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Doing Puzzles for Their Benefits
Puzzles can be really fun and if you have never tried doing puzzles before, you are really missing out as it is really fun and really enjoyable indeed. You may be someone who really enjoys doing puzzles and if you are, you may have tried those really big puzzles with a lot of pieces and you may have finished them as well which can be really fun indeed and very accomplishing. Today, we are going to talk about the two sides and benefits of doing puzzles so if you are curious to know what these are, just stick around as we are going to be explaining these things to you.
One good benefit that you can get if you do jigsaw puzzles is that it can really help your concentration. If you really want to be a more concentrated person and if you would really like to concentrate on things more, maybe you should try out jigsaw puzzles as when you are playing this game, your mind and your brain will really have to concentrate a lot. There are some people who find doing jigsaws really hard but if you really want to try it out, you should really do so and you will find that it is really not that hard if you really concentrated and put your attention to it. You may be someone who has tried smaller puzzles before and if you really want more challenge, you can get those bigger puzzles out there the one with really many puzzle pieces. We hope you really like this benefit and if you do and if you really want to try if it can really help, you should go and get your own puzzle set and start putting those pieces together.
Another really great benefit to jigsaw puzzles is that it can really also help you with being more patient. When you are doing puzzles, you really need a lot of patience as if you are not patient enough, you will really have a very hard time trying to stick with the puzzle to really get to finish it. You can really learn to be more patient because if you are not patient while doing the jigsaw puzzles, you will never get to finish the whole puzzle and you will never get to see what the whole puzzle picture is. You can really gain a lot when you do jigsaw puzzles so if you are someone who has never tried it before in your life, you should really try it today as it has so many benefits that it can give to you. When you are playing jigsaw puzzles, you will also get to learn how to be more patient so this is really good as well.
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We at The Pleasant Times try our utmost to provide you with beautiful artwork to illustrate our posts. We make sure that when you click the picture, it will go directly to the picture page on Allposters, sparing you the disgust of searching for it yourself among some rather awful paintings. If you are at all tempted to buy any of the artwork featured, you might be interested in a little button under the painting on the Allposters product page, that says "View in Room." This handy-dandy feature lets you see the artwork framed and on a wall in a variety of rooms. We enjoyed playing with it, and thought you might like to know about it.
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Buying Mk2 Cooper - Engine query (5 replies)
I'm in the process of buying a 1969 Mk2 Austin Mini Cooper S 1275. The car has had one owner from new (who I am buying from) and was extensively restored in 2001.
The VIN number on the V5 document verifies the car as genuine, although I know that it is as the owner is an absolutely honest gentleman only selling due to his age. The Engine Number on the V5 is odd though. It is 9FSAH53657. The "H" points to a 1071S, but the number is much higher than the final 1071S engines. If the "H" was a "Y" then it would fit the 1275S engine. The engine plate is missing, but it is certainly an S head with the extra studs, and due to the known history, would be difficult to imagine the 1275 engine being swapped for a 1071S! Would anyone concur that it must be a typo at some stage in the documentation?
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Do you know the build date for the car?
Thanks John, The date of first registration was 23 January 1970. However I have just found out that the car was a Complete Knock Down which I have been told by British Motor Heritage Trust when I enquired about a heritage certificate. I am trying to find out where it was assembled, but guess the 1969 must have been when it was made. Without giving away the full VIN number it starts CA2SB130****
I am now a bit worried about going through with the purchase as I have an engine number that doesn't seem quite right and an uncertain start in it's life. The gentleman I am buying it from has had it since around 1971, but the V5 doesn't show a previous owner. It's been a long time and am not sure the vendor remembers much about the first owner other than he lived in central London!
The car is lovely, and drives very well, but without mentioning price, should I really be concerned about buying it based on uncertain provenance?
Many thanks!
The information you have provided about this car doesn't make much sense to me for the following reasons.
1/ If the log book gives an original engine number of 53657 I think this number suggests a 1275cc engine probably fitted to a MK2 car built mid 1969 but the prefix to this number should be 9F-XE-Y and not 9F-SA-H which I think was used on some MK1 engines.
2/ The VIN/Chassis number should start with KA2S6-1----
3/ The Commission number should start with 250S-16------
Hope this helps,
Sorry, just realised the car is an Austin and not Morris therefore the C-A2SB VIN number you have quoted could be correct.
Thanks John. Yes it is an Austin. Also turns out I gave vin number with one digit out to BMHT and actually the car is UK built and engine matches. So all good!


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Managing International Financial Instability
National Tamers versus Global Tigers
Fabrizio Saccomanni
Chapter 12: The great wall of the Chinese renminbi (1994-2005)
Fabrizio Saccomanni
12. The great wall of the Chinese renminbi (1994–2005) Evidence of currency manipulation has become increasingly obvious during the 2003–05 period. The leading case in point is China. Morris Goldstein (2006, p. 145) Some advisors have prescribed the 'shock therapy' to Russia and Eastern European countries, but later on this was described as 'shock with no therapy'. We should be cautious to offer the same prescription again, so as not to have credibility jeopardized. China will only consider to take the gradualist reform approach that wins the trust of the masses of the Chinese people, rather than a 'shock', not to mention that the United States has not taken the lead to use 'shock' to adjust its imbalances. Zhou Xiaochuan (2006, p. 2) The exchange rate policy of the People's Republic of China was not the subject of close attention by the international community until the beginning of the third millennium, when it became clear that the extraordinary and sustained growth performance of China was having major repercussions on the world economy, global payments imbalances and exchange rate relationships among key currencies. In fact, until the 1970s China was seen as the gigantic but poor developing country it was, with an annual per capita income of $200 in 1978 (see Bergsten et al. 2006, p. 5). It was also a communist country that had gone through a period of severe political and social instability during the 'cultural revolution' of 1966–69 (with devastating implications for the domestic...
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These pair are for pierced ears. On top there is an exquisite handmade flower, bottom a pair of kissing birds are on top with a beautiful and detailed flower made in repoussé technique. This small piece is surrounded by filigree and small silver balls which add movement to this exquisite piece. They are lightweight and very beautiful.
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Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said this week that should Democrats take control of the upper chamber during the 2020 election, there's one thing they could do to further efforts to tackle climate change: Kill the filibuster.
"The No. 1 priority is climate change," Reid told The Daily Beast's Sam Stein in an interview published Wednesday. "There's nothing that affects my children, grandchildren, and their children, right now, more than climate."
The longtime lawmaker's comments come as support for ending the filibuster has grown among Democrats in recent years. At the same time, the conversation around climate change has become a campaign talking point for many candidates, and both CNN and MSNBC are planning to hold climate-focused town hall events (the Democratic National Committee is still mulling a full presidential debate on climate change).
Some of the Democrats running to unseat President Donald Trump next year have touted the idea as a means to end the legislative tactic that effectively mandates a supermajority of 60 senators be on board with any legislation so it can pass in the chamber. But other 2020 candidates have said they're unsure if that's the right path forward, including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who has said he's "not crazy" about the idea.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a 2020 presidential candidate and the only Democrat running on a campaign largely focused on climate change, had earlier called for the end of the filibuster, saying in February that it was "an artifact of a bygone era" that somehow "got grafted on in this culture of the Senate." Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has also expressed support in her campaign for ending the legislative tactic.
