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As always, one thing leads to another, so I did a lime centerpiece for the breakfast area table.
Monday, June 6, 2011
68th Table Top Tuesday
As always, one thing leads to another, so I did a lime centerpiece for the breakfast area table.
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Hi Marty, the lime accents are very pretty. I adore the lime rooster. He is definitely in charge. Thanks bunches for hosting. hugs♥OReplyDelete
LOVE it! I have to say that shade of green is my fav and it really pops against your neutral browns. That little hen is just to much! :) Cute Cute cute!ReplyDelete
Thanks as always for hosting!!
Love your lime green hen with your fruit filled cloche! Lime/apple green is my favorite color~ so energizing and happy!ReplyDelete
Your favorite cloche looks great in lemon and lime! Lime is a wonderful summery color. All it takes is a few changes to perk things up. Thanks for hosting, Marty!ReplyDelete
Marty, I love your lemon and lime colored vignettes. Thanks for hosting!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 6, 2011 at 3:28 PM
I love the addition of the lime pillows Marty!ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for hosting the party.
So fresh looking! I just love the colour combo.ReplyDelete
Hi Marty! Love your new limey vignette! Looks so summery!ReplyDelete
Thanks for hosting your fun party!
Be a sweetie,
Shelia ;)
Hi Marty, the addition of green is a good one! Love the limes, and the pillow adds some pop to the sofa. LindaReplyDelete
I love the lemon arrangement in the clotch! I'd love to make one like it for a luncheon! Great vignette. Thank you for hosting Marty, as soon as my daughter comes over, I will have your party meme on my blog...as I'm not computer savvy! Love. FABBYReplyDelete
I love the lime! We both have fruit on our minds this week :) Thank you for hosting us again, Marty! Have a great week, AndreaReplyDelete
Hi Marty! The lime pillows look wonderful with your brown ones and I love your new vignette. You know I like the color lime since I painted my office that color.ReplyDelete
Love the green and yellow color combination. Having the lime green on the sofa and on your pretty table really ties the two spaces together.ReplyDelete
Your favorite cloche is mine, too, Marty! I love your spunky green rooster.ReplyDelete
I really, really like your lime green table setting! Everything looks so lovely in all of your pictures.ReplyDelete
Love the lime and yellow accents ~ so fresh and pretty!ReplyDelete
Thanks for hosting!!
Susan and Bentley
I love that color of green! It looks so fresh.ReplyDelete
I love lime green and yellow together Marty, your table looks so pretty and summery!! Great job as always, MartinaReplyDelete
Loving those fresh fun colors Marty, in fact those are my favorite summer time colors. Thanks for hosting.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 6, 2011 at 5:15 PM
I love lime green, it's kinda like golden yellow,just so cheery and brightens up a room.ReplyDelete
Your colors have made me smile!
Hi Marty,ReplyDelete
I have a surprise for you over at my blog, so come read about it!
blessings hon,
what wonderful pictures- they are well taken and your design is lovely!ReplyDelete
love the plucky chick and the cloche with the citrus fruits next to it- should be in a magazine...
Love the lime "pops" of color! So summer-y!ReplyDelete
Those touches of lime do give it a summery look!ReplyDelete
- The Tablescaper
Lime is a great color for summer..makes me think of cherry limeades and lime sherbet. :))ReplyDelete
Very pretty.
Love the pop of lime green color, Marty. The hen is so cute!..ChristineReplyDelete
Who'd have thought? That lime green hen is just adorable. I always like lemons and limes, so perky!ReplyDelete
I do love a touch of lime green it is so fresh especially mixed with some white!! Happy summer, KathysueReplyDelete
Lovely lime centerpiece!!! very summery ...love the pictures of your sun bathed rooms!!!!ReplyDelete
Your lime accents sure say summer to me. So cool and refreshing looking.ReplyDelete
The pop of the lime is a wonderful addition. Just those small touches really cahnge the feel in the room. Nicely done Marty! thank you for hosting and have a wonderful day!ReplyDelete
Hi Marty... Love your cloche very much...so refreshing colours infect the whole table looks very beautiful... its simply elegant...ReplyDelete
First time I linked up with your linky for my first ever tablscape, hope you would like to pay a visit to me and give me suggestion for improvement...
Those lime pillows are perfect for summer and what a good idea to create the lime coloured vignette on your table! That rooster is adorable!ReplyDelete
Thanks, as always, for hosting TTT!
Loving the lime green and yellow!!
very bright and pretty!!
Wonderful! Absolutely wonderful!ReplyDelete
You have created a wonderful centerpiece. The lime green is perfect for this time of year and your cloche is beautiful! Thank you for hosting.
Marty, I LOVE your lime rooster! When you get tired of it you can send it my way...lol. As always, everything is beautifully displayed.ReplyDelete
Have a wonderful day,
Marty, Your displays are always the best! This is so fresh and bright...just lovely! Thanks for hosting! ChristieReplyDelete
Oh I love the lime & yellow together. Such a perfect burst of summer!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous as always! I love your "Give us bread" painting...that has always been my favourite!!!ReplyDelete
Margaret B
Good morning Marty! Loved all your lime accents. The snooty chick is looking adorable with your favorite cloche decked up in greens and yellows. Nice summery touches! Loved your rattan table runner. Thanks for this fun party every week!~PoppyReplyDelete
Love your green chicken! How hard was it to get those pretty limes in lemons in the cloche? looks gorgeous and so fresh!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 7, 2011 at 6:11 AM
I love your lime accents. Your beautiful cloche looks fabulous with the combination of yellow and green.ReplyDelete
i love the addition of the limes and greend-definitely more summer and spring ish. that's the vibe i went for in my sunroom and living room, adding more crisp whites and pops of color to lighten things up.ReplyDelete
Hi Marty! I am so excited to be linking up one of my sister's posts to your party this week! We don't always have tabletop things to share but when we do, we are definitely partying here with you. :-)ReplyDelete
Thanks for hosting,
Loved these lime green and yellow together!...so fresh, so summery!ReplyDelete
Thanks for hosting :)
Have a great week!
What a gorgeous cloche!!! You must share where you got it from :DReplyDelete
These look lovely. I am hosting a photobook giveaway on my blog. Would love for you to stop by. Have a great week. AnuReplyDelete
Pretty pillows and vignette Marty! It all really does look bright and cheery! Love it!ReplyDelete
Hi Marty,ReplyDelete
I love the lime green pillows and your lime and lemon centerpiece! It's so cheerful and summery and adds just the right touch. Super cute lime green hen too! LOVE her!
Such fun colors- love the green! Thanks for hosting :)ReplyDelete
Just a simple touch of color and ~tada~ spring is here! I love it!ReplyDelete


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Senate Refuses to Reconsider Points for Speeding
PIERRE - The South Dakota Senate has refused to reconsider a measure that would have given South Dakota the option to suspend the licenses of drivers who repeatedly speed.
