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A Stiff Upper Lip Is Killing British Men
Talk about what's on your mind and it could end up saving your life.
by Jack Urwin, Illustrations: Dan Evans
17 October 2014, 5:00am
A traumatic event in one's childhood is capable of inspiring exactly three things: shitty debut novels; self-absorbed blog posts; and dark jokes that make your friends feel weird around you. For example, here's a pretty funny story about the last conversation I had with my father, who'd been off work with flu for a couple of weeks.
"How are you feeling, dad?" I asked.
"Better," he replied, as he stood up and made his way to the bathroom to die.
A big part of me hopes that, vision fading and lips turning blue, my father's final thought before submitting to the cold grip of extinction was a gleeful: 'Haha, I got you, you little shit.' Because if that final word really was the last in his lifetime of unwavering sarcasm, it was - for my money - the single greatest burn I've ever heard.
Three weeks later, I celebrated my 10th birthday. A few months after that, I took home the title of "funniest pupil" in a classroom awards ceremony. Deflecting my grief into something that made others laugh felt much better than breaking down crying several times a day - which, in reality, was what I wanted and probably needed to do. You latch onto any kind of positivity after something so painful, and I suppose I found validation in the laughter of my peers. Plus, let's face it, no one wants to be the kid constantly crying about their dead dad; that guy is always a total fucking buzzkill.
When the coroner was finished rooting around inside the vessel that had, for 51 years, housed my one-time Mensa member father (he was too tight to renew his subscription after the first year), a fatal heart attack was recorded, and off went dad to his fiery conclusion in the Loughborough crematorium. But the post-mortem also revealed significant scar tissue indicative of a previous attack sometime in the months or years previously, which was news to us all. Apparently near-fatal chest pains weren't something that he deemed worthy of professional consultation. Classic dad!
After he died, jokes took preference over sincerity in almost any situation, because the idea of picking at wounds and revealing the fragile human beneath was about the most terrifying thing I could comprehend. It's a trait I now recognise as one of my father's greatest flaws, ultimately contributing to his downfall. It's also an inherent characteristic of so many men.
The stubborn lost-husband-refusing-to-ask-for-directions might be a handy caricature - one that's helped people like Martin Clunes sustain a career in television for over 30 years - but it's also rooted in a very real, very destructive notion of masculinity. We're conditioned from an early age to believe that acknowledging weakness is somehow a weakness in itself, and there are plenty of depressing statistics to confirm what a huge problem this is.
Even accounting for reproductive health, in any given year men are half as likely as women to visit their GP, which doesn't make a lot of sense: I'm pretty certain women don't get ill twice as often as men. In the UK, the rate of premature deaths (under 50 years old) is one and a half times higher among men than women, primarily due to cardiovascular disease, accidents, suicide and cancer - that latter cause offering perhaps the strongest evidence of men's reluctance to seek help. For example, while affecting men and women equally, skin cancer kills four times as many men because we avoid addressing the issue until it's too late.
This month's "Feeling Nuts" initiative is encouraging male social media users to post selfies where they're grabbing their own crotch. Raising awareness of testicular cancer is clearly a noble intention, but I can't help but feel it's playing into awareness as a public spectacle, rather than being something that will truly impact how men deal with their worries. Spencer Matthews posting a cheeky nutsack selfie might earn him a mention on the Mail Online, but how likely is it to spark conversation in the pub? The truth is, many of us are too afraid to even admit our feelings to ourselves, let alone others. We're terrified of talking, and it's killing us.
The disparity in suicide rates is another eye-opener. In spite of depression being more common in women, British men are three times more likely to take their own lives. A 2012 Samaritans report concluded that the social constructs of masculinity were a major cause of this imbalance, noting that "the way men are taught, through childhood, to be 'manly' does not emphasise social and emotional skills", and that, in contrast to women, "the 'healthy' ways men cope are using music or exercise to manage stress or worry, rather than 'talking'".
Alcoholism is also significantly more prevalent in men, linked largely to self-medicating mental illness. My paternal grandfather fought at Normandy and survived by technicality alone, the untold horrors he'd seen gouging away at his sanity until he was able to do little else but drink. Born six years after D-Day, my dad grew up like so many baby-boomers, with a father whose deep emotional repression left him unable to love, let alone talk about any of his feelings. It's a hereditary condition; men raised by men unable to communicate emotionally, the symptoms of what we now know as PTSD becoming synonymous with masculinity. Which is wildly fucked up when you stop to consider it.
Of course, the destruction doesn't end there. While widowed mothers deal with the fallout of our distrust for doctors, men are doing a terrific job of sabotaging any attempt at romance in the first place because of our inability to communicate. Not content with merely reliving my father's death for this piece, I came up with the definitely-not-terrible idea of asking my ex-girlfriend Megan to reveal the specific problems that arose during my tenure as her shitty boyfriend.
"I think the biggest thing was that your lack of communication made it difficult to process your emotions within your own self," she said. "Even more than your inability to communicate it to me, you were so practiced at pushing things down that you'd lost touch with the reality of your emotions. So even when I could identify a problematic situation, you would deny it. In addition to having to work through difficult issues, I first had an insurmountable task of getting you to acknowledge they were issues in the first place."
"UNTIL WE ADDRESS OUR INABILITY TO OPEN UP, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DIE EARLY AND NEEDLESSLY"
Communication is the key to a successful relationship, as any happily married person will tell you (also, not sleeping with your colleagues; that helps, too). The worst part is, we know this. It's been drilled into us by every book and TV show and film that deals with these kind of issues. But still we ignore it, forging ahead under the misconception that those rules only apply to others.
So what can we do? It's easy to write the problem off as a lost cause, too embedded in our culture to ever truly change. You can't alter the personality of half the world's population overnight - and thankfully so, as there's a lot to be said for self-deprecation, cynicism and low-level passive-aggression. But you can always start trying by doing one simple thing: talking. We do it every day, so why not do it when it comes to stuff that really matters? You've had a lot of practice opening and closing your mouth to make sound come out of it; just slightly alter those sounds and it could end up doing you a lot of good.
If he'd learned to open up a bit more, maybe my dad wouldn't have spent his life avoiding help and would still be here. To think, he could have spared the world yet another gratuitously self-indulgent piece penned by a millennial about an emotionally distant late father, and I'd have someone to mutter at me disapprovingly every time I mentioned how my career and housing situation and life was going.
Hypotheticals will get us nowhere, but until we address our inability to open up, we'll continue to die early and needlessly, as well as destroying the relationships we have while we're here.
So please: start talking. I don't want to have to write a whole book about this stuff.
@JackMerlin / idrawforfood.co.uk
Jack Urwin's Man Up: Surviving Modern Masculinity will be published by Icon Books on the 2nd of June, 2016 at £12.99. It's available to pre-order on Amazon here.
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Good Evening New York City is a CD/DVD double live album by Paul McCartney consisting of material performed over three nights as the inaugural concert at New York City's Citi Field, 17, 18 and 21 July 2009, part of his Summer Live '09 concert tour. Over 180,000 tickets were sold within hours of the shows being announced. The album is McCartney's third release for Hear Music, following 2007 album Memory Almost Full and the live EP Amoeba's Secret. At the 53rd Grammy Awards, the recording of "Helter Skelter" from the album won in the category of Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance.
Unlike its 2002 predecessor, Back in the U.S./Back in the World, Good Evening New York City doesn't cherrypick highlights from a tour, it commemorates a specific event: the inauguration of Citi Field - the replacement for the now-defunct Shea Stadium, where the Beatles played a legendary show in 1965 - in the summer of 2009. The circumstances may be different - different enough to lead to a Billy Joel cameo on "I Saw Her Standing There," the piano man returning a favor from Paul, who played at Billy's Shea-closing shows in 2008 - and McCartney might have two strong albums of new material to draw upon, but as an album, Good Evening New York City plays a lot like Back in the U.S. with a whopping 17 of its 35 tracks shared between the two titles. More importantly, the vibe is the same, with Macca delivering an expertly balanced and sequenced set with all the skill of the old pro that he is. Apart from the inclusion of "Mrs. Vanderbilt" and "I'm Down," there are no surprises, either in song selection or performance, but no surprises doesn't mean no satisfaction, and this is plenty entertaining...provided that it's not played too close after hearing Back in the U.S.
Track List CD1:
01. Drive My Car [02:37]
02. Jet [04:20]
03. Only Mama Knows [03:39]
04. Flaming Pie [02:25]
05. Got to Get You Into My Life [02:51]
06. Let Me Roll It [05:50]
07. Highway [03:57]
08. The Long and Winding Road [03:37]
09. My Love [03:56]
10. Blackbird [02:42]
11. Here Today [02:28]
12. Dance Tonight [02:59]
13. Calico Skies [02:36]
14. Mrs Vandebilt [04:40]
15. Eleanor Rigby [02:22]
16. Sing the Changes [04:14]
17. Band on the Run [05:26]
01. Back in the U.S.S.R. [03:13]
02. I'm Down [02:20]
03. Something [04:04]
04. I've Got a Feeling [05:49]
05. Paperback Writer [03:26]
06. A Day in the Life / Give Peace a Chance [05:42]
07. Let It Be [03:55]
08. Live and Let Die [03:13]
09. Hey Jude [07:23]
10. Day Tripper [03:11]
11. Lady Madonna [02:31]
12. I Saw Her Standing There [03:10]
13. Yesterday [02:14]
14. Helter Skelter [03:48]
15. Get Back [04:12]
16. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / The End [04:39]
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Kate's not a girl to leave details unfinished, and she brings her hometown to life with her big-city charisma. The best DJ was selected – the guy who would tear up the dance floor, and every flower pot was painted from just off-white to the perfect bright white that was needed. Her dress, handmade, contained fine French lace, and on her feet – again – Kate Spade. The biggest detail – her groom. The handsome and smitten Adam who was just thrilled to be there and marry the girl who keeps him on his toes.
And a BIG thanks to you, my wonderful second photographer for the day!


NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC – New Hanover County's Board of Commissioners adopted a resolution at their meeting on Tuesday, November 13, 2018, declaring certain personal property surplus to the county's operations. View a complete list of the available surplus items here.
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Dr. Lynn Massingale Named to Modern Healthcare's List of "50 Most Influential Physician Executives and Leaders" for Third Consecutive Year
TeamHealth, a leading clinician services organization, announced today that Lynn Massingale, MD, co-founder and chairman of TeamHealth, was named among the "50 Most Influential Physician Executives and Leaders" by Modern Healthcare for 2018. This is the third consecutive year Dr. Massingale has received this distinction recognizing physicians in the healthcare industry who are deemed by an expert panel and their peers to be the most influential in terms of demonstrating leadership and impact."Dr. Massingale is truly deserving of this recognition, and this honor signifies his remarkable work at TeamHealth and his many contributions to healthcare as a whole," said Leif Murphy, president and CEO of TeamHealth. "Nearly four decades after co-founding TeamHealth, Dr. Massingale continues to play a pivotal role in the company and offers leadership for foundational areas like clinician engagement and retention. We are grateful to have him as a visionary leader on our team.""TeamHealth was founded under the guiding principle that the quality of a 2:00 a.m. patient encounter is the central determinant of the company's success," said Lynn Massingale, MD, co-founder and chairman of TeamHealth. "I am incredibly proud to continue building upon that principle and represent TeamHealth in a leadership role. I am honored to receive this accolade on behalf of the company and the 20,000 healthcare professionals who choose to be part of TeamHealth."
About TeamHealth
At TeamHealth, our purpose is to perfect our physicians' ability to practice medicine, every day, in everything we do. Through our more than 20,000 affiliated healthcare professionals and advanced practice clinicians, TeamHealth offers outsourced emergency medicine, hospital medicine, critical care, anesthesiology, orthopedic hospitalist, acute care surgery, obstetrics and gynecology hospitalist, ambulatory care, post-acute care and medical call center solutions to more than 3,200 acute and post-acute facilities and physician groups nationwide. Our philosophy is as simple as our goal is singular: we believe better experiences for physicians lead to better outcomes—for patients, hospital partners and physicians alike. Join our team; we value and empower clinicians. Partner with us; we deliver on our promises. Learn more at www.teamhealth.com.
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Endowed Professor of Innovation and Sustainability
University of California Los Angeles
Requisition Number: JPF07056
The Luskin School of Public Affairs at UCLA invites applicants to serve as the Meyer and Renee Luskin Endowed Professor of Innovation and Sustainability and as the Faculty Director of the Luskin Center for Innovation (LCI). LCI is an endowed research center with a reputation for conducting rigorous, influential environmental policy and planning research. The Center's research model brings scholars together with civic leaders to solve local, national, and global environmental challenges.
The ideal candidate will be an advanced associate or full professor who is an intellectual leader in environmental scholarship, has a track record of high-quality research and fundraising, and can engage students and stakeholders on topics that intersect environmental, social, and equity concerns. We are looking for an individual who can craft an enhanced vision for LCI and lead it into its second decade of excellence. This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate interested in providing intellectual leadership and an entrepreneurial vision, while also having access to resources to conduct high-quality research and outreach.
LCI's approach is collaborative. The Center works with dozens of scholars across an array of disciplines and engages with hundreds of civic partners that inform and utilize our research. Civic partners include government agencies, advocacy organizations, and community leaders. The LCI team includes 20 affiliated faculty and currently employs 11 full-time staff and 20+ students including two postdoctoral scholars and five doctoral students, with an annual operating budget of approximately $2 million from research grants, contracts, gifts, and endowed funds. Future budgets will include additional endowed funds from two new gifts that will be available for use by the successful candidate.
The LCI is part of the UCLA Meyer and Rene Luskin School of Public Affairs, an interdisciplinary environment that focuses on human well-being at every level of analysis and is known for cultivating leaders and change agents who advance solutions to society's most pressing problems. The successful candidate will hold a primary appointment in the department of Public Policy, Social Welfare, or Urban Planning and join faculty from 21 disciplines, spanning social and/or environmental sciences. The Luskin School offers Masters Degrees in each of the three fields, doctoral degrees in Urban Planning and Social Welfare, and an undergraduate major in Public Affairs. LCI affiliated faculty and doctoral students come from a wide range of disciplines across campus. The school and university have several other large and thriving research institutes focused on various aspects of environment, governance, and social well-being, including the Institute of Transportation Studies and the Institute of Environment and Sustainability. UCLA is the largest and most comprehensive campus in the UC system, with 45,000 students seeking degrees across the liberal arts and sciences and professional schools, located in the second largest city in the nation and the largest Spanish-speaking city in the nation. UCLA is regularly ranked as the top public university in the US and among the top 20 universities, public and private, worldwide.
This position is opened until filled, but early applications are encouraged. Applications will be reviewed beginning January 3, 2022. Interested candidates should apply through UC Recruit: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/apply/JPF07056. Please submit a curriculum vitae, research statement, writing sample, three names of references, and a statement of equity, diversity, and inclusion. References will be contacted only for candidates who advance as a top finalist. Information regarding the Luskin School's efforts to advance EDI can be found here. Ph. D. or equivalent degree is required. For questions related to the position, please contact Julie Straub at jstraub@luskin.ucla.edu.
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Panemunis è una città del distretto di Rokiškis della contea di Panevėžys, nel nord-est della Lituania. Secondo un censimento del 2011, la popolazione ammonta a 231 abitanti.

Si sviluppa 6 km a nord est di Pandėlys. Il fiume Nemunėlis attraversa la città.

Storia
Il maniero Panemunys fu fondato nel XIX secolo, mentre l'insediamento è stato citato per la prima volta in atti ufficiali già nel 1598. Nel 1777 si cita una chiesa (già costruita in passato) che una scuola religiosa.

Dal 1905 al 1907, vi furono diversi episodi di ribellioni, repressi dall'Impero russo con cannoni di artiglieria. Nel 1915, durante la Grande Guerra scoppiò un incendio. Il centro seppe riprendersi quando un anno dopo fu costruita la ferrovia a scartamento ridotto tra Skapiškis e Suvainiškis (operativa fino al 1960).

Nel periodo tra le due guerre, fu aperta una distilleria, un mulino, una piccola cooperativa, diversi negozi e artigiani operanti. Il 12 dicembre 1944, l'insediamento fu occupato da circa 300 partigiani lituani una volta allontanati i nazisti.

Costituitasi la RSS Lituana, Panemunis divenne sede di fattorie collettive. Più tardi, furono edificate una biblioteca e una Casa della cultura.

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Altri progetti

Centri abitati della Lituania

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There were some major #GirlPower moments at the GRAMMY Awards on Sunday (Feb. 10) – and one of them included Michelle Obama! The former First Lady of the United States got the biggest cheer of the entire night when she stepped on stage, and even had some poignant words to kick off the evening.
Sided by the night's host, Alicia Keys, and three other women of the hour – GRAMMY winner Lady Gaga, Jada Pinkett Smith and Jennifer Lopez – the incredible girl squad shared what the biggest night in music means to them.
The politician and author of her memoir Becoming also took to Instagram to share about the exciting moments with her friends, writing: "For me, a big part of friendship is showing up for your girls—whether that's for a birthday, a quick catch-up after work, or a major milestone. So I was thrilled to be there for the one and only @aliciakeys at the #GRAMMYs. She is one of the most genuine, caring, and thoughtful people I know—there's no one better to help us all celebrate the unifying power of music!
Tonight's awards saw some of the biggest names in music walk the red carpet for the highlight of the recording year. Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga were among of the big winners at the event, which included performances from Dolly Parton and Camilla Cabello.


