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Started March /Finished Oct 2012
I first started making these Civil War dresses last March on my handcrank sewing machine at a reenactment. I was asked to make some for a sutler's booth to sell them. I only got as far as sewing the skirts and growth tucks with all the questioning from the public I was getting. And I was enjoying that. But once home I had big girl clothes to make and they were set aside.
In September I made a trip up to Washington to visit my Mom for two weeks, and knowing I was going to have some down time I thought this would be great to finish them. So I brought the three with me I'd been working on. I was using Simplicity 4737 and was also going to try Elizabeth Stewart Clark's pattern #250 (1850-65). After questioning a few Civil War reenactor parents, I found their preference for sleeves are the pagoda style.
I found a couple fabrics for $3 a yard at Walmart that I thought might work, and then started looking online for photos of extant dresses and photographs of little girls to see what fabric designs would work too. I wished I'd done that first because my first two fabrics aren't bad but they remind me a little more of 1850 but it's not impossible that they would have been used that long.
I loved some of the adorable photos of little girls I found, many on ebay. I didn't even think of using plaids until after seeing some of them. And polka dots work too. I saved pictures of the fabrics of extant gowns too and most were tiny little floral prints, not unlike what we see in the stores today.
While I was visiting my Mom I checked at their Walmart and found these two blue fabrics on the clearance shelf. If they had more I probably would have bought some for me but they had barely enough for a little girl dress.
The first three fabrics were cut out of the Simplicity pattern, and the brown out of the ESC pattern. Having no children of my own, I have no clue what sizes are for what ages, so I'm dependant on what the pattern told me. I even stopped one lady in an antique mall with her daughter and asked her age so I could get an idea of what size she might wear. I tried very hard not to look like I was stalking them. I did find this skirt length chart that I thought might be handy that shows the ages and the length it should be.
Of course I cut and sewed these on my "assembly line method", and as I made them I found some shortcuts and a way to use less of the fashion fabric. Both bodices required you to cut out two and allowed enough fabric for that. After doing two of them, I thought that was wasteful and from there I started cutting the lining out of a plain less expensive muslin I had. Also the waistband requires cutting two, one for the outside, & one inside that you slipstitch on top of the outside one. It's not much fabric but the time saved of not putting it on the inside was worth it. I was told the sleeves on this run short so I added 2 inches to the length plus it has the growth tucks that can be let out. The skirts also had two growth tucks on them.
The Elizabeth S. Clark pattern is made a little differently. The patterns aren't really sized and you sew it to fit your little girl. Without having any measurements to fit it to I had to make it the largest size it came with. Supposedly you gather the neckline in to fit the child and I didn't realize that until after I'd already sewed the lining to it. So I just took a couple tucks in the neck. It has a very wide neckline and I'm hoping this is enough to keep it up on the child's shoulders. I only cut out one dress from this pattern and had planned on doing long sleeves on all the dresses but I ended up not having enough for this pattern and made the short sleeve version instead. This pattern requires more fabric than the Simplicity one. I'm really liking the Simplicity pattern more and more. After making one dress from each pattern, I've decided Simplicity is a better choice for me.
After sewing the bodice front and back pieces together at the side seams and shoulders, I repeated it with the lining. Then I sewed the bodice and the lining right sides together, & flipped it right side out after trimming the neckline. I topstitched along the neckline very closely to the edge and it has the appearance of piping. The bodice was pinned to the waistband, matching notches, and I pleated the excess between them. I pleated the sleeves into the armholes rather than gathering them to have less bulk. Then I pinned the skirt to the lower part of the waistband, again pleating it to fit. On both the top and bottom of the waistband I topstitched them close to the seam lines. I machine-sewed buttonholes on the back and used some shell buttons I bought by the pound in a button store in Los Angeles Garment District, called Trim 2000 Plus, on Maple Ave.
The hardest part of making these I think are the growth pleats. I haven't found a quick way to do that yet. They need to be measured, marked and pinned, then pressed & topstitched after the side seams on the skirt & sleeves are sewn because the tucks need to be able to be let down if needed, and if they're in the side seams, that won't work. It's tedious and need to be measured to make them even. I'm working on that aspect.
I can't say how long it took me to make each one because a couple were started on my handcrank machine, and a couple started at a later date. But since I've made these, they will go faster now. I had trouble finding some fabrics that would work at my $3 and under price range when I first started looking but since I started these, I found a few more fabrics that will work. I even saw a cute little girl's fancy dress that I think could be made using some leftover plaid silk taffeta I have.
Labels: 1860 girls CW dresses
My re-creation of an 1851 Bloomer gown, PART 2
Started Jan 2011/ Completed April 2012
In March I began sending out emails to different historical societies and museums, mainly on the East coast, asking if any of them had documents or extant Bloomer outfits. My focus was on the area of Seneca Falls, NY because this was where the Women's Rights Movement started and where Amelia Bloomer was first documented wearing the Bloomers. I had many responses telling me they had the underwear type bloomers and sporting costumes but these were from a later period. I tried different historical societies that were suggested, but without much luck. In May I had a response from the Ohio State University pointing me to the Seneca Falls Historical Society, who had an extant gown in their museum. The Costume Collections Manager at SFHS sent me a woodcut photo of Amelia Bloomer, and I later purchased a copy they had of Ameila Bloomer's newspaper, The Lily. She then forwarded my email to Courtland County Historical Society, and to Pamela Poulin, Professor Emerita, at John Hopkins University. Pamela had actually portrayed Amelia Bloomer and wrote an entire treatise on her. Pamela was very helpful with lots of information on Amelia and the dress reform movement but also said I needed to go to the original source of the Bloomer gown, Elizabeth Smith Miller. Miller was the first woman to start wearing a bloomer gown after seeing some women in the Oneida Community, a local religious sect, wearing men's pants under shorter dresses while they worked.
Miller created her own version with the full pants known as Turkish trousers.
It was at one of the Women's Rights Conference that Amelia was introduced by Elizabeth Cady Stanton to her cousin Elizabeth Smith Miller, who was wearing her bloomers. Amelia adopted the same dress after that, and it was the newspapers who reported Amelia wearing the pants, and named them Bloomers.
Pamela made suggestions of more museums to contact, and to go back to the ones in Iowa, where Amelia eventually lived out her life. I told her I was focusing more on the dress story than Amelia but that she would be a focus in my story.
Pamela also introduced me to Jody Luce, of Peterboro, NY, who portrays Elizabeth Smith Miller, and actually lives in Miller's historical house. Jody and I began a lively conversation back and forth on the costumes, and she shared more information and photos of Miller with me. Jody helps run an annual fund raising tea each year in September for their historical society, and always wears her costumes for it.
The Courtland County Historical Society sent me copies of newspaper clippings of a beautiful all black bloomer costume they had on display that was covered in embroidered designs. It was thought to be only one of two gowns in the country.
At some point in my conversations between the different historical societies it was mentioned that one of Amelia's Lily newspapers had information on making a bloomer gown but we haven't been able to find it. The two museums claiming to have the ONLY Bloomer gown known to be in a collection were very excited to learn of other's and of the one in the San Diego collection.
I was also emailing back and forth with Saundra Altman of Past Patterns sharing some information and encouraging her to finish the pattern in time so I could bring some to Costume College the following August. The best she was able to get me was a copy of the partially completed one but it had a cover photo so I was finally able to see what it looked like. When Saundra mentioned there was a family photo of the original gown being worn by its owner in a book, I contacted our SD History Museum, and found out they carried the book for sale in their giftshop. I raced on over there and bought the rather pricey book, but the treasure was worth it! There she was, Anna Stickney, on the right, wearing the original gown before it was altered to a Bloomer gown. I just about yelped in the store when I saw it, and the neat thing was even though the photo was black and white, I now knew it was an avocado green.
With much of this information in hand, I was able to finish my copy of the San Diego gown and I wore it to Costume College with my friends in August of 2011. My post on making it is this entry. http://timetravelingincostume.blogspot.com/2011/08/1850s-bloomer-gown.html I shared some information on the pattern and got a list of names of people who were interested in purchasing it when it was completed. My accessories that I wore with it are similar to those shown in photos of other Bloomer ladies; the flat hat and a watch chain. I also wore a wig with two gold bows in the back. *Remember this when you see the final cover art on the pattern.* When I first wore the green one I added a gold sash similar to one that Amelia wore.
I wore my gown a few more times in fashion shows both in CA & WA, and the Suffrage Parade in Balboa Park, San Diego. By this time the gown was starting to show some stains, and the fabric doesn't wash well. It's also very hot to wear in our southern climate, so I began planning a second one, this time in cotton. I chose to make it in the style of Mary Stickney's sister's gown in the photograph, with a v-neck. My post about this dress is in this previous entry. http://timetravelingincostume.blogspot.com/2012/04/1851-brown-cotton-bloomer-gown.html
I continued going back and forth with Saundra getting different dates she would have the pattern completed, and finally to set a date for April in 2012, when she promised them by March, so I could do a presentation on it for Costumer's Guild West in Los Angeles. But Saundra only sent me three copies of the pattern but still incomplete in it's directions. Saundra also told me I would be the only one they could purchase the pattern from at this time, and it wouldn't be on her website.
