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Do you want to name me the specific areas which you are interested in? "Psychological and Sociological Considerations of Wireless Electricity growing technology" seems rather broad.
Hi, our team is writing a report, my section is Psychological and Sociological Considerations of the report that is Wireless Electricity as a growing technology. The thesis is: Wireless electricity is a growing technology that creates many political, cultural, economic and moral benefits and concerns that need to be assessed in order to properly handle this new technology. So I'm trying to find scholarly resources online that I can write this section of the report on. Does that help?
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1. In an effort to ensure family members seeking employment are provided consistent, quality services, the Office of the Secretary of Defense has standardized the job description for Employment Assistance Program Managers/ The standardized position descriptions are a first in the effort to provide a consistent approach to a comprehensive family support system which focuses on jointness and ensures that our clients are provided the same level and fill range of services possible regardless of where they seek the services.
2. Attached are standardized position descriptions (SPDs) for Employment Assistance Managers (TAB A), which will replace position descriptions for Family Member Employment Assistance Program Managers. Implementation instructions for both Army Community Service Centers (TAB C) and Civilian Personnel Officers (TAB D) are attached. This joint memorandum is issued to fully clarify implementation procedures in an effort to expedite the process and reduce confusion in the field.
3. These position descriptions are the result of a joint effort of members of the DOD Spouse Employment Subcommittee of the Family Policy Coordinating Committee. This committee consists of each military Service's headquarters and various other representatives, such as National Military Family Association and the State Department.
4. The memorandum at TAB B, signed by Mrs. Becraft and Dr. Disney, encourages the implementation of this joint effort and supports the importance of initiating consistency of quality service.
5. Headquarters, Department of the Army fully supports this DOD effort. Personnel performing the employment assistance functions at the journeyman level should be doing the full range of duties as specified. This supports DOD's effort to ensure all customers are provided the same level and scope of service. While we understand that not everyone will be able to implement the new SPD's immediately, we expect each of you to make a concerted effort to move toward that goal.
6. Point of Contact for Army Community Service is Mrs. Jennie Nash, DSN: 221-2644 or COM: (703) 325-2644. Point of Contact for Civilian Personnel is Mr. Stephen Rodkey, DSN: 221-6563 or COM: (703) 325-6563.
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Nobody spoke for a half-minute; then Spurling broke the silence.
His eyes lingered on it for one half-minute; if he had known what was to happen, he would most surely have flung it far from him.
The half-minute or so of talk had enabled him to regain his breath.
In some half-minute she came out again, closing it softly behind her.
For about a half-minute that seemed a half-century, he didn't know what to do.
As the procession moves along, the latter rings his bell at about half-minute time.
"Perhaps he had not the half-minute's warning in this case," said Lucy,—hypocrite that she was.
Fortunately my watch has a second-hand, so that I can time it—forty-five to the half-minute, ninety-five to the full minute.
He improved and patented the device in 1901 as the half-minute coffee pot.


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Barclays' head of compliance and regulatory relations Hector Sants, who was brought in from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to help overhaul the bank's ties with regulators, is taking a temporary leave of absence 10 months into the role.
A spokesperson for Barclays said Sants is due back in January and confirmed that he is taking time off due to stress and exhaustion.
There will be no subsequent changes on the central compliance department, with senior leaders in the team taking on additional responsibilites until Sants returns in 2014. It is understood that Sants has no role in selecting external law firms, an activity currently carried out by the in-house legal team.
Sants, who headed the FSA during the financial crisis, between 2007 and June 2012, took up the newly-created role of head of compliance and government and regulatory relations for the UK bank on 21 January this year. The position put him in overall charge of the company's global compliance activities soon after Barclays was fined £290m for rigging the London interbank offered rate (Libor) last summer.
The bank's in-house legal team underwent a minor restructuring following his appointment (12 December 2012). The hire meant that a small number of Barclays employees who previously reported to group general counsel Mark Harding, soon to be former PNC Financial Services GC Bob Hoyt (30 August 2013), instead reported to Sants.
Hoyt will take on the role of group general counsel in November after Harding announced his intention to retire earlier this year. He is understood to have already started his handover period at the bank.
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Thanks for your advice, I've already bled the radiators twice, its the entire downstairs that isn't getting any heat. The pipe that heads downstairs and connects to the mid point valve seems far colder than the other pipes in the system, would this matter?
Thanks for such a fast reply.
The repair was to a pressure outlet pipe connecting to the Mid valve, which had bent was leaking, the plumber replaced and soldered the pipe, it doesnt leak anymore. We had to drain both the hot water and the CH system before making repair, which we did from the lowest point in the house.
After we switched the water back on I was given instruction to bleed the radiators, which I did, some radiators had high pressure pretty quickly (within a few moments of twisting the bleed key) others took longer, but water was coming out of all them with reasonable pressure eventually.
After which me and my neighbour who came over to help diagnose the issue ran the heating system set to the highest temperature for an hour, all the upstairs radiators were very warm, the downstairs rads were very cold. Then we checked the downstairs radiators by bleeding them while the system was running and the water in them was cold.
We tried draining the system again, and repeated the process above to see if there was air in the system. The problem still occurs.
An interesting side affect is if I set the water to auto and the radiators to off, the radiator nearest the boiler still comes on. And the hot water pump seems to come on for hours, infact it's not turned itself off yet today without me turning the system off.
Here are the pictures you requested, we only have one mid point valve in the system.
The system is set to auto from the controller next to the boiler, this is a danfoss fp715
Hello again, thanks for the photo's.Judging by the solder job you photographed the valve might be installed upside down by a novice plumber.If the valve is closed, the pipe attached to port A (marked on the valve will be closed and the pipe from port A cool.if its open, to the mid position all pipes will be warm more or less.
Tell me please if the label on the front of the old valve was upside down as this one appears to be or not.Let me know what you find regarding port A and the valve position, we can go from there until the situation resolves.
Next steps if necessary will involve operating the valve manually and checking power to the valve and watching it operate and noticing the temperature at port A pipe and connection.
the valve itself was not changed, merely the pipe was resoldered as seen in picture 2.
the valve switch moves automatically depending on if the radiators are on, and can't be moved to the left by hand, it moves over to the left if the radiators are turned off automatically.
each radiator has a manual valve that can be opened or closed with pliers, (all are open) and a temperature setting ranging from anti frost to 10. All are set to 10.
Even though we have instant hot water, the water pump is still running almost 24/7 (I've had to shut it off at night, this is different to before the repair was made)
The system is connected to a cold water supply from the city via a main valve in the garage. As far as I'm aware, the system only takes water from the mains to replace water thats used by taps etc. The lowest drain points are auxillary pipes located next to this.
I'm not sure how to perform the operations you requested with the boiler. The service panel contains several switches (no dials). The boiler itself is located utility room adjacent to the kitchen. (This room includes terminals for washers and dryers).
The repair did shorten the pipe I circled in my picture by 20mm, if this is a pressure valve, may this affect the system pressure?