The Senate Transportation Committee killed the bill last Wednesday, but Republican Sen. Craig Tieszen on Monday tried to force the bill to the full Senate floor. Tieszen's motion received 11 of the 12 needed votes.
Motorists can lose their licenses if they accumulate too many points for moving violations, including drunken driving, reckless driving and running a stop sign. But no points are assessed for speeding.
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On Tuesday, "The Tonight Show" received the bust — made of white chocolate with bacon for hair — and O'Brien did a segment with it Wednesday.This would be so awesome to see. I've seen the butter sculptures at the MN state fair, and I've seen them being carved, it's really very cool. I couldn't easily find a photo, but I found this.
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The Cider House RulesBook - 1993 | First Ballantine Books edition.
--The Boston Sunday Globe
"The Cider House Rules is filled with people to love and to feel for. . . . The characters in John Irving's novel break all the rules, and yet they remain noble and free-spirited. Victims of tragedy, violence, and injustice, their lives seem more interesting and full of thought-provoking dilemmas than the lives of many real people."
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"John Irving's sixth and best novel . . . He is among the very best storytellers at work today. At the base of Irving's own moral concerns is a rare and lasting regard for human kindness."
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"Entertaining and affecting . . . John Irving is the most relentlessly inventive writer around. He proliferates colorful incidents and crotchets of character. . . . A truly astounding amount of artistry and ingenuity."
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A fantastic read. This is my second favourite Irving novel, after my personal fave, 'The World According to Garp.' Can't wait to check out the movie!
This is my favorite of John Irving's novels. I've read it once a decade for 3 decades now and find that it speaks to me in different ways at each stage of my life. As in many of Irving's works, there are some graphic scenes that were hard for me to get through as a young person, but there are also so many wonderful flawed characters and a plot that spans decades and gives you plenty of time to love all of them. .
I love to submerge and lose myself in Irving's inventive books, and this one is no exception. I admire his expansive sense of the characters' world – fleshed out characters with empathetic back-stories who populate a tangible world with their loves and angsts and frustrations. He presents both sides of the emotional theme of abortion with knowledgeable research and compassion. In another theme, that of deception and lying, I found myself grappling in earnest with the eternal question, "when is it okay, when is it not?" Along the way I was spiraled into the twists and contortions of Irving's intricate plot and emerged fully satiated.
Excellent book with great character development! Those on both sides of the abortion issue will have much to ponder after reading this book. What is good? What is evil? How are Homer's thoughts conflicting with being "of use"? I will be thinking about this novel for a long time.
First off, before taking up this book, any reader unfamiliar with it must first determine if he or she has particularly strong views about abortion -- as many do. If so, that may present a problem. That is not to say that Irving's book is in any way a polemic; indeed, the moral aspects of the topic are treated in a pretty even-handed way and the grim reality of the procedure itself, as well as the circumstances leading up to it are certainly not sugar coated. The argument is set within the context of a greater question: How do we as a society address the inescapable and tragic fact that so many babies are unwanted, uncared-for, neglected, condemned from birth to lives of hardship and abuse, either by their own unwilling, unprepared biological parents or by a society and a disfunctional support system that appears to care much more for the welfare of the unborn than for that of the born.
Beyond that issue, this is a well rounded story, by which I mean that all the pieces, all the separate life journeys of the several main characters are made to intersect at various stages in satisfying ways. They are not "ships that pass in the night"; rather, they impact upon each other for good or ill, often modifying one another's vector in some way.
It is first and foremost the story of an orphan, Homer Wells. That's important, because the multitude of issues that constitute the reality of BEING an orphan -- issues that are unlikely to be understood by anyone who is NOT an orphan -- have a great deal to do with Homer's character and the choices he makes in life.
Secondly, Homer's story is in essence a morality play: His mentor, Dr. Larch has instilled in Homer the necessity of being "of use" -- in other words being an agent for good. The big challenge of course is, how does one determine what is for the good and what is not.
Finally, and best of all, what mkes this a great book is that it's a story about love, in all its many forms. Love of course often leads to heartbreak and many other problems -- not least of them sometimes being orphans, or fetuses that don't become orphans. But it is love that drives Dr. Larch to perform "the Lord's work", love that binds Homer, Wally and Candy together inescapably in their odd relationship, love that impels Melony on her long search to find Homer, brings her back to Lorna who loves her and in the end brings her back to St. Cloud's.
This book is a page-turner. I would recommend it to anyone. Irving is an amazing writer.
Years ago, I discovered A Prayer for Owen Meany and loved it. I've read other books by Irving since, always happily but never with the same degree of passion. This novel carried the same passion. Discussing abortion is not easy, but Irving masters the topic: discrete, passionate, convincing, respectful, he does a tremendous job of bringing his point across without dismissing the seriousness of the decision and its implications.
The storyline itself is delightful, full of ambiguities and deep emotion, tact and subtlety. It carries, of course, Irving's trademark humour and stamp of tall tales. It's compelling and intrinsically novelistic: there's just no putting the book down. A book that will stay with me for a long time.
I almost always finish reading a book, no matter what make prevent me from doing so. This one, however, was an exception. I just couldn't finish it. Believe me, I'm no stranger to reading all kinds of depressing stories - but this one was BEYOND depressing. It is one of those very rare occasions when I liked the movie better that the book.
Well written book
I love John Irving's novels. This one asks the question: How do we know who's family? It's not always a simple matter of biology. Homer was raised in an orphanage, where he is loved by Dr. Larch as a son and by all the other children as a brother. Homer learns everything he needs to know about the medicine needed to treat women's problems... and about family. But he feels a pull away from his roots. He leaves with a couple who have sought help from Dr. Larch to end a pregnancy and finds himself on an apple farm. Life teaches him lessons there he never learned from Dr. Larch. What path will he choose for the rest of his life? And with whom? The Cider House imparts rules for family relationships of every type. A moving story of love in all its guises.
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Yesterday we learned that Spain is getting a Ferrari-themed resort and amusement park called Ferrari Land. That means Ferrari will have not one but TWO amusement parks. They're probably great, but why should Ferrari have all the fun?
That's our question of the day: What automaker-themed amusement park needs to exist?
Here's my suggestion: Lancia Land. Lancia Land is mostly on unpaved roads and it's closed for repairs all the time, but everyone loves it for its quirky character. Then a few years later all the rides get replaced with ones built by Chrysler for some reason. Suddenly, no one cares about Lancia Land anymore.
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Q: HOW DO I... determine a file's size by using only ANSI functions?
A: Determining the size of a file is a function that is specific to each computer environment and, as such, wasn't addressed directly in the ANSI C standard. It is, however, possible to write such a function using only the tools ANSI has provided. C Snippet #1 shows how.
