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Volume 26 (1965)
Number 296 (January 1965)
G.M. Kichenside. Summer Saturday on the Isle of Wight. 2-9.
Cecil J. Allen. Great Western train services of 1905. Half-a-century of train travelNo. 35. 10-14.
C.W.R. Bowman. Two days with two "Northerns". 16-18.
Canadian National Railways preserved U-2e 4-8-4 No. 6167 and U-2g No. 6218 running between Toronto and Hamilton.
M.R.C. Price. The last railway horses. 18.
Used for shunting at Stoke-on-Trent and at Newmarket
Swindon sheda 30 year contrast. R.C. Riley. 19.
Empty in 1964: in 1934 contained 0-4-2T No. 3580; 0-6-0ST No. 2007; 0-4-2T No. 4833; ex-MSWJR 0-6-0 No. 1008
John Marshall. Horwich Works Part 1. 22-6.
Includes a table of locomotive types built at Horwich.
Michael Belshaw. Talyllyn progress, 28-9.
M.G.D. Farr. Stroud Valley railcars. 30-1
R.E.G. Read and Gordon Biddle. Around about our stations. 31.
Photograph of Eastern & Midland Railway initials cast into brackets suppoting platform roof at Yarmouth Beach station
Letters to the Editor. 33-5.
Garstang & Knott End Railway. G.H. Platt.
LNWR Special Tank 0-6-0ST worked on the line: F. Moore photograph provide evidence No. 1325 of this class in Knott End station with a G. & K.E. coach and their outside-framed four-wheeled van. The engine only carried this number from October 1907 to June 1919 which agrees with Bardsley's recollection of the date.
Platt spent two months in Garstang in 1920 and to the best of his recollection the 2-6-0 tank engine Blackpool was painted black. He did not remember seeing any red locomotives either.
A Batignolles reminiscence . H. Fayle. 34
Referring to the article "A Batignolles Reminiscence" in the October issue, he feared that Mr. Ellis's memory must have failed him: his recollection of the Paris suburban trains went back to 1901 and while there were some double-deck 2nd/3rd class coaches between St. Lazare and Poissy and Nantes, they did not last after 1910. The suburban trains from St. Lazare to Versailles and St. Germain however did not have any 3rd class at all, although on the other railways serving Paristhe Nord, Est and PLMall three classes were found on the suburban trains, and he believed this also was the case on the Orleans line.
Power loss in locomotives. D.H. Landau
Tuplin cast doubt on the accuracy of various locomotive resistances published in Landau's September letter. These figures were the result of the careful work of the Locomotive Testing Committee. They are the average results of several road tests with each class of engine. The climatic conditions were allowed for, and the figures adjusted, where necessary, to relate to a 7½ rnile/h. 45° headwind. Of course these figures can never be more than a useful guide because of the varying mechanical condition of individual engines, but I hardly think variations as high as 25 per cent are likely.
He must admit, that he was just as sceptical as Tuplin himself when he first became aware of the much higher resistance of the King in comparison to a Duchess . When the following differences in detail design are considered, however, the results seem far more likely than they first appeared.
1. The slightly smaller wheels of the King alone would mean about 3¼ per cent more loss at the pistons, valve gear, and driving wheels at any given speed.
2. The King also differs in having semi-plug type piston valves which detract to some extent from the low friction inherent with the orthodox type of piston valve. This feature, coupled to a heavier valve gear leads one to expect much higher losses in these components. That this is in fact so is fully confirmed by the test results. As the steam rate of an engine increases, the power loss also rises at any given speed. This is entirely because of the increase in valve travel; thus any such increase is a measure of the efficiency or otherwise of the valves and valve gear. At 70 rnile/h., as the steam rate is increased from 20,000 to 30,000 lb/hr. the power loss in the King rises by 50hp whereas the rise for the Duchess is only 15hp.
3. The King has a larger frontal area and the aero-dynamic 'shape' is less clean. (On test the King carried an indicator shelter and this may have inflated the losses a little.)
The high resistance of the King now seems less iuiprobable. It should also be noted that in the opinion of the testing staff the Duchess was one of the freest running engines ever tested. The above might well be the reason why the Kings never quite matched the sparkle of the converted Scots at their best.
John F. Clay is mistaken in thinking that the Duke and Duchess figures have been transposed. He has apparently been misled by certain figures published in a contemporary magazine on two occasions in the last few years. The dbhp values then given for 71000 were in fact the traction dbhp trailing gross weight ratio characteristics (Graph 40 Bulletin No. 15), something quite different. These are figures solely used for train timing purposes. If Mr. Clay still has any doubts, or wishes to know the correct dbhp figures for 71000 (Graph 11), I would willingly loan him the bulletin concerned.
Power loss in locomotives. John F. Clay
My hasty assumption that the resistance figures for the Duchess and No. 71000 had become transposed in Mr. Landau's table was a regrettable over-simplification. The figure of 700hp for No. 71000, however, is at variance with the published 370hp at 70m.p.h. Such a figure seems to be incredibly low but it is supported by the published results of road tests. Compared with a King some improvement might be expected from poppet valves and roller bearings but it is difficult to accept the suggestion that the resistance of a heavier engine was less than half. Is there any logical explanation for such extreme variation? Despite the good test results of No. 71000, on a draw-bar h.p, basis, it was rare to find a practical footplateman with a good word for the engine and it rarely approached a Duchess in ordinary everyday service.
MS & L. locomotives and Ashbourne. Robert Keys. 35
If I may elaborate a little on this point, in view of the remarks made by Messrs. Read and Biddle in their letter in your current issue, in the words of a once-famous radio celebrity, " it all depends what you mean by "-in this case, summer excursions. The MS&L 1.30pm SO train from Manchester to Macclesfield was extended to Alton during the month of October 1882; commencing with the 1883 summer service, some equivalent service became a regular feature, and in July 1883 the running over NSR metals was extended to Ashbourne. The departure from Manchester was at 2pm, and arrival at Ashbourne 4.15; the return journey commenced at 8.15pm. Similar services ran in July, August and September 1890, and again in July 1891. All these were included in the normal summer timetables. Further services were given in later years, until, with the opening of the LNW Buxton to Ashbourne line, the field was yielded to that company, whose route was more direct; but in these cases it has not been established for certain that they were through workings, and not by connecting service from Rocester. There were also odd rogue excursions, and it was presumably one of these whose engine was derailed on May 29, 1894. One of them, at least, was for early risers, since it was due to reach Ashbourne at 7.40am, on June 3, 1882. There were three of these excursions in that year, and five in 1883.
Railway Songs. J.F. Burrell
The writer of the interesting letter on railway songs is in error over the Welsh railway song. The hero was Croshy or Crosher Bailey, a corruption of Crawshay Bailey, who was of the family of famous Iron Masters. It was not a Taff Vale railway song as Bailey's interests lay mainly in the territory covered by the former LNW line from Abergavenny to Merthyr, part of which was built on the site of Bailey's Tramroad.
Railway Songs . Peter L. Bainbridge.
Further to the reply by S. Alasdair Munns in the November issue, the 1964 Topic catalogue includes a record 12Tl04 Steam Whistle Ballads which replaces 10Tl3 and 10T25; the latter was called Second Shift. Included in 12Tl0 is the Song of the Iron Road which was written by Ewan MacColl for the BBC production Ballad of John Axon, first broadcast in 1958. It may be possible to obtain the other songs from this programme from the B.B.C.
Included on l0T25 is the Colour Bar Strike which was written by one of the firemen at Kings Cross mpd on the occasion of the strike in 1957. Although not included in the current lists, this record may still be obtainable.
Signaling miscellany an unusual B.R. signal. 35
Unusual signal illustrated was photographed by C.C. Thornburn, about 200yd west of St. Monance station on the Leuchars Junction-Thornton Junction via St. Andrews line in the Scottish Region. Enquiries reveal that it is a fog marker for use by the signalman in foggy weather. When the fog becomes so thick that the signalman cannot see the marker he must put into operation the signalling regulations for working during fog. Elsewhere, other physical objects, as for example, ordinary signals, telegraph poles or a building, may be employed for the same purpose.
Number 297 (February 1965)
Cecil J. Allen. Half-a-century of train travelNo. 36. LNWR train
services of 1905. 42-6.
The complexity of the Anglo-Scottish trains is covered. For instance the 2pm departures from Edinburgh and Glasgow ran separately to Preston and conveyed portions for Manchester and Liverpool. Then they went forward as a single train. At Crewe a slip coach for Nuneton was attached which gave a service to Leicester. The service to Ireland was lavish and included several routes, including Holyhead to Greenore with a connection from there to Belfast.
J.W. Gahan. The "Super Ds" the last LNWR locomotives
on BR. 47-51.
From the Webb original simple which was considered to be an 0-8-0 extension of the 0-6-0 Coal Engine developed three and four cylinder compound versions, the latter including a 2-8-0 variant. Webb's successors gradually converted these to simple expansion, but the process was not complete until after the Grouping. Larger boiler versions were introduced and these were known as the G1 class; the G2 class was introduced shortly before the Grouping and these had higher boiler pressue (175 psi). All locomotives were fitted with Joy valve gear. Gradually all locomotives conformed to the G2 type
All in a day's work. 52-3.
Photo-feature: minor collision at Shepperton when EMU No. 4662 forced off leading bogie.
J. Spencer Gilks. The Reading, Guildford & Reigate. 54-8.
Surveyed by Francis Giles. At its western end it served the fringes of Aldershot at North Camp crossed the route of the Portsmouth Direct line at Guildford (using the LSWR between Ash and there. It was part of the South Eastern Railway and ran trains through to London.
West Country winter. 59-61.
John Marshall. Horwich Works Part 2. 62-5.
Boiler shops, the forge, steel foundry, tinsmiths' shop, brass foundry, central power station, paint shop, testing shop, millwright's shop, fitting and machine shop and huge erecting shop
Michael Farr. GWR diesel railcars. 66-8.
Highly prone to catching fire (illustration of W10W on fire at Bridgnorth on 10 March 1956. Other illustrations show No. 18 at Lambourne with two trailing coaches in 1938; Nos. 35 and 36 with intermediate brake composite and No. 19 at York in May 1944. See also letter on page 281 from S.A. Staddon
R.E.G. Read and Gordon Biddle. Around about our stations: chimneys.
Drawings of chimneys at Louth and at Waverton; photograph of Kings Sutton.
Britain's latest railway museum Penrhyn Castle.
See letter from J.M. Dunn p. 242
G.J. Hoare. Swiss steam special. 73.
Steam powered (2-6-0T) on Furka-Oberalp Railway between Andermatt and Gletsch through the Furka pass run on 27 September 1964.
W.J.K. Davies. Light railway notes. 74-5.
Sucrerie Agricole de Maizy S.A.: 60 cm gauge for harvesting sugar beet
Book reviews. 79-80
History of the Great Western Railway: Volume 2.
1863-1921, by E.T. MacDermot revised by C.R. Clinker. 362pp
Reviewed by HS
Number 301 (June 1965)
J.M. Tolson. The Wrexham & Ellesmere line I. . 204-7.
The Wrexham & Ellesmere Railway ahd a long gestation period: it was authorised on 31 July 1885, but did not open until 2 November 1895. It was part of the Cambrian Railways which had reached Ellesmere from Whitchurch on 4 May 1863 and extended to Oswestry on 27 July 1864. The branch was single track and connected with the Great Central Railway at Wrexham. Six 0-4-4T locomotives were ordered from Nasmyth Wilson with three delived in 1895 and the remainder in 1899. They were heavy locomotives by Cambrian standards : three were withdrawn by the GWR in 1923, one in 1928 and the final two in 1932. The Cambrian had introduced push & pull working in 1913 by building a bogie saloon coach using the bodies from two six-wheelers. This seated 10 first and 56 thitd class passengers and had a lavatory compartment. The author travelled in the autocar (as did KPJ in 1960).
Cecil J. Allen. Half-a-century of train travelNo. 40. L &
Y train services of 1905. 208-12
Aspinall Atlantics and Hughes 4-6-0s and general survey of services.
Allan P. McLean. The end of Princes Street. 214-16.
Includes a picture of the Ross Fountain in Princes Street Gardens which was originally to have been situated between the Caledonian Hotel and a new station wwhich wads never constructed. It was purcahsed by Daniel Ross and the City of Edinburgh as reluctant to acquire it.
G.M. Kichenside. Back to the beginning operation during signalling
With the introduction of power signalling on the West Coast Main Line the transition was carried out by applying hand signalling and absolute block working by telephone.
Merchant Navy class Pacific No. 35006 Peninsular & Oriental S.N. Co.
heads down Waterloo to West of England express near Sutton Bingham. 222-3
Colour reproduction of V. Welch painting based on photograph by Clive Seaton.
A.M. Robertson. "Railway cases were seldom trivial" [Dr Watson].
Identifies and tabulates the Sherlock Holmes novels by Arthur Conan Doyle which mentioned railway journeys: the most frequently used line was the London & South Western, then the South Eastern Railway and the Great Western Railway.
Michael Belshaw. Great Northern finale in Londonderry. 229.
A legal battle to keep the GNR(I) Derry Road open had been lost
D.H. Landau. A super "Black Five". 230-1. illustration, diagram
A highly realistic might-have-been of marrying the last Caprotti-fitted Class 5 chassis with the 250 psi No. 2A boiler would have produced a locomotive greater in power and reliability than the Jubilee class.
"Spinner". Spit and polish 1908 style. 232-3.
Circular from R.M. Deeley, Locomotive Superintendent of the Midland Railway, issued 24 August 1908 announcing an awards scheme for good husbandry of locomotives leading to paid holiday.
W.J.K. Davies. Light railway notes. 236-7
Réseau Breton Mallet 0-6-6-0T 410 class built by Piguet et Cie at Lyon Anzin.
R.E.G. Read and Gordon Biddle. Around and about our stations:
Booking halls. 237-8.
Drawing of Kenilworth; photographs of Wolverhampton Low Level and Nottingham Victoria
Book reviews. 239-40
Patrick Stirling's locomotives. L.T.C. Rolt.
Hamish Hamilton. 64pp.
M.J. did not like the layout which led to bleeding out of the detail of the locomotives (chimneys missing, etc) and did not like the use of a second colour.
Railways, 1to the end of the 19th century. T.M. Simmons.
HMSO. 48pp. Reviewed by MJ
Guide, with colour illustrations to the railway exhibits.
Letters to the Editor. 240-2.
Penrhyn Castle Museum. J.M. Dunn
May I draw your attention to two points concerning LNWR engine No. 1054 in the excellent article in your February issue? No. 1054 is not fitted with Joy's Valve Gear but with Stephensonor more correctly Howe's-link motion. No. 1054, as No. 7799 of the LMS was definitely stationed at Bangor in 1929 and would have taken its turn in working regular trains between Llandudno Junction and Afonwen. It was not fitted with the vacuum controlled regulator gear for push-and-pull working until April 1946.
The Locomotive Club of Great Britain: K.A.C.R. Nunn [obituary].
It is with deep regret that we announce the death of our President, K.A.C.R. Nunn, on April 8, at the age of 73.He became our first President in 1949 and frequently attended meetings, dinners and rail tours. He was a keen rail way photographer all his life and a great enthusiast and well known all over the country for his railway articles and photographs. He often gave very interesting lectures which were illustrated by photographs from his famous and historic collection. He was also a great authority on the Great Eastern Railway on which he worked and he retired from British Railways, Eastern Region Public Relations Department in 1951. His helpful and cheerful personality will be sadly missed by all his friends and enthusiasts and the railway world has suffered a great loss with his passing.
Number 302 (July 1965)
J.M. Tolson. The Wrexham & Ellesmere line II. 244-7+
Description of route as then extant for freight
Steam in Europe: Switzerland, photographed by Brian Stephenson. 248-9
Cecil J. Allen. Half-a-century of train travelNo. 41. Midland
train services of 1905. 250-5.
Rather hectic dash through main express train services and associated motive power.
Campbell Highet. Reading in the 1920s. 258-61.
Family moved from Worcester to Reading in 1915. Acquired a quarter plate camera (some of his photographs reproduced). Saw ambulance trains, the Great Bear and was greatly impressed by introduction of 47XX and Castle classes.
Restored LNER Pacific No. 4472 Flying Scotsman approaching Devizes
with Ian Allan Pullman: painting by V. Welch. 262-3.
Colour plate: special to Ilfracombe on 19 October 1963: reproduced permnission D. Seaton.
Norman Harvey. Secondary routes in the North East. 266-70+
Performance recorded by Herbert Gelder: D17 No. 1633 hauled Leeds to Bridlington express in 1933; D20 class between Scarborough and Bridlington and reverse in 1931. Records of runs between Bridlington and Hull behind B1 and D49/1 made in 1948. Detailed logs of Driffield to Bridlington trains hauled by K3, D49 and LMS Class 4 2-6-0, and fast running between Hull and Selby behind D49 No. 62722 Huntingdonshire on 20 April 1953.
R.E.G. Read and Gordon Biddle. Around and about our stations:
Signs past and present. 274-5.
Includes Staleybridge Joint Railway Station sign which survived into British Railways ownership.
Gatehouse of Fleet church. 275.
Grounded Caledonian Railway carriage.
Book reviews. 279-80
British railway tunnels. Alan Blower. Ian Allan. 108pp. Reviewed
Some mis-spellings noted by reviewer.
The Reseau Breton. R.G. Harman. Branch Line Handbooks. 40pp.
. Reviewed by HS
Translation of a French booklet written by Rozé
Swiss motive power survey. C.W. Sex and B.J. Prigmore.
