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Rebecca Gordon-Nesbitt: Jobs – why young people are the hardest hit
November 19, 2018 Kathy Bailes Opinion 13
Labour's Rebecca Gordon Nesbitt
The other day, I was talking to a young woman in Northwood. The good news was she had a job. The bad news was it was on a zero-hours contract and the cost of travelling to her place of work was almost as much as she was being paid to do it.
This is a prime example of how the figures seem to say unemployment is going down and things are on the up – but reality tells a very different story.
A young person looking for a job today is much worse off than in the past – especially if they live in Thanet.
The national unemployment rate for young people aged 18-24 is 11.3% – far higher than for the working-age population as a whole (4%).
In Kent, the 18-24 year-old unemployment rate is 3%, but Thanet has the highest youth unemployment rate in the South East – 7.6%.
And when young people do find work, they tend to be paid a lower rate.
The national minimum wage is £7.83 for people aged 25 and over, but for young people aged 18 to 20 it's only £5.90 and just £4.20 for under 18s.
People aged between 16 and 24 are the most likely to be on zero-hours contracts. In April–June this year, 6.9% of young people in employment were on zero-hours contracts, as opposed to 2.4% of the workforce as a whole.
Young people on benefits are also the most likely to end up being sanctioned, 70% of sanctions so far imposed under the Universal Credit live service have been on people under 30.
This strongly suggests that sanctions don't work when it comes to getting young people into employment.
Austerity has hit the younger generation harder than anyone. It's a huge struggle to get a reasonably paid job, expensive to rent somewhere to live and, of course, nigh impossible to buy a place.
The head of the Financial Conduct Authority warned last year of mounting debt amongst young people just trying to cover basic household bills.
And those young people looking to improve their chances by continuing their education will too often find themselves in a swamp of loans, overdrafts and credit cards.
The government has no plans to address these challenges. They are failing young people across the country.
The jobs fair at Dreamland
A recent jobs fair, hosted by Thanet's two Conservative MPs, was attended by 1,000 people keen to find work. But those same MPs were mystified that local employers had struggled to find suitable candidates to fill the jobs and apprenticeships on offer.
The root of the problem is that we have an education and training gap in Thanet that needs tackling head-on.
The National Education Service proposed by the Labour Party will offer cradle-to-grave learning that's free at the point of use.
Labour has also pledged to raise the minimum wage to the level of a proper living wage (at least £10 per hour) for all workers aged 18 or over.
In addition, Labour will abolish zero-hours contracts, promote collective bargaining and protect workers' rights.
More specifically for Thanet, the local Labour Party is embarking on a series of conversations about how we can kick-start the local economy.
At 7pm on Friday 23 November, we'll host Neil McInroy, Director of the Centre for Local Economic Strategies, who'll introduce the work he's been doing around the country to build local wealth. To book a place, click here.
At the same times on Wednesday 5 December, we'll follow this with a public conversation about Thanet's economic future, covering all aspects of our society including jobs, education and training, housing, transport, food, energy, the environment and the arts. To make your views heard, click here.
If you have ideas to contribute, please come along. Let's make this a grassroots revolution.
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Glenn Horwood
Didn't you spend all the money last time round !!
Keefogs
Good point, Glenn Horwood. Like the US government, and every other western government, the UK Labour government spent jaw-dropping amounts of cash to bail out the Banks that had blown the lot on useless investments in the US property market. The Banks had spent their money buying up loads of American mortgages which the householders were incapable of paying back. Because, like in this country, millions of Americans are on very low incomes and really can't afford the cost of their mortgages. The result is that the US is full of empty, rotting houses that can't be sold, virtual ghost towns in the "rust-belt" that lost their industries, and millions of people homeless or living with relatives or in trailer parks. But the Bankers are rolling in cash and have just had their taxes cut by their good friend, Donald Trump.
A lot like this country.
Time to change to a Labour government that puts people first and , unlike the government of Blair and Brown, doesn't do whatever the City of London fat cats tell them to do.
And left a massive debt burden that led to austerity? It's the Labour way!! You should watch "St Trinians Great Train Robbery" and the New Labour Government! " That's what the Great British Taxpayers for" and "Bleed the Treasury Dry"
Glen have you seen the figure of our national debt accrued under the Conservatives it stands at over two trillion and take everything into account 4:8 trllion. More than double the figure before the coalition . So yes your right we owe more now much much more under the nasty spiteful Conservatives than we ever did under the profligate Labour party.
Are you sure Labour caused the problems? Didn't it have something to do with a banking crash caused by buying American mortgage debts? Maybe your memory has become selective or you don't support facts of historical importance? Are you sure Labour caused the banking crash Northern Rock Lloyds and NatWest problems maybe history is hard to grasp.
The pound in your pocket is !!!! Crises what crises!!!
"Securitization" Northern Rock! Nothing to do with subprime!!But the facts are inescapable Labour and maths, just don't add up,never did never will,as Harold reminded us so eloquently all those years ago.Rebecca Gordon Nesbitt, take note.
Here is a link http://www.nationaldebtclock.co.uk
It's headline reads UK NATIONAL DEBT RISES AT OVER FIVE THOUSAND PER SECOND
In my opinion, the main failing of the Blair/Brown Labour governments (apart from joining the US in its war for oil money in Iraq) was NOT to control the Banks and the City of London investors. If we had more oversight of investment in this country , we could have prevented the ridiculous decisions made by London whizz-kids.
But this country is hamstrung by the failed belief that businessmen and Bankers know best. In fact, they know what is best for themselves. For the rest of us, there is just austerity.
George Nokes
The cause of the banking crisis was a failure on several levels. The repeal in the USA of the Glass -Steagall Act, led to unrestricted leveraging of debt and insecure, securitised debt packages,consisting of home loans to individuals manifestly unable to repay those loans.
In the UK,Ireland and Iceland etc financial institutions grew too big to fail and an unrestricted property and consumer boom left many in extreme difficulties.
The UK made it worse because of the lack of adequate oversight of the banks. After the Overend + Gurney failure in 1866, which led to a huge economic down turn,the bank of England was given powers of oversight over the banks. Post millennium, this oversight was restricted and the FSA was given greater powers, which it failed to use wisely.
Quantitative easing or the printing of bonds to created capital shored up the banks, but did not assist the economy. Less than 10% of QE was used to grow the economy.
One club austerity where only expenditure, especially local govt expenditure was both inept and ineffective as the current account or deficit is still there and after 8 years growth is low and anaemic.The national debt has also ballooned.
Locally, our economy relies too much on precarious seasonal work, which is neither remunerative or stimulating for those carrying out the work.
What is needed is a) Infrastructure spending as the local infrastructure is poor and the planned spending too little and poorly conceived. b) Training and education and lots of it. c) Regeneration for our failing Town Centres and d) Investment in manufacturing of all sorts, especially green energy engineering.
Jim Bob From Broadstairs
The problem you have, Dr Gordon-Nesbitt, is that no Labour government has ever left office with unemployment lower than when it started. I assume you are aware that the number of unemployed people increased by one million in Labour's last term in office? Perhaps you just don't like to dwell on it.
Rather than spend your time criticising the people of Thanet and what you suggest in this article is their unsuitability for local jobs, you should devote much more effort to considering why every time Labour get into power they leave our economy weaker with more borrowing, higher taxes and more debt – with the hard working people of Thanet paying the price. Jim Bob From Broadstairs.
Marva Rees
It doesn't seem to me that Dr Gordon-Nesbitt is criticizing the people of Thanet in this article.
Roll on the advent of a proper socialist government with not a hint of blue!


