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Blue Cliff Record (Hekiganroku, Biyan Lu), #64
Zhaozhou and the Sandals
Nanquan (748 - 835, 9th generation, Hongzhou) was a disciple of Mazu. His most famous pupil was Zhaozhou (778 - 897, 10th generation).
Once the monks of the eastern and western Zen halls in Master Nanquan's temple were quarrelling about a cat.
Nanquan held up the cat and said, "You monks! If one of you can say a word, I will spare the cat. If you can't say anything, I will put it to the sword."
No one could answer, so Nanquan finally slew it.
In the evening when Zhaozhou returned, Nanquan told him what had happened.
Zhaozhou thereupon took off his sandals, put them on his head, and walked off.
Nanquan said, "If you had been there, I could have spared the cat."
Xuedou's Verse (Sekida translation)
He asked Zhaozhou to complete the koan.
It was their lesiure time in Changan.
The sandals on the head -- who has guessed?
Returning home, they were at rest.
Xuedou's Verse (Cleary translation)
The case completed, he consults Zhaozhou,
Freely roaming at leisure in the capital city
The straw sandals on the head, no one understands;
On getting back home, then there is rest.
Hongzhi's Verse (Wick translation)
The good listener's indeed appreciative.
For cleaving the mountain to free the river only Yu is honored.
For smelting stone and mending heaven only Guonu is capable.
Old Zhaozhou has his own style --
putting sandals on the head is worth a little.
Coming upon differences, he's still a luminous mirror,
true gold does not mix with sand.
Hongzhi's Verse (Cleary translation)
A connoisseur is to be lauded.
In tunneling through mountains to let the sea pass through,
only Great Yu is honored:
In smelting rock and mending the sky, only Guonu is considered best.
Old Zhaozhou had a life:
Wearing sandals on his head, he attains a bit.
Coming in differences, still clearly mirroring;
Only this real gold is not mixed with sand.
Tenkei's Comment
When Zhaozhou doffed his straw sandals, what state was this? I would remark, "Where there's no style is also stylish; for the moment he lets out a pathway for you." A lot of people try to figure out the part where Zhaozhou puts his sandals on his head, but would you not doubt if Zhaozhou had put on a bandanna and left? Or would you still doubt? In any case, without the eye on the forehead you cannot know this. "If you had been here..." Oh dear! Nanquan has the head of a dragon but the tail of a snake. Is it really so? Is there any saying whether he would have saved the cat or not?
Sekida's Comment
Cutting the cat in two did not complete the koan; Zhaozhou's action supplied the finishing touch. Was Zhaozhou saying that he was no longer concerned with battling against self-centered thinking? Zhaozhou's action was performed as smoothly and naturally as water running in a stream. A certain thought must have been in Zhaozhou's mind, but it was a thought that came prior to reasoning, that is, an intuitive action. If we were to paraphrase it, we might say: When I was studying Zen there were many difficult and serious problems, but now that I have forgotten Zen, everything has become upside down.
Daido's Comment
Zhaozhou is able to settle the case. He listens to the story told by Nanquan, takes off his straw sandals, puts them on his head, and walks away. Nanquan approves. The active edges of teacher and disciple conform seamlessly. But what is Zhaozhou's meaning? How do you say a turning word that would save the cat? The turning points of these two adepts are subtle and profound. Leap free of the words if you really want to see into them.
Daido's Verse
Entering into the monastics' entanglements
The old master tried to cut open a trail for them.
Only Zhaozhou knew the path well --
Sandals on his head, a pure spring breeze followed him out.
Yamada's Comment
Yasutani Roshi says: "Zhaozhou has forgotten everything, even forgetting about forgetting, and has attained great peace." What is expressed here is how Zhaozhou has come to enlightenment, but then forgotten about that experience and its content, so that even Buddhism and the Buddha-Dharma do not remain. He has become a completely ordinary person who is completely at peace, and this action expresses that state of consciousness. It is then up to us to appreciate just how wonderful a response this is. Just what does Zhaozhou's action mean? If you ask me, it has no meaning at all. In fact, if there were even the slightest meaning attached to it, it would already be "the difference between heaven and earth." If you think that Zhaozhou was attempting to show with his action how he had forgotten satori and become ordinary, you would be mistaken. If there were the slightest trace of intention or trying in his action he would already have "lost his life." It is JUST THIS. Just that action and nothing else. When we are taking a walk down a country road, for example, we will sometimes, with no particular thought as to what we are doing, pluck up a blade of grass or pull down a leaf from an overhanging tree branch. This is exactly what we have in today's koan. Nevertheless, it would be better if he hadn't done that! "The spirit turtle drags its tail." A sea turtle will come up on the beach to lay its eggs in the sand, bury them and return to the ocean. In order to prevent the eggs from being found, the mother turtle uses her tail to brush away her footprints in the sand. The turtle is very clever, but the traces of her tail remain on the sand. Zhaozhou's action was truly wonderful but he too, after all, is a "spirit turtle dragging its tail."
Shishin Wick's Comment
Is this mere stoicism on Zhaozhou's part? Does Zhaozhou's response mean we should close our hearts to the suffering of other beings? If you would think that Zhaozhou was divorcing himself from the screeching and scratching and splattering of the dying cat, you don't understand Zhaozhou's action, nor what it means to save the cat. Is he just playing the jester, implying Nanquan made a mess of things and got everything all upside-down. Zen practice is not about killing your compassionate heartfelt responses to life and its events. When things get uncomfortable, most people divert their attention by withdrawing, getting angry or depressed, or numbing themselves to their own feelings. That's not the Zen Way. Unless you open your heart, you cannot say a word to save the cat.
Rothenberg's Verse
The Cat Could Have Lived
I took off my sandals, placed them on my head.
If you had been there, you could have saved the cat.
Of like hearts, like minds,
You two on the same road would know that.
You may murder the cat, it's none of my business
The sandals don't purr, and torn they won't scream.
If someone dies for them these puzzles matter.
You must try to care, if you wish to live.
Hotetsu's Verse
Those monks swimming in mud,
Zhaozhou swimming in a clear brook, with the current --
How dear to me are they all!
Not by our efforts does the mud clear to pure water,
Nor without effort.


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Runtime: 42:11 min. In the season premiere, guest star JOHN SCHNEIDER reprises his role as Jonathan Kent. Picking up where the finale left off, Lois (series star ERICA DURANCE) finds Clark's lifeless body and removes the blue kryptonite enabling him to heal himself. However, Lois sneaks away before Clark fully awakens in order to protect his secret. Meanwhile, Chloe (series star ALLISON MACK) is desperate to find Oliver (series star JUSTIN HARTLEY), so she turns to an unlikely source for answers. Jonathan returns to the Kent Farm with a message for Clark, and Tess (series star CASSIDY FREEMAN) awakens in a LuthorCorp lab.
Runtime: 42:10 min. After Lois departs for Egypt, The Daily Planet hires a new reporter by the name of Kat Grant (guest star KERI LYNN PRATT) to take her place. An assassin named Deadshot (guest star BRADLEY STRYKER) takes aim at Kat but Clark learns the man has a dangerous hidden agenda that involves The Blur. Meanwhile, Carter Hall (guest star MICHAEL SHANKS) turns up in Egypt to keep an eye on Lois and he tells Lois about his wife Shayera (guest star SAHAR BINIAZ).
Runtime: 41:49 min. Clark is stunned when Kara (guest star LAURA VANDERVOORT) returns to Earth and tells him Jor El sent her to stop the dark force that is coming because he doesn't believe Clark can handle it. Meanwhile, Lois confronts Gordon Godfrey (guest star MICHAEL DAINGERFIELD), a shock jock radio DJ who has been crusading against heroes, after he threatens the Green Arrow. However, after Godfrey is possessed by the dark force, he takes Lois hostage and Clark and Kara have to come to her rescue.
Runtime: 41:55 min. In a record-breaking event, The series 200th episode brings back some familiar faces like JAMES MARSTERS as Brainiac. In an attempt to cheer up Clark, Lois convinces him to attend their five-year high school reunion in Smallville. A visit back to the home of the Crows has Clark remembering old times with Lana (past series star KRISTIN KREUK) and Chloe, while Lois is furious that no one remembers her five days as a student. Brainiac 5.0 (Marsters) uses his Legion ring to visit from the future and takes Clark through his past, present and future. He shows Clark what really happened the night Jonathan died, Oliver's current pain and Clark's future at the Daily Planet with Lois and his role as Earth's favorite red and blue superhero.
Runtime: 42:02 min. Lois decides to tell Clark she knows he's The Blur, but she accidentally activates an ancient artifact that transforms her into the Goddess Isis, complete with superpowers of her own. Oliver and Clark reluctantly decide to ask Tess for help with Lois. Meanwhile, after Cat Grant (guest star Keri Lynn Pratt) witnesses Lois as Isis using her superpowers, she decides Lois is the Blur and sets out to prove it.
Runtime: 42:16 min. Concerned about Lois's safety, Clark diverts her away from covering the Vigilante Registrations Act by suggesting she cover another story. After he comes clean with her, an angry Lois tells him that she can take care of herself but when a flat tire strands their car in the middle of nowhere, Their plans take a turn for the worse and Lois ends up in serious danger. Meanwhile, Tess searches for a cure for Alexander (guest star CONNOR STANHOPE), who is rapidly aging.
