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Hi there everyone!
Happy Friday the 13th to you!
For those of you going about your day as usual, I applaud you. For those hiding under their beds with their laptops reading this right now, make room for me! I'm not overtly superstitious or anything, but it does seem that Fridays that fall on the 13th of the month tend to hold some sort of sinister energy or something...which of course led me to wonder....just where did this superstition come from?
According to Wikipedia....
The fear of Friday the 13th is called friggatriskaidekaphobia, frigga, meaning "Friday" and triskaidekaphobia, ....a word derived from the concatenation of the Greek words Paraskeví (meaning "Friday"), and dekatreís (meaning "thirteen"), attached to phobia (meaning "fear"). The word was derived in 1911 and first appeared in a mainstream source in 1953.
The long and short of it is this...there are many theories out there to explain where our collective fear of a date/day came from spread through many cultures. Whether you choose to believe in any number of them is entirely up to you. Perhaps it is all in the mind, but then again, thoughts and beliefs can be pretty powerful stuff...which leads me right into the featured book of the day. Today's book of choice on this supernaturally charged Friday the 13th is....
A Novel of the Salem Witch Trials
This is a fictionalization of the events that were historically documented so long ago in Salem. Seven young girls and the power they wield thanks to the superstitions and beliefs of society. The year is 1692. Families are close, communities closer...or so they would like to think. Religion is the central point of their lives. As in society today, so was it back then...values and morals were taught, but not everyone chose to live by them. One day, two young members of the congregation fall mysteriously ill. Their bodies wracked with pain, twisting in agony. Times beings as they were, they were thought to be under the power of dark forces, their young lives being tainted by black magic or worse...the Devil himself. The young ladies were cared for and placed upon pedestals thus relieving them of their unknown status and replacing it with the eye of the public and a place of power. Seeing this outcome, other young ladies seeking to escape their dreary lives and the unfortunate circumstances of their existence took to having fits as well, but with the addition of one thing....sight.
The sight enabled them to see those that would cause them harm spiritually and thus expose them to the masses. A good thing in a time of need and purging, right? I mean, they wouldn't want evil to live among them in their peaceful little towns. The problem comes in when the innocent can not be separated from evil, nor fact from fiction. It is true that many of the accused are guilty in one way or another, but of witchcraft...that's a much harder charge to prove. Are the girls really seeing the ministrations of darkness at work or merely carrying out revenge on behalf of those that can not? Oh the wicked webs we weave....each day that passes they become harder and harder to break free from, and the girls are about to learn just how sticky they can get.
For me though, the characters were a tad hard to connect with on an individual level; something I've read the author struggled with during the editing process. Though I had no trouble following the story, I found myself glancing back several times to the titled section I was reading to see which young lady was speaking thus. There is actually a positive aspect to this observation however. Even though it presented a struggle when trying to hear each voice separately, it worked in a way since the girls intended to move as a group. All of there actions were to be coordinated so as to keep the most power between them and avoid skepticism, so in a way this fused voice worked for the story.
Review copy received courtesy of Kim at HarperCollins Children's Books. (THANKS!) For more information on this title and their full catalog, visit their website or follow along on Twitter.
Riddle me this...on this Friday the 13th, curious minds want to know, what's your take on the superstitious side of the day? Do you believe that bad things tend to happen more? Or are you with the crowd that thinks it's just the same as any other day? Do tell!
Until next time...happy reading!


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INTRODUCTION: Kimura's disease is rare especially in respiratory department. But there are still chances to meet the case of Kimura's disease with respiratory situations.
CASE PRESENTATION: Patient 1 A 49-year-old man who had been admitted with intermittent cough for 16 years and recurrent enlargement of left submandibular mass for 6 years. He had undergone submandibular lymphatic nodes (SMLN) surgery for local excision in January 2008, and after short time intravenous drip of methylprednisolone the SMLN got shrinkage and eosinophil level was also dropped to normal. We re-evaluated the pathological section of excised specimens and confirm the diagnosis of Kimura's disease. To explore the reason of cough, bronchial provocation test was applied and the patient was diagnosed as airway hyper reactivity. The patient's cough symptoms and lung function is still on follow-up visit. Patient 2 An 68-year old woman complained with itchy erythematous papules for 3 years, edema of lower extremity for 2 years and pulmonary shadow for 1 year. She was diagnosed as eosinophilic dermitis and nephrotic and prescribed of oral steroid and ciclosporin for the several months. During that treatment, the patient got cough with little sputum and was found nodular shadow in the right upper lobe. Rifampicin and isoniazid could not improve the pulmonary shadow and enlarged lymph nodes. We carried out lymph node and lung biopsy and got the diagnosis of Kimura's disease accompanied with pulmonary tuberculosis. Treatment of antituberculosis (HRSZ) and mycophenolate alleviated the patient's cough, albuminuria and yielded improved chest CT scan.
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Rawalpindi: With his maiden century against Pakistan in Rawalpindi on Wednesday, Indian vice-captain Rahul Dravid joined a select group of batsmen to have scored a century against all but one Test playing nation.
The only country against whom Dravid has not scored a century is Bangladesh.
Dravid's 17th century, which came on the second day of the series-deciding Test, was his 11th hundred abroad, making the stylish batsman one of the few batsmen in world cricket to have better career average overseas than at home.
The 31-year-old, who began his career in England in 1996, has so far played 78 Tests. He had 6585 runs at the start of this match at a superb average of 56.28.