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Filmen fick 2009 en uppföljare, S. Darko.

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16-årige Donnie är inte direkt den typiske amerikanske tonårskillen, han ser och upplever underliga saker, saker som är menade för honom.
En natt faller en flygplansmotor ner i Donnies hus, av en tillfällighet blir han räddad av en man i kanindräkt som heter Frank. Frank säger att världen kommer att gå under om 28 dagar, 6 timmar, 42 minuter och 12 sekunder. Frank meddelar Donnie att han nu har en annan, högre mening med livet. Frank säger åt honom vad han ska göra och Donnie lyder för att han dels känner en tacksamhetsskuld till Frank och dels för att han nu ser en mening med livet.
Filmen grundar sig även på Deus Ex Machina. (Som kan tolkas som Guds handling "An act of God".) Donnie blir tack vare Frank väldigt intresserad av tidsresor och han inser så småningom att han är avsedd att förändra något, frågan är bara vad?

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Tom Judt has volunteered with a local non-profit organization, Rebuilding Together Oakland, for last several years. Each year he has witnessed hardship, heartache and through it experienced a missing sense of humanity. Come by and you'll hear about how our own neighbors can experience difficulties that do not make the evening news;and how spending just one day of your time can mean a lifetime of difference to some one else. Join OCSC on their volunteer days of April 18th and/or 19th with Rebuilding Together Oakland and Tom Judt to help one of our neighbors live safely in her own home.
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800 Degrees Fires Up the Ovens Starting Now
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800 Degrees Neapolitan Pizzeria
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Address: Monte Carlo, 3770 Las Vegas Blvd. S.
Status: Opens at 11 a.m.
Former Mina Group corporate executive chef Anthony Carron returns to Las Vegas with his 800 Degrees Neapolitan Pizzeria, now open on The Boulevard, the swath of restaurants right on the Las Vegas Strip at the front of the Monte Carlo. Carron said he was inspired by the pizzas at Settebello, but tired of driving to Henderson to get them. Instead, he came up with his own, reducing the cost of ingredients by sourcing from California instead of Italy.
It's an inexpensive pie here, with four classics sitting at the forefront — the Margherita for $6.65, Bianca with white sauce for $5.85, Marinara for $5.35 and Verde with pine nut-basil pesto for $7.35. Fifteen specialty pizzas make decisions easier, while add-on toppings start at $1 each. Guests in the Los Angeles outlets like to build their own pizzas and wait the 60 seconds for them to bake in the 800 degree wood-fueled ovens. So even if there's a line, it moves quickly. Most locations in LA churn out between 800 and 1,200 pizzas per day.
Sit at one of the 120 seats in a 3,000-square-foot dining room or head out to the 1,000 square feet of outdoor dining.
The restaurant plans to fire pizzas and serve beer and wine daily from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m.
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Share this Story: Ewen: Youppi! New Canadians manager grew up a big mascot fan
Ewen: Youppi! New Canadians manager grew up a big mascot fan
New Vancouver Canadians manager John Tamargo, Jr., was a massive Youppi fan as a kid. Do we really need to know much else?
Steve Ewen
Feb 24, 2016 • June 16, 2016 • 2 minute read
New Vancouver Canadians manager John Tamargo
New Vancouver Canadians manager John Tamargo, Jr., was a massive Youppi fan as a kid.
Do we really need to know much else?
Tamargo, 40, who was named the bench boss of the Short Season Single A C's on Tuesday by the parent Toronto Blue Jays, is the son of John Tamargo, Sr., who was the backup catcher to Gary Carter with the Montreal Expos in 1979-80.
"I was so young when my dad was in Montreal. The only thing I really remember was Youppi," the younger Tamargo said, pointing to the orange, hairy, Muppet-like character that was the Expos mascot and has since been adopted by the Montreal Canadiens.
"My brother and I were infatuated with Youppi back then. He was great.
"It's too bad I don't have any other real memories. My parents loved Montreal. They thought it was a great city."
Tamargo, a Tampa native, would follow his dad into pro ball as a player, after a stint at the University of Florida, where he was teammates with the likes of David Eckstein, Brad Wilkerson and Mark Ellis. Playing mostly second base, he would get as far as Triple A in the New York Mets organization, before retiring after the 2003 campaign.
His dad went into coaching after his playing career ended, eventually making it to the majors as a bench coach with Houston Astros from 1999 to 2004.
The younger Tamargo broke into coaching in 2004. He did his first full-time managing stint in 2012 with the Lansing Lugnuts, the Blue Jays affiliate one step up from the C's, in the Single A Midwest League. He ran that team there for three season before spending last year as the hitting coach with the Advanced Single A Dunedin Blue Jays.
"I have heard tremendous things from previous managers about the fans in Vancouver, and especially about the energy they bring to the game," said Tamargo, who is friendly with former C's bench bosses Clayton McCullough and John Schneider. "The ballpark, from what I have heard, is tremendous."
Besides McCullough and Schneider, Tamargo can also turn to his father if he has any questions about guiding a team in the C's Northwest League. John, Sr., guided one of Vancouver's rivals, the Everett AquaSox, in 2009. Everett's a Seattle Mariners' farm team.
"He loved the league," John, Jr., said of his father, who has retired from baseball now. "He loved how competitive it was. He loved the scenery in that part of the country."
The pair had a head-to-head matchup in 2010 in the Midwest League, when John, Sr., was guiding the Clinton LumberKings and John, Jr., was with Lansing. John, Jr., was the team's hitting coach but had a stint as interim manager while Sal Fasano took a leave to spend time with his family.
Lansing beat Clinton 12-7 in that game.
Along with Tamargo, the Blue Jays also named Dave Pano hitting coach in Vancouver on Tuesday and Willie Collazo pitching coach on Tuesday. Pano is back for a sixth straight season with Vancouver. Collazo was with the Gulf Coast League Blue Jays last season.
Vancouver opens its season June 17 in Spokane. The home opener is June 20 against Everett.
Schneider, who was at the helm of the C's last summer, is managing Lansing this season.
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Tropical climate and its abundant sunlight could be considered as treasures in building design if used with strategies. Sunlight provides a natural lighting and can lead to energy saving. But, as mentioned before, it should be utilized with thorough considerations to eliminate the disadvantages. For instance, if a building utilizes sunlight as its day lighting, it should be designed to prevent the heat that comes along with it. Otherwise, the building will be exposed to direct heat and as the consequence, the temperature inside the building will climb drastically.
There are two ways to tackle this problem concerning energy efficiency; preventive technique and heat dissipation technique. The preventive technique provides a protection and prevention from heat. It covers all kinds of techniques to minimize the impact of direct solar heat through building envelope. These techniques are applied according to the building orientation and local climate. In tropical climate countries such as Malaysia, self-shading system is suggested to be a potential solution to prevent solar radiation.
The ST (Suruhanjaya Tenaga) Diamond Building in Malaysia has implemented these strategies together with other energy saving techniques. As a result, this office building carries two Platinum Certificates of green building. These certificates came from Malaysia's Green Building Index (GBI) and Singapore's Green Mark. Later on, the regional ASEAN Award 2012 and the second place of global ASHRAE Technology Award 2013 have also been given to ST Diamond Building for its innovative design.
In tropical regions, a lot of office buildings are built without considering the solar heat. The common design of building envelope leaves the building exposed to direct solar radiation. When office jobs force employees to spend most of their time inside, cooling systems should be set up to provide a comfortable environment. Hence the high demand of energy to cool the rooms inside the building. The 7-storey ST Diamond Building has a particular shading system to prevent it.
In accordance with its name, the building adopts a diamond shape. It slants downwards and inwards. This shape was designed in concern to the climate and solar path of equatorial Malaysia. The solar studies for this building showed that the North and South facades could be fully self-shaded throughout the year if tilted by 25⁰. Along with that, the technique also reduces the solar impact by 41% for the East and West facades.
Additionally, ST Diamond Building is completed with dynamic shading system at the crown of the atrium. The dynamic shading system takes the form of an automatic roller blind with six different configurations. Each configuration reflects the suitable day lighting levels at all times while the blinds also serve as a sunshade. The 30% transmittance blinds are adjusted every 15 minutes. They change following three different control strategies for morning, mid-day and evening.


