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Kelly – Paper StoriesParticipant@kelly-paperstories14 years, 5 months ago
Wasn't quite sure where this would fit but this group is probably the most appropriate to help with this subject.Lately my back pain has been getting much worse while standing at the press (C&P 8×12). After 15 minutes or so I can barely stand it and have to take a break. Sadly I am quite 'top heavy' and I think this is making things much worse. I have tried sitting on a stool but that is just annoying.Do any of you gals suffer from constant back pain while standing at the press and if so, do you have any tips or suggestions that might help? Short of a breast reduction (which is next summers big event) I don't know what else to do to alleviate the pain.
ashley mcneillParticipant@ashleymcneill14 years, 4 months ago
Maybe get a special supportive sports-bra-meets-playtex-18hr-bra? Something to hold the girls up and shoulders back?Are you using one of those anti-fatigue mats?
Kelly – Paper StoriesParticipant@kelly-paperstories14 years, 4 months ago
oh yes… I stand on a mat and I have some serious braziers. Sadly I either have to go to a specialty store or order them from Europe. All those standard 'full figured support bras' are too small. I am starting to think I need some sort of a support brace but who wants to wear one of those things? Yuck.I don't know what I will do if I can't print anymore. 🙁
ashley mcneillParticipant@ashleymcneill14 years, 4 months ago
Yeah, it may not be sexy, but if it helps you print until your reduction, a supportive brace might be the way to go. :-/
Camille RobinParticipant@camillerobin14 years, 4 months ago
When I was pregnate I wore a belly band for support. It is made of wide elastic and velcro. It wraps around your lower back and belly. I still wear it for lower back support, which could help you; or remember those old bra's that went all the way to your waist? Good luck
Rachael HetzelParticipant@rachaelhetzel14 years, 4 months ago
I also get back pain from working on the press, and I'm definitely not very well endowed. It seems like something that just comes with the territory – the repetition of printing. I built into my business expenses time with a massage therapist once or twice a month, especially at the end of a really intense week. This seems to help. I also try to take breaks for 5 minutes every hour or two to stretch (sometimes yoga stretches help). It seems like taking on an intern or a trusted friend for a few hours each week might help, especially if you set up the press and just have them work on production.
Jen StarshapedParticipant@jenstarshaped14 years, 4 months ago
I agree with Rachael; some well placed yoga stretches helps me out a lot. I have also had quite a bit of luck with acupuncture. A few years ago when I was printing a lot of the same thing, my hands started freezing up a bit, and acupuncture helped tremendously. I know you're not far from me, so I would recommend The Nest up in Lincoln Square as she focuses specifically on women and issues that affect women.In the summer I wear my Earth shoes, as I feel like they force me to have better posture and avoid more trouble.Good luck!
Adrienne BerryParticipant@adrienneberry14 years, 2 months ago
I've got the DDs here and although it doesn't bother me too much normally, when I'm pregnant that's a whole other story. My OB recommend wrapping my ribs/chest as posture has a lot to do with it too. I just used a good old ace bandage and wrapped it tight every-time I printed. Otherwise I'd have "out" days where I couldn't even walk!
J. ElizabethParticipant@jelizabeth13 years, 6 months ago
You might be too short for feeding your press. I'm 5′ 4″ and I need to stand on a small crate to efficiently feed my 8×12 OS. Build a stand that brings the feed board to a comfortable height where your arms can be bent 90 degrees at the elbows just above your feed board.Also, a thick concrete pad helps absorb the strain of impact of standing for a long time. And yes, I second the others here with get a good sports bra, and consider wearing a posture support thingie like this here: Back Support. It really help relive back strain and keeps me from hunching over.
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Although technically it's a city (population about 32,000), Orillia has all the personality and warmth of a small town. Downtown is very walkable, with a charming streetscape of red brick Victorian storefronts. Located between two lakes, Orillia offers year-round outdoor fun on land and water. It's an easy 90-minute drive from Toronto, suitable for a day trip.
How To Get To Orillia By Land
From Toronto: Take Highway 400 North to Barrie and then Highway 11 to Orillia, at the north end of Lake Simcoe. From east of Toronto, Highway 12 up the east side of the lake is shorter.
Ontario Northland bus service connects Orillia to Toronto, and to both Sudbury and North Bay on two different northern routes. Check the schedules and book in advance.
How To Get To Orillia By Water
Boaters love Orillia because it's a natural stop on the Trent-Severn waterway system, between two navigable lakes, Simcoe and Couchiching.
The Port of Orillia operates a public marina with over 200 slips. The onshore service building has washrooms, showers, and change rooms. In season, the waterfront is full of people fishing, walking, biking, swimming, and generally enjoying the grassy expanse of the lakeside parks.
The marina is a short walk from the Metro grocery store, the LCBO (liquor and beer), and the main street, Mississaga Street, with its shops, pubs, eateries, art gallery and museum, and opera house.
Kayak rentals are available in Orillia. There are several private marinas in the area for information about all things boating.
Music Has A History In Orillia
The Orillia Opera House is a historic building graced by a pair of chateau-style round towers with conical roofs. On the corner of West Street and Mississaga Street, the opera house's main auditorium seats 677.
Year-round programming includes concerts, theater, and comedy performances. This is the long-time venue of the Orillia Concert Association which also uses nearby St. Andrews Church.
A Musical Legend With A Close Connection
In front of the opera house, you can't miss the bronze bust by Gino Cavicchioli of hometown legend Gordon Lightfoot, unveiled in 2017.
Born in Orillia in 1938, the world-renowned musician sang at the opera house and in the St. Paul's Church choir as a boy soprano.
The Lightfoot Trail, named for Gordon, is a dual pedestrian and bicycle path along the Lake Couchiching shore, paved in parts. Walk it for about half an hour from the foot of Mississaga Street and you'll reach Tudhope Park, 65 acres of lakeside green space for family recreation. Here, the Golden Leaves statue by Timothy Schmalz shows Lightfoot in a cloud of maple leaves, the symbol of Canada.
A Granddaddy Of Folk Festivals
The Mariposa Folk Festival, founded in Orillia in 1961, bounced down to Toronto for awhile, and then came home. Since 2000, it's been an annual fixture in Orillia.
Held in Tudhope Park, Mariposa celebrates "song, story, dance, and craft" for 3 days every July. Expect big-name headliners, established performers, and rising talent. It's a fun and lively gathering, and a real community event supported by numerous volunteers.
For a peek at Mariposas of the past, where it seems every famous folkie has had their turn on the stage, check out this video collection.
Book early for tickets and accommodation.
Roots Music To Welcome Spring
As the fishermen drag their huts off the Lake Couchiching ice and the snowmobile trails melt, it's time to enjoy spring in Orillia. The Roots North Festival was postponed due to COVID in 2021 but expects to carry on in the future. If this video is anything to go by, the live festival will be full of great music in the historic St. Paul's Church.
Outdoor Summer Concerts And The Town Band
Orillia has a town band, which performs indoor and outdoor concerts.
Cross your fingers for the return of Sunday evening big band concerts in Couchiching Park.
With so much interest in music, as well as access to the huge talent pool living in and touring through southern Ontario, Orillia is a place to watch for future festivals and shows.
The Biggest Game In Town
Nearby Casino Rama with its 5,000 seat venue is an established Ontario entertainment destination with ever-changing featured performers. Catch shows like rockers Chilliwack and Streetheart, the traditional Irish Rovers, pop's Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, comedians Bill Engvall and Russell Peters, country star Travis Tritt, and local favorite Gordon Lightfoot.
The Casino has a hotel, spa, and a selection of restaurants.
