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The first year of marriage is by far the toughest
Twelve months after saying her vows, writer Farrah Storr made another – to switch off and spend time with the man she wed
About four years ago, when marriage was but a blurry, distant concept, a colleague turned to me at a Christmas party and said: "Being married is like walking through life with your hands tied behind your back." That was it. No build-up. No explanation. Just that line, dropped like a rock and delivered with all the venom with which I assumed her own marriage was filled.
I didn't give it or her much thought after that. Until late last year, as my own marriage approached its first birthday.
The previous 12 months had been, well, let's say unexpected. I had hardly seen my new husband. When I did, we rarely spoke. I had thought that a ring on my finger and a shiny new surname would bring strength, security and closeness. I thought the hard stuff was over. I was wrong.
The post-wedding blues are well documented. Experts believe that around one-in-10 women suffer the inevitable "flatness" that follows the bridal tsunami. In fact, so well documented is it that Working Title – the brains behind romcoms including Notting Hill and Love Actually – have chosen it as the subject for their latest film, I Give It A Year.
The film is a lot of fun. After all, newlywed life is fertile ground for jokes about lazy sex and whose turn it is to take the rubbish out. I expect it will be a roaring success. Not just because it's got a few good jokes about penises, but because it touches upon a very real but rarely acknowledged truth: that the first 12 months of married life are the most challenging of your relationship.
The statistics back this up, with a study by Divorce Online showing that the first two years of marriage carry the highest risk of divorce. I have witnessed it first hand, with three colleagues calling time on their marriages within a year.
I first met my husband, Will, in 2003. We were set up on a misjudged date by a well-meaning sibling for the sole reason that Will and I were both single and miserable. That was where our similarities began and ended.
He was a frustrated writer who'd dropped out of university and had fingernails bitten to bloodied stubs. I had just returned from a gap year in Paris saddled with the pretension and elevated self-importance that a trip like that gives someone under 21. And yet, though romance evaded us that evening, an unusually intense friendship began.
Two years later, to no one's surprise but our own, we fell in love. When we eventually said our vows, almost 10 years to the day after we first met, I was more confident than most. Our marriage would work because it was based on friendship. Sure, maybe when we hit the plateau of our middle years we'd have to tend to a few marital snags. But the first few years? They would be a doddle. Six weeks into our marriage I was offered my dream job – editing a women's magazine. I was thrilled and threw myself into it with the same maniacal obsession with which I had set about our wedding planning 12 months earlier.
I left for work before Will woke and returned home as he was going to sleep. Our longest conversation was as we both brushed our teeth before bed. He rarely moaned. Husbands were supposed to be "supportive", he said. He would wait for me, at least until things calmed down. He cooked dinner every night. I ate it alone at 11 o'clock. At weekends he'd watched DVDs by himself while I worked in the office next door. I made friends at parties and through work that he had never met or heard of. My life galloped along at a frantic pace. His stayed the same. It didn't help that Will worked from home, writing his new book. The four walls of our home became his morning, noon and night. The problem was that I was never within them.
We took on a cleaner to make up for the fact I was never home. On the phone she sounded like Rusty Lee. I hired her. When I opened the door she looked like Audrey Tautou. I became paranoid. When she was at the house I'd ring Will constantly. "Do you think she's pretty?" I'd ask accusingly. He told me I was being ridiculous. Before long his patience turned to anger.
He wasn't alone in his concern. My boss, a man renowned for his Herculean work ethic, sent me an email one evening. It said simply: "Go home. Order a pizza and a DVD. Spend some time with your husband!"
On the train home I realised my mistake. I had thought getting married was the achievement, the end point, the full-time signed contract after years of uncertainty. Once you had that certificate you had made it. The pressure was off. You were free to go on and pursue the rest of your life. But I had been wrong.
Marriage is the hard part – and those first 12 months are crucial in determining what the rest of it will be like. (This is scientific fact. A study by the University of Texas found that how a couple behave in the first two years of marriage is a key indicator as to whether they're heading for divorce.)
Without realising it, I had sidelined my husband for my ambition. I kidded myself that I was doing it for us. But what if there was no "us" left to enjoy our success? As we toasted our first anniversary – our first restaurant meal together in almost a year – we made a vow: that our marriage had to be our daily priority. I cut down my hours at work. I planned quality time every weekend, just the two of us.
We even moved out of London to a small, remote village where we could ensure our weekends were a world away from the chaos of London. Fourteen months in and we're stronger and closer than ever.
Yes, marriage is like walking through life with your hands tied behind your back. The difference is they are tied to someone else's.
Farrah Storr is editor of Women's Health magazine. I Give It A Year is released on February 8
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Eugenia Duodu, PhD student and board member
Visions of Science Network for LearningToronto, www.vosnl.org
Eugenia Duodu talks about science education the way other young activists talk about human rights and the environment – passionately. She uses words like "awesome" and "amazing" to describe her work with Visions of Science, a 20-year-old organization founded to advance the career aspirations of young African-Canadians. She coordinates weekend science clubs for kids in Grades 4 to 8 in Toronto Community Housing developments, helps them participate in Science Rendezvous, the annual nationwide science fair, and sits on Visions of Science's board of directors.
Ms. Duodu, 24, also co-founded the Creating Global Citizens program and is leading a group of teens on a trip to Tanzania this summer, and reviews grants for the youth art funding agency ArtREACH, among many other involvements.
When she isn't volunteering, she's pursuing a Ph.D. in medicinal chemistry and molecular recognition from the University of Toronto, designing organic molecules that target disease processes like cancer. She recently won a Harry Jerome Award for academics from the Black Business and Professional Association.
First steps
I've always been into science and community service, but never found a way to marry the two until my fourth year of undergrad. I was about to start my Ph.D., and I was thinking so much about how to bring science to my community. I googled 'science in the community' and I ended up on the Visions of Science website, so I signed up to volunteer at the science fair.
