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The September Celebrations Calendar was released yesterday and it features all of the usual official events such as the official launch of the Celebrations on September second at St. George's Caye.
But the fun begins before that - with the National Patriotic and Carnival Song Competition on this Saturday, August 25th at the MCC Grounds.
Co-Chair of the Celebrations Commission Dianne Haylock outlined some of the more festive events for us:..
Dianne Haylock, Co-Chair of the Celebrations Commission
"The first activity really is the national song competition which takes place this coming Saturday at the MCC Grounds; that is the national patriotic and carnival song competition. People have made their submissions in the patriotic category as well as the carnival category. That includes juniors and seniors. So that takes place at 7 this Saturday 25th August at MCC Grounds."
"The first of September also at the MCC Grounds is the carnival king and queen competition. Carnival is on the 8th September at the usual time at 1pm starting from Yabra going all the way up to BTL Park."
"I'd like to share with people the theme of this year's celebration which is "Many faces, many dreams, one goal celebrating Belize." I think that is what we as a people and as a country represent."
You can review the electronic version of the September Celebrations Calendar atwww.nichbz.org.
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This year Belize will celebrate 31 years of Independence and its 214th anniversary of the Battle of St. Georges Caye. The wide range of events that will occur throughout the country will be celebrated under the theme, Many faces, Many dreams- One Goal- Celebrating Belize. On Monday, the September Calendar of events was released by the September Celebrations Committee. For the Corozal District, 36 events have been outlined. Activities kicked off on August 18th with the Queen of the Bay Pageant Motorcade and Presentations of Candidates. On August 25th, the Queen of the Bay Pageant will be held at the Andres Campos Civic Centre at 7:00pm. Corozal list of events culminates on September 21st with a free Jump up at the Coronation Park.
In Orange Walk 26 events have been line up for the September celebrations beginning on September 5th with a talent night at the Fort Cairns Market Plaza starting at 7:00pm. Celebrations for September 10th will take place at the Central Park starting 3:00pm. Orange Walk will also see a drum fete on September 13th, a Battle of the Bands on September 18th and of course the Independence Day Celebrations on September 21st.
Across the country, September 19th has been reserved as National Service Day, a day to celebrate the life of Belizes First Prime Minister Rt. Honorable George Cadle Price. You can download the entire September Celebrations Calendar at www.nichbelize.org.
One of the events in the September Celebrations Calendar is the National Song Competition which is slated to take place at the MMC Grounds in Belize City on Saturday August 25th. Nineteen local artists from across the country have submitted their songs to the September Celebrations Committee. Three songs are competing in the Junior Division, ten songs in the Patriotic Division and six songs have been submitted in the Carnival Division. From Corozal Town, Salus Magana submitted his song entitled Belizean Carnival, in the Carnival Division. Here is a snippet of how it sounds.
Also from the Corozal District, Morelia Pop, from the village of Ranchito, submitted her song entitled Tranquil Heaven, in the Junior Division. You may know her two younger brothers, McBribe Pop and Samsung Pop who are both competing in the Buscando Una Estrella Infantil Karaoke Competition organized by Centaur. Well, Moreila Pop is also making a name for herself.
If those songs put you in the September Spirit then give them your vote by logging on to mynationalsong.bz. The contestants will perform their songs at the finals on Saturday with a live band.
FULL September Celebrations Schedule
The September Celebrations are right around the corner. Here's the link to the schedule for all activities at this point. Cayo, Benque, and Belmopan have quite a few events scheduled. The Queen of the West pageant starts it all off tomorrow night at the Novelo's Convention Center.
On Saturday, this year's competition was held at MCC Grounds - a change in venue because the Memorial Park is still not ready - and it was broadcast live on this station.
But, for those of you who might have missed it, we caught up today with Nello Player, one of the winners, and he told us about the message behind his patriotic song.
Here's what he told us:
Nello Player, Artist
"The song is called "Celebrating Belize" and it's just as the songs says, it's our 31st year of Independence and we are celebrating our anniversary. We are celebrating Belize come September time, this is the season for celebration and I wrote the song with that in mind - there is always an element to the songs that I put out in September. We have an obligation as artists to reach out to our past."
"I met a teacher yesterday and she told me that she loves the songs but none of the kids knew what I was talking about. So this is a good opportunity for them to inquire about certain things they hear in the song to the teachers."
"It's a great feeling to come in first. Who doesn't want to come in first in a competition? I feel good about coming in first and I am grateful to all the people who were rallying for my victory - to all the supporters and to everybody who was behind me throughout this competition."
"Last year the difference in song - last year I wrote a song that was called "How can I leave" - pretty much touching on the topic; Belize is so great, Belize is our home and even further for those abroad just to remember home. This is celebrating Belize and so its recognizing our achievements and being a little more positive in the song saying that we should be more together as a people and celebrate our country and be proud of our country."
Nello Player was the winner of the Patriotic Song category. Second place was the late Leroy "Bass" Castillo, with his song "This is Belize", and third place was Patrick McPherson, with his piece, "A Song That We Sing".
In the Carnival Song Category, Sharon Martinez won with her song, "Freedom". Second Place was the artist, TR, with his song, "Raise the Flag", and third place was Mr. Program with his song, "Everybody Dance".
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The MCC grounds in Belize City came alive on Saturday night as the venue for the National Song competition. Nineteen performers in the Junior Patriotic, Senior Patriotic and Senior Carnival song Categories all showcased their talents onstage to the public and the judges ,James Sanker, Kenny Gladden, Jenniffer Lovell, Richard Moody and Colville Young Jr. At the end of the night only one person emerged as the winner in each category. Here are the highlights of Saturday nights event.
Tabulators for the competition were Shaheida Vega and Marcia Rodgriguez. The Winner for the Junior Patriotic song walked away with one thousand five hundred dollars, the Senior Patriotic song winner took home four thousand dollars and for the Carnival song, the winner also took home four thousand dollars. All prizes for the night amounted to over twenty five thousand dollars.
The Belize National Song Competiton is one of the events that kick off the September Celebrations in Belize and this year, 2012, Belize is Celebrating is 31st Anniversary of Independence from Britain.
The Musicians and Artists write their own songs and compete in patriotic and carnival categories Despite the change of venue this year, the people came out in droves to support their favorite musicians and artists.
This video is only a sampling of the music that the winning artists performed.
This is not a professional video with color and sound editing. Its a video to share what's happening in Belize for those who call it HOME!
Last night Monica Bodden visited a few of those camps and here's her report:
Monica Bodden Reporting
With carnival only 10 days away - The carnival fever continues as these bands finish up the last minute touches on their costumes and strengthen their dancing techniques.
Our first stop last night was at the Sunshine Masqueraders Mas Camp where 46 revelers - all energized - gave us a peek at what we can expect on Carnival day.
Marilyn Young - Band Leader, Sunshine Masqueradors
"We are portraying the Mayan Heritage. We're doing their culture. Our costumes - the king and queen - will be Moon God, and Rain God."
Monica Bodden
"Tell us why you guys chose that team."
