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In most parts of the world, the threat of global warming is viewed in distressing terms, but to the people of Greenland, it may well bring a new surge of prosperity. Climate changes and melting ice enable farmers and fishermen to engage in agricultural activities that previously have been closed. Vegetables like broccoli, cabbage, potatoes and strawberries may shortly become Greenland staples that are even shipped to all corners of the world. Bent Olesen has even built a greenhouse where he intends to grow lettuce, tomatoes, and even bananas. The government expects within the coming years that Greenlanders will be able to raise cattle and pigs.
Ironically, global warming does have benefits to people throughout the world. At present, people in Greenland must import fruits and vegetables, but their children undoubtedly will be raising those products– and even exporting them. Unfortunately, as the economy of Greenland benefits, other areas of the world like North Africa may well be suffering under drought conditions.


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Finding support when you return to work
Your return to work after maternity leave will impact the whole family. To be successful you need to involve and seek the support of your family + friends.
You have reached the point where you know you want to return to work and have decided on a path to get you there. Starting on the path can seem daunting and to do it successfully you are going to need the support of family and possibly close friends.
Gaining support is never a one way street. It requires the involvement of others and the sooner you involve them with your plans, the greater support you are likely to receive.
Discuss with family and friends what you wish to do, why it is important to you and why you would like them to help. Take time to think about exactly what it is you need before launching into conversations. Simply saying to your partner or kids, "When I go back to work, I will need your support" is not going to be enough, especially for kids. Returning to work or study will create changes in the home which will impact everyone. They need to understand why it is happening and what contributions they need to make.
The kids
Kids will need to know what changes will happen to their routine. Will they need to go to childcare, before or after school care? Write down what their new routines will be with them. Allow them as much input as possible, so when it comes to stating what you need from them, it won't feel that you are the one setting all the rules. Discuss things like:
- They will need to know their routines and stick to them, so you all can leave the house on time.
- They will need to complete their current household tasks on time and possibly additional ones, to make sure the house runs smoothly.
- They will need to be understanding that there maybe a period of flux as the return to work or study occurs.
- They need to know that you will listen to them and they need to calmly communicate with you on how they are feeling about the change.
The partner
In relationships it often works where one partner plays a supporting role while the other is working towards a goal. This means your partner may take on additional work load around the house, halt an activity of their own to provide time for you to study / return to work.
Note down what household activities you are currently doing, which you think you will need assistance with. Discuss these activities and see what your partner can do, what can be outsourced or what can be let go of for the short term. Agree on the division of household tasks before you start your return to work or study. It is better to discuss sensitive issues now, so you both have the same expectations. This will help avoid disappointment, frustration and tension in the relationship, as each of you knows what they have committed to doing.
If there isn't a partner you can rely on for support through this process, support from family and friends will take on an even greater significance.
The extended family
Not everyone is lucky enough to have extended family who can support your return to work or study. But if you do, as with the kids and your partner, you will need to discuss early on what you are doing and how if at all they maybe able to help you. Don't be afraid to ask for assistance especially at the start, but never assume that the assistance will be given. Think about who might be in a position to:
- Assist with child care?
- Assist with school drop offs or pick ups and school holidays?
- Assist with home cooked meals, to ease the transition or decrease the rush in the evening time?
Then think about how can you help support those family members who are supporting you?
- Can you afford to pay them for their help?
- If the family member also has kids, can you return the favour and babysit during your non work / study hours?
- Can you gift them something – a voucher for their favourite restaurant, time at your holiday house (I wish I had one to gift!) or something similar?
The friends
It maybe the case that you have friends who are close in proximity to you and who maybe able to provide support for you. Go into any arrangements making sure each of you know exactly what is required of each other. If they are going to, for example, pick up the kids from school one day a week, make sure you sort out things like:
- What happens when their kids are not at school?
- What happens during school holidays?
- What is the latest you can pick them up in the evening?
It would also be worthwhile, to do a test run before you actually commit to it. This lets you make sure that the kids are comfortable with the arrangement and so is your friend.
What can you do to help those friends who are supporting you? As with family if you have friends in a similar situation, look to see if you can share child minding during your non work hours or gift them something to show your appreciation.
Sometimes helping those who support your return to work or study cannot happen straight away and friends will understand that. Being clear about your needs and your limitations, can help gather the support you need, without putting those who support you offside.
Returning to either work or study is a big change to your life and is one that is difficult to do alone. Involve those closest to you in what you are planning as early as possible, garner their advice and support and always remember those who helped you achieve your success.
