Terry Boston-Marsh had spent 25 years working in operating theatres at Kent and Canterbury Hospital but was redeployed to intensive care during the pandemic.
The theatre practitioner died on Friday (January 29), aged 54, leaving his colleagues devastated, the hospital trust’s chief executive said.
His mother Marlene Tupp described him as “the sort of son everyone would have wanted”.
She added: “He was so kind and thoughtful. I only had to mention something I was interested in and Terry would buy it for me.
“He loved working at the hospital; it really was his calling. He had recently received his certificate to mark 25 years there and he went out and bought a Westminster chiming clock to mark the occasion.
“Whenever he called I would hear it chiming in the background. Now I will never hear it again.
“I never expected he would go before me, but with this virus anything goes. No-one knows how or where he got it, and to begin with it was just the loss of taste and smell but he just got worse and no-one could save him.”
'We are shocked and heartbroken'
Mr Boston-Marsh, who lived in Canterbury, worked in day surgery and main theatres, before moving to the ophthalmic theatre department where he worked for many years.
Karen Amber, principal operating department practitioner, said: “Terry was a much-loved member of the team and we are shocked and heartbroken at his loss.
“We are a family here and we are totally devastated to have lost one of our own.
“Terry would do anything for anyone and never asked for anything in return.
“He had a wicked sense of humour, but never at anyone else’s expense, and he helped to keep spirits up even in the most stressful of situations.
“We will remember him as a truly kind, funny man with a heart of gold.”
Dr Rosina Zakri, speciality doctor in ophthalmology, gave a tribute on behalf of the hospital’s ophthalmic surgeons, saying: “Terry was quiet but extremely skilled and this did not go unnoticed by all the surgeons who worked with him.
“He never raised his voice and had a real sense of humour. Terry knew everything; his calm aura filled everyone with confidence and we respected his opinion enormously.
“His loss leaves a hole that is impossible to fill.”


Now that you’ve weatherstripped the house and maintained that beautiful Marietta lawn, you’re feeling pretty responsible — but is there something you’re forgetting? Heat pump warranties aren’t the most exciting thing in Georgia, but we guarantee you they’re important. Here are four ways you could be inadvertently voiding your warranty.
Not Scheduling Regular Maintenance
Most manufacturers require yearly maintenance to keep the heat pump warranty intact. Can we blame them? Not really, as neglect can cause small problems to magnify, make the pump unsafe, and reduce efficiency. Also, beware of uncertified repairs, which often invalidate the warranty. An experienced professional is always the right choice when repairing complicated equipment such as a heat pump. Make sure your repair person is NATE-certified (we know we are!) before they begin work so you can avoid surprises down the road.
Not Registering Your Warranty
Often, you need to register your heat pump with the manufacturer in order to preserve the warranty. Failing to register your warranty can reduce its length or void it altogether. Oftentimes, registration is a quick online process and can save you hundreds in potential future repairs. To register E. Smith’s Carrier warranties, visit our products page and find your model.
Not Using Manufacturer-Approved Parts
Many warranties require that heat pump repair parts be approved by the manufacturer; this is to keep cheap and ineffective parts from being installed. Beyond protecting the warranty, using low-quality parts is dangerous and can even lead to damage. Of course, if you’re using a manufacturer-certified company such as E. Smith, everything is peachy.
Buying a new heat pump was a fantastic decision, but knowing the terms of your warranty is possibly a better one. Why let a silly mistake invalidate your warranty and saddle you with repair bills down the line? If you end up needing maintenance on your heat pump or want to get one installed with your newfound warranty knowledge, give E. Smith Heating & Air Conditioning a ring at 678-369-8866. We’d be glad to help!
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Saturday, September 8, 2007
The gunboat Castine
The gunboats Castine and Machias were built by Bath Iron Works. The Castine was really a small cruiser. The Castine had a maximum speed of 16 knots, displaced 1,177 tons, and carried 8-4in guns. This photograph shows the Castine painted gray for service in the Spanish-American War, in 1898.


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The bracelet is a thin and minimal solid 14k yellow gold with five sparkly and gorgeous Emeralds . Made from recycled precious metal.
. The width of this bracelet is 3.1 mm (0.12 inch)
. The opening is an adjustable 17 mm (0.66 inch)
. The length is measured approximately 175 mm (6.9 inch)
. Five round Emeralds set in solid 14k yellow gold bezel
**Please send me a message if you prefer a custom length.
* These pieces are made to order and made by hand. Please be aware that your piece might slightly vary from the pictures above.

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'Astonishing ... Reviewers will be quick to proclaim that Richard Ford has written a great American novel, another masterpiece, and he most emphatically has. Canada is his finest work to date ... A powerfully human and profound novel that makes one sigh, shudder and weep. Here is greatness. No doubt about it' -- Eileen Battersby, Irish Times
'Ford is possessed of a writer's greatest gifts ... Pure vocal grace, quiet humor, precise and calm observation ... Ford's language is of the cracked, open spaces and their corresponding places within' -- Lorrie Moore, New Yorker
'One of the wonderful things about Richard Ford is that he can make people who do outlandish things, such as rob banks, seem almost normal ... Ford is superb at suspense ... This is a book about dysfunctional lives in a North America that existed half a century ago - it sometimes has the feel of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood. What a backdrop - you feel as if anything might happen here ... This is a story about adolescence, about crime, about broken families, and about trying to escape. It's very engaging, and in the end, quite sad' -- William Leith, Evening Standard
'His most elegiac and profound book yet ... Marilynne Robinson (without the theology) and Cormac McCarthy (without the gore)' -- Washington Post
'A real king returns ... a story, and a vision, as sweeping as its landscapes' --Boyd Tonkin, Independent
'A rather brilliant realisation of our particular voice ... a brilliant piece of work' -- Pat Kane on BBC Radio 4 Saturday Review
'His books will save you' -- GQ
'A scrupulously rendered coming-of-age story' -- Anthony Cummins, Sunday Telegraph
'The strength of the book is Ford's examination of flawed fatherhood, of the failures that push Dell into an uneasy maturity, one that allows him to achieve what remains the modest but profound goal of Ford's fiction: simply, to make a life ... his coda is as precise and measured as anything he has conjured before. The end, like a piece of origami, could fold right into the beginning of Ford's greatest novel, The Sportswriter. The sombre and gorgeous final two thirds of Canada rest next to Ford's best fiction' -- Craig Taylor, The Times
'A true master of the modern American novel' --Independent
'Richard Ford's arresting new novel is - on one level - an intriguing variation on this American Childhood Gets Derailed theme ... as this highly original voice begins to take hold, you find yourself drawn into Ford's uneasy, ever-skewed, narrative world. It's a world which speaks volumes about the reclusiveness and violence at the heart of the American experience - which, like the solitary terrain, engulfs those who try to find a sense of self or meaning amid its hard-scrabble vacuity. Audacious in its narrative technique (observes Ford's frequent use of short chapters, his varied pacing, the way he never rushes any plot points, and allows the story to unfold in its own enigmatic way), Canada both grips and haunts' -- Douglas Kennedy, Independent
'As opening lines go, they're corkers. The rest of the novel is quieter than you'd imagine but it amply fulfils their promise ... The result is prose so sonorous in its melancholy insightfulness that you'll want to linger over each sentence. Meanwhile, the story itself - a tale of what happens when uncrossable lines are crossed - will have you turning its pages ever faster' -- Daily Mail
'Although its subjects are disarray and bewilderment, there is barely a dishevelled sentence in this awesomely calm book ... Canada is soaked in a subtle sadness, then, born of the foreknowledge of error and loss, and reading it isn't always easy. But we persist despite ourselves, because of the beckoning fluency of Ford's prose and the painful sharpness of his insights ... Ford has always been a clarifier, slowly making lucid the lines of the everyday. Canada is perhaps his most transparent novel yet: shorn of tricks, sparse and expansive as the plains on which it is set ... By looking "straight at things", Ford has written another novel about the fine lines that separate the humdrum and the calamitous, and about those schisms of existence that can be anticipated only in retrospect' -- Sunday Times
'***** A superb stand-alone novel from Richard Ford' -- Metro
'Ford really excels in his virtuoso command of narrative suspense ... each part of Canada is superb in its own way ... [Ford is] a serious artist' --New York Review of Books
Présentation de l'éditeur
In 1956, Dell Parsons' family came to a stop in Great Falls, Montana, the way many military families did following the war. His father, Bev, was a talkative, plank-shouldered man, an airman from Alabama with an optimistic and easy-scheming nature. Dell and his twin sister, Berner, could easily see why their mother might have been attracted to him. But their mother Neeva - from an educated, immigrant, Jewish family - was shy, artistic and alienated from their father's small-town world of money scrapes and living on-the-fly. It was more bad instincts and bad luck that Dell's parents decided to rob the bank. They weren't reckless people.
In the days following the arrest, Dell is saved by a family friend before the authorities think to arrive. Driving across the Montana border into Saskatchewan his life hurtles towards the unknown, towards a hotel in a deserted town, towards the violent and enigmatic American Arthur Remlinger, and towards Canada itself - a landscape of rescue and abandonment. But as Dell discovers, in this new world of secrets and upheaval, he is not the only one whose own past lies on the other side of a border.
In Canada, Richard Ford has created a masterpiece. A visionary novel of vast landscapes, complex identities and fragile humanity. It questions the fine line between the normal and the extraordinary, and the moments that haunt our settled view of the world.

