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I had the same problem with one of my workshop workers. My workshop is upgraded as far as it goes, but my guy was making slow progress. Was about a quarter of the way thru level 7. He would only work it when I forced him to... I praised him but still whenever I turned on the game he was always somewhere else and made no progress. He was 62 last time I saw him alive.. next time I turned it on he was dying! Never did get him to finish... good luck with yours!
My first family (Briana and Dozo) just started its 8th generation! Marila and Pop died side by side in their sleep. It was hard to choose which of their children to carry on because Rupee looks exactly like her great-great-great-great grandmother, but Stephono was a good boy with unique looks who took care of his parents as they died. I ended up choosing Rupee. :)
The particular guy I was talking about. His chosen profession was a toaster repairer. He had no dislikes and he liked makeup and plants! But I have a lot of trouble with the workshop people not wanting to finish careers, have better luck with kitchen and office. Out of 5 families... I have 3 to have mastered cooking, 3 to have mastered office, and only 1 to have mastered a workshop career. I just think that the workshop ones are just a bit harder to accomplish.
My 4 YEAR-OLD girl is DEPRESSED! What do I do? Is it something I did or was it because I wasn't on for 3 days? I don't know why but she is an only child and the parents haven't had another, or really even tried, but she was "Celebrating the new baby". Is that imaginary or something? Or is she, for some odd reason, celebrationg herself? As I said before she is four years old. Please help me figure this out, because I don't want the house taken over by a person who is delusional! (Parents are 33 so I expect they will be gone soon)
I go to my image backup file I made and I copy the petgrid.png I take it to the image folder it asks if I want to replace it I say yes
I have gotten so fed up that I deleted the file The weird pet stays
My only thought is that there is another file for pets with a different name I don't know about I look carefully but I don't see any
Thats what I get for messing with mods
cammieo - depressed girl
Make sure, that there is enough food in the fridge. Not enough food or not enough diffrent kind of food makes you people depressed. Praise the little girl, give her candies and/or fruits. That will make her feel better.
Oh and about your parents. They normaly pass away between 60 and 70. So they still have time to make another baby ;) - I had a woman, getting a baby with 58! But I think, this is seldom. Normaly they stop around 50, 52 having babies.
Greetings, Kayleigh
hey I have a child and slowly his health has been degenerating. It does not say any actual illness, just that he is weak, I've tried everything including doctors consultations and all the medicines, getting him to sleep more, eat more... and his health just keeps going down, I don't know what else to try...
To Thomas:
You'll find help for the hose under the Repairs spoiler in the walkthrough section located at the top of this page.
As for the bugs, they just don't show up as often as the other items. They tend to show up when it's raining, though, so maybe that will help.
To Shari:
That's just some kind of glitch in the game. I've never had it happen, but I've heard about it from other people.
To Amber:
It's possible you just have a weak child. Giving fruit helps increase health, as well as vitamins, so give some to him every time they show up in the store. It's also possible that some of the medications have weakened him if you've given all of them to him.
To everyone,
I've been reading this and playing this game for the past couple of weeks. I'm running 5 families at time (one of all red-heads). Anyway, just wanted to let you know that if I hit the "r" key while my store page is open, it refreshes my varied items, but only once. I also find if my computer goes in sleep mode, after I wake it and get back on the game, I can refresh the store again, even if I had just refreshed it prior to sleep mode. This has helped tremendously at getting the house fixed, etc.
Also, anyone have any tips at getting a person to do kung fu? I figure it's just random.
Has anyone tried using the red glove a lot to get your person to stop doing everything else and only work? Just an idea to get them to advance their job. In the process of trying this now.
Does anyone know how to catch the oven on fire? Maybe interrupt them while cooking and keeping them from turning the oven off? Has anyone tried this?
Oh, and to who was asking where everyone is playing. . . Louisiana!!!
To Lori:
About using R to refresh the store -
The R to refresh the store is something the developers did to correct a bug. If your store refreshes when you press R, then you had the bug. In my case, R does nothing because I didn't have that bug. It's supposed to refresh your store only one time and reset it so that it refreshes every four hours automatically.
About Kung Fu -
I have found that they do Kung Fu if you give them an energy drink while their energy bar is at least at the halfway point. It gives them max energy and they do Kung Fu. If you give it to them while the energy bar is below the halfway mark, they will just exercise outside.
About their careers -
Progress on their career will get easier as you purchase upgrades for their working rooms. If you were to give them the red glove all the time, they would get depressed just from the use of the hand itself. Plus they would be unhappy because they wouldn't get to play or take showers or relax. All of those things go together to make for a happy and healthy person. :)
About the oven catching fire -
I think the oven fires do happen because someone doesn't turn the oven off, but I've had plenty of oven fires that I didn't have to orchestrate. They will happen sooner or later.
Just a quickie, has anyone ever had a child that does adult chores? I have a child who has only just stopped being a 'maggot' and he went to the oven and his status said 'heating up some food'!I have dragged other children there and they don't do anything - even his twin brother!
Hope all you're families are well - I have just started my 5th - looks like they will be poor - both have rubbish jobs!
Oh and I'm in Suffolk in England btw!
Dopey :)
vixensqueak - At what age did your couple die? In general, good sleeping habits, organic food, and walking on the treadmill are good for keeping your peeps healthy. You also have to check on them pretty frequently to make sure they are fed and not sick.
CherryCola - Artist sounds to me like a workshop career - you're sure they won't work in any room? Those are the only three... maybe it's a glitch?
I had a kid like that a while back, I definately DID NOT pick them to start the next generation... can be very irritating!
Are you praising them after it says going to bed? I find what works best is to get them to say "going to bed" watch until they actually lay down and then leave the game to let them get their rest.
Hi everyone, I just have a quick question about the baby boost. It says to use only once, or it has a diminished effect. Does that mean once per person or once total? Like could I give it to the girl and then the guy, or just one of them? Thanks! Also, I'm in my EIGHTH generation and I have only found one bug :( I make it rain all the time too. Lame.
To Lindsay:
About the baby boost -
When it says that the baby boost has a diminished effect after the first dose, it means that the subsequent uses of baby boost won't have as much impact on whether the couple will have a baby. It doesn't mean that it will lessen their chances overall. You can give more than one dose of baby boost and each dose will increase their chances, but the amount of increase declines steadily with each dose. (I hope that makes sense).
Does that help?
To Downandout:
All of those trophies are also listed in the game on the trophies page.
To Leeshia Bug:
You've still got a couple of options for the weed.
