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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Police are searching for a suspect who groped two women in Philadelphia's Spring Garden neighborhood Thursday evening.
Investigators say the first woman was groped at 16th and Spring Garden Streets and the second female victim was groped near 15th and Green Streets. Both incidents happened only blocks and minutes apart.
The woman groped at 16th and Spring Garden was entering a cab when the suspect attacked.
After the groping incidents, the suspect fled on foot.
The suspect is described as light-skinned black in his late 20s to early 30s, about 5'8" with a medium build. He was wearing a green puffy down jacket with blue jeans. He also wore a scarf that partially covered his face.
In the past few weeks, two women have been raped in the same general area. As it stands now, police do not believe the same suspect is responsible.
Anyone with information on the incidents is urged to contact police.
Reported By: Todd Quinones and Steve Beck, CBS 3

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|NZXT Adamas Aluminum Mid-Tower ATX Case
|Reviews - Featured Reviews: Cases
|Written by Olin Coles
|Tuesday, 10 October 2006
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NZXT Adamas Classic Series
You can't win the hearts of computer enthusiasts, system builders, and hardcore gamers by simply releasing one good product and calling it quits to hardware improvments, so it's a good thing that companies such as NZXT have built a reputation based on producing one great new product after another. In this review, the brand new completely aluminum Adamas mid-tower ATX case from NZXT's Classic Series will be put under the microscope and be completely dissected by Benchmark Reviews.
If it wasn't enough that NZXT is crafting some of the finest cases available to the market today, they are also reinventing the wheel; with success. The tool-less panel design incorporated in the Adamas is one of the most durable latch systems I have yet to see. You won't find more then a bottle-cap worth of plastic used to build this case; and even then we're talking about small pieces used to secure drive doors and make cushion feet for the case. It really seems as though the marketing department over at NZXT didn't have to stretch the imagination in describing this case.
MODEL: Adamas Series
About NZXT
NZXT, a company built upon gamer's dreams, hopes to create products that put consumers first. Our objective is to provide every gamer with a case that they can identify with. Combining unique design and case performance, consumers will finally be able to find a quality case that will represent their own style and personality.


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Hello! Welcome again to Mistake Monday! Today we'll look at another Common Error that's pretty easy to correct. But first, I have a question: Where do you live? If you said something like "San Ramón downtown" or "Palmares center," then this post is for you!
|Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh is one of my favorite cities. (Image)
|Common Error: Use of the word "Downtown"
|DON'T say this:
|"Downtown" is certainly a word, but it's normally not used in this way in English (click here for more general information about the word).
Downtown normally refers to a large city's historical and/or commercial core. In other words, it's a way to describe part of the city, which makes the word work like an adjective. Therefore, it should normally go before the city's name, along with any other words that describe an area in a city. For example:
Downtown New York City is amazing on New Year's Eve.
He moved to East Saint Louis.
It's not safe to walk around downtown San José at night.
You can also use the word by itself:
We need to take a train or a taxi to go downtown.
Also, notice that I said it's normally used with large cities. Palmares may be a nice town, but it only has one stop light in the whole town. To say "downtown Palmares" just sounds strange. You could say "I live in the center of Palmares," but it would be clearer to say the name of your neighborhood or district. You can also describe the location, especially in small towns.
In Spanish, a similar concept is "centro," or the center of the city. But in English this sounds strange sometimes. If you do say "center," it usually indicates a building or complex, or possibly the geographic center of a place:
We went to a performance last night at the Lincoln Center.
Madrid is in the center of Spain, but Barcelona isn't.
|-"I live in downtown San José."
-"When we're visiting New York, we'll be staying downtown."
-"When we're visiting New York, we'll be staying in (name of neighborhood)."
-"I live in Palmares, near the bus station."
So, that's it for today. If you have questions or comments, please leave a comment or contact me. Thanks for reading, and have a great week!
|A map of downtown Denver, Colorado. Denver is nice, but it's confusing to drive downtown, since all the streets are at 45-degree angles from the surrounding roads. (Image)


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Home > N.C. L. Rev. > Vol. 34 > No. 3 (1956)
North Carolina Law Review
Volume 34, Number 3 (1956)
Nolo Contendere in North Carolina
Edward Lane-Reticker
The North Carolina Hearsay Rule and the Uniform Rules of Evidence
Leonard S. Powers
Bankruptcy and the Automobile Dealer
Charles E. Melvin Jr.
Editorial Board
North Carolina Law Review
Notes and Comments
North Carolina Law Review
Constitutional Law -- Second Class Mail
Lewis H. Parham Jr.
Criminal Law -- Homicide -- Application of Felony-Murder Rule When Non-Felon Kills Felon
James P. Crews
Damages -- Loss of Profits -- Standard of Certainty
Richmond Bernhardt Jr.
Evidence -- The Dead Man's Statute -- Personal Transaction
Donald Leon Moore
Flight in General: Its Effect on Procedural Rights, Constitutional Law, and the Grand Jury
Gerald Corbett Parker
Military Service -- Judicial Review of Draft Classification
Lewis Poindexter Watts Jr.
Operation of Pathological and X-Ray Facilities by Charitable Hospital as Corporate Practice of Medicine
Jack T. Hamilton
Sales -- Breach of Warranty -- Allergies
Hamlin Wade
Book Review
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Churchill – A Commemoration
" We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. "
Sir Winston Churchill
This year marks the 50th Anniversary of Sir Winston Churchill's Funeral. Join Saint John Historian Harold Wright and Joshua Thomson as they commemorate the life and achievements of one of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th century. Then be inspired by Joshua Thomson Productions' The Cigar, A Saint John Family Wartime Story. A moving story of love, war and regret. You are cordially invited to this special event on March 11, 2015. Presentations at 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. at the Saint John Free Public Library in Market Square.


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|Battle of the Females? Katen Kyōkotsu vs. Nanao!
|Onna no tatakai? Katen Kyōkotsu VS Nanao!
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Battle of the Females? Katen Kyōkotsu vs. Nanao! is the two hundred sixty-fourth episode of the Bleach anime.
8th Division Lieutenant Nanao Ise tries to relate to the violet-haired girl while they battle a Tōjū.
In the Seireitei, the violet-haired woman plays a shamisen under a plum blossom tree as 8th Division Captain Shunsui Kyōraku rests nearby. As the violet-haired woman tunes the shamisen and continues to play, the violet-haired girl watches the plum blossoms fall as 8th Division Lieutenant Nanao Ise walks up.
When Nanao draws his attention, Shunsui asks her what took her so long, prompting Nanao to demand to know what he means by this before asking Shunsui if he needed her here to help him enjoy his downtime, prompting Shunsui to state he is simply drinking as he views the plum blossoms.
Sitting up, Shunsui says he is not viewing the cherry blossoms because it is too early for them to bloom. Looking at the plum blossoms, Nanao states they have clouded Shunsui's brain before saying he will have time to view them after the Tōjū have been dealt with. When Nanao tells him they have to go, Shunsui states he will pass on this one before asking Nanao to go in his place, prompting Nanao to say this is completely ridiculous. When Shunsui suggests Nanao take his two Zanpakutō Spirits with her, the violet-haired woman sarcastically states this is very generous of him and asks Shunsui why she should have to leave a drinking party to perform back-breaking work.
When the violet-haired woman suggests he send the violet-haired girl instead because she appears to have nothing better to do, Shunsui admits this is a good plan before telling Nanao she and the violet-haired girl can run off and take care of the problem. Expressing surprise, Nanao looks at the violet-haired girl, who continues to watch the plum blossoms fall. Later, Nanao and the violet-haired girl walk along a corridor. Looking at the violet-haired girl, Nanao sighs and expresses disbelief at Shunsui forcing her to babysit the violet-haired girl. Asking the violet-haired girl how she is, Nanao addresses her as Katen Kyōkotsu.
Noting this is not correct because there are two of them, Nanao asks the violet-haired girl if she has a name which she prefers to be addressed by. When the violet-haired girl remains silent, Nanao expresses surprise and demands to know if the violet-haired girl is listening to her before attempting to grab her shoulder. Turning around, the violet-haired girl swings the wakizashi of Katen Kyōkotsu at Nanao, who leaps back and asks the violet-haired girl what she is doing. As the wakizashi disappears from her hand, the violet-haired girl turns around and walks away, prompting Nanao to attempt to walk after her as 10th Division Lieutenant Rangiku Matsumoto puts her hand on Nanao's shoulder.
When Nanao turns around in surprise, Rangiku asks her if she is feeling okay. As Nanao apologizes, Rangiku sees the violet-haired girl and asks Nanao who she is before wondering if she is Shunsui's lovechild. When Nanao reveals she is one of Shunsui's Zanpakutō Spirits, Rangiku says she knows this and states she does not live in a cave before asking Nanao if Shunsui is making her babysit the violet-haired girl. Denying this, Nanao admits it feels this way and reveals Shunsui sent them out to hunt the Tōjū in his place because he felt lazy before seeing the violet-haired girl is no longer behind her.
Turning to see the violet-haired girl running down the corridor, Nanao demands to know where she believes she is going and expresses surprise before narrowing her eyes and wondering what this strange Reiatsu is. Meanwhile, the violet-haired woman continues to play the shamisen before asking Shunsui if he is sure she will be alright on her own. Confirming this, Shunsui says the violet-haired girl is competent before stating they are both part of his Zanpakutō Spirit, prompting the violet-haired woman to say this is not who she meant. When violet-haired woman states she is talking about Nanao, Shunsui drinks his sake before saying Nanao will be fine.
