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Various studies show that financial matters are just as vital as compatibility for a healthy and stable relationship. Lucky for millennial couples, they are smarter and frank about money matters than the baby boomers.
Before you tie the knot or make it official with your partner, disclose your financial skeletons in the proverbial closet. They might thank you for it.
Joint account might be a testament to your commitment but don't get bullied or bully your partner into opening one. Every person handles finances differently. If you and your partner's money values are polarising, consider keeping your finances separate.
There are many instances where a joint account has ruined the other's credit score. Make sure you both know each other's financial behaviour before opening a linked account. If you have an unfavourable credit score, it can affect your partner's capacity to take a loan.
Having skeletons in the closet can be detrimental to any relationship, especially if it is a financial one. Talking about finances is never easy, but neither are debt problems when you are planning on spending a lifetime together.
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Opting for life and health insurance should be one key investment that every millennial couple should make. If you have purchased a new home together, add home insurance to the list. If you have kids, open a trust fund and appropriate education policies in their name. It will not only set them up for a stable future, but will also help you sleep better at nights.
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You're planning a getaway to Chicago and find a great deal at the James Hotel off the world-famous Magnificent Mile. So you look beyond the property's website site for independent confirmation by consulting travel experts such as AAA, Orbitz, and Expedia, and notice that each has assigned the hotel a different rating. What gives?
Hotel ratings typically rely on a star-classification system (AAA uses diamonds, Michelin opts for pavilions) to rate hotels, with one star representing the lowest score and five, the pinnacle of pizzazz. Hundreds of variables can factor into the rating, including location, upkeep, room size and view, food, linens, toiletries, service, décor, entertainment, reputation, and even the presence of a notable chef or exotic plants in public spaces.
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AAA gives the James 3 diamonds, which translates into a property aimed at guests with "comprehensive needs," featuring "distinguished style, including marked upgrades in the quality of physical attributes, amenities, and level of comfort provided." By contrast, Orbitz, which assigned the hotel 5 stars, considers it a luxury property where you can "treat yourself well with first-class services and accommodations." Expedia and Hotels.com gave the James 4.5 stars.
Planning a hotel stay? Check our hotel room buying guide and learn how to get the best room at the best rate.
Even though guides generally follow accepted industry criteria for categorizing hotels, the process is fraught with enough subjectivity to account for occasional inconsistencies.
Different guides employ different methodologies. Some rely heavily on guest reviews, take into account the stars awarded by competing Web sites, and factor in a description of the property and amenities based solely on online information. Others base their ratings on actual stays. Michelin, the famous French guide, dispatches trained inspectors with years of professional industry experience and formal education in hospitality training, to evaluate hotels meticulously and confidentially. Expedia will conduct inspections, but announces its visits in advance. Other guides allow freelance writers who act as reviewers to accept discounted or complimentary lodging—as long as they inform the hotel that the perks won't affect the overall recommendation.
Despite their differences, star ratings are a valuable indicator of a particular property's general quality, but they don't necessarily reflect all of the amenities and services available. So, it's important to consider other tools as well:
- Consult the hotel's website. That's where you'll find the most information about the property, including the full range of features, services, and policies, along with detailed photos of guest rooms, common spaces, and amenities such as the fitness center, conference rooms, and recreation areas. If you can't find information about a service or amenity that's crucial to you, contact the hotel directly.
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- Look for recent comments. They can point out real-time inconveniences or problems arising from activities such as ongoing renovations or local road construction.
- Seek out reviews from travelers like you. Guests interested in a romantic getaway or family vacation may have very different expectations than those on business.
- Carefully weigh extreme comments. Particularly glowing or unflattering comments may have been posted by those with a vested interest or ax to grind. If a comment appears out of sync with most of the others, take it with a grain of salt, or simply disregard it.
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Many people are unable to own pets due to allergies. About 1 in 10 people are allergic to cats and dogs, though cats trigger allergies in twice as many people as dogs do.
Contrary to popular belief, it's not the pet's hair that is the source of the misery. The culprit is actually proteins found in a pet's saliva and dander (dead skin flakes) that cause the problem.
When the body is exposed to the proteins in the pet dander, it misconstrues them as enemy invaders. To try to fend them off, the body will release chemicals, including histamine. Of course, the histamine doesn't do anything to neutralize the pet dander. Rather, it just makes the body miserable by triggering symptoms such as itchy eyes, sneezing, hives, a runny or congested nose, wheezing and asthma.
Allergy Treatment
The trick with pet allergies is to desensitize the body to the proteins so that it no longer tries to fight them off. As the body learns to "make peace" with the proteins, it will no longer react with health-depleting chemicals. It will simply ignore the proteins, allowing humans and pets to co-exist healthfully and happily.
The only treatment that has been shown to alter the immune system and its responses is known as immunotherapy. It is available in two forms: sublingual immunotherapy (oral allergy drops) or allergy shots. They achieve comparable results, but the drops are safer and can be taken at home. (Shots must be administered in a physician's office.) Drops are often a good choice for young children who may be scared of needles or simply too young for allergy shots.
Hypo-allergenic Pets?
There's a lot of talk about hypo-allergenic pets. Indeed, certain kinds of pets are easier on allergies than others. The Portuguese Water Dog, for example, sheds less and requires frequent grooming. Thus, it tends to expose its owners to less dander. The Bichon Frise is also less allergenic. Where cats are concerned, the Devon Rex and the Sphynx cat have less hair which translates into less fur licking and less allergy-causing saliva proteins. Note, however, that many people with allergies still react to these furry friends.
For lasting relief from pet allergies, consider immunotherapy, which is available through allergy shots or allergy drops (sublingual immunotherapy). Allergy drops for cat allergies and dog allergies can be taken daily under the tongue at home. Allergy shots must be administered at the physician's office a couple of times a week (as they pose a greater risk for anaphylactic reaction than drops do). Talk to your doctor about ordering an allergy test kit to help you understand more about the nature and scope of your pet allergies.


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aatu, 28 Jul 2008Oh? You mean comparable to 3MP in cameraphones or in digital cameras? Either way, I for one wa... morewhat is xenon?
rajane, 28 Jul 2008For heaven sake dont u ever buy this phone cheap build quality and one of the worst plastics i... moreOh? You mean comparable to 3MP in cameraphones or in digital cameras? Either way, I for one was positively surprised about the quality of the pictures taken with 6220c.
And there's no Xenon on N73. (And the Xenon makes a big difference.) I think Nokia has only two Xenon phones: N82 and 6220c. And personally I chose 6220c over N82 because of size. OK, 6220c is also a little bit cheaper and has more comfortable looking keypad...
And to rajoo: There are few sample shots behind the "MWC 2008: Nokia overview" link. And google can help you more. I think the quality is good, but THE LENS COVER IS FAR FROM PERFECT. But I dare to say your wife will like this phone.
At first I was kind of disappointed when I first held it in my hands, but after you put the battery in, it feels more sturdy. But the lens cover, like said above, is a big disappointment, and that feeling probably won't change over time.
If you want a good cameraphone, and prefer it to be Nokia, then 6220c and N82 are in my opinion the best choices. N82 has wlan and better build material, but 6220c is thinner.
For heaven sake dont u ever buy this phone cheap build quality and one of the worst plastics i have ever seen for that hefthy price the camera is very poor you get the quality of a 3 mp and the sound quality is also average and nothing special for the price go for N73 it will be much more better than this................
ah tats too bad. shall wait for a proper 6233 successor. although this has almost everythin.
go n get N78 dats da better option.
Bcz N78 has wlan also whereas 6220 classic lacks wlan connectivity!!!
xstrg, 28 Jul 2008Hi everyone, can someone answer a question please? I have an SE K850i but wish to upgrade to t... moreQVGA = 320x240
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Hi everyone, can someone answer a question please? I have an SE K850i but wish to upgrade to the Nok 6220 Classic.
SE: video 30fps QVGA
Nok: video 30fps VGA
What's the difference please - which is better?
I'm very impressed by the video quality on the SE but obviously don't wish to upgrade to the 6220 if the video quality is inferior. Hope you can help!
