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A couple of years ago I hit a crisis point. There was a distinct divide between disciplines at my company; I had been labeled a “backend developer,” and it was starting to feel restrictive. The label wasn’t wrong: I spent most of my working hours writing server-side code. I enjoyed it, and I was good at it—but it wasn’t all that I could do.
I’ve always considered myself to have a fairly generalist skill set, and slapping a label on me meant that I wasn’t allowed to work on anything other than that which fell under my remit as a backend developer. I felt typecast. And, unfortunately, it’s not a divide found solely at that company; it’s ubiquitous across the industry.
So what’s the problem?#section2
Creating narrow groups of specialists divides teams and restricts the way we work together. In his article “Development is Design,” Brad Frost describes this divide as a fence over which specialists throw their respective pieces for other specialists to catch and run with. It’s not uncommon to see individual teams of “specialists” all sitting apart from each other. The larger the company grows, the more specialist stations are added, each with their own tasks to complete, and mostly working in isolation—isolation that fosters unhealthy environments, restricts collaboration, and creates silos.
The key is to find the right balance of specialists and generalists on your team—to use both to their advantage and to nurture healthy, productive environments. Ultimately, the question is: how can experts collaborate better together?
Balancing your team#section3
The appeal of generalists#section4
In my formative years, I worked as a developer at a small software agency. There was complete freedom—absolute trust and no red tape. If one of the live sites had a bug, I had free rein to jump on the live server and peruse the logs, or check the configuration file for errors. I was not only allowed, but often required to do anything and everything. It was such a small company that there simply were no specialists.
In this way, I picked up some rudimentary design skills; I learned to navigate my way around a server and a database; and I became fairly confident in developing on the client-side.
This type of generalist approach to developing websites clearly has advantages: generalists learn how each component works with the others. They develop an understanding and appreciation of the whole process. They’re also good at just getting things done; there’s no waiting around for a specialist to do the database work for you.
Generalists can apply their hands to most things, but they’re never going to master everything. Sometimes, having someone who roughly knows their way around something just isn’t enough.
If you have a rock band made up of members who can play “Smoke On The Water” on every instrument, but you don’t have individuals who can belt out a Slash solo, or drum like John Bonham, then you’re never going to play to a sold-out house.
Making the most of specialists#section5
Specialists are the experts in their field. They have spent their careers honing their skills on a given subject, and so it stands to reason that they’re going to be better at it than someone who doesn’t have their experience.
But misusing them will result in barriers to strong team collaboration. For example, once, at a large software company, I was tasked with investigating why our team’s build had broken. I identified that the problem was a missing dependency reference in the build definition. So, easy fix, right? Just pull up the build definition and fix the dependencies—until I realized I didn’t have access. I couldn’t edit the build definition directly, and was told I needed a “configuration specialist” to implement the fix.
What should have been a quick edit ended up taking hours while I waited for a specialist on another team to fix a problem that I knew how to solve. Unfortunately, this is a common scenario: rather than collaborating with the rest of the company, insular groups of specialists are given sole ownership over particular tasks.
Specialists are best placed in roles where they work alongside other team members, rather than separately. As Henrik Kniberg from Spotify says, “It’s like a jazz band—although each musician is autonomous and plays their own instrument, they listen to each other.”
Tear down the walls#section6
Collaboration is the ultimate goal when forming a team, since it allows ideas to flow freely and encourages innovation. Creating specialist groups with total ownership and little to no cross-team communication will erect unnecessary barriers to collaboration. So how do we identify and remove these barriers?
Open up bottlenecks#section7
I once worked with a company where the generalist development team outnumbered the specialists by fifteen to one. When developers required alterations to an automated build, they had to submit a ticket for a specialist to address. At one point, developers were submitting tickets faster than specialists could pick them up—resulting in a workflow bottleneck.
If the developers had been able to manage the automated builds themselves, the bottleneck could have been avoided. The knowledge held in the configuration team could have been shared among the developers, creating a more generalist approach and eliminating a silo.
To identify and open up your own bottlenecks, ask yourself:
- What part of the process is the slowest, and why?
- Are you relying on a single person to do all of your front-end development? Why?
- Are there any other people in the team who have similar skills, or show an aptitude for learning those skills?
- Do restrictive job titles prevent people from benefiting from each other’s skills and expertise?
I’ve seen companies where software testers and developers were entirely independent teams. Testers were often only engaged at the end of the development process, when they received a test module based on the original requirements. But requirements can and do change during the development process—which, when teams operate completely independently, can lead to a lot of misunderstandings and lost productivity.
Including the testers throughout the development process would have improved communication and performance. Instead, project releases suffered as a consequence of the teams’ separation.
There are many ways to limit these kinds of divisions and foster communication on teams:
- Try to arrange the workspace so project teams can sit together. If they can’t sit together, then make sure that they have at least one conversation about the project every day.
- Remote working is a privilege, but it’s only possible if you make yourself available for discussions. A huge benefit of working in an office is being able to wander over to a colleague’s desk and just ask them something; remote working can make people seem unreachable. If you must work remotely, then make sure your colleagues feel comfortable contacting you.
- Scrum is a great tool for encouraging communication, especially the daily stand-up, during which each team member describes what they’re working on and any problems they need help with.
Fill in the skill gaps#section9
Does your team lack the skill necessary to complete a project or deliver it efficiently? Is the team unfamiliar with a particular approach or technology? Do they lack the confidence required to successfully overcome a problem? Use specialists as a means to train your staff:
- Bring in a specialist from elsewhere in the company or, if the skills don’t exist internally, hire a consultant.
- Don’t allow specialists to solve the problem in isolation. Give your team members the opportunity to work closely with them, to learn from their experience, and to begin building the skills they lack.
- Encourage your specialists to conduct workshops. Workshops are also a nice way to build an interactive relationship between specialists and generalists; they open communication and foster a knowledge-sharing environment.
I once worked in a team that made a point of identifying silos. We were encouraged to work on the whole system and no single developer owned a specific area, though people had their preferences—I gravitated more towards client-side, while a colleague favored web services.
When I admitted that I was unfamiliar with how the company’s internal web services functioned because I hadn’t worked on them for so long, my colleague and I decided to alternate between client-side and web-service work during the next sprint, thus sharing our knowledge.
There are many ways to promote this kind of knowledge-sharing, which is fundamental to innovation and a collaborative culture.
At my current company, we hold regular brown-bag lunches—everyone brings their own lunch to eat while a colleague gives an informal talk on a topic that they’re interested in. Brown-bags often spawn interesting discussions among participants: I can recall a few occasions where a technical feature or procedure has made its way into our formal processes following a fervent brown-bag.
Scott Hanselman at Microsoft suggests that companies “host technical brown-bags at least twice a month and encourage everyone to present at least every year.” It’s a good opportunity to encourage a healthy debate among colleagues with whom you don’t necessarily collaborate on a regular basis.
In his article “Scaling Agile at Spotify with Tribes, Squads, Chapters and Guilds” (PDF), Henrik Kniberg defines a guild as “a group of people that want to share knowledge, tools, code, and practices.” Spotify uses guilds to bridge gaps between teams across the organization. For example, a developer is likely to encounter a problem that another developer in the organization has already solved. Where’s the sense in duplicating work?
Forming a guild allows common solutions to be communicated. It’s an opportunity to share experiences among teams.
At my current company, each team has at least one tester; the testers also belong to a separate QA guild, which allows them to pool their knowledge. It has been a big success: testing procedures have been standardized across the teams, and technologies like Selenium have been introduced into the test stack.
Internal open-source models#section13
Limit the perception of ownership by introducing internal open-source models. Give everyone the ability to contribute to your source code or designs by replacing ticket-based systems with a model similar to GitHub’s pull requests. If you’re competent and comfortable making a change to a codebase that sits within another team’s “area,” then why shouldn’t you? The other team can act as curators of the project by reviewing any code submissions and feedback—but guess what? Now you’re collaborating!
Are the projects you’re working on feeling a little stale? Try entering a competition as a company, or use a hack day to get ideas moving again:
- Arrange a company-wide Ludum Dare, where the best game at the end of the hack day wins.
- You don’t even need to restrict it to a day. Spotify holds regular hack weeks. You might even end up with something you can present to the business or a client.
- The National Health Service holds annual hack days in the UK, which local digital professionals are encouraged to attend. They work to solve the problem presented by NHS doctors and staff with whatever technology they have at hand. It’s incredibly empowering, and an amazing opportunity to give back to such an important organization.
Hack days don’t have to be IT-related; encourage people outside of the development team to take part by following the NHS model. Hack days allow people to work with colleagues they wouldn’t normally work with, in a situation where fresh ideas are encouraged and innovation is rewarded.
Go forth and collaborate#section15
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previously with asc:
Lady Montague in Romeo and Juliet, Philotis in ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore, Winifred and Hamlet in Eastward Ho!.
Natasha in The Three Sisters, Sonja in Uncle Vanya (Margetts Theatre), Goneril in King Lear (Pardoe Theatre), Elizabeth/Cardinal in Queen Margaret (Blackfriars World Premiere).
Charley (Kaleidoscope Pictures), Singles Ward (Linger and Halestorm Productions), Touched By an Angel (Caroline Productions).
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Welly is a client for terminal BBS (Bulletin Board Systems), such as MITBBS, NewSMTH, and PTT. It supports both Telnet and SSH (Version 1 & 2).
Compared with generic terminal emulators, Welly has many features specially designed for BBS.
- You can browse the BBS using the mouse or the touchpad with gestures.
- You can select and copy the text in normal mode or rectangle mode.
- You can take a screenshot of the current page, or download articles in full text.
- You can customize fonts for English and Chinese separately. You can also choose your color palette.
- Welly renders fonts smoothly and seamlessly for ASCII art.
- Welly has anti-idle support so that you won't be logged out due to inactivity.
- Welly supports macOS native full-screen mode and Dark Mode.
- Welly supports the Touch Bar on the MacBook Pro.
- Welly can show hidden texts, such as black text on a black background.
- Welly can tell you where an IP address resides.
- You can write articles in rich text, which supports colors, spell-checking, and undo/redo operations.
- If you paste some rich text, Welly can automatically wrap long lines or convert the colors to ANSI escape sequences, so you don't have to memorize them.
- Welly can warn you if you accidentally hit "paste" while not in the composing screen.
- You can save and reuse your favorite emoticons.
- You can preview images within Welly, which also shows the EXIF information.
- You can open attachments and URLs using keyboard shortcuts.
- Welly notifies you about incoming messages in the macOS notification center.
- Welly can automatically reply to messages while you are idle.
- You can save your password or SSH private key for automatic login.
- You can use HTTP, HTTPS, or SOCKS proxy servers.
Note: Welly is a third-party client that conforms to standard network protocols. Welly is not related to any BBS site.
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My last letter, about Fahr El Nissa Zeid, came about in a serendipitous manner. I had no idea about her genius and her legacy and her life’s many conflicted identities till I looked up her name recently. It reminded me of another little accident that happened in Amman. It happened the same day we visited the gallery.
Every guide, forum post and local we met elsewhere in Jordan said Lweibdeh is the place to be after Rainbow street in Amman. Lweibdeh is a beautiful part of the city; at its centre is a huge roundabout called Paris square that seven streets around it lead up to. We decided to walk through all of them.
Late in the evening, we were on the last of the streets when we noticed a ceramic shop. Now the ceramic shops of Amman everywhere were beautiful and we wanted to take a look at this one. We approached it but were not sure if it was open or not, and we couldn’t see anyone. So we just stood at outside the door not knowing what to do next. Just then a loud voice boomed from behind us. In that moment I was probably convinced I had, without knowing it, shoplifted the place and now I’m going to be caught for it. I might have even put my hands up but I’m not sure of that, it I did feel like I will be impounded. Nobody shouts the way those men did otherwise.
Turned out, I was wrong.
The shop (safe and sound) was a little away from the square (that’s a circle), and the three men were just exchanging pleasantries with a friend who they just saw standing near the square.
Our startled faces caught their attention and they came over to us fearing something bad had happened. Are you okay, are you okay echoed all three. When the confusion was cleared and the non existent tension resolved they laughed and patted our backs, and then invited us to a place down the street where they were headed.
And that’s how I ended up at an Arabic poetry festival.
There we were introduced as Bollywood, I suspect the names of Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini did rounds (yes they were old ) and soon were surrounded by enthusiastic Indophiles in this crowd of Arabic poets. One of them who knew a few words in Hindi decided that’s a good reason to be our translator for the evening. A little after half an hour the readings began. Arabic poems surrounded me in the plain but crowded room. My translator friend, his plate shining in the light, cheeks flushed around a proud moustache, did his best to help me with words in a language he knew but wasn’t fluent in. In some cases, he began to analyse the verses critically instead of translating, in others he skipped whole stanzas while trying to get the right words to explain a metaphor from a line went by. I nodded through it all. In between he took his phone out to show his Facebook following; turned out our man was a big deal in the Jordanian poetry scene. I asked him why he wasn’t performing, and he said his style is a little naughty. I asked him how, curious, and he replied thoughtfully - yes.
That was that then.
In between all the missed translations and misunderstandings however were some riveting lines and some beautiful stories. Unfortunately I don’t remember anybody’s names, not even my most admirable friend’s.
A name to not forget though, is of the most famous of all modern Arabic poets Nizar Qabbani. I may or may not have heard Qabbani’s work that day. But you shouldn’t miss out on his work. I came to know of him last week through this thread on Twitter.
This is my favourite so far - Bread, Hashish and Moon.
Beyond, yet From
I read another poem yesterday. It is called Remedies for Cross Atlantic Dispersion. It speaks of the poet Melissa Davidson’s family, a diaspora rooted in the Middle East but that bloomed in the Carribean. An introduction that comes as an afterword says, tracing family lines from the Middle East to Jamaica through natural remedies, this poem finds its healing power in the cultural patterns which spiral from generation to generation.
A part that I loved in it -
meaning a call to prayer
meaning olive groves
or picking or betting
on boats to the Caribbean
rosary baggage and rosewater
boil and steep bush mint for nausea
we lost our Arabic when we traded coastlines
we make do hummus with
lime juice mint country pepper
You have seen it already, but I am yet to know the name of this letter. I have called it just Arabia as I write this. But that won’t do.
In Davidson’s poem they bring in the Azan. Back in Jordan, before the evening’s readings began, an Azan had ran through Amman’s blue skies. Qabbani’s oeuvre, a poet of love and romance, turned political in his later days. But all his poems, well, the ones I’ve read till now at the least, have a quality of a prayer. It rings of a poet pleading the world to see what he sees.
And I wonder, aren’t all poems prayers. A call to take note, to see, some to God, some to people. Aren’t all poems psalms.
Before we go
Hey, I don’t know how your day is going, I hope it’s great, but in case being moved by poetry isn’t quite the scene you want, then you can always read Greame Wood’s trip to Disney World amid the pandemic to lift your spirits.
But on another matter entirely, an editor spoke of the missing white male novelist in the Booker longlist; since 2011. And it went in a direction where he eventually deactivated his Twitter. This piece talks of that whole episode. What do you think of it?
On the topic of white male novelist, a peerless one passed away. MO Walsh paints a beautiful portrait of Brad Watson and his writing. A solemn read.
A statue outside Darat al Funun in Lweibdeh.
I missed talking about Darat al Funun in my last letter. It is the biggest sponsor and platform of art and culture in Jordan, at least in Amman. It’s at the outer edge of Lweibdeh and is a beautiful place born out restored buildings. Read more about the foundation here. The curious thing is, its patron and founder Suha Shoman was a student of Fahr el Nissa Zeid. | <urn:uuid:38751170-a088-441d-8fe4-75c7e511bc79> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://bombaydaak.substack.com/p/014-arabian-psalm-trees | 2020-09-29T02:02:59Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600401617641.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20200928234043-20200929024043-00398.warc.gz | en | 0.977415 | 1,430 |
The Cottage and Dudge Barram Shed will be manned by volunteers from Boyne Valley who will be able answer questions pertaining to the area and the memorabilia in the cottage and shed.
Entry fee $2 per person. Light refreshments (Coffee, Tea and Cake) will be available at a cost of $5, this includes the $2 entry fee.
Enquiries: Lyn Lee phone 0409633802 (please leave a message)
Open hours: Last Sunday of the month from 9am to 2pm (starting March 2018)
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The story of a Crater Lake National Park ranger who shares his anxieties and challenges with speaking to park visitors about climate change and the five lessons he's learned through communications trainings and personal experience.
WHY YOU SHOULD TAKE A LOOK:
Anyone who's attempted to communicate with the public about climate change will recognize naturalist ranger, Brian Ettling's initial hesitancy to engage with climate skeptics and feel inspired by his path to overcoming his fears about engaging visitors on the issue.
Crater Lake National Park ranger Brian Ettling was anxious that park visitors would heckle him if they disagreed about climate change and that he may not know enough about the issue to adequately respond. He was also concerned that information about climate impacts would come across as too negative.
The National Park Service has begun urging park rangers to address climate change in presentations with park visitors. Seasonal training sessions (which include expertise from Climate Access member John Morris), provide climate communications recommendations for rangers.
Park rangers are important climate change messengers, as visitors generally have a respect for their position and the park environment is conducive to learning.
However, Ettling asserts that if someone is firmly entrenched in a position of rejecting climate change, attempting to persuade them with scientific evidence is unlikely to be effective. "Sometimes, it is best to let them say their opinion, state why you disagree, wish them the best, and walk away."
Brian Ettling's 5 Communications Lessons:
1. BE LIKABLE. Look for those ways to establish rapport with your audience. At my ranger talks, I always try to arrive about 30 minutes early to get to know the early arrivals in my audience. In establishing connections with early arrivals, they become friendly faces in the crowd, often providing support and offering an open mind to your ideas.
2. BE ENTHUSIASTIC. Ralph Waldo Emerson was so correct when he stated, “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” If you are not excited about climate change, how will your audience be? Even more, if you are not about the solutions, especially the ideas of sustainability and hope, how can your audience get excited? Genuine enthusiasm is contagious.
3. BE CREDIBLE. Know your subject well. It is hard for an audience to question your knowledge if you have really done your homework. The more research and effort you have put into your subject, the more confidently you will speak about it. There’s no exception to being adequately prepared.
4. USE HUMOR. Find some way to naturally incorporate humor into your presentation. As science fiction writer Isaac Asimov once remarked, “Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.” If you can find a natural humorous way to share funny stories, images, or analogies, your audience will more likely stick with you on what they perceive is a heavy subject like climate change.
5. BE HOPEFUL. A friend went to a presentation by Project Ocean last November where the speaker stressed the point that on learning they have cancer, people do not research the molecular biology of cells. They want solutions, and now, on how they can fight cancer successfully. Doctor, Tell me: Is it exercise, diet, meditation, prayer, medication, surgery, a sense of humor, or anything else? | <urn:uuid:97d4cfdd-db40-40ae-b4a9-7087e04e604f> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://climateaccess.org/resource/communicating-climate-change-national-park | 2020-09-29T00:23:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600401617641.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20200928234043-20200929024043-00398.warc.gz | en | 0.956729 | 703 |
Carlton Theodore Chapman
Wars and Conflicts:
Oil on canvas
H x W: 26 in. / 40 in.
Gift of Admiral Willard H. Brownson
From 1912: The Army and Navy Club, gift of Admiral Willard H. Brownson
USS Yankee was originally El Norte, a steamer built in 1892 by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. for the Southern Pacific Railroad's Morgan Line. During the Spanish-American War, the ship was acquired by the U.S. Navy from the Southern Pacific Company on April 6, 1898, renamed and commissioned at New York on April 14, with Commander Willard H. Brownson (1845-1935) in command. She took a southerly course to meet the fleet off Cuba, joining the blockade off Santiago de Cuba. She proceeded to Cienfuegos on June 13 and patrolled the harbor for two days. It was there that the successful encounter, depicted here, led to Spanish warships retreating to the harbor. Yankee then put into the naval anchorage at Guantanamo Bay to take on coal and other provisions before rejoining the blockade at Cienfuegos.
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CAS Cambridge Community Meeting
The Centre for Computing History
Thursday May 2, 2019 from 4:30PM to 6:30PM
Light refreshments available
Join us for our second community meeting of 2019 and hear from our speakers and enjoy a quick tour of the Computing museum
|16:00 - 16:30||Registration and Refreshments|
|17:00||Where have all the micro:bits gone?|
|17:30||Dr Anjali Das - Arduino session|
|18:00||Tour of the Computing museum|
|18:25||Feedback Survey and Close|
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We appreciate that allowing someone into your home is a big commitment. We want you to be confident and comfortable to be able to make that decision. That is why, all our cleaning maids adhere to our strict vetting procedure and are also covered by our public liability insurance.
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Special attention is paid to the bathrooms. Each one has a different design, fully consistent with the design of the apartment. On an area of 7 to 20 m2 are built-in bathtubs, showers and Jacuzzis.
The flooring is made of high quality faience and granitogres, and the ceilings have specially designed LED lighting.
For the convenience of residents, Emirates Apart Residence provides 24-hour security, 24-hour room service and dry cleaning. The complex also offers many extras such as a fully equipped spa, a rooftop VIP pool, a gym, an on-site restaurant and a sushi bar
The 3-bedroom apartment has an area of 304 square meters, southern location and amazing views of Vitosha Mountain. The three-bedroom apartments have a large living room with kitchen and terrace. In the bedroom you will find a king size bed, closet, bathroom and toilet, terrace, second bathroom and toilet. The apartments also have a second bedroom with a closet, a third bedroom, as well as a special separate room for washing machine and dryer. The furniture is designed with designer Italian furniture. The kitchen is fully equipped and furnished with Gorenje appliances – refrigerator, stove, countertop, dishwasher, freezer, microwave. The TV in the living room is 52 inches and in the bedroom – 42 inches.
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Many people choose to have a tummy tuck operation because over time the skin on their tummy sags down and possibly also has a lot of stretchmarks.
Reasons for this could be a large weight loss or pregnancy.
In cases of rapid weight gain, the skin is stretched, and the lower layer of dermis is damaged, resulting in tissue thinning in certain areas.
The skin loses its elasticity as the tissue is damaged, and sags occur.
During the surgery the surgeon removes the excess skin, repairs the muscles and any hernias, as well as making you a new navel. This creates a corset effect and a flat stomach.
Usually after surgery you are up and walking within 24 hours and out of hospital after 2 days. Most people return to work within 2 weeks.
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LifeMiles is a popular Colombian frequent flyer program which is part of the Star Alliance network and allows users to buy points throughout the year. They often run bonus sales and right now you can score a 200% bonus on miles purchases which is the highest bonus they have ever offered.
Since LifeMiles is a Star Alliance program, you can then use these miles to book ANY Star Alliance partner as a redemption flight.
Should you buy LifeMiles?
LifeMiles is owned by Avianca, who back in May filed for bankruptcy protection. While it doesn’t look like Avianca or LifeMiles are going anywhere, there’s always a risk considering the current situation. LifeMiles is set up as a separate company and isn’t part of the chapter 11 bankruptcy protection proceedings either. In my personal opinion, I would expect the Colombian government won’t allow Avianca to go under, they recently supplied the company with a sizeable loan, and the airline is essential enough to the country and the region to warrant further support if needed.
Since we can’t really go anywhere, we would be buying miles speculatively which is just as risky. That said, LifeMiles does promise not to devalue its award chart for members who purchase miles until at least January 2021. This means that if you do jump on this promo and LifeMiles DO decide to devalue their award chart; you should be safe.
How to get the 200% bonus
Publicly the 200% bonus offer kicks in from purchases over 101,000 miles (which works out to more than US$3300). If you don’t want to drop such a large chunk of change on buying miles and instead want to make a smaller purchase, you can register your LifeMiles account via the OMAAT exclusive link here. Once you do this, you will be able to buy any number of miles at 200% thanks to Ben’s long-standing relationship with LifeMiles.
LifeMiles Award Sale – 20% Off Star Alliance
Right now you can stack this promo with a redemption discount promotion LifeMiles is running on select routes operated by its Star Alliance partners. You will need to book these flights by September 25th, but you can plan in advance with bookings available up until August 2021.
You can find the eligible routes available under this promo here.
Why you might want to buy
If you have some disposable cash sitting around and you are feeling bullish on 2021 travel, this could all play out in your favour. Speculatively buying miles is usually never a great idea, but a 200% bonus is an insanely good deal. It also happens to con inside with a much stronger Australian dollar, so there’s that as well.
Example Redemption Costs?
This post isn’t focused on LifeMiles sweet spots, however here are a few example redemption costs between Australia and Europe and Australia and the US, please note that these examples are based on the award chart so in practice they may not always be possible to redeem depending on routing rules and available airlines.
- From Australia to Europe in Business: 85,000 miles one-way cost: US$935
- From Australia to Europe in First: 115,000 miles one-way cost: US$1265
- From Australia to the USA in Business: 80,000 miles one-way cost: US$880
- From Australia to the USA in First: 111,000 miles one-way cost: US$1221
Those are pretty attractive prices!
LifeMiles – Summing Up
If you’re already sitting on a massive stash of miles, this promo probably isn’t for you, but if you’ve spent them all on wine purchases earlier this year and are feeling optimistic about Summer 2021, this could be an affordable way to do it in style. The added benefit of using miles is of course that anything you book is refundable and flexible and with plenty of availability, it could be worth the punt. | <urn:uuid:995076a1-7261-4090-8341-a0bf12bc3bdb> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://flighthacks.com.au/buy-lifemiles-with-200-bonus/ | 2020-09-29T01:06:55Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600401617641.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20200928234043-20200929024043-00398.warc.gz | en | 0.946076 | 835 |
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The National Bowling Stadium is bowling stadium located in Reno, Nevada. It is a 363,000-square-foot. The stadium has an 80 feet aluminum geodesic dome resembling a large bowling ball.
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Affectionately referred to as Lane 81, the shop is the ideal place to purchase all of the bowling equipment you’ll want to make sure you return the next year as a professional player.
Characteristics of National Bowling Stadium
The Stadium Club may be used for meetings, cocktail parties or smaller dinners for as many as 40 people. There’s no open bowling so you’ve got to be participating in some type of event to bowl here.
Additionally, there are tournaments in the Northern region of the country for those who are more serious in regards to the game. Anyone of these games is perfect for traveling, or simply hanging out.
There are games and traditions which are more popular in some sections of the country than they’re in others.
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As soon as you exit the parking lot, you’ll be asked to pay the complete parking fee upon re-entry. In case of rain, the golf course lots might not be available for parking.
There’s great stadium seating in the center of the venue that enables you to watch a whole lot of bowlers at once and kick back and relax.
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If you wish to bowl here, check out a few of their upcoming fundraisers because that is the simplest approach to have a chance to bowl on one of their 78 championship lanes.
The expert association events, on the flip side, are only open to the absolute most skilled players. If you are fortunate you may observe a yearly event like the Storm Open Festival of Bowling take place whilst here. The show will likewise be aired live via CBS. Thus, the stage is also referred to as Eco-Stadium.
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Although most cities have bowling centers, we’ve got a stadium. The town has quite a strong awareness of community. It is far more popular in the Northern portion of the country than it’s in the South. The world has lost a distinguished man.
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The South Point is attempting to make it take place. Who is right is among those things people will always argue about.
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DECEMBER 26, 2017
IN OUR LIFETIMES, we will see the passing of the last Holocaust survivors and the remaining witnesses of World War II. Once they are gone, their personal possessions will be the last physical reminders of what they endured. Among the lost belongings of the survivors and witnesses of the war are books and archival collections, and these are the subject of Anders Rydell’s latest work, The Book Thieves. Rydell’s tale is a fascinating blend of intellectual history, detective story, and “restitution activism” that cannot help but inspire its readers.
In his book-length debut in English (translated by Henning Koch), Rydell, journalist and Head of Culture at a Swedish media group, traces the Nazi looting of books and archives throughout Europe. On his quest to find books the Nazis plundered, Rydell also wonders why they stole them. Nazi book looting primarily targeted Jewish, Freemason, and dissident intellectual communities. The reason Nazis looted from these communities was to steal their history, their memories, and, ultimately, their humanity. As he pursued the books, Rydell “realized that these memories are central, they were the very reason for the book plundering. Robbing people of words and narrative is a way of imprisoning them.”
Following the trail to various libraries and archives, Rydell discovers information about the owners and archivists once responsible for the collections. He also investigates those accountable for the looting, including elite Nazis like Alfred Rosenberg and Heinrich Himmler, and how the ideological underpinnings of National Socialism fueled their particular obsession. Yet The Book Thieves isn’t merely the story of stolen books and book looters during the war, it is also a tale of postwar book restitution. Spoiler alert: This is not the happy ending many readers might expect.
Rydell divides his narrative into three parts: Nazi domestic book theft, the international looting of German occupied territories, and the state of book and archive restitution today. Structurally, The Book Thieves parallels Rydell’s journey to the dispersed collections of Europe, from their places of origin to their destinations. Rydell challenges the reader to experience book theft how the Nazis carried it out — while their activity was at first improvised, it was characteristically thorough by its final stages.
Rydell begins his account of this relatively overlooked Nazi operation with a discussion of book burnings in Berlin. Authors whose works challenged National Socialist ideology, such as Lenin and Walter Benjamin, were the main targets of the burning. Contrary to expectations, Rydell proves that the burnings, often led by students, were more symbolic than comprehensive, representing the destruction of unwanted cultures; in fact, the Nazis dedicated their time to obsessively collecting books in order to learn about their enemies.
