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Once Upon Another Time by Rosary McQuestion
A Paranormal Romance/Fantasy Novel
Six years ago, when Aubrey
McCory was twenty-eight years old, her fairytale dream of living
happily-ever-after ended the day her husband died. Emotionally damaged
with an unhealed heart, she sometimes fantasizes about what it would be
like to see her husband one last time, like in her favorite movie
"Ghost" when Sam said his final goodbye to Molly. Then five days before
the seventh anniversary of his death, a glitch in the universe gives
Aubrey the psychic ability to hear what people are thinking. And by all
accounts, she seems to also have made a psychic connection with the
dearly departed – namely her deceased husband.
As fate would have
it, she also meets hunky Gavin Donnelly – whom she feels might be the
next Mr. Right – and her life becomes topsy-turvy.
Her hippy
parents, the Abbie and Anita Hoffman of suburbia, have Aubrey
questioning her sanity after they leak a secret that Aunt Millie threw
herself off the Brooklyn Bridge after hearing voices. Then there's the
fiasco of Aubrey trying to hold a connection with the dead when her new
psychic ability doesn't come with an instruction manual or tech support.
And she can't lean on her best friend, former debutante Laura
Wentworth, who inhabits the heady spheres of society, without looking
like a kook.
Aubrey's life was complicated enough before photos
rattled off bookshelves and the sound of wind chimes played in her head.
Soon she's juggling a demanding career, a six-year-old son, a freaky
spiritualist, and the belief that her husband's spirit is trying to tell
her something of great importance. All while she tries to reclaim her
heart and not lose the next love of her life.
Aubrey McCory
tell Aubrey she looks like a young Elizabeth Taylor. The only
resemblance she sees is that she's had as much bad luck with keeping a
boyfriend as Liz had with keeping a husband. And her idiosyncrasy with
organization, like products in her cupboard lined up like tin soldiers
with labels faced forward and having days-of-the-week underwear is
exceeding the breaking point. Yet, she manages to keep it all together
as a prominent Providence lawyer, mother to a six-year-old son, and
survivor of widowhood. Is it guilt over her husband's tragic death six
years before that brings him back to her? Albeit, in a ghostly form.
Matt McCory
Even in death, his love for Aubrey has no boundaries. But will he be able to really return to her?
Laura Wentworth
friends with Aubrey, Laura's beauty, both face and figure, has caused
more whiplashes in the City of Providence than most car accidents have.
The same age as Aubrey, she's also a lawyer, and they work at the same
law firm. Although she wants Aubrey to find love, she has her own
issues. Having a hefty trust fund and dating only the wealthiest, most
eligible bachelors in Providence, doesn't seem to be getting her
anywhere. Will her latest choice of suitors turn out to be the one—or a
Gavin Donnelly
Thirty-two and ridiculously tall,
dark, and handsome, he's a Project Manager for J&J Crew, a
construction company located in the same building where Aubrey works. Is
it just déjà vu when the first time Gavin sees her, he swears he knows
her from someplace? And what's up with Aubrey having a dream about him
before she even meets him? And why does she feel a close connection upon
their first meeting? The only thing Gavin is sure of is that he has to
win Aubrey's heart.
Mr. & Mrs. Becker
Known as the Abbie
and Anita Hoffman of suburbia, Aubrey's parents, hippies from the '70s
look as if they are stuck in a time warp. They make Aubrey wonder how
sane she really is after growing up with parents who invited half-naked
people to backyard bonfires, grew alfalfa sprouts in the bathtub, and
constantly quoted Zen Buddhism. Will their expertise on parallel
universes help Aubrey with the ghost of Matt?
Read about more colorful characters at www.rosarymcquestion.com.

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Good news may finally be good news. The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged nearly 200 points Friday, as investors cheered a better-than expected November jobs report.
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq also finished the day markedly higher.
Despite snapping a five day losing streak, the Dow and S&P 500 weren't able to edge out wins for the week. The blue chip indexes had gained the previous eight weeks.
And given how much stocks are up so far in 2013, it's still far from certain whether the market will experience a so-called "Santa Claus rally," a trend in which the market rises at the end of the year.
On Friday, the Labor Department said the economy added 203,000 jobs in November, higher than the 183,000 estimated by economists surveyed by CNNMoney.com. The unemployment rate dropped to 7.0% from 7.3%. It was expected to fall to 7.2%.
For months, investors have been sweating the Federal Reserve, trying to calculate when it will scale back, or taper, its massive $85 billion per month stimulus program. The Fed has said that improvement in the job market was one of the main things it was looking for before it would start trimming its bond purchases.
Earlier Friday, the bond market seemed to be betting that the Fed may taper sooner rather than later. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note spiked as high as 2.93% before pulling back to 2.86%. The 10-year yield peaked earlier this year at 2.98% when investors were last worried that tapering could be imminent.
Bond yields rise when prices fall. So investors may have been selling bonds immediately following the jobs report on expectations that the Fed is closer to slowing down its monthly Treasury purchases.
Related: Fear & Greed Index continues to show greed
But there's no consensus for when the taper will come to fruition.
"US Jobs Stronger than Expected, but not Enough for Fed to Taper," was the title of a morning note from Brown Brothers Harriman.
"US payrolls strength boosts QE3 taper chances" was another from Capital Economics.
The Fed's next policy meeting wraps up on December 18. It is the second-to-last meeting that will be led by Fed chair Ben Bernanke. He will likely be replaced by current vice chair Janet Yellen, who has been nominated by President Obama to be the next Fed chair and is merely awaiting approval from the Senate.
Many economic experts and investment strategists believe that Bernanke would prefer to have Yellen be in charge of the Fed's tapering as opposed to him starting it just before his term expires.
What's moving: Struggling retail giant J.C. Penney (JCP) plunged more than 8% after it disclosed Thursday that the Securities and Exchange Commission has an inquiry about its finances.
Shares tumbled 8% Thursday after hedge fund manager Kyle Bass told Bloomberg that his firm no longer owns the stock. J.C. Penney's stock had been rallying lately due to purchases from Bass and other hedge funds.
"$JCP great buying opp. love it" said StockTwits trader investinthebest, who's still bullish despite Friday's sell off.
Shares of Ulta Salon (ULTA), the cosmetics superstore, tanked 20% after the company posted weaker than expected results and lowed its fourth quarter outlook.
"$ULTA shoosh, there it goes," quipped StockTwits user skipjackrick.
But another StockTwits trader is looking for a buying opportunity.
"$ULTA I'm just about ready to jump in," said NMGold.
Big Lots (BIG) fell more than 12% after its earnings came in below analyst expectations.
Related: When will Facebook be added to the S&P 500?
Drug store chain Rite Aid got a 2% bump, and one trader felt the momentum was justified.
"$RAD This is a real stock this company is going to grow and shares are going to grow with it," said Digger1.
Sears Holdings (SHLD) shares dropped almost 4% after the retailer officially said Friday it plans to spin off its Lands' End clothing brand.
Shares of Intel (INTC)and career networking site Linkedin (LNKD) bounced after receiving upgrades from analysts.
European markets finished higher in afternoon trading on the heels of the U.S. jobs report while Asian markets, which closed before the jobs report was released, ended mixed.


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Thanks for celebrating with me and I hope you continue to make bundts all year long. If you requested them, I'll be sending food gift tags to you as soon as possible (I got a little delayed on things - my apologies)
To celebrate National Bundt Day, I ran a little giveaway for the cool new Jubilee Bundt Pan to one lucky Bundt maker. And the winner is: Heather from South Carolina who made my favorite Chocolate Cinnamon Bundt! Congrats Heather!
I want to thank Barbara from Canada and Katrina (Baking and Boys!) from Utah who have baked all four years of I Like Big Bundts! National Bundt Day is also Katrina's birthday! And there are many who baked last year for the holiday to celebrate even though I didn't do the round-up...true Bundt love.
Applesauce Bundt Cake
Mini Chocolate Almond Bundts and Mini Pumpkin Bundt Cakes
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Cinnamon Roll Bundt
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GF Banana & Coffee Bundt Cake. Banoffee but not as you know it!
Chai Butternut Bundt
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Pumpkin Spice Bundt Cake
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Mail Room Matt's Carrot Cake Birthday Bundt and Excel -- ent Lemon Poppy Seed Bundt to Blunt our Sour Pusses Stuck in Data Tables with a generous coating of SugarRush to Power Through The Night Shift Sweet Glaze
Twitter: @NettiesAttic Funny story...she made this for Matt in the mail room at work, but he took the week off! Don't worry, his co-workers ate his cake for him.
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Vegan Chocolate Bundt with Speculoos Glaze Heddi made two other Bundts too! Awesome!
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#36: LindaG* (Portland, OR) made Chocolate Cinnamon Bundt from this recipe
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Grain Free Refined Sugar Free Chocolate Bundt Cake
Katrina has baked for all four I Like Big Bundts! And National Bundt Day is her birthday!! How perfect is that?! Love ya, Katrina!!!
One-bowl Mocha Bundt
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Malted Milk Chocolate Bundt
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sweet potato monkey bread
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The main symptom of shingles is a painful, blotchy rash on 1 side of your body. It mainly affects the skin, but can sometimes affect the eyes too.
Medicine from a doctor can help speed up your recovery from shingles if it's taken within 3 days of the symptoms starting, but not everyone needs it.
Shingles is a painful condition caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. Anyone can get it, but it's most common in older people.
