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Choosing a rental property should be one of those well-thought-out decisions. You don't want to just decide to rent on a whim and jump on the fixer-upper next door simply because it seems like a good deal. You should also consider investing in areas outside of your own backyard. To show you the benefits of looking beyond your area to invest, we've compiled a list of the top 10 best places to invest in real estate in the U.S.
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Best Places to Flip a House
New Jersey
Although the average listing price for a house in New Jersey is a bit high at $372,916, you can't beat an ROI of 141.6 percent. New Jersey has a growing population with rising employment opportunities and a good economy. Because of this, you should have no problem fixing up a house and selling it for a handsome profit. The average time it takes to flip a home in New Jersey is 207 days, with an average profit of $102, 300.
Maryland is another gem when it comes to investing in real estate. With an average flip time of 198 days and an average profit of $109,617-- it's really a great time to jump on board. The average listing price for Maryland is $369,454, so you will need to put down quite a bit of money up front. You'll make all of that back and more at the end of the flip, though.
Tennessee has a steadier housing market than most areas (3.3% year over year change in home prices), making it a great place for the safe flipper to invest. With the average Return On Investment at 85% and the average flipping time at 186 days, there's no doubt that Tennessee is worth looking into if you're in the market for a flip.
If you've got the money for a higher purchase price for a greater reward, Colorado is your state. The average home is listed at $538,477, but the average ROI is a whopping 155.65! It takes an average of 176 days to flip the home, which isn't bad at all considering your ROI!
Florida is a great place to invest, which is why it makes our list TWICE! Your flipping stats are pretty good:
- Average listing price of $406,803
- Average ROI is 83%
- The average amount of time to flip is 151 days
And the economy is great. As always, it depends on the area you invest in, so make sure you complete a CMA and explore the area's income and employment ratio prior to jumping in and investing.
Best Places for Investing in Rentals
This list is similar to the flipping market. Because you are looking to rent out properties, however, you are going to need to do a bit more homework on the area. You'll need to know how much rent prices fluctuate year by year, as well as the amount of time it will take you to pay off the mortgage. The demographics of the area also make an impact on the amount of money you'll be consistently putting back into the property. Higher income areas tend to have less damage done to the property. The renters also stay pretty consistent on paying their rent and staying on the property for a long period of time.
St. Paul, MN
The middle of the U.S.-- especially on the eastern half of the middle-- is a great place for fixing up multi-unit homes and renting them out for a consistent flow of cash. With steady population growth (9.6%) and a nice employment growth rate (3.2%), it's ideal for rental properties. The rental yield is 8.37% which is good for the area. As with most large cities, you will want to check the neighborhood crime and income rates when considering which properties to purchase.
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Jacksonville, FL
See? Here's Florida again. Jacksonville is a great place to own a rental property. With a population growth of 1.55% and a rental yield of 7.43%, you really can't go wrong. Jacksonville also did fairly well during the 2007 market crash as well, which indicates a strong market. You can't beat the sunny weather, either!
Cleveland, OH
Want to pay your mortgage off in only 7 years? Invest in a rental property in Ohio. With rising home values and a high rental yield (14.67%), it really is a cream-of-the-crop location to invest. Although the population is declining, home values continue to be on the rise, meaning demand for rentals also rises, as do prices.
Richmond, VA
Rising home values and a not-too-shabby rental yield, Richmond is one of those cities you don't want to miss. Here are some of the stats:
- Employment growth is 2.2%
- Population growth is 1.61%
- Increase in home values is 14.9%
- Rental yield is 6.02%
Charlotte, NC
The rising numbers don't lie, and Charlotte has rising numbers. Charlotte's population growth continues to grow year after year and is currently at 1.89%. The rental yield is at 5.89% and continues to rise as well, which is pretty promising for investors looking for a rising market.
No matter where you choose to invest, Clever's got you covered. Our top-rated agents are all over the U.S., making it easy for you to find a real estate agent you know you can trust wherever you're investing. Call us today at 1-833-2-CLEVER or fill out our online form to get started.


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Aviation and shipping — impacts on Europe's environment TERM 2017: Transport and Environment Reporting Mechanism (TERM)
Domestic and international aviation and shipping are key components of Europe's mobility system. They are both economic sectors that directly bring many societal and economic benefits, such as the delivery of a wide range of goods and services and provision of employment and mobility for personal leisure or business purposes. However, from the broader environmental perspective, both sectors are also seen as challenging, because increasing demand within each of the sectors is exerting increasing pressures on the environment and climate. Their joint consideration in this TERM 2017 report also reflects key similarities, opportunities and challenges between them.
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Time: April 12, 2018 from 6pm to 8:30pm
Location: Boca Raton Museum of Art
Street: 501 Plaza Real
City/Town: Boca Raton
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A recognized South Florida musical treasure, Marshall Turkin's Classic Jazz Ensemble performs instrumental favorites in the galleries. The sounds and syncopations of our seasonal program Jazz in the Gallery start promptly at 7:00 pm, generously sponsored by Edith Stein in memory of Martin Stein.
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Risky play activity sessions helps children to explore boundaries
East Devon's Countryside Education Ranger helps children centres and families to benefit from fun but challenging outdoor play sessions
Countryside Education Ranger Penny Evans has been busy holding a number of outdoor risky play sessions throughout October for groups of preschool children and parents from the Axe Valley Children's Centres. Risky play is about providing opportunities for children to encounter or create uncertainty, unpredictability and potential hazards as part of their play. However, it doesn't mean putting children in danger or serious harm.
The play sessions have been taking place in the gardens of Axe Valley Children's Centres in Axminster, Seaton and Honiton with two Stay and Play groups for under fives, a Toddle-tastic group for children between one to two years and two Bumps to Babies Buddies groups for under ones and their parents.
The Children's Centres were keen to explore the concept of risky play with their under five's groups. Opportunities for risky play and playing outdoors have declined in recent years due to concerns over safety. However, research has shown that risky play allows children to manage risks for themselves, extend their limits, develop motivation and learn new life skills.
During the sessions children used log slices and planks to create stepping stones, slopes and steps to climb on and jump off. A large net was used to make a swinging hammock between two trees, while ropes and buckets were turned into pulleys and wrapped around trees. Trowels were provided for digging in the mud. Everyone participated with enthusiasm and seemed to enjoy trying the new activities.
The Seaton Toddle-tastic group loved exploring the natural environment at Seaton Wetlands and found plenty of interesting objects to look at, from spinning sycamore seeds to tickly feathers.
Alix Hamilton, Services and Outreach Coordinator at Axe Valley Children Centres said: "Penny's sessions never fail to engage and delight our young service users. The group from the Seaton Toddle-tastic group spent time simply throwing sticks and stones off a bridge. This fun activity allowed them to learn about cause and effect, as well as creating all important speech and language opportunities."
In Axminster and Honiton, the Bumps to Babies Buddies groups included sling or buggy walks - parents without carriers for their babies were lent slings by the children's centre. The walks took everyone through fields and footpaths in the glorious autumn sunshine, there were also plenty of blackberries to keep everyone going.
Alix Hamilton, who joined the walk in Axminster, said: "Penny always ends her sessions with a nurturing cup of hot chocolate, heated on her now signature storm kettle. As the mums enjoyed their drinks and chatted about their week, Penny provided an array of natural items for the babies to explore. Items such as sticks, rosemary sprigs, shells and driftwood demonstrated that there is no need for expensive toys to create opportunities for babies to explore, learn and develop. Our mums (and staff) always leave Penny's sessions feeling recharged and re-energised. She is an invaluable resource to us at the centre and we know are very lucky to be able to utilise her expertise.''
