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The Crime at Black Dudley
- An Albert Campion Mystery
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Series: Albert Campion, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 14-02-2013
- Language: English
- Publisher: Audible Studios
- Whispersync for Voice-ready
Regular price: $22.46
Publisher's Summary
When George Abbershaw is invited to Black Dudley Manor for the weekend, he has only one thing on his mind - proposing to Meggie Oliphant. Unfortunately for George, things don't quite go according to plan. A harmless game turns decidedly deadly and suspicions of murder take precedence over matrimony. Trapped in a remote country house with a murderer, George can see no way out. But Albert Campion can.
About the author: Margery Allingham was born in London in 1904. Her first novel was published when she was 17. In 1929 she published The Crime at Black Dudley and introduced the character who was to become the hallmark of her writing - Albert Campion.
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- Meep
- 16-11-2013
I LIKE this narrator quite a lot!!!!
What did you love best about The Crime at Black Dudley?
I am not going to answer all these questions, I'm just going to write my review. I am writing this review primarily in defense of the narrator, who I think does a very good job, and as of my writing there are nothing but complaints about him in the written reviews posted. He does Margery Allingham the courtesy of reading her work the way she wrote it, and I appreciate that in a narrator. I did not like the narration of Frances Mathews, who read the only unabridged versions of Allingham on Audible prior to the full series coming out with David Thorpe reading, and I think Thorpe is much better.
Some have complained that in this book, Campion has an annoying, high pitched voice as read by Thorpe. Allingham tells us clearly in this book, on multiple occasions, that Campions voice is annoying, high pitched, and falsetto and Thorpe has the integrity and courage to read the character the way Allingham wrote him. Additionally, I find it annoying in some readers when they aren't familiar enough with the work to give the lines of dialog that occur before the explanations of them the correct emotional tone, an error Thorpe never makes. An example of the kind of thing I mean is a character will say, "I'm coming back now" and the reader will read it in a cheery tone of voice, and then the next line in the book is "he said sadly", and there we are with the jolt of a line read incorrectly by a reader that didn't do his or her homework and prepare properly for reading the the story. Thorpe has done his homework, he doesn't' make mistakes like this, his delivery is completely true to what Allingham meant it to be. There is no higher tribute a reader can pay to an author and it's one as a listener I REALLY appreciate, especially when I am fond of an author as I am of Allingham. Also, Thorpe reads with energy and sounds as though he is enjoying and appreciating the story as he reads it, and finally and perhaps most importantly, he GETS THE JOKES and reads the text in such a way that we can get them too. There is nothing sadder with these lovely examples of English humor than a reader who doesn't get the subtle humor and ruins it for the listener by reading it wrong. Allingham has some very funny lines, and Thorpe gets them all perfectly.
I do concede that he's not very good at country accents, and there is a "yokel" character in this book that has quite a few lines and is really a bit hard to take overall what with the bad accent and the unfortunate tone of voice used as well, but still I feel he does a great job overall for the reasons mentioned above, and does not deserve the hammering he's been taking here in the review section.
However, I've listened to almost the entire series now, and this is my least favorite, so all but the truly obsessed should probably skip this one and move on to the next in the series (Gyrth Challice) as a start. This book is clearly not the best Allingham has written by a long shot, though it's interesting to have because it IS the first in the series, and Campion was not meant to be the hero when she started writing, the series hero was meant to be the Doctor Abbershaw. If you do decide to start with this one, you can see why Campion became the series hero instead, he's far and away the character with the most pep, humor, interest, and energy, and a great deal smarter than the doc as well.
Overall I gave both the book and the performance four stars for the problems mentioned above, the rest of the series gets five stars for performance and story from me. Thorpe does tone down the falsetto voice on Campion as he goes on with the series, since Allingham does not continue to insist on it, and I find this fidelity to the author completely admirable in a reader.
What was one of the most memorable moments of The Crime at Black Dudley?
see above
Which scene was your favorite?
see above
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
see above
Any additional comments?
see above
37 of 37 people found this review helpful
- majkia
- 02-04-2013
The very beginnings of the Campion adventures
A surprise, as I'd read several later books. Here Campion is really just a bit player, with others doing the detecting and solving of the crimes. Campion comes across as far too silly for my tastes and it's hard to take him seriously given the voice used for him, despite the fact he does a good job doing the few things we know about.
I'll continue listening to the series, though, because I know he matures and grows to become the detective I know of old.
11 of 11 people found this review helpful
- Sylvia
- 02-11-2014
If you like Bertie Wooster, you'll like this!
What did you love best about The Crime at Black Dudley?
This is a period story in the tradition of Jeeves and Wooster, Her Royal Spyness, Blandings, The Poor Relation Books, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries, Anzac Girls, and other shows/stories set in the first half of the 20th century. I love books set during that period. The types of British Empire characters and the language expressions of the 20s and 30s are interesting and fun. I also like the bit of formality and melodrama offered by the style in which such stories are related.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Albert Campion's voice, at first, repelled me, but when I realized that he was a Bertie Wooster-type, but quite smart, that caused me to listen to it in a different light (is this a mixed metaphor?). Albert knows he appears an idiot ("vacuous" is the word oft-used in the books) and he knows that this helps him to get the information he requires to accomplish what he has set out to do.
Which scene was your favorite?
Albert's recitations of anything that happens are gems! His slang from the 1920s & 30s is hysterically descriptive.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Like I said, at first Albert's voice almost made me stop listening. It was very irritating, as was his personality. But I kept listening and soon understood that there was a method to his madness! When I realized that he HAD to sound and act the way he did, I relaxed and enjoyed it as much as I enjoy Bertie Wooster or Freddie Threepwood.
Any additional comments?
THE REVIEWERS WHO PANNED THIS BOOK DO NOT APPRECIATE THE HUMOR OF IT. It's a good mystery, but the period story demands melodrama and exaggeration. I felt like I was listening to an old radio serial (without sound effects or music). If you like the stories I mentioned to begin with, you should give this a try, keeping in mind my cautions about Albert's voice and personality.
9 of 9 people found this review helpful
- Kindle Customer
- 25-04-2013
One-time read, not a classic
The sound quality of this recording was superb.
The narrator left a lot to be desired in my opinion. I will not be purchasing more books by this narrator if it can be avoided. Some of his voice work was fabulous, but a lot of it was less than appealing. His tone was often wrong in terms of matching what was happening in the story and many of his character voices were so annoying I lost track of what he was actually saying. Ironically there were moments when his character voices were also extremely good. It made me very conflicted through the first half of the story as to whether or not I liked his narration but by the end of the book I simply could not wait for it to be over so I would not have to listen to him any more.
The characters in the story were not very fleshed out. Even the main characters, Dr. Abernathy, Albert Campion, and Meggie were not overly developed. Most of Dr. Abernathy's character development was centered on how amazed he was to have human-like feelings for Meggie. Not exactly riveting revelations of his character or personality. Albert Campion was really more of a side character in this one, but since this is the book that started his series I would have expected a bit more development there, but perhaps it was not written with the intent to make a new story star. The villains in this piece were almost like random bit parts that would appear and then disappear for long stretches. This is not uncommon for this type of mystery, however, the fact the villains were just a bit too over the top to be believed did not help the story keep reader interest.
