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Fast iPod touch Battery Installation Services Now Offered
iPod touch users that have a battery that does not hold a charge for very
long anymore can get it replaced quickly from Milliamp LTD.
San Antonio, TX (PRWEB) June 30, 2008 — For over three years, Milliamp LTD
through their website ipodjuice .com has helped thousands of people get
their iPod batteries replaced. This same company has just announced a brand
new iPod touch battery replacement service.
iPod Touch Battery Service
The iPod touch was designed in a way that makes it very hard for the
average Joe to open, and this leaves customers who have purchased pone one
few options when the battery inside the iPod touch fails to keep a charge
The iPod touch is similar to the iPhone, but it does not have cellular
functionality, which relegates communication to wireless access points
only. Only if you are lucky enough to locate a wireless access point (and
an un-encrypted one at that!) will you be able to access the internet or
your email from the sleek device. However, most iPod touch users are within
distance of a known wireless router and can surf the net or downloads songs
from iTunes.
"While the Apple iPod touch battery is hard to access, we found a way to
safely open it and quickly perform the battery replacement.", said Anthony
Magnabosco, owner of the website www. ipodjuice.com.
The established iPod repair company performs iPod touch battery
replacements as soon as they arrive, quickly de-soldering out the failing
battery and then soldering in a brand new one that Milliamp LTD covers for
10 years – a rare find in the iPod battery business. The iPod touch
batteries that Milliamp LTD replaces will fit in the the 8GB, 16GB, or 32GB
version. The process for opening each of these models are exactly the same,
and one does not take any longer than the other to complete.
iPod touch batteries are a good investment, too, especially when you
consider that, for much less than what Apple will charge, you can keep the
same iPod touch you bought and get it back in working order much faster.
"We stopped being surprised at how fast our customers want their iPods and
iPhones fixed and sent back to them, so we made same-day service the
norm.", added Magnabosco.
Considering the popularity of the iPod touch, a close cousin to the iPhone,
it is good to know that, when the time eventually comes to get a new iPod
touch battery, this is an online business that has the capability to
Milliamp LTD can repair iPod touch and repair Apple iPhone telephones in
their San Antonio shop. More information can be found at
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If you are looking for healthy living solutions, especially if you have someone with mobility issues in your home, the best manufacture to assist you nowadays is Envy Walk in Tubs.
This company has been pleasing customers for years, and it is accredited with the Better Business Bureau. Envy Walk in Tubs only uses high quality materials so we can assure you that you will have a top pf the line walk in tub in your home.
Envy Walk in Tubs are assembled by hand, which means each tub will be perfect! It is a strong walk in tub, and easy to install.
These walk in tubs are not only comfortable for those with disability, but also very practical. Thanks to its countered seat, getting up and down will be easy.
It also features an ergonomic door handle which will help you to open and close the door with ease.
Do you know what chromotherapy is? This feature helps you to relax with variable colors of light, and is available on the Envy Walk in Tubs.
When it comes to walk in tubs, a no leak door is extremely important, and Envy Walk in Tubs have not only that, but also a sealing system which provides a watertight seal.
Envy offers eighteen different models of walk in tub to their customers. They are all equipped with Air and Hydro Therapy Jet System which makes them very therapeutics. They also come with six hydrotherapy jets and twenty-one air jets to for you to have the best bathing experience of your life with safety and comfort.
Another feature that some models of Envy have is the bidet jet which will make you feel fresh and relaxed during your soak. These tubs also come with safety bar for you do not slide and the deck mounted hand held shower long enough for you to sit while bathing.
Another plus about these tubs is that you can stay inside of them as long as you want, and the water you be always warm, thanks to its inline heat system.
And, you will be able to control the temperature, the air and hydrotherapy from a touch pad control panel. Envy definitely thinks about everything when comes to walk in tubs.
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Envy will offer you a ten year warranty and a life time warranty on the door seal. You can buy your own Envy online on their website or at their facility which is located at 2340 W. Broadway Ste. 103 in Mesa, Arizona 85202. We hope this article help you with your choice.

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Fix SanDisk Cruzer USB drive you need format error why and data recovery
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What is the best way to repair a SanDisk Cruzer USB drive ask you need format, that is inserted into a computer and prompted to format, without destroying the data inside?
I know there is offline data recovery. But it is not easy to find. How can I fix it by myself.
The reason why the SanDisk USB drive ask formatting may be that we do not operate correctly, many friends are directly plugging the SanDisk USB drive, and did not use the "safe eject", which is likely to destroy the partition on the SanDisk USB drive, resulting in the SanDisk USB drive can not be accessed normally, or is the physical failure of the SanDisk USB drive itself.
A. Why does a SanDisk USB drive prompt formatting
At present, there are more reasons for the SanDisk USB drive to prompt formatting, here I have summarized the following points for you.
1, SanDisk USB drive damage
For example, the SanDisk USB drive fell, resulting in the SanDisk USB drive can not be used properly, or buy a cottage SanDisk USB drive, substandard quality, the SanDisk USB drive memory chip or the main control has been damaged, etc..
2, interface problems
Some computers have poor contact with the USB port, which will lead to the SanDisk USB drive and other external devices can not be used properly, this situation suggests replacing the device try;.
3, behind the driver
If the computer driver is damaged or too old, may also cause this problem, and the way to approach is simple, that is, update the driver.
4, partition damage
SanDisk USB drive from the computer before unplugging without clicking on the "safely remove hardware and eject media", that is, when using the direct dial, resulting in partition damage behind.
5, other problems
SanDisk Cruzer USB drive Repair method
SanDisk USB drive inserted into the computer prompted the need to format, you need to promptly stop reading and writing to the computer data disk, use the system comes with the repair function, or professional data recovery software to retrieve.
When you encounter this situation, do not panic, especially when the data in the SanDisk USB drive is more important.
First of all, to close the system pop-up window prompting formatting, this is because formatting can cause data loss and increase the difficulty of data recovery.
The specific methods are as follows:
Method 1: System repair
function for some damaged and corrupted USB data files, if you want to repair, you can also generally repair with the help of the repair function that comes with the system.
Specific steps are as follows.
The damaged "flash drive" into the computer, so that it can be recognized by the computer
1, if the computer prompts the need to format, do not click on the format, otherwise your data will be gone, recovery is also a problem.
2, this time you right-click the SanDisk USB drive - Properties, see if the SanDisk USB drive space is displayed as 0.
3, if it is, there is hope for recovery, not only to restore the SanDisk USB drive function can also ensure that the data is not lost.
4, first try to repair the SanDisk USB drive disk check error, the method is, click the SanDisk USB drive drive, the right mouse button to select Properties.
5、Then click on Tools and start checking.
6, then check the automatic repair file system errors, scan and try to recover bad sectors
Method 2. professional data recovery software
Then, use professional data recovery software to recover, professional data recovery software will scan the SanDisk USB drive in depth and accurately identify the recoverable data.
Method 3 manual recovery
you can also contact professional data recovery personnel for manual recovery, this recovery method to recover the best results
SanDisk Cruzer USB drive data recovery need format
As for the use of software to recover files, I have not tried much, because I have always believed that SanDisk Cruzer USB drive is an unreliable medium, the probability of damage is too great, so it has not been used as a backup medium.
You can follow the steps to recover files from the external drive
Step 1. Connect the SanDisk Cruzer USB drive
To recover data from external storage devices, you need to connect the device to your computer. My Data Recovery software will detect all external and internal hard drives/devices (such as SD cards). If the data is on your smartphone or digital camera, take it out and connect it to the computer with a card reader.
Step 2. Scan SanDisk Cruzer USB drive
Under "Devices and Drives", you can easily find the SD card you just connected. Click the Scan button.
Then, start the scanning process. The results of "deleted files" will be displayed soon.