Electric Railway Society. 36pp. Reviewed by MJ
Despite the virtual demise of the steam locomotive in Switzerland the country has a considerable attraction for railway enthusiasts who can combine alpine holidays with explorations of the modern and highly efficient Swiss railway network, which features integrated services between the nationalised Federal Railways system and the many private railways. A few years ago the Electric Railway Society produced a booklet Swiss Loco Survey; the present title is an enlargement of the earlier edition brought up-to-date and broadened to include motor coaches and railcars of the principal standard and metre gauge lines. Among the standard gauge railways included are the Swiss Federal, BLS, South Eastern, Bodensee-Toggenburg, Emmental-Burgdorf-Thun group and the Gruyere-Fribourg-Morat, The metre gauge lines include the Rhaetian, Furka-Oberalp, Visp-Zermatt and the Brunig line of the Swiss Federal also such local lines as the Lucerne-Stans-Engelberg and the Montreux-Oberland-Bernois, but not for example the comparable Bernese Oberland Railway from Interlaken or purely mountain railways. Details for each class include the numbering series, wheel arrangements, horse power and thumbnail historical details. The book is sufficiently up-to-date to include the Swiss Federal's new Zurich suburban stock which is only now being delivered. The booklet is a duplicated production but is not illustrated.
The Glasgow & South Western Railway. Campbell Highet.
Oakwood Press. 92pp. Reviewed by MJ
The popular series of Oakwood Press railway histories is normally confined to the smaller companies unsuited to treatment in a major history. The latest in the Oakwood library, is devoted to a relatively small company but one which was among the five major Scottish railways, the Glasgow & South Western. It was a compact system, with a virtual monopoly in most of the area it served, although it was in competition with the Caledonian for Clyde Coast and Ardrossan traffic and, in alliance with the Midland, rivalled the West Coast partnership for Anglo-Scottish traffic. Indeed the emnity between the GSW and the Caledonian was considerable and was doubtless behind the GSW's association with the Midland rather than the Caledonian's English partner, the LNWR. In fact the GSW's adoption of Midland red for its coaching stock in 1884 made it seem that the Midland had extended its territory into Scotland. The author describes in some detail the historical develop ment of the GSW and the rivalries with the Caledonian which lasted until the grouping in 1923. The story of the Portpatrick & Wigtownshire Joint is itself fascinating especially in the early stages when the Great Northern (of England) and the Belfast & County Down were involved. Like all Oakwood histories, various aspects of the railway are described, including locomotives, rolling stock, signalling engineering works, train services and, in this case, steamer services also. Particularly interesting are the ramifications of the Midland Scottish Joint stock coaches used for Anglo-Scottish services running over the GSW. The Glasgow & South Western was also in the forefront of carriage design and, like its neighbours, produced some of the largest non-corridor stock in the country, 68-70ft in length and carried on 12 wheels. Sixteen pages of half tone illustrations, which have suffered from poor printing, maps and appendices listing mileages, chief officers and dates of openings and closures, but not an Index, complete a compact and entertaining account of one of the lesser publicised railways, which can be recommended without reservation.
Letters to the editor. 281.
Coronation" Class Performance. H.F. Maybank
In his interesting article" For the Last Time?" in your March issue Norman Harvey mentions the running between Banbury and Paddington on a Locomotive Club of Great Britain special of June 21 last year, by "Coronation" Pacific No. 46251 with an eight-coach train. I was on this special myself, and can confirm from my own observation the high maximum and minimum speeds recorded by Mr. J. G. McEwan. I think, however, that the most remarkable feat by No. 46251 on this occasion was on the Shrewsbury-Wolverhampton section, where we ran the 10.60 miles from Upton Magna to Hollinswood summit (service slack to 45 m.p.h. at Wellington included) in l 0min 3sec. Even with a train of 290 tons only, this was a remarkable performance, if one considers the gradient profile of this stretch-about three-quarters of it uphill at gradients varying between 1 in 220 and 1 in 120. We also touched 90 m.p.h. before making a stop at Cosford. However, I have experienced an outstanding run with a " Coronation" Pacific even more recently than this; the occasion was the Ian AlIan Locospotters' Excursion to Crewe on September 1, this time with No. 46245 and a 10-coach train of about 370 tons gross. Particularly striking was a net time of 82min or less for the 84.10 miles from High Wycombe to Birmingham. From Princes Risborough to. Bicester we averaged exactly 80 m.p.h., and we had minima of 63+ at Ardley and 53 at Hatton.
GWR Railcars. S.A. Staddon
With reference to the recent article in which was mentioned the loan of two railcars to the LNER and to Mr. Bertram's letter on this subject, I recall seeing car No. 19 at Newcastle Central on April 18, 1944; it was then working the Newcastle to North Wylarn service in place of a G5 on a push-and-pull set. This was the type of service on which one would expect a railcar to be tried out and I doubt if it ever worked to Consett. I have never seen a G5 working to Consett and certainly not 1737 which at that time was a Hull engine and has never subsequntly been in the Newcastle district. The Consett line was worked by A8s, N8s and VIs. After a week or two at Newcastle No. 19 went to Starbeck and was tried out on a number of G5 turns from HarrogateI do not think it ever worked from York. Of railcar No. 6 which was stated to be on loan at the same time I have heard no mention. Perhaps some other reader can say where it worked. The railcar on loan in 1952 was W20W which was on trial around Leeds in August and then in Lincolnshire in September. This would appear to have been in connection with the later introduction of diesel multiple units to these areas.
Number 306 (November)
W.A. Tuplin. The ill-fated "Leader". 413-15.
Someone once said that Bulleid's Southern Region Leader class 0-6-6-0 locomotive was intended as a replacement for the Drummond M7 class 0-4-4T but this may have been just a joke. Yet it is interesting to consider in what field of railway service the special characteristics of the Leader class might have justified themselves.
Its first uncommon characteristic (for such a large locomotive) was that the whole weight including that of fuel and water was carried on driving wheels. The ratio of adhesion weight to total weight was 100% and this cannot be beaten, but in what circumstances is this ratio more valuable than the 0.4 that is representative of steam locomotives for main line passenger service? Only where the resistance to motion is so much greater than usual that the full power of the engine can be demanded at low speed. This is the case either on very steep gradients or during acceleration, that is on mountainous routes or in suburban service with heavy trains and short distances between stops. Great Britain has no busy main lines of the first type, and the other class of service is better covered by multiple-unit electric traction which has the great advantage that the load itself contributes to the adhesion weight.
The problem of designing a long locomotive in such a way that it can run round sharp curves has been tackled in various ways during the history of the steam locomotive, and the one devised by H. W. Garratt in about 1910 is probably the best. At all events, its principle was adopted by Bulleid, and the description by H.A.V. Bulleid in Master Builders of Steam of the Leader as a "sophisticated Garratt" is a good one. In details, however, the " Leader" was well distinguished from all other Garratts, and the "aims" behind the special features were admirable. The welding of joints in the boiler avoided the need for rivets and the "water-legs" or "water-walls" that surround the firebox in the conventional locomotive boiler were abandoned in the Bulleid boiler with the advantage of eliminating hundreds of stays, many of which are prone to fracture. The water-walls were replaced by thick fire-brick walls, but the loss of heat through them was noticeable, without using any measuring instrument, by anyone standing close to them, and one must suspect that the boiler-efficiency was low. To offset this feature were four thermic syphons, which must surely have had stays approximating in total number to those in a conventional boiler of the same size. There have been many attempts in the past to achieve the ideals sought by Bulleid in designing the boiler of the Leader, but none gained lasting success and it may be doubted whether the Bulleid boiler would have proved superior to any of them.
Lubrication of the mechanism of the conventional steam locomotive is wasteful because oil, once used by passing between sliding surfaces, is allowed to leak away beyond recovery. Bulleid was acutely conscious of the difference between this "total-loss" system and the lubrication of a motor-car engine from which, at least until it is considerably worn, the escape of oil is very small indeed. In the Southern Pacifies he attempted to achieve total-enclosure of the running gear of the inside cylinder and of all the valve gear. To make such an assembly oil-tight would be very difficult; indeed the oil-consumption of the Pacifies was as high as that of conventional locomotives of similar size on other lines. Conditions in the Leader may have been more favourable but the engine did not run far enough to demonstrate how efficient it was in this respect.
Each bogie had three cylinders50% more than was necessary. Each piston worked in a sleeve moved by the valve gear in such a way that holes in the sleeve admitted steam to the cylinder-ends in appropriate relation to the movements of the piston.
Sleeve-valves of this general type were used in motor-car engines about 50 years ago, with the advantage of avoiding the noise made by poppet-valves and their mechanism, but there is no possible gain of this kind in relation to conventional piston-valves in steam engines. The cylinders of the Leader were made to use steam on the Uniflow principle, the exhaust being through a belt of ports spread round the circumference of the cylinder at its middle, and exposed by the piston to the steam in either end of the cylinder when the piston was near the opposite end of its stroke. The system offers the advantage that incoming steam is not cooled by metal exposed to exhaust steam; although this feature has been of use in stationary steam engines, trials of the Uniflow system in locomotives were not sufficiently successful to justify extensive adoption of the principle.
In each power-bogie the three pistons drove cranks in the middle axle, from the outer ends of which chains conveyed torque to the adjacent axles. Chain drives, probably never previously used in an installation of this type and size, were thus employed as an alternative to the well-tried coupling rods.
In place of the conventional axle-boxes sliding vertically in horn-blocks, Bulleid fitted the Leader with axle-guides in which the relative motion was accommodated by shear-deformation of rubber elements. This had the great advantage of avoiding the wear that occurs in conventional hornblocks and the harsh vibration resulting from the fore-and-aft play in running. The elasticity of the rubber is in elementary principle advantageous in diminishing the ill-effects of inaccuracies in chains or coupling-rods but only experience in service could make one quite confident about this.
Long before Bulleid joined the Southern Railway, that company was making much use of electrification and was extending the system. Multiple-unit electric stock was naturally used for the suburban services but electric locomotives seemed likely to be adopted for longer distances. Bulleid was, perhaps, influenced by some idea that compliance with conventional ideas of appearance of electric locomotives might please the management and, if so, this might explain why he enclosed the Leader in a casing of uniform cross section with a passageway connecting driver's compartments at each end. To provide the passageway the boiler had to be offset laterally from the natural central position and ballast had to be added to bring the centre of gravity back to the central longitudinal plane of the locomotive. The enclosure of the boiler in the casing made conditions unbearably hot for the fireman, and a concession was made to him by thickening the brick walls of the firebox and this considerably reduced the grate-area.
It seems that the casing might have been better omitted and that the conventional housing of both men in a central cab would have been a more satisfactory arrangement. Contrary to the opinions of a tramcar-driver, the projection of 40ft of locomotive ahead of the driver does not seriously impede his safe handling of the train and it does give him protection in any head-end collision.
Before there had been sufficient time to test the Leader thoroughly, nationalisation set in and the new regime was not enthusiastic about the sophisticated Garratt. Its design was certainly opposed in many ways to the current concepts of what a steam locomotive should be and it is not surprising that the project was allowed to die. How might an effort have been made to ascertain whether the Garratt had a place in British Railways operation? How might one have tried out the Garratt principle separ- ately from the sophistications that Bulleid built into the Leader? By building a Garratt with no other unconventional feature.
For simplicity each bogie should have two outside cylinders and no others. If the six wheels are to be coupled, the cylinders must be placed either ahead of the wheels or behind them and in either case the overhang is excessive unless a pony truck is added. In that case the wheel- arrangement naturally becomes 2-6-0+0-6-2 which is that of the LMS Garratts of which 33 were in service for almost 30 years. They were used almost exclusively in freight service but after nationalisation they were abandoned in favour of 2-10-0s.
The enclosure of the mechanism had not been successful in the Southern Pacifies and nowhere had the conventional locomotive boiler been superseded by any other type in locomotives with more than 45ft2 of grate area. It is thus hard to criticise the BR decision not to press on with trying to perfect the Leader. Before doing so it would have been useful first to see what could be made of the LMS Garratts by remorseless testing in all service conditions and correcting the deficieucies thus revealed. Simultane- ously, the other special features of the Leader might have been tested one at a time in otherwise conventional locomotives, This would have taken timebut time was what Bulleid did not have.
Illustrations: first of Bulleid's Leader class locomotives. No. 36001 the only one to undergo trials, heads a special train from Eastleigh in August 1950. (S.C. Townroe); first Leader class 0-6-6-0Ts, No. 36001, stands at Eastleigh shed on 21 October 1950. (H. C. Casserley); close view of bogie of Leader class locomotive No. 36003 at New Cross Gate in 1950. On the extreme right can be seen the front of No. 36002. (K.S. Dobson); partly completed third Leader No. 36003. (H.M. Madgwwick)
Cecil J. Allen. Half-a-century of train travelNo. 45. Great Eastern summer services of 1905. 416-22.
C. Hamilton Ellis. Bavarian baroque. 423+
Cartoon (superior drawing) of locomotive with Hall cranks
J.S. Curtis. Old Euston. Part 3. The new rises from the old. 424-7.
LNWR electrification and BR electrification; chronology and photographs of devastation.
Margaret Wilson. Some impressions of New Zealand Railways. 428-31.
Impressive stations in Aukland and Wellington and suburban electric services at latter.
The Cowes and Ventnor lines. 432-6.
Black & white photo-feature
L.J. Thompson. Northamptonshire tunnels. 437-9.
Kilsby, Catesby and Hunsbury Hill plus completre list and map
J. Graeme Bruce. Q stock metamorphosis. 440-4.
Formed in 1938 from C, D and E classes of District line stock in M-T-T-M-T-M formations where M=motor and T=trailer. There wereo some 2 car units which were added to the east end of the Q sets.
Letters to the Editor. 445
L & Y Club Trains. John Marshall.
Re June issue the reference to the construction of the L&YR Club Train, questioned by Mr. Bardsley, The answer is that the design work was carried out at Horwich and the coaches were built at Newton Heath, apart from various steel parts such as wheels, axles, springs and drawgear which were made at Horwich. It was a period of administrative change on the L&Y. On July 1, 1899, John Aspinall, who had been in charge of the carriage and wagon department since 1896, became general manager and was succeeded as CME by H. A. Hoy, J. Howarth was works manager at Newton Heath until March 26, 1902, when he was succeeded by H. N. Gresley. There can be little doubt that the design and construction of the Club Train were influenced more by Aspinall than by anyone else.
Reseau Breton. C.F.D. Whetmath
With reference to the review in your July issue of our recent publication" Reseau Breton ", I was surprised to see your reviewer cribbing at the use of the term "narrow-gauge" to describe the metre gauge. As the book does not describe a line in the British Commonwealth the reviewer's comment that it caused confusion to a Commonwealth reader is hardly relevant. All other sources refer to the Reseau Breton as being narrow gauge; I would refer the reviewer, inter alia, to "Railway World" August 1962, "Narrow Gauge Railways in Europe" by P. B. Whitehouse, and" French Light Railways" by W. J. K. Davies, a recent book in which your reviewer failed to comment on the fact.
Reading in the 1920s. E.S. Youldon..
The article" Reading in the 1920s " suggests that all the 47XX class were turned out with the No. 1 boiler. In fact, only the first, No. 4700 itself was so equipped and ran thus from 1919 to 1921. The remainder, Nos. 4701-8, were built from the start with the larger No. 7 boiler in 1922-23.
R.E.G. Read and Gordon Biddle. Footbridges1. 450-1.
Photographs of concrete bridge at Wood End platform in 1952; braced girder structure at North Walsham, M&GN in 1954; plate girder structure at Warmley; close-up of GWR maonogram at Box and drawing of ornamental work at Daybrook.
W.J.K. Davies. Light railway notes. 452.
Aberford Railway: private railway which ran from junction with Leeds & Selby line from Garforth. Collieries were served en route.

