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JWC'S MAAN; 2 August 1849; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18490802-JWC-MAAN-01; CL 24: 159-171
On Tuesday 24th July 1849, I left Rawdon2 after breakfast, and at five ofthe afternoon reached Morpeth; where I had decided to pass the night. William Forster escorted me thus far, and stayed to start me by the 2 o'clock train next day;—out of pure charity, having adopted Donovan's3 theory of me, that I am wholly without observing Faculty, with large Reflectiveness turned inward;—a sort of woman, that, ill adapted for travelling by railway, alone, with two boxes, a writing-case, and carpet-bag. Anyhow, I was much the better of such a cheerful companion; to stave off the nervousness about Haddington; not to speak of the material comforts,—a rousing fire, brandy-negus &c,—which he ordered for me at the Inn, and which I should not have had the audacity4 to order on my own basis.
After a modest dinner of chops and cherrytart; we walked by the River-side in a drizzling rain (that was at my suggestion); then back to the Phenex for tea, chess, and speculative talk till midnight: when I went to bed expecting no sleep to speak of, and of course slept unusually well; for the surest way to get a thing in this Life is to be prepared for doing without it,—to the exclusion even of hope.
Next morning was bright as diamonds, and we walked all about the Town and neighbouring Hights; where, rendered unusually communicative by our isolated position, I informed William Edward that my maternal Grandmother was "descended from a Gang of Gipsies,"—was in fact grandniece to Matthew Baillie who "suffered at Lanark,"—that is to say, was hanged there,—a genealogical fact Forster said which made me at last intelligible for him,—"a cross betwixt John Knox and a Gipsey how that explained all."— By the way, my uncle has told me since I came here, that the wife of that Mathew Baillie, Margaret Euston by name, was the original of Sir W Scott's Meg Merrilies. Mathew himself was the last of the Gipsies,—could steal a horse from under the owner, if he liked, but left always the saddle and bridle; a thorough gentleman in his way, and sixfeet four in stature!5
But to go back to Morpeth, we again dined at the Phenex; then Forster put me into my carriage, and my luggage in the van and I was shot off towards Scotland; while himself took train for—Ireland!
From Morpeth to Haddington is a journey of only four hours; again "the wished for come too late"!6 rapidest travelling to Scotland now, and no home there any more!
The first locality I recognised was the Peas Bridge:7 I had been there once before, a little child, in a postchaise with my Father; he had held his arm round me while I looked down the ravine; it was my first sight of the Picturesque, that, I recognised the place even in passing it at railway speed, after all these long long years.
At the Dunbar station an old Lady in widow's dress, and a young one, her daughter, got into the carriage which I had had so far all to myself; a man in yeomanry uniform waiting to see them off. "Ye'll maybe come and see us the morn's nicht?" said the younger Lady from the carriage. "What for did ye no come to the Ball? answered the yeoman, with a look "to split a pitcher"? The young Lady tchick-tchicked, and looked deprecatingly, and tried again and again to enchain conversation; but, to every thing she said, came the same answer; "what for did ye no come to the Ball?"— The poor young Lady then tried holding her tongue; her lover (only her Lover would have used her so brutally) did the same; but rested his chin on the carriage-window to scowl at her with more convenience. The interest was rising; but one could see who of them would speak first. "Oh!" broke out the young Lady, "I'm just mourning!"— "What for?"—"Oh just that Ball!"—"What for then did no come?" growled the repeating decimal; "I waited an oor for ye!" and he got his upper lip over the strap of his cap and champed it—like a horse!— Squeal went the engine; we were off; the young Lady "just mourned" for a minute or two, then fell to talking with her Mother; for me, I reflected how "the feelings were just the same there as here,"8 and the Devil every where busy!
Before these Ladies got out at Drem, I had identified the pale, old, shrivelled widow with a buxom bright-eyed rosy Mrs Frank Sheriff'9 of my time. The Daughter had not only grown up but got herself born in the interval. What chiefly struck me, however, indeed confounded me, was to be stared at by Mrs Sheriff as a stranger, or even foreigner ! (for, when I asked her some questions about the road, she answered with that compassionate distinctness which one puts on with only foreigners—or idiots.) I began to think my precautions for keeping Incognita in my native place might turn out to have been superfluous.
One of these precautions had the foolishest little consequence. In leaving London, I had written the addresses for my luggage on the backs of other peoples visiting-cards; "without respect of persons";—a stupid practice when one thinks of it!—but at Morpeth I removed three of the cards, leaving one to the carpet-bag; carpet-bags being so confoundable; I was at the pains however to rub off my own name from that card, which, for the rest, happened to be Mrs Humphrey St John Mildmay's. Well! at Longniddry, where I had to wait some fifteen minutes for the cross-train to Haddington, "there came to pass" a Porter! who helped me with my things, and would not leave off helping me—quite teazed me in fact with delicate attentions.10 At last he made me a low bow and said he was "not aware that any of the family were in this quarter." I believe I answered; "quite well I thank you"; for I was getting every instant more excited with my circumstances. He shut the carriage-door on me, then opened it again and said with another low bow; "Excuse me, Mam but I was in the service of the Brother of Mr Humphrey St John Mildmay."11 I am positive as to my answer this time, that it was; "Oh thank you No! I am quite another person!"
A few minutes more and I was at the H. Station; where I looked out timidly, then more boldly, as my senses took in the utter strangeness of the scene; and luckily I had "the cares of LUGGAGE" to keep down sentiment for the moment. No vehicle was in waiting but a dusty little Omnibus licenced to carry—any number, it seemed! for on remarking there was no seat for me I was told by all the Insides in a breath; "never heed! come in! that makes no difference!"— And so I was trundled to The George Inn, where a Landlord and Waiter, both strangers to me, and looking half-asleep showed me to the best room on the first floor—a large old-fashioned, three windowed room, looking out on The Fore Street12—and, without having spoken one word, shut the door on me, and there I was at the end of it!—actually in the George Inn, Haddington, alone, amidst the silence of death!
I sat down quite composedly at a window, and looked up the Street,—towards our old House; it was the same street, the same houses; but so silent,—dead,—petrified! it looked, the old place, just as I had seen it at Chelsea in my dreams—only more dreamlike!— Having exhausted that outlook, I rung my bell, and told the silent Landlord to bring tea, and took order about my bedroom. The tea swallowed down; I notified my wish to view "the old church there," and the keeper of the keys was immediately fetched me. In my part of stranger-in-search-of-the-Picturesque, I let myself be shown the way which I knew every inch of,—shown the "the school houses," where myself had been Dux,—'the play-ground, "the Booling reen,"13—and so on to the church-gate, which so soon as my guide had unlocked for me, I told him he might wait—that I needed him no further.