Step 3. recover data from SanDisk USB drive
After the scan is finished, you can use the filter function to view only the picture files in the scan result by selecting "Pictures". Select the desired photos and click the Recover button
1, Don't click format button
If the data in the SanDisk USB drive is important, and the data is not backed up, then the correct liberation process should be: recover data from the SanDisk USB drive, and then repair the SanDisk USB drive problem.
2, Do not chkdsk operation
Before the SanDisk USB drive data recovery, do not chkdsk operation on the SanDisk USB drive, because many times chkdsk will only over repair, seriously affect the data recovery effect.
3,insert other USB
A computer has more than one disk socket, a SanDisk USB drive interface does not work, it may be this USB port is broken. So you can try to insert other USB interfaces to see if the error disappears. If the error still exists, it means that there is a problem with the SanDisk USB drive.
To sum up, when you encounter a SanDisk USB drive that won't open prompting a formatting problem, don't panic and don't format the drive.
Generally speaking, as long as there is no serious physical failure of the flash drive, the data in the flash drive can be partially or completely recovered. When the data of the SanDisk USB drive is successfully recovered, you can try to format the SanDisk USB drive to repair the damaged partition.
The above is the solution related to the USB flash drive prompt formatting, friends who need it can refer to and solve it, but usually still need to develop good habits of use, so as to increase the life of the device yo


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It can't be denied that kids needed a lot of attention as they grew up. But most of the parents especially the 'newbie' in the field often make mistakes. Some tend to become overprotective, giving their child everything to chain their kids' attentions inside the four corners of the house.
Kitchen experiences are always fun
Others, in contrast lost the time to be with their children and mostly do not have any idea how their kids have been growing up. Some parents are plainly clueless on how to boost the growth and development of their kids.
Little do they know that one of the most powerful driving elements for the kid's good and solid growth is the cheap and tireless way of role-playing. Your children, doing the actual jobs or even the simple household chores on their own while you are standing close and just watching behind them, is a pretty good technique in harnessing your child's potential and creating a strong foundation in their early development.
If you're not convinced yet, the following notes will definitely make you buy an affordable playhouse for kids from Tiny Tiny Shop Shop for role-playing:
- Experience creates the toughest heroes. We're not saying that your kid will actually turn into an actual superhero. But letting them do the real job will make them tough and resilient because they have grown used to doing tough things. (Washing the dishes is kinda tough especially for a four year-old).
- Experience builds self-confidence. Always being on the job can definitely instill a sense of self-reliance to your kids. Having them sweep the floor, or fix their beds will make them feel that you trusted them, making them no doubt to trust and believe in themselves too.
- Experience bonds them to you. Letting them do the actual jobs, with you on the watch and on the constant guide will create a sense of an unbreakable connection between them and you. Believe me it's better for a 'together-time' than just letting them play with their tablets while you sit beside them being busy with your Facebook feeds.
Eating is a necessity but cooking is an art.
- Experience develops independence. Sure. You have to always be behind them and they'll always depend on you for the first few times but as the practice continues they will surely believe more in themselves than in you behind them. You might even be surprised one day if they started driving you away while saying "I can do this mom, dad."
- Experience is the best teacher. Not only selecting the best from wide choices of kids wooden puzzles at Tiny Tiny Shop Shop can help your kids widen their knowledge. It has been proven that being exposed to the actual things in life is the best way to learn not only the technicalities and specifics but, the concepts and the mechanisms of how things work, as well. They can always improvise and find ways to solve future problems than just following formulas and manuals.
And the list continues that it probably will take us a lifetime to finish jotting everything down. But no matter how long this note goes, you still will not succeed if you miss the most important thing in all the things above. That's your time.
Time conquers all. It's not love which does the job. Because what is love without time? Time is love itself. It is when you purposely avoid your office's overnight party and that new intern who snatches frequent glances to you so as to just be with your kids and supervise them in sweeping the living room.


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Spaciousness, natural light, industrial windows and high ceilings – that's what this Stockholm apartment inherited from the old chocolate factory, which now houses a unique residential building. The home consists of a main large open space, which housed the living room, kitchen and dining room, as well as a separate bedroom. An interesting attribute is a large glazed balcony, which is not often seen in Scandinavian homes, especially in loft-style housing. Let's have a closer look!
See also: Stylish home in former church in England


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Understanding Twitter And Getting Started
7 Lessons -
Do you need a more in-depth understanding of Twitter? How to use the RIGHT hashtags and how to identify what is working and what is not? Are you tracking your potential customers and stakeholders and do you use the analytics to make the best of your social media time online?
In this course you will go in-depth into:
I've managed the strategy, campaigns and Facebook Pages and forums and blogs of TV shows such as JUNIOR MASTERCHEF, IDOL and BIG BROTHER. I specifically adapted these quick courses to bring social media managers like you up to speed efficiently and cost effectively. Look out for my other courses!
SHORT COURSE: This is a mini-course that is part of a much larger Social Media Campaign course - you will find some videos duplicated from the Campaign course on my corporate account. Some students just want a quick and easy course on one aspect of campaigns - that is the purpose of this course. So if you are just looking for Twitter tips and tricks, measurement and analytics tools and strategies as part of social media campaigns, this is the course for you!
Please email firstname.lastname@example.com if you have any questions


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Millions of migratory birds occupy seasonally favorable breeding grounds in the Arctic, but scientists know little about the formation, maintenance and future of the migration routes of Arctic birds and the genetic determinants of migratory distance.
In new research, a multinational team of researchers established a continental-scale migration system that used satellite tracking to follow 56 peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) from six populations that breed in the Eurasian Arctic, and sequenced the genomes of 35 birds from four of these populations. They found that a gene called ADCY8 is associated with population-level differences in migratory distance.
"Previous studies have identified several candidate genomic regions that may regulate migration — but our work is the strongest demonstration of a specific gene associated with migratory behavior yet identified," said co-author Professor Mike Bruford, a molecular ecologist in the School of Biosciences at Cardiff University.
For the study, Professor Bruford and colleagues tagged 56 Arctic peregrine falcons and tracked their journeys by satellite, following their annual flight distances and directions in detail.
"Peregrines initiated their autumn migration mainly in September, traveled 2,280-11,002 km in about 27 days and arrived at their wintering areas mainly in October," they said.
"Peregrines migrate solitarily; birds that depart from different breeding grounds use different routes, and winter at widely distributed sites across four distinct regions."
"Individual birds that were tracked for more than one year exhibited strong path repeatability during migration, complete fidelity to wintering locations and limited breeding dispersal (5.37 km on average)."
"All populations demonstrated a high degree of migratory connectivity, which suggests strong selection for long-term memory."
The scientists found that the birds used five migration routes across Eurasia, probably established between the last Ice Age 22,000 years ago and the middle-Holocene 6,000 years ago.
They used whole genome sequencing and found a gene — ADCY8, which is known to be involved in long-term memory in other animals — associated with differences in migratory distance.
They found ADCY8 had a variant at high frequency in long-distance (eastern) migrant populations of peregrines, indicating this variant is being preferentially selected because it may increase powers of long-term memory thought to be essential for long-distance migration.
"Our work is the first to begin to understand the way ecological and evolutionary factors may interact in migratory birds," said senior author Professor Xiangjiang Zhan, a researcher in the Institute of Zoology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
"We hope it will serve as a cornerstone to help conserve migratory species in the world."
The authors looked at simulations of likely future migration behavior to predict the impact of global warming.
If the climate warms at the same rate it has in recent decades, they predict peregrine populations in western Eurasia have the highest probability of population decline and may stop migrating altogether.
"In this study, we were able to combine animal movement and genomic data to identify that climate change has a major role in the formation and maintenance of migration patterns of peregrines," Professor Bruford said.