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Mon. December 24, 2012 | Joel Anderson
TAMPA – Freedom senior defensive back Nate Goodwin announced today that he was decommitting from Minnesota and would accept a scholarship offer from USF.
"With some hard thought I have de-committed from Minnesota," Godwin said via Twitter. "And committed to the university of SOUTH FLORIDA !!!! #GoBULLS"
Godwin's switch is a boost for new USF head coach Willie Taggart, who has been aggressively courting some of the area's top recruits since being hired from Western Kentucky earlier this month.
"Another Christmas gift. 813 stand up! Can't stop the momentum only hope to contain it. Go Bulls!! #ChasingGreatness," Taggart said on his Twitter account this afternoon.
Godwin had been offered a scholarship by USF's previous coaching staff and from Taggart while he was at Western Kentucky.
"I'm ready to put on for my city," Godwin told the Tampa Bay Times in a text message, "and bring USF back to its 2007 days."
In recent days, current USF recruits had been pushing Godwin to reconsider his hometown school. That includes Tampa Catholic receiver Zach Benjamin, who told Godwin to "join the fam" on his Twitter account several days ago.
Godwin had been coy about his pledge to the Golden Gophers since Taggart was hired at USF. The day after Taggart was announced as the Bulls' new coach, Godwin cryptically wrote "decisions, decisions" on his Twitter account.
Taggart currently has a class of 17 commitments, including Benjamin, Plant's Mitchell Wright, Robinson's Bruce Hector and Conner Rafferty.
Godwin, ranked No. 40 in the Times' Hometeam 100, had 47 tackles, five pass defensed, two interceptions and three touchdowns for the Patriots (3-7) this fall.
At 6-foot, 190 pounds, Godwin is a consensus three-star recruit who also had offers from West Virginia, Iowa State and Alabama-Birmingham, among others.
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Three In A Row! Trojans Beat Cal For National Championship
Dec. 5, 2010
BERKELEY, CALIF. - It was a dark and stormy night. But when the fog lifted off the waters at Spieker Aquatics Center, it was the USC men's water polo team shining through with the Trojans' third straight national championship trophy held high. USC beat all odds to get to this year's title match - the sixth straight NCAA final for the Trojans - and pulled off yet another difficult feat in beating host California in overtime in the Bears' own pool. Four goals from junior Peter Kurzeka and a stubborn USC defense in overtime helped lock in a 12-10 victory for the Trojans, who captured their third straight national championship with the win, finishing the year with a 28-2 overall record.
It's the 114th overall national championship for USC as a university, and USC water polo becomes the first Trojan team to win three consecutive national championships since women's tennis did so 1978-80. The last men's water polo team to win three straight was Cal from 1990-92, and the Bears were also the last team to beat USC in an NCAA final with wins over the Trojan in 2006 and 2007. USC avenged those losses with its performance today in Berkeley, however. The Trojans had trailed by one with 5 minutes to go in regulation before the USC defense dug in and silenced the Bears for the next 11 minutes of action.
USC leveled things with 3:58 to go in regulation when Matt Burton earned a 5-meter penalty shot and Peter Kurzeka finished it off for his third of four goals in the game. Tied up 10-10, the Trojans got busy on the defensive end and coupled takeaways in the field with stops from Joel Dennerley in goal. Dennerley climbed his way to No. 2 all-time on USC's career saves chart with his seven-save effort today, while his defense stayed stingy in front the rest of the way. Dennerley secured the ball with 15 seconds left in regulation to help force overtime.
In the first overtime period, Kurzeka earned a 6-on-5 for the Trojans and then converted on the opportunity with a bullet that got USC ahead 11-10. A Trojan steal set USC off the other direction later, and Tobias Preuss hit Matt Burton for a spin move and a slick score with 1:29 to go, taking the Trojans up 12-10. Mace Rapsey squelched another Cal offensive series with a takeaway, and Cal misfired on its next 6-on-5 chance to preserve a two-goal lead for the Trojans entering the second and final overtime period. A Burton steal interrupted another Cal power play, and Michael Rosenthal slammed down a Cal shot later for Dennerley to haul in as the Trojan defense flexed its muscle down the stretch. Kurzeka threw up a resounding field block in the final minute to help lock in the junior as the NCAA Tournament MVP and put the finishing touches on the Trojans' national championship victory.
Kurzeka was joined in All-Tournament honors by Nikola Vavic on the First Team and three Trojans on the Second Team: Jeremy Davie, Joel Dennerley and Matt Burton.