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This is a seminal work which discusses the effects of reducing visible pollution while not addressing greenhouse gases.
Note, we are already seeing large areas where methane hydrates are being released into the atmosphere.
Global Dimming
Since measurements began in the 1950s, scientists have discovered that there has been a decline of sunlight reaching the Earth; they called it global dimming.
But according to a paper published in the journal of Science, the dimming did not continue into the 1990s and indeed since the 1980s scientists have observed a widespread brightening.
What caused the dimming to go down and what effect will it have, if any, on climate change?
The film explores the theory that pollution is shielding the oceans from the full power of the Sun, and disrupting the pattern of the world-s rainfall.
There is evidence that dimming caused the droughts in sub-Saharan Africa which claimed hundreds of thousands of lives in the 1970s and 1980s.
It reveals that we may have grossly underestimated the speed at which our climate is changing.
At its heart is a deadly new phenomenon. One that until very recently scientists refused to believe even existed.
Alarmingly, the dimming continues today, and Asia, home to half the world-s population is currently under threat.


text: Linus Torvalds needs no introduction in operating systems or open-source circles. He's the creator, muse and chief developer of the Linux operating system. Torvalds started Linux while he was in college in 1991. Today, Linux is the foundation of multibillion-dollar companies including Oracle, Novell and Red Hat. It's used on computers from small office servers and home office desktops to the New York Stock Exchange.\n\nTorvalds does this by managing a self-selected team of over a thousand developers around the world, united only by a mailing list (the Linux Kernel Mailing List) and a source-code management system (Git). Torvalds herds Linux programming cats from multiple major companies, such as IBM, Intel and SGI, as well as the occasional stereotypical developer programming in a basement. \n\nHow does he do it? Find people you can trust.\nMy personal guiding principle is that I try very hard to find people I can trust, and then try to get out of their way as much as possible. I don't mean totally unconditional trust; but on the other hand, once somebody maintains something, he really should be able to make all the normal daily decisions.Be trustworthy yourself.\nI, in turn, try to make myself as trustworthy as I can. And in this context, "trustworthy" is a lot about not surprising people. In other words, it's not some kind of fuzzy, feel-good Kumbaya trust where we all love each other; it's more about the fact that people know my opinions and where I stand on things. While they may not necessarily like or agree with them all, at least they can trust me to be reliable.Be honest\u2014sometimes painfully honest.Part of that, by the way, is not feeling shy about saying impolite things or showing some emotion. So I'd rather flame people for doing stupid things and call them stupid, rather than try to be too polite to the point where people didn't understand how strongly I felt about something.\n\nThere's the saying, "On the Internet, nobody can hear you being subtle." Okay, so the saying is really, "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog" or any number of other things, but my saying is the "hear you being subtle" one. That's because, to be blunt, subtlety or sarcasm simply doesn't get through, or it may not translate to other cultures.You also have to let the others get their say in.Part of that, of course, is ending up having to sometimes say, "I was wrong." That can be hard. But I make it easier for me by often writing my flames something along the lines of: "You're a completely incompetent idiot, and I'm not going to apply this patch because it's obviously broken and is a total piece of sh*t. And here's why..." But then at the end I'll include:\n\n"And hey, maybe I'm just being a d*ck, and you can prove me right, so please explain to me why you did that horrible thing. Please? Hmm?"\n\nThis gives people the ability to tell me I'm being a d*ckhead and I was wrong, and that all the reasons I called them idiots were actually bogus.\n\nOf course, it doesn't happen all that often. Or maybe it does, and people are just too polite to point it out in public. Not that I've met all that many polite people in kernel development, but that's probably because I've scared them all away.A combination of bluntness and honesty leads to the best code ending up in Linux.Anyway, the theory goes that it's better that people know how you feel than then to be surprised by it later when you simply refuse to take their code. Or\u2014even worse\u2014if you end up taking crap code because you feel it's too hard to call it crap and to tell them why you refuse.Additonal Note: When Torvalds speaks, people listen.What Torvalds didn't mention is that many other open-source projects have floundered when they try to get everyone working in the same direction. While Torvalds' methods may sound harsh, they have also worked for more than a decade.\n\nOne reason this is so is because when Torvalds is wrong, he's willing to admit it. In other projects (not just software development projects), a refusal to ever admit fault decreases confidence in a leader and lowers morale. \n\nPerhaps the most important reason that Torvalds' methods work is that he commands enormous respect in programming circles. When Torvalds flames someone, developers listen to his specific complaints. They don't dismiss his comments as mere insults or evidence that Torvalds really doesn't understand their work. In other development circles, programmers might walk out; in Linux, the best developers stick it out, because they know that Torvalds really does know what he's talking about.\u2014sjvn


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chapter two of Releasing the Bonds: Empowering
People to Think for Themselves
© 2000 by Steven Hassan - published by Freedom
of Mind Press, Somerville MA
Destructive mind control can be understood in terms of four basic components, which form the acronym BITE:
Behavior Control
Information Control
Emotional Control
1. Regulation of individuals physical reality
a. Where, how and with whom the member lives and associates with
b. What clothes, colors, hairstyles the person wears
c. What food the person eats, drinks, adopts, and rejects
d. How much sleep the person is able to have
e. Financial dependence
f. Little or no time spent on leisure, entertainment, vacations
2. Major time commitment required for indoctrination sessions and group rituals
3. Need to ask permission for major decisions
4. Need to report thoughts, feelings and activities to superiors
5. Rewards and punishments (behavior modification techniques- positive and negative).
5. Individualism discouraged; group think prevails
6. Rigid rules and regulations
7. Need for obedience and dependency
1. Use of deception
a. Deliberately holding back information
b. Distorting information to make it acceptable
c. Outright lying
2. Access to non-cult sources of information minimized or discouraged
a. Books, articles, newspapers, magazines, TV, radio
b. Critical information
c. Former members
d. Keep members so busy they dont have time to think
3. Compartmentalization of information; Outsider vs. Insider doctrines
a. Information is not freely accessible
b. Information varies at different levels and missions within pyramid
c. Leadership decides who "needs to know" what
4. Spying on other members is encouraged
a. Pairing up with "buddy" system to monitor and control
b. Reporting deviant thoughts, feelings, and actions to leadership
5. Extensive use of cult generated information and propaganda
a. Newsletters, magazines, journals, audio tapes, videotapes, etc.
b. Misquotations, statements taken out of context from non-cult sources
6. Unethical use of confession
a. Information about "sins" used to abolish identity boundaries
b. Past "sins" used to manipulate and control; no forgiveness or absolution
1. Need to internalize the groups doctrine as "Truth"
a. Map = Reality
b. Black and White thinking
c. Good vs. evil
d. Us vs. them (inside vs. outside)
2. Adopt "loaded" language (characterized by "thought-terminating clichés"). Words are the tools we use to think with. These "special" words constrict rather than expand understanding. They function to reduce complexities of experience into trite, platitudinous "buzz words".
3. Only "good" and "proper" thoughts are encouraged.
4. Thought-stopping techniques (to shut down "reality testing" by stopping "negative" thoughts and allowing only "good" thoughts); rejection of rational analysis, critical thinking, constructive criticism.
a. Denial, rationalization, justification, wishful thinking
b. Chanting
c. Meditating
d. Praying
e. Speaking in "tongues"
f. Singing or humming
5. No critical questions about leader, doctrine, or policy seen as legitimate
6. No alternative belief systems viewed as legitimate, good, or useful
1. Manipulate and narrow the range of a persons feelings.
2. Make the person feel like if there are ever any problems it is always their fault, never the leaders or the groups.
3. Excessive use of guilt
a. Identity guilt
1. Who you are (not living up to your potential)
2. Your family
3. Your past
4. Your affiliations
5. Your thoughts, feelings, actions
b. Social guilt
c. Historical guilt
4. Excessive use of fear
a. Fear of thinking independently
b. Fear of the "outside" world
c. Fear of enemies
d. Fear of losing ones "salvation"
e. Fear of leaving the group or being shunned by group
f. Fear of disapproval
5. Extremes of emotional highs and lows.
6. Ritual and often public confession of "sins".
7. Phobia indoctrination : programming of irrational fears of ever leaving the group or even questioning the leaders authority. The person under mind control cannot visualize a positive, fulfilled future without being in the group.
a. No happiness or fulfillment "outside"of the group
b. Terrible consequences will take place if you leave: "hell"; "demon possession"; "incurable diseases"; "accidents"; "suicide"; "insanity"; "10,000 reincarnations"; etc.
c. Shunning of leave takers. Fear of being rejected by friends, peers, and family.
d. Never a legitimate reason to leave. From the groups perspective, people who leave are: "weak"; "undisciplined"; "unspiritual"; "worldly"; "brainwashed by family, counselors"; seduced by money, sex, rock and roll.
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Romney Opens Presidential Bid Challenging Obama
Republican Mitt Romney says President Obama has failed the United States and is pitching himself as an alternative who can fix the nation's ailing economy.
The former Massachusetts governor on Thursday made official his White House run and offered a blistering critique of Obama. Romney says he would rein in Washington spending and put the country on a course toward economic recovery.
Romney, the closest thing to a frontrunner in a Republican field that lacks one, made his announcement in New Hampshire, a state crucial to his strategy. He came in second place in New Hampshire during his 2008 bid and has invested heavily in the state since.
During a farm visit, Romney said his first priority will be to make America the world's top job creator.
