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Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development Co & Or v Majid Al-Sayed Bader Hashim Al-Refai & Ors (May 2014)
CPR r.81.4 had extra-territorial effect. A committal application could be made in respect of a foreign company director and served on him outside the jurisdiction, when it was alleged that he was responsible for the contempt of a company that was subject to the jurisdiction of the English court.
The appellant (S) appealed, and the respondent (K) cross-appealed, against a decision ([2013] EWHC 4112 (QB)) concerning the extra-territorial reach of proceedings for civil contempt.
S, who was domiciled and resident in Saudi Arabia, was the director of two companies (D) incorporated in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. K had applied for S and D's committal after a without-notice injunction obtained by D was discharged on the basis of D's breaches of court orders ([2012] EWHC 3539 (Comm)). The judge held that the committal proceedings against S were within the scope of CPR r.81.4(1) and r.81.4(3), and that service out of the jurisdiction was authorised by CPR r.6.36 and PD 6B para.3.1(3). However, he rejected K's argument that the English court had exclusive jurisdiction under Regulation 44/2001 art.22(5). On that point, he considered himself bound by Choudhary v Bhattar [2009] EWCA Civ 1176, [2010] 2 All E.R. 1031, notwithstanding his belief that it had been decided per incuriam of the relevant Luxembourg jurisdiction. S appealed against the decisions relating to the CPR, and K cross-appealed on the art.22(5) point.
S submitted that (1) the presumption against the extraterritoriality meant that CPR r.81.4(1) could not enable a committal order to be made against a foreign director who was outside the jurisdiction; (2) the requirements of CPR r.6.36 and PD 6B para.3.1 were not met because the application was not "a claim" brought on a "claim form"; there was no "real issue" between K and D in respect of the committal. K submitted that Choudhary had been decided per incuriam and ought not to be followed.
(1) CPR r.81.4 provided a mechanism for the exercise of the court's disciplinary powers over corporate contemnors who were subject to its jurisdiction. Were the court to have no power over the directors and officers of companies which disobeyed court orders, its disciplinary powers over corporate contemnors would be significantly weakened. The question was whether the object of the CPR in providing such a mechanism required r.81.4 to be given extraterritorial effect. That depended on whether its content and context indicated that the presumption against extraterritoriality was negated. There were pointers both for and against the negation of the presumption. However, the need to ensure that the court was able to control proceedings properly brought in the jurisdiction, and the anomalies that would result from the provision not being applicable to foreign directors, provided an underlying reason of principle for reading r.81.4(3) as including foreign directors outside the jurisdiction. That conclusion was not put into question by Masri v Consolidated Contractors International Co SAL [2009] UKHL 43, [2010] 1 A.C. 90: committal proceedings were very different from the court's power under CPR Pt 71 to obtain information from judgment debtors. The rationales for the two procedures were very different and it was for the public good that the order of the court was not to be disregarded. The judge had been correct in concluding that the nature of contempt proceedings meant that the instant case was closer to the decision in Seagull Manufacturing Co Ltd (In Liquidation) (No.1), Re [1993] Ch. 345 than that in Masri, Seagull considered, Masri distinguished. S was the director of companies which were subject to the jurisdiction of, and were in contempt of, the English court. The rule of attribution in CPR r.81.4(3) was not equivalent to enforcing English penal law in another jurisdiction. K was simply seeking to enforce, in England, an order made by the English court against D (see paras 26, 32-44, 48-50 of judgment). (2) As to the requirements of CPR r.6.36 and PD 6B para.3.1, the essential question was whether "proceedings" within the meaning of r.6.2 included an application for committal. That involved determining whether such an application was made on a "claim form", which was defined by reference to "claim", which included applications to commence proceedings. It was clear that an application for committal was the commencement of proceedings. The argument that not all contempt applications involved separate proceedings was to be rejected. One of the reasons that CPR r.81.10(3)(a) required the setting out in full of the grounds for a committal application was that an application made under r.81.10(2) involved new proceedings. Moreover, S's interpretation of r.6.2 and r.81.10(2) would result in a number of anomalies. Finally, there was clearly a real issue between K and D as to whether D fell within the scope of CPR r.81.4(1), and as to whether there was jurisdiction to seek an order for S's committal (paras 55-58). (3) (Obiter) It was not necessary to decide the cross-appeal on the applicability of Regulation 44/2001 art.22(5). However, since there had been argument on whether Choudhary was decided per incuriam, the court would say that the judge's reasoning on that matter was compelling, Choudhary considered (para.64).
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Scripture: Acts 20:25-27
There is a progression here in this passage that reveals the heart that obeys God. Acts 20:25-27 says, "And indeed, now I know that you all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, will see my face no more. Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God." How does this end? Paul said, "Because I did not count my life dear, I gave you everything God gave me, even when I knew it could cost us our friendship. I gave you what God gave me. I did not diminish it in any way." I hope we will be able to say that at the end of our life. Are we willing to prophesy hard things? Are we willing to speak words that many people do not want to hear. Are we willing to deliver Holy Spirit-originated words that cause repentance or rebellion? Will leaders be prepared to deliver messages that might decimate their paycheck? Anyone can speak a word that people want to hear. God wants committed believers ready to lay their lives down for His purposes! If God tells us, we better be willing to deliver it straight and unvarnished. The Holy Spirit will guide and lead us in both how and when we deliver a word. But, we cannot diminish it. I trust we are growing in that dimension.

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(Originally written around 2000 at the JEDI.org site)
I have noticed when Episode I was getting tiring to talk about, those who were influenced realistically about the Jedi began to take on a major paradigm shift. One of these shifts was the experimentation of other sides of the Force. A Light Sider wanted to be Dark, a Shadow Sider wanted to be Light. After that quieted down, I noticed many seemed to doubt the ability to be a Jedi could never really be maintained. Some began to not take it as literally as they did before.
There was also another shift in views. People began to see things so generally, that ideas began to converge. Only a few Jedi sites are still active, sadly to say, and there are those who attempt to band together to keep some of them from being lost.
We are in a period when anything could happen. Personally, many are simply waiting for something to happen. Many of the leaders in the past have quieted down over time, probably because they were discouraged by the many failures. Many simply doubt their own abilities, which is sad, and began to see the Jedi as an omniscient character. Personally, some of us still have this notion that we have to act and talk like those exactly in the Star Wars movies, and we take its fiction so literally, that it is hard to live by it. Which is why we are having the problems we are having now.
The Jedi has only been developed, realistically based, within a short period of time. Some of the observations we have created are ones which are reachable. One of them is that anyone can be a Jedi if they strive to be. Another is knowing that a Jedi is more about philosophy than it is about ritual.
What paradigms will come when Episode II emerges? I can already see a major paradigm shift taking place at this site. It is starting out small, yet this time, it seems to be more concrete and more steady then the other attempts. Many might come to JEDI and think this is another evolutionary stage for the Jedi Creed. I believe it to be this and more. It is the conquest to gather who we are, what we know about the Jedi, and put it together.
Our Jedi Realism groups are getting smaller and smaller because they do not understand the importance of the groups. Maybe you can create another paradigm shift altering the course of our small history. All it takes is a leader with a contrasting point of view to spice things up. New blood and new ideas, the willingness to change, the belief in revitalization. This is the only future we can depend on if we are to ever take ourselves seriously.