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Priyanka Chopra, While in London, Takes a Sensuous Elevator Selfie and Has Dinner With Friends. See Images
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Fans got a look at actor Priyanka Chopra's trip to London, which was full of selfies and dinner. Priyanka posted a mirror selfie from inside an elevator to her Instagram Stories on Tuesday. While she looked at her phone, the actor struck a pose. Priyanka wore a purple dress, a purple coat, and heels to the event. She also had a small bag with her. Priyanka put the location as London, UK, in the geo-tag.
Priyanka had earlier posted a picture of her crew standing in a restaurant's kitchen. As they posed for the picture, they all smiled and laughed. Priyanka posted the picture and wrote, "That's a crew (red heart emoji)" She also put the hashtag "#Londonlife" on the post. Priyanka also put all of her friends on the list.
Priyanka also gave a hint when she sat down at a table in the restaurant Strakers London before dinner. Two of Priyanka's friends posed with her for the selfie, which she took herself. Dana Supnick Guidoni was the one who first shared the post on Instagram. In the post's title, it said, "V excited for dinner tonight @strakers__. All things …(butter emoji) @thomas straker."
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Priyanka's trip to London comes just a few days after she hosted the Los Angeles premiere of Chhello Show (Last Film Show). Priyanka shared pictures from the event with the caption, "The least I can do is always support the industry that taught me all I know about my job. So proud of the amazing movies that come out of Indian cinema. Chhello Show being one of the special ones. Good luck team! Go get 'em."
Also, she wrote, "P.S. Chhello Show (Last Film Show) is a regional language movie (Gujurati) that has been chosen to represent India at the 95th Academy Awards in the Best International Feature Film category. This amazing movie was written and directed by Pan Nalin. It's about a 9-year-old boy named @iambhavinrabari who loves movies. P.P.S. Thank you, @ iiishmagish, for letting the team use your LA home for the screening!"
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As I mentioned yesterday, my sites were crashed by a flood of soap opera fans who rushed over to my site ParentingWithCancer.com. Posts and Facebook likes disappeared, so now I'm reposting some of the faves. And this one sure was:
There are two five-word phrases that every generation says once they hit middle age, and yet they think they're the only ones to ever say it: "When I was your age" and "…and we turned out fine." Because "when I was your age" we didn't have XYZ (cell phones/TVs/indoor plumbing/etc.), "and we turned out fine."
The latest in this vein is the video below, aimed squarely at my generation born in the 60s, 70, and 80s. (Except the black and white parts. The world was in color by the time Generation X arrived.) It's a classic "And We Turned Out Fine," steeped in nostalgia and voiced over with sarcasm. Yet I feel the need to point out what the video missed:
We suffered concussions, and parents, teachers, and coaches told us to "shake it off," because back then, children had magical powers to offset traumatic brain injuries.
Nobody watched us while we went off playing, except that creepy guy who lived next to the park who always tried to lure us into his house with candy. But there was nothing we could do about him. I mean, it's not like he ever hurt any children, right, or else the neighborhood would have been warned with some sort of pedophile list. Oh, wait…
Empathy for hurt feelings meant hugs until age 6 or 7, and then "suck it up" or "be a man" after that. Because nobody likes a crybaby.
Anyone with a Spanish accent was "Puerto Rican" no matter where they were born, African Americans were "from the ghetto," and homosexuality was Billy Crystal on "Soap." (When his character came out, his brother said. "We're brothers, and I'm not gay. And if I'm not gay, you're not gay." See? Logical.)
You had to watch a TV show the moment it aired or you'd never see it. Well, you could see it in the summer, because there was nothing but re-runs on TV for three months.
As the video said, "Little League had tryouts, and not everybody made the team." Especially girls, until Title IX changed that. I was the only girl on my team, which made one father so angry, he heckled me. No one stopped him, because there were no Sportsmanship Pledges back then. Just a grown man yelling at a little girl, because she was better at first base than his son was. Instead of dealing with him, my coach told me to "suck it up."
Bullies were just "boys being boys." Mean girls were just "popular," and maybe if you'd stop playing ball with the boys at recess and act like a girl, they'd be nicer to you.
The only thing keeping us from being jettisoned through the windshield when our mothers slammed on the brakes of their station wagons was Mom's right arm.
When we were done with our Happy Meals and glass Coke bottles, we threw the garbage out the windows of our cars. Seriously.
According to television commercials, a "complete breakfast" included orange juice, white toast with a pat of melting butter, and a bowl of colorfully dyed cereal so bad for you, it often had "Sugar" in its title.
If you fell sick while at school, you had to lie around the nurse's office for hours because there was no way to reach your mom. And it was always your mom, not your dad.
People drank "one for the road," and then sped down the highway toward your mom's station wagon. (See above: jettison through windshield.)
We paid for music — and we had to buy a dozen songs at once — only to have the cassette player chew up the tape. So we taped (literally) the songs off the radio, trying to time the recording to stop before the DJ talked.
We drank instant coffee.
But you go ahead and get all nostalgic for this version of when we grew up. Because you know, we turned out fine.
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Richard Hayman and his wife have remodelled their home for the second — and hopefully final — time. On the improvement list: widening all doorways for wheelchair access.
Aged 70 and 68, respectively, they're thinking about their future — even though they don't yet use wheelchairs. They, like many retirees, have no plans to leave their house.
This sentiment is common, said Allison Smith, Ph.D., of the Centre for Ageing Better in London. "We know that the majority of older people want to remain in their home and community as they age." In the UK, 90% of older people have this intention, she said. The numbers are the same in the US.
Will you still be mowing your lawn and raking leaves when you're 80?
If you or a loved one are considering staying home for the long-haul, here's what you should know.
What it will take: A successful plan for ageing at home will require strong mental and physical acuity and a solid financial plan. Yet, you'll need a willingness to ask for help when needed, such as when accessing local services and acquiring in-home help — along with the money to pay for it. In the UK, home health care costs about £15 ($22.72) an hour, and in the US it's around $20 per hour.
How long you need to prepare: "Planning and preparing for what you might need to support your independence should be done as early as is possible," Smith said. You might need to make alterations to your home to make it suitable for living when you are in your seventies, eighties or nineties. You also need to consider what social support and networks you want to be close to, such as family and friends.
Do it later: Make changes with the future in mind. The worst time to 'age-proof' your home is after you've had a fall and need them immediately. Costs will be lower if you're not in a rush and you can take your time to shop around. Consider that a basic grab bar installation can cost as little as $200, but remodelling an entire bathroom could cost $20,000 or more if you need to widen the doorway, install a walk-in shower, and alter the height of counter tops, toilet and shelving to accommodate a wheelchair.
When you renovate your home, think about whether the design you're considering will be old-age friendly. And so-called "ageless design" isn't as utilitarian-looking as it once was.
Do it smarter: Stay active. Remaining at home long-term depends largely on being physically capable of getting around. In one study, men and women between the ages of 70 and 89 who participated in an exercise program that included daily walking, strength and balance exercises were 28% less likely to have mobility issues after two and a half years. The longer you can stay healthy and competent, the longer you can stay in your own home.
Consider the social implications. Yes, you'll be surrounded by your cherished possessions and cooking in your familiar kitchen. But when a spouse dies and your friends start to move on, it will get lonely. "If you're healthy and active and have friends nearby, then it's great," Cohen said. But if you're not, he warned, there are some significant downsides.


