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Wonderful but Very Sickly Cat
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ONTARIO, CALIFORNIA -- I want to preface this review by saying I do absolutely love my cat. He is the greatest sweetest cat with so much personality and it is beautiful. I am saying this because the owner of this cattery is accusing these reviews of being one sided and unfair. Referencing his arbitration clause on some sites with the BBB and such. Well his clause states (more or less) that he is only responsible for a few things (check his site) and specific to those things you pretty much need to get medical confirmation of those things post death of the cat. Most people (given what they signed) will not be covered by his terms and even if they are they have to get expensive testing done to show that he is at fault. So a BBB arbitration is out the window. I want to establish that my cat is awesome and all that I could ask for in a cat before I confirm what the other people are saying here.
My cat has been an adult for some time and barely now recovering from the effects of the poor conditions in this cattery. It had multiple parasites, giardia, several persistent respiratory infections, feline herpes (read still has red drippy eyes for a few days out of every month), and ear and eye infections, It had ringworm as well... It did not have FIP or ear mites though as some said. It had chronic bowel problems following all these GI distress these problems put it under. It was severely underweight for a number of months following adoption because of the watery stool and does not appear as if it will ever grow to the size of a normal ragdoll because of it. Many times I have had to put it on a diet of boiled chicken and oversteamed rice for a few days just to get it to normalize to somewhat formed stool. It's like dealing with a sick child anymore. In general I feed it high quality (read expensive) grain and vegetable free foods though.
These are not opinions, these are facts. This cat went through these things and judging from the other kittens at this cattery, they all looked pretty sickly and in the same boat (okay that right there IS an opinion but my cat was one of the least sick looking at the time of adoption so take that for what it's worth). He will try to play it off calling it other things. Allergies because of the wind etc. Like I said I love this cat. Despite being small it is beautiful. It has the best temperament of any cat I've ever owned, and although I have no other cats right now, I am an experienced cat owner as once upon a time many many years ago I used to shelter and rehome cats before I moved to San Bernardino. In hindsight I should have walked away but this cat really spoke to me and as they say, it chose me. Hindsight is 20/20 though.
Also It had nothing to do with the new environment and rehoming. Having taken care of numerous cats in the past I knew better to give a new cat run of the place. I kept it in an empty walk in closet that has tile that could be steam mopped and changed the litter / washed the cat bed in boiling water 3x a week until this cat recovered. This room was exceptionally clean and dust/chemical free because of this. It broke my heart to keep it more or less caged for many months but I had a feeling when bringing it home that it was sick and needed to be treated as such until recovery so that it would not infect the rest of the house and when I took it to the vet she confirmed my feelings, and thus started a very long string of vet bills. Luckily my vet is very fairly priced.
I am no fool. I am not out to get this guy. I'm sure he must've loved cats to get into this business and I do love my own cat, but these cats are not well. I am sorry but perhaps he is getting too old to properly run a healthy cattery.
This is not meant to be slander, just a fair warning. Please be prepared or experienced if you choose to get a cat from him. I wouldn't suggest bringing one of these cats into a multi cat home. I do think that if these cats can be nursed back to health they are of a great genetics... at least personality wise they are, but also be prepared with all the questions you need to be asking about the cat, it's health, the tica family line, etc. Come prepared if you decide to go with this cattery anyway. As I said in the end I am glad I got my cat, it was just a lot of money and hassle for a cat that costs so much.
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Ragnarok sold me FIP infected kitten
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MIRA LOMA, CALIFORNIA -- I bought a kitten from Ragnarok cattery that was diagnosed with FIP by three different vets. I didn't notice a clause on Ragnarok website saying:
"If a problem related to FIP should arise, we will only be liable for a kitten replacement up to 10 weeks past the purchase date in a single cat household, and for a period of 6 weeks in a multi cat household. An necropsy (at the owner's expense) from a veterinarian must be provided to get a replacement kitten. "
Here is what FIP (Feline Infectious Peritonitis ) is:
The breeder admits on his website, that his cattery has FIP problem, I wish I read it more closely, I would never, ever get a kitten from the cattery. My cat is already dead, and I am a heartbroken.
Thanks, Ragnarok, for selling sick kittens.
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Anonymous on 01/01/2011:
This is very sad. It may be too soon for a new pet, but consider adopting a kitten from a local shelter when you are ready. I believe they do more to ensure the health of the pets that are put up for adoption.
jktshff1 on 01/01/2011:
Sad, "I didn't notice a clause" hard lesson learned. Ya got to read the fine print.
JSI put it well....go to a rescue shelter.
Skye on 01/01/2011:
I'm so sorry for the loss of your kitten.
Nohandle on 01/01/2011:
I had to look up FIP, Feline Infectious Peritonitis. Obviously that particular breeder had experienced problems in the past. If not, why even mention it? I also am sorry for the loss of your kitten. Thanks for the warning for others.
trmn8r on 01/01/2011:
I visited the Ragnarok website, and I would never use them to buy a cat. Between the very short replacement warranty (which I saw in passing) on the FIP, and the very obvious "BBB Arbitration Agreement," nope, no way. Why would someone make you sign an arbitration agreement when you buy a cat, preventing you from going to court? Think about it. Lots of complaints online.