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The selection of work and award of prizes will be made by an impressive panel:
Poppy Bowers – Exhibition Curator at The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
Ann Bukantas - Head of Fine Art at Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Katie Rutherford – Director & Curator at Object / A, Manchester
Charlie Booth - Programme Co-ordinator at Redeye Photography Network
Matt Davies - Artist, Winner of Bankley Open Call 2015
Submission deadline: Friday 9th September 2016 (midnight)
Notification of selection: by 16th September 2016
Delivery of exhibiting art works: 25th September 2016, 12 - 6pm, or by prior arrangement
Exhibition Private View and Awards Ceremony: 7th October 2016, 6-9pm
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ETC Schedule 2016-17
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|September 13
|Poplars Building, Room W100
|Wendy Cornwell
Martie Adler
The purpose of ETC is to provide training that will allow you to improve your job effectiveness. And effectiveness on the job is linked to interpersonal skills as much as it is to technical skills. In this first session, participants will self-evaluate and challenge their ability to empathize, communicate, and build relationships with co-workers holding a diversity of personality styles.
|September 27
|Managing Multiple Priorities
|Poplars Building, Room W100
|Lita M. Pener
In our environment, we have an ever increasing number of projects. Each project seems to be a top priority and each top priority project seems to have a critical deadline. No wonder it is difficult, even nerve-wracking, to determine what to do, when, and in which order.
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|Jan Nickless
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|Poplars Building, Room W100
|Kerri Dabbs
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|Poplars Building, Room W100
|Lita M. Pener
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|Wellness in the Workplace
|Poplars Building, Room W100
|Chris Arvin
We all want to feel our best, but often find it difficult to come up with a plan that works for us. This workshop will identify the essential elements of wellness and explore ways to make it happen.
|December 13
|Taking Initiative
|Poplars Building, Room W100
|Lita M. Pener
In this highly interactive session we will define what taking initiative means, what it is, and what it is not. We will also discuss the differences between initiative and reaction, and the connection to accountability. You will leave this session with a number of different perspectives and the tools and skill sets to create a personal initiative development plan.
|January 10
|Stress Management
|Poplars Building, Room W100
|Martie Adler
Participants will:
|January 24
|Assertiveness and Self-Esteem
|Poplars Building, Room W100
|Kerri Dabbs
There is a fine line between assertiveness and aggression:
Participants will:
|February 7
|IU Retirement Plans
|Poplars Building, Room W100
|Sue Dukeman
IU-sponsored retirement plans are participant-directed plans that allow participants to select investments from a variety of investment options. This training session will provide information about the investment options in the IU retirement plans.
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|February 21
|Conflict Management and Resolution
|Poplars Building, Room W100
|Deb Dunbar
Conflict is an inevitable part of life. Yet, many of us de-test conflict because of poor past experiences -- hurt feelings, wounded relationships, tension permeating the office. In this seminar we will learn how to:
|March 7
|Communicating Across Generations
|Poplars Building, Room W100
|Deb Dunbar
Currently, there are five generations in the workplace. Each generation is comprised of individuals who have a lot in common. Each has its own work ethic, values, norms, methods, and motivations. Attend this session and learn how to work effectively within and between generations.
Specifically we will focus on:
|March 21
|Delivering Great Customer Service
|Poplars Building, Room W100
|Martie Adler
This session will discuss the four key principles that will keep your customers happy.
We will also identify your primary customers and determine their expectations. Then, we can creatively explore the opportunities for improvement.
|April 4
|Dancing with Change
|Poplars Building, Room W100
|Martie Adler
This session offers a different way to look at dealing with and managing change. You will learn about moving through the challenges you face every day with a different perspective and insight. And you will be given tools and a model that can assist you in a response to change that serves you and the organization.
|April 11
|ETC Graduation Reception
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Greetings from El Segundo, California. A land that, frankly, time has forgotten. How is it possible for a place that sits 15 miles from downtown Los Angeles to not absorb any of its current culture, you ask?
Dear reader, I assure you I have no idea.
But they're doing it down here. Somehow. It's like a Biodome situation only its hapless inhabitants are free to leave anytime they want. This is a place where Crocs are still cool. A place where it's not uncommon to see a PT Cruiser drive past blasting Smash Mouth. It's a place where you'd likely be welcomed with open arms should you show up at a neighbor's house with a VHS copy of Adam Sandler's "Click" and a sixer of Zima.
El Segundo is like Los Angeles's Cuba: so close, yet so far behind. It makes Marina Del Rey look like Manhattan.
I've seen things down here that would make Mark McGrath blush. I saw a guy at lunch wearing Duck Head brand khakis. Where would you even buy those? Stein Mart? I've seen seemingly mentally fit young men wearing Sketchers. An old woman at my office smokes like she doesn't know it's dangerous. Square-toed men's shoes and black pleated slacks are alive and well. I feel like there's still time to warn them about 9/11.
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For some people, diet and exercise aren't enough to tackle stubborn areas of fat; and others may need a kick-start to a diet and fitness regime. Surgical liposuction, commonly known as 'lipo' has been an option to remove fat from targeted areas for years, but now a large number of people are turning to a new and much less invasive method: cryoliopolysis - freezing the fat away.
Many don't know much about fat freezing – after all it does sounds like it's straight from a science-fiction novel; so today I thought I would give an introduction and answer some questions on the revolutionary new treatment.
What's the difference between surgical lipo and fat freezing?
There is a definite shift in the cosmetic sector towards minimally invasive procedures, and the rise of fat freezing vs surgical lipo is a good example of this trend. The era of men and women being happy to go under the knife at the drop of a hat is over: with general anesthetic and infection risk, plus long post-op recovery time, not to mention having a scar. It's no surprise more and more are turning to cryolipoylsis to get the body they desire. Fat freezing is a safe procedure with no pain, no downtime, no anesthetic, no scalpel, no scarring and no dimpling, which is common surgical liposuction after-effect.
How does fat freezing work?
Fat freezing works by killing fat cells with cold therapy, they are then flushed away by the body's own excretion system. It is a one-off treatment, which offers permanent results, with full results visible 4-12 weeks following the treatment.
What does it actually involve?
The fat freezing procedure itself takes 1-2 hours depending on the machine used, and is pain free. A vacuum is placed over the treatment area, where it uses suction to grab, cool and kill the fat cells. Rest assured, the treatment doesn't freeze the skin just the fat, as fat freezes at a different temperature than other tissue.
Who has this procedure?