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The term "Paris Commune" originally referred to the government of Paris during the French Revolution. However, the term more commonly refers to the socialist government that briefly ruled Paris from March 18 (more formally from March 26) to May 28, 1871.
In a formal sense the Paris Commune of 1871 was simply the local authority (council of a town or district - French "commune") which exercised power in Paris for two months in the spring of 1871. But the conditions in which it was formed, its controversial decrees and tortured end make it one of the more important political episodes of the time.
2 The rise and nature of the commune
3 The assault
4 The commune in retrospect
6 References and external links
Destruction of the Vendôme Column during the Paris Commune
The Commune was made possible through a civil uprising of all revolutionist trends within Paris after the Franco-Prussian War ended with French defeat. The war with Prussia, started by Napoleon III ("Louis Bonaparte") in July 1870, turned out disastrously for the French and by September Paris itself was under siege. The gap between rich and poor in the capital had widened in recent years and now food shortages and the continuous Prussian bombardment were adding to an already widespread discontent. Working people were becoming more open to radical ideas. A specific demand was that Paris should be self-governing, with its own elected Commune, something enjoyed by most French towns, but denied Paris by a government wary of the capital's unruly populace. An associated but more vague wish was for a fairer, if not necessarily socialist, way of managing the economy, summed up in the popular cry for "La Sociale!"
In January, 1871, when the siege had lasted for four months, Louis-Adolphe Thiers, soon to be Chief Executive (later President) of the Third Republic, sought an armistice. The Prussians included the occupation of Paris in the peace terms. Despite the hardships of the siege many Parisians were bitterly resentful and were particularly angry that the Prussians should be allowed a brief ceremonial occupation of their city.
By that time many tens of thousands of Parisians were armed members of a citizens' militia known as the "National Guard", which had been greatly expanded to help defend the city. Battalions in the poorer districts elected their own officers and possessed many of the cannons which had been founded in Paris and paid for by public subscription. The city and its National Guard had withstood the Prussian troops for six months. The population of Paris was defiant in the face of occupation — they limited the Prussian presence to a small area of the city and policed the boundary.
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Women and children help take two Guards' cannon to Montmartre: contemporary sketch
Steps were being taken to form a "Central Committee" of the Guard, and Louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of the French government, the new Third Republic, realised that in the present unstable situation this body could come to form an alternative centre of political power. In addition, he was concerned that the workers would arm themselves with the National Guard weapons and provoke the Prussians.
The events at this juncture are confused, but what is clear is that before the Prussians entered Paris, National Guards, helped by ordinary working people, managed to take the cannons (which they regarded as their own property) away from the Prussians' path and store them in "safe" districts. One of the chief "cannon parks" was on the heights of Montmartre.
The rise and nature of the commune
The Prussians entered Paris briefly and left again without incident. But Paris continued to be encircled while the issue of war indemnities dragged on.
As the Central Committee of the National Guard was adopting an increasingly radical stance and steadily gaining in authority, the government could not indefinitely allow it to have four hundred cannons at its disposal. And so, as a first step, on March 18 Thiers ordered regular troops to seize the cannons stored on the Buttes Montmartre. Instead of following instructions, however, the soldiers, whose morale was in any case not high, fraternised with National Guards and local residents. When their general, Claude Martin Lecomte, ordered them to fire on an unarmed crowd they dragged him from his horse. He was later shot, together with General Thomas, a hated former commander of the Guard who was picked up by a mob in the Outer Boulevards.
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Generals Lecomte and Thomas being shot in Montmartre after their troops join the rebellion: a photographic reconstruction, not an actual photograph
Other army units joined in the rebellion which spread so rapidly that President Thiers ordered an immediate evacuation of Paris by as many of the regular forces as would obey; by the police; and by administrators and specialists of every kind. He himself fled, ahead of them, to Versailles. The Central Committee of the National Guard was now the only effective government in Paris: it almost immediately abdicated its authority and arranged elections for a Commune, to be held on March 26.
The 92 members of the Commune (or, more correctly, of the "Communal Council") included skilled workers, several "professionals" (such as doctors and journalists), and a large number of political activists, ranging from reformist republicans, through various types of socialists, to the Jacobins who tended to look back nostalgically to the Revolution of 1789. The charismatic socialist, Louis Auguste Blanqui, was elected President of the Council, but this was in his absence, for he had been arrested on March 17 and was held in a secret prison throughout the life of the Commune. The Paris Commune was proclaimed on March 28, although local districts often retained the organizations from the siege.
Despite internal differences, the Council made a good start in maintaining the public services essential for a city of two million; it was also able to reach a consensus on certain policies whose content tended towards a progressive social democracy rather than a social revolution. Lack of time (the Commune was able to meet on fewer than 60 days in all) meant that only a few decrees were actually implemented. These included: the remission of rents for the entire period of the siege (during which they had been raised considerably by many landlords); the abolition of night work in the hundreds of Paris bakeries; the abolition of the guillotine; the granting of pensions to the unmarried companions of National Guards killed on active service, as well as to the children if any; the free return, by the state pawnshops, of all workmen's tools of their trade, pledged during the siege as they were concerned that skilled workers had been forced to pawn their tools during the war; they postponed debt obligations, and abolished interest on the debts; and, in an important departure from strictly "reformist" principles, the right of employees to take over and run an enterprise if it were deserted by its owner.
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The Commune returns workmen's tools pawned during the siege
They ended conscription and replaced the standing army with a National Guard of all citizens who could bear arms. Projected legislation separated the church from the state, made all church property state property, and excluded religion from schools. The churches were only allowed to continue their religious activity if they kept their doors open to public political meetings during the evenings. This made the churches the chief participatory political centres of the Commune. Other projected legislation dealt with educational reforms which would make further education and technical training freely available to all.
The commune adopted the previously discarded French Republican Calendar during its brief existence and used the red flag rather than the tricolore.
The load of work was eased by several factors, although the Council members (who were not "representatives" but delegates, subject to immediate recall by their electors) were expected to carry out many executive functions as well as their legislative ones. The numerous ad hoc organisations set up during the siege in the localities ("quartiers") to meet social needs (canteens, first aid stations) continued to thrive and cooperated with the Commune.
At the same time, these local assemblies pursued their own goals, usually under the direction of local workers. Despite the formal reformism of the Commune council, the composition of the Commune as a whole was much more revolutionist. Revolutionary trends present included anarchist and socialists, Blanquists, and more libertarian republicans. The Paris Commune has been celebrated by anarchist and Marxist socialists continuously until the present day, partly due to the variety of tendencies, the high degree of workers' control and the remarkable cooperation among different revolutionists.
In the IIIe arrondissement, for instance, school materials were provided free, three schools were laicised and an orphanage was established. In the XXe arrondissement, school children were provided with free clothing and food. There were many similar examples. But a vital ingredient in the Commune's relative success at this stage was the initiative shown by ordinary workers in the public domain, who managed to take on the responsibilities of the administrators and specialists removed by Thiers.
