 22nd, 1778 the following toast was made:
The Memorial to the America.
The King of France.
Congress.
The French Fleet.
Gen. Washington and the American Army.
The Independence of America.
The alliance between France and America ; may it never be broken.
The French Minister to Congress.
Franklin, the American Minister at the Court of France.
Liberty and the Friendship of France.
Commerce, Art, and Agriculture.
M. d'Orvilliers and all his Army.
The Count d'Estaing and all the Officers of the French Fleet in Boston Harbor.
d'Estaing Toasted
The President of the Council and all Americans here present.
Monseigneur, the Duke de Chartres.
The Queen of France.
M. Du Chaff ault.
The Marquis de La Fayette.
American Ships and Sailors.
All the Women and Young Girls who have lost their Husbands and Sweethearts in the Good Cause.
The Duke de Choiseul.
M. de Sartine.
M. de Maurepas.
Endicott Statue
The John Endicott statue is located on Forsyth Way between the Fens gardens and the Museum of Fine Art.
Six Interesting things about the Statue
Unveiled on June 15, 1937
Funded by George Augustus Peabody, a descendant of John Endicott
John Endicott Statue is Eight-feet tall and the backside is 10 feet wide and 17 feet wide. The entire statue is made in granite.
The original granite block weighed 12 tons, and after the statue was created it weighed 10 tons.
Ralph Wed Gray was the Architect
Carl Paul Jennewein was the sculptor - who's other worked include the Two Panels inside the White House and 50+ separate sculptures in the Justice Department Building
Quotes on the Statue
Strong valiant John wilt thou march on, and take up the station first, Christ cal'd hath thee his soldier be, and faile not of thy trust. Edward Johnson 1654
Bequest of George Augustus Peabody, Esquire of Danvers, Massachusetts.
On a separate plaque:
"Ralph Weld Gray, architect/Carl Paul Jennewein, sculptor/1936."
Eight Interesting things I learned about John Endicott
John Endecott is regarded as one of the Fathers of New England. He was the longest serving Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Born on March 15, 1588, in Devon, England. He came to the New World (Salem Massachusetts) in 1628 to help bring some order to the New World
There isn't much known about John Endicott life in England.
John Endecott and John Winthrop, were the first two governors of Massachusetts Bay Colony. Between xx and xx they alternated governorship responsibilities.
In 1636, John Endecott lead a group of colonial volunteers against the Pequots on Block Island - Part of Rhode Island. This military action started the Pequot War. The resulting war killed 700 Pequots - virtually extinguished the tribe.
He gave the final orders to have Mary Dyer executed because she didn't listen to the court. The court had asked her multiple times to stay away from Boston.
Died March 15, 1665 (Age 77) and is buried in tomb 189 in Boston's historic Granary Burying Grounds.
For many years people thought he was buried at the nearby Kings Burying Grounds. It wasn't until xxx that the records were set.
Finding the Statue
The statue is located on Forsyth Way near the Museum of Fine Arts. If you take the Green Line and get off at the Northeastern University stop.
Boston Bricks
Just off of Arch Street, just a few blocks from Downtown Crossing, is a shortcut alley to Otis St. Look closely on the ground as you walk by to get a glimpse of Boston History.
Ten Things I learned about the Boston Bricks Alley
Officially created in 1985.
Alley was formally was named Snow Place.
There are 100 bronze bricks that highlight the past and present life in Boston
Funded by the Edward Ingersoll Browne Fund - which has funded many Boston beautification projects.
Other projected that the foundation funded includes: Law Enforcement Memorial Foundation at the State House, Goody Memorial, Soldiers And Sailors Monument in the Boston Commons and the Fountain in Franklin Square to name a few...
Alley was designed by CBT/Childs, Bertman, Tseckares & Casendino Inc. Architects.
There's no sign that it is "Boston Bricks Alley." The only indicator is a single brick located at both entrances. Near-by Pi Alley has lots of signs to indicate the name of the Alley. There is a large in-ground plaque thanking those that help make the 1985 restoration possible - see below.
There hasn't been any new brick added to the alley since 1985
Kate Burke and Gregg Lefevre were responsible for many of the designs. Both are still active in the art community.
The Artwork was made copper so that as people walk over them it keeps them nice and shiny. They can't be raised too high off the ground otherwise people may trip over the artwork.
Some of the markers on the ground - including a recipe on how to make the best Boston Baked Beans. (You can learn a lot of things on the Streets of Boston.)
Ground Plaque
There is a plaque by the entrance which briefly describes the lane.
Winthrop Place, originally known as Snow Lane, was restored in 1985 through support from the Browne Fund Commission Mayor Raymond L. Flynn, Chairman City Councillor Christopher Iannella, Treasurer George A. Russell. This fund was made possible by the generous legacy of Edward Ingersoll Browne (1833 - 1901)
It's been 33 years since Winthrop Lane has gotten updated. There's has been a lot going on in the City of Boston since then. Here are my thoughts on new bricks that should be added to the street:
City of Champion - Red Sox, Bruins, Patriots, Celtics
Mass Pike Toll Booths
Johny Most Microphone
Big Dig - Central Artery Project, Ted Williams Tunnel
What do you think? Are there any special bricks that should be added to the street?
Finding the Boston Bricks Alley
Winthrop Lane is located next to the St. Anthony Shrine on Arch Street. The nearest T station stop would be the Downtown Crossing. The alley is located at the second crosswalk on Arch Street (When you walk from Downtown Crossing)
Salada Tea Doors
In the Back Bay there is a unique set of decorated brown doors. These doors are a reminder of how the building once played an important part of the growth of the Commercial Industry in Boston.
