Although we have a choice in becoming the people we strive to be, it is without a doubt that our childhoods shape us to a certain extent. How we choose to react to different situations and the way we express ourselves are behavioral patterns that are formed starting at a young age when we first begin to learn how to make sense of our immediate environment. Marriage and Family Counselors Dr. Mulan and Kay Yerkovik discovered that everyone has a certain love style based on their upbringing. A love style is comprised of our tendencies and inclinations of how we respond to our romantic partners. By understanding how we love, we can learn how our love styles affect our relationships. Here are Dr. Mulan and Kay Yerkovik's five love styles. 1. The Pleaser The Pleaser often grows up in a home with an overly protective or angry and critical parent. As children, pleasers do everything they can to be good and be on their best behavior, so as to not provoke a negative response from their parent. Pleaser children don't receive comfort. Instead, they spend their time and energy giving comfort to their reactive parent. Pleasers are uncomfortable with conflict and deal with disagreements by often giving in or making up for them quickly. They usually have a hard time saying no, and because they want to minimize conflict, they may not be truthful and lie to avoid difficult confrontations. As pleaser children grow into adults, they learn to read the moods of others around them to make sure they can keep everyone happy. However, when pleasers feel stressed or believe that they are continuously letting someone down, they can have a breakdown and flee from relationships. Pleasers often spread themselves thin trying to be everything to everyone when it's not realistic, and instead of forming healthy boundaries for themselves, they focus more on the needs and desires of others. In order for pleasers to cultivate stable relationships, they have to be honest about their own feelings, rather than trying to do what is expected of them. 2. The victim The victim often grows up in a chaotic home. Victims learn to be compliant in order to survive by putting less attention on themselves so they can stay under the radar. To deal with their angry, violent parents, victim children learn at a very young age to hide and stay quiet. Because being fully present is painful for them, victim children often build an imaginary world in their heads to cope with the dangers they face on a daily basis. Victims have low self-esteem and usually struggle with anxiety and depression. They may end up marrying controllers who mirror the same behaviors as their parents. Victims learn to cope by being adaptable and going with the flow. They are so used to chaos and stressful situations that when they do experience calmness, it actually makes them feel uneasy because they anticipate the next blow-up. In order for victims to cultivate healthy, stable relationships, they have to learn self-love and stand up for themselves when a situation calls for it, instead of letting their partner walk all over them. 3. The Controller The controller usually grows up in a home where there wasn't a lot of protection, so they learn to toughen up and take care of themselves. They need to feel in control at all times to prevent the vulnerability they experienced in their childhood from being exposed in their adulthood. People with this love style believe that they're in control when they can avoid experiencing negative feelings of fear, humiliation, and helplessness. Controllers, however, don't associate anger as vulnerability, so they use it as a weapon to remain in power. Controllers have rigid tendencies, but may also be sporadic and unpredictable. They don't like stepping out of their comfort zones because it makes them feel weak and unprotected. They prefer to solve problems on their own, and like getting things done in a certain manner. Otherwise, they get angry. In order for controllers to form stable, long-lasting relationships, they need to learn how to let go, trust others, and keep their anger at bay. 4. The Vassilator The vacillator often grows up with an unpredictable parent. As children, vacillators learned that their needs aren't their parent's top priority. Without consistent affection from their parent, vacillators develop a deep fear of abandonment, but when the parent finally feels like giving their time and attention to them, vacillators are usually too angry and tired to receive it. As vacillators enter adulthood, they try to find the consistent love they were deprived of as children. Vacillators have a tendency to idealize new relationships, but once they feel let down or disappointed, they grow dejected and doubtful. They often feel misunderstood and experience a lot of internal conflict and emotional stress within their relationships. They can be extremely sensitive and perceptive, which allows them to detect even the slightest change in others, and no one people are pulling away. In order for vacillators to cultivate healthy, stable relationships, they need to learn how to pace themselves and get to know someone before committing too soon and getting hurt by their own expectations. 5. The Avoider The avoider often grows up in a less affectionate home that values independence and self-reliance. As children, avoiders learn to take care of themselves starting at a very young age and put their feelings and needs on hold to deal with their anxieties of having little to no comfort from their parents. Vacillators tend to like their space and rely on logic and detachment more than their emotions. They get uncomfortable when people around them experience intense mood swings. In order for avoiders to cultivate healthy, long-lasting relationships, they need to learn how to open up and express their emotions honestly. Which love style do you identify with? Please share your thoughts with us below. Also, we love to give special thanks to our sponsors BetterHelp, an affordable online counseling platform for those who are struggling with mental health. If you're interested, we've included a link in the description below.


Hello my YouTube family Welcome to another Nark Survivor Live video and this one a very big topic We are going to be talking about When the narcissist Realizes their doom because all of this time They've been doing all of these things to you they manipulated you into this Non-recipical relationship Where you were just giving out constantly and you weren't getting anything back and returned to replenish yourself And they were just draining you Depleting you Because they could see your value, but they never let you know just how valuable you are Just how incredible How wonderful of a person That you were to them Because let's just talk about what you were to the narcissist.   What happens if you don't clean it? If you don't give it fuel You don't change the tires You don't top up the oil What happens if You don't continue to maintain that car That you love so much That you're using, that's helping you Of course it's just going to fall apart And it's the exact same thing with you and the narcissist They didn't take care of you Even though you were something of value to them You were useful, beneficial But they're not used to having things of value Because even themselves, they have no inner sense of value They get their value from the outside Through manipulating other people Using them, devaluing them That's where they get their value from It doesn't come from within, like with us But that's why they love to be around us Because we can generate this value from within And then they can take it from us And then they feel valuable in that moment It makes them feel better about themselves It gives them that rush, that little bit of energy To help to keep them moving But because they fail to maintain us As their source of value This source of supply At some point that begins to affect them as well Once they depleted us of our energy and resources Then how they meant to use us as their source of supply Of course, if they took care of us Like taking care of a car Then we would be better able to provide things to them But of course, as we know, narcissists do not have this mentality Because with narcissists It's kind of like throwing a piece of meat to a pack of dogs They're just going to devour it and they're not going to think anything of it Narcissists do not think before they act They do a lot of hurtful, mean things And they don't even think anything of it They're not even thinking about what that's going to do to you How it's going to deplete you How it's going to affect your ability to maintain them So at some point, of course, things do go wrong And then they begin to realise their doom They begin to realise that things are falling apart for them They begin to realise that it's not the way as it was before But when that happens They're not going to look at the situation And take accountability Like a responsible mature adult Because remember, they're like emotional toddlers They're like two-year-old children in adult bodies So they're not going to take accountability for anything when it goes wrong All they're going to do is play the victim and blame you And then they're going to use that as justification to punish you And by punishing you I mean, they may stalk and harass you They may make threats, they may intimidate you They may trangle