Rain fell solidly from the first whistle to well past the last, making for a foggy field of play. Cal took the early advantage in forcing USC to play catch-up in the first half with two goals from Peter Kurzeka and one from Nikola Vavic answering Bear goals to make it a 3-3 score entering halftime. A two-goal lead on scores from Mace Rapsey and Jeremy Davie to open the second half dispersed quickly in the third frame as the misty pool game way to a high-scoring period of play. Cal evened the score at 5-5 before Vavic struck from the post to make it 6-5. Cal rattled off back-to-back goals again to get the Bears back on time with 3:14 left in the third, but USC pinned up a pair next when Stephen Siri hauled in a rebound and found the back of the net to equalize before Kurzeka served up a 6-on-5 assist to Tobias Preuss for an 8-7 USC lead on the way into the fourth period of play.
Cal's Zach White wrapped a pair of goals out of set around a blast from Vavic to get it even again at 9-9, and the Bears jumped ahead 10-9 with a score from Ivan Rackov with 5:02 on the clock. The pressure was on, and the Trojans were prepared. USC quickly shook off the deficit, going on the defensive while generating the equalizer to get the game to overtime. USC's relatively young roster - boasting just three juniors with back-to-back national championship experience - was up to the task for overtime, and the Trojans teamed up to cap off their impressive 2010 campaign with the ultimate finish in USC's 12-10 overtime win to claim the national title.
Peter Kurzeka's four-goal day went along with three from freshman Nikola Vavic and one apiece from Mace Rapsey, Jeremy Davie, Stephen Siri, Tobias Preuss and Matt Burton. All those scorers except Kurzeka and Burton were playing in their first national championship game.
2010 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS (Berkeley, Calif.)
SAVES: Joel Dennerley (USC) 7, Justin Parsons (CAL) 10.


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Hi guys , just wanted to show off my tank... This tank has been setup since aug 2011, but also survived moving house... It's doing very well.. 8 hours of light, flourish carbon everyday and I'm pruning every week....
Looks great, whats the substrate?
Looks great!!! :)
Looks nice!
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Lighting: 1 X 12w LED - The room gets bright ambient sunlight...
Equipment:55W heater Built-in 3 stage filter
CO2: nil
Substrate:Layer one - thin Eco-Complete then cap|top layer white river pebbles
I had very limited budget when I started it, and I practically just asked a few mates with high tech tanks to give me their left over plants and trimmings, half a kilo of the Eco-Complete. I dare say I've used up the nutrients already on the Eco-Complete substrate, so Im begining to add flourish carbon everyday and Flourish trace every week.
I have a few BB algae and other types of algae on the tank, but I think I found the balance know to not mind them being there, as long as they are controlled.
Thanks all..
Also just to add: Not only that this tank survived a house move, It also survived a power problem | outage at my old house and we had no electricity for 8 days. Thanks goodness it was spring and the ambient temp in the house was around 24C. I couldn't do anything. So i just kept an eye on my parameters - water change bucket at the ready. And guess what... the parameters never fluctuated (apart from temp change from 28C to 26C) to cause concern!!!
Keep up the good work
I like your tank... What a great little environment
Thanks again all...
In a few months time, this tank will be retired and its contents will be transferred to a 46 liter Fluval Edge. I was given this tank many months ago and was very reluctant to start it up. But its sitting in the garage long enough.
Again, its will be a low tech, planted tank and with a limited budget. Any advice on the type of substrate and filter mods I should consider?
Nice looking tank!
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According to My Fox Detroit, Michael Winans Jr has been charged with fraud in an 8 million dollar scam involving bogus bonds.
Federal prosecutors in Detroit filed the charge this week against Michael Winans Jr. His attorney, William Hatchett, said Thursday that a guilty plea is expected at an undetermined date.
The government says Winans knew the Saudi Arabian oil bonds weren't real, but he continued to accept money from more than 1,000 investors in 2007 and 2008. The court document says Winans recycled the money among investors and also used cash for his personal use.
Winans is a third-generation member of the Winans family–the son of Michael Winans Sr. No other Winans family members were involved.
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Cebu Grand Hotel is centrally located in Cebu, walking distance from St Patrick's Square and close to Cebu Doctor's University Hospital. This hotel is within close proximity of Jose Rizal Memorial Library and Fuente Osmena Circle.
Make yourself at home in one of the 100 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with bathtubs or showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as desks and complimentary bottled water.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as an outdoor pool, or other amenities including complimentary wireless Internet access and a television in a common area.
Grab a bite to eat at the hotel's restaurant, which features a bar, or stay in and take advantage of room service (during limited hours). Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. Buffet breakfasts are available daily for a fee.
