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As President Obama headed to Chicago Thursday afternoon to kick off the first official fundraiser of his re-election campaign, he left behind a sizable collection of dispirited Democrats.
They were not relishing the chance to vote on a budget-cutting bill that had been forged without their input and that most found repugnant.
The compromise that Obama struck last week with House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to keep the federal government running contained steep cuts to some of the party's most cherished programs—nutrition for poor women and children, long-stalled transportation projects, funding for community health centers—as well as language barring the District of Columbia from using its own tax dollars to finance abortions.
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, warned that the $38 billion in promised cutbacks would hurt the most vulnerable Americans. "We don't have enough time to talk about the ways it violates our values," he told The Daily Beast.
There is no more visible symbol of Democratic disgruntlement than the woman who was perhaps the president's closest ally when she wielded the speaker's gavel. When Nancy Pelosi voted against the budget measure Thursday, she did little to hide her anger with the White House over the fact that Obama, for the first time, had left her out of the negotiations on a major deal. Instead, he chose to work directly with Boehner and Reid to hammer out the compromise that each could take back to their caucuses for approval.
"I have been very disappointed in the administration to the point where I'm embarrassed that I endorsed him," one senior Democratic lawmaker said. "It's so bad that some of us are thinking, is there some way we can replace him? How do you get rid of this guy?"
"I feel no ownership of that or responsibility to it, except to say we don't want to shut down the government," the minority leader said. "As was pretty evident, House Democrats were not a part of that agreement."
Pelosi sounded miffed by the enhanced status that Obama granted Boehner and Reid. "They were the ones that had the votes, so they had the strength to negotiate and the president presided over that," she said. (Eighty-one House Democrats voted for the measure, more than offsetting defections by 59 of Boehner's Republicans.)
For many Democrats, the budget bill was only the latest in a string of disappointments served up from the White House since 2009, when Obama swept into office on a tide of goodwill and a platform of base-pleasing promises they say he hasn't lived up to. On the list are his pledges to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, pass comprehensive immigration reform, and end the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.
In 2008, for example, Obama promised Latino groups that he would pass comprehensive reform within a year of taking office. But he made no serious push to do so when the Democrats controlled the House and Senate. Latinos are further incensed over the fact that his administration is deporting a record number of illegal immigrants, more than under George W. Bush.
In protest, Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez launched a cross-country tour, complete with a stop in Chicago on Saturday, to urge the administration to make its enforcement more compassionate. "I have made no secret of the fact that I think the president can do more to keep families together and that the focus of changes this year needs to be administrative and procedural because legislation is very unlikely," Gutierrez said Thursday.
Some legislative grumbling is inevitable when a party returns to power after eight years. But a number of Democrats are past protesting the president, discussing among themselves ways to recruit a primary challenger in 2012.
"I have been very disappointed in the administration to the point where I'm embarrassed that I endorsed him," one senior Democratic lawmaker said. "It's so bad that some of us are thinking, is there some way we can replace him? How do you get rid of this guy?" The member, who would discuss the strategy only on the condition of anonymity, called the discontent with Obama among the caucus "widespread," adding: "Nobody is saying [they want him out] publicly, but a lot of people wish it could be so. Never say never."
A serious challenge still seems unlikely. One Democrat who has repeatedly criticized Obama but won't oppose him next year is Dennis Kucinich, the liberal Democrat from Ohio who ran for president in 2008 and reiterated Thursday that he won't be making another run in 2012.
Kucinich said he disagrees strongly with Obama's policies on Iraq, Afghanistan, civil liberties, and the budget, but added that even Obama could not live up to the expectations House Democrats had for him when he came into office. Instead, he made clear that the president may no longer be able to take his Hill allies for granted.
"Congressional Democrats are going to have to reassert themselves," Kucinich said. "Instead of waiting for direction from the White House, we're going to have to give direction to the White House."
Patricia Murphy is a writer in Washington, D.C., where she covers Congress and politics.