/* ** FLENGTH.C - a simple function using all ANSI-standard functions ** to determine the size of a file. ** ** Public domain by Bob Jarvis. */ #include <stdio.h> #include <io.h> long flength(char *fname) { FILE *fptr; long length = 0L; fptr = fopen(fname, "rb"); if(fptr != NULL) { fseek(fptr, 0L, SEEK_END); length = ftell(fptr); fclose(fptr); } return length; } #ifdef TEST void main(int argc, char *argv[]) { printf("Length of %s = %ld\n", argv[0], flength(argv[0])); } #endif /* TEST */
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ANGURIA - Watermelon Italian Leather Key Chain
|2 1/4" x 1" x 3/4"
Gianni's leather miniature accessories are hand-crafted in Italy using premium vegetable-tanned Vacchetta leather and innovative applications of ancient stitching techniques. His unique designs are sure to bring a smile to gift recipients of all ages. The leather says "Eternally Classy", the inventive designs say "Unique", and the Italian origin says "Only the Best"!
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After the Strawberry, we couldn't resist the next treat that maestro Gianni had to offer.
The extremely detailed design -- it even has seeds!!! -- and the colors of the Italian flag made this watermelon absolutely irresistible.
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... that in Italy in the summer time, when the weather is really hot and humid, people gather in their town squares to enjoy watermelons? It's true! There is the "Anguriaro", the watermelon equivalent of the ice cream guy, who would set up some tables and chairs in the open for people to sit down and enjoy the nice warm evening with a fresh, chilled slice of watermelon.
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Just like the one I got in Italy.
Looks like a real piece of watermelon - adorable- By Lisa, Southbury CT
We were in Italy a couple years ago and bought a few of these leather key chains. We loved them so much and regretted not buying more while we were there. I found these online. They are the same beautiful quality and manufacturer of the ones we bought in Italy. I ordered several for my family. They are all so pretty, but the watermelon was my personal favorite.


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Origin of social
Examples from the Web for unsocial
He used to describe himself as a "person of gloomy insignificance and unsocial monomania."Tennyson and His Friends|Various
And well mayest thou rejoice—'tis very plain,That near wert thou to Death's unsocial lands.The Book of Humorous Verse|Various
He was a reserved, unsocial man, making the forest his only haunt, and his rifle his only companion.
St. John had a book in his hand—it was his unsocial custom to read at meals—he closed it, and looked up.Jane Eyre|Charlotte Bronte
It was at the end of this day's yachting that Peter was having his "unsocial walk."The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him|Paul Leicester Ford
British Dictionary definitions for unsocial (1 of 2)
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Word Origin and History for unsocial (1 of 2)
late 15c., "devoted to or relating to home life;" 1560s as "living with others," from Middle French social (14c.) and directly from Latin socialis "of companionship, of allies; united, living with others; of marriage, conjugal," from socius "companion, ally," probably originally "follower," from PIE *sokw-yo-, suffixed form of root *sekw- (1) "to follow," and thus related to sequi "to follow" (see sequel). Cf. Old English secg, Old Norse seggr "companion," which seem to have been formed on the same notion). Related: Socially.
Sense of "characterized by friendliness or geniality" is from 1660s. Meaning "living or liking to live with others; companionable, disposed to friendly intercourse" is from 1720s. Meaning "of or pertaining to society as a natural condition of human life" first attested 1695, in Locke. Sense of "pertaining to fashionable society" is from 1873.
Social climber is from 1893; social work is 1890; social worker 1904. Social drink(ing) first attested 1976. Social studies as an inclusive term for history, geography, economics, etc., is attested from 1916. Social security "system of state support for needy citizens" is attested from 1908. Social butterfly is from 1867, in figurative reference to "flitting."
Social contract (1849) ultimately is from Rousseau. Social Darwinism attested from 1887. Social engineering attested from 1899. Social science is from 1811. In late 19c. newspapers, social evil is "prostitution." Social justice is attested by 1718; social network by 1971; social networking by 1984.
Word Origin and History for unsocial (1 of 2)
"friendly gathering," 1870, from social (adj.). In late 17c. it meant "a companion, associate."


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ASP.NET has a stock of built-in controls that covers all major needs of a Web developer. I'm far from saying that you don't need to look elsewhere; let alone am I saying that third-party vendors have had their day. However, the basic programming needs of every developer can be satisfied by stock ASP.NET controls. Then, if you can't still find the control you are looking for, then you typically write one yourself or buy a new specialized control that extends the original control and adds the desired behavior. Object orientation encourages this approach.
So if you need a numeric textbox, you write it one that emits some markup and script. And if you one day feel the need of an auto-completion textbox, you write yet another control. But what if, at some point, you need a control with both auto-completion and numeric input? Should you write a third class that incorporates both "behaviors"?
ASP.NET extenders just serve the purpose of defining a new breed of controls that do not provide any markup, but just inject some script code within existing ASP.NET controls.
ASP.NET extenders are server controls that implement a cross-cutting behavior that can be applied to one or more control types to extend their base capabilities. Extenders decouple controls from behaviors and make possible to extend existing controls with new behaviors.
A good deal of extenders is implemented in the AJAX Control Toolkit -- a shared-source library of Web controls specifically designed for ASP.NET. It is not included in the ASP.NET 3.5 platform and should be downloaded separately.
As an example, consider a really useful extender -- the Calendar extender. In spite of the name, the extender offers date-picking capabilities and can be used to extend a text box control.
By using the calendar extender, you make it virtually impossible for users to type anything other than a date in the target text box. ASP.NET comes with a server Calendar control, but no date picker facilities. Compared to the Calendar control, a calendar extender is really different, as it builds its user interface entirely on the client, works entirely on the client, and generates no postbacks at all as the user navigates to find month and day.
<asp:TextBox runat="server" ID="TextBox1" /> <act:CalendarExtender ID="CalendarExtender1" runat="server" TargetControlID=" TextBox1" Format="dd/MM/yyyy" />
The preceding code snippet is sufficient to display a popup calendar as the associated text box receives the focus. As an alternative, you can display the popup when the user clicks a page button. The ID of the button is set through the PopupButtonID property. The Format property indicates the format of the date as it will be written to the text box when the user dismisses the calendar popup.
In the AJAX Control Toolkit, many extenders have dependencies on other extenders which would make it difficult to extract just one extender to incorporate it into a custom library. Likewise, an extender can be used also on non-ASP.NET AJAX platforms as long as you can extract out of the toolkit just the pieces that make it work.