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Brahms: Works for Violin & Piano, Vol. 1
Ulf Wallin
Sonata in F minor, Op. 120 No. 1 - Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 120 No. 1 (Arr. for Violin & Piano): I. Allegro appassionato
Sonata in F minor, Op. 120 No. 1 - Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 120 No. 1 (Arr. for Violin & Piano): II. Andante un poco adagio
Sonata in F minor, Op. 120 No. 1 - Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 120 No. 1 (Arr. for Violin & Piano): III. Allegretto grazioso
Sonata in F minor, Op. 120 No. 1 - Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 120 No. 1 (Arr. for Violin & Piano): IV. Vivace
from the 'F.A.E. Sonata', WoO 2 - Violin Sonata in A Minor, WoO 2 "F-A-E": III. Scherzo. Allegro
Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 - Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78 "Regen": I. Vivace ma non troppo
Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 - Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78 "Regen": II. Adagio
Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 - Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78 "Regen": III. Allegro molto moderato
O kühler Wald, Op. 72 No. 3 (Arr. for Violin & Piano)
An die Nachtigall, Op. 46 No. 4 (Arr. for Violin & Piano)
Other Albums by Ulf Wallin
Brahms: Works for Violin & Piano, Vol. 2
Pettersson: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Symphony No. 17 (Fragment)
Aulin: Violin Concertos Nos. 1-3
Reger: Violin Sonatas, Op. 42
Bruch: Works for Violin & Orchestra
Liszt: Works for Violin & Piano
Peterson-Berger: Violin Sonatas
Reger: Violin Concerto, Op. 101
Schumann: Violin Sonatas
Schumann: Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra
Herzogenberg: Violin Concerto in A Major, WoO 4 & Odysseus, Op. 16
Eliasson: Double Concerto & Sinfonia per archi
Allgen: Violin Sonata
Schnittke: Quasi una Sonata - Suite in the Old Style
Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht / Webern: Selected Piano and Chamber Works
Schoenberg: Complete Works for Violin and Piano
Wetz: Violin Concerto, Op. 57 / Traumsommernacht / Hyperion
Atterberg: Orchestral Works
Pfitzner: Complete Piano Works & Violin Sonata in E Minor, Op. 27


Thanks for joining us on our Outside, At Home adventures over the past few years. It's been fun.
The best part for me has been co-blogging with my sister.
The second best part has been getting to know some of you.
And of course there's getting our hands dirty and our creativity flowing.
We're closing down Outside, At Home! We've decided to focus on other things, like our other blogs: Melissa's Place and Daily Parable. There's also my "on the side" writing business - I'm developing it in baby steps, one little bit at a time. Oh yah, and there's our real lives... the kidlets, the day jobs, the everyday life stuff.
Kate informed me yesterday evening that there was a frost warning.
You all know we ran a giveaway this summer.
Anyone who linked up to our July and August Friday posts were entered to win a gardening book!
Kate, Carla, Rachelle and Michelle. All lovely blogging friends.
The method of selecting a winner was super technical. I wrote all your names on pieces of paper and had Ben pick one.
The only thing about Rachelle winning is she works on an organic farm so what on earth doesn't she know about gardening?
We decided to give her a choice of three books that seem Rachelle-ish so we're more likely to give her something she'll enjoy.
So Rachelle, comment on this post with your pick and email me your mailing address!
Thanks for the fun summer blogging, friends.
I made the bouquets for Ben's brother's wedding this past weekend!
It was so much fun... once I got the hang of it.
Fortunately, Edem had just helped a friend with bouquets for her wedding in the UK, so she helped me put them together.
First you arrange the flowers. This is where your artistic eye comes in. You kind of have to experiment until you get a nice arrangement. We used baby's breath, which I found was challenging in terms of arranging. As you add branches of flowers, you kind of twist them all in the same direction with each addition. When you're happy with your arrangement, you twist wire tightly around it to keep it in place. You can add the wire after the whole bouquet is arranged or you can twist wire around certain sections as you do them then twist more wire around the whole thing once it comes together.
Following the wire, you wrap green flower tape around the stems and over the wire. The flower tape covered enough of the stem so that someone holding it wouldn't touch the stems, just the tape part. We used a couple layers of this tape. For corsages, I put it on real thick so that pins could go through the tape.
Next, you cover the tape with a long piece of pretty ribbon.
I wrapped the ribbon so that both ends ended up just under the flower.
Tie the ends of the ribbon with a bow just under the flower then cut the stems of the bouquet evenly.
I used the glue gun in a few places to make sure the ribbon was secure.
My husband and I were lucky enough to be able to go on a trip to Cambridge, England.
We left our kids with their Nana, Papa and Por-por and off we went.
Here are some pictures and observations about gardens and outdoor spaces in Cambridge.
I forget exactly how it all came down. Something to do with grazing rights. But several public parks in Cambridge have cows wandering around the bike paths.
I was impressed with the use of space in Cambridge. Some people lived in narrow boats on the river and housed gardens on the boat rooftops. Biking was common and lots of families piled belongings and kids onto one bike in a trek across town. These things made me realize that we, in Canada, are very space rich. And my garden may be small by Canadian standards, but it's huge by England standards.
This was one of those examples of a fantastic use of limited space.
This apple tree, outside Trinity College, is professed to be a descendant of Newton's apple tree.
These punts carry tourists. Some are being punted by professional punters.
This is a punting traffic jam.
(A few minutes later, we watched a punter fall in the water).
This was the oldest street in Cambridge.
This vine-like tree that has entwined itself with the corner house is Wisteria.
This is Cory and Sarah's back garden. It had a beautiful patio for outside dining and a lovely spot where Cory loves to BBQ or smoke delicious culinary treats.
Sarah had a beautiful container garden.
It housed flowers and edibles alike.
I was fond of the mismatching architecture and colourful doors.
Butterfly bush was a very common perennial I noticed on many railroad ways and in front gardens. I also noticed lots of lavender bushes in front window boxes.
And one house had a shrub in the front yard that was actually an enormous rosemary bush.
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We have a new shed!
But this is really the story of my husband's love expressed in concrete pouring.
Our house came with an old rusty shed.
It was damaged by hail last year (along with our aluminum siding and eavestroughs).
I couldn't believe we received $ to replace it.
After much research, Ben decided to replace this foundation with a concrete one.
He built a simple wooden frame out of 2x6s and stakes.
He used the stakes to make sure the frame was level.
We mixed concrete in the wheelbarrow two bags at a time.
This was tedious and perhaps we would recommend a cement mixer or ordering in your cement.
We used 40 bags of cement in the end.
It took two days to pour the foundation and a lot of the time went into Ben lugging bags of cement from the car to the yard. Mixing was pretty difficult too. Very hard work.
And did I mention Edem?
Yah, we couldn't have done this without Edem.
She's a concrete genius... among many other things.
She helped with all the technique.
We (meaning Ben and Edem, really) poured the cement very systematically, starting in one corner of the frame and made sure every batch of cement was perfectly level right after it was poured.
You can see how important the levelness of the frame is in all this.
We bought a plastic shed from Canadian Tire.
We decided to assemble it on Tuesday after work.
I got home from work and Ben, Edem and Isaac had put it up in the afternoon instead to surprise me.
Two sunflowers... they haven't bloomed yet.