The body fitting is not so good i mean the assembly of body parts are not performed so well. But it has every thing in compact. While comparing with n 82 it looks so good and smart phone. If you want smart phone with every thing expect wifi then go for it.
The keypad gets better after a while, it's a bit stiff in the beginning.... I have had mine for about a month...very satisfied...
This phone has great features with great 30fps video speed. Great 3g speed and great look. The ratings of this phone are a good representation of the phone. Only thing it is missing is wifi
blade, 26 Jul 2008is this phone a successor to the 6233? does it have stereo speakers like it? No its not cause this has s60 software where the 6233 has s40 software on it.
Erick, 24 Jul 2008This device is clearly full of features packed into a remarkably compact package. The only thi... more£234 on ebay
is this phone a successor to the 6233? does it have stereo speakers like it?
Anonymous, 24 Jul 20086220 has xenon flash too...Hi there. Yes, 6220 Classic has Xenon flash and like the N78 has the latest implementation in the form of Feature Pack 2. One thing worth noting is that I read that the 6220 and the N78 don't support VoIP like the N82 and N95 8Gb. Presumably at the request of the network providers. Is this true? If anyone knows more about this I am sure we would all be interested. Finally glad to hear that pricing adjustments are beginning globally. And of course if the rumoured N85 and N79 arrive to the market before Q1 2009 that will impact everything. Meanwhile for now for the general public all attention, I presume, is on the N96 and the Tube.
karl, 25 Jul 2008is the sound quality of this phone is good when using headphones?Yes to both of your questions.


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Whenever I went shopping in college, I vividly remember trying to find steals for my wardrobe because I did not want to break the bank. Going to the mall felt like a scavenger hunt. I mean seriously…how many times can someone circle the sale rack of H&M, Forever 21 and ALDO and find a dramatic price change? As if going to H&M to look around, leave for ALDO, then return to H&M truly made a difference.
Despite my budget-consciousness, I also wanted more than one go-to outfit for during the week and subsequent weekend. I had many wardrobe options to consider. Boots and a parka to survive winter's walking down Milwaukee's main street, and a suit to wear to interviews, career fairs and any other setting that required you to be suited and booted. There were a plethora of other pieces of clothing and footwear I needed to consider as well. And remember, I was not trying to break the bank. My paychecks were meant for my phone bill, groceries, electricity within my apartment and miscellaneous purchases – think going to a Milwaukee's Bucks game or pre-True to Self Bryson Tiller concert.
A few years removed from college, I still see the benefit in finding quality, long-lasting clothes at reasonable prices. More money to spend now doesn't necessarily mean buying more clothes. Below you will find a starter pack of reasonably priced items that will fit your wardrobe better. Not all of these clothes need to be purchased at once, but can be purchased gradually. And as you'll see, some of these items will not apply to you if you live in a warmer climate. If you know anyone trying to revamp their style, but not spend $500 on some Common Project Boots (despite the $$$$, they are sick boots), feel free to share this starter pack post with them. Because again, clothes for college students or young professionals don't need to be an arm and a leg of your paycheck..unless your priorities are out of sorts. I digress.
A few things to note. The sizes and fit I link to may be skinny, but there are obviously other options including slim or regular fit that you may prefer. Finding your fit is key! Also, the items may be out of stock at the time you read this article, but keep in mind that retailers usually have a similar offering that you can buy. The idea is just to give you a stepping stone and general arena of prices for specific items you could consider. Links to these items will be placed beneath the gallery. Peace, love, and style.
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The 24-hour news cycle is filled with politics coverage, but not everything gets the attention it deserves. Here are five political stories you may have missed in the past week:
1. Healthcare's new rural frontier — 4/12. Access to healthcare in rural America is in decline. — Politico
2. The White House Is Preparing To Make A Move On The DC Federal Trial Court — 4/14. There are currently 126 vacancies on federal courts. — BuzzFeed News
3. Voters Back Home Don't Mind If Mark Meadows Bucks Authority — 4/17. The top Freedom Caucus member enjoys the support of his constituents even when he goes against his party. — NPR
4. Warring Republicans try to unite against Ossoff in Georgia's Sixth — 4/15. Infighting has marred the 11 Republicans running in Georgia's special election. — Atlanta Journal-Constitution
5. Mike Conaway Emerges From Relative Obscurity to Lead House Russia Inquiry — 4/16. The Texas congressman claims that the president whom he is investigating couldn't pick him out in a crowd. — New York Times
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The line runs along the south of the Fife coastline. The line served a number of fishing villages.
The line merged with the Leven Railway to form the Leven and East of Fife Railway. The combined line was extended east from Kilconquhar to Anstruther.
From Leven to Kilconquhar.
Here there was an end on junction with the Leven Railway. The station here had two platforms and the solum of the line is now a road and park.
This station was by the golf course. The embankment of the line remains here.
This was a two platform station. The site of the station is now a small park. To the west of the station was the large Largo viaduct.
This was the terminus of the line until the line was extended east by the Leven and East of Fife Railway. The station had a very long single platform and a level crossing to its west. The long platform remains today.


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The Planning Process
Obtaining Planning Permission and Building Regulations approval are two separate processes – the Planning Department are concerned with how a property looks, whether neighbours are affected and the local "street scene". Building Control are concerned with how something is built, fire regulations, safety and insulation.
If you intend to build a new dwelling you will require planning permission. You will also require planning permission if you want to make certain changes or extend your property depending on the size of the extension and where this is to be located.
Read more about Planning Permission
You may be able to extend your property under Permitted Development, there are certain advantage to this – Permitted Development is based on a strict set of criteria and not the opinion of Planning Officers or neighbours ( the exception to this is the new larger extension allowance of 6/8m)
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A class action lawsuit filed by Warehouse Workers for Justice (WWJ) in Will County Circuit Court, alleges that the company who staffs the Wal-Mart warehouse in Elwood, Illinois, SIMOS Insourcing Solutions, does not provide benefits promised to employees during the hiring process.
"Simos promised me that I would earn vacation pay while I worked there, but apparently that was an empty promise," said Willie Jones, one of the lead plaintiffs.
According to a WWJ press release, the company "required employees to incur fees to get their paychecks and failed to give the warehouse workers critical information about their pay, benefits and other terms of their employment as required by Illinois law."
WWJ released a report last year showing that 63% of Will County warehouse workers are temps, earning poverty-line wages with no benefits, and say that in an area where wage theft is rampant, more needs to be done to protect workers who are given very little in regards to hours, pay and even who they are working for.
This class action lawsuit is part of movement to force staffing agencies to provide written proof of contracts, including wages and benefits and wage calculations.


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Valley Field is a pretty semi-detached cottage, next door to our home in the quiet village of Froggatt but with its own entrance and drive. The village is set below Froggatt Edge, well known to climbers and walkers, hidden from the main roads. Owned by the family for over 20 years, it was refurbished in 2016 to offer a comfortable holiday in the Peak District National Park in the Derbyshire Dales. With lovely views over the River Derwent, a central village location and easy walking from the front door, you would be forgiven for thinking you are far from civilisation but we are easy to get to and very conveniently placed for the Steel City of Sheffield and the Georgian market town of Chesterfield with its famous wonky spire on the parish church of St Mary and All Saints. Buxton is about 30 minutes away. Trains can be picked up 5 mins drive away at Grindleford for Manchester and Sheffield. Buxton, Bakewell and Matlock and all the beautiful attractions of the Dark Peak are easy to get to from here including Chatsworth House, Haddon Hall, Eyam Hall and a bit further afield Hardwick Hall. Your walking options are infinite; the Monsal Trail is close by for cycling and walking and open air swimming is available in Hathersage...the Derbyshire Dales is littered with interesting pubs, modern and ancient history and outdoor activities......
The cottage is semi-detached with its own entrances and the owners occupy the other house.
