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CLEMENT XIV (1705-1774). Sacra Rituum Congregatione ... beatificationis et canonizationis ... Johannis de Palafox et Mendoza ... summarium super duo. Rome: Camera Apostolica, 1770-1771.
2 volumes in 3, 2° (330 x 215mm). Folding engraved frontispiece by M. Sorello after C. Maratti. Woodcut tailpieces. (Occasional browning and spotting.)
BINDING: contemporary Spanish red morocco for Carlos III as king of Spain, border of palmettes and saw-tooth rolls, the arms at centre made up of small tools, surmounted by a crown and with mantling painted in white, corners and sides of the panel with drawer tools and gouges linked by cross-hatching and double-stemmed flowers, spine compartments lettered with title and repeated floral tooling, gilt edges painted with cartouches and heraldic emblems, white-and-gold floral endpapers.
PROVENANCE: Carlos III, king of Spain, and earlier king of Naples and Sicily (binding).
A SUMPTUOUS ROYAL BINDING IN REMARKABLY FINE CONDITION. The son of Philip V and Elizabeth Farnese, Carlos III (1716-1788) became king of Naples and Sicily in 1735, following their conquest in the war of the Polish Succession. In 1759 he succeeded his half brother, Ferdinand VI, on the Spanish throne, Naples and Sicily passing to his third son, Ferdinand (later Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies). In the American War of Independence, he entered the war on the American side and by the Treaty of Paris, 1783, regained Florida and Minorca, territores which had been ceded to England after the Seven Years' War. Noted for his economic and administrative reforms, and for the expulsion of the Jesuits (1767), Carlos III is widely regarded as the greatest Bourbon king of Spain. The process of canonization of Juan de Palafox y Mendoza (1600-1659), Bishop of Puebla de Los Angeles and 'visitador general' of Mexico, began in 1726 under Benedict XIII, and continued under the pontificates of Benedict XIV, Clement XIII, Clement XIV and Pius VI. The Summarium, published during the short papacy of Clement XIV (1769-1774), stated how far the process of canonization had reached and was clearly intended to win votes. At a final session held on 28 February, 1777, 26 out of 41 votes were cast in favour of beatification; however, Pius VI suspended the final decision. (3)
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COLLIER TWP. - Jim Antkiewicz has come a long way since he used to sneak onto Ambridge Country Club as a youngster fascinated by the game of golf.
Forty-three years later, he's bound for the PGA Golf Professional Hall of Fame.
"Not bad for a little Polish kid from Ambridge," Antkiewicz said sheepishly.
Antkiewicz's fascination with the sport led to a long career as a golf pro in western Pennsylvania. His story is one of hard work, dedication, persistence and opportunity.
When he was 11, he caddied at Ambridge Country Club, a nine-hole track that's now public and called Harmony Ridge. Caddies had to be at least 12 years old, but Antkiewicz convinced the pro that he could do the job. He remembers making $20 the first time he carried a bag.
As a caddie, Antkiewicz was allowed to play the course on Mondays. But he loved golf so much that he used to sneak through the woods on other days and play holes 2 through 4 over and over again. When he'd see members coming, he'd duck back into the forest until they played through.
"That's how I got into the business," said Antkiewicz, who's now in his 17th season as director of golf at The Club at Nevillewood, a thriving venue in Collier Township whose membership includes Mario Lemieux.
Ten years after his first caddie assignment, Antkiewicz got his first break professionally while taking classes at Geneva College and working on the grounds crew at Ambridge. While serving as a marshal at the PGA Championship at Oakmont Country Club in August 1978, he met Roy Vucinich, the pro at Allegheny Country Club at the time.
During a practice round at the PGA Championship, Antkiewicz struck up a conversation with Vucinich, who had qualified to play in one of golf's four majors.
"Roy said he needed some help at Allegheny the following year. He told me to call him in the spring," Antkiewicz said.
Antkiewcz didn't wait until spring. He called Vucinich a week later and was hired on the spot. After graduating from Geneva in 1980, Antkiewicz began working full-time as Allegheny's assistant pro.
Then in 1983, Antkiewicz was hired as head pro at Highland Country Club near Bellevue. In 1995, he moved to Nevillewood.
"I'm lucky that I can wake up each morning and honestly say I look forward to going to work every morning," said Antkiewicz, who lives in Center Township. "I mean, my office is a golf course. I love the game of golf. I love the golf business. I love what I'm doing."
Over the years, Antkiewicz has served the PGA of America nationally and locally. He was the Tri-State Section PGA president from 2002-2006. He was on the PGA national Board of Directors from 2002-05, and was re-elected in 2010.
In 2008, Antkiewicz became just the third member of the Tri-State PGA to receive the PGA Golf Professional of the Year award. The others were Oakmont pro Bob Ford (1987) and former Pittsburgh Field Club pro Gary Ellis (1979), two men also in the PGA Golf Professional Hall of Fame.
Antkiewicz will be enshrined with six other inductees Nov. 2 at the PGA Village in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
"This is very humbling," said Antkiewicz, who'll celebrate his 54th birthday on Monday. "The game of golf has been so good to me. It's been my career. It's my life. I have so many people to thank."


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My First Shot
I had the pleasure of living in Japan for the past three years and in that time I had the opportunity to visit some of the most interesting camera stores in the world. I started with about every digital camera you can think of but found myself more drawn to film. The simplicity, the feel, the look…everything. So I traded in the digital gear and bought a Leica M6ttl. This is the first picture I took with the camera two years ago.


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Idling off Mexico's Guadalupe Island in the turquoise waters of the Pacific, Bruce Wight watched over the side of the 85-foot ship Horizon as dorsal fins circled past.
Wight and other passengers had caught 60-pound Yellow Fin tuna earlier in the day and strung them overboard on lines to tantalize Great White sharks.
Wight, a Shared Services project engineer in Seal Beach, Calif., climbed into an aluminum cage suspended from the boat's side. Hooked up to a breathing apparatus, Wight and the others with him could stay underwater for hours watching the 10- to 14-foot beasts devour the hang bait.
''It's amazing to be in the cage and watch the shark just eat it like it was nothing,'' Wight said, ''and these tunas are big fish. All that was left was the head on the line.''
Wight's hobby is diving and undersea photography. He became a certified diver in 1975, and he and his wife, Johanna, have traveled the world exploring the waters from Fiji, the Solomon Islands and Micronesia to the Caribbean and the coasts of Central America. The couple make as many as 100 dives a year, mostly around the Channel Islands off Southern and Central California.
In October, Wight set off on his first trip to Guadalupe Island. From San Diego, it takes 22 hours by boat to reach the targeted shark waters. Underwater visibility is about 60-80 feet, offering pristine views of teeming sea life.
While fear might grip most at the sight of sharks—with their massive teeth and jaws—closing in on the dive cage, Wight finds solace and beauty.