Many Choices For Eating And Drinking
Popular for its atmosphere and menu, The Common Stove is close to the Opera House. At the other end of downtown, Fionn MacCool's at the Champlain Hotel has live local entertainers on select nights. Enjoy the craft beer at Couchiching Craft Brewing Company and Brewery Bay. Check the Hog N' Penny for a British pub experience.
Bakes by the Lake, a gluten-free bakery and tea room, and Shine juice bar and cafe both offer plant-based food.
Away from Mississaga Street, Theo's Eatery on Memorial Avenue is a good place for a quiet dinner out with the tried and true favorites: pasta, Caesar salad, chicken parmigiana, garlic shrimp, and steak.
Across the road, Thai Plate offers Thai cuisine prepared by a Thai chef for a Thai owner. Get the message? I've had takeout and dined in, and been very happy every time.
Nearby Uncle Perry's Fish & Chips, Steak and Seafood serves nice fish and chips. I'd go back.
A little out of town, at the Orillia Rama Regional Airport, you can watch the floatplanes and have your tasty meal just steps away from the aircraft at Tailwinds Bar & Grill.
Books, Comics, Collectibles
I'm not a comic book aficionado, but I know someone who is. Christmas shopping for him would be easy if I lived in Orillia because of Dr. Comics on Mississaga Street, and MVP Cards and Collectibles on Atherley Road.
Manticore Books is "the largest independent bookstore north of Toronto" and definitely worth a stop if you're a reader. It stocks the mainstream selections, books of local interest, nominees for the big awards, a healthy repertoire of Canadian literature, and books speaking to current issues.
I like the cozy board game cafe, Cards and Coasters for a coffee or lunch. I'm not a gamer, I just enjoy the feel of this little place.
Museums, Art, History
Orillia is in a culturally and historically significant location. At Atherley Narrows, the channel connecting Lakes Couchiching and Simcoe, there is a National Historic Site, the Mnjikaning Fish Weirs. Its use dates back to at least 3300 B.C. This is a special place whose deeper meaning is part of the local indigenous culture. The weir's wooden stakes are mainly underwater and not always visible.
Downtown, the Orillia Museum of Art and History anchors the Arts District, a collection of galleries showing local work.
Just off the Lightfoot Trail on the lakeshore between downtown and Tudhope Park sits the former home of Stephen Leacock, a National Historic Site with a museum and coffee shop adjacent. Leacock (1869–1944) was the best-known humorist in the English-speaking world from 1915 to 1925. Groucho Marx, Jack Benny, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Charlie Chaplin were among his admirers. Leacock's fictional town of Mariposa bore more than a passing resemblance to Orillia.
Tips For Enjoying Orillia
Wear comfortable walking shoes to get the best out of exploring old Orillia and looking at its many heritage buildings.
Both Couchiching Park and Tudhope Park have playgrounds. Older kids like the skate park.
Shopping for one-of-a-kind anything? Check The Northern Joinery, Makers Market, and Long Way Home furniture.
In winter, there's lots of snow. Try cross-country skiing on the Lightfoot Trail.
Last thing: Sooner or later, everyone ends up at Mariposa Market for coffee and cake.

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In the men's category it was also a 'rinse and repeat' from Stage 1 as Blake Quick took out the biggest win of his career on home soil.
There was some early attacks before a single rider managed to put a gap in, and just as it ticked over 25 minutes of the hour long event the lone breakaway race leader Bentley Niquet-Olden (Olivers Racing) unfortunately pushed too hard to maintain his small advantage, going down, crashing heavily on the corner leading onto the back straight. He was conscious after the incident, and treated on site for multiple lacerations but OK.
While this slowed proceedings a little it wasn't long before Simon Clarke (All Stars) strung out the peloton, using his WorldTour legs to put pressure on the local riders. Dalton Stretton (All stars) and Liam White (Olivers Racing) energised the race and got out to a 23 second lead with 10 minutes to go.
White attacked with a few laps remaining and rolled the dice in the hope that he could gap the opposition, but in the end was unsuccessful. Clarke again animated the race before it was all joined up again and Inform TMX MAKE Took control and powered Blake Quick to the line again ahead of Jensen Plowright (Lexus of Blackburn) and team mate Brenton Jones (Inform TMX MAKE).
"It was very chaotic, everyone was racing for the last corner, obviously you couldn't make up a lot of ground, you had to slow down a lot going into the corner. Jenson on the outside, BJ on the inside, I held him out a bit and from there it was the quickest man wins."
"The run in didn't go according to plan, it just got a bit chaotic with the wind as well down the bottom, just made it very hard. Coming into the last corner was perfect, BJ and I spoke before the race and he obviously he has won this race before and he said you basically have to be first or second through that last corner and the inside always wins."
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Author: Nicola Cornick
Redonk Nutshell: Former lovers (and brief spouses) try to fight the inevitable as they're drawn to each other.
Official Synopsis: Dangerously seductive and sinfully beautiful, Susanna is society's most sought after matchbreaker. Paid by wealthy parents to part unsuitable couples, she's never yet failed to accomplish her mission of diverting a groom-to-be. Until her final assignment brings her face-to-face with the man who'd once taught her an intimate lesson in heartache. James Devlin has everything he's always wanted: a title, a rich fiancée and a place in society. But the woman who's just met his eyes across a crowded ballroom threatens it all. Not because she'd once claimed his heart, or that every sinuous swirl of her ball gown takes his breath away. But because the secrets she carries could cost him everything. To put the past to rest once and for all, Dev just might have to play Susanna at her own wicked game…
Notorious by Nicola Cornick is Cornick's latest release in her Scandalous Women of the Ton series. For me personally I've found Cornick's books to be hit or miss. A few of them are my go-to favorites, but I've also read some that just really didn't do it for me. Unfortunately, Notorious fell into the latter.
Susanna finds herself face to face with her husband, a man she deliberately left after consummating their elopement and hasn't seen in several years. James, her husband, is engaged to a rich and beautiful woman and has set himself up to acquire everything he's ever dreamed of having. Too bad he's already married…and still ferociously attracted to the woman that jilted him.
Cornick has a flair for the back-and-forth "misunderstandings" that are almost always the driving point of her story arcs. James doesn't know why Susanna left him; Susanna is haunted by her actions and is afraid to man up to them. Of course, she's also harboring the fact that she had conceived from their one night together, and was unable to carry the pregnancy to term. They each have their preconceptions of one another, and their interactions are strained with sarcasm and thinly veiled disdain. Oh, and sexual tension. Because regardless of their brief but passionate history, they still are attracted to one another.
I was excited to get my hands on this book because I've come to enjoy Cornick's work. I was disappointed, however, with Notorious. The plot was predictable and the pacing seemed to drag. On the plus side, James' humor had some shining moments, and Susanna's handling of him was fun to watch. Oh, and this cover? Gorgeous.
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ตักบาตร or "TAK BAT" means giving alms to monks.
Every morning at dawn, monks are going out to get some food. Thai people fill monk bowl with rice, soft drinks, cakes and so on... This ceremony is called "TAKBAT". Thai people are making good deeds ("THAM BUN" - ทำบุญ). To make the action as good as possible, people must give the best food they have. They should not be avaricious by giving cheap food. Monks deserve the best. By offering food to monks, they are supposed to give food to relatives who died already.
"TAK BAT" ceremony can happen in village but also in temples. In the early morning Thai people go to the temple and bring food with them. Some people go to listen the Buddhist Dharma in the main chapel while other are preparing the food.
When the Buddhist sermon is finished, monks go out of the main chapel. Thai people are queuing and monks are walking smoothly, holding their bowl. People are filling monks bowl with food. When the bowl is full, a layman empties it in another big plate and the monk can continue with his bowl.
