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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 27: U.S. President Donald Trump reacts to a question during a news conference in the Briefing Room of the White House on September 27, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump is preparing for the first presidential debate with former Vice President and Democratic Nominee Joe Biden on September 29th in Cleveland, Ohio (Photo: Getty)
Trump's Campaign Finances Take A Hit As Millions Go For Legal Defense & Melania's Designer
by Rose CarterJanuary 4, 2023, 3:01 pmJanuary 4, 2023, 3:01 pmJanuary 4, 2023, 3:01 pmDaily Digest, News, News Feed >
Former President Donald Trump's 2024 White House campaign may be struggling to find fundraising, according to a new analysis conducted by The Guardian.
Though his PACs and committees have a reported $95 million, $78 million is unusable in most cases.
Large donors have distanced themselves from Trump's third presidential campaign. Some of these mega-donors include private equity firm Blackstone's CEO Stephen Schwarzmann and Ronald Lauder, heir to cosmetic company Estée Lauder, both of whom have voiced their belief that its time for the Republican party to turn to new leadership.
Even more concerning for Trump, is that the numbers indicate that the small-donor stream that his 2016 campaign relied on, seems to be dwindling.
Trump turned in sky-high fundraising numbers during election cycles. Since then, he reported bringing in $500 million. Much of this money has gone toward paying his many legal fees as he is currently the subject of numerous investigations. Now other large costs that have eaten up the pile of money have included Melania Trump's personal designer and helping January 6 rioters.
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It was great to finally start talking about the main bad guys of the game as well as talk about other cool Kratos details. When David Jaffe told me about how he decided on Kratos having the pale skin and the fact that the story reason of the ashes came later it blew my mind. Enjoy the Highlights of the panel and ask away! I'll try to answer as best as possible.
Have you done a complete run through of the game? (I'm assuming it's in alpha, but I could be wrong. Lol ). Also, will we be seeing more multiplayer maps soon?
Yes, the game is playable all the way through. there is lots of polish left to do on bosses and enemies however.
I'm not sure which maps will be included in the Beta. There are several other maps we have not shown yet but maybe one new one will be revealed soon. We are focusing on quality rather than quantity at this point. we want to have maps that are very detailed and have lots of interactivity rather than tons of maps that are barren and empty.
The Round 1 Boss. Special moves include a knock-down kick and a boomerang throw. Not too difficult.


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NOW WE HAVE another alleged homicide in Quincy. That makes four in one year, not good in a small rocking chair town.
Yes, this is alarming and not good. Yes, it's quite interesting that all four incidents took place in one specific part of the city. I wouldn't feel safe if I lived in that area of town, either.
But each incident has its own set of facts and circumstances. And this is nothing new for Quincy.
I remember around 2004, when I covered crime and courts for The Whig. There were four or five homicides in Quincy and the surrounding area in a short amount of time, including several on the south end of town. One took place not half a block from where I now live. Another happened a block from my old apartment in Calftown.
There was all kinds of jumping up and down, blaming the police, blaming everybody for everything. Our city was going to hell and people were going to leave and not come back, and it served everybody who lives here right for "letting" it happen.
It can happen any where.
When Clyde Jackson was murdered on North 12th Street in July of 2008, the city simmered and it took a lot of effort by authorities and community leaders to keep things from coming unhinged. A lot of productive dialogue came out of those hot summer days and nights.
I hated doing stories about crime statistics, because numbers can be easily skewered and misinterpreted. But four murders in one year is four too many. We all need to address issues of violence and anger, culture and environment.
So I'm going to say now what I said back then. Slow down. Take a deep breath. Perspective tends to fly out the window when this stuff happens, and I understand that. Instead of pointing fingers and blaming everything around us, we need to look at ourselves and our community.
We all live here. We are all in this together.


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package it.finsiel.siged.mvc.presentation.actionform.soggetto;

import it.finsiel.siged.mvc.vo.lookup.SoggettoVO;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;

import org.apache.struts.action.ActionErrors;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessage;

public final class ListaDistribuzioneForm extends ActionForm {

    private ArrayList elencoListaDistribuzione = new ArrayList();

    private String descrizione;

    private String partitaIva;

    private String cognome;

    private String nome;

    private int codice;

    private Map elencoSoggettiListaDistribuzione = new HashMap();

    private String cerca;

    private String salvaAction;

    private String deleteAction;

    private String tipo;

    // private ListaVO soggetti;

    private String descrizioneDitta;

    private Collection listaPersoneLD;

    private String tornaListaPG;

    private Map soggetti;

    private String[] soggettiSelezionatiId;

    public Map getSoggetti() {
        return soggetti;
    }

    public void setSoggetti(Map soggetti) {
        this.soggetti = soggetti;
    }

    public String getTornaListaPG() {
        return tornaListaPG;
    }

    public void setTornaListaPG(String tornaListaPG) {
        this.tornaListaPG = tornaListaPG;
    }

    /**
     * @return Returns the logger.
     */

    public String getListaSize() {
        if (elencoListaDistribuzione == null)
            return "0";
        else
            return "" + elencoListaDistribuzione.size();
    }

    public void reset(ActionMapping mapping, HttpServletRequest request) {
    }

    public ActionErrors validateDatiInserimento(ActionMapping mapping,
            HttpServletRequest request) {
        ActionErrors errors = new ActionErrors();

        if (request.getParameter("btnConferma") != null
                && (descrizione == null || "".equals(descrizione.trim()))) {
            errors.add("descrizione", new ActionMessage("campo.obbligatorio",
                    "Descrizione", ""));
        } else if (getDescrizione() == null
                || "".equals(getDescrizione().trim())) {
            errors.add("descrizione", new ActionMessage("campo.obbligatorio",
                    "descrizione", ""));
        }

        return errors;
    }

    /**
     * @return Returns the btnCercaDescrizione.
     */
    public String getCerca() {
        return cerca;
    }

    // /**
    // * @param btnCercaDescrizione
    // * The btnCercaDescrizione to set.
    // */
    public void setCerca(String cerca) {
        this.cerca = cerca;
    }

