I just started drawing without any idea about, what it was going to be, so I was surprised when the figure began to take shape. It was clear to me that this was an attempt to grasp the pain I am feeling most of the time. My pain always starts in the back of my head and spreads out through my limbs. That day the pain was extremely strong in my neck, down my back and down through my legs, and somehow the pain spilled over into the drawing.
Back in the fall of 2014 I had a major breakdown. I have lived with POTS for many years, but in the last 2-3 years my symptoms have become more severe. Then I reached a point, where I felt that I was losing the daily battle to keep a life worth living. I was exhausted both physically and mentally, and in the end I contemplated doing the most drastic thing, which a person can do, to escape my situation. But luckily some part of me fought against the temptation, and in the end I sought help.
Since then I have been trying to come to terms with living like this. It has not been easy. I went on sick leave. I got professional help. And I used hours just staring at the wall trying to figure out what to do with my feelings about my life. I had been ignoring my feelings for quite some time because I felt like I should be OK with my medical condition since I have lived with it for so long. It was like I had a deep-rooted feeling that it was unacceptable to struggle with the whole concept of having a chronic illness for more than a few years after being diagnosed.
Well, I was not used to it, no matter how much I wanted to be. I had focused so much on getting my life to work, on keeping my job, on keeping my husband and on maintaining a social life that I had not been focusing on keeping my sanity. And that fall I was paying the price for the neglect. It was a very scary time for me, and I can only imagine how scary it must have been for the people close to me. I hit the bottom and then had to climb even though it made my fingers bleed and my body ache.
I knew that it was important that I did not let my body fall apart as well. I, therefore, kept doing all the things I normally do to keep it as healthy as possible: yoga, eating right, breathing right, meditating, keeping hydrated, etc. In some ways, I made that my "job" in the period where I stayed at home. I tried to establish a feeling of joy in all these activities. In the beginning, this was not easy since I felt like it was an almost useless effort. I mean, why use time and energy on preserving a sick body, when I wanted so much to get away from it, that I thought death was a solution. But I have always been stubborn, so I kept doing it and kept seeking a feeling of pleasure in the tasks.
At the same time, I started working with my mind. I went to a psychologist, who helped me a lot. But the main change came, when I began working actively with my thoughts by studying and meditating. I found a lot of different books about various aspects of developing a healthy mind: books about Zen, meditation techniques, changing unhealthy thought patterns, etc. I did however NOT read anything directly about sickness and chronic disorders. My choice of inspiration was not a conscious one at the time, but I noticed the tendency afterward. In some ways I think it was a smart move to focus on finding a positive attitude instead of focusing on the sickness. My studies gave me a lot of new techniques, thoughts and ideas on how to change my mind in a way that made it healthier. The studies then gave me the inspiration to contemplate ways to cope with POTS.
Gradually I started to feel a calming sensation spread in my body and mind. I felt connected to my body in a new and intense way. I started feeling more that "I am my body" instead of "I have a body". And since my body has POTS, the sickness is also me, and, therefore, "I am my POTS". But not in a way, where I define myself only in terms of POTS, but more that POTS is a part of me in the same manner as my lungs are. I do not define myself constantly by my lungs, but I have no doubt about them being a part of the entity that is I.
In spring, I was back at work on part time and gradually increased the work hours until I was back on full time. Today I feel so much better, and last fall seems like an unreal nightmare that happened to someone else. But I know it happened to me, and I know I have to take care not to end back there again.
Although my mental health has improved, my physical health has not improved, for no amount of rest or healthy routines can make my POTS symptoms disappear or just decrease. Every day is still a battle for living a normal life within POTS's constrains. And now I also fight to keep a healthy mind. Although I, therefore, have an increased "workload" for my everyday life, I do feel stronger and happier today than I have felt during my whole life with the chronic condition. In the same manner as I keep my body strong by doing yoga every day, I now seek to keep my mind strong by meditating, studying inspirational books and contemplating my life for a short time every day.
Of course there are days when I don't have as much energy for all this work with my body and mind (which I do along with a full-time job), so I do take breaks. But after just a day of relaxation I start feeling an urge for my routines because I can feel how good they are for me. At some point, I hope that many of them become second nature, so I don't have to be quite so focused. Now I just keep my fingers crossed that I do not fall back into that dark and terrible pit of despair. And I keep reminding myself that learning to cope with a chronic illness is not a one-time thing, it is a continuous effort that needs attention and hard work.
See that animated gif to the right? Well, that is basically me right now. I had a major breakdown in the end of November 2014, where I started getting really bad thoughts and I couldn't handle anything any more. I was so fed up with having to pull myself together to live "a normal life" while feeling like crap because of POTS, which has become worse over the last couple of years.
I started getting help and for a month I kept on pulling myself to work everyday, but I just wasn't getting any better. The stress of the situation made my POTS even worse, and that made me even more stressed. You get the picture, right. The circle of madness. So at the end of December I went on sick leave.
For the past month I have tried to get back up from that black pit, I had fallen into. And the best way to explain what that feels like is "bootstrapping". That is to pull myself up by the means of my own bootstraps – Well, I don't actually have bootstraps in my shoes, so in my mental image I use my shoelaces instead ;). Or to rephrase it without any footwear related lingo, it is to do something without getting help from the outside world. Just think about what an immense herculean task it would be to actually physically pull yourself off the ground just by pulling at you own bootstraps. Really try to feel what it would take. The point is, it is an incredible victory if you can do it.
Since I have a feeling of "pulling myself together" every day just to get out of bed, that phrase has sort of lost it's meaning. And for a month ago it felt like there was nothing more to gather together – I was all out of self. And at the same time the phrase has lost it's meaning, because of the way it is used. Pulling yourself together is said to someone who just needs to stay awake 5 more seconds or has to not eat that creamy cake while on diet. So it sort of ends up sounding like it is an easy thing to do, that "you just have to pull yourself together". Honestly, I have been frightfully close to doing something violent, when other people say that to me, because believe me there is nothing "just" about what I have to do every day to simply function. And when in the black pit, you can multiply that with a thousand.
A while back I wrote a post about hope (Here's to Hoping). I had just started to take Gutron in small quantities, and the results seemed promising … hence, the hoping. So I thought that now it was about time to evaluate.
For 14 days the effects of just taking 1/4 pill (1.25 mg) three times a day was amazing. I felt like my old healthy self for at bit, which was amazing. Then from one day to the next the effects wore off, and all I was left with was side-effect. So I increased the dose to 1/2 pill 3 times a day. Increasing the dose went well, and some of the benefits didreturned; although it was far from the exiting feeling the first few weeks. I tried taking a larger dose, but that still made me very sick, so it was clear that I had to move forward gradually.
After three weeks on that dose the effect started to disappear once again (and mind you, when the effect disappears it is in no way a gradual process, from one day to the next they just stop working, resulting in a major physical crash). Once again I increased the dose, now to 3/4 pill three times a day. This time I was very sick for two days with only side-effects before the medication's benefits finally kicked in. But thankfully they did.
I know that the first 14 days of bliss will not return. By now I know my body well enough to know that it can act surprisingly well if it is challenged but that it never lasts very long. But of course I still hope … who wouldn't. For a short time, it was like getting my old life back from before I got sick. And no matter how much I tell myself that the return of the sickness fits a pattern I already know, it will still be a disappointment.