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David Sosebee had stepped on the mound countless times before, but pitching this time was different than anything he'd ever experienced.
A recent White County graduate, Sosebee was drafted two weeks ago by the Boston Red Sox in the 48th round. On Thursday, he was pitching in a game at historic Fenway Park. Granted, he wasn't pitching for the Red Sox (they were off that day), but he was competing in a scrimmage against other players from the Red Sox's 2011 draft class.
With an allotment of just 20 pitches, Sosebee took to the first batter. But instead of the Warriors' faithful cheering in the stands, he noticed people seated behind home plate such as Boston general manager Theo Epstein, former ESPN analyst Peter Gammons and various major league scouts.
The 2011 Times All-Area Player of the Year went into is wind-up and delivered his first pitch.
"I just let it go and it went high," said Sosebee, who is enrolled and signed to a scholarship to pitch at the University of Georgia. "I was a little nervous, but after that, I settled down."
Sosebee went on to collect a strikeout. After walking the next batter, he caused another to break his bat on a pitch before coaxing him into a fly-out. By that time, he had thrown 20 pitches and was done.
"It's something I'll never forget," he said. "It was an unbelievable experience — surreal."
Sosebee arrived in Boston with his parents late Tuesday. After watching a day game between the Red Sox and San Diego Padres, he was originally slated to play one scrimmage later that evening, with Thursday's game being the second. But rain delayed Wednesday's Red Sox game and canceled that night's scrimmage.
He arrived at the park the next day at 8:30 a.m. for breakfast. The draft picks took a trip to the visitor's locker room, where they were greeted to Red Sox jerseys with their names on the back. After Aug. 15, they'll have the option of buying those jerseys for $150. Because Sosebee is signed with Georgia, he can't accept the jersey as a gift. He also had to pay his way to Boston to avoid violating NCAA rules.
In addition to the scrimmage, Epstein spoke with the drafted players.
"He told us about the organization and what separated them from others," Sosebee said.
Sosebee also met Gammons, who posed for pictures with draft players.
He then spoke with Red Sox scouts, receiving positive feedback.
"They said they like what they see," Sosebee said.
At some point, the Red Sox will offer a signing bonus. As of now, they told him he's a "summer follow," meaning they'll track his progress through the course of summer baseball. Sosebee will pitch for the East Cobb Braves in the same premier league that once featured Jason Heyward among many other current major leaguers. Sosebee's team also includes Dwight Smith, a first-round pick of the Blue Jays who played at McIntosh.
If Sosebee doesn't get an offer he likes, he'll continue to pitch for Georgia alongside Warriors teammate and Times All-Area Team selection Luke Crumley. The two are already enrolled in two summer courses — dancing and women's studies.
"Our teammates give us so much crap about that," said a laughing Sosebee. "I already failed a (dance) test, but that stuff is hard. Us being freshmen, anything they can find to give you crap about, they will.
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Summer is almost here! Don't let your young musicians lose everything they've gained this year!
Private lessons are absolutely the BEST thing you can do for young musicians!
There are lots of private lesson teachers in the valley, as well as the PALS and Pays-2-Play programs offered by the Music Festival and Jazz Aspen, respectively.
Here's a link to Jazz Aspen's list of private lesson instructors: www.jazzaspensnowmass.org/home/jasmusiceducation/P2P%20Booklet%202013%20v%202.pdf
I (Mr. H) also will be teaching lessons this summer. If you would like to sign your student up for lessons with me, simply go to this Google Doc and type in your name! All details are listed in the Doc.
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SINGAPORE -- The Disney India topper has tubthumped the country, saying it offers a unique opportunity for growth as there are few rules stopping foreign ownership of entertainment assets.
Speaking at the Asian Media Summit on Sentosa Island in Singapore, Ronnie Screwvala said, "India is one of the least regulated countries in the world. Other than news channels, anyone can have 100% foreign investment, and nowhere else has that."
He also pointed to the potential for growth in a country where almost half the population is under 25.
Walt Disney Co. India was formed in January this year when Disney bought a controlling stake in Indian producer UTV via a subsidiary, making it the leading film studio in the subcontinent, producing UTV and Mouse House pics.


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At common law a lease for a term of years (other than a lease by a corporation) might be made by parol.
The submission may be effected sometimes by parol, sometimes by written instrument, sometimes by deed or deed poll.
If, however, a legatee be described by initials of his name only, parol evidence may be given to prove his identity.
In Maryland, the strict rules of construction prevail, and no parol evidence is admitted except as in England.
The rule was laid down, "by parol the party is not obliged."
Simple, or parol contracts, are those not embraced in the three previous classifications which constitute the formal contracts.
The moment it gets into a letter, that moment the parol statement ends.
parol contemporaneous evidence will show that General MacArthur told them, substantially, that they were "riding for a fall."
The mistake may, to a certain extent, be rectified by parol evidence.
Both kinds of sales may be by deed or sealed contract as well as by parol or orally.
"oral statement," late 15c., from Anglo-French (14c.), from Old French parole "word, speech, argument" (see parole (n.)).


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How much is food worth? Or, more precisely, what are you prepared to pay for it? No matter how fat your wallet or epicurean your tastes, you'll find yourself posing this question when the bill arrives at any Michelin-starred establishment in Paris.
Some people cover themselves in fat and swim the Channel; others cross the Channel and gorge themselves on fat. I went for the easier option, though it can feel equally painful. The French capital has to be the gourmand's Everest. But you will only know just how much you like to wine and dine when the bill finally arrives. They call it "l'addition", but such high prices seem more like the result of multiplication to me; now you know why that maitre d' with the slicked-back hair was smiling at you all evening.
It's like on Countdown, when Carol has a 4, 2, 3, 6 and 10 and gets 984; you think to yourself: "I had a salad, turbot, and a glorified chocolate cake - how does that equate to a bill that looks more like a cricket score?" And if you are eating at L'Arpège, imagine the match in question is Australia v Norway reserves.
In France, the maximum 35-hour working week has forced many top restaurants to effectively double their kitchen brigade by operating two teams: one for lunch and one (the A-team) for dinner. The result is that the payroll increases; someone has to pay for it and it seems that we, the paying publique are that someone. In Spain they cleverly cut overheads by not paying many of their cooks at all. Many South American chefs, in particular, head to Spain to work for free in the big-name kitchens, as there is little comparable back in Caracas.
Eating out at la crème de la creamiest of Paris's gold-top, full-fat establishments will set you back about three times as much as it would in London. A simple fish course may easily cost 70 euros and a tasting menu anywhere from 150 to over 300. Inevitably this makes you three times more critical.
Not that the meal will be three times as good. Still, a trip to Paris is something that if you are passionate about food, you have to do at least once: like a boxing fan going ringside at Vegas. My advice is to go with someone you love, go in summer when you can still walk back to the hotel after your meal, and go with a prior acceptance of the expense you will incur. That way you will be able to fully enjoy an experience far richer than a mere meal out.
Here are my top five recommendations. Bon appetit!
I've already raved about this place in a previous review. Offering very light, very contemporary French cooking, it is, for me, the best of the bunch - as well as being one of the more reasonable.
Lunch is chosen from a limited three-course menu, while dinner is a surprise tasting menu for the whole table. Don't worry, if there's something you don't eat, by the way: just let them know at the start.
Foie gras marinaded in verjus, layered in mushroom shavings and served with a lemon jam is fast becoming a signature dish and epitomises Pascal Barbot's clean, fresh cooking. Incidentally, the owners decided on a name beginning with an "A" to place them towards the front of the guides.
· L'Astrance, 4 Rue Beethoven, Paris; +33 1 40 50 84 40
L' Arpège
Probably the most expensive restaurant in Paris. Unsurprisingly, they omit prices from their website, but it is still worth a click to check out their menu. My last meal there came to 1440 euros for three of us, so, obviously, I had to then head to Pigalle to help me forget.
The cooking here is quite minimalist and puts an emphasis on vegetables, many of which come from the chef's own patch just outside the city, though there are fish and poultry dishes too. Combinations are interesting, execution good, but presentation can be a little lacking. Best table: the one closest to the door for a sharp exit!
· L' Arpège, 84 Rue de Varenne, Paris
alain-passard.com; +33 1 47 05 09 06
L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon
L'Atelier is soon to open in London - though it may be a struggle to get in for the first few weeks unless you know someone. In Paris, I found its decor slightly dated. I liked the black and red colour scheme, but they have lots of jars of pickled bits and pieces pretending to be decoration. Anyway, the food is consistently good, quite rich, but very tasty. The mashed potato is amazing.
Also worth a tip was a chestnut soup with celeriac and foie gras, and an oeuf cocotte with girolles and parsley. Best of all - it's accessibly priced.
· L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon, 5-7 Rue de Montalembert, Paris; +33 1 42 22 56 56
Pierre Gagnaire
A friend of mine recently described his experience at the upstairs restaurant at Sketch as like "losing at Vegas". Happily, Gagnaire's flagship establishment receives better reports. Presentation is always flamboyant, though some dishes work better than others. The bread, meanwhile, is so good it is hard not to eat too much of it.
I would recommend going for "a la carte" here, rather than the tasting menu: it just seems to suit Gagnaire's food more. Stylistically, he is not dissimilar to Tom Aikens in London.
· Pierre Gagnaire, 6 Rue Balzac, Paris
pierre-gagnaire.com; +33 1 58 36 12 50
Alain Ducasse
The Granddaddy of the scene, I suppose. Ducasse has a bit of a trolley fetish: champagne, bread, petits fours, teas and coffees all get wheeled about the dining room like a souped-up Ford Fiesta doing laps of a provincial carpark on a Friday night.
If you want to be waited on hand and foot, this is the place for you. The cooking is classic, simple and restrained. It is also laden with luxury items: I hope you like truffles and Caviar!
Head to the bar at Plaza Athenee afterwards for an eyeful of Parisian beauties - though you may not have enough left in your pocket to get them drunk!
· Alain Ducasse, 25 Avenue de Montaigne, Paris
alain-ducasse.com; +33 1 53 67 65 00
· Our chef reviewer has worked in Michelin-starred establishments in the UK, France and Spain.