When Shunsui states there is nothing to worry about, the violet-haired woman says she hopes he is right before resuming her playing of the shamisen. Elsewhere, Nanao walks along a corridor and notes the Reiatsu is definitely around here before expressing surprise upon hearing a man yell. Looking at a nearby building, Nanao sees the violet-haired girl and a bearded Tōjū on the roof and expresses annoyance. As the Bearded Tōjū points his scythe-like staff at her, the violet-haired girl disappears as the Bearded Tōjū is slashed on his left shoulder. As the violet-haired girl appears behind him, the Bearded Tōjū clutches his shoulder and curses.
Asking the violet-haired girl what she is waiting for, the Bearded Tōjū asks her if she is going to finish him off as Nanao realizes the violet-haired girl is simply toying with the Bearded Tōjū. As Nanao notes the violet-haired girl has no emotions and sees this as a game, the Bearded Tōjū is attacked once more and groans in pain. As the violet-haired girl stands before the Bearded Tōjū, Nanao uses Bakudō #4. Hainawa, causing a rope of yellow energy to wrap itself around the violet-haired girl. Standing on a nearby rooftop, Nanao states slaying Tōjū is not a game and tells the violet-haired girl she will be forced to end this for her if the violet-haired girl does not administer the finishing blow.
When the violet-haired girl closes her eyes and relaxes, Nanao expresses surprise before smiling, prompting the violet-haired girl to break the yellow rope and leap toward the Bearded Tōjū. Telling the violet-haired girl to stop it, Nanao fires Hadō #4. Byakurai, which hits the roof between the violet-haired girl and the Bearded Tōjū. Looking at Nanao, the violet-haired girl closes her eyes and exerts her Reiatsu, prompting Nanao to narrow her eyes. When the Bearded Tōjū notes this escape opportunity is very convenient, Nanao expresses surprise and tells him to wait, only for the Bearded Tōjū to move away.
Looking at Nanao, the violet-haired girl turns around and moves away. Later, Nanao finishes her report to Shunsui and apologizes, prompting Shunsui to say they cannot do anything about it if the Bearded Tōjū got away. Noting the Tōjū likely did not get very far if it was wounded in the way which Nanao described, Shunsui states he is sure there is nothing to worry about, prompting Nanao to say she hopes so. Stating he knows Nanao pretty well after all this time, Shunsui says there is something which she is keeping from him, prompting Nanao to express surprise. When Shunsui notes it is more than the Bearded Tōjū and states she is bothered by his Zanpakutō Spirit, Nanao looks down.
Saying it is alright, Shunsui tells Nanao to proceed on her own if she prefers to do so and states she can decide and do whatever is most comfortable for her. When Shunsui says she may find working together on a team with other people does not suit her, Nanao asks him if this is so, prompting Shunsui to confirm this. When Nanao states she and the violet-haired girl can work together, Shunsui expresses surprise as Nanao says she was given an order and intends to complete the mission with her partner. As Shunsui begins to tell her to not feel compelled in any way to team up with the violet-haired girl, Nanao asks him to excuse her and walks away.
When Shunsui sighs and notes Nanao is very stubborn, the violet-haired woman stands on the balcony and tells Shunsui he is confusing stubbornness with pride before stating Nanao is confused about the dynamic here. Saying Nanao is all business in battle, the violet-haired woman points out how the violet-haired girl approaches battle as a type of game. Explaining how the violet-haired girl will cruelly harm various insects she captures, the violet-haired woman states she can be innocent, ingenuous, merciless, and cruel at the same time. Saying she likes to enjoy the finer things in life, the violet-haired woman states the violet-haired girl is different.
Noting the violet-haired girl tends to be very dark and malicious, the violet-haired woman states it would be hard to accept her after seeing what she is capable of and says this is especially true for Nanao before pointing out how the violet-haired girl belongs to Shunsui. As the violet-haired woman states he cannot really blame Nanao for being confused, Shunsui chuckles and says they are both very dear to him when all is said and done. Meanwhile, the violet-haired girl stares at a tree branch without any blossoms on it as Nanao calls out to her. When the violet-haired girl whirls around with her sword raised, a surprised Nanao states it is just her.
Noting the violet-haired girl goes into unquestioning fighting mode as soon as someone approaches her, Nanao admits what happened earlier was partially her own fault and steps forward before saying there are some issues with the way the violet-haired girl fights as well. Looking down, Nanao states she would still like to work together with the violet-haired girl to slay the Tōjū and looks up, only to see the violet-haired girl has vanished once more, prompting her to express anger. Later, Nanao sits by a window and sighs before wondering why she had to insist she could work with the violet-haired girl. When Rangiku pokes her, Nanao screams.
When a shocked Rangiku tells Nanao to not scare her like this, Nanao points out how Rangiku is the one who scared her. Apologizing, Rangiku asks Nanao what the problem is before noting she looks like she has a lot on her mind. When Rangiku asks her if it is a man, Nanao vehemently denies this. Later, Rangiku and Nanao sit on a bench under a plum blossom tree as Rangiku asks Nanao if she is still having trouble with the violet-haired girl. Confirming this, Nanao says she is not sure she can find a way to get along with the violet-haired girl, prompting Rangiku to state she understands before noting it is like a bride and her mother-in-law.
Nanao says this is far from it, prompting Rangiku to ask her if it is more like a daughter and her step-mother. When Nanao states this is not even close, Rangiku asks her if it is like a current and ex-girlfriend, prompting Nanao to say she is getting much colder. Stating it sounds bad, Rangiku asks Nanao why she has not excused herself from the mission. Proclaiming she has her pride, Nanao says she refuses to be defeated by a Zanpakutō. Sighing, Rangiku tells Nanao to back away and let her take care of this before stating she is very good at getting difficult children to open up and work well with others, prompting Nanao to express disbelief.
Elsewhere, as the violet-haired girl stares at a near-barren tree branch, Rangiku stands behind her with Nanao and calls out to the violet-haired girl before asking her what she is up to. Looking at Rangiku, the violet-haired girl faces the tree branch once more, prompting Rangiku to note she is not very friendly. As Nanao says this is what she has been telling her all along, Rangiku states she thought the violet-haired girl would be a lot more outgoing because she is Shunsui's Zanpakutō Spirit before saying Shunsui is a charming individual as Shunsui sneezes. When the violet-haired girl turns and begins to walk away, Rangiku tells her to wait.
When Rangiku states they want to invite the violet-haired girl to have fun with them, Nanao asks her why she is referring to both of them. When Rangiku tells her she is coming as well, Nanao says she is not going because it is Rangiku's idea. Later, the violet-haired girl stands before a mirror while wearing a light blue kimono as Rangiku proclaims she is very cute. When Rangiku asks her if she agrees, Nanao states she does not think it worked and draws Rangiku's attention to the violet-haired girl walking away without the kimono on. Saying this is odd, Rangiku notes most of the girls whom she takes shopping are thrilled to dress up and walk around in high-end fashion.
Hearing this, Nanao states Rangiku is projecting her own personal fantasies onto the violet-haired girl. Later, four handsome male Shinigami stand before the violet-haired girl and say they are at her service. Watching from the side alongside Nanao, Rangiku states this is sure to work and says young girls respond very well to the opposite sex if given the right opportunity even if they are shy. When Rangiku states this is true for both Shinigami and Zanpakutō, Nanao says this is an interesting theory and states the violet-haired girl can date the Shinigami once they get out of the hospital as Rangiku sees the violet-haired girl has incapacitated the Shinigami with their own Zanpakutō.
Later, at a candy shop, Rangiku, Nanao, and the violet-haired girl sit and eat ice cream. Proclaiming this is her best idea yet, Rangiku asks Nanao if she has ever met a woman who did not have a sweet tooth. Saying the ice cream is delicious, Nanao sees the violet-haired girl walking away as Rangiku sighs and admits defeat. Stating the violet-haired girl does not respond to anything, Rangiku tells Nanao she should give up and continues to eat her ice cream as Nanao watches the violet-haired girl walk away and expresses sadness. Elsewhere, the violet-haired girl watches a plum blossom fall apart and blow away from a branch as Nanao walks along a path nearby.
Seeing the violet-haired girl staring at the plum blossom branch, Nanao realizes something. Recalling how the violet-haired girl was watching the plum blossoms fall, Nanao wonders if she has the same connection with the blossoms and notes she is Shunsui's Zanpakutō Spirit before expressing surprise. The next day, Shunsui, Nanao, and the violet-haired woman and girl stand under a barren cherry tree as Shunsui expresses surprise at the mention of a party. Asking Nanao why she wishes to have a party under a cherry tree which has not even blossomed yet, the violet-haired woman says Nanao does not know how to appreciate the beauty of things.
As Nanao asks the violet-haired woman to forgive her, Shunsui states these seem like minor details in the grand scheme of things and says Nanao wanting to throw a party is good enough for him. As Shunsui states it will be very satisfying to drink with her, Nanao tells him he is a drunk, prompting Shunsui to express confusion and say he did not hear this. Stating it was nothing important, Nanao tells Shunsui to try to not drink too much at the party, which Shunsui agrees to do. As the violet-haired girl stares at the cherry tree branches, Nanao looks at her. In the past, Rangiku asks Nanao why she is so concerned about the violet-haired girl.
