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Date: 11/21/01 13:59
Pullman operating Budd Cars???
I just finished reading a aritcle from Walthers about Budd passenger car. The one thing that got me was a picture of a UP Budd sleeping car with Pullman arcoss the top of it. How did Pullman end up on a Budd car? Whats the story behind this?
Date: 11/21/01 15:33
RE: Pullman operating Budd Cars???
I'm sure there are others who can answer this better than I can, but basically, Pullman originally built and owned all the sleeping cars in the US. As other builders tried to enter the sleeping car market, they were blocked by Pullman's monopoly (basd on it's patents). The other wannabe builders sued and, in the 1930s, I think, Pullman was split, by court order, into two entities. Pullman Standard became the car builder, and The Pullman Company became a leasor/operator of sleepers. The Pullman patents were also released, and that was when Budd and others began to be able to build competing sleeping cars. I don't know if was by legal fiat or mutual agreement, but The Pullman Company somehow became the sole owner and leasor of all sleeping cars in the US.
It was a wierd arrangement, because railroads could specify sleeping cars from other builders (Budd, American Car & Foundry, St. Louis Car Co.), but somehow ownership of the cars went to The Pullman Company, who "rented" them to the railroads, complete with on-board crews. Pullman owned cars (regardless of who built them) were sometimes lettered for the host railroad, with a small "Pullman" label near the end of the car, and sometimes had a large "Pullman" where the railroad name would normally go, and a small railroad name near the end. After about 1960, all mention of Pullman disappeared from Southern Pacific sleepers. The Budd sleepers used on the original California Zephyr carried no mention of the Pullman name, even when delivered in 1949. That was odd, since Burlington Budd sleepers, which the CZ cars were based on, did have a small "Pullman" at the vestibule end. I don't know how they worked that out.
In about 1968, The Pullman Company exited the sleeping car operating business and sold all of it's cars to the railroads that were using them anyway. If you examine photos of UP passenger cars taken after 1968, you'll probably notice the the large "Pullman" has been removed from the letterboard. At the same time, UP added numbers to its sleepers, which had had only names up until then. For the most part, UP never got around to re-lettering them "Union Pacific", and a lot of their sleepers went to Amtrak with no large railroad name above the windows.
Date: 11/21/01 17:50
RE: Pullman operating Budd Cars???
Let me add a bit to the explanation. The Pullman Company was the Trailer Train of an earlier era. Even after the court-ordered breakup of the Pullman Company, sleepers might be owned by the railroads (and leased to Pullman for operation) or they might be owned outright by Pullman (which might account for "Pullman" on the letterboard rather than the little Pullman sign at the car end).
In either case, all those sleepers (almost all there were, since only a few railroads operated their own parlor cars and sleepers) formed a nationwide pool. The Pullman Company and the railroads worked out utilization schemes that put many of the Western roads' cars into Florida service in the winter, and sent Seaboard and ACL cars west in the summer.
As a child, I used to ride to Florida from New York in California Zephyr cars, Santa Fe cars, once a Nickel Plate car, and several times in yellow UP cars. The "South Wind" carried an NP dome sleeper during the winter months throughout much of my youth.
This is one of the many things Amtrak lost for us. Selection of mutually incompatible car types for Western and Eastern trains means that there is no "surge pool" of sleepers, and in the winter Amtrak's pitiful excuses for Florida trains run with one or two Viewliners when in the late 1960s the Silver Meteor and the Florida Special would carry a dozen or more Pullmans.
The demise of the Pullman Company (they lasted a few more years in Mexico) hastened the decline of late-60s service and the pressure for government operation of passenger trains.
Date: 11/21/01 18:59
NYC Bailed Out
The New York Central was a big exception and ran their own sleeping cars for years before the termination of the Pullman Company at the end of 1968. I actually think the date was shortly after World War II, but I am not sure about that. The famous 20th Century Limited was NOT a Pullman operation for many of its years of operations.
I think there is a least one other big road that pulled out of Pullman years before the end, but I can't remember it right now. Southern?
Date: 11/21/01 23:34
My understanding is after the split, that the Pullman Operating Co. common stock was owned proportionally by the railroads themselves. This is similiar to the Railway Express Co. ownership. So that any profits or losses went back to the RR's.
I often wonder if perhaps the Pullman Co. would have been the better business model to "morph" into Amtrak. Reason: it had good management, staff and knew its business. The Railway Express Co. was another sad case. I still see the REAZ marks on piggy back trailers. It tried to modernize but was killed by ICC regulations.
Date: 11/22/01 08:16
RE: Pullman Operations
Those REAZ markings trailers in the 80s didn't have anything, I believe, to do with Railway Express. I've forgotten who the leasing company was.
Date: 11/22/01 08:16
RE: NYC Bailed Out
In the 19th Century, New York Central operated Wagner sleeping cars and shunned the Pullman Company. However, after Pullman bought out Wagner, the New York Central was forced to get in line with the rest of the industry.
I believe the 20th Century was never a Wagner operation. The train was inaugurated in 1902, which I believe was after the Pullman/Wagner merger. If you look at the book "The Twentieth Century Limited: 1938-1967 (Richard J, Cook Sr., TLC Publishing, Lynchburg, VA, 1993) there are several builders photos of sleeping cars from the 1938 edition of the train.
The 1948 edition also had its cars initially lettered "Pullman" but by the mid-1960s, sleeper-observation cars "Hickory Creek" and "Sandy Cree," the consists' feature cars read "New York Central" on their letterboards.
In the late 1940s, New York Central ordered new sleeping cars from both Budd and Pullman-Standard. As delivered, both builders' cars sported "Pullman" on the letterboards, but in later years they read "New York Central."
Date: 11/22/01 09:17
RE: NYC Bailed Out
I don't have time to find the exact dates, but NYC pulled out of Pulman around 1958. Southern dropped out in the late sixties, but that move precipitated the final demise and liquidation of Pullman only months later, IIRC.
As a matter of trivia, one time I was looking through the Pullman Archives at The Newberry Library. I found the notice that Graham Claytor give to Pullman that Southern was dropping out. It was handwritten on stationery from, if I remember right, the Boca Raton Resort & Club.
Date: 11/22/01 12:51
leasing co may have had the marks
Date: 11/22/01 13:14
Yup, Realco. REAZ reporting marks. Thanks


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President Trump never called the coronavirus a "hoax." He said trying to turn the coronavirus into the latest version of That Thing That Ruins Trump was a "hoax," like Russian collusion or Ukrainian election interference. In a February 28 rally in South Carolina, Trump was in mockery mode:
Russia, Russia, Russia. That didn’t work out too well. They couldn’t do it.They tried the impeachment hoax. That was on a perfect conversation. They tried anything. They tried it over and over. They’d been doing it since you got in. It’s all turning. They lost. It’s all turning. Think of it. Think of it. And this is their new hoax.
Rem Rieder at FactCheck.org called out people who've been suggesting Trump called the coronavirus a "hoax," explaining CBS correspondent Scott Pelley corrected Michael Bloomberg on air on 60 Minutes. So it was weird that the Snopes.com rating on this question a "Mixture." How on Earth it is "mixed"? Bethania Palma's post posited:
During a Feb. 28, 2020, campaign rally in South Carolina, President Donald Trump likened the Democrats' criticism of his administration's response to the new coronavirus outbreak to their efforts to impeach him, saying "this is their new hoax." During the speech he also seemed to downplay the severity of the outbreak, comparing it to the common flu.
