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How often do we see terms like Squad Goals, Girl Gang, and other such declarations banded about across social media. Even tv shows like Sex and the City (best programme ever fyi), Friends etc all tell us that to live our best lives we have to have a group, our squad. Its a regular occurrence and the declarations are made to let us all know that the declare-ee has The Best friends etc. They have a female army in their corner, backing them every step of the way and cheerleadering those pom poms like their own life depended on it for them. But, what if you have never been in a "Girl Gang"? Do these terms make you feel a little bit rubbish? Do they make you feel like you are missing out on membership to some exclusive club? That exclusive club membership seems to open its books at various stages through life, and if you miss the sign up at one stage, another will come along in the next few years, but actually, you might find you don't want your name down. Grab your cuppa people, (grab a pot, its a long one) lets discuss membership to the girl gang.
Lets go back to those younger years, when we are just dipping our toes into the friendship pool. Your Mum would invite her friend and her children round the house, you would be told to "go and show Joanne your dolls" and thats it, you and Joanne would have a great time, bonding over your Tiny Tears and barbie slippers, friendship made. Then you start school. Your coat hook is next to Sara's coat hook, she has a My Little Pony pencil case, so do you. You tell her you like her pencil case, she says she likes yours, job done, your definitely now gonna be bff's for ever and ever.
Then you progress into secondary school and life gets a little more complicated. the rules shift a little. Suddenly you feel nervous about telling Popular Penelope that you like her shoes, which are the same shoes as you have, incase she thinks you are a weirdo or have gone all Single White Female on her. You and Sarah, your bestie from primary discover that you both really like Handsome Harry's hair and little niggles of insecurity start to creep in if he lends Sarah his protractor. The lines start to blur a little in your friendships and you have to readjust and reset the guidelines. Teenage angst, hormones, awkward stages all raise their ugly head and your own head can spin, friends can often cross over to become a little frenemy! Like I said, it gets complicated! Friendships obviously do survive this stage, (I am lucky to still have some of my school friends in my life) but it can all get weird for a while there!
Work/college/uni is the next big opportunity to sign up, when you meet a whole new group of people. These relationships are often more "adult" friendships, but you still get complications like both going for the same promotion. Or not having as much time for your friends as you and Handsome Harry are now a couple and flying around in his Ford Fiesta at the weekends. You may even have moved away from your town to go and pursue opportunities as you make your way forward into adulthood. A little more effort is required to maintain those friendships, and sadly, some naturally fizzle out.
Next stage, you get to proper adulting. The time when you are meant to have it all figured out. Dream job, tick. Partner of your dreams, tick. French bulldog, tick. John Lewis dinner set, tick. The White Company bedding, tick. Your girl gang cheerleading squad, ohhhhhh…..half tick……..no tick……. It hasn't worked out quite that way. Maybe your career took you in another direction. Maybe you had a baby when your friends were still out there finding their lobster. Maybe your relationship broke down and the ex got custody of the friends. Whatever the reason, you don't have your "squad" and it can make you feel crap when everyone else seems to. Like you have failed at some test that life sets you. Its not really socially acceptable to admit you don't have your "girls" The perception can be there must be something wrong with you surely. You feel embarrassed and that you are a billy-no-mates that has to shake her own pom poms.
Well, I want to look at why, even as adults, we crave that "squad", and whether its something you yourself do? I get it when we are younger as its a safety in numbers kind of deal. I personally, don't think that you need a girl gang, but its incredibly important to have friends. I think that learning to be your own cheerleader is far more valuable to your soul, but we still seem to seek that grouping. Yes, we all need friends and connections, and those relationships can bring so much to our lives, but no one should be made to feel any less valuable if they don't have a tribe should they? I have never enjoyed cliques. Even at school my friends that I took into adulthood were all from different "groups" and I have always enjoyed variation in my company. I cherish my close friends, I love being with them and always have fun, but I'm also a bit of a lone wolf at times, happy in my own company.
But what do you do if you do want that squad? In adulthood its not so easy. Your potential "Sarah" isn't carrying her My Little Pony pencil case any more. Your not put in the situation where you are thrown together with lots of people on such a regular basis. Some people of course already have their girl gang and are not accepting new membership applications. You can also be carrying baggage from life that you are bringing along with you. It can be hard. Im not sure that Plenty of Fish for friends is a thing! When you think of tv shows and films, women are almost always portrayed as a group. There are always a few life long pompom shakers together. It can make you crave it, but we should remember that life isn't always like the tv shows or social media. It can feel incredibly isolating for people that are not in the clique or a girl gang. Be kind and mindful of those around you.
Its important also to not let previous encounters make you afraid to make new friends. Female friendships can be the most rewarding, yet most complicated things ever. We are strange creatures! Friendships mean different things to different people, but they should all have value, and if they don't add value to your life, they are not your people. I was put in a situation a few years back, that totally rocked my faith in people, and I remembered something that I had been taught at the time by my Bhuddist friend and mentor (Yep, I really, truly do have a bhuddist as a friend) and she had told me to never let my heart be hardened. Even if you have been shit on from a great height (that was my terminology, not my bhuddist buddy) let your heart still be open and kind. Learn the lessons the situation taught you, but don't become closed.
I think this is good advice. Accept that invitation for coffee with your Instagram buddy. Catch up with that old school friend. Talk to the mum at the school gate that always smiles at you. There is always room for new friends after all!


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Mayor turns industrial estate into 100 per cent affordable housing
The Mayor has released a plot of land which will provide 330 affordable homes, offering shared ownership properties for first time buyers. Shared ownership allows home buyers to buy a portion of a new home and pay a low rent on the remaining unsold share. They can also buy a larger portion later and eventually own it outright.
There will also be a 3,000-square metre creative hub made up of affordable workspace and artist studios, a park to serve both existing and new residents, and retail space in the heart of the Blackhorse Road area.
This is the first time a Mayor has bought and then sold land so that the profit made will be reinvested into more genuinely affordable homes for Londoners.
The Mayor's plan for Housing:
The Mayor plans for City Hall to have a greater role intervening in land decisions across London. You can get more details about the Mayor's housing plans in his London Housing Strategy, which will be published in draft for consultation next month.
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We have the new teaser trailer for season 2 of The Handmaid's Tale.
Hulu released a teaser and a premiere date for season two of their critically acclaimed drama The Handmaid's Tale. Based on the book by Margaret Atwood the show will return with a 13 episode season as we follow Offred and her fight to protect her unborn child.
Here's the teaser.
The Handmaiden's Tale stars Elizabeth Moss, Joseph Fiennes, Yvonne Strahovski, Samira Wiley, Alexis Bledel, Ann Dowd, Max Minghella, Madeline Brewer, O-T Fagbenle and Amanda Brugel.
The first two episode will be released on April 25th with new shows being released weekly on Wednesday.
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Symantec's Norton Core Router Aims to Protect Connected Devices
Norton by Symantec unveiled a router designed to keep your network safe from the growing number of devices businesses and individuals are connecting to the internet. The Norton Core router, which Symantec unveiled at the CES 2017 conference in Las Vegas, was built to secure connected devices inside homes, but could be applied to small business environments with devices connected to the Internet of Things.
In October, the world became more aware of the perils posed by connected devices after hackers used a piece of malware called Mirai to infect poorly secured connected devices and then turn them into botnets, which then carried out distributed denial of service attacks against the domain name system provider Dyn. That attack temporarily cut off access to a whole host of internet services Dyn routed traffic to.
According to Symantec, every network packet incoming and outgoing across the network is scanned for malware, viruses, spam, intrusions, and other vulnerabilities. If a connected device is detected with known vulnerabilities or threats, Norton Core can immediately quarantine the device to a segregated network and send an alert to the user, according to Symantec.
As The Verge explains: "Instead of trying to secure devices one by one, the Core solves the problem at the network level, using the router as a hub to monitor traffic from every device at once."
The Norton Core offers protection for up to 20 PCs, Macs, Android and iOS smartphones and tablets, plus unlimited IoT devices.


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Keith Murphy is an Irish artist whose a keen comic book aficionado and is noted for his exceptionally well rendered colour Tattoo's. Keith also produces increasingly impressive black and grey realism and has been able to build a very large client base due to his technical expertise coupled with a winning personality. We're very proud to have Keith as a member of our squad and he can be found at his 19 Parliament Street post five days a week.
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My Trip To LA: Airport Airplane is the first in a four part collection. Join us as we take our flights to Los Angeles, California from Chicago, Illinois. In the first pack, we hear various different areas inside two airports. LAX (Los Angeles) and Midway (Chicago). Have some lunch at both food courts, take a seat near the terminals, and get past security.
All recordings are metadata tagged using Basehead and Soundly. Each are recorded at 192kHz, 24 bit into the Sony PCMD100 Portable Recorder.
Sit back, relax, and enjoy the flight.
My Trip To LA_Overnight_Night 1_Friday to Saturday is the third in a four part collection.
This pack includes the first night of the 2 part overnight recordings, set on a cabin balcony in the summer at Lake Arrowhead. These recordings are between the hours of 2:30AM to 9:15AM and are broken up into around 15 minute increments, with files ranging anywhere between 4 minutes and 22 minutes.
Hear the changes in exterior ambiences in the summer time from Night to Early morning.
