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I got as far as the second-episode of the Coffee Table Book, before finding an error (mistake).
I mean for a book that was so-called compiled by Seinfeld fanatics, to find an error
like this one on the second-episode page did not bode well for it.
It left a bad taste in my mouth.
The error is something along the lines of;
Jerry: What did she say?
Elaine: Whatever I wrote down.
Jerry: but what was the tone in her voice and how
did she sound?
Elaine: What am I, Rich Little?
This is actually a conversation between Jerry and his mother Helen.
Not between Jerry and Elaine.
And I wouldn't even call myself a "fanatic" and I managed to pick-up
on this mistake.
Does not bode well for a book written by so-called fanatics.


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quote xWyvernRathalosxTo do burst attack, you have to be in sword mode, and your charge bar have to be more than half. To activate the attack, press circle + triangle at the same time. After that tap on triangle as fast as you can to do extra damage.I cant get switch axe to do the big giant burst.
quote xWyvernRathalosxWhat is charge attack?I have mastered the charge attack.
quote xWyvernRathalosxThis attacks are weak and drain your stamina. I was using them in axe mode until I found out they did less damage than just normal axe swing (circle and triangle). I don't see any benefit from this attack except for make you look like god in a group. Seem like you attack the monster more than everyone else, but your budies are actually the one who kill the monster, you just scatching most of the time.And am also haveing trouble with
the non stop swing that drains your stamina.
quote Tailypoholding the analogue stick down whilst tapping triangle makes burst blow off more quicklyI've read somewhere that turning the analog stick quickly when you're tapping the Triangle button for the Burst makes it blow off more quickly, but I have yet to test it.
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Strangulations can occur when a child places his/her neck between the exposed inner cord and the fabric on the backside of the blind or when a child pulls the cord out and wraps it around his/her neck.
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About 45,000 Roman shades
This recall involves custom-made Roman shades. The shades were made out of fabric and of woven wood. The shades do not have any permanent markings.
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Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled shades and call the Window Covering Safety Council (WCSC) for a free repair kit toll-free at (800) 506-4636 anytime or visitwww.windowcoverings.org. The Shade Store is contacting all known customers.
Five showroom locations and online at www.theshadestore.com from February 2006 through March 2011 for between $120 and $355 per shade.
The Shade Store, of Port Chester, N.Y.
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I think I've found my source. Can anyone make a guess as to what size (2 Pint or 3 Pint) he is using in the video?
Matt,I'm not sure of quality, but it looks like with shipping it's a little over $50 out the door.store*dot*brickovenbaker*dot*com/cooking-tools/food-prep/copper-oil-cruet-2-pintI'm guessing they're based in Italy.***Edit***Why is a larger cruet better?


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In short: Feels just like a longer Parkrun!In full: This is just a brilliant race, I can't rate it too highly. I was worried the small field would mean lots and lots of fats runners, but, no, it felt just like a Parkrun. No tension, a real relaxed feel about it. If you are a first timer, its a great race to start for a 10k.Brilliant organisation, loads of marshalls, overall downhill course, mars bars, Mars Bar drink, free parking for runners and a £5 Sweatshop voucher...Run under trees, it would be good in the sun too.Just a brilliant race. Thank you Marshalls.Date of review: September 30, 2012
In short: That hill doesnt get any easier...In full: Again, a well organised race. The hill stops any chance of a PB for most, and I dont find it an easy course. But for some reason its an enjoyable race, good support, lots of marshallls and helpers. Well done Handy Cross...Date of review: July 16, 2012
In short: Great value race and challenging!!In full: This review is for Princes Risboro, not Hughendon. A real snip at £12, entries on the day an extra £2, I think. Great value. Well organised, well supported, fantastic marshalls. Scenary great, it may be more difficult in the sun, altho a 9.30 start good. A small but v friendly field 250 - 300 I would say, with a mixture of club and non-club runners.Not an easy course at all, quite undulating. Mug and orange juice at the end. Dont bother paying £50 to enter London 10k, when you can do this one instead. Well done VOAAC!!!Date of review: July 9, 2012
In short: Lovely village-y atmosphereIn full: Great race, plenty of toilets at start. Small field, about 100-120, but it has children and fun runners, so friendly.Entry fee not cheap, esp when you can get a PR for free on a Saturday, but the organisation is efficient,theres water on the way round, and it has a more race-y feel than a PR, which reflects in the entry fee.(there is a proper start and finish, and timing clock, for example)Nice race, well done, Purple Patch.Date of review: June 18, 2012
In short: Brilliant In full: Well organised, turn up on the day and enter! Not an easy course, but there were plenty of children who entered it, so not lung bursting. Nice village atmosphere. Well worth it, a fiver for the five miler, £7 for the 10 miler, which was two laps. Thank you Thornborough.Date of review: May 7, 2012
In short: Good race, and well done race organisersIn full: Yes, there was a prob at the start, but the reactions and decision making by the organisers made the prob not as great as it seemd. My Garmin was over mileage too? Not a prob... good race.... nice to see children helping out. Good weather too. Plenty of water stops. Well done.Date of review: April 6, 2012
In short: Not a Fun Run but FANTASTIC!!In full: Testing course, 2 laps for the 10 mile run. Bargain price, fantastic marshalling. Lovely scenary. The course was either up or down with long hills rather than steep ones, but there were simply LOADS of children doing it, so it cant be that bad!Do it for a fun day with the Family!!Date of review: May 2, 2011
In short: Itsworth it for the goody bag!In full: Great organisation, maybe more loos needed (arent there always).Hill at start a real misery, things can only get better from there. Absolutely fantastic goody bag... tech t-shirt, and lots of lovely little goodies.Good parking around the event. Lady who won the Half a real star!!!!!! A challenging 10k.Date of review: July 18, 2010
In short: Thank you MarshallsIn full: I am always appreciative of Marshalls, but this year they were Saints. I saw 1 Lady at 8.30, at the car park, soaking wet directing Runners. Then I saw her again at 11.00, at the finish sorting people out, still soaking wet.I agree with all the comments made before. But for me, it was the Marshalls who made it.Date of review: November 6, 2009
In short: The hills dont get easierIn full: A great race, well organised. This year, 1 more water stop and the mile markers at mile 3 and 6 a welcome addition. Also, there seemed to be less styles?A difficult hilly race. Forget mile splits and race times. Enjoy it for it is, a chance to run in fantastic countryside.Well done TringDate of review: October 11, 2009
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Make a difference and mentor a child
By TIMES WIRES
Published May 19, 2007
Gulf Coast Community Care needs volunteers age 30 and older for its mentoring program. Volunteers are matched with children of all ages throughout Pinellas County who need a positive adult role model.
Many of the children are in foster care or live with a single parent who is going to school and working. No experience is necessary. There are no costs. Volunteers spend a few hours a week doing simple activities such as reading, fishing, baking, teaching a craft or visiting a park with a child.
For more information, call Beverly at 479-1841 or Bonnie at 479-1825.
Guardians ad litem needed for children
More than 1, 000 children in Pinellas County need someone to be their voice in the courtroom, and the county's guardian ad litem program hopes that could be you.
You can learn about becoming a guardian ad litem by attending a one-hour orientation held each week on Thursdays. The time of the orientation is varied to accommodate the schedule of prospective volunteers.
Guardians ad litem speak on behalf of abused, abandoned or neglected children in Pinellas County courts. As a child's advocate, a guardian ad litem becomes familiar with the child and case and makes recommendations to the court to help ensure the child has a safe, caring and stable environment. Guardians ad litem receive training and ongoing supervision to help them make a positive difference in the lives of children.
Call 727 464-6528 to sign up for an orientation. For information, go to www.guardianadlitem6.org.
Hearing-impaired program expanded
The Deaf and Hearing Connection for Tampa Bay has expanded its no-cost telephone loan services, which include amplified telephone and equipment usage, at the following locations: Largo Library, Clearwater Library, Palm Harbor Library, Dunedin Senior Center, Safety Harbor Library, the Upper Tampa Bay Library, St. Petersburg Sunshine Center, Gulfport Senior Center and the Gulf Beaches Library. Call (727) 399-9983 for dates and times.
Bothered by litter? Call this number
Keep Pinellas Beautiful has a new 24-hour litter reporting hotline residents can use to report litter problems: (727) 210-4663.