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My Review:
This book reminded me, faintly, in some parts more of Pride and Prejudice than the book of Ruth.
I fell in love with Letty, the main character, she was just someone you wanted to help and save. I wanted someone else to see her for what she was and love her, but I was not sure if the man she was attracted to was the right for her at first, which is probably why it reminded me of P&P. The time period helped as well. If you are a fan of regency romance, look this one up. It is clean, but speaks in veiled tones of Letty's unhappy marriage and the ill treatment she suffered at the hands of her husband, so it is more an adult level book. Excellent storyline and writing! I really enjoyed it!- Martha
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Known to her friends as Pip, Philippa has been writing since she was 12 in every notebook she could find. Although she would love to take full credit for her writing ability, she has to admit her faith in Jesus gives her the inspiration and desire to write. She also has a passion for reading, history, and horse-riding, and these interests have led to a love for Regency romances.
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A penniless young widow with an indomitable spirit. A wealthy viscount with an unsavory reputation.
London, 1815: After her husband's untimely death, Letty Burton comes up from the country with her domineering mother-in-law. Hiding a past she wishes to forget and facing an uncertain future, all she wants is to navigate London Society as a silent companion.
A chance meeting with London's most eligible bachelor sets in motion a series of events that will bring her quiet life under the unfriendly scrutiny of the ton. With the net of scandal, debts, and rivals closing in, will she let her dark past dictate her life forever? Will she learn to trust again? And most importantly, will she allow herself to love?
Based on the biblical story of Ruth, The Widow's Redeemer is a Regency romance depicting the pain of past hurts, the grace needed to overcome them, and the beautiful gift of redemption.
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Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
"I don't understand your meaning, sir." A little crinkle appeared between Letty's brows. She folded and unfolded her stitchery, her hands becoming more agitated with every second that passed.
She cast the sewing onto a small side table and began teasing the frayed cuffs of her muslin day dress before standing abruptly. Leaving the doctor behind, she walked over to the small window set deeply into the farmhouse wall. Silence followed. She stared at the rugged slabs of stone that made up the thick wall and kept the winter winds at bay.
The beginning of the week had brought her husband back from the gaming hells of London. He had been sickening from exposure to rain and cold on his journey home and had fallen from his horse. Could life be so ready to change? Were the cards being dealt as she stood here?
The physician was packing up instruments into his old leather bag. There was the clink of draft bottles as they slotted into place, the creak of un-oiled leather, and the click of a stiff clasp.
Letty swung back round to face the retreating doctor. "But surely there is something more that may be done?"
His small white head shook in a well-acted sadness. Perhaps he had given this news a dozen times, perhaps he had given it a hundred times over. His headshake was so perfected and his eyes so full of sympathy. It was a slow and definite last retreat.
"It is merely a matter of nursing him until his time comes." He paused, wetting his bottom lip before taking a long breath. "Has he drawn up a will?"
Letty's thoughts scattered everywhere at once. She had not thought about a will. Even the mention of one but two days ago would have seemed unwarranted, almost absurd. Yet here John lay, with waxy skin and red-rimmed eyes, the smell of fever on him. The scent was curious; body odors were mingling with the wood smoke and damp, producing a rank and stale smell.
A will, was that what the doctor had said? John had been in charge of business matters, and he would not have had the forethought to write a will at seven and twenty, or at least not the care.
"I am not sure." She reached a hand up, unconsciously checking her hair. These were not things she had expected to confront in her second year of marriage.
"I suggest you summon your lawyer as soon as possible. It is hard to estimate how much time your husband has left."
She nodded dumbly, blinking quickly in a last, vain attempt to understand the enormity of what was happening. A sad smile marked his lips, as though that settled the business. With no more to be done, he took up his case and descended the tight spiral staircase.
Letty followed behind, grappling with the feeling of shock but still aware of her obligation to see the doctor out. In front of the house, the small boy who looked after the farm's horses, waited with the doctor's animal. Letty watched the physician mount the small Dartmoor pony. The animal shook his head in impatience for his hay and stable and was only happy once his hooves were falling in a steady beat. John's wife waited at the door until the creature disappeared from sight.
For a moment she stood silently, contemplating the sentence which had just this evening been hung over her life. The gathering gloom descended upon her still figure, leaving her a lonesome silhouette in the evening farmyard. Dew settled unbidden upon the landscape, the droplets disturbed a little by a sea breeze. The sky was dark—hues of blue, gray, red, and purple all slowly merging into one as night formed above her. In a far off pasture the soft moo of a cow could be heard. The familiar sound brought her back to the problems at hand. She shook off the desire to sleep and, turning on her wooden heel, walked hastily inside.
The moonlight was firmly in control of the rugged landscape outside the window when she finally drifted off. The large winged armchair in her husband's room had become her home in the past week, ever since he had been taken ill. The heavy woolen blanket, which was now draped across her unconscious frame, had become the roof over her head.
The farmhands had brought John back after finding him unhorsed and drenched on one of the farm tracks. After all, a drunk man was no horseman. Letty had not heard from him while he had been in Town and even his return had been a surprise.
A small fire, which had been lit early in the evening, was glowing sluggishly in the grate. The scent of it had gradually penetrated everything in the room. Objects surrounding the bed were cast in an unusual light. Several rapidly drawn up letters scattered a small desk in the corner of the room, the little amount of wax on each one looking like a small arachnid in the dim light. A bowl of tepid water reflected a little of the firelight, giving the depths an eerie, luminescent appeal. A rag hung over the side of the basin, like a lone shipwreck survivor crawling to safety.
Letty was awakened by nightmares only half an hour after she fell asleep. Too many worries consumed her mind which, until settled, would prevent her from further rest. Soon, realizing the cold had frozen her aching joints, she rose to dab her husband's brow. He made no indication of consciousness. Pausing a moment, she watched the knitting and un-knitting of his feverous brow before turning and making her way to the desk. She shuffled the letters that lay there into some kind of order and gingerly placed another log on the fire.
She spun on her heel at the sound of the rasping voice. Small feet bore her swiftly from the fireplace to John's side. She knelt on the wooden floor to better look into his weary eyes. He was groggy, his eyes roving about the room, though Letty could see lucidness as they settled upon her.
"Yes, John? How do you feel?" She dunked the cloth in the basin and made to wipe his beaded brow.
"No, no more of that. You have made me cold enough." He turned his head from her.
She nodded slightly, placing the rag back into the basin.
"Why has this come upon me?" he cried out suddenly. "I am in such pain!" He writhed on the bed and upset the soiled bed linens.
"How can I make you more comfortable? Your pillows, do you wish to sit up?"
"That's the last thing I want to do, Lettice. My back, it aches terribly." He paused. So little strength was left to him; it was an exertion even to speak a single sentence–especially a sentence filled with anger. "My mother was right. We should never have left Town. None of this would have come upon us."
Her eyes dropped to the disordered bedcovers. "We would never have met."
He made no response and turned his head away once again. Letty could not stand the feeling of ineptness. She stood up, pausing by the chair, and then made her way to the fire. There was an old loaf of bread left on a cutting board by its side. She was hungry; it was early morning, a long time since she had had her frugal dinner. She started sawing off a piece to toast over the fire.
"Will you not ask if your sick husband wants something to eat?"
"Do you?"
"No, but you could at least act the caring wife."
Letty did not answer. It was best she refrained while John was in this mood. Then, with a sobering feeling, she realized that perhaps there would not be many more of his moods to bear.
"The doctor said…well, he said the fever is not abating. He was worried. You are weakening rather than strengthening."
"And so I expect he thinks I should call the lawyer." John coughed, a wracking sound that clawed at his lungs and rattled his core.
"He did mention it, yes." She did not mean it as an attack, but John took it to be one.
"So quick to make me sign over my fortune. I have been ill but a week." The well-known scowl lines of his face deepened in a sneer.
"John?" She turned to face him. Despite their differences, to tell a man he was dying could never be an easy thing. How could she approach it? How could she say it?
As it was, she would not have to bear the discomfort of speaking it. He had turned his head away again, and he would not turn it back now. He had read it in her anxious eyes all too clearly. Death was inevitable to all men and to him it would come sooner than to most.
She stayed by his bed, quiet, trying hard to clear her mind of all the thoughts that clamored for attention. It was still dark beyond the walls of the house, dark like her mind which was filled with a hundred worries. She would go on through the night worrying, waiting by his side and watching his pain.
Dawn came slowly. She rose from the chair she had been waiting in and walked round the bed to face him. As her gaze fell on his face, the cockerel crowed. His eyes were cold, distant, and lifeless. His body was pale and hard, the worries of a lifetime written in the lines of his harsh, heavy face. She left him there. She did not close his eyes but walked through the cold house in search of her shawl so that she could go to the village and fetch the funeral men. The lawyer never came and neither did her tears.
John's body was made ready for burial, and the farm's tenants were duly informed. Letty would be the only one following the coffin to the graveyard on that bleak walk. No friends came; even family, it appeared, were unable to attend. Letty wondered that John's mother did not come to bury her son, to see the last trace of his earthly self disappear into the ground. It would not be until later that she would receive a letter explaining that, upon hearing of her son's death, the mother had locked herself in her room and was refusing to eat or come out. To lose a husband had been the first trial for that mother to overcome, but now a son also within two years was more than she could bear. So Letty was left to walk behind her husband's coffin alone.
The last of the rich brown earth was tossed carelessly by the gravedigger. The soil sprayed across the grave that contained a body that was once a man. Feeling a cold northerly breeze spring up, Letty clasped the material of her thin pelisse closer. She looked around the deserted graveyard, sighed quietly, and then turned to make the lonely walk home.
* * *
Letty's mind was absent. Her body, however, was seated in a large leather armchair, the springs of which were becoming rather too obtrusive, while the stuffing was half there and half missing. The chair was in a tiny room at the back of a building that constituted the solicitors' offices. The rambling structure was situated in the village, a little set back from the other buildings, and was condemned by many to be in a worse state of repair than the infamous blacksmith's. This was partly due to the age and personality of the main law-working occupants, but it was also because their clientele possessed a low standing and, therefore, a deficient income.
Despite the building's exterior and the general tattiness of the objects within, it was a tidy little office. Nothing seemed out of place and, unlike most solicitors' desks, paperwork was not scattered across it. Letty was alone in the room for a long while. The faint mutterings and voices, muffled by the wall, floated in to her. The noises all washed over her, and she did not pay them much attention. How could she be interested in the chit-chat of persons she had never met when her future was being located, shuffled, and glanced over?
The man who would be the bearer of all news concerning her future eventually opened the door. He paused on the threshold. Letty could hear his steady breathing though she did not look round. Her head remained perfectly still, her eyes forward, and she had a politeness about her carriage. She clasped her hands loosely in her lap, ready for whatever would be thrown into them. She may not have had a governess who had taught her fine languages or clever mathematics but, thanks to her parson scholar of a father, she was no fool. That pause upon the threshold was one small thing which warned her of what was to come.
Why would a solicitor pause on the threshold, run a handkerchief over the perspiration that had suddenly beaded on his brow, give four brisk sniffs, and then straighten his plain cravat before facing his client? The answer was plain and it was simple. It whispered itself into Letty's mind. It said: fear.
She smiled faintly as the solicitor took his seat. He was a short, wiry old man and rather outmatched by the much too large wooden desk. He managed a small, polite smile before he placed the papers he had been carrying carefully out before him. With all of them equally spaced and perfectly straight, he cleared his throat and began.
"Now, Mrs. Burton, ah, here we are, ah, yes. Now I have drawn up and put together all the estate's values and assets including the farm and the house." He refrained from using the term "your house", and that was when she began to realize her true predicament. "I have then compared them to repayments needing to be made, yes, um, now…." He readjusted his wire-rimmed spectacles while the small tuft of white hair in the center of his head quivered. "Yes, ah…."
Letty's heart was tugged a little by the awkward situation this man had been placed in. She rested a tentative hand on the desk but took care to distance it from the solicitor's own hands. She captured his gaze with her frank brown eyes. "Mr. Glenville, I am led to believe that sometimes husbands have little to leave to their wives due to unfortunate business circumstances leading up to a sudden death. I understand that this cannot be helped." She kept her eyes on his, speaking far more with them than with her mouth.
"Yes, yes, of course. So glad you understand, Mrs. Burton. It can cause such upset, you see, when the value of the estate and assets comparative to various debts is read out. That is why—well, never mind that." He reshuffled the papers then took them up again and read on in a calm, precise voice. When he had finished, Letty remained poised for a few moments longer, allowing the information to take its rightful place in her mind. She had been completely unaware of the debts and the precarious position John had been in before he died.
"I see," she said finally, with far more firmness than Mr. Glenville had expected. "And now tell me truthfully: can the assets fulfill the repayments in their entirety with anything left over?" Her eyes fell back into focus as she spoke, containing a hardness that had not been there before.
"Well, Mrs. Burton, this is where it gets rather more complex. You see, your husband's affairs had fallen into, well, how shall I say? Difficult times. Therefore, through my calculations of his estate and the debts he accrued from purchases, as well as the debts from ah…several respectable establishments in London."
Letty's neck could not help but tense at the reference to her husband's regular appearance at some of London's most fashionable gaming hells. It had not been unusual for him to be away from Cornwall for weeks at a time while he entertained himself in London. She remembered the look of disgust and the lack of farewell as he journeyed away from their house each time he went to the metropolis. How could he, a bred gentlemen, stand to be in the country with little or no entertainment? Coupled with this was the severe lack of society that had attended him ever since his marriage to Letty. So severe were the consequences of his disadvantageous marriage that to spend only moments in his wife's presence was too much for him to bear.
He would be off, of course, entertaining himself in some hell or another, chasing days of past glory in the far-gone seasons. He met his friends, the ones she was never permitted to see, the ones in front of whom she could only prove an embarrassment. She had often wondered what those friends had heard of her. If it were spoken from John's lips then it would not be praise. There had been a few times when his words had stung more than his hand upon her—not many, but a few.
"Oh, I beg your pardon, Mr. Glenville. Could you please repeat what you just said?" Letty's back straightened and her mind returned from that far off place.
"Have no fear, Mrs. Burton." Mr. Glenville smiled slightly. He liked Lettice Burton, even if she had married above her station. She seemed a sweet girl and yet, as he saw her sitting there, he reflected that she was much changed from the girl he had seen on her wedding day. She no longer looked an innocent, fresh-faced child; she was a woman now, at least about the eyes. There was a sort of wisdom there, a lack of that childlike naivety she had once borne. "I understand this is a difficult time. Losing a spouse is a terrible thing, especially at so young an age."
Letty bowed her head in assent but behind the eyes that Mr. Glenville had deemed wise, there was no grieving heart. Was that wrong? Letty felt pangs of guilt and yet, as she raised her head again and felt the slight bruising at the back of her neck, the guilt bled away.
"What I was beginning to explain was the financial plan for Highfield. In order to cover the debts owed, I am afraid that the only way is to sell the house and the farm along with it."
Letty, after several days of widowhood, felt the first tears pricking her eyes. The guilt came back, but it was overcome with sadness. She thought with fondness—and bitterness—of the home she had shared with John, and for a moment could not bear the thought of its inevitable loss.
"I understand, Mr. Glenville. I give you all the authority to see to the matter. I shall prepare the house and farm for a new owner and take my leave of the tenants."
"Madam, I know this is outside of my authority, but I just wish to inquire—have you anywhere to go? I would not go about selling this property for you if you have no safety."
Letty smiled at him, his kindness a surprise yet fitting with his winsome face. "It is quite all right, Mr. Glenville. I am sure that my family will take me in." She said it with a certainty she was far from feeling. "In the meantime, the debts must be paid. Please sell Highfield, and before other debts are settled, take your own wages out of the sum. I do not wish to see you underpaid."
Mr. Glenville looked down at the desk, shuffling papers in a brisk fashion. He pulled a handkerchief out of his pocket and fluffed it about his nose. He was trying his hardest to smile his thanks without seeming impertinent. When he looked up, he saw a large smile brightening Letty's mouth and it instantly put him at his ease. The smile remained, covering the anxiety inhabiting her mind and protecting her from further sentiment or questions. She rose to exit.
Mr. Glenville came out from behind his desk and made to take her hand. The sudden movement caused Letty to shrink back instinctively, her arms moving to protect her body. Mr. Glenville's owl-like eyebrows rose and crinkled in confusion. Letty, her wide eyes taking in what she had just done unconsciously and the harmless gesture of the man which she had misread, dropped her hands to her sides in embarrassment.
"Thank you, Mr. Glenville," she said, trying to speak as though nothing unusual had just occurred. "You have been exceedingly helpful. If you could send me a missive here and there, to update me on the sale's progress and debt repayments, I would greatly appreciate it." She made no move to give him her hand.
The small man, willing to ignore the strange episode, bowed deeply before straightening again. Something flashed in his eyes, but Letty missed the look of admiration he bestowed upon her. She was already crossing the threshold, planning in her mind what needed to be done next.
Letty had barely eaten a thing at lunch, and now, as she was walking to the farm tenants' houses, a feeling of weakness came over her. She would not be eating until the leave-taking was done, however long it took. The sky was overcast though it was not likely to rain. Letty observed the sun-whitened clouds that threw everything into an oddly naked light.
The dirt track, which she had walked down so many times to oversee the farm work while John was away, was slightly damp thanks to last night's rain. Her black widow's garb had been bought at the cheapest price, so if a little mud spattered the hemline she did not much care. She was too used to walking in the country to be bothered about hemlines and complexion.
Her small figure went in and out of the few cottages on the farm. She bade farewell to the many families, the familiar smell of animals and earth in her nose. She was touched by the few words of condolences that were uttered, even if the tenants cared little for the loss of John. She saw their many concerned eyes and knew their feelings were for her.
To them she was the kindly parson's daughter who came and asked after each and every one of them, never forgetting a name. Yes, they would be sorry to see her go, yet the promise of a new master who might not be as tyrannical as the last was something that gave them hope. Why had the gentleman come from Town to a small piece of Cornwall in the first place? It was a piece of the country scorned by the modish, and clearly it had been scorned by him as well.
Letty knew of the many questions that her union with John had raised. They had been worlds apart in station and they would never have married had it not been for one indiscretion. That one incident, which had been so easily misread, was the reason she had been married for two years to a man who did not love her. If only John had not led her into a compromising situation because of his own desires; if only she had not so easily mistaken his lust for love. He had been a man whom she had thought she loved, and it had taken time for that naivety to fade after their hasty marriage. She had slowly realized his resentment of her, and it was a resentment that had in two years grown savage.
Yet, as she spoke to each tenant she felt a slight loss, a slight sense of pain at the parting she was making from the place that had been her home, no matter the circumstances. She remembered that she needed to write a letter to her parents asking their shelter. Would they be able to take her back into their parsonage? Somehow, it seemed impossible to go back to her childhood home–that place where her father had once tutored John, where they had met, where the unfortunate incident had happened which forced them to marry.
Too much had happened to her, had been inflicted upon her, for her to return to that place where she had once been so innocent. She felt as though the innocence she had worn in her youth had become polluted. She could not return to live the life of someone she would never be again. As the last tenant closed the door behind her, she turned towards her home, and as she walked back in the twilight, she knew that tonight, at least, it was too late to think upon the future.
The following morning brought a letter from Theodora Burton, Letty's sister-in-law, who resided in Truro. The small, pretty hand, familiar to Letty, brought a little smile to the young widow's lips. What had her relative been up to now?
Dearest Lettice, 17 October 1815
How are you? I am so sad to hear of John's passing away. It was such a dreadful shock! I actually said to Mrs. Grockel, my housekeeper, how sudden it was. I even dropped my paintbrush when I read the letter you sent me about it. (I was in the midst of decorating a small cabinet and now it is totally ruined as I dropped a black paintbrush right in the middle. I have no idea what to do about it. Mrs. Grockel said to paint it one color again. I told her if she wished to spend hours repainting the pattern she is welcome to it!)
Anyway, I am getting quite beside the point! Mr. Burton—well, David to you, I suppose, since you are family—has become quite ill, and as I thought you may be in need of some company and so shall I, I am inviting you to come and stay with us a while. Would you like to? Please say yes, for if I only have Mrs. Grockel to speak to I may fall ill myself, though I do not wish to exaggerate, of course.
I hope everything is well with you, dear sister, and I look forward to seeing you soon.
I send my love, your dearest sister-in-law,
Theodora Burton
Letty folded the letter and laid it in her lap. She turned to gaze out of the parlor window onto green fields that heaved up and fell away outside. Her thumb stroked the thick paper; perhaps it would be good to visit Theo. It had been a long time since she had seen her and it would be a way to save her parents any expense. Her father had been graced with a decent parish, but that did not mean money had ever been plentiful. The thought of her father only brought her mind back to John. If only money had not been so scarce when she had been young! Her father would not have had to take on gentlemen to tutor. She would never have met John, and they would never have married in a desperate attempt to avert the scandal.
She suddenly shook herself. What was she doing? Self-pity would help nothing. The past was set in stone and ultimately unchangeable. She must think of the future. If she could not change past actions, she could at least try to survive the present. She reprimanded herself and then, flicking the long plait of hair she had been fiddling with back over her shoulder, she rose clasping the letter. She sat in John's old chair at the large wooden desk, the high back overshadowing her, and took out a sheet of paper. Once the letter to Theo was finished, sealed, and sent, Letty went about packing the few dresses she owned into a bandbox. She saw to the business of the farm, and finally coming back to Highfield, she began saying goodbye to her home.
And so the farm, the house, and all the possessions therein were left to the debt collectors. Letty took her final leave with only a small trunk and a portmanteau to her widowed name. She removed to her sister-in-law's house in Truro. While Theodora's husband remained sick, Letty would be the young wife's comforter and companion.
The widow remembered with such clarity the day on which she left: the crisp morning air that pinched at her cheeks before she stepped up into the carriage; the sweet smell of earth that was laced with traces of briny sea air; the wind that flung her long hair back and forth, loosing it from the contraptions imprisoning it; the sky that was thick shades of iron gray and layers of towering clouds building above; the heath and shrub covered landscape in all its unruly beauty she knew so well—all was left to the elements behind her. The animals were hidden away in warm homes together, the only farewell being the natural blow of westerly winds.
The harshly sprung carriage afforded a small view of the country which she loved through a murky pane of glass. This view she engraved in her mind's eye. She would keep it for a time when she needed to know there was a place like heaven, a paradise somewhere.