On Wednesday, Inslee cheered Reid's pronouncement in a statement, saying the former Senate leader understood "that the climate crisis must be the top priority of the next President, and that we must end the filibuster to defeat this beast."
"Harry Reid knows Mitch McConnell," Inslee said. "He knows we can't sit down to tea with the self-proclaimed 'grim reaper' to pass bold climate legislation the science demands. We have to rid ourselves of this antidemocratic supermajority requirement that will stop us from making any progress on the big issues facing our nation and world."
Inslee had previously lambasted some of his opponents, including Sanders, telling Politico last month that if the 60-vote threshold stands, there is "no way" that McConnell, the current Senate majority leader, would allow climate legislation to move forward, even if Democrats held the chamber and had 59 votes.
But the move remains controversial. Reid ended the filibuster threshold for many judicial appointments in 2013 after being stymied when trying to approve President Barack Obama's nominees to the courts, but McConnell also did the same for Supreme Court nominees in 2017, which led to an easier confirmation for Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Reid appeared confident that the filibuster would go by the wayside at some point, an idea that's grown considerably among prominent Democrats in recent years.
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I adore this little smock tunic from Topshop, Its just adorable. I could have done with it in a 8 though, but oh well. It fits me fine, but its a little long and loose in the arms. I love the curved bits of the sleeveless-ness? Makes no sense, but do say if you understand what I mean. I just like them, I think they look super cute! I took back the black cardigan from Topshop (that I got in the wrong size, see: Haul video) and decided that this one was the right one. Plus a load cheaper. I also realize I need new jewellery, I stopped buying rings a while ago because I got sick of them, But now I've gone back to it and want to adorn my fingers with beautiful things! Freedom at Topshop rings are beautiful at the moment, But they just suck and go green so quickly! Ugh!
I have tomorrow off work, Im planning on spending all day doing my dissertation. I've done quite alot of it to be honest, Its just very bitty. I tend to write my essays in sections on different topics and then weave it all together. Im no good at writing large blocks of texts as it makes my brain explode. Hoping to take a break and go for a tea with my friend Hannah. The one who won a million pounds the other week. Hopefully tea's on her! I also get paid on Friday, REJOICE. Even though I did get money for Christmas, It's gone straight into my mullberry-alexa-no-iphone-no-louis-vuttion-speedy-35 fund. I dont like to waste my Christmas money, I try and save money that's gifted to me because I really feel wasteful if I spent it on Starbucks and Mcdonalds! And YES Im a LV girl. Even though I totally know I'm not the "type"!
PS: Alot of people are using my photos on eBay to sell things. I am aware of this, and I have contacted eBay about it. I do NOT sell things on eBay, So please don't buy anything thinking its me, because it's not! And if you read my blog, and are using my photos. PLEASE DONT!


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Special Pricing, Buy 1 Get 1 Deals & More
Hi Girlfriends,
I am so pleased that you like the new products we launched in our March shows: Nature's Flower In-Tense Dual Lift, All Over Wrinkled Skin Saver, Shea Butter Makeup Collection, and Wrinkle Filament Fiber Fill and Firm Wrinkle Repair Kit. I want to thank you for your loyalty to Signature Club A and continuous patronage and support. Our researchers, chemists, and production team work so hard to bring new products to you and we are all delighted to hear that so many of you are seeing a difference in the appearance of your skin.
Coming up on May 7th is my blockbuster Anniversary show and I know you will be thrilled with our offerings. Many of your favorite products will be offered at special pricing. There will be Super Value Kits as well as Buy 1 Get 1 Essentials Crème for Face and Eyes and Buy 1 Get 1 Meltdowns of the fragrances you tell us that you love.
You Vitamin C lovers will not want to miss out on our Anniversary Blockbuster, the super size Rapid Transport C Kit which will include doubles of your favorite "C" products with an exquisite tote for the season. For my Argan Oil fans, my chemists have developed a trio of Argan Oil hair products; "Precious Moroccan Argan Oil Hair Thickening Ritual" so you will be able to experience the benefits of Argan Oil from head to toe. The trio will include Precious Moroccan Argan Oil & Pomegranate Shampoo/Conditioner 8 oz., Precious Moroccan Argan Oil & Pomegranate Hair Thickening Gel 6/5 oz and Precious Moroccan Argan Oil Silk Fiber Hair Filler Shine Serum 1 oz. These 3 products help to bring deep moisturization, shine and body to your hair, and you will see an amazing difference in the look of your hair once you start using them.
I enjoy reading all your comments about the Signature Club A products on our blog and on our website and we will try to bring you the products you tell me you want. I am looking forward to celebrating my HSN Anniversary on May 7th through May 9th with you, so be sure and mark your calendars to tune in.
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Introduction: Noise Insulation Windows
Noises from outside your home prevent people from enjoying a peaceful sleep. Sounds belong to traffic, construction jobs, noisy children and so on. These sounds are never ending sounds but there is nothing to worry as the best solution is knocking at your doorsteps. Yes, insulation windows will definitely keep external noises away and let you enjoy your time at home at the best.
Installation of such highly exclusive windows will let you enjoy a peaceful and restful night and day without any hassle. If you are determined to install noise insulation windows at your home, then you need to carry on with your research online. Afterwards you need to enlist names of few companies that offer this exclusive service.
What are Salient Features of Noise Insulation Windows?
Once you have finalized the name of service provider, you may easily get insulation windows at your home. Only getting noise insulated windows will not do! Instead, you must know the characteristics that make them duly special. They have been mentioned in a nutshell as under:
- Injection of special type of gas between panes – It is true that all types of window panes easily gain and lose heat through conduction, convection and seepage. Windows made of noise insulation features offer alluring insulation as well. In order to reduce the level of noise and prevent warm air from escaping, argon or krypton gas is injected between two panes.
- No new construction required – Windows comprising of noise insulation feature can be easily installed on your current windows. No new construction is required! The installation will take place only a few inches away from your old window.
- Making usage of special seals – It is very much essential to confirm about the sealing of window. To reach the desired goal professionals make usage of spring loaded and thermoplastics seals in glass panels.
Noise Insulation Windows – Best till Date!
As per the STC rating, it will be easy to decide the best window for noise insulation. Even if you will be installing such exclusively designed windows for the very first time; STC ratings are enough to decide. STC rating is all about the average amount of noise resistance a building partition may hold.
The rating of the window is directly proportional to the amount of noise reduction it has to offer. Going through the ratings will provide you a brief insight about the type of product you are about to purchase. STC of noise insulation windows play a vital role in enabling buyers to take the best decision.
Enlisting Services of Companies – Best Investments!
It is better to carry on with the operation in a slow and steady manner rather than going randomly. It is very much essential to enlist services of companies that are familiar with the task of installing noise proof windows. It has been considered to be a worth investment as it will let you get to know the type of services provided.
Also, you may easily decide the most suitable company to meet all your dire requirements. If possible, you must not set back in getting into touch with the company personally to get to know about it in detail. Companies that are not in a position to talk openly must be abandoned. It is high time to stay away from unwanted noise.
Noise Insulated Windows – Improving Quality of Family Time!
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Smoke in your house? You need a professional chimney sweeper on
You should be able to enjoy all the benefits of an open fire without having to worry about risk. The build-up of creosote can be a real problem for your chimney flue and conventional chimney sweeping approaches aren't always effective. You need a professional creosote remover, and that's where P & J Gallagher come in.
