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With Thanksgiving festivities over, it's time to look forward to the holiday events taking place across New York City Check out what's in store for this week!
Friday, November 24th
Throughout history, women have played a huge role in distilling, beer brewing, and bootlegging. Join the Whiskey Women tour of the Kings County Distillery to hear the stories of the women behind iconic brands. You'll have the opportunity to meet one of their female distillers and taste four whiskies.
Saturday, November 25th
With Thanksgiving over, it's finally time to start your holiday shopping: the Brooklyn Holiday Bazaar, featuring local artisans and vendors, is the perfect place to begin. Shop, eat, and listen to music out in Gowanus!
Also burn off your Thanksgiving meal with the NYC Turkey Trot, taking place at Roosevelt Island. You can choose between a 5K or a 15K walk or run, depending on how ambitious you are.
Celebrate local businesses with the 1st Annual Sunnyside Holiday Shopping Trolley Tour! Enjoy a ride on a nostalgic trolley, as well as performances in the Plaza, specials from participating businesses, and activities for kids.
If you're a New Yorker or an urban design enthusiast, chances are you know who Robert Moses. Discover his story — about how he transformed from a young idealist to a corrupt enemy of the people — in the new rock musical, Bulldozer: The Ballad of Robert Moses.
Sunday, November 26th
Looking to add a unique centerpiece to your home? The Obscura Antiques Holiday Flea features a wide collection of one-of-a-kind treasures, including bones, skulls, antiques, accessories and all things odd and unusual. The event takes place at The Bell House in Brooklyn.
Monday, November 27th
The 18th Annual Winter's Eve at Lincoln Square will kick off the holiday season with a tree lighting ceremony, along with performances by more than 20 world-class musicians, processional groups, dancers and strolling circus performers. There will also be face-painting, ice-sculpting, free movie screenings of A Christmas Story at the Film Society of Lincoln Center and other street festivities that will take place on Broadway.
Wednesday, November 29th
Midtown Manhattan will be extra lit on Wednesday evening thanks to the Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting. People are welcome to see this annual tradition along with musical performances that will take place throughout the event.
Untapped Cities invites you on an exclusive insider tour of the Players Club on Gramercy Park, led by a Players Club docent. This members only social club was founded in 1889 by Edwin Booth, one the most renowned American actors of the 19th century, along with fifteen friends and colleagues including Mark Twain and General William T. Sherman. Today's notable members include Jimmy Fallon, Ethan Hawke and Tommy Lee Jones, whose portraits hang in the club's grand staircase.
Insider Tour of the Players Club on Gramercy Park
The Museum at Eldridge Street, in partnership with Turnstile Tours, is hosting a panel talk about the history of street vending past and present. Untapped Cities readers can get a $5 discount to the event with the code TOUR.
Thursday, November 30th
There are two holiday lightings you can enjoy in the city for this Thursday. The New York Stock Exchange will hold their 94th annual Christmas Tree Lighting from 2:30pm to 6:00pm, which will be accompanied by performances from various artists. Central Park will also host a holiday lighting at the Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, where visitors can enjoy ice carving demonstrations, hot cocoa and cookies, and more!


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7 point improvement. Now I need to find a way to explain my higher score without seeming whiny. To anyone who reads this thread and is planning to take the LSAT: Prepare for a less than ideal test environment. Try taking practice tests in an uncomfortable seated position and with minimal desk space. Practicing with background noise will also be helpful.

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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- A profit warning from stalwart Microsoft cast a pall over the tech sector Friday, though the major averages came well of session lows in recent trading. See full story.
Sun rises after beating lowered estimates
PALO ALTO, Calif. (CBS.MW) -- Sun Microsystems surged in Friday's trading session after reporting better-than-expected fourth-quarter results on Thursday, though revenue dropped dramatically from a year earlier. See full story.
Microsoft slides on warning
REDMOND, Wash. (CBS.MW) -- Microsoft shares tumbled 6 percent Friday after the software superpower sought to lower Wall Street's revenue expectations for the current quarter. See full story.
EBay beats Q2 outlook, raises bar for the year
SAN JOSE, Calif. (CBS.MW) - EBay rose 4 percent Friday after the online auction kingpin topped second-quarter estimates and raised the bar for the year's profit and revenue objectives. See full story.
Lukewarm appetite seen for McDonald's Japan IPO
TOKYO (CBS.MW) - It's not even noon in Tokyo and dozens of office workers are already lining up at McDonald's Ningyocho outlet in Tokyo's financial district. See full story.
What's going on around here?
Some 15 months ago, when I headed from California to our London news machine, Nasdaq stocks were worth 55 percent more than they are now. San Francisco home prices were red-hot. See full story.
Our own worst enemies
NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- "The investor's chief problem, and even his worst enemy, is likely to be himself." A growing number of scholars are studying a hot field: The often irational behavior of investors. See full story.
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If there's one great American barbecue yet, I'd say its Phil's barbecue in Point Loma, San Diego California. I visited Phil's some four or five years ago and have been a loyal customer ever since. They started as a backyard barbecue cottage industry and ultimately found their way into their customer's appetites, fanning a client base of thousands of average Joes a month visiting their outlets. It's not a surprise at Phil's and I think what tops their succulently fabulous barbecue is the way they take care of their customers – and business of course. The owners are their to see to it that everything tops well above the ordinary and personally, that's just makes a great connection to every ordinary folk enjoying their meals. This great diner, with a true American West story to it, makes everyone just feel at home. Customer service is commendable. Even if there are many people queuing up to wait for their orders, the waiters make sure right after to serve your order on time. The management does not make a fuss even if you order a couple more additional gravy or sauce to your favorite rib platter. I observed that this has become a local family favorite and in fact made its way in creating an American tradition. The Phils BBQ culture is just contagious. And the food – its superb. I don't know what they put into their sauces but coupled with their marinated tender meat, it would just melt into your mouth that you'll keep digging for more. I'm pretty sure that I am not the only one who've had a great American experience at Phil's, because for the millions more out there, its part of a wonderful food experience in San Diego.
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A Crawley barman has taken heart from a gutsy performance at a national flair competition in London.
Jake Davies battled to finish 10th in the Prepare2Flair competition in Covent Garden.
"I showed that I have the potential to do well. However, on the night it didn't go to plan."Jake Davies
Flair is the skill bartenders use to entertain clientele by juggling liquor bottles, cocktail shakers and even bar stools.
Jake, a bartender in the JaJa Bar, in the High Street, said: "I showed that I have the potential to do well. However, on the night it didn't go to plan.
"If I would have done my routine flawless I would have placed – however in the practise room it is different to being on one of the biggest flair stages there is."
Jake added: "I was definitely intimidated by the fact there was 13 competitors from one flair camp in Italy, and from seeing them in the training room I knew some were better than amateurs, although I didn't let that get to me.
"They were a amazing bunch if guys and getting to know them after the comp you realise the passion they have and they were always friendly."
Despite not placing higher, Jake said he was keen to make the step up by entering the next World Flair qualifiers, which will be held at the end of the month.
