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Simple Beachy Decorating For Entertaining

Hope you're enjoying your summer!

Can you believe it's the end of July already.
What have you been up to this month?

 I've been spending time at the beach soaking up the sunshine!

 Entertaining Family and Friends.

As you know I like to keep things simple around here.
That includes setting the table for entertaining.
I used flowers and lemons and kept the arrangements low.

 sunny yellows and ocean blues give the table a beachy feel.

The delicate flowers are from our garden.  Does anyone know what they are called?

To keep the table setting light and airy I placed the flowers in clear glass containers.
While three ceramic seashell candle holders hold the lemons.

I added extra lighting by placing antique crystal lamps next to the sink.
They were my grandmothers and they bring back happy childhood memories.

My daughter and her friends baked brownies.
Little did they know I was going to use them as props to take this picture.

On the window sill I placed beach glass in mason jars and added seashells found on the beach.

Kitchen towels & napkins are stored in the picnic basket.
  The basket also serves as a catch all for quick clean ups when guests come over.
  I toss any clutter that's sitting on the kitchen counter right in the basket.
(Bye Bye Clutter)

A framed picture of my daughter leans against the backsplash.
 The frame was gold when I bought it.
 I gave it a small makeover using white paint & a light sanding.

Beach Glass in Mason Jars

Shiny Crystals That Reflect The Sunlight

Fresh Flowers

Good Food, Friends & Family

If you follow my blog you might remember the scale I scored at an estate sale for $7.00.
 If you like you can read about it here
For me, gathering friends & family at home in the summer is all about keeping it
Simple, Relaxed and Fun.

  1. Such a beautiful home and photos! :-D

  2. I loved your photos, and I am all about spending as much time at the beach as possible! Love the sea glass in the jar and your artful compositions!

  3. Love the lemons in the shells!! Adorable -thanks for sharing -Jennifer

  4. Thanks for sharing such lovely photos of your home. The decor looks awesome.

  5. Love your kitchen and it's beach décor. Stopping by from Junk Chic Cottage. Nice to meet you1
    xo Kathleen

  6. Hi Julie, Just read about you over at Kris'. I love your shell shape dishes. Your grandmother's lamp is a sweet touch in the kitchen. I love your style. Blessings to you and your family, xoxo,Susie

  7. Beautiful table setting:-) I love the beachy feel of the yellow and blue:-)
    I read about you on Junk Chic Cottage blog and I wanted to stop by:-)

  8. Hi Julie,
    Love the blue and yellow. Thank you again for doing Spotlight. It was fun to feature you this week. Make sure you stop by to see all the comments left for you.

  9. Hi Julie,
    Congrats on being featured at Kris's blog today! I'm also being featured at Susan's blog Must Love Junk today. I have a similar life as you as I grew up on Long Island met my husband at my job in the city and I had my daughter at 42 years old! Our daughters are like the same age. I love the beach and my sister and Mom have beach houses on the east end of LI. I would love to get to know you and you blog and be a new follower of yours. Have a nice weekend and wasn't this fun being featured and we both share to same first name?
    Julie at Julie's Lifestyle

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  11. Hi Julie, thanks for sharing with us on Kris's blog. Your daughter is beautiful. I can see it runs in the family. :) The tablescape you created is very pretty. Anything blue and yellow gets my attention. I can't say for sure, but I think your flowers might be Sundrops -- related to Evening Primrose. Here's a link that you may want to check out: Anyway, they're lovely, and displayed nicely. The photo of your daughter is very sweet, and I like the painted frame. xxx ~ Nancy @ A Joyful Cottage

  12. Love your pretty kitchen, and I'm in <3 with yellow and blue accents right now:) Read about you and stopping by from Kris' blog:) New follow!

  13. A long time ago a co-worker gave me some of those flowers for my garden. She called them Primroses. Barbara in Mn

  14. I enjoyed reading about you and your family over at Junk Chic Cottage.

    It sounds like your layoff was the best thing that happened to you. Enjoy the month of August with many beach days.

  15. Hi, Julie! I read your feature post at Kris' blog and had to pop over. I love the beachy post, you really put the summer magic in the air with your pretty table setting. I love putting cute things on my window sill, I never thought of beach glass. Can I find that in Illinois?! Ha!

    I'm a new follower! :)

    Jane xx

  16. Beautiful tablescape...and I cannot believe you got that scale for $7.00...what a great find!!!

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Many Possible Causes

Flank pain is pain felt on one side of the back between the lower ribs and the top of the pelvis. It often indicates a kidney problem. If there is severe pain, fever or chills, nausea, blood colored or rusty appearing urine, and urinary frequency or urgency you should consult a physician immediately.

Is It Kidney Disease?

Some of the more common kidney diseases to suspect are:

  • Kidney stones.
  • Infection.
  • Tumors.

Left Flank Pain

Pain can also be from other body organs or tissue that are found in the same area. Organs to consider with when the pain is on the left side are:

  • Small intestines and colon.
  • Left kidney and ureter.
  • Left lumbar facet joints.
  • Left lower back muscle strain or trigger points.
  • Left ovary.

Right Flank Pain

With right sided pain you need to look at:

  • Small and large intestines.

  • Right kidney and ureter.
  • Liver.
  • Gallbladder.
  • Right lumbar facet joints.
  • Right back muscles.
  • Right ovary.
  • Appendix.

One can easily be fooled into thinking that the pain is coming from a particular organ when, in fact, it may be another organ or even referred pain from trigger points.

Some questions your doctor will ask you that will be helpful when trying to pinpoint the origin of pain are:

Questions To Consider With Pain

  1. Is the pain isolated or more generalized?
  2. Does motion or rest have any affect on the pain?
  3. Is it worse with coughing or sneezing?
  4. Is the pain constant, intermittent or occasional and infequent?
  5. Do you notice a fever or chills?
  6. Is that an urgency to urinate or frequent urination?
  7. No you notice any numbness?
  8. Is the are tender to touch
  9. Is the pain sharp, dull, achy, etc.

With a proper consultation, history, exam finding and additional tests (if indicated) a diagnosis will be arrived at and appropriate treatment will be administered. Some additional testing that may be ordered s are x-ray, MRI, CT scan, urinalysis and/or blood chemistry.

When all tests are negative and all conditions have been ruled out, the most probable diagnosis if myofascial pain syndrome, otherwise known as trigger points.

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Caution needs to be taken so that all possibilities for the pain are considered and a wrong diagnosis is not prematurely rendered. The physician and the patient should never assume just because it appears to be one thing or another that it is indeed that.

Once the cause of the flank pain is determined and an accurate diagnosis is assigned then appropriate care, both for the pain and resolution of the condition, can be administered.

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Rain came down on this town
'Cause I know goes up come down
Summer's bees they scattered and run
Trying to catch the sun
Summer's dream are all ending
Then I was asending
From away cross the winter sky
To where all the freebirds fly
This is life, this is real
Summer's dark take all they can steal
So you bring the wine I'll bring the wood
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When you're not around baby...
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Candle burnin' in their home
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    Data loss in Externa Drive due to Device Removal
    i have an ibook and connected an external hard disk. while the led in the ehd was still blinking, the wire got disconnected and the device removal error appeared.

