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There have been other comic strips that dealt with politics, but they did so sporadically, and as one-trick diversions—Al Capp satirizing the welfare state with his schmoos, Walt Kelly turning Senator Joseph McCarthy into Simple J. Malarkey—but Trudeau has reflected on politics at a depth and with a breadth no one else has achieved. No wonder he won the first Pulitzer Prize given to a comic strip (in 1975). When Nixon bombed Cambodia without telling Congress that he was invading another country, Trudeau sent his terrorist character Phred to the bomb site. When he sees a couple standing American Gothic–style before a leveled museum, he asks if this happened during the secret bombing of Cambodia. The man says it was no secret. "I said 'Look Martha, here come the bombs.'" Nothing could say more succinctly that many of our national security secrets are not meant to deceive the enemy, but to keep Congress and the American people in the dark about what our government is doing in our name. (I liked this strip so well that I asked Trudeau for the original, and it now hangs on my wall.)
Over and over Trudeau pinpoints governmental absurdities. After Mike and a friend have discussed the casualties of the Iraq war, in a strip that ran in 2005, they wonder if the dead cause any anguish in the President. The last panel shows voices coming from the White House in the night. Laura asks, "What's wrong, dear?" and Bush answers, "It's the stem cells. I hear their cries." Another strip shows a soldier coming home. His wife asks who that is arriving with him. He says it is the terrorist following him home, as Bush had claimed they would.


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Call to action: Defend our Giant Sequoia, Carrizo monuments
An attack on one monument is an attack on all monuments, and San Joaquin Valley residents are standing strong against the Trump administration to defend the Giant Sequoia and Carrizo Plain national monuments in our region – and, indeed, all monuments across the country.
Valley conservation organizations such as Save the Redwoods League, WildPlaces, The Nature Conservancy and Sequoia Riverlands Trust are joining forces in response to President Trump's executive order to review national monuments.
This directive is an attack on America's public lands legacy and our native and cultural heritage. Their alteration or demise will hurt surrounding communities and small businesses that have come to rely on the economic benefits that result from proximity to these places. Outdoor recreation alone drives an $887 billion economy and supports 7.6 million jobs.
Giant Sequoia is home to the largest trees on the planet, and Carrizo Plain attracted thousands to this year's "super bloom."
The monuments are incredibly popular recreation destinations for San Joaquin Valley residents and tourists alike. They protect local and cultural heritage, serve as outdoor scientific research labs, and drive tourism and outdoor recreation.
All those things support jobs, and the monuments' inspired establishment via President Teddy Roosevelt's Antiquities Act of 1906 resulted from years of research and public input.
Numerous studies have shown that communities near monuments and other protected public lands have stronger economies, and that access to the outdoor and recreational opportunities they provide increases residents' quality of life.
Those factors make areas near monuments more attractive to new residents, and that bolsters surrounding property values – all of which inspires more investment by entrepreneurs and small businesses.
The Giant Sequoia National Monument preserves what is a narrow band of the world's only stand of giant sequoias, the largest tree on earth. The sequoias live within a 60-mile zone that is increasingly imperiled by climate change. These magnificent trees and the many animal and plant species that thrive within their habitat deserve greater protection, not less.
Since 1906, the Antiquities Act has been used on a bipartisan basis by the majority of U.S. presidents (16; eight Republicans and eight Democrats) to protect America's most iconic natural, cultural and historic places.
The widespread diversity of historic, cultural, and natural treasures that have been protected by the Antiquities Act is why groups representing sportsmen, cultural heritage organizations, evangelicals, conservation, recreation businesses, historic preservation and many others oppose efforts to undermine this vital law.
A 2014 Hart Research poll showed that 90 percent of voters supported presidential proposals to protect some public lands and waters as parks, wildlife refuges and wilderness. And in the 2017 Conservation in the West poll, only 13 percent of western voters supported removing protections for existing monuments while 80 percent supported keeping them in place.
Giant Sequoia in Tulare County and Carrizo Plain in Kern County were established to ensure these awe-inspiring landscapes were passed down to future generations. No president has ever revoked a monument, even where initial disagreement resulted from their creation.
Please do your part to ensure our region's monuments remain whole by contacting your congressional representatives. To leave your comment in support of our national monuments or to learn more, please visit monumentsforall.org. Deadline for public comment is July 10 so please act now.
Sequoia Riverlands Trust is a regional nonprofit land trust dedicated to strengthening California's heartland and the natural and agricultural legacy of the southern Sierra Nevada and San Joaquin Valley. The wealth, productivity and beauty of this land inspire our work to conserve it for future generations.
Sopac McCarthy Mulholland is president and CEO of Sequoia Riverlands Trust. Connect with her at (559) 738-0211, extension 101, or email@example.com.
Save our monuments
Action: Contact your congressional representatives to support our monuments.
Deadline: July 10
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Question, trying to figure out an effective method for installing wainscot with the rabbeted panel molding, rail/stile method, but my question is how to attach a raised panel to the center. I had done some in the past this way, and just brad nailed the RP in the center to the panel molding, preassembled the panel molding, nailed it to the RP and inserted the whole thing as one unit into the recessed area inside the rails/stiles. however, on one of them I noticed, with winter upon us, that the RP tried to shrink, but with the nails holding it, it couldn't expand/contract, so the RP split in the middle. I thought I could just fasten the panel molding to the center of the RP on top/bottom so it has room to expand/contract, but doens't seem like that would hold everything together very well. Anyone have a better method? Or is this how you do it to avoid the expansion problems?
i always keep 1/4 inch cork on hand for centering panels.
We do this with mortise and tenon stile and rail assemblies that have plows for the raised panels. Assemble everything ,floating the panels if they are solids, and then miter the molding and then ad it to the frame by nailing. Do nail to the panel.
We also have done it by molding a plow into the panel mold, mitering it around the raised panel, reinforcing the miters, and then adding that into the stile and rail assemblies.
Thank you both. I had thought of using 1/4" stock of some kind as a way to hold and center the panel behind the panel molding.
PS - David- those are beautiful pictures by the way. Seeing work like that is what continually motivates me to improve and why I love this trade so much.
Trevor - Let me correct myself.
It should read "Do not nail...." Never a good idea to nail/glue solid wood panels floating in a frame.