His pitch was tailored to the conservatives who hold great sway in picking the GOP's presidential nominee in Iowa and South Carolina - and the independents who are the largest political bloc in New Hampshire. And it is as much a thesis on his viability as it is an indictment of Obama's leadership.
"A few years ago, Americans did something that was, actually, very much the sort of thing Americans like to do: We gave someone new a chance to lead, someone we hadn't known for very long, who didn't have much of a record but promised to lead us to a better place," Romney said, describing the man he hopes to meet head-to-head in November 2012.
"At the time, we didn't know what sort of a president he would make. ... Now, in the third year of his four-year term, we have more than promises and slogans to go by. Barack Obama has failed America."
In the speech, the former Massachusetts governor launches into a scathing critique of Washington, a place where he has never served. Decrying federal spending, the one-term governor promised, "My generation will pass the torch to the next generation, not a bill."
Romney comes to a presidential contest that lacks a front-runner. In the past week, the still-forming field became less certain with hints that Texas Gov. Rick Perry was considering a bid. Tea party darling Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota is inching toward a run, perhaps giving the anti-tax, libertarian-leaning grassroots movement a candidate to rally around.
Romney sought to claim a slice of that constituency when describing families struggling to get by.
"It doesn't matter if they are Republican or Democrat, independent or libertarian," Romney said. "They're just Americans ... an American family."
Meanwhile, Sarah Palin, her party's 2008 vice presidential nominee, continued a bus tour that not only highlighted her potential to upend the race but also served as a contrast to the lackluster enthusiasm for those already running for president. She was set to appear in New Hampshire at a clambake Thursday, although her aides and advisers were not providing schedules and her supporters in the state were left looking for guidance.
Romney has built an experienced political team, collected serious campaign cash and crafted a campaign that is ready to go full-bore. While his likely opponents have jostled for the spotlight, Romney largely has worked in private to fine-tune his political machine. He has chosen to weigh in through statements and editorial pages instead of interviews with journalists or town hall-style meetings with voters.
On Friday, Romney starts to shift that strategy. He has scheduled his first town hall meeting for Manchester and later planned to speak at a Faith and Freedom forum in Washington.
Party leaders have yet to rally around him. Romney hopes his tough talk will inspire support.
"We are only inches away from ceasing to be a free market economy," he said, decrying Obama's health care overhaul - a federal version of the one Romney signed into law for Massachusetts.
"From my first day in office my No. 1 job will be to see that America once again is No. 1 in job creation," he said.
- Here are Romney's remarks, as prepared for delivery:
Thank you for coming. And I want to thank Doug and Stella Scamman for hosting us on their beautiful farm.
You know, everyone here today can tell a different story. We have different backgrounds and we wake up in the morning and go to different jobs … or, look for different jobs. We go to different churches or maybe don't go to church so much. I bet some of you have families who go back 200 years or more in New Hampshire. And there must be some who just snuck in across the border, from Massachusetts. I hear the taxes are better over here.
But here we are on a beautiful June day coming together to begin a process that we often, quite naturally, take for granted. But it is really one of the great achievements in the history of the world. For all of our country's wealth and influence, those are not the source of our greatness. The true strength of America is self-rule, and a government that answers to a free and independent people.
We live in the most powerful nation that ever existed. And it all goes back to a few men and women who had the courage to stand - and even die - for their belief in liberty and equality. Because of their vision, the United States of America is not ruled by a monarchy or controlled by an aristocracy. Though sometimes folks in Washington might act otherwise, we don't have a House of Lords with inherited power. And as the Red Sox like to remind the New York Yankees, there are no dynasties in America.
Who rules this great nation?
You do. Every four years you decide who will give that State of the Union address, who will set the course of the country, who will be Commander in Chief.
What's true right here in this New Hampshire farm has always been true in America. Though each of us is different, though each of us will choose to walk a different path in life, we are united by one great, overwhelming passion: We love America. We believe in America.
Today we are united not only by our faith in America. We are united also by our concern for America.
This country we love is in peril. And that, my friends, is why we are here today.
A few years ago, Americans did something that was, actually, very much the sort of thing Americans like to do: We gave someone new a chance to lead; someone we hadn't known for very long, who didn't have much of a record but promised to lead us to a better place.
At the time, we didn't know what sort of a President he would make. It was a moment of crisis for our economy, and when Barack Obama came to office, we wished him well and hoped for the best.
Now, in the third year of his four-year term, we have more than promises and slogans to go by.
Barack Obama has failed America.
When he took office, the economy was in recession. He made it worse. And he made it last longer.
Three years later, over 16 million Americans are out of work or have just quit looking. Millions more are underemployed.
Three years later, unemployment is still above 8%, a figure he said his stimulus would keep from happening.
Three years later, foreclosures are still at record levels.
Three years later the prices of homes continue to fall.
Three years later, our national debt has grown nearly as large as our entire economy.
Families are buried under higher prices for food and higher prices for gasoline.
It breaks my heart to see what's happening in this country.
These failing hopes make up President Obama's own misery index. It's never been higher. And what's his answer? He says this: "I'm just getting started."
No, Mr. President, you've had your chance. We, the people on this farm, and citizens across the country are the ones who are just getting started.
I visited with a family, Kathy and Dave Tyler, who live in a suburb north of Las Vegas, Nevada. You probably know families just like them. They're in their early forties, a couple who had worked hard, sacrificed to buy a home in a good neighborhood, the sort of place they wanted their daughter Allie to grow up. But now that neighborhood is being crushed by this Obama economy. First their neighbors started losing their jobs...and then their homes. And all around them now are abandoned houses... and abandoned dreams.
When the Tylers wake up in the morning and get Allie off to school and then go to work and do everything they can to make it to the end of the month and hold their lives together, it doesn't matter if they are Republican or Democrat, Independent or...Libertarian. They're just Americans. An American family.
And across the richest, greatest country on earth, there are millions of American families like the Tylers. Folks who grew up believing that if they played by the rules, worked hard, that they would have the chance to build a good life, with steady work and always that possibility to work a little harder and get ahead.
And in that America, you don't wonder if your children will have a better life. You know they will. You know it the same way we know that tomorrow morning the sun is going to come up in the East right over this field.
That confidence in a better tomorrow defines us as Americans.
When generations of immigrants looked up and saw the Statue of Liberty for the first time, they surely had many questions and doubts about the life before them, but one thing they knew without a doubt is that they were coming to a place where anything was possible—that in America, their children would have a better life.
I believe in that America. I know you believe in that America. It is an America of freedom and opportunity. A nation where innovation and hard work propel the most powerful economy in the world. A land that is secured by the greatest military the world has ever seen, and by friends and allies across the globe.
President Obama sees a different America and has taken us in a different direction.
A few months into office, he travelled around the globe to apologize for America.
At a time of historic change and great opportunity in the Arab world, he is hesitant and uncertain. He hesitated to speak out for the dissidents in Iran, but his Administration boasts that he is "leading from behind" in Libya.
He speaks with firmness and clarity, however, when it comes to Israel. He seems firmly and clearly determined to undermine our longtime friend and ally. He's treating Israel the same way so many European countries have: with suspicion, distrust and an assumption that Israel is at fault.
To his credit, the President ordered the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. In Afghanistan, the surge was right, announcing a withdrawal date was wrong. The Taliban may not have watches, but they do have calendars.
Here at home, the President seems to take his inspiration not from the small towns and villages of New Hampshire but from the capitals of Europe.
With the economy in crisis, his answer is to borrow money we can't afford and throw it at Washington bureaucrats and politicians. Just like Europe.
Instead of encouraging entrepreneurs and employers, he raises their taxes, piles on record-breaking mounds of regulation and bureaucracy and gives more power to union bosses.
Instead of recognizing the states rightful authority to solve problems, he seizes power from them and rams through a disastrous national health care plan.
This President's first answer to every problem is to take power from you, your local government and your state so that so-called "experts" in Washington can make those choices for you. And with each of these decisions, we lose more of our freedom.
You and I understand this. We look at our country, and we know in our hearts that things aren't right, and they're not getting better.
President Obama's European answers are not the right solution to America's challenges.
In the campaign to come, the American ideals of economic freedom and opportunity need a clear and unapologetic defense, and I intend to make it—because I have lived it.
Twenty-seven years ago, I left a steady job to join with some friends to start a business. Like many of you, it had been a dream of mine to try and build a business from the ground up. We started in a small office a couple of hours from here and over the years, we were able to grow from ten employees to hundreds.
My work led me to become deeply involved in helping other businesses, from innovative startups to large companies going through tough times. Sometimes I was successful and helped create jobs, other times I was not. I learned how America competes with companies in other countries, what works in the real world and what doesn't.
I left my business in 1999 to help put the Salt Lake City Olympics back on track. And when the Games were over, I came home to Massachusetts and served as governor.
I'd never held office before but I went at it like I ran businesses and the Olympics: ask tough questions and take on the toughest problems first, because they'll only get worse.
When I took office, I faced a nearly $3 billion budget hole. My legislature was over 85% Democrat. The expectation was that we'd have to raise taxes but I refused. I ordered a review of all state spending, made tough choices and balanced the budget without raising taxes. That sent a message that business as usual was over.
Over the next four years, we consolidated agencies, cut programs, sold state property and cut taxes nineteen times. The state was giving away over a billion dollars in free health care, much of it to people who could have paid something but were gaming the system. You won't be surprised that a lot of Democrats thought we should be giving away even more.
I took it on and hammered out a solution that took a bad situation and made it better. Not perfect but it was a state solution for a state problem. At the end of four years, it took over 800 vetoes but we balanced every budget, restored a $2 billion dollar rainy day fund and kept our schools first among all 50 states.