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The Gravity of It All
I've been thinking about gravity a lot lately. Perhaps I have allowed my situation to make me a little too serious, and I realize that I have been behaving as if my situation was overly grave. But I know an opportunity when I see it, and I think I might be on to something in this realization. As my body weakens, and it becomes harder and harder to lift my arms and legs, it has suddenly become apparent to me that gravity is not my friend. Indeed, it very well might be that my problem is gravity. Most of us are pretty happy to have gravity in our lives. It keeps us grounded. It keeps us from floating off at inopportune times, especially when we would like to remain in place. But I am wondering if perhaps my problem isn't so much that my muscles are weakening, but that gravity is exerting undue influence on my movements, singling me out from the rest of the general population, and requiring me to find some mitigating technology to counter its effects. All I need to do is reconceptualize the issue at hand from a medical problem to one that has to do with the effects of gravity, and then maybe I have a chance to solve this.
Of course, thinking through a gravity problem means really delving into the etymology of the word "gravity." The Latin root, gravis, actually means heavy. That seems to fit me pretty well. Too much weight, heaviness of the limbs, caused by too much gravity is the issue. My legs are just too heavy to lift. My arms must be gaining weight as well, as the pressure on them seems to be increasing. It is a question of gravis. As we used to say in the 60's, this situation is really heavy. But heavy doesn't fully speak to my situation. It isn't that it is so heavy, as it is that things keep migrating south. So maybe this is a migratory problem.
As you may know, there are now real ecological concerns for almost every creature that engages in migration. Birds for example, are particularly vulnerable to the enticements of big city lights. They mistake buildings that are lit up as signals that it is OK to keep on flying, or they fail to perceive that the windows of a building are windows and not the reflections of the trees, sky, or horizon–real images but dangerously not real from the avian point of view. They will fly until exhaustion or collision takes them down. I have to admit that the big city lights have always attracted me, and I definitely understand the signal to keep on flying until exhaustion. Evidently a number of people in Mineapolis emulate the same, as the police have to come out at 2:00 AM when the bars close in order to get everyone talked down and to stop flying. And in my present gravity induced, migratory state, I can really relate to how exhaustion can leave me feeling that all I want to do is drop. But if I drop, I think I am back to the gravity issue, although I suppose we could interpret my southern migration as gravis to the max.
Another migratory creature, the grey whale, also is experiencing migratory difficulties. It seems that the subsonic, low frequency signals associated with motors and communication systems are disruptive to whales' migratory paths as they are often in the same range as the signals the whales themselves use to guide them in their travels. This can result in the whales beaching themselves, drowning on dry land if you will. Now this migratory issue really speaks to me, as I find that often, I feel like a beached whale myself. When I get into bed, my legs are so useless that I really cannot move once I am positioned. As a mostly restless, toss and turn sleeper, this gets to be very wearisome, so I try to keep my sounds of frustration at the subsonic level. It is in my best interest as well as the interest of familial harmony, that I not wake Ev. She needs her sleep, and this becomes much more difficult if she is awakened by the hypersonic moans of the beached whale migrating south next to her. In this migratory vein, I think I see that my health issues are more about a new state of being, and that being identified, I think I am back to the gravity of the situation.
When we discuss the gravity of a situation, we acknowledge that it is grave, and in my case, there is no denying just how grave the situation is. Since it is grave, it takes on other meanings such as "serious, grievous, oppressive" or, as the Sanskrit relative of the word, guruh means, it is "heavy, weighty, venerable." But that puts me back into the consideration of the weightiness of my condition. I suppose I could come to believe that this weight gain in my arms and legs, causing me to more acutely feel the weighty effects of gravity, is actually a grievous, oppressive state. No kidding. To quote Dennis in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, "Now we see the violence inherent in the system…Help, help!! I'm being oppressed!" At least I think I feel oppressed, and when I feel oppressed, I tend to focus on just how grave everything is, and any discussion of graves conjures up all kinds of images that I just don't want to think about yet.
Unfortunately,you cannot have a weighty discussion about gravity without a discussion of graves. The old English word graef relates to graves, ditches, and caves. Its relatives are related to the verb, grafan, which means to dig. While this is a state of affairs that I really don't dig, I cannot help but feel that if I don't interrupt this overabundance of gravity soon, my situation will have me ditching this plane of existence into the trenched grave, grafan specifically for me.
But there is more to this grave situation, for it is digging into me. As gravity works its migratory magic, I find my image to be more graven than grave. My body is carved, dug, impressed by the weight of dis ease's gravity. And while I have never considered my image as graven, it is clear to me that gravity engraves me with its indelible etchings, testing my mettle or at the very least, meddling with my sense of how much gravis is present. Overall, I find the whole situation totally aggravating, and in a justifiable and remarkably symbolic act of defiance, I refuse to give it the proper gravitas it demands. In fact, in total insubordination to this unjust judgment, akin to throwing tea into the harbor over taxation without representation–although I am no tea-partier by any stretch of the imagination–I'm going to engage in civil disobedience and deliberately break the law of gravity. At least that is my plan.
Just as soon as I can ditch this cave full of beached whales and exhausted birds.


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Thats the life for me.
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Now there,s a fella who has sussed life out. Stuff like that inspires me, £80 per week to live
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The day for your googled giggle that gets you over the hump that is Wednesday and sliding down into the weekend.
Batman's Pizza
What's so funny? I ORDERED bat pizza!!ReplyDelete
That would go down so well with kids.ReplyDelete
Big smiles. I suspect there are a few adults who would love it too.
Not enough bright coloured vegies on that pizza though.
Did you order anchovies with that?ReplyDelete
I'm not sure about eating bats, lots around here very smelly things.
Good grief, what a thing!ReplyDelete
fishducky; and here it is, just for you. Did you want fries with that? No? That'll be $5.99 thanks.
Andrew; probably only the ones that like Batman.
Elephant's Child; my ex-the first would love this, he's a Batman fan.
The Cranky; anchovies? Wash your mouth woman!
Merle; bats? no. But bat shaped pizza? Fine with me.
Margaret-whiteangel; nothing like fun with food to get kids eating.
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My sister texted me yesterday asking about a doctor in our practice (we share the same primary care physician). She's been battling an illness for days now; he was the only one available, and she's never met him.
I've seen him before, and I told her confidently: You'll see him for no more than three minutes, and he'll just write you a prescription.
After the appointment, she texted back: "You were right."
This particular doctor — at least with my sister and I — never looked at our medical charts, our history, and didn't listen to us. There wasn't even a thorough examination.
I know it's not just us — every time I'm in there, I see him zipping in and out of rooms every few minutes.
I'm fairly certain this physician might be going for some kind of Guinness World Record.
This is an example of what patients have been experiencing: We're spending less time with doctors and more in waiting rooms.
One study found that new internists spend an average of eight minutes per patient — a figure I actually think is generous. Worse, doctors are relying more heavily on electronic information than ever. This means they touch you less, interact with you less and make more decisions based on what they read on a screen.
It's a dramatic drop in time spent with patients compared with previous generations.