The Church-yard had become very full of graves. Within the Ruin were two new smartly got up tombs; His14 looked old, old; was surrounded by nettles; the inscription all over moss; except two lines which had been quite recently cleared.—by whom? who had been there, before me, still caring for his tomb after 29 years? The old Ruin knew, and could not tell me! that place felt the very centre of eternal silence—silence and sadness world without end! When I returned to the sexton, or whatever he was, he asked would I not walk thro the church; I said yes, and he led the way, but without playing the Cicerone any more; he had become pretty sure there was no need. Our pew looked to have never been new-lined since we occupied it; the green cloth was become all but white from age! I looked at it in the dim twilight till I almost fancied I saw my beautiful Mother in her old corner, and myself a bright-looking girl in the other! it was time to "come out of that"! Meaning to return to the Churchyard next morning, to clear the moss from the inscription; I asked my conductor where he lived—with his key. "next door to the house that was Dr Welsh's; he answered, with a sharp glance at my face; then added gently; "excuse me mem for mentioning that, but the minute I set eyes on ye at the George, I jaloosed [suspected] it was her we all looked after whenever she went up or down." "You won't tell of me?" I said crying, like a child caught stealing apples; and gave him half a crown to keep my secret, and open the gate for me at eight next morning. Then turning, up the waterside by myself, I made the circuit of The Haugh [low-lying ground by a river], Dodd's Gardens and Babbies Butts15—the customary evening walk in my teens; and except that it was perfectly solitary (in the whole round, I met just two little children walking hand in hand, like the Babes of the wood)16 the whole thing looked exactly as I left it 22 years back! the very puddles made by the last rain I felt to have stepped over before.— But where were all the living beings one used to meet? What could have come to the place to strike it so dead? I have been since answered; the railway had come to it, and ruined it.17 At all rates "it must have taken a great deal to make a place so dull as that!" — Leaving the lanes I now went boldly thro' the streets, the thick black veil, put on for the occasion, thrown back; I was getting confident that I might have ridden like the Lady Godiva18 thro Haddington, with impunity,—so far as recognition went.— I looked thro' the sparred [fastened shut] door of our old coachhouse, which seemed to be vacant; the House itself I left over till morning, when its occupants should be asleep. Passing a Cooper's-shop19 which I had once had the run of, I stept in and bought two little quaichs [drinking cups]; then, in the character of the travelling Englishwoman, suddenly seized with an unaccountable passion for wooden dishes, I questioned the Cooper as to the Past and Present of his town. He was the very man for me, being ready to talk the tongue small in his head about his town's-folks, men, women, and children of them. He told me amongst other interesting things, that "Doctor Welsh's death was the sorest loss ever cam to the Place";—that myself "went away into England and—died there!" adding a handsome enough tribute to my memory—"Yes! Miss Welsh! he remembered her famously,—used to think her the tastiest young Lady in the whole Place—but she was very—not just to call proud,—very reserved in her company."— In leaving this man, I felt more than ever like my own gohst; if I had really been walking after my death and burial, there could not I think have been any material difference in my sensations.
My next visit was to the front gate of the Sunny Bank,20 where I stood some minutes, looking up at the beautifully quiet House; not unlike the 'outcast Peri' done into prose.21 How would my old godmother and the others have looked, I wondered, had they known who was there, so near them? I longed to go in and kiss them once more, but positively dared not; I felt that their demonstrations of affection would break me down into a torrent of tears, which there was no time for; so I contented myself with kissing—the gate(!) and returned to my Inn, it being now near Dark.
Surely it was the silentest Inn on the Planet! not a living being male or female to be seen in it except when I rung my bell, and then the Landlord or Waiter (both old men) did my bidding promptly and silently and vanished again into space. On my reentrance I rung for candles, and for a glass of sherry and hot water; my feet had been wetted amongst the long grass of the churchyard, and I felt to be taking cold; so I made myself negus as an antidote, and they say I am not a practical woman! Then it struck me; I would write to Mr Carlyle,—one more letter from the old place, after so much come and gone. Accordingly I wrote till the Town clock (the first familiar voice I had heard) struck eleven, then twelve, and near one I wrote the Irish address on my Letter and finally put myself to bed—in the George Inn of Haddington, good God!— I thought it too strange and mournful a position for ever falling asleep in; nevertheless I slept in the first instance; for I was 'a-weary a-weary,'22 body and soul of me! But, alas! the only noise I was to hear in Haddington 'transpired' exactly at the wrong moment; before I had slept one hour I was awoke by—an explosion of cats! The rest of that night I spent betwixt sleeping and waking, in night-mare efforts to "sort up my thoughts." At half after five I put my clothes on, and began the business of the day by destroying, in a moment of enthusiasm—for silence—the long letter "all about feelings" which I had written the night before. Soon after six I was haunting our old house, while the present occupants still slept.— I found the garden door locked, and iron staunchions,—my Heavens!— on the porch and cellar windows, "significative of much!"23 for the rest, there was a general need of paint and white wash: in fact the whole premises had a bedimmed melancholy look as of 'having' seen better days.' It was difficult for me to realise to myself that the people inside were only asleep—and not dead—dead since many years. Ah! one breathed freer in the church-yard, with the bright morning sunshine streaming down on it than near that (so-called) habitation of the Living! I went straight from the one to the other. The gate was still locked; for I was an hour before my time; so I made a dash at the wall, some seven feet high I shoud think, and dropt safe on the inside—a feat I should never have imagined to try in my actual phase, not even with a mad bull at my heels, if I had not trained myself to it at a more elastic age. Godefroi Cavaignac's "quoi donc je ne suis pas mort? crossed my mind but I had none of that feeling—moi,—was morte enough, I knew, whatever face I might put on it. only, what one has well learnt one never forgets.
When I had scraped the moss out of the inscription, as well as I could with the only thing in my dressing case at all suited to the purpose, namely his own button hook with the mother-of-pearl handle, I made a deliberate survey of the whole church-yard, and most of the names I had missed out of the signboards turned up for me once more on the tomb-stones. It was strange the feeling of almost glad recognition that came over me, in finding so many familiar figures out of my childhood and youth all gathered together in one place. But still more interesting for me than these later graves were two that I remembered to have weeped little innocent tears over before I had a conception what real weeping meant,—the grave of the little girl who was burnt to death, thro' drying her white muslim frock at the fire, and that of the young officer (Rutherford)24 who was shot in a duel. The oval tablet of white marble over the little girl's grave looked as bright and spotless as on the first day—as emblematic of the child existence it commemorated; it seemed to my somewhat excited imagination that the youthfulness and innocence there buried had impregnated the marble to keep it snow-white for ever!— When the sexton came at eight to let me in, he found me ready to be let out. "How in the world had I got in?"— "over the wall."— "No! surely I couldn't mean that?"— "Why not?"— "Lordsake then, cried the man in real admiration, there is no END to you!"—
He told me at parting, "there is one man in this Town, Mem, you might like to see—James Robertson."25 Your Father's old servant." Our own old Jamie! he was waiter at The Star good gracious! had returned to Haddington within the last year. "Yes indeed"—I said, "he must be sent to me at the George an hour hence, and told only that a Lady wanted him."