But I have to face it. Gutron does not cure me (not that I thought it would). And the side-effects are numeral: stomach ache, the feeling of burning skin, limbs falling to sleep again and again (they even sleep when I run!!! Feels so weird), distortion of my sense of taste and smell, sleepiness … just to name the most irritating. So should I stop taking them?
Well, the mind is a funny thing. If I should just evaluate the experience from how I feel, I would say 'dang no, this is bad.' But lucky for me, I have learned not to trust my intuition. Yes, the side-effects are numeral and the effect is not as big as I hoped. But looking back at the experience with only my own feelings as guide it gets too colored by my disappointment that it did not cure me. And the reason I can say this is that I keep a symptoms journal. Or in my case I use Symple's app to record my symptoms every day, and it brilliantly provides nifty graphs for my symptoms to give a clearer picture of how I feel. I know I cannot estimate how I feel, because I feel like crap all the time. So when I need to know, I look at the Symple stats. Trust the numbers not the feelings! And in this case they show clearly that Gutron decrease almost all my symptoms. They do not disappear, but overall they are all half as bad. I have headaches half the time as before. I have attacks half the time as before. Etc. Etc.
Reading what I just wrote I realize that what I am trying to tell myself is: sometimes I get too caught up in finding the thing that cures me completely that I don't realize the benefit in what I got. And that is not something I should beat myself up about because that is just how it is being really sick and desperate. But thankfully I have an aid like Symple (I must emphasize that this is not a commercial for that specific product, there are many similar apps out there, that works just as fine), which makes it easier to remove the sickness' mist from my eyes and make me see my situation clearly. Yes, the situation is not good … yet. But Gutron makes my situation better.
So maybe I feel like my skin is on fire and my stomach is about to implode, but I am better overall! I have more energy! Which means I have more time! But I lost track of that in my own feelings of disappointment. I'm used to feeling like a living corpse all the time, so what if I need to feel like a living corpse on fire just to get some more out of the precious time I got? And who knows, maybe the doctors can help me battle the side-effects.
Several days ahead I feel the butterflies in my stomach. A mixed bag of butterflies with fear for the unknown and excitement for the possibilities of a change in this annoying stalemate. It's been years since the last time, and I feel like I'm fumbling through the process again like a newbie.
I try to prepare, considering for hours what I can say to seem like someone in control, so I won't be taken for a 'confused' individual again. Under the shower, I test drive some of the sentences, but they all sounds so pathetic.
I examine every inch of my body … just in case. Shave my legs and armpits. Use creams and oils and perfume. I look at myself in the mirror. Consider the amount of make-up. A delicate balance. Not too much and not too little. I end up talking to myself in the mirror although I always thought that was lame (but once you have seen it in a movie I guess your subconsciousness start believing in the effect).
Then I remove all the make-up once again and jump under the hot shower. The butterflies are talking.
I look at myself in the mirror. Naked. First from the front. Then the back. And then around again. Want to be sure that I haven't forgotten some embarrassing part of this already awkward body.
Then I consider the clothes, another hurdle. I've bought new underwear just for this occasion as if it would bring me luck. And also to be certain that there will be no holes in it. But am I certain? So I take it all off and examine it. Okay, good to go … got to go.
And I dress in nicer clothes than usual … different clothes than normal. Deep down I know that it means I reflect another personality than my own, but I ignore it, because today I really feel the need to be someone different. Someone who is stronger. Someone who is wiser. Someone better.
Before I go I take on extra perfume.
On the way, the butterflies get worse.
On the way, I wonder if I should turn back instead … will it be worth it. Will it end in disappointment again?
The drive feels like an eternity, and I feel all wrong in these clothes. I yell at myself inside myself to keep calm and create a smile on my lips … I know it will help if I arrive with a calm smile.
For many years two feelings primarily dominated my life. One was anger, oozing out from the pain of being sick and primarily directed toward the cause of it – my own body. The other was fear of losing the good things in my life because of POTS and the way it made me a less attractive individual. The biggest concern being that my boyfriend would either leave me or begin to hate me, because I held him back and stood in the way for him to lead the life that he wished for.
The fear is still present today although it has diminished to a more rational level – and after all love is always mixed with an amount of fear for loss, so I don't think it will ever go away entirely. But how I handled dealing with the fear is a subject for another day, because what I want to write about today is handling the anger. The two feelings were however connected in the sense that I one day realized something odd. I hated my body and wished I could leave it, but at the same time I feared that my boyfriend would hate and leave me. That became quite a wake up call for me. I realized that I had to find a better way of living with my sick body, because how could I hope that someone would love me in spite of my sickness, if I could not love my own body in spite of the exact same thing?
I therefore decided that I had to deal with the feelings of anger, hate, disgust and disdain toward my own body. But how? Feelings can after all be so very hard to control. The process turned out to be rather organic. I quickly found that making a 'plan' and following it did not work. The main reason for this was, that I had no real communication with my body. At some point in time the anger had made me stop listening to my body unless I absolutely had to. So I was actually only really in contact with it, when the sickness forced me to be. The first point therefore became to learn to listen to my body and because it became a question of learning to communicate it had to be a more organic process due to the fact that I (I as in my mind) was not the only participant.
So the first step was to learn to listen to my body. Meditation helped a lot with this issue, giving me the tools and the time to fine-tune my internal ears. I also tried to become better at remembering to listen to my body during the day, which at first meant setting reminders during the day until it had become a habit (in stressful times I still set reminders, because I know that although these are the times when it is most crucial to be in contact with the rest of myself it is also the times when it is hardest to remember).
The next step was to change the way I looked and felt about my body and thereby learning to love it. So I began to focus once in a while on the positive aspects of my body. Like that it was rather pretty, that the proportions between the parts are okay, that because I have to eat well and exercise on a regular basis it is quite healthy and strong, and that it actually functions pretty well apart from POTS. The last thought was the hardest to get connected to since it often doesn't feel like it is anything apart from the sickness, but it turned out to be the most important because after internalizing this idea I started to feel like the sickness filled less in my body as if it became isolated to the parts that did not work … and this in turn made me feel that the illness overall took up less space than before.
Then I decided to change the way I reacted towards my body, when it failed – or more precisely when the illness made it fail. Normally the malfunctions ignited a great rage in me, which often made me act rather cruel towards it. In the worst times I actually could be so angry that I found myself hitting my own limbs while cursing them. Or I would do 'angry yoga' (stretching out after an attack will diminish the aftereffects, so I try always to do some yoga afterwards) pushing my body ridiculously hard to sort of punish it for being disobedient. Looking back I realize how negative and destructive these reaction were, but at the time they had seemed so natural because I was being ruled entirely by my emotions. Now I tried to prevent these tendencies and do something constructive instead. That was very hard, since it meant doing something active at the point where I had the least amount of energy and control. It took me over a year to really change it, and I still fall back to the destructive reactions once in a while (especially in situations where I feel that my sickness' has consequences for my loved once too, which means it is when I feel the fear of loss at the same time).