    /**
     * @return Returns the confermaLDAction.
     */
    public String getSalvaAction() {
        return salvaAction;
    }

    /**
     * @param confermaPFAction
     *            The confermaLDAction to set.
     */
    public void setSalvaAction(String confermaPFAction) {
        this.salvaAction = confermaPFAction;
    }

    /**
     * @return Returns the deleteLDAction.
     */
    public String getDeleteAction() {
        return deleteAction;
    }

    /**
     * @param deletePFAction
     *            The deleteLDAction to set.
     */
    public void setDeleteAction(String deletePFAction) {
        this.deleteAction = deletePFAction;
    }

    /**
     * @param Descrizione
     *            The Descrizione to get.
     */
    public String getDescrizione() {
        return descrizione;
    }

    /**
     * @param Descrizione
     *            The Descrizione to set.
     */
    public void setDescrizione(String descrizione) {
        this.descrizione = descrizione;
    }

    public String getPartitaIva() {
        return partitaIva;
    }

    /**
     * @param PartitaIva
     *            The PartitaIva to set.
     */
    public void setPartitaIva(String partitaIva) {
        this.partitaIva = partitaIva;
    }

    public String getCognome() {
        return cognome;
    }

    /**
     * @param Cognome
     *            The Cognome to set.
     */
    public void setCognome(String cognome) {
        this.cognome = cognome;
    }

    public String getNome() {
        return nome;
    }

    /**
     * @param Nome
     *            The Nome to set.
     */
    public void setNome(String nome) {
        this.nome = nome;
    }

    /**
     * @param codice
     *            The id to get.
     */
    public int getCodice() {
        return codice;
    }

    /**
     * @param id
     *            The id to set.
     */
    public void setCodice(int id) {
        this.codice = id;
    }

    public Collection getElencoSoggettiListaDistribuzioneCollection() {
        return elencoSoggettiListaDistribuzione.values();
    }

    public Map getElencoSoggettiListaDistribuzione() {
        return elencoSoggettiListaDistribuzione;
    }

    public void setElencoSoggettiListaDistribuzione(
            Map elencoSoggettiListaDistribuzione) {
        this.elencoSoggettiListaDistribuzione = elencoSoggettiListaDistribuzione;
    }

    public void aggiungiSoggetto(SoggettoVO vo) {
        if (vo != null) {
            this.elencoSoggettiListaDistribuzione.put(String.valueOf(vo.getId()
                    .intValue()), vo);
        }
    }

    public void rimuoviSoggetto(String key) {
        this.elencoSoggettiListaDistribuzione.remove(key);
    }

    public void reset(ActionMapping arg0, ServletRequest arg1) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        setCodice(0);
        setDescrizione(null);

    }

    public ArrayList getElencoListaDistribuzione() {
        return elencoListaDistribuzione;
    }

    public void setElencoListaDistribuzione(ArrayList elencoListaDistribuzione) {
        this.elencoListaDistribuzione = elencoListaDistribuzione;
    }

    public String getTipo() {
        return tipo;
    }

    public void setTipo(String tipo) {
        this.tipo = tipo;
    }

    public String getDescrizioneDitta() {
        return descrizioneDitta;
    }

    public void setDescrizioneDitta(String descrizioneDitta) {
        this.descrizioneDitta = descrizioneDitta;
    }

    public Collection getListaPersoneLD() {
        return listaPersoneLD;
    }

    public void setListaPersoneLD(Collection listaPersoneLD) {
        this.listaPersoneLD = listaPersoneLD;
    }

    public ActionErrors validateLDPG(ActionMapping mapping,
            HttpServletRequest request) {
        ActionErrors errors = new ActionErrors();
        if (cerca != null
                && (descrizioneDitta == null || "".equals(descrizioneDitta))
                && (partitaIva == null || "".equals(partitaIva))) {

            errors.add("descrizioneDitta", new ActionMessage(
                    "parametri_ricerca_persona_giuridica"));
        }
        return errors;

    }

    public void inizializzaForm() {
        setElencoListaDistribuzione(null);
        setDescrizione(null);
        setPartitaIva(null);
        setCognome(null);
        setNome(null);
        setCodice(0);
        setElencoSoggettiListaDistribuzione(new HashMap());
        setCerca(null);
        setSalvaAction(null);
        setDeleteAction(null);
        setTipo("F");
        setDescrizioneDitta(null);
        setListaPersoneLD(null);
        setTornaListaPG(null);

    }

    public void rimuoviSoggetti(String soggetti) {
        this.soggetti.remove(soggetti);
    }

    public void rimuoviSoggetti() {
        if (soggetti != null) {
            this.soggetti.clear();
        }
    }

    public String[] getSoggettiSelezionatiId() {
        return soggettiSelezionatiId;
    }

    public void setSoggettiSelezionatiId(String[] soggettiSelezionatiId) {
        this.soggettiSelezionatiId = soggettiSelezionatiId;
    }

}

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We will show works from 1945 – 1985, mostly abstract, by artists including Clinton Adams, Ella Alluisi, Valenti Michael Angelo, Paul Beattie, Karl Benjamin, Eugene Berman, Dorr Bothwell, Hans Burkhardt, Jean Charlot, Ed Corbett, Katherine Skeele Dann, Roy De Forest, Francis DeErdely, Claire Falkenstein, Faralla, Edward Hagedorn, Charles H. Howard, John Langley Howard, John Ihle, Ynez Johnston, Walter Kuhlman, Seymour Locks, Mary Fuller McChesney, Robert McChesney, Knud Merrild, Marion G. Messinger, Mary Bates Neubauer, Irving Norman, Nathan Oliveira, Harold Persico Paris, Mildred Rackley, Jacques Schnier, Louis Siegriest, Hassel Smith, Antonio Sotomayor, Jim Spitzer, Juliette Steele, Jan Stussy, Seymour Tubis, Julius Wasserstein, June Wayne, Erwin J. Weidele, William Wiley, Zev, and more.