Runtime: 42:13 min. The General (guest star MICHAEL IRONSIDE) and Lucy Lane (guest star PEYTON LIST) decide to drop in on Lois and Clark for a surprise Thanksgiving dinner. Clark and the General get off to a rocky start after Lois's father bashes the superheroes and tells Clark he is trying to pass a vigilante registration law. Meanwhile, in an effort to stop the vigilante registration act from being passed, Rick Flagg (guest star TED WHITTALL) lies to Lucy in order to lure Clark away from the farm long enough for him to assassinate the General. Lois is torn between making her father proud and her love for Clark.
Runtime: 42:13 min. Lois finds a video made for her by her mother, Ella Lane (guest star TERI HATCHER), before she died. After watching the tape, Lois makes a drastic decision about her relationship with Clark that takes her to the Fortress, where she comes face to face with Jor-El and Lara. Meanwhile, Tess has a nightmare involving herself as a child and a music box. Upon awakening, she finds the music box in Luthor mansion and sets out to find out who planted it there. Clark accompanies her to an orphanage run by Granny Goodness (guest star CHRISTINE WILLES) who may not have the young girls' best intentions in mind. One of the young women living there, Harriet (guest star LINDSAY HARTLEY), finds Clark snooping around and decides to take matters into her own very sharp hands.
Runtime: 42:05 min. In an effort to protect the rest of the team, Oliver decides to register for the Vigilante Registration Act to see what the government plans to do with the new law. As he suspected, it was a trap to lure superheroes to an undisclosed location where he is confined to a jail and subjected to a battery of brutal tests under the supervision of Col. Slade (MICHAEL HOGAN). Aquaman (ALAN RITCHSON) and his new wife Mera (ELENA SATINE) team up with Clark to free Oliver. Lois is frustrated when Clark continues to push aside her offers to help the team and sets out to prove she can play with the big boys. Tom Welling directs.
Runtime: 42:11 min. Tess acquires a Kryptonian box that once belonged to Lionel Luthor (former series star JOHN GLOVER). When Clark accidentally activates the box, he's transported to a parallel universe where Lionel found Clark in the cornfields instead of the Kents. In this universe, Clark Luthor is a murderer and Lois is engaged to Oliver and both of them hate Clark. Clark must be careful not to tip off Lionel that he's not his son while trying to figure out how to get back to Earth where the monster Clark Luthor was transported in his place. Executive producer Kelly Souders makes her directorial debut.
Runtime: 42:16 min. The VRA is in full effect and things take an unfortunate turn of events after the Green Arrow tries to stop a mugging but is attacked by citizens for being a super hero. Clark discovers that the civilians who attacked Oliver were all marked with a darkness tattoo. Carter Hall and Star Girl (guest star BRITT IRVIN) return to help Clark deal with Slade's (guest star MICHAEL HOGAN) re-emergence after he kidnaps Lois.
Runtime: 42:03 min. Chloe Sullivan returns. Clark, Oliver, Lois and Dinah are released by the VRA after being captured at Hawkman's funeral but each of them has flashbacks of Chloe holding them against their will. When Chloe returns, Dinah warns the others that Chloe may now be a traitor. Oliver dismisses her concerns, but Clark is unsure if he can trust Chloe after she disappeared without an explanation.
Runtime: 42:15 min. Clark is surprised to see Martha (former series star ANNETTE OTOOLE) on the news speaking at a pro-vigilante rally. Meanwhile, Lionel reveals his existence to the world and reclaims LuthorCorp from Tess and Oliver. As Clark deals with a shocking event, Lois and Chloe decide to cheer him up by showing him videos from thousands of vigilante supporters professing their support for The Blur. (Videos were created and submitted by actual Smallville fans.)
Runtime: 42:12 min. Chloe and Oliver are mistaken for FBI agents investigating Desaad's recent string of murders and the pair are kidnapped by Desaad's minions. Desaad (guest star STEVE BYERS) tries to infect Chloe with the darkness. Meanwhile, Lois tells Clark he needs to be more careful with his identity and suggests a disguise.
Original air date: 02/25/2011 Runtime: 42:07 min. After Zatanna sends a magically spiked bottle of champagne to Clark and Lois for their bachelor/bachlorette parties, the gang blacks out after the toast, only to wake up the next morning and realize they can't remember anything about the night before. While trying to retrace their steps, Lois realizes she lost her engagement ring and drags Oliver back to the Fortune Casino where she thinks she lost it. The two run into Fortune (JAMES KIDNIE), the eccentric casino owner, who accuses them of stealing money from him. Meanwhile, Clark tells Chloe he has a memory of stealing an armored truck the night before.
Runtime: 42:13 min. Clark is shocked to find a mirror box in the barn. Clark Luthor surprises him and sends Clark Kent back to the alternate reality where Clark runs into a very angry Jonathan Kent. Meanwhile, back in our reality, Clark Luthor visits Tess and tells if she doesn't side with him he'll kill her. Lois asks Emil to help her bring Clark back.
Runtime: 42:06 min. After everything that happened with the VRA, Lois tells Clark it's best to make "Clark Kent" forgettable and awkward so people don't suspect he's The Blur. However, the two are stunned when a fame-hungry superhero from the future, Booster Gold (guest star ERIC MARTSOLF – Days of Our Lives), sweeps into town and begins making saves and posing for press ops, completely winning over the city of Metropolis. Booster begins his campaign to take The Blur's place as the "World's Greatest Superhero" and tries to charm Lois into writing a story about him, but she's not having his antics and begins her own campaign for The Blur. During one of Booster's saves, an alien weapon in the form of a scarab falls from a truck and fuses itself to a boy named Jaime Reyes (guest star JADEN BRANDT BARTLETT), turning him into the Blue Beetle. Unfortunately, Jaime is unable to control the suit and Blue Beetle starts attacking Metropolis. Tom Welling directed the episode written by Geoff Johns.
Runtime: 42:16 min. The Return of Zod! Tess learns that General Slade was found unconscious on a street corner, proof that someone has gained access to the Phantom Zone's escape portal and sent him back. Clark decides to return to the exiled land to make sure other phantoms are not fleeing and is furious when Oliver tricks Clark into taking him along. With Clark's powers gone, The two are immediately captured by the Zoners who take them to their new leader, Zod (guest star CALLUM BLUE), who is thirsting for revenge on Clark for banishing him to this Kryptonian jail. Meanwhile, Lois learns Clark trusted Tess with a secret, but didnt tell Lois. Series star Justin Hartley makes his directorial debut.
Runtime: 42:12 min. Jor-El gives Lois super powers! Kara returns! Clark takes Lois to the Fortress to get Jor-El's (voiced by TERENCE STAMP) blessing for their marriage. Jor-El bestows a unique wedding gift on the couple – he gives Lois Clark's super powers so she can see what it's like to be him for a day. Unfortunately, the Toyman (guest star CHRIS GAUTHIER) has returned to Metropolis, so Lois must go up against the notorious villain instead of Clark. Meanwhile, Oliver searches for the Bow of Orion, which he believes will remove the Omega symbol from his skull, and runs into Kara (guest star LAURA VANDERVOORT), who is also on a mission to stop Darkseid.
Original air date: 05/13/2011 Runtime: 83:50 min. The story of Clark Kent culminates in this epic two-hour series finale as Clark takes the last step to becoming the Man of Steel. With surprise guest appearances, nods to the first few seasons of the series, and former series regular MICHAEL ROSENBAUM's return as Lex Luthor, this final episode wraps up a decade-long story following one's man's journey to becoming the world's greatest superhero.

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Last year, after the play-off defeat to Huddersfield, I was worried about what the next few months would bring, particularly regarding the squad and the gamble we had taken to try to get promoted by buying up older and more expensive players. The second gamble we took was to believe CC's story that the medical department was responsible for our failure in 16/17 and to give him another season and therefore carte blanche to bring in his own medical team. Those gambles have blown up massively in our faces and we are now left in a very different position than that which we anticipated being in. Jos has come in and despite the limitations he faces has started to try to get the team more stable, disciplined, organised and open up to the possibilities of youth than CC's regime was.
The Chairman also now faces an equally big challenge too. He has rightly opened up a debate about the financial and FFP position of the club, and what we will do going forward from here – my last piece on WOTMT was about this and I won't repeat that here. But I will remind Wednesdayites that their views, whatever they are, need to be fed into the Chairman directly by e-mail or letter. So what are the FFP rules and how do they impact on the club? The current rules are that:
So what's our current FFP related position? In 15/16 we reported a financial loss of £9.8m. The financial position for 16/17 has not yet been reported but is due in February – the wage bill looks to have increased on the 15/16 position so I am assuming the loss will be greater than 15/16. This assessment looks to be a fair one for 17/18 too. At the recent Fans Forum the Chairman said that he thought the club would be ok with FFP this season but would face challenges next season. The Club 1867 initiative was clearly an approach to try to drive up revenue which would also open up the opportunities for the Chairman to invest more cash. The failure of Club 1867 appears to indicate that we need to reduce the potential losses for 18/19 so that we stay within FFP over the 16/17 to 18/19 period – I suspect this has to primarily be achieved by reducing expenditure as well as more successful attempts to drive up revenue. It is possible that this position has prompted the changes in the running of the club with a new CEO, departure of the COO and the appointment of a team manager who has a track record of achievement in Germany without spending large amounts of cash outside the Bundesliga. For some time now I have been advocating a different model for the club which is based on more long term sustainability and which probably means a lower wage bill, and a team of younger, cheaper and hungrier players. It probably also means progress being made at a slower pace than that which was envisaged by the Chairman 2 years ago.