Several Mums commented on how good it was to break up their day with time outside andhaving conversations with other parents. Charlotte Thomas, one of the mums who attended the Stay and Play in Honiton said: "Seb had a brilliant time playing with Penny the Education Ranger in the mud and finding caterpillars. It's always great to get him outside and have fun with nature."
Education Ranger, Penny Evans said: "I always enjoy the sessions I run with the Children's Centres. It is so rewarding to see young families enjoying playing together and exploring outdoors. There are so many health and wellbeing benefits to spending time outdoors for both children and adults, which brings an added sense of satisfaction to my work. I hope that these sessions support families to grow in confidence to get outside more so that they may reap the benefits for years to come.''
Councillor Pauline Stott, who chairs the Housing Review Board said:
''Many children today are losing the wonderful experience of life spent outdoors and the times of making dens in hedges and climbing trees seems almost gone. I believe that the partnership between the Children's centres and the Education Rangers from the Countryside service is vital to helping our tenants and young families get the best outdoor activities for their children. There is so much to learn about our countryside that stays with one for ever and helps the next generation to appreciate it. I hope we can help many more families experience the fun of the outdoor life.''
These sessions were part of a wider outreach project engaging with the community and their local green space run by East Devon District Council Countryside team in partnership with East Devon Homes.
To find out more about the service East Devon District Council Countryside team provide to communities in East Devon contact the Countryside team via email: email@example.com or phone: 01395 517557.


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Those opposing perspectives clashed at Mission Bay Park Committee's June 4 meeting at Santa Clara Recreation Center. It was a Campland "home crowd," as the meeting was packed with residents in yellow shirts who were supporters of the year-round, 40-acre Mission Bay destination RV resort with 500-plus RV sites.
Once again, environmentalists were pitted against commercial interests vying for influence in the City's ongoing De Anza Revitalization Plan. That plan seeks to reimagine, repurpose and revitalize the northeast corner of Mission Bay Park.
The 166-acre, bay front project area identified in the Mission Bay Park Master Plan includes De Anza Cove Park, Mission Bay Golf Course, the Mission Bay Athletic Fields, the Pacific Beach Tennis Club and the Boat and Ski Club.
Pierre Saladin, of the City's Real Estate Assets Department, told MBPC De Anza Mobile Home Park's current operator noticed the City that they were "terminating their operating contract effective June 30."
Saladin said the City's proposed, short-term lease with Campland would be "four years initially, with one-year extensions that automatically take place if the lessee completes public benefits within a 24-month period."
Jacob Gelfand, vice president of operations for Campland, made his case to MBPC during a 15-minute slideshow presentation. He argued the dilapidated and asbestos-contaminated former De Anza Mobile Home Park constitutes an emergency health threat.
"Overgrown brush and trees also pose a hazard, and the bike and pedestrian path going all the way around the peninsula are in need of repair to make it safe and accessible," said Gelfand. "The bad news is, it's going to take a minimum of five years for the City to move forward on its long-term revitalization plan. The good news is, we (Campland) can address some of these challenges during that interim period, without prejudicing the outcome of that long-term plan process."
Added Gelfand, "If anything, it (short-term lease) is going to accelerate the timing and dramatically reduce the cost and complexity in moving forward with whatever (redevelopment) plan is ultimately selected and approved."
MBPC board member Chris Redfern, representing District 2, asked, "Any reason why the City hasn't looking into a month-to-month lease on the site?"
City real estate reps replied that the short notice given by the former mobile home park's current operator precluded that option.
Gelfand's plan includes: a five-year lease to take over camping at De Anza RV; a 24-month timeframe to do asbestos abatement and remove abandoned mobile homes; re-opening the scenic coastal bike and pedestrian path around De Anza peninsula; adding 150 more RV campsites to the existing 260, as well as a shuttle between De Anza and Campland; and extending Campland's lease through 2026.
Not everyone agreed with Gelfand's plan, with some critics questioning its motivation.
"We're looking forward to moving ahead with wetlands restoration that was identified 25 years ago in the Mission Bay master plan," said Karin Zirk, of Friends of Rose Creek. Warning of the potential for legal challenges, Zirk added, "I do not want a lease to be granted that would end up in litigation, where everyone loses."
PB activist Scott Chipman spoke in favor of the Mission Bay Gateway Plan, missionbaygateway, which calls for balancing recreational, educational and environmental needs in Mission Bay Park redevelopment.
Kristen Victor, representing C-3, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving the region's built and natural environment, said: "We believe a holistic plan needs to be provided. There's no current emergency here."
"We are at a unique crossroads where the City has an opportunity to revitalize Mission Bay into a world-class water park with guest lodging, recreation, education, mobility and accessibility for all," said C-3 prior to the June 4 meeting.
"Yet, piecemeal planning and short-term interests threaten to diminish this historic opportunity… the City has proposed a short-term development deal for a portion of De Anza Cove. If the proposal is approved, commercial land uses will become further entrenched, limiting the ability to revitalize Mission Bay Park into a world-class destination with greater bay front access."
Gelfand's plan is expected to be heard by the City Council later in June. The Coastal Commission would also have to sign off on it at a later date.


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The Courts, Congress and the Executive Branch - Annual Report 2014
The Congress can pass legislation that may affect the federal courts either in the way they operate or the type of cases that come to them. The President nominates persons to become federal judges, and the Executive Branch also oversees the government's prosecution of cases, and plays a role in the legislative process. Some of the legislation considered in the 113th Congress and actions taken by congressional taskforces and independent agencies had the potential to impact all the courts.
Immigration Reform
Although the Judicial Conference did not take a position on the immigration reform legislation introduced during the 113th Congress, it did, in May 2013, express its concerns in letters to Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Charles E. Grassley (R-IA), chair and ranking members, respectively, of the Judiciary Committee. The legislation, if enacted, would have serious and broad resource implications on the federal courts. Without increased resources, the federal courts could not keep pace with the increased workload this legislation would create.
Cameras in the Courtroom
On December 3, 2014, Judge Julie A. Robinson testified at a House hearing on H.R. 917, the Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2013. The Judicial Conference is opposed to H.R. 917 and similar legislation that permit the electronic and broadcast coverage of federal court proceedings. Judge Robinson, as outgoing chair of the Judicial Conference Committee on Court Administration and Case Management, told the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet that "permitting cameras in the federal trial courts is not in the best interests of justice because doing so has the potential to impair substantially the fundamental right of citizens to a fair trial."
Record Keeping
In the 113th Congress, legislation was introduced that would make a number of reforms to federal record-keeping procedures and requirements, among them changes that would improve the federal government's ability to capture and archive electronic records. One bill, the Presidential and Federal Records Act, H.R. 1233, passed Congress and was enacted into law as Pub. Law No. 113-187. The law authorizes the Archivist to determine if recorded information, regardless of whether it exists in physical, digital, or electronic form, is a record, and that determination is binding on all federal agencies, including the Judiciary. This changes the current practice of collaboration between the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and the AO on matters of record keeping. Another bill, the Federal Records Accountability Act of 2014, H.R. 5170, passed the House but not the Senate. It also would have amended certain record-keeping processes for the Judiciary without providing for collaboration with the judicial branch.