You'll hear a variety of bird chirps, critter calls, dog barks, crickets, distant voices, car/traffic, acorns falling/ hitting the wood balcony, and more!
All recordings are metadata tagged using Basehead and Soundly. Recorded using the Sony D100 Handheld Portable Recorder.
Sit back, relax, and enjoy the night.
My Trip To LA_Overnight_Night 2_Saturday to Sunday is the fourth in a four part collection.
This pack includes the second night of the 2 part overnight recordings, set on a cabin balcony in the summer at Lake Arrowhead. These recordings are between the hours of 12:30AM to 7:15AM and are broken up into around 15 minute increments, with files ranging anywhere between 7 minutes and 18 minutes.
Hear the changes in exterior ambiences in the summer time from Night to Early morning.
You'll hear a variety of bird chirps, critter calls, dog barks, crickets, distant voices, car/traffic, acorns falling/ hitting the wood balcony, motor hums, and more!
All recordings are metadata tagged using Basehead and Soundly. Recorded using the Sony D100 Handheld Portable Recorder.
Sit back, relax, and enjoy the night.
My Trip To LA_Various Ambience is the second in a four part collection. This pack is filled with a variety of different recorded locations. Locations visited are:
– Wild Wood Canyon
– Lake Arrowhead
– Muscle Beach (Santa Monica)
– Huntington Beach
– Broad Museum
– Los Feliz Library
Most recordings are exterior, with a few interior sprinkled in.
Heard in these recordings range from a go cart race, ocean waves, leaves rolling on dirt canyon, Single Passenger Plane Overhead, Car Pass bys/ Traffic, swing set, Roller Coaster, Interior Library beeps, and more!
All recordings are metadata tagged using Basehead and Soundly. Recordings labeled using the Sony D100 Handheld Portable Recorder are recorded at 192kHz, 24 bit. Recordings labeled using the Rode ixy are recorded at 96kHz, 24 bit
Sit back, relax, and enjoy.
Collection of 57 incredible drones ranging from simple sine drones to complex drones with abstract timbres.
There is a range of pitches of the same drones included so you can use the same sounds for different purposes.
All files contain Meta-Data.
All delivered as High Quality Wavs.
I took out a MZ TS150 2 stroke Motorcycle and recorded approaches, departures, pass bys, circling in a grass parking lot, engine revs, idoling, etc.
I recorded this library with 2x dpa 4060s, 2x ME2, an sm57, sennheiser 416 and a pair of cm3s recorded in an xy pattern. I set up the cm3s on a mic stand, and followed the action with the 416, with 5 onboard microphones capturing sounds on the bike as well.
In the 179 files, there are 8 syncable takes of pass by's at different rpms with the onboards and 2 different exterior perspectives. Everything has been labeled in Soundly with metadata.
You will find what you need to cover any small 2 stroke engine motorcycle in here. With purchase, I offer you to email me at firstname.lastname@example.com and I will send you the protools session that has the sync'd files and original audio if you would like even more coverage of individual microphones (if that is something you are into). Feel free to email me with any inquiries before purchase.
This library features 11 beautiful tracks in ambisonic format, 48Khz and 24 bits HD, with recordings of dune and desert wind, desert atmosphere, insects, distant waves, silent deserts & more captured in Namibian deserts. As always, top quality recordings specially designed for film audio projects.
Recorded by sound mixer and designer Jose Luis Alcaine Bartolome., and as always, decoded and mixed in Dolby ATMOS at AdHoc Studios.
Once again, we have mastered all the files in Ad Hoc Studios Madrid (link), Post Production sound studios certified by Avid and Dolby ATMOS, one of the best post-production facilities in Spain.
NANOTECH is a library created with sound designer, game devs and animators in mind.
It consists of 226 high quality sound effects, optimized for game devs and mastered to sound good on all sets of speakers and headphones.
The Library features:
• Complex micro robotic movements
• Reversed and Rising micro robotic movements
• One-shot bursts
• One-shot short movements
• One-shot servos
• One-shot beeps and more
More details: SFX LIST
All SFX have baked-in Soundminer's meta data.
Download includes:
96KHZ 24BIT version (180MB)
44.1KHZ 16BIT version for Unreal Engine (75MB)
RECORDED WITH: Sennheiser MKH8060, MKH8040, DPA4060
EDITED AND MASTERED WITH: Pro Tools, FabFilter, Reaktor, FM8, Soundtoys, McDSP, Zynaptiq
Narrowboats consists of 322 beautifully recorded and edited sounds, tagged with rich metadata. From entire journeys and ambiences, to every knob, switch and door and more.
The 1960 British Narrowboat sound fx library of a Northwich trader-
class barge with a 4-cylinder Gardner 4LW engine producing 75 horsepower at 1500 RPM.
This bundle includes 4 different libraries.
The Baltic Sea sound library is compilation of 56 WAV files recorded with Sound Devices 702, Rode NTG3, Sony PCM-M10, two Oktavas MK012 set in MS, XY and ORTF setup. All the sounds were recorded far away from the cities and roads. Since most of the sounds were recorded in late winter, there are no insects or birds in background. There are few files that includes the sound of birds, but I left them on purpose, because of the overall feel of the files. In this library you will find beautiful sound of waves crushing on the rocks and shore, recorded from different perspectives in different stereo configurations, during calm and windy days. In addition to those sounds, there's foley like walking, running and swimming in the water.
The Harbours Of Norway sound library features 25 files with ambients recorded in Myre, Sto and Nyksund, very small towns with direct access to the sea. Most of the sound effects were recorded at night, but since it's a polar day time of the year, it was very pleasurable to walk and look for convenient places to set up my gear. Everything was recoded with ORTF setup built from two Sennheisers MKH 8040. Inside this library, you'll find a lot of seagulls, waves crushing on the rocks and plants, windy ambients from the cliff, industrial sound from port in Myre with ship unloading the cargo, walla with steam engine boat and additional sounds from boat engine market and air cooling aggregates from food containers. Every file was recorded in 96kHz, edited (i removed any unintentional bumps, pops and unwanted sounds). I limited EQing to removing harsh frequencies, or enhancing a little bit the good sounding ones. At the end of the chain there is a small compression, for louder sounds.
The Summer Ambients sound library contains 33 beautiful WAV files recorded with Sound Devices 702, Rode NTG3, two Oktavas MK012 in MS and stereo XY pattern. All sounds were gathered in different and beautiful places like forests, lakes, meadows or swamps. You can expect amazing ambients, textures, different birds, insects, forest during rain, calm and windy days. It's a perfect library for designing background sounds. Everything was recorded in amazing Masuria in Poland.
Summer ambients Update – library got 2x bigger and heavier than the original library. 59 additional files, 123 minutes of high quality audio recorded with Sennheiser MKH 8040 ORTF setup, Rode NTG3, Oktava MK012 XY setup plugged into SD702 and Sony PCM-10. It features ambients from the forests, ponds, swamps, meadows, lakes and suburbs recorded is very quiet locations, mostly just before the sunrise, during the day and before sunset far away from the cities.
Water Flow sound library took me about six months to record, consumed about 15 thermoses of tea and 42 litres of gasoline to get to all locations. It offers 90 BWAV files recorded in different locations. Huge part of this library is based on the recording sessions on the rivers. Two completely different locations, recorded regularly for the last 5 months allowed me to create this unique sound library. Most of the recording sessions took place during winter just before the sun was rising to reduce the amount of unwanted sounds. Almost all recordings are completely clear and only few have birds in background, since it was my intention to record some location ambients with natural backgrounds.
You can see the metadata and sound list below.
This small library contains 23 unique ambience tracks recorded in the Central Florida area. The nature ambiences range from forests to oceans in both the night time and during the day. Urban ambiences range from industrial warehouse settings, to small city parks and parking garages. One particularly unique track included is a recording from inside a home during hurricane Irma.
Overall, This collection covers a lot of ground for 23 tracks. Each track contained is fairly unique within the set.
NATURE ESSENTIALS is the first SFX library from a series of absolutely stunning nature recordings by Emmy-winner and nature recording genius Gordon Hempton. Hempton has searched the globe for more than three decades to record nature at its most pristine.
NATURE ESSENTIALS offers all the necessary ingredients to immediately produce stunning natural soundscapes. The sonic palette includes wind, rain, thunder, streams, surf and a wide selection of ambiences and wildlife vocalizations. These sound files are unmixed so you can confidently present actual places or creatively mix something uniquely yours.
In addition, these files are embedded with metadata offering geographic location, the bird species or animals that are heard, plus advice on how to use a particular sound to achieve best results.
This Library is also part of The Complete Quiet Planet Bundle.Libraries from Quiet Planet are covered by a special EULA - read it here.
While cities are probably the noisiest places on earth, few delicate sounds forge their character across the sonic chaos of our modern life. Natural sounds are visceral of humans;
In urban jungle, the animals, or natural elements alleviate uniqueness and create whimsical cohesion for the contemporary soundscape.
This new sound collection depicts a wide spectrum of natural sounds existing in cities. With many isolated animals, ambiences, and weather, water elements. Inside you'll find high quality content from Articulated, well edited and instantly useable sounds.
We recorded these sounds through many travels across the world from 4 continents: Europe, North America, Asia, South America, and Africa.