Creosote is highly flammable and is the source of many chimney fires. The worst kind of creosote is glazed creosote - a shiny glazed form that is difficult to remove. Luckily, P & J Gallagher uses a special powder called Cre-Away for this kind of creosote removal.
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A body lift, also known as a belt lipectomy, is a procedure to raise and reshape unsightly, sagging body contours. During the aging process, skin loses some elasticity, causing the mid-section to lose its natural shape and firmness. This procedure is designed to remove loose skin and related fat deposits, thus, providing a more youthful appearance. A body lift can be applied to the lower torso and upper legs including the abdomen, waist, inner/outer thighs, buttocks, and/or hips. Liposuction may also be completed in conjunction with a body lift.
Reasons for Considering a Body Lift:
General Procedure
The precise procedure varies with each patient, depending on the body type and desired surgical outcome. Generally speaking, the body lift procedure entails making an incision that follows the upper and/or inner thigh, to the waistline. In more extensive surgeries, the incision goes completely around the waist and lower back. Adjustments to the buttocks and thighs require an incision at the crease of the buttocks. Excess skin is then removed, followed by the underlying fat deposits. Finally, the skin is pulled taught and sutured into the new configuration. The entire procedure can last from 3 to 7 hours. The surgery is performed under general anesthesia.
Recovery Process
Generally, post-operative instructions require plenty of rest and limited movement in order to speed up the healing process and recovery time. Bandages are applied right after surgery to minimize swelling and provide support. Tubes are often placed to drain excess fluids. The scars resulting from the incisions are permanent but are carefully placed so as to minimize visibility. Patients sometimes report minor pain associated with surgery which can be treated with oral medication. We also place a "pain pump" which is filled with a local anesthetic (1% Lidocaine). This greatly ameliorates post-operative pain. The stitches placed are absorbable. Recovery time varies with the extent of the procedure. While complications are rare, patients can minimize potential problems by carefully following the directions that are given after the surgery.
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Interior Design, Paier College of Art
Beth Genova
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Beth Genova, NCIDQ, has more than 30 years of experience as an Interior Designer and Project Manager. Having joined MDKA's Stamford Studio in 2017, Beth oversees corporate interior design projects, leads business development initiatives, and mentors the junior design team.
Prior to joining MKDA, Beth was a Senior Interior Designer at Granoff Architcts. Prior to that, she was a Vice President and Interior Designer at Esposito Design Associates and an Interior Designer at Perkins Eastman. Her work includes commercial interior projects for Structural Portfolio Management, Prestige Brands, LDH Energy, and PepsiCo, for which she was the on-call project manager and designer for numerous locations, including temporary world headquarters in White Plains, NY.
Beth is a strong leader with well-rounded experience that brings endless value to clients, she is well regarded by her peers for her work in the market. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Albertus Magnus College and studied Interior Design at Paier College of Art and Parsons School of Design. Beth is an NCIDQ Certified interior designer.


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Co-op Finance scraps CIS label to align with the master brand
Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) is dropping the CIS insurance moniker as it attempts to align its brands more closely with the Co-operative "master brand".
The brand overhaul follows the merger last month of CFS owner The-Co-operative Group with United Co-operative to create The Co-operative Trading Group.
The move will lead to a more consistent master brand for the enlarged group, to encourage cross-selling and brand equity across food, travel and financial services.
CFS marketing director David Newman says CIS, which stands for Co-operative Insurance Society, will be scrapped in favour of The Co-operative Insurance. The Co-operative Bank brand will remain, while umbrella group CFS will be made "more consumer facing". However, the Smile internet bank brand will remain.
The launch of the new name is expected to take place over the next year. Newman says: "It will make a big difference across the group now we are all pulling together. The fact is we have all been focusing on our own brands.
"It will be very helpful in terms of cross-trading."
Newman, speaking exclusively to Marketing Week, confirmed the details as The Co-operative Bank begins a six month advertising push focusing on the 15th anniversary of its stance on ethical credentials. The press and outdoor awareness campaign, which has been created by Dig For Fire, will be deliberately copy heavy in an attempt to explain in detail the bank's positioning and policy.


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The Soul of the Street
The Way of the Sea
Doctor Luke of the Labrador
The Mother
Doctor Grenfell's Parish
The Adventures of Billy Topsail
The Cruise of the Shining Light
Every Man for Himself
The Suitable Child
Going Down from Jerusalem
Higgins: A Man's Christian
Billy Topsail and Company
The Measure of a Man
The Best of a Bad Job
Finding His Soul
The Bird Store Man
Australian By-Ways
Billy Topsail, M.D.
Battles Royal Down North
Harbor Tales Down North
[Illustration: (signed) Norman Duncan 1871-1916]
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Author of
"Doctor Luke of the Labrador," Etc.
With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D.
New York Chicago
Fleming H. Revell Company
London and Edinburgh
Copyright, 1918, by
Fleming H. Revell Company
New York: 158 Fifth Avenue
Chicago: 17 North Wabash Ave.
London: 21 Paternoster Square
Edinburgh: 75 Princes Street
Norman Duncan _Title_
"Well, I'm off, whatever comes of it" 48
"'You're a coward, God help you,' Skipper Tom groaned" 108
"If he comes by the bight he'll never get here at all" 126
"We found Skipper Sammy squatted on a pan of ice" 250
An Appreciation by
As our thoughts fly back to the days when the writer of these stories
was a guest aboard our little hospital vessel, we remember realizing
how vast was the gulf which seemed to lie between him and the
circumstances of our sea life in the Northland. Nowhere else in the
world, perhaps, do the cold facts of life call for a more unrelieved
material response. It is said of our people that they are born with a
netting needle in their hand and an ax by the side of their cradle.
Existence is a daily struggle with adamantine facts and conditions;
and quick, practical response, which leaves little encouragement or
opportunity for dreamers, is, often enough, the only dividing line
between life and death. As I write these lines the greatest physical
battle the world has ever seen is being fought. Yet here, as my eyes
wander over the great ocean around me, nothing but absolute peace
meets my view. But it too has its stormy times and its days when its
strength and its mighty depths of possibilities are the most insistent
points about it. And this spirit of the deep Norman Duncan seems to
have understood as did no other of our visitors.
Our experience of the men from the hubs of existence had led us to
regard them all as hardened by a keener struggle than ours, and
critical, if not suspicious, of those who were satisfied to endure
greater physical toil and discomfort than they for so much smaller
material return. In the Labrador even a dog hates to be laughed at,
and the merest suspicion of the supercilious makes a gap which it is
almost impossible to bridge. But Norman Duncan created no such gap. He
was, therefore, an anomaly to us--he was away below the surface--and
few of us, during the few weeks he stayed, got to know him well enough
to appreciate his real worth. Yet men who "go down to the sea in
ships" have before now been known to sleep through a Grand Opera, or
to see little to attract in the works of the Old Masters. And so we
gather comfort for our inability to measure this man at his full
All who love men of tender, responsive imagination loved Duncan. It
was quite characteristic of the man that though he earned large sums
of money by his pen, he was always so generous in helping those in
need--more especially those who showed talents to which they were
unable, through stress of circumstances, to give expression--that he
died practically a poor man. He was a high-souled, generous idealist.