Fat Freezing is suitable for anyone who wants a quick and safe way to help get a flatter tummy or slimmer thighs, without the risk or downtime associated with going under the knife. At Dr Leah Clinic, our typical client is a discerning professional who wants quick and effective treatments, so fat freezing which can be done during lunch breaks, is a very popular treatment for both men and women.
What are the risks associated with fat freezing?
Risks that come with fat freezing are very minimal: a bit of bruising, redness or slight burns are the main reported side effects, mainly resulting from unqualified therapists. The treatment is not appropriate for everyone, so like with any other treatment you should have a consultation that includes discussing your medical history – every reputable, good quality clinic should provide this.
Which fat freezing machine is the best?
There are quite a few fat-freezing machines available. When it came to choosing one for my own clinic, I decided to go with 3D Lipomed as it provides incredible results with an average of loosing one third of the fat in the treated area; and also allows the treatment prices to be quite reasonable. Again, do your research don't be afraid to ask questions, and make sure you go to a reputable clinic that offers pre-treatment consultations.
How much does fat freezing cost?
Fat freezing treatments are priced as follows at Dr Leah Clinic:
Lower tummy: £450
Upper Tummy: £450
Fully Tummy: £650
Both thighs: £450
Both arms: £450
Dr Leah Totton is London's highest profile cosmetic doctor, after winning the Apprentice in 2013, she founded Dr Leah Clinics with business partner Lord Alan Sugar. The elite cosmetic skin clinic opened earlier this year in the heart of the city of London. Treatments include advanced facials and peels, laser hair removal, anti-ageing treatments including laser resurfacing, anti- wrinkle injections and dermal fillers.
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This was one "Jewel of a Cruise."
Sail Date: May 10, 2014
Reviewed: 3 years ago
Traveled As: Couple
Room Type: Oceanview
I like the cruise because from the very start where we had to check our luggage in to the direction to our room was an experience that even the less experience travelers would feel comfortable. I have cruise with several of Carnival cruise lines as well as the Celebrity X. Each cruise line has its own "crowd pleaser." I cruised with Carnival when I was thirty years younger and that seem to be just what the doctor ordered. Later in life I cruised with Celebrity X. and seem just a little more "laid back". Now years later I decided to try Royal Caribbean cruise line. The Jewel of the Sea was fantastic. It had something for everyone from toddlers to senior citizens. I was estatic to see their hand sanitation policy before entering the dining areas. It was a smooth ride, I never knew when we were docking or taking off.
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|Ship Quality
|Very clean and neat.
|Food and Dining
|Excellent variety. Something for everyone. Benedick has the gift to make you feel comfortable in your choice of foods.
|Service and Staff
|Outstanding staff. My statesroom attendant was outstanding. Israel Roberts was an assest to our cruise.
|Execellent entertainment, We didn't participate in all of them but we enjoyed what we did join in.
|Children's Programs
|Didn't have children with us but what I heard and saw, it seem to be just fine.
|Onboard Activities
|"Ditto," entertainment and activities comments.
|Destinations and Excursions
|Superb destinations. Most of our excursion reservation was done on shore. You had to be careful, but it was ususally a little less expensive.
|Cabin / Stateroom
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|San Juan, Puerto Rico
|We took the bus down town then took the trolley around town. A good inexpensive way to start your vacation.
|Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas
|Nice Island. It definitely need more tourist attraction to build it up.
|Basseterre, St. Kitts
|Nice island. I will leave it at that
|Oranjestad, Aruba
|I thoroughly enjoyed Aruba. I would like to revisit.
|Willemstad, Curacao
|Colorful.. Up and coming.
Any room is a good room on this ship.


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But there are a lot of positives in the relationship, too, and both presidents were at pains to stress them.
There are positives emerging from the scandal—more people are now talking about this epidemic in new ways, focusing on prevention.
Instead, Obama and his supporters have focused on the positives.
Marlow: But the positives this season far outweighed the negatives.
The negatives heavily outweigh the positives with respect to Republicans' perceived rigidity and perceived support for the rich.
It is therefore entirely natural for shedding to occur, especially at the positives.
(iii) 'privatives' and 'positives' have reference to the same subject.
positives do not swell or bulge as they discharge, but shed the active material.
If the positives are buckled, the negatives will be also, but not to the extent that the positives are.
Nor were they bound to the laws of their peculiar policy, civil or ecclesiastical, which were positives.
early 14c., originally a legal term meaning "formally laid down," from Old French positif (13c.) and directly from Latin positivus "settled by agreement, positive" (opposed to naturalis "natural"), from positus, past participle of ponere "put, place" (see position (n.)).
Sense of "absolute" is from mid-15c. Meaning in philosophy of "dealing only with facts" is from 1590s. Sense broadened to "expressed without qualification" (1590s), then "confident in opinion" (1660s); mathematical use is from 1704; in electricity, 1755. Psychological sense of "concentrating on what is constructive and good" is recorded from 1916.
1520s, from positive (adj.).
1520s, from positive (adj.).
positive pos·i·tive (pŏz'ĭ-tĭv)
Characterized by or displaying certainty, acceptance, or affirmation.
Indicating the presence of a particular disease, condition, or organism.
Indicating or characterized by response or motion toward the source of a stimulus, such as light.
Relating to or designating electric charge of a sign opposite to that of an electron.