When I came home after the fair, I remember thinking that this was one of the best days of my life. I was talking to the executive director, and he said he was looking for someone who really knew Toronto Community Housing. I said I did, because I grew up in a community housing project in Etobicoke and was involved with the local youth council. Within a couple of hours I went from being a volunteer to a leadership role. It was pretty serendipitous.
The pitch
Visions of Science aims to increase the career and educational aspirations of youth in marginalized communities. Through the weekly science clubs, we try to expose kids to different aspects of science, technology and math, whether it's by building balloon hovercraft or learning how rockets work. There aren't that many scientist role models for them, so we're trying to make science more accessible. Most of these kids' families can't afford to send them to fancy science programs, so we try to build relationships with them and give them that extra support.
Proudest moment
Seeing the kids finally understand what they're doing in an experiment. It's like a light bulb goes on when they've finally grasped a huge scientific theory. A lot of kids say they don't like science, but I tell them that they've just understood a sophisticated concept from top to bottom in a matter of minutes. All they need is a little guidance and patience.
How I do it all
I can honestly say that I can put 'impeccable time management' on my resume. Other people have hobbies; I volunteer. One year I tried quitting community work to focus on my studies, but I felt like I'd lost my passion. It's part of who I am.
My hero
So many people have believed in me and invested in me, but I have to say my mom. She supports me in everything. She was always there for her community, feeding breakfast to kids who didn't have it, offering rides and babysitting. Everyone knew her, because she made a point of saying hello to every single person she saw in the morning. I thought that was so annoying. I asked her why she did it, and she said that taking care of your community is one of the most important things in life.
Next steps
We're branching out to a few new TCH locations and expanding into Peel Region, as well as launching new high school and library programs. I would love to get in with the school board. I'd like to change the fact that if you don't take science after Grade 10, it's a write-off. Even if you're not in science, being able to think scientifically is really valuable.
This interview has been condensed and edited.
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Bexley Council is asking residents to submit its ideas for
an electric vehicle charging network. I'm not sure why any Council should be
expected to provide fuelling points for BEV's (Battery Electric Vehicles) but
in fact Bexley is a little behind the curve, several Councils already have a few in place,
and in conjunction with private enterprise may even make a profit from it.
Presumably government thinks 'green' motoring should be encouraged, in Scotland most charging points are free.
I decided six months ago that when the seven year warranty on my car expires in the middle of next year I would go electric. Having studied the market very carefully I am no longer sure that I will.
My interest was sparked by my son who is closely involved with the development of electric and autonomous vehicles and has been out in London in such a vehicle - something rather more advanced than an ordinary car. He has a Tesla on order for himself. (Photo 1.)
'Autonomous' is a currently a very long way from being driverless of course.
On financial grounds I don't actually do enough motoring to justify a car at all which is why my present car is a cheap one bought new for under £10,000. Since then I have realised that if I do not spend my money the government will thieve it so I may as well waste it myself.
Even so I balk at the idea of spending well over £20,000, close to £30,000 probably, for a rather ordinary car that may not do much more than 100 miles on a full charge in the depths of winter. The batteries do not like extreme cold or extreme heat and the most popular car, the Nissan Leaf, has no battery temperature regulation. If you drive fast it not only drains the battery quickly it makes the battery hot and then it cannot be charged quickly for fear of damaging it.
You can imagine the cost of making an internal combustion engine with its hundreds of moving parts but an electric motor is just a magnet and some wires spinning around. No fuel injection, no gearbox. Simple, so why so expensive?
With any fast developing technology it is always jam tomorrow. Lots of new BEVs are on the horizon but a new Hyundai which will make an appearance in Europe any day now will cost more than twice what the petrol engined version does and the batteries are becoming relatively cheap. There will only be a few thousand of these new Hyundais for sale so orders might take a year to be fulfilled. No incentive to buy at all.
Add a few options and even a small BEV takes you through the £40,000 tax barrier and you say goodbye to the free Road Tax. The tiny and quirky BMW i3 (Photo 2) will set you back around £43,000.
To get a decent driving range from the cheaper BEVs you must trundle around at no more than a steady 50 m.p.h. on the motorway and slipstream a lorry. Even then a Leaf would not get to my son's place in one hop so I would have to waste at least half an hour on the motorway services for a top up. A near three hour journey becomes unacceptably long.
And there is no guarantee that the top up would be available. The power connectors are not standardised and I know of four different ones. Someone might already be using the required charger or it may be blocked by e parked combustion engine car. Most likely it would be out of order. Up to half are apparently.
A BEV suits a high mileage driver who will save a fortune in fuel costs but for it to make sense the miles would have to be in and around town so as not to be too far from a charger and a back up charger. All electric cars can charge from a 13 amp socket so if you have your own drive and never go far from home an electric car is viable.
The problems disappear if you buy a Tesla because they can do about 300 miles on a charge and the Tesla charger network is fairly widespread and currently free. You won't get one under £85k. new and the Jaguar i-pace, once you have added a few options is not much cheaper.
Secondhand Teslas hold their value reasonably well but out of warranty will cost a fortune to repair - if you can get hold of the spare parts.
Rule me out.
I like the idea of instant torque, the more expensive electric cars will get from 0-62 m.p.h. in around four seconds, some more like two. The cheaper models are comparatively ordinary.
I hope Bexley Council can find a partner who will install some charging points that charge a reasonable price. Juice is 30 pence per Kilowatt Hour at my local Shell garage plus a connection charge and a £10 fine for charging too slowly. Not attractive at all.
Note: There was supposed to be a very different sort of blog today but an old lady in East Ham managed to find the fuse box that supplies her kitchen with electricity, decided it was something new and unknown and turned it off. Then reported the fridge was broken!


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The academy is hoping to recruit new dancers from the age of three "Tiny Toes"up to adults!
The adult classes are a great way of learning new skills, gaining a basic understanding of Irish dancing whist having fun... off course you can enter competitions if you wish!!