During his visits to Berlin, Weimar, Munich, Lake Chiemsee, and Frankfurt, Rydell explores libraries and archives to learn about how the book looting process touched these regions. The Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich houses some of the first books ever stolen by the Nazis, many of which were once part of Heinrich Himmler’s collection focusing on “political undesirables.” Rydell often broadens his analysis to chronicle the ideological development of the leading looters — Himmler and Rosenberg. He notes how the regions in which they lived and operated might have influenced them ideologically. While many people assume German Romanticism and National Socialism were polar opposites, in fact, they both stemmed from similar roots: a rejection of Enlightenment ideals.
Rydell’s exploration of Alfred Rosenberg’s life and beliefs is particularly fascinating. He comes across stories of Rosenberg during his travels and learns of the Nazi ideologue’s education at a university in the Soviet Union, his stay in Munich where he joined far-right circles, and later, his competition against Himmler to obtain the most valuable book plunder. Rydell provides more than just a narrative of Rosenberg’s life; he intervenes in the historiographical debates on the amount of influence Rosenberg had on Nazi ideological development.
At times, however, Rydell’s portrayal of National Socialism blurs into historical generalities. For example, his discussion of the role of women in the Third Reich neglects the advances women made throughout the war years. He explains that “the Nazis also opposed women having access to higher education, which, it was believed, might lead to demands for equality. In the Nazi worldview, the role of women was mainly about producing children for the new ‘master race.’” While Rydell’s focus is not on gender, this aside oversimplifies the position of women under the Third Reich. Out of wartime necessity, women served in new positions in the workforce and also became beneficiaries of welfare programs formerly off-limits to them.
After exploring the role of Himmler’s and Rosenberg’s book theft operations in Germany, Rydell explains how the looting expanded beyond German borders. The theft of books became an international mission, with raids of Jewish and non-Jewish libraries in Amsterdam, Paris, Thessaloniki, and Vilnius, among other cities. The aim was to allow the Nazis, particularly Himmler and Rosenberg, to grow their collection of literature on Jews, Freemasons, and other political opponents. Rydell reveals the staggering scale of the project. In Poland alone, he estimates that 90 percent of the collections of schools and public libraries were lost or destroyed, while 80 percent of the country’s private and specialized collections disappeared. Rydell fastens on some of the crueler elements of the looting operations. For example, German occupiers made Jews in Vilnius and Theresienstadt sort through and select the most valuable books from their libraries. As Rydell explains,
[T]hey were forced to select and catalog the books of greatest “value” in the collection, and in doing so they would be contributing to research, which would fundamentally have the intention of justifying the Holocaust. The alternative was hardly any better, because books that were not selected were sent to a nearby paper mill, where they were pulped.
The moral dilemmas of the Jews in Vilnius and Theresienstadt parallel similar stories about the Jewish Councils forced to decide which local Jews would be deported to concentration camps where they often faced certain death.
Rightly perplexed by these dilemmas, Rydell stakes out a clearer moral position on postwar restitution efforts. Restitution cases
have often involved dirty games between museums, governments, and profiteering lawyers at the expense of the legitimate demands of survivors and descendants […] It has not been unusual for the voices calling for an end or ‘deadline’ for restitution to be one and the same as those who carry some moral blame in these cases: art dealers, museums, and governments.
Rydell places particular blame on the one government that he thinks impeded and continues to block restitution efforts: Russia.
The final section of his book is a plea for things to change, and for restitution to be focused on individual descendants rather than compensation exchanges between institutions. It is also a wake-up call about how immense the problem of book restitution is, which I discovered for myself at George Washington University’s I. Edward Kiev Judaica Collection. I was looking for documents or other copies of a book I had recently read — The Life of Glückel of Hameln. When I asked the archivist about Glückel’s papers, I could not have been more surprised by her answer. It turned out that the Kiev collection had a Glückel manuscript from 1800 that belonged to Bertha Pappenheim, Glückel’s distant relative and founder of the Jewish feminist movement. The provenance of the book, however, was shaky at best. The archivist believed it was part of the Offenbach Depot’s restitution project, in which I. Edward Kiev, the collection’s original owner, participated. Unfortunately, she could not verify that assumption, and has little hope that the book’s true provenance will ever be discovered. I cannot help but be frustrated and angered that there is nothing we can do for this book, or, as Rydell emphasizes, for its lost memories. The remnants of what used to be brilliant European collections, intentionally destroyed by the Third Reich, are now scattered throughout the world. Let us hope Rydell’s clarion call awakens us to what we have lost, and to what can be done to set things right. | <urn:uuid:a7778baf-4874-45a1-9c62-d82455cbdbbf> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/stealing-memories-on-anders-rydells-the-book-thieves | 2020-09-29T01:52:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600401617641.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20200928234043-20200929024043-00398.warc.gz | en | 0.962555 | 1,801 |
Saquinavir (SQV) is a weak base compound, whose solubility is strongly influenced by pH variations. Thus, in the present work, we thought it worthy of interest to investigate in-depth the combined effect of pH control and cyclodextrin (CyD) complexation on SQV solubilization. Phase-solubility studies were performed by adding excess drug to buffered (pH from 1.1 to 7.4) aqueous solutions containing increasing concentrations of Methyl-Beta-CyD (M-β-CyD) in order to evaluate the role of the unionized species of SQV in improving solubility by CyD complexation and to be able to select the most suitable conditions for optimizing drug solubilization. Our study reveals that the integrated approach of pH adjustment and CyD complexation can be successfully used for improving the CyD solubilizing power towards an ionizable drug such as SQV, thus allowing a smaller quantity of CyD to solubilize a given amount of drug, offering clear economic and technologic advantages as well. When biopharmaceutics of the optimized cyclodextrin-based formulation of SQV was studied in Wistar rats after intravenous and oral administrations, we found that inclusion of SQV into M-β-CyD could dramatically improve its oral bioavailability and decrease the variation of its oral pharmacokinetics. Compared to the control, the presence of M-β-CyD significantly increased the area under the plasma concentration-time curve (439.7 ± 161.35 to 2312.03 ± 159.53, p< 0.01) and the peak plasma concentration (117.24 ± 35.77 to 1347.88 ± 276.76, p< 0.01) of orally administered SQV. The modulating effect of M-β-CyD on the bidirectional transport of SQV was also investigated using a modified Ussing chamber system. The results demonstrated that the enhancing effect of M-β-CyD on the oral bioavailability of SQV is due not only to its solubilizing effect on SQV but also, at least in part, to the inhibitory effect of M-β-CyD on the P-glycoprotein (P-gp) mediated efflux of SQV in the gastrointestinal tract. The present results suggest that M-β-CyD is particularly useful in designing oral preparations of SQV with an enhanced bioavailability and a reduced variability in absorption.
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AI is an unstoppable force, and the hype around it is keeping people excited. What new ways can this be applied? How can we make things more efficient? How can AI change the world? All important questions, but just as important, is “how can we make sure AI is socially responsible?” Tom Lawry, Director of Worldwide Health for Microsoft, came on the podcast to discuss the guardrails that need to be on AI in Healthcare, why AI shouldn’t be thought of as a replacer but an enhancer, and the power it can have when it’s being used for good.
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By Sam Dolce-Powers, Esq.
Fifty-two Black former franchisees of the McDonald’s corporation are suing the famous burger brand, claiming it racially discriminated against them for decades, according to reports by Business Insider and USA Today.
The fifty-two former franchisees, who collectively operated stores between 1988 and 2018, filed a complaint Tuesday September 1st in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, alleging they were steered to open establishments in “economically depressed” communities and “dangerous locations” where they were less likely to generate sales. The plaintiffs allege the fast-food company denied them the same opportunities as White franchisees, establishing what they refer to as a “two-tiered system of Black and White franchisees” which ultimately set the Black franchisees up to fail.
The complaint seeks to collect more than $1 billion in damages from McDonald’s. According to USA Today, “The suit seeks the equivalent of $4 million to $5 million in damages per plaintiff, on average, for lost revenue and accumulated debt due to the company’s practices.”
If the plaintiffs filing this complaint are successful, they will have the unique opportunity to turn the financial tide around. By engaging with a professional settlement planner, these former franchisees can turn their settlement into generational wealth through the implementation of an equity-backed structure. Similar to a 401k but without age restrictions or contribution limits, equity-backed structures allow plaintiffs who are settling lawsuits with these types of economic damages to invest their settlement funds into a tax-deferred investment account. Their tax-deferred investment account is then connected to a structured payment stream, which distributes funds directly to the plaintiff. The settlement funds are not considered income, and are therefore not taxed, until they are actually received by the plaintiff. If planned strategically, a potential settlement of this amount could create substantial generation wealth for these Black former franchisees and their families long into the future.
Here’s an example: an individual franchisee receives a $10 million-dollar settlement. He or she chooses to place these funds into an equity-backed structure that pays out $200k annually. Let’s assume this investment account grows at a relatively conservative rate of 7% annually. That 7% return equals $700k in the first year. The plaintiff will now receive a $200k disbursement to pay for expenses for that year, while the extra $500k will be reinvested into the equity backed structure. That $10 million-dollar account is now a $10.5 million-dollar account, which will continue to snowball and grow, tax-deferred.
If a plaintiff elects to have no distributions, an equity backed structure can grow to approximately double in size after a period of 10 years, assuming a rate of 7% growth. This is taking all fees, costs, and taxes into account.
If this McDonalds lawsuit ends up ruling in favor of these 52 plaintiffs, we see the opportunity for the former franchisees to turn their settlements into long-term wealth accumulation plans for themselves and their families, which was probably their goal when they signed on with the fast-food chain in the first place.
A West Point graduate where he served as captain and military aviator, John Bair continues his commitment to our country through his efforts within the settlement planning industry. He has represented families of victims lost in the Flight 3407 crash, offered pro bono services to the families of 9/11 victims and drafted the first consumer protection bill for plaintiffs (H.R. 3699). | <urn:uuid:446f4b08-fa35-43f8-b7af-423e231b3d8a> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://milestone.legalexaminer.com/legal/1-billion-dollar-mcdonalds-lawsuit-could-build-generational-wealth-for-black-franchisees/ | 2020-09-29T00:50:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600401617641.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20200928234043-20200929024043-00398.warc.gz | en | 0.963734 | 745 |
China confronted great cultural modifications over the previous thirty years. Chinese ladies for marriage are supposed to be very shy and even submissive. They can’t put on crop tops, necklaces, not to point out the low neckline. Of course, you’ll be able to meet tons of sizzling girls in the streets of Beijing or Chengdu, however the truth is a woman from China who is looking for a husband can’t be dressed provocatively. Moreover, they are speculated to listen to a person, to not talk so much through the date. In fact, native women who have been residing abroad for a very long time take into account this to be a relic of the previous, however the social norms don’t change. Therefore, it is not surprising that so lots of them are looking for a overseas husband.
Men will not be all for routine anymore. Chinese wives aren’t occupied with being captured anymore. That’s the point where their factors of view crossed. That’s the countdown to their glad finish. Somebody could confuse dating Chinese women with marrying a Chinese language woman. In some contexts, they’re intertwined. On the opposite side, not each single wish to tie the knot. It isn’t just of Chinese to happen so. Let’s focus on the peculiarities of both ways of the unfolding state of affairs.
Explaining Root Aspects Of Hot Chinese Girls
They need to experience the love and romance idealized in Western movies, which is a bit of bit naive on their half. But then once more the other choice is to place up with a Chinese husband who needs to regulate every facet of her life, together with the place she works and what she does for a dwelling. Chinese women for marriage are the right chinese wives choice for males on the lookout for a severe relationship. If you are dreaming of assembly a family-oriented and independent wife, then Chinese language brides are just for you. You may meet one of them on the courting sites mentioned on this article.
Historically, women did not go to highschool and a few lucky ones would learn to read and write from their brothers or fathers. Confucius, who believed female obedience to men was one of the three cardinal principles of a society (the other two were obedience from minister to emperor, and son’s obedience to father), determined probably the most obedient ladies were illiterate; hence, women weren’t educated in literacy. My own late grandmother, who was born in 1905, did not read a single word till after the Communist takeover in 1949, when the Communists started a popularizing literacy motion. She was finally able to write my mom in broken Chinese.
It is going to be attention-grabbing to see how girls’s position within the workforce develops over the approaching years as China turns into increasingly outward wanting and seeks to tackle the role of a global thought-chief. China’s fast economic progress has created the situations for single girls to develop into financially impartial, however the nation’s policies and medical business have not necessarily saved pace.
Having grown in a family-oriented background, Chinese language women know the way significant households are. They present love, kindness and concern in direction of their men. They hold shut ties with their dad and mom back residence. Chinese language brides are also near in-legal guidelines and are able to give them love, care and help.
The household plays a central position for Chineses. Conventional values and a harmonious family life are essential for Chinese ladies. As a wife and mom, they care for his or her loved ones with all devotion. This mentality relies primarily on the Chinese language lifestyle, as a result of often three generations dwell collectively underneath difficult circumstances, each one supporting the other.
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Congratulations are in order for two of the Perthshire Securities engineering team!
A big well done to Sandy, who completed her IPAF 1B & 3B course by Training Plus, in which she excelled and received full marks! Passing this course means that Sandy is now able to operate category 1B and 3B cherry pickers!
Another success we are celebrating here at P.S.S is that Security Engineer Nathan has successfully passed his engineering apprenticeship with Edinburgh College, and is now fully qualified! Nathan is a hard worker and a big hit with P.S.S customers, with his near perfect attendance at college he is in the running for apprentice of the year!
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As you're using the Qwickly multi-course tools to post announcements, send emails, post content and more, you may see many courses that are unavailable to students from past semesters. These courses get in the way of your course list and make things cumbersome for quickly interacting with the courses you want. Luckily, there is a way to hide courses that are set to unavailable in Blackboard.
1. Locate the Qwickly multi-course module; click the gear icon at the top of the module to access user settings.
2. You will see a column next to your tools with the heading Show Unavailable Courses. When this column has a checked box in it, unavailable courses will show in your tools. Uncheck the box next to all the tools in which you want to hide unavailable courses.
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Please note: Qwickly is a tool that is used in hundreds of schools around the world and has many possible configurations. The screenshots and capabilities above may not match up exactly to the experience you see.
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I have a confession to make. I am struggling to manage my fitness goals this year. Around November of last year was the last time that I remember maintaining my fitness regimen. I was committed to four days a week at minimum. I had much more muscle tone and motivation. I was able to ride my bike for one hour or complete a full cardio class without getting tired. Now, I’m barely able to make time to work out two days a week. My size hasn’t changed but my level of fitness is slowly dropping and I know exactly why.
I’m currently addicted to snacks. I find myself consuming extras at night, which is a rarity. I usually keep a very strict diet with a few splurges here and there, but I just can’t get out of snack mode. They’re all whole green snacks, but that really doesn’t matter when they are consumed excessively. I find myself looking to my health crazed friends for inspiration.
Luckily today is National Green Juice Day. I now have a great reason (and a holiday) to reset my habits. I’m celebrating #nationalgreenjuiceday by trying out a recipe from allrecipes.com. I’ll complete my joyous day by visiting the gym and taking my favorite Zumba class.
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Vice Chair of the MSU Board of Trustees Joel Ferguson spoke on President Lou Anna K. Simon and ex-MSU and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar in a radio interview Tuesday morning.
Ferguson made an appearance on the Lansing radio show “Staudt On Sports,” where host Tim Staudt asked him several questions about Simon and MSU’s handling of the Nassar case.
Ferguson affirmed the strong support of the board behind Simon, sans Trustee Mitch Lyons, who released a statement disagreeing with the board’s vote of confidence.
“The meeting we had the other day was five hours, and talking Lou Anna was 10 minutes,” Ferguson said in the interview. “We had so many other things we were going over, and we unanimously decided that meeting right away that Lou Anna was going to, we were gonna support her staying as the president, because there’s so many more things going at the university than just this Nassar thing.”
Ferguson said the trustees want Simon to stay based on her overall job performance.
“When you go to the basketball game, you walk in that new Breslin, and the person who hustled and who got all those major donors to give money was Lou Anna Simon,” Ferguson said. “There’s just so many things that make up being president of the university that keeps everything moving … This is not about Lou Anna, it’s really about what’s best for Michigan State … Having her in that position is what is best for Michigan State.
When asked if Simon might decide to step down on her own, Ferguson strongly denied the possibility.
“That will not happen, period,” Ferguson said. “She’s a fighter and her overall, what she’s done for this university, she’s not gonna get ran out of there by what somebody else did.”
Shifting to talk about Nassar, Ferguson said the trustees welcome an external investigation by Attorney General Bill Schuette’s office.
“Our senior people were not complicit in what this pervert did,” Ferguson said. “I think the young ladies who’ve been wronged by this person … you can never use money to completely make over people’s pain and suffering, but there’s gonna be something happening in their favor.”
Ferguson said the external investigation can only be good for the university.
“We can’t lose on this investigation,” Ferguson said. “If he makes the investigation and says, ‘oh, I can’t find anything’ that’s great. And if he turns around and points out who’s complicit and whatever, that’s great because we’ll then take action. Can’t lose.”
When Staudt asked if the NCAA might get involved at some point, Ferguson laughed.
“To do what?” Ferguson asked. “This is not Penn State, they were dealing with their football program. … They’re smart enough to know they’re not competent to walk in here on this.”
Ferguson’s office could not be reached for comment at the time of publication.
Ferguson’s full interview on "Staudt On Sports" can be viewed below. Ferguson’s interview begins at 22 minutes and talk about Simon and Nassar begins at 25 minutes.
Following Ferguson’s comments, Lyons, the only trustee thus far to call for Simon's resignation, released another statement. Lyons detailed how the majority of the five hour “work session” from Jan. 19 was “spent on Nassar and how we move forward.”
Another MSU Trustee, Brian Mosallam, added on Twitter agreeing with Lyons a majority of the gathering was spent on Nassar and how to move forward.
Other topics of discussion included what a succession plan looked like, the Attorney General’s review and the Board of Trustees “seeking outside advise [sic] in exercising their independent oversight role.”
Mosallam also added a comment on Twitter detailing how he didn’t want his comments to overshadow the victim impact statements given by Nassar’s survivors.
Nassar’s sentencing in Ingham County for seven counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct continued Tuesday, ending right before 4 p.m. Sentencing will continue Wednesday.
Following some criticism, Ferguson issued a statement through his spokesperson, Kelly Rossman-McKinney. Rossman-McKinney does not represent MSU or its Board of Trustees.
"Joel Ferguson deeply regrets the inadvertent comment he made on a local radio program that trivialized the experience of the victims of Larry Nassar," the statement reads. "He recognizes the suffering of these young women and had intended to refer to it as ‘the Nassar tragedy.'"
Editor’s Note: This article was updated at 4:18 p.m. with Lyons and Mosallam’s statements. This article was again updated at 8:44 p.m.
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Did you read [book: The Omnivore’s Dilemma]? If not, why not? If you didn’t, go read it now. I’ll wait.
Okay, great. Now that everyone reading this post has read Pollan, I think we can all agree that the bit about Joel Salatin — the Virginia farmer whose farm is “beyond organic” — is the best. Not only is Salatin pesticide-free; his cows wander the fields eating grass and leave poop behind, which yields fertilizer for future grass; the chickens follow behind the cows and peck at their poop. Salatin has created a closed ecological loop.
One bit of trouble is that farmers only produce what the market tells them to produce. If all the market wants is chicken breast, then chicken thighs and gizzards are going to go to waste. What to do?
Dan Barber’s answer in [book: The Third Plate] is that we need to widen our lens: sustainability has to include the farmer, the cook, the eater, the land … every part of the food system. If farmers will only produce what the market wants, then we need to change the market. And Barber, as a chef, knows that his people are vital to the shape of that market. We’re all about “farm to table” now, and we’re all about organic, and much of the impetus for these changes came from restaurant food movements — the [foreign: nouvelle cuisine]s and Chez Panisses of the world. If we’re going to make the food system truly sustainable, chefs will probably be on the front lines, shaping what we eaters think the word “sustainable” means.
Barber travels around the world and meets a delightful cast of farmers who are trying to change how we think about sustainability. There’s Eduardo Sousa, who’s already famous (can’t remember where I read about him; maybe [mag: The New Yorker]?) for producing [foreign: foie gras] without force-feeding his geese ([foreign: “gavage”]). There’s the farmer who shows Barber — and for my money, this is the most fascinating and disturbing part of [book: The Third Plate] — what the roots underneath modern industrial wheat and pre-industrial wheat look like. The modern roots are much shorter than the pre-industrial ones, meaning at least a few things: the roots are giving back less to the soil, they’re protecting less against the sort of soil devastation that led to the Dust Bowl, and they’re catching less rainwater than long, deep roots would. Since they catch less rainwater, they require more irrigation.
Modern wheat is inseparable from modern bread production. Since bread is now largely made at industrial scale, it requires huge quantities of flour. Whole-wheat flour turns rancid within a matter of hours after grinding, so industrial production requires some method of getting it shelf-stable. Hence: white flour.
All of this might be, at best, the sort of liberal more-sustainable-than-thou trolling that everyone knows and loves. But that’s where Barber turns this from Pollan++ into something that we can all appreciate: cuisine produced with an eye toward overall food-system sustainability just *tastes better*. Geese produced without [foreign: gavage], who are allowed to forage for their own food, know where to look to get the nutrients they need, and those nutrients show up in what we taste. Cows allowed to wander on grassland seek out — in fact, have the anatomical equipment to seek out — very select grasses to get what they need at that exact moment. Wheat with deep roots can capture and yield up more minerals from the land. We can taste these subtleties; they taste better than fruits, vegetables, and meats that have been force-fed an industrially selected diet in order to rush them out the door as fast as possible.
One metaphor that makes this make intuitive sense to me is alcohol versus Sprite. A beautiful Scotch or bourbon tastes subtle and complex and transcendent in a way that a soft drink simply never will. In principle, industrial chemistry could build a drink that features the boundless flavor profile of a delightful spirit; but if nothing else, we can expect the constant push for higher profits to push Coca-Cola Brand Highland Scotch Whiskey ™ into something simple that’s reproducible at scale. Scotch is delicious for at least two reasons: first, that yeast produce countless chemicals that (I’m given to understand) we still haven’t entirely mapped out; and second, that there’s a patient human being tending to the process, tasting each small batch to confirm that it features all the notes expected from a good Islay malt. The patience, and the biology, just seem impossible to get at industrial scale. A world of industrial wheat is a world of Sprite rather than a world of Scotch.
Exactly because industrial wheat is built for industrial scale, it’s not clear that the world Barber envisions can supply the volume of food that our current industrial world does. There are plenty of counterarguments to this point. For one, the current system tries to shove more food into the same size mouths over time, with predictably rising obesity; a food system like Barber envisions wouldn’t require unsustainably rising output. The current system also turns a vast swath of the Gulf of Mexico into a dead zone every year as fertilizer empties out of the Mississippi River; Barber’s world wouldn’t borrow from tomorrow to pay off today. “Unsustainable” doesn’t mean anything hippie-dippie. It really means nothing more than Stein’s Law: If something can’t go on forever, it will stop. A sane food system would guarantee that our children have healthy, tasty food available to them.
Barber’s book is an attempt to understand what this means, literally from ground level. He meets the farmers, he meets the chefs, he foments arguments between them, and he eats their food. Anyone who read Michael Pollan and felt angry or inspired will need to pick up and devour [book: The Third Plate]. | <urn:uuid:e303479c-6f40-4cc4-91fe-726539ae7860> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://stevereads.com/category/books/barber-dan/third-plate-the-field-notes-on-the-future-of-food/ | 2020-09-29T01:02:38Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600401617641.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20200928234043-20200929024043-00398.warc.gz | en | 0.940201 | 1,322 |
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Martina Navratilova - Farewell to a Champion
FORMAT VHS video casette
CONDITION Previously-owned / excellent
SIZE 12 x 20 x 3 cms
POSTAL WEIGHT 0.4 kilos
This one-hour documentary film takes a look at the public and private sides of what was then thought to be MARTINA NAVRATILOVA's final tennis playing trip to the UK in 1994. The film was released in the UK by Green Umbrella and is on PAL VHS cassette. This film has never been released on DVD.
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In this blog we explore Lawrence’s reactions to Wallace Smith’s illustrations in Fantazius Mallare, a novel which borrows its title from Fantasia of the Unconscious and pokes fun at artists who take themselves a bit too seriously…
Wallace Smith (December 30, 1888 – January 31, 1937) was an incredibly talented artist, able to apply his hand to a range of art forms, from comics, illustrations to novels. He spent a decade as a Washington correspondent. Then went to Mexico, producing illustrated reporting on the Carranza regime. Under the nickname of Vulgus, he contributed towards The Chicago Literary Times between 1923-4. The Times was a magazine set out in a tabloid format, cofounded by Ben Hecht and Maxwell Bodenheim. From here, Smith went to Hollywood, knocking out 26 screenplays, some of which were based on his own novels.
Like Lawrence, Smith felt the force of the censor during his life. Bessie Cotter (1935), the story of a street prostitute, was deemed indecent and banned in England. But it was his full page illustrations for Ben Hecht’s obscene and decadent satire Fantazius Mallare: a Mysterious Oath(1922), that caused the most hype, which was largely their intention. Hecht and Smith hoped that the ensuing obscenity trial would expose the flaws of the censor and bring about change. They planned to send review copies of the novel to the literati of the time and then have them called upon as expert witnesses. But it never got that far as only one witness was prepared to come forward. A tactic which would swerve Penguin better in the 1960 Lady Chatterley Trial.
Fantazius Mallare is the story of a mad recluse at war with reason. After destroying all of his work he seeks out a woman who will devote herself to his genius. Sound familiar? It begins: “FANTAZIUS MALLARE considered himself mad because he was unable to behold in the meaningless gesturings of time, space and evolution a dramatic little pantomime adroitly centered about the routine of his existence. He was a silent looking man with black hair and an aquiline nose. His eyes were lifeless because they paid no homage to the world outside him.”
According to Witter Bynner in Journey with Genius (1953), Hecht was making a deliberate attack on authors who took themselves a bit too seriously, authors who were “making fiction a blend of sex and psychoanalysis” and apt to self-deification. Bynner gave Lawrence a copy, asking if he would review it for The Laughing Horse. Lawrence agreed because he was offended by the trivial use of smuttiness. “Such bawdiness not only irked him personally but made more difficult for writers a free expression of decent candor.”
He didn’t take kindly to the personal digs either and quickly fired off his review. It’s suggested that he knew his review would not be published on account of some choice objectionable language. But the editor decided to blank out any words that may offend and publish it with a disclaimer.
In the review, Lawrence complains “there’s nothing in it but the author’s attempt to be startling. Whereas if he wanted to be really wicked he’d see that even a tree has its own daimon, and a man must lie with the daimon of a tree.” Lawrence reasons that “The word penis or testicle or vagina doesn’t shock me”. These are just naming conventions. He is quite aware of what parts constitute the human body. But then he relates this to one of his favourite antagonisms, mental consciousness. “I don’t keep my passions, or reactions, or even sensations IN MY HEAD. They stay down where they belong. And really, Fantazius, with his head full of copulation and committing MENTAL fornication and sodomy every minute, is just as much a bore as any other tedious modern individual with a dominant idea.”
Lawrence then latches onto this idea of “sex in the head” – one of his favourite bugbears – as if the mind and body are two completely different aspects, as in the Cartesian Self. “They start all their deeper reactions in their heads nowadays, and nowhere else. They start all their deeper reactions in their heads, and work themselves from the top downwards.” And then he invokes the powers of “the old, dark religions” who understood “God enters from below” which is the “original centre”. For somebody who dislikes the imbalances caused by mental consciousness, Lawrence doesn’t half like to dish it out. He’s incredibly prescriptive about what is and isn’t the right way to think and feel. Thus, Fantazius Mallare mocks the title of Fantasia of the Unconscious, Lawrence’s attempt to jump down the rabbit hole of cosmic existentialism.
Bynner surmises that Lawrence would have been equally annoyed with Andre Gide, should he have lived to meet him, when he wrote “What we call impulses of the heart is but the unreasonable jostling of our thoughts; it is still in the head that the drama is enacted, and it is again the brain that man needs in order to love”.
Walter Smith produced illustrative reports on the Mexican revolution, raising awareness of what was happening for the wider public. Lawrence and Bynner visited Mexico in 1923, but Lawrence had no interest in the first post-revolutionary President of Mexico, Venustiano Carranza, at least according to Bynner. Instead he was more concerned with “garnering notes about unworldly, noble Indians who should become followers of a new Quetzalcoatl, a new Lawrence”.
A good place to end this discussion is with the opening to Fantazius, the dedication to those “who achieve involved orgasms denouncing the depravities of others.. to the pedantic ones who barricade themselves heroically behind their own belchings; to the smug ones who walk with their noses ecstatically buried in their own rectums (I have nothing against them, I swear); to the righteous ones who masturbate blissfully under the blankets of their perfections.” Ouch!
Source: Witter Bynner, Journey with Genius. Bynner’s archival papers are at the University of Oregon.
The DH Lawrence Memory Theatre sets off in November 2019 to mark the centenary of Lawrence’s self imposed exile. Help us select artefacts to try to understand this complex writer. How do we represent his struggles against obscenity or his reactions towards Fantazius? Should there be a place on board for Witter Bynner? If you have an idea for an artefact, get involved and submit ideas here
In this guest blog, Stephen Alexander, author of Torpedo the Ark, questions the use of the prefix ‘eco’ for a wider discussion around language and fascism, blood and soil.
Many scholars – including some who should know better – continue to fetishise the prefix eco- and think that by simply placing it in front of words including criticism, feminism, and politics, they can sex-up their research and immediately make it seem more vital and contemporary.