The results were published in the journal Nature.
Z. Gu et al. Climate-driven flyway changes and memory-based long-distance migration. Nature, published online March 3, 2021; doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03265-0
This article was first published by Sci-News.com on 9 March 2021. Lead Image: Peregrine Falcon by Krinal Jani @JaniKrinal.
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DeFrancesco Receives Inaugural Cardiology Faculty Award
Teresa DeFrancesco, NC State College of Veterinary Medicine professor of cardiology and ICU critical care, is the recipient of the newly established Cobblestone TAGS Faculty Excellence Award in Cardiology. The award was created and funded by Deborah and Paul Resnick, longtime supporters of the CVM and the NC State Veterinary Hospital.
The award recognizes faculty providing compassionate care and dedication to heart disease research. It celebrates the clinician/scientist, equally dedicated to providing patient care and advancing research.
The Resnicks have owned four Cavalier King Charles spaniels; three suffered from heart ailments. The award is named after the Cobblestone Kennels in Suffolk, Va., the breeder for all four dogs, and the dogs themselves: Tugger, Alfie, Gypsy and Simon, collectively TAGS.
"I accept this award on behalf of the entire cardiology team," said DeFrancesco. "Medicine is a team sport and we get results because we work so well together."
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Finding time and energy to manage stress
You're already too stressed; who has the time for stress management? But finding the time and energy has its rewards – and it can be easy.
I'm not going to sit here at my warm keyboard, sipping a mochachocca latte and preach about how easy it is to find time for stress management. Chances are if you are experiencing excess negative stress, you are probably somewhat overwhelmed and are having trouble focussing on getting through today's "to do" list, let alone on life balance.
So, what I will do, is introduce two techniques that may help you tame the stampede of demands on your time and energy into something less frantic; giving you a chink in the chaos to pause and try one or two resilience-building activities (see the previous column: The resilience-building toolkit).
Cost vs benefit
Many of you will be familiar with the two-by-two matrix, it is a model much favoured by business schools the world over. The real power in using this particular version is that it helps remove emotion from your prioritisation decisions.
• List all tasks that you have to do (at home and at work – remember, we don't magically leave our private life at the door when we swipe our access cards; mercifully that kind of outdated management thinking has gone the way of leg warmers, shoulder pads and other abominations of the 1980s).
• Assess each task against the two dimensions – i.e. how much benefit (time, money, energy, happiness) will task A give you, versus how much will it cost you (in time, money, energy, happiness)?
• Learning to stand back and be objectively honest, so you can prioritise effectively, is a skill not often taught as part of any curriculum; it just comes with practise.
Delegate S.M.A.R.T.E.R.
"But it's quicker if I do it myself". I used to say this all the time – it's the classic refrain of the terminal perfectionist slash Type-A personality. Firstly, understand that you often cause your own stress by having stratospherically high standards and by arrogantly assuming no one else is as capable as you – apologies if that sounds too brutally honest, but it's true. Learn to say "no" and accept that you cannot be everything to all people and you cannot do everything your way.
Delegation is an art: consider the S.M.A.R.T.E.R. technique as a paint-by-numbers: Be Specific in your instructions; ensure the task is Measurable; mutually Agree on what is being delegated; ensure the delegation is Realistic, both in terms of the task itself and the skills set of the person to whom you are delegating; the delegation must be Time bound and Ethical; it must also be Recorded.
I understand that for many people relinquishing control isn't easy – we like our comfort zones, no matter how uncomfortable they may be! My advice here is the same as it has been throughout this series of columns: start small and practise. Don't set unrealistic expectations that you will become an expert delegator overnight when you have spent a lifetime doing everything yourself.
Don't overanalyse why you have no time – try these techniques, celebrate the successes, use the time freed up to invest in yourself (not to take on other tasks!) and repeat the cycle.
Remember: small changes add up to make a significant difference; however, the horrible, awful truth – and you know this – is that if you do nothing, nothing will happen. With regards to stress, that's not strictly true – if you do nothing, it is likely to get worse.
In the next column we will re-open the resilience-building toolkit and describe more practical tools, tips and techniques to help you manage your stress and build resilience.
Richard Hawkey, author of Life Less Lived and founder of equilibriumsolutions, spent many years pounding the corporate treadmill until literally falling off; diagnosed with burnout and clinical depression. Now, Hawkey has combined his general management and leadership experience with lessons learnt from mismanaging stress, to become a self-styled anti-stress evangelist. He specialises in identifying stress in oneself and others; the personal and professional impacts; and how one can break out of the negative spiral and emerge vigorous and vital to realise quantifiable benefits.


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Cryptocurrency exchange Binance sues Forbes and its two reporters for publishing an article claiming the exchange is the involved in violation of crypto regulations.
Leaked 'Tai Chi' Document
Binance has filed a lawsuit against Forbes in District Court based in the District of New Jersey. According to the complaint registered by the exchange, the article of Forbes has reported false information about the exchange which is defamation. The article entitled "Leaked 'Tai Chi' Document Reveals Binance's Elaborate Scheme To Evade Bitcoin Regulators" was written by Jason Brett and Michael del Castillo which are included in the Binance's complaint registered in the US District Court.
According to Forbes's article, the journalists have taken the facts from the document penned by Harry Zhou, the co-founder of Koi Trading. According to the revealed document, the firm has established the US subsidiary in order to evade US regulations and move revenue back to the parent platform by misleading the US regulators. According to Binance's lawsuit:
"Defendants' false public statements, misrepresentations and innuendo that Binance does not comply with applicable law, seeks to evade regulators, and is engaged in activity 'characteristics of money laundering' are highly damaging to Binance."
Binance's Demands in Complaint
After the news agency published the so-called false article about the exchange, Binance has lost "millions of dollars" as a result. Per the complaint, the crypto trading platform asked for an apology and removal of the article but Forbes did not bother to do that. In the filed lawsuit, the exchange has demanded money as compensation. But it may become hard for Binance to prove the defamation case in the US Court against the news outlet.
In the history of the US, there are very rare cases when the defamation cases against the US media took a serious phase. This is because the media has a lot of freedom, and government authorities do not pressurize them.
Crypto news outlet The Block published an article against Binance last year, and the exchange, as a result, threatened to file a lawsuit for defamation.


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Obviously not. Britain and France declared war in defense of their ally who was subject to an aggression. Romania didn't have such a motive.BDV wrote: Romania is just as justified in pursuing an intransigent policy against Soviet Union, as Great Britain and France against Germany in 1939.
In any case, the issue discussed was not just character of somebody's policy but to statements
1) Romania in 1941 was waging a defensive war against Soviet aggression.
2) In June 1941 were repulsing an offensive made by a massive group of Soviet forces.
Both IMO are fantasies which have nothing to do with reality.
Given that the Soviet Navy in the Black Sea had 0 (zero) specialized amphibious ships I would view that capacity more moderately. Anyway were are living in the year 2015, all you need to know Soviet plans in June 1941 is to check corresponding documents. That documents don't show any large-scale offensive intentions and defined the tasks of forces at Romanian frontiers as generally defensive. Generally speaking in soviet military planing Romania was considered a theater of secondary importance. The statement that Soviet army and navy were potentially capable of executing offensive (well, under certain circumstances there were fore sure) don't actually support the thesis that in the summer of 1941 they were actually executing it or were about to start.I am however miffed that the existence of the huge Soviet amphibious assault capacities does not illuminate to you the extent of Soviet ambitions and plans in that theater


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Tea is something that not a lot of people talk about, but it's an important component of many cultures, and is prepared differently in each, around the world. From iced sweet tea, to milky breakfast tea, to ceremonial teas to tea with stewed cherries, we've seen it all…
But the greatest debate when it comes to tea in general, still seems to be whether it should come loose leaf or in a tea bag.
