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We will collect and process the following data about you either from your use of our site, or when you come into our stores:
- Information you give us. This is information about you that you give us by filling in forms on our site / in person or by corresponding with us by phone, face-to- face, e-mail or otherwise and includes information you provide when you register to use our site or sign up to use our services in-store, subscribe to any of our services, use the services provided by our site or certain third party services, information submitted as part of any promotions, competitions, games or contests in which you participate, subscription to our marketing emails, use of message boards and live chat facilities, reviews you leave, information submitted to register guarantees and information given when you report a problem with our site or submit an in-store complaint. The information you give us may include your name, address, date of birth, gender, email address, username and password, phone number, details of any comments you provide to us and financial and credit card information. Other information you give us may include feedback regarding our services, our stores or our sites and responses to surveys and/or market research (which you can choose not to fill in and is provided by our third party supplier Feefo). We may also collect and process records of any correspondence and communications with us and telephone calls may also be recorded.
Information we collect about you. With regard to each of your visits to our site or our stores we may automatically collect the following information:
- technical information, including the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, MAC addresses, traffic data, location data, your login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and cookies, which will be collected in accordance with our cookies policy
- details of your visits to our sites and/or stores and your preferences and habits when using our services; we will use this information to create a profile of you for the purpose of personalising and enhancing your customer experience with us;
- information about your visit, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL) clickstream to, through and from our site (including date and time), services you viewed or searched for your conduct via the site and (where relevant) details of the fulfilment of any of your orders, and any other site activity, page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page and any phone number used to call us;
- information about your visit, including the time and date you came into our store, CCTV images, goods and/or services you requested or purchased; and
- transaction history and details of transactions you conduct in-store or on our site and (where relevant) details of the fulfilment of any of your orders, and any other on-site, or in-store activity.
- Information we receive from other sources. Personal information may also be provided to us from online vendors, service providers who refer you to our sites or services, from customer lists lawfully acquired from third party vendors and from other third parties who work with us in connection with our sites or services. Third-party service providers may, without limitation, be appointed to provide technical support, process your transactions and maintain your accounts or to run promotions or marketing campaigns. We may have access to any personal information provided to such vendors, service providers and third party e-commerce services.
We use information held about you in the following ways:
Information you give to us. We will use this information:
- to carry out our obligations arising from any agreements entered into between you and us and to provide you with the information, products and services that you request from us;
- to carry out appropriate and necessary investigations and discharge our legal and regulatory obligations and duties, including to comply with anti-fraud and anti-money laundering requirements
- to send you a welcome email to verify your account when you register with the site or sign-up in-store and other emails for the purposes of providing any services, products, competitions or promotions to you, including in relation to account management or system maintenance;
- to provide you with marketing information about other products and services that are similar to those that you have purchased or viewed;
- to notify you about changes to our services and/or products;
- build a profile of you, your preferences and your habits in order to personalise and enhance your customer experience;
- to provide customer support; and/or
- to ensure that content from the site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
- to provide you with marketing information about products and services that you have consented to receive information about on-site or in-store.
Please note we will not use any financial or credit card information for any purpose other than to discharge our legal / regulatory duties and to process payments paid by you for our products and services or due to you by agreement (e.g. refunds).
Information we collect about you. We will use this information:
- to administer our site and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes;
- to carry out appropriate and necessary investigations and discharge our legal and regulatory obligations and duties, including to comply with anti-fraud and anti-money laundering requirements, and (where applicable) to safeguard our staff and other customers / users in respect of unlawful, disruptive or objectionable behaviour in any of our stores or on our site;
- to improve our site to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer;
- to enhance our site and the in-store experience to ensure you receive a personalised and continuously improving customer service;
- to allow you to participate in interactive features of our site, when you choose to do so;
- as part of our efforts to keep our site and our stores safe and secure;
- for data-matching purposes in respect of your use of our site / services and your use of certain third party services;
- to deliver (whether directly or indirectly via third parties) effective and personalised marketing material and content of Regatta Ltd and where you have consented, other companies within our Group and to assist us in the improvement and optimisation of advertising, marketing material and content, our services and the sites;
- to measure, understand or monitor the effectiveness of advertising, promotions, marketing material and content and any joint initiatives with our affiliates, suppliers, partners, subcontractors and other selected third parties;
- build a profile of you, your preferences and your habits;
- to measure or understand the effectiveness of advertising we serve to you and others, and to deliver relevant advertising to you where permitted; and/or
- to make suggestions and recommendations to you and other users of our site or services about goods or services that may interest you or them.
- Information we receive from other sources. We will combine this information with information you give to us and information we collect about you. We will use this information and the combined information for the purposes set out above (depending on the types of information we receive).
- For the avoidance of doubt, this privacy policy applies to all in-store customers (actual or potential) and users of our site, where personal information is provided or otherwise (e.g. CCTV images). For example, to the extent that promotions or competitions are offered to individuals who do not hold an account with us, and where personal information is provided, such personal information will be held in accordance with this privacy policy.
Data protection laws require that we meet certain conditions before we are allowed to use your data in the manner described in this privacy policy. We take our responsibilities under data protection laws extremely seriously, including meeting these conditions. To use your personal data, we will rely on the following conditions, depending on the activities we are carrying out:
- Compliance with legal obligations: As an entity established under the laws of England and Wales, Regatta Ltd is obliged to comply with UK laws and guidance provided by UK regulatory bodies. In particular, we will need to process your personal information to verify your identity, establish your age, your source of funds for anti-money laundering and fraud purposes, and to establish whether you have been barred from any of our stores or from using our site due to objectionable behaviour. You will not be able to object to processing or ask for the deletion of your personal information insofar as it falls under this category.
- Necessary for the entry into / performance of a contract: When you enter into a transaction with us, a contract between you and us will have been entered into. In order for us to fulfil our obligations under such contract (e.g. to allow you to purchase goods from us), we will need to collect and process your personal information. Failure to provide the requisite personal information on sign-up and financial information on entering into the transaction or objecting to this type of processing / exercising your deletion rights will unfortunately mean we cannot provide our goods / services to you.
- Consent: We may provide you with certain marketing information about third party services or products where you have provided your explicit consent for us to do so. Please note that we will use your personal information in order to provide certain marketing information for the same or similar services you have previously used. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time and can object to processing of this nature.
- Legitimate interests: To use your personal data for any other purpose described in this privacy policy, we will rely on a condition known as "legitimate interests". It is in our legitimate interests to collect your personal data as it provides us with the information that we need to provide our services to you more effectively. Effectively, this requires us to carry out a balancing test of our interests in using your personal data (for example, in order to provide you with the information, products and services that you request from us), against the interests you have as a citizen and the rights you have under data protection laws (for example, to not have your data sold to third party marketing companies without your knowledge, or not store your personal data in insecure or unstable countries or regions). The outcome of this balancing test will determine whether we can use your personal data in the ways described in this privacy policy (except in relation to certain marketing activities, where we will always rely on your explicit consent). We will always act reasonably and give full and proper consideration to your interests in carrying out this balancing test.
When your data is no longer required for the purposes listed above, we will delete it within 5 years from the date of our last positive interaction with you. This data is archived where customers are inactive for a period of 2 years. In some circumstances, some of your data will be deleted in much shorter timescales, where possible (e.g. copies of marketing emails and other communications). We keep your personal information for 5 years, to enable us to retain the information we may require for legal, regulatory and guarantee purposes.
We may share your personal information with any member of our Group, which means its subsidiaries, and its ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries, as defined in section 1159 of the UK Companies Act 2006 (our "Group").
We will only share your personal information with other members of the Group for marketing purposes where you have expressly opted-in/consented to the disclosure of your personal data for these purposes.