    I did not do a delete, it was just reading/loading.

    Anybody who has experienced data loss with a device removal error? and more importantly, how do i recover my files?

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    The external hard disk used to work before. It had 2 partitions. It still can be read and data can be written. It's just that the data that was there before vanished.

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    If you want any hope at all of recovering those lost files, do NOT USE the drive! Even the act of attaching the drive to your iBook can cause overwriting of the data.

    Data recovery software may work. Here's a good one: Link

    Here's another: Link

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    thanks! i tried data rescue but it will take a couple of thousand of hours just to scan!

    I'll try the other one.

    any explanation on why this happened? this happened with some usb disks too but my data remains intact.

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    On modern OS's when a drive is mounted, files are open. You say the activity light was blinking which indicates files were being opened or written to. To just pull the cable when activity is taking place can cause all sorts of damage. Some do it all the time and are very lucky they loose nothing. I have accidently pulled the cable many times and most nothing lost but a couple of times the whole drive was corrupted. I have had this with both Flash drives and norman HD's.

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Review: GarageBand ’09

Christopher Breen
10 February, 2009
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Unless you have an active interest in producing podcasts or creating a musical score, it’s likely you’ve opened GarageBand once and then never bothered with it again. Of all the programs that make up the iLife suite, none is more overlooked than this application. And, given its original focus, that’s not too surprising. Making music requires a skill not common in the general population of computer users.

And so, with each version, Apple tries to explore a different angle, hoping to bring in a new audience for GarageBand. Two versions ago, with GarageBand 3, it was podcasting. In GarageBand ’08, Apple introduced Magic GarageBand, a feature that allows you to jam along with a canned band. With GarageBand ’09, the new lure is guitar and piano lessons—nine basic lessons for budding musicians as well as a handful of optional artist lessons for learning specific songs by such well-known musicians as Norah Jones, John Fogerty, and Sting.

Veteran GarageBand users who’ve already mastered their axes aren’t left out of the mix. Guitar players now have the opportunity to play through five newly modeled amplifiers and a host of stomp box audio effects. Players who were frustrated by Magic GarageBand’s inability to record what they noodled will be pleased to learn that recording is now part of the magic. And, regardless of who opens the application, users will discover a redesigned interface that makes existing features easier to find.

Lessons learned. The marquee feature of GarageBand ’09 is Learn to Play, the application’s basic and artist piano and guitar video lessons. GarageBand ’09 includes the first basic guitar and piano lessons. You can obtain eight additional free lessons for each instrument by choosing the Lesson Store entry in the New Project window, selecting the Basic Lessons tab, and then clicking the Download button next to the lessons you want to download from the Internet. Artist lessons are obtained similarly, but cost $5 each. Unfortunately, these lessons work only on Intel Macs with a dual-core processor, though the rest of GarageBand ’09 works with PowerPC-based Macs.

Each basic guitar and piano lesson is taught by “Tim,” an approachable instructor who begins with the physical layout of each instrument and, in later lessons, walks through the basics of playing the instruments. For the piano lessons this includes left and right hand notes and fingering, sharps and flats, rhythm, major and minor chords, and scales. The guitar lessons include basic major and minor chords, major and minor barre chords, strumming, single note melodies, and power chords.

Nearly every lesson ends with a song that you’re welcome to play along with. Each lesson also includes a Play section that allows you to play along with the teacher (and record what you play). The lessons are nicely produced, well paced, and presented in a way that you can easily zero in on exactly what you’d like to see. You can, for example, use the Mac’s number keys to switch views. In the piano lessons, nearly every view includes Tim at the top of the window and a keyboard at the bottom. But you can switch views to see the treble clef, bass clef, grand staff (both clefs), or chords in between Tim and the keyboard. In the guitar lessons, there’s Tim above and a fretboard below with switchable views that include guitar chord boxes, chords, tablature, and notation. Lefties can also change the orientation of the fretboard at the bottom of the screen.

You can view the instructor, instrument, and music in a variety of ways.

When Tim plays, you can see what he’s playing reflected on the piano keyboard or fretboard at the bottom of the screen—when he places his third finger on E above middle C, for example, a blue 3 appears on the keyboard’s E key. It works similarly on the fretboard—when he fingers a chord, those frets associated with the chord gain a blue dot and the strummed strings vibrate.

When you plug a MIDI keyboard into your Mac, it becomes available to GarageBand, allowing you to play a piano sound within the lessons. If you’re using a guitar, you tell GarageBand whether you have an electric guitar plugged into an audio interface attached to your Mac or you’re using an acoustic guitar and a microphone. GarageBand will record it accordingly. You can switch on a metronome as well as slow down the speed of the music so it’s easier to play in time (when you adjust the tempo, Tim’s voice is muted). You can also change the sound mix, adjusting the teacher’s voice, teacher’s instrument, the band (and each instrument within the band), and the volume of your instrument. You can also loop sections of lessons so you can repeatedly practice them.

The Artist lessons are just as beautiful to look at and offer the same kind of interactivity. The teaching ability of the artists varies—some are more thorough instructors than others. Norah Jones, for example, speaks as if she’s had formal musical training and explains the way she voices her chords by describing their position (root, first, or second position). One Republic’s Ryan Tedder doesn’t offer this level of detail but rather shows you how he plays a particular chord. Sting assumes you know how to make more complex chords on the guitar and so simply tells you the chord names and shows you how to finger them. Not surprisingly, none of the artists completely agree on technique so you may see them do something—finger a chord, for example—that contradicts something Tim has taught you.

Some of the artist lessons are offered in both Simple and Advanced versions, allowing both beginning and experienced musicians to get some enjoyment from them. And each artist lesson includes a video of the artist speaking about the song or another subject close to their heart. (Norah Jones doesn’t touch on her song at all, for example, but rather discusses the advantage of hauling a relatively portable Wurlitzer electric piano to a gig versus the back-breaking Fender Rhodes.)

Getting you started. GarageBand’s approach to teaching piano and guitar is an intriguing one—providing enough information to have you playing a song as quickly as possible. It’s a great approach for giving nascent players the kind of success they need to keep at it, but there are compromises as well. Some subjects aren’t covered very deeply and, of course, there’s no one standing over you to check on what you’re doing. But depth isn’t what Learn to Play is about. Rather, it’s a starting point for learning to learn how to play.

Fortunately, you have other choices as GarageBand ’09 isn’t the only instructional game in town. You can get more in-depth computer-based lessons from iPlayMusic, iPerform3D, and eMedia Music. And iVideosongs offers some beautifully filmed artist lessons. (I discuss some of these and other instructional methods in Learn to Play an Instrument.) Of course, there’s still no substitute for a real teacher who can give you customised assignments based on your ability.