He said: "Finishing that low did effect me however at the end of the day I need to pick myself up, train harder and that will lead to me hopefully getting more experience and placing higher.
"I'm excited about stepping out of Prepare2Flair and taking on the challenge of the World Championships."
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Republicans built on their advantage in the Senate and grabbed control of House from Democrats.
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Conor McGregor's trial took place before a Brooklyn Criminal Court today on charges relating to the incident which happened in April.
The MMA fighter has been spared jail after receiving 5 days community service in a plea deal in a US court.
McGregor plea deal: All felony counts dismissed. Guilty of disorderly conduct charge. 5 days community service. Anger management classes. 3 orders of protection.
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The Dubliner has pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct for an attack on a bus in April and all felony charges against him have been dropped.
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The MMA fighter will have to take anger management classes of between one and three days.
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As leaders in the Computer Conversation space, you might expect that we're pretty good with talking humans too. You'd be right. Here's a collection of some of our talking humans talking about Computer Conversation.
While the medium may change, the story remains the key element in engaging audiences. Learn how we apply the learnings from over a decade working at Pixar to the new medium of conversational interfaces.
Skype's Steven Abrahams and PullString's Oren Jacob share what makes a great bot and explore together how to build the intelligent bots of the future.
PullString Senior Writer Scott Ganz offers a deep conversational understanding platform that can be used to build Bots. Learn how PullString built bots that integrate with Skype and beyond.
PullString Cofounder & CTO Martin Reddy giving a talk at the Most Contagious conference in London
Lucas Ives, Head of Conversation Engineering at PullString, shares his thoughts on how to improve engagement within computer conversations and the future of conversational interfaces.
Oren Jacob, CEO and co-founder of PullString, discusses how to approach the complexity of crafting computer conversation and the importance of having tools that are accessible enough for creative teams, but extensible enough for technical teams to bring the best conversational AI experiences to market.
Sarah Wulfeck & Lucas Ives from the product team at PullString will discuss their artful approach to design and character building from their experience building Hello Barbie, a conversational toy for children.
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Monday, May 25, 2009
Westmont, Illinois!!! Home town contest!!!
Woo hoo, Memorial Day weekend and it's my home town contest. Have worked with the contest organizer, Jim Addington to try and have this as a premier cooks contest. Jim and his crew are tireless in trying to take care of us. If they ever side, they will always side with the cooks...
I pulled in to the park on Friday night, as this is a Saturday/Sunday contest. I was over by Dr. Porkenstein, Quau, Twyford BBQ, Smokey Joel and KRE. A whole group of us went to Uncle Bub's BBQ, which is a local restaurant. The guys all know Mark and Jay as they try and compete whenever they have free time from their busy restaurant and catering business. Well, what a feast that these guys put on for us!!! Every time I turned my head, we had another platter of appetizers or food coming out. Thanks to Uncle Bub's for the feast!!!
We started the Sunday off with a service from Reverend Twyford and a offering from Phillip Brazier who brought us a special treat from Lynchburg... All I can say is ahhhh... ;-) Thanks Phillip and Kathy for coming another year! Sure is nice to get y'all up here...
My food was all turning out how I had wanted. I was real happy with all my turn-ins. The judges thought otherwise... We managed to score 40th out of 45 teams for pork... To me, that is spit out of your mouth disgusting... Oh well. I finally got a call for my 6th place brisket, so at least I wasn't shut-out!!! We did get a nice 23rd place finish in the overall..... lol I am not changing a thing, as I know that my stuff wasn't bad. The good part is that my good friend Alex from Dr. Porkenstein managed to pull the 3-peat, by winning the Grand Championship! Way to go Alex and Kate!! They just own this contest. I am very happy for ya bud!!!
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I could not sleep. The alarm clock, that little devil, winked at me – 00:30 – with its bright red eyes. Something – a restlessness, in the form of a thought – prevented me from fully giving in to sleep's silky touch. I could not reach the culpable thought, could not quite put my finger on it, so to speak, for it was tied up too intimately with an emotion against which my entire body protested and resisted. I avoided this thought as bare feet dance around a piece of sun-licked pavement at the end of a scorching summer's day. Feeling little desire to give in to sleeplessness in bed, I dragged myself, albeit somewhat unwillingly, out of bed and toward the closet. After carelessly covering myself with some clothes, I descended the familiar set of steep stairs. This chain of events is all too well-known to me, and typically culminates in a late-night outing. Tonight was no exception. I knew that in bed I would not sleep, and so I fled. Away from that deceptively comfortable resting place, into the open air. How reassuring it can be to walk across the planet with the universe on your shoulders! To be confined and to be free, how necessary they both are! With these ideas in mind, forcibly consuming the cool autumn air, I approached the nearby park. I commanded myself not to enter it, as I always do, and disregarded my own command, as I always do. The black trees and bushes strewn around the dark-brown path aroused in me a universal kind of sadness, tinged with fear, which could be alleviated only by the thought – the certainty – that this is nature at its darkest.
When faced with a deafening silence, it is difficult to distinguish between sounds produced by one's own thoughts and those originating from without. Some time passed before the realization came over me that a foreign voice, a male voice, penetrated the stillness of the park – and with it, the clatter of my internal dialogue. I managed to isolate the lonely voice in the stillness that surrounded it. I listened, minutes passed, and while I expected a reply to the voice from somewhere out of the darkness, none came. No one responded. A lonely talker in the night? A madman, surely? And yet, the only difference between the two of us was that his monologue was vocalized, while mine remained unspoken.
I moved closer to the origin of the voice, careful not to be noticed – more out of instinct than premeditation. At last I could hear him clearly, and I could see him now, too – an indistinct body shrouded in a thick black cloak. I had already sensed from afar the tense emotion that pierced his still youthful voice, but now that his words had taken meaningful shape, the intense passion that marked each syllable became perceptible as well:
"I don't remember it! I don't remember it when I wake up, not when I get dressed, I don't remember it when I have breakfast. I pour milk into my little bowl and I don't remember that you left me. I drink my coffee and I don't remember you! I drive to work and feverishly fix my eyes upon the road, upon the entire world, and I don't remember you. I work all day and remember you not at all! Someone might ask me during the day, and I might offer a description of what happened, of the situation, of the past, of you, of us together, but I don't remember you. I don't remember the details of your physiognomy, I don't remember that out of a billion faces I would always choose to wake up next to yours – not because your face held the greatest beauty in any objective sense, but because I loved it, because I adored it, and that is enough. And I don't remember that your words were as familiar to me as my own, that your concerns, desires, wishes and wants were as dear to me as my own – no I do not remember you! Even as I make my way home, I don't remember that it used to be our home. When I make myself dinner, I don't remember that I used to cook for you, too. I don't remember that we watched television together and read books after dinner, the first desperately needing the latter in greater proportion, we agreed, in order to protect one's mind. And I don't remember how we used to rush upstairs giddily in the sweet anticipation of spending the night together. No, no I remember none of these things, none of them…"
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Laurel Ridge Operations Update 10/28/16
Our Management Team is very pleased to hear that LRCC members care so much about their club! Your survey responses made that abundantly clear. The input and suggestions have also shown many areas where enhancements and changes can be made to improve your membership experience. Each and every response was tabulated and given consideration and a letter has been drafted to be mailed and emailed very soon. This letter will summarize all the member survey responses and detail the club's plan of action…many projects that were suggested have already begun! Watch for the letter soon and feel free to email Seth or Ken at email@example.com with any additional thoughts.