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July 28
Quotes of the day from previous years:
- 2004
- Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down. ~ Oprah Winfrey
- selected by Kalki
- 2005
- Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve. ~ Karl Popper (born 28 July 1902) in Objective Knowledge: An Evolutionary Approach (1972)
- proposed by MosheZadka
- 2006
- We are social creatures to the inmost centre of our being. The notion that one can begin anything at all from scratch, free from the past, or unindebted to others, could not conceivably be more wrong. ~ Karl Popper
- proposed by Kalki
- 2007
- We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than only freedom can make security more secure. ~ Karl Popper
- proposed by Kalki
- 2008
- If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, "Tell the Truth." If I got three more words, I'd add, "All the time." ~ Randy Pausch
- proposed by Kalki
- 2009
- We do not choose political freedom because it promises us this or that. We choose it because it makes possible the only dignified form of human coexistence, the only form in which we can be fully responsible for ourselves. Whether we realize its possibilities depends on all kinds of things — and above all on ourselves. ~ Karl Popper
- proposed by Kalki
- 2010
- Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite. ~ Karl Popper
- proposed by Kalki
- 2011
The World is charged with the grandeur of God.
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
And wears man's smudge and shares man's smell: the soil
Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.
And for all this, nature is never spent;
There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;
And though the last lights off the black West went
Oh morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs —
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
World broods with the warm breast and with ah! bright wings.
~ Gerard Manley Hopkins ~
- partly proposed by InvisibleSun, extensive expansion proposed by Kalki
- 2012
|Always remember that it is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood: there will always be some who misunderstand you.
|~ Karl Popper ~
- proposed by Kalki
- 2013
|One man can make a difference and every man should try.
|~ Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis ~
- proposed by Kalki
- 2014
|A rationalist is simply someone for whom it is more important to learn than to be proved right; someone who is willing to learn from others — not by simply taking over another's opinions, but by gladly allowing others to criticize his ideas and by gladly criticizing the ideas of others. The emphasis here is on the idea of criticism or, to be more precise, critical discussion. The genuine rationalist does not think that he or anyone else is in possession of the truth; nor does he think that mere criticism as such helps us achieve new ideas. But he does think that, in the sphere of ideas, only critical discussion can help us sort the wheat from the chaff. He is well aware that acceptance or rejection of an idea is never a purely rational matter; but he thinks that only critical discussion can give us the maturity to see an idea from more and more sides and to make a correct judgement of it.
|~ Karl Popper ~
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- 2015
|I want to say this one thing, it's been almost an obsession with me, all I keep thinking of is this line from a musical comedy... and the song he loved most came at the very end of this record, the last side of Camelot, sad Camelot... "Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment that was known as Camelot."
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|The deep desire to inspire people, to take an active part in the life of the country … attracts our best people to political life … We should all do something to right the wrongs that we see and not just complain about them. We owe that to our country.
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- proposed by Kalki
- 2017
|O the mind, mind has mountains; cliffs of fall
Frightful, sheer, no-man-fathomed. Hold them cheap
May who ne'er hung there. Nor does long our small
Durance deal with that steep or deep. Here! creep,
Wretch, under a comfort serves in a whirlwind: all
Life death does end and each day dies with sleep.
|~ Gerard Manley Hopkins ~
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- 2018
|Before we as individuals are even conscious of our existence we have been profoundly influenced for a considerable time (since before birth) by our relationship to other individuals who have complicated histories, and are members of a society which has an infinitely more complicated and longer history than they do (and are members of it at a particular time and place in that history); and by the time we are able to make conscious choices we are already making use of categories in a language which has reached a particular degree of development through the lives of countless generations of human beings before us. . . . We are social creatures to the inmost centre of our being. The notion that one can begin anything at all from scratch, free from the past, or unindebted to others, could not conceivably be more wrong.
|~ Karl Popper ~
- proposed by Kalki
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Mine, O thou lord of life, send my roots rain. ~ Gerard Manley Hopkins (born July 28, 1844)
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- 1 Kalki 12:26, 27 July 2007 (UTC) This just doesn't strike me as a strong statement of much.
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When imperialism feels weak, it resorts to brute force. ~ Hugo Chávez
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And the Devil came here yesterday. Yesterday the Devil came here. Right here. And it smells of sulphur still today. ~ Hugo Chávez
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2013 tesla model-s Model Overview
The 2013 Tesla Model S, our 2013 Motor Trend Car of the Year, takes the electrified route less traveled to vehicle propulsion. Motivation for the Model S comes from an electric motor powered by juice from a lithium-ion battery pack, routed through a single speed transmission. Two electric motors with different power levels are available as well as two battery sizes with different ranges. The base electric motor produces 362 hp at 6000 rpm and 325 lb-ft of torque at 0 rpm, while the more powerful motor produces 416 hp at 5000 rpm and 443 lb-ft at 0 rpm. The 65 kW-hr battery earns an EPA rated 94/97 mpge city/highway and an estimated range of 208 miles, while the 85 kW-hr battery is rated 88/90 mpge and with an estimated range of 265 miles.
In our first Models S range verification, a Model S with the 85 kW-hr battery traveled 234 miles on a single charge with an indicated 4 miles of range remaining before we had to power it up again. Our route traveled from Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, south to San Diego and then north toward Motor Trend headquarters in El Segundo. Then we took the Model S to and from Las Vegas for our second extended-range run, also with the 85 kW-hr battery pack. The Model S traveled 212 miles from Fontana to Las Vegas (with 74 miles remaining) on "60.6 kilowatt-hours of energy — the equivalent of 1.8 gallons of gas — for an average of 118 mpg-e." On the return trip, our tester traveled from Las Vegas to Motor Trend headquarters in El Segundo — exactly 285 miles — with just "3 miles unused and consumed 78.0 kWhrs or the equivalent of 2.31 gallons of gas. That's an mpg-e of 123.4."
The Models S also impressed at the track with the 325-hp model accelerating to 60 mph in 5.0 seconds and the 416-hp model making the sprint in 4.0 seconds. In the handling department, the Model S is on par with the best midsize sedans from Audi (S6), BMW (5 Series), and Mercedes-Benz (E-Class).
Although there were technically a few 2012 models, the 2013 Tesla Model S is all-new for 2013 and for now is the EV maker's only vehicle in production. Most of the Model S system controls are operated through the giant center mounted touch screen including vehicle parameters, navigation, air conditioning, ride height, and internet access.
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Jenny Beth Willis Sings Trisha Yearwood's 'Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love' on 'American Idol'
17-year-old country singer Jenny Beth Willis sang the Trisha Yearwood song 'Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love' on 'American Idol' Wednesday night (Feb. 20), delivering a somewhat spotty performance that didn't really do her voice justice.
The song wasn't a great choice for the Kentucky-born singer, who performs at church and at bluegrass festivals in her home state. She sang it in an unflattering key that made the lower parts in the verses too low for her, forcing her to strain too hard and resulting in her voice sounding weak in the verses. The choruses were better, showing off her range, but the climactic high note at the end of the song seemed forced, instead of flowing naturally from the rest of the performance.