All his work is purposeful, conveying to his readers a moral lesson.
He had the keenest appreciation of the feelings of others and
understood the immense significance of the little things of life--a
fact evidenced by his vivid descriptions of the beauties of Nature,
which he first appreciated and then, with his mastery of English, so
ably described. His own experience of poverty and struggle after
leaving the university opened to him channels for his sympathetic
portrayal of humble life. Physically he was never a fighter or an
athlete; but he proved himself possessed of singular personal courage.
He fought his best fights, however, on fields to which gladiators have
no entry and in battles which, unlike our physical contests, are not
spasmodic, but increasing and eternal. Norman Duncan's love and
affection for the people whom we also found joy in serving naturally
endeared him to us. He was ever a true knight, entering the lists in
behalf of those principles which make up man's real inner life; and we
realize that his love for men who embody characteristics developed by
constant contact with the sea--fortitude, simplicity, hardiness--died
only with his own passing.
The stories here brought together are woven out of experiences
gathered during his brief periods of contact with our life. But how
real are his characters! Like other famous personalities in
fiction--Mr. Pickwick, Ebenezer Scrooge, Colonel Newcome, Tom Jones,
and a thousand others--who people a world we love, they teach us,
possibly, more of high ideals, and of our capacities for service than
do the actual lives of some saints, or the biographies of
philosophers. And how vivid the action in which his characters take
part! In the external circumstances of his life and in his literary
art and preferences he was singularly like his elder brother in
romance, Robert Louis Stevenson. Both were slight in physique but
manly and vigorous in character and mission in life. Both were
wanderers over the face of the globe. Both loved the sea passionately,
and were at their best in telling of the adventures of those who spend
their lives on the great waters. Both, finally, died at the height of
power, literally with pen in hand, for both left recent and unfinished
work. And the epitaph of either might well be the noble words of
Stevenson from his brave essay on the greatness of the stout heart
bound with triple brass:
"Death has not been suffered to take so much as an illusion from his
heart. In the hot-fit of life, a-tiptoe on the highest point of being,
he passes at a bound on the other side. The noise of the mallet and
chisel is scarcely quenched, the trumpets are hardly done blowing,
when, trailing clouds of glory, this happy-starred, full-blooded
spirit shoots into the spiritual land."
In the blood of Norman Duncan lived a spirit of romance and a love of
adventure which make the chronicle of his short life a record of
change and movement. He was born in Brantford, on the Grand River, in
Western Ontario, July 2, 1871, and though he passed most of the years
of his manhood in the United States, he never took out citizenship
papers in the Republic. After a boyhood spent in various towns in
Canada, he entered Toronto University, where in his four years of
undergraduate life he participated eagerly in all forms of social and
literary activity.
In 1895 he joined the reportorial staff of the _Auburn_ (N.Y.)
_Bulletin_, which position he held for two years. Then followed four
years of congenial work on the staff of the _New York Evening Post_,
where he served successively as reporter, copy editor on city desk,
special writer for the city, and, finally, editor of the Saturday
supplement. The editors of the _Post_ were quick to recognize Duncan's
ability in descriptive writing and character delineation, and under the
spur of their encouragement he did his first important literary work, a
series of short-stories of life in the Syrian quarter of New York City,
published first in _The Atlantic Monthly_ and _McClure's Magazine_ and
gathered subsequently into a book entitled _The Soul of the Street_.
About the time of the appearance of this book the author's temperament
reacted against the atmosphere which it embodied, and in the summer of
1900 by an arrangement with _McClure's Magazine_ he went to
Newfoundland to gather impressions and material for a series of
sea-tales. Up to this time he had never spent a night on the ocean nor
been at sea on a sailing vessel; in his boyhood he had rather feared
the great gray ocean, and only later in life did he become so strongly
attracted by its power and mystery and by the impression of its eternal
struggle against those who must wrest a precarious living from its
depths that it provided the background for his most striking and
characteristic stories. Three summers in Newfoundland and one on the
Labrador Coast resulted in _The Way of the Sea_, _Doctor Luke of the
Labrador_, and other books and short-stories, including those of the
present collection.
In 1901 Duncan was appointed assistant to the professor of English at
Washington and Jefferson College, and one year later he was elected
Wallace Professor of Rhetoric at the same institution, a post which he
held until 1906. His duties were comparatively light so that he was
able to devote much of his time to literary work. While occupying this
position he enjoyed the companionship of his brother, Robert Kennedy
Duncan, Professor of Chemistry at the college and later President of
the Mellon Institute of the University of Pittsburgh, and the
prominent author of a well-known series of text books in chemistry,
who died in 1914.
In 1907 and 1908 Norman Duncan was special correspondent for _Harper's
Magazine_ in Palestine, Arabia, and Egypt, and in 1912 and 1913 he was
sent by the same magazine to Australia, New Guinea, the Dutch East
Indies, and the Malay States. Between these travel periods he acted
for two years as adjunct professor of English at the University of
Kansas. Not any of Duncan's foreign travel seems to have impressed him
as did his visits to Newfoundland and the Labrador coast, and some of
his best tales are those of the Northland--powerful stories of life
reduced to its elements. Of these tales those of the present
collection are a good representation.
The creator of these great stories was cut off at the height of his
power; he died very suddenly of heart-disease while playing a
golf-match in Fredonia, New York, on October 18, 1916. He lies buried
in Brantford, Ontario, the town of his birth.
Few modern writers of tales and short-stories have drawn their
materials from sources as scattered as those which attracted Norman
Duncan. Among the immigrants of the East Side of New York, the rough
lumber-jacks of the Northwest, and the trappers and deep-sea fishermen
of Newfoundland and The Labrador he gathered his ideas and
impressions. But though his characters and incidents are chosen from
such diverse sources, the characteristics of his literary art remain
constant in all his books, for the personality of the author did not
Norman Duncan was a realist in that he copied life. But his realism is
that of Dickens and Bret Harte and Kipling rather than that of Mrs.
Freeman and Arthur Morrison and the Russian story-tellers. He cared
less for the accuracy of details than for the vividness of his general
impressions and the force of his moral lessons. Like Bret Harte he
idealized life. Like Harte, too, he was fond of dramatic situations
and striking contrasts, of mixing the bitter and the sweet and the
rough and the smooth of life; his introduction of the innocent baby
into the drunkard-filled bar-room in _The Measure of a Man_ is
strikingly like Bret Harte's similar employment of this sentimental
device in _The Luck of Roaring Camp_, and the presence of Patty Batch
among the soiled women of Swamp's End in the same tale and of the
tawdry Millie Slade face to face with the curate in _The Mother_ is
again reminiscent of Harte's technique. Like Dickens and like Bret
Harte, Duncan was a frank moralist. His chief concern was in winnowing
the souls of men and women bare of the chaff of petty circumstances
which covered them. His stories all contain at least a minor chord of
sentiment, but are usually free from the sentimentality which mars
some of Harte's sketches. He is not ashamed to employ pathos, but his
tragic situations are rarely overstrained and maudlin. He has all the
tenderness of Dickens; his _Christmas Eve at Topmast Tickle_ may well
be compared with _A Christmas Carol_. Norman Duncan never married, but
few Canadian or American authors have understood women as did the
creator of high-spirited Bessie Roth and her noble mother in _Doctor
Luke of the Labrador_, of naive little Patty Batch, and of Millie
Slade, glorified by her love for her son. In the delicacy and
sensibility of his delineation of women he undoubtedly surpasses Bret
Harte, most of whose women are either exaggerated or colorless.
