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A fire pit is a great addition to nearly every backyard. Whether your use it as an additional cooking option or just to knock off the night chill, it's hard to match the warmth and ambience of an outdoor fire. There may be no better way to provide that than an outdoor fire pit, which is essentially a container for fire that stands up off the ground on short legs. They can sit on your deck or patio, or they can be placed out in your yard. You'll find that friends and family will naturally gravitate to a fire to talk, relax, and just enjoy each other's company. It's no wonder, since the benefits are many. Kids (of all ages) love to hang out around a fire.

There are many styles, both in terms of aesthetics and functionally. Some models have an available gooking grid that allows you to use it as a cooking fire. Of course all of them can be used to toast marshmallows or roast weiners. Some styles have a shelf for wood storage. Most styles have safety screens and covers.

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Fuel Types

There are really only two options for fuel in a fire pit. Either wood or gas, although the gas can be propane or natural gas. So which one is best for you? That depends completely on your preferences. Gas is cleaner and easier. You just light it and enjoy! No ashes, no cleanup required, no fuel to gather (except for making sure your propane tank isn't empty). Wood burning models require more maintenance, more cleaning, and, well, wood! So you'll have to make sure you keep enough wood on hand - do you have a source for firewood? It will need to be cut and split to the proper size for your pit. You'll need a place to store it and keep it dry. So there is obviously more time and effort involved with a wood burning model - but oh, what a payoff for that effort! Gas fire is warm, but it lacks the smell, the sound, and the "charisma" of a wood fire. Still, think honestly about how and where you will use your outdoor fire pit. If the effort required for a wood fire will prevent you from using it very often, then gas may be better for you. If you tend to go outside for short periods of time, then wood probably doesn't make sense. After all, it may take ten minutes to get a wood fire going, and then it will burn for quite a while. If your outdoor gatherings last longer, then consider a wood burning model. Either way, fire will add to your outdoor living experience.

Gas styles cost substantially more than wood burning models, sometimes as much as ten times more. The gas isn't free, but the wood has to come from somewhere, too. If you have to buy precut bundles of wood at a store, you will spend far more on wood than you would have on gas. If a friend or neighbor can provide free or cheap wood, or if you can get wood from your own property, you'll save fuel money. Just weigh out the options and decide which fuel type will work best for you.

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Portable or Fixed

When talking about fire pits, the notion of portability needs to be clarified. There are truly portable fire pits that have wheels, similar to a typical charcoal grill. So if you need real ease of movement, that may be your best bet. Most of the "portable" style of fire pits don't have wheels. Instead, they are fire bowl style models that can be picked up and moved around, although you'll probably need help to pick them up and move them. But since they are not attached to the floor or the ground, they can be repositioned fairly easily. Most often, there is no need to move these styles on a regular basis, so portability isn't a huge consideration. However, they can be moved around fairly easily, even taken to an entirely different location if you want.

Table style models are available in hundreds of styles, shapes and colors. They are made of stainless steel, wrought iron, bronze, copper, and more. The table surface around the fire can be covered in tile, granite, slate, metal, or other materials. Many models have decorative cutouts around the sides. Those aren't just for looks - they let the warmth radiate out in addition to up. And they look pretty cool at night with the fire showing through. Most tables are very durable and require only limited care and cleaning. They can be square, round, oval, or rectangular. They can be coffee table height, dining table height, countertop height, or bar height.

The size, shape, and height of your table style fire pit will need to be determined by how you plan to use it. Since the fire will usually become the focal point of your outdoor gathering, give careful consideration to it's design. If your deck or patio space is small, your fire pit will need to be sized accordingly. If your outdoor activities are typically limited to 3 or 4 people, there's no need for a large fire pit when a smaller one is just fine to chat around.

Fixed styles are discussed in a seperate article.

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Be careful when placing your fire pit. Never place it close to your house walls, a wooden deck rail, or any other combustible material. Be aware of anything hanging over the fire, including tree limbs. In the yard, be careful of dry grass or brush that could ignite. Many models come with warnings or special instructions for use on wooden decks. The ideal placement option is on a concrete pad or on a patio. They are usually fine directly on the ground, just keep flammable material a safe distance away.

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A title in the Maybank Malaysia Open 2013 last weekend ended Indonesia’s success drought and the Indonesia Badminton Association is aiming to satiate its hunger for more titles by offering a bonus to the best shuttler.

Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan won the Malaysia Open men’s doubles title after defeating Ko Sung-hyun and Lee Yong-dae of South Korea, 21-15, 21-13, giving Indonesia its only title in the event.

With the ambition of reclaiming the country’s golden era, the Indonesia Badminton Association (PBSI) has been trying to find ways to boost shuttlers’ performances, including revising the salary schemes for athletes and coaches.

But the PBSI is now pushing even further by offering Rp 1 billion ($104,000) in purse money to the shuttler with the best achievement at the end of each year, PBSI chairman Gita Wirjawan said.

“We will select the most valuable player, who will receive a Rp 1 billion bonus every year,” Gita said during his visit to the national training camp at Cipayung, East Jakarta, on Tuesday.

Prior to the new offer, only shuttlers who won a medal in events such as the Southeast Asian Games, Asian Games and Olympic Games received incentive cash.

The PBSI has been trying to improve the state of Indonesian badminton by bringing in new coaches and athletes and implementing strict rules at the training grounds, in addition to offering monetary incentives, Gita said earlier this month.

With such changes, the PBSI needs Rp 95 billion, more than double last year’s budget of Rp 40 billion. The association will spend Rp 25 billion to send athletes abroad while development will cost Rp 20 billion. Gita added that the PBSI was in negotiations with around 20 potential sponsors.

Meanwhile, the PBSI will find new athletes to replace three shuttlers — Tommy Sugiarto, Pia Zebadiah Bernadet and Rizky Amelia Pradipta — who refused to rejoin the national training camp.

“I will talk with coaching staff to find the replacements,” PBSI development director Rexy Mainaky said. “We’re not in a hurry, though we do need more players in the future. Bu, we will put current players on the priority list.”

Pia reportedly refused to join, as she has been enjoying a good run in mixed doubles with her brother Markis Kido. They won their maiden title at the Vietnam Open Grand Prix 2012 and  are in 12th place in the Badminton World Federation rankings.

