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Paradise of Bachelors and Tartarus of Maids and Other Stories
The Use of Sexuality in "The Paradise of Bachelors and The Tartarus of Maids"
Herman Melville's iconic short stories, "The Paradise of Bachelors and The Tartarus of Maids" are both rife will elements of human sexuality, which was a hot/controversial undercurrent in American literature at the time. Many writers such as Melville and his contemporaries often played with the question of sexuality and its controversially stifled position in Victorian society. Melville and many other during his time were able to question societal constructs in regards to sexuality via innuendos and small hints. While this is obviously covered in many works of Melville such as "Typee", it takes center stage in Melville's well-known "Paradise of Bachelors and Tartarus of Maids" and will be explored in this essay as well as the significance of Melville's comparison of male and female sexuality.
In Melville's first depiction out of the two short stories; "Paradise of Bachelors", Melville makes note in the first few pages that the narrator is "different" than the bachelors of the story. First and foremost, the narrator is not a bachelor, but explains that he was able to secure lodgings in London with the faux Knights Templar via one of their current members. Though the narrator describes the feasting and festivities with impressive grandeur and awe over the lavish lifestyles of the bachelors, one may note that the fact that he is married gives him an unbiased sense of perspective towards the merry revelers.
The bachelors, as the narrator points out are virtually free of the responsibilities that most are faced through everyday life. The narrator states:
It was the very perfection of quiet absorption of good living, good drinking, good feeling, and good talk. We were a band of brothers. Com-fort — fraternal, household comfort, was the grand trait of the affair. Also, you could plainly see that these easyhearted men had no wives or children to give an anxious thought. Almost all of them were travelers, too; for bachelors alone can travel freely, and without any twinges of their consciences touching desertion of the fire-side. (Paradise of Bachelors 6)
In this passage, the narrator make several key distinctions. First and foremost, the narrator keys in on the concept of the excess and seemingly the overabundance of feasting and revelry amongst the bachelors. Throughout the story, it is blatantly obvious that the bachelors are drinking and eating excessively simply because the have the means to do so. Next of course, to justify their means in order to do so is their lack of obligation to those of the opposite sex. The narrator implies that in the celibacy of the bachelors is in itself a sort of pleasure. Though the bachelors do not take part in any sexual exploits, they are seemingly so detached from common society that there is a sense of irrelevance in the eyes of the bachelors. Their reveling has a sense of sexuality to it as well. Note this important quotation by the narrator in regards to the bachelors use of the snuff tobacco.
Capital idea this, thought I, of taking snuff at about this juncture. This good-ly fashion must be introduced among my coun-trymen at home, further ruminated I.
The remarkable decorum of the nine bach-elors — a decorum not to be affected by any quantity of wine — a decorum unassailable by any degree of mirthfulness — this was again set in a forcible light to me, by now observing that, though they took snuff very freely, yet not a man so far violated the proprieties, or so far molested the invalid bachelor in the adjoining room as to indulge himself in a sneeze. The snuff was snuffed silently, as if it had been some fine innoxious powder brushed off the wings of butterflies. (Paradise of Bachelors 7)
This quotation is important because of its description of the bachelors snuff snorting ritual, which is key in deciphering the bachelors sexual repression. Towards the ending of the aforementioned quotation, the narrator notes the refusal of the "indulgence" of a sneeze. As common knowledge would defend, the sneeze, by many, is considered an act of arousing pleasure, one of many sexual pleasures that the bachelors choose to not partake in. Note the important disconnect that the bachelors have with the lower echelon of society. As previously mentioned, the bachelors are disconnected quite thoroughly with the rest of society and their revelling and merriment blinds/preoccupies them from the struggles of the factory working maids, which are presented in "The Tartarus of Maids". The only blatant connection between these two stories lie in the fact that the narrator remains the same and that the paper mill itself appears to be an inversion of the Temple bar. However, the themes of sex and sexuality are also comparative in "The Tartarus of Maids".
As the "Tartarus of Maids" begins, one may note two distinct features in comparison to the Temple Bar and London and the Dante-esque landscape of Massachusetts during the Winter, the other quickly noticeable comparison is the paper mill to the female body. The Temple Bar is not only visited by our narrator in the Spring, the location has a much festive atmosphere. In comparison, the paper mill is described as thus:
It lies not far from Woedolor Mountain in New England. Turning to the east, right out from among bright farms and sunny meadows, nodding in early June with odorous grasses, you enter ascendingly among bleak hills. These gradually close in upon a dusky pass, which, from the violent Gulf Stream of air unceasing-ly driving between its cloven walls of haggard rock, as well as from the tradition of a crazy spinster's hut having long ago stood somewhere hereabouts, is called the Mad Maid's Bellows'- pipe.
Winding along at the bottom of the gorge is a dangerously narrow wheel-road, occupying the bed of a former torrent. Following this road to its highest point, you stand as within a Dantean gateway. (Tartarus of Maids 8)
This opening scene provides many important distinctions. First, the narrator notes a "turning away from the warmth. The narrator mentions the beautiful rolling meadows and then quickly whisks us away to the icy chill of June in New England. There is something to also admire with Melville's beautiful prose here as well. Melville paints an impressive picture by using words such as "bleak", "haggard" and "dusky" help to clue the reader in on the barren Winter, but as we will soon find out, these characteristics of June in New England are strikingly similar to the maids of the mill themselves. Next, the narrator mentions the "Mad Maids Bellows-pipe". This picture of a gaping maw leading in towards the vicinity of the mill is one that will reoccur all too often. The mill and its nearby landmarks take blatant female characteristics, which will be further explored into the next paragraph, but the last key piece of prose from the aforementioned quotation is the "Dantaen getaway"–this of course signifies to the reader that this area is not only barren and bitingly brisk, it is equatable to hell itself, which in Dante's Inferno; the centermost circles of hell are pictured by Dante Alighieri as a frozen wasteland of torture and toil.