I like to assemble the mitered molding frame with glue and pins, and even screws (after glue has set) to reinforce the miter before it goes into the flat frame. Miters will not stay tight over the years - they are often the first thing that lets go over time. We also reinforce with splines. Some folks use a Hoffman dovetail key - that is a great way to keep miter where you want them.
I am a poor typist, and when I multi-task, it gets worse. Then I forgot to proof read..... Thanks for the compliment. I realized I don't have any decent photos of that work that is flat. Those panels were fun - for a circular bar.
We use the Hoffmann keys for miters like that. Fast and hold really well. If possible use two keys per miter.
I had to do the first floor of a 4000sq/ft house with similar wainscotting. I used the cabinet door set to do 1/2" t & g joints. The units were assembled with raised panels pinned top and bot. The joints of the units were pocket screwed. All of the moulding were applied after the fact with a 23 gauge pinner and glue.
Very successful project.
I second what Larry says. The Hoffmann dovetail is quick, easy and strong for this type work.


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In Luke 11 Jesus has taken himself off to a "certain place" to pray. If the context is correct he is in Bethany, a place he is very familiar with. Just this one phrase tells us so much about the way Jesus prayed, but what follows is very interesting. The Disciples approach and want to be taught how to pray. Prayer is very simple, but very complicated. The Disciples have asked the right question though.
Jesus teaches in three stages; firstly, he has made Prayer a pattern for his day. They knew where to find him, they knew where he would be and what he would be doing. Jesus needed to pray. So, he teaches by example.
He then gives them a "sample" prayer, the one most of us can recite without even thinking. It encourages thanksgiving, worship, petition, repentance and forgiveness, in just a few lines. This should be a model for all our prayers. So, he leaves them a model.
Finally, he encourages persistence and faith. Even when times are hard we need to keep praying, God is a good father who will give us good gifts, but we need to be persistent and stay faithful. So, he encourages us to keep on praying!
We are entering a season, I believe, of prayer. As a church one of our values is an "aspiration to be more prayerful" never has this value been more pertinent. So, I would like us to commit to three things
- Personal prayer – committ to praying through the Monday prayer email for 30 mins each week (which you can sign-up to here)
- Joining together in Prayer – either on a Monday at the prayer meeting at 22 or in our small groups. Praying for each other but also for Devonport, Plymouth and the UK
- Buying and reading "Dirty Glory" by Pete Greig, for inspiring stories of answers to prayer and the power of prayer (copies available online or through CRP)
When Jesus came down from the mountain after the Transfiguration he found the disciples unable to heal a demon possessed boy, the reason, according to Jesus, is that this kind can only be cast out by "prayer (and fasting)" (Mark 9:29). Do you think the disciples had not prayed? I think Jesus is saying that his whole life was dedicated to prayer and fasting.
If you want to be a good surfer you can't just buy wet suit and a board and expect to be able to ride the first wave that comes your way. You must learn, (maybe you should be taught?), then you need to practice and practice and practice. Why do we expect prayer to be any different?


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Amid the controversy of E L James' trilogy-inspired movie Fifty Shades of Grey which was released last week, Media Arts & Studies Professor Joseph Slade discussed with the Columbus Dispatch how its possible for a series of books featuring bondage and sadomasochism become a mainstream phenomenon.
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The ProQ Ranger is the first and only of our food smokers to feature a wok shaped water pan, with a removable handle, that doubles for stir-frying. The Ranger is ultimately packed with clever features for grill, roast, smoke and fry. For flexibility it comes with a 5-hook fish/meat hanger and has ample capacity inside to hot smoke two whole large-sized barbecue chickens (or around 14lbs of meat).
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Thermal Runaway and the use of Heat sink in BJT :The maximum average power in which a transistor can dissipate depends upon the construction of transistor and lie in the range of few milliwatts and 200W. The maximum power is limited by the temperature that the collector Base junction can withstand. The maximum power dissipation is usually specified for the transistor enclosure is 25 degree celsius. The junction temperature may increase either because of rise in ambient temperature or because of self heating. The problem of self heating arises due to dissipation of power at the collector junction.
The leakage current Icbo is extremely temperature dependent and increases with the rise in temperature of collector-base junction. With the increase in collector current Ic, collector power dissipation increases which raises the junction temperature that leads to further increase in collector current Ic. The process is cumulative and may lead to the eventual destruction of transistor. This phenomenon is known as THERMAL RUNAWAY of transistor. In practice the Thermal Runaway can be prevented by a well designed circuit called as STABILIZATION Circuitry.
When the power dissipation at the collector-base junction of a transistor is small, as in case of a small signal transistor, the surface area of the transistor case is normally large enough to allow all of the heat to escape. But for the large power dissipation that can occur in high power transistor the transistor surface area is not enough and junction temperature may rise to a dangerous level. However, power handling capacity of a transistor can be increased by making suitable provision for rapid conduction of heat away from the transistor junction. This is achieved by selecting a sheet of metal called the HEAT SINK which increases the area of contact With the atmosphere.
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When people lose teeth to decay, gum disease or accident, oral health is compromised. Neighboring teeth shift, and the jaw bones begins receding almost immediately around the empty tooth socket.
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During an in-office procedure, Dr. Isaacson puts the implant into the jaw and allows the site to heal for several weeks. This treatment usually requires nothing more than local anesthesia for the patient to be completely comfortable.
During the next visit, he attaches the post and crown to the implant, adjust the restoration for bite and fit. At this juncture, the procedure is complete. With careful brushing and flossing, along with routine cleanings and check-ups at the office, the implant will function and look great for decades. Implants have a success rate of up to 98 percent!
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Daniëlla is passionate about the Pacific, its vibrant colors, life and landscape. Her subjects explore her own Dutch culture and the Samoan heritage belonging to her children.
Domestic scenery dominates her paintings; women and children in a variety of homely activities emphasize a relaxed and gentle intimacy that celebrates kinship and cultural relationships. This imagery extends beyond the personal and refers to subtle tensions within Pacific and European ties, expressing the rich, but sometimes, fraught relationship of dual heritage.
Daniëlla presents the viewer with dreamy tropical worlds in which time is suspended to capture a delicate personal moment with an otherwise impersonal figure, prompting questions about what we see and expect to see. Their simplified treatment into smooth tubular forms and cutout blocks of color recalls the cold hard rigidity of the modernist era and intensifies feelings of remoteness and something untouchable. Faces half hidden by thick dark hair, one eye looking out with apparent disinterest, through or beyond the viewer, like a statue on a pedestal. However her work breaks with a modern art lineage as she begins to question the ideal instead of pursuing it.