Marilyn Young
"Well, we usually find things that are pertaining to Belize because they always say that whenever you do something, you do it for your country. The Mayas were here before Christ, and they are saying that this is the year of the Maya because they predict that this year the world should have ended. So, we're still doing something on the Maya."
Monica Bodden
"How members do you have in the band this year?"
Marilyn Young
"Right now, we have 46 members."
Monica Bodden
"Are you guys taking more, or is this it for you?"
Marilyn Young
"Yes, we have space for more because the capacity is 75, but when we go and ask parent, they are willing for the children to join. The finance isn't there though. If I would have gotten the support from some of the other business places, I wouldn't mind making the costumes and making allowing the children to come because all the parents are focusing on school. That is very important because we have to educate our kids."
Monica Bodden
"Speaking about finance, how has that been going for the band?"
Marilyn Young
"Finances have been very bad. I could call 3 names that supported me this year and last year, Benny's, Belize Bank, and Simon Quan. Those are the 3 that came out for me."
Their theme this year is Pirates of the Caribbean - and according to Oceana Soca Mocha - they are ready to bring color, energy and charisma come carnival day.
Pauline Bradley - Band Leader, Oceana Soca Moca
"This year, we are Pirates of the Caribbean, Curse of the Kraken and Pirates Gold. We have 4 sections this year with 200 members. The first Tia Delma, the voodoo priestest or the Calypso. Group #2 are the pirates, King Davey Jones. Group #3 is Queen Sarina, the mermaid, and the 4th section is King Kraken. First of all, Oceana is our main sponsor. And our 2nd sponsor, who we have really have to give respect to is Joseph Taylor. He gave us materials when it came to the steel and other materials like that to make the king and queen costumes. We didn't get sponsors from any other companies. My sister worked really hard, and she also put her money into it. She is the owner of the band, Audrey Bradley."
Monica Bodden
"Now, are you guys ready for the King and Queen competition this Saturday?"
Pauline Bradley
"Yes, today, we are on our 4th costume right, and we're finishing it. By Saturday, we'll be completely finished."
Monica Bodden
"And your members, do you think that your members are ready to put on a show for the Belizean people?"
Pauline Bradley
"I think that when it comes to Oceana Soca Moca, we're always ready."
Our last stop last night was at the Eternity Mas Camp - where there band is catering for a hundred and twenty revelers. And from the little we saw last night, these dancers are more than ready to bring that heat in the street.
Tara Williams - Band Leader, Eternity Mas Camp
"In this carnival, we're portraying the Belize Public Service."
Monica Bodden
"Now, why Belize Public Service?"
Tara Williams
"Well, we decided that we wanted to give back or show what it is about, and give thanks to them. They are the ones who protect us, and when we're sick, we have to go to the hospital to deal with the nurses. When anything happens, you have the call the police. We need them, so we wanted to showcase all of that."
Monica Bodden
"Tell me a little about the costumes."
Tara Williams
"This year, we're doing 4 different sections. Our 1st section is the DigiCell section because we wanted to show the relationship between the Public Service and the Phone Service. You need that phone service to get to your public services. Our second Section is the police. The 3rd section is the nurses, and the last section we have is the BDF."
Monica continues her camp visits tonight - and we'll have more MAS CAMP MADNESS in tomorrow's newscast...
The pageant is on Saturday and this week the contestants have been making the media and official rounds ot create hype for the big event.
Today, they had an official visit at City Hall, where they socialized with Belize City Mayor Darrell Bradley and his Councilors.
There are 11 contestants who are offering themselves to be this year's Queen of the Bay. Because of the number of young ladies who offered themselves, the elders of the pageant committee had to add 3 more ceremonial houses for remaining contestants to represent.
The pageant will be held at the Bird's Isle at 7 p.m. on Saturday.
But the big day starts form this week when judges go into the Mas Camps to see what's happening.
That continued last night in three camps and Monica Bodden was there - here's her report:..
Monica Bodden reporting
It is contagious and spreading rapidly - and so far it seems like there isn't a cure for the Carnival Fever.
That was quite visible here at Belizean Jewel Mas Camp
where it was all high level energy for these revelers who gyrated to some of the most popular soca songs in front of a crowd of spectators.
Sharon Wade - Belizean Jewels
"Our team this year is "many colors, many faces, one nation: Belize.""
Monica Bodden
"Why was that theme chosen?"
Sharon Wade - Belizean Jewels
"The theme was chosen simply because carnival is all about colors and its full of different races, different faces and Belize is one nation."
Monica Bodden
"Now tell us a little bit about the costumes?"
Sharon Wade - Belizean Jewels
"For the first costume which is many colors - its 4 different colors. The many faces is blue and black but with different faces and one nation Belize is the red, white and blue."
Monica Bodden
"Is this a new band?"
Sharon Wade - Belizean Jewels
"Yes it is a new band and it's our first year. It will be likely continued in years to come."
Our next stop was at Jump Street Posse - where Band Leader Marina Welcome showed us her display of vibrant, colorful costumes and gave us a synopsis of her Theme Magic City.
Marine Welcome - Band Leader
"The theme this year is major city because we are going to send the kids crazy."
Monica Bodden
"Tell me how did you guys chose that theme?"
Marine Welcome - Band Leader
"I have my 2 grandbabies that love cartoons. You know last year I said I was going to have carnival this year, so they came in my bed and left the TV on cartoons and I got up part of the night and the cartoons was on and that's where I made my decision that I would do something for this kids this year."
Monica Bodden
"Now "Magic City." Tell me a little bit about these costumes; I could only imagine that's its going to be something grand."
Marine Welcome - Band Leader
"Definitely, our first section is Cinderella, you see Cinderella castle; you see the coach, will be driven by the coachman because that's the coach that takes Cinderella to the ball where she met her handsome prince and got married and live into that beautiful castle. Our second section is Sleeping Beauty. We have Agatha, the witch that spins the wheel and sleeping beauty prick her finger and she went into that deep sleep for 100 years. So, she is her bed for that deep sleep where she met her handsome prince and he awoke her with one kiss and they got married and they go to a grand ball."
"The third section is Walt Disney; we will have Mickey Mouse and all the Disneyland characters that I know the kids will enjoy. I started from February - the hardest one was the castle - that's the one that took me the longest because I had to do every little detail so that it can look like a castle - that was the hardest one."
"The others I did like in 3 weeks because I design my own costume. I have Ms. Pamela and Ms. Diane that came aboard and they will do the little sequence and things for me because at time everybody helps."
"I have a wonderful at work that is there for me always; if I need a little hour or so to go and do something they give it to me. They are right there for me and right now we are having some money difficulties - we are short like of $3,000.00. If anybody can contact me at 602-3352 - any donation you give help and trust me you will not regret it when Jump Street Posse steps out there on carnival day and Saturday night."
And our last stop was at the Mahogany Masqueraders camp.
The once junior band is now competing in the senior category this year.
Band Leader - Nadia Avila - told us why the change and also confidently boasted about her revelers - who she says are all pumped and ready for the carnival road march 2012.
Nadia Avila - Band Leader
"Our theme for this year is "Celebrating the history of carnival""
Monica Bodden
"Tell us Nadia, how you guys actually came up with that theme?"
