President Balati Nubu has assured women in the country that his administration is committed to ensuring their development. President Nubu spoke at the State House when he received in our audience the all-progressive Congress women leaders in the 36 states and federal capital territory, which are led by the APC national women leader, Dr. Beta Edu. President Balati Nubu has assured the APC women leaders that issues of security, healthcare system and industrialization will be top priorities of his administration. He tasked the leaders to educate the citizens on the policies and programs of his administration with the awareness that the present difficulties are temporary. We are going through the brunt of the first subsidy. I know the pressure and the demand lamentation, but you understand it much better. You understand it much better. You are better coordinator of things and values than any other species in humanity.  Watch TV, hold conversation, listen later and feed the child. With his new role as a co-host chairman, President Nubu told the visiting women that though his emergence would place on him additional responsibility, it was for him to work even harder. Earlier APC national women leader Edu stated that the women had come to congratulate the president on his victory at the polls and emergence as a co-host chair. We will continue to strike but with your confidence in this country and this government you will never regret it. Friends and accommodators, to those who are not in our party, who might have extended the hand of who might have seen the future and wanted to be part of it, don't drive them away. Seated with you here today are women that have come to say thank you. Thank you for who you are to the Nigerian woman. Thank you because in the last couple of days when you rolled out your appointments, women did not just have the 35% of men in action who were asking for. Well just in case you don't know, we have 40% right now. Just then so far out of the 10, four of them are women. You've come to say thank you. That is one reason why I believe that you will do more.


Miley Cyrus seems to be moving on just fine from her recent divorce and is already with someone new as I'm sure you know. Lately it looks like Miley and her man Cody Simpson have been parading their love all over social media. Cody seemed to just reappear suddenly after being out of the spotlight for ages. I'm not sure how I feel about this couple yet but looks to me like they're pretty happy and clearly Miley has a thing for those Australian dudes. Miley is a singer, songwriter, actress and activist as well and she's 26 turning 27 at the time of this video. Her music has covered a ton of genres from pop to country to hip hop and so has her style. We know all about Miley's phases in her unique image and she definitely doesn't care what people think. Miley has 101 million followers on Instagram at the moment and she always seems to stay relevant. On top of all the stars successes she has a net worth that's estimated at 160 million. So I definitely say the star is living comfortably. Today we're gonna be focusing on what Miley's done with that money and more specifically her real estate. Miley purchased her first home way back in 2010 for 4.3 million and it was in LA just down the street from her family home so she could go visit whenever she wanted. She sold that once some years later but of course the star still owns a couple of impressive properties and has moved a few times over the years. Hey guys it's Kara and today we're doing another house tour here on Famous Entertainment. We're gonna look at where Miley calls home including her previous spots and both her Malibu bachelorette pad and her gorgeous Nashville house that she owns. If you like these videos make sure you're subscribed and ring that bell to be notified when we post so you can always be up to date. We've also done house tours on the likes of Selena Gomez and on Will Smith and we'll have links to those at the end of this. Be sure to follow me on Instagram because I love connecting with you guys. I've also been reading all your comments and I'm gonna be responding to some at the end of this. I need you to let me know who's home to do next in the comments down below. Now let's get into this video. Along with Miley's previous homes we know that she owned a few really nice ones. Aside from her starter home in Los Angeles that I showed you guys before, she owned a studio city party pad and a ranch style mansion in Hidden Hills. Apparently Miley owned this home in Studio City California since 2011 but it looks like it's actually listed on the market now for almost 6.5 mil. It has 5 beds and 6.5 baths and was over 5,000 square feet. The modern layout of this place definitely made it look like the perfect party house and was almost fully open concept with floor to ceiling windows like you can see in the photos. The entire lot covered over an acre of land and of course outside there was a solar heated pool so you could use it year round, a fully covered patio and a picture perfect views of the canyon. In usual Miley fashion she had some interesting decorations outside like a giant white horse and a Hollywood sign. There was also a guest house at this place just on the other side of the two car garage. Some other features of Miley's Studio City spot included a spacious master bedroom with a skylight and fireplace, a gym and a $10,000 toilet or so I hear. Another one of Miley's previous homes was located in none other than the celeb filled neighborhood of Hidden Hills in LA. You know where the Kardashian Jenner's all lit. This place was an equestrian ranch that sat on 5 acres of land and the property had a pool and spa, a vineyard, a ten stall barn, a chicken coop, riding arena and more. Further away from the main house on the property there were also citrus orchards and vegetable gardens. The main house was 6,500 square feet and had 5 bedrooms and 5.5 bathrooms. The style of the home was pretty traditional which you can tell from photos but I'm sure Miley made some design changes while she was living there. However Miley ended up selling this Hidden Hills estate in an off market deal for around 5 million which was the same price she bought it because she said she wasn't spending enough time there. So now we've seen the places Miley's put back on the market but where is she living now? Word on the street is that Miley actually owns a smaller bungalow in Malibu which is right beside the home she lived in with Liam. Unfortunately the main Malibu house they lived in while they were married burned down in last year's wildfires which was obviously pretty devastating. That event definitely affected their relationship as well. Both Miley and Liam shared photos when this happened of what was left of their home. Liam posted saying, It's been a heartbreaking few days. This is what's left of my house. Love. Many people in Malibu and surrounding areas in California have lost their homes also and my heart goes out to everyone who was affected by these fires. And Miley shared photos as well adding that she was so grateful her, Liam and all their beloved pets made it out safely. Although the main home was destroyed apparently Miley had also purchased a smaller neighboring house that actually ended up surviving the fires. After moving into the main house back in 2015 they bought the second one shortly after for 2.5 million. This bungalow was much smaller than the other house but it's assumed Miley moved in here after her and Liam's separation and it's been her bachelorette pad. Well I guess before she started dating Cody that is. Miley's Malibu home is literally right beside her other one as you can see from the aerial view. It's a 1384 square foot ranch style home with 4 bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms. It's modern in style but also unique and the outside of the house is a bright turquoise color. Seems very Miley. It's been described as a 70 style property and features included 2 car garage, a hot tub and a gothic style bathroom. I'm not sure if Miley's going to look for a new home in the hills but it seems like for now she's happy with keeping this one. From Miley's latest Instagram post it looks like she's been spending some time at her gorgeous Nashville home recently so let's take a look at it. Miley bought this home back in 2017 and it's located in her hometown of Franklin Tennessee so it's obviously somewhere that's close to her heart. She paid 5.8 million for this place and it sits on 33.5 acres of land which is no surprise since it's supposedly a farmhouse style home. Miley's Nashville home has 2 stories and spans 6,689 square feet. There are 5 beds and 4.5 baths and even an elevator.  There are high vaulted ceilings in the home that are fit with large wooden beams and the design also includes a lot of stone accents and exposed brick. Many of the rooms even have rustic hardwood ceilings. From the photos Miley's home looks like it's equal parts cozy and modern. I feel like it definitely looks like a place she would live in. The main living space seems pretty open and it has a huge kitchen and dining area that attaches to the living room as well. You can see from recent pics Miley posted that it's her Nashville home. It looks like she's even brought the boyfriend over to spend some time there with her. You can see that Miley has made the place her own and even has a portrait of her godmother Dolly Parton above the fireplace. There are plenty of beautiful bedrooms in the home for Miley and whoever her guests are. Not to mention a few spacious walk-in closets. On the upper level there's also a large balcony that can be accessed from some of the rooms. Miley's Nashville estate is extremely private and can only be entered from a private road. Aside from the main house there's another barn building elsewhere on the property. I think that barn looks more like a guest house though. It's way too nice. Other features outside of Miley's home include a fully covered wraparound porch, an indoor-outdoor room and obviously a gorgeous stone-trim pool and hot tub. If you get bored of swimming and tanning it also looks like there's an area for mini-putt back there. So now we've seen Miley Cyrus' previous home she decided to say goodbye to like her modern studio city party house and her ranch in Hidden Hills. Unfortunately the main Malibu estate she once shared with her ex Liam didn't survive the wildfires last year and that one she had no choice but to let go of. Although it was heartbreaking it was probably a bit of a fresh start for Miley to move after her divorce anyways. Even though one of her homes is literally right next door to that first Malibu house. It looks like Miley has two properties to her name at the moment, the Malibu bungalow and her gorgeous Nashville house. I'm sure she's splitting her time between the two spots and apparently her ex Liam has gone back to Australia for the time being so I don't think she'll be bumping into him that much yet either. We've seen more of Miley's Nashville house than her smaller Malibu bungalow and it looks like she's hanging out in Tennessee at the moment but which one do you guys like better? My personal fave out of all of Miley's homes has got to be the Nashville house. I just love how it's cozy and elegant looking at the same time. Okay guys so now it's time for me to read out some of your comments from previous videos. These ones are from our recent Will Smith house tour. The renaissance redneck said, First timer here, huge Smith family fan. Great video. Now I'm a follower.  Huge plus. Thank you so much. I'm happy that you're a new subscriber. I definitely do read the comments so if there's any other house tours you want to see, let me know. Memoryless strange commented about Will's house. His mansion has its own zip code. Boy I could never. Must be nice. LOL, Will deserves it. Right, I've never heard of that before. Just shows you how massive the man's palace is. And finally, Denise Davis said, I think it looks great. It's very warm in the color scheme. I like it, especially with all the world pieces in it. I love how he keeps his eldest son included in his life and family vacays. And I also admire how Jada is with him and even his mom. I agree, Denise. I think Will's house is definitely a little too big for me. But I really like how they made it such a family home and perfect to reflect their style. Alright guys, that's all I could find on Miley's homes. Which property was your fave? Is that where you expected Miley to call home? Be sure to let me know in the comments and let me know some other celebrity houses you'd like to see. It seems like you guys like the Will Smith one too, so if you want to see more timeless Hollywood stars like that, I would love to know who. Follow me on Instagram if you want to chat more and I'll see you next time with some more videos. Bye!