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Q: Error inflating XML android.support.v7.widget.CardView First question posted, whoo!
Hello,
I'm implementing the CardView and RecyclerView libraries that are now included in the v7 android support library, but when the application runs, it quits when inflating the CardView layout. I've done a lot of looking around the web and found a few helpful things, but the problem remains.
I've imported the CardView and RecyclerView libraries according to the instructions given here:
https://developer.android.com/tools/support-library/setup.html#libs-with-res (I'm using Eclipse), and then I added them to the list of libraries referenced by the application I'm building (under Project Properties > Android > Libraries).
But it seems like at least the CardView library isn't imported properly, or the dependencies are wrong or something because the code seems right.
Here is the relevant part fragment with the RecyclerView :
@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, @Nullable ViewGroup container,
@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    mLayout = (RelativeLayout) inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_jamboree_info, container, false);
    return mLayout;
}

@Override
public void onActivityCreated(@Nullable
Bundle savedInstanceState) {

    RecyclerView recList = (RecyclerView) mLayout.findViewById(R.id.cardList);
    recList.setHasFixedSize(true);
    LinearLayoutManager llm = new LinearLayoutManager(getActivity());
    llm.setOrientation(LinearLayoutManager.VERTICAL);
    recList.setLayoutManager(llm);

    // make and set the adapter
    CardAdapter adapter = new CardAdapter(mDataSet);
    recList.setAdapter(adapter);

    super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);
}

Here is R.layout.fragment_jamboree_info:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".activities.MainActivity" >

    <android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
        android:id="@+id/cardList"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        tools:context=".activities.MainActivity" />
</RelativeLayout>

And here is the CardAdapter code:
public class CardAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<CardAdapter.ViewHolder> {

private ArrayList<ParseObject> mDataSet;

public CardAdapter(ArrayList<ParseObject> dataSet) {
    mDataSet = dataSet;
}

// Size of the dataset (invoked by the layout manager)
@Override
public int getItemCount() {
    return mDataSet.size();
}

/** Provide a reference to the type of views that you are using (custom ViewHolder) */
public static class ViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
    protected TextView vTitle;

    public ViewHolder(View v) {
         super(v);
         vTitle = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.TV_title);
    }
}

// Create new views (invoked by the layout manager)
@Override
public ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup viewGroup, int viewType) {
    LayoutInflater inflater = LayoutInflater.from(viewGroup.getContext());

    // ** This is where it crashes ** //
    View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.card_jamboree_info, viewGroup, false);

    return new ViewHolder(v);
}

// Replace the contents of a view (invoked by the layout manager)
@Override
public void onBindViewHolder(ViewHolder viewHolder, final int position) {
    viewHolder.vTitle.setText(mDataSet.get(0).getString("title"));
}

}
And here is R.layout.card_jamboree_info -- this CardView seems to be the issue...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:card_view="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_margin="8dp"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:background="@color/grey_light"
    card_view:cardCornerRadius="5dp" >

    <RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:background="@android:color/white" >

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/TV_title"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
            android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
            android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
            android:textSize="32sp"
            android:text="@string/basic_error" />

    </RelativeLayout>
</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>

Finally, at risk of too much information, here is the error log:
01-21 23:00:10.964: D/AndroidRuntime(15128): Shutting down VM
01-21 23:00:10.980: E/AndroidRuntime(15128): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
01-21 23:00:10.980: E/AndroidRuntime(15128): Process: com.evoqe, PID: 15128
01-21 23:00:10.980: E/AndroidRuntime(15128): android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #2: Error inflating class android.support.v7.widget.CardView
01-21 23:00:10.980: E/AndroidRuntime(15128):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:633)
01-21 23:00:10.980: E/AndroidRuntime(15128):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:743)
01-21 23:00:10.980: E/AndroidRuntime(15128):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:482)
01-21 23:00:10.980: E/AndroidRuntime(15128):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:414)
01-21 23:00:10.980: E/AndroidRuntime(15128):    at com.evoqe.adapters.CardAdapter.onCreateViewHolder(CardAdapter.java:56)
01-21 23:00:10.980: E/AndroidRuntime(15128):    at com.evoqe.adapters.CardAdapter.onCreateViewHolder(CardAdapter.java:1)
01-21 23:00:10.980: E/AndroidRuntime(15128):    at android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView$Adapter.createViewHolder(RecyclerView.java:4121)
01-21 23:00:10.980: E/AndroidRuntime(15128):    at android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView$Recycler.getViewForPosition(RecyclerView.java:3431)
01-21 23:00:10.980: E/AndroidRuntime(15128):    at android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView$Recycler.getViewForPosition(RecyclerView.java:3340)
01-21 23:00:10.980: E/AndroidRuntime(15128):    at android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager$LayoutState.next(LinearLayoutManager.java:1810)
01-21 23:00:10.980: E/AndroidRuntime(15128):    at android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager.layoutChunk(LinearLayoutManager.java:1306)
01-21 23:00:10.980: E/AndroidRuntime(15128):    at android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager.fill(LinearLayoutManager.java:1269)
01-21 23:00:10.980: E/AndroidRuntime(15128):    at android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager.onLayoutChildren(LinearLayoutManager.java:523)
01-21 23:00:10.980: E/AndroidRuntime(15128):    at android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView.dispatchLayout(RecyclerView.java:1988)
01-21 23:00:10.980: E/AndroidRuntime(15128):    at android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView.onLayout(RecyclerView.java:2237)
01-21 23:00:10.980: E/AndroidRuntime(15128):    at android.view.View.layout(View.java:15596)
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The code seems correct, so I'm suspicious that the issue is with dependencies. I followed these two tutorials when writing the code:
http://www.binpress.com/tutorial/android-l-recyclerview-and-cardview-tutorial/156
and
treyrobinson.net/blog/android-l-tutorials-part-3-recyclerview-and-cardview/
Any help is massively appreciated! Thanks in advance.