''You don't really get scared watching the sharks from the cage,'' Wight said. ''They are really gorgeous and are fairly slow, unless they're going after something.''
Up to four people at a time can be in each of the two aluminum cages suspended just below the surface. Once underwater, the only sounds that the divers can hear are the ropes slapping against the cage and the constant humming of the onboard generator.
''It wasn't scary for me, but I've been with hundreds of sharks,'' Wight said. ''As long as they aren't threatening, they're just big fish. Although if you were out of the cage—after looking at what they did to the tuna—you know what they could do to you.''
One shark came too close to the cage and got tangled in it, Wight recalled. Since these large open-sea sharks are unable to swim backward, it shook its head to throw off the cage. ''It's like being inside a washing machine,'' he said.
As a member of the San Diego and the Orange County Underwater Photographic Societies, Wight always makes sure his camera equipment is in hand during a dive. He used an underwater Nikonos 5 camera system and Provia film to photograph the Great White (top of page). He was able to shoot only six rolls of film on this trip because of bad weather the first couple days. He plans to return to Guadalupe this coming fall for a longer adventure with the Great Whites.
After every trip, Wight puts on a slide show for his entire department and the departments he interfaces with of ''the incredible marine animals and scenery my wife and I capture on film,'' he said.
''It helps to get to know the people whom I work with and let them know about me and some of the special places I have been privileged to visit.''
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To see more pictures of sharks and underwater life, link to Wight's Web site at: http://home.earthlink.net/~bwproductions/bwsweb/HOMEPAGE.htm
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They might currently be one of Madrid's biggest musical exports but even a fleeting swipe through Hinds' social media reveals a very active and very international fan base: "We have a lot of crazy fans" says Ana (guitar and vocals) "because we always act as we are, in real life, people see that and think they are actually our friends or they just want to be our friends. It's kind of fun!"
'Fun' is the immediate feeling that's being projected by Hinds. Indeed, they are relaxed and carefree, Carlotta, the lead vocalist, is drawing a picture for me on a napkin as we speak. But just 'fun girls' is a label they reject, refusing to be pigeonholed. They vehemently stand by the idea that just because they may not be deadly serious on stage, it doesn't mean they're not serious about music. And why should the two be mutually exclusive?
In a music industry that is, still, largely coordinated by middle-aged white men, Hinds have faced a considerable amount of backlash. Not so much from the industry itself but from the press: "It's the way they write about us," says Carlotta. "They don't do it on purpose but it's always the same 'cute girls on stage'. That's all they see. It's very automatic thinking, as soon as they see us they print, 'Girls just wanna have fun' and it's the worst. When the press see girls on stage having fun, it's all they can see, they can't actually hear the music. Girls do wanna have fun, of course, everyone does, but we want a lot more too. It's our mission".
Hinds, who formed in Madrid in late 2011, empower a new generation of young girls who can replace ambitions of being the rock star's girlfriend with a dream of being the rock star. "We're not trying to do anything radical. We just love music. But something we've realised is that being girls trying to make music is already a radical idea," Carlotta explains. "We are facing so much unfairness and so many ugly comments and such judgement and that's only because we are girls, which is crazy. We're realising now what it means to be a girl in the music industry".
The band cites The Flaming Lips, Drake and Mac de Marco as their current music of choice, but explain how the lack of visibility, in terms of female musicians as opposed to 'pop stars', is a part of the problem. "The absence of girls in rock 'n' roll is partly because it is very tough to be a girl in this industry and you never see girls in rock bands. There's a huge lack of representation. We've always been surrounded by music; all of our friends, boyfriends or whatever have bands and we would always go to gigs. We had so many guitars around but initially we never thought to learn how to play them because you never see girls doing that. Having the idea to be a band is hard enough, but most girls won't even get the idea, because you don't see enough girls on stage".
Speaking of their influence, the band gush at the idea of inspiring young girls: "It's beautiful. We get sent Instagram videos or get tagged on Facebook and we see these 13 year-old girls in their rooms playing or singing like us and they just look so free. I think they see how free we are on stage, doing what we love and they get it."
Hinds' music is not catered to a specific audience, and neither is it marketed in that way. The lyrics come quite simply from their thoughts and feelings – "on the album there are not that many party songs, maybe three? The rest are more mid-tempo, relaxed good stuff", they say. It's an echoey sound, reminiscent perhaps of Best Coast, and it's not shy on zealous guitar riffs either. However it's crucial to their musical identity for them to remain relatable in spite of their success. "We were actually getting concerned because we don't want to write too much about missing home", says Carlotta, "because we live on the road we don't want to get stuck on that, we have so many thoughts about what we miss and how big the world is for us. Our life is in a straight line, and we can't go back to the cities, every night is the last night in that city, and you can't turn back. Every day is about the next thing, you don't get to stay anywhere." And when they are on the road, far way from the home comforts of Madrid? "We watch movies. We like Wall-E, we're so uncool like him". That's one point that we'll have to disagree on.


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Rosemary Chili Chicken and Roasted Veggies
This is one of my favourite meals to make for lunch or dinner - baked chicken breast (add seasoning of choice - I used ginger, garlic, Himalayan salt, pepper, rosemary, and chili powder) + a huge serving of roasted veggies, and some fresh spinach!
For this recipe you will need two large baking trays lined with parchment paper. I simply bake the chicken at 400 F for 12-15 mins on each side, and then roasted the chopped veggies (cauliflower, broccoli, bell pepper, carrot, and cremini mushrooms) with avocado oil, salt & pepper + Italian seasoning at 425 F for 20 mins. Easy, filling, and delicious!


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Sudeep heaps rich laurels on Ajith
Sandalwood actor Sudeep, who is popular in Kollywood thanks to Naan Ee and the much recent Mudinja Ivana Pudi, has revealed that he would love to work with Ajith.
He said in a recent interview, "I feel he is very real. He doesn't fake anything, both on and off the screen. When I see in interviews and his lifestyle, I think it's something amazing."
Sudeep added: "It is always nice to be associated with films like that, where he himself doesn't expect too much from his films. And one more thing that strikes about him is that he comes out with his natural self."
"You need guts to do that. Normally all heroes would like to look younger than their original age, including me. If you ask me, I would love to work with him." he said further.
The shooting for the highly anticipated 57th project of Ajith, temporarily titled as 'Thala 57', kicked off in Slovenia on August 2.
The Siruthai Siva film is touted to be a spy thriller. Now, a few more exciting details about the film have come to light.
In an interview to a Tamil magazine, producer of the movie, T G Thyagarajan of Sathyajothi Films said, "Ajith will be seen as an interpol officer and while investigating a murder case in Tamilnadu, clues lead him to several parts of the world including Europe."
Kajal Aggarwal and Akshara Haasan will be playing the heroines in the movie, which is directed by Siruthai fame Siva. Anirudh Ravichander will be composing the songs and the theme music is already composed, he added.