The Judicial Conference did not take a position on either bill, but has, in the past, supported the collaborative relationship between the AO and NARA. AO Director Bates, acting in his capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference, sent a letter to House leadership expressing the Judicial Conference's concerns with the two bills.
Equal Access to Justice Legislation
The Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act, H.R. 2919, would have required the Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) to report to Congress annually on the amount of fees and other expenses awarded to prevailing parties other than the United States in certain administrative proceedings and civil court cases (excluding tort cases) to which the United States is a party, including settlement agreements, which includes sealed settlements. The bill, which failed to be enacted in the 113th Congress, also would have required the Director of the AO to provide the Chairman of the ACUS with all information requested to produce such reports.
The Judicial Conference has a long-standing position that any required reporting to Congress of attorney fees paid pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) be made by the government agencies paying such fees, rather than by the Director of the AO. Additionally, the Judicial Conference has a position opposing any legislation that would have the effect of requiring the federal courts to unseal or otherwise make public information that is meant to be confidential under a federal court order.
Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act
There has been much discussion over how to provide a bankruptcy process for insolvent financial institutions seen as systemically important to the health of the national economy.
In July 2014, the House Judiciary Committee released a discussion draft of the Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2014 and then released a revised discussion draft in August 2014. The bill would set forth requirements and prohibitions regarding: commencement of a case concerning a covered financial corporation; a special trustee and bridge company; special transfer of the property estate in bankruptcy; treatment of qualified financial contracts and affiliate contracts; licenses, permits, and registrations; exemption from securities laws; and inapplicability of certain powers.
In September 2014, AO Director Bates, acting in his capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference, sent a letter to the chairman and ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee expressing concern over certain provisions contained in the August 2014 discussion draft.
The bill passed the House in December, but no action was taken either on it or on a similar Senate bill before the end of the 113th Congress.
Sentencing and Corrections Reforms
Legislative Actions: In Fiscal Year 2014, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) identified prison overcrowding as a significant management issue, and Congress considered several bills to reduce the number of federal prisoners.
Two bills with a potential impact on the federal prison population—and on the Judiciary— cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee, but neither came to the Senate floor.
- S. 1410, the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2014, would have, among other things, expanded "safety valve" exceptions to mandatory minimum sentences, lowered mandatory minimum penalties in certain drug offenses, and made the Fair Sentencing Act (which lowered penalties for crack offenses) applicable to inmates sentenced before the Act went into effect. The Judicial Conference has long-standing positions opposing mandatory minimums and supporting their repeal.
- S. 1675, the Recidivism Reduction and Public Safety Act of 2014, would have required BOP to develop a dynamic risk/needs assessment, and to create a system of earned credits that inmates could use to shorten their time in prison, plus a notice and hearing procedure by which the sentencing court could prevent an inmate's early release if it would jeopardize public safety. Inmates released early would be placed in home confinement or on a newly created term of "community supervision" and be supervised by probation officers while in BOP custody.
In September 2014, the Judicial Conference adopted the Criminal Law Committee recommendation that the Judicial Conference oppose those portions of S. 1675, or similar legislation, that would require Article III judges to exercise powers traditionally exercised by executive branch parole officials in deciding whether to allow a portion of a prison sentence to be served in the community.
U.S. Sentencing Commission Actions
In April 2014, the U.S. Sentencing Commission approved several proposed amendments to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual, including one that would lower by two levels the offense levels in the Drug Quantity Table, then sought public comment on whether the amendments should be applied retroactively.
The Judiciary expressed its concern about the impact the added workload would have on public safety and probation and pretrial services if the proposed amendment was approved. In the past 10 years, probation staffing has declined 5 percent, while the post-conviction supervision caseload rose 19 percent.
In June, Judge Irene Keeley, chair of the Judicial Conference Criminal Law Committee, testified at a Commission hearing in support of retroactivity, but only if the courts were authorized to begin accepting and granting petitions on November 1, 2014; any inmate who was granted a sentence reduction would not be eligible for release until May 1, 2015; and the Sentencing Commission helps coordinate a national training program that facilitates the development of procedures that conserve scarce Judiciary resources and promote public safety.
On July 18, 2014, in a unanimous 7-0 vote, the Commission decided that the amendment reducing the offense levels in the Drug Quantity Table by two levels would be applied retroactively. The Commission also determined that the effective date of retroactive application should be delayed beyond the seven months recommended by the Criminal Law Committee. Consequently, inmates granted a custody-term reduction based on retroactive application of the guideline amendment can be released no earlier than November 1, 2015.
The anticipated workload will impact judges, chambers staff, and federal public defender offices, but will especially impact probation officers, who will be charged with preparing retroactive resentencing reports for the courts and then supervising inmates who are released after sentence reduction. For more on the impact of recent criminal justice reform, visit the Probation Section of the 2014 Annual Report.
Task Force Urged to Curb Over-Federalization of Criminal Law
At a July hearing, Judge Irene Keeley, chair of the Judicial Conference Criminal Law Committee, told the House Judiciary Committee's Over-Criminalization Task Force of 2014 that policy initiatives curbing over-federalization of criminal law, reforming mandatory minimum sentences, and amending the Sentencing Guidelines have the support of the Judicial Conference, but that the Judiciary currently lacks the resources to shoulder the increased workload that would result from large numbers of offenders being shifted from prison to supervision by probation officers. She urged Congress to review existing federal criminal statutes with the goal of eliminating provisions that no longer serve an essential federal purpose, and to use "sunset" provisions to require periodic reevaluation of laws. The Judicial Conference has long opposed the over-federalization of criminal law, which contributes to delay in the federal courts and overcrowding in federal prisons.


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Priced at $ 125,000, this property is located in an area known for timber production and turkey & deer are abundant throughout the area. The tract interior is accessed by woods roads from Ga. 144, the northern boundary of the property. There are 40 +- acres of planted pines planted approximately in...55.49 Acres : $125,000
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Channel Islands Sailing and Exploration
- Vessel: Polly Agatha
- Where: Guernsey
- Duration: 5 days
- Embark: St Peter's Port - 7 September 2020, 10:00
- Disembark: St Peter's Port - 11 September 2020, 11:00
Explore the beautiful archipelago of the Channel Islands under sail with more sunshine hours a year than anywhere else in the UK!
Spend five days sailing and exploring the Channel Islands with Pilot Cutter Polly Agatha as you begin your sailing holiday on the island of Guernsey.
Starting in Guernsey's capital of St Peter's Port is a lovely way to begin your sailing holiday. This sweet waterside town has been voted as one of Europes prettiest harbours and has even won the RHS Britain in Bloom award – not surprisingly the island is well known for its flower growing. Away from the capital and on the surrounding coasts, traditional villages dot the landscape as locals wander with a truly relaxed island vibe. Narrows lanes and deserted beaches boast an abundance of history from Castles to Iron Age Forts to carved standing stones.
As with all our sailing holidays, there is no set itinerary and your journey will be dictated by the weather and tides. The tides here are a fascinating event to watch with the Channel Islands seeing one of the largest tidal ranges in the world, with ranges up to 12m. Mark, the skipper used to live on Guernsey so knows these island and sailing grounds well and all the best bits to explore.
The Skipper aims to have a balance of great sailing with enough time for plenty of island exploration aiming to reach the islands of Herm, Sark and perhaps even Jersey or Alderney. Anchor in secluded bays with deserted beaches all to yourself and if the sunshine delivers the Channel Islands promise of being the sunniest part of the British Isles, perhaps even enjoy a BBQ on the beach!