you with another person They may start a smear campaign against you They may try to target you financially They may try to get you fired from your job Yes, these are the types of things that narcissists will do After they have depleted you of your energy And of you being a source of supply to them That's typically what they will do When they realise they're doomed But either way, they're going to take a fall It is going to affect them even if they do blame you And punish you Yes, they do develop their arrogance and sense of entitlement And they may get something more out of you But no matter what they get, it's never enough, they're never satisfied Because they can't generate that energy from within They have to get it from external sources So all they can really do is deplete you And then move on to someone else And do the same thing all over again And that's why they usually have so many exes They go from one supply to the next They just use them up They chew them and then they spit them out They discard them and then they find someone else And do the same thing all over again But there is no source of supply There is no person Who can provide them with what they need, this fuel, forever Because it's never going to be enough to sustain a narcissist It's never going to fill that void It may fill them temporarily But it's fleeting They always return to their usual state of depression Nothing is ever enough to sustain and continuously uplift them They're always going to need more And that really is their doom That is their curse And it's always going to be like that for them No matter what they do, no matter what they have There's never going to be enough It's never going to sustain them Well as we can get that from within That power, that energy that they're seeking from their sources of supply We can generate that on our own And again, yes, that is why they targeted us But as it says in the Bible, do not cast your pearls into swine Like with the analogy I said earlier It's like throwing a piece of meat to a pack of wild dogs All they're going to do is devour it And they will devour it very quickly They won't even think about what they're going to do later that day or tomorrow It's just this mentality, like this is what I want right now And just not thinking about the future So this is how it is with narcissists This is what it's like when they realise their doom Just going to sit down in the sand here Just watching the sun go down Really beautiful view of these mountains on the sea But don't stress too much over these narcissists Don't worry too much about it There's very little you can do to change the situation Especially once it's moved past the love-bombing phase Because a lot of times they're just not really even thinking about what they're doing All they're thinking about is what they want They look at you and it's like, yes, I want your energy I want your emotions, your reactions I want you, in the beginning at least I want you to make me feel that then it's rushed you And use you to make myself feel powerful As though I'm superior to you Because that's what they do, they idealise us in the beginning They view us as perfect, they put us on as pedestal To where we're above them And then that turns against them It's like, so we're greater than they are Now they've got to bring us down Now they've got to put us beneath them because they're envious They're feeling secure, they're feeling inferior to us But this is what they do every time When they meet someone new it's like, yes, I've met this new perfect source of supply But of course, you can't both be perfect Because at some point something is going to go wrong You might slip up or they may reveal a flaw or imperfection And then it's all downhill after that But this is just how it is with them because they just can't be human They can't be vulnerable They have to protect and defend this false character That's their false image And if you threaten that If they feel like you're going to expose it Then you become public enemy number one They're only going to hate and envy you and seek to destroy you Because the reality here is that, yes, they do pick people who are greater than they are They do not want to be around anyone who they deem to be less They want to be around people who they can extract something from Things that they don't have Things that are greater than what they already possess But in a way they're like setting themselves up for failure Because of course they're never going to be as great as you are When they're targeting someone who they deem to be so wonderful, so great And yes, that's exactly what you are although you may not know it right now Because you have been devalued You've been gaslit, you've been brainwashed Into thinking that you're so much less than what you actually are Because that's the only way that they can keep you as a source of supply If you truly knew your worth You would have left them at the very beginning You wouldn't have wanted anything to do with them And that is the whole point of the manipulation The devaluation, the gaslighting It's to make you doubt yourself so that you will continue to exist in that space Because otherwise you're just going to run a mile, you're not going to want anything to do with them And they know that Which is why a part of healing from the abuse It's about self-reflection going within Building back up your self-worth and realising just how great you are And that's what I had to do as well earlier along my journey Believe it or not There was actually a time when I doubted myself as well Where I was insecure I had low self-esteem I didn't really believe in myself I didn't realise just how great I actually was But I've spent a few years now Focusing on myself Self-reflecting Looking within, realising my worth And as you can probably tell in my videos I am very confident in myself I believe that I can do anything I value my qualities, my abilities The things that I have worked on Everything that makes me who I am Everything that makes me a man That's what I advise you to do as well Look within to self-reflect To value yourself Don't wait around for the narcissist to value you Because that is never going to happen They're never going to do that for you They're never going to remind you of just how great you are Because of course that would put them at a disadvantage immediately But that's exactly what I do I remind people of how great they are Because I know That no matter how great they are I still Have something to bring to them I still have something of value to lift them up And for me there's no greater gift than that Than to know that I am something of value And sadly that's what attracts these predators to us It's that we do have this value Everything that makes us Everything that we are The problem is that at some point they find their value From turning against us and putting us down Bringing us down to their level once they realise that they can't be us And they can't have the qualities that we possess Then they envy us and it's like alright It's kind of like two kids with a toy And one kid is like If I can't have that toy I'm going to destroy it That's exactly what it's like And that's what we are We are that toy And they've been playing with us for a very long time And that's why I gotta get on here To share this message To remind you That you are so much more than just a toy You're so much more than just Someone's little Puppet Someone's little play thing As they want us to be Because let's be real That's all that we were That's all that we are But it's time That we get a scissors And we snip those strings So that we can be free And then we can create the type of life That we want to live And that's why I'm here That's why I do this Because I want to join you On your journey I want to be there for you I want to uplift you I want to take you to where you need to be And I'd like to hear from you Let me know what you think Am I doing a good job for you Let me know in the live chat Right now down below Write it down Tell me I am making things better for you Because I can get on here And I can say that Because I'm quite confident As you can see And what I'm saying And what I believe In that, yes I do have the power to change lives I often reflect and wonder How many lives have I changed already With this channel And I'm sure I've gotten so many people Out of toxic relationships With abusive narcissists And I've probably Prevented many Undesirable marriages As well as Suicides as well So I'm helping to keep Good people Alive And to prevent Narcissists from destroying The good people That we need in this world Sadly If you look at it There aren't many left But I stand here As a model For a good Innocent And righteous person And I hope that I have done my job To live up to that today Just looking at the live chat here Mickey says Thank you As always A lot of hate I understand that I make people insecure But I'm not going to Tow myself down for anyone Who is beneath me And you shouldn't either CJDV Says thank you bro You're welcome Jacqueline Houston Says yes indeed You are encouraging It has helped me to Understand what I was Dealing with Thank you You're very welcome Jacqueline Rajiv says awesome job Chris Patricia says thank you Alright that's it for this Message today I'd just like to thank you all 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Welcome to Turkey