Friedrich Engels, Marx's closest associate, would later maintain that the absence of a standing army, the self-policing of the "quartiers", and other features meant that the Commune was no longer a "state" in the old, repressive sense of the term: it was a transitional form, moving towards the abolition of the state as such. Its future development, however, was to remain a theoretical question. After only a week it came under attack by elements of the new army (which included former prisoners of war released by the Prussians) being created at a furious pace in Versailles.
The assault
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Map showing the progress of the Versaillese troops through Paris in La Semaine Sanglante (the final assault against the Commune). Click map to see a larger image or to download a high-resolution image.
The Commune was assaulted from April 2 by the government forces of the Versailles Army, and the city was constantly bombarded. The government advantage was such that from mid-April on they refused to negotiate.
The outer suburb of Courbevoie was captured, and a delayed attempt by the Commune's own forces to march on Versailles failed ignominiously. Defence and survival became overriding considerations. The working-class women of Paris now played a steadily more important role. They served with the National Guard and even formed a battalion of their own which later fought heroically to defend the Place Blanche, a key to Montmartre. (But we should note that even under the Commune women did not have the vote, and there were no female members of the Council.)
Strong support came also from the large foreign community of political refugees and exiles in Paris: one of them, the Polish ex-officer and fighter for the independence of his country from Russia, Jaroslaw Dombrowski, was to be the Commune's best general. The Council was fully committed to internationalism, and it was in the name of brotherhood that the Vendôme Column, celebrating the victories of Napoleon I, and considered by the Commune to be a monument to chauvinism, was pulled down.
Abroad, there were rallies and messages of goodwill sent by trade union and socialist organisations, including some in Germany. But any hopes of getting serious help from other French cities were soon dashed. Thiers and his ministers in Versailles managed to prevent almost all information from leaking out of Paris; and in provincial and rural France there had always been a sceptical attitude towards the activities of the metropolis. Movements at Narbonne, Limoges, and Marseilles were rapidly crushed.
As the situation deteriorated further, a section of the Council won a vote (opposed by bookbinder Eugène Varlin, a correspondent of Karl Marx, and by other moderates) for the creation of a "Committee of Public Safety", modelled on the Jacobin organ with the same title, formed in 1792. Its powers were extensive and ruthless. But the time when a strong central authority could have helped was now almost past.
On May 21 a gate in the western part of the fortified city wall of Paris was forced (or, more probably, betrayed) and Versaillese troops began the reconquest of the city, first occupying the prosperous western districts where they were made welcome by those residents who had not left Paris after the armistice.
The strong local loyalties which had been a positive feature of the Commune now became something of a disadvantage: instead of an overall planned defence, each "quartier" fought desperately for survival and was overcome in its turn. The webs of narrow streets which made entire districts nearly impregnable in earlier Parisian revolutions had been largely replaced by wide boulevards. The Versaillese enjoyed a centralised command and had modern artillery.
During the assault, the government troops were culpable in the slaughter of unarmed citizens: prisoners were shot out of hand and multiple executions were commonplace. In a futile gesture of defiance on May 27, a mob seized and brutally murdered 50 hostages, several of them priests, who had been held by the Commune. In all, government losses were around nine hundred. These deaths were to be avenged many times over.
The toughest resistance came in the more working-class districts of the east, where fighting continued for a further eight days of vicious street fighting (La Semaine sanglante, the bloody week). By the May 27 only a few pockets of resistance remained, notably the poorer eastern districts of Belleville and Ménilmontant.
At four o'clock in the afternoon of the next day the last barricade, in the rue Ramponeau in Belleville, fell, and Marshall MacMahon issued a proclamation: "To the inhabitants of Paris. The French army has come to save you. Paris is freed! At 4 o'clock our soldiers took the last insurgent position. Today the fight is over. Order, work and security will be reborn."
Commune prisoners being marched to Versailles: from a contemporary illustrated magazine
Reprisals now began in earnest. Having supported the Commune in any way was declared a crime, of which thousands could be, and were, accused. Some of the Communards were shot against what is now known as the Communards' Wall in the Père Lachaise cemetery while thousands of others were marched to Versailles for trials. Few Communards escaped, mainly through the Prussian lines to the north. For many days endless columns of men, women and children made a painful way under military escort to temporary prison quarters in Versailles. Later they were tried; a few were executed; many were condemned to hard labour; many more were deported for long terms or for life to virtually uninhabited French islands in the Pacific. The number of killed during La Semaine Sanglante can never be established for certain but the best estimates are 30,000 dead, many more wounded, and perhaps as many as 50,000 later executed or imprisoned; 7,000 were exiled to New Caledonia. For the imprisoned there was a general amnesty in 1889.
Paris remained under martial law for five years.
The commune in retrospect
The better-off citizens of Paris, and many of the earlier historians of the Commune, saw it as a classic example of mob rule, terrifying and yet at the same time inexplicable. Most later historians, even those on the right, have recognised the value of some of the Commune's reforms and have deplored the savagery of its repression. However, they have found it difficult to explain the unprecedented hatred which the Commune aroused in the middle and upper classes.
On the left, there have been many who criticise the Commune for showing too great moderation, especially given the grave situation it was in. Karl Marx found it aggravating that the Communards "lost precious moments" organizing democratic elections rather than instantly finishing off Versailles once and for all. France's national bank, located in Paris and storing billions of francs, was left untouched and unguarded by the Communards. Timidly they asked to borrow money from the bank (which of course they got without any hesitation). The Communards chose not to seize the bank's assets because they were afraid that the world would condemn them if they did. Thus large amounts of money were moved from Paris to Versailles, money that financed the army that crushed the Commune.
Communists, left-wing socialists, anarchists and others have seen the Commune as a model for, or a prefiguration of, a liberated society, with a political system based on participatory democracy from the grass roots up. Marx and Engels, Bakunin, and later Lenin and Trotsky tried to draw major theoretical lessons (in particular as regards the "withering away of the state") from the limited experience of the Commune. A more pragmatic lesson was drawn by the diarist Edmond de Goncourt, who wrote, three days after La Semaine sanglante, "...the bleeding has been done thoroughly, and a bleeding like that, by killing the rebellious part of a population, postpones the next revolution... The old society has twenty years of peace before it..."
The Paris Commune has been subject to the awe of many communist leaders. Mao would refer to it often. Lenin, along with Marx, judged the Commune a living example of the dictatorship of the proletariat. At his funeral he had his body wrapped in the remains of a red flag preserved from the Commune. The Soviet spaceflight Voskhod 1 carried part of a communard banner from the Paris Commune for propaganda purposes. Also, the Bolsheviks renamed the dreadnought battleship Sevastopol to Parizhskaya Kommuna in honor of the Commune.
Medieval commune
References and external links
The two most important primary sources are:
The verbatim record of the sessions of the Commune (Procès-verbaux de la Commune. 2 vols., Paris, 1944-1945) — long out of print, though secondhand copies are to be found
The history of the Commune by Prosper-Olivier Lissagaray, an observant and reliable journalist with socialist convictions who was present at or close to most of the events he describes (Histoire de la Commune de 1871. Most recent edition, 3 vols in 1, Paris, Maspero, 1969), which is available in English translation online (http://www.marxists.org/history/france/archive/lissagaray/index.htm)).
