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You can start by visiting the Case Studies page to read how other developers, property owners, management companies and home owner associations have planned and provided PEV charging infrastructure for their residents.
A new service product
EV charging is a new service that your clients will appreciate. This can be set up very cost effectively by planning ahead, offering the options, and making material investments only after there is a need and commitment from your clients
Client attraction and retention
Simply offering EV charging at your facilities will send the message that you are interested in providing solutions for both present and future needs of your clients. It is the most forward thinking and proactive people that are moving to electric transportation. These are the kind of clients that you want to attract and retain.
Future proofing your property
As plug-in vehicles become more common there will be common expectations on charging infrastructure. By installing some charging infrastructure now you will stay ahead of the curve and learn how to provide this service effectively.
LEED points
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) building certifications assign value for the availability of charging infrastructure at buildings. Your facility can receive extra points for offering this service to your clients.
Looking for good publicity and a place in the spotlight? Offering charging options will set you up as a leader and make your facilities as the hot new places to live and work. The best part of the story is that this all can be done with very small upfront investments
EV charging as a value-added service
As a building owner/manager, you are constantly looking for ways to provide good value for your existing customers and to attract new ones. Electric vehicle charging services are a great way to support both of these efforts. Now is the time to learn more about this emerging field and get ready to provide these services when your customers start to ask for them. The most challenging aspects of multi-housing charging are managing a process involving several parties and finding solutions that provide the greatest cost-benefit ratios and convenience for the homeowner association, members, or tenants who use the system.
In most cases these challenges can be solved with simple and cost-effective solutions, but they have to be designed to meet the needs of all parties. Every multi-dwelling complex will have its own advantages and limitations. Therefore, there is no "one size fits all" solution, and instead every infrastructure project will have to be designed based on the case at hand.
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Best Rheumatoid Arthritis Reads of the Year
Which rheumatoid arthritis-related articles, books, and blog posts made an impact this year?
Everyday Health editors reached out to influential voices in the arthritis, autoimmune disease, and advocacy communities. We asked for input on the most memorable reads of 2016 – including blog posts or articles that they wrote, shared, or deeply appreciated.
While this was an informal survey, we were happy to hear about several pieces that we might otherwise have missed. Thanks to all the bloggers and social media managers for all the work you did this year! Review the list and share your thoughts about what else deserves a mention, please. The more, the merrier!
Portraits of Invisible Illness
Facing Forward, a series on the blog From This Point Forward, features people living with chronic disease. Very often, their diseases are autoimmune diseases.
By the end of this year, the series will have highlighted more than 70 individuals facing at least 80 different types of diagnoses. Beginning with the blog's creator Mariah Leach's own autoimmune diagnoses of rheumatoid arthritis and Hashimoto's thyroiditis, the series has included other forms of arthritis, such as (ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, and Still's disease). Many other conditions are featured, such as fibromyalgia, lupus, POTS, psoriasis, Sjogren's syndrome, and ulcerative colitis. "It has also discussed many co-morbid conditions that are often present with autoimmune diseases, such as anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and uveitis," says Leach.
Besides shedding light on the reality of living with an invisible illness, Leach strives to remind people that they are not alone. Each individual profiled shares advice on how to keep facing forward despite illness. Common themes, according to Leach, include:
- Focusing on family, friends, children, pets, and loved ones.
- Trying to find positive aspects of life and practice gratitude, mindfulness, and thankfulness for things we enjoy.
- Making self-care a priority and also allowing time/recognition for feelings of grief or depression in order to find a healthy balance.
- Finding support from others living with the same or similar illnesses, and likewise providing support to others.
- Advocacy, both to achieve better outcomes for individuals as a patient and to improve healthcare for future patients.
- Hope for a cure!
Raw Honesty About Living With Arthritis
Julie Cerrone, of the It's Just a Bad Day, Not a Bad Life! blog, is a recognized and admired voice in the chronic illness community. One of her 2016 posts, about being challenged when she used the airport handicap lane, stood out as an instructional, emotional and unique story: Unacceptable Charlotte Airport. UNACCEPTABLE: My Humiliating Experience with Charlotte's TSA.
When asked about their most memorable posts, the team at CreakyJoints, an online, non-profit, arthritis patient support community, mentioned two favorite blogs published on Everyday Health: 8 Awful Things People Say About Arthritis, because it highlights some myths that rarely get spoken about regarding the community's ability to have sex, raise a family, or even be active at all. And also, the story about fashion designer and arthritis advocate Michael Kuluva, as it emphasizes the importance of celebrating role models within the arthritis community, especially ones who illustrate that arthritis does not prevent people from setting goals and achieving dreams.
Compelling Chronicles of Chronic Illness
Over at Spoonie Living, a lifestyle blog on chronic illness and disability lifestyle, creator and editor Diane Murray nominated a couple of her own 2016 practical posts that generated comments: Small Ways to Ask For Help and Tips for Writing a Symptom Journal. In addition, Murray flagged an outside post she loved on dating that came from blogger Jessica Kendall James: 10 Tips for Navigating Relationships with a Chronic Illness.
Several others cited The Seated View, an award-winning blog from Lene Andersen, not only for her resonant voice and smart observations about living with rheumatoid arthritis, but for writing about a traumatic 2016 experience. A case of the flu turned into pneumonia, landing Andersen in the ICU, where she was put into an induced coma, and on a ventilator, and underwent an emergency tracheostomy.
The account is, as Leach says, "a reminder of how serious these medical conditions can sometimes be, either on their own or by the complications that they can lead to." She describes her appreciation for Andersen's honesty and openness in explaining how she has been able to move on, physically and mentally, after such a harrowing experience. Andersen's latest book, Chronic Christmas, was published in November.
Other notable standouts from bloggers living with arthritis include:
- The Great JA vs. RA Debacle from Ashley Boynes-Shuck, who published the book Chronically Positive, a follow-up to her memoir Sick Idiot, earlier this year.
- Stephanie Aleite wrote Painsomnia #The Struggle Is Real on The Young Face of Arthritis blog.
- Self-Love 101 was published by Kirsten Schultz, the Not Standing Still's Disease creator who's newer blog, Chronic Sex, gained serious momentum this year.
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Wifi just goes away!
iMac with 10.13.6, When I restart the system, wifi connects and works just fine. For awhile. But, how long is random, a day, a few days, a few hours, whatever. Then, it just drops. I have may other devices and my home wifi continues to work fine. I use the Google mesh, connected to Xfinity router.
