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Men's suits lost their vest, pocket flaps and trouser cuffs. Since the majority of men were out fighting the war, those who remained at home wanted to appear as austere as possible. All clothes became basic which led to the male wardrobe becoming much more simple and plain, with such a shortage of fabric the level of detail on men's clothes became simple if not almost nonexistent.
Take a look at these found snaps to see what men looked like during the Second World War.

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"The demand for 'originality' – with the implication that the reminiscence of other writers is a sin against originality and a defect in the work – is a recent one and would have seemed quite ludicrous to poets of the Augustan Age, or of Shakespeare's time. The traditional view is that each new work should be a fresh focus of power through which former streams of beauty, emotion, and reflection are directed. This view is adopted, and perhaps carried to excess, by writers like T.S. Eliot, some of whose poems are a close web of quotations and adaptations, chosen for their associative value; or like James Joyce, who makes great use of the associative value of sounds and syllables. The criterion is, not whether the associations are called up, but whether the spirits invoked by this kind of verbal incantation are charged with personal power by the magician who speeds them about their new business."
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I'm spending a good portion of my time lately reading elementary and middle-school books as I think about and plan for homeschooling my daughter, and I picked up one this week that's about fifth-grade level called Half Magic, by Edward Eager. I hadn't heard of this before, but the cover illustration looks like the ones on Eleanor Estes' family comedy books for about the same age range, but this one has a bit of magic in it and name checks fantasy books like E. Nesbit's The Enchanted Cottage. Anyway, that's by the by.
Today I came across a couple of pages where the four children (ages about six to thirteen or so) head to the movies. The book was written in 1954, but set 30 years earlier, which makes it take place in the mid-1920s. I just found this humorous depiction of kids going to the movies in around 1924 to be pretty hilarious and also probably fairly accurate. For reference, Jane is the oldest, Mark is second at age 11 (if the other ages are given, I've overlooked them), then Katharine, and Martha is the youngest. The story takes place in Toledo, Ohio, which is middle America at its most middle American.
After lunch, it was time to choose what movie to see.
The children did this by first making a tour of all the movie theatres in town and looking at the pictures on the outside. A time of argument followed. Mark liked Westerns and thrilling escapes, but Martha wouldn't go inside any theatre that had pictures of fighting.
Jane and Katharine liked ladies with long hair and big eyes and tragic stories. They wanted to see a movie called Barbara LaMarr in Sandra. Mark finally agreed, because there were a lot of pictures outside of a man who wore a moustache, and that meant he was the villain, and that meant that somebody would hit him sooner or later. Martha agreed because all the other theatres had either pictures with fighting or Charlie Chaplin.
All of the four children hated Charlie Chaplin, because he was the only thing grown-ups would ever take them to.
When they came into the theatre Barbara LaMarr in Sandra had already reached its middle, and the children couldn't figure out exactly what was happening. But then neither could the rest of the audience.
"But, George, I do not seem to grasp it all!" the woman behind the four children kept saying to her husband.
The four children did not grasp any of it, but Barbara LaMarr had lots of hair and great big eyes, and when strong men wanted to kiss her and she pushed them away and made suffering faces at the audience with her eyebrows, Jane and Katharine thought it was thrilling, and probably quite like the way life was, when you were grown-up.
Mark didn't think much of the love blah, but he watched the villain getting more villainous, and the hero getting more heroic, and patiently waited for them to slug it out.
Martha hated it.
That was always the way with Martha. She wanted to go to the movies like anything until she got there, and then she hated it. Now she kept pestering the others to read her the words and tell her what was happening (for in those days movies did not talk).
"It is important," the man in the grey suit interrupts. "Someone needs to tell those tales. When the battles are fought and won and lost, when the pirates find their treasures and the dragons eat their foes for breakfast with a nice cup of Lapsang souchong, someone needs to tell their bits of overlapping narrative. There's magic in that. It's in the listener, and for each and every ear it will be different, and it will affect them in ways they never can predict. From the mundane to the profound. You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows what they might do because of it, because of your words. That is your role, your gift. Your sister may be able to see the future, but you yourself can shape it, boy. Do not forget that." He takes another sip of his wine. "There are many kinds of magic, after all."
– Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus
"Stories have changed, my dear boy," the man in the grey suit says, his voice almost imperceptibly sad. "There are no more battles between good and evil, no monsters to slay, no maidens in need of rescue. Most maidens are perfectly capable of rescuing themselves in my experience, at least the ones worth something, in any case. There are no longer simple tales with quests and beasts and happy endings. The quests lack clarity of goal or path. The beasts take different forms and are difficult to recognize for what they are. And there are never really endings, happy or otherwise. Things keep going on, they overlap and blur, your story is part of your sister's story is part of many other stories, and there is no telling where any of them may lead. Good and evil are a great deal more complex than a princess and a dragon, or a wolf and a scarlet-clad girl. And is not the dragon the hero of his own story? Is not the wolf simply acting as a wolf should act? Though perhaps it is a singular wolf who goes to such lengths as to dress as a grandmother to toy with his prey."
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Our parish has established a "help network" that will better enable us to help fellow parishioners in need, and allow each of us to perform corporal and spiritual works of mercy. The hope is that when parishioners with genuine needs are identified, an email will go out to this network and whomever is available to help will be given an opportunity to do so.
We ask no time commitment, and this isn't about monetary donations. An elderly person may need a ride to Mass or a parishioner in the hospital may need a meal cooked for their family.
Whenever a need like this arises, an email will be sent out containing relevant details to see if anyone in the network can offer assistance.
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"Everybody thinks I am the reigning queen authority of shooting mini-DV," says DP Ellen Kuras, who shot Rebecca Miller's feature film Personal Velocity in the format. "But [the 2000 Spike Lee film] Bamboozled was the first and only DV film I did before this." In fact, Kuras is not what you'd call a convert. "I had to talk to Rebecca about the limitations of the medium," she says. "Having worked on Bamboozled, I knew what we could and couldn't get away with. On the wide-angle part of the lens, the image just falls apart, especially when you go to a 35mm blowup, so I told her that we really wanted to shoot on the longer part of the lens. You can't verify the focus on the cameras; what's on the viewfinder is not 1-to-1 with what you're getting on the chip. The contrast is hard to deal with. And when you shoot at a certain shutter speed, you get this kind of stepping of the lines in the image."