Quickly circling back to the theme of the "Mad Maids Bellows-pipe", the female characteristics that are given to the area surrounding the mill are blatant and strikingly common. As the narrator continues his description of the landscape he notes:
By the country people this hollow is called the Devil's Dungeon. Sounds of torrents fall on all sides upon the ear. These rapid waters unite at last in one turbid brick-colored stream, boiling through a flume among enormous boulders. They call this strange-colored torrent Blood River. Gaining a dark precipice it wheels sud-denly to the west, and makes one maniac spring of sixty feet into the arms of a stunted wood of gray haired pines, between which it thence eddies on its further way down to the invisible low-lands.
From this quotation, key words arrive that take center stage in the importance of human sexuality in "The Tartarus of Maids". The narrator describes the locale with descriptive terms such as "Devil's Dungeon" and "Blood River", which have seemingly obvious sexual connotations in relation to the female reproductive system.
Interestingly as well is the occupation of the narrator, who states that he is a seedsman and spreads his seeds all over the country. He has come to the paper mill to obtain more paper envelopes from the paper mill so that he can continue to disperse his seeds, which seems like another blatant sexual innuendo. (Tartarus of Maids 9)
When looking past the surface of the story and even deeper passed the sexual innuendos (which were largely frowned upon discussing at this time in history), one may importantly note the clear distinction that the narrator makes about the mill in comparison to Temple Bar. Virtually, they are complete inversions of one another. During "Paradise of Bachelors", one of the main activities that the bachelors took part in revolved around them telling grand stories to pass the time. As we see in "The Tartarus of Maids", the complete opposite is occurring as the narrator states
Not a syllable was breathed. Nothing was heard but the low, steady, overruling hum of the iron animals. The human voice was ban-ished from the spot. Machinery — that vaunted slave of humanity — here stood menially served by human beings, who served mutely and cring-ingly as the slave serves the Sultan. The girls did not so much seem accessory wheels to the general machinery as mere cogs to the wheels.
As mentioned previously this is the polar opposite of the mens position in society as compared to that of the women in society. Melville makes these distinctions known with bold and important purpose. The overseers of the paper mill have mandated that women are not allowed to speak. Not only because it hinders productivity, but because it would give them a voice. At this particular time in history, we may postulate that Melville is perhaps giving a friendly nod towards the female writers of his day and sending a biting criticism towards those who refuse to allow women any true voice in the world–at the very least, this connection is uncanny. There is almost an obvious fear in society of the power of the voice of women, which is stifled by the male literary community. This can also be stretched outside of the world of literature and into the realm of common, everyday women. It is not as if to say that there were not many male factory workers in the United States during Melville's tenure as an author, in fact Melville writer "Paradise of Bachelors" and "Tartarus of Maids" during the time of the industrial revolution and so factory work is reaching new heights in American society, but it can be noted that the lines of work in regards to females at this time in society are vastly limited outside of menial labor. Schooling has still not been made available to women of average means and therefore jobs such as becoming an attorney (Paradise of Bachelors makes note of the fact that the lawyers are of course all males) is largely unheard of during this time period for most, if not all women.
Melville, perhaps was not only critiquing the lack of the female voice and fear of female sexuality amongst the literary community, but seemingly this trend of stifling the female voice extends directly into most of American society in which domesticity take a central role for women. Cupid, is a shining example of Melville's critique of women. The name Cupid itself provides some defense to this argument. Cupid, of course is pictured to be blindfolded in mythology, so for Melville to specifically use Cupid's name in relation to the overseer (the owner of industry), it seems as though Melville is critiquing the blindness of males in society as a whole in regards to women and femininity. The paper mill is shown in a ghostly, frightening light, which seems to further bolster a sense of fear in female sexuality.
Melville greatly critiques how industrialization has almost removed the sexuality in society all together. The upper class a pictured as too busy, or too blind to the workers (particularly women) of lower stature in society. There is a cold impartiality radiating from Cupid in "Tartarus of Maids" and well as the lack of concern about changes in society by the bachelors in "Paradise of Bachelors". Towards the end, the narrator mentions a nurse (or midwife):
"Oh," knowingly whispered Cupid, through the din, "she only came last week. She was a nurse formerly. But the business is poor in these parts, and she's left it. But look at the paper she is piling there." (Tartarus of Maids 17)
The nurse has seemingly been driven out of her occupation due to the fact that society is too busy with industrialization to focus in on birthing babies. Of course, the maids are not able to associate with bachelors and the bachelors are too cheery and ignorant to take notice of females. The nine minute cycle of "birthing" the paper which ends at the former midwife is blatantly symbolic of the nine month pregnancy cycle of a woman, but since the world appears to busy for this, the midwife symbolically births the paper rather than babies.
Melville impressively hones his craft in order to launch a critique of industrialization, human (particularly female) sexuality and the female voice/femininity amongst the literary community. While there are many points and countless examples that Melville presents us with these dystopian and utopian (for rich WASP males) societies in "The Paradise of Bachelors" and "The Tartarus of Maids", the aforementioned three themes are central to both stories in Melville's attempt to prove that society has already somewhat launched into a dystopian future via industrialization and therefore these stories prove a warning for all of society if we are not able to find a thelemite-like society in which everyone lives in harmonious fashion.
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The entire Lock and Mori trilogy is a really interesting villain origin story of Moriarty in a contemporary setting. I've heard complaints that the drama is too teenager-esque, but the characters are literally teens and it is a YA book, so I had no quarrels with that. It still goes quite dark at times and the end was satisfying to me. Definitely a recommendation for Sherlock fans!