Rich Soundminer/bwf metadata are embedded, well classified, and thoroughly edited. –>See our Quality charter
The sounds are classified into 3 main folders: Ambiences (multiple sources soundscapes), Animals (isolated sounds), and Weather/Water (environment)..
• In Nature Roomtones: Deserts, get a collection of ambiences with zero wildlife and barely audible wind. Hear the nothingness of desert plains and open sparseness of mountain valleys resonated by barely audible wind. Hear wildlife-free, natural roomtones from 44 different locations perfect for your post-apocalyptic productions or as atmospheric beds for any type of environment.
• This library offers you an extensive collection of ambiences with sparse flora and zero fauna from winter nights in the desert. Hear the majestic sparseness of desert nights perfect for your dystopian adventure story.
• Two percent of the price of this library is donated to an environmental cause, as an "artist royalty" for the planet!
• Carbon offset credits were purchased to offset my field recording travel for this library.
Nature Roomtones: These are natural soundscapes with zero fauna, sparse flora, and sparse water. These recordings are location nonspecific because there is zero wildlife. As a result, these sounds can be used as a foundation for any natural environment you create.
Quiet Nature: These are natural soundscapes with sparse fauna, sparse flora, and sparse water. These recordings are geographically linked to a place because of the wildlife present in the recordings.
Nature's Fury: Rain, Wind, Thunder is a massive collection of storm sounds to help you build your environments.
Whether you need a light rain ambience all the way up to heavy rain, howling winds, and cracking and rumbling thunder blowing through your scene – we have you covered. We even isolated some low rumbling thunder to be used in your sound design.
Consider this a storm toolkit that comes with three 4-minute long 5.1 surround designed thunderstorms to get you started!
Nature's Soundscapes – Organic Sounds of Planet Earth is a dynamic sound library that includes premium quality background sounds, ambient sounds of nature and nature sound loops. The collection features sounds of beaches, bird sounds in nature, forests background sounds, the sound of rain, ocean, summer nighttime sounds, thunderstorms with the sound of lightning, woodland ambient sounds, mountain environment sounds and mountain wind sounds and more. It's easy to cover long form scenes and settings with such a wide range of environmental sounds totaling 3+ hours elapsed-time.
An unbeatable value too. Ambient Earth Nature Loops collection of 135 nature loops is included with Nature's Soundscapes – Organic Sounds of Planet Earth. Now you can set the tone for fantastic audio experiences in Mother Nature's own voice. Nature's Soundscapes – Organic Sounds of Planet Earth
NEON was built to deliver yet unheard creative sound design and sonic quality. Each sound has been hand-crafted and had to pass the very critical ears of every involved sound designer. This process took us longer than usual, but the result speaks for itself. More than 700 professional sound effects are waiting for you to drop some jaws.
NEON contains pre-processed and designed source material that is useful for sound designers to create their own assets. Our regular BOOM Library DESIGNED collections are highly processed and mastered for fantastic instant results in your projects, whereas our regular CONSTRUCTION KITS contain our raw and cleaned source recordings. NEON fills the gap in between. The sounds are less processed, leaving enough room to further mangle, process and enhance them to add your personal twist to it, making NEON a perfect toolset for fast and efficient modern sound design.
NEON is the ultimate weapon for futuristic and modern trailer sound design. Adding these massive blasts, ingenious hits and gripping movement sounds and whooshes to your project, will make them sound cutting-edge, whether you like it or not.
More than 50 New Year's Eve-themed sound effects and clips in over 800 megabytes of audio.
Characteristic atmospheres, crowds and room tone recordings made at a variety of locations in and around New York City.
The collection includes 3 hours and 44 minutes of New York ambiences in 50 files – with an average duration of 5 minutes.
So if you want the atmosphere and ambience of New York in sound, this library gets you exactly that!
A collection of interior and exterior ambience recordings made in New York, spanning streets and museums, subways and the Staten Island Ferry. Over three hours of urban ambiences recorded using a stereo pair of DPA 4060 omni mics.
The library contains different perspectives of the city including crowded and empty subway trains, distinctively dynamic New York traffic and the quiet and loud sides of New York's museums. The library will help you build exciting and bold backgrounds for any project, whether it be film, TV, radio or games.
The recordings capture the full dynamic range of the city and the characteristic acoustic signature that it imparts to sounds, as well as containing a lot of low end power and mid to high range detail.
One of the greatest cities in the world, New York is always a whirlwind of activity, with famous sites at every turn and never enough time to see them all. Some people come here to enjoy the Broadway shows; others come specifically to shop; and many come simply to see the sights: the Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, Brooklyn Bridge, Central Park, historic neighborhoods, and numerous world famous museums. All of them offer unique perspectives of the city. Any time of year and any time of day there are an endless array of things to see and do in New York.
We visited New York last summer and once again, we have recorded recorded 22 beautiful tracks in ambisonic format, decoded and mixed in Dolby ATMOS at AdHoc Studios. The New York city sounds will give you the essence of the most iconic film city in the world. AmbiX First Order Ambisonic, Dolby ATMOS 7.12, 5.1 and ST files have been mastered with Pro Tools HD 2018 system are included in the package.
New York Gorges and Waterfalls has the hidden sounds of waterfalls from the secluded gorges of New York State. The gorge walls shoot upward 150 meters, creating beautiful stone sanctuaries of sound. Rushing water cuts deep through smooth shale outcrops, with the lack of pebbles giving these falls a uniquely polished and frictionless character. In this collection, you'll receive sounds ranging from murmuring 1-meter cascades to thunderous 65-meter behemoths. If you need waterfalls distinct to the Appalachians, listen to New York Gorges and Waterfalls.
2% for the Planet:
Two percent of the price of this library is donated to an environmental cause. I view it as an "artist royalty" for the planet!
• Waterfall sizes ranging from 0 to 1, 1 to 3, 3 to 5, 6 to 25, and over 25 meters
• Perfectly loopable clips with approximately 1 minute and 30 seconds of audio for each waterfall
• Close and distant perspectives
Mastered Stereo + RAW Mid/Side:
• All 48 sounds included as decoded LR stereo files
• All 48 sounds included as RAW Mid/Side files
• The RAW MS audio files are the same sounds as the mastered stereo, just in their original uncut/unmastered/undecoded form.
• Specs: 10.56 – 192 kHz / 24-bit WAV – 96 files, 48+ sounds, Approx. 140 min
Get the sounds of incredible New Zealand with this new library: I went down to New Zealand to visit a relative and record and experience the north island. It was an unforgettable trip. I rented a car, stayed on a farm, and explored as much as I could of the island.
I recorded everything from cities to beaches to forests and farms and beyond! I even hopped on a 8 person plane to the Great Barrier Island off the coast of New Zealand to capture sounds.
BONUS – I traveled to Sydney, Australia for a week and recorded ambience and walla along the way. This is all included in the library!
With A Sound Effect, Asbjoern has created a web site where our international community can browse, learn, and share the vast fruits of our labors. Together we are accelerating the very real potential power of sound design as a recognized art form.
A Sound Effect is an excellent resource for us to keep our animated films sounding unique and exciting.
A Sound Effect is a great asset to have discovered.
We found the site very easy to navigate, purchasing and downloads were effortless and the effects themselves are awesome! Asbjoern has done us all a great service.
We'll definitely be back!
There are many great independent sound effect libraries available these days. The main problem with having so many, is keeping track of them!
A Sound Effect is a great hub, and is one of the first places I visit to look for sounds by category or genre. I started coming here to see if I could find libraries that I knew I had heard, but forgot WHERE I had heard them.
And in the process discovered libraries I never would have found otherwise. Great work! Keep it up!
We're always looking for new sounds to mangle, so when A Sound Effect had a holiday sale, I tried them out.
The purchase experience is really smooth and quick, and delivery is almost instant.
I'll definitely come back to them again in the future!
A Sound Effect is a wonderful resource for indie sound effects libraries. On top of that, it has some of the finest sound design, film and game audio interviews!
I often need very specific types of sounds so I've become a big supporter of independent recorders.
Until now I've always had to go to their individual websites. Now I can find them all in one place.
And, Asbjoern is great to work with!
A Sound Effect is a well curated boutique sound effects shop and a great place to find industry interviews and learning resources.


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Healthy Eating
'Eat whole grain foods and at least five portions of fruit and veg a day'
We hear these kinds of healthy eating messages all the titime, but here you'll find links and information on where to find healthy eating advice and opportunities locally.
Local weight loss support
LiveLife better Derbyshire offers free weight management support for people across Derbyshire. A range of support options are available based on an individuals need and include:
- 12 week group based programme
- Self-support: If you are unable to attend a group based session then you could receive an initial consultation with an advisor and an option to attend weigh-in support sessions for up-to 12 months
- Specialist weight management programme: a one to one support package with one of the advisors for at least 6 months for those who require more intensive support. There is also the opportunity to attend appointments with dieticians and psychologists to support further
- Workplace offer: Weight loss programmes are available to support staff within local businesses
- Online tools: A range of online tools are available on the Live Life Better website to assist people with weight management - click here to visit the site
You can also find out more about the services offered through LiveLife Better Derbyshire by contacting:
Telephone: 01629 538200
Free Phone: 0800 0852299
Email: email@example.com
Community Lunch
A community lunch takes place at Hill Street Baptist Church, every Friday 2-5 pm alongside the Clothes Bank.