Here's a patient with signal in the lateral meniscus. Let's go all the way to the root. Here's our root, which we said is usually kind of a sloped triangle or a truncated triangle. And what's this? It's a swollen area of tissue. Hard to define what it is on one cut. Let's keep going, shall we? A round area of tissue, the transverse meniscal ligament. Which looks a little strange, and now they start to come together, and we have some interdigitation and some attachments anteriorly. And now, they don't come together. Well, we said that was a transverse ligament, but wait a minute. That's the meniscus, that's a space, that's a ligament, that's an attachment. Let's keep going, shall we? It's still there, but it's not round. If it's a ligament, why isn't it round? Let's keep going. Still not round. Still not round. Still not round, and it's actually into the body of the meniscus now. Let's go back for a minute. What I convinced you was a transverse ligament was not. It's a fragment of meniscus that broke off. There was no transverse ligament. That's a piece of meniscus, that's a piece of meniscus. That's a piece, that's a piece. That's a piece, that's a piece. That's a piece, that is a piece. And so it goes all the way into the body with this obliquely oriented tear with a cleavage component that finalizes in the body, and you can see it coronally too. There it is. There is no transverse ligament going from meniscus to meniscus. There is the root attachment.  So a large, complex, oblique, slash, cleavage tear with a fragment of meniscus anteriorly whose true etiology is displayed in the fact that on every single sagittal slice, all the way from the root to the body persists, and that's how you make the diagnosis of an anterolateral tear with these complex anatomic characteristics. In the next five minutes, I want to just talk about the concept of extrusions. And I don't mean the kind in your back. I mean the kind in your knee. What you say the meniscus does displace in the knee. You're walking around all day long and you've got these hoop stresses that are pushing down on a structure that looks somewhat like this. It actually isn't a triangle. It has a nice little slope in it to accommodate the femur, which I've drawn here in yellow, and the femur drives down into the meniscus and pushes it. Unfortunately, when we're young and healthy and vibrant, in other words under age 60, the meniscus can tolerate it. Because the attachments are nice and tight and firm. But as we get a little bit older, or if we abuse the meniscus by running 10k every day, and we start driving the femur down onto that meniscus, the attachments may get looser and stretchier and more plastic, and the meniscus starts to displace out of a line between the edge of the femur. We'll draw that line between the edge of the femur and the edge of the tibia. So the meniscus starts to migrate beyond that line. And that may be the primary cause of DJD or osteoarthritis of the knee, or it may be a secondary phenomenon. Once osteoarthritis begins, and we get a little synovial hypertrophy and inflammation, the ligaments digest, the meniscus starts to get a little a little plastic and deformed, and it starts to move out, and then the arthritis gets worse, and it's a vicious cycle. We here at ProSchem refer to this as pseudo extrusion, or plastic deformation of the meniscal attachments due to arthritis. Now what's a true extrusion? A true extrusion for us means one of two things. The attachments have given way, in other words something's ruptured, allowing the meniscus to be displaced or extruded either out peripherally or in towards the middle of the knee. I also reserve it for one other situation, and that is when the meniscus does this. When the meniscus is squished out like toothpaste coming out of a tube, it's starting to get pushed out this way, and it starts to migrate down the peritibial or migrate up the parafemoral gutter. Just to be a little clearer, this would be the femur, this would be the tibia. So now the meniscus is starting to prolapse along the free edge of the tibia or the free edge of the femur. In that scenario also, I'll use the term extrusion of the meniscus or displacement slash extrusion of the meniscus in the parafemoral of the peritibial gutter. Let's take a quick look. Here's exactly just that. Here's our meniscus, and our meniscus is truncated. We'll get to that in a moment. You already know one cause of truncation is a buck and handle tear, but not the case here. This is the most common cause of truncation. The surgeon, the surgeon did it. They truncated the meniscus, they went and cut the inner portion of the meniscus, which actually has a lot to do with the meniscus extrusion or displacement along the para-tibial gutter. Here it is right there. Our meniscus is in trouble, and this patient is lying on their back. They're not even standing up. There's no hoop stress driving down, pushing the meniscus out. When the patient is standing, it's even more extruded. Why did this occur? Because the meniscus got chopped right here. Now when you drive the femur down into a structure that is now paper thin and irregular and has lost some of its depth, you know from physics that that produces a scenario that enhances the pushing effect of the meniscus to one side. Most of the forces are coming down and out, down and out, and down and out on both sides. So the mere fact that there's a trimming increases the likelihood, the physical likelihood that a meniscus experiences more downward force, more hoop stress, and greater likelihood of displacement, and therefore displacement into the parafemoral and para-tibial gutter rendering it useless. So menisectomies are not to be taken lightly. And we'll talk about later on what circumstances they are absolutely indicator. Thanks.


Act 1 of Broken Hearts by W. S. Gilbert This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Broken Hearts. An entirely original fairy play in three acts. Dramatis Personae Prince Florian, read by Thomas Peter Muster, a deformed dwarf Read by Todd The Lady Hilda, read by Sonja The Lady Vavir, her sister Read by The Story Girl The Lady Melisine, read by Eva Davis The Lady Imanthus, read by Jen Broda Stage Directions, read by Michael Max Scene The Island of Broken Hearts The action of the piece takes place within twenty-four hours Broken Hearts Act 1 Scene A tropical landscape In the distance a calm sea A natural fountain, a mere thread of water Falls over a rock into a natural basin An old sundial, formed of the upper part of a broken pillar Round the shaft of which some creeping flowers are trained Stands on a small mound The time is within half an hour of sunset Muster, a deformed ill-favoured dwarf Humpbacked and one-eyed is discovered seated Reading a small black-letter volume Muster reads To move a mountain That will serve me not Unless, indeed, it will teach me how to lift This cursed mountain from my crippled back To make old young I am but forty-two, but still I'll mark that page The day will come when I shall find it useful Ah, what's this?  My Muster Pardon me, I'm at my book I did not hear thy step Thy book hath lines both strange and terrible My Muster, this is errant sorcery How came this thou with such a fearful thing? An unseen spirit brought it to me I brought it to me An hour or so ago I saw a distant boat make for our shores The wind was on her bow She tacked as though handled by one well-skilled in such small craft Well, on she came and I awaited her, armed with a boat-hook When, within fair hail, sheer off, I cried No stranger touches here But, heedless of my hail, she kept her course And when, within a bow-shot of the beach, down came her sail And in she ran to shore Whom did she carry, Muster? Not a soul The boat was tenetless Some unseen power had guided her I overhauled the craft to find some sign of human agency And found this book Vavir shrinking from it It is unholy lore How burnet, Muster Burnet?  What would I? Why, Lady, look around This isle is fair Its feathery palms that tower towards the sky Its pridling brooks that trickle to the sea Its hills and dales, its sea and sky are fair The beasts that dwell upon it and the birds that fly above it Even they are fair And, beyond all, the ladies who have made this isle their chosen home are very fair And what am I?  Or rather, is it not a red-hot brand that stamps its damning impress on one's heart And changes man to devil before his time? Ah, you are mocking me I mock thee not We maidens all, save one, have dearly loved And those we loved have died We, broken hearts, knit by the sympathy of kindred woe Have sought this isle far from the kin of man And having loved and having lost our loves Stand pledge to love no living thing again Thou art our trusted servant and our friend The only man of all the world of men whom we admit upon our virgin shores We know thee and we trust thee, mooster Come, this thought might soften harder hearts than thine And why choose me, alone of all mankind, to serve you in your island loneliness Because my limbs, though crooked, are strongly framed Bah, there are tall straight men as strong as I Because my heart goes with my fealty Why, half my weight would buy the heart and soul of twenty well-proportioned servitors Because of reason of my face and form I do not count as a man Yes, I'm an ape, a crippled, crumpled, devil-faced baboon Who claims a place amid this loveliness by title of his sheer deformity Now, monkey though I be, I am a man, in all but face and form Of a man's heart, a man's desire to love, and to be loved Hilda seems amused Ah, you may laugh But those who seek to laugh may find, he thinks, more fitting merriment In such mad love as deals with sundials, trees, rocks and fountains And such baby-game My love at least is human in its aim It's well you should know this, be on your guard Exit Muster In truth, the love that Muster laughs at tells how strangely ordered is a woman's heart Does thou remember how, when first we came to this fair isle, I said in thoughtless jest A woman's heart must love, and we are women, so let us choose our loves Then, looking round, this running fountain shall be mine, I cried And kneeling by the brink, then sealed thou, as all such vows are sealed fixed men and women And thou, poor child, pleased with the jest replied, I take this dial to be my love for life Wavir, we little thought that in those words we pledged ourselves to an abiding love that rivals in its pure intensity the love that we had banished from our hearts Yet so it is We have so dwelt upon this idle fancy, keeping it alive with songs and sighs and vows of constancy That we have tricked