Moreover, Norman Duncan possessed a very genuine understanding of
children, particularly of young boys, of whom he was exceedingly fond.
There are few more sympathetic pictures of children in American
literature than those of David Roth and the Lovejoy twins in _Doctor
Luke of the Labrador_, and of Donald, Pale Peter's lad, in _The
Measure of a Man_; and in Billy Topsail Duncan has created a real boy,
a youngster as red-blooded and manly and keen for excitement in his
numerous thrilling adventures in the frozen North as are any of
Stevenson's boy heroes.
Variety and color in characters and situations, vividness of
descriptions--especially in those of the stormy sea--rapidity of
movement and dramatic intensity in narratives, genuine sentiment and
real tenderness, humor, and pathos, and, above all, a healthy,
vigorous, Anglo-Saxon morality--all of these qualities make of Norman
Duncan's books and short-stories literature that is distinctly worthy
and permanent in character.
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It was one thing or the other. Yet it might be neither. There was a
disquieting alternative. No doubt the message disposed of the delicate
affair for good and all in ten terse words. The maid had made up her
mind; she had disclosed it in haste: that was all. It might be,
however, that the dispatch conveyed news of a more urgent content. It
might be that the maid lay ill--that she called for help and comfort.
In that event, nothing could excuse the reluctance of the man who
should decline an instant passage of Scalawag Run with the pitiful
appeal. True, it was not inviting--a passage of Scalawag Run in the
wet, gray wind, with night flowing in from the sea.
No matter about that. Elizabeth Luke had departed from Scalawag Harbor
in confusion, leaving no definite answer to the two grave suggestions,
but only a melting appeal for delay, as maids will--for a space of
absence, an interval for reflection, an opportunity to search her
heart and be sure of its decision. If, then, she had communicated that
decision to her mother, according to her promise to communicate it to
somebody, and if the telegram contained news of no more consequence,
a good man might command his patience, might indulge in a reasonable
caution, might hesitate on the brink of Black Cliff with the sanction
of his self-respect. But if Elizabeth Luke lay ill and in need, a
passage of Scalawag Run might be challenged, whatever came of it. And
both Tommy Lark and Sandy Rowl knew it well enough.
Tommy Lark and Sandy Rowl, on the return from Bottom Harbor to
Scalawag Run, had come to Point-o'-Bay Cove, where they were to lie
the night. They were accosted in haste by the telegraph operator.
"Are you men from Scalawag?" she inquired.
She was a brisk, trim young woman from St. John's, new to the
occupation, whose administration of the telegraph office was
determined and exact.
"We is, ma'am," Sandy Rowl replied.
"It's fortunate I caught you," said the young woman, glowing with
satisfaction. "Indeed it is! Are you crossing at once?"
Sandy Rowl smiled.
"We hadn't thought of it, ma'am," said he. "I 'low you don't know much
about Scalawag Run," he added.
The young woman tossed her red head.
"When you _have_ thought of it, and made up both your minds," she
replied tartly, "you might let me know. It is a matter of some
"Ay, ma'am."
By this time Tommy Lark had connected the telegraph operator's concern
with the rare emergency of a message.
"What you so eager t' know for?" he inquired.
"I've a dispatch to send across."
"Not a telegram!"
"It is."
"Somebody in trouble?"
"As to that," the young woman replied, "I'm not permitted to say. It's
a secret of the office."
"Is you permitted t' tell who the telegram is from?"
The young woman opened her eyes. This was astonishing simplicity.
Permitted to tell who the telegram was from!
"I should think not!" she declared.
"Is you permitted t' tell who 'tis for?"
The young woman debated the propriety of disclosing the name.
Presently she decided that no regulation of the office would be
violated by a frank answer. Obviously she could not send the message
without announcing its destination.
"Are you acquainted with Mrs. Jacob Luke?" said she.
Tommy Lark turned to Sandy Rowl. Sandy Rowl turned to Tommy Lark.
Their eyes met. Both were concerned. It was Tommy Lark that replied.
"We is," said he. "Is the telegram for she?"
"It is."
"From Grace Harbor?"
"I'm not permitted to tell you that."
"Well then, if the telegram is for Mrs. Jacob Luke," said Tommy Lark
gravely, "Sandy Rowl an' me will take a look at the ice in Scalawag
Run an' see what we makes of it. I 'low we'll jus' _have_ to. Eh,
Sandy Rowl's face was twisted with doubt. For a moment he deliberated.
In the end he spoke positively.
"We'll take a look at it," said he.
They went then to the crest of Black Cliff to survey the ice in the
run. Not a word was spoken on the way. A momentous situation, by the
dramatic quality of which both young men were moved, had been
precipitated by the untimely receipt of the telegram for Elizabeth
Luke's mother.
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Point-o'-Bay, in the lee of which the cottages of Point-o'-Bay Cove
were gathered, as in the crook of a finger, thrust itself into the
open sea. Scalawag Island, of which Scalawag Harbor was a sheltered
cove, lay against the open sea. Between Point-o'-Bay and Scalawag
Island was the run called Scalawag, of the width of two miles, leading
from the wide open into Whale Bay, where it was broken and lost in the
mist of the islands. There had been wind at sea--a far-off gale,
perhaps, then exhausted, or plunging away into the southern seas,
leaving a turmoil of water behind it.
Directly into the run, rolling from the open, the sea was swelling in
gigantic billows. There would have been no crossing at all had there
not been ice in the run; but there was ice in the run--plenty of ice,
fragments of the fields in the Labrador drift, blown in by a breeze of
the day before, and wallowing there, the wind having fallen away to a
wet, gray breeze which served but to hold the ice in the bay.
It seemed, from the crest of Black Cliff, where Tommy Lark and Sandy
Rowl stood gazing, each debating with his own courage, that the ice
was heavy enough for the passage--thick ice, of varying extent, from
fragments, like cracked ice, to wide pans; and the whole, it seemed,
floated in contact, pan touching pan all the way across from the feet
of Black Cliff to the first rocks of Scalawag Harbor.
What was inimical was the lift and fall of the ice in the great swells
running in from the open sea.
"Well?" said Tommy Lark.
"I don't know. What do you think?"
"It might be done. I don't know."
"Ay; it might be. No tellin' for sure, though. The ice is in a
wonderful tumble out there."
"Seems t' be heavy ice on the edge o' the sea."
"'Tis in a terrible commotion. I'd not chance it out there. I've never
seed the ice so tossed about in the sea afore."
Tommy Lark reflected.
"Ay," he determined at last; "the best course across is by way o' the
heavy ice on the edge o' the sea. There mus' be a wonderful steep
slant t' some o' them pans when the big seas slips beneath them. Yet a
man could go warily an' maybe keep from slidin' off. If the worst
comes t' the worst, he could dig his toes an' nails in an' crawl. 'Tis
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Meet Ken, a self-proclaimed modern man who lives and dies by his dating rulebook. But when Ken meets Cindy, a girl with her own list of deal breakers, he may just have to rewrite his whole book if he wants to land a second date. Can today's evolving singles survive the dating scene without the help of rules or tests? "Breaking The Rules" pokes fun at the unwritten laws of dating in a playful back-and-forth between Ken and Cindy's 'day after' conversations with friends, and the night of the first date as it happened.