and Antalya welcome to you are in Turkey for international commerce meeting what do you think of this meeting what's your opinion well thank you very much for inviting me to this press conference my name is ambassador Bishar Abdulrahman Hussain I'm the director general of the Universal Postal Union which is a specialized agency of the United Nations and of course we are responsible for the global postal network what I think about this conference in Antalya is that this is an opportunity that brings together all the policy makers and ministers and CEOs of posts from different countries around the world to get together and have a discussion a conversation about this big business of e-commerce globally so I think this is the right environment beautiful hotel here in Antalya and also a great country what do you think of this world post system to be integrated e-commerce well e-commerce is a postal business let me say because post office deal with the customers and we have been carrying parcels and packets for ages so it's not a new business for us but really the internet which has expanded the horizon for e-commerce and e-e-trade has given the postal network of the world a great opportunity to be able to be a major logistic and distribution network in the world and therefore the post office is the right partner for e-commerce and we're in the right place how should be integration to e-commerce well we already integrated because we are one global network we are 192 different countries and therefore we are already networked in the way we exchange mails globally so we only want to reinforce that integration by setting up new standards new procedures of cross-border mail and quality of services standards and also to bring down the barriers that affected the cross-border exchange of parcels and packets so we are integrated and we are continuing to integrate both at the technological level at operational level and also at what you call the exchange of data before and after we have exchanged the mail so this makes the network very efficient so that our customers can be able to get their parcels and packets on time and in the most efficient way so are they country are ready this image yeah of course Turkey is a great country here and you really have a great network and e-commerce platforms are very working very well so we're trying to get every other country in the world to be able to be at the same level with Turkey however I must say that there is of course this comes with a lot of challenge and the challenge is that every country is not the same level of economic and technological development so they're developing countries that still have some challenges they are great countries like China and Russia and Europe and other places which have very advanced of course e-commerce platforms but also Africa is coming up very well we have a e-commerce platform which is the next major e-commerce platforms which we are developing in Africa so this will now integrate Turkey with the rest of the world which is a global opportunity for you and your director general universal postal union my main topics e-commerce but I would like to ask the other topics not only e-commerce what's your opportunities well the postal network is trying to reposition itself we hold a global postal strategy every year last year we had a congress here in Istanbul and one of the biggest opportunity the first priority for us in this cycle is to have e-commerce and financial services and payment systems and money transfer all these are big topics for us so the post office is trying to reinvent itself is trying to come with new innovation and integration and inclusivity to have every citizen on this planet to be able to have the most efficient postal network in the world so that is the service we are providing so it's not only e-commerce is one aspect of it but really e-commerce needs good logistics good the financial and payment system it needs good networking a good exchange of information and of course very good competent staff to work here so these are all the areas we are working on as a UPU providing assistance and technical support to the member countries to achieve those standards


Mae'r first speaker is Jenny Tennyson, who's Technic and Director at the Open Data Institute, which is a relatively new body, I think. Jenny has worked for a long time on link data on data.gov UK and continues this work now both on the UK government link data group and the open data user group. Jenny is going to talk to us about the changes and challenges of the move towards an open and transparent culture for both government departments and charities, Iwn ffordd. Thank you. My name is Jane Chenison I am the technical director at the ODI ODI is a relatively new body and not-for-profit that has set up who's mission is to spread the word of open data to support organisations who want to use it. What I'm going to talk about is first of all we have moved to open data that we're seeing for two main reasons both for scalability and transparency reasons and also because of the opportunities that open data brings to business and other organisations. I'm going to talk a bit about skills and capabilities and how we support people who are trying to use open data and the kinds of challenges that that throws up. I am going to talk just a bit at the end about the role of the Open Data Institute that we're doing there in order to help support organizations that are working with open data. I got my slides-in very later, my excuse is that yesterday was the launch of the Shakespeare Review and I wanted to put in some quotes. This is a quote from the Shakespeare Review yesterday, which was released about public sector information and how we can make best use of public sector information. Imagine if we could combine all the data we produce ac rwy'n dda i yw'r ddweud i wneud ei fdydd ydyn ni. Yn hyn oedd y pryd yn ymddangosio, gyd yn gallu'n gweithio'n dda i ddano o wybodaeth mynd i'w ddyn ni i wna edrych wedi ymddangosio i gweithio'n gweithio'r ddynnu some dychwynfodol a'r ddysgu ymddangosio oedd gennymol sy'n ddynnu llwynt ac faith mae'n ddynnu llwynt ar ymddangosio. Rwy'n ddynnu llythedur gwybod ddynnu llythedur That's kind of the classic thing is simply having a license on it. Which means that you can reuse it as you will, that you're not limited by the interests of the priorities you look at. The other thing that's important, not only that I want to be able to do what we're going to do, while we're doing it in a way that the people they use are going to do, that are going to be available to everyone to use. Not being limited by the funding that they have. So, even if they have small businesses that are just starting up and don't i chi'n fwyllwch. Llyrdaeth yn ei wneud iawn i'r ddau arfer o ran o'r ddau iawn. Mae'r ddau iawn i gydig o'r llysgwysig, oedd y gallwn i'n gweithio'r ddau'r ddau sydd. Ond maen nhw'n gweithio'n ddau o'r format ystod. Darfodd rydyn ni'n credu cysylltu'n i'r ddau, i'r cymdeithasol, a'r cywir o'r ddau, ond wrth i'r ddau rhaid o'r ddau. If we're expecting people to build businesses, expecting people to make decisions off the back of the data that we're publishing and making available, then we need to provide some reliability to that information. We need to make it trustworthy. If people are going to be mortgaging their homes so that they can build businesses, they need to know that that supply of information is going to be there in the long term and that they can rely on it. So we're aiming towards, at the Open Data Institute, we're aiming towards not just Open Data that is any old stuff, but Open Data that is good enough quality for people to build on and make decisions on. A move to Open Data is being driven by two kinds of motivations. Over the last few years, we've seen a very strong set of motivations which are around accountability, making transparent what we are doing, particularly in the public sector. Some of that is coming through regulation which I'll just go into in a second, but some of it is simply coming about because of citizen expectation. We expect to know more about what organisations are doing. The other side of the coin for Open Data is about opportunity, the opportunity to reach more people with the information that you have, the opportunity for efficiencies, greater efficiencies, particularly around collaboration with our partners, with our suppliers. So I'll just talk about these in a bit more detail. As far as our accountability goes, we've recently had the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, which introduces rights to data for those making freedom of information requests. And what that means is that whereas for freedom of information, then you have the right to get hold of documents, the right to be informed about what's going on. With the right to data, you get the right to analyse the data that was used in order to make those decisions, to visualise it, to combine it with other information. And what the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 means is that anybody who makes an FOI request can say, I want the data for this made available in machine-readable form. Thank you very much. And you have to comply if you're FOI-able. That means machine-readable and also under an appropriate licence where the recommendation is to make that an open licence, so one where people can reuse that data as