While I laughed a lot during my read of Genie Lo, I also read it pretty early on in the year and have forgotten quite a bit by now, which is probably the reason it's not higher up on the list. It was fun for sure! I am also really happy that a lot of people saw themselves and their culture represented in the book because that is always a beautiful thing!
This series is going to show up a couple times over the course of this list, because … well, I love it. I had so much fun getting to know the characters and I hope I will finish the fourth book before leaving for Berlin again. Anyway, this book was great, but in terms of the series my least favourite so far. Maybe it's the second book syndrome or something?
To be honest, there's a lot I've forgotten about the Shatter Me series. I remember loving the style of writing and the characters that Tahereh created, but the details? Blurry at best. At lot of it came back to me while reading Restore Me, but a lot of it also felt very different to the original trilogy. I love Kenji though and am way too curious not to continue with the books, but I am not afire for it the same way I used to be.
Everyone loved this book when they read it and I totally understand why. Personally, it was a bit too slow for me at time and I struggled to really get involved, but by the end I was as emotionally distraught as the rest of TSOA's readership. One day, when I am less confused about my TBR, I will read Circe too.
So far, there hasn't been a Morgan Matson book I haven't enjoyed! The family-focus of this one was especially endearing. I just like reading about siblings and parents and all of them together with only a tinsy bit of romance sprinkled in. Romantic love isn't all, you know? And somehow Matson managed to balance the two perfectly in this one.
As promised, here it is again! Jackaby is quirky and has a main character that feels a lot like the Doctor (from Doctor Who) paired with supernatural elements such as nixies and vampires and whatnot. Totally loved it! Also, who can resist those beautiful covers?
This was my favourite part of the Jackaby series so far! I already told you some about it, so I am going to spare you more rambling.
I am honestly a little surprised that there aren't more graphic novels on the list, but at least the one that made it is absolutely worthy of it's place in the ranking. Heart of Gold is one of the most beautiful art out there. It talks about crisis of faith, has LGBT+ representation and is just generally fascinating to divulge.
If this book isn't on everyone's top list, then I don't even know! I am sad that the movie wasn't released yet where I live, because I really wanted to watch it (it's the whole Love, Simon debacle again), but I will patiently wait anyway. THUG was some really powerful and necessary story telling. I am glad it got such a wide readership!
I have said it before and I will say it again, I am 100% in favour of books like Dear Martin being mandatory reading exercises in schools. Just like THUG, it's tackling the hard topics in a great way. I am so here for more of Nic Stone's writing!
You all know me, I was CRAZY into the Red Rising trilogy, which is now a saga. I am always fascinated by the world Pierce Brown has built, by the cruelty and darkness it inhabits, while it also creates some of the most amazing heroes I can imagine. I am worried where everything will go, because it will get worse before it all can get better again, but I still love every minute of it.
I have absolutely no clue whatsoever why it took me so long to read this book! I will eventually also read the sequels (especially now that Netflix confirmed they will do another movie), but this is about To All the Boys. It was so much fun, I stayed up reading all night and I haven't pulled an all-nighter for a book in a long time.
If you would have told me that a horror-sci-fi book would end up in the top 3 of my favourite books of 2018, I would have laughed at you … loud! But, what can you do? Annihilation was beyond amazing and scientific and creepy. I want to watch the movie but I also want to read the other books. It's a struggle.
Looking at this entire list, I am happy to see so many different genres and styles of books represented. Born a Crime, a non-fiction autobiography by Trevor Noah, was enlightening and funny and educational and intimate and so very smart. Trevor is an amazing guy and I am glad the world gets to find out more about him and his home through this book.
Sometimes love doesn't have to make sense. It's the same with me and this book! Guernsey was neither the perfect read nor the most complex one. I am sure there were books on this list with a much more eloquent style of writing even, but this book touched me and I had a blast reading it. I put a gazillion sticky notes in, because there were so many quotes I wanted to remember and I absolutely fell in love with some of the characters. That's most important, right?
Did any of my favourites make it onto your Top 2018 Reads list as well? Were there some surprises with the books I mentioned? Let's chat!
Coming home for Christmas, I managed to not only catch up on my reading, but surpass my (adjusted) reading goal for 2018. I've definitely read a lot less this year than in the previous ones, but overall I am still not unhappy with the outcome. So, there's that!
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I supported this graphic novel via Kickstarter and I am beyond happy I did. The final product is BEAUTIFUL with golden edges and a gorgeous sketch of one of the characters on one of the first pages for me. I adore it!
All the better that the content inside fits the great exterior. It's such an interesting take on religion, damnation, love, faith and healing. It shows two entirely different approaches to those topics and keeps a mystery and tension going throughout the entire first act. The imagery is so beautiful and I honestly cannot wait to read more.
Heart of Gold is also available as a web comic here!
Fazit: 5/5 stars! I am 100% intrigued and here for it!
Venustransit is a German comic about a guy who hasn't quite figured out his life, gets dumped bis his girlfriend and is stuck in a job he hates. It's set in Berlin and I can almost see the street I am living in on the cover (so close!). I like diving into things I know the setting of and can try and figure out if I walked the same streets. Stuff like that never gets tired to me (except when it's only historical fiction … like so often with Vienna).
While I wasn't as in love with the drawing style as I was with other comics I own, the story had a clear line and still took a lot of creative liberties. It was interesting and I am sure relatable to a lot of people out there.
Fazit: 3/5 stars! Gets plus points for the setting.
Ghostly Echoes is the third book in the Jackaby series. I only did a mini review for the second book, Beastly Bones, as well, so I feel like I should stick to that format of reviewing for now.