Hill Street, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 8HL
To find out more contact South Derbyshire CVS who manage the project on 01283 219761
Further information
For more information and guidance on healthy eating click on the following links:
Getting a balanced diet - NHS eat well guide
Cooking tips and healthy recipes from British Heart Foundation, Diabetes UK , NHS Change4Life and BBC Recipes
Information on Alcohol Unit guidelines and calculate your own units from the Drink Aware website
Find out your Body Mass Index (BMI)


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Pisgah Forest Elementary's Student Council consists of 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. There is a representative from each classroom. Students meet approximately one time per month. We discuss ideas to improve our school, leadership, and service projects among other things. This is an opportunity for students to voice their ideas and opinions to enhance our school community.


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Sales wants more leads. But that doesn't mean they will settle for just any leads. They want good-fit ones that will close quickly.
Despite offering a winning product, Mendix found itself struggling to deliver high-quality leads to its sales team and close new deals in a reasonable amount of time. With a protracted MQL-t-Opp conversion rate, Mendix knew they had to do something to either improve the quality of the leads being passed to sales, or increase efficiencies throughout the process or both.
Watch AnH Ly, Marketing Systems Admin at Mendix, and DeAnn Poe, VP of Marketing at DiscoverOrg, Discuss how Mendix was able to deliver more qualified leads to the sales team while also reducing prospect research time and enabling more informed follow-up. The end resultL Improving their MQL to Opportunity conversion by 14 times!
Mendix shares their process for:
- Overhauling the Lead Flow Process in Marketo
- Appending and Enriching Inbound Leads in Real-Time
- Leveraging Data to Qualify Leads Further/ Better
- Delivering a Complete Lead Profile to Sales
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Marketing Systems Admin | Mendix
Anh Ly has been with Mendix for two years. Her responsibilities include being the Marketo admin, managing the multiple integrations that tie into the tool, running the operational programs in the platform, and managing their database, along with supporting the multiple functions within the organization to stand up various programs and campaigns. She is also a Steering Committee Member of the Boston Marketo User Group. On her spare time, she enjoys traveling, hiking, and snowboarding and will do just about anything that'll get her to the outdoors.
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VP of Marketing | DiscoverOrg
As the Vice President of Marketing at DiscoverOrg, DeAnn and her team are responsible for sourcing 50% of the company's pipeline and revenue through inbound and outbound demand gen programs. DeAnn has over 15 years of experience serving in Demand Gen and MarComm functions at software companies across a variety of verticals. DeAnn holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from California State University, San Marcos. She is Inbound Marketing certified, a Certified Trade Show Marketer (CTSM), and a 2017 Marketo Revvie Award finalist.
CMO, DiscoverOrg
Katie is responsible for leading the global marketing and growth functions at DiscoverOrg. She brings 15 years of marketing, product, and strategy experience in global, high-growth technology businesses to her role at DiscoverOrg. Prior to joining DiscoverOrg, Katie served in executive leadership roles at Mitratech, Accruent, and Hoover's. She has a bachelor's and masters degree from the University of Virginia.


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Joining the show during the last two hours, was Dr. Richard Boylan, an anthropologist specializing in the 'star visitor' phenomenon and 'Star Seed' children. He shared his announcement that 12 environmental scientists from the planet Altimar arrived in January to help deal with Earth's environmental crisis. According to Boylan, the delegation traveled from their planet Altimar which orbits a red dwarf star some 6-7 light years from us, and landed at a location in North America.
Boylan said he was at the landing site when the ship arrived in "cloaked" form, though he could see the "energy" of their vehicle. The beings are humanoid, but have larger heads and eyes and diminutive noses and ears. They had some human genetics spliced in to allow them to adapt to life here, he added. For more on the Altimarians and their mission, see Boylan's statement.
A total of 1,483 star races have made contact with Earth, Boylan declared. He also noted that a number of non-human races cohabit Earth with us, living underwater and underground.
Tablet Depicts Asteroid that Hit Sodom & Gomorrah?
Cuneiform on an ancient clay tablet has finally been decoded after 150 years of study. The tablet from 700 BC is said to be a copied witness account of a huge asteroid that crashed into Earth in 3123 BC. Many ancient tales record such devastation, including the Bible's Sodom & Gomorrah. More here.
Appearing during the first half of the show, researcher Glenn Kimball commented on the finding. The date of 3123 BC doesn't jibe with the biblical timeline for the Sodom & Gomorrah event, he suggested. Rather than an asteroid, Kimball believes that angels sent down a localized destructive force that annihilated the twin cities. He said he was shown a desolate site in Israel by archeologist Vendyl Jones where Sodom & Gomorrah were possibly once located.


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Dec. 05, 2015
Angel and Dan's wanted twins, without the complications of a twin pregnancy — so they worked with two separate surrogates at once.
If you have ever been out late on a Saturday night, you may have high hopes of meeting a handsome stranger, but you probably wouldn't expect to meet your future husband. Angel Mario Martinez Garcia, 45, surely didn't when, five years ago on a very early Saturday morning in Barcelona, he casually approached Dan's Mouquet, 40, and asked him, over many gin and tonics, what he wanted out of life. The nightlife setting notwithstanding, Dan's told Angel he ultimately wanted a quiet life, with a partner and children.
Joseph Sadusky recounts the ways he and his adopted sons are cut from the same cloth.
Editor's Note: This is the third in a series of excerpts from Joseph Sadusky's new book, Magic Lessons: Celebratory and Cautionary Tales about Life as a (Single, Gay, Transracially Adoptive) Dad. The book contains many stories about my life as a dad, as well as lessons learned, and we're excited to share several excerpts from the the book over the course of the next few months. Read previous installments here!
Happy Single Parent's Day! To celebrate, we rounded up some of our most popular articles featuring single gay dads.
Did you know March 21st is Single Parents Day? Well now you do, and you should mark the occasion by checking out our round up of some of our most popular articles featuring single gay dads!
The Child-Parent Security Act, which legalizes commercial surrogacy in New York State, was included in the 2020 New York State Budget signed by Governor Cuomo
Yesterday, a years-long battle about the state of compensated gestational surrogacy came to an end in New York when the Governor signed into a law the Child-Parent Security Act in the 2020 as part of the state budget.
The effort stalled last year after opponents, including several Democrats, successfully argued that the bill didn't go far enough to protect women who serve as surrogates — even though it included a surrogate "bill of rights," the first of its kind in the country, aimed at ensuring protections.
"Millions of New Yorkers need assistance building their families — people struggling with infertility, cancer survivors impacted by treatment, and members of the LGBTQ+ community," the Family Equality Council said in a statement about the victory. "For many, surrogacy is a critically important option. For others, it is the only option. Passage of the Child-Parent Security Act is a massive step forward in providing paths to parenthood for New Yorkers who use reproductive technology, and creates a 'surrogate's bill of rights' that will set a new standard for protecting surrogates nationwide."
Opponents, led by Senator Liz Krueger, had once again attempted to torpedo legalization efforts this year by introducing a second bill that would legalize surrogacy in New York, but also make it the most restrictive state in the country to do so. "A bill that complicates the legal proceedings for the parents and potentially allows them to lose their genetic child is truly unfortunate," said Sam Hyde, President of Circle Surrogacy, referencing to the bill's 8-day waiting period. He also took issue with the bills underlying assumptions about why women decide to serve as a surrogate. The added restrictions imply that "they're entering into these arrangements without full forethought and consideration of the intended parents that they're partnering with," he said.
The bill was sponsored by State Senator Brad Hoylman, an out gay man who became a father via surrogacy, and Assemblymember Amy Paulin, who has been public with her experiences with infertility.
"My husband and I had our two daughters through surrogacy," Holyman told Gay City News. "But we had to travel 3,000 miles away to California in order to do it. As a gay dad, I'm thrilled parents like us and people struggling with infertility will finally have the chance to create their own families through surrogacy here in New York."
"This law will [give intended parents] the opportunity to have a family in New York and not travel around the country, incurring exorbitant costs simply because they want to be parents," Paulin said for her part. It will "bring New York law in line with the needs of modern families."
Here are some ways to create a safe space for your daughter to discover who she is, with you by her side.
There's nothing quite like father-daughter relationships, and when it comes to single dads, your little girl likely holds a very special place in your heart. From the moment she's born, it's as if you can see every moment of her life in front of you, from her first steps to walking her down the aisle at her wedding. You'll be the first man she'll know and talk to, and you'll be her biggest example of what a loving man looks like. She'll come to you for advice on how to navigate challenges, be independent, treat others and grow into herself.
Your relationship with your daughter may be shaped by your personal history, whether you've been through a difficult divorce or breakup, you've transitioned out of a straight relationship, or you made the courageous decision to pursue surrogacy on your own. Whatever your situation is, studies have shown that children with involved fathers excel more in school and have fewer behavioral issues in adolescence.