Rock on. In previous versions of GarageBand, you could play real instruments through the program’s amplifier simulations (or apply those simulations after the fact) as well as apply effects to that instrument. But many people missed these features as they weren’t easy to find. GarageBand ’09 includes interface changes that make many features more obvious (as I discuss later), and none more so than the guitar amps and effects. Not only did GarageBand’s designers bring these guitar features to the fore, but they completely rebuilt the amps and effects from the ground up.

These features are found in the new Electric Guitar tracks. These tracks are real instrument tracks that place one of five amp models (modeled after Marshall, Mesa Boogie, Vox, and Fender Combo and Tweed amps) front and center. You can easily change amps as well as adjust the settings of each amp—the amps carry knobs for adjusting Gain, Bass, Mids, Treble, Presence, Master, Output, Reverb, Tremolo Rate, and Tremolo Depth. (Those who find adjusting virtual knobs clumsy with a mouse will be happy to learn that you can click on a knob and then twist it by moving a mouse’s scroll wheel up or down.) You can also edit the amp’s master echo and reverb settings. The work that went into these amp models is apparent—they sound very much like the real deal, complete with noise when you’ve cranked them up.

The new Electric Guitar tracks support modeled amps and stomp box effects.

Electric Guitar tracks use stomp box effects—effects modeled after the small effect boxes that routinely litter the floor around electric guitar players. Stomp boxes include Phaser, Overdrive, Distortion, Fuzz, Chorus, Flanger, Vibrato, Filter, Delay, and Sustain. You can have as many as five stomp boxes at a time and changing the position of where the stomp boxes appear in the interface changes the sound coming from the track (so the boxes work in serial order). Each stomp box includes an On/Off switch as well as knobs for adjusting the parameters of the effect. The stomp boxes also sound very much like the real deal.

You’re welcome to create your own arrangement of amps and stomp boxes, but before you do you might care to try one of the 37 included presets. If you want to sound like The Edge from the early ’90s, for example, choose Dublin Delay. Dick Dale wannabes can dial in Surf, which features the Combo amp with a fair bit of amp reverb and tremolo and a Sustain stomp box.

Before you toss your outboard gear in favour of GarageBand’s amps and stomp boxes, note this crucial omission—like much of the rest of GarageBand, amps and stomp boxes can’t be controlled via MIDI, and that’s a shame. Guitar players like to kick in effects as they play and the only way to do that in GarageBand ’09 is to take your hand off the guitar and click a stomp box’s virtual buttons. You can control parameters for stomp box effects after the fact using GarageBand’s automation controls, but it’s not the same thing. Electric Guitar tracks demand some way to stomp a real switch while you’re playing and a MIDI controller is the means. It’s time, Apple.

Additional enhancements. Magic GarageBand has seen some needed improvements. While the band is still limited to the same nine songs as before, you can now record what you play and export that recording as a multitrack project in the usual GarageBand interface. You also have the ability to shuffle the backing instruments by clicking anywhere other than on an instrument. This makes for some unexpected (and sometimes welcome) combinations. You can also now mix the levels of each instrument as well as quickly mute or solo each one with the click of a button. And you can choose any software instrument sound you like as your instrument when playing through a MIDI keyboard. You’re no longer limited to a handful of instruments as you were in GarageBand ’08.

Magic GarageBand now lets you record your part and mix the band.

Finally, Apple has rejiggered the look of GarageBand in helpful ways. It now bears the same gray tone as Aperture and Logic. The New Project window contains a broader variety of projects including Piano, Electric Guitar, Voice, Loops, Keyboard Collection, Acoustic Instrument, Songwriting, Podcast, and Movie, making it easier to start with a template configured for the kind of project you want to create. For example, choose Podcast and the resulting GarageBand window is populated with Podcast, Male Voice, Female Voice, and Jingles tracks. (Regrettably, you still can’t have more than one GarageBand project open at a time.)

When you add a new track, you see a redesigned window that lets you easily choose a Software Instrument, Real Instrument, or Electric Guitar track. Loops are now found on the side of the main window rather than below. Effects are no longer hidden at the bottom of the Info pane but rather available from an obvious Edit tab in the Info pane. And text is larger throughout the interface. Taken together, it’s easier on the eyes as well as easier to find the functions you’re after. Veteran GarageBand user though I may be, with the new interface I was able to find features I’d forgotten existed.

Macworld’s buying advice. As a musician and podcaster, GarageBand remains one of my favorite iLife ’09 applications—I’m able to pull compelling results from the program without a lot of work or worry. Nothing about the latest version changes that. What GarageBand ’09 brings to the table is the possibility that more people—specifically those looking to get some use from a guitar or keyboard crammed in a closet or electric guitar players seeking a more authentic sound—will stick around for a second look.

[Senior editor Christopher Breen is a professional musician and hosts the Macworld Podcast.]

Product GarageBand ’09
Rating 4.5
Pros Lessons are well presented and move quickly toward learning songs; multiple views in lessons; guitar amps and stomp boxes are intuitively presented and sound good; Magic GarageBand supports recording; interface reorganization makes it easier to locate fea
Cons No MIDI control of stomp boxes; can’t have more than one GarageBand project open at a time; no improvement in notation printing from last version.
Company Apple
Price as rated $129 (part of iLife ’09); free on new Macs
OS compatibility 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor compatibility Universal (except for Learn to Play, which is Intel-only)

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New Music Tuesday: Wild Blessed Freedom

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Wild Blessed Freedom, Carolina Liar

So, it took me a week and at least a dozen listens to get to this review, so it may surprise you to hear that after all that I still don't know what I think about this album. Wild Blessed Freedom (is it just me, or does it sound like that title needs a comma somewhere in it?) is the sophomore album from a band called Carolina Liar, one of my "college bands" that I was exposed to at the University. I REALLY liked their self-titled debut, personally: their mellow synth-rock was an ideal zone out and work album. Wild Blessed Freedom isn't that. It's not bad, really, it's just different.

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[305] ONE of the chief objects which Richard had in view in concluding the truce with Saladin was to be able to have an honorable pretext for leaving the Holy Land and setting out on his return to England. He had received many letters from his mother urging him to come, and giving him alarming accounts of the state of things both in England and Normandy.

In England, the reader will perhaps recollect that Richard, when he set out on the Crusade, had appointed his brother John regent, in connection with his mother Eleanora, but that he had also, in order to raise money, appointed several noblemen of high standing and influence to offices of responsibility, which they were to exercise, in a great measure, independent of John. And, not content with appointing a suitable number of these officers, he multiplied them unnecessarily, and in some instances conveyed the same jurisdiction, as it were, to different persons, thus virtually selling the same [306] office to two different men. Of course, this was not done openly and avowedly. The transactions were more or less covered up and concealed under different disguises. For example, after selling the post of chief justiciary, which was an office of great power and emolument, to one nobleman, and receiving as much money for it as the nobleman was willing to pay, he afterward appointed other noblemen as assistant justiciaries, exacting, of course, a large sum of money from each of them, and granting them, in consideration of it, much the same powers as he had bestowed upon the chief justiciary. Of course, such a proceeding as this could only result in continual contentions and quarrels among the appointees, to break out as soon as Richard should be gone. But the king cared little for that, so long as he could get the money.