The story itself was very typical of the genre and time period. A house party where sinister activity happens resulting in a mysterious death is tried and true plot for this type of book. There were several aspects of this particular story which made it slightly different, some of them were good and some not so much. I try not to spoil the story, so I will not say much except there were true moments of brilliance in my opinion (I love the mad cook scenes) and many moments of boredom as I listened to it as well. Anytime the characters as a group were involved it became almost farcical to a point where I again felt myself being annoyed. I felt the ending was very disappointing and when the murderer and reason behind it were revealed I almost wanted to reach out and smack the author. I saw the true murderer coming for a long time, but I was appalled and the flimsy backstory on why the murder happened.
It was an interesting book and I am glad to have listened to it once, but it will never be a classic in terms of books I enjoy listening to again and again.
8 of 9 people found this review helpful
- Poppisima
- 18-05-2015
If Bertie Wooster were in an Agatha Christie
mystery, this is what you'd get.
A cracking good story, but a bit brainy, what? And I say, they never cleared up that bit about the uncle's mask. Or did they? Must ask Jeeves ... He'll know.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
- Anne
- 24-12-2014
Surprised at how bad this was.
I remembered liking several of Margery Allingham's books when I was younger, but I had never read this one--and I hadn't missed a thing. The characters are unsympathetic and naïve; the narrator picked a bizarre voice for Campion, and the plot was abysmal. This must have been an early effort because it is poorly executed and a ridiculous plot. Can't tell if Allingham doesn't write as well as I thought she did or the PBS series done several years ago corrected her mistakes or it just is too dated--but don't waste your time here.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
- Sarah
- 28-05-2016
Pretty silly but well done!
David Thorpe is an excellent narrator and this must have been a very difficult book to narrate as there is a lot of dialogue and mostly young men. Fortunately the author usually makes it clear who is talking.
As to the way Thorpe reads Albert Campion's voice - some have criticized its high nasal quality in this reading, but this is exactly the way the author describes the way he talks.
Be sure to pay attention to the names of the characters or it can get confusing who is who.
The plot is very complex but the tone of the book is light. A good listen when you want something not too serious.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
- Anon.
- 22-02-2013
great story, horrible narrator
As always the story and the characters hold you completely in thrall, but the new narrator, David Thorpe, makes virtually everyone sound like a complete idiot. Once you screen out the voices, the book comes through fine, but the previous narrator, Francis Matthews, did an infinitely better job.
5 of 6 people found this review helpful
- 27-04-2017
Terrible narrator
Well so much for finding another series that I could enjoy working my way through.This was such a disappointment. The narrator just killed it for me. His choices for voices turned characters into caricatures. Any flaws the book had, and it had a number, were just magnified by the narrators rendition of the text. I'll try again with another narrator--with the hope that a new narrator and some maturity on the part of the author produces a better result.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
- Phyllis
- 23-10-2013
The narrator ruined this for me
Would you try another book from Margery Allingham and/or David Thorpe?
I have enjoyed Allingham over the years, usually in paperback. I decided to try a couple of novels in audio. I am glad I tried two because had I only listened to Thorpe's narration I would not have bought any additional books.
What did you like best about this story?
Allingham always has some fun as well as intrigue in her books. Her plots are usually a little more complex than many of the English cottage mystery writers. Campion is a character who grows on you much like Lord Peter Wimsey.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
While we know that Campion, like Lord Peter, puts on a facade of sorts - looking to appear the fool when he is not, this narrator made him sound like a hysterical alley cat. Other times he has him "twitter". I was so annoyed. I can't imagine anyone enjoying Campion with this voice attached. Fortunately I had bought one with another narrator at the same time and was pleased. Its too bad that most of the audio editions use Thorpe. I am not that picky about narrators compared to most, although I have my favorites like most listeners. This is the first time I have boycotted a narrator for reasons other than difficulty in understanding an accent, etc.
If you want to read Campion, make sure you try one of the books with another narrator and then you will at least understand the main character before you hear Thorpe destroy him.
If this book were a movie would you go see it?
Any additional comments?
I hope there are some other versions of the series with a different narrator. Otherwise I'll limit myself to non Thorpe narrations.
5 of 7 people found this review helpful
- FictionFan
- 27-01-2017
Campion's first appearance...
Any additional comments?
Dr George Abbershaw has gone down to Black Dudley Manor to join a house party for the weekend. The house is owned by George's friend, Wyatt Petrie, but is occupied by Wyatt's uncle by marriage, Colonel Coombe. The elderly wheelchair-bound colonel likes the company of young people, so often asks Wyatt to bring a group of his friends down for the weekend. George, though, is there mainly because he's fallen in love with a girl who is also a guest, Meggie Oliphaunt, and he hopes to find an opportunity to propose to her. Colonel Coombe has also invited a few friends of his own.
In the evening, talk turns to old legends and Wyatt reluctantly tells of the ritual of a dagger that hangs prominently on the wall. The ritual involves turning off the lights and running around the house in the dark, passing the knife from person to person. What jolly fun! However when the lights come up Colonel Coombe is found dead. His friends tell the assembled company that his death was expected as he was very ill, and hasten to get a cremation certificate signed and hustle the body off the premises, so as not to spoil the weekend (!). But it soon becomes obvious to George that there's something fishy going on (!) – and when something goes missing, suddenly the young people find themselves the prisoners of the Colonel's friends...
This is apparently the book in which Allingham's regular 'tec, Albert Campion, makes his first appearance, although in this one, George is the main focus and Campion is a secondary character. George is a sensible young man, but Campion appears to be a foolish fop, like Bertie Wooster, only with fewer brains and a falsetto voice. He does develop a bit more depth as the book progresses, but it's a strange first outing.
There is much running to and fro through secret tunnels, which are nearly as complex as the convoluted plot involving criminal gangs, mysterious papers and suchlike. Despite the darkness of the plot, and some episodes of viciousness on the part of the baddies, the general tone is light and fun. George and Meggie are both likeable characters, and their romance is handled nicely, not overwhelming the story but giving the reader something to care about amidst all the mayhem. Campion adds a lot of humour to the story, partly laughing with him and partly laughing at him. He's shrewder than he first appears, but in the end it's down to George to solve the puzzle of what it is the colonel's friends are looking for, and who killed the colonel. And of course to engineer the escape from the baddies. In fact, Campion more or less disappears towards the end and plays no part in the final denouement – presumably at that point Allingham didn't see him as her central character.
I listened to the audiobook version, and I have to say I felt David Thorpe's narration was great! I've seen some critical reviews of it, mainly from Campion fans objecting to the falsetto voice he uses for Campion and for the foolishness Thorpe puts into his character. But this is how he is written in the book and I felt Thorpe was paying attention to the words of this one, rather than basing his characterisation on how Campion develops in later novels. Thorpe brings out all the humour in the story, but also does an excellent job with the darker sections. He held my attention throughout, which doesn't always happen with audiobooks. A 5 star narration, in my opinion.