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There are times when we all feel a little ungrounded within ourselves. Doing practices that enable us to feel more connected to the earth through our bodies can be a useful tool for helping us to feel calm and connected.
In this article, we’ll take a look at:
- What is a grounding meditation?
- How to practice and set up
- A comprehensive grounding meditation script
What is a grounding meditation?
“Get yourself grounded, and you can navigate even the stormiest roads in peace.”― Steve Goodier
Within mindfulness, grounding helps to keep us in the present moment. Within yoga, especially yoga influenced by the work of Vanda Scaravelli, grounding is about our relationship to the ground and our response to gravity’s pull. This is what we’ll focus on in this grounding meditation script.
Whatever approach you are coming from grounding is all about awareness and where that awareness is pointed.
Grounding practices are a great part of a self-care routine and some of the reported benefits from meditation practices include:
- relief from anxiety
- improved focus and mental clarity
- better sleep
- overall improved well–being
- a sense of peace and calm
- increased awareness
Starting a meditation practice can be daunting and tricky at times, so having a clear focus like grounding can be a great place to start. Many grounding practices are based around nature and the earth, so it’s not unusual to do a grounding meditation outdoors.
Just like many forms of meditation grounding is a process of centering while also connecting to the ground – literally to mother earth. This type of meditation is almost a “remembering”. It is a way to re-establish our relationship with our center and with the earth.
This style of meditation is also a great way to practice present-moment awareness and the ability to feel complete and fulfilled in the moment. This is a great tool for when you feel uncertain and to reconnect to your roots and the physical world around you.
How to practice and set up
This is a meditation you can come back to time and time again for when you feel like you need to center yourself.
Grounding meditations can be practiced walking, sitting or lying down. For this meditation we’ll set up in a supine position. You’ll need a comfortable surface to lie down on. A yoga mat on a carpet is great because it is still firm but soft enough for you not to feel uncomfortable.
Once you’ve found a comfortable and quiet place to lie down, be sure to diminish distractions as much as possible. Turning off your phone is a great place to start.You might want to place something underneath the back of your head for an extra layer of padding but be sure not to tilt the head up too much or to have the chin higher than the head.
Make sure that you are warm. You can cover the eyes if you wish, but ensure that you use something light to cover the eyes, like a sock or washcloth. If your lower back needs a little support, then put a bolster or rolled-up yoga mat underneath the knees to flex the hips a little.
Your aim is to be comfortable but to still have a good sense of the ground underneath you.
Grounding meditation script
This grounding mediation script will take between ten to fifteen minutes, depending on the length of the pauses.
Take plenty of time to ensure that you are comfortable and warm lying easily on your back… Allow yourself time to make any movements or fidgets that need to happen so that you can be still for the meditation.
Notice any sounds around you… Inside the room… Outside the room… Allow sounds to be present. There is no need for you to know where the sounds are coming from or what they are attached to. Simply hear the sounds… Be aware of sound…
Bring your awareness to how you feel in this moment. Energetically, emotionally… Know that you are safe in this space to drop anything that you do not need… You are free to drop anything that you do not need in this moment… What would it feel like to drop something that is not serving you?
Make an intention for this grounding meditation practice. What aspect of your life or your body needs particular attention? Can you base your intention around that? What part of you needs to ground, to feel tethered, to feel held, to drop? What is your intention for this practice?
Bring your attention to your breath. Without changing anything simply notice the rhythm of your breath… There is no need to manipulate the breath or make it purposeful. Let your body be breathed…
Watch the breath… The pull of the inhale and the push of the exhale… Is one part of the breath longer than the other… Is there space in between the breath or does it flow?
Give your breath all of your attention… Is there a way to make the breath easier, almost as though the breath is on the cusp of sleep?
Once the breath has settled into its most natural and easy rhythm let it be. No need to manipulate it in any way. Let the breath be… Let the breath be…
Is there a part of the breath that feels more grounding? Is there a part of the breath that helps you feel more connected to the earth? Explore that part of the breath… If you do not feel a sense of grounding within the breath, can you imagine feeling the gravitational pull of the ground as you exhale?
Now bring your attention to your outer body. Feel into the empty spaces of the body. The space at the back of the neck… The lower back… The back of the ankles… Let the empty spaces of the body soften… Let the empty spaces of the body ground a little…
Now feel where you touch the ground. Feel the back of the head… The shoulders and arms… The back of the ribs… The back of the hips… The back of the legs… The heels… Feel how your body meets the ground, not hard and rigid like a statue but soft like a cat lying in a pool of warm sunlight…
Visualise with every exhale that each of these points drops into the ground. Visualize that with every exhale, the body gives in to gravity… We spend so much of our daily waking lives resisting gravity but now is the time to go with the pull of gravity. The pull of the earth…
With each exhalation, let the muscles of the body fall away from the bones… Notice how it feels to give the weight of the body to the ground. Let the muscles, soft tissues and bones fall to and be held by the ground…
Feel the organs rest into the back body with each exhale… Notice how it feels to give your full body weight to the ground… Offer the weight of your body to the ground…
Feel the body grounded… Feel the body grounded, at one with the earth… There is no need to try and ground the body, it is a process of allowing. Can you allow the body to ground with each exhale. To drop…
What are the qualities of feeling grounded… even if you do not feel fully grounded in this moment, what are the qualities that you associate with being grounded? Calm, quiet, nurtured? … What are the qualities that you would like to feel? … What would it be like to try them on in your body, your mind, your life?
Return to your intention. What part of your body, mind, or life needs grounding? How would it feel to invite in the earthy sense of grounding?
Finally, bring your awareness to your centre. What does centre mean to you? It could be your heart, your stomach, your spine. Bring your awareness to your centre.
Imagine a deep connection between your centre and the ground. A deep-rooted connection… You could visualize roots growing between your centre and the ground… Visualise your connection to the ground…
Know that this deep connection to the ground is always there and available for you to tap into… The ability to ground is always present… Rest with this for a few moments…
Now begin to take a few slightly deeper breaths. Feel your breath as sensation… Make some small movements with your hands and your feet… Begin to stretch and reach through your body…
Take a roll to your side and come to a comfortable seated position… Place the hands in prayer or place your hands on your heart centre one palm on top of the other… Just one last time, feel your body connected to the ground… Feel your centre connect to the ground.
Begin to open your eyes. The meditation is complete.
If this grounding meditation script was useful, then why not check out this Loving Kindness Meditation Script For Cultivating Compassion For Yourself & All Beings?