So, what's the tea on tea you ask? Well, get ready to share your opinion on this popular beverage… but not before you read this guide on loose leaf vs tea bags.
Here are five dividing factors that could influence your decision to lean one way or the other:
- Quality
- Convenience
- Environmental Impact
- Customization
- Preference
Read on to see how your favorite brewing method ranks.
When it comes to enjoying a delicious cuppa leaf juice, the quality of the product should always be a consideration. And the fact of the matter is that loose leaf tea is often higher quality than tea bags.
Mainly, because it has not been processed as much. With loose leaf tea you cannot hide poor quality tea leaves in bags, and you sure as heck won't wind up with dusty leftovers packed into a plastic sack.
Of course, there are high quality teas available in bags. You just need to find them for yourself or as a connoisseur.
Obviously, when it comes to tea, convenience is an important factor. If you need a quick caffeine pick-me-up or don't feel like doing much tea prep to enjoy your afternoon break, tea bags are the clear winner.
There is no extra step of packing an infuser and cleaning out the soggy leaves once your brew is completed. So in terms of convenience, tea bags have come out on top.
Environmental Impact
As a socially conscious consumer, it's important to recognize the environmental impact of your tea habits. Those drinking tea from tea bags on a daily (or a few times a day) basis certainly contribute more waste than those using a reusable infuser.
In addition, many lower quality tea bags are actually made of plastic. Not only is this gross because really, who wants to be ingesting hot plastic water, but it is wasteful. Of course, there are fully biodegradable tea bags, but these must be disposed of properly and it is certainly not the norm.
So it looks like the environmental impact of loose leaf tea is certainly lower than that of tea bags.
The great thing about loose leaf tea is that you can easily create your own blends/strength/convenience by bagging it yourself with any kind of tea steeper.
This is also a great way to ensure the quality of your herbal teas, like peppermint, lemon ginger, or echinacea.
So loose leaf tea definitely wins the customization category.
Of course, after all of this, if the drink you like is in the cup then you have prepared your tea "correctly".
There is no right or wrong way to make a cup of tea, even if it's in the microwave, as long as you like the drink.
There are so many types of tea out there that it is almost impossible to try them all, but if that's what you're all about we're sure you'll encounter a good amount of both bagged and loose leaf blends.
Pros & Cons ─ Loose Leaf
- Whole or partially cut leafs
- Range of flavor
- Customization
- More freshness
- More variety
- Longer brew time
- Cleaning tea instruments
Pros & Cons ─ Bagged
- Simple flavor profile
- Quick brew time
- Convenient
- Dust or small broken pieces
- Plastic in bags
- Not environmentally friendly
- Potential for staleness
- Limited options
Note: One major PRO for both bagged and loose leaf tea is that the health benefits are the same no matter what the vessel.
If you're drinking green tea for the antioxidants and the l-theanine, you're going to get that whether or not you're drinking a cup from a box or a cup from loose leaves.
Otherwise, it would appear that there are more pros for loose leaf tea and more cons for bagged tea, if that matters to you. But as we mentioned, if the drink you like is in the glass, this list really doesn't matter 😉


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Functioning Of various Hormones In Human Body
Functioning Of various Hormones In Human Body?
Hormones are the chemical material which coordinate the activities of living organisms and also their development. They are secreted by particular tissues in our body parts endocrine glands. Different hormones have discrete effects on the cultivate of the body. Some of these hormones work suddenly to start or stop a treating and some will ceaselessly work over a long duration of time to Execute their functions.
List of important hormones and their functions
Hormones of Thyroid
Thyroid knot basically releases two hormones Triiodothyronine (T3) and Thyroxine (T4), which helps in curb the metabolism of our body. Further Super Kamagra hormones regulates weight, decide energy levels, internal body temperature, skin, hair etc.
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It's been a bit, I know. Part of the reason is the chaos that was 2022 for me. We decided to sell the house and move, and I decided to go back to school. On top of all of that, I cleaned off my trusty laptop in the spring and lost my progress on editing The Dalrymple Mystery, and I didn't have the focus to go back to that project. When I lost my files, I also deleted the original PDF with the images from the serialized version. That piece took several steps to create. My first thought was that I was going to have to go back through all issues of The National that contained excerpts and find the images. Then, I remembered that I have the PDF file on my Nova Air and was able to move it to the Google Drive. Crisis averted! I just finished capturing the five drawings that go with the story, along with their original captions, so I can include those in the complete version of the story. A Book of True Lovers My last entry was almost a year ago, and I shared my highlights and notes file for this collection. I revisited McMichael's comments about this collection, and was not surprised to find he has little to say about it on page 153: A Book of True Lovers came out at a time when editors were pleased to take anything she wrote. Her income from writing had increased almost $2,000 over two years before. The sales she listed in her ledger at the end of 1897 totaled $5,390 for this year. Much of the money went toward the restoration of the house in Arkansas, which was finally being completed during summer of 1897. Alice and Jenny named their new home 'Thanford' for Thanet and Crawford. So, there is an Arkansas connection there, if only that the money was used to restore the house in Clover Bend. "The Strike at Glasscock's" was, according to McMichael, "based on an incident described by Colonel Tucker of Clover Bend and was a parable for labor, showing the plight of a rural Arkansas mill owner whose wife had gone on strike" (152-3) to get the house painted. The story is reminiscent in some ways of Mary Wilkins-Freeman's oft-anthologized "The Revolt of Mother." As such, it might be interesting in that regard. Thanet's story originally appeared in December 1893's edition Northwestern Miller Holiday Number as "The Labor Question at Glasscock's." Mary Wilkins Freeman's story appeared in print in 1890 in Harper's. Given that Thanet also published in Harper's during the late 1800s, it is likely she was familiar with the story. McMichael also discusses the relative domestic harmony at Thanford when discussing the book, which is sweet. The introduction of A Book of True Lovers is interesting, as well, as the focus there is on how all of the stories are focused on married couples. Perhaps it was a tip of Thanet's hat to the fact she valued her own Boston Marriage with Jane Crawford. A Slave to Duty & Other Women As with A Book of True Lovers, Thanet's next collection lacks much depth, despite the eye-catching title. Another volume, A Slave to Duty and Other Women, her ninth book in eight years, also appeared in 1898, a reprinting of stories gathered from a wide variety of magazines and published by Herbert S. Stone in Chicago. For the first time, critical response to her work was almost wholly uncomplimentary, the reviewers announcing that the stories were trivial and unimportant (McMichael, 158).