But ecological thinking – which, ironically, often prides itself on being radical – has a long and essentially conservative history that can be traced back to figures on the völkisch far-right keen to promote a pessimistic vision of the world that is not only anti-urban, anti-capitalist and anti-science, but fundamentally illiberal and anti-humanist in character. Indeed, whilst this post-Romantic German tradition pre-dates National Socialism, it was nevertheless within the Third Reich that such thinking was first put into practice and formed a key component of Nazi aesthetics and ideology.
Now, of course, I’m not suggesting that a concern for the environment automatically makes one a fascist. But I am pointing out that nature-based ideologies are very often used to legitimate Social Darwinist beliefs and that many reactionaries have called for a neo-feudalism based upon rural values and natural divisions. We can see this in the work of two figures closely associated with ecologism in England during the inter-war period – John Hargrave and Rolf Gardiner.
The former was convinced that modern life had produced a ‘mentally and physically deficient race’ that couldn’t even be relied upon to breed sufficiently. A self-declared pantheist and Anglo-Saxon nationalist, Hargrave hoped to create a new national myth or substitute folk-memory for the English. To this end, he founded a movement in the 1920s – the Kindred of the Kibbo Kift – which was meant to establish a counter-culture founded upon ‘the distinctive German brand of serious nature-worship’.
In practice, this meant that members spent most of their time hiking, camping, or making their own clothes, but they lent all their activities an earnest spiritual significance that rather absurdly combined Native American ritual with Norse mythology. Although they never numbered more than a few hundred members, the KKK could claim several public figures as supporters, including Havelock Ellis, Julian Huxley, and H. G. Wells. D. H. Lawrence was at least partly sympathetic. In a letter to Rolf Gardiner, he wrote:
‘I read the Kibbo Kift book with a good deal of interest. Of course it won’t work: not quite flesh and blood. […] The man alternates between idealism pure and simple, and a sort of mummery, and then a compromise with practicality. What he wants is all right – I agree with him on the whole, and respect him as a straightforward fighter. But he knows there’s no hope […] And therefore, underneath, he’s full of hate.’
By the outbreak of the Second World War, Hargrave had become increasingly isolated and irrelevant on the political scene. And by the end of the War he’d found his true calling as a faith healer and eco-mystic.
As for Rolf Gardiner, Lawrence profoundly influenced the thinking of a man who would become one of the founders of the Soil Association in 1945. But what really interests is how easily Gardiner also came under the sway of National Socialism. Always an active Germanophile and Nordicist, Gardiner became a fervent exponent of Blut und Boden in England in the 1930s and dreamt of an Anglo-German political union.
His major written work, published in 1932 and dedicated to Lawrence, is a semi-religious work entitled World Without End. In it, Gardiner calls for a spiritual rebirth and a new attitude towards ‘nature, the soil, to sex and to politics’.
Whilst, to his credit, he rejected any ‘nonsensical racial theory’ – not least because of his own half-Jewish background – he nevertheless enthusiastically greeted the Nazi assumption of power in 1933 and was soon on warm personal terms with the Nazi Minister for Agriculture Walther Darré. Both men agreed on the importance of living according to ecological law, which, of necessity, means the subjection of the individual to the ‘larger organic authority’ of the Natural Order.
In sum: we all need to exercise caution before we take an ecocritical turn – because you never know where it might lead …
In the DH Lawrence Memory Theatre we want to address various aspects of Lawrence’s life through artefacts to try to understand this complex writer. How do we capture his views on nature and alternative living while exercising caution about using the prefix ‘eco’? What would the Kibbo Kift have looked like if it’d been devised by Lawrence? In 2019 we will be building our Memory Theatre and retracing Lawrence’s savage pilgrimage both physically and digitally. If you have an idea for an artefact get involved and submit ideas here.
D. H. Lawrence, The Letters of D. H. Lawrence, Vol. VI, ed. James T. Boulton and Margaret H. Boulton with Gerald M Lacy, (Cambridge University Press, 1991). Letter 4268, dated 16 January 1928, pp. 267-68.
Gardiner was also an associate of Lord Lymington and the rather sinister English Array. A journal edited by Lymington, The New Pioneer, to which Gardiner was a frequent contributor, affirmed a form of eco-nationalism in which an analogy was drawn between farm and nation, effectively transforming citizens into livestock. For further details on this and many of the other points discussed here, see Anna Bramwell’s Ecology in the Twentieth Century: A History (Yale University Press, 1989) and her earlier work Blood and Soil: Walther Darré and Hitler’s Green Party (Kensal Press, 1985). Readers of Lawrence interested in his relationship to German culture and his green critique of industrialism and technology, should also see Anne Fernihough’s D. H. Lawrence: Aesthetics and Ideology, (Oxford University Press, 1993).
As summer 1925 came to a close, Dorothy Brett considered spending the winter on her own in the ranch in New Mexico. But Lawrence was worried for her safety and insisted she visit Capri, a small island off the Bay of Naples. She is issued with a letter to the Brewsters, and so begins her last adventure with Lawrence in our final blog from Brett’s memoir.
Capri is a tiny island (10.4 km2) in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the Sorrentine Peninsula, on the south side of the Gulf of Naples. It became a popular refuge for artists, writers and celebrities after the publication of Discovery of the Blue Grotto on the Isle of Capri by the German artist August Kopisch (1838). By the 19th century it had become a haven for gay men and lesbians to live a more open life. One of its most famous residents was Compton Mackenzie, who lived here between 1913 – 1920, and who would later satirise the lesbian colony in his 1928 novel Extraordinary Women.
Dorothy Brett spent five months with the Brewsters in their villa Quattro Venti, high up on the island. Brett’s initial description of Achsah Brewster conjures an image of an ageing Princess Leia ‘all in white, with a long floating veil draped over her hat and a long white cape that hangs loosely from her shoulders, has a pale face and white grey hair parted in the middle, which sweeps down on each side of her oval face…She is entirely unexpected – of no race and of no time’. Earl Brewster is ‘small, has gray hair, almost white, a sharp, pointed nose, and dark, dark eyes, with a strange, hidden look’.
When Lawrence eventually turns up he’s looking very dapper to the point that Brett doesn’t recognise him at first in ‘a new brown overcoat, a new gray suit, a brown Homburg hat, brown shoes – heavens!’ During his absence, Brett’s mastered all of the local walks on the tiny island and acts as his guide. But despite admiring the ‘deep ultramarine blue’ of the sea and the olive trees that offer ‘a waving mist of silvery green’ Lawrence is shattered and the long walks are too much for him. He informs the reason for his visit is he has been very ill again and, uncharacteristically defeatist, confides he is becoming so tired of it all. ‘There is such a depth of weariness in your voice, so hurt a look in your eyes, that nothing I can say seems adequate. I look at the bright sea, the faintly smoking mountain; I can hardly bear to look at the weary man beside me – pale, fragile, hopeless.’
On such occasions, Lawrence would usually pick a country and head off to start a new life. But now his restlessness required a more radical solution. ‘I would like to buy a sailing ship and sail among the Greek Islands and be free…free! Just to be free for a little while of it all.’ As always he’s happy to get his hands dirty and just needs a captain and a couple of sailors to guide him. Frieda has also felt the brunt of his frustration and he confides ‘you have no idea, Brett, how humiliating it is to beat a woman; afterwards one feels so humiliated.’ Then he targets his frustration at those who can walk but don’t.
‘People never will discipline themselves enough; and they have absolutely no pride. Their legs mean nothing to them. Think what a beautiful, alive thing a leg is – so narrow and strong, with the sensitive sole of the foot at the end of it. This is why I like to wear thin shoes; I like to feel the earth; I like my feet to be as close to the earth as possible. I used to love to feel the water in the irrigation ditch at the ranch, running over my sandals, round my feet. Sometimes I wish I had never left the ranch, the horses, the ditch. I envy you going back there’
As a result of his illness and the usual struggles for money, Lawrence begins recounting the difficult struggles his parents underwent to survive. He is acutely aware that his sickness as a child would have had a profound effect on their finances as ‘to be sick meant the doctor; that meant any extra shillings went for the doctor’s fee and medicine’. He surmises that his brother Ernest’s death was the result of ‘those early days of semi-starvation, of never having enough clothes, enough warmth, enough to eat’. No wonder he resented money so much when it had the power to determine life itself.
It’s in the final chapter of Brett’s memoir that she is explicit about her love for Lawrence and gets a bit gushy. ‘I sit and watch you. The sun pours down relentlessly on your head; a heavy lock of hair falls over your face; your beard glitters red in the sun’. Then things get a bit more surreal as she imagines Lawrence morphing into Pan, ‘As I watch you, the meaningless modern suit seems to drop away. A leopard skin, a mass of flowers and leaves wrap themselves round you. Out of your thick hair, two small horns poke their sharp points; the slender, cloven hoofs lie entangled in weeds. The flute slips from your hand. I stare at you in a kind of trance’.
Their time together is coming to a close. The Brewsters are packing for India and Brett is set to sail to America. She offers to delay her trip but Lawrence insists she goes. They have one last adventure together and head off to Amalfi. Lawrence has been subjected to a vegetarian diet with the Brewsters which has given him a huge appetite. He eagerly wolfs down a large steak with onions and potatoes. They visit Villa Cimbrone in Ravello, sketching a blue Venus in the garden, then sit in the scenic belvedere Terrazzo dell’Infinito and watch the ships pass below.
Then it is finally time to say goodbye. Lawrence waits on the little stone pier as Brett heads for the awaiting steamer via a row boat. ‘You wave to me. I stand there in my white coat, waving back to you. Something – God knows what – tells me I will never see you again. I am filled with this dread apprehension, as I stand and wave and wave. You lean out of the carriage, a small figure, waving the blue and green scarf I have given you. And, still waving, you are borne round the bend of the road, and are gone…gone forever…’ Brett was wearing a white coat and has never worn white again since.
It’s a terribly sad end to their friendship, particularly as we learn in the epilogue that Brett had left out one important fact that was only allowed to be revealed after her death – she and Lawrence had attempted to match their spiritual relationship with a physical relationship in Ravello but it all went horribly wrong. In fact, it ended rather cruelly, with Lawrence storming out of the room complaining ‘your boobs are all wrong’ which left Brett feeling ‘ashamed, bewildered, miserable’. Lawrence would later fictionalise this incident in the short story Glad Ghosts, but this time the two would successfully get it on.
Brett’s memoir is a loving testament to their troubled but intensely close relationship. Its power lies in being written directly to Lawrence, rendering the reader a voyeur. She ends the memoir with ‘I could go on writing of you forever’ which I believe she could quite happily have done so. But Brett is a remarkable character is her own right. She turned her back on her aristocratic heritage, spent the rest of her life in New Mexico, and during Lawrence’s life acted, as John Manchester rightly points out, as a ‘soul image to Lawrence, a counterpart to his own inner feminine side.’ Together, they are one of the greatest literary love affairs never to have happened.
In the DH Lawrence Memory Theatre we want to address various aspects of Lawrence’s life through artefacts. Lawrence is a complex individual and we need to capture all aspects of his personality if we are to represent him correctly. How do we capture his relationship with Dorothy Brett? His violenec towards Frieda? His desire to set sail and escape the rest of the world? In 2019 we will be building our Memory Theatre and retracing Lawrence’s savage pilgrimage both physically and digitally. If you have an idea for an artefact, get involved and submit ideas here.
As hard as Lawrence tried to create Rananim, it only lasted for short bursts of time. Either he became restless and needed to find new pastures, or some kind of argument would ensue that made living peacefully impossible. For Frieda, two was company and three was most definitely a crowd, and so Dorothy Brett found herself ejected from the latest excursion to Oaxaca and back in New Mexico.
Brett headed back to the DH Lawrence Ranch, as it is now known, a 160-acre (0.65 km2) property located at 8,600 feet (2,600 m) above sea level near Lobo Mountain near San Cristobal in Taos County. Originally named the Lobo Ranch, then the Kiowa Ranch, it was given to Frieda Lawrence as a gift by Mabel Dodge Luhan. Although the Lawrence’s would leave New Mexico in1925, Frieda would return after Lawrence’s death, remarry, and settle in Taos for the rest of her life. Frieda died in Taos on her 77th birthday. Brett, too, would live out her days in Taos, becoming an American citizen in 1938. She died in 1977 at the age of 94.
Lawrence was worried for Brett travelling alone. Although the Mexican Revolution had technically ended after 10 years of civil war (1910-1920), tensions were still high and threatened to break out at any moment. But the severing of ties was necessary if the tension between him and Frieda – brought about by his close friendship with Brett – were to abate. But the parting wasn’t enough for Frieda. Neither did she want Brett on the ranch when she returned. And so Lawrence arranged for her to borrow a cabin from Bill and Rachel Hawk, in the orchard of Del Monte.
Lawrence was very ill in Mexico, and was very close to death. This coincided with an earthquake, the significance of which wasn’t lost on Brett. This led to her having a very strange dream in which Lawrence meets a young man while out walking with Frieda. ‘The young man was yourself as a young man – young, without a beard,’ explains Brett. ‘You had met your youth and fallen in love with it and gone off with it. I do not like this dream. Years later I find out why: I am told it foretells death’.
When Lawrence was feeling slightly better he returned to New Mexico. When Brett got news of this she jumps on her horse, Prince, and gallops over snow and ice to see him. She is greeted by Frieda who informs he’s upstairs, resting. He is frail and ill. Lawrence confides that he was so ill when he reached Mexico City from Oaxaca that Frieda applied rouge to his cheeks to bring some colour to his face.
Brett soon receives a visit from Ida Rauh (March 7, 1877 – February 28, 1970). Rauh was a lawyer, suffragist, actress, sculptor, and poet who moved to Santa Fe in 1922. She would make a bust of Lawrence which now resides in the Lawrence Memorial Library in New Mexico. Lawrence wrote the play David for her, which Brett was currently typing up. He would give Brett six copies of his manuscripts as a thank you for her typing services. Once she had finished typing up David, the two friends ride together to see Lawrence and he performs the entire play for them, with only a pause for tea.
During the one man performance, Frieda is fagging it as usual. Brett reminds the QB of her practical worth and hunts down a rabbit which goes in the pot for tea. A compromise is reached and Brett is allowed to see Lawrence again, but no more than three times a week. ‘I won’t have you up here every day. I won’t have you on the place. You are a mischief maker. I hate you, hate you!’ screams Frieda, but Brett finally stands up to her, telling the QB to go to hell and that she won’t be bossed by her. Shocked at this rare outburst, Frieda slams the door in Brett’s face. When Brett later relays this to Lawrence he is highly amused.
These squabbles soon result in the obligatory writing of fierce letters, though ‘you are always gentle and friendly after your angry letters. How tiresome it all is! You are weary of it; so am I. The only difference between us is that I am hopeful and you are pessimistic.’ A lot of this tension was symptomatic of other issues, namely Frieda’s desire to have her children up on the ranch. Perhaps this was one reason why Frieda resented Lawrence’s bonding with Brett: If she couldn’t be close to her children, why should he be allowed to be close to anyone else but her?
Despite these inevitable strains on their friendship, there were many good times together, such as trips up Raspberry Canyon to watch men take honey from the wild bees in the trees. But most of the time, it was just Brett and Lawrence. When they weren’t doing a bit of DIY together, such as building a shed for the pet cow Susan, one favourite pastime was painting together, or, perhaps more accurately, Brett painting and Lawrence correcting her. On one occasion Brett was working on a painting of the desert and their ranch life, which opened up a debate about the process of painting. ‘You insist that landscape without figures is dull’ writes Brett. ‘We are agreed, though, that most pictures should be painted from memory: the imagination works better that way.’ Lawrence is sceptical of artists who feel the need to sit in front of what they paint, arguing ‘they feel nothing inside them, so they must have it before their eyes. It’s all wrong and stupid: it should all be brought from inside oneself’ and then he spits on the floor, as if to reinforce the point.
Frieda had a go at painting once. Lawrence demanded to see what she’d done but she refused. He snatched the painting from her, flung it on the ground and stamped on it. Brett tries to rationalise this irrational behaviour, suggesting it could be the ‘fatigue of his writing’ and that she’d seen the artist Mark Gertler in similar tempestuous moods. Lawrence’s behaviour was violent and vindictive. But the tortured artist, it would appear, could torture other people and get away with it in the 1920s
Lawrence loved to be the teacher, or ‘preacher’ as Knud Merrild observed in his own memoir of their life together. So when Brett takes Lawrence shooting, it is a rare reversal of roles. He is very much the pupil, protesting ‘I have never fired a gun in my life and I hate killing things’. They use the doorknob on the toilet door for fire practice and after a few goes, the lock is blown to smithereens. The toilet door can never be locked properly again. It’s soon after this that Lawrence shoots a porcupine, justifying it on the grounds that they damage the trees. ‘You are immensely proud of yourself in one way, and full of regrets in another’ observes Brett.
We learn from Brett that Lawrence was an avid reader of the pulp magazine Adventure. First published in November 1910, it ran to 881 issues, ending in 1971. Noted explorer and journalist Trumbull White was the first editor (until 1912) and established two editorial principles: An “adventure” story did not have to be set in an exotic location; the story should be as historically, geographically, and socially accurate as possible. Brett said that Lawrence liked reading it more than anything. ‘It has just plain tales of adventure. Simple, unaffected storytelling, sometimes really very good, too’ he said.
One reason that Frieda disliked Brett and Lawrence’s friendship is because they acted like a spinster and a curate. It infuriated her that they didn’t have the guts to get it on. Despite the common perception of Lawrence as a smutty author, he was actually quite prudish in real life. ‘How untouchable you are, I think to myself’ writes Brett. ‘How true, how important to you is your constant cry of ‘Noli me tangere!’ You do not care to be touched, to be pawed. Necking makes you furious. Your sex is not to be played with, not to be belittled by playfulness. It is serious, a danger to be respected as the tiger is respected, hidden in the jungle.’ Brett feels very much the same and this is something else that brings them closer together.
The biggest sin they commit is coming home late from one of their excursions together, which would send Frieda into a rage. ‘One day she stands, arms akimbo, eyes wild, mouth a long tight slit; her close fitting bodice, pleated, full skirts all arrogant and belligerent. The next, she is a big, warm, bounding creature, eyes blue and free, mouth a broad grin, bodice and skirt colourful and glowing: rough, hearty, and undoubtedly handsome.’
When the summer of 1925 is over and plans for winter start to emerge, Brett does not want to return to London. She considers staying out here on the ranch on her own but Lawrence is worried for her safety. Instead he convinces her to visit Capri, a small island off the coast of Napoli. She is issued with a letter to the Brewsters, guaranteeing her somewhere to stay. Their life together in New Mexico is over. Capri will be their last adventure.
In the DH Lawrence Memory Theatre we want to address various aspects of Lawrence’s life through artefacts. Lawrence is a complex individual and we need to capture all aspects of his personality if we are to represent him correctly. How do we address his violent bullying of Frieda? Or his guilt at shooting a porcupine? His friendship with the inspirational Ida Rauh? The compassion and gentleness of Dorothy Brett? In 2019 we will be building our Memory Theatre and retracing Lawrence’s savage pilgrimage both physically and digitally. If you have an idea for an artefact, get involved and submit ideas here.
In our fourth blog exploring Dorothy Brett’s memoir we focus in on Lawrence’s relationship with a young boy called Rosalino, who was his moxo in Oaxaca. A mozo is an assistant, servant or male porter who ‘really goes with the house’. But what was it about the boy that so intrigued Lawrence?
In Oaxaca, Lawrence developed quite a fatherly relationship with Rosalino, their mozo. In Mornings in Mexico, he describes seeing him ‘lurking in the patio, and glancing furtively under his brows’. This furtive glance is different to the ‘black, incomprehensible, but somewhat defiant stare’ of other Indian boys, leading Lawrence to wonder whether he might be a bit different. ‘The difference lies in a certain sensitiveness and aloneness, as if he were a mother’s boy’ which is in stark contrast to ‘the bold male glare of most of the Indians, who seem as if they had never, never had mothers at all’. This is classic Lawrencian analysis, focussing in on one minor detail to make broader observations of an entire culture.
Rosalino works for four pesos a month, and his food. He owns ‘two cotton shirts, two pairs of calico pantaloons, two blouses, one of pink cotton, one of darkish flannelette, and a pair of sandals.’ His morning duties mainly consist of sweeping the house with ‘a sort of duster made of fluffy reeds’. In the afternoon he lounges about waiting for the wind to blow so that he can go through the process again. In the evenings he sleeps in the doorway to the home, the zaguán, on ‘a low wooden bench about four feet long and eighteen inches wide’.
The only thing keeping Rosalino warm at night is a threadbare serape. When Lawrence expresses his concern for the young boy, a local priest advises that mozos are used to living like this. But just because they are used to living like this doesn’t make it right, and so they head off to the market to rectify the problem. The market is on the Mitla Road which Brett describes as being ‘ageless’ and ‘timeless’ due to the ‘ceaseless flow of silent, trotting people: the slow oxen carts, the little tripping burros, with the large baskets hanging on each side, or with women crouched on their backs with a baby in front and one behind’.
Lawrence instructs Rosalino to choose a new and warmer serape from a pile. ‘For a moment he stares at you incredulously’ observes Brett, ‘then, with a broad smile and a gleam of white teeth, he begins to bargain. He sees the one he wants, and in true Indian fashion he goes about getting it as cheaply as he can. We move off, knowing that the job will be a long one.’ Rosalino succeeds in getting one incredibly cheap. ‘You give him the money and he hurries back, returning with the treasure folded over his shoulder. From that moment, he is your slave.’
Lawrence was incredibly fastidious when it came to money, largely because he lived so much of his life in poverty. Sea in Sardinia, for example, is full of details about the cost of travel and food, so he no doubt admired Rosalino’s bartering skills. From that point onwards, Lawrence gave him money to bargain for essentials. ‘This he simply loved to do’ he observes. ‘It put him into a temper to see us buying without bargaining, and paying ghastly prices.’
Rosalino comes with a complicated history. After refusing to be conscripted for the army, Brett notes he is ‘so severely beaten that his back is permanently injured.’ This means he’s unable to carry heavy weights. This wasn’t an ideal situation for Lawrence given his own poor health, but he admires Rosalino for standing by his principles: ‘He is one of those, like myself, who have a horror of serving in a mass of men, or even of being mixed up with a mass of men. He obstinately refused, whereupon the recruiting soldiers beat him with the butts of their rifles till he lay unconscious, apparently dead.’
After ensuring he was suitably dressed, Lawrence then drew on his experience of teaching to help Rosalino with his self-education. Rosalino had been attending a night school for two years for reading and writing and was set the task of learning and copying a series of long poems. But the problem was ‘he had written the thing straight ahead, without verse-lines or capitals or punctuation at all, just a vast string of words, a whole foolscap sheet full.’ Realising that he was having difficulty, Lawrence stepped in and offered to teach him every morning for one hour. Mozos were not used to this level of kindness and so this latest gesture had a profound effect on Rosalino, leading to mimicry. Lawrence enjoyed a bath every Saturday evening and a clean shirt on a Sunday. So Rosalino goes to the public bath every Saturday and on a Sunday ‘he appears in a gorgeous flowered shirt, spotlessly clean’. But he only has two shirts and so Lawrence buys him some more.
He was fed well too. Instead of the daily diet of tortillas, ‘we started feeding him from our own meals, and for the first time in his life he had real soups, meat-stews, or a fried egg, he loved to do things in the kitchen. He would come with sparkling black eyes: ‘Hé comido el caldo. Grazias!’ (I have eaten the soup. Thank you.’)–And he would give a strange, excited little yelp of a laugh’.
When Rosalino suddenly went missing one day, Lawrence was understandably annoyed. He’d shown the boy fatherly affection and so was offended when he thought this wasn’t being reciprocated. Brett records a typically irrational outburst: ‘Give friendship and they deceive you and go. They don’t really care – they really hate us. It makes me hate them.’ Rosalino had left because he was homesick for his people. This had been brought on by accompanying Lawrence and Frieda on long walks to small and remote villages. But he returned a few days later.
Observing that one minute Rosalino is ‘thrilled and happy’ the next he is imbued with a ‘black, reptilian gloom, and a sense of hatred’ – he could almost be talking about his own erratic mood swings. ‘He didn’t forgive himself for having felt free and happy with us. He had eaten what we had eaten…He had been happy, therefore we were scheming to take another advantage of him. We had some devilish white monkey-trick up our sleeve; we wanted to get at his soul.’
Lawrence had an indifferent relationship to his childhood home of Eastwood. His novels evoke glorious landscapes destroyed by industrialisation. As much as he may have felt the occasional pang to return home, whenever he did he couldn’t get out of there quick enough. It would lead him to observe ‘I can be anywhere at home, except home.’ So too Rosalino found himself conflicted; when they trekked to Huayap, an Indian hill village reminiscent of his former home, ‘the black Indian gloom of nostalgia must have made a crack in his spirits.’
In Mornings and Mexico, Lawrence goes into hilarious detail about Rosalino’s indecisiveness which is worth quoting at length.
‘At lunch-time on Monday he said he wanted to leave. Why? He said he wanted to go back to his village. Very well. He was to wait just a few days, till another mozo was found. At this a glance of pure, reptilian hate from his black eyes. He sat motionless on his bench all the afternoon, in the Indian stupor of gloom and profound hate. In the evening, he cheered up a little and said he would stay on, at least till Easter. Tuesday morning. More stupor and gloom and hate. He wanted to go back to his village at once. All right! No one wanted to keep him against his will. Another mozo would be found at once. He went off in the numb stupor of gloom and hate, a very potent hate that could affect one in the pit of one’s stomach with nausea. Tuesday afternoon, and he thought he would stay. Wednesday morning, and he wanted to go…’
This indecision echoes Lawrence’s own travel plans when he was first invited to New Mexico by Mabel Dodge Luhan, as reported in an earlier blog. He constantly delayed his plans, took detours east to Ceylon and Australia so that ‘strengthened with Buddha, noisy, rampageous America might be easier to tackle,’ and pretty much back tracked on everything he planned and promised to do. No wonder he writes so affectionately about Rosalino’s failure to return to his roots. It was a route he had taken himself many times.
In the DH Lawrence Memory Theatre we want to address various aspects of Lawrence’s life through artefacts. How can we capture his friendship with Rosalino? How do we represent his time in Oaxaca? Do we need a serape for visitors to keep warm or should we build in a zaguán so you can snuggle up at night and guard our project? In 2019 we will be building our Memory Theatre and retracing Lawrence’s savage pilgrimage both physically and digitally. If you have an idea for an artefact, get involved and submit ideas here.
In our previous blog, Dorothy Brett identified a wild change in Lawrence’s mood during their stay in New Mexico. He was becoming paranoid, angry, and convinced those closest to him were traitors. This irrational appraisal of his circumstances was a recurring theme that propelled Lawrence to up sticks and move on. His latest quest to find somewhere authentic to live led Lawrence, Brett and the QB to Old Mexico.
The Mexican Consulate in El Paso is ‘not the most cheerful of places’. While waiting to get passports stamped, comedy ensues when a passport official first believes Brett is Lawrence’s wife and then, adding insult to injury, inquires whether the QB is his mother. Lawrence is not impressed and ‘something in your eye silences him’.
After clearing things up the trio board a train rammed with passengers, many of whom travel on the roof of the carriage. There’s also a heavy military presence. Frieda is dismissive of their new circumstances but Lawrence remains optimistic. Her mood will change when she meets the real locals he reassures her. They arrive in Mexico City four hours later than planned and book into the Hotel Regis, the ‘smartest hotel in the city’. But Lawrence doesn’t like it, so the next night they head to a more familiar haunt, the old Monte Carlo hotel.
Then, before you know it, they’re off again, this time to Oaxaca. As always throughout her memoir, Brett paints an evocative picture of their journey: ‘At seven in the morning, we get into the Oaxaca train. Popocatepetl and Ixtaccihuatl, the twin volcanoes, are snow white against the sky. A faint trail of smoke floats out of Popocatepetl. In the vast fields, little men like gnats are working, shining white, crowned by their gigantic hats. The train is crowded, but we don’t care. The excitement of movement, of adventure, of new rhythms, is on you. Your eyes gleam, and you bite your beard; you are alert and happy.’
The Mexican Revolution of 1910-20 was triggered by the failure to find a presidential succession to Porfirio Diaz when his 30 year old dictatorship came to an end. The ensuing political conflict would see vote rigging, assassinations, and the civil war of 1914-15, as various shifting alliances were formed before the establishment of a constitutional republic. What started out as a relatively simple political movement broadened into a major social and economic transformations that ran on until 1940.
When Lawrence and co turned up, they were the first white people to go to Oaxaca since the revolution finished in 1920. In the stifling heat they buy sugar cane and suck it while observing stations pockmarked with bullets. There is an eerie silence at every station: ‘rows of silent men in clean white clothes sit along bits of broken walls, their faces in pools of dark shadow from their big hats. But the glinting eyes watch us unceasingly.’
From Oaxaca station they rattle off on a mule tram. To her horror, Brett discovers she’s lost her beloved Toby – her ear trumpet. They are warned by the owner of the Hotel Francia that theft is rife and so they mustn’t leave anything within reach of the windows as the favourite game of local thieves is a variation on ‘Hook a Duck,’ courtesy of long poles with a nail on the end. A few weeks later Brett catches a thief in action and manages to steal his pole, much to the hotel owner’s delight.
These are uncertain times and Lawrence is worried about the constant rumours of another revolution. The locals here have been isolated in Oaxaca for four years, with the railway the only way in or out. Then there’s the incurable diseases. War, disease, and claustrophobia are things Lawrence had been avoiding all his life, but it was the threat to his precious freedom that worried him the most. Therefore he ignores advice not to walk at night, preferring to risk getting robbed.