Despite creating some confusion with his remarks, Trump did not call the coronavirus itself a hoax.
"Downplaying the severity of the outbreak" is not at all the same as calling coronavirus a "hoax." Palma also wrote:
In context, Trump did not say in the passage above that the virus itself was a hoax. He instead said that Democrats’ criticism of his administration’s response to it was a hoax. He muddied the waters a few minutes later, however, by comparing the number of coronavirus fatalities in the U.S. (none, at that point in time) to the number of fatalities during an average flu season, and accusing the press of being in “hysteria mode”...
"Fact checkers" shouldn't try to correct a statement -- and then bizarrely turn it into a judgment of some "Mixture" of fact and fiction. The political force that's "muddying the waters" here is Snopes.com.
That's too bad, since they've recently called out the Lindsey Graham Twitter hoax that so many liberals fell for (see Mollie Hemingway), and they went at least halfway and tagged Elizabeth Warren as "Unproven" for claiming she was fired from a teaching job for being pregnant.
They even noticed Joe Biden bizarrely claiming 150 million dead since 2007 in gun violence....although it wasn't Biden being "False," it was ruled "Correct Attribution" to everyone else who reported it.
We have rated this Snopes fact check as "Half Baked," since the site can't just admit that Trump's critics are wrong. For more, see our Fact-Checking the Fact-Checkers page.

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Well as usual every year I do my preview of the Eurovision Song Contest and try and do a prediction, which goes horrible wrong! Mainly its just random thoughts on the song. I have included links to the songs on youtube, so you can make up your own mind! So anyway Semi-Final one will take place on May 12th. There are 18 countries in this semi, and 10 will go on to the final. As well as the countries in this Semi, United Kingdom, Germany and Spain will be voting also. This is what lies ahead for us on the first night.
1. Montenegro: Andrea Demirović with “Just Get Out of My Life” (Youtube)
Montenegro are sending Andrea Demirović to Moscow. This is nice pop song which does grow on you. Not a song that stands out though in comparison due to chart music at the moment.
2. Czech Republic: Gipsy.cz with “Aven Romale” ( Come in gypsies) (Youtube)
So the Czech are the first of the ‘joke’ entries this year. Sometimes I like ‘joke’ entries but this is not one of them. I hope it crashes and burns. It will now do well cause I said that!
3. Belgium: Patrick Ouchène with “Copycat” (Youtube)
This song is very 60’s/70’s but reminds of all types of music I love! Yes, I know hes an Elvis impersonator, but this song is one you just want to swing to. This should sound good live and do well!
4. Belarus: Petr Elfimov with “Eyes That Never Lie” (Youtube)
I never really like Belarus’ entry, and this year is no different and sounds a lot like a Dima Bilan song. While I know it did well for Russia last year, I can’t see it being replicated this year for Belarus.
5. Sweden: Malena Ernman with “La voix” (The Voice) (Youtube)
Sweden have a habit to put in cathcy songs and this year they have put in a fantastic song. With a fast backing track and Malena’s fantastic voice, this song is just wow. This song has actually blown me away and if it doesnt get out of the semi’s there is something wrong with Eurovision!
6. Armenia: Inga and Anush with “Jan Jan” (My Dear) (Youtube)
I dont know what to make of this song, part of me likes it with the eastern influences and that, but another part is like what is this?? Its an ok song, but not one I would remember.
7. Andorra: Susanne Georgi with “La teva decisió (Get a Life)” (Your Decision) (Youtube)
This is a nice song, that has a slow beat and sets it out from the others in this semi so far. It sounds a bit like a country song, but its an enjoyable listen. (I also love the video!)
8. Switzerland: Lovebugs with “The Highest Heights” (Youtube)
Finally a rock song! Its a song that slightly reminds me of U2. Its a hugely diferent from Andorra, allowing both countries to stand out, but I prefer this one!
9. Turkey: Hadise with “Düm Tek Tek” (Youtube)
A song that to me kind of sums up Turkey and Eurovision (apart from last year). A good song, thats very Turkish, but very pop. It will do well as Turkey normally does.
10. Israel: Noa and Mira Awad with “There Must Be Another Way” (Youtube)
Israel are always slightly different, and this year is no exception with this ballad. It is sung in Hebrew, Arabic and English. Pity for them only one country in Eurovision speaks two of those languages (Israel!!!). Its a nice song and as first ballad may get through.
11. Bulgaria: Krassimir Avramov with “Illusion” (Youtube)
A lively song after Israels ballad again creating a contrast that may benefit both. Not sure if I like it or not, but I’ll give it time.
Iceland this year try out a ballad and I love it! A lovely song, not sure how it will be recieved but may come out better then Israel due to the running order. I hope this does well.
13. FYR Macedonia: Next Time with “Neshto shto ke ostane” (Something that will remain) (Youtube)
Another rock song and this one reminds me of the 8o’s! Not sure if its because of the hair! I like it though, its in Macedonian thats all that bothers me about it, but its a rocking tune!
14. Romania: Elena Gheorghe with “The Balkan Girls” (Youtube)
A modern pop song from Romania this year which reminds me slightly of Rihanna. Its a nice song with a definite Balkan feel. Will qualify in my opinion.
15. Finland: Waldo’s People with “Lose Control” (Youtube)
A class dance song! My favourite song from this year so far. Its brilliant! Can see myself dancing to this a lot!
16. Portugal: Flor-de-Lis with “Todas as ruas do amor” (All the streets of love) (Youtube)
This is a nice upbeat song from Portugal, with a livens up at the chorus and you want to clap along to. It sounds traditional, but as I know nothing about Portugese traditional music, someone else will have to tell if I’m right or wrong on that. Its certainly different from the other songs in this semi so far. I think Flor-de-Lis could do well,
17. Malta: Chiara with “What If We” (Youtube)
Malta tries really, really hard every year to win and Chiara is hoping to make it third time lucky (she represented Malta in 1998 and 2005). What If We is a beautiful song, a ballad which reminds me of a Disney film score. Its a powerful song, will it be Malta’s year?
18. Bosnia and Herzegovina: Regina with “Bistra voda” (Clear Water) (Youtube)
The last song of the first Semi-Final and its another ballad. This ballad has a strong Balkan feel to it considering it’s Bosnia and Herzegovina’s entry. Don’t let the name of the performer fool you, Regina is a band and not a girl as I thought. Its a good song.
So this is where I half make an educated guess and half my favourite songs on who gets through to the Final. So who gets the “Kiss of Death” from me this year?
- Finland (Love this song!)
- FYR Macedonia
It was actually quite hard to pick ten countries this year, so this will be an interesting Semi.
Look out for Preview of the second semi after Fine Gael Ard Fheis next weekend!
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shades created from stained glass are definitely the perfect synthesis of art and home furnishings. They may be set so their light casts in all directions and create a charming addition to your home entertainment space. In a more elaborate sense, you’ll be able to design stained glass chandeliers that hang from above, dangling light colorful displays cascading over the ceilings and dancing across the flooring of your respective household.