It has 3 bedrooms for 5; one 5' double, one twin and one single. A bathroom with spacious walk in shower - sorry no bath - and a comfortable cloakroom downstairs. Entrance lobby for removing your outdoor gear, well equipped kitchen with electric oven, microwave and dishwasher (bring your slippers as the tiled floor can be cool), dining room with log burner and sitting room with an easy to light gas stove when you are shattered after a hard day outside. Finally a good utility with washing machine, tumble dryer and fridge - freezer available in the bike shed - and space to hang up soggy gear. Gas central heating, wood, towels and bed linen, soap powder etc all included. Terraced space to the side for parking and sitting and a lawned front garden to watch the world go by. The outlook from the front garden will be more open, probably for most of this year as sadly, we are having to take down a tree that lost a big branch late last year. We have decided that it sensible to clear the border at the same time so for those of you who have visited before, it will look a little different for a while.
A rather temperamental broadband supply and mobile service depending on who you are with but recently a good 4G service, Freeview television and an excellent selection of Blue ray DVDs, books and games.
Children over 8 preferably please. Babies and little children are welcome but the house is not best equipped for them. The stairs can be shut off at the bottom and fire guards are available.
Up to 2 well behaved dogs by arrangement....the garden is not escape proof for dogs as one of our reviews has pointed out; all official exit points are gated but a determined canine will get round them. House rules are no dogs upstairs and not on the furniture please. They have a very nice bed of their own.
Parking: the gateway for the parking space for the house is tight and from the narrow lane of The Green and you must reverse onto it. However, small cars can go in forwards, we do get our Land Rover Discovery on it and it does allow you to remain more private from us. One review described it as inaccessible but for most folk and vehicles it works. However, if it doesn't suit and you are going to be using your vehicle a lot, you are very welcome to use the main driveway which is easier; you can come in forwards and can also be made available for second vehicles. Third vehicles require a little more effort and there is also a reasonable spot on Hollowgate, just past the house.
Please note changeover days are generally Fridays and Mondays. However, I shall do my best to offer other days where possible.


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The Pools boss was happy to see his side show the belief to twice come from behind to take a point at Accrington Stanley.
"Yes and no," was Craig Hignett's response when asked if he was happy with his side's draw at Accrington Stanley.
"I'm pleased because we went behind twice in the game and managed to come back both times but then I'm not best please because I thought we gave away two very poor goals.
"I didn't think we were great with the ball to be honest, though defensively we looked fine again and I couldn't see us conceding two goals, but we did.
"I'm just pleased that we showed enough character and belief to score two goals and get something from the game.
"Fair play to them, they came back again and I thought they got what they deserved as I didn't think we deserved to lose the game.
Hignett also explained the reason for Trevor Carson missing the game,
"Trevor has been struggling with his shoulder for a while now and it's got too much for him. So we'll have it looked at and see what happens with that."
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Dichaea selaginella Schltr. 1920 SECTION Dichaea TYPE Drawing by © Schlechter
Common Name The Moss-Fern Like Dichaea
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Found in Colombia at elevations around 300 meters as a small sized, hot growing epiphyte with a decumbent, flexuous, terete, densely leafy stem enveloped completely by leaf sheath bases carrying persistent, hispid marginally, short, adpressed, elliptic-lanceolate leaves that blooms on an axillary, towards the apex, as long as the leaves, .2 to .24" [5 to 6 mm] long, single flowered inflorescence with a broadly ovate, acuminate floral bract
Often cited as a synonym of D hystricina but differs in the reflexed lip apex and the 2 basal lobes of the lip.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Repert. Sp. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 7: 202. Schlechter 1920; Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis, Beihefte 57: #279. Schlechter 1929 Drawing fide; Orquideas de la Serrania del Baudo Misas Urreta 2006 drawing/photo ok


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Winchester Cathedral scraps Jane Austen statue plan after protests
Proposals for a £250,000 memorial to add to her gravestone and the nearby museum prompt fierce local opposition
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'There are other priorities' … Winchester Cathedral. Photograph: Jon Boyes/Getty/Canopy
Plans to erect a statue of Jane Austen in the grounds of Winchester Cathedral have been shelved after residents baulked at the idea of another memorial to the novelist in the city.
The cathedral had commissioned the sculptor Martin Jennings to create a statue of Austen for its inner close, planning for it to "seal her place in the rich and complex identity of Winchester and create a lasting memorial to her literary genius" and setting out to raise £250,000 to make the proposals a reality. The project was supported by Hampshire county council and Winchester city council.
Winchester in the spotlight: the city where Jane Austen died 200 years ago
But according to the Southern Daily Echo, residents and local groups submitted "a barrage of criticism" in response to the plans. "There is a strong body of opinion that rejects the idea of another Jane Austen statue anywhere, or any statue at all in the cathedral close," wrote one resident.
Another letter suggested that "the cathedral already has Jane Austen's gravestone and Winchester has the house she died in. The two seem adequate and certainly reflect her relationship with Winchester".
The cathedral said in a statement that it had listened carefully to feedback and "alongside support and enthusiasm for the project, we have also been fully aware of serious concerns expressed regarding the type of sculpture, the location and the timing of this significant commission."
As a result, it was decided "with regret, not to go ahead with this concept. There are other priorities within the cathedral and city that need to be the focus of attention and energy at this time," it said. "We are honoured that an artist of the stature of Martin Jennings has worked with us on this project thus far and we thank him for his support and understanding in this decision."
By Vonnie Alto, Secretary
Once again, for September, avid Janeite, Arnie Perlstein, both hosted and led another penetrating reading group discussion highlighting his hidden shadow theory in his lovely garden at his historic Irvington home.
Arnie's antique dining table was the centerpiece of our tea. Members dined on a smorgasbord of Sushi; a potpourri of cheese; crackers; salami; fresh grapes and home grown plumbs; cheesecake pie; brownies; assorted muffins and cookies including shortbread, chocolate chip, and jelly cookies; and crustless tea time sandwiches.
We served tea from the kitchen island counter which displayed our permanent collection of teapots and teacups.
We all took our tea in the garden. After the business meeting, we discussed the gaps in Persuasion by probing its mysteries and flaws, its coincidences and surprising revelations….
It is well known that Jane Austen revised Persuasion after finishing it in 1816. However, there were many cancelled chapters resulting in a different ending than originally created with gaps existing which leads to the conclusion that this novel is a work in progress and not a finished work, but it's very close to being finished. As a result, Arnie noted that there are "many subtly interwoven shadow story threads" if you read against the grain and take the narrator's voice as flawed and even not present in some scenes.
Many of us were either enthralled or shocked by the revelations that a nearly blind Jane Austen created a nearly blind heroine, Anne Elliot and that there's a strong LGBTQIA+ theme underlying the entire novel which revolves around two captains: both Captain Wentworth and Captain Harville. While Wentworth is the acknowledged hero of the novel, Captain Harville is an alternative hero. Therefore, according to Arnie, Captain Harville is the first Austen shadow protagonist who is a man -- all the other five from the other books are women.
Now for the scandal! Spoiler alert!
First, Captain Wentworth and Captain Harville were both romantically involved with Captain Benwick, but at separate times and after Wentworth and Harville had their initial romance 8 years prior to the start of the novel. By the time the novel begins, Captain James Benwick is no longer involved romantically with either of them.
What a coincidence that all three of these men are captains! This led to a lively discussion of ship life and how the shipping industry must have been an attraction for LGBTQIA+ men and also an avenue for them to come out of the closet since sailors were cloistered there at sea for long periods of time without women.
How do we know that Benwick is gay? The phrase, "she's too piano" suggests it. It's also possible that Fanny (Benwick's deceased fiancé and sister to Captain Harville) actually exists to give Benwick "a beard" (meaning a cover) to let others think that he is heterosexual. What is peculiar is that Fanny conveniently exists off stage. She died before the novel begins, so she never appears in the book. Therefore, she may not be real but a cover. Apparently, her death broke Benwick's heart, but in actuality, it allows him to hide his true sexual orientation beneath the guise of a melancholy romantic poet.
Secondly, Arnie ingeniously revealed that Captain Harville is actually Anne's half-brother, the long lost Dick Musgrove, because Dick is the product of an illicit relationship between Mrs. Musgrove and Sir Walter which is why Sir Walter doesn't like him.
Harville is a most devious character and strategizes how to keep his romantic relationship with Wentworth. He creates two plans for doing this. With Plan A, Harville impersonates Mrs. Smith in drag, in an attempt to influence Anne to marry Cousin Elliot because Harville doesn't want Wentworth (Anne's suitor) to marry Anne as he and Wentworth have a romantic and sexual relationship.