The summary in the above letter is spot on; the novel focuses on young Fairfax Rutherford, who has been living abroad with the uncle he was named for. He returns to his father's plantation in Arkansas and is immediately caught up on the robbery scheme and captured. His shame happens when he first reveals Parson Collins has the money; he feels guilty about revealing that, but is even more horrified when he thinks he's shot Collins after being burned with hot coals from the fire. The story works itself out; we later find that Collins is not only alive, but also that it wasn't Fairfax who shot him after all--it was Lige, who was aiming for Dick Barnabas, leader of the guerillas. Setting: The area around the Montaigne Plantation on the Black River. McMichaels notes it is set in 1864 (p. 118). Characters:
Expiation: Adele is the first to use the word "expiation" when talking to Fair about his guilt: "God won't hold you guilty for that. And even say you were guilty, guilty of the worst--well, what then? Does repentance mean despair or expiation? 'Bring forth fruits,' the apostle says, God will not despise a broken and a contrite heart: but if such a heart doesn't lead us to do something" (Thanet, p. 126). Adele continues on pages 127-128 to tell Fairfax he should stay in Arkansas and do right by Parson Collins: "you haven't any right to desert it. And because it is ruined and miserable, that's the more reason you should try to help. If you want to make amends to Mr. Collins, to Unk ' Ralph—they love this poor country--stay here and help them try to save it. Oh, you know, you know how Unk ' Ralph has struggled to improve this place, to get better roads and better houses and some way civilize the people; and you know how Mr. Collins helped him. If you want to make amends to Mr. Collins, to Unk ' Ralph—they love this poor country-stay here and help them try to save it. Oh, you know, you know how Unk ' Ralph has struggled to improve this place, to get better roads and better houses and some way civilize the people; and you know how Mr. Collins helped him. If you want to make amends--please, Cousin Fair, excuse the plain way I talk--then help to rid the country of the graybacks, and get in provisions, and keep peace now, and the rest will come in time . That —that will be expiation; [emphasis mine] but to lie here and die of shame—if you do , do you know what I say? Cousin Fair, you weren't a coward, but you are!" Masculinity: This is a central theme as Fairfax feels the need to fit his father's image of a real man. His brothers have died, and Fairfax is the sole heir left. When Barnabas says he was a coward, it crushes Fairfax and makes the relationship with his father strained (until the truth comes out). Fairfax is a bit of a dandy, but not necessarily in a bad way. While he has funny clothes and is softer than men in the Arkansas Swamps, those traits are not seen as a failing. At the end of the novel, his refinement is mentioned and becomes a bit of an issue for Adele who thinks she can never be quite refined enough for him, but Adele winds up liking his sense of fashion and his cleanliness. On page 81, we see that Fairfax was always sensitive to fear and that even as kids Adele had a stronger sense of rationality--see below regarding childhood tales of conjure men and headless cats. Adele didn't believe they were real, but Fairfax did. Race: Aunt Hizzie: She's treated as a caricature. "Aunt Hizzie, in her white turban (economically made out of a castaway flour-sack ), with a blue apron try ing to define a waist for her rotund shape, was always a figure in the gallery when dinner was under way" (Thanet, p. 30), Her method of communication is to holler at people. Barnabas: This issue comes up not only with Hizzie and other enslaved people of color in the book but also in terms of Dick Barnabas who is described as having a "sharp profile with thin lips, curved nose, hollow cheeks, a sweeping mustache, and inky locks of hair, straight and coarse enough to warrant the common taunt that 'all of Dick Barnabas wasn't Jew was mean Injun'" (Thanet, p. 66). Early on, Colonel Rutherford is telling his wife the story of Ma'y June and says, "Dick, he was renting of me then, am - mean Jew Injun, same like he is now, and getting most his livelihood swapping horses" (Thanet, p. 41). Thanet contrasts Barnabas and Fairfax: "Their eyes met; the cruel old-race black ones, the frank brown eyes of the Anglo-American; the glitter in each crossed under the torch-rays like sword-blades , but it was the brown flash that wavered" (Thanet, p. 75). Also, Thanet uses the word "injun" again when Lige tells Sam "he had a mind to kick, but he warn't no injun, by ____" (Thanet, p. 78). "in spite of his seeming apathy, Dick's Indian blood was at boiling-point. Lige stood in front of the open window; before he had time to realize the situation he found himself sprawling on the ground outside" (Thanet, p. 92). Magic of the Swamps: Mose has freedom to travel the swamps and communicates with animals. The homestead of the French LaRouge who was killed by Barnabas and his men is the "magical" and haunted spot that Barnabas uses as home base: "on the mound to the right , which was a forgotten chief's last show of pride , an old Frenchman had built him a log cabin , where he lived alone" (Thanet, p. 77). . . "Dick told them that he chose the place because it was a spot held accursed and haunted" (Thanet, p. 78). Conjuring is mentioned when Fairfax remembers tales he was told as a child to keep him in line: "How they terrified him! That one, of the big conjure-men who threw lizards into Mammy's mother so that she died-but that was not so frightful as the one about the little black cat without a head that would come and sit by a 'mean' boy's bed and purr and purr; and , if the boy should make the least bit of noise, would leap on the bed and rub its dreadful neck against him. What a ghastly fancy! Why must he remember it now?" (Thanet, p. 81). The "now" in question is when Barnabas takes him to LaRouge's ruins. "Aunt Tennie Marlow was well enough known to Fair. She was an old and very black negress who enjoyed a great name as a bone-setter, knew a heap' baout beastis," ushered all the babies of the neighborhood into the world, and on the strength of these gifts and of living alone was suspected to be a "conjure woman" (Thanet, p. 163). To view all of my chapter summaries and highlights, click here.
Basic summary: The story opens with one-armed Jeff Griffin carrying home a tiny coffin for the recently dead baby of Cap'n Bulah, the love of his life (and distant cousin). Bulah is the widow of Sam Eller (the baby's father). Bulah still runs his boat, as she is determined to pay off his debts. When her baby dies, she is inconsolable. On his way to show her the coffin, Jeff picks up Nate who tells him about a baby left at the plantation store. The widow Mrs. Brand is caring for the baby, and Jeff picks her up and takes her to his house where Bulah is still rocking her dead child. When he sets the boy on the floor, he cries for his mother and Bulah shakes herself out of her stupor, allowing her own baby to be buried. Jeff and Bulah begin to care for the child in February. In October his mother, a traveling cotton picker, returns and demands her child back. The widow Brand saves the day when Headlights (real name Sabrina Mathews) tries to force the sheriff to tear the boy--now called Jeffy--from his foster parents. She demands board, cost of clothing, and cost of housing for the last eight months at a total of $27 to be paid in six months or Jeff and Bulah retain custody forever. Mr. Francis draws up a contract--thus, the "Mortgage on Jeffy." Headlights demands the right to pay the debt early. She returns when Jeffy has come down with a fever and they fear he'll develop pneumonia. He's always been puny, which was one of the reasons they refused to let her take him, as he would die without care he needs--care his mother can't give him on the road as part of a cotton-picking team. Jeff sees her in a stupor in the swamp and takes her home with him. Headlights realizes that she can't care for the child properly and makes Jeff and Bulah agree to marry and they can keep him. She develops pneumonia and dies. Before she does, she pulls a leather pouch from her neck and says it is for Jeffy. Inside is the $27 and a copy of the mortgage. Notes: I'm intrigued by the name "Headlights" here. It seems really odd. Also, I am not sure that this is as clearly sentimental or classist as McMichael seems to think. Headlights, just as with Dosier and Chaney before, has deep emotional feelings and ties to her son, even as she leaves him at 17 months at the store. Carrying a child that small from job to job couldn't be easy, and likely the child would have died. The whole mortgage situation is also weird. Obviously, Jeffy is not a slave or treated as property by Bulah and Jeff, but the idea of owning other people is definitely at play here. There's some weird "owning you to take care of you" stuff going on here (as in, you're being treated as property for your own good).
