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Standoffshelter F.A.Q
Redpath Dairyshelter Frequently Asked Questions:
Redpath clear roofed Dairy housing can be used for Feedpads, Loafing, or Wintering.
A Feedpad is used for short term covered feeding only and may often have a concrete floor, cow density may be as little as 4m2 per cow due to the limited standing time.
If you have an existing concrete feedpad and then install a soft floor barn near to this, the soft floor barn can often have its cow space reduced (typically 7 or 7.5 square meters per cow) as a portion of the effluent is managed by the concrete feed pad area.
Standoffshelters or Loafing barns are similar to a Feedpad shelter but are designed to hold cows for short duration of half days to full days. The loafing floor area will often be a soft system such as deep litter woodchip, and this may be combined with a concrete lane where the cows will stand to feed. Cow density in a Standoffshelter might be between 7.5 - 8.5 square meters per cow.
Wintering barns are used for holding cows for many weeks or months, and so these will usually combine concrete standing areas where cows feed with a larger area of soft floor deep litter woodchip where cow density might be as low as 10m2+ per cow.
What flooring options do i have with a Redpath clear roofed Dairyshelter?
This is one of the strong points of the Redpath clear roofed system, you may choose a 100% contained effluent system using a concrete or Duraliner lined design. The next option (and most popular) is a deep litter woodchip style floor, for comfortable resting time (some of these will have the Redpath Duraliner). and another option is to use a limerock or similar material for the base floor which can then have effluent regularly scraped away to a holding tank. In the past Redpath Shelters have been constructed over Herd home flooring systems also. A further option is to simply have a concrete base or build over an existing concrete pad. See more here
The clear roof allows a large range of flooring systems to be used, as the natural warming light that enters through the roof maintains improved floor and animal condition.
I have heard of 'Compost barns' what are they?
A Compost barn is similar to a Wintering barn in respect to cow density and design - however a Compost barn as the name suggests requires the deep litter flooring material to be kept 'alive and composting. This often means regular stirring and adding ingredients to the deep litter to maintain the natural composting action. See more here
Why use soft litter?
The soft floor deep litter system is becoming quite popular with farmers who want to hold cows off the pasture for longer periods. Farmers often wish to avoid traditional hard surfaces such as gravel raceways, concrete floors or slatted floors which can have long term effects on the cow's hooves, legs and joints. Soft woodchip floors work very well with clear natural light roofing as the UV light keeps floor material dry and the environment warm for stock.
Soft deep litter floors allow the cows to loaf and lay down with improved comfort and cleanliness. See more here
Do I need to line the base of the shelter below the deep litter?
It depends on your particular site. If you have very free draining soils or a council standard exists where an underfloor or sealed liner is required, then yes.
Hydraulic pressure on a liner beneath the deep litter is minimal and often a clay compaction system is able to be used. The other alternative is to use the Redpath Duraliner barrier membrane which is supplied in a width to suit the loafing area spans of the structure.
We can include the liner material as part of the quote. See more here
How do I best manage effluent run-off?
Some underfloor drains will likely be needed to handle any run-off that finds its way through the litter system. These drains would normally lead to a small 1000 -2000 litre holding tank, which would have a pump to send any liquids through to your effluent pond. As the Redpath roof protects the floor from the vast majority of rainfall, there is very little run-off if any to deal with, and the clear roofing is very effective at harnessing the suns energy to keep the floor dry. See more here
How much do they cost?
Cost varies a little and is dependent on the chosen features and overall size of the shelter being built. Typically though, Redpath will deliver and construct a building on your property for less than $575-650+GST per cow. Over concrete pads this may reduce to as little as $350 + GST per cow. Other infrastructure such as drainage, feed paths/troughs, and site works are additional to the build cost. See more here
Where can I find a woodchip supply?
Fortunately woodchip availability is generally plentiful, - with local forestry and local wood-chipping services in many regions. Many farmers chip trees that they already have on farm, and some will plant trees for future use. Re-planting provides an excellent sustainable farming policy with a closed loop recycling system.
Some farmers are able to use products like recycled ply and recycled pallet products and bark as well. Local sources are sawmills or forestry contractors. Contact Redpath for your local regional woodchip supply contacts.
Typical costs are around $12.00 - $15.00 per m2 + GST at 500mm depth including delivery See more here
I have an existing concrete pad – can you cover that?
Yes definitely! This is becoming a popular option for farmers wanting to restrict rainfall runoff from their existing Feedpad. We can usually adjust our spans to fit between existing infrastructure troughs, gates and fences etc. The clear Durashelter roofing provides fantastic drying ability for concrete floored systems. The 12.2m span Redpath dairy housing design is a popular choice for this application See more here
Why use a clear roofing material like Durashelter?
The secret and strength of the Redpath Dairyshelter system is its clear roof! Redpath's heavy duty clear roofing lets the sun's natural energy into the building to help keep the flooring dry and the cows in a warm comfortable environment.
Clear roofing exceeds white or variegated roofing (tin + polycarbonate) light transmission by as much as 50% - giving a dramatic improvement in environmental conditions.
By letting the sunshine and natural UV in, the floor is kept cleaner and more bacteria free than any comparable shed system.
This feature is a very important factor in the success of the Redpath Shelter system. See more here
My site is really windy – will the clear Durashelter covering last?
Definitely, Redpath excel at building and installing high wind resistant structures with flexible cladding. Many of our buildings are located in the most extreme parts of the country (Southland, Wairarapa, Mount Taranaki, East Cape and the Far North)
Redpath offer the industries longest clear membrane warranty!
Our customers are constantly amazed at the durability and life of our covering. In fact we are so confident in it that not only do we say that it gives at least a 10 year service life, but "if it fails within the first 5 years, we'll replace it for free"*. *Some conditions do apply See more here
How much does the covering cost?
The building design incorporates a fast release and re-clip aluminium roof holding system called Duralock making the roof cladding speedy and cost effective to replace.
The covering material and labour cost combined is often less than 15% of the value of the overall structure!
Redpath's designs also utilise a roof Isolation system – which allows small sections of the roof panelling to be replaced in case of a failure (rather than replacing an entire length roof membrane)
This gives our customers 'peace of mind' See more here
Can I use a different type of roofing such as iron?
Yes- if you would like to install a different type of cladding such as tin or polycarbonate after the first 10 years of the buildings life, then you can do that as the Redpath truss type building designs will accept hard cladding also. You just need to ask us to add some purlins and flashings at the time of the hard cladding being fitted and away you go!
What time of the year should I build?
Ideally Spring, Summer and in some areas Autumn is still OK- although you should allow at least 90 days to obtain the permit etc. before the builders start, so planning well ahead is a good idea. Redpath will often only request a 5% deposit / booking to start the paperwork (engineering, site plan, council submission work etc.) which makes the process a lot simpler and cost effective. Redpath take bookings throughout winter/spring for summertime and autumn build times on site.