Brilliant tropical flowers and fabrics in their simple settings pay homage to a Pacific tradition but are rendered to an exaggerated almost kitsch resolution. With lipstick-red mouths and stiff limbs the figures appear doll-like, contained and carefully poised in their plasticized worlds, adding a touch of unease to the Pacific paradise. Daniëlla prompts the viewer to consider surface in terms of paint and cultural perception; the island escape, the island beauty.
Island time
colours of life
Southside Manurewa
From across the oceans we cam
Taking it easy
Sunday market
A friendly visitor
Maple St
Humble beginnings
Down by the sea
City life
Memories of Samoa
Silf and I
Favourite pastime
Memories of the Pacific
Food for thought
Kilikiti anyone
The eye of the ancestor
Influences and infusion of Pacific culture around NZ, in particular the greater Wellington area can be dated back to around 1000AD.
Its believed, the first Pacific navigator to discover NZ was Kupe, who sailed from his tropical homeland of Hawaiki in his waka called Matahourua. It was said that Kupe's wife "Kuramarotini" devised the name of Aotearoa (land of the long white cloud) on seeing the North Island for the first time.
Kupe is said to have sailed his waka along the rugged coastline exploring the uninhabited land, spending considerable time in and around the greater Wellington area and personally naming many spots along the way.
For example Mana Island (out from Porirua harbour) was named by Kupe "Te Mana-o-Kupe-ki-Aotearoa" to commemorate his successful crossing of the Pacific ocean.
Islands in Wellington are named after his daughters, Matiu (Somes Island) and Makaro (Ward Island).
One of the pointed rock formation of Barrett's Reef located at the entrance to Wellington Harbour is called "Te Aroaro-o-Kupe".
Pari-Whero; Red Rock Point, near Sinclair Head, where 2 traditions explaining the naming of this spot.
The first claims Kupe's daughter caused the rocks to turn red when they began to cut themselves as a sign of mourning, believing Kupe to be dead.
The second, Kupe cut his own hand on a paua shell while collecting seafood.
Te Ure-o-Kupe);
These place names and many others have been preserved by generations of Maori people settling in the regions. While some of the names from other ancestors have been lost, those associated with Kupe; the first Polynesian navigator to discover NZ, seem to have endured
A tribute to Kupe
Mana Island
Mana Island 3
Polynesian Navigators
Mana Island 2
A summer's day
Frangipani in bloom
Red ginger torch flowers
Tropical delights on a leaf
Tropical bloom
Frangipani by the sea
Wild pink cannas
Tropical heliconias
Sacred traditions
From the fibers within
Navigators of the Pacific
Tools for navigation
Journeys of courage - Governor General commission
Hei tiki
Tangata Whenua
Single magnolia
Just cruizing
Mana wahine and Kowhai flowers
NZ's nature
Migration to Kiwiland
Nature's beauty
Kowhai flowers
From across the currents we came
Aitutaki stamp 1920
Rarotonga 1934 stamp
Pohutukawa stamp NZ 1923
Tongan stamp 1924 - 1949
Fiji 1920 stamp
Niue stamp 1934
1923 NZ stamp
French Polynesian stamp 1913 - 1930
Western Samoa 1914 - 1939 stamp
NZ tiki stamp 1935
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|A fig tree in early spring.
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|A fig tree in early spring.
|Unripe figs
This story and Matt 7:21 are the two pieces I thought about constantly as a child. How could G_D destroy something that wasn't ready, out of season? Because the fig tree said no. Like us we have complete ability to do His will but we claim this isn't a good time, I'm not ready, I'm too tired and we hang with others who 'believe' just like us. A little later when Peter wanted to know how did you do that, disappear a fig tree that fast, He answered, some faith and zero doubt.... Faith, a mustard seed of the stuff plus NO DOUBT moves mountains. All the faith in the world with a mustard seed of doubt keeps you stuck, lets you say no. May you discover how to remove all doubt. You won't wither any fig trees or move any mountains until you do....ReplyDelete
This interpretation of the withered fig tree is the very common one. But I'm not sure I buy it. Here are some questions:
1. Is this really Jesus attitude towards Israel? Jesus is clearly pissed off with the religious leaders and speaks to them directly in no uncertain terms of their hypocrisy and ultimate demise. But to Israel we see Christ heartbroken, weeping over Jerusalem, deeply distressed that they will would be soon "surrounded by enemies" and destroyed.
2. What is Jesus telling his disciples? This message of doom would be unique to Christ's otherwise encouraging, motivating, intimate instructions to the disciples. As you noted, at least at first they didn't get it. This doesn't fit Christ's message to his inner circle.
3. Is Christ really that cryptic? Jesus often told confusing parables hidden to the spiritually blind but he then clarified and explained stuff to his baffled disciples. In this case, by contrast, he apparently pointed them in another direction altogether. Instead of warning them of hypocrisy, instead of reminding or assuring them that he will ultimately judge Israel, Jesus invites them to partake with him in God's spectacular power. They are to do the withering rather than live in fear of being withered.
In short, this interpretation offers a uniquely damning message for the Jews, but was told in private to the disciples who didn't get its meaning. Instead of helping them understand it, Jesus gives them to a secondary unrelated message about faith which throws them off the trail.
Is it possible that Christ was just trying to teach his disciples about faith, as he states? I'd love to hear your thoughts...
You are right that Jesus' anger is directed primarily against the religious leaders. Their misleading of the people is the reason that the people were being kept from a more meaningful relationship with God (Matt. 23:13). But as Jesus also taught, the blind leading the blind ends up with both in the ditch (Matt. 15:14). There are consequences for disobedience, and when God punishes, often innocent people and true believers suffer as well. These consequences are something that Jesus deeply regreted, which explains why he wept over the city. He deeply wanted to save them and help them, but in large part because of the leadership, they had refused (Matt. 23:37). And so the terrible destruction of the city loomed near.