So why choose mini-DV? More or less the same reasons so many independent filmmakers do these days: time and money. Personal Velocity had a 17-day shooting schedule and a $150,000 budget, and digital cinema is quick and cheap. Also, the film is an InDigEnt production — an IFC Productions division devoted entirely to digital projects. Kuras, who shot Miller's 1995 film Angela, says, "The first and foremost thing was working with Rebecca; it really doesn't matter what medium we work in."
Given the digital parameters, Kuras chose three-chip Sony DSR-PD150P cameras for the shoot, which took place on locations in New York City and upstate. Personal Velocity, which is also written by Miller, is composed of three parts, or "portraits" — "Delia," starring Kyra Sedgwick; "Greta," starring Parker Posey; and "Paula," starring Fairuza Balk. Given the format and the structure, Kuras says she approached the film as a group of short stories, or perhaps poems: "As with a poem, anything goes. You can leave out the periods and the commas."
Or you can occasionally let the image blow out, as DV is wont to do. "The latitude is always a concern," says Kuras. "One situation where we were in a kitchen with Kyra, the sunlight was coming in the window and hitting her hair. I didn't have the time nor did I have the manpower or gel power to gel down the windows. In post, you can bring it down somewhat." In a scene like this, the cinematographer may decide to use the look, "but most of the time it's something to be reckoned with. There are also other ways around the contrast issues, like smoke in the interiors or filtration on the cameras." On exteriors, the DP says, "The biggest fear I had was that the sun would come out. That's when it becomes uncontrollable, because we didn't have much in the way of silks. Fortunately, we had many days that were overcast."
Mini-DV cameras are sensitive in low-light situations, but that can be a problem if dark is what you want. "The camera wants to see darkness as daylight, it wants to open it up and see into the shadow area," says Kuras. "It wants to make the background equal to the foreground." In a hotel room scene with Balk, "I wanted it to look like film darkness, where there's just enough detail to see into the shadows. But video doesn't see it that way, so I was constantly trying to trick the camera. I would use the ND function, but it cuts down your depth of field, and focus becomes very critical."
Kuras points out that "contrary to producers' opinions, you do have to light" for video, but her approach is somewhat different than lighting for film. "I would try to augment existing daylight then add whatever I could to make it stylized," she says. "I shot to make it directional but soft. I think the mini-DV did give me more opportunities to use natural light; people tend to overlight for film." Since two cameras were generally always running on a scene, gaffer John Nadeau says he was generally "lighting the space" rather than the shot. The small equipment package "was all plug-ins, because we didn't have a generator," he says. "I had a couple 1200s, a couple 575s, a few PAR cans, and a small Kino Flo package: some 4×4s [4' 4Banks] and an Image 80."
Nadeau says that many scenes are lit with a single Kino Flo source, and that sometimes he and Kuras would intentionally "dirty things up" by mixing colors or not correcting for daylight. "She's always fostered an adventurous spirit," he says of the DP. The resulting film is one of the best arguments for digital cinema yet: the images feel free and alive, and despite the restraints she was working under, Kuras manages to vary the color palette and camera style among the three stories, shoot flashback scenes in cooler tones, and achieve a visual texture and depth one isn't accustomed to seeing in video. She acknowledges that actors seem to be liberated by the unobtrusive process, but she adds, "I still think I could have shot the film in Super 16 and been just as discreet."
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nobody with the Titans will ever wear Eddie George's No. 27 nor the No. 9 of the late Steve McNair again, players who helped the franchise through its difficult relocation from Houston to Tennessee to its lone Super Bowl berth.
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"One truth stings far less than a thousand lies."
Resume: Aria was a no one at school. One mistake and she becomes a topic, people insulting her and she is no longer invisible. Levi leaves his mother so he can get to know his father again and finally breathe with his mother around. Both are pulled to each other even when both are broken and lost.
"Maybe it's okay to no longer be the person we thought we were meant to be. Maybe it's okay to just be who we are now and accept that."
It's so hard to rate this book. I liked the book, i liked the story, the characters are nice and real but the ending was what messed up the story. I keep thinking it could be different, i wasn't expecting it to end like that, I was expecting more. I understand Aria's decision and her doubts, I guess the ending was what the author always planned but I simply can't accept it.
My favorite character was Levi. I just wished he wasn't so quiet, someone that accepts everything. He is a good character, he is actually refreshing from the lately main male character.
I do recommend this book. Even though I was disappointed and have mixed feelings, it is a good book, people will lsoe some tears and will feel for the characters.
Hero: ★★★★
Heroine: ★★★★
Plot: ★★★
Storytelling: ★★★★
Couple romance: ★★★★
Story ending: ★★
Overall rating: ★★★


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Beginning with the Winter 2019 Georgia Milestones End-of-Course administration, the calculators for Georgia Milestones assessments are changing to Desmos calculators. For a description of the differences in standard and testing calculators visit Georgia Information PDF or click here to practice with the testing version of these calculators.
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UPDATED 21-3-19 Today it is that much harder for the Forces of Pharma to tell us that there is no medical benefit in Cannabis, or that it is unsafe or addictive. Today the World Health Organization, the health agency of the United Nations, has made an official recommendation that cannabidiol (CBD) not be internationally scheduled as a controlled substance. WHO research on CBD's therapeutic use and side effects found that the cannabinoid was not a public danger.
"Recent evidence from animal and human studies shows that its use could have some therapeutic value for seizures due to epilepsy and related conditions. CBD has shown that it has medical benefits for pain, insomnia and inflammation, among other afflictions; it can be derived from both psychoactive cannabis and hemp. According to the WHO report, there is also preliminary evidence that it can treat Alzheimer's disease, Crohn's disease, certain forms of cancer, Parkinson's disease and other serious conditions. Current evidence also shows that cannabidiol is not likely to be abused or create dependence as for other cannabinoids such as Tetra Hydro Cannabinol (THC)."
-from the announcement by the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence.