When it hangs, if I try to connect to any other wifi, it hangs, like wifi is no longer operational. I tried stopping and restarting the wifi. No luck. So, I must reboot to regain a connection.
Does having two wifis in the house cause it to just drop all connections? My macbooks and ipads do not have this issue.
Even though your other devices work fine, it may still be worthwhile to restart the router and access points.
I agree with what others have said on this thread but also wanted to add that I would make sure that your Google mesh WiFi system is setup in bridge mode as you will only want one router on your network. Having two different WiFi's should not be causing this problem but it does add to the complexity as it is way to easy to have your devices connect to the wrong WiFi and then not have access to some or all of your other local devices.
Having said that, I am with @datafornothinandbitsforfree that I do think it is some 3rd party software that is causing the problem and I would also run though the troubleshooting steps that he has outlined above as well.


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Hello all,
I recently picked up this Vasayan (given the scabbard, probably Piney) kris daga, and the style has only rarely been posted on the forum so I though I'd share, mostly on this thread (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showt...&highlight=kris). So I thought I'd share
The knife itself is about 14 inches (35.5 cm) long, the blade itself is about 10 inches (25.5 cm).
2 comments.
1) I'm surprised at how much it looks like a Luzon peice, except for a few details (iron instead of brass fittings, no end cap and peened tang, etc)
2) The riscosso is a lot thinner than the blade proper, which has almost diamond cross section.
3 questions.
1) Any thoughts on age? The horn panels on the scabbard say something like mid 19th cent - WWII, if I recall correctly.
2) Speaking of those panels, one is cracked and starting to separate from the scabbard (as seen in the blurry photo). Is there anyway to fix this? I'm tempted to superglue it...
3) The leather on the throat of the scabbard has also seen better days. I've seen "Mink oil" mentioned a few times on the forum, is this possibly something that could help?
As always anything comments/opinions are welcome.
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Hi Leif.
Interesting piece you have. The blade looks to be of Ilokano manufacture, showing the typical asymmetrical ricasso of the Ilokano wavy-bladed knives. However, the blind tang construction and the sheath are consistent with Visayan work. The hilt shape is not typically Visayan but suggests a Luzon or other Tagalog (Palawan?) origin.
I would agree that the sheath is 20th C work, but more likely pre-WWII rather than later. While the knife and sheath could be a convenient "marriage" of unrelated parts, I think you probably have an unusual Visayan knife, perhaps using an Ilokano blade, with an atypical hilt and dating from about the 1930s or 1940s.
Unusual mix of styles.
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Hi Leif,
very nice piece, congrats! I would place your Visayan daga to the 19th century, at youngest very early 20th century, I think like this with reference to this thread: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showt...hlight=binangon (see post #10)
It seems that the scabbard is original to the knife so my age guess. Mink oil or linseed oil would be good for the horn sheet, the leather look not like it is to save for much longer.
I've attached the both pictures from the from you mentioned thread which are relevant.
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Hi Detlef:
I agree that Leif's daga is a bit older than his estimate, but I don't think it is 19th C. Zelbone, who used to post here, had some interesting observations about this type of sheath with pig skin at the throat and interdigitating segments of horn. Zel thought that this sheath style originated in the 1890s and was particularly common in the 20th C pre-WWII. Unfortunately, his comments were on the old UBB Forum which is now defunct. It is possible that Leif's knife is from the very late 19th C, but I think it is actually from a bit later.
The three wavy-bladed Visayan swords/knives you show are interesting also. For reference I've labeled them A, B, C (see attached copy of your pic).
I think the sword length blade (A) is of Moro manufacture that has been shortened and fitted with a Visayan deity hilt from Panay and a Visayan scabbard.
Example B has a nicely made blade that could be Moro or Ilokano in origin. The terminal tip looks more Ilokano to me.
Example C could be a Moro blade but has definitely had some modifications to the tip to present a more dagger-like appearance.
It is interesting to note that even though these are Visayan pieces, A and B have the luk oriented in the traditional manner for a keris/kris--that is, with the tip of the blade pointing down. Example C has a horizontal orientation of the tip. Sometimes one sees the terminal tip pointing upwards on these Visayan and Luzon pieces. Non-traditional orientations seem to reflect a Western (Spanish ?) influence. Leif's knife has an upward pointing tip.
Leif's blade, with a prominent asymmetric ricasso, looks definitely Ilokano to me.
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Mine is certainly the only one of those pictured that has much or a ricasso. It's also a lot thinner than the rest of the blade. Probably by half. The central ride on the waved section is really tall. I'll see if I can get a good picture of it tonight
Oh, and to clarify something, in my estimate of age I meant somewhere between mid 1800s and WWII. I thing I've read somewhere on this forum that the style of sheath (with the interdigitating segments of horn) was produced in that time range, but I could be misremembering. I love this style regardless.
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The panchang is consulted before any auspicious moment in Hindu traditions like the marriage, the education and journeys. To furnish astronomical information and forthcoming religious events, the panchang is used by astrologers as well as the priests of a temple. The panchang contains important date of events and holy festivals in India. It reflects India's culture belonging to all the religions including Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian and fairs and festivals of the year.
Nearly all the festivals are depicted and shown with a colorful image. Panchangs of today's era include Gregorian (Western) calendar information also. It includes all the details on a day ranging from the personal fortune, tithi information (moon day name, Shuklapaksh and Krishnapaksh), the moon cycles, the full moons or purnima, the new moon or amavasya, lunar month days, to the list of festivals and holy festivals of that day, Vikram Samwat and Saka Samwat and a list of government gazetted holidays.
A panchang also shows the pradosh vrat or fast of the year (pradosh vrat belongs to the worship of Lord Shiva, observed on the trayodashi or troydashi of both the fortnight - Shukla and Krishna Paksh), the ekadashi of the year (ekadashi usually comes on the 11th day of the bright half known as Shukla Paksha and on the 11th of the dark half known as Krishna Paksh), Ganesha and Vinayak Chaturti.
As the world has been divided into many timezones, and the hindu festivals and tithis are observed according to local sunrise, sunset, moonrise, and moonset, these observations tend to be different for every city. Hence, panchang for every city will be different and the persons who want to use the same Indian panchang outside the country should have a different panchang according to their time zones.
The panchang has been there since five thousand years of Indian civilization. Although the government of India uses officially the Gregorian calendar introduced by British in India, the panchang is used by most people.


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By Arun Fulara. Posted on June 21, 2016
Indian films winning at international film festivals isn't a big deal anymore. This is powered by a new breed of young filmmakers, unhindered by the past, who are willing to explore new terrain. While most filmmakers are dealing with new kinds of stories, there are a few who are going further & playing with the medium itself.