The thing that really helped me with this process was to actually talk to my body both while the malfunctions occurred and after. So I started to speak to my body, as I would wish that others would talk to me while it happens. I tell it things like: "It's okay", "I still love you", "Relax, it will be over soon", "This is just a minor thing and you are still precious", "This is not your fault" etc. And these soothing words really help. When I'm alone I even say them out loud and they become a comfort for both my body and my mind. Then I do yoga while focusing on doing it as a healing and loving gesture towards my body. And finally if the energy is there I massage my limbs to make the tensions go away.
Changing these things have made me respect and love my body in such a way that I now feel like we are two forces handling the malfunctioning situations together. When my body fails me, my mind takes over and pushes toward healing. And when my mind fails me, my body's strength reminds me that I can still be strong. So I have basically become friends with my body and this oddly makes me feel less alone in my sickness, like I'm two instead of one battling the illness. I have been told that some eastern cultures does not have the concept of body and mind as two separate entities, which I have always found both fascinating and inspiring. But I must admit that in this particular case I'm rather glad that I feel like they are two entities, since in the face of hardship two is stronger than one.
The content on this page are my own personal experiences with living with POTS. I am not a doctor or in any way a health professional, so contact your doctor before following any of my advice.
For many people with a chronic illness like POTS, work is a very sore point. The only constant in one's life is that nothing is constant. Even after living with the sickness through many years, I don't feel like it has become easier to predict how my days will unfold. The wires do not just get crossed so that regular irregularities happens. No, the wires are flip-flopping all over the place, so you have no idea which ones are getting crossed next and which kind of meltdown is lurking around the next bend in time. So my body is unpredictable and thereby I'm unpredictable … and hence a normal work-life can seem impossible.
I have until now been extremely lucky. Since 2006 my life became increasingly difficult because of POTS, but through a million miracles I actually managed to get my degree in comparative literature and was later blessed with an exceptional and flexible job. I work at a place where there is room for someone like me and — just as important — a boss and coworkers that are understanding and patient. I have flexible hours which makes it possible to work full time, because I can work when I can and rest when I can't. I can also work from home, which makes it possible to even work while being sick (and therefore I have by now mastered the skill of working in bed).
But although I have been blessed in such a way, believe me, it is not easy. Literally every day is a new battle, since the pains are always there and attacks of all sort fly by constantly. But I am learning how to live with them and how to get myself into "work mode", so I can keep up with the workload. In some periods, it all goes wrong, and days disappear in the mist of sickness – yes, I do have many sick days, but on the other side I compensate by working evenings and weekends when it's needed. In other words I fight to keep up, so I can keep my job.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a workaholic who ignores reality. Part of what I fight for every day is finding the balance between work and private life, and between work and illness. I try to listen to my body everyday, so I hopefully do not overstrain it. But I feel an importance in work because of the sickness.
The thing that mainly makes me feel that way is, that I have tried to be on sick leave. That period was one of the absolute worst times in my life. It was before I was diagnosed, so I was on sick leave without (so to speak) a good reason, which of course did not help on the situation. But at that time I became more and more one with my sickness. When talking to others, I had nothing to tell, because all I did was being sick. And I'm a person with a million hobbies and interests, so it is not because I can't find something exciting outside of work, but when the pain becomes the primary part of you, you loose the ability to motivate yourself. "Yes," you say to yourself "I could read a book, paint a picture, draw a comic or just go for a walk, but I don't feel like it today." So you end up postponing everything to a day that never comes. Work on the other hand is different, because someone counts on you to do it. So you push yourself to actually do something on the bad days, and it almost always turns out that those days are not quite as bad as those used sulking in sickness. You get distracted from your situation and that makes it easier to live with it. Or at least that is how I feel.
Avoid stress! It will make you very ill, so you have to take it serious.
Be honest about your needs and talk to your workplace about them, you never know what might be possible.
Never trust you mind – you never know, how you will feel in the near future, so plan ahead, write things down, and create workflows that are flexible and filled with safety nets.
Focus on creating a routine that ensure you also take care of yourself and your body.
Listen to your body before you even head out for work and learn to spot the small signs that trouble are coming, maybe you need to take it slow that day or work from home, to ensure that it won't get really bad later.
Remember to drink lots of water.
Try to take breaks frequently, maybe you'll end up working an hour later because of it, but it might ensure that you won't feel really bad, when the day is over. It's better to work more fragmented than working 8 hours straight and then being sick the next day.
Economize your energy. Avoid planning things in the evening on hard work days. And in the same vain, avoid having too much stressful work and meetings, if you have plans in the evening.
Try to find a pattern for which time on the day there is a higher risk of becoming ill, and make sure to avoid meetings and stress at those times.
Tell you colleagues, so they know what to do if you become ill.
Focus on the good parts of the day instead of how your POTS was acting that day.
Plan so you can rest after work if needed (which it almost always will be).
Remember your body. Try to find some exercises you can do at work that keeps you blood flow stable. For me, it's shoulder, neck, feet and leg exercises, but find the ones that fit your needs best and do them minimum once a day at work.
I don't want to sugarcoat this. Working while having POTS is not easy. It is a constant battle in the sense that every day can contain new and unforeseen problems, and that no day – in my life at least – is POTS free. But, on the other hand, if you find something that you like to do, this might help you to keep fighting. Maybe working is not for you, but then try to find something else to motivate you, if not for anything but just to get you out of bed in the morning.
There was finally a ray of hope today, after months of feeling awful and fighting hard to keep my job and stay sane.
Over the previous years of dealing with my POTS condition, I have tried all kinds of medicine, but the result have always been either no effect or too critical side effects. A few months back I tried Midodrine, but just 5 mg made me ill a la an allergic reaction, so I quickly stopped that and feel back into hopelessness.
Then someone in a POTS community told me, that some patients had better results with starting out really slow with Midodrine. At first I did not really feel compelled to try out something that had made me feel so bad, but you know desperate times … So yesterday I tried just taking 1/2 pill in the morning, that is 2.5 mg. I became high as a kite. Could not focus, was itchy and dizzy. Not as bad as when I tried taking a whole pill, but still bad enough to ruin my entire morning. After the effect wore off I became tired and slept the whole afternoon. So another day disappeared from my life in a haze of nothingness.
But to be fair some of the effects had seemed promising. My pulse, which is almost always very high and varying, had become low and constant … It had just become way way too low (around 50BPM while standing up). So this morning I pulled myself together for a final test of the drug. I tried taking just 1/4 of a pill, that is about 1.25 mg, in the morning and then again 4 hours later at lunch It seemed a ridiculously small amount and it was rather hard to split the pill into so small parts, but to my great surprise it worked wonders. I felt great. The only significant side effects were constant goosebumps and the occasional visual problem with focusing. My pulse is still quite low (which I have to get used to since I'm normally hyper like the Duracell bunny), but it's in the normal range.
For the first time in months I was able to work an entire day without becoming sick! The big problem is normally lunch, because each time I eat, I have a POTS attack of some sort with multiple symptoms. But today there was not even one symptom! To be honest, it was weird, because I have lived so long with being off that feeling right is alien.
I know I should not become too hopeful at this point, but my oh my, it just felt so great. So I want to celebrate. Even if this were a one-off thing, that would never happen again, I want to celebrate. The good days are so rare that they must be appreciated! I hope that this is the promise of something good, but even if it isn't I just want to send my thanks out there for having one great day where I actually could feel almost normal.