There isn't massive opportunity to drive up revenue but there are somethings that could be done, but I suggest upping ticket prices isn't one of them. That leaves cost reduction. The principal expenditure at any football club is player wages and this is where we will have to cut back, every player on £20k per week means £1m on the wage bill. As we don't know what the losses are for 16/17 and 17/18 it is hard to be specific about the scale of wage bill reduction that needs to take place but I suspect it might be £5m or more – I have seen one projection that puts it significantly higher than this. All of this means that we may have to countenance losing players that we may not wish to lose, we may also have some players that we will find it hard to move on due to their age, injury record and level of wages. I remember in 2000 after relegation from the PL we had to sell Niclas Alexanderson on the cheap to Everton (a buyer's market) but we couldn't give Gilles De Bilde et al away – what were supposed to be assets quickly became costly liabilities. I suspect we could all produce a list of the underperforming, the misfits and the unfit that we need to move on but achieving that will be harder said than done. To me one obvious deal would be to sell Keiron Westwood and focus on the excellence and youth of Joe Wildsmith and Cameron Dawson, and I am sure there are others to do too. It's going to ensure that Jos and Katrien Miere are going to be very busy!
Meanwhile the JL recovery plan took another step forward with the win over Reading. We did look unsure or ourselves during the first 25 minutes but once we scored we were the better side and deserved the win, even if we had to be grateful to Dawson on occasions. Before a tricky and challenging trip to Boro on Tuesday we will all be tuning in for the FA Cup draw on Tuesday – I fancy a winnable game at home in the round 5th round, hoping we can get through and then looking to one of big boys in the quarter-finals! And then of course the window closes on Wednesday and we will see if we can snap up another Pelupessy style bargain, maybe at left back/wing back? Onwards and upwards – hopefully!


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A 200 Year-Old Bibliography
Over the weekend I acquired a book that is exactly 200 years old this year. I'm always shocked at how cheaply it's possible to buy literary antiques if you keep an eye peeled – I mean I have been known to send my credit card into a spin in an antiquarian book shop, but some of my favourite purchases have been less than a tenner – I mean – what other 200 year-old objects would fetch such low prices?
It baffles me why these beautiful artifacts are so little prized – so little so that if you go to ebay, there are pages and pages of 'original prints' – which are where people have wantonly vandalised books to strip them of the illustrations – the only parts that seem to command any kind of cash these days. In the process, huge amounts of knowledge are lost.
I never buy loose prints.
My particular find was cheap because it was a single volume from a long-lost set – the London part from the Middlesex Survey, 1810. Presumably it's survived intact because it has no line drawings. It's beautifully bound, in immaculate condition and every page is filled with charming facts – did you know, for instance, that "the richest grassland in the whole county is that of the Isle of Dogs, which has been lately reduced to 500 acres by the West India Docks"? The book spends three pages on haymaking in London, describing the embankments that were built up around the Isle to prevent the tide overflowing the grass – "it is kept sufficiently dry by sluices, which empty themselves into the Thames at low water."
But the bit that has fascinated my most so far (I'm not very far into the book-proper yet) is the bibliography at the end. I have no idea if these volumes still exist – but some of the titles alone are precious.
Some are still widely used today – Defoe's Journal of the Plague Year, for example. But whatever happened to Certaine Rules, Directions or Advertisements for this time of Pesitlential Contagion (which, apparently, contained a very useful caveat warning "those that weare about their neckes impoisoned Amulets")? Or, indeed, Certain necessary Directions as well for the Cure of the Plague, as for preventing the Infection, with many easie Medicines of small charge, very profitable to His Majesty's Subjects?
The Fire of London is a large subject. The History of the Damnable Popish Plot, in its various Branches and Progress, published for the Satisfaction of the present and future ages," by the author of the Weekly Pacquet of Advice from Rome, for example, is, I am sure, a very balanced account. Or how about Jesuites Fire-Works; The Burning of London? And don't you just love the irony of a book titled A narrative and Impartial Discovery of the Horrid Popish Plot? You could have also read Trap ad Crucem; or The Papists' Watch-Word.
Natural disasters are well-covered. An Account of a Strange and Prodigious Storm of Thunder, Lightning and Hail, which happened in and about London on Friday, May 18, 1680, perhaps? Or A Short and pithie Discours concerning the engendering, tokens and effects of Earthquakes in general, (by Stukely, for all you Druids out there…) or another, rather more eclectically titled book about the London earthquake of 6th April, 1580, A Warning for the Wise, A Feare to the Fond, a Bridle to the Lewde, and a Glasse to the Good.
I find it hard to work out what else might be left to include in a book with a title as all-encompassing as A Full and True revelation of a dreadful Hurricane that happened on Saturday last, giving a true Revelation of several Houses that were blown down in and about the City of London, and Persons killed, besides several Trees blown up by the roots, and off in the middle; like wise of several Ships that were cast away at Seas&c. and of much Riches found near Deptford, with an Account of the Arches of London Bridge being Dry. (1701)
Ahem. Moving on, another book I would have loved to read is A Catalogue of most of the memorable Tombs and Gravestones, Plates, Escucheons or Achievements in the Demolished or yet extant Churches in London.
All London life is represented. Another candidate for the bestseller lists is Wonderful and strange Sights in the Element over the Citie of London and other places on Monday, being the seconde day of September, beginning betweene eight and nine of the clocke at night: increasing and continuing till after midnight, most straunge and fearfull to the beholders, and though I'm less sure about A Protestant Monument Erected to the immortal Glory of the Whiggs and the Dutch, if nothing else, I bet it's a curious read.
Good Lord, I could go on for ages about those pages at the back of the Middlesex Survey. Perhaps a little investigative journalism – A Short and True Relation concerning the Soap Business? Or a whodunnit – Murder will out; or a clear and full Discovery that the Earl of Essex did not feloniously murder himself; but was barbarously Murthered by others, both by undeiable Circumstances and positive Proofs. Some reportage, maybe – An Account of the great Mischiefs done by the Mob on Tuesday 28th and Wednesday the 29th of May 1717, with a list of the killed and wounded.
Of course the chances of me actually tracking down many of these volumes is slim – not least because the bibliography doesn't often mention who wrote them, or, indeed, when – but happily the titles are enough to make me thrill to the visceral nature of life 400-200 years ago.
Things weren't so different then either. Another, undated, but at least 200 year-old book in the list bemoans the way everything's changed for the worse round these parts – London, what it is, not what it was, or the Citizens' Complaint against Public Measures, including A Remonstrance against the great Numbers of Shops &c. that sell Geneva and other drams to the Poor and the evil Consequences thereof.
Plus ca change.


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Mouthwatering Shrikhand......traditional Indian dessert made with hung yogurt and sugar.There are variety of flavor.To give a nutty flavor you can use crushed almond and cashews.If you want fruits flavor can use chopped fruits whatever you like.I used strawberry juice to give a great flavor.
One Serving
Ingredients :
- 250 gm yogurt
- 150 gm powdered sugar(not granulated)
- 2 tablespoon strawberry juice
- Muslin cloth
How to prepare :
- Tie yogurt in a muslin cloth.
- Hang it overnight in the refrigerator to drain out the whey.
- Place drained yogurt in a bowl.
- Add sugar and strawberry juice.
- Fold/mix gently until combined.
- Don't beat or overmix.
- Refrigerate for 5 hours.


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This has had mixed reviews, partly because it's not seen as measuring up against his unmatched (and perhaps unmatchable) In the Skin of a Lion (1987) and The English Patient (1982). This book should not be dismissed, however, as it is a charming evocation of a childhood journey by sea. Fans of the above-mentioned books will also find much to appreciate in the later sections of the book when Mynah, the thinly-veiled Ondaatje character, recalls episodes from his adult life.
I haven't yet read anything else by Eugenides (I'm not whether sure seeing Coppola Jr's film version of The Virgin Suicides counts), but this book has inspired me to go on to read his much-lauded Middlesex (2002). I get the impression The Marriage Plot is not as weighty as his 2002 novel, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. This is undoubtedly in no small part due to the fact that much of the Eugenides character Mitchell's university experience closely mirror my own, although the favourable reactions of others who have read it suggest that there is more to it than that.
I only finished reading the prior novels just before this was released, so I've yet to suffer the long wait his other fans have. This one ends on as tantalising a finish as his others, however, so I'm steeling myself for years of angst before the next arrives. A Dance with Dragons fleshes out even more of the world previously only mentioned in passing, visiting infamous historical sites and paying off more set-ups than the earlier works. A must for all fans, including those who have just joined through the TV series.


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Segundo o dicionário Priberam da língua portuguesa, desenvolver é um verbo transitivo que significa, entre outras coisas, examinar, explicar e fazer crescer.
O 10envolver é um blog particularmente vocacionado para o desenvolvimento da literacia economico-financeira dos povos lusófonos. É um espaço virtual onde examino e explico temas de macroeconomia e de finanças públicas com vista a aumentar o nosso potencial de crescimento. Serve também de repositório dos meus artigos e intervenções.