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Devon C. Bruce, Partner at Power Rogers, is pursuing lawsuits involving Sacred Heart Hospital’s kickback schemes.
A motion to preserve evidence was filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County directed to Sacred Heart Hospital, and other respondents, to preserve and protect evidence concerning medical treatment rendered to the petitioners at Sacred Heart Hospital. This matter will be heard before Judge Rita Novak, a Judge at the Daley Center.
Earlier this month, a federal indictment was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois naming as defendants various physicians and officers of Sacred Heart Hospital. The federal indictment alleged that certain physicians and staff at Sacred Heart Hospital performed unnecessary surgical procedures and prescribed medications through an unauthorized physician in order to bill Medicare.
One of the petitioners who seeks to preserve and protect evidence, L.S., received medical care for an extended period of time by respondent, Dr. Kenneth Nave. Dr. Kenneth Nave was affiliated with Comprehensive Quality Inc. Foundation. Dr. Nave was the fifth physician named in the recent federal indictment. Dr. Kenneth Nave is alleged in the indictment to have been unauthorized to prescribe patients medications, but continued to do so.
The second petitioner who seeks to protect evidence, C.M., underwent multiple surgical procedures at Sacred Heart Hospital. One or more of these surgical procedures performed by the physicians at Sacred Heart Hospital was neither authorized nor medically necessary.
The petition to preserve evidence was presented and filed by Devon C. Bruce, a partner at the law firm of Power Rogers Mr. Bruce stated, “We want to preserve and protect this evidence as quickly as possible.” Mr. Bruce further stated, “I feel confident that the evidence will establish that Sacred Heart Hospital and Comprehensive Quality Inc Foundation were clearly negligent in the retention and continued employment of these physicians. These patients and many others like them should never have been subject to unnecessary medical procedures and treatment.”
If you have any questions, please contact Attorney Devon C. Bruce at 312-827-6105 or his assistant, Stacey Dalton, at 312-827-6109 or via email at [email protected].