When Thai people give alms, they need to remove their shoes. Before pouring the food in the monk bowl, a short prayer shall be said. While giving food to monks, women shall beware. They cannot touch monks as they are the symbol of purity. Monks never say thank you and never look at the people who give food. It is the tradition. When going out for alms in the early morning, monks walk bare foot.
When "TAK BAT" ceremony is over, all the food is gathered on tables. Some laymen finished to prepare the food before the distribution.
Then people can start to eat. First monks start to get their food. They have to take a small portion of each plate. Then the laymen with white clothes continue.
The men can get food before the women.
Then the nuns. Finally when the nuns have finished to serve themselves, ordinary laymen and laywomen can get some food. The scene is less idyllic. No smooth service anymore. Anyway there is enough food for all.
Such kind of opulent meal doesn't happen everyday. It may happen wometimes when a layman or laywoman wants to make good deeds.
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Fintech founders choose their favourite business books
Stuck for what to read this summer and want to use the time improving your business acumen? City A.M. has asked five of London's leading fintech founders what they'd recommend.
Hiroki Takeuchi, co-founder of GoCardless, the online direct debit provider
Five dysfunctions of teams, by Patrick Lencioni
I love books that introduce me to concepts that change my world view. Sometimes that's on big things (like the idea of black swans), and sometimes it can be on smaller topics. This short book (you can read the whole thing in a few hours!), is about smaller concepts. It's about the pitfalls teams face as they work together. Through a really relatable story, it introduces a few concepts that I've found invaluable as we scale. Embracing conflict is the main one that I've kept with me. In the past, I'd always found it easy to shy away from difficult conversations. But by turning towards them, I've been able to improve my relationship with my team mates and create more productive discussions. I'd highly recommend this book to anyone interested in leading teams to work more productively together!
Anil Stocker, co-founder of Market Invoice, the invoice financing firm
Made to Stick: Why some ideas take hold and others come unstuck, by Chip and Dan Heath
This was actually recommended to me by John Kerry's speech writer. There's no right answer when it comes to standing out from the crowd in business, but Made to Stick is almost it. Creating a compelling message, or telling a memorable story is vital in the early stages of any business, be it for making hires or pitching to investors. I've found this book so useful for effectively communicating the vision of the business to others, and learning how to make a message resonate with a stranger. It uses a series of anecdotes to show why we choose to remember and engage with some ideas and not others. It's especially relevant for entrepreneurs thinking about brand values and promises. It'll also play a big part in getting an audience to really buy in to what you're saying.
Tom Blomfield, founder of Mondo, the mobile bank. (Tom is also a founder of GoCardless.)
The Hard Thing About Hard Things, by Ben Horowitz
This is a brutally honest collection of essays about leading a startup as "wartime" chief executive, recounting the battles Ben fought to keep his company from failing. Ben now runs one of the world's most successful venture capital funds and, as his co-founder Marc Andreessen explains, "running a startup is like eating glass. You just start to like the taste of your own blood". He tackles many of the tough problems that founders face, from laying off senior executives to poaching staff, all the way through an IPO to his company's eventual sale for $1bn. It's a must-read that explores the gritty reality of running a company.
Christian Faes, co-founder of LendInvest, the online mortgage lender
Too Big To Fail, by Andrew Ross Sorkin
Published in 2009, this is an oldie but a goodie. It sets out in minute-by-minute detail the events that played out when the world fell apart back in 2008, and the battle commenced to save Wall Street (and London). I recommend it to anyone who needs reminding of how badly financial services can be run – and what massive steps forward we've taken in a relatively short time since. We all know how the credit crunch played out, but for those of us who don't let a spoilt punchline get in the way of a good story, his tales from the frontline of the world's biggest banking crisis make for a gripping read.
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The Culture Map, by Erin Meyer
This has made a real splash in our office, and I'm using the summer to finally catch up and read it. It focuses on how to work effectively with people from other cultures and, for an international company, it is a fantastic framework. Meyer explains how different cultures value time, experience, structure and feedback. To give one example, Indians and South Americans consider negotiation to be a normal part of the process when it comes to a finance product, whereas North Americans take things at face value. Knowing this helps us to engage differently with all of our customers, and allows us to understand and respect clients and co-workers and avoid causing offence. This is especially important when most communication is online, where the risk of misinterpretation is even higher.


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How Can I Earn 1 Million Views In 15 Days By AudienceGain?
Are you wondering which services to look for to increase the effectiveness and prestige of YouTube watch hours? Don't worry, this article helps you understand why someone got 1 million views in 15 days by Audience.
Currently, more than 1.3 billion people are constantly active on YouTube. Every hour, there are nearly 200 hours of watch time uploaded to YouTube.
With a fertile market like YouTube, many people think making money from channel creation is easy.
However, the competition between channels on YouTube is more fierce than you think. You want to survive and help the channel grow, you must know the right direction.
What you need to invest in before is to pay attention to the increase in YouTube watch hours and find a solution if your amount of YouTube watch hours is too small.
The process of increasing YouTube watch hours is not as simple as you think. If the quality of your video is invested and targeted to the right audience, you can easily increase your views and subscribers.
Here are some notes that you should take to quickly increase YouTube watch hours as well as how to increase 1 million views in 15 days by AudienceGain.
Request increasing view quickly and safely
The requirements that you need to meet to easily increase views are:
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- The title contains the keyword that is searched a lot or the keyword is in the top trending
- The video needs to be elaborate on the part that looks like HD quality and sound
- Swimming in the "recommended" flow on many popular videos
The factors above are essential when you want to elevate your video to the top trending and growing channels.
Because it is less strenuous and time-consuming, in addition to investing in video, many users now buy real views from a package service like AudienceGain or use bots to create fake views.
However, how to create fake views is not as safe as you think.
If your channel has monetization enabled and still uses VPS, VPN, proxies to increase views, and YouTube watch hours, your channel is at risk of being locked out, or the video is canceled.
Currently, YouTube's algorithm is becoming more sophisticated and intricate.
Also, according to the latest YouTube regulation on enabling monetization for that channel, it is necessary to reach 4,000 YouTube watch time and 1000 subscribers.
This is almost a difficult challenge to overcome, especially for YouTubers who just entered the industry.
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Currently, the tools to increase YouTube watch time and subscribers that many YouTube users are using the most are QniTube and QniTube Action.
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One of the tools used by many YouTubers to increase views quickly is QniTube. According to the current psychology of viewers, very few people watch videos with only a few hundred people watching.
So, if the videos meet the quality and quantity requirements at a certain time as mentioned above, you need to grasp some tips or hire a reputable service to increase view packages like AudienceGain.
QniTube has an interface in many languages, so it is suitable for YouTubers in many countries.
Also, QniTube has the outstanding feature of simulating a real person with the Dcom switch. You can easily set the number of proxies to run the software.
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- User-friendly and easy-to-use interface for beginners
- Currently, YouTube's algorithm still detects "fake view" from QniTube
- Only increase YouTube watch time, not increase subscribers and comments
- Unsuitable for people who have monetization enabled because channels can be canceled easily
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Increasing views is a must. However, you can't just keep on increasing your views and forget about your subscriptions and comments.
Because according to YouTube's current algorithm, the more comments your video has, the easier it will be to reach the top. It demonstrates the great popularity and quality of the video you post.
Besides, high subscriptions help viewers trust and curious about your YouTube channel more than others. If you have a few subscribers and comments, then surely many viewers will question the quality.
As more people feel a lack of curiosity, they will skip subscriptions and comment on channels and videos with more engagement.
Unitech Company has created the QniTubeAction tool to help many new YouTubers take advantage of it to increase YouTube watch time. This tool allows you to run on Proxy as well as Dcom.