Basic Summary: Milt Bedford plans to take over Sycamore Ridge's post office and oust the former northerner named Captain Leidig, the current Postmaster. General Throckmorton can't bring himself to break the news to Leidig that he is being replaced. That night, the Great Fire breaks out, and Leidig and his "chemical engine" (Thanet, p. 273-4) save the post office and the town from the blaze. Leidig is gravely injured in the fire, and Throckmorton and the town think there is no way Leidig will be removed from his post after saving everything. Unfortunately, Bedford is installed as postmaster as Leidig is on bedrest and dying. His former assistant, Roz Miller, keeps up the charade that Leidig still holds the post, unable to break his heart as he lay dying. When Bedford intercepts a note to the office by Leidig before his assistant can, he goes to visit the ill-man whose job he took. He's tender-hearted enough to continue the charade and spares Leidig's feelings. The title of the story comes from General Throckmorton, the district's congressman. While citizens discuss how wonderful Leidig is as postmaster and how it's a shame he lost the post, Throckmorton says Leidig was an idiot to start with. Not only was he a humane officer in the military who treated political opponents well (Throckmorton being confederate military), but he also was brilliant and had patents. Had he kept inventing, he would have been rich. Instead, he was an idiot: Now I , gentlemen," said Throckmorton," I call Hiram Leidig a plumb idiot." The crowd simply gasped; Throckmorton being Leidig's closest friend, and a man not to desert a friend under stress of weather, "Yes, gentlemen, a plumb idiot," he repeated, in his gentlest tone; "here he is. He could have made a fortune had he stayed in the manufacturing business. When the war broke out he was getting a salary of twelve hundred dollars, and he had invented half a dozen little tricks, and got patents on them, and saved ten thousand dollars. . . Well, what does the government or the party give Leidig for his long services? You all know. Half a dozen times he has been within an ace of getting bounced by one party or the other, and now he is going to be pitched out in good earnest by his very own party because he can't be trusted to run the office as a party machine, and Milton Bedford can! That's the size of it. Now, a man who will squander his chances of fortune and the best years of his life on a government or a party which kicks fidelity every time is - a plumb idiot!" Themes: The North is not always the enemy and service is more important than wealth. We later find that Throckmorton "loved Leidig. The two men had been like brothers since the Federal soldier saved the Confederate soldier's life and cared for him in prison during the war" (Thanet, p. 268). When he confronts Leidig about his service and how he should have stayed in business, Leidig responds by saying: Look here, Marion, the way you felt for the South, I felt for my country, our country. [bold mine] And I had this kind of a feeling: the way to obliterate the war is to fetch people close together . You stay here awhile, old fellow,' says I, "and do your best for the old flag. Be a decent fellow, for they are going to sample the North by you. Don't go at them ramping and roaring, and shaking your opinions in their face like a red rag, when they're just naturally sore all over. Here's a chance,' says I, " to do your country better service than you did in the war" (Thanet, p. 272). The story ends with the narrator suggesting that maybe Leidig was right about how it is an honor to serve, or "perhaps, again, he may be right some day" (Thanet, p. 284).
Notes: Roz Miller always takes Christmas week off, as he is "obliged" to get drunk that week. Leidig tells him that it's improper for a postman to be drunk, so every year, he suspends him that week. To keep up the ruse while Leidig is dying, he stays sober. We find out he also has a wooden leg, which is never explained, but French did later lose a leg due to complications from diabetes and was wheelchair bound in her later life in Davenport.
Basic summary: A tenant farmer is on trial for killing a con man. The case is up in Lawrence County (abbreviated as L---- County in the original text). The accused, Dock Muckwrath, shot a man who "changed cards" on him. The general public figure since Dock lost all of his money in the world ($50) the killing was justified.
The jury ultimately lets Muckwarth off--not because they think he's not guilty, but because the foreman reveals how horrible convict camps are: "The doctor , who had the medical eye for com plexion, observed that Captain Baz was certainly very pale . " My opinion, sir," said the captain , slowly," is that, in the present state of convicts in Arkansas, if you don't find the man not guilty you had better find him guilty enough to be hanged" (Thanet, p. 239). He goes on to explain that, "He told me, what I found was true, that the whole convict system is a money-making affair. They are all on the make. The board, commissioners, contractors, lessees, wardens, and guards, — they all just naturally squeeze the convict" (Thanet, p. 242). Captain Baz Lemew relates how he was in one himself, and how he blew the whistle on the abuses in the camp by passing a note to an inspector's sister in town. The horrible abusive Warden Moss turns out to be the scoundrel Muckwrath shot. So, the jury looks at the case as one where justice was meted out by the killing. Characters of note: Mr. Phillipson: The prosecutor. He asks "why a State so beautiful, so fertile, so attractive to every class of emigrants, is neglected" (Thanet, p. 226) and argues "It is because the old taint of blood and crime clings to our garments still" (Thanet, p. 226) and that they must convict to ensure that other people realize "that there is not in all this broad land a more peaceful, law-abiding section than ours, or a section with better enforced laws" (Thanet, p. 226). His argument is important as there is a Northerner in the audience, as Dr. Redden says to the others: "Phillipson was right; it discouraged immigration. He had seen Mr. Thornton (the Northerner) in court. They all knew he was fixing to build a canning factory. Was he likely to do that if they convinced him that any of his men could get mad and pop away at him with a gun, sure of getting off? It looked like they might lose their factory, may be their railroad, if they monkeyed with the verdict. Let them remember their oaths and the law; that was all he asked" (Thanet, p. 235). Dock Muckwrath is described as: "His face was of a type common in Arkansas among the renters, where the loosely hung mouth will often seem to contradict fine brows, straight noses, and shapely heads. One could see that he was wearing his poor best in clothes, namely, a new ill-fitting brown coat, blue trousers, rubber boots, and a white shirt with a brass collar-button but no necktie" (Thanet, p. 225). Captain Baz Lemew: The jury foreman. Dock is one of his renters (sharecropper/tenant farmer), and during deliberations, we learn that he was once Trusty, No. 49. He is now married to the inspector's sister--the same one he passed the note to in town. Dr. Redden: "desired a conviction ardently. His motives were the cleanest in the world. Of the new South himself, he believed in immigration, enterprise, and their natural promoters, law and order" (Thanet, p. 222). Thornton: Northerner in attendance at the trial who is planning on building a cannery in L----- County. His reaction to the verdict: "The Northerner, who was with Phillipson, laughed outright. 'They do seem pleased,' said he. 'See, Phillipson, there go the interesting family home together in one of the jurymen's wagon; Muckwrath is kissing the baby. Well, I confess I am glad he does n't have to go to your confounded penitentiary" (Thanet, p. 261). Notes on setting: The town used to be prosperous, but the railroad passed it by. Now, it is struggling, hence the importance of Thornton's cannery coming. The court is held in Barker's store, as the courthouse burned down some time ago. Interesting mix of business and law, of course. Given that so many of her Arkansas stories take place in spaces where boundaries are blurry and often circles of influence overlap (a judge sees a citizen in his home, a store becomes a court, people live on plantations--the very epitome of business and personal life being merged--people are property). Also, next door to the court/store is the local bar, Milligan's. Notes on dialect/language use: Trusty=Trustee in today's parlance. Thanet's Arkansas stories often deal with race, and characters often use the "N" word when referring to people of color. This is problematic, but to consider the characters' use of the term as a sign of Thanet/French's own racism is simplistic, in much the same way that banning The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn for Huck's early use of the word is problematic. We cannot fully explain Alice French's views on race on the characters' use of the word. That's not to excuse the use of the word entirely, nor is it to say that Alice French did not have racist views herself. It is--much like the issue of her being an anti-suffrage activist in real life while also having her own wood working shop, her own photography studio, and being coupled with another woman and being out in her Boston Marriage on an old plantation in Arkansas--complicated.