Saying Nanao only has to worry about destroying the Tōjū, Rangiku states the violet-haired girl's involvement should not matter to her. Saying she understands what Rangiku is saying, Nanao admits she thought the violet-haired girl was creepy at first before revealing she gradually began to feel sorry for her. When Rangiku asks her why this is so, Nanao states the violet-haired girl is a Zanpakutō Spirit and has never experienced any real emotions because she was born to fight before saying it feels very sad. Admitting she does not understand Nanao's concern, Rangiku states Nanao should help the violet-haired girl if she believes she can do so.
In the present, the violet-haired woman refers to Nanao as "young lady", prompting an irritated Nanao to tell the violet-haired woman to call her by her real name. When the violet-haired woman holds up a sake bowl and asks her to pour some more sake, Nanao expresses surprise and says the violet-haired woman has had a little too much already. Asking Nanao to pour some for him as well, Shunsui states she is very generous and says he can always count on her drinks to do the trick, prompting Nanao to state Shunsui does not have to worry about the portions because he is already drunk. Turning to the violet-haired girl, Nanao asks her if she is too young to drink.
Getting up, the violet-haired girl turns around and walks away, prompting a surprised Nanao to ask her to come back. As Shunsui laughs at something the violet-haired woman said, Nanao asks the violet-haired girl to not leave and walks after her, prompting Shunsui to express surprise. Elsewhere, the violet-haired girl looks at a near-barren plum blossom branch before whirling around and assuming a battle stance to face a surprised Nanao, who says she did not mean to startle the violet-haired girl. When the violet-haired girl relaxes and turns around to face the plum blossom branch, Nanao sighs before expressing surprise.
When the last plum blossom on the branch falls off and drifts toward the ground, Nanao catches it before looking up to see the violet-haired girl looking at her. Realizing the violet-haired girl likes flowers, Nanao walks up to her and begins to put the blossom in the violet-haired girl's hair while stating they will add an accessory. Removing her hands, Nanao steps back and says she is finished. As the violet-haired girl stands with the blossom in her hair, Nanao states she looks cute and asks her if she likes it, only for the violet-haired girl to turn and run away as Nanao expresses surprise. Later, the violet-haired girl stands in a grove of trees.
Walking up, Nanao asks the violet-haired girl why she came out here before realizing she wishes to see more flowers. Telling the violet-haired girl to come with her, Nanao grabs her arm and says she will show the violet-haired girl a place where there are many flowers before running off with the violet-haired girl in tow. Later, Nanao and the violet-haired girl stand before a peach blossom tree as the violet-haired girl gasps. As Nanao explains how the peach blossoms begin to bloom when the plum blossoms fall, the violet-haired girl raises her wakizashi over her head, prompting a shocked Nanao to grab her arm.
Asking the violet-haired girl what she is doing, Nanao tells her she can leave her wakizashi because she will not need to use it here, prompting the violet-haired girl to hold out her wakizashi. Taking the sword, Nanao notes the violet-haired girl is very cooperative when treated decently. As Nanao lays the sword down on the ground, the violet-haired girl reaches toward the peach blossoms, prompting Nanao to realize she wants the peach blossoms. Stating she will pick one for the violet-haired girl, Nanao reaches up and picks a peach blossom before giving it to the violet-haired girl, who looks at it. As Nanao smiles, a strong wind blows, causing the blossom to float away.
When something slices her, Nanao expresses surprise and sees her elbow has been cut. As Nanao falls to her knees and expresses pain, the Bearded Tōjū laughs and says it is very nice to see Nanao again. Appearing before Nanao, the Bearded Tōjū states he wishes to show his appreciation to Nanao for saving him from the violet-haired girl and says he will pay her back by having some fun before he kills her. Reaching for her wakizashi, the violet-haired girl expresses surprise upon seeing her wakizashi lying on the ground several feet away as Nanao realizes she had the violet-haired girl give up her weapon.
The violet-haired girl runs toward her wakizashi, only for the Bearded Tōjū to move in front of her and proclaim this is not a good idea before slashing at her. As the violet-haired girl leaps back, the Bearded Tōjū picks up the wakizashi and asks the violet-haired girl if this is what she was looking for. Stating they will see what the violet-haired girl can do without her weapon, the Bearded Tōjū says he will give it back to her after he is finished cutting her up. Tossing the wakizashi away, the laughing Bearded Tōjū rushes toward the violet-haired girl and slashes at her several times with his scythe-like staff, only for the violet-haired girl to dodge each attack.
When one of the Bearded Tōjū's attacks destroys the plum blossom in her hair, the violet-haired girl expresses surprise, prompting the Bearded Tōjū to proclaim there is more where this came from before slashing the violet-haired girl across the chest. As the violet-haired girl falls to the ground, the Bearded Tōjū walks up to her before picking and holding up the violet-haired girl by her collar. Stating he will not kill her yet, the Bearded Tōjū says he had to survive the violet-haired girl's torture last time and proclaims it is his turn to put her through the same pain before stating they will see if the violet-haired girl finds it just as enjoyable.
Nanao fires Hadō #31. Shakkahō, which hits the Bearded Tōjū in the back, causing him to drop the violet-haired girl. As Nanao notes this was the most force she could muster in her weakened condition, the Bearded Tōjū notes she is still interfering and says he was planning to let Nanao live because she was kind enough to save him last time before proclaiming he will have to change his plans because she is being so rude. Rushing toward Nanao, the Bearded Tōjū prepares to attack her, only for the violet-haired girl to catch his arm. As Nanao expresses surprise, the Bearded Tōjū proclaims the violet-haired girl is in his way before punching her away.
As the violet-haired girl smashes through a nearby wall, the Bearded Tōjū tells her to not go away and states he will be back to play with her in a few minutes before turning to face Nanao. Telling Nanao to say goodbye, the Bearded Tōjū attacks her. When nothing happens, Nanao opens her eyes to see Shunsui blocking the Bearded Tōjū's staff with his sword. As Nanao expresses surprise, Shunsui says it is unpleasant to see a fight under the peach trees and states it mars their beauty. Demanding to know who Shunsui is, the Bearded Tōjū leaps back and points his staff at the violet-haired girl before proclaiming he will kill her if Shunsui tries anything. As the Bearded Tōjū begins to tell him to back off, Shunsui appears next to him. Expressing surprise, the Bearded Tōjū is slashed across the chest.
As the Bearded Tōjū wonders why and falls over, Shunsui holds the violet-haired girl in his arms and says his girls are very busy today before stating the only games they play are at his house. At night, several Shinigami and their Zanpakutō Spirits talk and drink under the peach blossom trees. Sitting next to Nanao, Rangiku leans over and asks her how it worked out. When Rangiku asks her if she got the violet-haired girl to change at all, Nanao denies this before saying she realized it was more important for the violet-haired girl to be true to herself. Expressing surprise, Rangiku states Nanao at least tried to make sense of the violet-haired girl, prompting Nanao to smile.
Getting up, the violet-haired girl walks over to a peach tree and stares at the blossoms as the wind blows. When Nanao walks up behind her, the violet-haired girl turns around and holds out her hand to a surprise Nanao, who sees she is holding a peach blossom. Reaching up, the violet-haired girl put the blossom in Nanao's hair as Nanao notes it is her turn. Asking the violet-haired girl how it looks, Nanao says it is very nice and thanks the violet-haired girl. Watching from several feet away, the violet-haired woman smiles and looks away. Smiling, Shunsui prepares to drink his sake, only to chuckle upon finding a peach blossom petal in his bowl.
Arrancar Encyclopedia
Stating he will be revealing how the Espada have been spending time ever since the studio executives put them on break, Gin Ichimaru points to the screen behind him and reveals Coyote Starrk has been sleeping as a video feed of Starrk and Lilynette Gingerbuck sleeping appears onscreen. Admitting this is not surprising, Gin reveals Baraggan Louisenbairn has been playing chess as a video feed of Baraggan and Kaname Tōsen playing chess appears onscreen. Saying they are very serious, Gin begins to reveal what Tier Harribel has been doing, only to stop in surprise when a video feed of a silhouette taking a shower appears onscreen. As the silhouette turns into Gin, Harribel appears onscreen and tells Gin he will get hurt if he intrudes into a lady's private life, prompting Gin to promise to be more careful.
- Katen Kyōkotsu vs. Nanao Ise vs. Bearded Tōjū (concluded)
Characters in Order of Appearance
Powers and Techniques Used
Kidō used:
- Bakudō #4. Hainawa (這縄, Crawling Rope)
- Hadō #4. Byakurai (白雷, Pale Lightning)
- Hadō #31. Shakkahō (赤火砲, Red Fire Cannon)
Techniques used:
- Shunpo (瞬歩, Flash Steps)
Zanpakutō released:
- Katen Kyōkotsu (花天狂骨, Flower Heaven, Crazy Bone)
|Imprisonment?! Senbonzakura & Zabimaru
|Evolution?! The Menace of the Final Sword Fiend


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I've taken a long reprieve from blogging. Since my last post my wife and I had our second baby girl (Ruthie), I've started a new initiative at Notre Dame's Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) for blended learning and whole school improvement, and our outreach work in Haiti continues to be incredibly successful and growing (more on that soon). Things have been busy.