Kabir Mehta is one such filmmaker. His docu-fictional short film, Sadhu In Bombay, recently won the top award at European Media Art Festival (EMAF), an annual German film & media festival that aims to showcase the latest trends in contemporary audio-visual art. The jury in its citation highlighted the experimental nature of his work & the use of the medium to blur the lines between, reality & fiction.
"Sometimes to get at the truth, you have to look eye to eye with the camera. But the winner of this years EMAF award shows that looking the camera in the eye and speaking directly can make the truth more complicated and difficult to face. For one thing, is the main character a real life subject or an actor? Is the director revealing reality or refabricating it? Or is there even a difference in these distinctions? This film bravely explores this grey zone in a way that isn't gimmicky or overly self-reflexive, but open, smart and straightforward, dealing with the deceptive layers of both moving image media and social media. Energetic and curious, this work vividly addresses contemporary life in a country where, sadly, it is forbidden to be shown."
Kabir Mehta receiving the award at EMAF
Mehta's filmmaking career started with his winning a filmmaking contest at Delhi University. He's since worked with acclaimed director, Ashim Ahluwalia at his production company Future East Film, before branching out to make his short films.
We caught up with the young filmmaker recently & had a chat about his film & filmmaking ambitions.
Gaspar Noe's short film Carne; Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon, Caché & Das Schloß; Tsai Ming Liang's Vive L'amour; Alejandro Jodorowsky's The Holy Mountain; Pasolini's Saló are some films that come to mind. I adore Satyajit Ray's Charulata. I can watch Kubrick on a loop. I admire Ashim Ahluwalia, who has distinctly opened up new possibilities for Indian cinema & young filmmakers. I feel privileged to have had a chance to work with him. Through him I was introduced to many landmark filmmakers, in particular Imamura and Cassavetes.
Beyond cinema, I have been influenced by existentialist philosopher Ernest Becker's book Denial Of Death. I have also recently been reading the books of Ray Kurzweil & Kevin Kelly with a deep interest in the ontological relationship between human beings and technology that they explore.
During my travels around India in 2013, I had the extraordinary experience of spending time with an aghori in Benaras. He was an utterly compelling character- cranky, theatrical, somewhat misogynistic- and yet strangely unforgettable. Completely captivated, I developed a fascination with the idea of planting this character into a city environment. His reactions to this unfamiliar milieu, which predominantly took place in my imagination, shaped the background for the sadhu we see in the film.
In the process of developing this character, I began to draw parallels between sadhus and filmmakers who I recognize are equally hypocritical, manipulative and unfazed by reality (case in point- me!).
After this it suddenly stuck me- what if these two characters meet?! Intrigued by the potential of what I could do with this interaction sort of paved way for this entire film.
The approach to a docu-fiction is interesting because you document some aspects of reality and lace the narrative with fictional elements. There were times when we were running up to 60 takes for a shot and other times when we had to let the camera roll and patiently wait for an accident to happen. This also meant frustrating moments where we'd witness something magnificent only to realise that the camera was off! By the time we got going, we could only manage to capture the tail end of the moment.
A still from the film
The blend of these two contrasting methods made the process more exciting and surreal. I must add between completing this film and shooting for my next, I have begun to understand the metaphysical nature of filmmaking and that, through the lens of a camera, every moment is as fictional as something fabricated and conversely as authentic as a documentary.
A couple of years ago, I saw a film titled 10 Minutes Older by Herz Frank which is an uninterrupted tight close-up of a child lasting a whole 10 minutes and once the film is over, regardless of whether the child was deliberately made to sit in from of the camera or not, ten minutes of the child's life have gone by and we witness a documentation of that moment in time.
Sadhu In Bombay resonated with the folks at EMAF, who understood that I was exploring the grey zone between reality and fiction and essentially making a film about filmmaking, while putting forth my argument on contemporary life and media consumption. From what I learnt, the jury liked that it was an interesting mix of edgy content and technique, while adhering to some more mainstream type narratives.
Though, more than the award, the experience of meeting with filmmakers from across the world and watching their films (which were truly extraordinary) has given a lot more to me as a filmmaker- I now see so many more dimensions to the medium.
By design, any film that is seeped in reality (or even if it's not) is social and political- it's impossible for a film not to be. As a filmmaker, I don't make a conscious choice to make something that has social resonance. I am fundamentally drawn to a certain character and his/her microcosm.
Inevitably, however, the socio-political themes that I am curious about would find their way into whatever I make. Although the two films that you mentioned were made a few years ago primarily as an excuse to get behind a camera and shoot a damn film- in a way, they were self-imposed film exercises.
My next project, which I have been shooting in Goa, is pretty much in the same vein as Sadhu In Bombay but at the other end of the social spectrum.
I am also kicked about exploring the immersive possibilities of virtual reality & the visceral experience it can induce- these days, I am toying around with a 360° camera that I've just got my hands on.


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The property may only be 150 square meter, but small doesn't always have to mean inferior. Combining form and function is especially important for the builders, and they've done that successfully by maximizing space to provide more than enough living and storage spaces without compromising the house's look — the anthracite colored roof tiles, door, and window frames form a beautiful contrast.
The house owners did not leave anything to chance: The bright border of the glass panels on the front door perfectly matches the exterior plaster. To add to that, all accessories, such as bells, lamps, house numbers and mailboxes, are made of stainless steel, creating that overall sleek contemporary vibe.
We love the neutral palette of the living room. Also, there is something to learn here for people who have limited living room space: Choose an L-shaped sectional sofa to save on space.
The neutral shades continue to the kitchen and dining areas. Despite lacking in space, the kitchen remains fully equipped with everything a family needs (maybe even more). Meanwhile, the dining area is strategically place next to the floor-to-ceiling sliding doors, creating a warmer ambiance for the family during get-togethers. Read up about the seven benefits of natural light to know more why it is important!
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The Kindergarten Teacher (2018)
Lisa is a man woven from neuroses hidden from the viewer: already adult children absolutely do not honor the authority of the mother, the overweight husband has long lost all attractiveness, and her performances with her own haiku in the literary circle do not bring satisfaction to her or to like-minded people. Finding in her pupil remarkable talent for composing poetry, she grabs the boy as a life buoy: writes down every word for him, leads to literary evenings on an equal basis with adults and entices the indifferent father Jimmy not to turn the kid into another entrepreneur, but to develop his gift.