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Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, a 24-hour front desk, and luggage storage. Event facilities at this hotel consist of a conference center and a meeting room. Free self parking is available onsite.
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- Number of floors - 7
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- Year Built 1994
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- Total number of rooms - 100
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- No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.
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Ayesha Ahmad: 'Lahore is an Illusion, Lahore is Everywhere'
27 Mar, 16 | by Ayesha Ahmad
The mango tree faded many shadows ago, its fruit became stones and the branches became a skeleton. Yet, the roots remained, and they embrace the soil in the womb of the earth.
This was the cradle of my family's birth.
Now, blood is watering Lahore's gardens.
In sorrow, I remembered these words given to me a few days ago by my father.
'Lahore is an illusion, Lahore is everywhere'
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LLEYTON Hewitt is optimistic about his short preparation, but Roger Federer appears unassailable going into next week's US Open.
Federer emphasised the gulf he's created at the top of men's tennis when he beat Andy Roddick 6-3, 7-5 on Sunday to win the Cincinnati Masters, his ninth title of the year.
Though teenage Spaniard Rafael Nadal has also collected nine titles this year, Federer's victories have come on all surfaces.
Having won 22 straight finals and taken his record for the season to 64-3, the Swiss proved yet again that he is head and shoulders clear at the top of the sport.
"He's the guy that all of us are chasing," said Roddick, who climbed past Marat Safin to world No. 4.
"He's the main guy and then there's probably four or five of us . Maybe we need to do just a tag-team effort or something, join forces, like Power Rangers or something."
Hewitt, the 2001 US Open champion, was heartened by his run to the Cincinnati semis and was aiming to pack in plenty more practice-court work before next Monday.
It's great preparation for the US Open. I think I've got better as the week's gone on," Hewitt said.
Australian world No. 18 Alicia Molik admitted feeling anxious as she lost 6-2, 6-4 to unseeded Gisela Dulko of Argentina in New Haven in the first round of the last tune-up event before the US Open.
It was Molik's first match in two months because of an inner-ear infection that has affected her vision and balance.
Molik, seventh seed at the tournament, said she felt no effects from the illness during her match against Dulko.
"I got through today and didn't lose for any other reason than being anxious and slightly nervous and gripping my handle on my racket probably a little too tight," she said on Sydney radio.
■Maria Sharapova became the first Russian woman to reach world No. 1 yesterday when she officially replaced injured American Lindsay Davenport at the top of the WTA rankings.
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BlackBerry set to map out enterprise strategy at San Francisco event
By Euan Rocha
TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd's (BB.TO: Quote)(BBRY.O: Quote) strategy for serving big clients like corporations and government agencies will take shape on Thursday as it launches a new mobile device management platform, a vital component of its turnaround plan.
At a San Francisco event, BlackBerry will outline tie-ups with carriers and service providers that will be co-marketing the BlackBerry Enterprise platform, or BES 12, according to industry sources.
Analysts and investors are watching closely to see if BlackBerry Chief Executive Officer John Chen can kick-start revenue growth.
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"It is an important event and we are interested in the company's comments around its enterprise strategy, but strategy alone won't lead to a full rebound for the company," said Morningstar analyst Brian Colello. "BlackBerry will have to execute flawlessly over the next couple of years as well."
Chen said delivering on balance sheet improvements and other pledges in the last year has given BlackBerry a degree of credibility.
"Last year, even if they liked our technology they didn't believe we'd survive, so they didn't want to commit to our technology. That is changing," he told Reuters.
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dog walker wrote:The sad part is with the amount of duck hunters we have in this state we have a very low percentage participating in these surveys.
Assault wrote:Why don't we have a longer break between splits? 5 days isn't a lot of time for the birds to rest
deliriousII wrote:So these "tentative dates" are more than likely going to be the ones we have to follow?
Lreynolds wrote:
Louisiana has never had 5-day splits or divided youth hunts, and I'm undecided about both. For guys that hunt weekends, a 5-day split is no split at all. I also don't have a good feeling for what it will mean for the birds, but I've heard a growing number of arguments from West and East Zone hunters that the split causes a loss of good hunting days in December, when birds are migrating into the state, only so we can hunt later in January, when the hunting is tougher and less successful. That attitude clearly was NOT shared by the majority of people who participated in the survey, where the 5-day split option was overwhelmed by the later-date option.
So West and East Zone hunters have a couple of new season components, and I'll be very interested in getting your feedback as the season progresses.