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A more elaborate putting on stained glass paneling and tiles works extremely well in outdoor scenarios. A sweet look is usually given to pool areas, where stained glass could be inserted in the edging, walkways or even in spaces for seating around regularly or Jacuzzis. This is usually a colorful method to make a plain pool area artsy and fun from the daylight hours, even though accents of stained glass under moonlight transform it into a romantic texture with the evening swim party. This is an proven fact that might cost a a bit more, however the results are amazing with an outdoor project to modernize your own home in a stylish way.
A simple alternative is often a panel you hang using a chain and hardware facing an existing window. Let the sun’s rays shine through the gorgeous glass into your property. It is a focal point to a family event and guests to admire!
Any of such ideas could be incorporated into a home living quarters, office as well as other shared perhaps the most common area. The more elaborate ideas is usually accented while using right design of furnishings or household accompaniments to come up with a wild and interesting mood setting is the space friends, family, or another visiting guests. These are just several ideas for stained glass paneling if these turn your self then consider talking to your home d?cor specialist to see what other ideas you may come up with together.
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3 Locations for Eyecare in Ontario
At Dr. Bruce D. Coward & Associate, we have three locations throughout parts of Ontario including Trenton, Brighton and Belleville. Our optometry experts offer a wide range of vision correction services. We utilize the latest innovations and pair it with a compassionate staff to improve your vision and overall health. We guarantee you receive a quality exam from a knowledgeable and dedicated staff no matter which location you select.
We ensure that our patients are able to access our facility by supplying ramps for those in wheelchairs. Each one of our facilities is fully equipped with the advanced technologies that aid in the diagnostic process. We also use our technology to pair our patients with the ideal prescription for comfort as well as functionality.
Services at Our Centers
At all of our optical centers, our eye doctor gives you a comprehensive eye exam. Each of our three facilities gives eye exams that will determine a prescription for either contacts or glasses. We will size you for a pair of glasses or contacts that fit you ideally. We also screen you for certain conditions. For instance, testing with our optometrist at any of our centers will include a screening for refractive conditions including astigmatism, presbyopia, amblyopia, myopia and hyperopia. These conditions occur due to light not focusing on the retina properly. We also look inside the eye to evaluate the internal structure of your health. We screen our patients for glaucoma and macular degeneration. At all of our locations, we strive to help patients detect problems early for the best possible prognosis.
Our Conveniently Located Locations
Spread out through Ontario, we have three facilities that provide you with care. Our Brighton facility sits at 46 Prince Edward Street, which is located off of Main Street. Our other facility in Trenton is located on 287 Dundas St. East Suite. The Belleville location is at 156 North Front St. Suite. Because we have three facilities, we’re able to serve a broader base of individuals. This allows our patients to choose the facility closest to them for convenience purposes.
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Navtech's hard shoulder monitoring detects stopped vehicles, debris and pedestrians in seconds on a hard shoulder using 360° long-range radar.
Operators can use the information to get help to stranded drivers faster and to check the hard shoulder is clear before opening it to traffic, where a dynamic hard shoulder is in use.
Hard shoulder monitoring is the detection of stopped vehicles, pedestrians, and debris on the hard shoulder or emergency rest area of a motorway.
Road users on the hard shoulder are in a vulnerable position due to fast-flowing traffic. Hard shoulder monitoring means operators can react faster to decrease the likelihood of a secondary incident by setting warning signs and deploying help.
The solution is also used to improve safety and efficiency where a dynamic hard shoulder is in operation. This means that in times of peak traffic flow, the hard shoulder will be opened to traffic to increase capacity. Debris commonly builds up on the hard shoulder from traffic in the adjacent carriageway, and vehicles can be stopped on the hard shoulder. Without automatic hard shoulder monitoring, highway traffic officers must drive the length of the hard shoulder to verify it is clear before the lane can be safely opened.
Radar works in poor visibility when accidents are more likely to happen. This includes incidents related to stopped vehicles and pedestrians on the hard shoulder. Radar works in fog, heavy rain, snow, glare, and in the dark. It is in these conditions that other technologies start to fail, while radar continues to work at the most critical times.
Navtech’s hard shoulder monitoring solution automatically detects pedestrians, stopped vehicles, and debris on the hard shoulder in seconds.
It enables operators to quickly set warning signs to alert drivers, close lanes, and deploy response teams. 360° long-range radar mean the entire freeway, or motorway, is covered by fewer sensors. Flexible, rules-based software means hard shoulder areas can be differentiated from the main carriageway and have their own alert rules applied. To further reduce the operator’s workload and speed up the setting of safety measures, the ITS solution can be integrated with your wider traffic management system to automatically trigger warning signs and close the adjacent lane when a vehicle or pedestrians are detected.
Navtech’s hard shoulder monitoring is also used by road authorities to operate dynamic hard shoulders more safely and efficiently. It removes the need for manual checks before the opening of the lane. The same system can also provide traffic flow information to help operators make informed decisions on when to open and close the dynamic lane, or alter the speed limit to manage travel times across their network.
ClearWay detects stopped vehicles and pedestrians in hard shoulder areas so warning signs can be set, lanes closed, and response teams deployed faster.
Know when a stopped vehicle is on the hard shoulder and not in a live lane so operators can prioritise responses when there are multiple live incidents.
Have visibility across your network with fewer sensors that operate in all conditions. Our radar detect up to 500m in all directions, meaning we cover all lanes and both carriageways.
The same system can deliver traffic flow information to support dynamic lane operation, as well as additional automatic incident detection and count and classification capabilities, with no further infrastructure required.
Navtech’s Intelligent Transport System (ITS) will find a stopped vehicle or wrong-way driver in seconds so operators can get assistance to road users faster. The same system can provide further actionable data such as vehicle count and classification.


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The owners of a 2005 Ford F250 pickup contacted the San Antonio Police Department to report that their vehicle was stolen from their residence during the previous night.
The San Antonio PD verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers which automatically activated the LoJack® System concealed in the Ford pickup.
Just ten (10) minutes later officers from the San Antonio PD picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Ford pickup with the LoJack Police Tracking Computers (PTC) that are installed in patrol vehicles and aircraft. Following the directional and audible cues from the PTC, the officers tracked the pickup to a residential area in the 1200 block of Barney Ave. where the pickup was located parked in the yard behind a residence. Two subjects were arrested and charged with felony theft of a vehicle.
The LoJack® System was installed in the Ford F250 in May 2006 at Gillespie Ford in San Antonio, Texas.

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Michigan finally gets NCLB waiver
Michigan finally received a waiver from No Child Left Behind (NCLB) mandates. In the latest round of announcements, Michigan joins Mississippi, South Carolina and the District of Columbia. So far, 32 states have received waivers with eight states being conditionally approved.
The waiver means Michigan will not have to have 100 percent of students proficient on state tests by 2014. The new target requires 85 percent of students be proficient by 2022. The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) can now set new interim targets and its own timeline for reaching them. Currently, approximately 21 percent of Michigan schools are not meeting NCLB standards.
Most Michigan schools would not have met the 100 percent level since the state made changes to the way state exams are scored. This year students had to have higher cut scores in order to pass and the number of students proficient dropped significantly
The MDE can set its own accountability system since school districts will no longer have to identify schools for improvement, sanction or restructuring based on meeting Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). Instead of a strict yes or no when it comes to AYP, Michigan will move to a color-coding system that labels struggling schools as “red,” schools making progress as “yellow,” and successful schools as “green.”