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Who is Claudius?
|a) Gertudes son
|b) Polonius son
|c) Hamlets uncle
|d) A watch guard
Who is Gertrude?
|a) Polonius wife
|b) Laertes wife
|c) Ophelias mother
|d) Hamlets mother
Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
|a) Claudius personal body guards
|b) Hamlets childhood friends
|c) Ophelias brothers
|d) Actors in a drama company
Who is Polonius?
|a) Ophelias grandfather
|b) Laertes father
|c) Hamlets brother
|d) Claudius brother
Whose ghost appeared to Hamlet?
|a) The dead Norwegian King
|b) Hamlets father
|c) Polonius
|d) Claudius
How did Hamlets father died?
|a) He was bit by a snake
|b) He was poisoned
|c) He was stabbed by his wife
|d) He died in a battle between Norway and Denmark
During what period did William Shakespeare live and work?
|a) The Age of Enlightenment
|b) The Elizabethan Era
|c) The Romantic Era
|d) The Italian Renaissance
Wich of the following was not an attribute of the Elizabethan stage?
|a) Three-story, open-air construction
|b) Extended stage with trapdoor
|c) Shaped like an 'O'
|d) All of the above
In terms of symbolic art, which of the following is a universal?
|a) villain
|b) justice
|c) femme fatale
|d) protagonist
Shakespeare wrote all of the following except:
|a) plays
|b) sonnets
|c) book-length poems
|d) novels
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Nearest travel links
|Heysham 124 km
|Train station
|Penrith 59 km
|Car advised
Activities near Lamplugh
|Water sports, Horse riding, Fishing
|Great for
|Walking holidays, Rural or countryside holidays, Beach or lakeside relaxation, Cycling holidays
How to get there
The easiest way to get to Low Millgillhead is by car - leave the M6 motorway at Penrith (Junction 40), follow the A66 past Keswick to Cockermouth, then turn left onto the A5806. Carry on for about 10 minutes and then turn left into Lamplugh Village.
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The End of Tony Blair?
1 While Downing Street was compiling its dossier on Iraq's 'region-threatening' arsenal of weapons of mass destruction, which Blair aide asked Alastair Campbell, 'Alastair, what will be the headline in the Standard [London Evening Standard] on the day of publication?'
2 Which newspaper had the headline '45 Minutes From Attack' on the day of the dossier's publication?
3 Months after a war in which Saddam didn't fire chemical weapons in 45 minutes (or 45 hours or 45 days for that matter), who said he was confident the claim that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction ready to fire in 45 minutes 'was accurate and that the use made of it was entirely consistent with the original report'?
4 Why was this worrying?
5 Who admitted he knew that his government's claim that Saddam could launch weapons of mass destruction in 45 minutes referred only to battlefield shells, not long-range weapons that might spread destruction across the Middle East and even hit British bases in Cyprus as the press reported?
6 Why on earth didn't he try to correct what was an honest error on the press's part and stop the public being misled?
7 Tony Blair said that 'people know Europe needs America, and I believe America needs Europe too'. Who dismissed the idea and revealed the true balance of power in the 'special relationship' when he said that if Britain pulled out of the war 'there are workarounds' and the US had the forces to go into Iraq on its own?
8 Who said in July he had played no part in the naming of David Kelly?
9 According to Sir Kevin Tebbit, permanent secretary at the Ministry of Defence, who chaired the meeting where the decision to leak Dr Kelly's name was taken?
10 On 27 June, who told Alastair Campbell: 'You well know that it is a matter of principle for us not to reveal our sources'?
11 On 14 July, who privately told a Liberal Democrat member of the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee that Dr Kelly had been the source of 'my colleague Susan Watts, science editor of Newsnight '?
12 On 15 July, when he was asked by the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee what lessons he had learned, whose last words in public were: 'Never to talk to a journalist again, I think'?
The Death of Anti-Fascism
13 Which scientist showed he couldn't spot the difference between fascism and a fast-food restaurant when he told the Independent that to say the overthrow of a fascist regime justified war was the logical equivalent of saying that 'improvement in children's diet' justified blowing-up McDonald's?
14 Which scientist avoided that category error when he told the Guardian that 'Saddam destroyed our lives and not the lives of people sitting comfortably in England. What he means to us Iraqis is completely different from what he means to you. You can't begin to understand. I was eight years old when Saddam came to power, and now I am 43. I feel that my life has been stolen from me.'
15 Which impersonator of Tony Blair, acclaimed by critics and public alike for his national television shows which attacked Blair's subservience to Bush, said he was fighting the PM's 'moral imperialism'?
16 Which impersonator of Saddam Hussein, who was banned from Iraqi television, said of the death squad sent to assassinate him: 'Fortunately the guys were all arrested [by Kurdish freedom fighters]. They were found carrying a list. All our names were on it'?
They read good books, and quote,
but never learn a language other than the scream of rocket-burn.
Our straighter talk is drowned but ironclad:
elections, money, empire, oil and Dad.
Which poet wrote the above in 'Causa Belli' in January, as Her Majesty's armed forces prepared for battle?
18 In April, as Saddam fled from Baghdad, which poet brought up a cause of the conflict missed by his English colleague and wrote these prescient lines in his 'Runaway President'?
O runaway president
Listen just once in your life
If you have escaped the trap this time
I can assure you it will not be for long
Even this temporary safety is misleading
It is deadlier if you think about it
Fear will suck dry your red cells
And sooner rather than later
You will waste away
First you lose interest in your appearance
Then you will find no need to shave
And like exposed garbage you will start to stink
19 Which playwright, who wept buckets for the victims of a genocidal regime when Saddam was a de facto ally of Britain and America in the 1980s, wrote in 2003?
Dear President Bush,
I'm sure you'll be having a nice little tea party with your fellow war criminal, Tony Blair. Please wash the cucumber sandwiches down with a glass of blood, with my compliments.
20 Who said?
Where are these friends now? Regrettably, many are denouncing a war that would liberate Iraq. Like those [in power] who shunned us in the Eighties, some of our former friends find the martyrdom of the Iraqi people to be an irritant. They avert their eyes from the grisly truth of our suffering, while claiming concern at the human cost of war.
Business as usual
21 Who described Charles Kennedy's proposal to fund universities by taxing the rich rather than the young as 'completely unfair'?
22 Which Canadian tycoon said in his 1993 autobiography that he had ignored the 'deafening chorus of scandalised self-righteousness' from 'faddish groupies' and Ontario's 'yuppie-ridden lumpen proletariat' and sacked shop workers from a store he owned because 'a minority [had] since time immemorial, stolen more each year than the profit attributable to the shareholders'?