The litter hotline is designed for large-scale litter problems or those that pose a public safety hazard, such as cases where items could create traffic problems. Examples include:
- Road or environmental hazards.
- Illegal dumping.
- Areas with major litter problems, such as storm drains with shopping carts or bulky items in them, or places like businesses with widespread litter problems.
The hotline is not for reporting code enforcement problems such as overgrown lawns or minor instances of littering.
Action to remove the trash/litter is taken by Keep Pinellas Beautiful Staff or coordination with the appropriate city or county department.
Callers will need to provide a street address or intersection, description of the litter problem and a contact phone number. Keep Pinellas Beautiful will coordinate with the appropriate city or county departments to address litter reports.
For more information, call (727) 210-4663 during regular business hours or visit the Web site at www.keep pinellasbeautiful.org.
Teen volunteer guide is now available
In an effort to promote youth volunteerism and help students complete service projects, the Volunteer Action Center and 2-1-1 Tampa Bay Cares has published the Pinellas County Teen Guide to Service Learning.
The guide lists 26 agencies in Pinellas that have volunteer opportunities for teens who need to complete 75 hours for the Bright Futures scholarship or for other programs.
For a free copy of the guide, call 211 or visit www.211tampabay.org. The 211 information line has information on health and human services in Pinellas, Hernando and Citrus counties. To reach the information line from a phone that's blocked from making three-digit calls, call 210-4211.
Small business program upgraded
Pinellas County has revised and renamed what used to be known as the Small Business Assistance Program.
Under its new name, the Small Business Enterprise Program allows qualified vendors to bid for county purchases from $2, 000 to $10, 000.
The program is designed to benefit all small businesses principally located in Pinellas County, regardless of the gender or race of their owners, with sales and staffing below established limits. Employers with fewer than 50 full-time employees and annual gross revenue of less than $2-million are eligible.
To learn more, call 464-3148 or e-mail email@example.com An online application is available at www.pinellascounty.org/ purchase/sbap1.htm.
Sign up to help collect for Tampa Bay Harvest
Tampa Bay Harvest is an all-volunteer organization that collects food from restaurants, supermarkets and other sources to donate to food pantries and other local organizations that help feed the hungry. Volunteers are needed to transport food, help with coordinating and record-keeping, and assist with food-collecting events. Call 538-7777, ext. 1.
U.S. Naval Sea Cadets offer youth programs
If you're a student between the ages of 11 and 17 and interested in learning about naval traditions through participation in activities on and off the water, the U.S. Naval Sea Cadets, a nonprofit youth organization, and part of the U.S. Navy's youth program, offers valuable life and work skills like teamwork, leadership and citizenship. There are two types of programs, the Navy League Cadet for ages 11 to 13 and the U.S. Naval Sea Cadets for ages 13 to 17. All cadets must be U.S. citizens, be in good moral standing, have a minimum of a 2.0 grade point average, be active in the community and be enrolled in school. Visit www.suncoastairsquadron.org for information or call (727) 796-7322.
Pay for misdemeanors, infractions at kiosks
Pinellas County Clerk of the Circuit Court Ken Burke has introduced payment kiosks for fines in misdemeanor and felony cases, municipal and county ordinances, and boating and traffic citations.
The kiosks are at the clerk's North County and Tyrone branches at 29582 U.S. 19 N in Clearwater and 1800 66th St. N, St. Petersburg. You can pay fines, plus a 3.5 percent service charge, with a debit or credit card or by using a checking account number to pay by electronic check.
You also can pay fines by calling (727) 464-4846 or visiting http://www.pinellasclerk.org and clicking on the "Make a Payment" link.
To learn more, call the branches at 464-8700 in Clearwater, 582-7681 in St. Petersburg or the clerk's office at (727) 464-7000.
No insurance? Free care is available
The Pinellas County Human Services Department provides free medical care on evenings and weekends to residents of Pinellas County who don't have medical insurance.
Services are provided on the county's Mobile Medical Unit at different sites throughout the county. Evening hours are 4 to 7:30 p.m.
Services available to uninsured residents during evening visits include basic primary care, lab services and prescriptions. The staff can also provide referrals to dental, mental health and substance abuse treatment.
Emergency services are not provided.
Care is provided regardless of income or citizenship status.
For information on locations and times, call (727) 582-7595. Go to www.pinellascounty.org/humanservices/services.htm#mobile for a monthly calendar.
Low-cost spaying, neutering offered
More than 60, 000 unwanted animals are euthanized in the Tampa Bay area each year, so the nonprofit group Stop Pet Overpopulation Together (SPOT) is teaming up with local veterinarians to offer low-cost spaying and neutering for any cat or dog at least 8 weeks old.
The prices are $35 for male cats, $40 for female cats, $40 for male dogs and $45 to $90 for female dogs, depending on the weight. SPOT offers low-cost spay/neuter vouchers online at www.SPOTusa.org. Call (727) 545-3463.
Cadet Squadron seeking members
The Civil Air Patrol Palm Harbor Cadet Squadron is looking for new members 12 to 21 and for adults older than 21 to be senior members or supervisors.
The Palm Harbor chapter, which also covers Tarpon Springs, especially welcomes middle school students.
Young people in the program attend military camps, practice search and rescue techniques in the forest, can earn scholarships to become pilots and perform community service.
Adults interested in joining as senior members must go through extensive background checks.
The cadets meet from 6:30 to 9 p.m. the first, second and fourth Mondays of the month at All Saints Episcopal Church at 1700 Keystone Road in Tarpon Springs. On the third Monday of the month, the group meets at Tarpon Springs High School at 1411 Gulf Road.For more information, check www.phcadet.com, call Capt. Robert Downing at (727) 686-8357 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Kits available to help find missing children
Child Photo ID and Fingerprint kits help parents or guardians assemble identification information needed to search for a missing child.
To order a free kit, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the nonprofit Missing Children Awareness Foundation, 13094 95th St. N, Largo 33773. Call (727) 585-5360 or toll-free 1-800-741-7233.
Volunteers sought for two centers, museum
Tarpon Springs officials are looking for people to assist at its Performing Arts Center, Cultural Center and Safford House museum.
The Performing Arts Center needs ushers and backstage assistants.
The Cultural Center seeks front-desk receptionists, hosts and gallery assistants to help with exhibits, programs, performances, special events and in the gift shop.
The Safford House, an 1883 National Register historic house museum, is looking for volunteers as docents, collection assistants, researchers, and gardeners.
Call (727) 937-0686.
Want to adopt? SPCA has special cat or dog
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Tampa Bay has more than 80 dogs and 155 cats in need of adoptive homes. Adult dogs and cats are available for $25. The adoption fee includes vaccinations, including rabies; spaying or neutering; county license tag; microchip for identification; and free obedience classes for canines. The main shelter is at 9099 130th Ave. N.
Hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday; 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday; and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Adoptable pets are also featured at www.SPCATampaBay.org or call the shelter at (727) 586-3591.
Dog Training Club offers varied classes
The Upper Suncoast Dog Training Club, a nonprofit organization, offers beginning through advanced classes in agility, clicker training, conformation, junior handling, obedience and puppy kindergarten.
The club also offers trials and provides opportunities to show your dog. The air-conditioned indoor club, 2101 Logan St., is near the Long Center. Call (727) 449-8738 or visit www.usdtc.org.
Big Brothers Big Sisters needs helpers
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Pinellas County seeks volunteers willing to spend as little as an hour a week with local children who need mentors. Volunteers must be at least 18 and have a valid driver's license. For information, call (727) 518-8860 or visit www.bbbspc.org. As part of the state's mentoring initiative, some employers allow an hour or so per week of administrative leave for employees to mentor.
Italian Americans hold dinner-dance Tuesdays
The Italian American Club of Greater Clearwater, 200 McMullen-Booth Road, has a pasta dinner and dance from 5 to 8:30 p.m. every Tuesday. Tickets are $7 for members, $9 for nonmembers.
The club also holds dinner-dances from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m. every other Saturday. Tickets are $13 for members, $16 for nonmembers.
Call (727) 791-8698.


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Malabsorption is when the body has trouble absorbing certain vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, proteins, or fats even though food is digested.
Malabsorption is associated with a number of diseases that affect the intestines or other areas of the gastrointestinal tract, such as:
Factors that may increase your chance of malabsorption include:
Malabsorption may cause:
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done.