Quotes are free of course - and are usually submitted within 48 hours of asking. See more here
Do I need a building permit?
Yes, normally you do and sometimes resource consent may be required also.
Typically Redpath will apply for the building permit as part of our building service making it a relatively fuss free process.
We will handle the submission process including plans, site plans, engineering etc. This service is included in our quotation unless specifically stated.
Who applies for the building permit and what does it cost?
If we are supplying a constructed price, Redpath would usually apply for the building permit and submit the site plan for the building to your local council. There are some fees that the council will charge for the permit and possibly for resource consent also and these will be on-charged to you at cost price. Costs for permits do vary from council to council – however the building permit is typically not more than 3-4% of the value of the building. Allow 5-7 weeks to obtain an approved building permit.
Does my local council support this type of building?
In our experience local councils are very supportive of the Redpath shelter system; we have built 100s of them nationwide. The shelter places you in control of the effluent on the intensively operated feedpad or standing area and eliminates uncontrolled washing of the effluent from rainfall into the wastewater systems / drains / creeks - and councils see this as a real benefit.
How long do they take to erect?
Not very long at all, a 350 cow Dairyshelter might take 20 working days overall on site, whilst a 500 cow unit might take 25-30 days. During winter the weather can play a part in delaying construction of course - so our recommendation is plan ahead!
Can I build the structure myself?
Yes; with Redpath you are not obligated to use our dedicated building teams, you can purchase a steel kitset and erect it yourself. The buildings use an "all bolted" construction making them straightforward to assemble and of course strong! You may wish to ask Redpath to install the specialist Durashelter roof cladding, and we offer this partial construction service for your convenience.
What extras do I need to allow for?
You will need to allow for some site preparation of the pad (scraping the site) ready for the building, some drainage pipes, rock/clay base materials and the deep litter materials (woodchip) if a soft floor is to be used. There may be gates, water and feed troughs, and possibly some other infrastructures such as races or concrete pads needed at access points for laying feed near to the building also. See more here
What size can the Redpath Dairyshelter be constructed to?
A typical Redpath Dairyshelter length is anywhere between 30 and 120m in length, there is no real limit. The width could be just one single span of 6m, 8m, 9.6m, 10.65, or 11.2m. Specialist wider designs may also be available but are region specific.
Any of the above spans may be inter-connected to make up a multi span design. Example: 9.6+9.6 = 19.2m, or 10.65m + 6m + 10.65m = 27.3m, etc.
There is no limit as to how large the structures can be built and we have regularly erected buildings in excess of 1 hectare. Roof ventilation would normally be introduced in the designs if the buildings are very large of course. See more here
What type of ventilation or shading system do Redpath offer for using the shelter in summertime?
The 'A' frame truss Redpath designs can have roof ventilation fitted for the full length and these offer excellent control of the internal temperature and humidity within the shelter. The roof ventilation is rack and pinion driven and can be operated either manually or be fully automated. Contact us for pricing.
It's also very simple to fit a shade screen as part of the initial build or as an optional extra after construction. The cost is minimal, typically no more than $12 - $14 + GST per m2 to install a simple and popular manually pulled wire and cloth system. Fully automatic shade / thermal screens are also an option. See more here
Can I visit a building near to me?
Yes, it is quite likely that there will be a Redpath Dairy house shelter near to your location as many have been built over the past 10 years throughout New Zealand and Australia - Send us an enquiry to see a building near to you Enquire here
How much overhead clearance is there in the buildings for tractor access?
Redpath's unique 'A' frame design truss eliminates overhead clutter or any horizontal chords. It allows quite large machinery to be operated within the structure and also eliminates bird perching and nesting points. Our open plan roof truss and tall sidewall height options 3m,3.5m,4m and 4.5m allows you to tip litter off the trucks or enter the structure to pick up a downed cow etc.
Can i access the building to pick up downed cows etc.?
Yes of course, this is a key feature of Redpaths designs. Unlike other systems with specialist and fragile flooring systems where heavy machinery cannot enter the shelter, the Redpath shelter you have full "drive thru" access"
My site has peaty or soft soils – can you construct on this?
Yes, but often we will design a 'site-specific' footing design for the pole foundation and this may require more concrete and labour than a standard footing design. See more here
Are there any milk supplier regulations I need to consider?
There are some distance limitations to consider when locating your feedpad or Dairyshelter to the milk shed, discuss these with your supplier or Redpath.
Will the effluent rust the Redpath Dairyshelter posts?
Redpath pay special attention to protecting the poles of the structure that are exposed to effluent. We use heavy galvanizing combined with rubberized sleeves over the pole to avoid effluent contact and provide superior durability. See more here
What other uses can the Redpath shelter be used for?
Often we see farmers using the Redpath Standoffshelter for calving, calf rearing, implement shedding, etc. See more here
How do I feed-out in my shelter?
Typically you would feed out along the sidewalls, although it is becoming popular to supply the buildings with a central 'service lane' so that you can drive through the centre of the building and drop feed under cover and out of the rain. See pictures on this page for feeding out methods See more here
How do you handle storm-water runoff?
All Redpath shelters are fitted with gutters along all internal pole lines and external pole line. The rainwater is collected by a dedicated 100% non-corrosive rain head and then you can connect to that with down pipes and drain flow pipe. See more here
Is the building supplied with a warranty?
Yes - We offer a warranty for the framework and we design to a 25 year return period (like a normal farm shed), we also have a warranty for the roofing.
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Auto Lock / Unlock Computer With USB – Free Download
If you are working in an environment, where you have to frequently leave your computer for a few minutes and you are concerned that somebody else might see what were you doing on your computer in your absence, then there is simple keyboard short-cut in the form of Win Key + L.
This will lock your computer and nobody can access it in your absence. Once you are back to your computer, you just have to enter your password to gain the access.
Problems With Win+L Key as Auto Lock / Unlock Computer
Although easy, this method has some disadvantages. First thing is that you have to enter the password every time you have gain the access. And the other disadvantage is that passwords are always breakable. There are ways and means to crack even some of the strongest passwords and also they can be bypassed / harvested from your system files.
If you want an absolute security, then the solution may be like using a hardware lock on your computer, whose key you can take with yourself.
Lock Computer with USB – Use Predator
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You have to install this auto lock onto your computer to use it. At the time of installation, it asks you to enter a password. This password is used to allow you to get access in case you lose your USB Key.
You can monitor, more than one computer with the same USB lock and also multiple USB's can be used to lock / unlock the same computer depending upon your requirements.
Advanced Security Features of Predator
There are some advanced security features built in for added security.
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- It can replicate this log on your Twitter account so as to allow you to remotely monitor all access-control activity on your PC.
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- It disables the Windows task manager when you unplug the USB drive. Nobody can stop it with Ctrl-Alt-Del.