How can I set my door lock correctly?
If you would like to make 3d glasses yourself, shoot 3d films or create 3d images, you will find free craft manuals and tutorials here.
In our workshop, small and large projects are regularly created on your own 3d printer, which can be used as a 3d template.
From sketchup to 3d printing. We explain how a 3d printer works and what steps are necessary from model creation to 3d printing.
Handicraft instructions for the star fold. Simple and fast can be made such great stars.
Fold 3d stars: if you feel like the supreme discipline of starcrafting, you can try this illustrated step-by-step guide for a 3d star.
We show you two different variations, how you can make an advent calendar in the form of a christmas tree.
Tinker advent calendar yourself: large selection of crafting instructions for bag calendars, bag calendars and cardboard calendar. Also on christmas calendar for men was thought.
Making an advent calendar yourself is not that difficult with the right crafting instructions. Just try it out and make your own.
Beautiful ideas for christmas advent bouquets in red-green with roses, anemones, anthuriums, hydrangeas and daisies as a festive table decoration.
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Cute animal figures or manga figures crochet with free amigurumi instructions. Collection of the most beautiful crochet tutorials for beginners and advanced.
Angels have season all year round, at least as guardian angels. But especially in the pre-christmas time you can not tinker enough angels.
The most beautiful craft instructions for christmas angels in the overview. Decorative angel figures made of plaster or wood, paper angels or angels as tree pendants.
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Delicious recipes for asian fondues on new year's eve. Prepare china fondue and japan fondue. Ingredients and preparation of the appropriate fondue sauces.
Wall clocks with picture have a special charm, as they can be individually designed. Building instructions: wall clock made of pallet wood build yourself.
In autumn, there are many nice occasions for crafting. The trees lose colorful autumn leaves and chestnuts and provide us with free crafting material for our autumn crafting.
Herbstdeko: here are links to instructions for crafting with real and artificial leaves.
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If BHA or BHT are added to catfood, how is it listed on the label?
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Ruger has been on fire in recent years. I've been writing about guns since the early '80s, and I can't remember any company introducing so many new guns in so short a time. With this unprecedented volume of new firearms it's reasonable to expect that the company would cut corners and ship some clinkers. But my experience has been quite the contrary. The guns I've reviewed have all been winners. From the little LC9s carry handgun through the Precision Rifle, they have all performed well enough to be called category leaders.
That of course includes the Ruger line of hunting rifles, too. For example, the Ruger American has pretty much set the performance bar for budget-priced rifles. So when I received the Ruger Hawkeye Predator FTW rifle in 6.5 Creedmoor I expected great things. What resulted is as hard to find as true love or an honest politician, as this gun exceeded my high expectations.
The "FTW" in the name is for the FTW Ranch, home of the Sportsman's All-Weather, All-Terrain Marksmanship (SAAM) school in Barksdale, Texas. This facility is perhaps the premier long-range shooting school in the country, and it's where a lot of the development of this rifle was conducted.
Last spring I was fortunate enough to use a Hawkeye Predator FTW rifle in 6.5 Creedmoor at the FTW Ranch while training on SAAM's challenging long-range targets. By the end of the two days I ran a series of first-shot hits on targets 1.5 MOA in diameter from 300 yards out to 500 yards in 100-yard increments. Then I shot from 600 yards to 1,200 yards on 1-MOA targets, again all first-round hits. That's an amazing level of accuracy from any rifle, let alone a production-grade "hunting" rifle. The rest of the shooters on the line were using precision rifles, many of them custom guns, but even in an informal competition I held my own with this Ruger.
The accuracy of my test rifle when I shot it using American Hunter's evaluation protocol of three, three-shot groups bears that out. With ammo it likes, this gun edges close to being a .5-MOA rifle. Pretty remarkable from a mass-produced rifle shooting factory ammo. I think it's safe to say that some tweaking of the gun and ammo would make it a solid .5-MOA rifle.
Like the rest of Ruger's Hawkeye line, the Predator FTW rifle has a one-piece, two-lug bolt with a Mauser-type non-rotating extractor for controlled-round feeding. The ejector is a fixed blade near the rear of the receiver. A three-position, wing-type safety locks the bolt when the wing is in the rear position. The center position maintains the gun on safe, but allows the bolt to open for loading or unloading. Forward, of course, is fire.
The two-stage trigger is adjustable. In my test gun, the trigger has a total pull weight of 2 pounds, 9 ounces. The first stage is 1 pound, 9 ounces, so when the trigger is used correctly, the shooter only adds 1 pound of pressure to fire.
Set in a Green Mountain laminated-wood stock, the stainless steel barreled action has a bead-blasted, matte finish. The stock is stable and tough, and it has large panels of checkering on the pistol grip and fore-end. Rounded edges along the barrel, on the bottom of the buttstock and on top of the pistol grip make it comfortable to carry and shoulder. The FTW model includes three, .5-inch-thick, polymer buttstock spacers for adjusting the length of pull from 12.75 inches to 14.25 inches.
The Hawkeye Predator FTW is available in 6.5 Creedmoor and .308 Win. (The standard Hawkeye Predator also comes in .204 Ruger, .223 Rem. and .22-250 Rem.) I chose the 6.5 Creedmoor as it is emerging as the best of the short-action cartridges for long-range precision work. It's also a great hunting cartridge for deer-size game as well as large predators out to 600 yards. Four 6.5 Creedmoor cartridges fit in the magazine, which is evacuated via a hinged, solid-steel floorplate engraved with the Ruger logo.
Measuring .620 inch in diameter at the muzzle, the 24-inch barrel is probably best described as having a "heavy sporter" contour. That is, it's slightly heavy for a big-game rifle but a bit light for a long-range precision rifle. The twist rate for the 6.5 Creedmoor barrel is a relatively fast 1:8 inches, which has become popular for long-range rifles chambered in this cartridge. It stabilizes the long, heavy-for-caliber 140-grain bullets well, but it also does a fine job with the lighter bullets weighing 120-129 grains that a lot of hunters prefer.
The barrel is cold hammer-forged. There is an endless argument about which barrel-making process is best for precision shooting, and hammer-forging is never the first choice among the accuracy snobs. But they ignore a couple very important points.
First, the barrels on production guns must be affordable. I have a custom-built precision rifle in 6.5 Creedmoor. It's one hell of a shooter, but the barrel blank alone cost more than a third of the retail price of the Hawkeye Predator FTW. By the time you pay a gunsmith to chamber, thread and install such a barrel, it will end up costing more than half the retail price of the entire Ruger rifle. Hammer-forging keeps the cost reasonable in a production rifle.
The other point is proven performance. Criticism from accuracy snobs aside, a well-made hammer-forged barrel can really shoot. Look at this rifle—it's incredibly accurate. Factory loads that group almost .5 MOA the first time the gun is shot? That's pretty incredible accuracy. No break-in, no tweaking loads, just screw on a scope and shoot. With a production gun capable of this kind of accuracy you can take the money you saved with the factory hammer-forged barrel and buy ammo. That's how you become a great long-range shooter: practice, practice, practice.
The rifle has Ruger's integral scope mounts machined directly into the receiver, and the gun comes with scope rings. This eliminates another cost factor as there is no need to buy bases and rings.
The Ruger Hawkeye Predator FTW is a great multitasking crossover rifle. It's fine for most general hunting, well suited for long-range hunting and capable of long-range precision target shooting. What more do you need?
• Caliber: 6.5 Creedmoor (tested), .308 Win.
• Stock: Green Mountain laminated wood; adjustable LOP 12.75"-14.25"


Re: Growth on metal pot?!
As odinsravien (aka raven) said, it could be chemical. some kind of soap. But most dish washing products are surfactant based rather than soap. Is your water pretty hard (alot of Calcium and Magnesium)?
Topic: What bacteria does this TSI test indicate?
Said technically unsophistocated - not unintelligent. Seems like a long shot to redirect an interest but good luck.
A technically unsophistocated audience - you probably should look for emotional appeal in name or image.
Who is your audience - what demographic?
Try a glyphosphate like Roundup, then replant. Odin makes a good point - drop everything and do it his way.
Maybe the previous owner was using specific flower plantings to discourage insects.
Topic: Why do Africans have large noses and lips?
This is a scientific forum - so suggest folks avoid the politically-correct responses including calls of racism. The question should be why the original poster thinks the statement to be true - and an unreferenced subjective discussion from 1880 is not evidence.
I think the options identified speak to etiology rather than next test. Tho' there are insulin assays, wouldn't the likely next test be glucose tlerance test?


