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Model No.: HC-SN0001
Product Name: Colored Hex Round 4 40 Standoff
Length: 5mm-40mm
Color: As Requested
Place Of Origin: China (Mainland)
Brand Name: Hobbycarbon
Product Type: Hardware
Size: Light, Customized
Customer Service: 24/7
Feature: Light,durable,non-conductive
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Packaging: PP Pag+carton
Productivity: 10000 per week
Brand: HOBBYCARBON
Transportation: Ocean,Land,Air
Place of Origin: Guangdong
Port: Shenzhen
Product Description
Colored Hex Nylon Stanoffs Round 4 40 Standoff
Colored Hex Round 4 40 Nylon Standoff Description
There is screw hole in the bottom, fixing with self-tap Screw.
Hobby carbon products apply to sorts of industries, including the emerging field drones, robotic industries, high tech train and so on. Below is some fields you met or will meet,more fields are expected by you and me.
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Your ordered products would be strictly inspected and terrific packed, whatever shipping way you hoped, we strive to figure it out.
Company Information
Hobbycarbon CNC LIMITEDis a OEM provider specialized in Carbon fiber products, carbon fiber CNC service,other accessories of drones &cars . With the ever-increasing demands of branding business, we extended our business to Aluminum CNC cutting, devoting ourself to offer a comprehensive service to customers.
Over the past , more and more relevant branding busineses have established long-term cooperation with us, and give lots of satisfied feedback.Thus, We can very confidently to guarantee the quality, promise that sample and any quality inspection are welcome.
Hobby carbon crew focus on clients` needs and lookup the potential market trend, the purpose is to satisfy each clients they contacted, any good and mediorce feedback or comments would be treated well, no matter where you are, when you send, what you require.
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8x8 MM Cushion Cut Amethyst and 1/5 Ctw Round Cut Diamond Pendant in 10K White Gold with Chain
Color your sweetheart's neckline with this vivacious Amethyst and diamond pendant. Crafted in cool 10 karat white gold, this style features a centrally staged cushion cut Amethyst bordered with a squared frame of shimmering 36 prong set round cut diamonds with milgrain finish. This pendant hangs from a rope chain. Total diamond weight is 1/5 ctw Amethyst measures 8x8 mm.

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The Kromski Minstrel is a traditional Castle style wheel. The true definition of a Castle wheel is simply a wheel where the flyer, orifice and mother of all are located in direct position above the drive wheel in a tall, castle-like fashion. In this sense, many modern wheels are essentially a Castle wheel. This beautiful Kromski work of art, however, offers the compact, vertical orientation of today's modern wheels without sacrificing the Olde World elegance and refinement that we are famous for delivering in our products.
Equipped with an 18" diameter wheel, the Minstrel is indeed capable of delivering a full wheel impact without demanding the full wheel real estate. With the orifice being located directly above the wheel and consequently, the treadles, many spinners find this arrangement to be more comfortable to spin on than one where the orifice is off-set to the treadle.
The Minstrel is a double treadle wheel bursting with detailed, handcrafted wood turnings and can be adjusted to operate in either double drive mode or single drive mode with Scotch tension. The optional distaff easily attaches for spinners requiring assistance with longer staple-length fibers, such as flax or hemp. Add this charming yet multi-functional wheel to your archive today and delight yourself with thoughts of yesteryear every time you spin!
Jumbo Flyer kits expand the spinners range in two ways. First, the type of yarn created can vary from lace-weight to super bulky art yarn because of the larger orifice on the jumbo flyer. Subsequently, the jumbo bobbin allows spinners twice the capacity of the regular Kromski bobbin. A regular Kromski bobbin already offers 50% greater space than most standard bobbins in the industry with a generous 4.2 ounce capacity. Jumbo bobbins double that, essentially allowing you to spin two regular bobbins worth without a bobbin change!! This means longer, continual drafts for skeins with greater yardage.
Now Kromski is proud to introduce the Great Jumbo Flyer, specially designed for the Minstrel Wheel – learn more about this amazing opportunity to expand your wheel possibilities!