text: Little Ezra was born at the very end of 2016! He is the 3rd sibling in the Myers-Keaton family. Bri at The People Picture Co. has been photographing this family since their 2nd son, Jedidiah, was just a few months old. She was ecstatic when Courtney asked her to photograph Ezra's newborn session. His session was in the comfort of their home. It's the best spot for newborn sessions because it shows the family's home and baby has everything they need there!


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In a Mumsnet survey of 131 users of Bright Horizons Nurseries: 82% would buy again and 85% would recommend
Bank Street Nursery provides high-quality care and education for children aged 3 months to 5 years. We are located in a tranquil setting within the Canary Wharf Estate, just a short distance from the Jubilee and DLR Canary Wharf stations and buggy storage facilities are available on-site – making us perfectly located and convenient for parents who commute on to the Wharf.
Bank Street Nursery has smaller play rooms, with plenty of natural light, where each child has the opportunity to grow and flourish in a 'home from home' environment. The nursery offers a wide variety of engaging activities which encourage children to learn and explore.
Bright Horizons nurseries have a wide range of play and learning activities designed to encourage happy, confident children who are ready to enjoy a lifelong journey of learning, including our unique Growing Programmes, a unique set of enhancements which focus on reading, writing, science, maths, physical activity and art. We're particularly proud of our passionate and committed nursery team, with several of our practitioners holding Qualified Teacher status and degrees in Early Years Studies.
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I always knew that I wanted to work with young children, particularly as an early years teacher, from a very young age. I initially completed my CACHE Level 3 qualification in 2006, before studying Early Childhood Studies at the University of Chester. I worked part time while completing my degree, gaining valuable experience and cementing my passion for high quality early years education. I proceeded to complete my Early Years Professional Status whilst progressing my career and becoming room leader within a preschool room.
In 2012 I started an early years teacher role, and quickly took on the role of Deputy Manager alongside this. In 2016 I decided to expand my knowledge base and moved to become an Early Help Officer with a Local Authority, working with some of the most vulnerable families in the local community. During this time I gained an immeasurable amount of experience, helping to raise the standards of parenting and ensuring every child was given the opportunity to reach their full potential. My Bright Horizons career started in March 2017 when I moved from Manchester to London, to become the Deputy Manager at Bank Street Nursery in Canary Wharf. I am delighted to be Nursery Manager now and I have loved my time with Bright Horizons so far, and look forward to continuing my career with the company!
Hi, my name is Candy Floss, I joined Bright Horizons in March 2010 as the 'Super Safety Hero' to help nursery children stay safe and manage risks. My role as a Health and Safety Super Hero is unique to Bright Horizons and I'm in every nursery, 365 days a year.
Back in 2010, I saw a job advert for a Zebra Super Safety Hero – I was very excited, applied and was invited for an interview with several other zebras. We were interviewed by all the children who then voted on which of us would be their Super Safety Hero. It was hoof biting but I was thrilled when they told me I was the most voted for by the children who all loved me because of my cape and bag. My bag is very special, if something fits inside, it's a choking hazard. You might be wondering how I got my name. The children in our nurseries chose five names and voted for their favourite. I love it as it's unique, I mean have you ever heard of a zebra called Candy Floss? Exactly!
The Bright Horizons passion and enthusiasm for providing high-quality care isn't just common knowledge within our own business – we've also gained some impressive accolades from external sources for excellence as both a childcare provider, and as an employer. We are the only childcare company to have been listed for the last 11 years as one of the country's top 50 "Great Places to Work" by the Great Place to Work Institute.


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Passion Pit - "Lifted Up (1985)" & "Where the Sky Hangs"
I had been thinking about Passion Pit last week after listening to them on the newest Madeon track and in a remarkably unusual move Passion Pit has since released two new singles from their upcoming album, Kindred. "Lifted Up (1985)" is the first taste of Passion Pit's upcoming album and if you weren't a fan of Cambridge-based band before...well you probably won't like this one either. Passion Pit is one of those divisive bands that you either love or hate. Personally, I am a fan of the group, though I will admit that this song isn't quite enough to get me excited about the new album.
That being said "Where the Sky Hangs", which was released this morning, takes a more relaxed approach and is easily my preferred song of the two. It is the same style of jubilant synth-pop song that the group has become known, but doesn't have the almost yelling quality that you hear in "Lifted Up". It is more of what I'm hoping to hear on Kindred and has definitely piqued my interest.
Kindred is due out April 21st. Pre-order your copy here.


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It's All History When You Catch the Bouquet
From the Photographer...
Ginna and Sam met at college in physics class. It wasn't until a year later that they started hanging out. Their first date was on Valentine's day and the rest was history! Ginna and Sam attended a mutual friend's wedding. Ginna ended up catching the bouquet at the bouquet toss. For the entire night, she joked to Sam that this meant they were going to get engaged next.
The very next day, Sam took Ginna to a local park by the river. They sat in a chair swing. Sam played his guitar and after a half hour, Sam started to play a song that Ginna knew. The song was about a boy who took his girlfriend to the park and asked him to marry her. When Ginna looked over at Sam, he was already on one knee. He popped the question.
Instead of saying yes, Ginna replied, "You really want to be with me forever?" Sam replied, "Of course!"
The couple chose to get married at Villa Bellezza Winery in Pepin, WI because the winery is modeled after the Tuscan, Italy area. Sam and Ginna had previously taken a trip to Italy together and when they say Villa Bellezza, they knew it was the perfect place to say "I do!"Since Sam had proposed to Ginna while singing a song, it only seemed fit for him to serenade her at the wedding reception. He event got some of his friends to be his back-up!Another fun part about this wedding was that the couple loves wine and cheesecake! So instead of a traditional wedding cake, Sam and Ginna chose to have a variety of different flavored cheesecakes.
It was the perfect addition to a wedding at a winery!
Photographer: Jeannine Marie Photography www.jeanninemarie.com
Venue: Villa Bellezza Winery and Vineyards www.villabellezza.com
Entertainment: Bellagala
Catering: Deco Catering www.decocatering.com
Decor Rental: Linen Effects, Inc. www.lineneffects.com
Bakery: North Mr. Pizza
Beauty: Sarah Elizabeth Artistry
Floral: Something Blue, LLC
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Harry has finally spoken out to the media, he told the Sky Sports reporters that he feels we do need a few additions to the current squad. Speaking earlier Harry was quoted as saying:
"We need two or three players who can make the difference," said Redknapp.
"We've got a big squad, but I do feel we need just that little bit of quality in one or two areas if we're going to move on from where we were last year."
"We did great last year, but we just need to push on and maintain that," he added. "We want to win the championship. It's not impossible.
"Fourth place last year was marvellous, but I think this is the best chance Tottenham have had in how many years to really push on and maintain that, and become a regular top four team and maybe push for a championship.
"We're never going to get a better chance so now's the time to have a go at doing that. So I still feel with two or three players it would make the difference and give us the squad we need. And if we get them in I think the sky's the limit for us."