All of these experiences — starting and running businesses for 25 years, turning around the Olympics, governing a state — have helped shape who I am and how I lead. Of course, if I ran through a list of all my mistakes, Ann would find it hilarious, and we'd be here all night. But I've learned a lot.
Turning around a crisis takes experienced leadership and bold action. For millions of Americans, the economy is in crisis today, and unless we change course, it will be in crisis for all of us tomorrow.
Government under President Obama has grown to consume almost 40% of our economy. We are only inches away from ceasing to be a free market economy. I will cap federal spending at 20% or less of the GDP and finally, finally balance the budget.
My generation will pass the torch to the next generation, not a bill.
I will insist that Washington learns to respect the Constitution, including the 10th Amendment. We will return responsibility and authority to the states for dozens of government programs – and that begins with a complete repeal of Obamacare.
From my first day in office my number one job will be to see that America once again is number one in job creation. You know, if you want to create jobs, it helps to have had a job. I will make business taxes competitive with other nations, modernize regulations and bureaucracy and finally promote America's trade interests. It's time for a president who cares more about America's workers than he does about America's union bosses.
Over the last thirty years, I can't tell you how many times I've heard a situation is hopeless. But I've never been very good at listening to those people and I've always enjoyed proving them wrong.
It's one of the lessons I learned from my Dad.
My father never graduated from college. He apprenticed, as a lath and plaster carpenter, and he was darn good at it. He learned how to put a handful of nails in his mouth and spit them out, point forward. On their honeymoon, he and Mom drove across the country. Dad sold aluminum paint along the way, to pay for gas and hotels.
There were a lot reasons my father could have given up or set his sights lower. But Dad always believed in America; and in that America, a lath and plaster man could work his way up to running a little car company called American Motors, and end up Governor of a state where he had once sold aluminum paint.
For my Dad, America was the land of opportunity, where the circumstances of birth are no barrier to achieving one's dreams. Small business and entrepreneurs were encouraged, and respected, and a good worker could almost always find a good job.
The spirit of enterprise, innovation, pioneering and can-do propelled our standard of living and economy past every other nation on earth.
I refuse to believe that America is just another place on the map with a flag. We stand for freedom and opportunity and hope.
These last two years have not been the best of times. But while we've lost a couple of years, we have not lost our way. The principles that made us a great nation and leader of the world have not lost their meaning. They never will.
We know we can bring this country back.
I'm Mitt Romney. I believe in America.
And I'm running for President of the United States.
This program aired on June 2, 2011. The audio for this program is not available.


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Grand Erie recognizes the importance of quality care and growth in our young learners.
We provide a number of services for this age group and child care facilities are located at McKinnon Park Secondary School and Waterford District High School.
Find other locations of Early Years Centres in Brant and in Haldimand and Norfolk.


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Yarn line #279
• Fiber content: Most colors 100% Certified Organic Merino Wool: Colors 0210 (seasmoke) and 0100 (oatmeal) are 85% Certified Organic Merino and 15% Alpaca
• Gauge is K: 7.5-8 stitches on 2-3 • C: 5.5-8 stitches/in on sz B-1 to E-4
• Super Fine
• Wraps/inch (wpi) 20
• Weaving tabby sett 12-14
• Weaving twill sett 15-18
• Yardage: 2400 yards/lb
- • 525 yards/100 g hank
Swans Island Fingering Organic Merino Wool Yarn description:
Swans Island has been hand weaving and naturally dyeing the finest wool blankets and throws here on the coast of Maine for over 15 years. We are very excited to offer their range of certified organic merino knitting yarns in both fingering and worsted weights!
The colors are all derived from natural dyes or directly from the fleece. The beauty of Swans Island yarns comes from the careful attention given to each skein. Their yarns are handled gently through all steps of the creative process, resulting in yarns that are creamy soft and a joy to use. Let these buttery soft, eco-friendly yarns help you to create luxurious heirlooms that are functional, beautiful and great to use.
The super soft organic merino fiber is brought to Maine from South America, and carefully spun by Jagger Brothers of Springvale, Maine. Colors shown in fingering weight, item 279. All colors available in both sizes.
Most colors 100% Certified Organic Merino Wool: Colors 0210 (seasmoke) and 0100 (oatmeal) are 85% Certified Organic Merino and 15% Alpaca.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The economy is showing signs of life and that makes it a good time for small business owners to re-evaluate how they are running their companies.
Now that crisis mode has passed, owners need to make sure they're ready to take advantage of growth opportunities on the horizon. Experts say it's time for owners to think about taking some risks and to make sure that they are taking care of employees.
There's evidence that owners are more confident. Nearly half of small business owners say there will be growth opportunities in the coming year, according to a survey taken in June and July by the National Small Business Association. That's up from 38 percent six months ago. And the Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index of small business confidence, compiled from a July survey of owners, jumped 9 points to 25 from the start of the year.
Of course, the economy still has soft spots, including manufacturing and sales of new homes, which fell sharply in July. And many owners are uneasy because they don't know what health insurance will cost under the Affordable Care Act.
But owners shouldn't give into uncertainty, says Paul Sarvadi, an adviser to many small business owners.
"I wouldn't let the negative news and negative backdrop rob you of that innate risk-taking advantage and edge that you have," says Sarvadi, CEO of Insperity, a Houston-based human resources provider.
Here's a look what small business owners should be doing right now:
Owners should take a break from the day-to-day grind and think about the future.
"Back away from the business and look strategically at next year and ask, 'what can I do differently?'" Sarvadi says. "Look at your (business) plan. Are you going to beat it or be behind it?"
Owners should think about how they get their sales.
"You have to aggressively make sure you have your best foot forward on every sale, especially those most likely to come in," he says.
Keeping costs down should remain a priority because customers are willing to bolt to another business that offers lower prices, says David Rosenbaum, president of Real-Time Computer Services, a technology services company based in New York.
"You need to be putting an additional emphasis on figuring out how to less expensively deliver what product or service you're delivering," Rosenbaum adds. "You may not be able to charge what you did before."
Owners also need to help customers understand that their products and services are more valuable than what competitors offer.
"They have to figure out ways to communicate that they're different," Rosenbaum says.
Owners should take an honest, hard look at their companies and see if there are fundamental changes to make, recommends Kathleen Allen, a professor of entrepreneurship at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business.
"You need to really analyze your business and say, what are the products or services I'm selling that are doing well? What are the ones that are not? And can I substitute them with something else?" she says.
This is the time to take risk.
Surveys over the past year have shown that owners are playing it safe because of the economy. These days, many owners see hiring even one employee or investing in an expensive piece of equipment as risky. But that strategy isn't always the safest bet.
"To do nothing is to take a risk, and more often than not, it's as great a risk as taking calculated action," says Dennis Ceru, an adjunct professor of entrepreneurship at Babson College in Wellesley, Mass.
Consumer spending and the economy can rebound quickly. Companies that can't jump on an opportunity because they don't have the staff or equipment may lose out to competitors.
"To be caught unaware and unprepared is as bad or worse as stepping into the pool before it's up to temperature," Ceru says.
Not moving forward because of uncertainty about the health care law is a mistake, USC's Allen says.
"They will not get all their questions answered for some time to come. Do you stand and wait for everything to be figured out before you do anything to grow your business?" she says.
As the labor market improves, many people will look for new jobs. Retaining staffers is key, says Maria Martinez, owner of Respira Medical, a company that provides respiratory and other medical equipment.
Martinez, who has 60 employees, uses incentives like flexible scheduling and tuition reimbursement to reward and keep staffers. They can come in late or leave early when necessary. She gives each employee four days a year with pay to volunteer at charitable organizations.
"It could be the simplest things that could make a difference," says Martinez, whose company is based in Linthicum Heights, Md.
Martinez also believes in helping any employee who's struggling with personal or financial issues. She arranged for dental care for a staffer who couldn't afford it. The man never smiled because he was ashamed of his teeth, and when he got dentures, he began smiling at work for the first time. Martinez also fired a worker who belittled the man because of his teeth.
Owners who had to cut 401(k) contributions or other benefits because of the recession and its aftermath should start restoring them, Insperity's Sarvadi says.
"I would consider, if not all at once, then incrementally bringing some things back," he says.


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Malibu, CA, May 31, 2023 AEST (ABN Newswire) - In this segment of The Ellis Martin Report we speak with Jordan Trimble, the CEO of Skyharbour Resources Ltd (CVE:SYH) (SYHBF:OTCMKTS) as the company continues to prove out its project generator model with the signing of an option agreement with North Shore Energy Metals for the South Falcon Uranium Property in Canada's Athabasca Basin.
We also review the macro view of the uranium sector including the metal and the equities.
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About Skyharbour Resources Ltd.