they will. But this is part of a more general movement. If we look at some of the things that have come up with the horse meat scandal and so forth, what we see is a general move towards transparency, towards making information available. This is Tesco food news site where you can find out the information behind the products that Tesco is selling. And the reason that they've got it there is because they understand that people don't have trust in their products because of the horse meat scandal, and they want to be transparent in order to get that trust back again. So we're seeing open data as being a way of engendring trust from your customers. The other side of the coin, as I said, is opportunity, the other reason we see movement towards open data is opportunity. If you look at what's happened in film, music, in newspapers, in software and what is now happening in data, is that we have massive shifts in demand because of the internet, basically. Now that those pieces of content and information can be shared very easily, people expect them to be available very, very cheaply or for free. And that means that organisations who have subsisted on selling that kind of content and data are now finding that they have to shift their business models towards something that is more sustainable in the new kind of culture. So the way that we try and help people to see through this is to view open data not as a value proposition, not something that you are, not data is something that you sell, but data is something that you have as a resource that you can help with the rest, that can help with the rest of your business. So use it as a tool to improve the rest of the value that you supply. So for example, when you view data as a resource that you can use to help the rest of your business, you can see it as a way of enhancing the services that you offer by providing data on top of the services that you offer, then you provide an enhanced service. You get more, you get improved and informed customer relationships because people can dive into the information more easily. And you get more diverse channels because as people build on top of the data, then they provide you different mechanisms of getting it out. So for example, being used in apps on your mobile, for example, even if you can't develop them yourselves within your organisation, other people can and therefore you get these extra channels to your customers. The bits that make me most excited around using open data are how it can help with efficiencies internally within your organisation, how using data can make you more informed and help inform your key activities and how it can lower your costs because you're dealing with better information and therefore making better decisions. And the way that open data plays in here is by aiding the communication with your key partners. Your key partners can help to enhance the data that you are working with and that data can be available to you. The project that I worked on before coming into the Open Data Institute was Legislation Gov UK, where we wanted to bring the nation's statute book up to date and the team within government was simply too small and under resourced in order to do that itself. The number of effects that would have to be applied editorial just was packing up and up and up. And what we did with Legislation Gov UK was bring in private sector to help us to enhance that information and to bring it up to date. But by making it available as open data, those private partners could benefit from the changes that they and other people have made in a collaborative way. And we see that happening with music brains with Open StreetMap and with other kinds of activities. So open data provides us with a facility for better collaboration with our partners, better data and lots of cost savings as a result. So what does this mean in terms of capability? Another quote from Shakespeare of you. Many existing businesses will have to engage with big data in order to survive. But we need to have the skills in order to do that. Few will have the capacity to innovate and create new approaches. So there's a real skills gap in the marketplace at the moment between people who, for the kinds of things that we need to do with data to get the best out of data. And from an open data perspective, these come in two kinds of categories, capabilities. First of all, around data publishing. Of course there's the technical capability in terms of publishing data on the web, providing APIs, providing dumps, understanding how to make big data available. But there are also capabilities around the business and legal frameworks for providing open data. I talked about the opportunities, about the necessary changes in business models as open data becomes part of our culture. We lack the expertise in applying those new business models to our organisations. The other aspect with open data is to get the best out of it, you have to engage a community. The more people that are engaged with your data, the more they are building on it, the better value you get out of it. So there is also capability around digital engagement. From the data reuse side and using it to make decisions, there's capabilities in terms of analysing data, in terms of visualising it, in extracting the stories that make sense to people to use it in order to properly weigh the decisions that you make. And big companies, they can buy in that kind of talent for analysis. But in the public sector, in the third sector, small businesses, you have other priorities about the kind of people that you want in. And although this data is extremely useful, actually getting hold of that talent is quite difficult. The way I picture it is that we're asking people to leap over a high bar. I say it's not as high as pictured, this is just an analogy. And there are three ways in which we can address leaping over this high bar. First of all, you can train a person. You can get them if we take the pole vaulting analogy. You can get them exercising. You can show them the techniques. You can put them through a training programme that gets them fit enough and ready in order to make those leaps. But there are other things that we can do too. We can provide the tools, the stick for pole vaulting, or a springboard, or a rocket pack that can get you over that bar. So we need to be working on tools around publication, around analysis of data, around visualisation of data, but also the tools that help people to make the business cases, that help people to understand the legal framework, that help people to understand the procurement side of what they need to do, the contracts that they need to put together in order to maximise the benefits from open data. We can also cheat by lowering the bar a bit, making it just a bit easier, in order to get into a positive spiral where we can just gradually raise that bar again. One thing is that better quality data, data that is published better, is easier to reuse. So that lowers the bar for people who want to reuse it. So one way of helping people who want to reuse data is not training them or providing tools, but getting the publication process right, so that the data is published in a way that's easy to use. Of course, for publishers, that doesn't help. How do we lower the bar for publishers? Well, we focus on getting to a quality that actually makes a difference. So trying to get to a place where people are publishing just in CSV, rather than in Excel, would be a massive step, for example. So focusing on the quality that makes the difference, rather than the quality that for now doesn't add a massive amount of value for people who are wanting to use open data. So Open Data Institute, where I work, is trying to build this and support this new world of open data, help organisations who are publishing data, help organisations who are consuming data, and, most importantly, help them to come together and talk to each other. We're a non-profit, as I said. We have five years' worth of funding from TSB, but we're also getting matched funding from commercial organisations. And our mission is to unlock that supply, unlock that demand for open data, and to show the value, to talk about it and to communicate it. In terms of raising capability, which is one of the things that we're trying to do, we provide training. So we have a series of Friday lunchtime lectures, which are really fun, always on different topics, and a series of taught short courses in order to help people to get to grips with open data. Not just the technical aspects, but also, as I say, the legal aspects and the business aspects. We also have help and advice online. We try to make everything that we do open by default. And so we have lots of guides online. We also offer consultancy services. And we're also trying to build the tools that will help people to publish and to consume open data. The tool that we're working on mostly at the moment is this open data certificate, which is a kind of interactive questionnaire that helps lead you through the decisions that you need to make when you are thinking about publishing open data, from a legal perspective, from a practical perspective of creating a regular supply, from a technical perspective, and also the kinds of social things that you can provide in order to aid reuse of your data. And that's it. That's my talk. Adapt into an open data world. Thank you very much.