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"I stand here today as part of a team of dedicated professionals who have worked with me over the past 22 years. It is a tremendous honour for all of us in Durban," Neil Macleod of eThekwini Water and Sanitation said on Tuesday in Stockholm, Sweden while receiving the 2014 Stockholm Industry Water Award from SIWI chairman, Peter Forssman.
In his acceptance speech, Macleod underlined the role policy has had in the success of eThekwini Water and Sanitation. "If the politicians had not dared to take bold decisions, we would not have been able to do what we did. You need an enabling environment," he said.
South Africa's constitution from 1996, praised as a model for inclusion of social rights, enshrined the human right to water. Local government was tasked with putting it into practice. Soon after, Durban, one of the country's main urban centres, expanded its administrative boundaries to include 3.5 million people, some of them living in poorly serviced rural areas with huge water and sanitation challenges. The eThekwini municipality decided to face these challenges head-on.
"We faced huge challenges when we were formed 22 years ago in the lead-up to massive political changes in South Africa. But necessity is the mother of invention," said Neil Macleod.
"eThekwini has championed the approach to provide sufficient water to sustain human life, as expressed in the South African constitution, now embedded in national policy. The methods used and results achieved by eThekwini Water and Sanitation serve as a sterling example for the many communities worldwide facing similar challenges," stated the Stockholm Industry Water Award (SIWA) jury in its citation.
In the past 14 years, 1.3 million additional people in greater Durban have been connected to piped water and 700,000 people have been provided with access to toilets. Access to basic water supply and sanitation is provided at no cost to poor families, while higher levels of service and consumption are charged at full cost, thus respecting the constitutional right to water while maintaining financial sustainability.
In addition to successfully providing basic services to a large and diverse population, eThekwini Water and Sanitation is at the forefront of exploring technical and social solutions. One example is a mini hydro-power project: instead of using pressure reducing valves in pipes running down steep hillsides, the company is installing mini turbines using the excess pressure to generate electricity for the city's low tension grid. The eThekwini municipality is also pioneering solutions to convert urban wastewater challenges to agricultural opportunities as well as harvesting rainwater.
The combined result is one of the most progressive utilities in the world. The open approach to experimenting and piloting new solutions across both technical and social aspects of service delivery has made eThekwini a forerunner in the world of utility-run services.
Water and Sanitation unit of eThekwini Municipality was established in 1992. It manages the water and sanitation services for the 3.5 million people living in the Durban area, and has worked with some of the world's major actors and knowledge hubs in water and sanitation as well as development, such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank, the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Borda, Eawag, the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership and DHI. Its methods have been replicated across the country and region, and eThekwini representatives are successfully sharing and disseminating their findings and working methods.
The SIWA was established in 2000 to stimulate and celebrate outstanding and transformative water achievements by companies in improving production, managing risks, finding solutions and contributing to wise water management. The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) were partners in establishing the award, which is also supported by International Water Association (IWA) and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).


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Tile Cleaning Tolleson, Arizona
Tile & grout can be difficult to clean. Have you ever performed tile & grout cleaning only to realize that it's still dirty? The grout in between tile especially can stay dirty if you don't clean it properly. Certain types of tile and grout cleaning solutions can leave residue on your tiles, too. Of course, not all tiles are the same, so you have to think about that when cleaning them as well.
Tile Cleaning: How Important Is It?
It is important to keep tiles clean, and that requires a daily sweep. Of course, not everyone has the time for that, and so you can instead substitute the sweeping for vacuuming. You can run over things much more quickly with a vacuum. Of course, this daily cleaning is a dry cleaning, and you have to do tile and grout cleaning in other ways, too.
Maintaining Your Tile & Grout
If the floor isn't very dirty and there are no spills to clean up, then all you have to mop with is warm water. People often use too many chemicals on their tile flooring, and doing this too often can harm the tiles. What type of mop do you use? If you're using the old-fashioned mop, it's time for an upgrade.
After mopping the tile floor, it's a good idea to make sure that you dry the floor as well. You can use a dry mop for this to make things easier. One more idea when you're mopping the floor with water is that you can use a mild detergent to make your mopping solution. Don't add too much detergent, however, as you'll end up with soap suds all over your floor.
Spills On Your Tile: Get It Cleaned!