A: I think you need to import the libs CardView,RecycleView and appcompat_v7 Internally , like firstly remove appcompat_v7 from your project as *Project>properties>Android > remove Apply and Ok * and then import  reclyce View , Card View and appcompat_v7  and (appcompat_v4 if it is needed)  from your HardDrive  it into your project libs folder and then add it from project>Properties>JavaBuildPath >Add Jar instead of Add external Jar then choose libraries from your project libs folder . Then You need to change  Theme in styles.xml.
  <style name="AppBaseTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light">

to
<style name="AppBaseTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light">

and same in other styles.xml
as Appcompat.Light is no more suppported after removing .
Then clean and run . Hope it might works !

A: If you have tried everything from solutions then need to check this minor mistake that i did before.
if your manifest file that has target sdk version to 21. not below this.
  <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="11" //anything you need
        android:targetSdkVersion="21" />

because after trying everything on internet i solved recyclerview inflating error by changing target from 17 to 21.
may be this can help for someone in future and not wasting days behind it as i did.

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Upon first looking into David Gwilym Anthony's new book Passing Through the Woods I was a little confused, since so many of the poems in it were familiar to me. I felt the spine-creep of déjà vu. How could I have read so much of it before? All is explained in the introduction. This is, in effect, a self-published second edition of Talking to Lord Newborough with revisions and a scattering of new work. I searched for differences. One of the most obvious revisions is the look and heft of the book - this new one is a lovely thing indeed when compared with the original, which had an awkward, slightly oversized format and a strange shadow on the cover that looked as though the sun had bleached part of it. The inside is also much improved in appearance. It amused me that the poem which appeared as Triolette in Lord Newborough is now called Triolet - almost a show-don't-tell tribute to the new typeface, which is bigger and better and much easier to read. I was sorry, though, that he has amended one of the lighter poems, replacing the phrase 'bugger me' with 'blow me down'. I spotted this at once, though that probably throws more light on the reader than the writer.
The new volume is unusual in that it includes six pages of reviews and comments which, added to Carol Rumens' assessment of the title poem on the back cover, make another opinion seem almost unnecessary. What new insight could I add to these?
I found myself looking at David's work as a whole, wondering what it is that makes it different. I began with what is perhaps his best-known poem - Talking to Lord Newborough - and read it quietly aloud, pleased with the easy diction and unforced metre. Because I live in Wales and have become familiar with the language, I read the name of the village, 'Maentwrog', without faltering. Its two outer syllables rocked gently, balanced either side of the central 'too', but as I was enjoying the feel of it in my mouth I found myself wondering what others might make of it. David has a large US following, for example, and he has made no concession to their possible puzzlement.
Then I wondered if Maentwrog was location of Tale from a Gwynedd Village, which takes a gentle dig at the visitor who attributes the returning native's intuitive knowledge of a local death to his having heard the wail of Celtic spirits. (The chap has done his homework.) In fact it is the shriek of the undertaker's power saw that has alerted the young man to the situation. He may be a Celt but he's no daft anachronism!
The poem Bloodlines makes the case again. The poet is angered by the depiction of his ancestors as barbarians, detailing some of their achievements in astronomy and scientific construction. He claims their memory lives in his chromosomes. His poems prove it.
This fascination with his background shows again in One Way Ticket, where he revisits the miners' railway where he played as a boy and stands contemplating Cwm Cynfal and the Ceunant, among the ghosts of trains. I am reminded of Tolkien, watching goods trains steam past with exotic Welsh place names chalked on the wagons, which some believe sowed the seeds of Sindarin. David is a master of form, as everyone recognises, but surely few could take the ultimate send-up formula of the double dactyl and render it thoughtful and sad, as he does in Unsaid.
My own favourite of all his poems Hawthorn, with Housmanlike simplicity, remonstrates with the tree for weeping when the poet can see no reason for it, but all David's finest poems give the lie to the statement. He finds unerringly, as Francis Thompson put it … all the sadness in the sweet. The sweetness in the sad. He offers a simple insight to all who need to understand it via his poem To Gerard Manley Hopkins - without the dark your candle could not glow.
There is a thread of gentle regret running through these poems, too easily classified as mere Celtic twilight. A consciousness of roads not taken and of the passing of time that gives them a straight-to-the heart appeal (Father of the Man). I am searching for a single word to sum it up and the nearest in English is wistfulness which won't do. The Welsh word is hiraeth but David might not thank me for using it because it has become a cliché. He is a proud man.
It is a fine day here in South Wales, with a boisterous westerly wind. There's a red t-shirt billowing on the line in my neighbour's garden, waving a cheerful slogan: 'You can take the boy out of Wales but you can't take Wales out of the boy'. Indeed. Da iawn, Dai bach. Seren aur i chi.
Passing through the Woods is available from UK bookshops and also, including a downloadable Kindle version, from Amazon UK, Amazon.com and all other Amazon sites.
If a poem is a verbal device designed to go off in the heart (apologies to Philip Larkin) then David G. Anthony's graceful, contemplative second collection implodes quietly, delivering emotional truths from within well-crafted constructs.
David Anthony's superb new collection, Talking to Lord Newborough, is the second release by a remarkable new literary publisher, The Alsop Review Press… Anthony's poems are all written in traditional rhymed forms, but the poet's sensibility is entirely modern. Anthony is a master, so at home with such forms as the sonnet and the villanelle (to name only two) that the resulting poems are fluid and seamless, truly flawless. Equally notable is the broad range of tone and subject matter, from the wildly hilarious to the deeply moving. My personal favorites include "Situation Vacant" and the wistful title poem.