23 In 2003, which Canadian tycoon was the subject of an American Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into allegations that he used shareholders' money to fund £19 million of unauthorised executive payments, a monthly tab at Le Cirque 2000 restaurant in New York, an apartment in Park Avenue, New York, an 11-bedroom mansion in Kensington, a butler, a chef, a chauffeur, a maid and a vintage Rolls-Royce?
24 Who, after writing in 'Bought and Sold' that...
The ancestors would turn graves
Those poor black folk that once were slaves would wonder
How our souls were sold
And check our strategies,
The empire strikes back and waves
Tamed warriors bow on parades
When they have done what they've been told
They get their OBEs
... was offered an OBE?
25 After he had refused it on many grounds, not least that the Civil Service clearly hadn't read his poems, who then returned her MBE as a protest against the Government's treatment of asylum-seekers, the Iraq war and the behaviour of the House of Windsor (while conceding that the honours lists included 'little people - nurses, community activists, dinner ladies - for whom such recognition is priceless')?
26 Who then wrote to the press saying that she may return her OBE because 'the idea of a vainglorious parade [for the victorious England rugby team] is exclusive of the whole ethnic-minority population of this island and redolent of Anglo-Saxon imperialism'?
27 Is it socially acceptable for anyone other than 'little people' to accept an honour?
28 Who was Iain Duncan Smith?
1 Jonathan Powell
2 The Standard
3 Sir Richard Dearlove
4 He's the head of MI6
5 Geoff Hoon
6 Because 'my experience is that, generally speaking, newspapers are resistant to corrections'
7 Donald Rumsfeld
8 Tony Blair
9 Tony Blair
10 Richard Sambrook, director of BBC News
11 Andrew Gilligan, BBC defence correspondent
12 Dr David Kelly, BBC source
13 Professor Richard Dawkins, University of Oxford
14 Dr Mohamed Ahmed Salih, University of Baghdad
15 Rory Bremner
16 Mahir Hassan Rashid
17 Andrew Motion, Her Majesty's poet laureate
18 Salah Niazi, Iraqi poet, who can be read via www.opendemocracy.net
19 Harold Pinter
20 Barham Salih, Kurdish socialist leader
21 Tony Blair
22 Conrad Black
23 Conrad Black
24 Benjamin Zephaniah, poet
25 Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, pundit
26 Elsie Owusu, architect. (Only she was thinking nothing of the sort. The letter was a forgery)
27 No it is not
28 Leader of the British Conservative Party (2001-03)


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St. Mary's Church, Orchardleigh is within walking distance of Orchardleigh House itself and many of the weddings held at Orchardleigh house are consecrated at St. Mary's curch.
The church is on its own private island hence it is often referred to as 'the church on the island.' Its remoteness means there is no electricity supply to the church which means all the services are candlelit and the organ has to be pumped by hand!
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Poet and churchman John Donne was born in London in 1572. He attended both the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, but did not receive a degree from either university. He studied law at Lincoln's Inn, London, in 1592, and was appointed private secretary to Sir Thomas Egerton, Keeper of the Great Seal, in 1598. He became an Anglican priest in 1615 and was appointed royal chaplain later that year. In 1621 he was named dean of St. Paul's Cathedral. Donne prepared for his own death by leaving his sickbed to deliver his own funeral sermon, "Death's Duel", and then returned home to have a portrait of himself made in his funeral shroud. He died in London on March 31, 1631.
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- 1 teaspoon unsalted butter
- 3 cups heavy cream
- 2 3/4 pounds Idaho potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch slices
- 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
- 3/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 6 ounces Swiss cheese, grated
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Lightly grease a 1 1/2-quart baking dish with the butter and set aside. Place the cream in a large saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Add the salt and pepper, and stir well. Add the potatoes, adding more cream, if necessary, to completely cover the potatoes. Lower the heat to medium-low and simmer until the potatoes are barely fork tender, about 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from the heat.
With a large spoon, transfer 1/3 of the potatoes with some of the cream to the prepared dish, forming an even layer on the bottom. Top with 1/3 of the cheese, and continue layering the potatoes and cheese, ending with cheese on top. Place on a baking sheet and bake until golden brown and bubbly, about 30 minutes.
Remove from the oven and let sit for 5 minutes. Serve hot.
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If ever there was a Spanish games developer and publisher that will always be remembered through history, then it is Gaelco. Known predominantly for their innovative ideas and of course a healthy dose of arcade gaming, Gaelco have managed to make up quite a name for themselves. They pride themselves on creating games to the highest precision and that will please even the most demanding gamers whilst carefully studying new ways to fuel players with adrenaline, amazing storylines and of course great graphics!
The most renowned game that Gaelco has been known to release is without a shadow of a doubt Tokyo Cop! Found in arcades all over the world, Tokyo Cop let's you take control of the drivers wheel and catch up with the bad guys before the time runs out! You only have to look at this legend amongst arcade games to find Gaelco's true value. Other fantastic and well known releases include Radical Bikers, Tuning Race and of course Ring Riders. Clearly their love for bringing high speed and adrenaline fuelled sport to life shows in the incredible games they manage to develop and publish.
Despite a huge competition in the market of high pumping arcade simulators, Gaelco have managed to stay on top of their game and definitely won't be going anywhere anytime soon!


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Take the School Direct route into primary teaching with Liverpool John Moores University and gain Qualified Teacher Status. This school-centric teacher training programme offers invaluable classroom experience.
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Portland, OR,
Denver, Colorado
Correspondence to: Jerome Reich, MD, FCCP, Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente, NW Region, 3800 North Kaiser Center Dr, Portland, OR 97227-1098; e-mail: email@example.com
The recently published article in CHEST by
Kennedy et al (April 2000, Supplement 1),1 advocating lung
cancer screening, contained a number of errors and it omitted mention
of the potential for adverse consequences of this policy, both for
true- and false-positives, exemplified by the following vignettes. The
case radiographs are analogous to screening films because they were not
obtained to investigate symptoms suggestive of lung cancer.