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Simply switching some ingredients can turn high-fat family favorites into healthy dishes. In baked goods, use applesauce or prune puree for half of the called-for butter, shortening or oil. If a recipe calls for 1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese, use 1/2 cup instead. When making casseroles, scale back on meat and increase the amount of vegetables.
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They say it takes a village to raise a child – but in today's world the village is no longer just your immediate community and family.
It's now a virtual village as people explore the globe and experience life in a different way from the last generation. My parents were born and bred in the same place and all of my Mum's siblings still live in my childhood city – and thats how I always thought it would be for me.
In 1950 when my Dad was born, China invaded Tibet and the Korean War started. It had also only been 5 years earlier that the first nuclear bomb had been used in warfare. The world was a scary place for not only what was happening but also for what was unknown. Other countries and cultures were more mysterious, and that in itself provides an element of fear.
But it was also the decade that the first commercial planes flew allowing people to travel abroad – if they could afford it! Communication was handwritten, news only came over the radio, on the tv or in the daily newspaper so was often what we would now term 'old news'.
Nowadays, the internet, email, Skype, FaceTime, Facebook & advancements in air travel means the world has the perception of being a bit smaller so when we travel away from home we don't feel so far away from the people we love and the life we know. We are also awash with up to the minute news which means people have a wider understanding of global issues.
Is the world scarier now? Maybe, but in a different way. While each foreign country offers it's own global perspective, this era of information & understanding that we are in adds a new, more in-depth angle to all forms of news from celebrity to current affairs to human rights to terror attacks. I feel like exposure to this kind of knowledge has brought either a closeness to terror or the feeling of safety from being tucked away from it.
But Johnny and I chose not to sit in the negativity of being scared, after all we have more chance of being hit by a bus in reality! Living in a world which has (almost) no borders anymore, for good or for bad, eventually became too strong of a pull for us and we felt we had to try living a different life for a while. So when we got an opportunity to move our whole family literally to the other side of the globe to give ourselves and our kids a new life experience- you bet we put all the pros at the top of our list and all the scary reasons at the bottom – and we went for it!
Many people over here ask us why we would leave NZ. But why wouldn't we? The world is scary, but it always will be for some reason or another, like having kids it's never the right time! After all, it is our children's world which we believe they need to see.
We want them to experience history, not through books, but by living in the countries that created it.
By seeing it through a different lens, learning from the people whose ancestors made those decisions and fought those wars and committed those atrocities that we can only read about from NZ. From the ancestors that gave birth to the generation of adventurers and traders who settled in New Zealand and gave me my heritage. To be in the heart of such cultural wealth.
I love New Zealand and we will return one day. We do feel that our kids are missing out on a good old kiwi upbringing….rugby till dark, sports in all weathers, outdoor opportunities galore, family – a paradise for two boys and a girl growing up.
Toughest of all was that we left our village behind and chose to take on that whole responsibility ourselves, as parents. Which we are doing the best we can.
We rebuilt a small village in Dublin that supported us. But in Swansea I feel like I've built a physical tribe so absolute and solid that the true friends I have made here are now part of my family, my inner circle, my tribe.
But when we move to France in 23 days, they will soon become a part of my virtual village that is Facebook. While living in Europe, of course we can still see them, but one day we will go back to NZ and that physical tie will be broken. I feel we have created a world map of our own and as we move across the globe we leave behind new settlements that we will forever be linked to!
So thankfully we have Facebook!
There is so much judgement and perception around Facebook being a time waster, a place where people post the best parts about themselves only.
Their own fake news.
But here's what it is for me: Its my lifeline to my family in NZ, in Dublin and in Swansea.
If you are in my tribe then hopefully you will have a presence on the one platform that I can be guaranteed to access no matter what country we land in.
You will show up for me in my virtual village because it means a lot to me for you to be there.
When I first left NZ, I really only posted to FB so my Mum could follow my kids. I don't have 500 friends, I carefully select my tribe so that people who don't care about us aren't getting bombarded with photos of my kids! So when Mum died last year I really questioned why I was still on there.
For me (most of the time) it is not about the instant gratification or the adrenalin rush of having people like my posts. Its my open channel to my village who I can't be with anymore.
Yes, we chose to leave our family for a short time so we could live a life of different cultures, languages and perspectives. But just because people are not in your physical village anymore, doesn't mean they don't need your virtual support.
When we're in a foreign land, virtual love is better than no love.
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Does Your Breathing Affect Your Looks?
They say 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder,' and when it comes to our physical features, there is never a one-size-fits-all definition of beauty. Our faces are usually reflections of the family characteristics passed down from our mothers and fathers – who assure us from an early age that we are beautiful, despite what we ourselves may think when we sometimes peer anxiously into our early morning bathroom mirrors.
Conventional standards of physical beauty aside, there are facial characteristics that are representative of a superior level of well-being and other traits that are indicative of poor health. And, believe it or not, those facial features can start evolving during childhood as a result of mouth breathing.
Can You Breathe the WRONG Way?
Breathing through one's mouth as opposed to through a nose may seem like a minor issue. Breathing is breathing, right? As long as you are getting air in your lungs, what's the difference?
In fact, there are many reasons why breathing through the nose is superior to mouth respiration. We were built to breathe through our noses and drawing in air that way increases circulation and blood oxygen, as well as improves lung volume. Conversely, mouth breathing bypasses critical phases of the breathing process, including the release of bacteria-fighting chemicals that reduce the risk of infection.
But, could mouth breathing also affect what you look like? The answer, incredibly, is yes.
Take a Deep Breath
When the mouth is left open to breathe for long periods of time, the muscles in the cheeks tighten and apply an external force to the upper and lower jaw that causes a narrowing effect on the face. Additionally, the tongue – which typically rests on the roof of a closed mouth is forced to drop down lower, creating a narrow upper dental arch and preventing the normal development of the mid-face.
Years of mouth breathing will lead to an overall narrowing of the face, crooked teeth and poor jaw development. A child who breathes this way can expect to have a lower chin and less prominent retracted lower jaw.
Why does mouth occur in the first place? Young children who suffer from chronic congestion – whether a result of allergies or other nasal issues – typically get used to breathing through their mouths.
What Mouth Breathing Looks Like
Snoring, chronic fatigue, dark under-eye circles and enlarged adenoids are all signs of mouth breathing in children. If you recognize these symptoms in your own child, consider a visit to a dentist trained in myofunctional therapy, which can help correct abnormal functions of the tongue and facial muscles in young children.
Children are beautiful to their parents, no matter what they look like. But we can all take steps to ensure the kids we raise are beautifully healthy inside and out.
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Yesterday I had a terrible, terrible headache. I came home from my volunteer job at the zoo, got into my nightgown, darkened the room, took my pain pill and lay down. My little Blue Man comes over to me and croaks "I love you".