It was still but eight o'clock, so I should have time to look at Sunny Bank from the back gate, and streamed off in that direction; but passing my dear old schoolhouse, I observed the door a little a-jar, walked in and sat down in my old seat; to the manifest astonishment of a decent woman who was sweeping the floor. Ach gott! our maps and Geometrical Figures had given place to Texts from Scripture and the foolishest half-penny pictures! it was become an Infant School Good God! and a Miss Alexander was now Teacher where Edward Irving and James Brown had taught!26— Miss A and her Infants were not, it seemed early risers; their schoolroom after eight oclock was only being swept; it was at seven of the morning that James Brown once found me asleep there—after two hours hard study—asleep betwixt the leaves of the Great Atlas, like a keep-lesson [pupil's book mark]! but "things have been all gone to the Devil ever since the reform-bill"; as my Uncle is always telling us. The Woman interrupted her sweeping to inform me amongst other things that it was "a most terrible place for dust"; that "a deal was put into Bairns now, which she dooted was wastewark"; that "it was little one got by cleaning after them," and "if her Husband had his legs, they might have the school that liked"
Not the vestige of a Boy or even of a girl was to be seen about the Grammar School either; that school, I afterwards heard from Jamie "had gone to just perfect nonsense"— "There was a Master (one White) but no scholars.27 "How is that, I asked; are there no children here any longer?" "Why its not altogether the want o' children" said Jamie, with his queer old smudge of inarticulate fun, "but the new master is rather severe,—broke the jawbone of a wee Boy—they tell me; but indeed the whole place is sore gone down." I should think so! But I am not gone to Jamie yet; another meeting came off before that one.
Sunny Bank looked even lovelier "in the light of a new morning" than it had done in the evening dusk. A hedge of red roses in full blow extended now from the House to the gate; and I thought I might go in and gather one without evoking any—Beast. Once inside the gate I passed easily to the idea of proceeding as far as the back door, just to ask the servant how they all were, and leave compliments without naming myself; the servants only would be a-stir so early. Well! when I had knocked at the door with my finger "sharp but mannerly"; it was opened by a tidy maidservant exhibiting no more surprise than if I had been the Baker's boy!— Strange, was it not, that anybody should be in a calm state of mind, while I was so full of emotions? Strange that the Universe should pursue its own course without reference to my presence in Haddington!!— "Are your Ladies quite well": I asked nevertheless. "Miss Jess and Miss Catherine are quite well; Miss Donaldson rather complaining; you are aware Mem that Mr Donaldson is dead?"— "Oh dear yes!" I said, thinking she meant Alexander. "At what hour do you Ladies get up?" "They are up Mem and done breakfast, will you walk round to the front-door?"— Goodness gracious! should I 'walk round,' or not?— My own nerves had got braced somewhat by the morning air; but their nerves—how would the sight of me thus "promiscuously" operate on them? "You had better go round and let me tell the Ladies," put in the servant, as if in reply to my cogitations; "what name shall I say?"—"None, I think, perhaps my name would startle them more than myself; tell them; someone they will be glad to see." And so, flinging the responsibility on Providence, who is made for being fallen back upon in such dilemmas, ("Providence must have meant me to see them in raising them out of bed so betimes!"), I did 'go round,' with my heart thumping, "like,—like,—like—anything."28
The maidservant met me at the front-door and conducted me to the Drawingroom, where was—nobody; but on a table lay a pile of black-bordered note-paper which explained to me, that it was Mr Donaldson of London who was dead; the last Brother—dead in these very days! I wished I had not come in; but it was out of time now.— The door opened and showed me Miss Catherine changed into an old woman, and showed Miss Catherine me, changed into one of—a certain age! She remained at the door, motionless, speechless, and I couldn't rise off my chair, at least I didn't; but when I saw her eyes staring "like watch-faces," I said, "Oh Miss Catherine don't be frightened at me!"—and then she quite shrieked 'Jeanie! Jeanie! Jeanie Welsh! my Jeanie! my Jeanie!'— Oh mercy I shan't forget that scene in a hurry! I got her in my arms and kissed her into her wits again; and then we both cried a little—naturally—; both of us had had enough since we last met to cry for. I explained to her "how I was situated," as Mr C. would say, and that I was meaning to visit them after—like a Christian; and she found it all "most wisely done—done like my own self."—Humph!— Poor Miss Catherine! its little she knows of my own self's and perhaps the less the better! She told me about their Brother's death, which had been sudden at the last.29 Supposing me still in London as usual, and that in London we hear of one anothers deaths; they had been saying it was strange I did not write to them and my Godmother had remarked; "it is not like her!"—just while I was standing at their gate most likely; for it was 'the evening before, about dark,' they had been speaking of me.
But again the door opened and showed Miss Jess—Ach!— She had to be told who I was, and pretty loudly too; but when she did take in the immense fact, oh my!—if she didn't "show feeling enough" (her own favourite expression of old!)— Poor Jess after all! We used to think she showed even more feeling than she felt, and nothing came out on the present emergence to alter our opinion of her. But enough—the very old, it seems to me, should be admitted, by favour, to the privelege of the Dead,—have "no ill" spoken of them, that can possibly be helped.
My 'Godmother' was keeping her bed "with rheumatism" and grief; as I "would really come back soon" it was settled to leave her quiet. They offered me breakfast,—it was still on the table: but "horrible was the thought" to me! It was all so solemn and doleful there that I should have heard every morsel going down my throat! besides I was engaged to breakfast with myself at the George. So, with blessings for many days, I slipt away from them like a knotless thread.
My friend the Cooper, espying me from his doorway, on the road back, planted himself firmly in my path: "if I would just complemennt him with my name, he would be terribly obliged; we had been uncommon comfortable together, and he must know what they called me!"— I told him, and he neither died on the spot nor went mad; he looked pleased and asked how many children I had had. None, I told him. 'None!' (in a tone of astonishment, verging on horror) "None at all! then what on the Earth had I been doing all this time?" 'Amusing myself,' I told him. He ran after me, to beg I would give him a call on my return (I had spoken of returning) "as he might be making something, belike, to send south with me, something small and of a fancy sort, liker myself than them I had bought."