"If economists want to be understood, let them use plainer words … [and] address those words less to politicians and more to everybody else. Politicians care about what voters think, especially voters in blocks, not a shred about what economists think. Talking to politicians about economics is therefore a waste of time. The only way to make governments behave as if they were economically literate is to confront them with electorates that are."
The Economist, in Epping (1995) The Beginner's Guide to the World Economy.
Pedro G. Rodrigues, Ph.D.
Pedro G. Rodrigues, based in Portugal, is an Assistant Professor of Economics and of Public Finance at ISCSP, the Institute of Social and Political Sciences, at Universidade de Lisboa. (On Apr. 19th 2013, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa was merged into Universidade de Lisboa.) He obtained his Ph.D. in Public Economics from Universidade Nova de Lisboa in July 2007 and specialized in macroeconomics. From February 2007 to June 2010, he was the Economic Advisor to the Secretary of State for the Budget and Deputy Minister of Finance of the Portuguese Republic. Dr. Rodrigues' specialties include tax reform, pension reform, budgetary effects of population ageing, tax benefits, macroeconomic impact of structural reforms and budgetary reform. He also has various academic research articles published in refereed scientific journals. Originally from South Africa, he is fluent in both English and Portuguese. Far from being an ivory-tower scholar, Dr. Rodrigues has extensive field experience in public policy and regularly monitors macroeconomic and public finance developments in Portugal. As an economist, he also tries to keep abreast of developing trends in financial markets. Since January 2011, he has been a Researcher at CAPP, Centre for Public Administration & Public Policies, of Universidade de Lisboa.
Curriculum Vitae ORCID
Economics at Nova School of Business and Economics (Lic 1998, MSc 2001, PhD 2007)
14th edition of the ISEG/UTL Summer School on "Simulation and estimation of DSGE models: an application to fiscal policy", by Pedro M. Gomes (Jul. 2013)
PhD thesis
"Pension Reform in Portugal: A Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis"
supervised by Alfredo M. Pereira (College of William and Mary, Virginia, USA)
Fields of interest
Macroeconomics | Public-sector economics | International economics | Finance | Development economics
Topics of interest
Fiscal policy; Economic growth; Risk; Demographics; Technology; International trade; Psychology; Geography; Politics; Economic literacy
Amélia de Melo award, best graduate student at Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal, 2000
Portuguese Insurers' Association award, best undergraduate in applied econometrics, 1997
Espírito Santo Bank award, best high-school student at Salesianos do Estoril, 1994
Assistant Professor, Institute of Social and Political Sciences (ISCSP), Universidade Técnica de Lisboa [merged into Universidade de Lisboa on Apr. 19, 2013] (Oct. 2009 – )
Economic Adviser to the Secretary of State for the Budget and Deputy Minister of Finance, Ministério das Finanças de Portugal (Feb. 2007 – Jun. 2010)
European Department, International Monetary Fund, Washington DC (summer intern, Jul. 2004 – Sep. 2004)
Economic research department (DGEP/GPEARI), Ministério das Finanças de Portugal (economist, Nov. 1998 – Jan. 2007)
Performance Budgeting Committee (Mar. 2007 – Jul. 2008)
Working Group on Population Ageing, EU's Economic Policy Committee (Nov. 1999 – Nov. 2003)
Interministerial Working Group on Ageing, Portuguese Government (Jun. 2001 – Aug. 2002)
Editorial activities
Cadernos de Economia, Member of the International Editorial Council (Dec. 2013 -)
Refereeing / Reviewing
Energy Policy;
Revista de Finanças Públicas e Direito Fiscal (IDEFF, ULisboa);
London School of Economics (LSE) Review of Books; Lusophone Management & Administration Review;
Researcher of the Centre for Administration and Public Policies (CAPP), Institute of Social and Political Sciences, Universidade de Lisboa (Jan. 2011 – )
Associate researcher of the Centre for Globalization and Governance (CG&G), Department of Economics, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Jul. 2009 – )
Member of the American Economic Association (Jan. 2012 – )
Member of the Ordem dos Economistas [Portuguese Economists' Association] (Member #5806, since 1998)
Invitation to speak @ Conferência "Orçamento do Estado 2017 – Saúde e Segurança Social – Para Onde Vamos?", org. by Cidadania Social and Ordem dos Economistas, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisboa, Portugal) "Segurança Social em Portugal: O que tem de acontecer para ser sustentável?" ["Social Security in Portugal: What Has to Happen for It to Be Sustainable?"] 28 October 2016
Seminário GEE (Gabinete de Estratégia e Estudos) @ Ministério da Economia "On the Long-Term Impact of a Fiscal Devaluation: An Application to the Portuguese Case" (with A. Pereira and R. Pereira) 9 July 2015
GAPP Winter Workshop @ ISCSP-ULisboa "On the Long-Term Impact of a Fiscal Devaluation: An Application to the Portuguese Case" (with A. Pereira and R. Pereira) 11 February 2015
GAPP Summer Workshop @ ISCSP-ULisboa "Benchmarking Water Utilities in Portugal:
A Monte-Carlo Data Envelopment Analysis" (with B. Duarte, A. Rodrigues and J. Sousa) 15 July 2014
Invitation to speak @ Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa "O que é uma política orçamental responsável?" ["What is a responsible fiscal policy?"], 11 Dec. 2013, Lisbon
Seminar 'Políticas Públicas às Terças' [Public Policies on Tuesdays] @ ISCSP-UL "O que é uma política orçamental responsável?" ["What is a responsible fiscal policy?"], 10 Dec. 2013, Lisbon
INA Conference @ ISCSP-UTL "Towards an Open and Global Society: Rethinking the Role of the State, Public Policies, and Public Administration", session on The Role of the State in the Economy and its Sustainability (Comment on Eng. Jorge Moreira da Silva's presentation), May 2013, Lisbon.
@ ISEG-UTL, "Cinco ideias para a política orçamental em Portugal num contexto de crise" [Five ideas for fiscal policy in Portugal in a context of crisis], Nov. 2012, Lisbon.
Conference @ ISCSP-UTL "CIPPE – International Conference on Public Policies for Ageing", session on Ageing, Well-Being, and Public Responses – Challenges and Solutions for the Future (Commentator), Nov. 2012, Lisbon.
Conference @ ISCSP-UTL "The Future of Portugal: Strategic Visions on the Future of Public Policies", session on Competitiveness, Internationalization and Economic Growth, May 2012, Lisbon.
OECD/MoF's Budget Department Seminar on Performance Budgeting, Jun. 2008, Lisbon
Portuguese-American Foundation for Development (FLAD), Jul. 2007, Lisbon
Department of Economics, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Jul. 2007, Lisbon
Economic Research Department, Banco de Portugal, Jan. 2006, Lisbon
Seminar on Social Security at the Capital Markets' Institute, 2003, Porto
Conference of the International Economic Association (IEA), 2002, Lisbon
Workshop on Public Finances hosted by Banca d'Italia, 2002, Perugia
Conference of the Society of Computational Economics (SCE), 2000, Barcelona
Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Research in Economics (SPiE), 2000, Porto
Research thus far
Tax reform | Budgetary effects of an ageing population | Public pension reform | Fiscal institutions' reform
Please see my Research page.
Maria Cruz (Masters in Management and Public Policies, July 2013);
Wilson Barroso (Internship report – Bachelors in Public Admin., September 2015);
Anabela Vilão (Masters in Management and Public Policies, January 2016);
Jury service outside ISCSP
Luís Martins (Master of Science, ISEG School of Economics and Management, June 2014);
Rui Pereira (Ph.D, Department of Economics, Universidade do Algarve, January 2011);
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (IPMA);
DG Alfândegas e Dos Impostos Especiais Sobre o Consumo, Ministério das Finanças;
Economics (B.A. in Human Resources Management)
Design and Implementation of Public Policies (Masters in Management and Public Policies)
Public Finance (Masters in Public Administration) a.k.a. Fiscal Policy and Fiscal Management
(Limits of) Socio-economic Planning (B.A. in Public Administration)
Economics (B.A. in Public Administration and Territorial Policies)
Economics (B.A. in Sociology)
Principles of Microeconomics (B.A. in Public Administration and Territorial Policies)
Principles of Macroeconomics (B.A. in Public Administration and Territorial Policies)
In the press
(Caveat emptor: Titles can sometimes be misleading.)
"Oito análises aos desafios pós-eleitorais", Jornal de Negócios, October 5th, 2015 (ler aqui).
"Meta do défice de 2015 cada vez mais improvável", Jornal de Negócios, September 23rd, 2015 (ler aqui).
"Wie Portugals Rentensystem früh alterte", Neue Zürcher Zeitung, September 4th, 2015.
Entrevista concedida à Antena 1 sobre se Portugal deve ou não reestruturar a sua dívida soberana, October 3rd 2013 (ouvir e ler aqui).
"Senhoras e senhores: Pedro G. Rodrigues, G. de génio", Papel Online, May 4th 2013 (ver aqui).
"TSU: Três possíveis adaptações à medida anunciada pelo primeiro-ministro" [TSU: Three possible adaptations to the measure announced by the prime-minister], Jornal de Negócios, September 19th 2012 [PDF].
"Deve Portugal reestruturar a sua dívida pública? Não." [Should Portugal restructure its public debt? No.], Jornal de Negócios, June 19th 2012 [PDF].