Also, I would NOT buy a pet online. It is an invitation to fall prey to breeders who cut corners in the interest of making the most $$$.
CrazyRedHead on 01/02/2011:
I got my kitty from my neighbor. She has a stray cat that had kittens at her home and I took one off her hands. She is the most loving and is a sweety. I don't like catteries and would never buy a cat online as I cannot see or hold the cat in advance. There is no telling what you will get online.
Heartbroken on 08/01/2012:
The sad thing here is that this breeder DOES NOT care and he obviously SHOULD NOT be able to own pets if he does not care they are SICK! My cat died of HCM because of this person. 100% ignorance ... sick that he is allowed to keep breeding cats. The cats SUFFER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ragdolls forever on 08/13/2012:
unhonest and unethical breeder ... my cat has died because of this breeders unwillingness to raise healthy kittens!
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Ragnarok Cattery Sold Me A Sick Kitten On 12/11/09
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MIRA LOMA -- This breeder needs to be shut down. The cat I purchased for $635.00 has ear mites, a fever, tested positive for giardia and has an upper respiratory infection. As to date I have spent $109.00 + $277.00 and then today another $71.00 to get the issues resolved. The breeder instead of resolcing the issue slanders me and says I am a nutcase and has slandered me and I am hiring a lawyer and want to get a class action lawsuit against this breeder for not only ripping us all off, but to protect the animals health and well being. He refuses to make right of the situation and I am upset that my poor kitten has to suffer all these things because of his negligence !!!!
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madconsumer on 12/20/2009:
when you purchased the kitten, didn't you request to view the breeders vet bills for that kitten? sounds like the breeders was and is not state certified.
Anonymous on 12/20/2009:
Class action for one case of a sick kitten is not going to work.
tnchuck100 on 12/20/2009:
As justthefaxx said, class action is not going to gain you anything. You might recover something through your own small claims case.
Pet sales laws vary from state to state. Most commonly you have 14 days to have your vet examine the pet. However, that cost is not recoverable. The remaining treatment costs are. Recovery would be capped at the purchase price.
PepperElf on 12/20/2009:
hell even when I got my cat from an animal shelter it was sick
I wonder if the pound laws are the same for breeder laws
back in ny when we got our first cat the law required that the kittens were examined by a vet right away and when we picked up a kitten she came with the medical records
for older cats however they didn't bother until you tried to adopt it, then they scheduled the cat with a vet...and you had to come back to pick up the cat
now in VA they didn't care... at least not with the animal shelter. they kill cats that don't get adopted, so they're not going to bother with a vet for them I'm betting. as soon as I had my cat, he was at a vet's within a day or so... and he was sick. poor kitty.
Suusan B. on 12/20/2009:
$635 for a purebred Ragdoll is pretty cheap so that would be my first clue that something isn't right. Ear mites & upper respiratory are very common in cats/kittens and to be honest $457 at a vet is a drop in the bucket. The only way to stop breeders from selling sick animals is to not buy from them. Your best bet is always to go to a local animal shelter and adopt a cat/kitten that needs a good home.
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Selling Sick Ragdoll Kittens
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MIRA LOMA, CALIFORNIA -- We purchased a 4 month old Ragdoll kitten from Ragnarok Cattery. I was told to bring cash if I wanted to take a kitten home that day. We could not see where the cats where kept, one kitten was brought out at a time. I picked out one he had brought out and we where on our way. The cat was sneezing the first night we had her. I took her to our very experienced vet the next day and during the examination the doctor discovered the kitten had full adult teeth typical of a 7 month old and yellowish nasal discharge. Additionally, both of her kidneys palpated at less than 1 cm, which may represent future kidney disease. I called the cattery and told them I wanted to return her, on our vets advice, he would not refund our money, we had to waited till there were available kittens again.
A month later I called and was told they had some kittens ready to go. I picked one out and off we went. This kitten was sneezing before we got home. The results of this visit to the doctor, the kitten was 4 weeks younger than we where told, after test results, this kitten had earmites, an upper respiratory infection and giardia. After several month of doctors visits and medications she got over the problems she had been exposed to at the cattery. It has been discovered since then, this cat has one small kidney. AND, as a side note, we could not get her kitten papers to register her, because that records where not being kept up to date.
We did not check out this cattery before we got involved with it, this was a big mistake.
Company Response 11/20/2009:
I don't really understand the purpose of this site. They publish complaints without any documentation. I belong to a group that offers professional arbitration, and PROOF of the issue in dispute is demanded in that process.
I vaguely remember this party, but without definite names or dates, it's difficult to locate complete information. I do not accept personal checks for purchase of kittens. Credit cards are allowed. If the client only has access to a checking account, and no credit cards, then cash is the form of payment.
I do not allow the general public access to the areas where my kittens are raised. The reasons? People have sick animals at home, or they may have visited mutlitple cat "places" immediately prior to coming to my home. So to minimize outside germ contact, I do not allow the public to see where kittens are raised.