The locals are intrigued by the sheer otherness of the new white visitors. Lawrence, with his red beard, pale skin, and piercing blue eyes, quickly earns the nickname of ‘Cristo’. He may look completely alien, but he’s well-travelled and therefore privy to the tricks of local traders. While buying sandals, Lawrence warns Brett that they tan the leather with human excrement and to offer half of whatever price she’s offered. In the market, Brett finds an intelligent tinsmith who is able to craft her a replacement ear trumpet until her replacement arrives from London.
Their new accommodation was spacious, consisting of large rooms and a patio ‘with its big, shady trees and flowers and quietness. The scarlet poinsettias are out; the parrots incessantly chatter in their tree; and the little dog snoozes comfortably at your feet. The ducks are fattened and heartlessly eaten one by one”. But the patio also acts as a kind of prison, with Lawrence observing: ‘In spite of the beautiful climate I don’t believe I will ever be able to stand the lack of freedom. I wish we could buy huge revolvers and knives and kill somebody. It’s all so silly and tiresome.’ It didn’t help that Lawrence’s letters were being opened, as they had been in Cornwall, but this is resolved after a complaint to the local Governor.
‘A strange feeling is coming over us; a dual feeling’ writes Brett. ‘One of imprisonment, and then another of a fierce desire to sally forth armed to the teeth and to shoot – to assert ourselves noisily in this noiseless unease. We can find no freedom, for ourselves or in anyone else. Everybody is virtually a prisoner. The Indians are afraid of the Mexicans, the Mexicans are afraid of the Indians, and the Americans are afraid of both’.
The endless Fiestas should have offered escapism from the tensions, but even these were tinged with fear. During the Fiesta of San Felipe, just before Christmas, Lawrence observes ‘the people are not allowed to shout or sing in case of too much excitement rousing more trouble. The rulers want to keep the people quiet’.
The Fiesta of the Rabanos, however, brought about some much needed hilarity. Here large white and pink radishes are hung over booths. ‘No proportion of their anatomy is missing,’ reports Brett ‘and certain unmentionable portions are so exaggerated that I am overwhelmed with embarrassment.’ This, of course, brought great pleasure to the store owners, who relished in the discomfort of outsiders perusing their phallic produce.
In the end Brett buys a ‘fairly modest, unexaggerated radish’ and smuggles it into her coat pocket, but of course everyone is privy to her coyness and lets her know through knowing smiles. During this time, Lawrence has been ill in bed. But Brett’s account of her shopping trip is the perfect remedy for ill health: ‘your eyes twinkle: a gleam of wicked amusement shines in them. I am becoming more and more embarrassed as I tell my tale, and the laughter is dancing in your eyes: they are two gleaming specks of light. You are biting your beard and you are vexed at having missed it all.’ Lawrence insists the radish be hung up on the Christmas tree. When the Indians notice it they explain the story of The Fiesta of the Rabanos. The radish is the delicate way that a young man can declare his love for a woman and his desire for her. In later years Brett would paint the radish festival and send a copy to Lawrence as a gift. As the painting was not signed, it was presumed to be one of Lawrence’s own paintings and incorrectly appears in The Paintings of DH Lawrence.
When Brett and Lawrence weren’t giggling over phallic radishes, they enjoyed long walks together. Given her deafness, these solitary walks were an opportunity for Brett to open up and discuss how she felt about life. ‘All my ideas come pouring out, easily and simply; and you, eager, gay, sympathetic, with your quick understanding, agree with much of what I say. Somehow we are in harmony’. Lawrence was a good listener, and his personality intrigued Brett. She tries to pinpoint the energy he gives off, his charisma, but it is hard to capture. ‘It is that something from your heart, that has nothing to do with upbringing or training…I can find no word. How describe the real aristocracy of the heart and mind? I watch you now and know that it surrounds you, gives you that strange ‘quality’ that others see and feel as well as I, and which clothes you even from that distance as I watch you drifting lightly across the street and round the corner.’
When they return home Frieda is sat smoking on the patio. A cold and silent tea follows. The next day she is in a rage, attacking Lawrence for his friendship with Brett. Lawrence pens a letter to Brett that ‘is fierce, cruel, telling me that the three of us are no longer a happy combination and that we must stand apart.’ Angry letters had dictated Lawrence’s relationship with Mabel Dodge Luhan, with the two of them venting spleen back and forth. But Brett is a different, more delicate, creature. She is too shocked by this outburst to immediately respond and instead lets it dwell. When Lawrence pops down to see her a few days later he explains the letter is all Frieda’s doing.
Brett can see the damage this is doing to Lawrence and, selfless as ever, offers to go back to Del Monte Ranch for a while to let things blow over between him and Frieda. Lawrence is appreciative of her gesture, but when he reveals Frieda hates her Brett is astonished. She had no idea it was this personal. When Lawrence asks ‘What do you suppose all our quarrels are about?’ Brett calmly replies ‘but you are famous all over the world for your quarrels! How could I know it was me?’ touché!
Before she leaves, Brett, obliging as ever, does a bit more typing for Lawrence. He doesn’t like her heading back on her own, but she is courageous and independent. Before leaving, Frieda writes Brett a letter and we discover the real reason for her hatred. ‘In it she accuses us, Lawrence and myself, of being like a curate and a spinster; she resents the fact that we do not make love to each other. She says the friendship between man and woman makes only half of the curve. Well, maybe.’ And just in case she was tempted to take advantage, Frieda warns it wouldn’t work as she has the body of an ‘asparagus stick’ and Lawrence likes a more womanly figure!
Frieda was an incredibly liberal minded woman who lived through sexual impulse. Repressing desire was unimaginable to her frame of reference. But Brett was a very different beast and so was bewildered to be criticised for being the dutiful guest. More perplexing was ‘the correct behaviour in a triangle’. Lawrence and Brett did eventually try to get it on but it all went horribly wrong; the details of which were revealed after her death and added to the forward of her memoir. But for now it was time for her to take a momentary break from their company, leaving Lawrence to work on The Plumed Serpent.
In the DH Lawrence Memory Theatre we want to address various aspects of Lawrence’s life through artefacts. How can we capture his time spent travelling through Mexico? Do we have room for phallic radishes or a gun to quell Lawrence’s rage? And what’s the best way to represent ‘the correct behaviour in a triangle’? In 2019 we will be building our Memory Theatre and retracing Lawrence’s savage pilgrimage both physically and digitally. If you have an idea for an artefact, get involved and submit ideas here.
In March 1924, Lawrence gave New Mexico another go. This time he returned with the deaf painter Dorothy Brett. In our second blog, drawn from Brett’s memoir Lawrence and Brett: A Friendship, we see the friends working tirelessly to renovative cabins in order to create Rananim.
When Dorothy Brett accompanied Lawrence and the QB to New Mexico, there was a lot of hard graft ahead of them in order to transform dilapidated cabins into liveable homes. The biggest cabin stank as it was full of cow dung and required more than a quick tidying up. Rotten props had to be removed and new ones erected in order to stop the structure from collapsing. This is why Geoff Dyer in Out of Sheer Rage describes Lawrence as ‘perhaps the first great DIYer in English literature’.
During these renovations, everyone had a role during the long and hot days. While Lawrence was working with the Indians, ‘Frieda cooks, lies on her bed smoking, cooks again’. One of the worst jobs was cleaning the roof but Lawrence never shirked his responsibilities. ‘With a handkerchief bound round your mouth, you have been sweeping the rat-dirt and nests out with a small dustpan and brush. You come crawling out, looking white and tired…Nothing will prevent you from doing the same hard work that the Indians do, however dirty and disagreeable. You have to share the worst with the best, even the dirt and heat in the roof. You will not ask the Indians to do anything that you are not willing to do yourself. And you insist on giving them plenty to eat.’
Brett’s role during these early days was to chop up the wood Lawrence had felled for kindling and to collect water from the spring. Mabel and Tony Luhan go to and fro to Taos in the car, returning with ‘pots and pans and comforts’ and more labourers when required. Everyone had a role. In the evening the friends relax by singing old Scotch and English ballads and then invite Candido and the other Indians to join them on realising their crooning was making them feel lonely.
Although Lawrence enjoyed the renovation work, he was equally happy to play ‘mother’. When Candido badly damaged his finger, Brett observes him ‘gently, and with deft, careful fingers, you wash the wound and lay the boiling poultice on the finger. Candido draws back with a cry; you blow on the poultice, lifting it off his finger. Slowly you lower it again.’ During the evening Lawrence renewed the poultice three times, instructing Candido to return the next day for a new one. Another example of his caring side came when Lawrence noticed that their neighbours Rachel and Bill Hawk weren’t back from a trip and he ‘became anxious for the cows’. He herded them in and milked them, returning each day to repeat the process until the Hawk’s returned. As it turned out their car had broken down and so they were thankful for Lawrence’s foresight, though more shocked that he knew how to milk cows.
Although Lawrence was determined to live self-sufficiently, occasionally he was defeated. On one occasion he tried to make mats out of rope and wire for two stone seats and sat ‘fumbling and struggling, swearing, as you twist the stiff wire round the obstinate rope’. He completed one mat but never bothered to do the second one.
But of course all of this community building and bonding was temporary. One evening as they are sat around a fire Brett notices Mabel’s eyes are ‘flaring’, Frieda’s eyes are ‘darting about’ and Lawrence is ‘silent’. Her deafness means that she is unable to pick up on exactly what’s triggering the mood, but soon finds out it’s her when Lawrence scalds her for showing no respect to him or Frieda. ‘Your voice is rising higher and higher. I take hold of your wrist, lightly between my finger and thumb, and say very quietly: ‘No, Lawrence, that isn’t so.’ You stop, hesitate; then Frieda pops out of your bedroom and goads you on, shouting at both of us. You begin again, but I still hold your wrist in that light hold, repeating quietly that it is not so. Your anger dies down; you stop suddenly and give me a queer look – it is over.’
Brett gets a very unfair showing in Mabel Dodge Luhan’s memoir, mainly because Luhan saw Brett as a competitor for Lawrence’s affections. She victimised Brett for her deafness, claiming ‘it was not a jolly, sociable ear trumpet that longed to be a part of everything else. I soon saw that it was an eavesdropper. It was a spy upon any influence near Lorenzo.’ But the reality is her deafness created a barrier that meant she was unable to join in group conversations and suddenly found herself under attack. By my interpretation, Brett is a gentle and kind spirit who is scapegoated by the group. This is evident throughout her memoir, though she never explicitly uses this for sympathy. But the reason they became such close friends, as far as I can see, is that her calm demeanour helped to offset Lawrence’s sporadic rages. Like any successful relationship, their differences complimented each other.
One way that Lawrence helped cope with his rages was by chopping wood. ‘You have no idea how soothing to it is to the nerves’ he explained to Brett. ‘When I am in a temper, I like to run out into these quiet woods and chop down a tree; it quiets the nerves. Even chopping wood helps; you’ve no idea, Brett, how much it helps. That’s why I like doing it.’ As Brett joined him on such trips, this increased the jealousy among the women. This wasn’t helped when Frieda accompanied them one day and Lawrence asked her to sit on the wood while he and Brett worked the double saw, ‘as you are the heaviest’.
Brett would be continually punished for her friendship with Lawrence by the other women in his life. Frieda would eventually limit her visits to the cabin to three times a week whereas Mabel Dodge Luhan would completely exclude Brett by not inviting her to the Hopi Snake Dance, which meant a fortnight on her own. These sporadic bouts of spitefulness must have hurt, yet Brett retains a dignified tone throughout her memoir with none of the sniping that imbues Mabel Dodge Luhan’s account. When Brett does take a pop at Luhan she does it very subtly, describing her flirtatious ways as ‘lying lazily in our chairs…ties a bright cherry coloured ribbon round her hair. Then she lies back and twirls a bit of hair between her fingers’. When Luhan heads off to Taos it’s because ‘her restless energy has little outlet in the quiet life of the Ranch.’
Despite enjoying building a new home together, Frieda naturally pined for her children which antagonised Lawrence. Their arguments would lead to Frieda being nicknamed ‘Angry Winter’ by the Indians. Lawrence, for the record, was ‘Red Fox’. Brett recalls one incident where she and Frieda were disturbed by ‘considerable scuffling’ coming from the chicken house. When they looked out the window, Lawrence emerged with a squawking hen held upside down by her legs. She is swiftly taken to the woodpile and her head is adroitly chopped off. ‘You leave the hen twitching headless on the ground and come in. ‘Damn her,’ you say, ‘She was brooding again; after all the trouble I took hanging her for days up in that box to cool her underneath, she still brooded. So I’ve chopped off her head. Serves her right, too!’ Although Brett does not elude any symbolism to the event, it certainly reads as a curt warning to Frieda.
With most of the work done Lawrence now had more time to write, heading into the woods ‘in the quiet, still morning, with your copybook under your arm and your fountain pen…sometimes one can glimpse you through the trees, sitting leaning up against the trunk of a pine tree in your blue shirt, white corduroy pants and big, pointed straw hat’. It would appear that Lawrence was only able to write if he had other distractions to occupy him. Kai Götzsche could testify to this, having spent the backend of 1923 on a futile trip with Lawrence across Old Mexico. Writing to Knud Merrild on 22 October 1923 he observes: ‘He needs, in a high degree, something else to think about, and something else to do besides his writings. I am absolutely sure that he would feel happier and live more happily if he could go out for a few hours a day, and have some work to do, milk a cow or plough a field. As he lives now, he only writes a little in the morning and the rest of the day he just hangs around on a bench or drifts over to the market place, hands in pocket, perhaps buying some candy, fruit, or something. If he could only have access to a kitchen, so he could make our food, that would occupy him for a couple of hours.’
In New Mexico, Brett had the smallest cabin of the three friends. But she doesn’t complain about her humble abode: ‘My house has no room at all, except for a bed, the smallest stove imaginable, a table in the window, and a chair squeezed between the table and the bed. It is sunny and warm, but very leaky.’ Brett enjoyed painting the incredible landscape from her cabin, and Lawrence, when he wasn’t offering criticism of her technique, would come and borrow turpentine which he painted onto the horses to help keep off flies. The effect was calamitous, with the horses ‘kicking and rolling and pawing up earth with their front hoofs to try and stop the stinging’. In the future they used salted lard instead.
Although Lawrence loved to get his hands dirty, all of this DIY took its toll on his health. Brett recalls him always spitting, and when he once spat red blood she pretended not to see. This was traumatic for Brett as she had previously witnessed Katherine Mansfield burst a blood vessel while talking to her. Mansfield died of extrapulmonary tuberculosis earlier in the year, on 9 January 1923. Experience had taught Brett not to confront Lawrence, a man always in denial about his health, about such matters. This was left to Frieda, who persuaded him to rest in bed. But when she called for a doctor it put Lawrence in a rage ‘with a violence that is overpowering’. ‘How dare you’ he screamed, before launching an iron egg ring at Frieda’s head.
Brett opted for gentler distractions as a means of helping Lawrence cope with his illness, catching a hummingbird fluttering on her windowsill and presenting it to him. ‘I hurry over to your house and take it to you. ‘What is it?’ you ask. ‘Be careful,’ I reply, ‘and don’t let it fly away. Hold out your hands.’ I place the bird carefully in them, and you sit there holding it. A look of amazement, followed by another of almost religious ecstasy comes into your face as the tiny fluff of feathers sits in your hand, the long beak tapering and sharp, the gorgeous metal splendour of the green and blue throat shimmering. Suddenly, with a laugh, you toss it into the air.’
Brett is incredibly perceptive, observing and rationalising Lawrence’s behaviour throughout her memoir to paint a powerful picture of this complex and contradictory man. For example, while riding in single file down the old Questa road to San Cristobal Canyon she wonders why Lawrence is always looking at the ground while she looks up at the trees and the sky ‘and then it suddenly dawns on me: you are looking for flowers – and flowers there are among all the tangled undergrowth’. Their journey takes them along the white and red rocks of Red River to Columbine Lake, which would inform the drama of Lawrence’s short story The Princess.
Lawrence and Brett enjoyed a very close friendship in New Mexico. They enjoyed long horseback rides together, worked well as a team fixing up the cabins, and she was a dab hand at shooting and fishing, thereby providing supper when needed. I’m convinced that her deafness was pivotal to their close friendship, as it enabled them to simply be without the hindrance of words. But Lawrence couldn’t sit still for long and inevitably it didn’t take long before he had the urge to move on.
In order to do this he needed to unsettle himself from the good life he had worked so hard to create. Paranoia and bitter resentment that everyone was out to get him worked well as catalysts for change. As Brett observes: ‘You are bitter, jeering at everyone, turning every thought, every action of all your friends, past and present, to ridicule. Nobody is honest, nobody is anything but a coward, a traitor, utterly false and despicable. Why? God knows…the urge to move, to travel, is on you once more.’
In the DH Lawrence Memory Theatre we want to address various aspects of Lawrence’s life through artefacts. How can we capture his DIY skills? Those long horse rides into the San Cristobal Canyon? His friendship with Dorothy Brett? In 2019 we will be building our Memory Theatre and retracing Lawrence’s savage pilgrimage both physically and digitally. If you have an idea for an artefact, get involved and submit ideas here.
Our previous five blogs explored Lawrence’s time in New Mexico from the perspective of Mabel Dodge Luhan. Now it’s time to turn our attention to a very different memoir: Brett and Lawrence: A Friendship. The title pretty much sums up Brett’s feelings, though their friendship could have developed into something more but for acute shyness and clumsiness on both sides.
‘Friendship is as binding
As the Marriage Vow –
As important – as Eternal –‘
Born in1883, Dorothy Brett was the third of four siblings. Her grandfather was Queen Victoria’s Master of the Rolls as well as Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals. Her French grandmother had a more challenging start to life, discovered as an abandoned baby on the battlefield at Waterloo, she was adopted by Colonel Gurwood, the personal assistant of Wellington. To complicate matters further, her great grandmother was rumoured to have been the mistress of Napoleon. On her maternal side, writes John Manchester in his prologue to Brett’s memoir, her Belgium grandfather was none other than Van de Weyer, who had helped put Leopold I on the throne, while her maternal grandmother was the daughter of a rich Boston banker. By all accounts she had a completely different social upbringing to Lawrence, yet the two would become very close friends. This is all lovingly shared in Brett’s memoir that is narrated directly to Lawrence, written two years (check) after his death.
The first time Brett met Lawrence was in 1915. They were invited to a gathering at the home of British artist Mark Gertler (1891-1939) in the Vale of Heath, London. Gertler, one of five children to Polish-Jewish immigrants, was a British painter specialising in figure subjects, portraits and still-life. From a young age it was clear that he had a unique talent for drawing but his path to success would be hampered by financial difficulties. Due to his family’s poverty, Gertler was forced to drop out of Regent Street Polytechnic in 1906 and take up employment. In 1908 he successfully applied for a scholarship from the Jewish Education Aid Society (JEAS) and enrolled at the Slade School of Art, London where he would become a contemporary of the likes of Paul Nash and Stanley Spencer. It was at Slade that he met Brett, who studied there from 1910 to 1916, introducing her to artistic and literary circles that included the Bloomsbury Group.
Brett’s description of Gertler ‘with his thick, dark, curly hair, cut like a Florentine boy, the delicate, clear-cut features, the long grey eyes, he was as beautiful as a Botticelli angel or a wild creature of some Keltic myth’ is beautifully evocative. John Manchester credits this due to her artistic background – ‘Brett writes as a painter – she sees it all before her inner eye as though it were happening right now’. Gertler would succumb to the same disease that also took the life of Katherine Mansfield and Lawrence. He would also be immortalised in fiction as the sculptor Herr Loerke in Lawrence’s Women in Love (1920), Gombauld in Huxley’s Crome Yellow (1921) and his early life would inspire Gilbert Cannan’s novel Mendel (1916).
During their first encounter, Lawrence sat upright with his hands tucked under his thighs. He had an immediate impact on Brett ‘gently coaxing me out of my shyness’ as they sat around a fire in Gertler’s front room. She would have appreciated his attentiveness as her deafness was particularly problematic in crowds. In a letter to Bertrand Russell in 1918, Brett reveals her frustration at being surrounded by an arty community at Garsington Manor but being unable to join in: ‘Can you imagine what it means to see life revolving round you – see people talking and laughing, quite meaninglessly! Like looking through a shop window or a restaurant window. It is all so hideous I sometimes wonder how I can go on. I think if it were not for my painting I would end it all.’
When she discovered Lawrence was shortly off to Europe, Brett threw a party at her studio in Earl’s Court Road. It was attended by the usual suspects: Gertler, Kotiliansky, Murry, Mansfield and her friend Estelle Rice, Carrington, and Frieda. But it was ruined by a group of gate crashers and so another, more intimate gathering, was arranged two days later. In quieter surroundings they were able to play charades, with Lawrence ‘trotting round the room riding an imaginary bicycle, ringing the bell.’ She wouldn’t see him again until 1923.
In 1923 Brett had moved to Queen Anne House, Pond Street, Hampstead. The critic Middleton Murry, whose partner Katherine Mansfield had died in January, lived next door. Frieda arrived in the UK first, though she wasn’t entirely sure whether Lawrence would follow her from New Mexico. But he does, arriving six weeks later, and just in time for Christmas. He is immediately affronted by the smallness of Brett’s home, yet astonished she has a Rolls Royce parked outside. Pumped up from his savage pilgrimage across the globe, he immediately announces ‘Brett, I am not a man…I am MAN’ and immediately invites her to join him in Taormina or New Mexico. The same invitation is extended to the rest of their inner circle in the infamous dinner party that left Lawrence with a two day hangover. Only Brett would take him up on the offer.
When Lawrence wasn’t insulting Brett about her humble dwellings, the two made flowers together out of clay and then painted them. Being creative enabled them to bond, which was far more preferable than being asked innumerable questions by people, which bored Lawrence. One evening, while Frieda sat knitting and sowing, Lawrence and Brett made a plasticine tree and an Adam and Eve. Murry contributed a snake. Lawrence took devilish pleasure in the ‘scandalised faces’ of his friends as they peered at his naked Adam ‘so with ironical glee you snip off his indecency, and then mourn for him his loss.’
Brett was immediately attracted by Lawrence’s ‘soft Midland voice’ yet notes his use of ‘thee’ and ‘tha’ – usually attributed to the Yorkshire dialect. She observes the way his mouth pulls down at one corner – ‘the ever ready, amused jeer is on your lips’. But it is his kindness that lures her to him, the way he probes ‘delicately into my life and ideas and feelings, sensitive to my sensitiveness.’ But he is less sensitive in his criticisms of her chosen profession, insisting paintings are dead and that there is no life in still lives. Knud Merrild, in his memoir A Poet and Two Painters, would recall similarly condescending conversations. Yet Lawrence, a man of wonderful contradictions, would find solace in art during his latter years, and, inevitably, his paintings would cause as much controversy as his novels. But for Brett, art had a more pragmatic function. It helped fund her trip to New Mexico.
The friends spent Christmas Day together, but only on condition that they ate goose. Lawrence had had enough of turkey. Always attentive with every task he undertook, he stuffed the goose with sage and onions, laying strips of bacon across the chest. To appease his growing homesickness for New Mexico, they take a trip to The Stand to see The Covered Wagon. During the performance Lawrence hums the song that’s the keynote to the story: ‘Oh, oh, Susanna, don’t you sigh for me, for I’m waiting here in Oregon with my banjo on my knee.’ Brett lovingly adapts these lyrics years later to ‘Oh, oh, Lorenzo, don’t you sigh for me, for I’m waiting here in Kiowa with your Timsy on my knee.’ Timsy being his cat.
When it’s time to finally leave, Lawrence is excited to be sailing on The Aquitania, as he’s never been on such a large ship before. Brett is equally excited, as she has only ever been on a Channel boat. Her servant, who knows her well, mourns Brett’s departure, rightly predicting she will never return, despite Brett’s assurance she’ll only be gone for six months. Her servant was right. Brett would only return back to England for two weeks in 1924. Once on the ship, Frieda retreats to her cabin, leaving Brett and Lawrence to excitedly wander the decks. Adventure and exploration will be a defining trait of their friendship across the Pond. As the two stand on deck watching England fade away, Lawrence remarks ‘I am always a bit sad at leaving England, and yet I am always glad to be gone.’
In the DH Lawrence Memory Theatre we want to address various aspects of Lawrence’s life through artefacts. How can we capture his love of charades? His voyage on the Aquitania? Or those small gatherings of arty folk in Hampstead? In 2019 we will be building our Memory Theatre and retracing Lawrence’s savage pilgrimage both physically and digitally. If you have an idea for an artefact, get involved and submit ideas here.
When Lawrence returned to Taos to give it another go, Tony and Mabel Dodge Luhan (MDL) had also recently returned from their first long absence from home. It was the opportunity for a fresh start, or so went the plan. This time Lawrence and the QB had returned with a new guest, Dorothy Brett (10 November 1883 – 27 August 1977). ‘The Brett,’ as she was known, was a former student of the Slade School of Art and of aristocratic ancestry. Partially deaf, she had a brass ear trumpet stuck to her ear, rotating it to listen into conversations. ‘It was not a jolly, sociable ear trumpet that longed to be a part of everything else,’ complained MDL, ‘I soon saw that it was an eavesdropper. It was a spy upon any influence near Lorenzo.’ Oh dear, he we go again…
Brett is dismissed by MDL, rather unfairly, as some kind of commodity who is passed around the literati to satiate their various needs. First, she was Katherine Mansfield’s close confident, then the brief love interest of Middleton Murry, and now Lawrence’s typist. But she was a lot more to Lawrence than mere typist which probably explains MDLs lack of compassion towards her hearing aid. Brett was a threat; another obstacle thwarting the flow between her and Lawrence.
The Lawrence’s moved into a two storey house across the alfalfa from MDL. Brett had a studio a few doors away. Brett’s accommodation was tiny, but she was content to sit and paint the Truchas Peaks which lie on the divide between the Rio Grande and the Pecos River. MDL couldn’t accept that this shy, quiet artist was content perfecting her craft, instead she accuses Brett of ‘watching every move of Lorenzo to and fro between our houses.’
MDL picks fault with Brett at every opportunity in her memoir. She is keen to point out that although Brett’s father, Viscount Esher, had kept a racing stable; he never let his daughters ride. Whereas, of course, MDL had her own horses. But any hopes she had of long treks out into the mountains with Lawrence on her own are soon scuppered when Lawrence, who revelled in imparting knowledge, taught Brett to ride. They would end up taking long rides together. Given Brett’s deafness, a lot of these horse rides were taken in silence. In her memoir, Lawrence and Brett: A Friendship, she suggests that Lawrence enjoyed the peace and tranquillity of simply trotting along and being at one with his immediate environment, rather than being harassed for his affections by MDL.
To her credit, MDL tries every trick in the book to get close to Lawrence – which makes for unintentionally hilarious reading when it goes sour. One of the most bizarre examples of this is a haircutting incident. Lawrence didn’t want to trudge down to Taos to get his locks chopped, so they decided to do it in-house. MDL, dramatic and desperate as ever, writes: ‘I longed to have him shear me.’ But Lawrence wouldn’t shear anyone, instead Brett, courteous as ever, steps in. Not being a professional hairdresser she accidentally cuts MDL’s ear in the process, which ramps up the paranoia to new heights: ‘She hated me, she was deaf, and she tried to mutilate my ear.’
Brett paints a slightly different version of events in her memoir, recalling that Lawrence – a man not accustomed for his patience – becoming irritated at having to sit still, barking ‘haven’t you finished yet?’ A bowl is placed over his head and ‘I snip and snip as I have seen barbers do, but somehow it is not quite so easy as it looks.’ Needless to say Lawrence is not impressed: ‘For heaven’s sake. Get a man to cut my hair. You’ve given me a debutante bob.’ When it’s MDL’s turn she complains that Brett is pulling her and that it hurts. When she cuts her ear by mistake, Brett recalls a calmer MDL saying ‘It’s all right, Brett; it’s nothing. It’s almost healed and doesn’t matter.’
The latest cabin that MDL provided for the Lawrences required a lot of work. Brett was more than happy to get her hands dirty, passing Lawrence nails as he tacked down the roof. For her troubles she was nicknamed the ‘handmaiden’. Frieda became suspicious of Brett’s intentions, later limiting her home visits to three times a week. At this point Frieda’s relationship with MDL starts to improve, due to their shared distrust of this enthusiastic new guest.
MDL had strong ideas for how the cabin (the former home of Mrs. Sprage) should look and hoped Lawrence would paint the pink house green to blend in with the environment. Instead he painted it cream so that it stood out even more. Then he added a green snake wrapped around the stem of a sunflower. On either side he added a large black butterfly, a white dove, a dark brown bullfrog, and a rooster, followed by the Phoenix rising out of the flames. It was an eyesore that caused scandal with the neighbours. Tony Luhan wouldn’t go near it.
In her memoir, Dorothy Brett recalls Lawrence ‘committing an outrage on the toilet door’ and was under the impression that the reason the design caused so much offence was because of the addition of an Adam and Eve that they painted brown. But this wasn’t the problem. It was the amount of fun they were having together. As Brett recalls, ‘that seems to be the last straw of Mabel’s forbearance…She darts furious glances at us: we giggle and chop and paint. We are, as usual, absorbed, excited and terrifically amused, as doing these silly things amuse us.’
Although MDL was clearly a very difficult woman to be around, you have to admire her perseverance. She, like Lawrence, had an agenda, and was equally stubborn and forceful in trying to realise it. She had given Lawrence the space that he demanded but this affected the ‘psychic flow’ of their relationship, rendering her into a more pragmatic role: ‘Dear Mabel, We need whitewash…turquoise paint, brushes, a packet of tin tacks, a pound of putty, hinges for cupboards and screws. These things whenever anything is coming up, on wheels.’