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Blair County, Pa., funds by Agriculture, Department of
Note: For some programs where states do not report where money will be distributed across the state, we do not have the allocation for individual counties. Those programs include: Medicaid, unemployment benefits and food stamps. Those amounts are included in the totals for where the state agency receiving that money is located.
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|MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS||$3,002,259||Very Low to Moderate Income Housing Loans - Guaranteed Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loans - ARRA||Rural Housing Service||10/31/2009|
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|SMITH-HOLLOW FARMS INC||$135,000||Farm Operating Loans DIRECT OPERATING LOAN SUBSIDY||Farm Service Agency||3/06/2009|
|County of Blair||$24,325||
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|ALTOONA AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT||$23,183||
Child Nutrition Discretionary Grants Limited Availability The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) allocated $2,872,047 to the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE). The money is required to be distributed to schools that participate in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) throughgh a competiti... Show more
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When I sorted our books and made the indoor library I realised that we have a huge amount of books that haven’t even been read.
I then looked into my kindle and found over 200 books sitting in there that haven’t been read.
Since then it has been annoying me a little that I have all these books and haven’t really read any of them.
It is something that I really want to focus on over the next few months, years in fact, actually reading books, and finishing them and knowing that I have read the books that I own. Rather than just having a collection that I haven’t ever picked up.
But there are so many I am not even sure where to start.
I am thinking a list will be the best idea and then I can tick them off as I read them and know what I have and haven’t read.
A little record of what I have and haven’t read.
Just so I know how my reading is actually going.
And can look back on what I have read over a certain period of time.
Do you keep a log of what you are reading? As I would love to see some examples of logs that people keep to get some inspiration.