ourselves into a love akin to that which we had all foresworn I love this little fountain as my life To me, my dial is more, far more than life It is the chronicle of the world's life, gridden by heaven's own hand As wrapped in thought, I watch its silent, solemn shadow creep from hour to hour And so from day to day, true as the sun itself, an awful record of heaven's most perfect and most glorious order My love is lost in reverential awe Oh, I have chosen well in choosing this It is a holy thing that bears a warrant sent from the source of life to tell the earth that even time is hastening to its end What is mere world love to such love as this? And yet thou hast no cause to shun world love When my great sorrow came and I withdrew to this lone isle with other broken hearts All, heart whole and untouched by love of men, yet gavest up the world and all it holds to bite with me I do not love the world My darling sister found her sorrow there The world is not to me This tiny isle, but half a league in girth holds all I love My world is where thou art There let me stay for the few months that yet remain to me I think my time on earth will be but brief Hush, hush, Wavier, I will not hear these things My life has been a very happy life, so free from pain and sorrow of its own That, but then I have shared my sister's grief, I had not known what pain and sorrow are Yet even this calm rest, this changeless peace, saps my poor fragile fabric day by day And the first shaft that sorrow aims at it may shake its puny structure to the ground Why, what said silly fancy is this, Wavier? Thou hast no pain, my child No pain indeed, but a calm happiness, so strangely still It comes not of this world I am to die, ere very long Pray heaven I be prepared It's well for me and well for both of us I do not share these foolish fantasies Why, silly child, believeest thou that time will see the fruit that ripens on those cheeks And note the dainty banquet of those lips And not preserve such rich and radiant fare for his own feasting in his own good time? Trust the old epicure Exeunt Hilda and Wavier together Enter Florian He comes down looking round him in admiration All men who say I am five and twenty lie I was born but to-day, an hour ago Yes, this must be the world The distant land in which I've passed so many years And which I, in my puppy-blindness called the world Is but its anti-chamber Enter Muster with book Born to-day and by a process which is new to me My faculties are scarcely wide awake But if my memory serves me faithfully This twisted thing and I have met before The ladies are at supper Now is my time to master, undisturbed by curious eyes The ghostly secrets of my spirit-book Oh, where was I? Ah, takes Gammonie and Rue with Henbane gathered Florian, coming behind and taking book from him Pardon me, that's mine Oh, heaven and earth, a man, thou hearty fool What does thou on this isle?  Go, get the answer once No, not just yet This paradise, if rumour tells the truth, is ruled by six fair ladies I prefer to take my sailing orders from their lips Their lips are mine Then you're a lucky dog I am their mouthpiece By their solemn rules No man may set his foot upon these shores Those rules thy hardyhood hath said it not How came's thou, and when? I am a prince, Prince Florian of Spain I landed here from yonder boat about an hour ago Liar, the boat was empty No, not quite, I was on board But I was on the beach I know you were With boat-hook in your hand to thrust her off You hailed me angrily I had no time to stop in parley then, so I hoped that fate would furnish me with some more fitting opportunity to offer you my best apologies I kept her head to land and jumped ashore Those best apologies I offer now If you'll believe me, sir, I saw you not I quite believe you, for I have the power to make myself invisible at will And having such a power, you'll see at once that force will serve you nothing Say you true? Undoubtedly, I've but to whine this veil Producing a gray galls-veil with gold tussles? About my head, and I'm invisible, and so remain till I remove it Why? This is a priceless talisman indeed Invisible? I'd give one half my life to be invisible for half a day Indeed, and why? There is no living thing but seeks a mate What birds and beasts may do, musta may seek to do, I want to mate And who do you think I want, some kitchen wench, one eyed, humped back and twisted like myself? I want the purest, fairest form on earth Upon my word you aim full high I do. Why not? Suppose I loved a kitchen wench and told her so A decent kitchen wench would soundly box your ears You're right, she would. My lady can't do more As I must fail, at least I'll fail for game worth failing for As yet I've breathed no word. Where I unseen I could take heart of grace and tell my love What would you say? Ah, ah, you laugh at me. But I have a wily tongue and I can woo like an Adonis when I'm in the dark A blind girl loved me once, a fair young girl with gentle face and gentle heart But blind How swear she was Ah, mark her not. She died Well, peace be with her. Find me some safe spot where I can pass the night. I'll pay you well Ha, ha, ha! Why do you laugh? Had I your power to make myself invisible at will, I should take up my quarters in the castle where all the ladies dwell I'm sure you would. Unfortunately I'm a gentleman, and so that course is closed to me Ah, of course. I did, but just. I beg your pardon, sir Aside If I could get that veil for one short hour, ah, but I've drugs to lull a man to sleep If I can tempt this squeamish Popping-Jay to trust himself to me, the thing is done Allowed I have a poor cottage. It is close at hand. Though humble it is clean and weathertight It will afford you shelter. Then for food I have some dried fish and eggs and oat and bread, quite at your service Good. But hide yourself. Someone approaches Florian covers his head with veil as Vavia enters with flowers Florian, aside to Musta Who is this fair maid? Musta, aside Lady Vavia. She always comes at Eve to bid good night to this old sundial Keep your ears open, and I'll warrant you. Your eyes will open too Allowed Lady Vavia, I bid you fair good night Good night to you Exit Musta In truth a fair young girl Dear sundial, just know what day this is Florian, aside He ought to know it comes within the radius of his calling A year ago today, and we too were betrothed, one happy, happy year Florian, aside To control thy faith, they're lovers then I must devise some gift to mark this happy day What shall it be? I'll weave a bower of rose and eglentine To place a buff by head at even tide, when the full moon's abroad No foolish moon shall cast false shadows on thy sleeping face Wake thee, mutter incoherent tales of hours long since gone by Or yet to come No madcap moon shall mar thy nightly rest Or in the mischief of half-witted glee Awake thy sleeping hours before their time Florian, aside He doesn't answer, the insensate dalt, and yet such words are warm enough To rouse a tombstone into life Not the flowers to deck thy stem They live their little life, and then they die But others follow them, and thou shalt have thy garland day by day While I am here to weave it for thee Florian, aside Well, this is the artist wooing, on my word, a thousand pities That the lady's love should be lopsided Rouse the dial, be eloquent with thanks That hath a mind to thank her for thee In the interests of all true horror-locks I'm content to sit and deck thee Silent though thou art And yet I would thou hats the gift of speech For one brief second Time enough to say Vavir, I love thee With my whole, whole heart Florian, aloud Vavir, I love thee with my whole, whole heart Vavir, recoiling horrified Who spake? Tozai, thy dial Oh, terrible! What shall I do? Fair lady, have no fear Fair lady, it's a man My sister's help I am betrayed Have patience for a while Oh, and what art thou? Speak Florian, aside What shall I say? Allowed I am a poor, long-suffering mortal man Whom in the stony substance of thy dial A cruel magician holds in carcer it Oh, marvellous! And very pitiful I Pitiful indeed, poor, prisoned soul Advancing There shalt thou lie, said he Till some pure maid shall have been constant to thine unseen self A twelve month and a day That maid hath thou Alas, poor man I feign would set thee free Yet I have loved not thee But this thy tomb Thou canst not separate me from my tomb Except by loving me In loving it thou lovest me Who am bound up with it And in so loving me Provided that thy love A twelve month old last one day more Thou givest me my freedom and my life If thou hast loved thy dial Thou hast loved me Yes I have loved my dial But earnestly, with a surpassing love I cannot say I am ill-versed in the degrees of love Judge for thyself When I am weak and ill My sister's place, my couch beside my dial That I may lay my poor, thin hand on it It gives me life and strength I know not why Judge for thyself When the black winter comes My sister's weep To see me weep My darling's brief day life And when the bright, long summer days return They join my joy Because with light comes hope And hope is life And they would have me live Judge for thyself At dawn of day I seek my dial alone To watch its daily waking into life At set of sun I come to it again To kiss good night upon its fading shade Then, with a prayer that I may lay to heart The lesson of its silent eloquence I seek my bed So speeds my little life If this be love Then I have loved indeed Judge for thyself Rises Enter Melisine A small hand-mirror hangs from her waist Favere The evening dews are falling fast The night air teams with temp So come, dear love Return it once with me Oh, Melisine, I have a secret A side to dial May I tell it? Yes A secret?  