Nadia Avila - Band Leader
"A lot of research and a lot of thinking. What happen seeing I had a junior band for so many years - I always try to stay positive in whatever I do and focus on us as people on a whole."
"The first section here is the ancestry section; these colors signify the struggle that we went through. What happen in the late 1700s we were able to take part in carnival. But after 40 years we gain emancipation and we ended up being able to perform in carnival and that's what the colors signifies - our struggling color; we gain it here with the white and the silver and the colorful section is that after all we have been through - we decided to display it beautiful colors."
"As I was finish with the junior, I took a month off and in December I started thinking about what I am going to do because there are some people having this tendency to say that I have a junior man and I have a junior mind - Once you could do a junior man it is easier for a senior band because you don't have to babysit the kids - you can go beyond. Each individual is responsible for themselves."
"I try to do themes that people will love when they come and inspect our costumes. I have positive people dancing. I ask everybody to stay outside and they do exactly what I say - that just speaks a lot about the caliber of people that is dancing with Mahogany Masqueraders. I must say thanks to you all for coming."
"I decided to go senior because my girls are all 18, 21 and 23 years old and they want to dance. They told me that if I can do junior then I must can do senior. I have 111 dancers, the criteria is 100. I am not going to do 200 nor 150, I ain't going to kill myself - each costume here is the same, no costume is inferior to another - every costume, what you see one, you'll see on all."
"There is always difficulty when it comes to finance, but I stay positive. I went to the bank and I got a loan and I have sponsorship from Benny's Home Center - they always come out and they gave me some cash - I need transportation for road march and I need transportation for king and queen. If anybody wants to assist the band, just contact me. It's the first time and I don't have the ropes of getting certain things done but if anybody could kindly assist with a truck for the day and my music it would go a long way."
"My finances are little but I am still getting there with the help of the dancers paying for the costumes. I must say thanks again."
Monica Bodden
"Do you have a number that people can reach you on?"
Nadia Avila - Band Leader
"My cell phone is 627-4013 and my house number is listed in the phone book under Nadia Avila."
Monica is at six camps tonight - and we'll have that story tomorrow.


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Jurors deliberated for just 90 minutes before returning their verdict.
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Introduction: Bat Terrarium
I am having a Halloween party and wanted to create some creepy and interesting focal points throughout our house. This project took about three hours and the cost was very low, I think in the end it turned out very cool. My intention is to put it on a shelf with some candle light and maybe a skull. I hope this tutorial is helpful and at the least inspiring. Enjoy!
Step 1: Getting Ready to Create- Materials
To start you will need a few materials. I used a cheap rubber bat, a duck dynasty beard (fur), a hot glue gun, acrylic paint, floral wire ( any thin gauge wire will do), panty hose, scissors, wire snips, paint brushes and a glass case. I got most of my materials from the dollar store which made them very cheap. I got the beard from Ollie's and cut it to the length I needed (any fur will do). I got my glass case from a thrift shop for $3.00, for that sort of thing you just have to be on the lookout. This application could be used without a terrarium to make a cheap bat look cooler you would just need to maybe leave the suction cups on its wings when cutting.
Step 2: Minor Adjustments-changing Shape
The bat was flattened out and didn't have much volume. It was hollow so I just stuffed a tissue down it's throat to puff it out. Next at the tail section I cut it deeper and gave it more a point so the fur would be more dramatic when placed. Last I took a piece of Styrofoam and glued it to his butt to give him a more shapely booty.
Step 3: Gettin' Your Hair Did
I cut sections of fur from the beard without giving myself harsh edges and keeping a nice point at the back. To cut the fur I would part it where I wanted the edge to be and the just snip and glue in place with hot glue. I did add fur to the top of his head, for that took little chunks that I had already cut and timed them very short. the last picture in the section is a close up of his top claw. I didn't really like the shape of his claw so I cut them down. I also cut off his suction cups because I didn't need them.
Step 4: Wings, Wings Such Wonderful Things
I wanted more life out of my wings so I followed the bone structure that was sculpted into the bat and cut channels for my panty hose. Next I glued my floral wire to the wing in the shape of the bones. I did use a lot of glue to keep it attached and let it cool before trying to bend or anything. I extended the wire past the bottom of the rubber so it would poke through the hose giving a toe like effect. When gluing I cut a piece of hose a little bigger than what I needed and glued it to the inside back of the wing first. I then wrapped it around the wing catching the ends of wire and pulling them through. When I got to the outside front of the of the wing I cut a hole for the claw gave it a good stretch and glued down to the inside back. To glue to the side of the body I pulled it tight and glued under the edge of the fur. I covered the ends of the wire that were sticking out in globs of hot glue so them wouldn't poke anyone and to give a toe-like appearance.
Step 5: Feet to Hang, Dangle, or Clutch
I wanted to bend the feet around a branch or piece of wood for my terrarium so I made a small wire loop glued it in place and then covered the feet in panty hose to secure the wire and because I didn't really like the look of them to start.
Step 6: Painting and Primping
I was going for the look of an aged brown bat so added a lot of reds and brown and very little black. I started by adding color to the face I painted the eyes red but then went in and added black leaving a small ring of red around the eyes. next I built up color in the face. going from dark to light I added browns, reds and tans until I got a mix I liked. for the fur I dry brushed brown and red into the fur and then rubbed it in with my fingers to get a light dusting of color. Last I painted the wings, for those I used a wet brush with browns and reds then went in with a bit of black to give it a stylized look.
Step 7: Finishing Touches
For the Terrarium I made a branch out of vine and wreath materials then added some leaves, a flower, a web and a spider. The covering on the bottom is white rice that I shook in a container with black and brown paint and pieces of torn and shredded burlap. I hope you like the tutorial, Happy Creating!
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That's going to give me nightmares!
I love that you left absolutely none of the original store-bought bat untouched.
Thanks for taking a look! it was definitely a fun project to do and I am happy with how it turned out.
The wings are very well done!
Thank you and thanks for taking a look!
that really looks cool! i was thinking a old bird cage would be better, but the glass adds class.
thank you! yeah a birdcage would be cool. I considered that and saw a really interesting one at a flea market but someone scooped it up before I got to it.
don't get Ebola from that bat!
i think it will be okay, I have him contained
That bat looks amazing! I would not have ever guessed at what he originally looked like, very nice job! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you, I am glad you liked it and thanks for taking a look


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Abel is a character in the Doom Dome Battle series who makes his first and only appearance in Warriors of Babylon. He is the oldest son of Adam and Eve, and the older brother of Cain.
As a ghost Abel hovers above the ground, Abel not even having legs in his spectral form and instead has chains danglng under him. He gained a lot of scars from his adventures on pre-Earth and gained quite some muscle as well. He prefers to fight in close-combat, using a boxing technique to do so. However he is not shy to use some of his spectral abilities, like shooting his chains forwards to grapple the opponent so he can close in. But he can also use the chains in a defesnive manner.