Thanks for your patience as our technicians work to solve the intermittent problem with our phone system. In the meantime, dialing the direct extensions may help; ie., use ext. 171 for the Pro Shop; for dining reservations, call ext. 140 and for the office, please use ext. 131 or simply dial zero.
We are growing! Please join us in extending a hearty Laurel Ridge welcome to our newest members:
- Robert & Sherrie Edwards, Webster, NC
Laurel Ridge has lost a long-time member and friend to many. Don Hicks passed away on October 14 from sepsis contracted after an aortic valve replacement. Please keep his wife, Marilyn, and family in your thoughts and prayers. His obituary was shared by the family and is available to download.
Members now have more options to pay their monthly LRCC statements! ACH withdrawals, credit card and debit card payments are available to make paying your bill more convenient.
- Monthly ACH withdrawals can be drafted approximately on the 15th of each month. To choose this payment option and authorize monthly drafts directly from your bank account to pay your current month-end balance due, please contact the office for an ACH Authorization form. Allow up to one month for this service to begin after the form is completed and returned.
- To make a payment on your member account with credit or debit cards, simply follow the link provided on the bottom of LRCC's website homepage (Paycloud Portal). Payments are made through Plastiq and a minimal fee is applicable (2.5% for credit cards; 1 % for debit cards). For confidential log on procedures, call the office or email email@example.com.
- PRO SHOP SALE! All ladies clothing is on sale for 40% off! Penta golf balls by TaylorMade are Buy One Get One Free! Also, Bridgestone Golf Balls are offered at a special price: B330 Series, buy 2 dozen, get one free; E Series, buy 2 dozen for $40 (regularly $31/dozen). It's not too early to start your Christmas shopping for the golfers on your list!
- Deborah Beasley and Kathleen Korber represented Laurel Ridge lady golfers at the NC Senior Women's Golf Association by coming home as winners! The field of 96 golfers competed at River Landing in Wallace, NC. For the 4th consecutive year, Deborah was the Champion. She bested her nearest competitor by 7 strokes after the two-day event concluded. Kathleen competed in the 2nd flight and won 2nd Low Gross honors. Congratulations on your well-deserved victories!
- BRWGA – The end of season two-day Blue Ridge Women's Golf Association tournament was held at Wolf Laurel Country Club on October 4-5. LRCC had five ladies participating. Ann Cramm came in 2nd place overall. In Flight #1, Deborah Beasley was 1st and Lisa Benson was 2nd. Congratulations on the great play, ladies! Way to represent Laurel Ridge!
We are pleased to offer a full slate of fitness classes for our members led by certified professionals. Fees for each class are payable directly to the instructor:
- FITNESS TRAINING with Strick Strickland – Free class for members every Wednesday at noon. Let Strick's years of experience help you tailor your workout to get the most benefit for a healthy life! No pre-registration required; meet in the Weight Room & prepare to be motivated.
- TRX with Eileen Corbin – A new and different approach to fitness for men and women, also known as Suspension Training, that is safe regardless of age, gender or fitness level. Space is limited to 4 participants per class on Tuesdays at 2 pm and Wednesdays at 9:15 am ($10). Please call Eileen to register, 828-421-8566.
- TONE & STRETCH with Lisa Falbo – This session is open to men and ladies and will focus on light resistance training and deep yoga-type stretching on Mondays at 10 am. Cost is $10 payable to Lisa. If you have questions, contact Lisa at 828-337-1368.
- MUSCLES & MASCARA with Lisa Falbo – energetic mix of low impact cardio training, functional fitness and strength training for women only on Tuesdays at 9 am ($10).
- PILATES MAT with Erin Owen – Improve your flexibility and balance with this well-rounded, challenging, and invigorating pilates class on Mondays at 5:45 pm ($12).
- PILATES FOR BUFF BONES with Erin Owen – Suitable for almost anyone even those without bone density issues! Offered Fridays at 10 am ($12).
- CONDITIONING FOR GOLF & RACQUET SPORTS with Erin Owen – Crafted for golfers & tennis players and their specific needs and goals with exercises and stretches that address stability & control, improve range of motion, and help prevent injury. Offered Fridays at 11 am ($12).
- LMBT Brenda Gibson is offering MASSAGE SERVICES by appointment only, (850) 491-9425. She also offers convenient online booking on her website, waynesvillemassagebybrenda.com.
- The tennis ball machine is available for members' use at a rate of $12/hour. To reserve the ball machine, please contact Duane in the Golf Shop in advance so that his staff can assist you, 452-0545, ext. 171.
- Club staff will maintain and groom the tennis courts on a daily basis. If any issues with court maintenance arise, please call the office asap. Court reservations should be made in the Cabana.
Thanks for your incredible support of the restaurant this season! The restaurant serves dinner every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday evening. Check your email or the online events calendar for menus and hours. Lunch in the clubhouse is available Tuesday through Saturday and a scrumptious Sunday Brunch is offered with a different menu weekly. Please call ahead for dinner and brunch reservations.
- As the season comes to a close, many members still have a balance left to spend on their annual Food & Beverage Minimum. No worries though, there are still many opportunities to come enjoy lunch, brunch or dinner and dine with us! And remember, To Go orders and catering will also count toward your minimum; however, alcoholic beverages do not per NC law. Please keep in mind that December will be very busy with outside events and parties, so it may be wise not to wait until late. Any unspent portion left on your minimum will be billed to your account on January 1, 2017.
- Sunday's Brunch menu features carved roast beef au jus, fried chicken, roasted potatoes, black-eyed peas, vegetable casserole, Southern green beans, broccoli salad, mixed green salad, omelet station, biscuits & gravy & all your breakfast favorites for $22.99. Ages 7-12 can dine for $8; 6 & under are free! MEMBERS ONLY can order the breakfast portion for $13.99. The Bar is offering specials on Bloody Marys & Mimosas. Brunch is served from 11 am-2:30 pm.
- Next Tuesday on November 1, Chef will prepare an ITALIAN BUFFET with chicken Marsala, spaghetti bolognese, pasta fagioli & more!
- A SOUTHERN BUFFET will be offered on Tuesday, November 8 featuring all your "Made in the South" favorites! Don't miss this casual Tuesday buffet.
- WE LOVE OUR VETERANS! On VETERAN'S DAY (Friday, November 11), any current member or guest of a member that has served our country in any branch of the military will receive a free appetizer during dinner service! This is our way of saying thank you and showing that we recognize your sacrifices and appreciate your service! If you are a veteran, please let us know so that we can honor you.
- FLYING PASTA NIGHT is Tuesday, November 15! Our Chefs will create your pasta dish right in front of you! This is a popular dining event so please call ahead for reservations.