Thy mirror's spake Thou day of wonderment Who gave thee speech art thou enchanted too? Aye, that in truth I am As all must be on whom those eyes Are turned so lovingly Thare I polished mirror-earth As for that, we mirrors are as other galons are Teaming with compliment to fair young maids But apt to be extremely curt and rude With old and wrinkled faces On the whole we are good galons as good galons go And thus thou love me? Love thee, gentle maid Have I not laughed with thee and wet with thee And ever framed my face in sympathy With all the changes of thy varying moods? Has thou air cast thine eyes upon my face And found me light of heart when thou wast sad? Or sad when thou wast light of heart? No, no, most wonderful And yet not wonderful I am but one of many This fair isle teems with poor prison souls There is not a tree, there is not a rock, A brook, a shrub, a stone But holds some captive spirit Who awaits the unsought love that is to set him free Melasin to Vavir We'll keep this secret safely to ourselves If it should get abroad This little isle will barely hold the maidens who will come Prepared to pass the springtime of their lives And setting free these captives Come, Vavir, and we will warn our sisters Fare thee well, beloved dial I go to dream of thee Dream thou of me God send thee, son Good night Exeunt Vavir and Melasin Two maids at once bewitching And bewitched One loves Amira Well, that's not so strange Though she'll grow angry with her ten years hence The other loves a dial A cold-stone fact That surely marks the deadly flight of time Wonders will never cease Let none despair Old Cronus, enemy of womankind Has found a pretty sweetheart after all Enter Lady Hilda Singing and playing on a mandolin Far from sin, far from sorrow Let me stay, let me stay From the fear of tomorrow Far away, far away I am weary and shaken Let me stay, let me stay Till in death I awaken Far away, far away Towards the close of the song She sinks on her knees As a ray of moonlight falls on her Florian has watched her eagerly during the song With every symptom of the profoundest admiration O Heaven enlighten me Is this fair thing a soul of earth A being born of a woman Conscious of sin and destined to decay O good and ill How share ye such a spoil Can this pure form Instinct with Heaven's own light Clothed in the majesty of innocence Have art in common with the vapoured toy We break and cast aside O sordid earth Praise Heaven that leaves this angel yet unclaimed O heart of mine O willful wayward heart Bow down in homage Thou art caught and caged During these lines Hilda Seated by the fountain Has been playing with its water And kissing her wet hands The sun has set The fierce hot thirsty sun Who like a greedy vampire as he is Drinks my love's lifeblood till it pines away And dwindles to a thread The moon's abroad She is not jealous of my fountain love She sheds her gentle light upon our trist And decks my love with diamonds of her own Florian, aside Poor senseless fount To have thy home in Heaven And not to know it Shall I tell thee how I came To give my poor bruised heart to thee Or art thou of those churlish lovers Who can brook no love that is not born of them Why then I am unworthy in thine eyes For I have loved as women love but once He was a prince, a brave, God-fearing knight The very pink and bloom of chivalry Proud as a war-horse, fair as the dawn of day Stanch as a woman, tender as a man He knew not that I loved him Who was I that he should mark the flushing of my face Amid a thousand maids Who stricken hearts dance to their lips As he, my prince, rolled by One sullen winter day, dark as his doom He left his home to seek distant land A weary while I wept Month passed away And yet no tidings came Then tales were told of ships Overwhelmed by boisterous wintry seas And rough men prayed And maiden swept aloud For he was loved of all Then came the news At first in shuddering whispers One by one, then babbled by Ten thousand clamorous tongues The cold fierce sea had robbed me Of my love, my star, my light My life, my Florian Florian, aside O senseless dullard, to have turned away From heaven's unthreshold at thine own free will I wept no more Tears are the balm of sorrow, not of woe I fled my home A gentle sister whose poor little life Lives on the love I bear it Fled with me So hand in hand We wandered through the world Till in this haven of pure peace and rest We found safe sanctuary from our woe Florian, aloud Who would not die to be so mourned by thee? Hilda expresses alarm and intense surprise Fear nothing, I who speak in but a voice The murmur of the waters Shaped to words by the all-potent alchemy of love Oh, foolish maid, this is some mad-kept dream No dream indeed, or if it be, dream on Can't thou then hear the words I speak to thee? I, that I can, and every word I hear Adds fuel to my love A wonderful, hast thou the power to love? Indeed I have And is thy love akin to mine? It is so near akin that as it comes to thine And lives on thine, so without thine it dies If my poor love has called thine into life So is my love in duty bound to thine It's kiss and kin But if the rumours of thy Florian's death should prove As rumours often prove untrue If he should be alive, loving thee well Eager to tell his love to thee What then? Thou jealous found What untold miracle would bear the tidings to this lonely isle? Say that in wandering through the unknown world Chance led Prince Florian to these shores And he, flushed with the radiance of thy loveliness Stood a manifest before thine eyes What then? O heaven, what then? Joy kills as sorrow kills Dare not think what then? Let it suffice that I have given thee all That I am thine, forever and foray Enter Muster, unperceived He places himself so that the dial Conceals him from Florian and Hilda Ever and I are fragile flowers That fade before the breath of an old love-long lost O gentle voice, born of the falling water Have no fear, in heaven's sight I pledge myself to thee What love is in me that I give to thee What love thou hast to give I take from thee Kiss thou my hands Holding her hands for the water to fall on Henceforth we twain are one End of Act 1 Act 2 of Broken Hearts by W. S. Gilbert This is a LibriVox recording All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain For more information or to volunteer Please visit LibriVox.org Act 2 Scene same as Act 1 Time sunrise Enter Muster cautiously I left him sleeping soundly in my hut He did not drink the wine, but still he sleeps Producing Vale I stole it from his pillow Here's a prize Poor devil that I am Who's only hope in meeting other men on equal terms Lies in his chance of keeping out of sight Ha! Someone comes I'll hide thee carefully Places it under a stone of dial Someday, maybe, thou'll do as much for me Enter Florian angrily So here you are, I've sought you everywhere Why, I am here You're early from your bed Well, it's no bed for such fine folk as you I'm very sorry, but it was all I had The bed was well enough I have been robbed I? I? And how was that? There is a thief upon this aisle It's very possible, when people come and go invisibly It's hard to say who is or is not here What has the villain robbed? A woman's heart? Two woman's hearts? How many woman's hearts? If there's a thief here, it is you or I It comes to that Now, what is it you've lost? My talisman Your talisman? Oh-ho! I see no cause for jest You don't? Observe A prince, or someone who so styles himself With power to make himself invisible Employs that power to gain admission To an aisle where certain maidens dwell When there his talisman is stolen And he stands revealed before their eyes The help was but of all their ridicule With not to say but Ladies, pray forgive me I had thought to enter unobserved To wander here and watch your movements Also unobserved And when grown weary of this novel sport To take my leave of you still unobserved But as I failed, so pray you pardon me And off he goes His tail between his legs like a well-beaten hound Florian, seizing him Mishapen imp Have you so little care for such a dark life As warms your twisted carcass That you dare to bandage jests with me?  No, no Whoever has the veil is using it There are about six of us besides myself If one of those is missing Why be sure that one has taken it I'll go and see Exit, mister The imp is right And yet the talisman was safe with me last night But who comes here? Confusion, it's Vavir I shall be seen Where can I hide myself? Enter Vavir She starts in intense alarm on seeing Florian Kind heaven, protect me Who art thou? And what dost thou on this aisle? Fair maiden, have no fear I am a knight, sworn on the sacred coat of chivalry Called all womankind in reverence Listen, and I will tell thee all Vavir, who has recognized his voice Kneels as in adoration No need Thy voice hath told me all I know thee now O foolish heart, be still For all is well He will not harm thee This is he whose words Through the still watches of the long, long night Wrang like a mighty clarion in my ears Vavir, I love thee With my whole, whole heart Thou art the messenger of hope and life For heaven has not bestowed this joy on me To take me from it Yes, I am to live Florian, raising her Oh, heaven, forgive me, maiden Can it be that thou hast loved this dial of thine with love Akin to that which women bear to men? I, that I have, as I was sold to save Why, I have sat for hours and clung to it Until I have believed I felt a heart beating within its frame And as I clung, I thought I drew both warmth and life from it I wondered then that such a thing could be Oh, my dear love I do not wonder now Embracing him Florian, aside God help thee, gentlemaid I little thought my heedless words Conceived an air in jest Charmed and so aptly with thy fantasies Allowed Be not deceived I am immortal like thyself In all except thy innocence A sinning man unworthy of thy love Be not deceived I know thee And I love thee as thou art Not as the spirit of my nightly dreams But as thou art A man of life and death Hast thou then seen a spirit in thy dreams?  