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Phew! I've had a pretty chaotic work on the office-work front – just lots of firefighting, ad hoc requests and conflicting deadlines. So I'm really glad the weekend is finally here. I'm planning to just chill and relax with my boys and do nothing in particular. Some weekends are perfect just like that.
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Tired of urban noise? It is time to build your dream home on this peaceful, rural land backing on valuable and scenic woods yet just 10 minutes away from London. Approx 12 acres are workable farm and leased; 84 acres are trees, most of them are high quality ready to harvest for the profits. Multiple purposes of the future building on this land could be available. Rare opportunity to own, don't miss out. FOR THE DETAILS ABOUT THIS PROPERTY, ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE PROPERTY TAX, PLEASE CONTACT LISTING AGENT.
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The Wicked World
The Wicked World is a blank verse play by W. S. Gilbert in three acts. It opened at the Haymarket Theatre on 4 January 1873 and ran for a successful 145 performances, closing on 21 June 1873.[1] The play is an allegory loosely based on a short illustrated story of the same title by Gilbert, written in 1871 and published in Tom Hood's Comic Annual, about how pure fairies cope with a sudden introduction to them of "mortal love."
Set in "Fairy Land", the action occurs within the space of 24 hours. Gilbert envisioned the set as resembling John Martin's 1853 painting The Plains of Heaven: vaporous mountains and headlands around ethereal blue and a flowering slope on which sit white-clad angels. Gilbert also specified that the women characters 'in costume & general appearance – should suggest the idea rather of angels than of conventional fairies, and they exhibit an 'overweening sense of righteousness,' arising from their freedom from sin.[2]
W. S. Gilbert created several blank verse "fairy comedies" at the Haymarket Theatre for John Baldwin Buckstone and starring William Hunter Kendal and his wife Madge Robertson Kendal (sister of the playwright Tom Robertson), in the early 1870s. These plays, influenced by the fairy work of James Planché, are founded upon the idea of self-revelation by characters under the influence of some magic or some supernatural interference.[3] The first was The Palace of Truth in 1870, a fantasy adapted from a story by Madame de Genlis. Second was Pygmalion and Galatea (1871), a satire of sentimental, romantic attitudes toward myth, and The Wicked World was third.
These plays, together with Sweethearts (1874), Charity, and Broken Hearts (1875), did for Gilbert on the dramatic stage what the German Reed Entertainments had done for him on the musical stage. They established that his capabilities extended far beyond burlesque and won him artistic credentials as a writer of wide range, who was as comfortable with human drama as with farcical humour. Although these fairy comedies represented a step forward for Gilbert, the blank verse is a drawback, as it limits Gilbert's vital prose style.
The plot of The Wicked World clearly fascinated Gilbert. Not only did he write a short story on the theme in 1871, but he also co-wrote a parody of it, The Happy Land (1873), and he returned to it in his 1909 comic opera, Fallen Fairies. Gilbert sued The Pall Mall Gazette, which had called The Wicked World indecent because of the references to "mortal love" in the script. Gilbert lost the case, but he had the satisfaction of having his play found inoffensive in a court of law.[4]
Like a number of Gilbert's blank-verse plays, The Wicked World treats the subject of the consequences that ensue when an all-female world is disrupted by men, and the romantic complications they bring. His plays The Princess (1870) and Broken Hearts (1875), and his operas Iolanthe (1882) and Princess Ida (1884), are all treatments of this basic idea.[5] Stedman calls this a "Gilbertian invasion plot".[6] Another of Gilbert's recurring themes that is present in this play, as well as in Broken Hearts, The Yeomen of the Guard, and other Gilbert works, is his distrust of heroic men.
Original castEdit
- Ethais – William Hunter Kendal
- Phyllon – Mr. Arnott
- Lutin, a serving fairy – John Baldwin Buckstone
- Selene, a Fairy Queen – Madge Robertson
- Darine – Amy Roselle
- Zayda – Marie Litton
- Leila – Miss Harrison
- Neodie – Miss Henri
- Lochrine – Miss Francis
- Sir Ethais – William Hunter Kendal
- Sir Phyllon – Mr. Arnott
- Lutin, Sir Ethais's henchman – John Baldwin Buckstone
In a rhymed declaration, a character explains that the author aims to show that "Love is not a blessing, but a curse!" But the speaker disagrees with the author.
Act I
From "Fairy Land", on the upper side of a cloud, the mortal world below is visible. Two female fairies, noble, sinless beings, are curious about the nature of the "wicked world". Selene, the Fairy Queen, appears and explains that every fairy has an exact physical counterpart in the mortal world. A male fairy, Lutin, returns from a journey to the earth and sends the male fairies Ethais and Phyllon to visit the Fairy King in "mid-earth". They are to return to Fairyland with "some priceless privilege" for the fairies.
After the two fairies leave, the others decide to bring up to Fairyland the mortal counterparts of Ethais and Phyllon, as a law of Fairyland allows them to do. They hope to convert these mortals to the virtuous life by the power of their example. They are also curious about "the gift of Love", which, Selene tells them, is the one compensation mortals have been given for all the evils they must endure on earth. Selene magically summons the mortals to Fairyland.
These counterparts are "barbaric knights", engaged in fighting a duel with each other at the moment that they are transported into the clouds, and Sir Ethais is wounded. They call off the fight for the moment, realising that they are surrounded by beautiful women. The women are impressed by these men: Selene exclaims, "what can gods be like if these are men?" A fairy, Darine, and Selene are both attracted to Sir Ethais. Lutin re-enters, and Sir Ethais mistakes him for his servant Lutin, the mortal counterpart. Lutin, seeing that "mortal love" has struck the fairies, is disgusted, and explains that "love is but the seed;/The branching tree that springs from it is Hate!". Feeling out of place, Lutin angrily goes to join the other two male fairies in mid-earth. Selene kneels at the feet of Sir Ethais, declaring that she loves him.
Act II
Darine and other fairies are waiting by the entrance to Selene's "bower", where Selene has been nursing the wounded Sir Ethais for six hours. The fairies complain to each other about Selene's conduct: "Surely this knight might well have learnt on earth/Such moral truths as she is teaching him." When Selene appears, the others treat her with ironic politeness and leave. Sir Ethais is better now and has declared his love for her. She is naively romantic, while he is a gallant, smooth-talking cad. She gives him a ring as a pledge of love, and they return into her bower.
Darine is still in love with Sir Ethais, and she is intensely jealous. Sir Phyllon tells her that she can win Sir Ethais's love by healing him with a "panacea that will heal all wounds", which is in the possession of Ethais's servant Lutin, a comic character. Darine persuades Selene to summon the mortal Lutin to Fairyland. The servant, finding himself surrounded by beautiful women, concludes: "By some mistake my soul has missed its way,/And slipped into Mahomet's Paradise!" So starved are the fairies of "mortal love" that even he earns their affection.