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Jane Austen - Lady Susan
Jane Austen wrote this when she was only 18 years old. One may wonder how she knew of the cunning manners of some women, but after all, Jane was an avid reader herself.
Lady Susan is the only immoral main character in Austen's books, in return, she's extremely immoral. She is mean, egocentric, she seems to hate her daughter, and only wants the best (in terms of finance) for herself. She's absolutely willing to destroy people's lives if it puts herself in a better position. She enjoys to influence Jane Austen wrote this when she was only 18 years old. One may wonder how she knew of the cunning manners of some women, but after all, Jane was an avid reader herself.
Lady Susan is the only immoral main character in Austen's books, in return, she's extremely immoral. She is mean, egocentric, she seems to hate her daughter, and only wants the best (in terms of finance) for herself. She's absolutely willing to destroy people's lives if it puts herself in a better position. She enjoys to influence people - men especially - with her eloquence, of which she is very proud.
The book is Austen's only epistolary novel and she's done it brilliantly. The difficulty in a novel only existing of letters, is that the reader, in contrast to the writer and addressee of the letters, has no previous knowledge of the situation and relations at all. In contrast to an auctorial novel, the author has no mean of introducing characters or stations in letters. Austen solves this brilliantly - in only three letters, she introduces us the seven characters in the book. In the first letter, written by Lady Susan herself, addressing her brother-in-law, one may believe she is a likable woman, with great manners and high intellect. In the second letter, however, written to her best friend Alicia Johnson, the reader is confronted with the true nature of our heroine.
I thoroughly enjoyed this little novel - Austen's ironic style is just the best. I even liked the heroine in a way - at least she's a strong, confident woman, which is seldom for that time. Lovely!
Jostein gaarder - The solitaire mystery
A very interesting story about the miraculousness of our existence - while yet only very few people really seem to wonder about that. IF one thinks about it, it is a miracle you exist - not just talking about the origination of the earth and life on it, but the fact that YOU are alive means EVERY of your ancestors has survived natural disasters, pandemics, wars, diseases, etc etc. Well isn't that a miracle?
At the same time, this is a story about creation and the question whether we are real creatures or just products of someone's mind. But if there was such a God, why don't we ever see him? Because the creator cannot live next to its creations, for it would make them aware of the fact they are just creations.
These philosophical questions are packed in a wonderful fairytale like story, about a boy who travels to Europa with his father to find his mother and becomes a grownup on the way. He is one of the "chosen ones" so to say, by receiving the story of Frode and his patience cards that came to life.
A recommendation for every little philosopher around.
John Steinbeck - The Grapes of Wrath
'The Grapes of Wrath' won a Pulitzer price and John Steinbeck won the Nobel's price for literature. And that is SO well-deserved.
The book was banned soon after its release because Steinbeck criticizes society in it. The story is set in the 30s and describes the time we now know as the Great Depression. After several years of drought and resulting dust storms, the farmers of Oklahoma suffered of great damage. Combined with the fast mechanization of farm equipment and the rise of capitalism, many farmers were forced to leave their farm and home. Tens of thousands people went on the road, heading to California, a state that was like a promised land for them. It is described how the situation was misused by, for example, car sellers: people were in desperate need of a vehicle, and thus seller could ask any price. The same thing for buyers of used goods: migrating people needed to sell their household, and thus buyers bid low prices. It is empathized very sharply that 'no one can be blamed. It is the bank, the society that forces us to do what we do.' It's confronting to see how people created their own hell - a situation that can't be made undone.
The book follows the Joad family on the road to California. Each character is unique and incredibly well worked out. They all have their background they carry with them - uncle John, for example, is haunted by his bad conscience and constantly believes he is sinning. Their development throughout the journey is beautiful, interesting, very credible and sad to witness. I especially was amazed by Ma Joad, who transforms into a strong, independent woman who takes the lead when the men aren't able to do so.
When they approach California, they hear negative stories already. And though the Joads keep hoping they will be lucky, the stories prove to be true. There are so many people on the road in search for jobs, the farmers can pay any price. They perfectly know people are starving and ready to work for any price, only to earn some bread for the night. Migrants, who are disrespectfully called 'Okies', are put into camps, and the police tortures them. The Californian authorities are afraid the immigrants will gather and start a revolt, and therefore they do everything to prevent that. Every now and then, they burn the camps down to force the people to move forward again.
Steinbeck proposes socialist thoughts, and was accused of communism propaganda. It isn't communism he is proposing, though, since he does not only suggest that people work for the whole, but also keep their individuality and personal freedom. He mainly criticizes the institution of very rich companies that own much property, making it impossible for mid-sized or small farmers or businesses to exist.
The writing is genius - the dialogues are realistic (I love the Oklahoma accent), descriptions are vivid, the pace of the story is perfect. I very much enjoyed the intersecting chapters not focusing on the Joads, but describing the overall situation in the US at that time. Somehow they even were more tragic although or because it was told from a greater distance.
I was already crying even before I knew what the ending would be, just because it was clear it couldn't turn all good in the remaining three pages. In fact the ending is open, but I think I can guess where it will lead to - the Joad family will further fall apart, some will die of hunger, some will leave. But Ma Joad will never stop fighting.
Charles Dickens - A Tale Of Two Cities
I am still a dummy when it comes to reading Dickens. I have (of course) read A Christmas Carol, and did Oliver Twist earlier this year. But for some reason I think this was the first novel with which I could really get to know Charles Dickens's work.
Admittedly, it was quite a task getting through the book. My concentration level had to be higher than with other books to be able to really digest everything and I had to scroll back more than once to reread a page. The first chapters were extremely long-winded and lacked all context one needed... At some point I was going to put the book down if it wouldn't get better soon. Fortunately, it did get better.
What I've learned of Dickens so far is that his characters are brilliant and they really come to life turning the pages, and even their names fit to their traits. Likeable characters have lovely names (Lorry, Manette), and for example for someone named 'Cruncher' I imagine a rather poor, cantankerous and man with yellow teeth and dirty fingernails and exactly that's how he's described.
I LOVE the theme of the book – the French revolution, the Reign of Terror, the Guillotine, and a great deal of social commentary. Dickens was a child of the lower social class himself (his father even was in prison because of debts) and his novels all contain critics on social stratification in his time. But above all 'A tale of two cities' is a tragic novel about love – unrequited love, but a love so strong that the lover makes the greatest sacrifice of all. The last couple of chapters that have Sydney Carton in focus were really gripping, and those chapters are definitely worth 6 stars.
After finishing this book I am keen on reading more of Dickens's works, but I still will give this novel 'only' four stars for the effort it took me.
BTW I'm not sure if it was a good or a bad thing that the blurb of my edition already gave away the ending. It sure would have been a different reading experience when I didn't know how things would end, but I cannot say if it would have been a better or a worse experience...
Art Spiegelman - Maus
This is a tragically beautiful graphic novel. I've read a couple of novels about the Jewish suppression and Jew-baiting during WWII, but this novel hits the point like no other. The story is tragic, though or maybe because it's written rather objectively.
The frame story is set in the late 70s in the USA. Art Spiegelman plans to write a graphic novel about his fathers' history during WWII. He and his father do not get along well. Also, Art seems to blame himself for the suicide of his mother, because he never showed her the love she had longed for. Vladek Spiegelman has survived the concentration camps, but has grown to be a rancorous, greedy old man, who is racist to black Americans, who is complaining about his health and his second wife, even to his son – who clearly doesn't want to hear about the marital problems of his father. I loved how Vladek still speaks English with a Polish accent. Art and Vladeks relationship is rather detached. Nevertheless, Art urges his father to tell him about his life in 1939-1945. Those events are shown in flashbacks told by Vladek and drawn by Art.
The characters are drawn as animals instead of humans – Jews are mice, Germans are cats, Poles are pigs. By making animals out of the characters, Spiegelman uses the only way to tell such a horrible story in the format of a comic book. Also, he reduces the differences between people of each ethnicity: they all look alike. And is this not exactly what happened during the war? Jews were all the same vermin in the eyes of the Nazis. Spiegelman depicted that by making mice out of them, which are hunt by the cats, naturally.
This book is so beautiful and powerful that it will touch one deep in the soul and leave an impression there for all times.
Anne FRank - Diary of a young girl
I absolutely loved this book. Not because it's the diary of a jewish girl that, after two years of hiding, had to go through horrible circumstances and died just before liberation. Not because I'm supposed to love or at least be positive about it. No, I loved this because of what Anne wrote and how she wrote it. This little girl was extremely wise, especially if you realize she was 14 when she was writing her diary. There is so much life lessons to learn from this book. This isn't a book about t I absolutely loved this book. Not because it's the diary of a jewish girl that, after two years of hiding, had to go through horrible circumstances and died just before liberation. Not because I'm supposed to love or at least be positive about it. No, I loved this because of what Anne wrote and how she wrote it. This little girl was extremely wise, especially if you realize she was 14 when she was writing her diary. There is so much life lessons to learn from this book.
This isn't a book about the Holocaust, as I've read in many other reviews, in fact Anne doesn't even write so much about the war. Rather, these are the thoughts of a teenaged girl who is finding her place in the world. She struggles with herself and with her parents, just like every girl in her puberty - with the only big difference that she was captive in a house in a time of war.
She writes about being accepted by her parents, about becoming a woman, about love, sexuality, and about what she wants to become. Anne had big dreams. She wanted to be more than a housewife, like her mother was. She wanted to study and learn, be a journalist and a writer - she would have become a great one, based on her diary writings - and she wanted to mean something to the world. She probably wanted to do more as she had the chance to do in her short life span, but she has made a big impression on millions of people, and I am so happy her father made that possible by publishing her diary.
After having read her diary letters, I bought a complete collection of her writings. During her time in the back house, she not only kept a diary, but also wrote several short stories and gathered 'beautiful sentences' from books that she loved.
Victor Hugo - Notre Dame de Paris
Victor Hugo is a true master of language. Under his pen, words turn into gems, forming perfect jewels when strung together. No matter what he writes about, it sounds delightful. A joy for every literature loving eye. But he does not just write about anything; he is also blessed with the gift of writing magnificent storylines and creating extraordinary characters. The main characters in this book are tragic in all kinds of way: tragically ugly (Quasimodo), tragically innocent (Esmeralda), tragically in love (Claude Frollo). One could even say that captain Phoebus is tragically plain.
In 'Notre Dame de Paris', Hugo brings a church and a city to life. I choose to use the original title, because the main character is not, as the English title suggests, the bell ringer Quasimodo. I would say the main character is love. The ugly outcast and the priest love the beautiful gypsy girl, the gypsy, in turn, loves a captain. But it's not just the passionate love the plays its part. The story also is about everlasting love and pain for a lost daughter and the unconditioned love for a younger brother. The bell ringer, the priest and the girl all suffer from unrequited love (even if Esmeralda doesn't realize that her soldier just wants her for one night, naïve as the young girl is). Unrequited love can be taken for granted if one silently accepts it, as Quasimodo is forced to do because of his looks. But it can also evolve to jealousy, hatred and thirst for revenge – the feelings that swell in the breast of the priest. And so the one who loves her crazily brings her to the gallows. Pierre Gringoire, one of the characters in the book, correctly states: "That's life… It's often our best friends who make us fall".
Mary Shelley - Frankenstein
This is a great and very important book on the development of human life and the world.
Mary Shelley wrote this story in the beginning of the 19th century, when science was developing in an enormous speed. More and more was possible with new scientific discoveries. In fact, scientists were experimenting with bringing animals, even humans, to life using electricity. Mary Shelley, who enjoyed a great education, knew about this and wrote this book. It warns us for the other, dark side of scientific progress: if we don't combine scientific potential with our own reason and moral, bad things can arise; things we aren't prepared for... This happened to scientist Victor Frankenstein in the novel. He is obsessed by the idea of animating dead things, and without thinking about anything else, he brings a human-kind being, excisting of dead bodyparts, into life. He detests it from the moment it takes his first breath, then banishes it and calls it 'a monster'.
The story is surprisingly relevant also in our time, 200 years after. The plot says a lot about humanity in general. We create something that we then detest but do not blame ourselves, but the thing we created instead. For example, we all drive a car and complain that we are in traffic. In Mary Shelley's time, but also now, we are surpressed by the rise of big cities and industries - that we created ourselves. We don't feel free anymore because we are online night and day, 7 days a week; but seem to forget that we created this situation ourselves - by scientific developments and 'improvements'. Are those really improvements, or are we creating more and more monsters, that will eventually haunt us? Think about the global wars of the past century, think about the nuclear threats, and answer for yourself. Science is said to kill God - I think it's different: science makes us think we are gods. With one significant difference: God thought about his creation before performing it.
Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice
I had never read this book before. I have never seen the 2005 movie nor the 1990s tv series. Though I couldn't believe that Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy wouldn't marry (I mean, the book is known as a romance…), I still felt excited for them until the final moment. Thank you, naivety! And thank you Jane, for supporting it :).
I had prejudices about Austens novels myself, funny enough. I thought they would be cheesy, dull etc. etc. In fact, they are everything but that. After Northanger Abbey (which was big fun) and Mansfield Park (which was lala), I decided to read her most famous. A bit sceptic, still, but already at the first chapter I recognized it's such a joy to read. I love Austens cynicism. I laughed out loud more than once. I love her characters: I could totally imagine the lovely but little naïve Jane, silly Lydia, 'this-world-isn't-getting-better-for-me-anyway-so-f*ck-it' Mr. Bennet, crazy, exaggerated Mr. Collins, empty-headed Mrs. Bennet, prim-and-gruffy-but-actually-so-good-hearted Mr. Darcy… And so on.
Some people say nothing happens in this book. Well, that is true as long as you expect super exciting things like world travels, alchemical inventions, ghostly appearances or whatever. But this is a 19th century romance written by a middle-class young woman, so the book is about 1-1,5 years from the life of an English middle-class family with five daughters and no heir, so it is important that they marry someone rich (at least that's the thought of their mother, and, also, the thought of lots of people living in that time). That may sound dull, but Jane Austen is such a talented author, her characters are so funny, and he timing is perfect. I am happy to see that many men (!) give this book 4 or 5 stars. If you are one of the few people alive who haven't read this book, do yourself a favor and try. I promise it will be fun.
CHarlotte Brontë - Villette
Villette is a special book. I loved Jane Eyre and hoped and expected a similar kind of book in Villette. That was wrong. The narrator in Jane Eyre is openhearted, whereas Lucy Snowe, the narrator and heroine in Villette, is very introvert and holds back her thoughts and feelings from the reader. This annoyed me at first, until the point I realized that Charlotte Brontë did this on purpose. Being reticent is pro Lucy's main trait. She doesn't tell us what she's feeling, neither does she tell any of her friends and acquaintances. She remained a mystery for hundreds of pages, and all of her closer connections have different impressions of her. She giggles about that, but doesn't reveal herself - neither to us, nor to the people around her.
The book is slowly moving (as many of the books written in that time). There were points at which I thought 'Is this going to get somewhere anyway? When is Lucy finally going to fall in love with Dr. Bretton, as promised at the backside of the book? Then, I realized that she wasn't ever going to write it down – that is not her style. One has to read between the lines to get close to Lucy.
She must have suffered so much, but she won't tell us about her pain. She left England in her early twenties, leaving back no one, to go to Villette, the capital of Labassacour (a fictive, French-speaking country based on Belgium), where no one is waiting for her. She starts working as a teacher in a girl's school. But because she is so introvert, she won't have many contacts. She accepts the presence of Ginevra (a spoiled English girl she met on the ferry) even if she doesn't like her. She falls in love, yet the object of her love would never recognize her as a potential wife – and falls in love with another girl, a girl Lucy loves dearly. A tragic love triangle, but no one except for Lucy will ever know there was one. And then, the second man she loves, and loves deeper even, is taken away from her by a trio of people, who seem to want to destroy her last chance of happiness.
But – and this is a very important 'but' - her reticence fades, maybe even disappears, from chapter 38 on. Lucys heartache grows so big that she cannot longer keep her feelings to herself. She drew me into her pain completely. I felt her grief, her sorrow. The last four chapters are the most tragic, yet most beautiful and gripping pages of the book, and the main reason it gets five stars from me.
Oh, dear Lucy, I just hope you found happiness, eventually.