The building was once the United States Headquarters for the Salada Tea Company. They not only had executive offices in the building but the building also had a warehouse where tea bags were manufactured.
Ten Things I Learned About the Tea Doors and the Building
Building was constructed in sections, first was done in 1917 and the second in 1927.
The building was once known as the largest in the world devoted exclusively to the merchandising of tea.
Peter Larkin, the founder of the Salada Tea Company, was found of the Boston office and decorated the building with beautiful works of art that some people thought that it "resembled a museum more than a business office."
The bronze doors were installed in 1928 - where executives would enter the building.
The bronze doors show 10 scenes from the tea trade. Each panel tells the historic story of the tea "as it was planted and exported years ago and of the culture associated with this product on the faraway island of Ceylon."
The doors were designed by English sculptor Henry Wilson. His only other United States work was the Brozen doors at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York. Most of his architectural works were around London.
Peter Larkin, died on February 3, 1930 in London.
The Salada Tea Company merged into Salada-Shirriff-Horsey Inc. in June 1957.
In 1958, the newly formed company acquired the "Junket" dessert product company in Little Falls, NY. The company headquarters was moved to New York.
The building is currently now known as "Berkeley Place."
The Tea doors are not registered as Boston Landmark. (Should it be?)
Tea Doors Sign
A sign next to the door reads...
English sculptor Henry Wilson was commissioned to design these doors by the Salada Tea Compay founder Peter Larkin.
Cast by The Gorham Company in 1926, the bronze panels depict the 1920's Ceylon tea industry from planting through harvest and export. Figures representing Indian deities frame the bronze panels. The bronze door was awarded the highly distinguished silver medal at the Paris Salon of 1927.
The Marble surrounding the door consists of reliefs executed by French sculptor M. Caesar Caira and show Demeter, Triptolemus, and Persephone; Greek gods associated with agriculture and harvest. Projecting elephant heads form the capitals of the pilasters and profiles of elephants form the frieze above the doors. Salada Tea Company moved its headquarters from this building and Liberty Mutual owns the building today.
Finding the Tea Doors
The Tea Doors is located at 300 Stuart Street, Boston Ma. It's located between the Berkeley Street intersection and the Stuart St Pedestrian overpath. Next to the Grill 23 & Bar.
Boston Sign
As you walk through the city of Boston looking for landmarks for selfie pictures, one place you should visit is the Boston City Hall Plaza. You?ll see the largest ?Boston? sign in the city of Boston.
This sign is sponsored by BerkshireBank and has been on the City Hall Plaza since 2016. (Actually not too difficult to miss the sponsor)
The sign is part of the ?Boston Seasons? event and showcases seasonal events including an ice skating rink in the early winter and concerts in the summer.
The sign is available all year round. At night the sign is lit up to Red and Green in the Winter Months, and white in the summer months.
The best way to see the sign is to take the Green line to Government Center. Head upstairs and look for the big City Hall Building, and you'll see the Boston sign right under it.
The sign is in the middle of the plaza, so it doesn't matter what time of the day you take pictures. I found that noontime is the best chance to have fewer shadows.
You can find out more about the events going on as part of the Boston Season on their official website. There's also a Twitter account to follow and a Facebook page to like to keep up with events.
Boston Spring 2018
Spring is just around the corner, it?s time to look at when various venues are opening up because of the warm weather.
Here?s an updated calendar on when things are opening in Boston:
Click on image for a larger version.
Duck Boats March 21
Boston Green Way March 24
Red Sox Opening Day April 5
Swan Boats April 13
Boston Marathon April 16
City Of Boston?s Outdoor Pools And Family-Friendly Beach June 17
Boston Marathon Memorial
The Boston Marathon is oldest and one of the most known marathon. Many runners set goals to one day run the Boston Marathon.
In Copley Square, there is a monument to all those that run the Boston Marathon.
Nine Things I learned about the Boston Marathon Monument
Ground breaking was on November 2, 1995
The monument was revealed in time for the 100th Anniversary of the Boston Marathon. There is an inscription that mentions the 100th Running of the Boston Marathon - April 15, 1996.
John Handcock Mutual Life was a major financial contributor to the monument
The monument was revealed when the finish line was moved from the Prudential building to the Boston Public Library.
15-foot circular granite medallion was designed by Mark Flannery and sculptured by Robert Shure and Robert Lamb.
21-foot high arch was originally proposed, but drew strong opposition from Back Bay residences. They felt the arch would block the view of Copley Square.
Around the Medallion is 8 posts with the seal of the communities on the race course. Each post highlights some of the challenges of running the marathon.
The name of all the champion runners, as well as the finish times, are on the outer ring. New names are added each year. Since the Monument has been put up, six circular rows have been added to the winner's circle. There are four new entries each year - Which means that 88 names have been added to the memorial since 1996.
If you look carefully at the medallion, you can see the top part shows the course elevation changes, and the bottom shows all the city and towns that the route takes you through.
2013 Boston Marathon Bombing Memorial
At one of the sites where a bomb exploded, people have left special messages to commemorate those that lost their lives at the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings.
Occasionally the city will remove the memorabilia so the street doesn't get cluttered with flowers and makeshift monuments.
This year marks the 5th Anniversary of the Bombing. Next Month, the City of Boston will be putting two monuments marking the location of the acts of terror on Boylston Street.
Training for the Boston Marathon?
Check out sport-fitness-advisor.com for some great advice in Marathon Training.
The site is packed with expert tips on getting ready to have a great marathon day. The articles are useful even if you're just starting out a coach to 5k program.
Finding the Boston Marathon Memorial
The Boston Marathon Memorial is located in Copley Square near the intersection of Boylston Street and Dartmouth Street. It's located near the John Singleton Copley Statue.