As for our didlers there is a vast amount of progress being made.


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I was scheduled to leave Maracaibo at 7:00am and arrive in Miami at 10:25am. I then had almost 2 1/2 hours before leaving Miami to go to Ohio. This is a good amount of time because of everything you need to do upon arriving in Miami from a foreign country.
Just in case you have never come through Miami from a foreign country, let me tell you what you need to do.
- Go through passport countrol- get passport checked (I have had problems here before with the many stamps from Venezuela I have in my passport)
- Pick up your luggage
- Go through customs where they can choose you to go through luggage inspection (of which you will be standing in a long line for a long time) or they can let you pass without inspection
- Recheck your luggage at the airline luggage checking location
- Find your concourse for your flight
- Go through security screening
- Find your gate and board the plane.
Each of these processes can be very long. You need to plan to have at least 2 hours of a layover in Miami to make sure you can get through this in time.
My 2 1/2 hours would have been fine, except that my flight out of Maracaibo was delayed 1 1/2 hours, giving me now less than an hour in Miami from the time my plane landed til the time my next plane took off. The worker at the ticket counter in Maracaibo tried to get me on a later flight because he said there was no way I would make my next flight to Ohio, which was leaving Miami at 12:50pm and my flight out of Maracaibo was now scheduled to land at 11:55am. My first thought- impossible. My next thought- with God, nothing is impossible. So I prayed. I prayed for a delayed flight to Ohio (and I don't usually pray for flight delays). I asked God to somehow make it so that I can arrive in Ohio relatively on time (since I had no way of contacting my family to let them know I would not be arriving when they were expecting me.) So, I decided to trust God and see what happened.
My flight landed at 11:50am. By the time we got off the plane, it was 12:00pm (50 minutes til take off for my next flight). I ran to get to passport control only to find I had to take a train and had to wait a few minutes for the train. Of course, I wanted it to hurry, but there was nothing I could do but wait for it. The train came 2 minutes later (but it felt like at least 15 minutes). I got to passport control and went to the side for U.S. citizens. THERE WAS NOBODY IN LINE! The immigration officer was just sitting there, waiting for me to come. He checked my passport, asked me a few questions, welcomed me home, and sent me on my way. Time check- 12:04pm.
I ran down to get my luggage and beat my luggage to baggage claim. I had to wait a minute or two for it to come. My luggage was within the first 15 bags to come out. I got my luggage and went to Customs. THERE WERE ONLY 2 PEOPLE IN FRONT OF ME IN LINE! Both people were chosen to have the bags inspected in customs. When it was my turn in line, the customs officer asked me a few questions and then allowed me to pass customs without going through inspection. I left customs and headed out to recheck my bags. Time check- 12:07pm.
I rechecked my bags and had to find my concourse. Of course, it was not close. I was actually by concourse C or D and I needed concourse H. I ran (literally) through the airport to concourse H, where I then had to go through security. When I got to security, THERE WAS ONLY 1 FAMILY IN FRONT OF ME IN LINE! I passed through security with no problems. Time check- 12:18pm.
Now I needed to find my gate. To my surprise, my gate was the 3rd or 4th gate from security. I found it with ease. Time check- 12:19pm.
Boarding time for my flight- 12:20pm.
That's right, I arrived at my gate BEFORE THEY BOARDED! God performed a miracle that day. He opened every door and got rid of every line in that airport, allowing me to make it through all that in less than 20 minutes!
I boarded the plane and arrived in Cleveland on time, with my family anxiously waiting for me.
All the glory goes to God. Without God, that would have been an impossible situation, but with God, all things are possible!!!


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One of the top grievances of being a military spouse is, "How am I supposed to have a career when we are moving every 2-3 years?" Many spouses have answered that by starting their own home business, either by focusing on a unique talent and creating a business around that or by getting into direct sales.
I do not have personal experience with either of these, but know several friends here in Korea who do, so I interviewed them for their expertise in order to help those of you who may be interested in doing the same thing, but aren't sure where to start.
Name & Type of Business:
*Kelly – Jamberry Nail Wraps
*Jenica – Scentsy Independent Family Consultant
*Beth – Premier Designs Jewelry
*Marisa – Artist & Photographer
*Christine – Designing Beaded Gemstone Jewelry (Bessie Jane's Favorites)
Did you start your business prior to coming to Korea or once you were stationed in Korea?
*Kelly – I did not start my home business until I moved to Korea.
*Jenica – I started my business before coming to Korea.
*Beth – I started before we were stationed in Korea.
*Marisa – I started my business after living in Korea for a few years.
*Christine – I've had my business on and off for over 10 years.
Do you have to register your business with the Garrison before you may start selling? If so, would you *briefly* explain how this is done, and who you must speak to in order to register your business?
*Kelly – Garrison approval is required before starting any home business in Korea. It is imperative that you explain what makes your product unique, because it cannot compete with AAFES on post.
*Jenica – Yes, I did need to get post approval and have my business approved in order to share Scentsy and Velata products. A form needed to be filled out, a letter typed up explaining my business and products, and product list all needed to be submitted and processed through JAG in order to be approved. Once approved, there are guidelines that need to be followed.
*Beth – Yes there is a letter you have to fill out to be Garrison approved. It is an easy form that you can find on the Home business support FB page under files. You can fax it, scan and email it or walk it in. It takes about 2 weeks to get approval.
*Marisa – (Marisa has the unique experience of having lived and worked on Yongsan, and now is at Camp Humphreys) Yes. The procedure has changed over the years. The last time I applied for Yongsan, I had to email the POC and she responded with some questionnaires. In Camp Humphreys however, they do it differently. First thing, I had to attend a Home Based Enterprise Class at the Army Community Service. A questionnaire will be provided. I think the most important part of the application to get approved is the need to explain thoroughly in details that your HBE (Home Based Enterprise) does not compete with AAFES and MWR.