Ducaholic wrote:If my memory serves me correctly that's not true. When I made my first presentation before the Commission for more December days you provided me with information that showed we have in fact had 5 day splits in the East Zone on two occassions. Coincidentally those two years were the leading harvest years for mallards at that time since the inception of AHM. Seems like the 2000 and 2004 seasons come to mind. Robert Helm was still the Waterfowl Study Leader at that time so it's been a while.
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Probably the last thing you would say of Sonia Brownell Blair is that she acted like a devoted, loving, grief-stricken spouse. And yet that is the latest spin from her surviving chums, who fear that history will record that Sonia Orwell, as she insisted on calling herself, was not the ideal wife to a great writer celebrated for his extraordinary integrity and modesty.
The chief architect of this latest spin is Hilary Spurling, who was one of several young writers befriended by Sonia in the '50s and '60s. In a new biography of ``Mrs Orwell'' - The Girl from the Fiction Department - Spurling announces that she will ``pare back history's cuticle of lies'' and expose the ``myth of the cold and grasping Widow Orwell''.
To extend Spurling's rather crude metaphor, here are two ways to clean Sonia's nails. First, you leave out facts that you don't like. And, second, you make excuses for those too hard to ignore.
In Spurling's book, there is no mention of the wedding lunch at the Ritz or the expensive engagement ring. Such things make her look frivolous and selfish, so out they go.
Of course, it seems especially damning to have Sonia out late with an old flame on the night Orwell died, so Spurling argues that her friend was not nightclubbing at all. The worried spouse was just taking a brief break from her vigil at the hospital, joining Lucian at a bar for a last-minute discussion of their travel arrangements to Switzerland. This is a fairytale.
In the early '90s, when I was researching my biography of Orwell, Anne Dunn told me that she, Lucian and Sonia were at a nightclub - not a bar - and she repeated that fact to Jeffrey Meyers, Orwell's latest biographer, seven years later.
Moreover, as Lady Violet Powell told Meyers, Sonia didn't even visit Orwell in hospital for at least a few days before his death because she ``had a cold''.
Here's the truth: a not very handsome, middle-aged man was slowly dying of a painful illness and was lonely and desperate for a little pleasure at the end of a difficult life. Famous and relatively wealthy by the standards of the time, he talked a much younger woman into marrying him, and she reluctantly agreed. The arrangement gave him some moments of joy and left her with a share in one of the most important literary estates of our time. It was not a noble union, but a deeply human and practical one, with clear benefits for both parties.
After his first wife's death from a botched hysterectomy, in 1945, Orwell often yearned to marry again and proposed to several women, all of whom turned him down - except Sonia. Her only source of income was her editorial job at a small literary magazine, Horizon.Significantly, her marriage to Orwell coincided with thesudden loss of her job whenHorizon ceased publication.
As a woman of 31 - alone in post-war London and facing unemployment - she had found herself confronted with a generous proposal of marriage from a famous novelist with a fatal disease. To pretend that money didn't play a part in her decision is absurd.
Her boss at Horizon, Cyril Connolly, who was also one of Orwell's oldest friends, described her marriage as a``grotesque farce''. Yet Spurling and her friends, who include Natasha Spender, wife of the late poet Stephen, insist that mercenary motives were far from Sonia's mind, and that Orwell didn't really have all that much money. In his journals, Stephen Spender gave a different view, noting that Sonia was incapable of loving Orwell, ``even for the short period of a few weeks before he died'', and treated him coldly. Spender was present when she told her husband that ``she had to go to a cocktail party and would not be back that evening. Orwell protested faintly, but she put him off in her bustling way''.
Her defenders seem to think that Sonia has been misunderstood by males who don't have much respect for strong women. But perhaps the best analysis of her conduct has come from Frances Partridge, whose diaries of the period record this judgment: ``Many people regard the Orwell marriage cynically and remind one that Sonia always declared her intention of marrying a great man. I see it principally as a neurotic one, for a marriage to a bed-ridden and perhaps dying man is as near as no marriage at all.''
Of the various arguments used to make Sonia saintly, the one that plays down Orwell's income is the silliest. Yes, by modern standards, he was not fabulously wealthy. But the success of Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four brought him thousands of pounds in a short period and pushed him far above the modest salary he expected as a writer. In 1946, he wrote that �1000 a year was more than adequate for him; yet the American book club sales for Nineteen Eighty-Four brought him more than �40,000 in the last six months of his life.
Spurling makes much of the fact that Orwell's estate was valued at only �10,000 when he died. First of all, for a man who never held a job that paid more than �700 a year, this was a small fortune. But, in any case, much of the royalty income for the American edition of Nineteen Eighty-Four came after his death, since the novel was published only four months before Sonia married him.