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A New York Appellate Court's Recent Decision Reminds Us that the Faithless Servant Doctrine is Alive and Well in New York
On March 20, 2018, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department unanimously affirmed an arbitration award in favor of the legal recruiting firm Major, Lindsey & Africa, LLC ("Major Lindsey") against a former employee, disgorging nearly $2 million in compensation paid to the former employee over the course of her four years with the firm based on claims that the former employee had stolen trade secrets and divulged confidential information to Major Lindsey's competitors. In upholding the arbitration award, the First Department held that the decision to claw back all salary and commissions paid to the employee during her entire tenure with the company under a faithless servant theory of liability did not violate New York public policy. This decision represents the most recent sign that the faithless servant doctrine is alive and well in New York and provides a potentially powerful tool for employers that have been damaged by the actions of a disloyal employee.
The faithless servant doctrine, which is grounded in the law of agency, allows employers to claw back all compensation paid to an employee (whether in the form of salary, commissions and/or bonuses) upon a showing that the employee engaged in repeated acts of disloyal conduct during the course of his or her employment. The doctrine was first recognized by New York's highest court in the late nineteenth century inMurray v. Beard, 102 N.Y. 505 (1886), in which the Court of Appeals instructed that "[a]n agent is held to uberrima fides [utmost fidelity] in his dealings with his principal, and if he acts adversely to his employer in any part of the transaction, or omits to disclose any interest which would naturally influence his conduct in dealing with the subject of the employment, it amounts to such a fraud upon the principal as to forfeit any right to compensation for services." Id. at 508. In 1977, the Court of Appeals further confirmed the doctrine's place in New York law and clarified that forfeiture of compensation is required even when some or all of "the [employee's] services were beneficial to the principal or [when] the principal suffered no provable damage as a result of the breach of fidelity by the agent." Feiger v. Iral Jewelry, Ltd., 41 N.Y.2d 928, 928-29 (1977); City of Binghamton v. Whalen, 141 A.D.3d 145, 147 (3d Dep't 2016). In other words, a faithless servant can be forced to forfeit all compensation received during the period of the employee's disloyalty, regardless of whether the employer could prove damages.
Generally, under New York law, the faithless servant doctrine has been applied in one of two situations: (1) where the employee's misconduct and unfaithfulness substantially violates the contract of service such that it permeates the employee's service in its most material and substantial part; or (2) where the employee's misconduct rises to the level of a breach of a duty of loyalty or good faith. Disloyal acts that have found to be actionable under the doctrine include "act[s] directly against the employer's interests – as in embezzlement, improperly competing with the current employer, or usurping business opportunities." Pozner v. Fox Broad. Co., 2018 NY Slip Op. 28102 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. County Apr. 2, 2018).
In Major Lindsey v. Mahn, the arbitration award came on the heels of the arbitrator's finding that the defendant had stolen confidential information and trade secrets, and shared confidential job postings with Major Lindsey's competitors. While critics have opined that the doctrine is overly punitive and draconian, in upholding the arbitrator's award, the First Department appears to have specifically addressed such arguments and rejected them. The First Department found that the $2.7 million arbitration award, which included disgorgement of more than four years' worth of the disloyal employee's past salary and commissions in the amount of $1.77 million plus over $900,000 in attorneys' fees and costs, was not violative of New York public policy or punitive in nature. Id. (citations omitted).
By allowing for the claw back of all compensation paid to an employee during the period of his/her disloyalty, the faithless servant doctrine offers employers a more straightforward way to calculate their damages as compared to the more conventional commercial breach of contract, and tortious interference claims. A plaintiff asserting a claim for breach of contract or tortious interference must typically show the value of the harm inflicted as a result of the former employee's unlawful conduct – which often may be hard to quantify and may present evidentiary complications particularly when the full extent of the wrongdoing may never be fully known. By contrast, under a faithless servant theory of liability, so long as the plaintiff can present adequate evidence of the disloyalty, and establish the period pervaded by the disloyal conduct, the plaintiff can seek to recover all compensation paid to the disloyal employee during that time (in addition to any lost profits that the disloyal employee obtained) even if the employer cannot establish damages suffered from the employee's disloyal acts. Feiger, 41 N.Y.2d at 928-29. For example, in Beach v. Touradji Capital Management, LP, 144 A.D.3d 557 (1st Dep't 2016), the First Department explained that the counterclaim plaintiff had stated a faithless servant claim and could seek to recover compensation paid to the disloyal former employees who formed a competing company, even if the counterclaim plaintiff could not show damages arising from its loss of investors. Id. at 563. Similarly, in Major Lindsey, the plaintiff may have suffered some damage to its good will as a result of the defendant's sharing of trade secrets with its competitors. Rather than try to quantify that harm, the faithless servant doctrine allowed Major Lindsey to claw back four years' worth of compensation.
This easier method of calculating damage was adopted by New York courts to deter employees/agents from self-dealing and acting against their employer's interests. See Diamond v. Oreamuno, 24 N.Y.2d 494, 498 (1969) ("the function of [a breach of fiduciary duty] action, unlike an ordinary tort or contract case, is not merely to compensate the plaintiff for wrongs committed by the defendant but ... to prevent them, by removing from agents and trustees all inducement to attempt dealing for their own benefit in matters which they have undertaken for others, or to which their agency or trust relates.") (internal quotation marks, citations and emphasis omitted).
The First Department's affirmance of the arbitration award in the Major Lindsey case is a clear win for employers and should serve as a reminder to litigators and employers of the potentially powerful faithless servant claim and meaningful remedies available to employers damaged by an employee's disloyal acts. It should also serve as a warning and deterrent to employees engaged in disloyal conduct– as the penalty may be more than they bargained for.
For more information on the topic discussed, contact:
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05.22.2018 | PUBLICATION: Business Litigation Bulletin | TOPICS: Litigation