My last post was arguing for the merits of blended learning. But the proof is in the pudding. Last year I worked along side of an ACE graduate in Seattle, Kelly Surapaneni, to lead ACE's first foray into blended learning. We worked with St. Paul School in Seattle, WA, and conceptualized the project as a whole-school strengthening effort, including things like leadership development, instructional coaching, PLCs, data driven instruction, and efforts to strengthen school culture. We thought that these best practices, combined with the personalized attention and differentiation allowed by blended learning, could result in significant gains in student learning and help renew a struggling school.
The early results are in… and it was an impressive success. We are now working in six Catholic schools in three cities, Seattle, the Twin Cities, and Toledo, and continuing plans to expand the model for next academic year.
See below for a summary from the ACE news release.
Seattle students achieved 147% of growth targets in math and 122% in reading during the first year of the program
Students at St. Paul School in Seattle, a school that serves lower income Asian Pacific Islander and African-American students, are achieving impressive academic gains using an innovative blended learning and school improvement model developed by the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) at the University of Notre Dame.
As measured by the Northwest Evaluation Association Measurement of Academic Progress (NWEA MAP), students achieved 147% of growth targets in math and 122% in reading during the first year of the program, similar to a school wide average of a year and a half of growth in math and a year and a quarter in reading. The average eighth grade student achieved 233% of growth targets in math—akin to two and one-third years of growth—over the past academic year.
"The initial results are particularly promising," Rev. Timothy Scully, C.S.C, the founder of the Alliance for Catholic Education, said. "St. Paul students are performing remarkably well—we are thrilled by the promise this model shows, and believe it can be a powerful tool that more schools like St. Paul can deploy to continue the Catholic school legacy of providing students with an excellent education."
TJ D'Agostino, who directs the project at Notre Dame, said the success St. Paul students are experiencing is due to teachers more effectively meeting the needs of each child with the benefit of powerful blended learning software, and school leaders continuously strengthening teachers with targeted professional growth in high yield areas like the use of data and deepening a culture of high expectations, key areas of focus for the training and support that ACE provides.
"Blended learning can be a powerful driver for schools to provide a customized education for every child," D'Agostino said, "though it is most impactful when paired with other best-practices, like data driven instruction, professional learning communities for teachers, and ongoing instructional coaching. We work closely with the principal and a team of lead teachers to implement these comprehensive strategies. The results have been transformative."
I'm grateful to Andrew for clarifying some definitions, raising some questions, and stirring the pot a bit. I'd like to get to Andrew's question around the pedagogy implicit in blended learning models, and his desire to dig into whether they liberate students through learning or shackle children to computer screens, merely drilling them with ostensibly rote learning.
But I'll need to wait until the next post to get to this great question, because I'd first like to respond to a few particular points:
- Rocketship Schools: We should be careful about interpreting the quote from the PBS interview with too much liberty. Andrew suggests that "one high-profile charter school, Rocketship, for instance, does not receive such feedback from their much-discussed learning labs." I hear the Rocketship principal recognizing that there are challenges with gathering and optimizing this data as fully and efficiently as they would like, not that they are failing to receive it at all. This post by Charlie Bufalino, a former Online Learning Specialist at Rocketship, addresses this point, suggesting that the problem involves integrating multiple sources of data from different online curriculum programs, and having them aligned and synchronized for efficient teacher use. In other words, there are inefficiencies, as with any new technology, and opportunities for improvement. But this does not mean that teachers are not getting the information at all, nor that a blended learning environment is not far more data rich than a traditional classroom environment.
- In defense of Batman: Despite Andrew's deconstruction of the Batman metaphor, I will try to defend its relevance (though I need to admit I stole it from Jeff Kerscher, an ACE grad working with Seton Partners' on their blended learning "Phaedrus Initiative" out in Seattle, and I thought it very clever!). I assume Andrew's zeal was, in part, for the chance to evoke an image of Donald Trump driving the bat-mobile with his hair blowing in the wind. I'm OK with the hero language in reference to teachers and the travails of education, though I can appreciate Andrew's points. Yes, it is Batman's courage, character and karate skills that make him heroic, but the technology brings his game to the next level. The makings of a hero are already there, but the technology optimizes and leverages his skills, virtue and commitment. That's the point. Blended learning can take a strong teacher's game to the next level.
Here's an anecdote to make this point more concrete. An exceptionally talented teacher in L.A. working with Alliance charter schools had been recognized on multiple occasions as teacher of the year for the city and had achieved heroic academic results for low-income children. When Alliance switched to blended learning, she transitioned to the new approach to teaching. When my friend Joe Womac talked to her about the transition, her eyes welled up with tears while saying: "If only I had blended learning earlier there are so many more children I could have reached." This woman is a hero. She was before and regardless of any technology. But why not give her a Bat-mobile and bulletproof body-armor and see what she can do with it!? According to her own testimony, blended learning was a game changer for optimizing her skills and commitment.
This WSJ article by Staphanie Banchero and Jennifer Levitz detail some of the promising signs for Catholic schools nationally, Vouchers Breathe New Life Into Shrinking Catholic Schools. Though much of the largest gains are in states with voucher and tax-credit programs, especially promising is the enrollment growth in large cities like Chicago, Boston and Los Angeles – all in states which lack publicly funded scholarship programs. It is notable that all three cities have a large commitment to privately funded scholarships and have been proactive in welcoming Latino families to Catholic schools, two factors that may explain some of their recent growth.
One has to wonder if the combination of expanding voucher and tax credit programs and efforts to innovate and adapt to changing markets have started to yield a systemic turnaround. Though too early to suggest that the 50 year storm of enrollment decline and closure is abating, these are very promising signs that fairer weather may be on the horizon.
For the first time in decades, Catholic education is showing signs of life. Driven by expanding voucher programs, outreach to Hispanic Catholics and donations by business leaders, Catholic schools in several major cities are swinging back from closures and declining enrollment.
Chicago Catholic elementary schools saw enrollment increase 3% this year and 1% last year—the first two-year growth spurt since 1965. Greater Boston elementary schools had a 2% bump—the first in 20 years. And Los Angeles, Indianapolis and Bridgeport, Conn., also added desks for the first time in years.
Nationally since 2000, U.S. Catholic school enrollment has plummeted by 23%, and 1,900 schools have closed, driven by demographic changes and fallout from priest sexual-abuse scandals. Newark, N.J., and Philadelphia have announced plans to close even more Catholic schools.
But lately, Catholic schools have slowed their overall rate of decline. This year, two million children attended Catholic schools, down 1.7% from last, but less than the average yearly decline of 2.5% over the past decade.
The improving prospects for Catholic schools in some cities come at a time of great ferment in U.S. education. Years of overhauls in public schools have yielded only modest progress. And attendance at independent private schools fell during the recession.
This post by Fr. Tim Scully, CSC, and a reprinted excerpt from an original post at Spes Unica, a vocations and discernment blog of the Congregation of Holy Cross.
|Fr. Nate Wills, C.S.C., teaching high school
In Holy Cross, we recognize the value of this providential legacy. But we also recognize that our goal isn't just to keep the legacy alive – we're not interested in life support or, worse, hospice! Instead, we need to bring this vision of hope boldly into the 21st century. And we need courageous witnesses to continue to take up the challenge – men like the Holy Cross pastors, priests, seminarians, and lay collaborators that you will hear from on this blog throughout Catholic Schools Week.
The central educational problem our Catholic Schools face today is captured by a dynamic that can best be summarized in three statements of fact. First: poor kids are in deep trouble. Second: there is an intervention that works. And finally: this intervention is not reaching the kids that need it.
|An ACE-trained teacher in the classroom
Poor Kids are in Trouble
First: Poor kids are in deep trouble. The most disturbing problem we face today is the gap in achievement between poor and minority children and everyone else. The stats on achievement reveal a grave injustice, which we see clearly in the circumstances of our nation's most recently arrived—and largest—immigrant group, Latino families. While many call it an achievement gap, it's really an opportunity gap. Many of these kids are assigned to schools that doom them to lives of poverty.
The data are well known to us:
• Black and Latino 12th graders read at the same level as White 8th graders.
• Only 52 percent of Latino children and 51 percent of Black children graduate high school in four years, compared to 72 percent of White children.
• Only 16 percent of Hispanic children and 20 percent of Black children are considered college-ready –meaning they have a high school degree, have taken the bare minimum courses required for college, and meet basic literacy standards on national tests.
But we believe there's an intervention that works to close the achievement gap.
Catholic Schools Work
Decades of research tell us that no system of schools – charter, private, or public – has demonstrated such proven effectiveness for the children most vulnerable to unsatisfactory schooling as Catholic schools. There is no other educational intervention with a track record like ours. We know that children who attend our schools are 42% more likely to graduate from high school, and 250% more likely to graduate from college.