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Release Date: 2018
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In 2015 NN Hellas began to support Junior Achievement Greece, member of the global organization for education & entrepreneurship Junior Achievement Worldwide. It is a nonprofit organization that aims to help young people create their own jobs through global experiential and cooperative learning programs offered. Volunteer employees of NN Hellas participate in an action for the global "Social Innovation Contest", where groups of students aged 15-18 develop innovative ideas and solutions to current social problems.
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Aiming to reinforce the technological infrastructure of public education, we donate computers and office multifunction devices to educational and charitable institutions that are in need of such equipment, depending on our current availability.
Supporting charitable institutions by organizing Christmas bazaars
Since 2011, we have been organizing Christmas bazaars inside our Headquarters for our employees and insurance agents, involving charitable institutions. We do our Christmas shopping, and at the same time we reinforce the causes of the organizations that we host.
"S.O.S. Children's Villages", "Pediatric Trauma Care", "ELEPAP", "Care" Association and "Make a Wish" are some of the organizations we have hosted.
Christmas carols
Every Christmas since 2011, little children from the daycare centre of the association "Friends of the Child" visit our Headquarters, sing carols and collect money offered by the employees for the needs of the centre and the children.
The association's daycare centre takes care of the nutrition, the daily personal hygiene, the entertainment and generally the normal daily life of children aged 2-6 years, belonging in families that face serious economic and social difficulties.
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Our mission is to try to make a better future. However, this cannot be accomplished only with the confidence offered by insurance products and services. It is also accomplished by standing next to young people, sharing their objectives, actively supporting their implementation based on your numbers and expertise.
This is what we do by offering our support to the startup initiative Orange Grove, initiated by the Embassy of the Netherlands in Greece. It is a flexible platform for startup companies, through which cooperation and opinion exchange are cultivated among young entrepreneurs of the Netherlands and Greece, while funding opportunities are also provided to new businesses.
The aim of this ambitious project is to provide the necessary tools (contacts, expertise, knowledge) to Greek and Dutch young entrepreneurs who wish to start their own startup business or expand their business activities in Greece, while offering a specially designed space with offices and free Internet, access to specialized training seminars/courses, legal and accounting services and networking with the overall network of Orange Grove (companies, universities, institutions, people, the Dutch embassy in Athens).
The Orange Grove is a communication channel that aims to promote the startup businesses, the ideas and those innovations which target what we target too: making the world a better place.
In 2018, NN Hellas in co-operation with the Embassy of the Netherlands in Athens and Orange Grove, has successfully implemented the "Ideas Τhat Change Us" programme to dynamically contribute in young entrepreneurship acceleration. Learn more about the programme here.


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Victoria Crawford, or Alicia Fox as she's known in the ring, is on the show today!
The Jacksonville native is the longest contracted WWE Diva, or female WWE wrestler, in WWE history.
She tells us about her career in the ring, as well as what she has coming up in her life beyond WWE.
You can even find Alicia Fox in our catalog!
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La-Z-Boy Incorporated (NYSE:LZB) Q4 2019 Earnings Conference Call - Final Transcript
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future earn-outs on Joybird. As a reminder, this earn-out could range from $0 million to $65 million as we've discussed extensively in previous quarters.
And now, I'll turn the call back to Kurt for concluding remarks.
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Thank you, Melinda. In the shorter term, we are facing several hurdles with a fluid tariff environment, geopolitical uncertainty and the negative growth posted by the furniture industry for the first calendar quarter. But with that said, with our strong brand, multi-channel distribution network and predominately domestic manufacturing footprint, we believe we are competitively well positioned in the marketplace. Additionally, our balance sheet is strong, which will allow us to weather a possible economic downturn.
I'm so proud of the work that La-Z-Boy team has accomplished this year. We are playing offense and implementing creative solutions to optimize our portfolio of powerhouse brands, maximize the reach and efficiencies of our supply chain and capture new and different consumers.
We are excited about the future narrative of La-Z-Boy and believe the best is yet to come. We appreciate your interest in La-Z-Boy Incorporated.
And now, I'll turn over the call to Kathy to provide the instructions for getting into the queue.
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Thank you, Kurt. We'll begin the question-and-answer period now. Christie, will you please review the instructions for getting into the queue to ask questions?


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"Suffice it to say, I love the Fluance Fi70 despite the quirks. It's cheaper than a Sonos Playbar, and it's a nice piece of furniture—a conversation piece for your living room." – Gizmodo (May 2016)
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The Gadgeteer Reviews The Fluance Fi70 Wireless High Fidelity Music System
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Makita named official power tool of Snocross Racing
Makita extends snocross sponsorship as Official Power Tool through race day activation, media, and contingency programs.
The Makita Power Contingency Snocross Program allows all racers, in all classes and all ages, to compete for a chance to win Makita LXT Brushless Cordless Tool Kits.
Makita U.S.A. Inc., an innovation leader in cordless tools, has been named the Official Power Tool of International Series of Champions (ISOC).
As a long time sponsor of top snocross teams, Makita continues the partnership for another season with ISOC, parent-company of the AMSOIL Championship Snocross, as an official sponsor. The sponsorship includes race day activation and tool demonstrations, media program, a new contingency program, and the Makita Power Tower, the elevated on-track race managers' communication platform.
"Makita believes in the synergy this partnership provides," said Brent Withey, senior director of brand marketing, Makita U.S.A. "Snocross aligns perfectly and allows us to further connect with fans, the people using the tools every day. In addition to being the Official Tool of ISOC, we are also the title sponsor of Warnert Racing, one of the premier race teams."
To provide overall support for the sport, Makita is introducing a new contingency program. The Makita Power Contingency Snocross Program allows all racers, in all classes and all ages, to compete for a chance to win Makita LXT Brushless Cordless Tool Kits. As the Official Power Tool of ISOC, Makita tools will be at work on race day by teams in the pits, fans testing tools at the on-site activation, and ISOC staff building the race course.
"We are excited about the partnership with Makita and their new contingency program," said ISOC president Carl Schubitzke. "We have always relied on Makita tools in extreme weather conditions and we are looking forward to getting their great products into the racers, mechanics, and spectators hands."
Makita's sponsorship presence will extend beyond the race track with the Makita All-Terrain Slayer Sweepstakes. This national sweepstakes offers fans a chance to win a Makita Edition 2019 Can-Am Maverick X3 Turbo or Makita's latest innovation in 18V X2 LXT (36V) cordless tools and power equipment and a Kicker Bluetooth speaker and headphone set.
The Makita All-Terrain Slayer Sweepstakes opens on December 3, 2018, and runs through the end of March 2019.