When you do have spills on your tiles, you want to get to them as soon as possible. You might not see them all right away, but when you do, get to the disinfectant and mop them up. Did you know that you can also use a vinegar and water solution when mopping as well? The exception to the rule is marble flooring tiles, which would mean you don't want to use any vinegar.
Got Tile Stains?
Do you have stains on your tiles? If so, then you can use scouring powder to help remove them. You want to mix this with water as well, and you want to allow the solution to sit on the stain for a few minutes, and then you're going to use a cloth to clean the area. Now you know what to do to keep those tile floors clean.
Need a Professional Tolleson Tile Cleaner?
If all else fails, you may need a professional cleaning that gets the grit and dirt you can not do at home. It requires having a tile cleaning company come to you house and perform a deep tile and grout cleaning of your floor. The tile cleaning and grout cleaning process is very long, tedious, and difficult. Scheduling a professional Tolleson tile cleaning company will be the best option for busy professionals.
If you have any questions about tile and grout cleaning please contact us through the site or call us at 602-903-3005.
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Life is good when you are a dog. When you are tied to a tree because your owner is off gallivanting and doing stupid human stuff, life is crap. All a dog wants to do is have some fun and chase things, it is written in there DNA. Dogs want to chase squirrels and when you have them on a leash you are depriving them of that basic instinct. This funny crewneck sweatshirt shows what happens when the squirrel has the upper hand. This is humiliating to the dog! Our dog sweatshirts were designed to be relatable and will have everyone laughing.
All of our funny animal sweatshirts are perfect for everyone who knows a thing or two about life's crap. We know that life is good is just a phrase used to hide from the reality of life. We don't want people to hide we want them to embrace life's crap and laugh at it. Our funny sweatshirts for pet lovers are the perfect way to do just that.


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POLA Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra Wallet Case is made by premium vegan leather & quality PC, this wallet contains 10 card slots and 2 purse, Added Zipper Pocket so you can carry around your ID, credit and debit cards, and cash without having to take your wallet with you. Complete Edge Protection with thickly four corner prevent getting impact easily. Provides protection from scratches, bumps, dirt, grease, and fingerprints.
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It is a multi-functional wallet with a roomy zipper cash storage enabling you to store all your valuables in one place. It made with durable PU leather, provides anti-slip function, comfortable hand feeling and sleek looking.
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This wallet Folio Case Contains 10 Card Slots + 2 Purse + 1 Convenient Slim Cover, Multiple Cash & Card Slots in this Classic Cover allows you to carry your Key & ID & Credit Cards & Debit Cards & Cash with you at All Times.
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Perfect Combination of Wallet & Phone Case. Detachable Magnetic Shock-absorption back cover with wallet separation, extremely convenient, you can carry the case with the wallet folio, or you can detach the case from the wallet if you want to carry only the hard case without the wallet .


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Sony, MS want control of PS3, Xbox iPlayer, Beeb boss claims
Our platform, our iPlayer
The BBC's launch of a version of its iPlayer for the Wii left one question on gamers' lips: why isn't the streaming service also available for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3? This week, the broadcaster claimed it's because Microsoft and Sony were too demanding.
Erik Huggers, head of future media and technology at the BBC, said in a Corporation blog that both manufacturers want the service for their consoles, but each wants too much control over iPlayer's look and feel.
"If you want to get [iPlayer] on the PlayStation or Xbox, they want control of the look, the feel and the experience. They want it done within their shop, and their shop only," Huggers claimed.
BBC blogger Darren Waters, the author of the BBC blog, concluded that, on the PS3 at least, iPlayer support is "almost inevitable". Sony states the PS3 is an open platform and features a web browser, so the console will only require an update to the browser app in order for iPlayer to run successfully on the machine. As a result, Waters believes "Sony gamers shouldn't be too distraught".
Since the Xbox 360 has no browser, the Microsoft console is far less likely to get iPlayer, Walters suggested.
The launch of iPlayer has already caused the BBC and ISPs to row over who should pay for the extra network costs incurred because of the extra strain that the service supposedly puts on networks.
Network upgrade costs should be met by ISPs, according to the BBC. But a spokesman for ISP Tiscali has already said that the BBC should contribute to the cost.