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Cast: Elena Juatco, Sachin Sahel
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Executive Producer(s): Peter Leung, Rob Neilson


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Making a Desert Fairy Garden
We had so much fun making this little desert fairy garden, I wanted to share "how we did it" with you.
The inspiration for the desert fairy garden was this humble little wooden tissue holder. We used a similar one to make a fairy church for my Aunt
For the roof we cut a piece of hardboard to fit and added two small windows and a door using our Dremel. We stripped the bark off of some logs we had lying around and used silicone glue to clad the outside of the tissue box. Thin strips of wood were cut into small shingles which we sealed with a matte outdoor wood sealer. Once all the little shingles were stuck down, we finished the top of the roof off with a piece of pewter.
The desert fairies even have solar power. They're determined to live off the grid 🙂 Hubby dismantled a solar garden light for me and we built the solar panel into the roof. I love watching the light go on every night. I'm a mother hen when it comes to the fairies, I need to know they're home safe.
Too protect the desert fairies and give them a little place to enjoy the glorious desert sunsets we made a porch for the front of the house using two twigs as supports and hardboard covered in shingles for the roof. A tiny porch swing completes the look.
We heard that the nights can become quite chilly in the deserts so we added a chimney which we made out of hardboard and crushed rocks. We topped the chimney with a piece of a broken lantern.
Unfortunately the house is a little bit small for an en suite bathroom 😎 so when nature calls our desert fairy has to use an outhouse. We scored pewter to mimic corrugated iron and stuck it on with silicon glue. The long drop is block of wood with hole drilled through which we stained to match the shingle roof. The little sign above the door is a scrap book sticker that's been framed with twigs and a mosaic tile inside the outhouse is the perfect mirror.
We planted succulents and cacti in a half a wine barrel and added some coarse sand and the desert fairy garden was ready for the fairies to move in.
When you're in the desert you look into infinity. It makes you feel terribly small, but in a strange way quite big.
I love their transport, I've always wanted a Citroen.
Looks like they had some rain.
Hubby made the teeny little water pump using copper pipe and wire for the desert fairy garden. So adorable. I love watching little people's faces when they see the garden for the first time. We put incense sticks inside the chimney and the smoke curling up just makes it all seem so real.
Let me know what you think and don't forget to pin if you like it.
What have you used to make a fairy garden?
If you're looking for more fairy accessories, I've got you covered 😉 Disclosure: If you click on the links below, we may receive a commission from Amazon. But don't worry it won't come out of your pocket, and our fairies will send some fairy dust your way too 😉
Categories: Craft Tutorials, Fairy Garden Crafts
Posted: August 1, 2017 18:53
MaryIs it possible that I had missed one of your masterpieces? Another adorable idea. I think everything looks better in mini form and this is no exception. The crowning touch has to be the broomstick. Even in our fantasy land we still have work to do. ;)
Posted: February 14, 2017 14:46
MaureenHave to share with my students who are making succulent fairy gardens at the library
Posted: August 24, 2016 18:05
Sarah - Craft InvadersThis fairy garden is adorable Michelle - I love the desert theme, and the detail on the house and outhouse is wonderful, you have definitely given us lots of inspiration. We have one fairy house which we made in a gourd, but have just decided the fairies need another!
Posted: August 21, 2016 20:55
Jean QuintanaSo cute! Who doesn't love miniatures!
Posted: June 20, 2016 12:55
CharityI have been wanting to do this for a long time! Thanks for the inspiration! Lucky little fairies you have! #BestIdeaEver
Posted: May 29, 2016 15:08
AnonymousAawwwwwww this is the most adorable fairy garden I have ever seen!
Posted: May 6, 2016 14:54
Beth PattersonI saw this on Instagram and had to come get a closer look! It is wonderful!
Posted: May 1, 2016 18:39
Carol @ The Red Painted CottageMichelle, This is adorable! I love miniatures and I've wanted a fairy garden, but don't live in the desert. But the details on this are amazing. Great job!
Posted: April 20, 2016 09:22
AnonymousAwesome, awesome. Jewell is right the attention to detail is amazing.
Posted: April 11, 2016 06:04
Jewell MartinI've already commented on this adorable Desert Fairy Garden, but I just had to add that your attention to the smallest details is amazing. This would have been a well-planned real cabin. When I was a child, there was always a Sears Roebuck catalog to read and use in the outhouse. Sometimes mail advertisements or newspaper was stacked up. And there was always a shelf or a big nail to put things you didn't want to drop in the hole. The fanciest outhouse I ever saw had a bench with two holes, a board removed near the top to allow ventilation, and a small table to hold belongings. But no toilet paper!
Posted: April 9, 2016 20:40
PiliI am speechless! When I first saw the tissue box I didn't know what it had to do with your fairy garden, and then realized! I love everything of your fairy garden!! My daughters and I made a little fairy house and enjoyed so much, we were planning on doing something else. Pinning for future reference!! Thank you so much for linking up with us at #sweetinspiration party, hope to see you again next week. Happy Saturday!
Posted: April 8, 2016 17:02
KeriMichelle, you and your husband did such an awesome job on this fairy desert garden!! Love all the details!! This is too, too cute!!


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"Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another."
1 John 4:11
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Oasis is open to everyone, young or old, its a fantastic way to meet new people from the community or an occasion to get together with old friends.
In 2009 Oasis was honoured by the Mayor of Lincoln with the Mayor's Medal in recognition for its service to the community.
If you would like to attend, or would like more information please either email the church office or ring on 01522 694 694
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Psalm 149:3
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For the latest up to date information please contact the church office on 01522 694 694.
"Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise."
Luke 3:11
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Josephine Holt Gaddy, 79, formerly of Cotton Grove Road, traded her earthly life for eternal life on Saturday, May 12, 2018.
She was born in Davidson County to the late John Clifford Holt and Laura Lindsay Holt on April 16, 1939. She was a member of Old Smith Grove View Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in eternal rest by her husband, George Robert Gaddy; a daughter, Valerie H. Craven; three brothers: Charles Clifford Holt, Garland Lewis Holt and Sylvester "Bump" Holt and a sister, Mary Ann Holt.
She leaves to cherish her memories two sons, the Rev. Michael C. Gaddy (Monique) and Charles "Charlie" E. Gaddy; a daughter, Elizabeth A. Gaddy; a host of grandchildren and great-grandchildren; four sisters: Ruth H. Small, Virginia Woodberry, Sylvia H. Hargrave (Timothy) and Elnora H. Nance; a brother, Roy Lee Holt (Patricia) and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Homegoing Celebration will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 19, at First Baptist Church 3rd Avenue with family visitation at 12:30 p.m. Burial will follow in the Old Smith Grove View Baptist Church Cemetery.
Online condolences can be expressed to the Gaddy family at www. robertsfuneral.com.


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Sunday, 22 May 2011
I am a fool ...
Well, yesterday the postie brought me a lovely package with some great fabrics in it. My problem? I can't remember what I planned to do with them!
I know I ordered them for a particular reason, but I'm blowed if I can remember what. Anyone else ever do things like that?