Your bodily fluids, waste products, and tissues may be tested. This can be done with:
Images may be taken of your bodily structures. This can be done with x-rays.
Your pancreas may be tested. This can be done with a pancreatic function test.
In some people, the specific underlying condition must be treated in order to reverse the malabsorption. Other conditions cannot always be treated such as cystic fibrosis, short bowel, or pancreatic insufficiency.
Depending on the cause and severity of the malabsorption, you may need to make up for nutritional deficiencies by consuming additional nutrients through foods or supplements. A diet rich in vitamins and minerals along with increased quantities of fat, protein, or carbohydrate may be required. Nutrient supplementation may include folate, iron, and vitamin B12. In some cases, nutrients may be given by IV.
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Abdullah M, Firmansyah MA. Clinical approach and management of chronic diarrhea. Acta Med Indones. 2013;45(2):157-165.
Bacterial overgrowth syndrome. Merck Manual Professional Version website. Available at: http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/gastrointestinal_disorders/malabsorption_syndromes/bacterial_overgrowth_syndrome.html. Updated May 2014. Accessed June 19, 2014.
Chronic diarrhea. EBSCO DynaMed Plus website. Available at: http://www.dynamed.com/topics/dmp~AN~T114891/Chronic-diarrhea. Updated July 1, 2016. Accessed September 26, 2016.
Diarrheal diseases—acute and chronic. American College of Gastroenterology website. Available at: http://patients.gi.org/topics/diarrhea-acute-and-chronic. Updated December 2012. Accessed July 19, 2014.
Overview of malabsorption. Merck Manual Professional Version website. Available at: http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/gastrointestinal_disorders/malabsorption_syndromes/overview_of_malabsorption.html. Updated May 2014. Accessed July 19, 2014.
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Ever notice that Paul says the same thing in almost every interview. Ever wonder why he does that and he keeps repeating himself. You think he can add different colours or flavors during the interview
All i am saying he does the same interview over and over again and even with the same lilt in his voice as he does different voices.
Before you kill me, it makes an interview with him a little tedious.
As an avid fan, for many years, i know these by heart know.
The following stores are always told in an interview..I am sure there is more...Just wanted to see if anybody noticed that?
To support his feel on the musicianship between Lennon and Mccartney. Paul always says "I wrote getting better all the time" and then John said "It couldn't get no worse"...I had the sweet line and John had the sarcastic line.
To support his theory that he isn't a control freak
Then when i was doing my love, Henry McCullough came to me and said "Mind if i change the solo"...(Scottish accent and lilt in his voice). I had an orchestra and all these musicians..I should sure ok...
I was doing Hey Jude...and George was answering back...(imitating a guitar sound)..."da...daa...da..." and i didn't really see it that way...So, it was a bit of a number for sure to have to dare say to George Harrison,one of the greats of all time, to dare to tell him, not to play on the solo....cause i didn't really see it that way'''
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MOLI-Serbia: MAIN ACTIVITIES 2011
Study visit to Estonia and Lithuania (22-25 November 2011)
MOLI Serbia Project organised a
multi-agency study visit to Tallinn,
Estonia and Vilnius, Lithuania
between 22 and 25 November 2011 with
the aim of gaining an insight into
best practices on money laundering
and terrorist financing in the
Baltic countries. The Serbian
delegation, consisting of
representatives of the
Administration for the Prevention of
Money Laundering (APML), National
Bank of Serbia, State Public
Prosecutor's Office and Customs
Administration, held bilateral
meetings with Estonian and
Lithuanian Financial Intelligence
Units, Financial Supervision
Authorities, Law Enforcement
Agencies and Central Banks.
Interactive Training on money laundering, search, seizure, and confiscation of the proceeds of crime (Belgrade, 2-3 November 2011)
MOLI Serbia Project organized two-day training on money laundering, search, seizure, and confiscation of the proceeds of crime "Criminal Intelligence, Investigation and Prosecution - A Practical Perspective". The interactive training, led by four Dutch experts in this field, was based on a practical case study adjusted to the needs of the Serbian system. The training was held in Hotel Continental in Belgrade, on 2 and 3 November 2011.
Training in i2 Bridge for
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Fairbairns, Zoë (Ann)
Zoë (Ann) Fairbairns 1948–
English novelist.
Fairbairns is a feminist writer whose novels examine from both a historical and a contemporary perspective the inequalities and difficulties women have faced. She has been commended for creating strong characters, male and female, who reflect women's struggles, and for avoiding being didactic or simplistic.
Benefits (1976) is a futuristic story set in the closing years of the twentieth century, when women are subject to compulsory birth control. As an Orwellian government attempts to institutionalize motherhood, selective breeding begins and women's role in society is vastly reduced. Benefits has been praised as a meaningful political fable, and Fairbairns is recognized for her skill in balancing her characters.
Stand We at Last (1983) has been called Fairbairns's most accomplished novel. This work follows five generations of English women through their struggles to gain personal and political freedom. Elizabeth Grossman asserted that Fairbairns tried to cover too many topics and failed to explore the passing time periods in depth, but other critics applauded Fairbairns's historical research and declared that Stand We at Last was a convincing portrait of women's issues over the last hundred years.
(See also Contemporary Authors, Vol. 103.)
Nicholas Shrimpton
[Benefits] begins as a brisk tract on the campaigns for abortion on demand and the retentions of child benefits. It then suddenly transforms itself into a zany dystopia, set in the closing years of the 20th century. In part this is a satirical reversal of current arguments against legal abortion, since the woman of the future's right to choose is inhibited by compulsory birth control and she resorts to back-street doctors in order to become pregnant. But there is also an attempt to pursue a serious political hypothesis. A new government begins to pay women substantial salaries for rearing their own children. This seemingly desirable step leads immediately to the exclusion of women from the job-market, and ultimately to a policy of selective breeding. By the end we seem to be back with the old Welfare State, some of its warts and all. As a vision of the future the book suffers from the extreme narrowness of its focus. As an argument it is confused by its author's inability to resist distractions. Zoe Fairbairns writes excellent jokes. But she does need a tighter framework in which to set them. (p. 559)
Nicholas Shrimpton, "A Dash of Kim," in New Statesman, Vol. 98, No. 2534, October 12, 1979, pp. 559-60.
Victoria Glendinning
[Benefits] is a feminist novel: it is about the women. It is complex and ambitious, and in some of its aspects has nothing to do with imaginative literature. It is a short novel that is remembered as a long one, because it is jampacked and because it covers a period of thirty years from 1976—ie it is a projection of what could happen to women, and therefore to all society, in the immediate future…. In Benefits, the intimacy of personal stories meshes grindingly with the exposition of ideas. But for all that it should be read.
The central theme emerges only gradually from dialectic, incident, reports of legislation and robust cinematic set-pieces…. Nearly every female type, the home-maker, the uncommitted, the lesbian, the bisexual, the power-hungry, the good, the bad, the boring and the mad, are represented in the course of this thirty years' war; you could make this book mean what you want it to, since everyone can find her own position stated, and without irony, by somebody.
But what it begins to be about—and was about all along, one realises—is the attitude of women to childbearing. Not to be allowed to have a baby is as monstrous as not being allowed to prevent one. The 'Benefit' of the title is the state wage paid to women who have children—a social measure many would now be in favour of. But the post-1984 government find they can control the population by denying Benefit to women...
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ANGELA McROBBIE
Fairbairns' 600-page family saga [Stand We at Last] succeeds admirably in sweeping the reader into its narrative; nor does it at any point read as though written to a formula, despite its explicit intention to present a feminist reworking of the genre….
[The] expectations of the traditional saga are overturned (no direct descendants and no inheritance); and yet there is a legacy, as Fairbairns goes to great lengths to demonstrate—a legacy which works its way down through the suffragette movement to feminism today. Stand We at Last should be read not only by feminists but also by our mothers' generation; it summons a strength through broken spirits and a pride despite apparent imprisonment. Its sadness lies, I think, in its absences—those of youth and the compensation of a rich family and community culture, something not necessarily irreconcilable with the aims of the Women's Movement.