Skyharbour Resources (CVE:SYH) (OTCMKTS:SYHBF) holds an extensive portfolio of uranium and thorium exploration projects in Canada's Athabasca Basin and is well positioned to benefit from improving uranium market fundamentals with six drill-ready projects. In July 2016, Skyharbour acquired an option from Denison Mines, a large strategic shareholder of the Company, to acquire 100% of the Moore Uranium Project which is located approximately 15 kilometres east of Denison's Wheeler River project and 39 kilometres south of Cameco's McArthur River uranium mine. Moore is an advanced stage uranium exploration project with high grade uranium mineralization at the Maverick Zone. Drill results have returned up to 6.0% U3O8 over 5.9 metres, including 20.8% U3O8 over 1.5 metres at a vertical depth of 265 metres. Skyharbour has signed option agreements with Orano Canada Inc. and Azincourt Energy whereby Orano and Azincourt can earn in up to 70% of specific segments of the Preston Project through a combined $9,800,000 in total exploration expenditures, as well as $1,700,000 in total cash payments and Azincourt shares. Preston is a large, geologically prospective property proximal to Fission Uranium's Triple R deposit as well as NexGen Energy's Arrow deposit. The Company also owns a 100% interest in the Falcon Point Uranium Project which hosts a high-grade surface showing with up to 68% U3O8 in grab samples from a massive pitchblende vein, the source of which has yet to be discovered. The Company's 100% owned Mann Lake Uranium project on the east side of the Basin is strategically located adjacent to the Mann Lake Joint Venture operated by Cameco, where high-grade uranium mineralization has been identified. Skyharbour's goal is to maximize shareholder value through new mineral discoveries, committed long-term partnerships, and the advancement of exploration projects in geopolitically favourable jurisdictions.
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The Miami Heat trounced the Portland Trail Blazers Thursday night 107-93, bringing their winning streak to nine games.
Sans Chris Bosh, who had a death in the family, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade led the Heat in their first game since the All-Star break.
LeBron James had 38 points and 11 rebounds, and Dwyane Wade added 33 points and 10 assists.
The Heat now stand at 28-7 — their best 35-game start in franchise history.
The game was the Heat's first since the All-Star break. The Heat hadn't played since a 102-88 victory at home over the New York Knicks last Thursday.
LaMarcus Aldridge had 20 points for the Blazers, who came into the game from a loss to Denver.
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New comics arrive in comics shops every Wednesday. New and old ones hit online comics apps on Wednesdays, too. After a week's break from E3, I'm back to recommend a few, though, I'm sorry to say that this week is light on promising new books.
Here are my recommendations as well as the normal run-down of video game comics. Happy, comics reading!
Comics You Should Consider Buying (from comics shops)
Kirby Genesis #1 The team behind Marvels, writer Kurt Busiek and painter Alex Ross, are joined by artist Jackson Herbert to launch a new series based on concepts created by the great Jack Kirby (creator or co-creator of characters ranging from the Fantastic Four and Captain America to the Demon and Darkseid). Official summary: "A message to space has been heard and answered—but what has come to Earth isn't what anyone would expect! As cosmic visitors begin to be revealed to the world, a deadly battle begins—and three ordinary people are caught up in it. Featuring: Captain Victory, Silver Star, the Glory Knights and more—and this is just the beginning!" (Note: the image atop this post shows one of the limited-edition Alex Ross covers for the first issue.)
Comics With Video Game Connections (new this week in comics shops)
DC Universe Online #10 Official summary: "! Lex Luthor has saved the day and done what Superman couldn't by rescuing the Daily Planet and foiling Brainiac's plans. Now, Superman must answer to the JLA for his dereliction of duty, and it won't be pretty!"
Deus Ex #5 Official summary: "Adam Jensen closes in on his former ally Durant...but who's pulling the psycho cyborg's strings? Is this all a feint to undermine Sarif Industries? If so, who's behind it?"
Gears of War #17 Official summary: "Best-selling author Karen Traviss continues to explore the years prior to 'Emergence Day.' It's the end of boot camp and the start of the real war for new recruits Marcus Fenix and Carlos Santiago. Marcus immediately establishes his reputation as a hard-charging Gear and natural leader, while his father struggles for a breakthrough in his orbital laser research, codenamed Hammer of Dawn."
Level Up (graphic novel) Official summary: "Dennis Ouyang's parents want him to become a doctor. But Dennis just wants to play video games. What happens when fate takes a hand - in the form of four adorable, bossy, and occasionally terrifying angels—to lead Dennis down the straight and narrow path to gastroenterology?"
Sonic Universe #29 Official summary: "Inside Job' Part 1. Step aside Sonic; this arc stars Scourge! The vicious 'Evil Sonic' is under heavy lock-down in Zone Jail. Can it be that the would-be world conqueror has been beaten into submission? And when some unlikely allies arrive, will his ego allow him to accept their help?"
And Over On The iPad/iPhone/Droid…
The ComiXology Comics app has a batch of new comics, as always, including most (but, oddly, not all) of Paul Cornell's recent Action Comics. That run featured Lex Luthor on a quest for power that had him crossing paths with many classic comics villains as well as, shock of shocks, Death from Neil Gaiman's Sandman. Also at ComiXology... Grant Morrison and Jae Lee's four-issue Fantastic Four: 1234 debuts on the store. I haven't read it in a while, but I recall it being smart and a bit melancholy. One of Morrison's overlooked works. Recommended. If you have Green Lantern fever, the first 21 issues of the 1960s comic series that debuted Green Lantern Hal Jordan are also now in the shop, though, in brightest day, beware the price of these old comics … for $2 an issue? They've been reprinted for cheaper. The full 12-issue run of Mark Gruenwald's 1980s Marvel series Squadron Supreme is also on the shop. I have heard good things about that, but also heard this team was simply Marvel's take on the Justice League. Worth reading? You tell me.
Best Comics I Read Last Week
Captain Britain and MI: 13 #1-8 I bought this series on my iPad a while ago, after hearing great things. I knew nothing of Captain Britain (his earlier 80s comics is one of my few Alan Moore blindspots) and had never ready any of the Secret Invasion storyline that the first four issues of this recently-cancelled short-lived series cross over into. Nevertheless, this series has been a fantastic read.
Captain Britain is Britain's top costumed icon. He leads a team of super-heroes on behalf of the British government to battle supernatural threats. Arthurian threats. Evil spirit. That sort of thing. On the Captain's team, at various moments in the serues, is a shape-shifting alien who takes the form of John Lennon, a nurse who can rip bodies apart, a man who may or may not possess a sword that is trying to turn him evil, a super-heroine who is sort of secretly a vampire and Blade, the Wesley-Snipes-famous vampire-hunter who, as soon as he joins the team, stabs the vampire-lady with a wooden stake. Clever, surprising and entirely comprehensible even if you know little of Marvel's lore. The series is delightful (and only 15 issues long).
Tell me what you're reading this week and which great comics I'm missing.


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Enrique R. Lamadrid
University of New Mexico
More folk plays and ritual dramas have been found in New Mexico than in any other Spanish-speaking region of the New World. Over the past four centuries, a wide variety of historical and religious dramas have taken center stage in plazas and churches throughout the upper Río Grande. In the village of Arroyo Hondo, Juan B. Rael grew up with these plays and was impressed by their simple allegorical power and lyrical beauty. His research as a folklorist was concerned with the origins and diffusion of this tradition. Some plays like the spectacular equestrian production of "Moros y Cristianos" ("The Moors and the Christians") are Peninsular Spanish in origin, while most others, like those of the Nativity cycle, are from Mexico with Spanish influences. Only a few plays, like "Los Comanches" ("The Comanches") and "Los Texanos" ("The Texans"), were based on local history in their celebration of the most important military victories of the Nuevo Mexicanos.
The Nativity plays can still be found almost anywhere in New Mexico, even in the late twentieth century, while other religious and historical plays are only produced in certain villages. After a decline following World War II, a groundswell of popular interest in traditional culture began in the 1960s and fostered a regional revival. Now, almost every community boasts a troupe of actors and singers organized by enterprising individuals or families.
Since medieval times, the Catholic Church has used allegorical dramas, the autos sacramentales, to teach religion in Spain and especially in the American colonies. Native people with little knowledge of Spanish could still grasp the most important lessons of Christianity, many of which were carried on the wings of music. Historical dramas sprang not from doctrines of church or state, but directly from the experience of the people as they struggled to survive the wars of the Spanish reconquest and the rigors of life in the New World.
In New Mexico, the Christmas season is initiated with some version, however short or long, of the appearance of the Virgen de Guadalupe, from brief tableaus of Guadalupe revealing herself to the humble Aztec Juan Diego to costumed "Comanche" and "Azteca" dances, and complete performances of the classic play "Las Cuatro Apariciones de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe" ("The Four Apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe"). Next, on the nine days before Christmas, the singing processionals of "Las Posadas" ("The Inns") lead Joseph and Mary through the streets begging for lodging, however humble.
The climax of the season comes with the adventures, antics, and battles of shepherds, angels, and devils of "Los Pastores," short for "El Segundo Coloquio de los Pastores" ("The Second Colloquy of the Shepherds"), the most widespread of the Nativity Plays, which also include "El Primer Coloquio" ("The First Colloquy") and "La Aurora del Nuevo Día" ("The Dawn of the New Day"). On their journey to Bethlehem to take their presents to the Santo Niño, the shepherds are waylaid by Lucifer himself, who tempts a pious Ermitaño (Hermit) to seduce Gila, the beautiful shepherd girl. The audience is amused by the mischief of Bartolo, the lazy shepherd, and the rhetorical prowess and swordplay of San Miguel, the Archangel Saint Michael. One of the impediments of their journey is a snowstorm, which the shepherds lament in the song " Cielo Soberano" ("Sovereign Heaven"):
Las estrellas vuelan
y luego se paran,
absortas se quedan
de ver tal nevada.
The stars fly
and then stand still,
they are amazed
to see such a snowfall.