*Christine – I wanted to do business at various post functions so I had to register with the Garrison. I grabbed the files off the Yongsan Home Business Support page on Facebook, filled them out, and sent them in to Garrison POC. It took me about 30 minutes to download the files, fill out the form, write a brief letter explaining my type of business and intentions, scan it, and email it. It took about 2 weeks to hear back.
What opportunities do you have to work your business in Korea? (home parties, online, etc)
*Kelly – I am a vendor with the spouses club on post. I also do home and online parties, on post bazaars, and coffee groups. We are not supposed to sell to people on the economy unless they have a SOFA stamp. We can also use the Facebook page for Yongsan home business owners.
*Jenica – I was already aware of post regulations and rules prior to our move to South Korea. I was also informed of how I would have to 'work' my business differently to follow both post and Scentsy company rules. [approved vendor opportunities as mentioned above… home parties, bazaars, etc]
*Beth – There are great opportunities for home based businesses here. Women love home parties! The AFSC [American Forces Spouses Club] is a great group to get into for the monthly luncheon and the vendor shopping. Get in fast and secure your booth for each month. The holidays are great for bazaars, and of course there is Facebook for online sales and catalog parties and events.
*Marisa – In the past, I have done crafts parties at home. I participate in Bazaars and Luncheons. I joined International Artists Community to have exposure off base, have done several exhibitions with some of the artists in the community.
*Christine – In Korea, I do the American Forces' Spouse's Club luncheons once a month and special bazaars the elementary/high school puts on. Contacting MWR and ACS and getting their schedule of events helps, too. I have not done any of the functions they have had vendors at but it is a possibility. Since I'm a one-woman show, I can't provide the incentives for in-home parties like other brands do but having Garrison approval allows me the option if it ever came up.
Do you receive any special allowances bringing a home business (such as housing, mailbox, additional weight limit in household goods…)?
*Kelly G – You may receive shipments here, but are not supposed to use your [husband's military] APO box for business.
*Jenica – No special allowances, however a home business may put items in the soldier's professional gear per regulation [meaning the weight of your professional products won't count against your household goods weight.]
*Christine – I was given 50 pounds of "Pro Gear" (specific to dependents) that was not included in our weight allowance. That allowed me to bring all of my supplies, most of my tools, and all of my reference material.
What is something that you wish you had known before bringing/starting your business in Korea?
*Kelly G – The small community here is not conducive to building a team under you because of the competition for customers. This was a newer product and it has taken a lot longer to get going than I thought it would.
*Beth – I wish I would've known more about the mail and postal system here. It can be hit or miss with my orders arriving on time or at all! I have had to do many re-orders or ship to my address because it never makes it to their address. I am lucky that my company is great about this and my customers have been very patient but it's also a hard way to run a business.
*Christine – I wish I had known more about how easy it was to get Garrison approval. I spun my wheels for quite a few months asking all the wrong people the wrong questions before I stumbled upon a random Facebook post. This is only my second duty station with my husband so I'm still getting used to how this all works but I have learned so much while here in Korea. I also wish I had known how amazing the prices are here for beads, yarn, fabric, and the copious amounts of notions! I wouldn't have been so worried about stocking up Stateside…. I'm now just worried about stocking up here in Korea!
*Any other info or tips you'd like to share?
*Christine – If you have a business outside the big brands that have websites to take orders for you, sign up for Propay. It takes anywhere from 1 week to about a month for your business to get processed and get your card swipe and the fees are slightly higher than Square but not high enough to impact pricing. You will still get the same portable benefits and a reader but you don't have to worry about hiding your location and forfeiting your income if they track you. You might be in another country but [you still need to] run your business within laws/regulations; it's stressful enough, don't add to it.
Do you own a home-based business here in Korea? What have you learned about the process – pros and cons – that you can share with the rest of us?


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Hush young hare,
Beware, take care.
Danger fills the night.
Pray a cloud will shade the moon,
putting out its light.
We love this book by Penny Pollock and Mary Azarian (one of my most favorite illustrators!) with poems about the names for the full moons. November's moon is called the Hunter's Moon, because its early rise gives extra light to the hunters, both human and animal. I snuck out in the cold and dark while my household was asleep the other night to try to capture some of its glory.
Grey has been the color of things around here for the last week. We have had what feels like endless rain, driving the last of the leaves off the trees. I do love the stark beauty of November after the showiness of October, but I could do without the rain.
So in the midst of all this rain and gloom and hunting (there was a large deer hanging to drain from the tree by my neighbor's driveway--YES I live in the country!) the grey has somehow gotten inside of me and I'm not sure how to get it out.
I had a miscarriage last week, and while I am physically feeling much better, and am even laughing again, it is as though something cold and empty is there in my body when I'm still. There are so many things to say about this: it was early, which is a blessing; it was a long-desired pregnancy, which makes the loss so hard; it was incredibly painful physically, and I often felt afraid; I am so surrounded by a wonderfully loving and supportive community, especially my patient and gentle husband... I could go on, back and forth... There is no point. The only thing worth saying is that I have lost something unspeakably precious, and while, YES, I will be fine (and even am fine already, on many levels) I have lost a part of myself as well in all of this, in some mysterious way.
There is a really wonderful article from the New York Times at this link that has really spoken to me this past week. Even just the title says so much: A Planet of Pain, Where No Words Are Quite Right. I especially loved this closing paragraph:
I can tell you that I want people to know. I don't want it to be a secret or a shadow or something that is endured only alone. I want people to know that I have been through something, that I am tired but optimistic, that I've been knocked down but don't help me up because I can get up myself.
It's fair, I think, to want witnesses for our suffering. But with the sorrow also comes hope. And after all, we are resilient creatures. A friend of mine said it well in an e-mail message after she heard my news. "I hope you don't give up," she wrote. "I want to take a picture of your child one day against the tallest sunflower."