Keith Urban expressed mixed feelings about the performance, but added, "I love this effortless confidence that you perform with."
Nicki Minaj took issue with Willis' stage presence, saying, "I think you could have had so much more fun," while Randy Jackson said her performance never really got in sync with the band. "The end note was great," he said. "I wish the rest of it was that good."
Willis was among the singers who were cut during the sudden death elimination.
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visit360.net, the guide to wonders of the world in 360°
Borobudur in 360°
- 1. History
- 2. Architecture
- 3. In Buddhist cosmology
- 4. What to see
- 5. When to see
- 6. Location
- 7. How to get there
- 8. Where to stay
World-heritage site Borobudur is a must for every tourist visiting Java. It is a uniquely-built ultra large Mandala-shaped temple, now carefully restored in perfect condition. Borobudur is an ensemble of Buddhist art with 2672 relief panels and hundreds of Buddha statues.
1. History
It is believed that Borobudur was founded around 800 AD, at the peak of the Sailendra dynasty in central Java. The temple was however finished only 75 years later, during the the reign of Samaratungga in 825. Golden age of Borobudur was short-lived, it was definitely abandoned by the 14th century as Buddhist and Hindu kingdoms in Java declined and Java converted to Islam.
The ruined temple was rediscovered by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, father of Singapore in 1814 following the advise of local people who didn't completely forget about it. Borobudur has since been preserved through several restorations and it has been listed as a World Heritage Site.
During the restoration in the early 20th century, it was discovered that three Buddhist temples in the region, Borobudur, Pawon and Mendut, are lined in one straight line position.
2. Architecture
Unlike other temples erected on a flat surface, Borobudur is based on on a bedrock hill, 265 m above sea level and 15 m above the floor of the dried-out paleolake. According to a theory, this plain was once a lake and Borobudur initially represented a lotus flower floating on the lake. The monument has a foundation measuring approximately 118 meters on each side. It comprises six square platforms topped by three circular platforms featuring one central large stupa surrounded by 72 smaller ones. The total height of the builing is 42 meters. Not much is known about the architect, Gunadharma, whose name is only recounted from Javanese folk tales.
3. In Buddhist cosmology
From a Buddhist point of view, Borobudur is just a single large stupa and when viewed from above, it looks like a giant mandala. It can vertically be divided into three components: base, body (five square platforms), and top (circular platforms and the topmost stupa). These three divisions symbolize the stages of mental preparation towards the ultimate goal according to the Buddhist cosmology, namely Kamadhatu (the world of desires), Rupadhatu (the world of forms), and finally Arupadhatu (the formless world).
4. What to see
Borobudur is an ultra-large ensemble of Buddhist art with 2672 relief panels out of which 1460 are narrative reliefs and 1212 are decorative reliefs. The total relief surface is 2,500 square metres (27,000 sq ft) covering the facades and balustrades. In order to understand the reliefs, we have to enter through the east gate as the monks did and follow the circlular galleries always turning to left. Reliefs illustrate six religious doctrines, namely: law of karma (Karmavibhangga), birth of Buddha (Lalitavistara), legend of Prince Siddhartha (Jatakas), other legendary persons (Avadanas), Sudhana's search for the Ultimate Truth (Gandavyuha), and Bhadrachari.
There used to be 432 Buddha statues in open niches out of which 368 survived. Furthermore, each of the 72 stupas on the top of the building also contained a Buddha statue.
4.1. Hidden base
The hidden base of Borobudur was originally the first level, but it was converted into a base to prevent the building from collapsing after a landfall. 160 non-continuous panels were excavated here that depict illustrations of Karmavibhangga (Law of Karma). These panels show causes and effects in the world of desires, blameworthy activities with their corresponding punishments. As a contrast, pleasures of heaven are also illustrated. Scenes of daily life and the endless cycle of birth and death complete the story.
4.2. Birth of Buddha: Descent of the Bodhisattva
Birth of Buddha (Lalitavistara) is depicted on the upper panels of the first gallery. The Buddha-to-be resided in Tushita Heaven as a Bodhisattva. He was glorified by thousands of Devas, enjoying music and scent of flower blossoms. Their voices sang out in union "Now is the time come; let it not pass unused." He decided to be reborn last time on Earth.
4.3. Birth of Buddha: Austerity of Queen Maya
It happened in the kingdom of Kapilavastu, that Queen Maya asked permission from his husband, King Suddhodana to allow her to follow an austere life with self-denial. This meant also to abstain from having intimate relations with the king, to which the king agreed. Queen Maya was selected to give birth to Buddha. Thus, Deva-daughters descended to Earth to visit her.
4.4. Birth of Buddha: Maya's dream
As the time of the Bodhisattva's descent had arrived, a lot of bodhisattvas gathered including bodhisattvas from the countries of the ten winds to venerate the Buddha.
On the night Siddhartha was conceived, Queen Maya dreamt that the Boddhisatva descended to Earth in the shape of a white elephant with six white tusks. He entered her right side, and ten months later Siddhartha was born.
A jeweled pavilion (Ratnavyuha) sprang up to house the Bodhisattva where he was seated with crossed legs. Devas came to visit his earthly abode.
4.5. Birth of Buddha: Interpretation of the dream
The queen left for an Asoka wood and called for the king to meet her, but he was unable to enter the wood. Devas came and told him that his lack of power was due to the presence of the Bodhisattva in Queen Maya's womb. As he understood this, he was finally able to meet the queen.
The king commanded brahmans to be summoned, to interpret the dream. The miraculous conception of prince Siddhartha was interpreted that he would either become a powerful king or if he choses a hermit life, he will become Buddha (and Enlightened One).
Devas and the Great kings of the cardinal directions offered to build palaces for the Queen and the Bodhisattva during her pregnancy. Through the power of meditation, the Bodhisattva made the queen appear simultaneously in all the palaces. Anyone suffering from various diseases was instantly cured when seeing the queen in one of the palaces.
4.6. Birth of Buddha: Departure to Lumbini Park
The king and queen distributed gifts among the poor. A total of thirty-two omens took place during the tenth and final month of the Maya's pregnancy. White elephants bowed before them, tame lions gathered before the palace, and Devas arrived to visit the queen.
When the time for birth grew near, Queen Maya wished to travel from the capital to her childhood home, Devadaha. The king ordered to make ready a troop of horses, elephants, carriages and attendants. The relief depicts the queen sitting alone in the carriage. Finally she gave birth to his son in Lumbini Park, on the way to Devadaha.
