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- Robynn
- 4 years ago
Hi everyone!
This is my first time posting to the site, but I've been lurking around these pages and especially the "Waiting" boards for at least a year now. I think all you ladies are wonderful, fabulous advice-givers, and I respect that you guys generally don't attack eachother, but instead support one another! It's a beautiful thing. So now I need your help and advice! 🙂 I hope I'm posting to the right place – if not, do let me know!
Now this is super complex and has so many layers. I'll do my best to give you the highlights! I apologize in advance for the length!
Some background: I'm 24, he's 29. We've been together for just about 3 years now. In the beginning of our relationship, we both agreed that we'd like to get married (not necessarily to eachother at that point, but we were both looking for a long-term, committed relationship with the possibility of marriage). We don't technically live together, but I am at his apartment 80-90% of the time.
At 1 year and again at 1.5 years, he took me to look at rings. He had me try some on, got my ring size. We discussed what I liked/didn't like. He asked the saleswoman for a brochure and we took one home. He began looking at rings online and asking me about the styles, etc. After a friend of mine got engaged and spent $12k on a ring, we discussed how much I'd "expect" him to spend. I told him absolutely not more than $1k, because I even think that's ridiculous.) I thought a proposal was imminent. We were in the process of planning a trip to Europe at the time, and I thought maybe he'd propose on the trip (in Paris, maybe?). We had a great time (about a year ago now), but no proposal.
At the time we started seeing eachother, I was finishing up my bachelor's degree and he had just finished his training and had just been hired (L/E). I graduated and started studying for the LSAT to go to law school. I was accepted into 2 amazing schools. One was in my state, 3 hours away. The other would require me to move across the country to CO. I've never been to CO, but I applied there because they were one of 3 schools with the environmental program I wanted and because his family had just moved there and he had expressed a desire to possibly live there someday. We discussed the possibility of moving there together, and the possibility of moving to the school in my state. He told me he'd quit his job (with a pension, 401k, insurance, etc.) and move to CO, but would not move 3 hours away to the school in my state. Eventually, for mostly financial reasons, I decided to go to law school in my state. I moved there a few months after our Europe trip.
We talked about getting married after we got back from Europe. He said then that we were on a "seven year plan", where we would get engaged after 7 years, and then he would expect 2-2.5 years minimum between the proposal and the wedding. I immediately told him I didn't agree with his timeline. I thought that we should get engaged sooner. His reasons were that he didn't want to get engaged before I went to law school (in case we broke up), and he didn't want to get engaged WHILE I was in law school (in case we broke up), and he didn't want to get engaged right AFTER law school for another year or two (in case we broke up from the transition back from LDR to living together). I ended up crying at that time, because he'd already taken me ring shopping and asked me all sorts of things, we'd discussed our future (kids, house, where to live, wedding, etc.) The next day, he said he was just kidding about the 7 year plan, and continued to "joke" about it by bringing it up multiple times over the next few weeks/months.
But, then I got sick. Like really sick. I already have a severe anxiety disorder and some stomach issues. But they found multiple/large (golf ball sized) ovarian cysts and endometriosis. I tried some of the medical therapies they wanted me to try (ie birth control/hormones) and got much worse. I had to drop out of law school and move back home, just 3 months in (~$20k in student loans for one semester, $12k was returned to me because I withdrew for medical reasons. As soon as the money came due, I paid off the remaining balance within a few months (I had been saving my money to pay it off quickly…I really hate debt.) Anyways, after leaving law school, I fell into a deep deep depression ("failure" in law school, "failure" at career, unable to work, unable to go out, etc.. This was in Oct/Nov/Dec…so about 6-8 months ago. To this day, I am still unable to work full time (or even half time). My boss has graciously allowed me to have my job back, and I worked 10-15 hours per week. I also miss a week each month from my period/endometriosis. I have seen two lawyers about applying for disability. I'm still on the fence about it (overachiever-turned-disabled makes for a difficult decision).
In the mean time, the Boyfriend or Best Friend has been saying allllll sorts of marriage/wedding related things. On a daily basis. Complete with hand-holding, from-behind hugs, deep eye gazes, etc. Examples:Like that he's going to make me his wife, saying "I do" in a pointed way, getting down on one knee (as a joke, which i have repeatedly told him isn't funny), picking out wedding songs (that we wrote down on paper), saying "when we are married" "our place" "in sickness and in health" "we'll get through this [the illness] together" "we should move in together", pretending and generally "we" in the "we're going to be together forever sense". Plus, he always made a point of showing me when his friends got engaged on FB (I quit FB about 2 months ago – couldn't be happier about it!)
Also in the meantime, because of his "devotion" to me, and because I'm not working much, I've been trying to help out around his apartment. Even though I don't "live" at his place, I do make messes sometimes, so I clean and cook dinners (he works midnights and double shifts) and make and pack his lunch. But when *I* work, he also makes and packs my lunch. So it's pretty fair. We trade off on dishes, or help out when the other person isn't feeling well or deserves a break. Compromise. Good stuff. But lately, I've been feeling like I'm playing house with a man who has no intention of marrying me. But then again, why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?
He has asked me to move to CO with him in the past, and he visited for the first time in March. He enjoyed it. We both hate our current state because of the disgusting heat and the sheer volume of people. BUT, I've told him a) I've never moved in my life (except to law school and back), so it's a scary thing to me, and b) I'm not moving to a state that I've never visited, c) I won't move across the country to live with a BOYFRIEND. I would need a real commitment. Especially because I would be leaving my already disabled/sick mother and aging father and one of my sisters. So my family is here, but some of his family is in CO. Maybe I'm being a little harsh on the commitment part, but I fear that he will put off a serious commitment for years and years if he doesn't have to (while simultaneously pretending we're married/getting married). I realize compromise is essential, but…at what point is it fair to ask for a commitment?
So, in the past 6-8 months, I've done a ton of things to improve my health. I've changed my diet completely (to the point where I became hypoglycemic and had to be less severe with my restrictions), I do yoga every single day, even when I am in serious pain, I see a chiropractor once a week (twice the week of my period), and I've also been seeing a therapist for a few months to get through my anxiety/OCD/depression issues. (We are very into natural methods, and sort of against some aspects of Western medicine, so he has been fully supportive.) I am still not where I want to be, but I *am* seeing improvements each month, and even on a day-to-day basis. I have only been missing 3 days a week at work instead of 7 from my period. Things are definitely looking up. Plus, I'm working my butt off and really pushing myself to stick to this stuff.
So a few weeks ago it was my birthday. He bought me two books. Books I had put on a Pinterest wish list, that I told him that if he was ever completely stumped as to what to get me, he could take a look at the list. But he didn't coordinate with my parents, and they both got me the same book. I felt like he had stopped caring/trying. He used to buy me flowers and put up decorations, and etc. Not this year (despite me going all out for his birthday). So I have been feeling a little resentful and we had a relationship check-in/talk.
During the talk, he told me hadn't planned on/wasn't going to marry me, mostly because of my health (but he kept saying "in sickness and in health" before that) and because I was dragging him down. So then I felt like an idiot and wanted to break up with him because we wanted different things and I felt like I wasn't good enough for him, etc. Blah blah blah girl feelings which I sometimes hate having (lol). I slept on the couch that night (yes, you read that right), and the next morning, he told me he didn't want to break up with me, and that he only meant that he didn't want to marry me *right now*.
Now, before you go all pitchforks and torches on him, I see his points. They are all completely valid, and I can't say I wouldn't feel the same if I were in his shoes. It just hurts, you know? I am chronically ill. I am clinically depressed. I have disabling phobias. I can only manage to work 10-15 hours per week, and even then it's iffy. I can't get a real job under those circumstances Plus there's the "where are we going to live?" thing…home state or CO? I can't go to the grocery store, or Wal-Mart, or anywhere really. I don't have a career. I don't have a plan, for school or work or life in general. For the first time in my life, I don't have my crap together. Some days I can barely take care of myself. Sometimes I think – no wonder the guy doesn't want to marry me – I'm a mess.

I guess I just hoped that when he said "in sickness and in health" and all that jazz (when he was constantly talking about marriage) that he meant, no matter what you're up against, we'll make it in the end. We'll get married and have our happily ever after.