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Veterans' Benefits Lunch and Learn
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Friday, December 6, 2013 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM (EST)
In honor of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, join AnMed Health for a free lunch and learn to educate the public and our staff on how to help eligible veterans get the assistance they deserve. This one-hour session aims to offer valuable information regarding veterans' benefits for area veterans, caregivers and their spouses, as well as healthcare professionals.
Samuel Lewis, Anderson Veterans Affairs Officer and president of the S.C. Association of County Veterans Affairs Officers, will be the guest speaker.
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Friday, December 6 at 12:00 p.m.
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Light refreshments will be served. Sponsored by Caris Healthcare. To register to attend, please call 864.512.6255.
Located in Upstate South Carolina, AnMed Health is widely recognized as a regional health care leader. AnMed Health attracts patients from an eight-county area, and offers advanced medical treatment from acute care procedures to outpatient surgery and diagnostics.
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Bill Wavish, once considered the heir apparent to Woolworths chief executive Roger Corbett before he was unceremoniously sidelined by the supermarkets group, has taken on the chairman's role at Housewares International.
Mr Wavish will become chairman immediately after the company's annual meeting on Tuesday, when current chairman Frank Jones retires. That is likely to be the same day Mr Wavish is confirmed as a new appointment to the board of Atlas Group Holdings, which holds its annual meeting on Monday.
Mr Wavish's boardroom appointments come less than three months after he threw off the shackles of a 16-month internal consultancy at Woolworths.
Housewares' share price has jumped 26 per cent since touching a low of $2.02 in October. It eased 1 ¢ yesterday to $2.54.
Housewares is 26.5 per cent controlled by interests associated with retail tycoon Solomon Lew, including a 24 per cent stake directly owned by the Lew-controlled Premier Investments.
Housewares also appointed John Schmoll, the former chief financial officer of Coles Myer, who last week lost his seat at Australian Leisure & Hospitality Group as Woolworths wrapped up its $1.3 billion takeover.