The next folk play in the yearly cycle is " Los Tres Reyes" ("The Three Kings"), performed on Epiphany, January 6, complete with its own special music. Another auto of special interest to scholars is "Adán y Eva" ("Adam and Eve"), which is only rarely performed. One exceptional play that Juan B. Rael encountered in his field work in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado is " El Niño Perdido" ("The Lost Child"), about the episode in the life of the child Jesus when he disappears and is found days later debating theology with the doctors of the temple. This play has extraordinary music that is reminiscent of the alabado hymns of praise sung by the local Penitente Brotherhood. In two poignant songs the distraught father, Joseph, searches for his son and worries about his frantic wife:
En ver que mi amada esposa
y castísima María
ni de noche, ni de día,
un instante no reposa.
Cual sincera mariposa
On seeing that my beloved wife
the chaste Mary
not by night, nor by day,
nor for an instant finds repose.
Like a butterfly sincere


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THREE HYMNS FOR CORPUS CHRISTI, also ADORO TE DEVOTE, and TANTUM ERGO
Below are three hymns composed by St. Thomas Aquinas for the Feast of the Body and Blood of the Lord. Google any one of them on YouTube, to hear them sung. Adoro Te Devote was also composed as a Eucharistic Hymn by him, as was the Tantum Ergo (the last verses of Pange Lingua, a hymn used on Holy Thursday Evening, at the Mass of the Lord's Supper.)
PANIS ANGELICUS: (Part of a hymn written by St. Thomas Aquinas for the Feast of Corpus Christi)
Panis Angelicus fit panis hominum
Dat panis coelicus figuris terminum
O res mirabilis! Manducat Dominum
Pauper, pauper, servus et humilis
Pauper, pauper, servus et humilis
The angel's bread becomes the bread of men
The heavenly bread ends all symbols
Oh, miraculous thing! The body of the Lord
Will nourish the poor, poor, and humble servant
The poor, poor, and humble servant
O SACRUM CONVIVIUM: O Sacrum Convivium is a Latin prose text honoring the Blessed Sacrament. It was written by Saint Thomas Aquinas. It was included in the Latin Catholic liturgy as an antiphon on the feast of Corpus Christi. Its sentiments express the profound mystery of the Eucharistic miracle: "O sacred banquet at which Christ is consumed, the memory of his Passion is recalled, our souls are filled with grace, and the pledge of future glory is given to us."[1]
Original Latin
O sacrum convivium!
in quo Christus sumitur:
recolitur memoria passionis eius:
mens impletur gratia:
et futurae gloriae nobis pignus datur.
Translation of original Latin
O sacred banquet!
in which Christ is received,
the memory of his Passion is renewed,
the mind is filled with grace,
and a pledge of future glory to us is given.
O SALUTARIS HOSTIA, "O Saving Host", is a section of one of the Eucharistic hymns written by St Thomas Aquinas for the Feast of Corpus Christi.
O salutaris Hostia,
Quae caeli pandis ostium:
Bella premunt hostilia,
Da robur, fer auxilium.
Uni trinoque Domino
Sit sempiterna gloria,
Qui vitam sine termino
Nobis donet in patria.
O saving Victim, opening wide
The gate of Heaven to us below;
Our foes press hard on every side;
Your aid supply; Your strength bestow.
To your great name be endless praise,
Immortal Godhead, One in Three.
O grant us endless length of days,
In our true native land with thee.
(Literal translation)
O Salutary Victim,
Who opens the door of the sky,
Hostile wars press,
Give strength; bear aid.
To the Lord One in Three,
May there be eternal glory;
For, life without end
he gives to us in our homeland.
Adoro Te Devote is a Eucharistic Hymn also composed by St. Thomas Aquinas.
Adoro te devote, latens Deitas,
Quæ sub his figuris vere latitas;
Tibi se cor meum totum subjicit,
Quia te contemplans totum deficit.
Visus, tactus, gustus in te fallitur,
Sed auditu solo tuto creditur.
Credo quidquid dixit Dei Filius;
Nil hoc verbo veritátis verius.
In cruce latebat sola Deitas,
At hic latet simul et Humanitas,
Ambo tamen credens atque confitens,
Peto quod petivit latro pœnitens.
Plagas, sicut Thomas, non intueor:
Deum tamen meum te confiteor.
Fac me tibi semper magis credere,
In te spem habere, te diligere.
O memoriale mortis Domini!
Panis vivus, vitam præstans homini!
Præsta meæ menti de te vívere,
Et te illi semper dulce sapere.
Pie Pelicane, Jesu Domine,
Me immundum munda tuo sanguine:
Cujus una stilla salvum facere
Totum mundum quit ab omni scelere.
Jesu, quem velatum nunc aspicio,
Oro, fiat illud quod tam sitio:
Ut te revelata cernens facie,
Visu sim beátus tuæ gloriæ. Amen
English Translation of Adoro Te Devote:
I devoutly adore you, O hidden Deity,
Truly hidden beneath these appearances.
My whole heart submits to you,
And in contemplating you,
It surrenders itself completely.
Sight, touch, taste are all deceived
In their judgment of you,
But hearing suffices firmly to believe.
I believe all that the Son of God has spoken;
There is nothing truer than this word of truth.
On the cross only the divinity was hidden,
But here the humanity is also hidden.
I believe and confess both,
And ask for what the repentant thief asked.
I do not see the wounds as Thomas did,
But I confess that you are my God.
Make me believe more and more in you,
Hope in you, and love you.
O memorial of our Lord's death!
Living bread that gives life to man,
Grant my soul to live on you,
And always to savor your sweetness.
Lord Jesus, Good Pelican,
wash me clean with your blood,
One drop of which can free
the entire world of all its sins.
Jesus, whom now I see hidden,
I ask you to fulfill what I so desire:
That the sight of your face being unveiled
I may have the happiness of seeing your glory. Amen
Tantum ergo are the opening words of the last two verses of Pange Lingua, a Mediaeval Latin hymn written by St Thomas Aquinas. These last two verses are sung during veneration and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament in the Roman Catholic Church and other churches that practice this devotion.
Latin text
Tantum ergo Sacramentum
Veneremur cernui:
Et antiquum documentum
Novo cedat ritui:
Praestet fides supplementum
Sensuum defectui.
Genitori, Genitoque
Laus et jubilatio,
Salus, honor, virtus quoque
Sit et benedictio:
Procedenti ab utroque
Compar sit laudatio. Amen.
V. Panem de caelis praestitisti eis
R. Omne delectamentum in se habentem
Oremus: Deus, qui nobis sub sacramento mirabili, passionis tuae memoriam reliquisti: tribue, quaesumus, ita nos corporis et sanguinis tui sacra mysteria venerari, ut redemptionis tuae fructum in nobis iugiter sentiamus. Qui vivis et regnas in saecula saeculorum.
R. Amen.
English translation
A translation over a hundred years old[5] and still used in Catholic churches liturgically[6] renders the hymn thus, in a form which can be sung to the same music as the Latin:
Down in adoration falling,
Lo! the sacred Host we hail,
Lo! o'er ancient forms departing
Newer rites of grace prevail;
Faith for all defects supplying,
Where the feeble senses fail.
To the everlasting Father,
And the Son Who reigns on high
With the Holy Ghost proceeding
Forth from Each eternally,
Be salvation, honor, blessing,
Might and endless majesty.
V. Thou hast given them bread from heaven.
R. Having within it all Sweetness.
V. Let us pray: O God, who in this wonderful Sacrament left us a memorial of Thy Passion: grant, we implore Thee, that we may so venerate the sacred mysteries of Thy Body and Blood, as always to be conscious of the fruit of Thy Redemption. Thou who livest and reignest forever and ever.
R. Amen.


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Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Meet Louis II…
When we next saw Louis it was in January of this year and he wasn't looking good. The cold temperatures of December were wreaking havoc with is beautiful fronds.
It just got worse from there. Louis was a goner, never particularly lively he seems to have been doomed from the very beginning (and I did purchase him for a rock-bottom price at a nursery of somewhat questionable means). It seems fitting this, his last photo in my garden, was taken in the sunshine...bye-bye Louis...
So, I am pleased to introduce Louis II...
A gift from Sean at Cistus this stately Trachycarpus wagnerianus already has a few feet on the old Louis and looks to be a fine addition to the family. Welcome Louis II, may you live long and prosper...
All material © 2009-2014 by Loree Bohl for danger garden. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited and just plain rude.