I only bring out one or two kittens at a time for a reason. Years ago, I would have many kittens scampering around the home when people would come. But then people began stealing kittens. Once a woman walked outside to have a cigarette, and she purchased one kitten. But when I "counted noses" after she had left, there were two kittens less. One she bought, and one she stole. Another time I had a two visitors from Oregon who said they were on vacation. They came to see the kittens. They decided not to buy. But when I put kittens away, I was one short. I therefore only have 1-2 kittens for viewing, so that I can keep track of kittens, and so that they are not stolen.
The complaint about "size of teeth" has been heard before. I honestly state the age of the kitten to the client, and more than one vet over the years has insisted the kitten was older than it actually was.
Our guarantee is for 3 years against any genetic defect. The client gets a copy of this guarantee and it's clearly posted on my web site. I do not sell extremely young kittens. This client was offered one of the first available kittens. I do not release kittens until 12 weeks of age normally. This kitten could not have been 4 WEEKS YOUNGER than my earliest release date.
Since they purchased a younger kitten, it would have been vaccinated with the standard 3 way kitten vaccine at the time of sale. Some kittens do react to vaccines, and it may take a couple of weeks to recover. No kitten is released if it has any signs of illness. Any kitten that leaves our home is not sneezing, nor does it have diarrhea. A kitten's immune system makes adjustments when getting used to a new home, and this means it's immune system is working properly. Giarrdia commonly comes from water sources, and this is not a problem within our cattery.
Every client is aware that they can use a professional arbitration company to settle any dispute. Every customer signs this agreement to arbitration. Every kitten we sell can be duly registered and records are kept on every kitten born here.
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Soaring Consumer on 02/24/2009:
Report this to the Animal Services Division of your local sheriff's department.
Anonymous on 02/24/2009:
So sad. I'm glad your little kitten is okay now, but a lesson to be had: never buy a pet, always check out the local humane society and rescue a little one who needs a home. They are pretty good at making sure the cats and dogs are healthy before they adopt them out. The humane society will often have pure breeds if that is what you are looking for.
Anonymous on 02/24/2009:
FF, best answer. All of my pets have been rescue animals.
Anonymous on 02/24/2009:
Thanks MissMarple. My pets have all been rescued as well, and we just adopted two little ones a few months ago. It broke my heart to see all those poor cats at the humane society - would have taken them all home if I had the room!
Crown Jules on 02/24/2009:
First of all, I'm also glad that the kitten is okay now and I hope she lives a good, long life and adds much joy to your household. Your first indication that something was wrong, though, should have been when they wouldn't let you see where the kittens were being kept. If they had nothing to hide they should have let you seen the environment they'd been in. As it turns out, they apparently didn't want you to see a cattery full of sick kittens.
I volunteer at a cat shelter and I would beg everyone to please, please visit your local shelter to give a homeless pet a loving home. Rescue animals seem to know that they've been rescued and will love you forever for it.
Anonymous on 02/24/2009:
Crown Jules, you must have a heart of gold.
I'd love to volunteer at an animal shelter. But, I'm afraid I'd bring every animal home :)
Anonymous on 02/24/2009:
Breeders should be stopped until every unwanted shelter animal has a home. I agree with everyone here. Full breds are pretty, but nothing is more beautiful than saving an animal's life. I am glad your kitty is okay.
PS I adopt older animals. They are the ones with less of a chance and I have had wonderful cats, just like my two now.
Anonymous on 02/24/2009:
Indeed, my daughter feels the same way about cows in feed lots awaiting their fate as a patty on a Big Mac. Why do people only get outraged at the slaughter of cute mammals? Cows have feelings too... tasty ones at that.
Nohandle on 02/24/2009:
Marie, I found your review helpful for anyone considering doing business with this company. Many members, myself included, have shelter animals, toss outs, giveaways and any other pet imaginable. Perhaps your warning will alert others as to what you've gone through.
Crown Jules on 02/25/2009:
Thank you, MM. I am a big softie when it comes to the kitties. Believe me, there are plenty I'd like to take home but every time I help an adopter choose and take home a new feline friend it makes my day a little better.
Robin Otero on 05/02/2012:
We have purchased two kittens from Ragnarok over the years. They are beautiful, extremely social animals. When people come to our home, they are blown away because the cats are always there to greet visitors and want to be part of the action. The breeder is a little quirky, and has his own way of doing business, but we would, and have recommended him many times.
Louise on 02/19/2013:
Bought a kitten from Ragnarok 8 years ago. Yes, he came home with a bit of respiratory difficulty. Kittens are like children. Even with the best of care, they're going to pick up a bug or two in social situations. He turned out to be the sweetest, most relaxed cat I've ever had. I've referred two friends to Ragnarok. Two more cats with great personalities. There is a very definite temperament strain coming out of this breeding facility that makes it all worthwhile. So there were a couple Vet bills when I brought him home. So what? He's been fine ever since and a cat who loves everyone. I have no regrets and continue to refer friends to this breeder.