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YouTube's algorithm can pay attention to fake subs and comments from the QniTubeAction tool. The risk of locking your channel is high if you have monetization turned on.
Both tools to increase YouTube watch time and increase sub, comments like QniTube and QniTubeAction have their strengths.
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London-based Orchard Street Investment Management has scooped a mandate to provide real estate investment advice to the BBC Pension Fund in the UK.
The investment company will take over the management of the £300 million (€373 million; $470 million) UK portion of the BBC pension's £1.1 billion real estate portfolio from present incumbent, CBRE. More than half of the fund's real estate investments are in the UK with the rest being in Continental Europe and the US.
The contract win comes hot-on-the-heels of another recent success for the firm in April when it won the backing of The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) for the creation of a special situations fund targeting approximately £200 million (€243 million; $316 million) of UK commercial property. That was the second time GIC had parked some of its vast sovereign wealth capital with Orchard Street. It originally committed to its first special situations fund in 2009, which went on to buy £130 million of property.
The company also won a mandate last year to manage assets on behalf of St James's Wealth Management last year and has a long-standing arrangement to manage real estate assets of the British Railways Pension Fund.
Orchard was set up in 2004 and now manages £3 billion of assets following the BBC win.


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Much has been made about how 2019 is the last year of Jason Garrett's contract as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. While we heard some reports and murmurings near the end of the season that the team would consider extending him over the offseason, you can put all of those talks to bed. There will be no extension per a report.
Jerry Jones is not expected to extend the contract of Cowboys' HC Jason Garrett, short or long term, as he now enters the final year of his contract, per @toddarcher.— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 31, 2019
This isn't exactly shocking news if you've been paying attention over the last few weeks, as erratic as the Cowboys have been, but it is still a little jarring. For Jerry Jones to come out during the week leading up to the Super Bowl when there is so much going on (including things in Dallas with the NBA, Mavericks, and Kristaps Porzingis) is quite the statement.
News of Jerry's intent not to extend Jason Garrett trickled out just hours after the team announced that Kellen Moore would be serving as the team's offensive coordinator this season. While Dallas didn't say who would be calling plays for them, they are giving Garrett a first-year coordinator. As talented as Moore could wind up being, that is quite the corner to paint the head coach into.
Many Cowboys fans have wanted this for some time, for Jason Garrett to have to coach with his job on the line. He did so during the 2014 season which was one of the best of his career. Five years later Jerry isn't hiding anything, his message is loud and clear.
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NGC1784 is a 4,1′ × 2,6′arcmin.sized and 12.0mag bright barred spiral galaxy of Hubble type SB(r)c in the constellation of Lepus.The real distance is about 11mio.light-years.
It was first seen by John Herschel in 1836
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LRGB (480-180-180-180 min),a total of 17.0 hours
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Vidal Nuno reminded everyone that he can have success against a potent lineup with 5.2 shutout innings against the Red Sox. Can he do it again in the series finale?
Jake Odorizzi has alternated 5 inning outings with 7 inning gems throughout June, while dropping his ERA to 4.14 from 5.31.
Today's Lineups
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|Ben Zobrist - DH
|Derek Jeter - SS
|Brandon Guyer - LF
|Brian McCann - C
|Evan Longoria - 3B
|Carlos Beltran - DH
|James Loney - 1B
|Kelly Johnson - 1B
|Logan Forsythe - 2B
|Alfonso Soriano - RF
|Sean Rodriguez - SS
|Ichiro Suzuki - CF
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The Incredibles of Healthcare: Eva Nolasco, PCT/Endo Tech.May 15, 2019
To celebrate Hospital & Nursing Home Healthcare Worker Appreciation Month, 1199SEIU is highlighting the incredible work our members do every day to ensure hospital patients and nursing home residents in Florida receive the best care possible. These dedicated caregivers truly are superheroes. That's why we asked members to nominate their co-workers to be named this year's Incredibles of Healthcare. We received many wonderful nominations (*please note the deadline to submit nonimations has passed). Here's one of those outsanding healthcare workers.
Eva Nolasco, a PCT/Endo Tech at Fawcett Memorial Hospital in Port Charlotte, is one of these Incredibles of Healthcare who uses her superpowers to make sure Florida families receive the highest quality of care possible.
Why are Eva's co-workers incredible?
"There's such a strong sense of team among my co-workers. If we're short-staffed, nobody ever says 'that's not my job.' Everyone steps up when we need it." – Eva.
Why is Eva incredible?
"Eva wholeheartedly cares for her patients and makes sure they receive the very best care possible. She's active in our union because she understands the importance of having a voice for workers on the job and in the community." – 1199SEIU Vice President Bob Gibson.
Why is a PCT/Endo tech job incredible?
"The job of a PCT/Endo Tech is incredibly important. These techs provide assistance during surgeries, which otherwise could be the most traumatic or trying times in a patient's healthcare experience." -- Bob Gibson.
Why is working together in a union incredible?
"Our union fights for the things we all need and deserve, like fair wages and healthcare. These are not just important now, but also for the future of our children." -- Eva.


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The members of Steve Hess and Southern Salvation are the guests on Gospel Music Today for the week of July 13 and Ken and Jean Grady host southern gospel news and concert updates. David Bruce Murray looks at the history of The Oak Ridge Boys, the Feature Group is The Drummond Family, and Jean reviews new recordings by Mark209 and Xalt Quartet. An article about Tim Riley from Singing News magazine is the subject of this week's News Notes. The news features Jeff and Sheri Easter and The Blackwood Brothers/Oak Ridge Boys. The Happy Birthday wish this week is out to Jeff Chapman of the Kingdom Heirs. The show features a new music video by High Road III, exclusive concert video of Angela Primm, recorded by Gospel Music Today's cameras in Nashville, TN, and a visit to the Gospel Music Today Archives for an exclusive concert video of The Dixie Echoes, recorded in Broken Arrow, OK.
The show is on KWHB TV47 in Oklahoma every Sunday at 4:30 PM, and on Roku on FFE TV Monday at 8:00 PM and AllNations TV Tuesday and Wednesday at 6:30 PM. Check local TV schedule for Pontotoc, MS, Beaumont, TX, Tyler, TX. Atlanta, TX, and Morrilton, AR. The current edition of Gospel Music Today is online now at the Gospel Music Today website, www.gospelmusictoday.com


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Sometimes it's difficult to hear God's voice when there are many other voices around us. One of the worst feelings is longing for God's answer in a particular situation, but not seeming to receive one. I've found myself trapped in this cycle throughout my walk with Christ. When a problem arose, I'd turn to Christ. I would bring my problem to Jesus, but He wasn't giving me an answer. Hadn't I done all I needed to do?
There's a danger that I may be turning to Christ out of custom instead of belief in His power. I've grown up doing this. I've been told repeatedly to pray. Naturally, it's become my first option, but I had to take a minute to think about this routine.
Although I was making Jesus my first choice in adversity, I wasn't making Him my only choice. After praying for an answer, I would use logic to try and answer it myself. If that didn't suffice, I would seek other people's perspectives, secretly hoping to hear a voice that appealed to me. I would ask Him for divine wisdom, but instead of letting Him answer, I would quickly turn away. I wasn't seeking God's will wholeheartedly.
Have you ever found yourself doing this? Maybe you're struggling to search for God wholeheartedly in the same way I did. It's a good place to be if you've acknowledged this. Here are three steps that God invites us to take in order to sincerely seek His will.
The first step is an invitation to surrender. Matthew 11:28 says, "Come to me all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." I don't know about you, but choosing between decisions makes me feel burdened. It overtakes my thoughts, and as a result, it distracts me from the rest of my life.