The study I'm referring to — published in The Journal of General Internal Medicine — found interns now spend nearly half their days in front of a computer screen, more than they do with patients, since most documentation must be done electronically.
We can talk about the advantages of electronic medical records — and they definitely have some — but it can be a big detriment to actual care. Efficiency isn't worth anything if it means harming doctor-patient care.
I know it's not all doctors' fault: The new generation of docs has more constraints than ever — including duty hour limits and electronic medical record-keeping.
Then of course we can factor in the doctor shortage — exacerbated by 30 million new patients generated by Obamacare.
With obesity and other preventable disease rates rising, it's more important than ever to have a relationship with a physician. And with extremely high medical costs, lifestyle choices — and actual conversations with a medical professional about it — are essential.
It's a worrisome trend, and one I've experienced all too often. Instead of a meaningful visit, she's told me to just come back a week later, and two weeks later, etc. when my symptoms remain. It's a waste of co-pays, time and trust in a relationship I actually, at least used to, really value.
There's also, of course, the possibility that I just desperately need to find a new doctor's office.
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Riding the recovery rollercoasterPosted: April 20, 2012 Filed under: Health | Tags: Depression, recovery, rollercoaster, ups and downs 28 Comments
No offence to Ronan Keating, but I don't usually turn to his songs for lessons about life. However, he had a point when he said 'Life is a rollercoaster, just gotta ride it', and, as I'm discovering, that same lesson applies to depression.
It turns out that recovering from depression is, in some ways, like riding the Big Dipper, a famous rollercoaster in Blackpool. It isn't a smooth ride – it has big ups and big downs, and a few dizzying bends thrown in – and those big dips make your stomach and head feel pretty weird. The differences between the Big Dipper and the Big Depression are:
- You don't know when the latter will stop and let you get off, or even where it's going.
- You didn't choose to get on it.
- Many people enjoy the thrill of a rollercoaster, but nobody enjoys depression.
Life may be a rollercoaster, but sometimes, given the option of just riding it or not, I'm sure I'm not alone in sometimes wishing I could step off for a while and have a breather. Anyway, I've always been a bit timid when it comes to rollercoasters. It's something to do with being really high up and then plummeting down at great speed – much like my own experience of trying to recover from depression.
Once I'd had my first round of counselling and was feeling better, I assumed that meant I was on the mend and I was full of optimism. I felt so good this time last year that I started to reduce the dose of my antidepressants, but my moods began to darken again and so the dose went back up. I tried again a couple of months later, and this time it went well. Hurrah, an improvement! I'm getting better. Yay! So down goes the dose again, but not for long, because along comes a prolonged period of stress, and the dose goes back up again. Up and down goes my mood, down and up goes my medication. Then came a difficult situation and a big drop – time off work, increased medication and a second round of counselling.
My problem was that, while my first round of counselling had sorted out a lot of problems, such as boosting my self-esteem, realising that I wasn't a failure and starting to look forward to things again, there were still some lingering issues that my evil alter-ego, Paul Brookes, had kept behind in his secret vault. He knew I still worried what people thought about me and he knew I still felt the need to excel at everything, as if trying to prove something. He knew that I didn't feel good enough. He unleashed these missiles of misery with great glee last autumn.
This experience is summed up in a line from Learn My Lesson, a bouncy tune from Rizzle Kicks' debut album, Stereotypical:
The art of learning lessons is a lesson that I've never learned.
I knew the same things that Brookes knew, but I hadn't learned from them and hadn't tackled them adequately. With the benefit of hindsight, a second round of counselling, some reading and support from friends, I'm a little wiser and am trying to learn my lesson so that I don't have to go through it all again.
Reassuringly, the more I read and learn about depression, the more I realise that this rollercoaster recovery ride is completely normal. There will be good days and bad days. I can feel capable of anything one day and nothing the next. On a good day I can be full of fun, ready to take on the world. On a bad day, I feel like a liability, a burden, and my dark moods overwhelm me – like a grenade packed with fury and bitterness that could blow up at any moment.
Two things I've read recently have been particularly helpful to me in realising that a bad day doesn't mean a catastrophic failure and a dramatic slide back into the great pit of doom:
It is the nature of depression itself that your progress will inevitably be both slow and erratic. (Sarah Medina 2002, Light: a way through depression, Lion Publishing)
Recovery isn't, unless you are very lucky, a smooth path upward. If you try to hurry yourself to full recovery, the process can be very turbulent indeed and take an age. If you do everything right, there are still usually a lot of ups and downs along the way… (Dr Tim Cantopher 2003, Depressive illness: The curse of the strong, Sheldon Press)
So let's not kick ourselves when we're down. The recovery rollercoaster will rise again soon, and one day, the ride will stop and we will be able to get off, breathe a sigh of relief and go for an ice cream or a doughnut.
I wrote this blog for the Blurt Foundation, who provide support for people with depression.
28 Comments on "Riding the recovery rollercoaster"
An excellent piece. I just strap myself in and ride the 'black dog'. Sometimes it's a couple of days, last year it was 6 months and this for the past ten plus years. I've read the books, seen the 'specialists', changed the drugs and danced all the dances. I have told the people I work with and for and all my friends and family so they are aware, it helps. My own mission staement is 'go with the flow'.
you are very good at explaining how deppression catches you and doesnt let go but im in the middle of attacking mine i too have written a blog about my recent expirence thanks for sharing yours.
Paul, is that the sort of difference that makes full blown depression instead of just being 'a bit down' – that if you're suffering from depression you can't see the that the roller coaster will be going up again – whereas those of us who are not sufferers may be down but experience says that we'll be OK in a few days?
I know that's a rather badly expressed question but I want to ask because I always regard the roller coaster as positive rather than negative as I know it'll go up too.
What I know about depression is that no two people's story is the same. Each one of us has to find our own way along the crazy paving of life. I have spent many hours thinking (the curse of a depressive) about my brain and whether it is just wired differently to other people, people who seem to have an eternally sunny disposition and may have the odd blue day but would never call it depression. My perfect example is Davina McCall, I think she is fabulous and to me she seems as though her natural expression is to smile and be happy. That said, I did read recently that she had a troubled childhood and turned to drugs. We all have our lessons and ultimately that is what we are here for, to have experiences, learn from them and evolve.
Remember what Shakespeare wrote (apt in that it is his birth and death day today) – "there is nothing either good or bad just thinking makes it so".. This is something I re-member whenever I find myself spiralling into self critical thinking and I think is the key for me to cracking my episodes of depression.
Personally I find depression a gift because when an episode arrives it is the opportunity for me to look at my life and see what is not flowing, where I am not being present and accepting what is. Depression takes you away from the present moment and denies you the gift of living in the here and now, which is a sure way to cause more suffering. One of the many light bulb moments I had was when I discovered Ekhart Tolle and read The Power of Now and A New Earth – the latter literally blew my mind because it just made so much sense. Likewise Byron Katie who invites you to do The Work will change your life completely. If you can have the courage and determination to do The Work your thinking will change – I've seen it happen for myself and many others when I attended her seminar in London last year. I invite you to check out Ekhart & Katie for yourself.