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New Louis is gorgeous! Welcome! Hope he thrives and has a much better fate than old Louis.ReplyDeleteReplies
He definitely had a better childhood than the old Louis, probably got all his vitamins and immunizations, ready for a healthy life ahead!Delete
Louis II is quite handsome and I know you'll be very happy together for years to come! Happy new plant, happy sunshine!ReplyDeleteReplies
Speaking of sunshine, have you seen what they're hinting at for your spring break week? (granted it's our forecast but yours can't be too different)Delete
- AnonymousApril 01, 2014
I just found your blog and I love it. Great job! - SusanReplyDelete
Louis II is handsome and looks perfect! May he love long, prosper, and grow taller and taller each year!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks guys! The original Louis (and thus the replacement) was an attempt to increase that enclosed jungley feeling of your garden. Sadly I realized the other day that with the removal of the privet, death of the acacia and moving of the Fatsia polycarpa, I've taken several steps backwards in this effort. Hopefully the massive amounts of rain we've been getting will fuel a growth spurt.Delete
Good luck with Louis II, I think my own T. wagnerianus bit this dust this winter!ReplyDelete
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I am so sorry John! You're out there fighting the good fight. Will you plant another?Delete
Louis II looks healthy and happy. I hope your whole garden is recovering from the miserable winter you've had.ReplyDeleteReplies
Many things are starting to show new growth and signs of recovery, many others have gone off to the great garden in the sky (aka the City of Portland composting program).Delete
AWESOME!!! I love louis 2. Trachycarpus wagnerianus is the best palm for the PNW. Feed him lots of fish fertilizer, Louis' love their seafood! I am sincerely honoured to have a palm named after me in your garden! Maybe this year I'll plant a trunking yucca rostrata named Loree!!!?ReplyDeleteReplies
Louis II is so much healthier than the original, much more fitting of his name! Good to know about the seafood diet, I am such a slacker when it comes to fertilizing.Delete
(and I would be honored)
Is Louis II the same as the larger palm in the bed behind him? That one seems to be thriving.ReplyDeleteReplies
No the one behind is a Trachycarpus fortunei. After a couple of misguided years in a container it was planted in the ground the spring of 2010 and has been very happy ever since.Delete
I covet a hardy palm, but is Trachycarpus wagnerianus going to have a long life? I have a new large pot and want to put a palm in it - but I can't handle anymore loss (I'm a broken person!). Is that the hardiest one out there for the PNW?ReplyDeleteReplies
Oh Lisa do it! There were very few palms that suffered the effects of last winter, I think the original Louis was doomed from the beginning. You would be safe with either a Trachycarpus wagnerianus or Trachycarpus fortunei, although I am tending to favor the leaves on the T. wag. It seems to be a little fast growing too. I've got another that I've never protected and it's been fine.Delete
I love T. wagnerianus. Hope Louis II does well. Do you have a name for the Trachycarpus in background, against your garage wall?ReplyDeleteReplies
No, while I love that palm it's never really announced it's personality in such a way that it needs a name. Out of all my plants only six have names.Delete
- LeeleeApril 01, 2014
What is the dark perennial in the foreground? Beautiful!ReplyDeleteReplies
In which photo? Second to last? That's black mondo grass - Ophiopogon planiscapus.Delete
- LeeleeApril 03, 2014
Well, I´m sorry for Louis I. We will remember him...ReplyDelete
Louis II looks soooo nice and healthy that I think it will be alright in your garden for many more years!!Replies
And grow big and tall!Delete
Louis II will be so proud of his namesake! I had the same sad experience with a young T. wagnerianus (and mine WAS from a very reputable nursery) but the T. fortunei that replaced him a year later is doing beautifully. May Louis II have a long and prosperous reign!ReplyDeleteReplies
Interesting to know I'm not the only one. Most trachy's are so tough!Delete
Awww, sad about Louis, but his replacement looks strong and healthy--and right at home in that spot! I love the way you name your plants. They do, indeed, have personalities and unique stories!ReplyDeleteReplies
Hopefully I've not gone so far over the top that I can be considered crazy...Delete
Where the plant hails from can make a huge difference. Louis II comes from the best, so his future seems secure. He is certainly a handsome fella starting out.ReplyDeleteReplies
I thought about pulling out the old and planting the new without saying anything to Andrew, waiting to see if he noticed a short palm had suddenly put on significant growth. But then I realized there was no way he would notice and I'd just be waiting and waiting for nothing.Delete
How lucky are you? Sweet gift.ReplyDeleteReplies
I am very lucky!Delete
Louis II looks to be well worthy of a good spot in your garden. Very nice gift!ReplyDeleteReplies
I had a vision the other day of walking into the back garden with tall palms, it was fabulous.Delete
I love waggies. They are so much tidier than fortunei, and every bit as lush and tropical, to my eye. Louis II looks happy and healthy! May he grace your garden for many years to come.ReplyDeleteReplies
I have another "waggie" and it's interesting to see the differences in their leaf form.Delete
Nice to meet you Louis II! Your black mondo grass is incredible! Do you keep dividing it or is it spreading on its own?ReplyDeleteReplies
It's spreading on its own. That patch I actually started with divisions from other plants. It's the perfect spot for it evidently.Delete
I can see from the left side of the wide shot with lawn that your garden has changed significantly since I was last there. More open along the fence line, new fence, expanded geometric bed behind the house. I can't wait to see it again during the Fling.ReplyDelete
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Universal Tutorial on Upgrading Firmware
Why do we need to upgrade the firmware?
After a mobile phone is sold, hardware is maintained by the maintenance center and software ismaintained by upgrading the firmware. We optimize, add or change functions of the mobile phone by upgrading the firmware. By upgrading the firmware, you can obtain the latest and the better functions.
Would data be lost after the firmware is upgraded?
Firmware upgrade will not lead to data loss. However, in the following cases, ensure that data is cleared during the upgrade. If the data is not cleared, the mobile phone may fail to start up.
1. The mobile phone has been downgraded.
2. The mobile phone has been rooted.
3. After security software was installed, the software was signed by the Android operating system to fix security holes.
Clearing the data will cause loss of personal data such as contact information. User data includes contacts, SMSs, applications and all content of the mobile phone except data stored on the SD card. Please ensure that important data is backed up and synchronized.
In other cases, there is no need to clear data before firmware upgrade. If user data is not cleared before the upgrade, the user data such as contacts, chat history and game progress is not lost after the upgrade. However, you are still advised to periodically back up data in case the mobile phone fails to be flashed or gets lost.
Preparation before flashing:
1. Back up important data.
2. Ensure that the battery is sufficient.
Manual flashing
1. Log in to the official website of Flyme www.flymeos.com . Click Download on the upper part of the webpage. Select your mobile phone type. Select the firmware version and click the Download button to download the firmware.
▲ (Log in to the official website of Flyme www.flymeos.com . Click Download on the upper part of the webpage.)
▲ (Select your mobile phone type.)
▲ (Select the required firmware version, and click the Download button.)
2. After the downloading is complete, connect the mobile phone to a computer by using a data cable.
▲ (After the connection is successful, anotification "Has been connected as a media device" will be displayed on the drop-down notification bar of the mobile phone. In this case,double-click Computer on the computer. The corresponding phone type, for example, "MX5", will be displayed below Portable Device.)
3. Right-click the update.zip/update.bin file to send it to the mobile phone "MX5" (Likewise, the corresponding phone type is displayed).
4. In this step, there are two operation manners:
Manner 1:
Open Documents on the desktop of the mobilephone and find out and click the update.zip/update.bin file. The mobile phone automatically enters into the upgrade window.
(For a mobilephone that has been downgraded, that has been rooted, or on which security software is installed and signed by the Android operating system to fix security holes, ensure that data is cleared before the upgrade. If the data isnot cleared, the mobile phone may fail to start up. Clearing the data willcause loss of personal data such as contact information. User data includes contacts, SMSs, applications and all content of the mobile phone except data stored on the SD card. Please ensure that important data is backed up and synchronized.)
Manner 2(Applicable to all firmware):
Turn off the mobile phone. Press and hold the Volume+ button and then press the power button till the mobile phone vibrates. Then, release the two buttons. The system automatically enters into the upgrade window. Select System upgrade, and click the Start button. Then, wait until the flashing is complete.
5. Enter the desktop to view whether the upgrade is successful. There are two methods for determining whether the upgrade issuccessful.
Method 1:
Enter the system, click the System upgrade iconto view the current version. If the version is the same as the downloaded firmware, the upgrade is successful.
Method 2:
Enter the system, click the Settings icon onthe desktop and then click About the Phone to view the current version. If the version is the same as the downloaded firmware, the upgrade is successful.
OTA Upgrade
OTA upgrade refers to online pushed upgrade, that is, mobile phones with earlier versions of firmware within a certain scope will receive a notification for firmware upgrade that are sent from Meizu. Users who receive the notification forupgrade can upgrade the firmware according to the following steps. Users whodid not receive the notification, manually detect the update according to Step2.
▲1. When an up arrow icon occurs on the status bar of the mobile phone, it indicates that the mobile phone has received the notification for firmware upgrade from Meizu.
▲2. Draw down the drop-down notification bar and click the upgrade notice. The mobile phone will go to the next graphic window.
If the upgrade notice is deleted or is not received, click the System Upgrade icon. The mobile phone will also go to the next graphic window, so that the manual update detection is complete.
▲3. Click the Upgrade button.
If the following diagram is viewed, it indicates that the current firmware is in the latest version and there is no need to upgrade the firmware.
▲4. Wait until the latest firmware is downloaded to the mobile phone. Please ensure that the battery is higher than 20% after the downloading of firmware is complete.
▲5. After the downloading is complete, the system pops up a countdown dialog box. Click the Restart button. The mobile phone will be automatically upgraded.
If the Restart button is not clicked, after the countdown ends, the system automatically restarts and is automatically upgraded.
▲6. Several minutes later, the system enters the desktop again. Draw down the drop-down notification bar, if the notice for upgrade success is shown, it indicates that the firmware upgrade is successful.
Backup and Recovery
I. Backup to the storage disk of the mobile phone
Data that can be backed up by performing the following operations include: contacts, SMSs, multimedia messages, call history, calendar, system settings, applications and data, and photo albums.
The data that is backed up to the storage disk of the mobile phone is stored in backup and backups directories and these two directories can be further backed up to a computer.
After data is cleared but the storage disk is not formated, backup data can be recovered by performed the following operations.
After data is cleared and the storagedisk is formated, copy the backup and backups directories that arebacked up to a computer to the storage disk of the mobile phone and then repeat the preceding steps.