- An exquisite THANKSGIVING BUFFET will be served on Thursday, November 24, from 11:00 am-3:00 pm. The menu will feature slow-roasted NC turkey with sage gravy, hardwood-smoked ham, carved prime rib au jus, cornbread dressing, oyster dressing, Yukon Gold mashed potatoes, sweet potato souffle, currant & almond pilaf, collard greens, vegetable casserole, cranberry relish, tri-colored kale salad, mixed green salad, fresh fruit, ambrosia & desserts! Cost for adults is $29.99; kids 7-12 are $8. Six and under eat free. Reservations are a must! Please call before noon on Wednesday, November 23.
- Mark your calendars and make plans to attend our MEMBER CHRISTMAS PARTY on Wednesday, December 7. We will kick off the holiday season with the angelic Voices in the Laurel Children's Choir! Mark your calendars and watch for more information! You won't want to miss this celebration of the season!
LRCC offers THANKSGIVING CATERING if you prefer to entertain your family and friends in the comfort of your home. Order a complete meal to feed 10-12 people for only $195 or pick and choose from our a la carte selections. Call Danielle at 452-0545, ext. 138 to place your order by Saturday, November 19 to be picked up Wednesday, November 23 between 4-6 pm.
Do you know anyone looking for a country club home? We just love when our members tell their friends and colleagues about us! Spread the word…Laurel Ridge is welcoming new members with discounted initiations fees for Golf, Sports or Social Memberships. Best of all, when you refer a prospective member and they join, you receive a thank you – an account credit to spend any way you like. Call the office for details or to arrange a tour for your referrals.
Members are invited to a fundraising event to support KARE's mission to end child abuse and neglect through advocacy and education on Thursday, November 17. Our halls will be decked and lights twinkling for an evening of cocktails, heavy hors d'oeuvres and a silent auction. For tickets, call 828-456-8995 or visit www.karehouse.org.
Team Empty-Headed Nesters win again! Congrats to winning team members: Mark & Barbara Leigh, Marilynn Obrig, Sonia McGowan, Geri & Don McGowan, (back row) Steve & Florence Scarborough. The excellent but difficult questions were given by Ron Petty & Raymond McGowan. The next Trivia Night will be November 8th. Join the fun!


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Safer Roads Humber Partnership with M&G Vehicle Hire.
Hull based M&G Vehicle Hire, one of the first Driving for Better Business champions and a subsidiary of Northgate, Europe's largest rental and leasing firm, has been working with the Safer Roads Humber Road Safety Partnership to help Small and Medium-sized businesses in the Hull and Humber area to improve the management of risks faced by their employees when driving for work.
Following a very successful training day at M&G Vehicle Hire's site in Hull on 16 December, Adrian Kilvington, the Managing Director of M&G Vehicle Hire, has announced another training day for East Yorkshire businesses on 20 April 2010.
The day is targeted at van fleet operators of all sizes, some of whom may already be M&G Vehicle Hire customers. The programme addresses the issues of safe and efficient driving as well ways in which benefit from the environmental goals laid down by the Government as part of their Act on CO2 strategy. Driver skills are also assessed within the programme.
Feedback from participants at the 16 December event was strongly supportive of the information and training package delivered by M&G Vehicle Hire. It also highlighted the following facts:
- Local businesses still do not realize that the most significant risk to their business comes from driving. While almost all the participants were aware of the improvement in road casualty statistics, they were unaware that a third of those killed and injured on our roads are still people driving for work.
- Directors seem unaware of their responsibilities for managing the risks faced by those who drive for work on behalf of their businesses. One outcome of the day was to make these businesses take legal advice on how they should address this issue.
- Managing occupational road risk is a low priority within business.
- The benefits of briefing and training at work drivers were significant and yet most companies failed to do this.
Adrian Kilvington, the Managing Director of M&G Vehicle Hire, said, "We are trying to make local businesses more aware of their responsibilities for managing their at-work drivers as part of our work for the Driving for Better Business campaign. Our own experience of doing this shows that there are significant benefits to the bottom line, to our image and– most important of all - for our employees. Improved safety on the roads is a by-product of this type of management."
The next M&G Vehicle Hire event will take place on 20 April 2010. Anyone wishing to attend this event should contact M&G Vehicle Hire on 01482 575 777 or visit the M&G Vehicle website.


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Donald Trump has cancelled a trip to Britain next month in another sign of strained relations with one of the closest US allies since he became president.
British Prime Minister Theresa May was the first foreign leader to visit Trump after his inauguration last January and was filmed emerging from the White House holding hands, but a series of disagreement have since occurred.
* February 2017 - May says Trump's order temporarily banning people from a number of Muslim-majority countries is "wrong" and "divisive".
* March 2017 - May's spokesman dismisses as "ridiculous" charges that Britain's GCHQ spy agency helped tap Trump's phones during the 2016 presidential election campaign. The spokesman says the White House promised not to repeat the allegation.
* May 2017 - British police halt intelligence-sharing with the United States after the name of the suicide bomber who attacked a pop concert in Manchester was leaked to US media. Trump calls the leaks "deeply troubling".
* June 2017 - Trump criticises London Mayor Sadiq Khan, a Muslim, on Twitter following a deadly attack by three Islamists on the British capital. He accused Khan of making a "pathetic excuse" after the mayor urged Londoners not to be alarmed by extra police on the streets. May says Khan, a member of the opposition Labour Party, is doing a good job.
* August 2017 - After a rally by white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia in which a neo-Nazi drove a car into a crowd, killing a woman, May rebukes Trump for saying counter-protesters were also to blame for the violence.
* September 2017 - Following the attempted bombing of a train in London, May says it is unhelpful for anyone to speculate about the attack after Trump tweets that London police had had the suspects in their sights.
* November 2017 - Trump shares anti-Muslim videos on Twitter posted by the deputy leader of a British far-right group, something May's spokesman said he was wrong to do. Trump responded "Theresa @theresamay, don't focus on me, focus on the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom".
* December 2017 - May's spokesman says Britain disagrees with Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. "We believe it is unhelpful in terms of prospects for peace in the region," the spokesman said.


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Looks like you two are having a great time. My open house is the same weekend - probably along with everyone else! Have fun, Dawn
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Its hard to believe that it is already the middle of February. Time has a way of disappearing like a blink of the eye! I guess the older you get the faster it goes. Since we are still in winter lets have some more snow! Our snow around Maine is going very fast. Since we do snowmobile some and have a camp further north in Maine where usually snowmobiling is great we are all praying for those white flakes. Vacation week is the time we go with our grandkids and their parents. We have such a great time. In the meantime I am making new things for my website lizziesraggs and thinking Spring creations. Hard to get in that mood but I`m trying. Hope to hear from you and share what your all doing to get through this season.


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My current project, 'Building Tabernae', funded by an NWO VENI-grant, explores the economic history of investment in commercial space in Roman Italy, seeking to come to a better understanding of the history of urban consumer economies in the late republic and the imperial period. While it is clear that there was a sharp increase in the maximum scale of building projects involving shops, a phenomenon especially visible in Ostia and Rome, the dynamics of this development have not been understood.