So this crazy paving through depression may lead you to self medicate, take prescription drugs, speak to a therapist each week or just crawl under the duvet. It may also lead you to commit suicide. I know that what I write in the next few sentences may cause offence, for which I make no apology as these are my views and mine alone. I have often and I mean many many times contemplated ending my life but the thing about me is that I am a coward; it takes a lot of courage to end your life, to choose such a feat that will enable you to take your last breath and I don't have that courage. I watched a documentary some years ago about young people in America who had an obsession with suicide and one boy in particular had planned his death for years from the San Francisco bridge. He fulfilled his purpose. What I found so enlightening was his parents saying that they understood his desire to die, that they had let him go and were happy that he was now at peace…How many of us would be able to say the same in that situation, but the thing is, it was his choice and by his parents letting him go they ended their own suffering and in turn their son's.
I suppose my bottom line is that I have a choice to get busy living or regret all the days I wasted not moving along my crazy path, yes I have episodes of depression and in these times I now just take good care of myself, engage in something other than my self depreciating chatter and reach out to others. The latter has taken me a long time to accomplish. I'm a Capricorn (no I don't read daily horoscopes) and after following a daily tweet regarding Capricorn's nature – I understand that I am naturally a loner, will turn inwards in times of stress, only trust a small number of loyal friends and don't talk about problems – all of these traits I used to think were weaknesses, now I embrace them as who I am.
It was Robert Shoesmith of "Bin There Done That" fame who recently said to me in a tweet that talking helps. I agree to a point, I am not going to start burdening my friends with my mind chatter but as I have done in the past few weeks is admit when I'm feeling down – and that has helped.
What is important for me is not to label myself as a depressive or sufferer of mental ill health – simply I AM and that is ok with me. The more I learn to love myself enough, the more the shackles of my negative thinking break away. Maybe that comes with age and experience or maybe it is a conscious choice to just give myself a break and live the life I was destined for right here right now.
I wish you all the very best on your journey – be gentle with yourself.
I am on twitter @norskie_ke
I suffered depression for many years, on medication and counselling and the usual things. I know I still suffer with it now, but not so much.
What has helped me (which is also fact) I moved away to a hot country. The sun, sea and sand are a great healer. Being in 30'C is just great. This move I did 7 years ago, has made me feel ALIVE again after years of woeful thoughts.
I'm now in my mid 30's and I haven't regretted moving away from the UK at all. I know I feel happier within myself and more confident as a person. I recommend other to try drastic measures as it does seem to help.
Me too Paul. I was in the pits for six months, but the bewildering time was the 6-9 months of recovery that followed. My advice would be not to reduce the meds until you've had long stretches of serenity – and even then you should do it very gradually. Have written more about all this here http://www.amazon.co.uk/Underneath-Lemon-Tree-Depression-Recovery/dp/1408703785/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1335371644&sr=1-1
Hi Paul,
I love your honesty and sincerity. I have also understood life to be a roller coaster of emotions and situations of which I have little control. I suppose many get so used to it that they even dare I say it "enjoy it". Many try and cope using what ever tools and strategies they have developed over the years. There are those who can't cope and are looking for solutions, an antidote to this sea sickness. Then there are those who want to jump off and escape the ride.
I feel that you have hit the nail on the head, find a place where there is a stillness, where it is possible to rest, even for a moment and feel satisfied.
Kind Regards
Basinbanks on twitter
Great blog, enjoyed it and chimed in my with thoughts and experiences too. I am a big fan of Tim Cantophers book and Mark Rice Oxley's is excellent.
Here's my blog if you're fancy a look.
Thank you for this amazing piece. I am suffering from post-cancer depression (or low mood but it feels like a dark and crappy place to me, on the bad days). I recently had 19 consecutive good days! woohoo! and I thought that finally I was climbing out (it's been 6+ months) but I've now had 4 really bad days; the grenade thing is a great image, I feel like I could burst, and that that bursting would hurt others – not that I can say how. Just thankyou for saying that that's normal – and that there will be ups to come… :kiss:
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Shades of the past.
September 5, 2017
Working on the next step in the collection of paintings of Memaw's homes from the past 91 years. As I mentioned before, it is quite extensive, so I have begun working on them one by one.
This painting is a great example of simpler times post World War II. It is a quant 2 bedroom – 1 bath house with wooden steps and a side porch. Many hot summer days were spent in the yard or on the porch.
I found it quiet challenging to paint all the changing values of summer greens and whites. Though I think it successfully portrays the hot summer days of years past.
This is painting #9 in my list of locations.
Painting the past…
September 3, 2017
I have begun work on a new chapter in my paints recently. I am creating a collection of paintings preserving all the places my grandmother has lived.
There are a lot to include. Some places have been well loved by their families and others are no longer standing in the same place.
So I decided to include paintings of the locations as the are now or familiar landmarks that are still there.
In one of the more unusual subjects, rhe current owner has repurpose the stainless steel bathtubs into a private garden. And today's painting is the result of that memory.
This is painting #8 in my list of locations. 🙂
Scouting Paintings
April 21, 2016
Spring is here! It has been most of 5 winter months, with very little plein air painting. I have ventured out a few times since January to paint. Only to return home with frozen paint fingers and very little actual painting started.
Now that spring is definitely here. Everything is blooming in a wide range of colors and compositions. Spring offers lots of opportunities to paint, especially with the wide variety of Texas wild flowers here that deckle our rich historical architecture and homes. It's truly inspiring but can be overwhelming too. The challenge is selecting a location to paint. To discover a spot that will still be interesting at the end of the painting.
So a few weeks back I opted to just look for painting locations. Luckily the local town was founded in 1848 and has a large selection of historic architecture and homes nestled among wild flower and poppy gardens. So there is a lot to choose from. Thankfully, the weather was quite comfortable for walking through the neighborhoods. I happily spent my Saturday morning, just scouting out new opportunities looking for possible compositions.
As with all plein air painting there are challenges to consider, like location, safety, shelter from elements, or traffic? Is it safe to park and set up your easel in a new area? Is there sufficient shade shelter to protect you from the sun or unexpected shower? How much street traffic can have a major impact on the ability to start let alone finish a painting on-site. Is there a decent spot to stand without disturbing any unwanted pests like fire ants or wasps?
I also find it very helpful to include pictures of the street signs to help remember where my best locations are. Lastly, it always a good idea to introduce your self to the locals before you discover you are in "someone's spot."
Luckily my scouting about the poppies worked out. As I was recording possible spots, I stumbled upon a lovely side street garden. It was so inspiring! I decided to introduce my self and say thank you for such a wonderful spot. Now I have another place to go and share the fun of painting new garden stories.
Since then it has rained a fair amount with more rain. Which means my plein air painting outside will be very limited for me in the next few weeks. So I have been perusing my stash of pictures scored on my outing and working out preliminary sketches. Which means should I get the chance to go paint I will know just where is my next stop!
Fresh Paint, Clean Paint!
October 30, 2015
– Realization #2
It has been most of 4 weeks since my painting trip to Dutch Mountain. The afternoon and evening sun was just as dramatic.
These days I find myself pressed to paint. I want and need to paint! Keep in mind that, I have several circuses to manage here daily, so painting is not always the priority. Yes, I could be pressed by a deadline, but i try not to dwell on that. I am also a bit more selective on what is the exciting prompt for choosing my next subject. (See Reflection #1)
The key here is Clean, Fresh paint.