However, I've never rated Allingham as highly as the other Golden Age Queens of Crime: Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh and Dorothy L Sayers; and truthfully I'm not sure that this book has changed my mind. I found it enjoyable, but too convoluted and not at all credible, and apart from George and Meggie, too many of the characters are caricatures. I didn't feel it was fairplay at all – the eventual solution seemed to come from nowhere, though of course it's possible I missed hidden clues along the way (even good audiobooks have a tendency to induce occasional napping). I'm glad I listened though – I think the narration actually made me enjoy the book more than I might have, had I been reading a paper copy. So overall, a fun listen of a reasonably entertaining book, but probably not the best one to start with to get a feel for the character Campion eventually becomes.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful
- Allegra
- 07-01-2016
I had to stop listening after thirty minutes
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
A different reader
Who was your favorite character and why?
I didn't get far enough into the book to be able to say.
What didn't you like about David Thorpe's performance?
David's Thorpe narrative voice is quite unsuitable for this period piece: he sounds far too modern. But the thing that made me stop listening was his ridiculous rendering of Albert Campion's voice: while it is true that Campion is described as foppish in this book, it is a great mistake to rob him of all dignity by making him sound like a squeaky-voiced fool. For a perfect reading of the Campion novels, listen to the audio books narrated by Philip Franks; I was highly misguided to think another reader could come anywhere near him. Or for an excellent portrayal of Campion on screen, watch the Peter Davison version.
10 of 11 people found this review helpful
- Kris
- 20-09-2015
Makes Albert Campion sound like a squeaky puppet
Sorry, love the books, really, really didn't like the narrator. I've just been through and bought all the Francis Matthews ones I can find before they disappear too.
(Nothing against David Thorpe - just not in this period or for this author)
(Did he narrate this one before reading the rest, I wonder?)
6 of 7 people found this review helpful
- Ross Bower
- 24-11-2014
I wish I had read the Audible and Amazon reviews before wasting a credit on this abysmal download. The narration is dull, Albert Campion especially artificial (at times I couldn't decide if he were meant to be female), story-line lacking credibility ... buyer beware! from a seasoned listener and great long standing fan of Audible.
6 of 9 people found this review helpful
- Miss
- 16-08-2015
Comforting and satisfying but not exactly best.
Somewhat overly complicated plot but pretty good light hearted enjoyment. Read in an attempt to find Agatha Christie replacement, not as good as christie but still a reasonable comforting mid war country house mystery.
2 of 3 people found this review helpful
- elizabeth askill
- 29-06-2017
its says optional
great funny. narrator was not as good as a version I had on tape but great story
- Adrian
- 26-05-2013
A Disappointment
This book did not suit my tastes at all. It was a waste of a credit. I am sure that there will be those people that want an old fashioned book, averagely written that drones on and does little to captivate the reader, or should I say listener. The narration was average and the characters rather week and lacking in any realism. I realise that the book is written in a very diferent era and that may be the problem. I was expecting a new 'Agatha Christie' but ended up being disappointed. I wish the author well and do not mean to upset or unfairly critique in any way, but the book failed to impress.
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Awesome collage!
Good for you - I'm off 'up north' in a few weeks and expect the same after my annual visitation to my favourite second hand bookshop!
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Mors Kochanski
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Mors Kochanski is a Polish Canadian bushcraft and wilderness survival instructor, naturalist and author. He has acquired an international following and has instructed for both military and civilians in Canada, the US, the UK and Sweden. He is well known for saying "The more you know, the less you carry"
|Mors Kochanski
"The more you know, the less you carry"
10 November 1940
Saskatchewan, Canada
|Survival and wilderness skills instructor and author
|Known for
|Bushcraft and survival techniques
Early life[edit]
The Kochanski family immigrated to Canada from Poland in 1938 and Mors was born two years later (1940), the fifth of six children. His mother named him "Morris" but, because of a misunderstanding due to her Polish accent, the midwife wrote 'Mors' on the birth certificate. His father fought for the Polish Army, during the First World War. That experience left him with a strong desire to see his children educated, so that they might benefit from serving as officers. Mors' father felt that his children would inevitably be conscripted for military service, during a war in their lifetime.
Mors was brought up on a relatively isolated farm in Saskatchewan. He spent most of his time working the farm and assisting his father, who had been a windmill carpenter in Poland. In his early school years, he walked or rode 7 miles to and from school on a bush road. This daily journey was a significant part of his education and the foundation for a lifetime of interest in nature.
In 1954 his parents moved to Prince Albert and, freed from his farm chores, he made the public library his second home. Mors took particular interest in two books:
•An old Boy Scout manual - Mors lasted only one year as a Scout, due to disappointment in what he perceived as a lack of seriousness on the part of his fellow scouts and the Scout Master's aversion to camp craft skills.
•The Ashley Book of Knots - Mors enlisted the help of the head Librarian, to order his own copy. At around $15 in 1952, it took him a long time to save enough money for purchase. So began a lifetime of collecting books on natural history, camping and survival skills, resulting in a personal library of thousands of titles.
Mors was a Sea Cadet for three years. He chose the Navy as a career and received a scholarship to the Canadian Services College, Royal Roads. While enrolled, he traveled by ship through the Panama Canal, in the summer of 1959. He was hospitalized for five weeks during his studies, predominantly due to a case of the mumps. This contributed to an honourable discharge in his second year, after failing too many subjects on the way to his Chemical Engineering degree.
From 1960 to 1964 he took Arts and Sciences at the University of Saskatchewan. Rather than enrolling in curriculum courses, Mors took classes that were of interest to him, including anthropology, psychology, geology and writing. His lack of participation in a recognised degree program resulted in a suspension from the university due to "a complete lack of direction", after four years.
Professional career[edit]
From that point on, he resolved to become a specialist in outdoor subjects, specialising in wilderness living skills and the lifestyles of wilderness peoples. However, Mors had many different jobs, before he found his opportunity to become an instructor. These include:
• Draughtsman - Updating the street plans of the City of Prince Albert after the installation of gas mains.
• Concrete Technician - Construction of water-excluding cribbing for a potash mine.
• Geologist Assistant - At an engineering firm, searching for an optimal location for a potash mine and exploring the feasibility of a solution mining approach in Saskatchewan.
• Engineering Technician - Involving a potash solution mine project.
• Surveyor - For the construction of roads in Saskatchewan.
• Social Worker
It was also around this time that he received a pilot's license.
Instructor career[edit]
In 1968, Blue Lake Centre (near Hinton, Alberta) began operating outdoor education programs. Mors, now 28 years of age, offered his services. At the same time, he met his friend and mentor, Tom Roycraft. At the time, Tom was the senior civilian survival instructor at a Department of National Defense survival school.
During the 1970s Mors became an associate professor at the University of Alberta Faculty of Physical Education, editor of the magazine 'Alberta Wilderness Arts and Recreation' and performed freelance work for various agencies.
In 1986, he was approached to write a book on survival and wilderness skills for the Canadian boreal forests which was originally titled "Northern Bushcraft". The book became a Canadian bestseller. The original title 'Northern Bushcraft' was in reference to an earlier publication 'Bushcraft' by Richard Harry Graves, which covered survival and wilderness living skills in the Australian environment. Eventually, the publishers later shortened the title to 'Bushcraft'.
List of publications[edit]
- Wilderness Arts and Recreation Magazine (editor and author, with Tom Roycraft and Don Bright of Edson, Alberta) - beginning in 1976.