Angela McRobbie, "Dependence," in New Statesman, Vol. 105, No. 2708, February 11, 1983, p. 31.∗
Elizabeth Grossman
Stand We at Last is billed as a feminist saga and it is: a tale of women of ordinary circumstances whose lives have been bound by convention and the accidents and politics of sex and birth. And although the novel accomplishes what it sets out to, involving us in the fate of its many heroines and occasionally painting a vivid scene, its contrivance hinders its success. It reaches out at too many incidents of history, stretching itself thin to cover so much time and ground. Its landscape is rendered plainly and more convincingly than its dialogue, which is so obviously designed to convey a message. Sprawling over more than a century, Stand We at Last makes its point—sincerely, but not in a particularly original or unusual way. Its plot and characters may well satisfy those fond of the genre, but others may feel time would be better spent with Dickens, Gaskell, or Eliot.
Elizabeth Grossman, "A Feminist 'Thornbirds'?" in Ms., Vol. XI, No. 9, March, 1983, p. 34.
Audrey C. Foote
The title introductory poem "The March of Women" and the author's preface all declare that this large novel [Stand We at Last] has a feminist theme and purpose. But those who expect militant propaganda will be surprised by Fairbairns' evenhandedness, good humor and, above all, lively narrative skill with which she devises a large cast of convincing characters, both female and male, and places them within a well-depicted historical framework that extends for over a century.
That history is often harsh, but the fiction is humane. The major characters, mostly lower-middle-class English women from 1855 to 1970, endure and usually prevail against the universal as well as particular privations and troubles of their times and class…. Yet while the laws, institutions and customs are often repressive or demoralizing to these women, blame is almost never placed on their individual lovers, fathers, husbands or even employers. Interestingly, the men characters are often shown as more generous, better tempered than their mates. Moreover, while the women are indeed usually disadvantaged by their society, the author suggests that attainment of independence is ultimately within their grasp.
As this is very much a novel and not a tract, any pattern among these varied lives is only partial; rather, certain designs occasionally repeat: girlish energy and ambition are somehow foiled or burn out; discouragement and depression follow, and then abandonment to often embittered dependence, usually but not always on men.
Audrey C. Foote, in a review of "Stand We at Last," in Book World—The Washington Post, March 6, 1983, p. 4.
S. M. Mowbray
The title [Stand We at Last] comes from a Women's Movement hymn which also includes the discouraging line 'Life, strife, these two are one'—an apt enough comment for the central characters of this novel. It is a kind of Women's Lib. family saga…. The five heroines have a terrible time. Illegitimate children, VD, destitution, forced registration as prostitutes, rape, infidelity and desertion by their menfolk, and of course the pains of childbirth—these are only a few of their troubles. The most intrepid of the book's heroines is Sarah, who works her fingers to the bone in Australian exile and finally goes down gloriously in the Titanic; the most irritating is Jackie, who loses her virginity under...
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Last Friday, the Union College and Barbourville communities came together to show support for Union head volleyball coach and his family.
At the event "Praying and Playing," Union College community members and Barbourville community members united to raise funds for the Cheyenne Kateri Wise Fund. Cheyenne Kateri Wise, the infant daughter of Union coach Jeremy Wise, recently lost her battle with cancer. Activities at the event included a volleyball tournament, corn hole and water pong tournament, T-shirts and baked goods sales.
Wise expressed his gratitude for the support and said the Union community had acted as family when needed.
"We have been so overwhelmed by the show of love and support from the Union College community. We have lived here for only seven or eight months and moved here not knowing anyone," Wise said. "After going through what we've been through – which no one should have to deal with, we now know we have family here in Kentucky."
The event was organized primarily by the Union College volleyball team as a way to show support for their coach and his family. Caitlin Merritt, a volleyball player, said the team was amazed at the amount of support shown during this event.
"When we initially came up with the idea to have a volleyball tournament to help raise money for the Wise family, we knew it would be big, but not big enough to raise $4,500," Merritt said. "We even had people from around the world asking for a T-shirt, which was awesome! The amount of support we received from Union and the community was endless."
Tyler Brock, Union men's soccer coach, helped the team organize the event. He reiterated Merritt's statement, calling the event a true example of the word "Union," and emphasized the dedication of the volleyball team.
"This entire event came together because of the love and respect that the volleyball team has for their coach. And once they got the event started, there was no shortage of people to help. When one of our family needed help, everybody came running," Brock said.
The event raised $4,500 for the Cheyenne Kateri Wise Fund, set up at Hometown Family Bank in Barbourville. Brock said that donations can be made at any branch of Hometown Bank. He also encouraged those wishing to show support to join the Facebook page "Prayers for Cheyenne Kateri Wise." For more information, contact the Office of College Communications at 606-546-1610.


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Debates of Nov. 27th, 1997
House of Commons Hansard #39 of the 36th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was cpp.
- Privilege
- Government Response To Petitions
- Organized Crime
- Committees Of The House
- Corrections And Conditional Release Act
- Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act
- Petitions
- Questions On The Order Paper
- Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act
- Environment
- Year 2000
- Jacques Parizeau
- Bc Mine Workers
- The Environment
- Seaforth Highlanders
- Jacques Parizeau
- Child Tax Benefit
- Jacques Parizeau
- Canadian Flag
- Jacques Parizeau
- Alternative Service Delivery
- Quebec Premier
- Pharmaceutical Industry
- Quebec Sovereignty
- The Late Justice John Sopinka
- Canada Post
- Krever Report
- Minister Of Intergovernmental Affairs
- Child Poverty
- The Economy
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Minister Of Intergovernmental Affairs
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Minister Of Intergovernmental Affairs
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Krever Report
- Justice
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Krever Inquiry
- Rcmp
- Climate Change
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Powa
- Human Rights
- Krever Inquiry
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Literacy
- Seal Hunt
- Business Of The House
- Points Of Order
- Committees Of The House
- Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act
- Message From The Senate
- Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act
- People's Tax Form Act
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act
Government Orders
1:55 p.m.
The Speaker
My colleague, that is precisely what we want to hear about and we will give you the floor right after we come back from question period. We are now going to go to Statements by Members.
Statements By Members
1:55 p.m.
Karen Kraft Sloan York North, ON
Mr. Speaker, protection of the environment begins in our communities. In that respect Environment Canada launched its Action 21 Network program earlier this year to identify Canadians undertaking successful environmental initiatives.
I am very proud to announce that the town of Georgina in my riding of York North has recently received a certificate of environmental citizenship from Environment Canada. The town of Georgina was the first town in the greater Toronto area to implement a full user pay for garbage program. They charge $1.00 per bag.
Georgina soon discovered that people think much differently about what they are discarding when they have to pay for garbage disposal. Within one month of implementation there was a 50% increase in recycling and a 40% decrease in waste going to landfill. Overall there has been a 40% decrease in the amount of waste.
I commend Mayor Grossi, the council and citizens of Georgina for their achievements.
Year 2000
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Gurmant Grewal Surrey Central, BC
Mr. Speaker, I warn the Liberals that Canadians do not accept the government's failure to guarantee that the computers of federal departments will work properly and not crash in the year 2000.
The Canadian public will suffer when programs and services are seriously disrupted.
Most computers use two digits to represent the year and do not recognize 00 as the year 2000. The Liberals have not properly budgeted for billions of dollars to fix this problem. Only one-third of federal departments have a strategy for dealing with the crisis.
The Liberals should prepare and table in parliament a contingency plan to address possible failure. The Liberals have not addressed the long term legal implications of failure. The slow and haphazard planning of the Liberals is interfering with the year 2000 compliance.
The auditor general has already lambasted the Liberals for their tardiness. Canadians are watching the Liberals fudge the year 2000 project.
Jacques Parizeau
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Marlene Jennings Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, QC
Mr. Speaker, former separatist premier Jacques Parizeau had more to say about what he called ethnic communities and the defeat of his sovereignist option at the last referendum. Such remarks are unacceptable. We do not have different classes of citizens in Quebec, at least not in my Quebec.
I would like to quote a few comments made by Lucien Bouchard about his predecessor, Jacques Parizeau. He called him "A man of integrity and great conviction". "We have been very happy allies so far". "Few politicians act on the basis of a philosophy". "This honest, intelligent, determined and experienced leader that Quebec needs".
What the people of Quebec need is certainly not to have disgraceful, disparaging remarks made about them, their friends or their neighbours. Lucien Bouchard—
Jacques Parizeau
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
The Speaker
The hon. member for Manicouagan.