Anne is clearly not interested in Cousin Elliot, but Harville assassinates Cousin Elliot's character anyway. Since Plan A fails, Harville implements Plan B, his backup plan. He encourages Wentworth to marry Anne because then he (as the fake Mrs. Smith) can remain close by as their best friend. Anne wouldn't know that he is not the real Mrs. Smith because she is nearly blind and can't see very well. The half agony, half hope letter is key to this love triangle. Apparently, Wentworth actually wrote the letter to Harville who then convinces Wentworth to give it to Anne.
Harville and Wentworth renew their love for each other when they both leave the room at the White Hart Inn. They also agree that Wentworth should give the same letter he gave to Harville (the half agony, half hope letter) to Anne to encourage her feelings for Wentworth. This will lead to their engagement and then the fake Mrs. Smith will gradually get more and more connected to the new married couple.
Therefore, Wentworth and Anne's upcoming marriage is really a cover up for Wentworth's relationship with Harville which means that Wentworth is bisexual. Ultimately, Anne would be let in on their secret and be pulled into an incestuous menage a trois with them since Harville is really her half-brother! What a soap opera of a story! And in a Jane Austen novel!
Arnie noted that it's this "alternative social layer beneath the conventional one" that Jane Austen skillfully portrayed which is interesting to contemplate, but what's even more interesting is that it's "in plain view without most readers catching on to what she was writing about!" That's where the gaps exists. What brilliant plotting!
Arnie revealed that, "It's only in plain view in the following sense: If there had been a single paragraph of narrative added early in the novel which explicitly said that Wentworth had a romantic relationship with a fellow sailor at sea not long after Anne rejected him, then it would not have been hard to figure out that it was Harville--that's the point--our assumptions determine what we see."
What a brilliant detective Arnie Perlstein is at mining the hidden layers of Persuasion! Thank you, Arnie for giving us such a wealth of hidden insights! For more on this intriguing theory, please see Arnie's blog, Sharp Elves Society.
By Vonnie Alto, Secretary
In July 2018, members gathered at the lovely wooded estate of our host, Lauri Conway in Ridgefield, Washington to discuss the 1796 bestseller, A Gossip Story by Jane West as a precursor to Sense and Sensibility.
The Snoek-Browns graciously and most eruditely led the July discussion. Our members were in for a treat since Sam is an Assistant Professor at Pierce College and Jennifer is the OER Librarian at Tacoma Community College, our former web manager, and our 2017 Tribute Grant Award Recipient.
As a fan favorite and always a hit with the group, our literary couple presented a lively and fun in depth analysis of A Gossip Story and the author, Jane West in comparison to Jane Austen and Sense and Sensibility.
Everyone in attendance agreed that this was a most thoroughly enjoyable literary discussion! We couldn't stop the banter and the exchange of amusing comments. We had such a grand time comparing the two Janes, their lives, and craft, and then also dissecting A Gossip Story. Of course, it can't possibly measure up to Sense & Sensibility, but it has its own charm as an uproariously, entertaining scatterbrain of a read!
For more on this topic, see the post "The Tale of Two Janes" on our website (for a timeline comparison, characters/plot comparison, character relationship chart, and discussion resources).
Our meeting was complimented with a lovely tea spread. Lauri's beautiful windowed dining room provided the venue for the tea table decorated with a bouquet of sunflowers. Members dined on a potpourri of Endive With Salmon; Coconut Rolled Dates; crustless salmon, egg, and tuna sandwiches; cinnamon rolls; lemon bread; brownies; assorted cookies; chips with humus; fresh blueberries and cherries; salads; and a tin of Pirouette crème filled chocolate wafers.
Our permanent collection of teapots and tea sets were charmingly arranged in the kitchen; with the teapots on the island counter and the tea cups displayed on a lovely table overlooking a gorgeous hillside view.
We used the buffet hutch for our membership tags and Jane Austen freebies. The top of the hutch was charmingly decorated with a plaque that reads: "Prayer: The World's Greatest Wireless Communication." Jane Austen would likely approve!
Our meeting was also a farewell to Sam and Jennifer Snoek-Brown who have recently relocated to Tacoma, Washington. Our region thanks them for their many contributions in hosting meetings and serving as discussion leaders and also to Jennifer for serving as our former web manager. We miss them and look forward to seeing them again at our annual Spring Tea--and hopefully another reading group discussion!
Tales of Two Janes
Here are the PDF versions of the handouts Sam and Jennifer Snoek-Brown distributed during our "Tales of Two Janes: A Gossip's Story and Sense and Sensibility" discussion, plus an additional document Sam created to map out the relationships in both works.
Jane Austen, left, loathed the Prince Regent, who later became George IV, but he might have been one of her first readers. CreditFrom left: Hulton Archive via, Getty Images; Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images
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A diverse cast gives "Sense and Sensibility" at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival a sharper edge.
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Elizabeth Bennet has to refuse the advances of a powerful man. | Jan. 1, 2018 1109 a.m. ET
Originally posted in the Wall Street Journal
Author: Paula Marantz Cohen
If you're struggling to make sense of the sexual-harassment issues swirling around us, you could do worse than read Jane Austen. I was struck by this recently while teaching what she called her "rather too light and bright and sparkling" novel, "Pride and Prejudice."
Consider the portion of the novel in which Elizabeth Bennet is proposed to by the egregiously foolish and self-important Mr. Collins. A refresher: Elizabeth is one of five sisters living on a small estate, which, in accordance with English law of the period, was "entailed" through the male line. This means when her father dies, his property will pass to his closest male relative, leaving Elizabeth, her sisters and their mother (should Mrs. Bennet survive her husband) homeless.
Mr. Collins is the distant cousin to whom the Bennet estate is entailed, and he assumes that Elizabeth will accept his proposal based on her vulnerable position. He further assumes that she will be grateful for his "condescension." When she says no, he explains to her why: "I shall choose to attribute it to your wish of increasing my love by suspense, according to the usual practice of elegant females.''
The scene caricatures a familiar dynamic in recent news: A powerful man believes that a vulnerable woman will succumb to him. He equates his power with attractiveness and confuses her resistance with playful seductiveness.
The heroine's response is an example of clarity and decisiveness: "I am very sensible of the honor of your proposals," pronounces Elizabeth, "but it is impossible for me to do otherwise than decline them.'' Her refusal might serve as a guide to women on how to answer an unwanted proposition: politely but firmly. In some cases, harassment can be stopped by a forceful "no" or a decisive pushing away of a hand.
But it is also true that some men do not take the hint—or are even incited by the resistance, as Mr. Collins initially appears to be. Again, the novel is a helpful guide to next steps. When Mr. Collins suspects, based on something Mrs. Bennet says, that Elizabeth is "a very headstrong foolish girl," he immediately pulls back. It is one thing to have one's way with a pliant woman, something else to contend with a difficult one. Figuring out how to relay to someone in power that you have the capacity to make his life miserable may be an effective way to stop him in his tracks.
To be sure, Elizabeth Bennet's triumph happens within a work of fiction. If we compare Elizabeth with her creator, we see a salient difference. Jane Austen and her sister, Cassandra, had brothers with whom they could live after their father died; Elizabeth had only sisters. As my students noted, in real life she might have been obliged to accept Mr. Collins or end up as a governess where the abuse might have been worse. In marrying, she would at least have her own establishment. That is the rationale of her friend Charlotte Lucas, who accepts Mr. Collins' subsequent proposal.
We must therefore note that Elizabeth Bennet's success is a function of her creator's will to shape her destiny in a positive manner. Austen provides her with Mr. Darcy, a supremely worthy partner, who alleviates the possibility that she will be left with nothing.
Moving back and forth between fiction and real life, one realizes that Jane Austen is showing us the ideal scenario while urging us to imagine the reality likely to alter it. If one had sisters and no brothers, living in a home entailed to a distant male relation like Mr. Collins, what would be the responsible route to take? Would Elizabeth be right under such circumstances to refuse a distasteful proposal, when not only her future but that of her sisters might be at issue? Mrs. Bennet's fixation on marrying her daughters, generally ridiculed by readers, makes sense in the grim context.