You can buy a weed bomb when it becomes available in the store. You can also let the maids clean and do your yard, which comes as a random household event.
Hi everyone,
Just want to leave a note, I love this game its very cute. But it can also be very slow- I been playing a few days and as I play the game I enjoy reading all the comments here :)
I'm only up to page 8 :)
I have picked up some good tips, so thanks to everyone. I have noticed repeat questions that are answered in the tutorial and often wonder why folks just don't read that, Oh well. Not for me to tell anyone off lol. (or did I?)
My families are cute, I only have one second generation so far and 3, that the first generation is about to die. I'm trying to get them to live as long as possible. They are raking in the money at the moment. No twins or such yet and I am a little jealous of those who had triplets on thier first breeding attempt!
As for the bugs they are driving me nuts, they are definetly the hardest to find but i'm still working on it. Picked me up a snail woo hooo.
As for the water pressure and the tape.
As for the water pressure when trying to fix the hose, I always just put someone in the shower, I found trying to get someone to take a drink was hit and miss half the time.
Not sure if this was a spoiler or not so tagged it.
Anyway thanks for the reading as I stroll leasurely through the game (as you all know it takes a while!)
I have a boy I adopted and he has red hair which is different from the rest of my family, so I am wanting to give the house to him when the time comes, just to change things up. But he is sick all the time. I have had to give him all kinds of medicine. His sick bar stays at about mid range. If I choose him when he is an adult will this pattern continue or will he be better after returning from college? Has anyone else had this happen? Thanks.....
Thanks to everyone for all the tips on the Mods- I was getting quite bored looking at the same old house. Feels like a new game with the new look.
My families are doing okay - they are all working hard some earning more than others.
Had my first set on twins today Yippee!
My mom here has died, aged 64, trying to keep dad and child around until he's 65 for the trophy - I been praising them alot trying to lift them out of depression. My girl is finally just a little bit blue. I found her sitting on the path a little bit blue- Jealous about the new baby. What new baby??? She's virtually a only child now only one left! And only her Dad for comapny.
Thought that was cute.
Salaries I've come accross
Candle Maker- max 300
Essay Writer- max 210 (very disappointing)
Picture Framer- max 285
Am working on a few others too will let you know :)
I recently had to start a new generation on one of my families. It is like the 5th or 6th generation and NO ONE has completed a job!!! So I was hoping for someone who would actually work! One of the kids under LIKES said WORK... I had to choose her, even if she was only a glue mixer! I got her married early and wanted her to have a child asap so I could get her working on her carreer but not worry bout the next generation. Her husband is has a kitchen job.. hoping to cover 2 careers with this couple. I used the Encyclopedia and it now says he likes soup... which is a good thing, since his career is SOUP TASTER!! Wish me luck with this duo... they now have 3 kids.. the first one that they made and 2 adoptions.
Can somebody please tell me why there's a hole outside by the broken fountain? I don't mean the crack inside the house. For some reason, it just popped up and there are no actions provided for the adults to fix it. I'm just wondering what it is and how I can fix it. Thank you.
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Hey every one this games is amazing iam soo addicted. Just thought id add a post on here and say THANKYOU to every one on here as you have all helped me so much. Im on my 3rd generation an no not had triplets :( but i have had twins hehe. Bout those red balls i at one point had 4 but when i put them all out 3 disapears so may b a glitch bt its funny. The people dont play with the balls tho do they? My collections all i need nw is 3 bugs an im all done yay cant wait hehe. I have 67 trophies and trying to get them all but them erm latte and fish ones are stressin me out and thnx for the kung fu one was so happy when i did that one. well love you all one here and lovin the game more ill be reading ya comments
Jess xxxx
P.S Im from Liverpool England xxx
To Jess
I have had the best luck getting the latte when my guys are tired, instead of napping they'll go for the coffee or latte. Now i'm not saying its a sure thing. Just noticed for me thats when they go for it.
I have been known to drop them in the kitchen area when they are tired a time or two. It usually works.
I think someone has been round my yard with some bugspray! I am not finding very many at all- and I search every rain storm I see. Its either bug spray or the neighbour is using pesticides. Grrrr
I keep having to buy the antispam software, says its a house upgrade anyone know for how long it works? Its often there to buy- geez just like real life, always having to upgrade the antivirus/spyware!
Candle Maker- max $300
Essay Writer- max $210
Picture Framer- max $285
Glue Mixer- Max $210
Lens Crafter- Max $300
BBQ Sauce Creator -Max $690
Are you trying to make them have children?
They won't do it on their own...
Place the 2 adults together, if they argue... keep trying... it will say trying to make a baby. They will then head to the bedroom and preform a little ritual.. involving rose petals, jumping on the bed and kissing the air. IF you are lucky they will make a baby.. but it isn't always successful, so you will have to try again. However, you do have to wait...usually a half hour is long enough. I have had some families that it took a long time to have a child, but have not had any family (knock on wood) that hasn't had any children.
One of the parents of my 4th generation family has just passsed away, and I was watching the other family members closely to try to bring up their happiness levels when I noticed that my youngest child was "excited about the new baby"
This child is actually the youngest and is already 12 - so definitely no new baby. Has anyone else seen this happen? Just a strange glitch?
Just wanted to give you guys an update about my "main family". :] It's now in the 3rd generation, and the parents are Kevin and Grace. They have three daughters together: Elenaa, Fiona, Emilia and an adopted son, Peter. All of the kids are in college, and both of the parents are age 60. I'm hoping that one will live to be 65, so I can snag that trophy. ;)
Wish me luck,
Juat an obsevation -
It seems to me that 'excited about new baby' and 'jealous of new baby' tend to happen after someone dies...not sure why that would be, but that's the ONLY time I've noticed them popping up randomly.
As for my families... I was up to the 6th generation with my original family and had just managed to have my first set of twins and finally get the funky smell trophy for the first time - oh and I had all the upgrades for my 1st fam....anyway I had gotten that far on one of the lower versions and thought I had figured out how to upgrade to 1.00.05 w/o losing my progress...........
Nope. I was wrong. So I had to start all over again. Hadn't realized how attatched I had gotten to all my families until they disappeared on me!
However so far all my new fams (I've only started 3) have gotten the funky smell trophy right off the bat.
Oh and my first fam? as soon as I picked the person to adopt and it switched to the house screen I got an adoption request!!
Life is life...
Since Clyde reached the age of 51 he was permantly exhausted or tired. I did everything for him: Gave him vitamines and fruits, he had a rest in the hammcock, on the couch, sleeping in bed over day. I gave him energy drinks, even let the doctor look for him. Nothing helped. He slooooooooowly did, what he had to do, but nothing more (no, he did not disliked running - before this, he walked normal).