After Rene suffered a brutal homophobic attack that left him hospitalized, he and his family have turned to advocacy to heal
Guest post written by Rene and Nejc
We are Rene (35) and Nejc (29) and we come from Slovenia, Europe. I was an avid athlete, a Judoist, but now I am an LGBT activist and Nejc is a writer, who published a gay autobiography called Prepovedano. He was also a participant in a reality show in Slovenia (Bar) and he is an LGBT activist too. Nejc and I met by a mere coincidence on Facebook, and already after the first phone call we realized that we are made for each other. Nejc and I have been together as couple almost one year. We think we have been joined by some energy, as we have both experienced a lot of bad things with previous relationships and now we wish to create and shape our common path.
We checked in with some of the single gay dads in our community to see what life is like while parenting solo
March 21st is Single Parents Day! To celebrate, we checked in with some single gay men in our community to sound off on what life is like while parenting solo — the good, the challening and everything in between.


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Lemon Strawberry Cake
This gluten-free/dairy-free recipe was adapted from a recipe from The Cake Doctor Bakes Gluten Free by Anne Byrn
Oil spray for misting the pan
1 T GF flour for dusting the pan
1 large lemon
1 package (15 ounces) yellow gluten free cake mix (I used Betty Crocker)
1/4 c. lemon jello
1/2 c. coconut oil, melted
3 large eggs
1 pack of strawberries
1 tub of coconut whip cream (SO Delicious brand)
Preheat oven to 350. Lightly mist a round spring form pan and dust with the gf flour. Shake out the excess flour and set aside.
Rinse and pat the lemon dry. Then grate the yellow zest from the lemon rind. Place all of the zest into a large mixing bowl. Cut the lemon in half and squeeze the juice out into a 1/2 c measuring cup, discarding the seeds. Add enough water to make 1/2 cup. Pour lemon water into the large mixing bowl with the zest.
Add the cake mix, lemon jello, oil, and eggs into the bowl with the lemon mixture and beat with an electric mixer on low speed until the ingredients are just mixed. Stop and scrape the sides. Beat at medium speed until the batter looks smooth, for about 90 seconds. Pour the batter into the spring form pan, smoothing the top with a rubber spatula.
Bake the cake until it is golden brown and the top springs back when lightly pressed with a finger, about 30 minutes. Let cake cool for 10 minutes. Run a long, sharp knife around the outside edge of the cake, and then release the spring form. Let the cake cool completely.
While it is cooling wash and dry the strawberries. Cut half of them horizontally to place in the middle of the cake and try to make each slice the same width so the cake will lay evenly. Cut the other half vertically to design the top of the cake.
Once it is completely cooled (and if you are nervous about this part, refrigerate it for a few hours so it will be more solid and easier to handle), use a long, sharp serrated knife to cut the cake in half horizontally (so that you will have two rounds) as evenly as possible. Gently lift the top half and lay it on a flat surface. Use the horizontally cut strawberries to create an even layer of berries in the center. Gently place the top half back on the cake. Spread an even layer of the coconut whip cream on top of the cake. Use the vertically sliced strawberries to create a design on the top of the cake.


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She is currently based in Oakland, CA, and works as the Editorial Manager at UpStart, expanding the picture of how Jews find meaning and come together. In 2012, in a friend's basement in San Francisco, she co-created Index/Fist, a creative collective that (to this day!) publishes handmade magazines featuring the art and writing of people from around the country.
From 2015 to 2017, she co-founded and led Ashreinu, the only independent kehilla (community) in the city of St. Louis. Ashreinu gathers several times a month for inspired davening (praying), peer-led learning, and innovative Jewish ritual. During that time, she also earned an MFA in Creative Writing at Washington University. She was a T.S. Eliot Scholar and the recipient of a University Fellowship and a full-tuition scholarship. After graduating from Washington University, she was a 2017-18 Dorot Fellow in Israel, where she lived in Jaffa, working on a collection of poetry and a series of lyric essays.
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During the whole course of her interesting life - and she had always found life interesting - Betty Vanderpoel decided that she had known no experience more absorbing than this morning spent in going over the long-closed and deserted portions of the neglected house. She had never seen anything like the place, or as full of suggestion. The greater part of it had simply been shut up and left to time and weather, both of which had had their effects. The fine old red roof, having lost tiles, had fallen into leaks that let in rain, which had stained and rotted walls, plaster, and woodwork; wind and storm had beaten through broken window panes and done their worst with such furniture and hangings as they found to whip and toss and leave damp and spotted with mould. They passed through corridors, and up and down short or long stairways, with stained or faded walls, and sometimes with cracked or fallen plastering and wainscotting. Here and there the oak flooring itself was uncertain. The rooms, whether large or small, all presented a like aspect of potential beauty and comfort, utterly uncared for and forlorn. There were many rooms, but none more than scantily furnished, and a number of them were stripped bare. Betty found herself wondering how long a time it had taken the belongings of the big place to dwindle and melt away into such bareness.
"There was a time, I suppose, when it was all furnished," she said.
"All these rooms were shut up when I came here," Rosy answered. "I suppose things worth selling have been sold. When pieces of furniture were broken in one part of the house, they were replaced by things brought from another. No one cared. Nigel hates it all. He calls it a rathole. He detests the country everywhere, but particularly this part of it. After the first year I had learned better than to speak to him of spending money on repairs."
"A good deal of money should be spent on repairs," reflected Betty, looking about her.
She was standing in the middle of a room whose walls were hung with the remains of what had been chintz, covered with a pattern of loose clusters of moss rosebuds. The dampness had rotted it until, in some places, it had fallen away in strips from its fastenings. A quaint, embroidered couch stood in one corner, and as Betty looked at it, a mouse crept from under the tattered valance, stared at her in alarm and suddenly darted back again, in terror of intrusion so unusual. A casement window swung open, on a broken hinge, and a strong branch of ivy, having forced its way inside, had thrown a covering of leaves over the deep ledge, and was beginning to climb the inner woodwork. Through the casement was to be seen a heavenly spread of country, whose rolling lands were clad softly in green pastures and thick-branched trees.
"This is the Rosebud Boudoir," said Lady Anstruthers, smiling faintly. "All the rooms have names. I thought them so delightful, when I first heard them. The Damask Room-the Tapestry Room - the White Wainscot Room - My Lady's Chamber. It almost broke my heart when I saw what they looked like."
"It would be very interesting," Betty commented slowly, "to make them look as they ought to look."
A remote fear rose to the surface of the expression in Lady Anstruthers' eyes. She could not detach herself from certain recollections of Nigel - of his opinions of her family - of his determination not to allow it to enter as a factor in either his life or hers. And Betty had come to Stornham - Betty whom he had detested as a child - and in the course of two days, she had seemed to become a new part of the atmosphere, and to make the dead despair of the place begin to stir with life. What other thing than this was happening as she spoke of making such rooms as the Rosebud Boudoir "look as they ought to look," and said the words not as if they were part of a fantastic vision, but as if they expressed a perfectly possible thing?
Betty saw the doubt in her eyes, and in a measure, guessed at its meaning. The time to pause for argument had, however not arrived. There was too much to be investigated, too much to be seen. She swept her on her way. They wandered on through some forty rooms, more or less; they opened doors and closed them; they unbarred shutters and let the sun stream in on dust and dampness and cobwebs. The comprehension of the situation which Betty gained was as valuable as it was enlightening.
The descent into the lower part of the house was a new experience. Betty had not before seen huge, flagged kitchens, vaulted servants' halls, stone passages, butteries and dairies. The substantial masonry of the walls and arched ceilings, the stone stairway, and the seemingly endless offices, were interestingly remote in idea from such domestic modernities as chance views of up-to-date American household workings had provided her.
In the huge kitchen itself, an elderly woman, rolling pastry, paused to curtsy to them, with stolid curiosity in her heavyfeatured face. In her character as "single-handed" cook, Mrs. Noakes had sent up uninviting meals to Lady Anstruthers for several years, but she had not seen her ladyship below stairs before. And this was the unexpected arrival - the young lady there had been "talk of" from the moment of her appearance. Mrs. Noakes admitted with the grudgingness of a person of uncheerful temperament, that looks like that always would make talk. A certain degree of vague mental illumination led her to agree with Robert, the footman, that the stranger's effectiveness was, perhaps, also, not altogether a matter of good looks, and certainly it was not an affair of clothes. Her brightish blue dress, of rough cloth, was nothing particular, notwithstanding the fit of it. There was "something else about her." She looked round the place, not with the casual indifference of a fine young lady, carelessly curious to see what she had not seen before, but with an alert, questioning interest.
"What a big place," she said to her ladyship. "What substantial walls! What huge joints must have been roasted before such a fireplace."
She drew near to the enormous, antiquated cooking place.
"People were not very practical when this was built," she said. "It looks as if it must waste a great deal of coal. Is it - - ?" she looked at Mrs. Noakes. "Do you like it?"
There was a practical directness in the question for which Mrs. Noakes was not prepared. Until this moment, it had apparently mattered little whether she liked things or not. The condition of her implements of trade was one of her grievances - the ancient fireplace and ovens the bitterest.
"It's out of order, miss," she answered. "And they don't use 'em like this in these days."
"I thought not," said Miss Vanderpoel.
She made other inquiries as direct and significant of the observing eye, and her passage through the lower part of the establishment left Mrs. Noakes and her companions in a strange but not unpleasurable state of ferment.
"Think of a young lady that's never had nothing to do with kitchens, going straight to that shameful old fireplace, and seeing what it meant to the woman that's got to use it. `Do you like it?' she says. If she'd been a cook herself, she couldn't have put it straighter. She's got eyes."