This series legit just keeps getting better and better. The story is becoming more complex, with more dots to connect and still so, so much to discover about the characters. The writing style isn't really anything over the top and it all seems like light fun in the beginning, but by now there's a lot more serious stuff happening and you are so emotionally invested in the fate of the characters. And there is a lot to worry about! This book even included a little detour to the underworld!
If you are into Sherlock-esque mysteries with a supernatural twist, have at it with this series. I can only recommend it!
Fazit: 4.5/5 stars! Here's to hoping the last book will be equally as amazing, if not more so.
Have you read any of the books/comics I mentioned? Are you interested in some of them? Let's talk!
Can you believe it? I actually read something last month. It doesn't really warrant a full round-up of books, as it was one singular novel, but I am still glad that books haven't left my life entirely. I read Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby (click on the title to get to my review) but I also got halfway through A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi. I am enjoying it a lot so far, but I was just super busy and didn't get around to finishing it before the end of the month.
So, what else has been happening in November? It was a time of doing nothing and way too much at the same time. I still haven't managed to make any friends outside of work. That fact leads to me really looking forward to the weekend and having a little bit of a break, while also dreading it endlessly because I will be all by myself. However, no one can tell me that I haven't made an effort!
During the past month, I went to a number of events – some related to work, others completely on my own volition! I got to go to the opening of a new cinema, where they showed an exclusive advance screening of Fantastic Beasts 2. Also, the opening screening (with one of our films) of the French Film Week in Berlin, and two concerts. I was especially excited about the Hozier concert, because I've seen him live before and it was the best.
The concert turned out to be even better than I expected. I was seated (this was a surprise as the event wasn't supposed to be seated) right behind the opening act (Saint Sister) and Andrew basically sang while looking our way the entire time. In a way, it felt a little like he was singing it all to me and I still felt free enough to sing my heart out in return.
And then, this week, Saint Sister was back in Berlin playing their own gig and I went to that concert too. Again, I was kind of on my own on this one, but Saint Sister (just like Hozier) and their opening act, Ciaran Lavery, are all from Ireland and there were a lot of Irish people around, I sort of felt at home. I honestly don't really know what happened, but I was in this crowd of strangers and they were playing beautiful music and … I just started crying and didn't even care? Afterwards, I had a really nice chat with Ciaran and I wasn't even the one who approached him. He started talking to me and what has my life become?
I want to do more of those things. Maybe find more Irish acts who perform in Berlin? Because I have a feeling that the same people tend to visit those gigs and maybe that will mean I'll finally find some likeminded folks and hopefully also friends here? Anyway, it was all a lot of fun and really exciting but at the same time massively exhausting. I am still surprised I didn't get sick like 80% of my co-workers did.
It simply has to be the fact that I actually got to meet Andrew (Hozier) after the concert. He is the kindest, tallest bean out there and he even signed my ticket. What a lovely bloke!
Again, I was terribly bad at keeping up with your posts, unless you tagged me in them. However, a couple of you took part in NaNoWriMo and I just want to say I AM SO PROUD OF YOU! No matter if you wrote 1 or 50,000+ words, you attempted something brave and deserve recognition for it. So, if you have a round-up on your NaNo experience or any other kind of post you'd like to share with me, don't hesitate to leave a link in my comments!
This was my month! How was yours? Do you have any kind of favourite type of event where you like to meet new people? Let's chat!
As always, click on the title to get to the review on the blog and on the cover to get re-directed to Goodreads!
Prepare for actual BIG NEWS!!! I've already told a few people, but please don't be offended if I haven't told you in person. It's all been happening really fast and I was a bit hesitant to believe it's all real, but I am going to start a 6-month-long internship with a film distributor IN BERLIN come September. It's all about deciding when I will move and trying to find an apartment. I am trying to get all things sorted here in Vienna as well (which unfortunately includes a wisdom tooth removal on my birthday this week), but I am really excited for this new adventure. A little panicked, but mostly excited!
With all of that going on, I really haven't been up to par in terms of blogging, writing and drawing (and I am not sure what that's going to look like once I am in Berlin either). I definitely haven't forgotten about Arcadia, but my plan to write more didn't exactly work during the month of July, which makes me all the more confident that it was the right move not to participate in Camp NaNo. I want to get a couple more chapters out and maybe create another writing tag for you all soon if I can find the time though.
I am sorry that I was pretty absent on everyone's blog posts this past month! I was pretty lazy in all parts of life if it's any consolation.
Marie is being a good sport once again by sharing her wisdom about how to organize your book blogging life in one of her latest posts!
Marta has brought up some very valid reasons as to why she is hesitant to read books set in her own country and wow, I can relate.
Andie has managed to get through her first buddy read and discusses pros and cons of the experience.
Beth once again reminds us why trigger warnings are important.
Lois talked about how to embrace a book slump and you can bet I followed that advice of turning to other outlets, because I picked up some new TV shows, one of which was Love Island and she had to endure my comments about it!
So, this was my month! How was yours? Are you up to date on Arcadia and waiting for more? Did you have a favourite post (of mine, yourself or other bloggers)? Let's catch up!
I hope you all had a great start into the year 2018, whether it was by celebrating with friends and family or keeping it low-key at home. This year should be all about you doing you, at least that's what I've been telling myself. Before I truly dive into 2018 now, there's still a tiny summary for December necessary. So, let's start with what I've read and how I've either mastered the art of picking up stories I love or how I've become ridiculously generous with ratings.
I had already read Kindred Spirits before (as most of you know, but here was my review!), however I absolutely enjoyed the second short story and especially the illustrations. They are my true weakness.