I was always worried, that he would die young. Everytime I started the game, I thought: Clyde might be dead.
This morning, Clyde is now 63, I opened the screen and Marcy was laying on the bed and passed away.
Clyde was depressed, but only for a moment. Two minutes after Marcy was gone, he adopted a little boy. I praised him for perparing a meal, gave him a fresh mango and .... Clyde was happy, walked normal, and behaves like a young man.
I guess, this marriage was not happy (Ok, I never liked her that much, but a divorce is not possible, guess they are all catholics ;)). Who knows, maybe he will even marry again? I will let him handle the situation as single Dad as long as he can go on.
wow, I think I'm lucky here..
my first generation, Faye and Jamie, are both Pesto sauce creator and online store operator. They're both started at $15 / day, and end at $690/day, so at my first generation they had bought ALL the store upgrade, house upgrade, and ALL the workshop and kitchen and computer upgrade level 2.. :D
they even had some cash to upgrade one to level 3.. (I upgrade kitchen)
they had 4 kids, never had twins..:(
and now I choose Miracle, their daughter, which job not as good as before.. had no twins either, but alas, had 4 DAUGHTER. I'm so happy.. wondering if they can had 6 DAUGHTER and no son.. lol..
To Kayleigh
Perhaps he killed her?!! Sounds like he's a happy man now. Did you notice a huge increase in cash? He may have had a Life insurance policy out on her too boot!
I am getting totally frustrated with my first family. They are in thier 50's in the second generation. I have all 5 games going. They where the first I started and still waiting on floor repairs. I finally got two floor repairs for them. I was so happy. They often email me that the house needs repairs and i'm like WAAAAA I wanna help but the game is just not giving them to me hon!
Yay finally got two of the holes in the floor fixed.. turned on this morning.. earth quake happened did damage to my house.. I'm back to square one with the holes in the floor. I almost cried I tell ya!! I have not seen a floor repair kit for them since either!
Shoe Maker- Start $15 Max $690
To Borgessa
No Life insurance, but he works now like a horse ;). So strange... till his loss (even though for him it seems to be a winning ;)) he hardly reached middle of Level 3. Now he had already the promotion and is middle of Level 4 ....
About the floor repair kit - I had one of this families too. Over four generations... and then I got that much floor repair kits as if they are living in a castle... So, don't worry. The day will come for you to have a complete house ;)
Just wanted to say thx to everyone for all their help, i have 3 families, all 1st generation, and the help on here has really helped me get started! My first family has parents Nici and Steve, had triplets first time :) Jess, Evie and Emily, then had a boy called Teddy two years later,adopted a girl called Paige and then had another girl called Hannah. The triplets are now in college! My second family has parents Trishia and Nugget, and has just had a girl called Pepper, who is sooooo cute! My third has parents Alean and Kalten, and girl called Flute. I seem to have so many girls lol! Sorry this is so long, just wanted to share my little friends with you guys!
Thx for all the help!
JIGuest -
If your guy is extremely weak, that means his health is low. The first thing to do is buy the doctor consult and see if he/she has an infection that needs taking care of. If so, give them the appropriate medicine. If not, there are multi-vitamins available in the store randomly that can help bring up his health. Also any healthy fruit in the store (mango, banana, etc.) can help bring up their health.
kjm -
There is a bit of debate about that. some people think it might mean there is a collectible to be found somewhere, but it is not always accurate.
Thanks for the info on the baby boost Pam. Just thought I would share that the nonfiction maxes out at 390 and eyeglass repairer is 300. It's funny because I just started a new generation on my 5th family, and I noticed that the wife runs all the time. I thought at first she just had a lot of energy, but it just turns out that she likes running on her likes/dislikes. lol so whenever I try to have them make a baby, she's done even before the husband finishes dancing at the bed.
About the red balls:
I have the red balls on all 5 families. I managed to get three of them by going to the upper left hand corner and grabbing them there, but I wasn't able to get them on the last two families. So on the families that had the red ball I dropped the ball on the 'play area' inside that circle thing, and then when I went to the families that didn't have the ball, I was able to pull the ball out of the play area. Weird!
Ok I just wanted to share... I have the most adorable little girl named Sophia. I wanted to post a picture since most of my families are rather unattractive LOL. But I've no idea how to get her pic on here... oh well... she's sooooo cute and is very well behaved, I think she will be the next generation if she turns out as a good adult. This bloodline must go on! Maybe I'll get more pretty kids. Oh and btw... you guys are great. It's nice to know I'm not the only addict with 5 families ;)
To PrincessSweetie:
First of all, there might be a reason why she is depressed. Does she have a husband? If you try to have a single parent, they may be unhappy being alone. Next, why can't you go to the store? Vitamins and fruit only help when they are weak, which is their health bar. Being depressed is from their happiness bar. Giving her praise and candy treats will help increase her happiness.


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Bipolar Diagnosis Linked to Disability Payments?
A provocative new study finds patients who were "overdiagnosed" with bipolar disorder were more likely to have received disability payments and for a longer period of time.
Rhode Island Hospital researchers propose a link between these unconfirmed cases of bipolar disorder and the receipt of the payments.
Their study and findings are published in the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.
This study is based on previous work led by Mark Zimmerman, MD, director of outpatient psychiatry at Rhode Island Hospital. The previous research involved 700 psychiatric outpatients who were interviewed using the Structured Clinical Interview for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (SCID) along with a self-administered questionnaire.
The questionnaire asked whether the patient had been previously diagnosed with bipolar or manic-depressive disorder by a health care professional.
Of the 700 patients, 145 of those had been previously diagnosed, yet fewer than half of those (43 percent) received a confirmed diagnosis using the SCID. The 82 patients who did not receive a confirmed diagnosis were then classified as the overdiagnosed patients.
In this study, the researchers examined whether a secondary gain such as receiving disability payments might be partially responsible for the overdiagnosis.
The 82 overdiagnosed patients from the previous survey were compared to 528 patients who were not diagnosed with bipolar disorder. These patients were interviewed by a diagnostic rater who administered a modified version of the SCID to inquire whether patients had received long-term disability payments because of psychiatric illness in the past five years, and for what length of time they received payments.
Zimmerman says, "We recognize that bipolar disorder is sometimes a severe, chronic illness that interferes with an individual's ability to maintain gainful employment. Yet when we compared patients who had never been diagnosed with bipolar disorder to the group that we consider overdiagnosed, the overdiagnosed group was significantly more likely to have received disability payments, and for a significantly longer period of time."