The 2018-19 season runs through March and includes national broadcast coverage on the CBS Sports Network.
AMSOIL Championship Snocross, Powered by Ram, is owned and operated by the International Series of Champions (ISOC) out of Albertville, Minn. For more information on its events and schedules, go to snocross.com.
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Blasts from the past: Collecting retro video games in the UAE
Nostalgia is a powerful force, one that carries us back to precious memories in romanticised Technicolor. It is also, according to a Journal of Consumer Research study, a powerful marketing tool.
"Feeling nostalgic weakens a person's desire for money," write Jannine Lasaleta, Constantine Sedikides and Kathleen Vohs. "In other words, someone might be more likely to buy something when they are feeling nostalgic."
It is precisely this power that retail chain Virgin Megastores hopes to harness by launching its first foray in the region into collectable retro video games.
Toufic Eido, Virgin's regional channel manager, says nostalgia is driving customer choices across all product lines – be it fashion, music, furniture, decor – or, more recently, gaming.
"We wanted to tap into everyone's nostalgia and bring our childhood memories back to life," he says. The company's first stock of retro games and consoles arrived in April and the store has already sold three of the five most-expensive items.
They include: a Dh2,999 copy of Super Mario Bros Deluxe for the Game Boy Color, the condition of which is graded at Mint 95; a sealed copy of Pokémon Gold for Game Boy, graded at Mint 90, which cost Dh2,499; and Super Mario Land 2 for Game Boy, graded at Near Mint 80+, for Dh2,199.
The Video Game Authority – the video-games arm of a group that aims to provide consistent and accurate grading of the quality of collectables – grades games based on a large range of variables, including date of manufacture, rarity and the condition of the game and its packaging. The perfect grade is a Gem Mint, followed by Mint, Near Mint, Excellent, all the way down to Very Poor. Many collectors, however, prefer to grade their collections themselves, based on condition and functionality.
In an age of high-speed digital downloads, some fans feel something tangible has been lost in the pursuit of convenience. "Nothing beats the feeling of actually owning a physical copy of an old, nostalgic game," says Eido.
Some of the fondest childhood memories of many residents born in the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s are of sitting in front of the television playing video games – much to the chagrin of their parents.
Whether zipping around as Sonic the Hedgehog or finally completing the indomitable Contra, they were immersed in the on-screen action. Over-coming the pre-programmed odds not only set imaginations free, but also challenged players' rhythm, reactions and puzzle-solving skills.
The games came in elaborate, colourful boxes, often with beautifully designed instruction booklets. They had their own feel and smell – there was a powerful physicality to them.
While the industry has moved on from humble origins, original copies of vintage games are becoming increasingly valuable, especially in Japan, the United States and Europe.
Rare examples, such as a gold-cartridge edition of the game Nintendo World Championship for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), can fetch up to US$100,000 (Dh367,300).
In the UAE, Virgin Megastores' move into the sector will be a litmus test of its appeal to the general consumer – but there are already some dedicated fans.
Emirati collector Fahad Yousef's collection has Virgin's beat, both in size and value.
The 33-year-old, who began collecting seriously a decade ago, now owns 3,000 retro game items.
He recalls playing video games at Dubai's oldest mall, Al Ghurair Centre, which opened in 1981.
"There was an arcade centre there called Sindbad's Wonderland – that was the place I used to go in my childhood to play arcade games, such as Street Fighter, Ninja Turtles, The Simpsons," he says.
Although he loved the arcade, his love of retro video games blossomed while playing on home consoles – beginning with his first, the Atari 2600.
However, he did not start to build his collection until about 10 years ago, when he bought a boxed American NES, Nintendo's first console, which was originally released in Japan in 1983 and remained on sale for more than a decade.
This was followed by a twist of fate, when Yousef snapped up 50 games and 10 consoles from a Dubai warehouse that was clearing out its stock of "old-school games". They included items from games publishers including Sega, Sony and SNK.
He added to his collection on his travels, scouring Tokyo's Akihabara district for Japanese classics, and by buying from other collectors online. In 2011, he created the Dubai Retro Games Club Facebook page.
"It was not a commercial page," he says. "It was just to socialise with people and let them know what I'm adding to my collection. At the same time, I opened my account on eBay and that was the start of my business."
In 2014, Yousef set up an Instagram account, Dubai Retro Games (@dubairetrogames), as the commercial arm of his social-media enterprise.
Through social networking, he connected with more people, amassed followers and eventually progressed to showcasing his wares at events such as Games, the IGN Convention and this year's Middle East Film & Comic Con (MEFCC).
The latter, he says, was a roaring success: "Everybody was talking about it."
This encouraged him to take the next logical, yet pioneering, step: setting up not one, but two physical stores. The first is set to open on Sharjah's University City Road in a month, while the second is due to open in about two months near his home in Oud Al Mateena, Dubai.
He called the Sharjah store Al Sahim Al Fadi, which translates as Silver Arrow. The name was inspired by The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, a game released on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1991.
The main character, Link, is tasked with saving Princess Zelda, and the kingdom of Hyrule, from the evil Ganon. Link's arsenal includes silver arrows, which are used to defeat his nemesis.
"It is the best game I have ever played," says Yousef.
The Dubai shop will be called Super Bowser – a combination of Super Mario and Bowser, the Italian plumber's evil dinosaur adversary.
Yousef's most prized possession, the only item not for sale, is a mint-condition PlayStation model called the Net Yaroze, which originally sold for $750, but now fetches between $5,000 and $8,000.
"It is like the very first PlayStation, but a black version," he says. The normal retail version of the console was grey.
"What's special about this one, is that it lets you programme and develop games."
While eBay buyers tend to appreciate the value of old games more than the average UAE consumer, Yousef has seen a spike of interest, especially in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
To his surprise, even the "PlayStation generation" has heeded the retro call.
"I've started to get requests from young people – like they are 12 or 15 years old, in high school," he says.
"They told me they want to see the start of some famous games, such as Pokemon and Mario."
Yousef's local competitors include Retrogamer.ae, an online store founded by 28-year-old oil and gas worker Rami Qaddoumi.
"I've been collecting and playing retro games since I was 12 years old," says Qaddoumi, a Dubai-based American, who is of Jordanian descent.
"When I moved to the UAE about four years ago, my collection was sitting back home, pretty much collecting dust."
He did not have space to house the 600-piece collection he had amassed over eight years.
Within a week of putting it up for sale on dubizzle, he had sold everything for about Dh12,000.
"I kind of regretted it immediately," he says.
However, he did spot a huge gap in the UAE's emerging retro-gaming market.