Yes, ever hand in hand Oh, gentle heaven I have more happiness than I can bear Exit, Vavya Poor soul, what shall I say? To tell her now would be to kill her Pauses, irresolute, then exit Enter Muster, watching them Oh, young knight I'm sorry for Vavya Well, it concerns me not The girl is fair And traps are set for her because she's fair And she'll fall into them because she's fair Good looks should pay some penalty That's only fair Better be such as I am after all No one sets traps for me Ah, who comes here? The Lady Hilda, parting from Vavya Come forth, my talisman The time has come to test thy power Takes fail from behind stone As Hilda enters hurriedly He whines it about his head Oh, spirit of the well, I've wondrous news The poor enchanted soul till now entombed Within the sundial have taken human form Oh, gentle spirit, grant my trembling prayer If thou hast power to quit thy silver stream And stand in human form before mine eyes Then, by my long and faithful love I pray that thou wilt suffer me to see thy face Muster hobbles across behind the fountain And replies as Florian Yes, I can take such form, but press me not And wherefore not? I dare not show myself lest all thy love should fade Ah, have no fear, my love runs with my life So women say, who live but once, yet love a dozen times I am not such as they I know it well Then let me see thy face but once But once Then thou shalt hide thee to thy well again Forever if thou wilt That may not be Once seen in human form I must remain a man With more than man's infirmities I am no shapely spirit framed to catch a woman's fancy I am roughly hewn, somewhat uncouth I'm a shapen, some might say Does thou not fear to look on me? No, no Take thou thy form, whatever that form may be But stay, thou hast a serving man A crumpled wretch, one eyed in lame But, passing honest, say that I am such a twisted thing as he What then? O spirit of the well, fear not My love is not a thing of yesterday Nor does it spring from thought of face and form I love thee for thy boundless charity That seeks no recompense Doing good works in modest silence From the very love of doing good Bestowing life and strength On high and low, on rich and poor alike Embracing in thy vast philosophy All creeds, all nations, and all ranks of men Holding thyself to be no higher Than the meanest wretch who claims thy charity Yet holding none to be of such account As to deserve thy homage Just to all, lovely in all thy modest deeds of good Excelling type of godliest charity Show thyself in whatever form thou wilt O spirit of the well And I perforce must love thee Be it so, thou shalt behold me as I am But first ere I do that which cannot be undone Give me a solemn token that shall serve as evidence of troth Twix thee and me Does thou still doubt me then? I doubt myself I doubt my rugged form, my rough-hewn face My crumpled limbs See, lady, I exchange my immortality for life and death My demigodhood for the state of man Man, undersized and crippled and accursed All this I do for thee Let me be sure that when I've done all this Thou wilt not cry a whole way distorted thing My love is not for such a thing as thou Oh, doubting spirit, take this sacred ring It is a holy relic And the vow spoken thereon Binds her who utters it through life to death Upon this sacred stone I do repeat my vow of yesterday I am thy bride Throws ring into the fountain Muster, taking the ring out of the fountain Then, lady, have thy will But bear in mind that modest virtue oft will clothe herself In most unlikely garb Mistrust all prejudice Well-favored hearts may underlie ill-favored heads We spurn the dirt beneath our feet But nevertheless we grubble in such dirt for diamonds And sometimes find them there A comely face is but a food of time A kindly heart time touches but to soften Think of this, and in thy breast some pity may be found For the poor wretch to whom thy truth is given Muster reveals himself Hilda, whose fears have been gradually aroused During this speech recoils in horror and amazement at seeing him Muster! Oh, heaven, what have I said and done? Was thy in the voice that spake? My lady, yes Oh, cruel, cruel! Lady, pardon me, I knew not what I did Oh wretched man, I pardon thee Thou dost not, canst not know how deep a wound Thine idle words have riven Oh heart, my broken heart Sinks on to ground by dial My muster, shame upon thee for this jest This heartless jest, this girl mockery When thou was thick to death I tended thee Through weary days and weary, weary nights And bathed thy fevered brow and prayed with thee And soothed thy pain with such poor minstrelty as I am mistress of I sang to thee and brought thee pleasant books to help thee Speed the lagging hours of thy recovery As my heart seemed to thee so stony heart That it could bear this deadly blow unbrewed Oh, Muster, shame upon thee for this jest Jest, lady Hilda? Nay, I did not jest Why, look at me Hilda gazing at him Oh, Muster, can it be that thou hast dared? No, no, impossible It is too terrible I, I have dared I studied necromancy And I learned to weave a mighty engine for myself A web that gives invisibility Producing veil Shrouded than this I wooed thee yesterday night Oh, I can woo At least I've shown thee that A voice rang music in thy nears It was mine Words thrilled thee to the core I spake those words Love filled thy very soul It was I that wooed My very self, stripped of the hideous mask In which my soul stands shrouded from the world I'll woo like that all day But shove thine eyes, or turn thy head away And I shall make as fair a husband as the best of them Oh, horrible Go, get the hens away Take money, what a wilt, but get the hens Oh, madman, madman Why, what could I do? Should I have reasoned with myself and said Mosta, when thou was thick and like to die The Lady Hilda came to thy bedside And sat and nursed thee day by day It was nothing when writhing at thy very worst Her tears fell on thy face like rain A woman's trick When baffled death was tugging at thy throat Her gentle prayers rose to the gates of heaven Mingled with the insensate blasphemies of thy delirium Account it not Go to thy labour, get thy spade and dig And when a foolish sob of gratitude Rises unbidden to thy croaking throat They sometimes will, one can't be sure of them Swear a big oath and whistle it away Lest it take root and blossom into love Was this my duty, think ye? No, no, no My body's twisted, Lady, not my heart Hilda, with forced calmness But say that, bound in duty to the trust That thou hast wrung from me, I taught myself I will not say to love, to bear with thee How could I hope to live at peace With one armed with so terrible a talisman A talisman that vests in him the power To come to me and go from me unseen And play the truan that his own free will Thou askest more than woman kind can grant Most are trembling with excitement Oh, Lady, Lady Give me but thy love And in that gift will lie the surest proof That I will not misuse my talisman It may be so, but times an alchemist Who changes gold to dross Someday may be this love of thine will Sicken, wane, and die How could I bear this witherhood of soul Knowing that thou hast power to come and go Unseen Muster, overjoyed Be sure, I'll neither come nor go My place is at thy side Such love as thine would surely chain The proudest prince on earth And how much more so poor a wretch as I I'll trust thee not Doubt would lie heavy at my heart Not less because I had no reason for that doubt Give me thy talisman Nay, bear with me Give me thy talisman Well, well, it is thine But bear in mind The troth that thou hast pledged upon this ring Can never be recalled I know it well I'll keep my troth Give me thy talisman Lady, it is thine See how I trust in thee Do with it as thou wilt Render it apart and cast it to the winds Its work is done Giving it to her Behold me now, unarmed Hilda, changing her manner Unarmed be thou as all should be Who use a deadly power to such foul traitor's ends I am thy bride I am thy bride Make thou the very most of such poor comfort As those words may hold Proclaim thy victory Say to thyself She is my bride I wrung an oath from her With miserable lies She is my bride She saved my wretched life And in return I poison hers But still, she is my bride She shudders at my all-polluting touch She lows my mean and miserable soul What matters it So that she be my bride Oh, poor blind fool Thy plot so subtly late Is late too subtly And the cunning snare that trapped thy bird Is late too cunningly For as it made me thy poor prisoner So shall it hold me from thy deadly grasp For ever and for ever Raise thine head and look upon thy bride For once and all For by the heaven above The eye of man shall never rest upon my face again She covers her face with veil and exit Fiends, tear your throat to rags No, no, I-I-I rave Hilda, come back to me I'll be thy slave Thy willing slave once more I did but just My just is dead and gone Come back to me Release thee from thy plighted trough I love thee, love thee, love thee Oh, come back and save my soul and body Twas a jest, an idle jest I am thy drudging slave No more than that I never thought of love Twas but a jest Twas idly done But well Oh, Lady Hilda Oh, come back to me Enter Florian What is this outcry? It concerns you not Where is the Lady Hilda? Who shall say? Why thou shalt say As those heaven above I'll ring a civil answer from thy lips Take any answer that may fit your mood and leave me to myself I'm not in queue for more cross-questioning Thine impish tongue is set awry today It is awry, take care But stay When you were seeking for your talisman You bade me ascertain if any one were missing Very well The Lady Hilda's missing Foolish ape, dost thou infer? I draw no inference I state the figures Add them for thyself Enter Hilda, still veiled She gazes in amazement at Florian Hilda, aside Mercyful heaven, restore me if I rave His form, his face, his voice Florian to Muster Base liar, know that we are plighted lovers, she and I She gave her heart to me but yesternight Why should she hide herself for me to-day? Perhaps excess of joy hath driven her mad I'll not believe thy tale The maid is here and can and shall be found Well, go and search And if thou findest her, why, I'm a liar Reward me as thou wilt A fit reward will be a yard of steel between thy ribs And thou shalt have it Thank you kindly, sir Exit Muster Florian sits dejectedly by Fenton Twas he that spake to me, how can I doubt? Are there two such as he? O heaven, is this the senseless herald of a mind unstrong? Let me be sure He spake of me who long had mourned him dead He told how shrouded from my gaze last night he gave his love to me O gentle heaven, give me more strength to bear this weight of joy She advances to reveal herself When Vavia enters and sits lovingly at Florian's feet Hilda, horrified, veils herself again At last I've found thee, Florian Far and near I've sought thee, for I'm very strong today Why, what a wise physician is this love For see, my eyes are bright, my face is flushed Flashed with the glow of health This newborn love gives me a newborn strength O Florian, place thine arms round me Let me rest on thee I draw my life from thee My heart, my heart Florian, aside Alas, poor maiden I must tell thee all May heaven help me break the truth to thee Aloud Dear little lady You'll not up thine heart too readily The world is set with traps and hidden pitfalls Keep thy gentle heart for one who, by his pure and godly life Have given thee proof of his right worthiness Vavia, surprised Why speakest thou in parable? Behold, have I not loved thee for a long, long year? What proofest thou that I indeed am he whom thou hast loved so long? I have thy word, and had I not thy word I have my heart to tell me whom to seek and whom to shun Mistrust that little heart It is not frame to guide thee of itself Like virgin gold untainted by alloy It is too pure for this rough-ready world of work a day I have a tale to tell There was a knight who, as he journeyed Met a gentle maid with whom he, light of heart and light of tongue Conversed in playful strain The maid was fair, and he, in jest, spake loving words to her Believing that