The sad thing is that beyond the marriage issue (which I agree is kind of huge), I don't have any other major (or really even any minor) complaints about the relationship itself. We get along well, we are a good team, we both enjoy being healthy and active (though it's not as easy for me). We work well together, we cook together, we take turns doing dishes. If one of us isn't great at something, the other steps in to help. His family likes me. I love his family. They have accepted me. My family likes him. We have the most amazing sex. We both love to cuddle. He isn't one of those jerky guys who ignores you when you cry – he puts his arms around you, he holds your hand, he snuggles close to you, he gets you tissues – EVEN if you are being a completely irrational, crazy, psycho, emotional wreck. We like to work out together. We have a lot of the same values on family, money, life (except global warming!!!! he doesn't believe in it!) He is literally everything I have ever wanted in a guy and then some. I don't want to give that up.

But does staying with someone who I know doesn't really want to marry me ("right now" or otherwise) mean I have no self-respect? I'm not going to push him or pressure him into something he doesn't want to do.
Or is my girl-brain just going crazy right now?!
So we are in kind of a relationship limbo. We both want to be with eachother, but there are obviously issues in the way.
PS – I should mention that one reason I would like to get married within the next 2-3 years is my mother's declining health. She is already wheelchair bound with a breathing condition from smoking her whole life. She hardly leaves the house as is. I honestly don't know how much time she has left, and I would be heartbroken if she didn't get to see me walk down the aisle. (I have expressed this to the BF).
So, opinions, advice, PLEASE! 🙂 Thank you in advance! And good luck to all you waiting ladies out there!!


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Not very much is known about life in North Korea. As a nation whose government exerts strict control over its people and global image, accessing the country has proven to be difficult. Art photographer Nathalie Daoust is one of the very few from the Western world who has actually been there. It started out with Nathalie wanting to photograph North Koreans that had fled to China, but she ended up becoming just as fascinated with the country itself. To be able to take pictures in secret after gaining visiting rights, she had to trigger her camera using a cable going through the arm of her jacket.
A general theme for all of Nathalie's work is escapism. For example with her Tokyo Hotel Story project, she spent several months living in the Alpha In, one of Japan's biggest S&M "love hotels." There, she photographed nearly 40 women in their private rooms, surrounded by their specialist equipment and dressed in the regalia that defines their trade. As Nathalie explains people go there to escape reality and the women working there get payed to help them do this. What fascinated her about North Korea is how the people are so obscured from reality due to propaganda both in favour of their figure heads and against the outside world. Therefore there is a kind of mass escapisim the population is forced to undergo in order to evade any bleak realities about the conditions they live in. According the Nathalie, there is nowhere else in the world like it.
Only 2000 Western tourists get to visit North Korea each year. How did you get into North Korea for your "Korean Dreams" series?
Nathalie Daoust: I don't know how it is there now, but when I was there you could only enter through China. I had contacted one of the companies that you can go with almost a year prior to when I actually went there. When you apply to go to North Korea they google your name, combined with 'North Korea'. So they got back to me and said that because there was too much information online related to me and North Korea, they wouldn't let me come with them. I don't know if all companies do this or they actually don't care, but I ended up spending almost 6 months on getting the online information removed. Once everything was offline, it was really easy to go.
How did you get the idea to do it?
Nathalie Daoust: My projects focus on escapism. For example with the Tokyo Hotel project, people go there to escape reality and the women working there get payed to help them do this. I also did a project called Mao Zedong – It's about a poor man who dresses up as him and walks the streets believing and acting as Mao Zedong. This is an example of mental escapism through a changing of character. What fascinates me about North Korea is the escapism forced upon all its people. There is nowhere else in the world where an escape from the reality is so inflicted upon a whole population. People believe things that are not true that the system tells them, and a whole population lives in a fantasy world that doesn't really exist. So I was curious about this forced escapism.
I've read that the only way you can visit North Korea is on these guided tours where you only see a fake city built like a movie set for foreign visitors, and that you are not allowed to leave the guarded hotel on your own. Was it like that for you too? Did you sneak out?
Nathalie Daoust: I escaped the tour once. It wasn't even purposely and I got into a lot of trouble. The people who supervise you also get into a lot of trouble if that happens so they are very watchful. At nighttime we were allowed to go down and have drinks in the hotel with the other foreigners there. One night I just wanted to have a cigarette outside but right away there were two security guards so I couldn't really go out to adventure. I had some tricks like pretending that I had to go to the toilet in places where I knew they would have to bring me to a public space in order to do so, and they would bring me somewhere I wasn't actually supposed to go.
Reading about North Korea I feel that it can be hard to grasp that a society like this actually exists. Did you have the same feeling and did it change when you saw it in real life?
Nathalie Daoust: I had read a lot about North Korea before going there – done a lot of research, watched documentaries, etc. I have to admit that being there was even worse than I expected. Not in the sense of poverty, I didn't get to see any concentration camps or anything like that, but I was surprised at how nobody has information about anything. They know what they are being told, and what they are allowed to tell, but they didn't even know who Kim Jong-Un's mother was. I could find more information online than what they could actually tell me. They are not even allowed to travel from one city to the next without a permit, so information is very kept.
People visiting NK have said that the guides were lying about everything. For example that the reason that the population can't access the internet is that the government doesn't want people to have a negative view on the Western world because there are so many horrible things online about the Western world…
Nathalie Daoust: Yes, they will tell you these ridiculous stories. We also went to a hospital where they wanted to convince us that this was the best hospital with the greatest technology ever. They brought us to a room and said that a woman had given birth there just yesterday, and then we see that the woman is holding like a 6-month-old baby. They also claimed that North Korea is such a strong country that there is not a single handicapped person born because they have only good genes. Everything they were telling us was so surreal. I tried to debate a few times, but then they started to act suspicious and I gave up on it.
Did you have an idea about what you wanted to photograph and portray before you went there?
Nathalie Daoust: My initial project was to photograph North Koreans that escaped to China. Many women end up in prostitution. If they get caught, they get deported automatically because the Chinese are not really on their side, so they are pretty much sent to a death sentence. If ever they become pregnant with a Chinese child, from what I have read, a lot of these babies also end up being killed or put somewhere else because they are considered impure. So people are escaping only to be entrapped in an even darker place. I have met a lot of these women, but I ended up doing so much research on North Korea that I became as fascinated with the place itself as the people escaping it… I mean I still want to do the other project with the women in China, but that will take a lot of time because it is so complicated. The project would be very dangerous for these women and I don't want to harm anyone. The women I met were all willing to do it, but I decided to back down on this project. I have to find a way of not making their face visible. I don't want people to get killed beacuse of my art.
Did you have to hide your camera and did you get in trouble for photographing?
Nathalie Daoust: As a tourist, you are allowed to have a camera and take photos of exactly what they tell you to take photos of and also the way they want you to take photos of things. For example if there is a photo or statue of Kim Jong-Il, you have to have a full picture of it. If you cut the feet or anything, it's very disrespectful and they delete the photo. They check your camera to see if you have taken the photo properly. I shot with analog film so there was no risk for them to check my camera. For them, analog was also an old way of taking photos so they didn't think that I could possibly be a professional. As a tourist, I was allowed to have my camera on my chest all the time, so I had a cable going through the arm of my jacket, that could trigger the camera so I was able to take photos even if it wasn't allowed. That's why many of the photos are taken from stomach height.
How and why did you decide on olden and dreamlike aesthetics for the images?
Nathalie Daoust: I used this peeling technique in the darkroom. I cut out the negatives of the contact sheets, peeled it, reprinted and rebuilt it again and again. It goes a little bit with the idea that you have to go through many layers before you actually get to the realities of North Korea. I decided to use that technique after experiencing how crazy it is in North Korea. Usually I try to go with the feeling that I have while taking the photos when I develop and manipulate them in the darkroom. I felt like I was missing the truth of reality and a lot of information when taking the photos; Loss of information, real/unreal, between dream and fiction, sharp and unsharp.
You told me that you might go there again… for what reason is that?
Nathalie Daoust: I loved it and I want to see it again while I still can. It is something that you will never see again. I don't want to go to take photos but I just want to see the parts I haven't seen yet.
Do you have a political reason or motif with going there and taking photographs?
Nathalie Daoust: Of course, I wanted to bring change because I don't think that anybody should live this way. I also wanted to share the information on North Korea so that people could understand and help from the outside. Some changes need to be done.
What kind of experiences are you looking for when doing projects?
Nathalie Daoust: I would love to have the experience of going into a really rough prison, for example in South America for a month to see how people live and do in there. It's a social thing you would never get to see unless you'd be arrested and put into prison. Same with the Love Hotel in Tokyo. Unless you are into S&M, you will never get to access and understand this world. You just have a vision of both things based on what have been told in TV but it isn't necessarily the reality. I discovered this with both Tokyo and North Korea.
Interview by Iren Asandi & Carl-Emil Storm Gabrielsen.
This article first appeared in Dry Magazine V – The Inequality Issue. List of stockists here.