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Brynn Cartelli won ‘The Voice’ – and that’s just the beginning. She EXCLUSIVELY tells HollywoodLife.com that because she’s so ‘driven,’ her fans will be hearing new music from her before they know it!
“I don’t want it to become next season and everyone forgets who Brynn [Cartelli] is… I hate how that sounds,” the 15-year-old winner of The Voice EXCLUSIVELY tells HollywoodLife.com. Brynn beat out Britton Buchanan, 18, Spensha Baker, 24, and Kyla Jade, 33, during the Season 14 finale on May 22, but the real fight is ahead of her as she promises to not fade into obscurity in the wake of this victory. “I want to start working right away. I’m an extremely driven person. I know everyone who wins is going to say that. I never am satisfied. I want it to be perfect, and I have a lot of high expectations for myself, but I have a great group of people around me who will lift me to that and fight for that.”
“I know a lot of people have these assumptions about people who win The Voice,” she tells HollywoodLife.com, but I promise that’s not going to happen. I really promise that. I want to come back and by the time I’m preforming on the stage again, I already want music out there. So fast. We’re going to fight for that to happen because there are some changes that need to be made for a different outcome. And, with all due respect, I’m so excited to be the one to get to do this.”
Brynn won’t have to fight this fight alone, as she’s already assembled a squad of pros to help her become as big as American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson. In fact, Kelly is one of the people helping guide Brynn’s new career. “I’m surrounded by really smart people in this process and having Kelly by my side, and having her husband, Brandon [Blackstock, 41], who’s a manager, he’s incredible and amazing. He understands the industry, he’s going to fight for me, I know that. We’ve had plenty of talks about this. We’re serious about this.”
“She’s going to do it all,” Kelly, who coached Brynn throughout this recent season of The Voice, said after the finale. Kelly said that “our goal is to hit radio hard,” vowing to lend her clout to Brynn to ensure she gets the boost she needs to make it in the music biz. “It’s sad because there are so many people that are so talented on the show and then right after… I mean you need a team. You could be Aretha Franklin, and you need a team working your record and marketing your record…. We are putting together something and have been working on that even before she won.” If that in a case, then Brynn is right – fans will soon hear a lot more from her sooner than they think!
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Tarnished silver leaf on canvas in reproduction moulded frame. 19.00 cms x 19.30 cms (framed 32.00 cms x 33.00 cms )
ON VIEW AT BEAZORS ANTIQUES, CAMBRIDGE.
My intention is to speak to the dreamlike quality of childhood memories and create an experience with my work the goes beyond the image itself. I hope to present a narrative that includes the frame and the overall presentation of the work with a jewel like quality.
Over many years I have developed a technique for painting rooted in the practices of the Old Masters. I slowly build up opaque and transparent glaze layers, sometimes using metal leaf, to achieve subtle effects of colour and light. This is rooted in my training in restoration, where I learnt how to mix all the traditional paint media for myself, as well as gilding, carving, japanning and Verre Eglomise (reverse gilded glass). My working practices are based on my understanding of the mechanics of oil painting, little taught these days.
I generally use antique and vintage frames, that I restore to present small, quiet works that speak of my love of the English landscape and my fascination with still life. These are informed by many artists including Samuel Palmer, Atkinson Grimshaw, Rex Whistler, Felix Kelly and the work of David Inshaw during his time with the Brotherhood of Ruralists, to name but a few.
Interview with Chris Clarke
Introduced to me by BADA member, Jeremy Green of Canon Gallery, Chris Clarke creates works inspired and informed by English Surrealists and Neoclassicists of the inter-war period. We spoke over zoom, about everything from his pathway to finding his voice, his hunt for antique frames and a shared experience of the suffocating nature of art schools. Chris’ works are small, exquisitely fabricated and technically painted landscapes and still life pieces. Whereas many artists might sell themselves short, by framing their pieces in an uninspiring frame, Chris takes into account every aspect of his creations, regarding the painting, frame, mount, backing and glazing as an art object with a jewel like quality. The overall presentation of Chris’ work is integral to his creation of an experience for the viewer- a dreamlike encounter with childhood memories which read as a love letter to the English countryside and architecture, sculpture and wildlife that is quintessentially British.
The lighter parts of Chris’ childhood involved exploring historic houses and gardens, which sparked his love of craft, textiles and gilding. During our conversation, Chris touched upon a difficult childhood, having lost both of his parents at a young age, taking on the role of carer all before he turned age 16. Resilience, independence and an ability to problem solve was a requirement in his youth, which has stayed with him throughout both his personal life and creative career. Chris’ paintings are hardy little works, solid and confident in their technicality. They are robust, with many layers of opaque and transparent glaze layers, sometimes with aspects of metal leaf. Their frames are often restored antique finds that have already stood the test of time. We joke that conservators in the future would have a field day with Chris’ work, scanning the layers of re-worked paint and glazes, hidden beneath the smooth and flawless final layer. However, the appeal of the works, is having said all this, they are incredibly sensitive pieces- with whisper like brush strokes, seamlessly blended colour graduations in hazy skies, speckled with fluffy clouds and fabrics of which you can almost feel the silk texture of their weaves. His work is built on a foundation of technical skills and a deep-rooted understanding of the practices of the Old Masters which successfully anchors their ethereal qualities.
I would like to think that everyone can find familiarity in Chris’s works, whether they remind one of a view from a window in a childhood home or the route taken on a regular walk in the countryside, the paintings offer a glimpse of a scene, with the viewer encouraged to complete the memory, with what lies beyond the image itself.
Before I even lead the conversation towards the idea of inherited objects, Chris tells me how he always considers how his works will be found and received in the future. He shows me the beautiful, marbled backing paper of a recent piece, as well as the picture label, based on a book plate he attaches to the back of every piece- inspired by a 15thCentury alter cloth design. Chris even cuts and creates his own custom mounts. I imagine that those who have the pleasure of owning one of Chris’s pieces, present or future, would find it to be a wondrous experience, discovering the smaller details of their composition and the care given to ensure that they survive, as intended, for many years to come.
Chris’s paintings are rich in both colour and history. The pieces are more about a feeling, than the subject matter. Rich reds, yellows and earth tones, contrasted with cool blues and frosted greys evoke the feeling of looking out at a gloomy British day, whilst being in the warmth of your own home. Green and blue mottled hues give the impression of a walk at night, lit by moonlight. Always built up from a red or pink toned base colour, never white, the paintings have a depth that give them the feeling of being objects in their own right, rather than representations. Chris does not enjoy painting in impasto, which if anything speaks to his talent in creating depth, without texture.
It is a long process before Chris deems a piece to be finished. Many of the works currently available have been re-worked multiple times. Working directly onto canvas, rather than creating preliminary sketches, the experimentation and colour development takes places on the final work. Preferring to saturate the canvas, Chris does not see the point in him creating sketches when he can dive right in with the colours he has in mind for his creations.
Once ‘complete’, the painting will sit on an easel in his studio, whilst he contemplates the appropriate frame or mount. In this time, Chris can experience the pieces in different lights. Chris speaks of being an art student in London in the 80’s. He recalls being told that ‘figurative painting is dead’, which at the time he did not have the confidence to question. When I ask what advice he would give to readers of Inherited,
he says he would encourage people, as much as they can, to preserve their own voice. Now he sees that his art tutors were quite arrogant and that there is no area of art that can be considered to be ‘expired’. He also speaks about the tendency of art school to favour concept and social commentary, over skill and technical prowess. Throughout his study at both Grimsby School of art and then City and Guilds, he developed skills in everything from gilding, through to painting (including the creation of his own paint), as well as japanning and Verre Eglomise (reverse gilded glass), and rather than set them all aside in favour of one particular skill, Chris applies them all in his practice.
During the Pandemic, Chris’s account on Instagram was hacked and he had no recourse to reclaim it. Following this, he lost confidence and stopped creating art for a year. It is wonderful to see that Chris is back in full force, and he is certainly one to watch. You can see his works displayed in Cambridge at Beazor Antiques from the 12th October- 30th November.T


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Recording Handel's operas can be tricky. Overly immaculate studio readings tend to rob the long chains of recitatives and arias of the immediacy they need to stay interesting; and live recordings tend to be messy, not to mention noisy. This Agrippina, by Jean-Claude Malgoire and La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy, and starring Veronique Gens as the titular anti-heroine, certainly suffers from some "live-itis:" the orchestra isn't always sharp, orchestra and singers are occasionally out of phase, and there is plenty of audience and stage noise.
As his first album of all-original material (performed with a quintet or less) since his 1988 release Thick in the South: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 1, and his first album for Blue Note Records, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis' The Magic Hour is a disappointing return to progressive, small-group jazz. This is not to say that there aren't some excellent things here, but taken as an album, The Magic Hour seems logy and inconsequential.