4.7. Other reliefs
As we climb the stairs and walk along the corridors of the upper levels, we can marvel at scenes from the legend of Prince Siddhartha (Jatakas), other legendary persons (Avadanas), Sudhana's search for the Ultimate Truth (Gandavyuha), and Bhadrachari. The story of Sudhana represents the spiritual quest of the pilgrim, who embarks on a path that simultaneously symbolizes death and spiritual rebirth. The final Bhadrachari panels, 72 in number, encourage the practitioner to follow the Ten Great Vows of the Bodhisattva Samantabhadra.
4.8. Stupas
The top three circular levels contain a large central stupa surrounded by 72 smaller ones. If weather is fine, visitors can enjoy a splendid panoramic view of the entire area with Mount Merapi.
5. When to see
Borobudur temple is open daily 6am-5pm.
6. Location
7. How to get there
If travelling on a package tour to Java, it will definitely contain Borubudur since it is a must for all travellers.
If staying on the island of Bali, you can consider to take a one-day Yogyakarta guided trip. These trips usually include the famous Borobudur and Prambanan temples along with the sights of Yogyakarta. You'll arrive at the airport of Denpasar very early in the morning, fly to Yogyakarta with a local Indonesia flight (Lion Air / Garuda), enjoy the above mentioned monuments and finally get back to your hotel in Bali in the evening. It is important to know that you have to purchase the airplane tickets in advance, but it might be difficult, since Indonesian air flights only accept VISA cards issued in a few countries. Lion Air simply doesn't accept any European or US card, Garuda only accepts cards issued in Western Europe. If you are lucky, you can purchase your tickets in cash a few days before your excursion in a nearby country like Singapore.
It is not recommended to drive on your own in Indonesia due to the general negligance of driving rules. Singposts are written with Latin alphabet, but it might be difficult to find remote places on your own. The best solution is to rent a car with a driver for an entire day.
8. Where to stay
There are hotels in nearby Yogyakarta for every budget: from backpackers to luxuary 5* hotels.


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Yesterday, I was reminded of some more of these.
In mid-90s Calcutta, there existed a revivalist organisation called Amra Bangali. When I say 'existed', I mean it in a purely circumstantial sense because there was no physical manifestation of this group - except posters and grafitti. They DID nothing to revive Bengali pride except write slogans on walls, exhorting fellow Bongs to do the needful.
Their most common slogan was - "Bangali, Jago!" and this was found across the city in all the wall-space that was not taken up by CPI(M) and Congress. However, laid-back Bengalis took this metaphysical awakening in a literal sense (or pretended to!) and very soon, a repartee was seen scrawled under the original message.
Under "Bangali, Jago", it was written - "Jegechhi, ebar cha dao." ("I am awake. Now get me some tea.")
In a story recounted by Satyajit Ray, he mentions actor Kamu Mukherjee. Kamu was a regular in Ray's cast & crew and a great wit.
In one of the scripting sessions at Ray's Calcutta residence, his wife (Bijoya Ray) served tea and biscuits. The biscuits were a little soggy. Kamu took a bite and asked innocently, "Boudi, biscuitey ki silencer lagiyechho?"
But why was I reminded of them yesterday?
I was alone at home, with my son. We were about to leave and I was getting ready. My son was sitting on the bed and picked up one of my books.
I said, "Why are you holding my book? This is my book. You can't hold it."
My son obediently put it down.
When we left the lift, I instictively held his hand.
He looked at me with a smile and said, "Baba, why you holding my hand? This is my hand. You can't hold it."
You can take a boy out of Calcutta.


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"So often an exhibit or a show...celebrates what we know—and you expect that—but how about the stuff we don't know?" asks Neil deGrasse Tyson in this sneak-peak video about the new Space Show, Dark Universe. "That excites me," he adds.
Dark Universe opens Saturday, November 2.
Watch the video, which features Tyson, Curator Mordecai-Mark Mac Low, and Director of Astrovisualization Carter Emmart—plus some rather spine-tingling images of the seen and unseen in deep space.
To recap: Dark Universe starts 100 million light years away from Earth. After flying to our own Milky Way Galaxy, visualized using the latest scientific data, and to our own planet, viewers arrive at California's Mount Wilson Observatory, where Edwin Hubble's discovery that the universe is expanding gave the first hint of the Big Bang. That initial discovery, and ever more sensitive instruments on the ground and in space, led to other breakthroughs that give astronomers an increasingly detailed and precise picture of how our universe formed and evolved.
But these revelations have also uncovered intriguing new mysteries. What is the mysterious dark energy accelerating cosmic expansion? What is the invisible dark matter underlying galaxies that, together with dark energy, account for at least 95 percent of the universe's total energy and mass? What lies beyond our cosmic horizon?
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Tishah B'Av
Tishah B'Av, observed on the 9th (tishah) of the Hebrew month of Av, is a day of mourning the destruction of both ancient Temples in Jerusalem. In contrast to traditional streams of Judaism, liberal Judaism never has assigned a central religious role to the ancient Temple. Therefore, mourning the destruction of the Temple may not be particularly meaningful to liberal Jews. In modern times, Jews understand Tishah B'Av as a day to remember many tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people throughout history.
Traditionally, Tishah B'Av is the darkest of all days, a time set aside for fasting and mourning the destruction of both ancient Temples in Jerusalem. As on Yom Kippur, the fast extends from sundown until the following sundown. In the synagogue, the Book of Lamentations is chanted, as are kinot, which are dirges written during the Middle Ages. Sitting on low stools, a custom associated with mourning the dead, Jews read sections of the books of Jeremiah and Job, as well as passages from the Bible and the Talmud that deal with the Temples' destruction in 586 B.C.E. and 70 C.E.
Many traditional Jews begin a period of semi-mourning three weeks before Tishah B'Av on the 17th of the Hebrew month of Tamuz. It was supposedly on this day in 586 B.C.E. that the Babylonians first made an incursion into the Temple in Jerusalem. Beginning on this date, traditional Jews refrain from holding weddings, festive celebrations, or cutting their hair. The mourning intensifies on the first of Av with no meat or wine consumed, no new clothing purchased, and no shaving allowed. On the evening before Tishah B'Av, a 24-hour fast begins, and in synagogue services, the Book of Lamentations is chanted. When Tishah B'Av falls on Shabbat, its observance begins after Shabbat ends and extends into the next day.
For most liberal Jews, Tishah B'Av has faded in importance as a ritual observance, as the rebuilding of a central Temple in Jerusalem has lost its priority and significance in modern times. Although historians dispute the fact that both Temples were destroyed on this day, Tishah B'Av has become a symbol of Jewish suffering and loss. Over the centuries, other tragic events have come to be commemorated on this day, including the brutal massacres of the Crusades, the Jewish expulsion from Spain, and the Holocaust. Today, Tishah B'Av stands as a day to reflect on the suffering that still occurs in our world.


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Convicts and the British colonies in Australia
Augustus Earle (1793-1838), A government jail gang, Sydney, N S Wales, 1830, print: lithograph. Image courtesy of the National Library of Australia:nla.pic-an6065451.