We know that the achievement gap among Black and Hispanic 12th graders is typically reduced or even closed when these students attend Catholic schools. We know that Catholic school graduates are likely to earn higher wages than their public school peers, more likely to vote, more civically engaged, and more committed to service when they are adults. But …
|Fr. John DeRiso, C.S.C.,
at St. Joseph Grade School
This Intervention Is Not Reaching Most Kids Who Need It
Why, for example, do only 3% of United States school-age Hispanic children attend Catholic schools, when the research has demonstrated convincingly that Catholic schools are especially effective at closing the achievement gap of minority students? From the disappearance of Catholic schools in urban areas, to financial barriers, both real and perceived, to the need for pastors who will make the courageous decisions needed to run and support an excellent school, the obstacles for poor families to send their children to affordable Catholic schools are real. But, as our ancestors in the faith and predecessors in Holy Cross have demonstrated, these obstacles are surmountable with the gifts of hope, hard work, creativity, prayer, and dedication.
|An ACE-trained teacher
in the classroom
The challenges stared down by past generations must serve as inspiration and a prophetic call that Catholic schools can continue to thrive in their mission to bring an excellent, faith-filled education to all who seek it, including the poorest among us. True to the charism of Holy Cross, signs of hope are present in abundance, though none are available without great effort and single-minded dedication, inspired and sealed by the grace of the Spirit. You will see many of signs and pathways to hope in this blog this week. The Congregation of Holy Cross, especially in our K-12 schools and in our universities' commitment to providing continued talent and leadership for Catholic schools, remain "men with hope to bring" as we confront the challenges of the 21st century.
(The Following is a guest post from Bill Schmitt, Communications and Media Specialist for the Alliance for Catholic Education at the University of Notre Dame)
Why do you support Catholic schools? The Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE), a nationally recognized initiative at the University of Notre Dame, has been asking people that question—and providing answers—as part of a celebration of Catholic Schools Week, Jan. 30-Feb. 5.
Several commentators are posting their answers at the "ACE Advocates" website that is officially debuting during the week. The comments will also be appearing at the Advocates' Facebook and Twitter sites. The website contains a related feature called "Why Catholic Schools?" and also summarizes decades of rigorous educational research on school effectiveness, all of which points toward what scholars call "the Catholic school advantage."
The "why" and the "how" of supporting Catholic schools was also addressed by ACE on more than 100 Catholic radio stations on Monday, Jan. 31. ACE's John Schoenig spoke about Catholic schools and school choice on the Son-Rise Morning Show, broadcast nationally. Schoenig is director of the Program for K-12 Educational Access within ACE Consulting.
ACE has participated in a number of media discussions about Catholic schools, from Our Sunday Visitor to US Catholic. Go to ace.nd.edu and click on the links in the "News" section of the homepage to see the articles. Follow the new ACE Advocates website to find the latest news plus opportunities to put one's support for Catholic schools into action.
ACE Advocates is a national movement under the ACE umbrella, uniting Catholic school supporters to foster greater commitment to, support of, and innovation for Catholic schools. Other ACE initiatives at Notre Dame include a long-standing formation program for new Catholic school teachers that sends its participants to work in under-resourced schools around the country. A related initiative, the Mary Ann Remick Leadership Program, prepares its participants to become Catholic school principals and leaders in diocesan school systems.
ACE co-founder Rev. Timothy Scully, CSC, reflected on challenges and hope in Catholic schooling in a piece published Jan. 30. His comments are posted at Spes Unica, a blog of the Congregation of Holy Cross vocations office. Father Scully is director of Notre Dame's Institute for Educational Initiatives, an academic unit that includes ACE's master's degree programs and interdisciplinary research endeavors such as the Center for Research on Educational Opportunity, directed by distinguished sociologist Mark Berends.
Please feel free to spread the word about ACE's activities. We welcome mutual linking. Comments or questions for any ACE people? Bill Schmitt can be your first step at email@example.com and 574-631-3893.
The past few years have seen the birth of a number of new organizations and initiatives in support of k-12 Catholic schools, largely in response to the onslaught of closings and the deep awareness of the vital contribution that Catholic schools make to our communities, our nation and our Church. When so much of the news is dire for Catholic education, it's worth stepping back a bit to see the rebirth that is taking place around us. If necessity is the mother of invention, then a sustained 50 year crisis must be worth something! And there has been a notable amount of invention recently that offers hope for the future of Catholic education in the U.S.
Here is a list of major new initiatives emerging over the past couple of years that could make a meaningful contribution to Catholic schools nationally or regionally. This list is not exhaustive nor does it pretend to be, and hits heavily on activities at the University of Notre Dame's Alliance for Catholic Education, with which I am most familiar. But its a good start and I'm happy to add activities that I've missed if folks will share the good news!
Catholic Education SIG at AERA
Catholic School Advantage Campaign
Center for Catholic Education at LMU
Program for k-12 Educational Access
In the days ahead I'll offer a little profile of each of these exciting new initiatives in support of Catholic education.
I wanted to offer a bit more about Fr. Joe Corpora, CSC, the driving force behind the Catholic School Advantage (CSA): The campaign to increase Latino participation in Catholic schools sponsored by the University of Notre Dame's Alliance for Catholic Education.
Specifically, he offers a beautiful reflection about his Christmas in a small town in Mexico. A key message of the CSA campaign is to foster greater cultural responsiveness in our Catholic schools. Reading about Fr. Joe's reflection and spiritual journey in Mexico is a great place to start your cultural education.
A great article in the U.S. Catholic called an Unexcusable Absence: Catholic Schools Recruit Hispanic Students. As I was very involved with the Latino Task Force at Notre Dame and worked closely with Fr. Corpora to help launch the Catholic School Advantage Campaign, I can say with confidence that this article hits the nail on the head.
At the forefront of this new outreach effort, the University of Notre Dame in December 2008 commissioned a Task Force on the Participation of Latinos in Catholic Schools. The ambitious goal of this project, which reflects complementary desires to close the Latino academic achievement gap and to reverse enrollment declines in urban Catholic schools, is to double the percentage of Latinos attending Catholic schools, from 3 to 6 percent by 2020. Given population growth estimates, this goal means increasing the national enrollment of Latino children in Catholic schools from 290,000 to more than 1 million students over the next decade, according to the university.
Just more than a year into the campaign, Notre Dame's Father Joe Corpora, the task force's co-chair, says it's too soon to see significant growth in Hispanic Catholic school enrollment, but he can tell that awareness already has heightened.
"This has been met with more interest and enthusiasm than anything we've tried to do," Corpora says. "Every pastor and principal has asked us the question, 'How can we get more Latinos in the Catholic schools?'"
Notre Dame's Alliance for Catholic Education so far is consulting with schools in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Brooklyn, and San Antonio. It has received inquiries from schools in at least 50 more cities but lacks the resources to partner with all of them, Corpora says, noting he has logged 80 trips to those five cities over the past 14 months.
Lost in immigration
While acknowledging that Bonesz' predicament is very real, the task force has discovered that it's more than financial constraints keeping most Hispanic families away from Catholic schools, Corpora says. Two other factors are at play: First, in most Latin American countries there is no such thing as a parish school, so the entire concept is new to many Latino immigrants. Used to Catholic "academies" serving only the most affluent families, families do not even check out local Catholic schools. "They have no idea there are scholarships and aid available," Corpora says.
Also, Catholic schools in the United States have been slow to realize the differences between Latino immigrants and the descendants of Western European immigrants who founded the schools.
"They're not culturally responsive to Latinos, which means the culture of the school looks nothing like the culture of their homes," Corpora says. Because many Latino immigrants work hourly wage jobs, for example, they lack flexibility in their schedules to meet with school staff as needed. Also, many schools' printed marketing materials never reach them, especially those only in English.
"Our schools for years and years served immigrants. When the immigrants stopped looking like immigrants, we've never re-invented our schools to serve today's immigrants," Corpora says. "The church has not gotten smart enough to adapt to the local clientele."
In an 18-month pilot project aided by consulting from Notre Dame's ACE program, the Diocese of Brooklyn is targeting 30 of its schools situated in areas with large Hispanic population growth in recent years. The goal is to boost Hispanic enrollment 10 to 15 percent by this fall, says Brooklyn diocesan schools superintendent Thomas Chadzutko.
Among the most critical elements is a plan to implement a more personal outreach to Latino parents and adopting a more culturally sensitive outlook, Chadzutko says.
"It's getting involved with Latino celebrations at the parish level, being a part of Latino prayer groups, and just providing them information on what Catholic education is in the United States," he says.
Today's Catholic, the paper for the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, reported on a new effort under-way by the four diocesan high schools to engage the Latino population. A number of leaders from the high schools in the diocese recently attended a workshop hosted by the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) and their Catholic School Advantage (CSA) campaign that seeks to expand the participation of Latino families in Catholic schools. The workshop, held at Notre Dame's campus from July 9 to 11, welcomed over 150 Catholic educators from around the country to discuss the critical need for Catholic schools to reach out to Latino children and families. I've discussed the CSA campaign in earlier blog posts, here and here.
It's great to see the Catholic high schools in the dioceses of Fort Wayne-South Bend really responding to the need to welcome and educate our newest generation of Catholic immigrants through our Catholic schools. Here are a few highlights from the Today's Catholic article.
All four diocesan high schools have recognized the importance of welcoming Hispanic students in their communities. Bishop Luers High School, on Fort Wayne's south side, already boasts diversity as a school strength. Of the 546 students at the school, about 25 to 30 are Hispanic, according to Principal Mary Keefer.
Keefer feels it is important to get the word out to the Hispanic community. Those driving down Paulding Road in front of the main entrance to the school may notice signage in Spanish. "We must do more," Keefer says. "Often our students must translate for their parents. We are working on putting more of our information in the Spanish language."