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Dear Barbie,
It's been another rough week for you, hasn't it? Somebody left your scantily clad body at the top of the stairs, and you had to be rescued from the slobbery jaws of the dog. And then to top it all off, a bunch of scientists came out with another dubious claim that you are destroying little girls' chances at making something of themselves one teeny weeny waist at a time.
In a study published in the journal Sex Roles, researchers Aurora M. Sherman and Eileen L. Zurbriggen have issued forth the brazen claim that you, oh plastic one, you are responsible for teaching girls that they have fewer career options than boys.
They based this assumption, dear Barbie -- or do your friends call you Babs? -- on interviews with 37 girls ages 4 through 7.
According to Sherman and Zurbriggen, "girls who played with Barbie indicated that they had fewer future career options than boys, whereas girls who played with Mrs. Potato Head reported a smaller difference between future possible careers for themselves as compared to boys."
More From The Stir: 7-Year-Old Girl's Honest Reactions to 10 Barbies Will Shock the Doll's Critics
That's some pretty heavy stuff to lay on your dainty shoulders. And they took it one step further by writing a piece over at The Guardian dubbed, "Girls can be anything when they grow up -- until they start playing with Barbie."
But don't worry, Barbie, this mom has got your scrawny back.
Granted, it hasn't always been this way. Once upon a time, the thought of you entering my house made my skin crawl, and quite frankly the only reason you are currently lying -- butt naked, hair fried to the point of no return -- in my hallway is because of my best friend and her "need" to provide her niece with a "full" childhood. Don't worry, she's about to have a baby, and there are plenty of noisy toys in her future.
But when you did show up in my house, all 11.5 inches of everything I thought was wrong with the way toys are marketed to little girls, I quickly realized something.
You didn't come with baggage to unpack in my daughter's head. That was all mine.
You were just a hunk of plastic (sorry, I said I had your back, not that I was going to sugar coat things).
You didn't have the power to change my daughter's perspective on herself.
But I do.
I'm her mother. I tell her she's beautiful just the way she is, and I teach her to make healthy choices at suppertime. I encourage her to read, to think, to dream. I tell her she can be a fashion designer if she so desires (at least that's the current aspiration), but she can also be a doctor, a lawyer, the president.
That's my job, Barbie. That's what I signed up for when my husband and I decided that we would make a child.
It's not mine alone; my husband is responsible too. Study after study has -- in fact -- told us that present, active fathers actually help broaden girls' horizons and encourage them to think bigger, to dream more, not to be caught up in the notion that boys can achieve more. In short? Good dads help their daughters develop self-esteem.
That's his job.
And that's what these researchers, what most every missile fired from the feminist fold in your direction, gets wrong. I'm a pretty hardcore feminist mom trying to raise a girl with a healthy dose of self-confidence, but I don't blame you for girls not believing in themselves.
I blame society as a whole. I blame parents.
You can dress up in your astronaut outfit or your president's pantsuit, but either way, you are -- and you must remain -- just a doll to my little girl, just a way to pass the time.
Oh, don't worry, that's not for your impossibly thin fingers to juggle. That's on me too, as I provide her with books and art supplies, with LEGOs and with science projects. It is a parent's job, not a toy's, to ensure a child gets rounded, balanced messages.
In fact, when researchers in England studied whether you were making girls want to be thin, they found your influence waned as girls got older, as they moved away from undressing you and abandoning you in bizarre places for moms to find. To me that indicates that you do not have some mystical hold on our girls. You are not the be all and end all ... but for a while anyway, we parents are.
So we aren't going to ban you, Barbie. We aren't even going to let the dog make off with your arm dangling from his snout.
We're just going to keep on parenting. Because that's our job. Not yours.
A Mom Who Has Made Her Peace With Barbie
Do your children play with Barbies? How do you make peace with it?
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It seems awkward to have to name your databases (external) so that the directory structure of the storage system (interal) is happy. Would it not make sense for couchdb to automatically store databases in a tree to avoid this concern? SHA1 hashing the name of the database and then using the first k letters of the hex hash value would make a lot of sense. That would allow database names to contain anything you want without having to worry about whether the filesystem allows those characters, and it's inherently case insensitive. It also would automatically balance the number of items in each directory. On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 7:12 AM, Jan Lehnardt <email@example.com> wrote: > > On 24 Feb 2009, at 15:03, Sho Fukamachi wrote: > > >> On 21/02/2009, at 10:40 AM, Jan Lehnardt wrote: >> >> Many. For certain applications it makes sense to have a db per user. >>> >> >> Careful with that approach if there is any chance of having a lot of >> users, or you don't control the machine. All the database files go into one >> directory. >> >> Personally I consider the "too many files in one directory" hype to be a >> little overdone but still wouldn't want more than a few thousand, and if >> you're not root, I've seen low limits set by quota systems as well which >> could be an issue in managed environments. >> >> Just something to bear in mind ... >> > > > Quoting http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/HTTP_database_API > > All database files are stored in a single directory on the file system. If > your database includes a / CouchDB will create a sub-directory structure in > the database directory. That is, a database named his/her, the database file > will be available at $dbdir/his/her.couch. This is useful when you a large > number of databases and your file system does not like that. > > Cheers > Jan > -- > >
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text: Academic > Departments Departments Art and Photography All pupils spend a term and a half studying Art in the Third From, and a term and a half studying Photography. Thereafter they may opt to pursue a course in either Fine Art or Photography at GCSE. Both Fine Art and Photography are offered at AS and A Level, although in some circumstances it is possible for those who have not studied art at GCSE to follow the course. Art at Milton Abbey aims to encourage the development of the imagination and to foster creativity and the practical skills for communicating and expressing ideas and feelings through art, craft and design. The department organises trips for all year groups to galleries and museums in the UK throughout the year and also a variety of tours to European cities and occasionally North America for the Sixth Form. Communication and Culture Communication and Culture is the study of the world we all live in and is an A Level subject which pupils can study in the Sixth Form. The first year of the course asks pupils to analyse and understand how their identities are constructed and communicated, and how those identities are linked to and respond to the wider cultural environment in which they live. The second year of the course asks pupils to work with a range of critical theories to understand the questions and issues that arise from a consideration of culture and society as a whole; these theoretical approaches include Post-Modernism, Feminism, Marxism, and the impact of technology on how culture develops and changes. Pupils who study this course are equipped with valuable analytical skills which will allow them to interrogate different types of material so as to produce a deep understanding of the forces that shape the world we live in. They will also develop research and independent study skills, as well as technical skills as a result of the demands of the coursework portfolio. The course lends itself to those pupils who wish to become involved in the cultural industries as well as those who have an interest in marketing and advertising. Countryside Management Milton Abbey offers BTEC courses in Countryside Management at Level 3 (equal to A Level study) and also Countryside and Environment courses at Level 2 (equal to GCSE study). The inclusion of the option of courses for the Lower School in recent years means that numbers have increased steadily and, importantly, there are now mixed gender classes with girls showing a keen interest in the subject. The Countryside Management department takes advantage of the stunning location of Milton Abbey School and the on-site facilities which allow our pupils to take part in a wide range of rural activities. We have an excellent working relationship with the Forestry Commission, which owns the majority of our adjoining woodland, and this allows us to deliver specialist Woodland Management and Greenwood Crafts units. We are also able to offer a Shoot Management and Game Bird Rearing unit through our own pheasant shoot, which is unique in a school setting. The department is responsible for the School farm which allows for the delivery of Crops and Livestock units and also facilitates Working Dogs, Estate Skills and Land-Based Machinery units. Generally speaking, we can offer most of the units required on the courses using our own outdoor resources. As well as the academic courses our pupils are able to enjoy taking part in farm duties, beagling and regular trips to game fairs, local farms and county shows. Through the activities programme pupils can also have weekly clay pigeon shooting lessons. Drama and Theatre Studies / Performing Arts The Drama Department prides itself on its vibrant, broad and inclusive opportunities. All Third Form pupils take part in curriculum skills development, and pupils have the chance to study the subject at GCSE and Sixth Form where they can currently undertake the A Level or the Level 3 BTEC Performing Arts – Acting. All our Drama courses are enhanced by regular school productions, visiting professional theatre companies and international tours. Pupils can also undertake Trinity Guildhall examinations in Speech & Drama or Communication Skills; as well as be part of the School's resident theatre company that performs regularly at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Design and Technology Pupils can currently choose GCSE qualifications in Graphic Products and Resistant Materials. At Sixth Form the full A Level in Product Design is offered. Design and Technology (D&T) is the inspiring, rigorous and practical subject which prepares all young people to live and work in the designed and made world. It is about providing opportunities for pupils to develop their capability, combining their designing and making skills with theory knowledge and understanding in order to create quality products. Economics Economics is studied at A Level and is a fascinating subject involving the study of how people behave and interact with each other. Economics gives pupils the opportunity to debate and analyse the relationship between consumers, businesses and government and the fundamental issues which affect our lives such as employment, prices, international trade and poverty are covered. English Pupils are offered GCSE qualifications in English Language and English Literature, and the full A Level in English Literature. Where appropriate, pupils are also able to pursue the Functional Skills in English at Level 1 and Level 2. English at Milton Abbey equips pupils with a broad range of skills in the written and spoken word as well as fostering in them a love for reading and an understanding of the impact of imagination. Beyond the classroom, we visit Shakespeare's birthplace and enjoy theatre productions from across the country. Enterprise and Entrepreneurship The BTEC Level 3 in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship is designed for students who wish to know how to start up a business or social enterprise. Each student will be starting up and running their own business throughout the course. They will learn what it means to be innovative and come up with creative and new ideas to develop products and how to write a business plan and then pitch their idea to prospective sponsors. To do this, they will learn how to carry out market research and marketing; the financial and legal considerations of running a business and what it means to be a leader of a successful business. Students will also have the opportunity to carry out e-marketing and create a website for their business. Equine Management Milton Abbey offers the BTEC Level 3 qualification in Horse Management at a Diploma or Extended Diploma level. Any pupil with a keen interest in broadening their industry specific knowledge is also able to pursue the BHS exams. Equine Management at Milton Abbey develops understanding about the fundamental care of horses and equips pupils for further study or for a direct route into employment. Learning derived around an existing love and passion for horses constantly proves to be a motivational tool and Milton Abbey's strong links to a variety of equestrian enterprises give pupils valuable insight into this rapidly growing industry. French French is a well-recognised and established language around the world. It is of course the official language of France but is it also spoken in Monaco, Luxembourg, part of Belgium and Switzerland, Québec, Madagascar, in 15 African countries and in Asia. As the second most commonly taught foreign language in the world after English, being able to speak French will take you anywhere in the world. At Milton Abbey, pupils have the chance to be part of this community and teachers will help develop linguistic skills in the four skill areas. Milton Abbey's ambition is to give pupils the confidence to communicate in a different language, allow them to discover a new culture, increase their employability and be a citizen of the world by travelling to many different countries. Geography All year groups have the opportunity to study Geography at Milton Abbey. The Third Form are offered an introductory 'Geography Around the World' course where we look at a variety of locations across the globe and the geographical challenges faced by each location. We couple this course with some basic map skills which help pupils to make the transition from Key Stage 2 into GCSE standard work. If pupils enjoy the subject in the Third Form they have the option to choose it for GCSE. The subject is also available at A Level where pupils will study a further eight topics over a two year period. In the new curriculum there is renewed emphasis on locational and place knowledge, human and physical processes and some technical procedures, such as using grid references. We have customised our schemes of work to ensure that we as a department undertake this new approach to the subject. There is also renewed commitment to fieldwork and the use of maps, as well as written communication, and as a department we are planning a number of exciting filed trips including a trip to Iceland. Government and Politics At A Level, pupils study political concepts and systems and current affairs. Beginning from scratch, the course provides a comprehensive grounding in the UK constitution and political system, and in a broad range of political philosophy. Pupils will learn how to analyse and interpret political events and to evaluate them both in discussions and in written work. We study British Politics at AS, and the US system at A2. Politics is a text based, essay assessed subject, and these facts cannot be ignored. It is however, a subject rich in debate and discussion and the subject matter lends itself to a great variety of teaching, learning styles and activities. The department is well resourced with up to date text books, DVDs and active learning activities. AS classes will have the opportunity to visit Parliament and various elements of government in London and an annual visit to Washington DC starts in the October half term of 2015. History The History Department at Milton Abbey offers a wide ranging Third Form curriculum with the aim of inspiring in the pupils a love of History. We offer the Modern World GCSE and a fascinating syllabus at A Level, which currently includes a broad range of topics such as the Tudors and US involvement in Vietnam. We aim to inspire a love of History for History's sake, but also to equip our pupils with the necessary skills to achieve their full potential in public exams and to give them a passion for the subject that will encourage them to study History at university level. History of Art Sixth Form pupils at Milton Abbey are offered the opportunity to study History of Art at A Level. It is a popular and thought provoking course which explores history, politics, philosophy and sociology through the study of art and architecture. Spanning over 2500 years, this fascinating story is studied chronologically, thus ensuring that pupils are given a solid understanding of the history of our Western civilisation from the classical period (Greece and Rome) right up to the modern day. Benefitting from the School's unique setting, with over 1000 years of history, pupils are taught to develop a deep understanding of their own unique cultural heritage whilst also exploring a variety of new artistic concepts. This is enhanced by regular visits to the London galleries, whilst also studying modern architecture in the city. Closer to home, we study the English country house and explore the political and sociological significance of the medieval period. Overseas trips include visits to many exciting cities such as Athens, Rome, Florence and Paris. Hospitality In the Lower School pupils have the option to choose the BTEC Level 2 Award in Hospitality instead of a GCSE. There are opportunities to investigate the industry and pupils use the facilities of the Hospitality kitchen to prepare, cook and serve a variety of different dishes, culminating in the preparation and service of a two course meal. At this level pupils also study nutrition and food safety. Pupils can go on to study BTEC Level 3 Hospitality at Milton Abbey School where we use events in the School calendar to allow them to develop their skills in dealing with customers and food and beverage service. During the Lower Sixth Form pupils visit a range of different hospitality outlets. They also carry out a variety of practical assignments hosting their own themed events or business enterprise to fully understand the way in which they need to organise and manage their time. Pupils also cook once a week preparing foods that may be unfamiliar, developing a range of cookery skills and using different methods of preparation. In the Middle Sixth Form, pupils use the knowledge gained the previous year together with work experience carried out both at school and in the holidays to complete a project and investigate careers in the industry. This aids study skills as pupils prepare for higher education or the world of work. ICT and Creative Media Production All Third Form pupils study an hour of ICT a week, which is designed to support IT use in other subjects, as well as building up skills such as computational thinking, abstract thinking and problem solving. Pupils can choose to study Creative Media Production in the Sixth Form. This is an exciting vocational course that has been designed to teach pupils a range of different media skills; from filming and editing to creating graphics and game design. The course is designed to be both stimulating and challenging; it will also be creative, enjoyable and very rewarding, with pupils producing several tangible products at the end of the course. Although this qualification is geared towards finding employment in the creative media industries it also produces pupils who are confident and creative when using computers and will provide them with transferable skills in how to learn and develop skills when using software. Pupils are encouraged to explore a wide range of software and mostly will be able to choose their preferred software. Mathematics Mathematics, like English, is a compulsory subject taken by all Lower School pupils through to GCSE level. Mathematics underpins our lives. From checking your change to working out your stocks and shares, it would be impossible not to utilise this subject in our day to day lives. Even the purer parts of Mathematics are useful because of the way in which they encourage logical thought and promote the ability to 'think around a problem'. Virtually all professions use aspects of Mathematics, and those with a particular liking and proficiency in the subject can study it further at A Level. Music Music is a vitally important part of life at Milton Abbey. We believe that music is a rigorous academic subject and we approach our pedagogy in such a way that everyone should have the opportunity to learn about and create music throughout their school careers, whether in curricular or extra-curricular settings. All pupils in the Third Form study Music as a curricular subject and lessons focus on practical and creative skills in a wide variety of contexts. This prepares pupils who opt for music as a GCSE subject. In the Sixth Form pupils have the flexibility to take A Level Music Technology or a BTEC Diploma in Music with a vocational performance focus. Pupils also have the option to follow a one-year Subsidiary Diploma in Music Performance. A typical week at Milton Abbey sees a wide variety of music making taking place, including rehearsals with the Abbey, Chamber, and Girls' Choirs, band practices, and instrumental ensembles. Each week up to 100 individual instrumental and vocal lessons are delivered by specialist visiting Music teachers. Performance opportunities abound with a variety of lunchtime recitals being held each term, and there are always musical contributions at chapel services in our spectacular 13th-century Abbey. We also take our music further afield and have undertaken international tours to Venice and New York in the past two years. The Music Department also works closely with the Drama Department on the annual school show. Despite all this, the firm highlight of the week is the whole-school congregational hymn practice (affectionately known as 'Congo') held on Friday mornings where the boarding houses are pitted against each other in contest for the Congo Cup, which is awarded at the end of each term. Religious Studies The Religious Studies Department at Milton Abbey School is a place of lively philosophical debate. We aim to engender a real passion for the subject, regardless of religious outlook. All Third Form pupils take Religious Studies and many are keen to continue to GCSE in Fourth and Fifth form. Pupils engage in projects, debates and discussions on topics as diverse as crime and punishment, drug abuse, world poverty, sexual ethics and medical ethics. Upper School pupils engage in more philosophical studies. Some of our A Level pupils have gone on to study Anthropology, Philosophy and other Humanities subjects, as well as moved into the world of work. They find that the discipline and rigorous thinking they have developed along with their knowledge and tolerance of other people's philosophical positions is a great advantage. Science Pupils are offered GCSE qualifications in Core Science and Additional Science. Full A Levels are offered in Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Science at Milton Abbey equips pupils with a broad range of skills and allows them to apply their theoretical knowledge to practical situations. The curriculum aims to foster an understanding of science that will allow students to appreciate the world around them, as well as develop an interest in contemporary science issues and developments. Spanish There has never been a better time to learn Spanish. Second only to Mandarin Chinese in terms of its number of speakers, almost half a billion people speak Spanish around the world. The Spanish Department at Milton Abbey aims not only to give our Lower and Upper School pupils the confidence to communicate, but also to make them aware of the diversity and possibilities of the Spanish-speaking world. Lower School pupils prepare for the GCSE in Spanish. Many incoming Third Form pupils have not taken Spanish before but find that within a term they are able to communicate confidently with the native speaking pupils at Milton Abbey. Upper School pupils study the Spanish A Level. Many find that as well as gaining an invigorating skill, having a foreign language greatly opens up career options in an increasingly globalised world as employers seek out the communication and analytical skills of linguists. Whether they want to work in business, diplomacy, fashion, hospitality, or tourism, Spanish is essential. Many of our pupils apply for degrees combining Spanish with Business, Management, Economics or Event Management. Sport At Milton Abbey we offer the Level 2 and 3 BTEC Sport courses which give the opportunity to study Sport in both a practical and applied way (Level 2 – First Award in Sport and Level 3 – Diploma and Extended Diploma in Sport). During lessons pupils have access to a variety of facilities including playing fields , all-weather astro pitch, strength and conditioning gym, sports hall and turbo zone. The course covers a range of topics including the importance of exercise, sports performance, anatomy and physiology, leadership and the structure of the sports industry. In addition to the BTEC qualification pupils have access to governing body coaching awards and first aid qualifications enabling them to pursue instruction or go on to take further specialist training at higher education level. Career options in the industry include teaching, professional coaching, and sports and leisure management.