The quarrels did break out immediately after Richard sailed. There were various parties to them. There were Eleanora and John, each claiming to be the regent. Then there were two powerful noblemen, both maintaining that they had been invested with the supreme power by virtue of the offices which they held. The name of one of them was Longchamp. He contrived to place himself, for a time, quite at the [307] head of affairs, and the whole country was distracted by the wars which were waged between him and his partisans and the partisans of John. Longchamp was at last defeated, and was obliged to fly from the kingdom in disguise. He was found one day by some fishermen's wives, on the beach near Dover, in the disguise of an old woman, with a roll of cloth under his arm, and a yard-stick in his hand. He was waiting for a boat which was to take him across the Channel into France. He disguised himself in that way that he might not be known, and when seen from behind the metamorphosis was almost complete. The women, however, observed something suspicious in the appearance of the figure, and so contrived to come nearer and get a peep under the bonnet, and there they saw the black beard and whiskers of a man.

Notwithstanding this discovery, Longchamp succeeded in making his escape.

As to Normandy, Richard's interests were in still greater danger than in England. King Philip had taken the most solemn oaths before he left the Holy Land, by which he bound himself not to molest any of Richard's dominions, or to take any steps hostile to him, while he— [308] that is, Richard—remained away; and that if he should have any cause of quarrel against him, he would abstain from all attempts to enforce his rights until at least six months after Richard's return. It was only on condition of this agreement that Richard would consent to remain in Palestine in command of the Crusade, and allow Philip to return.

But, notwithstanding this solemn agreement, and all the oaths by which it was confirmed, no sooner was Philip safe in France than he commenced operations against Richard's dominions. He began to make arrangements for an invasion of some of Richard's territories in Normandy, under pretext of taking possession again of Alice's dower, which it was agreed, by the treaty made at Messina, should be restored to him. But it had also been agreed at that treaty that the time for the restoration of the dowry should be after Richard's return, so that the plans of invasion which Philip was now forming involved clearly a very gross breach of faith, committed without any pretense or justification whatever. This instance, and multitudes of others like it to be found in the histories of those times, show how little there was that was genuine and reliable in the lofty sense [309] of honor often so highly lauded as one of the characteristics of chivalry.

In justice, however, to all concerned, it must be stated that Philip's knights and nobles remonstrated so earnestly against this breach of faith, that Philip was compelled to give up his plan, and to content himself in his operations against Richard with secret intrigues instead of open war. As he knew that John was endeavoring to supplant Richard in his kingdom, he sent to him and proposed to join him in this plan, and to help him carry it into execution; and he offered him the hand of Alice, the princess whom Richard had discarded, to seal and secure the alliance. John was quite pleased with this proposal; and information of these intrigues, more or less definite, came to Richard in Palestine about the time of the battle of Jaffa, from Eleanora, who contrived in some way to find out what was going on. The tidings threw Richard into a fever of anxiety to leave Palestine and return home.

It was about the first of October that Richard set sail from Acre on his return, with a small squadron containing his immediate attendants. He himself embarked in a war-ship. The queens, taking with them the captive prin- [310] cess of Cyprus and the other members of their family, went as they came, in a vessel specially arranged for them, and under the care of their old protector, Stephen of Turnham. The queens embarked first in their vessel and sailed away. Richard followed soon afterward. His plan was to leave the coast as quietly and in as private a manner as possible. If it were to be understood in France and England that he was on his return, he did not know what plans might be formed to intercept him. So he kept his departure as much as possible a secret, and the more completely to carry out this design, he gave up for the voyage all his royal style and pretensions, and dressed himself as a simple knight.

The vessels slipped away from the coast, one after another, in the evening, in a manner to attract as little attention as possible. They made but little progress during the night. In the morning the shore was still in view, though fast disappearing. Richard gazed upon it as he stood on the deck of his galley, and then took leave of it by stretching out his hands and exclaiming,

"Most holy land, farewell! I commend thee to God's keeping and care. May He give [311] me life and health to return and rescue thee from the hands of the infidel."

The effect of this apostrophe on the by-standers, and on those to whom the by-standers reported it, was excellent, and it was probably for the sake of this effect that Richard uttered it.

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T. JAMES OF SPAIN took a road which led him, after many perils and adventures, during which he won his spurs, to the Holy Land, and in course of time he found himself near Jerusalem. He was standing upon a hill looking at the domes and towers and gleaming walls of the city, when there broke upon his ears the sound of drums and trumpets, and the marching of a great company. He looked towards the sound which came from the city, and he saw the gates thrown open, and many people issuing through them. First was a troop of horsemen bravely apparelled in white and gold, with jewelled harness and jingling arms; there were more than a hundred of them. After them rode twelve knights on chargers, two by two. Each of these knights carried a long lance from which floated a blood-red [114] banner embroidered with a picture of Adonai being wounded by a boar. Next came the King and his daughter, very richly clad. The King wore a gleaming circlet of gold on his head, and rode a white horse. The Princess rode a milk-white unicorn, whose long horn was covered with gold leaf. In her hand she bore a silver javelin, and she wore a breastplate of beaten gold. Behind her rode a bodyguard of a hundred Amazons. Last of all were men playing instruments of music and a crowd of humbler folk.

The cavalcade came near where St. James stood, and began to pass him. He spoke to a man who was close by him. "What does this gay expedition mean?" he asked.

"You must come from a very far land, Sir Knight," said the man, "if you do not know that."

"I do not know so much as who that King and the fair lady by his side are," answered St. James.

"That is the King of Judah, our good monarch," said the man, "and the lady is his daughter, the Princess Celestine. This is the great hunting festival, when all the court goes a-hunting in honour of Adonai, whom we revere, and who was slain by a boar. Every year proclamation is made, and great [115] prizes are given by the King. See, here is a herald about to make the proclamation."

As he spoke a herald halted near them. He was clad in cloth of gold, and bore a silver trumpet with a purple streamer hanging from it. He blew three blasts upon the trumpet, and cried in a loud voice: "In the name of the King and in honour of Adonai! To all men I cry. The King is pleased to offer a corselet of fine steel worth a thousand shekels of silver to any man soever who shall slay the first boar this day. Now set on, knights and squires. The hunt is up."

He blew three blasts again on his trumpet, and passed on.

St. James heard him out. As he listened his glance fell on the Princess Celestine, and he saw how fair she was. And she, too, saw him as he stood there, and thought him a knight of gallant looks and noble bearing.

"I will win the Princess," thought St. James to himself. "No other shall be my bride. For her I will dare anything."