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text: I have something of a fascination with with “Soviet” cameras. I have a couple of Feds, A couple of Lubitels, My Zorki 4k that I’ve written about here and way more Zenits than any one person really needs. So of course, when I was looking through my collection to find something to use for a little project I had in mind, and couldn’t find anything that quite fit the bill. I did what any self respecting G.A.S sufferer would do… I hit E-bay. An hour of happy browsing and a couple of more hours of research later and my wallet was once again a little lighter.

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Recognising the weaknesses underpinning the regenerative agriculture philosophy is important for those researching it, for those practising it, and for those promoting it. This 2021 paper presents a perspective identifying such weaknesses – principally the lack of universal definition and the widely differing contexts in which regenerative agriculture is practised. Discussion is included in the paper’s conclusion, presenting some of the challenges facing both proponents and critics of regenerative agriculture, with particular advice for researchers wishing to engage further with regenerative agriculture.
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Biological Pest & Disease Management for Vines at Greystone Wines
Greystone Wines, as an organically certified vineyard, has limited tools available to manage pest and disease pressure.
To till or not to till in a temperate ecosystem? Implications for climate change mitigation
Results of a study demonstrating that zero-tillage can represent a ‘win–win’ situation, where in addition to CO2 mitigation, other important benefits are achieved.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – Sixth Assessment Report
The IPCC report on climate change which lays out the most comprehensive current understanding and forecasts of global climate change.
Sustainable Wine Ltd is a purpose driven business based in London. Their mission is to make sustainability mainstream in the wine industry.
The Vineyard Team
Arising from growers’ interest to educate and guide themselves towards sustainable winegrowing practices, the Vineyard Team has become an internationally recognised leader in the sustainability movement.
New Challenges of Managing Soil
The Regenerative Viticulture Foundation partnered with the Porto Protocol to host their recent Climate Talk on Managing Soils.
Sheep in the Vineyard: First Insights into a New Integrated Crop-Livestock System in Central Europe
An academically-framed report of 34 interviews with European winegrowers on their experience of introducing grazing sheep into their vineyards.
The Launch of the RVF at London’s 67 Pall Mall
The RVF launch included speakers Mimi Casteel, Miguel Torres, Dr Jamie Goode and Jancis Robinson MW. Hosted by Justin Howard-Sneyd MW and Stephen Cronk.

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Speed Read, by Chris Major: Good concrete poetry. Also see here.
Mark Daniels goes deep on Album cover parodies, self deprectation, & the Beatles.
GODSPAM: A cool blog I will be keeping up with.
Roger Ebert finally gets around to reviewing Ben Stein: Expelled.
Conflict: It's A Good Thing, By Christine Carter: I'll take all the advice I can get.
Rachel Naomi Reven on loss & listening generously: Wonderful. Listen here.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds perform Abbatoir Blues:
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The recent global economic crisis has many people asking “what is causing inflation in the US?”
With unemployment topping out over 10%, it appears that corporations and individuals are being forced to tighten their belts, cutting back on frivolous expenses, and make cuts to the workforce in an attempt to survive the current economic climate. In order to combat this, central banks all over the world have been tightening their belts, raising interest rates and even taking some measures deal with debt that may no longer be worth it.
So, what exactly is causing inflation in the US?
With the recent global financial crisis, investors all over the world have become less confident in banks, which has been said to be leading to a decline in lending throughout the globe. With this decline in lending, businesses are finding it more difficult to get loans for major purchases, like a new car or home. Even business loans are becoming more difficult to secure, with banks requiring increased collateral and larger down payment amounts in order to get a loan approved.


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Carbohydrate and energy-yielding metabolism in non-conventional yeasts.
Comp comparative information on the different steps of the fundamental pathways of sugar utilization in non-conventional yeasts: glycolysis, fermentation, tricarboxylic acid cycle, pentose phosphate pathway and respiration is provided.
Physicochemical and microbiological characteristics of biltong, a traditional salted dried meat of South Africa.
Physiological and genome-wide transcriptional responses of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to high carbon dioxide concentrations.
Molecular cloning and characterization of the gene HXK1 encoding the hexokinase from Yarrowia lipolytica
The gene HXK1 from the dimorphic yeast Yarrowia lipolytica that encodes the unique hexokinase of this yeast has an intron located 39 base pairs after the A of the first ATG and contains a sequence of 40 amino acids which is absent from other knownhexokinase sequences.
Schizosaccharomyces pombe possesses an unusual and a conventional hexokinase: biochemical and molecular characterization of both hexokinases
Hexokinase Regulates Kinetics of Glucose Transport and Expression of Genes Encoding Hexose Transporters inSaccharomyces cerevisiae
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Glucose transport kinetics and mRNA levels of different glucose transporters were determined in Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains expressing different sugar kinases during exponential growth on glucose, revealing that the high-affinity component is mostly due to HXT7; however, a previously unidentified very-high-Affinity component appeared to be due to other factors.
Sugarcane vinasse processing: Toward a status shift from waste to valuable resource. A review
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The alm1+ gene from Schizosaccharomyces pombe encodes a coiled-coil protein that associates with the medial region during mitosis
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This is an amazing recipe that was created by one of my best friends Chris Howard. Chris it the guy that has Hashimoto’s and is totally changing his life by altering his diet and lifestyle with MealFit. Since starting with MealFit, Chris has lost 61 lbs and is felling better and sleeping better than he has in 10 years. If you want to check out the video series on Chris you can view them on this blog by clicking HERE
Anyway, here is one of the recipes he came up with and it s a favorite here in Cookeville.
Hope you enjoy
• 3 lbs. ground beef
• 1 lb. bacon
• 1 yellow onion
• 3 peppers (yellow, green, orange)
• 1 jalapeno (optional)
• 1 pkg. of taco seasoning
• 1 pkg. ranch mix
• 4 sweet potatoes
• Olive oil
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. garlic salt
• 2-3 avocados
• Preheat oven to 450.
• Cut up bacon into pieces & fry.
• Dice all the veggies (shred in food processor if you have one).
• When the bacon is almost done, add the veggies in the pan with the bacon while browning beef in a separate pan.
• Add taco seasoning and ranch mix to ground beef.
• Add bacon and veggies to the ground beef, stir and cover for 5-10 min or so.
• Cut up potatoes into chunks and put in a bowl with a top.
• Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and garlic salt.
• Put the top on the bowl and shake to coat.
• Throw potatoes on a cookie sheet and bake for about 15-18 min.
• Layer potatoes in a bowl them plop some of your meat mixture on top.
• Garnish with ¼ or ½ an avocado for each serving.
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By Mark Guarino
The synthesizer was the instrument of choice for most bands for the duration of Pitchfork; however no band put it to better use than Mew. The Danish quintet played disco-funk designed for arenas. The romanticism of the band's ambitious songs and the octave-climbing vocals of singer Jonas Bjerre peaked in long, fragmented songs like "Special" that featured irresistible pop choruses that, despite their repetition, was cathartic.
Throughout the set, Bjerre demonstrated just how high the ceiling is on his vocal range, at one point emulating the sped-up production style of Kanye West. The electronic crunch that lined most songs contrasted the band's song structures, which were peppered with sweet spots and always felt like a journey worth taking.
The all-girl pop-punk trio Vivian Girls did not try to sew up their ragged edges, instead they let them freely hang loose with pride. With a single album to their name, the band lacks serious songwriting skills; they make up for it with three-part harmonies that were more ominous than saccharine. Bassist Kickball Katy delivered chunky bass lines under Cassie Ramone's de-tuned guitar riffs; the result was a heavy and loud dose of rock primitivism that never sounded fresher.
Canadian quartet Women struck to mostly instrumentals that felt more academic than emotionally engaged. The noise-punk band follows in the steps of Fugazi for its rhythmically complex but lean song structures, except for Women, the music never triggered a release. Instead, the band played songs with long instrumental passages designed for trickery; the bad part was how, mid-way through, the crowd's growing disinterest showed no one wanted to play their hand.
Despite a name that implies reservation and conservative choices, Japandroids was all bedlam. Like many guitar-drum duos, the band illustrated how much noise can be plied from two instruments and considerable pent-up energy. Yet unlike the White Stripes or the Black Keys, guitarist Brian King and drummer David Prowse uprooted and threw away the blues roots to the music and instead locked into play for songs made for the dance floor. King often played atop a platform, conducting the crowd with his instrument that, in sections, sprayed noise to which Prowse brought order. The pair traded vocals that were mostly indistinguishable; what wasn't was how they got the audience to connect -- by the set's end, there wasn't a person not transfixed by the dirty grooves.
Mark Guarino is a Chicago-based journalist. Visit mark-guarino.com.