His Doom Attack is called Paranormal Rec. When executed the screen turns black and a recorder for in the dark is used. The opponent is surrounded in darkness and various ghost coming from different time periods approach the opponent and swing them across the screen. Eventually Abel holds them in mid-air with his chains and all the spirits pass through them before dissolving. Light returns the body is dropped on the ground. If KO'd they break their neck while the spirits pass through and a lifeless body is dropped on the ground.
After Adam and Eve were created they quickly gave birth to their first child, Abel. They really cared for him and raised him to be a strong adventurer. Abel quickly aspired to explore the rest of the world, and wanted to be a model figure for his little brother Cain. He fought many beasts during his travels, but never killed one, having many scars to prove this. He would return every month to visit his parents and brother. However one fateful day Lilith's evil had latched onto Cain which turned Cain's admiration for his brother in envy which led to Cain killing Abel at the day he returned home by smashing a boulder against his head by surprise. Abel died, but made sure to attach his spirit to the body of Cain so he could make it his afterlife's work to set Cain on the right path, although Cain experienced it as a haunting curse. Till the day of today Abel still resides along with Cain.
Warriors of Babylon
While Abel was never considered as a candidate, nor was he even detected inside of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon as he entered the game alongside Cain. In a fatal confrontation between Cain and Adam, Abel managed to detach himself from Cain.
- Abel is based on the same character from the Bible, the son of Adam and Eve.
- His clothing style is directly taken from the clothing style portrayed in the Bible from that time.
- His Doom Attack is based on films like Paranormal Activity.


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Canada/Ottawa: T. Verk Trading Inc. recalls an estimated 60 pounds of Atlantic Veal & Lamb brand Boneless Veal due to suspected E. coli O103 contamination and consequential bacterial infection hazard. CFIA: http://ht.ly/Dft3309ZZtA
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Captain Benny Griessel's latest assignment involves looking into a perplexing cold case. Ex-cop Johnson Johnson seemingly vanished from a luxury train line—and so have the only two people who might know what happened to him. Meanwhile, South African native Daniel Darret has cut ties with his tumultuous past and settled down in Bordeaux, France. But when a familiar face comes knocking, he'll find it hard to refuse one last request...Meyer expertly weaves both storylines together into one thrilling, "superb" read that'll have you hooked on the series (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
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For a visit to Germany, Paris, and the Netherlands - Can the pass be used for travel within cities and between the cities in a country or is it valid for travel between 2 countries only?
For a visit to Germany, Paris, and the Netherlands - Can the pass be used for travel within cities and between the cities in a country or is it valid for travel between 2 countries only?
Can the Euro rail pass be used for travel within the cities and between the cities in a country or is it valid for travel between 2 countries only ? Thanks
EMPLOYEE1Jeff (Official Rep) September 13, 2017 20:37Hi,
The rail pass that allows you to choose your countries is called the Eurail Select Pass. With a Eurail Select Pass, you can choose from various combinations of 2, 3, or 4 bordering countries. Therefore, you would purchase the 3 country option of the Eurail Select Pass to include Germany, France, and the 'Benelux'.
For the Eurail Select Pass, you would click here: https://www.raileurope.com/rail-tickets-passes/eurail-select-pass/index.html.
The Netherlands is included as a part of the Benelux. The Benelux covers Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg and counts them as one country for the purpose of rail passes. Therefore, you would include the Benelux as one of the 'countries' on your Eurail Select Pass.
The objective of a rail pass is to cover the ticket costs for trains running between different cities within the country or countries included on the pass. Generally, rail passes do not cover metro systems in European cities. Therefore, your pass would not be valid on the Paris Métro, for instance.
When applicable, reservations are a supplementary cost to a rail pass. Reservations are required on most high-speed trains, many international routes, and all overnight trains.
Within France, most major cities are connected almost exclusively by high-speed TGV trains. Therefore, it is likely that reservations will be required on any of your trips there.
The high-speed trains operating within Germany are called ICE (InterCity Express) trains. On ICE trains, reservations are not required, but they are often highly recommended.
Most trains operating internationally between these countries are trains on which reservations would be required as a supplement to the rail pass. For instance, the trains connecting Paris with the Benelux region (the Netherlands) are Thalys high-speed trains, which do require reservations.
For travel with a rail pass, you would purchase reservations by clicking the 'Seat Reservations' tab on our homepage (www.raileurope.com), entering a route, and indicating the type of rail pass with which you'll be traveling (i.e. a 'Eurail Three Country Select Pass').
Generally, trains operating within France can only be reserved within 90 days of an intended departure date, while trains operating within Germany can often be reserved as far out as 180 days in advance of a departure. Thalys high-speed trains can only be reserved within 90 days of a departure.
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Hi Jeff thanks a lot for the detailed reply
Jeff (Official Rep) September 14, 2017 16:30You're welcome. Have a great trip!


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and under so many disadvantages, could by this only means secure our peace, and so widely extend the repute and honour of the English name; what country or what religion could ever give limits to the unbounded reputation of a full and legal parliament, so nobly qualified? What nation could there be so powerful as to resist our forces, or so politick as to infatuate our counsels? There is nothing within the compass of human wishes, that we might not assure ourselves from the wisdom and virtue of such a disinterested assembly, headed and encouraged by the most auspicious prince that ever yet swayed the English scepter. A prince who only waits the opportunity of our own willingness to be happy, and is fixed with a longing eagerness to see the nation deserve the glorious effects of his inimitable conduct, and inexhausted beneficence; who only wishes a happy conjuncture of a free and unbyassed parliament, that he might join with them, in the rescue of himself and us, from the oppression of those devouring harpies, who would tear off the yet green and flourishing lawrels from his majestick brows, and ungratefully cast a tarnish upon the lustre of his bright and shining atchievements: That he might dissipate those inauspicious vapours, which have hindered him from breaking out in the height of his meridian glories, and intercepted his benign and noble influence upon his inferior and dependent orbs: That he might deliver up to justice those traiterous and insinuating parasites, who endeavour to inspire into his sacred breast an unworthy jealousy of his people, as if he wanted the assistance of a standing army to secure and establish to himself that throne, which he has already so firmly erected in the hearts and affections of his subjects: And lastly, that he might wholly discharge himself of those wretched and perfidious statesmen, who endeavour to fix the brand of their own acquired infamy upon their master, that they might make him as hateful to one party, for their vices, as he is already to another, for his own virtues, and deprive him of the glorious title, of the world's greatest benefactor, which he has so justly purchased to himself, by his immmortal performances. 12. I shall conclude with one word, in answer to such who may possibly think I have reflected too much upon the supineness and base neglect of the people of England; as if it were possible they could be such monstrous and unnatural self-murderers, as to give away with their own breath, and free consent, all their rights to their estates and lives. I confess I should be glad to find my labour lost upon this account: But I desire such to consider, that there are many honest and well-meaning Englishmen, who do not distinguish between our present government, and our present way of governing; whose distance from the parliament, multiplicity of business, or other circumstances in the world, render them less able to penetrate the designs that are now carrying on, for the total subversion of our most excellent constitution. And it is plain on the other hand, that the great and unwearied diligence of the present conspirators, against our government, in order to support their future elections, does infer their thoughts, that the majority of the electors are capable of being imposed upon, in this gross and unexampled manner. Since,
therefore, those, who are making us slaves, think it no great difficulty to effect their purposes, I see no reason, why I ought to be so tender as to forbear expressing my fears and apprehensions of their
Wherein those that admire the late Governments*, may have a true prospect of Liberty and Slavery, and take their choice.