While the art work was amazing, I got utterly lost with the story sometimes. It felt like there were connecting parts missing inbetween and it therefore didn't always make sense to me.
I just really missed the old art work for this one.
Forever love this entire storyline, I just wish the wait inbetween volumes wasn't as long.
It's such a powerful read and despite me not always loving the flow of words, they were too strong and important to give it anything other than 5 stars. I just want to emphasize that it is very America-centric.
This is just an amazing treat for all the Good Mythical Morning fans out there.
MY FAVORITE BOOK OF THE ENTIRE YEAR! I will write a detailed review soon, but I literally finished it at 10 PM.
Just like in old times, click on the title to get to the review on the blog (if there is one) and on the cover to get re-directed to Goodreads!
December was alright, I suppose. I did have some really nice times with friends, but mostly I just tried to be done with the Christmas stress and to stop worrying about why December is such a terrible month to apply for jobs. I don't think anything groundbreaking has happened, and that is okay. 2017 was a weird year in general – I experienced some of the most brilliant moments of my life and learned more about myself than I thought was still possible, but there was also so much bad stuff happening all over the world and it saddens me to think about it. Maybe a little calm is the best for now anyway.
I haven't talked about Arcadia in a while and I just feel like 2017 was among my worst years in terms of creativity. I honestly really tried to get at least one chapter up before the year ends, but it obviously didn't happen. However, I did have a couple of epiphanies, which should make the continuation in the new year go more smoothly. I will share new chapters on wattpad as per usual, but am also willing to send out pdf-files if you ask nicely. Just send me an e-mail if you are interested!
How was your year? How was your December? How much did you read? Tell me all about it!
At the beginning of this month, I was in a massive reading slump. I think I didn't read a single page for 1-2 weeks, so I am quite happy with the outcome. Ultimately, I ended up reading 5 out of my 6 planned books. So, I am going with a YAY me for that one!
I finished the Raven King a couple minutes before midnight, so a review will come up soon.
I am reading this in October with Cátia.
Read with Cátia and Cristina.
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So, last month was weird. I went to Germany for my uncle's wedding pretty early on in the month, but I have no recollection of what else happened. I did go and see a German/Canadian/Italian/I-don't-know-what-his-preferred-nationality-is comedian though, so that was fun!
I have started a new feature, called Writing Insights and I am so immensely happy that it was well received. I have already told most of you that I want to continue to share my story (which finally has a title), Arcadia, but am a little paranoid. So, last week I finally uploaded the prologue and the first chapter on wattpad! You can click here to read it. Sharing stuff like that still makes me very anxious, so I would love to get some feedback if you have the time, whether it be on wattpad itself, here, Twitter DM or whatever doesn't matter!
You may have noticed that I didn't post any unboxings yet and that has two reasons. Both boxes, Fairyloot and OwlCrate, took forever to get to me. In fact, OwlCrate is still not here, although it arrived in Vienna the other day, it is still in customs. Work was busy as well, so I just decided to post the unboxings once I had a couple days off (early next week probably). It will also be good, because I didn't order any boxes for October, so that balances it out I guess.
How was your month? How many books did you read?


For the power supply I'm not quite sure i think its 450.
but my processor is kinda slow, but thats also expsensive, Idk what do you guys think, my main goal is to be able to run GTA IV for pc, which I can't atm.
I was going to post helpful comment... but then I saw "geek help"
It will. Not sure but I think the gtx280 is bigger than a 8800gt so might wanna make sure it will physically fit in the case. I know my comp can't fit a card much bigger than my 8800gt.
It's ok, I'm sure he's a geek too.
To the OP, what processor do you have? And the GTX 280 is about 10.5" long.
If this is for pure gaming, then I think your cpu is fine....i would get a new video card and 2 more GB of ram.
Thats what i was thinking,btw i checked the GTX 280 can fit in the mobo idk about the case though it should its pretty big.
Can you give a model name?
Yea I know it's Intel, but what is it exactly? Like E6550, E7200? Because if it's similar to one of those, then you won't have to upgrade your cpu.
Oh and you don't have to do multiple posts within seconds of each other. Just use the edit button.


TinkerCAD step-by-step instructions for MOM WOW a mothers day gift!
TinkerCAD step-by-step instructions for MOM WOW a mothers day gift!.
Students only needs to know the bare basics to complete this.
I tested this with a fifth-grade class and most could complete it with no help.
Designed to print with no supports for easy printing.


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Sony reveals God of War...with dogs
Graphics seem a little ruff.
They're making another Doom movie
Hurt me plenty.
Dan Whitehead
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Firewatch developer Campo Santo acquired by Valve
In the Valley of Gods indeed.
Universal is apparently moving forwards with another movie based on Doom. The last time they tried this, back in 2005, it didn't work out too well.
That movie starred Karl Urban (Dredd, Lord of the Rings) as space marine John "Reaper" Grimm, forced to battle monsters on Mars, with his scientist sister Dr. Samantha Grimm (Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl, Jack Reacher) and a young wrestler known as The Rock taking another tentative step towards movie stardom as Sarge. The film ditched all the stuff about Hell and demons, and was basically just another Aliens rip-off with an ill-advised "first person" action sequence thrown in to placate fans of the source material.
Well, they're going to try again according to Danish actor Nina Bergman, who has tweeted that she's signed her contract to appear in the new adaptation.
"Wow I'm doing the next "Doom" movie w Universal Pictures!" she says. "I just signed all the paperworkI get to go back to Bulgaria again and work with some of my favorite peopleThis movie w a super cool Director AND my new record coming out, I feel like the luckiest girl in the world."
So we know that the new Doom will shoot in Bulgaria, it has a "super cool" director and that Nina Bergman has a new record coming out. All useful info. There's no word on a release date for the new Doom movie, but then they haven't even officially announced it is even happening yet, or who will star. Look for it in 2019 at the earliest.