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"I would like to have my garage back!" Does it sound familiar? It makes good sense to take care of what you own. Make enough space in the garage for the car. Keep your other valuable tools in a Storage Shed where you can get to them. Where else can you buy an addition for so little?
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Not all kayakers use boat ramps to launch but if you do there are unspoken rules you should know about. Unfortunately many who have never fished out of power boats may not have ever been introduced to boat ramp etiquette. Today, I'll try to remedy that.
Public boat ramps can give you access where it is otherwise sparse. When this is the case, chances are you will eventually see other people. Help everyone avoid ramp rage and follow these simple rules.
Prepare Before You Back
Put as much of your gear in your kayak as possible before you get to the ramp. Lots of areas have staging zones well before the ramp. Even if they don't, you can get ready in the back of the parking lot. Nobody likes waiting 15 minutes while you setup a flag, look for the whistle you need and worst of all tie all your lures on while on the ramp. Don't do that! Most of us can't do everything before the offload but the less time you take the better.Don't Be a Ramp Hog
Lots of ramps have two lanes or more. This isn't parking at Home Depot. Do not straddle those lanes. Learn how to back by practicing in your driveway so you are ready to ace the back in when the time comes. Once you get down there, move quickly. This is not the time for a leisurely morning stroll. Showing that you're making an effort to hurry makes a huge difference to those waiting.Lights Off
When you do finish backing, turn your headlights off. If possible, do it on the way down. My general rule is if you are in reverse, kill the headlights.Move to the Side
If you are flying solo and need to go park the truck, you need to find a good place to stash the kayak while doing so. Off to the side is good. Still on the ramp is not. Use an anchor, brush clip or rope to secure your kayak off the ramp and go park.Quick Strap When You Load Up
Remember that staging area away from the ramp? It hasn't moved. When you come in for the day, get your yak secured just enough to get you to the top of the hill and to the staging area. At that point you can batten down the hatches for the ride home. Don't spend tons of time on the ramp securing Fort Knox.
Help a Brother Out
If you happen to be at the ramp at the same time as another kayaker, make sure and ask if they'd like help loading or unloading. It can speed things up for both of you in lots of cases. You'll be a good ambassador for the sport and might make a new fishing buddy.If You're Going to Chat…
If you are a chatty Cathy at the boat ramp, at least chat while loading/unloading. If you stop to have a conversation on the ramp, someone else may have a conversation with you too and those convos are usually not pleasant. At least make progress while exercising that gift of gab.I know these aren't all the unspoken (and sometimes spoken) rules but these are definitely some you should know. Have additional suggestions? Let us know!


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Title: Stepbrother, Mine
Series: Taboo #1
Author: Mandy Lou Dowson
Release Date: January 29, 2015
They were always taught that family was about more than
blood, but when step-siblings Sophie Ellis and Logan Castle meet for the first
time, their attraction is instantaneous. Forever trying to keep each other at
arm's length, they discover that sometimes the best laid plans fall apart, when
lovers fall together.
He's everything she's ever fantasized about, and everything she can never have.
He's everything she's ever fantasized about, and everything she can never have.
Desires are forbidden. Loyalties are tested. Hearts are broken. And in the end, is love strong enough to conquer all?
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Author Bio
Mandy Lou Dowson was born and raised in a small town in Ireland, in 1983, and at this stage in life, she's pretty sure the town won't let her leave. Family is a huge deal to Mandy. She has three wonderful children (most of the time), and two Siberian Huskies who are each as naughty as the other – in fact, she's sure they egg each other on in silly cartoon voices when nobody is looking.
"Climb out the window and get covered in mud."
"No, I did it last time. You do it!"
"R'uh, r'oh, here SHE is. Shhh."
When she's not writing, reading, or plotting her next book -- or, you know, world domination – , she likes to relax with a few glasses of wine and some karaoke. You can usually find her procrastinating on social media of some sort, chatting to fans and talking nonsense.
Mandy started reading at quite a young age and her appetite for the written word has only increased with time. It would not be at all surprising to find her reading anything and everything from shampoo bottles to Edgar Allan Poe.