"Portugal sem margem para estimular economia" [Portugal without leeway to stimulate economy], Jornal de Negócios, May 21st 2012. [PDF]
"Previsões para o IVA não reflectem quebra esperada do consumo" [VAT projections do not reflect expected shortfall in consumption], Jornal de Negócios, Apr. 20th 2012 [PDF].
"Descida da taxa social única deve ser paga pelo IRS e IRC" [Lower TSU ought to be paid with personal and corporate income taxes], Jornal de Negócios, Dec. 7th 2010 [PDF].
"Proposta do segundo pilar do sistema de pensões assenta na capitalização" [Proposal for a second pillar of the pension system based on capitalization], Público, 18 Jul. 2007 [link].
"Subida do IVA de 21 para 25% é a melhor medida para garantir a sustentabilidade do sistema de Segurança Social" [Raising the VAT rate from 21 to 25% is the best measure to guarantee the sustainability of the Social Security system], (based on the conclusions of this book), interview for Antena 1 radio station, 17 July 2007.
"Estudo considera 'inevitável' nova mudança nas pensões" [Study says a new change in pensions is 'inevitable'], Público, Jul. 17 2007 [link].
"Ganhar mais depois dos 65" [Earning more after 65], interview for Tempo magazine, Feb. 2005.
"Economistas sugerem poupanças obrigatórias" [Economists suggest compulsory savings], Independente (weekly newspaper), 11 Feb. 2005.
"Especialistas em Segurança Social comentam programas eleitorais do PSD e do PS" [Social Security Experts comment on PSD and PS's electoral programs], Jornal de Negócios, Feb 3rd, 2005.
"Velhos e muito activos" [Elderly and very active], interview for Focus magazine, no. 277, Feb. 2005.
"Trabalhar até aos 70" [Working until 70], Expresso (weekly newspaper), Jan. 15th, 2005.
"Modernizar a Segurança Social" [Modernizing Social Security] (with P. Silva), Jornal de Notícias, Jan. 24th, 2005.
"Aumento da idade de reforma é 'essencial' para evitar ruptura do sistema" [Raising the retirement age is 'essential' to avoid systemic breakdown], interview for Euronotícias newspaper, Mar. 28th, 2003.
Para além da missão de contribuir para a literacia em economia e finanças dos povos lusófonos (clicar na palavra "Início" na barra do menu com fundo preto), também poderão encontrar neste sítio páginas dedicadas a:
i) Uma página dedicada às acções regulares e pontuais de formação em que participo ("Formação");
ii) Clips dos média em que sou referido ("Na imprensa");
iii) Iniciativas de participação cívica a que estou associado ("Participação cívica");
iv) Uma página com um link ao Tumblr que é actualizado com os títulos dos artigos de investigação que leio ("Radar") [Actualizado muito esporadicamente]; e finalmente
v) Uma página dedicada à minha investigação em economia, com links para os artigos científicos e resumos de apresentações em público em Prezi ou em Youtube ("Research").


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text: Hey parent friends, I want to hang out with you AND your kids! #Families#Relationships#advice#friendships#grown ups#relationships June 7 2013 | Guest post by ALKD Offbeat Home & Life runs these advice questions as an opportunity for our readers to share personal experiences and anecdotes. Readers are responsible for doing their own research before following any advice given here... or anywhere else on the web, for that matter. "Let's be friends pho-ever" greeting card by Etsy seller takohako I am not a parent but many of my friends are. When friends started having babies, I did all the usual stuff — bringing muffins, offering to help out around the house or at least hold the baby while the parents clean up, and of course cooing over the little ones. I genuinely enjoy kids and I am happy that my friends are bringing them into my life. My efforts went well while the kids were tiny and the parents were adjusting. Now, however, many of my friends are happy parents of happy toddlers, and they mainly socialize with other parents. I get why — other parents have empathy and advice, and provide playmates for their kids. But I miss them — the grownups and the kids! I know I can't be included in everything, but I feel so sad when I hear a bunch of people I like talking about an activity that I would've enjoyed but wasn't invited to because they all brought kids. No one seems to think I care, even though I've mentioned that I like, say, the zoo or the park, too. I have tried inviting people with their kids to my place and it's lots of fun, but it's clearly a grownup apartment and things wrap up pretty quickly. I feel like my husband and I are in danger of becoming "special occasion friends" — people you need to get a sitter to go see, and then it's a big formal event — and thus you only see them twice a year. I am not sure how to get around this. How can I gently remind my parent friends that we would still love to be included when they hang out with other parents and their kids? — Rebecca Most of my close friendships are still with friends who don't have kids yet. I am an only child, so when I discovered I was pregnant and my husband and I were about to have a son, I talked with some of my friends about being an "uncle" or "aunt." I left it open and made sure they knew that they could be as invested (or not) in that role as they liked, but I would love for them to have an active part in my kid's life. You could try having the reverse of this conversation — tell your friends that while you don't have kids, you would love to be a part of their children's lives and are always happy to be an extra set of eyes and hands at kids events to help out. The first thing that came to mind was: throw a potluck picnic at a local park, and invite a whole slew of your friends — include both families with kids and without. If your birthday is coming up, throw yourself a birthday party at a kid friendly place: the zoo, the park, a bowling alley (include on the invite that there will be a lane with bumpers on it for the kiddos if you like), anywhere you know your friends already like to take their kids. Another thing is, meals and snacks are always welcome, even after the kids are finished being "little." Do you know if one of the kids is about to get a round of vaccinations? Maybe a child needs to have a surgery or has broken a bone? Offer to bring a comfort meal over for dinner. Offer to help prepare for a kid's birthday party (make a pinata! put together grab bags for the kiddos! organize a game! frost some cupcakes!). Let your parent friends know that you want to be a part of their support system because you love them and truly enjoy their kids. Reporter Name * Reporter Email * Original text Enter the original text here. Edited text* Enter your suggested copyedit here. Notes You can add a note for the editor here. * Required information. Fix Typo ALKD ALKD is a proud contributor and question answerer for Offbeat Home. PREVIOUS Shower curtains: Make your bathroom shine without paint NEXT Oompa Toys: where wooden and organic meet FUN for little and big kids alike Show/Hide comments [ 32 ] Rebecca, Where do you live? Be my friend! That aside, I've never thought about this from your angle. I always assumed that my child-free kids were bored of my kids, or at least, they wouldn't be interested in helping me wrangle them at a zoo or some other often stressful but fun destination. I always worry about them feeling exploited, too. Heck, I even worry about my family members feeling that way! If one of my friends expressed interest in these kinds of activities, I might still feel doubtful and/or self-conscious but I'd still take them for their word and invite them along next time, especially if it was explained to me the way you explain yourself above. 2 agree Reply I wonder if using a direct approach with your friends would work? For example, this weekend I'm heading about 1.5 hour south to spend some time with a friend (we're meeting halfway between our places) and I do have the ability to be kid-free that day. I was talking it out with her and she said, "oh, please bring Potamus, I haven't seen him since December!" I had been worried that bringing him would feel like a hassle for her, and while it is harder to have grown-up time with a non-parent (it feels like I end up more distracted by my kid), I was REALLY happy that she was persistent in letting me know she wanted to hang out with mom-me. 1 agrees Reply I had my boy at 45…and having been a child-free grownup for many years before that, most of my friends are also child-free grownups. Some of them want to hang out with my child, some of them prefer to limit their exposure to special occasions. Since pretty much everyone is at least polite to small boy when they see him, how am I supposed to know the difference unless they tell me? I have one friend who simply asks "can I come?" when we talk about family-oriented events. The answer is always yes (ok, except if we need tickets and can't get more). I have another friend who plans events and invites us. We don't go to her very adult-oriented house, we go to public places where everyone can relax and have fun. The trick, I think, is not to wait for an invitation; make your own. There is a lot of media emphasis on parents not inflicting their children on other people in restaurants etc. If you don't make it clear you want to spend time with said children, parents are likely to assume you don't. 1 agrees Reply I agree with this — there is a lot of media emphasis on enforcing the seen but not heard rule with kids. And there are also a lot of adults who say the polite thing (oh yes, I'd love for you to bring your child to event X, Y, or Z) but actually mean the opposite and don't know how to vocalize it without feeling bad. For example, I do know that it would be inappropriate to bring my newborn to a wine-tasting wedding reception that starts at 10pm… so it was weird when my friend awkwardly said that it would totally really be OK if I brought him. I let her know that we already arranged for my mom to take the baby for an hour that night, and while we would have to leave by midnight instead of staying until 1am, we would be there and were super excited. And then we arranged for a more kid-friendly hang out time for her to get a baby-fix and meet our kiddo. 1 agrees Reply Have you tried talking about it at all with them yet? What I'm thinking is that they may just be assuming that you'd perhaps not be all that interested in being included on the 'family outings' kind of social engagements simply because you might not feel like a part of the group. Likewise, kids are total pains in the asses sometimes – they may also be not inviting you because they don't want to frustrate you and end up losing the friendship because of too many cancelled plans or visits gone awry because the little one decides to have a public melt down. Finally, they may just not be thinking 'adult interaction' when planning these events – more focussed on the play date for the kids. The parent that happens to be attached to said kid is invited by default. I would suggest putting it to them exactly like you posted here – you come across as very open and genuine and simply miss them, all of them. 1 agrees Reply I definitely agree with the part about not thinking of adult interaction. I know there are times when I've thought of inviting my child-free friends to an activity, but then I know that I'm going to be spending most of the time chasing my son around and that I wouldn't really be able to focus on my friends or do whatever I/we want to do because kiddo wants to chase birds around or something. So I think if you do ask to be invited to hang out with parents and kids, maybe just let your friend know that you know that they'll have their hands full, but that you can help out with the kids and you're not expecting a big sit down and catch up session or anything. 