Dan has been playing games since the 1980s, and doesn't plan on stopping any time soon. Also, get off his lawn. You can contact him by email if you need to know exactly how to leave his lawn.
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This course is created for individuals who need to be able to modify and/or write ladder logic programs for their Programmable Logic Controllers. Since programming logic is the same but there are multiple manufacturers of PLCs, this course does not limit itself to a specific PLC manufacturer. It is designed instead to accommodate all of the most popular software platforms in use today. As a result, students will find this course extremely valuable regardless of the PLCs they may have back at their facility, and it is especially beneficial for those who run into more than one type of PLC when performing their jobs. People attending this course should already have attended our prerequisite course "PLC's for Non-Programmers" or have a basic understanding of PLC's and a working knowledge of electrical controls and principles.


Location? This property is close to everything, yet is out of the way. So much potential to build your dream home! Just down the road from ULM.
Property is located on HWY 139 North. The back of the property had a creek that runs through the back of the property line.
6.6 acres on Prairie Road with approx. 220' of road frontage.


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Tag Archives: Councillor Izzi Seccombe: Local Government Association (LGA)
Brexit Dividend to Cover NHS Funding Settlement: Assisted by Undisclosed Tax Increases? (BBC News)
Summary The announcement of a 3.4% annual funding increase, over the next five years, represents a significant and politically astute compromise development, in advance of the NHS's 70th birthday. Wise heads in the Treasury wanted to limit annual NHS budget … Continue reading →
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Growing Consensus on NHS and Social Care Sustainability; and the Need for Tax Increases? (BBC News / Health Foundation / IFS / IPPR / King's Fund)
Summary The Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Health Foundation estimate that the NHS needs an additional 4% funding, per year, over the next 15 years (as opposed to the currently projected 2%). These estimates are timed in anticipation of … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Foundation, In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, National, NHS, NHS Confederation, Nuffield Trust, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest	| Tagged Accelerated Access Review, Ageing Population, Alliance Healthcare, BBC Politics News, Biological Medicines and Biosimilars, Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF), Capacity Pressures in the Health and Social Care System, Collusion Between Pharmacies and Suppliers, Councillor Izzi Seccombe: Local Government Association (LGA), Cross-Party and Public Consensus On Sustainable Funding, Delisting or Reclassifying Products, Dr Geraldine Strathdee, Dr Geraldine Strathdee: NHS England's National Clinical Director for Mental Health, Drivers of Spending on Medicines, Economic Sustainability, Former Minister of Care Services Norman Lamb, Future Financial Sustainability, Generic Prescribing, High Quality Care for All, IFS: Institute for Fiscal Studies, Institute for Fiscal Studies, Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr), Integration of Health and Social Care, ippr: Institute for Public Policy Research, Izzi Seccombe: Warwickshire County Council Leader, Jeremy Hunt: Former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Joined-Up Care, Long-Term Funding Settlement for NHS: Letter to Theresa May (June 2018), Lord Darzi Review of Health and Care: Interim Report, Lord David Prior (Deputy Chair of the Lord Darzi Review), Low-Value Medicines, Mark Lloyd: Chief Executive of Local Government Association, Medication Waste, Mental Health Counselling in Primary Schools (Pro Bono Economics Report), New Settlement for Health and Social Care, NHS 70 (NHS 70th Birthday), NHS 70: Objectives and Narrative, NHS 70th Birthday, NHS Efficiency Savings, NHS Expenditure on Medicines, NHS Finances, NHS Sustainability, NHS Trusts Debt Burden, Norman Lamb MP (Former Minister of State for Care and Support), Orphan Medicines, Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme (PPRS), Quality and Sustainability, Rising Costs of Medicines, Rt Hon. Professor the Lord Darzi, Securing the Future: Funding Health and Social Care Into the 2030s Report (2018), Specials (Special Pricing Arrangements on Unlicensed Medicines for Non-Standard Treatments), Specials (Special Pricing Arrangements Potentially Open to Misue By Unscrupulous Suppliers), Steve Brine: Health Minister, Sustainability, The Times (Newspaper), Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Trastuzumab Emtansine (Price Negotiations), Ultra-Orphan Drugs, Walgreens Boots Alliance	| Leave a comment
BBC's State of the NHS: Keep Calm and Carry-On (BBC News)
Posted on February 10, 2017	by Dementia and Elderly Care News
Summary Continuing in the vein of the broad theme of BMJ's mini-series on the NHS in 2017, BBC News is currently running a short season of news pieces on the State of the NHS (and social care). Concentrating the Mind … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Delirium, Department of Health, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, Northern Ireland, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales	| Tagged A&E Four-Hour Wait Standard, Ageing Population, Assaults, Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, BBC Health News, BBC News: Today (Radio 4), BBC Panorama, BBC Politics News, BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, BBC's NHS Week (2017), BBC's World At One Programme, Beacon Medical Group (Plymouth), Bed Availability and Occupancy, Bed Availability and Occupancy: NHS Statistical Trends, Bed Shortages, Better Care Fund (BCF), Bristol Royal Infirmary, Care Closer to Home, Care Home Admission Delay, Care of Older People, Chris Hopson: Chief Executive of NHS Providers, Councillor Izzi Seccombe: Local Government Association (LGA), David McNulty: Surrey County Council, David Williams: Chief Officer for Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership, Delayed Discharges, Delayed Transfers of Care, Demand and Capacity, Demand for A&E, Economic Sustainability, Fewer Older People Receiving Help with Social