The United Nations' Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) opted to indefinitely postpone a vote on the World Health Organization's recommended changes to the scheduling of cannabis in the Single COnvention of Narcotics Drugs. The profits of multinational corporations are more important to the UN than is the World Health Organisation. Good to know. Reference This does NOT affect the RESET! plan.
The Convention was incorporated into Australian Law in the Narcotics Drugs Act, word for word. Section 28 of the Convention (and hence the Act) states that:
"The Parties shall adopt such measures as may be necessary to prevent the misuse of, and illicit traffic in, the leaves of the cannabis plant...(defined as)...any plant of the genus cannabis" It is that definition WHO were trying to change, to redefine Cannabis to only mean "any genus of the plant cannabis having THC levels above 50mg/kg"
The UN intended to prevent a commercial hemp industry by regulating all cannabis, including hemp. Any talk of complete deregulation is now a clear breach of the Convention, which has been given new primacy with this vote. You can expect the Office of Drug Control to make this point enthusiastically. The Countries that have implemented reform, including Trump's farm bill, have done so in company with a middle finger to the UN.
In effect changing the rules for medical cannabis by doctors prescription is easier to achieve because no legislation is required and RESET! meets the letter and spirit of the Convention – it regulates growing per the Convention while liberalising prescribing, which the Convention allows for.
So we push on.
European Parliament Passes Cannabis Resolution, Joins WHO In Supporting Medical Marijuana. the European Parliament voted on Wednesday on a resolution that would help advance medical cannabis in the countries that form the European Union.
While non-binding, the resolution seeks to incentivize European nations to increase access to medical marijuana, prioritizing scientific research and clinical studies. Same as the WHO's recommendation, the European Parliament's resolution shows how wide support for cannabis legalization is, but does not change any actual laws on the international or local levels.
"The EU Parliament is just the latest voice to recognize the medical value of cannabis and the benefits of regulation over prohibition," Tom Angell, Forbes contributor and publisher of Marijuana Moment, told me. "I'm hopeful that the growing chorus in favor of reform will spur action by nations to change their policies and improve access for patients who need this medicine."
The EU resolution calls for cannabinoids to be entirely deregulated and THC strains made widely available in a regulated system, such as doctors prescription or patient access cards from licensed retailers. This is exactly what RESET! has been calling for since we started.
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This is good news - WHO have declared 4 things here:
- There is no record of anyone dying of medical cannabis (because no-one has);
- You cannot get addicted to low THC medical cannabis;
- CBD is a medicine that should be freely available as an unscheduled substance;
- Medical Cannabis is proven to have demonstrable medical benefit.
Australia currently has CBD scheduled. This is holding back an industry that will be worth billions, affecting not just humans but also pets and working animals. While medical cannabis is much more effective when taken in whole plant form, with all the 400+ compounds in there including THC, the fact that the UN is only looking at restricting THC and not any of those other 400+ compounds means we will very shortly have the ability to put extremely useful whole plant compounds out there, just minus large amount of THC. That is a huge step forward.
Please join the RESET! Campaign by submitting your email in that annoying box so we can keep you up to date. Kindly also sign the petition and share some memes on social media.


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Five tips for improving your cash flow
Consider these five tips for getting a handle on your business's cash flow.
Five tips for improving your cash flow
Sufficient cash flow is a key element in demonstrating your business's viability to potential lenders. But too many small businesses are impaired by poor cash flow, which can be caused by anything from inadequate pricing to trouble collecting receivables.
As you prepare to apply for credit, use these five tips to improve your cash flow.
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Send invoices immediately, follow up quickly, and offer multiple payment options to bring in the revenue. Consider offering rewards or discounts to customers who pay promptly.
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Track all regular bills and due dates, understand how often your inventory turns, and know your payroll obligations. You might try using software-as-a-service (SaaS) to help simplify this process.
3. Watch your outflows.
Use business credit cards, rewards programs, volume discounts, and even barter arrangements to conserve and control cash payments. This is when it can be particularly helpful to have strong relationships with your suppliers and vendors.
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Take the time at the beginning of each month to estimate how much you'll need for various taxes, including employment tax and sales tax. Then, set aside an appropriate amount to cover all your taxes and make your cash flow more predictable.
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Are you getting maximum value from every relationship and expense? Are there expenses you can cut without affecting profitability? Continually reassess your expenses to check for any changes to your financial situation as your business grows and evolves.
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Dear Phoebe and Xander,
Today is day 5 we're blessed to be your parents and your fifth day in the NICU.
You both are making great progress! You are both loving your pacis and learning to suckle in preparation for bottle feeding. You're both off of the lights and have normal blood levels. Your nurses prepared us for a potential relapse, but we're celebrating all of your milestones and taking everything one day at a time…
Xander: you are getting such great nourishment buddy! You're taking a good amount of feed, and it looks like you're going to be taken off of your bubble sipap breathing machine…fingers crossed! You still don't like being messed with and turn lobster red when angry, but absolutely love your skin to skin time with Daddy and Abba.
Phoebe: you are officially off of the bubble sipap breathing machine! You've been regulating your breathing so well and staying oxygenated we may get to trial bottle feeding you as early as tomorrow! You love to open your eyes and stare into daddy's eyes, and when he did your oral care tonight your loved every single minute!
Keep growing. Keep gaining strength. Keep reaching each milestone so that we can take you both home safe and healthy. To say that we love you both is an understatement.
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^^He was rather indifferent about Santa haha!
^^While I was pregnant I had shaved ice… every. single. day. (sometimes twice)…. it was bad! (like I gained 49 pounds bad haha!!) But the obsession is real. And the first place we went in AZ was Bahama Bucks for some birthday cake with extra cream shaved ice!! So good.
^^A playing in his Nuna pack n play while we unpacked his nursery!^^Chauncey, thank you for letting Atticus poke your eyes out and for taking it like a champ.