Bc Mine Workers
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Ghislain Fournier Manicouagan, QC
Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Human Resources Development showed unacceptable contempt for the BC Mine workers.
It is unacceptable to keep saying that these workers should take advantage of employment programs because, as the minister knows, having met with their representative, 82% are over 50 years old of age 36% are 55 and over.
After working 20, 25 and even 30 years in the mine, workers need a program that will guarantee a reasonable minimum income before they become eligible for a pension.
The federal government will be judged on its sensitivity to the situations experienced by these workers and their families. So far, its behaviour has been dangerously similar to what the Reform Party advocates in its ideology.
The Environment
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Charles Caccia Davenport, ON
Mr. Speaker, last night the Leader of the Official Opposition asked Canadians to put their heads in the sand and ignore global warming as defined by over 2,000 scientists.
In a further display of crass ignorance the Leader of the Official Opposition engaged in scaremongering and waved the flag of taxes, ignoring over 2,000 economists who say reducing greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency, energy innovation and other measures is a win-win situation.
It has become quite evident that the Leader of the Official Opposition is being dragged reluctantly into the 21st century and has precious little to contribute to the climate change debate.
Seaforth Highlanders
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Jim Hart Okanagan—Coquihalla, BC
Mr. Speaker, the Asian Pacific Economic Co-operation conference has wrapped up in Vancouver. Canadians are asking what the government achieved.
Somehow the Liberals managed to insult a proud army regiment based in Vancouver. The Seaforth Highlanders were rejected for honour guard duty in favour of the Vandoos from Quebec. The reason given was that the Seaforth Highlanders uniform did not look Canadian enough.
In October 1944 the Seaforth Highlanders spearheaded an attack in northern Italy. They were suddenly set upon by three German tanks and about thirty infantrymen.
A one man army, Smokey Smith won the Victoria Cross for his amazing acts of bravery during this battle. Smokey Smith wore his medal proudly on a very Canadian uniform in a very real war far from his home in British Columbia.
The Liberal government should be ashamed for rejecting the Seaforth Highlanders at the APEC conference.
Jacques Parizeau
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Paul Devillers Simcoe North, ON
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise and comment on the remarks made by Jacques Parizeau during a university tour in Alberta Tuesday.
Although he has an unfortunate habit of blaming the ethnic communities for the defeat of the separatist option in 1995, Mr. Parizeau was astonishingly frank when he clearly stated that francophone communities outside Quebec would have trouble surviving if Quebec were to separate.
I for one am delighted at Mr. Parizeau's frankness. I must, however, point out the blatant contradiction between Mr. Parizeau's frank remarks and the remarks of Bloc Quebecois members, who are, after all, in the same political camp.
According to the Bloc Quebecois, francophone communities outside Quebec would be better off if Quebec separated. Would one of the members of that party be so good as to explain this contradiction to us?
Child Tax Benefit
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Christiane Gagnon Québec, QC
Mr. Speaker, the minister responsible for the child tax benefit is hoarse from telling us how wonderful his government is and that we must invest in our children.
In 1997 dollars, the federal government invested $6.7 billion in 1984, compared to $5.1 billion this year. The Caledon Institute and anti-poverty groups have estimated that an additional $2 billion annually would be the minimum to launch the fight against poverty.
The Bloc Quebecois adds its voice to that of hungry children and urges the government to put an additional $1.2 billion into the child tax benefit program, without infringing on provincial responsibility in this sector. We are far from the $850 million announced by the government.
Jacques Parizeau
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Raymonde Folco Laval West, QC
Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, the former leader of the yes side during the last referendum campaign in Quebec, Jacques Parizeau, once again accused the Greek, Italian and Jewish communities of being responsible for the sovereignists' loss, in 1995.
The former PQ leader and Quebec premier decided to treat us to more of what he said on the night of the referendum, when he claimed that the yes side had lost because of money and because of the ethnic vote.
Such comments from someone who claimed he could lead a nation are irresponsible and unbefitting. Today, I ask all sovereignists to dissociate themselves from the comments made on Tuesday by the former leader of the yes side. I feel personally insulted by Mr. Parizeau's remarks. Regardless of our origin, we chose Canada as our country and, as citizens of Canada, we take very seriously our duty and our responsibility to express our views on the future of our country by exercising our right to vote.
Canadian Flag
Statements By Members
November 27th, 1997 / 2:05 p.m.
Myron Thompson Wild Rose, AB
Mr. Speaker, Tuesday night I watched one of the most disrespectful acts that could ever be conducted, the burning of our Canadian flag.
This took place in Verdun where Raymond Villeneuve and a band of thugs wearing bandannas over their faces burned the Canadian flag and shoved and kicked elderly people as they entered a council meeting.
Politics aside, these people should be charged for such a vile act. Tens of thousands of people died defending this flag and the values it represents. What kind of a message does it send when we see young people burning our flag?
Are we moving toward a culture of mass cowards? This is simply not the Canadian way. We are a tolerant people who have fought for our freedom both here and abroad. The Canadian flag is one of the most respected symbols of peace around the world.
We are allowing these hooligans to ruin the reputation Canadians fought and died for on foreign soil. Is the government so weak that it will allow their assault on our heritage? If the country is to remain united we must take a stand now before it is too late.
Jacques Parizeau
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Jacques Saada Brossard—La Prairie, QC
Mr. Speaker, Quebeckers from all over the province have expressed their outrage following Mr. Parizeau's latest remarks, which are along the same line as the comments he made on the night of the referendum.
As a Quebecker, I do not recognize myself in the picture the former premier drew. Mr. Parizeau's comments are dangerous but, given his refusal to vigorously and strongly condemn these remarks, Mr. Bouchard's attitude is even more dangerous.
Mr. Bouchard is not an ordinary citizen. He is the premier of all Quebeckers. In our democracy, he is my premier. I would had hoped that he would represent me.
I am not speaking as a federalist condemning the independentists, but as a man who is looking for inclusion and who opposes those advocating exclusion. I am speaking as a man who deplores the missed opportunity, by his premier, to make an unequivocal appeal for tolerance.
Alternative Service Delivery
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Wendy Lill Dartmouth, NS
Mr. Speaker, alternative service delivery is a Liberal government initiative aimed at obtaining goods and services in the most efficient and effective manner possible.
Government employees, for example in the Halifax area, have been forced to prove that they can do the job better and more cheaply than a private company, and they have. In Halifax and across the country these workers have successfully proven they are far more cost effective than the private sector.
I have a document from the defence management committee that uncovered the government's change in plans. The Liberals want to fast track ASD by bundling bids. This simply means that all contracts will be awarded on a national basis. Local work units will not be able to bid effectively. Only big corporations with the resources to bid will get the contracts.
Why is the government changing the rules? Have public sector workers been too successful under ASD?
We believe the real goal of the Liberal government is to privatize at any cost, no matter what the impact is on our workers and our communities.
Quebec Premier
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Mac Harb Ottawa Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, so Lucien Bouchard, the Premier of Quebec, has refused to distance himself from the words of the former leader of the yes camp, Jacques Parizeau, who said that the referendum loss was attributable to ethnic groups such as the Greeks, the Jews and the Italians.
These words are offensive for all members of cultural communities who have always felt that they are Quebeckers in their own right.
We expected the Premier of Quebec to state loud and clear that he disagreed with such statements by Jacques Parizeau. On the contrary, and I quote one of the answers by Lucien Bouchard yesterday in the National Assembly: "Mr. Parizeau is a prominent citizen. He has the right to express himself and he went to speak directly to the people in English Canada—Mr. Parizeau is a great democrat".
Since Lucien Bouchard supports these offensive statements, we take note that Mr. Parizeau's message now constitutes the official position of the PQ government in the area of cultural communities in Quebec.