I wore my new brown Bloomer outfit for my lecture and displayed the green copy on my dressform. My presentation on it went smoothly and I was very excited over the great response I had for it. I had a lot of fun when I was finally able to reveal the very unusual part of this gown: that the Bloomers on this particular gown are actually SPLIT DRAWERS. In all my conversations with other museums and historical societies, the ones they had were more like men's pants that were pulled up and buttoned at the waist. My entry on that lecture is here. http://timetravelingincostume.blogspot.com/2012/04/my-lecture-on-re-creating-1851-bloomer.html I sold those three copies of the pattern I had with the promise of sending the completed directions to them when they were done.
Now that I had my first presentation under my belt, I felt I was ready to do my class at Costume College in August. I really began pushing Saundra to finish the pattern, which she had decided to redesign the cover art and had more historical documentation to add to it. By the time I was finally able to purchase 18 copies to bring to my class, the price had gone up $10. I had hoped to buy more than that but it was too much money for me to put up front all at once. And I wanted to see how they would sell. Saundra had acknowledged me in her pattern instruction booklet, so I went through all the patterns and signed my name next to it.
I was a little disappointed in the change of the cover art because I thought the first one was so cute but Saundra wanted to show the original gown and that the pattern was also for the full length too. *Notice the hair style on the new addition to the artwork? Remember how I wore my hair when I wore my gown?*
It turns out that the excitement I shared in my class at Costume College infected everyone there and they were lined up in the front of the room to purchase them. All but four of the extra large ones were sold. More on my class can be read in this entry. http://timetravelingincostume.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-wearing-of-costumes-aka-costume_13.html Since being home I've had two of the remaining patterns put on hold so now I feel comfortable ordering a few more. I'm booked to present my class on September 22 for the San Diego Costume Guild, along with Jody Regan's The Harvey Girls presentation. We decided to join together and do a Costume History Lecture and Lunch. And on January 28, 2013 I've been booked to do my presentation for the San Diego History Museum, and was told the Costume Society will be there. Eeek!
ETA: This was my presentation at SDHC http://timetravelingincostume.blogspot.com/2013/02/my-presentation-at-san-diego-history.html
One of the fashion shows I was in wearing this in Old Town San Diego. http://timetravelingincostume.blogspot.com/2013/08/women-of-west-fashion-show-in-old-town.html
Labels: 1851 Bloomers recreation Pt 2
My re-creation of an 1851 Bloomer gown PART 1
Started Jan 2011
Shortly after Costume College in August 2010, a group of us started talking about what we were going to make for the following year to wear. One of our Guild members suggested Bloomer costumes, and four of us decided to go with that. So we collected a few photos of fashion prints for some ideas, and I even came across a color print of one in an antique shop in Las Vegas that I bought. It had originally come out of a fashion magazine but I was unable to tell which one. The illustration is by Nathaniel Currier in 1851.
And this was Amelia Bloomer.
At the time I really liked the colors on these two fashion prints with the dark pink or maroon, and the more I looked at them, I realized I could use pretty much any historical bodice and skirt pattern I had and just shorten the skirt.
Shortly after that I "inherited" a large stash of Civil War costume patterns from a friend, Mary Swanson, who was downsizing her collection. In it I found a Past Patterns issue for an 1851 Bloomer costume. It had been produced for the San Diego Historical Society, based on an extant gown in their collection that was a gift of the Mary Marston Estate in 1987. Most of us in San Diego are very familiar with the Marston House in Balboa Park, and I've even attended fund raising teas in costume there.
I was really excited about finding this but the original envelope was missing, and there was only a line drawing of the bodice in the pattern directions. So I couldn't really tell what it looked like.
I contacted a friend who is a docent at the Marston House, Gabe Selek, who hooked me up with Tammie Bennett at the SDHC Costume Collection Department. She told me the pattern had been made off the costume in their collection by Past Patterns in 1997 and they no longer had a pattern. She said the pattern probably had been sold in an "attic sale". She said the gown was very fragile but had been conserved. The only photo she was able to find was one taken while the costume was on tour at the MET. It wasn't a very good photo as it was taken during the set-up there. The costume had been researched by Amy Simon, former SDHC Curator of Costumes & Textiles, and she had also supervised the pattern project.
I was thrilled that now I knew what color the extant gown was and I decided I wanted to copy it. I also decided at that moment that I wanted to propose a class on Amelia Bloomer and her Shocking Bloomers at the 2011 Costume College. I hoped to have the outfit done in time for it, and my three friends hoped to have theirs done also. Since Amelia was a strong believer in women's rights and temperance, and last year some of the College attendees had started a suffragist costume theme, I thought this would fit right in since they planned to continue it this year.
I searched on the internet for the pattern but found nothing. Nothing! It's like it didn't even exist. But the pattern had the PP copyright stamp on it. So I contacted Saundra Altman, owner of Past Patterns, and told her what I had. She said the pattern had been made especially for the SDHS and was never issued to the public. In fact she hadn't even written the directions for the Bloomer pants. I told her what I was attempting to do, and she got excited about pulling out the pattern and finishing it to put on the market. We're hoping it's in time for my class. She thinks she has photos she took of the extant gown and is still looking for all the documentation. But she said she'd send the pdf instructions for the Bloomers so I could finish it. I told her I'd also like to have the patterns for sale in my class, either by bringing them from her, or maybe she could come herself. No decision has been made on that at this point.
My friend who gave me the pattern had already cut her size out from the center of all the pattern pieces, so I painstakingly taped them all back together again, which took an hour. Then I traced a copy off of it in my size, which took another hour. I had all the pattern pieces: the jacket, the short skirt, and the pants.
I asked Tammie at SDHS more questions about the costume, and was told it was green silk taffeta, and most of the parts that didn't show were made of linen and polished cotton. This even included a short portion of the sleeve under the sleeve jockeys, and the entire portion of the Bloomers that were under the skirt. They said the outfit had been dated by Edward Maeder, former Curator of Costumes & Textiles at LACMA. He believed the gown was made from the dates 1848-1850, and converted to the Bloomers about 1850-1851. He had determined that the outfit originally had been a full length gown and had been cut down, and the portion of the skirt cut off was used to make the Bloomers. Tammie mentioned a quote from an article in the California History magazine, 1982, "Bloomerism Comes to California", that in a letter it said the aunt of Anna Marston was seen wearing them when she arrived in California in 1851.
I lucked out in that I already had 7 yards of a avocado green silk taffeta very similar to the extant gown, and started cutting out the pattern in a muslin to fit me. The directions are fairly simple but detailed, and so far I haven't had any problems understanding it; until I got to the sleeves. It had so many pieces and some seemed repetitious of each other, until I realized half of the sleeve on the top was separate because that portion was cut from a different fabric, like polished cotton, and not the fashion fabric. It has a sleeve jockey that covers that portion and you wouldn't see under it. Ingenious! It saves a piece of silk. Similarly the top part of the Bloomer pants is made also with polished cotton, and the bottom of the silk taffeta, since the top would be covered by the overskirt. It was the same as other period sewing techniques of just doing ruffles on a skirt in the fashion fabric, and the skirt base was a cotton. I decided since I had plenty of my silk taffeta there was no need to be conservative, so I cut the sleeve as one piece without doing a cotton cap. This will probably be the only change I'll be doing from the original.
When I started sewing the bodice together I noticed the back was all one piece. There weren't any side back seams, or darts. And when I put it on it hung straight down my back and was kind of sticking out at the bottom. Right off this felt wrong since all the other patterns I've used of this period do have some kind of seam in the back to fit it closer to me. So now I'm waiting to see if either Saundra has better photos showing the back, or if Tammie is able to get me an appointment to come and see the extant gown. Things move slowly.
On March 2, I had an appointment with Tammie to view the Bloomer outfit, and hopefully take photos of it. I'm so excited I'm already dressed and ready to go two hours before my appointment. The offices of the San Diego Historical Center are in Balboa Park, downstairs of the Model Railroad Museum and Museum of Photographic Arts.
My visit to the Costume Collection was both exciting and surprising. The archival room is full of tall shelves containing many many boxes of preserved clothing and accessories. There were photos on the front of each box showing what was in them, and there are some beautiful ones. It's a shame no one can see them.
Tammie had the Bloomer gown spread out on the table with tissue paper. There were rolls of tissue and archival paper between folds of fabric and supporting the body of the gown. There was no visible tears in the fabric but she said it was weak.
I was first surprised by the color. The photo that I'd been sent showed it to be a grasshopper green. In actuality it's a dark avocado or hunter green color. But when photographed, it shows lighter. The gown is silk taffeta with a linen lining, and glazed cotton was used for the top part of the Bloomers. Without touching the glazed cotton, it looked like crinkled leather.
I was really interested in seeing the darts and any boning used, and if there were any seams or darts on the back of the bodice, since the pattern didn't show any. Without them, it didn't fit my back very well. Other than what appeared to be a pull in the fabric, there are no seams in the back. The two front darts had boning, and one side of the front closure had a bone that only went to under the bust line. There weren't any on the side seams.
It's a very narrow back, and overall it looks like the wearer was under 5 ft 4" tall. So she was a slender small woman. There was a lot of piecing on the sleeve arms and even in the front bodice next to the darts.