We will only disclose your information to:
- business partners, suppliers and sub-contractors for the performance of any contract we enter into with them or you;
- members of the Group and third party suppliers and service providers for the purposes listed under HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION above;
- third party suppliers and service providers to the extent they assist the Group with its legal / regulatory obligations e.g. providers of services in respect of anti-money laundering, fraud, verification etc.;
- selected third parties so that they can contact you with details of the services that they provide, where you have expressly opted-in/consented to the disclosure of your personal data for these purposes;
- analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimisation of our site and other selected third parties; and
- your employer, educational institution (e.g. school, college or university), email or internet provider, parents (if you are under the age of 18) or law enforcement agencies, or other appropriate third parties, where we consider your behaviour to be unlawful, offensive, inappropriate or objectionable in one of our stores or on our site;
We will disclose your personal information to third parties:
- in the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we will disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets;
- in the event of any insolvency situation (e.g. the administration or liquidation) of Regatta Ltd or any of its Group;
- if we, or substantially all of its assets, are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by us about our customers will be one of the transferred assets;
- in order to enforce or apply our website terms and conditions;
- to protect the rights, property, or safety of us, our staff, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations (including without limitation, other third parties, your employer, educational institution, email or internet provider, your parents (if you are under the age of 18) and/or the metropolitan police or other law enforcement agencies) for the purposes of staff and customer safety (whether this is in-store or online), crime prevention, fraud protection and credit risk reduction; and
- if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation or regulatory requirements, or otherwise for the prevention or detection of fraud or crime.
The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area ("EEA"). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our suppliers. This includes staff engaged in, among other things, the processing of your payment details and the provision of support services. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.
All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers, or those of our suppliers. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
You have a number of rights under data protection law in relation to the way we process your personal data, although these are not absolute and in some instances we may be unable to accept your request, in which case we will respond to you to explain why . These are set out below. You may contact us using the details on our site (or by contacting us directly u2013 details below) to exercise any of these rights, and we will respond to any request received from you within one month from the date of the request.
Our Data Protection Coordinator is contactable at email@example.com or Data Protection Coordinator, Regatta Group, Basecamp, Mercury Way, Urmston, Manchester, M41 7RR. Please address any questions, comments and requests regarding our data processing practices to us in this way in the first instance.
Number | Description Of Right |
Right 1 | A right to access personal data held by us about you. |
Right 2 | A right to require us to rectify any inaccurate personal data held by us about you. |
Right 3 | A right to require us to erase personal data held by us about you. This right will only apply where (for example): we no longer need to use the personal data to achieve the purpose we collected it for; or where you withdraw your consent if we are using your personal data based on your consent; or where you object to the way we process your data (in line with Right 6 below). |
Right 4 | A right to restrict our processing of personal data held by us about you. This right will only apply where (for example): you dispute the accuracy of the personal data held by us; or where you would have the right to require us to erase the personal data but would prefer that our processing is restricted instead; or where we no longer need to use the personal data to achieve the purpose we collected it for, but you require the data for the purposes of dealing with legal claims. |
Right 5 | A right to receive personal data, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format. This right will only apply where the processing is based on consent or a contract (see above) and the processing is carried out by automated means. You also have the right to require us to transfer this personal data to another organisation, at your request. |
Right 6 | A right to object to our processing of personal data held by us about you (including for the purposes of sending marketing materials to you). |
Right 7 | A right to withdraw your consent, where we are relying on it to use your personal data (for example, to provide you with marketing information about our services or products). |
Any changes to this privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to this privacy policy
This policy was last reviewed and updated: August 2022


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«The Lord's call makes us bearers of a promise and, at the same time, asks of us the courage to take a risk, with him and for him,» Pope Francis said in his message for the 2019 World Day for Vocations.
The Vatican released the message on March 9, 2019; the world day will be observed on the 4th Sunday of Easter, Good Shepherd Sunday, May 12, 2019.
«The Lord's call is not an intrusion of God in our freedom; it is not a 'cage' or a burden to be borne,» the Holy Father said. «On the contrary, it is the loving initiative whereby God encounters us and invites us to be part of a great undertaking. He opens before our eyes the horizon of a greater sea and an abundant catch.»
Following is the Pope's Full Message
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
After the lively and fruitful experience of the Synod devoted to young people last October, we recently celebrated the Thirty-fourth World Youth Day in Panama City. These two great events allowed the Church to be attentive both to the voice of the Spirit and to the life of young men and women, their questions and concerns, their problems and their hopes.
Building on what I shared with the young people in Panama, I would like to reflect, on this World Day of Prayer for Vocations, on how the Lord's call makes us bearers of a promise and, at the same time, asks of us the courage to take a risk, with him and for him. I will do this by reflecting briefly with you on these two aspects – promise and risk – as they appear in the Gospel account of the calling of the first disciples by the sea of Galilee (Mk 1:16-20).
Two pairs of brothers – Simon and Andrew, and James and John – are going about their daily tasks as fishermen. In this demanding work, they had learned the laws of nature, yet at times, when the winds were adverse and waves shook their boats, they had to defy the elements. On some days, the catch of fish amply repaid their efforts, but on others, an entire night's work was not sufficient to fill their nets, and they had to return to shore weary and disappointed.
Much of life is like that. Each of us tries to realize his or her deepest desires; we engage in activities that we hope will prove enriching, and we put out on a "sea" of possibilities in the hope of steering the right course, one that will satisfy our thirst for happiness. Sometimes we enjoy a good catch, while at others, we need courage to keep our boat from being tossed by the waves, or we are frustrated at seeing our nets come up empty.
As with every call, the Gospel speaks of an encounter. Jesus walks by, sees those fishermen, and walks up to them… The same thing happened when we met the person we wanted to marry, or when we first felt the attraction of a life of consecration: we were surprised by an encounter, and at that moment we glimpsed the promise of a joy capable of bringing fulfillment to our lives. That day, by the sea of Galilee, Jesus drew near to those fishermen, breaking through the "paralysis of routine" (Homily for the XXII World Day for Consecrated Life, 2 February 2018). And he immediately made them a promise: "I will make you fishers of men" (Mk1:17).
The Lord's call is not an intrusion of God in our freedom; it is not a "cage" or a burden to be borne. On the contrary, it is the loving initiative whereby God encounters us and invites us to be part of a great undertaking. He opens before our eyes the horizon of a greater sea and an abundant catch.
God, in fact, desires that our lives not become banal and predictable, imprisoned by daily routine, or unresponsive before decisions that could give it meaning. The Lord does not want us to live from day to day, thinking that nothing is worth fighting for, slowly losing our desire to set out on new and exciting paths. If at times he makes us experience a "miraculous catch", it is because he wants us to discover that each of us is called – in a variety of ways – to something grand and that our lives should not grow entangled in the nets of ennui that dulls the heart. Every vocation is a summons not to stand on the shore, nets in hand, but to follow Jesus on the path he has marked out for us, for our own happiness and for the good of those around us.
Embracing this promise naturally demands the courage to risk making a decision. The first disciples, called by Jesus to be part of something greater, "immediately left their nets and followed him" (Mk 1:18). Responding to the Lord's call involves putting ourselves on the line and facing a great challenge. It means being ready to leave behind whatever would keep us tied to our little boat and prevent us from making a definitive choice. We are called to be bold and decisive in seeking God's plan for our lives. Gazing out at the vast "ocean" of vocation, we cannot remain content to repair our nets on the boat that gives us security but must trust instead in the Lord's promise.
I think primarily of the call to the Christian life which all of us received at Baptism. It teaches us that our life is not a fluke but rather a gift: that of being God's beloved children, gathered in the great family of the Church. It is precisely in the ecclesial community that the Christian life is born and develops, especially through the liturgy. The liturgy introduces us to God's word and the grace of the sacraments; from an early age, we are taught the art of prayer and fraternal sharing. In the end, the Church is our mother because she brings us to new life and leads us to Christ. So we must love her, even when we see her face marred by human frailty and sin, and we must help to make her ever more beautiful and radiant so that she can bear witness to God's love in the world.
The Christian life thus finds expression in those decisions that, while giving a precise direction to our personal journey, also contribute to the growth of God's kingdom in our world. I think of the decision to marry in Christ and to form a family, as well as all those other vocations associated with work and professional life, with the commitment to charity and solidarity, with social and political responsibilities, and so forth. These vocations make us bearers of a promise of goodness, love, and justice, not only for ourselves but also for our societies and cultures, which need courageous Christians and authentic witnesses of the kingdom of God.