"I know a lot of people in the industry from around the world – from the US, Japan, Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon, and I decided to give it a shot," he says.
He began importing retro games, via his network of collectors, and selling them – first on dubizzle, then Instagram.
But like Yousef, Qaddoumi only saw the true potential of the market when he took part in this year's Comic Con.
"We had 10-year-olds who were extremely interested and who were actually collecting," he says.
Following this revelation, he decided to "go official", registering his business and launching a website.
Since then, the company has enjoyed rapid growth, now serving more than 200 customers a month.
In the process, Qaddoumi has been slowly rebuilding his personal collection. "Even though I have more than 3,000 pieces up on the website, I do have my own collection that's growing again on the side," he says.
He has about 200 pieces – focusing only on "the really rare items you can't just go on eBay and find".
"One rare piece I have is the Sakhr model AX 660 – this is an MSX computer that also plays Sega Genesis – or Mega Drive – games," he says.
The Sakhr was the name given to the MSX when a regional version was launched by a Kuwaiti company, Al Alamiah, with an Arabic operating system.
He also owns an Atari NAJM, the only Atari computer localised for the Middle East, which has "won a special place" in his heart.
While every gamer from his generation seems to recall a childhood ambition to own every vintage console, he says it "is becoming an expensive hobby".
He estimates his collection to be worth between Dh50,000 and Dh60,000.
The rarest game he ever owned was Magical Chase, which he bought among a collection of Turbografx 16 games for Dh800, and sold with 30 other games on eBay for $7,000.
"I regret selling that game every single day," he says. "Something like that, you do not sell. Every day you should wake up, go to your collection and admire it."
His company focuses on American games and consoles. Because they are in English and harder to source locally, they tend to hold, if not grow, their value.
Virgin, meanwhile, is not the only large retailer to spot the market potential for vintage games. Retrogamer recently struck a deal with Meraas's Hub Zero – a cutting-edge entertainment complex boasting rides, games and more – to distribute games through its outlet, Cache Point.
All in all, it is an exciting time for retro gaming and collectors – if the growing market is anything to go by, old-school gaming is back with a vengeance.
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Tell Me Tuesday
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YOO made yourself small...
Hehe you look cute in there.ReplyDelete
That looks like a very safe hiding spot!ReplyDelete
Sniffie spent Snoozing Sunday in a kitty condo a lot like that. What a fun place to sleep!ReplyDelete
Shrinking ourselves into small places is just one of the powers we kitties possess! Disappearing for awhile is one of our most favorite power!=^Y^=the Cat Street BoyzReplyDelete
ha ha ha the incredible shrinking Mancat! ha ha haReplyDelete
thank you for the healing thoughts while i've been sick. i'm sure all my friends sending me pawsitive thoughts are why i'm getting better so fast! i'm lucky to have such good friends.
PS thank you for the yogurt tip, it helps
Minchie must be a praktishoner of yoga, dat keeps a mancat flexible and able to skwish demselfs into little spaces.ReplyDelete
Awwww, that is so cute!ReplyDelete
That looks like a great spot to ride out a storm!ReplyDelete
That's funny! No one would think to look for you in there!ReplyDelete


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regarding off-grid and cruising...
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Good work. I am building a Spring Run from Red Fish. I have just started not as advanced as you, did you buy yoiur forms or cut them yourself I am having abit of trouble keeping my forms 'in' shape. I guess will have to slow down a bit, the skills are abit rusty after 30 years of not using them.
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Maury spotted this idea for cloning vintage knobs.
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Video Tour of Jimmy Strauss Jeeps
Roger Martin shared this tour of Jimmy Strauss' jeep shop.
Starting the Morning off w/ a Bang
Tom shared this video short of 105mm Recoilless Rifle mounted to an M-38.
Another Jeep Commercial
Just in time for the big game comes this new Jeep Commercial. Thanks to several folks for sharing this.
New Gladiator Jeep Ad Controversy
Several folks have emailed about the controversy over the new Gladiator Jeep ad. The new ad shows an old Jeep Gladiator being crushed from which the new Gladiator emerges. Some folks resent the fact that the old Gladiator was crushed, as it appears to be in restorable shape. Given there were over 100,000 of them produced, I don't think crushing one will cause the world to end. There are also plenty of cheap ones available. I found these two on my very first search:
2 for $3000: https://olympic.craigslist.org/cto/d/bremerton-rare-jeep-gladiator/6799254554.html
1 for $1100: https://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/cto/d/gig-harbor-1971-jeep-j2000-gladiator/6804750817.html
The actual crushing aside, my problem with the commercial is this: If the point of creating a new Gladiator was to benefit from the nostalgia of the original Gladiator, crushing the life out of an old Gladiator doesn't do that. Nostalgia should be about reliving happy memories not, literally, crushing old memories.
For fun, here's an old Jeep Gladiator commercial (the first 30 seconds is an introduction, but the remainder of the video is a commercial or 2 separate commercials):
On a side note, there's already a Jeep Gladiator Forum ready for the new Gladiator.
Stony Ridge Farms CJ-3A-Rescue
This summer of 2018 video shows Josh, the Stoney Ridge Farmer out of North Carolina, pulling a family jeep out of a barn. The jeep hadn't been driven in thirty years. There are more videos related to the jeep here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQVGf64a6nqKhgR9eKCUY4A/search?query=jeep
'Metal Shaper' Has Items For Sale
Brian's got some items for sale in the video below. You willy likely recognize him as Metal Shaper on Youtube. He's been doing regular videos over the past two years and, as usual, his work is great. You can view his entire video list here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTHDVml1xugLuj0oi384tEQ/videos
Video of Ford GPs Leaving the Factory in March of 1941
UPDATE: The bottom clip seems to have been a small part of this nearly eight-minute clip of the Ford GPs being rolled off the line for the QMC. Some of this video we've seen and some we haven't. This was the first batch of 400 Ford GPs, delivered March 19, 1941 (which was part of the first contract of 1500 Ford GPs).
Originally posted September 7, 2018:
The video only lasts 23 seconds, but it's the only one I've seen of Ford GPs leaving the factory:
GI Joe Commercial
This vintage GI Joe commercial includes a real jeep and jeep driver who attests to GI Joe's accuracy.
Our Gang Ice Racers Get Some TV Exposure
The local Denver CBS Affiliate covered the Our Gang Ice Racers.
Alan Hassell's 1955 M-38A1
Panama City, Florida's, News Herald featured this video and story about Alan Hassell's M-38A1.