A penal colony
On 18 January 1788 the First Fleet arrived at Botany Bay, which Joseph Banks had declared suitable for a penal colony after he returned from a journey there in 1770.
Captain Arthur Phillip, the fleet's commander, brought a small party of marines and seamen ashore, but found the location unsuitable because the harbour was unsafe and the area lacked fresh water. (The Oxford Companion to Australian History).
The fleet then relocated to Port Jackson. On 21 January 1788 Phillip, with a party of officers and marines, landed at an unnamed place, believed to be the beachfront at Camp Cove (known as 'cadi' to the local Cadigal people). This occasion marks the first landing of members of the First Fleet within Port Jackson, and the first known European landing in Sydney Harbour.
After moving further into the harbour, on 26 January 1788 Phillip raised the British flag at Sydney Cove. 751 convicts and their children disembarked, along with 252 marines and their families.
Two more convict fleets arrived in 1790 and 1791, and the first free settlers arrived in 1793. From 1788 to 1823, the Colony of New South Wales was officially a penal colony comprised mainly of convicts, soldiers and the wives of soldiers.
The early convicts were all sent to the colony, but by the mid-1800s they were also being sent directly to destinations such as Norfolk Island, Van Diemen's Land, Port Macquarie and Moreton Bay.
Twenty per cent of these first convicts were women. The majority of women convicts, and many free women seeking employment, were sent to the 'female factories' as unassigned women. The female factories were originally profit-making textile factories. The Parramatta Factory grew as an enclave for pregnant women and also served as an orphanage from the 1830s.
Convict labour
William Sherwin (c. 1650-1714) Arthur Phillip Esq., Captain General and Commander in Chief in and over the territory of New South Wales, published 1789, print: engraving. Image courtesy of the National Library of Australia: nla.pic-an9846227.
Governor Philip (1788-1792) founded a system of labour in which people, whatever their crime, were employed according to their skills - as brick makers, carpenters, nurses, servants, cattlemen, shepherds and farmers.
Educated convicts were set to the relatively easy work of record-keeping for the convict administration. Women convicts were assumed to be most useful as wives and mothers, and marriage effectively freed a woman convict from her servitude.
From 1810, convicts were seen as a source of labour to advance and develop the British colony. Convict labour was used to develop the public facilities of the colonies - roads, causeways, bridges, courthouses and hospitals. Convicts also worked for free settlers and small land holders.
The discipline of rural labour was seen to be the best chance of reform. This view was adopted by Commissioner Bigge in a series of reports for the British Government published in 1822-23. The assignment of convicts to private employers was expanded in the 1820s and 1830s, the period when most convicts were sent to the colonies, and this became the major form of employment.
Convicts formed the majority of the colony's population for the first few decades, and by 1821 there was a growing number of freed convicts who were appointed to positions of trust and responsibility as well as being granted land.
The convict experience
In the mid-1830s only around six per cent of the convict population were 'locked up', the majority working for free settlers and the authorities around the nation. Even so, convicts were often subject to cruelties such as leg-irons and the lash. Places like Port Arthur or Norfolk Island were well known for this. Convicts sometimes shared deplorable conditions. One convict described the working thus:
'We have to work from 14-18 hours a day, sometimes up to our knees in cold water, 'til we are ready to sink with fatigue... The inhuman driver struck one, John Smith, with a heavy thong.'
The experience of these convicts is recorded through the first Australian folk songs written by convicts. Convict songs like Jim Jones, Van Diemen's Land, and Moreton Bay were often sad or critical. Convicts such as Francis Macnamara (known as 'Frankie the Poet') were flogged for composing original ballads with lines critical of their captors.
In addition to the physical demands of convict life, some convicts arrived without sufficient English to communicate easily with others:
By 1852, about 1,800 of the convicts had been sentenced in Wales. Many who were sent there could only speak Welsh, so as well as being exiled to a strange country they were unable to speak with most of their fellow convicts.
Martin Shipton, Western Mail, 2006
Also telling of convicts' experiences were convict love tokens, mainly produced in the 1820s and 1830s by transported convicts as a farewell to their loved ones. Made from coins such as pennies, most of the engraved inscriptions refer to loss of liberty. One token, made from a penny for convict James Godfrey, is dedicated to his love Hannah Jones. The inscription reads: 'When in/Captivity/Time/Goeth/Very slow/But/Free as air/To roam now/Quick the/Time/Doth/Go'.
End of transportation
When the last shipment of convicts disembarked in Western Australia in 1868, the total number of transported convicts stood at around 162,000 men and women. They were transported here on 806 ships.
The transportation of convicts to Australia ended at a time when the colonies' population stood at around one million, compared to 30,000 in 1821. By the mid-1800s there were enough people here to take on the work, and enough people who needed the work. The colonies could therefore sustain themselves and continue to grow. The convicts had served their purpose.
Who were the convicts?
Charles Rodius (1802-1860), Convicts building a road over the Blue Mountains, NSW, 1833, watercolour. Image courtesy of the National Library of Australia: nla.pic-an6332110.
While the vast majority of the convicts to Australia were English and Welsh (70%), Irish (24%) or Scottish (5%), the convict population had a multicultural flavour. Some convicts had been sent from various British outposts such as India and Canada. There were also Maoris from New Zealand, Chinese from Hong Kong and slaves from the Caribbean.
A large number of soldiers were transported for crimes such as mutiny, desertion and insubordination. Australia's first bushranger - John Caesar - sentenced at Maidstone, Kent in 1785 was born in the West Indies.
Most of the convicts were thieves who had been convicted in the great cities of England. Only those sentenced in Ireland were likely to have been convicted of rural crimes. Transportation was an integral part of the English and Irish systems of punishment. It was a way to deal with increased poverty and the severity of the sentences for larceny. Simple larceny, or robbery, could mean transportation for seven years. Compound larceny - stealing goods worth more than a shilling (about $50 in today's money) - meant death by hanging.
Men had usually been before the courts a few times before being transported, whereas women were more likely to be transported for a first offence. The great majority of convicts were working men and women with a range of skills.
Good behaviour and 'Ticket of leave' licences
Good behaviour meant that convicts rarely served their full term and could qualify for a Ticket of Leave, Certificate of Freedom, Conditional Pardon or even an Absolute Pardon. This allowed convicts to earn their own living and live independently. However, for the period of their sentence they were still subject to surveillance and the ticket could be withdrawn for misbehaviour. This sanction was found to work better in securing good behaviour then the threat of flogging.
The ticket of leave licences were developed first to save money, but they then became a central part of the convict system which provided the model for later systems of probation for prisoners.