CHAPTER TEN of ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND by Louis Carroll The Lobster Quadril The mock-turtle sighed deeply and drew the back of one flapper across his eye. He looked at Alice and tried to speak, but for a minute or two sobs choked his voice. «Same as if he had a bone in his throat», said the griffon, and it set to work shaking him and punching him in the back. At last the mock-turtle recovered his voice, and with tears running down his cheeks went on again. «You may not have lived much under the sea», said Alice, «I haven't», and perhaps you were never even introduced to a lobster. Alice began to say, «I once tasted», but checked herself hastily and said, «No, never». «So you can have no idea what a delightful thing a lobster quadril is?» «No, indeed», said Alice, «what sort of a dance is it?» «Why», said the griffon, «you first form into a line along the seashore. «Two lines», cried the mock-turtle, «seals, turtles, and so on, then when you've cleared the jellyfish out of the way, that generally takes some time», interrupted the griffon. «You advance twice. Each with a lobster as a partner», cried the griffon. «Of course», the mock-turtle said, «advanced twice, set to partners, changed lobsters, and retired in the same order», continued the griffon. «Then you know», the mock-turtle went on, «you throw the lobsters», shouted the griffon, with a bound into the air. «As far out to sea as you can, swim after them», screamed the griffon. «Turn a somersault in the sea», cried the mock-turtle, capering wildly about. «Change lobsters again», yelled the griffon. «Back to land again, and that's all the first figure», said the mock-turtle, suddenly dropping his voice, and the two creatures, who had been jumping about like mad things all this time, sat down again very sadly and quietly, and looked at Alice. «It must be a very pretty dance», said Alice timidly. «Would you like to see a little of it», said the mock-turtle. «Very much indeed», said Alice. «Come, let's try the first figure», said the mock-turtle to the griffon. «We can do it without lobsters, you know. Which shall sing?» «Oh, you sing», said the griffon. I've forgotten the words. So they began solemnly dancing round and round Alice, every now and then treading on her toes when they passed too close, and waving their forepaws to mark the time, while the mock-turtle sang this, very slowly and sadly.  «There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my tail. See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance. They are awaiting on the shingle, will you come and join the dance.   You really have no notion how delightful it will be, when they take us up and throw us with the lobsters out to sea. But the snail replied, too far, too far, and gave a look a skence, said he thanked the whiting kindly, but he would not join the dance. Would not, could not, would not, could not, would not join the dance. Would not, could not, would not, could not, could not join the dance. What matters it how far we go, his scaly friend replied. There is another shore, you know, upon the other side. The further off from England the nearer is to France. Then turn not pale, beloved snail, but come and join the dance.   Thank you, it's a very interesting dance to watch, said Alice, feeling very glad it was over at last, and I do so like that curious song about the whiting. Oh, as to the whiting, said the mock turtle. They, you've seen them, of course. Yes, said Alice, I've often seen them at din, she checked herself hastily. I don't know where din may be, said the mock turtle. But if you've seen them so often, of course you know what they are like. I believe so, Alice replied thoughtfully. They have their tails in their mouths, and they're all over crumbs. You're wrong about the crumbs, said the mock turtle.  Tell her about the reason and all that, he said to the griffin. The reason is, said the griffin, that they would go with the lobsters to the dance, so they got thrown out to sea, so they had to fall a long way, so they got their tails fussed in their mouths, so they couldn't get them out again. That's all. Thank you, said Alice. It's very interesting. I never knew so much about a whiting before. I can tell you more than that, if you like, said the griffin. Do you know why it's cold, a whiting? I never thought about it, said Alice. Why? It does the boots and shoes, the griffin replied very solemnly. Alice was thoroughly puzzled. Does the boots and shoes, she repeated in a wandering tone. Why, what are your shoes done with? said the griffin.  Alice looked down at them and considered a little before she gave her answer. They're done with blacking, I believe. Boots and shoes under the sea, the griffin went on in a deep voice, are done with whiting, now you know. And what are they made of? Alice asked in a tone of great curiosity. Souls and eels, of course, the griffin replied rather impatiently. Any shrimp could have told you that. If I'd been the whiting, said Alice, whose thoughts were still running on the song, I'd have said to the porpoise, keep back please, we don't want you with us. They were obliged to have him with them, the mock turtle said. No wise fish would go anywhere without a porpoise. Wouldn't it really? said Alice in a tone of great surprise. Of course not, said the mock turtle. Why, if a fish came to me and told me he was going a journey, I should say, with what porpoise? Don't you mean purpose? said Alice. I mean what I say, the mock turtle replied in an offended tone. And the griffin added, come, let's hear some of your adventures. I could tell you my adventures, beginning from this morning, said Alice a little timidly, but it's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then. Explain all that, said the mock turtle. No, no, the adventures first, said the griffin in an impatient tone. Explanations take such a dreadful time. So Alice began telling them her adventures from the time when she first saw the white rabbit. She was a little nervous about it just at first. The two creatures got so close to her, one on each side, and opened their eyes and mouths so very wide, but she gained courage as she went on. Her listeners were perfectly quiet till she got to the part about her repeating, you are old Father William, to the caterpillar, and the words all coming different, and then the mock turtle drew a long breath and said, That's very curious. It's all about as curious as it can be, said the griffin. It all came different, the mock turtle repeated thoughtfully. I should like to hear her repeat something now, tell her to begin. He looked at the griffin as if he thought it had some kind of authority over Alice. Stand up and repeat, till the voice of the sluggard, said the griffin. How the creatures ordered one about and make one repeat lessons, thought Alice. I might as well be at school at once. Alice.  Till the voice of the lobster I heard him declare, You have baked me too brown, I must sugar my hair, As a duck with its eyelids, so he with his nose, Trims his belt and his buttons, and turns out his toes. When the sands are all dry, he is gay as a lark, And will talk in contemptuous tones of the shark, But when the tide rises and sharks are around, His voice has a timid and tremulous sound. That's different from what I used to say when I was a child, said the griffin. Well, I never heard it before, said the mock turtle, But it sounds uncommon nonsense. Alice said nothing, she had sat down with her face in her hands, wondering if anything would ever happen in a natural way again. I should like to have it explained, said the mock turtle. She cannot explain it, hastily said the griffin. Go on with the next verse. But about his toes, the mock turtle persisted. How could he turn them out with his nose, you know? It's the first position in dancing, Alice said, But was dreadfully puzzled by the whole thing and longed to change the subject. Go on with the next verse, the griffin repeated. It begins, I passed by his garden. Alice did not dare to disobey, though she felt sure it would all come wrong, and she went on in a trembling voice. I passed by his garden and marked with one eye, how the owl and the panther were sharing a pie. The panther took pie crust and gravy and meat, while the owl had the dish as its share of the treat. When the pie was all finished, the owl as a boon was kindly permitted to pocket the spoon, while the panther received knife and fork with a growl and concluded the banquet by, What is the use of repeating all that stuff? The mock turtle interrupted. If you don't explain it as you go on. It's by far the most confusing thing I ever