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Every so often, I pick up my copy of Jeffrey Richter's CLR via C# which provides a great low level look at the .NET Framework intrinsics. When I read this book two things are likely to happen, either I fall fast asleep, or I discover something that makes my head snaps backward at break-neck speeds. Here's a great mind bender on garbage collection. Take this simple console program:
public class Program { public static void Main() { // setup a call back for every two seconds Timer t = new Timer(Callback,null,0,2000); Console.ReadLine(); } private static void Callback(object state) { Console.WriteLine("Callback called."); GC.Collect(); } }
This simple console program when compiled in Debug mode has different behavior than when it's compiled in Release mode.
Skeptic? Try it.
Debug Mode:
- Compile the solution in Debug mode.
- Open a command-prompt and execute the app
- The callback is called every two seconds until the Console reads a line.
Release Mode:
- Compile the solution in Release mode.
- Open a command-prompt and execute the app
- The callback is only called once.
...does your neck hurt? ;-)
In Release mode, the code and the JIT compiler are optimized. At the first callback where we force Garbage Collection, the Garbage Collector determines that our timer is not used in the remainder of the Main method, therefore not "rooted", and can be safely garbage collected. As this behavior would wreak havoc on debugging sessions, the JIT compiler treats un-optimized code (Debug) differently: it artificially "roots" all variables within a method to prevent them from premature garbage collection. Note that release code running under a Visual Studio debugging session will have the same behavior as debug code, that's why you need to run them from the command-line. You can fix this code by adding another call to our timer object further on down the method. When the Garbage Collector runs it will walk the stack and determine that our variable is "rooted" and our Release code will work just like our Debug counter-part.
Here's our Main method modified to prove that point:
public static void Main() { Timer t = new Timer(CallBack,null,0,2000); Console.ReadLine(); // our object is now rooted and will survive garbage collection t.Dispose(); }
Jeff also points out that simply adding code like:
t = null;
...won't change anything since this line will be optimized out of the code during JIT compilation. In short, what this means is that all objects don't have to fall out of scope (ie, end of the method) to be garbage collected. The garbage collector operates under the assumption that all objects are garbage until proven useful, regardless of where the object appears on the stack. So if you're not using it, the garbage collector is going to throw it out.