Declaration of Independence Tablet
As you walk around the Boston Public Garden's you may encounter a large bronze tablet on granite - its a replicate of the Declaration of Independence.
Seven Things that I learned about the Tablet on the Boston Commons
Created by John Francis Paramino (Died on October 5, 1956)
The tablet design mimics the painting done be John Trumbull's which is hung in the Rotunda of the Capitol building.
The Board of Park Commissioners allocated funds for this commemorative tablet.
Dedicated on July 4, 1925 in a large ceremony near the site.
The tablet was created to celebrate the 250th anniversary of American independence.
The tablet was unveiled by Miss Evelyn Cumming, a descendant of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independance - Robert Trat Paine.
The tablet was actually placed on the Lafayette Mall path sometime later.
You can see John Paramino "signature" on the bottom right of the tablet. It also looks like a number appears after his name. Can't really read it well, looks like it says - 1915.
Finding the Tablet
The tablet is located in the Boston Public Commons along Tremont Street. H&R Block is directly across the street.
Check it out what you think the number after John Paramino says. This would make a great scavenger hunt item:
What is the number to the right of the artist who made the Declaration of Independence tablet in Boston?
If you found out, please comment below!

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Mary was promoted to heaven on December 8, 2013 surrounded by her family after a long, courageous battle with lung cancer. Mary was born in Woodbury, NJ. She is survived by her loving parents, Thomas A. and Mary (Malloy) Deeney of Melbourne, FL (formerly of Audubon, NJ). She is the cherished sister of Anne Deeney, Aileen Foster, Thomas (Lorraine) Deeney, Patrick (Linda) Deeney and Barbara Hanson. She is the devoted aunt to Mary Deeney, John and Adam Foster, Nicole (Jason) Bintliff, Jackie (Jonathan) Chain, Brian and Patricia Deeney, Kyle and Kaitlyn Hanson. Mary belonged to a large extended family and is survived by many cousins and relatives with South Philadelphia origins. She was the former wife of Michael Coyle and loving member of the Coyle family.
Mary was a 1973 graduate of Audubon High School and had a close bond with a group of her high school friends for over 45 years. The girls shared a raucous weekend in New Orleans where Mary was working just prior to her diagnosis. Mary played soprano horn with the Audubon All Girl Drum and Bugle Corps ("Bon Bons") and attended a Bon Bon Reunion in Wildwood this summer. Mary started working at Steak and Brew in Cherry Hill, NJ in 1974 forging many lifelong friendships. Mary is well remembered by many for her 12 years behind the bar at McGlone's in Oaklyn. Mary then worked at the Admirals Club at the Philadelphia Airport. For the past 16 years, Mary was an employee of Marriott Hotels progressing through many positions to Bench Manager filling in at many locations around the country. Mary loved to travel both with family, good friends and through work.
Family was a priority to Mary and she loved attending events and gatherings with her aunts, uncles, cousins and extended family. Mary was a member and former officer of the Ladies Auxiliary of American Legion Post 84 in Oaklyn, NJ. She was involved with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation for over 20 years. She had a Relay For Life Team, Mary's Marchers, formed by her niece Kate at Haddon Heights High School raising funds for the American Cancer Society . Mary was an entertainer at heart and surrounded herself with people, music and dance. Mary often hosted an after hours club at her various homes, most famously at the "Lafayette Lounge." While you often waited for Mary to arrive, she lit up the room once she was there. A sincere thank you to the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania, both Penn Presbyterian and Pearlman Center, for their dedicated care and support of Mary over the past three years.


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Austria reimposes Covid-19 lockdown, Germany to follow
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Fri Nov 19, 2021 06:22 PM Last update on: Fri Nov 19, 2021 06:27 PM
People walk towards a vaccination center during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, as Austria's government has imposed a lockdown on people who are not fully vaccinated, in Vienna, Austria, November 18, 2021. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
Austria will become the first country in western Europe to reimpose a full COVID-19 lockdown, it said on Friday as neighbouring Germany warned it may follow suit, sending shivers through financial markets worried about the economic fallout.
A fourth wave of infections has plunged Germany, Europe's largest economy, into a national emergency, Health Minister Jens Spahn said. He urged people to reduce their social contacts, warning that vaccinations alone would not reduce case numbers.
Austria said it would require the whole population to be vaccinated as of February.
Roughly two-thirds of Austria's population is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, one of the lowest rates in western Europe. Its infections are among the highest on the continent, with a seven-day incidence of 991 per 100,000 people.
"We have not succeeded in convincing enough people to get vaccinated," Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg told a news conference, saying the lockdown would start on Monday and the requirement to be vaccinated on Feb. 1.
"It hurts that such measures still have to be taken." Asked if Germany could rule out an Austrian-style full lockdown, Spahn said: "We are now in a situation - even if this produces a news alert - where we can't rule anything out.
"We are in a national emergency," he told a news conference.
European stocks retreated from record highs, while government bond yields, oil prices and the euro tumbled as the spectre of a fresh COVID-linked lockdown in Germany and other parts of Europe cast a fresh shadow over the global economy.
As cases rises again across Europe, a number of governments have started to reimpose limits on activity, ranging from Austria's full lockdown, to a partial lockdown in the Netherlands, to restrictions on the unvaccinated in parts of Germany, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Hungary reported 11,289 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, its highest daily tally, and will make booster shots mandatory for all healthcare workers and require mask wearing in most indoor places from Saturday.
While the new measures across Europe are not seen hitting the economy as much as the all-out lockdowns of last year, analysts say they could weigh on the recovery in the last quarter of the year, especially if they hit the retail and hospitality sectors.
A full lockdown in Germany would be more serious, however.