Breakfast stood ready for me at the Inn and was discussed in five minutes. Then I wrote a note to Mr C, a compromise betwixt "all about feelings" and 'the new silent system'—of the Prisons.30 Then I went to my bed room to pack up. The Chambermaid came to say a gentleman was asking for me. "For me?" "Yes! he asked for THE Lady stopping here." (no influx of company at the George it seemed) "Did you see him" I asked, divining Jamie, "are you sure it is a gentleman? "I am sure of his being put ON like one." I flew down to my parlour, and there was Jamie sure enough! Jamie to the Life! and I threw my arms round his neck, that did I— He stood quite passive and quite pale with great tears rolling down; it was minutes before he spoke, and then he said only, low under his breath; "Mrs—Carlyle!" So nice he looked, and hardly a day older, and really as like 'a Gentleman' as some Lords; he had dressed himself in his Sunday Clothes for the occasion, and they were capital good ones. "And you knew me, Jamie, at first sight, I asked?—"Toot! we knew ye afore we seed ye."— "Then you were told it was me?"—"No! they told us just we was to speak to a Lady at the George, and I knew it was Mrs Carlyle,"— But how could you tell, dear Jamie?" "Hoots! who else could it be?"(!) Dear funniest of created Jamies!— While he was ostler at the Black Bull Edinr;31 "one of them what-ye-call Bagmen furgottet his patterns" at Haddington and he (Jamie) was "sent to take them up; and falling in talk with HIM of the Star; it came out there was no waiter, "and so in that way," said Jamie, 'we came back to the old place. He told me all sorts of particulars "more profitable to the soul of man" than anything I should have got out of Mr Charteris32 in three years, never to say "three weeks." But "a waggon came in atween ten and eleven and he must be stepping west."— "he was glad to have seen me looking so (dropping his voice)—stootish!" (I saw him, from the Omnibus, after, unloading the waggon, in his workday clothes, almost on the very spot where, for a dozen years, he had helped me in and out of our carriage!)
And now there only remained to pay my bill and await the Omnibus I have that bill of 6/6 in my writing case; and shall keep it all my days; not only as an eloquent memorial of human change—like grass from graves and all that sort of thing; but as the first Inn bill I ever in my life contracted and paid on my own basis.
Another long look from the George Inn window,—and then into the shabby little Omnibus again; where the faces of a Lady next me and a gentleman opposite me tormented my memory without result.
In the railway carriage which I selected, an old gentleman had taken his seat, and I recognised him at once as Mr Lea—the same who made the little obelisk which hangs in my bedroom at Chelsea.33 He had grown old like a golden pippin, merely crined [shrunk], with the bloom upon him. I laid my hand on his arm, turning away my face, and said, "Thank God here is one person I feel no difficulty about." "I don't know you," he said in his old blunt way, "who are you?"— "Guess!"— "Was it you who got over the church-yard wall this morning? I saw a stranger-lady climb the wall and I said to myself that's Jeanie Welsh!—no other woman would climb the wall instead of going in at the gate—are you Jeanie Welsh?
I 'owned the soft impeachment';34 then such shaking of hands! embracing even! But so soon as things had calmed down a little between us; Mr Lea laid his hand on my shoulder and said as if pursuing knowledge under difficulties, "now tell me, my Dear, why did you get over the wall instead of just asking for the key?"
He spoke of William Ainsleys35 death; I said I had never known him, that he went to India before I could remember. "Nonsense," said Mr Lea; "not remember William Ainsley? Never knew William Ainsley? What are you thinking of? Why; didnt he wrap you in a shawl and run away with you to our house the very day you were born, I believe?— I said it might be very true but that the circumstance had escaped my recollection. Mr Lea was left at Longniddry where he came daily, he said, to bathe in the sea. What energy!
While waiting there for the train from London, I saw again my Lady and Gentleman of the Omnibus36 and got their names from Mr Lea; they were not people I had ever visited with, but I had been at school with them both; We passed and repassed one another without the slightest sign of recognition on their side.
George Cunningham37 too was pacing the Longniddry-platform, the Boy of our school who never got into trouble and never helped others out of it,—a slow bullet-headed boy who said his lessons like an eight-day clock and never looked young; now, on the wrong side of forty it might be doubted if he would ever look old. He came up to me and shook hands, and asked me by name how I did, exactly as tho' we met on change every day of our lives! To be sure I had seen him once since we were at school together, had met him at Craik's some twelve years ago.— Such as he was; we stood together till the train came up, and "talked of geography, politics, and natur."
At Edinr Jeanie's38 sweet little face looked wildly into the carriage for me, and next minute we were chirping and twittering together on the platform whilst the eternal two boxes writing case and carpet-bag were being once more brought into one focus.— "Look look Cousin" said Jeanie there are people who know you!" and looking as I was bid; who but the pair who had accompanied me from Haddington were standing, with their heads laid together, and the eyes starting out of them me-ward! The Lady the instant she saw I noticed them sprang forward extending her hand; the Husband "emboldened by her excellent example" did the same; they were "surprised," "delighted," everything that could be wished; "had not had a conception of its being me till they saw me smiling"— "Eh Sirs!" said my Mother's old nurse to her after a separation of twenty years there's no a featur o' ye left, but just the bit smile!"
I will call for these Richardsons when I go back to Haddington; I liked their hop-skip-and-jump over Ceremony—their oblivion in the enthusiasm of the moment that we had "belonged to different circles" (Haddingtonly speaking)
And now having brought myself to Edinr and under the little protecting wing of Jeanie, I bid myself adieu and "wave my lilly hand"— I was back into the Present! and it is only in connection with the Past that I can get up a sentiment for myself— The Present Mrs Carlyle is what shall I say?—detestable—upon my honour!39
Auchtertool Manse
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A giraffe kissed a zookeeper, who was dying of brain cancer, one last goodbye as he was in his hospital bed in the giraffe enclosure. The incredible interaction between the giraffe and 54-year-old zoo worker Mario Eijs was caught on video. Mario had worked almost all of his adult life at the Rotterdam Zoo in the Netherlands cleaning the enclosures of animals, reported the Mirror on March 21, 2014.
Despite his mental disability, Mario had cleaned the zoo's animal cages daily for 25 years and had developed a special bond, especially with the giraffes. When facing his impending death, the zookeeper had one final wish – to be able to say goodbye to his beloved giraffes.
Mario's goodbye trip to the giraffes and his zoo coworkers was organized by the Dutch charity Ambulance Wish Foundation which has 200 volunteers granting terminally ill patients their last wishes.
As the video shows, it took the giraffes some time (and some food) to figure out that the strange hospital bed on wheels in their enclosure was not any danger, and as they became more and more curious, the animals also realized that the very man lying in his deathbed was the man they had known for years.