David Anthony is a skilled craftsman whose use of form always feels natural. Although he's at home with wordplay and metaphor, his work is not opaque. It often breaks the cardinal rules of contemporary poetry: Don't show any emotions other than anger and melancholy, don't use perfect rhymes, and for God's sake, don't 'say' anything. That infuriates some critics — always a good sign.
There is no 'street cred' and no attempt to match or compete with the noise of modern media. This is poetry painstakingly composed in traditional forms that have changed very little and have stood the test of time…The subject matter is broad — from wistful to uncomfortable — from a commemoration of the late Queen Mother that concludes: 'Lie easy now, the head that wore a crown', to "Out of the Night", which examines our unforgiving attitude to a criminal who has taken the lives of many others. Some of the poems are funny and some of them are not. They are always honest and offer sympathy, but no quarter.
David Anthony's work shows that a poem doesn't have to raise its voice to get our attention, and that control is not the opposite of feeling. These pages offer a rare enjoyment: contemporary verses that please the ear as well as the intellect.
A peopled landscape is always present. These poems will give great pleasure to those without expert knowledge and even more to those who realise how much skill was needed to produce such simplicity.
I was aware, while reading these poems, of his mastery of rhyme and metre, and overall, a voice of great dignity and control. There are many moving poems here, but also a section called 'Chestnut Puree' of some wickedly funny ones.
It's a wonderful book, truly. I've been picking it up and setting it down and picking it up again for the past two or three weeks. Every time I read it I find something I hadn't seen before. "For My Daughter" and "On the Suicide of a Friend" are my current favourites. I may have others tomorrow. The voice is gentle, soft-spoken and perceptive.
Words to Say is a wonderful book, full of all the right things that poetry ought to have: seriousness, moral weight, feeling, complexity, music, without any pretentiousness or self-consciousness or wrong notes. What the poet does with formal patterns is deft and casual, even a potentially hard one for English, like the Petrarchan sonnet. He manages to get real thought into the triolet, and he makes it feel natural. His rhymes, whether perfect or slant, seem inevitable. It's good to find among these poems several that are already familiar from some of the best sites on the internet; the unfamiliar ones are just as stunning and immediately inviting. The Foreword by Helena Nelson gets it right when it notes Anthony's 'delight in his craft'. This is beautiful work, enhanced by the art; I'm grateful to have it on this side of the Atlantic!
The first things that came to my mind were the dignity and gravity of his work. His judgments are as measured as his verse. Of course, for the light of heart, he also writes a wicked versified joke.
David's poems are rarely mere ornaments: they contain real thought, often difficult thought at that. He is an honourable disciple in a long tradition, using the sonnet, for example, to introduce a question or problem, before offering his own considered resolution. His thought is compressed, personal and satisfying. Penetrating in his insights, he avoids didacticism. His utterance is characterised by interrogatives, perhapses, and a tone of conjecture. At the same time, he is playful with words, form and intent. Sometimes it is a very serious playfulness; at other times, it is unashamedly mischievous. The humorous poems in this collection are no less carefully made than their serious counterparts. They bubble up from an irrepressible sense of fun. Who could resist 'Cushioning the Blow' or 'Who's Afraid?' Such pieces serve to persuade that poetry can both begin and end in delight… Faced with sadnesses both small and large, David Anthony's poems, with disarming modesty and memorable grace, really do find "the proper words to say". Read them, and you will see.
The scene and situation are set at once, so that communication is clear at the surface level. The mystery occurs at a deeper level, and is subtler, in what the poem suggests about memory and time: "These days the past is nearer". We think of the past as retreating into a farther distance, as do the dead, but this poem reverses that notion, and implies that the dead "remember" with us. I found myself feeling not only surprised, but persuaded by this tender but unsentimental sense of identification with those who are closer than they were when they "left" us, because now we're approaching them. The end feels wholly true, and the force of the poem is greater than it would have been if the language were not so unobtrusively ordinary. And then, just to compound the strangeness of the poem, a re reading reminds you that this particular "old friend" was a stranger, after all, "met" beside his gravestone by an imaginative and sensitive boy! Remarkable poem.
This is not just a poem to please its author, or the denizens of a workshop. It is cunningly, perniciously calculated to snare the judge of a poetry competition. I undertook this charge resolutely determined to exclude any poem about poetry from the finalists. 'Slush Pile' has defeated my good intentions. I will never forgive the author, when I learn his or her identity.
Getting lost in the woods is a narrative which belongs to folklore, childhood and the pre-industrial human past: it is one to which the atavistic instincts of the modern urban reader still strongly respond. This poem plays effectively with process (narrative but also formal). Within the miniature span of the poem, we nevertheless have a sense of time passing and dangerous night approaching. Judiciously placed punctuation varies the traction of two important little words — 'now' and 'because'. The two foreshortened lines reflect the ebb and flow of the speaker's confidence. Line six offers a burst of cheery optimism — 'I'll find the track somehow.' — but the conclusion again casts doubt on a happy outcome, and the poem records a mood of uncertainty and a shadowy sense of threat. The title implies, perhaps, that the path will be found. Let's hope it doesn't lead to Baba Yaga's hut… "Passing through the Woods" is exemplary.
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The Art of Lighting for Recording Video
Designing a National Online Oral History Collecting Initiative
Achieving Good Audio
Achieving Good Audio Recording Levels
by Doug Boyd
It is of paramount importance to monitor recording levels during the digital recording of an oral history interview. The dynamic range of a recorder or a microphone is the range between the highest level and the lowest level (the noise floor) of sound that can be captured. Recording a signal with levels too close to the noise floor will result in a poor signal-to-noise ratio with hiss and hum being quite evident. To achieve optimal recording levels, you should set your recording levels as close to the permitted maximum level (PML) as possible, without reaching or exceeding that limit. Reaching or exceeding the PML will result in distortion of the signal. Digital audio can come very close to the threshold for PML without distorting; however, clipping will occur once the peak has been reached.