I am also very keen on establishing a pigment wash to establish a feel for how the painting will fit on a panel. I start by painting the shapes and wiping out my lights in undertones of cool or warm tone sequence mixed primarily from cadmium red light and quinacridone rose. These are somewhat transparent and allow light to reflect as warm or cool. The undertones set the pace for my painting. Then I gradually build into the layers of colors and values.
The trick is to build up the colors without quickly making mud on a small 6×6 art panel. I start by painting a thin color coat of the local colors. For a landscape that means mixing and painting the sky first. Then I generally lay in my next layer of cooler shadows in values of blues and violet tones to establish depth and shadow forms.
Next, I check my progression and mix for the next layer of warmer lights. Color harmony is very important and adds a dynamic balance to most of my paintings. For this painting I chose warm earth structures and cool ground shadows. After establishing my shadow I added yellow tint to all the lights sparkling on the rocks and highlights. I try to mix my paint values and check them as I go, before adding the next layer of light and forms. If it doesn't match or fit with the harmony I take off, remix and match new color.
Greens are much more challenging. I generally try to establish greenery by simply scrubbing in loose greens and lemon yellows over the blue and violet patches. Then check for balance in contrast to finalize the atmosphere, highlights, shadows and rugged surface. Soon after, I begin adding the last few pieces, building up to the brights and final highlights.
Clean paint is integral to all good painting. Be sure to know your color ranges and mixtures. Clean paint is important to establishing the mood of a painting. It is critical to preserving reflected light within the painting. Fresh clean strokes quickly establish atmosphere, depth, and volume of a painting through a tight space.
The important thing to remember is start clean, work clean, paint clean before you know it you will have beautiful color harmonies.
Paint the Exciting!
October 23, 2015
– Realization #1
My recent painting retreat sparked a new creative energy. More to the point it has spurred quite the internal thought process even while away from my easel and studio. Just what I needed. Typically, in an academy settings I would share my enlightenment with fellow artist. But instead I am sharing my thought process and perspective here, lucky you.
So back to my internal musing.
While away on my painting retreat. I was lucky enough to witness the changing colors as the sun passed over the granite hills and boulders. I found myself giggling at the joy of the immense beauty of Llano county even in a drought. That night I stepped outside under a hushed canopy of tree tops and cicadas to see the blinking of the night stars transform into a swirl of the twinkling milky way. I gave myself permission to just BE a part of it all. I could choose to paint. I could also choose to just watch the colors change. I did not need to feel overwhelmed or pressured to choose the one great painting. I could and should enjoy painting a thousand paintings instead. Each one would be different. If I managed to capture a small part of the fantastic beauty, I was successful.
I resolved to paint what EXCITED me.
I chose to paint that which invited me to pick up my brush and mix my paints. I could capture the play of lights as they carved into the boulders. For me exciting was painting the flow of energy from light to dark, through the shadows and down sun-kissed edges. The collection of patterns and shapes reflect and capture the EXCITEMENT and energy found there in nature. If the light changed, I could stop and revisit it later. There was no need or pressure to force a painting.
The Exciting subjects offer an unspoken challenge to just BE, to absorb, observe. Somewhere along the way, it becomes a dynamic dialog within me and my subject, the composition, the patterns, color palette and values. Sometimes it begins to paint itself.
So Paint the Exciting!
New realizations ~ New methods!
October 19, 2015
I can't believe it has only been two weeks since my recent painting retreat. It was a much-needed break just for painting!
I found my self so excited to paint. Yet, the analytical part of my artist was overwhelmed with cataloging the variety of compositions and palette possibilities. Everything was already painted in raw pigments and it changed every few minutes. No kidding, the morning light changed so quickly we could barely contain our excitement let alone finish drink our coffee. The afternoon and evening sun was just as dramatic. I could barely record it all on my camera. So I painted what I could, and came back home to paint more in my studio.
I came home ready to paint. Over the next few days I walked into my studio and promptly froze at the easel trying to pick a painting to start next. It should not be this difficult. It's not, I was just over complicating it ~ trying to guess what the next sale could be. And yet, there I stood. I turned around and walked out of my studio more frustrated than I realized.
A few hours later I had regrouped, cropped and printed most of 20 plus thumbnail images from my recent adventures as well as other local plein-air treks. These were all in my "to paint" files. I took them upstairs and sat on my studio floor. Meanwhile I lined up all of my fresh RETREAT paintings to remind me of what I wanted to paint.
I made a fresh cup of tea and just looked at the images. I spent a few more hours just evaluating the unique interest I had with each printed reference. Eventually, the exciting ones made it into a smaller pile, which I then taped to my easel wall. I discovered I was looking for a certain tangible energy in my subjects and paints. I realized I was finally gaining a bit more clarity in my studio again for a little while before family life returned.
I came back with some great paintings but I also came back with a few new realizations for determining what is driving me to paint these days.
- Paint the Exciting!
- Fresh Paint, Clean Paint!
- Don't wreck it trying to "fix it".
In the past week I have painted a least 7 paintings. I have wiped away several of these after realizing they were "fix its". I realized I could revisit the composition in a new way any time I wanted. Or I could simply paint something else EXCITING at the moment and see where it might lead. I have definitely scored a few surprises as well!
I will blog more on the 3 realizations later in the week…
A Retreat on Painting!
October 11, 2015
After spending very little of my summer painting I was beginning to feel the frustration of bottled paintings. I was definitely looking forward to some much-needed focused down time just for painting.
Last weekend I was able to take a much-needed Retreat on Painting.
Several of my Plein Air Austin buddies booked the remote ranch on Dutch Mountain in Llano county for a weekend of painting. We eagerly ventured out of cellular reception and drove into the remote dirt roads of Llano county. A 3 day weekend of Glamping (camping in a remote area with a glorious hot shower and full kitchen!) and painting – Plein Air style. No internet, no painting quotas, just take it in, and paint what you find. Look, relax, recharge, Paint, recharge, Paint…It was fantastic.
Each morning I found my self awestruck and giggling with the joy of simply watching an unobstructed view of the sun rise across granite basalts and open scrub brush and paint the sky in new tones of pinks and blues every few minutes! Then watching as hushed deer calmly walked across the grounds. And the views were simply amazing!
Then we would grab our breakfast and coffee before packing up and driving out into the mesquite brush and harsh granite rock hills. The 5 mph drive trough Sandy Creek and UP to high point was a feat all its own, to which I was amazed I managed it so many times.
But it was so totally worth it to park at the top and look across the miles to watch people the size of ants pop up on top of Enchanted rock as we painted the morning lights and shadows.
Amongst all the excitement and giggles I did actually manage to paint a few the first day and a fourth on the last day. To which I must say I am rather pleased and even some what enchanted with them as well. I can admit I do a little happy dance inside every time I see these paintings on my shelf. My only regret was not remembering to bring my 35mm camera and zoom lens for better pictures. But I was not disappointed by the 12 megapixel camera my phone had to offer.
But I had gone there to paint and paint I did. Now I can't wait for the next paint out!


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"Ctrl F3" for naming a cell
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Someone with access to East High sent WREG video they had taken of used condoms and drug paraphernalia, in what they called the basement of the school.