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Savings Quick Tips: Reduce Back to School Spending
Savings Quick Tips: Reduce Back to School Spending
Everybody knows holiday spending and the annual vacation will be big-ticket expenses throughout the year. But back-to-school shopping seems to sneak up on many families. And, in fact, some families might spend more money on getting kids ready to go back to school -- especially if college students are involved -- than any other spending event of the year.
Back-to-school shopping is different than it was a generation ago. Purchases stretch beyond No. 2 pencils, a lunchbox, and a pair of jeans. For some students, calculators, personal digital assistants, cell phones, and backpacks on wheels are standard gear. Trendy clothing and shoes can wipe out a school-shopping budget in a single lap around the mall.
American families with school-age children spend an average of $563 on back-to-school shopping, according to the National Retail Federation. Nationwide, it's an $18.4 billion shopping spree.
To cut the waste in back-to-school spending, consider these strategies:
- Plan and budget. Those words elicit yawns, but they're fundamental to using money wisely. School shopping shouldn't begin at the mall. It should start with a conversation. Plan with your children what you must purchase and how much it's likely to cost. That means taking an inventory to determine what supplies and clothing are missing and creating a shopping list. It also means forecasting what expenses are likely to crop up during the school year, such as new cleats for baseball or soccer, spending money for a school trip, or cash for prom or a yearbook. Be clear about how much money you, as a parent, will contribute and what extras must come from the child's own spending money. That should prompt a discussion of the difference between "needs" and "wants." Gym shoes are a need; $150 gym shoes are a want.
- Start early. Start back-to-school shopping closer to the Fourth of July than Labor Day. See the below table for when people say they begin shopping. Get a list of specific school supplies your child needs. Find out if the school or parents organization offers a school-supplies bundle. With bulk buying, it's likely to be cheaper and definitely will be less time consuming than trudging to a store and hunting for just the right color folders and brand of glue. For college students, starting early gives you time to search for used textbooks online or order international editions of texts, which tend to be cheaper but contain the same material.
- Hold a fashion show. Determine what's missing from each child's wardrobe or what's too small or tattered to wear for the next school year. Create a list of items to buy, and budget a specific dollar amount for each child. With teens, set a dollar amount and give them some discretion over what they buy. Explain the concept of trade-offsâ�"buying expensive soccer cleats means buying just two pair of jeans rather than three. Of course, mom and dad retain veto power over any purchases.
- Buy short-term items used. Some clothing and school supplies are used for such a relatively short time that they're hardly worth buying new. Ask friends and family for hand-me-downs, or host a neighborhood clothing-swap party. Check out thrift stores for bargains. With younger students, don't call them used or hand-me-downs. Instead, call them "first-grade clothes," as in, "You get to wear these special clothes when you graduate to first grade." Backpacks and scientific calculators are items to hunt for at yard sales or online auctions, such as eBay. If the student needs a computer, consider one with lower specifications. You don't need top-of-the-line computer power to run word-processing programs. If the child wants a high-powered gaming machine, require him or her to pay the price difference.
- Compare. Use the usual savings tactic of comparing prices. Backpacks can cost $10 or $40, and school scissors can cost 50 cents or $3. Personal digital assistants and computers may be cheaper at online retailers. Visit a warehouse club, such as Sam's Club, BJ's Wholesale, or Costco for bargains on clothing and school supplies. Dollar stores are good sources of off-brand items, such as tape and glue. And even if your teenage child refuses to buy clothes in a discount store such as Target or Wal-Mart, they might not mind buying such items as underwear and socks there.
- Buy late. An alternative to early shopping is late shopping. Limit clothes buying until after school starts, which allows you to spread out the expense over the year. And inevitably, your son or daughter will return to school and discover some new fashion he or she simply must have. Buying during prime time in August can be a good plan if you can find true bargains at back-to-school sales, and if your state holds a sales tax-free shopping event in August.
- Spend cash. Avoid using credit cards if you'll carry a balance from month to month. And if teens are doing their own shopping, give them cash too. Tell them as long as they get everything on their list, they can keep the leftover money. Then you'll see some smart spending.
When Will You Begin Shopping for Back-to-School Merchandise? | |
At least two months before school starts | 15% |
Three weeks to a month before | 45% |
One to two weeks before | 32% |
The week school starts | 5% |
After school starts | 3% |
National Retail Federation, 2007


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Hi and welcome to what is sadly going to be my last SingStore update post for you guys across the big pond.
My lovely colleagues at SCEA will be updating you about everything SingStar and SingStore from now onwards, which is great because they are actually not finishing work when you get up so responses will be much faster than me having to catch up with you the next day in London! Exciting news all around!
Moving on to this week's update, which boasts great tracks from the likes of Kool & the Gang, Celine Dion, Cheap Trick and The Specials. My personal favorite however will have to be 'Don't You (Forget About Me) by Simple Minds because it's just brilliant and featured in the equally brilliant movie 'The Breakfast Club'.
That's it from me. Thanks for all your support on here over past few months, I'll miss y'all. And should you really have the urge to get in contact with me again, you can always stop by on the EU Blog to say 'Hi'.
Keep on singin',
PS: I would still love a 'Save Nina' T-Shirt :-)
In English
- Blind – "Break Away"
- Sanne Salomonsen – "Everybody's Eyes On You"
- 1990s – "You're Supposed To Be My Friend"
- Aleksander With – "A Little Too Perfect"
- Badly Drawn Boy – "Once Around The Block"
- Celine Dion – "Love Can Move Mountains"
- Cheap Trick – "The Flame"
- Kajagoogoo – "Too Shy"
- Kool And The Gang – "Ladies Night"
- Koop Arponen – "Every Song I Hear"
- Spandau Ballet – "Lifeline"
- Superfamily – "The Radio Has Expressed Concerns About What You Did Last Night"
- The Specials – "Ghost Town"
- Vampire Weekend – "A Punk"
- Senses Fail – "Can't be Saved"
- Fools Garden – "Lemon Tree"
- Simple Minds – "Don't You Forget About Me"
- Lovin' Spoonful – "Summer In The City"
- Chris Brown – "With You"
- Neverstore – "Rejected All Along"


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Tommy Lee Quitting Social Media After Responding to Son's Claims of Alcoholism
Former Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee was back in the headlines this week after allegedly receiving a fat lip from an altercation with his son Brandon. While Lee's offspring issued a statement that the incident occurred as self-defense after dealing with his father's alcoholism, Lee was quick to refute that story in a tweet, claiming he was in bed with his fiance when his son busted into the room and knocked him unconscious. After the inevitable media spotlight that followed, Lee posted on Twitter that he was done with social media.
Brandon Lee spoke with People magazine, sticking to his story about his father's alcoholism. In his statement, the 21-year-old said, "I'm devastated at the events of the last several days that have been a result of my father's alcoholism. I've worked tirelessly organizing an intervention and it's incredibly upsetting that it never came to fruition. I wanted my dad's hopeful sobriety and recovery to be a private family matter but, as a result of his accusations on social media, I feel forced to speak out. I have and will continue to cooperate with law enforcement as needed. I love my father and just want to see him sober, happy and healthy."
After the People article went public, Lee tweeted back at his son, "LMAAAO!!!! I'm happier than I've been in my entire life. I have a few drinks here & there because I'm fuckin retired and enjoying my life. I worked 30+ fuckin years I deserve it. You didn't arrange any intervention, you barely spoke to me while u were here. Just coverin ur ass!!
TMZ reports that sources connected to the drummer stated that he was willing to withdraw the police report in return for an apology, but after his son issued the statement about the fight being caused by his alcoholism, he asked for a restraining order keeping his son away from him and his house.
As stated, after the response to Brandon's statement about his alcoholism and plenty of commentary on the incident, Lee revealed that he was stepping away from social media.
Motley Crue Albums Ranked
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The litany of year-end travel-related lists continues. Today, it's TripAdvisor, which unveiled its most reviewed cities. Leading the way: London, Rome and Paris, according to the Telegraph. The top U.S city was New York, which ranked fourth overall — a stunning blow for American exceptionalism.London venues received 459,000 reviews, 96,000 more than Rome.
According to the Telegraph, "TripAdvisor features more than 260 million monthly visitors and its community has contributed more than 125 million reviews and opinions to the site, up from 75 million reviews and opinions a year ago."