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St. Georgen relies on mobile pond sludge dewatering from Amodes
Monastery pond is desludged in an environmentally friendly way
The Klosterweiher in St. Georgen in the Black Forest is a natural water with 27,000 square meters of water surface. In summer, the natural swimming pool is a meeting place for young and old. Over the years, sludge has accumulated in the settling basin of the monastery pond, which is now being removed in a cost-effective and environmentally friendly manner using a special technique.
The St. Georgen municipal council commissioned the specialist Amodes, based in Frankfurt am Main, to do the job. The latest system from Amodes offers a solution developed specifically for this purpose, which impresses with its small footprint, low operating costs and high throughput. “Amodes is a young company that has made it its goal to make water bodies usable again in an environmentally friendly way and in harmony with people and nature,” says Amodes Managing Director Carsten Dam. With the combined expertise of its partners in the SÜLZLE Group and Blasius Schuster KG, the company offers mobile, sustainable and technically innovative solutions for effectively removing sludge from bodies of water in an environmentally friendly manner.
Around 2,500 cubic meters of sediment are removed from the Klosterweiher sedimentation basin by the mobile sludge dewatering system. For this reason, a small suction dredger, which is connected to the mobile system via hoses, has been operating on the water body since November. This continuously removes the sedimented sludge and conveys it via the integrated pump to the mobile sludge dewatering plant. Here, the sludge passes through three separation stages. In the first separation stage, larger foreign matter (2.5 mm) is separated. The second removes heavy components, such as sand. In the third stage, polymeric flocculants are used to separate the sludge from the clear water phase.
In the end, this should turn the wet sludge at the bottom of the settling tank into about 500 cubic meters of transportable dry sludge. “This has to be specially disposed of because it is contaminated material. The water, on the other hand, can be discharged directly to the wastewater treatment plant: This is completely free of pollutants,” reports Mario Graupe, who is supervising the project on site as site manager at Amodes. The plant will run between eight and ten hours a day – within around four weeks, the sedimentation basin should then be desludged, Graupe says. These weeks will be decisive for the St. Georgen monastery pond. If Amodes’ method proves successful, it could be applied to the entire lake next year.


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Just put it in any place you like. This will be the perfect complement to your child's bedroom night bed or home office, and you only need a pleasant relaxing light.
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Feeling Overwhelmed and Exhausted? Do This Today Your Sanity and Health.
This post was written by Shannon Kaiser, International Empowerment Coach, retreat leader of Discover Your True Self and Live the Life You Were Made For, author of the forthcoming/new book Joy Seeker.
One of the most overlooked ways we become disconnected from our joy is by overextending ourselves. You’re probably a lot like me: You have a big heart, and you care deeply about those around you. You want to help and support those you love. Giving of your time, money, and energy is a beautiful thing, but sometimes we over-give at the expense of ourselves. If you find yourself over-giving and are experiencing compassion fatigue, these methods can help.
1. Set Boundaries
As Shonda Rhimes says in her book Year of Yes, “No is a complete sentence.” Learning how to say no and set personal boundaries can help you reclaim your power and feel more balanced.
2. Step Up Your Self-Care Routine
Self-care is not just drinking green juice and doing yoga daily. It can be your mental self-care routine, your physical, emotional, and spiritual routine, too. Look at each bucket of your life and create a self-care routine to help support the emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual sides of you.
3. Connect with Your Inner Child
We all have hidden sources of energy and healing power, things we loved to do as a kid such as draw, paint, or play in nature. Do more of this as an adult and let yourself be in the beauty of the moment.
4. Pause in Your Pleasure
Nurture yourself by putting activities in your schedule that are sources of pleasure, joy, and diversion. Allow yourself to take mini-escapes. These relieve the intensity of your life and allow you to be present with your own true self. Focus on purpose and passion. When you identify the things that fuel you, the things that you have true passion for, your fatigue can disappear.
5. Find Ways to Acknowledge Your Own Unhealed Loss and Grief
As a big-hearted person, you may be helping others as a subconscious way to cope with your own loss and grief. Let yourself grieve and give yourself permission to feel all the feelings associated with loss. If you need to see a professional—a life coach or therapist—please seek this support as it can help heal the pain.
6. Practice Self-Compassion
To prevent or recover from compassion fatigue, take time for self-reflection, identify what’s important, and live in a way that reflects it. Be kind to yourself with kind words and nurturing activities.
7. Automatic Write
Sit down with your journal and ask a question, such as, What do I need right now? Or, What is the best way to care for myself? And let yourself write. Don’t edit, just let it flow. Do this for five to ten minutes a day to really establish a strong relationship with yourself and intuition.
This was inspired by Joy Seeker: Let Go of What's Holding You Back So You Can Live the Life You Were Made For by Shannon Kaiser, published by Citadel, an imprint of Kensington Press. Copyright 2019.
Shannon Kaiser is the bestselling author of five books on the psychology of happiness and fulfillment, including the #1 bestseller, The Self-Love Experiment and Adventures for Your Soul. As an international life coach, speaker and retreat leader, she helps people trust and believe in themselves so they can live their highest potential. She’s been named a top 100 Women to Watch in wellness by mindbodygreen and “your-go-to happiness booster” by Health magazine. She has also been recognized as a Must-Follow Instagram Account for Inspiration by Entrepreneur magazine and a Top Facebook Account for Daily Motivation by mindbodygreen. Visit her website at playwiththeworld.com and follow on social media @ShannonKaiserWrites.
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Titre : KULL: EXILE OF ATLANTIS
Éditeur : Subterranean Press, [Burton, MI]
Date d'édition : 2008
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat de la jaquette : Dust Jacket Included
Signé : Signed by Author(s)
Edition : 1st Edition
Large octavo, illustrations by Justin Sweet, cloth. First edition. One of 1500 numbered copies signed by artist Justin Sweet. Collection of stories featuring the third of Howard's major heroes (after Conan and Kane). "Although published by Subterranean, this represents a continuation of the Howard series, edited by Rusty Burke, that had been published in several volumes by Wandering Star of England. It bears the same overall approach, impressively combining textual integrity, classically balanced typography, and artwork reminiscent of N. C. Wyeth. The whole production here and in the other titles of the series, in fact, is a worthy echo of the Scribner Classics series of the 1910s and 1920s." - Robert Eldridge. A fine copy in fine dust jacket and cloth slipcase. (#145860). N° de réf. du libraire 145860
Synopsis : The UK based small press Wandering Star issued glorious editions of Robert E. Howard s work, including The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn, The Ultimate Triumph, as well as two volumes of Howard's Conan tales.
Subterranean Press is proud to continue this series of limited editions, beginning with Kull: Exile of Atlantis, exquisitely illustrated with color plates and black and white illustrations illuminating the text. We plan to match or better the quality of materials used in the Wandering Star editions, and will be doing the other books in the series, including the third volume of Conan stories, as well as The Best of Robert E. Howard, volumes one and two, and much more.
Critique: As some cover blurbs so rightly state, "Before Conan--there was Kull!" The warrior Kull was yet another popular creation of pulp writer Robert E. Howard (1906-1936), generally credited as the originator of the subgenre heroic fantasy. Yet Kull should not be dismissed as second-rate Conan. (Although Howard did transform a few unsold Kull adventures into those of Conan the Cimmerian when the later series took off with the public.) Set in ancient, lost Atlantis, the Kull stories take place mostly after the barbarian has already come to power as King Kull of Valusia. What makes these scant dozen stories most memorable is Howard's heightened style of mystical decadence, similar here to his Weird Tales contemporary, Clark Ashton Smith. Rest assured there's enough gruesome bloodletting and wanton savagery to satisfy the most ardent Howard reader. (Variant editions of this collection have been published over the years, with the uncompleted stories finished posthumously by Lin Carter. Other editions have simply presented the few story fragments as untouched--and unadulterated--Robert E. Howard.) --Stanley Wiater
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April 2014 Meeting MinutesQBTB held the regular meeting on May 28.
QBTB May Guild Minutes
May 28, 2014
President Mary Bradshaw welcomed QBTB Guild members and visitors.
Membership: Marcia Cramer
One new member was welcomed—Ruth Prinz and one visitor---Emily
Minutes from April were presented for any corrections and were approved by voice vote.
Hospitality: Vicki Gleason
The following people had May birthdays: Becky Curneen—May 12; Dorothy Loveless—May 23; Sharon Maes—May 20; Sandy Pickering—May 25; Alice Tierney—May 20; Melanie King—May 26
Treasurer’s Report: Krystal Johnson
Balance—$16,000.00 which includes retreat money
Raffle Quilt: Rose Flannigan
$620.00 has been turned in, $1340.00 is out
Calendar available to sign up to take the quilt to Calico Threads during Shop Hop.
People are also needed to take the quilt to other guild meetings.
Face Book: Mary stated that she has started a face book page for QBTB. It includes
links, pictures and a calendar. Mary will offer a tutorial on using face book and the site if people are interested.
Fall Retreat is all set.
Spring Retreat—April 9-12 is full, but not all people have paid the first $150.
Nominating Committee: Sandy Jarvis
Vice President—Nancy Gervais Secretary—Susan Harmon
There is still a need for Program Chair person or people.
Small Groups: Mary Bradshaw would like to hear from each small groups telling where and when they will meet, so it can be added to the face book page.
Applique and Hand quilting group will meet June 27 at Joyce Momii’s home at 10:00.
Long Arm Quilting will meet the second Tues—June 17 at Sandy’s at 5:30.
Charity Quilts: Batting is still available and so are labels. Contact Nancy Keay or Barbara Kadden.
Garage Sale: The 2nd Saturday in Steilacoom
Challenge Quilts: Due in June and July as we have a program “Out of Africa” scheduled for June.
Future Program: 4-Corner Teaching Night Mary is looking for volunteers:
Machine Bindings: Marcia Dyer
Bindings—front and back different—Heather Stailey
Mitered Corners—Vicki Gleason
June: Out of Africa
July: Mary Bridge
August: Picnic at Mary’s—5:30 Regular Guild Meeting
Show and Tell:
Joan—10” square quilt for neighbor; 2 ½” strip quilt; 10” square quilt of multi colors;
Bobbi—Star quilt for grandson
Joyce W.—Jelly roll quilt in browns and blacks
Joyce M.—Charity Quilts in bright pinks and one in yellows and red orange
Karen—Challenge wall hanging—diamond shapes of various sizes
Emily—Visitor shared a doodling quilt and an Art quilt
Norma Jean—Block of the month quilt and table runner
Dorothy—Christmas tree skirt for granddaughter
Vicki—Quilt of diamonds done in reds and tans
Vicki & Sandy—Kitchen Quilts—Stitchin’ in the Kitchen quilts done in a class they took
Mary B.—Wall handing of miniature 1” squares
Program: Sit and Sew Everyone seemed to enjoy the evening sewing and visiting.
Jan Jansen, Secretary