This is not the only place that Jesus prophesied the destruction of the city. He also did so at the time of his entry of the city the day before on what we call Palm Sunday (Luke 19:41-44), and later that same day in the Temple when he told the parable of the vine-growers (Matt. 21:33-45, Luke 20:9-19). He also did so after they left the Temple and were sitting on the Mt. of Olives as part of his end-times prophecy (Luke 21:20-24; also see Matt. 23:37-38). So Jesus had a clear prophetic agenda that week to announce the coming destruction of Jerusalem. This successful prophecy, by the way, is one of the things that establishes him as a true prophet of God, like the prophets of the Old Testament. So it's incorrect to think that Jesus avoided difficult subjects like this in his teaching.
As far as being cryptic, it depends on who is listening, and whether you catch the allusion or not. You're right that Jesus told many parables in public that he then explained to his disciples. But many he never explained (Matt. 13:31-35, 13:44-46). In this case, I don't see that the message of faith is unrelated to his warning of destruction. In fact, that is exactly his point: a lack of faith leads to destruction, while a life of faith leads to great victories.
Thanks for your thoughts.
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GM to increase workforce at technical centre in Bangalore
05 June 2010
US carmaker General Motors (GM) plans to increase the workforce at its Indian technical centre. Karl Slym, president GM, said yesterday the company plans to recruit 500 people for its technical centre in Bangalore.
Currently, there are 1,600 employees its Bangalore technical centre, which develops vehicle and powertrains and conducts design and R&D activities.
''We will increase our headcount to over 2,000 people at our Bangalore technical centre by the end of this year,'' he said on the sidelines of Global Investors Meet (GIM) hosted by the Karnataka government in Bangalore. The people hired will work in areas of vehicle engineering, powertrain engineering, design and R&D sections in the technical centre, he added.
According to Slym, the first quarter has seen the company sign $500 million worth of contracts with component suppliers in India. GM is sourcing components from Indian suppliers in India, for its global operations that span 200 countries.
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The Vaccines: 'We're really keen not to make the same record again' – video
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The Vaccines have declared that they are eager "not to make the same record again" as they start work on their second album.
The band, who released their debut LP 'What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?' in March of this year, told NME in an exclusive video that they had begun writing songs for its follow-up – scroll up to the top of the page and click to watch the video.
Frontman Justin Young said: "We're still finding playing the first record really fulfilling – it only came out six or seven months ago – but of course you're always writing songs and thinking about the future. We've started work on new songs."
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Guitar bands in particular seem to get in the habit of making the same record over and over again, and I think we're really keen to avoid that. It's the natural thing to do, isn't it? 'What did people find attractive in us first time round? Oh, better not lose that then'.
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Last month, The Vaccines debuted their new single 'Tiger Blood' online. The track, which will be released on December 5, was produced by The Strokes' Albert Hammond Jr.
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Not so very long ago, a woman was lying in bed with her husband and talking. Somehow she didn't notice that he was transcribing her monologue; he recognised the tragicomic potential of her stream of anxious thoughts. When he handed over his notebook, she snorted with laughter, but also felt chastened. Seeing her thoughts written down in black and white gave her a jolt. What kind of loon was she?
She was me, and I still have the transcript.
My worries that evening covered the following topics: my hair (frizzy, split ends, more grey showing), whether the front door was locked, my eyes (possibility of an eye infection, which could preclude wearing contact lenses, which is to say: disaster), having flat feet (no good with flip-flops, so summer is effectively useless to me), was the front door really locked, the possibility of falling downstairs, my friend Sophie (why she hadn't returned my phone calls). Oh, and are you positive you locked the front door, or should I check?
Worrying is something I've always excelled at. In this subject, I'm top of the class, straight As. But it's near impossible for me to get my friends to take my angst seriously. 'Your worries are frankly too ludicrous,' said my friend Eleanor when I called her to talk about this article.
It's true. I accept many of my concerns seem unserious. And in public I make light of them, happily casting myself as a kind of female Woody Allen. But when I'm at home those ridiculous concerns can take over.
I jump from one to the next without allowing myself a moment's rest. 'As soon as you finish one worry,' says my husband, 'which you usually insist is the worst you've ever had, you immediately start on another.'
I'm not a flamboyant worrier; I don't have panic attacks, I don't wail or hyperventilate. Instead, I retreat into my own brain often for hours at a time, stuck either in the past, wishing that something that has happened hadn't (or vice versa), or in the future, overwhelmed by some monstrous circumstance that may never come to be. To my husband, this feels like I'm 'mentally absent'. It's exhausting living inside my head sometimes. It's a hideous waste of time and extremely annoying for those around me.
In my last job, on a glossy magazine, the beauty editor encouraged me to have Botox not because I was looking older (though, now I think of it, I worry that this may have been what she was hinting at), but because I looked so anxious all the time. 'I think it'll really change the way people respond to you,' she said brightly.
Did people truly think I looked worried? Now I was really worried. But I declined the Botox, because it would have done nothing to address the underlying problem.
Anxiety is a bigger problem than this navel-gazing might suggest. Across a spectrum that includes panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress, phobias and the catch-all, generalised anxiety disorder - anxiety disorder has become the most prevalent mental health problem in the world, according to a World Mental Health Survey of 18 countries.
And it's about to get worse. We are entering a new age of anxiety. As the economic situation worsens, so fretting in the general population rises. In the past year, oil prices have risen by 50 per cent, basic foods such as rice have soared by as much as 70 per cent and house prices are plummeting at a faster rate than we've seen in a long time. Those in the know are starting to whisper that we're heading for the mother of all recessions.
Most people will take little comfort in the fact that the man in charge of all this, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, bites his fingernails.
Merryn Somerset Webb, editor of MoneyWeek, has noticed clear signs of anxiety among her readers. 'People are anxious, and they are right to be. They're worrying about investments and pensions, the effect of inflation on their future, about which banks are safe and which might go bust. We have had letters from people who have lost a lot of money on the property market. People under 40 are not used to losing jobs or being made redundant. We are not used to property prices falling or not having what we want. As adults we haven't suffered hardship. I do think a lot of people are in for a big shock.'
Economists tell us that what happens in the US will happen to us nine months later. Well, in June it emerged that the American middle classes are losing their homes and finding themselves obliged to live instead in their cars, in specially designated parking lots.
City health clinics have reported a huge rise in calls from professionals facing redundancy. A helpline used by London's major banks and financial firms received 3,500 calls in June from people with anxiety and depression - a 10 per cent rise on last year. Project director James Slater says: 'People are worried about redundancies and a potential recession, which adds to people's anxiety, can tip them over the edge.'