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After studying Classics in Nijmegen, I did a Ph.D. in Classical Archaeology at Radboud University (Supervisors: Moormann & De Haan), Nijmegen, which I completed in 2010. From 2010 until 2013, I was assistant director of the Oxford Roman Economy Project at the Faculty of Classics of the University of Oxford (led by Alan Bowman and Andrew Wilson), and Supernumerary Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford.
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- Flohr, M. (2013) The World of the Fullo. Work, Economy and Society in Roman Italy. Oxford Studies on the Roman Economy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Flohr, M. (2012) 'Working and living under one roof: workshops in Pompeian atrium houses'. in Anguissola, A. (ed.) Privata Luxuria: Towards an Archaeology of Intimacy.
- Flohr, M. (2009) 'The social world of Roman fullonicae'. in Driessen, M.; Heeren, S.; Hendriks, J.; Kemmers, F.; Visser, R. (ed.) TRAC 2008: Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Amsterdam 2008 Oxford: Oxbow, 173-186.
- Flohr, M. (2007) 'Nec quicquam ingenuum habere potest officina? Spatial contexts of urban production at Pompeii, AD 79'. Bulletin Antieke Beschaving. Annual Papers on Classical Archaeology 82.1, 129-148.
- Flohr, M. (2005) 'Keeping up appearances. Design History and Use of Domus VI 14, 21-22'. Rivista di Studi Pompeiani 16, 37-63.
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I have used a Gorjuss stamp by Santoro, which I thought would be perfect for this colour scheme because of the foxes. I stamped the image in brown ink on kraft card and coloured it with Polychromos pencils. I hand stitched around the edges of the circle and also added some thread through the buttons that I used as centres for the flowers to tie it all together. The papers I have used are from the First Edition Desert Blooms pad.


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Police are searching for two men who may be linked to a missing mother-of-two.
Officers have released CCTV images of Craig Munro, 30, and Allan Robertson, 26, who they are keen to trace.
They have warned people not to approach the men.
One of the images appears to show the same location as a picture of Farrah Fadli – also known as Farrah Gillespie – who disappeared earlier this month.
She went missing from her home in Ayr, South Ayrshire, having taken her children McKenzie Scullion, 10, and Eva Kerr, four, with her when she left on 12 October.
Following a police appeal saying officers were "very concerned" at the 29-year-old's disappearance from her home in Thornyflat Drive, she dropped the children off at a friend's house in Irvine on Friday night, 14 October, and the youngsters are now with family. Ms Fadli has not been seen since. It is thought that she may have been in contact with the two men in the CCTV images at some point.
Ms Fadli is described as 5ft 4in, slim and with dyed blonde hair. It is not known what clothes she was wearing at the time she disappeared.
It is understood that police want to speak to Mr Munro and Mr Robertson in connection with the death of John Smith, 52, who was found critically injured at Misk Knowes, in Stevenston, North Ayrshire, on 8 October.
He was taken to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, where he died on 11 October.
A police spokesman said: "The police are currently pursuing a number of lines of enquiry in relation to tracing these males.
"Members of the public are advised not to approach these males but to contact police immediately on telephone number 101."
Police are still treating Ms Fadli as a missing person and urged anyone with information about her whereabouts to contact them.
Inspector Jim Hendrie said this week: "It is now almost a week since Farrah has gone missing and as time progresses we remain concerned for her well-being.
"It is extremely unusual for her to leave her children for such a long time and not be in touch with her family and friends.
"I would urge anyone who knows where she is to get in touch with police immediately.
"If Farrah herself is seeing these appeals, I would ask her directly to get in touch with police. Your friends, family and children are desperate to have you back safe and well."
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Ten years ago, the Afghan postal service lay in near total ruin, undone by the nation's civil war. Sending a letter usually meant having to find someone traveling in the direction of the recipient willing to carry a note and hoping for the best.
Then, about four years ago, Ahmad Sher, a Jalalabad shopkeeper, noticed his city had a post office. On a whim, Mr. Sher, who loves listening to the radio, decided to send letters to several talk radio programs using the Afghan government postal service.
Like most Afghan 20-somethings who have grown up only knowing broken government institutions like the post office, he wasn't surprised at his friends' skepticism when he told them he planned to send the letters. "My friends made fun of me and said my letters wouldn't be read on the radio for a year," Sher says.
Sher and his friends were surprised, however, when the letters started making it through regularly and in less than a week.
During the past 11 years, the United States has spent more than $60 billion on Afghan development to improve a government that still openly deals in corruption and often struggles to offer basic services to many of its citizens. Yet as the government struggles to develop despite an excess of foreign aid, the post office has quietly managed to become one of the most efficient national institutions and with extremely limited international assistance.
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Thursday, December 13, 2012
Today I made an important discovery. My youngest two children are pickpockets. Thieves in Gymboree clothing. Bandits in barrettes.
When I was taking the stroller out of the car, guess what I found? In the bottom of the stroller were several items that Victoria and Francesca had pilfered from our recent visit to the mall to see Santa. Drat! I didn't want to have to visit the mall for a long, long, long time, especially two weeks before Christmas.
This little Lego cup cost $8!!!
Now I had to wash the purple marker off their faces and dress everyone up to look presentable and then drive back to the mall to return their goodies.
Of course, the mall was packed. We should have brought our hiking gear for our walk from the parking lot. Everyone at the stores were very nice, if not surprised, as I returned the toys. I swear, as we were leaving the various stores (yes, the little quick fingers managed to sneak stuff from all over the mall) I caught Victoria stuffing some earrings down her dress.
Then I tried to think of what would make our day even more fun. I know, we'll get Victoria's feet measured and shop for new shoes for her! That will cement my migraine right in place. Notice there aren't any pictures of Francesca and Catherine in the store? That was because they were just a blur as they busily rearranged all the shoes.
Oooooo, sparkly! We really liked these shoes, but she couldn't walk in them.
Sigh. Fancy shoes just didn't fit her correctly.
In the end, we went with the practical pair. Victoria was very pleased with her purchase.
I have my suspicions that Victoria planned this spending spree all along! Hey....wait a minute, that's not our "Hello Kitty" toy!
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I have often joked with my husband that the diaper bag has turned us into a wild pack of Kleptos. I put everything on the counter but somehow forget to check under the diaper bag or even worse in the 2 yr old's arms :/
Glad to know we're not alone.
I came to read your blog as my heart is absolutely broken to pieces over the beautiful lives that were taken today in CT. Your rescue of your beautiful children is evidence of the good in this world and I so needed that today. Thank you for sharing your family with all of us and for brightening up a very sad day for me.ReplyDelete
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After scoring a stunning 69 off just 39 balls (12x4, 1x6) for Royal Challengers Bangalore in their must-win match against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL, De Villiers went on to pull off one of the catches of the tournament to dismiss Englishman Alex Hales.