The mortal Lutin is married to the mortal counterpart of Darine. When the fairy Darine enters, he naturally assumes that, unfortunately, his wife has also been transported to this paradise. Darine asks him for the panacea to heal Sir Ethais, disclosing that she loves Ethais, and Lutin is outraged. Why should he assist his wife's love affairs? He gives her a sleeping potion, telling her that it is the panacea. Darine tells Sir Ethais that Sir Phyllon claims he is a coward and is exaggerating the seriousness of his wound. Sir Ethais, enraged, wants to resume the fight, but he is prevented by his wound. Darine says she has Lutin's panacea, and gives it to him in exchange for a pledge of his love for her – the ring that Selene gave him.
Selene enters, and Darine berates her for introducing mortal love to Fairyland. Selene, seeing the justice of this, resigns as Fairy Queen, and the coronet is placed on Darine's head. Darine also shows her the ring that Sir Ethais has given her. Selene is shocked and disillusioned, becoming bitterly angry with Sir Ethais, Darine, and her fellow-fairies. She cries: "Are ye not content?/Behold! I am a devil, like yourselves!"
Act III
The sleeping potion has worked on Sir Ethais, and he cannot be awoken. The mortal Lutin is told that Darine is not his wife, but merely her fairy counterpart. Relieved, he gives her the real panacea, which she immediately gives to Sir Ethais. He revives and attacks Sir Phyllon, who he believes called him a coward. Phyllon denies it, and Darine admits that she lied to gain Ethais's love. Both men are disgusted by this. Sir Ethais apologises to Selene for betraying her love, but he is appalled by the bitter intensity of her feelings, which is the result of a mortal passion being put into an immortal body.
The three male fairies are returning, and their mortal counterparts must leave. Selene tries to hold Ethais back, because her love for him, though embittered, still burns. Saying, "I go to that good world/Where women are not devils till they die!", he shakes her off and leaps off the cloud and back to earth.
Final Scene
As the mortals disappear, the fairies seem to be awakening from a dream. They regain their true, virtuous selves and are ashamed of their former conduct. Darine and Selene are reconciled, and Selene says that they have no right to feel superior to mortals who fall from virtue more readily because they have been more often tempted. The fairies Lutin, Ethais and Phyllon have brought great news. Their king has decided to bestow on the fairies the gift of mortal love! Selene's final speech, rejecting this gift, prefers the fairies' life of placid tranquillity to the interesting but tempestuous life the mortals enjoy. "No, Ethais – we will not have this love!"
- ^ Moss, Simon. "The Wicked World" at Gilbert & Sullivan: a selling exhibition of memorabilia, c20th.com, accessed 16 November 2009
- ^ Stedman
- ^ The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907–21). Volume XIII. "The Victorian Age", Part One. VIII. Nineteenth-Century Drama, § 15. W. S. Gilbert.
- ^ "Gilbert's letter to The Times explaining that "mortal love" did not mean "carnal love."". Archived from the original on 3 September 2006. Retrieved 3 April 2007.
- ^ Introduction to Broken Hearts,[dead link] The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive, accessed 10 March 2009
- ^ Stedman (p. 95): In "a Gilbertian invasion" plot, outsiders change a tranquil society, as where the Thespians take control of Olympus in Thespis, and the Flowers of Progress remodel Utopia in Utopia, Limited.
- Crowther, Andrew (2000). Contradiction Contradicted – The Plays of W. S. Gilbert. Associated University Presses. ISBN 0-8386-3839-2.
- Stedman, Jane W. (1996). W. S. Gilbert, A Classic Victorian & His Theatre. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-816174-3.
- Crowther, Andrew. Introduction to the play and link to the script
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Rieder: A bravura performance by Jill Abramson
Jill Abramson crushed it.
In her first public appearance since her unceremonious ouster as executive editor of The New York Times last Wednesday, Abramson was masterful Monday as she gave the commencement address at Wake Forest University.
Over the weekend, Times Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr., very much on the defensive for the way he pushed Abramson out the door, was harshly critical of the woman he chose less than three years ago to run the newsroom of the nation's pre-eminent news outlet.
"I concluded that her management of the newsroom was simply not working out," he said in a statement. "During her tenure, I heard repeatedly from her newsroom colleagues, women and men, about a series of issues, including arbitrary decision-making, a failure to consult and bring colleagues with her, inadequate communication and the public mistreatment of colleagues."
But in her address to the graduating Demon Deacons, Abramson stayed very much on the high road.
Rather than returning fire, rather than bemoaning her fate, Abramson continued to profess her allegiance to the Times.
She described the paper as an "important and irreplaceable institution." As for that New York Times "T" she has tattooed on her back, she said there's "not a chance" she'll have it removed.
The newly unemployed editor is known for her sometimes prickly demeanor. But she was sunny and self-deprecating in her commencement remarks. She had just the right touch.
"Losing a job you love hurts," she said. She said she didn't know what would come next for her, which, she said, put her in the same boat as many of the graduates.
REM RIEDER: Challenges face Baquet at New York Times
While it seems clear that there were many problems with Abramson's management style, she has overwhelmed Sulzberger in the court of public opinion since her abrupt departure.
In fact, it's hard to imagine how the Times publisher, who also is chairman of the New York Times Co., could have handled the sacking of Abramson much worse.
Back in 2003, when Howell Raines, another executive editor chosen by Sulzberger, was dispatched, he got a ceremony in the newsroom. This after his reign of terror completely demoralized the proud newsroom and after the Jayson Blair plagiarism and fabrication scandal humiliated the newspaper.
But last Wednesday, when Sulzberger announced that Abramson was out and Managing Editor Dean Baquet was being promoted to succeed her, Abramson was nowhere to be seen. There was no transition period. Abramson was gone, baby, gone. The Times couldn't wait to excise her name from the masthead.
The bloodiness of her execution suggested she was guilty of something truly scandalous. Yet there's no hint of that.
It may well be that Abramson didn't want to play along, But that's all the more reason for handling the situation deftly. Sulzberger should have consulted some PR pros. The optics for the Times have been brutal.
It's important to remember that whatever her failings, Abramson is a terrific journalist. The paper performed very well during her tenure.
A major factor in shaping the post-firing discussion was a series of pieces by New Yorker media writer Ken Auletta saying one of the keys to Abramson's demise was her belief that she was being paid less than her male predecessor, and that she had lawyered up.
While the Times denies that she was paid less than Bill Keller, the notion that Abramson was a victim of sexism and was bounced because she was fighting back rapidly became a widely accepted narrative.
This theme has particular resonance since Abramson, as the first woman to serve as the top editor at The New York Times, is an important symbol for many women.
Suddenly the two-fisted Abramson became a martyr.