With that he set spurs to his horse, and, making a little curve to avoid the more slowly moving cavalcade, he rode ahead over the plains to the forest to which he saw the hunt was going. He dismounted for greater [116] ease of movement among the trees, and tethered his horse; then he entered the forest.

Hardly was he in the shade of the trees than he saw a huge boar in front of him, goring with its sharp tusks the body of some poor traveller it had overcome. The beast paid him no heed, so intent was it upon its task. He sounded his silver horn loudly, and the boar turned quickly. In a moment it saw the new enemy, and charged furiously. St. James awaited the attack with his lance in rest, meaning to leap aside himself at the last minute. The boar came on more swiftly than he had expected of so unwieldy a brute, and his lance did not strike it fair and full. It grazed its shoulder merely, and glanced off, and St. James had to leap very nimbly to avoid its tusks as it lunged sideways at him in passing.

The rush of its speed carried the boar some little way past the champion, who had time to throw aside his lance and loosen his battle-axe for use. The boar charged again as soon as it could turn. This time St. James was more wary, for he had gauged the speed of the monster's rush. He stepped aside again as it reached him, and swung the battle-axe down, across his body, on to the back of the boar's skull, with all his force behind the [117] blow. The keen edge crashed through flesh and bone, and killed the beast instantly.

The champion cut off the boar's head, well pleased at his victory. He heard a noise of trampling and music close at hand, and looked round. The King and the Princess and their train had reached the forest.

St. James took his boar's head, and carried it to the King. Falling on one knee, he held it out before him. "Here is the first boar of the hunt, O King," he said. Unless any man has slain another before me, I claim the reward your herald cried publicly but a little while ago."

"You are the first, Sir Knight," answered the King, perceiving that St. James was a man of rank and honourable position. Yours is the reward. Let my armourer bring the corselet."

The armourer came forward with the corselet of fine steel. So wonderfully was it wrought that it fitted St. James instantly. Keen indeed must an edge have been to pierce it, and yet when the champion had it upon his body he felt no more weight from it than if it had been a shirt of fine linen.

"It beseems you well," said the King graciously. "Does it not, Celestine?"

"Indeed it is a finely wrought corselet," [118] answered the Princess; and she looked upon St. James with such admiration that he fell more deeply in love with her than ever.

"I am much beholden to Your Majesty for your gracious gift," said St. James courteously. "I came hither in search of knightly adventure, not thinking to win so worthy a prize as this."

"Whence do you come, Sir Knight?" asked the King; "and what is your name and lineage?"

"I am called James,and I am a Christian knight of Spain."

"What!" cried the King, all his graciousness gone from him in a moment. "A Christian! Then you die here and now, for I have vowed to put to death every Christian who comes into my realm. Ho there! Seize this dog and stone him to death!"

His attendants rushed forward in a body, and seized the champion, who, indeed, was too greatly surprised at this sudden change in the King to resist, even if resistance had been of use. And when they had bound him he regained his wits.

"Stop, O King," he cried boldly. "You may kill me if you will, though I have done no wrong to any man for which I deserve death. But remember that I slew this great [119] boar, and give me some respite for that deed. Let me at least have a time to pray and to prepare my soul for death, and grant me also that I may choose the manner of my death."

"I will never show mercy to a dog of a Christian," answered the King. "But such slight delay as you ask shall be granted you. And I will grant your other boon also. When you have had an hour for prayer you shall say in what way you choose to die. But let not this be a pretext to gain some means of escape; you shall surely die."

"So be it, King," said St. James. "But I tell you that you are doing ill, and one day you will repent of it."

" 'One day' has yet to come," answered the King. And what I will, I do. Now set about your prayers. We will continue our hunt. Forward, my friends."

And they plunged deep into the forest, their raiment shining, their harness making a merry noise. A hundred guards remained with St. James, who yet felt very lonely when he saw the Princess and all her attendants ride off into the cool, dark forest.

They unbound him and retired to a little distance, forming a circle round about him. For an hour he prayed steadfastly, and made [120] his peace with God, thinking indeed that the time had come for him to lay down his life.

At the end of the hour the King and his court came back, the Princess with them, her eyes full of sadness.

"Bring that Christian dog before me," said the King. "I have said that I would grant his boon."

They bound St. James again, and set him before the King. "Now, Sir James of Spain, you are to look your last upon the sunlight," said the King cruelly. "Tell me, since I have given you leave, in what way you will close your eyes to it for ever."

A strange fancy had come into the champion's mind. He had a whim to die in a certain way, if die he must. "Let me be bound to a pine-tree, unguarded," he said, "and then let me be shot by an arrow loosed by a beautiful maiden."

"That is a new form of death, Christian," said the King; "but I doubt not it will serve as well as any other. Let it be done as this Spanish knight asks. The maiden to slay him shall be chosen by lot from those who are here."

They brought a helmet, and put in it a bushel of white peas, and among them a single black one. She who drew the black [121] one (her eyes being blindfolded before the choice) was to kill St. James.

When all was ready they began to draw. And first of all the Princess Celestine was to put her hand into the helmet. She dismounted from her horse. A green scarf was tied round her eyes, and she stretched out her hand, fumbling at the edge of the helmet to be sure of reaching the peas.

There was a rattling sound as she put her hand among the dry, loose peas. Then she drew it forth again, and opened it, tearing off the scarf as she did so. On her white palm lay the black pea.

"Oh, I cannot!" she cried in distress. "I cannot slay an innocent man. My father"—and she fell on her knees before the King—"oh, my father, spare him! What evil has he done? He is a Christian, truly, but he was born and bred in that faith, and knew nought of ours. He knew nought of your vow against all Christians; else he would not have come here and told us his faith and lineage. He has done you a service by killing the boar."

"Bind him to a pine-tree," said the King sternly. "He must die; I have vowed it. Celestine, take your bow, aim truly, and kill him."

[122] The guards seized the champion, and bound him to a pine-tree hard by. But Celestine did not cease to plead for his life.

"I will never kill him," she said. "I could not aim truly at a just man, who has done no wrong. Let him go, Sire; I dare swear he will leave your kingdom and never return, if you do but let him go. Bethink you that your vow was made because of the war that Christians have made upon us; you might well slay all who fought against you and sought to do you harm. But this knight has made no war. He came honourably in peace. Let him go in peace, even if you do not honour him as at first, before you knew him for a Christian, you seemed to wish. Remember that till he proclaimed his faith out of his own lips, you had not a hard word for him. O spare him, my father, for if you do not I too shall surely die!"

She clasped her father's foot with her hands as she knelt by his stirrup, and bowed her head upon it in tears.

The King hesitated. He knew that he was but killing the knight in order to keep to the letter of his vow, which, indeed, he had taken against his enemies rather than against peaceful strangers. But he hated all Christians bitterly, for they were trying always [123] to drive him out of the Holy Land and make it part of Christendom. Yet he could not resist his daughter's pleadings.