"She's been using them all over the place, said Robert. "Her and her ladyship's been into rooms that's not been opened for years."
"More shame to them that should have opened 'em," remarked Mrs. Noakes. "Her ladyship's a poor, listless thing-but her spirit was broken long ago.
"This one will mend it for her, perhaps," said the man servant. "I wonder what's going to happen."
"Well, she's got a look with her - the new one - as if where she was things would be likely to happen. You look out. The place won't seem so dead and alive if we've got something to think of and expect."
"Who are the solicitors Sir Nigel employs?" Betty had asked her sister, when their pilgrimage through the house had been completed.
Messrs. Townlinson & Sheppard, a firm which for several generations had transacted the legal business of much more important estates than Stornham, held its affairs in hand. Lady Anstruthers knew nothing of them, but that they evidently did not approve of the conduct of their client. Nigel was frequently angry when he spoke of them. It could be gathered that they had refused to allow him to do things he wished to do - sell things, or borrow money on them.
"I think we must go to London and see them," Betty suggested.
Rosy was agitated. Why should one see them? What was there to be spoken of? Their going, Betty explained would be a sort of visit of ceremony - in a measure a precaution. Since Sir Nigel was apparently not to be reached, having given no clue as to where he intended to go, it might be discreet to consult Messrs. Townlinson & Sheppard with regard to the things it might be well to do - the repairs it appeared necessary to make at once. If Messrs. Townlinson & Sheppard approved of the doing of such work, Sir Nigel could not resent their action, and say that in his absence liberties had been taken. Such a course seemed businesslike and dignified.
It was what Betty felt that her father would do. Nothing could be complained of, which was done with the knowledge and under the sanction of the family solicitors.
"Then there are other things we must do. We must go to shops and theatres. It will be good for you to go to shops and theatres, Rosy."
"I have nothing but rags to wear," answered Lady Anstruthers, reddening.
"Then before we go we will have things sent down. People can be sent from the shops to arrange what we want."
The magic of the name, standing for great wealth, could, it was true, bring to them, not only the contents of shops, but the people who showed them, and were ready to carry out any orders. The name of Vanderpoel already stood, in London, for inexhaustible resource. Yes, it was simple enough to send for politely subservient saleswomen to bring what one wanted.
The being reminded in every-day matters of the still real existence of the power of this magic was the first step in the rebuilding of Lady Anstruthers. To realise that the wonderful and yet simple necromancy was gradually encircling her again, had its parallel in the taking of a tonic, whose effect was cumulative. She herself did not realise the working of it. But Betty regarded it with interest. She saw it was good for her, merely to look on at the unpacking of the New York boxes, which the maid, sent for from London, brought down with her.
As the woman removed, from tray after tray, the tissuepaper-enfolded layers of garments, Lady Anstruthers sat and watched her with normal, simply feminine interest growing in her eyes. The things were made with the absence of any limit in expenditure, the freedom with delicate stuffs and priceless laces which belonged only to her faint memories of a lost past.
Nothing had limited the time spent in the embroidering of this apparently simple linen frock and coat; nothing had restrained the hand holding the scissors which had cut into the lace which adorned in appliques and filmy frills this exquisitely charming ball dress.
"It is looking back so far," she said, waving her hand towards them with an odd gesture. "To think that it was once all like - like that."
She got up and went to the things, turning them over, and touching them with a softness, almost expressing a caress. The names of the makers stamped on bands and collars, the names of the streets in which their shops stood, moved her. She heard again the once familiar rattle of wheels, and the rush and roar of New York traffic.
Betty carried on the whole matter with lightness. She talked easily and casually, giving local colour to what she said. She described the abnormally rapid growth of the places her sister had known in her teens, the new buildings, new theatres, new shops, new people, the later mode of living, much of it learned from England, through the unceasing weaving of the Shuttle.
"Changing - changing - changing. That is what it is always doing - America. We have not reached repose yet. One wonders how long it will be before we shall. Now we are always hurrying breathlessly after the next thing - the new one - which we always think will be the better one. Other countries built themselves slowly. In the days of their building, the pace of life was a march. When America was born, the march had already begun to hasten, and as a nation we began, in our first hour, at the quickening speed. Now the pace is a race. New York is a kaleidoscope. I myself can remember it a wholly different thing. One passes down a street one day, and the next there is a great gap where some building is being torn down - a few days later, a tall structure of some sort is touching the sky. It is wonderful, but it does not tend to calm the mind. That is why we cross the Atlantic so much. The sober, quiet-loving blood our forbears brought from older countries goes in search of rest. Mixed with other things, I feel in my own being a resentment against newness and disorder, and an insistence on the atmosphere of long-established things."
But for years Lady Anstruthers had been living in the atmosphere of long-established things, and felt no insistence upon it. She yearned to hear of the great, changing Western world - of the great, changing city. Betty must tell her what the changes were. What were the differences in the streets-where had the new buildings been placed? How had Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue and Broadway altered? Were not Gramercy Park and Madison Square still green with grass and trees? Was it all different? Would she not know the old places herself? Though it seemed a lifetime since she had seen them, the years which had passed were really not so many.
It was good for her to talk and be talked to in this manner Betty saw. Still handling her subject lightly, she presented picture after picture. Some of them were of the wonderful, feverish city itself - the place quite passionately loved by some, as passionately disliked by others. She herself had fallen into the habit, as she left childhood behind her, of looking at it with interested wonder - at its riot of life and power, of huge schemes, and almost superhuman labours, of fortunes so colossal that they seemed monstrosities in their relation to the world. People who in Rosalie's girlhood had lived in big ugly brownstone fronts, had built for themselves or for their children, houses such as, in other countries, would have belonged to nobles and princes, spending fortunes upon their building, filling them with treasures brought from foreign lands, from palaces, from art galleries, from collectors. Sometimes strange people built such houses and lived strange lavish, ostentatious lives in them, forming an overstrained, abnormal, pleasure-chasing world of their own. The passing of even ten years in New York counted itself almost as a generation; the fashions, customs, belongings of twenty years ago wore an air of almost picturesque antiquity.
"It does not take long to make an `old New Yorker,' " she said. "Each day brings so many new ones."
There were, indeed, many new ones, Lady Anstruthers found. People who had been poor had become hugely rich, a few who had been rich had become poor, possessions which had been large had swelled to unnatural proportions. Out of the West had risen fortunes more monstrous than all others. As she told one story after another, Bettina realised, as she had done often before, that it was impossible to enter into description of the life and movements of the place, without its curiously involving some connection with the huge wealth of it - with its influence, its rise, its swelling, or waning.
"Somehow one cannot free one's self from it. This is the age of wealth and invention - but of wealth before all else. Sometimes one is tired - tired of it."
"You would not be tired of it if - well, if you were I, said Lady Anstruthers rather pathetically.
"Perhaps not," Betty answered. "Perhaps not."
She herself had seen people who were not tired of it in the sense in which she was - the men and women, with worn or intently anxious faces, hastening with the crowds upon the pavements, all hastening somewhere, in chase of that small portion of the wealth which they earned by their labour as their daily share; the same men and women surging towards elevated railroad stations, to seize on places in the homewardbound trains; or standing in tired-looking groups, waiting for the approach of an already overfull street car, in which they must be packed together, and swing to the hanging straps, to keep upon their feet. Their way of being weary of it would be different from hers, they would be weary only of hearing of the mountains of it which rolled themselves up, as it seemed, in obedience to some irresistible, occult force.
On the day after Stornham village had learned that her ladyship and Miss Vanderpoel had actually gone to London, the dignified firm of Townlinson & Sheppard received a visit which created some slight sensation in their establishment, though it had not been entirely unexpected. It had, indeed, been heralded by a note from Miss Vanderpoel herself, who had asked that the appointment be made. Men of Messrs. Townlinson & Sheppard's indubitable rank in their profession could not fail to know the significance of the Vanderpoel name. They knew and understood its weight perfectly well. When their client had married one of Reuben Vanderpoel's daughters, they had felt that extraordinary good fortune had befallen him and his estate. Their private opinion had been that Mr. Vanderpoel's knowledge of his son-in-law must have been limited, or that he had curiously lax American views of paternal duty. The firm was highly reputable, long established strictly conservative, and somewhat insular in its point of view. It did not understand, or seek to understand, America. It had excellent reasons for thoroughly understanding Sir Nigel Anstruthers. Its opinions of him it reserved to itself. If Messrs. Townlinson & Sheppard had been asked to give a daughter into their client's keeping, they would have flatly refused to accept the honour proposed. Mr. Townlinson had, indeed, at the time of the marriage, admitted in strict confidence to his partner that for his part he would have somewhat preferred to follow a daughter of his own to her tomb. After the marriage the firm had found the situation confusing and un-English. There had been trouble with Sir Nigel, who had plainly been disappointed. At first it had appeared that the American magnate had shown astuteness in refraining from leaving his son-in-law a free hand. Lady Anstruthers' fortune was her own and not her husband's. Mr. Townlinson, paying a visit to Stornham and finding the bride a gentle, childish-looking girl, whose most marked expression was one of growing timorousness, had returned with a grave face. He foresaw the result, if her family did not stand by her with firmness, which he also foresaw her husband would prevent if possible. It became apparent that the family did not stand by her - or were cleverly kept at a distance. There was a long illness, which seemed to end in the seclusion from the world, brought about by broken health. Then it was certain that what Mr. Townlinson had foreseen had occurred. The inexperienced girl had been bullied into submission. Sir Nigel had gained the free hand, whatever the means he had chosen to employ. Most improper - most improper, the whole affair. He had a great deal of money, but none of it was used for the benefit of the estate - his deformed boy's estate. Advice, dignified remonstrance, resulted only in most disagreeable scenes. Messrs. Townlinson & Sheppard could not exceed certain limits. The manner in which the money was spent was discreditable. There were avenues a respectable firm knew only by rumour, there were insane gambling speculations, which could only end in disaster, there were things one could not decently concern one's self with. Lady Anstruthers' family had doubtless become indignant and disgusted, and had dropped the whole affair. Sad for the poor woman, but not unnatural.