Some final lessons derive from this: One can sometimes know what is the right thing to do but not be able to do it. Thus we ought not to judge others harshly when circumstances curtail their ability to act freely. That said, even Jane Austen, writing more than 200 years ago, knew what the right behavior looked like in the face of a harasser. Elizabeth was decisive and clear in rejecting Mr. Collins. Austen represented this in her fictional world; in 2018, we should hope to be able to imitate it in our real one.
Ms. Cohen is a professor of English at Drexel University, where she is dean of the Pennoni Honors College. Copyright ©2017 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers visit http://www.djreprints.com.
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Jordan breathed in the fresh air. It was different here. Not like the air in Atlas. He sat down on a bench. He finally sighed to himself,finally able to relax. What he didn't notice is that there were 6 people on the bench beside him. How long is this bench,5 feet long? Jordan peeped over his shoulder to see the bench is actually 5 feet long. Well this sucks. He pulled out a book and pretended to be very absorbed in it. Maybe reading will take his mind of this. He read for a good 20 minutes before deciding to get up. He needs to find the academy,and officially join the school. He walked down the street,under a small bridge,and around a corner,where he bumped into someone. "Oi! Where do you think you're going? Can't you see I'm walking here? Who do you think you are?" Jordan got a few eyes from some people around him. Maybe yelling at them was a bad idea. It was an accident after all.
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Former Brisbane Roar striker Jamie Maclaren is in better form than Tim Cahill, who has played 159 minutes of football in the whole 2018-19 season.
Cahill shouldn't be in the squad for Russia and with the 'Cahilltex' theory moving into overdrive, his selection becomes even more divisive and questionable.
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I have complete faith in Bert van Marwijk and was a major supporter of his appointment (should've been on a full-time basis). But there was a compromise made with the selection of Cahill.
So, the argument begins that Maclaren should've been chosen instead.
I can only imagine how hard it is to select a squad of 26 (to be cut to 23), but a striker cannot be said to be 'in form' for scoring a hat-trick a few days before selection.
Take away the front man's three goals against Rangers and Maclaren has only scored five goals in 14 league games in a competition rated 26th in Europe according to UEFA club coefficients!
Can we really say he's in form on the back of all this? He may have deserved a place in front of the likes of Cahill, but we can't call him in form off the back of one performance, it's not right.
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Immigration, once a good thing for our country, is now a major disaster for Australia
Mass immigration is ruining our environment
The Australian Conservation Foundation has stated that "Even the present population is rapidly degrading the environment and is therefore not sustainable in the long run".
Australia is largely desert and degraded land. Only 10% of our total land area is suitable for agriculture. 66% of Australia's cropland has already been degraded by erosion, compaction, acidification, and rising salt levels. Soil degradation is a continuing process due to our misuse of the land.
With soil erosion; salinity problems from irrigation and tree removal; acidification; and encroaching urbanisation - our agriculturally suitable land area and its fertility will decline.
Look at the ecological problems produced by immigration-induced population pressures:
Half of our nation's top soil has been lost by erosion and continuing unsustainable agriculture.
Australia's greatest river system, the Murray/Darling, is being turned into a polluted drain with salts from adjacent irrigation areas. Will it be a dead eco-system within 40 years?
Our wet-lands, rivers, and seas are being polluted and destroyed.
The rapid environmental destruction of our urban and rural environments, due to the pressure of our rapidly increasing population.
We must stop mass immigration and strive to live in harmony with our fragile environment.
We cannot solve the world's population problem (approx 100 million people are born into the world every year!) but we can environmentally destroy Australia (with no global benefit).
Mass immigration is destroying our standard of living
Most migrants will come to the major cities. This is already seriously lowering the quality of life in our cities as their pollution and congestion increases with the cities' sprawling size and high density living.
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Real Estate prices are increasing, pricing young people out of the home market. We are now suffering from urban crowding, a lower standard of housing, and Australian families facing the problems of raising children in a high-density pressure-cooker environment.
We get a falling standard of living and a lower quality of life - living in crowded, polluted, high-density cities, with over-crowded recreational areas and increasing inter-communal tensions.
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The ecological damage caused by large-scale immigration is huge, and will get worse. Sooner or later we are going to have to repair the damage, and the resulting costs will be enormous!
An infrastructure disaster for our cities and suburbs
Most immigrants to Australia will live in the major cities. The basic infrastructures of our cities are being overwhelmed: hospitals, education, road networks, etc. We are having to spend more on providing basic services for more and more people, rather than better services for a stable population. Currently, we are not even adequately maintaining existing services.
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It is in the interests of pro-immigration politicians, businessmen, and bureaucrats to tell us that immigration will economically benefit Australia; but this is untrue – actually, the opposite applies: The larger our population, the lower shall be our standard of living. Look at India – a huge population, with an often horrendous standard of living.
Immigration reduces our capacity to be self-reliant, by adding pressure on natural resources (especially water) and scarce investment capital which must increasingly come from international sources, hence escalating the already dangerously high levels of foreign ownership. We need to consolidate our skills and our investment capacity and not disperse our limited resources in servicing needless growth. The economic consequences of increasing foreign debt, foreign ownership, and undesirable, unsustainable economic expansion will destroy any chance of maintaining the best features of Australian life as we know it.
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More than 20,000 representatives from 150 countries will be in Lisboa from 23rd to 26th June to participate in the annual Rotary International convention. This will be the first time that the Portuguese capital hosts an event for this service to humanity organisation, and the convention will be the largest of its kind ever held in Portugal.
Rotary International members from all around the world will all gather at a single venue, the Pavilhão Atlântico in Parque das Nações, to address the question of how to eradicate poliomyelitis, a potentially fatal disease responsible for paralysis and deformities that is threatening primarily children in Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Solving this problem is a priority for Rotary International.
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A journey building drones and ROVs and other open hardware and Arduino based stuff
The OpenROV is another open hardware/software project, this time it's for a submersible remotely operate vehicle.
It's a bit more easy to develop for than the Arducopter and it's still in its infancy so instead of buying a full kit as I did for the Arducopter, I decided I'd try to source all the parts myself, cut the body with laser cutter and do experiments.
Also the controlling brain is running on a Node.js application and me being a web developer, this is closer to my experience than the complex mathematical PID controller's code of the Arducopter.
I'll keep a build log and will update the list of parts I bought and the status of the development.


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Apparently Denial Doesn't Change The Facts
"I was boasting about Riyadh, telling him it doesn't deserve its bad reputation," she said. "I told him I never experienced any harassment. I'd had no trouble as a woman. It was business as usual."Then reality came knocking at her door.
There was a power outage at her office, so she and some male colleagues went to Starbucks to avail themselves of the internet access. She sat in the "family" section, which means it is the only section where women and men are allowed to sit together. what she forgot is that only men and women who are related are allowed to sit together.
She settled into a booth with a male colleague and opened her laptop. Moments later, she was arrested.So to recap, she sings the praises of Saudi Arabia until she makes the mistake of being a woman in public. Now she's taking medication to combat post-traumatic stress and is afraid to leave her "family compound".
"Some men came up to us with very long beards and white dresses. They asked, 'Why are you here together?' I explained about the power being out in our office. They got very angry and told me what I was doing was a great sin," Yara recalled.
The men were from Saudi Arabia's Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, a 10,000-strong police force charged with enforcing dress codes, sex segregation and the observance of prayer times.
Yara said they grabbed her mobile phone and pushed her into a taxi bound for Riyadh's main prison. There she was interrogated, strip-searched and forced to sign and fingerprint confessions of guilt.
Later, she was made to stand before a judge who condemned her behavior, telling her she would "burn in hell."
She said she spent hours in a filthy prison cell with dozens of other women who had been arrested by the religious police, before her husband used his political connections to secure her release.
Let that be a lesson, kiddies. You can stick your head in the sand about what is going on around you for only so long before someone realizes your ass is in the air and gives it a good, hard kick.
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A pair of impressive trials performers from New Zealand were the stars of the show at Wednesday's Sandown meeting, with lightly tried three-year-olds Cataracta and Gold Mag shaping as horses to follow following respective victories over 1200m.