After a week of dodging questions, the district said in a statement Wednesday that officials found unused condoms, but no evidence of drug use, in what it says is a mechanical/storage area.
Parents we spoke with at the school Wednesday night were disturbed by the findings.
"I'm an alumni from the school. I graduated from it, so to hear about that is totally unacceptable," parent Mel Bland said. "I'm very worried about that."
"When I asked one of the teachers about it, they said it could be old or could be current because it was a tunnel," parent Tekelia Byrd said.
A former East High teacher first told WREG about the problem a year ago. That teacher also said he or she told the principal.
But after interviewing current staff, the district said, "There was no evidence that anyone ever complained or notified the school administration about the alleged misconduct."
The entrance has been fortified, and security cameras installed, which is something parents say is needed.
"They need to especially in the basement. I graduated back in 1996 and the basement has never been a secured area, so I totally agree they need to put cameras down there," Bland said.
The district, which hasn't confirmed if the video was taken inside East High, said it plans on making the entrance even more secure.
The district's full statement:
Shelby County Schools has concluded its investigation into allegations of misconduct in East High School's mechanical/storage area. District administrators interviewed the school administration, security and maintenance personnel. There was no evidence that anyone ever complained or notified the school administration about the alleged misconduct.
The District also inspected the mechanical/storage area at East High school during its investigation. During its inspection, district officials did discover unused condoms in the area but did not find any evidence of drug use. The area is locked and off limits to students. Only authorized personnel have access to the secured area. The District has taken additional steps to fortify the entrance to the area and installed security cameras in the entry way.


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Scott leads the organization both as Founder and Chief Executive Officer. Holding a baccalaureate degree from the University of California, Irvine and a Masters in Business Administration from Azusa Pacific University, Scott is responsible for developing and maintaining the long-term goals of the ministry. He serves as the liaison between Amor Ministries and the governing Board of Directors and is dedicated to ensuring the organization remains on the cutting edge of short-term missions work. Scott is also a popular speaker for a number of men's groups nation-wide where he offers insight on a variety of leadership topics and holds a weekly guest spot on South Africa's nationally syndicated christian radio station, 90.7 Rainbow FM.
Gayla holds the position of Founder and Chief Spiritual Officer. Gayla oversees the staff's spiritual health, as well as communicates the goals, mission, and purpose of the organization to its constituents. She has authored several articles for The Christian Standard on a variety of subjects, including "Serving with Cultural Intelligence." Gayla has been a finalist for the San Diego Business Journal's "Women Who Mean Business" Award in 2000 and 2001. She earned a master's degree in 1989 and was presented an honorary doctorate in Humanities from Northwest Christian College in June of 2000. Gayla was featured on the nationally syndicated Hugh Hewitt radio show. She has also served as a commencement speaker for Hope International University, led workshops at the National Missionary Convention and the Christian Leadership Alliance Conference, and speaks to churches and women's groups on a number of topics throughout the year. If you are interested in having Gayla come speak at your church or event, go here.


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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's got a hankerin' for rocker Alice Coopers' two-foot wiener.
Apparently so impressed with the two-foot hot dogs served at Coopers' Cooperstown restaurant in Phoenix, the sheriff has challenged "any reporter" to an eating contest.
"After signing autographs at Cooperstown yesterday, I'm now ready to challenge any reporter to an eating contest with the 2ft hotdog," Arpaio tweeted yesterday.
We accept, and propose a wager on the outcome: the loser has to quit his job.
We're sure the sheriff can put down a dog or two, but we've got some experience in overindulging on heart-attack-inducing meats.
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In May, New Times staffers participated in an eating contest at Big Earl's BBQ in Scottsdale. We earned an impressive second-place finish after gorging 15.4 pounds of brisket, potato salad, fried pickles, and other (ahem) delicacies.
Granted, nearly every member of team New Times puked following the contest, but it was worth every chunk.
Read about New Times battle with Big Earl's BBQ here.
The wiener's in your court, sheriff. We await your reply.


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June 2, 2018
Men Under the Hard Hat – Adam Mitchell, Derek Stanton, Marc Stephens
Release Year: 1977
Cast: Adam Mitchell, Derek Stanton, Marc Stephens, Barry Bingham, Kip Nelson, Rick Stevens, David Reed, Jeer Weinman
Genres: Plot Based, Anal, Oral, Mustaches, Tight Jeans, Masturbation, Orgy, Pre-Condom
Video language: English
The site foreman Jerry (supposedly a he-man, but his acting can't mask his more feminine nature) manages a group of men who can't seem to get much work done with all of the fucking and sucking happening. Union work never looked so inviting.
But while the guys work and have sex, a strange man is voyeuristic-ally watching all the action through a telescope across the street (and you know it's still the '70s because he's kneeling on a fabulous lime-green shag carpeting while jerking off). The sex is hot, especially when some of the masculine dudes get it on with the new smooth blond kid.
There's plenty of man-raunchy to satisfy pre-condom fans in this sexy, sleazy film gem.
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Title: Watching from afar
Rating: G
Theme: the Ides of March
Elements: "How much further could it be?"
Summary: It is said in The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen that Arwen watched over Aragorn in thought. At times, this must have been a harrowing experience.
Word Count: 1426
March 15, 3019 - Rivendell
Too early, Arwen thought with a flash of annoyance as she woke up. Grabbing a cloak and wrapping it around her, she stepped out to her bedroom's balcony. It was still closer to midnight than to dawn, but now that she was awake, she found she was too restless to find sleep again, and she stood long staring into the night.
With the first hint of morn, Arwen realised the disquiet that had woken her had been Aragorn's, not her own. Far to the south, she knew, he too stood gazing into the slowly lightening night, waiting. Would that she had one of the palantíri of old, or her grandmother's easy skill in scrying. How she longed to see him in truth, not merely feel his presence; even the merest glimpse in Galadriel's Mirror would have eased her heart.
How much further could it be? Arwen wondered, then started. That had been Aragorn's thought, not hers. Yet it struck a chord within her own mind; their road had been long, stretching across the years of their waiting and the many miles Aragorn had travelled in those years. It could not be long now. For good or ill, the Ringbearer carried all their hope, and that of all Middle-earth, with him. She wished she knew where Frodo was; she did not even know whether the Fellowship was still together. She would guess that Aragorn was in Gondor, but Frodo's task lay further east.
Heavy-hearted, Arwen went back inside. It was nearly time to join her father for breakfast. Later in the day, she might perhaps go over their preparations for a siege again with Erestor – while she was certain Rivendell was as ready as possible, there was no harm in checking once more.
After breakfast, which had been a silent affair, both she and Elrond too immersed in their own thoughts for conversation, Arwen went outside, rather than immediately going to look for Erestor. Though the day was cold and pale, still more winter than spring, it was sunny; she would much rather be in the open air than going through gloomy storerooms. Perhaps she should go see how the lembas grain was doing; it was a week at most before it would be ready to harvest.
As she entered the gardens, Arwen returned to the bright spark in her mind that was Aragorn's far-distant presence. He was still waiting for something. Battle? It was rare that she saw clearly enough to know what he was doing; and he had been so weary lately that it had been harder than ever to see even the little she had. At least she knew Halbarad and her brothers had found him, as she had felt the standard raised for the first time slightly over a week before.