And now appears a Miss Vanderpoel, who wishes to appoint an interview with Messrs. Townlinson & Sheppard. What does she wish to say? The family is apparently taking the matter up. Is this lady an elder or a younger sister of Lady Anstruthers? Is she an older woman of that strong and rather trying American type one hears of, or is she younger than her ladyship, a pretty, indignant, totally unpractical girl, outraged by the state of affairs she has discovered, foolishly coming to demand of Messrs. Townlinson & Sheppard an explanation of things they are not responsible for? Will she, perhaps, lose her temper, and accuse and reproach, or even - most unpleasant to contemplate - shed hysterical tears?
It fell to Mr. Townlinson to receive her in the absence of Mr. Sheppard, who had been called to Northamptonshire to attend to great affairs. He was a stout, grave man with a heavy, well-cut face, and, when Bettina entered his room, his courteous reception of her reserved his view of the situation entirely.
She was not of the mature and rather alarming American type he had imagined possible, he felt some relief in marking at once. She was also not the pretty, fashionable young lady who might have come to scold him, and ask silly, irrational questions.
His ordinarily rather unillumined countenance changed somewhat in expression when she sat down and began to speak. Mr. Townlinson was impressed by the fact that it was at once unmistakably evident that whatsoever her reason for coming, she had not presented herself to ask irrelevant or unreasonable questions. Lady Anstruthers, she explained without superfluous phrase, had no definite knowledge of her husband's whereabouts, and it had seemed possible that Messrs. Townlinson & Sheppard might have received some information more recent that her own. The impersonal framing of this inquiry struck Mr. Townlinson as being in remarkably good taste, since it conveyed no condemnation of Sir Nigel, and no desire to involve Mr. Townlinson in expressing any. It refrained even from implying that the situation was an unusual one, which might be open to criticism. Excellent reserve and great cleverness, Mr. Townlinson commented inwardly. There were certainly few young ladies who would have clearly realised that a solicitor cannot be called upon to commit himself, until he has had time to weigh matters and decide upon them. His long and varied experience had included interviews in which charming, emotional women had expected him at once to "take sides." Miss Vanderpoel exhibited no signs of expecting anything of this kind, even when she went on with what she had come to say. Stornham Court and its surroundings were depreciating seriously in value through need of radical repairs etc. Her sister's comfort was naturally involved, and, as Mr. Townlinson would fully understand, her nephew's future. The sooner the process of dilapidation was arrested, the better and with the less difficulty. The present time was without doubt better than an indefinite future. Miss Vanderpoel, having fortunately been able to come to Stornham, was greatly interested, and naturally desirous of seeing the work begun. Her father also would be interested. Since it was not possible to consult Sir Nigel, it had seemed proper to consult his solicitors in whose hands the estate had been for so long a time. She was aware, it seemed, that not only Mr. Townlinson, but Mr. Townlinson's father, and also his grandfather, had legally represented the Anstruthers, as well as many other families. As there seemed no necessity for any structural changes, and the work done was such as could only rescue and increase the value of the estate, could there be any objection to its being begun without delay?
Certainly an unusual young lady. It would be interesting to discover how well she knew Sir Nigel, since it seemed that only a knowledge of him - his temper, his bitter, irritable vanity, could have revealed to her the necessity of the precaution she was taking without even intimating that it was a precaution. Extraordinarily clever girl.
Mr. Townlinson wore an air of quiet, business-like reflection.
"You are aware, Miss Vanderpoel, that the present income from the estate is not such as would justify anything approaching the required expenditure?"
"Yes, I am aware of that. The expense would be provided for by my father."
"Most generous on Mr. Vanderpoel's part," Mr. Townlinson commented. "The estate would, of course, increase greatly in value."
Circumstances had prevented her father from visiting Stornham, Miss Vanderpoel explained, and this had led to his being ignorant of a condition of things which he might have remedied. She did not explain what the particular circumstances which had separated the families had been, but Mr. Townlinson thought he understood. The condition existing could be remedied now, if Messrs. Townlinson & Sheppard saw no obstacles other than scarcity of money.
Mr. Townlinson's summing up of the matter expressed in effect that he saw none. The estate had been a fine one in its day. During the last sixty years it had become much impoverished. With conservative decorum of manner, he admitted that there had not been, since Sir Nigel's marriage, sufficient reason for the neglect of dilapidations. The firm had strongly represented to Sir Nigel that certain resources should not be diverted from the proper object of restoring the property, which was entailed upon his son. The son's future should beyond all have been considered in the dispensing of his mother's fortune.
He, by this time, comprehended fully that he need restrain no dignified expression of opinion in his speech with this young lady. She had come to consult with him with as clear a view of the proprieties and discretions demanded by his position as he had himself. And yet each, before the close of the interview, understood the point of view of the other. What he recognised was that, though she had not seen Sir Nigel since her childhood, she had in some astonishing way obtained an extraordinary insight into his character, and it was this which had led her to take her present step. She might not realise all she might have to contend with, but her conservative and formal action had surrounded her and her sister with a certain barrier of conventional protection, at once self-controlled, dignified, and astutely intelligent.
"Since, as you say, no structural changes are proposed, such as an owner might resent, and as Lady Anstruthers is the mother of the heir, and as Lady Anstruthers' father undertakes to defray all expenditure, no sane man could object to the restoration of the property. To do so would be to cause public opinion to express itself strongly against him. Such action would place him grossly in the wrong." Then he added with deliberation, realising that he was committing himself, and feeling firmly willing to do so for reasons of his own, "Sir Nigel is a man who objects strongly to putting himself - publicly - in the wrong."
"Thank you," said Miss Vanderpoel.
He had said this of intention for her enlightenment, and she was aware that he had done so.
"This will not be the first time that American fortunes have restored English estates," Mr. Townlinson continued amiably. "There have been many notable cases of late years. We shall be happy to place ourselves at your disposal at all times, Miss Vanderpoel. We are obliged to you for your consideration in the matter."
"Thank you," said Miss Vanderpoel again. "I wished to be sure that I should not be infringing any English rule I had no knowledge of."
"You will be infringing none. You have been most correct and courteous."
Before she went away Mr. Townlinson felt that he had been greatly enlightened as to what a young lady might know and be. She gave him singularly clear details as to what was proposed. There was so much to be done that he found himself opening his eyes slightly once or twice. But, of course, if Mr. Vanderpoel was prepared to spend money in a lavish manner, it was all to the good so far as the estate was concerned. They were stupendous, these people, and after all the heir was his grandson. And how striking it was that with all this power and readiness to use it, was evidently combined, even in this beautiful young person, the clearest business sense of the situation. What was done would be for the comfort of Lady Anstruthers and the future of her son. Sir Nigel, being unable to sell either house or lands, could not undo it.
When Mr. Townlinson accompanied his visitor to her carriage with dignified politeness he felt somewhat like an elderly solicitor who had found himself drawn into the atmosphere of a sort of intensely modern fairy tale. He saw two of his under clerks, with the impropriety of middle-class youth, looking out of an office window at the dark blue brougham and the tall young lady, whose beauty bloomed in the sunshine. He did not, on the whole, wonder at, though he deplored, the conduct of the young men. But they, of course, saw only what they colloquially described to each other as a "rippin' handsome girl." They knew nothing of the interesting interview.
He himself returned to his private room in a musing mood and thought it all over, his mind dwelling on various features of the international situation, and more than once he said aloud:
"Most remarkable. Very remarkable, indeed."
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8 Expert Tips For Selecting the Right Cocktail Party Caterer In Doveton
When it comes to the things that can make or break an occasion, couple of are as crucial as the quality, taste and appearance of the food and drinks you serve. A lot is riding on your choice which catering service to work with, and if you believe this choice truly isn't really that crucial, take a look at it in this manner, fantastic catering can save an occasion that's on the rocks, however bad catering will usually send out visitors to the doors.
In addition, since catering is typically the # 1 or # 2 line-item cost for the majority of occasions, the caterer you select is also a considerable budgetary decision and can influence just how much money you have left over to spend on other areas depending on food expenses and amounts.
Add in that catering services can differ dramatically in their pricing and the types of meals and services they offer, and the process of selecting a catering service can figuratively and actually seem like you are comparing apples to oranges.