New Industry at Willys Overland's Former Property
This news report from Toledo shared the news that Willys Overland's former plant property is now being used by the Dana Corp and others.
A Kaiser-Jeep Bolide XJ-002 Video
I stumbled onto the below video of the Bolide XJ-002 after doing some searches based on the post related to the XJ-001. The video is part of a larger All-Par article (see more photos here).
Now I'm wondering if the Parmely body was based originally on this XJ-002 body design. The Parmley looks like it's a little more practical, convertible version of the XJ-002.
Unlike the XJ-002, which was designed on a Jeepster Commando chassis, the XJ-001 was atop a CJ-5 chassis. The Parmely was also designed to fit a CJ-5 chassis, so its lines couldn't be as long nor sleek as the XJ-002.
The video isn't the most compelling piece of work, but it manages to record some unusual history. As of 2010, this vehicle was reportedly undergoing restoration.
David Tracy Compares a CJ-2A vs. a Roxor
I went over to Seattle on Wednesday and back to Pasco on Thursday morning. Just one post today.
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Post Alaska Or Rust Item: FCA Brazil's Video of Hugo Vidal
<– Day 21 – Saturday May 19th: Mr. Infamous (Alaska Or Rust Presentation)
UPDATE: I'm still sick so no updates. We made it back to Pasco, where we will stay a few days before heading back to Seattle to help with Dad. In the meantime, Luciano updated the video of Hugo below by adding English subtitles for the Portuguese. Enjoy!
Original post November 14, 2018: On Sunday this video debuted at the Premiere Auto Show in Brazil at the Auto Show's Jeep Booth. It features our good friend and co-Alaska participant Hugo Vidal. It's mostly in Portuguese, but some is in English. You'll see both my wife and I appearing in several clips. The title refers to Hugo as the First Citizen of Jeep Nation. Kudos to Luciano Falconi for his great videography.
Hugo also recently published a book on his trip, written in both English and Portuguese. http://www.ewillys.com/…/26/hugo-vidal-has-published-his-b…/
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Odd Turkish(?) Video with a Jeep
ModMike shared this odd video on Facebook that includes a CJ-2A. I finally tracked down a Youtube version. Can anyone explain it?
Video — Jeep: The Unstoppable Soldier
I didn't get a whole lot done the last few days, as Dad is needing more assistance. No time to do updates for Thursday, but perhaps this 1 hour video from WheelsTV will fill the void. I've only seen the first 15 minutes, but it looks promising thus far.
I did spot at least one item that was incorrect. While discussing the first BRC at Holabird, between 15:59 and 16:20 pictures of a BRC-60 are mistakenly shown.
Willys Overland Promotional Movie
Midwest Jeep Willys republished this promotional video titled: Workhorses of Industry. Thanks to Blaine for spotting it.
Willys Overland Factory Video Footage
This short video of the Willys Overland factory includes a clip showing how workers painted the chassis. I wonder how much spray paint the spray-guy breathed in …
1945 Color Video of Jeeps on Okinawa
Several jeeps shown navigating mud and water, including a Holden.
1943 Video "Role of the Jeep"
Some of these clips form this four-plus minute 1943 movie are familiar, but the video also offer a wide range of clips I hadn't seen (that I can remember). There are Bantams BRC-60s, BRC-40s, Ford GPs, Slat Grill MBs, Ford GPAs, and MBs/GPWs.
Audie Murphy & The Yakima Ridge Runners
This 1954 video was a surprise find. It's called "JEEPERS: Film Star Goes On Jeep-Man's Holiday" and features Audie Murphy.
1942 Willys MB Rebuild Part II
The is second in the series from Sybert's Garage. You can view Part I here.
This explanation from Episode 1's post shares why Tom and his son are rebuilding the jeep:
"My parents have a summer cottage in Northern Wisconsin. Our neighbors, who have passed away with the daughter living there now, had an old MB jeep. It was painted violet because at the time Janet's dad asked her what color he should paint it as a little girl.
The jeep sat in her garage for years and each time we went to visit we tried to get her started. The mice had made it their home, eating all the electrical wires. The radiator leaked, brakes and clutch did not function and we realized we never had enough time to truly spend on getting her running whenever we visited. We asked for permission to bring her back to our garage in Wisconsin, fix her up and return her to Janet.
Janet's dad served in WWII in the Army and I know he would be proud to see Janet driving his jeep today."
Action Video of an APU Jeep
Nick shared this video of a 1955 airplane test that included multiple shots of an Valentine APU-equipped jeep. You can see some other updates here: https://www.thecj2apage.com/forums/time-capsule-navy-cj3a-by-valentine-apu_topic37074_page6.html
Vietnamese M-38/CJ-3A Video
Carl shared the video of what looks to be an M-38 that has multiple mods, including a CJ-3A windshield and an after market dash gauge. However, the body does not have a battery box lid, suggesting it is an after market body. The flat rear wheel wells also raise questions.


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Phineas Pett Married three times. His first marriage, to Ann Nichols, seems to have been entirely for love. In 1597, Phineas' mother had just died and he was starting on his first supervisory shipbuilding work. It was then "first fell in love with my now wife"
During the continuance of this work I did not neglect my wooing, having taken such a liking of the maiden that I determined resolutely (by God's help) either to match with her or never to marry any ; the which I with much difficulty (praised be God) at length achieved, all my own kindred being much against my matching with her, by reason of some controversies grown twixt Mr. Nicolas Simonson and them.
It isn't clear what the connection is between Simonson (one of the owners of the ship Phineas was repairing) and Ann's father, Richard ("a man of good report and honest stock"), but despite the objections of the Pett clan the couple were married in 1598. We don't know how old Anne was when they married. Phineas was 28 and Ann would have her last child 22 years later, so probably in her late teens or early twenties.
She had ten full term pregnancies and eleven children, including one pair of twins, spaced fairly evenly two years apart. Eight of them survived into adulthood. She suffered the loss of three children and one adult son. In 1613, her secondborn, the ten year old Henry died. Phineas is uncharacterisitically detached, simply reporting the death between semi-colons, sharing the sentence with the death of a carver and the return of a sailor. In 1617 ("a very fatal and troublesome year") they lost two more, a young Phineas aged two and Mary, the eldest of the twin girls born in April of that year at just six months old. She also outlived Joseph, who died in Ireland in his late teens, but we hear nothing of Ann's reaction to these losses.