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Thursday, March 2, 2017 — ON TV, RADIO, ONLINE AND ON MOBILE
As WA heads to the polls on Saturday, March 11, the ABC has the most comprehensive coverage on TV, radio, online and on mobile.
ABC will be first with the results, featuring the most accurate and expert coverage and analysis across all platforms.
For full election news coverage throughout the campaign and on election night, ABC News has it covered. You can find data on candidates, electorates, key seats and the best analysis and information here, with Antony Green’s Election Guide, as well as the prediction calculator here.
On Twitter, use the #wavotes and #wapol hashtags and keep up with the latest at @abcperth
Throughout the election campaign listen to ABC Radio Perth and tune in each night to ABC 7pm News for all the latest on the campaign trail.
Saturday, March 11 – Election Day
ABC NEWS 24
ABC News 24 will have updates throughout the day as WA goes to the polls and simulcast the election night coverage from 9.00pm AEDT.
WA Votes – Election Special
6:00pm on ABC (WA only) / 9:00pm AEDT on ABC News 24 and streamed live at abc.net.au/news
Live from the ABC Election Centre in Perth, host James McHale and ABC News’ WA Political Correspondent, Jessica Strutt, will be joined by Michael Keenan, Federal Minister for Justice and MP for Stirling will represent the Liberal Party and Tim Hammond, Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs & Shadow Minister Assisting for Resources and Member for Perth (ALP).
ABC Election Analyst Antony Green will be calling the numbers as they come in, and providing full analysis across the night. ABC News journalist Rebecca Carmody will be interviewing the party powerbrokers.
ABC RADIO PERTH & all ABC WA Regional stations
6:00pm (WA only) and streamed live on the ABC Radio app, on abc.net.au/perth and on Digital Radio
ABC Radio Perth presenters, Geoff Hutchison and Belinda Varischetti will host the election night coverage from ABC Studios in front of a studio audience. Joining them will be “Poll Bludger” William Bowe who will make sense of the numbers, with guest analysts Ken Travers and Matt Keogh MP from the ALP and Senators Linda Reynolds and Dean Smith from the Liberal Party.
To watch the action unfold live from ABC Studios, register to be part of the audience at https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/election-night-at-abc-studios-tickets-32345162251
Follow @abcperth for the latest updates and broadcast highlights throughout the night.
On ABC Radio, AM will be broadcasting from WA on the Thursday and Friday before election day. Host Sabra Lane will interview WA Premier, Colin Barnett and WA Opposition Leader, Mark McGowan.
There will be a special AM Sunday morning edition at 8.00am on ABC Radio, RN and regional radio.
Sunday, March 12
7.00am on ABC / 7.00am AEDT on ABC News 24
Weekend Breakfast with Miriam Corowa and Andrew Geoghegan, will deliver a wrap of the election results and latest news.
9:00am on ABC / 9:00am AEDT on ABC News 24
Barrie Cassidy and the panel will provide analysis and context for what the election result means for WA, as well as a wrap of the week in national politics.

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TYLER, TX (KLTV) - The Rangers have one of the best one-two punches in Major League Baseball with Cole Hamels and Yu Darvish. But Texas fans might not get to see number 11 on the mound after this season.
Darvish is set to make $11 million this year, but will be a free agent in 2017. So far, talks between the Rangers and Darvish on signing a new contract have been minimal.
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The fruits of the Native Mulberry are small and white, almost translucent in appearance. Like strawberries, they bear their seeds on the outside. They are soft and juicy, with a sweet and delicate flavour, though like conventional mulberries, can vary in taste and texture. The leaves, roots and sap have recorded usage in traditional medicine, while the bark was used for textiles and cordage.
Flowering typically occurs from January to June, with fruit ripening between May and July. Simply pluck the berries off the branch — though you may find the riper berries too soft to harvest easily.
Native Mulberry trees are dioecious, meaning they may be male or female. They prefer warm climates, full sun and soils with good drainage. This rainforest species does not enjoy dry conditions, but can recover from droughts with heavy pruning. As a warm region plant, it won’t respond well to frost either, so gardeners in colder areas should consider keeping their trees in a hothouse or inside the home.
Younger plants have been known to look somewhat leggy, but with clever pruning and care, a mature Native Mulberry fills out nicely, reaching heights of 3-8m even in a home garden. In fact, if a native edible hedge is what you are after, look no further. This species is a welcoming host for Jezebel Nymph, White Nymph, Speckled Line-Blue, Yellow Admiral and other attractive butterfly species.
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Native Mulberry suffers in dry conditions, so keeping the soil hydrated and mulched through the warmer months can help the leaves retain the moisture they need to withstand a scorching summer.
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It sounds like you have a mealybug infestation. A few bugs here and there won’t harm a healthy Native Mulberry bush, but if the problem starts to get out of hand, give your plant a strong blast of water or apply a white oil/horticultural oil treatment according to the instructions on the packaging.


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Colorado lawmakers are following a national trend in their effort to require the state to divest pension funds from companies that do business in Sudan. If House Bill 1184 is passed, Colorado will join six other states with similar laws in place. Sudan divestment legislation is also pending in 23 other states.
The outlook is good for HB 1184. The bill has bipartisan support from 76 legislators, said primary sponsor House Speaker Andrew Romanoff in a Rocky Mountain News article. U.S. Rep Tom Tancredo joined Romanoff Sunday in a rally at the Capitol in support of the measure. The bill passed unanimously out of committee last week and was scheduled for a second reading on the House floor Monday morning.
Nearly a half million people have died in the genocide in Sudan, according to United Nations estimates, and another 2.5 million have been left homeless. The goal of Sudan divestment legislation is to financially punish companies that indirectly support the janjaweed militia by doing business in Sudan.
I’m against economic sanctions in almost every case. But Sudan is an exception, a rare instance where narrowly focused divestment makes practical as well as moral sense.
Partly that’s because Sudan’s economy depends on foreign oil companies, giving the outside world leverage. And 70 percent of Sudan’s oil revenue goes to weaponry, like bayonets used to gouge out people’s eyes.
The oil companies in Sudan aren’t American; the biggest players are Chinese companies. Pressure on them is also one way to get the attention of the Chinese government, which is Sudan’s main protector in the U.N. Security Council.
So in this case pressure on a small number of foreign companies could help get Sudan’s attention, and that of its protectors in China, without hurting ordinary people. And Sudan has shown that it can be nudged and embarrassed into behaving better: the best example is the way that pressure (including economic sanctions) led Sudan’s leaders to end their brutal war in southern Sudan in 2005.