Taxes and royalty figures can be debated endlessly, but if Orwell was not a rich man in 1949, how could he afford to pay for four months of care in a private room of a London hospital? He was treated by the finest lung specialist in Britain, and had already spent a good deal of money earlier in the year staying at a clinic in Gloucestershire.
Where did he get the money to buy diamonds and rubies for Sonia? Or a private plane to fly him to Switzerland? Not to mention the cash to pay for what might have been a long stay in a Swiss sanatorium.
And, when travel abroad was severely restricted for most people in Britain, how did Sonia suddenly end up chasing her lover on the Riviera six weeks after Orwell's death?
Of course, the answer is that all these high-priced things were available in 1949 only to the rich, but in the strangely distorted calculations of Sonia's apologists, the wads of cash being thrown around are ignored and Orwell's income is reduced to that of a prosperous plumber.
``In 1949,'' Spurling confidently asserts, ``Orwell was no great catch from a commercial or a literary point of view.''
That assertion is ridiculous, as is the notion that somehow Sonia was entitled to call herself ``Mrs Orwell'' and spend the rest of her life playing the ``literary widow'' after a short marriage to a man in whose company she spent very little time.
Perhaps the most outrageous comment in Spurling's book is that Orwell had abandoned the name of Blair, and that Sonia never knew him as ``anything but George Orwell''. The suggestion is that she had no choice but to call herself ``Mrs Orwell''. Spurling writes: ``By the time of his second marriage, George himself had long since rejected the name of Blair for all but legal purposes.''
Not true. Dozens of his friends and all surviving members of his family called him Eric until the day he died and, invariably, he signed his letters to them using his real name. He never abandoned it. The name he chose to abandon was his pen name. His gravestone reads: ``Here lies Eric Arthur Blair'' and makes no mention of his books or pseudonym.
There is one simple reason why Sonia used her husband's famous name. As Sonia Blair, she would have been a minor personality in literary London whose only claim to fame would have required constant explaining. As Sonia Orwell, she was instantly famous and could occupy the spotlight at parties. This explains why, after she was married a second time - to Michael Pitt-Rivers in 1958 - and divorced, she promptly went back to calling herself Sonia Orwell.
In sharp contrast, Eric Blair's only child, who was never close to Sonia, and who was brought up by an aunt, has always been content to use the name his father gave him - Richard Blair. While Sonia was alive, he received very little money from her. His allowance, which she sent to the aunt, was only �150 a year; later, he told me, he had to plead with Sonia for money to buy furniture when he married. He supported himself and his wife by working.
After Sonia's death in 1980, he inherited the income from the Orwell estate and has lived in quiet dignity ever since, respecting his father's work and protecting it from exploitation.
To her credit, Sonia was also a strong defender of Orwell's reputation and gave it an enormous boost through her preparation of a four-volume collection of his essays and letters, published in 1968.
By many accounts, she could be a warm and generous friend. And though she tried to manage the estate's wealth responsibly, she made some bad business decisions - most notably in her dealings with a firm of accountants that she eventually sued for mismanaging her money. She died virtually penniless.
It is a sad story, made sadder still by her increasingly difficult battle with alcoholism. She played the part of Mrs Orwell for all it was worth, only to discover in the end that it wasn't worth much to her. As she complained poignantly to her friend David Plante, after a party: ``I did it again. I put on my act, my widow of George Orwell act. Was I awful? Did they think I was a fool?''
There is nothing wrong with defending the honour of a woman whose honour very much needs defending, but in their zeal to stand up for Sonia, her friends seem to want to rewrite history. Some people may think it's much ado about nothing, but Orwell's story is worth getting right because the principles of truth and honesty lie at the heart of his work.
In everything he did and in everything he wrote, he was relentless in his determination to establish the facts, add them up and accept the sum, whatever the result. One reason that he still speaks so powerfully to us is that we are more tempted than ever to spin the truth to our liking and bury facts that don't serve our interests. Or, worse, to deny that any truth is possible.
There is no myth of the Widow Orwell. There is just the unhappy tale of a young woman who thought she could help herself by doing a dying man a favour. She miscalculated and spent 30 years paying for a favour that took up a mere 100 days. And nothing her friends say can change that.
Orwell was right when he wrote: ``To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.''
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Generally every weekend I visit our financial capital (FC) which is also my hometown to meet my parents and also to attend the class for a technical subject (SAP).
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She had lot of work to complete and it will take a little while to complete, till that time she told me to come to her place. I was somewhat annoyed since even I had my works which I had canceled to spend some time with her.