Don Serratt, a former merchant banker and founder of the Life Works community rehab clinic, has seen a 20 per cent rise since last November in admissions related to economic anxiety. 'We are getting more and more calls from people not just in the City but professionals from all over. Things are bad right now.'
Dr Richard Bowskill, consultant psychiatrist at the Priory, is more specific: 'For a while, we have seen people worrying about mortgages and the cost of living. But now we have started to see people worrying about job security. That has a knock-on effect. It leads to people pushing themselves at work. I saw someone this morning who said they couldn't take any more time off work because they felt under scrutiny.
'The mind is just another part of the body,' Bowskill explains. 'It's an organ that normally functions well but, if put under too much strain, it starts not functioning properly. The physical symptoms are things like palpitations, stomach churning and sleep disturbance.'
Fretting and hand-wringing represent a considerable drain on our time and energy. 'People who worry a lot are generally less effective than those who don't; they get less work done and are often less happy,' says Gary Marcus, professor of psychology at New York University. In experimental tasks, worriers are slower to respond than non-worriers, presumably because worrying burns off mental energy that would be more effectively applied elsewhere. 'Worry, it has been said, is often like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do, but it doesn't necessarily get you anywhere. Evolution may have given us the opportunity to worry, but that doesn't mean we should take the bait.'
Indeed, constant worry has a clear and scientifically proven link to ill health. Chronic worriers, for example, are more likely than others to suffer from heart conditions. The connection between worry and poor health can also take a less predictable form. Two years ago, I convinced myself I had an eye infection. So I took myself to Moorfields Eye Hospital for checks. It turned out that my eye was perfectly healthy, but sitting in the casualty department among genuine patients, their eyes weeping pus, I picked up an extremely serious viral conjunctivitis that lasted three months and threatened to compromise my sight forever. The lesson: hypochondria really gave me something to worry about.
But it seems I've not got it as bad as many others. In the course of researching this story, I bought (and immediately hid inside my bag) a book called Overcoming Anxiety for Dummies. My husband flicked through it before me, and announced with some satisfaction that I didn't seem to have such a bad case after all. For instance I have never felt, like one poor unfortunate in the book, that I was actually going to die during a panic attack.
Anxiety, says psychologist Oliver James, is worrying about things you can't do anything about, or which don't matter. It's not the same as fear: fear sharpens the senses, anxiety paralyses them. 'The key thing,' James tells me, 'is that anxiety is irrational. It's a loss of priority - a lost sense of what is
important and what isn't.'
In my own case, though I am concerned about the environment and the ongoing economic downturn, these are not the things that get me in a funk. I am much less likely to wake in the night in a panic about rising sea levels, or rising fuel bills, than about having a bad haircut.
Another way to look at anxiety is as a chemically induced response to threat: the hormone cortisol is secreted, in turn leading to an excess of adrenaline. You go into the fight or the flight mode. 'If your cortisol levels are permanently jammed on high,' explains James, 'you are going to feel permanently under threat. You become indiscriminate about what constitutes a threat. You go to the kitchen to make a cup of tea and worry about running out of tea bags. You become irritable, you swear, you burst into tears. You have very extreme reactions relative to the significance.'
The Michelin-starred chef Tom Aikens knows a bit about this. He's well known for an alleged incident with a palette knife that got him fired from his first restaurant. In recent years, he says, he has calmed down a lot thanks to therapy and regular exercise, but at the time - a decade ago - he was 'wound up, stressed', and liable to get upset about silly things. 'I used to bottle everything up and then explode, go off on one. It was always about the little details, because it's the little details that make food special. I would be so stupid. I would be so stressed by an overcooked piece of meat. What's the point? Just put another one on.'
According to James, a person's cortisol levels are pretty much set in the first six years of life. If he's right, I can't imagine what might have set my own levels high. I did, years ago, visit a Freudian therapist who gave me a box of hankies and encouraged me to churn up what seemed even to me to be rather petty resentments from the distant past. Rightly or wrongly, I found this approach unhelpful and didn't return. Much more helpful were sessions, a few years later, with a cognitive therapist - who tried to address the way I look at the world and respond to events - though, as must already be clear, she didn't eliminate my problems over the long term.
Rather than look back, what matters is whether I am likely to pass on my worrying tendencies to my daughter, now four years old. Although sunny, confident and happy, she has already started registering dissatisfaction with her hair (she has fabulous blonde curls) perhaps because she's witnessed too many of my frizzy-hair freak-outs. I caught her the other day staring into the mirror and stretching out one of her glorious ringlets. Is she destined to be a worrier? Can I stop that? Or will everything I do make it more likely?
There's no doubt I've become more anxious since becoming a mother. My fear of falling down stairs only started after my daughter was born; I tortured myself with thoughts of slipping while carrying my precious bundle. My hypochondria also intensified, and I became scared of swimming in the sea (I put these down to the post-natal realisation that another human really depends on me to remain alive, and healthy).
But these protective concerns can themselves produce negative effects. In spring last year, after Madeleine McCann disappeared, I became deeply anxious about my daughter's safety and let her come into our bed at night. I liked having her next to me, just to hear her breathing, and knowing she was all right. The result: she developed a fear of sleeping in her own room and it took us most of the autumn to coax her back into her own bed.
The American author and academic Katie Roiphe recognises high levels of anxiety in herself and believes that passing it on to Violet, her six-year-old daughter, is inevitable. 'I think it's impossible not to pass along that temperament,' she says. 'When I was a child I was afraid of the wind - even when I was six months old, I was that afraid of the universe. It's impossible that I should get a calm child. I look at some children who are unflappable and think that would be nice for my daughter, but I don't think it's going to happen. My daughter worries about a million things: that if she is going to drink from someone else's straw she will turn into that person. She has supernatural worries.'
But can anxiety really be explained entirely by the influence of neurotic parents, or high levels of cortisol laid down in childhood? The sudden, recent increase in anxiety among adults stressing about climate change and economic collapse suggests not. Could it be caused by consumerism, which we grow into more slowly?