When the giraffe kissed zookeeper Mario Eijs goodbye, "it was a very special moment. You saw him beaming," said the charity's founder Kees Veldboer. "These animals recognized him, and felt that things weren't going well with him."
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Art and Design adds photography concentration
The Sterling College Department of Art and Design is adding a concentration in photography, available to students beginning in the fall semester of 2013. The new concentration focuses primarily on digital photography, but print photography will also be taught during the course work. The department currently offers concentrations in illustration, drawing and painting, self-directed, graphic design, fine art and studio art, ceramics and sculpture, and art and design education.
According to Daniel Swartz, chair of the department of art and design, the addition of the photography concentration is the next logical step for the program as there is greater interest in incoming freshmen to pursue photography specifically. The department currently offers three levels of photography and has the equipment and materials available to work with the traditional black and white print photography chemical process.
"We want our students to have options and marketability when they leave Sterling College," said Swartz. "We hope that by increasing our training in photography, it will give our graduates more options for when they leave. We encourage our art students to pursue multiple concentrations, to better prepare themselves for the future. You never know what God is going to call you to, and the more skills you have the more prepared you will be for those unpredictable twists and turns in life."
Offering a photography concentration can complement other concentrations currently being offered in the department.
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When people think of vacationing in France, they might think of the busy streets of Paris of quiet country villas. The country has so much more to offer, though, and the island of Brittany has some of the best beaches in the world. Whether making a day of relaxing on the beach or hiking and camping along the shore, these five beaches are stunning and unique vacation destinations for the whole family.
1.) Cancale
Situated on the northern coast of Brittany and with a stunning view across Mont Saint Michael bay, this beach is equally famous for its restaurants and resorts as for its oysters. Numerous restaurants and food stands dot the coast, selling fresh seafood of all kinds procured by local fishermen.
2.) Saint Malo
Home to the ferry terminal on the north coast, Saint Malo combines a historical walled city with a beautiful long stretch of beach. The walled port has stood since the Middle Ages, and visitors with a love for history will delight in the museums, chateaus, tombs and more. If you'd like to stop for a bite to eat, Saint Malo is also widely known as the city with the largest number of bite restaurants in the world.
3.) Lancieux
A combination of lifeguards, ice cream stands, mini golf, play clubs and wind-surfing make this a fun family destination. This commune is located on the Emerald Coast, which is a popular destination for bicycle tours and the lush Breton countryside is excellent for backpacking and day hikes.
4.) Dinard
With a Victorian heritage and a long history of attracting celebrities, Dinard is a popular tourist attraction and stunning vacation spot. The nearby village sports a large covered market and numerous tourist shops. Located on the Emerald Coast, Dinard is home to multiple exclusive hotels and resorts; tourists may catch a glimpse of vacationing movie stars.
5.) La Briantais
Unspoiled and secluded, this beach is a protected nature reserve. Hikers can travel along the cliffs to visit neighboring Lancieux. The 67-mile park dates back to the 17th century, and the area has remained largely untouched. It offers a beautiful glimpse of local flora and fauna and is located just a few miles from exclusive resorts and popular beaches.
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With three overly long segments, a "set" that consists of a mattress thrown on the floor of what appears to be someone's garage, and all three male performers experiencing wood problems, this series installment firmly inhabits the dull and grungy.
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Citation: Couturier, K., Batandier, C., Awada, M., Hininger, I., Canini, F., Anderson, R.A., Leverve, X., Roussel, A. 2010. Cinnamon improves insulin sensitivity and alters body composition in an animal model of the metabolic syndrome. Archives Of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 501(1):158-61. Interpretive Summary: Polyphenols from cinnamon have been described recently as insulin sensitizers and antioxidants but their effects on onset of the metabolic syndrome have not been documented. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of cinnamon on insulin resistance and body composition, using an animal model of the metabolic syndrome, the high-fat/high-fructose fed rat. The metabolic syndrome is often an early stage of type 2 types in which insulin becomes inefficient followed by higher levels of insulin production by the pancreas that ultimately leads to type 2 diabetes. More than 60 million people in the U.S. have the metabolic syndrome and more than 25 million people decline from the metabolic syndrome to type 2 diabetes. In this study, rats fed a diet high in fat and the refined sugar fructose (high in sweetened beverages) developed signs and symptoms of the metabolic syndrome. Addition of cinnamon to the diet of these rats prevented the onset of the risk factors associated with the metabolic syndrome. The high-fat/high-fructose diet also induced a reduction in pancreas weight that was prevented by the addition of cinnamon to the diet. There was an accumulation of fat in rats consuming the diet high in sugar and fat that was alleviated by the cinnamon. In summary, these results demonstrate that in animals fed a high-fat/high-fructose diet to induce insulin resistance, cinnamon alters body composition in association with improving insulin sensitivity. These data should be of interest to scientists, medical personnel, and the lay public.
Technical Abstract: Polyphenols from cinnamon (CN) have been described recently as insulin sensitizers and antioxidants, but their effects on the glucose/insulin system in vivo have not been totally investigated. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of CN on insulin resistance and body composition, using an animal model of the metabolic syndrome, the high-fat/high-fructose (HF/HFr) fed rat. Four groups of 22 male Wistar rats were fed for 12 weeks with: (i)(HF/HFr) diet to induce insulin resistance, (ii) HF/HFr diet containing 20 g cinnamon/kg of diet (HF/HFr+CN), (iii) Control diet (C), (iv) Control diet containing 20 g cinnamon/kg of diet (C+CN). Data from hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamps showed a significant decrease of the glucose infusion rates in rats fed the HF/HFr diet. Addition of CN to the HF/HFr diet increased the glucose infusion rates to those of the control rats. The HF/HFr diet induced a reduction in pancreas weight which was prevented in HF/HFr+CN group (p<0.01). Mesenteric white fat accumulation was observed in HF/HFr rats vs. control rats (p<0.01). This deleterious effect was alleviated when CN was added to the diet. In summary, these results suggest that in animals fed a HF/HFr diet to induce insulin resistance, CN alters composition in association with improved insulin sensitivity.


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Alabama's second pro day gave Vinnie Sunseri, Ed Stinson and Anthony Steen a final chance to work out on campus and demonstrate their skills for NFL coaches and scouts after injuries kept them out or greatly limited them in the Tide's first Pro Day on March 12.
Players started the day in the weight room where their weight, height, standing broad jump, vertical jump and bench press were checked. After finishing in the weight room they moved to the indoor football facility where they completed the 40-yard dash, agility testing and position-specific drills.
The seven Alabama players that participated in some part of the Tide's second Pro Day included, Adrian Hubbard, Cyrus Kouandjio, C.J. Mosley and John Fulton, along with Sunseri, Stinson and Steen.