heard. Yes, I think you'd better leave off, said the griffin, and Alice was only too glad to do so. Shall we try another figure of the lobster quadril, the griffin went on? Or would you like the mock turtle to sing you another song? Oh, a song, please, if the mock turtle would be so kind. Alice replied so eagerly that the griffin said in a rather offended tone, No accounting tastes. Sing her turtle soup, will you old fellow? The mock turtle sighed deeply and began in a voice choked with sobs to sing this. Beautiful soup, so rich and green, waiting in a hot terrain, Who for such dainties would not stoop. Soup of the evening, beautiful soup, soup of the evening, beautiful soup. Beautiful soup, beautiful soup, soup of the evening, beautiful, beautiful soup. Beautiful soup, who cares for fish, game or any other dish, Who would not give all else for two? Penny worth only of beautiful soup, Penny worth only of beautiful soup. Beautiful soup, beautiful soup, soup of the evening, Beautiful, beautiful soup. Chorus again, cried the griffin, and the mock turtle had just begun to repeat it when a cry of The trial's beginning was heard in the distance. Come on, cried the griffin, and taking Alice by the hand, it hurried off without waiting for the end of the song. What trial is it? Alice panted as she ran, but the griffin only answered. Come on, and ran the faster while more and more faintly came, carried on the breeze that Followed them, the melancholy words. Soup of the evening, beautiful, beautiful soup. End of Chapter 10 Chapter 11 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll This Librivox recording is in the public domain. Who stole the tarts? The king and queen of hearts were seated on their throne when they arrived, with a great crowd assembled about them, all sorts of little birds and beasts, as well as the whole pack of cards. The nave was standing before them in chains with a soldier on each side to guard him, and near the king was the white rabbit, with a trumpet in one hand and a scroll of parchment in the other. In the very middle of the court was a table with a large dish of tarts upon it. They looked so good that it made Alice quite hungry to look at them. I wish they'd get the trial done, she thought, and hand round the refreshments. But there seemed to be no chance of this, so she began looking about her to pass away the time. Alice had never been in a court of justice before, but she had read about them in books, and she was quite pleased to find that she knew the name of nearly everything there. That's the judge, she said to herself, because of his great wig. The judge, by the way, was the king, and as he wore his crown over the wig, he did not look at all comfortable, and it was certainly not becoming. And that's the jury box, thought Alice. And those twelve creatures, she was obliged to say creatures, you see, because some of them were animals and some were birds. I suppose they are the jurors, she said this last word two or three times over to herself, being rather proud of it, for she thought, and rightly too, that very few little girls of her age knew the meaning of it at all. However, jury men would have done just as well. The twelve jurors were all writing very busily on slates. What are they all doing, Alice whispered to the griffin. They can't have anything to put down yet before the trials began. They're putting down their names, the griffin whispered in reply, for fear they should forget them before the end of the trial.  And the king put on his spectacles and looked anxiously round to see who was talking. Alice could see, as well as if she were looking over their shoulders, that all the jurors were writing down stupid things on their slates, and she could even make out that one of them didn't know how to spell stupid, and that he had to ask his neighbour to tell him. A nice muddle their slates will be in before the trials over, thought Alice. One of the jurors had a pencil that squeaked. This, of course, Alice could not stand, and she went round the court and got behind him, and very soon found an opportunity of taking it away. She did it so quickly that the poor little juror, it was Bill the Lizard, could not make out at all what had become of it. So, after hunting all about for it, he was obliged to write with one finger for the rest of the day, and this was of very little use as it left no mark on the slate. Harold, read the accusation, said the king. On this the white rabbit blew three blasts on the trumpet, and then unrolled the parchment scroll and read as follows. The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts all on a summer day. The Nave of Hearts, he stole those tarts and took them quite away. Consider your verdict, the king said to the jury. No, not yet, not yet, the rabbit hastily interrupted. There is a great deal to come before that. Crawl the witness, said the king, and the rabbit blew three blasts on the trumpet, and called out, First Witness. The first witness was the Hatter. He came in with a tea cup in one hand, and a piece of bread and butter in the other. I beg your pardon, your Majesty, he began, for bringing these in, but I hadn't quite finished my tea when I was sent for. You ought to have finished, said the king. When did you begin? The Hatter looked at the March Hare, who had followed him into the court, arm in arm with the Dormouse. Fourteenth of March, I think it was, he said. Fifteenth, said the March Hare. Sixteenth, said the Dormouse. Write that down, the king said to the jury, and the jury eagerly wrote down all three dates on their slates, and then added them up, and reduced the answer to shillings and pence.  It isn't mine, said the Hatter. Stolen, the king exclaimed, turning to the jury, who instantly made a memorandum of the fact. I keep them to sell, the Hatter added as an explanation. I've none of my own. I'm a Hatter. Here the queen put on her spectacles, and began staring hard at the Hatter, who turned pale and fidgeted. Give your evidence, said the king, and don't be nervous, or I'll have you executed on the spot. This did not seem to encourage the witness at all. He kept shifting from one foot to the other, looking uneasily at the queen, and in his confusion he bit a large piece out of his teacup instead of the bread and butter. Just at this moment, Alice felt a very curious sensation, which puzzled her a good deal until she made out what it was. She was beginning to grow larger again, and she thought at first she would get up and leave the court, but on second thoughts she decided to remain where she was as long as there was room for her. I wish you wouldn't squeeze so, said the doormouse, who was sitting next to her. I can hardly breathe. I can't help it, said Alice very meekly. I'm growing. You've no right to grow here, said the doormouse. Don't talk nonsense, said Alice more boldly. You know you're growing too. Yes, but I grow at a reasonable pace, said the doormouse. Not in that ridiculous fashion. And he got up very sulkily and crossed over to the other side of the court. All this time, the queen had never left off staring at the hatter, and just as the doormouse crossed the court, she said to one of the officers of the court, Bring me the list of the singers in the last concert!  Give your evidence, the king repeated angrily, or I'll have you executed, whether you're nervous or not. I'm a poor man, your majesty. The hatter began in a trembling voice, and I hadn't begun my tea, not above a week or so, and what with the bread and butter getting so thin, and the twinkling of the tea. The twinkling of the what? said the king. It began with the tea, the hatter replied. Of course, twinkling begins with a tea, said the king sharply. You take me for a dance? Go on. I'm a poor man, the hatter went on, and most things twinkled after that. Only the march-hair said, I didn't, the march-hair interrupted in a great hurry. You did, said the hatter. I deny it, said the march-hair. He denies it, said the king. Leave out that pot. Well, at any rate, the doormouse said, the hatter went on, looking anxiously round to see if he would deny it too, but the doormouse denied nothing, being fast asleep. After that, continued the hatter, I cut some more bread and butter. But what did the doormouse say, one of the jury asked? That I can't remember, said the hatter. You must remember, remarked the king, or I'll have you executed. The miserable hatter dropped his tea cup and bread and butter, and went down on one knee. I'm a poor man, your majesty, he began.  Here one of the guinea pigs cheered, and was immediately suppressed by the officers of the court. As that is rather a hard word, I will just explain to you how it was done. They had a large canvas bag, which tied up at the mouth with strings.  