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You are not alone. I puzzle over it, then use it for a new project and finally remember what I ordered it for. I think it is my brain's way of keeping me ordering fabric.ReplyDelete
You are no fool, not that I've done this myself. Show us the fabrics and we might be able to come up with some alternative suggestions, though I think one of Kims quilts from her new book might be a good guess :)ReplyDelete
I buy fabrics, keep them in the bag (at least I get that part right), then can't remember what I was going to make. However, I now try to put the pattern with the bag of fabric or even in a nice plastic tote so when I get around to making the quilt, everything is all together. Now I can't wait to see what you make with it.ReplyDelete
It sounds to me like you have entirely too much fabric, and too many projects. If you can't remember why you bought it, why don't you send it to me, and I'll figure out something to do with it. LOL!ReplyDelete
Anyone else ever do things like that?ReplyDelete
all the time, dear girl - how do you think I amassed such a large stash!!!
Oh, yea! That sounds familiar!! It'll come to you in the middle of the night for sure.....ReplyDelete
Oh my have I ever! I've bought fabric with a specific project in mind. If I don't put a pattern with it, I surely do not remember what it was for :-(ReplyDelete
Just all the time. It is so frustrating. You will think of what you bought the fabric for at the oddest of moments.ReplyDelete
Have a super great sewing and stitching day.
Too funny!! Sorry to find humor in your forgetfulness....just seems all to familiar with myself.ReplyDelete
When i order something, i print out the order to sheet so I can make sure I get my order for one, and I also write on it what it is for, so when the order comes in, I know what it is for, and I can put the order sheet with the order, so then it is off my desk and tells me what it is for...ReplyDelete
Stop worrying - you've got new fabric! That always makes my day.ReplyDelete
You'll remember as soon as you use them for another project!ReplyDelete
hahaha! Just having them is fun enough!! Hope you are feeling better.ReplyDelete
I am sure it will come to you soon!!!ReplyDelete
There's my smile for the day Sue! Seriously, I thought I was the only fool LOL! Great to be in such good company.ReplyDelete
Hate it when I have that problem!!!ReplyDelete
LOL, sounds like they need to sit and stew for a month and if you still don't recall after that amount of time, I'd say it's fair game for a new and lovely cause.ReplyDelete
Not me, as yet - I'm still at the clutching-the-quilt-pattern-whilst-glued-to-the-window-impatiently-waiting-for-the-postman stage of my quilting career!ReplyDelete
PS tip for remembering things - sit in a boring-but-vital meeting where (crucially) you don't have a pen to hand. Amazing what you remember, and can't write down. Of course, the result is that you will take in nothing from the important meeting, and the moment you walk out, you lose hold of that remembered thought!
LOL, just think...you get to plan something brand new! Planning is fun ;)ReplyDelete
LOL!! Ummm, yes.ReplyDelete
Are you kidding? I have bundles of pieces of fabric together in plastic bags for projects... just don't quite remember what pattern I was going to use?????ReplyDelete
ALL the time!! I even bought those half square triangle paperrolls for a pattern calling for them...wish I knew which pattern??? I'm sure when I find the pattern I won't be able to find the HST papers!! It's a vicious cycle!! :o)ReplyDelete
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In 1995, a group of Danish moviemakers established Dogme 95, a movement designed to strip back what they saw as the over-production of major movies to ensure the focus remained on what truly mattered – the story.
The first of the films produced in the Dogme style was Thomas Vinterberg's Festen. Shot on Handycam, and featuring minimal production design, it received international acclaim – and the Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival – thanks to its challenging, confronting themes and a masterful blend of comedy, and tragedy.
It's easy to see how Festen lends itself to live performance in both style and substance. First adapted by David Eldridge, the show is now playing at Melbourne's Rippon Lea Estate Ballroom, where production house Play Dead Theatre have staged a powerful, memorable experience.
Here, the theatre's Creative Director, Michael Mack, and award-winning Director Jennifer Sarah Dean provide the audience with a voyeuristic perspective of a family in denial after a wealthy patriarch's birthday dinner is disturbed by allegations of sexual abuse. By tapping into the origins of the work by using the ballroom as the stage, and placing audience members on the same level, the traditional space between the performers and the house is all but eliminated. The result is a feeling akin to being a participant in the proceedings – at some particularly uncomfortable moments, even complicit in them – rather than simply an observer.
To stage it in this manner, mixing Dogme rules with consideration for the audience's ability to see everything taking place before them, is inspired. The choice brings forth a whole new dimension to Festen that makes it a palpable experience with the impact of a much larger production. This proves especially true the longer the play unfolds. The allegations are only the beginning of this sordid tale, and as the night escalates, and the despicable nature of the family is gradually revealed over the show's 90 minutes, the uneasy intimacy of the setting ensures tension reigns, as it must.
Of course, it is not the location alone that makes Festen great. Each of the 15 actors involved deliver touching, often powerful performances. Of particular note are Michael Mack, whose fiery role as Michael is at once both disturbing and a pleasure to behold, and Tref Gare. Playing the gloomy Poul, he deftly provides laugh after laugh with the performance that felt best suited to the unconventional structure of the show.
Overall, Festen is a wonderful production that, by its very nature, has the potential to appeal to both theatre regulars and newcomers alike. By bringing the audience closer to the action, and dismantling the barrier that usually divides them, Jennifer Sarah Dean and her team have crafted a moving, intelligent, memorable play that deserves to be experienced.
Festen plays at the Rippon Lea Estate Ballroom July 5 – 22.
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Whenever I tell someone I had Vegan Mac & 'Cheese' they invariably turn their nose up and dismiss the idea, but bear with me! What this version lacks in terms of the stringiness of real cheese, it makes up for in guilt-free comfort and taste. Regular Mac & Cheese is always full of butter, flour, milk, white pasta and, as the name suggests, lots and lots of cheese. While delicious, it's pretty obviously terrible for your arteries! This recipe for Vegan Mac & 'Cheese' uses healthier whole wheat pasta, and a delicious and healthy cheese substitute sauce made primarily from cashew nuts, butternut squash and nutritional yeast.
If you've never heard of nutritional yeast, it consists of highly nutritious savoury flavoured flakes. You can buy it quite cheaply (€3-5) in most health food stores. The first time I tried it I found the flavour a bit weird, but by the third tasting I was addicted! It has an unusual umami and cheesy flavour to it, and will give the vegan sauce its cheesy flavour in this recipe.
If you want to make this recipe in batch and enjoy it throughout the week, I would advise keeping the vegan 'cheese' mixture separate from the pasta until just before you eat it, as the pasta tends to soak up all of the moisture and the texture becomes very heavy and stodgy.
Vegan Mac & 'Cheese'
- 150 g cashew nuts
- ½ butternut squash, cut length ways
- 2 cloves garlic
- 250 g wholewheat macaroni pasta
- 4 heaped tablespoons nutritional yeast
- 1 tsp turmeric (for colour!)
- 75 mL water
- salt and pepper to taste
- breadcrumbs
- olive oil
Preheat oven to 150 °C
Soak the cashew nuts in boiling water for.
Clean the seeds out of the butternut squash, and roast it in the oven until soft (30-40 min), along with the whole garlic cloves.
Drain the cashew nuts.
Cook the pasta in salted water, and drain.
Scoop the butternut squash into a blender, along with the roasted garlic, cashew nuts, nutritional yeast, turmeric and water. Blend until smooth. Add some more water if the mixture still feels a little sticky.