God doesn't want us to feel overwhelmed by problems. He asks us to surrender those issues by giving them over to Him completely! God wants to work in our lives, but we need to let go of the problem entirely to let Him take control entirely.
The second step is an invitation to patience. In the college culture, it seems that we are constantly starting something as we're still finishing another. We're so used to the rush, but God asks us to slow down. Romans 12:12 says, "Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer."
When we hit a problem, it can be our wish to move past it as soon as possible. But by inviting us to have patience, God is asking us to learn to trust His timing. Receiving God's answer can take as little as a second or as long as many decades. As we practice patience in our trials, we will learn that God is answering our prayers in the best possible way at the best possible time.
Finally, in the third step, God invites us to rest. 2 Corinthians 4:16 says, "Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls." The unknown can cause many people to worry. This is why God longs to give us knowledge that will provide us with rest. The world wants to give us answers to our problems, but it will not give us the rest God promises. Accept His invitation today by resting in His word.
In order to hear God's voice, we must allow our will to die and His plan to live within us. We must seek Him with our whole heart by giving up our problems, patiently waiting for His response and resting in His knowledge.
Dear friend, God wants to answer your questions. He wants to lead you to the right path. He wants to help you make the right decision. He only requires one thing: that you seek Him with your whole heart.
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In life, there's a moment before a redemptive arc begins. It's not exactly the calm before the storm, though it's similar. It's the line drawn between the before and the after; a knife-edge that we usually don't notice until it's gone, but a place where, if things went differently, would cut us to shreds. "Above the Aether," another stunning track from Galán / Vogt's fantastic The Sweet Wait.
Vogt's vocals are spellbinding yet again, a massive star that pulls in everything around it and holds it in a delicate orbit. Rain quietly tickles the windows as she sings, Pepo Galán's lilting piano chords streaming toward a fading horizon. The duo is joined by Simon McCorry on cello and his arrangement adds another layer of wilting melancholy to commemorate the pieces of ourselves we've discarded and left to decay in the past.
For a split second, James Eakins' video shows the world turned upside down. Neon lights pierce the darkness, the first indications that tomorrow will offer a chance for something new. "My video making process starts and ends with color," Eakins explains and it's woven throughout, enhancing the lush landscapes of the music.
Notably, the video is vertical rather than the usual, expected landscape orientation. It fits the music well, but it's simpler than that. Eakins explains, "The vertical format conveys a kind of intimacy that a horizontal or square one doesn't; especially when viewed on a mobile phone. The reality is that this is how the majority of viewers are watching music videos." As I watched this video over and over in a darkened room, curled on the couch with my phone, Eakins' words ring true and that closeness only deepens the connections to the song.
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Aromatic, complex, saline, hints of citrus
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Having produced sherry for more than two and a half centuries since 1744, Delgado Zuleta is the oldest family-owned winery in the Jerez and Manzanilla districts. It is located in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, a small coastal town at the mouth of the Guadalquivir river. The Delgado Zuleta family named their sherry after the famous Flamenco dancer Aurora Jauffre, dubbed 'La Goya', as they believed it shared her intense, elegant, yet powerful qualities.
This sherry has a distinct and punchy camomile (manzanilla is Spanish for chamomile) and almond nose as well as a complex, salty tang with lime overtones from the chalky 'albariza' soils in which it's grown. This is a manzanilla pasada – it has been aged for a relatively long time (8 years, compared to manzanilla standard of about 4 ½).
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Rodney enjoyed the friendships he made in Hickory Hills, especially the Art Group where he created many wonderful paintings.
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Deepest sympathy to Kathryn and Family. Lovely memories of times spent with Rod and Kathryn and my parents in Hickory Hills. Rod will be missed. One of Rods paintings hangs in our home.
Kathy and family So very sorry to read about Rodney. Please know our prayers are with you at this time. Deepest sympathy.
I will miss his fatherly presence in my life and will continue to appreciate his watercolor paintings. Life is everlasting.


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Looking for a couple side dishes that will wow your guests this year? HHHunt Communities has got you covered with these unique, yet delicious, recipes to cook on Thanksgiving!
Fried Green Beans
- Vegetable oil for frying
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup cornmeal
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 ¾ cup club soda
- 1 pound green beans
- Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Fill a pot with 2 inches of oil. Insert a deep-fry thermometer, and heat to 375 degrees over medium-high heat.
- Mix together flour, cornmeal, baking soda, and 1 teaspoon of salt in a medium bowl. Slowly whisk in club soda until blended.
- Dip a handful of green beans into batter. Using tongs, lift beans from batter and lower into oil. Fry until golden brown, about 1 minute. Transfer to a baking sheet lined with paper towels, and put in oven to keep warm.
Stuffing Muffins
- 1 pound white bread, cut into ½-inch cubes
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus more for muffin tins
- 2 cups chopped yellow onion
- 1 cup chopped celery
- ½ cup minced parsley
- 1 tablespoon minced sage and minced thyme
- 1 ½ teaspoons salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- 1 to 1 ½ cups chicken or vegetable stock
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Brush the wells of two muffin tins with melted butter. Spread bread cubes onto two half sheet pans in an even layer. Bake for 5 to 10 minutes, stirring once, or until crisp and light golden brown. Reduce oven's temperature to 300 degrees.
- Add butter to large skillet set over medium-high heat. Once completely melted and foam subsides, add onion and celery. Cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 5 minutes. Remove skillet from heat and stir in parsley, sage, thyme, salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
- Add onion and celery mixture and bread cubes to a large bowl; toss until combined. Add eggs and the stock; toss until combined.
- Spoon stuffing into muffin tins, mounding it at the top. Make sure to pack stuffing in tight so that muffins won't fall apart.
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Health conditions that prevent individuals from working full time can restrict their access to health insurance. For people living in the 35 states that offer high-risk pools, coverage is available but premiums are 125-200% of standard rates. Additionally, high cost-sharing means enrollees often defer needed care because they must pay large amounts out of pocket. Lack of access may lead to poor health outcomes and disability. The Kansas DMIE investigated whether improving insurance coverage for such a group would improve their health status and reduce their risk of transition to full Social Security disability. Half of the 508 participants received enhanced benefits and nurse case management, the other half received usual risk pool coverage. Outcomes were measured through telephone surveys, focus groups, and claims analysis. Utilization of services increased and health status stabilized for the intervention group, while health status of the control group significantly declined. These findings have broad implications because some plans to be offered under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-148) have similarly high out-of-pocket costs. Considering the long-term cost of full disability, providing adequate health insurance benefits for individuals at high risk of disability may be cost effective.
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Objective: To assess whether CD8+ T-cell activation predicts risk of AIDS and non- AIDS morbidity during suppressive antiretroviral treatment (ART). Design: Posthoc analyses of ART-naive participants in prospective ART studies. Participants with HIV-RNA levels 200 copies/ml or less and CD8 + T-cell activation data (%CD38+HLA-DR+) at year-1 of ART were selected to determine years 2-5 incidence of AIDS and non-AIDS events. Methods: We censored data at time of ART interruption or virologic failure. Inverse probability of censoring-weighted logistic regression was used to correct for informative censoring. Results: We included 1025 participants; 82% were men, median age 38 years, pre-ART CD4 cell count 255 cells/μl, and year-1-activated CD8+ T cells 24%. Of these, 752 had 5 years of follow-up; 379 remained on ART and had no confirmed plasma HIV-RNA more than 200 copies/ml. The overall probability of an AIDS or non-AIDS event in years 2-5 was estimated at 13% [95% confidence interval (CI) 10-15%] had everyone remained on suppressive ART. Higher year-1-activated CD8+ T-cell percentage increased the probability of subsequent events [odds ratio 1.22 per 10% higher (95% CI 1.04-1.44)]; this effect was not significant after adjusting for age. Among those age 50 years at least (n=108 at year 1), the probability of an event in years 2-5 was 37% and the effect of CD8+ T-cell activation was more apparent (odds ratio=1.42, P=0.02 unadjusted and adjusted for age). Conclusion: CD8+ T-cell activation is prognostic of clinical events during suppressive ART, although this association is confounded by age. The consequences of HIVassociated immune activation may be more important in patients 50 years and older.