I agree with Harry, our squad is there or there abouts, but I feel with 2 or 3 players of quality brought in and a few of the deadwood players shipped out that we would be a much better outfit next season. The only trouble is that time is running out, I think "Arry" put all of his eggs in one basket early on with Joe Cole, one thing he must not do is panic buy. When it comes to signings then we have the best man in the business, so we must remain positive and confident, Harry has only ever done us proud and to start doubting him not would be criminal.
2 weeks time we will find out who we play in the Champions League qualifying round, it would be nice if we could get 1 or 2 new faces in and settled for that fixture. Failure to qualify would turn us back into a laughing stock and the Gooner scum would never let us live it down. Harry must know the importance of this to our club and to the fans, I wouldn't be surprised to see us sign someone within the next week.
It's good to see Harry is aiming high, he wants to turn us into championship contenders, and why not, now is as good time as any. You have to admire the man for thinking so highly when you consider just over a year ago his aim was to keep us in the league, how times have changed. Can we ever be anything other than supportive towards Harry after what he has done for us, up untill now I would say no. I have said in previous blogs that this is our best chance ever to really push on and compete and I am glad Harry shares m opinion. Come 14th August come rain or shine, Aldo and myself will be at the Lane supporting our team and whatever the season brings. That is what makes being a Spurs fan the best in the world.
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16 Responses to "Harry Eyes New Signings"
hopefully someone in the scotty parker mode, another striker ,and a center back( looking like Bellamy)as the striker
My dad was talking to jamie redknapp on Monday . Jamie said that harry pull out of a deal 4 joe cole cos he got a superstar signing coming COYS
Really glad he's come out and made this statement of intent! I was getting concerned that we would maybe not sign anyone of note?? Alex Ferguson was correect saying there is currently no value in the market, but if we want push on that cheque book will have to see some daylight between now and August. Its fantastic that 'potentially' the top four no longer exists, but that only indicates that the teams from 4th to 7th are only getting stronger. and as a club we have to keep up (to a level) with the Jones's!!! The last thing we need are wholesale changes, but as Harry said 2 or 3 – Centre Half, WC STRIKER (who can play on his own) and a Left Back. I get very bored of people naming players we should sign, but all I will say is sign Suarez and/or Fabiano… Lets not let this season of opportunity fall away!!! COYS COYS COYS COYS COYS COYS !!!!
my dad works at spurs and the word is that we pulled out of the jole cole deal because we have got someone better/younger coming like what pete said also spurs will be signing a big name striker
does pletikosa count as one of the 2-3 players?
Pete – I would love to believe that is true – can you qualify any further???
My dad was talking to jamie redknapp on Tuesday . Jamie said that harry pull out of a deal 4 joe cole cos he got a tiny willy.
we can all do this.
The way he worded it, it makes you wonder if he and levy are already in discussions with at least 2-3 players who are possibilities and he's trying to publicly convince them that spurs are credible and what to challenge for the very top honours?! I hope so. The surprise signing that people were on about may be on the cards, however if it's 'quality' it surely means proven and experienced say champions league or big club? I agree with most, the 2-3 should definitely be 1. A proven striker 2. Central defence cover (only if woodgate is gone) 3. Left back cover for bale. Although I can see it more being a few faces being traded, Bellamy for keane, Richards for Hutton (CD cover aswell) Pav sold/loaned for Suarez/huntelaar, and maybe Taiwo for cover. I think bentley will go if the injury doesn't hamper it for dos santos/Rose and Townsend to battle it out for RW and LW cover instead. Jenas may just stay til January. Taraabt will go, so will Ohara and one Kyle will get loaned out. I think he'll breed competition in and sell on in January any players he realistically can't sell now that he knows don't cut it but are adequate cover for now.
Well my dad was talking to Jamie Redknapp on Wednesday. Jamie told him that he better pull out of Louise Redknapp or Jamie would have to punch him.
It's a shme Fabiano seems to have a gone down the toilet. Bellamy will definitely add something – if he can stay fit.
I agree we need someone of real class to help take us to the next level. I literally just do not knoe who..
Suarez? Even though he seems great, new strikers in the Prem is always a risk. He could be be 'good' but it would be great to have a striker who is always the first name on the team sheet… like Drogba, Tevez, Torres, Van Persie, Rooney. Like all the top teams.
Then there is midfield. I just don't know. Ozil? Is that what we need though? There were points last season when we struggled to unlock teams.
Huntelaar? Could be a bargain… could be a flop.
Dzeko? Tottenham fans can only dream.
Benzema/Ibrahimovic? Sorry, still dreaming.
Micah Richards would be great.
I just don't know who Arry is going to go for. Taking us to the next level will not be easy. I like the ambition though.
Hekko – get what your saying but Tevez, Drogab, Van Persie were ont first name on team sheet when first signed. we have to have a leap of faith (unless you can afford 100m for Torres?) and trust whoever we sign from abroad with no prem experience, the scouts and THFC management have done their job to minimise risk! I agree Micah Richards would be an excellent signing, but don't see this happening after Man City comments. PS Huntelaar FLOP!
Is there an echo in here?….in here?…..in here?…..in here?
wot a joke harry eyes new signings yh when mmmmmmmmmmmm wot ever
I hope the Echo's ringing true from the Spurs cave!!!…… Younger better version of Joe Cole and World Class Striker!! Young young young er er er beter er er er version version version sion sion sion of of of Jo Joe e e Cole Cole Cole and and and World world world Class ss ss ss Striker er er er !!!
I am only saying watt jamie said .. Didn't say who ? It up to you if you think it's not true .. Let wait and see … COYS
Harry's playing it close to his vest, as he should. Have patience everyone. He knows what he's doing even if we don't.
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Well, another holiday has come and gone and now it's time to sort through the toys, clothes and chocolate, and clean up our home after plenty of visitors. Perhaps unique to our family, it's also time to try and heal from the pain that the holidays bring up for our children. You see, we have 3 amazing, beautiful children whom we've adopted and all of these amazing, beautiful children – S, K and A - have different levels of openness with their birth families.
S has an openness order and we send 4 letters/pictures a year to birth mom, while K's is a closed adoption. A has an openness agreement in which we have a great relationship with her birth family and see and speak to them regularly. If all of that isn't complicated enough, S and K are full siblings. Now I know what you're thinking - How can one sibling have an openness order and the other have a closed adoption? Well that is something that we are still trying to get our heads around ourselves and do not have an answer to.
Because our three children are all still young, we have yet to have THAT discussion...you know that one all adoptive parents worry about doing right?? Well I have spent many sleepless nights thinking about this, and although I am sure we don't have all the right answers, we do have a few openness "rules" in our household that we hope will continue to help our children get through the holidays, mitigating negative feelings as much as possible. And so, I give you our top 5 rules for surviving the holidays with children who have different levels of openness:
This may sound simple, but I can assure you it's very, very hard! In our home, we have made sure we have many books, discussions and information that is age appropriate about what adoption means, and why some people are adopted while others are not. Given our kids are still very young, we make sure to keep our answers to questions simple and in a way they can process. They know there are different reasons why children are adopted but we have yet to get into the specifics on their adoptions, that will come at a later time.