It could, says Tom Hodgkinson, editor of The Idler and author of the inspirational How to Be Free. He believes that our economic system functions precisely by keeping us anxious. We're encouraged to believe, at all times, that we're just one purchase away from happiness: 'Anxious people make good consumers and good workers. Anxiety will drive us back into our comfort blankets of credit-card shopping and bad food - the system deliberately produces anxiety while simultaneously promising to take it away.'
The writer and professional worrier William Leith agrees. He breaks off from writing a new book, Bits of Me are Falling Apart, to elaborate: 'Gordon Brown is always telling us that our economy has to grow, otherwise we will fall apart. What does that mean? It means that everyone has to make you buy stuff all the time. And the way they do this is by constantly advertising. Advertising is about making you feel anxious: you're too fat, or you need a new kitchen. We live in a world where you can be playing golf and, on finally putting the ball, you find inside the hole an ad for a car. You walk away thinking, "I should buy a Lexus."'
Oliver James makes a similar case in his book Affluenza. And if we're anxious in the good times, economic downturn will be so much worse. Since the advent of the credit crunch, he argues, significant numbers of people will have been 'shitting themselves'. Their cortisol levels, he contends, will be through the ceiling. 'They will be worrying themselves silly and will become physically ill. They might start showing OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) symptoms, trying to create something safe out of this very dangerous situation. They might think: "If I say 100 Hail Marys before leaving the house at least there is something I can do."'
If that's what they're doing, I can sympathise. At times of particular stress (or, as my husband would tell you, every night), I find myself compelled to check the front door several times. I also have a little routine for checking the cooker is turned off. I blame my husband for this: he has occasionally forgotten to turn off the gas, and if he's cavalier about the cooker then how can I be sure about the front door? But I daresay that James would point to other, deeper reasons for my obsessive checking.
Leith believes that obsessive compulsive behaviour masks deeper anxieties. 'If I am worried about a big thing like, "I'm a complete failure, half my life has gone and I'm going to be dead soon", the incidental worries get worse. If I'm sitting at my desk to start writing, I might think, "Oh, God, I can't write, I just can't do it, I just can't do it. Oh, God." At those times, I might need to check the cooker in case the house is burning down.'
Despite holding consumerism responsible, James believes that therapy can help. He particularly recommends something called the Hoffman Process, which he himself has undergone. But this seems to involve whacking cushions and pretending they are your parents, and to me it sounds horribly like the Freudian analyst I saw years ago - but worse, and more expensive.
Hodgkinson, more appealingly, encourages us to take matters into our own hands and simply shed the burden - 'the dreadful, gnawing, stomach-churning sense that things are awry, mixed with a chronic sense of powerlessness ... forever hoping, fearing or regretting'.
In How to Be Free, Hodgkinson sets out a comprehensive list of methods to encompass this liberation. These include gardening, ceasing to read newspapers or watch telly, and embracing a fatalistic theology. 'Catholics are probably less anxious than Protestants,' Hodgkinson argues. 'Buddhists are certainly less anxious than Jews.'
My husband has similar ideas. He frequently urges me to read the works of Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk and best-selling self-help master. Once in a while, I give it a go. The general thrust seems to be that we should learn to live in the moment, by for instance concentrating on our breath. 'Mindful breathing helps us stop being preoccupied by sorrows of the past and anxieties of the future,' Nhat Hanh writes in one book. 'It helps us be in touch with life in the present moment.'
But worry creeps up on us even when we're counting our breaths and living in the moment. It's Leith, typically downbeat, who points this out to me. It happens, for instance, when he's negotiating pedestrian crossings with his three-year-old son: 'Before you cross,' he says, 'you wait for the green man. But what if there's no traffic coming? Should I stick to my guns and wait? Or should I cross the road? If so, surely he will realise that this is an exception? But then again, I want him to understand it has to turn green before he even thinks of crossing. I don't want him to think there's an either/or. Am I being over-anxious? There may be an appropriate level of anxiety, but no one knows what it is.'


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WHERE I END AND YOU BEGIN... chronicles the journey of documentary filmmaker, Jamie Rogers, as she follows her favorite band, Radiohead, around the world on 23 (so far) tour dates of their A Moon Shaped Pool tour.
The film will be a series of portraits and stories from individuals from around the world, who have felt a deep connection with the band's music - displaying the profound extent to which music can transcend language, culture, age and other societal borders. Beyond capturing a complex picture of the "Radiohead fan" of today - the film will also act as an ethnographic study and testament to the power of music and its ability to unite people of all walks of life.


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Okay, so this is my first "Top Ten Tuesday" post! How exciting! I love all the lists over at The Broke and the Bookish so I couldn't wait to participate when I saw all the awesome things you get to do!
So, I decided that seen as it's "freebie" Tuesday, I would write my Top Ten list on my favourite YA Female Heroine's/Lead Characters! There are so many to choose from on my bookshelf, so onwards with the list...
1. Nora Grey from Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick.
Even though she is a typical dramatic, worry-about-my-grades kind of heroine in High School, she does still kick ass in the series...whilst having an angelic boyfriend and biological father who runs an army of Nephilim and who is practically evil straight up.
2. Hazel Grace from The Fault in our Stars by John Green.
Hazel isn't just a teenager, she's a sick teenager; one who has overcome so much and goes through a whole host of new problems and heartbreak in this incredible book. She's brave and witty, though smart and heroic. Probably the least selfish female character I've read about.
3. Claire Danvers from Glass Houses by Rachel Caine.
A+ Student Claire is naïve, yet feisty and skilled. Going to college in a town crawling with Vampires and things that go bump in the night is sure to put a shiver down anyone's spine, but not Claire--she's even living with a Vampire and has a crazy Vamp as her boss...so definitely a good heroine.
4. Clary Fray from City of Bones by Cassandra Clare.
Need I say more? She's training to be a Shadowhunter, learning there's a whole other world that reflects our own, whilst still managing to fall in love in the process.
5. Mia from If I Stay by Gayle Forman.
Imagine watching as your whole world crumbles beneath you, and there's nothing you can do...Mia goes through all this, and still goes on. I was blown away by how courageous Mia was and how much her story proved that even if your whole world is gone, how something can still carry you through at the end of it all. Like music, in Mia's case.
6. Evie from Paranormalcy by Kiersten White.
Living in a world of paranormal people (mermaids, vampires, you know; the usual) Evie is of the humorous-kind of heroine, and I found myself liking her because she wasn't "unrealistic" of a lead character.