Zimmerman, who is also an associate professor of psychiatry and human behavior at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, explains the possible reasons for the association between receiving disability payments and the overdiagnosis of bipolar disorder.
The patients may have overreported symptoms to meet the criteria for a bipolar disorder diagnosis if they thought it would qualify them for disability payments, but this is unlikely because they did not do so in the SCID interview.
"We believe it is more likely that clinicians sometimes overdiagnose bipolar disorder in complex, chronically ill patients with long histories of depression with co-morbidities that share features of bipolar disorder."
These types of patients are also more likely to be disabled by their psychiatric illness.
The researchers also note that attempts to engage some patients in discussions about alternative diagnostic possibilities or psychotherapeutic interventions instead of pharmacotherapy are sometimes met with resistance.
"Not only have we observed bipolar disorder overdiagnosis in our practice, but we have been impressed with some patients' investment in this diagnosis. We propose that this diagnostic label may be embraced because of the secondary gain accrued from receiving disability payments."
The findings are limited in that it was conducted in a single outpatient practice, but the researchers believe they are significant enough to be studied in a larger group.
Source: Lifespan
Nauert PhD, R. (2018). Bipolar Diagnosis Linked to Disability Payments?. Psych Central. Retrieved on November 24, 2020, from https://psychcentral.com/news/2010/05/20/bipolar-diagnosis-linked-to-disability-payments/13966.html
Last reviewed: By a member of our scientific advisory board on 8 Aug 2018
Published on Psych Central.com. All rights reserved.

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Saint Francis of Assisi – Last Will and Testament
See in what manner God gave it to me, to me, Brother Francis, to begin to do penitence; when I lived in sin, it was very painful to me to see lepers, but God himself led me into their midst, and I remained there a little while. When I left them, that which had seemed to me bitter had become sweet and easy.
A little while after I quitted the world, and God gave me such a faith in his churches that I would kneel down with simplicity and I would say: "We adore thee, Lord Jesus Christ, here and in all thy churches which are in the world, and we bless thee that by thy holy cross thou hast ransomed the world."
Besides, the Lord gave me and still gives me so great a faith in priests who live according to the form of the holy Roman Church, because of their sacerdotal character, that even if they persecuted me I would have recourse to them. And even though I had all the wisdom of Solomon, if I should find poor secular priests, I would not preach in their parishes without their consent. I desire to respect them like all the others, to love them and honor them as my lords. I will not consider their sins, for in them I see the Son of God, and they are my lords. I do this because here below I see nothing corporally of the most high Son of God if not his most holy Body and Blood, which they receive and they alone distribute to others. I desire above all things to honor and venerate all these most holy mysteries and to keep them precious. Whenever I find the sacred name of Jesus or his words in indecent places, I desire to take them away, and I pray that others take them away and put them in some decent place. We ought to honor and revere all the theologians and those who preach the most holy word of God, as dispensing to us spirit and life.
When the Lord gave me some brothers no one showed me what I ought to do, but the Most High himself revealed to me that I ought to live according to the model of the holy Gospel. I caused a short and simple formula to be written, and the lord pope confirmed it for me.
Those who presented themselves to observe this kind of life distributed all that they might have to the poor. They contented themselves with a tunic, patched within and without, with the cord and breeches, and we desired to have nothing more.
The clerks said the office like other clerks, and the laymen Pater Noster.
We loved to live in poor and abandoned churches, and we were ignorant and submissive to all. I worked with my hands and would continue to do so, and I will that all other friars work at some honorable trade. Let those who have none learn one, not for the purpose of receiving the price of their toil, but for their good example and to flee idleness. And when they do not give us the price of the work, let us resort to the table of the Lord, begging our bread from door to door. The Lord revealed to me the salutation which we ought to give: "God give you peace!"
Let the Brothers take great care not to receive churches, habitations, and all that men build for them, except as all is in accordance with the holy poverty which we have vowed in the Rule, and let them not receive hospitality in them except as strangers and pilgrims.
I absolutely interdict all the brothers, in whatever place they may be found, from asking any bull from the court of Rome, whether directly or indirectly, under pretext of church or convent or under pretext of preachings, or even for their personal protection. If they are not received anywhere, let them go elsewhere, thus doing penance with the benediction of God.
I desire to obey the minister-general of this fraternity, and the guardian whom he may please to give me. I desire to put myself entirely into his hands, to go nowhere and do nothing against his will, for he is my lord.
Though I be simple and ill, I would, however, have always a clerk who will perform the office, as it is said in the Rule ; let all the other brothers also be careful to obey their guardians and to do the office according to the Rule. If it come to pass that there are any who do not the office according to the Rule, and who desire to make any other change, or if they are not Catholics, let all the Brothers, wherever they may be, be bound by obedience to present them to the nearest custode. Let the custodes be bound by obedience to keep him well guarded like a man who is in bonds night and day, so that he may not escape from their hands until they personally place him in the minister's hands. And let the minister be bound by obedience to send him by brothers who will guard him as a prisoner day and night until they shall have placed him in the hands of the Lord Bishop of Ostia, who is the lord, the protector, and the correcter of all the Fraternity.
And let the Brothers not say: "This is a new Rule"; for this is a reminder, a warning, an exhortation; it is my Will, that I, little Brother Francis, make for you, my blessed Brothers, in order that we may observe in a more Catholic way the Rule which we promised the Lord to keep.
Let the minsters-general, all the other ministers, and the guardians be held by obedience to add nothing to and take nothing from these words. Let them always keep this writing near them, beside the Rule; and in all the chapters which shall be held, when the Rule is read, let these words be read also.
I interdict absolutely, by obedience, all the Brothers, clerics and laymen, to introduce glosses in the Rule or in this Will, under pretext of explaining it. But since the Lord has given me to speak and to write the Rule and these words in a clear and simple manner, without commentary, understand them in the same way, and put them in practice until the end.
And may whoever shall have observed these things be crowned in heaven with the blessings of the heavenly Father, and on earth with those of his well-beloved Son and of the Holy Spirit the consoler, with the assistance of all the heavenly virtues and all the saints.
And I, little brother Francis, your servitor, confirm to you so far as I am able this most holy benediction. Amen.


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The reason we all go, is because Morocco is sunny and exotic. If shopping at Waitrose tests the outer limits of your courage, Marrakech is not the place for you. But if you go for the rich tapestry, like a bit of challenge, can swagger with panache and negotiate with elan, you'll have a wonderful time and make real friends, who will joyfully shout your name a decade down the line.