The state can now also set its own standards for providing assistance to those schools not meeting AYP. School districts will now have to focus on the bottom 30 percent of its students, not just on low-performing schools.
Low performing schools will have the flexibility to use Title I funds. Gone is the requirement that schools have to have at least 40 percent of students in poverty in order to use the money. Schools that are exceeding their performance goals can qualify for bonus funding.
Finally, the MDE will no longer monitor the improvement plans submitted by schools not meeting Highly Qualified teacher standards. Those schools then will also have more flexibility in spending money set aside for those improvement plans.


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Fettuccine With Braised Fennel, Walnuts, Saffron and Cream
2 medium fennel bulbs (or one large)
1/4 cup minced scallion (white and green)
1/2 cup walnuts
1/8 teaspoon loosely packed saffron thread (about 15 threads)
1 pound fresh fettuccine
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 tablespoons olive oil
Salt and freshly ground pepper
1 cup chicken stock
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup minced parsley
Grated Parmesan cheese
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spread walnuts on a baking sheet or pie pan and toast until fragrant and lightly browned, about 15 minutes. Cool, then chop fine and set aside.
Cut off the stalks of the fennel bulb(s),if attached. Finely mince and set aside. Try to include some of the feathery leaves.
Dice the scallions.
Melt the butter in a skillet overly moderately low heat. Add the diced fennel and scallions and season with salt and pepper. Toss to coat with the seasonings.
Add the chicken stock and saffron threads, bring to a simmer and cover. Adjust the heat to maintain a simmer and cook until tender and much of the liquid has evaporated, about ten minutes.
Stir in the cream. Bring back to a simmer and cook briefly to incorporate. Take care not to reduce the sauce too much as fresh pasta absorbs a lot of the sauce.
Taste and adjust the seasoning. Keep warm over low heat.
Cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling, salted water until al dente. Drain. Transfer the pasta to a large bowl. Add contents of the skillet and mix. Serve immediate on warm dishes, topping each with a reserve of a few chopped fennel leaves, if available.
NOTES: * This recipe comes from a book called Pasta Harvest by Janet Fletcher. The book is all vegetable pasta dishes, with the dishes listed alphabetically by vegetable, starting with artichokes and ending with tomatoes. There are separate sections on pasta shapes, how to make pasta and creating sauces.
* I only eat this dish in the winter. Why? I dunno. I guess I think of fennel and heavy pastas as "winter."
* I know I should photograph food in natural light, but I didn't want to wait until tomorrow and wade out through snow to get to my garden table. I also forgot to mix the sauce with the pasta so it's sitting there like vom on top of the pasta. But it was good tasting vom.
* I went to reach for my saffron threads and "oops." I didn't have any. I did have a package of Spanish yellow rice, so I tapped into that to get some saffron flavoring. It really needs the saffron, though. Guess what got added to my "to buy" list?
* I usually cut this recipe in half. I could even see eating it over rice.
* I don't go to the trouble to roast the walnuts in the oven. At best, I may toss them around in a smaller fry pan for a few minutes.
* You can vary that butter-oil ratio. The recipe does need butter. It does not need oil. I only used butter tonight.
* I use a bit more of the feathery leaves than the recipe calls for, simply because I like the look of them.
* I never use heavy cream. You can use half and half, probably even whole milk. I would not make it using skim milk.

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Following months of leaks, speculations, and rumours, Google has officially unveiled the Pixel 5a 5G smartphone. Pixel 4a is a successor to last year’s Pixel 4a, which was released this year. In contrast, Google’s Pixel 5a was only released in the United States and Japan this time around. As a result, before we go into the price or availability specifics, let us give you a brief summary of the Google Pixel 5a 5G’s main specifications.
Google Pixel 5a 5G – Specification details
When it comes to its construction and camera module on the back, the Pixel 5a looks identical to its predecessor. For better grip, the new smartphone has a metallic body coated in bio-resin, as opposed to the Pixel 4a’s plastic rear panel.
With a 6.34-inch Full HD+ OLED display, the device’s front is larger and more impressive, with a 1080 x 2340p resolution. Like its predecessor, the Pixel 5a has a 60Hz display, although unlike the flagship series. There is also an 8MP selfie camera with a punch-hole in the upper left corner.
On the subject of photography, the Pixel 5a has a dual-camera system on the rear of the smartphone. 12.2MP main lens and a 16MP ultra-wide lens are included. Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) is available for use with the primary lens, and the device can capture movies up to 4K at 30FPS.
The Pixel 5a is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 765G chipset, the same as the Pixel 4a 5G from last year. There are six gigabytes of LPDDR4x RAM and 128 gigabytes of UFS 2.1 storage on board. Google’s low-cost smartphone now boasts an IP67 dust and water-resistant grade, making it more appealing to the people.
The smartphone has a larger 4,680mAh battery than its predecessor. In addition, it has the largest battery capacity ever in a Google Pixel smartphone. Using the USB-C connector on the bottom of the device, which enables 18W rapid charging, you may charge the device.
In addition to these features, the Pixel 5a supports 5G networks, Bluetooth 5.0, Wi-Fi 5, GPS, and more. There is also a fingerprint sensor on the back and a 3.5mm headphone port. It will come pre-installed with the newest Android 11 version. “Mostly Black” is really dark green, and it will be the only one available for purchase.
Google Pixel 5a 5G – Pricing and when will it be available?
The Pixel 5a is available in a single 6GB + 128GB configuration for $450. For the time being, the gadget is only accessible in the United States and Japan. And there’s no word on whether Google will release the Pixel 5a 5G in other locations, such the United States and Canada.
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Goonies. Twilight. Kindergarten Cop. Dante's Peak. Sleepless in Seattle. Untraceable. The Hunted. Stand By Me. So many movies have been filmed in the PNW. Can you guess where the most filmed locations are in Oregon and Washington?
HawaiianIslands.com analyzed IMDb data to identify the U.S. locations with the most film credits, not including movie studios.
Turns out for Oregon it's the Columbia River Gorge.
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And in Washington it's Mt. St. Helens.
Where is your favorite Instagrammable spot?

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Natural Wonders on the East Coast of India
The smallest sea turtle
India has five kinds of marine turtles of which the most common and the smallest is the Olive Ridley turtle. As the name indicates, this turtle is olive green in colour. It has paddle shaped limbs that help it to swim in the oceans where it spends its life. Unlike the tortoises, the marine turtles cannot retract their heads and limbs into the shell. Olive Ridleys are often found near the mouths of rivers, in mangrove forests with low salinity waters. They are also seen in open oceans. In fact, they seem to travel very long distances to reach our shores.
The Olive Ridley nests all along the East Coast of India, from the Sunderbans to the Gulf of Mannar. A unique phenomenon occurs at the Gahirmatha beach at Orissa, when thousands of female turtles arrive in a single night to lay eggs. After filling the nest hole, the turtle smooths sand over it. It has also been known to cover its nest with vegetation growing nearby, usually a kind of creeper or grass. Olive Ridleys are omnivorous, feeding on fish, crabs and other shelled sea creatures.
Four other kinds of marine turtles are found in the seas around India. They are the Green turtle whose meat is popular and which is an ingredient of turtle soup; the Hawksbill turtle whose shell is coveted and highly priced; the Loggerhead turtle which has an enormous head and extremely strong beak and fins; and the Leatherback turtle which has a leathery, rather than a horny covering and is a strong swimmer.