5 agree Reply It probably all depends on your relationship with the friends…but I'd just tell them! Next time they talk about a trip to the zoo or park let them know that you'd love to tag along even if you don't have kids. I'm one of the first of my friends to have kids and I feel very isolated sometimes just by the nature of our lives. While my days out are children's museums/zoos etc….theirs are bars and music festivals. I would LOVE it if any of my friends wanted to tag along to a kid place. I don't invite non-parent friends to this kind of stuff because I worry that it would be boring to them. An extra pair of hands/eyes or even some grown up conversation would be very welcome! 1 agrees Reply Speak up! And maybe try inviting yourself over to their house rather than waiting for an invitation? It is a million times easier for me to have guests to my house (when they do not have kid-friendly homes) than it is for me to go to their place or out somewhere. And I love being able to have adult conversations while my kids are in a comfortable place. Bring a bottle of wine (or whatever you're into) and prepare to stay through bedtime so the real grown-up time can take place. I know that I prefer to hang out with people with kids because it creates a distraction for my kids so I get a break and can talk with adults. That being said, I wish my friends without kids would be willing to come to my place more often because I would love to see them with the kids around, yet still be able to focus on them. 9 agree Reply I think you should take the initiative and invite them and their kids to do fun things like go to the park or zoo or amusement park. As a parent and the only one of my friends that has a kid, I often assume that my childless friends don't want to hang out with my kid or do kid friendly things. Kids are needy and sometimes annoying. They demand a lot of attention, and you can't do things in front of them like (depending on the family) swear or talk about adult topics. And some of the places and activities that my friends like are just not kid-appropriate. So it's out of courtesy to them that I don't invite them to play dates or bring her along to our activities. If, however, my friends specifically invited her and made it clear that they actually enjoy doing kid stuff with her, it might be different. I think the more your friends see you enjoy hanging out with them AND their kids and that you can handle the not-so-fun moments and limitations that come with that, the more inclined they will be to start inviting you. 4 agree Reply I think being direct works best! I'm a mom of a toddler with another on the way and the majority of my friends don't have kids yet. While I know some prefer our quality time kid free (not that they don't love my daughter but we all know it's easier to chat without them!), some have been very open about wanting to see her just as much as they want to see me. Some of my friends even like to make plans with her without me… 😉 1 agrees Reply Before I had a child I was in your boat. The friends in my case, I think, appreciated the opportunity for a child-free activity/evening, despite my expressed interest in also seeing their little. This is probably easier with a child-free friend as only one of you has to coordinate childcare. Reply The first thing that came to mind was: throw a potluck picnic at a local park, and invite a whole slew of your friends — include both families with kids and without. If your birthday is coming up, throw yourself a birthday party at a kid friendly place: the zoo, the park, a bowling alley (include on the invite that there will be a lane with bumpers on it for the kiddos if you like), anywhere you know your friends already like to take their kids. Another thing is, meals and snacks are always welcome, even after the kids are finished being "little." Do you know if one of the kids is about to get a round of vaccinations? Maybe a child needs to have a surgery or has broken a bone? Offer to bring a comfort meal over for dinner. Most of my close friendships are still with friends who don't have kids yet. I am an only child, so when I discovered I was pregnant and my husband and I were about to have a son, I talked with some of my friends about being an "uncle" or "aunt." I left it open and made sure they knew that they could be as invested (or not) in that role as they liked, but I would love for them to have an active part in my kid's life. You could try having the reverse of this conversation — tell your friends that while you don't have kids, you would love to be a part of their children's lives and are always happy to be an extra set of eyes & hands at kids events to help out. Offer to help prepare for a kid's birthday party (make a pinata! put together grab bags for the kiddos! organize a game! frost some cupcakes!). Let your parent friends know that you want to be a part of their support system because you love them and truly enjoy their kids. 2 agree Reply I had been mulling over this myself and wondering if I should write in to Offbeat Families! Glad to see it here. Reply I would say be honest with them! Tell them how you feel, because if they are truly your friend, then you should be able to talk to them as such! Reply THIS. I understand this so much. You don't want to butt in and invite yourself along, but sometimes people assume that because you don't have kids, you don't understand or want to be around them. First, about inviting yourself over: I know for me, it's awkward to just invite yourself over to a friend's in the first place, and when that friend is exhausted from running after a toddler all day? You don't want to feel like a burden. I hate just dropping by my friends' house without at least an hour of notice, even though they're "Open Door" friends. I never mind a dirty house because I know that people, you know, live in it, but sometimes it makes people weird to have people over when the house is a mess. Like somehow they're less than an actual person because their kid just got out twelve of his favorite toys and oh yeah, they're all boxes of Legos, or there are dishes in the sink. Then again, I may have a skewed perception on how people want their houses to look; my mother has been known to sweep and dust before the maid comes so "she won't know how dirty we really are". Either way, indicate to them that you miss them AND their kids, and that you'd like to visit with them where they feel comfortable. That could be their place (dirty or not), a neutral area, or your own; you could talk to them about trying to make your own place a bit more child-friendly. Is there a space in your place that you can make child-safe? My partner's place is definitely not (glass tables, heavy/pointy statues, far too little space for three adults, much less for a kid to play in) but my other friends have bigger spaces that we slap electrical covers on, put away the breakables on higher shelves, and barricade them from the kitchen. But, like the others before me, I have to agree that honesty is the best policy. If you and your partner were drifting a bit, would you just let things progress and see what happens, or would you try to talk to him, share your concerns? People do change and drift closer and further apart throughout their lives. Tell them you miss them, that you want to see them more. Maybe they've been distancing themselves from you because they're afraid they've been talking baby at you 24/7. I do hope everything works out for you with your child-rearing friends. 🙂 2 agree Reply I think it's really sweet that you don't mind tagging along with the kids. However it is practically impossible for me to have a conversation when my kid is with me. Unless she is really engaged by something, I'm having to constantly interrupt my conversations to listen to her, intervene in something, and especially if its a public place I'm distracted watching her. I can't have a real conversation with anyone when my kid is present. So with my friends who don't have kids, I try to meet them on my own, since as much as they like my kid, I'd really like to look my friend IN THE FACE and talk to her rather than have her talk to my side or back or have to suddenly walk away when she's telling me something and I see my kid do a face plant off the climbing frame. It's stressful to try to parent and be a friend, and we hang out mostly with other moms and kids primarily because at least we are both acting this way! I wish it were the case that the kids would amuse themselves quietly and let the moms chat, but that never ever happens. Somebody is crying or fighting or having to go pee, and I miss parts of conversations or lose my train of thought, or send emails hours or days later like, "hey, remember how I was just about to tell you our pediatrician's name and then something happened?? Well here it is now!" I really also cherish those times when I am able to get away for a drink with a friend. It's so nice to just sit and talk without anyone tugging at you or needing anything. So perhaps a compromise is in order. Can you do things one-on-one so that the entire couple doesn't need a babysitter occasionally, meet at your friends' house (after bedtime?) occasionally, and do the whole go-out-get-babysitter thing once every few months? 3 agree Reply I am perplexed by your problem because I have a toddler and many childless friends! So I make them hang out with me and the kid all the time. Here's how you do it! "I haven't seen you in like forever! Wanna go to the park and sit on a bench with me while we watch your kid play? Can you do tomorrow? Awesome." 5 agree Reply Everyone else has great ideas so far, but I totally agree with 1) Inviting yourself along 2) Reminding them, more than once that you like to do things with them and their kids. Also, I have a couple of friends who say they are fine with doing family/kid stuff with me, but then are zero help whatsoever and seem to expect me to hold a conversation with them while chasing my kid around. So then I feel rude, and I'm not likely to invite them to the park and stuff, because I can't give them my full attention and they don't seem to understand. However I do have one friend who has been totally amazing and is forming a relationship with my daughter, she will give her a lot of attention and play with her and give her baths and all the stuff that I get tired of doing. But then I almost feel like I am taking advantage of her by inviting her over to have her play with my kid, so having her remind me that she loves me and my kid and it isn't a burden, realllllly helps. 2 agree Reply I completelt concur with the others who have suggested that you take the initiative. I was the child-free friend for a long time, and I adored spending time with my nieces (not bio, my best friends' kids). I always referred to myself as their "Auntie Molly" (I cleared this with their parents first) and volunteered to take them to the park, for ice cream, read stories, whatever. Now that I am expecting my own bundle of joy, many of my child-free friends have voiced that they would like to be involved with/hang out with/spoil my son. I couldn't be happier! I'm looking forward to surrounding him with my huge chosen family. 1 agrees Reply THIS. I had a friend (not friends anymore) and one of my frustrations was that I genuinely enjoyed spending time with her child, but when I visited she was always so quick to whisk her kid away that I hardly ever got time with her. I emphasized again and again that I was happy to have the kid along and structure the day for kid-friendly things. At first I thought it was just that my friend was just desperate for a break from her kid. Later, when other problems surfaced in the friendship, I realized that she seemed to actually be a bit jealous of the attention I lavished on her child. I think my interactions with her child left her feeling insecure not only about the attention she received, but that she also perceived it as a threat to her parenting (she seemed to be really nuts about the fact that when I visited I had very positive interactions with her child, as a novel adult, while she was not always happy as a parent and often had negative and frustrated interactions). Not saying this is the issue with OP's friend, but this could easily happen to other people. 