The trimming on the gown was a graduating narrow pleat from the neckline down the front closure where it narrowed out. There were also pleats on the sleeve jockey and the cuffs. There was piping on the sleeve cap and shoulder seam. It closed in front with hooks and eyes.
Tammie said they have no documentation that the outfit was ever worn. It was originally a full length gown, and the skirt was cut off short to 26", and that portion was used to make the bottom half of the Bloomers. The top half was made of glazed cotton. As Tammie was showing me the Bloomers I noticed the front opening of the pants with buttons but when she opened them I had the surprise of my eyes. These were split drawers! It was two separate legs and they were attached to a waistband. I had expected something like men's pants and closed at the crotch. I started wondering if this was the norm because all the photos and fashion prints I've seen never show the pants themselves. They were always covered by a skirt. If this is what they were, I can imagine how shocking these were because these ladies were wearing their underpinnings exposed.
I've been searching online for any other extant Bloomer costumes in collections but so far haven't come across any. This leads me to believe that SDHC may have the only one in a collection.
Over the last month I started construction of the bodice. I flatlined it with 100% cotton. It's fairly easy to construct, and while doing it, I learned how to do piping along the seam lines of the armhole, neckline, & bottom of the bodice. The self trim is a narrow ruching down the front closure on both sides, which narrows in at the bottom, around the sleeve jockey and the sleeve cuff. It was made by turning a 1/4 inch under on both sides of the strip of fabric, then a gathering stitch on the sides. It was gathered and in photos, it looks like pleating.
At this time I only have the pattern directions for the bodice, and as I completed it, I realized it also didn't include the skirt directions, which is attached to the bodice. The skirt has a pocket on one side, and a watch pocket on the other. The pattern pieces show where these go but not really how they were done. The pocket was made with cotton but had two strips of the silk taffeta to face it with. I ended up just using my own knowledge and figured out ways to sew them in; aka, "fudging it". I sewed the 7 skirt panels together, and now I get to start the cartridge pleating on it.
For the last two weeks I sent out emails to different historical societies and museum collections trying to find extant Bloomer gowns. I finally started getting some responses from the area around Seneca Falls, NY, which is where the women's movement and dress reform was focused. Those contacts have been referring me to other places when they can, and am still waiting for responses to those. One contact, a Professor Emerita of John Hopkins University, Pamela Poulin, Ph. D., has studied Amelia Bloomer extensively, and even portrayed her in costume. Those costumes were loaned to her, and she doesn't have any photos of her in them. But she highly recommended I should go to the museum there, and I could even stay with her while I was visiting. She also told me to purchase copies of The Lily that Amelia published that had descriptions of the Bloomer gowns, and how to make them. I sent an email off to the Seneca Falls history museum immediately.


All five starters are gone from last year's Elite Eight squad that lost to Kansas in an overtime thriller with a trip to the Final Four on the line. However, Coach Mike Krzyzewski had some talent sitting down his bench last season and he brings in an amazing recruiting class. This team will look very different compared to last year, but by March they should be even better.
RJ Barrett highlights a recruiting class that includes three players ranked in the top five of the College Sports Madness 2018 recruit rankings. The 6-7 Canadian will be able to attack the basket with ease and he could be the team's top scorer if his outside shot is falling consistently. Cam Reddish is a big 6-8 forward who can play at a variety of positions. His future probably lies at the small forward spot, but Reddish can run the point and will spend lots of time at the shooting guard position this season. With his size, strength and ability to shoot the ball, there are not going to be many teams who can defend him. Zion Williamson is the other top five recruit and he is a great athlete who is known for his dunking. Joey Baker is yet another versatile forward who has the talent to make an immediate impact. Perhaps the most important newcomer is Tre Jones. He is a smart point guard who will be asked to quickly emerge as a leader. Sophomore Jordan Goldwire will help out at the point and Alex O'Connell should provide some depth at the shooting guard spot. The most productive returning players were in the frontcourt though where Marques Bolden and Javin DeLaurier will battle with the newcomers for minutes. It may take some time for all the pieces to come together, but by the time conference play rolls around, this could be the team to beat in the always tough ACC.


Set in six acres in a beautiful sheltered valley this ancient farmstead is now a small group of charming cottages that hug the side of a gentle slope that rambles down to the beautiful tidal creek of Goodshelter. Here you can wander through the apple orchard to the 800 ft private foreshore, row one of the dinghies provided round to South Pool to the pub (tides permitting!), barbecue by the old lime kiln on the foreshore and revel in the views of this dreamy stretch of water. The tiny hamlet of Goodshelter is on the edge of the Kingsbridge/ Salcombe estuary just a mile from East Portlemouth, the lovely beaches of Millbay and Sunny Cove and from there, a ferry ride to the popular town of Salcombe. The cottages are alongside a courtyard shared with the owner's home, overlook an orchard that slopes down to the Creek and provide very comfortable, well-furnished and flexible accommodation. A Wayfarer sailing dinghy is available for use by the experienced as well as a couple of rowing dinghies, but entirely at guests' risk, (ask for details). Windfalls is an ideal spot and with access from both the ground and second floor may be suitable for those with limited mobility. With the addition of The Love Shack, accessed across the courtyard this property can accommodate up to 6 guests.
There is a shared laundry room accessed from the courtyard with chest freezer, washing machine, tumble dryer and ironing board. The gravelled courtyard in front of the cottages is enclosed with a five-bar gate and provides ample parking. From here a pathway leads through the orchard to the creek.
Please Note: At spring high tides (which occur throughout the year) and for one hour either side of high water, it may be difficult crossing the fords on the tidal road that accesses the property. Tide Tables will be forwarded to guests with their travel directions.


Don't Boo, Vote … #ImWith Her – Travel. Garden. Eat.
At tonight's Democratic National Convention, President Obama made a powerful case for and endorsement of Hillary Clinton. He reminded us of the need to do more than boo, but instead get out and vote, make democracy happen, and let love and inclusiveness drown out hate and fear.
I am sorry I missed the earlier speakers but joined in as Biden was on stage. So much inspiration during the evening!
Yes yes yes! I have been shocked by this election session Kat and embarrassed and saddened that so many of our people can side with a racist, sexist jerk. It is unbelievable and makes me feel deeply troubled about the people in our country.
I usually don't post political oriented topics but cannot sit quiet — the emboldened voices have spewed such hateful rhetoric we must stand up and drown them out, and show people this is not what America is about.
I agree. I am so sick to my stomach that it is hard to take Kat. I just am so much more ashamed that people are feeling that they can be overtly racist and sexist. It is very sad and a wake up call to me that many people in our country feel this way.
I am so sad that a few of my own siblings and my husband's are buying into that hatred. I have such a hard time standing up to their rantings about how bad things are. I want to know for whom? I was a college student at the beginning of title IV. I understand the women's movement and what this election means, but more than that what inclusion for all people means. We shouldn't get a "seat at the table" because of our bank accounts or as a token representation, we should be able to be considered because of our own worth, and I believe this is part of what this election is about. Mostly it is about the difference of democracy and dictatorship. I liked the like about we don't want to be ruled. The unwritten part of that was the city they held the convention was all about the break from the rule of a King who didn't care about the people. Thanks so much Kat for posting this. You have reminded me I need to get the courage to speak up.
I liked the line, o sometimes the fingers don't work so well.
It was a beautiful convention! What a difference from the week before. I'm with her too.
Let's drown out the hatred with positive words ….


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What are Your Employment Rights?
By: Beth Morrisey MLIS - Updated: 24 Sep 2015 | *Discuss
A variety of legislation protects the employment rights of all workers in the United Kingdom. Below you will find information on the main legislation protecting employees against discrimination based on age, ability, race, religion and sex.
Age discrimination is a relatively new concept but there is legislation that protects workers from unfair treatment due to their age. The Employment Equality Act (Age) Regulations 2006 is the main piece of legislation fighting ageism in employment in the United Kingdom. This Act protects people aged 50 and over from being discriminated against in the hiring of new workers, how workers are treated in the workplace, the firing, of workers, redundancies and retirement. Employment equality for younger workers is dealt with in other legislation.
Discrimination against individuals with disabilities is also illegal in the United Kingdom. The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) of 1995 is the main piece of legislation that deals with this topic. This Act outlaws discrimination based on disability in the areas of employment, education, access to goods, facilities and services and in relation to land and property. This Act also requires public bodies to promote equal opportunities for all individuals, regardless of ability, and it addresses the issue of equal access to public transportation by setting minimum standards for ease of use of all passengers. The Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 amends and extends the DDA, and the Mental Health Act of 1983 protects the rights of individuals with learning disabilities and/or mental health concerns.
The Race Relations Act 1976 and all of its amendments and extensions protect individuals from being discriminated against in employment on the grounds of colour, race, nationality, religious beliefs or ethnicity. This Act does not distinguish between whether racist practices were done on purpose, it is concerned only with whether or not racial discrimination occurred. Four main types of discrimination are recognised in relation to employment. Direct discrimination is deliberate and obvious. Indirect discrimination occurs when practices of policies disadvantage one or more racial groups. Harassment occurs when the workplace is allowed to become a hostile environment. Finally, victimisation occurs when someone has complained about discrimination and is then treated less fairly than others.