In encountering the Lord, some may feel the attraction of a call to the consecrated life or to the ordained priesthood. It is a discovery that can excite and at the same time frighten us since we feel called to become "fishers of men" in the barque of the Church by giving totally of ourselves in commitment to faithful service of the Gospel and our brothers and sisters. Such a decision carries the risk of leaving everything behind to follow the Lord, to devote ourselves completely to him, and to share in his work. Many kinds of interior resistance can stand in the way of making this decision, especially in highly secularized contexts where there no longer seems to be a place for God and for the Gospel. Places where it is easy to grow discouraged and fall into the "weariness of hope" (Homily at Mass with Priests, Consecrated Persons and Lay Movements, Panama, 26 January 2019).
And yet, there can be no greater joy than to risk one's life for the Lord! I would like to say this especially to you, the young. Do not be deaf to the Lord's call. If he calls you to follow this path, do not pull your oars into the boat, but trust him. Do not yield to fear, which paralyzes us before the great heights to which the Lord points us. Always remember that to those who leave their nets and boat behind, and follow him, the Lord promises the joy of a new life that can fill our hearts and enliven our journey.
Dear friends, it is not always easy to discern our vocation and to steer our life in the right direction. For this reason, there needs to be a renewed commitment on the part of the whole Church – priests, religious, pastoral workers and educators – to provide young people in particular with opportunities for listening and discernment. There is a need for a youth ministry and a vocational promotion that can open the way to discovering God's plan, above all through prayer, meditation on God's word, eucharistic adoration and spiritual accompaniment.
As was made clear several times during the World Youth Day in Panama, we should always look to Mary. Also in the story of this young woman, vocation was both a promise and a risk. Her mission was not easy, yet she did not allow fear to prevail. "It was the 'yes' of someone prepared to be committed, someone willing to take a risk, ready to stake everything she had, with no more security than the certainty of knowing that she was the bearer of a promise. I ask each one of you: Do you see yourselves as bearers of a promise? What promise do I bear within my heart to take forward? Mary's would undoubtedly be a difficult mission, but the challenges that lay ahead were no reason to say 'no'. Things would get complicated, of course, but not in the same way as happens when cowardice paralyzes us because things are not clear or sure in advance" (Vigil with Young People, Panama, 26 January 2019).
On this World Day of Prayer for Vocations, let us join in prayer and ask the Lord to help us discover his plan of love for our lives, and to grant us the courage to walk in the path that, from the beginning, he has chosen for each of us.
From the Vatican, 31 January 2019
Memorial of Saint John Bosco
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"History repeats itself,
first as tragedy, then as farce," a saying attributed to Karl Marx, comes to
mind in this time of Trump.
To those of us raised in the Truman era, when the Red Army was
imposing its bloody Bolshevik rule on half of Europe, and NATO was needed to
keep Stalin's armies from the Channel, the threat seemed infinitely more
serious. And so it was.
There were real traitors in that time.
Alger Hiss, a top State Department aide, at FDR's side at Yalta,
was exposed as a Stalinist spy by Congressman Richard Nixon. Harry Dexter
White, No. 2 at Treasury, Laurence Duggan at State, and White House aide
Lauchlin Currie were all exposed as spies. Then there was the Rosenberg spy
ring that gave Stalin the secrets of the atom bomb.
Who do we have today to match Hiss and the Rosenbergs? A
29-year-old redheaded Russian Annie Oakley named Maria Butina, accused of
infiltrating the National Rifle Association and the National Prayer Breakfast.
Is Putin's Russia really a reincarnation of Stalin's Soviet
Union? Is Russia a threat of similar magnitude?
Russia is "our No. 1 geopolitical foe," thundered Mitt Romney in
2012, now cited as a sage by liberals who used to castigate Republicans for any
skepticism of detente during the Cold War.
Perhaps it is time to contrast the USSR of Stalin, Khrushchev
and Brezhnev with the Russia of Vladimir Putin.
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By the beginning of Reagan's tenure in 1981, 400,000 Red Army
troops were in Central Europe, occupying the eastern bank of the Elbe.
West Berlin was surrounded by Russian troops. East Germany,
Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria were all ruled by Moscow's
puppets. All belonged to a Warsaw Pact created to fight NATO. Lithuania,
Latvia, Estonia, Georgia, Ukraine were inside the USSR.
By the end of the Jimmy Carter era, Moscow had driven into
Ethiopia, Mozambique and Angola in Africa, Cuba in the Caribbean, and Nicaragua
in Central America, in the greatest challenge ever to the Monroe Doctrine.
The Soviets had invaded and occupied Afghanistan. The Soviet
navy, built up over 25 years by Adm. Sergey Gorshkov, was a global rival of a
U.S. Navy that had sunk to 300 ships.
And today? The Soviet Empire is history. The Soviet Union is
history, having splintered into 15 nations. Russia is smaller than it was in
the 19th century. Russia is gone from Cuba, Grenada, Central America, Ethiopia,
Angola and Mozambique.
The Warsaw Pact is history. The Red Army is gone from Eastern
Europe. The former Warsaw Pact nations of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary,
Romania and Bulgaria all belong to NATO, as do the former Soviet "republics" of
Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia.
When the flagship of Russia's navy, the aircraft carrier Admiral
Kuznetsov, sailed from Murmansk to Syria, it had to pass through the North Sea,
the Channel, the east Atlantic, the Straits of Gibraltar, and then sail the
length of the Med to anchor off Latakia.
Coming and going, the Kuznetsov was within range of anti-ship
missiles, aircraft, submarines and surface ships of 20 NATO nations, among them
Norway, Britain, Germany, France, Spain and Portugal, and many U.S. bases and
Entering the Med, the Kuznetsov had to travel, without a naval
base to refuel, within range of the missiles, planes and ships of Spain,
France, Italy and Greece. Along the banks of the Adriatic and Aegean there are
only NATO nations, except for Kosovo, which is home to the largest U.S. base in
the Balkans, Camp Bondsteel.
To sail from St. Petersburg through the Baltic Sea to the
Atlantic, Russian warships must pass within range of 11 NATO nations — the
three Baltic republics, Poland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Holland, Belgium,
Britain and France.
The Black Sea's western and southern shores are now controlled
entirely by NATO: Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey. Russia's lone land passage to its
naval base in Crimea is a narrow bridge from the Kerch Peninsula.
With the breakup of the USSR, Russia has been reduced to
two-thirds of the territory and half the population of the Soviet Union.
Its former republics and now neighbors Georgia and Ukraine are
hostile. Its space launches are now done from a foreign land, Kazakhstan. Its
economy has shrunk to the size of Italy's.
It has one-tenth the population and one-fifth the economy of its
looming neighbor, China, and, except for territory, is even more dwarfed by the
United States with a GDP of $20 trillion, and troops, bases and allies all over
the world.
Most critically, Russia's regime is no longer Communist. The
ideology that drove its imperialism is dead. There are parties, demonstrations
and dissidents in Russia, and an Orthodox faith that is alive and promoted by
Where, today, is there a vital U.S. interest imperiled by Putin?
Better to jaw-jaw, than war-war, said Churchill. He was right,
as is President Trump to keep talking to Putin — right through the Russophobia
rampant in this city.


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Visit the web site the Friends of Niger are hosting for the 2002 Niger AIDS Education Bike Ride and read and comment on this event organized to raise awareness and to teach people with no formal education about how they can protect themselves from HIV/AIDS. Friends of Niger is one of the partner organizations officially supporting the Ride along with Africare, CARE International and Family Care International. Visit the Site at:
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The Niger AIDS Bike Ride
The 2002 version of the Niger AIDS Bike Ride will be take place this year between October 27 and November 2. As in previous years, the Bike Ride will be participated in by Niger volunteers as well as by Nigeriens. The 2002 route starts in Tigonous, north of Filingue, and will coninue through Filingue, Baleyara and Hamdallaye. The caravan will cover a distance of approximately 170 kilometers and will pass through Hausa, Tamachek, and Zarma ethnic regions and reach an audience of roughly 8,000 people in 36 villages.
This year's ride will take place from October 27th to November 2nd. A group of approximately thirty volunteer riders and thirty support staff will ride their bikes along the selected route for six days, eating and sleeping in villages along the route. They will be biking 20-40 kilometers and stopping in 3-4 villages each day to give presentations in local languages to men and women about the transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS. Evening video presentations will be held in those villages in which they spend the night. Throughout the route, they will also be talking about where to find condoms locally and how to use them correctly.