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Capcom's decision to include a permanent save file in Resident Evil Mercenaries for the 3DS hasn't gone down well at all, with many believing it's the company's way of stemming 2nd hand sales.
Capcom's done it's best to convince the public otherwise, and has now said it won;t happen again.
"Secondhand game sales were not a factor in this development decision," it said to Giantbomb, adding that gamers "will be able to enjoy the entirety of the survival-action experiences that the game does offer.†"In Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D, all mission progress is saved directly to the Nintendo 3DS cartridge, where it cannot be reset", it said, concluding that "The nature of the game invites high levels of replayability in order to improve mission scores. In addition, this feature does not remove any content available for users."
"I think it's fair to say there was never quite the malicious intent that the conspiracy theorists out there would have you believe,†said Capcom US senior VP Christian Svensson in an interview with Capcom-Unity. "I think it's also fair to say that in light of the controversy it's generated, I don't think you're going to see something like this happening again," he concluded.
Hey, maybe they're not trying to piss people off after all!
Source : Capcom Unity, GiantBomb
Last Updated: July 4, 2011


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BEREA –Police discovered a truck loaded with 258 bags of dagga abandoned along the road to Teyateyaneng two weeks ago.
Superintendent Lerata Fobo of Berea confirmed the find.
"Police became suspicious when they found a truck parked along the road. When they opened the car they found it heavily loaded with dagga," said Fobo.
He said officials from a company called Woodford Vehicle rental came to claim the car.
"They said they had rented the car to one Mbaleki Dumisani from Durban and it was supposed to operate in South Africa only," Fobo said.
"Incidents whereby dagga bags are found abandoned are common especially in rural areas," he said.


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Huawei's new 7 inch tablet should be available in Europe in October for 249 Euros, or about $312 US.
We first heard about the Huawei MediaPad 7 Lite last month, but the company hadn't made price and availability information available until this week.
The tablet features a 7 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel IPS display, a 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor, 1GB of RAM, and 8GB of storage.
It runs Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and features 802.11n WiFi and Bluetooth 3.0 wireless connectivity.
While the tablet costs about 50 percent more than a Google Nexus 7, it has a few features Google's tablet does not, including an metal unibody case, front and rear cameras, and 3G capabilities, letting you connect to mobile broadband networks. The tablet will also be able to send text messages.
There's still no word on whether thisMediaPad 7 Lite will be available in the US.
Huawei has also unveiled some price and launch details for the 10 inch MediaPad 10 FHD tablet with a 1920 x 1200 pixel display. That model will launch in Europe in October for 429 Euros ($538).
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A video presentation is available to watch about the proposed Hoy Community Windfarm project.
You can also read about the project here: Hoy Wind Farm Project Online Public Consultation
On 28 May 2020 from 4pm to 7pm a live and interactive web-based consultation will take place. During the live event you will be able to view outline proposals for the development, find out more about the development and ask questions to members of the Project Team. Further details will be posted at www.orkney.gov.uk/HoyPAC soon.
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Plants that have evolved to survive on metal-rich soils-metallophytes-have key values that must drive research of their unique properties and ultimately their conservation. The ability of metallophytes to tolerate extreme metal concentrations commends them for revegetation of mines and metal-contaminated sites. Metallophytes can also be exploited in environmental technologies, for example, phytostabilization, phytoremediation, and phytomining. Actions towards conserving metallophyte species are imperative, as metallophytes are increasingly under threat of extinction from mining activity. Although many hundreds of papers describe both the biology and applications of metallophytes, few have investigated the urgent need to conserve these unique species. This paper identifies the current state of metallophyte research, and advocates future research needs for the conservation of metallophyte biodiversity and the sustainable uses of metallophyte species in restoration, rehabilitation, contaminated site remediation, and other nascent phytotechnologies. Six fundamental questions are addressed: (1) Is enough known about the global status of metallophytes to ensure their conservation? (2) Are metallophytes threatened by the activities of the minerals industry, and can their potential for the restoration or rehabilitation of mined and disturbed land be realized? (3) What problems exist in gaining prior informed consent to access metallophyte genetic resources and how can the benefits arising from their uses be equitably shared? (4) What potential do metallophytes offer as a resource base for phytotechnologies? (5) Can genetic modification be used to "design" metallophytes to use in the remediation of contaminated land? (6) Does the prospect of using metallophytes in site remediation and restoration raise ethical issues?
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Hi friends!
19-99 Beauty recently launched their new spring collection featuring three new Precision Colour Pencils in some seriously bright shades. You may remember me chatting about this Canadian indie brand last year here on the blog, but after gifting me two of their neutral eye pencils last year (which I reviewed here) they very kindly sent me their spring line-up including Wasser, Rozsa, and Meleg. I'll take you through each shade in today's post, and talk about how I like to use them in my makeup routine.
A quick note before I start:
I discussed the formula of the Precision Colour Pencils in my earlier review linked above, but in short they are phenomenal! (In fact, I love them so much they made my top 10 beauty discoveries list of 2020.) If you're hopeless at eyeliner like I am, then you'll particularly like these pencils because they are so, so easy to use. They are insanely creamy, making application a snap, and they stay creamy. That's very important to know because they don't completely set (think traditional MAC kohl liners). But even if you don't want to use these on your eyes, you can multi-task with them and use them on the face or the lips (depending on the shade I guess). There's just so much potential for play here, especially if you like being creative with your makeup.
For the record, each Colour Precision Pencil retails for $26.00. So, just slightly more pricey than your Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Pencils.
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If you know German (and I don't) you may get an idea as to what this shade is. Well spoiler alert, wasser means water in German, and sure enough this is a gorgeous cobalt-like blue. It's completely matte, which makes it a bit more versatile and wearable, especially if you want to blend it out over the whole eyelid. However, this definitely makes for a more "editorial" look. I really don't know how to make blue eyeshadow look good on me, so I prefer to wear this strictly as a bright pop of color along the lash line. It's perfect going into spring/summer, especially if you pair it with golds and bronzes. I love a bit of blue liner smudged over a light wash of gold shadow!
This might be my favorite of the bunch! Rozsa is a vibrant matte red-pink that I love blending out over my cheeks as blush. You'd be surprised how easy it is to use in this way. I sometimes will add a bit into other cream blushes to boost their pigment or change the tone, but I just as often use it completely by itself over a bit of bronzer. I don't draw it directly onto my cheeks, but instead scribble a bit onto the back of my hand. I then pick it up on my finger and gently tap it over the apple of my cheeks. This formula is so creamy and blendable that it's an absolute joy to work with. But be warned, Rozsa is so punchy that you just need a touch to make an impact, and the pigment stays vibrant for hours and hours. You could play with this on the lips or even on the eyes as well, but I really prefer it on the cheeks.
The last of the new spring trio is Meleg, an almost primary orange with a red undertone. This is another shade that could be used in so many ways on the face: on the eyes, blended out lightly across the cheeks, or filled in on the lips for a bright pout. Meleg is also matte in finish, and I love using it either as a bright orange liner (again, I can't make orange work as an all-over eyeshadow), or as a pop on the cheeks. I use and apply it in just the same way as I do with Rozsa.