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One of the innovations of the Oxford DNB is its inclusion of portrait illustrations, based on research in partnership with the National Portrait Gallery, London. With more than 10,200 images the dictionary provides the largest selection of national portraiture ever published. Here six experts choose a favourite portrait from the Oxford DNB's collection.
William Hazlitt (self-portrait c.1802)
by Lucy Peltz, curator, eighteenth-century collection, National Portrait Gallery, London
William Hazlitt (1778–1830)
William Hazlitt (1778–1830) was the foremost essayist and critic of the regency era. His writing is characterized by the elegance and erudition with which he vented his spleen on every subject from art to bare-knuckle fighting. Speaking out against tyranny and vanity in favour of liberty and nature, Hazlitt still captivates as an uncompromising, polemical idealist. His reputation has recently enjoyed a revival. In 2003 The Guardian led a successful campaign to erect his monument at St Anne's, Soho, and I curated a small exhibition to coincide with the launch of the new regency galleries at the National Portrait Gallery. Perhaps Hazlitt's attraction is that of the original 'angry young man'; however, the display was particularly thought-provoking as the irascible prose portraits in his Spirit of the Age serve as an antidote to the hagiography that portrait paintings generally propose.
After borrowing this haunting self-portrait for the exhibition I became intrigued by the prospect and impact of Hazlitt the painter. In a time-honoured trope of virtuosity, he wrote of his epiphany on visiting the duc d'Orléans's collection of old masters in 1798: 'From that time I lived in a world of pictures' (The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, 1930–34, 18.14). Seduced by Raphael, Guido, and especially Titian—whose work he judged to be Nature itself—Hazlitt set himself the high-minded task of becoming an Artist. Studying with his brother John, a jobbing portrait and miniature painter, was not the obvious route to this end, but wider horizons opened when, after the peace of Amiens, Hazlitt was commissioned to copy paintings in the Louvre.
Working at weekends when he could not visit the museum, Hazlitt took Titian's Ippolito de Medici as the model for his own self-portrait. The end result is more than an exercise in chiaroscuro: it is an introspective exposé of a 25-year-old idealist. The unflinching, single-minded gaze, the stark lighting, and the tilt of the head convey an intellectually arrogant young man, certain of his own elevated ideas yet somehow vulnerable and isolated.
Read against the backdrop of his life, this unique self-portrait is a poignant testament to unrequited passion. By 1804, steeped in frustration at his failings, Hazlitt turned his back on life as a professional portrait painter. He never lost his passion and went on to write numerous incisive, opinionated essays on art.
The question remains whether Hazlitt could have succeeded as a portrait painter. Aside from the technical flaws—he was overly in thrall to bitumen—he had a complete antipathy for 'Mr and Mrs Such-a-one', vain sitters who expected to be depicted according to their aspirations, as 'abstractions of persons and property' rather than, as he would have wanted to render them, as 'studies in light and shade' (Complete Works, 18.52, 108). Morally unable to compromise let alone flatter, the obsequious nature and commercial acumen required of a portrait painter eluded, even disgusted, Hazlitt.
Hazlitt never doubted the value of portraiture, if only it achieved 'the fullest representation of individual nature' (Complete Works, 18.75). His self-portrait is doubly affective when it is known that twenty-five years later, when he returned to Paris, Hazlitt tried to make a copy of Titian's Man in Black. His complete inability to do so painfully reawakened the anguish he had harboured since relinquishing his dream of being a painter. With his self-image rocked by failure he confessed:
I had no sense of feeling left, but of the unforeseen want of power, and of the tormenting struggle to do what I could not. I was ashamed ever to have written or spoken on art; it seemed a piece of vanity and affectation in me to do so.A. C. Grayling, The Quarrel of the Age: the Life and Times of William Hazlitt, 2000, 329
Eleanor of Castile (William Torel, 1291–3)
by Henry Summerson, research editor, Oxford DNB
Eleanor (1241–1290)
The beautiful gilt-bronze effigy of Eleanor of Castile (1241–1290) in Westminster Abbey is a memorial both to a woman and to her husband's grief upon her death. But it is more than that, for the woman was a queen and her husband, Edward I, was one of England's greatest kings, and in giving visible expression to his sorrow he was also making a public statement about himself and his royal authority.
When Eleanor died, at Harby, Lincolnshire, on 28 November 1290, it seems unlikely that she was greatly mourned outside her family. She appears to have been regarded as unduly assiduous in acquiring lands, as an extortionate moneylender, and as a significant influence on a royal government that was widely regarded as harsh. Edward's commemorative programme was not so much intended to prove his subjects wrong as to assert the power and dignity of the crown. Hence the twelve splendid memorial crosses, each containing a statue of the queen, that marked the places where her body rested as it was taken to Westminster (three survive, albeit heavily restored), and the three tombs constructed for her physical remains: in Lincoln Cathedral, for her viscera; in the church of the London Blackfriars, for her heart; and in Westminster Abbey itself.
The Westminster tomb effigy is closer to an official than a personal likeness, and may well have been based on Eleanor's seal. The queen's status is shown by the material used—metal rather than wood or stone—as well as by her crown (the sceptre she also carried is now lost). It was made, using the lost-wax method, by the London goldsmith William Torel. The whole tomb was the work of several craftsmen, including Thomas of Leighton, who made the iron grille protecting it, and William of Durham, who provided a wooden screen and canopy. Alexander Abingdon, who worked on some of the roadside crosses, may have supplied the wax model for the effigy. The tomb is thus less a single artist's creation than a corporate demonstration of, as well as testimony to, English artistic skills at the end of the thirteenth century. Its composite origins, together with the purpose it was intended to serve, may help to account for the emotional reticence of the effigy. Despite the sensitive rendering of her features, the dead queen presents above all a graceful expression of the dignity of royalty that was maintained at the court of Edward I.
Ted Hughes (Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1971)
by Mark Haworth-Booth, author of Photography, an Independent Art: Photographs from the Victoria and Albert Museum 1839–1996 (1997) and Wild Track: Poems with Pictures by Friends (2005)
Edward James Hughes (1930–1998)
I met Ted Hughes (1930–1998) and Henri Cartier-Bresson in the same year, 1978. I went that year to an Arvon Foundation writing retreat at Lumb Bank. Ted made a surprise appearance as guest reader, giving a memorable rendition of some of his finest poems in his magnificent, musical voice, and then accompanying his rapt listeners to the local pub. The same summer I worked with Henri on a huge retrospective of his photographs at the Edinburgh Festival. I spent some time with him too in various pubs, relaxing between bouts of hanging his show of 390 photographs.
My first encounter with Ted Hughes had come in the early 1960s during my first term at Cambridge University. He came to read in a crypt in, if memory serves, King's College. He was thirty-three and I believe it was the first public reading he had given since the suicide of his wife, Sylvia Plath. Next day I bought his first two books of poetry, The Hawk in the Rain and Lupercal. He and his work became talismans for me, and still are. My first meeting with Henri's photographs took place when I started work at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1970. The V&A mounted a big show of his photographs in 1969. His photographs were stored in the part of the museum where I worked. I got to know them well.