^^Christmas morning!! It was so fun with our little baby elf – he got SPOILED! David and I don't do gifts for each other for Christmas or birthdays because we choose to travel instead of doing presents (plus I am not much of a gift person) – we each choose a trip and I gotta say I am excited about our trips we planned for this year!! (A's elf pajamas found here)
^^A's SHIRT: Gap // PANTS: Gap // HAT: H&M // MOCCS: Freshly Picked^^Loved this personalized ornament to document our bub's first Christmas! It was made by Jessica N Designs
Can we just talk about how great dogs and babies are together? Literally they are the best duo ever. Chauncey keeps him entertained for hours.. its like having a free babysitter hah! It was kind of sad not having Chauncey with us on Christmas but he was staying at a neighbors here in NYC and they happen to have a backyard which is nice and they had kids for him to play with so I don't think he cared 🙂 On the flight home from Arizona Atticus was crying non stop the last fifteen minutes of the flight which really doesn't normally happen so I was stressing! It was really loud and I was trying to calm him down but it seemed like anything David or I did made him more mad so we resorted to showing him videos of Chauncey and soon he had a smile on his face! It made me so happy. Chauncey always comes and burrows his nose into A's back when he is laying down and since Atticus is so ticklish he cracks up and I think they both get a kick out of it. It is going to be so much fun watching those two grow up together! Now if only pups were allowed on subways 🙁 then he could really come everywhere with us!


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Argentine Antitrust Commision issues Final Report on credit and electronic payment methods Market investigation
On August 29, 2016, the Argentine Antitrust Commission ("CNDC") released the results of the credit cards and electronic payment methods market investigation initiated earlier this year (the "CNDC Report"). The CNDC concluded that in the investigated market there is a lack of competition and transparency, with high commissions, a technological delay, and a dominant position held by Prisma (Visa Argentina).
As result of the investigation the CNDC Report issues regulatory recommendations to the Central Bank of Argentina and the Secretary of Trade, including the proposal of some amendments to the current Credit Cards Law, in order to guarantee competition and enhance the alternatives of financing commerce and consumers. Additionally, the CNDC Report recommends the Secretary of Trade to initiate an antitrust investigation against Prisma for alleged abuse of dominant position and to its shareholders (14 banks, both private and public) for the existence of an alleged cartel.
The CNDC Report is the first of eleven market studies that the CNDC anticipated last April as to evaluate the competitiveness conditions in sectors highly concentrated and with significant impact on production and consumption. The other ten are: aluminum, steel, petrochemical industry, mobile communications, oil, milk, meets, clothing soaps, ground passenger transportation and air transportation.
According to the CNDC Report, credit cards and electronic payment methods market shows certain concerns as lack of competition in consumption financing, lack of transparency (closured financing cost), high commissions for big shops and technological retardation, as there is an evidenced delay in the introduction of electronic payment methods.
The CNDC Report holds that Prisma's dominant position in the electronic payment methods market is evident in the monopoly of the acquisition and processing of the Visa card, in the vertical integration with the main banks (both private and public), in the dominant presence in the different segments: ATMs network (Banelco), online payments (Pago Mis Cuentas) and in the entry barriers for new players.
With that purpose, the CNDC Report recommends the Central Bank of Argentina to generate competition in the card acquisition market; to eradicate the restriction to commission differentiation; to promote competition in consumption financing; and to make product prices and financing conditions more transparent.
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Two-step platforms are very popular pieces of equipment for anyone needing a helping hand around the house or on the job. Mechanics, carpenters, painters and many others use these daily in the performance of their duties. Whether it's reaching a high shelf for some supplies or needing to reach a high part of a wall to paint some trim, these platforms come in very handy.
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West Midland Safari Park has been bought by French firm, the Looping Group, for an undisclosed amount.
The park says it is an "exciting development" and will release further details later in the year. Looping said it hopes to "develop the park into an even more exciting family destination."
The Looping Group runs 15 attractions in Europe, including Pleasurewood Hills, Parc Bagatelle and Planète Sauvage. Looping was created in 2011, taking over seven parks that formerly belonged to Compagnie des Alpes. CDA sold its stake in the company in 2014. (…)
West Midland Safari Park is located in Bewdley in Worcestershire, England. It was opened in spring 1973. The park holds over 165 species of exotic animals. Last year, the park opened an Ice Age area, as well as teaming up with Aardman on an event based on their Early Man film.
The safari park, which features a four-mile safari drive through, attracted 700,000 people last year. It recorded sales of approximately £17 million. Full Story: Blooloop


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Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
Unsettling but testing, the film Martha Marcy May Marlene is more than a mouthful. It's about a gal, Martha (Elizabeth Olsen, younger sis to billionaire twins Ashley and Mary-Kate), who enters a creepy cult, and then in due time runs away to live with her detached older sister (Sarah Paulson). Writer/director Sean Durkin cleverly jumbles the timeline, so we follow two parallel storylines: Marcy May (her new identity) entering the cult and Marlene (her identity after fleeing?) adjusting back to the real world. At heart is Olsen, who gives a star-making turn as the troubled heroine fighting back prior programming. We get flashes of what cult life was like under charismatic leader, Patrick (John Hawkes, goin' country once more). The sections concerning the cult are creepy but not exaggerated to break the film's fragile realism. It's uncomfortable stuff with lots of ritualistic raping. The film moves at a slow, deliberate pace, echoing Olsen's dueling transformations. She's having trouble readjusting but she can't open up about her experiences for fear that she'll endanger others. The film cranks up the paranoia and looks to be coming to a head when … everything just stops. End credits. Martha Marcy May Marlene feels like ¾ of a movie until you stop and think that we're trapped in her omnipresent paranoia and that she will be essentially broken for life. While I wanted Durkin to find a way to reach that conclusion that felt conclusive and fulfilling, the ending, while abrupt, does feel appropriate. Olsen is terrific and expresses so many complex emotions even through her veneer of emotional reserve and mistrust. She has a bright future ahead of her. She's no longer "the other Olsen sister." Now she'll be the "talented Olsen sister."
Nate's Grade: B
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said on Wednesday the government will take control of the country's top steelmaker, Argentine-controlled Ternium Sidor, even as negotiations with the company continue.
Socialist Chavez signed a decree to nationalise the steelmaker and said he would name a commission to take control of the company, part of his drive to increase government participation in key industries.
"We are going to sign a law by which Venezuela will recover our Sidor," he told cheering union members. "This decree names a commission to take control of the company and put it to the interests of the nation."