"A total lockdown for Germany would be extremely bad news for the economic recovery," said Ludovic Colin, a senior portfolio manager at Swiss asset manager Vontobel.
"It's exactly what we saw in July, August of this year in parts of the world where the delta (variant) was big, it (COVID-19) came back and it slows down the recovery again," he added.
CHRISTMAS IN QUESTION
The pressure on intensive care units in Germany had not yet reached its peak, Spahn said, urging people to reduce contacts to help break the wave.
"How Christmas will turn out, I dare not say. I can only say it's up to us," he added.
Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday Germany will limit large parts of public life in areas where hospitals are becoming dangerously full of COVID-19 patients to those who have either been vaccinated or have recovered from the illness.
Merkel said on Thursday the federal government would consider a request from regions for legislation allowing them to require that care and hospital workers be vaccinated.
Saxony, the region hardest hit by Germany's fourth wave, is considering shutting theatres, concert halls and soccer stadiums, Bild newspaper reported. The eastern state has Germany's lowest vaccination rate.
New daily infections have risen 14-fold in the past month in Saxony, a stronghold of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which harbours many vaccine sceptics and anti-lockdown protesters.
Much of the Austrian public is also sceptical about vaccines, a view encouraged by the far-right Freedom Party, the third-biggest in parliament. It is planning a protest against coronavirus restrictions on Saturday.


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Q: Massively (bulk) reassociating torrent files with their data? I has often happened to me, that I was moving my directory with files into another place and all torrent files start to "think" their content was lost. I was to reassociate each torrent file with it's content manually.
I think it was bad work.
Since each torrent file contains hash code of the file and each torrent application contains setup parameter for data file location. So, computer could calculate hash codes for all files in data location and reassociate each with it's torrent file.
Which client allows it? Does uTorrent allow it?

A: Depends on whether you are on a Mac or PC and what software you are using. Because on a Mac, one can use Transmission which has an option to Verify Local Data from the Transfers menu.
According to this site, uTorrent creates a resume.dat file that can be edited to match the new directory location of the files. You need to use the BEncode Editor.exe to open, browse & edit the resume.dat and change path of the file to match your new path. Since BEncode has a Replace All function then just use that to hang all paths in bulk.

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Of all the projects he's pursued in the past few years, says David Tisherman, he can't easily think of another that rivals the achievement of this one with respect to balance, color, harmony or sheer energy. The key words here, he adds, are color and energy, with one flowing irresistibly from the other in a reinvigorated backyard that was once drab, uninteresting and crowded with an old pool that just didn't fit with its surroundings.
The monumental process of making all of the back issues of WaterShapes available online continues on a daily basis -- and so far the issues from 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002 have all been prepared for readers. To see everything that's been prepared for review, please click here.
Amazing . . . Thrilling . . . Inspiring!
1. In a horrific and tragic incident, a swimmer was killed recently by a great white shark -- estimated to be 12-to-14 feet in length -- right off a popular beach in which country?
a. Australia b. New Zealand c. Maldives d. Sri Lanka.
2. Despite what Hollywood has sometimes portrayed, shark attacks against humans are extremely rare. Approximately how many such attacks take place each year around the world, and about how many fatalities result from them?
d. 1,000 attacks worldwide, causing 150 fatalities.
3. According to the latest research, how many sharks do commercial fishermen kill each year?
a. 10,000 b. 100,000 c. 1 million d. 100 million.


Shirley Clarke Franklin (born May 10, 1945) is an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party who served as the 58th mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, from 2002 to 2010. She currently serves as a member on the board of directors for both Delta Air Lines and Mueller Water Products.
The 58th mayor of Atlanta, she was the first woman to hold the post and the first black woman to be elected mayor of a major Southern city. Franklin was Atlanta's fourth African-American mayor. In July 2009, Mayor Franklin (along with Frances Townsend and Judge William H. Webster) was appointed to an ad hoc Department of Homeland Security special task force for 60-day review of the Homeland Security Advisory System.
Franklin had a son named Cabral. He died in 2015.
According to a DNA analysis, Franklin is descended, mainly, from people of Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone.
Originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she is a graduate of the Philadelphia High School for Girls. Franklin received her B.A. in sociology from Howard University and her M.A., also in sociology, from the University of Pennsylvania. She is an Honorary member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority.
Franklin served as the Commissioner of Cultural Affairs under Mayor Maynard Jackson. Subsequently, she was named Chief Administrative Officer and City Manager under Mayor Andrew Young.
Her 2001 run for mayor was her first run for public office. She won, succeeding Mayor Bill Campbell after winning 50 percent of the vote, defeating several candidates including Democrat Rob Pitts (33 percent). Facing a massive and unexpected budget deficit, Franklin slashed the number of government employees and increased taxes to balance the budget as quickly as possible.
Franklin made repairing the Atlanta sewer system a main focus of her office. Prior to Franklin's term, Atlanta's combined sewer system violated the federal Clean Water Act and burdened the city government with fines from the Environmental Protection Agency. In 2002, Franklin announced an initiative called "Clean Water Atlanta" to address the problem and begin improving the city's sewer system.
She has been lauded for efforts to make the City of Atlanta "green." Under Franklin's leadership Atlanta has gone from having one of the lowest percentages of LEED certified buildings to one of the highest.
In 2005, TIME Magazine named Franklin one of the five best big-city American mayors. In October of that same year, she was included in the U.S. News & World Report "Best Leaders of 2005" issue.
With solid popular support and strong backing from the business sector, Franklin was reelected Atlanta Mayor in 2005, garnering more than 90 percent of the vote. Her popularity led to increased speculation that she may be a viable contender for a future Georgia governor's race.