Thursday 10th September also sees the annual Guernsey Air Display held over St Peter Port Harbour. Formerly known as the Battle of Britain Air Display, this event has been an annual fixture for over forty years. Free to watch and quite a spectacular sight from a boat, the air show includes an impressive array of military aircraft both historical and modern-day. This popular event remembers and honours those who served in the Royal Air Force during World War II and in particular the pilots and crews who served in the Battle of Britain from June – October 1940.
Read more about the Channel Islands and what each island has to offer here.
Your journey will finish back where you started on Guerney with 800year old Castle Cornet a familiar sight on the horizon for approaching sailors and well worth a visit.
All meals and hot/soft drinks are included in your ticket price apart from one meal ashore per trip that is not included.
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Guest berths: 6 Rig: Gaff Cutter
Polly Agatha was built in 2008 and her design was based on the classic design of the original "Peggy", a Bristol Pilot Cutter. Pilot Cutters were designed to take their crews out into the wildest seas and keep them safe and as comfortable as possible. At the end of their era, it is not surprising that so many vessels became private yachts and their design is still being used to this day for sailing and charter yachts.
Externally Polly Agatha remains much in line with the design of the original Peggy with the traditional lines of a pilot cutter. Internally, however, Polly Agatha is fitted out with a beautiful modern interior and equipped with all the latest technology ensuring her guests' optimum comfort.
She spends her sailing season exploring the beautiful Channel Islands, The Solent and sailing over the English Channel to the French coast for the maritime festivals of Paimpol and Brest and Douarnenez.
Currently based in Portland, Polly Agatha has been sailing these waters for the last decade and her owner and skipper Mark knows the area well. The white cliffs of the beautiful Jurassic coastline are the perfect backdrop for sailing Polly. Spending her life so far as a charter vessel, she always has her guests in mind and her accommodation is well considered. Mark and his crew will give you a totally relaxed holiday experience and encourage you to be actively involved, showing you the ropes and sharing their maritime knowledge.
Deck planMore about Polly Agatha
- Are all meals included?
Yes, all meals on board are included in the price except one evening per trip where guests can eat onshore (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and soft/hot drinks) Alcohol is not included.
- Can you cater for dietary needs?
- What language is spoken onboard?
- What are the sleeping arrangements?
Polly Agatha has one private double cabin and 4 single berths in a bunk bed formation in a shared cabin. There are a further two single bunks in the saloon.
- How many toilet/showers does she have?
Polly Agatha has two bathrooms
- Is there WIFI?
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Translator of Silent Night, Holy Night
Verses 1, 6 and 3 of Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht!
John Freeman Young was born October 30, 1820, in Pittston, Maine, the son of John and Emma (Freeman) Young. In 1841, he began a course of studies in science at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, but left after his freshman year. He then converted to the Episcopal Church and began studies at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, graduating in 18451. He was ordained a deacon on April 20, 1845, and a month later, on May 23, 1845, he was assigned to St. John's Church, Jacksonville, Florida. He was ordained as a priest at St. John's Church, Tallahassee, Florida, on January 11, 1846. At that time, he was one of only two clergymen in active parochial service in the entire state, serving until December 15, 1847.
From Florida, he moved to various posts in Texas (1848-51), Mississippi (1852-3) and Louisiana (1854-55).
Photo Left: Stained glass window of Bishop Young. Photo by Bill Egan. Used with permission. Larger Image.
It should be noted that Rev. Young had an early interest in Church architecture. An example is The Chapel of the Cross, Madison, Mississippi, which was constructed in 1848. It is said that he assisted the owner, Margaret Johnstone, in aspects of the design of the chapel. The first Bishop of Mississippi, Bishop William Mercer Green consecrated the chapel on July 19, 1852. Bishop Green wrote that a debt was owed to the dedicated labor and elegant taste of Rev. Young. He had also overseen the construction of a gothic style church in Napoleonville, Louisiana in 1854, from "plans obtained from an eminent New York architect," which was described as "the most beautiful edifice of its kind seen in the Southern or Western country" by Bishop Leonidas Polk, first Bishop of Louisiana.
On June 19, 1855, Rev. Young become an assistant minister at Trinity Church, New York City, where he served until his consecration as Bishop of Florida in 1867. During his time in New York, he honed his interests in theology, church architecture, and hymnology, which included collecting and translating the great Christian hymns of various churches.
In in 1859, Rev. Young published a 16-page pamphlet titled Carols For Christmas Tide (New York: Daniel Dana, Jr.2). The first of the seven carols in this pamphlet was his definitive English translation of the great Lower Austrian hymn Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht! under the title Silent Night, Holy Night.
(High Resolution: Cover, Silent Night)
In 1860 and 1861, he published Hymns and Music For The Young, Parts 1 and 2, respectively. Part 3 was mentioned in the Preface (dated December 12, 1859) as yet unpublished; it is believed that his "Silent Night" translation was also contained in Part 3. In 1862, he appointed to a "Joint Committee on Hymnody and Metrical Psalmody." He was also served as the secretary of the Russo-Greek Committee of the General Convention, and edited the papers issued by them in furtherance of the intercommunion o the Eastern, Anglican, and American churches.
Much has been made of the fact that Trinity Church in New York City is near the Alexander Hamilton memorial where, in 1839, the Rainer singers of Austria included Stille Nacht in their repertoire. However, it must be remembered that Rev. Young did not serve at Trinity Church until 16 years later, beginning in 1855.
It has also been said that Bishop Young first heard Stille Nacht while he was in England, Europe and Russia in 1863 [actually, in 1864 according to the Papers of the Russo-Greek Committee]. This claim is unsupported since we have recently learned that first publication was in 1859.
As a result of his work with the Russo-Greek Committee, Rev. Young was awarded the degree to S. T. D. (Doctor of Sacred Theology) from Columbia College in 1865.
On July 25, 1867, Rev. Young was consecrated as the second Bishop of Florida by six bishops, the chief being the Presiding Bishop of the Church, the Rt. Rev. John Henry Hopkins, first Episcopal Bishop of Vermont, 1792-1868; (his son would edit a collection of hymns collected by Young, published posthumously in 1887). Young succeeded the late Bishop Francis Huger Rutledge, who had died November 6, 1866. Bishop Young would hold this post held until his own death from pneumonia in New York City on November 15, 1885.
The church in Florida had been so devastated by the effects of the Civil War that the Committee on the State of the Church wrote that it was a "wonder" that the church in Florida still had "an organized existence at all." Bishop Young described that time as "a struggle for life." But through his diligent efforts, from 1875 to 1885 the church expanded from 20 parishes or missions and 14 clergy at work — to 48 congregations ministered to by 36 clergy.
Bishop Young traveled extensively throughout the diocese on horseback, in buggies and cart, by streamer and sailboat, and sometimes on foot, but going from Jacksonville to Key West might take a month or more. Even so, in 1880 he reported that "eleven churches built or in progress in one year."
His activities in his Diocese was not limited to building churches and congregations. Shortly after his consecration, Bishop Young purchased the former home of Confederate General Joseph Finegan, turning it into an exclusive girls' school known as the Bishop's School or St. Mary's Priory in Fernandia (later moved to Jacksonville). Coincidentally, General Finegan is also buried in the Old City Cemetery in Jacksonville. Bishop Young also set up a boys' school in Jacksonville, St. John's Male Academy under the patronage of St. John's Church, in 1869. In that same year, he took part in the revival of the University of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee.