- Bushcraft – originally released as Northern Bushcraft in 1988. A guide to outdoor skills and wilderness survival. (Lone Pine Publishing)(Northern Bushcraft - 1988 ISBN 1-871890-30-6) (Bushcraft - 1998 ISBN 1-55105-122-2)
- Bush Arts – a guide to hand crafting with materials from the boreal forest. Lone Pine Publishing, 1989 ISBN 0-919433-49-9
- Wilderness Skills Series and A Plant Walk with Mors Kochanski - (DVD series produced by Karamat Wilderness Ways)
- Booklet series (17+ tiles, inc. Basic Wilderness Skills in Deep Snow, Survival Kit Ideas, etc.) – published by Karamat Wilderness Ways
- Basic Safe Travel and Boreal Survival Handbook: Gems from Wilderness Arts and Recreation Magazine in 2013. A guide to outdoor skills and wilderness survival. (Publisher: Karamat Wilderness Ways, ISBN 978-1894453684)
- Grand Syllabus, Instructor Trainee Program: Survival, Wilderness Living Skills, Bushcraft in 2015. (Publisher: Karamat Wilderness Ways, ISBN 978-1894453677)
- Northern Bushcraft (1988) ISBN 1-871890-30-6
- Bush Arts (1989) ISBN 0-919433-49-9
- Bushcraft (1998) ISBN 1-55105-122-2
- Basic Save Travel and Boreal Survival Handbook (2013) ISBN 978-1894453684
- Grand Syllabus. Instructor Trainee Program (2015) ISBN 978-1894453677


text: Sept 12 (Reuters) - Power outages from Hurricane Irma dropped to about 5.8 million customers in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Alabama by Tuesday afternoon, down from a peak of over 7.4 million late Monday, according to utilities in the affected region. Most remaining outages were in Florida Power & Light's service area in the southern and eastern parts of the state. FPL, a unit of NextEra Energy Inc and the state's largest power company, said its total outages dipped to about 2.5 million customers by Tuesday evening from a peak of over 3.6 million early on Monday. FPL said it expects to restore essentially all of its customers in the eastern portion of the state by the weekend and the harder-hit western portion Florida by Sept. 22. The company warned, however, it would take longer to restore power to customers who suffered tornado damage or severe flooding. Outages in Florida for Duke Energy Corp, which serves the northern and central parts of the state, fell to around 1 million customers by Tuesday afternoon, down from a peak of about 1.2 million on Monday, according to the company's website. Irma hit southwestern Florida on Sunday morning as a dangerous Category 4 storm, the second-highest level on the five-notch Saffir-Simpson scale. It gradually weakened to a tropical storm and then a tropical depression on Monday. In Georgia, utilities reported over 1.1 million customers without power on Tuesday, down from a peak of around 1.3 million late Monday. Other big power utilities in Florida include units of Emera Inc and Southern Co, which also operates the biggest electric companies in Georgia and Alabama. The following table lists major outages according to the utilities' websites: Power Company State Total Total customers customers currently served without power NextEra - FPL FL 2,514,100 4,904,000 Duke - Florida FL 1,162,484 1,800,000 Southern - Georgia Power GA 545,307 2,482,000 Georgia EMCs GA 347,000 N/A Emera - Tampa Electric FL 250,925 425,000 Lee County Electric FL 136,000 200,000 JEA FL 149,000 455,000 Duke - South Carolina NC, SC 122,500 740,000 Clay Electric FL 113,000 173,000 SECO FL 84,200 200,600 Orlando Utilities Commission FL 62,833 234,700 Withlacoochee River Electric FL 68,200 217,000 Scana SC 20,132 720,300 Keys Energy Services FL 29,000 29,000 South Carolina EMCs SC 22,012 N/A Florida Keys Electric FL 21,600 33,000 Alabama Power AL 20,000 1,400,000 Suwanee Valley Electric FL 17,065 25,600 Central Florida Electric FL 17,100 35,600 Peace River Electric FL 15,800 40,000 Glades Electric FL 15,800 16,000 Tri-County Electric FL 12,500 18,000 Talquin Electric FL 12,700 51,000 Gainesville Regional Utilities FL 14,693 93,000 Kissimmee Utility Authority FL 4,855 72,000 City of Chattanooga EPB TN 1,500 170,000 Dominion VA, NC 300 2,582,800 Memphis Gas, Light & Water TN 100 421,000 Middle Tennessee Electric TN - N/A Volunteer Electric TN - N/A Knoxville Utilities Board TN - N/A Nashville Electric Service TN - N/A Santee Cooper SC - N/A Southern - Gulf Power FL - N/A Choctawhatchee Electric FL - N/A West Florida Electric FL - N/A Gulf Coast Electric FL - N/A Escombia River FL - N/A Total 5,780,706 currently without power (Reporting by Scott DiSavino; editing by Frances Kerry, Jonathan Oatis and G Crosse)


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Egypt's ousted leader Mohammed Morsi has gone on trial in Cairo, telling the judge the case is illegitimate as he remains president.
He and 14 other Muslim Brotherhood figures face charges of inciting the killing of protesters outside the presidential palace in 2012. After Mr Morsi's remarks and his refusal to wear a uniform, the judge adjourned the trial until 8 January. He was then flown to Burj al-Arab prison in Alexandria, state TV said. Earlier reports had suggested that he would be taken to Tora prison on the outskirts of Cairo. Until now he had been held at a secret military location.
Protests took place outside the court and elsewhere in Cairo.Mr Morsi was ousted by the military in July after protests against his ruleEarly on Monday Mr Morsi was brought into the sprawling Police Academy compound by helicopter.
Other defendants, including Essam el-Erian, Mohammed al-Beltagi and Ahmed Abdel Aatie, were said to have arrived in armoured personnel carriers. No television pictures were broadcast from the court although journalists were allowed in for the former president's first public appearance since he was deposed on 3 July. As he entered the courtroom, Mr Morsi refused to remove his blue suit and put on the required white prison uniform. The defendants, who were being held in a cage in the courtroom, chanted "illegal, illegal".
When asked to give his name, the former president gave a defiant response, according to reporters inside the court. "I am Dr Mohammed Morsi, the president of the republic.
I am Egypt's legitimate president. You have no right to conduct a trial into presidential matters." The judge twice temporarily halted proceedings before adjourning the case until January. Before the trial began Mr el-Erian, a deputy leader of the Brotherhood's political wing, told the BBC that one of his fellow defendants had been mistreated with some kind of water torture and had been beaten until he was on the point of collapse.
Mr Morsi and the 14 other members of the Muslim Brotherhood had been widely expected to use the occasion to underline what they see as the illegitimacy of his removal from power. Police had to step in at one point because of heckling in the court. The BBC's Orla Guerin says some of those attending the trial, including women journalists, shouted that the defendants should be given the death penalty.
The trial had been due to take place at Tora prison on the other side of Cairo but had been switched late on Sunday, apparently to deter protesters. Shortly after Mr Morsi's arrival, a small crowd arrived and began chanting outside the police compound more than one hour's drive from the centre of the city. The crowd soon grew and protesters were briefly seen on state TV chanting slogans against army chief Gen Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who led Mr Morsi's removal from power. Demonstrators shouted at a state TV crew and chanted "liars" before chasing them and pelting them with stones.