The aim of this publication is to introduce the rich and varied ceramics in the National Trust's vast and encyclopaedic collection, numbering approximately 75,000 artefacts, housed in 250 historic properties in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. One hundred key pieces have been selected from this rich treasure trove, each contributing to our knowledge of ceramic patronage and history, revealing the very personal stories of ownership, display, taste and consumption. The selection includes the following Continental wares: 'Red-figure' wares, Italian armorial tablewares, Dutch Delft from the Greek A factory, owned by Adrianus Kocx, Chinese Kraak ware, Dehua ware, Japanese Kakiemon-style and Imari-style tablewares and garnitures, Meissen table sculpture by Johann Joachim Kandler and tablewares attributed to Adam Friedrich von Lowenfinck, Castelli fayence from the Grue workshop, and wares from the following porcelain manufactories: Doccia, Vienna, Vincennes, Sevres, Dihl and Feulliet.English pottery and porcelain includes delftware, salt-glazed stoneware, creamware, Wedgwood Black Basalt and Etruscan ware, Chelsea, Bow, Worcester and Derby porcelain, Minton China, De Morgan, and Martin ware.
And from the Americas, Pueblo ware. Many are published for the first time, sometimes illustrated in their original interiors. Collectively, the selection surveys patterns of ceramic collecting by the British aristocracy and gentry over a four hundred year period.
This exquisite gift book explores the phenomenon of 'garnitures', or matching sets of ceramic vases. From the 1650s such sets were used in elite European interiors as an integral part of the decorative scheme; displayed on chimney-pieces, cupboards, tables or over doors, they 'garnished' the interior and so enhanced the status of the owner. The fashion began in Europe using mismatched Chinese porcelain beakers and jars. As imports of Chinese porcelain ceased between 1657 and 1683, European potters at Nevers and Delft copied the originally exotic forms, unifying the sets with matching patterns, or with metal mounts. The fashion continued throughout the 1700s, with almost every ceramic manufactory producing examples, but came to its conclusion during the Arts and Crafts period, when the singular vase became the rage and many sets were broken up and dispersed.
This book brings together some of the National Trust's most important sets of garnitures, showing them in their historic context. Many have never been published before, and will be an important souvenir of a unique exhibition.
Poel, Rosalien van der – Made for Trade – Made in China. Chinese export Paintings in Dutch Collections: Art and Commodity.
Leiden, Privately printed, 2016. First edition. Quarto, Hardcover, 288 Pages, richly illustrated in colour.
An interesting dissertation on the subject of Chinese export paintings.
The starting point for this study is that for a large part of their existence, the paintings belonging to this genre have primarily been seen as export articles without intrinsic artistic value. This fact, and the fact that they cannot be unequivocally classified, explains why this genre has, for a long time, not received the attention it deserves. The label "exportware", though, does not exclude that these paintings can also be approached as "art". They have an historic, an artistic, and a material value, which, as a result of their representative and social functions, over time formed an artistic phenomenon in its own right, and a shared cultural visual repertoire with its own (Eurasian) character. In order to draw conclusions about the appreciation of the extensive and historically valuable eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Chinese export paintings in Dutch public collections, this multidisciplinary research follows the entire trajectory of this specific transcultural painting genre in sixteen museums, from the production two centuries ago to the current position. At work in this trajectory are mechanisms between people, institutions and the paintings, which increase or, indeed, diminish the appreciation of this time- and place-specific art.
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Of Jars and Gongs' deals with the traditional art of Ot Danum Dayak. Much of their art depicts the journey of the soul of the deceased through a richly variegated spirit world. The present publication offers a comparative analysis of various Ot Danum ritual objects. It draws on a long tradition of ethnographic writing on the area stretching back to the mid-19th century, mainly by German and Swiss Protestant missionaries and Dutch colonials.
Raymond Corbey is an anthropologist attached to Leiden University, the Netherlands. His research includes the history of dealings with non-Western ritual art by, among others, missionaries, art dealers and museums.
Some of the most spectacular and historically significant works of Eastern art are housed in the Royal Collection. In Chinese and Japanese Works of Art, John Ayers examines more than two thousand works distributed amongst the royal residences, encompassing works of art in a wide variety of media, from jade, porcelain, and lacquer to embroidery and painted scrolls. Among the works featured in the book's vibrant full-color reproductions are evidence of the long-standing trade of luxury goods between Europe, Japan, and China over the last three-hundred years. A striking feature of the collection is the mounting in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries of many objects in gilt bronze. The mounts themselves, made in French and British workshops, are often of superb quality and great historical importance, and they are published here for the first time.
A fascinating and beautifully illustrated survey, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art will be an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the arts of China and Japan.