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In something of a throw back to the 1950s and 1960s, Sacriston Dental Health Centre has linked up with a local primary school in Sacriston village near Chester le Street, Durham. During those previous decades dentists regularly attended primary schools to check pupils’ teeth and advise staff of any potential problems. Over the years, this visitation, along with those of the school nurse and ‘nitty Nora’ has been abolished.

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“The forms vary slightly in caloric content (0.86 to 1.9 Cal per g), depending on the level of soluble fiber content,” noted Rosemary Sikora, senior food scientist, applications, Tate & Lyle. “Depending upon the form used, the ingredient can significantly boost a baked food’s fiber content by 70 to 85%, without sacrificing taste, color or texture,” she observed.

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Digestion-resistant maltodextrin contains 90% soluble dietary fiber, on a dry basis. “It only contributes 0.2 g of sugars per 10 g of ingredient, making it attractive for sugar-free or no-sugar-added products,” Ms. Ledbetter explained. “It also helps with caloric reduction because it contains 1.6 Cal per g, compared with the 4-Cal-per-g carbohydrates it can replace in formulations.”

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Israel's hit singing reality series 'Rising Star' to come to ABC

ABC announced on Monday that it has ordered 10 episodes of Israel's hit reality series "Rising Star." The show -- a singing competition -- has been a phenomenon in Israel, pulling in almost half of all TV audiences in the country when it airs, according to its producer, Keshet Broadcasting.

Still, it seems a risky time to launch a new televised singing competition in America. Fox's "American Idol," once a juggernaut that spawned a wash of imitators, is struggling. Earlier this year its ratings dipped to a 10-year low.

"The X Factor" is also suffering from sagging ratings, and there are rumors that it might get the ax. This despite the fact that its creator, "Idol" alum Simon Cowell, recently signed a deal to keep the show on the air through 2016 in the U.K.

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Only NBC's "The Voice" is performing well, with ratings steadily climbing. It is currently the No. 1 performer in its Monday-night time slot.

It will be interesting to see if "Rising Star" can gain traction in this oversaturated environment. ABC is banking on it, and hoping that the show's novel format will be enough to make the show stand out from other singing competitions.

"Rising Star" tracks hopeful singers as they participate in a series of live auditions. The television audience then votes for winners in real time via a special app. During their performances, the singers can see how the voting is shaking down. Not surprisingly, the results can be pretty dramatic.

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Pope Francis, spiritual rock star, heads home to South America

Many of Pope Francis's toughest decisions lie ahead as he seeks to set the Church on a new path.

He wades into crowds without hesitation, shaking hands and kissing babies. He cracks jokes and delivers unscripted remarks, to the occasional dismay of staffers scrambling to keep up.

Four months in office, Pope Francis is engaged in what seems like a U.S. presidential campaign in reverse: Without really trying or even wanting it, he has won election to the top job. Now he's out in the field pressing the flesh, listening to constituents and working to win hearts and minds — and (given his line of business) souls.

By most measures, he is succeeding. As he prepares for his first overseas trip as pope, starting Monday, Francis has earned near-universal praise for his jovial manner, his evident love of people, his simple lifestyle, his commitment to the downtrodden and his determination to put a personal stamp on the papacy.

Like a spiritual rock star, he routinely packs St. Peter's Square for his weekly appearance to bless the faithful. Hundreds of thousands of devotees, perhaps millions, are expected to turn out to see Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, during his trip to Brazil, the world's most populous Roman Catholic nation.

But many of his toughest decisions lie ahead as he seeks to set the Roman Catholic Church on a new path and to shake up the scandal-plagued, faction-ridden Vatican. Building up a reservoir of public support and improving the church's image outside Vatican City should serve him well in that mission.

"It definitely helps him and strengthens his position, because now the church's voice is listened to instead of just rejected," said Alessandro Speciale, the Vatican correspondent for Religion News Service.

No one suggests that the pope's energetic outreach is merely an act. Even cynics acknowledge that, back in Argentina, then-Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio was known for a populist touch, humble living and plain speaking, a product of his Jesuit background.

Since his election here in March to replace Benedict XVI, Francis' decisions to forgo many of the trappings of office, such as frequent use of the papal limo, and to speak up for the marginalized, including immigrants and Muslims, are genuine expressions of his personality and beliefs, analysts say.

"He's not an actor," said Andrea Tornielli, coordinator of the Vatican Insider website. "He's himself."

But Francis' unassailable humility has had tactical benefits and disrupted business as usual within the Vatican.

Take his insistence on living in the Casa Santa Marta guesthouse on the Vatican grounds, rather than the papal penthouse of the Apostolic Palace. Though Francis, who is 76, says he prefers the simplicity of his present lodgings, the decision has enabled him to exercise greater control over his agenda. Powerful aides at times have restricted access to his predecessors, sometimes for their own ends.

"No one decides how he allots his time, who sees him. He picks up the phone and calls up people," Speciale said. (There are reports that the pontiff still says, "It's Jorge," when he rings someone.)

"This is really revolutionary," Speciale added. "This was the main thing he did to ensure he was free to pursue his agenda, to maintain his wider view and not to be isolated."

At the guesthouse, the leader of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics has met not just with cardinals and other senior church officials, some of whom used to wait months to bend the pope's ear. He also has found time for lower-ranking priests, bureaucrats and Vatican workers. One of his first Masses at the guesthouse was attended by the Vatican's gardeners and cleaners.

The Italian media have dubbed Francis "the world's parish priest" because of his accessibility and warm pastoral style, a stark contrast to Benedict's bookish, almost otherworldly air. Francis now celebrates Mass nearly every morning with whoever is at Casa Santa Marta and delivers homilies noted for their homespun, chatty wisdom.

In a departure from past practice, however, the homilies have not been transcribed and published on the Vatican website. Analysts say this reflects Francis' informality but also the bewilderment of aides who are unsure what to do with some of his comments. In May, for example, he appeared to suggest in off-the-cuff remarks that atheists could go to heaven if they did good works. A few days later, Vatican officials issued a "clarification" denying the idea or any change in church doctrine.

Many Catholics, both laypeople and clerics, are eager for Francis to clean up the Curia, the Vatican administration, which has seen a string of embarrassing scandals.