Sidor employs almost 15,000 workers and last year produced 4.3m tonnes of liquid steel despite sporadic strikes in a drawn out labor dispute that prompted Chavez to nationalise . He announced the planned takeover earlier in April.


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The healthcare sector is constantly evolving and adapting to the demands of the 21st century patient, and total global healthcare spend is predicated to rise to over $8 trillion by 2020 as emerging countries invest more. Solving world health problems falls to healthcare professionals, CEOs, innovators and disruptors; it is for this reason that CEO Today's Healthcare Awards recognise the vital contribution made by those working to solve common healthcare issues that face society today.
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Embracing Virtual Learning to Ease Overcrowding
The Manchester, N.H., school district is considering the use of online classes and blending learning programs to address overcrowding.
The Manchester, N.H., school district is considering the use of online classes and blending learning programs to address overcrowding.
The decision comes two weeks after the school reform measure was nixed by voters on Election Day.
Digital tools can help tackle achievement challenges, financial constraints, the changing demographics of the teaching force, and the demand to keep up with technology, concludes a report from the Alliance for Excellent Education.
Committee members said the $17 million initiative would have taken money away from much-needed construction projects.
By guest blogger Gina Cairney In an effort to ensure all its students have the same opportunities for quality classroom instruction, Cumberland County (N.C.) schools are using technology to "bridge" together its classrooms to maximize good teaching, the Fayetteville Observer reports. With an interactive whiteboard, laptop, webcam, and conferencing software, teachers are able to interact with students anywhere in the district, and, according to the Observer, the school system can better meet federal requirement for having a certified teacher in each classroom. As more schools integrate technology into their classrooms, there have been some concerns about the technologies' effectiveness, ...
With the infrastructure for robust, longitudinal education data systems in place for most states, the Data Quality Campaign says the focus should now be on helping educators use the systems more effectively.
State education officials said the school isn't hiring enough workers to help serve its fast-growing enrollment of special needs students.
The former Apple executive, who served in the Obama administration for four years, plans to leave the job in 2013 after her replacement is chosen and put in place.
Ten of the 20 winners of the fiscal year 2012 competition were evaluated to have a significant focus on using technology in their application.
Current research on social media often excludes children under the age of nine, a report from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center says.


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Dates and locations of EXPRESS SHOOTS are now available. This offer is perfect for getting some update profile shots for your website. Or lovely photos of your family, kids and spouse.
9 April 2012 - 11 June 2012. In a world-first, New York-based artist Nathan Sawaya uses LEGO® bricks as the sole art medium for this critically acclaimed exhibition which features primarily 3-dimensional sculptures and oversized portraits. Opening Times: 10am - 5pm daily
In Bonython Park April 5 - 29 (Channel Nine Telethon Preview 4th April 7.30pm)
Visit Adelaide's Planetarium for high quality star projections that give a realistic impression of the night sky and take a journey into outer space. Includes the full dome feature film the Astronaut. Bookings are essential for this fun event. 10 Apr 2012 - 19 Apr 2012, Adelaide Planetarium, University of South Australia at the Mawson Lakes.
Sea to Shore A Prehistoric Encounter See the South Australian Museum's fossil collections come alive in this world-first performance! EVENT DETAILS When 10 - 22 April 2012 (Except Mon 16th April)
Sunday 22nd April. Meeting at appointed time at Friends Gates, Botanic Gardens, Plane Tree Drive, Adelaide. Cost $100 for 20min shoot, inc 10+ fully edited images on DVD.
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Five night run of outdoor 2D and 3D cinema at UniSA Mawson Lakes!
Includes classics like 'Beauty & The Beast' and 'Toy Story' both in 3D!
Dress in costume for $1 off entry!
Autumn Explore Arts at Carclew Youth Arts (11 Jeffcott St, North Adelaide) gives young people a chance to experience a range of visual art, craft and computer art from African craft techniques to computer graphics and oil pastels.
See major sculptures being created at The Cedars, Heysen Road, Hahndorf. Amaze the kids as some use jack hammer! Until 29 April 2012. Many other works to be seen by wandering around the grounds
Looking for great school holiday activities in Adelaide? Tiffany Turner and Bop Till You Drop will give your kids a school holiday to remember
A fun and active program for children aged 5 to 12 years. The program is held in a safe environment and is tailor made to suit these age groups. The program is held on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays during school holidays. Each session runs from 9am-1pm with the exception of the two weeks around Christmas and New Year. Register now by calling 8203 7665 or emailing firstname.lastname@example.com
Head into AMF Bowling for fun and affordable activities for the kids these Easter school holidays. AMF Bowling has a special offer for the Easter School Holidays which includes: A game of bowling, shoe hire, hot dog, fries, Coke. All of this for only $14.90 (normally $21.85)
This Workshop is aimed at children 8-14 years. Direct, Act, Record sound, Edit The group will work on their own original short film, so book in now so your child doesn't miss out on the fun. Goodwood, 10 - 13 Apr 2012
Friday 13 April - Horror Movie and SFX Makeup night with Mandy Nash 4.30-8pm. Tuesday 17 April
Printmaking Workshop with Tooth and Nail Gallery
3-5pm Thursday 19 April. Manga Art Workshop with Hannah Judd 3.30-5pm. Throughout the Holidays Tuesday - Friday (both weeks) LAN Gaming / Internet Lock-in in the Computer Training Room. Bookings are essential and can be made by phone 8366 4280 Enquiries: firstname.lastname@example.com
Open every day of the School Holidays except the 11th, 13th, 14th & 15th, weather permitting.
Wondering what to do with the kids this Tuesday 17th April. Here's one option: there's a free one-day cycling skills course for children at Hillcrest...
2013 SACOME Treasure Hunt
Date: Wednesday 17th April 2013
Cost: FREE
You will begin your hunt at: Barr Smith Lawns, University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide
Starting time: 10am for 10:30am start
Finish time: 12:30pm
BBQ – the treasure hunt will be followed by a sausage sizzle on the Barr Smith Lawns
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Book on the phone: 08 8202 9999
Calling all junior explorers to join us for the South Australian Chamber of Mines and Energy's 5th annual mineral resources Treasure Hunt. The Treasure Hunt is a FREE interactive and educational discovery trail for primary school children (age 9-11) and their parents. This year we will delve deep into the world of crystals and gemstones with workshops on how they are formed and how gemstones are tested for purity. Find out what causes tsunamis and earthquakes and embark on some engineering challenges, and all this while keeping your eyes peeled for hidden treasure! Weary explorers can join us for a sausage sizzle at the conclusion of the hunt.