1 agrees Reply "… she also perceived it as a threat to her parenting…" Sometimes I wonder if they feel that as a non-parent I shouldn't be interacting with their children. There are times I notice there's a definite distrust in my ability to provide care or play even when supervised. Which personally feels weird since I've worked with kids for years. 1 agrees Reply It might be worth asking your friend whether there are any "house rules" they'd like you to follow with their kid? I have a friend who my toddler adores, but she ignores naptime, uses words in ways I'd prefer my toddler not echo, and offers foods I try to avoid. My child has a lot of fun with her, but then my friend gets to leave and doesn't have to deal with the inevitable meltdown of the exhausted overstimulated child, and it honestly makes me limit my child's time with my friend more than I'd prefer. 1 agrees Reply Hi Marina, If you are mentioning these "house rules" to your friend and she's not taking them seriously, that is just disrespectful and you don't really have a choice but to limit her childcare time. BUT, for me as a non-parent who knows a lot of parents, what seems obvious to them is rarely obvious to me. I don't know at what ages kids nap nor what hours, and I don't know which foods are appropriate when either. For myself, I would ask for that info if the kid were being left in my care, but perhaps your friend needs a nudge. Mention the meltdown, and what constitutes overstimulation–ask him/her to help you prevent that scenario. I would honestly have no idea, but I would take it seriously if someone explained it to me–especially if my ignorance were costing me bonding time with a child I adored! It's so hard for people immersed in childcare to realize how little I know on that topic–and sometimes it's embarrassing for me to admit. But I do want to know–I accept all (polite) lessons in childcare gratefully! Hopefully your friend will do the same! 2 agree Reply Appreciate the feedback and will store that away for later use. In my situation it's usually more like we, the either single/childless friends, don't get to hold or play with the kids. Which might not really fit the initial question, I guess. Reply I'm late to the party here, but I mostly assume my childfree friends don't WANT to engage with my kid. They're nice to him, because who would be a jerk to a small child? But, from a parent's standpoint, "I don't mind hanging out with you and your kid" can really mean anything from "I love interacting with kids and really want to play with them all day!" to "I can tolerate the fact that your kid exists, but I don't want him touching or interacting with me, and I'd really prefer he played somewhere else." I generally have no idea which it is, as people are reluctant to say it's the latter. which brings me to the second point. People act as though any time a kid does kid things, it's an imposition. I make sure he's well-behaved, but he is a child. There is very little tolerance in our society for kids doing kid things. If you look around, you can find a million articles about horrible selfish parents who take their kids in public (restaurants, movie theatres, airplanes, buses, anywhere that isn't explicitly a "kid place") and the kid acts like a kid- making some noise, moving around, even just existing. People have even discussed banning children from various places! As a parent, it's easy to start worrying you're being "that" parent. It's easy to do- many non-parents have little experience with kids, and can consider normal developmental stages "bad behaviour". Thanks, everybody, for all the really helpful comments. I was travelling the day this post went up, so apologies for not being involved in the conversation sooner. The people who suggest taking the initiative are right of course. I am pretty retiring by nature and though I'll ask once to be included, but if it doesn't work for whatever reason, I'll feel too scared to ask again. I need to stop being so sensitive! Someone mentioned that she doesn't like having non parents around, because they don't help with the kids… I feel like often that is me, because I don't have a tonne of experience. I wish that there were a course I could take–"How to play with a kid on monkey bars without anyone getting hurt or being a hovering pest!" It's a steep learning curve when you don't have your own to practice on. One thing I have done lately is start making tv dates with my best "mom friend." Tv is nice, because it is relaxing and undemanding, and if the baby is fussing she can leave the room without me having nothing to do. Then if the baby is quiet, I get to cuddle her and we can put the show on mute and chat! I got to feed her some porridge last time and it was a big mess but I think I will get better at it. Babysteps! Thanks again for chiming in, all! 1 agrees Reply Okay, this may be off-topic, but it's related in that "left out" kind of way… This happens to me all.the.time. But with a twist. I am constantly excluded from stuff for being a single. Everyone I know is partnered up, except me, so I'm "left out" a lot of the time just because I make an odd number and/or don't have a playmate for the spouse of my friend. For example, I just spent an exorbitant amount of money going on a specialty event vacation (sort of like a con, I guess) that I really couldn't afford to attend, but I went because I've always been fascinated by this particular retro, kitschy scene. My friends were super encouraging about me going along and when we would run into each other at the hotel, they for sure invited me to join them. But no one every thought to check in with me to see if I had someone to eat with or hang out with or even invite to the room gigs/pre-shows. I ended up spending most of my time wandering around alone just hoping to see someone I knew. Even more sad sack are the Mondays that I learn of yet another "couples event" that I wasn't invited to because of my unpartnered status. To be fair, they're usually spontaneous events. You know, boyfriend/husband/partner runs into same gender half at the store and — boom — steaks on the grill, cocktails on the stoop, etc. But it happens all.the.time and I'm left feeling so pathetic — worse, needy. Seriously, unless it's some sort of key party, why does everything have to center around couples? I know, stupid question. That's just how it goes. It isn't meant to be exclusionary. It just is. Whine du jour. 1 agrees Reply Hi Kirsten, Though I'm married now, I was single for ages when many of my friends were hooked up, so I know your pain. There is honestly not much you can do about "couply" events other people are holding–but definitely invite friends as couples out with YOU and show that it's not awkward to socialize in odd numbers. I used to host brunches on my own and invite friends with their partners–I liked to get to know them. To be honest, if people ONLY want to socialize as a couple with couples, I would just let the friendship lie fallow for a while and see if their viewpoint matures after a while. Even now as a married lady, I find that a narrow way to see the world. I like to see my friends one-on-one sometimes, without having to entertain people who don't know all our in-jokes. You should definitely organize some time with your core friends, or at least suggest it. Also, my husband is very busy and not as social as me, so I can't expect him to attend every event I want to go to. I feel like I can talk to dudes and chicks equally well, so I don't have to provide a male for that aspect of the conversation to go forth. If people don't want to hang out with me sans husband–their loss. I'm going with a married couple to see Cats in a few weeks–my husband hates musicals! I'm the one who did the inviting though, which is kind of the message I got with the above question about folks with kids–if you want it to happen, ask. Even if doesn't work out, you'll know you tried! I hope this helps!! All best, Rebecca 1 agrees Reply Thank you, Rebecca! I actually got kind of teary reading your encouraging reply. It's so hard not feeling invisible on the best days, so to hear your kind message above was exactly what I needed to hear. I am going to take your suggestion and run with it! I'll be honest, I've attempted half of your suggestion in the past (inviting the girls out on girl nights), but never the idea of inviting a whole couple. Perhaps I am just as guilty of the matchy-matchy! Reply I'm late to this party too! I don't live with my partner yet, so I haven't done this. However, if my partner is over for a weekend, I feel reluctant to invite friends along- I don't want them to feel awkward, like a third wheel! One of my friends just flat-out told me she doesn't care, unless we're being ridiculously physical (We're not!). Now we often go to the farmers market together, and then home for tea on Saturdays! I can especially imagine this if I had another couple or two over, though. Then it might seem as if I'm making you the fifth-wheel, or simply pointing out your single status (Which is fine if you like it, and shitty of me if you don't!). If you invite them over sometimes, though, it could work out that they get over it. The other option is, if you have another single friend, you could form a platonic couple. I had this with another friend years back. We got invited to things together often, because we were attached at the hip and so we wouldn't be alone at an event. Reply Make it really clear that you want to see their whole family. I only have one friend with children but when I arrange to see her I ask 'hey when can I come see you and the boys'. When she realized that we wanted to see the children when we visited she became more comfortable bringing them with her when she visited or came out somewhere. Reply I have a three year old, and several couple friends that don't have kids. One of the things I love is that they don't mind coming over to my place and hanging out. I know you said you invited them over, but that is a scary thing for people with small kids – I don't want him to break anything! But if my friends come over, we can cook and they bring sides and my kid can play with his toys. So, maybe offer "hey, I can come by your place some time and we can hang out". It might feel weird at first to invite yourself to someone's house, but honestly I get relieved. I've even started to apologize because I feel like maybe my house isn't cool enough for people without kids, but my friends have insisted it's still a good time (which honestly makes me feel warm and fuzzy). 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SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ — Bay Microsystems, Inc., a worldwide leader in high performance WAN extension, will showcase Wide Area Virtualization, enabled by its ABEx family of Multi-Service Transport Gateways, at VMworld 2008 (booth #1247) from Sept. 15-18, 2008, at the Venetian Hotel Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas.
At VMworld 2008, Bay Microsystems will demonstrate the capabilities of its multi-site Wide Area Virtualization solution, showing the migration of live applications between data centers using VMware ESX Vmotion and automated disaster recovery after a site failure with VMware ESX HA.