The Curia's problems are rumored to be a prime reason Benedict chose to become the first pope in several centuries to step down voluntarily. Many of the cardinals who elected Francis have urged him to bring thoroughgoing reform to the Vatican.

But overhauling an ancient institution is a monumental task.

"When Pope Benedict was elected, there were many expectations because the church needed to be reformed…. We were disappointed because few things changed," said Antonio Sabetta, a professor at Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. "Now the expectations are bigger."

Vatican watchers predict that Francis' first major moves will occur after the summer — among them, a shake-up of high-ranking personnel. That will probably include replacing controversial Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone, the top administration official, or perhaps eliminating the post altogether.

Within weeks of his inauguration, the pope appointed a commission to advise him on reform. The eight members are cardinals who work outside the Curia and hail from six continents, including an American, Sean O'Malley of Boston. The panel will hold its first meeting in October.

"Pope Francis is a Jesuit…. They listen to people," Sabetta said. "They don't decide immediately. They want to know everything. At the end of the day, they make a decision."

Although resistance is likely from those who fear for their jobs or their perks, momentum and wider opinion could work in the pope's favor. So will a steely resolve that experts say lies beneath Francis' genial, grandfatherly manner.

"Awareness of [the need for] changes is so strong, not only outside the church but also inside the church, that it will be easier to do this and to prevail over people trying to fight changes," Sabetta said. "He is very determined."

Followers are heartened by the pope's crackdown at the troubled Vatican bank, which has long been suspected of money laundering. A monsignor is under investigation by Italian authorities on suspicion of fraud, which prompted the bank's director and deputy director to resign this month.

Another papal commission has been assigned to review the bank for Francis, who has declared a wish to see a "poor church for the poor," and who is reported to have said that St. Peter "did not have a bank account."

Any grumbling over the new leadership has been relatively quiet so far. Some are waiting for Francis to address the church's sexual abuse scandals; others complain that his common touch removes the aura of sacredness that should surround the papacy.

And some senior clerics are struggling to adapt to the new tone of austerity and simplicity.

"With bishops and cardinals, you can't just push a button to synchronize them with this new frequency," said Tornielli of Vatican Insider. "It's a big change."

But many Catholics find their new leader and his example inspiring, and he clearly feeds off their enthusiastic support.

Luisa Ferreira, 65, a Brazilian visiting St. Peter's Square shortly before the pope's arrival in her country, said Francis' message was good, but difficult. "The church needs to practice what it preaches."

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Howard County Council delays approval of Ulman's budget

The County Council Thursday decided to postpone approval of County Executive Ken Ulman's $899 million budget, as school officials wait to see if they will get more money from the state and try to reduce costs for a new elementary school.

The approval, originally scheduled for May 23, was pushed back to May 31, at 10:30 a.m. The council will still meet in legislative session May 23 at 9:30 a.m., with another budget work session to follow.

That delay has also pushed back the school system's approval of its budget, originally scheduled for May 29; that vote will now either come later in the day May 31, or June 1.

The board had two work sessions Thursday on its $703 million operating budget — more than half of which would come from the county — and the $74 million capital budget, one in the morning with the council, and one in the evening with the full board.

The operating budget was originally $697 million; the higher number reflects the shift in teacher pension costs to the county level, approved earlier this week during the Maryland General Assembly's special session.

But the work sessions revealed funding issues, which prompted the delayed votes. The schools may still receive an additional $2.3 million in capital funding from the state, said the system's chief operating officer Ray Brown, on top of an original $215 million request.

Also, the system must try to keep plans for a new elementary school on Ducketts Lane in Elkridge at budget, said Ken Roey, the schools' director of facilities, planning and management.

Construction costs have soared in recent years, Roey told the council at Thursday's work session. When the system put out bids for the new school, expected to be opened by the 2013-2014 academic year, offers came back $4 million over budget.

"I don't want to pass a budget if there's no money for (the elementary school)," council member Courtney Watson, an Ellicott City Democrat, said Thursday. "That's the linchpin; we have to figure that out before we do anything."

Originally, the school system asked Ulman for $476.1 million, but the executive declined to fund $3.3 million for technology programs — an amount that was over the system's maintenance-of-effort budget.

But funds left over from last year's budget will keep those initiatives moving forward, Brown said.

Also at issue is the shift of teacher pension funds from the state to county level. Funding teachers' retirements will cost the system $9.8 million in the coming year. That number will grow over the four-year phase-in, to $12 million next year, $15 million the year after that and $18 million in 2016. The county is receiving more money from the state to cover that cost, Brown said

"The state isn't giving up control of the pensions," said board vice-Chairman Frank Aquino. "It's simply the state sending us a bill."

Despite reduced funding from the county and the pension shift, Brown said everything the board requested was still in the operating budget, minus some audio/visual equipment.

The capital budget, however, was cut to $74 million from an original request of $99.7 million, Brown said.

As a result, the system is pushing back renovations at Longfellow Elementary and roof replacements at Harper's Choice Middle School and Howard High School. Those projects will have to wait a year, said board Chairwoman Sandra French, but plans for an additional physical education room at Bollman Bridge Elementary in Jessup may never come to fruition.

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I'm not sure if Qjuju is still on the forum, but he is the one who inspired me to make this. It's from a BGE Cooking Tips magazine (pages 12 and 13)...

First, the chicken breasts are each pocketed with 2 slices of Monteray Jack Cheese (recipe calls for Pepperjack).

Then the Slather is applied (mixture of Mayo, Bacon, Green Onions and Chipotle in Adobo).

Then it's grilled up indirect on Cedar Planks at around a 350 - 375 deg f dome temperature.

It was even better than it looks in the pictures! My wife made an awesome Zucchini dish to go with it too.

Looks sinful, but it's actually a great dish for those on a low carb diet. This recipe was a winner! Will definitely make the rotation!
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Wow, those look really good, especially with the nice brown finish on the slather!

This might be the first time I've seen zucchini described as "awesome", though... :lol:

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From Insights, 2000

“You have the secret of making us grownup people feel like the children for whom you wrote Peter Pan or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up. . . . My advice to everyone who has children is to take them to the Duke of York’s Theatre without delay. Those who have no children should immediately borrow some for the afternoon” (Bruce K. Hanson, The Peter Pan Chronicles [New York: Birch Lane Press, 1993], 49).