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Friday was the day when the Mikulás came. The Mikulás, or St Nicholas as you may know him, shows up on December 5th with various small gifts and sweets and stuff for children. [I should note here that there is some confusion over this date. Here, he comes on the 5th, but apparently in Hungary he comes on the 6th. It seems that his Romanian counterpart, Mos Niculae, comes on the 5th, so perhaps that's why the Mikulás comes then here]
Anyway, he came, as usual, and brought various sweets and cakes and fruit and stuff, and also brought me safely home from Uzbekistan and - on that day - Turkey, which is apt, since that's where he (St Nicholas) is from. The other thing he brought though was of much greater interest and value. He brought our palinka. I mentioned some time ago about the abundance of plums that we have acquired as part of our new land-owning status, and that we would be making palinka from them. Well, on Friday, Erika (and a friend, since I was unavoidably unable to be there thanks to the Tashkent fog) carted our barrels of fermenting plum mash off to the village church for just this purpose. For reasons which are unclear to me, but perhaps related to the role of the church at the heart of the community and the priest as guide to the people, the distiller had set up his equipment in the priest's garage next door to the church. And so a few hours after dropping off our plums, we had a significant quantity of delicious 53% abv palinka to our name. On Saturday evening some friends came round and we sampled it (and continued to sample it for quite a long time, to really make sure it was as good as we thought).
Yesterday morning I woke up without the merest trace of a hangover, which I take to mean that thius is really top quality stuff, since these days, I do tend to get some fairly brutal hangovers if I drink too much, and for that reason do so less and less. The fact that this palinka was able to do the job without leaving me comatose for the day is testament to the skills of our distillers. I raise a glass in their general direction! (hic)
Monday, December 08, 2008
What the Mikulás brought
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Hi, I'm Cat. I'm new to this site but here to stay.
After a short hiatus and a mini makeover, we've both (myself & Lauren) put our heads together and decided to rebirth the baby (URbeautiful baby), so to speak.
I'm going to regale you with my very long tale of how it took me to become part of the 'club' I hankered after for so long.
When I first toyed with the idea of blogging on Baby Ur Beautiful, it was going to be from a slightly different perspective – it was going to be for the baby-less; the women that apparently don't hold a stake in societies future according to some failed leaders.
After years of peeing on sticks at various times in a month, faddy diets and the, "You're leaving it a bit late" comments (which forced me to bury my head deeper into that cheeky bottle of Marlborough/gin and end the night sobbing on my friends shoulders).
I remained the taboo one – the one without a child, and it's hard to forget these comments as my story eventually got its happy ending.
Don't get me wrong. There were rays of hope. I got pregnant fairly quickly after we had decided to "start trying".
Six months after getting married I gagged at the smell of broccoli (which I love) shouted a lot at my husband, and suddenly it dawned on me – I was pregnant!
I basked in my smug secret, idly looked at baby clothes and drank ginger ale from a champagne glass clad in my bridesmaid gear at my BFF's wedding (theoretically I was an Usherette but that takes too long to explain!)
It was to be short lived, however.
Two weeks after the giddy delight of watching two blue lines pop up on a stick it all went horribly wrong. In hindsight I'd ignored some key signs that it was about to. I'd searched chat sites for reassurance; brown discharge = normal, right sided cramping = normal, morning sickness miraculously disappearing at 8.5 weeks = normal.
Hospitals don't deal with miscarriage very well – in fact they are fairly useless.
On one level I can understand why; there's nothing they can do and you are not ill.
On another level I question the motives of some health care professionals for choosing such a vocation.
It was a Bank Holiday and we had gone into London to support a friend who had organised a fun run in aid of Leukaemia Research. I woke up that morning and didn't feel great, but I couldn't put my finger on exactly what felt wrong so I brushed it off – if Rich could run 10km whilst waiting to see if his treatment had worked and he was in remission I could get my backside into London to support him.
We met everyone at the pub post run. I had the most expensive pint ever. Two bottles of Becks Blue poured into a glass so no one would know - oh the irony!
A couple of hours later we were finishing up; congratulating runners, saying our goodbyes to friends and planning to leave for along leisurely lunch to finish the afternoon.
As a matter of course I popped to the toilet before we left. I'll never forget that moment as I glance down and looked at the toilet bowl that was a sea of red. I froze. What should I do?
I quickly pulled myself together told P (husband) we needed to go straight home and in a hushed whisper on the street outside I explained what I'd just seen.
We decided to head home and go straight to the hospital. Once on the tube I changed my mind. I needed answers now - not in 40 minutes.
We headed to the nearest hospital in East London. We were seen quickly. They did the standard urine and blood tests and discerned what I already knew – I was pregnant. More than that they couldn't tell me.
The nurse asked to see my panty liner and declared (with a glimmer of patronisation) that with such a small amount of blood on it I was experiencing a standard level of bleeding that for some unexplained reason happens to a lot of women within pregnancy.
The doctor readily agreed that I was looking and evidently feeling far too well to be experiencing a miscarriage.
I was packed off home and told that unless I experienced signs of an ectopic I was to wait until Wednesday and return for a scan.I went home.
I continued to bleed. I returned on the Wednesday to the Early Pregnancy Unit(EPU) where after a 90 minute wait I was given an internal scan (with the wand that is now affectionately known as dildo cam in our house). The Sonographer, a lady of Polish origin, foraged about for a while and then said "Are you sure you were pregnant? There's nothing there!" and that was how I learned that I had definitely lost my baby.
Miscarriage is much more common than people would think but it still remains a taboo subject. I am fairly open about most things in life so told people it had happened and many then opened up and shared their stories with me.
Then there is the other side of the spectrum the people spouting the hard facts and the 1 in 10 pregnancies end in miscarriage. Slightly tactless, you think?