This is the belief of LEE member Nicole Baker-Fulgham, and the driving force behind her nonprofit, The Expectations Project.
Originally from Detroit, Nicole attended the University of Michigan and joined Teach For America upon graduating. She taught fifth grade in Compton, California, where she met Brandi, the student who changed her perspective on education and challenged Nicole to "look beyond the classroom" to understand how a student's' home life might affect their performance in school.
Later, after earning her doctorate in education at UCLA, Nicole noticed that leaders in religious communities were using their voices to advocate around issues like immigration reform and the environment. She was inspired to get those voices speaking up about educational equity.
Combining her Christian faith and experiences as a teacher and education advocate, Nicole founded The Expectations Project, an organization dedicated to building active networks of local congregations working to close the academic achievement gap in Indianapolis and Washington, D.C. The Expectations Project has also implemented a pilot program to train faith leaders on the history of public education in their communities and the long-term impact of advocacy in public schools.
In 2015, Nicole was named a LEE Venture Fellow and received intensive coaching and $50,000 from LEE to expand the advocacy and organizing efforts of her organization. After applying concrete ideas for fundraising that she generated with the help of the fellowship, The Expectations Project exceeded their annual goal for individual giving in a single month!
Nicole continues to expand the impact of The Expectations Project and encourage other entrepreneurs to bring their ideas to end educational inequity to life.


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Huge boost for Ryanair passengers as face masks will be scrapped on thousands of EU flights from next week
Fry Electronics TeamMay 12, 2022
RYANAIR is the latest airline to scrap face masks on a number of its flights across Europe.
The low-cost airline confirmed that passengers will no longer have to carry them on their flights from May 16.
Face masks at Ryanair are to be abolished from next weekPhoto credit: Reuters
However, this does not include all flights, as passengers must follow the rules of the destination country when traveling.
Ryanair has stated that there are a number of countries where passengers are still required to wear their face masks.
Some destinations still require them on all public transport.
Unfortunately, this includes popular hotspots like Spain, Portugal, France and Italy.
The full list is:
Ryanair CEO Eddie Wilson said: "We welcome this relaxation of rules by EASA and ECDC, which will come into force from Monday 16 Aprilth May next.
"From this date, face masks will be optional on all Ryanair flights, except for flights to/from the 15 EU countries, where masks will remain mandatory on public transport."
He added: "We expect these states to relax their face mask rules in line with these new health guidelines from EASA and ECDC in the coming days."
The change in face mask rules follows the announcement by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), which issued an update on health protection measures for air travel yesterday.
This also included dropping the recommendation to wear masks at airports and on flights.
EASA Executive Director Patrick Ky said: "From next week, face masks will no longer have to be mandatory in all cases when traveling by air, largely in line with the changing requirements of national authorities across Europe for public transport.
"For passengers and flight crew, this is a major step forward in normalizing air travel.
"However, passengers should behave responsibly and respect the decisions of others around them."
Ryanair is one of the last countries to scrap face masks on its flights.
Jet2 was the first to scrap face masks, followed by TUI, easyJet and British Airways depending on the flight route.
Ryanair is one of the last UK airlines to scrap face masksPhoto credit: Getty
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HBO's hit bromance comedy series Entourage wrapped up its eighth and final season last September. However, there has been talk of a feature film for years now - and that speculation only increased after the show's official ending. Updates on the Entourage movie have been sporadic at best, with some of the prominent players in front of and behind the show's cameras hinting that a movie is still a very realistic possibility, including executive producer Mark Wahlberg, whose life Entourage is loosely based on.
The biggest unknown for an Entourage movie has to be the actual story, as it's unclear what direction the film would take. Well, there apparently is a story, as co-president of HBO programming, Michael Lombardo, told reporters at the Television Critics Association's press tour - a script is indeed in the works.
"[Creator] Doug [Ellin], as of this week, is on page 65 [of the] film's script, and he's excited about it."
Lombardo later elaborated, noting that there's only been a "very generic pitch" for the movie, and that they'll have to see if there's any interest from the cast "after we look at a script."
On the one hand, it's certainly encouraging to hear the wheels are in motion on the film, but on the other hand, it definitely sounds like things are still in the opening stages and there isn't much in place yet to guarantee the movie will actually get made. Still, Ellin's involvement has to be encouraging for fans, as the entire series was really his brainchild - and his enthusiasm for the property should help things advance to the next phases (pitching the script, specifically), as opposed to the project falling into development limbo.
Knowing Ellin has a story in mind certainly makes us wonder what tale he hopes to tell. Would the movie pick up right where the show left off?
Warning the remainder of the article contains Entourage TV series spoilers! If you do not want to be spoiled look away now!
While one could argue the show ended with satisfying conclusions to each of the key characters arcs, there's certainly much more that could be explored with Vincent Chase and his pals. Are Vince and Sophia a happily married couple? How are Eric and Sloan doing? Is Johnny Drama still riding high with Johnny's Bananas? What's Turtle up to now that he's a millionaire? And what about Ari, who received a very, very lucrative career offer at the tail end of the final season?
While still on great terms with one another, all of the main character stories were resolved - so what would it take to bring them all back together for more shenanigans and brotherly-like love?
We'll be sure to keep you posted on any and all updates on the Entourage movie.