# 1 Responsiveness And Personal Interest In Your Needs
Of all the event and catering professionals we talked with, this turned up over and over and over again, generally due to the fact that how responsive and interested a catering service is throughout your initial conversations is a sign of how they will carry out throughout the length of their agreement with you (and more on agreements later).
A prospective catering service ought to be learning as much as they can about you in your very first few discussions with them, so you should anticipate them to be talking and asking questions about 20% of the time and you supplying answers and outlining your requirements about 80% of the time.
# 2 Capability To Handle Your Specific Type of Event In Doveton 3177
Not every catering service is best or every kind of occasion, and many caterers themselves freely admit this.
So when interviewing your Doveton caterers (and you need to talk to at least 3 caterers for any occasion with a reasonable budget plan), you have to specify about the kind of event you are preparing and the type of food and/or presentation you are anticipating. Otherwise, you might end up picking a caterer who just isn't really a great suitable for the type or style of your occasion.
Virtually every catering service has a standard menu or menus to choose from, and numerous do offer some level of built-in versatility to adapt these menus to your particular requirements by substituting specific items and/or customizing others.
Nevertheless, the standout caterers will exceed standardized menu alternatives and want to develop amazing fare that matches even more specific theme and dietary requirements.
# 3 Willingness To Supply Tastings
How will you ever understand what a caterer can do unless you sample their goods? And more particularly, how will you understand what the menu items you are considering will taste like unless you specifically try them?
Some people shy away from asking to sample the particular items they desire for their event because it seems like an inconvenience for the catering service, however it is standard to ask for a tasting of exactly what you are planning to order prior to you sign on the dotted line.
In addition, you can ask for wine parings for these tastings if they are appropriate for your occasion (once again, be prepared to pay a fee, it's a small price to pay to guarantee you select the best caterer). When you are tasting the food, also take care of how it is presented, as any caterer who takes the time to correctly show a sample will probably be most likely to make that type of effort on your occasion day.
Are you an event manager who needs to manage catering details, budget plans and tasks?
Or are you a caterer who needs to track proposals, invoices, meal choices, stock and other customer information?
# 4 Familiarity With The Venue
You may remain in for a surprise if you hire a BBQ take-out joint to cater a formal ballroom charity event. Or if you choose a high-end corporate occasion catering service to serve a barn wedding event. Why? Since these catering services might not be accustomed to preparing and serving food in such a setting.
This can get back at more specific depending upon restrictions of the location itself, like in the case of museums and historical sites.
Much more standard venues can likewise have restrictions that caterers must follow, like particular setup standards or disposal limitations for waste food and water, so having a caterer that recognizes with a venue's guidelines can possibly save you great deals of trouble on occasion day.
# 5 Total Explanation Of Services/Goods Promised In The Agreement
The catering service's agreement should clearly define exactly what food, beverages and services the caterer will be offering on the designated day( s). Furthermore, it should secure you from non-performance as much as it safeguards the catering service from non-payment/default, so you may wish to think about having a lawyer} look at it prior to you sign it.
Every detail must be included in the agreement, included chosen menus, number of portions and/or individuals to be served, beverage/bar service information (if applicable) and all pricing and additional services.
No catering service in Doveton with a shred of self-respect and scruples participates in an agreement with plans to bail at the last minute, however you have to make sure there is a cancellation clause in your agreement just in case your catering service has to cancel.
You don't want to be left without recourse with only days or hours before your occasion, so simply ensure cancellation procedures and charges remain in place so you do have a backup plan.
# 6 References You Can Call and Talk To
Obviously you will have to look into the catering services in Doveton you are considering, and it's always great to begin online and check out sites.
Nevertheless, don't stop there, as online reviews are not always trustworthy (or perhaps authentic); for instance, an excellent catering service may have had a few nightmare/hater clients who alter their ratings, while a truly mediocre catering service may have padded their online reviews. So see if you can locate some past clients of the catering services you are considering and reach out to them.
# 7 Insurance
Every catering service we spoke to called insurance protection "a given" for caterers, and you certainly don't wish to lawfully be on the hook for some oversight or accident that was the fault of your catering service.
# 8 A Knowledgeable Chef and Kitchen Staff
Remarkably, for how long a catering business in Doveton has actually stayed in business may not be as critical in choosing an excellent caterer as you may believe.
So make sure to ask about the chef's bona fides and CV due to the fact that he/she will most likely be the one most responsible for the outcome of the meal and whether your visitors enjoy it or not.
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Double rex is 2 doses of the dominate rexing genes (re, cu-1, or Cu-2) A double rex will exhibit very limited hair/fuzz or sparse hair particularly on the head, the hind end, and the legs. At times it will somewhat come and go. Patchwork Hairless is also a double dose of the rexing genes. They will have patches of short fuzz that can come and go and often appear over different parts of the rat's body.
Re/Re = rexed or mock hairless
Re/re = rexed coat
re/re = standard coat
Cu/Cu = curly or patchwork hairless
Cu/cu = curly
cu/cu = standard coat
(Only showing *at most* curly whiskers. This type has been reported to have some lactation problems.)
The gene Hr - Hair locus (recessive)
Hr/Hr = standard coat
Hr/hr = hairless carrier
hr/hr = Hairless
(A spontaneous lab mutation discovered in 1994 at the lab in CCSU (Central Connecticut State University , http://www.ccsu.edu/technology/mulrooney/research/reshome.htm). Shorn rats are hairless These rats have abnormal hearts and kidneys which result in a short life span and don't tend to live as long as other rats. The life expectancy is only 12-14 months of age.)
The gene shn - Nude Locus (recessive)
Shn/Shn = standard coat
Shn/shn = shorn carrier
shn/shn = shorn hairless
The gene Fz - Fuzzy locus (recessive)
Fz/Fz = standard coat
Fz/fz = fuzzy carrier
fz/fz = fuzzy hairless
The gene Rnu- recessive
Rnu/Rnu = standard coat
Rnu/rnu = rowlette nude carrier
rnu/rnu = rowlette nude hairless
(Mutation developed by Charles Rivers Labs)
The gene Fr- recessive
Fr/Fr = standard coat
Fr/fr = frizzy carrier
fr/fr = frizzy hairless
Genetic Resource courtesy of Bellaratta's Nest Rattery
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Many people head to the drug store or scour the internet to find ways to help their skin clear up and stop pimples in their tracks, but herbal teas are a quick way to create an at-home cure yourself without learning a complicated process or spending a ton of cash on skincare products.
Tea is a natural and easy way to deliver health benefits directly into your body. People around the world have been drinking tea since as early as 2700 BC.
Thanks to the healing powers the tasty treat has to offer, herbal tea can cure and aid various types of ailments.
The best part about tea is that it is easy to make at home, and they're well-known to improve the complexion of your skin, fight acne, remove puffiness under the eyes, and even fight signs of aging.
Here are the 6 best herbal teas that are guaranteed to quickly clear blemishes and provide the glowing skin you deserve:
1. Echinacea
If you have psoriasis or eczema, you may already know about the healing powers of echinacea when it comes to the skin. However, it can also be used to treat acne problems and is often even used to create skin creams. Because echinacea contains tannins that shrink skin cells, it also makes a great anti-wrinkle cure.
2. Green tea
Green tea is good for maintaining a healthy glow, as it helps reduce inflammation and boost the skin's health cell productions. It can also help protect against harmful sun damage, which keeps the skin looking younger longer and protects against wrinkle formation.
3. Dandelion
Not just a weed, this plant makes an excellent tea that is great for your internal organs as well. The antioxidants and immune boosting ingredients help your skin stay young and appear fresh, and the tea will even aid digestion issues that may be the cause of your skin blemishes.
4. Peppermint
Peppermint tea is popular in skin care because it contains menthol, which is great for those who are prone to breakouts or those with oily skin. This tea can also brighten up dull skin and can even be used to soothe dry or itchy skin. You can drink peppermint tea to reap the benefits, or use peppermint essential oils to create your own natural peppermint toners and cleaners.
5. Chamomile
Chamomile is a popular tea option for many different reasons, from calming and aiding sleep to reduce eye puffiness or dark circles to reducing redness and inflammation that comes with acne. It reduces stress, aids the sleep needed for your skin to heal, and it can even help protect your skin against harmful UV rays from the sun.
6. Rose
Gorgeous flowers known as the symbol of love, drinking tea made from roses can help you practice self-love and care for your skin at the same time.
The tea is great for various skin problems, including acne. It clears the skin, reduces blemishes with anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties, and packs in vitamins great for hydrating and tightening the skin. You can even wash your face using rose tea if you need extra hydration, or use this tea around your eyes to relieve puffiness, redness, or rash when allergy season strikes!
I love the idea of treating yourself to a hot beverage while you take care of your skin's health, relax and recharge, and get some self-care out of the way at the same time.
Do you love tea? What are your favorite teas to drink? Share your home remedies for nicer skin or favorite tea recipes in the comments below.


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Chris Hedges sits down with New York City Revolution Media via Livestream to discuss the need for American nonviolent radicalism, capitalism in its death throes, the challenges that lie ahead, and essential titles to read.
"Acts of violence are exactly how The State wants us to react, they know what to do with that. They don't really know what to do with this."
Day 10 of the occupation.
Chris Hedges Interview at Occupy Wall Street (Part 1 of 2)
Chris Hedges Interview at Occupy Wall Street (Part 2 of 2)