Along the sandy and rocky shores of the mouths of rivers and muddy seashores, places where any other tree would perish as a seedling, lives and grows a special group of trees-the mangroves. There are many species of mangroves. They all have one common property- their tolerance to salt. What makes these trees salt resistant? Some mangroves take in sea water, extract the salt with special glands and then secrete it from their leaves. Others have roots that filter out much of the salt even as it enters the tree. The remaining salt is stored in the oldest leaves of the tree- those that are about to fall. Thus the salt does little harm.
Mangrove trees have to adapt not only to living in salty water, but also to growing in the continuously shifting sandy soil which gives little scope for the trees to get a firm hold. Mangroves anchor themselves to the soil by sending out long roots from their trunks and branches. These stilt roots support the tree and prevent it from toppling over. The muddy waters where they live contain very little oxygen. But mangroves have and ingenious solution to this problem too. The trees send out a second air-breathing root system, not downwards but popping up above the mud-like the snorkel of a diver.
In addition to the props that come down and roots that shoot up, mangroves have roots that trap the silt and debris from the sea as well as the trees' own fallen leaves. In course of time, this accumulation helps to create more land area around the trees, and a new habitat is created. Mangroves growing together create an entire ecological complex along some parts of our coast. These are also called mangals in India. Mangrove swamps perform a very important function-they nurture the seas and protect the land.
They help control floods by catching and spreading high velocity flood waters. They catch the fertile silt flowing away to the ocean with the rainwater, and trap it amongst their roots. Mangrove swamps provide vital breeding grounds and habitats for a great variety of shellfish. The nutrient rich soil provides food and shelter to innumerable organisms. The fallen leaves provide shelter to tiny shelled creatures. Floating mangrove leaves provide a base for larval growth and for micro fauna. The rotting fallen leaves of the trees provide food to insects, reptiles and shellfish. The smaller animals form food for the larger creatures that live or pass through the swamps. Many fish-eating birds come here for the abundant food and the shelter. It is a world teeming with life.
India has about 3,150 kilometers of mangrove cover. Our mangrove swamps or mangals have around 50 species of mangrove trees. The mangroves along our eastern coast are thicker when compared with those on the western coast. The best mangrove formation in India occurs in the Sundarbans in the Bay of Bengal, and in the Andaman and Nicobar islands. The Sunderbans has been designated a world heritage site- one of the natural wonders of the world.
All over the world mangroves are being degraded at an alarming rate. There are several reasons for this. There is a tremendous pressure on areas where they grow due to increasing industrialisation. Mangroves are exploited directly or indirectly, for food, duel, timber, medicines and fisheries. In India also, our mangroves are under threat. The trees are used as timber, firewood, charcoal and as a source of tannin. Honey is harvested in large quantities. Mangals have also been converted into salt pans. In the last 200 years, the area under the Sundarbans mangroves have been reduced to one third of its original size. These pressures are destroying unique ecosystems.
The Bengal Tiger
Among the tangled roots and the salty waters of the Sundarbans mangroves lives the Royal Bengal tiger. Great indeed is the adaptability of this majestic beast. For the tiger is equally at home in sweltering thick evergreen forest, arid tall grasses of dry lands, the heights of cold mountains and even in the swamps of the Sundarbans. Wherever it roams, the tiger needs three conditions for survival: vegetative cover, water supply and sufficient prey- be it deer, antelope, wild buffalo, porcupines, and even peafowl. It ma also prey upon domesticated cattle if it is hunting near human habitation.
The tiger hunts by stalking its prey. That is, it moves silently, hidden until it approaches close to its prey from behind. At an appropriate time, it lunges on the prey, knocking it down through sheer force, and then sinks its claws and teeth into the neck of the victim. It generally drags the kill to a secluded placeto eat. The hunt is neat and efficient. The tiger does not kill unless it is hungry. The tiger is a loner. It usually lives and hunts alone, except when it is courting, or when a tigress is with its cubs. Cubs stay with the mother till they are two years old. The tigress protects them and trains them to stalk and hunt.
The tiger has always been held in awe for its regal and majestic appearance. It has been used to symbolise power and strength. It is this very majesty that has proved its greatest undoing. For hundreds of years it has been hunted as a grand trophy. Hunting is now banned ut the treat continues from poachers who kill it for its skin, claws and bones which fetch extremely high prices in illegal markets. So grave is this danger that in the 1970s, this grand beast that once numbered 40,000 in India was on the brink of extinction. A big project titled Project Tiger, was initiated to ensure that this did not happen. The only way the tiger can be saved is by ensuring a healthy habitat, for not only the tiger, but for all the plants and animals that share it.
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What plants do Moles and voles hate?
Some plants help deter moles. Put them around the perimeter of your lawn for a natural, effective and attractive mole repellent. Try marigolds, alliums, fritillarias, daffodils, garlic and shallots.
What do voles hate the most?
Like most sensible animals (and people), voles hate the taste and smell of castor oil. Sprinkling a bit of it around your landscaping can deter the rodents. Voles also dislike capsaicin, the potent compound in peppers that makes them taste spicy.
What plants are not eaten by voles?
Plants voles won’t eat: While voles will feed on most plants, there are a few they find distasteful. These include crown imperial (Fritillaria imperialis), daffodils, grape hyacinth, hellebores, iris, salvia, and snowdrops.
How do I keep moles and voles out of my garden?
Remove woodpiles and hiding places for voles from near your garden, shrubs, and trees. Keep your lawn mowed and bushes trimmed up from the ground. Avoid putting dense mulch too close to trees and shrubs. Keep snow cleared from the base of trees and shrubs.
What smells keep voles away?
Garlic. Similar to castor oil, garlic can help keep away voles with its pungent smell. You can either mix several minced garlic cloves into water to create a spray solution, or drop crushed cloves near your vegetation and vole runways.
Do coffee grounds repel voles?
Coffee grounds are also one of the best natural ways to help protect our garden and lawns alike. They can deter rodents like voles, gophers, and mice. The coffee ground can be the best natural vole repellent.
Do voles eat garden plants?
Voles primarily eat plants. They like to feast on roots, tubers, or bulbs, which puts crops like onions, potatoes, sweet potatoes, turnips, and beets at risk.
Do marigolds keep voles away?
Marigolds (Tagetes spp.) don’t repel rodents, such as mice, voles, rats, squirrels, chipmunks and groundhogs. Recommended deterrents for these unwanted garden visitors vary based on the species.
What plants keep moles away?
Some plants help deter moles. Put them around the perimeter of your lawn for a natural, effective and attractive mole repellent. Try marigolds, alliums, fritillarias, daffodils, garlic and shallots. Castor bean plant also works, but it’s poisonous and should not be used anywhere around pets or children.
Do voles eat lavender plants?
Lavender is a highly scented plant. It produces purple flowers and silver-green leaves. It attracts bees, butterflies and other beneficial insects and resists damage from voles.
Does dog poop keep voles away?
Voles have many natural predators, including cats and dogs. That means you can cause their droppings to scare voles away.
Does cedar mulch repel voles?
Suddenly, their food tastes awful. In addition to castor oil, our mole & vole repellent uses cedar oil, which repels insects that moles may eat, and peppermint oil, which irritates the nasal passages of rodents. The combination of these will cause moles and voles to leave the area quickly.