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I stayed at her place had our lunch and relaxed for some time.
Evening we went out for a movie. So now I was relaxed.
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Don't know how she would react to this on Monday.
It is worth to watch, better than that movie."
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- If she commented something against you, even you would do the same. (Equal and opposite reaction)
- You won't visit your fellow blogger's blog first.
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FLORENCE – Dorothy Harris, professor of education and coordinator of the early childhood education program, was named to the Joseph Walker Coleman, Sr. Chair in Elementary Education at Francis Marion University during a luncheon held recently.
The chair was established by the John W. Sparrow Family of Scranton in memory of their friend and his dedication to Scranton High School as a superintendent and math teacher. The purpose of the chair is to honor a member of the faculty of the FMU School of Education for academic excellence, integrity and professionalism in their field.
"On behalf of all students, including myself, I want to say thank you to those of you who have devoted your lives to students," said Sparrow. "Your impact is more long-lasting and far reaching than you ever thought it would be."
Harris has had a profound effect on FMU since 1985 when she became a faculty member, said Ron Faulkenberry, dean of the School of Education. As coordinator of FMU's early childhood education program, she schedules classes and works with faculty concerning course development, enrollment, student progress and program evaluation.
At FMU, she has taught introduction to early childhood, early childhood methods and materials, directed teaching and curriculum design for early childhood programs.
"During her tenure at the university, Dorothy has been the force behind a consistently strong program for preparing early childhood teachers," said FMU president Fred Carter. "The Coleman Chair will support her teaching, service and research efforts in the area of early childhood education. We are indebted to the Sparrow family for their continued generosity and support of Francis Marion University."
This honor comes on the heels of Harris also receiving the First Steps Early Care and Education Advocate Award. This award is given to an individual or organization that has consistently demonstrated support for quality early care and education.
"Nothing in my life told me that I would be here on such a great occasion. I thank everyone who contributed," said Harris. "To the Sparrow family, you are giving to education, to all of us, at a time when teaching sometimes seems to be a thankless job."
Harris received the B.A. degree from Johnson C. Smith University, the M.A. degree from Atlanta University, and the Ed.D. degree from the University of Georgia. Before joining FMU, Harris taught in the Georgia public school system, at Fort Valley State College in Georgia and in the Virgin Islands.
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Had a shoot with Kozue on Monday.
I like my alice auaa choker so much.
Wait, I think I meant, I freaking love alice auaa to no end.
I know the outside said no photography, sorry, but how can I not take something so gorgeous to commemorate my visit. I almost missed it if not for the mannequin outside beside this wall with the same aforementioned choker on it.
I spent Sunday drowsing in and out of slumber until about 5pm. Reading and falling in and out of my dreams, or nightmares. Who knows.
I had gone to sleep at 12 or 1 the night before, and was still reading on my laptop when I dozed off. Woke up confused about the situation of the configuration of items on the bed. Why's the laptop beside me and open oh thank god it didn't fall off the bed.
I'm starting to like the idea of a bigger bed like this, maybe I'd want a change when I get back.
Walked pass some blocks of cans today. Quite cool huh. I thought they're inspiring. Could see them in an art museum. *muses*
And... the beginning of blooming sakura.
Ahhhhh beautifullll.
Yes no new purchases, I'm almost proud of myself. But that's of course because I'm toying with the idea of blowing all my cash on something grand.
I'm kidding.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Posted by Jingna Zhang at 9:26 AM
Tags: japan , photos , photoshoots , tokyo , travel photography , travels
2 comments :
- toosan said...
hey! didn't tell me you had a blog. always loved your pictures!
- March 25, 2008 at 2:05 PM
- JuN said...
Wow...Sakura Blossoms!
Sounds like yr having a rather fruitful trip.
Take care, have fun!
- March 26, 2008 at 12:09 PM
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Crêpes up front and pork (Ibaïona) in the rear. It's standing room only at Yves Camdeborde's tapas and wine bar, a hit since it opened in fall of 2009. Go during the off hours or be prepared to be get to know the person next to you very, very well.
Practical information
Address: 3 carrefour de l'Odéon, 75006
Nearest transport: Odéon (4, 10)
Hours: Open every day for lunch & dinner
Reservations: Reservations not accepted
Telephone: No phone
Average price for lunch: 10-19€
Average price for dinner: 10-19€
Style of cuisine: Basque, small plates & tapas
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A Good Forking (2012) "The walls are decorated with customer's scribblings and pig memorabilia, there are slabs of butter, cornichons, mustard and hot bread for the taking, bottles of wine spill over the bucket onto the counter, and there is no real system for ordering; you squash up next to a trendy Parisian, you study the little pictured placard menus hanging above your head, you wait until the chef makes eye contact and then you go about reeling off every single tapas plate there is on offer, and times it by two."