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Data Backup Software
Program-backup software AllSync is in the market of backup utilities rather recently. The backup software is occupied with backup data i.e. data synchronization and balance between two directories. However, to explain what it is a backup, first let's get acquainted with the program closer.AllSync is simple in work Windows backup utility which can be conditionally divided into two windows. In the first window the user works with one of directories he's planning to compare and synchronize with another directory. Accordingly, in the second window the user works with the second directory.
However, if you've started the backup tool for the first time, you'll not see these two windows. For the first time you should start a new profile in which you can compare and synchronize both folders. The backup software doesn't limit the possibility for such comparison. The quantity of problems you can start in AllSync is practically not limited.
To start a new profile it's enough to choose «Create New Profile». The automatic backup software starts a new profile in which you can back up data as well as to synchronize data. All profiles have unique names that allow to know what specific target it is devoted to. The backup tool has a minimal interface therefore it is impossible to get confused or make a wrong choice.
Let's consider work the backup software within a concrete example. You have two folders to back up and to synchronize. There are a lot of reasons why you want to do this. One of the reasons is that you want to check what changes have been brought in each folder (that is what elements in the folders are identical and what differ). As a rule, such requirement meets at the work in joint projects. For example, two participants of some project (for example, in web design) decide to work independently over the project within the limits of common project folder. The next day when they meet some problem arise. What changes were brought by each of them and by what the analyzed folders differ from the initial one and from each other? To find these distinguish, you need the data backup.
Backup solutions of AllSync separate data backup from file synchronization. It means that you can spend both operations and the only one. The first one is obligatory. Only after the comparison of folders the user can synchronize them. Both processes are managed by special commands the user can choose below – «Create Copy Preview» and «Process Copy Preview».


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Earlier today, Ryan Brown posted the first issue of the "Mirage Times," a newsletter sent out to comic retailers in the early 90s. By complete chance tonight, I came across issue number 17 of this same newsletter, so I thought I'd post it to complement Ryan's blog.
Above is the front of the two-page spread, featuring the cover for TMNT Vol. 2 No. 1. On the inside is the newsletter portion, both pages of which are below.


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Call for Univ. California president to step down
Editorials Yudof Gets It Wrong Again By Becky O'Malley Wednesday November 23, 2011 - 11:07:00 AM The University of California bureaucracy is all over the Occupy scandal, now that it's gone viral. Seldom have I experienced such a fast response to my online opinions—but University of California President Mark Yudof seems to have hopped to, with alacrity. Unfortunately, he's only made things worse. Last Wednesday I predicted that U.C. administrators would continue their ... Full Story


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Groups are ready to respond to sexist attacks directed toward Kamala Harris, who was named Joe Biden's vice presidential running mate Tuesday.
The group Have Her Back wants to make sure Harris receives fair coverage. It's made of women in leadership roles at Planned Parenthood, Emily's List and other groups.
The group called out past coverage failures of women in politics, including reporting on their personal relationships, framing a woman's election chances by their "likeability" and commenting on appearance.
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— Have Her Back (@haveherback) August 10, 2020
The Center for American Women and Politics says it's important for outside groups to respond to attacks, as a force.
"Sometimes it's difficult for the woman herself to respond because it's perceived as whining and complaining, whereas if somebody else can step up and say as an outside person, there's a problem here," said the center's director, Debbie Walsh.
Walsh also says it's important for the media to check how they present stories.
"Not to be so concerned about the appearance of the woman candidate," she said. "Not to talk about her appearance so much. Not talk so much about the tone and the tenor of her voice. Stick to the substance of who they are."
A new trend we're seeing – a record number of women of color running for office and winning. Not just in minority-majority districts.
"This opens up a world of possibilities in far more districts where WOC can run, but also levels of office, running for statewide office, running for the U.S. Senate," said Walsh.
Walsh wants for these women to not only just get into office but hopes they will also be reelected.


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A lightweight library for lists.
This library covers many built-in list operations as well as many additional list functions defined in the library itself. Specifically, it covers the built-in functions:
It also defines these functions and includes rules about them:
The library is located in community-books directory kestrel/lists-light/. It is being developed in a lightweight style that minimizes dependencies. See the individual files for details.


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Dominate Google with SEO in Nairn
SEO is the art and science of making your website more visible to search engines like Google. In a city like Nairn, where competition is fierce, a strong SEO strategy can be the difference between getting noticed or getting lost in the crowd.
But what does SEO really mean for a Nairn-based business? It's about more than just keywords and rankings; it's about connecting with your local audience, understanding their needs, and providing solutions that they are searching for online. Whether you're a small local shop or a large corporation, SEO helps you reach the people who matter most to your business.
In this chapter, we'll explore the basics of SEO and why it's particularly important in Nairn's competitive market. From local search tactics to building a strong online presence, we'll delve into how SEO can be a game-changer for businesses in this vibrant city.
The Role of an SEO consultant
In the digital age, the role of an SEO consultant has become increasingly important, especially in a competitive market like Nairn. An SEO consultant is not just a technical expert; they are a strategic partner who helps businesses navigate the complex world of online marketing.
So, what exactly does an SEO consultant do? They analyze, review, and implement changes to websites so they are optimized for search engines. This means more than just tweaking keywords; it involves a comprehensive approach to improving website structure, enhancing user experience, and creating content that resonates with both search engines and real people.
For businesses in Nairn, an SEO consultant can be the key to unlocking the potential of the digital world. They bring a deep understanding of local market trends and consumer behaviors, tailoring strategies that are not only effective but also relevant to the Nairn audience.
The benefits of having an SEO consultant are clear: improved visibility in search engine results, increased web traffic, and ultimately, higher conversion rates. For any Nairn business looking to grow in the digital space, an SEO consultant is an invaluable asset. This chapter will explore these benefits in more detail, providing real-world examples of how SEO consultants have helped Nairn businesses succeed online.
Effective SEO Strategies for Nairn Businesses
One of the key strategies is local SEO. For Nairn businesses, this means optimizing their online presence to appear in local search results. This involves using location-based keywords, optimizing Google My Business listings, and ensuring that local citations are accurate and consistent. Local SEO is crucial for businesses like restaurants, retail stores, and service providers who primarily cater to the Nairn community.
Another important strategy is content marketing. In Nairn, where storytelling and culture run deep, content that engages and informs is more likely to resonate with the audience. This means creating blog posts, videos, and social media content that not only rank well in search engines but also appeal to the interests and needs of the local population.
We'll also look at case studies and success stories from Nairn businesses that have implemented these strategies effectively. From small startups to established companies, these examples will showcase how the right SEO approach can lead to significant improvements in online visibility, customer engagement, and business growth.
Choosing the Right SEO consultant in Nairn
Choosing the right SEO consultant is a critical decision for any business in Nairn looking to enhance its online presence. This chapter provides practical tips and insights to help you make an informed choice.
Firstly, it's important to look for an SEO consultant with a proven track record in Nairn. They should have a portfolio of successful projects and be able to demonstrate their impact on other local businesses. This local experience is invaluable, as it means they understand the specific challenges and opportunities within the Nairn market.
Another key factor is the range of services offered. A good SEO consultant should provide a comprehensive suite of services, including keyword research, on-page and off-page optimization, content creation, and analytics. They should also be up-to-date with the latest SEO trends and algorithm changes, ensuring that your strategy remains effective over time.
Communication and transparency are also crucial. The best SEO consultants in Nairn will keep you informed about the progress of your SEO campaign, explaining the strategies being used and the results achieved. This open dialogue ensures that you are always in the loop and that the SEO strategy aligns with your business goals.
Finally, consider the adviser's approach to SEO. The best SEO strategies are those that are tailored to your specific business needs, rather than a one-size-fits-all solution. Look for an SEO consultant who takes the time to understand your business and crafts a strategy that is uniquely suited to your objectives.
This chapter will guide you through the process of choosing the right SEO consultant in Nairn, ensuring that you partner with someone who can truly help your business grow in the digital world.