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Sick Cattery
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MIRA LOMA, CALIFORNIA -- I was given a pet quality rag doll cat for my birthday. we went to the cattery spent quite some time there and most if not all of the cats had some upper respiratory thing going on.
I choose a cat that had little human contact. but has since turned out to be a sweet heart. but I was told his ears had wax in them and the breeder cleaned them out. a day or so after I brought my cat home he started sneezing. I took him to the vet and had him checked out. he too had an upper respiratory infection and ear mites. 200.00 later I took my cat home, about 4 days later my other ragdoll cat, started coughing. I took them both to the vet.. another 200.00 too put them both on med. this breeders cats are sick and the conditions were unbelievable something needs to be done about this. who controls "home breeders"
Company Response 11/20/2009:
AS per the conditions of this site, "the authors are responsible for the validity of their reviews". So the current post is completely one sided, and without documentation, how true is it?
Every person who wants one of my kittens is welcomed into my home, and about 2 hours is spent on selecting a kitten, doing the paperwork, and educating the new owner about cats and adjusting to their new home. I dispute the "little human contact" of the post, as our cats are handled daily. My cats have a pleasant disposition, as noted by the poster. Cats leave any environment with "well germs", ie, those germs that their bodies are accustomed to dealing with here. Once a cat is exposed to new germs in a new environment, sneezing can result. The well germs can be shared with another cat in the new home also. It doesn't mean that the cat I sold was ill, it just means that the respiratory system of the kitten is functioning normally. What happens when your young child goes to kindergarden? They come home with new germs and share them with the family, and someone in the home now has a cold. Cats and humans have almost identical respiratory systems. I'm sorry for any ear mites, and these are parasites that affect many breeds of animals. If the complaining party had contacted me, I could have assisted them with a portion of their veterinary expenses. No contact, just a complaint posted on this forum. I just saw this post a few days ago. Without customer names or exact dates of purchase, it's difficult to offer any more details.
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adzidek on 06/05/2007:
I know you are upset about your cats and their health, but rest assured that ear mites and upper respiratory infections are VERY common where cats are kept in large groups. When I got my cats, they told us right away that the first thing we needed to do is take them to a vet, especially before introducing them to existing pets in the home. This is specifically to do with ear mites and URI. It is normal, but you definitely should have been informed by the breeder.
iDuckie on 06/05/2007:
As it was said above, this is quite common, especially from a home that is housing a large amount of cats. My mom's 3 cats had this issue. I was lucky with my cat, and she did not get sick when I brought her home. Just be sure to remember, if you had not adopted those cats, they may never know what it is to be loved. You can't put a dollar amount of your kitty's health. I strongly suggest pet insurance, as this could have made the visit much cheaper.
love my cats on 06/05/2007:
Ponie on 06/06/2007:
Please don't SHOUT. It hurts the mites in my ears.
trublu852 on 12/12/2007:
I don't understand why you would take home a kitten if all or most the cats in the cattery were sick.
DebtorBasher on 05/29/2008:
I'm not a cat person...but I checked out your website and I think it's a great site to expose the mis-treatment of cats....good for you Catbuyeradvocate.
catperson82 on 07/17/2014:
trublu851, I know your response is years old but I'm going to answer it anyway from my point of view (I am not the original poster)
I took home a kitten despite knowing that the cats were some level of sick. Although I didn't realize just how sick this kitten was when I got it but I knew they were all sick upon visiting the cattery. Despite that I do like my kitten. I've written a review about it that will hopefully be published. I've been to other catteries, many bengal catteries and sphynx as i love them both... I've never seen cats with puffy purple red eyes and green snot trails 2 feet long, black ear gunk dripping out except for at this ragdoll cattery. I was willing to deal with my sick cat because I liked this cat a lot, and eventually it recovered.... Some aren't willing to deal with that so it's good for them to know that it's potentially going to be a situation they will be presented with.
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|Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Cover of the UK first edition
|James Hilton
|Ethel 'Bip' Pares
|Psychological fiction
|Little, Brown (USA)
Hodder & Stoughton (UK)
Publication date
|June 1934 (USA)
October 1934 (UK)
|Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Cover of the UK first edition
|James Hilton
|Ethel 'Bip' Pares
|Psychological fiction
|Little, Brown (USA)
Hodder & Stoughton (UK)
Publication date
|June 1934 (USA)
October 1934 (UK)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (originally, Good-bye, Mr. Chips) is a novella about the life of a schoolteacher, Mr. Chipping, written by the English writer James Hilton, first published by Hodder & Stoughton in October 1934. The novel has been adapted into two films and two television adaptations.
The story had originally been issued as a supplement to the British Weekly, an evangelical newspaper, in 1933 but came to prominence when it was reprinted as the lead piece of the April 1934 issue of The Atlantic. The success of the Atlantic Monthly publication prompted a book deal between the author and Little, Brown and Company. Little, Brown published the first printing of this story in book form in June 1934. The Great Depression had elevated business risks for most publishing houses, and Little Brown was no exception. They carefully released a small first printing. Public demand for more was immediate, and Little, Brown went into an almost immediate reprinting the same month. Public demand remained strong, and Little, Brown continued to reprint the book in cautious lots for many months, with at least two reprintings per month.