In 1977 I was appointed curator of photographs at the V&A. Sir Roy Strong, the director, was an ardent supporter of the art of photography. Our first grand purchase was an archive of Henri's photographs—the same collection that was to be shown in Edinburgh. However, this portrait of Ted, taken in 1971, was not among the 390. Henri generously added it to the collection at my request. He once sent me a postcard of the portrait and it looked back at me for years from a window-sill. I like it because it is simple and believable—and yet Henri used the 35 mm frame to emphasize Ted's powerful presence. This is made more emphatic by the way the flaps of his leather jacket hang forward towards us. I have felt that presence engulf a packed Queen Elizabeth Hall. And I have also experienced the intense physical and psychological presence of the man with the camera. This was a memorable encounter for them and consequently for us.
Helen Manson Biggar (Benno Schotz, 1932)
by Evelyn Silber, director, Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow
Helen Manson Biggar (1909–1953)
Recently I was walking about in Trafalgar Square, London, looking from every angle at Marc Quinn's newly unveiled white marble sculpture of the artist Alison Lapper, Alison Lapper Pregnant, which will occupy the famous fourth plinth until early 2007. The brilliant idea of using a competition to commission a succession of sculptures occupying the most grandly iconic location in London has greatly enlivened the debate about public and portrait sculpture. Public sculpture is so often ignored. How many, even this year, really looked at Lord Nelson atop his column as a piece of sculpture? Quinn's sculpture has attracted acres of media commentary and has thousands who visit the square looking and talking about its scale, finish, and colour, as well as its subject: a nude, pregnant, and disabled woman treated with the monumental gravity of a classical goddess or triumphant general.
Days later, serendipity led me to the fine 1930s Benno Schotz bronze portrait bust of Helen Biggar (1909–1953), another artist who overcame disability to enjoy a short but wonderfully diverse and productive career as a sculptor, theatre designer, film-maker, and radical political activist. She was previously unknown to me though I now live in her city, Glasgow, where she was active in agit-prop theatre and political causes during the 1930s and throughout the Second World War.
Benno Schotz, the foremost portrait sculptor of twentieth-century Scotland, was a friend and colleague of Biggar. His empathy for his subject shows, but he also plays to contemporary norms of portraiture, avoiding any reference to her disability through the conventions of the portrait bust, a genre still trailing clouds of glory from its classical past. Her strong bone structure, clear cut, handsome features, no-nonsense combed-back hair, and the sweep of a shawl round her shoulders convey her determination and intelligence, and hint at her creative dynamism. But so much about her remains enigmatic, hidden, or lost. Her downward gaze is reflective, intense, sad. Was this her fundamental mood underlying, and perhaps part contradicting, the outgoing and creative liveliness of her life and chosen media? Is hers a life still only partly acknowledged and understood? Even the bronze portrait's present location is unknown. I yearn to meet her gaze and get to know her better. From now on, I shall be watching for her tracks across the rich cultural life of the city.
Britannia (Jan Roettier, 1667)
by Catherine Eagleton, curator of modern money, British Museum, London
Britannia (fl. 1st– cent.21st)
In August 2005 the Royal Mint announced a competition for new designs for the reverses of British coins. In the discussion that followed in the media one of the designs seemed to be better loved than most: the 50p coin featuring Britannia. This ancient personification of Britain still seems to stir up feeling among contemporary Britons. Ancient representations of Britannia often had much in common with the Greek goddess Athena: a warrior and peace-maker, wise as well as strong. She first appeared on Roman coins under the emperor Hadrian, but after the end of Roman rule in Britain she slipped into the background. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries Britannia was once again evoked as a symbol of Britain, and in particular the country's growing naval and imperial power.
Jan Roettier's medal shows Britannia looking out to sea and to her naval fleet, since it commemorates the ending of war between the English and Dutch by the treaty of Breda in 1667. This treaty concluded a European war but also shaped the world outside Europe, with the Netherlands ceding control of what was to become New York in exchange for gains in the East Indies and a near-monopoly on the nutmeg trade. Despite the compromises made by the treaty, negotiated in the aftermath of a Dutch attack in June 1667 on the River Medway, Britannia looks optimistically at her ships, and the inscription around the edge of this medal describes Charles II as 'restorer of peace and of the empire'.
Britannia's draped clothing, spear, and shield follow Roman representations of the figure. At the same time there are modern features of this ancient lady. The union flag, adopted a few decades earlier, appears on Britannia's shield, and her portrait is said to have been based on a real person: Frances Teresa Stuart, mistress of Charles II. A few years later Britannia reappeared on British coins, and from 1694 she was depicted on Bank of England notes. Jan Roettier's Britannia, then, shows us some of her power—she can be a warrior, and also a protector, majestic and victorious. But she is also humble and sometimes vulnerable, in need of protection as much as she protects. Here, as in other depictions, she combines the ancient and the modern with a capacity for reinvention by successive generations. It will be interesting to see whether she continues to feature on British coinage when the new reverse designs are issued.
(Giles) Lytton Strachey (Dora Carrington, 1916)
by Frances Spalding, reader in twentieth-century art and head of fine art, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
(Giles) Lytton Strachey (1880–1932)
Everything that Lytton Strachey (1880–1932) did—the way he sat, spoke, held a book, even the way he buttered his bread—was different from the norm. He was tall (6 ft 1 in) but not unusually so. Nevertheless his lankiness seemed almost comically eccentric. Many artists felt compelled to draw or paint him. None, however, achieved such a spell-binding effect as Dora Carrington does in this portrait. Its success can be attributed to many things. But perhaps the first thing one notices is how well it portrays the activity of reading. To be 'lost in a book' is to be present and absent at the same time; and Strachey, though here recorded in physical terms, is also mentally far removed, absorbed in another world.
In order to convey his rapt concentration Carrington moves in close to her subject. She has omitted anything that would distract from the focus of her attention, cropping the picture so severely that we only see a part of his book. She has also exaggerated the size of his hands, partly to offset the face and to keep the interest balanced across the canvas. The warmth of the flesh tones in the hands and face are positioned and enhanced by the cold blue shadows in the pillow and on the wall behind. The more one studies this painting, the more it betrays the formality indicative of great artistry.
Strachey, in 1916, was relatively unknown. He had published Landmarks in French Literature, a general survey of the subject, and he was working towards his collection of four essays, Eminent Victorians, which was to make his name. He had first met Dora Carrington two years before, at a weekend house party in Sussex. While out walking on the downs he had suddenly kissed her. She was so angered by this that she crept into his bedroom, early the next morning, intent on cutting off his beard while he slept. But as she bent over the bed he woke and transfixed her with his gaze. It had a transformative effect on her, and from then on she remained devoted to him, sharing a house with him, first at Tidmarsh Mill in Berkshire, then at Ham Spray in Wiltshire. Her love for him was so great that after he died she despaired and took her own life.
The portrait is in part a record of their union. It was a relationship compromised by his homosexuality. A sense of exclusion may have stimulated Carrington's desire to catch and record not just Strachey's outward appearance but also his inner life. The fall of light, and its gentle pressure, stills the portrait. It is also suggestive of a tender, respectful watchfulness.