Care, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Funding Deficits, Funding for Front-Line Healthcare Versus Social Care, Germany, Germany's Healthcare System, Gesundes Kinzigtal, Gesundes Kinzigtal Model, Glasgow City Council, Health and Care of Older People, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Integration, Health Demand, Historic Increases in NHS Funding Slowing (Relatively), Hospital Discharge Delays, Humanitarian Crisis in NHS Hospitals and Ambulance Services (Allegation), Hywel Dda University Health Board, Increases in NHS Spending Slowed (Relatively), International Comparisons, Ipsos Mori, Ipsos MORI Issues Index (January 2017), Izzi Seccombe: Warwickshire County Council Leader, Local Government Association: LGA, London Borough of Newham, London Borough of Sutton, Long Waiting Times, Low Morale, Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, More Spent on Front-Line Healthcare Than Social Care, Moving Healthcare Closer to Home, Multidisciplinary Teams, Multidisciplinary Teamwork, National Living Wage in Social Care Sector, NHS Assaults, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, NHS Health Check Series: BBC News (2017), NHS in 2017: Service Under Pressure, NHS Protect, NHS Protect: Formerly NHS Counter Fraud Services, NHS Sustainability, Niall Dickson: NHS Confederation, Operations Cancelled Due to Bed Shortages, Panorama (BBC TV), Patient Handover Delays, Patient Safety, Physical Assaults on NHS Staff, Primary Care Home Model, Primary Care Homes, Professor Keith Willett: NHS England, Proportion of Public Spending on Health, Provider Sustainability, Public Perceptions of the NHS and Social Care Tracker (Ipsos MORI), Quality and Sustainability, RCEM's Steps to Rebuilding Emergency Medicine, Reverse-Acting Hawthorne Effect (Speculative Construct), Robert Bosch Foundation, Routine Operations (Cancellations), Royal Blackburn Hospital, Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, Sir Robert Francis QC, Social Care Funding 2017: Reality Checks (BBC News), Staffing Levels, State of the NHS (BBC News), Steps to Rebuilding Emergency Medicine (RCEM), Sustainability, Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), Sustainable Funding, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Today, Urgent and Emergency Services: 2016-7 Winter From Hell (Allegation), Waiting Times, Wakefield Vanguard Care Homes Scheme, Winter From Hell: 2016-7 (Allegation), Winter Pressures, Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust	| Leave a comment
Uncertain Reactions Concerning Changes to the Social Care Precept (BBC News)
Summary While social care budgets are widely claimed to be on a tipping-point of unsustainability, reactions to this week's announcements have been ambivalent at best. Many commentators talk disparagingly of recent proposals for increases to the social care precept as … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Quick Insights, RCN, Royal College of Physicians, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest	| Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care in England, Adult Social Care Services, Ageing Population, Autumn Statement (2016), BBC Health News, Better Care Fund (BCF), British Red Cross, Care and Support Alliance, Central Government Social Care Funding Top Up of £240 Million, Commission on the Future of NHS and Social Care, Community Care, Coordinated Health and Social Care, Costs and Cost Pressures, Council Tax, Councillor Izzi Seccombe: Local Government Association (LGA), Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Financial Pressures, Financial Resilience, Former Minister of Care Services Norman Lamb, Former Prime Minster: Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Future of NHS and Social Care, Geographical Variations, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Configuration, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Integration, Humanitarian Crisis in NHS Hospitals and Ambulance Services (Allegation), Integrating and Devolving Health and Social Care, Integrating Health and Social Care, Integration of Health and Social Care for Older People, Izzi Seccombe: Warwickshire County Council Leader, Jane Cummings: Chief Nursing Officer for England, Jeremy Corbyn (Labour Party Leader), Jill Colbert, LGA: Local Government Association, Local Government Association, Local Government Association: LGA, Local Government Financial Settlement For 2017-18, Local Variations, Lord Porter: Local Government Association Chairman, March 2017 Budget: Rescue Package for Social Care, National Living Wage, National Living Wage in Social Care Sector, New Homes Bonus, Norman Lamb MP (Former Minister of State for Care and Support), Opportunities For Efficiencies in Social Care, Parliamentarians, Philip Hammond, Ray James: Commission on Improving Urgent Care for Older People, Ray James: President of Association of Directors of Adult Social Services and Director of Health Housing, Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Royal College of Physicians (RCP), Rt Hon Theresa May MP (Former Prime Minster), Sajid Javid: Communities Secretary, Sarah Wollaston: Chair of the House of Commons Health Select Committee, Simon Stevens: Chief Executive of NHS England, Social Care, Social Care Expenditure, Social Care Funding, Social Care Funding 2016: Reality Checks (BBC News), Social Care Funding Shortfalls, Social Care Precept, Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (SOLACE), Spending Cuts, Spending on Local Authority Social Care, Sustainability, Sustainable Care, Sustainable Funding, Sustainable Health and Care Services, Tipping Point in Sustainability of Adult Social Care (Alleged), Unacceptable Variations, Upward Spending Pressures, Variations in Quality of Care, Variations in Social Care in England, Variations in Social Care Quality and Spending in England	| Leave a comment
People With Dementia Failed By Standards of Homecare Staff Training? (Alzheimer's Society)
Summary The Alzheimer's Society has alleged that perhaps only 2% of homecare workers have adequate dementia training and awareness. Full Text Link Reference Shocking reality of dementia homecare hidden behind closed doors. London: Alzheimer's Society, November 16th 2016. Probably also … Continue reading →