I could live in jeans and honestly, might have a small obsession with them...anyone else or is that just me?? There are so many different colors and styles and even more ways for jeans to fit your figure, that it makes them feel limiting when trying to pair them with other articles from your closet. This mindset has me thinking I need a new pair of pants for every occasion and that can get me in trouble.
Are you on the other end of the spectrum and feeling like pants can be such a drag sometimes? Constantly pulling on them, stretching them, jumping up and down and doing the occasional lunge to get into them? Not fun for those who would prefer to wear anything other than jeans. So maybe it's time to get a few different ideas on how to wear jeans so they seem fun and a part of your wardrobe that you look forward to putting on!
One way I get around constantly feeling the urge to splurge on a new pair, is to wear my current pair a different way. If you're in the short girl club like I am, then you are no stranger to rolling or cuffing your pants. The fun thing about doing that, is that they feel like a completely different style of pant! I find myself getting into the routine of immediately cuffing my pants when I put them on like there isn't another option. After awhile that gets boring and I feel like I look the same every..single..day.. Not too long ago I was in a rush leaving home, happens more times than I'd like to admit, and just cuffed the bottom of my pants and ran out the door! Once I had settled into where I was going I realized that in my rushing panic, I had rolled my pants on accident and fell in love with the difference and versatility I now felt I had with these pants.
And then change the shoes. Oh my the possibilities. Shoes can be the main focus of your outfit and nobody will know you just wore the same perfectly fitting jeans three times in a row. Nobody else does that? Anyways...moving on.
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The Wish That Started Everything
Jo Danilo December 14, 2021 blackwood
"Why have you come here, my child?"
Mab shifted on the uncomfortable wooden bench. It was weird sitting there inside this stuffy, newfangled box and hearing a disembodied voice from behind a curtain. The new priest had no idea who she was, what she looked like, or what she'd been up to. Old Father Finley had always taken confessions side by side on the cushioned pew near the altar. He used to put her at ease with a chuckle and a 'not you again', or 'I know why you're here today, Mab Thatcher'.
And now this new priest didn't even seem to know what confession was for. It didn't fill her with confidence.
"Because you're meant to make me feel better," she reminded him.
There was a silence, during which Mab wondered why the new priest sounded so huffy about her answer. Usually, she came to confession carrying a laden wheelbarrow-full of things she'd done, but maybe shouldn't have done, and laid them out in front of old Father Finley. He would dismiss them all one by one and give her a few lines to say. And there would be nothing to worry about anymore.
"Well, yes," she said. "That's your job."
Another silence, and then he said: "Interesting. Please carry on."
Everyone told Mab not to be the new priest's first confession in Blackwood, but had she listened? No. She wasn't good at taking orders.
"I went to The 'Tree That Weeps' yesterday to make a wish."
"And what, pray, is 'The Tree That Weeps'?"
"It's a tree."
A small silence. "I guessed that much."
"You take a trinket to hang in its branches, and then you can make a wish. If the tree decides to honour it, it claims the trinket by covering it in golden sap. Then you know your wish is going to come true. Honestly, did Father Finley not tell you anything?"
"It seems… it seems he left a few things out." The young priest's voice was strained. "And what did you wish for?"
"Well, I broke the rules, you see. That's why I'm here. I wished for two things," said Mab, who was only allowed one wish a year, as was everyone in Blackwood, to avoid stressing the tree. "So, my first wish was for a healthy baby."
"You are with child?"
"Yes. I think so." She nodded at the curtain. "I did all the right rituals, anyway. You know, the dance in the full moon, chicken's egg under the pillow and all that."
"Did you not think of praying?"
Mab smiled to herself at his naivety. "Everyone knows that never works."
"And what was the other thing?" The priest sounded like he was being strangled now, his voice was so tight with disapproval.
Mab hesitated. She was not the quickest at picking up the emotions of others and was just starting to realise she may have said the wrong things to the new priest. As she had always lived in Blackwood and never been anywhere else, she wasn't entirely sure what the wrong things were. She didn't know that Blackwood was a little bit different to just about everywhere else.
"What was the other thing you wished for?" he repeated, urgently.
If she'd known what an impact her next words would have on Blackwood and all who lived there, she would have fled from confession straight away and never ever come back. But she didn't.
So, poor Mab said: "I wished the faeries would come back."
And life was never the same again.
Every so often, I take a little trip back into magical, medieval Blackwood – my favourite imaginary place – to spend thinking time with crazy Mab, kindhearted Silas, dropdeadgorgeous Otto and kickass Christina from book one (The Blackwood Crusade). This is the result of one of the little trips, and a suitable beginning to the next book. In which there will be witches!
Adventure, swordfights, love, loss, faeries, battles… and magic
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Priscilla Bettis says:
Excellent teaser! (That poor priest!) Heh-heh, sleeping with an egg under her pillow to get pregnant.:-)
Jo Danilo says:
Thank you for reading, Priscilla! I had fun writing that one – Mab always comes out with interesting lines 😀


On Tuesday March 6th 2018 Deloitte announced the laureates of their Booster 2.0 Programme. This program focusses on close collaboration between Deloitte specialists and Belgian scale-ups to make the scaling process as smooth and robust as possible. We are proud to announce that together with Wooclap (our neighbours in ICAB), intuo.io, TrendMiner N.V. , THEOplayer and Spott , Zensor has been selected as one of the 6 participants in the program! Looking forward to the journey ahead!


Introduction : partners, not adversaries -- The nuclear controversy : the case for a new approach -- Getting out of the dead end : from adversary to partner -- The outlook : no certainty, but opportunity?
The attacks of September 11 2001 spectacularly demonstrated that America's main security challenges did not stem from traditional power rivalries but rather from "grey areas", failed or badly governed states which are breeding grounds for extremism. Today the emphasis has shifted from focusing on relations between states to acting directly on states themselves, so as to pre-empt the growth of terrorism, arms proliferation, genocide, civil wars etc. After the concept of the "global war on terror", President George W. Bush put forward his "freedom agenda" aiming to promote democracy as a response to the security challenges facing the world, in particular in the Middle East. But overthrowing tyrants and holding elections is not enough to create a stable and well-governed democracy and can even, in some cases, complicate matters, as events between 2003 and 2005 in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Palestinian Authority and Egypt have shown. This is where "transformational diplomacy", the concept inaugurated by Condoleezza Rice in early 2006, comes in. Basically this consists in working with the partners of the United States with a view to "build and sustain democratic, well-governed states that will respond to the needs of their people and conduct themselves responsibly in the international system." To enable this to happen, it is first of all American diplomacy which must transform itself, so as to become less "analytical" and more operational, characterised by direct involvement in foreign societies rather than just being restricted to the realm of foreign policy. This Chaillot Paper explores the scope and limits of this "transformative" action: is the realist paradigm, that of interpower rivalries, really no longer relevant? Can diplomats transform themselves into active promoters of good governance? Are other countries ready to accept them in this role, or will they accuse them of interference? Can transformational diplomacy really change the world?


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Q: Vue-Bootstrap: Increase input field width + responsiveness I am trying to create an inline form which contains a little weather icon, a select menu and an input field for a country weather application I am building. I am stuck when it comes to increasing the width of my input field so that it is also responsive.
Right now the input fields placeholder is not entirely visible, and I would like it to be + have even more width to spare.
Any help is appreciated, thanks!
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What I want it to look like:

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CSS:
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  border-radius: 25px;
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  box-shadow: 0 0 3px #ccc;
  background-color: white;
  display: inline-block;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  padding: 30px;
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.weather-icon {
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Fleet managers make sure that all merchandises are shipped within the schedule. But, unexpected hardware issues, such as keyboard button failure due to prolonged use, can incur delays. To help them accomplish this task timely, they use industrial computer keyboards in fleet management operations.
Amongst the most recommended peripherals is the 96-key rugged industrial keyboard which stands out as one of the best rated in both quality and reliability. It features mechanical key buttons enclosed in a stainless-steel construction. Rated IP67K and NEMA 4 sealed, this design prevents dust and water from damaging the device.
So, how can a fleet manager maximise their work efficiency using the 96-key ruggedised keyboard? Find out more on this blog about the benefits of installing industrial keyboards to panel PCs in cargo shipping operations.
Modern shipping operations are comprised of multiple networks bearing a complex system. That is why operators utilise rugged PCs to manage and streamline the shipment process. But, there will always be an instance when a technical issue arises which can affect the entire operation. Therefore, integrating industrial keyboards with embedded PCs is an ideal computing solution.
Fortunately, the 96-key rugged keyboard is designed to function in environments with extreme working conditions. In fact, its IP67 protection rating and corrosion resistant steel build provide excellent functionality for extended periods. Furthermore, it has an approximate lifespan of 1 million switch cycles. So, expect that this device will operate optimally for several years.
This peripheral device also hosts several key features which can benefit the fleet management system. So, check out the top 3 advantages of installing the compatible, 96-key keyboards to industrial PCs.
Embedding industrial-grade keyboards to panel PCs for logistics applications can help operators maximise their productivity. Minor delays due to hardware issues can also be avoided. Here's what fleet managers can expect from using the 96-key keyboard for logistics operations.
Unlike common silicone or rubber keyboards, mechanical keyboards have a more tactile feedback [How to Geek]. Its design and key spacing help reduce key sticking issues. This makes it easier for fleet operators to input commands without worrying about the stuck keys.
The 96-key industrial-grade keyboard can also come in a case, bezel, rear or flush mounting. These options allow the device to be installed in areas where there is limited space available. Thus, ensuring that fleet operators can easily access this peripheral in key locations across the area.
This computer peripheral device also comes with a fully customisable key operation. It can be programmed to fit the fleet management software's requirements. So, fleet operators can use a keyboard with all the functions needed for streamline operations.
Keeping up with the customer demand for fast and efficient shipping means utilising industrial-grade computing equipment to optimise the fleet management logistics system. Since these operations bear strict deadlines and quotas, fleet managers must use accurate keyboards to issue the right commands.
So, embed the 96-key rugged industrial keyboard to panel PCs to maximise fleet management operations.