Basic summary: Characters: Mrs. Ponder, Mrs. Higgins, Miss Maine, Dosier, Chaney The story is set in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Dosier, a widow, works in the baths and has an invalid sister--Sist' Chaney. Dosier has a black silk gown and Chaney covets it. Mrs. Ponder says, ". . .she doesn't go out of the house once a year. If you please, ladies, she's plumb crazy for a black silk gown. Ever since Dosier got hers, she's been craving one" (Thanet, p. 142). Despite Mrs. Higgins objections that Dosier should not entertain Chaney's desire for the gown as they are poor and need the money for other things, the other women don't seem to feel the same. Dosier is not only highly praised among the three women in the baths; "Frequently she met acquaintances, black or white. They all greeted her with a degree of respect" (Thanet, p. 143). When Dosier arrives home, Chaney is crying and the doctors deliver the news that she can no longer leave the bed and is dying. Dosier realizes she can't go back to work and leave her sister unattended. Mrs. Ponder goes to visit, and she tells Higgins and Maine all about it. Mrs. Higgins thinks Chaney should be "glad to go" (Thanet, p. 151). Miss Maine suggests that Chaney should want to be with her dead husband, to which Mrs. Ponder reponds "I don't guess he counts much. He was a trifling no-'count n____, who wanted to wear his Sunday clothes every day, and sit in the store-doors and ogle the yellow girls. I reckon he wasn't any too kind to her, either, ayfter she got too sick to earn money for him to spend" (Thanet, p. 152). The story is remarkable largely for what it says about race relations. On page 143, there's a description of main street: At that hour of the day the Hot Springs main street is a picturesque scene, a kaleidoscope of shifting figures, all tints of skin, all social ranks; uncouth countrymen on cotton wagons; negroes in cars drawn by oxen or skelton mules with rope harness; pigs lifting their protesting noses out of some carts, fowls squawking in others; a dead deer flug over a horseman's saddle; modish-looking men and women walking; shining horses curveting before handsome carriages; cripples on crutches; deformed creatures hugging the sunny side of the street before the bathhouses; pale ghosts of human beings in wheeled chairs,---so the endless procession of wealth or poverty or disease or hope oscillates along the winding street between the mountains." Even on her deathbed, Chaney says she'd rather have her desired black silk than go to heaven (pp. 148-9). After Mrs. Ponder suggests Dosier tell Chaney about the fine funeral she will provide for her sister, she does, inviting Miss Betty (Ponder) to go see Chaney. Yes, honey, dat so; but ef you didn't have a good time, you shall have de bigges' an' de nices' burryin' of ary cullud pusson in Hot Springs." (Thanet, p. 155) The story ends with a description of the funeral; Chaney is comforted enough by the pledge of the black silk that she dies in peace. We see Ponder and Maine discuss how peaceful and beautiful the funeral was. When Miss Maine mentions it's a shame Chaney "couldn't see her own funeral" (Thanet, p. 159) Ponder responds with "Well, I don't know; perhaps she did" (Thanety, p. 159). Take aways: The story sets up several instances where stereotypes are chipped away at. Not only do we see how intimate the interactions are between white clients and black bath attendants in the story, but we also see strength in Chaney versus Mrs. Higgins. Mrs. Higgins says she wants to die when her hands are in an arthritic flare, which is why she says--even before Chaney is clearly on her deathbed--that she doesn't know how Chaney stands living. It's a nice touch, then, that Dosier shares gifts Mrs. Higgins has given her with Chaney for the funeral, since Higgins gripes about how "silly" Chaney is for coveting a black silk gown when she obviously has more important things to worry about. The love the sisters share and how Dosier would do anything for her sister is the obvious focus here. The doctors have a brief conversation about Dosier's grief--one mentioning that it seems odd to him that Dosier doesn't seem relieved to soon be on her own after taking care of her sister for so long: "'Bracing up,' muttered the youngest man. 'She feels bad. Queer, too; the woman's always been a burden to her.'" Dr. Le Verneau, irritated, responds, "'That's all you know about it, . . . Don't you suppose she's fond of her kin? That poor soul there has lived with Dosier for twenty years." (Thanet, pp. 146-7). Ponder and Le Verneau seem to be the most sympathetic and understanding of Dosier and Chaney, seeing them as humans with the same level of emotional capability as themselves. Side note: A lot of talk about chewing gum as a habit at the beginning of the story. Also, a bit of discussion of how Dosier's late husband shot a gangster--a good bit of local color writing about Hot Springs. Late in the story, we find Mrs. Ponder is hooked: " Gum had become a sort of intellectual motor to Mrs. Ponder, who never felt her mind really working without a simultaneous action of her jaws" (Thanet, p. 153).
I was excited to begin Otto the Knight and Other Trans Mississippi Stories in part because of the regional focus. A few of these stories carry over characters from stories published in Knitters in the Sun. Michael B. and Carol W. Dougan's 1980 collection By the Cypress Swamp: The Arkansas Stories of Octave Thanet brings many of those stories together, although the title story "Otto the Knight" is not in that collection. Given the very light emphasis on the setting here, the omission of the story isn't completely surprising. McMichael also only mentions the story itself on page 125, indicating that it was chosen as the title for the collection solely based on the fact it was the first story. The omission is interesting, given that Lum Shinault definitely lives on the Black River in "Whitsun Harp, Regulator" and because there is the connection to getting lost in the swamp. Marty Ann searching for Boo gets lost, just as Ma' Bowlin got lost in the earlier story. Basic Summary:
Basic Plot Summary: Part I: Polly Ann Shinault, wife of Lum, is out fixing the Clover Bend ferry-boat when she sees Whitsun Harp in the boat with her neighbor Boas. Harp has come by because he's heard Lum and Polly are missing a mule, and Polly acknowledges that, saying that Lum is off looking for it, but they assume it has been stolen. He proceeds to tell her his story of becoming a regulator, and how it seems like a calling from God. It's pretty clear Harp was sweet on Polly but Lum beat him to her. Harp mentions that as kids they played together and he told her everything then, which is why he felt the need to personally tell her why he had become a regulator.When he leaves, Boas tells Polly that Harp already warned Lum to shape up and to stop partying. He emphasizes the importance of Lum doing so by telling her different stories of Harp "giving a lickin'" to various people. Lum comes home for supper and when Polly tells him Harp finds him "trifflin'" Lum indicates Harp had better mind his own business. We learn that Lum helps his wife with household chores, having helped his mother because his father was 'triflin.'" We also learn that "he had married Polly Ann out of compassion" (Thanet, p. 316) when her father died. He reasoned that "Nary un waiti' on 'er neether, 'less hit ar' Whitsun Harp. Ef he don' marry her, I reckon Ihed orter. 'Tain't no mo'n neighborly.' //Whitsun making no sign, he carried out his intention" (Thanet, p. 316). In a conversation with Boas, Lum reveals the truth about his interactions with Savannah Lady. They are merely trying to make the man she loves jealous, and Lum thinks there's no harm in it. The trick works, and Morrow proposes to Savannah. Unfortunately, Lum, Whitsun, Polly, and Savannah all converge in the dry bottoms of the swamp and Harp mistakes Lum helping Savannah by giving her whiskey when she is ill to be some romantic tryst. He breaks of a switch and beats Lum. Polly sees it all and chides Lum for not standing up for himself, but she assures him she'll cook him a good dinner. Lum is ashamed and cries because he thinks Polly doesn't love him, and he's sure this was the final straw. Part II: Lum doesn't come home for dinner, despite Polly waiting. She finds a note that indicates he won't be back (Thanet, p. 328). He has taken the gun and plans to kill Whitsun Harp. "He had been beaten before his wife, his wife who valued strength and bravery beyond everything. And Whitsun, whom she praised because he was so strong and brave had beaten him" (Thanet, p. 328). He knows this is a high priority for Polly as her father, Old Man Gooden, shot a man for spitting in his face. According to Polly, "Paw hed ter shoot him" (Thanet, p. 329). Lum assumes Polly pines after Harp, and he decides that if Harp kills him, Polly won't take up with him. On the other hand, if he kills Harp, Polly will never forgive him, either. So, his plan is to "go off on the cotton-boat afore sundown. All through this wide worl' I'll wander, my lone" (Thanet, p.329). Lum (short for Columbus) crosses paths with Boas,who is dying. Boas tells Lum he's come out to warn Harp that some other men are coming to kill him. Boas killed another man a few years back, and ever since he's been haunted by it. He fears going to hell, and he hopes that by warning Harp, God will give him mercy. Unfortunately, he's too weak to go all the way across the swamp and he begs Lum to do it for him. Lum does, but he tells Harp that as soon as Boas dies, he will kill Harp. Harp, upon hearing the truth about Savannah, swears he'll make it up to Lum and Polly, but Lum says there's no way he can. It takes three weeks for Boas to die and Lum acts weird, taking to the woods mostly. Polly worries about him and follows him, but she's not sure what to do and just fears he's gone mad. When Boas dies, Lum joins Harp at the grave and tells him he's still going to kill him and where to meet after the funeral. Harp asks Lum to meet him at the plantation store first, and he does. Harp makes things right by admitting to being wrong and apologizes. He and Lum shake hands, and Lum decides to go squirrel hunting. Meanwhile, Polly notices Lum's boat is gone and she follows him to Clover Bend (using Boas' boat). She hears a single shot and runs towards it, finding Harp dead on the ground, a smile on his face. Lum is nearby, but he tells her the story of how Harp made things right and that it wasn't he who shot him. He tells Polly he'll leave her to her goodbyes, and she realizes he thinks she loves Harp. It turns out she never loved anyone but Lum, and the story ends with them embracing, Harp's dead, smiling body still on the ground. Perhaps you will excuse my mentioning that Whitsun Harp is almost entirely a true story. Harp lived and died as I have tried to picture and Boas was haunted as I have described and (although not in Clover Bend) I know of a Lum saved as Shinault was. This is no excuse for me if I haven't made the story real; I only mention it to show that I have no such notions as you impute to me; but am as uncompromising a realist as lives. I have tried not to idealize my friends of the Cypress Swamp, one atom . . .