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Sport is a micro chasm of our society, our school and our communities. Therefore, when my beloved Worcester Warriors rugby football team continues to 'thrive' in the premiership, based on rugged, imported South African nous and affluent local public school boy verve, and the tranquil charm of Worcestershire Cricket Club continues to excel with stars from the affluent Malvern College and Bromsgrove schools, I am thrilled. I should be thrilled at my city's sporting success. I can lose myself in childhood dreams of being John Hampshire of Yorkshire CC or Peter Winterbottom, Yorkshire/England 'hard man'.
However, it is the plight of Worcester City Football Club that should be a warning to us all. They are homeless as St George's Lane has long since been erased for St George's housing estate. They are penniless and now relegated three leagues to play in the Vanarama National League North. Next stop, park football! The working class football team as an opportunity for the state educated child is being erased, with the premiership being the domain of affluent London clubs and the Arab/American sponsored North West.
Growing up in Doncaster in the 1980s, sport brought the community together with football clubs excelling, the end of the Leeds United era was replaced by hope for Sheffield and Bradford clubs. Yorkshire was a sporting hotbed, with pride in the local cricket team, where internationals played and were paid the same, and rugby league towns full of miners were successful and hopeful. These were proud communities who came together on a Saturday to rejoice in competition. This was a time when Alan Little bestrode Doncaster's pitch, launching opposing midfielders over the barriers into the welcoming crowd. All teams had an enforcer, an anti-hero, uncompromising in attitude, appearance and ability. To me, Little epitomised Doncaster, rough, honest, hard and I followed him throughout his time with the Rovers. Now, there are no premiership teams in Yorkshire. Many of the rugby league teams struggle to survive and no northern team has excelled in the premiership, Leeds continuing to be in the Championship. Football in the north mirrors education, struggling hopefully on, underfunded and kept going by the effort of the faithful few.
The divide between the affluent south and the rest is, I believe, in danger of extending. The London clubs will continue to excel and Manchester apart the divide is getting bigger and will continue to do so with one tenth of the world's billionaires residing in the capital. It is now too expensive to regularly visit the Worcester Warriors with tickets for myself and my son in excess of £70. The last game saw no Worcester resident play for the team. In my last match for the first XV in 1994, I was considered to be an outsider; I lived eight miles away in Malvern. The rugby club was part of the city and there was pride in the school boys who made it to the first team, whatever school they had attended.
What does it matter that there are no Midlands teams in a premiership, with football only available to those who can afford Sky? Why does it concern me that the conservative city of Worcester has lost its football team of 100 years and the team currently playing out of Bromsgrove is clearly nearly at an end? For the sporty state school child, football is a dream to aspire to, however false. A city team gives them pride and hope.
Should we care that rugby union and cricket are becoming the preserve of the public school? Experiences and opportunities that the state educated child cannot hope to receive or understand as they are now played to a minimal standard with even the local leagues pricing aspiring talent out of playing!
I think it matters hugely. Sport gives hope, mirrors life. For the child from the council estate, pride in their community and hope is what is required. For our PE department, providing invaluable opportunities and experiences matters more than ever. Sport for all should be much, much more than a concept. Like education, sport should be affordable and available to all with an equality of competition that does not allow the few to prevail but is 'for the many, not the few' – very Corbynesque!