We will also be introducing two pilot programs in an attempt to increase both the effectiveness of relaying our message and the level of collaboration with host country nationals. A team of amateur cyclists from the Nigerien Cyclists Association, all of whom will be trained in basic information, education, and communication techniques, will be joining the volunteers on their bicycles and helping educators and volunteers with their village sessions. The education program itself will also be expanded to include the performance of a professional educational theater group. Entertaining people by recreating scenarios common to village life and in local language have the potential to communicate the message better than any video or oral presentation alone. Seeing the disease explained in a context that they can relate to enables rural audiences to identify with the roles presented and brings them one step closer to changing their behavior. These performances, combined with thorough explanantions, question-and-answer sessions, and film viewings of people living with HIV/AIDS, will result in a comprehensive, engaging, and interactive message.
The ride will include three large evening presentations at public venues in the towns of Filigue, Balleyara, and Hamdallaye. After the final presentation in Hamdallaye, there will be a small celebration dinner for all those who made the ride possible as well as a formal gathering in Niamey to thank our contacts at the U.S. Embassy and the Nigerien government.
The caravan will consist of volunteers on bicycles (30 American, six Nigerien) and four vehicles. The vehicles will carry the educators (4), actors (8), a bike repairman, spare bike parts, food, water, sleeping mats, luggage, educational materials, and medical supplies. There will also be policemen (either on motorcycles or trucks) escorting the caravan from both the front and the rear. When approaching each stopping village, the lead vehicle will drive ahead, forewarning the villagers of our arrival so that they may begin to organize the meeting. The end vehicle will drive with its flashers on, warning drivers of our presence. Vehicles will also have large signs advertising the ride, and riders will wear helmets at all times. Participants who become sick or injured will be transported by vehicle to the next village, and those unable to continue the ride will be transported to Niamey via bush taxi or caravan vehicle, depending on the extent of their injuries.
The tour will include a new route in the Tillaberi Department, starting in Tigonous, north of Filingue, and continuing down to Hamdallaye on the road to Niamey. The ride will have an approximate distance of 170 kilometers and will pass through Hausa, Tamachek, and Zarma ethnic regions and reach an audience of roughly 8,000 people in 36 villages. Prostitution is common along the intended cycling route, so we will be reaching a significant number of high-risk individuals.
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- For the quests in the Halls of Reflection, see Frostmourne (Alliance) and Frostmourne (Horde).
- "Whomsoever takes up this blade shall wield power eternal. Just as the blade rends flesh, so must power scar the spirit."
- —The inscription on Frostmourne's pedestal
Frostmourne was the runeblade that Ner'zhul, the Lich King, thrust from the Frozen Throne, intending that Arthas Menethil — his unwitting potential host — would discover it on the continent of Northrend. It was wielded by Arthas, the new Lich King, until it was destroyed by Tirion Fordring following his defeat in Icecrown Citadel.
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- See also: Frostmourne origin retcon.
When Ner'zhul was transformed into the Lich King by Kil'jaeden, his disembodied spirit was shackled to a magical suit of armor as well as the runeblade, Frostmourne. Trapped within an icy tomb called the Frozen Throne, both the armor and the blade were crafted by the Nathrezim[1] for the purpose of containing and controlling the Lich King.[2]
Ner'zhul's Plan to Escape[]
Ner'zhul was not content with being a pawn for the Burning Legion, and began working on a plan for escape. The first stage of his plan was set in motion when he used his powers to push Frostmourne through the ice and out of the Frozen Throne, plunging it into the snows of Northrend to await one who would claim it and become the Lich King's agent. Ner'zhul found his agent in Arthas Menethil, the young prince of Lordaeron who had come to Northrend in a quest to end the plague.
Muradin Bronzebeard, a dwarven explorer based at the time in Northrend, was searching for the weapon after hearing of Frostmourne's power when Arthas and his men arrived.[3] When the forces of the dreadlord Mal'Ganis began to close in around them, Arthas and Muradin set out to claim it.[4]
Deep within a hidden cave, Frostmourne was protected by The Guardian and several revenants who tried to forewarn Arthas of the danger, but he ignored the warning and destroyed them. When they found the sword, Muradin read the inscription on the dais:[4]
"Whomsoever takes up this blade shall wield power eternal. Just as the blade rends flesh, so must power scar the spirit."[5][4]
Muradin realized then that the blade was cursed, but Arthas said he would gladly bear any curse to save his homeland. Upon speaking those words, the ice encasing the sword shattered and exploded outward. A jagged shard struck Muradin, seemingly striking him dead. Arthas gazed upon Muradin's "corpse", discarded his hammer, [Light's Vengeance]
, and took hold of the blade.
In the Hands of Arthas[]
With the sword in hand, Arthas returned to his base and staged a counterattack against Mal'Ganis, quickly destroying the dreadlord's base. Mal'Ganis confronted Arthas, telling him that Ner'zhul had known he would take the cursed sword, and that it had now stolen Arthas's soul. He spoke as if he believed Arthas was now on his side, but to his surprise Arthas used the runeblade to slay the dreadlord on the Lich King's command. With his soul forfeited to the Lich King, Arthas ran off into the frozen wastes of Northrend.[4]
Now a death knight of the Scourge, Arthas killed and converted his former army before returning to Lordaeron, where he was hailed with a royal welcome. Arthas proceeded directly to the throne room, where he killed his father, King Terenas, and set the Scourge loose throughout the city.
Some time after the Burning Legion's defeat at Mount Hyjal, the demon hunter Illidan Stormrage used a powerful spell to attack the Frozen Throne, where the Lich King was imprisoned. Though the spell was unsuccessful, it widened the crack through which Frostmourne had been thrust, and the Lich King's power began to wane, so he recalled Arthas to Northrend to aid him. Arthas defeated Illidan and ascended the spire of the Frozen Throne, then plunged Frostmourne back into the ice and donned the helmet sealed within, becoming the new Lich King.
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King[]
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The Frozen Halls[]
Just after he is defeated in the Pit of Saron, the leper gnome Krick lets it slip that Arthas leaves Frostmourne unattended in the Halls of Reflection, his private sanctum in the Frozen Halls of Icecrown Citadel.
After surviving the Pit of Saron, the guides for the adventurers braving the Halls (Jaina Proudmoore for the Alliance or Sylvanas Windrunner for the Horde) lead the way into the Halls of Reflection. As Krick promised, Frostmourne stands alone, floating serenely above an altar in the center of the entry chamber. Jaina or Sylvanas attempt to commune with the souls trapped within the blade to find the key to the Lich King's weakness. They are contacted by the spirit of Uther the Lightbringer, who warns them that another must take the Lich King's place in order to keep the Scourge under control.
Fall of the Lich King[]
During the final battle against the Lich King at the Frozen Throne, Frostmourne was shattered by Ashbringer, wielded by Tirion Fordring. The thousands of souls trapped within the blade swarmed the Lich King, suspending him in the air, where he was finished off by the champions assembled to defeat him. The trapped souls then remained in Icecrown Citadel, locked in eternal torment, unable to escape.[6]
On the Dedication of Honor monument at the center of Runeweaver Square in Dalaran, a bust of the shattered hilt of Frostmourne is shown at the feet of the statue of Tirion Fordring. The current location of Frostmourne's remains are resting at the base of the Frozen Throne within Icecrown Citadel.
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Frostmourne has the ability to drain life from its victims — and to drain the soul of anyone whom it connects to. The Lich King is capable of seeing through the eyes and hearing through the ears of anyone who wields Frostmourne; this ability cannot be stopped by any mortal means. The Lich King can communicate with the wielder at will telepathically, on any plane and at any distance. The Lich King uses this ability to try and corrupt the wielder over time. This has several effects. An individual who wields Frostmourne will not part with it willingly. Over time the person will go from good to neutral and finally to evil. A non-undead evil wielder will then become undead. Finally the sword is able to suck the being's soul into the sword. Frostmourne then retains the memories and skills of its victim. In fact, as long as the wielder's original body remains within one mile of Frostmourne, the sword maintains control of the body, and he may not be completely aware that his consciousness has shifted to the weapon. Beyond one mile, the sword cannot control the wielder's body, and the wielder of course finally becomes quite aware of his current state (if he is not already).