Understandably, the self-proclaimed ‘Queen of the Indians’ required a more meaningful relationship with her latest project and so heeded Lawrence’s advice at not living life through her head and began building him a great chair. The chair was wide, deep and heavy. ‘I carved it a little and cut up a fine old blanket to upholster it, with shining brass nails. It was intended to become Lawrence’s very own chair. I fancied him always sitting in it and always writing in it…one of those dedicated pieces of furniture that would slowly become associated with him.’ When finished, she hoisted it up on a wagon, ‘where it loomed and swayed like the seat of honour in a triumphal procession.’ Lawrence took an immediate dislike to it, called it ‘the iron maiden,’ and had it send back down the hill.
No matter how hard she tried, MDL ended up annoying Lawrence, largely because she took his advice too literally. In his memoir, A Poet and Two Painters, Knud Merrild recalls a similar incident whereby MDL knitted Lawrence a scarf that comprised 45 different bands of colour. Yes, she had made something with her hands, but the scarf was imbued with symbolic meaning. ‘Look at it’ Lawrence fumed. ‘What a conglomeration of colours! Very bad taste, with no sense of proportion. What an atrocity! Now if she had just knitted a scarf in a few, simple colours, with some feeling in it, it could have been nice. But what does she do? She makes it with her head…the colours, even the proportions, are supposed to have a meaning. It is me and her and Taos!’ Merrild would go on to observe ‘She must be awfully dumb if she doesn’t know that she is annoying Lawrence; or else she is so blindly in love that she can’t see it. And to do it just for the sake of bullying would be too stupid.’
After the Kiowa Ranch was completed, it soon became clear that the idea of communal living wasn’t going to work – no matter how far the distance between the inhabitants. Whenever MDL turned up to say hello she was greeted with a grimace. The tension was exacerbated when Tony shot a porcupine close to Lawrence’s home. MDL claims that this incident would inspire Lawrence’s essay Reflections on the Death of a Porcupine, with him taking credit for the killing. But Knud Merrild confirmed that he taught Lawrence to shoot and he did once shoot a porcupine. Given that his memoir was published 6 years after MDLs, it’s easy to see why MDL may have taken credit for the incident.
Unhappy with running errands for Lawrence, MDL sent up her own errand boy, Clarence, to deliver messages on her behalf. The two men quickly struck up a friendship, enjoying long horseback rides into the desert together. MDL describes Clarence as immediately falling under Lawrence’s spell and that he longed to be ‘victimised’ by Lawrence! Whereas Dorothy Brett notes that Clarence ‘has the impertinence to make googoo eyes at you. You make no sign of having noticed.’ But the bromance didn’t last very long and Clarence soon discovered, via Frieda, that Lawrence wanted to ‘destroy’ MDL. All of this backstabbing, fighting, gossiping, and an almost sado-masochistic desire to get close to a person – who clearly wouldn’t let anyone in – is interspersed with poems and mystic philosophies, all of which helps paint a curious picture of the absolute bonkers life of Bohemians in 1920s New Mexico.
Clearly MDL craved a more ‘spiritual’ relationship with Lawrence and was thwarted at every opportunity. But perhaps the most difficult thing for her to accept was that instead of recording the life of the Pueblo Indians in New Mexico, Lawrence gave everything to Old Mexico. She argues that in The Plumed Serpent ‘he has put the facts of his Taos experience of Indians and drums and dancing, but of actual Indian life there is very little told’. Meanwhile, Mornings in Mexico includes the three essays ‘The Corn Dance,’ ‘Indians and Entertainment,’ and ‘The Snake Dance’. Given she had tried so hard to woo Lawrence to Taos, and that her reasons for doing this were in earnest, the rejection hurt even more. MDL would also inspire the short story The Woman Who Rode Away, in which a naive white woman is sacrificed to an ancient God. It was a damning critique of her own life story, yet she seems more concerned that it’s not set in New Mexico, given she had taken Lawrence to see the ancient cave the story refers to. She argues that the reason he turned from New to Old Mexico in his writing was because ‘he belonged to those centuries of civilisation that come between the bright, true golden age of pure delight and the brilliant age of gold; between these two ‘soulless’ periods when men wandered pitifully wondering what was the matter with the world and with themselves that they should so unaccountably suffer.’
When Lawrence and the QB finally headed back to Europe, it would be the last time that MDL saw them in person. Their relationship would now be left to letters, many of which are published in her memoir. In one letter, Lawrence passes advice on MDL’s own writing, advising her to better disguise the real people she refers to in her script as ‘other people can be utterly remorseless, if they think you’ve given them away.’ And boy did Lawrence give people away in his own books! His depiction of Jessie Chambers as Miriam in Sons and Lovers destroyed their relationship forever. Her brother David Chambers recalls “Lawrence was ruthless. He would make use of anybody. My sister felt that Lawrence had betrayed himself. She felt that he had allowed the animal side of his nature to come to the top.”
Lawrence’s advice to MDL on getting published bitterly reinforced his own experiences: ‘Don’t leave your MSS. to anyone. They’ll all edit them to emasculation. Rouse up and publish them yourself…and don’t have introductions. Don’t be introduced and discussed before you’re there. Don’t have anybody write an introduction. Don’t ask for credentials and letters of recommendation. Publish your things blank straight as they are…have it reviewed in about three good newspapers, and no more. As little publicity as possible…For once put your ego aside. After all, there’s enough of your ego in the book, without having to write your name large on the title page’.
In one letter, after moaning about the weather in Florence, he requested any copyright photographs she might have of Indians for Mornings in Mexico, promising ‘I’ll dedicate the book to you, if you like; to Mabel Dodge Luhan, who called me to Taos’. Lawrence then offset this with some curt advice about her home and land, which he mocked as ‘Mabeltown’: ‘I believe that’s your ambition – to have an earthly kingdom, and rule it. But my dear, it’s an illusion like any other.’
But Lawrence being Lawrence, it’s not long before Europe is getting on his nerves and he’s umming and ahhing about returning to Taos as ‘a change of continent would do me good’ but it all depends on ‘my damned bronchitis’. As always, he’s in denial about his health, claiming ‘it’s partly psychological, of course.’ He is keen to hold onto the ranch, perhaps symbolically, because it gives him some kind of roots. The letters that fill the end of her memoir span his time in Florence, Switzerland, Baden Baden, and finally Bandol, France on 21 Jan 1930, where he seems to have finally mellowed and acknowledged he was equally at fault in their turbulent relationship: ‘if we can manage it, and I can come to New Mexico, then we can begin a new life, with real tenderness in it. Every form of bullying is bad’. He died on 2 March 1930.
In the DH Lawrence Memory Theatre we want to address various aspects of Lawrence’s life through artefacts. Do we have room for an ear trumpet to represent ‘The Brett’ or a scarf for Mabel Dodge Luhan? How can we convey the jealousy, paranoia and infatuation aroused during his time in Taos? If you have an idea for an artefact, please submit ideas here.
When things didn’t work out well for Lawrence in ‘Mabeltown’ he accepted her offer of alternative accommodation higher up in the Del Monte mountains. In her memoir, Lorenzo in Taos, Mabel Dodge Luhan (MDL) claims that Frieda stayed in regular contact by post, primarily requesting that she send cables to her children on her behalf. Frieda would also ask ‘the Danes’ to post letters on her behalf when they joined them for the winter of 1922 (more of them in a future post). Lawrence lacked compassion for Frieda’s maternal instincts, and so MDLs support would have been valued.
MDL invited John Collier, Commissioner of Indian Affairs during the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt, to Taos in the hope that he would do what Lawrence had not – write about the Pueblo Indians. Collier did a better job than Lawrence in terms of direct political engagement, by organising a council meeting on 5 November, 1922, at Santo Domingo Pueblo, to explain how the Bursum Bill would impact on their rights. New Mexico senator Holm Olaf Bursum had proposed a bill in Congress that helped legitimize land claims of ‘non-Indians’ who’d resided for some time on Pueblo lands. An excerpt of testimony in Congress on behalf of the All Indian Pueblos Council stated:
“Now we discover that the Senate has passed a bill, called the Bursum Bill, which will complete our destruction, and that Congress and the American people have been told that we, the Indians, have asked for this legislation. This, we say, is not true. We have never asked for this legislation. We were never given a chance of having anything to say or do about this bill. We have studied the bill over and found that this bill will deprive us of our happy life by taking away our lands and water and will destroy our Pueblo government and our customs which we have enjoyed for hundreds of years, and through which we have been able to be self-supporting and happy down to this day.”
The question of the Indians being usurped from their land led to MDL being visited by the Department of the Interior and her home cited as the ‘centre of disturbance’. When Lawrence heard about this he was characteristically sceptical of the involvement of Collier and his ilk. On 8 Nov, 1923, Lawrence wrote: ‘He will destroy them. It is his saviour’s will to set the claws of his own White egotistic benevolent volition into them. Somewhere, the Indians know that you and Collier would, with your salvationist but poisonous white consciousness, destroy them….I tell you, leave the Indians to their own dark destiny. And leave yourself to the same.’
Although there are clearly many problems with the ‘white man’s burden’ and representing other cultures instead of allowing them to represent themselves, clearly Collier had good intentions and his intervention would prove to be important. But as MDL acutely observes of Lawrence’s character ‘he was so full of suspicion, it had to be directed somewhere or he couldn’t have contained himself’.
The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, which became known as the Indian New Deal, dramatically changed the federal government’s Indian policy. Although John Collier was largely responsible for the new policy and viewed Indians with great sympathy, not all Native Americans shared his optimism. Tony Luhan, a strong advocate of John Collier, dictated a letter of support to his wife who typed it up. He wanted to persuade other Indians that Collier was their friend and that the reorganization act would bring positive change.
While all of these conversations were starting to emerge in 1922, Lawrence had befriended two stray Danish artists who MDL described as ‘simple, unremarkable characters,’ the suggestion being that she was a complex remarkable creature. She was plainly jealous that he would prefer to head off into the mountains and spend time with them rather than her. Thus, they are barely mentioned in her memoir – despite having a profound effect on Lawrence. Lawrence craved a more simple existence and this meant being as far away from MDL and the arty folk of Taos as possible. They began to correspond by letters, though understandably MDL resented being reduced to a runner of errands to enable Lawrence to live the good life. She wanted something more substantial, craving ‘the daily, rhythmical interchange of power and life with them’
MDL was not a woman used to rejection and so vented her frustration through idle gossip. ‘I turned my tongue loose. I told funny stories about him and emphasized all the weak things in him. He was terribly easy to caricature.’ But she soon discovered he had a wagging tongue of his own and had been belittling her, claiming she tried to make him fall in love with her and that she had attempted to seduce him up on her roof.
Despite the distance between them, Lawrence kept tabs on everything MDL was up to and vice versa. It was a truly odd relationship, best captured by a bizarre event in 1923. After a blazing row, Frieda had headed to New York to sail to England without her husband. Lawrence used the temporary freedom to visit Buffalo, where he met up with Bessie Wilkinson who took him to Lewinston on the Niagara River to visit MDL’s mother who he claimed he wanted to know. Was he doing this to gain information on his nemesis or was he simply curious? But in the present, the visit gave MDL the opportunity to write to him, thereby breaking her vow of silence.
One recurring theme in memoirs of Lawrence during this period is his wild mood swings. One minute he’s putting in the knife, the next he’s fixing the wound. Distance from his subject tended to foster a more positive appreciation of people and places and was the driving force behind his ability to keep moving from place to place. By 23 October, 1923, he writes ‘we rode over the mountains from Tepic and down the barranca and to Mazatlán, and I thought very much of how you and Tony taught F. and me to ride…for that and many things like that, believe me, I am grateful.’ And from Guadalajara on 8 Nov 1923, he reasoned ‘life made you what you are: I understood so much when I was in Buffalo and saw your mother’.
When Lawrence eventually made it to England he immediately wrote to MDL about how awful it was. On 17 December 1923 he complained of being ‘in bed with a bad cold’ which Luhan surmises was inevitable as ‘like most people, when he did not like what he was doing, he became ill.’ He then starts to dissect England with typical scorn, ‘I simply detest it. I shan’t stay long’ and began planning his return back to America by March the following year. But despite his antipathy to his home he recognised that ‘England is a tomb to me…I don’t belong here anymore. It’s like being among the dead of one’s previous existence.’ He even does MDL a favour, submitting one of her stories to Middleton Murry to see if he’d like to publish it in the Adelphi. But Murry rejected the piece.
MDL was completely aware of the pain Frieda felt in not being close to her children and had supported her through this by sending letters on her behalf. Yet she conveniently forgets this, complaining ‘if she at least carried him to places that were healthier for him to live in, it would not have been so bad.’ The trips to London had a purpose for Lawrence as well. He may have written that it was ‘like a dog returning to his vomit’ but they were necessary as he was able to catch up with editors and agents. MDL’s complete adulation of Lawrence means she obscures these facts in her retelling of their adventure. She correctly observes ‘he was never more close to me than in those times when Frieda drew him far away.’ But this applies to anyone and anything he is far away from. It wasn’t necessarily due to a quality of hers.
The trip to London resulted in the infamous dinner party where Lawrence gathered together his closest friends and invited them all to come back to New Mexico with him and set up a community together. Only one person would take up the offer, Dorothy Brett. If MDL had found it difficult to get past Frieda to Lawrence it would become almost impossible with another obstacle added to the equation. And what an obstacle The Brett would turn out to be…
In the DH Lawrence Memory Theatre we want to address various aspects of Lawrence’s life through artefacts. How could we represent his time spent in Taos, his scepticism, his scathing damnation of people and places? If you have an idea about this or other artefacts you think should be included, you can submit ideas here.
Born in 1879, Mabel Dodge Luhan (MDL) had a difficult childhood. Her controlling wealthy parents were incapable of affection meaning her childhood was lived ‘in a rigid unlovely inescapable pattern.’ Art offered her the emotional connection missing from family life and would lead to her finding escapism as a patron of the arts in Taos, New Mexico. It was here that she hoped to build a colony that would offer an alternative to the mechanical modernism of Western society. Lawrence arrived in September, 1922 but their relationship would turn sour due to a clash of personalities.
Her memoir of their time together is absolutely bonkers; a mixture of psychic discord and infatuation, laced with snipping comments. Take this early description of Lawrence. She makes it quite clear that he’s not her type, yet throughout her memoir she pines for his attention. ‘(He) is tall, but so slightly built and so stooped that he gives the impression of a small man. His head seems too heavy for his slim body and hangs forward. The whole expression is of extreme fragility…He has very large, wide-apart grey eyes, a long, slender face with a chin that is out of proportion long, a defect that is concealed by the aforesaid beard. His upper lip protrudes from his dainty decoration of the beard in a violent red that makes his beard look pink. In the midst of all this, is a very podgy, almost vulgar, certainly undistinguished nose.’
Lawrence’s slenderness is in stark contrast to Frieda’s solidity, something MDL is keen to point out again and again in their opening encounter (as recorded in our previous blog). But after sending Lawrence out to see an Apache Fiesta with her ever so considerate husband Tony, she has the opportunity to spend a bit of time with Frieda. She observes she is better company when Lawrence isn’t around, ‘as is the case with all wives’.
But MDL isn’t interested in bonding with the earthy Frieda – who prefers fags to fonts – she only has eyes for Lawrence. Hoping that he will pen a novel about her journey from New York to New Mexico, she invites him over to her place but makes the mistake of not getting dressed. Lawrence, despite his reputation as a smutty author, was, by all accounts, a bit of a prude. Her casual attire no doubt made him feel uncomfortable, an unnecessary sexual pressure. In Dorothy Brett’s memoir, she notes how ‘you do not care to be touched, to be pawed. Necking makes you furious. Your sex is not to be played with, nor to be belittled by playfulness. It is serious, a danger to be respected as the tiger is respected, hidden in the jungle.’
It’s not surprising, then, that he immediately reported back to Frieda who from that point onwards insisted they work in their house while she was around. This was immensely frustrating for all involved and denied MDL ‘the opportunity to get at him and give him what I thought he needed’. The lack of privacy meant she was unable to ‘unload my accumulation of power’ on him. And so begins the struggle for possession of Lorenzo that will inevitably end up in tears for all involved, as well as bruises for Frieda.
When Lawrence turns down MDL’s psychic advances, the claws come out. She accuses him of power games, and vacillating between the two women. When siding with Frieda he would ‘sling mud at the whole inner cosmos, and at Taos, the Indians, the mystic life of the mountain’ and when with MDL he would ‘talk just wonderfully, with far reaching implications, of the power of consciousness, the growth of the soul’. She reiterates once more that she wanted Lawrence for his mind rather than his body as ‘he’s not physically attractive to women. I don’t think women want to touch him.’ But rather than being an honest appraisal of her feelings, it reads more like an attack on Frieda for desiring him. Or, perhaps, the bitterness of a woman scorned.
Throughout their time together, MDL never once saw Lawrence just sit. Meditation wasn’t his thing. On his protracted trip over to New Mexico he stopped off at Ceylon. After getting bad guts he took his frustration out on the Buddha statues, complaining “Oh I wish he would stand up!” He was certainly restless, although MDL observes that it was more than restlessness, he was pernickety, and a bit of a pain in the arse.
MDL was the daughter of Charles Ganson, a wealthy banker from Buffalo, New York. Her upbringing was in stark contrast to that of Lawrence’s in the mining community of Eastwood. It was no wonder he was restless. Leisure wasn’t a luxury of the working classes. ‘(He) really had very little sense of leisure. After the housework was done, he usually crept into a hedge or some quiet corner and wrote something, sitting on the ground with his knees drawn up.’ The problem was, he wasn’t writing about her.
All of this housework enabled Lawrence to instruct others on the virtues of cleanliness. ‘You don’t know your floor until you have scrubbed it on your hands and knees.’ This wasn’t an option for MDL as she had miles of floors. It would take her all day to clean, time better spent on more useful pursuits, such as connecting with the cosmos. She had servants to do the chores for her. Needless to say Lawrence disapproved, believing servants removed contact with life. He would apply the same criticism to cars that sped past through the living world, though he didn’t mind a lift when it suited him.
MDL describes her body as being square and therefore she tried to mask her solidity through loose fitting clothes that hung off the shoulder. Lawrence didn’t approve of this either, believing the female form should be celebrated rather than concealed, proclaiming ‘the kind of clothes my mother wore were the most-lovely pattern any woman could have’.
Despite their clashes over housework and clothing, there were many happy occasions too. MDL taught Lawrence to ride horses which he would be eternally grateful for. He seemed to pick it up really quickly, despite ‘riding as though the saddle hurt’. It meant that they could go on long rides together. But even this backfired when Lawrence taught Dorothy Brett to ride and ended up preferring her company on long journeys, presumably because they often rode in silence on account of her deafness.
When MDL decided to give marriage a fourth shot, she married Native American Indian Tony Luhan in 1923. He persuaded her to buy a 12-acre (49,000 m2) property which included a ranch up on Lobo Mountain which Lawrence would fictionalise in the novella St. Mawr. The ranch was a present to her son John who was engaged to marry Alice Corbin. Despite her feminist principles, MDL asked Lawrence to give him a bit of advice. John reported he was advised ‘Never to let Alice know my thoughts. To be gentle with her when she was gentle but if she opposed my will, to beat her’. Despite this ‘useful’ advice, the two inevitably soon fell out.
It wasn’t long before Lawrence had had enough of ‘Mabeltown’ and so he and Frieda rented a separate cottage further up on Del Monte Ranch. MDL hoped that corresponding via letters may give her the intimacy with Lawrence that they’d been unable to achieve in person, but again she was wrong. These were shared with Frieda, ‘just to make everything square and open’.
Lorenzo in Taos is a fascinating social document that captures an earnest attempt to forge alternative ways of living in between the Great Wars. Some observations make you cringe and wince and are unintentionally hilarious. But there are some prescient observations too that shed light on life with a notoriously difficult writer.
‘Of course he was often gay. I don’t want you to think that in those first years he was cross or morose all the time. He was all right so long as things went his way. That is, if nothing happened to slight him. He simply couldn’t bear to have anyone question his power, his rightness, or even his appearance. I think his uncertainty, about himself, a vague feeling of inferiority, made him touchy.’
In the DH Lawrence Memory Theatre we want to address various aspects of Lawrence’s life through artefacts. How could we represent the tension between Lawrence, Frieda and Mabel Dodge Luhan? If you have an idea about this or other artefacts you think should be included, you can submit ideas here.
‘Lawrence! – this is the best that has been done yet – And yet if you knew what lies untouched behind these externals, unreached by the illuminating vision of a simple soul yet! Oh come!’ Inscription inside a copy of The Land of Poco Tiempo (1893) by Charles Fletcher Lummis that Mabel sent to Lawrence to entice him to Taos.
In the world of electronic media, communication is pretty easy. You type out a text, press send, and voila. But back in the 1920s things were a bit more complex. After trying the traditional route of sending a letter, Mabel Dodge Luhan (MDL), a wealthy American patron of the arts, went for a more unconventional way of luring DH Lawrence to her home in Taos, New Mexico. She willed him to come. ‘I drew myself all in to the core of my being where there is a live, plangent force lying passive…I leaped through space, joining myself to the central core of Lawrence, where he was in India, in Australia…I became the action that brought him across the sea.’
MDL was convinced that Lawrence would be able to help the Pueblo Indians by documenting their lives. Although he was keen to visit, he didn’t share her sense of urgency. Undeterred, MDL asked her husband Tony to help her. Tony Luhan was a Native American Indian who had wooed MDL by setting up a tepee in front of her house, drumming each night until she eventually succumbed to his advances. If they combined magical powers, surely Lawrence would get his arse in gear and fulfil his destiny. Tony was reluctant to use his magic at first, arguing ‘the Indians believe that utterance is loss and that the closed and unrevealed holds power’ but this wasn’t the time for passivity and so MDL, sounding a bit like a business executive, ‘overruled him’.
When Lawrence and the QB finally turned up, Tony and MDL picked them up from Lamy station, 20 miles beyond Santa Fey. The charcoal kilns were burning pinon-wood, filling the air with a smell of incense. But MDL’s descriptions of their initial encounter are far from tranquil. The claws are out immediately. Frieda is described as having ‘a mouth like a gunman’ and Lawrence ‘ran with short, quick steps at her side…his slim fragility beside Frieda’s solidity.’ He is described as ‘scurrying’ to her side, and that he ‘twitches’ as he hides ‘behind her big body’. Given she had previously bragged about controlling her own husband she doesn’t seem to enjoy other women controlling their own.
Lawrence was ‘agitated, fussy, distraught, and giggling with nervous grimaces’ whereas Frieda ‘immediately saw Tony and me sexually, visualising our relationship.’ MDL is quite perceptive here, recognising Lawrence was uncomfortable with Frieda’s overt sensuality and that he was ‘through with that’. She observes ‘Frieda was complete, but limited. Lawrence, tied to her, was incomplete and limited. Like a lively lamb tied to a solid stake.’ Ouch. Full of hubris and an unhealthy infatuation with Lawrence, MDL believes she has the transformative power ‘that succeeds primary sex…the womb behind the womb’. She can be Lawrence’s emotional and intellectual confident.
As the four set off together in the car, the tensions begin to mount. This is made worst when the car brakes. Tony knows nothing about cars, but has a look under the bonnet – perhaps willing it to work. Frieda tells Lawrence to man up and get out and fix it but instead he starts ranting about these ‘nasty, unintelligent, unreliable things’ – that being the cars, rather than women. However, in Knud Merrild’s memoir A Poet and Two Painters (1938), he recalls Lawrence eagerly jumping out of their beloved but unrealiable car ‘Lizzie’ to help fix it as ‘he couldn’t bear not to be master of the situation.’
Fortuitously, Tony manages to get the car started without the aid of a drum or magic and they head to Sante Fe. But the drama isn’t over yet. The hotels are all booked up. But Witter Bynner and Spud Johnson are ‘always up’, and they host them for the night.
The next day there was a horrendous storm. The hail ‘battering upon the top of the car like cannon balls, cracking open on the ground like splitting shells.’ Unsurprisingly, MDL finds cosmic resonance in the weather, attributing it to her new guest. Although the storm did not last long, it managed to destroy all of the crops resulting in practically no harvests taken in all that year.
When Lawrence and Frieda finally arrived at MDLs, they had food in her dimly lit home and Lawrence, appreciative as ever, commented ‘It’s like one of those nasty little temples in India!’ When talk moved to their boat journey over, Lawrence shared his horror at having to share the deck with a group of Hollywood people. ‘Lawrence made us see that ship; the long slow passage through the blue sea, the reckless, sensational crowd on board, and his own watching angry, righteous, puritanical presence among them.’
And so begins a bizarre, loving, hateful, jealous, bitchy psychodrama that would be played out over campfires, charades, horseback rides and numerous letters up in the Lobo Mountains.
Source: Mabel Dodge Luhan (1932) Lorenzo in Taos (chapter 2). See previous blog on Luhan and Lawrence here.
In the DH Lawrence Memory Theatre we want to address various aspects of Lawrence’s life through artefacts. How could we represent Lawrence’s time in Taos or Mabel Dodge Luhan’s quirky personality? If you have an idea about this or other artefacts you think should be included, you can submit ideas here. | <urn:uuid:dc5d92a3-0d9a-47da-b9d5-b9681db40e4e> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://thedigitalpilgrimage.wordpress.com/category/friends/ | 2020-09-29T01:49:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600401617641.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20200928234043-20200929024043-00398.warc.gz | en | 0.976209 | 24,968 |
Dr. Hess is attacked by his assistant, who promptly commits suicide. When he awakens, Hess has no wounds and he has a compulsion to drink blood. He stores his assistant’s body for safe keeping, but then is contacted by Ganja, the assistant’s wife. Ganja discovers her dead husband, but ultimately is both seductress and seduced by Hess.
It is hard to describe the film, because it is more of an art film than a horror film. Playwright Bill Gunn was hired to make a blaxploitation horror film by the studio, but had little interest in making another knockoff. The end result is a vampire film that is a surreal exploration of addiction and seeking redemption. It never makes use of the word vampire, Hess is able to walk in the daylight.
The audience in theaters was not interested, wanting something more violent. But Gunn was not interested in this. The studio wanted an alternate cut, but Gunn, his editor Victor Kanefsky and Cinematographer James Hinton all refused, being very happy with the film they made. When the studio recut the film, Gunn walked out of a showing a few minutes in. Ever confident in the work, he submitted his original edit to the Cannes Film festival where it received a standing ovation. After decades of the recut and retitled film being the only version available for rental, the correct cut was created for DVD.
The movie ends on a fascinating note, as the film is full of religious imagery, with Christianity seeming to haunt Hess throughout the film. It is interesting to see Night of the Living Dead’s Duane Jones in the role of Hess. He is more sedated in this role, often being pensive and observant of his surroundings.
For a lot of horror fans, this film may be a tough watch. It moves at a very subdued pace, but it is such a fascinating watch. Gunn’s vision is so unique, not just for black horror, but horror in general. I found myself wonderfully confounded and intrigued by the final decisions of Hess within the film.
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Thu, Nov 29, 2018 @ 03:30 PM - 04:50 PM
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Fengmin Gong and Dr. Kevin Knight, Didi
Talk Title: Talk 1: AI for Transportation; Talk 2: The Moment When the Future Fell Asleep
Series: Computer Science Colloquium
Abstract: We are pleased to announce two talks during this colloquium.
Talk 1: Taming Technologies and Transforming Transportation
The world is at the dawn of a Fourth Industrial Revolution fueled by big data, AI, automation, vehicle electrification, and the sharing economy -“ and with this, comes both excitement for the prospect of changing society for the better, and fear of a possible threat to humanity.
Our mission at DiDi is to build a better journey, and we believe we can tame the revolution by designing and building technologies that meet the needs of people, democratize access and benefits, and are aligned with human values.
In this talk, we will share how our R&D teams in the Americas and China work side-by-side to provide rideshare experiences that are safe, convenient and affordable. We will also highlight our continuous research and work on advanced initiatives in safety and security, customer support, smart transportation systems, autonomous vehicles, and AI.
Talk 2: The Moment When the Future Fell Asleep
Recently, recurrent neural networks (RNNs) have been revolutionizing natural language processing and other fields. Among other things, RNNs can assign probabilities to sequences (such as English sentences) and transform one sequence into another (such as English into French). I will describe some of our work over the past couple of years, addressing four questions: What are neural sequence models learning? How can they learn better? Are there theoretical limits? Can they be creative?
This lecture satisfies requirements for CSCI 591: Research Colloquium.
Biography: Talk 1: Fengmin is a well-respected technologist in cybersecurity with more than 30 years experience. He is also a serial entrepreneur and angel investor. Fengmin has been a founder and senior executive in several leading security companies. Among them are Palo Alto Networks, FireEye, McAfee and Cyphort. He is a trusted advisor to many entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. He has 18 awarded patents and over 40 technical publications in security and networking.
Talk 2: Kevin Knight is Chief Scientist for Natural Language Processing (NLP) at DiDi Chuxing. He leads a DiDi lab in Marina del Rey devoted to NLP research. He is also Dean's Professor of Computer Science at USC (on leave). He received a PhD in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University and a bachelor's degree from Harvard University. Dr. Knight's research interests include human-machine communication, machine translation, language generation, automata theory, and decipherment. He has co-authored over 150 research paper on natural language processing, including best paper/demo awards at AAAI 2000, ACL 2001, NAACL 2009, ACL 2017, ACL 2018, and NAACL 2018. Dr. Knight also co-authored the widely-adopted textbook "Artificial Intelligence" (McGraw-Hill). In 2001, he co-founded Language Weaver, Inc., a machine translation company acquired by SDL plc in 2010. Dr. Knight was a key researcher in programs run by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). He served as President of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) in 2011, as General Chair for the Annual Conference of the ACL in 2005, and as General Chair for the North American ACL conference in 2016. He is a Fellow of the ACL, a Fellow of ISI, and a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI).