[From a half sheet, Folio, printed at London, for J. C. near Fleet-Bridge, 1690.]
J.N the twelfth year of King Charles the Second, being the first of his restoration, there was granted to him a subsidy of tonnage and poundage, and other sums of money, payable upon merchandise imported and exported, in consideration of the great trust and confidence which the parliament reposed in his majesty,' in and for the guarding the seas,' against all persons that should attempt the disturbance of his subjects in the intercourse of trade, or by invasion of the kingdom.
The same year came forth another act, for the speedy provision of money, for disbanding and paying off the forces of the kingdom, by land and sea, by a contribution of all persons, according to their several ranks and degrees.
The same year likewise, by two acts more, were given to the king, by the one, seven-score-thousand pounds, for the compleat disbanding of the whole army, and paying off some part of the navy, by a two months assessment of seventy-thousand pounds a month: By the other, seventy-thousand pounds, as a present supply to his majesty.
After which, followed the act for settling certain impositions upon beer, ale, and other liquors, for the increase of his majesty's revenue, during his life.
The same year also, the post-office was erected by the parliament, with a considerable revenue accruing to the king. This parliament, after these great gifts, being dissolved, the next year, being the thirteenth of the king's reign, sat a new parliament, which, in the first place,passed an act for the 'free and voluntary present;' and then passed an act for granting to the king twelve-hundred and threescore-thousand pounds to be assessed and levied by an assessment of threescore and ten-thousand pounds a month, for eighteen months. ,
» '• Of King Charles the Second and King Jimei the Second.
In the fourteenth year of the king, the additional revenue of hearth-money was settled upon his majesty, his heirs and successors.
In the fifteenth year of the king, were granted four intire subsidies from the temporality, and four from the clergy.
In the sixteenth year of the king, a royal aid was granted by the same parliament, of twenty -four-thousand four.hundred three-score and seventeen-thousand and five-hundred pounds, to be raised, levied, and paid, in three years space, for the king's extraordinary occasions. As an addition to which, in his seventeenth year, twelve-hundred and fifty-thousand pounds were granted for his majesty's farther supply, by the parliament at Oxon.
In the eighteenth year of the king, more money was raised by a poll-bill, for the prosecution of the Dutch war.
In his nineteenth year came forth another act, for raising three- hundred and ten-thousand pounds, by an imposition on wines and other liquors.
After which followed, in his twenty-second year, an imposition upon all wines and vinegar, for eight years, which was attended by the imposition upon brandy: together with another act, for advancing the sale of fee-farm-rents, and other rents; both valued at one-million thirteen-hundred and three-score thousand pounds.
In the twenty-second and twenty-third years of the reign of King Charles the Second, was granted another subsidy for supply of his occasions; twelve pence in the pound upon all lands, and money at interest; fifteen shillings in the hundred for all money owing to the bankers, and six shillings in the hundred upon personal estates.
After which, there followed an act for additional excise upon beer, ale, and other liquors; to which succeeded the law-bill: which three, being summed up together, were estimated at no less than two millions and a half.
After this, at the adjournment of the parliament, upon the sixteenth of April, 1677, being the twentieth of the king, passed an act, for raising the sum of five-hundred eighty-four-thousand nine-hundred seventy-eight pounds, two shillings, and two-pence halfpenny, for the speedy building thirty ships of war. Together with an additional excise upon beer, ale, and other liquors, for three years.
Upon the fifteenth of July, 1678, being the thirtieth of the king, passed an act, for granting a supply to his majesty, of six-hundred and nineteen-thousand three-hundred eighty-eight pounds, eleven shillings, and nine pence, for disbanding the army, and other uses therein mentioned.
With another act, for granting an additional duty upon wines for three years.
To all which may be added (for it cannot be forgotten in haste) the shutting up of the exchequer.
This, if it be not a perfect arithmetical account to some thousands of pounds, perhaps, yet it comes pretty near the matter, to shew, as in a mirror, the prodigious sums it cost the kingdom, in a few years, to maintain the vanity and profuseness of the court at that time, and to
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support a design carried on all along, to subvert the religion, laws, liberties, and properties of the whole nation.
It is generally imprinted in the minds of men, that there is nothing so dear to them, as the preservation of their religion, their laws, their liberties, and properties. Life is contemned, to preserve these four inestimable comforts of human being; which makes it a strange thing to consider, that people, who were so lavish to undo themselves, should so stingily grudge a necessary, though more than ordinary expence, to be for ever quit of future danger.
They do not find their money now profusely wasted upon the excesses of prodigal luxury, nor upon wars, to extirpate the Protestant religion; nor upon designs, to enslave both their souls and bodies; but thriftily expended, by a frugal and saving prince*, once their generous and fortunate preserver, upon men, arms, and all manner of warlike ammunition, both by sea and land.
They find not now pretences of wars to juggle them out of their wealth, to be as deceitfully expended either upon pleasure, or to support the interest of the common foe: But a real war at the door, maintained by the capital enemies of the Protestant religion, and the general peace of Europe: and withstood with as much vigour, as prudent counsel and wary conduct will permit, by a prince no less vigilant, no less courageous and formidable, than his adversaries are potent and malicious.
To repine at expence, at such a time as this, and in the management of such princely and faithful hands, is to be like niggardly misers, that love the banquet, but grumble at the payment. The choice is now, whether to be free for ever, or slaves for ever? The expence is necessary, therefore just; and, being necessary and just, no true Englishman will murmur at the purchase of his own, and the preservation of his posterity, though it cost never so dear.
Is it possible there should be men that should so soon forget the late ravages of tyranny and popery, upon their religion and laws? Is it possible for fathers to forget the murders of their sons, or for sons to forget the haling of their parents to execution+? Is it possible for them to forget the contrivances of sham plots, and the subornation of perjured evidence, to take away the lives of the innocent +? They that so fondly kiss the late king's picture, and are so covetous of his return, forget the verses made upon the cruelty of Tiberius, that gave them sufficient warning of a prince returning from exile to power again, by the examples of Marius, Sylla, and Mark Anthony. There is nothing to be so much dreaded, as the disposition of a prince, longo exilio efferati, i. e. grown wild with long exilement; and, ignominia accensi, i. e. enraged at the ignominy he has received. They forget how infinitely the abdicated king must be beholden to his French patron, the professed enemy of the English name and freedom, if ever this kingdom should be so unhappy as to be under his clutches again. For, farewel, then, that noble liberty, which has so long blessed this fortunate land. And, therefore, the miseries of the
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French government should be enough to make these unthinking Jacobites tremble at the very sound of what they so extremely wish for, the return of their idol. The very picture of France is enough to kill with the sight of it. Where the people live in cottages of Straw, in a fat and fertile soil, reduced to the utmost degree of poverty; where the miserable peasant, after he has tilled his land, when he comes to reap the fruit of his labour, has nothing to feed him but the rye and barley, or a few chesnuts; nothing to drink but water squeesed through the lees of the pressed grape; the collectors of the taxes, the impost-gatherers, and other ravenous beasts of prey carry off the corn, his wine, his oil, and other choicer conveniencies of life; so innumerable are the taxes, imposts, rights of entrance, peages, aids, &c. which, if a man should reckon up, he would seem to talk the language of a conjurer; and all these so tyrannically exacted, by the numberless swarms of ruffians, publicans, and harpies, as render one of the most delightful countries in the world a hell upon earth. Into this condition was England tumbling, till redeemed by their most sacred majesties, King William and Queen Mary; and such would England be, if these unreasonable Jacobites might have their will; which God forbid.