"Have it as you will, Celestine," he said harshly. "Set him free yourself. But be sure that if ever again he sets foot in this land he shall be put to death, and no prayers shall save him, and it shall be no gentle hands like yours that shall cut him off from life. Tell him this, and bid him begone from Judah in a day's time. If he is found anywhere in my realm at this time on the morrow, he dies."

He turned away. Celestine ran to the pine-tree, and cut St. James's bonds with her hunting-knife.

"You are free, Sir James," she said eagerly. "I have begged your life of my father. But, alas! it is not better to me than if you were dead, for you must leave this land at once, and never return. If ever you come back, you will be slain—ay, and perhaps tortured into the bargain. Go; make what speed you can. Remember me. Take this ring from me, and wear it for my sake, and be sure that never will I forget you. Farewell."

"Farewell, Princess," said St. James; "I shall never forget you. I do not need this ring to keep your memory in my heart to my life's end. But I will treasure your gift, and [124] if ever we meet again it shall be a sign between us."

He said no more, but mounted his horse and rode away, the ring on his finger; and the Princess went back sadly to her father's court.

St. James made the best speed he could to the borders of Judah. Often as he rode he looked at the ring the Princess had given him. On the inside of it were words engraved—"Fare well ever beloved"; and he thought that truly he had said farewell to all that he now held dear.

He looked back over the plains for the last time from a hill on the edge of the country. As he looked a plan suddenly came into his mind. Why should he not return in disguise?

There was a wood not far off. Beyond that lay a little town of which he had heard from a chance traveller whom he had met not long before. He hastened on to the town, and bought in it a Moorish dress; then he returned to the wood, and, having dug a deep hole with his sword, buried the greater part of his [125] armour and his raiment, marking the place by certain signs that he might readily find it again. He sought out a tree with dark berries, of which there were many in the forest. He squeezed out their juice, until he had enough to stain his skin dark brown all over. When he had put on the dress he had bought, he looked every inch a Moor, and no one would have known him for the gallant knight who had slain the boar but a little while before. He stained also the white hide of his horse, and darkened the harness, so that there was nothing left for any man to recognise.

He resolved to feign to be deaf and dumb, so that his speech might not betray him. When he had satisfied himself that his appearance was suitable, he returned to Jerusalem, and went to the King's palace, and by signs indicated that he wished to be taken into the royal service.

It chanced that as he was making this silent request to the King's chamberlain, the Princess Celestine herself passed by. The chamberlain rose to greet her, and she acknowledged his obeisance; but her eyes were fixed in wonder on the Moor whom she saw. There seemed to her something familiar in him, she knew not what.

[126] "Who is this man?" she asked the chamberlain.

"He is a deaf and dumb man, Princess, a Moor who seems to wish to be taken into the King's household."

"He is goodly to look upon. Is he skilled in arms, and of courteous manner?"

"For his courtesy I can only answer by what I have seen," said the chamberlain. "He seems to be of good demeanour. As for his skill in arms, I will try him."

He made passes in the air, as though handling a sword. St. James, who had heard very well all that was said, nodded his head joyfully. The chamberlain took a sword, and gave it to him, and took another himself, and they began to fence together. In a little while it was clear that the chamberlain, though a good swordsman, was no match for the stranger, who, indeed, suddenly sent his sword flying by a quick turn of the wrist.

The Princess smiled. "Let him be of my bodyguard," she said. "He is a stout fellow, and I need another good warrior just now." But though she felt that she knew his face, she did not guess who the Moor was.

So St. James was made one of Celestine's guards. In a little time he had shown himself so gentle in manner, so gallant in bearing, and [129] so expert in arms and courtesy, that he was made chief of the guard and special champion of the Princess. All day long he was near her, and had her under his charge, though he could not speak to her, and as yet dared not reveal himself to her.

There were many suitors for the fair Princess's hand in those days. Princes and nobles came from many distant countries to seek her: from Trebizond, and Bokhara, and Ethiopia; the King of Arabia came, and an Ambassador from the Emperor of Cathay, who had heard of her loveliness; and the Lord High Admiral of Babylon itself—all these and many more tried to win her hand. But she would have none of them, being true in heart to St. James.

It chanced presently that at one time there were a score or more of these suitors in Jerusalem together. Since, as they learnt, their suit was hopeless, they agreed well with one another; and they resolved that before they went away from Judah they would give a splendid entertainment in honour of the Princess. They planned to hold a banquet, and then a ball.

The Princess took with her her chief attendants, among them, of course, the champion of her guard. She had asked him by signs— [130] in which way by now they found it easy to converse—if he could dance for her a Moorish dance; and it happened that St. James was able to do this, and the Princess commanded that he should dance one with her at the ball.

St. James thought that this would be his opportunity. The revelry would continue far into the night, and when it was ended all the court would be weary, and heedless of anything but sleep. He made his preparations, which, as chief of the Princess's body-guard, he could do without suspicion.

The banquet came and passed, and was followed by the ball. St. James, to give the Princess a message silently, had put her ring upon his finger; hitherto, while he was in her service, he had worn it on a fine gold chain round his neck, lest it should betray him at am inopportune time.

The time came for him to dance the Moorish dance with the Princess. He held out his hand to her to lead her. She saw the ring, and knew at once why she had seemed to find his face familiar to her. But she said never a word, for fear of discovery; only her hand pressed his, and their eyes met, and hope sprang up in their hearts.

They danced together, and then the Princess thanked him by signs for his courtesy; [131] but to her signs she added some that meant, "Remain here."

He stayed near her. Presently he heard her speaking to one of her ladies. "It is hot, and I am weary. I will walk upon the terrace for a little. I cannot choose one of my suitors for a companion, for fear of making the rest jealous. And, indeed, I am too weary for talk. I will go with my chief of guards, and take the air for a space, and return before long."

She made signs to St. James that he was to escort her to the terrace of the palace, and place guards in suitable positions. Then she went forth, St. James by her side.

They paced the terrace together at a little distance from the guards. She spoke to him in soft whispers, and he answered, and told her of his plans. She was to put on a Moorish dress, and meet him in the hall of her palace an hour after all the household had retired to rest, and he would take her thence by a back way, and through a private door in the city walls, of which he had been able to get a key made once when the real key was lent him for some special purpose. A little way outside the walls, in a clump of trees, he had two swift horses tethered. Once they reached the horses unseen and unheard, they would be safe.

[132] All this he whispered to her, and she agreed to do exactly as he said. Then he led her back to the ball-room, and made an obeisance to her, and she pretended to dismiss him graciously. The walk upon the terrace had cooled her cheeks, and her joy made her eyes shine like stars, so that she seemed indeed to have gone from the ball-room to rest, and to have come back refreshed.

St. James left her and went to her palace. He made ready a little store of food, and saw that his sword and dagger were sharp, and loose in their scabbards; for he knew not when he might have to use them suddenly. Then he sat down, and waited as patiently as he could for the appointed hour.