Another online classic is Marx's own contemporary analysis, The Civil War in France (http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1871/civil-war-france/index.htm), written during and immediately after the events.
For anarchist analysis of the events, two important documents from the time are Mikhail Bakunin's The Paris Commune and the Idea of the State and Peter Kropotkin's The Commune of Paris
Also online is Agor@'s book-length site about the Commune (http://www.chez.com/durru/lmichel/lacommune.htm) (in French)
Returning to primary sources, there is a well-written account in 4 volumes called Les Convulsions de Paris (Paris, 1878) by the journalist Maxime du Camp who takes a hard and rhetorical right-wing position. His book can be found in major libraries or through Galaxidion (http://www.galaxidion.com/home/catalogues) the main French online source for secondhand and antiquarian books.
Two carefully researched histories in English, readily available secondhand, are:
Alistair Horne. The Fall of Paris. The Siege and the Commune 1870-71. London, Macmillan, 1965. (A much shorter but lavishly illustrated version was published in 1971 under the title, The Terrible Year). Broadly neutral in its judgements.
Frank Jellinek. The Paris Commune of 1871. London, Gollancz, 1937. Also, N.Y., Grosset & Dunlap, 1965. Written from a socialist point of view.
The Revolutionary Idea in France 1789-1871 by Godfrey Elton (London, Edwin Arnold, 1923), available in many university libraries, is one of the few books which places the Commune in a longer-term historical perspective. It is conservative in tone.
The fullest bibliography of the Commune is that of Robert le Quillec: La Commune de Paris. Bibliographie Critique 1871-1997. Paris, La Boutique de l'Histoire, 1997. 2660 books, pamphlets and other materials are listed.
As well as innumerable novels (mainly in French) set in the Commune, at least three plays have been written and performed: Nederlaget, by the Norwegian Nordahl Grieg; Die Tage der Commune by Bertolt Brecht; and Le Printemps 71 by Arthur Adamov.
There have been numerous films set in the Commune: the most recent as of 2005 is also the longest (5¾ hours). La Commune Paris 1871 (http://www.nfb.ca/trouverunfilm/fichefilm.php?id=51056&lg=en&exp=&v=h) was made in Montmartre in 2000 and directed by Peter Watkins. As in most of his other films he uses ordinary people instead of actors, to create a documentary effect.
The Italian composer, Luigi Nono, also wrote an opera "Al gran sole carico d'amore" ("In the Bright Sunshine, Heavy with Love") that is based on the Paris Commune.
Other external links:
Norman Barth writing on the Commune in Paris Kiosque (http://www.paris.org/Kiosque/may01/commune.html)
Discussion of the Commune in "An Anarchist FAQ" (http://www.infoshop.org/faq/secA5.html#seca51)
Association Les Amis de la Commune de Paris (1871) (http://perso.club-internet.fr/lacomune/pages/parent.html) (in French)
A short abstract and several famous songs from "La Commune" (http://revoltes.free.fr/mot.php?id_mot=2) (in french language)de:Pariser Kommune
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Chile Rocked by Tremors of a Growing Protest Movement
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In Chile, one of Latin America's wealthiest nations, anger and resentment over corruption and economic inequality reached a boiling point over the weekend.
Protests in Chile continue, with the government declaring a state of emergency and deploying the military into the streets to quell growing unrest and instability.
Ordinary Chileans have not enjoyed the benefits of economic prosperity, with a decline in purchasing power, stagnation in wages, and an overall rise in prices.
The government must not overreact to civil unrest with force, as the memories of violence committed by the military junta in previous years remains fresh.
Around the world, protests are intensifying in a diverse array of countries and regions. From Spain to Hong Kong and Iraq to Lebanon, demonstrations have been fueled by a mixture of civilians' grievances. The most recent protests to make headlines are occurring in Chile, the Latin American nation where anger and resentment over corruption and economic inequality reached a boiling point over the weekend. The situation in Chile is noteworthy because the country is relatively prosperous and politically stable. But that prosperity has been concentrated in the hands of a few, leaving the vast majority of Chileans to struggle with debt, economic insecurity, and a dearth of services. The current protests in Chile began with youth jumping the turnstiles in metro stations to protest an increase in transit fares.
The situation has since metastasized, quickly morphing into a more broad-based protest in response to widespread inequality and endemic corruption. Some of the protests were violent, with demonstrators clashing with the police and burning stores and metro stations. On October 21st, President Sebastián Piñera declared a state of emergency and implemented a curfew. He also ordered the military, which has played a contentious and notorious role in Chile's history, to restore order. Chile has made remarkable strides since the end of the military juntas that terrorized and murdered its citizens under the draconian reign of Augusto Pinochet, a brutal dictator who ruled Chile from 1973 until 1990. It is unclear how long the current protests will last. In Sudan and Hong Kong, protests have ebbed and flowed for months. President Piñera revoked the transit fare increase, but it remains unclear how far he will go to assuage the protesters' demands.
Copper exports are among Chile's most lucrative resources, but revenues have declined drastically due to a drop in the price of metal commodities. Meanwhile, oil and foodstuffs are more expensive, squeezing the average Chilean even further. Like numerous other administrations in Chile over the past several decades, President Piñera's government believes that lowering taxes on society's most wealthy will 'trickle down' and encourage private investment. Government investment is considered wasteful, and as a result, infrastructure, education, healthcare, and pensions are deemed by many to be inadequate. The average Chilean has not enjoyed the benefits of a national economic growth, with a decline in purchasing power, a stagnation in average wages, and an overall rise in prices. Investors looking for quick and high returns are uninterested in the long-term benefits of public health and infrastructure, leading to an acceleration in economic inequality.
Even with its obvious problems, Chile is still in a better position economically than most of its neighbors and many other countries in Latin America. Venezuela remains mired in economic freefall with a staggering rate of refugees fleeing the country and pervasive violence in society. In other Latin American countries, including Brazil and Colombia, criminal gangs and the drug trade are ubiquitous. Chile has avoided most of these crises but is not immune to further instability and social unrest. The government must be careful not to overreact to the violence perpetrated by some of the protesters—the memory of the crimes committed by the military in the 1970s and 1980s are still fresh. There are no easy answers to the unrest facing Chile. Rather, it will take sustained engagement and long-term strategy by the government and society to reverse the growing economic inequality in one of Latin America's most prosperous countries.
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DIY Bi-carb and honey mask!
Recently I've been getting into face masks. But... since I don't like buying them from the shops, I've been making my own! And I'm really excited about the results. One in particular has been working wonders on my skin, so here I share with you the super-exfoliating bi-carb and honey face mask!
There are only three ingredients: bi-carb soda, honey, and either milk OR olive oil.
Bi-carb soda is a cleanser and also is a great exfoliant, and honey is full of goodness. It's apparently an anti-bacterial so will help with any acne. The olive oil is moisturising and cleansing, and the milk is calming and soothing. I don't put both in because then the mixture becomes too runny, but I have tried it with both. It's smoother if you use milk.
Mix up 1 teaspoon of honey with 1.5 teaspoons of bi-carb soda, stir it up and then add enough milk or olive oil to make it a nice paste consistency. If it is still too thick, pop it in the microwave for 12 seconds to melt the honey a bit.
Now remember to tie your hair back! Slap it on a clean face any old how and rub it in circular motions with your fingers. Now leave it for about 10 - 15 minutes.
Grab a face washer and run it under hot water. Put it on your face and just hold it there for a minute. Now rub in circular motions again, and really exfoliate your face. You should feel the little granules working against your skin. Just keep washing your face in this way until it's all clean!
This mask is quite drying, so make sure you moisturise with something delicious and luxurious. When I do this, my face always feels smooth and clean! It also has been helping with some nasty breakouts I've been having.
Let me know how you go with this lovely mask!