After reports revealed that Priyanka Chopra is now engaged to Nick Jonas, the actress has finally broken her silence over the speculations of her engagement.
The Quantico actress was recently asked about her relationship with the American singer and she wasn't happy. She immediately clapped back and said that her life is not for "public consumption."
"My personal life is not for public consumption. 90% of my life is for public consumption but 10% is for me. I am a girl and I have the right to keep that to myself. My family, friendship, my relationships are things I don't think I need to defend or explain it to anyone. I am not running for the Office, so I don't think I need to give explanations," Priyanka said.
The 36-year-old gave that statement when she appeared on an interactive session titled "Challenging the Status Quo & Forging New Paths" which was organised by FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) and Yes bank.
The actress added, "Sometimes I laugh, sometimes I get annoyed. Mostly, I tell my publicists, 'Let it be. Today's news is tomorrow's trash.'"
Her statement comes after Bollywood director Ali Abbas Zafar sparked rumours about her wedding when he tweeted that she opted out of a Hindi movie because of a "very special" reason and later, People magazine reported that she's engaged to the 25-year-old.
While the actress has subtly asked people to back off, photos and videos of the actress and her beau reveal that the actress is crazy about the Jealous singer.
The Baywatch star recently accompanied Jonas to Singapore, where he is performing, and videos showed the actress fan-girling over the pop singer. A few other videos have also been making the rounds which show Priyanka and Nick.
Although her personal life is grabbing all the attention, Priyanka has a lot going on at the work front. The 36-year-old's ABC show, Quantico season 3 ended and the actress took to Twitter to bid farewell to Alex Parrish.
Following Baywatch, Quantico and A Kid Like Jake, Priyanka will soon be seen in Isn't it Romantic. After which, she will be seen romancing Chris Pratt in Cowboy Ninja Viking.


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Balkan Linden – Great Taste Award 2012 Gold 240g jar £6.40
Found in the southern Danube in Serbia. A golden honey with a delicate woody scent, it has reputed sedative and antiseptic qualities and is used to treat anxiety and insomnia as well as coughs, colds and bronchitis. An aromatic honey that is particularly delicious in tea.
Brazilian Plateau – Great Taste Award 2013 240g jar £6.40
Found in the remote high plateau regions of Southern Brazil and is gathered from plants with reputed blood cleansing qualities naturally rich in minerals and enzymes. Perfect to sweeten smoothies and delicious in savoury chicken and pork dishes.
Himalayan Highlands – Great Taste Award 2013 240g jar £6.40
Found in the virgin forests of the Himalayan Mountains in the Kashmir Valleys. A rich, warm honey, retaining the natural enzymes, vitamins and minerals. An intensely sweet flavour that makes a perfect topping to porridge or yoghurt.
New Zealand Rainforest – Great Taste Award 2012 Gold 240g jar £6.85
Found in the virgin mountainous rainforests of New Zealand’s South Island. A rich, creamy aromatic honey that reflects the area’s abundance of wild herbs, flowers and trees. A fresh, mild taste making it the perfect accompaniment to crumpets, waffles and pancakes.
New Zealand Rewarewa – Great Taste Award 2011 Gold 240g jar £6.85
Found only on New Zealand’s North Island and Marlborough Sounds. A dark, rich honey with an intense toffee flavour.
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Found in the remote Miombo forests located at the head of the Zambezi River. Rich in bioflavonoids, a dark, powerful honey with a distinctive redcurrant flavour and a lingering spicy finish. Delicious stirred through porridge as a topping with ice- cream.
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It is at the apex of higher education, research and innovation, but issues around integrity and employability must be addressed for doctoral education to continue to thrive, says Luke Georghiou.
Ambitious targets to tackle economic and social challenges by increasing research spending in turn mean that many more trained researchers will be needed. Doctoral education is a central part of this scenario. Across Europe, doctoral candidates are working at the interface between education, research and innovation. However, the changing nature of research and how it is used pose new challenges for universities in developing the next generation of researchers. This year the European University Association Council for Doctoral Education (EUA-CDE) is celebrating its first decade of providing both a framework and practical guidance for its 242 member institutions from 35 countries across Europe.
The number of doctorate holders has been rising steeply, with approximately 750,000 currently in study across Europe. In response, universities have set up doctoral schools and programmes to ensure research environments that can make them grow as future researchers. In 2006, the EUA calculated that 29 per cent of European universities had doctoral schools or other forms of structured doctoral education. According to a new EUA survey, today it is closer to 90 per cent. EUA-CDE brings together those who have some of the longest standing and largest doctoral schools with universities that are seeking to systematise and grow their offer.
However, doctoral education also faces a number of challenges, such as preparing candidates for multiple career paths, the impact of open science on current and future generations of early-career researchers, as well as increased concerns about research integrity.
Despite the growing tendency for variety in doctoral careers, we are not very good at tracking them. There are good reasons to suspect that surveys exaggerate the numbers remaining in the research system, because many spend up to a decade in temporary posts before settling into a more secure career. Indeed, as single-lifetime careers become rarer we need to adapt our training to prepare for portfolio careers.
Universities also need to ensure that their training provides awareness of the broader aspects of research, such as ethics, public engagement and transferable skills. Many will find employment in business and the public sector, ensuring that society benefits from the transfer of research knowledge. Increasingly entrepreneurship is becoming an option for those who wish to found their own start-up businesses. All of these pathways have implications for training, but we should not forget that their employability is founded in the intrinsic capabilities endowed by the doctorate such as the capacity for critical and original thought and an openness to evidence-based solutions.
Doctoral education is at the forefront of Europe’s digital transformation in research, not only in mobilising, training and raising awareness among researchers, but also in promoting open science policies and practices that will revolutionise Europe’s scientific potential. Open science is strongly supported by most doctoral researchers, but they are also the most vulnerable to the coming transition, facing hurdles based on journal hierarchies when seeking employment.
Embedding ethics and integrity in research begins with doctoral education. There is an increasing focus in Europe and beyond on the public trust in science. Doctoral candidates need to be trained to deal with these issues in order to preserve and develop a moral compass that is vital for strong research integrity in the digital age. The many demands made upon doctoral candidates have also contributed to a growing concern about their welfare and mental health. Work-life balance, isolation and career insecurity are contributory factors and it is a challenge to universities and individual supervisors to find ways to mitigate these factors.
Doctoral schools are the places where higher education, research and innovation and society meet. They contribute to training researchers capable of engaging with society and help them to develop innovative solutions to Europe’s industry and other economic sectors. Doctoral candidates make a critical contribution to research but they are individuals not instruments and we have a responsibility towards them.
No one can address these issues alone, but Europe’s universities can work together and policymakers need to support them. At a time when European values are under pressure – and digitalisation is transforming the way we work and live – doctoral education matters more than ever in safeguarding a progressive, inclusive society and making sure Europe is ready for a changing world.
University leaders and policymakers will discuss the future of doctoral education and more at the Council for Doctoral Education’s Annual Meeting on “Excellence through Diversity: Doctoral education in a globalised world ” on 7-8 June in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
This editorial was first published in Times Higher Education on 6 June 2018EUA Blog
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Over the past few years, Finnish universities have implemented significant reforms in doctoral education. Unlike other many other major reforms in the Finnish higher education sector, developing doctoral education has been based primarily on the universities own, institutional-level activities and initiatives rather than prescribed regulations of the Ministry of Education and Culture.
There are two important reasons for this. Firstly, unlike in the case of bachelor- and master-level degrees, Finnish university legislation does not contain strict regulations on doctoral education. The legislation merely provides a loose framework for the structure of doctoral degrees, mainly focusing on the grading procedures of dissertations. There are no norms regulating important issues such as the structure of doctoral programmes, the length of studies or the conditions for the expiration of student status. Secondly, the development of doctoral education has become more internationalised, particularly in Europe, owing to the parallel policy questions, and pressures throughout European countries. This development has clearly shifted the responsibility of policy formulation from the national to the international level.
In line with this development, the role of the European University Association and its Council for Doctoral Education in promoting the development of European doctoral education has been important also in the context of Finnish reforms. Particularly, many of the Salzburg Principles (2005) and the subsequent Salzburg Recommendations" (2010) have been materialised in several universitylevel reforms. For instance, four dimensions derived from the Recommendations have turned out to be influential in the development of Finnish doctoral education.
The first is on recruitment, admission and status. Most universities have now developed more structured admission policies. In general, universities have become more selective in their admissions in order to improve the quality of doctoral training. A limited number of doctoral students also ensures better quality doctoral supervision, more targeted and streamlined curriculum development and the possibility to provide support for the most talented students. Higher levels of selectivity go hand-in-hand with the national policy goal that the number of doctoral degrees annually should not increase in the future (today Finnish universities award around 1,900 degrees per year).
The second recommendation used is on the supervision of doctoral students. All universities in Finland have established one or more doctoral schools to coordinate doctoral education in faculties and programmes. One of the tasks of the schools has been the development and distribution of good practices concerning supervision. For instance, supervisory agreements defining the responsibilities of the supervisors and the doctoral candidate are widely in use, and personal study plans for each student are agreed on and updated and monitored regularly. Some universities have set a maximum number of students that one supervisor is allowed to supervise in order to secure higher quality in supervision.
The third focuses on career development. Universities in Finland are now paying more attention to the employability of doctoral candidates. For instance, most universities offer transferable skills courses that aim to equip doctoral candidates with generic skills required in academic and non-academic labour markets. Moreover, university career services units are starting to acknowledge the importance of offering their services to doctoral candidates as well. Since 2007, doctoral graduates have been included in the graduate employability surveys conducted jointly by the country’s network of university academic career services units (Aarresaari Network).
Finally, the fourth area is funding. Universities in Finland are now offering fellowships or salaried, fixed-term positions for the most talented doctoral candidates. At the same time, many universities support their candidates with travel grants to support their possibilities for early career networking. Some universities also offer dissertation completion grants that can be paid to doctoral candidates at the final stages of their research. These grants allow students to work full-time on their dissertations for the last one to three months before submitting their theses for evaluation.
Also beyond these four examples, the aims and actualisation of the latest Finnish reforms in doctoral education seem to be in line with many of the goals outlined in the Salzburg Principles and Recommendations.
The autonomy of universities is likely to play a more active role in self-initiated, proactive development activities, in Finland and in other countries. Finnish examples add more evidence that universities, if they want, can quickly take up European-level trends and developments and bypass slower-paced government initiatives when implementing new ideas. Finnish reforms of doctoral education also verify that distributing information on international good practices can become a more effective tool for government steering (as opposed to regulation and financial incentives). As such, it can be used to reinforce the signals of other stakeholders – such as the European University Association and the European Commission – when these are considered to be in line with national policy interests.