She is the author of three different genres of romance books. The Moon Bound series, which is in the Paranormal Romance genre, and is gathering rave reviews, and the Taboo series, which is Contemporary with a hint of the forbidden, the first of which has gathered very mixed reviews across the board, from one extreme to the other.
She has also made a foray into Dark Romance recently, with her first title in the genre, Retribution, releasing in Summer 2015.
She has also made a foray into Dark Romance recently, with her first title in the genre, Retribution, releasing in Summer 2015.
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"I'm sitting where my credenza used to be, stacked high with charts. I figured if I was going to be in my office till late at night finishing electronic charting, it might as well be in a comfortable place."
Submitted as part of Image of Change: A Health Care Evolution Photo Contest. Feel free to submit yours (Instructions at the link). -Wes


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Jeremiah 29:11 Verse Card
Send yourself or a friend an EHhappy pick me up with a quote card. You can pin these onto an inspiration board, put in a frame to display on your desk, or write a note on the inside to send as snail mail.
Measures 5x5 in. when folded.
Printed on bright white #100 finch fine matte stock for a beautiful finish.
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What happens if Congress goes over the fiscal cliff? Taxes rise.
If Congressional gridlock sends the U.S. government tumbling over the fiscal cliff later this year, Americans could face an average tax hike of almost $3,500 in 2013. Nearly 9 of every 10 households would pay higher taxes. Every income group would see their taxes rise by at least 3.5 percent, but high-income households would suffer the biggest hit by far, according to a new Tax Policy Center analysis.
TPC found that if the tax hikes last the entire year—a big "if"–those in the top 0.1 percent would pay an average $633,000 more than if today's tax rules were extended. However, even middle income households would take a hit: they'd pay an average of almost $2,000 more, and see their after-tax income fall by more than 4 percent. Such tax hikes would be "unprecedented," said the paper's authors, Bob Williams, Eric Toder, Donald Marron, and Hang Nguyen.
What's scary, of course, is that all this would happen automatically. It would merely require Congress to default to its normal state of partisan gridlock in the face of a remarkable confluence of circumstances. They include the reversion of nearly the entire tax code to what it was at the end of the Clinton Administration, new taxes to pay for the 2010 health reform law, and automatic across-the-board spending cuts that would trim just about every government program except for Medicaid and Social Security. Looming in the background: The Treasury will hit its borrowing limit sometime in the first quarter of next year and temporary funding to keep the government operating will end in March.
Taxes would rise by a half-a trillion dollars in 2013. On top of the substantial spending cuts, such an austerity budget would sharply reduce the deficit. But it also is likely to throw the still-weak economy back into recession. The Congressional Budget Office predicts that if the tax hikes and spending cuts last the entire year, the 2013 economy would contract by 0.5 percent and employment would fall by 2 million.
The tax increases would hit nearly everyone, and from all directions. The tax cuts enacted in 2001, 2003, 2009, and 2010 would expire. More than 120 million households would lose the benefits of the two-year-old payroll tax cut. Low-income working households would suffer as the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit are scaled back. Upper middle-income households would lose their protection from the Alternative Minimum Tax and pay higher rates. Those at the very top would not only see rates on their ordinary income rise, but they'd also face higher taxes on their capital gains and dividend income as well as their estates.
At the same time, those high-income households will pay an extra 0.9 percent Medicare payroll tax and a new 3.8 percent tax on investment income—both included in the 2010 health law.
This mess was created by the temporary debt limit deal Congress and President Obama reached in the summer of 2011. The whole idea was to design draconian tax hikes and deep spending cuts that no one could stomach. As a result, lawmakers would come to their senses and replace the cliff with a steady and predictable glide path to fiscal responsibility. That's not what happened.
Now what? Congress could, to stretch the metaphor, tumble over the cliff, fighting and clawing all the way to the bottom, and leaving itself–and the U.S. economy–woozy and bruised. That's the outcome TPC has analyzed.
But there are other possibilities. Public anger and market fear could drive politicians to finally do the budget deal they've been avoiding for more than a decade–perhaps early next year. In that case, short-term tax increases might be fairly modest, though any long-term agreement is also likely to include higher taxes for many. Or, lawmakers could get to precipice, peer over the edge, and delay the day of reckoning into later in 2013.