Arwen smiled as she saw that she was not the only one who had thought to take advantage of the weather. Bilbo had found a bench in a sheltered spot that caught the morning sun, and he was sitting pipe in hand, staring at the ground. Though the old hobbit was clearly deep in thought – a common affliction this morning, she considered somewhat wrily – he looked up at her approach and greeted her with a smile. Arwen gestured to stop him before he could get up and add a bow.
"It is early to find you out here," she said, smiling back at the hobbit.
First, Bilbo only shrugged. "I cannot keep my mind off Frodo, and the Quest," he added as Arwen sat down next to him.
"Nor can I," she replied.
"Of course, but what worries me," Bilbo went on, gesturing with his pipe, "I know why the Council decided to send only nine, why it was thought best, but things have gone wrong already, even if Gandalf did come back from Moria."
Arwen nodded. No news had come from east of the Misty Mountains beyond the Fellowship's departure from Lórien and Mithrandir's miraculous return from death. She shivered at another, quickly suppressed, thought, and Bilbo immediately turned to her. "It's not too cold for you?" he asked worriedly.
"No," she shook her head, "I just thought that we would know soon enough should the Quest fail." She hoped that, if that were to happen, her father would be able to take off his Ring in time, before his mind was laid bare to the Enemy.
The hobbit said nothing. Arwen wondered whether he knew of Vilya, and what it would mean for Rivendell if the Enemy regained the One. As far as she knew, no one had mentioned it to him; yet Bilbo was astute enough to figure things out for himself, or, as one who had borne the One Ring, he might even have felt Vilya's influence.
The sense of waiting that Arwen had felt from Aragorn all morning abruptly changed to a deep concentration that had to mean he had gone into battle. And there was something else... The standard... It had been raised again.
Suddenly, Arwen became aware of Bilbo calling her name, and realised that she had stood up to look south. Slowly, without speaking, she sat down again. She could still feel Aragorn's concentration, but put it to the back of her mind as much as possible, trying to keep her attention on talking with Bilbo. Her small friend might welcome the distraction from his fears about the Quest, and merely sitting here worrying would do her no good either.
"I should go back to the house," Bilbo said. "It's almost lunchtime, and Erestor has agreed to help me this afternoon with finding the right parchment to bind my book when I finish it."
She shook her head as Bilbo stood up. Fearful for Frodo, and concerned about the Quest as he was, he was still able to keep himself occupied with small, daily matters, but then, she was doing much the same herself. "I would have claimed Erestor's time if you had not," she replied with a quick smile. "Tell him I will wish to see him tomorrow or the day after." Counting Rivendell's stores could wait; they had prepared for any siege as well as they could, and it was only for peace of mind's – and distraction's – sake.
The hobbit was about to leave, but paused to take her hand, and somewhat awkwardly patted it as he spoke. "Arwen, I also worry about the Dúnadan, but he'll be well."
Arwen merely nodded at the reassurance. He'll be well. He has to be. Yet it was already well past noon, and still the battle raged. He will be well, she repeated as she followed the path that led to the field where the lembas grain grew.
Suddenly a wave of deepest grief hit her and she gasped and nearly stumbled at the shock of it. Standing still, leaning against a tree to recover, Arwen unclenched her hands, staring blankly at the crescents impressed in their palms by her nails. She did not know what had just happened, but it took no great leap of imagination to suspect that someone close to Aragorn had fallen or been grievously hurt. Perhaps Halbarad, or one of her brothers. She shuddered; Halbarad was beloved as brother to Aragorn, and she too counted the gruff Ranger a dear friend. Elladan and Elrohir...
It was some time before Arwen could bring herself to move again, and as she came past the turning that led to a certain copse of birch trees, she went that way rather than towards the grain field. She would sit on one of the benches there for a while first.
And the battle still went on, until at last she felt that it must have ended. When Arwen looked up, she was shocked to see the sun already low in the west. No point now in going to look at the grain, it could wait until the morrow.
She could feel grief, weariness..., but also... relief? They had won? Though Aragorn was unhurt, he was exhausted, wearier than she had ever felt him to be. And even now he did not rest. All through the evening and the night she could feel him pushing himself further, until he was so weary that she could barely feel his presence any more.
It was not until close to dawn of the next morning that Aragorn finally slept, and it was not until after she had whispered a message of comfort and peace to him that Arwen could bring herself to return to the house and find sleep herself.
...and when Aragorn was abroad, from afar she watched over him in thought.
LotR, Appendix A, the Tale of Aragorn and Arwen
LotR, Appendix A, the Tale of Aragorn and Arwen


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- Location: West Windsor Township, N.J. (Mercer Lake)
- The Lead: At the Knecht Cup in New Jersey, the MIT women's lightweight crew team was led by a victory in the Petite Final by the Varsity 4 boat and a berth in the Grand Final by the Varsity 8 crew.
- The varsity 8 boat placed third in its heat in a time of 6:51.89 to advance to the Grand Final as the second varsity 8 crew was sixth in the same heat with at 7:15.91 to move to the Petite Final. The third varsity 8 boat also moved to the Petite Final as that group crossed in sixth place in its heat with a time of 8:10.25.
- The novice 4 boat finished fourth in its heat in 8:52.25, while in the second heat the second varsity 4 boat and the varsity 4 crew both advanced to the Petite Final. The second varsity 4 was third in that heat in 7:53.77, followed by the varsity 4 in a time of 7:55.83.
- In the Petite Final, the varsity 4 boat took the victory with a time of 7:48.45 to improve by over seven seconds from the heat. The second varsity 4 was right behind them in 7:55.56 so finish second overall.
- For the Grand Final, the varsity 8 boat finished in sixth out of seven crews in a time of 6:56.54 while the second and third varsity 8 boats finished fourth and fifth in the Petite Final, respectively. The 2V8 finished in a time of 7:28.57, while the 3V8 crossed in 8:13.10.
- The MIT lightweight varsity 8 boat continues to be ranked seventh nationally in this week's USRowing Coaches Poll.
Varsity 8
Cox: Chloe Thacker
8: Kelly Barton
7: Sylvia Sarnik
6: Elizabeth Martin
5: Annika Rollock
4: Kate Scott
3: Sophie Herscovici
2: Brigid Bane
1: Frances Parker-Hale
Second Varsity 8
Cox: Jennifer Nwenyi
8: Lucy Milde
7: Sheila Kennedy-Moore
6: Sophie Blackburn
5: Eileen Hu
4: Sophie Anderson
3: Haley Higginbotham
2: Megan Diehl
1: Sarah Grunsfeld
Third Varsity 8
Cox: Sarah Quraishi
8: Jordan Docter
7: Noa Schwartz
6: Kat Adams
5: Crystal Chen
4: Sarah Edwards
3: Chloe Ayers
2: Cathy Choi
1: Ning Guan
Varsity 4
Cox: Jennifer Nwenyi
4: Sheila Kennedy-Moore
3: Lucy Milde
2: Eileen Hu
1: Sophie Blackburn
Second Varsity 4
Cox: Sarah Quraishi
4: Sarah Grunsfeld
3: Sophie Anderson
2: Haley Higginbotham
1: Megan Diehl
Novice 4
Cox: Andrea Lo
4: Jordan Docter
3: Noa Schwartz
2: Sarah Edwards
1: Katie Sottilare
- MIT returns to action next weekend on Saturday, April 21st as the team is back in action on the Charles River for the Muri Cup and the Beanpot.