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In regard to per game stats, Rose is averaging 1.7 assists as well as 1.5 rebounds. He has tallied 528 steals, in addition to 240 blocks and 3,692 dimes. Sitting with 1,733 defensive boards and 546 on the offensive end, Rose has earned 2,279 total boards in his NBA career. Having earned an eFG% of 48.3%, he has additionally accrued 866 infractions and 1,715 turnovers. Rose has knocked down 2,117 out of his 2,548 tries at the charity stripe, which had him earning a percentage of 83.1%. By converting 4,270 out of his 8,808 2pt shots, he has recorded a rate of 48.5%. By knocking down 575 of his 1,825 shots when shooting from distance, he has accrued a 3pt rate of 31.5%. By putting in 4,845 shots out of 10,633 tries, Rose has tallied a 45.6% field goal %. He earns 20.6 pts per 36 mins, as well as snagging 3.8 rebounds and earning 6.1 assists so far in his NBA career. Rose has started in 511 matchups, and in those matchups he is averaging 17.7 points per contest and has accumulated 12,382 points in total. Derrick Rose has played in 699 contests so far in his pro basketball career and is sitting with 21,655 mins in those contests.
In the matter of making the extra pass, Graham has a total of 1,393 assists, as well as providing 246 steals and 51 blocks. He has an average of 1.7 rebounds and 2.7 assists per contest. He has tallied 718 total boards in his NBA career by way of 588 on the defensive end and 130 of the offensive variety. Sitting with an effective FG percentage of 49.3%, he has also accounted for 451 giveaways and accounted for 409 fouls. Graham has accounted for a 81.7% average from the foul line by knocking down 571 out of his 699 attempts. He has accounted for a 40.5% shooting percentage of by converting 408 of his 1,007 shot attempts. Having racked up 2,069 attempts from distance thus far in his career, he has accumulated a rate of 35.7% by knocking down 738 of those tries. Having earned a field goal percentage of 37.3%, Graham has buried 1,146 baskets of his 3,076 attempts. He records 6.3 assists, pulls down 3.2 rebounds and compiles 16.3 per 36 mins. Graham has racked up 3,601 pts in his pro basketball career, has an average of 11.6 points per outing and was named a starter in 169 games. Devonte’ Graham has a tally of 7,977 minutes and has taken part in 310 games so far in his NBA career.
Derrick Rose vs Devonte’ Graham Stats
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|4,845||Field Goals Made||1,146|
|10,633||Field Goals Attempted||3,076|
|45.6%||Field Goal Percentage||37.3%|
|2,117||Free Throws Made||571|
|2,548||Free Throws Attempted||699|
|83.1%||Free Throw Percentage||81.7%|
|17.7||Points Per Game||11.6|
|31.0||Minutes Per Game||25.7|
|5.3||Assists Per Game||4.5|
|3.3||Rebounds Per Game||2.3|
|20.6||Points Per 36 Minutes||16.3|
|3.8||Rebounds Per 36 Minutes||3.2|
|6.1||Assists Per 36 Minutes||6.3|
Rose has an average of 1.5 rebounds in addition to adding 1.7 assists per contest. This season, Rose has tallied 46 assists, 7 steals and 5 blocks. Rose has compiled 40 boards on the season with 8 offensive and 32 on the defensive end. Derrick Rose has earned an effective field goal percentage of 44.3% on the season, has given up the ball 22 times and has recorded 18 personal fouls. In relation to shooting from the free throw line, Rose has a shooting percentage of 91.7% by making 11 of his 12 shot attempts. He has converted 42 out of his 96 shots from inside the arc, for a 2pt percentage of 43.8%. When shooting from distance, Rose has buried 19 of his 63 triples which has him at a 3pt rate of 30.2%. Rose holds a field goal rate of 38.4% by knocking down 61 of 159 attempts. In relation to stats per 36 minutes, Rose sports an average of 16.2 points, 4.3 boards and 4.9 assists. He has tallied 152 points and comes in with an average of 5.6 points/G in his 27 games on the hardwood. Derrick Rose has been named a starter in 0 games and has been on the hardwood for 338 mins.
Graham comes in with an average of 2.7 dimes as well as grabbing 1.7 rebounds per outing. Graham has accumulated 16 rejections, as well as 190 dimes and 42 steals. With respect to snagging boards, Graham has recorded 19 offensive and 99 on the defensive side of the court which puts him at 118 rebounds. Devonte’ Graham has tallied 74 infractions on the campaign, as well as losing possession of the ball 51 times and tallying a 51.7% effective FG percentage. Of his 122 charity stripe tries, Graham has put in 94 which has him sitting at a clip of 77.0%. His 2pt% is currently 45.6% by knocking down 41 out of his 90 shot attempts. In reference to 3pt shooting, Graham holds an average of 35.6% by converting 115 shots out of his 323 tries. Graham has knocked down 156 shots out of his 413 tries which gives him a 37.8% field goal percentage. Graham has an average of 14.8 points, 3.3 rebounds and 5.4 assists per 36 minutes. In his 70 games on the hardwood, he has scored a total of 521 points and sports an average of 7.4 points per contest. Devonte’ Graham has played 1,269 mins for the current season and got the starting nod in 6 matchups.
|Derrick Rose – 2022-23||Most Recent Season||Devonte’ Graham – 2022-23|
|61||Field Goals Made||156|
|159||Field Goals Attempted||413|
|38.4%||Field Goal Percentage||37.8%|
|11||Free Throws Made||94|
|12||Free Throws Attempted||122|
|91.7%||Free Throw Percentage||77.0%|
|5.6||Points Per Game||7.4|
|12.5||Minutes Per Game||18.1|
|1.7||Assists Per Game||2.7|
|1.5||Rebounds Per Game||1.7|
|16.2||Points Per 36 Minutes||14.8|
|4.3||Rebounds Per 36 Minutes||3.3|
|4.9||Assists Per 36 Minutes||5.4|