Host: Computer Science Department
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
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The Thuringii, Toringi or Teuriochaimai,were an early Germanic people that appeared during the late Migration Period in the Harz Mountains of central Germania, a region still known today as Thuringia. It became a kingdom, which came into conflict with the Merovingian Franks, and it later came under their influence and Frankish control. The name is still used for one of modern Germany's federal states ( Bundesländer ).
The Thuringians do not appear in classical Roman texts under that name, but some have suggested that they were the remnants of the Suebic Hermanduri, the last part of whose name (-duri) could represent the same sound as (-thuri) and the Germanic suffix -ing, suggests a meaning of "descendants of (the [Herman]duri)".This people were living near the Marcomanni. Tacitus in his "Germania", describes their homeland as being where the Elbe starts, but also having colonies at the Danube and even within the Roman province of Rhaetia.
Claudius Ptolemy mentions neither the Hermunduri nor the Thuringians in his geography but instead the Teuriochaemae (Turones, see list of ancient Germanic peoples and tribes), living in just north of the Sudetes mountains, thought to be the Erzgebirge. These may also be connected to later Thuringians. ("Chaemae" may represent a version of the Germanic word for "home". Ptolemy also mentions a people called the Bainochaimai to the west of the Elbe. He also apparently spells the name of the Chamavi in a similar way.) The formation of this people may have had also been influenced by two longer-known tribes more associated with the eastern bank of the lower Elbe river, northeast of Thuringia, because the Carolingian law code written for them was called the "law of the Angles and Varini that is the Thuringians". Much earlier, Tacitus in his "Germania", for example, had grouped these two tribes among the more distant Suebic tribes, living beyond the Elbe, and near a sea where they worshiped Herthus. (Pliny the Elder had listed the Varini as a Vandalic, or East Germanic tribe, rather than Suebian.) These two tribes are among Germanic groups known to have been found north of the Danube in this period. Procopius in his "Gothic Wars" describes the land of the Varini as being south of the Danes, but north of the Slavs, who were in turn north of the uncultivated lands which lay north of the Danube. Procopius describes a marriage alliance between the Angles of Britain and the Varni in the 6th century.
The name of the Thuringians appears to be first mentioned in the veterinary treatise of Vegetius, written early in the 5th century.
They appear in some lists of the peoples involved in Attila's invasion of Gaul.Walter Pohl has also proposed that they may be the same as the Turcilingi (or Torcolingi) who were one of the tribes near the middle Danube after the collapse of the empire of Attila, to whom they had apparently all been subject. They are specifically associated with Odoacer, who later became King of Italy, and are sometimes thought to have formed a part of the Scirii. Other tribes in this region at the time included the Rugii and the Heruls. Sidonius, in his 7th poem, explicitly lists them among the allies who fought under Attila when he entered Gaul in 451. During the reign of Childeric I, Gregory of Tours and Fredegar record that the Frankish King married the runaway wife of the King of the Thuringians, but the story may be distorted. (For example, the area of Tongeren, now in Belgium, may have been intended. )
More clearly, correspondence is recorded with a kingdom of Thuringians by Procopius and Cassiodorus during the reigns of Theoderic the Great (454–526) and Clovis I (approx. 466–511), after the downfall of Attila and Odoacer.
The Thuringii established an empire in the late 5th century. It reached its territorial peak in the first half of the 6th before it was conquered by the Franks in 531–532. Examination of Thuringian grave sites reveal cranial features which suggest the strong presence of Hunnic women or slaves, perhaps indicating that many Thuringians took Hunnic wives or Hunnic slaves following the collapse of the Hunnic Empire. There is also evidence from jewellery found in graves that the Thuringians sought marriages with Ostrogothic and Lombard women.[ citation needed ] Under the leadership of Alboin, a large group of Thuringii joined the Lombards on their migration into Italy. The Lombard king Agilulf (590–616) was of Thuringian descent.
After their conquest, the Thuringii were placed under Frankish duces (dukes), but they rebelled and had regain their independence by the late 7th century under Radulf. Towards the end of this century, parts of Thuringia came under Saxon rule.
By the time of Charles Martel and Saint Boniface, they were again subject to the Franks and ruled by Frankish dukes with their seat at Würzburg in the south. Under Martel, the Thuringian dukes' authority was extended over a part of Austrasia and the Bavarian plateau. The valleys of the Lahn, Main, and Neckar rivers were included. The Naab formed the south-eastern border of Thuringia at the time. The Werra and Fulda valleys were within it also and it reached as far as the Saxon plain in the north. Its central location in Germania beyond the Rhine was the reason it became the point d'appui of Boniface's mission work.
The Thuringii had a separate identity as late as 785–786, when one of their leading men, Hardrad, led an abortive insurrection against Charlemagne. The Carolingians codified the Thuringian legal customs (but perhaps did not use them extensively) as the Lex Thuringorum and continued to exact a tribute of pigs, presumably a Merovingian imposition, from the province. In the 10th century, under the Ottonians, the centre of Thuringian power lay in the north-east, near Erfurt. As late as the end of the 10th century, the porcine tribute was still being accepted by the King of Germany.
Christianity had reached the Thuringii in the 5th century, but their exposure to it was limited. Their real Christianisation took place, alongside the ecclesiastical organisation of their territory, during the early and mid 8th century under Boniface, who felled their "sacred oak" at Geismar in 724, abolishing the vestiges of their paganism.
In the 1020s, Aribo, Archbishop of Mainz, began the minting of coins at Erfurt, the oldest market town in Thuringia with a history going back to the Merovingian period. The economy, especially trade (such as with the Slavs), greatly increased after that.
The Thuringian nobility, which had an admixture of Frankish, Thuringian, and Saxon blood, was not as landed as that of Francia. There was also a larger population of free peasant farmers than in Francia, though there was still a large number of serfs. The obligations of serfs there were also generally less oppressive. There were also fewer clergymen before Boniface came. There was a small number of artisans and merchants, mostly trading with the Slavs to the east. The town of Erfurt was the easternmost trading post in Frankish territory at the time.
The history of the Thuringii is best known from the writings concerning their conquerors, the Franks. Gregory of Tours, a Gallo-Roman, includes the nearest account in time of the fall of the Thuringian Empire. Widukind of Corvey, writing in 10th-century Saxony, inundates his similar account with various legends.
The Thuringii make brief appearances in contemporary Italian sources when their activities affect the land south of the Alps. Procopius, the Eastern Roman author, mentions them and speaks of their fall. The 7th-century Origo Gentis Langobardorum mentions a king of the Thuringii, Fisud, as a contemporary of Theudebert I.
Thuringians... A Germanic people in central Germania...
The Baiuvarii or Bavarians were a Germanic people. The Baiuvarii had settled modern-day Bavaria, Austria, and South Tyrol by the early 5th century AD, and are considered the ancestors of modern-day Bavarians and Austrians. The Baiuvarii spoke the early Bavarian language.
The Marcomanni were a group of early Germanic peoples that eventually came to live in a powerful kingdom north of the Danube, somewhere near modern Bohemia, during the peak of power of the nearby Roman Empire. According to Tacitus and Strabo they were Suebian.
The Suebi were a large group of Germanic peoples originally from the Elbe river region in what is now Germany and the Czech Republic. In the early Roman era they included many peoples with their own names such as the Marcomanni, Quadi, Hermunduri, Semnones, and Lombards. New groupings formed later such as the Alamanni and Bavarians and two kingdoms in the Migration Period were simply referred to as Suebian.
The Quadi were an early Germanic people who lived approximately in the area of modern Moravia in the time of the Roman Empire. The only known information about the Germanic tribe the Romans called the 'Quadi' comes through reports of the Romans themselves, whose empire had its border on the River Danube just to the south of the Quadi. They associated the Quadi with their neighbours the Marcomanni, and described both groups as having entered the region after the Celtic Boii had left it deserted. The Quadi are thought to have been an important part of the Suebian group who crossed the Rhine with the Vandals and Alans in the 406 Crossing of the Rhine, and later founded a kingdom in northwestern Iberia.
Francia, also called the Kingdom of the Franks, Frankland, or Frankish Empire, was the largest post-Roman barbarian kingdom in Western Europe. It was ruled by the Franks during Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. It is the predecessor of the modern states of France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg and Germany. After the Treaty of Verdun in 843, West Francia became the predecessor of France, and East Francia became that of Germany. Francia was among the last surviving Germanic kingdoms from the Migration Period era before its partition in 843.
The Istvaeones were a Germanic group of tribes living near the banks of the Rhine during the Roman empire which reportedly shared a common culture and origin. The Istaevones were contrasted to neighbouring groups, the Ingaevones on the North Sea coast, and the Herminones, living inland of these groups.
Bavarians are an ethnographic group of Germans of the Bavaria region, a state within Germany. The group's dialect or speech is known as the Bavarian language, native to Altbayern, roughly the territory of the Electorate of Bavaria in the 17th century.
The Hermunduri, Hermanduri, Hermunduli, Hermonduri, or Hermonduli were an ancient Germanic tribe, who occupied an inland area near the Elbe river, around what is now Thuringia, Bohemia, Saxony, and Franconia in northern Bavaria, from the first to the third century. At times, they apparently moved to the Danube frontier with Rome. The Thuringii may have been the descendants of the Hermunduri. Claudius Ptolemy mentions neither tribe in his geography but instead the Teuriochaemae, who may also be connected to both.
The Scirii were a Germanic people. They are believed to have spoken an East Germanic language. Their name probably means "the pure ones".
This is a chronology of warfare between the Romans and various Germanic tribes between 113 BC and 596 AD. The nature of these wars varied through time between Roman conquest, Germanic uprisings and later Germanic invasions in the Roman Empire that started in the late 2nd century BC. The series of conflicts, which began in the 5th century under the Western Roman Emperor Honorius, was one of many factors which led to the ultimate downfall of the Western Roman Empire.
The Chamavi, Chamãves or Chamaboe (Χᾳμαβοί) were a Germanic tribe of Roman imperial times whose name survived into the Early Middle Ages. They first appear under that name in the 1st century AD Germania of Tacitus as a Germanic tribe that lived to the north of the Lower Rhine. Their name probably survives in the region today called Hamaland, which is in the Gelderland province of the Netherlands, between the IJssel and Ems rivers.
A stem duchy was a constituent duchy of the Kingdom of Germany at the time of the extinction of the Carolingian dynasty and through the transitional period leading to the formation of the Holy Roman Empire later in the 10th century. The Carolingians had dissolved the original tribal duchies of the Frankish Empire in the 8th century. As the Carolingian Empire declined in the late 9th century, the old tribal areas assumed new identities as subdivisions of the realm. These are the five stem duchies : Bavaria, Franconia, Lotharingia (Lorraine), Saxony and Swabia (Alemannia). The Salian emperors retained the stem duchies as the major divisions of Germany, but they became increasingly obsolete during the early high-medieval period under the Hohenstaufen, and Frederick Barbarossa finally abolished them in 1180 in favour of more numerous territorial duchies.
The Varini, Warni or Warini were one or more Germanic peoples who originally lived in what is now northeastern Germany, near the Baltic sea.
The Franks were a group of Germanic peoples whose name was first mentioned in 3rd-century Roman sources, and associated with tribes between the Lower Rhine and the Ems River, on the edge of the Roman Empire. Later the term was associated with Romanized Germanic dynasties within the collapsing Western Roman Empire, who eventually commanded the whole region between the rivers Loire and Rhine. They imposed power over many other post-Roman kingdoms and Germanic peoples. Still later, Frankish rulers were given recognition by the Catholic Church as successors to the old rulers of the Western Roman Empire.
The Turcilingi were an obscure barbarian people, or possibly a clan or dynasty, who appear in historical sources relating to Middle Danubian peoples who were present in Italy during the reign of Romulus Augustulus (475–76). Their only known leader was Odoacer (Odovacar), who was however described as a ruler of several ethnic groups.
The Duchy of Thuringia was an eastern frontier march of the Merovingian kingdom of Austrasia, established about 631 by King Dagobert I after his troops had been defeated by the forces of the Slavic confederation of Samo at the Battle of Wogastisburg. It was recreated in the Carolingian Empire and its dukes appointed by the king until it was absorbed by the Saxon dukes in 908. From about 1111/12 the territory was ruled by the Landgraves of Thuringia as Princes of the Holy Roman Empire.
The Elbe Germanii or Elbe Germanic peoples were Germanic tribes whose settlement area, based on archaeological finds, lay either side of the Elbe estuary on both sides of the river and which extended as far as Bohemia and Moravia, clearly the result of a migration up the Elbe river from the northwest in advance of the main Migration Period until the individual groups ran into the Roman Danube Limes around 200 AD.
A Frankish campaign against the Thoringi is said to have taken place around 491 AD, and resulted in a defeat for the latter. These Thoringi are usually identified as the Thuringii.
The Reihengräber culture is an archaeological culture that refers to the burial practice of regularly arranged, identically orientated inhumation graves between the mid-fifth and early-eight century in central and western Europe. Existing within the Merovingian sphere of influence, the Reihengräber culture was dominant in modern Belgium, northern France and the Rhineland, and developed from a blending of Gallic and Scandinavian cultures in the late-Roman to early-medieval period. Though the relevance of the Reihengräber culture in outlining the complex ethnic, political and cultural context of 5th-7th century Europe has been questioned, similarities in material culture development within the Reihengräber region outline the existence of Kerngebiet, or core areas of cultural unity and development, within Germanic territories during Merovingian rule. | <urn:uuid:bcc7904c-f81e-4f49-a865-460835ab0261> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://wikimili.com/en/Thuringii | 2020-09-29T01:26:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600401617641.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20200928234043-20200929024043-00398.warc.gz | en | 0.97519 | 3,687 |
When Extrinsic Motivation Vanishes, ADHD Brains Get (Even More) Creative
No motivation? ADHD brains rely on external structure to keep them driven and determined. So when their normal, extrinsic routines disappeared this spring and summer, ADDitude readers developed creative new strategies for building motivation all over again.
August 28, 2020
The ADHD brain both resents and relies on external structure.
The school bus schedule. The yoga studio’s class schedule. The therapist’s appointment schedule. We once cursed these obligations as unwelcome opportunities to be late, stressed, and/or unprepared. But as soon as they vanished with COVID, we discovered the extent to which they grounded our lives, powered our habits, and motivated our actions.
ADHD Motivation Without External Structures
“I’ve lost my routine — gym, friends at the dog park, socialization, in-person neurofeedback sessions — of which really helped me maintain a functioning life,” wrote a mother with ADHD, anxiety, and depression who answered ADDitude’s pandemic check-in survey on August 24.
The survey, our 10th since early April, drew a straight line from our disrupted schedules and obliterated structures to a rampant and distressing lack of motivation among both adults and children with attention deficit disorder (ADHD or ADD). Two-thirds of the 501 adults surveyed said their motivation and productivity has worsened over the last six months; only 10% said it has improved. The results were nearly identical for children with ADHD, according to 202 caregivers surveyed.
“I crave some sort of structure,” wrote one Michigan mother with four children at home and a husband laid off from his job. “I’m now beside myself trying to figure out what to do next or how to start. It’s so loud in my head and home.”
“The pandemic, especially in the beginning, sucked my energy out of me,” wrote one woman who was working from home until recently. “I really lost all intrinsic motivation and only did things that were absolutely necessary.”
“Absolutely necessary” for most ADDitude readers, it turned out, included little more than keeping everyone alive. According to the survey, adults report that all of their healthy habits — sleep, nutrition, self-care, social connections, and exercise — have worsened during the pandemic. The only habit that hasn’t deteriorated: treatment adherence.
Adults with ADHD: Impact of Pandemic on Healthy Habits
The outlook is only slightly better for children with ADHD, who report worsened exercise habits but not-quite-as-awful sleep and nutrition problems these past six months.
Children with ADHD: Impact of Pandemic on Healthy Habits
For many children with ADHD, no baseball season or in-person school or summer camp has meant more lethargy and isolation. It has also meant more time for gaming, which is beckoning 24/7 these days.
“The lack of social time has led to more screen time,” wrote one parent of an 8th grader with ADHD and a 9th grader with autism spectrum disorder. “This has, in turn, created less motivation and behavior outbursts.”
“My son only wants to play games on a device — whether it’s a phone, computer, or video game console,” wrote the mother of an 8-year-old with ADHD. “When he plays too long, he becomes dysregulated and emotional. It has been a challenge to help him understand why we must still maintain some normalcy, like bedtime and limits on screen time.”
In other words, loss of structure has drained our motivation to follow healthy habits, leaving more time and brain space for gaming and for social media, which only succeed in causing further emotional dysregulation and anxiety. All of this keeps the downward spiral going in perpetuity.
Motivation Challenges This Fall
At the moment, this cycle is gaining strength — like a hurricane hitting warmer and warmer waters. Why? According to the survey, only 28% of our children are returning to their old, familiar school schedules this fall — 8% with a return to homeschooling and 20% with a return to in-person school five days a week. For the rest of us, change and uncertainty is the new normal, which is not normal at all.
This is true for families and for adults with ADHD as well. The survey tells us that 39% of ADDitude readers are still working from home and another 10% have lost their jobs due to the pandemic. For these people, the loss of ‘body doubling’ opportunities at the office, clear work-life boundaries, and visible accountability continue to weigh heavy. And then there is the challenge of simultaneously doing two full-time jobs: parenting and working.
“I feel like I’m working 24/7 as well as parenting 24/7,” wrote a mother with ADHD in Texas. “I never thought that working from home would be so difficult. I am the mother of two boys — 8 and almost 2. While I have help from my parents and husband for childcare, my children do not understand that I have to work during the day, and I cannot be at their beck and call.”
For the vast majority of ADDitude readers, all of this stress and uncertainty has caused unprecedented levels of anxiety. In this latest pandemic survey, 72% of you said you’re feeling anxious and worried now; the same number is feeling overwhelmed and exhausted, and this has been going on for months now.
“My anxiety has definitely worsened, and it isn’t just anxiety directly related to the pandemic; it is also about the bad habits that I’m falling into (lack of exercise, poor diet, poor sleep) as a result of the pandemic,” wrote one mother with ADHD in New York. “I worry that things may never be the same again.”
“I feel numb after all this time of anxiety, as if my emotions are just tapped out,” wrote one young adult with ADHD and anxiety in Oregon. “I’m too tired from being stressed to bother with good meals… I just want easy and, frankly, would go without because I don’t care to deal with the decisions or emotions related to how I am eating.”
When ADHD Anxiety Manifests as Anger: Two Solutions
For both adults and children, anxiety often manifests as anger, hostility, and even self-harm. Many survey respondents conveyed challenges with managing their own anger during the pandemic and reported unusual spikes in anger among their children.
“I think my anxiety has sublimated into anger, for the most part,” wrote one man with ADHD in Melbourne, Australia.
“She has been very clingy and emotional along with being super angry and throwing whopper temper tantrums,” wrote the parent of one 2nd grader with ADHD. “It’s been really hard to deal with.”
Yes, it is hard. Very hard. Still, some solutions did rise to the surface in the ADDitude survey. Here are two of the most common cited by readers who have successfully fought back anxiety, lack of motivation, and deteriorating habits in recent months.
1. Delete your news and social media apps.
Don’t watch the news at night, don’t engage in political “discussions” on Facebook, and don’t waste time comparing your life to the filtered photos of others’ lives. None of this is helpful in a time of crisis.
“To reduce anxiety, I take everything one day at a time and focus on the present day,” wrote one man with ADHD in Canada. “I also reduced my news consumption. I keep up with friends and family over the phone/video (not social media) and visit a select few who I know have been following the pandemic safety protocols. Safe human connection really helps to reduce anxiety.”
“I keep my anxiety at low/manageable levels by avoiding things that I know make me anxious (social media, politics) and by spending more time doing activities that help me relax (exercising, meditating, playing online games with friends),” wrote a young woman with ADHD in North Carolina.
2. Create new external structures to replace those lost.
This means joining online classes, setting walking dates with friends, and generally re-introducing accountability into your routine. Begin filling your calendar with appointments again and prioritizing those commitments, even if they are virtual.
“I am now attending three online groups my health care provider offers, one is Introduction to DBT, one is a depression group, and one is a group for adults with ADHD,” wrote a middle-aged woman with ADHD in California. “I find I really enjoy them.”
“I don’t watch TV (yes, I know, I’m weird), so I’ve been gardening, reading books, writing, attending online book clubs, and taking free online classes. One of those classes was “The Science of Well-Being” through Yale at Coursera. I believe that learning and doing the re-wiring activities for this class kept me from getting depressed,” wrote a California woman with ADHD who also joined a local “Buy Nothing” group on Facebook. “I think everyone should take that class; it truly made me happier and it’s not hard at all.”
Apps to Spur Motivation in ADHD Brains
Many readers also reported finding essential structure and support in various mobile apps and web sites designed to build back healthy habits lost during the pandemic. Click the links below to see their recommendations for ADHD-friendly apps that offer incentives and rewards to following through with healthy habits:
- 20 great nutrition and diet apps for ADHD brains
- 20 great exercise and activity apps for ADHD bodies and brains
- 21 educational apps for distance learning for kids and adults with ADHD
- 19 great self-care and sleep apps for ADHD brains
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The Africa Portal is a research repository and an expert analysis hub on African affairs.
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This is how we found the place in 1993.
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Michael and I did every bit of the remaining work ourselves to turn it into the haven it is today.
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My car for restoration is a MG TD which is build in 1951. The car is an original Californian black plate car, with original 1250 cc XPAG engine. The car and engine are complete number matching with the original type plates. The car is delivered to Lawndale California in 1951. The car was on the road for the first time in 1952. The car changed from owner ones in 1968. At that time the car was re-painted to aubergine and the interior was made black. The car drove with this new colours till 1972. Since then it stood still, after I have bought beginning 2005. The original colour of the car is MG red, with beige interior en tan hood. The steel of the car is in excellent shape, but al rubber parts are gone and the interior of the car was also in bad shape because of the burning sun. The retortion is in progress. I hope that the car is up and running again within a few years. For more information about the restoration, see the restoration paragraph on this web page. | <urn:uuid:f541afe9-3dca-4c99-97bc-eb5dbdfd4123> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://www.car-brochures.eu/my1952mgtd.htm | 2020-09-29T02:23:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600401617641.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20200928234043-20200929024043-00398.warc.gz | en | 0.969632 | 215 |
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On Sept. 18, representatives of the Board of Governors wrote to attorney Hampton Dellinger and the students he represents, who threatened a lawsuit on Sept. 13 if the University did not remove Silent Sam.
The responding letter, written by Vice Chancellor and General Counsel Mark Merrit, cited the BOG's non-discrimination codes, and directed Dellinger and his associates to take their concerns up with the UNC-Chapel Hill's University's Equal Opportunity and Compliance Office.
Merrit also said that the BOG does not view the monument's remaining on campus as a violation of Titles IV or VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which Dellinger cited in his original letter.
He wrote that he would reply more fully to the concerns in Dellinger's letter only after the EOC has examined the situation.
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By Meryl Gwinn
Making your own stuff is really groovy. As a “do-it-yourselfer,” one-third of it is about getting creative, one-third is about rebelling against the infinite stream of marketing agendas and one-third is for ensuring something is precisely to my liking.
To me, anything artsy, roguish and self-tailored is oh, so satisfying. When it comes to many everyday household and self-care items, simple and greener products—with less plastic, packaging and chemical additives—are cleaner and more responsible choices.
After all, a couple of potent ingredients and dozens of unpronounceable compounds all fractioned into an $18, 1/4-ounce eye cream jar must only go so far. Our grandmothers used herbs and alcohol and called it a day. Many of the new formulas being marketed today tout their active ingredients as “natural” or “organic,” so why the need for so much chemistry?
These days, there are whole isles at the pharmacy devoted solely to face wash, body lotion or shampoo, all with brightly colored packaging and glittering promises creating an overstimulation of possibilities and prices. Better to do it myself, I think. It makes more sense, and cents. Why spend extra money on marketing, packaging and shelf placement? Concocting these products yourself, the natural way, also takes less time than the average commute to the store.
This craftsmanship movement is very enjoyable too. It summons the artist within and invites more old-school fun to share with your family. Crafting something for yourself may also result in valuing your homemade items more and perhaps using them more wisely. Value evolves into an attitude of respect for what one has and gratitude for having it. Fun, plus respect, plus gratitude, equals the good life. Big changes really can happen on craft night.
More advantages to creating these items at home are you can be sure you’re working only with wholesome ingredients and avoid questionable or known-to-be-harmful chemical fillers or compounds.
Following are three products that can be easily made in-house, with a short list of readily available ingredients (the exception being zinc-oxide powder, which can be ordered online). A common ingredient in all of these is essential oils, the kind-smelling aromas derived from plants which are also used in aromatherapy to enhance mood and health.
These oils have been used for their healing properties for centuries and many are also anti-microbial—tea tree oil most notably. In all cases, you can choose your favorite scent. Recommendations include peppermint, spearmint, lavender, citronella, lemon, geranium, tea tree, eucalyptus, lavender and rosemary.
Why: Most sunscreens (even natural ones) contain toxic ingredients or endocrine disrupting chemicals that in many cases may actually promote skin cancer growth and free radical production. Watch out for oxybenzone which studies have shown, penetrates the skin, gets into the bloodstream and mimics estrogen in the body.
Ingredients: 1/4 cup coconut oil, 1/2 cup olive oil, 1/4 cup bee’s wax, 2 tablespoons pure zinc oxide (the non-nano-particle variety) and essential oil. (Optional: vitamin E oil and/or shea butter.)
Method: Heat oils and beeswax in a glass jar inside a pot containing a few inches of water over medium heat. Once the ingredients have melted together, mix in zinc oxide powder and allow the ingredients to cool completely before transferring to a separate glass jar or tin. Add five to 10 drops of your favorite essential oil and mix.
Why: N,N-Diethyl-m-toluamide, or DEET, often found in bug spray, is a known eye irritant and can cause rashes, soreness or blistering when applied to the skin. Additionally, DEET has been linked to neurological problems by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Ingredients: Distilled water, witch hazel, essential oil. (Citronella is a good choice, well-known for its insect repellant properties.)
Method: Fill a spray bottle (almost to the brim) with 1/2 distilled water and 1/2 witch hazel. Add 30 to 60 drops of essential oils to desired scent and shake.
Why: Titanium dioxide, FD&C Blue Dye No. 1 and No. 2, sodium lauryl sulfate and sodium fluoride, are all compounds found in many toothpastes and considered “unpreferred” for human consumption. When in doubt, make your own or at least choose a natural variety.
Ingredients: Two tablespoons coconut oil, two tablespoons baking soda, 10 drops of essential oil. (Optional: A few drops of stevia for sugar-free sweetness.)
Method: Mix baking soda and coconut oil in a small container until it forms a paste-like consistency. Add several drops of essential oil and mix.
Meryl Gwinn has a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology, has studied yoga, health, food, and humans around the globe. She is a constant pursuer of natural medicine and whole-healing solutions. She believes in the power of choice, simplicity and plants as preventative medicine. She is committed to inspiring this change in self and in system. Gwinn welcomes reader feedback at [email protected].
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This cubicle wall file will help keep your office space in order. Each legal size holder organizer comes with mounting hardware to permanently fix the unit in your work area. The black wire wall file also comes with hangers to place over your workspace partition. Each legal size office holder can fit manila folders up to 15.5”w. The wall file is constructed from steel wire for lasting use. Commonly found being used in doctor’s offices, corporate work areas, and many other locations, the black folder organizer ensures an orderly and clean work area!
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I love discovering stores and sharing the ones I like. After being a sales representative for 35 plus years it is still in my blood. One of the he things I enjoy about living in Firenze is you are always finding something you haven’t seen before. With all the little sides streets and the spermatic opening and closing times your constantly seeing things you had not seen before. No matter how long you are here.
Both of these stories I am introducing you to are in the Otrarano neighborhood on the quieter side of the river where I live. This area is where you will find the local artisans. Most have a combination workroom and retail space. I like this idea, it helps to keep your cost down and they can work through those slow retail times and you are insured it is handmade.
The first store is Anomisa. This charming place is owned by 3 very creative ladies, and everything in the store is made by one of them.
The pretty lady in this picture is Elena. She makes all the clothes, scarfs, pillows and necklaces. Simona does the painting, leather bags and jewelry. Another Elena makes the crocheted bags.
They have done a nice job of intermixing the various products in their displays.
A nice wall of original art by Elena.
Nice way of showing these beautiful dresses.
There is a wide range of ladies accessories for every taste. Price points are excellent and very affordable.
I did not walk out empty handed. I bought this adorable hat and skirt. The hat is perfect for the summer heat and very stylish. The skirt is now one of my favorite pieces I pair it with a black t-shirt and my red high tops. I will be checking back often for more little goodies.
ANOMISA Via Romana, 37/r Firenze, 50125 +39 335 6787658.
The second store is STRIPEYOU. I found this store totally by accident, which is very common here in Firenze. With so many little streets to explore everyday can present you with a new gem.
Federica is the creator of all these beautiful, wonderful and fun things. I was captivated by her and the way the store made me feel.
The colors just make you feel happy to start with. I was also amazed at the choices. You have things to brighten your patio, umbrellas, chairs and place mats.
A wide variety of purses, wallets, totes available in all the fabrics. And if you don’t find the size or shape you want she will customize it for you.