And of the great Advantages they are to England, in respect to Trade.
London, printed 1690. Quarto, containing fifty-three pages, beside the title and dedication.
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Wednesday 15 August will see primary school teachers across New Zealand go on strike. This will result in some school closures for the day. In Mercury Bay, both Whenuakite School (pictured) and Te Rerenga School will be closed.
Principals and teachers at primary schools are pushing for more support for themselves and the students they work with, as well as higher pay. Many classrooms are over-populated and students are not currently receiving the one-on-one time they need and deserve. There also seems to be a shortage of teachers and the popular reasoning behind this is that remuneration in the industry is not attractive enough.
Both Whenuakite School and Te Rerenga School have already given warning to the parents and caregivers of their students that they will be closed during the strike.
Mercury Bay Area School will remain open on 15 August. Principal John Wright says, "Being an Area School, our staff are covered under a separate collective agreement [the Area School Teachers' Collective Agreement], so are not involved in this industrial action. Our school will be open as usual [during the strike]."


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I found a stash of donut beads in my inventory. They remind me of Life Saver candies.
A bit of weave and seed beads to dress up this Lapis.
Tiny crystals and some twisted wire added some personality to this pendant.
In the meantime I'm actively submitting jury applications to other more successful galleries. Yesterday was a promising meetup. I'll let you know all the details in about a week.
I really like how the colors in this agate match the copper wire.
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Wise men (and women) say that we are the creators of our reality. Here's an account of my creation, though it's mostly full of yarn and animals.
Monday, February 6, 2012
I did some major cleaning/organizing this past weekend. It seems to me that organizing is another way to feel happier. When everything is disorganized and thrown all over the place with no order, it seems that my thinking is the same way. Once everything is back in it's place, I feel calm inside.
One of my organizing tasks was to go through some yarn I have, mostly ends and leftovers. I have a lot of left over sock yarn, mostly because I've made a lot of socks. It's funny, I don't consider myself a huge sock knitter, but it seems I always have a pair on the needles. It's a portable project and for me, that's important. I'm always running around so having a small project to work on is key.
Each square is about 3.5" x 3.5" I estimate the total blanket size so far is about 3' x 4'
Given how long it's taken me to get this far, I imagine it's still going to be another couple of years before I finish this thing. I haven't even decided at this point how big I want the finished project to be. I'll probably settle for a nice lap-sized blanket because it seems my attention is being diverted to another project that uses up old sock yarn leftovers...
Beekeeper's Quilt. This is my version as it stands. Another project that will probably take years to complete. I suppose that's alright as long as I have more people to knit socks for. Actually, at this point, I've been knitting socks for so long that some of my first socks need replacing because they are wearing through. (I've been knitting for about 14 years, so yeah... even nylon won't stand up to that kind of wear!)
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You are my hero! I'm trying to cut down on my own stash via a secret project! Your blankets are looking amazing!!!ReplyDelete
Very cool! I've seen a Beekeeper's quilt project where the little hexagons were sewed into a chair cushion. I think that's about all I could handle before I went insane. You hexagon colors all match so nicely!ReplyDelete
I've been thinking of doing the same type of ongoing project with my left over sock yarns. This is motivational for me! Do you like the Bee Keeper's pattern? I thought about trying to learn crochet just to make granny squares, but my ambition to do so hasn't gotten me very far. :-(ReplyDelete
I totally love this! Your colours are fantastic!ReplyDelete


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We took the early morning train from Tashkent, which in itself was an experience. In our first class compartment (which only had us in it) was a tea set all laid out. We had a kind of train-stewardess who came round from time to time to check that we were OK but as we didn't have any common language it was difficult to have any meaningful conversation and it wasn't really possible to actually make use of her services (and to be honest we didn't really work out until the end of the return journey that what she was asking us were questions about our well-being and needs). She did come by and turn the TVs on in the carriage though so we could be assailed by pop music and subsequently the execrable post-Bean "Johnny English" film badly dubbed into Russian. After we'd booked the train, one or two people had told us that we should have gone by taxi since the road went through the mountains and was beautiful whereas the railway line didn't and wasn't. We still thought it would be a fascinating landscape, since it would be our first glimpse of Uzbekistan beyond Tashkent. We were wrong and they were right. Flat featureless and scrubby would be the best way of describing it. Someone in Tashkent had struggled to come up with an adjective and had settled on "grey". It was apt.
Sadly, this one day off happened to be the only one during our stay which featured bad weather, and as we got closer to Samarkand, the already grotty conditions deteriorated, until it was just grey, pouring with rain, and utterly miserable. And bitterly cold, as we found out when we stepped out of the warm train onto the platform. We were met by Dilya, our guide, a very nice Tatar woman, who proceeded to take us round the sites. Unfortunately while she was all wrapped up warm and had an umbrella we (and in particular I) were ill prepared for this English weather, and were not really enthused about standing around in the cold and wet, while we learned about the history of Samarkand. I had to keep asking her if we could go and stand out of the rain as she told us about the mausoleum of Tamurlane or the Registan. It's difficult to fully enjoy and appreciate the majesty of some of these buildings, when you're freezing your arse off and getting soaked. At one point George, who is diabetic, needed to urgently raise his blood sugar level, so we asked Dilya if there was a café nearby. There was in one of the madrassahs of the Registan, and this small cozy warm place was possibly my best memory of what is probably, seen in better conditions, one of the wonders of the world. While the Registan is possibly the most famous place in Samarkand, my favourite place (and not just because the rain had eased off by this time) was the Shah-i-Zinda cemetery. A stunningly beautiful place.
We had been disappointed originally that we would only get to spend the day in Samarkand and not be able to see it at more leisure, but in the end, we were quite glad to get back to the station at the end of the day, and reboard the same train that had brought us there – with the same staff. This time though, we had company in the compartment. Three women (and subsequently one bloke who we think was probably drafted in to act as so kind of impromptu chaperone for the women). The young one, Nargiza, spoke fairly good English and we learned that she was travelling to Tashkent with her mother-in-law and aunt (the other two) to visit her husband. It was quite a weird conversation as she was obviously friendly and eager to practice her English, but was (despite her marital status) extremely young (at least to old men like us), and the conversation had to bear up under the strain of two strong cultural differences – the first, the Uzbek/British one, being actually interesting and worth investigating, and the second, the teenage girl/middle-aged men one, being somewhat more insurmountable. Her mother-in-law seemed like a right battleaxe, and re-reading "Murder in Samarkand" I was reminded of these two when Murray describes the life of virtual slavery that young girls enter into for their in-laws when they marry in Uzbekistan. Many young married women in Samarkand attempt suicide every year, by the method of dousing themselves in flaming cooking oil. It is an intensely sobering thought.