In February 2006, The White House Project named Shirley Franklin one of its "8 in '08", a group of eight female politicians who could possibly run and/or be elected president in 2008. She was the only person on the list to not be a governor, senator or presidential cabinet member, and one of two African-American women on the list; the other was United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
In 2006, Shirley Franklin led the effort to have the papers of Dr. Martin Luther King given to his alma mater, Morehouse College, instead of being sold at auction: "I never imagined I could contribute to the continuation of Dr. King's legacy in as a significant way. And I'm really humbled I was able to do anything to continue his legacy."
Franklin is a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition, an organization formed in 2006 and co-chaired by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston mayor Thomas Menino. She was 2007/08 President of the National Conference of Democratic Mayors.
In 2008, facing a major deficit, Mayor Franklin asked the Atlanta City Council to approve a property tax increase, to avoid public safety cuts. The Atlanta City Council unanimously shot down the measure, which would have caused the average city homeowner to pay an estimated extra $30 in property taxes under Franklin's plan. As Mayor Franklin warned, without the tax increase, layoffs and pay cuts of Atlanta public safety officials would be imminent.
According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, in December 2008 Franklin announced that 222 city workers would lose their jobs to help fill a projected $50 million to $60 million budget shortfall. Most remaining city workers, including firefighters, will work fewer hours and suffer a pay cut as part of the budget cuts.
Mayor Shirley Franklin has said that the deficits in the city of Atlanta are not because of excess city spending. In fact, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle city spending actually ran slightly below budgeted amounts through the first quarter of the fiscal year that began in July. According to Mayor Shirley Franklin, city tax collections are down by more than 12 percent because of the economic downturn. However, basic accounting mistakes in the city budget also played a significant role in the budget crisis.
Franklin, Philadelphia's Michael Nutter and Phil Gordon of Phoenix lobbied Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson in a joint letter asking for a share of the proposed $700 billion bailout.
Mayor Franklin was the recipient of Profile in Courage Award in 2005, issued by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation. The foundation praised her management of the city of Atlanta during the critical period of enormous deficit and loss of public confidence in government following the corrupt administration of Mayor Bill Campbell. In 2007, she received an honorary degree in Doctor of Humane Letters from Oglethorpe University.
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Bamburgh Castle is an imposing castle on the coast of Bamburgh in Northumberland. Known the native Britons as Din Guardi, it's the erstwhile capital of the kingdom of Bryneich, till 547, when it was captured by Anglo-Saxon ruler Ida of Bernicia. The castle was restored in 18th and 19th centuries by various owners. It was finally bought by Victorian industrialist William Armstrong. (Pic: Visit Britain)
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Enjoy a stroll along the Boulby Cliffs in Tees Valley, the site of some of the most spectacular geology and industrial archaeology in the British Isles - Photogallery
Enjoy a stroll along the Boulby Cliffs in Tees Valley, the site of some of the most spectacular geology and industrial archaeology in the British Isles. Boulby comes from an old Scandinavian terms meaning farmstead, village or settlement. The cliffs at Boulby are 679 feet high, the highest on the eastern coast of England. Their rugged recesses provided shelter for smugglers active along on the Cleveland coast in the eighteenth century. Its potash mine is one of the deepest in the United Kingdom. (Pic: Visit Britain)
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Durham Castle and Cathedral is one of two World Heritage sites in North East England - Photogallery
Durham Castle and Cathedral is one of two World Heritage sites in North East England. The Cathedral, described by Bill Bryson as 'the best cathedral on planet earth', is the largest and finest example of Norman architecture today. Standing testimony to the early Benedictine monastic community, it was built in the late 11th and early 12th centuries to house the relics of the Venerable Bede and St Cuthbert (evangelizer of Northumbria). The castle stands behind the cathedral and was the residence of the prince-bishops of Durham. (Pic: Visit Britain)
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A Unesco Heritage Site, the construction of Hadrian's Wall began in AD 122 on the order of Emperor Hadrian and took just eight years - Photogallery
A Unesco Heritage Site, the construction of Hadrian's Wall began in AD 122 on the order of Emperor Hadrian and took just eight years. A living, breathing attraction, the wall is dotted with Roman forts, castles, and temples as well as archeological sites that give an insight into how the Romans lived almost 2,000 years ago. As you can walk along the trail path, you can enjoy the countryside and even take a break at a pub
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The 70-feet high High Force waterfall on the river tees is visually stunning with the waters plunging over the precipice in two stages - Photogallery
The 70-feet high High Force waterfall on the river tees is visually stunning with the waters plunging over the precipice in two stages. In the old days, flooding created two separate falls, but not since the reservoir in upper Teesdale came up. In the past, harsh winters would also cause the falls to freeze, resulting in cathedral-like ice formations.
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Standing tall atop a hill called Beblowe, Lindisfarne Castle can be seen from miles away - Photogallery
Standing tall atop a hill called Beblowe, Lindisfarne Castle can be seen from miles away. More of a fort, it was built in 1550, with stones from the priory, which went into disuse, used as building material. The castle sits on the highest point of the island, which is accessible from the mainland by a causeway. It was altered by Sir Edwin Lutyens in the early 1900s. The castle has a dramatic entrance and involves a steep climb.
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Marsden Bay, in the heart of the beautiful coastline between South Shields and Sunderland, is famous for the Marsden Rock, one of the most stunning rock formations in the UK - Photogallery
Marsden Bay, in the heart of the beautiful coastline between South Shields and Sunderland, is famous for the Marsden Rock, one of the most stunning rock formations in the UK. This limestone stack once formed an arch which collapsed in 1996. It is also home to the well-known pub, the Marsden Grotto, set in a manmade smugglers' cave. It is supposedly haunted by the ghost of smuggler John the Jibber, who betrayed his men to the customs. It is also a nesting place for seabirds including kittiwakes and cormorants.