she knew them to be feigned At this point it begins to dawn upon Vavia That Florian is referring to her She, pure as faith, having no thought of guile Tender and trustful in her innocence Believed the mad capnights unworthy words And nursed them in her heart He, submit with shame, for he was plighted to her sister Vavia, finding her fears confirmed Rises shrinking from Florian Expressing extreme pain He rises after her Whom he loved with an exceeding love Is said with clumsy, hint and far-fetched parable To break the truth to her At length, at length, by very slow degrees Light came to her Shall I go on? No need I know the rest The maiden died She pardoned him Then died Vavia, during the ensuing lines Show symptoms of fainting No, no, Vavia, she lived The maiden lived He was not worth a tear She loved him well, but still she lived, Vavia But still she lived If only for the gentle sister whom she loved so tenderly And for whose sake she, in the blushing daybreak of her life Had yielded up the world How say she lived? Vavia falls senseless in Florian's arms Hilda, who has been listening eagerly to the latter part Of Florian's tale, kneels Praying as the act drop falls End of Act Two Act Three of Broken Hearts by W. S. Gilbert This is a LibriVox recording All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain For more information or to volunteer Please visit LibriVox.org Act Three Seen, same as Act One About half an hour before sunset Vavia discovered sleeping at foot of sundial Melusine is kneeling Amantus is standing, leaning on dial Vavia's head rests on pillows And a cloak envelops her How peacefully she sleeps O Melusine, can it be that this solemn death-like calm Is but the silent herald of the end? As she has lived, so will our darling die Gently and peacefully this tranquil sleep Change to tranquil death and give no sign So will she pass away But see, she wakes What heaven that we had fairer news for thee My poor Vavir Vavir, awakening and very feebly Thy face is very sad Are there no tidings of my sister? None Dear Melusine Keep not the truth from me Some fearful evil has befallen her Tell me the truth See, I am stronger now Nay, calm thyself, Vavir Save only that she has been sought And has not yet been found We have no truth to tell How speed's the day? Thy dial points to eight One little hour And then my son will set Farewell, O son How gloriously he dies The sun will sink to rest throughout the night As we shall rest, but not to die To die as we should die The night is given to the world That she may mourn her widowhood He knows no night But journey is calmly on his heavenly path Wrapped in eternal light All a type of the excelling life we try to live Of the all-glorious death we hope to die See, Vavir, see upon Beacon Hill Moosta returning from his weary search Is he alone?  Throughout the long, long day My weeping sisters have been seeking thee No meta now, Vavir When thou art strong, I'll tell thee all But I have news for thee Rare news, dear sister Dry those gentle eyes The mighty sorrow that hath bowed thy heart Is at an end Thy Prince, thy Florian Whom thou hast loved so tenderly He lives Hilda, my sister He is seeking thee Here, on this island He is seeking thee Hilda He loves thee For he told me so I know he loves me Thou hast seen him then I know he loves me I, even more, Vavir I know the secret of thy heart Poor broken heart Oh, sister, pardon me I did not seek his love Nor knew I then that he had loved thee Oh, sister, pardon me For I have suffered very bitterly Vavir, I have a prayer to make to thee Vavir, thou lovest him Thy little life, more precious To us all than all the world Lies in his hands He is thy life to thee And pitying heaven hath led him To our shores to save thee for us Take no thought of me For I have wrestled with this love of mine And vanquished it It lies beneath my feet With assumed gaiety Remember, thou and I have but one heart And so that it is happy What care we whose bosom it may beat in Dying o' mine Nay, but thou shall not speak I'll keep away His eyes shall never rest on me again He will forget me then And wander soon Men's hearts are in their eyes This love of theirs must have its daily food Oh, it will die I'll keep away, so take him to dine heart And tell him Tell him that I spake in jest That I had plucked his image from my heart And cast it from me twelve long months ago Say that my heart is cold and dead to him Say that, say that Hilda breaks down and sobs in Vavia's lap Oh, sister Weep no more Thy prince hath chosen And hath chosen well Of what account is such a life is mine Why it is ebbing fast Grief not for me Then yet I feign would live a little while To see thy face once more a light with joy As in the old, old days So shall thou live To see my joy at thine own happiness Vavir, he will be sorry for a while Be kind to him He will forget me then Remember all my love for him is dead Kiss me, my child Kiss me again Farewell Hilda pauses Looking at Vavir for a moment Then covers her face with the veil And exit Oh, loving heart Sweet, gentle sister heart To bid me blight the outset of thy life Then I may count the time that's left to me by days Instead of hours Come back to me I have no time to love The end is near Enter Melisine, followed by Florian Obedient to thy summons I am here Yet I am very loath to look upon the misery My healessness hath caused Vavir, leaning on Melisine With an effort to appear cheerful Sir Florian My pain is at an end The blow was heavy For I am not strong And justs are new to me Forgive me, sir My brain is filled with foolish fantasies That carry me beyond my reasoning self I pray your pardon Think no more of me Save as the subject of a merry tale How a mad maiden loved a sundial And very dearly too I have some news to give you comfort Hilda has been here She is alive and well Then heaven be thanked But stay You met her as you came No, no, we saw no sign of her It's very strange She left me but a minute since And took the path by which you came Go seek her, sir Be very sure she waits you close at hand Come, Melisine Farewell, sir Florian Deal gently with me When you tell the tale Exit Vavir supported by Melisine She shows by her change of expression That the effort to appear cheerful Has caused her great suffering She took that path And yet I saw her not There's but one clue to the strange mystery She has the talisman By what strange means it found its way Into her spotless hands I've yet to learn Muster has entered during the speech Let me assist you, sir I stole it from your pillow as you slept And used it for my ends I took your place beside the fountain And I wooed her there And there she pledged herself to be my wife And as a token gave this ring to me Showing ring What miserable ape! Has thou then lost the mere life-seeking instinct That inspires the very meanest of thy fellow-beasts? Thou hast come to say those things to me? I have.  Then draw thy sword and make an end of me I am prepared Florian, drawing sword I need no assurance, yay or nay That some foul planning of thy leper heart Had worked this devilry Thou lovest her? Thou lovest her? Is there no blasphemy that devil's shrink from? Has thou seen thyself? Seizing muster and holding his head over the pool Look in the fountain Bend thy cursed head Look at it, dog-face Muster struggles Shrink not back, pal It will not harm the coward Look at it What do we do with such a thing as that When it dares claim a common right with man? We crush it underfoot We stamp it down, lest other reptiles Take their cue from it and say If he is human, so are we Flinging him on the ground Muster crouching on ground Spare me your tongue I well know what I am And what I've done My life is forfeited Strike at the heart Be quick, I am prepared Has thou no prayer to utter?   But one word more, and I have done Had I, though shapely limbs That fair, smooth face Those two great, godlike eyes May lightning blast them as it blasted mine Believe me, sir I'd use no talismans Now, kill me quick, I'm prepared I only ask one boon of you Strike surely, and be quick Florian pauses for a moment Then sheaths his sword Go, take thy life I'll none of it With one whom heaven hath so defaced Let heaven deal, I will not sit in judgment On thy sin, my wrath is faded When I look upon the seal That heaven hath set upon thy brow Why, I could find it in my heart To ask thy pardon for the fear of my words Go, take thy life Make fairer use of it Muster, much moved I thank you, sir Not for my blighted life But for the pitying words In which you grant it You've moved me very deeply Places the ring that Hilda gave him on Florian's finger Then kisses his hand Curse the tears I am not used to weep, my lord But then I am not used to gentleness from men Exit, Muster And happy creature Go thy ways in peace Thou hast atonement O Hilda, come to me If thou art here If thou canst hear my words And by the love that thou hast borne to me By all the tears that thou hast shed for me By all the hope thou hast held out for me I do implore thee to reveal thyself Enter Hilda, veiled Fear nothing, for I have the holy ring On which thine oath was given By cunning fraud that oath was wrung from thee Fear nothing now Hilda, unveiling Sir Florian, I am here O Hilda, my only love Safe in my arms at last Why did thou hide thyself away from me? Hilda, hurriedly I hid myself to save my sister's life To save her life I now reveal myself How fair's the veer Alas, her little life is ebbing fast From hard wounds of thy making Florian, I have no time to lose on empty forms I have no words to waste on idle speech My poor sick sister loves thee Much misled by thy light words She placed full faith in thee And she is dying for her faith O sir, there is but one physician in the world Who, under heaven, can save my darling's life Go to her now If thou hast loved me, sir Be merciful and save this life for me Hilda, be just How can I do this thing? Can I command my heart Or deal with it as I can deal with life or limb? By heaven, I would lay down my life to save the veer But not my love I do not ask thy life I have a life to yield If such a price could save my sister O forgive me, sir My weight of grief hath matted me And yet I ask for no one-sided sacrifice What is thy loss to mine? For three long years this love of thee Tinged my devoted life with such blank woe Such utter misery that I was feign Hope being dead to me to sit apart And wait the far-off end Then, when the end seemed yet too far away The bright blue heaven shone through the lowering clouds For he whom I had mourned as dead came back To claim my love and crown it with his own At last, at last I hold thee by the hand Taking Florian by both hands At last I have thy love, O love of mine Thou art my very own At last, at last Well then, sir Florian I yield thee up Releasing him To save her life I tear this newborn joy Out of my very heart For her I crush my only hope on earth If I can yield the love of three long years To save her life Canst thou not yield thy love of yesterday? The task is very bitter Yesterday I learned that thou whom I so blindly love Had blindly loved me years ago To date thou bits me take this love of mine elsewhere Art thou so sure that I have loved thee long? I loved one Florian A stainless knight, brave as the very truth And, being brave, tender and merciful As brave men are Whose champion heart was sworn in chivalry To save all women, sorrowing and oppressed Nor did he hold that woman to be bent Whose sorrow came of her great love for him Tell me, art thou the Florian that I loved?  