The one thing everybody assured me was at least I knew I could get pregnant.
That it would happen again very soon. It didn't.
After a year where nothing happened I asked for a referral to fertility clinic. We were both "textbook perfect" for everything with the exception of me having fibroids and these seemed to be of little concern.
There followed a year's treatment of various medications. Some that stimulated eggs, others that released them and we were sent home to perform mechanical sex 18 hours later - still nothing.
The Consultant decided that IVF was our only option and we agreed, attended an introductory lecture and planned to begin at the end of the year. Three weeks later I discovered I was pregnant.
This pregnancy was much shorter lived than the first. In fact I could have blinked and missed it.
I discovered I was pregnant on the Friday evening and by 7am on Monday morning I was sitting in A+E wedged between a lady who appeared to be suffering a nervous breakdown and a surly looking boy cuffed to an accompanying policeman. I had no doubt this time I had miscarried. The clots of liverish sludge, the agonising stomach cramps that were forcing me to try and curl into a foetal position as I unashamedly sobbed.
This time the news was broken in a slightly different way. A very harassed Indian doctor with a plethora of ear stubble simply said to me, "you were pregnant but now you're not".
IVF had to be delayed as a result until the start of this year. I decided to throw everything I had at it. My Friday night tipple became peppermint tea. I had acupuncture, reflexology and took up yoga.
I meditated. I reacted quite sensitively to all drugs. It was hell on earth. I felt tired, sick emotional and as though my body didn't belong to me – it didn't. All seemed to go quite well. They harvested 11 eggs, 10 fertilised. Then 10 fell apart. They thought the drugs might have been too potent. They weren't quite sure. At my follow up appointment I was told that it was only worth one more go. We agreed to pay an extra 1k for various drugs; anti rejection drips, Clexane to thin the blood, steroids (which would ensure a hefty weight gain on top of all the hormones). This all came with a health warning though – I was old (38 to be precise) and therefore I was probably not getting pregnant because my eggs were old. If round 2 didn't work my next option was egg donation.
After a long chat we decided to give my body a break and delay round 2 until the beginning of August.
So here I am. I should be preparing for round 2 of IVF. Instead I am preparing for a 20 week scan!
My initial reaction was "How did that happen?", apart from the obvious answer!
Typically and almost annoyingly as everyone says it's when you are not thinking about it that you fall *coughs Lauren* – I had become pregnant in a normal month where I had eaten whatever I fancied, drunk more than a little (I'd been on a long weekend to Ireland – enough said) and generally had fun.
I'm naturally delighted. I'm also petrified.
The first weeks after I found out were the worst. There was no excitement when I saw two blue lines – I didn't dare feel excitement, but when I saw a heart beat on a grainy picture in our local hospital I felt a surge of love I'd never felt before. I felt it was important to acknowledge the struggle it has been to get to where I am today – and I am mindful it is a long journey ahead.
Future blog posts will therefore have to be about the here and now – all the bits that no one tells you and I promise they won't be as long as this (within reason!)
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A very honest and open blog. Catherine, I can't tell you how happy I am for you both. Amazing news. I look forward to your ongoing story. Much love, ElaineReplyDelete
- Sophie28 July 2016 at 01:17
I laughed and cried reading your blog. I know how much it means to you that you have two hearts inside you right now. You and P will be amazing parents. You waited so long for your little star to come along and this child has made the best choice for a mummy and daddy. Blessed be. XReplyDelete
Catherine I want to leave two comments- one to say how much my my heart goes out to you for what you have been through. The fact that on top of that you have to suffer the heartless comments and judgement just sucks. Why can't we all just be nicer to each other?ReplyDelete
The second to say what a lovely blog, Honest, brave and heartfelt and although a difficult subject a joy to read. You are a very talented writer thank you for sharing it with us.
Good luck with the rest of your pregnancy, I look forward to reading your updates xxxx
A brave and personal account. Very proud of you for writing it - I know I can't have been easy. Can't wait to meet Baby soon. XxxReplyDelete
This is fantastic news. God is faithful and constant as the same yesterday, today and forever more!! I have enjoyed reading it and bravo to you!ReplyDelete
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There was a tremor last evening, one felt through out Canuck Nation. Perhaps tremor is too small a word. More like a Category 10 Quake. The epicentre was in Chicago and it marked the post season exit of my beloved Vancouver Canucks at the hands of the Blackhawks.
I remained silent in the blog-o-sphere about the subject. I didn't want to bring disfavor from the Hockey Gods onto the lads. But after a meltdown in pretty much every third period of this series, I can say there is NO HOCKEY GOD.
If there is then he surely hails from Illinois.


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So this isn't really a post, more of an update....
Just recieved these nail polishes from the very lovely Bruna of Pants and Pictures!
If you haven't visited her blog, you really should :)
Anyways, I just got back from Chicago yesterday, and even though I didn't get to see much of the city, I did get a lot of nice shots. And I saw my first wind farm!
sorry :/
so I haven't posted in like six trillion years, because AP American History is kicking my a***. But hopefully in the upcoming days/weeks, i'll be inspired and have time to post something really good.
thanks guys :)
p.s. sorry for the crappy webcam picture. my house is so dark.....
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The U.S. premiere of Richard Bean's Toast officially opens Off-Broadway May 1 directed by Eleanor Rhode. Performances began April 20 as part of the 2016 Brits Off Broadway Festival at 59E59 Theaters, for a limited engagement through May 22.
Bean's play is set in a bread factory, where the employees' regular humdrum routine is broken one Sunday evening by a sudden crisis.
Toast is presented by Snapdragon Productions in association with Jagged Fence Theatre. The British cast is made up of Olivier Award winner Matthew Kelly (Of Mice and Men in the West End), Simon Greenall (I'm Alan Partridge for the BBC), Steve Nicolson (War Horse at the National Theatre), Will Barton (Bedtime Stories at the Stephen Joseph Theatre), Kieran Knowles (Operation Crucible at Finborough Theatre), Matt Sutton (The Ladykillers at the New Vic) and John Wark (Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us for the National Theatre of Scotland).
The design team includes James Turner (set design); Mike Robertson (lighting design); Max Pappenheim (composition and sound design); and Holly Rose Henshaw (costume design).