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Lou Dobbs Tonight again ignored Senate immigration bill's border-security measures
On Lou Dobbs Tonight, CNN correspondent Casey Wian failed to challenge House Speaker Dennis Hastert's false claim that "the Senate [immigration reform] bill doesn't talk about the border at all." In fact, the Senate bill includes a number of border-security provisions.
Reporting on possible House-Senate negotiations on immigration reform during the July 24 edition of CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight, CNN correspondent Casey Wian left uncorrected House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert's (R-IL) false claim that "the Senate bill [1] doesn't talk about the border at all." In fact, the Senate bill includes a number of provisions aimed at securing the U.S. border.
On May 25, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 [1], which the Senate passed [2] with bipartisan support, includes the following border-security measures, in addition to a guest-worker program and a path to citizenship for certain illegal immigrants:
- Increase the strength of the Border Patrol by adding 14,000 new agents (2,000 for the first year and 2,400 each year for the following five years).
- Increase immigration enforcement throughout the nation by adding 200 "Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigators."
- Add 2,500 "point-of-entry inspectors" at 500 per year for five years.
- Add 1,000 positions, at 200 per year for five years, to "investigate alien smuggling."
- Construct "no less than 370 miles of triple-layered fencing" and "500 miles of vehicle barriers in other areas along the southwest border" within two years.
- Replace damaged fencing and add fencing "not less than two miles beyond urban areas" within two years.
- Procure "unmanned aerial vehicles, cameras, poles, sensors," and other equipment for border control, and "establish a security perimeter known as a 'virtual fence.' "
- "[I]ncrease the availability and use of Defense Department equipment, including unmanned aerial vehicles, tethered aerostat radars, and other surveillance equipment."
- "[C]onstruct all-weather roads and acquire additional vehicle barriers and facilities necessary to achieve operational control of the international borders of the United States."
- Allow permanent and temporary "checkpoints" to be set up on roads inside the United States near the border with Mexico.
- Improve existing "ports of entry along the international land borders" and build new ones "at locations to be determined."
- Develop a program with Mexico and Canada to improve the security of Mexico's southern border -- a known route for illegal immigrants coming to the United States from other Central American and South American countries.
As Media Matters for America noted [3], host Lou Dobbs similarly claimed on May 23 that an earlier version of the Senate immigration bill, which contained many of the same security provisions, would do "absolutely nothing for border security."
From the July 24 edition [4] of CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight:
DOBBS: We begin first, with Casey Wian -- Casey.
WIAN: Lou, lawmakers say they're finally getting serious about border security. If the effort is sincere, it can't come soon enough, because we have new video showing just how wide open our southern border remains.
WIAN: House Speaker Dennis Hastert and other congressmen toured the Mexican border this weekend, trying to win support for the House's "border security first" approach to immigration reform.
HASTERT [video clip]: I believe and I think most of our members believe that the -- protecting the border is the number one thing that we have to do. And in any bill that we pass -- that, you know, the Senate bill doesn't talk about the border at all. And so any bill we pass has to protect the border.
WIAN: There's new evidence of that critical need. Lou Dobbs Tonight has obtained this exclusive video shot by a private border surveillance group east of San Diego. Here's a smuggler on the Mexican side signaling to a group of border crossers that the coast is clear, it's time to head north.
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Can you really toilet train a baby?
Could you let your baby go nappy free? Letitia Rowlands looks into the increasingly popular practice of elimination communication - AKA baby toilet training.
It is one of the universal truths of new motherhood that the moment your baby arrives you will become obsessed with their poo. Its colour, smell, consistency and frequency will be the focus of conversation at your mothers' group catch-ups for months to come.
But a growing number of mums and dads are taking parental poo obsession to a new level thanks to the increasing popularity of Elimination Communication. The babies of EC devotees are kept nappy-free as their parents learn to read signs their newborns are about to "eliminate" and proceed to hold them over a sink, potty or toilet. The parents then make a sound, such as "psssss" in the hope their little ones will learn to associate that sound with relieving themselves on cue.
What is elimination communication?
EC is becoming so popular in America that last week was officially declared "Go Diaper-Free Week" by supporters keen to educate other parents about the benefits of the practice, which has traditionally been used in countries such as China, but not 21st century middle class America.
Support for EC is also growing among Attachment Parenting advocates locally, with Australian website Nappy Free listing just some of the benefits of EC as:
- Increasing intuitive communication between babies and parents
- Dramatically reducing the risk of babies having painful rashes
- Saving money on nappies and wipes
- Helping the environment by reducing landfill created by used disposable nappies
- Reducing the amount of "stuff" parents need to carry around for their babies
While it might sound like a messy idea to the average nappy-using mum like me, supporters of EC insist they actually deal with less wee and poo than the rest of us because their children are toilet trained much earlier than ours, sometimes before 12 months of age.
What is your baby saying?
I admit the idea of saving money on nappies does sound appealing and, of course, anything environmentally friendly can only be a good thing, but I can't imagine EC would have worked in our sleep-deprived home during the newborn days. No matter how many times I watched the Dunstan Baby Language DVD in a bid to better understand my baby's hungry and tired cues, I still couldn't differentiate between "eh" and "owh" cries. They all just sounded like "waaaa" to me. So the idea of throwing yet another baby cue to read into the equation would have been enough to make my head spin.
And once my boys started crawling, walking and running they barely stayed still long enough for me to wipe their nose, let alone hold them with their legs up over the toilet waiting for them to do what they needed to do. No, my babies have definitely been poo and wee on the run (in their nappy) kind of kids until well after the age of two.
So, in much the same way as I am impressed by mothers who manage to only feed their kids home-made organic food, I do have admiration for parents diligent enough to put the time and effort into making EC work for their family.
But, for now, I'm happy to rely on my 14-month-old's "I've just done a real stinker and you better change me now" sign. It usually reaches my nose within minutes of him filling his nappy, making it impossible for even a baby sign reading failure like me to miss.
More articles about baby toilet training on Kidspot:
- A nappy-free baby
- Toilet training a baby: is it possible?
- Baby poo: an essential guide for every parent
More related reading:
- Diaper-free week from Huffington Post
- It's the bottom line: no nappies, no mess from SMH.com.au
- Mindful mothering: an introduction to elimination communication from Sarah Buckley.com
What are your thoughts on toilet training babies? Great idea, or a little too time-consuming?


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Kevin Spacey & George Clooney together it worth the top spot. Plus it is extremely rare to see Kevin Spacey photographed from this side.
One of my least favorite actors is Anthony Edwards. Oh, he is a decent actor, but he just is so condescending to everyone that it really gets on my nerves.
Anthony Kiedis is looking a little rough here. Love him though.
Alicia Silverstone takes that book of hers wherever she goes. Here she is trying to get Alanis Morissette to buy a copy.
Britney Spears filming the video for "3"
See that man behind you kids? No, not Bill Nighy. The other guy. His name is Danny Boyle and if he promises to buy you an apartment don't start packing.
It hasn't taken Elisabetta Canalis long to start working the red carpet. Here she does a slow strip tease right on it.
Ginnifer Goodwin with the queen of the puffy jackets.
Damn it is a gaggle of Trumps.
Yesterday was Vince Vaughn so today it is Jason Bateman and Kristen Bell from the same movie.
I love Kristin Chenoweth so I am going to give her a pass on this "candid" photo with a pumpkin while hailing a cab.
Scarlett J said yesterday she would be just as happy being a cook or some other job instead of an actress. Uh huh.
I gave this serious consideration for the top spot. Minnie Driver and Uma Thurman.
I have to give it to Neve Campbell. She doesn't get the big parts she used to but she still keeps on acting and to me that shows me she loves it.
Naomi and Liev drinking champagne through straws.
Want to go riding with Patrick Dempsey?
I feel like whenever Peaches Geldof dresses normally I am obligated to post her photo in order to encourage it.
Another Ralph Lauren photoshop job. F**kers. (Thanks Sarah)
It's three real assistants with Rex Lee, the fake assistant. I love assistants.
Rose McGowan really needs to cut down on those pre red carpet drinks.
Tina Fey was on Letterman last night and shared way TMI about how she was a virgin until she was 24 and how she couldn't find any guy who wanted her.
Apparently this whole Hogan reunion thing is sticking.
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson trying to get some attention.
And Maggie Q coming in a close second.
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I can't think of a better guy than Willem Dafoe to end the pictures today.


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East coast fans, rejoice, for you may actually get to see the end of a World Series game this year and still be functional the next morning:
The first pitch of World Series games will be scheduled for shortly before 8 p.m. ET this season, USA Today and MLB.com reported Monday. The start time is at least 30 minutes earlier than games began last season, USA Today reported. Fox's pregame show will begin at 7:30 p.m. ET, USA Today reported.
This season will be the first in 30 years in which World Series games start before 8 p.m. ET, MLB.com reported, citing Major League Baseball records.
"I really feel good about where we are," said commissioner Bud Selig, MLB.com reported. "Our goal is to schedule games so the largest number of people can watch, and Fox has gone to an enormous amount of effort to make this happen. It's been a great joint effort between the two us."
I'm happy about this primarily for selfish reasons -- I live in the Eastern time zone and I wake up early, so watching full games is a tall order when they (a) don't start until 8:30 or later; (b) the commercial breaks are longer than usual, which they are in the postseason; and (c) when the games involve the Yankees or the Red Sox who seem to be physically incapable of playing games in less than three and a half hours.
In light of this news there will be a lot of talk about how it benefits the kids. I appreciate that, yes, more kids will get to see more of a given World Series game now, but I also tend to think this concern has long been overstated. They've been playing World Series games exclusively at night for twenty-five years now, so that old line about how the game risks alienating younger fans rings pretty false. And let us remember, the one event that many point to when discussing baseball's resurgence in popularity in the 1970s was the Carlton Fisk homer in the 1975 World Series that galvanized a nation. That happened after midnight. Sure, the 1975 version of me may have been asleep in my armchair and would have had to watch it on the highlight shows the next morning, but everyone survived it, so the move to earlier games, while most welcome, is probably not as critical as everyone says.
And let's not forget that there could be a downside. Contrary to popular belief, the country doesn't end at the Ohio River, and there are some good teams playing in those time zones out west. What happens if the Dodgers and Angels meet up this October? Are fans in California going to be happy with the notion of World Series games -- their World Series games -- starting before even the guys who punch out the moment the clock strikes five even get off work? Can you imagine the outcry if a Red Sox-Phillies World Series game started at 4:30? The whole coast would probably be burning by nightfall.
So yes, I still think this is a good move, but things don't always go as we expect them to. If a couple of things break funny here we could have a situation in which, in an effort to make the World Series more accessible, the lords of baseball and broadcasting will have actually worked to make it more inaccessible to those who care the most.