This is a small space but she is very clever in using it to her advantage. I love using the ceiling to hang thing on. Otherwise it’s wasted space and you do pay for it.
Buttons, What a fabulous way to brighten up a jacket or a pair of tennis shoes.
As you can imagine I fell in love with the dog collars. She makes them custom and yes Zoe has been measured for her vert own Stripeyou collar. I am also having her make me a couple custom size bags that I have not been able to find the right size. She also does wholesale .
STRIPEYOU Via de Coverelle, 17. Firenze 50125. +39 334 1085077
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CRISTIAN SAEZ FLOREZ
Cristian Sáez Flórez graduated from the University of Antioquia, Colombia with a BA in Political Science. His research focused on comparative lessons from peace processes with guerrilla groups in Colombia. He has worked in various organizations on topics centered on peacebuilding and human rights in Colombia.
Whilst working with the House of Memory Museum in Medellin, he specialized in working with community groups, civil society organizations and academics on several projects about the effects of the armed conflict on communities, their memories and symbolic reparations processes.
Since 2018, he has focused on monitoring the implementation of the Final Peace Accord in Colombia, as a Junior Specialist at the Kroc Institute, specially working on the commitments established for the Comprehensive System for Justice, Truth, and Non- Recurrence, victims’ rights and women´s rights provisions.
Cristian is a GYC Colombia alum (2017) and has served as a guest speaker and Program Assistant since 2018. He is currently pursuing an MA in Peace Studies at Notre Dame University in the US.
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Posted on 27 February 2020
More than 50 Hyde staff will be running 13.1 miles at the Big Half Marathon on Sunday 1 March to raise funds for Ambition 2020, a community programme that invests in positive futures for our young residents.
As well as providing homes, we understand that wider support is needed if we are to enable young people to fulfill their potential. We know young residents have been exposed, directly and indirectly, to the recent epidemic of violence across the UK. Through youth work and support, we can help them to pursue their ambitions and reduce the risk of them being affected directly by crime.
We’re already making a big difference – last year, more than 4,400 young people benefited from educational and employability programmes we ran with our partner community organisations. We want to do more – but we cannot do it alone.
We would like to thank all of our partners, and everyone who has donated so far. Their contribution will help these bright young people to see beyond the limitations of their circumstances, helping them not only to improve themselves, but also to have a positive impact on their community and inspire their peers.
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The lid is decorated with a peacock photo and feathers, dyed guinea fowl feathers, an amethyst quartz geode, crystals, beads and decorative corners. The sides are adorned with turquoise beaded trim, crystals, peacock and guinea fowl feathers. The lid is hinged in the back with a front latch and turquoise tassel. The bottom is felt lined with painted wooden legs.
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Charlotte principal reverses decision to ban Halloween costumes, festivities
CHARLOTTE - Less than a week after announcing to Galewood Early Elementary School parents that classroom parties and costumes wouldn't be allowed this Halloween, school officials reversed that decision Friday.
In a letter to parents, Principal Steve Chartier said "small classroom gatherings having an educational focus" will be held on Halloween, a half-day of classes for students district-wide, along with a costume parade.
"Though we planned to recognize and celebrate the 'holiday' smaller scale, we recognize the importance of the holiday to families," Chartier said in the email.
His announcement follows backlash from parents of Galewood students after Chartier informed them Monday that costumes wouldn't be allowed this Halloween, and classroom parties and a school parade would not take place.
On Thursday several parents said the policy banning Halloween festivities at Galewood was new and isn't consistent with what will take place at other schools in the district this Halloween.
Classroom parties and school parades are planned this year at the district's two other elementary schools - Washington and Parkview.
Thursday morning messages left for Chartier weren't immediately returned, but in an email sent to Galewood parent's Thursday just after 11:30 a.m. Charlotte Public Schools Superintendent Mandy Stewart said their concerns prompted school officials to re-examine how Halloween will be celebrated at the school.
A change of policy
In an email to the State Journal, Stewart said Chartier's letter, which reversed the ban on festivities, was sent to Galewood parents Friday.
"Know that I appreciate the many varying perspectives of those who reached out to either me at school, via district officials, or through social media," it reads.
According to Chartier's letter, "'Parties' will be at the discretion of each teacher."
It does outline some restrictions for student costumes that prevent students from bringing "toy guns and other paraphernalia that encourage violence" to Galewood.
"Additionally, masks may only be worn on tops of heads and not on their faces," Chartier said in his email.
Parent Eric Frederick, who reached out to school officials after Monday's announcement to ask that it be reconsidered, said he hasn't seen Friday's letter yet, but is happy to hear festivities have been reinstated.
"That seems to be in line with what the other elementary schools are doing," he said. "I like the fact that they listened to parents and reconsidered. We got what we were asking for."
Contact Rachel Greco at [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter @GrecoatLSJ.
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Zapaday is a free global events calendar you can tap into to find out what’s happening soon, from holidays to cultural events and news. Zapaday scrapes 4000+ news sites for future events and also pulls in important public calendars.
The web app, now in beta, can be accessed without signing up for an account, but if you register you can get event notifications for categories that matter to you (business, culture, sports, science and so on).
To stay up-to-date, you can browse by event category and then subscribe to iCal feeds in Google Calendar, Outlook and other calendar apps. Alternatively, save individual events to your Zapaday calendar (which you can subscribe to in your calendar app).
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Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level When governess Jane Eyre goes to work at Thornfield Hall and meets the mysterious Mr Rochester, her life finally feels like it's going right. Until the strange woman in the attic threatens everything. Charlotte Bronte's epic classic is beautifully retold here by award-winning author Julie Berry. Pearl/Band 18 books offer fluent readers a complex, substantial text with challenging themes to facilitate sustained comprehension, bridging the gap between a reading programme and longer chapter books. Text type: Fiction from our literary heritage Curriculum links: English: fiction from the English literary heritage This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
|Publication date:||20th September 2019|
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Drinking freshly ground coffee is like tasting coffee in high definition. When coffee is made from fresh grounds, its flavours are brought to life.
Hand grinders allow us to unlock the deepest flavours of the drink we drink every morning, and the act of turning the handle and manually grinding the beans becomes a ritual almost as important and revitalising as the coffee itself.
About the Hario Prism Coffee Grinder:
The Hario Prism Coffee Grinder is a stylish and effective hand grinder.
The Hario Prism uses ceramic conical burrs to grind the coffee which means that the grind is very consistent, the burrs don’t rust, and they stay sharp for much longer than stainless steel burrs.
The Hario Prism’s body is made from an aluminium alloy while the inner hop is a plastic polymer. The grinders hop holds over 20g of coffee.
The Hario Prism can grind beans fine enough for a paper filter, or course enough for a plunger and everything in between. It has an easily adjustable grind dial.
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Join First Coast Newcomers Cards Games & Recreation Events Club for our upcoming Card Playing Event! We play a variety of card games. Playing cards are provided. New card games welcome. The event will be at a local golf clubhouse. Food menu available. Your cost is food and/or beverage purchases.
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Arrival time: 2:150pm / Cards Begin: 2:30pm.
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Which Sells Best? A Quick Start Guide to Testing for Retailers, by Bryan Eisenberg and Anthony Garcia
I’m a big fan of the Eisenberg’s and their site, Future Now. When I heard they had an ebook available on testing for ecommerce websites I jumped over immediately and purchased it. Best is essentially a 45-page ebook of various A/B tests performed on a number of websites. It’s not as detailed as their full books, but you can’t expect that from an ebook.
Within they provide a quick glimpse into the online sales process, outlining what one should and should not do in order to test for conversions. Best is a handy guide to the mind of the shopper vs. shopping experience and will undoubtedly be a continued reference as we probe for new ways to increase visitor conversions through testing.
Viral Copy, by Brian Clark
In Viral Copy Brian takes us through the most important elements for creating viral content on your blog. Everything from creating headlines to telling a story all the way down to linking out to others is fleshed out in this 30-page, easy-to-read manual. He provides four basic categories of viral content which can be used by just about anyone and then provides eleven ways to get links.
The PDF is free and can be read within a half hour. If you’re looking to beef up your viral marketing efforts there is no reason not to read Clark’sViral Copy.
Knock Knock: Seth Godin’s Incomplete Guide to Building a Website that Works, by Seth Godin
This was probably the most fun of the four ebooks mentioned here in this post. Seth really knows how to tell a story and make it compelling. In actuality, this is a book about marketing a website rather than developing it.
Seth takes us through four simple steps: 1) buy traffic, 2) tell a story, 3) treat people differently and 4) test and measure. All four of these are crucial to having a website that is effective at achieving its goal. At 41 half-filled pages, this book can also be read in a single quick sitting but the value will last much much longer.
How to Increase Keyword Saturation (Without Destroying the Flow of Your Copy), by Karon Thackston
This is an older ebook, but don’t let that fool you into thinking its irrelevant. This was easily one of the better documents I’ve read on the subject of copywriting for keywords. Basically, this is a book (34 pages) on various strategies for keyword implementation. With each strategy, Karon provides actual examples as to how she has implemented them for her own clients.
When working with keywords we often forget that there are many ways to work words into copy. While most of this information is already well known, having all of these strategies in a single document makes this a great reference manual for getting not-so-easy-to implement keywords implemented into your copy.
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|English to Spanish translations [PRO]|
Social Sciences - Economics
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GBK economics and finances specialists
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Handmade gifts are truly special. Not only do they show you took the time to create something but, it allows you to customize with your loved one’s favorites such as colors, shapes, and photos. If you are looking for homemade Christmas gift ideas, there are plenty of gifts you can make without breaking the bank. They include things like soaps, beard balm, succulent holders and beaded rings.
Personalized gifts are also the perfect way to include memorable photos and your favorite messages. Below you’ll find our list of unique homemade Christmas gifts for everyone in your family.
1. Gold Leaf Resin Heart Pins
Here’s a little holiday sparkle that can be enjoyed year-round. Gold leaf resin heart pins are fun to make, give and receive. This homemade Christmas gift can be pinned to hats, purses or backpacks to add some oomph to any outfit.
2. Textured Wood Coasters
A set of textured wood coasters is a great DIY gift for parents, grandparents and more. These serve as both a practical gift for living room decor and a creative way to display favorite family photos.
3. Double Ring Wall Hanging
Hanging yarn is the latest rage in wall art, and a double ring hanging is a simple way to DIY this decor trend. This craft makes the perfect homemade gift for the aspiring Chip or Joanna Gaines in your life.
4. Personalized Glass Jar
Personalize a glass jar with your favorite saying, then fill it with homemade goodies for a sweet Christmas present. Family, teachers, neighbors, and friends will all enjoy this easy yet thoughtful gift idea.
5. Simple Picture Frames
Add decorations to a basic picture frame for an easy, homemade Christmas gift for anyone on your shopping list. Make it even more personal by filling it with a picture of you and your loved one or a sweet handwritten message.
6. Personalized Disney Princess Cups
Show the young girl in your life just how special she is with a personalized Disney princess cup. This DIY gift is fun to give on its own or filled with small treats and surprises!
7. Scandinavian Hoop Necklaces
Scandinavian hoop necklaces are a statement piece and conversation starter to give the trendsetter in your life. Use yarn and leather to create a piece as unique as your favorite fashionista.
8. Leopard Print Notebooks
DIY notebooks will tap into your crafty side then inspire the recipient to get creative as well. This homemade Christmas gift idea can be used as a journal, planner, address book and more—and who could resist that leopard print design?
9. Nautical Cord Bracelet
These DIY nautical cord bracelets are so polished that friends and family will hardly believe you made them yourself! Fortunately, this homemade gift idea is as easy as it is impressive, so don’t be afraid to give it a try.
10. Himmeli Triangle Succulent Holder
Succulents have grown wildly popular in recent years—partly because they’re so easy to take care of and partly because they make for fun decor in nearly any room. Pair these homemade geometric holders with a tiny succulent before presenting them to friends and family.
11. Bright Personalized Mouse Pad
This homemade Christmas gift idea doesn’t require a bit of crafting. Design a personalized mouse pad online for an easy DIY present that’s totally unique to you and your family.
12. Pom Pom Tassel Circle Bag
Don’t be afraid to give a Christmas gift that will be used once snow days are replaced by summer vacation days. A DIY pom pom tassel circle bag will have your friends and family looking forward to poolside fun in just a few months!
13. Marble Personalized Easel Calendar
For a modern spin on the traditional wall calendar, hop online to design a marble personalized easel calendar for your friends and family. This Christmas gift can be displayed at work or home to be enjoyed for a full year.
14. Circus Animal Cookie Pillows
Give a gift of fun and whimsy with these adorable circus animal cookie pillows. This homemade gift idea will be a sweet surprise for any kid, teen or snack lover on your Christmas list this year.
15. Pinecone Firestarter Kit
Dip tiny pinecones in colored wax to craft these adorable fire starters for your friends and family. Pair with a warm blanket to create a cozy gift basket or use it as a standalone stocking stuffer. Either way, your DIY Christmas gift will be the talk of the party!
16. Personalized Pilsner Glasses
Help your favorite guy decorate his man cave with a set of personalized pilsner glasses. Pair with his favorite beer for a homemade gift that can be enjoyed immediately and for years to come.
17. Gemstone Soap
When making DIY Christmas gifts for loved ones, it can be difficult to decide between something beautiful and something practical—but with gemstone soap, you don’t have to choose! These brightly colored soaps are a delight to receive on Christmas Day, then useful for weeks to follow.
18. Cacao Butter Lip Balm
Friends and family will appreciate this homemade cocoa butter lip balm as they fight off the chapped lips that come with wintry weather. Don’t forget to make a little extra for yourself—you want to be prepared for that magical mistletoe kiss!
19. Fruity Sunglasses Case
Are you escaping the holiday craziness on a Christmas cruise this year? If so, this DIY gift idea is perfect for your unconventional celebration. Homemade fruity sunglass cases are colorful and fun—and don’t require a bit of sewing!
20. Fabric Wrapped Baskets
Why wrap your Christmas gifts in wrapping paper that’s just going to be thrown away? Create these fabric wrapped baskets instead, and your packaging will be just as big of a hit as the gift inside.
21. Mini Beaded Rings
Mini beaded rings are easy and fun to craft in bulk, so why not make some for all the gals on your Christmas list? Matching pairs can serve as tokens of your friendship, or you can gift a few in complementary colors to be worn stacked together for a trendy look.
22. Dyed Handkerchiefs
Personalize a fun fashion accessory for the friends and family on your shopping list by creating a collection of DIY dyed handkerchiefs. Simply soak colorful bandanas in bleach for varying amounts of time to get a wide variety of shades and styles.
23. DIY Beard Balm
Self care products aren’t just for ladies anymore. This homemade beard balm is a great gift for hipsters, dads and anyone else proudly sporting facial hair this winter. Give it as a stocking stuffer or pair it with a beard brush to complete this gift idea.
24. Taco Headphone Organizer
This irresistibly cute miniature taco is the perfect gift for the kids and teens in your life, and makes a perfect stuffer for your family Christmas stockings. Plus, it serves the handy purpose of keeping pesky headphone wires organized and easy to find in a crowded purse or book bag!
25. Painted Wood Bowls
Giving a homemade gift doesn’t mean you have to start from scratch. Make store bought wooden bowls one-of-a-kind by adding your personal touch and painting on a bright and colorful design.
26. Personalized Woven Photo Blanket
Warm your loved ones’ hearts and homes when you gift a personalized woven photo blanket this Christmas. There’s no better way to preserve wedding photos, family photos or a favorite candid for years to come.
27. Personalized Film Strip Puzzle
This personalized film strip puzzle is fun to open and even more fun to put together as a family. Design yours online for a gift that kids, parents and grandparents alike can enjoy.
28. Wood Salt and Pepper Shakers
Who says DIY Christmas gifts are old-fashioned? The color blocks on these wooden salt and pepper shakers make them delightfully modern. Plus, they’re simple to create, so you don’t need any crafting expertise for this homemade gift idea.
29. Wood Monogrammed Keychains
Monograms are a great way to make a homemade gift even more personal to the recipient. Decorate your friends’ initials in their favorite colors, then add sweet leather tassels to create these fun keychains as gifts or stocking stuffers.
30. Batik Catchall Dishes
Designed to hold jewelry, serving spoons or loose change, this handmade catchall dish is perfect for anyone on your Christmas list. Paint each dish in bright colors and metallics and don’t be afraid to experiment with design. After all, no two creations will be exactly alike!
31. Feather and Beaded Dreamcatcher
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Parties agree on need for Special Designated Status, but what is the Government doing about it? – Ó Donnghaile
Today’s meeting of the Seanad’s Special Committee on Brexit heard from representatives of “Border Communities against Brexit”.
After the meeting, Sinn Féin Senator Niall Ó Donnghaile reiterated the need for the Irish Government to outline what actions they are taking to secure Special Designated Status in Ireland, post Brexit.
An Seanadóir Ó Donnghaile said:
“All of the parties at today’s meeting agreed on the need for Special Designated Status and for bespoke arrangements to be put in place that protects Ireland’s interests. This is what the Government have been mandated to do following the passing of a Sinn Féin motion in February.
“The survival of farming and agri-food in the North, as well as our tourism offer and the future welfare of a whole range of other sectors are hanging in the balance as a result of Brexit.
“Today’s detailed presentation from ‘Border Communities against Brexit’ laid out in great detail the practical and overwhelming negative implications being faced by people, farmers, businesses, and communities along the border as a result of Brexit.
“We can avoid this disaster and continue to grow our farming communities, our tourism offer and our economic, political and social wellbeing, if we achieve designated special status for the North within the EU. This must include membership of the Single Market, as well as access to EU funding streams and the retention of representation of our MEPs.
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Repairing your transmission is a big decision. If you have maintained your car properly it most likely has a lot of life left.
- The average car payment in the United States is $479 per month.
- Over 50% of the cars that we diagnose do not need a complete transmission overhaul.
Your transmission is a container of parts and there are a lot of parts inside that are still good. Your transmission may not require a complete overhaul or replacement, it may require a simple repair.
- The average transmission overhaul is $2,400.
- Repairing your transmission gives you an annual savings of $3,348
- In most cases if you plan to keep your vehicle 4 months or longer, the repair pays for itself versus a 60 month car payment.
Speedy Marietta-Transmission Shop offers an additional savings for customers who choose to pay cash. While we realize that cash is not an option for everyone, we also have financing available. You have options:
- Do nothing at all with a car that has a lot of life left.
- Spend weeks looking for a car, and then hours at a car lot to take on a high car payment for 60 months, not to mention increased insurance premiums.
- Take advantage of our cash discount by having your transmission repaired.
- Take advantage of six months same as cash financing at an average of $333 a month.* (*approval required)
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What To Do If You Lose Your Mobile Phone
Losing your phone can be a bit of a nightmare, but there's more at stake than just your handset and contact numbers…fortunately there are a few steps that you need to take.
It's More Than a Phone
Here's the deal: you might be upset because you've just lost your new iPhone, but this isn't just a question of your handset. A far bigger problem here is the fact that you can be held accountable for all those charges that appear on your phone bill even after it's gone missing. Someone finds your phone and decides to call Australia? Guess who's paying for it: you are. That sounds pretty unfair, but there are ways around this.
Report Your Phone Lost or Stolen
Your absolute first step is to go to your local police station and file a lost or stolen phone report. Okay, so the coppers aren't going to be interviewing suspects and tracking leads, but you'll need the piece of paper that you receive as proof that you have indeed lost your phone. You will almost certainly be liable for any charges on the phone that are racked up before you file this report, so do it as soon as possible. Keep the police report in a safe place because you will probably need to show it to your mobile operator as well as to your insurance company if applicable. Just to be clear: should someone make calls on your phone before you file this report you will be liable for these charges, and legally there is nothing you can do to dispute them!
Once you've filed this report, then immediately inform your mobile operator of the loss. This should prevent further charges being added to your account as in most cases your operator will then cut off service from the phone in question.
Wipe It (If You Can)
If you were a smart cookie and downloaded an app that allows you to wipe data from your phone, then you should go ahead and make use of it. The app should get rid of all passwords, personal info and other stuff, making it tough for a potential thief to access anything that could harm you financially. If you happen to have online banking on your phone or things like a registered Amazon account, then you'll need to inform the appropriate people (such as your bank manager!) and change all your passwords to prevent someone using your accounts.
Getting a Replacement
It sucks to lose your handset, and if you had the foresight to get mobile insurance, then you'll need to check out the terms now. Have a read of your contract and then report the loss to your insurance company. Don't forget to check not only your house insurance (which could cover your mobile) but also your credit card and bank (since these places sometimes have mobile insurance included if you bought the phone using your credit or bank card). If you're lucky, then your insurance company will pay up and you can buy yourself a new phone with the proceeds.
In terms of not having insurance and relying on your operator, you're going to be out of luck. Your mobile operator is not required to replace your phone and probably will not do so. That means that if you got the phone on an incentive contract and are still paying for it then you will have to continue making those payments whether or not you still own the phone.
So what happens if you get your next bill and find that there are charges on it that you're not responsible for? You need to dispute it. If you did get insurance then check with your insurance company, as sometimes they will cover the cost of unauthorised phone use (some companies even cover charges made before you report your mobile stolen, though most don't). Otherwise, you're going to need to write to your mobile operator (yes, an email is fine).
When writing you should include a copy of the bill with the unauthorised charges clearly marked, as well as a copy of the police report indicating when your phone was stolen. If you can try and include payment for the part of the bill that you are responsible for (this shows the company that you're willing to pay some of the fees). The operator has eight weeks to come to a decision, after which you can again write to them and request a Letter of Deadlock. This letter simply says that you and the operator cannot agree on terms. You will then need to send the deadlock letter along with an explanation of the circumstances to the Ombudsman for Communications (check out the OFCOM website for contact info) which is an objective body that will decide the matter for you.
Don't be put off by how complicated this sounds, in most cases an operator simply wipes the charges made after the police report was filed.
Losing your phone (or possibly having it stolen) is a bit of a pain, and it's important that you act fast so that you don't end up paying for someone else's calls, messages or data. Most of the time you'll find that these charges are wiped if you've followed the proper procedures. And don't forget to change those account passwords, at best you might get a saucy status update on Facebook, but you could get your bank account accessed in the worst case. | <urn:uuid:0cfbb590-1604-4ab3-9118-13134fc7aa5e> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://www.tigermobiles.com/faq/lost-phone/ | 2020-09-29T00:33:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600401617641.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20200928234043-20200929024043-00398.warc.gz | en | 0.969779 | 1,056 |
Silver Nugget BraceletUnder the Rose 4410
The larger version of our best-selling Silver Nugget Bracelet, this piece of jewellery has a chunky and weighty feel. A gorgeous bracelet for work, play, and everyday wear, it is handmade to order using tiny faceted sterling silver beads, equipped with a lobster clasp fastener for quick and easy dressing, and presented in one of our signature gift boxes.
Styled to reflect the light and radiate with natural beauty, the Silver Nugget Bracelet is a pure delight to wear. A lovely gift for any special occasion, it can be worn solo or stacked with other pieces in our exclusive Nugget Collection. It’s versatility and timeless appeal makes it a standout addition to any jewellery box.
This item can have a tiny personalised tag added to the lobster clasp. The tiny tag is designed to have a 10 character message of your choice engraved onto it. For example it can be engraved with a name, a significant date or short message.
Comes in a Under The Rose Gift Box
Beads – Fine silver 99.9%
Findings – Sterling Silver
Length – 17cm with an extension chain up to 19cm
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Local may be the way to go with minimum wage policies
Los Angeles recently voted to raise its minimum wage from $9 an hour to $15 by 2020, joining a growing group of states and cities that are raising or considering raising their minimum wages. These local initiatives have generated considerable interest among researchers who study low-wage labor markets. Perhaps the most important question raised after the announcement of a minimum wage increase is whether the change will result in job losses.
Individuals who have jobs may enjoy higher wages, but employers may hire fewer workers due to increased costs. Economists have been studying this issue for decades, with differing results. With some exceptions, the strongest methodologies find that the minimum wage has no effect on employment and weaker methodologies find that it reduces employment.
One important caveat is that most of these studies estimate the average effect of the minimum wage across the entire country. That may not be an appropriate guide for local labor markets, which are tremendously diverse. One difference that is critical for the minimum wage is the relative price level. For example, the same good or service tends to be more expensive in Honolulu or New York City than in Danville, Illinois, or Jefferson City, Missouri (the metropolitan areas with the highest and lowest prices, respectively, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis). Local price level differences can have a dramatic impact on the real value of the minimum wage.
For example, let’s compare the real difference in value between the minimum wage in Los Angeles and in Birmingham, Alabama by adjusting for local price levels. Alabama is one of several states that does not have its own minimum wage set above the federal minimum of $7.25. These states are typically thought of as having weak protections for low-wage workers, but when taking regional price levels into account, the real value of the minimum wage in Birmingham ($8.04) is actually higher than the real value in Los Angeles ($7.61).
With local price level differences playing such an important role in determining the real level of the minimum wage, it should come as no surprise that low price level states like Alabama are reticent to push their minimum wage above the federal level, or that high price level cities like Los Angeles want to bolster their minimum wages. A new minimum wage of $15 in Los Angeles, using current regional price parity data, would be worth $12.69. This is higher than the real value in Birmingham, and perhaps more in line with the views of Los Angeles voters and workers.
A common narrative built around recent local action on minimum wages is that states and cities are forced to act because Washington is gridlocked. An alternative narrative is that the diverse circumstances of local labor markets suggest that state and local minimum wage policies may be more appropriate than the one-size-fits-all approach of a federal minimum. States can and should be advocates for their citizens rather than passive recipients of federal policy decisions.
Only time (and careful empirical work!) will tell how the higher minimum wage works out for Los Angeles. The city’s experience will certainly provide lessons for other states and localities considering their own minimum wage policies. | <urn:uuid:f91f5cfb-d734-4baa-8d44-933068d0d4a2> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/local-may-be-way-go-minimum-wage-policies | 2020-09-29T02:16:38Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600401617641.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20200928234043-20200929024043-00398.warc.gz | en | 0.943666 | 635 |
RUNNING: GETTING THE HAMPTONS EDGE
You may think that there is no other way to experience the Hamptons aside from passenger seat of a Range Rover. Think again, because if you've ever put mils in running out in the Hamptons you know that its a whole lot more than a bit of a sweat! This is a list of reasons why you do not want to miss out on getting fit for this summer: Distance run or bust! Out on the far tip of Long island, the long twisted drives and hills that are sprinkled throughout the southern fork could not set anymore of a scenic backdrop. If you are anywhere in South Hampton, Bridgehampton or Sag Harbor you could find yourself pleasantly surprised as you take the scenic route around large plots of farmland, sprawling estates and overwhelmingly stunning wooded areas. I have found that it usually will take me at least half a mile from the place I start my run from to reach the closest major road! That being said it usually makes me run at least 3 miles when I set out on a jog. It is a really nice change from running in the city in the sense that there are virtually no intersections to cross. Living in Brooklyn, I get tired of the intersections all the time. Pro Tip: When you pick a new route, be sure to map out your run prior to setting out. Cell phone reception is notoriously spotty, so if you are planning on using apps on your phone to guide your run make sure you have a back up plan! | <urn:uuid:05f7d61d-208d-4e34-9932-ac6d9ee8c68c> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://www.victoria-pike.com/posts/RUNNING%3A-GETTING-THE-HAMPTONS-EDGE | 2020-09-29T01:22:16Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600401617641.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20200928234043-20200929024043-00398.warc.gz | en | 0.955056 | 310 |
by Kacie Ryan, Faculty Co-counselor
Literacy Alive! is a service project that Kappa Delta Pi chapters across the world participate in each year. The focus of the initiative is to empower literacy skills within participants. Participating chapters create their own programming that focuses on literacy skills related to cross curriculum programming, community partnerships, international impact, needs of diverse populations, and sustainable development. In these topics, the programming design is left open ended for participating chapters. Projects typically range from one day literacy events to on-going literacy programs. For more information visit the KDP’s Literacy Alive! page.
Our AES chapter has participated in Literacy Alive! for several years. Each year we create a Literacy Alive! committee who designs and implements our project. Our focus over the last few years has been on compiling teacher resources. We’ve also chosen to leverage our position as the first online chapter of KDP by providing our resources through different online platforms. Last year we created a Live Binder classroom resource. Our committee decided to focus on diverse populations and narrow that to students with behavioral disabilities. Committee members identified books about people with behavioral disabilities and created elementary level lesson plans and read aloud companions to accompany the books. The committee also complied some online resources that could help teachers working with and teaching students with behavioral disabilities. We assembled all of these resources into an online Live Binder to allow access to our project by any teacher, anywhere. You can check out last year’s project here.
As an officer board, we decided that our chapter’s project for this year will focus on digital literacy in K-12 education. The American Library Association defines digital literacy as “the ability to use information and communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information, requiring both cognitive and technical skills." Our committee will work with this topic to create our 2017/2018 Literacy Alive! project. The committee is forming now! If you’re interested in joining the committee, or have questions, please let us know by emailing [email protected]. | <urn:uuid:acfc8883-067f-4caf-9c69-4de0dd9349f7> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://www.wgukdp.org/blog/literacyalive-what-it-is-what-weve-done-where-were-going | 2020-09-29T02:19:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600401617641.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20200928234043-20200929024043-00398.warc.gz | en | 0.929467 | 428 |
If you have an enquiry or query, please don't hesitate to get in touch. Please contact us using our school telephone number, email, letter or by using our contact form. Mrs Froggatt, our school Business Manager, or Mrs McDermott, our Admin Assistant, will usually answer the phone in the office and will be happy to help with anything you need.