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In short: Must be the best road marathon in the UKDate of review: October 28, 2012
In short: 2011 Scorchio, 2012 Squelchio still relentless, challenging, beautiful and brilliantIn full: Not for the faint of heart, a course that will test you to your limits, the combination of climbs, descents and terrain barely gives you a moments respite. Organisation faultless again this year, support awesome, weather terrible but I preferred this years wet to last years heat. In two years has become a must do marathon for those who want more than urban Tarmac. Not one to underestimate but just the best way imaginable to spend a filthy wet Sunday at the start of July.Date of review: July 2, 2012
In short: Lumps, bumps and cattle grids; friendly, charming and fun.In full: Wonderfully low key, interesting profile and mixed terrain. Cattle grids and gates kept it interesting. Lots of local support. Well organised. Will be back next year.Date of review: November 7, 2011
In short: 1st time off road, couldn't have picked a better eventIn full: Nothing original to add, just reinforcement of all the other reviews a wonderful event leaving you with a warm feeling (crumble, cake and hot drink). Great course, challenging but doable for a novice or 1st timer like me.Date of review: November 13, 2010
In full: Great - better if I had not been the guy who took the organisers at their word when they post posted the start to 10AM fetched some sub block from the car and had to run 2k back and start last (7 mins behind elite) when the race began at 9.50AM. Other than that great!Date of review: May 23, 2010
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Topic: Reorganization
The rest of the staff and I decided that the old way we had our forums organized didn't really mesh well with the current forum offerings here. So we reorganized them a bit. Some highlights:
Category changes
There's no longer a distinction between "beginner" forums and "regular" forums. The new categories are "Setup", "Planning", and "Coding" to highlight the various stages in app development you might be in when you ask a question. Hopefully this way will make more sense than what we had before.
Forum removal
We got rid of the Beginning Rails forum because many of those questions and questions in the General Rails forum overlapped in difficulty level. So now there's just one forum for any Rails programming issues. All old posts from the Beginning Rails forum are in the Rails Programming forum, so no questions were lost in the move
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Egeria fl. late 4th century-
(Also Etheria or Aetheria) Gallic or Galician travel writer.
Scholars associate Egeria with the oldest surviving example of Christian travel writing, the Itinerarium Egeriae (381-84; Egeria's Travels to the Holy Land), a first-person travelogue that describes its female author's pilgrimage from western Europe to the Mediterranean Near East. A lively account of sites, individuals, and practices associated with Christian life and observance in the fourth century, the Itinerarium Egeriae includes both descriptive and narrative material and is crafted as a spiritual exercise in Christian piety as it relates Hegiras journeys along ancient routes once traveled by the figures of the Old Testament. A second portion of the damaged and incomplete manuscript contains invaluable historical evidence concerning the Christian liturgy as performed in Jerusalem during the late fourth century.
Biographical Information
Factual information regarding Egeria's life outside of what is contained in the Itinerarium Egeriae is very limited. According to the seventh-century monk Valerius of Vierzo, Egeria was his countrywoman, hailing from Galicia (a region of northwestern Spain). Several modern scholars have disputed this claim, quoting Egeria's ambiguous assertion that "she started out from the furthest western Ocean" and arguing that she may have originated from western Gaul (modern France). In any case, she appears to have lived most of her life in a provincial rather than an urban environment in close proximity to the Atlantic coast of western Europe. Valerius additionally asserts that Egeria was a nun, although some critics remain skeptical on this point, arguing instead that she was the member of a community of unmarried women with a strong religious orientation. Egeria's literacy, as well as evidence suggesting that she was not of noble birth, however, tends to suggest that she was the beneficiary of a monastic education. Her familiarity with Latin scripture is evident throughout the Itinerarium Egeriae and her knowledge of written Greek was at least basic, judging from numerous Greek words and phrases used and transliterated throughout the text of her travelogue. In 381, Egeria embarked upon a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the surrounding regions, including the principal areas of Egypt and Mesopotamia mentioned in the Old Testament. Probably accompanied by a small retinue, Egeria and her companions followed specifically Christian goals in their pilgrimage and relied upon the hospitality of church and monastic organizations for the daily necessities of food and shelter, as well as the service of temporary guides and even guards in certain dangerous areas. While many of the exact details of Egeria's route are unspecified, she certainly visited northern Italy and Rome, then traveled to Constantinople, Antioch in Asia Minor, and Jerusalem. Afterward, she journeyed to Egypt, climbing Mount Sinai and visiting monks in the Egyptian desert, as well as the cities of Goshen and Alexandria. She additionally traveled to Mesopotamia, reaching the Euphrates River, and stopped in Edessa before returning to Europe via Constantinople. The total journey lasted more than three years and was concluded in 384. Egeria's death date is unknown.
Textual History
The earliest substantial reference and redaction of Egeria's travelogue occurs in a twelfth-century compilation of holy places by Peter the Deacon, monk of the abbey at Monte Cassino, Italy, who possessed a complete manuscript of her writing. In 1884 the scholar G. F. Gamurrini rediscovered this manuscript (since dated to the eleventh century) in Arezzo, Italy, where it had likely been moved in about 1599. Gamurrini observed that significant portions of the text had been lost in the ensuing centuries but nevertheless prepared this unique Latin text for publication, completing the task in 1887. Since that time, Egeria's writing has been translated into numerous European languages. M. L. McClure produced the standard modern English translation, The Pilgrimage of Etheria (1919), while the third edition of John Wilkinson's Egeria's Travels to the Holy Land, published in 1999, includes additional writings by Peter the Deacon and others which supplement the damaged sections of the extant work.
Major Works
Composed in the form of a letter addressed to the members of Egeria's home community in western Europe, the Itinerarium Egeriae chronicles her more than three-year pilgrimage to the Judeo-Christian Holy Lands, specifically to the sacred city of Jerusalem. Modeled after an anonymous work produced by the so-called Bordeaux Pilgrim (c. 333), an individual who completed a similar pilgrimage to Jerusalem some fifty years prior to Egeria's, the Itinerarium Egeriae was intended as a guide to sacred places and a record designed for the spiritual edification of its audience. The extant portions of the document feature two distinct sections of roughly equal length. The first opens with a description of the landscape in northeastern Egypt and preparations for Egeria's ascension of Mt. Sinai, then goes on to describe her return journey to Jerusalem and into Mesopotamia, before ending in Constantinople. As she meets with bishops and other church figures, visits Old Testament tombs and other biblical sites, and makes contact with ascetics living in Syria and Mesopotamia, Egeria expresses her curiosity and boundless delight in all things spiritual. The second portion of this work is composed of Egeria's account of the Christian liturgy as performed in Jerusalem, especially during the eight-week religious season of Lent, and remarks on such ceremonial practices the Eucharist and holy baptism, as well as detailing the rules of fasting and the particulars of catechistic instruction of the Christian laity. While the majority of the Itinerarium Egeriae is narrated in an informal, conversational style, Egeria occasionally adopts an elevated tone in order to give weight to experiences that for her had a profound religious significance. While heavily descriptive in its early portions, the work is much less an accumulation of facts than a pious narrative that everywhere features expressions of Egeria's humility and devout belief.
Critical Reception
The fact that no other similar travel accounts of the fourth century have survived into the contemporary period makes the relatively unassuming Itinerarium Egeriae a work of considerable scholarly significance. Since its republication in the late nineteenth century, the travelogue has elicited a sizable body of scholarly appraisals, with studies of the work numbering in the hundreds at the international level by the end of the twentieth century. In the contemporary period, several commentators have been drawn to the stylistic and narrative qualities of the text and have evaluated its literary merits. Generally, critics have praised Egeria's powers of observation and have commented that, far from being a naive travel diary, the Itinerarium Egeriae features a relatively sophisticated stylistic mode oriented toward its author's goals of spiritual enlightenment and instruction. While some commentators have disparaged Egeria's imperfect use of Latin, most acknowledge that the Itinerarium Egeriae was not intended as a literary work and that it nevertheless features an engaging narrative. In addition to the ongoing processes of analysis and emendation of this incomplete text, scholarly debate concerning the details of Egeria's life, including her precise religious affiliation and geographical origins, has persisted. Additionally, inquiry into the nature of Egeria's primary audience, usually envisioned as a circle of devout, literate women eager but perhaps unable to partake in the experience of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, has been another major area of growing contemporary interest in this unique work of Christian devotion.
Principal Works
Itinerarium Egeriae [Peregrinatio Etheriae] (nonfiction) c. 381-84
The Pilgrimage of Etheria (translated by M. L. McClure) 1919
Egeria's Travels to the Holy Land (translated by John Wilkinson) 1999
C. L. Feltoe (essay date 1919)
SOURCE: Feltoe, C. L. Introduction to The Pilgrimage of Etheria, translated by M. L. McClure, pp. vii-xlviii. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1919.