The BBC's Shaimaa Khalil: "These protesters still see Morsi as their legitimate president" Other protests took place in Cairo itself, outside the High Court in the centre of the city and at the Supreme Constitutional Court in the south. While state institutions were said to have opened normally on Monday, some private schools had told parents to keep their children at home. Murder and violence' Although Mr Morsi won the presidency in a democratic election, during his 13 months in power he fell out with key institutions. The ex-president is accused of "inciting his supporters to carry out premeditated murder, and inciting the use of violence and thuggery" over the deaths of at least 10 people during intense clashes in December 2012 which followed a decree that gave him wide-ranging powers. After he was ousted, a sit-in protest at Rabaa al-Adawiya Square in Cairo by Mr Morsi's supporters was violently broken up by the military, leading to the deaths of hundreds of people.
The interim government has also cracked down on the Muslim Brotherhood, banning the Islamist organisation and arresting dozens of senior figures. Pro-Morsi supporters say he was removed in a coup and is now facing a politicised trial. Human rights groups accuse the security services of acting without accountability. Legal experts say that if convicted Mr Morsi could be jailed for life or face the death penalty.
His senior communications adviser, Wael Haddara, told the BBC that the process was a "charade" because everyone involved had been appointed by the military. "What is the military afraid of? Why won't they let him speak? Even prisoners have rights." The National Police Academy is also hosting the trial of his predecessor, Hosni Mubarak, - meaning there are two former Egyptian presidents being tried concurrently.
An estimated 20,000 security personnel have been deployed to keep order amid fears that the trial could deepen the rift between Egyptians and cause greater unrest. On Sunday evening, gunmen killed two Egyptian policemen near the city of Ismailia.


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Our paths would cross many times, mostly at outdoor writer meetings. And, though we might have disagreed on topics such as wolf introduction in Yellowstone, I respected him.
That is why I was saddened to see him lose his television show and longtime gig as Outdoor Life's hunting columnist over comments made in a blog.
Zumbo said what he viewed as assault rifles had no place in hunting.
"We don't need to be lumped into the group of people who terrorize the world with them, which is an obvious concern," he said on the blog, adding that game departments would do well to ban the use of these types of rifles.
Zumbo seemed to offer little more than an opinion on a rifle and concern for the image of hunters.
But gun owners quickly turned on him.
Despite a quick apology, the damage was done. Zumbo lost his television show and Outdoor Life column.
"We respect Mr. Zumbo's First Amendment right to free speech, and we acknowledge his subsequent apology and admission of error," wrote Todd Smith, editor-in-chief of Outdoor Life. "However, Outdoor Life has always been, and will always be, a steadfast supporter of all aspects of the shooting sports and our Second Amendment rights, which do not make distinctions based on the appearance of the firearms we choose to own, shoot or hunt with."
The whole flap disgusts me.
I am a gun owner in support of the Second Amendment. I like that the National Rifle Association promotes gun safety and the shooting sports, but its support of anti-conservation lawmakers disturbs me. After all, what good is my shotgun if the politicians supported by the NRA continue to give anti-conservation politicians a pass if they oppose gun control?
When an ethical hunter like Zumbo gets fired for offering an opinion on the ethics of using a type of rifle, it is a sad commentary on the increasingly right-wing nature of gun owners and magazine editors who view even the mildest criticism of a firearm as an assault on the Second Amendment.
The discussion should not be about whether assault rifles should be banned. It should be about hunter ethics. To ask an ethical question about using a type of rifle to pursue game does not make a person an anti-hunter or opponent of the Second Amendment.
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After her heroics at Melbourne and Hyderabad, she is flashed all across the media, somehow I do not find anything special about her....be on court or off court; off court she tries to imitate Preity Zinta's KHNH look and fails miserably.
hmm no more criticism after all she achieved something which no Indian women had achieved so far. All the very best girl.
Today, Bhai-bhabhi n nephew are going to Dubai for a week ,{ hmmm me too need a week's off soooon}, hmmm mere din bhi aayengey B-(
Note to self :: after beating own trumpet(loud n clear) in the last post, now its time to come back to the ground and focus on the job at hand, trust me, hard times are ahead but will much more fun. so FOCUS is the word.
Just had 'few' uthapams, now I'm off to have 'few' allo parathas to complete my fantabulous breakfast ;-)
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The President and Committee of the Gundagai P&A Society thank the many sponsors and advertisers of the Gundagai Show. Without these contributions and the hard working Show Committee, the show as we know it, would not go on.
This year's program kicks off on Friday with mainly show jumping. Please note that entry to the showgrounds on Friday is FREE.
Saturday will be a day of fun filled family activities comprising Noah's Racing Pigs with five or six races – nominate for a sweep in each race and the winner will receive $30 vouchers/cash to spend in sideshow alley.
There will also be the usual events such as Cattle, Horses, Poultry, Pavilion Exhibits, Yard dogs and Sheep Dog Trials, Cattle Dog Trials, Birds, Animal Nursery, Reptile park, Magician, Face painting, Cartoon portraits, Puppet theatre (roving), Stalls, Vintage cars, Sideshow alleys and Show Bags. Show dogs return, check them out just inside the main showgrounds gate. Showjumping remains very strong with some of the best riders in Australia competing.
The Annual Show showcases our district and beyond, and we continue to see the very best agricultural exhibits and Community displays on offer.
We are proud of our Annual Show and Community Spirit it generates. The show would not survive without the local community and the generous support from our Members, Sponsors and advertisers.
I invite each and every one of you to come along and be part of this 127th Annual Gundagai Pastoral & Agricultural Show.
Doug McDonnell
Some of the great attractions for the 2018 Gundagai Show:
- Noahs Racing Pigs
- Animal Farm
- Face Painter
- Majura the Magician
- Wildlife display
- Side Show alley
- Vintage cars
- Cattle/sheep/dog displays
- Horse events
- Tiny tots
See you at the Show!
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Sheep: Joe Scott 0429 220 492
Show jumping: Kathy Blay/Jim Scobie ph.6944 1725
Horses: Jim Scobie 0407 560 998
Stabling: Alana & Dan McDonnell ph.6944 9274 mob.0429 449 274
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Special-Occasion Orange Layer Cake
This is a delicious and impressive four-layer cake for birthdays and other special occasions.
How to Make It
Coat bottoms of 2 (8- or 9-inch) round cake pans with cooking spray (do not coat sides of pan); line bottom with wax paper. Coat wax paper with cooking spray, and dust with flour; set aside.
Sift together 2 1/2 cups flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside. Combine yogurt and next 5 ingredients (yogurt through egg yolk) in a large bowl; beat at medium speed of a mixer until blended. Add 1 cup sugar, and beat well. Gradually add the milk, beating at medium-low speed 2 minutes or until sugar dissolves.
Beat egg whites (at room temperature) at high speed until foamy. Gradually add the remaining 1/2 cup sugar, beating mixture until stiff peaks begin to form. Add the flour mixture and egg white mixture alternately to the yogurt mixture, beating at low speed.
Pour the batter into prepared pan. Sharply tap pan once on counter to remove air bubbles. Bake at 375° for 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350°, and bake 28 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack. Loosen cake from sides of pan, using a narrow metal spatula, and turn out onto wire rack. Peel off wax paper, and let cool completely.