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Elvis Presley
He shook his hips in the 1950s and it shook the music world. Elvis Presley caused a fury amongst teenage girls that was unprecedented for its time. "The King" was born in the South and his roots run deep in gospel music. He was raised in an Assembly of God church where he sang and learned how to play guitar.


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Using a Small Claims Court for Personal Injury Compensation Claims
If you suffered property damages or small physical injuries as a consequence of someone else's lack of care, you may think about bringing your personal injury claim in the small claims court.
The small claims court is not given careful consideration as a different court, seeing that it, in point of fact works according to special principles of the District Court, and consequently has its own plus and negative points. For instance, the sum of compensation claims cannot be greater than $2,000 with the purpose of qualifying for trail in small claims court. When your health care expenses and other costs are more than $2,000 you'll have to take your personal injury court case in another court.
There is an exemption to this law. Property damages suffered in a motor car accident cannot be greater than $2,000 in small claims court, on the other hand the court can check out legislative damages or legal fees that are great than the $2,000. Up till now, even in such legal proceedings, the basic sum of your original compensation needs not to still less than $2,000.
Filing a claim in small claims court
The small claims court has definite and highly organized structure with the intention that the parties can try to find legal compensation in an efficient and economical way. Case filing fee for any case evaluated less than $500 is $30 and any other injury claim evaluated more than $500 has a $40 as fee.
Civil court laws also are applicable to small claims court, in such a condition, be assure that the deadline for filing injury case is not yet passed before going to court for your case. The deadline of filing the cases covering personal injury cases is 3 years, though there are a number of exemptions to this time limit.
In case, you're going to small claims court, you have to file the case so in the area where the injury happen and where you live, or where the other party lives. If case, you got injuries due to a person who lives in other city, it may help your case to handle in that city' small claims court. Your personal injury claims guide should help you decide the most excellent region to precede your injury claim.
The most significant thing to get is the defendant's right home address.
Your claim without showing a defendant's right home address, it will be rejected.
By bad luck, you cannot institute legal proceedings against a public worker in small claims court that implies any court case filed against a government worker, state department, city or town administration have to be treated in Superior Court.
In spite of a small claim, it is marked by the good judgment to seek a legal consultation under normal conditions earlier than filing lawsuit in a small claims court. A good instance is when your injury claim happened as the consequence of a motor car accident.
The personal injury solicitors Bolton can take a look at the details of your claim give you advice on where to start your legal proceedings, and support you best in court.


text: The South Florida Natural Resources Center (SFNRC) serves four National Park Service units: Everglades National Park, Dry Tortugas National Park, Biscayne National Park, and Big Cypress National Preserve. Together, Director Robert Johnson and Deputy Director Carol Mitchell oversee four office locations throughout the region. SFNRC staff provides natural resource management advice, collects and analyzes inventory and monitoring data, and conducts applied research for Everglades and Dry Tortugas National Parks. In addition, SFNRC scientists serve all four south Florida Park Service units through the evaluation of Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan projects.