His early interest in church architecture also reaped great benefits to his Diocese. While at Trinity Church in New York, Bishop Young met Richard Upjohn, the architect who had designed New York's Trinity Church. Upjohn had published a book containing detail plans and instructions with which small congregations could build churches. Gothic in style, they looked like a church and felt like a church. In Florida many churches were built in Upjohn's Carpenter Gothic style throughout his diocese. Trinity Episcopal Church in Melrose, FL is an example of this style of architecture; you can find a line drawing of the church at their website, the History of Trinity Episcopal Church. The church was build in 1885-86.
In Key West, Bishop Young organized the first Episcopal church exclusively for blacks, St. Paul's. He also established a Spanish language parish for Cuban immigrants, St. John's. As a result of his two visits to Cuba, that country became an important missionary field for the Episcopal Church in the United States. It was during this time that it is believed that Bishop Young published a pamphlet which contained a series of twenty-five hymns in the Spanish language, with tunes.
During a visit to New York, Bishop Young was stricken with pneumonia and died very suddenly at aged 65, on Sunday, November 15, 1885.3 His funeral was conducted in St. John's, Jacksonville, on November 18, and he was buried in Old City Cemetery, Jacksonville, Florida. His wife would be buried next to him after her death in 1914 (presumably his second wife, Mary)4.
Two years after his death, the cornerstone to St. Andrew's Episcopal Church was laid. The church was a memorial to Bishop Young, and the land upon which the Church was built was a gift from J. N. C. Stockton, Bishop Young's brother-in-law. Now a National Register site, it is currently the home of the Jacksonville Historical Society. For an interior and exterior photograph of the church, see: Weddings & Parties.
In an article written by Bill Egan in 2003, it appears that the graves of Bishop and Mrs. Young have fallen into serious disrepair. Egan reported that the monument has acquired more of a tilt along with more grit and grime, that Mrs. Young's tombstone lies broken on the ground, and that fire ants are building a colony around the sinking slab over Bishop Young's grave. Photographs can be seen online at A Grave in Need.
According to Egan, during a visit to St. Augustine's Trinity Episcopal Parish, the new Bishop Coadjutor of the Diocese of Florida seemed dismayed when he viewed photos of the Young cemetery plot. Bishop Samuel J. Howard stated "I'll look into this." Bishop Howard also indicated that he would check on the availability of private donations or historical grants to restore the Young grave site.
Egan indicated that Bishop Howard mentioned that he and Bishop Young shared a similar background. "We both came to Florida from Trinity Church," Bishop Howard said while looking at an album of photos and stories about Young. Bishop Young was the assistant rector at Trinity Church from 1860 to 1867 and Bishop Howard was the vicar at Trinity from 1997 until his recent move to Jacksonville, according to Egan. Bishop Howard was consecrated at Saint John's Cathedral, Jacksonville on November 1, 2003 and was instituted as bishop of the diocese on January 29, 2004. In addition, both men were educated at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia.
Egan also noted that while the graves of Mohr and Gruber are the site of annual Christmas services, the grave of Bishop Young is virtually unvisited. He wrote "While Christmas pilgrims flock to the well-kept graves of Joseph Mohr and Franz Xaver Gruber, the Austrian originators of the world's best-loved carol, Bishop Young's final resting place has been neglected and ignored by people in Jacksonville and the Episcopal Church."
He added that for the past two years, greens were placed on Young's monument in Jacksonville during the Christmas season by a representative of the Silent Night Society of Salzburg, Austria.
On July 14, 2004, Mr. Egan posted the following note on the Christmas International Group at Yahoo:
During the Christmas season [2003], I wrote an article for the "Saint Augustine Record" about the terrible condition of the gravesite of the man who translated "Stille Nacht" into "Silent Night."
Several weeks ago I visited the cemetery again and was happy to see that the monument had been cleaned and that Mrs. Young's gravestone was once again standing after being almost buried in the dirt for a few decades. It was a surprise to find that it wasn't a dark color - but white marble with a beautiful lily carved into the back of it.
The large monument is still tilted forward so that's my next project - to get someone to put it upright again.
Editor's Note: I do not know who performed this service, but my hat is off to them! Good job and thank-you! And thanks, Bill, for bringing this matter to everyone's attention.
For more information about Bishop Young, including a photograph of his sadly neglected grave in Jacksonville, Florida, see Bill Egan's A Christmas Tale of Three Cities and A Grave In Need. An article written by Caroline Gabsewics entitled Downtown holds a piece of 'Silent Night' history appeared in the Jacksonville, FL, Financial News and Daily Record on December 16, 2005, and provided additional details. According to a post at the Christmas International group in early 2008, the Diocese Historian has been appointed to have repairs made to the graves of Bishop and Mrs. Young.
Grave of Bishop Young. Photograph courtesy of Bill Egan, Christmas Historian, August 2005.
Grave stone of Mrs. Young. Photograph courtesy of Bill Egan, Christmas Historian, August 2005.
The Translation Of Stille Nacht
The exact date of Bishop Young's translation of Stille Nacht is unknown but likely occurred between 1855 and 1859 while he was an assistant at Trinity Church in New York City. As noted above, a recently discovered pamphlet by Rev. Young titled Carols for Christmas Tide and published in 1859 includes, as its first carol,5 his famous translation: "Silent Night! Holy Night!"
|Previously, most sources believed that first publication Bishop Young's version occurred in 1863 (which was also the year of the death of Franz Gruber) in The Sunday-School Service and Tune Book: Selected and arranged by John Clark Hollister6 (New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1863; hymn #15, page 34). Below the title, a single line of text gave the only attribution: "From the Third (unpublished) Part of 'Hymns and Music for the Young.' By permission of the Author."7 However, Rev. Young's name did not appear on the page; neither did the names of Mohr or Gruber. This would be a harbinger; Young's relationship to his famous translation would remain unknown until Underwood's 1957 article. Hollister accurately reprinted the music and the translation; this would not always be true, as evidenced above. Hymns and Music For The Young - Part First was published in 1860. Part Second was published a year later, 1861.
But although Young's name did not appear on the "Silent Night" page, it did appear on another, All Thy Works, O Heavenly Father - Part Second. In addition to these hymns, Hollister reproduced three other hymns from Young's Hymns and Music For The Young:
The Morning Bright - Part First
I Think, When I Read That Sweet Story of Old - Part Second
Do No Sinful Action (and Page Two) - Part Second
These three have only the following attribution: "From 'Hymns and Music for the Young,' by permission of the author."
Another early publication of Young's translation was in A. B. Goodrich's A New Service And Tune Book For Sunday Schools (New York: Gen. Prot. Episc. S. S. Union and Church Book Society, 1863, New Edition, Enlarged, 1866), # 147, p. 133. There was no attribution. However, on the page that contained "Wonderful Night" (#151, p. 140), Goodrich wrote the following: "This, and No. 147, are inserted with the approval of the Rev. J. F. Young, D. D. by whom these delightful carols were first arranged for the children of the Church in this country." There was no other attribution.
"Silent Night" was also published in Charles L. Hutchins, Sunday School Hymnal and Service Book (Medford, MA: 1871) according to The New Oxford Book of Carols (1992). While I have been unable to locate a copy of Hutchins' 1871 edition, however, I did acquire a copy of the 1892 edition of Hutchins' Sunday School Hymnal. This volume, however, did not contain Young's "Silent Night." Rather, it included two versions of Jane Montgomery Campbell's "Holy Night! Peaceful Night!" (#495) and "Holy Night! Peaceful Night!" (under the title "Silent night! peaceful night!" #499). Hutchins did include Young's "Silent Night" in his Carols Old and Carols New (1916, #28, see left, as well as other versions).