Under a rails-hugging ride by premiership-leading jockey Craig Williams, Cataracta pounced late to defeat Can Star in the Graeme Dare Plate (1200m).
The performance underlined the talent of Cataracta, who backed up a narrow second placing at her first start to land maiden victory at start number two.
It was a milestone victory of sorts, with the three-year-old carrying the turquoise, black and white colours of new syndication company Harney Stone Racing.
Cataracta is the first horse for the Warrnambool-based group and many of those involved made the trip to Sandown and celebrated accordingly.
Stephen Harney said the daughter of Niagara was bought from New Zealand off the back of an impressive trial and said that was the model his company would work off initially.
"We want fillies who can get out over ground over time," Harney said.
"We got her from New Zealand, where she'd won her trial very impressively, by about three lengths eased up, and we put her on the market and within two weeks she was snapped up.
"We're currently circling the waters over in New Zealand, we've got a couple of big things going to happen over the next months, so fingers crossed we can launch them and be on our way.
"This is a great start, though."
.@CWilliamsJockey drives through along the paint aboard Cataracta to extend his lead to 10 in the #MetroPrem. Results: https://t.co/DWLbtkIIFh pic.twitter.com/KTY0Ad4nki— Racing.com (@Racing) July 11, 2018
Williams was again in the winners' circle in the following race aboard highly-promising Savabeel gelding Gold Mag for David and Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig.
Three-year-old Gold Mag made it two dominant wins to start his career when he followed up his four-and-three-quarter-length debut victory at Bendigo with a five-length win in the 1200-metre Le Pine Funerals 3YO Handicap.
"He still didn't know anything about what he was doing, but he's got a big motor and plenty of raw ability," Williams said.
"He'll be winning more races, that's for sure."
Gold Mag is raced by his New Zealand breeders Peter Grieve and Barry Thomas and caught the eye when closing from the rear in a Cambridge trial in January, prompting a phone call to the owners from David Hayes. – NZ Racing Desk
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Finding effective treatment for cervix cancer is a tall order for contemporary scientists. Two vaccines have recently been developed that help protect women against contracting human Pappinola virus ("HPV"), a known factor in most cervical cancer cases.
Although precise causes of cervical cancer remain undetermined, prevailing medical consensus overwhelmingly indicates that early detection and accurate information about the signs and symptoms of cervical cancer drastically decreases its incidence.
Current medical protocol strongly suggests that all women over 30 years of age have an annual Pap Smear to check for carcinoma of cervix development. Patients whose test results are normal for three consecutive years and have no family history of cervical carcinoma may be tested only once every three years. In addition, experts advise women between the ages of 21 and 30 who are more likely to maintain active sex lives be tested annually, due to higher associated HPV risks.
A trio of well-respected American cancer research groups have recommended that females over 30 obtain HPV testing in addition to periodic Pap Smears. This advice is based upon the proven sensitivity of HPV testing in the detection of high-risk HPV viruses within cervical tissues that could progress into cancerous tumors.
The tacit inquiry underlying this controversy is essentially one of whether Pap Smears alone detect sufficient carcinoma of cervix development. An adjunct question centers upon whether or not HPV testing can adequately bridge this gap without causing unnecessary "treatment."
One dual-screening study initially revealed that 25% more potentially carcinogenic cervical pathologies were detected than through exclusive Pap Smear testing. Five years later, dual-screened patients still exhibited a lower overall cervical cancer incidence. Both groups displayed comparable rates of high-risk cervical lesion development. This suggests that HPV testing alone does not detect many infections that might have resolved without treatment.
Cervical cancer experts currently involved in research updates have reviewed all the most current HPV and Pap Smear screening data. This collaborative effort was conducted for the purpose of devising more detailed information about the causes of cervical cancer and effective treatment of cervical cancer. All results gleaned to date strongly suggest that women past the age of 30 are well-advised to avail themselves of HPV testing benefits


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College – Current college students. Devin Kahan, Leader – Room 212
Rooted – Young adults between College and the Bridge. Randen Schleiden, Leader—Room 209
The Bridge – Young adults (single and newly married). Daniel Luter, Leader—Room 118
The Refuge – Adults in their 30s. Scott Jones, Leader—Room 301
Covenant – Adults in their 40s. Thomas Gandy and Clark Robinson, leaders – Room 210
Seekers – Adults in their 50s. Jim Brown and Kevin Russell, Leaders—Room 211
Crossroads – Adults 60+. Ben Edwards, Leader – Fellowship Hall
For more information, email Pastor Billy Meenan or call the church office at 601-853-0636.


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Rebel Wilson Designs T-Shirts to Make You Smile
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The hilarious Rebel Wilson, of Bridesmaids and Pitch Perfect fame. added another bullet to her resume: T-shirt designer! Inspired by her Pitch Perfect character "Fat Amy," the comedienne designed two tees (sizes 12 and up!) with yummy cartoon cupcakes and donuts placed strategically for a sartorial laugh. We hope she busts one out on the red carpet!
See more stars who are fronting fashion campaigns!
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Elizabeth Tien An Flux is a freelance editor and an editor for Reading Victoria, a project run through Melbourne City of Literature. Her past editorial positions include Voiceworks, Australia's premier literary journal for writers and artists under the age of 25 (2014-2016) and On Dit (2011).
Shorter-term projects have included the Summer in the City of Literature series for Melbourne City of Literature, The Signal Express for The Emerging Writers' Festival as well as private freelance projects for individual clients.


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In the year 2000, Nokia had launched 3310, a basic feature phone which went on to become one of its most relaiable handsets owing to its long lasting battery and indestructible body. Nokia has relaunched Nokia 3310 phone at MWC 2017. Nokia 3310 mobile comes 2.4 inch polarized and curved screen that provides better readability in sunlight. It supports FM RAdio, MP3 player for music, 2G and Bluetooth connectivity, a 2MP Rear camera with LED Flash.
Nokia Phone also know as Nokia 3310 Phone, Nokia 3310 or 3310.
Nokia 3310 (2018) dual SIM mobile was launched in February 2017. Nokia 3310 phone comes with a 2.40-inch display with a resolution of 240x 320 pixels. New Nokia 3310 phone packs 16MB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 32GB via a microSD card. As far as the cameras are concerned, the Nokia 3310 (2018) packs a 2-megapixel primary camera on the rear.
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- 2.4 Inch QVGA Display
- MicroSD Upto 32GB
- Dual Normal SIM
- 2MP Camera With LED Flash
- FM Radio
- MP3 Player
- Bluetooth 3.0 With SLAM
- Nokia Series 30+ OS
- 1200 MAh Battery Removable Battery
The Nokia 3310 (2018) runs Series 30. It is comes with 1200mAh removable battery. It measures 115.60 x 51.00 x 12.80 (height x width x thickness) . The Nokia 3310 (2018) is a dual SIM (GSM and GSM) mobile that accepts Micro-SIM and Micro-SIM. Connectivity options include Bluetooth and FM.
The main camera on the Nokia 3310 is a 2 MP shooter with Video Recording.
Nokia 3310 Phone Price 2018
The Nokia 3310 runs Nokia 30 + OS. The best Nokia phone Nokia 3310 price 2018 is around Rs. 3,310. Nokia 3310 Phone Color option is Warm Red (Glossy), Dark Blue (Matte), Yellow (Glossy), Grey (Matte) .


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Having morning coffee with my inner goddess, I asked her if she preferred the name GG or Iggy. She doesn't have a preference, but she wants me to know she's "feminine." Not in the sense of ladylike, but in the power of the feminine divine, sort of way. I have a spirit guide named Sam, a male energy who tells me were once soulmates. Maybe we still are. Sam has made his presence known since shortly after the death of my son, and he is front and center in much of Blessings in the Mire, my first book of many. But my inner goddess, she's been with me for longer than I can recall, and we've been increasingly tight over the past few years. She's a powerhouse of feminine strength, wisdom, nurturing, creativity, playfulness, and generosity, and she loves to dress and live with the flair of a goddess. She's aligned to both heaven and earth energies, is very in touch with the feminine power principles, and she encourages me to accept that intuitive goddess leadership style in everything I do.