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When I started planning this East Coast Roadie, I started plotting destinations on a map. What I realized very quickly was that along the route was a very special restaurant, one that I've been thinking about for a while now. I put my nose to the grind stone and worked my magic to get a Sunday … Continue reading
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Another 36 hrs (or so) of eating in Phoenix
Okay, so I cheated with these posts. I was in Phoenix a total of 4 nights but have broken my time into 2 x 36 hours… Friday 3:00pm – A wonderfully relaxing visit to the Bliss Spa at the W Hotel in Scottsdale. Although the spa amenities were only ok, my Head to Glow treatment which … Continue reading
Eating my way through the KCC Saturday Market
When I travel, a visit to the local farmer's markets is always high on my list and the one at Kapiolani Community College (KCC) on Saturday mornings in Honolulu has become my favourite. I love the PDX Saturday market, but this one edges that out for its fantastic location at the foot of Diamond Head, … Continue reading
My perfect day in LA – V 1.01 Solo
When I started coming down on my annual LA adventure, it was a 3-nighter. Ben would pick me up at the airport on Thursday night and I'd usually find dinner by myself and then he'd drop me back off at LAX on Sunday night or very early Monday morning. Somewhere along the way, I've worked … Continue reading
Anticipating TFL
With all the knowledge and preparation for the big day, I was like a kid on Christmas the morning, and woke up at 5:00am. I couldn't get back to sleep so I decided to walk around the vineyard we were staying on to snap some sunrise photos. Continue reading


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When I try to install Windows 7 on my laptop, a space of 40GB can't be created due to this error: error:0x8004240f(problem creating a partition due to this error)
Please help me to recover my memory!
I think we need more information to reliably help you. Did you have Windows 7 installed before? Have you formatted your hard drive? Is it already partitioned?
When you first load your install disk you should see all the partitions and there sizes, what is the partition size ?
The error indicates that there is not enough free space on the hard drive to create a 40GB partition. Apparently the partitions that already exist on that drive have left less than 40GB of unallocated, contiguous space on the drive (or they have consumed all of the drive space). You will need to delete or shrink (and possibly move) existing partitions to free up space for your new partition first.
do you have more than 4 partitions? because you can only have 4 partitions excluding dynamic
Error: "We couldn't create a new partition or locate an existing one. For more information, see the Setup log files." when you try to install Windows 8 (CP)