The court came home from the ball; the palace for a little while was full of light and sound and confusion. Then one by one the lights died away, and silence slowly fell upon the place. St. James waited until well-nigh an hour had passed; then he stole softly out of his chamber and down to the great dark hall of the palace. Very huge and mysterious it seemed now, empty of all life. His light footsteps sounded to his anxious ears like the trampling of an army.

He sat down in a corner and waited again. The time passed, and the Princess did not [133] come. St. James rose and paced the hall quietly, in case by chance she was there already, and did not know of his presence, or thought him some enemy. But she was not there. His mind began to be filled with a thousand fears and hopes. He thought that she might have been discovered, and he dared not imagine what would then befall her. Then he fancied that she had been overcome by weariness, and had fallen asleep; and despair settled upon his heart, for he might not have such an opportunity of escape as this for many months to come.

He heard a step. He remained quite still. The sound came nearer, and he heard the noise of breath drawn quickly and anxiously. Then he knew that it was the Princess. "Celestine!" he whispered. She came to him, guided by the sound, and hand in hand they crept through the hall, out by the little door, and so at last out of the city. Not a soul saw or heard them; unperceived they reached the tethered horses, and in a few minutes were galloping across the dim, ghostly desert together, free and safe, never to return to Jerusalem while it was a pagan city.

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Dublin 1745-1922

The first two volumes were largely chronological in their treatment of the city but we always intended to produce thematic volumes.

Dublin in the eighteenth century became famed for the elegance of its streets and its architecture, particularly the developments of the Wide Streets Commission. It is often forgotten that the centre of Dublin at the time of the Act of Union was seen by many international commentators as a jewel of European planning. The wealth and opulence that this landscape suggested was, of course, shared only by a relatively small group of people and there was a significant underbelly to the city where the realities of daily life were far removed from the world of promenade and sedan chairs. On a leisurely walk down eighteenth-century Sackville Street (now O’Connell Street) you would have encountered well-dressed ladies and gentlemen, who enjoyed being seen and wanted to be admired. But, in Malton’s prints of that time you also see men in rags courageously confronting elegant men on horseback to beg for a few coins or women huddled with babies in their arms in street-corners waiting to receive small gifts of money. The nineteenth century was less kind to the city to the degree that Dublin became famed for its beggars and degradation rather than its landscapes.

Gary Boyd explores the contradictions between the visual landscape and the social realties of the city in the eighteenth century by looking at a nether world that few of us would have imaged. He brings to life the people recorded contained in the archives of the Rotunda Hospital, the Lock (venereal) Hospital and the Hospital of Incurables. These hospitals played a very important, but often veiled, role in maintaining public health in the city and assisting those on the very edge of society at a time when social services as we would know them were unknown. The book gives a fascinating account how the Rotunda, the world’s first maternity hospital built at the far end of elegant Sackville Street, fitted into the social and political fabric of the city of that time. The New Pleasure Gardens, on the site of to-day’s Parnell’s Square were ostensibly built to provide funds for the new hospital, but they also introduced new types of social engagement and entertainment to the city, which focused on spectacle and display. The establishment of the Hospital of Incurables and the Lock Hospital are interpreted by Gary Body as attempts by the ruling élite to purify urban spaces and remove disturbing sights from public gaze. This arose out of a sense of civil and religious responsibility in an effort to keep the appearances up of an ideal Protestant city. There is, therefore, a constant tension in the city between public positions and private life that is reflected in the manner in which the city is used.

It is still in print and may be obtained directly from Four Courts Press.

xcover-3 Dublin, 1745–1922
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The infection known as ‘Survival Zombie’ is getting wild in Spain and there are fears that the next outbreak will occur in Fuengirola (Malaga) the next Saturday 11th of November in 2017.

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Last infestation in Spain, it was finally controlled and now they expect a propagation in Fuengirola

Only those who can pay a vaccine will have a chance of survival. They will have to accomplish a number of missions  before the end of the night. If they are not bitten in the process they might escape infection by a rescue means not yet specified…but let’s face it, nobody will survive.

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On Saturday 11th of November, from 11pm to 6am close the doors and windows if you are neither a survivor nor a zombie; although many choose to watch the event, foolish…

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survival zombie in Fuengirola‘Survival Zombie’ is a known event in Spain because of its originality and active participation throughout the Spanish territory.

Those who choose being a survivor in Fuengirola will have to accomplish several missions provided by actors during the night while trying to survive…something that will not be easy. If a zombie touches you , you will become part of the horde.

The story presented to participants is original. There are actors, special effects, streets decorated as an apocalypse with hospital and military camps. You will feel your favourite series of living dead.

For each success mission you will receive a stamp on your ration card, in earlier events it is known there were up to 14 missions. You can choose to collaborate with other players or go solo. Perhaps you prefer to fool them when they are asking if an area is safe? The goal is to survive and that could give enough time for you to avoid a horde and continue your adventure.

Living dead can’t run, except the called Z, those are actors who other zombies follow…and those run fast, if you see one better you run or hide, he will go after you.

Past events and Survival Zombie

survival-zombie-2017At the beginning of the night some military at a camp might provide instructions for survival, pay attention and listen carefully, danger lurks.

Some of the past missions included entering a dark building noiselessly to retrieve an amulet; causing noise would attract the attention of a creature inside.

Survivors must use a green scarf while the undead go with a red one.

If zombies caught you, then you can join the horde or pay 5€ for an emergency vaccine and continue doing missions.

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If its your first time in Malaga you can take advantage of this experience and visit the city while or after walking dead chase you.

With a Roman past and with a strong Muslim history that left us monuments like the Alcazaba fortress. Malaga is a beautiful tourist destination during all the year that has ended up being the source of undead infection in 2017.

Some of the most popular attractions in Malaga for living beings and dead people

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Visiting Fuengirola while infested by zombies? Definitely an original proposal that might appeal many of you.

Rules and information about Survival Zombie

The event will begin with an introduction to story made by actors.

Children from 10 years old in advance can take part always if accompanied by an adult.

Those who come infected and already did make up at home will pay only 5€ for being a zombie. Those who let being infected at event and choose to make up by professionals will have to pay 15€.

Cost of vaccine for survivors is 30€. If bitten during the event and want to continue doing missions you will have to pay for an emergency vaccine of 5€.

Those who want to take part on this event from outside Malaga could book a bus from Madrid, Ciudad Real and Granada from the official website at past events, so you should ask if there is any available.

Date: Saturday, November 11th, 2017

Hours: From 23pm to 6am

The event will end with the rescue of the few remaining survivors if any in an amazing and secret scene…including helicopter maybe?

If you remove the participant identification prematurely you will be disqualified so you can safely leave the event without zombies biting you.

The infestation will be in October so you still have time ahead to get ready. If you are someone who want a vaccine, you can reserve it at the official website.

Good luck, you will need it.