Clipping is usually indicated with a red light. If utilizing colored level meters, green is acceptable, yellow is still acceptable but approaching PML, and red indicates clipping. After the interview, it is possible, with audio editing software, to boost the levels if originally recorded too low. A weak signal-to-noise ratio, however, will raise the noise floor and boost the noise during the recording. At the other extreme, clipping is very difficult to fix, so it is best to record the interview with a certain amount of headroom, or the space between the peak signal during the interview and the PML. Interviews falling between -12 dB and -6 dB usually allow enough headroom to account for intermittent spikes in peak levels.
The difficulty with oral history recording is its dynamic and unpredictable nature. Conversation can be very quiet at times and then quickly escalate in volume. Because of this, you need to evaluate and set the levels at the beginning of the interview but also monitor recording levels throughout the recording to make sure they remain at optimal levels. You should not, however, "ride" the levels, constantly turning them up and down according to the sonic dynamics of the interview.
Record as strong a signal as possible without clipping
Locate a comfortable range for your peaks (usually between -12 dB and -6 dB) at the beginning of the interview. A recording that has average peaks under -16 dB will normally have a greater amount of noise when the levels are boosted to optimal levels. I prefer to stay away from averaging in the -3 dB range because of the unpredictability of an interview. If clipping occurs, don't panic, but do gently back the levels down.
Adjusting Levels On Your Recorder
Manual level control
Manual level control involves the operator adjusting the levels by use of the input level or recording level controls. When recording with manual level control it is best to use a limiter to protect against clipping.
A limiter sets a threshold above which the signal will be gently pushed down in order to prevent clipping. This is preferred over ALC or AGC (see below) as it allows the operator to set optimal levels and minimizes noise while still protecting the recording from clipping. Limiters are not foolproof however, and good levels must still be determined by the operator.
Automatic Level Control/Automatic Gain Control (ALC/ALG)
ALC and AGC are circuits in a recorder that determine an average optimal level. Use of one of these will minimize the risk of clipping but typically not produce as high a quality of recording as manual level control because they boost quiet moments in the recording up to record level and thus boost background noise.
It is also recommended that operators utilize headphones, at least in the beginning of the interview, in order to monitor the sound quality of your recording. Levels will not indicate if there is a minor buzz, or the introduction of extra noise from a ceiling fan or an air conditioning unit for that you may not have noticed during setup. A microphone can greatly exaggerate noise unnoticed by the ear and can often be rectified by a different (typically closer) microphone placement (See microphone section). Monitoring through headphones at the beginning of a recording can greatly improve sound quality and, on occasion, prevent the loss of an entire recording.
Boyd, D. A. (2012). Achieving good audio recording levels. In D. Boyd, S. Cohen, B. Rakerd, & D. Rehberger (Eds.), Oral history in the digital age. Institute of Library and Museum Services. Retrieved from http://ohda.matrix.msu.edu/2012/06/achieving-good-audio/.
Boyd, Douglas A. "Achieving Good Audio Recording Levels," in Oral History in the Digital Age, edited by Doug Boyd, Steve Cohen, Brad Rakerd, and Dean Rehberger. Washington, D.C.: Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2012, http://ohda.matrix.msu.edu/2012/06/achieving-good-audio/
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As with our lives, we are supposed to pursue improving our homes relentlessly. It can feel like a personal struggle: hunting down creative home-improvement ideas, choosing which project to undergo, then investing the time, work, and materials needed to implement these upgrades in our homes. The reason it feels personal is that it is personal; our homes are where we spend most of our time. They are our safe spaces, private places, and refuges after long days or weeks of tiresome work. What could be more personal?
When something as emotional–even for men–as home improvement is in order, there are a number of choices before you; namely, should you do it yourself, as all the trendy blogs and picturesque websites instruct, or should you put aside your pride and whimsy and hire a professional contractor?
While there is certainly no shortage of home-improvement ideas or galvanizing DIY sermons, there is a real shortage of clear-cut, objective pro-con lists weighing DIY against professional labor. I'll offer you the latter right here.
Pro: Everybody loves the pride accomplishment brings, and a successful DIY job gives you plenty.
Con: Everybody has self-preservation, but certain DIY jobs involving large power tools, heat exchange, and electrical systems can actually kill you.
Pro: Doing home improvement yourself is a great savings.
Con: Doing home improvement yourself is extremely time-consuming; expect to give up at least 2 full days or even several weeks for your project, depending on how ambitious it is.
Pro: You do not have to worry about paying slow, lazy, hired help by the hour or fearing that workers will do shoddy and simplified work–the "If you want it done right, do it yourself" mentality.
Con: These workers can recognize mistakes or find unexpected problems and repair them (hidden mold, termite damage, bad plumbing or electrical work, etc.), whereas you probably cannot. Pop quiz: What are the signs that electrical work is not up-to-code?
Pro: A good contractor will hold themselves to a standard of excellence. They will not leave a work site until the job is done correctly, sealed-up, and cleaned-up.
Con: You will have to deal with strangers working in your home for several days. You might want to wear pajamas in the morning.
Pro: You need not have even a smidgen of related knowledge for a home-improvement project to be done right. Contract laborers know what they are doing and know what that thingy is that sticks out of pipe joints under your sink.
Con: Contract labor is paid labor, so you are paying for much more than the tools and materials required for a project.