And so in the midst of all of this I feel profoundly broken, and yet stronger than I knew myself to be. It is a time of contradictions, of centering, of hunkering down and listening to the wisdom of my body. It is a time to let myself be loved and nurtured, and a time to love and nurture myself. I am getting out of bed, I am going to work, I am talking with friends and family about other things. But underneath all of that runs a current of awareness that I just had a brush with the Divine--I got to harbor a small life for a few short weeks. I will never ever forget that I carried this promise of a child.
Part of my healing process has been reading about the stories of other women's experiences with miscarriage. This one is from a blog that I read regularly, and I read this a few weeks ago, before I knew that I was pregnant. It was the first thing I thought of when my miscarriage started, and it gave me strength and perspective that was much needed.
This one is very sad (they all are) but also beautiful (most are this also). When I read this passage from Beloved by Toni Morrison at the beginning of this woman's post, a chill ran down my spine. I have read these words half a dozen times (yes, Beloved is one of my favorite books) but they have never had so much meaning for me before.
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News that the painting was a copy was leaked to the news media Wednesday night.
The Rev. Alessandro Chiantaretto, the priest of Santa Maria Maddalena, said he believed the thieves "must have studied my habits," so they knew when to strike. At lunchtime, he often brought communion to housebound parishioners he explained in a telephone interview.
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Thieves had successfully stolen the painting from the church in 1981, but the police recovered it a few months later.
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Father Chiantaretto said the church usually remained open all day, so visitors could pray or appreciate its artworks, including another depiction of Christ's crucifixion once attributed to Anthony van Dyck (it was later revealed to be the work of a follower). The theft, he feared, would force him to limit access. "When churches are like museums, you either have staff or volunteers, or you close them, " he said.
Mr. Montebello said he didn't know whether the thieves had been identified, but said the carabinieri told him that it was "only a matter of time."


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October 10th, 2010
'South Park': 'Jersey Shore' edition
They've made fun of Nascar, Scientology and everything else under the sun, so the next logical step for "South Park" seems to be mocking the cast of "Jersey Shore."
New Jersey is taking over the nation state-by-state, and it seems that the residents of South Park are next, according to a press release from Comedy Central."As the Jerseyites spill into Colorado and approach South Park, Randy and the boys stand strong against the onslaught."
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- freshly squeezed or bottled lemon juice works equally well
- works much like lemon juice, should be used in a 1:1 mix with water
- advisable to opt for a subtler-smelling white vinegar (such as white wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar)
- removes limesale and other mineral deposits (fill your kettle and leave it over night to descale it, left overnight vinegar will make your toilet bowl look like new)
- will make your taps, sinks and ceramic tiles sparkle (don't use it on marble surfaces)
- makes the best best window cleaner ever and leaves no smears
- also brings mirrors and glass up shimmering and shining
- works as a fabric conditioner
Olive Oil
- use neat or with lemon juice as a hardwood furniture polish
- mixed with grape seed extract (a disinfectant), water, soap and lemon juice makes a good car cleaner for both inside and out (as it can be used on both metal and leather)


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As we know that this is an era of Smartphone and it is the desire of almost all the Smartphone users that their Smartphone should have the best camera. In 2018, Google Pixel 3 has solved this problem of the users because it is providing the best camera on a Smartphone. The result of its camera is 12.12 MP. Its design is better than the design of Google Pixel 2. Due to its smart design, it is easy for the users to handle it. If you are asked to write an academic paper on the use of Smartphone, then you can get help from experts of the dissertation proposal writing services. The essential features of Google Pixel 3 are explained below;
- Special features
It is a fact that if a company launches another model of its product, then it tries to add some special features in it. In a similar way, the Google brand is going to launch Google Pixel 3 after Google Pixel 2. That's why the people are expecting that this model of Google brand will have some special features that are not present in Google Pixel 2. In these special features, there comes the position of a fingerprint sensor. The position of a fingerprint sensor is at the rear. Moreover, it has also some other sensors like light sensor, barometer, compass, and accelerometer etc.
- Multimedia
The multimedia part of a Smartphone is divided into three parts. First of all, there comes loudspeaker. Google Pixel 3 has a loudspeaker. In the second, there comes FM radio. This essential model of Google brand doesn't have the facility of FM radio. At last, there comes an audio jack. USB Type C audio jack is used in this essential model of a Smartphone.
- Camera
The best quality camera is used in this essential model of a Smartphone. This camera can be controlled with the help of an IOS control. The camera of Google Pixel 3 can zoom the pictures by using the digital quality; its flash is auto, it can detect the face, and the users can focus the object simply by touching it. If we talk about the image resolution, then we come to know that its image resolution is 4032 X 3024 Pixels. It can easily sense the images with the help of a CMOS sensor. The range of its shooting is highly dynamic. It can also stabilize the image in an optimal way. Its flash is Dual LED.
- Battery
The real problem with a Smartphone is that its battery timing is not satisfactory. The Google brand has also tried to solve this problem of the Smartphone users with the help of a Google Pixel 3. The capacity of its battery is 2915 mAh. The type of its battery is Li-ion. It has a quick charging system. You can also charge it with the help of a wireless charger. The users are not able to replace the battery of this essential kind of a Smartphone.
These are some essential and attracting features of Google Pixel 3. Its price will start from 739 pounds.


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"Taken together, a picture emerges of earnings stagnation or decline for most occupations since 2005. The big difference between Pay Review Body employees and those in non-Pay Review Body occupations in the private sector is that PRB employees are public servants. As such, the government can determine their annual pay settlement."
These figures of course don't say anything about absolute pay. I'd be rather less bothered if my pay was £500,000 in 2005 and stagnated to be the same in 2017. I might be forced to buy a little less champagne or not visit Tuscany quite so often. For those at the low end, however, stagnation or decline in pay really bites and have pushed some to use food banks (or borrow more). The counter is always: "yes well, but there is no money and we have to balance deficit reduction and pay increases to ensure a stronger economy and jobs growth". I leave you to consider what those banal phrases actually mean.