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The SQL WHERE/ORDER component must be connected to a table or field of a database mapping component. It is also possible to connect the SQL WHERE/ORDER to a Join component, if you need to filter the joined set or records (see Joining Database Data).
1.On the Insert menu, click SQL WHERE/ORDER. By default, the SQL WHERE/ORDER component has the following structure:
2.Connect a source database table or field to the table/field item of the SQL WHERE/ORDER. For an example, open the mapping DB_PhoneList.mfd from the folder <Documents>\Altova\MapForce2020\MapForceExamples\. In this mapping, the SQL WHERE/ORDER is used to filter from the source table "Person" all records where the last name begins with letter "B".
3.Double-click the header of the SQL WHERE/ORDER component (or right-click it and select Properties from the context menu). This opens the "SQL WHERE/ORDER Properties" dialog box.
4.Type the SQL WHERE clause in the text box at the top. Optionally, type the ORDER BY clause. The image above illustrates the WHERE and ORDER BY clauses defined in the DB_PhoneList.mfd mapping (these settings are further explained below). For more examples, see Creating WHERE and ORDER BY Clauses.
The SQL WHERE/ORDER component used in the mapping DB_PhoneList.mfd defines a WHERE clause as follows:
Last LIKE :Name
"Last" refers to the name of a database field in the connected table. "LIKE" is an SQL operator. ":Name" creates a parameter called "Name" on the mapping.
Parameters in SQL WHERE/ORDER components are optional; they are useful if you want to pass a value to the WHERE clause from the mapping. Without parameters, the WHERE clause above could have been written as follows:
Last LIKE "B%"
This would retrieve all persons whose last name begins with letter "B". In order to make this query even more flexible, we added a parameter instead of "B%". This makes it possible to supply any other letter from the mapping (for example, "C", and thus retrieve people whose last name begins with "C" simply by changing a constant, or a mapping input parameter).
An important thing about SQL WHERE/ORDER components is that they change appearance depending on the settings defined in them. This way you can quickly view directly from the mapping what the SQL WHERE/ORDER component does, for example:
A WHERE clause has been defined.
A WHERE clause with a parameter has been defined. The parameter "Name" is visible under the "table/field" item.
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Placing the mouse cursor over the SQL WHERE/ORDER header opens a tooltip displaying the various clauses that have been defined.


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A few months ago we reported on a claim that more babies are born on Valentine's Day and fewer on Halloween.
At the time, I wrote that I'd like to see a graph with all 366 days of the year. It would be easy enough to make. That way we could put the Valentine's and Halloween data in the context of other possible patterns.
Joshua Gans sent along the following from an unpublished appendix to his paper. It's not the graph I was asking for but it does supply additional information beyond those two holidays. Click to enlarge:
I don't know what all those digits are doing (do you really need to know that an estimate is "-70.856" if its standard error is "10.640"? I'd think that "-71 +/- 10 would be just fine), but I suppose the careful reader can ignore the numbers and simply read the signs and the stars. In any case, it's good to see more data.


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Forums › Niryo One › Troubleshooting › Servo motor Dynamixel XL-320 doesn´t run › Reply To: Servo motor Dynamixel XL-320 doesn´t run
Edouard Renard
November 22, 2018 at 6:02 pm
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It seems that the Dynamixel XL-320 is burnt. As you said you applied 12V instead of the recommended ~7.4V.
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Also, please issue a "Technical Support" ticket here, explaining what parts were missing and what is broken, so we can get back to you quickly with a solution. Thanks!


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The highlands of Sapa, Vietnam
Holidays to Sapa, Vietnam
Established as a hilltop retreat by the French in the 1920s, Sapa is the tourism hub of northwest Vietnam – and the start of your hill-trekking adventure. Perched dramatically on the edge of a valley, the undulating rice terraces below and near-constant mist add to its beauty. Although its centre has been overtaken by tourism, once you're out in the open, the tiny villages and hill tribe people you'll come across will soon make you forget where you are.
Vietnam's highest mountain, Fansipan stands at 2,143 metres just a few kilometres out of town but only serious trekkers should attempt the arduous climb, which can take a couple of days to complete on a guided tour. For the easy way to the top, hop on the new cable car, soaking up the amazing views of the valley below before you reach the summit which is usually shrouded in cloud. The cable car is very popular, particularly at weekends, so time your visit well and be prepared to queue. If you want to avoid the crowds, the short hike to the Radio Tower is easy-going and rewards you with spectacular views for minimal effort.
Wandering round town and the hills beyond, you're sure to bump into various tribespeople who can be identified by the villagers' outfits. Most striking is the Red Dao who wear crimson headdresses decorated with coins and tassels, while the surprisingly stylish Black Hmong tribe sport indigo turbans. In the small co-op shops above Sapa market you can pick up various handicraft products, like pillows, belts and bags. The small Culture Museum is worth a quick visit when you first arrive to find out more about the tribes and Sapa's history.
Of course, the real reason for visiting Sapa is the incredible walks that take you through rice paddies, bamboo forests and villages. Make sure you're well prepared with suitable shoes and clothing.
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Visit the remote villages of Thanh Phu and My So on this 7 hour trek through Sapa Valley.
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Map of Sapa
Sapa weather
The best time to visit Sapa is in November when the weather is bright with little chance of rain. Other months that are good for visiting Sapa are January to May. The rest of the months are usually too wet.


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A luxury car cabin will not feel nearly as luxurious if it's cluttered with everyday items or if things are difficult to find. That's why considerable care was taken with the RLX interior to ensure that everything you need at a moment's notice is within reach.
- The illuminated glove box has a shelf to keep the owner's manual readily at hand. If you require a larger, undivided space, the shelf can be easily reconfigured.
- The center storage compartment has both a deep bin for large items and a tray near the top for smaller, easily accessible items. The console armrest/storage cover is double-hinged to open either in the direction of the driver or front passenger and can also slide back for ongoing access to the top storage tray.
- Storage areas such as the coin pocket and cup holder have chrome-plated knobs that are illuminated at night when closed. When opened, the storage spaces themselves are automatically illuminated.