2. openness
We make sure that no matter what we may be feeling or whether it's at an inconvenient time, we remain open to talking about adoption. As an example, one morning while I was driving K to daycare seemingly out of nowhere he states, "mommy, I am adopted". My response was, "yes you are". Although in my mind I was hoping that would be the end of the conversation, it was not. K then asked "why didn't I come from your belly?" followed by "why weren't you and daddy adopted?", and "will I ever meet my Tummy Mummy?". Despite my desire for an Adoption for Dummies book to magically appear in my hands, I knew it was important not to defer answering his questions. That day in the car we talked a lot about love, and what family means to us.
Everything that we do in regards to openness with our birth families, we make sure that all of our children are included. This includes birth family visits, writing letters, sending crafts, and selecting pictures to be sent. For example when we crafts with the kids, each child gets to choose a special person to send it to. Although K does not have access to his birth family, he has many other friends and family in his life, so he chooses one special person and sends them a letter.
I know what you're thinking - this is NO laughing matter - and you're right it's not. However, we have found that humor has helped us get through some of the dark times. Life is sometimes not fair and it breaks our hearts to know that our little children have already learned this hard lesson, so we make sure to teach them the power of humor. Random dance party at the post office while mailing letters? Why not?? Seeing who can make the silliest faces when we're trying to get pictures to send our birth families, go for it. We try and take a little power back from such a powerless situation and we have been able to create fun even in these moments!
Despite all the heartache and triggers that can occur with the holidays, we make sure that above anything else, there is more to look forward to than to dread. Despite the fact that until recently all 5 members in our family have different last names (perhaps an explanation for another blog), we are a family. In fact, we're a pretty awesome family, and we do what any other awesome family does during the holidays, we have cheesy holiday traditions! Matching Pjs, visits from friends and family, and of course we can't forget the antics from Snowy, our Elf on the Shelf. These simple traditions are what makes the holidays special and memorable for all of us. Although we would never want to erase where our kids came from (yes...it took me a while to finally accept that!), we do want to make sure that the holidays are filled with love, laughter and perhaps wayyy too much chocolate.
Now that being said, this momma has three wired children to attend to! Wishing you all a very Happy New year!!!
- Kathryn


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Wednesday, December 20, 2017
Christmas 2017
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from all the ladies of Fasdeviant3D.
Update: Chapter 10 is delayed until February 1st at the latest. Stay tuned.
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The Golden vendor is a special vendor located in one of base camps for each faction in Cyrodiil that only appears on the weekend to sell monster sets that are obtained in the various group dungeons around Tamriel.
This weeks items are:
- Necklace of Durok's Bane – Healthy 250,000g / 500,000AP
- Hagraven's Garden Necklace – Healthy 250,000g / 500,000AP
- Necklace of the Wyrd Tree – Healthy 150,000g / 300,000AP
- Necklace of Stendarr- Arcane 150,000g / 300,000AP
- Tremorscale's Shoulders – Infused / Impenetrable (Light, Medium, Heavy) 100,000g / 200,000AP
- The Engine Guardian's Shoulders – Infused / Impenetrable (Light, Medium, Heavy)100,000g / 200,000AP
Items purchased with Alliance points are impenetrable.
Vendor was introduced in Patch 2.3.5.
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The small and intimate Porini Bush Camp is a genuine mobile camp located within the award-winning Ol Kinyei Conservancy, offering an authentic high quality, low tourism density safari experience working on the model that we pioneered of 700 acres of wilderness for every tent.
This exclusive game-rich 18700 acre wildlife conservancy has a diverse terrain of plains, forests and rivers, and is home to a broad range of species including the big cats. Guests will also have access to the Mara Reserve and the adjacent 50000 acre Naboisho conservancy.
Porini Bush Camp has 8 guest tents and offers a personal and authentic experience for a safari in the Maasai Mara, providing a great alternative to the large mass-market tourist lodges.
The camp provides guests with the opportunity to stay at a truly eco-friendly bush camp where there are no permanent structures and there is minimal impact on the environment. When the camp is taken down, the site reverts back to nature.
The camp operates seasonally, when the Wildebeest Migration is in the Mara eco-system and in 2019 will open from 15th June. For guests staying at Porini Bush Camp, we can arrange to book return flights from Nairobi to the nearby Naboisho Ol Seki airstrip using the daily scheduled services of Safarilink, one of Kenya's leading safari airlines, at the applicable air fares.
The camp is designed in the style of the traditional professional mobile safari camps that have been accommodating visitors on safari in Kenya since the early years. Each guest tent is comfortably furnished with proper beds, linen and duvets. The en suite bathrooms have a shower, washbasin and flush toilet. Gas and solar lamps provide lighting.
There is a separate dining tent where guests enjoy high-quality meals prepared by the experienced camp chef. These include a full breakfast with cereals, fruit and choice of eggs, light salad lunch and a three course dinner.
In the evenings the campfire provides a meeting point for guests to get together, relax with a drink and share the day's sightings.
Shared day and night game drives from the camp are in customised 4×4 safari vehicles with Kenya Professional Safari Guides Association (KPSGA)-certified guides and spotters (two-guide team). Guests see a wide variety of wildlife within the Ol Kinyei Conservancy and also have access to game drives in the 50000 acre adjacent Naboisho Conservancy as well as within the Masai Mara National Reserve.
Located within the Serengeti-Mara eco-system, Ol Kinyei has pristine wilderness and breathtaking scenery. The land has an abundance of water sources that attract a wide variety of animals. There is a resident lion pride (over 20 individuals) and several leopards have their territories within the conservancy. Cheetahs are frequently seen as are giraffes, Cape buffalo and elephants.
Guests can get closer to nature on educational bush walks with Maasai guides, and bush breakfasts and sundowners are arranged at scenic points.


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In Zoolander 2, we first see Ben Stiller's well-heeled and intellectually challenged male model hidden away from the world, avoiding contemporary culture, unaware of how everything has progressed in his 15-year absence. After enduring 102 minutes of laboured and misguided jokes, it feels like Stiller himself has been doing the exact same thing.
In September 2001, Zoolander arrived in cinemas at a time when the average American wasn't in the mood to watch a comedy about international terrorism in New York. It failed theatrically but its tightly packed script, filled with sharp jabs at the fashion industry and smartly pitched silliness, gifted the film with a dedicated cult following. It's the film's ludicrous moments that have lived on and have become something of a poisoned chalice.
Watching a group of male models frolic with petrol to the sounds of Wham! is likely to stick in the memory more than the film's cutting satire. It's easy to overlook the film's assertion that fashion is linked to child labour and bulimia while laughing at Stiller trying to get "inside" a computer.