The NFL Draft will be held May 8-10, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
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Third season of BBC's Sherlock in 2013: Rat, Wedding, Bow
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The first season of the BBC's modern Sherlock Holmes adaptation, Sherlock, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock and Martin Freeman as Watson, was one of the TV highlights of 2010. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes stories have never looked so good. Season two came to a close last year with a very tense cliffhanger, so it's good to know that a third season is definitely on its way. The bad news is that we will have to wait until September 2013 to watch it. While I didn't think the episodes that made up Season 2 were as good as the first, we're still talking about amazing television and excellent performances.
According to Deadline, series creator and lead writer Stephen Moffat revealed at the Edinburgh TV Festival three words to give fans a clue regarding the stories likely to be adapted this time round: "Rat, Wedding, Bow," he said.
If you're familiar with Arthur Conan Doyle's work, he could be hinting that the three stories they'll use will be The Giant Rat of Sumatra, The Noble Bachelor and His Last Bow. In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire, Sherlock Holmes tells Dr. Watson that:
"Matilda Briggs was not the name of a young woman, Watson, ... It was a ship which is associated with the giant rat of Sumatra, a story for which the world is not yet prepared."
The Noble Bachelor concerns a bride of the fictional Lord Robert St. Simon disappearing on the day of their marriage, while The Last Bow is a spy story concerning military secrets compromised when a safe is broken into.
The rat story is particularly intriguing, although no doubt there will not be a massive amount of adapting going on as we're dealing with a reference to the rat story in another story...
The BBC will begin filming Sherlock Season 3 in January next year. In the meantime, Martin Freeman will star as Bilbo Baggins in the first of Peter Jackson's Hobbit films and Benedict Cumberbatch will appear as the villian in Star Trek 2. You'll also be able to hear Cumberbatch in The Hobbit as the voice of the dragon Smaug.


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In Foley Is Good, Mick Foley -- former Commissioner of the World Wrestling Federation, aka Cactus Jack, Dude Love, and Mankind -- picks up right where his smash #1 New York Times bestseller Have a Nice Day! left off, giving readers an inside look at the behind-the-scenes action in the Federation. With total honesty and riotous humor, Mick Foley shines a spotlight into some of the hidden corners of the World Wrestling Federation. From the ongoing controversy surrounding "backyard wrestling" to the real story behind his now-infamous "I Quit" match with The Rock, Foley covers all the bases in this hysterically funny roller-coaster ride of a memoir.
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Mick Foley is the former Commissioner of the World Wrestling Federation and one of its biggest Superstars. He loves amusement parks, is an American history buff, and can withstand more pain in one hour than most of us could in a lifetime.
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Lana Del Rey ups the ante with her already cinematic music as she prepares to release a 30-minute short film called Tropico on December 5. Watch the trailer above. Romantic tragedy, anyone?
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Monday night The New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins face each other, while both facing the fates of their future this season. The 2-3 Jets are fighting for their right to keep talking, because lets face it, no one likes a loudmouth loser. The Dolphins are coming off a bye week in which they could have made a change to a struggling team that has started 0-4, and are primed to either salvage or tank their season.
For both teams, Monday night is a must win. The Jets seem to be coming apart at the seams, the mid-week trade of Derrick Mason raised suspicions that the once cohesive locker room has gone renegade.
This came after reports that Mason, Plaxico Burress and Santonio Holmes were unhappy about how the offense was run by OC Brian Schottenheimer. However, their problems extend over to the defensive half of the ball too. The defensive line can't hold up against the run, usually a staple of a Ryan defense.
After being run on by the past three opponents, the Jets have to find a remedy fast or the trickle down effect could be crippling. The depth at linebacker is getting dangerously thin with the season ending injury to Bryan Thomas.
There's a growing group of Dolphins fans who are prescribing to the theory of "Suck for Luck", just tank this season and go get the best college QB prospect to come out in years.
Really? The Dolphins are 0-4 and through a few good wins and some "Luck" could get back in the race. A win over the Jets would not only put them in the win column, it would put the one game back of the Jets.
We're still trying to figure out why the Dolphins have been so bad. They have solid running backs in Daniel Thomas and Reggie Bush, a very good WR corp with a standout in Brandon Marshall, and a decent offensive line. Okay, the QB situation is a bit messy, but Matt Moore has had two weeks to get ready for the Jets. The "Suck for Luck" theory gained some credence when the Dolphins signed Sage Rosenfels. When asked about his shape,Rosesnfels replied:
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The dolphins have some good players on defense including Cameron Wake and Vontae Davis, both potential Pro-Bowlers. Why would they tank it when they still have a very viable chance to stay competitive, you never know what will happen…0-4 …"Suck for Luck"… Really?
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The Killer is Dying
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Jimmie is abandoned by his parents; Christian, a contract hitman, is sick with an unspecified illness that he knows he won't recover from, while Sayles, a detective goes through the motions of everyday life as his wife lies dying at home. These three disparate characters' lives slowly begin to converge after Christian's latest target is shot by someone else. Interweaving themes of loss and the fragility of human existence, Sallis' multilayered novel has an otherworldliness that transcends its genre. This is a fine example of literary crime fiction with an unusual plot and engaging characters which will hopefully bring Sallis the wider recognition which he deserves.


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A prescribed burn northeast of Harrisonburg in the George Washington National Forest spread outside of the control line on Sunday, but officials say the fire is contained.
No estimate of its size was available Monday, but the area is "not terribly large," said public information officer Stephanie Chapman.
"There was a small spot fire near Fridley Gap, but it is contained, and so now it's not a threat any longer," she said.
Prior to the fire, known as the Cub Run prescribed burn, officials put in a control line to encircle the entire area. On Saturday, they "blacklined," or burned, an area adjacent to the control line to strengthen it.
On Sunday, officials temporarily discontinued ignition operations due to strong winds, and focused efforts on protecting the control line.
Chapman said Rockingham County residents might see smoke on the west side of the Massanutten Mountain near Fridley Gap. "When I went up there this morning, I could still see the smoke and fire," said Jason Clark, who lives about three miles from the Fridley Gap fire area.
On Monday, firefighters were assessing and maintaining control lines, Chapman said.
The Cub Run prescribed burn is expected to cover 4,505 acres of mountainous National Forest land in the George Washington National Forest's Lee Ranger District.