Not Drinking Poison in Paris (2011) "I should say that I actually liked the place well enough. The deal is it's a quality-conscious, natural-wine, Bordier butter establishment that nevertheless is standing-room only, with self-service bread and condiments, and no plates."
Dorie Greenspan (2009) "Not to be missed: Iberian ham croquettes (once fried, the ham dissolves inside its crispy shell — too bad I just used the word voluptuous, it would be perfect here, too)…"
Le Figaro (2009) "Quelques mètres carrés de néogouaille orchestrés par un Camdeborde toujours aussi fameux à faire trinquer mémoire et moderne…"
The New York Times (2009) "…This short, narrow, standing-room-only space with white tile walls, a broad pewter counter and an open kitchen is what Camdeborde calls an "hors d'oeuvres bar," and it serves up an array of delicious small-plate Basque- and Béarnais-inspired nibbles…"
John Talbott (2009) "The entire Bayonne rugby team was celebrating; they were very drunk, very into jumping in unison on the fragile floor-boards, chanting/singing Basque fight songs, smoking and drinking much more…"
The Paris Notebook (2009) "Claustrophobics might want to abstain as it's standing room only at the zinc bar laden with a communal bread basket, a tub of Bordier butter, white jars of pickles and peppers meant to be shared amongst your neighbors…"


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By Michele Kambas
PYLA RANGE, Cyprus (Reuters Life!) - A single talon ripped out of a bird is testament to an annual bloodbath in Cyprus, where songbirds are caught in their thousands to end up as expensive delicacies in the island's taverns.
Wildlife groups estimate as many as a million migratory birds are killed as they fly over Cyprus each year, ending up fried or pickled in a centuries-old practice which was once considered necessary sustenance, but is now gourmet fare.
The talon was picked out of a net, left on a bush by trappers who had cleared out an area just before a police raid at dawn to seize trapping devices dotted along Cyprus's coast.
It is considerably larger than those of minute birds preyed upon and which go by the generic term "ambelopoulia."
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While conservation groups say it has waned with tougher police action, they say there has been a new spike in trapping activity over the past three years.
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By Sisi Tang
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Space-starved Hong Kong has long been plagued by high rents and steep hotel rates, vexing university students and tourists alike.
But help may be at hand, thanks to one Hong Kong firm: tiny pods stacked up in tiers to create capsule lodgings at low cost.
Inspired by Japan's inexpensive capsule hotels, capsule bed manufacturer Galaxy Stars HK is offering wifi-enabled capsules that can be stacked together in cupboard-like formations to ease the high-priced room crunch.
"It's like Legos," said Eric Wong, managing director at Galaxy Stars HK, explaining how the units can be pieced together in a matter of days.
"I want to bring this product to Hong Kong tourists to relieve Hong Kong's hotel shortage."
Each pod, which measures 1.9 meters (6.3 feet) long, 1 meter wide and 1.15 meters high, is slightly larger than a twin bed. They come complete with bed, air conditioning, light switches, computer tables and power outlets.
Wong said he expects his main customers to be tourists. The average hotel room rate was HK$1165 ($150) a night in 2010, according to the city's Tourism Commission.
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Providence, Rhode Island
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Website: http://providenceathenaeum.org
The Providence Athenaeum is an independent member-supported library, open to the public and was founded in 1836. It is housed in a granite Greek Revival structure designed by William Strickland of Philadelphia, with additions by Norman Isham and Warren Platner. Stephen Hopkins, Moses Brown, and Silas Downer (who served as a librarian) were all active in the library in the Providence Library Company in the 18th century. In the nineteenth-century Edgar Allan Poe and Sarah Whitman carried on their courtship in the stacks. The Sayles Gorham Children's Library features books, movies, music and programs for infants through teens. Changing exhibitions of rare books and artists' works are on display in the Charles and Deborah Philbrick Rare Book Library. The Athenaeum offers cultural programming, lectures, readings, theatrical presentations, musical performances, and more for all ages.
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First off, I took Paxil 25mg CR for about a month. She then tapered me slowly from 25mg to 10 mg, to nothing. I have been on nothing for 4 days. Then on the 4th day of not being on Paxil(yesterday), I was started on Zoloft 50mg. I know that SSRI's take a while to work, but since I was already taking an SSRI, will the Zoloft kick in quicker this time?
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