Do voles eat daylilies?
Voles prefer vegetation, including tubers, roots, your daylily bulbs and other favorites, grasses and herbaceous plants, including stems, foliage and flowers. They’ll devour the roots and bark of trees and eat more seeds and grain during the cold months when other food is less plentiful.
Do voles eat hostas?
Voles (with a V) make little runway-like paths on the surface of lawns and eat underground plant parts like spring bulbs and (especially) the roots of plants like hostas.
Do voles eat hydrangeas?
Usually voles go for the hydrangeas and hostas (both much softer at the soil line than rose wood) but I wouldn’t put it past them to take on a rose bush. Moles and voles are not the same animal. Moles eat grubs and soil insects; voles gnaw on the roots and bark of small plants.
Do voles eat Liriope?
Down below, voles were eating on the plants’ roots, making the upper part move. While he continued to watch, the voles pulled liriope down through the hole where they finished off the plant.
Will voles eat peonies?
Voles will devour the roots of your favorite hosta, gnaw your beloved peony stems and chew the bulbs of your beautiful tulips.
Do voles eat succulents?
What Are Voles? Voles are small rodents that look like mice, except they usually have smaller eyes and ears, a stouter body, and short tails. They are sometimes called field mice. They eat a wide variety of vegetation – seeds, tubers, nuts, fruit, bark, green leaves, juicy stems, succulent roots, and more.
Do voles like mint?
Things like peppermint and cedar have been known to repel voles. One of the easiest ways to use these scents is by making a spray using essential oils.
Do voles eat pepper plants?
Voles feed underground, causing severe damage to plants by eating their roots. Question: I’ve had a massive infestation of moles and voles in my yard and especially in my vegetable garden this year. They have pulled down several pepper plants and some tomato plants have failed to thrive.
Do voles eat tomato plants?
Voles are herbivores and eat the roots of plants like carrots, lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, strawberries, raspberries, beans, and other vegetables to get their needed nutrients for survival.
Will voles eat ferns?
Voles don’t do as much damage to fern roots as to some other perennials and woodies…. and then there is the small matter of the gravel…. I planted five new ferns today and added two more bags of gravel to the 10 or so we’ve already spread here over the last several years.
Do voles eat vinca?
Voles are plant-eaters that like to hide under the dense, evergreen protection and then gnaw at the roots for food in winter. A confirming sign would be zig-zagging surface tunnels in the lawn emanating from the vinca bed.
Do voles eat nandina?
Dwarf nandinas, hostas, daylilies, tulip bulbs, apple trees and rhododendron are preferred dining plants for voles. If you suspect voles, check for chisel-like marks near or below ground parts of the plants. Another way to check for voles is to place a piece of apple under a flowerpot.
Do voles eat clematis?
We set out another trap with clematis leaves. Leaves plucked from somone else’s clematis plant and kept on ice because that’s how our voles like it.
How do I protect my plants from voles?
To discourage voles from entering your garden keep grass and weeds mowed short. Voles don’t like to feed in the open, so keeping grass and weeds cut low, or removed, will limit habitat. Consider a cleared strip around your vegetable garden to discourage movement.
Do moles eat roots of plants?
Moles don’t eat tree roots — or any roots, for that matter — because they’re carnivorous. If one is digging around the roots of a tree in your yard, it’s because there are insect larvae there, and if there are many larvae, the mole may dig many tunnels to get them.

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In Argentière, small nest of 13 m² (140 ft²) plus mezzanine, entirely equipped and newly renovated.
Perfect for a quiet visit of the Chamonix valley, free buses and trains nearby.
2 min walk from the Grands Montets ski lifts.
Argentière is at 1250 m altitude in the valley of Chamonix. At the foot of the Aiguille Verte
Residence is located 3min from the cable car Grand Montets.
Free trains and buses on presentation of the Host Card, which will be provided for your stay.


Le climat au mois de de décembre à Madrid est relativement sec avec 69 mm de pluie sur 9 jours. Even if the sun is still present, the wearing of warm clothes is of great importance in order to feel comfortable. Forecast - Madrid. Le climat est plutôt frais autour de cette ville ce mois-ci, mais cela reste convenable en s'habillant chaudement. Rainfall 50 … Chevron left. Due to Madrid's high altitude of 650 metres, it experiences quite different temperatures in the summer and the winter. Daytime maximum temperatures average around a cool 10°C (51°F), whilst at night 2°C (36°F) is normal. The amount of rain in December is normal with an average of 51mm (2.0in). Madrid Weather December Averages, Spain. December. The most pleasant warm weather falls between May and mid July when average temperatures are between 20 and 32 degrees Celsius (68°F - 90°F). Madrid Weather in December The weather in December is typically mild—some days can hit the high 50s and low 60s. January February March April May June July August September October November December. La météo ne s'arrange pas par rapport au mois précédent puisqu'en novembre on enregistre en moyenne 38 mm de pluie sur 6 jours. December is in the winter in Madrid and is typically the 2nd coldest month of the year. Daytime maximum temperatures average around a cool 10°C (51°F), whilst at night 2°C (36°F) is normal.
Madrid - Weather warnings issued 14-day forecast. Average Weather during December in Madrid (Community of Madrid), Spain. Madrid and Castile in December As in Catalonia, the weather in Spain throughout December is characterized by the cold. Tonight, A clear sky and a gentle breeze. Photo Credit: Eric Titcombe, Text Overlay: Devour Madrid Food Tours Marvel at the holiday lights. We travelled to Madrid from Sydney 18th to 22nd December last year and coming from high temperatures of around 32 celcius found it extremely cold. Weather history can be found at a … The weather during this time is moderate. High Temperature 11 °C 52 °F. Note: Actual official high and low records may vary slightly from our data, if they occured in-between our weather recording intervals... More about our weather records Madrid Weather History for … Sunshine Hours 4 hrs.
Chevron down. First on our agenda of what to do in Madrid in December is simple: check out the Christmas lights!
Nights tend to be colder, though they rarely dip below freezing.
All over the city, festive lights twinkle in the streets, bringing a visible sense of … A mere 43.9mm (1.7in) of fluid is deposited across on average 9 days. Temperature 6.5 °C 44 °F. A mere 43.9mm (1.7in) …
This month is known as a chilly month.
Weather warnings issued. … While we were there the coldest day was minus 8 and the hottest 11 - average around 5 degrees celcius and we had snow overnight (a treat for us).
The natural beauty of this place and the amazing weather during the last month of the year makes it one of the best places to visit in December in the world with family. Didn't stop us having a wonderful time and enjoying ourselves. The weather in December is a little parched with some rain, sleet or snow. Daytime temperatures usually reach 10°C in Madrid in December, falling to 2°C at night. Last updated today at 21:16. How warm is it in Madrid in December? Low Temperature 2 °C 36 °F. Madrid, Madrid, Spain Monthly Weather | AccuWeather.
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painted kitchen tables – Since we found the hearth, the assembly was born across the house, to heat in chilly climate, to take pleasure in wealthy meals and revel in household firm. From that point till now, this place primarily destined to the preparation of meals, has been remodel. And likewise has purchase an significance past the pure keep. Based on the time and tradition, its measurement and relevance have various. being from a cut back room and separate from the remainder of the dwelling that’s solely use for cooking till, quite the opposite. It’s a giant house that additionally fulfills features of socialization household and is the primary room of the home.