Students slap their drums in unison. Across the hall, dancers practice their routine one last time before dress rehearsal. The community comes together at the Center. Students of all ages unite in music, dance, poetry, and painting. This is where they have an outlet, where regardless income or zip code their creative minds are accepted and inspired. They connect with one another, learning self-worth and self-determination that will stick with them beyond these doors. Artistic expression is integral to a healthy, thriving community. Preserving artistic and cultural hubs ensures that regardless of socioeconomic status, everyone in the Bay Area can exercise their human right of creative expression.


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Independent Living is a term used in many states to define a housing option for seniors. Most commonly referred to as retirement communities, seniors reside in rental apartments, rental duplexes or rental (and owned) homes. Typically, Independent Living communities offer one meal per day along with maintenance, housekeeping and laundry services. Most independent residents require little assistance but choose Independent Living for peace of mind as staff is available to assist with emergencies 24-hours per day. Many Independent Living communities also make routine personal care assistance accessible through home health agencies.
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Norman Finkelstein On Cancel Culture, "White Fragility" plus Andrew Yang's Crucial Mistake
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The Canceled Political Scientist Talks About Cancel Culture
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Norman Finkelstein, the prolific (and widely canceled) political scientist, and author of 11 books, joins the show to give us a sneak preview of his new book on cancel culture and identity politics. He explains what makes today's cancel culture new, what makes it not so new, and why it's worse, in some ways, when the Left does it: "Obviously there's cancel culture on the right. But the cancel culture on the right, or the mainstream, the establishment, whatever you want to call it, for a person of the left, is a given. That's a part of what it means to be on the left. The true Left. You're going to be marginalized, ignored. That's the history of the Left." He critiques MSNBC's Bernie-bashing and identity-politics-weaponizing—Joy Ann Reid and her body-language expert, who diagnoses Bernie Sanders' self-incriminating "turtling," in particular— gives Noam Chomksy his due credit and sings the praises of W.E.B. DuBois.
Finkelstein also directs his formidable fire at White Fragility author Robin DiAngelo: "And what's her message to white people? Her message to white people is every white person... who's laying out in the street because he or she is homeless, which there are quite a lot in my neighborhood. Every white person from that person to Jeff Bezos, they all profit from racism. And then they, the CEOs, they get to play the enlightened ones because they give money to Black Lives Matter. So, the message to white people is be careful what you're willing to give up, because you're benefiting from this system. Every white person benefits from the system. If you let them climb one rung higher, you are going to go one rung lower. So it's a warning to white people to be cautious, careful, wary, of the demands of black people.... "
Plus, Katie and Matt lament the way Andrew Yang sabotaged his own campaign, depriving himself of what could have been a game-changing "Useful Idiots Show Bump," and review some important penis-representation-related news stories.
Stand by for the Substack-only section of the interview where Norman talks more about Angela Davis, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and reveals an early crush.
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import org.drools.core.RuleBaseConfiguration;
import org.drools.core.common.BetaConstraints;
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import org.drools.core.common.InternalWorkingMemory;
import org.drools.core.common.TupleSets;
import org.drools.core.common.TupleSetsImpl;
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import org.drools.core.rule.From;
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        return peer;
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}