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Marketing challenges > Why Does Storytelling Sell?
How does your brand's story start?
Forbes recently published a great article about brand storytelling. They said that while brand storytelling isn't a new practice, 'with the explosive growth of content marketing, the opportunities to tell stories as part of direct and indirect brand marketing initiatives have become a strategic priority'.
Dustin Hoffman once said 'Stories? We all spend our lives telling them, about this, about that, about people … But some? Some stories are so good we wish they'd never end. They're so gripping that we'll go without sleep just to see a little bit more. Some stories bring us laughter and sometimes they bring us tears … but isn't that what a great story does? Makes you feel? Stories that are so powerful … they really are with us forever'.
It is for these reasons that storytelling is much more effective than sales spiel and pitches. Stories connect people and get them involved and absorbed in a product, service, business or cause.
So how can we as marketers weave story telling into our email marketing efforts?
First off, every story needs a character. The best characters in any story are the ones that audiences like and root for. Have you heard about the TOMS shoes 'one for one' campaign?
It starts with a guy called Blake who, when visiting Argentina found out that there are lots of children who go without shoes. Blake tells the story of how he decided that for each pair of TOMS Shoes that are purchased from his company, they will donate a pair of shoes to a child in need.
TOMS used Blake as their stories main character in their emails, their social media efforts and their video marketing campaigns. His face, voice and personality are used to bring the story to life, creating a character that people want to cheer for and support.
Simplify your story. Even if your product or service is one of the most complicated in the world, your story doesn't have to be. Returning to the Tom's example, as you can see from this video, it is an incredibly powerful story, yet a very simple one.
Finally, your stories must be relevant. Craft a story that is aimed at those that fit into your buyer persona's. In order to create a truly powerful story you'll need to know who your customers are, what they care about and what they're thinking.
If you look closely at some of the world's greatest stories, you'll find there are several strikingly common tactics that they rely on. Content Marketing Consultant, James Carson, presented on this recently.


I was on a weekend vacation to the Oregon coast. I bought a couple of packages of Mister Twister RT Slugs for this trip. First cast with the Twister RT Slug and fish were chasing like crazy!! The Mister Twister RT Slug was ONLY lure that produced fish for us. A true testament that these lures are the best! I will always have some in my bag now.
For the past two years this has been hands down the best soft plastic lure. I now refuse to use any other lure when I'm on the hunt for Reds. Just in the last 2 months alone I've caught over 30 on the Mister Twister Exude RT Slug Baby Bass color. Its almost unfair for the fish, they cant resist it.
This bait is a great sight casting and popping cork bait for Redfish and Speckle trout! It makes the finickiest of fish eat.
It was a key role player in My partner and I winning the Ht Series Redfish cup 2012 Chalemette event.
I'd have to admit the Exude D.A.R.T natural shrimp has by far outfished every lure in my tackle box, especially when Im targeting the infamous Redfish in the shallows"
These shrimp lures never stop amazing me, I love them more then any other lure. If I had to be stuck fishing one type of lure for the rest of my life the exude shrimp in natural, and golden bream would be it. I fish out of Biscayne Bay and Flamingo area. Ive used this lure for the past 7 years in these areas and out of a three day fishing in Biscayne bay I caught 12 snook the first day the 2nd caught 7 HUGE snooks, and the 3rd caught 4 keeper snook and 2 tarpon! dont ever stop making this lure PLEASE and stay with the natural and golden bream colors!
On a recent grouper trip out of Alligator Point, Fl., we were catching dozens of small grouper(16-18inches), but no keepers. Captain Bill Giddens noted that the grouper were spitting up rock shrimp while we unhooked them. We were fishing with live pinfish and dead alewives. I had some Exude shrimp in my bag (nightglow/green tail) and gave them a try, sending one down on the same rig we were using for bait fishing. The first drop immediately produced a 22 pound red grouper, the biggest of the day. Captain Bill was pleasantly surprised.
The Mister Twister RT Slug is great. It has alot of action I was barely twiching it and then a big 27 inch, 11 pound red took my bait. It was the biggest red I ever landed.


As a web designer, these things interest me (ya I know, small minds) So I thought I would pick a Current "hot topic" and see what happens when I lace a Log entry with buzzwords from the latest craze. The technology match-up between Blu-Ray DVD and HD DVD formats seems a likley choice.
It should be slightly more interesting from my perspective because this web site has nothing to do with this type of technology. So it´s all categorized based on Marine-type keys. This single entry About the DVD and media technology "stuff" will need to be taken "out-of-context" as it were, and I´m curious to know how that will rank.
Personally, I´m not really into either format yet - experience has always shown that which format is better really dosen´t matter - just which one wins. So I´ll wait for that, and let the prices drop over time before I´ll jump into that pool.
In either regard - I´ll give this a few days and give you the results of this little experiment as soon as I have some data About it.


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ORWAV's Top 20 Films of 2020: #5 – The Lighthouse
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The xfce4-notifyd notification plugin css name identifier is #xfce4-notification-plugin.
Edit: Oh, sorry, I forgot to ask - how do I do that with xfce4-time-out-plugin?
I can't seem to figure it out using gtk hacks. It seems unreachable. One way that I was able to get it resized is to manually resize the xfce4-time-out-plugin.svg icon file that's included with the package.


Library Home>Hy. Pickering>Chief Men Among the Brethren>John N. Scobell.