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St Mary, Wortham
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through the churches of Suffolk
St Mary has the biggest
round tower in England, fully ten metres
across. Round towers are an East Anglian
speciality, apart from a handful in the
Ouse valley in Sussex, and the source of
some wild speculation. The Saxon origins
of some have encouraged people to suggest
that they were fortifications, and only
had churches added to them when the
Normans came.
However, many of
the round towers post-date the Norman Invasion -
indeed, some seem to be from as late as the 13th
Century - and some of them are not as old as the
churches against which they stand. Bramfield is the only one in Suffolk
that is separate from a church building,
suggesting that they were always ecclesial in
character. The most outlandish explanation is
that they are the linings of ancient wells, left
exposed as the land receded. This is pure
nonsense, of course, but rather charming. They
were all probably built as church towers, and may
have been intended as lookout towers as well (why
not? we know that some of the square ones were).
But it is hard to look at the mighty bulk of
Wortham tower and not think that it had some kind
of defensive purpose as well.
I fondly remember
being here on a lovely day in early summer. I had
cycled the four miles from Palgrave along the
narrow lane in a shimmering heat. There were no
cars about, not a person to be seen. A huge
golden hare sat watchfully in the verge, hauling
himself back into the hedgerow as I approached.
Off to my right, a line of low hills was
punctuated by church towers, one of them round
and only a field or so away; but they were all in
Norfolk. Most recently, Peter Stephens and I came
here on the day of the 2008 Historic Churches
Bike Ride, another beautiful day, when the lanes
were full of life.
St Mary's tower is
so striking that it might take you a moment to
notice quite how lovely the nave is. It has one
of the prettiest clerestories in north Suffolk. The
setting is lovely too, within a mature graveyard
that is maintained as a wildlife sanctuary.
Although you can't go inside the tower, you can
see inside. It is open to the sky, but you can
make out where internal floors were, and what
looks like a fireplace. If the tower predates the
Normans, then it doesn't do so by much. The
little bellcote was added in the 18th century,
presumably because the internal floors of the
tower had collapsed.
The rest of the
building is almost entirely the result of
energetic activity in the half century or so
after the Black Death. This is when the aisles were added, and then the
clerestory and chancel. You step inside to a
welcoming, well-kept interior. It doesn't feel
particularly rustic; we could be in the middle of
a small town.
I hope you will be
as struck as I always am by the bench ends. They
were done by a parishioner, Albert Bartrum, in
the 1890s. They illustrate the verses of the
104th psalm, and as well as various figures going
about their business they include a walrus, a
tortoise and an owl. A bench in the south aisle
has blacksmiths tools carved on it, perhaps to
remember someone who once regularly sat there.
Much of the
interior furnishings were renewed as part of a
series of vigorous restorations during the second
half of the 19th century, mostly under the eyes
of one of Suffolk's most famous ministers,
Richard Cobbold. He was Rector here for more than
50 years, and completely oversaw the turnaround
in the Church of England that transformed St Mary
from a preaching hall to a sacramental house of
God. He is more familiar to historians as the
author of the notes that became Biography of
a Victorian Village, probably the best
single account of Suffolk in the 19th century;
now incomprehensibly out of print, although easy
enough to obtain second-hand. Because of it, we
know more about Wortham in the 19th century than
any other Suffolk parish. He also wrote the novel
Margaret Catchpole, a best-seller in its
day, and still worth a read. This novel is
remembered in the name of the pub beside the
grounds of the former Cobbold family home in
Cliff Lane, Ipswich. Cobbold himself is
remembered by a modest memorial on the chancel
wall, that's all.
The font he
baptised several generations of his parishioners
in is a fat 14th century one, with grand
traceried gables on the panels. There is an
unusual carved Charles II royal arms, nearly
identical to a set in the church of the
neighbouring parish of Mellis. A more recent
arrival is a set of four glass medallions
illustrating the seasons; they are not to my
taste, but they are a sign that this church is
still renewing itself.
Not far from the churchyard,
along the road to Redgrave, a modest
memorial sits by the corner of a field.
It remembers the tithe wars of the 1930s,
when non-churchgoing landowners fought
for the right not to pay for the upkeep
of the local established church. One of
the biggest confrontations was here at
Wortham, where there was a stand-off
between hundreds of police and fascist
black-shirt thugs outside Wortham
Rectory. Hard to imagine now.
Simon Knott, December 2009
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Crews have been fighting a house fire in Rutland, Vermont, that is across the street from the local post office and had threatened surrounding homes.
Firefighters were called to the fire at about 3 a.m. Monday.
Nearby homes were evacuated. The Red Cross says preliminary reports indicate that seven to 10 families were potentially impacted by the fire and a team was responding to emergency needs.
It wasn't immediately known if anyone was hurt or what the cause of the fire was.
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Enjoy gentle cycles through the rolling parkland on your complimentary Pashley bike which can be found in the Sibton Park courtyard (subject to a first come first served basis).
Pedal through the vast 5,000 acre estate and surrounding woodlands along suggested routes, stop at a quintessential Suffolk pub to enjoy a local brew or take the country lanes to Southwold for a picnic on the beach.
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Our state-of-the-art Performance Center provides members with extensive fitness and weight training equipment, including a variety of Free Motion and Life Fitness cardio machines. The free-weight area has been newly renovated and provides members with everything they need to work on strength training and stretching.
Personal Training and Stretch Therapy sessions are offered seven days a week by our nationally recognized, certified fitness instructors. Group training sessions are available Monday - Friday, with monthly themes geared to focus on specific sports within each session. Group class offerings include, but are not limited to: Yoga, Pilates, Strength and Conditioning, TRX, Spin and CrossFit.
The Performance Center is conveniently located next to the pool for additional aquatic fitness options.
Our aquatics complex features a 25-yard heated pool, a separate kiddie-pool and a hot tub. A lifeguard is on duty daily and lessons from staff instructors are offered.
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Thoroughly spraying foliage (where adults feed)
and bark (whence adults emerge and where they land
to lay eggs) with an insecticide such as permethrin can
provide some control of flatheaded alder borer and
the bronze
birch borer. However, effective products labeled
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professionals. Well-timed insecticide sprays may
reduce borer attacks, but
do not substitute
applications for proper cultural care
or trees are still likely to die. If an application
is planned, beginning the first of April inspect
leaves for adult feeding holes and look for adults
during mid- to late afternoon by examining
foliage and by branch beating. Foliage and wood can
be thoroughly sprayed with a persistent insecticide
when adults are active, usually once about mid-April
and again about 3 to 4 weeks later. Permethrin treatments
are not effective against larvae beneath bark. Do
not apply sprays to heavily damaged trees as they
will die anyway and it may only exacerbate the problem
as borers will emerge and attack nearby
Soil drenches or injections with imidacloprid may
provide some control if trees are relatively healthy.
Remove adjacent seriously affected trees.
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