In short, nurses, firefighters et al have been asked shoulder some of the burden for the Financial crash that put us into the mess in the first place, while at the same time asset values have increased along with the levels of wealth of the top 0.01%. Yes, I know its complex, its a dynamic complex system….but you ignore social consequences of technically/econometric based 'solutions' at your peril. By that that I mean using tools such as the Laffer curve (tax rate v tax take) might seem superficially a good idea, but it operates in a social and political world where perceptions matter and where experience hurts.
Joseph Schumpeter once described an aspect of capitalism as 'creative destruction' – the old and inefficient must make way for the new and better (e.g. canals v railways, landlines v mobiles, internal combustion v electric). All good stuff unless you are a canal owner/worker. The answer? Retrain, Education (Blair's 'third way)…it is also Macron's approach: let the old die and be reformed (labour laws, certain industries) but don't let the losers fester…invest in them. You decide if the current losers are able to adapt and adopt quickly enough.
This is of course another unresolvable 'inner contradiction of capitalism', unresolvable because that is what capitalism is. Governments that get too technocratic, relying on mathematical models, theoretical concepts (e.g. the Laffer curve and neoclassical economic modelling) and inductive logic derived from historical data, can get their fingers burned…or turn on their populations to control potential and actual simmering unrest through various processes of social control (Greece, China, India) or before they go and elect the 'wrong person' (Trump, Erdogan, Putin).
This is a warning to both Left and Right – each will try and solve the inner contradictions of global capitalism from their own perspectives (Chavez in Venezuela – Löfven of Sweden – Obama/Trump in the US) but will run into problems that just don't go away.
Meanwhile, the Planet burns.
Have a nice day, at least there is Wimbledon and the Tour de France on the telly!


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And now, some numbers from the world of cable, namely Showtime.
The Season 3 premiere of Dexter on Sunday night delivered 1.22 million total viewers, besting both the series' previous opener and its most recent season finale by some 20 percent. It also represents Showtime's highest-rated drama premiere since at least 2004.
Californication, meanwhile, stayed firm. Total viewership for the Season 2 premiere night (785K) was on par with the series' debut. - Matt Mitovich
" Tuesday Ratings: NCIS Steps on Dancing's Toes
" Sunday Ratings: The Future Looks Bright for Housewives
And now, some numbers from the world of cable, namely Showtime.


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Mentors share skills with aspiring young scientists
Andrew Crawford is a research scientist at the Department of Parks and Wildlife, Threatened Flora Seed Centre, Western Australia
Why did you choose a career in environmental science? Who or what inspired you to make the choice?
An early experience that sowed my interest in native plants was a visit to my family's bush property in the Perth Hills by the American scientist, Professor Warren Stoutamire. Professor Stoutamire had an interest in orchid pollination and convinced me to keep an eye on the donkey orchids growing on our property to see if I could find out what pollinated them.
Although quite young, I spent many hours sitting near a patch of the orchids watching and waiting to see if I could spot and trap the unknown pollinator. In the end, I didn't have any success, but Professor Stoutamire thanked me for my efforts and this experience led me to take a greater interest in the plants growing around me.
A second experience, which led to my interest in seeds, was taking a summer job with a native seed collecting company while at university. This job not only gave me experience with seeds, but also increased my interest in native plants. This gave me good practical experience with collecting and handling seeds and the problems that can be faced along the way.
What is the best thing about having a career as a plant researcher? What is it about the field that inspires you to achieve your goals?
The work enables me to spend a lot of time outdoors and in the bush, which I really enjoy. It is rewarding to be doing work that conserves threatened plant species.
Did your someone inspire you to follow a career in science?
Professor Stoutamire and also Professor Julie Plummer who I had as a supervisor for my Honours and PhD studies and for whom I worked for a number of years and finally Associate Professor Kathryn Steadman with whom I worked for a number of years and who was then my PhD supervisor.
Do you believe that students with an interest in science could be encouraged by having a mentor?
I think a mentoring program could be very useful in developing an interest in science. I know when I was studying at university I gained more from on-the-job experience, applying what I had learnt, than I felt I did from the actual studies themselves.
How do you relax after work? What is your favourite hobby, sport or pastime?
I enjoy getting into the outdoors doing activities such as bushwalking, rogaining, mountain biking and canoeing.
What is your favourite plant or animal?
One of my favourite plants would have to be Lechenaultia longiloba, a Western Australian shrub, because not only does it have very striking flowers, which can be red, green, yellow or pink, but I have discovered a couple of populations of this species that hadn't been seen for many years.


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Incline screw conveyor is one of screw conveyors .Its advantage is to move here and there as per needs.Moreover,it can convey materials in horizontal,incline or vertical direction.So incline screw conveyor is widely used in mobile operation in wild environment.Such as concrete batching plant,bulk material storage and transportation and other occasions.Incline screw conveyor will give absolutely progressiveness and superiority.
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You've seen the ads for survey companies all over the place. InboxDollars seems to be one that pops up a lot. It sounds like a really good gig- you sit on the couch all day answering surveys and making easy money by doing easy things like taking surveys, watching video ads, redeeming coupons, playing online games, searching the web, and shopping online. It sounds a little too good to be legit. We decided to try it out and review it. Or more to the point, I asked my wife to try it out. And she kindly obliged. She signed up with the intent to stick with it until she was able to see some money in the bank so we could give as complete a review as possible.
Starting Out Hot… But Not For Long
When you start off with InboxDollars, you get a few big wins. My research expert (wife) started off with a $5 signup bonus, and a few surveys got her to $10 before we knew it. At first, we were pleasantly surprised. Not outrageously lucrative, but not pennies per hour either.