IN F. T. Bullen's charming book, "The Apostles of the South East," "setting forth the difficulties, the dangers and the triumphs of the humble class of Christians mentioned," a little assembly of brethren, he mentions the use of a hymn book, with appendix. This little compilation was, and is, well known to many thousands of the Lord's children under the title of "Scobell's Hymn Book," especially in the West of England. The full title being, "Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the Children of God." It was published in the early days of the wonderful spiritual "brethren" movement, and whilst being "the result of the communion of many Christians with a desire to promote the joy and edification of the Church of God," as the compiler, John Nsticke Scobell modestly states, it was without doubt largely owing to his enthusiasm, patience, and generosity that the book was published.


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I'd rather be laughed at like Noah
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"That they might have joy" column by Jacki Wood
The 1,200 miles it takes to get from Maryville to Provo, Utah, is always an adventure during the winter months.
Whether it's the cold, the dark, the snow, the ice or the wind, or all of them combined, I-80 has provided me with some very fun-filled and memorable trips over the years.
At any moment, the interstate can close without warning. You've seen the signs, the ones that say Road Closed When Flashing. Return to Evanston or Cheyenne or wherever.
Knowing all of this has never stopped me from going, though. So when my husband and I decided to head out with our kids for Thanksgiving in 2001, it was just another trip. We'd done it before with no problems – a little slowing down while driving through horizontal snow blowing amid the 40 mph wind – but nothing major.
I like to think that whenever we travel, we're always prepared. We generally pack things like flashlights, candles, blankets, food and water, and on this trip, we had packed toys and extras for the kids.
But on our return trip home, we definitely were not ready for what was awaiting us in Nebraska.
It had been snowing all throughout Wyoming. Then it iced, and as we left Cheyenne and headed across the state line, it started snowing again. And it was blowing hard, all over the road.
We were going dreadfully slow, it was extremely dark and we were noticing more and more cars slide off into the median. We decided to get off the interstate at the next possible exit, which happened to be Kimball, Nebraska – home to a Super 8 and a Burger King. And that was about it.
We checked into the motel for the night and soon learned the interstate had been shut down.
So we were stuck. 502 miles from Maryville.
The storm was so bad and it was so cold that we didn't venture out much, staying put in that room for three days.
What I haven't mentioned yet is that at that time, Hunter was two years old and Hannah was 14 months. A baby and a toddler in a 20' X 16' room for three days. Enough said.
The interstate finally re-opened, and thankfully, we were able to make it safely home. It was an experience we'll never forget.
None of us think that emergencies or disasters can or will happen to us, until they do. We didn't. I had traveled along that stretch of road during the winter and had seen some pretty crazy things, but they had never been quite that bad.
Most of the time, things happen when we least expect it. Tornadoes, earthquakes, fires, power outages. No matter what the emergency, simple preparation can mean a great deal.
One year after Hurricane Katrina, a TIME magazine poll reported that fewer than one in five, or 16 percent, said they were prepared for a natural disaster or public emergency.
Half of the rest of those polled said they weren't prepared because they didn't live in an area at risk for disasters. The truth is, though, that 91 percent of Americans live in places at a moderate-to-high risk of disasters or emergencies.
In April of this year, a Harris Interactive online survey reported only seven percent of Americans have taken the necessary steps to be prepared.
Why not? Is it because we don't have the time? Or do we think it will never happen to us? They can and do happen. It could be as big as a devastating hurricane or tornado. Or it could be something smaller, like a thunderstorm or ice storm knocking out your power.
Whatever the reason we haven't gotten ourselves prepared before now, do it now, take the time. It's really as simple as doing what the Red Cross suggests: make a plan, get a kit, be informed.
Some people laugh when I mention getting prepared for a terrorist attack, an earthquake or pandemic influenza. They think I'm crazy for believing that one of these days it just might happen.
But, people didn't believe Noah, either, when he was building the ark.
I would much rather be laughed at now, and be dry, safe and well fed later, no matter what happens, just like Noah and his family.
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I do like to color sometimes. Or to be honest - I really do love it, but I seldom take my time to do it. Ever since I was a child I have had a crush on coloring books. And occasionally you find me secretly coloring in my kids books.... (don´t tell anyone!) I even got an own book for by birthday some years ago.
Don´t ask me why I so rarely incorporate colored stamping motives on my cards. I find it hard to place them, and feel really uncomfortable doing it. Need to work on that part of my creativity, I know. Well, this is a card with a stamped fairy from Greeting Farm. And to be honest - I really like this one!
Material used: American Crafts Cardstock (Mint). Patterned paper; Jenni Bowlin Modern Merchantile (Paraphernalia & Novelties). Embellishments; Inkido (Rinestones). My Minds Eye You Are (tiny alphas). Bakers twine & button from my stash. Stamped image from Greeting Farm colored with Distress Markers.
This is so sweet Marie.
hey, love your sassy new haircut!


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Madelaine Lucas is a senior editor of NOON and teaches fiction at Columbia University. She is from Sydney, Australia, and lives in Brooklyn.
Thirst for Salt
by Madelaine Lucas
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"A love affair so richly and attentively imagined it carries the grace and gravity of memory itself." —Leslie Jamison
It's hard to remember now that I was once that girl, lying in the sand in my red swimsuit and swimming late into the day. Sharkbait, he called me.
It's in the water where she first sees him: a local man almost twenty years her senior. Adrift in the summer after finishing college, a young woman is on holiday with her mother in an isolated Australian coastal town. Finding herself pulled to Jude, the man in the water, she begins losing herself in the simple, seductive rhythms of his everyday life.
As their relationship deepens, life at Sailors Beach offers her the stability she has been craving as the daughter of two drifters—a loving but impulsive mother and an itinerant father. But the arrival of Maeve, a friend from Jude's past, threatens to rock their fragile, newfound intimacy. And when she witnesses something she doesn't fully understand, she finds herself questioning everything—about Jude, about herself, about the life she has and the one she wants.