The Lich King can take possession of a soulless body that comes in contact with him and Frostmourne at the same time. The soul within Frostmourne is destroyed unless it willingly merges with the Lich King, becoming lost as a separate entity for all eternity. If a soul merges with the Lich King, he gains all the skills and memories of the victim. He has only done this one time, with Prince Arthas Menethil.[7]
In Warcraft III[]
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In Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Frostmourne increased Arthas' base damage by 22 points and allowed him to deal chaos damage, which was fully effective against all types of armor (including that of buildings and divine beings). For balance reasons, this effect was only applied during the Frostmourne mission and not during the Path of the Damned or Legacy of the Damned campaigns.
In Warcraft RPG[]
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In Manual of Monsters, Frostmourne is an artifact-level bastard sword with the following abilities: an increased chance to hit, increased damage, an increased chance of scoring a critical hit, an increased attack speed, the ability to strike incorporeal creatures as though they were fully corporeal, the ability to cause bleeding wounds and reduce the victim's stamina, bonus damage against good-aligned beings, bonus damage against living beings, and a life-draining effect that heals its wielder when he deals damage.[2]
In Arthas: Rise of the Lich King[]
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In Arthas: Rise of the Lich King, Arthas is able to wield the runeblade almost effortlessly, despite its size and weight. It slices through most opponents with minimal resistance, and shatters most weapons it comes in contact with, including the elven runeblade Felo'melorn. Those slain by Frostmourne have their souls drawn into the weapon.
- Frostmourne
- Binds when picked up
- Unique
- Sword
- Two-Hand
- Speed 4.00
- 597 - 896 Damage
- (186.6 damage per second)
- +100 Strength
+200 Stamina
+150 Intellect - Requires level 80
- Equip: The wielder of Frostmourne will become the new Lich King.
- "Hail to the king, baby!"
Theoretical stats for Frostmourne as a World of Warcraft item were shown during the Lore Panel at BlizzCon 2007, likely as a joke. The quote on the item tooltip, "Hail to the King, Baby!", is a phrase popularized by Bruce Campbell's Ash at the end of Army of Darkness.
The developers said they were "still working the fine details" and that the Equip effect was "shot down by various powers-that-be" (illustrating the potential problem with a screenshot of the new Lich King, Private Ownusohard). However, they closed with "we'll get something to you guys, we promise."
During a Class Panel Discussion at BlizzCon 2009, Blizzard developers revealed that the "something" in Icecrown Citadel was a new legendary axe, [Shadowmourne].
List of Souls[]
The following characters were slain by Frostmourne or otherwise lost their souls to it. With the possible exceptions of those brought back as undead creatures, it is presumed that their souls remained trapped in the sword until its destruction.
- King Anasterian Sunstrider (killed on the Isle of Quel'Danas, Arthas: Rise of the Lich King)
- Antonidas (killed in Dalaran, Warcraft III)
- Arthas Menethil (Warcraft III; first soul claimed)
- Baelgun Flamebeard
- Conjurus Rex (killed in Dalaran, Warcraft III)
- Dar'Khan Drathir (killed on the Isle of Quel'Danas, Arthas: Rise of the Lich King; resurrected later)
- Overlord Drakuru (killed atop Voltarus, Wrath of the Lich King)
- Dranosh Saurfang (killed in Northrend, Wrath of the Lich King; resurrected later)
- Captain Falric (killed in Northrend, Arthas: Rise of the Lich King; resurrected later)
- Gavinrad the Dire (killed near Andorhal, Warcraft III)
- Genjuros (killed in Alterac Mountains, Warcraft III)
- Halahk the Lifebringer (killed in Lordaeron palace gardens, Warcraft III)
- Haomarush (killed in Alterac Mountains, Warcraft III)
- Jennalla Deemspring (killed in Lordaeron palace gardens, Warcraft III)
- Jubei'Thos (killed in Alterac Mountains, Warcraft III)
- Khanzo (killed in Alterac Mountains, Warcraft III)
- Landazar (killed in Dalaran, Warcraft III)
- Magroth the Defender (killed in Lordaeron palace gardens, Warcraft III)
- Captain Marwyn (killed in Northrend, Arthas: Rise of the Lich King; resurrected later)
- Mazrigos (killed in Alterac Mountains, Warcraft III)
- Race () unknown Race unknown Ner'zhul (Warcraft III; originally shackled to the sword by Kil'jaeden)
- Sage Truthbearer (killed near Andorhal, Warcraft III)
- Sapphiron (killed in Northrend, Warcraft III; resurrected as a frost wyrm)
- Sylvanas Windrunner (killed in Quel'Thalas, Warcraft III; resurrected as a banshee)
- King Terenas Menethil II (killed in the Imperial chamber of Capital City, Warcraft III)
- Throk'Feroth (killed in Alterac Mountains, Warcraft III)
- Uther the Lightbringer (killed near Andorhal, Warcraft III)
According to King Terenas Menethil II's spirit, there are thousands of souls contained within the blade.
- Frostmourne is clearly inspired by the sword Stormbringer wielded by Elric of Melniboné in the fantasy series of books by Michael Moorcock. Stormbringer is a black blade covered with runes that steals the souls of those killed by it and was featured in the book called, not coincidentally, The Stealer of Souls by Moorcock, published in 1963. Also, Stormbringer has a sister sword called "Mournblade" which may have also been the reason Arthas' sword is called "Frostmourne".
- Frostmourne could, conceivably, have been inspired by Excalibur, the sword of legendary King Arthur. Both swords grant power to their respective wielders (whether it be political or magical), both have inscriptions upon their pedestals, and the two famed wielders, Arthur and Arthas, have similar names.
- A hidden cave can be found in the action game X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Inside the cave, Wolverine finds a skeleton with a yellow exclamation point () above his head, like a WoW questgiver, and a sword which is a replica of Frostmourne. Finding this room unlocks the "WoW!" Achievement/Trophy, depending on whether the game is being played on the Xbox 360 or the PlayStation 3. The description of the Achievement confirms the reference: "You feel cold as you examine the skeleton and read the name "Arthas" etched into the nearby sword."
- In Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock both Arthas (as the Lich King) and Frostmourne (his guitar) are unlockable after earning 1600 stars and reaching level 71.
- Frostmourne shares similarities to another blade, that is present within the game series: Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver. Both can absorb souls, and both are wielded by nobles who were corrupted.
- The inscription incorrectly reads "Whomsoever" instead of "Whosoever." Since the hypothetical wielder is the agent taking up the blade, the word should not be in the accusative case.
- ^ Arthas: Rise of the Lich King, pg. 204
- ^ a b Manual of Monsters, pg. 174
- ^ "The Scourge of Lordaeron: The Shores of Northrend", Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos. Blizzard Entertainment.
- ^ a b c d "The Scourge of Lordaeron: Frostmourne (Warcraft III)", Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos. Blizzard Entertainment.
- ^ Frostmourne (Warcraft III)
- ^ Blades of the Fallen Prince quests
- ^ Manual of Monsters, pg. 174-175
- ^ http://www.epicweapons.com
- ^ a b c http://www.ateliers-nemesis.com


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FIGHT CAMP 360°: Inside Super Six World Boxing Classic
RETURNS TONIGHT on SHO EXTREME at 10 P.M. ET/PT;
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NEW YORK (May 9, 2011) – FIGHT CAMP 360°: Inside the Super Six World Boxing Classic returns TONIGHT/Monday with episode nine on SHO Extreme® at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
Last Saturday, May 7, the four Semifinalists in the Super Six World Boxing Classic on SHOWTIME® participated in a press conference at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
The Super Six World Boxing Classic Semifinals will begin this Saturday, May 14 (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) when undefeated Andre Ward (23-0, 13 KOs) will defend his World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Middleweight world title against former world champion Arthur Abraham (32-2, 26 KOs) at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
On Saturday, June 4 (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) the Seminfinals will continue when Carl Froch (27-1, 20 KOs) risks his World Boxing Council (WBC) Super Middleweight title against Glen Johnson (51-14-2, 35 KOs) at Adrian Philipps Ballroom of Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall.