While problems with Abramson as a manager were hardly new, it seems that her effort to bring in Janine Gibson of The Guardian as a co-managing editor for digital was the final straw for Sulzberger. Abramson apparently neglected to tell Baquet that that was what she had in mind for Gibson, and when he found out, he was understandably apoplectic.
There's no question that the executive editor of a newspaper serves at the pleasure of the publisher. And it's crucial for them to be on the same page. There also seems little doubt that Abramson had alienated a lot of people. (Highly regarded Times media columnist David Carr concurs that Abramson had "lost" the staff.)
But the way the situation is playing out has been dreadful for the Times and Sulzberger. Abramson's Wake Forest gig didn't make things any easier.


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Colorado's largest gay-rights group made a big splash today with its announcement that Ken Buck's former campaign manager supports civil unions, but anyone who knows John Swartout isn't surprised.
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As a Republican — why do you support civil unions?
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Increasingly, these issues have become less partisan — why do you think that is?
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What can people be doing to increase support for civil unions within Republican circles?
It is important to stay positive about the issue. I have always taken my lead from Martin Luther King, Jr. It is more effective to be defined by what you stand for rather than by what you are against.
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Little Button Diaries is the crafting and baking blog from two Brighton-based friends who share a love for all things creative. In the last couple of years they have both given birth to little girls – Harper and Amelie – and wanted to start a blog to document all the things they get up to together.
"We're very lucky that we only live round the corner from one another and have, well, pretty much everything in common" say the girls. "If we're not chatting away about our blog we love to find new things to bake, projects to make and photographs to take. It's not easy finding the time to make stuff with little ones running around your feet, but we want to show that having a baby doesn't mean you have to stop doing the things you love – and that a lot can be achieved even in the space of a short nap!" Laura and Tia maintain that they're not "craft wizards, more 'find a fault, make a feature' kinda girls" – just doing the things they love because they love doing them!
What was life like before you became full time mummy bloggers?
We have always been crafters and always spent our spare time making stuff, so it was pretty similar in that sense. Its just that now we spend as much time in front of our computers as we do our sewing machines! When we had babies this whole new world of craft projects opened up and we started making loads of toys and clothes for our little ones. We wanted to start documenting the things we were making, and that's why we started Little Button Diaries.
How did you both meet?
We met each other a long time ago when we both went to Cardiff University together and bonded over our inability to speak Italian! We had no idea at the time that we both loved crafting and how our friendship would be brought even closer through working together 13 years later.
We have since both moved to London and Brighton and now live a few minutes round the corner from each other so we get to craft and drink a lot of tea together.
Our toddlers are now more into crafts as they're older so we try to involve them in as many makes as we can.
What is a typical day like for you?
Pretty chaotic at the moment, but we like being busy! We both get woken up at some silly time by one of our little ones and usually text each other with blog ideas we've had overnight! We find it easier to occupy the toddlers if we're out and about so we often go out to farms and parks, or to the beach if its sunny. The evening is when we do all of our crafting (often in front of the TV watching something that doesn't require much attention!) and write up our blog posts.
How do you balance family life with the blog?
This can be tricky! We have to be quite organized to juggle the demands of our children and blog commitments. Blogging when they are asleep obviously helps and nap times are very precious to us. Also, our toddlers are now more into crafts as they're older so we try to involve them in as many makes as we can.
What's your favourite craft to do?
Ones that don't take much time! Gone are the days when we can spend many evenings leisurely hand-stitching a quilt. We love projects that don't take too long, and we often have 10 on the go all at once! Easy to sew toys, shrink plastic and accessories for us and our kids are amongst our favourites at the moment.
What do you enjoy most about being Mummy bloggers?
Being able to document our children growing up and record the crafts we make. We found when we started the blog that it was a great way to motivate us to finish all the projects we started – something that isn't always easy with babies. We also like being a part of the huge network of parent bloggers out there who we can relate to and who inspire us daily.
Little Button Diaries recently won the Best Craft Blog award at the MAD blog awards.
Where do you get the inspiration for all of your amazing projects?
Like the rest of the crafting community we are both a bit obsessed with Pinterest – its a great place to start when you're feeling uninspired. Obviously, we love the Hobbycraft blog too! There are some great projects on there with some different materials that we hadn't used before too. Living in Brighton is such a creative place and there's a big crafting community so we're lucky to be surrounded by inspiration. Having said that, like everyone we regularly have moments when we cannot think of a single thing to make!
What's the best piece of advice you've ever been given?
Find a fault and make a feature! We're not professional crafters and quite often our projects don't quite work out as we had planned. We've learnt not to always unpick the mistakes, but instead turn them into unique features. Besides, it's the little mistakes that make things personal.
Like the rest of the crafting community we are both a bit obsessed with Pinterest – its a great place to start when you're feeling uninspired.
What five top tips would you give someone wanting to start up their own blog?
- Only blog about the things you love. Particularly if you're writing a craft blog – theres no point making loads of stuff you don't actually want, you'd burn out very quickly.
- Have a clear idea about what you want to achieve before you start – who you're aiming it at, why you're writing it and how much time you want to dedicate to it.
- Take inspiration from the blogging community and have a look what else is out there to get some inspiration for style, content and imagery.
- Set out a schedule of posts. We always aim to have at least a month's worth of posts sorted in our heads – even if we haven't started the actual projects yet! This will help structure and organise things and keep up the momentum.
- Plug your posts – if you want to build an audience, use Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest. Comment on other peoples' posts, join 'linky parties' and look to swap guest posts with other bloggers.
Only blog about the things you love. Particularly if you're writing a craft blog – theres no point making loads of stuff you don't actually want, you'd burn out very quickly.
And for the future? What's next for Little Button Diaries?
We're always looking for ways to expand our crafting skills and blog so we're aiming to try out new crafts and design projects. We've recently moved into making videos so craft tutorials are also to follow. The big dream would be a Little Button Diaries book.
For more crafting ideas, baking goodies and toddler activities check out Laura and Tia's blog, www.littlebuttondiaries.com »


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News media have been busy in recent months with cases of what many have labeled as police brutality. Sanford, Florida. Ferguson, Missouri. Baltimore, Maryland. And most recently in McKinney, Texas. In each case a black person was killed except the last one where teenagers were roughed up by the police for crashing a swimming party. I will focus only on the Baltimore problem for the purpose of this discussion.
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Here's the official trailer for Control, the Ian Curtis biopic, coming this winter, that chronicles the short life of the late Joy Division frontman. It was shot entirely in beautiful, morose black and white, the preferred milieu of director Anton Corbijn. He shot the album art and lion's share of U2's "Joshua Tree" videos, Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence" and the Killers video that featured the desert, dwarves and, much to my delight, plenty of busty Russ Meyer chicks ("All the Things That I've Done").