Season the mixture well with salt and pepper, with tasting to ensure it's balanced.
Add the cooked pasta to the mixture, then spoon into an oven dish. Top with breadcrumbs and a drizzle of olive oil.
Bake for ~15 min, or until the breadcrumbs are toasted.
Tag @thecorkfork to show me your Vegan Mac & Cheese creations!


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MSNBC talk show host Ed Schultz discusses the controversy surrounding Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke, who testified in opposition to a House amendment that would have allowed health care providers to deny contraceptive coverage and other health care necessities if they had religious or moral objections (see March 1, 2012) and is now being vilified by conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh (see February 29, 2012, March 1, 2012, and March 2, 2012). Schultz says that Limbaugh's "shameful… vile, and despicable" attacks and the "firestorm" of criticism in response (see March 1, 2012, March 2, 2012, March 2, 2012, and March 2, 2012 and After) may be "the beginning of the end" of Limbaugh's 20-year domination of the airwaves. Schultz notes that Limbaugh is deliberately misrepresenting Fluke's position on contraception as a call for the government to pay her for having responsibility-free sex. In reality, Schultz says, Fluke's testimony focused not on her personally, but on the needs of female students to have contraception for serious and sometimes life-threatening medical reasons. Schultz notes the relative quiet from Republicans on the controversy, including the failure of Republican presidential candidates to repudiate Limbaugh's remarks (see March 2, 2012) and the tepid criticisms from some Republican lawmakers (see March 2, 2012). Schultz celebrates the advertisers who are removing their ads from Limbaugh's show (see March 2, 2012 and After). However, Schultz notes that Limbaugh remains entirely unapologetic, and says that Limbaugh's attacks and his refusal to apologize "underscores this is just who he is." For Limbaugh to attack a private citizen, a college student, with personal attacks such as "slut" and "prostitute" for "speaking her mind to Congress" is unacceptable, he says. Limbaugh has "no character," Schultz says, and is incapable of admitting error. Schultz's guest Reverend Al Sharpton, a fellow MSNBC host, says Limbaugh is engaging in what he calls a verbal "direct sexual assault" on Fluke: "This is not an implication using sexual terms for something political. He is downright denigrating her and making direct references like she has some sexual habits that is causing her position, which is not only untrue, it is absolutely intolerable." The advertisers will continue to pull their ads, Sharpton predicts, civil rights and women's rights organizations will intensify their criticisms, and Limbaugh's employer, Clear Channel, will eventually have to take action. "[T]his might be Rush's undoing by Rush," Sharpton concludes. Democratic strategist Krystal Ball tells Schultz that she is launching a "Boycott Rush" Web site. She recalls being attacked by Limbaugh during the 2010 elections, when she mounted an unsuccessful campaign for Congress and was targeted by Limbaugh and other conservative commentators over private party photos of her that were released online; she sympathizes with what Fluke is experiencing now. (MSNBC 3/2/2012; LeftAction 3/2/2012)
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Making Your First Candle
An easy how-to guide for deliciously scented container candles
The trade of chandlery (candle-making) dates back thousands of years, when having a light source was a true necessity. Nowadays, although no longer a real necessity for the most part, there's nothing quite like a beautifully scented candle dancing away while fresh citrus scents or warm sugary notes fill the air.
So how do you make your very own homemade container candle? Luckily for you, with this simple guide and step by step instructions, it won't be hard at all!
With any great project, it's important to have all your candle-making supplies to hand. Before you start, make sure you have the following:
- 220g Paraffin Wax – This is the traditional wax that's been used for candle making for hundreds of years and the most popular type of wax. We've chosen it here simply because in our experience, it's the easiest to use.
- 30cl Candle Container
- 12 to 22ml Fragrance Oil (of your choice)
- Dye Chip (colour of your choice) – half of 1 of our diamond shaped dye chips would be perfect for this project
- 200mm Candle Wick – A nice long wick can be trimmed at a later stage, but too short of a wick can lead to many issues. Always be safe rather than sorry!
- Double boiler
- Accessories – including a thermometer, spoon/spatula, pencils or wooden peg, wire rack (optional)
Now that you've got everything you need, let's get started.
How to make your candle
Preparing your work station
To begin with, you'll need a large, flat surface to work on. It would be advisable to cover the area with paper towels or a newspaper and move anything that you wouldn't want any wax to land on.
Pro Tip: Usually, I also like to lay out all my equipment and tools (so that's all of the above supplies) – this will be handy when you get further along in making your candles.
Melting the wax
Measure out the wax needed and melt it using your double boiler on medium heat– make sure you put enough water in the bottom pan. Gently and thoroughly stir the wax using your spatula. Also, use your thermometer to ensure the temperature of the mixture does not exceed between 76 to 81 degrees Celsius – if it does take the boiler off heat.
Pro Tip: Due to the nature of the wax, paraffin wax can be hard and may need to be broken down – it's easiest to do this by applying pressure to it with a hammer and the pellets should easily come apart.
Adhesion of the wick
While your wax is melting, you can centre your wick in the glass container using an old candle makers tip. Quickly dip the bottom of the wick base into the melting wax and secure it in the centre of the glass container. Once the wax hardens, it should be set in place.
Preheating Glass Containers
As the wax is melting, it's a perfect opportunity to preheat your glass container – ensuring it is warm will allow for better side adhesion when your pour in the melted wax at a later stage.
Adding fragrance/dyes
Making sure the temperature of your mixture has not exceeded 80 degrees Celsius, add your fragrance oil and dye chip (if desired). If you don't add a dye chip, the candle will be in its natural white colour.
Pouring & Securing the wick
After this, you should let the mixture cool for a couple of minutes – once it has got to approximately 65 degrees Celsius it's ready for you to start pouring. Bear in mind although you have already adhered the wick to the container, the hot wax may cause it to melt and come loose.
Gently hold on to the wick, but don't pull too hard on it. Once you've poured in the wax, you'll need to secure the wick once again, as it could move position in the hot melted wax. Do this with a washing line peg or two pencils – sandwich the wick in the middle and allow the pencils or peg to lay across the top of the container.
Now all you've got to do is sit and wait! You should allow the candle to cool for at least 4 hours in room temperature conditions on a wire rack preferably as this allows for uniform cooling – a baking wire rack will be perfect.
Pro Tip: Don't force cool your candle in the fridge or freezer – doing so will lead you to having wet spots (this is when parts of your candle hasn't adhered to the container) – it won't look aesthetically pleasing to say the least!
Trimming the wick
Finally, the last step is to trim your wick. Once your candle has cooled, trim your wick down so it is approx. ¼ inch.
Pro Tip: Don't make it any longer as it will affect the burning quality of your candle.
And that's it fellow crafters – your very first, home-made container candle made from scratch!
We would love to hear how you got on and see photographs of all your beautiful creations. If you had any trouble or need some expert help, get in touch and we'll be happy to help!


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For any law firms, new clients are necessary. Yours is not an exception. After all, more clients imply more business for you. There are a number of proven marketing strategies for obtaining new clients for your law practice. However nothing can be compared to the use of SEO. When you happen to draw more clients rather than take the initiative to reach out to them, they are more likely to take an interest in working with you. It does not matter the kind of business that you run, the benefits associated with SEO cannot be overlooked. Here are a number of reasons why SEO for lawyers in important.
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