- W. Torel, gilt-bronze effigy, 1291–3, Westminster Abbey, London; Eleanor of Castile [see illus.]
- J. Roettier, gold medal (reverse), 1667, BM, George III, Eng. med. 87; Britannia [see illus.]
- W. Hazlitt, self-portrait, oils, 1802, Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery; William Hazlitt [see illus.]
- D. Carrington, portrait, 1916, priv. coll.; (Giles) Lytton Strachey [see illus.]
- B. Schotz, sculpture, 1932; Christies Scotland, 24 Sept 1997, lot 1; Helen Manson Biggar [see illus.]
- H. Cartier-Bresson, photograph, 1971, NPG; Edward James Hughes [see illus.]
See also
- Hazlitt, William (1778–1830), writer and painter
- Eleanor [Eleanor of Castile] (1241–1290), queen of England, consort of Edward I
- Edward I (1239–1307), king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine
- Torel, William (fl. 1291–1303), goldsmith and bronze caster
- Leighton, Thomas of (fl. 1293–1294), blacksmith
- Durham, William of (d. 1249), theologian and university benefactor
- Abingdon, Alexander (fl. 1291–1316), sculptor
- Hughes, Edward James [Ted] (1930–1998), poet and writer
- Plath [married name Hughes], Sylvia (1932–1963), poet and writer
- Schotz, Benno (1891–1984), sculptor
- Biggar [married name Montlake], Helen Manson (1909–1953), sculptor, film-maker, theatre designer, and political activist
- Britannia (fl. 1st–21st cent.), allegory of a nation, emblem of empire, and patriotic icon
- Hadrian [Traianus Hadrianus] (ad 76–138), Roman emperor
- Charles II (1630–1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland
- Stuart [Stewart], Frances Teresa, duchess of Lennox and Richmond [called La Belle Stuart] (1647–1702), courtier
- Strachey, (Giles) Lytton (1880–1932), biographer and literary reviewer
- Carrington, Dora de Houghton (1893–1932), painter


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Every time you kiss someone you gain one year of life, but would take one year away form that person
Would you take this power and/or curse?
That's right, Colleen Clinkenbeard is in my profile pic
No way, but it sounds like the perfect anime plot
get em teddy ◟ʕ╬ᴥ╬ ◟ʔ
That sounds like a pretty cool anime plot indeed.
I am dragon!!! ROAAWWWWRRRRR
I shall not, heck I don't wanna live any longer than the years I already have (or maybe "years", who knows)
I'd rather give my years of life in hope it is put to better use.
Well, what is the fine print? Are BJs still penalty free?
time to go down range
You know, people were saying the thread topic could be the plot of an anime. It could also be the plot of a comedy anime.
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You know, people were saying the thread topic could be the plot of an anime. It could also be the plot of a comedy anime.
A romantic comedy anime that got really dark really fast.
..If that happened with me, I'd probably give away a few years, but as far as taking is concerned, I wouldn't do it.
It's been fun, everyone, but I'm afraid I must leave. Adios~
Actually, maybe it would work better in an anime if you had it so that every kiss added a year to the beloveds lifespan, but took one year away from the others lifespan. With the original set up, it's easy, a good natured main character wouldn't kiss them if it took away from their life. They love them so they don't want to hurt them. Now, if the main character loses a year with every kiss but gives a year to the beloved, if the effects of this power flowed in the opposite direction, I think they could make a better anime with that concept.
I'd be the nicest person to everyone I hate, and I'd live forever.
It's not takeout, it's delivery.
I would take everyone's years. Most creatures have a fear of death, or at least a sense of their own mortality. I would have no qualms about bolstering my own life. If you wanted to spare others then simply take a single kiss from each person. In the grand scheme of things a single year isn't very long, and the damage to their own lives would be minimal. Granted, there is no doubt that you would be contributing to their deaths (what if they only had a year left to live?) so how far one would go would depend upon your own conscience.
Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist.
I'd take the power and marry someone with the same power...we could suck up life of strangers
When you really want something, the whole universe conspires to make it happen.
I also just thought about something: What if your lover was going to die for any medical reason while in the hospital and they kissed you? Would that mean that the problem would go stay away for another 365 days, or would it still be there (with them suffering) but they don't die? Also, if they kissed you enough times, would that mean that their would be cause of death would become your cause of death?
It's been fun, everyone, but I'm afraid I must leave. Adios~
I currently have a boyfriend so in the event that that scenario was true to life, I would (imagine) that we would take turns. In that case, I would kiss him and gain a year of life, that he would lose. The next kiss we share would be instigated by him, taking back the year of life he lost and leaving me with the amount of years I originally had. In the event that we stayed together, got married etc. then we would be able to live out our complete natural lives, no? Then again things like unforeseen incidents, potential early death and so forth may cause sacrificial acts to be occur such as offering years of my own life to prolong his and vise versa.
/5ever lurking~ 鳥の詩 I killed your senpai. ✨
It sounds like your referring to a Succubus that steals life away through lustful activities.
is this true?
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Its been a long time since the last episode of penguin who, because of partys and my video editor, but i have finaly released episode 6! As the Doctor and Pinguoo6 battle to save the coffee shop, the experiments finish their "Bang machine"...
Next episode: Arcade Madness!
Sorry for the wait for this episode again! The next episode, is looking to be one of the best (So far)...
Friday, 20 August 2010
Penguin Who episode 6: Finishing Touches (2/2)
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One Sunday morning an old cowboy entered a church just before services were to begin. Although the old man and his clothes were very worn and ragged, in his hand he carried a worn old hat and an equally worn out old Bible.
The church he entered was in a very upscale and exclusive part of the city. It was the largest and the most beautiful church the old cowboy had ever seen. It had high cathedral ceilings, ornate statues, beautiful murals and stained glass windows, plush carpet and velvet like cushioned pews. The building must have cost many millions of dollars to build and maintain. The men, women and children of the congregation were all dressed in the finest and most expensive suits, dresses, shoes and jewelry the old cowboy had ever witnessed. As the poorly dressed cowboy took a seat, the others moved away from him. No one greeted him. No one welcomed him. No one offered a handshake. No one spoke to him. They were all appalled at his appearance and did not attempt to hide the fact.
The cowboy assured the preacher he would do that and left.
The very next Sunday morning the old cowboy showed back up for the services, wearing the same ragged jeans, shirt, boots and hat. Once again the congregation was appalled at his appearance. He was completely shunned and ignored again.
The preacher noticed the man still wearing his ragged clothes, and boots, and instead of beginning his sermon, stepped down from the pulpit and walked over to where the man sat alone.
"I thought I asked you to speak to God before you came back to our church," the preacher said. "I did," replied the cowboy. "If you spoke to God, what did He tell you the proper attire should be for worshipping in here?" asked the preacher. "Well sir," said the cowboy, "God told me that he wouldn't have the slightest idea what was appropriate attire for worshipping in your church, He says He's never even been in here."