This looks to be one of the most straight-shooting rock movies in a long while. From what we have heard, the movie tells no half-truths, save for bassist Peter Hook being a smoker (he wasn't). Advance buzz has Control not sugarcoating anything about the late suicidal post-punk idol. It sure would be freaky if Ian Curtis became this years Johnny Cash or Ray Charles. Think of how kids sitting under the stairwells of high schools all over the world will feel about that.
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18 Frederik VII's Room
ROOM 18: This room, which mainly contains exhibits with a connection to the life and government of Frederik VII, was designed only five years after Frederik VII's death in 1863. The fact that the the museum of Rosenborg Palace contained then contemporary pieces, attracted international attention.
The room gained its current shape during the conversion by Frederik IV, along with Christian VIII's Room, at the beginning of the 18th century. Part of the ceiling in both rooms dates back to the time of Christian IV. The velvet tapestries were purchased in 1728 in Venice for Copenhagen Castle and transferred to Rosenborg in the 1750's.
The furniture, pictures and other exhibits relate mainly to the period between the two Schleswig Wars (1848-1851 and 1864); however, several items are mementos from the time before Frederik became King. From an art-historical viewpoint they illustrate the tendency to revive the styles of bygone ages.


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I love the Size and Speed/Range Table in GURPS. EABA has one too. I think both games get things right and wrong here, and since I have an idle moment, I want to say why.
What's Right?
Where do these kinds of charts succeed? While there's lots of small things, here are the big ones that occur to me:
Both charts (the SSR can be found on p. B550; "The Chart" is on p. 2.8 of EABA v2.01) cover the entire possible range of scaling and are logarithmic in nature. My personal experience is that this is nearly mandatory, since both gaming and real life happen on widely different scales.
This need not be frost giants and mortals, either. An aircraft carrier might well be the target of a light antitank weapon. A man might stomp on a bug. An industrial press might have hundreds – or thousands – of times the applied force capability of a human.
So something that accounts for scale is necessary.
GURPS chart has an easily memorized progression of values. There are six of them, and they repeat. 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 5, 7, then repeat at 10.
This progression is, without a doubt, one of the genius elements of the GURPS Size and Speed/Range table. Is all you need to know are those few numbers, plus that the penalty/bonus goes up +6 for 10x, and that 10 is -4, and 100 is -10. Mostly that means you can figure any penalty on the fly without looking at the chart, if you want.
EABA has an issue here. I'll get to that in a moment.
Logs and Ratios
The awesome thing about both of these is that they theoretically allow some great mechanical work to be done with simple addition/subtraction because of the nature of the tables. Logarithms turn multiplication and division into addition and subtraction.
The basis of a (base-10) logarithm is it's basically the exponent that you need to raise 10 to in order to get what you want. So since 10 to the zero power is 1, the log(base10) of 1 is zero. The log of 10 is 1, 100 is 2, and the log of 50 is about 1.7.
Most usefully (at least to me), log tables allow easy determination of ratios. So if you have a ST score that measures applied force, then you can look at who has the advantage by simply comparing the scores, and the difference of the highest to the lowest gives you the ratio of the one to the other . . . or it would, but for the flaw in both charts.
What's Not As Helpful
Where's the Zero?
Set the Zero to 1.0. Always.
Easy scaling is a win
Fix it?
Parting Shot
Why do I even care? I've been fiddling with two things.


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A night out at the little league field went terribly wrong for a little girl and her father when a fox, which was later confirmed to be rabid, attacked them in Derry, New Hampshire.
The 10-year-old was attacked by the gray fox Wednesday evening. Her father fought it off, but not before getting bit himself.
Brian DiPerri says there were about 25 kids and adults at O'Hara Field getting little league uniforms at about 7:45 p.m. when the animal came out from the woods and went after his daughter.
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"They turned around and came back screaming and yelling something about a fox," DiPerri said.
He says the fox was chasing the girls and then started attacking.
"The fox latched onto my daughter, I didn't know it was my daughter at the time, and my assistant coach kicked the fox loose," DiPerri explained. "The fox headed back to the woods and I followed it to make sure it got away from the kids, and at that point it turned on both of us."
The animal bit DiPerri, who was police say was legally carrying a weapon. He pulled out his gun and shot the fox.
Derry Police Captain Vern Thomas says everyone at the field was lucky that DiPerri was prepared to deal with such an unexpected situation.
"Relieved that the animal was dispatched right there," Thomas said. "The injuries could have been a lot worse."
Thursday, officials confirmed that the fox had tested positive for rabies.
DiPerri showed necn some scratches and a cut on his leg. He says his daughter only suffered one bite on her ankle.
He says he's thankful he was able to take action before anyone else was hurt.
"It's a comforting feeling to know you can handle a situation if you have to, it's not something you ever want to do," DiPerri said. "We live with wildlife, it's their environment, we just live in it, so just be cautious."
DiPerri and his daughter started their first round of rabies shots Wednesday night. By Thursday, they say they were feeling just fine.
Police say if you see an animal acting strangely, stay away and give them a call.


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As is usually the case over the festive holiday period, I had a little more time on my hands than usual. After seeing a number of adverts for the Decode: Digital Design Sensations exhibition at the V&A I decided to go and check it out and see what all the fuss was about…
I've always been fascinated with the idea of translating digital ideas into physical reality. The idea of taking a set of data, either made up or recorded from somewhere and representing that in a digital way. The Decode: Digital Design Sensations exhibition at the V&A is a demonstration of just that. Digital ideas represented in an easy to understand way.
The exhibition was split into three distinct parts: Code, Network and Interactivity. Code simply showed what could be done with raw data and the different ways in which it can be represented. I particularly liked the Digital Zoetrope by Troika London in this section which comprised text spinning on the outside of a cylindrical object, and appeared to slow down periodically in order to reveal certain facts.
Network contained exhibitions which displayed information which used a network in order to supply the information. There were a number of different ideas present here which mainly seemed to aggregate data and provide a visual representation of the data. One of the possibly more well known exhibits is the Exquisite Clock, where users who have downloaded the iPhone app can contribute an image to the clock pool. The clock uses these contributed images to display the time.
The interactivity section was by far the largest, in space and numbers. Rafael Lozano-Hemmer's Make Out display was one of the most intriguing with a six screen display with lots of videos of people kissing, sourced from the internet.
Other installations which I really liked included the Vanetian Mirror by Fabrica, which essentially recorded a long exposure picture but in a digital form. It was displayed on a high definition screen, almost life size. Because of the long exposure, subjects would have to sit or stand still for a few minutes before being completely and clearly shown.
Daniel Rozin's Weave Mirror was also extrememly clever using motors, electronics and laminated c-shaped prints to display a reflection of whatever was in front of the mirror. The mirror was constantly moving to reflect what it saw using a gradient from light to dark.
Alth0ugh not by any means the last of the exhibition, Body Paint by Mehmet Akten seemed to be one of the most enjoyable interactive exhibitions with people throwing themselves and everything else they had up, down and around in front of the display which altered the paint on the digtial canvas. A very neat idea, and very well made!