1. A 3-cm mass was identified in a 55-year-old heavy smoker. We were
unable to exclude malignancy, and he underwent an uncomplicated
pulmonary resection for a granuloma. I last saw him a few years later
in an ICU where he was dying of respiratory failure. Comment: In
contradistinction to other neoplasms for which screening is advocated,
one can live as long (if not as well) when lacking part or all of
one's breast, uterus, colon, or prostate. Individuals who undergo
pulmonary resection frequently have COPD. Loss of lung tissue advances
the time to respiratory failure by roughly 4 years per resected
segment. Anatomic distortion of the bronchial tree, in combination with
pleural scarring, predisposes to the development of pneumonia.
Hypoxemia in combination with respiratory infections would be expected
to hasten mortality from comorbid coronary artery disease.
2. A 3-cm centrally located mass was identified in a nonsmoking man in
his mid-thirties. CT showed a small area of fat density within the
mass, leading to a provisional diagnosis of hamartoma. Due to
unassuageable fear of malignancy, he and his wife declined my advice to
observe the mass with serial radiographs, insisting on surgery that was
uneventful and that confirmed the clinical impression. Comment: It may
be impossible to avert unnecessary surgery when malignancy cannot be
excluded with certainty.
3. An upper-lobe, 2-cm mass was identified in a heavy smoker. He
underwent a successful resection of a stage I adenocarcinoma. On
review, the tumor was clearly evident (although smaller) on a
radiograph taken 5 years earlier, leading to the irreverent observation
that had his neoplasm been recognized and treated at that time he would
have experienced a 5-year cure. Comment: Screening radiographs impose
the potential liability of "failure to diagnose." Lung cancer
biology is highly variable; it cannot be confidently predicted either
by tumor size or cell type.2–3
Considering the eightfold detection enhancement of current imaging
techniques,4 and the recent availability of tomographic
screening on request, fostered by advertisements, the hazards of lung
cancer screening deserve emphasis.
Citing The Mayo Clinic experience,5 the statement by
Kennedy et al1 that ". . . there was no
disease-specific reduction in mortality. . ." is misleading. There
were seven more lung cancer deaths in the screened group (n = 122)
than in the control group (n = 115).5 Furthermore, the
all-cause mortality per 1,000 person-years was higher in the screened
group than in the control group (24.8 vs 24.6), and eightfold the lung
cancer mortality (3.2 vs 3.0). A skeptical observer might speculate
that any gains attributable to earlier diagnosis—46 more cases of lung
cancer were identified in the former than the latter group—were offset
by the long-term effects of a higher resection rate.
The authors confound the lung cancer cases in the Mayo study with those
of the Czechoslovakian study6: in the latter, 108 cancers
were found in the screened group vs 82 cancers in the control subjects,
not 206 and 160, respectively, as stated. As in the Mayo study, deaths
from lung cancer were higher in the screened group (n = 85) than in
the control group (n = 67).
The authors incorrectly cite the 1986 article by McFarlane et
al7in support of their belief that overdiagnosis of lung
cancer—advanced by Eddy8 as an explanation for the 29%
higher identification rate in screened vs controlled groups in the Mayo
study—lacked plausibility. The cited article7 did not
address this issue; it pointed out that, of the 28% of lung cancers
first identified at autopsy, most of the diagnostic failures were
ascribable to the patient's terminal state, usually from other
conditions. The relevant article was authored by McFarlane et
al9 in 1987, when they identified at autopsy a large"
reservoir" of undiagnosed lung cancer cases that had neither
caused nor contributed to the deaths of their patients. After age
adjustment, the incidence of lung cancer unsuspected during life was
almost quadruple the community incidence rate in men, and almost 15
times higher in women. This conclusion provides firm support of Eddy's
concept of overdiagnosis by screening,8 precisely opposite
to what the authors1 purported it to state.
Overdiagnosis of cancer can occur, broadly speaking, in two ways:
when cancers with limited biological potential (ie,
cancers)—prostate cancer in the elderly is a familiar example—are
identified, and when death from a comorbidity overtakes the course of
biologically aggressive cancers (ie, CANCER). In the Mayo
experience,5 the numbers of advanced and
unresectable CANCERS were equal in the two groups, which suggests that
the excess cancers resected in the screened group were not potential
progenitors of the former. It should be well considered that the
participants were judged at high risk for lung cancer; that they were
selected because their health status suited them for major surgery; and
that deaths from other morbidities—chiefly heart and lung
disease—were sevenfold higher than lung cancer deaths.
Due to space limitations, I have confined my comments principally to
the potential hazards of a true-positive screen. I know of no more
penetrating discussion of lung cancer screening and the risks of
false-positive tests than that provided by Eddy.8 A more
recent review10 cites additional studies, each of which
mirrors the Mayo and Czechoslovakian experience.
One cannot doubt the importance of lung cancer. However, one
should avoid compounding the problem by advocating radiographic
screening that, on available evidence, is likely to prove not only
unhelpful and excessively costly, but injurious as well.
We appreciate Dr. Reich's interest in our review article
(Supplement 1, April 2000).1We do not, as he states,
advocate lung cancer screening, but rather we support "trials…to
retest the premise that aggressive seeking of early lung cancer will
reduce mortality rates," as summarized in the last sentence of our
article. The lung cancer screening trials undertaken over a quarter of
a century ago have serious deficiencies when evaluated with the benefit
of hindsight provided by more recent advances. Specifically, these
trials stated that high-risk individuals were enrolled, but we now know
that the presence of airflow obstruction defines a group of smokers who
are at significantly increased risk compared to smokers without airflow
obstruction. Considerable care needs to be devoted to defining study
populations for future screening studies so that risk of lung cancer is
high, but comorbidity is low, so that the subjects may actually benefit
from early detection. Perhaps criteria similar to those (mild airflow
obstruction) of the Lung Health Study,2 in which lung
cancer exceeded cardiovascular disease as a cause of death, would be
We thank Dr. Reich for pointing out our error in the number of lung
cancer cases in the Czechoslovakian study and for providing the
additional reference by McFarlane et al.3 We do not
believe that our statement that "there was no disease-specific
reduction in mortality rates" is misleading, as there is no
statistically significant difference between lung cancer deaths in the
screened (122 subjects) and control (115 subjects) groups.