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We currently have two main issues in our transport future.
The first is cutting down on fossil fuel use, ensuring our finite supplies can be used for longer than our current consumption levels would account for. The second is reducing greenhouse gas emissions, helping prevent runaway climate change.
If there was a way of solving both issues at once, you'd take it--right? Researchers at the University of Georgia could be doing just that.
Biomass Magazine reports the researchers have found a way of using microorganisms to turn atmospheric CO2 into energy--essentially replicating the processes found in plant life.
During photosynthesis, plants use sunlight to transform water and carbon dioxide into sugars that the plants use for energy.
The same process takes place in a microorganism called Pyrococcus furiosus--the poetically-named "rushing fireball". Its name stems from its preferred home--next to super-heated geothermal vents in the oceans.
By manipulating the rushing fireball's genetic material, the Georgia team has created an organism that is able to feed at much lower temperatures, on carbon dioxide.
"We can take carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere and turn it into useful products like fuels and chemicals without having to go through the inefficient process of growing plants and extracting sugars from biomass," explains the University of Georgia's Michael Adams.
"What this discovery means is that we can remove plants as the middleman."
At the moment, the output is a chemical, 3-hydroxypropionic acid, but other genetic manipulations could generate fuel. This fuel would still emit carbon dioxide when burned, but thanks to the process that made it, it would be a more carbon-neutral process than burning fossil fuels.
The concept has promise, but isn't yet developed into something that can work on a large scale. So although this method is going into our drawer marked "one to watch", we're not getting our hopes up just yet...


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Electrical Library Overview
The electrical library contains components and data to model electrical circuits, devices, machines, signals and material properties.
Analog Components
Components to model electrical analog circuits, including passive components, semiconductors, sensors, and sources
Digital Components
Electrical digital components, including ideal gates and time-dependent signal sources
Electrical components to model synchronous, asynchronous, and DC machines
Polyphase Electrical Components
Electrical components to model multiphase systems
Power Converter Components
Power converters for DC and AC single and multiphase electrical systems
Components to model electrical circuits with purely sinusoidal voltages and currents.
Spice3 components. The Spice3 library is a Modelica library that is based on the Berkeley SPICE3 analog simulator.
See Also
Component Library Overview
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Doctor's Rebirth Chapter 83 : A Journey Through a Murim World
It was an ordinary day, and I was fulfilling my duty as a medical volunteer abroad. Little did I know that my life was about to take a dramatic turn. Amidst the chaos of a civil war, I found myself caught in the crossfire, shielding a patient from a rebel soldier's bullet. The pain seared through me, and darkness engulfed my senses.
Quickly regaining my composure, I sprung into action, applying the medical knowledge I possessed to tend to the wounded. As I examined my surroundings, the realization struck me that this was the world of "[The Supreme Demon King]," a renowned Murim novel. The setting had become my reality, and I was now a character in this fantastical realm.
To my astonishment, I soon encountered the rescue team of the "Three Great Doctors." These legendary healers were revered for their unparalleled medical prowess. Little did I know that my fateful encounter with them would lead to life-altering changes.
Among the unconscious individuals, I discovered one who would shape my destiny – the future Demon King, 'Yeoharyun.' My actions had saved his life, and in return, he became indebted to me. Forming an unbreakable bond, we became sworn brothers. From that moment on, I was entwined with the future ruler of the Murim world.
Recognizing my hidden potential, Baekrineuison, a wise and knowledgeable figure, took me under his wing as his disciple. I embarked on a journey of learning and growth, honing my medical skills and delving into the mystical arts of the Murim world. My aim was clear – to become the greatest physician in Gangho, a title that held immense significance in this realm of martial prowess. this realm of martial prowess. the Murim world. end


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The Beginning
The Mythical Universe Book 1
by Alicen Scott
Genre: New Adult Fantasy, Paranormal Romance
Fresh out of an abusive relationship, Aria moves in with her twin brother, Alex, ready for a new start. He offers her a job working with him as a paranormal investigator, which she reluctantly agrees to. Aria is a skeptic of anything she cannot see with her eyes. Alex, on the other hand, has always been a believer in anything and everything paranormal. When Aria and Alex go to California to help investigate a large building where strange things are happening, she has no idea how her world is going to be turned upside down. When they arrive, she meets Tyler, one of the biggest mysteries she never saw coming. He's a tall and sexy man, but her attraction to him is more than that. She can't explain why she can feel the energy pulsing from him. During the investigation, things start to unfold and very quickly, Aria comes to realize she isn't who she thought she was. She may not even be human. Together with Tyler and Alex, she goes on a pursuit to find out the truth. Traveling through planets and dimensions, meeting creatures she only thought existed in fantasy stories, she will have to question everything she ever believed. When she finds out the truth what will that mean for her and Alex? And what about Tyler? How does he fit in with all of this? The Mythical Universe: The Beginning is an action-packed story full of time traveling, hybrids, aliens, vampires, fairies and so much more.
18+ for mild sexual situations and language.
Ends in a major cliffhanger leading into book 2.
The Showdown
The Mythical Universe Book 2
Aria knows everything she never believed in is real and she's a part of that world now. Without Alex or Eugenia to help her, she must face down Ekon and get a grasp on her own abilities, her need for vengeance and her crown before they destroy her.
Alicen was born in the deep south. Growing up as a disabled, opinionated, female in that environment was difficult for her. She developed C-PTSD before she was a year old, but she wouldn't be diagnosed until she was in her thirties.
Her love of writing didn't develop until she was in her twenties, but once it did it took off at full speed. Since then she's run several blogs, done book reviews for indie authors and started working on both her autobiography and her first New Adult fantasy book collection, The Mythical Universe.
She's choosing to self publish her novels and her autobiography because she wants to keep control over her work and her image. Alicen wants her stories told in her voice. So much of her life was chosen for her by others, she won't let it happen again.
When she's not writing, Alicen enjoys advocating for the LGBT+ community and the disabled, hanging out with her friends and partner and spending time with her two cats, Dittle and Odie.
Her story may be one of triumph, but she refuses to become just another disabled person labeled as inspirational for pursuing her dreams. Staying true to herself is what's most important to her throughout this process. While self publishing may be more difficult, Alicen has never done things the easy way.
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Nov 21, 2018 03:46:45 AM by Junaid M
I resubmitted my profile but didn't receive any message of approval from Upwork. But under the section of Find Work, I have access to submit proposals. Please, confirm that my account is approved or not?
Thank you;
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Nov 21, 2018 11:45:05 AM by Donara J
Hi I have got an email verifing that I have joined the Upwork Community. But can't Set Up Profile, or do anything else in my account. Please Help!
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I checked and your profile is still under review. Please wait within 24 hours for our team to review your profile. You'll be notified once the review is over. Once it is approved, you will be able to choose one of our Basic or Plus membership plans by going to Settings > Membership & Connects and select a plan in order to be able to start bidding on projects. Please, make sure you check resources in this post to help you get started.
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Nov 23, 2018 06:24:57 AM by Gloria Rocío G
Okay, thank you! I really need help, there are great opportunities I feel I'm missing out.
Nov 21, 2018 12:22:35 PM by Aleksandar D
Hi, I have been waiting on my application to be approved a few days now, but I got an email saying set up your profile etc. and when I click on in it just redirects me to the window where I create the application and nothing happens I can't go to my account I can't do nothing, I just keep seeing my application and I don't know what to do further? Thank you!
Nov 21, 2018 12:51:05 PM by Bojan S
Hi Aleksandar,
I checked this for you and it looks like you haven't submitted your profile for a review yet. Please, log into your account on Upwork.com, make sure all the fields are completed and then click Review Application at the bottom of the page. It can take up to 24 hours for the review to be completed, once it is completed our team will reach out to you directly with the results. We wish you a positive outcome with this, thank you.
Nov 23, 2018 06:03:47 AM Edited Nov 23, 2018 06:22:02 AM by Goran V
Nov 23, 2018 06:23:31 AM by Goran V
Hi Gloria,
Our team will review your profile and reach out to you with the results as soon as possible, thank you.
Nov 23, 2018 06:26:40 AM by Anna R
Nov 23, 2018 06:41:29 AM by Goran V
Hi Anna,
I just checked your account and at the moment you will only need to submit your application for a review. If you`re ready please go to the bottom of the page and click on Review Application, the review process can take up to 24 hours. Once the review is finished our team will reach out to you with the results, thank you.
Nov 23, 2018 02:51:56 PM by Cristina M
I have submitted my application a few days ago.
I heard it takes usually 24 hours to get an answer as to whether you've been approved or not.
I don't understand why it's taking so long.
I haven't missed a section, and i've always checked both my inbox and junk/spam mail.
Nov 23, 2018 03:01:06 PM Edited Nov 23, 2018 03:04:04 PM by Petra R
@Cristina M wrote:I have submitted my application a few days ago.
I heard it takes usually 24 hours to get an answer as to whether you've been approved or not.
I doubt your profile pic will fly unless you are a Smurf.
Fairly non-descript overview and worst of all - no portfolio!
Without a meaningful portfolio you might as well forget it considering you are trying to break into what is one of the most competitive and cut-throat categories on the platform.
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Jun 23, 2016 01:28:31 AM by Sylvia N
How do I submit my profile for review? I can't see the button for submit.
Thank you in advance.
Kind regards,
Jun 23, 2016 01:36:43 AM by Vladimir G
Hi Sylvia,
I've checked and you don't need to submit your profile for review. However, you do need to enter your address on your Contact Info and Tax Information pages (click on your photo in the upper-right corner > Settings).
Jul 31, 2017 08:26:17 AM by Melissa P
how can I submit my profile for review? And how do I know if it is accepted?
Thank you!
Jul 31, 2017 08:42:11 AM by Valeria K
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Your account has been approved. You can continue working on your profile to improve it, add more information about your own experience and skills and better describe what you are able to offer clients on Upwork.
Nov 24, 2018 01:54:30 PM by Albert A
How do i submit my profile? And how do i know if i get accepted? Thanks in advance!
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Feb 25, 2019 10:01:52 PM by Aditi B
I have submitted my profile about a week back, stilll havent heard from upwork. Wrote to the upwork support team asking them about the same and they asked me to click on the review button and resubmit my profile. I filled in all the details, not sure what is the next step. I see no Submit button so I am assuming just filling in all the information and click the review profile button should be enough.
Feb 25, 2019 10:57:51 PM by Avery O
Hi Aditi,
I apologise for the delay. I'll follow up your account with the team handling the profile reviews so that they can proceed with reviewing your account.
Oct 8, 2019 09:55:02 PM by Jo Anna G
How can I check if my profile is already approved or for review. It;s been almost 2 mos and everytime I'll open upwork, it still directs me to Create Profile and I can't find a submit button. I already clicked review application a lot of times too.
Oct 8, 2019 10:32:39 PM by Avery O
Hi Joanna,
I checked your account and I can see that you are yet to submit your profile for review. You need to click the "Review Application" button to make sure you did not miss any section of the profile creation process. Any portion that is highlighted in red needs to be filled-in. Please review your application and update the missing fields to be able to submit your profile for review. In this case, please update the city field and resubmit your profile for review.
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Nov 25, 2018 06:34:31 AM Edited Nov 25, 2018 07:58:22 AM by Joanne P
My account verified, I guess. But in the Membership & Connects page I see the next message:
Your profile has not yet been approved
Once your profile has been approved you can view your default membership plan or upgrade your plan on this page.
How should I approve my account?
Nov 25, 2018 07:59:52 AM by Joanne P
Hi Oleh,
It may take 24 hours for the profile review process from the time you submitted it for review. Once completed, you will receive an email and a notification to your Upwork account to update you of the status of your profile approval, thanks!
Nov 26, 2018 03:48:16 AM by Hemanth K
I have submitted my profile 2weeks still i am getting message like profile is under review will hear back in 24 hoursHow long it will take to review
Nov 26, 2018 06:07:24 AM by Vladimir G
Hi Hemanth,
I checked and see your profile has been accepted, you can proceed with completing your profile and getting familiar with the platform by reviewing these resources before starting to submit proposals.
Nov 27, 2018 01:38:16 AM by Anna B
I created my profile, and sent his, but more than a week I have not received confirmation. How can I solve that?
Nov 27, 2018 01:50:26 AM by Goran V
Hi Anna,
I checked your account and you still haven`t submitted your application for a review, if you`re ready please scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on Review Application. Our review process can take up to 24 hours, once the review is completed our team will reach out to you with the results. Thank you.
Nov 27, 2018 03:03:57 AM by Anna B
Nov 27, 2018 03:06:13 AM by Goran V
Hi Anna,
Please clear your cache and cookies or log in with another browser to submit your application. If you`re still experiencing the same error after this let me know, thank you.
Dec 20, 2018 01:54:35 AM by Alishan T
Dec 20, 2018 02:09:51 AM by Goran V
Hi Alishan,
I just checked your account and can confirm that your application is not submitted for a review. If you`re ready please scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on Review Application. Once the review is completed our team will reach out to you directly with the results, thank you.
Dec 20, 2018 03:27:48 AM by Alishan T
Hi Goran,
Sorry, I just checked there was an error submitting the application. I've just fixed and submitted the application.
Hope to get selected.
Nov 27, 2018 08:20:58 AM by Nicole D