This critic’s review from The King (January 14, 1904), heralded the early success of one of the theatre’s most beloved plays. It also reinforces the message that, although written as a children’s play, Peter Pan provides a vehicle for adults to time travel to the Neverland of their youth.

Peter Pan began not as a play or a book, but by the spontaneous combustion of imaginary adventures invented and played out by Sir James M. Barrie and a young family of boys who adopted him as a surrogate uncle. Barrie met the young Davies family while walking his St. Bernard in Kensington Park. He told the boys, Jack, George, Peter, and Michael, of a young boy who fell out of his pram as an infant and now lived in the park and was friends with fairies and animals. When Peter Pan evolved to become a play, Barrie explained to his young friends about the modeling of the hero of the play “I made Peter by rubbing the five of you violently together, as savages with two sticks produce a flame. . . .That is all he is, the spark I got from you.”

Peter Pan first appeared in print in a book written by Barrie entitled The Little White Bird. Peter is a combination of classic characters and popular heroes of the day. Barrie’s genius was taking the bits and pieces of what already existed in the public psyche and marketing Peter Pan as an existing legend. Barrie wrote in The Little White Bird: “If you ask your mother whether she knew about Peter Pan when she was a little girl, she will say, ‘Why of course, I did, child.’ . . . Then if you ask your grandmother whether she knew about Peter Pan when she was a girl, she also says, ‘Why of course, I did, child’” (Hanson, 10). Peter Pan was familiar because he contained so many elements of childhood fantasy that were universal whether you were a child in 1904 or 1994. Who hasn’t experienced larger than life bullies, real or imaginary, and fantasized about vanquishing them with cocky assurance, as Peter does Captain Hook and his pirates? Who would not cheer the hero-child who is wise enough to know you can banish wolves by looking at them through your legs?

Peter Pan entered the theatre as a perennial Christmas pantomime. Though steeped in tradition, British pantomime may be new to many American audiences. Traditionally, the pantomime is based on familiar stories with stock characters woven loosely together with music, magic, clowns, and spectacular effects. A young actress typically portrays the young male hero. [Editor’s Note: In the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s production, Peter Pan is played by a male actor.]

Though Peter Pan began as a Christmas pantomime, it found its way through the years to London and Broadway stages, silent film, television, and movie adaptations. Barrie created an essence in Peter Pan that molds itself to the stamp of individual performers without losing its universal chord. Indeed, Peter Pan was often adapted to showcase an individual performer’s unique abilities. Dozens of actresses have acted the role of Peter. In London, legends such as Elsa Lanchester, Glynis Johns, Hayley Mills, and Maggie Smith and, in America, Maude Adams, Eva Le Gallienne, Jean Arthur, Mary Martin, Sandy Duncan, Cathy Rigby, and Mia Farrow have given their distinctive interpretations. Reviews of the many actresses’ performances ranged with adjectives like, “tomboy,” “fairy-like,” “athletic,” “boyish,” “ephemeral,” and “puckish.”

From it’s beginnings, although the essence of Peter Pan is the same, the play itself changed, evolved, and returned to the original, only to change again. In the original play, all the lost boys return to their mothers and Wendy is shown returning to the treetops to do Peter’s spring cleaning.

For the American premiere in 1906, a scene with Peter singing “Sally in Our Alley” and a new act entitled “Marooner’s Rock or the Mermaid Lagoon” were added. The material highlighted the musical talents of Maude Adams, and gave Peter a touching moment as he faces destruction, to say, “It must be a great adventure to die.” This act has been added and deleted from the play many times through the years.

In 1913-14, audiences began to question what happened to Wendy and Peter as Wendy grew older. A final scene was added at this time featuring a grown up Wendy with her hair piled on top of her head. We are introduced to Jane, Wendy’s daughter who poignantly takes Wendy’s place in Peter Pan’s life.

Just as Maude Adams created a Peter Pan to highlight her talents, Jean Forbes-Robertson also added her touch to Peter Pan by introducing the lines, “You mustn’t touch me. You must never touch me,” as Wendy rushes to comfort a saddened Peter. She felt this line punctuated Peter’s fairy-like status and alienation from the rest of us mere mortals.

In 1924, Peter Pan became a silent movie.

Eva Le Gallienne revolutionized Peter Pan in the 1930s with her Civic Repertory Theater production. She was the first to add a touch of athleticism to Peter Pan and spearheaded the development of a better flying system so she could soar out over the audience

In the 1950s, Peter Pan became a vehicle to showcase another major talent, Mary Martin. Thus, Peter Pan changed again and became a highly successful Broadway musical.

Peter Pan is nearing a century old now. The boy who wouldn’t grow up has aged very well. Perhaps it’s because even as adults, we still succumb to the invitation of Barrie: “If you shut your eyes and are a lucky one, you may see at times a shapeless pool of lovely pale colours suspended in the darkness; then if you squeeze your eyes tighter, the pool begins to take shape, and the colours become so vivid that with another squeeze they must go on fire. But just before they go on fire you see the lagoon. This is the closest you ever get to it on the mainland. Just one heavenly moment; if there could be two moments you might see the surf and hear the mermaids singing” (Peter Pan [New York: Signet Classics, 1987], 86).