I get it. Many years ago, in what seems to be another lifetime, I was one of the first female truck drivers in the Teamster's Union. The #MeToo and #TimesUp campaigns are now speaking to some of the treatment I was on the receiving end of. But that experience was another time, and is a story for another time. It's relevant now only as a solid piece of the foundation for my passion of empowering women, and is unquestionably a vital piece of the inner rebar that's made my foundation strong. (There's nothing quite so empowering as is learning by contrast!)
Anyway, today, as I sat with GG/Iggy, it was challenging to get the answers I sought. In fact, I laugh out loud, because Iggy (Inner Goddess Guidance YES) came off the keyboard as "iffy" just now as I write this, and my connection with Iggy was a bit iffy this morning. It was as if my connections were corroded, and we weren't making clear contact; It's generally not that difficult to hear from her, but today, try as I did, we weren't making that clear connection. I almost raised my voice when I finally asked her to speak up and make it more obvious.
Still, something was awry.
I'd asked her for clear guidance of the best next right step to take today in three areas. I figured more than three would be overwhelming, and my intention is to have a smooth flowing experience of having achieved much of all I have to accomplish. Plus, I have a mastermind meeting this afternoon, and these gatherings predictably take over the remainder of my day. This morning, I knew before I put my feet on the ground, is for focusing on the tasks at hand. And that calls for goddess guidance….
There is little chance of connection with one's inner goddess wisdom when one is stressed, and after about 30-minutes of some semi-successful meditative time, I was beginning to feel my heart rate increase and my blood pressure rise. I wasn't sure if it was the super moon energies lingering from yesterday throughout the night and into this morning, or if it was the cup coffee I drank as I communed with Iggy. Regardless of the source of my increased energy, and the challenge of consistently staying in the frequency of the inner goddess, it made sense to heed the message I did distinctly hear, that said clearly, "You are trying too hard."
It was like when I ask virtual Alexa a question she doesn't know, and she shuts down. There's no emotion there. It's just a "see ya" sort of vibe that means it's okay to walk away for now; that's the best next right step to take.
And so, I stopped trying, shook it off, and went to my desk to start the day in the Winged-Women™ arena. At the left of my desk in a curio cabinet is a beautiful objet d'art created by a lovely artist friend I've lost track of over the years. The piece is of a stone pyramid, which is also an upside-down face. I used it as an image in my only fiction book,The Flying Game. It's one of my most cherished belongings, not solely for its artistic beauty, but also as it is my energetic connection to this long-ago friendship. It warms my spirit, and I smile in my heart at his memory….
Very vaguely beginning to sense the stirrings of awareness that the universe had a message for me, I continued past the office to the bathroom where a commercially produced, yet very cool jar with a feminine face on it smiled like Mona Lisa from the shelf. I smiled in recognition as the words, "Face it" cleared past the resistance barrier and the message was downloaded into my conscious mind.
"Face it" is an answer to a question I'd been skirting. It's also a pretty good life motto. Face it, whatever 'it' is. We don't have to embrace it; we don't need to pet its fur or fertilize its roots if it's something we are not trying to grow. But to face anything is to clarify the best next right step to take. It's not the answer I sought during coffee with my inner goddess, but it's the information the universe knew I needed. I chuckled at the playfulness of the universal connection. The messages are all around us, and they come thru in the most creative ways, particularly when we don't try so hard.
Get it in the Winged-Women™ bookstore: The Flying Game
Download an excerpt from The Flying Game
Get it on Amazon: Blessings in the Mire: A True Story of Miracles & Recollections
Read an excerpt: Blessings in the Mire: A True Story of Miracles & Recollections
PS~ In the end, neither Iggy nor GG made the cut. My inner goddess is bella, and so Bella, it is. I think it suits her perfectly.


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S5-S7 = NO me gusta.
(I did like some episodes in S5 and S6. But. You know, the major storylines? Had huge issues with 'em.)
Er. Happy things. I survived Darren Criss's concert at Irving Plaza and will one day be a functional human being.
Tomorrow I head home and hug my dog forever. Saturday: Glee Live. I have a floor seat ticket. Excite.
Tomorrow, I have to make myself write. Can I crack 6K? I'm already over 5K so sources say yes.
(I am going to laugh at the first person who calls me sexist for not liking Noxon's writing. So fucking hard. Yes, please try to pull that one on me.)


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I've decided to run two similar lists for both tournaments, following my MSU philosophy. My models (WHFB Empire) suit either Kingdoms of Men or League of Rhordia. I've spoken a little bit about the differences here. I'll talk about my list philosophy (such as it is) in a later post.
The Lists:
2500 - Kingdoms of Men - The Grand Company of Westhaven
InfantryShield Wall Horde
Foot Guard Regiment (with two-handed weapons)
Spear Phalanx Regiment x 2
Pole-Arms Block Troops x 2
Arquebusiers Troop x 4
CavalryKnights Regiment x 2
Mounted Scouts Troop with carbines
Siege Engine
Beast of War with Light Ballista
HeroesArmy Standard Bearer, Mounted, with Healing Charm
Army Standard Bearer, with The Boomstick
General on a Winged Beast
Hero, Mounted, with Blade of Slashing
Wizard, with Lightning Bolt and Bane Chant, and Inspiring Talisman
2000 - League of Rhordia - The Company of Prinz Johannes of Westhaven
InfantryCity Spear Militia Regiment x 2
House Guard Regiment
City Militia Troop x 2
Musket Block Troop x 4
CavalryHousehold Knights Regiment x 2
Halfling Iron Beast
HeroesBaron, Mounted, with Mace of Crushing
Duke on Ancient Winged Aralez
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"Fuck it."
Not an appealing choice of last words; he couldn't care less. As the gun in his hand tore the flesh of his brain, there was no hint of regret. As the blood splattered across the room, there was no hint of sorrow. He did it with a smile. Nobody knew why though; why he videotaped it. Nobody knew why he'd left the camera on as he shot himself in the head. His letter was covered in blood, and what else was there to do but to try to decipher.
His ex-girlfriend understood his letter as an escape. The world was unbearable without her presence. Cocky, and self-admiring, in a way, it seemed unlikely. She needed the importance. She wanted the point to have something to do with her. As their relationship was, she was always the one important, and so, even in his death, why shouldn't she play the biggest role of all, one could find in a suicide. Why shouldn't she be the reason he died?
His parents couldn't even comprehend how that would have led him to such a death. Such malicious acts, self inflicted upon himself. It wasn't her, they believed. Written all over his arms with the crude force of a fountain pen were the words "Forgive Me". On his legs, his arms, his chest, his fingers even. His guitar, his passion, was broken; splinters were in his eyes, and on his face. It was them. They knew the blame was to be sought within their hearts. His father, for the first time, cried over him. His mother, out of the innumerable times, cried once more. She would shed more tears later.
The police saw what he did as a simple act of rebellious chemical reaction to whatever it is his emotions were. His brain had probably produced more emotion-inducing hormones than expected, and it led him to the gruesome sight that they had before them. With a relatively tired sigh, the detective simply recorded it. It was just the simple science of love. It was recorded, analyzed, placed as data, and stored. Forgotten by most, remembered by the lucky who had the data. It was the average case of a suicidal teenager. They had the closest answer.
However, they were all blind. They were all a stoop lower than the steeple of his thought. They were all numb to the reality of life; the reality that it was empty and mundane, the reality that religion is bullshit; merely characterized by people as a necessity for the sustenance of life, the truth behind the arts; which was to express the same old god damned emotions, the truth behind the science; a pastime to endure living, and a great way to achieve their regular definition of "success". He had achieved the highest success that anyone could achieve, death. He knew this at an early age. Names are forgotten. What was the point of fame, of exerting effort? All humanity is doomed to die, and the entire purpose of doing well for being remembered is not as appealing as it seems. Of course, over the years, people will remember, and some may even study you in their books, but how else, would people look at you? They would see you as a mere subject that they had to take to achieve their pre-defined definitions of success.