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Our integrative approach to beauty melds herbal skincare traditions with innovative technology and complementary healing modalities to holistically address the full range of skin conditions & concerns. Our quiet, intimate studio offers classic facials, integrative facials, energy medicine and soon, laser & photofacials! Osteopathic Manipulation and medical evaluation are also offered on-site with Guy A. DeFeo, D.O.
We utilize only the purest, highest performing natural and organic beauty products in our treatments, and offer a curated selection of botanical based products at retail.
We are located just off of Portland Rd/Route 1 in Kbunk. Once in the 62 Post Rd Ctr neighborhood, we're in a light green building just ahead & to the left. We are street-facing & our sign is visible.


Anyway, with all the heat and humidity last week, the only thing that seemed appropriate was to go visit a new beach this weekend! Our destination this time was Botany Bay on Edisto Island. No dogs allowed, so poor Charlotte had to sit this one out. It was pretty nice to have it be just Curtis and I though, I guess every once in a while we do need a "date" without the dog! Botany Bay is about an hour and a half away from Charleston, and has no admission fee. The beach is the main attraction that draws in visitors, but there is also a driving tour where you can learn about the history and environment.
One thing that sets this beach apart from other beaches we've visited is that collecting shells is illegal. Because of this, they are all over the place – literally. People take the really cool whelks, giant shells, and sand dollars that they find and display them on trees and driftwood. Yes, this is also a driftwood beach! It was getting to be near high tide when we arrived, which left very little beach exposed and made our walk more interesting. As we were strolling down the half mile trail that goes over the swamp land from the parking lot to the beach, the majority of people we saw were heading the opposite way. I guess by missing low tide, we also missed the crowds, and were almost always alone on our long walk. I'm not sure the exact distance, but we walked far past the driftwood section, into the great open area and probably made it halfway back to Charleston. 😉 We still say that Hunting Island is our favorite beach down here though – this one was pretty cool, but Hunting wins on account of Curtis being able to metal detect! We also have fond memories of it because there were hardly any people there when we visited – however, that was back in the winter, and I guess not everyone goes to the beach when it's winter, so it could very well be just as busy if not busier than all the other beaches are now.
When we were finished walking, we made our way back over the swamp to our car. As we walked, we enjoyed seeing the little fiddler crabs with big pinchers crab-crawling all over the ground on either side of the trail. They were so funny to watch! It was getting considerably warmer and more humid and becoming rather uncomfortable, even with the ocean breezes. We decided to do the driving tour, and only stopped to see one of the stops along the way.
So for a little brief history on this area: This land was once made up of 2 different plantations: Bleak Hall Plantation and Sea Cloud Plantation. Today, all that's left of the mansions is a brick foundation for Sea Cloud, and the ice house and gardening shed of Bleak Hall – the mansion itself from the early 1800's burned down. Bleak Hall was developed by the Townsend family 1798, and they occupied the plantation through the generations until the 1930's. In the mid-1800's, John Townsend bought the Sea Cloud Plantation, and turned the whole area into a thriving cotton plantation. However, during the Civil War, the island was evacuated and occupied by Union Soldiers, and the whole island suffered from this. The Townsends labored diligently to rebuild the booming plantation they once had, but in the 1920's the boll weevil destroyed the cotton industry in all of South Carolina. In the 1930's, the land was bought by Dr. James Greenway, who renamed the whole area Botany Bay. The last man to own the property was John Meyer, who purchased it in 1968.
How did it become a wildlife preserve owned by the state of South Carolina? Because Meyer illegally built a pond on the land, and in order to get away without repercussions, he made an agreement with the state that once he and his wife passed the land would all be given over to the state. They took good care of the land after that, and that is how Botany Bay came to be!
The driving tour takes you past both of the ruins. We stopped to see the ice house and gardener's shed – there is also a trail here that leads to a memorial and lookout over the Edisto River. We started to take the trail, but decided not to go all the way because humidity and mosquitos were so bad! This proved to not be a waste of time, however, because we found $12 on the trail. Free lunch! Haha. After that, we continued the drive around the ponds and past the Sea Cloud Plantation ruins before making our way back to the mainland. The road to the plantation is gorgeous though – it's all dirt roads through a lush green canopy of trees and Spanish moss hanging over the road.