Vivia, there is more heaven than earth in that pale face Enter Vavia, very pale and weak Supported by Melasin and Amensis Florian receives her in his arms And they lay her gently on the ground Hilda rushes to her As they place her on the ground near the sundial Florian kneels by her And takes her hand Vavir, my love My gentle sister See, he loves thee Florian loves thee He is here to tell thee this To call thee back to life Come at his call The earth is bright for thee See how he loves thee Vavir, come back It is too late Too late I feel the hand of death upon my heart So let it be My day is spent My tale is nearly told Vavir Vavir, have pity on us Gentle little soul Flying not to thine appointed heaven Not yet Not yet Eternity is thine Spare but a few brief years To us on earth And still eternity remains to thee He loves thee Florian loves thee well O death Are there no horny men and aged women Weeping for thee to come and comfort them O death O death Leave me this little flower Take thou the fruit But pass the blossom by Weep not The bitterness of death is past Kiss me, my sister Florian Think of me I loved thee very much Be good to her, dear sister Place my hand upon my dial No, weep not for me I have no pain indeed Kiss me again My son is set Vavir dies Hilda falling senseless on her body Curtain End of Act 3 End of Broken Hearts By W.S. Gilbert


Hey, I'm Matthew Coast, head dating coach at commitmentconnection.com. And in today's video, we're gonna talk about how to touch a guy. So how do you touch a guy if you want more physical intimacy with him? We're gonna talk about that right now. So let's say that you're either seeing a guy or you're in a relationship or you're dating someone and you want to kind of bridge that gap between you guys aren't really touching each other and you want to have more physical intimacy. How do you kind of go through that progression and what different things are you gonna do here? So I'm gonna give you eight different ways that you can kind of initiate touching a guy that will make him feel more comfortable with not only touching you but also with you touching him. So the first thing that you'll wanna do is start with a hug, right? And lots of friends hug, everybody hugs if they want to and it's not a big deal if you hug somebody but it can also be something that kind of bridges this whole thing where you're not touching somebody to actually touching them.  Like it makes him feel like, okay not only is it okay to hug and touch her but it kind of feels good, right? And it's welcoming and it's warm and maybe it's something that he wants to do some more of. So number two is that you'll want to either squeeze his shoulder or squeeze his arm and usually a good time to do this is like when you're talking about something or there's something funny and you just kind of like squeeze his arm and then take it away, right?  That's always a fun one and guys love that. So number three, what you're gonna do here is you're either going to touch his hand or touch him on the back, right? And this kind of takes it even one step deeper in what you're doing, right? Like touching him on the hand, guys love that. Guys love it when a girl touches him on the hand if he likes her, if he's into her, if he's dating her, if he's in a relationship with her. It just feels good, you know? It feels like, oh, I like you, I'm interested in you and it's doing it in a nonverbal way so you don't even really have to say anything and it kind of increases his feeling of intimacy with you just by doing that. So number four is that you're going to kind of just give him a light smack, right? And you'll want to do this when there's something funny going on or he's like, you're in a conversation or he says something that's sarcastic or he says something that is kind of like naughty or bad or something. You'll want to smack him on the arm and kind of laugh a little. Now don't smack him too hard. You don't want to hurt this guy. And a lot of times women don't realize how, you know, what it feels like when they're hitting a guy, right? They're like, oh, he can take it but maybe he doesn't want you to hit him hard or whatever. So just smack him lightly on the arm and kind of laugh and it'll, or you can like hit him, like kind of like smack him on the knee or something like that. That's even more kind of an intimate place to hit him is either like on the shoulder or like in the elbow or like on the knee and the knees more intimate. What you're kind of saying here when you do this is kind of like, you know, stop it or no, I'm just kidding, keep on going because I kind of like it, right? Which is kind of this push-pull kind of playing with his emotions type of a thing which can be really, really, really attractive if you do it in the right way. So number five is touching his chest, right? And so this is kind of moving it even deeper into the intimacy space, right? Because it's kind of a, like a man's chest is like this place where he, it's almost like this defensive guard for him, right? Where he's like, you know, if he's a man, right? You get punched in the chest. It's like, you know, that's where a man takes it. But for a woman to like, you know, put her finger there, right? It's kind of this sensual kind of sexual almost like really intimate, like, you know, I'm allowed in this kind of defensive, strong space that you have as a man right here in your chest. And it's to a guy, it's so hot.  And if you want to amplify the whole touch to the chest thing a little bit, you can say something like, wow, you're so strong, right? And it just makes him feel good. It makes him feel like a man. It makes him feel manly, which is a really, really great thing for a man to feel. He wants to feel manly, especially when he's around a woman. And that'll allow him to kind of open up a little bit more to you. So number six that I'm gonna give you here is putting your arm around him. And so this is kind of almost taking a step back a little bit because what you're doing here is, it's kind of like a friendship type of thing, which is good because if you're, doesn't matter if you're seeing a guy or you're dating a guy or you're in a relationship, when you put your arm around him and you're kind of like we're buddies type of a thing, it's kind of this pull back, but at the same time it's a deeper level of connection into the friendship space, which if you are just dating him at the time, could be a little bit confusing for him, but it's actually really, really good because it's like that kind of confusion kind of breaks whatever thought that he had was going on with you, which can actually amplify the attraction that he has for you. So number seven here is actually like messing with his hair a little bit. And you wanna be kind of careful about this if a guy just got a haircut and it's kind of in place or whatever. He might not want you to mess with his hair, but if he's in a space where he doesn't care about that or whatever, and even if he did just get a haircut and it's in place, he might still not care. Kind of depends on the guy really, but it can be kind of a flirty fun thing to do. You might wanna kind of test it and see what he does when you kind of touch his hair, if he like kind of yanks back a little bit, you might wanna pull away and kind of stop that. But if he doesn't, it can be a really, really kind of relaxing and a powerful thing for a guy because there's this thing with guys, right? Where women can kind of calm them down. They can kind of like take a guy, all of his energy that he has, that he's moving towards something and she can just like bring him down and make him relax and make him feel good and make him feel calm. And to a man that's incredibly nurturing. And so one of the ways that a woman can do that is by touching his head, right? Touching his scalp and even kind of like with her fingernails, kind of rubbing his scalp a little bit with her fingernails. That can be an incredibly soothing and relaxing thing to a man. And it can feel like really, really nurturing, which will make him feel a lot closer to you and feel like you're kind of that nurturing energy in his life, which is feminine, which is really powerful, especially if he's a masculine man. So number eight, so this one is actually not as much touching as it is kind of feeling, right? And it's the inner ear. And so what you wanna do here is find a reason to whisper to him, right? Tell him that you wanna tell him something and then pull him down and kind of whisper into his ear. And whispering into, there's a like a primal, biological thing for this. Every once in a while, you'll get someone who isn't kind of aroused or turned on by this. But most people, men and women are real, like they love it when a person that they're into whispers into their ear. It's like this sensual, sexual, like intimate thing, right? That you got going on. There's a little bit of taboo in there as well because it's like, oh, I'm telling you something that I don't want anybody else to hear. And you can do it anytime, anywhere that you are. You can do it if you're alone by yourselves. You can do it when you're in a kind of a crowded space or like a party or something. You can do it when you're out at a restaurant. It doesn't matter, but it's really a sensual and powerful thing that a woman can do is just tell a guy that something into his, whisper something into his ear. And you might even want to linger there for a second and kind of take a breath. It can be really, really, really powerful. So try doing that. Thanks for watching this video. If you're ready to know exactly what to say and do to attract the man and the relationship you've always wanted, click on the button on the right hand side of this video and go to our website.