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This paper presents a novel approach for image reconstruction from pixels located at arbitrary non-integer positions, called mesh. This task forms an intrinsic part of various multimedia applications, including super-resolution, fisheye imaging or generations of new views in multicamera systems, among others. We propose a new frequency selective mesh-to-grid resampling (FSMR) algorithm that aims at producing high quality reconstructions. It is inspired by the existing frequency selective reconstruction (FSR) algorithm that is known to exhibit high performance when pixels are located on the regular two-dimensional grid. However, if samples that are located at non-integer positions are involved, a severe overfitting problem arises from the fact that non-orthogonal weighted bases sampled at non-integer positions are used for signal modelling. In order to overcome this issue, we propose a novel stabilising mechanism that is based on a set of adaptively weighted initial estimates, called key points. We also show that Fourier basis, used in the classic grid-based FSR, yields complex signals when non-integer positions are involved. Since digital images are real-valued, we propose to employ two-dimensional cosine transform basis. Experimental results show the superiority of the proposed approach over a wide range of existing reconstruction techniques.
Koloda, Jan, Jürgen Seiler, and André Kaup. "Frequency Selective Mesh-to-Grid Resampling for Image Communication." IEEE Transactions on Multimedia 19.8 (2017): 1689-1701.


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MANHATTAN, KS - NOVEMBER 12: Barry Brown Jr. #5 of the Kansas State Wildcats drives to the basket for a dunk against the Denver Pioneers during the second half on November 12, 2018 at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kansas. (Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images)
TUSCALOOSA, AL - NOVEMBER 10: Kylin Hill #8 of the Mississippi State Bulldogs dives for a touchdown over Shyheim Carter #5 of the Alabama Crimson Tide at Bryant-Denny Stadium on November 10, 2018 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The touchdown was called back on an offensive penalty. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
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Do NGOs play a useful role in India? Why? Would you work in an NGO in India? Why?
In a highly populated country like India, the State is overburdened with the responsibility of ensuring the reach of development initiatives to all its citizens. The scope of development majorly includes economic progress, promotion of social justice, gender equality, empowerment and improved quality of life. For achieving this directive, the State requires constructive and collaborative engagement of the civil society in its various developmental activities. Therefore, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) are set up to act as the operational arm of civil society.
Moreover, Governmental Organizations are not structurally designed well to fulfil all needs of society.Constraints like bureaucratic hurdles, fixed budgets, red tapism, vested political interests, etc. stand in the way of equal development that is a fundamental right ensued to all citizens of the country. Historyof the 20th century exposes inability of the State to create just, fair, equal and sustainable societies as envisioned by the Constitution of India. Prompted by inadequacies of the State and the market, citizens have set up NGOs to help address wide variety of social needs of the society. Thus, gaps in the market, the state and the civil society are best filled by NGOs.
In India, NGOs have become prominent in the post-independence era, especially after 1970s.Development practitioners, Government officials and foreign donors have stressed that Non-Governmental Organizations by virtue of being non-rigid, locality specific, need-based, innovative and through committed nature of service, have successfully reached the poor and helped in poverty alleviation. This consideration has resulted in rapid growth of NGOs involved in initiating and implementing developmental programs.
Soon after independence, the Planning Commission realized that the task of development was so large and complex that the State alone would not be able to accomplish it. Accordingly, Rs. 4 crore were allocated in the First Five Year Plan and voluntary organisations were asked to become involved in the task of development. In the Eighth Five Year Plan, where creation of a nation-wide network of NGOs was sought, the allocation rose upto Rs. 750 crore which multiplied in subsequent plans. The Ninth FYP proposed that NGOs should play a role in development on the public-private partnership (PPP) model.State Governments have partnered with NGOs such as Akshaya Patra and Naandi in order to increase the number of children they reach out to. This PPP model has proved instrumental in improving the quality and reach the goal of development of the program. The involvement of a number of private bodies in implementation of the Mid-Day Meal scheme has resulted in visibly better performance. Nearly 120 million (12 crore) children are so far covered under the scheme, making this school lunch program largest in the world. The Government's multi-faceted approach has therefore shown tremendous results.Most NGOs focus on one of the many developmental goals such as poverty alleviation, community health, education, housing, human rights, child rights, women's rights, natural resource management, water and sanitation. Many of them have worked hard to include children with disability in schools, end caste-based stigma and discrimination, prevent child labour and promote gender equality resulting in equal wages for women as received by men for the same work.
During natural calamities they have played an active role in relief and rehabilitation efforts. Goonj's Vastra Samman and Rahat Floods campaigns have performed noteworthy work in that respect. NGOs have been vocal in bringing focus on capacity building of farmers, producers' cooperatives and women's self-help groups. Gram Vikas started by Joe Madiath in Orissa has set an ideal example for other State Governments in India to follow similar models. Baba Amte's Anandwan successfully contributed to the leprosy eradication program.
On another front, NGOs have also significantly influenced the development of laws and policies on several important social and developmental issues such as juvenile justice, right to information, anti-trafficking, forests and environment, women, elderly people, people with disability, rehabilitation of development induced displaced people, etc. Teach India, a Times Group initiative, is a Corporate Social Resposibility (CSR) project to improve employability of youth from underprivileged background by training them in spoken English. The Confederation of Indian Industries has also been raising CSR issues. The emphasis of industrial policies on the promotion and development of small, cottage and village industries has also lead to the formation of agencies such as the Khadi and Village Industries Commission, Small Industries Associations, etc.
In summary, the existence of NGOs is proving to be a necessity rather than a luxury. NGOs have played an essential role in post-independence Indian society and will have to play even more instrumental role to achieve a developed nation status for India by 2050.
I have always felt an inherent zeal for upliftment of education sector. In education, there has been sustained government intervention through programs like the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (mass literacy movement) that aim to put every child in school. Several NGOs have worked hand in hand with the Government to ensure that millions of out of school children are enrolled and continue their school education. Bodh Shiksha Samiti has advocated a model of appropriate education for the urban deprived, by drawing attention to the size of the problem of the unschooled among the urban poor in Rajasthan.Pratham has established a partnership with the Municipal Corporation of Mumbai on the importance of universal pre-school education as a gateway to universalizing primary education. It also helped in the built up of people's movement and an NGO Alliance for actualizing the 83rd Constitution Amendment Bill to make Elementary Education a fundamental right. On the contrast, a survey conducted by Pratham says that the percentage of children in the country who can read nothing and those who can read only the alphabet is about 52%, 40% drop out before completing primary school and 11% of the children do not enter school.
Although lot of NGOs have been working in the education sector for decades and though there are instances of remarkable achievements by individual NGOs, observers say these efforts have yet to translate into a significant nationwide impact. There is a growing recognition of the importance of ensuring quality and contextuality in education to curb drop-outs and increase enrolments. NGOs' research show that school-based initiatives are required to improve the quality of education. The key agents of change that need enhanced professional support, training and motivation are the school stakeholders, mainly teachers, Principals and School Management. A strong and sustained investment in teachers and teacher education/training is a crucial area for action by the Government. An institutional reform in both pre and in-service teacher training is required. Fellowships provided by Teach for India to bright students and young professionals is one such example where the fellows are first trained and then they take up the task of teaching full-time in under resourced or low-income schools. The State Councils for Education Research and Training (SCERTs) and the District Institutes of Training (DIETs) also need to develop institution development plans to increase the professionalization of these institutes.
Thus, education sector provides tremendous scope for individuals as well as organizations to do their bit and contribute to the society. Educational NGOs like Teach for India and Pratham attract me the most. As full-time commitment to the cause requires immense dedication and a deep sense of purpose which for me presently lies in higher studies of Astrophysics, I would like to work in NGOs on a voluntary basis and contribute to the cause in every way I can.