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The speech “The Message of “The Seven”” written by Father John J. Burke was delivered at the Armistice Day Ceremony on November 11, 1929 at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Arlington National Cemetery.
The Paulist priest Father John J. Burke was a leader of the National Catholic War Council (N.C.W.C). Through the Catholic Church Father Burke assisted with different needs that arose during war. During his speech Father Burke named seven other organizations such as the Salvation Army that assisted throughout times of war. The stated mission of the Salvation Army was to assist those in need without discrimination. It is this sentiment of helping others regardless of race or religion that creates the possibility for peace and unity within a nation.
Father Burke’s speech was delivered on November 11, 1929 which was known as Armistice Day. Armistice Day established in 1919 was changed to Veterans Day following the end of World War II to honor veterans of every war.
The burial in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was officially sanctioned by Congress on March 4, 1921. The lone soldier buried here has come to represent all those who selflessly gave their lives for our country and whose names will never be known. Father John J. Burke’s speech was delivered on the eighth anniversary of this solemn event.
In this speech delivered by Father John J. Burke at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider he discusses how the country has come together and united. Burke goes on to mention how civic organizations such as the Salvation Army and the National Catholic War Council have worked for the greater good of the nation regardless of religion or race. Burke states that “never in the history of the world was there such a unified effort, military and civic, in the achievement of the one purpose as our country witnessed in the late war” (Burke, 1929). In his speech Burke highlighted how the unity within the nation led to a sense of peace.
The St. John’s Mission statement and the Vincentian perspective focus on the idea that people should help one another and work together for the greater good. This is exactly what Father John J. Burke is praising our nation about during this speech after World War I. He is praising how well the nation has come together and worked together through service to one another.
Arlington National Cemetery, The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. n.d. Retrieved March 20, 2015, from http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Explore-the-Cemetery/Tomb-of-the-Unknown-Soldier
Burke, Fr. John, “The Message of ‘The Seven,” [PP025_059_018_03watermarked.jpg], 1929. Retrieved March 3, 2015, from Paulist Fathers Archives.
“Our Mission,” St. John’s University, n.d. Retrieved March 20, 2015, from https://www.stjohns.edu/about/our-mission
The Paulist Fathers, “A Guide to the Papers of Msgr. John J. Burke, CSP, First General Secretary, National Catholic Welfare Conference,” n.d. Retrieved March 3, 2015, from Paulist Fathers Archives.
The Salvation Army, “Our Mission,” n.d. Retrieved March 19, 2015, from http://salvationarmyusa.org/usn/mission-statement
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, “History of Veterans Day,” n.d. Retrieved March 20, 2015, from http://www.va.gov/opa/vetsday/vetdayhistory.asp

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|Reviews for Amy, Number Fifteen|
| Aamna Mahmood chapter 1 . 2/23/2010
This is a pretty good review. I once came across these books in the library and after that,I could not get these series at the book store.
Great book as it has been written about something relatively new in the modern world.
| Mizamour chapter 1 . 4/5/2005
Wow, creepy! I haven't read Replica before either, but this is really good! Although maybe Amy's mother should take it a bit slower in telling Amy... Well, great job! Keep writing! :)
| L Ducky chapter 4 . 4/4/2005
Wow. You seem to really like the same kind of stuff that I do, esp. Replica and Degrassi. Your writing style is really good (i've read more than just this fanfic of yours) and I really love it.
| Psyco101 chapter 4 . 5/29/2003
Good story. Please continue!
| Mime chapter 4 . 5/22/2003
*grins* Your writing reminds me of the real Replica books. I find that on , only a few people can write in the same style as the real author. You're one of those people. Good job!
| Mime chapter 3 . 5/22/2003
Another good chapter! Keep it up! (I liked the Annie Perrault for Dummies part!)
| Mime chapter 2 . 5/22/2003
Poor Amy 15. It must be harsh knowing that you're whole entire life has been a lie. Keep on writing!
| Mime chapter 1 . 5/22/2003
Hi Goth-girl! Interesting chapter, and lots of action in it too! I read your review, and just to let you know, I'm non-religious. The phrase about the Goddess came from one of Tamora Pierce's books. One day, I remember being extremely irked at something, and I was about to day "God!", but instead "Goddess!" poped out of my mouth. My friends have never let me forget that, and it's kinda become an inside joke between us. Also, I'm not sure if I should do another chapter for Annie's Song. The inspiration just came to me one day when my dad was listening to Jonh Denver. IT's not really a long story, just a short insight on Annie's thoughts. I'm glad you enjoyed reading it! . I'll think about writing sequel though.
Anyway, great chapter! I hope I see more from you! (Sorry this review's so long)
| Mime chapter 3 . 4/14/2003
Funny, and good deal. Keep writting! .
| Kelly chapter 4 . 4/14/2003
I thought that this was pretty funny,especially since we like to make fun of these stories usin' Barbie dolls. And is that the end? I hope you write more!
| neonfizz chapter 3 . 3/29/2003
ok...i was a bit confused at first but then i figured it out. why am i the only person reviewing this? it deserves WAY more people reviewing...anyways...you have to keep updating this long...about how long will it be?
| neonfizz chapter 2 . 3/19/2003
you updated! yay! i've been waiting ever since i reviewed the last chapter! i like how cindy wasn't sure if she wanted to give amy to them! well i have to go!
| neonfizz chapter 1 . 2/23/2003
hey! you don't allow unsigned reviews so i had to log you better keep writing this one! it's really amys mom evil? or will she love amy so much she won't be able to take over the world with her? just a thnx for your suggestion on the ermote writing i'll keep reviewing!


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Action star Wesley Snipes was found not guilty of federal tax-fraud and conspiracy charges Friday, but was convicted on three misdemeanor counts of failing to file a tax return.
Snipes and two co-defendants, a delicensed accountant and a tax protest leader, were indicted in 2006. Snipes faced six additional counts of willful failure to file a tax return from 1999-2004.
Snipes said the IRS's own code meant no citizen had to pay taxes on income earned in this country, and the agency had no legal authority to collect wages anyway, because it is not a proper government entity.
So, did he get paid for the $7.3 million tax return??


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President Obama headed up to New York City to record yesterday an interview with the ladies of ABC's The View. Today he gave a speech to the United Nations General Assembly but has steadfastly refused to meet with any foreign leaders while in the Big Apple, especially Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Given this, you'd think -- that the Today show might ask NBC News political director Chuck Todd about the controversy. Well, you’d be wrong. [See video below break. MP3 audio here.]


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If there's one thing we love come World Cup time, it's a good head-to-head contest.
That's exactly what Melissa Satta finds herself in right now. It's a showdown that conflicts us to the core.
Satta is locked in a battle with our former WAG of the Week, Abbey Clancy, in the quarterfinals of Spumor.com's World Cup of WAGs.
We've already presented the case for Abbey Clancy here.
So in the interest of equal opportunity, here's your formal introduction to the smokeshow otherwise known as Melissa Satta.
The WAG of ex-Italian striker Christian Vieri was one of the subjects of a World Cup WAG bodypaint spread in the 2010 SI Swimsuit Issue.
Satta was in the issue alongside Ms. Clancy.
Satta is an American-born model working almost exclusively in Italy these days.
She was born in Suffolk, Massachusetts in 1986 but has become a fixture on the runways of Milan.
This has to be changed.
Satta's Twitter feed only has 302 followers. It's mostly in Italian, so we're figuring it's her.
Come on, people. Follow away.
Satta spent her teens between Sardinia and the United States. At 16 she began modeling in Sardinia, winning a slew of beauty contests.
Sweet 16 was apparently the year she blossomed.
At 17 she won Miss Muretto and moved to Milan to work full-time as a professional model.
In 2004 she started work on Italian TV. She has been a fixture on a show called Striscia la Notizia.
That translated to "Strip the News" and it's exactly what she does. They're not so uptight about nudity over there in Italy—or as I like to call it, Heaven.
Satta just appeared on the cover of Maxim Italy in conjunction with the World Cup.
The country has identified her as one of its top celebrity fans.
She has been working on Italian TV since 2004.
At 19 she signed a contract with the Riccardo Gay agency, one of the most important model agencies in Italy.
She is now with Elite.
We weren't aware they played tennis topless in Italy, but if you say so Melissa, we're in!
Satta looks like she belongs in a Robert Palmer video or an episode of "Max Headroom".
She's also sporting a very thinly veiled imitation of clothing. Well played.
Satta has been connected at the hip with Vieri since she rose to fame on TV.
Gotta hand it to these soccer players. They cherry-pick the hotties impressively.
You'd almost think they were firemen.
Satta wore mostly white bikinis for her Maxim Italy shoot but the black swimsuits accentuated all the right curves as well.
We're starting to identify a trend here.
Satta apparently doesn't care very much for tops.
Not that we're complaining...
Thanks to the photog here for getting Satta to show off her thigh-high star tattoo.
We're even more conflicted than when we began this slideshow.
And we're wondering what's with the number 4 here. Is she No. 4 on somebody's list? And if so, I want to see the top three.
Maybe it's like the Italian version of "Sesame Street" and she's brought to you by the number 4.
Whatever the case, we implore you to vote for Satta in the Spumor's World Cup of WAGs.
Or you could vote for Clancy. There's really no losers here.

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