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Now You Can Be Among the Tiny Handful of Americans Who Can Enjoy Rare, Fresh-Pressed Olive Oil Whenever You Wish
These oils are outrageously, insanely bright and flavorful—the best-tasting olive oils in the world. But you won't find them in your supermarket or gourmet store!
T. J. Robinson, aka "The Olive Oil Hunter®," is one of the world's most respected authorities on all matters olive oil. He is one of the few Americans to be invited to serve as a judge in prestigious Italian olive oil tasting competitions. When it comes to evaluating olive oils, he has been described as having a "platinum palate."
His specialty is knowing which specific olive varieties, growing regions, and little-known estates and family-owned groves scattered throughout the Mediterranean and elsewhere produce the most heavenly, flavorful, and healthy olive oils on the face of the earth. He personally visits these regions at harvest time and, from hundreds of just-pressed oil samples presented to him, selects only the three finest blends. He then does something that the "mass production" olive oil companies would never do. He immediately rushes his hand-picked oils to America by jet, not by slow ship as with mass produced oils, so that his best-of-the-best selections lose none of their incredibly bright, harvest-fresh flavor.
In this way, members of The Fresh Pressed Olive Oil Club get to savor--and share with friends--oils unlike any other available in America. These oils are incredibly fresh and bright--rushed to you while their flavors and healthy ingredients are at their amazing peak.
Here's why...and how you can reserve your own private supply.
Announcing the Fresh-Pressed Olive Oil Club
Dear Olive Oil Aficionado:
A major olive oil opportunity is at hand. But if you're interested, you must act quickly.
As I tell all my foodie friends, olive oil, unlike wine, does not improve with time. Just the opposite. It's at its peak of delicious perfection immediately after it's pressed.
This is why the locals in the olive-growing regions of Italy, Spain, Greece, and other Mediterranean countries go crazy—as do I—over fresh-pressed oil. They joyously throw "harvest parties" to celebrate its arrival, its vibrant, youthful bloom of heavenly taste and extraordinary health benefits. These marvelous qualities start to fade within three to six months after bottling, and this is true of all olive oil, which is why fresh-pressed oil is superior to any other olive oil you'll ever taste.
The big problem for us in America is that only a precious trickle of fresh-pressed olive oil ever makes it to our shores. The vast preponderance of olive oil that finds its way to the U.S. gets shipped months—maybe even a year—after pressing, and it travels here by molasses-slow cargo ship. As a result, the oil's fresh, bright flavor is already on a downward spiral by the time it is unloaded at our docks. And then it may languish additional months, losing more flavor and growing more stale, as it sits on store shelves.
This is why so many of the olive oils sold in gourmet stores are bottled and labeled without reference to their production dates, making it impossible for you to determine how fresh they are. Remember, I'm speaking now of the production date, not a "best used by" date. Many mass marketers of olive oil purposely omit the production date because they know that discriminating olive oil lovers always prize freshness. But without a production date on the bottle, you won't be able to tell. And that's why you, just like I used to, have probably been seduced by fancy bottles and pretty labels only to bring home mediocre olive oils whose flavors have faded and dulled—maybe even turned rancid.
You and I Insist on Fresh Milk and Fresh Fish. Why Not Fresh Olive Oil?
To me, this is downright unfair! As consumers we insist on fresh bread, fresh milk, fresh fish, fresh meat, fresh produce. Don't we also have a right to fresh olive oil? Of course we do! But the olive oil industry's distribution system is designed to ship the oil as inexpensively as possible, via slow cargo ship, resulting in the widespread consumption on our shores of flat, subpar, even stale oil, regardless of the price you may be willing to pay.
I Was Determined to Find a Solution, and I Did
Several years ago, I became aware of some of the very greatest, freshest, most outrageously delicious olive oil in the world, from Sicily, which I consider one of the world's most exciting olive oil regions.
Not unexpectedly, I learned that most of it is not available to us in America. So I called the producer to try and cajole him into further export...and to see if there were any way he could ship it here immediately by plane instead of the usual, ever-so-slow cargo ship method.
"Yes, yes, yes it was that mind- blowing and more! We usually just use the oil for dipping and I pour it over feta cheese. As soon as you open the bottle the aroma is fantastic. It reminds me of when I was a little girl and my grandfather came back from Greece and he brought back olive oil just like that. It had that dark green color and smell. Please if I can buy more please let me know." —Diane Vourderis, Staten Island, NY
He told me that if I paid for the shipping, he would be delighted to do so, but needed a U.S. contact to handle the pesky details of importation, especially if I wanted it shipped by plane, since neither he nor any other producer he knew ever did that. He floored me by suggesting, "Why don't you be the first to do it, T.J.? If you'll be my importer, I'll send you my best oil. And I will send it not by slow cargo ship, but by plane, so you and your friends in America can taste exactly the same fresh oils we celebrate at harvest time here in Sicily."
This is something I'd never done, or even considered. I checked out the cost of shipping oil here by plane and, to my surprise, found that for small quantities, the cost is not prohibitive.
I was working in New York City as the Associate Editor of a popular food and wine newsletter at the time. Earlier in my career, I had also been a chef. So, thanks to those two jobs, I had access to hundreds of foodie friends and contacts. I asked them, "Would you be interested in trying authentic fresh pressed olive oil the likes of which you've never tasted?" Many said, "Sure!"
I mulled everything over and thought, "Why not?" This could be an opportunity to bring these outrageously flavorful oils at long last into the U.S., and I knew they would be a huge hit with my foodie friends.
Isn't This How Vito Corleone Started?
Well, their response was overwhelming! My fresh-pressed oil had created a sensation. Foodies and chefs could not get over what a difference just-pressed freshness made in the flavor of their oil...and thus on their salads, their fish, their veggies, their grilled meats, and their beans. Everything you would normally sprinkle with ordinary gourmet store olive oil could now come gloriously alive with the flavors of fresh-pressed oil!
"I feel that God gives mortal man small tastes of heaven while on Earth and these oils are one such occasion." —William L. Skonsky Jr., Pittsburgh PA
After the oil was gone, people started asking me—in some cases, begging!—for more. "T. J., you've spoiled us! You can't give us a taste of paradise like this and then cut us off. We need more of that fresh-pressed oil! We can't wait a whole year until the next harvest in Sicily. You must find us more now, please!"
I found myself daydreaming..."What if I could find such harvest-fresh, highest-quality olive oil, made somewhere in the world, anywhere in the world, every three months or so—so that we could enjoy, year round, fresh-pressed olive oil at the peak of its flavor and intensity? And what if I could arrange to have it shipped conveniently right to the front door of anyone who wants it?
"Is This Even Feasible?" I Asked Myself
Agriculturally, yes. Thanks to differences in climate, the annual harvest times are different the world over. For example, from the late summer to the early winter, someone, somewhere—in Italy, in Spain, in France, in Greece, in Tunisia, in Israel, in California, etc.—is pressing fresh olive oil.
"I have died and gone to Italy!!! I love the olive oils. Drizzled over freshly steamed vegetables, blended with fresh parsley and lemon served atop a grilled veal chop or steak, it's amazing and I want more. Finishing up my savor each and every last drip. Oh how I will miss the richness and fresh olive taste twirling throughout my mouth. AHHHHHHHHH!! Let's do it again. I've used it on salad, my homemade grill 'Lahvish' pizza, fresh figs stuffed with gorgonzola, my white bean and rosemary/garlic dip, served on a garlic rubbed baguette, and more. Can you feel the love. What else can I say, the love goes on... and on...thank you!!!!!!!!!!!" —Jennifer L. Gower, Newport, RI
But what about late winter to early summer? No problem, it turned out! Thanks to émigrés who left their Mediterranean homelands decades ago and smuggled prized olive tree cuttings out of their countries (often hidden in their ties to avoid arrest!), today some of the world's greatest olive oil producers are flourishing in the Southern Hemisphere. That means that during the winter and up to early summer, we can obtain fresh, highest quality olive oil from the sun-kissed groves of Argentina, Chile, Australia, New Zealand, etc.
And so I did it—I took the plunge. I left my job at the food newsletter, jumped in with both feet, became The Olive Oil Hunter, and launched our exclusive club, The Fresh-Pressed Olive Oil Club.
This announcement is your invitation to join us on this wonderful, ever-so-much-fun adventure in the greatest taste and health benefits that the world's freshest olive oils can bestow.
Four times a year—roughly in November, February, May and July—I travel the world, following the sun to sample hundreds of fresh-pressed olive oils right at harvest time in each olive-growing region. I pick out the top three, best-of-the best oils. Then I put my treasures on a jet plane and, after they land in America, have them bottled by hand and rushed right to your door by express delivery truck.
This is the kind of olive oil that the Italians call "novello," though other countries don't use the same term. In every case, no matter what the region of origin, I secure for our Club Members the freshest, most flavorful and healthiest olive oils available in the world, delivered at the peak of freshness and health benefits.
So when you become a Charter Member of The Fresh-Pressed Olive Oil Club, you can expect three bottles (you'll have a choice of two sizes) of the world's freshest olive oil to show up at your home four times a year. You will never have to expend a drop of energy, or waste a second of your precious time, in tracking down great olive oil. You will be, quite literally, one of the few people on the planet with a continual supply of just-pressed, insanely fresh olive oil!
Discover a World of Olive Oil Pleasures You've Never Dreamed of!
As in wine, the possible permutations of taste and texture in olive oil are infinite, and you will experience the finest of every variety as a Charter Member of The Fresh-Pressed Olive Oil Club.
"The best olive oil I have ever tasted, ever! We use it sparingly on salads and the like. Won't use it for cooking as we don't want to waste it. My Italian friends are blown away with the taste!!!!" —Bill Fischer Hampstead, NC
Oh, what rich and varied delights await your palate! As you anticipate the pleasures about to come your way, keep in mind that the olive oil world is divided into two parts—oil made from unripe olives, and oil made from ripe olives. Exactly when the olives are picked —unripe, medium-ripe, ripe— makes all the difference in the character of the olive that's pressed from them. And you will experience glorious examples all along the spectrum.
For example, you'll taste the full character of the green olive oil that is such a favorite among olive oil lovers the world over. It's made from green, or unripe, olives and is a treat for the eyes, with its highly attractive green-ish glint.
Then comes the flavor—variously described as grassy, herbaceous, fruity, and always intense. Lastly, this type of fresh-pressed oil has a "pepperiness" to it, which is most readily detectable as a sting in the back of the throat—highly desirable when the oil is being used to enliven food, just as pepper is desirable in the same way.
Every Region Produces Its Own Unique Flavors, Textures
As you'll also discover, one of the great things about olive oil made from unripe olives is its fascinating variability.
"The oils were awesome. They can't compare with anything we've tried at our local gourmet grocery. So flavorful—grassy, lemony and, in the case of the Elaios, almost peppery!...We have enjoyed the oils on pasta primavera—a very simple mix of fresh sautéed veggies with fresh pasta and herbs—the olive oil as simple sauce. Also wonderful on fresh gnocchi, or fresh fettuccini with sliced sautéed garlic with or without fresh tomatoes. We are saving some of our oil for this spring's first crop of fresh tomatoes." —Lyn Weingarten, Austin, TX
Not unlike wine, which is dependent on terroir, olives, too, take on the character of the region where they're grown. In green oil produced under the Tuscan sun, for example, you'll experience a flavor that's a lot like raw artichoke hearts—and connoisseurs of health drinks will readily recognize the strong flavor connection of Tuscan olive oil to wheatgrass.
Contrast this with another great "green" oil from the south of Spain, in Andalusia, where the wonderful Picual olive yields oils that are reminiscent of the stems and vines of ripe tomatoes.
And then there's the terrific "green" Peloponnisos region of Greece, where the character of the oil seems to capture the very essence of green olives themselves.
In each case, the oil releases its bright, distinctive charms the moment it hits your tongue.
Olive Oils Made from Ripe, Black Olives Are Much Gentler, Milder . . . More Buttery
And I haven't even begun to describe the rich attractions of fresh-pressed olive oil made from ripe olives—oil that is much gentler, milder, smoother, rounder. The look of it is different as well, usually a glimmering gold—from fat, precious drops squeezed out of black olives.
"The oil was as great as you said it would be. I haven't used it all because I am only using it on special occasions. So far I have drizzled it over fresh and lightly steamed vegetables. Also as a finish on fresh stuffed pasta. My husband and I have enjoyed a slight drizzle over a soft scrambled egg with fresh herbs. We have found it to be as great as you said. Please keep finding all these exceptional food items." —Jackie Schimmel, Slidell, LA
The two most famous regions for this kind of oil are Provence, in the south of France, and Liguria, where the French Riviera segues into the Italian Riviera. Of the oils from both places, one would say they are mildly fruity, soft, and—most important—buttery, both in texture and flavor.
These milder, ripe-olive olive oils will earn their own special place in your menu planning. When you receive them, they will be perfect for foods with subtle flavors that you don't want to overpower. Fish, for example. Were you to pour a green olive oil over a piece of steamed halibut, you would not taste the fish at all. Golden Provençal oil, however, will layer a mild patina of buttery flavor over the snowy white flesh, perfectly preserving the taste of the ocean.
As a member of The Fresh-Pressed Olive Oil Club you will quickly become a connoisseur of the finest fresh-pressed olive oils from all over the world! Every new bottle will be a delicious adventure in olive oil appreciation, accompanied by the Club's tasting notes, recipes, and recommendations for use.
"Amazing....Really the best olive oils I've tasted." —Rosanne Braslow, Pittsburgh, PA
If you'd like to become a Charter Member of The Fresh-Pressed Olive Oil Club, please let me know right away, so we'll have enough time to make the arrangements with our artisanal producers in time for the next harvest and shipping dates. I'll make your life simple by offering just two options. All you have to do is pick one of the following options...
Option #1, Best Value: 500-ml Set: A large set of three 500-ml (16.9 ounce) fresh-pressed supreme extra virgin olive oil for only $124 per quarter (plus $15 shipping and handling). This works out to one 500ml (16.9 ounce) fresh-pressed bottle per month.
Option #2, Excellent Value: 250-ml Set: A smaller set of three 250-ml (8.45 ounce) bottles of fresh-pressed supreme extra virgin olive oil for only $87 per quarter (plus $12 shipping and handling). This works out to one 250ml (8.45 ounce) fresh-pressed bottle per month.
Whichever option you select, your oils will be accompanied by my "Pressing Report," describing the producer, olive varieties, regions, harvest and delivery details of your shipment. You will also receive our tasting notes for each oil, a game plan for an olive-oil tasting party, and suggestions for ways to enjoy each of the oils, emphasizing seasonal recipes and traditional uses.
"Had a little gathering on Super Bowl Sunday. Lined up the three bottles you sent and put a little of each in dipping dishes. Served with sour dough bread chunks. It was the most loved munchie we had. Many different opinions on which oil was the best, but a unanimous 'best olive oils ever' for the set of three. Makes a plain old ordinary salad sing. I had bought two additional sets of bottles for gifts, and both of the recipients would like to know how to get more of this liquid gold. It is so nice to have you scouring the earth for me. Thanks." —Annie Osteen, Copperopolis, CA
Never a "Minimum Commitment" . . . And You Can Cancel at Any Time
There is no minimum number of quarters that you must enroll for, and you can cancel your membership at any time. Moreover, every quarterly shipment is protected by our 100% money-back guarantee. Just let us know if you're dissatisfied with your selections for any reason, and you'll receive 100% of your money back for that shipment, no questions asked. So you risk absolutely nothing—unless, of course, you let this chance slip by, in which case you'll be missing the opportunity to secure your own private, continuous source of rare, fresh-pressed olive oil, so few drops of which ever reach our shores!
The offer we're presenting here is available nowhere else—not in stores, catalogs, anywhere. Indeed, I don't know of any other service in the world that delivers precious fresh-pressed olive oils right to your door quarterly. This is truly a first, and you can be a Charter Member of the world's first such Club!
"The olive oils were absolutely mind blowing. I had an 'olive oil tasting' with family and friends. They all loved it. I served the oils on cannellini beans, dipped bread in the oil, on roasted vegetables and soups, in mashed potatoes." —Lissa Mattson, North Babylon, NY
You Will Be Amazed by Their Flavor And So Will Your Guests!
I urge you to be among the handful of Americans who will be able to enjoy these great fresh oils without needing your own private jet and pilot to whisk you around the globe. It means you need never again settle for mediocre, flat or stale olive oil! You can now let the dishes you serve be dramatically enhanced by these oils' lively, vibrant flavors and quality. And, if you can ever part with one of your treasured bottles, think of what a fabulous, exclusive and personal gift it would make for a foodie friend who would have no other way to experience such taste!
Similarly, this is one of those little luxuries, at a most reasonable price, that can add such delight and satisfaction and comfort to every meal you serve and partake. We all deserve such simple daily pleasure these days!
"Wow. I gave 2 sets as gifts. The folks loved it. Drizzled on tomatoes, mozzarella & basil, a hit. I've made the best salad dressing ever. Nice to have 3 choices. It's now my surprise ingredient." —Cynthia Cable, Rochester, NY
What inspires me to say that?
Perhaps you have traveled to Italy or other lands, where the culture encourages people to celebrate the pleasure of being alive, of taking time from the daily grind and our everyday cares to appreciate friends and family, to celebrate fine food and drink at mealtime.
Perhaps you've noticed, as have I, how this attitude adds a little sparkle and romance to daily life that we in America usually forego, with our noses so close to the grindstone and our thoughts so often on tomorrow and not the pleasure of the moment. Well, for me, one way I intend to bring more simple, daily pleasure into my life is to indulge myself with these gloriously flavorful, ever-so-healthy fresh-pressed olive oils whenever I wish. This Club brings you so much dining pleasure at such reasonable cost. Indeed, these fresh-pressed, super-healthy oils can add vibrant flavor and nutritional goodness to more than 100 meals over the next three months for less than the price of a single dinner at a restaurant!
If you appreciate the value that such a delightful daily pleasure can represent, I invite you to join me in this exciting adventure, our year-long, follow-the-sun quest for the greatest and freshest olive oils in the world, as you vicariously travel the globe with me to capture this precious liquid gold. Who can resist such great taste and such great fun?
Yours for Fabulous Foods,
T.J. Robinson,
The Olive Oil Hunter®
P.S. Please provide your actual street address on the Order Form, and not a PO box, as FedEx and UPS cannot deliver to a PO box address. The overnight shipping companies we use also need your phone number, in case they have a question about delivery. Thank you!Click Here to Enroll in Fresh-Pressed Olive Oil Club