They don't play by familiar rules: that's why you're here. I mean, not only is the sun shining, not only is everyone dressed like extras from Lawrence of Arabia, not only are you dipping a toe into the (actually shallow and safe) waters of extreme weirdness, but you are just THREE HOURS from Gatwick and have landed in 1432 — check out the calendar on the bank manager's desk and you will find that during those three hours you have time-travelled 600 years or so.
Marrakech is one vast emporium, whose male population has a thousand years of selling expertise. Everyone will sell you anything — shirt off back, house, used chewing gum — you will find yourself being seduced into thinking 'Yes! That's it.' They gaze at you beseechingly and call you 'gazelle', causing a momentary, thrilled tachyarrhythmic frisson, which the tirade of invective that follows if you don't buy swiftly expunges. You are also accurately pinpointed nationally and socio-economically. Marakchi salesmen know where you come from, and precisely how much money you have in your bank balance. They can see into your heart and know that what you really want is a love potion, a glittering feline-green peridot ring the size of a Belgian endive, or a devore velvet kaftan patterned like a shower of autumn leaves. The object of your desires does not have a price — it is your price that the vendor is calculating.
The wise old men who have spent half a century watching the motley just sit in their tiny booths, and barely look up as you pause. They just get on with stitching orange leather onto another pair of babouches, and when you ask, do not harass you, empty the entire shop at your feet, offer you mint tea or otherwise bully you — they simply pick up a card upon which is written 800 dirhams, smile despite rheumy old eyes, and carry on stitching. In his youth, salesmen would grab your arm — which put off every right-thinking visitor from ever returning to the country. Now the vendors are not allowed to touch you, on pain of something, probably medieval.
You should be aware that there is a range of cajoling techniques known to the locals as 'Djemaa el Fna tricks', which have to do with unsettling you into unexpected expenditure. Brits are perfect prey for this because we are obsessed by our DEFENSIBLE SPACE, and panic when approached closely. One of the most successful ploys is the jostle and rescue — which is quite alarming until you are wise to the pathetic object of it — simply to get you into a shoe/rug/jewellery shop.
It goes like this. You are ambling mindlessly — sated by the rainbow overload — along Souk Smarine on your way to kebabs and salad at Chegrouni. Suddenly two youfs, hands in pockets, one with unfairly white teeth (given the quantities of Coke he drinks), the other a hoodie bearing the legend 'Niker' on his bobbly grey polyester zip-front, biff into you with their shoulders — not painfully, but annoyingly — come up too close, and baring every brilliant incisor, hiss 'Inglees? Where you from? What you want?' making you feel quite claustrophobic and surrounded, though there are but two of them. So there you are, clutching your possessions and whimpering. Being British, you are not making a fuss, screaming or calling the police (All perfectly legitimate tactics — there will be a plain clothes tourist policeman within five yards ready to spring to your assistance).
At this point the suave, urbane member of the trio shimmies up and 'rescues' you, keeping a respectful distance, asking politely whether you are all right, and sending off his brothers with a splatter of insults, involving many a glottal stop. He then shepherds you gently into his shop to recover, sits you down, and brings you mint tea to calm your nerves — you are puttified and do not leave until you have bought the garnets and the silver earrings, happily grateful to the gentlemanly shopkeeper whom you recommend to all your friends.
Theirs is a difficult job. There are maybe 500 shops, all selling EXACTLY the same wares. Somehow they have to get you into theirs, and blind you to all the others, blocking your exit and wooing you with the quality and variety of their merchandise. 'Yes, 100 percent silk/cotton/linen' they will swear, as the polyester in question spits with static. "how much you pay for three?' they ask in desperate times, 'What do you want to pay?' Be prepared for theatre. You will name your price and the guy will look tragic. He will say quietly, 'no, be serious. Serious price.' He doesn't have to sell, you don't have to buy, just try to remember that when he's blaming your tight-fistedness for the malnutrition of his entire family.
In my experience, you have to know your textiles (Moroccans are BESOTTED with polyester) and glued shoes are best avoided. Stitched soles may get you home, but glued soles part company from their uppers well before you're out of the souk. And the 'Converse' that Dan bought for 500 dh had cardboard soles that did not cope well with rain.
It's not all tat in the souks. Handbags, belts, backgammon sets made of delicious scented thuya (check that the hinges are up to the job), glazed ceramics, pierced tin lanterns — there are loads of good things. Decide what you want before you go into the melee, decide how much you think is fair, be ready for the calculation from dirhams to something manageable, name your price, stick to it, and walk away if the guy goes into the harangue-dance, knowing that the same object is replicated in its thousands up and down the souks. My otherwise wonderful friend Nan brought me to the brink of Nanocide by wanting to buy a particular scarf she had seen three days previously on the way to the square. Say, 50 scarf shops, each of which has probably 500 scarves. She couldn't remember which shop but had total recall of the scarf. 'No, it was like that one, but there was more blue.' HOURS. If you love it, buy it. Right there and then.
Use a bit of common sense. If you send Nourredine out for a pot of honey and it costs you £20 consider that maybe a) you should do your own dirty work, and b) in this desert country where are the flowers? where are the bees? It's just possible that that is what honey genuinely costs. Though unlikely, I admit.
Talking about foodstuffs, argan oil is quite delicious, fabulously beneficial, and does not, as I used to believe, come out of a goat's bum. That was once the traditional way of gathering the argan nuts, using the goats that skitter up those twiggy trees as a mobile collection service, but these days the women simply put the normally (as in olives) harvested nuts out on a rooftop to dry and then crack them by hand. BUT according to G, our friend from Essouira where the things grow and the oil is made, the argan oil you might buy in Marrakech is not fresh or 100%. Best to take the trip to the wonderful wide-open beaches and buy from one of the women's cooperatives en route. Familiarity is no safeguard — Dan's really good (but quite often stoned) friend from the magic souk sold him a Fanta bottle of argan oil. It turned out to be eight drops of argan oil — enough to give the characteristic fragrance at first sniff — resting on a base of cooking oil.
You may well leave the Berber pharmacy or the spice souk, stunned that you have just parted with the equivalent of £30 for SPICES. You never use spices. You haven't a clue how to use them. Two things here — learn how to use them, they're good, fresh, delicious, and many have medicinal powers about which you may be ignorant. The other is you've got HALF A POUND of coriander — not some piddly little ten grammes in a supermarket bottle. Be profligate, throw them into everything and cure your inflamed hip joint (turmeric) or your husband's lack of Whoopee (galangal) or share them with a friend.