[In the following excerpt from his introduction to M. L. McClure's 1919 translation of the Itinerarium Egeriae, Feltoe outlines the course of Egeria's pilgrimage to the Holy Land and summarizes matters of ecclesiastical and liturgical interest contained in her account.]
We have, of course, no hint of the route taken by Etheria from her home in the extreme west of Europe as far as Constantinople and back again, unless her mention...
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George E. Gingras (essay date 1970)
SOURCE: Gingras, George E. "'Et Fit Missa ad Tertia': A Textual Problem in the Itinerarium Egeriae XLVI, 4." In Kyriakon: Festschrift Johannes Quasten, Volume II, edited by Patrick Granfield and Josef A. Jungmann, pp. 596-603. Münster Westfalen, Germany: Verlag Aschendorff, 1970.
[In the following essay, Gingras explicates a complicated passage of the Itinerarium Egeriae concerning daily catechistic instruction during Lent in fourth-century Jerusalem.]
Chapter 46 of the Itinerarium Egeriae, which describes in detail the instruction of the competentes or Baptismal candidates at Jerusalem during the eight weeks of Lent observed there...
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L. C. Meijer (essay date 1974)
SOURCE: Meijer, L. C. "Some Remarks on Itinerarium Egeriae 28,4." Vigiliae Christianae 28 (1974): 50-53.
[In the following essay, Meijer emends a corrupted passage of the Itinerarium Egeriae regarding the Lenten fast.]
In her report of the religious observances during Lent in Jerusalem Egeria rounds off her account of the fasting-rules with a final remark on the diet of the aputactitae: it consisted of only water and some flour-soup, bread, oil and fruit being forbidden, or in her own words, according to the only manuscript left containing this passage: esca autem eorum quadragesimarum diebus haec est, ut nec panem quid liberari non potest,...
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Hagith Sivan (essay date 1988)
SOURCE: Sivan, Hagith. "Holy Land Pilgrimage and Western Audiences: Some Reflections on Egeria and Her Circle." Classical Quarterly n.s. 38, no. 2 (1988): 528-35.
[In the following essay, Sivan examines internal evidence in the Itinerarium Egeriae in order to suggest that Egeria may not have been a member of any particular monastic order but rather part of a circle of unmarried women principally devoted to religious experience.]
In the vast literature centering on the Itinerarium Egeriae (IE) there is a serious lacuna.1 No attempt has been made to analyse the circle of readers to whom this remarkable document was addressed and for...
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Andrew Palmer (essay date 1994)
SOURCE: Palmer, Andrew. "Egeria the Voyager, or The Technology of Remote Sensing in Late Antiquity." In Travel Fact and Travel Fiction: Studies on Fiction, Literary Tradition, Scholarly Discovery, and Observation in Travel Writing, edited by Zweder von Martels, pp. 39-53. Leiden, Netherlands: E. J. Brill, 1994.
[In the following essay, Palmer collects the available information on Egeria, evaluates her manner of writing and perception in the Itinerarium Egeriae, and questions the view of her as an exotic traveler, arguing instead that she journeyed to Jerusalem in search of her "spiritual home."]
In the twelfth...
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Marcelle Thiébaux (essay date 1994)
SOURCE: Thiébaux, Marcelle. "A Pilgrim to the Holy Land: Egeria of Spain (381-384)." In The Writings of Medieval Women: An Anthology, edited by Marcelle Thiébaux, pp. 23-48. New York: Garland Publishing, 1994.
[In the following essay, Thiébaux presents the historical background to Egeria's pilgrimage, discusses Egeria's manner of describing her travel experiences, and translates several illustrative passages from the Itinerarium Egeriae.]
The last groans of Christian martyrs had scarcely died away, the last recorded execution in Palestine carried out in 310, when the great age of pilgrimage and relic hunting began. Late in the fourth century, an energetic woman...
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Julia Bolton Holloway (essay date 1998)
SOURCE: Holloway, Julia Bolton. "Women Pilgrims I: Helena, Paula, Eutochium, Egeria." In Jerusalem: Essays on Pilgrimage and Literature, pp. 31-39. New York: AMS Press, 1998.
[In the following excerpt, Holloway surveys the content of the extant text of Itinerarium Egeriae.]
Around a.d. 417, a Spanish nun, Egeria, is to be found at Mount Sinai, from there traveling to Jerusalem and Constantinople, in the footsteps of the prophets, of Christ, and of the Empress Helena.1
Let me begin with Egeria where her surviving, mutilated manuscript has us begin, in view of Mount Sinai.2 Egeria's account of her pilgrimages made Bible in hand...
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John Wilkinson (essay date 1999)
SOURCE: Wilkinson, John. Introduction to Egeria's Travels to the Holy Land, 3rd edition, translated by John Wilkinson, pp. 1-5. Warminster, Eng.: Aris & Phillips Ltd, 1999.
[In the following excerpt, Wilkinson documents what is known of Egeria and remarks on the style and textual history of the Itinerarium Egeriae.]
The text of Egeria's Travels was lost for seven hundred years. And when, in the late nineteenth century in Italy, a manuscript was found, the only part left was the middle of the book. Either at the beginning or at the end the name of the pilgrim might have appeared, but it was lost. The guesses which scholars made about what she was called are...
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Rachel Moriarty (essay date 2000)
SOURCE: Moriarty, Rachel. "'Secular Men and Women': Egeria's Lay Congregation in Jerusalem." In The Holy Land, Holy Lands, and Christian History, edited by R. N. Swanson, pp. 55-66. Suffolk, England: The Boydell Press, 2000.
[In the following essay, Moriarty concentrates on what the Itinerarium Egeriae records of the Christian liturgy and congregation in fourth-century Jerusalem.]
Egeria's account of her journey to the holy places has been an invaluable source for study of many aspects of fourth-century Christianity, from liturgy and topography to clerical practice. Dr David Hunt … discusses the part played by monks in Egeria's 'scriptural...
(The entire section is 4710 words.)
Further Reading
Bowman, Glenn. "Christian Ideology and the Image of the Holy Land: The Place of Jerusalem Pilgrimage in the Various Christianities." In Contesting the Sacred: The Anthropology of Christian Pilgrimage, edited by John Eade and Michael J. Sallnow, pp. 98-121. London: Routledge, 1991.
Compares the perspectives and practices of Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant pilgrims to the Holy Land.
———. "'Mapping History's Redemption': Eschatology and Topography in the Itinerarium Burdigalense." In Jerusalem: Its Sanctity and Centrality to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, edited by Lee I. Levine, pp. 163-87. New...
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Nintendo has issued a list of health-related safety warnings for its upcoming 3DS video game console, the world's first portable system with autostereoscopic 3D screen. The company claims that children under six should not use the console, whereas gamers, who wear glasses may not see stereo effect.
Nintendo advices all the users to make breaks every 30 minutes so to avoid eye fatigue while playing in stereo-3D (S3D) mode. The company also warns game developers about "extreme" eye fatigue during S3D game design process. The company claims that the eye fatigue is naturally lower when playing in 2D mode, but still advices its customers to make breaks every hour.
Vision of children under the age of six is in the developmental stage. Since stereo-3D effect is brought by showing different images for left and right eyes, it has a potential impact on the growth of children's eyes. Nintendo recommends to switch 3D effect off for young children and those, who wears glasses. Parents may even lock S3D effects by a special pin code. In fact, eyes are organs that develop for a very long time, up to the age of 25 in some cases. As a result, the S3D effects may be unsuitable even for adults, not only for children or teenagers.
"If your physical condition worsens or you become ill, please stop playing at once," stated Nintendo.
Nintendo 3DS features a 3.53" autostereoscopic 3D top screen with 800x240 resolution (400 pixels for each eye) and a 3.02" bottom touch screen with 320x240 resolution. It has three 0.3MP cameras – one inner and two outer – to deliver the stereo-3D effect and take stereo-3D pictures. It includes a motion sensor, a gyro sensor, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n controller, a Slide Pad that allows 360-degree analog input and so on. The device also has a special slider that can increase, decrease or disable stereoscopic 3D (S3D) effect. The 3DS comes in form-factor that is similar to the predecessors and is fully compatible with Nintendo DS titles. The console uses DMP Pica 200 graphics processor. As announced previously, it will have a slot for SD cards as well as support cartridges for previous-gen DS systems.