These quick earnings didn't last long. After the first chunk of surveys, she started getting surveys with fairly long pre-survey qualifying questions (which were basically a survey unto themselves). Virtually every one of these would determine that she was not eligible to take the actual survey, and when she was eligible, the survey would yield a few pennies. Sure, they'd give you 'spins' on a roulette-style wheel, theoretically giving you a chance to win various prizes. But it soon became apparent that their spinner wasn't as random as it appeared to be. Again, at first it would spit out periodic wins, but before long, it would only give out entries to a sweepstakes (virtually worthless). At this point, we would have cashed out and delivered a review, except that InboxDollars has a $30 threshold for payment.
Slow Slog Forward
After a month or so of not qualifying for any surveys, she gave up on even attempting any. I'm surprised she even stuck it out that long! But what about the other things that InboxDollars claims you can do to earn money? She could refer friends (they'd have to be active users), but this would be downright cruel. She could sign up for offers, such as book clubs and other memberships, but this would involve spending more money than she'd be earning.
In short, she was left with a bunch of bad options. She decided the least time consuming way to reach that $30 threshold was opening emails from InboxDollars, yielding a few pennies at a time. She also did watch a few ads on their app, although this was very time consuming for a small payout. She kept this up for another 6 months until she finally had enough to cash out!
No Straightforward Payment
Surprise, surprise, there was nothing easy about cashing out. In the first place, InboxDollars takes a 'processing fee' out of your payment, regardless of how you get paid. Secondly, they wait several weeks to process your payment, during which time you need to keep using InboxDollars, lest they declare your account inactive and cancel your payment (I found several accounts of this happening). However, if you jump through all their hoops, they do pay (most) of your earnings. Finally, after 239 days of participating in InboxDollars, we got $27.38 in Starbucks gift cards.
Technically InboxDollars is Legit, But There's a Lot Better Out There
I don't know if I'd go so far as to call InboxDollars an outright scam, but it sure comes close. Technically they are legit, following every letter of the law. However, they definitely lead you on with some easy bait and then make it very very difficult to reach the cash out threshold (without spending money elsewhere).
The bottom line is that if you're looking for ways to make a little extra cash, there are many many better ways to do it than using Inbox Dollars. For example, I mentioned several months ago that I was letting Google do a little market research on me. This is strictly passive income and has so far worked with no catches (I've already cashed out $25, and will be cashing out another $25 next week). Or for a little more effort, you can make a decent side income with any of these 99 side hustles. You'll notice that some survey companies even make the list- just not InboxDollars.
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Tulpas - Creatures of the Mind : Mystery Files
Creatures of the mind
The term "creatures of the mind" is not an entirely alien concept to most of us. We are well aware that madness, drugs and alcohol can create non-real creatures and beings, which appear terrifyingly real to those who are unfortunate enough to experience them.
Every one of us has also experienced in our dreams, the extreme realness of the phantasms created by our minds when deep in sleep, and many of us in our childhood were accompanied by "imaginary friends", who were not only as real to us as any of our other friends, but also remained with us for years.
Although familiar with such creatures of the mind, we tend to regard them as imaginary and confined to a different reality. We would not expect them to interact with the real world, and we certainly would not expect them to be visible to anyone else.
Merely imagination?
That people can create imaginary creatures or people within the confines of their own minds is one thing, to have such mind creatures appear to - and interact with other people is quite another. This state of affairs suggest that such mind creatures are not merely imaginary, but actual entities in their own right.
There have always been stories of such creatures - Etheric counterparts of living people who whilst undergoing an out-of-the-body experience produce a sort of ghostly twin - a doppelganger - who functions independently of their more earthly twin, and yet is able to communicate and interact within the "real" world.
It is also believed that magicians practised in the black arts can also, by intense visualisation, and concentration, create creatures that will do their bidding, although few people outside occult circles have ever claimed to have witnessed such an event.
There is one area of the world where mind creatures are accepted as a reality. The place is Tibet, and such creatures are known as Tulpas.
In the mountainious land of Tibet, it is said that mind-creatures called Tulpas, can be created at will by yogi adepts, or those who are skilled in the magical arts. Tulpas can sometimes be created accidentally by, for instance, the fear and imagination created by a lonely traveller when lost in a forbidding area of the country, or the collective imaginations of a group of particularly superstitious villagers which combine to create an externalised form of their fear - a Tulpa.
It is said that skilled practitioners can produce any of ten different kinds of Tulpas, from animals through humans, to more supernatural beings.
Dangerous game
The creation of Tulpas is however frought with danger. Tulpas, on their creation may seem gentle and compliant, but the longer they exist, the stronger they grow, and the more independent and harder to control they become.
Some particularly powerful Tulpas create Tulpas of their own known as yang-tul, which in turn are also capable of producing their own emanation known as a nying-tul. Practitioners capable of producing multiple layered Tulpas such as these are thankfully rare and tend to be confined to the Buddhist saits or Bodhisattvas.
But the burning question is, of course, are Tulpa's merely figments of the imagination - or are they real entities.
This is the book in which Mystic and Adventurer Alexandra David Neel relates her experience of creating a tulpa.
The Creation of a Tulpa
The 19th century French Schollar and explorer Alexandra David Neel spent 14 years in Tibet studying Tantric Buddhism under the tutelage of the most eminent Lamas of the time. She became the first female Lama (and the only female Lama of that time) and was widely acclaimed for her contribution to the understanding of the Tibetan ways of thought.
She later published two accounts of her experiences in Tibet and in her book "Magic and Mystery in Tibet" , she describes her experiments to create a Tulpa of her own. Aware of the dangers inherent in the creation of a Tulpa Alexandra decided that her Tulpa would take the form of a benign, jolly, Friar-Tuck type Monk.
She wrote: "my habitual incredulity led me to make experiments for myself, and my efforts were attended with some success... I chose for my experiment a most insignificant character: a monk, short and fat, of an innocent and jolly type.