Ann appears regularly, although usually in passing, through the course of their marriage. Usually Phineas is reporting either moving house, moving his family to avoid various sicknesses, or to report on Ann's health. We are told that she was sick during her preganancy with their first, John and when pregnant with Phineas) she had an illness which clearly greatly worried Phineas, but has a gloriously eccentric diagnosis.
my wife sickened of a surfeit of eating too many grapes, which had like to have cost her her life
Whether this is an example of Early Modern medical bluster, or Phineas' view of the consequence of his wife's vice is unclear. The pregnancy with the twins was, inevitably also difficult. A month before they were born, in March 1617
she being so big with child that I was forced to carry her by coach and that very leisurely for that she was with child with two twins
At the end of 1617, shortly after losing Mary and young Phineas, Ann was again very ill.
My dear loving wife sickened at Chatham the 29th December, and hardly escaped with life, yet it pleased God she did recover
She was, however to live for another ten years (and to deliver two more healthy children), before in 1627
The 14th February, being Wednesday and St. Valentine's Day, my dear wife Ann departed this life in the morning, and was buried the Friday after in Chatham Church in the evening, leaving behind her a disconsolate husband and sad family. Not long after, I being at London, my only sister then living, Mary Cooper, departed this life the fifth of March, for the very grief of the loss of my dear wife.
Again we don't know how old she was when she died, but it was 29 years after her marriage, and eight years after her last recorded birth so probably her late forties or early fifties. Although all we have of Ann are expressions of love at their engagement, the grief of Phineas and his family at her death and sporadic terms of endearment and worry in between, not withstanding his rapid remarriage, it does feel like a loving as well as long marriage
Whilst his marriage to Ann was one of love, his second marriage, to Susan Yardley was almost certainly a practical arrangement. Ann had been dead only five months when Phineas married Susan. Phineas and Ann's first son, John, had married Katherine Yardley in 1625. John had then died at sea (a not uncommon fate for the Pett men) leaving Katherine as a pregnant widow. Susan was Katherine's mother, i.e. he married his late son's mother-in-law. I'm very curious how common practice this was. Was it a customary expedient, or would it have been considered odd? Susan would have been a mature woman, probably about Ann's age- already a mother to a grown up daughter and a grandmother and there were no children from this second marriage. Ann left several children, the youngest only seven and Susan was a family friend who could raise the remainder of Ann's children, presumably also looking after Katherine (whose son, Phineas, lived to be one of the ubiquitous Pett shipbuilders of his generation).
Phineas marriage with Susan lasted ten years, during which time she is hardly mentioned in the autobiography, although admittedly by this point in the book each year was given less attention and the narrative was far less personal than earlier. After an illness of some weeks, on 21st July 1637
She fell into a sweet sleep and so like [a] lamb quietly departed this life
Whilst it is easy to view Ann's marriage as one of love and Susan's as one of comfortable convenience, Phineas' third and final marriage is much harder to fathom out. Again, he married very soon after his bereavement in January 1638. However the first mention of her is in July, when he describes her, almost as an aside, as his "now wife". Even more strangely, he calls her "Bylande" in this first reference, when it is clear later on that her Christian name was Mildred and her father's name Etherington. The autobiography's editors suggest that she may have been another widow and Bylande may have been her previous husband's name, but this would seem, even for the sometimes bewildering Phineas, an odd way to introduce her.
Sadly, the marriage was a brief one. On September 8th his "dear wife sickened! Taken with a violent fever, being then great with child" and on the 19th "she departed this life in a most Christian manner".
I'm rather intrigued by Mildred. Who was she and how did this marriage come about? She may or may not have been another widow, but she was pregnant when she died, so clearly much younger than Phineas, who was 68 in 1638. Ann's children would have been in less need of a stepmother by this time (the youngest, Christopher, would have been 18). Was she the young object of fancy for an aging, but by this time quite wealthy and prominent and clearly still sexually potent man? We can only speculate, but she was Phineas last wife, although he lived for another nine years.
Both Ann and Phineas' remaining daughters survived to adulthood and both may have married men related to their father's trade. Ann, their eldest daughter may have been the Mrs. Ackworth, who Pepys describes in 1661 as a "very proper, lovely woman" married to the "knave" William Ackworth, but there is some confusion about this. The surviving twin, Martha, married Master Carpenter and Phineas' erstwhile apprentice John Hodierene (or Odierene) when she was twenty. We don't know of their eventual fate.
In Part Three, after a quick survey of other women who make fleeting appearances in Phineas' life along with some final thoughts.
One quick erratum from my previous post. It seems that Phineas was preceded by twin sisters Jane and Suzannah, who both died, presumably as infants in 1567. I've edited the post to reflect this.


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YWCA 6th Annual Cookies, Cocktails a true success
To the Editor:
The YWCA Darien/Norwalk would like to extend our sincerest thanks to everyone who participated in making our Cookies, Cocktails and a Cause Ladies Night fundraiser on Thursday, December 4th a tremendous success. Over 100 women, both YW members and non-members, enjoyed the event which included a holiday cookie swap and a cookie contest. Proceeds from the event will benefit the YW community outreach programs, Parent Awareness, which encourages the positive development of Darien youth by providing education to families and Job Search Support, which provides guidance and training for women in all stages of the job search process.
We are so grateful to our generous ongoing Title Sponsor, William Raveis Real Estate, Mortgage and Insurance for their support to our organization and cause. In addition, we wish to express our appreciation to Nielsen's Florist for providing the perfect holiday atmosphere and to Michael Joseph's Catering who served an abundance of exceptional appetizers to compliment the wine selection from WinePort of Darien.
Thank you to, Michael Joseph's team of chefs and managers; Joe Viesta, Justin Viesta, Mary Shuler and Gary Newman and last year's cookie contest winner, Jill Stelben, who served as judges of the cookie contest. The winner of this year's cookie contest was Alyson Johnson with her Chocolate Mint Crinkles recipe.
We would like to extend our appreciation to the generous local merchants who donated items for our raffle: Chelsea Piers, Spree, Pure Barre, CST 50, Sono Baking Company, Dance with Me Stamford, Art Plus Studios, Juliska, 1020 Post, Darien Pilates, Infinity Fitness, Posh Nail Salon, Equinox, Barrett Books, Blue Mercury, Diageo, JoyRide Cycling, and Lanphier Day Spa, who also provided goody bags for the evening.
A special thanks to all the volunteers who coordinated this event, especially the planning committee members: Jennifer Clemow (committee chair), Kelly Clifford, Jennifer Fenge, Wistar Wallace, Lori Slotkin, Jane Lee Song, Daphne Procopion, Diana Turowski, Heather Gray, Shane Roth, Megan Shain, and Jen Osborne.
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