I'm glad I've seen that done, thought Alice. I've so often read in the newspapers, at the end of trials, there was some attempt at applause, which was immediately suppressed by the officers of the court, and I never understood what it bent till now. If that's all you know about it, you may stand down, continued the king. I can't go, no lower, said the hatter. I'm on the floor as it is. Then you may sit down, the king replied. Here the other guinea pig cheered, and was suppressed. Come, that finishes the guinea pigs, thought Alice. Now we shall get on better. I'd rather finish my tea, said the hatter, with an anxious look at the queen, who was reading the list of singers. You may go, said the king, and the hatter hurriedly left the court, without even waiting to put his shoes on. And just take his head off outside, the queen added to one of the officers, but the hatter was out of sight before the officer could get to the door. Call the next witness, said the king. The next witness was the duchess's cook. She carried the pepper box in her hand, and Alice guessed who it was, even before she got into the court, by the way the people near the door began sneezing all at once. Give your evidence, said the king. Shaunt, said the cook, the king looked anxiously at the white rabbit, who said in a low voice, your majesty must cross-examine this witness. Well, if I must, I must, the king said with a melancholy air, and after folding his arms and frowning at the cook, till his eyes were nearly out of sight, he said in a deep voice, what are tarts made of? Pepper, mostly, said the cook. Treacle, said a sleepy voice behind her. Call out that door mouse, the queen shrieked out. Behead that door mouse, turn that door mouse out of the court, suppress him, pinch him, offer these whiskers. For some minutes, the whole court was in confusion, getting the door mouse turned out, and by the time they had settled down again, the cook had disappeared. Never mind, said the king, with an air of great relief. Call the next witness! And he added in an undertone to the queen. Really, my dear, you must cross-examine this next witness. It quite makes my forehead ache. Alice watched the white rabbit as he fumbled over the list, feeling very curious to see what the next witness would be like. For they haven't got much evidence yet, she said to herself. Imagine her surprise when the white rabbit read out at the top of his shrill little voice the name Alice. End of Chapter 11. Chapter 12 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Alice's Evidence Here, cried Alice, quite forgetting in the flurry of the moment how large she had grown in the last few minutes, and she jumped up in such a hurry that she tipped over the jury box with the edge of her skirt, upsetting all the jury men onto their heads of the crowd below, and there they lay sprawling about, reminding her very much of a globe of goldfish she had accidentally upset the week before. Oh, I beg your pardon, she exclaimed in a tone of great dismay, and began picking them up again as quickly as she could, for the accident of the goldfish kept running in her head, and she had a vague sort of idea that they must be collected at once and put back into the jury box, or they would die. The trial cannot proceed, said the king in a very grave voice, until all the jury men are back in their proper places. All! he repeated with great emphasis, looking hard at Alice as he said so. Alice looked at the jury box, and saw that in her haste she had put the lizard in head downwards, and the poor little thing was waving its tail about in a melancholy way, being quite unable to move. She soon got it out again and put it right. Not that it signifies much, she said to herself, I should think it would be quite as much use in the trial one way up as the other. As soon as the jury had a little recovered from the shock of being upset, and their slates and pencils had been found and handed back to them, they set to work very diligently to write out a history of the accident, all except the lizard, who seemed too much overcome to do anything, but sit with its mouth open, gazing up into the roof of the court. What do you know about this business? the king said to Alice. Nothing. Nothing whatever? persisted the king. Nothing whatever? said Alice. That's very important, the king said, turning to the jury. They were just beginning to write this down on their slates, when the white rabbit interrupted. Unimportant your majesty means of course, he said in a very respectful tone, but frowning and making faces at him as he spoke. Unimportant, of course, I mean, the king hastily said, and went on himself in an undertone, important, unimportant, unimportant, important, as if he were trying which word sounded best. Some of the jury wrote it down important, and some unimportant. Alice could see this as she was near enough to look over their slates, but it doesn't matter a bit, she thought to herself. At this moment the king, who had been for some time busily writing in his notebook, called out, silence, and read out from his book, Rule 42, all persons more than a mile high to leave the court. Everybody looked at Alice. I'm not a mile high, said Alice. You are, said the king. Nearly two miles high, added the queen. Well, I shan't go at any rate, said Alice. Besides, that's not a regular rule, you invented it just now. It's the oldest rule in the book, said the king. Then it ought to be number one, said Alice.  Consider your verdict, he said to the jury in a low trembling voice. There's more evidence to come yet, please, Your Majesty, said the white rabbit, jumping up in a great hurry. This paper has just been picked up. What's in it? said the queen. I haven't opened it yet, said the white rabbit, but it seems to be a letter written by the prisoner to somebody. It must have been that, said the king, unless it was written to nobody, which isn't usual, you know. Who is it directed to, said one of the jury men.  In fact, there's nothing written on the outside, he unfolded the paper as he spoke, and added, it isn't a letter after all, it's a set of verses. Are they in the prisoner's handwriting? asked another of the jury men. No, they're not, said the white rabbit, and that's the queerest thing about it. The jury all looked puzzled. He must have imitated somebody else's hand, said the king. The jury all brightened up again. Please, Your Majesty, said the nave. I didn't write it, and they can't prove that I did. There's no name signed at the end. If you didn't sign it, said the king, that only makes the matter worse. You must have met some mischief, or else you'd have signed your name like an honest man. There was a general clapping of hands at this. It was the first really clever thing that the king had said that day. That proves his guilt, of course, said the queen. So off with! It doesn't prove anything of the sort, said Alice, why you don't even know what they're about. Read them, said the king. The white rabbit put on his spectacles. Where shall I begin, please, Your Majesty? he asked. Begin at the beginning, the king said gravely, and go on till you come to the end. Then stop. There was dead silence in the court, whilst the rabbit read out these verses. They told me you had been to her, and mentioned me to him. She gave me a good character, but said I could not swim. He sent them word I had not gone. We know it to be true. If she should push the matter on, what would become of you? I gave her one, they gave him two. You gave us three or more. They all returned from him to you, though they were mine before. If I or she should chance to be involved in this affair, he trusts to you to set them free exactly as we were. My notion was that you had been before she had this fit, an obstacle that came between him and ourselves and it. Don't let him know she liked them best, for this must ever be. A secret kept from all the rest between yourself and me. That's the most important piece of evidence we've heard yet, said the king rubbing his hands. So now let the jury, if any of them can explain it, said Alice. She had grown so large in the last few minutes, that she wasn't a bit afraid of interrupting him. I'll give him six pints. I don't believe there's an atom of meaning in it. The jury all wrote down on their slates. She doesn't believe there's an atom of meaning in it, but none of them attempted to explain the paper. If there's no meaning in it, said the king, that seems a world of trouble, you know, as we needn't try to find any. And yet I don't know. He went on