Governor King (1800-1804) first issued tickets of leave to any convicts who seemed able to support themselves, in order to save on providing them with food from the government store. The tickets were then used as a reward for good behaviour and special service, such as informing on bushrangers. Gentlemen convicts were issued with tickets on their arrival in the colony although Governor Macquarie (1810-1821) later ordered that a convict had to serve at least three years before being eligible.
Governor Brisbane (1821-1825) finally set down regulations for eligibility. Convicts normally sentenced to seven year terms could qualify for a Ticket of Leave after four years, while those serving 14 years could expect to serve between six to eight years. 'Lifers' could qualify for their 'Ticket' after about 10 or 12 years. Those who failed to qualify for a pardon were entitled to a Certificate of Freedom on the completion of their term.
Transportation to the other British colonies
Van Diemen's Land
Charles Hutchkins, The penal settlement of Port Arthur, Van Dieman's [sic] Land, 1845, lithograph. Image courtesy of the National Library of Australia: nla.pic-an6820618.
The colony of Van Diemen's Land was established in its own right in 1825 and officially became known as Tasmania in 1856. In the 50 years from 1803-1853 around 75,000 convicts were transported to Tasmania. By 1835 there were over 800 convicts working in chain-gangs at the infamous Port Arthur penal station, which operated between 1830 and 1877.
Western Australia
Western Australia was established in 1827 and proclaimed a British penal settlement in 1849 with the first convicts arriving in 1850. Rottnest Island, off the coast of Perth, became the colony's convict settlement in 1838 and was used for local colonial offenders.
Just under 10,000 British convicts were sent directly to the colony in the 18 years to 1868. They were used by local settlers as labour to develop the region. On January 9, 1868, Australia's last convict ship, the Hougoumont unloaded the final 269 convicts.
In 1851 Victoria (Port Phillip District) separated from New South Wales. Apart from the early attempts at settlement, the only convicts sent directly to Victoria from Britain were about 1,750 convicts known as the 'Exiles'. They arrived between 1844 and 1849. They were also referred to as the 'Pentonvillians' because most of them came from Pentonville Probationary Prison in England.
In 1859 Queensland separated from New South Wales. In 1824, the penal colony at Redcliffe was established by Lieutenant John Oxley. Known as the Moreton Bay Settlement, it later moved to the site now called Brisbane.
The main inhabitants of 'Brisbane Town', as it was known, were the convicts of the Moreton Bay Penal Station until it was closed in 1839. Around 2,280 convicts were sent to the settlement in those fifteen years.
The abolition of transportation
Transportation to the colony of New South Wales was officially abolished on 1 October 1850, and in 1853 the order to abolish transportation to Van Diemen's Land was formally announced.
South Australia, and the Northern Territory of South Australia, never accepted convicts directly from England, but still had many ex-convicts from the other States. After they had been given limited freedom, many convicts were allowed to travel as far as New Zealand to make a fresh start, even if they were not allowed to return home to England.
At the time, there was also a great deal of pressure to abolish transportation. Given that only a small percentage of the convict population was locked up, many believed that transportation to Australia was an inappropriate punishment - that it did not deliver 'a just measure of pain'. This, combined with the employment needs of Australia's thriving population, ensured the abolition of convict transportation.
Convicts in film and television
The novel For the Term of his Natural Life by Marcus Clarke (1846-1881) is a story about a young man who is wrongly accused of murder and transported to Australia as a convict. A film based on the novel was directed and produced in 1927 by Norman Dawn. The novel was also adapted as a television serial in 1983.
The last confessions of Alexander Pearce (2008) is a one-hour television drama telling the 180-year-old story of the escaped cannibal convict Alexander Pearce. The story is centred on the colony's Catholic priest, who heard Pearce's confession after he was recaptured. The story was co-written by producer Nial Fulton and director Michael James Rowland.
Useful links
First Fleet and early history
- Australian heritage photographic library
- Cathy Dunn and Marion McCreadie, The founders of a nation: Australia's First Fleet—1788 - Australian History Research
- First Fleet Online
- Law and justice in Australia - Discover Collections, State Library of New South Wales
- Watkin Tench, A narrative of the expedition to Botany Bay
- Watkin Tench, A complete account of the settlement at Port Jackson
Heritage listed convict sites
- Brickendon Estate, Tasmania
- Cascades Female Factory, Tasmania
- Coal Mines Historic Site, Tasmania
- Cockatoo Island, New South Wales
- Commissariat Stores, Brisbane
- Darlington Probation Station, Tasmania
- Fremantle Prison, Western Australia
- Hyde Park Barracks, New South Wales
- Kingston and Arthurs Vale Historic Area (KAVHA), Norfolk Island
- Old Government House and Government Domain, Parramatta, New South Wales
- Old Great North Road, New South Wales
- Port Arthur Historic Site, Tasmania
- Richmond Bridge, Tasmania
- Windmill Tower, Brisbane
- Woolmers Estate, Tasmania
- The convict system - Discover Collections, State Library of New South Wales
- Convict Australia: convict life - Pilot Destination Guide
- Convict tokens - National Museum of Australia
- Convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database - State Library of Queensland
- Convicts transported from South Australia - Database of details on persons convicted in South Australian courts to transportation
- Ireland-Australia transportation database - National Archives of Ireland
- Norfolk Island - Settlements
Convict women
- Randall Bass, Convict women and sexual subjugation in nineteenth-century Australia - Literature in Australia and New Zealand
- Joy Damousi, Disrupting the boundaries: resistance and convict women - Australian Humanities Review
- Raelene Frances, The history of female prostitution in Australia
- Claim a convict — A complete alphabetical listing of the convicts transported to New South Wales between 1793 and early 1800
- Convicts to Australia: A Guide to Researching Your Convict Ancestors
- Descendants of Convicts Group
- How to research your Family History - Australian History Research
- Family History: Convicts (NSW) — Research guide, State Library of New South Wales
Listen, look and play
- Convict Sydney, videos and articles. Historic Houses Trust.
- James Porter and the capture of the Frederick 2009, audio. ABC Radio.
- Fremantle Prison , video, 5 mins. Part of Australia's Heritage: National Treasures . Screen Australia.
Other resources
- Australia—Birth of a Nation 2006, DVD recording, On the Mark Film Productions
Convict ditties with sample tunes from the Australian Folk Songs website [archived]
Print references
- Graeme Davison, John Hirst, Stuart MacIntyre (eds), The Oxford Companion to Australian History (Revised Edition), Oxford University Press, 2001.
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Breast surgical biopsy is when the doctor makes a cut in the breast to remove all or part of a mass. The mass is examined in a lab.
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Reasons for Procedure
Breast surgical biopsy is done to examine a suspicious area in the breast. It may be done if any of the following are found:
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- Discharge from the nipple
- Abnormal ultrasound or mammogram image
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Open Breast Biopsy
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Needle Localization
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