Don't whinge, observe.
Don't bleat. Celebrate.
If you want to do serious shopping, to go beyond gewgaws and mixed kitsch into the realm of seriously desirable, I recommend that you allow 'Shopping in Marrakech', by Susan Simon and Nally Bellati to be your guide. Their shopping routes — in pursuit of tasteful merchandise — take you to the derbs less travelled where getting lost is part of the buzz, and the book illustrates what you will find.
Much of the wearable stuff comes from the French part of town, where more sophisticated cafes line the moped and caleche choked boulevards. You might stumble across the haven of calm and sanity that is the Literary Café where you could open your laptop and try being J K Rowling for an afternoon.
Professional mavericks can follow their hunches, and go way out of the main souks to try their luck — of course prices come down dramatically the further from Djemma el Fna you go. On the other hand, if bargaining brings you out in hives, you can just go straight to the government prix fixe place and pay somewhat over the odds.
Dan thinks the above is very negative and will put you off the whole place. I hope he's wrong — if your dna has a shred of feistiness about it, you will have a great time. The kaleidoscope city of Marrakech is an invitation to adventure, and to explore it, and yourself a bit. I want you to go home happy — all I'm saying is that you have to be observant and critical, you have to know that the rules are different, understand that they're just trying to sell some of their Al Addin's Cave of STUFF, and don't take it too seriously. You set the limits, only you know what that purple leather rhino is worth to you. This operatic mercenary dance is mind-expanding, and you might go home with a shimmering Chagall-blue bedspread that you gaze upon thereafter with a heartlift of pure exhilaration.


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Where bloggers meet other bloggers.
And take lots of pictures on Instagram.
Of their cute outfits.
This is what I thought blogging conferences consisted of.
Just getting Starbucks, tweeting activities and dressing really cute.
And wearing lots and lots of chevron.
And was kind of the reason I didn't even want to go in the first place.
Because for a long time I was afraid of meeting bloggers in person.
I had heard horror stories of meeting these "amazing" people you loved to read and banter with online only to realize that they really are "amazing".
Only on paper.
Or in our case, on a computer screen.
But when I really did meet some amazing people in December, it got less scary.
Three of whom became good friends Melisa, Marianne, and Jeanette.
I literally went home and bought my ticket to BlogHer that week.
|Jeanette and I after meeting in December 2012.
So as not to get too long-winded let me tell you how I ended up meeting my roomies.
Melisa, my new friend, told me in the cab ride we shared to the hotel that I totally needed to go to Blogher.
And that I totally needed to get roomies.
And that she was in the fetal position crying on the last night because she had so much fun with her friends there.
I laughed about it but thought in my mind, no way will that be me.
Because here is the thing, as much as I love my female friends, I have never been one of "those" girls who have HUGE groups of girlfriends and loves spending massive amounts of time with them.
Large groups of women get on my nerves.
I just don't do well with that whole dynamic.
So crying on a bed or being sad to say goodbye was NOT gonna be a problem for me.
|Tracey Becker and Marianne.
December 2012
Fast forward one month to a fateful lunch on an unseasonably warm late January day.
Melisa brought together a group of women for lunch under the ruse that we all needed to meet each other.
This you need to know:
The night before this lunch, I had an old "friend" tell me that she was not inviting me to her upcoming wedding.
A "friend" who stood up at my wedding.
A "friend" who I thought was still a part of my life.
I spent that night crying and even thought of canceling said lunch.
I met two of my roommates and unbeknownst to me at the time, friends the next day at that lunch.
Jennifer and Shannon and I fell in love with them instantly.
I had two friendships over two months completely dissolve before my eyes and then by fate, these four women made their way into my life.
I don't think so.
So over the course of six months, we (Marianne, Jeanette, Jen, Shannon and I) spent hours texting about our favorite side of the bed, messaging on Facebook about what kind of pranks we were gonna pull and tweeting little jokes only we knew.
Basically, we bonded.
And established rules for our room.
I can't remember most of the said rules but there is one I feel inclined to talk about.
Rule #1.
No pooping in the room.
Or "emptying our bowels" as Jeanette puts it.
This will play out in importance later on.
The week of Blogher, I was excited!
I got my nails did!
Both my feet AND my hands!
I was getting stuff checked off my to-do list like a boss!
Then I got my period.
Dada dummmmm…
It's OK!
It's OHHHKAY!
I still had five days until Blogher.
I would be less of an emotional mess in five days!
Then I got the nervous poops.
Dada dummmmmmm…
This was NOT gonna bode well for the "no pooping in our room" rule.
It's OK!
It's OHHHKAY!
I just need to eat less fiber and more cheese.
I still had three days until Blogher.
I would be less of a digestive mess in three days!
Then Ellie got a tick.
On her head.
Dada dummmmmm…
It's OK!
It's OHHHKAY!
We just need tweezers and Neosporin.
I still had a day until Blogher.
I would be less of an emotional wreck in a day!
On the day of, I was way nervous.
Like I even turned classical music on my iPod all morning.
And stuffed my face full of food all day.
Because my secret plan was to not eat for three days.
As not to break rule #1.
And forgo pooping for three solid days.
|View from our room.
Here are the highlights of my first ever blogging conference.
Because this post is turning out to be a novel.
Available in paperback fall 2014!!
Blogher Highlights
|That is a full-size bed.
For two grown women.
Who can't poop.
For three days.
I ate Combos for dinner on my first night there.
Washed down with two glasses of white wine.
And a Twizzler.
|What they don't tell you about a blogging conference.
All the crap that accumulates in your room.
At the expo, they had free booze samples!
Three different wine companies and a frozen alcoholic slushie company.
They knew I was coming!
How welcoming of Blogher!
|Marianne marked her booze immediately.
Kind of like dogs marking their territory.
On the shuttle bus on the way to register at McCormick Place our first night, I said to Shannon we were in a "bus full of bloggers".
That made me chuckle out loud.
I don't think she found it as humorous as I did.
It was darn funny.
And I am totally using that as my rock band name.
If this blogging thing doesn't pan out.
|Me, Shannon and Melisa
Having a Blair Witch moment in the back of a cab while Jen was in the front seat trying to figure out where the hell we were going.
|Marianne, myself and Jeanette.
Being five years old.
Aka- being US.
On the first night in our room, I started barking Jingle Bells.
At 12 midnight.