Nintendo will release 3DS first in Japan on the 26th of March, 2011, at the price of ¥25 000 ($299), which is higher than the price of Sony PlayStation Portable in the U.S. (PSP-3000 costs $169, PSPgo costs $249) as well as Nintendo DSi ($149).
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Crash. Warren-based state police reported that at 5:15 p.m. on Jan. 21 on Brown Hill Road, north of Indian Camp Run Road, a crash occurred when a 2004 Ford Windstar driven by Erin L. Shenk, Youngsville, was traveling south when she lost control on the snow-covered road while atempting to make a right-hand curve. Police said her vehicle traveled off the east side of the road and struck a tree. The vehicle was towed from the scene. Police said Shenk, along with a seven-year-old passenger, received minor injuries as a result of the crash.
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Possession. Warren-based state police reported that on Dec. 20 at 2:30 p.m. staff with Warren/Forest Child and Youth Services were at the residence of Chantilly Lane Thomas, Sheffield, for an unscheduled check of the residence. Police said upon entering the residence, the synthetic drug K2 (marijuana) was observed on the kitchen table. Police were contacted and Thomas was charged with simple possession and possession of paraphernalia.
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Harassment. Warren-based state police were called to the Warren State Hospital on Jan. 23 at 2:40 p.m. According to police, Danielle Coudriet, 28, of N. Warren punched a 42 year old female in the arm and grabbed her by the wrist, causing scratches to the victim's wrist. Charges of Harassment have been filed through District Justice Bauer's office.
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About the Author: Gregory L. Garland serves as Media and Outreach Coordinator for the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs.
It's far too easy for us in the U.S. Department of State to miss out on one of the most important trends in international relations: the expanding role of sub-national governments – states, counties, and cities. That's because the core of State's mission, and its bureaucratic culture, is to manage official relationships between national governments. Yet it is precisely in those places far beyond Washington, DC, that private American citizens and their local officials are piecing together hundreds of links connecting them to communities around the world.
One of those places is Mobile, Alabama. Mobile justifiably takes great pride in a heritage going back three centuries. Its Mardi Gras, though not as famous as the one in New Orleans, dates to colonial French rule. Most Americans have at some time heard the famous battle cry of Admiral David Farragut at the Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" Few texts mention another chapter of Mobile's history, the arrival of the last recorded slave ship from Africa to North America, the Clotilde, in 1860, just before the start of the Civil War.
One hundred and ten survivors of the Middle Passage voyage from what is now Benin met their fate on the selling block and entered into slavery. At the end of the Civil War, a few dozen returned to build homes near where they had landed, some with the idea of returning to Africa where they had lived most of their lives. The first two generations continued to speak their African language and maintained their communal traditions, starting schools, a bank, a church, and a cemetery. Their settlement became the heart of segregated Mobile's black community. Whereas elsewhere in the South, memories of Africa faded with new generations born in America, they lingered longer in Africatown than anywhere else. People living today still remember some of the original settlers, the last of whom died in 1935.
Alabamans deserve credit for keeping this story alive. Two decades ago, Alabama Governor Guy Hunt (who recently died) signed into law legislation launching the Alabama-Benin Forum – a tribute to Africatown and an attempt to reach out to the Republic of Benin. Community political leaders everywhere understand that economic development is usually the best justification for a state or local government to look overseas. Alabama is no different, and has framed the Africatown story in terms of foreign trade. The Port of Mobile has always functioned as the state's window on the world, whether to Africa (for slaves), Central America (for bananas), or currently to Germany (for steel and automobiles). Yet, restoring the full appreciation of the legacy of Africatown involves more than a question of tourism or foreign trade potential. Recovering the past -- good and bad -- is essential to a community's healing, something we have learned from the experiences of South Africa, Germany, and the American South, among other places.
Under the leadership of Robert Battle, a group of Mobilians have organized to commemorate their legacy in the form of the Africatown Museum. It's still a work in progress. In the shadow of the massive Cochrane-Africatown Bridge, Battle and his volunteers have assembled the core of a museum in a double-wide trailer, hoping eventually to replace it with something more permanent. It sits in the old heart of Africatown, now a park-like open space looking down onto the harbor. Outside, stands the church established by the founders with the cemetery by its side. Inside, Battle has collected the memorabilia of 150 years, from photographs of the original slave ship to more recent items belonging to the vital community the survivors spawned. The community's rich legacy includes such Major League baseball stars as Hank Aaron and former Miracle Mets star Cleon Jones, who is an active board member of the museum.
The heirs to Africatown, however, understand that extending a hand to Africa means more than dollars and cents. They feel in their bones what the rest of us can start to sense at a distance: here in Mobile, newly-freed Africans succeeded in building a community of their own that drew upon their own African knowledge. That community helped to define the diverse city that Mobile has become. That's why Benin deserves a special place in Alabama. It would be fitting if the flag of Benin were to join the pantheon of flags cherished by Mobilians of different heritages.
These Mobilians are true citizen diplomats. While they appreciate attention from the Department of State (such as they got from me in my visit in late January), they don't need us to move ahead. Through their own efforts, they have re-established the link with Africa and are intent on passing that knowledge to their children. On the other hand, we in old-fashioned diplomacy very much could benefit from Africatown and all it represents. Ultimately, the power of Africatown lies in its democratic essence, private citizens in a part of our own country who by looking inward, discovered a past and a future overseas.
Jonathan in California writes:
As I've traveled abroad, I've noticed an increasingly important role for states, cities, and regions. Here in Los Angeles, for example, there are organizations and institutions that deal directly with foreign dignitaries and leaders. Last summer in Korea, I learned of an organization that promoted trade between Korea and the 13 Western American states: Idaho, Utah, California, Washington, etc. These semi-official, lower level interactions and exchanges provide a vast amount of soft power on behalf of the U.S. and certainly reinforces global peace and stability.
Dennis in Wisconsin writes:
This report illustrates how we and those we know locally can engage people a world away.
Joe in Tennessee writes:
The Logan Act may well be one reason why many do not do more.
When in exporting long ago, the Congolese Government ...hey, it changed three times back then- was trying to sue over the late arrival/shipments of parts for the timber industry. The premises was listed under a threat to the viable economy of the country. What if the peanuts were shipped to a third world country? Would the States be liable? Would it be a violation or consideration of violation if it adversely affected U.S. interest in such a country?
By actual interpretation, should not the Banking Industry in the United State be held accountable for known fraudulent investments in some foreign countries as it adversely affected their national security? Especially those who used foreign investments via mutual funds?..or is this why the U.S. Govt is involving itself in the exchange of stock for these bankers? Acting as a Scarlett Pimpernel so to speak?
The Lighthouse in Crete is much nicer by the way. Tell Pop I did go back.
Constantine in Washington, DC writes:
I read the report with much interest and congratulate you for such a rich contibution. You have not only spent the time to visit with some of the principal actors behind this outreach effort ( such as Bob Battles, Cleon Jones, Etc..) but you have conducted research that revealed you the historic ties which has been providencially established between the people of Alabama and their brothers and sisters in the Republic of Benin. Those ties are best related in the bestseller entitled: Dreams of Africa in Alabama written by Dr. Sylviane Diouf. But we must also add to the report the contributions and ultimate sacrifice consented to this cause by the former Mayor of Prichard, the late John H. Smith...... I am also from Benin and have traveled to Africatown at several occasions since 1983 and currently act as the International Coordinator of the Community Connections Committee ( Al-Benin). I wish to share the report with Beninese official, the Embassy in Wash along with the African Diaspora though Jamii-Africa.
DipNote Blogger Gregory L. Garland writes:
@ Constantine in Washington, DC -- Thank you for your valuable comment. You have correctly pointed out the enormous contribution of local officials and Diouf's "Dreams of Africa." My goal was and is to help bring the Africatown story to a broader audience. It is a story that must be told over and over, by each succeeeding generation so that we as Americans and Africans -- not just Alabamans -- will not only remember it, but also learn from the survivors of the Clotilde about the strength of the human spirit in the most difficult of circumstances. You are very much a part of the process of telling the story, and in that I encourage you strongly.
James in Florida writes:
Histry is so good, and I just hope it is correct. My Father, Henry Myatt, came from that area and I do not know his people and that is sad
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