A magnetic and unforgettable story of desire and its complexities, and a powerful reckoning with memory, loss, and longing, Madelaine Lucas's debut novel, Thirst for Salt, reveals with stunning, sensual immediacy the way the past can hold us in its thrall, shaping who we are and what we love.
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Luscious and melancholy. . . . Sensual and electric.
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Lucas' meditation on relationships is masterful. . . . [her] portrayal of love and desire exerts a wonderful pull.
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The author's psychological acuity will keep readers piqued.
Lucas is a wonderful writer.
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A sensual coming of age novel.
Madelaine Lucas's Thirst for Salt gripped me immediately, with the tender acuity of its voice and the propulsive electricity of the relationship at its core: a love affair so richly and attentively imagined it carries the grace and gravity of memory itself. It's a novel whose momentum emerges not from melodrama but from the primal mysteries of human intimacy: How do people come together and come apart? Every once in a while, a novel enters my life that I know is destined to become part of my bloodstream. Thirst for Salt is one of those novels and I'm so excited to think of it finding its way to readers who will be changed by it.
This novel is a beautiful, melancholy tide. I felt inexorably pulled to it, and by it. Lucas is a brilliant conjurer of emotional and bodily longing. I felt, while avidly turning the pages, that briny tightness of the skin, as though I'd sat in the hot sun after an ocean swim. Thirst for Salt is a sensuous, visceral debut.
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Thirst for Salt is an exquisite, magnificent gem of a book. While Madelaine Lucas's style is delicate and spare, her story is one of searing power—the story of a young woman's exploration of the fraught, often dangerous, forces of love, motherhood, art, and wilderness. Thirst for Salt is a revelation, with a quietly radical view of female desire and independence, and Lucas is a brilliant new voice—compassionate, daring, heartbreaking. It's no surprise that she is also an acclaimed musician, for this debut novel is full of verve and beauty, and it stays with you like a charged, lingering melody.
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HILO, Hawaiʻi - Mayor Kim still had the fortitude to support on Bill 108 - the vacation rental regulation bill - at the Hawaiʻi County Council meeting on Tuesday.
(BIVN) – Hawaiʻi County Mayor Harry Kim will undergo surgery on Friday, but that didn't stop him from testifying in Hilo today.
County officials say the mayor needs to have the surgery to clear a blockage in an artery in his lower extremities. The procedure should alleviate the claudication, or too little blood flow to the legs, caused by the narrowing of arteries.
The surgery will be done at the Straub Medical Center on Oʻahu.
Mayor Kim still had the fortitude to support on Bill 108 – the vacation rental regulation bill – at the Hawaiʻi County Council meeting on Tuesday.
"From the very beginning, the goal was to make Hawaiʻi Island a nice place to live," Mayor Kim said of the effort to enact the bill.
The Mayor could be released from the hospital the same day as the surgery, which normally is an out-patient procedure, his administration says.
"I have to be home because I want to be in the Christmas Parade with my granddaughter on Saturday," Kim said.


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President Donald Trump is a controversial character in the eyes of the media. He is a business man with the perspective that the United States must assess government like a business deal rather than a democracy. New age outlook into the handling of federal issues in the White House could have its benefits, but one aspect of governmental freedom that must be preserved is the freedom of the press and the transparency of government decisions. This concept is disagreeable to the president, as he suggests that a government with too much transparency could hinder the follow through of "good deals." This concept is rather frightening as lack of transparency in government dealings means a limited press which will produce an uninformed or misinformed public. A lack of information provided to the public will hinder future voter decisions and could suspend a free democracy.
Similarly, Trump is the only president elected into office that has refused to provide his tax returns to the public. The trend of secrecy began before Trump's entrance into the White House, and his quarrels with journalists have only escalated the more he is catapulted into the spotlight. The president has even gone as far as to request to air his "First 100 Days" commercial on ABC, NBC, and CBS which specifically casts a banner over the faces of well-known news anchors with the words "Fake News" scripted over their faces. The news stations refused to air the commercial during their broadcasts, but the president requesting to air a commercial that accuses popularly viewed media conduits as producing fake news could significantly sway the opinion of the public and even ignite further uproar by Trump supporters, which has become the norm.
Additionally, reporters are facing difficulty unmasking the core of controversy due to a lack of follow through with receipt of documents requested via FOIA requests. Reporter James Shiffer sent in a FOIA request seeking information about the names of people who traveled to Minnesota that was detained due to the executive order on immigration. Shiffer was not the only one requesting information about the repercussions of the executive order with minimal response or production of quality information. The public still lacks important information about the immigration order, especially considering that pouring FOIA requests to a single department could result in response wait time up to 238 days. The more people are becoming independently curious and decide to seek out answers, the longer it will take to produce a FOIA request response.
With the president working to combat journalism and FOIA responses taking longer than patients are willing to wait, what is a society to do? In the foreseeable difficult times ahead, some anticipate drastic measures to excess censorship. As history has told, when government attempts to dramatically interfere with the freedom of citizens, society responds with productive outrage. For example, "Watergate inspired a host of states to pass open records laws." Similarly, the PATRIOT Act inspired more federal FOIA advocacy groups. As journalists, it is imperative to become educated, expose secrets as they arrive, share FOIA documents with others as everyone has a right to see them and stay strong when dealing with controversy. Additionally, make an effort to appeal denied FOIA requests as appeals are free and the retrieval of information is imperative to the cause.
As the president favors censorship, society must work together to preserve the First Amendment and the right of everyone to retrieve information that is public record. Society is entitled to information provided by FOIA, as a transparent government is essential to a free democracy.
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