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JWC TO THOMAS CARLYLE ; 2 September 1852; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18520902-JWC-TC-01; CL 27: 264-265
5 Cheyne Row / Thursday [2 September 1852]
A letter from you at last, Dear; whereby it would seem you are "as well as could be expected." By this time you will be in the arms of Neuberg, God grant! and one need feel less anxious about you— You would find no letter from me at Bonn—one was aimed at Rotterdam which you do not seem to have got—in fact "the Destinies" have not been auspicious to my writing latterly—your last letter to me from Scotsbrig was a protest against my negligence. not merited I assure you— I do wrong things by the dozen, but to not write when expressly desired TO, and when there was business in question, that is a sort of wrong thing not the least in my line! Your letter containing the bill and asking for pills and your passport was answered within a few hours. I put it myself, that is to say, I saw Darwin's John put it in the Sloan Street post office a few minutes after two o'clock. My first intention was to leave it at Alsops to have the pills tied up with it—and then I decided for greater certainty to put it in the post office and leave them only the pills to post— I wrote the address for the pills and they undertook solemnly to post them in time and swear that they did—and I have never in my life experienced any want of punctuality in that shop—so the delay must have lain in some post office— If you have not got my Rotterdam letter (directed Hotel Pays Bas posted on Saturday) you will not have the rest of the passport brain fever—but no matter, since you got it all right— I told Lady Ashburton "care of Joseph Neuberg Esqr Bonn" would find you so if you have not got her packet enquire———but alas! I have no more particular address for this to make it any surer to reach you— I have a new invitation to go to Addiscombe tomorrow (Friday) and stay till Monday (Lord A being gone to Scotland quite promiscuously and her Ladyship in consequence going a second time to Addiscombe) I accepted; being very anxious to have a christian bed for a night or two having alternated for a week betwixt the sofa in this room, and the bed at 2 Cheyne Walk—on the same principle that Darwin frequents two clubs— In my lodging I am devoured by BUGS!—(and I suppose all lodgings would be the same in that respect) and here it is too wretched!— But last night Lady A sent me word by Fanny who had taken her up the cranberry jam promised long ago that it was possible she might not go till Saturday—in fact till I am on the road I needn't make myself sure of going at all! I dined with Forster on Tuesday—"fish and pudding"—and the Talfourds1 and Brownings came to early tea— The Brownings brought me in their cab to Piccadilly and put me in an omnibus— It was a very dull thing indeed—and I like Browning less and less—and even she does not grow on me— Mrs Sketchley after reading your note for her held out her hand to me and—burst into tears!—and Penelope fell a-crying at seeing her Mother crying; without knowing why!—"Whatever comes of it—if nothing come of it" sobbed the old Lady "THAT is kindness never to be forgotten!"— Do you owe 4/6d to somebody called Grundy?2 he has written a letter to say his shop has been cleared out by thieves (sounds like a lie) and he has to call in his money to replace the goods! I am writing in great haste, having to go to Elizabeth Street3 after some paper that was to have been made a week ago—oh the Devil particularly "fly away" with Mr Morgan and all belonging to him! and my pen as usual is detestable—so you must just "excuse us today"— I hope that love affair of Johns will "get on"—tho' it may be "strongly doubted"—he was to tell me so soon as there was anything decisive
Forster gave me two names the other night that were to be "highly useful" to you if you went to Dresden the one is John Paget Esqr Lüthicher Strasse 29 Dresden—the other Charles Boner Esqr4 Ratisbon—Boner is recommended in the strongest manner by Chapman—Paget by Forster himself—both are expecting you—and had written to say so—— Oh what writing but the Painter is coming to a stand for want of that paper
All good go with you—
Fanny is charming—so good natured and stirring—Martha had sunk down to complete demoralization before she went—
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On April 22 Tribeca Films will release "The Bang Bang Club," a film based on the true story of conflict photographers Kevin Carter, Greg Marinovich, Ken Oosterbroek and Joao Silva, who worked in South Africa during the final years of apartheid.
The film follows the four journalists through South Africa's segregated townships as they document the violence between supporters of the Africa National Congress and Inkatha Freedom Party leading up to the country's first free elections.
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DeKALB, Ill. - The Northern Illinois men's tennis team completed another undefeated weekend at home when it defeated Bradley (9-10) Sunday afternoon, 4-3. NIU is now 17-5 and 11-1 at home in 2012 with six matches remaining in the season. "We didn't start out strong at all when we lost the doubles point," said Head Coach Patrick Fisher. "We bounced back in singles though to earn the victory though that's what counts. We need to continue to progress as a team, playing at high level for multiple days, if we want to contend for the MAC Championship." In uncharacteristic fashion, the Huskies lost the doubles point in the match as they fell at No. 1 and No. 2 by matching 8-4 scores. Dor Amir and Axel Lagerlof at No. 1 snapped their six match winning streak. While Roman Turtygin fell at No. 1 to Ahmed Albiter, 6-3, 6-3, Amir, Lagerlof, Makysm Bartiuk and Frederic Cadieux picked up the slack to seal the Huskies victory in the middle of the lineup. Lagerlof grinded out the win at No. 3 with a three set victory over Ashton Kalhorn, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2, while the rest of the Northern Illinois victors claimed triumph in two-straight sets. Amir's victory in singles makes him the first Huskie of the season to claim 20 wins in the spring season, two wins ahead of Lagerlof and Cadieux for spring triumphs in 2012. Northern Illinois will return to action next weekend when it hosts Ball State April 7 and heads to Milwaukee, Wis. to take one Marquette April 8. NORTHERN ILLINOIS 4, BRADLEY 3 NIU Tennis Courts DeKalb, Ill. DOUBLES 1. Cuadrado/Abrams (BU) def Amir/Lagerlof (NIU) 8-4 2. Albiter/Weerasinghe (BU) def. Bartiuk/Turtygin (NIU) 8-4 3. Cadieux/Phillips (NIU) def. Kalhorn/Romanet (BU) 8-5 SINGLES 1. Ahmed Albiter (BU) def. Roman Turtygin (NIU) 6-3, 6-3 2. Dor Amir (NIU) def. Harnish Weerasinghe (BU) 6-3, 6-4 3. Axel Lagerlof (NIU) def. Ashton Kalhorn (BU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 4. Maksym Bartiuk (NIU) def. Juan Diego Cuadrado (BU) 6-2, 6-4 5. Frederic Cadiuex (NIU) def. Arthur Romanet (BU) 6-4, 6-3 6. Justin Abram (BU) def. Maximilian Phillips (NIU) 6-2, 6-2


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29 weeks pregnant with twins is it normal to not feel them move much?