spreading out the verses on his knee, and looking at them with one eye. I seem to see some meaning in them after all. Said I could not swim. You can't swim, can you? He added, turning to the nave. The nave shook his head sadly. Do I look like it? He said, which he certainly did not, being made entirely of cardboard. All right, so far, said the king, as he went on muttering over the verses to himself. We know it to be true. That's the jury, of course. If she should push the matter on, that must be the queen. What would become of you? What indeed? I gave her one. They gave him two. Why, that must be what he did with the tart, you know. But it goes on. They all returned from him to you, said Alice. Why, there they are! said the king triumphantly, pointing to the tarts on the table. Nothing can be clearer than that! Then again, before she had this fit. You never had fits, my dear, I think, he said to the queen. Never! said the queen furiously, throwing an ink stand at the lizard as she spoke. The unfortunate little bill had left off writing on his slate with one finger, as he found it made no mark. But he now hastily began again using the ink that was trickling down his face, as long as it lasted. Then the words don't fit you! said the king, looking round the court with a smile. There was a dead silence. It's a pun, the king added in an angry tone, and everybody laughed. Let the jury consider their verdict, the king said for about the 20th time that day. No, no, said the queen, sentence first, verdict afterwards. Stuff and nonsense, said Alice loudly, the idea of having the sentence first. Hold your tongue, said the queen turning purple. I won't, said Alice. Off with her head! The queen shouted at the top of her voice. Nobody moved. Who cares for you, said Alice, as she had grown to her full size by this time.  At this, the whole pack rose up into the air and came flying down upon her. She gave a little scream, half of fright and half of anger, and tried to beat them off, and found herself lying on the bank with her head in the lap of her sister. Who was gently brushing away some dead leaves that had fluttered down from the trees upon her face. Wake up, Alice, dear, said her sister. Why, what a long sleep you've had. Oh, I've had such a curious dream, said Alice, and she told her sister, as well as she could remember them, all these strange adventures of hers that you have just been reading about, and when she had finished, her sister kissed her and said, it was a curious dream, dear, certainly, but now run into your tea, it's getting late. So Alice got up and ran off, thinking while she ran, as well as she might what a wonderful dream it had been. But her sister sat still just as she had left her, leaning her head, watching the setting sun, and thinking of little Alice and all her wonderful adventures, till she too began dreaming after a fashion, and this was her dream. First she dreamed of little Alice herself, and once again the tiny hands were clasped upon her knee, and the bright eager eyes were looking up into hers. She could hear the very tones of her voice, and see that queer little toss of her head to keep back the wandering hair that would always get into her eyes, and still as she listened, or seemed to listen, the whole place around her became alive with the strange creatures of her little sister's dream. The long grass rustled at her feet, as the white rabbit hurried by. The frightened mouse splashed his way through the neighboring pool. She could hear the rattle of the tea cups as the March Hare and his friends shared their never-ending meal, and the shrill voice of the Queen ordering off her unfortunate guests to execution. Once more the pig baby was sneezing on the Duchess's knee, while plates and dishes crashed around it. Once more the shriek of the griffin, the squeaking of the lizard's slate pencil, and the choking of the suppressed guinea pigs, filled the air, mixed up with the distant sobs of the miserable mock turtle. So she sat on with closed eyes, and half-believed herself in Wonderland. Though she knew she had but to open them again, and all would change to dull reality, the grass would be only rustling in the wind, and the pool rippling to the waves of the reeds. The rattling tea cups would change to the tinkling sheep-bells, and the Queen's shrill cries to the voice of the shepherd boy, and the sneeze of the baby, the shriek of the griffin, and all the other queer noises would change, she knew, to the confused clamor of the busy farmyard, while the lowing of cattle in the distance would take the place of the mock turtle's heavy sobs. Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman, and how she would keep through all her riper years the simple and loving heart of her childhood, and how she would gather about her other little children, and make their eyes bright and eager with many a strange tale, perhaps even with the dream of Wonderland of long ago, and how she would feel with all their simple sorrows, and find a pleasure in all their simple joys, remembering her own child life and the happy summer days.


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He's the cover athlete On and I'll be the show 2023 To 125 Bryce Harper Phillies and to 199 Roberto Clemente pirates Mookie Betch triple Jersey run in 15 game use the 36 And rookie out on the back of the triple threads case is Spencer Torkelson number to 199 nice hit Tigers National treasures time Before I start flipping through give me just a sec here. All right Jersey card Brian Della Cruz Marlins rookie 70 of 99 This is dual case MLB 2022 national treasures and top triple threads hobby number five random teams Patch card DD Gregorius 3 of 25 for the Phillies Three color game use patch guard. Yeah, usually it's a book for boxing and see baseball nice DD for the Phillies bat relic Gonna be 15 to 49 Ricky Henderson a's On card rookie auto Rangers Glenn Otto numbered 66 of 99 on card auto Brewers Hedbert Perez definitive ink 4 of 10 HP, that's Harry Potter right there bat relic Otto Ryan Zimmerman 8 of 49 nationals bronze RPA number 34 49 Cal Rowley Mariners nice big dumper. 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I Thought I was just gonna be like a one-season thing Yeah, that's what I thought Got Marlon's auto Jose Devers 25 at 25 Look at this patch auto Jojo patch auto Josiah Gray 9 of 49 Nationals great patch Yeah, Star Wars wise is and or So good as far as like newer stuff Jersey auto for the Dodgers Ryan Pepe up to 99 Do the next patch is outrageous The next patch is outrageous Phillies Philadelphia Phillies Edward P RPA 8 of 10 Matt beerling What I've never seen somebody that before what is that on?  That's wild Big patch there get that bag for you Phillies Got hollow fame signatures Nolan Ryan Rangers six or 25 Dude, that's nasty too. What don't look everybody cover your phones up Jose Siri one of one El Rio on the die-cut laundry tag auto one of one With the lightning bolt he had is inscribed like that too That's disgusting Jose Siri. This is an Astros Jose Siri Don't you do it phone? Don't you do it? El Rio What does El Rio mean? That's nasty. 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I was a moose scouring relic book that I showed already John Heasley RPA book Royals to 99 Camilo Deval RPA book Giants to 99 Dine just put the auto he's like oh, that's it then we don't either we can't all the heads except except most the hits Nolan Ryan auto for the Rangers there Ryan Pepio Josiah Gray Jose Devers Tyler Stevenson Cedric Mullins Chris Bryant on hell Zerpa Matt Tice Kevin Smith God George Kirby Daz Cameron Spencer Schwellenbach Brian Zimmerman Sonny Gray Austin Meadows Ryan Howard and a Jim Tommy for the Phillies nice hits there read Detmer's Dylan Carlson Matt Brash Cal Raleigh Wizard of Boz Alec Bum Hedbert Perez Glenn auto Spencer Torkelson Kiroloff redemption for the twins from Triple Threads Joe Maurer Alex Kiroloff Sorry, that's Alec Maneuva Alec Maneuva trick scuba Colton Welker Jack Flaherty Brady Singer Zach Wheeler redemption Phillies Triple Threads and I'm a Jake Cousins We had the one-of-one L Rio nickname Patch auto it's a laundry tag auto L Rio is Jose Siri for the Astros here got that clock tower RPA Phillies Matt Birling to 10 a Steven Kwan auto to 10 definitive ink for the Guardians Show Hey Otani white whale one-of-one printing play triple patch auto Crazy one there. We had a cakes cakes Nickname legendary signatures Jim Palmer One of ten nice one Orioles and we also had a letter plus relic book card of Cody Belanger for the Dodgers one-of-one Thanks again, everybody got basket or a Star Wars coming up next in basketball