Slice the cake layers in half horizontally. To slice the cake layers evenly, insert toothpicks around the outside, marking the middle. Using a serrated knife, slice the cake about 2 inches, using the toothpicks as a guide. Wrap a long piece of dental floss around edge through cut; tie floss once. Slowly tighten the floss - it will make a clean, even cut through the cake, dividing it in half. Place one layer, cut side up, on a serving plate. Spread 2/3 cup Apricot-Orange Filling over cake to within 1/2 inch of edge. Repeat procedure with remaining cake layers and filling. Frost sides and top of cake with Orange Buttercream Frosting.
Note: Don't coat the sides of the cake pans with cooking spray. The cake needs to cling to the sides as it bakes, which allows it to rise higher and gives it a smoother crust.
Note: When separating the eggs, do them one at a time into a custard cup, and pour the whites into your mixing bowl. This prevents you from having to start over if some yolk happens to get into the whites. Eggs are easier to separate right out of the refrigerator; however, for better volume, let them come to room temperature before beating.
Note: Use real vanilla and orange extracts instead of imitaion.
Note: Wrap cooled cake in heavy-duty plastic wrap, dusted with flour, and then in heavy-duty aluminum foil. Refrigerate up to 2 days or freeze up to 2 weeks. (To thaw, place the wrapped cake in refrigerator overnight.)
Note: To slice the cake in half evenly, insert toothpicks around the outside, marking the middle. Using a serrated knife, slice the cake about 2 inches, using the toothpicks as a guide. Wrap a long piece of dental floss around edge through cut; tie floss once. Slowly tighten the floss - it will make a clean, even cut through the cake, dividing it in half.
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The Goodie Monster Kickstarter campaign is officially over. More than anything, I'm amazed by all the generosity I've experienced through this project.
Super talented creative folks donating their time to create the video.
My super crafty wife crafting the snack pouch reward.
KIND snacks offering to donate over $1,000 in bars to our backers.
People telling me about schools and other places that need a Goodie Monster.
Backers suggesting other funding sources and tips to help Goodie Monster succeed.
Friends, family, strangers offering words of encouragement and wanting to help however they can.
Thanks to everyone for all the ways you supported the Goodie Monster.
If you're interested, you can follow the Goodie Monster's journey on Facebook. Fingers crossed we will soon bring a lot of smiles to a Portland school.
Finally, I want to thank my friend and partner Mette, the designer/illustrator behind our furry friend. The Goodie Monster would still be a Powerpoint slide if not for the Bureau of Betterment. I welcome you to explore her site and reach out if you have a project that needs the touch of an exceptionally talented designer.


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My Drinkaware month: saying goodbye to January
Just four short weeks ago, I told you about my plans for 2018, and more specifically my plans for January. Over this month, using the super useful Drinkaware app, I've set goals, logged every glass of wine (and every gin), noted every unit and every calorie, every drink-free day and lot of other associated stuff. And now, as we're finally saying goodbye to January (or should I say good riddance?), there's time to reflect upon how it's gone, the lessons I've learned, the bits I'll take with me into the rest of the year, and the bits I'll leave behind. And so, in no particular order, here are my thoughts:


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A night of sleep was enough to bring me fully back into happy travel mode and I woke up on Friday ready to pack and move on. No crazy São Paulo weekends this time. Were it summer, I would have stopped in Florianopolis for its unique beach landscapes, but on Marcelo's recommendation I opted to make Porto Alegre my last stop in Brazil on the road south. I made it on the first bus of the day at 12h30 which got me in at 7 the next morning. Sunset coincided with our winding exit from verdant, hilly western São Paulo state.
Those 18h made a huge difference in temperature and light (you really have to plan your photos to avoid sun stars). It felt like continental Canada in the late fall: clear skies, a very low sun, hot light with a cool wind. I didn't know what to expect in the capital of Rio Grande do Sul state, but Porto Alegre turned out to be a wonderful place to discover for a day's visit. People were strolling around everywhere throughout the commercial areas of the centre and I just kept walking from one busy area and square to the next, eventually passing through the beautiful indoor municipal market on my way to the tip of the city centre, the Gasômetro, an old powerplant turned into an art gallery.
I went for the view of the Guaiba River, but I was equally impressed by the collection of exhibits: one floor was dedicated to a retrospective on the work of famed Brazilian singer Elis Regina, another presented the winning selections from the 2011 Brazilian Art prize, in the basement, in a row of colonnades, militant art from the Egyptian and Tunisian revolutions, and on the third floor they were giving a break-dance workshop. Legal! Cool!
Between the market and the Gasômetro, I also passed through the Fundação Santander building with two floors dedicated to Italian contemporary art and design (free to visit). However, the overwhelming force that convinced me that Porto Alegre is an artist haven is the amazing street art painted across the city, with many of the works standing officially labeled.
On my way back I ran into what looked like a multi-party rally at the legislative assembly. Several batucada squads were streaming out of the building to join the assembled crowds along with a few politicians. It was clearly a manifestation, but it all unfolded in a very low-key communal tone, perhaps because I mostly saw women and teenagers. I know that state elections are coming up in Brazil, but I should have found out what the issues were: if I'm going to post pictures, I should also know exactly what they're about. I'm still happy with the following gem though.
I ended the afternoon walking through more residential areas east of the centre, eventually ending up in packed Rentenção Park. There I caught some festive San Juan / Fiestas Juninas celebrations, which from what I understand are related to the end of harvest and the summer solstice.
Porto Alegre feels like a diverse but tight family-oriented community. That night there was going to be a giant gathering in the park with live music and a light show to reclaim it for public use at night since incidences of crime have recently gone up. You get a sense that the regional identity is strong and that people genuinely care that their big city looks out for itself as one community. This was repeated to me by Fernando and Leticia, the two CouchSurfers I met up with at the end of the day for a cafezinho (well they had chai / tea, I'm the coffee addicted Swedish waiter). The conversation flowed so well that I had to accept their offer to drive me to the bus terminal so that I could make my bus to Montevideo on time.
I arrived in the Uruguayan capital at 8am this morning. It's been nearly half a day and I've concluded that a Sunday in winter is not the best time to get a feeling for the city. Other than a giant street market east of the centre, the streets have been mostly empty with a cold wind whipping you from all sides. With the low-light, it made for a solitary and reflective day of walking around with all my stuff and taking landscape pictures, but I've got another CouchSurfing host to look forward to meeting tonight! Táh / that's how she goes!
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Born in Kabul, Afghanistan on November 17, 1979, Azita Ghanizada is an actress probably best known for her role on the Syfy Channel series "Alphas" where she plays Rachel Pirzad, a woman with enhanced sensory abilities.
When she was still a baby, Azita's family fled Afghanistan after the war with the Soviet Union. Her family made it to the United States, where they were granted asylum. Azita said, "Everybody kind of fled as the Russians were coming and going into different camps on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan and Iran. We fled Tehran and into the United States. My mom single-handedly took.her family out of refugee camps" (greatfallstribune.com).
Azita Ghanizada was brought up in Northern Virginia. Azita has two sisters. She attended James Madison High School in Vienna, Virginia. During her high school years, she did a stint working on Capitol Hill. She graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in English and Communications.
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Supposedly, Azita Ghanizada learned to speak English from watching television. Her trips to see Bollywood movies inspired her to become an actress. She subsequently moved to Los Angeles and landed a few commercials, including Taco Bell, Virgin Mobile and Bausch & Lomb. She was also the co-host of Style Network's "A Modern Girl's Guide to Life," in 2003.