The Race Relations Act 1976 is also the main piece of legislation protecting the religious rights of all employees in the United Kingdom. In addition to this Act, the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003 forbids discrimination in employment or vocational training due to religion or belief. Though there is no particular list of religions or beliefs that are included in UK legislation, most major world religions and minority belief systems are recognised for the purposes of these documents. Questions about what constitutes a religion or belief are settled by Employment Tribunal.
A variety of laws work to provide equal rights to males and females in the United Kingdom. The Sex Discrimination Act of 1975 protects individuals from being discriminated against in employment, vocational training, education, the provision and sale of goods, facilities and services, premises and the exercise of public functions due to their sex/gender. The Equal Pay Act of 1970 mandates equal pay for equal work regardless of an individual's sex/gender. The Sex Discrimination (Gender Reassignment) Regulations 1999 also protect the rights of individuals who intend to undergo, are undergoing or have undergone gender reassignment. These Regulations pertain to pay and treatment in employment, self-employment and vocational training.
The rights of all workers are protected under UK legislation in relation to discrimination based on age, ability, race, religion and sex. For further information on any of the above topics, visit a professional solicitor or visit a Citizens Advice Bureau.
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@Jamesmegus - your company can if the contract says it can. The yard operatives may be employed via a different company, or on a different contract.
Ed - 25-Sep-15 @ 12:46 PM
My company give private health care to every employee within the group approx 180 however one group of Yard Operatives approx 40 of them are excluded cause they work in the yard. Can Peri Ltd dothis?
jamesmegus - 24-Sep-15 @ 3:10 PM
I am fortunate to be frequently mistaken for a person considerably younger than I am so have witnessed even more age discrimination - particularly, but by no means exclusively, in the public sector - than if they had realised that I was older. Many people I know personally have been in a group of 50+ year old healthy committedworkers who have been made redundant after 'some reorganisation' prior to then recruitingless experienced workers 'on contract'. A significant number of commercial sector 'victims' we on final salary schemes so will then have little choice but to rely on state benefits to an extent not previously envisaged. But as usual our policy makers are ignorant of the way the values behind these laws are being flouted every day.
Lonelyworker - 22-Apr-15 @ 12:50 PM
@Burnie1980 - good that you have decided to get this investigated as this does sound unfair.
Kathy - 17-Mar-15 @ 10:31 AM
My fiancée works at a restaurant. She has done for 5 years and has progressed from waitress to Duty Manager. A promotion opportunity arose but she was not informed or interviewed whereas another colleague was and then given the job. The other colleague was male, less experienced and doesn't have any dependants. My fiancée has asked for an investigation.
Burnie1980 - 13-Mar-15 @ 9:30 PM
Why are some sites allowed to advertise jobs, but you can only view paid jobs if you pay a membership? Is this not discrimination against people who can not afford to pay these membership fees? So only people with money can apply.
wills - 10-Jun-14 @ 4:01 PM
I am applying for a job and they are asking for a medical history including any medication i am taking, have i ever suffered from depression? Also asking to access my medical records via my gp....is this allowed??
cheryl1976 - 22-Mar-14 @ 1:28 PM
I applied for an internal post but was not informed of interview. The application was received and confirmed. Another candidate was appointed and my emails regarding feedback on application remain unanswered
winner - 12-Apr-13 @ 9:57 AM
I'm writing on behalf of my auntie she had a job interveiw where I used to work she was basically told by the duty manger she wasn't going to get the job because me and my old manger had abit of an argument before I left and it left abit of an atmosphere and because she was my auntie the manager didn't process her application to head office, however the manager gave her an interveiw which was weird. Anyway the interveiw went ahead in the store room on a cardboard box and the manager left halfway through to have a ciggerette and basically she didn't take my auntie seriously at all. All the other candidates were interviewed correctly so I can't help but think she was discriminated against. Two weeks went by without hearing off the manger only to hear they have employed somebody else no phone call was made to my auntie to say she was unsuccessfull and for the two weeks she was waiting she was constantly being told they were reviewing the job and would get back too her what rights will she have and how can we go about taking this further ?
Deebee - 6-Dec-12 @ 9:43 PM
Could you tell why a majority of Asian shops in the high street Such as news agents supermarkets off liciences and post offices Won't employ white people ? I have done my research And about 99% only employ Asians ?.isnt this descrimination or a conspiracy why hasn't the equal opportunity committee Stepped in and said hold on this isn't fair you need to Employ some white people ?.can we have an answer please ?
Mikeb - 2-Dec-12 @ 12:35 PM
Can an Islamic based school insist on female employees wearing a head covering? The school will be enrolling half non muslim pupils and non muslim staff as well as muslim staff.
Pixie Hyde - 29-Aug-12 @ 10:22 AM
Racism at work is disgraceful.
B.Ellender - 14-Sep-11 @ 11:29 AM
My grandaughter is working in a retaurant,it is her first job,she is 18,she does long hours, is reliable,and enjoys the job,but she is being bullied by the chef at work, and so have other girls,who have left because of it,but the remaining girls will not say anything in case they lose the job,he is saying sexual remarks to her, and generally being nasty,she goes home crying everynight,and dreads going in, but can,t pack up the job, as she needs the money,her mother does not live in uk, so it is very difficult for her,any advise please.
shelagh - 6-Jul-11 @ 11:27 AM
I think racism still comes into play when getting a job, some places will not employ black or asian individuals. Whereas some will not employ whites in fear of being named a racist. I also agree with the above comment.
I.Mustaphasheet - 10-May-11 @ 1:42 PM
There appears to be equal opportunities in the workplace for individuals with a disability however no equal opportunities in the workplace for cares of disabled individuals who want to work however are limited in hours due to their care role commitments.
kaz - 23-Mar-11 @ 6:44 PM
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The dedication of the first phase of The Hope Center is tomorrow afternoon. This morning, Steve Hyde, our partner and host decided that we should visit the slums of Poipet in order to understand the context of hope and why building The Hope Center in this particular location is so strategic. Context is always essential to understanding meaning.
We started our morning by going to the border crossing between Cambodia and Thailand to pray. Every morning as many as forty-thousand poor Cambodians leave the slums and cross the border into neighboring Thailand in search of day labor. Many of these are parents who leave their children behind, making them vulnerable to all sorts of dangers. In some cases, a parent or parents may not return home for days or ever thus putting their kids at considerable risk.
The people who live in the slums of Poipet are resourceful. Those who remain behind do their best to look after the unattended kids whose parents are working across the border. Some have found opportunities to work for Thai merchants who recruit the poor in Poipet to sew garments all day for barely livable wages. Others do what they can to sell food and other items. Most food products are sold in very small packages because people only purchase what they can afford to survive for that day.
Life in the slums of Poipet is unimaginably difficult. Existence here is measured in days and the future is a concept that many simply do not understand. Life in this place is about surviving one more day. The people here have no bank accounts or retirement plans. They have no access to reliable medical care. And there are simply not enough schools in the area to educate the poor even if they could get away to attend school. These factors and others keep the poor here tethered to generational poverty.
Wesley's words sum up how I feel after meeting Pastor Muthieng, a man who is committed to serving a Name but whose own name will never really be known beyond the slums of Poipet. When we get to heaven he will be so close to the throne of God that I will be unable to see him from where I stand. His home in the slums has become an outpost of hope. By living among the poorest of the poor, God is using him to be the hands and feet of Jesus.
Pastor Muthieng is glad that The Hope Center will also be an outpost of hope in a place that is not recommended by many travel guides. The Hope Center will be a haven of help and a refuge from the despair that adds anxiety to the hearts of the suffering poor. Women and children will have access to reliable medical care, pregnancy help and adoption services, and other resources that will give them a hand-up in a place that beats them down. The next phase of The Hope Center strategy includes building additional schools for the poor. This strategic initiative is an indeed an outpost of hope on the frontier of despair.


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Return of the Cult Snatcher
Washington City Pape/September 23, 1994
By Lisa Gray
An Appeals Court Overturns Deprogrammer Galen Kelly's Conviction for Kidnapping
On the noght of May 5, 1992, cult deprogrammer Galen Kelly and his three member crew grabbed the wrong woman - and thus brought to a head Kelly's 16-year battle with a cult called the Circle of Friends. Instead of his intended target, Circle of Friends member Beth Bruckert, Kelly santched her roommate, Debra Dobkowski, the head of the cult's Washington cell (see "Circle of Enemies," 2/25)
The abduction earned Kelly a seven-year three-month sentence in federal prison for kidnapping. But this week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit tossed out the conviction in a sharply worded opinion, saying that the prosecution, led by Assistant U.S. Attorney Larry Leiser, knowingly allowed Dobkowski to perjure herself on the witness stand and improperly withheld evidence useful to Kelly's defense.
The successful appeal makes Kelly eligible for a new trial. His lawyer, Frank Dunham Jr., hopes aloud that the government will drop the case on the "humanitarian" grounds that Kelly, a family man, has already served 17 months in prison. Leiser's boss, U.S. Attorney Helen Fahey, will decide whether to haul Kelly back to court. "Certainly, I'm going to recommend that we re-try," says Leiser.