It seems that some small projects within your wheelhouse can certainly be DIY. Painting is no-big-deal, nor are hanging floating shelves or replacing your appliances. You can even learn how to replace light fixtures or refinish a hardwood floor by following instructions on Lifehacker and other DIY-leaning resources.
However, any undertaking that calls for serious changes to the structure of your home, fooling with a system that runs throughout the house (ventilation, plumbing, electricity), or doing dangerous work should be left to a professional. As stated above, professionals know what they are doing. You might have half of an idea what you are doing, but that other half can be what ruins you, if not your home.
The first one is not personal but common and widely feared: asbestos. Do you know what this literally-sickening substance looks like? If you purchase an older home, do you know all of the signs that it is present in your walls or ceiling? Most people who have been hospitalized due to asbestos exposure have encountered this mineral during a DIY project and continued to work around it in blissful ignorance.
This one gets personal. My father's family is full of people involved in construction-adjacent fields–real estate, flooring sales, stone hardware production–who also happen to assume that because they see home improvement happening around them, they can do their own home improvement. My uncle, a carpet store owner, once decided to lay tile in his kitchen DIY-style. Because of the angle at which the countertops ran, he decided to start laying the flooring at opposite corners and meet in the middle. After 2 full afternoons of work, not only did he discover that the 2 groups of tile did not align when they met, but he found that because he had mixed the grout in small batches using different amounts of water, the result was a patchwork of grout in different colors, girths, and consistencies!
I'll humor you with one more. My father, a salesman for a house developer before the 2008 housing crash, assumed that he knew how to run electric wiring from inside the dining room wall to an exterior patio, which had recently been crowned with a pergola roof. While running cable into a new outlet with the circuit flipped off, my dad decided to loosen the wiring by holding the metal edges of the outlet with one hand and using metal pliers with the other. The results, needless to say, were shocking. (And I only joke about it because he is just-fine, luckily.) I did not know why this happened–nor did he–until an electrician friend explained to my father that even though the right circuit was flipped off, he had completed a circuit through his own body by touching metal pieces to an electric wire with both hands.
To sum it all up, the possibilities for DIY work are endless, but so, consequently, are the potential horror stories. Things are unlikely to get nasty if you decide to repaint your own cabinetry, but when DIY meets tough jobs, either you or your house is likely to get bruised.
I completely agree with you. There are some projects that are small enough and easy enough to do on your own, but for larger projects that require more skill, a professional should definitely be the one to do the job. I am getting ready to sell my house and I need to have my driveway repaved. That is certainly a job I will hire a contractor for. Thanks for sharing the helpful information!
Great post, Erin! I'm very glad that I stumbled upon your post because I've been thinking about hiring a paving contractor. I think you're absolutely right: when hiring a contractor, it's important that you're hiring a professional. I'll be sure to follow your suggestion by looking for their license. Thanks for sharing this information with us; it's been very enlightening!
I like how you said, "A good contractor will hold themselves to a standard of excellence." I like that about hiring commercial contractors. We are planning on making some changes to our home that are too complicated for me to do on my own. It'll be nice to have a pro to help us. Thanks for the info!
It is really interesting to get this comparison of when jobs can be done DIY style, and when it is necessary to call a professional. I agree with what you said that little jobs can often be done on your own, but bigger projects are much safer when a professional is called. I imagine that electrical and plumbing issues are better off done by a professional since they are such a big part of the home. Thanks for sharing this!
The first pro for hiring a contractor was great. I mean can you find a better pro then the fact that contractors are professionals. I've seen too many of my friends do DIY projects and have horror stories like the ones you mentioned. I think I"m going to pass on trying the DIY route and go with a contractor, thanks!
Cool post! I learned a lot about when it is best to hire a contractor by reading this. Thank you for explaining how "A good contractor will hold themselves to a standard of excellence. They will not leave a work site until the job is done correctly, sealed-up, and cleaned-up." I have done a lot of remodeling in the past and the contractor that I hired always did a really good job and proved why he was a professional.
It's comforting to know that there are contractors that can help people with their electrical needs. I learned last year that if you don't know what your doing when it comes to working with electrical wires, it's wise to call in a pro. I'm grateful for these services and all that they do to help people have better lives.
I love DIY projects especially the ones that help fix up my home. Although, I agree that sometimes it is best to leave it up to the professionals. I think as long as you know what you're confident in your skills and have the proper supplies then you'll be ok for simple DIY projects.
this is a great way to know when you need to hire a contractor. For me, I'm terrible with tools or just being handy in general around the house. I'm the ideal client for a contractor since I really would not be able to do anything without them. Thanks for the awesome advice!
Thank you for stating the pros and cons to both DIY work and Contract work. I think a contract worker is some of the best work because you have a trained professional working with you. You don't have to worry about getting the work done and it probably is a lot quicker.
You make a great point that DIY work is limitless, but that doesn't mean it will be great quality. I can do quite a bit on my own, but even for me there is a line where I will hire a professional. It only takes one project going wrong for you find that point for yourself!
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I agree– there is no better feeling than being proud of something you did yourself. However, there are some DIY projects that could put you at risk. Electrical wiring, for example, is something I would never mess with. I wouldn't want to accidently hurt myself!