Posted: 10/17/2007 by theresa11222003
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I would consult your Dr. but you have to think that there is not much room in there. Especially with twins. Even though they are born smaller than most single babies both take up a lot of room. If your Dr. is not concerned I would not worry much about it at all.posted 10/28/2007 by Evan7604
I have 16 yr old twins. I remember feeling them move was sometimes quite painful because my stomach was stretched beyond beleif! You do have to remember that when you have more than one baby in your womb they have less space to play around so you might feel less movement than you expect. If you feel nervous about it, eat a sugary snack then lay down for an hour with no distractions. You should feel the babies move 10-15 times. If not then you should call your doctor and tell him your concerns so they can do a quick check and ease your worries.posted 01/07/2008 by kiona'smomma
I'm 29 week pregnant with twins. Is it normal they move on the one side mostly.posted 07/05/2012 by a BabyCenter Member
i had twins and at 29 weeks i did not feel them move either. lay in the tub with the shower spraying on your stomache and they should start moving.posted 01/12/2008 by a BabyCenter Member
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A house fire in Tehama County Saturday left a woman and her two grandchildren homeless.
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The house, located approximately 100 yards off Highway 99 between Jersey and Oklahoma Avenues, was fully-engulfed in flames.
The house is a total loss. It's also an emotional loss for the homeowner Patricia Dover, who said the house was built 35 years ago by her late husband.
Dover said she was watching television and saw a flicker from a small fire near the back of the house. Her grandson yelled for her to 'get out' and she called 911. Dover jokingly said "I'm fortunate that it didn't happen at night because I'd be out here in my scivvies."
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HP Touchpad costs $328 to make
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ANALYST OUTFIT Isuppli has found that HP's 32GB Touchpad tablet costs $328 to make.
Isuppli tore down a Touchpad to find that the device's bill of materials (BOM) comes to $318, with a further $10 added for manufacturing costs. At a total of $132.50 the display and touchscreen parts make up the most expensive assembly, which is 41.7 per cent of the BOM.
Andrew Rassweiler, senior director of teardown services at Isuppli said, "The TouchPad in some ways does closely resemble the original iPad, with its use of the same LG display Apple used in the first-generation iPad, and by initially offering a product that only employs Wi-Fi as its exclusive wireless connection,"
The next most expensive part is the NAND flash memory, which makes up 14.1 per cent of the BOM, costing $45. The mechanical/electromechanical system is the next on the list at $30, 9.4 per cent of the BOM. The HP 32GB Touchpad sells for $599.
Apple slaps a $400 premium on its 32GB Ipad 2, which sells for $729, whereas HP's mark-up is a more moderate $271. Apple's $400 gross margin on the 32GB Ipad 2 includes a $130 premium for 3G technology. The gross margin for the 32GB Touchpad works out to 45.2 per cent, compared to Apple's 54.9 per cent mark-up on the 32GB Ipad 2.
The Ipad 2 does cost less to make than the Touchpad. When you take $19 off the $337 BOM for the 3G part to make it equivalent to the Touchpad, it is $10 less at $318.
Isuppli found that the BOM of the HP Touchpad with 16GB of storage is $306, compared to its retail price of $499. Including the $10 manufacturing cost, this works out to a mark-up of $193, a gross margin of 38.7 per cent.
Both versions of the HP Touchpad are due to tip up in the UK on 15 July running HP's WebOS operating system. For a closer look at the HP Touchpad tablet you can watch our video demo. µ
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Friday, October 9, 2009
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20 comments:
- Candi said...
I just love this! Such a gorgeous home!!!
- October 9, 2009 at 11:57 AM
- ale said...
hola erin!!l always find beauty in your posts!!l love everything!!and greats ideas!!l love the books in the library...blues..greens...oranges!!!everything is so inspiring!!!!
have a beautifull weekend erin!!!
- October 9, 2009 at 1:18 PM
- Little Buttercups said...
My dream office colors! One day!
Have a wonderful weekend!
- October 9, 2009 at 1:42 PM
- Rose - The Center of My Self said...
Fantastic wall color in those first few pics! Reminds me of my dining area/kitchen color, Aqua Spray. The contrast with white makes it all so fresh and light.
- October 9, 2009 at 3:28 PM
- Anne said...
Hmmm..that brown couch gives me hope. I have dark brown slip covers on my couch and chair and I just feel like it darkens the room so badly, but if I put a light blue on the walls, I wonder if that wouldn't brighten things up a bit.
- October 9, 2009 at 4:07 PM
- Lylah Ledner said...
Erin....i LOVE this! gonna take some ideas from this for my new place...
- October 9, 2009 at 4:52 PM
- kathi said...
Blue walls. Check.
White bookshelves. Check.
White bedding. Check.
Open shelves in kitchen. Check.
White tile floor. Check.
Another great post. Check!!!
- October 9, 2009 at 5:44 PM
- Blair said...
Oh, so lovely! Love that mantle styling and the pegboard kitchen storage is perfect!
- October 9, 2009 at 6:54 PM
- Design Wanna-be said...
Ooh, the cutest curtai in that kitchen!
- October 9, 2009 at 11:42 PM
- Donna said...
Thanks for the inspiration....about to do this color in a clients bedroom...so beautiful
- October 10, 2009 at 6:52 AM
- Lovely Scribbles said...
Oh my, I love the turquoise pattern wallpaper! How pretty!!
- October 10, 2009 at 8:41 AM
- Morning T said...
These images certainly perk me up on this chilly and dreary Saturday am {which I love by the way}. That kitchen is incredible, the wallpaper, that lamp in the bedroom, the goblets on the shelf, pure heaven.
Happy weekend to you Erin! :-)
- October 10, 2009 at 9:21 AM
- travelingmama said...
What a lovely home! I love the turquoise with the pops of chocolate brown and red. Yum!
- October 10, 2009 at 2:33 PM
- Laura@EdenRose said...
I'm amazed at how Turquoise modernises any interior! In the pic with the two striped chairs in the window, the design would be quite traditional, perhaps even stuffy but with turquoise on the walls it brings the look to life, i love it :)
- October 10, 2009 at 3:54 PM
- MissBliss said...
the built-ins, the glass table, the cute mirror! Love it all... great collection, Erin!
- October 10, 2009 at 8:45 PM
- Susan Terese said...
love the brown and white striped walls!!! check out my blog for a special surprise :)
- October 11, 2009 at 7:26 PM
- Down Pillow said...
Love the idea of using beadboard for hanging the pots & pans in the kitchen :)
- October 11, 2009 at 10:02 PM
- Callie Grayson said...
what a perfect interior!!
That kitchen, so organized (inspiration!!!)
- October 12, 2009 at 8:15 AM
- vintage simple said...
Love the kitchen - it's small, but thoughtfully laid out and treated as if it were, say, a living room - I love that. I'm off to look at all the links you posted here - thank you!
- October 15, 2009 at 7:11 AM
- Freckles Chick said...
That espresso sideboard in the kitchen....be still my heart!
- October 21, 2009 at 9:41 PM


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