Thus, the Kitchen desk performs a particular function in these environments. The place we not work provided that we spend time and revel in. Its evolution is indeniable as is the truth that it’s a place the place you breathe creativity and never solely within the stoves. Right here is an uncommon design. The Kitchen is in fact uncommon, paint with a number of murals: tropical seaside, ice desert … All in blue tones, along with painted kitchen tables and chairs, create a unique ambiance and enjoyable. The desk, embedded within the wall, one thing surprising, protrudes from one of many corners of the Kitchen, from a tropical seaside in a paradisiacal setting. An thought little seen that may persuade a couple of.
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A country desk in pine wooden in pickled end may be the right complement for traditional kitchens, fashionable and lots of different types. A flexible type, with a white coloration with textures due to its pickling. Would match completely in a lot of our kitchens, offering a strong and traditional persona. The practicality and the usage of areas in a most within the kitchens. From this island, the place many home equipment and even home equipment are safely disguise. There’s a easy white painted kitchen tables that serves as a desk. With a couple of chairs round it that certainly even have their very own hideaway; we took out a eating room from the Kitchen island.
What higher option to fill our Kitchen with colours than giving this honor to the central desk. This Original desk, totally different and electrifying, is a marvel for probably the most daring. The desk, in shades of blue and orange, blurred with one another. It’s lit with chairs with the identical design. However in inexperienced and yellow, lighter colours. A particular set that may differentiate our delicacies from the remainder.
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In August 2021, 821,700 passengers arrived in Ireland on overseas routes (up 116% on July 2021), new CSO figures show.
In the same month, 781,000 passengers departed from Ireland on overseas routes (up 82% on the previous month)
Overseas travel was considerably higher than in August 2020, when 362,600 passengers arrived, and 328,200 passengers departed
Overseas travel remains dramatically lower than pre-pandemic August 2019, when 2,256,500 passengers arrived, and 2,191,900 passengers departed
The August 2021 statistics show that continental routes contributed most to the passenger traffic.
Some 508,100 passengers arrived on continental routes and 452,800 passengers departed on continental routes. By way of contrast, 247,700 passengers arrived on cross-channel routes and 265,600 passengers departed on cross-channel routes. Just 43,200 passengers arrived on transatlantic routes and 43,300 passengers departed on these routes.
Apart from Great Britain (which accounted for almost all cross-channel routes), the most important routing countries for overseas travel in August 2021 were Spain (132,100 arrivals, 121,200 departures), France (57,100 arrivals, 52,900 departures) and Portugal (42,200 arrivals, 40,500 departures).
The year-to-date picture (January-August 2021), shows that 1,741,500 overseas passengers arrived in Ireland and 1,817,100 overseas passengers departed from Ireland.
This compares to both 3.8 million arrivals and departures in the same period in 2020 and 13.8 million arrivals and 13.9 departures in the same period in 2019.


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‘The research lab ‘ is a poem written by Robert Browning, published foremost in ‘hoods Magazine and Comic Miscellany ‘ in 1844. The verse form is about a adult female who wants to kill her challenger with toxicant, for holding an matter with her lover. We can state the verse form is written in a sexual context as there are sexual undertones in the verse form. ‘Salome ‘ is a poem written by Carol Ann Duffy. It was written in 1999 and is about a adult female who kills work forces. In the verse form, ‘Salome ‘ seduces work forces, has sex with them and so kills them. She does n’t hold a program ; she kills any adult male as we can see in the verse form. The adult females in the two verse forms are really similar as they are both liquidators. In add-on we know they are both high-toned adult females. In ‘The research lab ‘ the adult females is portion of the male monarch ‘s tribunal. And in ‘Salome ‘ she has a amah. However there are a figure of differences between the two verse forms. ‘Salome ‘ seduces work forces the putting to deaths but in ‘The research lab ‘ the adult females toxicant ‘s her victims. Both poems present adult females and decease in a sexual manner. I will take to clear up the cardinal points about both verse forms.
The subjects in both verse forms are really similar, it is decease. The chief thought about adult females in ‘The Laboratory ‘ is that they have positive attitude to decease. The adult female sees decease as a manner to penalize all and to acquire what she wants. For illustration a line from the verse form says ‘Not that I bid you spare her the hurting ‘ . This line tells us she wants her challenger to endure every bit much as possible to the extent that decease is the lone manner. Where as in ‘Salome ‘ she has a rather relaxed attack to decease, we get this feeling as she does n’t retrieve the names of her victims. ‘Simon? Andrew? John? J knew I ‘d experience better ‘ . The frequence of the punctuation slows down the gait of the verse form ; this indicates she is fighting to retrieve what has happened due to inordinate ingestion of intoxicant. We can besides presume she did n’t be after the adult male ‘s decease but did it without a ground. But if there was a ground it could be she a misandrist ( hatred of work forces ) .We cognize she hates work forces from the lines ‘Never once more! /I demand to clean up my act. ‘ This suggests she wants to better her life style but non halt the violent death of work forces it is about like she has no compunction. She may detest work forces so much she merely has to kill them. But she does n’t take any work forces she picks certain types. For illustration she says ‘Good-looking, of class, dark hair, instead matted. ‘ This line tells us she may non hold a program but thinks about who she kills, as she evidently a adult females of gustatory sensation by the manner she picks work forces. The mode in which the line is said in proposes the adult female is of category and importance. ‘aˆ¦Of class ‘ is said with such haughtinesss turn outing she is of high category like the adult females from ‘The Laboratory. ‘
Death is a subject in both verse forms but so is retaliation. In ‘The Laboratory ‘ the adult female is seeking to seek retaliation as she believes her lover is holding an matter. We get this information for the line which says ‘He is with her ; and they know that I know ‘ . This is stating us her lover is with her challenger but they think the adult female does n’t cognize, but she does. This indicates the adult female has a cunning head as she did non face her lover or rival alternatively she wants to kill her challenger for the hurting she has put the adult females through. In this line the figure of pronouns used is a great trade. This shows she has referred to her lover and challenger on more than one juncture, intending she could hold an compulsion with them. In ‘Salome ‘ we do n’t truly acquire a sense of retaliation. But if there was a sense of retaliation it might be because she has been hurt by a ‘good-looking ‘ adult male before so she ‘s turned into a misandrist to acquire retaliation.
Both adult females get sadistic pleasance from decease or the thought of decease. In ‘The research lab ‘ the adult female gets pleasance from the manner the old adult male makes the toxicant. ‘I am non in hastiness! Better sit therefore, and detect thy unusual things, than travel where work forces wait me and dance at the King ‘s. ‘ This expresses the fact she wants to watch the toxicant being made instead than be entertained at the male monarch ‘s tribunal. She besides says she is non in a haste but she contradicts herself as in the 6th stanza she mentions ‘Pauline should hold just- 30 proceedingss to populate. ‘ So she has now started to fantasize over killing other adult females. This could be so her lover does n’t hold another matter as there would be fewer adult females around the King ‘s tribunal to hold one with. We could about state the adult female is paranoid as she is ever believing of ways to maintain her lover to herself. In ‘Salome ‘ she gets sadistic pleasance by killing the work forces she sleeps with. She has sex with them as are ever found in her bed, and she evidently gets pleasance from this. The manner in which Salome acts is slightly like a adult male. She is introduced like this ‘I ‘d done it before ( and undoubtedly so it once more, sooner or subsequently ) ‘ . We automatically assume these are actions of a adult male as the manner she behaves is stereotypically what a adult male would make. The poet is seeking to overthrow stereotype of adult females turn outing they are more powerful and stronger than work forces.