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Fiction > Montesquieu > Persian Letters
Montesquieu (1689–1755).  Persian Letters.  1901.
Introduction (1721)
I AM not about to write a dedication, nor do I solicit protection for this work. It will be read, if it is good; and if it is bad, I am not anxious that it should be read.  1
  I have issued these first letters in order to gauge the public taste; in my portfolio I have a goodly number more which I may hereafter publish. 1  2
  This, however, depends upon my remaining unknown: let my name once be published and I cease to write. I know a lady who walks well enough, but who limps if she is watched. 2 Surely the blemishes of my book are sufficient to make it needless that I should submit those of my person to the critics. Were I known, it would be said, “His book is at odds with his character; he might have employed his time to better purpose; it is not worthy of a serious man.” Critics are never at a loss for such remarks, because there goes no great expense of brains to the making of them.  3
  The Persians who wrote those letters lodged at my house, and we spent our time together: they looked upon me as a man belonging to another world, and so they concealed nothing from me. Indeed, people so far from home could hardly be said to have secrets. They showed me most of their letters, and I copied them. I also intercepted some, mortifying to Persian vanity and jealously, which they had been particularly careful to conceal from me.  4
  I am therefore nothing more than a translator: all my endeavor has been to adapt the work to our taste and manners. I have relieved the reader as much as possible of Asiatic phraseology, and have spared him an infinitude of sublime expressions which would have driven him wild.  5
  Nor does my service to him end there. I have curtailed those tedious compliments of which the Orientals are as lavish as ourselves; and I have omitted a great many trifling matters which barely survive exposure to the light, and ought never to emerge from the obscurity proper to “small beer.”  6
  Had most of those who have given the world collections of letters done likewise, their works would have disappeared in the editing.  7
  One thing has often astonished me, and that is, that these Persians seemed often to have as intimate an acquaintance as I myself with the manners and customs of our nation, an acquaintance extending to the most minute particulars and not unpossessed of many points which have escaped the observation of more than one German traveler in France. This I attribute to the long stay which they made, without taking into consideration how much easier it is for an Asiatic to become acquainted with the manners and customs of the French in one year, than it would be for a Frenchman to become acquainted with the manners and customs of the Asiatics in four, the former being as communicative as the latter are reserved.  8
  Use and wont permits every translator, and even the most illiterate commentator, to adorn the beginning of his version, or of his parody, with a panegyric on the original, and to extol its usefulness, its merit, and its excellence. It should not be very difficult to divine why I have not done so. One very excellent reason may be given: it would simply be adding tediousness to what is in itself necessarily tedious, namely, a preface.  9
Note 1. Some of these letters were added in the edition of 1754. [back]
Note 2. This lady has been identified as the author’s wife. [back]

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Theodore Roosevelt > Through the Brazilian Wilderness > Page 366
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919).  Through the Brazilian Wilderness.  1914.

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the Argentine, he made some excellent general suggestions, such as that the pithecoid apes, like the baboons, do not stand in the line of man’s ancestral stem but represent a divergence from it away from humanity and toward a retrogressive bestialization. But of his main theses he proves none, and what evidence we have tells against them. At the Museum of La Plata I found that the authorities were practically a unit in regarding his remains of tertiary men and proto-men as being either the remains of tertiary American monkeys or of American Indians from strata that were long post-tertiary. The extraordinary discovery, due to that eminent scientist and public servant Doctor Moreno, of the remains of man associated with the remains of the great extinct South American fauna, of the mylodon, of a giant ungulate, of a huge cat like the lion, and of an extraordinary aberrant horse (of a wholly different genus from the modern horse) conclusively shows that in its later stages the South American fauna consisted largely of types that elsewhere had already disappeared and that these types persisted into what was geologically a very recent period only some tens of thousands of years ago, when savage man of practically a modern type had already appeared in South America. The evidence we have, so far as it goes, tends to show that the South American fauna always has been more archaic in type than the arctogeal fauna of the same chronological level.
  To loose generalizations, and to elaborate misinterpretations of paleontological records, the kind of work done by Mr. Haseman furnishes an invaluable antiscorbutic. To my mind, he has established a stronger presumption

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Reference > Cambridge History > Renascence and Reformation > The Poetry of Spenser > Spenser’s literary obligations to Mantuan, Vergil and Marot
  The Shepheards Calender Vocabulary of The Shepheards Calender

The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907–21).
Volume III. Renascence and Reformation.

XI. The Poetry of Spenser.

§ 7. Spenser’s literary obligations to Mantuan, Vergil and Marot.