But looking back, the film was more incisive than its endlessly quoted one-liners suggest and it's only after watching the sequel that this truly becomes apparent. Because, 15 years later, after a number of aborted attempts, a rather malformed follow-up is here to serve as a depressing reminder of what we've lost in the time in-between. Like a drunk uncle at a family party, it makes the same old jokes, only louder, and emerges as desperately and embarrassingly misjudged.
The silliness is still on show, albeit with a far less impressive hit rate, but the satire is muzzled. Ripping into the fashion industry isn't quite as fresh as it seemed in 2001, with Sacha Baron Cohen's Brüno, this spot-on Lizzy Caplan short and the biting wit of The Sarcastialist, a satire on the Sartorialist blog, all emerging since. Stiller, who returns as director and one of the film's four writers, has lowered his aim, choosing instead to welcome and air-kiss the snobby elite who were initially the cause of scorn. The film's cameos are wide, too wide, and include notable industry figures from Valentino to Anna Wintour, making the film an all-too-close bedfellow of the people it lampooned.
The script ticks off the same list of jokes, characters and scenes as the first but the freshness is replaced with a stench. It's supposed to be a thank-you to those who made the film a cult hit on the small screen but it feels like an anonymous retread, a commodity that uses small appearances from Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande to appeal to younger viewers.
The original's edge has been smoothed down to a soft putty. The attempts at risqué humour fall flat, unforgivably so. Benedict Cumberbatch's much-discussed cameo as a gender-neutral model called All had already been labelled transphobic after the trailer's release and on screen it leaves a sour taste. The film's co-writer Justin Theroux claimed the joke is actually on "two ageing, middle-aged models" while Cumberbatch's character is "empowered". His explanation assumes a level of depth that is entirely absent from the film and ultimately, it's a poor attempt at doing something other than recycle the first film's jokes.
Equally, a bizarre joke that involves Owen Wilson impregnating Kiefer Sutherland during an orgy and then Sutherland experiencing a miscarriage is so tone deaf and unfunny that it fails on every conceivable level.
Stiller's grasp of the zeitgeist, or even comedy at a base level, has become slippery and it's a regressive move for the multi-hyphenate whose last film as director, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, while not entirely successful, seemed to be a sign that he was heading down a new path. Like his fashionista creation and his expertly played character in 2014's Noah Baumbach comedy While We're Young, he seems to be clawing at the world around him, trying to remain relevant yet emerging as someone hopelessly off-trend.
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"And then if we really mean it, if we really mean it, we will ensure that this country does not start yet another war before every peaceful, diplomatic, nonviolent alternative is explored and pursued. And those wars that we ask our fellow Americans, these service members to fight on our behalf, 17 years and counting in Afghanistan, 27 years and counting in Iraq, let's bring these wars to a close and bring these service members back home to their families, to their communities and to their country."
— Former congressman Beto O'Rourke (D) in El Paso on March 30, 2019
"Do we really want to fight wars forever? Twenty-seven years in Iraq, 18 years, almost, in Afghanistan and counting with no definition or strategy or end in sight. Trillions of dollars we are spending to fight and to rebuild countries that we've invaded."
— O'Rourke in Ames, Iowa, on April 3
"Given what others are already sacrificing in this country, men and women who are deployed right now in wars that have gone for 17, 27 years in Afghanistan and Iraq."
— O'Rourke in Storm Lake, Iowa, on April 5
Call it the new political math.
President Trump in recent months has complained about "endless wars" and the fact that soldiers have been "fighting in Afghanistan for 19 years."
The invasion of Afghanistan began Oct. 7, 2001, so Trump's calculation is a little off. O'Rourke, in also decrying fighting wars forever as he campaigns for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, is closer on the mark about the Afghan war, saying either "17 years and counting" or "18 years, almost." (It's 17½ years.)
But O'Rourke's math for the Iraq War left us flummoxed. He keeps mentioning 27 years in Iraq, which takes you back to 1992. Not only does that date not make much sense, but his comments especially make little sense in the context of talking about "service members who fight on our behalf."
The Facts
There are three, or maybe four, points at which the United States can be labeled as fighting in Iraq in the past three decades. But there has not been a continuous war.
The Gulf War (1990-1991)
There are two parts of the Gulf War: Operation Desert Shield, the buildup of troops in Saudi Arabia in response to Iraq's invasion and seizure of Kuwait, and Operation Desert Storm, the combat phase in which a coalition of nations ejected the Iraqis from Kuwait. One could mark the beginning of the conflict from the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on Aug. 2, 1990, or date from start of combat operations on Jan. 17, 1991. The invasion ended Feb. 28, 1991, after just 100 hours of ground combat.
Congress adopted a resolution authorizing the invasion on Jan. 12, 1991. The United Nations also backed the invasion, passing a resolution that gave Iraq until Jan. 15 to withdraw from Kuwait and authorized nations to use "all necessary means" to force Iraq out of Kuwait.
But oddly, O'Rourke's use of 27 years appears to exclude the Gulf War.
No-fly zones and cruise missile attacks (1991-2003)
After the Gulf War, the United States and its partners imposed no-fly zones on the northern and southern parts of Iraq. At various times during this period, the United States launched cruise missiles against Iraqi facilities, primarily on the grounds of forcing Iraqi compliance for U.N. resolutions.
The most prominent action in this period was Operation Desert Fox, a four-day bombing campaign in December 1998 ordered by President Bill Clinton. But no troops entered Iraq in this period.
Invasion of Iraq (2003-2011)
The United States and allies invaded and occupied Iraq in 2003, 16 years ago. O'Rourke might have more properly started his narrative here. Congress in October 2002 passed a resolution authorizing an attack on Iraq to force it to give up its stash of weapons of mass destruction — weapons that turned out not to exist. So, this war was waged for different reasons than the Gulf War.
The Iraq War was essentially wound down by 2009, but some troops remained. In 2011, President Barack Obama announced an end to the U.S. mission, and combat troops were withdrawn in December 2011.
Intervention in Iraq (2014-today)
After the rise of the Islamic State terrorist group, Obama ordered troops back to Iraq to assist the nation in repelling the group from Iraq and Syria, a mission that continued under President Trump.
So, if you add it up, it works out to about 12 years of boots on the ground in Iraq, though the numbers were relatively small at some points.
Chris Evans, a O'Rourke spokesman, said, "It's not that the Iraq War lasted 27 years; it's that we've been at war in Iraq for 27 years." He indicated that O'Rourke was dating from 1991 — 28 years by our math — because "Beto was a senior in high school when he watched as President George H.W. Bush announced military action in Iraq."