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Hello, finally found the time and head-space to do a bit of long overdue shop-site retuning. We have added descriptions to some of the zines that have been languishing, undescribed, for the past month, including the Refugee Art Project Zines, The Good Son, I am a Camera #17, La Petite Mort, The Time You Were in Paris and The Nostalgia Prescription.
The aim is to have all the descriptions updated before adding any more new zines, of which, as aforementioned, we have many. And many and many.
While I'm here, let me tell you that we will be at this zine fair, next weekend!
Organised by the City of Sydney with the aid of the estimable Nicholas Beckett, we hope to see you there!


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More than $50 million in Israel Bonds have been purchased as a result of High Holy Day Appeals on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur in some 1,000 synagogues in the United States and Canada. Rabbi Leon Kronish of Miami, chairman of the Israel Bond Organization's Rabbinic Cabinet, reported that this year's holiday Bond subscription represented a 40 percent increase over last year's appeals.
This year's appeals culminated a special Emergency Development for Peace campaign which was launched by the Israel Bond Organization last June to help offset the impact of the war in Lebanon on Israel's economy.


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"Big Miracle"
This family-friendly film is based on the true story that unfolded on national television in 1988. Three whales — dubbed Fred, Wilma and Bamm-Bamm — get trapped five miles from the ocean as ice in northern Alaska freezes faster than usual. Without assistance, the three whales will die when the last hole in the ice closes.
Despite a simplistic structure and melodramatic acting, "Big Miracle" works because it goes directly for your heart.
Grade: B
"Jeff, Who Lives at Home"
Jason Segel and Ed Helms bring little energy to their work.
This passive approach is OK with Segel's character. His Jeff, a middle-age loser who still lives with his mother, has become obsessed with the M. Night Shyamalan film "Signs" and is waiting for the cosmos to tell him his destiny.
At the same time, his brother, Pat (Helms), is dealing with a marriage that is falling apart. His attempts to find out about his wife's cheating ways and Jeff's quest to find out what the call is all about have them continually crossing paths.
The problem is the interaction between the brothers is so low-key, there are never any emotional sparks.
Grade: C
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"Charlie's Angels: The Complete Series": Three female detectives battle crime. Annie Ilonzeh, Minka Kelly and Rachael Taylor star.
"The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea": Sarah Miles and Kris Kristofferson star in the new Blu-ray release based on the Yukio Mishima novel.
"Empire of the Sun": The coming-of-age World War II drama debuts on Blu-ray to mark the 25th anniversary.
"Wilfred: The Complete First Season": Elijah Wood plays Ryan, a lawyer with problems, and Jason Gann is a dog, who appears to him as a man in a dog suit.
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7 Recent Ophthalmologist Moves
Here are seven ophthalmologists who have recently taken new positions or joined new eye centers. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland appointed Douglas Rhee, MD, as chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences.
Kris Pugh, MD, board-certified ophthalmologist, joined the Eye Care Group in Vevay, Ind.
Angelique Sawyer, DO, FAAO, an optometrist with a focus on glaucoma treatment, joined Conway (N.H.) Eye Care and Coos Eye Care in Berlin, N.H.
David Risner, MD, recently completed his ophthalmology residency at Emory University in Atlanta and joined Heaton Eye Associates in Longview, Texas.
Terry Moore, MD, board-certified ophthalmologist, joined Prevea Allouez Health Center in Green Bay, Wis.
Liviu Saimovici, MD, board-certified ophthalmologist, joined the multispecialty medical team of Patients Medical, a traditional and holistic medical center in New York.
Paul Winslow III, MD, board-certified ophthalmologist, joined the New Vision Retina Center in Vero Beach, Fla.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Tiger Woods, known for salty language on occasion when his shots go awry, got a question Tuesday from a British journalist who had queried him before about language on the course.
"We have a foul-mouthed footballer back in the U.K. called Wayne Rooney. … He has been suspended for foul and abusive language. Would you liked to see suspensions coming to golf for the same thing," asked Dick Turner of London's The People newspaper.
"You like to ask questions each and every year, don't you?" Woods said at a pre-Masters news conference.
Among the British press, Turner is sometimes called "Dick Dastardly" for his blunt questioning style. At the British Open last year, Turner asked this of Woods:
"Tom Watson has said you need to clean up your image on the golf course. Many of us have heard you use the 'F' word, we've seen you spit, we've seen you throw tantrums like chucking your clubs. Are you willing to cut out all those tantrums and respect the home of golf?"
Woods' reply then: "I'm trying to become a better player and a better person."
Woods spent much of his Tuesday news conference assessing the state of his swing and changes he's made. But he also was asked was about comment by fellow player Ian Poulter, who said he didn't think Woods would finish in the top five this year.
"Well, Poulter is always right, isn't he," said Woods.
Reid Cherner has been with USA TODAY since 1982 and written Game On! since March 2008.
He has covered everything from high schools to horse racing to the college and the pros. The only thing he likes more than his own voice is the sound of readers telling him when he's right and wrong.
Michael Hiestand has covered sports media and marketing for USA TODAY, tackling the sports biz ranging from what's behind mega-events such as the Olympics and Super Bowl to the sometimes-hidden numbers behind the sports world's bottom line.