7. Lena from Delirium by Lauren Oliver.
Lena lives in a world where you are given a cure for Love. One; props to Ms. Oliver for the 5* star plot, and Two; Lena is so poetic and even though she's not "gifted" in any way, it seems as though she knows Love is not a disease and is something rare and special, a point that ages her beyond her years.
8. Alison DiLaurentis from Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard.
She's dead, supposedly, and still, everyone who knew her is still plagued by her memory and all the bad things she did. Though, Ali wasn't all bad. She had these four friends who adored her and worshipped the ground she walked on. Alison had the most complicated, wreck of a life, but kept it bottled up inside whilst she terrorised her High School as the Queen of Mean. But she still rules.
9. Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
Okay, book-Katniss was a little clueless when it came to things, or maybe not "clueless" as such, but a little naïve. But that doesn't mean she was all bad, she was a pretty strong character with bravery and courage to stand up and take the fall for her sister.
10. Luce Price from Fallen by Lauren Kate.
She was all part of some master plan that the universe had planned for her, and that every life she would meet this handsome stranger who she would literally die for. Luce was pretty likeable, and she had an independent voice that was quite deep and interesting.
And there we have it! My lovely Top Ten list of the Best YA Female Heroine's/Lead Characters! I can't wait to participate next week, too. This was so much fun! :)


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Author of The Sleep Sense Program™
Question: How did you become a Parenting/ Sleep Consultant?
Answer: It has always been my dream to work with children. To make that dream a reality, I went to college to receive a BA in psychology and an education degree in the late 1990s and then spent a few wonderful years working as a first grade teacher.
Then I got pregnant with my first child, and my life took a detour I didn't expect! My husband and I suffered from intense sleep deprivation during the first few months of my son's life as we struggled to deal with his sleep issues and teach him how to get a good night's sleep. None of the parenting books available seemed to fit our family's needs… Some were way too harsh and didn't take the children's needs and comfort into consideration, while others basically said, "Suck it up, mom and dad, your child's needs are everything and it doesn't matter if you don't get a good night's sleep!"
Frustrated with the lack of practical advice, I did my own research and developed my own child sleep training program which became the basis of my first book, The Sleep Sense™ Program.
Question: What is the overall sleep philosophy with the Sleep Sense Program?
Answer: I created The Sleep Sense™ Program because I feel strongly that healthy sleep habits make for healthy children. A well-rested child is curious, energetic, happy, playful, and eager to learn. I am more interested in improving a child's sleep than preaching a particular sleep philosophy.
While most books and programs dealing with child sleep problems take philosophical stands (based largely around the issue of "crying it out"), I believe that your child's sleep is more important than my personal views on the subject. That's why I've placed so much emphasis on accommodating different parenting styles within The Sleep Sense™ Program.
My approach to improving your child's sleep is pretty simple. I'll give you honest information about WHY sleep is so important for your child's well-being. I'll lay out an easy-to-follow, step-by-step plan that lets you make some choices about what is the right approach for your child. And I'll show you how to measure success.
Question: Are there specific sleep props you recommend parents avoid (or give up) to improve nighttime sleep?
Answer: A sleep prop is basically anything your child thinks she needs in order for sleep to come. So for example, if a baby is rocked to sleep, then she begins to associate sleep with rocking and will have a very difficult time getting to sleep without it because she doesn't know how. Sleep props prevent a baby from developing internal strategies for getting themselves to sleep, therefore they tend to wake often looking for assistance. When you begin to teach a baby to sleep well, then all the props you've currently used need to go so your baby can begin to learn some strategies that are all her own, and become a great sleeper.
Question: Do you have any advice for those parents like us, with toddlers who were good sleepers as babies, but then suddenly started waking up crying out in the night, climbing into our bed, etc.?
Answer: There is always a point in a toddler's life where they begin to push the boundaries around bedtime. I've never met a toddler yet, who didn't develop some sleep challenges at some point. The problem is that it usually throws the parent off, as they are wondering why their child who has slept very well, is suddenly yelling the house down at bedtime. The parent then rushes in wondering what could be wrong and often starts to negotiate. When the toddler realizes that all this fuss gets a reaction, then you can be sure he tires it again and again, and quickly a parent can lose all control over bedtime.
My best advice is that parents understand that boundary pushing is a natural part of a toddler's development, and that if they remain consistent and firm, the testing blows over fairly quickly. It is also very important to stick to a "one warning, then consequence" rule, so that the child doesn't endlessly push for negative attention.
Question: For parents who want one-on-one help, what types of services do you offer?
Answer: There is always the "Do it yourself" guide with video coaching. However, some people like to have a more personal touch so I've certified several Sleep Sense Consultants who are on hand and personally trained by me to provide parents with the support and guidance needed to get them to success!
Dana Obleman is the author of The Sleep Sense Program which has been used by more than 32,000 families to get their children sleeping through the night. You can get a free sleep assessment for your child by clicking here or visiting her website at http://www.sleepsense.net.
Twitter: @SleepBabyDana / YouTube: youtube.com/user/sleepsense


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Everyday High Wither Saddle Pad - Dressage Square
Custom Order
Below is the Halter Ego sizing chart for our products. We use our products ourselves, and whenever we discover useful information or sizing idiosyncrasies, we will mention these in the product description. Our goal is for you to order the perfect size on the first try.
Click on the link below to access and/or download the PDF.
A high quality cotton saddle pad with a 2520D ballistic nylon girth cover for anti-rub protection. Moisture and sweat are drawn through the pad by anti-wick fibers present in the filling. Complete with decorative twisted ropes, a cut away hem and double velcro adjustable straps for practical girthing, this pad is a must have for everyday and for competitions.
- Highest quality cotton
- Dressage cut
- High wither design
- New spine and girth cover design
- Decorative twisted rope edging
- Cut away hem
- Antiwick fibres in the filling draw away sweat and moisture
- Anti-rub girth cover protection
- Adjustable Velcro straps to help with practical girthing
- Machine washable (30°), dry naturally
- Length = 66cms. Depth = 56cms


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What to Keep in Mind When Submitting an Artist Application to Perform
A few weeks ago was the deadline for artists to submit an application to perform at the Tucson Hip Hop Festival. Last week, we started the lengthy process of going through every single submission (specifically rapper submissions), which entails checking out every artists work, deciding which stage accepted artists should perform on and what time slot they should be given. It's pretty much a listening party, except not really a party.