Few would debate that the content-marketing trend is growing; the good news is that recent Aberdeen research unlocks key elements in the formula for success. The study results released in July 2013, explore the content marketing practices of 96 marketing practitioners, representing 81 companies. In short, the study identifies high performing marketing teams; dubbed "Leaders", compares them to their "Followers" counterparts, and delves into the specific practices they employ to deliver better business results.


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U.K. PM: No 'Half-In, Half-Out' Brexit Solution
U.K. British Prime Minister Theresa May delivers a speech on the government's plans for Brexit at Lancaster House in London on January 17.
British Prime Minister Theresa May says the country won't seek a "half-in, half-out" solution to Brexit negotiations and will make a clean break from the European Union.
In a January 17 speech laying out her priorities for Brexit, May called for a "new and equal partnership" with the EU, "not partial membership of the European Union, associate membership of the European Union, or anything that leaves us half-in, half-out."
May said her country "cannot possibly" remain within the European single market, as staying in it would mean "not leaving the EU at all."
But she promised to push for the "greatest possible" access to the single market following Brexit.
The prime minister also said the final exit deal agreed between Britain and the European Union would be put to parliament for a vote.
May has said she will invoke Article 50 of the EU treaty by March 31, which will formally begin a two-year process of negotiating Britain's departure.
Based on reporting by the BBC and Reuters


SUMMERTIME ROLLS JIZO-ANARCHO figure by Toby Dutkiewicz, produced by Devils Head Productions // Rotocasted: Toy collecting library.
Riffing off the very obvious stolen namesake, these Jizo-Anarcho have that awesome chill summer vibe from head to toe. These Jizos have been cast in soft army green Japanese vinyl and painted with shades of yellow, soft blue and silver sprays. Made in Japan. Not intended for children under 14 years old.


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The Ruskin
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The Complete Works of John Ruskin
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Ruskin's Venice: 'The Paradise of Cities'
Ruskin's Venice
8 January - 26 March 2000
Exploring John Ruskin's experience of Venice through its history, art and architecture.
It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of Venice to Ruskin's life, emotionally as well as intellectually. After experiencing a taste of Italy in 1833, John Ruskin's earliest visit to Venice came two years later, in 1835. Further visits in 1841 and 1845 (the first without his parents) convinced him that it was "the paradise of cities".
John Ruskin: Spandril decoration, the Ducal Palace, 1851 (The Stones of Venice, Vol. 1)
Like so many English visitors, he was initially seduced by its romantic beauty, but later he chose to undertake a far deeper study of its history, art and architecture than anyone had previously attempted, specifically in his major work The Stones of Venice (three volumes). In total, he made eleven trips to the city.
Raffaele Carloforti: Head of Noah, from the Vine Angle, 1876; John Wharlton Bunney: Solomon and David, from a Mosaic in St Mark's, Venice
This exhibition portrayed the depth and scope of Ruskin's experience of Venice and included many of the detailed sketches and architectural studies he made for The Stones of Venice. It also displayed a variety of rare Venetian books from the fifteenth and sixteenth century that were of interest to Ruskin, as well as paintings of Venice by artists that Ruskin knew. These included T.M. Rooke, J.W. Bunney and Angelo Alessandri, who were all commissioned by Ruskin to record images of Venice before it was destroyed through its 'restoration'. Such paintings were featured to show the atmosphere and romantic beauty of Venice that many of Ruskin's own drawings and studies do not.
"Thank God I am here; it is the Paradise of cities."
John Ruskin, Diary, 8 May 1841
About John Ruskin
Spotlight: Architecture
Gilded Shadows (2016 Exhibition)
'A Noble Invention' (2013 Exhibition)
Ruskin's Venice (2010 Exhibition)
Ruskin and Italy (1998 Exhibition)


Your planning a product shot or a stills image, (eg: traditional bowl of fruit) or perhaps, a tight scene in the forest, (under a log on a wonderful village of mushrooms), or perhaps, a macro shoot such as the one to the right, photographing locally hand made fishing fly's!
One of the challenges will be getting sufficient depth of field in the image to get everything you want in focus to be in focus!
Simply click the picture to the right or this Depth-of-Field link and it will take you to an afternoon of testing a number of different ways to capture higher Depth of Field images.


Is SEO Easier or Harder in 2018?
In many ways, optimizing for search seems easier than ever. Google continues to develop and communicate rank factors, so everyone essentially knows what they should be doing, and one-and-done tools, like Yoast, handle much of the SEO grunt-work from years past.
Thing is, the simplification of basic SEO tactics hasn't just streamlined the process, it has also raised the bar. When most sites are mobile friendly, utilize appropriate keywords and meta-descriptions, and are getting crawled by Google, what's left? Oh, just the tough stuff.
What about sites who are essentially half website and half web-app? The data, structure, and content can vary so much from one section to the other, which can cause indexing problems for Google.
How does modern SEO dovetail with account-based or marketing automation tactics, such as gated content?
Speed: Your site may be fast, but the current metric is milliseconds — is it fast enough?
What do you do when Google changes the search engine results page (SERP) for your best keywords? Our client, Visit Seattle is a good example. Google has updated the "things to do" SERP to include tiles that highlight activities and link directly to providers, like The Space Needle, all before the first result.
It creates more work on the internal communications level, to that SEO requirements are balanced with a consistent voice, tone, and message.
It creates more work on the page-level optimization level to ensure content gets seen.
It creates more work on the analytics and data analysis level to ensure your content is accomplishing its goals and to make vital tweaks to strategy.
To be clear, these are not the worst problems to have. In general, a high volume of quality content is going to drive results, but the stakes rise along with your investment of time and/or budget, so these details matter.
Finally, there's your competition. SEO doesn't happen in a vacuum — your site is compared to all of the others vying for the same search terms. Whether you're an enterprise-level SAAS provider or a local contractor, your competition has likely upped their SEO game in the last handful of years, so you will need to as well.
Not only that, but for many industries aggregator sites like Houzz, Yelp, and Redfin have solidified, bringing marketing muscle and nationwide reach to niche and/or local industries. These sites eat up search real estate and often provide a better user experience for users looking to compare providers.


There's what you do for everyone else, and then there's what you do for you. Call it a sweet indulgence, a creamy, dreamy break in the day, or just your me-time. We call it mü. It may seem like a simple little thing, and truth be told, it is, but the feeling of joy that it brings can change your world.
Coco Cappuccino has a dark roast blend of coco with caramel and almonds.


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A dark skin using various shades of green. Reminiscent of those ancient black & green monochrome computer monitors.
There is a background image included in the .zip for those trialing the MB3.2 test version.
If updating from the old .xml skin, please delete it from your skins folder before adding the new one.
Name	 Forty Shades Of Green.