This time round we were served a diet of Uzbek movies on the TV, all of which seemed to have the theme of puppy love and people pining for the traditional life of the countryside. The love stories also were all based around the city boy/country girl (or vice versa) intrigue. They weren't exactly too difficult to follow despite the language issue.
When we arrived, Nargiza and family invited us to her husband's house to have a tea, in typically hospitable Uzbekistan style, but we declined citing another appointment. It was very nice to be invited, but we felt we had gone about as far as the conversation could possibly have gone in the 4 hour train journey, and extending it didn't seem like something that would be greatly enjoyable for either party, really.
Here are some pics of Samarkand, in the grey and wet weather.
Your correspondent, looking bedraggled and freezing in the RegistanOne of the Madrassahs in the Registan. For an idea of scale look at the two women huddled under an umbrella in the foreground. (For more info about the Registan, check out the wiki page)Yet more Registan pictures. I had by now managed to find a place sheltered from the rain to take these shots. Note all the tile work on the big building ahead and the pillar in the foreground. Much of this is not original, sadly, but reconstructed during Soviet times after a big earthquake in 1966. However the reconstruction was, as far as I can tell, extremely faithful to the original, and they did a fantastic job of it. It must have cost a fortune.
Inside one of the madrassahs (behind one of those massive facades that face on to the square. The doorway on the lower right led to the wonderful cozy cafe that nourished my need for temporary warmth and dryness.
The ceiling inside one of the buildings of the Registan. It's not really a full on dome, they just decorated it to make it look that way. There were something like 15 kgs of gold used in the reconstruction work. Apologies for slight fuzziness, I needed to turn off the flash to get a good shot
Detail of the wall inside the mausoleum of Tamurlane / Timur (this bloke)
More from the same mausoleum (wiki page)
The Bibi Khanym mosque (wiki page)
Samarkand bazaar. Dried fruits and nuts are the big thing in Uzbekistan. You might almost say they are Uzbekistan's raisin d'etre. (Sorry. Couldn't help myself)
Girl and bread. This round bread is very typical of Uzbekistan. The ritual around breaking it is quite formalised.
The Shah-i-Zinda necropolis. This street wends its way between amazing mausoleum after amazing mausoleum. It's an amazing place. (Wiki page)


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New NIH grants fund projects for Balas and Tate to help adults in ICU
The National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NIH/NHLBI) has awarded a three-year, $1.2 million R01 grant to Michele Balas, PhD, RN , CCRN-K, FCCM, FAAN, associate professor in The Ohio State University College of Nursing. This R01 will fund a research study entitled, "Determinants of Implementation Success Coordinating Ventilator, Early Ambulation and Rehabilitation Efforts in the ICU (DISCOVER-ICU)." Collaborators on the grant include Alai Tan, PhD, (Co-I) and Lorraine Mion, PhD, RN, FAAN, (Co-I) of The Ohio State University College of Nursing; Brenda T. Pun, DNP, RN (Co-I), Eduard E. Vasilevskis, MD, MPH, FHM (Co-I), and E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH (consultant), of Vanderbilt University; and Lori A. Harmon, RRT, MBA (Co-I), of the Society of Critical Care Medicine.
"This study addresses the need to improve the care and outcomes of the millions of patients admitted to U.S. intensive care units (ICUs) annually," Balas stated. "Persons experiencing an illness severe enough to require an ICU stay frequently experience profound physical, mental and cognitive health impairments that may persist for months to years after hospital discharge.
"Evidence demonstrates these clinical outcomes improve when integrated, interprofessional, evidence-based approaches to symptom management, mechanical ventilation and physical mobility are applied," Balas continued. "One such approach, the ABCDEF bundle, has been associated in previous studies with lower ICU and hospital mortality rates, fewer days spent on mechanical ventilation, fewer days spent in physical restraints and lower odds of delirium and coma. Despite these proven benefits, the ABCDEF bundle has yet to be widely adopted in everyday ICU care."
In the NIH-funded study, Balas and her team will continue their three-year partnership with the Society of Critical Care Medicine's ICU Liberation Collaborative. The overall objective of the research is to develop multilevel implementation strategies to enhance sustainable adoption of the ABCDEF bundle in routine ICU practice. The team is particularly interested in discovering how various patient-, provider-, and organization-level characteristics and implementation strategies effect ABCDEF bundle adoption.
The results of this work aim to lead directly to the development of implementation strategies that are adaptable, responsive to the needs of the critical care community and accountable for the cultural and organizational factors necessary to increase ABCDEF bundle adoption.
"Our team is thrilled to lead this important line of investigation. We firmly believe that better integration of the evidence-based ABCDEF bundle has the potential to substantially reduce the short- and long-term physical, cognitive and emotional burden critical illness imposes on critically ill adults and their family members."
Tate awarded NIH/NIA grant
The National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging (NIH/NIA) has awarded a two-year, $312,000 grant to fund the study, "A Problem Solving Intervention for Post-ICU Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults."
The grant was awarded to Judith Tate, PhD, RN (PI), assistant professor in The Ohio State University College of Nursing. Co-investigators include Lorraine C. Mion, PhD, RN, FAAN, and Alai Tan, PhD, of the College of Nursing, and Jennifer Bogner, PhD, ABPP, FACRM, of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in the College of Medicine. The grant will run from April 15, 2019, to March 31, 2021.
"Older adults comprise more than half of all intensive care unit (ICU) days and are at risk of delirium, a common acute brain impairment associated with increased risk for dementia and altered trajectories of cognitive recovery," the grant proposal states. "The purpose of this pilot study is to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability and early efficacy of a problem-solving intervention, Post Intensive Care Unit Problem Solving (PIC-UPS) in the home setting for older adult ICU survivors suffering from post-ICU cognitive impairment."


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Is less more?
As far as Mies van der Rohe and the state of Illinois are concerned, it will have to be, if only for budgetary reasons.
For sale by its current owner, Lord Palumbo, the glass-and-steel aerie completed by Mies in 1951 and known as Farnsworth House is one in a trinity of landmark 20th-century houses that also includes Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater and Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer's Gropius House. Farnsworth House is also the setting for one of the juiciest tales in real estate, a story of how great architecture and perfectionism can be hijacked by love -- and by the need (banality of banalities!) for closet space. Enshrined on 58 acres of prairie on the banks of the Fox River, it was built as a weekend retreat for Dr. Edith Farnsworth in Plano, Ill., about 60 miles southwest of Chicago. And it became the glass house that begat all glass houses. When Philip Johnson saw Mies's plans, it inspired him to build his Glass House in New Canaan, Conn., in 1949. Because of the house's inestimable value as a cultural destination, George Ryan, Illinois's former Republican governor, planned for the state to buy it for $7 million and run it as a museum. But the deal fell apart. The current Democratic leadership cites the purchase as being imprudent in light of the state's $5 billion budget deficit.