If you want to learn more about the fiscal cliff and its consequences, I'll be moderating a panel discussion at The Urban Institute on Tuesday, Oct 2 at Noon. You can watch in person or on the Web.


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IN THE PRECEDING pages an attempt has been made to show that in the Corn-mother and Harvest-maiden of Northern Europe we have the prototypes of Demeter and Persephone. But an essential feature is still wanting to complete the resemblance. A leading incident in the Greek myth is the death and resurrection of Persephone; it is this incident which, coupled with the nature of the goddess as a deity of vegetation, links the myth with the cults of Adonis, Attis, Osiris, and Dionysus; and it is in virtue of this incident that the myth finds a place in our discussion of the Dying God. It remains, therefore, to see whether the conception of the annual death and resurrection of a god, which figures so prominently in these great Greek and Oriental worships, has not also its origin or its analogy in the rustic rites observed by reapers and vine-dressers amongst the corn-shocks and the vines. 1
Our general ignorance of the popular superstitions and customs of the ancients has already been confessed. But the obscurity which thus hangs over the first beginnings of ancient religion is fortunately dissipated to some extent in the present case. The worships of Osiris, Adonis, and Attis had their respective seats, as we have seen, in Egypt, Syria, and Phrygia; and in each of these countries certain harvest and vintage customs are known to have been observed, the resemblance of which to each other and to the national rites struck the ancients themselves, and, compared with the harvest customs of modern peasants and barbarians, seems to throw some light on the origin of the rites in question. 2
It has been already mentioned, on the authority of Diodorus, that in ancient Egypt the reapers were wont to lament over the first sheaf cut, invoking Isis as the goddess to whom they owed the discovery of corn. To the plaintive song or cry sung or uttered by Egyptian reapers the Greeks gave the name of Maneros, and explained the name by a story that Maneros, the only son of the first Egyptian king, invented agriculture, and, dying an untimely death, was thus lamented by the people. It appears, however, that the name Maneros is due to a misunderstanding of the formula maa-ne-hra, Come to the house, which has been discovered in various Egyptian writings, for example in the dirge of Isis in the Book of the Dead. Hence we may suppose that the cry maa-ne-hra was chanted by the reapers over the cut corn as a dirge for the death of the corn-spirit (Isis or Osiris) and a prayer for its return. As the cry was raised over the first ears reaped, it would seem that the corn-spirit was believed by the Egyptians to be present in the first corn cut and to die under the sickle. We have seen that in the Malay Peninsula and Java the first ears of rice are taken to represent either the Soul of the Rice or the Rice-bride and the Rice-bridegroom. In parts of Russia the first sheaf is treated much in the same way that the last sheaf is treated elsewhere. It is reaped by the mistress herself, taken home and set in the place of honour near the holy pictures; afterwards it is threshed separately, and some of its grain is mixed with the next years seed-corn. In Aberdeenshire, while the last corn cut was generally used to make the clyack sheaf, it was sometimes, though rarely, the first corn cut that was dressed up as a woman and carried home with ceremony. 3
In Phoenicia and Western Asia a plaintive song, like that chanted by the Egyptian corn-reapers, was sung at the vintage and probably (to judge by analogy) also at harvest. This Phoenician song was called by the Greeks Linus or Ailinus and explained, like Maneros, as a lament for the death of a youth named Linus. According to one story Linus was brought up by a shepherd, but torn to pieces by his dogs. But, like Maneros, the name Linus or Ailinus appears to have originated in a verbal misunderstanding, and to be nothing more than the cry ai lanu, that is Woe to us, which the Phoenicians probably uttered in mourning for Adonis; at least Sappho seems to have regarded Adonis and Linus as equivalent. 4
In Bithynia a like mournful ditty, called Bormus or Borimus, was chanted by Mariandynian reapers. Bormus was said to have been a handsome youth, the son of King Upias or of a wealthy and distinguished man. One summer day, watching the reapers at work in his fields, he went to fetch them a drink of water and was never heard of more. So the reapers sought for him, calling him in plaintive strains, which they continued to chant at harvest ever afterwards. 5