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Should these 12 phrases be banished from the English language?
Spoiler alert: This story contains words and phrases that some people want to ban from the English language. “Spoiler alert” is among them. So are “kick the can down the road,” “trending” and “bucket list.”
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DETROIT—Spoiler alert: This story contains words and phrases that some people want to ban from the English language. “Spoiler alert” is among them. So are “kick the can down the road,” “trending” and “bucket list.”
A dirty dozen have landed on the 38th annual List of Words to be Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness. The nonbinding, tongue-in-cheek decree released Monday by Michigan’s Lake Superior State University is based on nominations submitted by the public.
“Fiscal cliff” garnered the most votes based on how often news media outlets use it to describe across-the-board federal tax increases and spending cuts that economists say could harm the economy in 2013 without congressional action.
The complete list:
— fiscal cliff
— kick the can down the road
— double down
— job creators/creation
— spoiler alert
— bucket list
— boneless wings
- Taxpayers pay $5 for every $1 Hydro One employees save toward pensions
- Rob Ford’s testimony at Lisi hearing can’t be used as evidence against him later
- Updated Chief Bill Blair: ‘Doug Ford is lying, and I am prepared to take legal action’
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Artist's Description: Inspired by my love of Art Nouveau and the Absinthe posters of turn of the century Paris, Absinthe Gypsy reflects the gypsy heart of the tattoo artist, who's craft allows them to travel the world "Gypsy DuMonde".
About the Artist
- Raised on a diet of Ray Harryhausen films, H. P. Lovecraft novels, comics, Walt Disney World rides and other Florida tourist traps, Pooch paints images that seem to exist in a bizarre afterlife. His art is a visual cocktail of these influences—with a shot of lowbrow culture—shaken and stirred, then served up in a souvenir tiki skull on the Day of the Dead.
Tattooing since 1994, Pooch's work has been featured in numerous galleries, books and magazines throughout the world. www.poochisland.com www.alteredstate.net


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This is a CD very special to me for reasons I'm about to explain. First off, my story about how I got into Christina... During the time she first came out, I was 'musically retarted' and almost never listened to any music. I'm unsure why, but maybe because I saw music in general as lyrically explicit or too much rap; teenybopper music was another form of music I had against, and this was how Christina started out, so I was not a fan from the beginning. After I graduated from HS in 2002, I had just started regularly listening to music, and I was soon listening to decent pop/rock bands like Ace of Base, Smash Mouth, Blink-182, and A*Teens.
Last Thanksgiving 2003, I was remembering how the "Dirrty" music video had so much media attention when it came out the year before. When I first saw it, I thought of Christina as just a Britney Spears wannabe. I was bored one day around this time and decided just for the heck of it to listen to a 30 sec sample clip at Wal-Mart.com of "Dirrty." It turned out to be the most catchy song I had ever heard of and was listening to the full song around 45 minutes daily for two months! After *finally* beginning to grow tired of "Dirrty", I checked out "Beautiful" next and loved it, then "The Voice Within", and finally "Can't Hold Us Down." After listeing to those songs in full, it was January 2004 when I decided to purchase her CD, feeling very confident that I will love the rest of the songs and would be worth every cent. And I was very right.
I was reading a recent review here on Amazon about this album by "Foxy" from, I think, October 12? It was his/her final sentence that inspired me to take the time and write this review. He/she said that this album helped him through hard times, and this is one of the major reasons I find this CD a special treasure to me. My mom has been seriously ill this whole year and was in a major hospital twice for a very long time each time she was there. And I would be there every chance I got when I wasn't working and even during the hardest times there, I would put this CD in my player and it helped make me feel better and kept me entertained through emotionally difficult times.
Another major reason for this CD being my favorite is that it proves that Christina has one of the best singing voices the music business has EVER had. She can do many things with her voices that others can't, especially the high notes. Not only her voice is truly amazing, but her music is, too. She can sing any type of music she wants, and she does exactly that on this album. Here, she does pop, rock, classical, jazz, hip-hop, ballads, slow songs, gospel, you name it!!
Now I understand Christina's music, image, and her life's history, so I can't criticize her like some others do. As mentioned before, I got the CD in January and I am still not tired of it. Though, I AM ready for her next album which she is currently working on now. It's assumed to be 1930s and 40s flavored jazz and soul music, and she's already changed her image from a "Dirrty Girl" to the Marilyn Monroe type classic-Hollywood style.
Thank you, Christina. Your highly-developed, state-of-the-art CD has influenced my taste in music and you continue to amaze me. Never stop what you are doing.

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Australian Merino wool is the remarkable result of millions of years of evolution. It is rich in natural properties that inspire some of the world’s leading clothing designers. And its unique benefits flow through to the luxuriously soft and stylish clothing crafted from it. Read about these benefits below:
SOFT AND COMFORTABLE
The secret to Australian Merino wool’s softness is its exceptionally fine fibres.
Merino fibres are extremely fine, enabling them to bend far more than traditional, coarser wool fibres. This makes Merino wool feel soft and luxuriously gentle next to your skin
Natural elasticity helps Merino wool garments stretch with you, yet return to their original shape. So Merino wool clothing is ideal to wear when exercising.
Merino fibres can absorb large quantities of moisture vapour then move it away to evaporate into the air. So Merino wool clothing is extremely breathable and less prone to clamminess.
WARM AND COOL
In contrast to synthetics, Merino is an active fibre that reacts to changes in body temperature. So it helps you stay warm when the weather is cold, and cool when the weather is hot.
Because Merino wool can absorb moisture vapour, it tends not to create static electricity, helping it to drape beautifully and be less likely to cling uncomfortably to your body than other fabrics.
EASY TO CARE FOR
Gone are the days when woollen garments had to be hand-washed and dried flat.
In contrast to synthetics, Merino wool can absorb moisture vapour which means less sweat on your body. Merino wool even absorbs the odours from sweat, which are then released during washing.
Merino fibres have a natural protective outer layer that prevents stains from being absorbed. And because Merino wool tends not to generate static, it attracts less dust and lint.
Recent innovations mean many Merino wool garments can now be machine-washed and tumble dried. It’s very elastic too so requires less ironing than other fabrics.
At microscopic level, each Merino fibre is like a coiled spring that returns to its natural shape after being bent. This gives Merino garments a natural resistance to wrinkles.
The whole family is safer wearing Merino wool clothing.
You are safer in Merino wool because it is flame retardant and doesn’t melt or stick to the skin.
A NATURAL BARRIER TO UV
Merino wool is much better at protecting you from UV radiation than most synthetics and cotton. So the whole family will be safer wearing it on sunny days.
Merino wool regulates body temperature and heart rate to so that it actually improves sleep.
Australian Merino wool is an entirely natural and renewable fibre.
Merino wool is grown year-round by Australia’s 70 million Merino sheep, consuming a simple blend of water, air, sunshine and grass.
When Merino fibre is disposed of, it will naturally decompose in soil in a matter of years, slowly releasing valuable nutrients back into the earth.
Every year Australian Merino sheep produce a new fleece, making Merino wool a completely renewable fibre source.
Designers love working with Australian Merino wool for a variety of reasons.
SLEEK AND ELEGANT
Merino wool benefits from what designers call excellent handle and drape. To the wearer this means clothes that effortlessly, elegantly and beautifully follow the form of the body
When Merino wool clothing is dyed it is colourfast; and newly developed colouring techniques give designers full scope for their creativity.
Australian Merino wool is lively and flexible, coming in a wide choice of textures, weaves and weights. It can be woven or knitted and worn in every season.
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Merino wool is a delight to tailor. It cuts cleanly, doesn’t fray and isn’t marked by pins. It also responds instantly to ironing and won’t crush with handling.
Merino wool fabric can be permanently set by the use of temperature and moisture, giving designers the freedom to create a wide range of shapes and styles.
Clothing designers can choose from a range of innovative treatments that allow them to create unique textures and finishes on Merino wool garments.
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The Australian Kangaroos will take on the New Zealand Kiwis in the ANZAC Test Match on Friday May 5 at GIO Stadium, Canberra.
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I can’t believe we are already at the end of this year. The end is near, but only just. We are nearing the end of the year and I am finding myself struggling to think about what I want to accomplish next. How do I plan to use my time and what new things do I want to take on? I have a lot of things I want to accomplish this year, but I’m unsure of what to do with them.
The crested gecko is a venomous, amphibian reptile found in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Its name is derived from the Greek word for “crested” and means “flat head” in reference to the shape of the ears, and it is the smallest of the true geckos, with a maximum size of just 6 inches. The gecko can grow to a length of up to two and a half feet.
Our crested gecko care guide is an easy-to-follow guide intended to help you care for your crested gecko. It’s well-written and contains lots of information on caring for your crested gecko.
The crested gecko is not a pet. You should not feed it, nor should it be kept in a cage. The gecko is a member of the family Scolopendromorpha, and its natural diet is plants and insects. It is not a particularly good habitat for your pet crested gecko, so you should carefully consider your choice of habitat and care for your new pet before you decide whether to take out insurance or not.
The crested gecko is a member of the family Scolopendromorpha. If you have a crested gecko, you are probably not going to allow it to be raised by you in a cage. This is because a cage can be dangerous to your pet.
You might want to check with your vet to make sure that your new pet is not in any kind of danger. It’s good to be cautious, but also to think about whether you are going to be able to care for it properly if you get bitten or injured. I have a crested gecko and even though it is not in a cage I allow it to freely roam the house. It’s not a caged pet, it’s free.
While crested geckos are not typically threatened with any kind of harm, they can be injured by a predator. While it is not a common thing to see them in any kind of danger, it is a big deal. Even if they are not in a cage, the threat of a predator can scare them off from the house, which can cause a lot of stress. You can check with your vet to make sure that your pet’s safety is being properly protected.
The first couple of times I saw them, I was a bit worried; the geckos were acting like they were in a little cage. But after some thought, I can see that they are not in a cage. And when I’m watching them in the room, I see that they are just relaxed and enjoying themselves. It is really that relaxed, easy-going and laid-back feeling of watching a gecko like that that makes me believe that they are really just playing around.
It’s really amazing. I’ve seen lots of animals that I would have never considered as “playing around” just by being in the same room as them. But I think it’s true for geckos as well. If Im not mistaken, geckos are actually just lazing about, and they are very curious about what they’re doing.
I like the way that they seem to be enjoying themselves. This is probably the first time that I’ve seen geckos actually play, which is very rare. There are many that seem to play for fun, but not many that play for a bit.