The first printing of the British edition was in October 1934. This edition was published by Hodder & Stoughton who had the benefit of observing the success of Little, Brown in the United States, and they released a much larger first printing. Even with this benefit, Hodder & Stoughton found themselves going into reprints as the reading public's demand for the book was enormous. After the huge success of this book, James Hilton became a 'best-selling author.'[1]
The novel tells the story of a much-beloved schoolteacher, Mr. Chipping, and his forty-three-year-long tenure at Brookfield Grammar School, a fictional second-rate British boys' public boarding school located in the fictional village of Brookfield, situated in the Fenlands. Mr. Chipping has a rigidly orthodox personality; conventional in manner and beliefs, very pedantic about education, and (an unpopular) disciplinarian with students. Brookfield's headmaster and faculty call him Chips, while the boys call him Ditchy (short for ditchwater). He conquers his inability to connect with his students, as well as his initial shyness, when he marries Katherine, a young woman whom he meets on holiday, and who quickly picks up on calling him by his nickname, "Chips". Katherine charms the Brookfield faculty and Headmaster with her personality, and quickly wins the favor of Brookfield's students, who call her Mrs Chips. Despite Chipping's own mediocre academic record, and the sense that Greek and Latin (his academic subjects) are becoming obsolete, he goes on to have an illustrious career as an inspiring educator -- still demanding, but fair -- at Brookfield. In his later years, his sense of humour blooms into a quaint richness that pleased everyone, but was without any malice.
Although the book is unabashedly sentimental, it also depicts the sweeping social changes that Chips experiences throughout his life: he begins his tenure at Brookfield in September 1870, at the age of 22, as the Franco-Prussian War was breaking out and lay on his deathbed shortly after Adolf Hitler's rise to power, in November 1933, at the age of 85. He was seen as an individual who was able to connect to anyone on a human level, beyond what he (by proxy of his late wife) viewed as petty politics, such as the strikers, the Boers, and a German friend.
The work evinces a nostalgia for the Victorian social order that had faded rapidly after Queen Victoria's death in 1901 and whose remnants were destroyed by the First World War. Indeed, a recurring motif is the devastating impact of the war on British society. When World War I broke out, Chips, who had retired the year before at age 65, agreed to come out of retirement to fill in for the various head-masters who had entered military service. During the war, when he heard of the first Old Brookfieldian's death while fighting with the French, he recollected, that a hundred years ago, Brookfieldians had died, fighting against Napoleon and the French; and thought of it to be strange in a way, that how the sacrifices of one generation had so cancelled out those of the other. At one point, Chipping laments that educators instructing the younger generations should pause to ask at times like this,"... whether we have ever really taught anyone anything at all."
Despite his being taken for a doddering fossil, it was Chipping who showed presence of mind and kept his wits about him during an air raid, averting mass panic and sustaining morale, even finding for the students an amusing incident in the story of Julius Caesar's battles against Germania. Countless former students and masters died on the battlefields of World-War I, and the latter part of the story involves Chips' response to the horrors unleashed by the war, though most of it takes place in the post-war time of peace. At one point, he read aloud a long roster of the school's fallen alumni, and, defying the modern world he saw as soulless and lacking transcendent values of honour and friendship, dared to include the name of a German former Brookfield master who had died fighting for Germany. His inclusion of the late German master in the tragic list was just considered one of Chips' ideas, something not taken very seriously. During the War, he earned the moniker 'pre-war' due to his old, queer, anti-War ideas.
Mr. Chips is portrayed as a strong conservative; a person who wants to preserve the past, and who despised everything 'modern' which was obliterating that past. Two important contacts with modernity are depicted in the novel; one, the encounter with the progressive-minded, girl-wife, Mrs. Katherine Bridges and the second with the hard-liner, anti-conservative personality, Mr. Ralston, the third headmaster of the school.
Despite the fact that both of these modernists disapproved of the old ways of Mr. Chips, the contact with Kathie proved to be a healthy influence on him, due to her tolerant, loveable, understanding, and persuasive nature. Initially meeting her at a place with ties to antiquities serves as a literary device, linking and synthesizing something new (their marriage) by drawing from the glories of an extinct culture (which fascinates Chipping) and those of the modern world, which equally fascinate Katherine. They share a love of 'great ideas', and a disdain for 'petty politics.'
Ralston, by contrast, tries to impose modernity upon Chipping by forcing him to follow modern teaching methods, and not caring about Chipping's deep understandings of history, cultures, and ideas. In the novel, Ralston is obsessed with the 'petty politics' within Brookfield, and not concerend with the external trends and events (political, economic, military) that could render Brookfield irrelevant. The result was a quarrel between Ralston and Chips, which Chips eventually won. This quarrel can be best described as a clash of conservativeness and unconventionality, where old ideas ultimately prevailed due to their successful perseverance in many prior conflicts.