In the eclogues of a religious turn, the primary inspiration is seen to be no less traditional and literary. Here, the main suggestion is, generally, furnished by Mantuan. Mantuan, in his eighth eclogue, introduces two shepherds, Candidus and Alphus, discussing the respective advantages of life in the mountains and on the plains. The treatment is simple enough. Candidus, who represents the former, praises the mountains, chiefly on account of the monasteries built in them. He also mentions the earthly paradise and the fall of man, at once with the naïveté characteristic of a rustic mind and with the pagan imagery proper to Latin verse:
Esse locum memorant, ubi surgit ab aequore Titan,
Qui, nisi dedidici, contingit vertice Lunam,
Et vixisse illic hominem, sed postea abactum
Improbitate gulae, quod scilicet omnia poma
Manderet, et magno servasset nulla Tonanti.
Spenser, in his eclogue for July, imitates this passage in imagery scarcely less formally pagan:
Besyde, as holy fathers sayne,
There is a hyllye place,
Where Titan ryseth from the mayne
To renne hys dayly race,
Upon whose toppe the starres bene stayed,
And all the skie doth leane;
There is the cave where Phoebe layed
The shepheard long to dreame.
Whilome there used shepheards all
To feede theyr flocks at will,
Till by his foly one did fall,
That all the rest did spill.
Mantuan contents himself with clothing theological allusions in classical imagery; his mountains and plains are really mountains and plains; Spenser, in his eclogue, extends his allegory to all the images suggested to him by Mantuan: his mountains become types of ecclesiatical pride and luxury, his plains, of the humility required by true religion.
  In the eclogue for September, he follows more closely Mantuan’s steps in the pastoral called Religio. Mantuan himself had built his poem allegorically on Vergil’s first eclogue, in which Tityrus describes to his friend Meliboeus—a shepherd driven from his farm—the glories of the city of Rome, whither he had gone, when his lands were lost to him by his ruinous love for Galatea, and had had them restored by the bounty of a divine youth, who now enabled him to live with comfort in the country. The medieval poet, satirically inverting the idea, represents Candidus, a shepherd from the north of Italy, arriving in the neighbourhood of Rome, where he hopes to find rich pasture for his flock. Bitterly disappointed with the climate of that barren place, he bewails his lot to his friend Faustulus, who explains to him all the evils that arise from the character of the shepherds of the neighbourhood and the dogs that devour the sheep. Here, the sense is, of course, allegorical Spenser takes up Mantuan’s idea, with certain modifications, making Diggon Davie, his chief speaker, return to his native district, after wandering abroad with his flock, and relate to Hobbinol his sad experiences. The satire, which reflects on the worldliness of the Anglican clergy, is more particular than that of Mantuan, and contains many personal allusions.   19
  Two eclogues, those for April and November, are devoted, respectively, to courtly compliment and courtly elegy. Here, Spenser found his models both in Vergil and Marot. The first eclogue of Vergil is intended to convey a compliment to Octavianus: his last is an imaginary elegy in honour of his friend Gallus. Marot, in his Eglogue au Roy, under cover of pastoral imagery, returns thanks to his sovereign, Francis I, for the relief given him in his old age; while, in his Elegie sur Mme. Loise de Savoye, he adapts the traditional manner to courtly purposes, on the principle applied by Vergil in his tenth eclogue. Spenser, following closely in the track of Marot, nevertheless diverges, as usual, slightly from his model, partly for the sake of being original, partly to preserve the air of greater rusticity affected in his own eclogues. In April, the praises of Elizabeth are recited by Hobbinol from a lay made by Colin, who has left his daily work for love of Rosalind: in November, Dido, “the great shepherd’s daughter,” is lamented by Colin himself, in lyrical strophes which replace the uniform stanza employed by Marot throughout his elegy on Loise de Savoye.   20
  Finally, Spenser uses the eclogue for the allegorical purpose of discoursing on the contemporary state of poetry. Here, again, a lead had been given him by Mantuan in his fifth eclogue, De Consuetudine Divitum erga Poetas; but Mantuan himself had an original in the sixteenth idyll of Theocritus, in which the poet addressing Hiero, tyrant of Syracuse, complains of the meagre patronage extended to the poets of the time, and claims generous assistance. Spenser, in his October eclogue, adheres closely to the framework of Mantuan’s poem. Like Candidus, in that composition, Cuddie, the poet, appealed to by his companion Piers, maintains that his
poore Muse hath spent her spared store,
Yet little good hath got, and much lesse gayne;
like Sylvanus, Piers exhorts his friend to sing to the country folk, for glory, if not for gain; and, if he will not do this, to try his fortune at court. But, when Cuddie still resists his friend’s appeal, Piers, who is of a more exalted spirit than Sylvanus, cries:
Then make thee winges of thine aspyring wit,
And, whence thou camst, flye backe to heaven apace.
Cuddie, however, is dejected by unsuccessful love, and, though Piers maintains that love (in Plato’s sense) should lift him “above the starry skie,” Cuddie persists in declaring that
All otherwise the state of Poet stands;
For lordly love is such a Tyranne fell,
That where he rules all power he doth expell;
The vaunted verse a vacant head demaundes.
If he is to sing of lofty themes, his imagination must be heated to them by the material goods of life:
For Bacchus fruite is frend to Phœbus wise;
And, when the Wine the braine begins to sweate,
The nombers flowe as fast as spring doth ryse.
  The characteristics of Spenser’s pastoral style, then, make it plain that, if we would estimate aright the value of his allegory, we must consider the form of his eclogues apart from their matter. As regards the latter, the eclectic treatment which he bestowed upon his material is a sign—as eclecticism is in all the arts—of exhaustion in the natural sources of inspiration. Spenser may be regarded as, in one sense, the last master in a cosmopolitan style of poetical composition, and, in another, as the pioneer of a new departure in the art of English poetry. The atmosphere of The Shepheards Calender is thoroughly artificial. As treated by its inventor, Theocritus, the essence of the idyll was truth to nature. His beautiful and lucid rendering of the pains and pleasures of shepherd life, the musical simplicity of the verse, in which he calls up images of whispering pine-trees, falling waters, climbing flocks and flowering hills, are as charming to the English mind to-day as they were to his Greek audience more than two thousand years ago. But, when Spenser took up the eclogue, it was as heir to a long line of ancestors, each of whom had added to it some imaginative element disguising the simplicity of the fundamental style; pastoral poetry, in fact, had now reached a stage where allegory was believed to be essential to it, and when Petrarch could say of it that, “if the author does not provide a commentary, its meaning may, perhaps, be guessed, but can never be fully understood.” Every one can fully understand the naïve and passionate despair of Theocritus’s goatherd after his vain appeal to Amaryllis in the third idyll; but there is little appearance of genuine emotion in the allegorical grief of Colin Clout, timed to suit the wintry season. Nature, again, speaks in each line of the idyll called The Adoniazusae, where Gorgo and Praxinoe chatter to each other precisely after the fashion of Englishwomen going to look on at a public spectacle. But, in Spenser’s eclogues for May, July and September, we have to accustom ourselves to an exotic atmosphere before we realise the propriety of transferring the pastoral image from the rural to the ecclesiastical flock; nor can we at all reconcile the theological refinements in the discourse of Piers and Palinode to the actual simplicity of the bucolic mind. Whatever authority Spenser could have cited from Vergil and Marot for the compliment he paid to Elizabeth, as “queene of shepheardes all,” it is surely an anomaly in nature to associate the pastoral image with one that inevitably calls up a vision of “ruffs, and cuffs, and farthingales, and things.”   22
  If, however, Spenser’s practice in bucolic poetry be viewed mainly on the technical side, The Shepheards Calender appears as a most important monument in the history of English poetry. Every reader must admire the skill displayed by the poet in providing a suitable form for the great variety of his matter. His selection of the Kalendrier des Bergers, as the foundation of his allegory, is an excellent piece of invention, and the judgment with which he distributes his materials over the various seasons, the consistency with which he preserves the characters of his shepherds, the propriety of the rural images employed for the ornament of discourse, all show the hand of a great poetical artist. His achievements in the sphere of verbal harmony are the more admirable when the immature state of the language before the publication of this poem is taken into account. E. K. devotes the larger part of his prolegomena to defending the mode of diction afterwards blamed by Sir Philip Sidney:
And firste of the wordes to speake, I graunt they be something hard, and of most men unused, yet both English, and also used of most excellent Authors, and most famous Poetes. In whom, wheneas this our Poet hath bene much traveiled and thoroughly redd, how could it be, (as that worthy Oratour sayde) but that walking in the sonne, although for other cause he walked, yet needes he mought be sunburnt; and, having the sound of those auncient Poetes still ringing in his eares, he mought needes, in singing, hit out some of theyr tunes. But whether he useth them by such casualtye and custome, or of set purpose and choyse, as thinking them fittest for such rusticall rudenesse of shepheards, eyther for that theyr rude sounde would make his rymes more ragged and rustical, or els because such olde and obsolete wordes are most used of country folke, sure I think, and think I think not amisse, that they bring great grace, and, as one would say, auctoritie to the verse… . For, if my memory faile not, Tullie, in that booke wherein he endevoureth to set forth the paterne of a perfect Oratour, sayth that ofttimes an auncient worde maketh the style seeme grave, and as it were reverend, no otherwise then we honour and reverence gray heares, for a certain religious regard, which we have of old age.