The story of the first U.S. women pilots to be tested for spaceflight is the focus of the new Netflix documentary "Mercury 13."
A famous scene from space history gets an unexpected twist in the first moments of "Mercury 13," a new documentary now streaming on Netflix.
"That's one small leap for a woman, another giant step for mankind."
"It did not enter into my consciousness there was anything unusual about the fact it was twelve men who had walked on the moon," said Sington of his perspective while he was directing the 2007 documentary film "In the Shadow of the Moon" about the Apollo missions. "Of course, when I came across this story and was invited to do a bit of directing on the topic by my colleagues at Netflix, I quickly realized that I had made this assumption that it was just natural."
"But it wasn't natural. It was a choice that had been made," he said.
"Mercury 13," released by Netflix on Friday (April 20), tells the history of the U.S. women pilots who were privately put through the same medical, physiological and psychological testing as NASA's original, all-male Mercury 7 astronauts. Had history played out differently, one or more members of the Fellow Lady Astronaut Trainees, or FLATs, could have joined the likes of John Glenn and Neil Armstrong onboard the United States' early flights into Earth orbit and onto the moon.
"I had never heard anyone give even an inkling of this, and that was something that interested me — a new take on a story you hear all of the time," said Walsh, who previously worked with Sington on the documentary TV series "Moon Machines."
"The story is not exactly new," Sington told collectSPACE.com. "There have been books about it and even some television made about it, but it somehow hasn't penetrated. The vast majority of people know nothing about this."
"I think that's quite telling," he said. "The story itself is seen as a bizarre little wrinkle, but in-of-itself it is bizarre that it is bizarre when you really think about it."
Key art for the new Netflix documentary "Mercury 13."
Sington and Walsh filmed four of the surviving members of the Mercury 13 — Gene Nora Jessen, Sarah Ratley, Wally Funk and Rhea Woltman — as well as the family members of two others. Their stories shaped the narrative presented in "Mercury 13."
"Having been green lit in October, we went out to interview all of the available Mercury 13 women who we could talk to without having any real agenda about what the film should be about," Sington said. "We determined we'd emphasize the things that the interviewees, our subjects, thought were important. Let them tell their story."
Their personal accounts turned out to be one of hope and disappointment. Although the women performed as well, if not better, on the extensive tests that qualified the Mercury astronauts for spaceflight, the "Women in Space" program led by the Lovelace Clinic never had NASA's endorsement and ultimately met its end with President Lyndon Johnson ordering to "stop this now."
The first American woman to fly into space, Sally Ride, did not do so until 1983 — two decades after the Mercury 13 were rejected and Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space. The first U.S. woman to pilot a spacecraft, Eileen Collins, flew in 1995 (Sington and Walsh also interviewed Collins for "Mercury 13").
"There is no doubt that the women could have done it, so there was no reason that women shouldn't have walked on the moon," said Sington.
"If you think about that moment when the whole world was looking and everybody was thinking about those men on the moon, how amazing it would've been if there had been a woman? That would have changed the temperature, the global thinking about men in a really profound way."
"That was a fantastic missed opportunity," he said.
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Q: Cast the two first words of a column to another column in the same dataframe I have a data frame like this
df1 = pd.DataFrame({'ID'   : ['T1002, T5006, T5007, Stay home'] })

                ID
0   T1002, T5006, T5007, Stay home
1   Go for walk, T5007, T5007, Stay home

I want to take the two first words from each row and cast them to a new column
Expected outcome:
    New_id                       ID
0   T1002_T5006,         Go for walk, T5007, T5007, Stay home
1   Go for walk_T5007,   Go for walk, T5007, T5007, Stay home

I tried this but it did not work:
df1['New_id']= df1["ID"].str.split(',').str.join(sep=" ")

Any ideas?

A: Considering that the dataframe df looks like this
df = pd.DataFrame({'ID': ['T1002, T5006, T5007, Stay home', 'Go for walk, T5007, T5007, Stay home']})

[Out]:
                                     ID
0        T1002, T5006, T5007, Stay home
1  Go for walk, T5007, T5007, Stay home

Then the following will do the work
df['New_id'] = df['ID'].str.split(',').str[:2].str.join('_')

[Out]:
                                     ID              New_id
0        T1002, T5006, T5007, Stay home        T1002_ T5006
1  Go for walk, T5007, T5007, Stay home  Go for walk_ T5007

Notes:

*

*df['ID'] selects the column ID from the dataframe df

*.str.split(',') splits the string by the comma

*str[:2] takes the first two words

*.str.join('_') joins the strings with an underscore between them. One could leave it as follows .str.join('') and, with that, the output would be
                                     ID             New_id
0        T1002, T5006, T5007, Stay home        T1002 T5006
1  Go for walk, T5007, T5007, Stay home  Go for walk T5007

A: try:
df["New_id"] = df['ID'].map(lambda x: '_'.join([i.strip() for i in x.split(',')[:2]]))

    ID                                      New_id
0   T1002, T5006, T5007, Stay home          T1002_T5006
1   Go for walk, T5007, T5007, Stay home    Go for walk_T5007

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Our annual trek to the Kern River was another great success. This one was filled with adventure as well. The trip up saw us face to face with wild fires in the area. Our Class A motorhome was buffeted by Class A winds, luckily they were blowing the fire 'away' from our rig. Randy was white knuckled and I was freaking out when I got "No Cell Service" instead of our good friends and fishing/camping buddies Rick and Cindy on the phone.
As luck happened, the road closure to our camp area was lifted after only an hour of waiting and the good times ensued.
I am an effervescent sixties something woman who loves her family, pets and motor-home. A thirty plus year veteran of the automotive industry with expertise mainly in DMV laws, rules and regulations. When not in the office of Rydell's Automotive, I can be found on a California beach.