After Young's death in 1885, Rev. John Henry Hopkins, Jr., published a collection of Young's translated hymns under the title Great Hymns of the Church (New York, 1887), which included Silent Night, Holy Night, with attribution to "Rev. J. F. Young." Rev. Hopkins is best remembered as the author of We Three Kings Of Orient Are. According to Rev. Hopkins, a few days before his death, Bishop Young "expressed the desire that, should he leave the work incomplete, it should be put into my hands to see through the press." See: Preface - Great Hymns of the Church, and additional notes in Hymns and Music For The Young - Part One - J. Freeman Young.
This was the last time that the name of John Freeman Young was associated with his famous translation for 70 years. During that period, authorship of this most popular English translation was credited to "Anonymous." But in 1957 that Young's name was re-associated with his translation. It was the Rev. Byron Edward Underwood, the Episcopalian Rector of St. Ann's Episcopal Church, Revere, Mass., who published an article in the October, 1957 issue of The Hymn, the official publication of the Hymn Society of America that revealed the identity of Young as the author. The title of the article was "Bishop John Freeman Young: Translator of 'Stille Nacht.'" It appeared on pages 123-130.
Rev. Underwood carefully traced the publication of "Silent Night, Holy Night" from 1863 to 1957, noting that since the appearance of Great Hymns in 1887, Young's name was nowhere associated with the famous hymn. He indicated that this omission would be corrected with the 1958 publication of The Pilgrim Hymnal.
On May 17, 2007, William Egan posted his translation of the three verses not translated by Bishop Young (i.e., verses 3, 4, and 5). This translation was made at the request of Austria's Silent Night Society. The translation, and a recording (using Gruber's original tune), can be found at the Christmas International Group at Yahoo.com. His posting was message #6320 under the title "Silent Night - The Other Three Verses" (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ChristmasInternational/message/6320 ). Mr. Egan's translation is included on the page that contains the translation by John Freeman Young (link above; inclusion with the kind permission of Mr. Egan).
Other Information About Bishop Young:
The Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill holds a collection of papers from Bishop Young. The collection is described as letters chiefly concerning church matters in Florida, Texas, Missouri, Louisiana, and elsewhere, but concerning other matters as well. Topics of letters include living conditions in Florida in 1848, the establishment of an Episcopal school for girls in San Francisco, 1854, and a yellow fever epidemic in Louisiana, 1855. For more information, see the John Freeman Young Papers page.
The Maryland Diocesan Archives in Baltimore, MD also holds some of Bishop Young's papers.
There is a biography with a portrait of Bishop Young at the website of The Episcopal Diocese of Florida. See: The Rt. Rev. John Freeman Young, Second Bishop of Florida.
If you have any additional information about Bishop Young, or a portrait of him that I could post on this site, please .
1. According to a letter dated 22 March 1957 from the Rev. Carleton Barnwell to Rev. Byron Underwood, Rev. Young could not have received a degree from Virginia Theological Seminary, since that institution did not seek and was not granted the authority to issue degrees until 1910. Return
2. After examining Young's Hymns and Music For The Young - Part First, it would appear that Dana might have been the printer, rather than the publisher. Hymns and Music For The Young - Part 1 was published by The Gen. Prot. Episc. S. S. Union and Church Book Society (New York). The printer, Dana, secured the copyright in 1860 in the same manner as he secured the copyright for Carols For The Christmas in 1859. Return
3. Bishop Young traveled extensively during his time as Bishop; in addition to parish visits, he frequently attended the meetings of the Diocesan Council in Tallahassee, and the the meetings of the General Convention and of the Foreign Missionary Committee in New York City. He also made two visits to Cuba. Return
4. His first wife was Miss Harriet Ogden of New York City. I do not know when or where they were married, although the dates 1855-1867 are likely, as they correspond to the years that Young lived in New York. She died on January 9, 1877, ten years after he became the second Bishop of Florida. In 1879, he married Mrs. Mary Stuart (Stockton) Finley, who passed away in 1914. Mary was the sister of John N. C. Stockton and Telfair Stockton of Jacksonville, men prominent in the history and development of Florida. Return
5. The other six carols in this publication include: "Earth Today Rejoices," "Good Christian Men Rejoice," "Here Is Joy For Every Age," "Earthly Friends Will Change And Falter," "Royal Day That Chasest Gloom," and "Good King Wenceslas." Return
6. At the time, Mr. Hollister was Superintendent of the Sunday-School of St. Paul's Church, New Haven, CN. Return
7. Rev. Byron Edward Underwood was a former traveling scholar in Denmark on the American-Scandinavian Foundation. He had done hymnological and musical research in the United States, Denmark, Sweden, Germany and France. He translated a large number of carols, 24 of which appeared in Swedish Christmas, by Tre Tryckare, Gothenburg, 1954. Return
I'm following up on the question of when Bishop Young was first assigned as an assistant minister to the Rector of Trinity Church, New York. The biography at the Diocese of Florida has the date of assignment as of 1860. I would ordinarily take this to be the authoritative word. However, two other sources either imply or state that the date of assignment was 1855.
Pennington wrote:
"In 1855, Mr. Young reported 26 communicants at Christ Church... Shortly afterwards, Mr. Young resigned, and was transferred to the Diocese of New York. There he became assistant at Trinity Church, New York, where he served until his election to the office of Bishop."
Underwood was more direct:
"On 19 June 1855 the Vestry of Trinity Parish, New York City, elected Mr. Young as one of three "assistant ministers" to the rector, the Rev. Dr. William Berrian (1787-1862), their salaries being $1,500 each. He was assigned to St. John's Chapel. (A History of the Parish of Trinity Church, in the City of New York, etc., Part V, N.Y. 1950, p. 26-8.)
Research on this question will continue.
I had previously been under the mistaken impression that Bishop Young had been the author of the hymn "Wonderful Night." However, in Great Hymns of the Church, credit for the lyrics is given to Dr. Joh. Frederick Meyer (1772-1848); the translation was provided by the Rev. Milo Mahan, D. D.; the tune "Christmas Eve" was composed by Dr. Conrad Kocher.
About Germany, About.com
Ian Bradley, The Penguin Book of Carols (London: Penguin, 1999)
Rev. Susie Cashion, Carols of Christmas, A Sermon, First Presbyterian Church, Lawton, OK, December 14, 2003 3rd Sunday of Advent
Bill Cawthon, The Song of Salzburg, December 15, 2003, at Promotex Online
The Chapel of the Cross, Madison, Mississippi
Bill Egan, A Grave in Need at St Augustine.com, A Christmas Tale of Three Cities, and his contributions to the Christmas International Group at Yahoo.com, of which he is the moderator.
Ernest K. Emurian, Stories of Christmas Carols (Cedar Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, Revised and Enlarged Edition, 1958)
Caroline Gabsewics, Downtown holds a piece of 'Silent Night' history, the Jacksonville, FL, Financial News and Daily Record, December 16, 2005.
Gassner, Josef, "Franz Xaver Gruber's manuscripts of Silent Night, Holy Night, with a short history of the carol," from Alois Schmaus and Lenz Kriss-Rettenbeck, Silent Night, Holy Night: History and Circulation Of A Carol (Innsbruck-Munich: University Press, 1968).