I don't know why.
|Barking Jingle Bell action
Listening to Ree Drummond sing to her dog.
Damn that woman can serenade a dog like no one I know.
|Ok ok, she has chevron on.
But its all good.
I give her a pass.
Because she is cool.
Seeing Ree Drummond in the hallway, having a ten second, one on one convo and not having anything to show for it.
Because I forgot to ask to take a picture.
Nothing to see here. No picture. I get it. I am an idiot. Move on.
Walking the expo with Marianne and our new friend and fellow Chicago blogger Tammy.
Getting our faces on a can of beans, drinking our way through the expo and making inappropriate jokes about the Pillsbury doughboy and that sex toy that Marianne won at the Trojan booth were just a few of the shenanigans when you get three buzzed bloggers together on a trade show floor.
Buzzed Bloggers on a Trade Show Floor…MARIANNE I HAVE YOUR MOVIE TITLE!!
|Do you see my wine friends??
I mean the many fine BlogHer sponsors?
Watching Voices of the Year, laughing and crying with some of the readers.
And proud of our Shannon for her piece being selected among the other amazing pieces.
I love her and thought of my mom because she loves her and Ree.
I wish I could have brought my mama with me.
Actually getting a picture taken with Ree Drummond.
And flashing her my boob in the process.
|Why yes, that is my bra hanging out.
And yes, I could have photoshopped this.
But I am becoming "the girl who showed Ree her boobs" so I got a reputation to keep up.
Going to Portillo's on Ohio Street with Julie, Jen, and Tammy.
We have adopted Julie into our group.
She is AMAZING.
I love meeting bloggers in person and they are just. Just. AMAZING.
Julie was a Portillo's virgin since she lives in Maryland.
There was much talk about sauuusaaaage said in a Chicargo accent.
You had to be there…
I will stop.
Going to all the BlogHer parties in the hotel.
Roaming from room to room and seeing/meeting some amazing bloggers.
|Yes, we hit all these parties.
Having a fellow blogger recognize me in the hallway when we were leaving to go to another room party.
This was the convo, "are you Kari from A Grace Full Life?" ….MADE MY YEAR.
You have no idea.
And I don't know who you are because quite honestly, the multiculti cocktail was heatin' me up AND I was just so overwhelmed.
Think tears in my eyes.
So whoever you are, you really made this little blogger feel like a superstar for a few minutes.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
|I didn't think to take a picture of the above blogger so for your reading pleasure, enjoy Flat Sue enjoying her first taste of Portillos.
Jen and I stealing the huge cardboard sign with Shannon's entire blog post written on it from Voices of the Year reception for our room.
And giggling/stumbling up the escalators/elevators the entire time.
|You are welcome, Shannon.
I miss it.
|As shown by my five-month pregnancy bloat.
No, I am not pregnant.
Having my friend Jen recognized in the audience by one of her hero's, Sheryl Sandberg.
|Jen and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg
Spilling hot chocolate all over my cool green Capri pants.
During Randi Zuckerberg's conversation.
Then writing that I "crapped my pants" on two forms of social media and then uncontrollably laughing the "ugly" laugh with Jen and Danielle…who by the way, another AMAZING new friend.
To the point that we needed to leave the room.
|The stain did come out.
Because I know you were concerned.
Dancing for two straight hours at the fashion show party on the last night surrounded by my amazing friends.
|Break. It. Down.
Or up.
Not sure which.
Walking into our bathroom at one in the morning the last day to find someone's underwear on the bathroom counter.
I am not naming names.
|L-R: Julie, Katie, Jen, Danielle, me and Flat Sue.
One multiculti cocktail and we are Charlie's Angels.
With a British flag.
Takeaways from Blogher
I am short.
Or I need taller shoes.
|I am on my tippy toes in this one.
L-R: Marianne, Jen, me, Jeanette.
I am much better in public situations than I thought.
I love people but too many people AND having to be ON for three days straight was a little daunting.
It was overwhelming at times but not as much as I thought I would be.
|Hold me.
Marianne giving me some moral support.
I do do well with groups of women.
I just said doo doo….
|Some of the women I do well with.
I love my blogging community.
With all of my heart.
|What a big clump of awesomeness.
Clockwise: Tabatha, Natasha, Melisa, Tracey, Jen, me, Liz, Jennifer.
But most of all, I want to take this time to talk about my closest blogging friends.
They know who they are.
|Jen and I.
Particularly my roommates: Jen, Shannon and Jeanette and our honorary roomie Marianne.
I love you girls so much.
|Jen, me, Marianne, Jeanette and Shannon
I love that we were on the beds laughing hysterically.
I love that in the morning we talked like old friends.
I love that we had no problem walking around with no makeup, no Spanx and hair all in disarray and it felt normal.
|Shannon, Jen and I.
I loved the bond between us.
I loved that we had no problem hugging each other, reaching out to each other.
And I loved that we told each other "I love you" when we left to go home.
It just felt right.
|Mar, Jen and I.
I am so glad I had all of you to go through this with.
You made it so much easier.
And had I not been so exhausted, I would have sat in the fetal position and cried the last night there.
You were right, Melisa.
Shannon sent me a text the next day mentioning something about being emotional and I felt the same way.
It was emotional.
Sharing this time with these amazing women.
An artist, an entrepreneur, a columnist, and a hometown hero.
Beautiful, strong, cool women.
Who also happen to write some kick-ass blogs.
Thank you Blogher.
Thank you so much.


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(Pocket-lint) - Hybrid car terminology can be baffling. Apparently over 60 per cent of consumers in the US think that you have to plug-in a Prius to charge it up - which isn't really as snigger-worthy as it sounds - given that hybrid cars are part-powered by an electric drivetrain, that would stand to reason, wouldn't it? But in reality, few hybrid cars on the market today actually come with a plug. They do have a battery on board, but it captures energy that would otherwise be lost under braking.
To confuse matters further, the CR-Z is a totally different animal to the Lexus CT200h we drove recently, despite wearing exactly the same, blue "hybrid" badge. Whereas the Lexus mates a petrol engine, electric battery pack and CVT gearbox with a complex power-split device to allow it to run just on petrol, just on battery or on both, the CR-Z uses a 1.5-litre petrol engine, with "integrated motor assist" or IMA in Honda speak.
This acts as a starter for the engine and "assist" motor to feed in electric power when needed, but it means that unlike the Lexus/Toyota system, the car can't really run in electric mode alone (although it'll kill the engine when you're coasting to a stop). "What?" we hear you crying, "Surely that's the whole point of a hybrid?"