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Re: Please Rate This Review: Dead or Alive: Dimensions
You need to edit in a few places. Sentence 2 : "All the game's characters in this fighting game series..." feels redundant (and anyway would need to be "games'").
Para 4: "gamut" seems at odds with "sparse". What exactly do you mean by this? That they don't occupy your time, or there aren't enough different modes.
Para 6: Delete "spike in"; the difficulty ramping up to impossible levels is the spike. Also, this game mode sounds amazingly stupid. You really can't control the alternate?
Para 10: The 3D effect adds visual "flair", not "flare". If you want flare, get J.J. Abrams.
Otherwise, seems pretty good. It could probably stand to be a bit shorter. You could afford to give less detail about the Arcade and Tag modes, for instance.


Second honour for Suffolk-based Galloway’s ‘School of Rock’ branded coach
- Credit: Archant
Suffolk coach operator Galloway has picked up a second accolade for its work with entertainment marketing agency AKA to promote shows in London’s West End.
Galloway, based at Mendlesham, near Stowmarket, received a bronze award at the Coach Marketing Awards for the partnership, which includes a coach carrying a bespoke livery to promote the School of Rock musical.
This follows Galloway’s success at the British Coach Tourism Awards earlier this year, when it won the Coach Tourism Innovation of the Year title.Dan Rogers, general manager (sales) at Galloway, said: “I’m incredibly proud to be part of this award winning team. To be recognised by our industry twice in such a short space of time is a great achievement. It’s encouraging to see our hard work paying dividends and the School of Rock coach continues to delight customers.”The latest award coincides with the launch of Galloway’s autumn to spring holiday programme for 2017-18, including a mix of autumnal and spring breaks and some festive season treats.Marketing manager Catherine Bowyer said: “Our new programme of coach holidays features customer favourites such as Sunday Night at the Waldorf and Dutch Bulbfields in the spring. “However, there are 19 new holidays on offer, such as High Tea at the Royal Albert Hall or a tour of the iconic Broadchurch TV locations so there’s plenty on offer for all budgets and interests.”For details of Galloway’s full range of holidays and day excursions by coach, visit www.travel-galloway.com or call in at one of its Galloway Travel Centre branches, in Ipswich, Stowmarket, Colchester or Norwich.


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Five-year-old Killian Owen was like many other boys his age. The green-eyed little blonde loved playing any kind of sport: baseball, basketball and swimming were among his favorites. He and his twin brother, Garrett, enjoyed playing and competing together.
And then, on December 10, 1999, Killian was diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia, the most common (and curable) type of childhood cancer.
Killian fought hard. From chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, to an experimental targeted treatment at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.
One of his brother’s coaches was so moved by Killian’s brave fight, he asked the team to forego the customary end-of-season gift. Instead, he asked that a donation be made to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, where Killian was being treated.
Despite the best efforts of those caring for Killian and his own determination, the leukemia’s intense hold was too strong. It took his life on July 27, 2003. He was nine years old.
One year later, Killian’s mother, Grainne Owen, adapted the coach’s idea and created Coaches Curing Kids Cancer.
Now, youth sports teams all over the country participate by making donations in honor of their coaches. Inspired by her son’s battle, Grainne has turned Curing Kids Cancer into an effective nonprofit dedicated to funding cutting-edge treatments of childhood cancers—treatments that can save the lives of children like Killian.

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Region of Waterloo International Airport expansion seems unlikely to fly
from Guelph Mercury
Faced with the loss of Bearskin Airlines flights to Ottawa and deafening complaints about airport noise, expansion of the Region of Waterloo International Airport is looking like it won't fly. Coun. Sean Strickland said a master plan committee, tasked with deciding the airport's future, plans to recommend there be no expansion at this time. "I think the departure of Bearskin was a game changer," Strickland said. Noise concerns and the unused capacity at the airport are also driving the recommendations to cancel expansion, he said.
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Doherty, Charles R. Twentieth Century Woodwind Quintet Music of the United States. Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, 1971.
FILM 9274 MUSIC MICROFORMS
A D.M.A. thesis from the University of Missouri, Kansas City, 1971.
Gillespie, James E. Reed Trio: An Annotated Bibliography of Original Published Works. Detroit: Information Coordinators, 1971.
ML128 .W5 G54 MUSIC REFERENCE
A specialized bibliography of works for the specific combination of oboe, clarinet and bassoon. Limited to available works published between 1897 and 1968. The listing is alphabetical by composer and includes thorough annotations with comments on style and performance considerations.
Heller, George N. Ensemble Music for Wind and Percussion Instruments: A Catalog. Washington, D.C.: Music Educators National Conference, 1970.
ML128 .W5 H4 MUSIC REFERENCE
A graded listing of ensemble literature for a wide variety of instrumental combinations. Limited bibliographic information.
Helm, Sanford M. Catalog of Chamber Music for Wind Instruments. New York: Da Capo, 1969. Rev. print.
ML128 .C4 H4 1969 MUSIC REFERENCE
A dated listing of ensemble literature for a wide range of instrumentation.
Hosek, Miroslav. Das Blaserquintett = The Woodwind Quintet. Grunwald: B. Bruchle, 1979.
ML128 .W5 H67 MUSIC REFERENCE
A thorough bibliography of both published and unpublished works for woodwind quintet alone and in combination with other instruments or voice. Includes a list of ensembles, their members and addresses. Introductory material on the origin of the quintet, acoustics, and performance.
Peters, Harry B. Literature of the Woodwind Quintet. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1971.
ML128 .W5 P5 MUSIC REFERENCE
A basic listing of original compositions and arrangements for the woodwind quintet and additions of up to five instruments.
Squire, Alan Paul. Annotated Bibliography of Written Material Pertinent to the Performance of Woodwind Chamber Music. Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, 1960.
FILM 6438 MUSIC MICROFORMS
A thesis from the University of Illinois.
Voxman, Himie. Woodwind Ensemble Music Guide. Evanston, IL: Instrumentalist, 1973.
ML128 .W5 V7 MUSIC REFERENCE
Originally meant as a guide to literature in print for wind and percussion instruments. Because of its date it is no longer useful for that purpose, but can be helpful as a general guide. Arranged by instrumentation, and lists only author, title and publisher.
Voxman, Himie. Woodwind Music Guide. Evanston, IL: Instrumentalist, 1982- .
ML128 .W5 V71 1982 v.1 MUSIC REFERENCE
An updated edition of the earlier guide to ensemble literature. Arranged by instrumentation, with index of composers and arrangers.