Whitwell Primary School
Telephone and Fax: 01909 720251
Headteacher: Mrs L Duncan
Contact via the school office
SENCO: Miss L Brown
Contact at: [email protected]
Chair of Governors: Mr T Munro
Clerk to Governors: Mrs D Munro
Contact at: [email protected]
If you would like a paper copy of any of the information on the school website, please contact the school office with your request. There will be no charge for this.
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A smooth, fatty substance made by churning cream. Although butter is usually made from cow’s milk. It can also be churned from the milk of other mammals such as goats, buffalos or camels. It is a key ingredient in the cuisines of many countries because of the unique flavor. It is used primarily in sauces, pastries, and various soups. | <urn:uuid:91666dde-91dc-4b25-b522-577cb258607a> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://www.yiannislucacos.gr/en/ingredient/2317/butter | 2020-09-29T00:16:55Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600401617641.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20200928234043-20200929024043-00398.warc.gz | en | 0.977382 | 79 |
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Parents find a safe, nurturing environment for their children to stay active, be engaged, and learn positive values.
Children and teens play and develop self-confidence while feeling accepted and supported.
Adults connect with friends, pursue interests, and learn how to live healthier.
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As a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with over 35,000 members, the Y provides crucial programs and services to more than 50,000 people every year. With the help of generous donors, we are able offer key outreach programs that teach children to swim, prepare children six months - to five years old for kindergarten, provide summer enrichment programs to combat summer learning loss, mentoring, diabetes prevention programs, cancer support and so many more. They Y turns no one away due to the inability to pay and provides over $2,000,000 in financial assistance to over 20,000 participants. Join us and help strengthen the foundations of our communities. | <urn:uuid:3a51df29-0bdb-4407-97be-6d7adc52331b> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://ymcachesapeake.org/about | 2020-09-29T01:50:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600401617641.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20200928234043-20200929024043-00398.warc.gz | en | 0.931461 | 228 |
Thursday, May 29, 2008
People Are Starting to Wonder
Yes, yes, I'm here, and I'm fine, just super busy. Sorry I've been majorly absent. I miss you guys. Thanks to everyone who is checking on me and thinking about me. I did not get tornadoed, although there was an EF5 north of here that was extremely nasty and took 7 poor souls. And p90x did not kill me yet.
The low down:
Wii Fit - several days of fun. I seriously doubt this thing would take any weight off but clearly it is better than sitting on the couch and it is fun. My kids are loving it although they are active little buggers and have been playing Wii Sports so they don't do a lot of their gaming from the couch anyway. If you were diligent with the exercises and yoga, you certainly would see some toning and improvement in balance. I really like the center of balance thingy, it helps you not only do the pose and hold it, but be positioned correctly and think about posture. This is also true in the strength exercises. Depending on the test, my fitness level or Wii age has varied from 33 (WOooo HOOooo) to 60. :P Not terribly accurate on the fitness age but it does show you where your weaknesses are. I am like 80 years in a tree pose on the left, but do it relatively well on the right.
p90x - Loving this to death although I have cut waaaay back this week in prep for the 20k on Saturday. This is a super and very detailed review that I found if you are interested. Written a while ago and she's not inviting any more comments, but I thought it was very worthwhile and accurate. I am definitely getting stronger. However, as this author mentions, if you want to SEE your progress you have to do the diet part. I think she said 80% of your work is in the kitchen. Crap. :D I have developed a fondness for Kenpo which is like kick boxing. Who knew?
20k on Saturday - as always the nerves kick in and I start doubting if I can even finish. My running hasn't been great the past couple weeks, but maybe that means I'm due for a good one. I'm wondering how I'm going to feel 12.4 miles north of town looking at the Des Moines skyline in downtown and realizing I am going to run that far!! Probably something along the lines of Marcy's poll about whether or not you have thrown up during a race. :D I'll be fine, I'm sure, just slow. I can't wait to see some friends and hopefully meet some new ones.
Someone said, "if you're a runner in Iowa, you have to do this race." (Dam to Dam is expecting about 7000!!) Well, then, IOWA AND INTERNET, I'm a runner in Iowa and I'm doing this race!! I'm excited that this is my first time ever being even close to fit enough to run this race. I have to remember and rejoice in that progress. I remember being totally in awe of a friend and her husband and wishing I had it in me. :D I also felt this way watching the amazing Hy-Vee Triathlon (a world class event that cycled within one mile of my house!!) last year. If I weren't going to Scotland I would definitely be doing a leg as part of a team or possibly attempting the whole thing. Now that's a year of progress. I've officially hit one year of fairly continuous running and for that, I am proud and humbled at the same time. In part, it is to blogging and all the great people I've met and who have supported me here. (Yeah, I get sappy and all gratitude-y when I race) I'm also going to go read Bingham's chapter on racing from Courage to Start. It always puts it all in perspective for me. Hope to be back with some racing stories....
Next week - Out of town for work
The Next week - SCOTLAND!!!!!!!!!!!
I may be absent for awhile. Just a lot going on. And not much of it has been laundry. :P I.have.to.catch.up. Anyone have a maid or a wife they could spare? I'm in desparate need. | <urn:uuid:bf3b718e-7192-4001-afef-76954701148f> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | http://1lbdecisions.blogspot.com/2008/05/people-are-starting-to-wonder.html | 2020-10-01T08:49:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600402124756.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20201001062039-20201001092039-00398.warc.gz | en | 0.983703 | 905 |
KOLKATA: A rare species of snake, spotted only twice in the past, was discovered at a home in north Bengal's Jalpaiguri town, West Bengal Forest Department officials told The Hindu on Thursday.
Forfeiting our commons
The Lancet’s Series on Maternal and Child Undernutrition
President Obama's grand climate plan does not add up
Climate change can no longer be ignored
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||7213 72130 Rental services of sea-going vessels with operator
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Exclusions: Leasing or rental services of vessels without operator are classified in subclass 83103.
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If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you may know me as a photographer. But like most creatives, I have other skills as well. Some people call it ‘the artist’s curse’ because with so many skills, one tends to get confused about where to focus their energy. An artist may have 5 or more artistic talents and asking them to pick one is like asking a mother to choose her favourite child. (Although some people readily play favourites with their kids). But I digress.
Unlike others, I consider it a blessing to be multi-talented. I can’t imagine how boring life would be if I had to stick to one thing only. And so I thank God for blessing me with a Fine Art talent. I have been drawing since early childhood (sounds cliché, but it’s true). But I only discovered I could do fine art after high school. My dad offered to take me to Art school during the gap year between high school and university. Previously, I had been drawing cartoons and flowers from newspapers and books. But Art school opened up a whole new world.
The first drawing I was presented with seemed quite intimidating. I was asked to draw from observation and also do the shading. I took up the challenge and the results were amazing, even to me. I mean, I was mind-blown! For someone who had never done fine art before, I had outdone myself. My parents shared the same sentiments and that’s how my love affair with Fine Art pencil sketching began.
The more assignments I did, the more fun it became. It would take me 2 days on average to complete a drawing. The sketches covered a range of subjects and varied in complexity. Naturally, I found myself preferring nature-related drawings, and why not? The natural world is amazing – full of beauty and so many things for us to learn.
I got to meet a lot of interesting and weird people at art school. For instance, there was this one lady who played the same music playlist every day – every single day for the entire 3 months I was there. Man! It drove me up the wall. One of the interesting peeps turned out to be a classmate at university! I also got to delve into the interesting world of watercolour painting. I found it more challenging than pencil sketching (still do), because blending/ grading colours is much easier with pencil. Or is it the paper I was using? By the way, my paint from 2008 is still in good working condition! One of the few things that actually work well and last long.
To wrap up the Fine Art course, we had to take an exam. It involved 2 assignments: a still-life setup and your own composition. I sketched the outline of the still-life at school and did the shading at home. The drawings were supposed to be A2 size – quite the challenge because all along we had been using A3 sketchbooks. But nilijikaza (I did my best). For the second task, I merged part of a photo with a scene from 9/11, and also drew this from home. An artist has to know how to get creative, right? It took me a week for each of the drawings.
I passed the course with stellar marks, but didn’t think much of it in terms of continuing with fine art. It had just been something to pass time, which was ironic because during our first year at campus, we did a lot of sketching – a lot. I studied Architecture. Maybe, just maybe if I had revisited Fine Art I would have got better marks in that year, but such is life. Sometimes it hits us long after the event has come and gone.
It was only until my fifth year in campus that I went back to Fine Art and surprise, surprise, I still had the touch. I replicated some of my sketches from Art School with great accuracy. Then I toyed with the idea of selling them. I got someone to do the frames which I then spray-painted black. Getting clients for artwork in Kenya is no easy task though. An artist recently said, “If Kenyans bargain for the price of basic goods that they can’t do without, what do you expect when selling art?” I have sold 5 pieces in 4 years. #TheStruggleIsReal
Last year during my free time (when I was looking for work) I decided to redo some pencil pieces in watercolour. It was an exciting exercise and a great way to ease the frustration of job searching. A long- time friend bought one of the paintings. Thank you Dennis.
And now for a very embarrassing confession: I haven’t sketched/ painted since August last year. Sigh. I guess I got busy with learning photography, blogging, tours and generally trying to figure life out. In other words, ‘adulting’. Also maybe because of the discouragement that comes with the difficulty of getting clients?
I may not have called on Fine Art in a long time, but I still love it. Hopefully in the next few weeks I’ll resume sketching. If you’d like to purchase some pieces, please get in touch on the address in my Contact page.Especially my fellow Kenyans. Show some love for one of your own, ei?
Big shout out to all creatives. Don’t let the world dim the light that is the talent within you. Keep doing what you’re doing!0 | <urn:uuid:91488ecb-84fb-4886-9b6d-042d2614fa54> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | http://hootingowl.co/my-love-affair-with-fine-art/ | 2020-10-01T07:10:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600402124756.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20201001062039-20201001092039-00398.warc.gz | en | 0.984886 | 1,149 |
Jeg håper dere kan lese den hjerteskjærende historien og donere noen penger dere også. Det er mange mopser som trenger og fortjener hjelp og det er helt trygt å betale med f.eks paypal som mamma gjorde.
Sammen KAN vi hjelpe noen som desperat trenger vår hjelp og støtte!!
When mommy logged on facebook a minute ago she got aware of something an amercan pug had posted. She had linked to a rescuecenter for pugs (and others) in California who recently have received a poor abused pug-girl they called Carina. She needs constant care and a lot of medication in hope of getting better and I barked at my mom that she had to transfer some money immideately. She asked me how much to donate and I looked at her with my big, beatiful eyes and said she at least had to give $100. She donated 200 :-) I'm lucky to have an obedient mommy...
I hope many of you can read this heartbreaking story and donate some money too. It is so many pugs who needs and deserve help and it's perfectly safe to transfer money through for instance paypal as mom did.
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It’s been a while since my last blog post. I have become an Instagram devotee, a Pinterest addict and a Facebook fanatic. My poor little blog was left behind in the social media hustle and bustle. Recently I added the wonderful Blog Society community to my arsenal of daily inspiration. We have shared our Instagram accounts and our Pinterest boards, but this evening a forum began to introduce our blogs, and I had to hang my head in shame, my blog has become a neglected child. There are so many amazing and beautiful blogs in the world, so it was even more delightful to discover so many in your own backyard. Below are two blogs that caught my eye for their amazing simplicity. And here’s to more blogging in my future.
Lamb Loves Fox: an adorable visual diary of a year in the life of a young girl and her baby brother. As a mother of three (with a long since abandoned passion for photography) I simply adore this blog. The images are so stunning.
Fiddle and Spoon: a luscious combination of design, food, fashion, cats, travel and beautiful photography. And pie! So many wonderful pie recipes, I just wish my pies looked like this when they were done. | <urn:uuid:bd73c552-d44c-4719-88f4-1a71f9b66656> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | http://paperelephantpress.com.au/2014/09/welcome-back/ | 2020-10-01T07:57:01Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600402124756.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20201001062039-20201001092039-00398.warc.gz | en | 0.963832 | 260 |
From that day on, he started a restless journey across the world to search the most remote garages, dilapidated scrapyards and dusty backyards for legendary lost two-wheeled relics. He became a legend – a motorcycle archaeologist.
Every time I make a find of rare bikes, I wonder how to use every single part – because they deserve to be preserved. That is where the idea for ‘The Archaeologist’ emerged: presepreserving the spirit of the old machines in an actual spirit and make it possible to experience the taste. Every detail of the packaging is a meticulous rendition of the packaging technology of the era inwhich the contained bike parts have originally been crafted.
In the 1980s, I heard that the Mexican military police had recently renewed their whole motorcycle fleet. After some research, I discovered this enormous storage area of discarded military vehicles. Garages full of dust, dead rats and old bike parts.
I made a deal for some Shovelheads and Panheads, and right before I was going to leave, I noticed some very rare 1939 Big Flatheads just leaning against a wall. On the inside I was freaking out, but I didn’t want them to recognize that. So I just stopped for one second and said casually, ‘... and I will also take these. Maybe for about half the price of the others? I mean, they’re twice as old.’ They agreed, and I grinned all the the way back home.
Anyone who decides to travel across South America in search of old motorcycles should think about interim storage options. My first one had been the yard of an old friend’s mother. My motorcycles soon surrounded her entire house so that I had to move on in order to prevent an old lady from becoming claustrophobic.
One of my most beloved finds during that time was an ocean-blue 1947 Harley-Davidson FL. It had served as the delivery vehicle of a German pharmacist in Santiago de Chile until his death in 1969. At the first sight of this crazy-coloured rarity, I knew that I would have gladly delivered a single Aspirin all the way down to Tierra del Fuego with it.
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The rumors were fueled by what appeared to be a screen capture of the ministry website, stating that a fine of 100,000 TSH ($46 USD) would face any woman whose dress is ‘incompatible with our culture.’
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UPDATE: As of 2017, there are now 417 National Park Service Sites in the US
As many of you might know I’m in the middle of a project to photograph all 59 national parks in the United States. I’m about 75% through with the project and I should be able to finish it sometime in 2017. (I’m also attempting to visit all the national parks in Canada, which is a whole other thing…)
Today I am announcing a new project, to go above and beyond just visiting America’s 59 national parks.
While the national parks are usually considered the highlights of the national park service, the system is much larger than just the 59 places with a “national park” designation. There are national monuments, memorials, battlefields, seashores, lakeshores, preserves, trails, and historic sites.
With the recent addition of the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine, there are now 413 sites in the United States National Park System.
….and I’m going to visit and photograph all 413 of them!
This isn’t anything new for me. I have been visiting National Park Service sites as far back as the late 90’s when I had to travel for work. I’d bring my National Park Passport with me and visit sites all over the US. Based on my most recent count, which was a while ago, I’ve been to over 150 sites already.
Here are the constraints I’m putting on myself for the purpose of the project. They are similar to what I’ve done for my national parks and UNESCO World Heritage Site projects:
- Any sites I visited before 2007, will be revisited. This is actually a rather hefty number as over 100 of the NPS sites I’ve been to were before I started traveling full time. Thankfully, many of them are in a dense area around Washington DC and New York City.
- I will take at least one representative photo at each site. Some sites, like the Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial, are really small. Some, like on the Mall in Washington DC, are just statues. Nonetheless, I should be able to get at least one decent photo from each place I visit.
- Each visit is to be a meaningful visit. This is very vague I realize. My intent is that the goal isn’t just to take a photo or get a passport stamp. I’ll try to have an experience like what a normal visitor might have, which includes going to the visitor center (if there is one), watching a film, talking to a ranger, and exploring the site. The sites are all very different from each other, so what might constitute a meaningful visit in Northern Alaska will be very different for an urban park in Washington DC.
- I will walk at least one mile out and back on each national trail. I am aware that this is only a tiny fraction of the size of most trails, but I’m not trying to hike every inch of every trail in the US. That would be over a year of walking. For most trails, I’m assuming I park my car at a trailhead, walk out for at least a mile, and then walk back.
- I will not be collecting passport stamps. I always forget to bring my passport. I’ve purchased 3 of them over the years because I visit a place when I didn’t have my passport. I’m just going to forego it entirely and just focus on visiting and taking photos.
This is a big undertaking and it will take me years to complete. That being said, I’m well on my way there already. Even with the rules I’ve placed upon myself, I’ll probably be well over 100 by the time I visit my 59th national park next year.
Much of this will consist of doing regional road trips throughout the US: fly into a city, rent a car, and drive to the NPS sites in a region. I’m sure there will be a few big road trips as well. Unlike full-blown national parks, it is entirely possible to visit multiple sites in a single day as many of them are quite small and close together (again, New York and Washington DC).
I’m revisiting sites I visited in the past simply because of photography. I didn’t have a camera back then and I’d like to be able to share the images of all the places on the website.
I will not be the first person to accomplish this. According to the National Park Travelers Club, there have been 43 people who have visited all 413 National Park Service sites. Fewer than the number of people who have visited every country on Earth. I’m quite sure that by the end of the project several more people will have completed it, and the number of sites will probably be more than 413. (I remember it being in the 390’s back when I started visiting them in the 90’s)
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Apologies in the lateness of the New year thing. I’ve been unwell with Vertigo and unable to function for a while there! but here we are now.. better late than never!
Each year I do the stereotypical New Year, New Me nonsense. Every year I’m lucky if i make it into February remembering what New Me even set upon achieving.
I’m keeping it simple this year! Just 2 things.
1. I declare to the world that I shall be taking no nonsense from other people any more!
Obviously being a Disney fanatic, Nonsense could be my middle name. Here I’m taking the meaning of the word Nonsense to be… erm.. well… basically… bullshit!
I’m would be what most would call a pretty shy, people pleaser. I nod and smile and rarely stand up for myself. I smile when I’m happy and I smile when I’m annoyed. Those close to me tell me its a bit scary but the outside world doesn’t really know the difference… “There she goes always smiling!. It doesn’t really sound like a bad thing but it does mean that when I’m unhappy with a situation I just go along with it and kept smiling. I’m going to try to change this year. Not the being happy or the smiling a lot but standing up for myself bit.
I shall no longer be a push over. I have as much right to opinions and things as the next person.
2. Self Love
Mind out of the gutter peoples!! By this i mean I don’t have to wait until such & such a time until i deserve things. I can be happy now. I can take the risk now. I don’t have to wait until I weigh less or look better in photos. From looking back at photos I’ve learned that if I had of copped on the first time i didn’t go somewhere cause i was too fat I would have had way more fun. And i wasn’t even fat then. I’d give a lot to weigh what i did the first time I joined a slimming club. Nope – the time is now! Life is short – too short. I need to love and accept myself as I am now regardless of what I weigh, what size I am in clothes, whether my hair is perfect or i have the perfect outfit, not worrying about what others think of me and just getting on with it and going out there. Deep down i know everyone is too self involved to even care what I look like and even if they do care – what difference does it make to me. “Adventure is out there” and being cooped up in the house for the last 6 weeks has taught me that there’s no time like the present!
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Change is hard. No one in your organization whether it is small or large wants to change their behavior. Let along their business processes. For class, I have been reading a lot about employee engagement and how communications can be used to help, “turn the tide.”
Regardless of the communications vehicle, you need a compelling story to help move people from resistance to acceptance. So how do you tell a story that motivates your employees and stakeholders?
- People like to connect to stories. It’s all about understanding the individual highlighted in the story and how we relate. Tell folks how this change will impact them. Draw it out for them.
- Figure out what emotion you want to invoke. What do you want the reader to do next? In communications, you need to identify what your call to action is. Same for change management communications, what do you want your stakeholders to do?
- Stories allow us to break through the noise. Telling a parable may help break the ice with your stakeholders on a topic that may not be so pleasant. According to SAP’s Chief Storyteller, “to break through the clutter, meaningful, one to one conversations with our customer is now more important than ever.” Check out her video.
- Check your ego at the door. You should persuade not talk at the reader. Ultimately, you are trying to get them to do something, whether that is listening or participating in a new initiative. Think about how your story will accomplish your goal and motivate your internal folks.
- Listen. Listen. Listen. You can’t affect change until you listen to your internal folks to their side of the story. Empathy goes a long way.
- Think like a movie director. I watched Argo and was mesmerized. My favorite scene is when the embassy workers were shredding the “classified documents.” Where they going to make it? Would the “bad guys” going to get the documents? I was hooked for 2 hours. Not only was the movie compelling, but the director did a fantastic job of telling the story. Storytelling isn’t just for the movies. Just because you’re in a B2B market, doesn’t mean you cannot be compelling.
- Paint the picture for your audience. What will success look like? Sometimes folks resist change because they are afraid to picture what success looks like.
Bonus: Use humor. After speaking with a few fellow communicators, I realize that telling a funny, personal story is a great way to connect with people. Who doesn’t need a laugh in their life?
Rachel DiCaro Metscher has worked with many organizations to build their communications and marketing programs, including Fannie Mae, American Psychological Association, and The Princeton Review. She is currently working in the DC metro area building content marketing programs from the ground up. | <urn:uuid:90b0423d-4233-485e-9b4d-c1b31aaa2234> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://metschermusings.wordpress.com/2013/11/ | 2020-10-01T08:31:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600402124756.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20201001062039-20201001092039-00398.warc.gz | en | 0.955042 | 596 |
Then there were “Four”…a very special four. Thanks to a Brent Seabrooks wrister 3:35 into overtime in game 7 against Detroit, the Blackhawks advanced into the conference semi-finals. Not only did Seabrook’s shot complete an improbably comeback for Chicago, being down 3-1 in the best of seven, it also was historic.
Historic in the sense that it’s the first time since 1945, and only the second time in league history that all four semi final teams are the last four Stanley Cup Champions. Pittsburgh who won it in 2009 will face off against the 2011 Champion Bruins.
While last year’s Cup winning L.A. Kings take on Lord Stanley’s Champion Black Hawks who won it all in 2010.
Back in 1945 the four champions that went at it, were the Montreal Canadiens (1944), Detroit Red Wings (1943), Toronto Maple Leafs (1942), and Boston Bruins (1941).
The Leafs who were down 3 games to none in the Championship, came back and won the next 4 games against the Red Wings to win the Cup in 1945.
Back to present day, only two teams have won the Cup twice since 1999, Detroit (2002, 2008) and New Jersey (2000, 2003), also no one has won the Cup twice since the salary cap was introduced for the 2005-06 season. Los Angeles who won the Cup last year, will have a chance to become the first repeat champions since Detroit in 1997 and ’98, but first they’ll have to get by my pick to win it all – the Chicago Blackhawks! | <urn:uuid:633ebf0f-3e18-48ed-bcaa-2de0a90d11f7> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://millersportupdate.com/2013/05/30/tournament-of-cghampions-frigid-version/ | 2020-10-01T06:54:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600402124756.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20201001062039-20201001092039-00398.warc.gz | en | 0.969828 | 340 |
I love seeing lists of books recommended by people from all walks of life. As the son of a children’s librarian and the husband of a children’s reading specialist, books have always been a part of my life. This enthusiasm was brought home to me again when I recently saw a list of recommended readings from President Obama (or, as Inc.com called him, the “Bookworm-in-Chief.”) It seemed appropriate – the day before the election – to recall all the good things President Obama has brought our way, including an intellectual curiosity about the world.
Writer Rebecca Solnit has said, “I disappeared into books when I was very young, disappeared into them like someone running into the woods.” I know that feeling. A couple of years ago, in thinking about a lifetime (so far) of reading, I put together my own list of twelve books (plus some bonus reads) that had influenced me. If you click through, you’ll see that the initial one on my list is the first I remember from my childhood. I suspect you’ll understand a bit more about me when you see that the title is If Everybody Did.
Books are a wonderful window into the world, and I’m always looking for reading recommendations. In the past few months, I’ve received book suggestions from several colleagues that included Economics of Uniqueness – Investing in Historic City Cores and Cultural Heritage Assets for Sustainable Development (a free publication of the World Bank); Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge, a 1998 book by biologist E. O. Wilson; as well as The Secret Life of the Grown-Up Brain by Barbara Strauch (which posits that middle-aged brains do not start to fail but instead become better at problem solving and making connections. Hmmm…I hope so!)
To reach a younger demographic, I often ask my 23-year-old twins what books influenced them, and they recently responded with a range of works, including Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (recommended by both and which is on my list); The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter by Meg Jay (perhaps I’m a bit past focusing on this); The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs (from my urban studies-loving son); A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle (a classic); Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich and The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander (both in my book bag to be read); and the Harry Potter series (have read them all myself).
To end, I’ll circle back to President Obama. I have read two of the books on his list of books that shaped his thinking, and would recommend both: the remarkable Thinking, Fast and Slow as well as Taylor Branch’s thorough and thoughtful history of the civil rights movement, Parting the Waters : America in the King Years 1954-63. I’ve also read two from the President’s vacation reading list: Between the World and Me and All the Light We Cannot See. Both are powerful books, in very different ways. Let me know what you would recommend, and when I have enough I’ll share a new “colleagues and friends” list.
Until then, have a great week (reading).
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*SPOILER IF YOU HAVEN’T FINISHED THIS WEEK’S READING
During this week’s reading we learn through Lina that the “you” Florens continually addresses is a blacksmith–a FREE black man who worked on the estate Lina and Florens reside at.
During her sections, Florens repeatedly displays her infatuation with this blacksmith:
“I go west into the trees. Everything I want is west. You. Your talk. […] You will hear what I have to say and come back with me. I have only to go west” (Vintage International, 2009, 47-48).
“I don’t want to be free of you because I am live only with you” (82).
“You are my shaper and my world as well. It is done. No need to choose” (83).
What is your reaction to these statements? Do you see Florens the way Lina does? Lina thinks that Florens is a foolish girl, pining over a man who does not want her.
I question Lina’s belief that the blacksmith does not want Florens when Florens explains: “Lina says there are some spirits who […] guard virgins and mothers. I am none of those” (80). This leads me to believe that Florens has been involved in a sexual relationship, although I am not sure if the blacksmith is the other person involved in that relationship. And even if Florens has been in a sexual relationship with the blacksmith, that does not necessarily mean that he wants her for more than such.
While I think these statements are somewhat over-dramatic, I can see why Florens would desperately want someone to hold onto. She was taken from her mother so quickly that she is trying to find stability in a free man; for Florens, being “property” is seemingly unstable. Lina mentions that the blacksmith can marry whomever he wants–maybe Florens is trying to gain freedom in her desire for this man.
Either way, I am certainly infatuated with Florens’ infatuation. I’m excited (and a little worried) to see what becomes of it. | <urn:uuid:27b7a81c-4f18-475a-8314-a002a56924a0> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://morrison.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2016/09/06/im-infatuated-by-florens-infatuation/ | 2020-10-01T08:31:49Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600402124756.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20201001062039-20201001092039-00398.warc.gz | en | 0.968459 | 478 |
Locals of Tilottama Municipality oppose railway survey
February 20, 2018 06:00 AM NPT
By: Rekha Bhusal
BHAIRAHAWA, Feb 20: Locals of Tilottama Municipality have launched a protest against the Department of Railways (DoR) after the latter sent its staffers to different parts of the municipality survey the area for laying down tracks of East-West Railway line.
The survey work was halted for nearly two years following protest by locals of Butwal.
Locals say they launched the protest after some people, identifying themselves as representatives of DoR, surveyed the area and erected pillars. Pillars have been erected at Shivachowk, Devisthan, Naya Mill, Dasnambar and nearby areas of Tilottama Municipality Ward No 1 to 4.
Tikanidhi Gautam of Shivachowk in Tilottama-1 said that few people entered into his compound last week and erected pillars, claiming that they were the member of survey team deployed by the DoR. “They told me that the track, which was supposed to pass through Kalikanagar of Butwal, will now be built in Tilottama,” added Gautam.
Locals like Gautam said the survey team reached the area without giving any prior information. They said that around 5-7 kilometers in Tilottama-1 to 4 have been surveyed. 'RWBM' have been inscribed on the pillars, while signs like 'RNR1' and 'R2' have been pasted on electricity poles and trees, among others.
Meanwhile, locals have formed a struggle committee including representatives of all political parties. The committee has uprooted the pillars and removed signs pated on electricity poles and trees, Madhavlal Devkota, a member of the struggle committee, told Republica.
Mayor of Tilottama Municipality, Basudev Ghimire, said that people in the municipality were unwilling to provide land for railway. “They should stick to the previous design. If they forcefully change the alignment to Tilottama Municipality, the project will be incomplete,” he warned.
The DoR has already prepared Detail Project Report (DPR) for Tamsariya (Nawalparasi)-Butwal section of the East-West Railway. After knowing that the railway track passes through Kalikanagar of Butwal, locals of Butwal had protested against the DoR. Due to pressure from political leaders of that area, there was a proposal to change the track to five-seven kilometers southward toward Tilottama.
Prakash Bhakta Upadhyaya, the senior divisional engineer of DoR, said that the department has not conducted any survey in Tilottama Municipality. “Our staffers only made a field observation to see if Tilottama Municipality is feasible for the railway project. But we dropped the idea because the area has densely populated villages,” Upadhyaya told Republica. “The Kalikanagar area is suitable for the project.”
Upadhyaya also said that the project will be affected if locals of Butwal do not stop their protest.
The East-West Electric Railway Project that links Kakarbhitta of Jhapa with Gaddachowki of Kanchanpur is a national pride project. According to the DoR, engineering survey in most of the places in Kakarbhitta-Bardibas-Butwal and West Butwal-Lamahi-Gaddachowki is at the final stage. | <urn:uuid:ba4919c0-bda2-441c-bfb1-c9a1d79eecc0> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/locals-of-tilottama-municipality-oppose-railway-survey/ | 2020-10-01T09:12:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600402124756.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20201001062039-20201001092039-00398.warc.gz | en | 0.969102 | 748 |
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