Alleged perjurer Dobkowski was Leiser's star witness in the case against Kelly. Articulate and clean-cut, she stated truthfully that she'd earned a master's degree from Harvard and held a high-ranking job with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Under cross-examination, she flatly denied belonging to the Circle of Friends and described the group's leader, George Jurcek, as merely a business acquaintance.
But Dobkowski was far from the bland bureaucrat she appeared to be. On Thursday, May 20, 1993 - only four days before Kelly's trial started—the IRS raided her Capitol Hill town house, the Circle's Washington base. In applying for a search warrant, Treasury Department investigators presented an affidavit detailing the crimes they believed cult members had committed. That laundry list included conspiracy to commit fraud, mail fraud, and a crime called "structuring"—breaking up large hunks of cash into deposits of less than $10,000 so that a bank won't report the transactions to the IRS as the law requires. (Dobkowski eventually pleased guilty to all charges except conspriacy, and is now serving a 21-month prison sentence; the other indicted cult members fled from the law.)
The day after the IRS raid, Prosecutor Leiser examined the eveidence seized and revealed to Kelly's defense team what he deemed relevant to the case. Not enough, ruled the court of appeal, which wrote that Leiser should have given Kelly's defenders the investigator's affidavit and a letter by Dobkowski. "In our view," the opinion stated, "the extremely damaging information contained in the affidavit leads to the incapable conclusion that a reasonable probability exists that the result of the trial would have been different had the Government disclosed the affidavit to Kelly."
The affidavit demolishes Dobkowski's credibility. Among other things, the investigators noted that she'd been on sick leave from her EPA job since the previous August—though she'd worked security-guard jobs during the same period. Even more important, the affidavit details her relationship to the cult and Jurcsek.
It's not the job of an appeals court to determine whether a government witness lied, but in the Dobkowski affair rhe three-judge panel writes, "Were we given this task, we would not hesitate to find that the record before this court demonstrates overwhelmingly that Dobkowski's testimony was false in numerous respects and that the Government should have at least known it was false."
The judges are especially critical of Leiser for not sharing with the Kelly defense a letter seized during the raid on Dobkowski's town house. Written by Dobkowski to Jurcsek, it reveals the ruses by which she made her EPA co-workers believe she was sick. At one point, she writes' "I really was quite tired from having faked being tired all morning."
"This evidence," says the opinion, "in combination with the evidence that Dobkowski had been on paid sick leave from the EPA for approximately nine months, and that during this period Dobkowski had been working in other capacities, would have permitted Kelly to argue that Dobkowski was not the respectable, Harvard-educated, high-ranking, federal employee presented by the Government, but was a malingerer who had defrauded not only her employer but the co-workers who donated their sick leave so that her pay could be extended."
The prosecution of deprogrammer Kelly is only the latest skirmish in a decades-long was between cults and their critics. What's unusual about this battle is that some of the anti-cult forces question the fairness of the prosecution.
Legal Times aired these charges in a September 1993 article, in which anti-cult activists and defense attorneys pilloried Leiser for his drive to prosecute cult deprogrammers. The Dobkowski case was Leiser's second prosecution of Kelly: the first came in 1992, when he charged Kelly of conspiring to kidnap Lewis du Pont Smith, a follower of Lyndon LaRouche. (Kelly was acquitted.)
"[Leiser] seems to have an agenda that is - oh, I'm not going to characterize it," says Breckenridge Willcox, a former U.S. attorney for Maryland who represents a Circle defector. Willcox then tries again: "He seems to have an agenda that a prosecutor shouldn't have."
In recent years, cult groups including the Church of Scientology have formed a united front against deprogrammers and critics. So when Scientology spokeswoman Sue Taylor appeared in the courtroom with Leiser during the Dobkowski trial, anti-cult forces cried foul, saying Leiser was aligning the government with cults. Leiser had repeatedly declined to parry accusations that he is sympathetic to cults.
The anti-cult complaint against Leiser must be viewed in the light of his success in extracting plea bargains from three members of the team that Galen Kelly had assembled in the Dobkowski case (see "Confessions of the Cult Snatchers," 8/5). Should the Government re-try Kelly, those confessions will bolster the prosecution's case.
Leiser's victory may be his last over deprogrammers. In late 1993, he was reassigned from the Eastern District of Virginia's General Crime Unit to its Narcotics Unit. Per standard operating procedure, he continues to work on cases- like Kelly's - that he prosecuted while in the General Crimes Unit.
Willcox doubts that Leiser will get another crack at Kelly. Should U.S. Attorney Fahey choose to take Kelly back to court, Willcox believes that she will appoint a new prosecutor, rather than allow Leiser to re-try the case. Given the appeals court's tough ruling, says Willcox, "I don't see how he could." Leiser states unequivocally that, though he no longer works the deprogramming beat, other federal prosecutors will continue to pursue such cases. "There are cases across the country where cult deprogrammers are being prosecuted," he says, "It's not because they're deprogrammers. It's because they're kidnappers. We prosecute all kidnappers."


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St Luke's Anglican School takes the protection and safety of its students very seriously. Rigorous practices, policies, procedures and teacher/staff training are regularly updated and communicated to ensure each student from every year level can enjoy a safe, healthy and supportive learning environment.
Student & Child Protection
The following statement of commitment to the safety and wellbeing of children and the protection of children from harm, seeks to provide a foundation to reflect, encourage and support a child safe culture. The Statement is required to be implemented by all persons within St Luke's Anglican School and St Luke's Early Learning Centre.
Anglican Schools and Education & Care Services are committed to providing environments where children and young people receive the highest standard of care, where their rights are supported, and they have the opportunity to thrive and be fruitful. Such environments nurture and safeguard the intelligence, dignity, safety and wellbeing of each child or young person, by placing them at the centre of thought, values and actions.
As reflected in our Ethos, our vocation is education, driven by a vision of humanity, shaped by the image of God made visible in Jesus, present in every human being.
Every child: made in the image and likeness of God.
Every child: loveable and loved, unique and unrepeatable.
Outstanding education for the flourishing of people and the good of community.
Our faith is lived. We are hospitable and welcoming communities, who embody compassion, kindness, fairness, justice and love, and where exceptional pastoral care is practiced.
Working and serving the best interests of children and young people is in everyone's best interest. This is achieved through sustaining living and learning environments that are safe, supportive and stimulating. Specifically, we:
Place emphasis on genuine engagement with children and young people;
Create conditions that reduce the likelihood of harm to children and young people;
Create conditions that increase the likelihood of identifying harm where it exists; and
Respond swiftly and appropriately to any concerns, disclosures, allegations or suspicions.
This commitment is sought to be consistently reflected through the decisions and behaviour of all persons within the School or Service, who are guided by effective governance, policies, tools and processes. This fosters a child safe culture, where acting in children and young people's best interests is at the heart of what we do
Current relevant and enforced policies for student protection for St Luke's Early Learning Centre, Primary School, Middle and Senior School are:
Child and Youth Risk Management Strategy - School and ECS
Code of Conduct for Anglican Schools and Education & Care Services - (ECS)
Counselling Services in Anglican Schools Policy
Counselling Services in Anglican Schools Guidelines
Protecting Children and Young People in Anglican Education Policy
Protecting Children and Young People in Anglican Education Procedures
Student Protection Officers
Safeguarding our Children: Student Protection in Anglican Schools: Guide for Parents & Students
Creating Environments for Students to Thrive - An Induction Overview for Anglican Schools
Volunteer Engagement Policy & Procedures
Working with Children in Anglican Education Policy
Working with Children in Anglican Education Guidelines and Procedures
Early Learning Centre Child Protection Policies and Procedures
Safeguarding our Children - Child Protection in Anglican Education and Care - A Guide for Parents
Protocols for Dealing with Complaints of Sexual Misconduct
In the event of any complaint of sexual misconduct, a thorough and step-by-step protocol will be followed and adhered to.
Protocol of Dealing with Sexual Misconduct
Anglican Church of Australia National Apology Statement
On October 19, 2018 the Anglican Church of Australia and The Archbishop of Brisbane, The Most Reverend Dr Phillip Aspinall issued a national Formal Apology Statement.
National Apology Statement
Parents and students can sometimes feel overwhelmed with online safety at home. That is why St Luke's, partnered with ySafe, offer the St Luke's community an extremely effective solution to ease the stress of managing cyber safety issues at home, and provide resources and practical and realistic strategies to parents which can be implemented to create a truly cyber safe home.
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Punjab Health Foundation PHF has opened up job opportunities for various posts. These jobs are offered to DEO, Promotional officers and many others. Eligibility Criteria and other important information is mentioned in this article as well as in the image.
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Types of felonies
On behalf of Scott C. Brown Law Office | Mar 5, 2020 | Felonies
According to Nolo, the most serious criminal offence is a felony. Offences may involve some severe threat of harm or physical harm to the victims. Similarly, they may include some offences, such as fraud schemes and white-collar crimes. However, some offences that are misdemeanours may get elevated to being a felony for second-time offenders. Additionally, a conviction for a felony such as a misdemeanour conviction may sometimes not lead to an individual being behind bars. Felonies may sometimes attract potential imprisonment. Moreover, the individual may be in prison for a short time to life imprisonment without any parole.