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Children who cop an attitude at school might want to think twice. Eleven-year-old Yajira Quezada, a sixth-grader at Shaw Heights Middle School, was handcuffed and taken to a holding facility for disobeying the orders of an assistant principal during lunch and being "argumentative and extremely rude," 9Wants to Know has learned.
An Adams County Sheriff's Office incident report says the assistant principal found Yajira walking in the hallway during lunch because the girl claimed she was cold and needed to get a sweater from her locker.
The report says the assistant principal was in mid-sentence when Yajira, "turned and walked away saying, 'I don't have time for this.'"
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is putting the finishing touches on a net-zero-energy demonstration home that the federal agency hopes will identify green and energy-efficient strategies that transfer well to the real world.
"We saw the need for a test bed for new energy-efficient technologies, and we saw it as a way to demonstrate that it is possible to build a house that, over the course of a year, will generate as much energy as it uses," says Hunter Fanney, chief of the Engineering Laboratory at NIST's building environment division. "We also wanted to show that a house like that could be designed to fit into a typical suburban neighborhood and look like any other house on the block."
Announced in March 2011, the Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility being built at NIST's Gaithersburg, Md., campus is a 2,700-square-foot, two-story structure that will feature all the latest innocuous green and energy-efficient elements, such as energy-saving appliances and solar panels. But those elements are merely dregs compared to the real meat of the project.
"This structure is different from an average home because we have built into it multiple systems that can be operated and measured independently, allowing for ongoing, comparative research," Fanney explains. "For example, whereas a real home might incorporate a single geothermal system, this facility has three—slinky loop, vertical loop, and horizontal loop—as well as three separate sets of ductwork to accommodate three different manners of supplying conditioned air to the facility."
Even the photovoltaic system is different. It's "reconfigurable and will allow us to select a power output between 2.6 [kilowatts] and 10.2 [kilowatts]," Fanney explains. "The solar thermal system features a variable-sized collector array and storage tank capacity."
The NIST project may look like a house, but technically it's a working laboratory—one that will undergo monitoring and testing in the coming years.
"We will be conducting a year-long test during which we will simulate a family of four living in it," says Fanney. "The house is fully automated so that we can control details such as when appliances operate, when and where the lights turn on, and when showers run and for how long—even at what temperature."
"No humans will live in the house, but it will be fully furnished and devices in each room will simulate the 'family' moving from room to room, using appliances, emitting body heat and water vapor," Fanney continues. "We will have control over, and a record of, the energy performance of the entire house over that year, and how its various systems performed. You could not do that in a real home with people living inside."
After a year of testing and monitoring, the agency will use the facility to develop and evaluate measurement science for low-energy and net-zero-energy buildings. "The data collected during the year-long net-zero test will be used to verify how close energy consumption predictions, made with EnergyPlus software developed by the Department of Energy
Designed and built to receive LEED-Platinum, Energy Star 3.0, and Indoor airPLUS ratings, the house is expected to be fully constructed by the end of the month, at which time researchers will begin installing the computers that will run the automated equipment.
NIST, a physical sciences laboratory that is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, received funding for the project through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
For a time-lapse video of the construction, visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/usnistgov/.


text: Our Verdict The Magicbox has some decent features, but sound quality can definitely be bettered for the money For Decent looks remote control good DAB reception Against Sounds very poor, even at this money Reviewed on 25th November 2009 iPod docking alarm clocks are big business, and there's a huge range of options out there. Is the Magicbox XP-1 a machine that's worth investigating? DAB and FM radio are both included, with a total of 20 presets at your disposal. Positioned above the two, seven-Watt speakers is a large, bright, blue-on-black display that shows information such as the time and the radio station and track that you're listening to. Either side of the display are an assortment of neon blue, touch sensitive buttons that control various functions such as auto-tuning, setting the alarm clock and switching input. They're responsive and nice to use. Retractable iPod dockAt the base of the radio is the retractable, iPod compatible dock. On the rear of the XP-1 you'll find a headphone output, auxiliary input and line output. For the money, you can't grumble. Which is a shame, because the only aspect of performance that lets the XP-1 down, is the most important: sound quality. Dialogue on the radio and vocals during music sound very congested and muffled. More after the break And, although treble doesn't sound bright or hard, there's a major lack of refinement. Considering the XP-1 has a 20 Watt subwoofer there's only a token amount of bass too. The XP-1 is perfectly acceptable in terms of build, features and pricing, but the sub-standard sound quality really lets the side down, so three-stars is as high as we can go. See all our iPod dock Best Buys Follow us on Twitter Related News iXOOST speakers are made from supercar exhaust pipes Tue, 17 Mar 2015, 03:14pm Best iPod, iPad and iPhone docks to buy in 2014 Thu, 01 May 2014, 05:27pm Arcam rDock-uni with built-in DAC handles all iPhones and iPads Thu, 20 Feb 2014, 11:19am Pure Contour i1 Air comes with AirPlay, 30-pin and lightning connectors Tue, 01 Oct 2013, 11:52am Pure expands Jongo family with T2, T4 and T6 wireless speakers Wed, 14 Aug 2013, 06:00pm Dock systems Hi-Fi Magicbox XP-1 Nocturne Stay on top of your sound with What Hi-Fi? in your inbox every week Thank you for registering for our Newsletter We will send you relevant emails and updates.


text: When Stevie Nicks and her then-partner Lindsey Buckingham joined Fleetwood Mac, expectations were low. But the infusion of Californian talent into the venerable British band resulted in one of the most successful musical groupings ever, leading to the commercial and artistic highs of Rumours and Tusk, respectively. While Buckingham was the musical engine driving the band, Nicks was the focus, yet it was with trepidation that record executives monitored her foray into the solo field. Any concerns were allayed when it became apparent that Nicks' talents weren't limited to boosting Fleetwood Mac and snorting copious amounts of cocaine. Enchanted, a new three-disc Nicks retrospective, contains all the singles that made her one of the most popular performers of the '80s and one of a few who have experienced successful solo careers concurrently with a group career. The number of immediately familiar songs on Enchanted stands as a testament to her talents: There's the synth-laden "Stand Back," "Edge Of Seventeen" (included here as an eight-minute live version), the Tom Petty duet "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around," "Rooms On Fire," "I Can't Wait," "Talk To Me," and more. As with most box sets, there's a smattering of rarities, soundtrack work, collaborations, B-sides, demos, alternate mixes, and other drawing points, such as a track from the rare pre-Mac Buckingham/ Nicks album. And, as with most singles artists, there's a good deal of schmaltz, filler, and disco-ish pap here, too. But despite the sonically crippling studio excesses of the '80smuch of the blame for that can be heaped on producer Jimmy IovineNicks' music has held up surprisingly well.


text: Mitch Fifield recently announced the Turnbull government would once again attempt to tackle media reform. AAP/Mick Tsikas May 12, 2017 Why media reform in Australia has been so hard to achieve Tim Dwyer, University of Sydney The Australian media policy omelette cannot simply be unscrambled. But forward-thinking diversity rules could help prevent further concentration of media ownership.


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BongHwan "BH" Kim, 54, was named Monday as vice president and executive director of the San Diego Foundation's 50-year vision for the region.
Currently general manager of Los Angeles' Department of Neighborhood Empowerment, Kim will run the Malin Burnham Center for Civic Engagement.
His job will involve monitoring and implementing "Our Greater San Diego Vision," a foundation-sponsored guide to dealing with regional growth over the next 50 years.
Kim is expected to be introduced at the foundation's annual meeting Tuesday and to assume his new job in September.
His salary and benefits, yet to be set, are expected to range from $163,000 to $204,000.
"To me, the most interesting idea is around this notion of being agnostic on the issues but being evangelical about the process," Kim said.
He said government and citizens are constantly reacting to issues rather than engaging in a process to understand what's at stake and then working out solutions.
"Unless you pay attention to the process, the quality of the decision down the line won't be as good and you will actually erode the process," he said.
Kim came with his parents from Korea at the age of 3, graduated from Boston College and received a master's degree in business administration in Harvard before moving to Northern California in 1981 and Los Angeles in 1987 to work in nonprofits. He assumed his city job in 2007.
In the wake of the 1992 L.A. riots, he cochaired the Black-Korean Alliance and also served on a state crime prevention council and immigration forum. He is a senior fellow at USC's School of Public Affairs.
In May he announced his candidacy for the LA City Council, hoping to become its first Korean-American member. He has collected $50,000 in campaign donations but he said he will return the funds.
"I hadn't really thought about leaving L.A., even though the buzzword 'civic engagement' did catch my attention," he said.
But as he went through a series of interviews -- about 75 people were considered for the job -- he saw the foundation's center as a "very compelling opportunity" that could become a national model.
"In San Diego what I see is a virtually green field of opportunity to create a civic infrastructure of people at various levels of society, both in the public and private sector, homeowner associations and community organizations," he said.
"I don't know San Diego but I imagine that the issues facing the region are not that different than what's going on in the rest of the California and in fact the nation, in terms of shrinking government resources," he said.
The future, he said, will largely be in the hands of citizen activists rather than government planners and officials.
"Everyday people are taking back their democracy," he said. "People can be public problem solvers if given the opportunity and institutional leaders are giving them a seat at the table. That's the kind of thing I think doesn't really exist to a level where I think the San Diego Foundation is trying to push the needle."