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URLs in Master Pages (VB)
Addresses how URLs in the master page can break due to the master page file being in a different relative directory than the content page. Looks at rebasing URLs via ~ in the declarative syntax and using ResolveUrl and ResolveClientUrl programmatically. (Also look at
In all the examples we've seen thus far, the master and content pages have been located in the same folder (the website's root folder). But there's no reason why the master and content pages must be in the same folder. You can certainly create content pages in subfolders. Similarly, you might create a ~/MasterPages/
folder where you place your site's master pages.
One potential issue with placing master and content pages in different folders involves broken URLs. If the master page contains relative URLs in hyperlinks, images, or other elements, the link will be invalid for content pages that reside in a different folder. In this tutorial we examine the source of this problem as well as workarounds.
The Problem with Relative URLs
A URL on a web page is said to be a relative URL if the location of the resource it points to is relative to the web page's location in the website's folder structure. Any URL that does not start with a leading forward slash (/
) or a protocol (such as http://
) is relative because it is resolved by the browser based on the location of the web page that contains the URL.
For example, our website has an ~/Images/
folder with a single image file, PoweredByASPNET.gif
. The master page file Site.master
has an
element in the footerContent
region with the following markup:

The src
attribute value in the
element is a relative URL because it does not start with /
or http://
. In short, the src
attribute value tells the browser to look in the Images
subfolder for a file named PoweredByASPNET.gif
When visiting a content page, the above markup is sent directly to the browser. Take a moment to visit About.aspx
and view the HTML source sent to the browser. You will find that the exact same markup in the master page was sent to the browser.

If the content page is in the root folder (as is About.aspx
) everything works as expected because there is an Images
subfolder relative to the root folder. However, things break down if the content page is in a different folder than the master page. To illustrate this, create a subfolder named Admin
. Next, add a content page named Default.aspx
to the Admin
folder, making sure to bind the new page to the Site.master
master page.
In the Specifying the Title, Meta Tags, and Other HTML Headers in the Master Page tutorial we created a custom base page class named BasePage
that automatically set the content page's title (if it was not explicitly assigned). Don't forget to have the newly created page's code-behind class derive from BasePage
so that it can utilize this functionality.
After you have created this content page, your Solution Explorer should look similar to Figure 1.
Figure 01: A New Folder and ASP.NET Page Have Been Added to the Project
Next, update the Web.sitemap
file to include a new <siteMapNode>
entry for this lesson. The following XML shows the complete Web.sitemap
markup, which now includes the addition of a third <siteMapNode>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<siteMap xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/AspNet/SiteMap-File-1.0" >
<siteMapNode url="~/Default.aspx" title="Home">
<siteMapNode url="~/About.aspx" title="About the Author" />
<siteMapNode url="~/MultipleContentPlaceHolders.aspx" title="Using Multiple ContentPlaceHolder Controls" />
<siteMapNode url="~/Admin/Default.aspx" title="Rebasing URLs" />
The newly created Default.aspx
page should have four Content controls corresponding to the four ContentPlaceHolders in Site.master
. Add some text to the Content control referencing the MainContent
ContentPlaceHolder and then visit the page through a browser. As Figure 2 shows, the browser cannot find the PoweredByASPNET.gif
image file. What's going on here?
The ~/Admin/Default.aspx
content page is sent the same HTML for the footerContent
region as was the About.aspx