We believe that the magnitude of the health burden imposed by lung
cancer warrants the initiation of carefully planned trials to evaluate
the new technologic advances that are now available. We agree with Dr.
Reich that these trials should be designed to determine both the
beneficial and harmful effects of screening.
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I read your item on Bob Herbert's resignation with interest, as you summarized my sentiments precisely. As way of replacement, I hope the Times considers Ta-Nehisi Coates, even though I have no idea whether he's even interested in the perch. It's not because they're both African-American; Ta-Nehisi writes about similar issues with twice the wit and grace that Herbert could muster. It would be a shame to see those issues drop off the table with Herbert's resignation, and it would represent a real promotion to one of the most talented American pundits out there.I'm a huge fan of Coates--at this point, in fact, his career represents what I'd like to achieve with my own: He's largely self-taught; he knows what he doesn't know; he's liberal without being knee-jerk about it; and he is contemplative and graceful in addressing the issues that he does address. He doesn't tend to get caught up in the punch-counterpunch of the political blogosphere, but when he addresses an issue of the day, well, it stays addressed.
And I think the 1,000-word column format, twice a week, is precisely the wrong place for Coates. If the pressures of the format and platform didn't push him into becoming stridently ideological, the danger is that he might end up like David Brooks--following his muse into places better addressed somewhere other than the New York Times op-ed pages.
If the Times is looking for a young, non-Caucasian liberal to fill the slot, I'd recommend somebody like Adam Serwer, whose straight-ahead style seems to fit better into the major newspaper format. But let Ta-Nehisi be Ta-Nehisis.
UPDATE: I was probably wrong.


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UPDATE 3-Ramirez removed as PDVSA head, oil minister in Venezuela shake-up
* Critics pan cabinet change as shuffle of old faces
* Maduro sought cabinet overhaul as economy slows (Adds central bank announcement)
CARACAS, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday pushed Rafael Ramirez from his twin posts as oil minister and a chief of state oil firm PDVSA in a cabinet shake-up that opposition critics said fell short of the overhaul needed to reverse the OPEC nation's economic decline.
Maduro promoted former PDVSA exploration and production chief Eulogio Del Pino to the company's top job and tapped Asdrubal Chavez, the cousin of late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, to lead the energy and mining ministry.
The highly publicized cabinet overhaul is meant to revamp government as a slowing economy, soaring inflation and chronic product shortages have left Maduro seeking to boost flagging oil production and streamline the bloated public sector.
"I talked with Del Pino today. I've given him specific instructions for the process of developing a plan to accelerate and consolidate our oil industry, the bastion of our republic," Maduro said in a roughly three-hour televised speech.
Ramirez was named oil minister in 2002 and was tapped to simultaneously run PDVSA in 2004.
Critics widely panned the move as a shuffle of the same faces that have dominated the cabinet for the last decade, insisting the only solution to Venezuela's crisis is to abandon the state-centered economic model created under Chavez.
"The president decided to switch around ministers," Luis Vicente Leon, the director of pollster Datanalisis, said on Twitter. "Nothing was announced to tackle the causes of the crisis. So for now the crisis can only worsen." Continuación...


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THE Attorney General's Chambers (AGC) has recovered over BND$600,000 from the bank accounts in Singapore of a key Brunei Shell Petroleum contractor, who was jailed for bribery in November 2013.
The case marked the first time the Government of Brunei Darussalam has enforced an asset recovery order through the use of Mutual Legal Assistance, the AGC said in a press statement.
The AGC said the recovery of the proceeds of the corruption case served as "a reminder that criminals who hide their money and assets overseas are not untouchable".
The contractor, Malaysian national David Chong, who was the manager of Musfada Enterprise, was found guilty of multiple counts of bribing Shell employees in what was described by the High Court as a case involving "syndicated corruption on the large scale" between 2005 and 2009. The case was investigated by the Anti-Corruption Bureau.
In addition to Chong's total jail term of six years and four months, the judge in the case, Judicial Commissioner John Gareth Lugar-Mawson, had made a Benefit Recovery Order under the Criminal Asset Recovery Order (CARO) in order to recover funds held in Chong's bank accounts in Singapore.
The AGC and the Attorney General's Chambers of Singapore, both of which function as the Mutual Legal Assistance Secretariats of their respective nations, had carried out extensive cooperative work to enforce the Benefit Recovery Order.
"The money is to be paid into the Criminal Assets Confiscation Fund, established under CARO which is managed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance," the AGC said.
The AGC said the recovery of proceeds from the crime highlighted the importance of mutual legal assistance.
"The successful enforcement of the Benefit Recovery Order is also testament to the strong and robust international cooperation framework that Brunei Darussalam possesses through laws such as the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Order (MACMO) and the Criminal Asset Recovery Order as well as the strong and long-standing working relationship between the Attorney General's Chambers of Brunei Darussalam and Singapore."


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Dollar Still Low after Retail Sales Report
After falling broadly against most of its major counterparts in trading yesterday, the Dollar is still low as we start off the day. A disappointing retail sales report yesterday caused the greenback to fall to a two month low against the Australian Dollar and a three month low against the Canadian Dollar. The poor economic news all but dashed hopes that the Fed would raise U.S. interest rates in the near future.
Today, traders will want to pay attention to the Core CPI Report as well as the Prelim UoM Consumer Sentiment Report. Set to be released at 13:00 and 14:55 GMT respectively, the reports are likely to create volatility in the marketplace, as they are a key indicator of both consumer spending and sentiment. Both reports directly weigh in on any decision to raise interest rates.