  The Shepheards Calender Vocabulary of The Shepheards Calender

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Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936).  Poetry: A Magazine of Verse.  1912–22.
The Blue Symphony
By John Gould Fletcher
THE DARKNESS rolls upward.
The thick darkness carries with it
Rain and a ravel of cloud.
The sun comes forth upon earth.
Palely the dawn        5
Leaves me facing timidly
Old gardens sunken:
And in the gardens is water.
Sombre wreck-autumnal leaves;
Shadowy roofs        10
In the blue mist,
And a willow-branch that is broken.
O old pagodas of my soul, how you glittered across green trees!
Blue and cool:
Blue, tremulously,        15
Blow faint puffs of smoke
Across sombre pools.
The damp green smell of rotted wood;
And a heron that cries from out the water.
Through the upland meadows
I go alone.
For I dreamed of someone last night
Who is waiting for me.
Flower and blossom, tell me do you know of her?
Have the rocks hidden her voice?        25
They are very blue and still.
Long upward road that is leading me,
Light hearted I quit you,
For the long loose ripples of the meadow-grass
Invite me to dance upon them.        30
Quivering grass,
Daintily poised
For her foot’s tripping.
O blown clouds, could I only race up like you!
Oh the last slopes that are sun-drenched and steep!        35
Look, the sky!
Across black valleys
Rise blue-white aloft
Jagged unwrinkled mountains, ranges of death.
Solitude. Silence.        40
One chuckles by the brook for me:
One rages under the stone.
One makes a spout of his mouth,
One whispers—one is gone.
One over there on the water        45
Spreads cold ripples
For me
The vast dark trees
Flow like blue veils        50
Of tears
Into the water.
Sour sprites,
Moaning and chuckling,
What have you hidden from me?        55
“In the palace of the blue stone she lies forever
Bound hand and foot.”
Was it the wind
That rattled the reeds together?
Dry reeds,        60
A faint shiver in the grasses.
On the left hand there is a temple:
And a palace on the right-hand side.
Foot-passengers in scarlet
Pass over the glittering tide.        65
Under the bridge
The old river flows
Low and monotonous
Day after day.
I have heard and have seen        70
All the news that has been:
Autumn’s gold and Spring’s green!
Now in my palace
I see foot-passengers
Crossing the river,        75
Pilgrims of autumn
In the afternoons.
Lotus pools;
Petals in the water:
Such are my dreams.        80
For me silks are outspread.
I take my ease, unthinking.
And now the lowest pine-branch
Is drawn across the disk of the sun.
Old friends who will forget me soon,        85
I must go on
Towards those blue death mountains
I have forgot so long.
In the marsh grasses
There lies forever        90
My last treasure,
With the hope of my heart.
The ice is glazing over;
Torn lanterns flutter,
On the leaves is snow.        95
In the frosty evening
Toll the old bell for me
Once, in the sleepy temple.
Perhaps my soul will hear.
Afterglow:        100
Before the stars peep
I shall creep into the darkness.

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More evidence that musical training protects the brain

Toronto, ON – Scientists have found some of the strongest evidence yet that musical training in younger years can prevent the decay in speech listening skills in later life.

iStock_000008921664_soundsAccording to a new Canadian study led by the Rotman Research Institute (RRI) at Baycrest Health Sciences, older adults who had musical training in their youth were 20% faster in identifying speech sounds than their non-musician peers on speech identification tests, a benefit that has already been observed in young people with musical training.

The findings are published in The Journal of Neuroscience (Jan. 21).

Among the different cognitive functions that can diminish with age is the ability to comprehend speech. Interestingly, this difficulty can persist in the absence of any measurable hearing loss. Previous research has confirmed that the brain’s central auditory system which supports the ability to parse, sequence and identify acoustic features of speech – weakens in later years.

Starting formal lessons on a musical instrument prior to age 14 and continuing intense training for up to a decade appears to enhance key areas in the brain that support speech recognition. The Rotman study found “robust” evidence that this brain benefit is maintained even in the older population.

“Musical activities are an engaging form of cognitive brain training and we are now seeing robust evidence of brain plasticity from musical training not just in younger brains, but in older brains too,” said Gavin Bidelman, who led the study as a post-doctoral fellow at the RRI and is now an assistant professor at the University of Memphis.

“In our study we were able to predict how well older people classify or identify speech using EEG imaging.  We saw a brain-behaviour response that was two to three times better in the older musicians compared to non-musicians peers. In other words, old musicians’ brains provide a much more detailed, clean and accurate depiction of the speech signal, which is likely why they are much more sensitive and better at understanding speech.”

Bidelman received a GRAMMY Foundation research grant to conduct the study and partnered with senior scientist Claude Alain, assistant director of Baycrest’s RRI and a leading authority in the study of age-related differences in auditory cortical activity.

The latest findings add to mounting evidence that musical training not only gives young developing brains a cognitive boost, but those neural enhancements extend across the lifespan into old age when the brain needs it most to counteract cognitive decline. The findings also underscore the importance of music instruction in schools and in rehabilitative programs for older adults.

In this study, 20 healthy older adults (aged 55-75) – 10 musicians and 10 non-musicians – put on headphones in a controlled lab setting and were asked to identify random speech sounds. Some of the sounds were single vowel sounds such as an “ooo” or an “ahhh”, others more ambiguous as a mix of two sounds that posed a greater challenge to their auditory processing abilities for categorizing the speech sound correctly.

During the testing cycles, researchers recorded the neural activity of each participant using electroencephalography (EEG). This brain imaging technique measures to a very precise degree the exact timing of the electrical activity which occurs in the brain in response to external stimuli. This is displayed as waveforms on a computer screen. Researchers use this technology to study how the brain makes sense of our complex acoustical environment and how aging impacts cognitive functions.