Posted in Age UK, Alzheimer's Society, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest	| Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Alzheimer's Society's Fix Dementia Care Campaign, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness of Potential Risks, BBC Health News, BBC Panorama, BBC Panorama: Nursing Homes Under Cover, BBC's Panorama, Behind Closed Doors, Behind Closed Doors: Elderly Care Exposed: Panorama (BBC One), Broken Homecare System, Care Funding, Carer Awareness, Clinton House (St Austell), Commissioning Home Care, Commissioning Home Care for Older People, Commissioning of Domiciliary Care, Commissioning of Homecare Services, Cornwall Council, Councillor Izzi Seccombe: Local Government Association (LGA), Courtesy, Dementia and Homecare, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Awareness in Homecare Staff, Dementia Training For Homecare Staff, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Domiciliary Care, Fix Dementia Care Campaign, Fix Dementia Care: Homecare, Fix Dementia Care: Hospitals (Alzheimer's Society), FOI: Freedom of information, Freedom of Information, Funding Gap (Home Care), Funding Gaps, Funding of Care and Support, Good Quality Home Care, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Integration, Home Care, Home Care Implementation, Home Care Organisations, Home Care Services, Home Care Standards, Home Care Support, Home Care Workers, Home Care Workforce, Home Care: Safety and Safeguarding, Homecare, Homecare and Care Home Workers, Homecare Failing People With Dementia (Allegation), Independence at Home, Independent Living With Care, Izzi Seccombe: Chairman of the Local Government Association's Community Wellbeing Board, Janice Finch (BBC Reporter), Jeremy Hughes CBE: Chief Executive of the Alzheimer's Society, LGA: Local Government Association, Morleigh Group, Panorama (BBC TV), Personal Care, Personal Care at Home, Pressures on Home Care Workforce, Pressures on Home Care Workforce: Inadequate Training, Skills for Care, Social Care, Social Care Funding, Unacceptable Homecare Practices: Behind Closed Doors, Unmet Care Needs, Unmet Health and Care Needs, Unmet Needs, Unmet Social Care Needs, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Issues, Workforce Satisfaction, Workforce Training	| Leave a comment
Primer on Social Prescribing (LGA / King's Fund / CRD / BMJ Open / NHS England)
Summary An investigation into the concept of social prescribing, with case studies. "Social prescribing – sometimes called community referrals – is a means of enabling primary care services to refer patients with social, emotional or practical needs to a range … Continue reading →
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, King's Fund, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest	| Tagged Access to Green Spaces, Ageing Population, Alliance Manchester Business School: University of Manchester, Allotment and Gardening Projects, Blackburn with Darwen, BMC Health Services Research, BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, Bristol Health and Wellbeing Board, Bromley by Bow Centre, Care of Older People, Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (York), Centre for Reviews and Dissemination: University of York, Chronic Care, Chronic Conditions, Chronic Diseases, Community Referrals, Community Volunteering, Community Wellbeing Board, Comprehensive Model of Personalised Care, Costwold District Council, Councillor Izzi Seccombe: Local Government Association (LGA), Debt, Doncaster, Dr Michael Dixon: College of Medicine, Dr Richard Kimberlee: University of the West of England, East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Forest of Dean District Council, Garden Areas, Gardening, Gardens and Health, Halton St Helens and Knowsley, Health Volunteering, Healthy London Partnership, Institute of Population Health Sciences: University of Liverpool, Izzi Seccombe: Chairman of the Local Government Association's Community Wellbeing Board, LGA's Community Wellbeing Board, LGA: Local Government Association, Life Rooms Model, Liverpool, Local Authorities, Local Government Association: LGA, Loneliness and Isolation, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Luton Council, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, Museums, NHS Comprehensive Model of Personalised Care, NHS Rotherham CCG, NHSNetworks, NIHR ARC NWC (Liverpool), NIHR CLAHRC NWC, NIHR CLAHRC NWC (Liverpool), Non-Judgemental Support, Parks and Gardens, Personal Health Budgets (PHBs), Personalised Care and Support Planning, Personalised Care and Support Planning (PCSP), Poor Housing, Primary Care Network Teams, Primary Care Networks (PCNs), Rotherham, Rotherham Social Prescribing Pilot, Rotherham Social Prescribing Service, School of Healthcare: University of Leeds, SDM: Shared Decision Making, Social Prescriber Link Workers, Social Prescribing, Social Prescribing Case Studies: Blackburn with Darwen, Social Prescribing Case Studies: Costwold District Council, Social Prescribing Case Studies: Doncaster, Social Prescribing Case Studies: East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Social Prescribing Case Studies: Forest of Dean District Council, Social Prescribing Case Studies: Halton St Helens and Knowsley, Social Prescribing Case Studies: Luton Council, Social Prescribing Case Studies: Rotherham, Social Prescribing Case Studies: Tower Hamlets, Social Prescribing Link Workers' Resource Pack (NHS England), Social Prescribing Network, Social Prescribing: Case Studies, Social Prescribing: Removing Barriers With Other Sectors (Social Care or Community Care or Mental Health Providers), Social Prescribing: UK, Stress, Supported Self-Management Programme, Tower Hamlets, University of Leeds, University of Liverpool, University of Manchester, University of the West of England, University of Westminster / College of Medicine, University of York, University of York: Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, Voluntary Action Rotherham's Social Prescribing Pilot, Voluntary Sector, Volunteering, Wellcome Trust Seed Awards, What Matters to Me Approaches, York Trials Unit: University of York	| Leave a comment
NHS Reconfiguration + STPs = Cut-Backs?: Two Sides of Same Equation? (NHS England / King's Fund / Nuffield Trust / BBC News)
Posted on August 28, 2016	by Dementia and Elderly Care News
Summary The "Keep calm and carry on"-style narrative from officialdom. Full Text Link Reference NHS England statement on Sustainability and Transformation Plans. [Online]: NHS England, August 26th 2016. Theoretical clarification concerning STPs, from the King's Fund Full Text Link Reference … Continue reading →
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