''Nothing really protects the house now from uncertainty -- it could even be taken down and moved,'' said Palumbo, a British patron of the arts, who bought the house from Farnsworth in 1968. A man who collected modern architecture the way others might collect Rembrandts, Palumbo also owns Kentuck Knob, a 1956 Frank Lloyd Wright house in Chalk Hill, Pa., and last year sold the Maisons Jaoul, two Le Corbusier buildings outside Paris.
After Palumbo learned of the state's decision to abandon Farnsworth House, which he considers ''a timeless work of art . . . the 20th-century equivalent of a Greek temple sitting in a meadow,'' he retained the art advisers Nancy McClelland and Lars Rachen to help him sell it either privately or by auction. ''Three years ago I was quite ill,'' Palumbo said by way of explaining. ''I felt I had to make a choice between here and Kentuck Knob. Pennsylvania has one overriding advantage. It is in striking distance of Johns Hopkins, in Baltimore, which has looked after me fantastically.''
Spring came late to Plano this year. When I visited, buds were still negotiating their holdings on trees, but despite cold rain and river winds there was absolute quiet. With views that would send a feng shui expert to nirvana, the house hovers about five feet above the ground. Inside, looking out, nature becomes everything, from pageant to decoration. It is the house's religion.
Farnsworth House is sparsely furnished, of course. At its center is a core faced in exquisite primavera wood that contains the kitchen and bathrooms. The space surrounding the core is encircled by glass. A Barcelona bed near a fireplace makes one area the living room; a table with chairs is the dining room; a bed and storage closet make the sleeping area.
''The house is like a lotus flower,'' Palumbo said. ''It floats on the water and never seems to get wet. A month in this house,'' the minimum amount of time his wife, Hayat, and he have tried to spend there each year, ''is incredibly therapeutic. You can sit in a thunderstorm here, with lightning crackling all around you, and you are sort of part of the storm and yet not.''
Lord Palumbo's father, Rudolph, having left school at age 12, eventually made his fortune in real-estate development. He collected 18th-century things, porcelains and furniture. His mother, Elsie, however, was a musician with a penchant for modern music. ''As a result,'' Palumbo recalled, ''the shock of the new never bothered me.''
He was first acquainted with the work of Mies, and his philosophy of less-is-more, while a student at Eton, and it was like a thunderclap. (Mies's oft-quoted expression, according to the architectural historian Franz Schulze's guide to Farnsworth House, was actually ''bienahe nichts,'' or ''almost nothing'' -- as in the best is almost nothing.)
After graduating from Oxford, and working for a time in the mid-60's in the drawings department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art -- ''a fabulous time,'' he recalled -- Palumbo returned to London and joined his father's business. One of his first efforts was to try to persuade Mies to design a building for the Palumbos to develop in London. Mies accepted, but after years of debate, plans to build a 290-foot office tower next to Mansion House, the official residence of London's lord mayor, were rejected. ''Another giant glass stump better suited to downtown Chicago than the City of London,'' Prince Charles famously opined of the building.
In the intervening years, Palumbo visited Mies in Chicago, where the architect moved from Berlin in 1938. Checking into the Drake Hotel a few hours before they were meant to have lunch, he opened a copy of the day's Chicago Tribune, and there, to his amazement, in the real-estate section, was an advertisement placed by Edith Farnsworth: house for sale.
It is understood that Mies and Farnsworth first met at a dinner party in the winter of 1945. Sparks sparked, as they say. He was 59 and in all his architect-as-emperor glory. She was 42, an intellectual and independent woman, who, as a nephrologist at Passavant Memorial Hospital in Chicago, was attaining national renown for her research work. She said she had a stretch of land about 60 miles outside Chicago where she wanted to build a weekend house, but not just any house. Might Mies recommend an architect?
Indeed, he might.
Palumbo excitedly dialed the number in Plano; the lady of the house answered. As she was leaving soon for Italy, Farnsworth invited him to lunch that day. Palumbo next rang Mies and explained the circumstances, asking to reschedule their meeting for later that day when he returned from Plano.
''Will she be there?'' Mies asked.
Palumbo answered yes.
''Well, good luck,'' the grand man said.
As the philosopher Groucho Marx duly noted, love flies out the door when money comes innuendo. The glass house in Plano meant one thing to Farnsworth and obviously another to Mies, who saw it as his intellectual property. When in love, you believe that the house will ''give a purpose to our plans and days,'' Marjorie Garber writes in ''Sex and Real Estate.'' ''The house as beloved.''
By the time construction was nearly completed, the architect and the doctor were suing each other. Mies claimed that he was owed $75,000 for the house; she said $65,000. Farnsworth eloquently defended herself in court, but lost: Palumbo says he heard that Mies had recorded their conversations.
''My Mies-conception,'' Farnsworth wrote in her unpublished memoirs.
But this battle was not simply about money -- sex never is. Always a purist, the architect had designed the house without screens; Farnsworth was devoured by mosquitoes. Eventually, she screened in the upper deck -- a screened-in porch! -- which to this day brings a shudder to Mies devotees. To protect herself from curiosity seekers who turned up regularly on her lawn -- ''I would prefer to move as the women do in the Old Quarter of Tripoli,'' she wrote, ''muffled in unbleached homespun so that only a hole is left for them to look out of'' -- Farnsworth installed unbecoming blinds and planted mumsy rosebushes. Then there was the all-important fashion issue.
''Edith had asked for a closet for her dresses,'' Palumbo said, ''and Mies told her: 'It's a weekend house. You only need one dress. Hang it on the hook on the back of the bathroom door.'''
Either Mies was ''simply colder and more cruel than anybody I have ever known,'' Farnsworth observed, or ''perhaps it was never a friend and a collaborator, so to speak, that he wanted but a dupe and a victim?''
Finally, the architect gave in and provided a closet, but to make his point, he did it in teak rather than the more rarefied primavera used everywhere else.
Their animosity begat plenty of publicity. In April 1953, House Beautiful ran an article about the ''Less Is More'' movement in architecture. Written by Elizabeth Gordon, with the unnamed help of Farnsworth, ''The Threat to the Next America'' was, in its flag-waving homage to domesticity, a nod to the McCarthy era. More recently, the stormy relationship of Mies and Farnsworth has inspired two plays written by Chicago-area playwrights, ''The Glass House,'' by June Finfer, and ''Jessie and the Fat Man,'' by Alanah Fitch.
Farnsworth went out of her way to mask any Miesian touches. When Palumbo took occupancy of the house, he did everything he could to restore the house to the architect's vision, including removing the porch and installing furniture almost exclusively of Mies design.
''I asked Mies how to decorate the house,'' Palumbo recalled, ''and he responded, 'Do whatever you like.' A typical Mies answer, but of course it was not that simple.''
Palumbo asked the landscape designer Lanning Roper to reimagine the grounds, to give them a more poetic, countryside feeling.
''It is really a perfect house for two,'' Palumbo said. ''Very intimate, yet very private. As for decorating, very few things work. You want nothing to compete with the views. 'What about pictures?' I asked Mies.''
The minimalist master answered slowly, ''There's always an easel, I suppose.''


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