The setting for Goodbye Mr. Chips is probably based on The Leys School, Cambridge, where James Hilton was a pupil (1915–18). Hilton is reported to have said that the inspiration for the protagonist, Mr. Chips, came from many sources, including his father, who was the headmaster of Chapel End School. However, Mr. Chips is also likely to have been based on W.H. Balgarnie, one of the masters at The Leys (1900–30), who was in charge of the Leys Fortnightly (in which Hilton's first short stories and essays were published). Over the years, old boys have written to Geoffery Houghton, a master of The Leys for a number of years and a historian of the school, confirming the links between Chipping and Balgarnie, who eventually died at Porthmadog at the age of 82.[2] He had been linked with the school for 51 years and spent his last years in modest lodgings opposite. Again, like Mr. Chips, Balgarnie was a strict disciplinarian, but would also invite boys to visit him for tea and biscuits.[3]
Hilton wrote upon Balgarnie's death that "Balgarnie was, I suppose, the chief model for my story. When I read so many other stories about public school life, I am struck by the fact that I suffered no such purgatory as their authors apparently did, and much of this miracle was due to Balgarnie."[3] Furthermore, the "mutton chop" facial hair of one of the masters at The Leys earned him the nickname "Chops", a likely inspiration for Mr Chips' name.[3]
In Hilton's final novel, Time and Time Again (1953), protagonist Charles Anderson bears clear biographical similarities to Hilton himself.[citation needed] Early in the novel, Anderson briefly reminisces about attending Brookfield and knowing "Chips".
This is the best known screen version,[citation needed] starring Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Terry Kilburn, John Mills and Paul Henreid. Donat won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in the lead role, beating Clark Gable, James Stewart, Laurence Olivier and Mickey Rooney.
While some of the incidents depicted in the various screen adaptations do not appear in the book, this film is generally faithful to the original story.[citation needed]
The exteriors of the buildings of the fictional Brookfield School were filmed at Repton School,[4][5] an independent school (at the time of filming, for boys only), located in the village of Repton, in Derbyshire, in the Midlands area of England, whilst the interiors, school courtyards and annexes, including the supposedly exterior shots of the Austrian Tyrol Mountains, were filmed at Denham Film Studios,[6] near the village of Denham in Buckinghamshire. Around 200 boys from Repton School stayed on during the school holidays so that they could appear in the film.[7]
A 1939 radio adaptation of the story, starring Laurence Olivier and Edna Best, was presented by Cecil B. DeMille on Lux Radio Theatre, Hollywood.
In 1969, a relatively unsuccessful musical film version appeared, starring Peter O'Toole and Petula Clark, with songs by Leslie Bricusse and an underscore by John Williams. This version moved the timeline forward,[citation needed] with Chips' career beginning in the early 20th century and later career covering World War II, rather than World War I. O'Toole and Clark were widely praised for their performances. At the 42nd Academy Awards, O'Toole was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, and he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy.
A stage production based on the 1969 film, and using largely the same music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse, was mounted at the Chichester Festival and opened on 11 August 1982. The book was by Roland Starke and the production was directed by Patrick Garland and Christopher Selbie. Among the Chichester Festival cast were John Mills as Mr. Chips, Colette Gleeson as Kathie, Nigel Stock as Max, and Michael Sadler and Robert Meadmore in supporting roles.
In 1984, it was adapted as a television serial by the BBC. It starred Roy Marsden and Jill Meager and ran for six half-hour episodes. Many scenes were filmed at Repton School, Derbyshire in an effort to remain faithful to the original film.[8]
Another television adaptation, a TV film, was produced by STV Productions (then known as "SMG TV Productions") in 2002. It aired on the ITV Network in Britain and on PBS' Masterpiece Theatre in the United States. It starred Martin Clunes and Victoria Hamilton with Henry Cavill, William Moseley, Oliver Rokison and Harry Lloyd.[9]


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Transaction charges for the third quarter of 2012 were $57 million pre-tax. Net income for the third quarter of 2012 excluding transaction charges was $650 million, or $1.52 per fully diluted share. This compares to second quarter of 2012 net income of $626 million, or $1.46 per fully diluted share, and third quarter 2011 net income of $536 million or $1.26 per fully diluted share, excluding transaction charges from all periods.
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During the third quarter of 2012 the Company's Rig Technology segment booked $2.29 billion in new orders. Backlog for capital equipment orders for the Company's Rig Technology segment at September 30, 2012 was $11.66 billion, up three percent from the end of the second quarter of 2012.Pete Miller, Chairman, President and CEO of National Oilwell Varco, remarked, "Outstanding execution enabled the Company to achieve solid earnings again this quarter. We are pleased by the level of bookings into our capital equipment backlog for the Rig Technology segment during the third quarter. We continue to see steady activity around new orders, and expect high demand for deepwater rigs to drive solid orders again in the fourth quarter. Demand for other NOV products and services continued to grow in international markets, but softening demand in North America partly offset this trend during the third quarter.