My name is Andrea with Foodimentary Adventures in Food.  On our channel, you'll find simple and tasty dinners using everyday ingredients. So, for dinner tonight, we are having a non-traditional steak dinner. I say that because I normally serve my steak with baked potatoes and salad, but this time I am serving it with just some macaroni and cheese and some sautéed kale and leeks. That is Harrison. He's upset about something. But this is the macaroni and cheese that I'm using. It was in my pantry, been in there for a while, needed to use it. And then this is the kale that I am using from Trader Joe's. Again, I just sautéed it with some leeks and I got it on a recent Trader Joe's haul. I'll link it in the description if you want to check out what I picked up. I seasoned the kale with this kinders and then I seasoned the steak with this. So, this week I am just going to try to use up what I have on hand. I am trying to not go to the grocery store at all. That is my goal this week. So, this is what we're having for dinner tonight and we will see y'all next time. So, we are having another freezer meal for dinner tonight and fridge, I guess. So, in my refrigerator I had some potatoes. I threw a large one in the air fryer and Howard and I are splitting it. I also had some leftover stir-fried green beans. And then from the freezer we are eating these shrimp from HEB, jumbo, cheddar, biscuit, shrimp, butterfly. I popped them in the air fryer. So, I wasn't sure what to expect. I've never had them before. I thought there would be more breading. There isn't. They are breaded but it's not like a biscuit breading which I thought it would be. But it does have a little cheesy kind of taste. They're pretty good. I don't know that I would have to have them again. They're just okay to me. But anyway, this is what we are having for dinner tonight and we will see y'all next time. So, for dinner tonight I am trying out a new recipe. It is for a creamy tomato soup. It calls for some fresh basil which I have chopped up. It calls for a jar of pasta sauce, heavy whipping cream. It calls for two cups of water. But I think I'm just going to add some low sodium bouillon to that just to give it some more flavor. But it's really easy. All I'm going to do is saute the basil and then you just throw everything else in. Okay, so the soup is ready. It does have a good flavor. I'm glad that I added the bouillon to it because I think if you just added two cups of water it would be pretty bland. But it does have a good flavor. And I added two teaspoons of bouillon for the two cups of water. On the side I'm having some five cheese garlic bread. I really wanted a grilled cheese sandwich but I mentioned to you all that I was trying not to go to the grocery store this week and so we had this in the freezer and that is what I made. So this is what we are having for dinner tonight and we will see y'all next time. For dinner tonight we are having another quick and easy pantry freezer meal. So in my freezer I had a bag of chicken wings and so I decided to make these spicy wings. Williams is the name of the brand. I've made these before but it's been at least probably a year ago. These are really good. I mean the seasoning mix is really good. It has great flavor. All you need is wings and then milk or buttermilk and then you just, you can bake them in the oven which is what I did where you can pan fry or deep fry them but they are good. They have a nice little kick to them. With it I am serving some Posteroni that I had in my pantry and then I just made some buttered corn that I had in my freezer. So this is what we are having for dinner tonight and we will see y'all next time. So Howard and I are trying out a new Mexican restaurant for lunch today. So this is Howard's plate. He got a lunch special chilleriano with chicken which is in the center there. It comes with rice and beans and on top of the chilleriano is supposed to be this mixture of pecans and raisins but he got them on the side instead of on top of his chilleriano. I just got an enchilada and taco lunch special right here. Anchilada is right here.  So for dinner tonight I am kind of throwing together a meal that I have made up. So in this skillet I have got some olive oil, I have got some garlic and I had a package of this Purdue chicken in my freezer, thawed it out and now I am just kind of browning it in the skillet. Right back here I have some pesto that I made and this is the pesto sauce that I used. It was in my pantry so I cooked that up. You could do this also if you have the jarred pesto but again just trying to use what I have got on hand. And then in this pot I have got some tortellini boiling. This is in my fridge, Trader Joe's. It is a little 10 ounce package. I have got that going as well. So once that is done I am going to add it to the skillet along with the pesto and then I am going to add some parmesan cheese here. This is going to be a quick and easy dinner tonight. Alright so our dinner is ready and this is very tasty, good flavor and as you can see it was quick and easy to throw together. I am serving it with a side salad. I am probably going to have this Olive Garden salad dressing just trying to use it up and then I don't know how it is going to have this or not. I got this for him to try from HEB which is a grocery store here in Texas so we will see which one he wants. But this is what we are having for dinner tonight and we will see you all next time.


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what are the loops that we can use when trying to conceive as I understand that the natural ones are good for you, but it's difficult to get those and the sperm friendly loops apparently there are specific sperm friendly loose, they're very expensive. So could we just use normal water based loop. So there are a lot of research studies around this idea. And I'm going to break it down. Let's start with the basic thing that yes loop does impact sperm mortality and the DNA related to sperm so it can create complications with conception so it is a problem. It doesn't matter if it is water based or oil based it does create issues. However, when they did research studies and you know the general population of women who said they were using loops and they were tracking their conception, they were able to get pregnant using regular loop like you know just the regular loop that so what the conclusion they came up with at least for that study was that actually it's not a problem. However, if you are somebody who has an issue with their sperm mortality or sperm quality or you know any issues with your sperm or low sperm, then yes loop can be a factor and you should look into it and change it. Otherwise you know you can just get on with life and it'll be fine. So the loop that they suggest is something called precede or conceived plus, which have the same level as the vaginal fluids like the cervical fluids. However, like the person who wrote the question they are extremely expensive like just before this video I checked it out they could be anywhere between 4 to 5000 in India, or between 15 and 20 pounds in UK. Now that is really expensive a lot of money to spend on loop. So they are expensive. Gosh that's a lot of money.  Maybe if like you said maybe if it is actually a problem where this is a factor in your conceiving. If you have low motility count, low sperm count etc and it becomes a serious factor maybe it's possible to buy this specific type of sperm friendly loop and only use it during those two or three days of the conception calendar. Do you think that might work? Yeah, I think that's a great idea because I think you use it for those few days so you can now then stretch that loop much more. What I would definitely say is that the loop might be one of the 20 factors that you're not conceiving. So yes it could be one that you could eliminate it could be the one that is causing the lack of inability to conceive. However, if there is an issue with conception, I would first go to the OBGYN get some tests done and see what the issue is and they will be the best people to recommend what you could do or how you could work out alternate loops if this is really expensive for you. So I would I would really explore or dig deep into this issue if you're having a problem with conception and if you're having a problem conceiving then first go to the doctor and then you know discuss maybe changing the loop. So just to finish, loop is still really good for you. It's important for you. Most of the time it won't be a problem with the regular loop. And if it is, if it actually is one of the issues that's causing conception not to happen, then it's worth investing in one that's more expensive but it's worth using it only for those couple of days when the woman is ovulating. I hope that this helps and yeah, good sexual health to you and I hope that anybody out there was trying to conceive. We wish you good luck.


Officials from the Ministry of Health have been engaging officials within the sector with the aim of addressing some of the major issues affecting the island's health facilities. Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sharon Belmar George chaired the August meeting with management and staff of the St. Jude Hospital which preceded a site visit of the facility. Dr. Belmar says the ministry is looking forward to providing the necessary assistance to the facility through continued collaborative efforts. So we have looked at the increases for example that they have seen in admitted cases as well. We've also looked at some of the quality of care issues that they have seen and looking at the various measures that we would need to support to improve and to ensure efficient services in the south. Chief Medical Officer Dr. Belmar says through the newly appointed quality manager Tecla Jabatis the ministry has been looking even closer at its health sector standards. Reform is already underway as some facilities have already begun making changes. I've noted that for example the extended hours that have been put in for the grocery poly clinic where there's access to care Saturday Sundays, holidays and up to midnight and we are working to also establish the castries urban poly clinic so persons in that area can also access care when our traditional wellness centers are closed. We are also looking closely at the south. Lady Adkins is the Chief Executive Officer of the Lone Secondary Care Facility in the south of the island. The meeting was the second in a series of planned sessions between the groups. Important for St. Jude is the ability to ensure and to guarantee for public that the care that they continue to access at St. Jude Hospital meets the required standards for care irrespective of the infrastructure where those services are being delivered, ensuring that we are able to meet those required standards with the adequacy of staff as well as the adequacy of supplies that we have looking at our protocols, our approach to care, our practices and ensuring that we meet the bench-locked international standards that govern this. The meeting was held at St. Jude's Conference Room for the Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs. I'm Sant Justin.


This particle is about transformation of bacteria with plasmid DNA. Heat shock method is very famous method and it can be easily performed in a lab. In this method through heat the foreign DNA is allowed to penetrate inside the bacterial cell. For performing this experiment we need competent cells and in the previous practical we have already made chemically competent cells and then a foreign DNA. It can be a plasmid vector or another vector. The plasmid vector is usually containing our gene of interest as well as an antibiotic selection marker. So we start our experiment. We need two things first, number one competent cells which are already prepared and stored on eyes or 4 degrees centigrade and number two our DNA of interest which is plasmid in this case. We will mix one microliter of plasmid DNA with the competent cells aliquot already thawed and put on eyes. Then after mixing this mixture is allowed to incubate in eyes for about 20 minutes. Transformation of bacterial cells through heat shock method is called heat shock because we give the transforming cell a shock of 42 degrees centigrade. For this we need water bath. So after incubation of competent cells with the plasmid DNA we will give a shock of about one minute and we need for this we need to put the bacterial cells from eyes into the water bath. For bacteria to survive the heat shock we have added one animal of albibrot and to grow the bacteria we need to put this append off at 37 degrees centigrade for about two hours so that bacteria will multiply and grow. After two hours of incubation of bacterial cells we will spread 100 microliter of the culture on an albiblate. The albiblate should be containing your selection marker like any antibiotic. After spreading of 100 microliter of culture this need to be incubated at 37 degrees centigrade overnight. And after incubation if your plasmid has been transformed you will see colonies. After overnight incubation of a bacterial culture your colonies will appear like this if it has transformed plasmid.