What was life really? Science says it's just form after form evolving to fit the system. Religion says it's all God's fault, and we were made to worship a being that didn't even fucking communicate in ways clear to us. Art says life is simply the existence of a being that feels and would express it in mediums; practically a being that made art. Philosophy and other social sciences would go on and on and tackle all of this bullshit. What is the truth? The answer is in death. Nobody on this godforsaken earth could answer you these questions without leaning towards one of the representatives above. To find the truth, you take a house call from the Grim Reaper. You talk to "God" face to face. You talk to the "Devil". You talk to the failure of your internal organs. You talk to other dead people out there, assuming ghosts exist in an alternate universe aligned to ours.
Those however, were not the reasons; they merely led him to realize that he never knew himself. He never knew what he was. He never knew who he was. His name was a mere "Proper Noun" reference to a regular human being, whether or not he was capable of feats, talents, or science. His body was just meat and organs, with a little organic tissue on the side. He knew that humans were animals because all they did was live, just like other animals, following the instinct of what they want, sometimes neglecting what they need and often brought to do something by thought sprung from emotions. What he was taught in school was obliviously irrelevant. What he was taught at home and with friends was senseless in the light of his thought. What he believed in dearly was, in reality, in essence, nothing.
The reason why he did it was simple. The reason why he committed this self-destructive feat from which there was no turning back was written on the walls in the blur of blood. The reason why he carved his skin was shaped with the splinters from his smashed up guitar. The reason why he videotaped himself smiling as he did it was seen on the screen. Everyone was merely blind, numb, oblivious, stupid, or just plain scared of what they were to figure out if they saw the world through his eyes; his splintered blue eyes. There, in fact, was no reason. It was just that,
He was just somebody that he used to know.
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| 05.12.08
Dot Org Domains Get A Price Increase
By Mike Banks Valentine
According to Jacqui Cheng of Ars Technica, the
Public Interest Registry has announced a .60 cent increase in wholesale prices for the dot org (.org) domain fee.
This increase seems negligible to me and, like the cost of postage, seems entirely reasonable to increase. The fact that you can send written or printed communication across the country for less than half a dollar has always been fascinating to me - yet each time the cost goes up a few pennies, people wail about it. Each time a rate increase is announced for anything, people rail against the effect of prices increasing.
Guys, come on, it's sixty cents per year! Yes, it will cost domain squatters a bit more to renew their portfolio of profit-makers. Yes, it will cost true non-profits a few pennies for the domains they hold for true charity work - but just like postage - look at the value received. That name should represent the online identity of an organization. How much more is spent on signage, marketing collateral, branding and visibility for national organizations, press release distribution, PR and marketing, intellectual property protection and on and on. The cost of the domain is, by far and away, the least costly element of an online presence - even at twenty times current levels.
I've always recommended to clients that they consider extending their registration out to the maximum allowable 10 years in any case. Those who do that, including non-profits, not only decrease the likelihood that they'll forget to renew it or that their contact information will go stale and they'll lose it to forgetfulness or just plain negligence. Now I can add this additional reason - you are protected from price increases and lock in your identity for the silly low (wholesale) price of your $6.15 dot org domain registration times ten.
And if you own any dot org domains, you still have until November 9th to renew them - you can have a fundraiser to cover that .60 cents. ;-) Just kidding around, but honestly, it's your online identity and worth the tiny cost.
About the Author:
Mike Banks Valentine operates SEOptimism, Offering SEO training of in-house content managers SEO Staff Training as well as the Small Business Ecommerce Tutorial at http://WebSite101.com and blogs about SEO at http://RealitySEO.com where this article appears with live links to SMO stories, buttons, blog posts and examples.
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For people who are very new and do not know much about the real estate jargon or the market, a condominium is basically a kind of property type that is a cross between an apartment and a house. These are usually build in urban areas and when you look at them they look so good that people instantly want to invest their money in it. Of course that is not how you make decisions when large amount of finances are involved.
The very first thing you should do when you are looking to invest in a real estate property is to hire a real estate agent and let them scour through the market so that they are able to find you just what you need. Another reason as to why it is important to have a real estate agent is because they are well versed in the market and will be able to give you the best advice regarding this topic. If you have people in your social circle already living in condos, then you should really sit down and have a long talk with them and let them know that you have plans of moving into a place of your own very soon and you want to know their honest opinions and thoughts regarding living in a condo. They will be able to give you their firsthand opinions on this. The best condo company that we have come across in a very long time is known by the name of Sugar Wharf Condos, if you are interested in checking it out. With that said, let us take a look at some of the reasons as to why you should invest in a condo, check them out below.
You Do Not Have to Mow The Lawn
Owning the house means you have to deal with all the outdoor maintenance works on your own. There is no organization or association that will do it for you. However, in condos all you have to do is pay them a certain amount and all is taken care of.


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My name is Carol Paris and I am a beadweaver and bead embroiderer who lives and works in Torphins, a rural village in the NE of Scotland. I am mother to two children and work from home in the company of many animals, including my dog, Dexter.
I am an experienced teacher having taught English in secondary schools for over a decade and now beadweaving and bead embroidery classes for several years. I teach in a bead shop called Bead Pop in Aberdeen and a craft gallery in Johnshaven called Starfish Studio.
I also design my own beadwoven and bead embroiderered jewellery designs. These are sold in various local shops such as Starfish Studio in Johnshaven and Pebble in Aberdeen.
I exhibit annually for NEOS (North East Open Studios) and sell at fairs in the latter months of the year.
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A Family's Transition and Divorcing Well
April 27, 2016
Hosted by Kathryn Zox
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Episode Description
Kathryn interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning science reporter Amy Ellis Nutt, author of "Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family". This is the inspiring true story of a transgender girl, her identical twin brother, and an ordinary American family's extraordinary journey to understand, nurture, and celebrate the uniqueness in us all. Becoming Nicole was named "One of the Ten Best Books of the Year" by People Magazine and Men's Journal.
Kathryn also interviews journalist and essayist Wendy Paris MFA, author of "Splitopia: Dispatches from Today's Good Divorce and How to Part Well". Splitopia chronicles Paris' own divorce in real time; shares insights from happily divorced couples, international experts, and the latest research; and follows her own divorced parents' possible reunion. Her work on marriage, relationships and contemporary culture appears in The NY Times, Psychology Today, Glamour, Brides and Salon.com.
The Kathryn Zox Show
Wednesday at 7 AM Pacific Time on VoiceAmerica Variety Channel
Kathryn Zox is your Social Worker with a Microphone™. She's informative and fun and opens up the mike with conversations that women need to hear. The Kathryn Zox Show is savvy and relationship oriented. Kathryn has counseled hundreds of women and their families who have suffered from eating disorders, addiction problems, marital, family and geriatric issues as well as persons coping with mental and physical disabilities. She combines her feminine perspective, social work skills and acting talents to produce a show that's smart, upbeat, informative, sometimes irreverent, but never boring! Tune in Wednesdays at 7 AM/PT, 10 AM/ET to The Kathryn Zox Show be a part of Kathryn's lively interviews on wealth, health, kids, divorce, travel, menopause, recipes, diets, and relationships. Serious and not so serious topics include hair loss, weight gain, face lifts, obsession, and rejection and even male contraception. That's the Kathryn Zox Show, right here on VoiceAmerica Variety.
Kathryn Zox
Kathryn Zox is your social worker with a microphone™. She has been producing and hosting The Kathryn Zox Show Lunchtime Talk in Albany, NY for over five years and is excited about bringing her show from the capital of NY State to the Nation's Capital. She has also recently been a co-host and featured life expert on Doug Stephan's syndicated Good Day Show. Kathryn's interviewed thousands of guests including lifestyle experts, celebrities, authors, lawyers, psychiatrists, physicians and dieticians. At Albany Medical College she has trained doctors and medical students to communicate effectively with their patients. She's an actor who can be seen on the Sopranos and Law and Order and even admits to modeling for AARP! She has Masters' Degrees in Social Work and Counseling Psychology and is a graduate of the New School of Radio and Television. Much background for her show comes from traveling the world and raising three boys now in their twenties - a rock star, an actor and a film maker. There's also one ex-husband, one boyfriend, two brothers and an aging mom!