II. Backup to a computer
Connect the mobile phone to a computer by using a data cable. On the computer, open the storage disk of the mobilephone and back up the data stored in the mobile phone to the computer.
Some directories and content contained in them are as follows:
backup — User data that is backed up to the storage disk of the mobile phonebackups — Applications and data that are backed up to the storage disk of the mobile phone
DCIM — Photos and video that are shot by the mobile phoneDownload — Files downloaded by the mobile phone
Movies — VideoMusic — Music
Pictures — Snapshots of the mobile phoneRecorder — Sound recording by the recorder and call recording
Ringtones — Customized ringtones
Please back up the files or directories to the computer based on your needs.
Flashing Failure and Solution
I. The firmware has been downgraded but user data is not cleared. As a result, the mobile phone fails to enter into the system.
Upgrading downgraded firmware without clearing the user data may cause the mobile phone to fail to enter into the system. Symptoms are as follows: The mobile phone stays in the Flyme balloon window, M keeps turning or themobile phone restarts repeatedly.
This problem can be solved by performing the following steps:
1. In the shut down or restart mode of the mobile phone, long press the volume+ button and then long press and power button till the Meizu logo occurs, and then release the two buttons. The mobile phone enters into the upgrade window (in recovery mode).
2. After the window is displayed, connect the mobile phone to a computer byusing a USB data cable. A portable storage disk labeled Recovery in the shapeof a volume will be identified and displayed.
3. Paste the firmware to the root directory of the disk.
Note: There is no need to change the file name or extension of the firmware.
4. Disconnect the mobile phone from the computer. Select System upgrade. Click Starton the bottom right corner of the screen. After the checking of the firmware file is complete, the mobile phone automatically enters into the flashing process.
Tips 1: In the Recovery window, you can move the cursor up and down by using the volume button and confirm the changes by using the power button.
Tips 2: In the Recovery window, byquickly pressing the Volume+ button for five times and the Volume– for five times (or quickly pressing the Volume– button for five times and the Volume+for five times), you can enter Android Easter egg mode where all data of the mobile phone can be erased, Data is precious. You are advised not to erase all data unless required.
5. Several minutes later, you will viewthe system welcome page. The update is complete.
II. During the update, the checking of the firmware fails.
If you are so unfortunately as to see the following window during the update, the reason may be that the update.zip/update.bin file is damaged during the downloading.
Please download the firmware again from the official web page and then, after the downloading is complete, compare the size with that on the web page, and check the MD5 value of the firmware.
If the firmware is downloaded on the mobile phone, the download manager embedded in the mobile phone has the function of calculating the MD5 value.
Then, repeat the preceding steps 2 to 5 to perform the update again.
III. The firmware that has been rooted fails to be upgraded through the OTA.
A mobile phone of which system rightsare enabled can be upgraded only by using a complete firmware package. If the mobile phone is upgraded by accepting the upgrade notification via OTA, thefollowing will be displayed during the upgrade:
In addition to clicking Restart to give up the upgrade, you can also complete the update by following steps 2 to 5 in this window.
IV. The update fails due to low battery.
When the firmware is updated in the Recovery window, if the mobile phone is notified that the battery is lower than 20% and the update fails, you can charge the mobile phone in this window till the minimum battery required for firmware upgraded is met, that is, when the Start button is in clickable state.Then, click the Start button to continue the update.
WilliCJ: I constantly get the Firmware Corrupt message on my M3 Max, no matter how I download the new file. My phone is rooted, but I have cleared the data, and tried all of the new versions. Help!
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The Somnambulist
A poem by
William Wordsworth
List, ye who pass by Lyulph's Tower
At eve; how softly then
Doth Aira-force, that torrent hoarse,
Speak from the woody glen!
Fit music for a solemn vale!
And holier seems the ground
To him who catches on the gale
The spirit of a mournful tale,
Embodied in the sound.
Not far from that fair site whereon
The Pleasure-house is reared,
As story says, in antique days
A stern-browed house appeared;
Foil to a Jewel rich in light
There set, and guarded well;
Cage for a Bird of plumage bright,
Sweet-voiced, nor wishing for a flight
Beyond her native dell.
To win this bright Bird from her cage,
To make this Gem their own,
Came Barons bold, with store of gold,
And Knights of high renown;
But one She prized, and only one;
Sir Eglamore was he;
Full happy season, when was known,
Ye Dales and Hills! to yon alone
Their mutual loyalty.
Known chiefly, Aira! to thy glen,
Thy brook, and bowers of holly;
Where Passion caught what Nature taught,
That all but love is folly;
Where Fact with Fancy stooped to play;
Doubt came not, nor regret
To trouble hours that winged their way,
As if through an immortal day
Whose sun could never set.
But in old times Love dwelt not long
Sequestered with repose;
Best throve the fire of chaste desire,
Fanned by the breath of foes.
"A conquering lance is beauty's test,
"And proves the Lover true;"
So spake Sir Eglamore, and pressed
The drooping Emma to his breast,
And looked a blind adieu.
They parted. Well with him it fared
Through wide-spread regions errant;
A knight of proof in love's behoof,
The thirst of fame his warrant:
And She her happiness can build
On woman's quiet hours;
Though faint, compared with spear and shield,
The solace beads and masses yield,
And needlework and flowers.
Yet blest was Emma when she heard
Her Champion's praise recounted;
Though brain would swim, and eyes grow dim,
And high her blushes mounted;
Or when a bold heroic lay
She warbled from full heart;
Delightful blossoms for the 'May'
Of absence! but they will not stay,
Born only to depart.
Hope wanes with her, while lustre fills
Whatever path he chooses;
As if his orb, that owns no curb,
Received the light hers loses.
He comes not back; an ampler space
Requires for nobler deeds;
He ranges on from place to place,
Till of his doings is no trace,
But what her fancy breeds.
His fame may spread, but in the past
Her spirit finds its centre;
Clear sight She has of what he was,
And that would now content her.
"Still is he my devoted Knight?"
The tear in answer flows;
Month falls on month with heavier weight;
Day sickens round her, and the night
Is empty of repose.
In sleep She sometimes walked abroad,
Deep sighs with quick words blending,
Like that pale Queen whose hands are seen
With fancied spots contending;
But 'she' is innocent of blood,
The moon is not more pure
That shines aloft, while through the wood
She thrids her way, the sounding Flood
Her melancholy lure!
While 'mid the fern-brake sleeps the doe,
And owls alone are waking,
In white arrayed, glides on the Maid
The downward pathway taking,
That leads her to the torrent's side
And to a holly bower;
By whom on this still night descried?
By whom in that lone place espied?
By thee, Sir Eglamore!
A wandering Ghost, so thinks the Knight,
His coming step has thwarted,
Beneath the boughs that heard their vows,
Within whose shade they parted.
Hush, hush, the busy Sleeper see!
Perplexed her fingers seem,
As if they from the holly tree
Green twigs would pluck, as rapidly
Flung from her to the stream.
What means the Spectre? Why intent
To violate the Tree,
Thought Eglamore, by which I swore,
Unfading constancy?
Here am I, and to-morrow's sun,
To her I left, shall prove
That bliss is ne'er so surely won
As when a circuit has been run
Of valour, truth, and love.
So from the spot whereon he stood,
He moved with stealthy pace;
And, drawing nigh, with his living eye,
He recognised the face;
And whispers caught, and speeches small,
Some to the green-leaved tree,
Some muttered to the torrent-fall;
"Roar on, and bring him with thy call;
"I heard, and so may He!"
Soul-shattered was the Knight, nor knew
If Emma's Ghost it were,
Or boding Shade, or if the Maid
Her very self stood there.
He touched; what followed who shall tell?
The soft touch snapped the thread
Of slumber, shrieking back she fell,
And the Stream whirled her down the dell
Along its foaming bed.
In plunged the Knight! when on firm ground
The rescued Maiden lay,
Her eyes grew bright with blissful light,
Confusion passed away;
She heard, ere to the throne of grace
Her faithful Spirit flew,
His voice beheld his speaking face;
And, dying, from his own embrace,
She felt that he was true.
So was he reconciled to life:
Brief words may speak the rest;
Within the dell he built a cell,
And there was Sorrow's guest;
In hermits' weeds repose he found,
From vain temptations free;
Beside the torrent dwelling bound
By one deep heart-controlling sound,
And awed to piety.
Wild stream of Aira, hold thy course,
Nor fear memorial lays,
Where clouds that spread in solemn shade,
Are edged with golden rays!
Dear art thou to the light of heaven,
Though minister of sorrow;
Sweet is thy voice at pensive even;
And thou, in lovers' hearts forgiven,
Shalt take thy place with Yarrow!
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The appropriate state flower for this distant state, the forget-me-not, is one of thousands of species of plants growing in the diverse ecosystems found throughout Alaska. This beautifully illustrated guide Alaska Trees & Wildflowers: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species highlights over 140 familiar and unique species of trees, shrubs and wildflowers and also includes an ecoregion map featuring prominent botanical sanctuaries. Laminated for durability, this lightweight, pocket-sized folding guide is an excellent source of portable information and ideal for field use by visitors and residents alike.
Zoologist James Kavanagh has researched and written more than 450 publications pertaining to wildlife observation and outdoor recreation. His unique talent is in taking complex information and synthesizing the salient points to make knowledge about nature and the outdoors more accessible to novices, and to present quick, portable reference information for more experienced wildlife and outdoor enthusiasts. His books have sold more than 5 million copies worldwide.