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Welcome » Persons » John Wesley Burns
John Wesley Burns
Birth: 22 OCT 1928 Paris, Lamar County, Texas
Death: 3 FEB 1997 Paris, Lamar County, Texas
Burial: 5 FEB 1997 TX-Lamar-Paris-Evergreen Cemetery
Father: Elton Jack Burns - 1904
Mother: Myrtle Lester
Married: (1) Wanda (_) Burns (2) Jean (_) Burns
Married: (1) Wanda (_) Burns Father: Mother: Birth Date: Birth Place: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: Children: 7.3.6.1.1 Lisa (Burns) Henry 7.3.6.1.2 Priscilla (Burns) Eaker 7.3.6.1.1 Lisa (Burns) Henry Birth Date: Birth Place: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: Occupation:	Teacher Married: Mark Henry Father: Mother: Birth Date: Birth Place: Occupation: 7.3.6.1.2 Priscilla (Burns) Eaker Birth Date: Birth Place: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: Married: (_) Eaker
Father: Mother: Birth Date: Birth Place: Occupation:
Married: (2) Jean (___) Burns
Father: Mother: Birth Date: Birth Place: Marriage Date: Marriage Place:
NAME: John Wesley Burns BIRTH: 22 Oct 1928 DEATH: 3 Feb 1997 CEMETERY: Evergreen (Lamar Co TX) LOCATION IN CEMETERY: 39-33-04
NOTES: THE PARIS NEWS, Mon., Feb. 3, 1997, p.5A: '(Picture) John Wesley Burns, 68, 2400 Briarwood, Paris, died at 12:45 a.m. Monday, Feb. 3, 1997, at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5, in Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jimmie Stripland officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. He was born Oct. 22, 1928, in Paris to Elton Jack and Myrtle Carrie Lister Burns. He married Jean Baxley Oct. 7, 1978, in Paris. He as a graduate of Paris High School and Paris Junior Junior College and attended the University of Texas at Austin. He graduated from East Texas State University in 1954 with a B.B.A. degree an obtained his master's degree in 1955. He retired from the Veteran's Administration Hospital system, having served as chief accountant and financial manager of VA hospitals in Columbia, SC, Houston and Dallas. Mr Burns was a veteran of the Army, serving in the 2nd Armored Division and the 6th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Germany during the occupation period. He also served in the Texas State Guard, the Texas National Guard and the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force Reserves. He was a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and past member of the American Legion. He also held memberships in the Paris Elks Lodge, Sons of Confederate Veterans and was a member of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees. Survivors are his beloved wife, Jean; his daughters and sons-in-law, Lisa and Mark Henry of Gladewater and Priscilla and Tommy Eaker of Longview; three sons by marriage and their spouses, Tom Baxley of Johnson City, TN, Ted an Christine Baxley of Lewisville, Kelly and Cindy Baxley of Carrollton; and by five grandchildren, Stephen Henry, Matthew Henry, Ryan Eaker, Andrew Eaker and Nathaniel Baxley. Pallbearers will be Tom Baxley, Ted Baxley, Kelly Baxley, Mark Henry, Tommy Eaker, Clyde Bradford, Carl Mac Coker, Stephen Henry and Jonny Fisher.'
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All my friends have girlfriends this year and are planning to dress up in couples' costumes for Halloween. I am very much single and very much aware of it, but I want to go out with my friends. What should I do so I don't feel like crap and am able to enjoy myself?
There's nothing wrong with flying solo for a holiday, and you shouldn't let it crash your candy high. Take the opportunity to come up with a badass costume for one.
Buy a volleyball, decorate it with a bloody handprint then strip down to your skivvies and yell, "Wilson!" Grow a spectacular beard overnight and say you're from "Game of Thrones." Or buy a bunch of Silly String cans, put on a red sweatshirt and blame your discomfort on your "spidey sense." The point is, you can still have fun. Candy doesn't discriminate relationship status.
I'm so not a candy person and every year my friends make fun of me for my lack of sweet tooth. I know they're only kidding, but it gets obnoxious and still hurts my feelings a little. How can I show them what they're teasing really does to me?
Ever heard of durian? It's a Malay-Indonesian fruit that has the pungent taste and aroma of rotten everything. It can also be made into hard candy. You catching my drift? Bring some of that to your Halloween party and your friends might just understand how it's possible you're not a candy person.
But if inducing projectile vomiting doesn't sound like a nice way to spend your holiday, try just telling them what's up. It always feels like you have to have people realize how their actions affect you on their own, but it's so much cleaner and faster to just put it out there.
Maybe bring a Snickers with you just in case.
I love costumes and dressing up for Halloween but it doesn't seem like it's a big thing around campus. I've got an awesome costume but I'm embarrassed wearing it out.
Don't let the oppression of the common folk hold you down! Don your black cape and hockey pants and show them to the world. After all, you are not the hero Western deserves, you're the one it needs.
Putting all Christopher Nolan-grade jokes aside, you really don't have anything to be embarrassed about. Some people are just more into Halloween than others, it doesn't mean those who dress up or those who don't should feel uncomfortable about their preferences and choices. If you've got a costume you're proud of, wear it. You might just inspire another nervous student to do the same.


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Great location in a beautiful town with lots of interesting history.
All breakfasts were excellent and the special dinner was outstanding. The town was a delight to walk around. The history was fascinating.
Service was excellent and food was great. Location in town centre provided easy access to all areas.
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I missed a box on which I could put my suitcase, that's all, the room was perfect.
A bit noisy at night - both outside in the street and the other residents were not very considerate when they came in late at night.
We had Roms in an annex, where we had to pass Streets and square to get to the hotel ( breakfast) .The rooms were very small. The parking was difficult and not explained properly from the hotel.