According to YourDictionary, felonies are punishable with an excess of twelve months of incarceration. When an individual threatens to cause some harm to another person but fails to carry the threat through, it is not a felony but may be taken as a misdemeanour. Such cases may attract a jail term of six months to a year. However, if the individual carries out the threat and causes bodily harm, it gets considered as a felony. Such felonies may attract up to twenty-five years in prison for the convicted individual.
Similarly, when an individual disturbs the peace, they may get charged. Such charges may come in many forms, including mobilization of an unlawful assembly, bullying of individuals or fighting in a public place. Such charges often get classified as misdemeanours. However, depending on the circumstances and the state that may surround the committed crime, it may get a felony count.
When an individual is found with ownership of vast drug quantities, their act may get classified as a felony. Similarly, when a person leaves the scene of an accident or a vehicular homicide, their act may be viewed as a felony. They may be imprisoned for a year or even for life.


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Home The Arts Art Fourth Artists Forum invites Monaco participants
Fourth Artists Forum invites Monaco participants
By Staff Writer -
Forum Artistes 2014. Photo: Charly Gallo/DC
The Cultural Affairs Office is inviting artists to take part in the fourth edition of the Monaco Artists Forum.
The exhibition will be held from June 8 to 17 at Auditorium Rainier III, displaying the works of artists who are either Monegasque or have been resident for more than five years in the Principality. The show will be open free to the public every day from 2 pm until 7 pm.
Artists wishing to participate can pick up an application form from the Cultural Affairs Department 4, boulevard des Moulins or download it here. Each painter will be offered two adjoining panels for their artwork, for a total of 2m x 2.24m. For sculptors, a 50 x 50 x 50cm display stand can be made available.
Completed forms must be returned by mail before March 23. For further information see the Cultural Affairs Department.
National Museum acquires work with the support of UBS Monaco
Monaco Boat Service celebrates art at Riva Tunnel
Art	Staff Writer - April 25, 2018
[caption id="attachment_30666" align="alignnone" width="960"] "Riva 170th Anniversary" exhibition. Photo: Francesco Rastrelli/Facebook Riva Yacht[/caption] Riva, which describes itself as the world's most iconic shipbuilder, has been making sailing style and design an art form since 1842. Craftmanship, unmatchable quality, innovation and artistry have always been Riva's hallmark. Carlo Riva said his boats were "designed with love". For many years Lia Riva, Carlo's daugter, and Monaco Boat Service have championed a variety of artistic projects in Monaco and across the French Riviera. Monaco Boat Service (MBS) is an official partner of Art Monte-Carlo and Festival Printemps des Arts, both of which are annual highlights in Monaco's cultural calendar. The third edition of Artmonte-carlo will take place on April 28 and 29 at the Grimaldi Forum Monaco under the High Patronage of Prince Albert. This salon d'art aims to create a rich dialogue between the art market and the institutional world. Monaco Boat Service will host a celebratory evening at the iconic Riva Tunnel in Port Hercules on Thursday, April 26. The evening, curated in partnership with Artmonte-carlo and Nomad, will bring together artistic talents and luminaries. A performance piece created by artist Arabeschi di Latte and inspired by Riva's maritime heritage and the design of the iconic "Aquarama" will premiere. A photographic exhibition by Gabriele Basilico and Marsio Cresci created in partnership with Officina Italiana Design will be on display at Grimaldi Forum. The exhibition beautifully documents the Riva shipyard in Sarnico, Italy, and the studio-laboratory of modern day Riva designers Officina Italiana Design. Over March and April, The Riva Tunnel will have played host to three evening concerts of glorious music. Ushering in the annual Festival Printemps des Arts, the concerts will showcase a new generation of young performers, stepping forward to take their rightful place on the world stage. The Riva family and Monaco Boat Service stand – Riva MBS – proud as supporters of the arts, encouraging new links between design, art and music. Since 1959, MBS has played a vital role in the daily life and business of Monaco. The exclusive Riva dealer for France and the Principality, MBS with its landing stages and hidden treasure – the Riva tunnel – is home to some of the world's most beautiful boats. No stranger to famous passengers, Riva owners have included Princess Grace of Monaco, Sophia Loren, Brigitte Bardot, to name a few.
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ESPINASSE31 presents Tomasz Kucharski
Art	Dijana Josifovic - July 4, 2019
Espinasse31, a Milanese contemporary gallery and artist's residency, is presenting a solo exhibition of the Polish artist Tomasz Kucharski.


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Mothers find they allotment autism with their children
Maria Mercado always knew she became diverse. growing up in a boisterous Puerto Rican household within the Bronx, Mercado hardly batten except challenged or angry. To the outside apple, she got here throughout as a wise however shy girl, who discovered to read at age four and couldn't preserve eye contact. for most of her college years, she had little difficulty with academics — regardless of a severe dribble and relentless absorbed — however struggled in cozy settings.
even into adulthood, Mercado occasionally had a hard time verbalizing her techniques. "am i able to say this?" she asked herself. Yet handiest she seemed to be aware of the difficulty. She just didn't bear in mind why.
The respond got here in when Mercado became . Her son, Jackson, who was then months historic, all started to backslide in his building.
suddenly, Jackson no longer appeared attuned to his environment. He stopped asserting "astronomic" and "dada" and responding to his identify back called. five months later, afterward a forty-minute domestic account with a analyst and a speech therapist, Jackson changed into clinically determined with pervasive adorning disorders, now referred to as autism spectrum ailment.
in the beginning, Mercado felt overwhelmed. but back she laid out flashcards and watched Jackson efficaciously match the words with the corresponding pictures, she knew "he changed into in there," as she puts it, just the same as she had at all times been.
It isn't distinguished for women with autism to obtain a late analysis, or none in any respect. within the u.s., autism is set times greater customary in boys than in women — so much that, for many years, docs didn't alike search for it within the closing.
advisers now trust, although, that many girls have long past neglected. sometimes, they went on to be mothers of children with autism and, simplest then, did they locate each the tools to cross their personal lives more advantageous and to take care of their children in ways that perhaps no person else might.
afterwards virtually three many years with out an evidence for her challenges transforming into up, Mercado didn't need an reputable diagnosis to grasp that she was also on the spectrum. "It made me think so much more advantageous that i can help him as a result of I be mindful precisely who he is," she talked about. "It's now not that i do know him too smartly, it is that i know myself."
when Jackson was young and couldn't beddy-bye, she turned him horizontally on the bed in the equal manner she had performed herself on many stressed nights. In a heartbreaking effort to get him to talk, Mercado would put off his toys and that they sat together, arrant, until Jackson fabricated a sound.
"I knew that to get him to talk I had to push him as a result of that's how i was able to get away of it," she stated. and because, like Jackson, Mercado is extraordinarily sensitive to loud noises, she keeps headphones effortless continuously for him to close the area backyard back it becomes too cutting.
The purpose Mercado is so conscious of Jackson's special wants is as a result of chastening were certainly not addressed.
Gender changes in autism are little accepted. however, in contemporary years, a turning out to be physique of analysis means that males and females demonstrate their symptoms in alternative ways.
girls are typically more suitable at overlaying their challenges with hospitable interactions, for instance. And that they re smitten by the color pink or gathering stuffed animals could no longer elevate a flag about their development as a result of these are anticipated from girls. Like Mercado, they are often labeled as alienated and their symptoms attributed to nervousness or attention-deficithyperactivity disease.
"the way our culture thinks of autism is a -yr-historical boy who can't talk," observed Julia Bascom, the executive administrator of the Autistic cocky advocacy community. "So whoever doesn't fit that image is swept below the rug."
when Jennifer Malia took her -yr-old daughter to the family unit practitioner and to a developmental pediatrician for session, they wrote off the infant's conversation issues as a language sickness. Her babe wasn't on the autism spectrum as a result of she changed into able to hold eye acquaintance, Malia become informed.
however Malia wasn't convinced. She had witnessed the forty five-minute affecting meltdowns all through which her babe would go from irritated to nonverbal. She knew it as a result of she had experienced such episodes herself.
So afterwards hours of research, Malia, an author and affiliate assistant of English at Norfolk state school, concluded that she was additionally on the autism spectrum and, at , received a diagnosis on the identical day as her daughter. A months after, her son turned into also diagnosed, following an assessment with a medical psychologist and formal checking out.
"It become really frustrating as a result of my babe didn't accept the stereotypical autism qualities," Malia said. "If I hadn't pushed for that, we might have on no account been diagnosed."
That early detection allowed her babe to endure to forty hours of accent, anatomic and behavioral therapy per anniversary and, finally, overcome her accent extend.
"She's nevertheless on the spectrum, however she has acquiescent challenges," Malia observed.
lacking that critical intervention may additionally have abiding consequences on women, including depression and anxiousness led to with the aid of a persistent feeling of failure. however a analysis, alike later in lifestyles, ability actuality a part of a community and having entry to a tons-vital help community. For some, it even skill discovering a mission.