What do you think of the new spring collection from 19-99 Beauty? Would you pick up any of the colors? I'd love to know!
xo, and be well, Erica


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With his typical topsy-turvy perversity, Charles Francis Addams might have been happy had the 2009 musical inspired by his sardonic New Yorker cartoons ended up as a "work in regress." But happily for us, the opposite has occurred to this show about a ghoulish misfit clan haunting a Queen Anne brownstone in Central Park. Much has happened to and for this show after The Addams Family endured a pre-Broadway shakedown in Chicago. First, a rather sleazy first-act duet between creepshow parents Gomez and Morticia has been rightfully cut. Even more crucial, most of the second act, which was bogged down by boring ballads, has been rewritten. He may have been funnier than a Tea Party trivia game, but Nathan Lane, as Gomez, was saddled with unnecessary numbers which repeatedly psychoanalyzed and marriage-counseled his rebellious brood .
Boasting a tightly catty script by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, the now-finished product, revived with merry malevolence at Mercury Theater, is a vintage treat. L. Walter Stearns' never-dull staging lets this perpetual celebration of "Opposites Day" run rich with fish-out-of-water humor and a few worthy truths before the characteristic "Move Toward The Darkness" finale. Still anti-social but not so polemical, The Addams Family is now a character-fueled comedy with the occasional special effect or physical gag suggested by Addams' (in)famous cartoons (an overblown octopus scene has been exorcised from the musical as well).
Closely following the formula from You Can't Take It With You (in which the Depression-era Sycamore eccentrics transform the conformist and miserable Kirbys), the Addamses' outcast Bohemian/Goth lifestyle loosens up the repressed parents of a neurotically normal boy named Lucas Beineke, with whom daughter Wednesday has fallen in love. The macabre tribe, which infests a very spooky demesne in an unlit part of inner Manhattan, gathers their addlepated ancestors in order to deal with a home invasion: Sweet simpleton Lucas is bringing along his conventional parents for a dinner not soon forgotten.
The joke, of course, is that in this Bizarro-like world, screams replace sentiment, torture is a kind of caring, and death is the real deal they not only yearn for but want to share. Yet as much as the Addamses have their oddities (a mystery grandmother living in the dormers; a zombie butler; a bald uncle in love with the moon; a vampirish mother and nightmarish Latin dad whose bratty boy is crazy about explosives), the Beineke family have their own skeletons in the closet, bats in the belfry, and secrets dying to be exposed. "Full Disclosure" isn't just a truth-or-dare game that the Grand Guignol/Edward Gorey family likes to play—it's what happens by the end of the musical's 145-minute death span.
Andrew Lippa's serviceable songs prosecute the culture clash rather nicely, giving us a hilarious duet for Uncle Fester and a bouncing moon, an anthem for Morticia and the ancestors called "Just Around The Cor(o)ner," and other felicitous eruptions and torrid tangos from the dark side.
Karl Hamilton's smooth-tongued, oily-unctuous Gomez is a rhapsodic romantic, a hot-blooded Latin lover, a fiery libido compared to Rebecca Prescott's ice-queen Morticia. Add to their cunning chemistry Harter Clingman's gleeful Fester (our noxious narrator), Amanda Hartley's decomposing Grandma, Dara Cameron's spunky, crossbow-wielding Wednesday, Brennan Dougherty's prankster Pugsley, and Jeff Diebold's mostly muted Lurch.
Henry McGinniss is richly ordinary as Lucas (who must learn to take risks for love), while Jason Grimm and Cory Goodrich make the Beineke parents much more complicated than their stereotypical stiffness suggests. Pancake monstrosities, the six Addams Ancestors provide all the backup that ghosts "live" for (there's even a literal "skeleton crew" handling the lights).
As clever as this musical mash-up seems (with shout-outs to Bob Knuth's wicked props, Brenda Didier's chilly choreograph, Frances Maggio's caricaturing costumes, and Nick Belley's sepulchral lighting), I still think Paul Rudnick's film versions provide the perfect Addams overkill. But hey, talk to the Thing…I mean, hand; you get song and dance here, the kind that didn't kill vaudeville. And what an antidote the Addams are to today's assorted delusional thinking, including the self-esteem movement, feel-good empowerment scams, and unorganized religion.
photos by Brett A. Beiner
The Addams Family
Mercury Theater Chicago
3745 North Southport Avenue
Wed at 7:30; Thurs at 3 and 7:30;
Fri at 8; Sat at 3 and 8; Sun at 3 and 7:30
ends on April 5, 2015
for tickets, call 773.325.1700 or visit www.mercurytheaterchicago.com
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Iris and Ruby
After a lifetime of independent living, Dr. Iris Black finds that she is losing herself to dementia. In her solitude, she is lovingly cared for by her servant, Mamdooh, and her cook, Aunty. Chapters are written in Iris's frightened voice as she struggles with her broken fragments of memory. We listen to her as she clearly remembers happy times from sixty years ago, in WWII-era Cairo, and the love of her life. Then her hard-edged English granddaughter, 19-year-old Ruby, arrives on her doorstep unannounced, throwing the household into confusion. Iris has not maintained much of a relationship with Ruby or her mother, Leslie, Iris's only child. Ruby is running from problems at home and hopes that in reconnecting with her Cairo Granny, she can escape life in England. Instead, she grows up.
The pairing of these two women, at opposite life stages, shows how the generations can heal one another while discovering more about themselves. They are virtual strangers, but when old-world Egypt meets modern times, Ruby discovers Iris's old life and, along, with her new friends, draws Iris back into the world. This is lovely to read. On one adventure out into the desert, danger strikes, and this finally brings the long-suffering Leslie to Cairo. She, too, finds healing properties in this exotic land. Although Leslie doesn't appear in Cairo until the end of the book, she puts everyone to rights, herself included.
I really enjoyed Iris and Ruby and the loving, understanding way that the author explains, through Iris's voice, the losses caused by dementia. The bond that forms among the women of this family, who were torn apart through time and their different careers, meshes nicely with Ruby's learning the ways of the local people. The visit to her Cairo Granny changes Ruby forever.


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Albert who worked for Essex Rivers Catchment Board, was called out on the night of the floods to monitor the height of the tide as it was lapping over the sea wall. He then proceeded to go around to as many properties in the Newlands area, warning people to gel into their lofts etc. As the seawall was unsafe and may break, when suddenly a huge roar the seawall gave way, and running for his life in front of the torrent of water rushing behind him, he managed to climb onto a roof and spent the rest of the night clinging to a window frame.
Joy, whilst looking out of the loft window, seeing the seawall break saw her father's brick built goat sheds and goats just washed away with the massive flood of water, also lost all his chickens, rabbits and geese. Winnie, her mother Mrs. Norris, Derek and Joy spent the night in the loft. The water reaching 6ft indoors. Albert was later reunited with family in the early hours by dinghy.
The family were later rescued the following day by a police launch and taken to Leigh, into St. Clements Hall.
There have been many, and rightly so people named as heroes, but strongly believe that Albert was definitely one of them. Many people have approached Joy over the years, saying " If it had not been for your Dad, we and our parents would not be here today".
The Sea Wall actually broke almost opposite this property, being the second bungalow in the road, Tewkes Road.


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At its core, becoming a corporate investment banker means understanding how companies, institutions and governments use money.
Sometimes referred to as corporate finance, investment banking is all about helping companies to grow. Three big ways that an investment banker's clients use money are lending and borrowing, selling shares (also known as equity) or the whole company and buying or merging with other companies.
An investment banker acts in an advisory capacity, help clients raise money from capital markets in order to expand their businesses. They also have a role in pricing capital, ie. deciding the cost of the money companies need to raise from investors.
What do investment bankers do?
Investment bankers and their peers in project management, venture capital and equity markets, tend to work in one of three big areas.