VMware virtualization delivers significant benefits to data centers, but until now these benefits have been limited to solitary data centers. Bay Microsystems' Wide Area Virtualization solution unleashes the power of virtualization by extending server and storage virtualization across multiple data centers, allowing the benefits of VMware to be realized across all of an organization's data center resources.
"Wide Area Virtualization enables virtual machines to be migrated live without interruption between data centers across hundreds or thousands of miles," said Peter Yamasaki, Systems Business Development Director at Bay Microsystems. "The benefits offered by our ABEx family allow resource utilization to be optimized across data center resources globally and enable companies to employ a comprehensive disaster recovery solution. In addition, this solution creates new business models where Service Providers can offer hosted datacenter capacity and disaster recovery capabilities as a service."
Bay's Wide Area Virtualization solution allows virtual machines to be migrated between data centers within seconds. In the event of unexpected outages, virtual machines and applications can automatically failover to alternative data centers. The core capability of the solution, which is enabled by Bay's innovative network silicon technology, is that it provides the ability to share large volumes of data between multiple data centers. Bay's solution has demonstrated the ability to deliver a remarkable 800 MBytes/sec of data over distances greater than 20,000 Km (nearly halfway around the earth). The demonstrated transfer rate achieved by the ABEx system is unprecedented, approaching the theoretical maximum.
Bay Microsystems' Wide Area Virtualization Solution can also be seen at VMworld 2008 in the Mellanox Technologies booth (#1139) from Sept. 16-18, 2008.
About Bay Microsystems
Bay Microsystems is one of the industry's fastest growing communications semiconductor companies. As the recognized global leader in high-performance, programmable network processors, transport processors, and WAN system technology, its award winning products enable the delivery of converged voice, video, data and multimedia, and have been deployed in mission-critical service provider, enterprise and government networks since 2003. Bay Microsystems customers include many leading government, telecom and network equipment manufacturers. For more information please visit http://www.baymicrosystems.com.
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As 2015 closes and we start the new year, as always, I am doing some reflecting on what 2015 brought to me and what I taking from it. 2015 has some really awesome memories, but also had struggle and was unstable at times. With all that said, I am taking three big lessons to bank and they are going to make for a better 2016!
Lesson #1: Put yourself out there!
This is a lesson I have been learning all year. I didn't really let go of this until recently. I have always worried about what would happen if I put myself out there. I wasted lots of time worrying about my creativity, ideas, opinions, passions, and experience. I worried that is wasn't enough, and that because it wasn't others wouldn't notice. Or worse, they would notice, and not in a good way. This year I took risks and did put myself out there, and I wish I would have done it sooner! Putting myself out there has opened doors, built confidence, and has given me opportunities I didn't think I would ever get. If you too are struggling to put yourself out there in whatever it maybe, I encourage you to do it!
Lesson #2: Love comes in ALL shapes!
In June of 2015 I married my best friend. We have overcome a lot in our first 7 months of marriage. Life this year threw us a lot of lemons! During this time it was easy to forget about each others needs. We had a lot of other things going on, but I fortunately read a wonderful book by Gary Chapman: The 5 Love Languages. If you haven't read this book let me just say its understanding of love will CHAGNE your relationships for good. I learned so much about how to love my husband in ways that fill him up. I also learned a lot about how I give and receive love. In 2016 I want to not only continue using this in my marriage, but I want to use this to build more relationships and grow the friendships I already have.
Lesson #3: Skinny doesn't mean healthy!
I have spent most of my life thinking that skinny meant you where healthy, but this year I ran across information about what healthy really looks like. I started following a mostly clean diet.I also learned a lot about fermented foods, whole fats, and natural lifestyles. I have healed myself of illness with whole foods, and I see great length in my hair and nails. (Something you would have never saw before!) Being healthy has nothing to do with being skinny, healthy has all to do with what put into and do with your body. Gaining knowledge about wellness this year has set me up for an even healthier and happier lifetime.
I am taking many this from 2015, but these 3 lessons are some big ones! They are things that I know will make my 2016 even better. I would love to hear what YOU are taking from 2015 that will make 2016 better! Leave it in the comments below!


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I've queued her Seamless Hybrid on Ravelry, but am almost afraid to do it, as it will be my first sweater attempt. I might switch to my second sweater choice, Cobblestone, after hearing that the instructions are very easy to follow. I'm thinking I've just gotten spoiled to really detailed instructions, from a lot of great designers. But, in the end, EZ's designs are so timeless, that you don't mind so much having to sit up a little straighter and pay attention a bit more. Makes for a better knitter, and greater sense of accomplishment!
I'm ready to begin the second mitten, mainly because I want to see how these babies are gonna look blocked. It's amazing how it takes out the puckering and smoothes the stitches. Hopefully I'll have this knit finished by Tuesday. I've got two friends having babies and I'm itching to start Saartje's Booties along with Hello Yarn's Top-Down Bonnet! But for now, I'm going to make a pot of coffee, do a little laundry, and take a break. I feel like I've gone a few miles on a Norwegian cross-country trail!
----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: Alice DATE: 01/13/2008 09:09:51 PM Awesome so far! I totally understand you about the EZ instructions. Sometimes my brain can't wrap around them...
----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: Jennifer DATE: 01/13/2008 09:50:56 PM I considered even writing that, because I know how much everyone loves EZ (me included). It's not hard to stump me, and I think some of the things I get confused on, if she were still here, she would clunk me upside the head! I'm sure it's all basic knitting stuff that knitters years ago just knew.
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About Pesticides
BC IPM Applicator Death"The connection
was as plain
to Debbie
as the spectacular
hanging baskets
Brad was famous for
in downtown Peachland:
a link existed between
the pesticides
Brad used
the cancer
that took him.
When it came to
pesticide use,
Brad would have assumed
that what he was using
was safe . . ."
Do Pesticides Cause Cancer?
Dave Preston
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March 15, 2007.
Help BC go Pesticide Free!The Canadian Cancer Society
continues to lead BC's
health and environmental
groups' advocacy for a
province-wide ban.
See Coalition's Feb 3, 2012
ban statement.
Review ban legislation
given to BC's Environment
Minister in 2010.
Join the CCS's "Pesticide Free
BC" Facebook discussions.
Take action! to help BC
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Risk of Exposure
Our "Right to Know""The choice, after all,
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If having endured much,
we have at least
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we have concluded
that we are being asked
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and frightening risks,
then we should
no longer accept
the counsel
of those who tell us
we must fill our world
with poisonous chemicals,
we should look about
and see what other course
is open to us."
Rachel Carson.
Silent Spring. 1962.
p. 277 – 278.
Ont Ban Protects Vulnerable"You can have
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April 21, 2010
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Casita Linda Announces Advisory Board
By Louise Gilliam
Casita Linda has experienced exponential growth over the last few years. We will soon build our 100th house for the most impoverished families in San Miguel de Allende. We continually work to improve the structure of the houses we build. A few years ago, we also made the commitment to provide more than just houses. Now, with the help of other wonderful organizations in our community, we give each family mattresses and bedframes, beautiful warm blankets, solar lights, eco stoves, and basic furniture, thereby helping to make each new Casita Linda house a real home. The families we build for commit to contributing 75 hours of labor on their home, thus feeling a pride of ownership.
Our newest commitment as of 2016 is to help these families become as successful as possible, despite their extreme poverty. To this end, we've hired two extraordinary local women to provide two workshops a week for many months to the mothers of our Casita Linda families. The workshops cover topics including self-esteem, goal-setting, nutrition, organic gardening, personal hygiene, child-rearing, family communication, the importance of education for their children's future, addiction, safe sex, domestic violence, and income-generating projects. These workshops are an exciting new step forward for Casita Linda. We are thrilled to be embarking on this journey of empowerment, personal growth, and community development for our families.
And now we are happy to call upon the expertise of prominent people in our community through our new Advisory Board, which will be instrumental in helping us to continue to grow and improve our services.
Advisory Board
Oswaldo Encinas Carrena–Architect
Valerie Fischer–Co-Founder, Solorzano and Fischer Architectural Firm
Jack Harrop–Retired Canadian educator
Oliver Mayer–General Manager, Don Pedro
Barbara Marvin–Director, Hacienda Santa Clara
Pablo Marvin–Director, Hacienda Santa Clara
Agustin Solorzano–Co-Founder, Solorzano and Fischer Architectural Firm & Professor of Architecture—Technologico de Monterrey—Querétero
Please join us at our annual gala on October 8 in Parque Juárez to celebrate the work of this wonderful organization.


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And a few more non-Egyptian items:
Left: GR9: Female figure from Beoetia. Board-like body, truncated, pointed arms. Big curl over nose. Polos (truncated cone) on head. Black paint. 125mm high. 6th century BC. Such figures were placed as gifts in temples or could be put in tombs.
Right: GR28: Black polished red-figured jar with handle(NOICUS). This is an oinochoe (wine jug). This piece was made in southern Italy c 400 B.C. The mouth is trefoil (in the shape of a clover leaf) and the figure represents a seated Dionysaic figure with tail holding an offering plate and a plant. A wave pattern runs around the foot of the vase and egg moulding occurs above the figure. The item was purchased by the Department of Classics and Ancient History(Professor Kerford) in the 1960s. Height 24mm.