Dena Gassner, , used guilty herself for apathy to buy tickets for her daughter's Halloween birthday party or for her inability to manage every day affairs, similar to being on time for abbey every week or accomplishing laundry. "the manner I call it s: i will be able to do what you're accomplishing however I'm donning an eighty pound haversack," Gassner observed.
every little thing modified back her four-yr-historic son, Patrick, become clinically determined — and that triggered her personal discovery at . Gassner immersed herself in the autism neighborhood and commenced attending conferences and studying biographies by means of different ladies on the spectrum, comparable to Valerie Paradiz's "Elijah's Cup" and Liane Holliday Willey's "assuming to Be general."
following three a long time of cocky-agnosticism and distinctive drugs for scientific depression and bipolar disorder, she found her own manner both as a parent and knowledgeable — Gassner is a PhD applicant in pally work at Adelphi tuition and a board affiliate of The Arc, a company serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
"accepting my very own prognosis has helped me deliver from the informal pressures and enabled me to help my son become his personal own most desirable," Gassner referred to. "The experience was indispensable, and now i will look returned and say 'thank God,' as a result of his autism has resulted in me checking out my identity."
Maria Mercado noted she turned into terrified when she grew to be a public advocate appointee to the Citywide board on particular training in February . in school conferences, Jackson's father, from whom she has separated, at all times brought the family unit as a result of she couldn't deliver herself to communicate in public. So Mercado didn't know how to handle dozens of folks who had been advocating for years, a few of whom had been even in cost of their own nonprofit groups.
but confronting her fear, Mercado confronted a crowd to assert: "this is who i m. I didn't just guardian, I lived this lifestyles. I reside in my head similar to our toddlers."
when it changed into over, she went to the bathing room and cried.
"If I expect Jackson to push himself, again I should do the identical thing," she talked about recently. "i will't are expecting him to be the ideal if I'm not pushing myself to be the most effective."
as a result of Jackson, Mercado has discovered a whole lot about herself and what she can do.
nowadays, besides being a full-time mother and an advocate, she's also a filmmaker. Her aboriginal brief documentary is called "apple of My tree," about her relationship with Jackson and being on the spectrum collectively.
even without an reputable prognosis, Mercado finds consolation within the special connection she has with her son. In her front room, amidst by pix of Jackson and "Breakfast at chiffon's" and "i love Lucy" books and antique dolls, Mercado dwells on the equal uncertainties as any other father or mother. She needs she might assure Jackson's future after she is long gone. She needs she may make certain his happiness and defense.
but it surely all goes away when she lies in mattress with him at evening and he looks at her and says: "Don't agonize, mommy."
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Here's how the Ducks and Edmonton Oilers match up heading into Wednesday's Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals at Honda Center.
If Edmonton's Connor McDavid isn't already the NHL's best player, the 20-year-old soon will be. McDavid didn't tear through San Jose in the Oilers' six-game victory over the Sharks, but still managed to lead them with four points (two goals, two assists). Danger is present with every shift he is on the ice and he'll be an obvious focus of the Ducks, who figure to counter with one of the league's finest checking centers. Ryan Kesler will look to be physical with McDavid — when he's able to stay with him. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins didn't score a point against San Jose, but it wasn't as if he played poorly against the Sharks. His overall play was an upgrade over a disappointing regular season. But the Ducks have their best player in Ryan Getzlaf, who has been playing at an elite level since March. Nate Thompson had a big opening round against Calgary and is now centering a potentially game-changing third line with Rickard Rakell and Corey Perry. Antoine Vermette is a faceoff artist and a specialist in key situations. Mark Letestu brings grit and some power-play acumen to the Oilers while veteran David Desharnais can offer some quality minutes and scored a massive overtime goal against San Jose in their pivotal Game 5 win.
Keeping Rakell on wing has not only maximized his abilities as a goal scorer, but it gives Ducks coach Randy Carlyle the means to load up the top line with Getzlaf and Patrick Eaves or create a third scoring line as he did with Perry as the sniper on the opposite side and Thompson as the puck hound. Eaves has been an ideal fit that can provide some supplementary scoring, and Nick Ritchie has been uneven but chipped in a Game 3 goal. Perry has only one goal but it was the Game 3 overtime winner. Jakob Silfverberg and Andrew Cogliano are shutdown constants. Chris Wagner and Logan Shaw have given Carlyle the kind of safe, no-frills minutes he wants from his fourth line. Board battles figure to be more important against Edmonton, which has size Coach Todd McLellan will be eager to use in Milan Lucic, Patrick Maroon and Zack Kassian. Lucic has a Stanley Cup with Boston and Maroon went to the Western Conference finals with the Ducks in 2015. Benoit Pouliot has been in 60 playoff games and was with the New York Rangers in the 2014 Cup Final. McLellan has used the vastly underrated Leon Draisaitl on McDavid's right wing much of the year, but is also open to putting the skilled German forward in the middle. Draisaitl had six goals against the Ducks in the five meetings during the season. Jordan Eberle can score but also goes quiet at times.
As the second round begins, the Ducks' blue line continues to be in a state of flux. There is great hope as Cam Fowler appears to be quickly recovering from a knee injury that kept him out of the Calgary series. The return of a 25-minute defenseman that's a point-producer and a defensively sound performer in all situations is a huge development. Questions remain over the availability of Sami Vatanen and Hampus Lindholm, two other critical cogs. Vatanen hasn't played since Game 1 against the Flames and doesn't appear to be ready for the start of the series. Meanwhile, Lindholm got banged up in the clinching Game 4 and hasn't practiced much since. But the Swede sounded like he's making himself an option for Game 1 after skating with the team Tuesday. Lindholm is their best defender and a key piece for Carlyle to employ against Edmonton's top offensive players. Kevin Bieksa has stepped up his game and Josh Manson was solid. Youngsters Shea Theodore and Brandon Montour gave the Ducks some key contributions. The Oilers have made great strides on defense, becoming quite credible after years of being porous. Adam Larsson is a smart, positional defender and Kris Russell is a top shot-blocker. Oscar Klefbom's big shot from the point is an underrated asset. Andrej Sekera brings experience and Darnell Nurse continues to develop his game. Eric Gryba figures to be called upon because of his physicality. If it isn't Gryba, it will be Matt Benning as he is more of a puck mover from the back end.
In the opening round against the Flames, John Gibson posted a 3-0 mark with a 2.59 goals-against average. His save percentage was also .926 as he stopped 113 of 122 shots. Gibson's overall work was solid, with his best efforts coming in the clinching Game 4. The 36-save showing displayed his resilience after getting pulled in Game 3. Jonathan Bernier again showed why he has been an important part of the Ducks' late-season 15-0-3 run into the playoffs. Bernier stopped all 16 shots he faced in Game 3, allowing the Ducks to make their great comeback and further instilling in them the confidence that they can turn to another quality netminder if Gibson falters. Edmonton's Cam Talbot not only turned himself into a legitimate No. 1 but showed he's just behind the level Montreal's Carey Price and Washington's Braden Holtby are at or even former New York Rangers' netmate Henrik Lundqvist. Talbot had a rough Game 4 — as did all the Oilers — but also pitched two shutouts and was otherwise strong. The Oilers hope they don't need to turn to inexperienced backup Laurent Brossoit.
Carlyle has a good team that came into this season with high expectations, but the 61-year-old has shown the game hasn't passed him by. His abilities to manage a bench perhaps best revealed itself in Game 3 when the flip-flop of Ritchie and Rakell on the left wing and the subsequent Rakell-Thompson-Perry combination threw the Flames off and turned a potentially competitive series into an eventual four-game sweep. Getting critical work from Theodore and Montour on the blue line in place of Fowler and Vatanen, while limiting the amount of dangerous situations they might be exposed to, was also an important factor. McLellan never got San Jose to a Cup Final but hasn't forgotten how to coach. The Oilers have grown by leaps and bounds as a team. They've responded to McLellan's prodding of them into becoming a more consistent, cohesive unit. Sending the Sharks home for the summer in his old stomping grounds had to be a fulfilling moment after the two sides mutually parted ways after the 2014-15 season.
Numerous bruises will be incurred after these teams crash into each other. This series seems primed to go to the distance and many already view the victor eventually taking the West. McDavid and his top cohorts will face a tougher battle in the Ducks than the injury-plagued and fading Sharks. But the Oilers are a definite step up from the Flames. Ultimately, the Ducks are just a little bit deeper all around and getting back toward full strength. They're rolling now and motivated to go far after getting past the always-tricky first round.


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"They must know that Africans and Arabs also have human rights. I want the same rights as people in the Netherlands and the U.S. Human dignity is a fundamental right."
Mohamedou Ould Slahi is a religious, intelligent young man from Mauritania who studied engineering in Germany. In the early 90s, he trained and fought in Afghanistan against the Soviet occupation with a group that later became part of Al Qaeda. He knew people, including his cousin, from the Bin Laden area. He was then arrested and ended up in Guantanamo Bay. As early as 2005 it was found that there was no evidence that he had committed crimes against the US or its allies. In 2009, he was acquitted after a court decision, but he was still incarcerated for another 7 years.
"At that time, I was a witness to the atrocities in Guantanamo Bay."
– Ould Slahi in an interview with 1Vandaag
According to Mohamedou, his diaries, and the new film based on them, are not intended to paint anyone specific in a negative light. Above all, he wants to prevent something like this from ever happening again.