The construction of MSC Fantasia is making rapid progress at Aker Yards in Saint-Nazaire, France, in anticipation of her Dec. 18, 2008 christening in Naples, Italy.
MSC Fantasia will be MSC Cruises' first ship to offer an exclusive VIP area that will truly be a paradise within a paradise.
Called MSC Yacht Club, it will consist of 99 spacious suites (up to 700 square feet), plus a bar, solarium, 2 Jacuzzis, a pool with sky dome, as well as offer guests their own concierge. At the front of the Observation Lounge there will be large glass windows that will allow guests to make the most of the amazing views.
The Observation Lounge will also include relaxation areas, a Wi-Fi zone and a library with books in several languages. A honey-colored onyx marble exhibition table will provide guests the perfect place to enjoy their daily breakfast. Numerous screens will keep guests informed of the ship's route, weather conditions and the visible constellations while at sea.
LUXURY – For the first time on board a ship, guests will be able to walk on a Swarovski floor. Even the stairs connecting the deck between the MSC Yacht Club Concierge area and Deck 16 will have steps made from Swarovski crystal, which will be illuminated by LED lights. The flooring of the stairs will be a mosaic of black Saint Laurent and yellow Siena marble and the transparent ceiling will allow guests to enjoy the star-studded sky.


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Is race a factor in deciding whether to resuscitate a baby?
by Deb on October 14, 2018 at 8:00am
In a very bold and emotionally charged headline, a Newspaper reports:? Quote:
M?ori babies less likely to be resuscitated, bias blamed.
Babies close to death are less likely to get life saving treatment if they're M?ori, Pacific or Indian – and experts partly blame racial bias.
A Weekend Herald investigation can reveal the ethnic divide in resuscitation attempts on very premature infants.
A top-level health body is now calling for all maternity and neonatal workers in New Zealand to be put through compulsory anti-racism training.
The number of infants born near the "edge of viability" – 23 to 26 weeks – is small at about 170 a year. However, 10 years of records reveal a disturbing ethnic divide.
Resuscitation was tried on 92 per cent of M?ori babies, 89 per cent of Pacific and 86 per cent of Indian.
That compared to 95 per cent for "other" – mostly P?keh? and non-Indian Asians – which medical experts say is a statistically significant difference.
"Institutional bias or implicit biases are likely to play at least some part," concluded the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee, a taxpayer-funded panel tasked with reviewing deaths of babies and mothers.? End of quote.
Likely to play at least some part.? So what they are really saying is there is no hard evidence at all to support this claim, only assumptions and guesses.
What nationality are the doctors that are making the resuscitation decisions?? Are they all white?? Based on the mix of doctors I've seen in hospitals, that's extremely unlikely. Is it racist for a Maori doctor to decide that a Maori baby should not be resuscitated?
What do the doctors have to say?? Quote:
Dr John Tait, chairman of the mortality review committee and chief medical officer at Capital & Coast DHB, said no baby would not be resuscitated because of the colour of its skin.
Rather, bias could be found earlier in the chain of events leading up to the birth, and help explain why more M?ori, Pacific and Indian women have babies whose condition, such as low birth weight, makes resuscitation less viable.
"Is enough effort going into M?ori and Pasifika health to prevent them going into labour early? If people don't come to antenatal clinics…should we be going to them?"? End of quote.
Perhaps, but at what point should we expect parents to take responsibility for the life they have chosen to bring into the world?? There's an old saying, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make them drink.
Should we be interested only in the resuscitation statistics or are there other things to consider?? Quote:
[?] DHBs told the Weekend Herald it wasn't fair to compare survival statistics, which aren't adjusted for factors like poverty or the proportion of mothers who arrive with birth imminent.
Dr John Tait of the mortality review committee agreed, and said the picture was complex, much more so than simply attempting resuscitation.? End of quote.
I'm sure there will be many people involved in the health industry that will be deeply offended by this baseless accusation of racism.
Doctors are scientists and make life and death decisions based on the medical evidence that they have in front of them.? To suggest anything different without hard evidence is shameful.
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Retirement - finance, involvement and motivation
Published: 26 Feb 2011 By John Head
My family have been veterinary surgeons since the 1870s and not one of the previous three generations retired; they all worked until the bitter end, and died in their 70s.
I decided from a fairly early stage in my career that I would break the mould and two months after my 60th birthday I retired from the rigours and responsibilities of being a partner in private mixed practice. However, before making that decision I thought long and hard about three factors – finance, involvement and motivation in retirement. Let's hope I get to my 70s!
At retirement forums, the gurus all talked of needing amounts of funds I could only dream about. I soon realised that I was never going to have that sort of money, and would leave the seminars feeling totally helpless. Others told me that my wife and I could never live at a lesser standard than we had been used to in our working lives.
Therefore, I set myself an achievable financial goal – a figure that could be reached realistically. To hell with the experts; at 59 years old, I arrived at that figure and gave the contracted one year's notice to my veterinary partners. Our mortgage had been paid off; we had downsized our house to a smaller living space, but with a bigger garden. The children had flown the nest and all three of them were self-sufficient.
"I set myself an achievable financial goal – a figure that could be reached realistically"
After a short period of retirement, my private pension, from which I had not taken an annuity, began to fall dramatically in value. Interest rates from our savings also began to diminish. Fuel prices and the cost of living started to rise dramatically.
This had always been one of my worries, but we adapted. We didn't own fancy cars, we cut back on holidays, alcohol consumption fell (less pressure of work?) and the number of meals out declined. Home entertainment for our friends contained cheaper ingredients.
Now, four years on, my private pension levels are rising and have still not been drawn from. It is one year until I receive my State Pension and the interest from our cash ISAs has not been used. Our high mileage cars are still running, with no annual depreciation. Only a small amount of capital has been eaten into. I still worry about money, but I always will; it is part of my make up.
Having been involved with veterinary practice since I was old enough to open farm gates, would I miss it? Could I walk away from the involvement? Would I miss the people, the work and the lifestyle?
Well, I disappeared from veterinary life for six months and didn't get involved at all; a two-handed Atlantic yacht race saw to that. After the six months was up I decided that I needed to do the odd locum, for two reasons. First, to top up the falling return on our savings and, secondly, I found that I missed the clinical side of practice.
My old practice gave and has continued to give me some work. However, as I have always worked and lived in the same town (other than a six-month locum in South Africa in the 1980s), I decided it might be interesting to work in other parts of the UK. On average, I have worked about 10 weeks a year. 90% of this, intentionally, has been during the winter months. As a result, I have explored and enjoyed parts of Derbyshire, Shropshire, Hampshire, Warwickshire and Oxfordshire. New friends have been made, and new doors have opened.
"My old practice gave and has continued to give me some work"
In addition, after a crash course on being a veterinary assistant, my wife has helped me while working on islands in Greece. This is on a voluntary basis, for animal charities, and we will return there again this autumn.
Involvement in the local community has fallen as I slowly resign from various committees; just a few of my favourites remain.
I have seen so many people retire only to be bored stiff, with no interests outside their work. The other category is the 'never been so busy' brigade. It was my intention to fall into this latter group.
While working, I always tried to keep hobbies ticking over, however busy I was. It had been sad to see my father – a talented man – lose all his interests as he got older. His generation made little provision for retirement, and when he eventually could afford to retire, it was too late to enjoy it.
Thus, veterinary politics, sailing, walking, gardening, DIY, photography, sport in general, fishing, family life and laughter kept me going while working. Now, with the exception of veterinary politics, I continue getting stimulus from all these interests.
Of course my family deserve a very special mention. They all stuck by me while I was a sometimes stressed veterinary practitioner and now that I am more relaxed, they tell me that taking retirement was the best thing I ever did.
"I have seen so many people retire only to be bored stiff, with no interests outside their work"
Charity work is rewarding and the odd after dinner speech has kept me busy. I also value the wide range of friends I have made in the profession, and keep in touch with many of them.
Knowing what I know now and how I have managed, I would have worried less about the financial side. We are lucky in our profession in that most of us, with a little experience, can get work. Doing locums is not everyone's dream ticket in retirement, but as a general practitioner I have enjoyed it. How agreeable, at the end of a working day, not having to worry about the running of a partnership.
it is my intention to enrol on a one-year photographic or marine study course at Cornwall College commencing in the September.
Perhaps a two-week locum, to help pay the course fees, will be my final veterinary challenge before closing the door on 135 years of family involvement in veterinary practice.
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