Overall, the exhibition really shows off current trends, capabilities and performance by digital designers around us. The multitude of ways data can be represented, used, manipulated and displayed are seemingly unlimited. This, it seems, is the future – digital ideas which transcend the virtual world and real world boundaries, and bring some of the human elements back into computers.
Human input, digital output!


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The rise of Brazil, Russia, India and China as global economic leaders has everyone buzzing. Billions of dollars in capital are unabatedly pouring in, as investors try to stake a toehold in the hottest markets on the planet. Indeed, these countries have young and dynamic consumers that are becoming important drivers of global growth. The governments in Brasilia, Moscow, New Delhi, and Beijing did well in modernizing their infrastructures and putting macroeconomic policies in place to assure that their countries will play dominant roles during the 21st century. Most investors fared very well during the initial phase of the BRIC boom, taking full advantage of depressed asset prices, exchange rates and wages. However, most of the bargains are gone, and the valuations across the BRICs are approaching developed world levels. Although the BRICs provide a great deal of promise, their judicial systems leave much to be desired. Unfortunately, a sophisticated and proven judicial system is the crux of a modern market-based society. Failure to fully revitalize their judicial systems will soon become a major impediment for their economic growth and development.
The private ownership of property is the key to a market-based economy. Individuals and companies optimize the resources at their disposal in order to maximize earnings and profits. However, they need a legal framework that establishes the rules for exchange. Not only does the legal system define ownership rights and obligations, it is also the venue to resolve conflicts and disputes. In 1993, Professor Douglass North was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for his work on institutionalism and the effects it had on development. Professor North argued that highly-developed legal systems were instrumental in defining property rights and accelerating investment and growth. The more developed a legal system was, the more economic agents could undertake complex financial transactions. Likewise, a well-regarded legal system allows investors to reduce risk premiums. They will be more likely to embark on longer-term projects with lower yields. However, the legal systems in Brazil, Russia, India and China are archaic, arbitrary and biased. The courts in Brazil, for example, are extremely slow. Cases can take years to proceed. Likewise, judges can be influenced, thus altering outcomes. The same goes with Russia. There are few legal precedents for Russian judges to make rulings. Russian judges are also heavily influenced by political pressures. Although the British left a lasting legal legacy in India, the courts are extremely bureaucratic and slow. Sadly enough, India boasts of having the longest ongoing legal proceeding in history. It is a property dispute that started 170 years ago. Last of all, China's courts are an amalgamation of the communist tribunals that dominated the legal system for the last 60 years and the legacies of thousands of years of imperial tradition. They are known to be arbitrary, without the western use of precedence and procedure. This is not the first time that China faces problems with its legal system. One of the main reasons for the creation of the foreign concessions during the colonial period was the establishment of Western or mixed courts. However, this was a painful loss of sovereignty, and it is still a very sore point. Therefore, there does not seem to be much interest in taking steps to realign the Chinese legal system with western-based systems.
Although judicial reform can be politically controversial, some countries have successfully taken such measures. During the Meiji Restoration, Japan incorporated many features of Germany's and France's legal systems. It then took further steps during the American occupation, after the end of World War II, to further integrate itself with western legal traditions. This was an important catalyst during the post-war economic boom. Although nestled in Latin America, Colombia has a well-regarded legal system that allows the proliferation of complex business and financial transactions. Unfortunately, judicial reform does not seem to be high on the agenda for the BRICs. There have been some cosmetic changes; such as China's recent decision to end capital punishment for some minor economic crimes. But, this does not constitute legal reform. The four countries must take steps to ensure the independence of their judiciary and establish a system based on precedence and cases that allows investors and economic agents to understand their property rights and analyze how different scenarios will affect the value of their financial assets.


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A group of public-spirited citizens, concerned about the problem of "wayward girls" in their midst, decided to establish the House of Mercy, a rescue home. They paid $6000 to purchase the property at 519 West Fourth Street, on September 3, 1894. $3000 was paid in cash, $1500 came from the city of Lexington who retained a lien against the property, and the remaining $1500 came from an anonymous donor. The home was among the earliest established in America with the emphasis of "saving and rescuing the fallen and degraded." The agency was named the Lexington House of Mercy.
By the mid 1940's professional social workers were employed by the Home. In 1951 the Board of Education began sending teachers to the Home for "Homebound Education". By the 1960's, Fayette County was providing two teachers and teaching supplies to the Home. In October of 1967 Christ the King church donated a small school building, and in January of 1968 Fayette County began providing a teacher for the residents and pregnant non-resident girls who attended school on-site.
In July of 1963 the policy of admitting only white clients was changed to allow all no matter of race, creed or color. By 1964 the University of Kentucky Medical Center handled all deliveries and medical care.
In 1982 an Emergency Shelter program for non-pregnant committed girls who resided in Kentucky was begun. A treatment license was applied for and received in 1997.
Community Development Block Grant monies were used to renovate the Home in 1998. Among many improvements, the Home now had air-conditioning.
Council on Accreditation attests that Florence Crittenton Home & Services, Inc. is accredited through October, 2013. Meeting the Highest National Standards of Professional Performance.
Community Development Block Grant monies were used to renovate and add-on to the kitchen. A modern, commercial kitchen has made meal preparation an easy chore.
A new school building was completed. Two classrooms, a workroom, central air, and a bathroom have made for a comfortable, safe place to learn.


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Everyone likes laughing. But not everyone is very good at getting other people to laugh. It is very easy to make a joke that falls flat, because comedy requires talent, practice and timing. Only extremely funny people can make a living out of telling jokes.
Comedians can work in television and movies, but the majority of them tour clubs and festivals, performing for live audiences. Usually, comedians focus on a few subjects, such as their childhoods, relationships or the workplace. They will come up with 10-30 minutes worth of jokes, and stick with this routine for quite a while, dropping bits that stop being timely, and adding in new jokes that appeal to certain audiences, or fit within the political climate of the day. Comedians are like actors, and the people they become on stage are not necessarily the people they are off stage. Not only do they have to be funny, but they have to be in control of their persona, so that the show continues even if the audience is unreceptive.
Not only do comics write their own material and perform it as often as they can, but they also have to promote themselves to club owners, television producers and other comedians. They spend a lot of time demonstrating their skills to anyone who will listen, in hopes that the big break is just around the corner.
Some comedians will hire an agent who will scout out good clubs and festivals where the comic's jokes will go over well. But the comedian still has to write material. The pressure to make people laugh can be intense.
Comics need to memorize, rehearse and rewrite the same few jokes over and over again. Agents can mean more contracts and traveling, which can be exhausting. Still, those flawless performances and large happy audiences mean the comedian is securing that hard won reputation they fought so long to get.
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