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A2 happening or done with great speed, or lasting only a short time:
It's a quick journey.
He scored three goals in quick succession (= one after the other in a short time).
be quick to do sth
B1 used to describe someone who is clever and understands or notices things quickly:
She was quick at understanding what we wanted her to do.
He has a quick mind.
Donna's quick thinking (= ability to solve problems with speed) averted what could have been a disaster.
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The Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking's 2015 Info Day will aim to provide information on how to benefit from the Bio-based Joint Undertaking. It will also inform about the new Call and provide first-hand information on this new EU funding instrument.
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Participation is free of charge, but registration is mandatory. Please register before 19 June here.
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The Calculus Lifesaver:
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In this installment of Too Cute for Words, Jen takes Vi to L.A.'s mystical Lake Shrine to feed the ducks.
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Kimby Rudyard Kipling
Kim (1901) is Rudyard Kipling's story of an orphan born in colonial India and torn between love for his native India and the demands of Imperial loyalty to his Irish-English heritage and to the British Secret Service. Long recognized as Kipling's finest work, Kim was a key factor in his winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. Our text is the 1901 first English edition, fully annotated for undergraduate readers and accompanied by maps of India and the Grand Trunk Road. "Backgrounds" collects selections from Kipling's autobiography, letters, short stories, and poems; four contemporary assessments, including that of the Nobel Prize Committee; an excerpt from Charles Carrington's biography of Kipling; and contextual essays by Blair Kling and Ann Parry. The thirteen interpretive essays in "Criticism" explore the novel's central themes and suggest the range of Kipling criticism from the 1950s to the present. Noel Annan, Irving Howe, Edward Said, Ian Baucom, A. Michael Matin, John A. McClure, Michael Hollington, Parama Roy, Sara Suleri, Patrick Williams, Suvir Kaul, Mark Kinkead-Weekes, and Zohreh T. Sullivan provide their varied perspectives. A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography are also included.
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"Máire ní Fhlathúin's new edition of Kim is a welcome event. The substantial and scholarly, yet accessible, introduction contextualises the novel in important new ways. This is complemented by a diverse range of supplementary material, which allows the reader to appreciate more clearly some of the debates, texts, and contexts by which Kipling was influenced as he wrote his masterpiece. This is an edition that will appeal alike to the student, scholar, and general reader." Bart Moore-Gilbert, Goldsmiths College, University of London
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Chapter I
Oh ye who tread the Narrow Way
By Tophet-flare to Judgment Day,
Be gentle when the heathen pray
To Buddha at Kamakura!
He sat, in defiance of municipal orders, astride the gun Zam- Zammah on her brick platform opposite the old Ajaib-Gher—the Wonder House, as the natives call the Lahore Museum. Who hold Zam-Zammah, that "fire-breathing dragon," hold the Punjab; for the great green-bronze piece is always first of the conqueror's loot.
There was some justification for Kim,—he had kicked Lala Dinanath's boy off the trunnions,—since the English held the Punjab and Kim was English. Though he was burned black as any native; though he spoke the vernacular by preference, and his mother-tongue in a clipped uncertain sing-song; though he consorted on terms of perfect equality with the small boys of the bazar; Kim was white—a poor white of the very poorest. The half-caste woman who looked after him (she smoked opium, and pretended to keep a second-hand furniture shop by the square where the cheap cabs wait) told the missionaries that she was Kim's mother's sister; but his mother had been nursemaid in a colonel's family and had married Kimball O'Hara, a young colour-sergeant of the Mavericks, an Irish regiment. He afterwards took a post on the Sind, Punjab, and Delhi railway, and his regiment went home without him. The wife died of cholera in Ferozepore, and O'Hara fell to drink and loafing up and down the line with the keen-eyed three-year-old baby. Societies and chaplains anxious for the child, tried to catch him, but O'Hara drifted away, till he came across the woman who took opium and learned thetaste from her, and died as poor whites die in India. His estate at death consisted of three papers—one he called his "ne varietur" because those words were written below his signature thereon, and another his "clearance-certificate." The third was Kim's birth-certificate. Those things, he was used to say, in his glorious opium hours, would yet make little Kimball a man. On no account was Kim to part with them, for they belonged to a great piece of magic—such magic as men practised over yonder behind the Museum, in the big blue and white Jadoo-Gher—the Magic House, as we name the Masonic Lodge. It would, he said, all come right some day, and Kim's horn would be exalted between pillars—monstrous pillars—of beauty and strength. The Colonel himself, riding on a horse, at the head of the finest regiment in the world, would attend to Kim,—little Kim that should have been better off than his father. Nine hundred first-class devils, whose god was a Red Bull on a green field, would attend to Kim, if they had not forgotten O'Hara—poor O'Hara that was gang-foreman on the Ferozepore line. Then he would weep bitterly in the broken rush chair on the verandah. So it came about after his death that the woman sewed parchment, paper, and birth-certificate into a leather amulet-case which she strung round Kim's neck.
"And some day," she said, confusedly remembering O'Hara's prophecies, "there will come for you a great Red Bull on a green field, and the Colonel riding on his tall horse, yes, and"—dropping into English—"nine hundred devils."
"Ah," said Kim, "I shall remember. A Red Bull and a Colonel on a horse will come, but first, my father said, come the two men making ready the ground for these matters. That is how, my father said, they always did; and it is always so when men work magic."
If the woman had sent Kim up to the local Jadoo-Gher with those papers, he would, of course, have been taken over by the Provincial Lodge and sent to the Masonic Orphanage in the Hills; but what she had heard of magic she distrusted. Kim, too, held views of his own. As he reached the years of indiscretion, he learned to avoid missionaries and white men of serious aspect who asked who he was, and what he did. For Kim did nothing with an immense success. True, he knew the wonderful walled city of Lahore from the Delhi Gate to the outer Fort Ditch; was hand in glove with men who led lives stranger than anything Haroun al Raschid dreamed of; and he lived in a life wild as that of the Arabian Nights, but missionaries and secretaries of charitable societies could not see the beauty of it. His nickname through the wards was "Little Friend of all the World"; and very often, being lithe and inconspicuous, he executed commissions by night on the crowded housetops for sleek and shiny young men of fashion. It was intrigue, of course,—he knew that much, as he had known all evil since he could speak,—but what he loved was the game for its own sake—the stealthy prowl through the dark gullies and lanes, the crawl up a water-pipe, the sights and sounds of the women's world on the flat roofs, and the headlong flight from housetop to housetop under cover of the hot dark. Then there were holy men, ash-smeared faquirs by their brick shrines under the trees at the riverside, with whom he was quite familiar—greeting them as they returned from begging-tours, and, when no one was by, eating from the same dish. The woman who looked after him insisted with tears that he should wear European clothes—trousers, a shirt, and a battered hat. Kim found it easier to slip into Hindu or Mohammedan garb when engaged on certain businesses. One of the young men of fashion—he who was found dead at the bottom of a well on the night of the earthquake—had once given him a complete suit of Hindu kit, the costume of a low-caste street boy, and Kim stored it in a secret place under some baulks in Nila Ram's timber-yard, beyond the Punjab High Court, where the fragrant deodar logs lie seasoning after they have driven down the Ravee. When there was business or frolic afoot, Kim would use his properties, returning at dawn to the verandah, all tired out from shouting at the heels of a marriage procession, or yelling at a Hindu festival. Sometimes there was food in the house, more often there was not, and Kim went out again to eat with his native friends.