What they said Saturday.
KEN HERSHMAN (Executive Vice President/General Manager, SHOWTIME Sports)
"The Super Six has been a long and winding road and it's had its bumps in the road but that was the idea, to see which fighter would persevere through a series of major fights against the best competitors. The Super Six was designed to pit the best super middleweights in the world against one another and come out with one winner.
"The Super Six has been a topic of conversation the last couple years and that's what boxing needs: longevity. These fighters' names have been in the headlines from fight to fight because each bout has so many implications, so much relevance. When Andre fights Arthur, it's not just about those fighters. It's about how that fight affects Carl, how it affects Glen. The tournament also gets rid of the myth that a loss on a fighter's record is a big deal. When the best fight the best, someone is going to lose.
"Arthur Abraham is the epitome of what this tournament stands for. He was the heavy favorite after a dramatic knockout over Jermain Taylor. But after two setbacks, he never gave up and I expect we will see a tremendous performance from Arthur on May 14.
"They call Glen Johnson the road warrior. And he is a warrior but more importantly, a tremendous person. After a decade at light heavyweight, he dropped the weight, looked good, looked young and won his first Super Six fight with a big knockout against Allan Green, whom no one had ever knocked out before.
"Carl Froch is a tremendous champion. Look at his road in the Super Six. He had a dramatic win in a close fight against Andre Dirrell, then he lost to Mikkel Kessler, and there's no shame in that; Kessler is a tremendous fighter. But then he came back with the fight of his life against Abraham.
"At the beginning of the tournament, people thought Andre Ward was untested and young. But look how we have we seen him rise to become the tournament favorite.
"Putting five promoters in a room is my worst nightmare. But it launched FIGHT CAMP 360°, which has produced some great television. Thanks (to all the boxers for) their commitment."
"I think Carl showed us a good blueprint (against Abraham) but I'm going to do it my own way.
"I'm very desperate, too. I don't think people understand that. I try to train with a sense of urgency. Whether Abraham had beat Carl Froch in convincing fashion or if he was in the situation he is now with two losses, I would still train the same. I train until it hurts.
"I want to thank SHOWTIME just for the opportunity. Outside of this tournament, I can guarantee I wouldn't have been able to fight the best back-to-back-to-back. It's also a great burden because you have to fight the best.
"A lot of people use the term 'favorite' very loosely. But I don't consider myself the favorite because I haven't gotten my just dues yet. I train with a chip on my shoulder because there is more to prove. There is still plenty of work to be done.
"When I prepare for Arthur Abraham, I train for the best Arthur Abraham. I take being the WBA champion very seriously. I respect every fighter in the sport and I train for every fight accordingly."
DAN GOOSSEN (Ward's promoter)
"We've been trying to get our way through this Super Six. I think it's one of the greatest innovations in our sport. When you have so much talent in this division, it was certainly the right place at the right time.
"The great thing about this tournament is it started out with six great fighters so we forgave losses. In the Super Six, that is the opportunity. The best fighters face the best so a loss doesn't ruin your career.
"Most Olympic Gold Medalists have become the future stars of our sport. Andre is dedicated. He works too hard to disappoint anyone."
"I really have to thank SHOWTIME for what they did with this tournament. The people want to see the best in the weight division fighting each other and we have four of them in the Semifinals.
"The four best super middleweights in the world are left in the Semifinals and I'm here to win. I'm not the favorite but I'll fight to the end. We'll celebrate our win on Saturday."
"I must say that this is the best tourney ever created in world boxing. The Super Six matches the best fighters in the 168-pound division from start to finish. I expect to see two of the original six in the final. While it's not the be all to end all, at least in my opinion, to reach the final, I still know that I will be in the final.
"There is no reason to bad-mouth at this stage in the game. We are all proven champions. Glen Johnson may be 42 but top level fighters nowadays are not spring chickens. We go on and on.
"I think it's fantastic what SHOWTIME is doing for the sport. Without them, fans would be robbed of not only the Super Six matches but all fights that are being put on in the sport.
"I'm on my way and training well. I'm sharp, eating well, feeling well and feeling strong. I'll be there boxing in the final. To win would be without a doubt, minus the birth of my son, the proudest moment of my life to lift that trophy.''
"When SHOWTIME first put together the Super Six, I wished I was a super middleweight. I had to wait a year and when the opportunity came to enter the tournament, I jumped all over it.
"It's going to be a great fight. I have a lot of respect for Carl. I saw him fight a few times previously and I know this is going to be a great fight."
LOU DIBELLA (Johnson's Promoter)
"This is going to be a terrific fight. It could be anyone's contest. The favorite changes consistently. Three or four times the favorite has already changed. The rise of SHOWTIME Sports and the relationship it has with CBS creates great competition and that is good for the sport of boxing.
"Johnson has had a tremendous career. To be able, after 10 years fighting at 175 pounds, to fight now at 168 pounds is a testament to him. I know this is going to be a great fight no matter who wins, even though Carl's the favorite.''
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Here's a cool little postcard poem wishing you all the luck o' the Irish for St. Patty's Day 2011. Printed to look as if it were written out by hand, "Four-Leaf Clover" is signed by its author, poet and short story writer Ella Higginson (1861-1940) who was born in Kansas, grew up in Oregon, married in Portland, and later moved to Washington state where she became active in civic and political affairs. On the subject of divorce, she wrote, for example, the "real evil was not that divorce was too easy, but that marriage was too easy, and that there should be a law preventing marriage before the age of thirty." Higginson was named Poet Laureate of Washington State in 1931, a post that was apparently eliminated sometime thereafter but officially brought back to life in 2011 with the appointment of Samuel Green following passage of Washington Substitute House Bill 1279. Higginson's papers—18 boxes of them at least, all awaiting scholarly investigation—are now at the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies located at Western Washington University in Bellingham.
We here at P&PC like the look of this postcard for a number of reasons, starting with its appearance of having been personally handwritten by Higginson herself (pictured here), whose facsimile autograph stands in lieu of a commercially printed byline and copyright notice. This handwritten front, we think, encourages the postcard's user to view the writing of his or her own personal handwritten message on reverse as poetic in orientation as well—an invitation that this particular postcard's (unidentified) user seems to have accepted. "This is a beautiful thought," he or she writes in pen to an unnamed recipient, "and I want you to just try out this thought for yourself, and don't get nervous or to [sic] tired, 'for quietness and confidence shall be your strength.'"
Those of you who read your Bible don't need to be told that the phrase "for quietness and confidence shall be your strength" is from Isaiah 30:15; what's kind of cool, though, is how the sender is perhaps motivated to quote scripture by Higginson's own allusion to 1 Corinthians 13 in "Four-Leaf Clover" ("One leaf is for hope, and one for faith / And one is for love, you know"). As both writers sample and thus personalize Biblical passages, we have a really funky bit of communication in which the sender uses his or her own Biblical reference (Isaiah) in conjunction with Higginson's poem and its Biblical reference (Corinthians) to encourage the recipient to "try out this thought for yourself," which is pretty much an extension of the invitation we think the handwritten look of the postcard presented in the first place.
It is fair to say that "Four-Leaf Clover" got around. According to one source (1911's Studies in Reading by James William Searson and George Ellsworth Martin), "no other little gem of the language has been more widely appreciated and more warmly loved." Apparently, it was written in 1890 and published in Portland's West Shore magazine. Then it was published in McClure's (1896), The Outlook (1898), the Northwest Journal of Education (1898), Friends' Intelligencer and Journal (1898), American Cookery (1899), Oregon Teachers' Monthly (1902), the Journal of Education (1911), and Sunset (1918). Higginson included it in her book of poems When the Birds Go North Again (1899), and it was reprinted in Annie Russell Marble's Nature Pictures by American Poets (1899), Edmund Clarence Stedman's An American Anthology (1900), The Listening Child (1903), Robert Haven Schauffler's Arbor Day (1909), The Home Book of Verse (1912), and a range of school readers and publications for educators. It was also, Searson & Martin report, put to music "by at least fifty composers."
This is what happens when you don't copyright a poem: it goes viral. May you be so lucky this St. Patrick's Day.