I shut myself in tsams [meditative seclusion] and proceeded to perform the prescribed concentration of thought and other rites. After a few months the phantom monk was formed. His form grew gradually fixed and life-like looking. He became a kind of guest living in my apartment".
Neel then broke her seclusion and went on a tour taking tents accompanied by her servants. The Tulpa monk decided to accompany her.
"Though I lived in the open, riding on horseback each day, the illusion persisted... It was not necessary for me to think of him to make him appear. The illusion was mostly visual, but sometimes I felt as if a robe was rubbing lightly against me, and once a hand seemed to touch my shoulder"
As her Tulpa grew in vitality, it became more independent, appearing unbeckoned and becoming more unruly. A distinct change in his phisical features became aparrant.
"The features which I had imagined, when building my phantom, gradually underwent a change. The fat chubby-cheeked fellow grew leaner, his face assumed a vaguely mocking, sly, malignant look. he became more troublesome and bold. In brief, he escaped my control".
Imagination becomes reality
Things then began to turn from unusual to really strange. The Tulpa became visible to others. Some of her companions (who were not aware of her Lama status or her thought experiments), began asking her who the "Stranger" was that kept turning up in their camps.
The Tulpa was sometimes percieved by others as less than human.
"Once, a herdsman who brought me a present of butter saw the Tulpa in my tent and took it for a live lama"
The Tulpa was now becoming so troublesome that Neel decided it was time to get rid of it - The Tulpa however, had other ideas and resisted the attempts to dissolve it.
"I ought to have let the phenomenon follow its course, but the presence of that unwanted companion... turned into a "day-nightmare"... So I decided to dissolve the phantom. I succeeded, but only after six months of hard struggle. My mind creature was tenacious of life"
Thoughts are Things?
It is an oft used expression amongst devotees of personal development methods that "thoughts are things" - an interesting psychological concept, but what if it is true?
What if thoughts, concentrated and directed in a specific way can actually give life to independent beings? Alexandra David-Neel believed this to be the case.
"There is nothing strange in the fact that I may have created my own hallucination. The interesting point is that in these cases of materialization, others see the thought-forms that have been created."
- Be careful what you wish for -
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Frankenstein is fiction, but is is possible that human monsters could be created? It's not only possible - It's fact. It's an ancient practice, it continued for centuries and was all done in the name of profit.
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Did Dwight D Eisehower, 34th president of the United States meet Extraterrestrial aliens in 1954? - There are those from the government who say he did.
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Very nice hub! Neel inspired me to try this myself and I made a small dragon tulpa. I played with it on my desk for everyday, first it was just a pretend. Then it became a real in short "flashes". I suspect my own mind always so I tested it on our cat, and could urge my tulpa up to the cat and it would be staring at it the whole time and hiss as the dragon came closer. and then I got bored and moved on to other experiments :)
Jeez man! Glad to be your fan... this is Great Stuff! (With Capitals, yeah!)
The East seems to be the cradle of mysticism and magic, both black and white. I know of a cinema in Kuala Lumpur which had a seat that nobody was allowed to sit on. It used to move and jump to unseat the person on it and would stop as soon as vacated. Nobody ever saw the 'thing' that inhabited it but it was reputedly someone who had died on it. The cinema owners did not dare do anything to that chair. I do not know the end of the story, whether they finally shut down or not, because I left the country some years ago.
What about the danger of the ouija board? If the spirit that is called up does not want to leave, the players cannot leave the board either.
There are lots of tales in the East of spirits imprisoned by evil witchdoctors to do their bidding, mostly to cause harm to their enemies or enemies of those paying the witchdoctor to do the deed. But there is always a final price the witchdoctor has to pay the spirit.
I've never heard of the Tibetan tulpa. It seems to be a 'thought made flesh'. It does not seem to do any harm though, even if it refuses to be thought away.
This is a very interesting hub. Thanks, Gaizy.
I'd be interested to know any more information you have on these, and what the Tulpa in her experiment was doing when "The Tulpa was now becoming so troublesome that Neel decided it was time to get rid of it". It's interesting that other people were able to sense it also.
Interesting hub, never heard of these before. Voted up
oooh! Am I ever glad I find it impossible to hide myself away for a few months. Who knows what I would come up with!! The concentrating part might be a tad difficult too. Voted up and more! Shared too.
They are associated with the Anja chakra, so maybe! (Hey, there's a cool hub! Race you to it.)
Creepy! This definitely makes you wonder how powerful the mind really is.
Voted up and interesting!
Cool hub! I was reading about the UFO researcher John Keel, who also studied magic in the far east for quite a long time. Some of the people who knew him well felt he might have accidentally had a hand in creating the 'Men In Black' that he is credited for discovering. I can imagine that--he was an intense guy. Thumbs up!
nice hub :) I do indeed believe that our imagination can indeed take physical form with intense concentration.
Yikes! Scary thought. Very interesting hub. Thumbs up and shared.


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News & Events
Homenaje a Segovia (presentation)
Cremona, 26 September 2014
Cremona, 26 September 2014
Friday, September 26, h. 14, at the Acoustic Guitar Village of Cremona Mondomusica, Piero Bonaguri will present and play pieces taken from the new volume Homenaje a Segovia. An Anthology of Contemporary Music for Guitar.
One outstanding feature of Andrés Segovia's artistic activity was the systematic way in which he commissioned new works from leading composers who were not guitarists. This highly original initiative proved to have historic consequences for the emancipation of the guitar from the rather provincial milieu of aficionados in which it was confined, enabling it to emerge as a major protagonist in its own right on the international music scene.
To mark the 25th anniversary of his passing (1987-2012) Bonaguri asked some composers to write a piece paying tribute to Andrés Segovia. Most responded with enthusiasm, and he dedicated this volume, containing a selection of these pieces, to the memory of the Maestro.
More info: www.cremonamondomusica.it
(Published: 09/14/2014)
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