Keyte and Parrott, eds., The New Oxford Book of Carols (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992), citing Dr. Joseph [Josef] Gassner, Silent Night, Holy Night: History and circulation of a carol, 1968, for having disposed of many myths concerning the carol.
Library of Congress, American Memory, Historic American Buildings Survey, St. Andrew's Parish Episcopal Church (1887) (St_Andrews.zip)
Charles Litrico, Joseph Finegan: Fernandina's Confederate General
Larry Marietta's Music Notes from Sunday Morning Services at FCCB, December 21, 2003
Maryland Diocesan Archives [Page has disappeared]
Papers of the Russo-Greek Committee-1 and Papers of the Russo-Greek Committee-2; includes an account of the visit to England, Europe and Russian by Rev. John Freeman Young circa 1864.
Pennington, Edgar Legare, "John Freeman Young, Second Bishop of Florida," (Hartford, Conn.: Church Missions Publishing Co., 1939). This detailed, 63-page biography emphasizes his service as Bishop of Florida, 1867-1885, but makes little mention of his musical endeavors, and no mention of Silent Night. There was, unfortunately, no photograph or drawing of Bishop Young. The majority footnotes were to Diocese of Florida Convention Journals. No other published biography was mentioned. No other biography is listed in WorldCat.
The Rt. Rev. John Freeman Young, Second Bishop of Florida, a biography with a portrait of Bishop Young at the website of The Episcopal Diocese of Florida. Accessed February 27, 2008.
Studwell, William E., The Christmas Carol Reader (New York: Harrington Park Press, 1995)
Underwood, Byron Edward, "Bishop John Freeman Young: Translator of 'Stille Nacht'", The Hymn (official publication of The Hymn Society of America, October 1957, pp. 123-130)
Jan Warner and Glenn S. Smith, Shadows of a Chapel (Madison, MS: The Directors Group, 1994).
J. Freeman Young, ed., Carols for Christmas Tide (New York: Daniel Dana, Jr., 1859)
J. Freeman Young, ed., Hymns and Music For The Young - Part 1 (New York: The Gen. Prot. Episc. S. S. Union and Church Book Society, 1860)
J. Freeman Young, ed., Hymns and Music For The Young - Part 2 (New York: The Gen. Prot. Episc. S. S. Union and Church Book Society, 1861)
John Freeman Young, Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, edited by James Grant Wilson and John Fiske. Six volumes, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887-1889 & edited Stanley L. Klos, 1999 Estoric.com. Copyright © 2001 VirtualologyTM
John Freeman Young, The Cyberhymnal
John F. Young, The Hymnuts
John Freeman Young Papers, The Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Rosewill has made the installation of the 5.25" and 3.5" drives even easier by combining a tool-less system with a quickly removable front bezel. With this case you don't need to remove the entire front bezel and risk breaking off any plastic tabs in the process. The right side of the bezel slides off to expose the front drive bays. To install a 5.25" drive you just remove the right side of the front bezel, slide the drive into the bay and engage the lock. To install a 3/5" drive you just remove the metal drive holder, slide the drive into the holder, then slide the holder into the bay. All of the metal 3.5" drive holders are equipped with rubber grommets to help reduce vibration and noise. If you are planning on using a 2.5" drive you will need to screw them into the metal holder.
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The motherboard tray has 9 cutouts with grommets to prevent the metal from cutting you or any of your internal wiring. The cutouts enable you to hide all your wires behind the motherboard tray and provide have them pop through where they are needed. There is over 1/2" gap between the back side panel and the motherboard tray which is enough room to neatly route all necessary cables and wires. As you can see in our demo build we routed every cable out the back and only took up a small fraction of the available space.


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I finally plucked up enough courage to publish Spate of Violence as an e-book on Amazon Kindle.
It was hard work but a lot of fun writing this novel. I must have revised it over a dozen times, tweaking a sentence here, adding a sentence there and deleting chunks of it which I thought didn't add to the story. The good thing about an e-book is that you don't have to make it a certain length. Nowadays a lot of publishers want what they call "blockbusters" - novels which are around 500 pages long. eSpate of Violence would be around 220 pages as a printed novel.
So now my baby is out there, taking its first tottering steps in the e-book world. I hope readers enjoy it because that is one of the reasons I wrote it. Writing what is in your heart is the only way to have fun. I can't otherwise explain why I sit down every morning after breakfast to work on a novel that certainly won't make me rich or famous. All I can say is that I get an enormous kick out of inventing a set of people who populate my head as if they were on TV. I can seem them in my "mind's eye". I grieve when they grieve and I laugh with them when they're happy.
Here are the links to my book>
For other countries just go to your Amazon site and add /dp/ and the book number above or simply type in my name Peggie Biessmann or the title Spate of Violence.
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This disturbing new film from Sergei Loznitsa (My Joy, In the Fog) examines the civil conflict in Ukraine through the prism of black humour and the absurd.
Dir-Scr Sergei Loznitsa
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Constructed from 13 episodes, Loznitsa's engrossing drama provides a unique take on one of the most disturbing and threatening of contemporary conflicts. After watching amateur videos posted on the internet, Loznitsa constructed his own screenplay, referencing the format of TV reports and the frequent construction of 'fake news'. Originally conceived in 2015, after the completion of his Maidan documentary, Donbass is enthusiastically acted, sometimes deliberately theatrical and something of a grotesque tour de force. There is no attempt to 'explain' the film's incidents which focus on the human reactions and prejudices underlying political extremes. The most disturbing scene finds a 'traitor' tied to a post, abused and beaten to death. It's all brilliantly – if harrowingly – imagined, with stunning imagery courtesy of expert cinematographer Oleg Mutu.
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Why Should You Give Up Smoking?
Smoking has, over time, been a banned topic of discussion and those smoking are considered the rebels and non-caring type of individuals. This is because smoking has been on the wrong side of protection of health and thus a lot of ads have been done with regards to stopping or preventing it.
Reasons to Give away Smoking
1. Increases the Chances of Lung Cancer
The contents of cigarettes, especially nicotine, are likely to cause cancer of the lungs if prolonged usage is encouraged.
2. Causes Heart Diseases
Smoking has been associated with major heart diseases including heart failure and heart attacks. This might result as a result of the narrowing of veins that is associated with smoking.
3. Causes Asthma
Apart from inheritance cases, asthma has also been established to be caused by excessive smoking. Since asthma has no cure, preventing it by quitting smoking is the best alternative.
4. Alters the Functioning of the Brain
The latest research has shown that smoking has similar or close effects to what drugs like cocaine have on the brain. It might result in damage to certain essential elements of the brain upon prolonged usage.
5. Results in Premature Death
Adverse heath effects of smoking might lead to your untimely death. Quitting smoking, therefore, gives you an opportunity to prolong your life span by up to thirty percent.
6. Causes High Blood Pressure
Due to the clouds of smoke in the lungs and major arteries, there is a likelihood of relatively high blood pressure for a victim of smoking. High blood pressure, in turn, increases chances of heart attacks and other related diseases.
7. Results in Financial Strain
Purchasing cigarettes on a daily basis wastes money that could have been allocated to another area for the benefit of everyone. By doing away with smoking, you will save quite a huge some of the money which you can use for personal development.
8. Makes You Anti-social
Many gentlemen normally don't prefer ladies who smoke as they consider them ill-bred and therefore unfit for any relationship. Quitting smoking will enable you to gain many more friends and even earn respect from your colleagues.