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Earth may be our home, but another planet even cosier for life could be orbiting the star next door. A detailed analysis of what might make planets suitable for life says that Alpha Centauri B, the star closest to our sun, would be the perfect star to host a "superhabitable" planet – a world of islands, shallow seas and gentle slopes, where the conditions needed to support a diverse array of life forms would persist for up to 10 billion years. But the near-paradise would come at a cost to visitors from Earth: the pull of gravity would be about one-quarter stronger than on our home turf.
We normally assume that the best places to look for alien life are Earth-sized planets orbiting sun-like stars. But our best models for habitability consider only a few criteria, such as the planet's size and distance from its star, seeking rocky worlds like Earth in similar orbits to our own.
"But no one had ever touched the question of whether other places may be even more benign environments than Earth provides," says René Heller of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. So he and his colleagues analysed at a host of additional criteria, including a hypothetical planet's gravity, age and internal structure, to explore the possibilities.
Earth has hosted life for at least 3.5 billion years of its 4.6-billion-year existence. But it is near the inner edge of the habitable zone in our solar system, and the sun is getting warmer as it ages. Eventually, perhaps 1 or 2 billion years from now, Earth will become a hot, Venus-like rock enveloped in a deadly murk of carbon dioxide and sulphuric acid.
Instead, the team's analysis says that the choicest locale for life could be a world slightly bigger than Earth orbiting an orange star slightly smaller than the sun. "You want to have a host star that can keep a planet in the habitable zone for 7 to 10 billion years," says Heller. That is thought to be enough time for ecosystems to reach an optimal state for diverse life to flourish.
Slightly more massive planets will alsohold on to their internal heat and moving molten innards for longer. This should drive plate tectonics, which recycle water and nutrients, and create a stronger magnetic field, which shields a planet from damaging solar and cosmic radiation.
Not a peep
We already suspect that the orange star Alpha Centauri B hosts a rocky planet, although if it is confirmed, that world would be too close to its star to support life as we know it. But exoplanet hunters such as NASA's Kepler mission have shown us that planets are rarely born alone, and an as-yet undetected superhabitable world could be orbiting farther from the star.
To be superhabitable, such a world would be so massive that gravity would make its landscape flatter than Earth's, producing mostly shallow seas and archipelagos like Indonesia and the Bahamas. On Earth, such environments produce far more diversity than the deep ocean or the arid centres of large continents. While the team did not specifically address the potential life that might emerge on superhabitable planets, Heller speculates that the higher gravity would keep vegetation closer to the ground and would make the atmosphere thicker, so land animals would probably be short and stocky compared with their earthly counterparts, while the dense air would allow larger creatures to take wing.
The star Alpha Centauri B is about 6 billion years old, which means life on a superhabitable planet in orbit around it would have an evolutionary head-start on us, adds Heller. But would any of that life be intelligent? So far, searches for signs of nearby civilisations, such as the SETI programme, have not heard a peep from our potential neighbours.
"The paper nicely points out important aspects related to habitability," says Ravi Kopparapu of Pennsylvania State University in College Park, who was not involved in the research. But he cautions that, until we find a superhabitable world, we do not have enough evidence to say Earth isn't, in fact, the best place for life.
Journal reference: Astrobiology, DOI: 10.1089/ast.2013.1088


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Saturday, March 9, 2013
I've never heard a woman express any genuine concern for the nice guy whose heart she's just broken, only for the pain she feels at having had to inflict pain upon the poor guy. In general, if a woman causes pain to a third party, one is not expected to express sympathy for the third party, but rather for how bad causing that third party pain must make her feel. Except, of course, in that the degree of the pain being caused reflects positively upon her desirability.
Good: "He'll probably never get over losing a woman as wonderful as you."
Better: "There is no way he'll ever land another woman as beautiful as you."
Best: "You definitely did the right thing. But ending a relationship like that must be really hard for you."
Bad: "You know, dumping him out of the blue like that really hurt him badly."
Worse: "One day, he'll realize that the pain he's feeling now is a small price to pay for not having to put up with you anymore."
36 comments:
- taterearl said...
Women feel bad for themselves???
I figured they would blame the guy for his Oedipus complex which is causing her to have those icky feelings. - March 9, 2013 at 7:03 AM
- Anonymous said...
Just wanted to share with you guys the power an Alpha has on women around him. - March 9, 2013 at 7:35 AM
- pdwalker said...
Egad. Some girls have no pride.
- March 9, 2013 at 7:42 AM
- pdwalker said...
(And yes, the 4th panel only detracts)
- March 9, 2013 at 7:43 AM
- the league of baldheaded men said...
The last panel isn't especially realistic either, since it implies a high level of conscious, verbalized self-awareness.
In reality she'd just be lying there kind of squirming, feeling somewhat smothered and dissatisfied, sure intuitively that the cuddly lil guy was the cause of the dissatisfaction but unsure of herself because she also likes his quasi-feminine nature on some level. This internal tension would be resolved in some out-of-the-blue bitchy remark or fight-pick that leaves the poor bastard going WTF??? - March 9, 2013 at 7:44 AM
- Bullitt315 said...
Comics like this make me really wish I could hop in a Delorean, go back 10 years, and kick my own ass.
- March 9, 2013 at 7:56 AM
- NateM said...
Semi Related, hilarious breakdown of an 80s teen movie with commentary on the betaness of the main character - March 9, 2013 at 8:11 AM
- David said...
What would worst be?
- March 9, 2013 at 8:13 AM
- Silly Person said...
The Mandrosphere continues to reinforce how blessed I am to be married to the woman I am. She is absolutely atypical. She is a good, Christian woman, none of Vox's Churchism to her at all.
- March 9, 2013 at 9:00 AM
- Advice Wanted said...
Last guy I dated before my husband was what I would call a good man. I don't think of him as a beta, but, being female, what do I know. In my then 20-something perception, he seemed to me a safe guy and my prospective husband a bad boy. I did break up with "safe guy" to explore a possible relationship with my husband. I was told by mutual friends he was quite upset. However, being a wise person, he moved on and got married about the same time I did.
I stand a small chance of seeing him again. It's so long ago I'm sure it doesn't matter, but if it did I could say to him what I know now and knew then: You are lucky you didn't end up with me.
I suppose my motivation could be to look better to him. Why would that matter if it's just between he and I, but I suppose, being female, I don't understand my own motivation.
Perhaps the best route would be to smile politely and if any conversation ensued, for me to ask about him, his family and work, and leave him in peace as quickly as possible.
Any thoughts?
- March 9, 2013 at 9:52 AM
- Beau said...
Any thoughts?
Go lay your husband. - March 9, 2013 at 10:39 AM
- Bullitt315 said...
If she's prettier than you, he already knows. If she isn't, don't say "You're lucky you didn't end up with me" It's condescending and you're just saying it to make yourself feel better.
"Perhaps the best route would be to smile politely and if any conversation ensued, for me to ask about him, his family and work, and leave him in peace as quickly as possible." I like this option - March 9, 2013 at 10:44 AM
- Brendan said...
It's not easy to feel sympathy when the target of sympathy is really a lesser form of human being, as is the case with lower gammas and deltas. The woman is also ashamed, and greatly so, for ever having associated with a guy like that.
- March 9, 2013 at 10:59 AM
- CMC said...
Would it be alpha to say, "One day, he'll realize that the pain he's feeling now is a small price to pay," and just leave it at that? Small price to pay. Period, nothing else, maintaining eye contact. I know a guy, not me, who I've heard say stuff like that. The listener usually reads into it what he or she wants but maybe later realizes, 'wait, he didn't actually validate my parking on that one; might even have a completely different opinion...'
- March 9, 2013 at 11:37 AM
- VD said...
I suppose my motivation could be to look better to him. Why would that matter if it's just between he and I, but I suppose, being female, I don't understand my own motivation.
Your motivation is because you want him to reveal that he's pining for you, that his wife is nothing compared to you, and that he is still carrying a torch for you.
Perhaps the best route would be to smile politely and if any conversation ensued, for me to ask about him, his family and work, and leave him in peace as quickly as possible.
The best route would be to be polite, to tell him that he looks good, you're pleased that life has treated him well, and leave him in peace as quickly as possible. - March 9, 2013 at 12:05 PM
- Daniel said...