Evans said O'Rourke's remarks were inspired by Gen. Stephen W. Wilson, the Air Force's vice chief of staff, who came before the House Armed Services Committee on Oct. 3, 2017, and stated: "The 26 years of continuous combat has limited our ability to prepare . . . against advanced future threats. Scenarios with the lowest margin of error and the highest risk to national security. This nonstop combat, paired with the budget instability and lower than planned top lines, has been the United States Air Force, the smallest, oldest equipment and least ready in our history."
We checked, and Wilson said virtually the same thing at another hearing on Feb. 1, 2017, part of a regular plea for additional modernization funding for the Air Force when the Budget Control Act capped defense spending. It was not made in the context of Iraq, and it was only about the Air Force.
Experts we consulted were puzzled by O'Rourke's reference to a 27-year war in Iraq.
"It does not really make sense to talk about being at war in Iraq for 27 years and counting," said Philip H. Gordon, who was White House coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf Region from 2013 to 2015.
"The 1991 Gulf War was a distinct event with a beginning and an end. It was authorized by the U.N. Security Council with the mission of expelling Iraqi security forces from Kuwait, and it ended when that mission was accomplished," he said. "In December 1998, the Clinton administration bombed Iraq for four days in Operation Desert Fox. The goal of that operation was to set back Saddam's missile and nuclear programs. It seems a stretch to argue that it was part of the same war as the expulsion of Iraq from Kuwait in 1991.
"In 2003, the U.S. went to war against Iraq again, but with a separate and new congressional authorization from the 1991 war, with a different mission. The 2002 AUMF [Authorization for Use of Military Force] was about dealing with Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction programs, obviously not expelling it from Kuwait."
Experts also said that the George H.W. Bush administration certainly attempted diplomatic alternatives short of war, giving Saddam Hussein an option to withdraw from Kuwait, which is one reason international support was so strong. The George W. Bush administration did not fully explore "peaceful, diplomatic, nonviolent" alternatives in 2003, in part because the White House was intent on ousting Hussein.
"There is a fair argument that the U.N. diplomatic efforts were cut short too soon in 2003, which was why the second UNSC resolution attempt failed," said Philip D. Zelikow, who served in both Bush administrations as a senior policymaker.
Notwithstanding confusion over O'Rourke's math, the experts said that his broader critique is worth considering.
"The U.S. government has employed a number of diplomatic and military tools in the service of different goals and different strategies in Iraq since at least 1980. From arms sales to arms embargoes, engagement and isolation, the deployment and withdrawal of troops and trainers, we've tried it all at some point. None of it has worked, assuming 'worked' means we don't have to pay attention to Iraq any more," said Jon B. Alterman, senior vice president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
"Where his critique reads true to me is that we've embraced quick and decisive military action without thinking through how we want things to be and what it will cost to get them there (if we even can get them there), and that's put us in the hole for future costs — military and economic — that we hadn't ever considered."
"Of course he's making a political argument about endless war," Zelikow said. "Culturally, people feel that and so, politically, it's a resonant argument. But the circumstances and merits really vary a lot, unless he really wants to say the U.S. should have stayed away from every one of these concerns."
"I think O'Rourke's basic point is right — we should consider the long-term costs and complications of these wars, which always seem to have unintended consequences, and pursue all diplomatic options before launching them," Gordon said. "But on the narrow point, no, I would not say we've been at war with Iraq for 27 years."
The Pinocchio Test
This is an example of how a salient argument can run astray with bad numbers. O'Rourke may have a case that the United States has embarked on costly military adventures without exploring enough alternatives. But the critique concerning Iraq does not extend back 27 years.
The Gulf War was 28 years ago — and it took place after substantial diplomacy. The flawed invasion of Iraq took place 16 years ago, but troops left after eight years and then returned to help fight the Islamic State a few years later. At best, it adds up to 12 years of war.
Given the number of times O'Rourke has said this, it's no slip of the tongue. But it's also mostly false.
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when the actual invitation arrived in the mail for the opening night there was lots of excitement. gallery openings to my child are usually a sign she will not see her mother or bubba (rebecca) for many days but this opening took on new meaning for her. peggy told me she knew why her artwork had been selected for the exhibition. she said she looked around the art room and all the children were doing the same thing and she remembered what i always tell her it is ok to be different. different is good. a big thank you to charlotte latin school and her art teacher for their affirmation to my child.
nothing is better than viewing the unfiltered imagination of a child. it is on full display on the second floor of the uptown mint museum through mid may. a show not to be missed. rebecca asked peggy while we were having pizza at pure pizza in 7th street station after what was her favorite part of the night. her eyes got really big and a smile drew across her face and she said the cookies! like every good opening there were refreshments.
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Art Appreciation, The Fundamentals
Guest Article by Rod A. Walters
Going to the local art museum is a good, warming experience. Before getting out the car keys and whipping over to the art parking lot, you will find the trip much more enjoyable if you know a few basic artsy kind of terms.
1. Line -- The visual element of Line is the foundation of all drawing. It is the first and most versatile of the visual elements. Line in an artwork can be used in many different ways. It can be used to suggest shape, pattern, form, structure, growth, depth, distance, rhythm, movement and a range of emotions. Quite often vertical lines suggest strength and leadership (as well as height). Horizontal lines try to tell you about distance and calm. Diagonal lines usually mean action of some sort will be happening.
2. Shape -- Natural or man-made, regular or irregular, flat or solid, positive or negative. Etcetera.
3. Color and Value -- The visual element of Color has the strongest effect on our emotions. It is the element we use to create the mood or atmosphere of an artwork.
1. Balance
2. Proportion
3. Pattern and Movement
If what you see is either off center, or leans in a direction (especially if the background trees do not lean), then movement or action is indicated. Note that portraits typically do not lean. All these three things might be summed up by the word "composition."
A very smart English museum-tour bus driver told us that if you fold a picture of a painting into sixteenths, then unfold it, each of the sixteenths should more or less make the painting "happen." For example, look at a picture of Rembrandt's "Jeremiah." Each sixteenth pretty much goes with Jeremiah. The fact that he's off-center and leaning diagonally means he's an action figure. Probably he's worried about getting his "Lamentations" into the editor by the deadline. Perhaps he's forgotten where he lost his shoes. Again.
I won't fold Rembrandt's "Night Watch" into sixteenths, though you can easily see that each piece "fits." Note the diagonals on every figure but the central one: muskets and pikes, persons, dogs and chickens are going or looking somewhere, as a night watch crew should. The gent in the middle is clearly the watch commander - vertical lines and central position connoting strength.
Rembrandt's picture of this old geezer, a Rembrandt self-portrait, though, veers from the rules. He's off center and pointing diagonally, meaning he's into action. Cripes, he's older than I am, and clearly going nowhere because of his arthritis or leg cramps. This goes to prove that there sometimes is no point in the rules.