Analysts are not predicting any drastic figures from either report, but traders will want to watch out for surprises later today. If the Core CPI comes in above 0.1%, or the Consumer Sentiment is above 73, the Dollar could see some gains against both the Euro and Sterling. That being said, the U.S. economy has not been kind to the Dollar lately. If figures for both of these reports come in below the predicted results, the Dollar's recent downturn could become prolonged.


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Disrupting health care and education: Local innovators share their startups
About 200 people involved in the fields of health care and education participated in the daylong conference, and learned about new innovations that could change health-care delivery and education delivery systems in the near future.
Twelve innovators presented their technologies during the 'Disruptivate! Goes Vertical' conference organized by the New Hampshire - Innovation Commercialization Center.
One of those innovators was Monica Chandra, who launched the program 'TurnRight' at the University of New Hampshire within the last month with co-founder Bob Phillips.
Their goal is to broaden the base of advisers for college students through a network of alumni, industry professionals and others who can guide students from college to career with confidence.
In another breakout room, Michaeline Daboul was talking about her company's launch last year and how it is helping pharmaceutical and medical device companies comply with the 'Sunshine Act,' one of 27 acts that make up the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and requires those companies to disclose any financial or value-driven benefit given to physicians in an attempt to get them to use their products.
Daboul said the data MediSense is compiling has never been available before, and help consumers make more informed decisions and companies comply with the new federal law, but will make a new set of 'big data' available for innovators to mine.
Since launching last June, her New Hampshire-based company MMIS has displaced the number one and number two market leaders in this area, she said.
They are looking to lead in the health-care transparency market.
Many health-care innovators talked about the need to access more data. One of the conference speakers was 'e-Patient' Dave deBronkart, who is helping to lead the participatory medical movement.
He said there is a universal desire from patients to be allowed to help with their health-care process.
'Disruption is driven by more directly connecting capabilities with the people who need it,' deBronkart said via videofeed.
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This detached holiday bungalow is situated in a quiet pleasant part of Nefyn only minutes' walk from the town. Nefyn has a good selection of eating places and several pubs, and the well known 27-hole golf course is a five-minute drive away. A lovely sandy beach is approximately 15 minutes' walk away. This coastline of Wales is famous for its sandy beaches ideal for all forms of watersports and fishing. Boat trips are available nearby. Shops, pubs and restaurants within walking distance.
All on ground floor: Living room. Dining room/kitchen. Utility room. 4 bedrooms: 2 double, 2 single. Bathroom with toilet. Shower room.
Economy 7 NSH, elec, bed linen and towels inc. Cot. H/chair. Video. Elec cooker. M/wave. W/machine. T/dryer. D/washer. F/freezer. Wi-fi. Payphone. Garden and furniture. BBQ. Parking (cars and boat). No smoking.


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Florafelt Vertical Garden Planter Mounting Methods
Florafelt Planters are lightweight modular panels with felt pockets attached to a rigid plastic board.
They can be trimmed using a box cutter on the back and titanium scissors to trim the felt. See Custom Sizing Guide
The panels come with hanging tabs so they can also be hung on hooks which works great for small installs in wet areas. See Hang On Hooks
Below are some suggested ways to permanently install Florafelt Planters with a neat framed edge or wood or metal. Metal edges can also double as drain trays for a minimalist finish that makes the plants float impossibly from a thin plane.
Typically is a good idea to provide an air gap to allow the wall to dry out in humid conditions. The designs below use wood supports to support the vertical garden system away from the wall 1-2 inches.
Simple and economical this wood framed vertical garden creates a soft look with a wood edge.
Either Horizontal or vertical wood spacers are attached to the wall. Then the wood (or other materials) frame the edge.
For extra waterproofing, 2 layers of building paper are added, then Rubber pond liner is placed inside the frame, curled up around the edges, then trimmed.
The panels are then attached to the support frame with deck screws. A gutter at the base collects extra water which is either drained away or recirculated back into the system.
This metal framed vertical garden insets the support structure making it appear to float.
Horizontal members are attached to the wall and will be even more secure if connected to it's structural studs.
A custom metal edging is then attached at the edges allowing 2 inches at the top and bottom sides only. This will allow easier access to the pockets at the top and let the bottom tray also collect runoff water. Be sure to use sealant at the bottom corners of the frame to prevent dripping and also make drainage connections at the bottom edge for drain away or recirculating water.
For extra waterproofing use 2 layers of building paper then add rubber pond liner that is taped at the edges.
Florafelt Pocket Planters are then attached to the horizontal member behind the wall using deck screws.
For extra support or in places where fewer supporting members are desired a treated or marine plywood backed system makes for a more robust installation.
Support members can be run horizontally or vertically to support a plywood sheet away from the wall.
Similar to above, custom metal edges frame the wall. Corners are sealed, waterproofing is installed, then the planters are attached within.
This drawing shows how a minimalist edge that meets the decking can be used at the base.
A 'perfect fit' metal edge can be custom folded by a metal shop in your area. You can choose a material that best suits your design; Brushed Stainless Steel, Copper, Galvanized; Paint Grade Galvanized, for example.
Ask your metal shop to fold a C-Channel with dimensions: 4", 1-3/4", 1-3/4". The 1-3/4" size will fit perfectly over the edge of a panel to create a perfect finished edge. The longer 4" part will be attached to the support structure. Also you can have them add a drain tube for the bottom channel to magically take water away. Be sure the drain tube is large enough to handle the flow from the irrigation system and big enough to not get clogged. 3/4" works for most situations.


text: A miniature late 19th Century Berry Pail in original, crusty salmon paint. 3 ½" tall, 4 ½" in diameter at the top; about 6" to the top of the bail handle when in the upright position. Metal band (there originally were 2 but the bottom one is gone) and wooden grip. Some minor bumps and nicks on the top edge, but the painted surface is unscarred and about as nice as you will find. It really would be a corker of a berry pail if it had its bottom band. Although it has a very Shaker look to it, I do not think it is a Shaker Berry Pail (and if it turns out to be Shaker, the buyer is welcome to return it for a full refund!).


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