One of the biggest areas of investment banking is corporate finance. If a company's board decide the business would prosper by merging with another company, or acquiring it outright, they will need an investment banker to advise them.
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) can help a company increase its profits, protect its market share or diversify to ensure long-term growth or survival in changing market conditions. Investment bankers play a crucial role in actually managing the whole transaction process, from modelling the outcomes of potential deals to analysing the risks.
Other corporate investment banking specialisms include debt capital and equity capital. The former requires the investment banker to design and restructure a company's debt obligations in collaboration with lenders, credit rating agencies and other companies. The latter involves raising money for clients by issuing shares and sourcing buyers, either directly or through stock markets.
What can I expect from a career as an investment banker?
Your experience as an investment banker will usually depend on your specialism. Initially that is shaped by whether you become a corporate investment banker or an operational investment banker.
As a corporate investment banker you generate business and perform client-facing duties, while in operations you ensure that business is conducted in an efficient manner, with money transferred as it should.
Corporate investment bankers advise businesses, organisation and governments on achieving financial goals and implementing financial plans over various periods of time.
You will have key duties during a typical two-stage corporate finance deal:
- Origination - assessing desirability, which can be a creative idea from the bank rather than the client. This requires a deep understanding of a sector and extensive research
- Execution - negotiating and structuring detailed terms of a deal.
As an operations specialist you are involved in developing new systems that maximise efficiencies and profitability.
You will be responsible for overseeing that transactions are cleared and reconciled in accordance with all regulations and control requirements.
Your operations duties will usually involve:
- Reconciling systems by monitoring data flow from the revenue-generating front office to the operations systems (operations control)
- Checking activity and reports of daily transactions
- Liaising with clients on transaction settlements
- Troubleshooting system problems.
The working environment may be extremely stressful at times because of high expectations and ambitious targets.
Related courses at City
If investment banking sounds like something you'd like to explore as a career, why not take the next step?
Whatever your level of interest in becoming an investment banker, City's courses can help you take one step closer to a career as an investment banker, develop specialisms that'll set you apart from the field or broaden your horizons with study in related subjects.
- BSc (Hons) Banking and International Finance
- BSc (Hons) Mathematics and Finance
- BSc (Hons) Mathematics with Finance and Economics
Who can I work for as an investment banker?
Investment banking employers come in three distinct flavours. First are the big international investment banks. Names most people with an interest in the industry will have heard of. J.P.Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs.
Then you have the investment banking divisions of large commercial banks such as Bank of America, Citigroup and Barclays. Finally, the specialist, or boutique, independents. Names such as Allen & Company, Rothschild and Lazard.
The world's big financial centres are London and New York, plus smaller but no less important cities including Frankfurt, Paris and Tokyo.
In London investment banks are usually divided into three categories. These are international investment banks, investment banking departments of large commercial banks and finally, specialist independent investment banks.
When applying to work for banks you should research their size and reputation. Larger banks can offer larger accounts, but your career progression may be quicker in a smaller organisation. Some are known for their work in debt capital while others might be strong in mergers and acquisitions
You might consider working for other employers offering relevant experience. These include the London Stock Exchange (LSE), The Bank of England, stockbrokers and investment firms.
Becoming an investment banker
This is a graduate career. Competition for jobs is intense, pushing up the minimum entry requirement to a 2.1 degree in a relevant subject. But competition for talent is equally fierce, leading to accelerated career progression for the hard-working and skilful few.
What about work experience as an investment banker?
One thing that is virtually essential is industry experience. Many employers in the sector offer summer internships, exposing interested students to the realities – and the rigours – of life as an investment banker.
Work experience employers in the sector would consider relevant includes investment banks themselves, but also the Financial Conduct Authority (FAC, the London Stock Exchange (LSE), The Bank of England plus stockbrokers and venture capital firms.
Candidates will be expected to develop in-depth knowledge of all the issues that could affect the success of their clients' deals. Everything from baking and tax regulations to market knowledge.
The further up the investment banking hierarchy you progress, the more non-financial skills such as leadership, communications skills and negotiation ability become important.
Any experience you can gain working in an investment bank will be useful. It reflects your commitment to the profession, gives you an insight into the world and can help you start to build a network of contacts.
What are my prospects as an investment banker?
You are likely to spend your first two to three years in an analyst role before progressing to associate level. Associates usually manage a team of analysts.
With three more years' experience you may progress to vice president (VP) level, managing the work of both associates and analysts. Beyond this are director, executive director and managing director roles, but such promotion is difficult.
Your high performance can lead to good bonuses, internal recognition and potentially being headhunted, which is common in the sector. Individuals or whole teams can be poached by other banks.
Alternative career tracks might include senior management positions in industry, commerce or government.


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Kaku 750mm Vanity Top with 1 Tap Hole | Available in Gloss or Matte White |
Elegantly crafted, with an integrated basin for someone looking for a larger sink.
Cleaning around the bathroom sink is very time consuming.. You don't want to constantly be wiping down the sink, or investigating its corners and edges for dirt build up!
The Kaku top is a simple one piece vanity basin top, with minimal ridges and edges for grime to collect. Its the ideal top for someone who wants a low maintenance bathroom vanity but still wants a larger sink!
- Compatible with most standard depth vanity cabinets with approximately 440-460mm depth
- Made from porcelain, please allow for natural variations in the finished product specifications with a size tolerance of approximately 2%
- Quality glazed surface ensures you're spending less time cleaning, whilst getting a good lifetime out of the sink
- Includes integrated over-flow to prevent flooding
- Recommended to be used with the Dome Universal Pop Wastes
Colours & Available Sizes:
- 600mm Single bowl with 1 Tap Hole Gloss or Matte White
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- 1200mm Single bowl with 1 Tap Hole Gloss or Matte White
What's Included
This product includes the basin, plug and waste is sold separately.
Caring For Your Basins
Due to the glazed surface of ceramic basins, scratches cannot be repaired or removed.
Ceramic is easily maintained on a day to day basis with warm, soapy water. You can also use any glass or ceramic cleaner for more effective routine cleaning. Deep cleaning is best done with specialty glass and ceramic cleaning product.
It is not recommended to clean your basins with any harsh product, such as bleaches and highly acidic cleaners. Long term use of these products is likely to cause damage to other fittings, such as the plugs and taps. Harsh cleaners may also tarnish some ceramic colours, causing them to lose lustre over time.
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Alexis BAMFORTH
Bamforth is a British artist who has been championing nature and examining its relationship with human trends since 1989. Working across all mediums he touches on an immense breadth of subjects relevant to our world, presenting serious issues in playful and jovial ways.
Exhibited: Victoria & Albert Museum, ICA London, Venice Biennale, British Council, Platform China Beijing, Medan Mara Kuala Lumpur, Tent London, London Design Festival, Fifth Third Bank USA, Shunt London, Times Square NY. I explore relationships between the natural world and socio-economic systems.
Evolved from Conceptual art, Land art and Arte Povera, my work straddles sound, image and sculpture in order to probe social trends, humankind's actions and its effects. With Gustav Metzger as a neighbour my idea of embodying art for social good and exploring crucial world issues was cemented. I believe this social force must be for the people. Concept, process and site of the work are important to me, as are my repeated use of burnt, decaying or growing matter. Material and physical change during each of my work's life reflects the natural life-cycle and reminds us of the possibility of change. Flexibility of medium and innovation are critical. Projects vary enormously; from Local Whispers 2 where myself and Sui Jianguo removed all artwork from the gallery to leave only audio discussions of the work that had been removed, to Evolution Synthetica's real-time AI vs human sound and image making for the V&A, combining algorithms and data from live organisms to describe evolutionary processes.