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Time Out 1000 Things To Do In London For Under £10, by Unknown
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Inspirational ideas for what to do in the capital, all of them costing £10 or less - with many costing nothing at all. Enjoy big club nights; try martial arts or hula hooping; play bike polo or hunt for classic vintage couture; drink quality champagne or hear world-class music.Including well-known Londoners listing their top ten things to do in the capital and packed with photos and specially commissioned illustrations, this book can be used as a travel guide or just for a perfect armchair read. From once-in-a-lifetime experiences to everyday pleasures, there's always more to be discovered, without breaking the bank.


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The greatest collection of Thomas Rowlandson prints in private hands, once owned by art dealer Francis Harvey, was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City when they went up for auction in London in 1959. Now, more than half a century later, they can at last be seen, together with the museum's other masterpieces of caricature, in an exhibition at the Met called "Infinite Jest" (closing March 4). That title, borrowed from the graveyard scene in Hamlet, where the prince contemplates the skull of the court jester, seems just right for a five-century survey of man's folly.
But the subtitle, "Caricature and Satire From Leonardo to Levine," is, I'm afraid, a case of misleading advertising. It implies that the display of caricatures from the twentieth century—David Levine's century—will be treated with the same respect and thoroughness as earlier centuries. They are not. The entire twentieth century is represented by a pitifully small group: Al Hirschfeld, Joseph Simpson, the tenor Enrico Caruso, Levine and a couple of Mexican woodcut artists. Nowhere on the walls of the Met will you see William Auerbach-Levy, Isabel Bishop, Ralph Barton, Ronald Searle, Feliks Topolski, Peter Arno, David Low, Will Cotton, Pat Oliphant, Philip Burke or the unique midcentury caricaturist Miguel Covarrubias.
And it doesn't get much better at the Leonardo end of the exhibition. We have every right to expect that in an exhibition of comic art from the turbulent sixteenth century we would see the caricatures that Protestant artists were drawing of the Pope and that Catholic artists were drawing of Martin Luther. It was, in fact, the Reformation that made an industry out of political cartooning and inspired some of Europe's greatest artists—Dürer and Holbein, to name but two—to join in this propaganda war. Their woodcuts and engravings were distributed across Europe.
But you would barely know that the Reformation existed from viewing the walls at the Met. There is exactly one print, an engraving by Pieter van der Heyden, ripping off some images of Hieronymus Bosch, that may, perhaps, be an indictment of the excessive trappings of the Catholic Church, but it's a far cry from the powerful, pointed political commentary that was being produced in Germany and the Netherlands at that time. A great opportunity to display the first instances of anti-clerical cartooning has been missed, and with it some of the most famous woodcuts of that period.
But when we finally arrive at the English printmakers of the Georgian period—George and Isaac Cruikshank, Thomas Rowlandson, James Gillray and James Sayers—we are almost ready to forgive the Met curators everything. For we are in the presence of the most brilliant cartoons ever drawn with an etching needle. The seeming effortlessness of their draftsmanship makes us smile even before we try to get the joke. And the pigments that were used to hand-color these prints is another miracle. How have they managed to stay so vibrant and strong over two centuries? If you have only seen a Rowlandson or Gillray in reproduction, you'll be surprised by the vividness of the color in the originals.


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NFL Uniform Redesign by Jesse Alkire
Jesse Alkire is a graphic designer who has worked for a variety of clients, but it's his concept illustrations for NFL Uniform redesigns that has gained him the most notoriety. The images went viral back in the spring, but we figured we would save it to post during Football season. So if you haven't seen them yet, they're new to you! Most of the classic uniforms only received minor tweaks in his project, but our two favorite teams local to Gunaxin (Ravens & Redskins) received some of the most dramatic makeovers. So welcome back the NFL by checking out our favorites from his collection below :