Basic Plot: Bud Quinn and his wife Sukey live in Clover Bend. Bud was almost hanged on the day Ma' Bowlin' was born, as William Ruffner thought he had murdered his boy, Zed. Zed disappeared eight years ago, and rumor was that Bud killed him and fed him to the hogs. Sukey saved him that day by reasoning with the men (hooded klansmen, it appears) that Bud didn't have a mark on him, and he would have if he'd killed Zed who was larger and stronger than he was. The story opens with Mrs. Brand, a widow from Georgia, visiting Sukey as she finishes a new dress for Ma' Bowlin'. Sukey makes sure to instruct her daughter not to get the gown dirty, and the girl promises before setting out to the plantation store to meet her father to show him her new dress. Bud arrives home alone, and a search party begins looking for the girl. Bud was ashamed of Ma' Bowlin's feeble-mindedness and never cared for the child; upon seeing how upset Sukey is, though, he realizes he, too, loves Ma' Bowlin.' He goes searching for her, and he and Ruffner find her--and Zed. The gown is clean and the family is reunited. She was a baby ; a girl, when he wanted a boy; she was a toddling little thing who wouldn't learn to talk, but used queer sounds of her own for a language; he had a notion that it was this which first gave him his repugnance to the child . She was a girl whose feeble mind was a judgment ; then he slowly grew to hate her . He didn't know whether he hated her now or not ; he only knew that if Sukey wanted her so bad, she must have her. (Thanet, p. 252) Interestingly, when she appears on Zed's boat, she's cured: Her face looked like an angel's to him in its cloud of shining hair; her eyes sparkled, her cheeks were red, but there was something else which in the intense emo tion of the moment Bud dimly perceived — the familiar dazed look was gone. . How the blur came over that innocent soul , why it went , are alike mysteries. (Thanet, p. 264) |
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July 4, 2011: The sixth Total Summer School organized in Paris from July 3-8 welcomes 120 international students enrolled in highly competitive graduate programs to discuss the major challenges in the energy industry and Total's strategic vision. The students, ranging in age from 19 to 23, are from 24 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas.
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When she was 12, Mandu Reid spent 18 months at a school in Devon, where she was the only black student. She was spat at, called a "black bitch" and "ostracised and ridiculed".
"It was horrendous," said the 39-year-old leader of the Women's Equality Party (WEP), who in February announced she was running to be the mayor of London. But these school days gave her "more clarity on how it is wonderful to have big ideas, but it's actually important to understand that you are going to have to fight for them, and you aren't always going to have a receptive audience".
The experience was formative for Reid, who has fronted the five-year-old feminist party since April 2019 and is Britain's first black party political leader. Her mayoral candidacy was last-minute, however. Computer scientist Sue Black, the party's original contender, pulled out due to health complications. Reid is "devastated" for Black, but sees an opportunity "to represent and stick up for women and girls across London".
In the 2016 London elections, the WEP won 3.5 per cent of the vote. This put it "within a whisker" of getting a member on to the Greater London Assembly, Reid told me when we met in a café near the party's south London offices, "and that was when we had zero name recognition".
As a small party in a first-past-the-post system, the WEP's focus during the 2019 general election was not on winning a parliamentary seat, but on getting violence against women on the political agenda. In May's proportional representation vote for the London Assembly, however, the party is campaigning for equal representation, pay and health care, as well as for affordable childcare and the end of violence against women. Reid believes that the WEP can get at least one of its 11 list candidates onto the Greater London Assembly. It is also fielding 14 constituency candidates.
Born in Malawi in 1981, Mandu Reid spent most of her childhood in the former Swaziland in southern Africa, before moving to London aged 18. Her politics, she told me, was "massively" shaped by growing up during the twilight years of Apartheid.
"My mother is black, my father is white, so just the very existence of our family was kind of politically significant." To Reid, who was a "late developer when it comes to my feminism", it was "the fight for racial equality" that felt more urgent when she was growing up. On the day of our interview racism was high on the news agenda, following the resignation of Downing Street adviser Andrew Sabisky, who had made online comments on race and eugenics, and an ITV News poll uncovered racism in parliament.
In a campaign video, Reid says she is running to amplify women's voices. She is adamant that she will do the same for black, Asian and minority ethnic voices. "You know black women are five times more likely to die in childbirth or due to complications during pregnancy than white women." In her view, it's a statistic that "should be on everyone's lips".
An abortion at the age of 33 was another formative experience for Reid. That decision was made partly because of finances, and it highlighted for her the extent to which women are expected to take on the responsibilities of childcare.
In London, she pointed out, the maternal employment rate is 8 per cent lower than the UK average. Such responsibilities should be "more equally shared", she said, adding that she thinks that "the men will see that the women in their lives are happier… I don't know why they can't see this as a benefit".
Reid, who in 2015 set up period poverty NGO The Cup Effect, has worked at City Hall for 12 years, most recently as the fund manager for the Mayor of London's Sports Legacy Programme. She has worked for all three of London's mayors. How did Sadiq Khan respond to her running against him? "I saw him in the lift the other day and he was… he's a nice guy, he was as friendly as he always is." Boris Johnson did a good job "if you think the job of the mayor is to be an advert or a cheerleader for what a great city London is", she said with a faux posh accent, adding that "the mayor's responsibility is more solemn".
Reid says none of London's mayors have done enough for women. At least Khan "talks the talk" and "confidently calls himself a proud feminist", but "it's about leadership, it's about ambition, it's about what they choose to prioritise".
What would Reid do differently? She says she would ensure the city's plans for dealing with the knife crime crisis – "which have some merit" – acknowledge how domestic abuse and sexual violence fuel violence. She would "want to create a situation where no woman is turned away from a refuge" and to set up a research institute focused on women's health.
But the overall vision is for London to become the world's first gender-equal city. Reid explained how that would mean equal representation and people being able to "live their lives without the disproportionate threat of violence. Women are at the sharp end of that and it doesn't get talked about."
I asked why neither Labour nor the Conservatives had ever fielded a woman candidate for mayor. "This may sound flippant," Reid said, "but it's just because of misogyny. It permeates every facet of our lives and we don't even realise the ways in which we are socialised to deprioritise women and girls."
This article appears in the 26 Feb 2020 issue of the New Statesman, The death of privacy