Well, the flip side of this much simpler system is that, where the Lexus has to use a CVT automatic transmission, which we criticised for its noisiness and kill-joy antics last week, the CR-Z can be fitted with a 6-speed manual gearbox. This means there's much less "mooing" from the engine if you decide you need to get a move on, and that the CR-Z is much more fun and involving to drive on a twisty road. In fact, it's the first hybrid car in the world to come with a clutch pedal and gears you can change yourself, creating a unique selling point for the CR-Z - which Honda bill as the world's first sports-hybrid.
It all adds up to something that's curiously greater than its on-paper figures, and means the CR-Z's got real character. Every other hybrid has left us impressed with its technical engineering, but also left us cold. They're head rather than heart choices - cars that seem to lack soul or personality. Not the CR-Z. It has faults, but it feels human and above all, it's fun - which makes it very likeable.
So the fact that anyone over 5ft 8 will club their head on the protruding boot locking mechanism every time it's open, the fact that rear seats are practically un-usable, and that the plastics rival only Fisher Price, somehow doesn't matter. You won't care, because the first time you jump in and turn the key, your heart will jump for joy a little as an array of red, blue and green lights burst to life on the dashboard.
It's like being thrown into a driving-game simulator from your childhood, crossed with downtown Tokyo at night. That might sound like dashboard display hell, but it's central to the experience of the car. And jump back into any other car after going for a spin in the CR-Z, and we'll guarantee you find the in-cockpit experience suddenly feels just a little dull and last century.
The central, blue-hued speedo/rev counter dominates your field of vision from behind the wheel, and in a way is all you need to look at. We could go on about the rest of the dash and cockpit, but you'd still be reading the article tomorrow, there's so much to tell. We'll just say that there are plenty of read-outs and gauges to keep you entertained, including the requisite power-flow display that you get in most hybrids, so you can see which bit of the system is working when.
The rev counter itself is analogue, and in its centre sits a floating hologram-style digital speed read out. Around the periphery is a coloured ring, which changes depending on how you drive. Green when you're driving most efficiently, through the blue-green colour spectrum to dark blue when you're being naughty with the accelerator pedal. Flick the car into Sport mode via the three buttons down the right hand side of the column, and the ring goes red, while the annoying (but eco-worthy) gearshift indicator present in the normal and eco modes disappears.
Regardless of the mode you're driving in, the CR-Z nearly always cuts it's engine when you're slowing down, and shuts it off altogether at the lights - giving you that smug, warm feeling of being kind to the planet that all hybrid cars seem to provide.
We've found that eco/normal/sport settings in other cars sometimes feel like a gimmick. But in the CR-Z it really works, changing the car's character convincingly. In eco mode it is so relaxed it feels like the car's almost gone to sleep. While in sport it does an amusing impersonation of a sports car, complete with heavier steering, sharper accelerator response and a burble from the exhaust.
Outside of the main gauges, there are neat, driver-focused controls for things like the heating control. So it's just a shame that the optional navigation system that came on our test car proved so unintuitive and slow-witted. It gives you USB, aux and phone connectivity too, all of which worked well, but the logic of the system, slowness of the touchscreen and hopeless-ness of the nav wound us up. Best to stick to the standard stereo and rely on TomTom, which might not get you lost as frequently as we did...
Overall there's much to like about the CR-Z. It feels like a proper little sport-car, one that's usefully compact for the city, but with a decent size boot. You sit low in the cabin, and while that slashed side-window graphic and steeply raked rear windscreen completely destroy your rearward vision when inside the car, we think this is easily the best looking hybrid on the market. It's a very graphical piece of design all-round, one that looks great in the white of our test-car - easily the best colour for showing off this design, giving a very cool contrast black/white appearance.
There are very few small coupes on the market today, fewer still powered by a hybrid drivetrain. That in itself makes the CR-Z a fairly unique, special proposition. But the fact that the drive is so engaging and the interior and driver interface so exciting (if somewhat bonkers), means that the CR-Z found a special place in our hearts during its time with us. It seems very much of its moment, combining fun design and impressive drivetrain tech with an ability to keep those with an eye on the environment and their wallets happy. The small price premium it commands is one we'd say is worth paying. And to anyone who says that hybrid cars have to be boring, we'd urge you to try a CR-Z. You might just change your mind.


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Ypres, the historic and famous '14-'18 city is also the triennial meeting place of bubbling cat folklore. The 45th edition in 2018 was again an impressive spectacle.
The innovation of the Cat Parade will continue in the next editions. The cats festival guarantees a spectacle with various new floats, giants, bands, theatre and dance groups. There will also be evocation of the cat throughout history, the cat in language and legend, the cat around the world and Ypres as a historic city. Surprising background activities makes the event even more enthralling.


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Subscriptions are taken in compliance with UK Spam Laws detailed in the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003. All personal details relating to subscriptions are held securely and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. No personal details are passed on to third parties nor shared with companies / people outside of the company that operates this website.
In compliance with UK Spam Laws and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 subscribers are given the opportunity to un-subscribe at any time through an automated system. This process is detailed at the footer of each email campaign. If an automated un-subscription system is unavailable clear instructions on how to un-subscribe will by detailed instead.
External Links
Although this website only looks to include quality, safe and relevant external links, users are advised adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links mentioned throughout this website. (External links are clickable text / banner / image links to other websites.)
The owners of this website cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website despite their best efforts. Users should therefore note they click on external links at their own risk and this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.
Adverts and Sponsored Links
This website may contain sponsored links and adverts. These will typically be served through our advertising partners, to whom may have detailed privacy policies relating directly to the adverts they serve.
Clicking on any such adverts will send you to the advertisers website through a referral program which may use cookies and will track the number of referrals sent from this website. This may include the use of cookies which may in turn be saved on your computer's hard drive. Users should therefore note they click on sponsored external links at their own risk and this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.
Social Media Platforms
Communication, engagement and actions taken through external social media platforms that this website and its owners participate on are custom to the terms and conditions as well as the privacy policies held with each social media platform respectively.
Users are advised to use social media platforms wisely and communicate / engage upon them with due care and caution in regard to their own privacy and personal details. This website or its owners will never ask for personal or sensitive information through social media platforms and encourage users wishing to discuss sensitive details to contact them through primary communication channels such as by telephone or email.
This website may use social sharing buttons which help share web content directly from web pages to the social media platform in question. Users are advised before using such social sharing buttons that they do so at their own discretion and note that the social media platform may track and save your request to share a web page respectively through your social media platform account.