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Short film ‘ Walking dead Revelation’ based in Malaga

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Done with Stranger Things? How about Mindhunter? Well, if the answer to both those question is yes, you’re likely looking for a new Netflix series to binge over an entire weekend in an unhealthy manner. The good news is you won’t have to wait long, the new series Godless drops on November 22nd, just in time for Thanksgiving, when you’re looking for any excuse not to converse with your weird relatives. The new series focuses on a small New Mexican town of La Belle, a small mining community where all the men perished in a terrible accident. Now, the town is completely populated by women, but don’t worry, these ladies aren’t lifeless sex-bots like on “Westworld”, they’re feisty and perfectly willing to shoot on sight.

These female gunslingers come under danger when a band of outlaws, led by Jeff Daniels, turn up searching for an ex-member, played by Jack O’Connell, who’s been hiding out there. Among the ladies includes actresses such as Michelle Dockery and Merritt Wever. The series come to us partially by Stephen Soderberg, whose lent his hand to two great series recently, The Knick and The Girlfriend Experience. However, the show’s chief architect is actually Scott Frank, who is probably most known for lending his writing skills to the last couple Wolverine movies, including this year’s Logan. Scott wrote and directed much of the series and he has definitely got all the makings for an entertaining Western here; the open landscape, colorful characters, and explosive violence. Most importantly there’s a sense of grit and griminess that’s important to believing these people are on living on the razors edge of civilization and lawless wilderness. The trailer’s use of the song “Bang Bang” by Nico Vega is also a perfect touch, hearkening back to it’s iconic use another female lead action picture, Kill Bill.

But, you know what has me more excited than anything? It’s only seven episodes! Yes, Godless is actually a mini-series rather than the start of some entirely new show. That’s not just good because I can’t imagine adding a new program to my already exhaustive list of shows to keep up with, but it allows this program to potentially become a conversation point in the way many other Netflix series simply don’t.

The “drop everything at once” streaming model has been great for allowing consumers to watch at their own pace but it’s also taken a lot of the water cooler talk out of TV. Series such as Mindhunter or Stranger Things can take the cultural conversation due to them only being in their first couple seasons and therefore not having as many episodes for viewers to sift through. Yet, if you think about it, no one really discusses Orange is the New Black or House of Cards the way they do something like Game of Thrones because everyone is watching at a different pace. With a mini-series, it’s easier for word of mouth to spread and conversations to start generating because the material is a single, confined story.

Think of it as a seven-hour movie. Here you can add greater depth to characters and a chance to dive deeper into a world than you could in a theater. Plus, you also get a kind of tightness that normal television simply doesn’t allow. So yes, I’m ready to sit down with some leftover Turkey and enjoy this raw, gritty looking western. It’s hard to think we haven’t gotten an excellent series in this genre since Deadwood but Godless looks to be a worthy successor, even if it is only for a limited time!

Godless premiers November 22nd on Netflix


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Design and carry out an experiment to investigate which concentration of salt solution is needed to store potato so it does not go soggy or shrink.

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Osmosis Aim To design and carry out an experiment to investigate which concentration of salt solution is needed to store potato so it does not go soggy or shrink. Hypothesis I think that the following concentration of salt solution, 1M will be the best concentration for storing potatoes because if I store a potato in 0M (distilled water), that is when osmosis works better, so the potato will become turgid and gain mass, whereas if I put it in a salt solution of 2M(strong salt solution), the mass of the potato will decrease and the potato will become soggy because osmosis does take place. So I would estimate that between 0M and 2M, a salt solution of 1M would store the potato without it becoming soggy or hard. Osmosis is the diffusion of water from a dilute to a more concentrated solution through a partially permeable membrane that allows the passage of water molecules but not the solute solution; we say osmosis takes place along a concentration gradient. High Low Concentration concentration Of water of water Molecules molecules Osmosis will turn the potato chip, turgid. Turgidity is when lots of water gets in to the cell. The cell swells up and the cell membrane expands and stretches. Sometimes an organism needs to move dissolved substances from a region where they are in Low concentration, to a region where the dissolved substances are in a higher concentration. ...read more.

* Drying the potato cylinders of excess water- because if we don't dry the cylinder of excess water so it doesn't get taken into account for the mass of the cylinder at the end. We will shake each cylinder 3 times each. Variable to be changed The variable that I will change in this experiment will be the salt solution. I will use 6 different salt solutions. 0M, 0.5M, 0.75M, 1M, 1.25M and 1.5M. Method 1.Use the measuring cylinder to measure 20ml of each salt solution into film canisters. Label the canisters with the salt solutions. 2. Use the cork borer to make potato cylinders and cut then into 12 pieces each 2g in mass. 3. Record the mass measurement in the table of results. 4. Put 2 potato cylinders in each of the canisters. 5. Leave for 20 minutes. 6. Take each potato cylinder out of the salt solutions and shake it 3 times to remove excess liquid. 7. Re-weigh each potato cylinder and record in the results table. 8. When you have done at least 2 experiments work out the average weight after and complete the table. Results Experiment Concentration (M) Mass before (g) Mass after (g) Difference in Mass Average Difference in Mass Average % difference 1 0 2 2.14 +0.14 +0.125 +6.25 2 2 2.11 +0.11 1 0.5 2 1.87 -0.13 -0.11 -5.5 2 2 1.91 -0.09 1 0.75 2 1.87 -0.13 -0.135 -6.75 2 2 1.86 -0.14 1 1.0 ...read more.

Evaluation I thought the experiment was easy enough to carryout because it was fairly straight forward, however there a few problems, which occurred. The problems I came across were little ones but seemed to affect my graph and results. So If I were to do the experiment again, I would try and improve it so the problems didn't occur. So I found that I couldn't always get the potato chip the right mass of 2g all the time, to improve this I would spend time and concentrate on making sure the potato is the right weight. Also the time, we put the potato chips in for 20 minutes and sometimes the time overlapped the 10-minute barrier so the chip had a bit longer in the solution. So to improve it I would concentrate more. All these mistakes occurred because we were limited for time, if we had more time and didn't have to concentrate on other things, maybe the problems wouldn't have been as big. Due to these problems, they affected the results and the graph. When I looked at the graph I found that 2 points don't sit on the curve of best fit. These anomalous results, a and b, came about because of problems. I think that if we had more scientific equipment, the experiment would have been more accurate and mistakes wouldn't have occurred as much. Also if we had longer time in which to do it, we could of let the potatoes stay in the solution longer so we could see the results over a longer period of time. ...read more.

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    I did not pass on any extra water onto the potatMain Tables of Results for all Concentrations 0.00m concentration mass before (g) mass after (g) change in mass (g) % change in mass 1 1.46 1.52 0.06 4.109589041 2 1.64 1.75 0.11 6.707317073 3 1.72 1.85 0.13 7.558139535 4 1.64

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116-365v3 - The Dummy Has Been Spat

This is no reflection on what actually happened on Christmas Day – we had a lovely day (and a very pleasant morning walk in Rowney Woods, which we had all to ourselves)…but it was an amusing title.

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I'm an amateur photographer who enjoys music. I'm a member of the Bishops Stortford Camera club and have embarked on my 2nd 365 journey - I completed my first one back in 2012.

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