"Our world is not made up of people who look the same, act the same, celebrate the same. Our school must teach our young people to embrace all, to see God in all.
A great blog post from the Franciscan Sisters that are working in partnership with the University of Notre Dame's ND ACE Academies, one of the newest initiatives of the Alliance for Catholic Education.


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With my deep immersion into the blues these past couple of years, I finally "discovered" him properly just a short time ago. RIP bluesman.
The transition of Fleetwood Mac from a John Mayall spinoff to, well, Fleetwood Mac is one of the more puzzling progressions in rock.
Having been a diehard Mac fan from '68-'69, after Buckingham/Nicks joined the band I was so disappointed that it was years before I could appreciate anything they did in that incarnation, and even then it was largely Lindsey Buckingham's & Christine McVie's contributions I most appreciated. I thought they should have changed their name at that point, it was too much of a departure, as if the best British progressive blues band ever had sold out. It's those early blues albums & the up through Heros Are Hard to Find that I still revisit often, not so much Rumors et al. I thought of Stevie as the primadona diva spoiler, and after what she's done to Lindsey I can hardly stand to hear her voice. I had tickets to see Lindsey's solo tour in Boulder in the Spring, which of course was cancelled due to the pandemic.


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Period Property of the Month - October 2009
Vivien Bellamy discovers a little-known, but spectacular, timber manor which has been rescued from the brink of dereliction by an unusual entrepreneur.
Just like old times
Old Colehurst Manor is tucked away up a winding lane in the flattish north Shropshire countryside. You don't get the full impact of its glorious black-and-white facade until waved in through a side gate by the genial, larger-than-life Lord of the Manor of Colehurst,
There was a settlement recorded here as early as Domesday yet this is one of the least documented seventeenth century houses of the region. Indeed, it was more or less abandoned for many years, until bought by its present Norwegian owner, Bjorn Teksnes. The plan of the house is the familiar Elizabethan 'H', with a projecting porch in the centre, suggesting a date of around 1580, a period of building boom in Shropshire. But the manor's spectacular appearance is down to a rebuild in the 1660s.
During the previous decades England had been reeling from the Civil War and its aftermath. There was little money or energy for new building. With the restoration of the monarchy in 1660, those who had remained loyal were well rewarded. In a county of mixed allegiances, the Barkers of Colehurst had always supported the royalist cause. They were Roman Catholics, still persecuted in the seventeenth century, and the house contains secret stairs to a 'priest's hole'. A still-extant removable panel allowed for food and waste to be passed backwards and forwards.
The present lord - ownership of the property carries with it the title - has brought much of Norway's freshness and energy to the Herculean task of renovating what was virtually a ruin when he bought it twenty years ago. Much of the structure required complete re-building, especially the double-height porch. This made it possible to install underfloor electric heating. All the work was carried out to the high standard set by English Heritage.
Trained as a civil engineer, Bjorn Teksnes has considerable skill in a wide range of building and woodworking crafts. He has managed to do most of the work himself, only occasionally requiring the help of specialists. He personally worked on new wattle and daub panels in the traditional way and on the new timbers, using, as he proudly boasts, "not one nail!" "Prior to undertaking any work," he says, "I made a pilgrimage to see other timber-framed houses, especially Stafford High House, which has the same facade."
From the porch you walk straight into the large entrance hall, a place of assembly for servants and tenants while the family would have occupied the more private 'Great Chamber' above. In a semi-derelict state, it had been divided up into several unsatisfactory smaller rooms when Bjorn bought the house. He has restored the original dimensions of the hall and laid a handsome stone floor of paviours that were discarded, he believes, during a re-paving scheme for Trafalgar Square. Elsewhere he has repaired and re-introduced oak timber flooring. He commissioned a local blacksmith to make all the grates, based on seventeenth century models.
Two cross-wings flank either end of the hall, one providing reception rooms for the family and the other a service wing for the large kitchen, larders, scullery and other offices that a manor house like this required.
Today the family lives on the first floor with its wide-ranging views over the surrounding countryside.
The early eighteenth-century staircase winds up within a stair-tower that projects at the rear of the house. It leads to the family's accommodation and a range of bedrooms, many now equipped with en-suite bathrooms.
There is an attic floor where a large household of servants, mainly male in the seventeenth century, would have slept. Before the introduction of gas or electric lighting, candles lit the way to bed, some secured in sconces attached to the building's timber-frame.
Bjorn is an avid frequenter of antique shops and salvage yards and has collected a range of interesting 'bygones', many of which enhance the sense of period in the house.
Fashion designer and personal stylist Cheryl-ann Taylor thinks she may have been born in the wrong era. "I love old things," she says. "They're so characterful. And I adore living in this house. If I could have one wish, though, it would be to take the property back to the way it would have been originally. I'd like to reinstate the original staircase, for example, which would have faced you as you opened the front door."
When the family acquired the property there was no garden but just a plot of more-or-less derelict land. At the rear Bjorn has created a small golf course to indulge his favourite hobby. The front plot has been divided into a complex pattern of interlocking spaces, softened in high summer by luxuriant flowers and foliage. Originally the manor had a moat on at least two sides but this was filled in long ago. Water from it has been cleverly diverted to form a canal opening out into ponds half-concealed by foliage. The garden's central feature is a two-storey bridge that Bjorn designed and built himself. Based on an extant drawing, it is a scaled-down timber replica of the original gatehouse.
All the planting is informal. Large beds are filled with cardoons, evening primrose and goldenrod, with lilies and roses in the foreground. Borders of mature lime trees enhance the sense of enclosure.
Surveying his work, Bjorn observes "You can't make a place like this into a museum: when people come, they enjoy it because it's been a home to families for many centuries."
As the house is so large they decided to devote part of it to public use and hence the space once occupied by the kitchen services has been converted into a splendid banqueting hall.
The manor is licensed for weddings, hosting about ten a year. Many couples choose to have the ceremony conducted in the luxuriant garden. Wedding guests can also stay overnight in some of the bedrooms.
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Old Colehurst Manor, Nr. Market Drayton, Shropshire.Visit www.colehurst.co.uk


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The Suite of The Courtship of The Mr. Eddie's Father < folder link !
"Nilsson: The Life of a Singer-Songwriter" by Alyn Shipton certainly filled-in many parts of the picture of our Nilsson Knowledge !! . . in areas big and small.
"Nilsson: The Life of a Singer-Songwriter" by Alyn Shipton certainly filled-in many parts of the picture of our Nilsson Knowledge !! . . in areas big and small.
And learning a lot more about one brief period in particular made me put down the book
and jump online to see more, but it's some stuff I see no record anywhere of anyone having collected and presented !
The unique "songlets" that Harry and George Tipton recorded for the 1st nine or so episodes of "The Courtship of Eddie's Father".
Scene-specific musical moments lasting a few seconds to a minute or so.
And there's as many with Harry singing scene commentary like "careful with the coffee for your Dad" as there are scoring variations on "Best Friend" or "Little Cowboy" that are so completely Tiptonesque !!
The wonderful thing about Harry ( is Harry's a wonderful thing ! ) . . .
and how there's so many distinct career phases to suit yer' moods !!
But sometimes there's nothing like that "golden" period when Nilsson and Tipton worked together, and one month after the "Harry" album came out in August of `69, "The Courtship of Eddie's Father" premiered as a series. One could assume the sessions for both projects alternated to some degree.
Series producer James Komack had a concept, and to directly quote Shipton's glorious biography:
"Komack's highly original idea for the music was to have Nilsson sing occasional interludes, in the same way he had handled the closing credits on "Skidoo'".
He could move the story along, comment on the action, or simply set a scene"
I doubt ( and would love to be proved wrong ) that the original master tapes for these sessions are likely to surface ( having remained, no doubt, in the hands of the original TV network ) and provide us with clean takes separate from any episode dialogue and sound effects . . but I'm okay with that.
It ends up forming a slightly surreal context as spoken bits from scenes, and characters we weren't introduced to, weave in & out.
I've also kept in mind, while assembling these, that some of the shortest bits of Nilsson singing a songlet, essentially new to us, fly by in as little as 5 or 6 seconds !
So the approach became more "dreamlike", and many of our new faves here return 2 or 3 times, like mini-movements in an impressionistic suite.
As I said above, the series premiered Sept. of `69, a month after "Harry" had been released . . so we can imagine that spring & summer of that year saw Nilsson and Tipton alternating their attentions for both projects. Perhaps the seeds of "The Point !" were already planted as well ?
The overall "point" here is that I had already read that Nilsson's active contributions had been for "the first 9 episodes or so", and as I worked my way along thru episodes 8, 9 and 10, I found this was true. The Nilss-lines were beginning to peter out !!
A wonderful new variation from Harry on the phrase "best friend" still occurred in ep. 9 "Gentleman Friend", but as I checked ep. 10 "Any Friend of Dad's" just to make sure Harry had indeed left the building, I momentarily thought "wait, here's some new vocals still !!" . . . but it only took a moment to realize "hey, that only sounds like Harry ! . . . Tipton has gotten someone doing Nilssonesque harmonies here !"
So a few examples of that continuing "tribute" are included ( Eddie answers the door-bell thru "are you all grown-up ?" ), but we wrap this collection w/ the Moonshine Bandit himself in a Recap Suite !