According to Bidelman and Alain’s published paper, the older musicians’ brain responses showed “more efficient and robust neurophysiological processing of speech at multiple tiers of auditory processing, paralleling enhancements reported in younger musicians.”

Bidelman is currently collaborating with Alain and the RRI on a randomized training study in older adults to assess if these benefits emerge with short-term music intervention.

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February 4, 2014 - CALGARY, ALBERTA - Missed calls from an unknown number can sometimes spark curiosity to find out who that person is and why they contacted you. With digital communication devices making instantaneous contact with strangers and anonymous online users easy, it seems only natural to call back an unfamiliar number. With multiple reports from the U.S. about the "One-Ring Phone Scam", it could only be a matter of time before scammers target Canada.

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Your phone rings once and as soon as you answer the call, the caller immediately hangs up. Your phone then shows a missed call from a number you do not recognize. Those who are curious enough to return the calls are then billed approximately $19.95 for an international call, depending on how long you stay on the line. If you call, you may hear music and/or audio-advertising while you are unknowingly connected to a caller-paid toll service or chat-line located outside the country. Reported area codes of the One-Ring Phone Scam include the Dominican Republic (809), Jamaica (876), British Virgin Islands (284), Grenada (473) and Dominica (767), with the possibility of local area codes as well.

President and CEO of BBB Serving Southern Alberta and East Kootenay, Sandra Crozier-McKee, says even though some consumers may feel they should return an unknown missed call, their curiosity could end up costing them. "BBB is being proactive by alerting Canadians about the "One-Ring Phone Scam," she says. "In anticipation of Canadian reports, we want to educate consumers about the warning signs so they can protect themselves. If you're expecting a call, it should be from someone whose contact information you already have and recognize, otherwise you should ignore unknown numbers."

BBB provides the following tips to protect you from unauthorized charges on your cell phone:

  • When in doubt, don't pick up or call back. If you don't recognize an out-of-province telephone number on your caller ID, ignore it.
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  • Keep a close eye on monthly statements. Anyone can become a victim of the One-Ring Phone Scam. Monitoring your bill is the best way to determine whether or not you've been affected. The sooner you spot any unexpected charges, the sooner you can stop them.
  • Add restrictions to your account. Contact your service provider to see if you can restrict third-party billing on your account.

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Some people count down the days to Christmas at this time of year. Here at Anglophenia, we’re also counting down the days until the start of Downton Abbey’s third season on Jan. 6 on PBS.

Primary members of the cast of the British period drama, nominated this year for both Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards for best series, visited the U.S. recently to promote the show.

Stopping by ABC’s The View last week to chat about all things Downton were cast members Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Jim Carter (who juggled!), Rob James-Collier, Joanne Froggatt and Sophie McShera, who perched on the morning program’s aqua marine couches.

The View’s Barbara Walters chided Bonneville, who plays Lord Robert Crawley on the show, for wearing jeans, saying his sartorial choice wasn’t very lordly. When it came her turn, Joy Behar quizzed James-Collier, who portrays conniving Thomas Barrow, about locking lips with men on the show.

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Helen Fielding Signs Copies Of The New Bridget Jones Book

Helen Fielding Is Writing a New-ish ‘Bridget Jones’ Book

Typically a book comes out before the story is made into a film, but, hey, neither Bridget Jones nor her creator Helen Fielding are necessarily known for following the straight path. Like the time Jones went to the newsstand to pick up ciggies and missed getting an interview she was on assignment for. Or when Fielding […]

WATCH: ‘Bridget Jones’s Baby’ Trailer

At this point in Bridget Jones’s life, you might think she’s settled down, also keeping in mind the title of the next installment of the movie series being Bridget Jones’s Baby. Miss Jones (Renée Zellweger) had those expectations too in the new trailer. We get a glimpse of her walking down the aisle, ready for her “happy […]

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Can Emma Thompson Save ‘Bridget Jones 3’?

To judge by the rumors alone, it seems that the third Bridget Jones movie may as well release its own production diary about the hilarious trials and tribulations of attempting to make a film, rather than y’know, making the movie itself. Ever since Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy—Helen Fielding’s third book in the series—was […]

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Jim Broadbent: “Colin Firth Told Me Mr Darcy Is Dead”

This might be my favorite single aspect of the entire history of Bridget Jones, because it hints at a delightful back channel of conversation between two of Britain’s best acting talents, that no one suspected was there before. So, recently we explained that the new Bridget Jones book Mad About The Boy contains an unfortunate event. […]

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‘Bridget Jones’ Fans, Do Not Read This Story

There’s no easy way to say this, and actually if you’re the kind of person who hates a spoiler, maybe it is for the best that you don’t read it. Here’s a selection of other Anglophenia posts you could try instead: Dating a British Man Colin Firth’s Wife Wants Less Tinker Tailor, More Bridget Jones […]

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New ‘Bridget Jones’ Title Revealed with Excerpt

It was announced in February, 2013 that author Helen Fielding will write a third book revolving around the neurotic and unlucky in love Bridget Jones, which will be released in November, 2013. Dun, da, da, dunnnn and the title is: Mad About the Boy. Fielding, as expected, was tightlipped over which boy the title is referring […]

Bridget Jones Gets a Date: Third Novel Set for Stateside Release

Singletons everywhere, and even married ones who are fans of Bridget Jones, can rejoice. Publisher Alfred A. Knopf has announced it will be putting out British author Helen Fielding’s third book about the bumbling heroine in the U.S. in November. In a press release, the company said that it will print 250,000 copies of this […]

Author Helen Fielding is V. Hard at Work on a New Bridget Jones Book

Singletons and other Bridget Jones fans can rejoice. Author Helen Fielding has announced that she’s hard at work on a third novel featuring her wildly popular, beguilingly insecure, diary-scribbling British heroine. Fielding made the announcement on the BBC’s Woman’s Hour radio program in the U.K. last week. “I just found last spring that I had […]


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When you receive a bill from us or get a quote for a plan, these taxes and fees will be included in your premium.

Where did those come from? They support either health care reform or the State of Michigan. Some of the taxes and fees:

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