Azita Ghanizada has appeared in "A Kiss on the Nose," "How I Met Your Mother," "Entourage," "Veronica Mars," "The Wedding Bells," "NUMB3RS," "Bones," "Psych" and "Castle." Her most recent gig is her role on "Alphas."
Azita says she is very different from her character on "Alphas." "I'm very outgoing and bubbly and I'm sweet and generous and I'm very confident and I kind of walk into a room banging pots and pans and give hugs."
She said of being a working actor, "I'm honored to be a working actor. I'm honored to be one of the first girls from Afghanistan to break through on television in the United States. There aren't a lot of us and I kind of wanna blaze that trail" (greatfallstribune.com).
Azita Ghanizada says she exercises "five to six days a week. It is part of the job to stay emotionally sound and physically fit " that's what we are paid for. Basically, we are the product; our bodies are the tool." Azita swears by Pilates to keep her figure and she enjoys traditional cooking from her homeland.
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In a day when more women can bring home their personal bacon and fry it up in a pan, where does that leave their need for men?
It's an interesting question: Who needs men? Over the past few years I have been asking single friends — and myself — this question or ones like it. And the answers I've received have ranged from the poetic to the perfunctory.
Said one friend, "I need the deep groundedness of their bass and tenor voices in my life ... it helps me catch the tune of my own feminine voice." Another honestly reflected, "You know, as independent, capable, self-sufficient, driven, and butterfly-ish as I am, I definitely need men. Or at least, I feel like I need one man." Still another wrote, "I do not need a man." Her tenor wasn't harsh, just direct. She continued, "I have built a life for myself that involves some close girlfriends and a large circle of acquaintances, and I have a job I love and think I'm pretty good at. It pretty much allows me a lifestyle that is comfortable and has quite a number of perks." Another self-revealing friend responded, "I don't need them to pay my rent, change my oil in my car, move furniture or mow the lawn (although all that would be nice). [But] I feel most like a woman when I'm with a man."
In most of the single women I know, there is a residual sense of needing men, at least on some level. And yet in practice, there's a lot of life — like paying rent and changing oil and cutting grass — that can be lived without them. As a result, I've seen in many 20- and 30-something single women a strange ambivalence around this question: Who needs men?
Sometimes I wonder if it is, in part, a problem of the words we use. While I've not found anyone who thinks it's wrong or abnormal to desire a man — or the company of men — there is often an unspoken caveat. It is fine to desire from a place of internal strength, but when it is desire that's born of need, somehow, well ... that's just a little sketchy. Maybe it's some of the circles I've run in or into, but somehow needing a man seems to quietly connote an undue weakness or potential desperation (i.e., being sort of needy).
Citing the best-selling book The Rules, Barbara Dafoe Whitehead offers a picture of the new ideal single woman: "You are a very fulfilled person — stable, functional, and happy — with a career, friends, and hobbies ... you are perfectly capable of living with or without him. You are not an empty vessel waiting for him to fill you up, support you, or give you life." No, this is not a woman with evident needs.
A leader whom I respect tremendously once commented, "You know, nothing scares men away like a needy or desperate woman." So, as there's this very fine (to the point of being almost invisible) line between needing and being needy, I see many friends conclude that perhaps the best thing a woman can do is to cultivate an air of detachment around the whole topic of needing men. "While a man in my life would be nice for a couple of reasons, I can do it on my own." Any deeper or more potent desire for a special man, let alone men in general, gets swallowed. Perhaps, in fairness, this is because the question of what to do with such a desire is swamped in ambiguity. You can't purchase the love of your life, and you can't make your male friends or colleagues come around you in the ways you need. So wisdom seems to dictate holding your cards close to your chest until, well, until they disappear.
The unfortunate irony, however, is that in my world I hear numerous comments from men bemoaning women's self-sufficiency. I have heard many males utter some form of the phrase, "Women don't need us anymore; we've become obsolete." Have you heard this, too? And is it true? Have men become obsolete from your vantage point?
Honestly, for many of us, the need deficit is a reality. For example, do we need men for financial provision? We might like it, but it's not crucial. Do we need men for physical protection? Perhaps when walking to a car late at night, but generally we live in a world governed by the rule of law, and that's enough. How about social status? Of course, no one wants to be excluded from dinner parties because she lacks a man, but at least in metropolitan areas, social opportunities decidedly exist for single women. How about emotional connection? Don't we expect our girlfriends to fill a lot of these gaps? Kids? We can adopt or be artificially inseminated. The only obvious thing left is sex, which some women are content to live without or embrace in such a way that no meaningful, lasting relationship with a man is necessary. In short, men on the whole aren't really needed any longer, at least not in the clear-cut ways of previous generations.
With exceptions, the previous generation's blueprints for dating, marriage and simple opposite-sex relating seem to fit fewer single people's life experience today. And now that more of us can bring home our personal bacon and fry it up in a pan, and since intimacy seems elusive, the question for single women returns. Do women genuinely need men?
Perhaps because of the culture of privilege that characterizes much of the United States, my first memory of experiencing a real and objective need for men — a need deeper than just a vague ache, a flash of desire or an impulse for social normalcy — came at age 31, in another country. I was on a train in India. Being led to my destination by a Hindi-speaking male who communicated via warm nods and animated body language, I was traveling in the coed train car. (There were "women only" train cars in Bombay, but not knowing when to get off the train, I had to stick with my guide.)
As we rode in that all-male-except-for-me train car, I found myself standing a head above a sea of Indian men whose bodies were smashed up against mine. Not convinced that the rule of law had any particular power in these men's lives, I suddenly found myself profoundly grateful to be with my guide. Though he was half a foot shorter than I, his presence next to me communicated, "Do not bother this woman." The glances he shot in the direction of those who leered hungrily in my direction felt like arrows shot on my behalf. At that moment, I could not contemplate being without him; I knew I needed him.
Likewise, when my younger brother arrived in India a week later from his home in the Middle East, something that was unwittingly clenched in me exhaled. One of the friends I'd made in the interim said to me, "Your face is much more relaxed now that your brother is here." Though something within me flinched at his words (my illusion of self-sufficiency had taken a blow), my face told the real story: at a reflex level, my brother's presence, like that of the guide but with a further and deeper reach, carried with it the power to bring me to a place of rest which, at least in that culture, I couldn't get to on my own. I genuinely needed his presence.
Over the past decade, I've been looking for moments reminiscent of those Indian experiences. I have found a few; the closest ones have been primarily physical in nature. Having moved four times, I've needed muscles to lift pianos, sofa beds and endless boxes of books. Short on cash and replete with girlfriends who would rather help pack, I've needed the men in my life to step up. And a few times, when I've just been too weary for more confrontation, different men have, sometimes at their initiative and sometimes at my invitation, stepped in and fought for me (with the computer manufacturer, the car mechanic, etc.). Still, I theoretically could have hired someone to do these things or simply found more girlfriends with greater upper-body strength.
Plus, something about my brother's presence was different from simply the presence of a bodyguard or a beloved sister with biceps. Something less tangible, but decidedly peace giving.