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In such a large state, it can be hard to narrow down where to plan Colorado romantic vacations. The good news is, wherever you choose will deliver on relaxation and spectacular scenery. Some areas are better suited for some couples though, so a little research will go a long way. In the northwest section of the state, you will find some of the most famous skiing areas including Aspen, Beaver Creek, Vail, Steamboat Springs, and Breckenridge.
If you're an active couple that plans on skiing, snowboarding, or enjoying the other outdoor pleasures of the winter season, this is a great part of the state for you. On the other hand, even if you don't like skiing, the northwest can be a great match. Spectacular scenery can be appreciated from the window of your warm vacation rental, and areas around the resorts often have excellent shopping, dining, and nightlife.
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Surrounded by the beautiful Rocky Mountains, Denver is known as the Mile High City. If you want to plan romantic vacations in Colorado that strike a balance, Denver could be the location for you. Over the last several decades, Denver has established a reputation for excellent dining and nightlife. Here you can enjoy all the privacy of a rental during the day and all the sophistication of a night on the town too.
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INDYCAR announced late Thursday that the series will not be returning to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2012, citing a need for 'considerable' testing of the new DW12 chassis prior to returning to the facility.
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Days before Christmas, Bay and Daphne switch places a la Freaky Friday in an alternate reality where the Switch never happened.
Daphne is distracted by the impending hearing over her parole violation.
The Kennish-Vasquez family finally uncovers the depths of Daphne's grief-spiral and takes steps to intervene.
Daphne organizes a Senior Ditch Day, which gets out of hand.
Daphne lashes out at Regina. Bay tries to mend her friendship with Tank.
John brings Daphne and Bay to Chicago to tour Northwestern. Kathryn entertains baby Abby and Leo to help Regina.
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Toby returns from Iceland. Angelo helps Daphne focus on the SATs.
Bay worries her friendship with Emmett is doomed.
Bay and Emmett stumble upon a surprising discovery. John accidentally reveals the truth about Bay and Emmett.
Emmett is bullied and Melody wants to take action. Bay struggles with her feelings for Emmett and Tank. Regina decides to get her job back.
Bay enlists Tank's help to prove Emmett is being "catfished." Daphne rises above her fear to help someone from her past.
Nikki unexpectedly returns from Peru.
Daphne is invited to a fundraiser at the clinic. Bay and Tank's relationship suffers. Toby tutors Sharee.
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Chandler has pledged $400,000 to Gangplank, a technology-oriented nonprofit, to help redevelop a historic downtown building, the first such project to fall under new guidelines aimed at transforming the downtown into a thriving community core.
Derek Neighbors, Gangplank co-founder, said the group provides space for hundreds of technology-oriented professionals to come together, share ideas and develop products and business models. Downtown Chandler has many of the amenities - such as an urban location and nearby entertainment and dining options - that could help attract people in technology, he said.
"For good ideas to take off, they have to build off other ideas. We need density," Neighbors said. "Downtown Chandler is doing everything right to set itself up for the creative class in the next 10 years or so."
The nonprofit plans to renovate the 6,600-square-foot building at 260 S. Arizona Ave., just across from the new $76 million City Hall now under construction on the east side of Arizona Avenue at Chicago Street. "Its intent is to provide a creative workplace and a collaborative gathering space for the technology community," said Teri Killgore, Chandler's downtown redevelopment manager. "It brings a lot of energy."
Last week, the City Council voted to grant the group up to $400,000 for exterior facade renovations and to bring the ventilation system up to code. The money will come from a city fund set aside to help private developers restore downtown buildings. In exchange, the city gets a conservation easement that guarantees that historic aspects of the building - such as existing steel trusses, original masonry, and old windows - will be preserved and maintained for 20 years, Killgore said.
The building dates back to 1946 and was originally used by the military, according to Killgore. It later became a meat processing plant, then retail suites, and then was home to the Gospel for Life Church.
"This is one of our older buildings in town," she said.
Gangplank also plans to kick in a couple of hundred thousand dollars to add a second story to the building and to renovate the interior, Neighbors said.
Killgore said it's the first project to fall under the South Arizona Avenue Design Guidelines, adopted in January, which are aimed at creating an urban, pedestrian-friendly city center with tall buildings on each side of Arizona Avenue transitioning downward to blend into adjacent residential neighborhoods. The area targeted for redevelopment in the coming decades is bounded by Chandler Boulevard, Pecos Road, South Palm Lane and South Delaware Street, but excludes the city's historic square.
The guidelines have gone hand-in-hand with a $10 million city project, called the South Arizona Avenue Corridor Area Plan, to narrow Arizona Avenue from six lanes to four through Dr. A.J. Chandler Park and to widen sidewalks and enhance the corridor's landscaping. Jane Poston, a city spokeswoman, said construction on the roadway will begin Monday.
Killgore said that in the last few years, several redevelopment projects have taken place in the downtown's northern end, but the Gangplank project introduces redevelopment to the south end of the district, near Frye Road. Gangplank is expected to bring additional sales tax dollars to the downtown, in addition to increasing the value of the renovated property, she said.