You should also do some research, or at least half-useful Google-clicking to take an intellectual trip through art history before heading out to the museum:
1. The Ancient World
2. The Art of India, China, Africa, the Americas and Japan
3. Western Art: The Middle Ages Through the Renaissance
4. Western Art: The Baroque Through the Nineteenth Century
5. Twentieth Century Art
Okay. After grinding out the fundamental intellectual groundings of art, we are now primed for that important art gallery appreciation visit. Once I found myself in the Albright-Knox Museum in Buffalo, New York, sitting on a bench in a placid atrium facing this acrylic-on-aluminum plate painting, which was completely white. I believe that painting's title was, "Acrylic on Aluminum, White." Maybe not. I don't remember, and neither does the curator. Composition ought to be easy as dump cake, and the artist needn't have shown motion, because there isn't any. The professional critic might call the composition "perfect." It would be hard to argue that the proportion is out of whack. As for balance, unless the night crew smacks the thing during cleanup, one could hardly fault the work for fouls in this area.
At this point I had this burning wish to do a brilliant thing, the most meaningful action in this hallowed spot that I could think of. Since eating lunch inside the museum was forbidden, I wanted to do the next best thing -- put on a beret, pull out my pad and begin sketching "Acrylic on Aluminum, White" for my next art class. Every now and then I would look up at the original to make sure my interpretation matched. I would never hold up my thumb over the pencil for proportioning, as that would clearly mark me as a crude amateur and bumpkin. Using peripheral vision to see if other museum visitors reacted to my art-student art appreciation, I would see that most would pass by quickly, probably so's not to interrupt my view. I believe a small, but fanatic number would truly believe me and appreciate my appreciation. I would plan to get up and leave quickly, though, if either the actual artist, or a happy kibitzer wanted to sit down beside me and adjust my sketching with pointers.
Alas, in my haste to get out for an actual lunch, I forgot to stop by the museum store. My best intentions were to purchase a postcard of "Acrylic on Aluminum, White." Maybe a half-useful Google search will turn one up.
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No win no fee claims - is there a catch?
Conditional fee agreements or No win No Fee agreements are the norm when it comes to funding personal injury claims - but are they all the same, is there a catch and is it worth shopping around before instructing a solicitor?
No Win, No Fee Agreements can vary considerably
There are several key areas in which No Win, No Fee Agreements can differ. The following explains these differences and how they can financially impact claimants:
Hidden and unexpected Fees
Some No Win, No Fee Agreements only cover the solicitor's fees. Costs that are not covered might include medical expert fees, Barrister's fees or the costs of the other side's solicitors as they defend the claim. These costs can run into thousands of pounds.
A surprising example of such a hidden fee can occur when a solicitor advises the client to drop a case and the claimant chooses to pursue the case with a different solicitor. If the second solicitor wins the case, the claimant may then find themselves liable to pay a success fee to both the original solicitor and subsequent solicitor.
Other costs may apply if:
- the solicitor advises acceptance of a settlement offer but the claimant refuses
- the claimant decides to settle out of court contrary to the solicitor's recommendation
- the claimant refuses to co-operate with the solicitor in some other way
- the other side is ordered to pay costs but cannot afford to
Quittance's panel of solicitors do not include any additional fees in their Conditional Fee Agreements.
Inflated 'After The Event' or 'ATE' insurance premiums
In conjunction with the Conditional Fee Agreement, most solicitors will require claimants to take out an 'After the Event' or 'ATE'' insurance policy before they start work on the case. If the claimant is not covered by ATE insurance and the case is unsuccessful, then he or she would have to pay the defendant's costs.
As with any insurance policy, the cost of ATE insurance for a given claim can vary enormously between solicitors.
At the time of writing, some solicitors would expect claimants to pay as much as £985* for an ATE insurance policy on a deafness claim
An ATE insurance policy through Quittance on the same claim was quoted at £65*.
The cost of ATE insurance policies available to individual solicitors is linked to their track record of winning claims. The better the solicitor's record of winning claims is, the lower the ATE premiums will be. The insurance company recognises that there is a smaller chance that they will need to pay out on a policy sold to clients of that solicitor.
Quittance's solicitors are chosen based on their exceptional claims record. This means they can access very low premiums.
Claimants do not recover the cost of the policy if the case is won. The cost of the policy, including any referral fees, will usually be deducted from the compensation award.
Paying more for ATE insurance does not mean it is a better policy
Some firms do not have access to lower rates based on their less-successful claims record. Some companies earn referral fees from selling ATE insurance. Both of these factors can inflate the cost of the ATE insurance premium but have no bearing on the level of cover provided.
The level of cover also differs. At the time of writing the cover offered for identical accident claims varied from £25,000 to £100,000, with the cheapest policy offering the highest level of cover. This is because of the success rate of companies able to access those policies.
Unreasonable solicitors costs
Solicitors can reasonably expect to be paid for the work they do. However, some Conditional Fee Agreements contain complicated remuneration mechanisms in the small print that can surprise the unwary.
Fees typically break down as follows:
Basic fees
Solicitors' fees tend to be accrued at an hourly rate. However, under a No Win, No Fee Agreement claimants should not have to pay these fees as:
- if the case is lost the solicitor should not charge any fees
- if the case is won the solicitor's fees should be paid by the defendant
However, if the other side believes the claimant's solicitor's fees are unreasonably high, they may challenge them. If the Court agrees it may decide that the defendant does not have to pay the full amount. Depending on the terms of the agreement, the claimant may then have to make up the shortfall.
It is estimated that on average the Courts reduce the solicitors fees by around 30%. This means that unless claimants have a conditional fee agreement preventing recovery of the excess solicitors fees, claimants could see further deductions from their compensation.
Quittance's solicitors will only charge the amount that can be recovered from the other side. This is clearly set out in the No Win, No Fee Agreement.
Success fees
In addition to the solicitor's fees, most firms charge a 'Success Fee'. This is an additional amount payable to the solicitor if they win the case.
Success fees are capped by the MOJ at 25% of the compensation award. Most firms charge their clients the maximum success fee of 25%.
Before signing a No Win, No Fee agreement, claimants should be clear about what percentage of their compensation award will be paid to the solicitor as a success fee.
Barristers' fees
The majority of personal injury cases are settled by insurance companies outside of Court.
There is always a chance that a case may go to Court however. As most solicitors in the UK do not 'advocate' on behalf of clients, representing clients in Court, it would be necessary to instruct a barrister.
Barristers' fees can be very expensive and No Win, No Fee Agreements entered into with the solicitor only cover the solicitor's fees.
Quittance's solicitors only work with barristers prepared to represent claimants on the basis of a separate No Win, No Fee Agreement.
Our No Win, No Fee Approach
Quittance believe that the personal injury system in the UK is unfairly skewed against accident victims. Relatively low compensation awards (as determined by the JSB) are further eroded by inflated success fees as solicitors attempt to recover some of the costs of expensive TV advertising campaigns.
For more information read about our No Win, No Fee approach or call us on 0800 612 7456.
* Premium comparison obtained on 22 April 2015. Templeton Insurance premium quoted at £985 compared with Temple Legal Protection who quoted £65 for the same case.