In the mid-'90s, Whitney Houston and Angela Bassett starred in the movie Waiting to Exhale. "Four friends," the trailer says, "are determined to face reality." Inevitably, facing reality means facing their relationships with men. While the movie ultimately champions the strength gained from female friendships and highlights the capacity of men to create real problems, what caught my attention were the few brief "good men" moments. When Savannah (Houston) slow dances with a man, she is for that moment able to let go, to stop being "on." Later in the movie, Bernadine (Bassett) falls asleep in the comforting presence of a man who simply cares for her well at the right time (admittedly, the audience does have to suspend some disbelief). Through small glimmers in the movie, something in each of these moments is reminiscent of that same mysterious gift I tasted in India. One glimpses men enabling the women to exhale.
A few years ago I attended a Valentine's Day dinner at the home of a friend I affectionately call Bald Harry (he shaves his head). The men who organized the event did the inviting, setting up, cooking and serving. Dinner concluded with Harry's brave recitation (brave because of the slightly bemused snickers of the other men, which actually seemed to embolden him) from Longfellow's 19th-century epic poem "The Courtship of Miles Standish." Interestingly, it is a tale of a man who has no language for the deepest part of his heart. The poem lingered in the air a few moments — perhaps many of us, men and women alike, have lost language for our deepest longings — and then, after a short, Harry-led prayer, the men transformed the dining area into a dance floor, and most of us made our way onto it.
There was no budding romance for me that evening. Nor was I in any danger from which I needed protection. And even the physical labor that needed doing wasn't much — with so many hands at work, a group of women easily could have knocked it out. But nevertheless, that same "India thing" transpired. That evening, I found myself exhaling. Somehow in their planning, serving, risking and engaging, that motley crew of men helped my omnicompetence find a temporary shelf. It wasn't a starry or dreamy night, but I left with the gift of rest, mysteriously provided by the presence of this hodgepodge of brothers.
Could I have lived without that Valentine's dinner? Yes. Did I decidedly need those men that night? No, not really. Honestly, I've lived through a lot of single Valentine's Day dinners and have had both lonely and laugh-ridden times with friends. But nevertheless, those men's offerings and simple presence touched something in me, and it was good. I left wondering, What exactly is that thing that men have that we need? Honestly, it's hard to define, but you know it when you smell it.
Taken from Revelations of a Single Woman by Connally Gilliam. Copyright © 2006 by Connally Gilliam. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Last year, the state funded $50 million of the county's $883 million operating budget. That doesn't include more than $200 million the state gave for K-12 education and Anne Arundel Community College.
With a $1.2 billion state budget deficit looming in the next two years, just getting the same amount sounds good, Owens and County Council members said.


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Why I Will Never, Ever, EVER Get a Tattoo
Would I have to start planning outfits around the tattoo like I plan for weather?
On the fourth, I knew the fireworks would be a problem. We were going to watch from our roof, which clocks in at about 50 feet above concrete level. A coveted amenity in the condo living world, having a finished rooftop is like having one of those fancy toilets from Japan, all everyone wants to do is sit on it and relax. Except for me.
Much like genius Japanese water closets that think for your butt, roofs really freak me out. Actually high places in general--mountains, bridges, canyons, precipes, a stoop--all present their own challenges to the synapses going off in my brain. But I'm not afraid of falling off.
I'm afraid of jumping.
Clearly jumping off a roof gets a thumbs down.
This strange--almost physical--pull to leap from anything taller than a front step started when I was in my late 20s. At the time I worked as a political reporter in Virginia across the river from Washington and would regularly escape "the cubicles" (a disorder that involves allergic reactions to work) by taking a leisurely stroll over a nearby bridge for lunch.
One day, while whiling away a deadline watching kayakers, I had a weird new thought, Why not just go for it? Jump! My throat caught and my stomach dropped as I immediately backed away from the railed edges of the bridge, shaking my head in disbelief. The moment passed almost as quickly as it'd come but I'd scared myself into a sprint back to solid land.
Mind you I had no intention of killing myself. I wasn't particularly depressed, overly anxious or heavily burdened with life. The idea to take flight wasn't rooted in anything besides the allure of the limitless freedom of the sky. Almost unbeknownst to me my body had become bored with this whole gravity thing. And the feeling, the longing, the itching hasn't gone away since. I see an edge and immediately feel like I could take it on. It's thrilling. Like the downward dip of a rollercoaster. And also really really weird.
So now whenever I'm high up I mentally brace myself, literally locking my mind on my feet so as not to give in to whatever lemming-like urge I've got for inertia. Needless to say I've thought this reaction was a bit off, until, of course, I discovered there were more out there like me.
According to a new study on "high place phenomenon" published in the Journal of Affective Disorders. Researchers from Florida State University's psychology department surveyed 431 college students, gauging their urges to jump from high places and whether those were tied to thoughts of suicide or depression.
In most cases the urge to jump had nothing to do with the Freudian "death wish." Actually it's quite the opposite. The study's authors think "an urge to jump affirms the urge to live."
The experience of a sudden urge to jump when in a high place has been speculated to be associated with suicidal ideation; however, scant data has informed this speculation. We termed this experience the high place phenomenon(HPP) and proposed that it stems from a misinterpreted safety signal (i.e., survival instinct).
So basically if you're someone with "high anxiety sensitivity," that means you're more affected by the slightest threat, and your body goes into flight mode when presented with the slimmest chance of danger--like falling off of a secured bridge or slipping from a roof when your 10 feet from the edge. The urge to jump then might not be an urge at all, it's delayed reasoning for why you were so scared of being close to the edge in the first place.
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Brian Bonar received a Degree in Mechanical Engineering from James Watt Technical College and a Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stafford University. After finishing school, Brian worked for IBM as the Procurement Manager for 16 years. Afterward, Brian worked as the Director of Engineering for QMS Company.
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These 13 Photos Of Nevada In The 1960s Are Mesmerizing
Vintage photos can tell us a lot about Nevada's past. During the 1960s, life in the Silver State looked much more different than it does today. Listed below are 13 photos that will remind you of how much different Nevada looked during the 60s compared to today.
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Trey and Simone have been happily married for sixteen years. They have a good marriage and a healthy sex life. Which is why it came as such a surprise to Simone when she came home one day to find Trey in bed with another woman - Sharon, the office bike.
After the affair, the seeds of doubt were sewn in Simone's mind, the man she married, once the man of her dreams was a cheat, she struggled to trust him after he admits that the affair had been going on a couple of months.
Being a proud woman, Simone never told anyone of her husband's betrayal, not even her family and closest friends.
She finds herself completely paranoid about his every action. She suspects every single phone call or text message that he receives. She threatens to leave, she starts to have hallucinations about Trey and his lover. It begins to affect her sleep and her health.
Trey lays it on the line and suggests that they both take a holiday - A road trip together, to essentially make or break their marriage. She begrudgingly agrees.
Following a random run in with a racist thug at a petrol station, Simone runs to Trey's office for a shoulder to cry on, only to find that his car isn't there. He isn't at work and neither is Sharon.
Betrayal and hurt turns to anger and thoughts of revenge as the story takes a much darker path.
Enter Nathan Tyson, the well educated man with his own agenda. A man who believes that fear is the ultimate motivation.
I can't give too much away as it is essentially the plot of the story but i will say expect the unexpected with several clever plot twists along the way. There will be violence, sex, and depravity. The finale of this book will leave you stunned.
Shaw and Bray really take us to a dark place in this book. Gritty, shocking and superb. Be warned, its not for the faint hearted.