If I stuck to my plan, and shared these with the FaceBook SchmaceBook Group after "The Popeye Demos", then I've employed the same wonderous effect within GarageBand that I did with Schmopeye . . . the Stereo Simulator !!
I am continually thrilled with how it seemingly "knows" to, say . . place an oboe slightly left, light percussion panned a bit right, and a nice subtle spread on a centered-vocal !
You may also guess correctly that I was not privy to the session-sheets, so if these little gems were given full proper titles, I would not know !
So they've been named rather simply and clearly . . and it's pretty cool too !


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I've got to stick to my boundaries at times. There are people in my life who won't take "no" for an answer without an adequate explanation to their liking. I have learned that those people's expectations have nothing to do with my decision to say "no" and my lack of justification. Sometimes, "no" is a complete sentence, needing no further explanation! If I can express that, without contention within, I'm healthier person for it.
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Monthly Archives: October 2015
Visiting Rollie
Nobler men
May yet redeem our clay
When we and war together
One wise day
Have passed away.
If you've been paying attention* then you'll know that as well as my ongoing medieval saga The Raven's Wing and my regular gig over on Daily Picspiration I am putting together a biography of Rollie Buckolz, an American airman who hitch-hiked five hundred miles to join the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1940, way before the USA joined the second world war, so that he could come over here and fight for freedom. Although I suspect he was beguiled more by a sense of adventure than by any feelings of duty.
Rollie is buried a long way from his South Dakota home, in the churchyard of St. Nicholas Church in North Cotes, Lincolnshire, where his squadron was based in World War II. Yesterday I drove across the country to visit him.
*although there's absolutely no reason why you should have been, let's face it.
Lincoln Pubs
I spotted these two pubs while visiting Lincoln yesterday. More about that later, but I did wonder whether there was a connection between these two. Or maybe I missed a pub called simply 'The Lion'?
Jingly balls! Time for Twanta2015
Jingly balls, jingly balls, jingly all the way. It's time for #TWANTA2015 to shove a tree up a fairy's frock and display his shiny balls for the sixth time. For the uninitiated, it was all @captain_doodle's idea. Those taking part in Twanta send a cheap but fun gift to someone that I nominate, possibly a complete stranger, and in return they receive a similar pressie from someone else. TWitter secret sANTA, see? As usual I'll link you to the blog post from @davidtims from a few years ago which beautifully sums up the spirit of Twanta.
FOR NOW, TELL ME IF YOU WANT TO TAKE PART so that I can add you to the Master Wallchart here at Twanta Central. I'll give people a couple of weeks to join. You'll receive the name of your Twantee shortly after that. While I'm in the States over November the redoubtable @captain_doodle will ensure the smooth running of the whole operation.
Those of you who are old hands will know all this already, but for the sake of completeness here's a reminder of how the whole thing works.
You must have specifically asked me, and I must have confirmed that you're taking part before you can join in. I reserve the right to reject anyone that I suspect of being dodgy. This is an attempt to avoid the slight wobble that happened several years back for two of our lovely twantadors (see below for a glossary of terms).
Make sure you follow @twanta2015. He (it's me really, but don't tell the little tweeters. Let's not spoil the magic, eh?) will follow you back. DM your address to him so that he can pass it on to your own Secret Twanta. We do remember some of your addresses from last year, but did delete all the addresses of those who asked. If the Twitter Unfollow Bug has caused @twanta2015 to unfollow you, let us know so that we can correct that.
Tell us if there are any mortal enemies that you don't want to be paired with. We don't want to be responsible for any "INCIDENTS". You can also let us know any special requests (e.g. if you're allergic to chocolate, or perhaps you don't want to post anything to a different country). We are a benign Santa, and will accept all reasonable requests.
Very occasionally things go awry, and when that happens Twanta Fairies step in to send a gift at short notice. Please also let us know if you would be happy to be a volunteer Fairy, should any be required (though that's not very likely).
Once @twanta2015 has everyone's address, he'll DM you to let you know for whom you are buying a gift (grammar), together with their address. You might want to spend a little while researching their timeline to find out a little bit about them. Yes, that's a bit stalkery, but you'll be able to make your gift a bit more personalised that way.
Buy a pressie for your twantee (as the recipients have somehow come to be known) and send it to them. Mark the envelope #TWANTA so they know what it is. Let @twanta2015 know that you've posted it (so we can keep track in case anything goes missing). It's entirely up to you whether to remain anonymous or to expose yourself.
Do NOT buy hugely expensive pressies (unless you're buying for me, obv). Small, fun and imaginative is the rule of thumb, but don't send an actual thumb. That would be hideous. I recommend spending no more than a tenner, though that of course is up to you. The photographs accompanying this post are of some previous gifts, should you need inspiration.
When you receive your #TWANTA pressie, again let @twanta2015 know. Challenge yourself to wait until Christmas Eve or Day to open the thing. Harness your willpower, grasshopper.
When your willpower fails, take a photo of your gift ready to post on Christmas Day or Boxing Day (that's the day after, US peeps). Include the hashtag #TWANTA2015 so that we can collect all the pics posted and put them on a special Pinterest board.
Have fun, and if it all goes tits up, remember that it was originally all the idea of that @captain_doodle, and castigate him mercilessly, not me oh no leave me alone.
Having trouble separating your twanta from your twantee? Completed your trifecta yet? Got no bloody idea what I'm talking about? Then this section will save you from social embarrassment akin to leaving the Ladies with your skirt tucked into the back of your knickers.
TWANTA – this word has two meanings. Firstly it is the all-encompassing name for the whole cosy event itself, although usually with the relevant year attached to its tail. Secondly, the Twanta is the person sending a gift. It is the Twanta's own choice whether or not to remain secret.
TWANTEE – the person receiving said gift, with a smile and a song.
TWANTADOR – general term for anyone taking part.
TRIFECTA – the magic three milestones achieved by a Twantador who has (1) sent a gift, (2) learned that it has arrived, and (3) received their own.
TWUMBUG – a dirty rapscallion who fails to send a gift as promised.
FAIRY – a good-hearted TWANTADOR who volunteers to step in and provide a gift at short notice for anyone who falls victim to a TWUMBUG.
TWANTAVERSE – every bloody thing to do with Twanta. Constantly expanding.
EPISTLETOE – a hand-written letter included with the gift to add a virtual Christmas kiss and a personal touch. Not to be confused with Camel Toe, which is something entirely different.
Fancy a quickie?
I've recently put up a couple of quick reads on Kindle for just 99p each. One of the good things* about Kindle is the ability to publish single short stories. This is handy for tales that are too long for the blog, yet too short to be called a novella. I'm thinking about the 5k to 10k words range here.
Tooth and Claw tells of genderless dragons and how a dentist challenges their dominion over a subjugated humankind. Descent is a story of what happens to a pilot thrown out of his Lancaster bomber at twenty thousand feet without a parachute (eek!). Descent also includes my brief WW2 tale, Rescue.
Oh, and I suppose I did collect my short Christmassy stories into a Kindle-only format too, in Red Christmas. Actually, maybe I should start pimping that again soon. Thanks for the reminder.
Eventually I suppose that these worthy tales will make their way into a new anthology, a successor to my collection Blood on the Ground, but until then, why not treat yourself to a good read for way less than the price of a tepid coffee?
*One of the bad things is that I can't make the stories free. I'll be investigating Smashwords soon.
Oooh, research into medieval pies (shut up) has led me to this recipe for veal & cherry pie. I may be forced to bake one purely for research purposes. Think I'll serve it with hot peascods.
"Chawettys.—Take buttys of Vele, & mynce hem smal, or Porke, & put on a potte; take Wyne, & caste þer-to pouder of Gyngere, Pepir, & Safroun, & Salt, & a lytel verþous, & do hem in a cofyn with ȝolkys of Eyroun, & kutte Datys & Roysonys of Coraunce, Clowys, Maceȝ, & þen ceuere þin cofyn, & lat it bake tyl it be y-now."


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Thursday, 5 July, 2001, 05:25 GMT 06:25 UK
Timor secures huge oil royalties
Australia and the former Indonesian territory of East Timor have signed an agreement designed to give the fledgling nation an income of billions of dollars over the next 30 years.
Australia agreed that East Timor should receive 90% of royalties from Australian mining operations for liquid petroleum and gas oil under the Timor sea between the two countries.
The shattered East Timorese economy has been largely propped up by aid donors, notably Australia, former colonial power Portugal and the United Nations.
Passport to progress
Australia's Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, who flew to the capital, Dili, to sign the agreement, described it as a great moment for for East Timor.
The project could generate up to $5bn to be shared out over 20 years from 2004 according to the UN.
"Fundamentally this means the difference between being mired in poverty and dependent on foreign aid, and being able to make progress," the chief negotiator with the current United Nations administration, Peter Galbraith, told AFP news agency.
He said he thought East Timor would use the money to provide education and basic health care, and to continue rebuilding the territory.
The BBC's correspondent in Sydney, Red Harrison, says the deal represents a substantial gain over previous agreements with Indonesia, under which revenue was to be shared 50-50.
"This will not make the people of East Timor rich but it will give them a chance, " said Mr Galbraith.
Year-long talks
Australian and East Timorese officials reached agreement on the deal late on Tuesday after 12 months of protracted negotiations.