‘The Laboratory is written as a dramatic soliloquy. We know this as it is a long vocalization from the one adult female and no-one else speaks. The linguistic communication is besides formal unlike the ‘Salome ‘ which uses conversational linguistic communication. The formal linguistic communication in ‘The Laboratory ‘ makes us take the adult female earnestly about her program and the manner she is traveling to kill her challenger. In the verse form ‘The Laboratory ‘ there is some initial rhyme. One illustration is ‘Paste, Pound at thy pulverization, ‘ this ‘p ‘ sound at the beginning of each word gives the verse form a harsh and violent tone, reminding us that a slaying is about to take topographic point.
The manner the toxicant is described in ‘The Laboratory ‘ is with rich imagination. ‘You call it a gum? … gold seepage ‘s semen! … keen blue, ‘ the manner she is depicting the toxicant is as if it is a charming potion. But this contrasts as the toxicant is to kill person non to give them charming powers. But the word gold seepage ‘s has a dual significance. Yes it may hold a something to make with the toxicant. But it besides has a sexual significance. The seepage ‘s really means seeds. The adult female is believing about sex once more associating it to decease. We would non anticipate this of a stereotyped adult female.
Another type of poetic device used in the ‘The research lab ‘ are onomatopoeias. One illustration is ‘Grind off, moisten and squash up thy paste ‘ . The sounds these words make give the verse form a punitory tone. Besides these verbs are quite violent and sexual. These verbs have 2nd significances of a sexual nature.
The eventually poetic device I am traveling to depict about in ‘The Laboratory ‘ is innuendo. This is when the adult female talks about the ‘pestle and howitzer ‘ . But other significance is that the stamp is a phallus and the howitzer is a vagina. The poet is ever associating decease with sex to overthrow the stereotypes of adult females.
The poem ‘Salome ‘ is written in conversational linguistic communication, intending it is informal and uses slang. One illustration of the slang used in the verse form is ‘Booze and the fairy ‘ . The ground why there is slang in the verse form is because this verse form is more modern than ‘The research lab ‘ as they are both written in different times. But it besides creates a composure and insouciant tone compared to seriousness of the state of affairs. Besides in ‘Salome ‘ one poetic device is assonance, this is when a phrase contains two of the same rhyming vowel sounds. One illustration of this is ‘Colder than pewter ‘ . The vowel rhyme in the verse form makes it flux more easy and accent on the subject of decease. Another poetic technique used in ‘Salome ‘ is initial rhyme merely like in ‘The Laboratory ‘ . An illustration of this is ‘blighter, the beater or biter. ‘ This initial rhyme gives the verse form a rough tone reminding us of the decease that took topographic point. Besides here attitude to work forces is rather different from the normal adult females. The nouns used tell us she has a hatred of work forces as the nouns sound really acrimonious and barbarous. A different poetic device in ‘Salome ‘ is positive linguistic communication. An illustration of that is ‘I ‘d think, may be laughter, ‘ this linguistic communication is really happy and positive as the poet has used the word laughter which by and large associated with felicity and joyousness. This creates a blithe tone as the adult female does n’t ‘ care what she has done or is traveling to make. But in contrast ‘from painaˆ¦maybe laughter ‘ she has confused the two emotions. She has positive associations with decease and this reveals her unsettled psychotic head set. This could be from a troubled childhood or experience she has had.
The linguistic communication in both verse forms is really different. ‘Salome ‘ utilizations conversational linguistic communication for illustration ‘aˆ¦booze and the fairy. ‘ Whereas ‘The Laboratory ‘ utilizations formal and old linguistic communication for illustration ‘NOW that I, binding thy glass mask tightly. ‘ But the tone of both verse forms is really interesting. The tone in ‘The research lab ‘ is really optimistic, intense and the thrilling tone of the storyteller makes you ask inquiries about the storyteller. Evidence of this is when the adult female in the verse form asks ‘is that toxicant excessively? ‘ This suggests that she is frenetic about killing her challenger.
In ‘Salome ‘ the tone is rather blithe as she does n’t cognize what ‘s happened as she merely merely woke up. And besides she does n’t care that she ‘s killed person and the victims head is on her bed. An illustration of this is ‘I ‘d think, possibly laughter. ‘ This suggests the adult female has no emotional ties with her victims and laughs it off. The verse form has a sense of black temper around it.
Although some may state the tone is of import, so is the construction and signifier. The rhyme strategy in ‘The Laboratory ‘ is much organised. It has an AABB rime strategy. An illustration is ‘grim and subdued and stir and prefer. ‘ This can propose that the adult female has a much organised head and can be said to be sane. This contrasts with the content of the verse form. The rhyme strategy lightens up the temper of the verse form ; you sometimes experience it ‘s non about decease. The meter of the verse form is anapaestic two unstressed syllables, followed by a stressed 1. An illustration of this is “ May regard thro ‘ , ” this creates a sprightly consequence which seems contradictory to the verse form ‘s dark capable affair, if we take it excessively earnestly. Browning does n’t desire the reader to take this excessively earnestly ; he wants us to happen this amusing and absurd. There are parts of the verse form that have traits of a horror movie. In add-on to this, the stanza signifier is really orderly.
Each stanza consists of four lines and there are 12 stanzas in entire. This tells us the talker of the verse form is much methodical unlike the talker in ‘Salome ‘ . Besides the beat of the verse form is really cheerful and faster gait which contrasts between sprightly beats and dark capable affairs.
However in the verse form, ‘Salome ‘ the construction of the verse form is n’t rather so organized like the ‘The research lab ‘ . In ‘Salome ‘ the rime strategy is irregular. The ‘er ‘ rimes reflect the drippage of the blood. As the Salome wakes up the riming becomes more regular. This suggests she is get downing to patch together what happened last dark and is bit by bit retrieving from her katzenjammer. A cagey device the talker uses is boding. She asks rhetorical inquiry to bode future events. Like, ‘What was his name? Peter? ‘ This is stating us she ca n’t retrieve names because she ‘s killed so many work forces and she ‘s traveling to go on killing and scoring work forces. And eventually the stanza signifier is in free poetry. There is no specific stanza signifier. There are four stanzas with the first stanza incorporating the most sums of lines and the last stanza incorporating the least sum of lines.
Both verse forms have their ain ways in which they compare and contrast adult females and decease. I believe the most effectual is ‘The Laboratory ‘ . I consider ‘The research lab ‘ to be the most effectual as the metre of the verse form is anapaestic which creates a chirpy consequence in contrast to the great program the talker is hatching up. Other ground why I believe ‘The Laboratory ‘ to be consequence is because of the construction. It has been ordered methodical and is easy on the oculus. Both verse forms are written in dramatic soliloquy, which gives a sense of escapade to poem as if a narrative is being told. This is effectual as it connects with the readers and you do non experience uninterested after the first few lines like a stereotyped verse form. The poetic devices used in both verse forms are really similar for illustration onomatopoeias and powerful verbs. These devices engage the reader but I believe the devices are used more efficaciously in ‘The Laboratory ‘ .

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