Chandler has invested heavily over the years in attracting high-paying tech jobs. Major companies like Intel have invested billion of dollars in the city's Price Road technology corridor. This year, the city dropped $5.7 million to fund the Innovations Technology Incubator/Accelerator at 145 S. 79th Street to provide research space to biotech startups in fields such as software design, engineering, biosciences, nanotechnology and sustainable technologies.
Neighbors said Gangplank formed about three years ago when he and his business partner in the Integrum Technology software development company, Jade Meskill, began hosting roundtable discussions with other tech companies in the Valley. The common complaint was that Phoenix lacked the capital and skilled workers to support them, he said.
"Everyone had talked about moving out of Phoenix," Neighbors said.
Eventually, the discussions attracted others in the industry, and Gangplank was formed to provide them a space to come together collaboratively, he said. The nonprofit has occupied a building in an industrial park at Elliot Road and Arizona Avenue for about two years, he said.
"Land development and tourism aren't sustainable in the long term for the region. New, alternative, creative-class-types of jobs are what we need to bring in a new economy," Neighbors said. "We love the area. We want to be here. We want our families to grow up here."


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I am a complete and unrepentant cheater. I started FAWMing a week early because I will absolutely and unequivocally be unable to FAWM for the last 7 days of the month. So I won't be offended if you skip past my first couple of tunes. I only wrote 2 in those 7 days. I spent 4 times longer on one of them than I have on any other song written in my 8+ years of FAWM, so I can tell you for sure that it is NOT the same experience. I am still shooting for 14 songs in 28 days, and those 28 days do (for the most part) overlap nicely. So if it looks like I'm farther along than I am, take heart. I'm really not. And if it looks like I'm on target to finish the challenge, it means I'm really a week behind where I'm supposed to be cuz I'm outtie by Feb 21.
As for who I am, the following list of words may or may not have anything to do with my identity as a songwriter (fetishes, inspirations, topics, mediums, etc.):
puns, skittles, jackie chan, awkward cow, mountain dulcimer, stomach flu, flipper, rocks for jocks, granola, table tennis, not-so-grand pianers, red belt, drift wood, gurgle, river, anjou, llama llama, ukulele, curly, pi, pop-stopper, haut chocolate, lavendar, tadpole, trampoline, mofem, hula girl, stool, nancy rost, crisis hotline, wayward mule, melodrama, parentHOOD, licorice, glue guns, bagel.
There. Clear as mud? I thought so.
|Ballad of the Malcontent Feline
Feb 2014
|Vinegar and Salt
Feb 2014
|A Good Woman
Feb 2014
Feb 2014
|The Seasons Song
Feb 2014
|Beauty of a Broken Heart
Feb 2014
|Wetlands @outasync
Feb 2014
|A Mouthful @stephenwordsmith
Feb 2014
@bking Feb 22
I'm definitely digging your bio. *waves*
@bithprod Feb 2014
Thank you for your nice comment! Please feel free to make something for I Wonder or any of my other lyrics. I love collaborating with talented people.
@outasync Feb 2014
I look forward to hearing what you do with "Wetlands". I do have someone else working on it already, so you'll have to post a copy. Thanks!
@stephenwordsmith Feb 2014
Be my guest.
Or my guest's host's guest, as the case may be.
@timwint Feb 2014
Thanks. Erin, for taking the time to look through my Utah State Route 24. That was kinda fun to write. Appreciate your comments.
@aaronnathans Feb 2014
@scottlake Feb 2014
If I'm not mistaken, your first year or so on FAWM were recorded to a voice recorder or something, yes? I thought I remember you describing your frustration with your recording setup. It sure sounds like you have that sorted out. Vinegar & Salt is exquisite - I guess I should leave this comment there!
@apinkstar Feb 2014
oh no! oh no! I did not receive a lovely book and letter from you! AND who would have thought there were TWO of me in SoPo?? Oh dear, I am so sad that happened but I'm so honored that you would think of me and send me such a thoughtful gift. <3 I'm off to listen to your *gasp* THREE new songs! xoxoxo
@namjunerobot Feb 2014
thanks for the feedback! well, i've been recording for years and just kinda have the process refined aong with some tricks.. oh that and i stayed up until 5am working on it.
@apinkstar Feb 2014
Excited to fawm again with you, my dear! <3
@auditasum Jan 2014
Hey there! Back this year?
@petra777 Jan 2014
@erikdidriksen Jan 2014
Hoping you're FAWMing this year, Erin; I've missed your brilliance this past year. Hoping everything's well; love and awkward cows to you and the rest of the clan!


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A couple of stops earlier on your commute, you may have noticed a blurb on our Department of Commerce page which made mention of an event which revolved around nudity and bicycles, which, statistically speaking, is almost certainly a lock for your first and second favoritest things. In the off-chance you'd want to know more about this sort of thing, here's the deets: Boston's representation in the World Naked Bike Ride arrive at the Common's Parkman Bandstand, strip down to what is apparently referred to as "Boston Naked" (concealing all yer arrestable), and then go forth in an act of protest against … sorry, distracted by a sweet birthmark.
[SAT 6.25.11. Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common. 10pm/free. worldnakedbikeride.org]


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