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The US dollar on Wednesday lost almost Re1 against the rupee as exporters fearing further weakening started selling their greenback holdings in the interbank market.
The dollar fell 98 paisa to close at Rs155.74. The steep fall created panic among the exporters, who keep their proceeds for up to 90 days.
“The free float of the exchange rate is now in favour of local currency since the improvement in the country’s external account. However, the main reason behind the fall is the selling of dollars by the exporters, which has further curtailed the demand for the greenback in the interbank market,” said Atif Ahmed, a currency dealer in the interbank market.
He said the dollar further declined in the second half of the session and was traded for Rs155.50 for next day (tomorrow value).
Steep fall triggers panic selling by exporters
“In fact the dollar lost Rs1.22 against the rupee on Wednesday. The market on Thursday may open even lower as it opened today at Rs156.40 instead of closing rate of Rs156.72 on Tuesday,” he said.
Exporters have already started whining about the depreciation of the US dollar as they get lower payment in terms of the rupee when they bring back their export proceeds into the country.
However, bankers said the situation would remain in favour of the rupee as inflow of exports proceeds will increase in the last quarter of this fiscal year.
“Currency experts know that exports have increased significantly and the export proceeds would be higher in the next few months which means dollar reserves would rise,” said a senior banker. He said the currency market behaviour speaks about inflows in the coming months.
On the other hand, barring for imports, the demand for dollars has touched the lowest level. Public consumption for travelling, Umrah, education expenses, healthcare, etc has gone down to the lowest level due to the ongoing pandemic.
Bankers said there is no chance of higher consumption in the coming months or during the current fiscal.
“The dollar depreciated 7.5pc against the rupee since the start of FY21, which helped the country to pay less cost for imports,” said the banker.
A monthly report of the State Bank showed that the Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER) in January was Rs95.317, slightly lower than 96.326 in Dec 2020.
The REER is the weighted average of a country’s currency in relation to an index or basket of other major currencies. The weights are determined by comparing the relative trade balance of a country’s currency against each country within the index. This exchange rate is used to determine an individual country’s currency value relative to the other major currencies in the index.
The REER is used to evaluate how a currency is fluctuating against many others at once, and is also used in international trade assessments.

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A referendum on the ‘No support for marking boycotts’ motion, further to the Union Council held on 7th April 2014, is due to take place in the week commencing 20th October.
The motion proposed in the last academic year, read: “As some students believe that marking boycotts have a detrimental effect on students’ academic experience, do you think that the Students’ Union should oppose the use of marking boycotts in any industrial action taken by academics?”
Students will be asked to answer this question via a link on the University of Nottingham Students’ Union (UoNSU) website.
A marking boycott was last used in 2006 and would see staff who choose to participate refuse to mark exams, coursework, dissertations and portfolios of work, or communicate marks verbally, electronically or on paper.
Staff would also refuse to attend meetings and prepare for exams, but they would continue to take lectures and seminars.
The University and College Union (UCU) said that part of the reason for the this year’s proposed boycott was that members were offered a 1% increase, which the union said represented a real-terms pay cut of 13% since 2009.
Union representatives also pointed out that the average pay rise for university Vice-Chancellors was 5%.
“We should do our best to secure better working conditions for them, which means in turn a better education for us”
Speaking anonymously, one lecturer told Impact that marking boycotts are “a last resort and the effect such protest has on the education of the students is deeply regrettable for the teaching staff”.
University of Nottingham Left Society said: “Instead of a Students’ Union supporting the university administration cracking down on lecturers taking action to protect their futures, resulting in over-worked, less happy lecturers, which is bad for us, we should instead empathise with our teachers”.
“We should do our best to secure better working conditions for them, which means in turn a better education for us”.
“Personally, I don’t think students will support the motion due to the potentially harmful effects a marking boycott could have on degree outcomes”
A second year Modern Languages student also commented: “Personally, I don’t think students will support the motion due to the potentially harmful effects a marking boycott could have on degree outcomes”.
Voting on this motion will be open from 9am on Monday 20th October to 3pm Monday on 27th October via the UoN Elections App.
Quorum for this referendum is 10% of the Full Members of the Union.
The motion shall pass if the referendum is quorate and a simple majority is obtained in favour.
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April 20, 2010
Aaron Morales, an assistant professor of English at Indiana State University, has completed work on his first book titled "Drowning Tucson."
The official release of the book is scheduled for May 1.
"Drowning Tucson" chronicles the lives of the Nunez family in some of the toughest neighborhoods of 1980s Tucson. The characters include both crooked cops as well as prostitutes plying their trade along the streets of downtown Tucson, Arizona. The characters are linked by crushing poverty, the brutal codes of the street and the harsh nature of the desert.
Morales, 33 and a Tucson native, said he began writing the short story episodes that would later become the book without a clear idea about where his work was headed. Tucson was the perfect setting for some of the themes he wanted to explore in his writing, he said, because that's where he witnessed the work of gangs, life on the street and the "dark side of humanity."
"It's wasn't my goal to write something that just shocks and offends," he said. "I wouldn't have spent 10 years of my life writing just for that effect.
"But I do want the reader to experience the violence. It's more meaningful that way, to be submerged in the middle of it."
When, as a Hoosier in graduate school, Morales began to flesh out some of his memories of the Arizona desert, a professor told him to commit wholeheartedly to his storytelling. The advice forever changed the tone of his work, he said.
And now, he's unapologetic about the book's harsh and graphic subject matter that some critics have dubbed a glorification of violence.
"I don't think people understand violence, and when you don't understand something, you're going to look away," he said. "I don't want anyone to turn a blind eye. To experience it makes you a better pacifist."
While the violent episodes and themes that run throughout the book are designed to "challenge readers to get out of their cozy comfortable little places," Morales insists "Drowning Tucson" is also a romance that examines masculinity and how and where men get their cues.
On a deeper level, "Drowning Tucson" examines American society - Morales' criticism of the ambivalence and the condescension cast on those unable to improve their circumstances.
His concern about these societal attitudes has led him to further examine them in the second novel he's writing titled "Eat Your Children." In it, he explores the effects of methamphetamine on the children of drug users.
"We pretend all is well and good with those who are on the fringes of our lives," he said. "We owe it to ourselves to look more carefully at troubled humans and to be more aware of their realities."
For Morales, his writing brings a voice to those who cannot speak for themselves, he says, people whose economic and cultural background impedes their ability to elevate themselves in status, class or position.
Morales' ties to ISU extend beyond his teaching. He is a 2000 graduate of the English Department's creative writing program.
Contact: Aaron Morales, assistant professor of English, Indiana State University at 812-237-3168 or firstname.lastname@example.org.
Writer and Photographer: Rachel Wedding McClelland, assistant director of media relations, Communications and Marketing, Indiana State University at 812-237-3790 or email@example.com.
Assistant Professor of English Aaron Morales has released his first book.


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August 6, 1862
THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 6, 1862
* Call for more troops
* 1st Battle of Murfreesboro
Among the articles are: "General Halleck on the Art of War" "Interesting fro Memphis - A Rebel Operator Reads General Halleck's Dispatches for Four Days" "600,000 Men Called for & Drafting Ordered!" ""War News of the Week" "The Beginning of the End--A Negro Nest Broken up & Building Destroyed" "A Call for 300,000 More Men!!" "General Pope's General Orders..." & much more.
Eight pages, loss to a lower corner does not affect type, nice condition.
Described as "The Hottest Rebel Sheet to be found in the North or the South", this newspaper opposed the war and attracted the hatred of the Republicans and the Lincoln administration. It insisted that slavery could not be prohibited by law. So obnoxious was this paper to Unionists that it was denied circulation in some cities. In 1863 the press was raided by a hateful mob.


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The announcement warns that while breaded products may appear pre-cooked, many of the frozen foods are actually raw and must be cooked to an internal temperature of at least 74C.
The frozen raw breaded poultry products are linked to a current outbreak of Salmonella infections in Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador. Based on the agency’s investigation, exposure to the chicken products has been established as a source of the illness.
According to Health Canada there are currently 44 cases of salmonella across the four provinces. Twelve people have been hospitalized but no deaths have been reported.