9. Poses Risk to Developing Fetus
For women who are expectant, smoking is greatly harmful to your unborn baby. The components of cigarettes impair the proper development of major organs of the child.
This might, in turn, lead to the birth of a premature baby. To have a healthy child with longer life, you have no option but to quit smoking.
10. Results in Loss of Appetite
Too much smoking has always been associated with poor appetite. Proper eating is necessary for a healthy body.
11. Poses Infertility Risk
The latest research has shown that women who smoke are likely to have problems of infertility compared to their no –smoking counterparts.
12. Staining of the Teeth
A regular smoke will eventually have her teeth develop a brown color that is contrary to the normal white and presentable color of your teeth. This not only lowers your self-esteem but makes everyone aware that you are a smoker.
13. Cause Bad Breath
There is a characteristic smell of cigarettes that cannot even be removed by multiple numbers of brushing trials. This will make you less free in interaction with your colleagues at work and even with friends.
14. Stains the Fingers
It seems very awkward for a lady to have stained and rough hands. Smoking gives your hands an awkward yellow color that no amount of scrubbing can completely wipe out.
15. Cause Premature Wrinkles
The objective of most ladies is remaining young for as long as possible. However, smoking is associated with premature wrinkles, and this will make you appear much older than you are.
16. Raises Your Insurance Premiums
For a smoker, the health premiums payable are likely to be higher than nonsmokers as they have a lower life expectancy and higher health risks. Quitting smoking may see your health premiums reduced.
17. The Wrong Model for Your Kids
Smoking makes you an undesirable role model to your younger siblings and other kids in the neighborhood. They are likely to take after you, and no responsible parent would want this.
18. Reduces the Effectiveness of Certain Medication
For ladies with certain health complications like diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, smoking lessens the action of drugs used in the management of these diseases.
19. Affects Your Close Relations
Smoking is likely to impact negatively on those you associate with like your partner or kids. They might develop health complications as a result of secondary smoking.
20. Reduces Your Chance of Getting a Soul Mate
Since non-smokers would most likely restrict themselves to their fellows, your chances of getting a partner are limited to the 21% world population who are estimated to be smokers. Quitting smoking will broaden your chances of getting a listening and caring partner.
Final Words
As cliché as this may sound, smoking is very hazardous to your health. The same goes for drugs that are bought without a prescription, and it is important that you are aware of what you are getting yourself into before you start smoking or taking drugs for the first time.
For those people who are already smokers, you do not have to quit smoking right away, but there are ways that you can ease your body into getting used to being without nicotine in your system so that you do not have to experience intense withdrawal symptoms.


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- Body pillows are a must for stomach and side sleepers who want to maintain good posture and comfort during the night.
- I liked that you can easily adjust the loft of the Coop Home Goods body pillow, and hugging the pillow while I slept kept my spine aligned and allowed my muscles to get the rest they needed.
- Though it is more expensive than most body pillows (currently $69.99 on Amazon and at Coop Home Goods), the Coop Home Goods Memory Foam Body Pillow comes with a 100-night risk-free trial and a five-year warranty.
I can't stand sleeping anywhere except my own bed. One of the main reasons for this is that hotels, Airbnb hosts, and guest rooms might offer you a pillow or two, but they never give you a full body pillow. To me and my fellow side-sleepers, a full body pillow is essential to getting a good night's sleep and waking up free from aches and pains.
In my research, I've found that there are two full-body pillows that are better than the rest. One of them, the Snuggle-Pedic Shredded Memory Foam Full Body Pillow, I've already tested. The other, Coop Home Goods Memory Foam Body Pillow, was recently sent to me to test. Here are my experiences with it.
My first experiences with the Coop Home Goods Body Pillow
The Coop Home Goods pillow comes in a box larger than other memory foam body pillows, so it wasn't as compressed as others I've used. Within minutes of opening the package, the pillow was close to its full size. The pillow also didn't exhibit any unpleasant odors, either.
The Coop Home Goods Body Pillow is filled with CertiPUR-US certified shredded memory foam, which means it's made without CFCs, formaldehyde, heavy metals, lead, mercury, TCEP flame retardants, TDCPP, PBDEs, or ozone depleters.
One of the best features is that you can adjust the shredded memory foam filling yourself. You just unzip it and start removing the filling. I recommend that you keep the filling in an airtight bag in case you want to put it back in at a later date.
The cover is made of bamboo-derived viscose rayon and a polyester blend. It's dust mite resistant and hypoallergenic. Though the whole pillow is machine-washable and the cover feels great, I recommend picking up a 54-by-20-inch pillowcase that zips. The pillowcase will make it so you don't have to wash the pillow as often, and the zipper will keep the pillow from escaping.
Since everyone has different tastes in pillows, it's important that you have an opportunity to test a pillow out before committing to it. Coop Home Goods offers a 100-day, no-questions-asked refund policy. The company even pays for return shipping. The returned pillow is then donated to charity. The pillow also comes with a five-year limited warranty.
How the Coop Home Goods Body Pillow performed
When sleeping, I hug the body pillow with my arms and hold it between my legs. It did an excellent job of reducing strain on my knees and kept my spine aligned. Unless I worked out particularly hard the previous day, I woke up most mornings feeling refreshed with my back and legs pain-free.
The seams on the pillow appear to be quite durable. There are about 15 stitches per inch, which is pretty good and should ensure that filling doesn't escape. Opening up the pillow, you can see that the seams are reinforced well with several stitched layers.
I found that the shredded memory foam did an excellent job of breathing and not trapping heat, which is a common problem with solid memory foam. I'm usually hot at night and need to really turn the thermostat down to sleep, but this pillow helped me regulate my body temperature. Even when my sister-in-law was visiting from LA and insisted on keeping the thermostat cranked, the pillow provided a cool reprieve.
One problem that body pillows often have is that they can take up a lot of space in bed. My wife and I are both larger than average and have sizable body pillows. Yet, somehow, it never seemed like the Coop Home Goods pillow was in the way. We do sleep on a king-sized bed so it might be a different story if you sleep on a queen.
Some concerns about the pillow
The shredded memory foam would occasionally clump up on the ends leaving less support in the middle. It wasn't extreme, and it usually happened over the course of several nights. If you experience this, you can either work the filling to the less-filled areas or pop the pillow in the dryer on low heat for about half an hour. Coop Home Goods recommends fluffing your pillow by hand every morning, but I can't imagine living a life like that.
The pillow is machine washable, but it's a pain to wash it. Coop Home Goods recommends not washing your pillow more than once per year to "maintain the integrity." Due to the size of the pillow, you can't really wash or dry anything else with it. And, since the pillow needs to tumble dry on low, it took me about four hours to get it completely dry.
The pillow is about 56 inches long by 17 inches wide by 9 inches thick and weighs almost seven pounds. Due to its sheer bulk, it's a bit of a pain to move from one side to the other at night. Fortunately, if the size gets to be too much, you can just remove some of the fill.
The bottom line
Despite these concerns, I really like the Coop Home Goods Body Pillow. It provides me with the support I need, is comfortable between my arms and legs, and the shredded memory foam breathes well to keep me cool. It's my preferred body pillow. Though one person's favorite pillow may be horrible for others, I strongly recommend that all side sleepers give the Coop Home Goods body pillow a try. With the company's 100-night risk-free trial, what have you got to lose?


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