The foreign envoy of East Timor's interim administration, Nobel peace laureate Jose Ramos Horta, said the money would generate jobs, which in turn would stabilise the economy.
After 24 years of guerrilla warfare following Indonesia's 1975 invasion, East Timor's economy was devastated by pro-Indonesian militia violence in the wake of the 1999 independence.
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sneak peek: best of book storage
confession: i have a pretty intense book buying habit! but there's really no other object that can make a home feel as warm and personal as a stack of books. looking through the sneak peek archives, i fully recognized that i am not alone in feeling like books really make a home! here are 35 of my favorite ways that books can be incorporated into home design – everything from using a skateboard as a rolling shelf to 2 levels of industrial shelving! even just stacks of books on the floor can look pretty amazing! now that i'm looking at all these storage options, i'm itching to add to my own book collection! –amy a.
[image above: books and magazines in a tiny zurich apartment from sneak peek: malene charles]
[image above: books in a sydney bedroom from sneak peek: kelly doust]
[image above: books surround the dining room in this canadian home from sneak peek: xenia taler]
[image above: in this williamsburg, brooklyn home, books are artistically stacked on the floor from sneak peek: cathy and erik]
CLICK HERE for more than 30 additional photos of book storage!
[image above: australian stylist sibella court haphazardly hung framed specimens inspired by darwin's collection above her book shelves from sneak peek: sibella court]
[image above: these generic hardware store shelves made of galvanized steel and fiberboard look great in the main room – the best part is that their $39.99 price tag allows this couple to keep growing their book collection! from sneak peek: abby clawson of hi + low]
[image above: paul and alyn's converted church home in westport, ma has plenty of room for book storage from sneak peek: alyn carlson and paul clancy]
[image above: when you live in a tiny apartment, everything must have a function! in the winter this skateboard becomes a rolling bookshelf! from sneak peek: dana d'amico]
[image above: color organized bookshelves! from sneak peek: jen altman]
[image above: a good book is always within reach of the bed in this parisian apartment from sneak peek: gabriel wick and olivier]
[image above: more color coded bookshelves! from sneak peek: christine martinez of lama designs]
[image above: shelves line the hallway in this icelandic home from sneak peek: bjorg juto]
[image above: former journalists aun and su lyn have so many books that their collection of cookbooks just barely fits in this double-volume space! from sneak peek: aun and su lyn]
[image above: these book covers designed by dick bruna got star treatment from sneak peek: office]
[image above: good use for a nonworking fireplace! book storage! from before & after: amy's louisianna home]
[image above: from sneak peek: fitzhugh & lyndsay of the brooklyn home co.]
[image above: stacks of books beneath a juju hat from cameroon in this nyc apartment from sneak peek: laura aviva]
[image above: beautiful book display in downtown helsinki. the book shelf was a thrift store find from sneak peek: lotta nieminen]
[image above: more bookshelf storage in helsinki from sneak peek: lotta nieminen]
[image above: stacks of books in the office area of michelle's 325 square foot apartment from sneak peek: michelle adams]
[image above: the library in australian home pairs real books with deborah bowness wallpaper from sneak peek: lynda gardner]
[image above: books and objects in mike perry and anna wolf's crown heights, brooklyn apartment from sneak peek: mike perry and anna wolf]
[image above: books and magazine storage in the couple's shared student from sneak peek: mike perry and anna wolf]
[image above: caitlin keeps a mini library on this bench that was found outside her home from sneak peek: caitlin mociun]
[image above: another home that uses simple hardware store shelving for book storage! sneak peek: the mountain label]
[image above: rob collects ladybird books and had some shelves made especially to house his collection! from sneak peek: rob ryan's studio]
[image above: i love this bookcase cube! clara put four small-ish book cases together in the form of a square and sealed off the middle hole with a piece of wood from a desk found at the school where her husband worked from copenhagen chronicles: clara zangenberg]
[image above: library corner in san francisco from from sneak peek: scott engler]
[image above: under the window book storage from from sneak peek: something's hiding in here]
[image above: in the eclectic brooklyn home of sophie blackall books are organized by read and unread. read books are in the bookshelves and unread books are stacked beneath the antelope! from sneak peek: sophie blackall]
[image above: the living room in this mid-century modern home is centered around the bookshelves from sneak peek: shay ometz of fossil]
[image above: a red bookcase is from ikea in this los angeles apartment – filled with photography books, magazines, old cameras and a few favorite vinyl figures from sneak peek: max wagner]
[image above: in north london's highgate, anne lise and her husband designed these shelves to perfect utilize every inch of space from sneak peek: anne lise kjaer]
[image above: alissa parker-qalker and ryan walker (who write behind the bar) have created an inspiration wall above their bookshelf from sneak peek: alissa of shop horne]
[image above: illustrator alex eben meyer and his girlfriend anna lined their dining room wall with books in their railroad apartment in greenpoint, brooklyn sneak peek: alex eben meyer]


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Wearing wet socks and using the same safety pins are among athlete superstitions. Could a lucky charm work for you? Dr Josephine Perry investigates
When training for my first marathon, a friend told me it was unlucky to run over three manhole covers in a row as they equal the size of a coffin. Twelve years on and I still run around them, even in a race and despite the fact that my rational mind tells me the action is ridiculous.
Yet idiosyncrasies like mine are neither unusual, nor limited to recreational runners. Many elite athletes have their own seemingly bizarre superstitious rituals, things they say or do because they believe them to have the power to influence how they perform.
How do we become superstitious?
Often, superstitious behaviour develops by accident. During post-competition reflection, after a particularly good result, an athlete may ask themselves if there were any unusual circumstance, things they can repeat to recreate the success. Superstitions can focus around routines, kit, food, avoidance or good luck charms.
Laura Trott, the GB cyclist, steps on a wet towel before races after once winning a junior race while wearing a wet sock. Serena Williams will always bounce the ball five times before serving and Paula Radcliffe used the same safety pins to attach her number in every race.
Some athletes insist on wearing the same item of kit – think Michael Rimmer (pictured above), who wears a T-shirt beneath his racing vest, or Tiger Woods, who always wears red on the final day of a golf tournament.
Avoidance superstitions – aiming never to stand on white lines or, as one top cricketer insists, never to have any toy ducks in the house – are also common. And then there are the lucky charms.
Sprinter Harry Aikines-Aryeetey keeps a good luck stone near him in races while Jodie Williams had a lucky elephant charm that she claims took her though 151 races unbeaten. When she lost the elephant, she lost her first race. She now has an elephant tattooed on her ankle instead.
Is there any science to it?
Superstitions actually have a number of purposes. Some psychologists have suggested that they can help athletes get into their performance mindset as the adrenalin released by the action triggers a feeling of readiness. Other researchers have found that the ritualistic element of the superstition can distract an athlete from anxiety or nerves.
A Dutch study in 2006 asked 197 elite athletes about their rituals and found they serve as an important tension-regulation function for an athlete before a match or competition. They also found that there was a stronger commitment to the ritual when the competition was really important. Further research in Germany in 2010 found that using a lucky charm could improve performance. In a golf test, those who were told the ball they were using was lucky, putted better than those who used a normal ball. Others allowed to carry their lucky charm outperformed those without one in memory and anagram tests.
They suggest the performance benefits come from changes in athlete's perceived self-efficiency, increasing their confidence.
Can superstitions help to improve performance?
Research has also found that superstitions can give athletes a feeling of control over events, thereby boosting their chances of doing well. Sports psychologist Rebecca Symes says many athletes fall back on superstitions if "they are going into an unknown situation, such as a new competition, as they are seeking to exert control to reduce the anxiety and promote confidence".
For many people, the set routine of a superstition provides a sense of certainty and control when they most need it. Much like a placebo, these rituals can work if the person believes in them.
Is there a downside?
If using the same safety pins or holding an elephant charm before your race helps you feel confident, in control and ready to perform, where is the harm?
Often there isn't any. But, in some cases superstitious rituals are taken too far and move away from being a routine towards becoming a compulsion. Two things can happen if you become unhealthily obsessed with your ritual. Firstly, you limit your flexibility to respond to the environment around you, which means that anything unpredictable might throw you off kilter. Secondly, it means that other athletes can use your superstitions against you to disrupt your performance.
The experience of Neil McKenzie, a South African cricketer, is an example of how an over-reliance on superstitions can go wrong. His one, not to step on white lines, was exactly what he needed to do in order to protect his stumps. When he did walk on them he would hear the opposition pointing it out to wind him up, ruining his focus. Similarly, baseball player Kevin Rhomberg refused to turn right while running and had a compulsion to touch anyone who had touched him, giving the opposition an easy way to send his stress levels sky-high and cause him to lose focus.
Keep things in check
"While an athlete may feel a superstition gives them control, in reality a superstition can sometimes be controlling them," says Symes. "Superstitions can be dangerous when this happens because if they are unable to be implemented or the charm is forgotten feelings of doubt can be evoked."
She recommends "developing a pre-performance routine which allows you to feel in control but also allows flexibility".
This pre-performance routine means, rather than gripping on to an irrational element, you can purposefully prepare your mind and body to be in control, to have confidence and to perform well. And not have to race with a wet sock.
» Dr Josephine Perry is a sports psychology consultant and researcher at performanceinmind.co.uk