I love ladies, but, my goodness they are worse than termites in their persistent belief that they are entitled to all wood without consequence.
Yeah, AW, you know what to do. Just do everyone a favor, and actually do it. - March 9, 2013 at 1:29 PM
- mmaier2112 said...
RE: the cartoon:
I'd tell her: "Thanks for waking up another man to the true nature of women."
I'd tell him... go to Roissy's... read... learn... never have this happen again. - March 9, 2013 at 1:50 PM
- Doom said...
It's hard for me to get on board bashing women because they do what they do, have always done, and will always do. As I have said, if you have a great woman, solid, steady, and yours... Or if you keep getting dumped, divorced, tossed (save in a few instances, and circumstances such as a job that means you are gone often)... you only... have yourself to thank.
I truly have never had a problem with women. Give them, take them, leave them alone, it's really up to me. If I want a woman a certain way, I make her that way, consciously or not.
What makes me laugh is the guys who can think only of pussy. It isn't even half the reason I like and like to be with women. They are what they offer for very small fractions of the time you are with them. They are what they are ALL OF THE TIME! I truly enjoy what they are, little bitches and scamps, thieves and liars, cross my heart I thank God for the little nuisances they are and provide every single day, even while I choose to be alone at the moment.
Yeah, I know, I've gone through... phases on this. But as I wake up in the world, I am... putting it all together, tabulating, remembering, and... coming to a more cohesive answer(s) and solution sets.
Just... saying. - March 9, 2013 at 3:41 PM
- Stacey said...
I've been single all 30 years of my life, no desire to marry and even less of a desire to get pregnant and raise children. Being a true tomboy means I'm shunned by women and befriended by men. As it is, my friends are like my family...I'd literally die for any one of them. If one told me he'd had a girl say such a cruel, heartless thing she would find herself in a world of hurt.
I'd tell my friend to be thankful that she revealed herself for the bitch she was though. Only thing worse than finding out the girl you love is a frigid harpy, is finding out AFTER you've put a ring on it.
I'm so happy I am the way I am, and have a boyfriend of 8 years who appreciates a self reliant, male brained woman. Truly, happiness doesn't require stifling gender roles or a certificate. It requires open communication, honesty and love. - March 9, 2013 at 4:01 PM
- Advice Wanted said...
VD: Your motivation is because you want him to reveal that he's pining for you, that his wife is nothing compared to you, and that he is still carrying a torch for you.
No doubt his wife is better than I and he knows it. So why did I have that particular imagined conversation? I'm embarrassed by my behavior then. I would like to look better to him, and to readers here on behalf of womankind perhaps. And, I'm embarrassed by my behavior to even have posted the question here, again revealing my self-focus.
Beau's advice is the obvious option I didn't see (being so wrapped up in me) and my full intention when I do see my husband again at the end of the month (he's been working out of state since Jan. 3).
If I do see this ex again, I'll try to avoid him seeing me. If we do see one another, I'll smile politely. If he engages in conversation, I'll take VD's advice and focus on him, then leave him in peace.
- March 9, 2013 at 4:24 PM
- CrisisEraDynamo said...
According to this Atlantic article, modern American women feel ashamed for wanting romantic relationships with men.
Free Northerner's analysis is here.
Keep in mind that The Atlantic isn't some manosphere blog -- this is a mainstream publication, writing something that looks like it came from Roissy. - March 9, 2013 at 5:16 PM
- Anonymous said...
Women have too many options now, period. 100 years ago they married young and hot and stayed with a man, or starved, froze to death or were eaten by bears.
- March 10, 2013 at 6:02 AM
- revrogers said...
Women have too many options now, period. 100 years ago they married young and hot and stayed with a man, or starved, froze to death or were eaten by bears.
Women were eaten by bears in 1913? I never knew that. - March 10, 2013 at 6:09 AM
- Daniel said...
Women were eaten by bears in 1913? I never knew that.
It was a little known side effect resulting from the ocean being poisoned by the linoleum on the grand staircase of the Titanic.
The bears went absolutely insane from the resulting global warming. - March 10, 2013 at 9:03 AM
- tz said...
(To Men:) If a woman (maybe your wife, but for this ANY) came up to you, had some kind of instant push-button pole which popped up in front of you while she disrobed, then proceeded to dance, would you not be aroused and attracted?
Women have something parallel, even more effective, just not identical. That is what Game and Alpha is about. The "high-status" confident male appears, and causes the same effect as the pole cat above.
Men have trouble (solipsism too) understanding women are intuitive, emotional, and internal instead of direct and visual. But when men act in just the right way which is detailed at CH, here, and other places, it is to women the complimentary action of what would be to men a half-naked disrobing woman with long hair and insta-pole. Irresistible.
Because it isn't as vulgar, the church accepts femporn. It ought not. Men are simple so the harm minimal. Women are corrupted more profoundly. - March 10, 2013 at 9:01 PM
- tz said...
@anon There are no shortage of men who would desire to rent, or if necessary purchase, an traditional bear. At least if it is less expensive than a chest freezer.
- March 10, 2013 at 9:04 PM
- Trust said...
Women tend to use the agony of good men and husbands as advertisement of their quality to men they are attracted to. She attributes his agony to how great of a loss she is as opposed to how cruel of a person she is.
- March 11, 2013 at 8:54 AM
- Retrenched said...
"Women don't feel bad for anyone but themselves when they drop a nice Delta or Gamma who treats them well in favor of a manipulative bad boy who treats them poorly."
And more than a few of those "manipulative bad boys" that women are jumping to used to be the kind of "nice Deltas" that they're dumping, before they woke up to the truth about what women really want from men. - March 11, 2013 at 9:53 AM
- Retrenched said...
Exhibit A: Tupac...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzfNl0QxIwE - March 11, 2013 at 10:06 AM
- Anonymous said...
I do think women tend to treat men as THINGS rather than as actual humans with actual feelings that matter...but I wonder, is their attitude really any different toward other women. How deep to the solipsism go?
It's hard to tell, because women are usually very very good at projecting more "caring" then they actually feel. - March 11, 2013 at 11:44 AM
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- March 11, 2013 at 1:19 PM
- FantasticSprite said...
The comic contains a falsehood: it is unlikely the woman would even bother cuddling up to this delta or gamma, or feel any sympathy for the damage done whatsoever. I've always been of the opinion that they don't just rule out sexual relationships with men of lower perceived value -- they actively despise them. They are creeps, failures, mockeries of men in their eyes -- regardless of their other achievements and abilities. Deep down, women don't just decide not to mate with these men, they don't even want to be around them (unless it is to taunt them and tease them with that which they cannot have). On other words, the only attention a man is likely to get in this situation is a sort of half-conscious emotional torture.
On a macro level, this seems to support the idea of feminism as women overvaluing themselves. No man is good enough for the feminist. All are to be despised. - March 11, 2013 at 1:20 PM
- Retrenched said...
@ Sprite
I think that's certainly true for the Jezebelers and other femcunts, but not most women in general, really. Most women like deltas and gammas OK as co-workers and neighbors, and perhaps even friends (without benefits obviously). - March 11, 2013 at 1:53 PM
- Desert Cat said...
Doom, you know the answer to this--you are a natural alpha and display a natural alpha's attitude toward women. All this stuff is illustrative of, and for the benefit of, gammas and deltas going through the paroxysms that come with the swallowing of the red pill.
Women as you know them are not the women these have been lead to believe in. It is a painful process, and it takes time to reach a new equilibrium. - March 12, 2013 at 6:18 PM
- Anonymous said...
Hmmm, so, some one has conveniently forgotten to notice something here.
Delta and beta, whatever you wanna call them, guys are always going after alpha females. You know, the kind who are only in it to win it, if you know what I mean. They complain about how self-serving and uncaring these girls that they spend their days hopelessly chasing after are. After they have been cruelly dumped, they immediately go into the "I'm too much of a nice guy, I must become macho and ALPHA to get these alpha girls!"
This is all well and good for you all, except, you know, you completely ignored the delta and beta girls. They were not even on your radar. And you wonder why they want to be alpha girls. You never notice them until they are. - March 18, 2013 at 9:52 AM
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