As we were going through all the submissions, I couldn't help but think about all the do's and don'ts that are a part of this process. I'm very analytical of everything I do, so I was even taking note of all the things that made me really engage with certain submissions over others. That being said, I felt that perhaps these observations could come in handy for artists not only submitting an application for our festival but for other performance opportunities.
We're no SXSW (yet) and some of this info may be common sense, but I wouldn't be sharing it if it wasn't a case for some of the applicants.
First things first
This is an obvious one but please fill out the whole application and answer properly. Just because it may be a short and easy application to get through, doesn't mean it should be rushed.
Oh also, do it before the deadline. No excuses! We take zero applications (even if you're dope, even if you're Kendrick Lamar... okay, Kendrick is an exception) after the deadline has passed.
Every question serves a purpose
As mentioned, provide a link to your work where it asks for a link and check the box to your performing rights affiliation if it applies (etc.) but if there's a short answer question, where the organization is allowing you to share your voice and interest beyond a multiple choice or dropdown answer, put your heart into your answer!
For example, we decided to add this question, "What do you hope to accomplish with your THHF performance?" in our application because we genuinely wanted to get to know every single artists intention in having their name on our lineup.
If an applicant answers, "Yes," (which doesn't even answer the question) or if an applicant simply answers, "Exposure," then I won't think you're as passionate and dire to perform compared to someone who took the time to share one or two genuine sentences.
The sauce
You got the sauce when you have recent work we can check out, solid projects that show you're about it, and even have video content to back it all up. We do appreciate visuals.
When we ask for a link, I (personally) would much prefer to be directed to your most recent track than your most fire track that you put out two/three years ago. Consistency and relevance matters! It's hard for us to "judge" an artist when there's no recent work or there is recent work but there's only one track to vibe with.
On that note, you are automatically disqualified if you have zero links.
Your artist bio matters, too
We vibe with your art and we also vibe with your bio. It's the traditional first impression and it comes in handy sometimes in the case that we need it to introduce you on social media or any event collateral.
Though bio's are a traditional practice, that doesn't mean it has to be boring! You actually can get pretty creative with your bio, which I appreciate because it catches my attention. I've seen some that are funny or have bars or are simply clever and it makes for a lasting impression.
This is one of my favorite intros to a bio that we received: "Imagine Confucius and Shakespeare in the recording booth reciting ill 16's after consuming four Red Bulls."
All this being said, I must add that it's totally cool if you boast yourself in your bio but never express any form of hatred or insult on another artist or community.
The extra mile
Answering questions that aren't required for you to answer is appreciated! Submitting an application shortly after submissions opened shows eagerness. And taking the time to inform yourself about the organization/event and its values is important.
Understanding any organizations values and motives are important because it will also help you shape the way you present yourself and interact with anyone involved with the organization. For example, we're very community and culture driven. So if we see you out supporting the community and other artists in general, it shows us that you share the same values as us - which is a plus!
You can also take the time to personally introduce yourself or share some sincere words outside of the application form to anyone involved in the organization - whether it's in person or sliding through a DM. But do understand that they are busy. So reaching out to show appreciation or excitement only once is great!
If you do decide to reach out, keep it genuine and non-promotional. We already receive so many links! If you submitted an application, trust that we will check out your work.
At the end of the day
If you end up getting selected to perform, congratulations! If you end up not getting selected, don't take it personally. Sometimes the case is that we actually admire your work but because we want to keep the lineup diverse and fresh every year and you performed last year, you may not be selected.
There's a lot of variables that come into play when selecting artists!
If you end up not being selected but you still show love to the organization by attending, show love to the community and culture - this is going the extra mile too.


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Robert Dighton
Geography Bewitched!
"Geography Bewitched!
or, a droll Caricature MAP of ENGLAND and WALES"
A whimsical of England as a caricature by Robert Dighton, a well-known 18th Century painter of portraits and caricatures.
London Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St Paul's Church Yard circa 1795.
Locations shown include: Berwick, Alnwick, River Tyne, River Tees, Whitby, Flanborough Head, Spurn Head, River Humber, Saltfleet, Harwich, River Thames, Yarmouth, Leostoff, Oxford, Margate, the Downs, Dover, Cardigan Bay, Bristol Channel, St. Ives, Exeter, Caermarron, etc...
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Lady Hibernia by Robert Dighton
Condition: The sheet is lightly soiled and has been mounted against a second old sheet of paper. A tear in the upper right quadrant has been repaired from behind. The center of the image is striking and the colors are bright.
Dimensions: 8.5 X 10.5 inches


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House for Tihra and her 6 kids, Kavre, Nepal
Tirtha's husband died of cancer two years ago. She has 6 kids - 5 girls and 1 boy. The oldest son is 15 years old and youngest girl is 2 years old. The house she used to live was damaged by the earthquake. She does not own any land so she has to work as a farmer for other people. This is the only source of her income. There are times when she does not have work and she does not have enough food for her family. In this case her neighbors give her rice and lentils.We are happy that now Tirtha and her kids have new beautiful and safe house to live in.This project is sponsored by Help Kids in Nepal (HKIN)
House for Kaplana BK and her 3 kids, Kavre, Nepal
As a part of "Single Women" project we are building a house for Kalpana BK and her 3 kids. Kaplana's husband died 12 years ago. Her house was damaged during the earthquake. She received $500 from the government as a first installment and started building conventional house. She did not realize that just a foundation cost $1500. Now she is in debt of $1000 and with no house. Kalpana works in the farm of other villagers as a labor.
House for Him Kumari, Dhading, Nepal
Sponsored by American School of Dubai we are building a house for Him Kumari and her 10 year old son.
Him Kumari's husband left her 10 yrs ago after she got pregnant with his son. She was left completely alone to raise her child. She worked as a farmer for her neighbors. In 2015 her house was destroyed by the earthquake and soon after she fell off the cliff and injured her leg. Now Him is disabled and can not work. Her 10 years old son cooks and takes care of her. He grows green leaves and vegetables in their small piece of land. There is no other source of income for the family. Villagers help them and give rice, lentil and other food items to eat. They are still living in small tin shade. As soon as the earthbag house is finished - they will have a safe place to live.