Because the
element's src
attribute is a relative URL, the browser attempts to look for an Images
folder relative to the web page's folder location. In other words, the browser is looking for the image file Admin/Images/PoweredByASPNET.gif
Figure 02: The PoweredByASPNET.gif
Image File Cannot Be Found (Click to view full-size image)
Replacing Relative URLs with Absolute URLs
The opposite of a relative URL is an absolute URL, which is one that starts with a forward slash (/
) or a protocol such as http://
. Because an absolute URL specifies the location of a resource from a known fixed point, the same absolute URL is valid in any web page, regardless of the web page's location in the website's folder structure.
To remedy the broken image shown in Figure 2, we need to update the
element's src
attribute so that it uses an absolute URL instead of a relative one. To determine the correct absolute URL, visit one of the web pages in your website and examine the Address bar. As the Address bar in Figure 2 shows, the fully qualified path to the web application is http://localhost:3908/ASPNET_MasterPages_Tutorial_04_VB/
. Therefore, we could update the
element's src
attribute to either of the following two absolute URLs:
Take a moment to update the
element's src
attribute to an absolute URL using one of the forms shown above and then visit the ~/Admin/Default.aspx
page through a browser. This time the browser will correctly find and display the PoweredByASPNET.gif
image file (see Figure 3).
Figure 03: The PoweredByASPNET.gif
Image is Now Displayed (Click to view full-size image)
While hard coding in the absolute URL works, it tightly couples your HTML to the website's server and folder location, which may change. Using an absolute URL of the form http://localhost:3908/...
is brittle because the port number preceding localhost is selected automatically each time Visual Studio's built-in ASP.NET Development Web Server is started. Similarly, the http://localhost
part is only valid when testing locally. Once the code is deployed to a production server, the URL base will change to something else, like http://www.yourserver.com
. The absolute URL in the form /ASPNET_MasterPages_Tutorial_04_VB/...
also suffers from the same brittleness because oftentimes this application path differs between development and production servers.
The good news is that ASP.NET offers a method for generating a valid relative URL at runtime.
Rather than hard code an absolute URL, ASP.NET allows page developers to use the tilde (~
) to indicate the root of the web application. For example, earlier in this tutorial I used the notation ~/Admin/Default.aspx
in the text to refer to the Default.aspx
page in the Admin
folder. The ~
indicates that the Admin
folder is a subfolder of the web application's root.
The Control
class's ResolveClientUrl
method takes a URL and modifies it to a relative URL appropriate for the web page on which the control resides. For example, calling ResolveClientUrl("~/Images/PoweredByASPNET.gif")
from About.aspx
returns Images/PoweredByASPNET.gif
. Calling it from ~/Admin/Default.aspx
, however, returns ../Images/PoweredByASPNET.gif
Because all ASP.NET server controls derive from the Control
class, all server controls have access to the ResolveClientUrl
method. Even the Page
class derives from the Control
class, meaning that you can use this method directly from your ASP.NET pages' code-behind classes.
in the Declarative Markup
Several ASP.NET Web controls include URL-related properties: the HyperLink control has a NavigateUrl
property; the Image control has an ImageUrl
property; and so on. When rendered, these controls pass their URL-related property values to ResolveClientUrl
. Consequently, if these properties contain a ~
to indicate the root of the web application, the URL will be modified to a valid relative URL.
Keep in mind that only ASP.NET server controls transform the ~
in their URL-related properties. If a ~
appears in static HTML markup, such as
, the ASP.NET engine sends the ~
to the browser along with the rest of the HTML content. The browser assumes that the ~
is part of the URL. For example, if the browser receives the markup
it assumes there is a subfolder named ~
with a subfolder Images
that contains the image file PoweredByASPNET.gif
To fix the image markup in Site.master
, replace the existing
element with an ASP.NET Image Web control. Set the Image Web control's ID
to PoweredByImage
, its ImageUrl
property to ~/Images/PoweredByASPNET.gif
, and its AlternateText
property to "Powered by ASP.NET!"

<asp:Image ID="PoweredByImage" runat="server" ImageUrl="~/Images/PoweredByASPNET.gif"
AlternateText="Powered by ASP.NET!" />
After making this change to the master page, revisit the ~/Admin/Default.aspx
page again. This time the PoweredByASPNET.gif
image file appears in the page (see Figure 3). When the Image Web control is rendered it uses the ResolveClientUrl
method to resolve its ImageUrl
property value. In ~/Admin/Default.aspx
the ImageUrl
is converted into an appropriate relative URL, as the following snippet of HTML source shows:

In addition to being used in URL-based Web control properties, the ~
can also be used when calling the Response.Redirect
and Server.MapPath
methods, among others. Also, the ResolveClientUrl
method may be invoked directly from an ASP.NET or master page's declarative markup.
Fixing the Master Page's Remaining Relative URLs
In addition to the
element in the footerContent
that we just fixed, the master page contains one more relative URL that requires our attention. The topContent
region includes the link "Master Pages Tutorials," which points to Default.aspx

Master Pages Tutorials
Because this URL is relative, it will send the user to the Default.aspx
page in the folder of the content page they are visiting. To have this link always point to Default.aspx
in the root folder we need to replace the
element with a HyperLink Web control so that we can use the ~
Remove the
element markup and add a HyperLink control in its place. Set the HyperLink's ID
to lnkHome
, its NavigateUrl
property to ~/Default.aspx
, and its Text
property to "Master Pages Tutorials."

<asp:HyperLink ID="lnkHome" runat="server" NavigateUrl="~/Default.aspx"
Text="Master Pages Tutorials" />
That's it! At this point all the URLs in our master page are properly based when rendered by a content page regardless of what folders the master page and content page are located in.
Automatic URL Resolution in the
In the Creating a Site-Wide Layout Using Master Pages tutorial we added a <link>
to the Styles.css
file in the

<title>Untitled Page</title>
<asp:ContentPlaceHolder id="head" runat="server">
<link href="Styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
While the <link>
element's href
attribute is relative, it's automatically converted to an appropriate path at runtime. As we discussed in the Specifying the Title, Meta Tags, and Other HTML Headers in the Master Page tutorial, the
region is actually a server-side control, which enables it to modify the contents of its inner controls when it is rendered.
To verify this, revisit the ~/Admin/Default.aspx
page and view the HTML source sent to the browser. As the snippet below illustrates, the <link>
element's href
attribute has been automatically modified to an appropriate relative URL, ../Styles.css
<link href="../Styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
Master pages very often include links, images, and other external resources that must be specified via a URL. Because the master page and content pages might not exist in the same folder, it is important to abstain from using relative URLs. While it is possible to use hard coded absolute URLs, doing so tightly couples the absolute URL to the web application. If the absolute URL changes - as it often does when moving or deploying a web application - you'll have to remember to go back and update the absolute URLs.
The ideal approach is to use the tilde (~
) to indicate the application root. ASP.NET Web controls that contain URL-related properties map the ~
to the application root at runtime. Internally, the Web controls use the Control
class's ResolveClientUrl
method to generate a valid relative URL. This method is public and available from every server control (including the Page
class), so you can use it programmatically from your code-behind classes, if needed.
Happy Programming!
Further Reading
For more information on the topics discussed in this tutorial, refer to the following resources:
About the Author
Scott Mitchell, author of multiple ASP/ASP.NET books and founder of 4GuysFromRolla.com, has been working with Microsoft Web technologies since 1998. Scott works as an independent consultant, trainer, and writer. His latest book is Sams Teach Yourself ASP.NET 3.5 in 24 Hours. Scott can be reached at email@example.com or via his blog at http://ScottOnWriting.NET.
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This entry was originally posted in slightly different form to Server Fault
If you're coming from a Windows world, you're used to using tools like zip or
rar, which compress collections of files. In the typical Unix tradition of
doing one thing and doing one thing well, you tend to have two different
utilities; a compression tool and a archive format. People then use these two
tools together to give the same functionality that zip or rar provide.
There are numerous different compression formats; the common ones used on Linux
these days are gzip (sometimes known as zlib) and the newer, higher performing
bzip2. Unfortunately bzip2 uses more CPU and memory to provide the higher rates
of compression. You can use these tools to compress any file and by convention
files compressed by either of these formats is .gz and .bz2. You can use gzip
and bzip2 to compress and gunzip and bunzip2 to decompress these formats.
There are also several different types of archive formats available, including
cpio, ar and tar, but people tend to only use tar. These allow you to take a
number of files and pack them into a single file. They can also include path
and permission information. You can create and unpack a tar file using the tar
command. You might hear these operations referred to as "tarring" and
"untarring". (The name of the command comes from a shortening of Tape ARchive.
Tar was an improvement on the ar format in that you could use it to span
multiple physical tapes for backups).
# tar -cf archive.tar list of files to include
This will create (-c) and archive into a file -f called archive.tar. (.tar
is the convention extention for tar archives). You should now have a single
file that contains five files ("list", "of", "files", "to" and "include"). If
you give tar a directory, it will recurse into that directory and store
everything inside it.
# tar -xf archive.tar # tar -xf archive.tar list of files
This will extract (-x) the previously created archive.tar. You can extract just
the files you want from the archive by listing them on the end of the command
line. In our example, the second line would extract "list", "of", "file", but
not "to" and "include". You can also use
# tar -tf archive.tar
to get a list of the contents before you extract them.
So now you can combine these two tools to replication the functionality of zip:
# tar -cf archive.tar directory # gzip archive.tar
You'll now have an archive.tar.gz file. You can extract it using:
# gunzip archive.tar.gz # tar -xf archive.tar
We can use pipes to save us having an intermediate archive.tar:
# tar -cf - directory | gzip > archive.tar.gz # gunzip < archive.tar.gz | tar -xf -
You can use – with the -f option to specify stdin or stdout (tar knows which one based on context).
We can do slightly better, because, in a slight apparent breaking of the
"one job well" idea, tar has the ability to compress its output and decompress
its input by using the -z argument (I say apparent, because it still uses the
gzip and gunzip commandline behind the scenes)
# tar -czf archive.tar.gz directory # tar -xzf archive.tar.gz
To use bzip2 instead of gzip, use bzip2, bunzip2 and -j instead of gzip, gunzip
and -z respectively (tar -cjf archive.tar.bz2). Some versions of tar can detect
a bzip2 file archive with you use -z and do the right thing, but it is probably
worth getting in the habit of being explicit.
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To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.
1O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
Who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
2Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies,
That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
3When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers,
The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
4What is man, that thou art mindful of him?
And the son of man, that thou visitest him?
5For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels,
And hast crowned him with glory and honour.
6Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;
Thou hast put all things under his feet:
7All sheep and oxen,
Yea, and the beasts of the field;
8The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea,
And whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
9O LORD our Lord,
How excellent is thy name in all the earth!