With "The Mauritanian", Kevin MacDonald (53) filmed the memoirs Mohamedou Ould Slahi wrote in Guantanamo Bay. He was imprisoned there for 14 years without any evidence or ever being charged.
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#wewontletterroristswin 24 hours earlier, I walked the Israeli port city of Jano terrorist will sully my beloved jaffaandering through its streets, which the next day momentaness.
Location of Mishkanot Ruth Daniel, a residence hotel and gathering place, for people from around the world, run by the Reform Synagogue Beit Daniel.
Yet if you just read your newsfeed, Jaffa might become embedded in your memory as just another terrorist killing field.
But 24 hours earlier, as I walked the city for hours on end, I experienced something fabulous. A unique city, poised for prayer, prepared to preach the calm of coexistence.
A mecca for millennials to congregate and connect. Jerusalem on the water, a place of secular/religious pilgrimage for Jews, Christians, Muslims and other faiths where their prayers are put into action creating a city that works and hopes and dreams.
Earlier in the week, at the convention of the Central Conference of American Rabbis last week, we spoke with Ibrahim Abu Shindi, head of the Arab Jewish Community Center in Jaffa, who taught us the ABC of his community's activities: Changing Attitudes. Changing Behaviors. Changing the Community and neighborhood.
Jaffa has long been doing that: Changing community. Building community.
I was on a plane back to the United States when this all went down. But what I heard since has inspired me.
That immediately after mourning the dead, praying for the injured, and consoling the bereaved, the people of Jaffa brushed themselves off to celebrate the vibrant city of Jaffa. The very next day, resilient, people were out on the street and in the shops and in the port, again living their regular lives. Lives that inspire.


John Ruskin would have given today's tabloid press and paparazzi plenty of interest. After a sheltered and oppressive upbringing he married a younger cousin , Effie Gray and for six years they maintained a marriage that was in one vital sense a sham. For the marriage was never consummated. This sham remained the case until in 1854 they were joined in a Highland jaunt by the young, handsome and gifted painter Millais. Millais soon fell in love with Effie and she found escape from her marriage in a notorious court action in a suit for nullity. Subsequently biographers of Ruskin chronicle his repeated infatuation with very young girls, especially that of Rose La Touche. When they first met, Rose La Touche was a mere ten years old and Ruskin 40.
Biographer Quentin Bell has this to say: "He lived on terms of sentimental intimacy with an entire girls' school and the modern readers knows not whether to blush or snigger at the romps and oglings, toyings and teasings which were conducted with perfect candour under the benevolent eye of the headmistress at Winnington."
Rose was his "Rosie, pet and Rosie puss'' and he was her "St Crumpet" The strange under-currents were visible in 1859 when in his criticism of Millais' painting of Spring, Ruskin says it gives him the impression of "a field of penance for young ladies, where girl blossoms, who had been vainly gay, or treacherously amiable, were condemned to recline in reprobation, under red hot apple blossom and sip scalding milk out of a poisoned porringer."
*Looking back from our 1990's viewpoint John Ruskin could be seen as a woolly minded thinker who needlessly rattled the cages of the Victorian Establishment. But the fascinating eclectic mind of Ruskin has much to offer and in the wonderful setting of his former home at Brantwood on the eastern shore of Coniston his painting and writings show their true worth. There were two major loves of his artistic life. The architecture of Venice and the painting of Turner. No doubt he would have remained an obscure but gifted rich man's son had he not felt compelled to spring to the defence of the painter Turner, who's works were being criticised by the art experts of his day. Ruskin knew, as we all do today, that the Fighting Temeraire and the other Turners, truly capture the spirit of the sea and landscapes. But who can say whether Turner would have had his true place in our culture had it not been for Ruskin. His passion for the art and architecture of Venice led to the Stones of Venice. A book that marks a stunning combination of drawings and prose. Ruskin was also a rich man described by some as a romantic socialist. He was akin to our own generation's Tony Benn in the way he picked holes in the belief in free market economics. In 1860 he spoke out against what he described as the Victorians belief that man was a "covetous machine" that was driven purely by self-interest. He told an audience of rich mill-owners that they were wrong to think that "the constant instinct of man was the desire to defraud his neighbour." He further irritated the Mill-owners by this speech. "Your ideal of human life then is, I think, that it should be passed in a pleasant undulating world, with iron and coal everywhere underneath it. On each pleasant bank of this world is to be a beautiful mansion. In this mansion are to live the favoured votaries of the Goddess (of "getting-on")" Meanwhile he adds "at the bottom of the bank is to be the mill; not less than a quarter of a mile long, with one steam engine at each end, and two in the middle, and a chimney 300 foot high. In this mill are to be in constant employment from eight hundred to a thousand workers, who never drink, never strike, always go to church on Sunday and always express themselves in respectful language." These free thinking sentiments led Ruskin to be admired by both Tolstoy in the cool of Russia and Gandhi as he started out of the road that led to Indian independence.
Lear may be best known for his nonsense poetry, cartoon-like illustrations and being credited with inventing the limerick, but his ambition was to be an artist. In fact he was extremely accomplished, both as a painter of birds and as a "landscape draughtsman".
In 2009 the Wordsworth Trust at Grasmere ran an exhibtion telling of a trip Lear undertook in 1836 in the Lake District to draw landscapes after staying with his patron the Earl of Derby. They also detail where he stayed, who he met, his entertaining social encounters and his thoughts on his adventure.
Charles Nugent, the curator of the exhibition, traced the route Lear took, covering long distances throughout the Lake District and, by Lear's account, battling the weather.
The exhibition contained over 100 drawings and watercolours including all the known pictures resulting from his trip to Ireland in August 1835 plus the letters, lithographs and books. During his journeys, Lear produced drawings relentlessly. On a good day, with fine weather, he might complete five or six sketches, sometimes with significant distances between the views. The images capture both the form and atmosphere of the landscapes and one can sense the energy of the young artist, eager to develop his skills. The journey through the Lake District, which lasted from early August until the end of October 1836, was undertaken on horseback and on foot. This would be a considerable achievement by any standards, but more remarkable because Lear was a grand mal epileptic. Lear kept his epilepsy a secret and hardly anyone knew about it until after his death. He once said, "It is wonderful that these fits have never been discovered".


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An hour before bed, take a calcium magnesium supplement to calm your nerves, turn off your devices and do something relaxing. I like a bath with Epsom Salts and Lavender oil (or other fave relaxing oil) before bed. Especially after an extra stressful day, it can relax your whole body and prepare you for sleep.
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Interview: Dylan talks 'Someone Else' and being inspired by Taylor Swift
Hot on the heels of 'Nineteen', a song about going back to days of young love, Dylan is back and ready to turn the tables with a new song: the feisty 'Someone Else'. Produced by King Ed (Baby Queen, beaux, Charlotte OC), 'Someone Else' takes on the age-old love triangle and adds some much-needed spunk to it.
"Why don't you want me darlin'? / Why don't you want me to yourself? / It should be me that you're calling / It should be me and no one else," she sings on the chorus.
Below, we hear from the Suffolk-raised singer about what inspired the song and the significance of colours in her music.
POPJUICE: First things first, take us through the song's conception—how did it come about?
Dylan: Well, there isn't any hidden meaning in this one. It's very simply: why the hell do you want someone else and not me? The song came about after I had quite a long day and decided to take out my anger on the guitar and send a bunch of voice memos to my main collaborator, King Ed. This one was a lot of fun to record because we got to use a lot of overdrive on the guitars.
POPJUICE: What were some things (songs, artists, cultural moments or otherwise) that inspired the song?
Dylan: It was definitely inspired by the music I was brought up on, the likes of AC/DC and Guns n Roses, but in a 'pop' way. I also wanted to have a song I could properly go all out for when performing live so that inspired a lot of the production for sure.
POPJUICE: I know that you're a Taylor Swift fan and I think 'I love you and you love someone else' sounds so Cruel Summer in the best way. I also love how the song starts off pretty mellow, forlorn even, and goes into such an explosive chorus. Was this contrast done on purpose?
Dylan: Yes, Taylor is definitely my biggest inspiration because she tells such a story with her songwriting! I think the contrast was done on purpose for a different reason though, I wanted to find a way to put an edge on pop and not fully dive into the rock world, which is why the synths in the verses and pre-chorus are quite dreamy. They also represent the obsession that you see in the lyrics.
POPJUICE: There's been a real resurgence of pop-punk in music and 'Someone Else' definitely adds to the canon. Is this a direction that you see yourself leaning more towards?
Dylan: I'm not sure yet, but I'd like to think so because I love to play guitar on stage!
POPJUICE: Your EPs 'Red' and 'Purple' are very colour-coded and I find that so interesting. Is colour something important in your craft and what colour would 'Someone Else' be?
Dylan: Colour used to be very important for me, because these things can mean so much more than how you see them at first. But I think—and I'm sorry to disappoint anyone on this—that the colour EPs are over for me now. I want to start calling them different titles. But for me, Someone Else screams orange.
POPJUICE: Lastly, what can we expect from Dylan coming up?
Dylan: Some long-awaited bangers…mwahahah.
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