As he drummed his heels against Zam-Zammah he turned now and again from his king-of-the-castle game with little Chota Lal and Abdullah the sweetmeat-seller's son, to make a rude remark to the native policeman on guard over rows of shoes at the Museum door. The big Punjabi grinned tolerantly: he knew Kim of old. So did the water-carrier, sluicing water on the dry road from his goat-skin bag. So did Jawahir Singh, the Museum carpenter, bent over new packing-cases. So did everybody in sight except the peasants from the country, hurrying up to the Wonder House to view the things that men made in their own province and elsewhere. The Museum was given up to Indian arts and manufactures, and anybody who sought wisdom could ask the curator to explain.
"Off! Off! Let me up!" cried Abdullah, climbing up Zam- Zammah's wheel.
"Thy father14 was a pastry-cook, Thy mother stole the ghi," sang Kim. "All Mussalmans fell off Zam-Zammah long ago!"
"Let me up!" shrilled little Chota Lal in his gilt-embroidered cap. His father was worth perhaps half a million sterling, but India is the only democratic land in the world.
"The Hindus fell off Zam-Zammah too. The Mussalmans pushed them off. Thy father was a pastry-cook——"
He stopped; for there shuffled round the corner, from the roaring Motee Bazar,16 such a man as Kim, who thought he knew all castes, had never seen. He was nearly six feet high, dressed in fold upon fold of dingy stuff like horse-blanketing, and not one fold of it could Kim refer to any known trade or profession. At his belt hung a long open-work iron pencase and a wooden rosary such as holy men wear. On his head was a gigantic sort of tam-o'-shanter. His face was yellow and wrinkled, like that of Fook Shing, the Chinese bootmaker in the bazar. His eyes turned up at the corners and looked like little slits of onyx.
"Who is that?" said Kim to his companions.
"Perhaps it is a man," said Abdullah, finger in mouth, staring.
"Without doubt," returned Kim; "but he is no man of India that I have ever seen."
"A priest, perhaps," said Chota Lal, spying the rosary. "See! He goes into the Wonder House!"
"Nay, nay," said the policeman, shaking his head. "I do not understand your talk." The constable spoke Punjabi. "Oh, The Friend of all the World, what does he say?"
"Send him hither," said Kim, dropping from Zam-Zammah, flourishing his bare heels. "He is a foreigner, and thou art a buffalo."
The man turned helplessly and drifted towards the boys. He was old, and his woollen gaberdine still reeked of the stinking artemisia of the mountain passes.
"O Children, what is that big house?" he said in very fair Urdu.
"The Ajaib-Gher, the Wonder House!" Kim gave him no title—such as Lala or Mian. He could not divine the man's creed.
"Ah! The Wonder House! Can any enter?"
"It is written above the door—all can enter."
"Without payment?"
"I go in and out. I am no banker," laughed Kim.
"Alas! I am an old man. I did not know." Then, fingering his rosary, he half turned to the Museum.
"What is your caste? Where is your house? Have you come far?" Kim asked.
"I came by Kulu—from beyond the Kailas—but what know you? From the hills where"—he sighed—"the air and water are fresh and cool."
"Aha! Khitai (a Chinaman)," said Abdullah proudly. Fook Shing had once chased him out of his shop for spitting at the joss above the boots.
"Pahari (a hillman)," said little Chota Lal.
"Aye, child—a hillman from hills thou'lt never see. Didst hear of Bhotiyal (Tibet)? I am no Khitai, but a Bhotiya (Tibetan), since you must know—a lama—or, say a guru in your tongue."
"A guru from Tibet," said Kim. "I have not seen such a man. They be Hindus in Tibet, then?"
"We be followers of the Middle Way, living in peace in our lamasseries, and I go to see the Four Holy Places before I die. Now do you, who are children, know as much as I do who am old." He smiled benignantly on the boys.
"Hast thou eaten?"
He fumbled in his bosom and drew forth a worn wooden begging-bowl. The boys nodded. All priests of their acquaintance begged.
"I do not wish to eat yet." He turned his head like an old tortoise in the sunlight. "Is it true that there are many images in the Wonder House of Lahore?" He repeated the last words as one making sure of an address.
"That is true," said Abdullah. "It is full of heathen b¯uts. Thou also art an idolator."
"Never mind him," said Kim. "That is the Government's house and there is no idolatry in it, but only a Sahib with a white beard. Come with me and I will show."
"Strange priests eat boys," whispered Chota Lal.
"And he is a stranger and a b¯ut-parast (idolator)," said Abdullah, the Mohammedan.
Kim laughed. "He is new. Run to your mothers' laps, and be safe. Come!"
Meet the Author
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1930) nació en Bombay, India. A los seis años fue enviado a estudiar a Inglaterra y en 1882 regresó a la India, donde trabajó para la Civil and Military Gazette de Lahore, hasta 1889, en calidad de editor. De su obra narrativa cabe destacar La luz que se apaga (1891), El libro de la selva (1894), Capitanes intrépidos (1897), Stalky & Cia. (1899) y Kim (1901). También es notable su obra poética, con títulos como Baladas del cuartel (1892) y Las cinco naciones (1903). Viajó por Asia y Estados Unidos, donde se casó con Caroline Balestier y vivió un tiempo en Vermont. En 1903 se estableció en Inglaterra y en 1907 le fue concedido el Premio Nobel de literatura. Kipling fue uno de los autores más populares y respetados de su época, uno de los grandes escritores del crepúsculo victoriano.
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The Wyoming Cowgirl tennis team continued play at the Colorado Invitational, on Saturday, in Boulder.
In doubles action, all three teams continued play. The team of Sasa Nemcova and Alexandra Kovacs were the only ones to come away with a victory. They defeated Saari-Bystrom and Isberg of Denver, 9-7. In other action, Veronica Popovici and Jessica Parizher fell to Elena Najera and Caroline Schnell, 9-7, as did Simona Synkova and Christa Gecheva, 8-4, to Lukomskaya and Paulson of Arkansas.
The Cowgirls had a tough day in singles play. Sasa Nemcova was the only player to make it into the finals tomorrow. She defeated Gariella Boboc of Denver 6-3, 6-0, and will play Laurie Gingras of Arkansas. Christa Gecheva lost to Laurie Gingras in the semifinals, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (7), 6-3. In the Buff Gold singles bracket, Jessica Parizher fell in three sets, 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-3, while Veronica Popovici lost in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2, to Madeleine Saari-Bystrom of Denver. The two other Cowgirls in action Simona Synkova lost to Caroline Schnell, 6-3, 6-0, and Alma Espinosa lost twice in the Buff Black backdraw.
The Cowgirls will continue play tomorrow with both singles and doubles action.